Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-11-21

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-. 0a1r1&e Assseins5oo bexnn it ~
nnai sss.ieo hsrs today. rhses vas an
INFORMAL sess1ou In The forsnoon, and
soou satks u the afterno0n. COmmis-
80 oe ersdsn1ials and Other matters
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n. slous. q sks Ssssi.2 - IN tssss 49,
vese about 50 dsleaasea. reureesptinc n
ssatsA Tue svsnine vss given 40 su-
siFely 70 addresses By Mary B. Clay. Of
ksusueky. Who prssidsd, Hsisn z Star
r1sf. Of uiinoia. Mrs. Tracy Cus,sr, Of
iiIinois, Dc. & 2. BissEssd, q Essss.
edaestas a1d Maxy 2. Thcmaa. of In
diana disps Cd vas read from Chief
Justice 6feesas oR Weaknesses 1arxi-|
tofJ snylnR that. Woman sn3nas ksd
proved sstisfae1osy h that Teesitoxy,
and that women generally availsd them
slyes Of - privsisas Of voting at the
tooDnt o1ec1fDn. 80
CErAoo, Nov. -Ths Auerican
woman Suffrage Assooiation continued
IL session this morning. Mrs. Etone
rad . report Of the work Of the ssso-
ciatioa during the past year. Il showed
that $lOO0 had boen sent 10 Oregon TO
a1o ~ he pasoaGo of 1tAA ooneeitnti0nal
amendment for vomen. During The
year 10000 tracts had been eirca. a.ed,
movement. In Washington Terrikory
womsn had already voted. and were as
womanly 40 before exercising the right
q suffrage. Everybody liked it sxceot
the hquor poople- Great progress had
been made In Ontario, in Nova scotia
and in Engiand. Reports from the ssv-
sraI 6tatss we're also read, showing the
psoRress Of the movement. The fellow
InR sfhcrrs we're elected William Dud-
ley foulks, Of Indiana. Pfesident; Mary
y. Willard, George William Curtis,
George z. Hoar, MrA w. T. Cutler,
MrA p. g. King and Mrs. Il. b. Jen-
ninRs, Vioe Presidents Mrs. Julia
Ward Hsve, Foreign Correspondins
Secretary Henry 2. Blackwell, Core
spending Secretary. ,ses
81 Asa IN DeSs.
PIrTsBURo, Nov. 19.-Chsirman Jones
Of the National Repoblioan Comnittse
arrived home t0niQhf, and IN an inter-
view emphatically denied the reports OF
the oommittee's indebtedness. He SAYS
that before leaving New York last night
he drew Q cheok for every dollar Owed
by them. The sDslmsniee dinner vas
paid for by private individuals.
Miseral Bels Cssssruetisa and In.
,s& prsvcmeas Csapnsy.
Bosrox, Nov. l9.--The Mineral Belt |
Construction and Improvement Com
pany held On annual meeting here today |
and elected Green b. Raum and George |
q. Manchester. directors. The road
which the company 10 to build vas char
tered about three years ago 70 run from |
Q point on the Atlantic and Pacific Rsit |
road, IN Northern Arizona, across the |
great timber belt Of that Territory.
Fire nc maverhill
HAvEznrLL, Mass. Nov. 20. - The
Bucket building, comprising several |
stores In the basement, the Creighton |
Houss, and several boarding houses In |
ths roons above, burned this morning. |
The dre originated in the hotel and |
quickly spread 10 the roof, four stories /
above. The hotel had n inmates, Who /
barely escaped With their lives. several |
tied their bedclothes together and came /
down on the outside Of the building by /
this means. Ono man was badly cut by /
sliding down telephone wire. A baby
was tied up In sheet and thrown 10 q
fireman. Kate Gilmartin and Josie
BraunahAn jumped from the fourth
story window. The Gilmartin girl re-
oeived fatal injuries, and the other was
seriously hurt.
BAYoxsx, N. J., Nov. 20.-Ths Carr 4
Hobson Co., limited, manufacturers Of /
agricultural implements, at Bergen
Point, have assigned 10 Norman j. NJ.
Nellis. without preferences. The state
ment showed the assets 20 be $357. 900,
and the liabilities $4,000. The com-
pany's capital is $250, ZOO. IL 10 expect
ed that the concern will resume shortly.
Report Of the Rearsh Auditor Of The
freasury.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 20.-The annual
report of the Fourth Auditor of the
Treasury says that growing evil In the
expenditure of money by the Navy De-
partment has bean the increasit q disre-
gard by some bureaus Of the Law re-
quiYin0 advertisements and contracts /
for purchases made. The recently dis
covered fraudulent practices In the ma
val bureau Of medicine and surgery |
vers greatly facilitated BY the persist
ent determination of the late Surgeon |
General to- uominally make all pur-
cnases himself, while il vas practically |
impossible for him to personally super
vise transactions taking place scores or /
hundreds Of miles from the seal of gov
eminent. Dnring the fiscal year 1883 |
supplies were purchased amounting to |
&2, ,@S,S57, Of which only $6S5, ,352 were |
bought on advertisement and contract. |
Three bureaus wholly neglected the Law |
requiring advertising. and another, the |
one making the largest purchases OF all,
only advertised and contracted fer one |
per esnt Of the goods and materials |
booeht. About 100000 Of open and |
exempt purchsses were made OF six in
dividuais or hrms. ous dealer receivinQ |
over f3D.O0o. Uudef the oct relating |
10 materials for boilers, hundreds Of |
thousands of dollars worth have been |
booQhs, pracsically with no competition |
at all. Over $1,000 was paid during |
the year as commissions TO Seligman |
Brothers Of London, and nearly 5000 |
in interest. the former, In the opinion Of |
the Auditor, being twice a. much az IL |
ought 10 be, and the latter wholly nm |
necessary. The report says: The re- |
Gently discovered frauds In the bursaa
Of medicine and surgery we're mostly |
committed upon the hospital fund,
whose large unexpsnded balance hss
furnished q temptation mot existing In |
the case Of annual appropriations made
BY Congrssst"
s TIE sssek HISS.
Nxw Yosx. Nov. ~. 8. Three'A
loon; th's la; Is. 12lsS; Pacific s6'a
rs, American Exprcss ~. Canada Pa
oifia AZ. Canada southern 3lh, Can
| traA Pacihc Sjl, Chicago. BurIinRton
4 Quincy 10, Denver 4 Rio Grande
/ .. Erie 10, Hannibal a Sc. Joe 85S,
Kansas and Texas 15%, Lake shore |
65s{, Michigan Central 81. Northern
Pscanc ls4, Northern Paciho preferred
a.. Hortheessern Gk, Louisville d
| Nashville a4x, Oregon Railway q Nav.
ientiun 20, Orseoa Tsansoontinentai
I2sx, Oreeon Improvement =, facifc
Mali SlI, Panama 90. Rock Island
iOs. -. Psnl 5ss<, Texas Pscihe ~.
Union Pacific 4sA. United Statss kx-
+, uress 81. Wells Fargo iS. Weetern
Union Ssx. New York Central s7S,
IAckavanna 106f.
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