Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-01
EASTERN NEWS.
.or,,rEp PRESS DISPATCHES

EASTERN NEWS.
..soaarrD PRESS DISPATCHES.
.~.xss Town Dcstreyed.
Tex. Feb. %. - Nearly the
wAov, ,.;ness portion of the town OF
sncssa - destroyed BY hre last nigst.
-. md insurance unknown.
a..ase ~ . sssw Stern
yonx Feb. "a heavy snow
~ hereaboots this morning inser-
e@S .sriously with telegraphtnR. In
is e. The telephone and wires OF the
alarm system we're wrec.So' ana
nlg;.c on the wires ct tne western
fslnns .sstem bothered tleir WORKING
Usas,,bly. By request Of the Mayor
.,sctrio light company did not
tne the wires remaining up, IN order
eo..sb ~ linsnsn might repsir wires.
~ Got mole. bearing 10 wires, Eel
s,aeh AT COlumbas avenue ct u
w R,ston. inst as the Boston aud Al
POI, TAIN had passed. In Ontario
Dany s,s bsinq delayed and abandon
u-;no 20 the severity OF the snow
In Nova Scotia . storm fercelv
Aees. ~
p.--rpuso. Feb. 2s.-Ths coal minsrx'
LA nool inaugurated q strike today
tnnv ~ d,strict, demanding 81 cents
i0 srshsl Fifteen hundred men are
.od only twenty-five working. The
~. !,s nool is assessed 81 per week for
sn r,;rsr. The three other pools have
-. made 10 support the strikers and
= sh;s fails a gener al suspension will be
ordered.
RsilrsaA Cs0prsmise.
TcvxxA, Kan. Feb. B.-An amicabls
.o.Ssesnee extending over two days
80 this afternoon between the Kan
=. Roard of Railroad Comm issioners
~ representatives Of the Atchison,
800 4 Santa Fe. The results reach
.s.,s briefly, that on this desire Of the
commis siOners the railroad company
sS.iI restore the entire system OF rates
sS;ch they had in force previous TO the
80 ordered by the Commissioner.
T'hs railroad company at the request of
- commissioners shall suspend its
1900 leokin4 toward tho separation Of
n suxiliary from the main system.
H. ooaclusion which has thus been
.s.nhed after a contest extending over
~ lsst three months will give the
5000 satisfaction to everyone inter
sdsd in the State.
A Tale Of sh1DwPeek.
NV LONDON, Conn.,, Feb. 8.-A dis
18th tonight notes tho death by drown
~ or starvation, of mon Of the crew
Ithe schooner Sarah w. Hunt, while
sssrshiug for seals near Campbell Isl-
ss1. 10 the Pacific Ocean. The captain
snd steward of the schooner alone vail
a he vessel G30 miles to New Zealand,
sstse losing the crew.
A Plseky Caplals.
NV YoRx, Feb. "a St. Thomas
saoor tells the story of the wreck of .
EorveQian brieantine, OF Anguellx
~. during q gale, and whom all on
boes1, except tho captain and . boy
vsre down with African coast fever.
All we're rescued, however. The CON-
nander Of the brigantine, with the boy,
kspt bis vessel On her course for .
Month.
opoolsns % the P1eass-Pne0Asnla
Bll1.
AUSTIN (Tex. }, Feb. "a Stafesmaa
pporter tonight interviewed the lead
iae stock men in regard to the pleurO-
poeumonia bill az amended by the
House this afternoon. j. A. Day, own
& Of 5000 head, thought the bill q
eood one. some feared Il might hurt
q sale Of Texas cattle, but he did not
~ how. There never had beon suoh .
disease among them. Colonel Driskill,
enc OF the largest cattle men in tho
United States, said the bill was all
night, particularly that feature Of it re-
eardinR the expectation OF cattle. IL
could not injure tho Texas cattle inter
ssts, for in his experience he had not
Known one case Of such die0aso. ]. w.
Driskill, who owns 70 900 head, was very
much in favor Of the bill. A number Of
cher less prominent men were inter-
vswed, but all Expressed the same
opinion.
Important Railroad News.
NV YORK, Feb. 2S.-The Oregon
Railway Il Navigation Company recent
n cave notice 10 the Northern Pacific
Il desire for a change In the traffic
agreement by which the Northern Pa
ei6c uses the Oregon Railway d Naviga-
lion CompaDy's road from Wallula to
Portland. By the present arrange
msnt, which, according to the terms Of
h agreement il per .etual, the North
en- Pacific Company In entitled to sixty
IL miles extra mileage ON the Oregon
Railway d Navigation COmpany's road.
Tn latter company not only wants this
PAT Of the contract resciuded, bat asks
ts an extra mileage concession for IL
~, On tho ground that IL il the char
tRline snd IL entitled to Il. The mat
!, ~ 10 ia the hands of q committee Of
directors Of each road. The Oregon
Railway 4 Navigation Company made
engagements with syndicate 70 Dor
M o2N0,000 en- sort Of debenture
had, In order to finish the Baker City
division. The money was TO be repaid
u1en the Oregon statute which pre-
Wah the fling Of railroad mortgages
also counties Ia repealed. IL being uu-
6auteod that tho company would then
~ tn proposed consolid stion loan
n el,0O0O0. A hitch has now arisen
blsesn ths company and the syndi-
atA q account OF the high rats OF in
t1set % per cont per aunuml which the
aadieats demand. Oflicers Of the conn.,
eay dsslius 10 pay such an exqrbitaut
~ while money can 10 borrowed at
I'm % 8 per cent. Il IL expected .
sApeomiss viii b Effected.
PAllaAelpAaa vlres.
huAnsLPalA, Feb. 8.-Alex Turk
ssso.'s carpet mill turned tonight; lee
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