Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-08
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Z LDS1Js, Lee o. Ne luke OF fsicL-
non1 IL de sonexa,t slgniis4n' utter
al O. AZ a farmers c'an-r tJday. He
SAID lie vas Irreco1cll4rly ospo-ed 10
lie im,.rsa:ion vi cattle from AmeTIc,
/ or ars~nere els. In nI< opinIOu TINS
+ H., o-en the cause of Introducing plea
b 70 pneu apl.Is. IA 'u.h dI-.-.-- AMI ali
piuer u, taat the bJy1As d-s. - EeIt T..
: lie believed II 49, the Irup-rt-Iv. dIty
VI parliament - pas q ltw which wUull
permit tine import alton VI dead fne -
only Ills gao. sts-Ir,-,l ni. bearers that
he would move 4 rr--plCiIor4 20 ItIs eff set
al ne n-xt -e>s.on OF p.rli !a-eni, and
yoliI u-- IL 5-t eud-s yor- to ..-,s that
II oeceuie . isw. HIS gr Sc va cheered
.Ou lly II tue cOf.c!us on.
Horrible >t.r, la frtI-r, OF blood.
I.pSDDS, Dec. a ptr.- correspond
en-, for yards -.-cJl,I letter written q
ts"pi by Nluiu9t Ia tnc fort al ST.
Petersburg. IL describes the narrowing
treatment e.: prisoners. Prisoners rot
t1ay and exnal- the oiors OF de.d
bodies before HE l. extinct. There are
= nzsnoer OF tnO-e vno 10 mad III con
sequence. he sutferihgs are daIlv In
ere,.eiDg. Madneu are strapped down
and whipped with the knoat by the
throughout the nIgat. VI INV prisoners
have Jom'ultted suicide. II u said that
one ~o,n IN WAS outraged and then p1i
sDned. Inquiries into tue rff tlr have
been Instituted. Rats are the worst
enemies % tue prisoners. wom4n
with a babe Was Obliged 10 be constant
ly Oh the watch and fight night and day
10 prevent their rAvag-s upJn her child.
The use of comns and soap is forbid
den. Prisoners, especially the woman.
whose hair Is allowed to grow. are liter
ally devoured by veruiu. Prisoners who
refuse to reply oquestlons are tortured,
aud Cases of the violation of women
are frequent. The writer especially
appeals TO the civilized world In behalf
Of the women N prison, whose sltua-
ton. he says, is far worse than tns
mems.
Burning ii ihe Belgian Palace.
BRUs SEIs. Dee. fine tiremen CON
tinue To play upon the ruins of the
burned portion of the palace. Tue leg
Islative chambers. WITH nearly all of the
documents connected with the founda-
ton of Belgian indepe ndence, including
the original Constitutional charter, We're
burned. The damage by the fire Will
,ach 100000 francs.
Troubles In Paris aud Tonquin.
PARIS, Dec. I'll a. m.--Ali Is quiet
on the approaches To the Bolr.e At
2::}O p. IN, there We're still groups gath
cred in the Place dc Ia Bourse, mostly
out of curiosity. There we're few ar
rests. The police keep the people NOV
ing and cavalry Is III readiness.
twenty seven additional officers and
a lot of war IN tterial w'll te sent to
IonqdIn immediately. The government
has an official dispatch OF Admiral Cour- !
bet ) preparations for an advance on
Nov. 18th His scetm launches were !
ready to supper. him by movement on
the canals at Hanoi, BAcnlnh and |
Sontay.
CoNsrANTINoPLE. Dec 7.-England in !
forms the Porte that she will send fleet |
into the Red Sea-.
Victoria Notes.
VICTORIA, Dec. IA dispatch from |
Cowlchan, 10 miles from Victoria, states !
thnt }. Dawson. the telegraph operator
there, found the wire cut by some sharp |
instrument abont three miles from the
station and while repairing the break
some unseen person fired at him. A
bullet passed through his coat sleeves.
Afterwards in company with three men
he found the ballet embedded in n tree
close to where he had been standing.
The Geo. w. Elders Victor. passen-
gers for San Francisco We're &. Il.
Wright. j. s. Mcbride. Mrs. Mcbride.
Mrs. j +. Pierce aud two children. p.
G. Cohen. W. Fietj-n. j. +. Lane, Mrs.
White and family, w. j. Stevens and
child, Miss Kate Howard. G. l.. Gore.
J. Armstrong. Lsw Sing, w. r. Beluher,
Mrs. J. w. Booth. Mrs. Robertson, j.
Roberts m.
Arrived--Ship Lady O'Brien; bark
Highland Glenn. for Bnrrad Inlet
ready; for Seabeck, Jean Pierre, with
lumber.
The House today unanimously passed
resolutions instructing the Government
to introduce "A bill to restrict Chinese
to the Province. The start
ling statement was made by the Provin-
cIal Secretary that there are 1900 desti-
tute Chinese on the mainland who can
only subsist by murderin and stealing,
which they have already begun.