Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-20
EASTERN NEWS.
Will Net Re Th&Fa

VIII Not Re There.
LoSe BRANCH. July l9.-Geu. Grant
Is residing here. He is still lame and
Will be unable TO attend tbs national
eneampsent Of the Grand ARMY a,
minneapolis next week.
Ssid.
NV YoRx. July Ig.-Surrooa.e RoI.
ms mas decided that tne will of the late
sanes Iiioy, gIvlag bis second wife
s"o'oo, VOID, owing TO dece ption and
unoos lnAuence. She had another
husband.
Family Tragedy.
CLIFTON EoEGE, Va, July I9.-At Irop-
gate, Va, yesterday Thomas johnson
stripped IS stepson and tied his han!s
TO whip bin. Tie boy escaped, ran 10
the river and jumped in. johnson fol-
lowed. The current vas swift and both
~ere droSned. The bodies were recoy-
cred last night.
what They Think OF BIaine's Letter
NEw YORK, July l9.-At the head
quarters Of the Republican National
Committee BlaIne's letter of acceptance
Is regarded a. = veIy able document.
Secretary Teller. Samuel Il. Dick. of
Me4dville. Pa. Gen. James X. Wilson,
W. +. Sims. Of Virginia aud W.D. Helm,
OF Washington, were among the callers.
The Little Convention.
PITTsEUsG, July l3.-The Prohibit
ti0nlsss are getting matters into shape
for ths meeting of the National Con
ventI0n, to lao held IN this CITY next
week. Col. George b Lbcook and Mrs
Emily Pitt Stevens, of California. have
arrived, and are the advance courIers of
what 1t Is hoped will be boom for DR.
X. II. Mcdonald, of California. Inc
delegates are not expected to arrive in
any considerable number bsfore Mon
day night or Tuesday morning. Tae
Executive COMMITTEES meets at the st.
Charles Hotel on Tuesday, al 2 p. M,
and the National Committee at the same
place an hour later.
kRvisher Lynehed.
TUSCALOOSA. Ala, July l9.-Henry
Burke, colpred, who attempted to out
rage = little white girl. was captured
last night in the garnet of an old house.
A mob at midnight took him from the
jail, hanged him To a tree la the street,
and pat five bullets into his body.
PIrrsBUao. July 10 .-Hon. Thomas A.
Stone. editor of the Labor Tribune, was
interviewed TODAY. and said
A movement ~ on foot by leaders of
the Anti Monopoly and Greenbaok par
ties to inaugurate new boom for Bot
Ter, which, they predict, will Result In
the organization of = new party. COM
posed Of Anti Monopolists, Greenback-
ers and dissatisfied Democrats and Re
publicans. The exact mode Of proceed
ing has not yet becn determined. One
plan was 10 have committee # repre-
sentative men orgasize for the coca
sion and call a national convention by
means of q circular letter. Another
plan was to have General Butler, after
Cleveland's letter of acceptance Is pub
lished, write a letter TO the people of
the coautry which will in itself call a
TIE headquarters of the
movement is IN Chicago, and the lead
ers of it are confident of success.
An III.starrrd Excursion.
CANTON, o., July l9.-Aultman. Miller
Il Co., manufacturers of agricultural
gave today an excursion TO
their employees, abou. 200. making the
trip on train with two sections. The
frat section returned all right, but the
second was derailed three miles from
here by the rails spreading, aud two of
the coaches were thrown from the track.
Several are reported killed and more
wounded.