Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-03-07

kenna are both tariff ID, mocrats.
as are Representatives Paige aud
Stevens. Representatives Stockslager
and Murphy were Carlisle men. and
with Senator Garland represent the
tariff reform element on the commit
tee. Representative Ro-ecrans voted
for Carlisle for speaker, but is an
unconditional prot"c'ionist. aud en-
dorses the Ohio tariff platform. The
secretary of the committee is a tariff
Democrat. In the main the com
mittee is composed of the younger
element of the party.
Prominent Death.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Hon. Ken
meth Ravnor, SO icitOr of the Trea-
surv, died at the National Hotel this
afternoon.
Getting int Position,
New YORK, March 5.-The indie
pendent Republican Committee has
secured permanent headquarters at
1GO Broadway. A circular to be is
sued to all Republicans throughout
the country will contain a general
plan of reorganization.
Prohibition in Iowa.
De, MolNEs, March 1.-The Ken
neny prohibition bill passed the
House This afternoon, 80 to IL, Re-
publicans voting solidly for it, aided
by one Democrat. The bill is in the
form of an amendment to the liquor
chapter of the State code. Its es-
sential part is as follows: Where
ever the words intoxicating liq-
uors" occur in this chapter the same
shall be construed to mean alcohol,
ale, wine, beer, spurious, vinous
and malt liquors, and all intoxicat-
ing liquors whatever, including ale,
wine and beer, and the same provi-
sions and penalties OF law in force
relating to Intoxicating liquors shall
i'll like manner be held and construed
to apply to violations of this act, and
the manufacture, sale or keeping
with intent to sell, or keeping or es-
tablishing place for the sale of ale,
wine and beer, aud all other intoxi-
citing iiqu,ls whatever. The bill
will be brought up ill the Senate
Friday, where there is prohibition
ma orIty of "a, and will doubtless be
passed.
A New Motor.
CHICAGO, March IAN announce
ment is made of the invention of O
remarkable motor know as the
" Triple Thermic Motor" The mo.
tive power is the vapor of carbon.
1t has been in practical use in draw
ing a sixty horse power engine for
six months past, in the Cement Paw
ing Manufacturing Company, on
West Forty-Sixth street. The dis
covery consists in evolving bisul-
phide of carbon into vapor for OPP
Grating machinery by generating heat
in a generator, and Transforming it
into a vessel containing bisuIphide
of carbon. The latent heat of steam
is utilized to convert the bisulpbide
of carbon into vapor, only 1872 be-
ing necessary to produce the vapor.
A prominent engineer of Chicago, in
giving the result of his examination
OF the new motor, says: 81 saw q
fifteen horse power boiler with very
little fire under it generating steam
which generated the new motor,
which in turn ran an engine of sixty
horse power" A syndicate has been
formed which will control the inven-
ton and its patents, with O capital
stock of $25, OO0, 900, of which S.
600, 200 have already been realized
on stock. Ex-Governor Hubbard,
of Texas, aud ex-Collector Baird, of
Boston, are mentioned as being
largely interested in the new motor
syndicate.
A Railroad Victory.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 29.-The
Federal Court to-day granted the
railroad companies of the State an
injunction restraining the State Rail-
road Commission flom interfering
with their busine under the act of
the Legislature giving the commission
supervision of the RAILROADS. operated
in Tennessee. The Court holds that
the act creating the commission is in
contravention of the Stste constitu.
ton and Of the fourteenth amend
ment to the constitution of the Uni
ted States.
Holy War.
New York, March 1.-The Trus
tees of DIR. Newman's church held O
stormy meeting tonight. The frs,
sign of trouble showed itself wher
Hopkins, after fIuitless endeavorine
to offer a resolution to appoint some
ushers, remarked that the bloody
flag seemed to have been hung ou
and everybody was spelling for a row
1t was then announced that tn,
church owed $40, 900 on a not,
due April l, but there was NJ
money in the treasury to meet i
after paying DR.. Newman's salary
Hopkins proposed that the receipts
be devoted to the payment of thu
debt, and the remainder to be pait
to Newman in lieu of his salary
Trustee Corley remarked TINT such
proposition could only come from
Ranneyite and idol, who didn't know
any better than to use such language
Hopkins replied in the same enter
tanning manner, and for few min
utes it was thought the meetin:
would have to ad journ to the side
walk to fight it out. Peace wa
finally restored, without recource t
violence, but no further business o
Importance was transacted, and tn
Board adjourned after informing tn
Secretary not to let the books Of tn