Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-08-10
EASTERN NEWS.
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EASTERN NEWS.
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Great Wrestlera.
Nxw YoRE, Aug. 6.-Joe Acton. cham
MON Of England, today defeated Edwin
Bibbey in wrestling.
Their Names.
GALVESTON, Aug. s.-The following
names are of the persons killed and
sounded fin the accident on the East
Line railroad. The name Of the three
Killed are Litero, G. H. Harper and Ike
loser; the seriously wounded are w. B.
Fowler, the conductor, and wn. E.
Scott.
To Resame Work.
P1rrsBrBoH, Aug. 9-Ths E,na mill
At Sharpsburg will start up in few
davs with nOn-union men. Ths Kit
tanine will follow, though they offered
employees the chance to return at for
mer wages.
1880 Ballots.
BEAaDsTowN, ILL.,, Aug. 9.-Ons thou
sand five hundred and twenty ballots
have been taken in the Twelfth Congress
sional District. No choice yet. Glen
ton, present representative, leads.
Extent or the Losses.
CHICAGO, Aug. 9.--As far AZ can now
be ascertainsd. of 1O6 persons on board
the exploded Mississippi river steamer
Gold Dust, at Hickman, Ky, thirteen
nre dead, twelve badly scalded. seven
teen are missing and sixty-four known
70 ba safe.
Terrible Epidenaic.
BROWNSVILLE, TEX Aug. 9.-Fifty
cases of yellow fever and epidemic are
developing. The people are preparing
for ths worst.
a Ferest Fire.
SANDWICH, Mass Aug. 9.-rhe fores. |
fire is rapidly reaching its hight. The |
wind il south, blowing harder than ever. |
Tenants of fifteen buildings in the line |
of the flames are preparing to leave. II |
the winds hold f0rty-eight hours the |
loss will bs much. The fire. is now sixty |
miles wide, and ia progressing towards |
Monument.
Wholesale Murder.
MATAMoRAs, Aug. 9.-At Arnahal, a !
Mexican official named MiDeZ had |
eight prisoners publicly SHOT yesterday |
without pr0vOcation.
Ren0minaied.
MARYsvILLs, Ohio, Aug. 9.-Ths Re- |
publican Convention of the Ninth Dis |
trict this msrning renominated Gen. |
eral James 5. Robinson for Congress.
Convention Talk. /
IsDIANAPoLIs, Aug. 9.--rhe Republi |
can State Convention elected X. W.
"A.
WAS then adopted, which recalls the scr |
vices of the Republican party, their lib !
eral pension laws, financial success, its |
services to labor, capital and to aliens, |
amendments pending to the Constitution |
and amendments to he submitted by tho
next Legislature to the voters, that they
are not partisan amendments, and there
should be special elections for them. A
warm tribute is paid to Lincoln and
Garfield.
An Illinsls Convenaios.
BLooaGINoroN, Aug. 1.-The State Pro
hibitiOn Convention met this morning
and G. G. Campbell was elected Chair
man. The usual committees were ap-
pointed. except that on nominations.
and after rousing speech by John u.
Finch, of Nebraska, adjourned till ef-
tornOOn. In the afternoon the attend
aYce was meager. Hale johnson WAS
elected President, and several speeches
were made, the tenor Of which was
that it was useless to try to got aid in |
aide tho parties.
BLOoNINaroN, Aug. 9.--The Prohibit
ti0nists sent message TO the Republi-
can Convention, asking the embodiment
Of q petition in its platform which was
refused.
New York Races
SARATOGA, August 9.--In the second |
race today Of one mile and tive hundred |
yards. Warfield won; Forcep second. |
Time 2:llIS. Only two started.
Afraid 10 Testify.
WASHINGTON. August a. The failure
Of ex-senator Geo. 4. Spencer to appear |
as witness in the star route case OK |
cites much severe comment here, as he |
is an officer Of the Government, that is |
one of its Directors in the Union Pacific |
Kailroad. The belief is strong he would |
have been here unless hc had been ad- |
vised his absence was desired. The |
President is placed in very awkward |
position by the failure Of Spencer, and |
where he cannot we'll overlook his re-
fusal to obey the summons from the |
Government in case 30 important as
the one under consideration.
A Grain Crsp Result.
JAMESTOWN. Aug. 9.-The Rufus
Hatch party Of heavy operators on al all
street were surprised BY the great grain
crop shown them by the board OF trade |
yesterday. Hatch said to a friend that
Shis crop would put 100000 into his |
pocket, and il would fav0rably AFFECT |
stocks recently purchased.
Si5,ooe LanA Sale.
MILWAUKEE, Aug. Y-Ths Milwaukee |
q St. Paul Railroad has sold to an Eng |
lish syndicate, represented by tho Close |
brothe n, l,OO0, 900 acres Of land In the |
P:psstone district, ut @4.5O per acre.
4 Basnlng Vessel.
6r. JOSEPH, Mich, August 9.-At 3
O'Clock last night a bright light was |
scen Oh this port, which was believed TO |
be burning steam barge.
4 Temperance Candidate.
ATLANTA, Aug. Sin a speech at
Worth, yesterday, Governor COlquit, |
candidate for the United States Senate, |
planted himself squarely upon the plat |
form of temperance, and against the |
manufacture Of whisky in Georgia.
Another Accident.
CHICAGO, Aug. 0.-The Lake shore
road suffered another accident TO freight
trains at Clyde, Ohio, Tuesday morning, |
which delayed trains and did considera-
bio damage. Carelessness was the
cause.
storm.
BosroS, August "a severe storm all
along the eastern coast, extending into
Maine, last night. Tho lightning and
wind caused much loss.
The State Prohibition Convention
nominated for Governor Charles Almy