The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-10-04
Saturday, October 4. 1879.
By TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.

NEW YORK, Sept 27.-Several prom
inent persons, among them W NJ Lent.
Of San Francisco. yesterday made an
examination of the pneumatic stree.
cars, run by compressed air. on the up-
per division Of the Sccond-avenue rail-
road. These cars are now running on
schedule time, and from the impression
of gentlemen present, the motive pow
CT is there and will DO utilized. The
cars can be sent by compressed air over
the route, q distance Of lG miles. The
air i, compressed at depot. in reser-
voirs on the cars out OF night. The
cost of the power is only cents psr
car per mile, against Ga cents per car
per mile by horse power. Their suc-
cess has been proven on the Second
avenue road.
In the suit brought by the United
States against Samuel Tilden to recover
income taxes, o motion was made in
tho United States District Court few
days ago by Tilden's counsel for . bill
of particulars. Judge Choate has
made An elaborate decision in the mat
ter, and says the motion must be denied
upon welt. settled rules of practise re
lsting to the mstter Of bills Of psrticu'
lars. After abiding TO the general Oh
jects Of bills Of particulars. be says:
aTbe Government is not presumed 70
know what any mans income 10. still
less the several parts OF which It ID
made mp. Every man is presumed to
know these things with entire certain
". While officers of the Government
nav have such credible information ~
to q tax payers income as mskes 1t
proper to bring suit and recover the
excess of income tax due above that
paid, that information may not be 80
specific or detailed as to enable tho Dis
trict Attorney in advance of the trial to
set forth tho items going to make up
the income, with the certainty required
in q bill OF particulars" He further
asys: 1.-THE truth is. the plaintiff is. in
fact, unable to furnish such bill. Nor
is it to be inferred from this fact. ad-
mitted by the District Attorney. that
this suit is o mere Fostering suit.
brought for q general inquisition into
the private affairs Of the defendant. -
suggested by counsel for the defendant.
who urges that the court should. by
granting this motion, discountsnsnce
such suit"
NEW Yonx, Sept. 20 Tho HeralTs
Washington special says 1t is under
stood that our Minister to China has
nearly completed modification of the
Cushing and Burlingame treaties. which
will discourage the emigration Of the
lower order Of Chinese. The modifi-
cations are intended to especially pro-
mote trade, and not emigration, and
place the merchants Of each country on
. commercial equality. 1t is believed
this important work would have been
accomplished many months ago. If
Seward had not been called home last
winter to meet e., attempt to impeach
him.
Stewards object in returningto China,
after the adjournment Of the forty-fifth
Congress, was to conclude tho negotia
tioas on this subject. The modified
treaties will. doubtless, be submitted
to tho Senate early in December.
DEADwooD. Sept 27.-The city has
presoutod an unusually attractive ap-
pearancc today. the flames and smoke
having nbated enough to allow the mass
Of ruins to be cleared away aud the
erection Of tents and small wooden
shantics, Of which there have been from
seventy five to Q hundred put up. Al
most every class of business represent
ell on Main and Sherman streets are oil
having On immense rush OF customs.
Prices have not advanced. except in n
very few instances. where tho demand
for some article was greater than the
supply. The daily papers are issuing
on small sheets. being struck of at
Lead City and Central. They contain
little else than fire news. Lumber is
being hauled in by every available
team in this vicinity. aud Is bringing
$46 per thousand. Tho mills are run
ming night and day. but not enough
can DO brought in to supply tho enor-
NOUS demand. Some had shantics
erected within five hours from tho time
Of the outbreak Of the fire.