Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-07-18
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- might have been made the scapegoa
,,cemany, while at the same time b.
,,.o,,ed for eventualities by putting
=. ,.vy on a war footing. His deciin
81, act with England in the opera
IN, against Alexandria, can therefore
!, M seuse be construed As an admis
Sor of weakness or timidity. He wal
.,.dc,d to the Chamber not 70 engag'
,hs country in war withou. consulting
! asud was equally pledged to submit t:
a.sisions of the conference. The Eng
IA Government was under no such OBJ
4. ,t;ou to Parliament, and in seizina
!. Van The pretext of the arming of til,
scrts in Alexandria as a motive for hos
tlities, it acted under pressure of the
anoer which menaced the Suez Cana
e,d which rendered immediate action
;musrstivs 70 England. The safety OF
tbs canal was a question of much more
,mnortancs than the consideration how
she action might be construed by the
sonfsrence. Her boldness has been
5 ,u.iisd BY the result, none of the pow
q having felt themselves called upon
b protest against it.
Vnwelesme lmmtgranis.
CtscMSATr, July 1.-THE arrival oi
80 Jewish Russian refugees on Satur-
dsy, sent here in starving condition
md without word to the Jewish Relief
Committee of this city, created consider
sbIs indignation among the Jews, VIC
have cabled Committees In London and
Hamburg to send no more here. In the
/, nsantime the most strenuous measures
- relieve the distress of refugees and to
tneurs permanent homes and employ
mt are making. Two Thousand dol
I'm in cash havo been already sub
.asibsd, and a soliciting Com mittee was
appointed to collect more.
Dangerous Piayihinxs.
Six deaths have occurred from toy
piatols, since July 4th, the wounds o1
which were generally trifling, but pro
dasd lookjaw.
Gasned Two.Thirds.
Tho boiler makers, who struck for /!
psr cent. advance. went to work toda,
y 10 per ent. advance.
A scandsIeus Affair.
CHICAGO, July ia special from
lsssick's Ferry, near st. Louis, reports
Aat tho negroes of that section wer'
snandslized because Henry Francis. 4
09man laborer, was living with an un
nluied neeress. and ess s,yed to regu.
hk matters. Francis, seeing crowd
sfangry colored men about his house
at midnight, showed his musket through
ths window and fred. A. Progress was
hllsd and Geo. Morris fatally wounded
Pnncis has not been seen since, and II
hrsported the crowd took him at day.
light and drowned him in the Missouri
liysr.
Mrs. lincoln Dead.
SeRMorIELp. ILL.,, July 16.-Mrs. Lin
sAu, widow Of late President Lincoln,
lisd in this city at S:25 tonight. She
had bsen i'll for long time, but few
days ago grew worse. Saturday even
pg she suffered stroke of paralysis,
nd from that time lay in a comatose
kats, until she died. Robert Lincoln
1T Washington tonight, and will be
Asrs on Tuesd " morning. Tho funeral
announcement will be later.
The immediate cause OF Mrs. Lin
ecn's death was apoplectic paralysis
Ihs last words she was heard to uttei
Van spoken last evening at 10 O'Clock
shen she looked to her brother-in Law,
II. Edwards, and said 81 am dying"
FfOm that time until death she WAS un-
euassious. Mrs. Mary Lincoln was
sofn Dec. l3, 1918, in Lexington. ky.,
asuRhter OF Il. 8. and Elizabeth p
Todd, csms to Springfield in 1889, and
nasrisd Abraham Lincoln Nov. -,
W. Her only living child il Hon.
sebsrt I. Lincoln, Secretary of War.
kssleAh Conservative Opinlon.
Nsw YoRx, July l6.-The exciting
u unlocked for events of the past
sssk have greatly shocked all modsrat.
aea throughout the country, by WHOM
asfelt that the argument that it wal
sses9ary for Seymour to defend tn,
.dssa teet from the guns of Arabi'l
oa'sesiss offers no adequate justifoa
sao Of the ministry, since the British
- nevsr ought to have gone there
s~ once the radical element of th'
sUg In power joins with conservative
pps'sion 10 condsmnin2 the infatuates
lucy which has brought about the de
~ucsaon Of Alexandria and the massa'
sof 90 many hundreds of European
sa0 ChristiaAs. On the 25th of NJ,
We Enelish Government demanded tn
apolsion Of Arabi from Egypt, ant
&s provoked the massacre Of the lltl
a'uns, and made Arab the hero Of th
A'sSandria populaoe. II WAS inevitabl
a'n he would take measures to pro
\" hiuself. 1t ought to have beel
een that bombardment whicl
Hd not b successfully resisted woui,
followed BY the desperate endeavo
go = much mischief ~ possible.
u about ten days the Nile will be1il
sanuA riss, and there il but ~
In reason now to believe thal
s soe present chaos reigninR j
UPs none Of the usu u arrangement
Ssoassol its volume have been or wi
aksa. Thus with a great Overflow
- would inevitably issue unds
circumstances, the cotton an
a country would be osrtainl
..asd oot, and this practical warl
49, caused great perturbation !
n . anal circles. In fact Egypt u 4
.ans oolGlads,oas's hands.
- sys ars now turned to Cairo au
ooss Canal. Meetings of LlberA