Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-05-04
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ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES.
The government Beasen.

Nrw YORK, May 3.-Seldom mas II
h.en the lot of Premier to announce
.bauce of policy amid as much deris-
=. A vas manifested in the House this
s,sninq. Gladstone seemed to feel him
liz in false position. His anxiously-
.-.;ted statement was made with an
=, of timidity quite foreign to him, and
,-;th brevity of phrase altogether un-
,.ra, His embarrassment was espe-
.;,lly evident when he erdeavored to
.hou consistency and unchanging pur-
,oee On the part of the government,
~b;Ie to the sense Of the whole House
3. vas announcing a retreat all along
The line. The mocking laughter and
hitter scsrn wherewith from time to
,;ms his words were greeted made the
taak painful, though be tried hard to
mt a bold face on the matter. 1t was
the general feeling of the House, even
on the ministerial side, that Forster had
ham made Jonah, and that he entirely
disspproved of the policy OF the gov
eminent in placing the three members
of Parliament and the other suspects
vas evident from his curt. stern an
svers to questions put tonight on the
Irish policy and magistrates. His full
statement, or apology, as it. is being
called. will not come until Thursday,
owing to the necessity of obtaining the
personal sanction of Her Majesty to his
retirement. He, however, took no trou-
bic TO conceal his disgust. The Land
League party are mild and conciliatory.
A broken promise or anything from that
quarter means good deal. They have
in fact beaten the Government and
know it.
Survey or Alaska.
CHICAGO, May "a Washington spe-
ciai says that the attention of many
Senator's has been drawn to the pro-
visions Of the bill reported from the
Committee on Territories, whereby
iunketing trip to Alaska is provided in
ths name of making scientific sur
vey" of that region by fow army
officers. The Secretary of the Interior
sent to the Senate today a communica-
ton on the subject, calling attention to
the propriety of tho United States Geo
logical Survey of tho Territories max
ing this examination, and doing it at
once.
The New York C0llectorship.
Thomas Murphy, of New York
city, who has made frequent visits to
the capital since Arthur became Pros
ident, and who is now here, is An ap-
plicant for the Collectorship Of New
York, and it is believed that Robertson
will be superseded at no distant day by
Murphy.
New Zealandcrs Travelling.
At the Grand Pacific is domiciled
party Of distinguished people from New
Zealand, travelling through this country
10 Europe ON pleasure and business
combined. Among them il N. s. Rod
esrs, of Invercagill; Charles Pharrazyu
md family, of Wellington, and Mr..
Herman Nashellski. Mr.. Nashellski is
accompanied by his wife and daugh-
Yer, and is a leading. merchant. Mr..
Pharrazyu il accompanied by his wife
and six children, and is large wool
grower and wealthy; capitalist. These
gentlemen are charmed with what they
have seen in this country.
The Chlnese Shown Zip.
Mrs. w. F. Bainbridge, of Providence,
Rhode Island, gave an address on the
women Of China and Japan, in the Sc
cond Baptist Church, last evening. She
has spent considerable time in those
countries in the missionary work. The
women, shc said, exerted a powerful in
fluencc in Asia, and through them the
country will be most readily converted
70 Christianity. Still they are very de-
graded and very ignorant. ~ saw a
chinaman one day going to market with
five baby girls in basket, and he said
hs hoped he would get as high AZ 40
cents apiece for them," said the
speaker. "Not oycf one woman in a
hundred can read, but thcv are willing
10 learn, especially from teachers of
their own sex. They are slowly rising
from their degradation, and are gaining
new ideas of freedom, SO that in time
they may even be the equals of their
husbands. Even now the mother-in-
law is recognized a. powerful, and in
some cases rules a. a monarch" )"
"Have you got o mothsr-in-lawT is
ono Of the first questions asked of every
stranger in China.
An. Unfaverablc Report.
CLEVELAND, May 3.--The Directors Of
the Lake Shore railroad we're reelected
today. Annual reports confirm the fg-
urss heretofore published. The decrease
Of earnings was $77s,O0O, or four per
cent; the increase Of expenses was
$S60,00O, or l6-l00 per cent; the de-
crease in the net earnings VI the road
was 81, ,63S, 600, or 10 co 100 per cent.
Closed Ter = Nay.
WASHINGTON, May 3.-The Postofiice
Department closed for day In honor
Horace Maynard, its former chief.
New Railroad Company.
NEw YoRx, May 3-Ths Atlantic d
Pacific Inter ocean Railway Co. was or.
ganixed today with Nathaniel p. Banks
- President. II is claimed by the COM
pany that q line by their route from
New York to San Francisco can be made
In Ave days
Inalan TreublcsApparent.
LARAMIE CrrY, May 3-Acting under
recent orders, troops at Fort Washakie
have bean compelled to leave that post.
and there being no provisions for de-
feuss, the women and children at the
post are now fearing massacre at any
moment by Indians. Civilians are arm
tnQ khemaelvNa Tn uPotaCt the most, but