Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-04

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memorial services in honor Of Genera
Grant az Westminster Absey tomorrog
Gladstone says be will 90, IL his health
| permits. The Prince Of Wales and tb,
BAKE Of CounauRht will be represented
by equerries. The Duke of Argyle, Johr
Bright and many other distinguished
ing their regret at their inability to az
| tend.
Worst Report Yea.
Madrid, Arg. Sin the whole o.
Spain, last Saturday. there were reported
3So0 new cases Of cholera aud I44C
deaths. The military governor Of Gre
nada has succumbed to the pestilence
rhe cholera il raging IN the convict set
tlement at Garth tgena.
stiit Spreading.
The Correspondents ESpasa report,
that i've persons were suffocatsd 9hils
| . house Was being fumigatsd at Jaen
The cholera confines TO spread to new
provinces.
ToRosro, Ang.-The verdict of the
jury in the Riei trial 10 looked upon az
Just one, and the opinion il freely ex.
pressed that Riel should suffer the ex
treme penalty Of the Law.
A Consent Gaiaed.
BRusskLs, Aug. 3.-fhe Nerd says that
England has consented 10 Rnssis's pro-
pssal TO leave the Zuifikar question 70 be
settled By the joint boundary Oommis-
sion.
To Flight On.
SUAKIx. Aug. 3.-rh Mahdi selected
AbdnIiah for the Southern SoudAn, o.
man DiQma for the Northern Soudan,
Ssnussi for Z syps, and Msllah Ahdul-
lahman for kardofan and Darfur. 10
continue the war, and appropriated
]. 200, 600 piasters therefor.
The Great Toronto Fire.
ToRosro, Aug. 9.-Ths fire last night
was the most destructive that ever 90
CURED In this city. An hour after il
broke out, In the eieht-s story glucose
factory, the flames extended for half a
mile along the south side Of the sspia-
made. A lot Of vessels Of all kinds
were moored along the docks, and all
were destroyed. Henry Wort, q private
watohman, 10 known to have persisted
In the flames. The most exciting scenes
we're on the craft at the docks. The
docks. and as the vessels caught fire
they we're forced 10 jump into the
water and swim for their lives. So
rapidly did the FIRE spread that small
boats were consumed before they could
be launched, and sailors In she water
bad TO depend upon their own strength
until tugs from the outside eould pick
them up. As IL 10, many of them were
badly scorched, and 10 Is feared many
OF them fatally. The exact loss or in
surance cannot yet be given, bat the
less Is estimated at over q million dol
lars. The glucose works we're valued at
$40 0Oo. The schooner Annie Milioy
vas lued at &25 600. Another schoon
or, valaed at $4,000, was burned 10 the
waters edge. Among other buildings
burned we're number of boat houses
and warehouses on the river front and
the coal docks. A feet Of ferry steam
ers, four in number. at the foot OF
Church street, we're destroyed.
A sammer STERN.
MApEID, Aug. 3.-Storms Of great
siolencs swept over the central and
northern paris Of Spain yesterday, de
stroyina much property, and In many
places utterly Frustrating she telegraph
lines. Many persons are reported "a
have been killed.
serteas garshaaake.
LONDON, Aug. S.-Dispatches from
Kasnden, Asiatic Russia, say that q
great earthquake has visited that re-
glen. Il damaged most of the houses
in the iown of. Biaheirxek and many In
| the cities Of Sulnk and Beivoodski. fu
the latter place church vss shaken d
| fragments while 10 was crowded With
wofshippers. A large number were
/ killed. The earth opened Ia great hs-
sares 10 beivoodski and many people
we're swallowed up.
| LATER advices say that 80 persons were
killed and 81 injured. TIE shocks con
tinue 20 be feit and the inhabitants ere
panic stricken.
hsshisz Knewn omeiaify.
| LospoN, Aag. S.-Nsthing 10 knsvl
officially either in Londen or g. Peters
burg Of The rumored hehtine betweel
Afgbans and Russians near Meruehak
The report Is believed 10 be untrue.
Besligerent AfShaas.
yuxSA. August IA dispateh 10 tn
Poiifical Corrsspendest. from So. Peters
burg Gays tnas Afghan banditl
have plundsred . Rassisn caravan
The same dispatch says there 10 ,
ramor In st. PesersburR thet Russian
ofiicers n. art that they are doubtful Of
preserving the peace, owing 10 the me
nacing attitude Of the Afahans.
Rlre.
AurosooAsrA tBoiivial, Aua. 2-Th,
Custom Ho1ss and several baildinei
were harmed yesterday. The loss 4
about tt.ooo00
NaFfnes-
| San FnAncrsoo. August 8.-Arrived-
Steamer Quesn Of tue Pecifis, from Sc
attle; Bslfish steamer Wellington, from
Nap.fmo, b. q.
sailed-ship Oriental. Cor Tacoma
British steamer Barnard Castle, foI
NAnMimo; Norwegian bark Rassai, fei
Port Townsend; bark southern CAief
| for Port Townsend.
TAroosa. Asa. s.--Barkentine Re
| srisysr pAsssd in 81 IIs2O m, Por'
| Biakeiy bark q : D. n, ship tsuca oai
ey tae Tacoma a. $50 .. N; bark pas
"a cut st $40 . IN.
Pukr TowSzExp. AHe. A-Arriyed-
B4rk Chas- b. Kenny, from San Disco
ID D Louis TX. from nonoiulus schoode
DA kusa. from san Francis O.
Pozz bIAxxl1. Ana. A-Arrieed-
Schooner Wm. Rent0n.
A sRRAT DISCOVERY