Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-25

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IT, Daeose for sogne time during which
Opinions vsfe freely expressed that tn
aetioo Of trunk iines vas jus4 and
proper, and calculated to break mp TIE
disoriminAtiO here1Ofore pRacsiced By
the Central Pssiac, the commissioneI
vns instructed 20 request the various
Pacific roads west of the Missouri rives
TO meet the Iowa trunk lines In this
city nsxs Tuesday for the purpose OF
taking definite action in regard 10 this
matter. IL vas also decided % hold a
meeting next Tuesday with rspresen-
tativss of the Union Pacific, Barring
too and Ai1puri river. Sioux City and
Pacific and Northern Pacific, 20 agree
upon rates for live stock from Wyom-
ing, Utah, Nebraska and to form Q
pool on this business If possible
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ST.. LoUrs, May Authorization is
just received that ve-y hesvy wind and
rain storms swept through lowell coun-
~. Missouri, LAST Friday and Saturday,
doing Very great damage to farm aud
other property. A part Of lowell val
ley sas flooded. Bridges and embark
ments on the Kansas, Springfield Il
Memphis railroad were swept away or
badly damaged, delaying trains several
days The little town Of MOODY Was
destroyed, every house in il being blown
down. j. Mckelsey was severely in
Jured. Several others were badlv hurt.
Farms In that vicinity also suffered
very severely. The houses and out
buildings Of Fl. Hall, n. A. Greenstrsd,
q. w. Frev and Others being
blown down and fences scattered over
the country. Information also comes
from Marios county that tornado
swept entirely across il making q path
100 yArds wide, leveling forest and
sweeping the ground lsnd everything in
its way. The largest farm in the coun-
~, that of James Cresson, which is
three miles long, lost all its buildings
and the family barely saved their lives
By rushing into a cellar. The house
was picked up and carried q quarter Of Q
mile. A turtle ii inches in diameter
was srooped out of the creek and dropped
in Vienna, three miles distant. In Mil
Ter county the storm was also severe. As
Tar a. heard from dozen farms in she
neighborhO0d Of iberia were ruined and
the school house torn to pieces.
Old 9ssev Talks Piaialy.
CINCINNATI. May X.-Rsports are ont
Of an interview between Gath of the
Enquirer and General Rosecrans, in
which the latter says: II did like Gar
field before had seen him. supposed
| was dealing with a sincere friend. He
WAS much younger than I,had como into
q military family, and liked him. How
could know he Was writing letters ~
the political authorities at Washington
casting distrust upon me The publica
ton of these letters has altered my
views, as it would have done the views
of any man who likes frankness Of char
acter and fidelity under the same tent"
of General Bragg. he remarked:
/" He was generally u respectable oppo
nent, though he was capable of doing a
mean thing. He sent me . public mes
sage once ia which was a taunt on the
snallness Of my district about Nash
vile. He was capable of small act
now and then. Toe tone Of his inter
course was sometimes let down to n
piece of trickery. Among other things
I stopped his abuse of flags of truce
Operating with such guerilla cav
airy az II fgan's in the rear they
got to using flags of truce for military
lodges and expedients, and found that
to raise white handkerchief ON q stick
would get them sent into our lines to
have a confabA in Indian fashion. Up
TO the time We reached Chattanooga
flags of truce had not been abused
the armies OF the West. /
called General BraRR's attention with
sternness - this abuse Of Aags of truce.
and told him q flag of truce was not to
be accepted in my army except ON the
most extraordinary occasions, and the
use of it for any trivial purpose would
DO resented by it's being fred upon.
The same evening Gen. Schofield ex-
pressed himself in regard to Rosecrans
a. follows: why. he ia made up
of heart all over. His temperament
warm everywhere. He Is an unsuspect
ing, boyish uatured man" OF General
Garfield, SshOfeld said: "When q man
goes into a cours martial he takes oath
he will not reveal how any member of
that commission votes. In one CASE at
least General Garfield not only spoke
about the precipitate action OF tho men,
bars Of Q court martial, but intimated
his intention 10 make speech in the
senate reviewing that cO0rt martial.
and the attitude of ito members. He
had taken AN oath 20 have nothing t.
cay outside about the findings OF the
court martial"
rae A.~ensa RavehAav n Washan~AAn
WASHINGTON. May 4.-The annual
dinner in honor Of the Qusen's birth
day will be given BY Minister West at
the British legation this evening. Gov
ers will be laid for thirty persons, ~
follows: Secretary F0lRer. Chief Justice
Waite. Gen. Sherman, Admiral Porter,
Commander Greene, Senator Miller of
California, Assistant Secretary Davis,
Chief Clerk Brown, and Mr.. Chew Of
the State Department. The ministers
Of France, Germany, Australia, Portu-
gal Spain, Belgium, Chilli, Brazil, ia
pan, Peru, Argentine Republic. Hawaii,
Netherland, and the charge d'affaifes of
Russia and Italy, Minister West end
Secretary Lincoln, Nessrs. Sauren,
Howard. Charlton, and 0tone. The
number Of guests this year viii be
smaller than usual owing 20 the absence
OF the President and all but one mem
ber Of his cabinet, and the inability Of
the ministers Of Sweden. Denmark,
China, Turkey, and SvitzeRland 70 at
tend.
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