Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-15
nAsTERN NEWS.
.saocrArEp PRESS DisrAchEs
A..aher NM RarneA.

..ouArxp PRESS DisrATcsEs
A.eeher MGll Durned.
...c. Ohio, Aug. IA large hou.
c.red by Phil I. Chamberlain,
%.S this morning. Il is supposed ]:
p. Sred by trsmps. Loss, $4,000 to
$500.
AAvsneed Saoeks.
n. sharp raise in northern stocks ID
.is;red today by the announcement
-. ~ executive committee will meet
c.,.tooa On Thursday, when import
". sc4ion will be taken relative to the
S:soosition of the large reserve IN the
treasury.
New Dollars.
w.muoros, Aug. 1.-THE issue of
...cdsrd silyer dollars from the mints
=. the week ending August 18th Was
&c, s OO. against $276, ,939 forthe CORES
pondins per'od.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1.-The Collector
:, costoms for Baltimore has forward.
~ N the Secretary of the Treasury a
scmmuuication asking for instructions
.ccn the application made for the land
~ ~ a party of Chinese laborers en-
..s.ts houe from Cuba. Acting Secre-
ss,v Ffench replied that under the Chi
ns:s immigration bill they cannot land.
W,smSaroS, Aug. 1.-The Treasury
nsuartment has received a cOmmunica-
ton from Collector Webster of Balti-
more. asking instructions relative to the
Ending Of party of Chinese laborers
tim Cuba, enropte to San Francisco
and thence home. Acting Secretary
French in reply informed him that the
Chinese bill positively prohibits the en-
nv OF Chinese at any of the ports of
III United States, and directed Col
hotor Webster to refuse the privilege of
landing this class of passengers at Bal
timore. II is stated there are between
four and five hundred Chinese anxious
70 90 home by this route.
A Merchant Bead.
NEv yoBk, Aug. 14.--Jesse Hoyt, one
of the most prominent business men of
this CITY, died today. He has been
largely Interested in the grain and rail-
: Ioad interests of the West, and at the
time Of his death was a Director of the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway.
Fast Running.
SARlr GA, Aug. H.-In the mile race
Fellow Play won, Barni second, Stanton
third. Time, LAZY.
one Less ''Gsod Indlan."
CHICAGO, Aug. A.-Aim Mikence, or
Little Thunder, Chief Of the Cheyenne
Indians, who with his tribe have bsen
exhibiting ON the Lake Front their In
dian dances, etc., died tiis morning at
Mercy Hospital, where he Was taken
ytsterd; , to be treated for kidney
iroablea He WAS over GO years old, and
vas good Indian. He was one Of two
survivors of the Custer massacre, he
and teamster having escaped from the
Sioux. The body will be conveyed 10
Red Lake, Minnesota, for bnrial. His
companions here daubed their faces
with black a. q token Of mourning.
Yellow Fever.
LAnxDo, Texas, Aug. N.-In twenty
four hours, ending at O'Clock Sunday
evening, Brownsville had twenty-three
new oases of fever and one death. At
Mstamoras there was ono new case and
eight deaths.
uneead1aFy work.
WINFIELD, Kansas, August 1.-THE
Touring mill of Bliss and Wall was
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000. As
the mill had been shut down several
Days for repairs the origin Of the fire is
unknown.
Oersey's Csansel.
WASHINGTON, Aug. lin tho star
route case Carpenter began an ad-
dress in behalf of Dorsey. Senator
Dorsey's wife and boys were present.
Carpenter and Kerr got into contro-
vsrsy about the Trinidad Madison
route, which was finally cut short by the
former with the remark, There are 80
many fish in this sen that there il no
us quarreling over this sucker" An
other rather heated controversy arose
between these gentlemen AZ to the state
ment by Kerr that j. Il. Miner repre-
sented the mythical parsonage known
~ z. NJ. Ames, Carpenter contcnding it
cuti0n relied. Carpenter had not fiI.-
ishsd bis speech when the Court nd
journed.
Elaled Railroad Men.
CHICAGO, Aug. .l4.-General Manager
wheeler, General Superintendent Mel
son, General Freight Agent Goddard,
and General Passenger Agent White
Of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railroad are here and very much elated
at tho outlook. They were interviewed,
and say the chief energies of tho CON-
psny are now directed to putting their
Rolling stock in first-Claas condition. AZ
IT. powers promise to be taxed to the
utmost, TO move the crops of the coun-
tsy through which the road runs. They
say moro traffic Is now in sight than
~. .nad will be able to move in the next
seht months.
Te Spell q Political Jsb.
PnrsBuRo, Aug. 1.-THE labor situa-
ton has assumedh new phase ON account
OF the reported sale Of the Working
mems organization 70 one Of the old
political parties. It ia alleged that the
coming Convention Of WOrkingmen In
rnilAdelphia is to b packed with
rounders" and feelers, who are out
noe the lab0ring class, and who can
carry out the plans of politicians. Jar
~ u consequently preparing . circular
oeaqued to prevent this scheme, and 1t
~ % signed by officials representing
@e0 vorkingmsn in the PittsburR
4 Rascal.
WAsAm, (Ind.) August N.-Aaron
Hfeeh Appointment farmer near Lake
aooe. Who vas implicitly trusted by his
nel9hbors. has absconded, leaving cred-
noss 70 the extent Of 5000, one Of whom
shh mother.
Al Enerneus Germ Crop.
IoeUA, Aug. 1.-THE corn crop, &C
.soso,nx " tue Secretary of State and
ne Hoard Of Agriculture, continues in
"a ,ssosvorable condition. Tho yield of
nc 49, wi Will in all probability reach 200,-
NY SU bushels, and bring at least $780,
Suicides.
CacAoo, Aug. IA Princeton. Ills,
eaai Mys: Two suicides occurred here
Sday: This morning Chaa. Harris Wis
Aln Belle Mercer, to whom he had
49, ~ amauced. and because shs refused
Soeteconciled he went out and hanged
,.as:f. This evening Q. A. Welton.
nent railroad man, and Auditor Of
~ ~ 4oines q Fort Dodge railr.ad,
% heains out while An officer was
col9e = warrant for his arrest on .
9 Of biaamy, last April. He vas
kno0 hero u Mis- Evs 3vns. danch.