Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-08
EASTERN NEWS.
rnssEArr 70 ZEE rosr-pruLIsExess.
Frem Secretary Lamar

NksENGTos, NOV Gth, 1870
To Hon. Watsos c. SgHiys. GO--r1so-
STz;-I bsve the honor 10 transmit 20
you herewith q copy Of q proclamation
issued this day by the President Of the
United states, relative TO certain dis.
t1rbznces when have taken place N
Washington Territory, with tie request
msde last evening thas you have toe
same published and promulgated 81 the
various pJints of Disturbances.
l. z. G. LANAI. Sec Of State.
Acquitted.
ExPosTA. fkas Nov 6-The verdict
/ of the Jury IN tee wslkup case, while
not giving universal Satisfaction. vas
received xith demonstrations OF delight
| by ter friends and also by N any vhs
I b1d given u q b attention 10 the ease.
/ When tie Jury hrs; veut oat they were
evenly DIVIDED, and remained 80 for
/ several hours, when one more ch 4DRed
I for = aaistal They then stood TO
10 favor Of acqnlttal mt today, when
/ toe i've for ool vIctIon gave way and 4
verdict Of Not Coil y" was reRdsred.
/ When the Sheriff informed Mrs. Nalkup
/ tina, the Jury had returned a verdict of
I NOS guilty. she exclaimed: My Cod! 10
/ that seS" and her eyes filled With tears;
/ Dot when the sheriff told her ste could
afford to brace up, she wiped away the
! tears and went With him iats the court
1 room, where she vas congratulated. She
says she will not take any of her bus
bands property. The estate will not
amsuot to more than $1,000. and her
share will be but slightly more than
enough to pay the expenses OF the trial.
Situation at Gaivesssa.
GALVESTON, Nov. 6.-1 he situation to-
nieht In the strike Of the knights Of
Labor against the Mallory Steamship
| Company rea aims unchanged. In their
evening paper the executive board Of the
| knights exhort their brethren 10 firm
ness and silence, and, after defense of
the causes alleged for the strike, con
cludes with the following threatening
| announcement:
| "You cannot starve Us into snbmis-
sion. The whole city is stored with
groceries, and the first law Of nature ID
self preservation. Be warned in time"
In the same issue the Knights invite
all colored workmen to join their order
| and be protected from the pauper labor
of other countries. A perfect stagnstion
| exists in the trade of the city. Eight
Il
colored men. The Knights Of Labor
this character by Withdrawing the en-
| gineers and firemen from barges. Many
thousand bales of cotton await shipment
at Houston. The indications point to
an early crisis in she situation. The
strikers are getting very restless, as are
the large exporting houses, Who have 40
ships on their hands.
President Sesly, Of the Santa Fe Rail
way Company. has asked the State Exc
cutive Committee of the Knights Of
conference tomorrow.
The Wsmen's Christian Temperance
| Union.
| PHILADELPHIA, Nov. The protest
of Mrs. Ellen Foster and % others
against the action of the National Wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union, il
pledging the influence of the Union to
q political party. has been replied 20 by
the committee appointed for the pur-
pos. The reply sets forth that the
action does not make the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union q compo-
nsnt part Of any political party; theiI
resolution only involving sympathy iu
the common principle and aim. 1t de
MES that there has been any intsleI ance
or lack Of courtesy to the minority; the
triumph of the minority being fuRda-
mental right in our free institutions. l,
alleges that individuals and States are
left tree to press their opinion on this az
on former centrovertod points, provid
ing always that with freedom of opinion
there will be fidelity TO the National
Union. 1t is asserted that not one dol
lar has gone from she treasury for party
purposes; shat the work of organization
has act been hindered. bat the year has
been one of unprecedented So cess. a,
represented by las wcrks, its treasur,
Its success Ia legislation and fraterna
greetings of important Christian and
philantnropic societies. 1t refers t. the
growth of the prohibition sentiment as
| proof that the center has been reached
and asserts that the majority vote on the
ST. Louis resolutions came from States
which pursue the sans solicy in their
own territory with RrowIng success. Ii
shows that the protest came from five
States, With 30 States ON the other sid
of the vote, standing PAS yeas TO 81
nays, and closes with kindly expression
toward all.
The Accused Dynamiters.
ST. Louis, Nov. 6.--Warrants were
sworn out tonight against the street Cal
| dynamIters nov uodsr arrest, oharginx
them with obstruoting railroads, which
Is felony, and they we're transferred
to jail. Cleveland Assembly Of tbt
knights Of LABOR, which is composed
OF street car men, held secret session
tonight, bat very little is knewn Of their
proceedings. Il 10 understood, hswever
that they will defend the members nov
under arrest, whom they consider limo
cent Of the charge against them.
Interessisg Insurance Case.
MILWAUKEE, Nov. The jury in the
case of the Traders Insurance Company
Va. Misc Mary A. Melendy and Mrs
Sarah 4. Wescott (sisters) in the United
| Statss Circuit Court this afternoon,
gave verdict for defendants within l(
| minutes Of the time 10 vas gu omitted "a
them. The trial has been in progress
nearly two weeks, and attracted espe-
ciai notice. owing TO the prominence of
| the accused, the natare Of the charge
(arsonl, and the fact that the chief Wit
| ness for complainant 10 O brother OF
| defendant. Ssveu years ago, q large
building owned by the Danchef 4 Me-
iandy Company, al LudinRton. Mich. },
vss destroyed by Gre. With nearly all
| its contents. Al that time Mary Ne
lsudy occupied rooms on the second
noor Of the building. and being visited
by her married sister. Sarah E. West
colt. The property Vas Insured for over
| $4,000. and the loss claim vas
paid. A few yeArs later Q brother OF
Sarah and Mary, David A. Aelendy
married against the wishes Of his sis-
ters since then family fsad has sx-
isteA Among the companies having q
loss on the Ludineton buildin1 vas the
Traders- The Secretary Of this Compa-
ny vas approached bv Mrs. David Ne
lendy. aud informed thas the Ne
lendy sisters had Aired the buildins
for the sake Of the Insurance.,
that they might pay q mortgage
held against the invested property; that
they had threatened TO do % before the
Ore. and bad since confessed the act 10
David. The Traders brsaght action 10
recover the amount paid the sisters. In
the trial David testified TO the above
admissions. aud also svore thai Q largo
number Of articles belonging 10 the
sisters. such a. isvelry. laces. etc.. which