Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-04-14

settlers. Immigrants come chiefly
from California, Kansas, Minnesota,
Texas, Illinois and Nebraska, pro-
purtloned in the order named.
Misguided Preachers.
PHILADELPHIA, April, 11.-Metho-
dist preachers have appointed
committee to draw up IL paper ex-
presslve rf The satisfaction of the
preachers at the veto of the Chinese
bill by the President.
They are Coming Father Arthur Many
Thousand strong.
NCToRIA. April 10.-StahlSchmidt
n Ward report that the British
steamships E"iJ,rafes l TIC tons, and
E<ron,bra, .9O7 tons, and ship Blue
.Mck,i and ". J. Rotch, sailed about
ten days ago from Hong Kong for
Nictori:. The steamships nave be-
tween 1000 and $500 Chinese and
| the ships about l 900 more. The
steamships are due this month. The
Chinese are intended for railway
work. Other ships are to follow.
| The Fort Riley Cyclone.
JUNCTION CITY, rs, April 10.-The
wreck make by Friday nights storm
at i ort Riley, and freaks of wind
without occular proof, are simply
beyond belief. That there was no
loss of life is nothing less than mir
aculous. The wind pursued spiral
course, destroying one building in
its course and skipping the next.
The commissary and quartermaster's
houses were uDrOofed and portion
of the side of one CT them ripped off
as though it had been sawed in two.
The stores in these buildings were
thus exposed and are now covered
with canvas roof. Several of the
soldiers quarters in some instances
are wholly gone and in others par
TALLY so. OF the officers quarters
the greatest wreck is the one occu-
pied by Maj. Devices and DR.. Hol-
land. How they and their wives
escaped death is the most astonish-
ing story of the storm. The roof
fell in, the ends near their beds
lodging. while the opposite ends fell
to the floor, but the occupants e.
capped without a scratch. The kitch-
EN- portion of the quarters occupied
by Lieut.. Dimlck's family, was des-
trCyed, the wreck showing fearful
mixture of stones and broken cook
ing ware. In one of the soldiers
quarters great rocks fell among the
banks occupied by the men, but only
three soldiers were hurt so as to be
sent to the hospital. But the great
curiosity is the stable, which suffered
the greatest damage. There were
probably IS horses in stalls on the
side mostly damaged. They broke
tier halters and moved back as the
fall came, the stalls being filed to
depth of five or six feet with rocks,
rafters and debris. Only four horses
were caught by the falling wreck.
Sections of roots were carried several
hundred yards and great stones from
the walls scattered about. A por-
ton of the Command is now in tents.
The dest tion is so great as to
cause considerable interest in the
action of the Government as to re-
building in good shape of the post or
its abandonment. A board of sur
vey. consisting of DR.. Tilton, Mayor
Devices ard Lieut.. Burnett, are en-.
gagged in examining and estimating
the loss. The track of the storm
was half mile south of Junction,
aud is as distinct as the furrow of
pillow.
Must Stand up to tho Rack.
=! CHICAGO. April 10. Journals
Washington special: The last hope
of the star reuters has vanished and
they now recognize that they must
stand trial. Stephen W. Dorsey
has been telegraphed for by Col.
Ingersoll, and the case will come up
soon. Indictments are being read
this afternoon to an empty court
room, and the reading will consume
several hours.
The New Reform Policy.
| WASHINGTON, April 9-The fol.
lowing is Frank Hatton's letter to
the Cincinnati postmaster alluded to
in a previous dispatch: Your in
quiry in regard to whether executive
orders on pages 321 and 1923, postal
laws, and regulation 70, include en-
ployes of the postofice, is answered
in the negative. Unless employ
ment interfere with efficient dis
charge of their duties in the post
office, postmasters may, under this
limitation, accept Offices of aldermen.
In regard to provisions relative to
participation in political campaigns,
SO far as they are applicable to post
masters and other employees of this
department, desire to say, the fact
that citizen is deemed worthy and
competent to fill a public station
should not, in my judgment, deprive
him OF any of his rights as citizen
so long as be does not neglect the
duties entrusted to him. 1 believe
In the right of every man to use his
best efforts to promote by all proper
means the success of all public and
political measures, that will in his
Judgment be beneficial to his country.
Earnestness in discharge of their
duties as citizens should not involve
offensivensss on the part of public
servants. On this subject let me
quote from letter of Gen. Arthur
IN accepting the nomination ten
dered him by the convention at Chi
cago. His language is peculiarly
applicable to the inquiry you make.
He says: 81 will add that by ac-
ceptance of public office, whether
high or low, one does not in my
Judgment escape any of his respon-
sibllities as citizen, or lose or i'm
pair any of his rights as citizen,
and that he should enjoy absolute