Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-01-21
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
Proposition to Close up the philadelphia
Permanent Exhibition.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 15.-Tho d.
rcctors of the permanent exhibition
have decided to recommend 60 the
Shareholders thai the Show h closed
the building sold and the .,urs of
the colcern wound up.
Re-appoin,ed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15.--Iuo Prcsi-
dent nominated Nicholas II. Owings
to be Secretary of Washington Terri
tory.
New York Sentiment on Chime.c Mature
aitLatiOn.
The Commcrcia BniI,iin, in quot
ing Commissioner Swift'a statement
about Chinese naturalization being
null and void, says: If Swift is cor
rcctly reported here we are inclined
to think no such treaty as he and his
confrercs have brought home with
them will ever received the sanction
of the United States Senate. There
are many Chinese merchants who
are among the largest taxpayers on
the Pacific Coast, and in New York
the courts, as is well known, have
had no scruples about granting pa
turalization papers to persons OF this
nationality. The exclusion is totally
at variance with the spirit of our free
institutions.
The LiciS Telescope Ord red.
San Francisco, Jan. 17.-The trus-
tees of the Lick estate have signed a
contract with Alvan Clarke a. Sons,
of Cambridge, Mass. for a telescope
for the Lick observatory at Mount
Hamilton. 1t is to be q refractor
with an object glass of 36 inches
diameter or 10 inches larger than
that of the great telescope of the
United States observatory. 1t will
have focal length of from so to GO
feet, and will cost $50, 900.
Pacific Coast Congressman on the Chin.
ese Treaties Pending i,iIIs.
NEW YORK, Jan. ia Times
Washington special says that those
features of the new treaties which
relate directly to the question of i'm,
migration re not satisfactory to the
Pacific Coast delegation in Congress.
They claim that the Pacific Coast is
by no means benefited, except that
it removes restriction which existed
at the last session. With reference
to legislation on this subject at the
last session of Congress, when the
question was broug 1t up it was urged
that such legislation was unwise
while treaty negotiations were pend
ing, and several propositions to pro.
vide restriction OF Chinese immiyra-
ton were forced to remain unconsid-
cred. The Pacific Coast say now
with evident satisfaction that legis-
lation need no longer be delayed,
and Representative Willis, of Ken
lucky, u member of the committee on
education and labor, before which
commission bills on the subject are
now pending, has promised to en-
deavor to secure action on one of the
appropriations at the committee
next meeting. Willis himself has a
bill which provides that no vessel
shall bring more than Is Chinese
passengers on one voyage to the
United States, The bill of Repres-
entative Pages restricts the number
of passengers to 10. Horace Davis
has also bill which provides that
not more than one Chinese passenger
shall be allowed to each hundred
tons of American measurement of
such ship or vessel. His bill does
not however apply to any ambassa-
dor of the Chinese emperor, his fam
lily or servants, or the Chinese crew
of any vessel. TIE disposition to
oppose the treaty is not calculated to
be received with favor by Eastern
Congressman.
\ Revenue Cutter for Alaska.
The bill of Whitaker of Oregon,
appropriating SITS, 100 for the con-
struction of II steam vessel for the
revenue marine, for special service
in the waters of the Territory of
Alaska, is still before the Committee
on Appropriations, strongly Endorsed
by TIE Secretary CT the Treasury.
Terribly Cola Weather.
STEVENS PolNT, Wis. Jan. 10
Spirit thermometer this morning
stood Mt 81 degrees below zero. At
st. Paul, tonight, it was SO degrees
below zero, the mercury being froz-
ell. The correctness of these reports
is not yet established.
Council BLUFFS, Jan. 10.-The
thermometer in this city and adjoin-
ing towns, at sunrise, to-day, inai-
Gated 30 to 30 degrees below zero.
This is the coolest spell since 1858,
when it was 40 degrees below, Jan
nary LIST.
Report received from all parts of
Iowa show that the cold was from 20
to 35 degrees be.ow zero, last night
and this morning, being more severe
at some places than ever known be-
before. At st. Louis, the mercury
was IL deg, below this morning, and