Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-24
FOREIGN
A Wicked Canarss.

LosDos, Feb. 3.-Ihe oSuers of ths
steamship Lydian Monarch. which i
being used 30 transport troeps "a
Egypt, pronounce the reported sinking
Of that vessel ia St. Georges Channel a
wicked canard. and threaten IN prose
cute its authors.
Vese Of Ceasare In the Lords.
1t meeting OF the Conservative
Peers, held at the residence of the Mar
Qufs OF Salisbury this evening, 10 was
unanimously resolved ~ give in the
House Of Lords q vote OF censnre
against the Government for It's Egyp-
tis1 policy.
Steamer Missing.
The mail and passenger steamer Prin-
cess Beatrice, bound from Sarne for
stranrear. Scotland, has been missing
since Saturday.
A Mexiean Insurseetisa-
GukIAAs, Feb. 3.-Aa iusurrection
has broken out at Sonora, Mexico. The
La Misa and Tsmiopiia ranches have
been burned. An encounter between
the Indians and the Federal troops IN
der General Topic occurred nesr Mise.
The Indians were routed. The Mexi-
can loss was three. The loss Of the In
dams has not been sscertained.
Singular Posfpsnement Of IN Exeea.
tiea.
LONDON. Feb. 3.-One OF the most
singular incidents ever connected with
an exesotion,or attempted execution, of
a murderer happened today at Exeter
on the occasion of carrying out the
death sentence passed upon John Lee,
recently condemned to be hanged for
the murder of Miss Emma W. Keyes at
Babbacombe near rorquay on Novem-
Der 18th last. Three attempts were
made to execute Lee, bot each attempt
vas futile, the dror failing to work sue
sessfally. The execution was eonse-
qnently postponed.
The details of the futile attempt TO
hang Lee make the case the most hsrri-
BILE that ever disgrs ced the Qibbet in
England. At hrst Lee was perfectly
firm and went to the scaffold undaunt-
cd, When the fret attempt TO hang
him failed, the prisoners spirit remain
ed unhrokeu. He was led from under
the gallows and walked back to his cell
the trap be resigned himself completely
TONERS. He stood motionless during
the preliminary proceedings, and when
the moose was placed and the spring
sbcut to be touched, he made An sppar-
emit effort 10 adjust his bsdy to the e.
pected drop so that death might be as
quick as possible. When the murderer
was made TO realize that the eibbet had
not done its work and that he was not
StnA h. a. An
from a nightmare, but quickly recovered
himself. The machinery was then over
hauled and the woodwork found to be
vet and swollen so that the trap refus-
ed to work. After being oiled and
tried until II was thought to be all right
the prisoner was again brought forth.
The same scene as before was then
enacted. Once again the man was led
away and the trap second time exam
ined and oiled, and for a second time
pronounced all right. and for a third
time Lee took his stand upon the trap.
and third time did the gibbet refuse 10
do its work.
The strain and suspense now over
taxed Lee. He sank down in q svoon
and had to be carried away from the
place. No words can give an adequate
n
kind Of sverpowering disnay like that
Of superstition seemed TO have got co.,
troll Of the sheriff's officers. The gal
lows we're deserted and no one made any
more attempts 20 put il in working or
der. The man that was 10 have been
hanged, was Imp and daxed and stupe-
ned and physically exhausted. The
sheriff decided 70 abandon bis task. He
closed up the execution yard and went
down b. the post Office and autographed
SIR WIN. Vernon Harcoart, Home Score
tary, full history OF the horrible fail
ure 10 execute Lee. and asked fer in
structions.
a tisissF frsm spaee.
vrcTsn1A, b. c.. Feb. "a meteor
passed over the northern part Of the
city at , o'clock Sunday mornipg.
II was Of enormous size, and appeared
like mass Of molten iron. The noise
caused by its passage was like escaping
steam. Smoke and flame were thrown
OF, and ID was seen 10 descend into the
Straits OF Hafo, q sloud Of spray and
steam rising marked the SPOT where 10
struck. The extraordinary eireum-
stance vas witnessed BY many persons