Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-11
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SAx Francisco. Dec. lO.-A COPY O
the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, receives
today by tue stesmes Australia from
sydney, states that man named
Knowles, a member Of the Salvation
Army. confessed TO Maj Baker. Of tn,
Salvation Corps. that he knowles h.,
murdered F. NJ. Bates. t1e actor. wei
known on tue Ps,ific Coast. and xh,
was fonnd dead on one of the hi b road
/ IN Australia.
| Concession 10 Canadian Mtilers.
| OTTAWA. Dec. l0.-In consequence Of
/ representations IN ade TO the Customs
| department By Ont irio millers respect
ing the inferIor quality of the presen:
years crop of wheat. millers Will be
credited with the duty on four bushels
ard forty-five pounds wheat for every
barrel Of -four produced from imported
wheat grouRd In bond and exported.
Formerly the department held that a
barrel of -four could be obtained from
four bushels and thirty6ve pounds of
wheat
Suspects Returned.
DUBLIN, Dec. 10.-The 10 men who
aoSconded from Crossmaghen when
members of the Patriotic Brotherhood
were. being arrested have returned
from America.
France and China.
PARIS. Dec. i0.-A letter from Pekin
states that at meeting of the imserial
FAMILY With the ministry the opinion
was unanimous against entering upon
war with France.
In the Chamber of Deputies, in the
debate upon the Ionquin credits BILL
feiiatler reproached the government
for Its colonial policy. and compared
events III Ionquin with what has been
done III Tunis. Prime Minister Ferry
declared that far from leading the
country into the four quarters of the
world In quest of colonial adventures.
the colonial policy Of the government
was entirely conservative. In going 70
lunls hs said tie government had in
view solely the security o. Aleiers, and
1t went TO Tonquin for the sake of the
security of the French in Cochin China.
Ferry said that the republican
government of France was not
responsible for the present expedition
t. Tonquin. He stated that Admiral
Montague, Mi2ister of Marine, in 1873 |
pointed ont tf@ necessity of est ablish- |
ing French protecrats over AMMAN. |
Ferry declared that he wished To re-. |
main IN power only on cond zion that |
be retained the confidence Of t., Cham !
Der. Inc real obstacle to s settlement |
of the question was the freiity of the |
Cabinet, who were all ia need of time. |
without which nothing could be expect
ed, especially in foreign affairs. The |
government Ia far from entert aiming any |
regarding the attitude in regard |
70 China in TOuquin matters. 1t is not
that China would go 80 far as
10 resort to armed Intervention. Arup-
lure between France and China had not
yet occurred, but, as if rupture were
possible. the Government had treated
jhlna as great power, which course
10 did not regret. and the Government
16d always held the opinion that means
,f Cancellation were existing, and, act
nc under this belief, had exhausted
very combination and system of con-
.iliation.
Difficulty Compromised.
TORONTO, Canada, Dec. lO-A London
able t. the Globe officially announced
hat the difficulty In the Hudson B,y
company OcclsIoned by the overturn-
|
he election of the new board has been
Taking Precautions.
LONDON. Dec. l0.-Owing to the grow
ng excitement In Irish circles relative
} the sentence of ODonnell, extra
yards are stationed In all the prisons
nd government offices.
4 conspiracy.
SLIGO. Dec. 10.-Nins per sons pleaded
nifty to conspiracy in the murder of
lartin Leyden of RoscoMmon.
Explosives seized.
LIMERICK, Dsc. 10.-A vessel contain.
~ twenty five pounds of gunpowder.
nth fuse lying near, WAS found here
Asst night and conveyed to the barracks.
! man named Jarvis WAS arrested.