Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-06-25

etan- and the vorkiaRnen bea.u.. h
vas connsryDen Of E0eFsoa.
poem By Oliver Wendell Hoiues
aud addresses By JadRe Hozr. Rev.
ssnee kreemsn Clarke and Professor
Aexazis eaucsuded the exercises.
vfxfIans yaa Wyek.
WasaTsGroz, June al recenslv
came 10 tins knowledge Of Senator Var
WJck that the Bsckbone R4ifruaa
Company had laid claim 70 800, 600 acres
10 addition 20 that secured under TIE
lass ADMINISTRATION, and about which
she Senator expressed some Opinions
Caring the last ssssion of toe senate.
wkIied we're psfntsdly sritieized by e.
Scerstary Iesisr for the railroad pso
pia. The senator called up a toe Sec
retary OF the IuterioF yesterday and the
Attorney GsserAi tod4y, in relation 70
tue matter, and said be has become
zasisfio1 the present. ad1inistrztisn Il
not inclined 70 ssesde % the claims Of
tbs railroad people. and that there vas
no probability the nee demand woaId
be successful.
Cswbsys whs shsaIa be muaG.
DEsvEa, Juae 24.--fns folIosIng par
tienlars Of tbs IudiAn troubles in the
soathern part Of the State are iast 70
ceaved: Saturday evening Q party of
Indians campsd on Beaver creek, near
D0sores river, 50 miles west Of Durango.
1 hey go4 into an alteration anti cow
boys about horses, which thA cowboys
claimed the Indians wUre trying to
steal. One Indian rza 10 q tepee, where
there we're three Othsr bucks, enc sqaAv,
one pzpoose snd O boy. The coNboys
followed and opened ere on the Indians
IN the teRee. killing four bucks, the
sqaaw and papoose, aad goundinR the
boy. who got away. That nsght, ct 10
o'clock, In M0ntezuma valley, 20 miles
distant, q man named Genther sat read
Ing, bis wife preparing for bed, their
children being asleep TIE wife heard
. noise Sue ran ont and found the
house ahre. Gsnshar came oct 30 pat
ous the Gre, and was shot, receiving
seven bullet wounds. His wife ran 70
asSist him. aud Vas shot in the shoul-
der. Before be died Gsnther told her
20 get tbs children out Of the house,
which she did, hiding herself IN tbs
brush until the Indians departed. Sc
er8tsd By the darkness, with four small
children, carrying an infant In her arms
aud leading another. she wandered AL
night throaah tho sagebrush barefooted
in her piRhs clothes. finally reaching q
naiehbo house near morning. ct Wool
lyis store. The Indians helped them
selves 30 whatever they wanted and de
parted. Mrs. Genthsf, at last accounts,
was IN q very critical condifisn. The
body Of Genther vas found burned 10
crisp. IL ~ reported that 500 Indians
are ready 20 make war. II the result OF
the Investigation now being made By
Agent HtotsieineT 10 mot satisfactory.
Indians were moving westward on Mon
day aud Tuesday, followed By two com
panies Of cavalry. Toe whole country
ID terribly excited.
Seed wheat Report.
Dxxvxa, June 2t.-Nevs reports from
all wheat growing counties IN the State
place the crop at 26l0,0 0o bashsls. An
estimate OF home consumption and for
seeding next year is l.2i0.000 bashels,
which leaves q surplus Of l.430.-
600 bushels, q gain OF twenty per
cent. OF 10000 bushels over last year.
This is upon an acreage Of 10000,
against 10000 last year. The season il
too far advanced for Rrasshoppers TO af-
fest the crop. The only danger 10 from
hail In certain localities, reas 1nable de-
duetions for which ara made 10 the
shove estimate, which 10 regarded a.
e0nservaeiye.
Fatal Explesien.
M0nrLx, Jane 2t.-fhe tabular boiler
of Mountain 4 Son's Rrist mali. in shiA
eisy, exploded tnis afternoon, demoiish-
me tho boiler house and part Of the
adjacent buildings. Henry scott, Joe
Richardson and l.. Mathews (oslsrea1
employees, we're killed; sally Matthews
IL thonaht 70 be fatally iniured, and
Louis Fish is SLIGHTLY hnrt.
scsandreis Caught.
PFILkDExPHTA, June M.--rhomas No
Nnlty, an cid counterfeitar, and Mady
Brady, well known shower Of spurious
coins. were arrested today by thu United
States Secret Service officees. They lad
bogus mint IN fail operation. The
outfit was captured. together With =
large quantity OF dollars. half dollars
ard quarters in various stages Of man
uineture.