Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-12
FOREIGN.


1 eAs oeeo iset within a MAJ
years HE steamer AnGuat q Ana
saiied fr1sn New YORK fer An,wsre \,
vas nesss bard Of. In the TAI Al 10
me Herman L1dwig sailed from NJ
tfeh for Antwerp, WITH 4 ereW ~ .
nlen and cargo, and that vsa ths i.
toat vas heard Of her. Oniv thiyes-
months ago the Daniel StsiDr.ar
crashed an rock &c Sannhro fsaand ~,
~ lives we're issf. The Helvsfia ~,
me f0urta vessel that haa nef ~ith An
ester. A rather rsmarkatle e-,fnrs-t.,r.
" that OAptpin Schoonhaven wh, -.
manded the Daniel Steinnan' - "a.
~ command OF the Helvetia, and ~
ves Ne Arst passage across the AkIant
wnacn no has made since the Wreck I
the steinmann.
1 Ine haivetia arrived Ia the Gulf Z
~ LAvrHnes over q week 400. hsvin
been knocking about in the Toe for {
days. Her bows we're stove in an
she waa efherWise damaxed by Toe. NJ
xaH leaking badly. On Friday, Cautai
oohoonhavsn left Cape Raw and Dor
up for SydneT, having all tbat hs ooul
DO TO heep she ship afioat. On satin
day heavy sea sprang np,and be haiIz,
the Allan line steamer Arcadian. vhieI
Vas passing. The ArcadiKn tool n
Helvetia In TOW and headed for I,sui,
burg, bat had not gone far before Car
tain Sehoonhaven called tina, he -
sinking. Boats were lowered and m
passengers and ersw got into them q
soon as possible, bat aOns too soon
Tue last boat bad hardly got clear be
fore the Helvesia eafeened over an.
sunk. The steamer Areadian then 90
6zek and landed the Survivors at Por
HatEkBbary.
MundsFlOh hss received further par
ticalarB concerning the loss Of th,
steamer Helvetia Of the White Csos
Line. She vas badly bilQed by an on
counter with Ice, and on Thursday las
teleRraphed her coalition. She was los
sight Of until yesterday when IL wa
harmed that she had gone do IN, bov
FIRST, on iseat.erie Island on Friday. II
deep wstsr. She - first tried 70 Eaak,
sydney. q. b., and found that harbo
packed With Toe. She then tried 70 fol
low the German steamship Kshrveider
but lost the latter In fog. To max.
aaatters worse. the sails that Captair
Sctloonh0ien had stretched over Cd.
vessels bow were torn away in a secone
encounter with ice. Still be foughi
against the fog and wind and bad rooc
iuek untii be met the steamer Acadian
by which time be had stretched NOR,
canvas ever the extensive hole. The
AcIldisn took the helvetia IN tow and
tried to.make the port of Hawkesbury
The Helvetia had then sixteen feet o.
water. Her cargo was thrown overheard
and the men worked hard 70 keep th,
vessel afioat. At last. with ninsteen fee
Of water In the vessel, the captain aban
doDed her. The cargo was valued a
$4,000.
stanley GeyeFner ef the Gengs Stale
vienna, May ll.-A Brussels dispatch
20 the foifiche Correspondent says tina
Henry Stanley has been appointed Gov
erri8r OF the Congo State. Herr Rsihl
valid. Consul at Bombay, will be mad
Minister Of Commerce, and Herr Neuss
Minister Of Finance, In that country.
Dead.
CoLoGSE, May 1i.--Hiller, the Ger
man composer and pianist, died her,
this morning.
the Trial ef Canninehasn and bar
ten.
LoNpox, May 1.-THE trial of CON
ninchara and Burton for alleged com
pIicity 10 the dynamite outraRes q
Westminster Hall and the Tower o
London began this morning in the Cen
trai Criminal Court. The trial take
place before Sir Henry Hawkins Yer,
little public interest was manifested Il
the trial. A panel OF one hundred jury
men was summoned from which to &c
cure q Jury for the trsal. The dsfenc
was allowed thirty-hve challenges. bu
enly EfteeB men were objected 10 befor
q Jury was obtained. After the jar,
had been sworn, Attorney Genera
James opened the case for the prosecu
ticn. lie stated thas they expected b
prove Cunninsham guilty Of causin,
the explosion a the Tower and the 9th
or OF the outrage Il the Victoria eailwa
Chlnese Eisseasisn.
vIcT,onIA, B. O., May 1.-THE erea
Chinese suit Of Loo Choo Fan We. La
Chuck Fan, trading under the iirr
name Of KwonR Lee A Co., was bsgu
10 the Supreme Court today. The proE
erty involved amounts In value to $3.50
coo. This evening, as an impoFtan
white witness In she eAse was wsikin
On q by street, he was assailed BY tw
Chinaipen disguised IS white men. On
| Of the assaEains cut at him with q lon
knife, which passed throaeh his Goa
and into thick pocket book which b
carried In his lcft breast pocket. tn
other struck him on the head with
sAnd haa, stunning him for IBomenl
| The egsai.ants made Of, thinking the
\ A. ~
covered aud ehoilted for asai -tanct
The pecket book saved hts life, and b
yend the blow on his head. which Is nc
severe, be is uninjured.
Archbishop Of Bahia.
PkRis May 1i.--A correspondent O
Rome states that the Pope has selectel
MonsiRnor Moran, Archbishop Of Syd
neg, Tor the Dublin Archbishoprie.
THE FFssecsa sixnea.
SHANGHAI, Mag Hl.--It 10 repor ted O
gond Hathorisy that rapresentasi YES o
France and China have siened the prs
iocof % peace at Tientsis.
spanish Busy On wheat.
RERLIS. May n.-Prinee Bismarcl
today informed the Reiehstag thA
Spain hsd Fenonnced the fixed duty o.
TAree MARKS.
The Reiehstag today voted in favo
Of the proposal 10 make the duty o.
wheat three maRks.
Dessracsiye feress Fires.
yHiuaIA, May ll.-Forest hrss ar
rAeinQ In Eagle Pass and vicinity. III,
Aown of FArWeiI was Totally aestroyes
% Wednesday afternoon. It ID est
mated shat thu losa will be $1,000
Wriehte houses. On the west side Of u
Ceiuuahia river, we're saved after -
days exeytion. A large number az sie
bsionging % the Canadian Pacific Rail
var have been barned. Much valaabl
timber has heen DESTROYED. The are
are supposed - b niadsr control, b
ere nlsl yst sntirely extineaisAed.
reer eeasea-&eW nriAxe
yicTozis. May II. - The America
sehoaners San Diego and Vanderbilt
With IN aggregate Of rs seais. afrive'
from ths west c0a3t saAling ground
today. The ssAson. which u nog abou
ovsr. has not been renenetafipe.
Tho Sar Francisco Bridge Oompan
has besn awarded the eontraes 70
huiiaink IN iron bridge across sistoFi
s<sesgnerea ka.S.la.
suAxxM. May II Egyptian troops q
Kasehia ara osmpeiied % eat deaksy