Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-06
EASTERN NEWS.

EASTERN NEWS.
,c,.rsp PRESS DISPATCHES.
Collision.
vn,v March 5.-Pilot boat No.
NsM into and sunk this morning
Y vas s.samer Commonwealth. Pliot
ee!.mnubeIi Of the former was u.o"neu'
Oa'Df TO the Higher Court.
..eo of Morse, in connection
Inc o1 Passion Play, has been taken
win ah .n' Court of Appeals for final de-
csion. catching n Criminal.
o.;va Thore, of Scotland Yard,
Ds. su arrived by the steamsa Baltic
lsstsrday, and went immeola'eiy 20 pc,
~ headquarters where NJ claimed
I nI K!no, sometimes known as
leu, Douglas Kino, a Russian Jew.
n IT, nnder tho extradition treaty, was
vun W. ia Salt Lake Feb. I'd. be was
sieo;sted to tell his story, which was
peImu.Sshle. as showing how vigorously
rsn ndsrs are followed mp in Europe.
9hen aams TO this country in 1868, and
10 ss california in 1876. He heard Of
ven. ,slatiye in Michigan. where he
ils1 car married Polish Jewess. He
nsAs London and established cloth
sen' storas in several places. One of
ny xos burned, and though he recOy-
mo souoa insurance, other companies
Wv :..ad nayment and he lost on law
n;.s 4 charge of arson was made
sI.;nst him. He returned TO New
eea 49, whare he established tailoring
iUn and was again unfortunate.
ma.hsr went to Denver. His move
ns n ' seem TO have been Swallowed. He
~ accused of dishonesty: lie went to
itah. where similar charges were
hroueht against him: He says he did
i.o;timate dry goods business. until
,sting a buggy ride he was wayiaid by
s;ohwaymen, shot in the left side, beat
~ and left for dead. After the thieves
Nd robbed him of $500 and a gold
, ns and chain, he recovered and was
Vested and taken to New York. kinO
ssvs he is innocent of tho charge in tho
..,,ant of extradition-arsOn with IN
,srt In defraud insurance Companies
NJ Il will do him no good to fight the
.asa in America. When he arrives ia
rroland he will, az an American citi-
In claim protection of the Minister
and engage counsel. His family il in
England.
Lower Mississippi Overflow.
MEMPHIS, March 5.-Ihe river here
marks thirty five feet seven inches on
~ GAGE. A rise of one inch since yes
ssrday is reported. At Helena, Ark, a
yise Of EIGHT inches was reported there
yesterday. This was from backwater
of The Mississippi, which has found its
vav into the St. Francis, which again
smpties itself into the Mississippi just
shove Helena. The st. Francis rose
eioht feet last Thursday at Wittsburg,
ana the whole bottom lands of that re-
pion are completely inundated.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, March 5. The issue of
standard silver dollars from minis for
the week ending March 3D. was 143, 495.
The issue for the corresponding period
last year was 137 ,497.
Second Assistant p. NJ. General FL
mer, Superintendent Slater Of the rail-
vsy adjustment division, and Superin-
tsndent Thompson of the railway mail
service, are designated committee to
frame and submit to the Postmaster
General system for gaginR rates OF
pay for carrying the mali on railroad
routes. in accoi dance with the prOyis-
ions of the post Office appropriation
bill the next fiscal year.
- nit
placed upon the postal fraud list. The
inspectors report shows that he adver-
tised himself as a pension and patent
attorney, when, in fact, he has been
dsbarred from practise before all the
Executive departments.
Temporary Governor.
ATLANTA, Ga, March 5.-Hon. James
6. Boyton, President of the Senate, was
TODAY sworn in as Governor. He
ordered an election to fill the vacancy
caused by Gov. Stephens death on the
18th of April. The Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of the State has been
called to meet ON Thursday in Atlanta,
% consider what action shall be taken,
The remains of Stephens will be carried
to the Capitol at 3 .. IN. today, to lie in
state in the hall of the House of Repre-
sentatives until Thursday next, when
thew will DO inferred in Oakland GENE
terry. The State is acting with the
Citizens Committee. The Indications
are that the funeral will be the largest
ever seen in Georgia. The city is heav-
lily draped and flags are all'at half mast.
Recovered.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-Sccretary
Folger has almost recovered from his
recent illness. He was at the Treasury
Department today, and received a large
number of visitors.
The Hudson hay Outlet.
NEw YORK, March 1.-The Dominion
Government, supported by tho English
Admiralty,is to put cruiser on Hudson
Bay this summer to ascertain how much
Of the year Behring Straits is open to
navigation. On the settlement Of this
question depends the construction of
one or more railroads running north
from the Canadian Pacific to soDe port
on the shores Of Hudson Bay, and the
establishment Of line Of steamers be-
tween Canada and Great Britain by the
Hudson Bay route.
State Prison Talk.
The Star compares the management
Of Sing Sing with San Quentin. II says
the latter prison is the largest manu-
factory in California. OF course, the
favored capitalists who hire the labor of
prisoners at 10 cents per head per DAY
reap enormous profits from the invest
ment. and of course also there are plen-
~ Of legislators and lobbyists to per-
petuate the system for consideration.
New York is more fortunate in possess
INC this year Legislature which prom
ices to upr0et the scandalous and OPP
prsssive outgrowtb Of the PillsbRrv in
vsntion. Doubtless when our State
shall have set a good example similar
reforms will be enforced elsewhere. An
exposure Of State prison abuses in our
columns has led to official Investigations
IN other States, California among them.
Advertising Money wanted.
The increase Of Chinese in the Allan
ito States is attracting tho attention OF
advertisers, one of whom prints q COL
lmn in the Times today. partly in the
Chinese language.
Southern Rleeds.
Advices from Lower st. Helena says the
water Is rising half inch an hour. Il lie
believed the highest mark of last year
VII be reached. Il il thought the levees
vii stand but uneasiness prevails. Pre-
cautions have been made for the worst.
y Y, was reported last night the bridge at