Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-06
DAs T E R N.
..~ocrArxD PRESS DISPATCHES.


1koMIN0IoNs A"y
= 1,om the Secretary Of the Navy, in
- 70 House resolution calling
;rformstion, gives statement show
- time and cost Of repair of each
- II the navy engaged in battle
- a. enemy, or same general CLASH
800 emitting hulls unfit for repair.
-. are 63 vessels in the list, 81 of
s;.b ,.e reported efficient for imms-
~. m. To put in condition the re-
..iaipe 80 it is estimated to cost 3D.
,nmf1 and The time necessary is vari-
-, estimated at from two to eighteen
-.,shs each, eighteen months being
4. ..;msssd time required on five YES
The communication also en-
..s;1a A detailed statement Of the cost
xrueirs on vessels since 1865, the total
~ seS075,00O. Tho total cost of
- IN tho navy was $72,3i5.776.
soldiers In Arizona.
yna Secretary of War informs tho
nonse that there are in Arizona 2273 en-
"a msp and 40 officers, in addition
: - forces undss Gen. Forsythe.
An Appeal Taken.
Fhe citizcns of Broadway, Va, appeal
!. ~ Senate from the Postoffice Depart
mt.
Kentacky Races.
Iuroros, tKy.) May 4.-This is the
siyd day Of the Kentucky Association
-. The first race was for two-year-
II half mile, and was won by Vio-
~. O'Lsan an Unnis Louise ran q
luad heat for the second place. Time
q seconds. The second raee was the
rechants' Handicap, for all ages. mile
koats, won by Boramboletta in two
dnicht heats, JiS johnson second,
DatIight third. Time l:Ah and 1:4515.
fhird race. for all ages, for horses that |
pssr won q race, mile or mile and a
eusztsr. Capias won in a canter, How
& sscond. Only two ran. Time, l:45l4. |
Eleciion Of Omcers.
NV Yoax, May 5.-The Civil Service |
n1osm Association held its annual
rooiing tonight, and elected G. w. Cur
Il prGaidsnt; B. H. Bristov. Howard
fGta, Geo. B. Mcclellan and Oswald |
Olbndorfsr were among the vioe-pres
Hs1s chosen.
A white Indlan.
MnwAuxEE, May 5.AOrton n. Camp,
shn lad four years Of age, was stolen |
hon his mother in Waupankie county,
Wisconsin, BY a band of Pottawata-
nies His older brother recently found
hin with tho Indians at Royalton,
Wisconsin, and identified him, after an
ahssucs Of IL years.
Rumor Denied.
INV YoRK, May 5.-The rumor that
Lowell is to be at once superseded was
Miwd today. There is good authority
fos nying that no successor to Lowell
kmnot besn named, nor is one thought
Il.
The Morry Letter Forgery.
h Tribms's Warrington CORE
paadnt says: It appears probable
III ca Horatio Hercules Hadley, who
aaslhsd notoriety during the last Pres
n1hl campaign as Secretary Of the
n1ock Republican Club in New York,
~ soon emerge from obscurity again,
~ engage the public attention for .
aon time At least. For the last Is
nnths "Hunt the rascal down" has
I'm John I. Davenport's motto, and
nshe been unwearied in his efforts to
dlacover the author of the Norsy letter
tfgsry. More than year ago certain
Information furnished Davenport led
Inn TO believe that, II he would. 2Col.
ladley could give some valuable in
lormation on this subject, and il ap-
pears that Davenport has psrsistently
allowed ever since the clue thus OBJ
tAined. It il now learned from trust
worthy sources that Davenport has sue
sssdsd in inducing Hadlsy to divulgs
What he knows about the matter, which
= good deal. Among the facts thus
chained Is that tho forgery was con-
eerted in the Hancock Republican Climb.
Hadlsy, ii il understood, has also dis
spssd tho manner in which the letter
- placed in possession Of the Demo
aatio National Committee. II is fur
ilss stated that Hadlsy's disclosures
enye convinced those 10 whom they
~ made that Abram Hewitt was
ueeely imposed ON in the matter. The
0Atrman. It is charged, was among
tAase who knew tho letter was not
onnins.
4 Gesa Feed.
PHILADELPHIA, May GA oompli-
nantary dinner TO John Russell Young
- nsw Minister to China, was given in
- Union League House this evening
~ directors. Young starts for San
lnnsisco tomorrow. on his way 10
Gina.
sAert In his Accsants.
AAHvnLR. May GA. H. Rsford,
1unRly superintendent Of the South
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