Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-07-17

mas apoloRlz ID TO the Gerulan Anhas
saaof Tor the insai. Offered TO the Ger.
raaG flag.
Wreck OF nm Irsneiad.
MADRID. July l5.-Durine a hurricsns
"a tue philippine Island. the Spanish
irnnciad GrssIne Was wrecked. Two
oEneers and seven Of the crew were lost.
An fadtsereet Thealex.
FAsfs. July Is. The foreigner Who
spai upon the French flag in the Place
Concords Yesterday and afterwards .s-
capped from the erowd, has been arrested
AUG an inqairy has been ordered. He il
a Herman theological student.
Marching on Dsnxsla.
CAIRO. July l6.-It is ascertained b.
yoDd doubt tina, 300 rebels are march
ing on DonRols.
Provisions Destroyed.
GENEVA, Switz.. jolly ia large Gre
occurred IN the grain stores here, de-
stroyine Immense quantities If corn
aRd -four.
Engiish Railway Accident.
LONDON. July l6.-An express train
on the Manchester and Sheffield Rail
way was wrecked today and twenty Der
sous killed and many injured.
LATER--Iwenty- persons were
killed and forty seriously injured. 1t
seems that the axle of the engine on an
express train on the Manchester and
Sheffield railroad hear Permission. broke
and the train Jumped the track and fell
through bridge. The scenes under
meath the bridge, after the train had
fallsn. were terrible to witness. The
carriages were reduced almost to splin-
ters. The Rroans of men and shrieks
of women and children were heart
rending. Ia the extreme confusion
some delay was experienced before the
victims could be extricated.
The sttusftsa In Cuba.
HAVANA, July l6.-Letters from San
tiaeo de Cuba describe the situation
there as being no better til in before the
failures. Extra judicial arrangements
and liquidations follow each other in
rapid succession and the branch offices
of the Paris Bank there refuse to dis
count notes or advance money on sugar
Accounts from Trinidad. Cienfuegos
and other places on the southern and
northern coast show an equally desper-
ate condition of affairs.
Hard ON the Saints
VIENNA, July 16-The police have
been ordered To arrest all Mormon mis-
sionaries detected in endeavoring TO Sc
cure converts. Warrants have been Is
sued for the arrest of missionary Paul
Hammer of Nevada.
stiii on the Trail.
QUEBEC. July 10 Althoughthe courts
refused TO extradite John @. Emo, and
ordered his liberation. American detect
ives are still watching the movements of
this former millionaire. He cannot
walk the streets without being shad-
owed.
The Franco-Chiaese Difliculty.
SHANGHAI, July l6.-The French Min
lister at lien fien has demanded the
Withdrawal of Chinese troops from the
frontiers OF Tonquin and the payment
of the indemnity asked by France. This
demand was delivered to Tsung Ii va
men. who rejected it. The time allowed
China by France for compliance with
the demands expired July 9th. War Is
apparently newt able.
Boundary Award.
TORONTO, July l6.-A Globe cable SAYS
the Judicial Comnittee of the Privy
Council decided the bounday award not
legally binding. and are proceeding with
the boundaries Of Ontario.
Timber investigation.
The Royal Commission took add
tional testimony today IN the matter of
alleged bribery to secure change in the
timber policy of the Government. Ii.
p. Dwight, General manager of the
Great Northwestern Telegraph Com
pany, testified that he had DESTROYED
the paper he VAS asked to produce be-
fore the police magistrate. Ii was the
custom of the COMPANY To destroy such
papers after keeping them six months.
but in this case he made an exception
and destroyed them himself abou. three
weeks Ago. They treated every tele-
gram as private. but to the best of his
knowledge those in question were not
marked private. X. Monk, member of
ParllaUrent, testified he was 'conser-
vative whip" last session. Three eau
cuses were held, Que special committee
appointed, nor we're any minutes kept.
He never heard Kirkland nor Wilkins
name brought mp at the caueuses.
Movements or the Cuban Insurgents.
NEW ORLEANS, july l6.-Privats ad-
vices, via Jamaica, from the headquar-
tiers of the Cuban insurgents, state that
the insurgents, under the immediate
command of Aguero. undertook an ex-
petition against the plantations OF GER
tain persons known to favor the Gov
eminent. Though opposed by a strong
detachment of regular troops, the insur-
gents, after q skirmish of two hears,
L. Al.
the buildings and machinery on the
Santa Maria and La MERGED planta-
tions. At the same time band of in
surgents in the Sauga district was at
tackled by strong force of Government
troops, known as the Domingo division.
The insurgents being intrenehed IN an
almost impenetrable position, repulsea
the troops with the loss of three killed
There were several casualties among the
insurgents. The Captain General of
Cuba has called meeting of officers TO
concoct llans for successfully sncoun
terin9 the enemy in the field. A large
number of troops are lost or democrat
lied Nv guerrilla warfare. The ineur-
gents divide into small bands, scatter
over a large territory, and demoralize
the regulars by false alarms and forced
marches through ssanps to find no
enemy.
Charge Dismissed An Important
Question
PANS, July l6.-The charge against
the Commissary of Police. alleged to
b I'VE thrown the Prussian fsg to the
mob during the disturbance created BY
the Alsatian societies Monday last, has
been dismissed.
The Academy of Medicine has refer
red 10 a commission the question as to
the measures to be taken 10 promote
the public health. and prevent the in
PRODUCTION Of cholera into Paris.
Convention OF the Ismises.
SAN FRAxcTsCo, July 1.-THE Anti
Monopoly. Grseaback, Labor and Ma
tional Union parties met in joint State
convention today. Resolutions support
ing Butler for the Presidency were
unanimously adopted, ard eight Butler
Electors were chosen and will be placed
in the field.
Confessions az Anarchists.
vienna. July 1e.-The Anarchists in
prisou make q complete confession ad
hitting that they were implicated IN
many murders and robberies during the
past few months. They say that they
were first induced to commit crime by