Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-27
Negro Lynched

Negro Lynched
| GONZALES. Texas, March 25.-rod4y,
| At the examination Of Bill BureIson, the
negro charged with attempting to rape
Miss knOeppa. near Harwood, on tue
9th instant, the evidence showed that
the accused was in the vicinity At the
time "f the crime, and Miss Knoeppa
positively identifitd d him as her ass al
| ant. Bureison WAS promptly remanded
to Jail under escort Of large posse, bnt
| on the Way Was met by aa .r'ned force
OF lO citizens bent on lynching. The
| posse and prisoner returned to the court
hOuse, and after the crowd dispersed
prLcee|'e ed to the Jail. A crowd again
gathered, though the streets were guard
ed. and rushed to the jail tearing down
the jail fence In their eagerness To over
power the officers. They took Bureison
out half mile and hung him. He
| would neither confess nor deHy the
| crime.
Charles Mitchell
BosToN, March 25.-Charles Mitchell.
the English pugilist. says he will settle
IN this country, and that his next match
will probably be With Mervine Thomp
| son.
w"'nens Right. Not Appreciated In
Connecticut.
HARTFORD, March 26.-In the House
today the bill giving women the riQt.
To vote on the license que stiOn was over
| wholninQly defeated without much dis
oussiOn. On the bill giving them
the right to vote in school meetings there
was Il full discussion, and the bill was
| rejected by 80 to Ks.
The National Guard A~>ssrimtiOm
CINCINNArI, March 6-The National
Guard Association began It's session To-
day with a small number of delegates
preselt.
~atll amOlhrr Cyri"ne.
YoUNasrowN, Onio, March 2G.-Po-
land township. Mahoning county. WAS
visited by cyclone last night. its path
being ten rods wide and extending two
| miles north and south. Sever Il re.i-
| dences, barns and buildings were de
molished. Trees we're toru II ,hreds
and cattle killed. m king the loss many
thousand dollar. Sever erai persons were
| slightly injured. bnt none killed.
Roosevelt Receives Set Back.
ALBANY. N Y, Maroh 26-The def+at
of Roosevelt in the Assembly this
morning, in the refusal IF two-third. of
the members tn 90 into committee of
the whole on the niue ref-rm measures
| reported unanimously by the special
| con mlttee investigating the various de-
partments of the New York city guvera-
mont, caused quite a sensation around
the Capitol Roosevelt Wa nu h cha.
griued, as the dsfeat VAS parliamentary,
and due To his being slower thal the
most oorpulent member IF the Assem-
hly, who outgeneraled him. There was
great excitement i'll the ohambe aud
the Democrats Mt one time tried to
break the quorum by retiring.
Tremendous Thansi~rsiorm. -
PETERSBURG. Va. March "a tre-
mendous thunderstorm burst over the
city shortly after. II o'clock last night.
II rained IN torrents, and the thunder
WAS severe and shook the houses. The
| App -unattox river At this point is very
high. The meadows of the Chester
field side Of the river are subrerped
| and the water IL still rising. fhe pro-
tracted spell Of had weather this IN pnth
h ~ greatly retarded all farming opera
| tivns IN this section.
l. Bnbt~s 4Wrnrsi
NASHVILLE. March 25.-A negro teue
| ment house In an alley he ar the Oiy M
pic Theatre kuildins burned tonight
aud two negro Infants, aged Two aud
three years, were turned t. "A crisp.
| Their mothers had left them asleep
and locked the door. 1t Is supposed
The tirc was caused 10y the explosion of
lamp.
Again AdjOurmesl.
Boston. March 26.-The commis, il n
of directors of the Union Pacific aud
Chicago. Burlington and Quincv R.il-
ways today attempted to adjust the diff
ference at competitive Nebraska points.
Certain information Was lacking, with
out which II was impossible to make y
ssttlemen' They adjourned. there ore,
until this could DC ohtained.
HcgmIaaisx the sale OF Wirsm,arxartnr.
ALBANY, N. Y, March 26--ln the Ar
sembly u bill Was passed today regGlai-
ing the sale of oleomar9arine and other
substitutes for butter. The main fea-
ture IL that requiring the conspicuous
posting NJ notices of tue character OF
the stun sold.
Three Chliaren Fatally 1mIuPei
PIEDMONT, :. c., March "a severe
cyclune passed over Anderson county,
near Piedmont, destroy ing the house of
Mr.. Watson. Three Ut HE children are
thought to be fatally injured.
! pussImx the Alert u GWmsaisSl0m.
LONDON. March 6-Ihe putting in
com iss,ou yesterday of the war Il, op
Alert. rec,ntiy presented by England to
America, to participate IN the Grseiy
search expedition, Was beco ningiy Gel
ebrated. James Russell Lowell hoisfed
the American colors at the Alert peak
| Fifty guests lunchsd on beard among
whom were the Earl of Northbrook,
First L,rd Of tie Admiralty. Lord Al
| oester. and Admiral Seymour. Couspic-
uous among the company we're mauy
famous for Arctic explorations, a. Wee
Admiral Franois McCiintock, who ac
compssnied the Sir John Franklin search
l'expeditiou of lS&s and 1850. and com.
mandsd that of 1857: Sir Alien Young,
who ssrved under McCliptock and Fox.
and has made expeditions since in the
Pandora: Sir George Mares. Sho con-
msnded the Alert on her previous visit
to the Arctic, 10 years ago; Commander
Parr, who accompanied the same expe-
dition; and Leigh Smith. who in the
last IL years has made II voyages To the
north; Lieut.. Commander Chadwick.
Naval Attache of the American Lega-
tion, WAS present; and also Lieut.. -Com-
mander Goodrich, who Viii take the
Alert to America. Mr.. Lowell proposed
q toast to the Queen, 20 which the Earl
Of Northbrook responded. He said the
Queen took a deep intcrss st Ia the expe-
ditiou in which the Alert Vas to take
part, and had felt great pleasure IN au-
Ihonxing the offer Of the Alcr. to the
! American Government tosst was
then proposed ~ tue success OF the ex-
petition. which was coupled With the
health OF Lieutcnans Goodrich.
Cssatrs win 9isaers
PEsrH. March "A riot WAS precip
itated this morning BY the striking iron
workers. ihe troops were called Out
] and tired upon the crowd, killing ON.
mAn and wouuding several.