Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-29

States District Attorney for Kansa.
Who requested me to rep ,rt the facts q
Washington in order that instruction,
may be sent him. The case needs i'm
date attention, and request that tns
District Attorney for Kansas lie tels.
Rrsphed at once TO attend to the case.
Secretary Lincoln adds that be has
furnished copy Of the telegram TO tbs
Attorney General With the request th I;
ne take necessary measures to meet the
application.
To Re Retired.
The Naval Retiring Bosrd today rec
ommended the retirement of Cou-
mander Thos- II. z sstman.
Gsvessnens Trznspsrtaflsm.
WAsHNcToS, June s.-The Secrtsry
OF the Treasury has issued circular
ouiina attention TO the decision of tue
First Comptroller of the Ire ,sary 10
the eject that payments must be nad-
in cash for TRANSPORTATION services Der
formed for any department of the Gov
vernment over such portion OF the sew
eral Pacific railroads AZ have not be. n
built by the aid Of 6 ivernment bonds,
and ordering. wherever practical and
s-Sot0 0tC1pfnlCtt VI 10 IL IL HtSif&-
bic that shipments of Government
freight be made over railroads which
have Received aid in bonds or land from
the United states, and all officers ship
ping such freight should specify the
particular route by which the same Is t.
Dc transported.
Compelling Advertisements.
Secretary Teller il investigating the
charge that some registers of land OH
COS III Nebraska use their position to
forcs advertisements into certain news
papers at exp nse TO settlers.
Tei~phsse Parchase.
Teleph me Company Recently licensed
ting under the American Bell Telephone
Company Of Boston, today purchased
the property of the Midland Western
and Central Telephone Company, en-
bracing the States of Ohio. Indiana,
Illinois, and the principal towns of
Iowa. Arson Slayer, Colonel X. &.
ClOwry. George l.. Phillips, Theodore
N. Vail. w. II. Forbes. John 4. WAL
lack, VIM. X. Enwick, George II. Twiss
and d. u. Kellogg, are DIR, csors.
College society President.
BOSTON, June 23.-fhe Phi Beta Kap-
pa Society of Harvard College has eloct
d Joseph II. Cho.te, President
Charles Francis Adams, Jr., delivered
he Grafton.
sim Ballsiing.
COScoxD, N. H., June 2S.--The ballot
Tor United States Senator this evening
WAS as follows: Necessary to choice.
IA; Gilman Marston, IL; Aaron +.
Is; James F. Briggs. %; James
w. Patterson, 36; Edward II. Rollins,
-; Harry Bingham. i02.
College Boat Race.
NEW LONDON. Conn, June 28.--The
sighth annual Yale VS.. Harvard eight
pared four mile straight away race WAS
rowed at $40 this afternoon. Harvard
sving virtually a walk-over, winning
In the slow time of "a minutes Asa sec.
onds. Yale's time % minutes 50 Sec
onds. Fully six Thousand strangers
we're in town. One train of seventeen
0 .rs from New Haven WAS comp etely
jsmmed. Many people were also pres.
snt from Boston. The coarse was lined
with steamers, sail and row boats, while
an observation train which ran along
the bank OF the river WAS crowded. The
water WAS in fair condition. the wind
about southwest and moderate. Both
crews were unusually prompt in appear
Ing at the line aud promptly started
Yale obtained a tribe he the best of the
start, and with her rapid, jerky stroke
1t the first half mile WAS good clear
length ahead, but here the steady. long.
swinging stroke of Harvard began to
tell and she gradually crep, up to the
Yalss until at the mile flag they were
bow and bow. Both crews pulling
about forty strokes per minute from
here to thu finish the long.
steady stroke of Harvard gave
them commanding lead. At the
mile and a half Harvard. pulling
ihirty-four sIIokes was a length ahead
Yale pulling forty. At two miles Har.
yard was good two lengths tn the
front, pulling In fine form, while Yale,
though pulling her ierky stroke in good
form, WAS slowly dropping astern. At
Two and half miles Harvard was five
lengths abe I'd, aud gradually increasing
the lead. Al thiee miles Harvard was
seven lengths ahead, pulling thirty four
strokes n minute to Yale's ~. At the
Of the last mile Har.
ward was pulling thirty five strokes to
Yale forty -ope, ana ut the beginning of
the last halt mile Harvard had ten
lengths to her credit. From here to the
finish both crews spurted. Harvard pull
ing thirty-seven and Yale forty-three
per minnie, bot all efforts on the part of
Yale were futile. Instead of gaining.
she gradually lost ground, Harvard
crossing the line winner from
fifteen to twenty lengths. For tue
first mile the race was very OK
citing, but after Harvard headed Yale
at the mile flag the race was virtually
TO be ended. After the race
there WAS much condemnation of Yales
ierky stroke, and while il WAS generally
conceded the crew were well abs t. keep
Is up, yet IL il safe TO announce 1t will
never again be attempted. For Hsr
v.rd's men only praise IL heard on
rvery side and that in two weeks prao
lice stroke WAS found capable Of car
rying them TO victory Was n genuine
surprise. At the conclusion Numbers =
and in Yale's boat we're evidently
pumped. Betting In the morning was
10 1 On Yale's, tut in the afternoon
and Was 2 to l ON Harvard.
Arressed fer selling Forged Bends
NV YoRx. June 25.-tssac A. Briggs
A broker, and Wesley Lyon, - lawyer,
both Of this city. with Emile Bile, a
LAWYER, ne..rlv 20 yerrs old, Of stamford
Conn, have been arrested ON charge
of selling forged Missouri State honds
10 Edwin Il. Kirk, n resident Of Hobo
ken. N. j., doing business In this city
n a sailnaaker. Kirk Was in-
auced TO purchase the bonds nj
|. face value of $27l.l3i, bu,
subsequently, becoming suspicious
be- instituted inquiries by which he
learned that BFie had similar bonds
in this city OF. the repre-
Deutation that he Was a State oiiiciai ot
Missouri. Briggs was sent 10 the State
Prison q year ago for attempting 10
Dlackmail John jacob Astsr. Brie ranks
= q professional forger. and WAS arrest
a in Michigan In 1865 in compsny With
Father Charles Lacis. Wesley Lyon
vNs arrested in this city year ago on "a
,harpe Of selling forged bonds, but was
rrlesssd ON bail, and has never zen
,ried. When Bri2Rs VAS arrested there
vere found In his possession bonds
he New York and Atlantic Railroad
md she Chicago. Be zil and Ohio h III
mad and Coal @. mpAuy. They are sup
,-,sea % be bonds of mythical CON
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