Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-03-10

predicted by me last December. and
can show why they ara Translated !,
America. The reporter ssi!: ..The,
you are positive the body of the sto-n
IS yet to cone!" Wigz;n5 replied: "a,
arm OF the storm is now over tbs Sosfs
Pacific. You will certainly see crsa
storm on Saturday.
Looking Cat for No. t.
/ NEv Yogg, March 9.-Tohn IssHar.,
whites letter To the Assoc; ated Press
| denying tbs statement of .he DuhI,,
dispatcb. lie says: For siany wears
| have been actively engaged in MINING
operations In arizona and e!sevIaere
and am weli-knosn on the Pacific s.ooa
Throughout. the Atlantic States, aud Ia
some considerable extent ia Europe. "a
pecIsiiy In London. in connection with
mining operations. | desire sjmply n
inform my friends am no. the parso,,
sought for as No. L. Since nv dis.
charge from imprisonment Ivy the brit.
lsh Government in 1871. lhave not been
connected With any Irish organic iii IN
or with any movement connected with
Irish affairs. Ii such a denial can be
necessary. totally deny any thouvht
act or participation in the affair refer.
red to by Carey, or any connection there
with"
| The Arkansas Floods.
ST.. LOUIS, March 9.-The Glob.-
Denaocras correspondent in Helena gives
| tne following view OF the situation
! There are no. moro than two or thrse
spots OF dry ground between Memphis
| and this point. Scores of the best
/ in ALL
| completely in u state of wreck Most
OF them are abandoned. Owners and
| laborers have fled to higher grounds.
Cattle arc standing in water. Every
| Gin house is filied with colored people.
| At Handfnis' landing eighteen cclored
women are in two boats moored TO trees
| on the flooded banks, waiting for q
| steamer to take them away. There is
| not foot of dry land within forty
| miles. Skiff loads of colorsd people
and household goods are at various
| points, seeking for ground TO rest on
At Sterling coiored people, horses and
| cattle are indiscriminately huddied in
| the upper story of the only store there.
| At Star landing dwelling houses are full
| of cattlo and gin HOUSES are full of
| negroes. The prospects are certainly
| favorable for q big rise below hsre, as
| the flow of waterfront st. Francis is un-
diminished. The river then will be at
| an unprecedented hight between Vicas-
burg and New Orleans.
Thawins Dynamite.
PrrTsBURo. Pa, March "a terrible
explosion of dynamite occurred this
morning Mt Flemming's stone quarry,
| Dead Mans Hollow, near McReesport,
Pennsylvania. Daniel and George Hem
ninger, Noble Gilkey and an unknown
man were Mt work in the quarry. Que
Of tho men attempted TO thaw ont q
can of dynamite, which had frozen, and
an explosion followed, scattering rock
and earth in every direction. Daniel
Heuninger was killed outright, and Geo.
| Henninger and cJlored man were so
badly injured that they will die.
| Attempted Murder.
| PHILADELPHIA. March "a German
servant girl, Catherine Metzgar. in the
employ of Samuel May. attempted to
murder Mrs. May and the latter's child
this morning. She assaulted the former
| with n hatchet, and fractured the skull
of the child with n bottle. II is be-
Iieved Mrs. Nay will reoover. The
| child will die. The servant ia evident
ly insane, as she says she was directed
to the act by dreams.
| Fire.
bellows FALLS. March "a fire this
morning DESTROYED the Vermont Farm
and Machine Company and Osgood &
Barker Machine Company. Loss, $780,
600, insurance $37 800.
sheridan's Case.
| NEW YonK, March 9.--Ths Herald
says: Our regular correspondent at
Washington telegraphs that il is under
stood that further proceedings against
p. J. Sheridan have been abandoned by
tho British government, as there il no
Case against him. II il said that should
the effort have been made to implicate
him in tho Phoenix Park murder,
the testimony would still have been
subjsct to review by the State De.
partmens before the ex'radition papers
could be issued, ia which event it Is not
believed that an extraditiOn warrant
would have been issued.
Extraditesi.
The Supreme Court dismissed the
writ of habeas corpus obtained in be-
half OF II. ID. Kiro, arrested in Salt
Lake. It is probable the prisoner will
be sent to England tomorrow.
Reported shooting at Eiaine.
4 WASHINGTON, March 9.-Mr. Blaine
was called upon today for the purposs
of ascertaiuing what truth there was
COR the report that pistol ball was
. fired through the carriage in which he
WAS riding one evenin & last week. Mr.
Blaine ssys: Thursday evening of las,
: week Mr.. Mckinley and rode from the
Capitol to the Ebbitt House in the same
carriage. From the Ebbi;t House l rode
! home and dismissed the carriage. The
i next day Mt nSonr heard that one large
pane of glass in the earrings
had been broken and Fragments
of glass scattered profuseiy ovel
the seat. inquired of Mr.. MeIlinls,
whether he noticed any noise or break
! aga during our ride aud he said not ths
slightest. He reminded me that ths
windows in both doors in the carriag,
we're closed before We left the Capitol
| remembered this also. A pistol bal
! | fired into the carriage must have gors
|, through it or been found inside. 1t die
/, not 60 through. and no ball has beel
, found. In my judgtueat 1T was neve'
made by pistol ball. 1t more resem
bies n crack from a stone hurled VIC
ientiy. II have no theory" continued
. | 0AAln6s kkie WthuOW WAY iot cAonch
while was in the outrage"
Verdict for Piainiin.
: Boston. March 9.-Fhe Superior Cour
' gave a verdict for plaintiff in the suit o
Jas. nj. Shule, Jr., vs.. The Pacific Ma
tioaal Bank. This was an action &
recover three certificates of daopsit TO
$1,000 each, issued by tho bank. whici
|. plaintiff took in the regular course O
! business, with no notice that they wer
,, fraudulently issned, as claimed by dc
PENDANT. Ttis is the FIRST Of many sim
liar cults.
Cutting Down Production.
Il CHICAGO, March "a secret meeting
of lumber manufacturers Of the North
west and the Mississippi river, whicl
; hsa been in session the past two days
! adjourned this afternoon after effectin,
. an organic ation and clecting Officers
3 bnt without accomplishing the object
4 The meeting was 10 Limit the prodoc
: ton of lumber the coming season.
I'll muag.
. CLAYTON. Ala. March Bob Coch
rn. colored. convicted in February TO
the murder of nj. Il. Drew, near TIL