Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-13
EASTERN NEWS.
.s..,u praE Observation-Disclosures.
Fteosi Rock.

E1Ao -
~z.rH 70 TEE PosT-ffTzILfsEscSs.
Fieod Rock.
49, yopz. Oct. IA large nombsr
- .eop.e today visited lne scene VI
ss,day's explosion at he'll tate' ana
ssrvied of mementees OF the event me
on,thern end of tse reef SIN pfo1ee.1
s,arn the vsser at high tide, but tue on
TIT charge declares tine explosion was
= ,omplete success DE says the pro
acting portion is 50 heneyeomoeo WITH
sssnres that it will fall TO pieces when
o.erations are tegun for Its removal.
"a casual observer, however, II ap-
asars intact. II any further hastings
nall be necessary a system OF surface
blasts will be ressrted TO-
A New Church.
The frat Hebrew Christian church
in America vas dedicated With appro-
nriste services today. The services WERE
conducted by r.. Rev. Bishops Haines
and Nicholson, aud Rev. jacob Fresh
man. Rev. Drs. Crosby, Sabine, vincent
and Day. There vas large cengregs-
ton present.
The weeks Trade
BogToS, Dot. l2.-Lsading clearing
houses Of the United states report total
clearauoes for the week ending October
10Th we're $3.50, $50, s53, al increase of
"a 8 per cent. compared With the CORES
ponding week OF last year.
A Dangerous. Animal.
PHILADELPHIA, Dot. l2.-Ihis after
noon, while Robert White, aged %. an
employee Of Forepau2h's circus. Was ia
the winter quarters of the rnenagerie,
With some friends, tue large elephant
Empress struck him a fearful bios With
her trunk, and threw him against the
cages With such force as 20 .issmbovel
him. He died shsrtly after beinR ad-
mitted to the hospital. Tue same AMI
NAL killed young man At OB1en's
oircas grounds few weeks ago, while
she was being exhibited there.
Appointments.
WAsHNaros, Oct. 12.-Richmond b.
Dement,, Of Illinois, VA today appoint
cd by the President TO be Surveyor
General Of the Territory OF Utah Ed
mund q. Shields, of New Mexico. 20 be-
Register of the Land Offi,e at Las
Cruces, New Mexico Daniel Stewart,
10 be Postmaster at WAiia WAlia, w. L.
Inssraetisns TO Customs 0meers.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has
issued circular to customs Off sers, In
which he says that, az 1t appears TO be
impracticable to procure nnder existing
laws accurate statistics of immigrants
arriving in the United States by rail
vays from contiguous foreign territory,
the collection of at stistics OF such i'm
migration will be discontinued until
otherwise ordered.
Beecher on MeCieskey.
New YORK, Ost. H. Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, was throneed today
by an unusually attentive audience, who
believed Rev. Henry Ward Beecber
would make some reference to the dead
Cardinal. Bsechsr spoke on the
" Resurrection and the Translation OF
the Spiritual 10 Man TO Heaven" In
conclusion, he said That dear old
man that has gone mp from among
those who loved him leaves behind him
his Cardinals throne, the purple OF bis
robes and his tiara. IL was well enough
he should have the N az the symbols Of
his authority, bot the moment that he
emerged into that other life be stood IN
his spiritual entirety, wsere bis temple
vas his Lord. When he lifts his veue
rable head he will he young-younR IN
the presence Of his God-and be will re
main with those whom he has CON
signed TO destruction, for they will he
there. too. rel ice in his ranslation.
40 do OF all tue saints. This Ia the
tes timony of Protestant. Remember,
you could not make a Cathslic out OF
me any more than you can make an
eagle chained In barn yard lay eggs.
Released frem Prison.
SALT LAKE, Oct. 12.-The first Of the
sentenced unlawful cshabitors, James
Watson and A. Milton Musser. we're re-
leased today, the six months being DOT,
deduotinQ credits for good behavior,
and the fines being paid. Angus Can
ron remains In Jail TO test, by writ Of
error, the judicial construction OF the
word "oohabit."
4 Member Of che Company says %.
WAsHrsoros, Dot. IA msmber OF
the Montana Improvement Company
stated tonight that the Interior Depart
ment has been informed that the osn
pauy had never committed any timber
depredations, that only a small amount
Of timber had been cut on the line Ut
the Northern Pacific Railroad, and that
she company stood ready to reimburse
the Government for Bhe wood taus
taken. He said that 10 consequence of
this explanation the Interior Depart
ment would diseoatinue the suits, 10th
civil and criminal, which have been
commenced against the company.
BUT THESE ARE THE FACTS.
WASHINGTON, Dot. l2.-The following
letter has Just been received by Com
missioner Sparks:
GENERAL LAND 0FFIcE. RATHpRuM.
IDAHO, 90 ober Sd. 1885
Honorable Commissioner Of the Genera!
Land 01tee-SIR: have the honor 10
report that have completed reports IN
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company
and Montana Improvement Company
timber trespass cases, and herewith
transmit eight reports. making. with
what had already transmitted, thirty
two separate indictments in all. show
ing that these corporations have caused
10 be Gu, from the pubiic domain Is.
10000 feet of lumber and bridge tim
Der, S4,7&& railroad ties, Is 100000
shingles (6i 600 banchesl, 32,0S5 cords
Of wood, and 1000 cedar posts. The
value Of the lumber 81 $40 per 100
feet, which would be low ngure. the
railroad ties at 10 cents per tie. the
wood at % per cord. the posts at tS0
per 1000, aud the shingles at ~ per
1000, or 50 cents bunch, would
amoant TO $6i3,&02 This does not
represent all the ties and wood cut
for the Northern Pacific Railroad
Company by Eddy. Hammond 4 Go.
(which changed Its name tato
the Montana Improvement Company IN
July. 1882. as l found IL an absolute
impossibilitv 30 get witnesses to testify
n those cas-s. or even to mud persons
OF whom could obtain anything like
easisfa ytory Information. Where the
dsprsdAtious we're committed between
Rashdrun, Idaho. aud Bear Mouth.
Montana, is very thinly settled, and the
men who were employed on contracts
during the construction OF the North
efn Pacific Railroad have eose TO parts
anknovn. Owing TO this 10 has taken
ne much longer 10 complete this invss
tieation than it Otherwise should.
vas hampefed by the officers OF the
Montana Improvement Company, Who
appeared 20 expect an investigation and