Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-03
EASTERN NEWS.
:. p,..,dent.s TriumphaI Tril

.saocrATED PRESS DtsPATcHD.
-. Presidents TriamphAI Trip.
Csuc,so. August The journey of
r,Nn;dant Arthur has thus far been of q
II:,nnhant nature. The special train
uH tnsr private cars and parlor car
" the Presidential party left
Wa.h;noton at 4 O'Clock Monday morn
we the President and Cabinet occupy
INK .hs central car. White Sulphur
r4x;ncs Virginia. the first stopping
was reached after q pleasant
of seven hours. While walking
anSs, the trees here, the President was
snnroschsd BIZ a tall, unkempt native,
II wore his pantaloons in his boots
I'd a stock hat perched sideways over
- ear. who palloped at full tilt toward
~ President, and reared back his horse
s -. tie launches from the chief magis-
10 and with a cool stare exclaimed:
sts YOU the President Of these United
sts,ssr' The President bowed. Then,
AZ am glad to get look at you. From
-, eunsarauce | would like you, and
b;d xou welcome to this soil. sab. l do,
ssh nv God, sahr' and with wave OF
he old hat and a roll of his yellow eyes
hs was of as swiftly as be had come. At
Tsrington, Kentucky, the next halt was
ssllsd. when, through the crowd that
snc;rcled the depot, senator Beck and
General Preston forced their way TO the
s,ont 10 bid the President welcsme, and
ssy,;sd him off in triumph TO the hotel.
~hsrs an informal reception was held,
setar which carriages were called and
shs narty drove ont of town three miles
- lsbIand, the home of Henry Clay.
Hr Wickliffe Preston, the only lady
,-ho,o the party met, did the nonors.
A. IsbIand Major Dowell rendered
,rnch and refreshed his guests. Here
.hs marty again boarded the train, whom
: ,scsption committee from Louisville
.srs introduced. The reception OF the
p,ss;dent in Louisville was partcu-
i.,Iy bsarty one. The President was, 1t
sssIas. attacked by a miscreant. VINO
hurled stone through the WINDOW OF
The car in which he was riding wniie en-
,ou,s 10 Louisville. He was no doubt
mucb alarmed, as according to the Dest
obtainable story of the occurrence, the
missile crashed through the car window
ouly few feet from where he was
sanding.
The President and party are expected
10 be in Chicago tomorrow forenoon. A
committee of citizens will meet the
Presidents party outside the city, and
reoeption will be rendered the President
At the rooms of the Union League Club
in the evening. The First Brigade OF
State troops will serve az an escort from
the railway depot to the hotel on the ar
rival of the President.
A Feuian Blk.
CHICAGO, August 1.-For some time
past a party named Michael Feeney has
been living high upon tho Irish League
of Buffalo, N. Y. He came through
Canada, claiming to have been sent out
a an assistant, and to have been sub
jected {, great indignities and dangers.
6 we'll as outrageous hardshipe, because
Of the fact that he had been connected
With the Irish Iuyincibles, and had as
saulted Carey because OF his treason.
Al q crowded meeting OF the Irish
League he narrated his experience at
Kilmainham az political prisoner, and
narrowed the sous of his hearers by a
description of the torments he suffered
In the cause of Irish freedom. In the
role of II artvr he bad been enjoying
life 10 generously at the hands OF the
Buffalo Irish that he eats and drinks
himself into jim-jams, and had to be
taken to the hospital. A newspaper
distressing the Fenian's story wrote to
the authorities at Dublin, and he was
surprised to learn that Feeney was
never imprisoned for political reasons.
National Total Abstinence.
NV YoRx, Aug. delegates to the
convention Of the Catholic Total Absti-
peucs Union of America met In Brook
lyntoday. Thisis their thirteenth annual
convocation, and delegates were present
from nll parts of the country. After
assembling the delegates proceeded to
the Cathedral, whore solemn high mass
was celebrated. Bishop Laughlin made
brief address OF welcome and encour-
agement. The delegates, who numbered
$50, preceded by band Of music and
escorted by uniformed citizens from
Philadelphia, marched TO the meeting
ball, where the convention was organ
issd. Joseph Is. Golfer, Of Winona,
Mimi, president of the National Union,
presided. and Philip Nolan, General
Secretary, recorded.
The Great strike.
New YORK, Aug. 1.-The situation Of
the ,elegraphic strike Is about the same.
There are rumors that an important
movement will soon OCCUR on the part
Of the strikers, bat nothing can be
learned regarding it. Business Is APP
parsntly going smoothly at the Western
Unisn. All the operators were paid OF
yesterday, and are at work this morn
ING. Strikers who desire money we're
paid of BY the brotherhood today. Word
vas received at police headquarters at
noon today that a number OF striking
operators and linemen had assembled
up town, and were preventing two line
men from climbing the poles to repair
wires. A force of police was sent TO the
scene. Early this morning the police
nsn telegraphed that the circuit run
ming s0uth from headquarters refused
10 work. When daylight came the line
nsn who were sent out by the depart
msnt found that not far from head
quarters some one had climbed q pole
lnd wound q piece of heavy wire around
f0ety or fifty wires that ran through the
slzsst, punching them all together, and
I'll circuits were thus disabled. The Oh