Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-09-09
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Posr T6wNsup, 6ept. 8.-Ths Rep
ublican County Convention INST hsro
this afternoon, and elected T. T. Minor,
G. II. Bradshaw and II. D. Attridee 70
attend tho Territorial Convention at
vote for T. T. Minor for Delegate. The
October to nominate candidates for
county offices.
The CeaventSon Dolngs.
San Francisco, Sept. s.-The Green
back Convention last evening made the
following nominations: for Secretary OF
State, Robert Summers; for Treasurer,
X. r. Buell.; for Comptroller, n. e.
Moore; for Attorney General, Mrs. Ma
rian Todd: for Surveyor General, W. ].
Culbertson: for Superintendent Of Pub
lie instruction, z. j. Schellho0s; for
Justices of the Supreme Court, W. E.
Scralton and John Clark; for Clerk Of
the Supreme Court, j. L. OtOule; for
Congressman at large, Stephen Mars
dell and Warren Chase; for Railroad
Commissioner, First District, g. T.
Elliott; Second District, j. b. Head
stone; Third District, ]. II. Hallovay;
for Congressman. First and second Dis
tricts, G. G. Irving and r. Woodland;
Third District. w. q. Howe; Fourth
District, Isaac Kinlay; Board Of Equal
ization-First District, L. w. Kidd;
Second District, Thomas Mcconnell;
Fourth District, ]. 8. Loveland. After
choosing State Central Committee the
Convention adjourned SINE die.
usness Maa.
SAN FsANCIsCo, Sept. 8.-Henry L.
Fox, of the San Francisco Board OF
Trade, who was recently suspended. has
settled with his creditors In full and 10
| sumed business.
The SHIP Market.
SAN FRAxCrsco, Sept. SIN the freight
market very fair business Was done
during the week. thirteen spot charters
having been drawn at STEADILY declin-
| ing rates. Exporters still act with q
great deal of caution, however, and
manifest disposition to await some
sort Of an adjustment OF the Liverpool
market. before commanding operations
ON large scale. Arrivals Of tho past
day or two have been heavy, and con-
frOnted by the circuml0cutiOn of ad-
verso influences the prospects, are not BY
any means encouraging. Tho total dlo-
engaged tonnage is 20, 46e, against 81, ~
tons during tho same time last week
ut about g los iron ships for orders
and this it is not by any means certain
that these figures could be obtained.
sill Booming.
San FnANCIsCO, Sept. 8.-OieQ0n Rail
| way and Navigation COmpaDy's stock
was quoted today in New York at 167.
sk8 Chinamen.
The cars containing the sick China.
men, rumored to have the yellow fever
were met near Antioch, in Contra Costs
County, last evening, by the health Of
ficers of the State and city, and
switched of, and this morning they
were thoroughly examined. No yellow
fever was found on board. The China.
men had been discharged from the
Southern Pacific Railroad Co.'S service,
and were suffering from age, incapacity,
and malarial fever, of which four died
during the trip. The survivors came on
to the city this morning.
Poisoned By His wife.
NEVADA CIrY, (Cal.) Sept. S.]amel
Wilson, a saloon keeper, died sudden
ly ON Wednesday last, and it was sus-
pected that his death was caused BY
poisoning. An autopsy was held and Il
was discovered that poison Of some
kind had been administered. Suspicion
points stronly to Wilson's wife and a
step son, as being the guilty persona.
Both are under arrest. A man named
Harrison, who had been very intimate,
suddenly and mysteriously disappeared
some time ago. and it Is now thought
that the woman had something to do
with his disappearance.