Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-22
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bic again TO punish fraud and theft in
the public service.
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Polar Expedition.
HAMBuRG, June 2O.-The schooner
Germania sailed today for the Polar sea
With provisions and instruments for the
German expedition now on the way to
the Arctic reg ions.
Bismarek's Condition.
BERLIN, June 20.-Bismarck's condi-
ton IL worse. He is suffering from Sc
we're pains in the stomach. His depart
urs from Fredericks Is postponed.
Floods In siIesia.
BERLIN, June 30.-Nuch damage is
being caused by floods in Silesia, and
several persons have been killed. The
floods have been attended by water
spouts. A large part of the town of
Huschberg Is submerged and houses ad-
jacent to the village are flooded. The
| railway near Zalzsburn is washed away,
and number of cattle have persisted.
Dispatches from Breolow say that dur
| ing the last twenty -four hours the rise
IN the river Weisse at the town of that
name has been alarming, the water hay
ing reached the highest point since 1924
The Evangelical school and church. two
barracks and part of the post office are
submerged. Disastrous floods are re-
ported in Bohemia and Moravia. The
Danube is expected to overflow its banks
shortly as the river Jun and mountain
streams are rising rapidly and the quay
at Linz is flooded.
Mutually Unsatisfactory.
CHRIsTrASA, Norway, June 0.-Stor-
thing rejected, by a vote of so to 81, the
proposal to increase the allowance of
the Crown Prince to $1,000 kroner. The
reason given by its opponents is the IN
satisfactory political situation.
A Corruption Fund.
BRUSSELS, June 2l.-There is proceed
ing at Marcheau the examination of
Boland, a French adventurer, wAo, by
pretending to know Victor Hugo, Gam
BETA and other prominent men, obtain
ed Coz, 600 francs from local banker and
fed to France, but was extrsdited on
demand of the Belgian authorities. In
the proceedings yesterday the prisoner
declared that Gambetta paid large
amount for procuring important Ger
man papers concerning Bismarck; also,
that the money he was accused of en-
beZZling really had been paid him to
bride Members of the French Chamber
of Deputies.
Lorfliard's Horses In England.
LONDON. June 21.-Raeing at Stock |
bridge began to-day. The race fer the |
Stockbridge cup, valued at 300 sover- |
eigns, was won by p. Lorillard's Iro- |
quois, nominated by the Prince of |
Wales, Prince Soltykoff's ScObille SEQ |
ond, Sir G. Chettman's Magician third. |
Only three ran. Betting at the start |
was six to i've on Iroquois, and five to |
one against Magician. Iroquois won by |
three lengths. The Beufort handicap |
race, with 200 sovereigns added to the |
sweepstakes of ten sovereigns each, was |
won by z. G. Godfrey'f Sea Horse, P.
Lorillard's Sachem second, De Seymas'
Pyrenese third. There were eight start
ers. The race for the tombstone plate |
handicap. for 100 guineas, was won by |
p. Lorillard's Arizona, j. A. Oraven's
The Duke second. +. Hardinges Well |
ington third. There were ten starters.
Iroquois was ridden by Cannon, SEQ
billie by Rossiter, and Magician by
Archer.
Mormon Immigrants.
The steamer Nevada, from Queens
town for New York, has GIL Mormons,
800 of whom ara Scaddinavians, the re-
mainder British.
An Assassination Society,
DUBLIN, June 21.-An inquiry is now
in progress at Mullingar in connection |
with the murder of Mrs. Smythe on |
the 22d of April. An informer testified |
that an assassination society had been |
started by Michael and John Pagan |
with the object of removing bad land |
lords, and among those named by the |
society for removal were two gentlemen |
named Smythe, living in County Long |
ford, and tive of the prisoners were de- |
puted to execute the sentence. The |
prisoners charged with completely in |
the murder of Mrs. Smythe we're pres |
emit at the meeting held in March, 1882, !
outside the house of the mother of the |
Fagans.
May Take His Choice.
The Irish Times says: The Govern.
ment has given james Carey, the in
former, the option Of proceeding to one
of the British colonies or being released
and allowed to remain in Dublin with
out police projection.
Rumored Royal Alliance.
COPENHAGEN, June 21.-It ia rumored
that Prince Waldemear, the youngest of
King Christians children will shortly
be engaged to Princess Victoria, the
second daughter Of Crown Prince Fred
erick William, Of Prussia.
Extending Sympathy.
LONDON, June O.-The Empress of
Germany has written Queen Victoria,
expressing her deep sympathy with the
sufferers by the disaster Of the ohildren's
entertainment at Sunderland last Sat
orday.