Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-19

me weeks Failures.
yosx, Sept. IS Failures
..nobout the country during the last
- Says for the United States and
Ss.5s we're IT'S, as against SS last
- and le5 the week previous.
mr.. Baeen's Appointment.
v,saSorox, Sept. ls.-The Secre-
- ~ the Treasury has appointed n.
8 Rasou to be superintendent Of the
S...op Hsuse at Toledo, Ohio. Mr..
ns.on Ia brother-in law of President
Cleveland
Ravisher Lynehed.
Fttrcor, Md, Sept. l8.-Nieholss
s.oxdsn, eolored, confined in Jail here
- charge of having outraged little
nj seven years Of age. was taken from
nristu last night and hanged. The
rsole affair was done so quietly that
nothlnQ was known Of the affair until
his morning. when Snovden was found
nv some colored men.
The Northern Pacific.
NEx YORK, Sept. 1S.-The formal re
sort of the inspectors at the election OF
airectors by the Northern Pacific stock.
holders yesterday was submitted today.
fks whole number of votes cast was
g0678, each member of the Board elect
sd rece wing the full vote except August
Belmont, who received 6S9. 1873, and Nor
vefa j. Halioreli, Who received 54O,-
so votes.
The Board of Directors met later and
organized by re-electing the officers of
last year, save that the Office OF assist
ant to the President IL abolished, aud
Mr.. Williams 10 made second Vice
President.
New York Hop Situation.
NEW YoRK, Sept. 1.-THE lev price
Il hops IL caused by over -prodactiou'
md is one reason Why farmers are ex-
eeyime nting with tobacco. The hop
harvest in this section Of the State Is
,ov at its hight. While a few growers
sxse finished picking, many others
odd have finished bad they been able
sscure piokers; many Of the latter not
yxhfng to go into the country and work
Al the rate of 20 cents box, against the
50 and GO cents paid some years ago.
Ths new crop starts at about 10 cents,
and mot few of the early varieties sold
A low as cents per pound. There IL
al least one-fourth larger yield this year
than last. in spite Of the high winds and
bsayy rains. The total yield of the State
this wear is estimated at 81, 900 900 lbs.
The hop farmers are greatly discouraged
ever the situation.
Chinese Laundries.
WASHINGTON. Sept. Is.-Members of
the Knights of Labor state that the sub
jet of boycstting Chinese laundries
has not been mentioned in their meet
10 l. fnsthar aasA that a hAuAntf
order could not be issueI against these
IaGndries on the plea of cheap labor. a.
their prices are generally higher than
those Of washerwomen.
Yellow Fever.
United States Consul Tzchuk, of Vera
Cruz, in report to the Secretary Of
State, says the yellow fever epidemic
has been very malignant. About fifty
per cent of all cases proved fatal. In
O. much, however, as many families aud
dpgie persons whe were subject to the
disease have been absent from the city
since the outbreak. there was a scarcity
Of material for the attacks of the dis
ease. The Consul himself had been
stacked, Int was already eonvalescinR
and attending TO the duties OF his CON
sulate.
sickness on Board ship.
NKw YORK, Sept. is.-Brig Georgia GOT
Nassau, which arrived here today, sail
cd frsm Aspinwall for Neuritss with
crew of fifteen persons all told, but on
account of sickness put into Old PrOvi-
depoe, where the Captain, mate and two
men died, and all were siok except two
men. She sailed August 23d for New
York, with crew of eleven men. She
has four sick men new on board. The
names Of the captain and mea who died
sould not be learned on board.
Pardened.
PnrLApKLPHIA, Sept. 2s.-Captain Ma
tAanieI Percy. of the ship Standard,
Who was convicted of cruelty last Mon
dsy, aud who was sentenced to thirty
DAYS Imprisonment and TO pay n $500
Hne, has been Pardoned by President
Cleveland.
Proposition Negatiyed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1S.-The Registrar
Of the Treasury recently submitted
proposition 10 Secretary Manning for
certain modification Of existing regu-
Iations in that bureau in regard TO the
transfsr and surrender Of United States
bonds, the object being to secure proof
In each case similar to that which would
be required in court of justice. The
matter Was referred to Judge McCue,
Solicitor OF the Treasury, and he has
given an opinion adverse to the propo
sitiou, on the ground that the present
system Ia sufficient for all business pur-
poses. and that changes suoh as we're
suggested would lead to needless trouble
and delay.
A warning 60 Attorneys.
WASHINGTON, Sept. lS-Secretsry La
mar today sent the following oommu-
nieation to the Commissioners OF the
Land Office, for his guidance in admit
ting attorneys 10 practice before that
officer:
an response to yours of the l4sh in
slant, will say tina, section 100 Of the
revised statutes has neither been
amended or repealed. and you, in COM
mou With every officer of the depart
nsnt, are instructed to see that 10 is
faithfully observed and enforced. No
ofacer. employee or clerk. whose ap
pointment is subsequent to the lst Of
June, 1879, and who has not been out of
once two years or more. Is permitted to
psactice a. attorney In the prosecution
u any claim against the United States
which was pending while he Was in
ouace, and II II shall come 20 your
knsviedge that any such former officer
Intentionally proseoatss or attempts 10
peoseeats any such claim, You will
please report abe fact to me, and proper
action will be taken in response
thefete.'
A FsiyKamist Fined.
.SAIr LAKE., Sept. ls.- Bishop John
Saarpe, OF Utah. director Of the Union
fsoafc, ons of the wealthiest and most
nnoential Mormous living, appeared
70 court today and pleaded asilty Of
unlawful cohabitstion. He claimed that
plural marriages we're entered into be
icre there Was any statute against 10, IN
good faith, according to the religion OF
fecoenixed supremacy and his adopted
eocntfy's laws. He would live within
neee lave henceforth, and would not
sdvsss anyone else 70 break them. He
~ nned $500, and discharged on pay
Races on.
sroS. Sept. ls.-As q result Of the
ss "a pool sellers at Beacon Park,
se raoss Of this. the con cludipg meet
l. n A