Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-04
EASTERN NEWS.
~n,ur PosT-rETELLrsnosi
the Price Of Iron

- IN the Price OF hfon'
- Dec. 3.-Iron dealers re
? sdvspcs Of one doli ai,S On ~ ~
IL nd nfty cents on ore, S'.nln 10
scarl This has seen orouRn
Ha stssdily Increasing demand
- y sommodities, especially here
sSes Art apparent substantial
81 : revival OF the iren trade
1 ndkor ,his city is reported as good
D ns. and through the use OF natu
~ have a decided sdvantag
SO .ae in general outside of th'
80 Pennsylvania neio-
sseekins Murder.
/ Mich Dec. 3.-Tbis morn
N. .rIy hour the body of Bsrths
g. ~ ,ss found in front OF hel
sa Chestnut street, with bel
=, a. from ear to ear lae mut .
Jared some time oetVeen
" 80 daylight, and the body hac
-. ,ssged outside of the house
- s:Iyeps. an employee OF tbs
s, inn Works, is suspected oi
49, They were to have been mar
s.,srdsy, and last night the neigh
- Is.s,s Them qusrreiing. He has
%ri been csp'ored.
sswmIiI Burned.
cry (Mirhigan), Dec. 3.-At II
~. Ia night a Are broke out IN
-. ssvnill. The wind, which
aS.ioe lightly from the west, car
80 s,s 10 the main building of the
-h,sh soon became a mass OF
80 danes. The firemen saw that
III must be consumed and directed
.,,sotion 10 keeping the IRE from
.si.s and BY Strenuous efforts con-
i ~ sss sopfagration to the mili prop
.rd he adjoining tramwsys. AT !
- the milf vss in ruins. IL was
80 Il the extreme south end OF the
s.S.ss River. At the time OF ITS cree
!. = 1s73. 1t was the largest concern
4. ina 10 the world. The loss is
1 rniII1 on which there Is an insurance
! ftloo.eW.
| ~, and Irss works Destroyed.
| nv-.orr Mich. }, Dec. 3.-Ihis morn.
= shcat 6 o'clock FIRE broke ont In
!. Rsruum Wire and Iron Works In
4 IT.. almost completely destroying
!. bsiidius and three double houses
5sSuine. The fire started in the stock
n an he second floor. bat the cause
. ~ tpown. Two hundred men were
ssovu ous Of employment. The loss
: Ia vorks Is between $l50,0O and
lD000. The dwelling houses were
susd a. $500.
Nm If she Late Sice President.
I,p,lxipoLIs, Dec. 3.-The will Of the
:. ylce President hendricks was pro
90 Inn afternoon. Ii is in Mr.. Hen.
hsi's handwriting, and the.paper il
,.lov With age. Il reads as Follows
d Thomas A. Hendricks, Of Marion
ssnt,. Indiana, do make this my will
IA testament, hereby revoking any
Ia al wills by me at any time hereto
.xs made. | give, bequeath and de
M 10 nv beloved wife, Eliza q. Hen
dficts al my personal and real prop
srsy d sssry description whatever, and
vhsrsvsr located, and also my right
dsim snd interest in the same to he,
.nd Der heirs forever. In witness
shsssof have hersunto set my hand
nd u agreeable to her, ! desire that
b shall be executrix hereof.
THos. A. HENDRICKs.
signed and delivered in our presence
I'D sstested by Us in the presence OF
be tststor and In the presence OF each
aAef, Of his request. August 8, 1866.
WISsLow s. PIERCE,
j. II. McKERsAs.
Proposition from Tasmania.
wIsEnoroS. Dec. 3.-The Postm astel
General has received from the Genera
fnt Department of Tasmania at Ho
an Town. asking this Government &C
sntsf Into postal arrangement witt
ihst colony similar to that in force be
iseeR this country aud New Zealane
nd Neg South Wales.
ne Dceiine Of American shipping
Nxw YoEx. Dee. 3.-The Chamber o.
Commerce today adopted resolutions
aeplorins the decline Of American
shipping. and suggesting as q remed,
The establishment Of a Bureau OF Com
neros under the control of the Score
afy Of the Treasury.
fbe Harbor Improvement Commute
~ asked to incorporate in their rs
pcrs 10 the Government an appeal cal
AR attention to the present defenseles
usdition of the harbor OF New Yori
nd asking the Government to take i'm
ssdiste steps looking to its being pu
% peopsr state OF defense.
New Postmasiers.
WisHNaroN, Dsc. 3.-rhe Postmsste
dsusrh today appointed the following
hasia class p,stmssters:
h,atana-Waskingtos Gulch, Morris
| White.
0fsfoa-0 lkland, Jas. O1enowits.
Nav Msxiso-Araics, L. II. Wells
ls' LIS VEGAS. Miss O. Z Milliasn
.piaols, Csc. W. B,ud; San NJ ,rciai.
Nary A. vercill.
4 Kew Ysrk Appointment.
wAsRlsoroS, Dec. 3.-fhe Presiden
odsy appoiuted John A. Sullivan to b.
0slsstor Of Internal Rsvsnue for th'
sscond District OF New York. Mr.. Sui
nssa q we'll known business man %
sss York CIT, and has been prominen
y he Produce Exchange for man,
lssft He vas particularly active in tn
~ Presidential campaign aud was
sadina member of the conference oom
si'ise sresnizsd 10 the interest of tn
psnccrstie ticket.
o. wall street.
NV YoRK. Dec. 3.-Government
sall and steady. Stocks were more &C
~ to-day. especially 10 the afternoon
lasrs we're only three decidedly activ
soeks 81 PAIL, Lake Shore and Erie
lns uactuaiions were within a moderat
snee The market closed steady ant
ssesraiiy \ 10 u above last evening.
Jaa,eiai Appointments.
WLsHrxoros. Dee. 3,--rhe Presiden
ae this afternoon made the following
sppointneots Lafayette Dawson, o
a'spofs, TO be Uaited States Judge 10
es plstrtst OF Alaska; WIN. q. Lang
lfa, Of Walis Walla. W. t.. to be As
ssssss Justice Of the Supreme Court o
: ss territosy Of washington; Charlie
roiisfd. OF Dslphi. Ind, to be Asso
!. - sastsce Of the Supreme Court o
ae Territory OF Montana.
tos ap3slnim snt OF Dawson end
= = ludscisl career OF the now notoriss
sssss. Lsngtord succeeds Jadge Win
~ de u = laxysr Of Wsila walls
= "a ss'tier. aud 4 sell known Dsm,
:. This L. the fitst appointment OF |
sssa OF Territory 20 the rerrisoris
sa''aAfy made by President Cleveland.
fAs Peruvtaa sest,eseas.
sAsanoroS. Dec S--Secretsry Bay
~ y fsss,ved today a teleersa fron
p1' Sinister Of the United States 3
~ infcrning him that afser thre
~ nRetine In the streets of Lima,
49, va YESTERDAY concluded throuel
~ sood ofisces Of the diplomatic corp.