Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-16
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EAsTERN NEWS.
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cettsn Mills Barned.
,.oro< del. }, Dec 1.-THE Ar
VIZ. Cotton Mills we're b Ifned here
, ..s.s Loss, s75,UO.
New Psstmastsrs.
r..vxaros, Dec. l5.-The President
.hs faIl5ziBQ nominations for
ssna - John F. Ward ct Modes
20 c.iiforn,a, and Joan G. Bell at Asto
"a. Oregon
The Cincinnati ksisrn-
ou,rxzrrs. Dec. l5.-The Supreme
~. .his morning. on an application
Uoe ~ Attorney General, granted a
Iio ,.,,tary srit OF msBdamus to com
pCiark Dalton Of Hamilton C9anty TO
- ! return Of the election abstract.
-. .s.anrer WAS appointed by tue
-. "a serye the writ this evening.
x.,y,sle Railroad Accident.
.-.xri. Ga, Dec. l5.-One Of the
,s,ribIe railroad accidents ever
saexn 10 Georgia oocurred at midnight
-, -. ,tsht fifteen miles from this city,
- Gsor1ia Parise road. The East
Tennessee and the Georgia Pseinc roads
=. ,hs sane track to Anstell, and last
ri 4 Georgia Pacific mixed train with
. ..oscs and one sleeper stopped at a
- sor water. The coach and sleeper
e -. an A trestle 80 feet high, and On
e.. Tennessee passenger train, going
:. sneed of 30 miles an hour, struck
=. s,,epef and went nearly bali way
.s.onob IL. The wreck was terrible.
"a brennan spraDg overheard and re-
-. -. enly slight injuries. The engineer
S.Id 10 the trestle and vas unhsrt.
Ths following persons on the Georgia
p.sise train we're killed: Boinfin Pelon.
:, CbsrIottevilIe, Va; Nathan Hanley,
- Inniston, Ala; Jacob and Mary
R.,Ls Of Jsnesboro, Ga; b. Bright
"a vife and two children, Of Jonesbo
= "a: a wealthy Texan named Pierce.
- Shtrdsep, Texas. and two children
- are unknown. Mrs. Eliza BrosD,
horos unknown, who was In company
nth Pierce, vas fatally injured. About
In others we're more or less seriously
ioiared. The dead and voanded have
besu hroaeht 10 Atlanta.
Mahsne's Successor.
RtosxosD, Dec. l5.-Both branches
n The General Assembly met in seps
,.ts session TO-DAY. and nominated John
". Dsuisl for United States Senator.
Ths Joint session takes place tomorrow.
Bills introduced.
WlsHrsoTos, Dec. 1.-THE following
bin. sere introduced in the Senate 10
day:
By Harrison, for the admission Of a
portisn of Dakota as a State.
By Vest. 10 incorporate the Atlantic
and Pacific Ship Railway Company.
This Ia Eds ship railway bill. and
psoyidss for Government aid to that
enterprise.
By Harrison. to leealizs the election
Of members OF tbs L ;rritorial Assembly
Of wyoming.
b. George, to pension soldiers Of the
Mexican war. Ii is the Mexican pen
sion bill passed By the House at the last
session.
Typesetting Contest.
sKw YoKK, Dec. 1.-the typesettine
sontes. between Joseph McCann, of the
Herald, and W. O. Barnes, of the World
'or the championship of the city and
stsie, took piaos here today in presenos
II large uusnbsr of printers. Tns
,fixs contested for was $1,000. The
rial lasted four hours. beginning at ii
,'clock. The type was minion, 80, with
,at paragraphs. Barnes finished the
LIS. 1000 ems in 70 minutes and 30 sec
'nds, aud MoOann completed his first
OO0 two minutes later. At 3 O'Clock
line was called, aud MoCsnn had set
G2IS ems and Barnes 1851. Then each
nan vas Obliged TO correct his own
roofs. When the corrections had
cen made and the number Of lines de
acted which each had Lost through
sistakss, McCann had 7652H ems to
is credit and Barnes 1916. McCsnn
Ias declared the winner.
Death OF Robert Teembs.
WASHINGTON tGa.), Dec. l5.-General
Robert foombs died here this evening
Il o. o'clock.
He was bern at Washington, Gsor-
10, July 2. 1910, graduated at Uni n
ieiiees IN 1923, studied Law at the Unit
arsi,y Of Virginia, and began practie-
! his native plaos. In 1896 he served
! the Greek war. In 1887 hs was cleo,
4 to the State Legislature. He was q
lember OF the House Of Represents
YES from lS4s to 1853, when he was
lested a member OF the United States
snats, to which he was reelected Ia
$50 for the term ending March 4, 1865
ie vas a prominent member of she Ell
reme Southern party, and after the
lection OF Lincoln was ons of the most
stivs Ia persusdinR Georgia 10 secede.
he State Of Georgia having passed it,
ecsssion ordinance on Jsnasry 10, 1861,
r.. roombs withdrew from the Senate
a the 23d. and on March itth he Was
applied. He was member Of tbs
Congress which met ~
Alabama, vas subsequent,
y for a shsrt time Secretary OF State
or the Confederate States, and also
'erved as a Brig adler General in the
Army. He was one OF the
lev irreconcilables who refused to 40
,sps the situation IS the close Of the
lion OF his civil rights. and maintained
/ sallen retirement. Only within the
past fsw years did he relax his great
hatred for the Uuion In the least de-
gree
On Wall street.
EvRn q q
active and strong. In stocks, the de
sine OF the past few days received a
decided check this morning. The bear,
we're met by fres buyinR. The excite
ment vas extreme aud great activity re
saitsd. which Was, however, confined 10
the hrs, half hour. Final prices were
about the hes. OF the day and ranged
from 10 2 per cent. higher than the
ciosins prices of last evening. Amsns
tae MANY rumors al ,at vas a statement
That the Vandsrbilts bad come TO an
seresmeat to protect the prices OF the
noek lefs by their father. and that to.
dass eaying was largely for their 40
eeant.
fuaerat Of q. Grats Brsws.
N. Lours, Dec. l5.-The fsneral oil
We iste tx-Gov. h. Gratz Brswn tool
usce tkis morning at his ists residsncs
AHksood. Immediate friends and
Natives 10 the namber of 100 were
pNsens, There WAS NO public demon
sfaiian, the family OF the decreased pre-
tsFfins simple funeral. The remains
seN interred st Oak Hill Cemetery
Were Mr. Brown had expressed desirs
y BE- barred.
Der silver.