Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-11-02

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bottom upward. Taose Of the pas~eB-
gers ssa ctex ths; cuula reach portions
II the wreck eiGns To them hui the heavy
sea washed Iaens II again. ani =; break
ing Of dswn ga!y o,s.t persons could be
seen. TIE Expires hal cnew 81 81 ali
told. AMI, a. Is: a, kaowo. ei-a; pIs,el-
gers. II Is supposed that fully ~ lives
we're lost.
1he storm.
New yoaa, oc,. - Dispatches from
all poin,s show thai the storm, OF yester-
Law, WIS one OF toe most violent expert
enced for years. TIE storm from The
tropics, and from.midnigh. TO noon rap
idly increased Ia energy, and was central
near Bangor. 1t was attended with unus-
uailv heavy rainfall At Washington the
klfall was 3 "a inches, al Baltimore l..4 at
Norfolk 2SG, at Lynchburg 2Ol, aud
WSmithvil.e, n. c., 432. At Cape May the
wind velocity was 81 miles an hour. 1t
drove the tide up on meadows between
the city aud the mainland, covering the
railroad track three feet and preventing
trains from leaving The hotels and cot
tages were all badly damaged; also the
beach drive; and yachts. sloops and
schooners were blown ashore. At Ba!l-
more property along the wharves suffered
much, and disasters on the bay are feared.
Along the line of the Philadelphia, VIII
mincton aad Baltimore raiirnad the loss is
sound and New England coast, and lght-
ar crafts were heavily hammered. AT
Mount Washington at p NJ. the wind
was blowing 1870 miles an hour, with
heavy rain. The ship a. 5. Davis from
Callao. went ashore south of Cape Henry,
and is a total wreck Only one person
saved.
Very Destructive Fire.
CHICAGO. Oct. 24.-Iowa, Nebraska
and Kansas advces indicate the prairie
fires still raging in each of those states
destroying grain, bridges. barns, fences
and other property. The fiames were
most destructive 20 miles southeast OF
Sioux City, in Iowa, along North Platte,
Nebraska, and South Platte rivers 10
western Nebraska, and in Rush, Ness,
Ellis. Trego, Grove, Wallace, Decatur,
Graham, and Rocks counties in Kansas
MANY persons have persisted in the flames,
and an unconfirmed report prevailed IN
Lincoln, Nebraska, yesterday, that Al
bion, in Boon county, town OF 2oO H.
habitants had been utterly destroyed.
The fires in some cases are supposed to
have been lighted by Cheyennes.
Cheyennes Captured.
CAMP ROBINSON, Neb., Oct. 25.-Iues-
day afternoon companies B and D. Sd cav
alry. under command of Capt. ]. B. John
SON and Lieut.. Thompson, while scouting
in the sand hills about 70 miles southeast
of this post came upon about $50 Chey-
ennes under Chief Dull Knife. The hos
tiles at first showed fight, but seeing them
selves ou,numbered gave up and were
brought into Major Cartons camp on
Chadron creek, where they were dis
covered, and their stock taken away
The latter, numbering about 14O horses
and mules, were sent here. A courier
from CnauFOu CIcChs WIS "i'eino~As ~
ports that when the hostiles were in.
formed that their destination was Camp
Robinson they refused to go, and scatter
ing over tho prairie commenced digging
refis pits with their hunting knives. They
appeared to have relies secreted, which
they secured, having given up only few
old guns and revolvers. Artillery has
been sent from here to shell them from
their positions. should they continue their
resistance.