Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-12
FOREIGN.


VICTORIA. B. c., April IA whit
man vss convicted to-day ef the muir
| der of an Indian and sentenced {,
| death.
Two Chinese we're taken of the Sound
steamer Oiympian yesterday on a charge
of violating the anti-Cbinese immi9ra
. ton Law. They we're taken to iaii. aDG
soon after dispatch from Ottawa an
nounced that the Law had been disal
lowed. The prisoners we're then re-
leased.
Five divers are employed in cutting
through the forward sealing of the
UmafiIla. so as to get at the fracture
near the bnws. Everything worked sat
isfactorily. Two camels seventy feet in
length are beisg constructed for Use in
raising the wreck.
The situation OF Affairs In Cubs.
NV YORK, April IA letter from
Havana. dsted April 9Th. says: Serious
accounts tcom toe interior rs to the
Inoveu ents of large parties of ban tits
and government troops continue 80
come III. Yesterday battalion OF reg
ular iFoopS was sent from Havana 70
Euelta ArrIoa. and for few DAYS the
coast in the neigh borhood of Havana
vas occu pied by detachment of troops
The government is apparently waking
up.
Private accounts frog San Domingo
say that the Cuban refugees there are ID
possession of 'srga amounts of money,
and are preparing Tor "A landing in Cuba.
hey are IN common icatiou With par-
ties here. This will prob ably be the
cause for extraordinary movements of
troops. The government. in spite IF all
these facts, pretends to ridicuie ali re-
ports of threatened INVASION.
News has reached this CITY that the
Minister of the Colonies has made a
new loan of three millions with the
Hispano- Colonial Bank of Barcelona
for the Cuban treasury. The Cuban
treasury will pay one per cent. COM
mission on the loan, and interest at 91S
per cent. per annum. This measure
caused the greatest Indignation here,
and added to the state of profound
alarm and general discomfort prevail
ing, as the loan and contract made
with the same bank in 1880 is considered
one of the calamities which brought
about the present state of affairs. The
bank IL already receiving 1880 daily
from the income of Cuban custom
houses. and the present load adds 3D.
900. A fearful panic is reigning in the
markets, and merchants. in order to
sell their drafts, have to submit to a
large loss on current rates.
Dynamiiers Arrested.
LONDON, April IL. A dynamiter
named DAILY, alias Denman, was ar
rested at Berkenhead station. Three
explosive bombs we're found in his Dos
session also several bottles containing
a substance believed to be nitro glycer-
Inc. James Egan was also arrested at
Birmingham. as an accomplish of Dalv,
and charged with having explosives in
his house. Egan WAS previously Score
tary of the WOlverhamptOn branch of
the Land League. After a formal
charge had been made against DAILY, at
Berkenhead. he will be conveyed to
birmingham and charged along with
Egg n. A sack full of documents be-
longing to Egan was conveyed to the
police station. Among the papers was
a letter from Egan to Daily in which the
former wrote that he thought the
cough mixture" WAS all right. and WAS
mice for a cold" 1t is believed the ex
preston cough mixture" refers TO dyn-
amite.
Days first name is John. He is an
American. He was we'll dressed in a
tourist suit. and wore a diamond ring.
He Is short, thickset man Of about IS
years, with black mustache. When
seized he struggled to escape and tried
to reach his Overcoat pocket, in which
were found two Internal machines, A
patent clockwork and two more ma.
chimes were found in the pocket under
the coat. and one in the breast pocket,
The machines are exactly like those
found in the London Railroad Station
Patrick Fitzgerald has been in regular
communication with p. j. Sheridan. He
was connected with Carey's gang, and
once presided at a meeting of the Ia
vincibles in Dublin.