Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-08
EASTERN NEWS.
.socrarED PRESS DISPATCHES.
Elliott. Body.


Elliott. Body.
vo,x March THE remains 0
NV me prize fighter, arrived TIN
Elioi., Wv MANY well known sportin,
pornlns. at the depot. The body wa
nen Sei .hs residence of Elliotts sister
tsksi. ,,oonsvitt. TIE parlor in which
MIS-: lr lea ia heavily hung with dra
the pou S,.;ng the same used IN the room
peries, ,hs body of Cornelius Wander
10 wnioIh sfnre burial. The funeral vii
bill Ay , o on Sunday. The body vii
~sted two nights
Nancy for Ireland.
,ruy. Conn, March REV
VIZ walsh today cabled xll34 fol
nT9 a;0h relief fund, and $9s for ths
Land League.
r.,,pn CrrY. Texas, March LII. h
nISs vralthy stock man from Wis
Hnu u.s shot and killed by one Var
eons'n rho made improper advances &c
peus, daughter at a party. Land hac
Lns anu Varnell to leave the premises
o,u ..rnon the latter shot him.
u.ion League Meeting.
w..uxcros, March 7.-General Neg
P,ttsburg, President of the Ma.
NJ Union League, has called meet
uonatt The Executive Committee Of that
ny a. tbe Continental Hotel Ia Phila-
~ ;s IN the 9th of March next, fol
- Transaction of important political
business.
Two Lives Lost.
v,v yoRK. March IA fire occurred
.s.sornino at Cambridge Flat, East
nus gs sanrth street. Mrs. Wekemau,
oa q and daughter Rose, We're suffo
- The building was owned by
G 49, Reid. and was damaged to the
lu ~ 1900. The damage to the
s.oI, viii reach $4,000. Mrs. Wake
nan was the wife of Abram Waterman,
Surveyor of this port during Lincoin's
sSr;nistration. At the time OF the fire
- vas an his way from Albany to this
-, Mra. Wakeman WAS an invalid,
70 aida Of her body being paralyzed.
Her daughter was also suffering from
illness.
A Decitning River.
urxpHrs. March THE river hero is
..st;onary. and the long looked for de-
si;ne vill probably set in tomorrow, as
ths river at Osceola, Ark, ninety miles
sboys this place, has fallen six inches
nm TO Yesterday morning, and Is stead
~ declining.
virgins Storm.
WASHINGTON, March lit il a curious
yact that Notwithstanding Virgins
ntter failure last month as weather
rronhet. there is wide spread interest
ma uneasiness evidenced in teleQraphic
despatches, especially those reaching
here from Canada and parts of New
England, respecting his predicted hur-
r;oane az the 9th. At the signal Office
here il ia expected that the 9Th and 10Th
nil be beautiful days, and Virgins is
totally dissredited. What has become,
hey ask, of the storm prophesied by
him to strike the Paoisc Coast last
nonth2
A Presidens's Travels.
AUSTIN, Tex. March 7.-Ex-Presi
ANT Disz of Mexico, and party, arrived
today direct from New Orleans, en-
route for Monterey. Mexico. The party
sss met below the city by COMMITTEES
fbom the House and Senate, and e.
eorted to the Governors Office. They
vsre given drive around the city. II
! singular coincidence that Texas
anron were firing a national salute Of
honor from Capitol Hill to the Mexican
salesman on the anniversary of the
dsy his former ruler, Santa Ana, tool
- Alamo.
A Very Sick senator.
WASHINGTON, March 7.-SenstoY Dor
Cameron starts today for Charleston, s
G., accompanied by Surgeon Genera
Wales and Senator Butler. Cameron
has been in poor health several months
Hs is suffering from fistula. Wales
sates he has very little hope for his re
eovery. His doctors have been bafilet
h checking the disease. Cameron
dpyisg paroxysms of pain will drinl
ehampagne to deaden the pain which
taoravates the disease. His friends &c
not think he will ever be able to resume
bis duties in the Senate.
About Russfa.
Dr.. John Hill leotured last night on
Russia, which he visited last summer.
He presented a hopeful picture Of the
country. Schools bye become more
plsntiful, trade is becoming a factor, the
mss of freedom an 0nQ people Ii a
/ growing power, the demand for books il
hcrsasing. and the process Of raising
hsureiy going on. Russia looks out on
Europe through the eye of st. Peters.
hefR. Europe also looks in through that
eye, q measurable distance of r6aliza-
Wa. Siberia, about which we have
loard such terrible stories, is the best
lad richest province in. Russia. Sever
asxiles have become rob and prosper
~ Something akin to the Develop.
nsnt Of Australia has occurred with 70.
nsd TO Siberia.
The sheridan ExteadIslen.
WAsHNoToN. March THE impress
aon prevails here that Sheridan will
ld be extradited, but that the q. s.
Courts to which he will appeal in case
- decision Of the Commissioners Of
Sew York il against him, will not re-
ognize political offences as a crime un-
- the treaty. II appears from recent
ool1ions OF our Courts exFaditiOn is not
aesely matter between the Govern
neuts. but at least in this country the
aonef may himself call FOR the aid Of
= Courts. IL the treaty Ia violated. In
- which have arisen. prisoners hsv-
= been surrendered by England TO this
eentsy for trial, secured their release
moving that being prosecuted for
g offence other than that for which
~ had been surrendered M an offepse
made the treaty. The State Depart
ent received more information than
aoonAined in tho newspapers. The
neral impression 10 Secretary Frsliug-
sasssn il inclined to advise the Presi-
nj that extradition papers should is
-, but nothing that has yet transpired
e probably justify such an impress
N. The issuance of the warrant
zach has been published, is merely
smal, and 10 simply to permit the ar
enment Of Sheridan before any U.
Judge. Commissioner. or Court of
lord to see whether there ID sufficient
wosnce to Justify his being held 10
d n ser for the charge made against him.
ne evidence is such as TO satisfy the
H ne should be held, then the
ss Department may be called upon
Snssermine whether extradition papers
AZ b issued or not.
oerse lnduce0enis.
nr York. March The Coney
Io Jockey Club, to counterbalance
ioes OF the champion stallion stakes,
80 we're captured by Louisville, have
s'ded to add $4,000 to the Great
sm handicap races, to be equally
Nn INTO two purses for 2 and 8