Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-03
FOREIGN.
The Legion OF aaaar.

The Legten OF aeaer.
PAsrs. Sept. l.-Admirsl Courbet will
receive the decoration Of the Legion Of
Honor
kiiiing the Nationality Of q People.
The newspapers are taking umbraee
At the law promulgated by Baron de
Manteuffel. Governor of Alssee and
Lorraine, intended 10 prevent the in
crease of French families in those
countries obliQin9 adult sons TO be-
come naturalize1 Germans or quit the
conntry unmarried. Men of French
nationality are, under the law. allowed
to remain until married, when, If they
refuse to become Germans. they will be
notified that their sons viii be liable TO
couscription or expulsion.
Gladstone DeEeads uIs Policy.
EDNBUReH, Sept. 1.-Gladstone in
speech indicated the policy of the gov
eminent against the imput alton of the
Marquis of Salisbury. He claimed that
the public deot had been materially re-
duced, although a great reduction had
been rendered impossible by the action
of the d'Israeli administration. Tue
Egyptian policy had been forced on the
government by the obligations entered
iats by the Marquis of Salisbury gov
eminent. He declared that he was
anxious to secsre the safe return of
General Gordon.
sold Iat0 slavery.
LONDON. Sept. a.-It is reported that
rebels at Berber are selling the populs-
ton of the city into slavery. The
women are subjected to horrible at
trocites.
The Gordon Expedition.
CAIRO, Sept. 2.-rhe expedition for
the relief of General Gordon is pro
crossing slowly, owing to want of
transports and supplies.
A Deserted Vessel.
ST.. JOHN. n. r., Sept. 2.-On Friday
last, 80 miles OFF Catalina. Trinity Bay,
the British war ship Mallard encoun-
tered the British brig Resolver. The
vessel was somewhat damaged. Both
side lights were bnrning, and there was
a ire in the galley in stove. The sails
were all set, and the head gear was gone,
but there was no sign of the crew or
passengers. The Resolver left Harbor
Grace on Wednesday last with crew
of nine men and four passengers, bound
fer Labrador. She had a general cargo.
1t is thought that the brig has been in
collision with an iceberg, and it is
feared that all on board are lost.
siill Sighting the Battle OF the Boyne.
ST. JoHs, N. F., Sept. 2.-Orange and
Catholic collisions on "A large scale are
reported from Chateau and Henley Har-
Dor on the Labrador coast.
The Route 90 Bcrber Open.
CAIRO, Sept. 2.-Maior Kitchener tele-
graphs that the route from Dongola to
Berber is perfectly open as far as the
wells of Hieseni, and that the hostile
tribes are dispensing and fleeing the
country.
A Mine Carried on.
SUAKIM, Sept. 2.-rhe rebels removed
another mine placed by the troops near
the town, and IL vas afterwards ssen to
explode in the eneny's camp.
Accepted for the Czarewitch stakes. |
LONDON, Sept. 2.-Sixty-two horses
Stakes at Newmarket. Thew include j.
X. Keene's Blue Grass and p. Lorillard's
Sachem. The aceeptances for the Cam
bridgeshire Stakes number 81, including
Blue Grass.
Br1tlsn GOlum Ola NOteS.
VICTORIA, Sept. 2.-The papers still
discuss Ingsrsoll's lecture and its effect
on religion. The controversy is bitterly
personal. James Fell, who threw bis
body, weighing 400 pounds, into the gap
when the sides of the theater were burst
in by the mob, has instituted an action
for $1,000 damages against the Column
bian Newspaper for calling him an "arch
infidel." The same gentleman is also
preparing writ for an action to recover
a similar sum from the Colonist of this
city for attacking his principles.
War has broken out between the Pro,
vincial tugs, and vessels are towed at so
per cent. discount on recent charges.
The crops were slightly damaged by
recent heavy rains.
The suspicion of foul play which was
attached to the sinking of the Umatilla
in Esquimalt harbor. has been dispelled
by survey held by engineers from the
Royal Navy. These gentlemen report
that the vessel sunk because the valves
connecting the after ballast tank with
the forward ballast tank were opened
after hhe foated off the rocks. This
had the effect of depressing the vessel
forward and causing her to sink.
Sailed-Bark Moravian lumber laden,
for Melbourne.
Arrived-Ship M.jestic, from San
Francisco, for Nanaino, to load coal.