Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1885-10-09
Late Eastern News.
A Clipper For Oregon.

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freishts. Freights have been on the
increase each week, and at the end
of the month the leading lines had
all they could attend to. No new
charter has been made, though it is
probable that all the available tom
mage will he eagerly snapped up.
The ship &. $. HWlbut commences
on freight here to Portland, Oregon,
next week. 1t is expected to get
away before Both.
He Abused the Abused.
WASHINGTON, Oct. G.-Joseph f.
Hayden, 81 400 clerk in the Pen
sion Office, WAS dismissed to day for
using gross language toward the Ex-
ecutive of the United States. The
offense is alleged to have been com
mitted while he was riding in a car
rage on Pennsylvania avenue, when
it is said be even went SO far as to
wish for the death of the President.
Hayden was appointed by Arthur,
but claims to be Democrat.
Forged Letter.
WASHINGTON, Oct. G. At the
White House to-day it is declared
that the letter printed by a number
of papers this morning on the New
York State election, purporting to
have been written by the President
10 friend i'll Buffalo, is forgery.
The on Y u,terance the President has
made on the subject was the answer
which he dictated to Colonel Lam
ont, his private Secretary, to be
made to an inquiry sent him by a
correspondent, and was as follows:
The President is Democrat, aud it
is strange that any person should
question his position. He earnestly
desires the success of his party in
the pending elections in New York,
as we'll as elsewhere, and any asser-
ton to the contrary is utterly and
maliciously false.
The Prudential Postomces.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3.-When the
Senate meets there will be list of
between 500 and 600 Postmasters
appointed during recess submitted
fol confirmation. In addition, it is
estimated that during the session of
Congress the terms of at least 600
Postmasters will expire, SO that
nominations of over l 900 Postmas-
tiers will come before the Senate dur
ing the next session. There are p
1876 Presidential Postmasters in this
country and at the rate observed
during the past six months all the
Presidential Postmasters will be
changed in two years.
Chinese Labor Going East.
PITTsBuRG, Oct. G.-Lee Wah, an
intelligent Chinaman from San Fran
cisco, arrived here this afternoon,
and left for the CoEnelsville coke
region tonight, to negotiate for the
employment of Chinese labor in
that district. Lee Wah is one of
committee of six appointed at a re-
cent meeting in San Francisco to
visit the various industrial centers
throughout the country. to estab-
lish Chinese colonies. The move
ment grows out of the late Wyom-
ing massacre. He reports having
met with fair success ut Cincinnati
and other localities visited.
WORCESTER. Mass. Oct. 6.-There
is good gathering here tonight of
Delegates to to-morrow's Democratic
State Convention, and an interesting
contest for the first place on
the ticket is in progress between the
friends of Edward Avery of Brain
tree, Frederick o. Prince of Boston,
and James S. Grinnell of Green
field. A combination of Avery and
Grinnell forces in support of the one
who shows the greatest strength is
talked of to night. Butler men are
being cordially welcomed back.
Hard Fate.
New York, October 6.-The
yacht Carmelita. designed on the
plans of the Puritan, belonging to
young millionaire of California, JOS
eph Coleman, which was expected to
beat any thing of the kind on the Pa
cihc coast, has had hard fate. She
left New York on March the 9Th
and encountered storms at Montevi-
dec and Rio Janeiro, which were so
severe, and used her up SO badly
that she was compelled to turn back.
The yacht reached Gotham ON Sun
day, much the worse for the trial of
her trip.
Massacre Of Christians
New York, Sept. 25.-The Heralds
Paris special says of the massacre of
Christians in Anam, that the
Superior of the college and a whole
host of Christians have been slaugh.
tered pell nell. Some of them
were thrown into the sea with their
hands tied behind their backs.
Some of the missionaries tried to
make q stand with muskets but
were soon defeated. Churches,
schools and dwellings everywhere
were burned, and the Christians who
escaped had to walk days without
food or shelter in order to reach a
place OF safety. General Del ourcey
promised to send gunboat which
came to Quin Hoa after the place
was burned down and never fired q
shot, owing to the absence of orders.
Public Wedding.
SYRACUSE, N. Y, Sept. 26.-Three