Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-13
EASTERN NEWS.
.seoc,aTED PRESS DISPATCHES
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ipg A Hard Crowd
o,,. Times saws OF the gathering at
.ni:a..,s funeral No such crowd ever
E'..nare1 in New York before. RufIians
R.rarv orade from pilferers to mnr-
O. ,la,sunhunQ vera abundant. The po-
s!.e cluhbsd everybody within reach
SaneTer the throng grew unruiy.
csrna mixing Of its chartacsr may be in-
cs",ad from the care taken by some
ION known sporting men. of what may
" called the higher class, not to be
-, in ,uch company. When crowd
%, had for such parsons rs the
scabnrnn and the Allen it must be
-srr had indeed. and yet on such a cor
rsr-s.ons as this tbs government OF the
city rests.
Abolition OF Convict Labor.
The Commissioner appointed By the
.,.nnf ac.uring shoetnakers to support
49,, interests in legislation for the
ss,I;ebment of convict Labor pending
a. Albany, reported last evening that at
sasat three of the Legislative Com
.,,;ttes appointed to insps:t labor were
n f,yor OF abolishing it immediately.
Ha beIieved two-thirdsof the members
~ the Assembly vera predispossd in
favor Of these views.
Railroad Wreck.
CoSsEusyILLE. Ind, March 12.-The
vrack on the Whitewater road five
r,,Ies south of here was caused by a
broken rail. A dozen passengers were
l,urt. none seriously.
Money I'm Plenty.
WASHINGTON, Marsh 12.-The United
States Treasurer says there Is gold,
silver and United States notes in the
Treasury today as follows: Gold coin
and bullion, Sl73.635.G )0; silver dollars
and bullion. $I07 .l93; fractional sill
vsr coin, S27, $50 Si720; U. s. notes. $45.-
6426S: total, $35S. 18S.9!5. Certificates
outstanding: Gold, $i25 $685. $50. silver,
$50; currency, SlO,595,O0.
Dead.
Lieutenant Brown, of the First In
fautry, died today.
Malarial Attack.
Secretary Folger is not very well to-
day. He was at the Department, but
vas unable to transact business. He Is
still suffering from recent attack Of
malaria and biliiousness and appears
weak. His physician advised him to
try change Of air, and he will p-oba-
biy take a short voyage soon, unless i'm
provemsnt in health should render 1t
unnecessary.
New Dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from minis for the week ending the
10Th, WIS 1863 00c; for the CORES pond
ing period last year $l44,O30.
A Man Murdered.
PrrrsEuRg, March 12-Nicholas
Knetch was murdered last night at n
christening. The Wilhelm brothers.
authors of the deed, have been arrested
Arrived Disabled.
NEW Yoax, March PA dispatch
frem Halifax reports that the disabled
Inman steamer City of Chester reach
cd there at noon today.
Crazy Act.
PHrLaprLpHrA, March 12.--Th;s morn
Ing Joseph Syrsn shot his brothers
wife, Lizzie Syren, in the breast, and
then snos himself through the temple.
; 1t is believed hs WAS do neated.
whoa. Market.
CHrcAao. Msrch 12-Wheat Is lower
and regular; 81 cash, IA IN April.
The OIL Market.
PITrsDus1. March l2,-The oil market
isvery much excited. 1t opsnet strong
mt 95. advanced to 97l4, and then d.
clinaa TO 95s<. but recovered and adj
yanced to l0JiS, and ciossd ut 9354
Tho general feeling WAS bullisli. owing
70 reports of rapid decline In the pro
duction of the wells struck last week.
Not "a Murderer.
m
Breckenridge was on the witness stand
this morning In the Duke murder case.
The point OF his testimony WAS that the
killed man was not shot by Duke. He
was standing with his right arm resting
on the mantel and his left arm hanging
by his side. He was exhausted and
breathing heavily, from the struggle
with Duke, which was Just over, aud
making no movement of any kind.
Four Children Drowned.
HELENA, Ark. March ia loss of
life by the flood occurred by the settling
Of a house. twelve miles south of here,
in which were six adults and four ohil-
dren. The later were drowned and the
former rescued by . party of hunters,
who took them of the roof after they
had chung to IL three days. Tho st.
Francis contains hundreds of horses,
mules, and cattle, standing up to their
throats in water, their owners being I'M
able TO rescue them. Many carcasses
are floating about.
To Rcsumc work.
PrrrspuRa, Pa, March 12.-Stock-
holders of the Union Iron & Steel Com
psny are in session on n proposition TO
commence operations by the issue of
100000 preferred stock. 1t was de-
cided the proposition DO accepted.
Sick aud Destitute.
INDIANAPOLIS, March 11.--Great suf
fering and sickness prevails Mt nearly all
the river towns incidental to the recent
floods. At New Franklin, village OF
40 inhabitants, 20 are destitute, Is aick.
AMI two deaths from paeumonia have
ooanrred. The people are destitute. de-
ueudino on the public for provisions
and medioiues. One hundred and
twenty Ave are sick and ~ have died
from dysentery, which has almost
raoched an euidemic About I'D houses
have been swept away or damaged. Al
least 7O1 persous are liable To disease at
Casavvilla. III and no relief has been
furnished. There are forty-five ctses of
a,cknass there. mostly OF typhoid FEVER,
and one death. One hundred hou 'es
have been under water. and hall OF
them are ruined. At Rose Claire, ILL.,, a
family Of ten persons are NIL sick.
Notable Funerals.
Nrv Yoax, March 1.-Two notable
funerals occurred toiav. The first was
that OF Michael MrGlowan, hanged
Friday. An immence throng followed
the hearse 10 the cemetery. Tho other
IN tho most miserable, squslid part of
Canal street, from wretched. tumble
down rookery. Esrly IN the day
the hardened Bowerv rough, ana
his eqsally en'lv hedizened female
companions. began to gather in num-
hers. The theme of convers ,tion was
"poor Jim Elliott" On the second
-four Law the body of the dead pu2'list,
In a cloth covered oaken casset. sur
ronraaa nv flowers. Over II hung the
mourning trimmings that hung over
the body Of Cornelius j. Vanderbilt. AZ
l:3O six men. pall Dealers. wearing high
hats, white regalia and mourning
BADGES. entered tho room. Among them
were Jack Stiles, Charles johnson. jim
mic McGlvun, ex.Aiderman Jsmmie
1. np.v