The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-27

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Lawrence said il was an ill-advisei
/ land grant Of 10000. 900 acres,
/ Lamar-The gentleman Is mistaken
il makes 20 land grant, and if am
allowed two minutes will explain the
bill which was unanimously reported by
+ the committee
/ Several objections were made 70 the
( discussion. and the motion to suspend
/ the rules and consider the hill was re-
I jected-yeas -. nay. TO
( New YORK. Jalv &c Oliv.r : Row.
land. late Sailing Master of the Yacht
( Mohawk, was re-arrested yesterday ON
a charge of perjury. The arrest was
made on G complaint of one Of the
I auartermasters Of the Mohawk. who
/ testifies that Capt Rowland did not, as
+ he said he did. cast eff the ,nainsail. nor
did he give any orders to have il done,
/ nor was the sail ordered to be disturbed
| by him.
BISMARCK, July 26-Three hundred
pounds specimen of quartz, brought
from the Black Hills, was assayed yes
teriay. The richest showed 5000 per
ton, the lowest, 500. That assayed
was from the Woolsley ledge, two miles
from Deadwood, and eight others equal
iy rich, have been discovered in the
same vicinity, known as follows: Cali
fornia, Joe and Blowout. Light and
Mary, Ida Gray, Clara Nos and ,.
Red Cloud. The Freedman and Smolly
Jones.
Chicago, July 26.-At the st. Louis
Independent Greenback Convention, to
nominate Congressman for the second
district of Kansas. held at Lawrence,
Kansas, yesterday, oAly 30 delegates Of
80 being present endorsed the nominee.
The indianapolis Greenback Convention
caused a long and bitter discussion, and
was finally laid on the table. whereupou
the Peter Cooper Mem withdrew from
the convention The remainder of the
delegates then nominated John 4. Good
in, present incumbent, for Congress.
New YORK, Jnly ga great auc
ton sale of blankets, fannels &c, be-
gan yesterday and continued to day,
the market failing in the number of
buyers, yet prices kept up to within 10
per cent of the market value, and bid
ding was spirited.
i WASHINGTON, July 26-In the Hou sc,
Morrison, chairman of the Committee
on Ways and Means. reported back the
Senate bill authorizing the Secretary of
the Interior to deposit certain Indian
trust funds in the national treasury in
lieu of an investment, which passed the
House
Then was considered the Virginia
eau.os.-a election ease uf Platte aud
Goode, and was addressed by Townsend
OF New York, in support of the major.
ity report.
The Impeachment trial was resumed
his morning, after the Senate was called
to order, and Carpenter continued his
argument for the defense
| PHILADELPHIA, July ga fire
broke out in the packing house of J.
Nolan's mill yesterday. Before it could
DO stayed. the whole building was in
flames. There were not many people
in the building at the time Those who
were in the lower part had no difficulty
in escaping; but before those in the
upper story of the building knew Of
their danger the whole lower story was
in blaze. Several women up stairs
started down, but were met bv the
flames in the second story Several of
the women succeeded in getting
through the windows in the rear of the
second story to the roof and escaping.
Three. however, named Ellen Weber,
Anna Patterson and Maria Howeller
were driven back from the window by
the fire and obliged to retreat up stairs
again. All attempts to rescue them
were In vain, and they remained scream
ing for help till they were all dreadful.
ly burned. At last Ellen Weber and
Anna Patterson jumped from the
third story window and were instantly
killed by striking on the pavement. II
Is probable had they survived thu fall
that their burns would have killed
them. Maria Hoeveller was fortunate
enough to get hold of rope by which
she slid to the ground. She is fright.
fully burned, the skin having come off
her body almost entirely. She WAS re-
moved to the hospital but her recovery
is very doubtful Parties who knew
the position of The three women piled
bales of goods on the pavement for them
TO jump on, but other parties, not
knowing the object for piling the bales
there, removed them. The mill was
entirely destroyed with all the ma
chinery and stock. Heavy loss.