Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-14

a1d Ness and es-e them I've dsys 10
ieave iowa and fifteen days 70 leave the
co1asy- lie two nen vere told shat
there nsd been TOO usns o,sn oeeves
/ b1ieotred st their pens, and the inten-
ZION vas TO step IL
Tsnm..y and irving aafIs,
NV ToEx- Get. ia committee Of
Hiur. each representina Tamuauy and
Irving Halls, sete In session all this
aftern on. but reached no settlement
as TO tie division o: efhSes on the Join,
c-uniy ticket Irving Hall d-man.s
the SesrId. and tn-rs comes bali.
Tbs COMMITTEES xilI mee; again toner
req. and If No conclusion Is reached
committees of ~ fem each hall viii
settle u.
The storm al New York.
SEv YORK, Oct Is The storm in this
city and vicinity has been unusually
severe. tie tide rose unusually high
Manv cellars on tie east side we're
Hooded, and the rats driven into ,se
streets by thousands. The viad blew
gale aGd telegraph wires we're pros
traied IN every direction. Seataripg
men anticipate many wrecks along the
coast
Lying In state
NKw YoRK, Oct l3.-Tais evening q
line of people several blocks in length
was waiting along Fifth avenue to gain
admission to the cathedral where the
remains Of the dead Cardinal are lying
IN state. The riies of the church will
be continued tomorrow.
Eadsrsed the Csaaty Demserafie
NEW YORK. O,.. l3.-Ths German H.
Dependents tonight endorsed the nomi-
Nations of the county Democracy.
The Americas Beard Of Foreign MIS-
stems
Boston, Oct. l3-Fhe seventy 9Th
anniversary of the American Board If
Commissioners fer Foreign Missions
vas opened this afternoon 10 fremont
Temple. More than 800 strangers
were IN the city to attend the meetings.
ine convention was called to order by
Rev. Mark Hopkins Rev. z. N. Will
iiams. Of Nortnield, Minn.. and Rev. E.
y. Bell, of Minneapolis, we're appointed
assistant recording secretaries. Various
Committees we're appointed by the
chair and the report of the home de
partaent vas read by Rev. Z. X. Alden,
ID. D.. Secretary Of the Board. Cnis re-
port coatsined reports from district
secretaries, shsSinR the work done ard
u akin2 sugseeti ms for tue future. TIE
reto-t for the middle district, in
Gu i'm toe Md lie S,ates. Co necticnt
and Ohio showed SOL churches. ard 0
gain vi a per cont. IN sue amount OF
contributions, which aggregate $79.06s.
TIE receipts from all sources we're $751;
O97, u g4iu of three per cent.
The report of Rev. DIR. j. 8. Ham,
phrey. of Chicago, for ,hs District Of
the Interior. which includes IL diana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, IpSs,
Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Netr4.k I,
Dakota, Coior.ds, Wyoming ana U al
shows 1883 churches, a gain of 81. II
doaatious were SIS Z38, against $63.0e1
last year. Leg .ci-s amounted to &ll,-
i70. against 3d., 1874 last year. The to al
receipts of tnls D. ard during the year
we're 5l1 593, an increase of l2U CON-
pared with las: year.
The annual survey Of work Of the
American Board was presented by Rev.
Judson smith, ID. d., Junior Fvreign
Secretary. This wss an extended re
view OF the work done at the mis- .ionary
stations throughout foreign countries.
lt showed that there we're 26O5 per
sons engaged 10 mission work at 93l
points, and that in educational instita
tions under the RI ,nagsment Of TIE
Board 1851 papils wers being in
struoted. 10 the evening Rev. Geo.
Il. Walker, ID. d. OF Hart.
ford, Connecticut, preached an his
toricsl sermon from Hebrew NJ, ID.
Grants Baok
NKw YoEK. Ojt. 13.-C L. Webster,
OF the irm which is pablishing Grants
book. has returaed from Europe and
reports that the sale Of the book has
been greater there than 1t had at frs,
been supposed it would be. Webster
was asked TO name the probable amount
tuat Mrs. Grant would receive from
the sale of the book, and re.
piled that that WAS difficult
thing to do. He added that the figures
would reach $500, 600, and might posi-
bly, reach $75O,0 Agents of the book
In San Francisco report Pacific Coast
sales to have reached $1,000 Some
question as 10 the time Of the issue Of
tne first volume has bsen raised. Ii Is
positively stated that il will be out
early in December.