Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-22

4 V4oSpefo0e 8aoDrooM-
ST. PAIL. Aug. 19.-The annual meet
ing of the St. Paul. Minneapolis and
Manitoba Railroad Company was held
here today. The report shows surplus
revenue Of 4965. 900 for the past fiscal
year. The directors recommend that IN
future dividends on stocks be paid
quarterly. The following were elected
directors for the ensuing year: George
Stephen Donald, A. Smith, James j.
Hill, X. d. Angus, John III. Kennedy,
d. Willis, James and X. Il. Galusha.
4 Temperance Sermon.
WAsHISGToS, Aug. l9.-The July num-
Der Of consular reports contains reports
by Consul George J. Clifford, Of La RO-
cheIle, on the Justification of brandy ex-
ported from La Rochelle, France 70 the
United States. The production of gen.
uine brandy from white wine in France,
Clifford thinks has substantially closed
on account of the failure Of the vine,
and the greater part Of the brandy now
sold is prepared from alcohol obtained
from grain, potatoes or beets. Coinci-
dent with the failure Of white wine in
France was the appearance of large
quantities of alcohol in tho parts Of
France adjacent 70 the white wine pro-
ducing country, most of il coming from
Germany. This importation of alcohol,
he says, increases from year to year,
and il now 46 per cent. greater than in
1889. Clifford closes his report Az fol-
lows: 'All French brandy might prop
erly, and perhaps ought 70, be excluded
from the United States on sanitary
grounds. There il a strong presump-
ton against the parity Of a great part
it, and it is unfortunately almost i'm.
possible 70 detect the fraud by chemical
analysis, especially where the various
mixtures employed are piped through.
Still the reputation Of . few great
houses that nov place on the market
only what they draw from their own
stocks, accumulated before 1873, might
be sufficient guarantee Of the purity of
their merchandise, but even with respect
To them it may be said that they dose
their brandies with carainels and other
substances, in order to adapt them to
the tastes of their English and Ameri-
can customers. They would never ven
ture to send to the United States a
strictly pure brandy as it comes from
the still, for our amateurs would regard
it as harsh and inferior.l and perhaps a
houses could hardly be excluded bv
name from the operation Of such meas
ures as might DO taken to protect the
public health. A general measuae ex-
Guiding the article entirely would seem,
therefore, to be the only effective de-
Tense against tie admission Of the pOi-
son for which our people pay one or two
million dollars per year. beside an i'm
.ls.t,, ,sx.k ,,. <,fn i'm,
pure article, If over loo per cent. of the
invoice value"
The Act Of Fool.
WARrKN. ILL.,, Aug. 2l.- James Bird,
jealous cooper, who had quarreled with
his wife yesterday, sought her out at her
sisters house III Gratiot, Wis, and after
a few minutes talk and telling her if
they could not live happily together
they ought at least be friends, he drew
y pistol and shot her twice, infiicting
possibly fatal wounds. He then shot
himself in the abdomen. Physicians
say he cannot live.
A GAasily Find.
MOUNT PULASKI. ILL.,, Aug. 2l.-Chas.
this city, and who has been missing the
Rtbb VII % Anyhy W0O 0A1SOvOiCA yVoSOA-
day with two young men who hive been
working for hun; all three were blind
folded and their threats cut from ear
to eur. No cause il known.
Gen. Woiscley's Proclamation.
PoRT SAID, Aug. 0.-1he fleet and
transports entered the canal this even
ing. Before their departure, Gen. VOL
seley posted n proclamation written In
the Arab tongue, declaring that those |
who respected the authority of the khe- |
dive would not be molested, while those |
who resisted would DO treated as rebels. |
The British have evacuated the offices
OF the Canal Company. The traffic of |
the canal will be only temporarily sus-
pended in order to allow the British YES
sells TO pass. The company refused to |
send pilots ON board the men-of-war.
The british occupy Neflick. Arab has |
abandoned Gheaeileh, and withdrawn |
to Dormietta. The transport Cambria,
from Alexandria, with cavalry, has ar
rived.
A British vassal'x Decree.
The Khedive, in a decree charging |
Cherif Pasha with the formation Of a |
said in troubled time like |
the present, the direct attention Of the |
authority should become more |
and manifest. shall therefore |
use the right TO assemble a council of |
under my own presidency as
supreme chief OF the Egyptian forces. |
l also intend to render my command eff |
fective without restricting the power |
which the Ministry Of War holds from