Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-27

said the amended bill nov rvported con
tanned notifications which have bee,
compared IN conjunction With ths Treas
nry Oeper ertment. relating to bonds 10 b,
given for extended warsheusine period
and providing warshouaine regulation,
asfo spilits made from grapes, apple,
and peaches. 1t was ordered pGinted q,
a substitute for the House bill ON th,
subject. Bayard will probably call Il
up early next week.
May be Trse.
PHILADELPHIA, May 26.-whsn tht
steamer British King arrived in DOR,
last Monday statement was made tina,
an English Storage passenger evidently
denented had jumped overheard on the
fourth day of the voyage. Patrick Foy
OF County Sligo, Ireland, who was also
one OF the steerage passengers, reported
to the British Consul this afternoon tha.
hs herd him exclaim, as hs leaped into
the sea: 'I'm the man who killed Lore
Casendishm Foy is positive his state
ment is the snicide's words, and says he
was standing close to him when he ut
tered them.
A speedy Burial.
SALT LAKE, May 8.-Yesterday after
noon a snow slide occurred in Big Cot
| tonwood Canyon at Richmond mlns,
which carried Richard Graves, lessee of
TIE mine, distance Of 400 fest down
the mountain, and buried him in the
drift 20 feet deep. Thirty men have
been engaged for the past twsnty-four
hours in endsavoring to recover the re-
mains. bat have SO far been unsuccess-
sul. 1t is thought the body cannot be
recovered till the snow il melted by the
sun.
D0uble Murder.
SALT LAKE, May "a terrible trag-
edy occurred at John Smythe's ranch
on the Utah Central railroad near Mil
ford yesterday afternoon. Smyths, be-
ing crazed with whisky, shot his wife in
the back with a double-barrelled shot
gun, and then shot himself. Smyths
came from California to Utah. and was
\ 49er.
Burned Train.
CAIRo, (IIl.) May GA fire on Q train
of freight cars on the Illinois Central
destroyed four cars of grain, ono of
meat, and badly damaged another. No
OIL hurt.
The National Capital.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-It is under
stood that several persons were agreed
upon as members Of the Tariff Com
mission at meeting Of the Cabinet TO-
day, and their names will be sent to tho
Senate early next week. The remain.
ing members will not be selected until
after the Presidents return from New
| York.
The President gave an informal lunch
to members Of the Cabinet today. and
left for New York. Attorney General
Brewster accompanied him. Secretaries
Folaer and Lincoln join him in New
York on Monday. The party will re-
view tho parade there on Decoration
Day, but will not attend tho memorial
exercises in the evening.
L Blackburn's resolution, introduced in
the House, was the outcome of con-
ference of leading Democrats.
The Committee on Rules held q secret
session on Monday morning, consider
ing the dead lock. Members Of both
parties took an active part in the dis
cussion. The meeting Of the Rspubli-
can Caucus Committee on this subject
was without result.
| Railroad Lltlgaalsa.
DENVER, May 26.-The Denver snd
New Orleans Railroad has entered suit
against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa
Fe to compel the lattcr road to pay tho
former proper share Of tolls on
through western freight consigned via
these two roads. Tho suits, il success
full, will probably break the tripartite
pool between the Union Pacific, Denver
Il Rio Grande and Atchison, Topeka d
Santa Fe.
No Fire at all.
ST. PAUL, May 26.--Ksport Of the fire
here IS untrue.
Locking 70 Resnien.
SpBISovIELp, May 3.-The Presbyte-
rian assembly this morning adopted the
following reply to the dispatch Of the
Atlanta Southern Presbyterian Assem-
bly,:
The Moderator is instructed to tels-
graph tho Moderator of the General As
sembly at Atlanta, his telegram has
been received with warm enthusiasm by
this assembly, and in future to remove
all difficulties in the way that a full and
formal fraternal correspondence be-
tween the two assemblies. which arc pre-
pared to accept, we adopt the following:
AWhils rscsdin2 from. no principle, We
do hereby declare our pleasure at the
withdrawal Of expressions Of our a.
sembly which may have been declared
as reflections on and offensive 10 the
General Assembly Of the Presbyterian
Church in the United States; and ~ r.
now the expressions Of our warm regard
for all who compose its community, and
our readiness to exchange its delegates
| forthwith.
DR.. Nevens, of Chofoo, China, said;
"Let Dr.. Prime now lead a. in prayer"
and the Moderator exclaimed: "And
then all join in singing the doxology."
Didat Knew % was Loaded.
DENVER, May S.-Herman Wsllslsy,
aged IL, q student At Brinksr Military
Institute in this city. was killed this