Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-01-23
Te!egraphic News.

> The French Parliament has rc Convcncd
Mary Anderson will build thcatcr il
/ London.
Russia j, said TO De rapidly drifting t'
anarchy.
Cleveland, Ohio, has measles in the cp;
! demic form.
/ Montreal wholesale houses are diocharg
! ing many employees.
/ \ GutetenLerg Bible was recently sol,
: in London for $1,000.
Another treasurer has .joine.. the Ken
/ lucky colony in Canada.
! Patrich James SMITH, an cX.mcubrr o
! the English Parliament is dead.
t Another silver mine is reported to hay,
! been discovered in north Georgia.
| The Italian Senate has adopted hill fol
! the sanitary improvement of Naples.
/ The coal mine AT SiraitsviIlr. in Il'
! Hooking valley, has been fired by striker,
! The Sultan of Turkey has given 81 W)(
| for the relief of Spanish earthquake sui
icrerS.
Spani>h-Americans of New York have
decided to a.d the earthquake sufferers il
spain.
The government of Gibraltar has offered
,0,i tn tents To earthquake sufferers III An
dalu,ia.
y. I. Barnum has offered General Grant
lud.ihm for the privilege of exhibiting hi
trol hies.
The first annual session of the Asso
ciated Labor Press was held in PitIsburg
last week.
An unusual quantity OF snow, for the
time OF The year, covers the hills near
Rome, Italy.
\ message from khartoum says General
Gordon a tacks the rebels on every posi-
Die occasion.
y new counterfeit s. note, National cur
rency, is reported 10 have made its appear.
ance in New York.
Pinos Altos. Mexico. was entirely de
stroyed by fire last week, rendering hun.
dreds of people homeless.
Madame Clovis Hugue, the Pari, wo-
man no shot NORM. refuses to pay the
Si0O assessed against her.
Colsons hay press and contents. in Mat
toon, ILL.,, were destroyed by fire few
nights ago. Loss, 5000.
The feeling is general in English politi-
cal circles that the Mudir of Dongola is
secretly a traitor TO Eng and.
The Queen of England la, appointed
the Countess of Dufferin to the Imperial
Order of the Crown of India.
y petition against the ratification of
the Spanish treaty has been signed by
400 Philadelphia cigar makers.
Frank Barber, foreman of the Warsaw
On. " salt works, was caught in the ma
chinery and killed the other day.
a four-round glove contest between Sui
last week. resulting in favor of the former
Important discoveries of fraud have
been discovered in the Russian Treasury
Some of the officials have committed sui
eide.
Duncan c. Ross, the famous Scotch
wrestler. announces his intention of Civ
ing up athletic sports and entering the
pulpit.
DIR. William Cole. lately elected to Con-
gress from the third district of Maryland
is dying from erysipelas at his home in
Baltimore.
Vanderbilt has returned Grants prop
erty decided him i'll payment of a loan of
81. 0,0n. The Generals wife refuses 10
accept the gift.
A conference of Democratic Senators
was held At Washington Saturday after
noon, To consider The poll TO he pursued
in respect to treaties.
Operative pOtters of Trenton. y. j., are
excited over proposition of the manu-
facturers to accept English wages plus the
protective tariff of 81 cents.
The Secretary of War has decided not
to order courtmartial Tor the trial of
Lieutenant darlington. on the charges
preferrd 10y General uazen.
The House Committee on Library re.
ported favorably on the bill appropriating
SlOtUn to aid the completion of the
pedestal for the Barthodi statue.
Louise Michel is recovering. The au.
thorities have offered to release her on
condition that she reside outsid. of the
Department of the Seine for two years
A train containing 100000 in silver
bullion was attacked by robbers near
Pinos Altos, Mexico. recently. The rob
killed.
Sir Edward Malet. British Ambassador
at Berlin, has been instructed 10 propose
TO Bismarck that an agreement be made
to maintain neutrality of the Samoan
Stands.
n dispatch from Tien. Tsin saws: China
and Japan have agreed to submit the
Corean question to the mediation Of rep.
resentatives of England, Germany and
America.
The number Of re-inforcements to be
sent to TOEquin next month is fixed at
6,iOO, making effective forces of 81 800,
not incl ding the 400 in the Formosa sx.
petition.
duel with swords, arising out of the
acquittal Of Madame Hugues, took place
On the Belgian frontier last week. The
nadame's champion severely wounded
his adversary.
Captain Thomas Phelan, an Irish Ma.
tlonalist, stabbed about two weeks ago in
ODonnOvan ROssa's office, New York. by
Richard Short, is improving and is on a
fair way to recovery.
Redmond, in a recent speech at Edin-
burgh, declared the Farnellites had no
with the perpetrators of out.
RACES. and that it is not the duty of Irish.
men to act as detectives.
Forty-nine gold watches and number
OF silver watches and other Ijewelry were
found by the customs authorities at New
York last Saturday in The baggage of
Louis Loenberg, an English arrival.
General Briere de Isle telegraphs from
Tonquin TO General Lewal, announcing
the arrival of 1920 reinforcements. i'm I'm.
best of health and spirits, and states thai
he is ready to march upon Langson.
The announcement of the desire of New
Zealand to annex Samoa has caused a sen |
,atiOn in Berlin. The newspapers con |
slider it certain that Germany and America |
will vigorously protest against annexa.
ion.
A hurricane in the Spanish province of
Malaga last week completed the destruc. |
ion in many places that suffered by earth |
lnake. A camp in which fugitives from
Perina had taken refuge was also de. |
'troyed.
General Butler won an important suit in |
he Court Of Claims at Washington lasi |
week. 1t was the case of the Cape Ann
iranite Company, and gives the company
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