Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-03
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EASTERN NEWS.
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rseee Times Nominated.
r,,.r.. Aug. 1.-Governor St. Johns
.,mIussion and consequent election io'
80 ,.,m is now assured. BE has
h. .I,,.dy 1856 Of SO delegates and h'' vote
!. lkely 70 exceed go.
~ neeslax Of Working Men.
c.r,oo, Aug. 1.-About two hundred
ssfts delegates to the Amsl0amated
=. ..S,.;stion Of Union Workers convened
=. forenoon, representing every section
=. : 4. eouutry. and being in apps,rance
not intelligent class Of men. Mayor
r.-.;.on In welcoming them, annoanc-
.ss. "a, an original working man and
:. in thorough sympathy with them.
e.s;dsut Jarrett made brief speech,
"a william Carpenter, of Springfield,
n,;,o;s urged the necessity OF organza-
=, and presented the benefit to be de-
"a from the workingmen taking An
-. ...i,s cart in politics. The association
- closed its doors and secret session
bsgan.
a..,cs Aupust 2.-The ship North
.ne,ics and yacht America, the latter
.vpsd by General Butler, left Boston
,odsy for 5oo-mile race.
rha Mare Island Dry Dock.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2.-The sundry
AMI Appropriation bill as it passed the
fioass appropriated the sum of $4,000
ID continuing the work on the dry dock
!. Mare Island Navy yard, and provided
/ Int the material used in completing it
eaould be granite, unlesss afte: investi-
sd;on the Secretary of the Navy should
| lido that the use Of some other mate
l,I vould be better. The Senate Ap-
rusistion committee amended the
fase bill, increasing the appropriation
I & the dock to $DO,C0O, and striking
| q entirely the House limitation re-
euaing the kind of stone to be used.
ne bill was considered in the Senate
| lpasy. and Messrs. Miller and Farley
- primed to defeat the committees
snsndment and change the bill SO that
! asthing but granite should be used in
fahhing the work. Mr.. Farley secured
i " door first, and moved that all of the
pnmittse's amendments excepting the
rrision referring to the use Of granite
beoupIete the work he struck out. He
sAths Government had already OK.
pndsd enc and half millions ON the
1sek. and the engineer had reported
|lsis would cost 81 ,0a6. 900 to complete
r. dock with granite, and only
ahsas half million to complete It with
sacrets. Farley asked whether when
nplstsd with concrete tho dock would
kH durable as if completed with gran
n and Allison said he had No opinion
kmpress on that point. Miller said i
y proposed to use artificial stone tt
eeplete it and not concrete. Thu
mite in California, he declared, wal
nrod rs any i'll the. world. He had
"A srtifcial stone, and 1t was not sO
1mhn as granite. ALLISON denied that
udGdAl Stone was 70 be used, and read
from the engineers report to show that
Nment concrete would be used on the
hdds lining of the dock, making saw
n To the Government Of $l30,0O0.
Illsr said be had been told that artifi-
ils.cne would be used il possible TO
1pletc the dook. If concrete was
ndin few years tho Government
Md be required to replace it. He
ated Government dry dock on the
sfi6c Coast to be built of durable ma
Rhl Allison again called tho atten-
noi the Senate to the saving that
la0 be effected by the use of concrete,
farley second time appealed tor
sts Of granite. Farley's motion to
NE ont all Of the ccmmittee's amend
ah altering the work from granite
ssdop'ed by vote of 33 to 20.
NlEoa moved to strike out every
x about the material to be used in
completion, and pending n vott
"a With considerable heat whether
senate proposed to adopt an amend
= that would cost the Government
oW more than was necessary.
Ailsf declared he had never heard OF
- Of concrete on dry dock, anc
ny, Of Connecticut, declared that
aese was better than granite. II
been used in the construction OF
nlk buildings.
1u'sy said he had been advised BY
u California that the amend
sas devised In the interest Of peo.
10 had artificial stone they wished
Mn building the dock.
aou's motion to strike out was lost.
sa' aud as the bill stands, nothing
nsniss will be used in completing
sdsk.
Murder and Riot.
1,r, Aug. "A Republican spe-
A's Judge julius Schultz, Of Aus.
.ei known Republican politician
usof OF the Waehenbiatt, was sho,
s'sa $ today at Fayetteville by Hi
us.p' bad citizen.
:" occurred at Mckinney last
e.a y which negroes we're shot. One
,sa and another mortally wound.
Wes Lumbar Of arrests were
4 0sael Closed,
'oax, Aug. 2.-French's hotol
and all the boarders and
gone but one or two. The
have been dismissed, and
'ae trunks Of the last goen
nsd away. Since ls4s, when
sss built to compete with the
famous old houses in the
aood, Of which only the Astor
nains, it, door has not been
d 'ss business suffered no in,