Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-03

eneic IL hkely 10 be crowd. Thew
would have about twenty ul.a at one
lme. The question OF an inclined
plane was discussed, bat no action was
laSen, and the matter was referred 20 a
special committee.
Large Requests.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, June I--Auasa
stones will is not We, on record. bat
trustworthy inform ton is that he
leaves $4,000 to Adelbert College.
making his contributions TO that inst.
luton $4,000. lie leaves property
Falued At xl.000,0o0 TO his widow. the
of the fortune. varinusly esti-
mated 1T from S6,Oo0.009 to $I2.OU go
% his two daughters. Mrs. Colonel Hay
and Mrs. Samuel Mather. whose has
bands are executors of the estate.
Consolidation Prohibited.
HARRISBURG, Pa, June I'm the
House today the bill prohibiting the
of composing telegraph
and eschewing lines which
we're thus consolidated, Gas passed
finally.
Must Stay at Home.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-The following
masters AT first and second class offices
will hereafter give personal attention to
he business of their office, and not alb
'ent themselves therefrom without au-
'hority granted upon written application
20 this department. A violation of the
,rder will be deemed sufficient cause for
tSignedb w. q. GRESHAM,
Postmaster General.
Opium Dcns Raided.
PHILADELPHIA, June 2.-rwo Chinese
,pium dens we're raided this morning.
\ man, named Woods, minstrel per-
'ormer, and two young women, We're ar
'ested. Five Cinnamon were also ar
rested.
Contracts Awarded.
CHc 100, June "a Washington spe-
,ial says: Last winter Congress arpro-
1riated s ,OO0, 600 for repairing four old
Today Secretary Chandler
divided the sum into four equal parts.
md awarded contracts 10 John Roach
If Chester, William Cramp of Philadel-
,hia, the Hollingsworth Co. of Will
and Secor of San Francisco.
These men We're favored contractors I'M
Ter the reign of Robson. 1t Is said
hat the money first appropriated Is in
adequate, and that 100000 will be re-
Iuired.
Ordnance Contract.
The ordnance department has accept
I'd the proposal of an Eastern firm for
bore Rodman guns into eight-inch mug
lie loading rifles, at cost of $4,000.
New CoaIing station.
When Thompson was Secretary of the
Navy, he persuaded Congress to appro-
pirate $4,000 to establish a coaling
station at Chinquin Bay, Central Amer
ca. This occasiuned much criticism.
II was SAID to be a step in the direction
If enforcing the Monroe doctrine.
English and French people affected to
see in it a menace to their interests on
he Isthmus.
signed the Bill.
HARRIsBuRG, June 2-uhe Governor
las signed the free oil pipe bill.
The kellogg Libel suit.
NEW York, June ALBERT Pulitzer,
publisher of the Morning. Joarndi, APP
peared in the police court this morning
10 answer to a charge of criminal libel
preferred against him by Miss Fanny
Kellogg Bachert, the opera singer, pro.
known as Fanny Kellogg.
She avowed that libelous article af-
fecting her character had been printed
in that paper that injured her reputa-
ton rs an artist and exposed her to rid
icule. The case was adjourned for ex-
animation.
Centennial Celebration.
NEwBuEGH. N. Y, June AT Fish
kill village this afternoon WAS celebrat-
cd the centennial anniversary of the
army, by Waahington's order of June
md, 1883. furloughing non commits
stoned officers and soldiers, who then
struck their tents and marched to the
old environment and from there left for
their homes. The weather was beauti-
full and there was very large attend
ance. Addresses were delivered by ex-
Judge John Moriel. of Fishkill, Judge
Theodore Westbrook, of the Supreme
court, Kingston, John q. Graham. of
Newburgh, Benson j. Losing, the his
torian, and others. Salutes were fred.
There was procession, with vocal and
instrumental music. Much enthusiasm
was manifested.
Scoring the County Commissioners.
CHICAGO, June I'm addition to re-.
turning an indictment against the
county undertaken for trafiieking in the
bodies of pauper dead, tue Grand Jury
today submitted a final report to the
court in which a very severe criticism is
passed upon the Board of Cook County
Commissioners The report declares
that the Board caused the compensation
OF the county undertaken to be placed
80 low as to be conolusively inconsistent
not only with the observance of the
rules of common decency, but also with
the State law, and that in letting con
tracts at those rates for the burial OF
paupers il amounted to merely license
to traffic in the dead. The report con
clndes by asserting that this course of
policy has made the Board an object of
contempt in the eyes of its honorable
constituency.
Cows and Horses Cremated.
NEW YORK, June 2.-The barn of Silas
Alberts. north of Mineola, l.. L., was
burned last night. Thirty nine mich
cows and three horses were burned to
death. The fire was incendiary.
Usual End OF libel salt.
The trial of the libel suit Of Edward
nj. Jenkins against John Nj. Cook, the
tourist agent, for $4,000 damages.
ended today in verdict for plaintiff
awarding him six cents damages.
Movements OF the President.
President Arthur left for Washington
this afternoon.
VIII Inspect the Mints.
WASHINGTON, June 2.-Burchard, di-
rector of the mint. left Washington this
evening on an official visit to the min
ing regions of the Western States and
Territories. He purposes collecting
statistics of their mineral productions.
He will also supervise the annual settle.
ments of the accounts of officers IN
charge of western mints aud assay
offices.
Assistant superintendent Of tae Vel
Iewstoac Park.
WASHINGTON, June 3-The Secretary
of the Interior has appointed the fol.
lowing Assistan. SuperiGtendents of the
Yellowstone Nationai Park Wan. Can
non, Indiana; q. l.. Henderson and W
Chambers. Iowa ID. b. Sawyer. Minnie
sofa; j. w. weinsr, Kansas: Darrell Nc
Gowau, Pennsylvania; Edmund l.. Fish
New York, and Jas. II. Dean, Masylan
Fast Treattng.
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