Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-02

a.
- possibility OF Its in.fodaetion
shroaeh the mails, no registered sAtn-
- or packages containing vooiens IN
y, sbsps, via Spain, VIII BE received
= - asliysred in Portugal.
s,s~srtsity on the Elevated Reads
Nrv YoEK. Sept. The managers Of
Al. sleysted reads are making preeara-
80 10 ruu their cars by electricity.
80 nieht the Daft electric motor
= giyen q trial trip which WAS in every
..snee, satisfactory. The motor Vas
sstsobed to the regular Ninth avenue
..ss.uger coach with about thirty pen
=. On board. At 1920 p. m. the signal
- siyen by Mr.. Daft, and without the
80 iarrine the train started out from
~ Fourteenth street station up the
s,sp grades IL ran smoothly and With
~ aoiss. intermittent flashes of cleo
"a lieot and sparks from toe still rusty
nj marking its progress. Thirty fourth
srest vas reached at e minutes to
II o'eiock. From this 20 the Fhtieth
srset station the motor sped without q
aop reaching the end Of the electric
"a al AZ minutes past 10 O'Clock. On
- rstarn the run from end to end vas
made 10 minutes. The schedule tius
A the road including stops was 9 min.
utss. Hundreds of people along the
roass cheered a. the train sped by.
Resamiag Operations.
BALTIMORE, Sept. I To-day the Cot
Nm mills at Woodbury.. four 10 number,
svne employment 10 upwards Of ZOO
sssfstives, are making arrangements TO
Iii
nj, which has been idle for q year,
surss today with full force Of 800 and
a full time. rhe Woodbury. Clipper
.rd Park mills and the Drum mill vil!
n nm 90 fall time en- Monday next, as
III 10 the Mount Vernon mill.
ne Changes Of Postmaster.
WARRINGTON. Sept 1.-Of the 1892
pruajdsntial Postna sters in the United
ssstss changes have been made In 457
saees since the adjournment o; the
Gsnsts. The list Of nominations of
theae officials Is nov being made at the
Pet Oiice Department 10 receive the
IMMATURE Of she President, and to be
transmitted TO the Senate upon the be-
sinnins OF the next session.
nlsess Of WIN. n. Gwis.
NV Yonx, Sept. LEX Senator VIM.
n. 0vin Of California il seriously ill at
New York hotel. He is eighty years
Old.
But HE rs RECOVERING.
Ex-senator Gvin of California Is on
he rapid road to recovery. AZ soon as
b 10 sufficiently recovered he will re-
isrn " his home.
The slayer Of Davis.
NEW YsRK. Sept. flames T. Hol-
had, the Texan who shot and killed
Ten Davis yesterday, was taken TO po-
Iiss headquarters this morning for the
parposs Of giving the detectives an op-
portunity of seeing him. He appeared
unconcerned, and seemed to look upon
bic arrest a. q mere Formally. Hol-
land vas handcuffed to the detective,
and crowds followed them through the
arpses. when asked hov he felt Hol-
lsnd replied, am all right" He re-
fused 10 say anything about the affair,
beyoAd the fact thai Davis and his pals
lad tried to rob him.
The Ferry statue.
NrwPoRT, Sept. The ceremony Of
laying the corner stone Of the statue
% the memory of Commodore Oliver
Hazard Perry, of Lake Erie fame, was
Uniformed this morning with all the
poup and ritual of the Grand Lodge of
Hasons. The statue ID nov beside the
sase, and will be placed Ia position to-
marrow. The entire hight of the statue
nd base is - feet. The base IL OF the
~ Westerly granite. On one side 10
he simple word Perry" and on the
rverse the well known sentence tiIst
sasd on Lake Erie In 1873. I'VE have
~ shs enemy and they are ours" The
hvsr tier of she base is divided into
icur sections, while the top tier il
suuars and In one block. The figure of
ne ssASns isaelf Ia very striking. IL
representa- the naval hero as having Just
stepped oat from the boat that conveyed
hin from the ship Lawrence TO the ship
Niagara and standing hatless on the
deck OF the latter vessel. with appraised
hand giving directions TO the men aloft
10 % Trim the sails ne TO enable him TO
run alongside the enemy. The statue
b bronze and weighs about five tons.
shd stands opposite the Perry mansion.
Another Eaert.
PlovDEscE, Sept. l.-Robert Bon
nsr's celebrated mare Maud ). will at
ismpt TO beat her record of 2Osst, at
Nsrrseansett Park on Thursday after
noon.
4 Wssid- be 1avisher Killed.
BKlIEvILLE (0nt }, Sept. MARTIN
Arohibald. wealthy farmer residing ia
Huntington. broke into the house of
an Mary Adams and attempted TO
ruE kAr cd
none struck him with an axe, aud he
released bis hold, when Mrs. Adams,
viking the axe and attacking Aren't
bald, almost severed HE head from his
body.
Wall street Qsstatiens.
NEW YoRx. Sept. i.-Pacific Sc l27s.,
American Express 81. Canada Pa
Hhe t2A, Canada Southern Sa. Cen
nj Psoiho Ssls, Burlington 1917 Lack.
Avanna 1904. Denver 4 kio Grande
IN, Ere l6is, Kansas a Texas 23h,
iAks Shore 70k, Louisville a Nash
uih an. Michigan Central 81,
Northern Pacific 20S. Northern Pa
80 preferred &6A, Northwestern l0lb
NV York Censrai 9esl, Oregon Rail
w and Navigation ~. Oregon
fnnscontinentai 1915. Oregon Improve
mt n, Pacific Mali 49,, Panama 81.
koek lslAnd lis. st. Paul 1854. Texas
nAac 1854. Union Pacific 50A, United
slssn kxpre9 ssh. Wells Fargo lis,
wss1sra Union 6sSs.
Augnst Coinage.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-The coinage Of
soe various mints during August vas
h9, 066.ao, Of which $2,447. 900 was
y Standard dollars.
The Censas-
WAsxIxoros, Sept. l.-At the last
s9lon Of Congress provision was made
NJ Ne payment BY the United States Of
see-half the cost OF taking the census In
"a Statea and Territories a. might
- decenniAi census upon condition
~ NE returns be iied With the Score
~ OF the Interior on or before Sep
N0oef lst Returns from New Mexico
sW iaa been received, and are - fol
~ Popnla ton In 1855. ISL. SIS; popu-
..s7a u lss0. il9.5s5; farms In iSsS. |
1i farms in 1850. 5oSs; manufac-
e9 Establishments In 1885. 2SS.
n. eaaring establishments in 1850,
heeurus from eight counties IN
ssea have Aiso been received. and
esees returns are expected shortly.
3o dAas the department has received
o frum Coiorads, Dakota, Ne
-. Neg Mexico and Florida IL 10
n mat several ether States and
t0xstoftea bava al q, thu nansus haf