Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-31

| G. Prussiag. president Of the raasts
builders association. and that befol
giving 1t out TO the reporters for ID
daily papers he removed one leaf of ia
document and substituted another cor
| tanning a clause not IN the origina
under which masters nay declare an
man not competent mason and ma
compel the brickisyers' union 20 issa
an apprentices card to him. The rnsl
are very bitter and VIII no. resum
| work tomorrow. Mr.. Prussine's side O
the story has not been learned.
The Indiana Cloud Bursf.
CINCINNATI, May 3O.-Reports ara still
coming in of the storm Of Monday nigh
Up the little Miami Valley. Soule,hin,
Ike a cloud burst occurred. drivins
people OF the first floors with the food
FreePort bridge. across the Miami. wa:
torn from the piers and wrecked. The
Touring Eill in Shelby, Decatur county
Indiana, WAS washed away. The de.
Strgction of barns. fences. timber and
growing crops was almost immeasurable
Yet not a single person was hurt. In
Butler county, Ohio, 4 family near
Westchester were badly injured by fall
ing walls. 4 great number of barns
were unrooted. Two or three dwellings
were demolished at Lancaster. Owen
county, Indiana, where Williams, his
wife and child and the Craft brothers
were killed by timber falling on them.
Several other points in Ohio and Indi-
ana report high wind, extraordinary
rain, hail and lightning.
Favorable Report.
NV YORK, May 30.-The animal
meeting of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company was held today. President
houston reported that the act prohibit
ing the immigration of Chinese had
caused falling off of several hundred
thousand dollars. but that the number
carried to British Columbia made M
for this loss. The war between Chill
and Peru had been injurious to the
company's interests, but the work on
tue Panama canal had added to their
freight receipts. The entire indebted
ness OF the company is now less than
100000, due to the Panama Railway
Company, which is being liauidated at
the rate of 1000 month. The net
earnings during the year were nearly )
per cent. on the capital stock. The to-
tai earnings for the year were 81. l02. 74e,
and expenses -, 1850. The following
directors were elected by votes repre-
senting 10000 shares: jay Gould, Syd-
ney Dillon. Russell Sage, G. T.. Hunt
ington, Z. II. Perkins. Jr.. Henry Hart.
VIM. Remsen, Edward Lauterback and
j. Il. Houston. They will organize and
elect officers in a day or two.
Died.
Lieutenant Colonel w. G.. Mitchell,
acting general Oh General Hancock's
staff, is dead.
Beard or Trade Meeting.
CINCINNATI, May 30.-The Executive
National Board of Trade is in session
today, Hon. +. Fraley, of Philadelphia,
presiding. Business was to consider
matters referred them at the last meet
ing and to arrange subjects for the next
meeting. The Board also considered
the advisability of an increase of MEM
bership of the body by setting forth to
various commercial bodies its advan-
tages. The discussion of the form of a
bill for creating new department of
commerce, with n place in the cabinet
for its chief, occupied the closing part
of the meeting.
Paid Over.
WASHINGTON, May 30.-The Depart
ment has received information from
our Minister to Japan to the effect that
the money appropriated by Congress as
return indemnity was paid over on April
10Th.
Ghouiish Newspaper Correspondents.
Captain MoNear, of the Jeanette
Board of Inquiry, said today that Sea-
man Noros testified to certain facts
which were suppressed by the newspa-
pers. Thess accounts related to a
shocking Dissertation of the graves of
belong, Surgeon Amber and Collins.
Noros received permission to accompany
the correspondents of the Standard and
Telegraph and the artist of the Illus
trated Nelos to tho graves of the Ameri-
can officers. When they arrived at the
place his companions proceeded to dig
up the remains against his most earnest
protes They were determined, how
ever. and he was helpless in the matter.
He said he should not have pointed out
the graves il he had supposed the CORE
spondents intended to do anything be-
sides sketch them. The journalistic
ghouls, however, exhamed the remains,
sketched the bodies in an upright POSI-
ton and then replaced them.
Steamboat sunk.
PrrTsBURG, May 30.-The steamboat
Jack Gumbert, plying between Mckees-
port and Elizabeth, Pa, struck rock
in the river, four miles from Mckees-
port, this morning, and sank in a few
minutes. About dozen passengers
xxs1. IN boa ri al tha. hf,+ oil
rescued.
sunday Church Music.
The Reformed Presbyterian Conven-
ton is still discussing the question of
instrumental music in churches on
Sunday. A vote will be taken this af-
ernoon.
Bottom Dropped Out.
KNOXVILLE. Tenn, May 30.--An acci-
dent occurred tonight. causing damage
to the Knoxville water works. The bot
tom of one of the reservoirs dropped
out, emptying in five minutes five hun
bred thousand gallons Of water into
cave beneath. The water has not come
to the surface, though the reservoirs are
on hill several hundred feet high.
The existence of the cave was not pre-
viously known. The other reservoir is
not damaged.
Memorial Services Universal.
san Francisco, May @.-Reports re-
ceived tonight show that memorial ser
vices have been held in all towns and
cities ON the coast where lies the body
of dead soldier. At many points the
services were of a most impressive char
acter, indicating that each year the REQ
election OF those who suffered and died
in the great war and in their oountry's
cause Is acquiring renewed strength and
exciting larger gratitude in the minds
of the living.
Locking 90 q Settlement OF the Coal
Troubles.
ST. LOUIS, MAY 30.--The committee
appointed by the Belleville Board of
Trade TO consider the relations existing
between the miners and mine officers
in that district, and sec what can be
done toward settling the present diff
culties, have made n report, in which
they recommend all railroad companies
carrying coal TO st. Louis furnish a copy
of the weights of coal produced by hand
working mines to Chas. Nesbitt, Presi-
dent If the Miners Union on the 5th
and s0th dag of each month; that Mes
bitt furnish a copy of same to each
mine; that q uniform screen be es-
tahlished at all hand work mines. and
that owners of machine mines be al
ioysd TO at,erste them without anv ref