Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-05-05
LATE EASTERN NEWS.
Consumption Important Discovery of "a
list.

tue II rdfd from Lnt'Oli SAYS: il"-
fcseoi Tvudall III .kts public 10 day
the results of EXP. riineu's made hIH
DIR. Koch. OF Berlin. on tUherrni +
disease. 1t vas known Def 10 that
the disease WAS communicable, tut
Koch has asccrtalnei the exact n;t-
ture Of the parasite which CAUSES
consumption. II" Ia, propagate Il
il artIticiallv ami ki.,c: animals with
PARASITES thus produced The mater
c\pec,olated from tie lungs OF cot
sunr,ive persons has been found 10
hc swaiiuinG with parasites winch
;le highly infective. Tyndall'- OBJ
icct Is 10 protest afle-h aEaim~t lcri~
la,lon which prohibits III En-lanl
experiment such a. cnab.'i kpcn
TO make these discoveries, hut 1t i,
hoped that Koch viii develop Il
harmless fo!m Of the tnheIcuar
parasite which, by incubation, WAY
prevent consumption, aud t u check
scourge which, accordlu; 10 Koch 5
calculations, CaIrlcs OFT one seventh
of The human lare.
An Attempt mnd- so Assassinnte Van-
derbui and Field
NV YORK, April PA lastardly
attempt was made to day by ), me
miscreants on the lives of Vim. H.
Vanderbilt and c. W. Field by send
ing them explosives through the
iAls. Fortunately tie dangerous
Character Of the packages Was dis
covered ell route to the postoflice
station and probable loss thus pre-
vented. The circumstances of he
case as related by Postmaste, Pear
sob are as following: Two missives
came into the postoffice about 4:30
O'Clock in the afternoon One was
posted III the office and the other
brought in by a collector a few
minutes afterwards The last one
was addressed to VIM. H. Wander
bilt, ]59 Fifth avenue, and the first
was addressed to Cyrus W. Field.
Lexington avenue and Twenty-third
street. The packets were placed in
the mail bag along with other mail
for up town districts, put in a mail
wagon and taken to Third avenue on
the Elevated railroad to the station
at the head of Chatham street. and
then deposited on the front platform
of the car. The train started up
town and before reaching the station
of Ninth street and Third avenue an
explosion was heard from a mail bag,
and fire and smoke were observed to
issue from it. When the train
stopped at the station the burning
bag was hastily transferred to the
platform. rs railroad people were
afraid to transpor TT it any further on
the train. 1t was taken down stairs.
placed on wagon and taken to the
postotfice station at Twenty-ninth
street and Third avenue. Snperin-
tendent Mosher, in charge there.
dispatched messe nger in haste for
Postmaster Pearson. When that
fficial arrived half the burned mqil
bags and contents were examined.
The package addressed to Field was
plunged in a bucket of water for fear
1t might also explode, and when
thoroughly soaked was examined. |
1t was found to consist of q paste
bSaszd box, covered with gaudy |
~ eers and pictures, and had a |
small drawer in it from which de-
pended a string, as it is supposed,
for the purpose of drawing it open
and causing an explosion. Inside
the box was found a til can contain
ing half pound of powder and a
glass jar containing a white powder
and a liquid, believed to be some.
kind of explosive, but what it was
none of the postoffice officials could
say. 1t viii! be sent to chemist for
analysis. On the packages were ten
scent stamps. 1t was Vanderbilt's
package that exploded, probably
caused by the jolt of the cars when
rounding curve out of Bowery into |
Third avenue, and but for which
occurrence the packages might have
reached their destination and ex-
ploded in the hands of the parties
to whom they were addressed. The
contents of the mail bag were
scorched by the explosion. Post
office officials are making vigorous
efforts to trace the packages to the |
parties who sent them and no stone |
will be left unturned. Postmaster
Pearson says he will hunt down the |
rutfians who made the attempt.
Death of Hon. Horace Maynard. Ex.
Postmaster General.
KNOXVILLE, May 3.-Hon. Horace
Maynard dropped dead of heart
disease this morning upon getting
out of bed.
Meelker, Osborne & Co.'s Market Report.
San FRANcIsc ,. May 8, 1882
Hops-no change to note. With the |
warm months and AN increased consumD |
tiole Sy brewers, an increased demand |
Is eked for. A car load OF ". T., lair |
4daEfy, have sold at 18c.
Northern Wool is lower and quiet |
Advance in overland freights has tended |
TO effect quotations. We quote at "A and |
&c.
Potatoes are firm at advanced prices. !
The undertone is good, provided Oregon |
shipments should prove moderate. We |
quote at 81 % and 2.U5.
Barley higher prices against buyers. |
Holders are Offering at S1.67lx. Ground |
Barley steady at $50 per ton
Oats firm and tending higher. Prices |
against buyers. Light bright Oregon have |
sold at 81. Choice Oregon held at S2.IO |
We quote at 81 and S2.O5
Wheat strong at advanced rates. Hold |
ers are offering at S1.7O
Dry hides steady at I9c /; green sailed |
hides quiet at 10c.
Onions firm and higher. Choice Oregon
have sold at 81. We quote at SI.75 and |
Sl90
+. Mesker has demonstrated the
advantages of beet sugar factory tn