Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-01

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loe.oa mus be handled With care. %
.ua' II N.Gnt no. Be distorted or usrd
oaf aeRimeot The labor question
Should be answered houes,ly and intsf
lsentiy and for the good OF the conn
Try, but the Secretary could no, ~,
every individual uauufse,arrr 70 on~r
ois books to the gaze IF tss
sorid. The Secretary OF the Tr.ss.
0ry might take measures to acoaAin,
himself With the cost of labor N this
,oantsy and IN E1rops, and the speaker
,qeaes'es toai the report of Aoraua s.
nestt, AZ Commissioner 20 the Paris
Etpseittop, and the consular reports
| contained information Of that charac-
| Yer. mere we're some matters WORTHY
TO oe thought of IN this Connection.
ne said and added: 1t 10 curious that
toe WOODEN business which suffers most
from the tax On the raw material should |
se the nrsi 10 revive from the d-pres-
sion ! believe that the wool mana
featuring business and the market il |
better today than any other manufsc- |
toring industry 10 this country. On |
the other hand, the cotton industry, tee |
raw material OF vhIcn 10 manafsctur
Cd here and 10 largely exported abroad |
istse most depressed although the raw |
AsaecfidA - QDt taxed AZ AL.
Toe preamble and resolutions we're
unanimously adopted.
Nea Deserters.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3l.-Secoud Comp |
troIler Maynard has m AIDE q decision 10 |
the case Of claims of soldiers for arrears
for paw and boanty Who have been hon.
oraoly discharged, but Who are charged |
upon the military records with deser-
lion. he says that IN cases where the
soldier has been marked on the roll and /
reported As deserter, and 1t appears
that within a reasonable time thereafter
and while the war was still In progress
| and the army engaged in active hostili
ties against the enemy, be voluntarily
| returned to his company or regiment |
and was Internationally received into |
the service, or was received on condi-
tons which have been fulfilled, net in
volsing forfeiture of pay or allowances.
and be subsequently rendered faithfsl
and acceptable military services and
Was bonorabiy discharged, IL will be
held that the presumption that he was
a deserter, which the entry on the Mill |
tary records and roll might create, will /
be deemed to be conclusively rebutted |
and overthrow. In such case the sol. |
der is to be treated az absent without
leave. The practice Of the Second |
Comptreller's office in adjusting pay
and allowances due discharged soldiers
will hereafter conform to the above rules.
A Fool Loose In a Church.
YORK, Pa. Aug. 8.-A decided sensa
ton was created in Winterstown, this
ooanty, yesterday. by J. H. Fulton, a
well known resident of the S,lage. Rev.
j. T. Shultz, of Shrewsbury. whose pas
torate embraces the Winterstown Evan
selical Church, some time ago announc-
ed that yesterday he would preach
Grant memorial sermon. Fulton gave
notice that such a sermon should not be
preached in that church. bat little At
tention was paid his threat, and on
Sunday Rev. Mr.. Shultz announced his
text and proceeded With the sermon,
enumerating the great men of
ancient and modern times. Full
ton sat quiet until General
when he spranR to bis feet. braAdished
Stop that" The preacher continued
his discourse. and Fulton advanced up
the aisle. Great confusion prevailed,
which reached a crisis when the angry
member sprana into the pulpit and VIC
lently assaulted the pastor, knocking
him down. A rush was made by the
congregation to defend the pastor. Or
der vas finally restored and the sermon
vas finished. Fulton will probably be
prosecuted. 10 IL said shat he has left
the place. His action has caused great
indignation.
NEW YORK, August 3l.-Cslonel Fred
Grant. Mrs. Grant and Mrs. Sartoris
arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel this
evening. he party will remain at the
hotel until Wednesday. when Mrs. SAr-
toris will sail for Eorope. Mrs. Grant
viii then go to West Chester County to
visit her son.
The war on the Fences.
wAsHISGroN. Aug. Silt Is not the
intention OF the Secretary Of the Inter-
Tor to issue auv general order 10 regard
to the removal of fences from the pub
Ito lands, but il has been deter TO
deal With cases of violation Fl the lav
especially. IL il believed that better
results can Le thus obtained than from a
general order, which would be looked
ON as q proclamation binding on no one
in particular. The special agents of
the land Office are under instruotious to
report to the department all cases Of
illegal fencing. and Instructions looking
to the removal of the fences will be
promptly furnished for their guidance.
In each case where the agent is able TO
effect q removal he Is directed 10 do 80,
and when necessary the Enitsd States
Marshall maybe called on through the
Attorney General. This action vas
taken today upon the report Of an
agent showing that Q large tract of
public land was Illegally fenced in
Southern Colorado, adjoining the Kan.
sas line. A letter Was sent TO the At
torney General requesting him TO cause
the United States Marshal to remove
the fence.
The Public Debt.
IL IL estimated at the Treasury De
partment that there has been decrease
OF about 5000. 900 in the public debt
daring August.
Tom Davis shot.
New Yonk. Aug. 3l.-Absut 2 O'Clock
this afternoon Tom Davis, otherwise
known as VIM. Warren, Vas shot and
killed In a room which he called bis
Office at No. Il3 Reade street, by q man
Who gives bis name as Jas. I. Holland.
end says that he Is Texan and that be
oame hers from Abilene, Kan. DAVIS 10
q we'll known sporting man ana occu-
pied this room for several years, con
Quoting an alleged brokerage business
in mining and other stocks The room
10 emily about six feet by ten. is lighted
By single window and is 6lthy in the
extreme. Davis. q brother of the muir
| Odd man. was present at the time OF
4 shooting and tnmblcd down two
| iiRhts Of stairs in his haste 10 get away.
Az Holland Vas walking rapidly away
fron the scene. be DAVIS pointed him
out 10 policeman. Who arrested him.
Holland vas retieent about the mat
Ter. merely asserting that The killing vas
justifiable. lis supposed that the shoot
| ing grew out Of SOME transactions In
stocks. when searched at the station
a heavy revolver aud $500 IN money |
and too gold watches we're found on
him. In the right hand OF the dead
man was Is bill, aud scattered abost |
the door we're bonds 10 the value Of
$500. In the desk we're large guam
tity of apparent securities, among them |
| Al. 500 In bonds Of the CITY OF Nation, |
1 In s,cnsa nv Tn asuas Lana Saper-