Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-23
FOREIGN.
eesaA Of Victor Bazs.

PAErs. May 2.-vietor Hugo died AZ
10 this afternoon.
he Ministry viii Request the Chan
Der OF Deputies 20 adjourn a. token az
respect 70 the memory Of the decessed.
IL n reported tkst HEqo beogsasbsd bis
A11scfHpts 70 France and that be lsft
u 70 the ReDablie TO sklAee a buriaI
psate Tor lis remains and 70 deside A
20 she form Of his fuaeral.
victor H0Ro's condition vas 40 mani.
TESTIFY worse this morning that his death
vas regarded - certain 70 take ulses
WITHIN . tsV hoars. When the faes b.
eazle knozn Cardinal Guibert. Arsh
tiskiop o. Parls, sent specially % Hnro's
resaoenes Offering &c visit him and sd-
minister spiritual aid and the rite@ Of
tbs Catholic Charch. II. LoekreV. the
posts SOD In-law, VINO was ia attend
dance Al the death bed. when the Cardi-
naFs prefer came, replied for Hugo. d.
ei1ntng With thanks the Archbi,hop's
tender and saying fog the diving tpan
mat Victor Hugo 10 expeeting death bQt
ne does not desire she services Of a
priest.
The government proposes civil fa-
d ral for Victor Huge az the expense of
the State.
Victor Marie Hugo zas born AT Be
saGe1n n lso2. His mother, Sophie Ire
ouchet, vas Venetian royaiiss. with
whose sediments be sympafhizsd in his
youth. His first poem, "On the ad-
vantzRes Of Study,s (lsIT,l obtained an
honorable mention from khs Acadersie
Pfancais's. he received prizes far sew
eral royalist o1es in 1878, and married
Mdlle. foueher in 1872. 10 the same
year ne Published the first volume of
his "Odes and BaIiads,n which quickly
raised him 10 the 6rss rank among the
French poets Of bis time. He produced
Cromwell drama, (Is2T,l and a
volume of odes entitled Les Orieu-
tales iie2s, remarkable for richness
OF Imagination. The liserati Of France
having ranged themselves in two hos.
tile schools, styled the Classic and 10.
mantle, Victor Hugo became the recoe-
ntzsd chief Of the latter, formed mostly
of yousR men. OF his dramas, "a Her
mani tars. acted in 1880, and " Ma
ron Osborne" f1S3l) proved briliisut
successes. Among his most successful
and popular works are "Notre Dame de
Pans Q romance, (163i lie Roi
'amuse," . drama. (I632,D "Lss Mis-
cradles, Q novel, (lS6s.) "a The Tuilers
OF the Sea. lls,i5. and poems entitled
. The Letves Of Aatumn," f"Lss
Feuiiles d'Automne,"l shich. SAYS a
French critic IN the t" Nouvelle Bioors.
phBe Generale," contain bearties Of
the Grst order" He was admitted into
the French Academy in 1851. and raised
TO the rank of peer In 1s45. He gave
hts cordial adhesion TO the republic Of
1878, and was elected 10 the Constituent
Assembly by the voters OF Paris. He
opposed Cavaigaae. and in 1913 Joined
the party Of advanced democrats, of
vh1m he became leader and distin-
guished orator. For his opposition to
The eosp d-etof Of December 2. 1851, he
vaa hanished. He retired to the island
OF Guernsey. where no has since resided.
During bis exile he Published several
WORKS. including historical work enti
tied Napoleon de Petit" {" Nspoleon
the Little" 1852 and postieal Con-
temptations" 2 volumes. 1856. which
are mueh admired. OF bis more recent
publications L'Homme qni ria - (ls6ol
Is perhaps the most important.
Anti-Chiaese Demonstration.
NIcroRiA, b. O.. May 22.-Aboat 1000
woFkingmen headed by band bearing
torches and transpaFencies marched
through the streets last night to the
electric light tower. beneath which they
organized q meeting and passed resolu.
tions eondamnatory of Chinese imni-
grafton, and issued an appeal 70 the
workinRmen OF Canada impioring their
aid 20 put down the evil. The transpa-
rencies bore these notices: "Roycett
the Chinese employers" "fhey that
are aot with us are against u.s." mo
yellow slaves ahalI eat cur ehildren's
bread "Cut out the Chinese cancee."
Down with the dragon asR." :" Let
British Columbia be home for men
onl,." " Let no Chinese leper cross our
threshold These we're relieved by
pictFes, one representing Chinannan in
the act Of stabbIng a white man in the
back. in allusion to the attack on Capt.
Maraen. At the closa of the meeting a
proposition to march through China
tom was not entertained and the crowd
marched through the streets In an or.
Derry manner and dispersed At 10
o'clock.
| Aestasns % the North Pacific.
| NtcToaiA, b. O., May 92.--The steamer
North Pseifio when ten miles out this
morning broke her eroAaheAd. She put
back and will be repaired In time 70
aake her regular Trip 70 the SQUAD to-
morrow.
A Rsaekmail Case.
yIurouA, b. G., May IA disgust
ing aedustion eaae Terminated tonight.
The father Of . y0ang girl named La
kin, II years Of age, seed a young mar
rted man named Irving 10 recover 5000
damages for the seducsion Of his daaah-
ter. The fFait Of the iaisso@arse. g
lively young girl baby, was produced in
court. The complainant swore posi-
lively that the defendant vas the faith
er of the child. The defendant took the
stand and denied that he ever had con-
nisciion WITH the girl. He produced his
oen brother, Who swore 70 frequent in
teFeourse with plsiatia. and another
| witness named Bott, who s0ore that be
bad been similarly favored. aud believes
that be was the father OF the child. The
judge charged warmly against the
plaintiff. and the Jury brought in yer.
diet for che defendant.
Receiver Appreciated.
| In The case Of the Kvong Lee Compa-
nv, the court has appointed = receiver.
with A. vrooman Of San Francisco a.
d0paty.
Adtearaea.
LONDON, Nay 2. The House of Con-
mona has adjourned until the 9TH Of
June.
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