Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-26

Haagy nads q savaRs assault on John
teAk 4AlmbosR. white nan, cpttina
hum on the right temple and left side,
innictinQ fatal injuries. The affair 90
CURED on the Sidewalk Of q public
ssreet, in which people were passing to
aud fro. The murderer ran to the DO
lics barracks With the bloody AZ in his
hand, and delivered himself MP. Both
hal been drinking.
The man Morgan. whose legs we're cat
on by the railroad. is dead.
The weather Is clear and mild the
snow and Ice have disappeared.
Inc promotion of Consul Francis.
which Will cause his removal from t0is
place, 10 regarded unfavorably He is
exceedinRly popular With all Glasses and
naslonaiities. and a petition. asking for
bis retention here, will be sent to WASH
inoton.
The steamer Wellington arrived this
morning, and reports that SATURDAY
morning before daylight during a dense
fog, thirty miles of Columbia river. she
vas run into by tho ship 8. X. Meade
and d smaRed On the starboard quarter
abreast OF the mizzen mast and above
che main deck. The repairs will be I'm
Iehed tomorrow. The Wellington Law
BY the ship until daylight and found her
only damage WAS that her bOwsprit WAS
gone. Both vessels then prooee aed on
their way. The captain Of the Welling-
ton says his lights we're burning bright
~ and the whistle blowing everv three
minutes, and that the ship was to
blame.
Brennan and O'Brien and several
0ther Irish patriots, On route to San
francisco by tho Queen of the Pacific,
visited tho city this morning. They
we're met at the wharf by strong Pr
iics force and closely Swallowed. J. II.
bullock vas one of the party, and came
IN for share Of the surveillance. The
party departed on the Queen.
A dispatch from 4atsqui Prairie, on
Frazer River, states that an old man
named Bell, who lived on the Nooksack
River, four miles from the boundary,
was shot through tho head on SUNDAY
afternoon and his cabin fred. Neigh
bors saw tie flames and extineuished
them. Bell was formerly a resident of
San Francisco.
g. L. Miller, steward of the Central
Pacific Navigation Company's steamer
Otter. has been committed for trial Oh
the charge Of robbinR p passenger. He
was tor many years ste ward of boats in
California waters. The evidence il very
str ing.
The stolen Chinese wife is before tho
Supreme Court on writ of habeas cor
pus.
Moase Of Commons.
LONDON, Feb. 25.- Gladstone in the
Commons today offered q motion which
was adopted. eulogizinQ Sir Henry
Brands long services a. Speaker. The
Parnellites did not challenge the di.
vision. but after Parnsll had stated that
they were unable tacitly to acquiesoe in
the vote of thanks since sOae Of Speak
or Brands actions had been hurtful to
Ireland. they withdrew in body from
the house. Lsbouchere, Radical, moved
that the House adjourn TO discuss tho
position Of the troops II the Red Sea.
The Parnellites and some of the Tories
concurred, and Ellis Bartlett seconded
LabOuohere's motion. GladstOne's con-
tidence in General Gordon is firm AZ
ever. He asserts that General Gordon's
decree is in no way opposed to the act
abolishinR slavery.
Minisier sarxent'a Unpopularity.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-A Berlin oorre-
spondent OF the Standard says that in
pendent papers are bitterly complaining
on Minister Sargent, Who has never been
popular in official orioles here. The in
spired press preteads that he is net a
scholar, like his predecessors. The real
reason is, however, that Sargent does
not regard his position az a sinecure,
but energetioally fulfills his political
lH0 N n ri
Oui.ieS.
Sick Cattle.
LONDON, Feb. 25.-In the House of
Lords this evening Lord Carlingford An
nounced that ship from the United
States had just arrived at Liverpool
with cargo Of cattle, a number Of |
which had the foot and mouth disease.
he urged immediate action by Parlia-
ment in regard 70 the bill to prevent i'm
pOrtatiOn of cattle from countries
where the disease is prevalent.
4 German Papers IGnePance-Civil
Procedure.
BERLIN, Feb. 26.-The Deutsche Tag |
blah refers to the alleged advice given |
BY Secretary FrelinRhuysen to tho |
House Of Representative, that hence
forth matters like the Laskaf resOlu- |
ton should be referred to 10 Commit |
tee of Foreign Affairs. and asks, D." Will |
not the seoessioni+ts and Minister Sar-
gent protest against such course p
Bismarck is reviewing the civil pro- |
with a view of abOlishing ass-
less f0rRalit'es. The revision has re- |
ceived u new impulse since the death of |
Lasker, enc Of the trainers of the pres |
ent procedure.