Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-11-14

| explode it. Notify your men but don't
| show this letter to any Ons. This is not
| boys plot. We mean business
EIGN.
Floods In France.
PARIS, Nov. 13.-The rivers Seine and
Morne are rising at an alarming rate.
Disastrous foods in and around Paris
are expected. Much alarm is felt.
Demanding Equal Rights.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.-Leaders of the Cen
ter party resolved to demand that a
privilege of equal rights, which had been
granted old Catholics in common with
Roman Catholics be withdrawn from the
former, also that Catholic priests be per-
mitted to say mass and administer sac
raments without previous sanction of
the prelate.
FOundered at Sea.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-Tbe steamship
Angelic. plying between Gifand and
Hull, has foundered in the North Sea.
Forty persons were drowned.
Terrible Casualty at Sea.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-The steamer West
from New York Nov. I'd, for Hamburg,
via Plymouth, has put into Portsmouth
with hole in her port bow, received by
collision with an unknown steamer Off
Beachy Head early this morning. The
Westphalia is making water rapidly,
and will be docked. A boat lowered
from the Westphalia to search for the
other steamer is missing. A steamer
has been sent to search for the missing
boat and steamer.
LATER-It is believed that the missing
steamer has gone to the bottom with all
hands; also tbs, missing boat of the
Westphalia, which contained an officer
and six men. Officers of the Westphalia
| report that it was intensely dark at the
time of the collision, with heavy sea.
Types ON q Strike.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-The printers in the
| city working on newspapers have en-
tered on a strike for higher wages.
Some papers have conceded the demand
crossing as usual. In general, however,
proprietors stood out, and the printers
being equally firm, a deadlock at the
cases has ensued.
Bad D0inxs In Ireland.
DUBLIN, Nov. 13.-The Queens Bench
Bar has expressed to Judge Lawson its
congratulations over his escape from
the murderous assault ON Saturday.
The trial of tea men named Joyce,
charged with monstr0us murders have
commenced.
Particulars received from Galloway,
where there have been much bad blood
between peasants and proprietOrs and
magistrates recently, gives an account
of the attack on Saturday evening on
the huntsmen. They stoned the riders,
struck the resident magitrate with rocks,
cheered for Parnell, Dillon, and the
Land League, and finally succeeded in
driving the police, huutsnen and sol
diers in a body from the end of cover.
Eight:arrests have been effected. No
one was killed but many were bruised
badly.
| Finishing work.
BERLIN, Nov. 13.-It is expected that
the Reichstag will finish its work by
Easter holiday.
TO he Recalled.
CoNsrANrrNoPLE, Nov. 13.-The Rus
sian Minister admits that it will be me-
cessary to send letters of recall to the
Russian Consul General at Philadel-
phia, because of his unauthorized and
improper interference in elections
there.
The British Grain Trade.
LONDON, Nov. 13.-The Mark Lane
Express, in its review of the British
grain trade for the past week, says the
progress of wheat sowing Is small, Ow-
ing to disastrous floods and violent
storms of hail and snow, accompanied
by destructive lightning. Trade 10 very
quiet, country -four coming in freely
Foreign wheat was in better demand Oh
Friday. The supply of'foreign on spo'
is moderate, and coast very meager
Nevertheless stocks are large, and ths
quantity afloat is ON the increase.
Flour slow and prices unchanged
Maize is continually dearer, and the
scarcity on spot must continue until
early in 1883.
Scarcely any business in of coas1
wheat cargoes. California about sil
pence dearer. There were seven fresh
: arrivals. The sales of English whea
for the past week reach 44,232 quarters
. at 4Os lid, against 4, ,l36 quarters. at 46,
Sd for the corresponding period of las
year.
00te0ly No0CW
: MADRID, Noy. 13.-It is reported tina
Isabel, the new infant born last night, j
: dangerously i'll.
Killed with Clab.
ALEXANDRIA, Nov. 13.-On Monda
the body Of Russian subject was foun'
I living ON the street where he had bee
!, murdered. As the body lay near the al
: senal, il is believed the culprit was a ma
| tive watchman, who had been arr ssted Il
possession Of a biood-covered bludgeon
which had piece of the head and brain
of the victim upon 1t. The native dt
nies his guilt, and the explanation o
the presence of the weapon ID disb<
lieved.
ssarvas1on lanlnent.
ii CAIno, Nov. 13.-The native populs
i ton in the Delta is in distress on ~
! count of the failure of the rice croI
Unless aid is given them by the govern
= ment, il Is feared many deaths froI
starvation will ensue.
Attempted Assassinasten.
II DUBLIN, Nov. 13.-Patrick Delane.
: Who vls brought before the police coul
4 this morning charged with attemptin
9 TO assaainate Justice Lawson on Satul
4 day night, vas remanded till the IN
= Jury in the Joyce murder trial Ia empal
q ele6. The attorney, in opening the oas
8 ssatsd ON the prisoners authority tn
q Phiivin bad turned Queens evidence.
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