Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-24

1 SeN soia<s ara hsd spfe4d 70 Ne. fo6
hsinfofeeuents we're summoned anc
me nre was quickly sobdaed, Nth assut
tiO'UU damages 20 Buildings and the
property Of tenants
There bad been some narrow es
capes, and two women With their chill
drsn we're reported TO have been slightly
oorned, bot the fremen were not pre-
pared 20 dnd whole family snoth@red
| 70 death IN rear FnoUl on the top Hoor.
They came upon Mary Tealka, widow
Of 40 years old, and Der children-Marv.
aged Z, and Annie, aged 6-Iyinz dead.
IL vss three hoors after the outbreak
when this discovery vas made. Closer
search was N sde, bot no other bodies
have been discovered up to O'Clock.
The Fire Marshal began taking tes,i
mony later concerning the origin Of the
nre. From this II appears that the hre
broke out IN kohurs room aud that
Kerosene oil had been poured over the
bed and fioot. The hallway and stairs
we're in flames. and the only way Of s.
cape for the tenants vas by the fire es
| cape. kohul was identified by tue ten
ants a. the man who threw something
like water out of pail on the burning
stairs IL blszed up the minute IL
struck the stairs, and then the witness
thought IL vas kerosene. kohul was
srraigned in Court today and held on a
| charge Of arson.
A Decision Reversed
WASHINGTON. Nov. 2.-The Supreme
Court today In the case of Moffatt d
Field against Stephen K1rtz, appalled,
from the Superior Ceurt Of the city and
county Of San Francisco, reveI sed the
decision Of the lower court. The effect
OF todays decision 10 that neither a
police officer or a private citizen, in his
capacity as suoh officer or citizen, can
lawfully arrest without a warrant or
order OF the military asthority a de.
serter from the United States army.
Death OF EIixur Wright.
NFw YORK. Nov. 23.-Elizar Wright,
the noted Abolitionist, il dead.
Elizur Wright was born in South Ca
naan, Litohfeld county. Conn, Feb. IL,
1904 He graduated at Yale College and
IN 1873 became Professor OF Matbe-
mates and Natural Philosophy in West
ern Reserve NOV Adslbertb College,
Ohio. He moved to New York in 1893
and became Secretary of the American
Anti Slavery Society and remained in
that position for Ave years. he was
editor Of several Abolitionist journals,
and was editor of the Boston Common
| tcealth in 1850.
The Terrible First Auditor.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 22.-The First Au-
ditor of the Treasury has disalloved
two months pay of the Governor of
Alaska, on the ground that his pay did
not commence until be entered upon the
| actual discharge Of his duties. The two
months for which pay has been disal-
loved were occupied in going to Alaska.
The work Of the Mormon Charch.
SALT LAKE, Nov. Z3.-The case of
Deputy Marshal Vahdercook, charged
by the police with lewdness, was taken
before she Third District Court today
on writ Of hdbeas corpus, claiming that
the ordinance 10 invalid. The hearing
was set for Friday. Evidence aocHmu
lates that the church agents have for
months been employing harlots, spies
and PROGRESSES to entrap sinful Gen
tiles. A contract with one San Fran
CISCO harlot has been procured whereby
she was TO come to Salt Lake and en-
gage in certain transactions, the ma
ture of which she knows and fully IN
derstands," and for which she received
500 In cash, and was 10 receive $1,000
for every prominent Gentle or Federal
official eRtrapped. Women of the town
came from other places, AZ Is supposed,
on similar contracts and on their arrival
took private houses and flooded the
mails with letters to men whose names
were furnished them asking them to
call. Two more arrests we're made to-
day. but proceedings have been stayed
and no further arrests will be made IN
- a a.. a.. - IL
corpus cases.
Pestmassers Appointed.
WAsHrSaros, Nov. %. - The Post
master General today appointed the fol-
lowing fourth class postm asters:
California-San Bsnito, A. Leonard.
Bordeaux, Jas. 3. Houser.
Washington Territory-Pulalip. Jas.
N. Quiltsr; Tolt. VIM. Brown; Etns,
Miles 8. Alien; Oloverdsle, Nathan O.
Travis: Fishers, Alma ID. Buchanan;
Oakville, Polk j. Fitzgerald; Pert An
gelos. David W. Morse.
Preparations for the American Exhi.
bisien.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-John X. Whit
ley, OF London. and John +. speed. Of
New York, Director General and Score
tary respectively Of the American Ex-
hibiiion TO be held at West kensington,
London. next year. arrived here today
TO attend to the details of the work con
uected With the exhibition. Director
General Whitley called at the White
House and had an interview with the
President. He assured the President
that the work Of preparation was so far
advanced that the success Of the exhi-
bition as a thorough exposition of the
arts. inventions, manufactures, produce
and resources Of the United States, was
beyond doust. The President listened
with evident interest and expressed en-
tire sympathy With the purposes of the
exposition and volunteered to assist the
enterprise in all proper ways. Mr..
Whitley asked the President to open the
exposition by telegraph on the lat OF
May next. and by touching 8 baton at
Washington 20 pat the machinery in
motion at London. The President
readily acceded.
TIE be Dismissed.
Secretary Manning today directed the
| dismissal Of Ii. N. Gassoway, ASST slant
Chief of the Internal Revenue and Msr-
camille Marine divisions, to take effect
on November 9ih.
A Msrderers Mistake
Posr SMITH, Nov. "a terrible
| crime was committed near Santos, Choc-
taw Nation. Saturday light. An cid
aud bitter fena has long existed be-
tween sandy Walker and Sam Folsom.
Both we're prominent Choctaws, and
| desperate and dangerous men. They
have both sought an opportunity TO kill
each other, and some time ago, while
| Walker vas at home playing on q
Ioauge with his little child, a would-be
assassin. supposed to be Lucas, fred on
| him through q window, but succeeded
ouly in infiictine flesh wound. With
tbs intention Of killing Fulsom. Walker
vent 10 the house Of Lewis Lucas.
| where Fulsom stopped at night, and
creeping up TO the bed where Fulsom
vas supposed 10 be sleeping. opened
/ Ore on the PROSTATE form IN the bed.
thinking IL was Fulsom. be fred sew
eral shots in rapid successioH. two Of
which seok eject in the body of the
sleeper, who was Lucas wife. One shot
seriously wounded Ave year old child
Il siaan}uo hv ita mother After this