Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-08
EASTERN NEWS.
70 rHr rosr-rTELLIsEscE..
OIL Fire.

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v..,is Pie OVERLOOKING and ham
e.s s,nutisd into kinesbory creek
ns ~ into the Standard oil works,
soe =. s,e 10 the agitators south OF the
20 Ycrt. Pennsylvania and Ohie
The loss 70 the company 10
ssa.,oely ia proportion 70 the magnitode
d - IRE. Not more than 5oO barrels
= III we're lost and the value vas less
90 10000. The loss on the plant 10
.s;nsssd at from $55 900 70 $4,000.
The Pressdest.
v,WrxGTos, Sept. T. President
o.,slapd arrived here at : O'Clock this
usSrinc. The Presidents carriage vas
!. ..itins at the depot and he vas i'm
@.aisiely driven 10 the White House,
go after breakfast he sestled down
:. 30 10 work. The President. who 10
- tanned by the sun, and who appears
..o,oysd BY bis trip, says he had an
.,sIlsnt time and enjoyed perfect
s.slth. He has not been Ill single day
- be left, and IL at q loss 10 under
and bow the report Of his serious ILL
- originated.
Death OF Ceatenarfan.
INV YoRK, Sept. Major Aaron
ssaord. the last surviving sffiosr Of the
al Of 1872, died at his residence In
Vstsrville, Oneida county, N. Y. today,
= he ninety-n year Of his age, hav |
isrrstained bis mental faculties to the
-.
HAIL In Maryland.
Posr ToBAcoo, Md. Sept. The most |
kusruotive hailstorm ever known in this
AZ ID
Esds of corn we're destroyed, and In |
.s.y fields not even q leaf Of tobacco
- ,sft On the stalk. Ears of corn we're
s.,lsn from the stalk while little more |
- hsn ripe. Hail stones we're as
-. = pollet eggs. The obstruction
- supsfal wherever the storm touched. |
IN damage in the county 10 estimated
u $4,000.
wall street Qastatisns.
NV YoRK, Sept. Pacific IS l28,
lnsrican Express 81. Canada Pa.
- 81, Canada Southern As<. Cen
~ Psesnc 361f, Burlington l27s, Lack
sysnna IS, denver 4 kio Grande
pk. Erie l5ss, Kansas d Texas 22sI,
Iaks Shore 81, Louisville 4 Nase-
yiiIe A. Michigan Central 6lH.
Northern Pacific 1891, Northern Pa
a. preferred l5J4, Northwestern 951l. |
Nv York OentrsI 97A, Oregon kaif.
nv and NAVIGATION Is. Oregon |
frsnssontinsntal 1884. Oregon Improve
usos "a, Pacifc Mail y, Panama 81,
Rook Island 1l0Js, st. Paul TAI. Texas
PssiAo l6k. Union Pacific Az, United
elstes Express 81. Wells Fargo li5.
Watsrn Union 6SA.
Cabinet Meeting.
wAsHNGros, Sept. IA meeting Of |
u Oabinee will be held tomorrow. The |
msubsfs who are absent from the city |
have not, however, been Summoned to |
stssud a. there 10 no business to DO oon- |
ddefsd requiring their presence. It 10 |
sxpsetod that all the Cabinet officers |
vih have returned to Washington by |
ths 90sh. Il 10 stated at the white |
House that the President proposed TO |
dispose Of pending business before g. |
heasly considering the matters to be |
brought 10 the notice Of Congress in his |
asnnal message.
A steai Cut On.
WASHINGTON, Sept. IT, First Comp
ROLLER Durham today stopped the requi
ation for the pay Of salary TO J. A. j
Osssswell, Government counsel bsfore |
he Court Of Commissioner Of Alabama |
Claims, for the month Of August, until |
d 10 settled that there 10 any balance |
doe him. The First Comptroller takes |
he ground that Mr.. Cressvell b not
Untitled to Axed salary Of 5000 per |
snum, but that that sum Ii named a. |
! limit 10 be allowed him for the trial |
& cases. He says that the Law organ |
hinQ the court provided that the Gov |
v.nent counsel should receive reason |
~ compensation. Il IL compensation |
IN sAsh case tried. and that subsequent |
hvs limited such compensation TO 5000 |
vsr annum. The courf, however, be |
says, neglected TO fix the amount Of q
reasonable eompensation, and has lille |
eAliy treated Il as fixed salary.
twenty Per CesG q Msnth.
NEW YoRK. Sept. 7.--Suit was brought |
BY Geo. @. Holt, a. assignee Of ferdi-
nand Ward. against Wm. 8. Warner, TO |
have eat aside q transfer Of property |
made BY Ward 10 defendant and oshers |
last prior 10 the failure Of Grant 4 |
ward. Il was continued today before q |
Nferee. Mr.. Ward Vas again called TO |
the stand, and testified that on March |
Ii, 1854. there was due Mr.. Warner
abost one million dollars, for which he |
rave new obligations. and upon which |
b vaa 10 pay Warner 20 per cent. per |
month. These obligations we're to fall |
dus September, 1884. These had not |
hssu delivered TO Warren. but we're re-
turned TO him In part 10 the form OF |
.oepeus. The $1,000 paid Warner in
April. vas 10 bring $l56.00o on October
Ali L. st.A q kxf
tfapsfef Of his property TO Warner vas |
made on May 17tb, 1854. and the total |
amount Of obligations for which be !
ave seoarity was t5iS,660. Hearing
VIII b continued tomorrow.
Prsssesisa.
Nxw YosK. Sept. THE Sss says
On Yong. Chinese Cooaal q, New York,
b absus 70 DO promoted, and transfer
I'D 70 San Francisco - Consul General.
Os Yong's family 10 ono OF the Oldest
md most respectable In China.
rhey Take s osiesiy.
WlsHmoyos. Sept. Chin Chi
funa. Secretary Of the Chinese LeRa-
soa. speAkine for the Chinese minister.
MD 10 an Associated Press reporter to-
nlght that nothing would b done BY
representatives Of the Chinese Govern
usat here In the matter OF the recent
nAaAcse Of Chinese at Rock Springs,
Wyo., until report Of the occurrence
I'D bsen received freua the Chimes
esesul a San Francisco. When such
nport vas received, be said, the qaes
No 81 bringing the case 10 the atteu-
tioa Of this Government would be con
adsrsd. Thus far there has been no
sosrsapondence upoa the subject -
tvssn the minister aud the oonsul Of
IN Francisco. The return Of the
uiaisaer 10 Washington. he added. vas
- becauss Of this trouble. but simply
hoonnse his vacation wAs ~ 81 end.
a Newell Csoprsatse.
Drrxorr, Sept. !. The Buhl iron
voRks Of this city. which have been
uAut dewu stnoe July Let, we're today
nopaosd under the management OF tee
la>s smptsyses. The men said they be-
nsssd thai they could make living IL
sss voeks we're started again, and we're
Evn psrnission 10 start fer themsslves-
II nsnseers cay they did net propsss
60 ~ works for ssras tune yea.
ea1evsne the iron bosincss stsQnAnt,
~ thsy are willing 10 let The men sfy
~ h1sinsss.
Parxtng Bssssn.
hosrox, Sept. 7.--Within the past fev
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