Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-11

tanks toward the river. In a shor. ,;u.
huge tanks, and thew ernIossd sia.ns
tan7ss1siy with terriic fn-sa. Fag.
iaents OF iron we're hsr.es. = die. ,nr.s :,
mar a isaile. and burning Oil xss 500.
| tsree IN all directions. The entire Pr.
department has been suua,a0sed. tr-,s
MS services are alTaos. useless "a sha
ss'ea ms OF bIrning oil poured .i-oa@b
.ae yard are firing tank after tssk n,
.ne east side aud licking up the haiId-
anRs. ne stoEeao1ss, a soiIi s.rcr.1rs,
waefs the harreled OF WAS kept. waz az
&c. cseo % re fanes. aud snrc1 20 Rad
ms engine honse yo.t usxt, and tbs
~ qua water r1np houses, suaksn
sanA: and machine shops quickly fol-
DEea, and the whole elsseriv side of
ne WORKS - 3 seething msss OF isas.e,.
De5pate tue tremendous en-. and blind
ing smoke, tbs hrenen are. working
saiiansiy IN the hope Of checking tha
progress OF the flames. bat il gpuc.rs AZ
TINS ho1r as II the vast works rsus.
De Destroyed, and !, IL feared the aa4nes
VIII reach out and Consume property in
,ns nsigoborhool. People are des. ring
their homes, and moving out what l.
Valuable Of their Effects. /, j. ss.ifaatei
there were GOO gallons Of oil ia The
.ahSs, and the loss Of property already
ia,d IN ashes viii reach Fl 100000.
ii'o a.m The oil fra is still raging.
ne Eag.e Refinery Is in danger. If the
VINO Continues sou.heas. the remainder
OF the buildings rnsy be saved. Six
lives have been los,.
Saisf feEnisr and number of r,en
were within ten yards OF oas of the
tanks when Is exploded, aud were saved
almost By q mirscle. Dropping the
nose. which was soon blrned TO ashes,
they fed for thsir lives. When they
mustered fogether a. n safe distance six
Oh Their number wore found TO be miss
ing The smoke Was so dsuse that il
Was impossible to tell which way one
Was going, and it IL thought TIA; the
unfortunate men raa dowa to the river
and were lost.
Several rolling tanks on rails were
only saved b. piIina earth on them. The
bay was shee. of flaming oil, and the
long tres.ie bridge on the railway. about
q quarter of "a mile away, was burned
down. No bodies have been found, for
the heat renders close approach 10 the
runs impossible.
g p. m.-Tho fire il now under control.
II IS thought the loss will exceed Si.-
bo,UU. Twelve large tanks, Is cars. SIX
barges. a dredger, three docks aud FIVE
brick buildings wers destroyed. The
quantity es oil consumed IL not known.
The other losers. besides the Stand .ri
Oh Company, are several oil firms, who
each lose from 400 to 100 barrels.
IIonorS 10 Gen. sherman.
Sherman arrived this IN .rning to IN |
spect the post. He receive salute
on landing. reviewed and inspected the |
troops, and exchanged visits with Rear |
Admiral Cooper, and was received BY |
salutes from the flagship Tennessee and |
the Nandaiia.
Consresssnan Thompson ON Trial.
HARaoDspuRa, KY, May 10. - The |
trial of Congressman Thompson for |
killing Davis II proceeding quietly and |
Is expected to last ten days.
Startling Timber Land Decision.
WASHINGTON, May l0.--siecretary Tel |
Ter rendered a decision today ia which |
he holds that the act of June 30, 1878 |
which periaitS the sale at the minimum |
price Of $50 per acre of lands valued |
principally for the timber and unfit for |
cultivation, does not apply To timber |
lands which may DO rendered s,lscep- |
tIble to cultivation by ordiniry farming |
processes. Such lands, the secretary |
says, aro not within tps purpose of this /
act. II il the intention 10 embrace |
within its provisions timbered tracts /
only on broken or rugged mountainous |
districts, with soil unit for ordinary |
agricultural purposes when cleared of |
timber.
lndian Removal.
Special Agent Miiburn, an Indian |
officer, will leave Washington tomorrow |
for the Crow Indian reservation III Mon |
tana. where he will Cooperate with the |
resident agent III making arrangements |
for the removal Of the Crows to the |
Valley of the Big Horn and LATHE Big |
Horn, III compliance with the act OF |
Congress.
Mall Route Cut on.
The Commissioner of tho General |
Land Ofiics has received complaints |
from the Postofiice Department. that |
cattle herders III Nebraska have recently |
enclosed with fence large tract of |
public land for grazing purposes, and |
have thereby cut OF an important mail |
route. The case il being investigated, |
and 1t ia thought at the Interior Depart |
mont that measures are about To be |
taken which will result In breaking up |
the unlawful practice of fencing ia |
public lands-a practice which has late |
iy grown to be u serious injury.
The Miserable Chimese.
CHICAGO, May lO.--It is we'll known |
here that in almost every Chinese iaun-
dry in the CITY there are special facili- |
ties for those desiring to "hit the pipe"
Dens are visited daily by white men |
and women, and the latter have been |
outraged by Cinnamon while under the |
effects of tho drug.
u.s. vs. u.P
WASHINGTON, May l0.--The Commits
sioner of railroads has prepared re-
ply 10 the letter of Sidney Dillon. in re-
iation to the indebtedness Of the Union
Pacific TO the United States under the
Thurman act. The Commissioner re-
commends th II the controversy be sub
mitted to the court Of claims for final
settlement, BY means OF an amicsbie
suit. Secretary Teller has the matter
under Amusement, and Will probably
adopt the recommendation.
Leading stocks.
NEW YORK, May lu.-Central Paeinc
15a, Burlington 123ss, Northern Pa
cific 5ll., Northwestern l3i, New York
Central l2li9, Pacific Mail AIS, Pana
ma ~, st. Louis & San Francisco 3tiss,
Texas Pacific -, Union Pacific 81, Wa
bash -, Wells Fargo ~, Western Union
73A.
Recovering.
PHrLApRIrHIA, May 10.-Congress-
man Kelly is pronounced better, after
his surgical operation.
lrtshmen Wanted IN England.
New York, May l0.-Gsneral Walker.
counsel for Sheridan and Walsh, left
tonight for Boston, to consult with Gov.
Batter ON the question of the proposed
extra iition. Counsel for Sheridan aud
Patrick Ford, with others. were in Sc
cret meeting today on the same subject.
Thrsagh . Brisixc.
Sioux CrrY. Iowa, May l0.--A train on
the Vanderbilt line IN Nebraska went
through bridge about four miles from
Norfolk early yesterday morning. Jos.
Fessenden IL dead in the wreck, and
Engineer Sam Rsem will lose leg and
!. ,-hn -. h,s lffe Tina vr,,s.k il had