Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-29

| morrow of his nomination tor Pre,i
| dent. At 8 tomorrow the DemocratI,
| Phalaux Will escort the members of tbs
/ National Committee to the EXecutiv,
| NJ .DsIon, where toe Governor Will b.
| formally notified by Col. WIN. F. Villas
OF WISCONSIN. Inc Governor, II Is ex
pected. will briefly reply To the speech
| of Col. Villas. After the Ceremony
the VISITING Democrats will be enter
tanned at dinner. and in the evening
III various halls meetings will be held
The National Democratic Committee
will meet IN the morning, when Char.
man B,rnum will probably announce
the Executive Committee and the report
of the Committee on Headquarters will
be presented. Gov. Cleveland has moi
yet begun tn write his letter of accept
aacs. Gov. Hendricks will be- form4 lis
Dtltied of his nomination As Wee Pres
ident at Saratoga on Wednesday.
FOR ciGN.
The spanish Commercial Negotiations
MADRID, July 25.-Minister Foetei
held another important interview Sat.
uEday with Senior CASTILLO, the Spanish
Premier. Ii is difficult task for the
Spanish Government to reconcile the
conflicting commercial interests of the
peninsula and Cuba.
No Through Coaches.
BERLIN, July 2S.-It is stated that the
running of through coaches on the rail-
ways between Germany and France will
Do stopped for fear of cholOra.
France, England and Germany.
PARIS, July 2S.-Le Figaro has a Bit
ter article decl riag that England never
helped, but always thwarted France.
Her friendship Is false. and her alliance
with her hollow. lie Figaro advises
France to abandon relations with Eng
land, give up her prejudices and hatred
and make AN alliance with Germany.
Germany WAS An honest enemy-she
would be- an honest ally.
and the Gijon.
LONDON, July 2S.-The survivors of
the steamship Laxbam, which collided
With the Spanish steamer Giion, report
that on the evening of the collision
there was y thick fog. The Laxham
was going slow. and both steamers were
sounding their whistles. The GIjon
struck the Laxham amidships, and the
latter was nearly cut asunder. The
funnel fell and the steam pipe burst
The chief engineer WAS horribly scald
ed. Most of the Laxham's crew board
ed the Gijon. Captain Lothian tied his
wife and CHILD to himself, and the three
we're hauled aboard the Gijon. The
Laxham sank 20 minutes after the col
lision. Ii WAS not long before the
Giion began to settle. Terrible confu
sion prevailed. The captain stood with
a revolver IN his hands, bat WIS unable
TO keep order. The passengers and
crew were fighting for their lives.
Boats we're lowered, filed to the gun
wales, but they could not accommodate
half the people. Those fortunate
enough to secure places in them were
Obliged Ia keep off the others with
knives. The Gijon sank bow first.
The quarter deck WAS crowded with
meu and women, and the captain and
officers were standing on the bridge.
1t is estimated that l30 passengers per-
isl ed.
The Egyptian Conference I'm session.
LONDON, July % The Egyptian Con-
ference met today at the Foreign Office
AZ o'clock, remained in session three
hours and half, and adjourned for a
short meeting tomorrow.
our Cholera scare In England.
The Surveyor General of the Marine
Hospital Service tod ~ received the fol-
lowing telegram from Joseph II. Holt,
President of the Louisiana State Board
of Hesl,h:
"Au exh lastive inv astigation fails to
establish even a rem bte suspicio that
cholera VS. the eau 70 of Death of the
infant Paeolomo, a passenger on the
river"
suicide er lee Hartmann.
PARIS. July 2s.-Ls Figaro today states
that Hartmann, the notorious Nihilist
implicated in the assassination of the
Gar Alexander H., has committed sui
eide. He WAS starving, aid ended his
misery by taking poison. No one man
has been more prominent In revolution
AIRY affairs On the continent than Leo
L. Hartmann. Years ago he was asso-
ciated with the International move
ment led by Karl Marx and supported
by Karl klinsf. Later he was the secret
agent Of the German Socialists, and
still later an active participant in the
Nihilist campaign If Russia. Fabulous
prices have at times been set on MS
head; bat he seemed to possess a
charmed life. II shall never die the
death of a revolutionary patriot" he
frequently boosted; but l must come
to il for want of bread" His words
were prophetic.
Review az the British Grain Trade.
! LONDON. July 35-The Mark Lane
Express. in tue weekly review of tn g
grain trade says:
The weather last week, owing "a
heavy thunder storms and cold nights,
Was detrimental to the wheat crop gen
eraliy, nevertheless there are some
| splendid fields of wheat which show
| finely. and appearances sre still IN favor
| of an average yield. Sales 81 English
wheat for the past week are y .i95 quar-
ters at 67s. Id, against 2s.2T4 quarters
at 46s- I'd. for the corresponding week
| last year. Foreign trade il staenant
prices are unchanged In all of coast
trade there II little doing. OF the car
goes which arrived during the week
/ i've cargoes we're sold, six were With
drawn and nine renain. SSXesp car,
goes are dus. The broken J~<1of ~
impaired stsadiness 10 trade HtouG =
l4ss depressed; barley quiet So u1nniI33
maize. especially American, esm9es1n1l
duh and weaker. ~
Brtstsh Columbia 49,
VICTORIA (B. C. }. July y. ~Ihee1on1
er Mexico sailed for San Frnn1lnDo -
day. taking the foil,ving pteu.1oneI
from this place: =. Hofma1. - yonk
Miss Flint. Mira ]. Q. HurtoG ~. 4
Banker. X. r. Williams a. 1ef1a. =
Dunrsee. G. H. Craig. Miss 14ol
T. Havkharst. Mrs- Corr - l.
Sleeves. Miss j. S'esez.
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