Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-12-24

Mills d IN unsxssptionabls esutlsman.
and the only Rroand q suIpFiso va
that The Kniokorboeksr haS fouRht nhy
| Of admitting any Of The Wall strece
clement This club = an o4shooe Of
| the Union Club, and Il oriQinAssd In ths
disfavor With which some Of the mem-
ben viswsd the large Influx % Wall
strest opsfatofss who, When thsy came
into the rooms, devoted themselves
mainly 70 talking shop," and TO turn
knO0ah members 0oeoded 70 oeRAni1o
the Koiskaeboekess.
CSaSresaaeaal.
SENATE.
WA8HM0Tou, Dec. 3.-In The oivil
service rules, PuRh's smendmeut, that
IN the present foros Of ths departments,
ex-soidiers b subjected ~ competitive
examinations like outsiderS, and exam
nations to b divided into three glasses,
vas rejsctsd-3 to q.
Garland said the last election meant
community tired of wearing the har-
ness OF wes In time 0f peace. party
vhlch pot itself in possession OF no
right; bot II Democrats conducted them
solves wisely, hs thought Il would b
that party.
Logan opposed any measures for turu-
ing out officers Who had rsceived places,
Sherman and Window testified that
|they had not allowed meu to hold ofBoe
under p:etenss Of their belonging 20
other States than they really did.
Bayard said be did mot want the
Democratic spojls system to succeed.
Ihe kepublicAn system Of Law must b
executed in q spirit to reform abuses.
Allison said: II und Estand your onn-
struction Of this bill 10 that man Who
u capable. intelligent and Of good char
acter, will b continued In once while
10 performs bis duty and the spirit Of
the law - carried out"
Bayard ssid the bill did not under.
take too much. Nobody should expect
1t 20 regulate the tenure Of once and
make q hnal declaration on the much
debated question Of the constitutional
power OF the executive to appoint and
remove.
Plumb thought, allowing Il would
meet the requirement. Of the case Of the
distribution of officers among the State
and TerTitOrios, and Congressional dis
tricts, according 10 population, nou-par.
tisan appointsss according r. the politi-
cal status Of the districts, whom ap-
pO'ntments made stringent political a.
sessmonts.
Plstt asked Brown IL he would, in
ease the Democrats succeeded in 1884,
discharge the present Government em-
plOyees because they were Republicans,
and replace them With Democrats.
Brown said be desired justice done.
and tho majority to have some share Of
the ofioes. He favored fair division
OF patronage among the burden bearers.
Presrassea fer Tea Yeass.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Rspressuta-
fOrnia 6rms interested in the nanufac-
turs Of jute bags, 70 exert himsslf 10 e.
cure attention - the present. duty ON
bags, and to put jute ON she free list.
California bag manufacturers cay they
cannot o0mpete With foreigners, paEtie-
ularly th0oe in Calcutta markets. Some
of their works have besn compelled 10
suspend. Large amounts Of capital are
invest. d and are lying idle.
Tho commi ~ bill imposes duty Of
same ~ tho existing tariff.
Page says that q the grain product
OF California moved almost entirely in
bags, change In the per cent. Of duty
On jute 10 desirable. Ae has talked |
1ith several membess Of the Ways and
Means Committee On the oubjeot, and |
when the juts sohsdule 10 taken up will
Nv % secure . formal hearing before
the committee on the subject.
4 Gerry olscsvesy.
0AL1nBuso, H., Deo. 3.-LAst even
ing heavy trunk fell from Oh the track
that vas being taken from the depot.
and burst open, disclosing the CORY
body Of . man 80 years old, With throat
ont from car 10 eaS. A man On the train
vas discovered holding . check tallyinR
With that ON the trunk. He va6 DE-
tAined, buS refcsed 70 talk. The trunk
was checked from Chicago.
Tho Devasaaslsn Il Jamaica.
NYw YoRx, Dec. 22.-More about the
Kingston dre 10 nov known. ]. @.
krotchman, United States Consul at
0reyt0wn, In his account, said every
thing vas gone, and the entire business
part OF Kingston Was . mass Of ruins.
The suffering and want 10 Undesirable.
The steamer Alvo Va oompsllsd - eet
loose from the dock. and G1and oot In
the harbor. SpaIks poured upon -,
and the heat vas intsles. For . time
It looked - though the steamer would
b burned. The panio-strioken p0p0-
lace strsamsd down upon the vharvss
in their efforts TO escape the flames. The
Alvo's boats we're sent ashore. and up.
wards Of $50 refugees voSo fed and
cared for on board the steamer. The
authorities aS Kingston have Issued an
order that ahinRle root buildinQD shall
no longer b erected.
A 10 the origin OF The eon6aeration
| il seems that . number Of boys voro
smoking In lumber yard, when one Of
them. frightened By the eppsoaoh Of
his father, threw his oiaax into pile Of
shavings and chips. and With his COM
panions 6ed. The Are communicated
70 the lumber pilea, and In IN instant
va beyond control and burning 6eros.
". A startling rumor prevails 70 the
~fleGo that several days before the 6ro
the residents vers told that the city vAs
20 b. destroyed By dre, and the only
safsty lay in flight. several persons
psrishsd in che Asmes. An old native
Rsatleman vas In his bath when the 6re
communicated 10 his dwelling. He b.
came paralyssd With fear, and his body.
partially boiled, vas found By his fam-
iiy. Ths Grew Of the Alvo vusked al
ai0ht long ~ hslp The A3d0hted poop1e,
vho implosed the0 - carry them - .
plaos Of sAsssy.
| 4 nsslaeeas o0ess.
Il WAsuHoron, Dec. 0.-The pesssuta-
ton, In the oabt7ss yesesrdSy. of oosre
spoudenos bseveeo the President Brew
stsr. blio and Marshal Henry, revealed
- the friends Of the depossd nasshal