Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-27
EASTERN NEWS.
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- Mill me beiDr VI 80 AC -
-. 4 bessuse OF change OF views
- i nss ehargeaole With any i'm
- soadnot. Overtares pertaining
ss.s aiselrsiRe from the Prssbyteries
- laqefsa, Washinston City, West
-, and Hudson vere answered il
s,scantion Of sympathy with Gen
G,~nt vas unanimously adopted.
- ,asndtra committee ON home mis-
- r.,ortsd that the board is kIl0, 900
= S.hs. although ii has received in
-s,ssrtiaus more than ever before.
- S.ssisney comes from decrease ia
s..ssiss. The total receipts we're e49a,
~ 7fhe ministers supported vhOily OF
: n pAft By tkis board number
n In the psst year 1876 nsw eharehss
- 40 nsH Sunday schools have been
s.~.ni,sd. seven thousand members
- haen reesiyed into these ehsFshes.
A Peculiar sanmsns.
a.umeros. W., May Ex-senator
ps-~upds has been summoned % testify
= noints 10 American Law before the
49, Hoaso Of Lords. DE viii start
. Saturday.
GeneTas Grant.
Eyx YoRx, MAY 26.-CoIoneI Grant
- morring said that hts father had
- better night than be did on
k-.a.s. she. be slept for eight hours.
m tanesai feels bright aud comfort
49, today.
sss Cor n Californian
w..urxarus. NAV SIS il under
.sc,6 thas shs Presidents has n,c0nsid-
- n discrimination 70 give the Chi-
- mission 10 California, beaanse Of
~ present embellishments on account
a IL feeling of the people Of that
s,sie towards the Chinese. The friends
a CoIonsl DENLY. prominent lawyer
4 Esantgilie, are urSing him for the
position.
Capital news
Wasnrnaros, May B.-Mr. DE Louer-
,oa. ~ new Danish Minister to the
lated States. presented his Credentials
= tbs President today.
Ths Postmaster Gsneral today said
al ne postraastsrs at jamestown, N.
4 spd vlnssnnes, Ind, we're suspend.
N anon pfDofs Of active and ex-
irene partisan participation in cleo
sioua The postmaster at Morengo,
lavs. vas suspended because be had
narsd ont Of the state and was report.
a 70 have offered his resignation FOR n
pfiss
Ths President will probably visit
Res Ysrk on she Both instant and par
tisipass To toe local observance Of
Dscosasion Day.
Absas $500, 900 was paid sut of the
Unilsa States Treasury today fer pen
ssus. making the total amount paid
al % hat a0coant during the present
saoafh about SIC, 100000.
Secretary nayard will leave Washing
fon pert sesk for the West. to deliver
a srstion ON Thomas Je9erson," at
a. STATE University Of MissouF1.
Tbs failure of the Bursau of Engrav-
i'm and Printing 10 secure the contract
foF printing postags stamps for the
Pa Ones Department will result In
4 further reduction In the force en-
pl0ysd al tie bareau June Let. The
fumAl transfer Of the office Of Chief
d he hnFesu from Captain Burrell 70
NJ. Graves will take place on the LIST
psoxims.. Il 10 stated IS a singular fact
ia, shsss we're more Democrats than
Republicans employed In the bure W
andW The laal Administration.
halfway sag sestisns.
Boeruz, My Is. ths special commit
he Il shs UiEiied States Senate for the
investigation Of the subject of inter
Hisse comnsFce, commenced their hear
iDe today a HE Railroad Commission
err ctnsa. Vim. II. Lincoln, by invita-
tioN, addressed the committee. He did
not think shippers could complain of
present fafes, which are ridieulously
lou. They are too IoW for the interests
of railroad itookholdera. The railroad
business 10 the worst ana most absurdly
managed Of any In the coantry. One
would expect the roads 10 lower their
rates when water route competition Is
felt, bot hs had kpewn the roads to
raise their rates frequently at such
times and seasons, and lower the rate
when the business IL more than can be
handled. lie thought minimum rate
should Be hxed BY Las. The finctnation
u rates unsettled business stability.
Rates are more Important than the rate
itself. Lineols believed that favoritism
vss shown BY the railways in giving
knowledge Of changes Of rates 70 GER
tain shippers. He thought q general
lAw requiring at least ten days notice
q change OF rates would be equitable,
Hs believed In National hoard of
hAiluAy Commissioner. Lin,oln pro-
frsied against tho double tariff system
u fsllways. He believed In bssinr the
asFit upen mileage. Tue pool systeni
Of iha eoantry Lineein reeafis A. 4
lsros. Ia Rny legislation apoa the sub
iscs ef rateh be believed tie car load
shvuld BE- the unit, and that no redue
non should b made in rates for large
qosutitiss.
Z Q. Kimhis, 9 commission man.
epmpiained that New England shippers
bad 10 pay an extra a3G per cent. on
enipmenfs 10 Chicago for the additional
distance of unly 80 miles In 1910. Gov.
sfaof ClshIs favored National Com
mission % regulate railway rates.
sseek aassaiiens.
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~ ~, Kansas a Texas IS,
l4zs 9ere 62es Loaisville 4 MASH
@ ~, Michigan Central a,
sorcesa pacific t6if. Northern
fselat preferred ~, Northwestern
= Ne f0rk Ceasral Sik, Oregon
1aassy and Navigation TS. Oregon
ifaaeteatin.,ntal 49,. Oregon Improve.
9o1t ~ hlcihc Mail 65N, Panama 81
soea lsland iitss. ~. Psal ~. Texss
seine In. Union Pacific st,S. Onited
S.s1N kxprsa 81. Wells Fargo lOo,k.
western uaion eoA..
Heaths frem Chelera.
htsassascs. May a6.-rha Marine
aeapiiAl Bureau ia informed that dur
~ We tuo weeks ending April tsh
sssfs xess lss deaths from cholera.
a Remarkable Case.
fhnApEz.pRIA. May &.-GenrRe Cald-
49, sss On trial in she Oyer a rerminer
scert tsdaH for the murder OF Walter
neca Brown. CALDWELL Is about eleven
sean o. Azs. aud Brown vas eight lt
ssAfed tom she testimony that on
alsh nh CAldvell. and two little
- tsnio@h were PASSING along the
49,. when they were sat upon hy
ssesa and eo@p&aions, who beat and
efete thenl away. Other beys them
ta1t ~ and threatenad Caldwell. who,