Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1886-02-12
Late Eastern News.
Caucasian and Chinese.

Caucasian md Chinese.
CHINESE, Feb. 4.-Twenty-fve
handsome Caucasian young ladies
received calls from $50 Cinnamon to-
day Ill the roons of the Third Pres
byterian Mission on West Madison
street. The reception was held in
honor Of the Chinese New Year, to-
day being the second day OF the
three days celebration. The young
ladies were all teachers in Chimes.
Sunday schools in this city. The
guests were entertained from 3P NJ
till 10 P. NJ. The young ladies
served the Cinnamon with coffee aud
sandwiches, sang songs and gave re
citations. During the intervals
bowls of soapsuas an | long-stemmed
pipes were brought in, and then ali
the Cinnamon and young ladies had
merry time seeing who could blow
the biggest bubble and whose bubble
would soar the highest, meanwhile
romping ubout together like little
children.
Severe Cold Snap.
New York, Feb. 5.-The Their
mometer this morning stands six de-
grees below zero. The present cold
snap is by far the coolest of the sea-
son, aud the suffering among the
poor is very great. Trains on the
elevated roads are greatly delayed,
and owing to the snow it il almost
impossible for horse cars to make
headway. Twenty persons who
walked across the Brooklyn bridge
yesterday had some portion of their
bodies frozen. Charitable persons
bought large numbers o: tickets for
tides in the Brooklyn bridge cars,
and had the police give them to
poorly clad persons who attempted
to walk across.
The Oregon Wagon Road Companies.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24-Land grants
to wagon road companies in Oregon
and elsewhere will soon be made the
subject of public inquiry. The Ore
gon Central Military wagon road
company received a grant of 36l 1927
acres in 1864; a wagon roa.l line from
Corvallis to Yuquiua received 1855
acres in 1886; the Willamette and
| Cascades wagon road cot lU7 ,S96
acres 1856; the Dalles Military road
received 12G, $40 acles in 1867. aud
the Coos Bay wagon road 10S, 0SO,
making a total in all OF TT ,095. or
territory nearly as large as the State
of Rhode Island. 1t is said that
none of these roads were completed
according TO the requirements of the
grants, and that some of them were
hardly begun. The Senate committee
on public lands proposes to push an
investigation of the way in which the
companies did the work, and it is
probable report will be made, rec
ommending that the grants be for
feited in every case where companies
failed to perform their part of the
contract.
The Senate COMMITTEES on Territories
will Make n Favora bio Report ON
| Voorhees, Bill.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 24.-It is an
nounced to-day that the Senate Com
mittee on Territories has decided 70
recommend the admission OF Wash
ington Territory, and spent day in
putting Mr.. Voorhees, bill for the
purpose into shape. The most i'm
portant amendment will make some
changes i'll the biographies next
year. The committee makes the
pan handle of Idaho cutoff, and
sticks it on to Washington. The
present southern boundary of Wash
ipgton is to be extended east to Sal
mon river, which is for the most part
easterly in lis course to the Bitter
Root mountains. These mountains
form a natural boundary between
Montana and Idaho, and are to be
the line between Montana and Wash
inSton. The tract of country north
Of salmon river to the British pos
sessions is nearly as large as Yer
mont and New Hampshire, and con-
sists of three counties, including the
C9ur d'Alene country and the Nez
Perces. People out there have had
to travel between $50 and 800 miles
TO attend their legislature, down at
coise City. AS they live along tho
Northern Pacific they will find their
new relations much more convenient
for business.
The committee is regarded rs fav.
orable to the admission of Montana
as we'll MS Washington.
An Explanation OF the Policy Pursu-d
I'm Relation to Civil Service Reform.
BosToN, Jan. 31-Thc Heralds
Washington correspondent quotes
the president as saying" have tried
to be true to my own pledges and the
pledges of my party. We both pro-
missed to divorce the offices Of the
country from being used for party
service. have held to my promise,
and 1 mean to hold to it. l did not
propose to hold party service in the
past in the Democratic ranks, as
against the man. On tho contrary,
it gave him a strong. equitable claim
to office. He had been excluded for
twenty-four years, because he was n
Democrat. He should be remember
ed for tho same raason when the
Democratic administration came into
power, provided he was competent
man for the position he filed. What
1 understand by civil service reform,
as l am carrying it out, is that office
holders shall be divorced from poll
tics while they fill their positions
under the government. That rule l
ment to stand by in my removals
from Office. Such as are made are
made for cause. 1t would be absurd
for me to undertake to give the coun-
try my reasons in all cases. because
it would be impracticable. When l
have removed Republican for poll