Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-18

ben serrisd aboard without ssssscsin,
=, The of1cial report raads "a n ,
hsnuedy, Superintendent cf ths VII
1Lngton and Baltimore road. unde
uoose Supervision the boat Ia ouerased
ssys fns bead Of tie hoilex vas IN
sen.ed and cracked about q foot 4
asneAn- The explosion IL believed 10
lave oeen caused by cartridge of .or,,
klno placed nnder the bead Of ihe boiI
er malicio1sly.n '''
detectives have been pat on the track
Inc Feiton vas insured for $4,000.
A snabhed esmmitsee.
81 LoUrs, Aas. H.-I.4ss FRIDAY Their,
cafne 70 this city foar members Of Ia
General Executive Committee Of the
hniRass Of Labor. The misaiou Of thes.
Reatasmen Gas TO have q conferences
vitn Colonel Taiuaee, General Mana
2Rer sf the wabash Railroad, in regard
70 tie relation existing bssseen the
memosrs Of the Knights of Labor and
tne Railroad Company, whish are said
70 Or IN quite q disturbed condition.
IaimsRe being DOT Of ths city. tbs gen
tieusn vas teleRrsphsd. requ sssinQ hiu
70 state where and vhsn q clnfersuce
could be had To this Talm4ee reolled
mat ne saz No reason Why he should
meet the COMMITTEE for the purpose
na0.d. de was not aware Of any dis
Satisfaction among the employees OF the
% "a, anc declined - c0nfsr With the
Com 'niEiee. Az Al app lrsot ou.cOus
OF this there vas peom1iR4tsd AZ No
Derry, Ma. where the wabash Z siIrssd
. exse0siyo shops, an ofiaL order
comInaucinQ all Z i2hts of Labor of
fss WABASH system at all points 10 aait
work fnssd4y, Aug. 1sEh, At I2 nosu.
aud 70 rem ain oat tIiI further orders
from tue Rensr.l executive board. The
ordsf 10 signed BIZ Ped III Tarpsr.
SECRETARY II the Board. The order ha.
created q ssn siion 10 NJ berry. aud the
strike ordered Is looked on as one Of the
most serious for many years.
NE Desses %.
BoiroN. Aug. ia. q. Wendell, one
Of the defend ants ia the brig Mary &c
leste case, writes letter indignantly
DENYING the statemsnt that be had be-
come insane. He SAYS in the oour q of
bis cDmmunicasion 81 wish you would
say that II / was ever crzxs, it would be
Wnen, conspired. a. ohsreed, 10 put on
board cargo of goods and have IL
wrecked when IL all could be saved, a.
Was this cargo. Brick bats, etc., would
have been q better conspiracy, and have
the vessel 20 down 10 the water, not on
reef like the Celeste did"
Summary.
WASHINGTON. Aug. l7.-First Comp
trolier Durham has written a letter 10
Mr.. LorinR, ex-Commissioner Of Agri
culture, ia which he says the latter ID In
error In snpposing that any rejected
accounts we're for machinery" or ex.
psrisnents.n He explains that the
claims disalloved, oniy $4,000. we're
solely for expenditures for seed and
labor, and he concludes his letter by
saying that unless LorinR has some fur
ther statement to make he shall pro-
coed in the ease under dae process of
Law.
uFaasay and the Argentine Republic.
WAsHIseros, AnR. 1.-The Commis
sion appointed TO visit the Central and
Soath American States IN the interest of
more intimate national and commercial
relations between those countries and
the United States. has submitted re-
port 70 the Department Of State Of its
vora in Uruguay aud the Argentine Re.
public. After stating that both At Buenos
Ayres and Montevideo ths Commission
sought from commercial Authorities in
Formation conserving the present con-
ditton Of commerce. and suggestions as
30 tbs best means of promoting trade
with the United States, which will be
Submitted with the report 10 the Presi-
dent, new IN preparation, the report
to ptirt says:
The share Of the United States In the
enormous commerce Of the river Plata
eourltry, watch includes Paraguay,
Uruguay and the ArRentiRs Republic, IL
lam0utably Insufficient and less thaa IL
vas half century ago. The reason IL
very apparent. Twenty one lines of
steamers connect these ports With those
OF Inropa, " lie there 10 no regular
steamship communication whatever
With our country. From forty to sixty
steamers arrive at Baenos Asre4 every
nonsh aud nst one from tne United
state@ The few products Of our fields
and factories found there are brought
sometimes In chartered vessels, bat
more frequsntly ooms by way OF Euro q,
Merchants with one voice say tbat be-
cause Of the absence of steam comlnuui-
o4tii,n they can afford to bay in the
Uailed States oaly such articles a. can
mot be oesained elsewhere.
The presentation OF the Commission
% tile President Of Uruguay was made
the subisot u great deal OF ceremony
and military display, IL being she desire
OF the Royerament aud people 90 tssnfy
IN tina manner their admiration for the
''3r aud" ss the Rspabllo OF the United
States n universally called. The Presi
denG OF Uruguay and hts ministers, after
expressing With great ardor their admi-
stisu for she Uaited States. t8sir Of
forts 70 initiate our eovssument IN ali
things aud their d-slrs for closer rela.
tious. aocepted without disou tsion each
and all 0f the prsp 1sltions Submitted by
the Commission, except that watch 70
lates 20 reciprocity treaty With tue
United states. To this they eould have
readily asssnted alsD II tbs CJmmis tion
had felt justified Ia sneoar ,ging tnsm to
eKptsct that the Congress Ut the UnIted
STATES " leld con cent TO . reduction or
removal OF the duty on wool. that being
sha chief production OF UrugaAy and
the oniy article exported to the Uniied
States and taxed an ieF oar tarid. With
regard 10 the proposed common coin
and international co1aress they were
qate enthusiastic. tbs Government Of
OFaguay. they said, vas not In such q
fiaanciai condition as 10 ODER pecuniary
aid towards tbs establishmsnt OF o
steamship line between its ports and the
UBitsd States. bat they very earnestly
hoped that somethinR might De done 10
thls diFestion and would agree 10 afford
the steamers special privileges in the
matter Of hsrboF duties. etc.
The presentation OF the Oommission-
ere 10 the President Of the Argentine
Regublie vas, az the Preeident's re-
quest, attended with snch familiarity
- was CONSISTENT with diplomatic rank
and psAge, aad eqna IL complimentary
addresses wsre exchanged.
Ths uniform topics submitted a. our
conferences with the President and his
Government. toe report continues. we're
all cordially met with the mcst genuine
ecriiiaiity and nowhere hes q desire for
closer pslitical and commercial rela
TORS with the United States besn 90 ap-
parent a. In this Rspabiic. That
country aspifes 10 Be 10 South America
wAat oar country is 70 the northern
eontinsns aud u 10 making very rapid
strides toward sach position. The
President earnestly desired mere tati-
male commercial relations with the
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