Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-03-13
Late Eastern News.
Rumors of War.

CHIcAGo, March 9.-An Inter
Ocean special says: The Nauticc
Ga=o!c, of New York, gives currenc,
to the following: There are rumor
which lead us to believe ere man,
weeks roll on ship yards in tn,
United States will be called upon t,
exert their utmost abilities to fiji
orders for steamers which may soon
ct or later be called to do war ser
vice under a foreign flag. 1t is sale
that parties in this city are now en-
gagged in arranging plans and specifi
cations for the new fleet We have
1t from good authority that already
quite number of American built
steamers have been selected for
cruising purposes by a European
( power. III the event of hostilities on
the DINER side uf the water. There
Is no doubt but that articles besides
ships will be largely purchased here
for use in Europe. The provision
market will likely take a rise, as soon
rs buying COMMENCES to an extra
Ordinary ueSfoe.
Lamar's Successor Appointed.
WAsHINGT> n, March 9.-General
f. G. Waltham has been appointed
by Governor Lowrey United States
Senator to succeed Lamar. Waltham
was a former law partner of Lamar.
Cleveland's Course.
San FRAScIsco, March 10.-The
CaUs special says: 1t is plain
that Cleveland intends that his Cab
met shall relieve him of as much of
the routine and drudgery of office
as possible. To this eud his first
rule that applications for office shall
shall come through the department
to which the Office belongs is aimed.
The President will decide disputed
questions affecting patronage him.
self, but he will be guided in ordin,
airy cases by the advice of members
of his Cabinet. Friends of civil
service reform have no reason to he
displeased with the expressions of
the President during his first three
days in the White House. He has
repeatedly called the attention of
anxious claimants to the existence of
the tenure of Office act, and the
binding force of the civil service
law. With the exception of Assist.
ant Secretary Pruden, none of the
clerks in the Executive Mansion have
been assured of their retention in
office, and they are ali anxious about
their places. Henly, stenograpber
and private secretary, is faithful
and industrious employee, and the
chances are that he will be retained,
but an idea prevails that the Presi-
dent will cut down the force of per.
sonul attendants attac he'd to the Ex-
ecutive Mansion.
Reducing the Force.
NEW YORK, March 12.-The Times
says of the reduction OF the White
House force: II the principle thus
defined in the White House is care
fully applied throughout the service,
not less than twenty thousand men
will be stricken from the Federal pay
roll, while the legitimate work of
the service will be much better than
before.
Skipped with tho Funds.
NORTH ADAMS, Massachusetts,,
March 1l-Lieutenant Austin,
Treasurer of the Salvation Army,
here, has decamped with all the
money. The Army has telesraphed
to Gen. Moore, at Brooklyn, for re-
lief.
Terrific Nitro-GIycerine Explosion ut
Bradford.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 10.-The |
citizens of Bradford, Pennsylvania,
were startled to-day by terrific ex-
p!osion, which shook houses in all
parts of town. Inquiry revealed
the TACT that the nitro-slycerine man
ufactrry of the Rock glycerine COM
pany, located at Howard junction,
three miles away had been the scene
of terrible casualty. A magazine
5000 pounds of glycer-
ine had exploded. and w. H. Her.
rington, one of the proprietors, and
H. V. Pratt, an employee, had been
killed. The factory, twenty-five feet
away, was blown into framents.
Pats body was found two hundred
feet away. All his bones were bro.
ken, but the skin was intact. Her.
riugton weighed 100 pounds. One
or two pieces of flesh were the only
traces that could be found OF him.
Trees were torn up by the roots, and
great holes made in tho earth. Loss
S., goo.
WOman's Suffrage fn Dakota.
BIsMARK, Mrch 10.-Both houses
Of the Dakota Legislature have
passed the woman suffrage bill.
Nominations.
WASHINGTON, March 9.-The Pres.
ldent has made the following NOM
nations: Charles S. Fairchild, OF
New York, Assistant Secretary of
TIE Treasury; John G. Black, of
Commissioner of Pensions.