Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-24
EASTERN NEWS.
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.~.u~.aaats Of the nus.ensss.

. Yosx, Oct. 22.-Many descend.
80 the HuGuenots met this after
IN the Church Du 81. Esprit, %
1870 the een.ensry Of the revocs-
80 the Ediet Of Nantes, yshn Jay
.xine. Amsng those present was
.s.sry OF State Bsyard. Mr.. jay
ss,ssy skesoted the causes which led 70
= reToca,ion, and introduced Prof.
"a. OF the University Of the city Of
. York, Who, IN q historic relation,
1890 the ediet and its recall. Secre-
Rsysrd also addressed the gather
.r6 offered q series Of resolutions,
- we're adopted. The resolutions
.,s Thai the two centuries which
- sIansed since the revocation have
-, osoyed nc. only the iniquity of
80 s.rous set, but also the lrrepar-
-. - il inflicted on France in reii
learning, industry snd skill. which
az A million Of her best subjects
.,.;on countries. Thank God that
s.Haouepots we're led to these shores,
~ raj. looking to France as their an
~. nd cherished home, they invoked
= ~ ,hs. progress In q pure and toll.
20 Christianity which was 20 essential
:. - national dignity, prosperity and
s.sriaesa. 20 that after two hundred
- tbsy resHirmed their sodaiity and
.shsvhood with all Of French origin,
- 10 France and other countries
80, he descendants of the exiles of
,xas nov dwell; and that the history OF
=. Hnguenots q, home and abroad has
.sssn me world that the freedom Of
s.ssAs from state control il the only
~ policy Of Chrntendom.
The Gen. Grant fand.
V,v Yexx. Oct. IA meeting of sub
sribsrs to the &25C. 600 fund which was
500 for the benefit Of General Grant,
sad shieh, at the suggestion and on the
sosrsptse of ex Gov. Morgan, vas in
sss,sd Ia Wabash bonds, was held here
AZ aftsYnoon. There we're present Jay
aouId. Oliver Hoyt. John Sherwood,
Iadse Noah Davis, George Jones, Henry
Dsy John r. Terry, Russell Sage, Mr..
Nisssock and Sidney Dillon. MIR. Joues
800 10 be relieved of the fund on 40
snpt Of criticisms which had been
,.hl,sfy made. The circumstances and
ranner IN which the fund Vas invested
- sIplained by Mr.. Hsyt, Who said
efl6006 had been invested in Wabash
suuds Il Sis, and the remainder Of the
s.sS tvhioh had never quite reached
$4,000, owing TO failure to collect some
n he subscriptions) bad been loaned
a esll. Another subscriber said this
Ihins ought TO 60 to q trust company
and BE- invested In Government banda.
We ought 70 pay the interest. bat not
y disposs Of 10. Mr.. Terry remarked
hat fn Gov. MorRen's estate there Was
tlSe00o deposited. and they were willing
;otaks the bonds under their aRreemenf.
NJ. Day. another Of the executors OF
Gov. Morgan, observed that, considering
he mail interest paid on Government
bouds, the guarantee of the Morgan ea-
m vas better than any known invest
msut Mr.. Day explained the guarantee
4 Gov. Morgan, aud Mr.. Terry said the
deAcisnsy vas ~, 200. Jay Gould said
BE- vss willing TO pay his share TO make
the fund complete. Judge Davis offered
& resolution, which Was adopted, tbat
ne fund should be placed In O trust
company, THE United States Trust Co J
and interest should be paid TO Mrs.
Grant daring her life, then to the child.
rem per stripes, not per capita. Judge
Davis and Henry Day we're appointed
commission 70 draft legal document
uakina the legal transfer. Geo. Jones,
rsprssenting seven -eighths of the sub
ssFibess, agreed, and the resolutions
we're passed unanimously. The meeting
adjourned 70 be called again a. soon as
the document can be drafted.
During the conference Mr.. Jones said
that at no time since the fund Was In.
vested bad Gen. Grants family failed
10 receive The interest promptly on the
day 10 vas doe. IL matters not whether
the interest vas or was not paid to the
trustees every time II fell due, they saw
that Gen. Grants family got the money
without delay. He said that Mrs. Grant
had already made will 10 which che
ave this fund TO her daughter aud to
The wives Of her sons. Such a DISPOSE
too Of the fund would keep ID out of
ths hands Of creditors of Gen. GRANTS
sons, and tbs latter we're perfectly satis-
hsd Win this provision Of the will.
sais q oregon Railway q Aavsxatien
BondA.
INV YoRx, Oct. 23.-The Directors Of
be Oregon Railway a Navigation Co.
teday ratified a sale of 81 SOC, 900 Ave
pef cent consolidated bonds. This Ia
part Of the neg issue Of fl5. 600. 600 ave
per cent. honda, issued at the rate OF
e200o per mile on 100 miles OF road.
The bonds sold today will be used TO
take Up 81, 20. $50 Of scrip certificates.
bsafiaR eight per cent. interest, one half
u which msture November LIST proxime,
and the other half November l, 1886, but
q q Which will be paid Oh on Novem-
Dor lst.
Lswerisg the Record.
HsanovnIp Mass }. Oct. 23.-w. A.
koVs a Linn lowered the mile amateur
bicycle record to 2:35 rs this Afternoon.
he vsnt the tvo miles in 5:2l 8 8, and
three miles In sol rs. lhe last two
afs The worlds record
4 nssrabie Oeath.
DEnvsa, OCT. 23.-This morning the
Dad body Of Jacob Kaufman, q well
Known and respectfully connected must
oan Of this city, vas found on the
paisis nsar The Orphans' Home. The
bsd1 uas entirely nude, and the back.
1uA ufdes and legs we're horribly
suafred and covered With blood. An
investigation revealed the fact that af
" undressing Kaufman had forced
~ ~ back and forth through barbed
uiRe etaht times, az was shown BY the
Mood and pieces Of skin on the wire in
dissrcnt places. sod hand marks on the
md beneath. The skin In nearly every
Rart u the body hung In shreds. The
vosuesf, FEELING satis6sd that Kaufman
20 sessms Suddenly inaane. held no
nQeoo.
- Wenes . Piaee On ths Csamtsslss.
WAsnuerox. Ocs. q. The latest n.
eos - 10 the Civil service Coumis-
80 y that Judge BENZ. Backner OF
louisville. Who has just declined the
scminatfon Of Chief Justice Of New
ssxico, sishes 20 be . member Of the
usmut.icu. His friends say he sp-
'o~ss Of the civil service policy.
ACsasufsaslaa.
Nuw Yosx. ca ss.--Oolousl Lamont.
" Presidsss's private secretary. WAS
. ne Holman House today holding q
eoassitstion with the Executive Com
nitee OF the Democratic State Com
mittee.
Nsw LanA Regulastsas
MAsxAerox. Oct. s3.--It 10 stated
We Land Ohice that under the pres
az Practice OF that Office, when the
psosio lAnds within q township vas
sasd 70 entry through the nitng OF
psso ct survey, there wAs Q rush OF
peealetoss and land grabbeFs Who often
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