Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-27
EASTERN NEWS.
.,,.rKp PRESS DIsPArcHEs.
~ the Laokeut Man.

49,
4 80 De ~ o,t bow. He saw that the
% the I;obts were burning right.
4 ehoon ssmsr approached he saw that
u tne nojno across the schooner's
be sss - saw all three of her lights,
~, and masthead, and finally
I o. sroen and masthead ngnts, ana
q few minutes the vessels struck.
30 mate Fitzgerald also testlties to
sebooner changing ner course,
DE a collision. Samuel Etgett,
sos'as. at the wheel, says the
sno course was not altered. and
snoIstsrs the collision he saw the
Iua I;obt and then the red light.
rssn ~ collision both lights OF the
LM sausr we're found to be burning
rightly. y...
n xaros. Aug. 2.-Tne Treasurer
TTnitad States has forwarded to
A s W. of Louisiana $2l 600 in
DO uDnool bonds of the State captured
ne s Rouoe in 1865 by Lieutenant
e.SsrsI Sheridan. Tney formed part
- lot of city, state ana southern
~ .a,osd bonds Of the value OF 100000
nnassred OF the same time, majority
sshicb we're subsequently, restored TO
be STATE.
The Lost TailapoOsa.
a.rox. Aug. GA diver will prob
,axamine the Tallapoosa tomorrow
w .rn the extent of the damage and
.gsssssrtaiu IL there are any bodies on
i board.
the Body OF Private Henry.
Il S,u YoEK, Aug. 26.-The body of
pl,ste Henry has been exhumed, and
III he examined tomorrow.
emeial Cruelty 90 strikers
no.r CENTRE, Pa, Aug. 26.-Thirty-
,our more striking coal miners were
.,rsstsd this morning for trespassing on
.ss railroad oompany's property. They
ssre lsft at the Odd Fellows Hall and
Iii be taken to Washington Jail in
sssous this afternoon. The wives of
sassn or twenty of the prisoners came
~ f,oal Centre with their babies in their
rms this morning, and begged to be
s.nt 10 Jail with their husbands, having
nothiue 10 live on but little cornmeai.
THAR request was not granted. The
.;t;zans are indignant at the wholesale
sy,ssts which have been made without
ssrrants, and it Ia probable that a pub
n meeting denouucing the action of
,hs officars, will be called. Four hun.
dred nav recruits are expected to arrive
. camp this afternoon.
report from Staib's mines in the
.bird pool indicates serious break in
tbe strike. One hundred aud fifty men
an said TO have gone tn work this morn
inc. and others are weakening aud are
expected to 90 in before the close of the
week.
The Okiahama Prisoners.
Fosr SIXTH, Ark, Aug. 26.-Captain
psyne, the Oklahama boomer, and sew
an Of his associates who were arrested
Al Rock Falls, Indian Territory. by Gen
sral Hatch some days ago, arrived here
Yesterday In charge of Lieut.. Jackson
and detachment of the Ninth United
States cavalry. They we're not deliver
cd 10 the authorities at Fort Smith as
was the original intention, but by di-
rtctions from Caldwell, Kansas, Lieut..
Jackson will take them to Fort Scott,
Kansas, where they will be placed in
charge Of United States officers.
Postponed.
NEW York, Aug. 26.-The speed trials
By Phallas and Jay Eye See for today
d Prospect Park will not take place,
The track being heavy with rain.
Brought Home.
The remains of j. A. MacGahan, the
war correspondent, were brought from
the Navy Yard today. A delegation
from the Ohio Legislature, q brother of
aat al
from the Press Club of this city received
the body, and escorted il to the City
Hall, where IL lies in state until p. M,
when It will be taken to Ohio. Among
those who visited MacGahan's remains
we're Murat Halstead, Major Lucas,
state Senator O'Neill, Representative
4. @. Griensr of OHIO, Mr.. John Firgus,
q representative from New Lexington,
Ohio where the final intsrment will
take place., and p. A. MacGahan, a
brother Of the dead hero. Two wreaths
Of flowers were placed on the casket.
One bore long satin ribbon, on which
was inscribed, From the New York
Press Club" The other bore the in
scriptioH, +" From the journalists of New
York. j. A. MacGahan died June 8.
1878, aged 81 years."
Blaine.
BAR Harmon me. }, Aug. 26. Blaine's
indisposition will render his departure
for several days very doubtful. He is
nfering from bilious attack and a
heavy cold In the head. At present he
10 kept to his room.
Gloom at Toalon and MarseiiIes.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-The State De-
partment has received from Mason.
United States Consul at Marseilles, a
report upon the situation at that place
and Toulon since the abatement of the
cholera epidemic. He says the finances
Of Toulon and Narseilles have been
strained to tue utmost in cleaning
streets and tenements, caring for the
sick and burying the dead. The pres
ence OF impending financial ruin weighs
heavily upon the business community.
and even the ordinary resources of
charity are seriously curtailed. The
tide Of returning fueitives has Just set
In, and no description can picture the
vretchedness and restitution that
hourly exists.
Cengratuiatory Dispatches.
PoRrsMouTH IN. II. }, Aug. &.-Lieut.
Greedy has received from Commander
cheyne, of the Royal Navy, congratz-
lAtory dispatch.
= De Lesseps has sent letter from the
french Geographical Society, congratu-
hting Greedy upon the scientific results
VI his expedition, expressing sympathy
Mthe loss of his comrades, and also
congratulatinR him upou his rescue.
Damage by storm.
GREENFIELD Mass J, Aug. &.--It will
oost $4,000 to repair the damage by
storm 70 the New London and North
efn Railroad. and several thousand 20
repair the highways. Acres of crops
are destroyed and mountain roads are
impossible.
:, Three young English students at the
aoooy school were drowned while
bathing last evening.
Terrible Tragedy.
uALvEsroN, Aug. 25.-It Is reported
hefe today that terrible tragedy CO.
cuffed Yesterday in Caryell county over
me grave of young man named Ora
yam, who WAS recently stabbed and
Nlied oy q companion. Elder Graham
net his sons assassin accompanied BY
soe iatter's father at young Graham's
klsve. Angry words passed, resulting
. the death of both fathers and the
young assassin.
Early Frest.
BOTTOM, Aug. 25-At Waterbury, w..