Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-22

cloth. Whee IL wa get abous twalvs
o'eiosE yesterday the shadog oi~sp-
psared. Many believe Is 70 have besn
a miracle.
q view Examfner.
"AsHrsGros. Aae. H.-Commfss;onA,
Inomss says thss E1vzrd Rove. A..
slsee1. Appraisef, has BEEN appointed a
1len odr o. TIE locsl Board Of Examiner.
L = ses New York Customs District. viee
~ a; stevens resigned. He says thst
M. nowe oAs been twenty years 4 uepn-
per OF tne k0sEd OF Eiuestioo Of ths
city OF Brooklyn. He il a gentleman
% niRn character and das attsinrnsuts-
lne seieetion vas made In a manner
tnost satisfactory to the coumisslon
- q nlRhly ereaitsble % she Aporaissr
a eAnlien will enter upeu ais du,ias az
Examiner upon the completion OF she
pensirR extEsnation in toe CATIONS
services. during which Mr.. Stevens viii
continue to serve.
The Late Whiskey Treahle.
WAsarSGros, Aug. 2l-The reoen.
order OF the Commissioner Of internal
nsVenae Tor fhe release OF the suirfts
80 ippsd from Peoria 10 Philadeiuhia.
aoo there seizsd for re examination an
piled also 20 spirits from the same eitv
ssizsd 10 Neg York and Baltimore.
Ensre similar examinations were made
u neral sovell, Chief Revenue AGENT.
gno conducted tue Investigation in
Pnliadeiphis, has returned 20 Wash
IRRton. de said to-day that the GOV.
srnment ofiicefs had successfuIIy az
all they set out 70 do. There
we're charges that Peoria distiiIeries
we're defraoding the Government by
fraudulent Raging. The matter vas
investigated and it vas found that
means had been resorted 70 to prevent
The RaginR rod from recording tue AZ
taal contents Of barrels. While this
TACT was established. General SeyeIl
said, be IL not prepared 70 saw Il vas
done BY the distillers With fraudulent
intent. The excess found averaged
about a gallon per barrel in 81 out of
every 100 examined. In view of the
lack OF positive evidence of intent TO
deffsud On the part Of the distiliers. the
tovsrnment agreed TO compromise
whereby the spirits seized were to be
released on payment of the excess
found. General Sewell said further
that Is was not likely that the Govern
ment would institute legal proceedings
IN this case, bat steps would De taken TO
prevent similar evasions of the law in
the future, and in Case of detection and
convietion, the extreme penalty of the
Law would be visited upon the offenders.
The Puritan wins.
NV YORK, Aug. A.-The first Of the
series OF three trial races between the
center board sloop yachts Puritan and
Priscilla, 10 decide which will be the de-
fender Of the American cup in the Sep
tembeF race with Sir Richard Sutton,s
English cutter 9enest@ was sailed to-
day. resulting in hatterinR victory for
che Boston yacht, the Puritan. No race
was ever sailed under more favorable
conditions to the competitors. The
course was 90 miles dead 10 vindward.
measured by log, and return. A stiff
breeze that compelled both contestants
to house their top masts, bat which was
steady from start 10 finish, made the
contest an extremely satisfactory one.
The wizdward work covered fully 80
miles, making 50 mi es in all sailed by
the contestants. The Puritan's actual
time was hours, So minutes, 10 seconds.
Il is said 10 ba the fastest time ever
made by q sailing vessel under similar
conditions, averaging a. ID does over 10
miles an hour. The Priscilla's time was
ten minutes longer.
Extensive shipping Fire.
PoRr WAsHNaroN. L. l., Aug. GA
nfe causing the loss of over 800, 600
broke out on board the steomer Color
ado, lying OF Plan Beach, near here,
this evening. The flames spread from
the Colorado 20 the followin1 ships. all
OF which were burned TO tho waters
edge and SINK: Minnesota, Susque
hanna, Congress, Soath Carolina, Iowa
and Lstta Grant. ALI, vith the excep
ton of the last two. forneriy belonged
to the United States navy. Phey had
been condemned. aud were bouyh FROM
the Governna ut by St.nvArd 4 Co, Who
we're 10 break them up for the old iron
and planks they could get out of them.
The fire broke out on the forward deck
Ut the Colorado, where men were at
work burning up planks 70 get the iron
spikes On the right Of the Colorado
vas the Susquehanna to which the
flames spread rapidly, and before either
It or the Colorado could be towsd out
tina u tmes spread 10 the other boats.
All burned like finder and the sky was
red for miles around. The heat was SO
intense that IL vas impossible TO get
anywhere near the burning ships, while
tho cracking of the flames sounded like
ths sharp crack of musketry. The
flames swept along the decks and bul-
warks Of the ships and eat their way mp
the shrouds into the rigging. Toe me-
ture presented of the light burning yes
sells outlined against Q bank Of inky
clouds, was one iene to be remembered.
The fire burned so 6ercsly shat within
three hours nothing was left OF the once
defenders of the Ueited States but q
few ehafred planks and floating tim
bers. The bulls sank at once TO the bot.
tom, going down with a hiss aud q CUR
gle amid q cloud Of steam from the
water a. Il swept over the kurninR
wrecks. The Colorado was the frst to
sink, and as the water closed sver her a
mast from the Minnesota tepplsd over
on the Congress, and together they
sought the sandy bottom of the
Sound. The Susqaehanua burst
loose frcin her moorinRs, and az one
time various fishing craft anchored
along the shefe appeared to be 10 dan
ger. She hoated abost 90 yards from
the shore and after trembling for q mo
rsont, keeled over and sank. The South
Osroliua and Iowa followed her 10 the
bottom In short order, but before going
down the flames spread from the Iowa
10 the Lolita Grant and fairplay, two
schooners lying near the shore, and they
too sunk.
Mr.. Stannsrd, In conversation with
reporter, said: "'rhe loss TO me Is moi
less than tl00. 900. a. II YES only for the
iron In them that bought them. Had
the boats bean eeryiceable the los
would have footed ap 10 millions.n Tho
loss on the scheoners. ID 10 said. viii mol
be less than $4,000.
The kafGhts FiaRning.
wAsHrNorox, Aag. SIT. v. Pow.
DERBY. Grand Master Workman Of ths
Knights OF Labor, arrived here today
and this eyeaing bad Q conference viii
4 Number of leading knlghts Of Labol
here in reference 90 the Wsoash strike
Nothing definite vas determined upon
aud o further conferences will be held
tcmorrow, at which COMMITTEES frou
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