Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-15
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] - ststsrG several villages
1Atetea sltn earthquake King Alton
gave eeca injured child or married
pesson ana eaen poor widow SIS. TIE
saaefefs Sers greatly delighted al tie
generosity Of the King. he vas often
oo.l9eo 70 disrno1nt ard enter toe villa
ees on foot over tue ruins. soma Of ths
Ienaoitants raised loyal cries, while
/ OTHERS fell on their faces sobbino aud
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.srrinoe 60 Socialism.
BERLIN. jan IA shocking crime
occurred At FrankfOrt-on- the Nsius
last night. A police eonmjssiDner
named Ranpf. Who has been active in
TIE prosecution Of socialists. vas soond
1ssd IN front Of bis oxn honse, stabbed
To tSo places. The assassin 10 unknown.
ExetfemeaI On Australia.
LoSpoS, Jan. H-Advices from Mel.
hoarne state that popular opinion in
Australia continues greatly sgita,ed in
Veg OF the resent Gsrman annexation
OF New Gaines and the adjacent islands.
Mass Enssslngs ~ protest. against for
elgn anns1aiions In the Pacific are of
every day occurrence. Shire and
borough councils likewise take occasion
70 record their protest, and the press Of
the country without q dissenting voice.
10 engaged day after day IN a vigorous
and emphatic densnciation Of all for.
elRa attempts to gain foothoiJ 10 Aus
traiIA. Is IL certain that Australia is
thoroughly aro1s-d against she present.
policy OF the British colonial Office.
PheIan Once Lived In shemeId.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE police have a.
eertaIRed that Capt. Thomas Phelan
lived IN Sheffield in 1888, and openly
asoSed himself an agent of O'Dono-
van Rness. He always dressed we'll,
wearing = different suit Of clothes ey.
cry day. and seemed TO be constantly
supplied with money. He had g large
quantity Of luggage, including dress
Ing case containing silver and ivory tot
let requisitss. He denoupoed the muir
der Of Lord Frederick Osvendish AHd
Under Secretary Burke, saying that is
VAS bad plan. But when James Carey
turoed informer against the assassins,
he tPhelan1 cursed tue informer and
uttered vague threats of vengeance.
Phelan's acquaintance in Sheffisld re-
m-nbered this fact when Carey was
slain by ODonDell, and they believe
fhesan had something to do With plan
ming Carey's taking Of.
eminsss for England.
PARIS, Jan. l4.-Figdro and Galllois
state that France and Germany nave
come to q complete agreement in regard
to the Egyptian. Chinese and Congo
questions. France engages to protect
German commerce in the French colo
mics, and Germany promises in ennsid.
esation thereof to support France in her
colonial schemes.
Earthquake Trsmbliaxs.
MADRID, Jan. A.-Esrthquaks trsmb.
llngs were felt yesterday at Ierreox,
CaniIiss, AlmuRccar and AlRsrobo. The
storm IN the southern provinces .till
continues. The rivers are greatly
swollen, and ths suffering of the peopls
who have been rendered honssIess by
the earthquakes Is intense. According
&C the official record the Number OF per-
sons killed by the earthquake in GraRa-
da was 695. and the number injured
1880.
frances TeRauiR Peiiey Den aed.
PANS, Jan. 14.-Jules Ferry, French
prime minister. this afternoon made an
official declaration of the governments
intention With regard TO the Tonquin
declaration, partly in answer to an iu-
serrogatory pot forward by the opposi-
ton respecting the retirement Of Gen.
Csmpenon from the ministry of var.
Gen. Canpenon resigned his portfolio
on the Sd inst. because, contrary to his
advice, the ministry persisted IN the
Tonquin invasion. He contends that
the task IL Improbable and unworthy
republic, which could not, he argued,
afford to spare the twenty thousand
French soldiers essential 20 the succes,
of the enterprise in view of the Eu-
ropsan situation. The pressing neces-
sity Of more perfect mobilization of
the army OF France, Ia Gen. Campo
non's idea, Was the immediate and su-
prsme duty Of the hour, aud be main
tanned that IL should st onoe be under
taken with view OF giving the repub-
lie an available military strength of
100000 men. Gen. Lewal, of the 18th
army corps, who commanded the Rhine
army during the Franco-Germau war,
and who was in thorough sympathy
with Ferry's views. was st once in
stalled as GsR. Csmpenon's successor.
Ferry went bluntly b the point at
once. He announced thst the Govern.
ment intended imDediately to increase
It's energies IN Topquin. and vouid not
stop until IL occupied the entire eoun-
try up TO the frontier OF the Chinese
Empire. This declaration produced a
profound sensation and vas received
sith cheers and considerable disap-
prevail. Among the distinguished visit.
ORE present to hear the Ministerial an
souncement was Prince Hohsnlobe. the
German Ambassador. Ferry continu-
ing said that the operations necessary
10 the proposed conquest Of Tonqain
would Ia no wise compromise the
French military strength at home or in
serfeTe with any necessary general
mobiliz ,,ion. In saying this the Pre-
inter fortified himself With the author
tty OF General LSvsl, than whom there
oooid be no military authority more re-
specsed by France. There we're
) 0O0oO msn In the Reposlic,
the best soldiers In the world, ready 70
march 90 moments notice. IL was
impossible longer 10 keep the army Ia
ronquin, crouehing idly, like hunters,
With their eyes Axed upon Q single
point That was unworthy the army of
France. That aruy must be occupied,
and Joaquin must be entirely occupied.
kue k4tk was NOS oiLuo44t, ana Wualu
require bat an insignificant mobilixa-
ton Ferry's speech. besides produc-
ing great sensation In tue Chambers
siien delivered, has astoandsd Paris
ians generally and made them quite
serious. The general impression it has
made may be- described a. bad. Tbs
psopis discuss 10 as IL they disliked to
be forced 10 contemplate the pr0s,a-
biits OF trouble.
After this the Chamber adjourned
until January 27th..
eppeFfaaisy fsE Trade DeseispmenL
MEXICO, Jan t4-TFads with the
west coast Of Mexico 10 available 20
Americsn manufacturers from February
isl By . eontract signed today by the
attorney Of the Atchison, Topeka and
santa Pc railroad and the Minister of
the interior. the former viii be alioWed
10 run q sisssaer under tke American
tiaR 20 all California ports. from Pert
9uavuas. the terminus Of the sonora
Railroad Company, carrying the Mex.
loan and Amertesn maiis. The trade
has heretofore been restricted 20 vessels
calling 90 irregular intervals, aging the
Mexican daR. The eompany's vessels
wlll run throzxh 10 San Francisco ouiy
every three months. bat viii make reGu-