Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-30

Of pension. The decision construss tn,
law OF June. ls74, defining total an.
permanent helplessness to mem perna
nent injury requiring the regular Der
sonal attendance and aid of anothe
person, and as those ynditions ver,
found in the present csse the apolios
tl0n was granted. This WAS a rsversa
OF the previous decisions of tbs De
partmeat.
Posemasters Appsinfed.
The President las appointed the fol
lowing postmasters: Frank Corger
Washington, ID. g. (Coneer ia a son OF
Senator Conger, of Michigan: ). w.
Chubbuck. at Gold Hill. Nevada
Tea and SILK Carzees.
CHICAGO, June pa special train OF
thirty cars loaded with tea and silk
from San Francisco for New York, will
pass through Chicago today, to be fol
lowed by another train with tventy-nins
cars tomorrow, and sixty on Saturday
next.
The Leeusts Return.
PrTrsBuRs, June 2S.-The seventeen
year locusts have made their appear
ance in tie suburbs of the city in great
swarms. They seem TO come out OF
the ground, and are breeding rapidly.
Fruit trees and other vegetation has
been attacked, and it il expected that
much damage will be done.
Upset In squa!i.
NEW YORK, June 2S.-Two sons of
Laidlaw, a former California banker,
and agent of the Bank of California,
ruhiia aailino nm Ghya-ubrry r,r.- a. -
were upset by q squat, but
were rescued by Mary Anderson
yacht Galatea.
lacreased Business Failure.
New YORK. June 23.-The approx
mate figures of business failures over
the entire country for the half year
euding today. computed by X. @. Dunn
g. Co, indicate marked increase in the
and extent of liabilities as
with the corresponding peri
DDS of the two previous ears. The in
crease in liabilities of the last half year
Is attributed to large speculative fea-
lures in the West, bus even deducting
the Indebtedness springing from this
cause the increase in failures and liabil-
ties is very marked. 1t is noticeable,
however. that during the second quar-
Ter of the year mercantile disasters
we're much less than in the first quarter,
in which the bulk of the increase occurs,
70 that 1t is possible the worst part of
the year has been got over. Reports as
10 the business oatlOok from ninety
seven trade centsrs indicate a more
hopeful feeling as to the future.
The Supervising Architect InvestI.
cation.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-The Hill in
was resumed this morning
with General Steinmetz as a witness
La the Bartlett d Robbins case he testi-
lied that the latter firm charged $37 900
for extra work upon the New York Post.
office. He read from the itemized bills,
and pointed out what he alleged to be
and illegal charges. In
one instance, the witness said, extras
were charged when Muliett simply or
dered them to repair an imperfection of
their own work. Chairman New IN
CURED: what has all this 10 do with
HillY' Coleman replied: simply this.
We are going over these items to show
that no part of this 1877 600 charged for
extra work was ever authorized, and
Hill knew il. He paid the bills" Wit
ness stated that Bartlett d Robbins
stipulated under their contract to fur
nish iron screws nj price per pound,
whereas they charged by the linsal foot,
and were so paid by Hill, which greatly
the compensation of the firm,
and resulted in corresponding loss to
the Government. Adjourned.
Conspirntors Fined
PATTERSON, n. j.. June 2g.-Fiye
Cinnamon who eonspired against Lung
Poy for cutting down laundry prices to-
day, were sentenced to $500 fine and
Gusts each.
The Gibbet La Delaware.
WILMINGTON. June Coco. Lake.
colored, was hanged at Cambridge this
morning, for felonous assault upon
Mrs. Stewart @. Simmons in April last.
Lake slept we'll last night and ate q
hearty breakfast this morning. He
maintained steady nerves to the last.
thirty persons. None of Lakes family
not broken and he died of strangula-
ton, showing three light commissions.
Life was pronounced extinct in six and
a half minutes.
Postal Telegraph.
NEw York, juno 29.--The directors of
the Postal Telegraph Company this af-
ternoon elected Joel b. Erhardt as pres
ident of the company.
International Cede commissioners.
The International Code Committee
OF America has appointed the following
al 49,. 49, ha 90 ..f IA
association for the reform and codifica-
tion Of the law of nations to be held at
Milan, Italy. on the 18th of September
next. David D. Field, Frederick A. p.
Barnard, Charles A. Peabody, Vincenzo
Bolta, Alexander Porter Morse, Irving
Browne. Rev. Andrew r. Peabody, Il.
p. Wildes. Roger Foster, VIM. II. Hunt.
Charles II. Baldwin, Thomas Hunt, w.
s. Preston, President of the University
of Louisiana, Colin M. Ingersoll, WIN.
Cru9er Bell, and DR.. Geo. L. Peabody.
A Coed Basiness showing.
WAsHISeroN, June 29.-The excess in
the value of exports over imports for
the twelve months ending May 81. 1893,
Was 80, .S3i, $40. The total value of i'm
ports Of merchandise for tie twelve
months ending Nav 81, 1883, was $751;
06S, 49,. For the same period of the
presiding year, $720, 81, 6Sa, an increase
Of Gil, 1877, 74S. The value of exports of
merchandise for the year ending May
81, 1893 Was $Sa0, 40S i3l; previous year,
&762, 81, $40; an increase of $57 49,, 56l.
Recognizing the Compliment.
WASHINGTON, June -. - Mr.. Villa
mou. Charge d'Affaires for Russia, was
today presented to the President, and
deli vered a letter from the Emperor Of
Russia expressing his appreciation Of
the action of this Government in 40
orediting Hunt as a special representa-
tive to Mos COW on the occasion of the
Imperial Coronation, and in ordering a
vessel Of the navy TO Russia, and in d.
recting the presence Of Admiral Bald
win at Moscow. The President said
suoh aots were no less spontaneous than
were due to the friendly relations which
have 20 long bound the two countries
together. and that the opportunity to
testify their good will on such an aus
picious occasion had been very graf
flying 10 the Government and people Of
the United States
rrsplc mangtaG In Arkansas.
FoRr SIXTH, Ark, June 29.-The muir
derers Martin Joseph, VIM. II. Finch
and Tualista were executed here today.
Tualista Is q Seminole Indian. On the
scafFold one of the ministers offered a