Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-04
pants bad narrow escapes. The loss
will reach 10000.

pants had narrow escapes. The los.
will reach 10000.
Joseph Jefferson Recovering.
CINCINNATI, Dec. 3.-Joseph Jefferson
has so far recovered as to appear to
night a, the Grand Opera House.
The silver DoIIar-Indisns surreu.
drrinx.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3-Representative
Warner sili soon introduce bill into
the House for the retirement of trade
dollars
Ia Adjatant General Of the ARMY
has received inform alton of the surren-
der at Camp Poplar River Of the five
lodges of Sitting Bulls forces from the
British provinces.
4 Beautiful Device.
WASHINGTON. Dec. BIT has long been
the custom fer friends of the candidate
for the Speakership 10 send flowers to
his desk on the dav of the election by
the House. Two Kentucky ladies' ore
pared and seiit to Carlisle today, beau
tiful and original device in flowers and
satin. Ii consisted of gavel. in the
shape of George Washington's Ratchet,
resting on a messy stump of tree. In
sucn a way As to show both sides and
the handle. One side is composed of
beautiful flowers. and the other Is of
hand painted satiu. Through the CEN
ter of the blade, on white satin, ap-
peared III Illuminated gold letters the
following: Nay my eye be keen as the
blade of a Ratchet. when worthy
members rise to catch it. and
my Rulings as true as steel to
match it all lawful bushes. to dispatch
IT" On the left the beautiful inscrip-
ton was the trumpet of fame blowing
out gavels, and beneath il on the left a
little nude George Washington. Ratchet
In hand cutting down the cherry tree.
On his right was a larger Ratchet. In
the upper left hand corner appeared
against a sky background the dome of
the capital with a waning moon in the
west and the rising sun i'll the east. On
white satia ribbon turned about the
handle were the words &c. w. to the
Speaker of the XLVIII Congress-"
The card which the ladies sent with
the floral gift, bears the following ad-
Wee To the speaker with regard to the
manner In which the double ended in
strument should be welded "For noise
use hammer end as gavel, and blade
when knots YOU can't unravel."
from q WOman's stand.
point.
CHICAGO. Dec. Mrs. Ruth Everett
of Salt Lake City is ia this city. and
stated to reporter of the Times that
petition was being numer1usly signed
by the Mormon women protesting
against further anti-polygamy legisla
ton by Congress. "A great many of
the women who signed this petition"
said Mrs. Everett, did so under misap-
prehensiOn and threats. At the recent
election the polygamists generally alb
stained from voting, and made their
wives vote the Church ticket. While
polygamists are DISTINGUISHED under the
Edmunds bill, it is almost impossible TO
prove that they are living III polygamv.
and consequently they can swear in
their votes. There is AS much marrying
and giving IN marriage now as before
the passage of the Edmunds bill: but
and punishment are
Obviated by maintaining separate estab-
lish for each family, and claiming
only the original one. Iu 4 great ma
jOrity of Gases the wives Support the
husbands, or rather maintain their
OWN household" Mrs. Everett stated
that after close observation, she could
SEQ very little if any benefit from the
Edmunds bill. 1t is not strong enough,
and too easily evaded. The evangelist
would recommend abolishing woman
suffrage as the first step toward sup
pressing polygamy, and the ultimate
downfall of the Mormon church. She
thought il a strange commentary on
suffrage that the only place
where 1t exists 1t is used to debase and
snslave those whom it should ennoble.
Fatal iceitlenis-PersOn
SALT LAKE, Dec. 3.-Benjamin Bart
EFT, an Old man. was run over by a
street car Saturday night. He died yes
.erdav.
At Harrington, Saturday, +. S. Wood
ruff, while ut work on a railroad tank,
ost his balance and fell forty feet. He
lied in the hospital yesterday from the
injuries received.
K. G. Ciowry, and j. J. Dickey, the
telegraph Superintendents are here on
/ tour of Inspection.