Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-05-16
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS

he House ha- passed the amended Chi
NOSE exclusion bill.
lh' san Francisco restaurants have adj
An, "'i their prices.
lh' earnings II the Northern Pacific for
Npril were II ts>,"r.
va Nirain has been appointed post
master AZ Eola Oregon.
iiaNrrlv g. going Ia build a summer
th'ni'r az Atlantic titH.
In. forest fires along I.ung Island have
i'"u 'Ntiusui~h"d by rain.
E>Io,,rnor Stamford arrived in New
\ ORR FROM Europe last week.
Members Il the Siamcee Embassy ar
rived Last week IN New York.
over 1l,u ALI gator hides were shipped
from one port IN Florida last week.
\ ,r frndlcd bv a sick child at Amster-
dan, \. :. took dphthcria and died.
The fami, II Carl S,hurz sailed for
l'rrmrn GA the steamship Rhein last
week
\ North Pro, ldcnc-. Il. l.. election
rudg" settled 4 dispute 10y burning the
ballots.
ll,loit Wis. has elected the hghli-
ccu~r ticket. The city was prohibition
last year.
Iiton bought a hou>, and lot in New
\ orb ,itN for Si2.0n. which he will pre-
sent to his niece.
Great suffering from lack of food is re
ported from many places "verilowed lately
v, the Mississippi.
tat, a., 4 IN Inns rod.
substitute for the Morrison Tariff bill. Ii
pr"pu~e- reduction Of III per cent.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court has
decided that the taxation or moneys in
vested in real estate mortgages is illegal.
Lack nf orders has compelled the closing
uf the Wheeler Iron Company's Works at
MiddlcscN. Penn. rendering l.MU men
idle
Articles have been signed between Jack
Dempsey and George Full james for fight
July nth. with hard gloves for Sl.Wa
side.
Reduction in the output of New England
mills has been inaugurated by the Lowell
companies. who have shut dow on Satur-
DAYS
The two bicyclsi-. Wood>ide and Nor
gan. started from the city hall in New
York last week on bicycles for San Fran
cisco.
The Transcontinental Association will
soon hold meeting at st. Louis to see
whether the California pool be continued
or abandoned.
/ The Secretary Of the Treasury has called
in sl0.uO,uD 3per-cent bonds. The bonds
viii bc paid June 10Th, and interest will
cease that day.
Z Martin Switzler, lately proprietor of a
cheese factory at ST. Charles, ILL.,, is unable
Ia meet his obligations, because of sptcula
tion in 'hicago.
J. &. Burrows Of Michigan. recently
nominated and confirmed solicitor of the
treasury, has written the president, form
ally declining the office.
Late reports from northeastern Texas in
dictate considerable damage by floods and
the retarding in the growth Of cotton
from three to four weeks.
There IN great excitement at Glendive,
Montana. over the discovery of gold at
Lone Tree gulch, sixty miles north of
there, In paying quantities.
The boiler i'm the Whitney Marble
! Works ut Gouveneur. y. V, exploded re-
Gently. killing five men and fatally injur-
ing two. The building is Il total loss.
The suit of Marie Booth, daughter of
Junius Brutus Booth, against Agnes
Booth. to recover part of the property
left 10y her father, has been compromised.
The United States steamer Portsmouth
has arrived at the Portsmouth. n. H..
quarantine grounds. The yellow fever
patients are doing well. There are no
new cases.
II. NJ. True. a witness in the Sharon
trial. died at Santa Cruz. of pneumonia,
produced by cold. True exposed Wells
conspiracy and was quite an important
witness In the case.
II il estimated that some "a, OOO animals.
including thoroughbred bulls, stations
Northern Pacific Railroad to the Montana
ranges this season.
Jim Kecne's affairs are badly involved.
with his creditors except at a large dis
count. His losses since January of last
year are estimated at 81, 100000.
Fitzgerald won the great international
pedestrian match at New York last week,
making I'M miles in six days, and beating
the hest time by four hours. His share of
the stakes and gate receipts is $4,000.
The general conference of the African
Methodist Episcopal Church of the United
States, including delegates from Africa
week. The body comprises nearly 800
members.
The town Of Brisbin. Clearfield county,
Penn. was totally destroyed by fire last
week: also the the large lumber yards and
mill Of Hooker. Hughes & Co. The loss is
estimated ut from $l5O,OOO to $500, 600:
fully insured.
James Maxwell, the young druggist ar
rested at Harrisonville, last week for the
murder OF his brother in law, Newton SAT-
from. was found dead in his cell, having
taken poison. which was concealed in to-
bacco on his person.
IL Is stated that Colonel W. +. Hughes,
a banker Of Dallas, Texas, will accept a
tender Of the presidency OF the Texas
Trunk Railroad, and that the road will be
pushed at once to connection with the
Texas and st. Louis Railroad.
Joe bennett, a fisherman, living in Nat
chez, Miss, murdered his mistress, Marie
Merritt, last week and then killed him.
self. The man was from Red River, and
the woman from Detroit. Cause, jealousy
and whisky. They have two children.
The Blue mountains, along the northern
border of Berks county, Penn, are on fire
In every direction. Serious danger is ap-
pretended. The destruction of wood land
II incalculable. No farm houses are vet
burned. People are fighting the flames.
The jury in the case of William An
drews, charged with killing his wife and
then burning her body, at High Spire,
Pennsylvania, July I, 1881, returned a YER
diet OF murder in the second degree. He
was sentenced to twelve years imprison-
ment, the full penalty.
! Charles Dickerson, n nego who was ar
rested at Walton. KY, last March for
burglary, and who escaped a short time
after. was again arrested last week in the
act Of committing like offense. The
same night he was hanged by masked
mob two miles distant from Burlington.
a special from Trenton, n. j., says:
John Kessler, the Essex county burglar.
who has served twenty years Of a thirty
years term I'm the State prison, has fallen
heir to St0.0OO. left him by an aunt who
died in England. He will be 81 years old