Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1881-09-30

met but few days longer. He was
prepared to leave now rather than
wait few months and be turned
out. The most prominent Senator's
hele state that in the next ten days
at least there will be two or three
vacant Cabinet positions.
\ ConkIing Delegation.
PITr FORD, y. Y Sept 2i.-The
Repub. leans of the first district have
elected "A stalwart delegation to the
! State convention.
| Another Rap at C"nkIing.
PEEK,KIIL, Sept. 2l.-At the con-
vention of Republicans of the third
assembly district, Chauncey VI. De-
pew, chairman, the following We're
unanimously elected delegates to
the Safe convention: VIM. Y. Rob
ertson, Chauncey NJ. Depew, Jas.
W. Hasted aud G.. A. Brandeth.
Resolutions of sympathy and con-
dolence with the family of the late
! President Garfield, and resolution rs
to sustain the Administration of
President Arthur were adopted.
Anti-ConkIing Delegates.
SARATOGA, Sept 24-The Repub-
licans of the second district elected
anti-stalwart delegates.
NYAcK, Sept. 24.-The Republi-
cans of Rockland county elected
anti stalwurt delegates.
Progress of the Northern Pacific.
OMAHA, Sept. 24.-The following
members of the Northern Pacific ex
cursion party passed through this
city yesterday: Henry Willard, Pres
ilent of the Northern Pacific; Viii
liam Lloyd Garrison, Jr., his broth
erin law; T.. \. Spoffard, Willard S
Secretary; Herr Herzog, Secretary
of State and privy councillor of
Germany, being second in rank to
Bismarck; Herr Enthausen of Lon
don, who carries on a large merchan-
disc business i'll Calcutta, ComrIan-
der II. H. Gorringe, of the U. S.
navy, who brought the Egyptian
obelisL. "Cleopatra's needle" to
New York, Junias Henri Brown, the
we'll known correspondent and au-
thor; Hon. George A. Pillshury. of
Maine; H. J. Winsor, formerly U.
S. Consul in Germany; n. p. Hal
lowell and Charles Fairchild, of
Boston; A. L. Stokes and VIM. w.
Bates, of Chicago; Gen. H. G.. Bur-
nett, G. F, Mckinne, j. c. Hender-
son and H. H. Tyndall, of New York.
The above party represents an i'm
mense amount of capital to be in
vested in the Northern Pacific, a
new syndicate having been formed
the Oregon Transcontirental Com
parry. Seven hundred aud sixty
eight miles of Northern Pacific have
been completed. and it is intended
to build 1000 more miles Of main
line and branches within one year.
A large amount of German capital is
being invested in the enterprise.
Disasters.
OTTAWA, Ills, Sept. 26.-The most
destructive fire in the history of our
city occurred yesterday afternoon at
twenty minutes past four The first
alarm struck and flames were seen
issuing out of Wiess & Co.'S manu-
factory on Madison street, and COM
municated to adjacent frame build
ings occupied byJ. B. Harris e. Co. s
machine shop, thence to the Ottawa
creamery and then to the large sale
stables of Degen Bros. The fire de-
partment had only one engine for
service. The blaze swept to the
north, consuming in its course city
hall, Eagan's livey stables, a num-
Der Of residences and manufactures,
covering au area of six blocks. The
loss at q rough estimate is from
$3.50 900 to 5000, 900, with compar-
atively light insurance. Fifteen or
twenty minutes after the fire was
supposed to be under control q ter
rifle hurricane arose, and for few
moments everyone gave up hope.
Just at this iuncture the Baptist
church in another portion of the city
was discovered in flames, and the
widest panic succeeded. BY the
efforts of the citizens the new out.
break was extinguished, and the
flames were again prevented from
crossing Clinton street. The embers
and sparks were imperiling the
whole city when a heavy thunder
shower camo up and rain fell in tor
rents, putting an end to all serious
danger.
ELM1RA, Sept. 25.-About 4:3O
this afternoon there was q slight
earthquake. A hurricane followed
and in the two minutes it lasted it
unroofed the Rathbun house, car
ried the roof off the palace car shops
over and several hundred feet beyond
the freight buildings, lifted a man
out of his buggy, blew holes in brick
walls snapped close to the ground
immense trees and toppled over the
spires of churches. A deluding
rainfall succeeded, damaging still
further unroofed and windowless
houses.
| Quincy, Ill.,, Sept. pa fearful
tornado passed over the city this
afternoon. The tobacco factory of
j. Harrison, foundry of Bonnet,
Duffy g. Co., and foundry of Coas-
tack, Castle & Co., suffered severely.
and many employees were injured.
Four people were kill and thirteen
injured, so far as known in these es.
Establishments. Three school houses
were partly destroyed. Some of the
mills have also sustained damage.
Business houses and residences were
unroofed, trees blown down, and
telegraphic communication complete.
w severed. Accounts are coming
from all parts of the city and in
suburbs. The track Of the hurricane
| ,voo two m;!as In width Tho StreatS