Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-30
LATE EASTERN TELEGRAMS


WY the Aalirsx Award was PAID.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2s-Mnis,er Welch.
Ia handing Lori Salisbury the five an
half millions fishery award, banded also
n communication N which under ins;ruc.
lions nom Washin. Ton he stated that the
payment WAS made because the tri;e..
States Gssir's 10 maintain the valG- and
good isin az arbitration and tfca'c> hc.
tween nations, GEa shove al with Great
Britain. With this motive our govern
mept reserves the question of obligation
to paw the amount although IL doe not
Withhold IL. The L. :. government wishes
IL understood that thu amsi1n, awarded
by the Halifax commission cannot be
understood ~ furnishing n precedent or
fixing the value Of benefits arcruing 10
her fishermen on tue banks az Newfound.
land. II protests against the actual pay
ment being considered by her nsi".iy's
government - acquiescence in az, ii
measure.
Terrible Mine Explosion.
SULLIVAN. Nov. IA terrible Il
mine explosion occ.red at the Su. ii
coal mine to-day. caused by the i-' -
OF lamp flames with gas. A terrific yu.i,,
was sdded by the fact Of theer being 5
kegs Of powder below. There were more
than 800 men In iac mine at the time
The explosion was caused by the careless
uess Of miners. who, after being warned
Of danger. took the risl; of blasting into a
thin partition. IL broke through the wall
OF coal and the accumulated gas exploded
with . tremendous conclusion. The men
were killed by the shock or soon died OF
sudocati0n. The r. were at the time q
miners at work, OF whom Is were In the
lower vein. Seven Of these were saved
after lapse OF over An hour; but how
they managed to survive In the dense
fumes and damp Is n mystery. The twelve
men In the upper wen were badly stunned
hut unhurt. The eight killed are Tom
Hanford, Sara Landlord, Jack Leeder,
Albert Smith. John Dulger, VIM. Wales
and Patrick Dunn. There were but -four
or I'VE men courageous enough to 60 into
the lower vein after the explosion, but
after they had saved seven who were liz.
ing they worked ON till 8 o'clock this
morning. recovering the bodies of the
dead. Then work was resumed after q
rest of three hours, and by 10 o'clock to.
\. day the last corpse was taken out.
Steamer Sunk.
LONDON, Nov. 90. The steamship Pc.
merania, Captain SchweDzen, which left
New York Nov. IA, for Hamburg, and
arrived at Plymouth at midnight on the
24th, was sunk by collision with Welsh
bark off Folkestone last night. Fifty
eight persons are missing; 1872 were saved
The collision occurred at midnight dur.
Ing fog, of eight miles Folkest0ne. The
WEIGH bark IA Is reported to be Noel Eilian
Of Carnavon, from Rotterdam to Cardiff.
Tho P0meranla was en- route from Plym-
outh to Hamburg and fOundered in about
ten minutes. Tho iron screw steamer
Gaehgnfy saved 172 of her passengers and
cteW. end landed them ct Dover The
vessel With which the P0merania was in
collision Is anchored of Folkestone with
her bows stove and her forward compart.
ment full Of wster A tug has gone to
her assistance. The cargo of the Pome-
rama was valued at about $3.50. 900, and
Mas al conaigncd to Hamburg except IT,.
6O0 Mexican dollars, consigned to London
nd undoubtedly delivered 1t Plymouth.
0sventeen bags Of letters and % bags Of
papers are supposed TO Be lost. Hopes are
entertained that some survivors from the
swamped boat may have been picked up
BY passing vessels. The boats Of the
aAsary searched all night. Sew.
ssA good swimmers owe their lives TO
g tho long search. All on board the
Remerants we're aroused. Nobody was
Len sleepiug. There 10 great excite.
meut q the ofElce Of the company In
shis city.
Another outrage In south Carolina
WASHINGTON, Nov. 29.-The follow.
Ing telegram was received by the commits
etenee Of internal revenue this morning
from Collector Brayton:
COLUMBIA, 8. c., Nov. 81.
Captain Hofman's detachment of the
revenue force was surrounded on the nieht
OF tho 10th 10 house where they were
stopping, In Abbeville county, near the
0eorGls line, BY band of armed men, at
Least forty in number, and ordered to leave
the country. Their lives were threatened
and several shots were fired. The officers
have Withdrawn to Abbevillc courthouse
waiting relnforcements. which have
ordered.
Commissioner Raum replied Is follows:
I had entertained hopes that the officers
OF the internal revenue would meet with
no further armed resistance in your dis
trict; bat in this I have been disappointed.
Reinforce Capt. Hoffman sufficiently 10
overcome ell resistance easily aud thor.
oughly. The police Of Abbeville county
are makingipg all proper seizures and
arrests. wish Il distinctly understood I
will oppose any further amnesty in your
state. Offender must expect to be prose.
cuted TO the full extent OF the law.
AIrooErHER. the "lsgsl holiday"
Thanksgiving, was quite appropri-
ately observed BY our citizens Thurs