Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-01-26
Late Eastern News.
The Northern Pacific.

NlW IrEk, Jan. l9.-it Il meeting
Of the Northern Pacific director.
Yesterday, Nlce-Pre~ilcnt O,kcs pre-
scented his report. H., SAYS work Oh
the Boseman tunnel had advanced
Ga feet and .,.h; feet remained to hc
cut, and Il temporary track was be-
lur laid over the mountains at tlIs
I,vlnt, pending the complexion Of
the tunnel. The coal bankers at
New Tacoma. holding 1000 tons Of
coal, from which shipments I" san
Francisco would he made, were lin
i~hed. The total number of persons
arriving ut Portland last wear III eX-
cess Of departure, was H.. ll3. The
estimated! gram surplus for the next
season from Oregon and Washing
ton Territory WAS from 100 900 to
2'm GOO tons. There was an in
c,ea,ing attic business in western
Washington Territory and northern
Idaho. He would lnaIgurate Il trip
to Alaska. |, could he made III
June and the steamers would start
from Portland.
Another St-nm>hip Disaster.
H,uE,EG, Jan. II. The f,n,i,rm
WAS sunk Friday morning twelve
miles southwest Of Haskum by the
British steamer >"ihhr. She sunk
in fifteen minutes aften the collision.
Thyty-nlne passengers landed at
Cuxhavcn ,li- evening. Other boats
are still out. The steamers HS<nr-
nbm and H,n<n. and several tugs,
leave immediately III search of the
other boats. }. +. IL. Meyer, agent
for the Hamburg American line. says,
in regard to the fmbru. sunk i'll
the German ocean by collision with
IN English steamer: " The fnmbr,n
must have had between 400 and 800
passengers aboard, and fear, from
the cable dispatches. the loss of live
has been great. The steamer car
ricd eight life boats. She has crew
of lUJ men. Two wears ago COM
pound engines and new boilers were
placed in her 1t seems from later
dispatches that but few persons We're
saved while the list of those missing
Is great.
Another Ocean Disaster.
Nrw YuEK, Jan. 2l.-Crpt. Davis,
Of steamship fa,un'a, which arrived
from Halifax last night. reports that
yesterday morning when oft the end
i of Long Island, he WAS run into
by the hrl.antine Muu">n, which
sank short afterwards. One of lac I
! scamtn, Il Young man named Char
! les IL. Powers, was saved, but the
other members of the crew Of The
lost vessel were nj. drowned. The
.Hui j,oSa left Perth, Ambov, for Bos-
ton on tie 18th INST, with small
cargo of coal Her master, Cnrt.
Milton, has been sick some time and
he remained behind. The vessel
was placed under command of Has
kcll, a young man who, for some
time past, has acted rs u sound pi-
lot. The crew consisted of mate,
Henry Clifford, of Cherry street,
this city: second mate, John Norton,
Of Nova Scotia; seamen, Michael
Kent and Patrick Donovan, of st.
John, n b.. Martin Emerson, Of
Norway and young Powers, who is a
native Of Eastport, Me-, and col.
ored cook, name unknown. At .
Friday mornin. the -lMrY"<a had
used through the Sound, and was
Fishers Island, near the end OF
ons Island. The vessel WAS going
,,owiy.
There's ~ Land thnt ~ Colder than This.
CmnAGo, Jan. 22.-Thc intense
cold which has prevailed the past
three days continues. showing tn.
thermometer at = o'clock was =:
degrees below zelo. The streets are
nearly deserted. Railroad travel i.
greatly impeded. The snow is
packed in heavy drifts, through
which trains folce their way will
two engines, and are arriving hour.
behind time. The cold wave is NOV
ing east slowly, and is succeeded b,
much warmer weather.
yellow stone Improvement Company la
rUrpOrasesl.
NLw YORK, Jan. 2l.-A Yellow
stone National Park improvement
Company has been organized under
the laws of New Jersey, with cap
ital o: 5000 900. Its incorporation.
include Rufus Hatch, Roscoe Conk
ling, Gen. james 4. Williamson, o.
Boston; Richard Il. Mcrrick, O
Washington; Frederick Church, IT..
distinguished painter;J Il. Houston
President of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company: AaronJ. Nanderpool
Judge John r. Brady, Samuel Wal
lerton. of Chicago; {. NJ. Loring, o
Minneapolis. and other well known
men i'll various parts Of the country
The officers are: Rufus Hatch, Pres
idcnt; {. L. Hobardt and MIR. Churcl
, Vice Presidents. and Chas. f. Quin
cey, Treasurer. Hatch sailed TO
Europe to-day 10y steamer Grrmania
Another Fatal E.piostom.
GLASGOW, Jan. 2l.-The larges
Gasumcter here exploded tonight
Eight persons We're in ured. Th'
greater portion Of South Glasgow
was left i'll darkness and a panic wa
nearly caused III consequence. Sub
! sepuently Il shed belonging to thu
Caledonia Railroad Go. was blown
up. The explosion is supposed t.
be the work Of Fenians. \ soldie
to-day picked up on the bank of tn
Firth and Clyde cana! Il tin box
which exploded on attempt bein:
made to open it. Two persons wer'
injured.
The Polar Wave
Sr. PAUL, Jan. 2O.-Durins tn
greater part of last night and por
ton of to-day the hardest sno,
80 s L. 81