The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1879-05-30

sixty persons on the register. besides
regular boarders. who were compelled
TO make their escape by climbing down
the porch pillars. Several Of those
who escaped in this way sustained
serious injuries by falling. One man
made . rope Of bis bed clothes and at
tempted TO escape in tha. way from
the fourth floor, but the rope broke as
he reached ,he third floor and he is
now lying in very critical condition.
A child Of the agent Of the Cumber-
land Valley Railroad, while climbing
down the porch fIom the fourth floor,
fell and is supposed 10 be fatally in
jured. Two bodies have been found
in the ruins burned to q crisp; one Of
them is l.. Troxelle. Of Cnm beriand.
and the other one is unknown. There
are six persons missing. who are
supposed to be buried in the ruins.
Fifteen persons are injured seriously
from falling and about 200 slightly
injured.
WASHINGTON, May 27-House mem
bers o. the Joint Democratic Caucus
Committee, met this afternoon end
unanimously agreed on the following
line Of policy. which will be brought
up tomorrow before the joint committee:
They propose to send to the President
~ the first bill the test oath, which will
be signed as o separate bill; then one
repeating the use Of troops At polls;
and another repeating the supervisors
law. These will both he vetoed, Then
they will pass q joint resolution ex-
tending the appropriation for tho army
till December, coupled with a proviso
that no troops shall be used at
elections. aud one also for legislative
purposes. on condition that supervisors
do not act. If they are vetoed they
propose to adjourn, and if again con-
vensd by the President to repeat the
programme. Beyond that all Is chaos.
The Presidents veto message of the
legislative, executive and judicial APP
preparation bill, will be sent to the
House of Representatives tomorrow.
The Ways and Means Committee will
report Fernando Woods resolution
firing the date Of adjournment at
June 10th.
LONDON. May 29.-General Sir Gar
net Wolsley. with his staff, will sail
from Dartmouth tomorrow in the
steamer Edinburgh Castle for the Cape
Of Good Hope, to assume his new COM
mand in South Africa.
NEW YORK, May ga New Haven
special announces the arrival there last
night Of tho iron steamer Norman
Monarch. go days from Constantinople.
bringing two handsome gray Arabian
stations given to Grant by the Sultan
Ut Turkey. They are in fine condition.
and will probably be sent to their own.
er's farm in the west The Norman
Monarch will take back to CONSTANT
nople $1,000 stands of arms for the
Turkish Government. Ths cargo will
be worth 81 100000.
Judge Donohue yesterday confirmed
the report Of the referee in the suit of
Mrs. Maria l.. Granger for the annul-
ment of her marriage to Thomas Blair,
lately dismissed from a captaincy in the
army. Judgment in favor of Mrs. Gran,
ger has been entered.
LONDON. May 29-Two Chilean men,
of-war (wooden) and one Peruvian iron.
clad have been sunk in naval engage
mcnt of Iquiquc. Peru.
PARIS. May 2o-Ofiicial dispatch
from Port au Prince, Hayti, says NJ.
Roche Mouart. Foreign Minister. died
Of yellow fever two hours after being
attacked. His private secretary and
first secretary Of legation have both
died Of the same disease. and the
second secretary of legation is sick
with it.