Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-03-09
Late Eastern News.

Caliao the party will be taken by the
United States frigate Haryoro
straight to the Caroline Islands,
1 800 miles across desolate stretch
of water. We hope to reach the Is
lands by the Goth of April. 1t is
alleged that the French expedition
will come to New York, go thence by
rail to San Francisco, and take the
Australian steamer to Tahiti. There
gunboat will be placed at their dis.
posal, which will bring them home,
when ali is finished, the way they
came. 1t is our intention, when we
have concluded our labors, to leave
as soon as possible for Honolulu,
from which point we shall return by
steamer to San Francisco about the
14th of June.
A Scene of DesoIation.
SHAwNEETowN, Ills. Feb. 2S.-The
worst Is over here. The town is an
awful scene of desolation. Great
gaps are left by houses swept away.
In one addition four solid blocks of
dwellings have entirely disappeared.
The Presbyterian Church foated
away a mile. Several mills and
business houses are entirely gone.
The principal merchant in Black
burn, kentucky, has a stock of 3d.
600 worth of goods On barge tied
to a tree. The villages of Blackburn
and Raleigh, Kentucky, have both
been nearly wiped out. Over one
hundred houses in these places are
gone. At Columbus, Kentucky,
over ten feet of water is spread over
the town, filling nearly all the
stores.
Flood Sufferers.
INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 2S.-Advices
from Rose Glare, Hardin county, Ill.
represent the effects of the flood as
very disastrous. Destitute people
have gathered III school houses aud
churches, and are suffering FROM
want of food, clothing and medicine.
Money Order System.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The Sem
ate passed the House bill modifying
the postal money order system SO as
to authorize postmasters of money
order offices, under the authority of
the postmaster-general, to issue pos
tai notes i'll denominations of five dol.
lars and under. This important bill
will greatly facilitate the business of
sending small sums through the
mails. 1t also authorizes the issue
of money orders without CORES
ponding advices o. five dollars and
less, to be on engraved paper and
known Us postal notes.. payable to
bearer. Such notes to be invalid
after three months. The holder can
after that time get par value by up.
plying to the post office department
at Washington. For issuing q pos
tai note fee of three cents will be
charged. This bill authorizes the
issue of money orders i'll denomina-
tons of 500 or less. Mono fol
more than S100 can be issued. The
following fees are fixed for money
orders: For orders not exceeding
$40, s cents; from $40 to SIS, IL
cents; SIS to $50. Is cents; $50 to
$40, 20 cents; $40 to $50 Is cents;
$50 to $50, 30 cents; $50 to 20, 81
cents; so to $50, 40 cents; $50 tc
500, As cents.
Three Thousand words per Minute
The Last Teiegraphic Achievement.
New YORK, March 2.-The Sun
describes the trial of the new
postal telegraph company's wires
to Cleveland yesterday, as sue
cessful in sending 5000 words in a
minute. A dispatch of tina length
is cut up into seven parts, or takes,
as copy is given out to printers.
These are transferred by seven oper-
ators to cylinders, which are set sim.
ultaneously in motion, and transmit
the message over the wire. The
company claims it can send eight
and receive eight dispatches at the
same time, over the same wire. The
two wires in use between here and
Cleveland are steel, heavily insulated
in copper. The poles are 30 feet
high, of unusual SIZE and strength,
40 of them to the mile. 1t is
claimed the wires are of such
SUPREME CONDUCTIvITY
That the electric current ON them
will not be disturbed by storms and
atmospheric changes. They claim
these improvements will bring Chi
cago geographically as near New
York as Philadelphia, and San Fran
cisco as near as Cleveland compared,
with the best wire now in use.
Cutting Telegraph Wires.
Chicago, March when the
Mutual Union Telegraph company
was granted the right of way into
the city II provision was inserted III
the franchise obliSins the company
to remove the poles and put the wires
under ground before March l, 1888.
This has not been done, and to-day
by order OF the Mayor, all the wires
OF the company at the southern city
limits were cut and the police sta
toned to prevent the company from
putting them up again. The Board
of Trade Telegraph company has nc
franchise and its wires were cut to-
gether with the wires leased by il
from the Baltimore and Ohio com
pany. Thus the offices of the Mu.
tual Union and Board of Trade tele
graph to this city are entirely cut OF