Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-15
EASTERN NEWS.
PRESS DIspArcHss
order IN Court. Cen,,em.,

Order IN Court. Gentlemen.
CHICAGO, June BIN Justice Wood.
mans court today baIiif named Nur.
phy became very noisy and REFUSING IL
listen to the admonitions of the uaois.
trate, the latter bounced from the irdc
ment seat and administered a severe
pummelin2 to the constable In the HIGH.
est style of the pugilistic art aud then
calmly resumed the dispensation of JUS
tice.
signed Bills.
HARRISBURG. June l3-The Governor
has signed bills to abolish the contract
system in prisons and reformatory in
situations, providing for payment 10 mi
ners for all clean coal mined, for the
better security and safety Of bitumin-
Gus coal miners, to prohibit political
parties demanding from officials eontri-
buttons for political purposes, and pre-
venting the sale Of taeater tickets on the
streets.
Greenback Convention.
COLUMBUS. Ohio, June I3.-At tho
Greenback convention the following
ticket was nominated: Governor. Cnas
Jenkins; Lieutenant Governor, William
Baker; Supreme Judge. short term III ~.
A. Chamberlain; Supreme Judge. long
term, James X. Grogan; Clerk Of the
Supreme Court, William Bentz: A.tor-
ney General. Lloyd G.. futile; Auditor.
Col. j. II. Rhodes; State treasurer.
John SeitZ; Commissioner of Public
Schools, j. NJ. Case: Member of Board
of Public Works, John j. Scribaer.
Rise OF the Arkansas River.
LITTLE Rock. June I3.-The Arkansas
river has risen two feet in u hours. and
Ia still rising an inch an hour, and stood
% feet 6 inctes 1T dark. Planters above
are throwing up temporary levees to
protect growing cotton. The river fell
foot ut Fort Smith since yesterday.
and tonight is abont on a stand, with
another rise expected, owing to rains ia
the Indian Nation and the appearance
OF criftwood. The banks are caving AT
several points above Little Rock. At 10
o'clock last night furious wind and
rain storm at Rock Springs caused an
alarm, but little damage was done.
Fire Damp Explosion.
DENVER, June l3.-A dispatch from
Gunnison says three miners, named
Patrick Reed, Peter Kinney and John
blt ItoDlltSon CDIl IlAIlt
mt Crested Bnttes this morning with an
uncovered lantern. An explosion of fire
damp occurred. Reed and Kinney were
suffocated. Golden will recover.
VIII be Asked 90 Disgorge.
GALVESTON, June 13.-It il whispered
that parties here to whom Wasson lost
his money at poker are more than anx-
ious to pay the sums won. The street
il full Of rumors, and the names of
numbers of people are mentioned. The
rumor il that demand will DO quietly
made upon the winners for the money.
DIN MS Way 60 Washington.
WASHINGTON, June 14.-Informatio
is received today that Chief Moses, with
an interpreter ami two chief, is on his
way tn y ashington TO confer with Sec
rotary Teller about his reservation in
Washington Territory, half Of which
was recently thrown open to settlement.
The kellogg and Brady Gases.
WASHINGTON, June LEX Senator
kellogg and General Brady will on Mon
day next be- called upon 10 plead To the
indictment in their cases. 1t il not
probable that trial of the Kellogg and
Brady cases will take place before next
autumn ~ precedence will be given to
Cases OF local Importance.
Died.
Judge William Lilley died of rheuma-
tism of the heart.
Conference OF American Archbishops
Go he held In Rome.
CaIcAoo, June l3.-Bishop Spaulding,
OF Peoria. arrived here today on his
u
he had a conference with Pope Leo. lie
declined TO be interviewed, bat one OF
the local churcAmen in his confidence
states that the Pope has fully decided
TO call q conference of American Arch.
bishops 10 be held In Rome in Soptem-
Der next, for tho purpose Of considering
the condition and discipline of the
Catholic Church in this country, and il
is understood tn consider the whole sub
iect of the attitude of tho Irish National
League of America tow ,rd Great Brit
ain and tho position watch the head of
the church should ASSUME toward that
organization,
In t0p wake of a Cyclone.
ABILENE. Kan, June 49, reporter
has just returned from the track of the
storm which occurred along the linz of
Clay and Dickson counties. Ten houses
were blown down. thirty stables demol-
ished. one small child killed and five
people injured. though none fatally.
The house Of Willard Ayers was blown
to atoms. Ayers and wife we're serious
ly bruised and little child blown some
distance, but afterwards found unin-
jured. The town of Industry did not
suffer so severely as reported yesterday.
There was but one house DESTROYED and
no one injured.
Intcrnai Revenue Matters.
WASHINGTON, June l3.--rhe President
has beea in consultation with the Score
tary of the Treasury and the Commits
sioner Of Internal Revenue this after
ternoon in regard to a reduction of the
number of internal revenue districts. A
comparative statement has been pre-
pared at tho Treasury Department
shelving decrease ia receipts of the
present fiscal year to June LIST of ST.
1880. For the first quarter of the
present fiscal year the receipts were
about $5,0O0,000 in excess of the re-
ceipts OF the corresponding period of
she year 1881. There has been gradual
reduction since that time, however,
which 1t is estimated will amount 10
nearly $l0.000,000 by the end OF the
present fiscal year. a
Heavy Label suit.
New YORK, June -. Norman l..
Munroe, the Publisher, has begun an
action for libel against James Gordon
Bennett, with damages at 10000.
Triple Mardcr In Georgia.
COLUMBUS, Ga, June lS.--At Rock
ford, Cocsa county,. Ala. Jordan Cor.
bin, q negro. entered the house Of a
peaceful citizen, Bcnj. Garden, and shot
him while lying on the bed. His wife
jumped up and the negro shot her down.
His son started to give an alarm and he
was also shot. All were instantly killed.
A daughter aged Ia escaped and gave
the alarm. There was no provocatior
for the murder. The country Is being
secured for the fiend.
viii sail for Alaska.
WASHINGTON, June II. A SECOND
board of inspection having reversed the
findings of the first board and pro
nounced the Pinta seaworthy, she vii
sail from Norfolk July LIST on voyage
via Cape Horn for Alaska. Her battery
however. will no, be put ON board unsl
shs reaches San Francisco.
Nali sail.