Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-04
EASTERN NEWS.
ATTEMPT. TO Burn nis.sa,a.

ASSOCIATED PRxss pfsPArCHEA
Attempts 10 Burn NisssaiA
HELENA, Mont. Sept. 2-Another st
temps was made to burn MissOuls to-
night A pile OF oil soaked kindlinS
vas iRnitsd in a stable scar the burned
district at 1890, bot was extiusuIshed
without damage. A strong force Of ex-
ira police are pstrollns the town.
An Exeitiag FaneraL
WAsHISGToS. Sept. 2-The funeral
TO-DAY Of the Rev. John Brooks, rather
noted coiored preacher. pastor of the
r fih Baptist Church, WAS attended
with considerable disorder, and only
the presence Of q strong police force
prevented a row. Brooks was a MEN,
Der of several socie ties. among them the
Sons and Daughters of Moses, Good Sa-
maritans and others. Two or three pre-
seated themselves at the church ia full
regalIa, but, by instructions from the
! ItmilF of the deceased, they were re-
fused admission. This nearly precipi-
tated a row. They procured carriages
and accompanied the cortegs to the
cemetery, from which they were ex-
Guided until the body had been placed
IN vault. They then entered and were
about TO hold funeral service accord
ing to their ritual. when the police eject
ed them from the cemetery.
senator Anihony's Funeral.
Mr.. Canady, Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate received a telegram this evs nirR
from Senator Edmunds, directing him
TO invite IL Senators to attend the fu-
neral OF Senator Anthony at Providence
an Saturday next. Senators PuRh,
Morgan, Harris, Ransom and Jones, of
Florida, who are Eos in tkis city, will
leave for Providence Thursday. They
VIII be accompanied by Canady. Got
OF respect for the memory of the dead
Senator. the d ,g on the Capitol will be
lowered to halt mast until after the fu-
neral.
sundays Horrible Outrage.
SAVANNAH, Sept. 20 Hon. David Ber-
nam arrived here this evening from
Flag Springs, the scene of the diabolic4l
outrage and murder of the two little
McLauahlla girls on Sunday. He says
there Is great excitement among the |
people. A young man Is years old,
soa of Thomas Bateman, a respectable |
farmer, and near neighbor of the Nc
Laughlin's, was arrested Monday, but |
subsequently released. He is under |
surveillance, however, and there is |
strong circumstantial evidence of his |
guilt. The coroner's jury was still in |
session tonight, and il was not known |
whether verdict would be reached be |
fore morning.
A dispatch to the Union Star SAYS that |
young Bateman was arrested again, and |
IS now being taken To saw tnn All by off |
GERS. Additional circumstances and |
evidence point to Biteman as the guilt,
party, and 1t Is said that If he proves To /
oe the right man he will be lynohed az /
once. The little girls were buried to. |
Day, great crowd being present to wit |
ness the ceremony. A hundred and |
ntty dollars we're subscribed by the peo-
ole Tor A monument to be placed over
their graves
Arrested for Stealing.
New YORK. Sept. 800 the arrival of |
the Pacific Mail steamer Coloral al
quarantine Frank Frisbis, exchange
clerk of the First National Bank of
Portland, Oregon, who was passe n.
ger. was arrested. He is charged WITH
stealing from the bank $500 deposited
by the Northers Pacific Company.
BAD rIaee for Detectives.
NASHVILLE, Sept. 3-Dstective Frank
Moore, of Evansville. Indiana, passed
through tRIs city to-day, on his return
home from Lewis county, Tennessee
where he went to work up the case |
against the citizens who killed Mormon
Elders Barr and Gibbs. He said: 81
VISITED Lewis county to ascertain some
clues which would lead tn the arrest of
the mob engaged in the murder. Meet
ing citizen, asked him If he knew
any of the parties concerned in the
kllllng, to which be replied that he
knew all of them, and would reveal
their names il | gave him $50. He
made An appointment with me to meet
him in the woods. and said be would
nave one of the guilty parties
present. | kept the appointment,
but had hardly got under the
old beech tree when / WAS surrounded
by forty or fifty masked men. They
asked me why came to Lewis county.
told them came to get the names OF
the parties implicated In the Mormon
massacre. The Captain then ordered
the men to hang me. They put the
rope around my neck. | begged pite-
ously for my life, and they finally agreed
to let me On, giving me one hour to
leave Lewis county. At this time they
had the moose around my neck and the
loose end thrown over the limb of
tree aud weie about to haul me up. Be-
fore letting 90 they pinned red cross,
made of cloth, on my shirt, and told
nae to leave my coat open. | was 80
scared that | took to the railroad track
near Mount Pleas INT and walked to the
next station. will not return South.
Premature Explosion.
SHARON, Pa, Sept. 3-Last evening,
while SIX men were blasting a huge
piece of iron in the bottom of furnace,
a blast of giant powder WAS prematurely
exploded by a spark of fire from a ham.
mer. One man was injured fatally, and
four were seriously burned.
Foul Murder.
Troy, N. Y, Sept. 3.-Andrew Jack
son, wealthy resident of Hammond
Station, four miles from Mocha Licsville,
WAS found on the railroad early this
mornlnR with deep cut on his head
and both legs cut off. He lived an hour.
Before dying he said that VIM. Botan
and John Duffy, ueighbors, threw him
ander train. Botan's father recently
beat Jackson in lawsuit and they have
been enemies ever since. Young Botan
was arrested at Mechanicsville. He de-
MES the charge Duffy was also arrest
cd. There is intense excitement at Me-
Gainesville and vicinity, where the
parties are all we'll known aud respected.
Opinion varies as to the truth of Jack
sons dying statement.
The Greeiy Party Not Divided.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 3.-Sergeants Long
and Barnard and Private Connolly, OF
the Greeley Arctic expedition, are nov
here, and wer- shown this morning tele-
gra MS from Washington stating that an
army officer who has seen the diaries
of the members of the expedition SAYS
the survivors when found were in two
parties, one beaded by Bra nard aud the
other by Long. living separately as two
tribes and refusing 10 speak to each
other; that Greedy was an invalid fer
the last two months and with the party
headed BY Brsinard, wno cared for him
like child; that stealing ratious Was a
common practice, and that hunters
sent out for birds concealed them
tor themselves. Each of these state
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