Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-03-14
The New Steamer.

lit new ISttdIHtIs
The steamship O'Hmrin', built by
,, Iiar.in " l;oihnysworih Co., of
Wilmington, Delaware, arrived at
Ta, ma l>t week. She is one If
fine tim steel steamers built for the
q. Il. ~ y. Co 10 Iuu Oh Puget
Som dbetweon New Tacoma aud
Victoria, and has made the lnI' from
tie Atlantic coast in little loss than
three months.
The .l'y"S describes the steamer
i'll dtia,., from wnic!, We quote:
The registered dimensions are,
Length. 26l ) feel; beam, 40 feet;
depth Of hoe, 12.5 fee; Ionnase,
.4i6 60. She draws, light, abo"t
s feet inches. The outside of her
hull is wholly steel, while the inter
Tor is cons ructed mostly OF iron.
She is fitted up in style as fine as
money can purchase. her main sa
loon being IL veritable palace. She
uses electro lights, has all the mod
ern appliances for safety OF life and
comfort of passengers. and Is heated
by steam. The furniture is of mas
sive mahos; ny, richly upholstered
in crimson plush, and the carpet il
of the finest Wilton with velvet fin
ish and dark background figured,
the predominant coltr beng sage,
relieved by red and other bright col
ors. All the carpets used on the
steamer are of the same quality and
pattern. Fifty staterooms, each cal
culated to accommodate two persons,
open from the grand saloon. The
lower berth is 40 inches and the up
per &c, and each is furnished with
spring and hair mattresses. Each
room is also supplied with station
a'y cherry wash stand, plate glass
mirror and other conveniences
Among the number are four family
rooms, which instead of berths are
supplied with double mahogany bed
steads. The toilet rooms are sup
piled with marble top stands and
every convenience.
This vessel cost about $2G0, 900,
and is expected to make the run be-
tween Tacoma and Victoria, lao
miles, in eight hours, including
stoppages, carrying $50 first-class
passengers besides her crew of Sd.
Her wheels are 32ll feet in diameter,
with III feet face, and her engine,
a Nottingham with cylinder Of
70-inch bore and u feet stroke, is
capable of immense power.
ALMOST superhuman efforts havo
been made for the reprieve or COM
mutation of sentence of Gionini. 1t
has already succeeded in securing
two delays of execution, and it is
not altogether improbable that the
sentence of death, now postponed
to the 18th of April, will lie super
seeded by imprisonment for life.
The extraordinary effort made by
the Italian Government and the in
tercst taken by the Catholic people,
in the appeal for clemency to be ex-
tended towards one in the lower
walks of life whose chine on trial
seemed to be peculiarly atrocious, to
have been carefully planned and de.
liberately executed, excites much
surprise. The grounds upon which
the last respite is asked is additional
proof of insanity. AS long Us the
law prescribea hanging as penalty
for murder, there should be no at
tempt TO stay its execution after q
fair trial and conviction, except on
actual proof of error. Experience
in our own Territory has shown that
the uncertainty which attends the
execution of the law will sometimes
lead our best sitizens into the last
resort q disorganized government,
an appeal to the people and the hor-
rors OF mob rule.
MRs. DUNIwAY CoMpLIMENTRD.-
New York dispatch of the 9th in