Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-03-01
Telegraphic Briefs.

During flre III Buffalo on SATURDAY
last one of the fireman was killed.
Mrs. G neral Sher dan has becn
grant d a We RI. pensiol Of $500
! 4 brace oil stage robbers have been
captured by the sheriff i'll Cloverdale,
Cal.
Eleven young girls in Plymouth
Pa, factory lost their lives by an ex-
plosion.
/ q Blaine recently leased ew i'll
a fashionable church ii Washing on
paying tn refor - 800
/ Ten sailors were drowned by the
wrecking Of the bark Jesse TWps near
Norfolk, Va, Saturday.
\ mind reader has declared that
Boulanger will within six months
march upon Germany.
! ReY. Geo. Ii. Atkinson, one Of the
oldest ministers in Oregon, died sud
denly in Portland Monday night.
Governor Penno:er, OF Oregor, has
vetoed a bill levying tribute ufon the
/ fish canneries Of the Columbia river.
In the Senate, Saturday, Senator
! Daniel reused that body by au address,
the tenor of which was states rights.
Marie Hass, daughter of Jacob
Hass, n pioneer hotel man OF this
coast, died in Portland last Saturday.
/ An amou t app oxim ting SSO,OOO
has teen set al by the senate or a
IL Int house at Heads III ad, Oregon.
/ A loss of $4,000 was sustained by
the burning of IL wine-house in Collusa
Cal, 10000 gallons of wine being
wasted.
( Four German gunboats stationed at
Geneva, have been ordered to Samoa
This, in the opinion of the diplomats
bespeaks war.
Jack Murphy has been arrested nj
Benica, Cal, for the murder of Patrick
Ryan, Il saloon keeper, and has con.
fesscd the crime.
Boot and shoe workers connected
with the Knights of Labor in Massa
chusetts have determened to withdraw
from the organization.
The West Coast Steamship Com
pany. in opposition to Goodall Perkins
4 Company, filed articles of incorpor
alton in San Francisco.
Callie Dunaway. the six year old sor
of Portland undertaken, was danger
ously injured by runaway horse il
that city Saturday evening.
Senator Stanford, of California, j,
very hopeful that the Pacific slop,
will yet receive recognition ut the
hands of the President elect.
Jay Gould is again at his old tricks
He is now engaged in whipping in
disobedient roads who refuse to joir
his pool and crush the public.
Rumor s,ys that New Mexico will
become a state before the close of The
session. A bill to that effect havin!
been favo ably rep rted upon.
NJ. F. Mulkey, a leading attorney O
Portland, died suddenly in San Fran
cisco this week. His remains will bt
taken to Oregon for intermcnt.
There is no clue yet to the trair
robbers Of the Southern Pac fic Raj
road, who secured large amount o
money near P.xley, California.
The coinage of gold in the United
States minis during the past year wal
1871 $3.50, sos; silver, $33, O36, 606; max
ing a total coinage of $65, 3IS,615.
The pres dent has vetoed five pen
sion bills, granting pensions to Squit
Walter, Henry V. Bas', VIM Barnes
John b. Jockey aud John McCool.
Blaine has decided not to become s
member Of the Centennial celebration
and this is regarded as a sure indica
ton he is to become member of the
cabinet.
| An nlropriatioa of $50 900 has beer
made for light house on the Hum
bo'dt river Also 5000 for similar
affair at the mouth of the Sius'aw rive
in Oregon.
The Pathological society OF Wasct
county. Oregon, are row in session a
The Dulles. An interesting session. i.
expocte and many practical bent Fl :,
are anticipated.
Thieves entered s,.loon in Rec
Bluff, Cal, and cracked the safe get
ting therefrom $3.50. Shortly after
ward they were apprehended and ar,
now lodged in Jail.
The $4,000 worth of jewelry b live
to have been stolen from the daugb
ter of Governor Ogleshy at S,r
d eg', Cal, ha been lound, the pack
age h wing been mi,la;d.
Rev. TT Dunn, d. D., prominent
Methodist clergyman, who came t,
California in the ear y days. died a
his country home near San Jose, Mon
day evening. Of pneumonis.
Sir John Mcdonald, Canda's arts
tocratic premier, says it would be
degradation to any Englishman, to &C
cept the hospitality of Americans al
proposed by Ben Butterworth bill.
An absconding dishonest mar
named Lewis, has been apprehendet
in San Francisco. He is a resident O
Denver, and while there made some
fraudulent conveyances and lit out.
The bankers Mutual Relief Associa
ISOLATION, an Oregon wildcat con
Germ, has come to grief in Portland. thu
secretary admitting there is nothin,
on hand with which to pay its claims
Captain Wissmann arrived here an(
proceeded to Cairo where he will re
cruit several hundred blacks to accom-
pany him on an expedition into tht
interior of Africa from the east coast
A number of German citizens O
P .rtland are talking of constructing
the,'re on the same principle as thai
OF leading German cities, especial,
de-igned for families and open air con
! c ,Its.
The Scoate has called upon the sec.
rotary of the interior for information
con ,rni & the alleged bribery of the
Cherokee Indian council with whisk,
and money by cattle kings and theil
employees.
+ In San Francisco, yesterday, the
largest and last of the steel casting.
for the cruiser San Francisco, was sue
cessfully cast. 1t weighed tons, and
the molten metal attained heat
equal to 1000 degrees.
General Harrison, it is said, will at
tend divine worship a. the new ant
fashionable Presbyterian church re
Gently erected in Washington. Hi.
father-in-l w, DR.. Scott, having LEASED
one of the best pews in that eiifice.
The boodlers in Canada are having
a hard time of wondering where
thew will tiy to next. A bill has beer