Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-04-26
EAS T e r N.
..ocrarED PRESS DISPATCHES.
r,sads In sugar.

ordsred a careful investigation
10 recent importations Of
th.s besn represented to the
s..or tha. certain p.rtiss. whose
are withheld for the present,
b.su svading the duty by bringing
trom ths East Indies via the Ha-
Islands. After being taken to
u.r,iian Islands i'll a raw state. the
-, Is pu. through centrifugal pro-
than il is shipped to San Francisco,
"a il entered as IN Hawaiian pro-
From San Francisco it Is sent
- 10 New York importers, thus
4oo daty of three cents per pound
- taey would be required 10 pay if
,up,rtstions wsre Ela !e direct from
..x Indies. The matter is causing
- excitement among sugar Impor-
of this city. The Secretary OF the
s.sury q. Washington has stated that
-A,abss whether ths method Of JIM
ling sugar in tbs roundabout way
-. described is Illegal. Al soon as
h,s ascsrtsined all the facts and ar
"a At decision, he will make an Of
- ruling in the matter.
4 Heavy storm.
cnclso, April "a Times Selma
.sl.haua) special says: On Saturday
reing points east and south Of here
6dancs of from fourteen to twenty
- we're visited by a combined wind
e min storm, which in fisrceness sur
eui ANYTHING Of a similar character
= known there. The cyclone, proper,
I'D about five minutes, and ranged
track about twelve miles in
tnth and from quarter to half a
a in width. Everywhere in its course
h,asss we're literally blown to piecss;
tnns vsre blown down, and immense
,,r trees twisted from their trunks
= carried away. Several brick houses
- blown of the smooth ground, and
~ and mortar was found hundreds
furds distant. Five lives are known
shlost, and it is thought that, when
unpisss returns are in, the dsath list
i N q leas. bs doubled. At DIR. d. j.
! uheldon's plantation, near Kings
| lnding. every tree, bush, fence and
| hue on the plantation was swept clear
ashs face Of the earth. His wife and
(hnily and all the other whites on the
~ escaped with few bruises. Two
nrues, woman and boy. were
taId Two men are expected to die,
|n1tso children are painfully hur. ami
9voman was pierced through and
1sash by piece OF splintersd plank,
y ragged lance entering from tho rear
s1psssing directly through her body.
eas damage was done to property at
~ places and three lives lost.
The nississippi Cyeione.
JlcKsoS, Miss. April 25.-rhs latest
uEh from Monticello put the dead
r frpm the cyclone ut Isl: wounded.
4 N the wounded many will die.
es1umbia River Improvement.
WlmnoroN, April 25.-The report OF
f1Nlnonds, relative to the improve
unto the riavigable waters of the Up
pO6lhmbia river, Oregon, was pre-
mnd In the Senate and referred to the
obmmittee on Commerce today.
Fatally Shot.
HnL's FRasY, April ga shooting
a&ny occurred here today, which re-
|altsd in the death of one of the par
|fc;pants named Hubbell. W. Miles
same to town 10 do some trading, and,
while At the store of Simon Newman,
|Hubbell entered. Without provocation
|se words, Hubbell struck Miles in the
face with pistol. Miles at the tir1s of
ths assault was sitting ON the counter.
Hnbbell was seized and ordered out OF
~ store. AZ Miles was leaving, about
aitssn minutes latcr. Hubbell met him
mthe porch. Hubbell jumped down
= the ground, went around to his team
Nd drew revolver, when Miles fred,
hitting him in the neck and killing him
Insanity. The coroner's jury returned
Z svsFdict Of justifable homicide.
Capture er Train Robhcr~.
DALLAS, Tex April a6.--One Of the
VAN robbers was captured on the in-
hmation furnished by his respectable
hsusf father, who told tho officers tha.
> psfsrrsd 10 havs his son in prison
s6AR than member OF gang of rob
NJ u is believed the Rangers will bag
- entire gang tonight.
Jaiiblrds Arrested.
/ CncAGc, April 2i.-Frank Reynolds
~ Henry Closet, who. with seven 9TH
- broke Jail in Detroit, Mich and
~ arrested here today, were awaiting
= y Detroit charged with passing
~ checks on the bank there. The
pdn say thy are experts.
9esulutlOns Presenf~sl.
yaaaNoros, April 25.--In the Senate
Y the resolutions Of the Union
~ Of New York. approving the
eof the Chinese bill. were presented
tApAam.
usvements sf sargent.
ssrayroar, Mass. April I.-Ex-
of Sargent, Minister to Berlin,
- tor Lowell today and will leave
- Tor New York on Tuesday night,
sense Fire.
kar CIAIaE, Wis., April aa-S,xty-
- osildinas we're burned here today
80 nuieht. causing loss of from
70 seso.Go. on which the insur,
pfobahly not one-half. 1t start
fss o'clock this afternoon. in the
NE Pioneer block, and destroyed
ths business part of the wes,
Including four solid blocks oi
= besides many other buildings
.ossss are small - iadividwlayn non,
eover Slo oos. .b1f there are ahrg,
ss of thsm. TloDss j. una3nkcc
aata O'clock thko -