Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-09
EASTERN NEWS.
Associated PRESS DISPATCHES
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Not Vet Arrived.
Co Louis. June S.-Information re-
..;,sd from Collinsville, ILL.,, ia that the
es;kino miners who were expected 20
live there some time last night OF
s.,iv this morning had not yet turned
~ and all WAS quiet there. Inquiry at
pslIviIIe, Pinckneyville and other
.Iscss in the mining district has re-
rssIsd no presence of the strikers and
sssre il no information at any of those
noints of band or body of men moving
shout the country. II begins to look as
though tie reports OF last night were
rery much exaggerated, or that the
aYikers after moving out OF Bellville
hroke out and went quietly TO their
homes.
Mere or the Delmenieo Banquet
Nrw YORK, June 7.-Seuator Beck re-
.ncnded TO the toast Commerce" SEN
stor Bayard responded to the toast Our
Irte,. state Commerce" Speaking TO
he toast "Unionism," Carl Schurz said:
at no time in the history Of our coun-
.,v has the Union been more firmly c.
usnted together than at present. -
Hsnry Watterson responded to the
tosst 1.-THE New South" and said that as
~ the sent iment of the South, why,
sveryoue understood what that was.
Rstveen him and his friend Gen. Grant
1heside whom he sat during the eve
r;rol there existed but one difference
and that was on the tariff. Speeches
we're also made by Chas. ID. Jacobs,
MAYOR of Louisville, and Il. Dupont,
oresident of the exposition committee.
e vas a late hour when the last speeches
we're made and the company separated.
A Horsebaek DseI.
RICHMOND. Va, June 8. Sheriff
DouokIey and 4. w. Walter, fought a
horseback duel yesterday near Patrick
Court House. Walter WAS fatally
wounded. He was opponent to Donek-
lev at the last election.
Heavy Storm.
RrAprso, Pa, June 6.-Last nights
storm was tho severest for many years.
force of men were kept at work all
night repairing washout at Perks
men junction, on the Reading railroad.
Two barns were struck by lightning,
and church ut Amityville damaged
Cattle and horses were killed in various
parts of the country.
k1ODcmc0u.
Nvw YoRx, June The Tribune to-
dsy notes the fight Of Lillian Russell,
the actress, with David Solomon, a
writer OF operas.
lacrosse Of the Death Rate.
Nyw York, June THE death rate
risss with the thermometer. There
were li3 deaths today. against SO three
L.. aud nj nj az n "A
today, though none fatal.
suit by the state.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, June Tt is I'M
dsrstOod here that suit will be brought
In day or two against the estate of
Thos. O'Connor, involving $104 900, the
alleged profits Of a joint speculation
between OConn0r and ex-Treasurer
Polk, of Tennessee. The bonds which
the State sues to recover are the do
isulting Treasurer's share in the profits
Settled.
DoDaE CRY, Kas.. June 7.-Adjutant
General Thomas Moonlight has been
here for the past twenty -four hours, and
succeeded In effecting an amicable set
Element between the warning factions.
Ne Wanted q Rest.
CrNcrsSATI, June 8.-John Bittner, Jr.,
IL fifteen years old and on trial before
Mayor Lord, Of Riverside, for arson,
being charged with burning the Debris
Cooperage Works In April, 1882, entail
inc a loss of hundred thousand dol
lara. Two witnesses testified that the
bow told them no rot the place on fire;
that he made two attempts before, and
two since that. His object was TO get
rest. He was employed In the factory.
Fast Tisne BY = ''Ne Record" Horse.
CLEVELAND, June Sat the races this
afternoon Pilgrim (no re0orJ trotted
an exhibition mile, making the last
half mile in 1914.
nigh License Law.
6pRrNorIELp, ILL.,, June 8.--Harper's
high license bill passed the lower house
of the Legislature today by a vote of 70
TO IS. Jt provides minimum license
the State of $3.50 for beer
saIoons aud $500 for tho sale of distilled
spirits. It's adoption by the Senate Is
deemed positive.
Panic In . school Room.
NEW YoRK, June ga panic that
might have resulted in dreadful loss
Of life occurred in u primary school on
Fifth street this afternoon, by a scholar
ahouting fire; and q scene Of wild ex-
element and confusion followed.
Hundreds Of children In different class
rooms crowded toward the stairs. and
ali the efforts Of the teachers TO pre-
serve order were Intellectual. A number
Of children were crushed. and had their
clothes torn in the struggle. The POI
lice report that no one was seriously In
jured. There was no fire.
Actors Fsad society.
The first annual meeting Of the
Actors Fund Society took place this
afternoon in Wallsck's Theater. The
total receipts for the past year, were
81 ,S93. Expediturss relieving dis
irsssed actors, x12 ,39<; fitting up room,
etc., 81 ,794; balance ON hand, ~, a9.
Several English actors, Ill, were assisted
10 return home. The establishment OF
An actors exchange vas discussed, and
The proposition favorably received. A
committee was appointed TO select
suitable burial plots. Lester WAllaok
was chosen president.
Increased Dusiness Failures.
Nxv YoRx, June g. Business failures
during the past seven days were lI3,
against Isl last week, an increase OF -.
The distribution Of failures 10 a. fol-
lows: New England States, -; Middle
States, %: Western States, So; Southern
States, 2s; Pacific States and Terrific
ries, IL.
Creuasisn % be . Necessity.
CLEVELAND. June s.-At the closing
session Of tho American Medical Asso-
citation resolution by Surgeon General
Kcllar that In tho very near future. II
not now. cremation will become . sani-
tAry necessity In largo cities and popu-
lous districts vas referred 10 the section
ON hygiene. A COMMITTEES ON surgical
services aboard ocean vessels was APP
pointed.
KiAnappea and Csnaasd In N Insane
Asylum.
Nuw YoRx, June S.--An action has
been begun BY Lewis T. Slot against
Oissrict Attorney Mckoon, James r.
Rnberts, Q clerk In his Office. Thomas
brsnnan. Commissioner OF Charities
and Correction. and Warden Lawrence
Dunphy, OF the Harris Island Aims
Houss. a. defendants, TO recover $iu0.-
600 damages for alleged conspiracy
against him and false imprisonment.
Plaintiff 10 the brother iu-law OF Mo
koon, by whose influence u IL alleged
hA ~~s is.lu a,..ss.l an1 s>.,uflu mad far thraA