Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-31
nAsTBRN NEWS.
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.~omATED PRESS DIsPATrHE~
..s.aegd at HIS New Pest.
c.-,c.ao Oct. 30.-General Schofeld,
sscceeds General Sheridan in CON-
~ v5 n the Division of Missouri. ar
:..J from San Francisco this morning,
scmuanied by his family and two
~nhers of his personal staff Colonel
S1i;am Wherry and Lieutenant @. r.
ssSo6eld. Schofield will publish an
csder assuming formal command to-
morrow.
MoFm0nlsm In Idaho.
WASHINGTON, Oct. O.-Dslecate Sing
heizer of Idaho arrived this morning
ma will not return home until .fter the
adjournment of Congress. He reports
hat Idaho is rapidly increasing in
vealth and population. The perplexing
nroblem at present in Idaho is that of
iormondom, three counties in the Terri
tory being under their domination. Each
year showed the evil increasing. The
ueopIe Of the East had no idea of the
power of this evil, and from obssrva-
don he felt sure. il they needed, they
eould muster 100000 armed and fully
equipped fanatics, eager to do battle
for their faith. One remedy against
the enor0achments of the Mormons
would be to disfranchise them, and if
this failed, harsh measures should be
resorted to.
Another Railroad Meeting.
CHICAGO, Dot. 30. - An important
meeting of general officers of the "a
cifc roads will be held for the purpose
OF perfecting arrangements on JAIL
fOrnia business. The arrangement re.
Gently made in San Francisco, Is found
to be very faulty and the whole work
will have to be done over again, es-
peciaIly in regard ~ the contract
system, the Northern Pacific refusing
20 join for continuing this obnoxious
system. A Commission Or is also to be
decldsd npon in place of Gould who de-
clined. There are a number of canoi-
dates in the field. Most Of them have
already been mentioned; the latest ID
NJ. Blye, one OF Commissioners Fink's
ebjef assistants who has had large sx-
psrienee in pool matters.
waking the Police.
FRANKFORT, Got. 30.-A quantity of
dynamite was exploded in the office of
Is chief of police last evening. The
buiIding was badly damaged, but not
many officials were in it at the time,
and none were injured.
Horrible Mystery.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 3O.-While digging
Il gravel bank north of the city yes.
terdsy two men discovered a dry goods
hox. which was found to contain the |
uaftislly decOmposed body of a man
fhey notified the authorities, and this |
mogninQ the body could not be disoov- |
ered, and the box had been burned. |
Some supposed the remains to be those
d the lynched negro who killed the |
Marshal of this city last August, but |
others think them the remains of some |
white man mysteriously murdered.
CennagratiOn nj Homestead. Pa.
HoursrEAD, Pa, OCT. 3O.-This vii
Ire, on the line of the Pittsburg, Vir
mia and Charleston Railway, ton miles
frem Pittsburg, was visited at an early
hour this morning by confagration,
which for the time threatened the whole
town, but was finally controlled after
ssen stores and dwellings,, all frame,
vele destroyed.
Will stlck...Naval Changes.
WAsHNoroN, Oct. 30.-Hon. j. G.
Nav, after an extended interview With
President Arthur has re-considered his
discrimination to resign and will retain
ths position as Assistadt of the Treas
my.
Commodore A. G. Rhind was exam
insd and promoted to Rear Admiral.
Az be will be relieved tomorrow, Capt.
Johh A. Russell was promoted to the
nuk Of Commodore and ordered to
command the navy yard at Mare Island,
Cal. Commander j. F. McNair was
promoted to rhe rank of Captain and
ordsrsd to duty rs Captain at the Mare
Island navy yard.
two Meroes Dead.
Pr11ssuR0, Oct. 30.-At Keller & Ste-
fsls tannsry In Upper Allegheny City,
this morning, two men sacrificed their
lives h an unsuccessful attempt 10 save
their fellow workman. The firm has
beeu digging well tn be used as a vat,
and this morning @. Dickinson, an en-
r0yee, went down to measure the depth,
yhen he was overcome by foul air. +.
Schroeder and 9. Sohuitze were working
near By and heard cries, and descend
mR u turn were both suffocated.