Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-24
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Net ss mach Of yske.
SKw HAVEN, Conn, Jan 2.-Thsr.
. q run on the Sew Haven Saving.
bank this afternoon and the sxcitemeni
ls increasing. The bank officers asseri
thaf the bank Is all right. The run was
eansed BY some person iskipR about toe
banks condition.
a Letter 60 the eathslies Of ssrth
Germany.
BALTIMORE, Jan "a letter 20 the
Catholic Arehbishops aod Bishops OF
North Germany. isEued by the Plenary
council recently IN session az Balti-
more, has Just been made public. The
letter is signed by Archbishop Gibbons.
IL has been kept secret until this time
70 avoid ali danger of the original be-
ing stopped by the German Government
IN Transmission. It's publication has
already been prohibited in Germany.
PheIan Furisas.
NKv YoRK, Jan. q The World this
morning publishes an interview With
Captain Phelan. IN which he states that
be intends to prosecute all those con
cerned in the murderous attack upou
him. he will protect the secrets Of
thcse IN ireland, bat will pursue O'D0n-
ovan hossa and his gang until they are
punished for conspiracy 70 murder him.
Phelan states that he has documents in
Kansas City thai will greatly aid him TO
show that be vas no traitor.
Death Of an ex-Cenfederase.
San AsTosIo Tex. }, Jan. 22.-Colonel
Thomas q. Williams died this morning
Of paralysis. Deceased was commits
stoned a. Assistant Commissary Gene
raj Of the Confederacy for service at
Richmond.
snsw IN Texas.
CoLoRADo CTTY tTexas), Jan. "A
heavy snow storm 10 In progress. The
weather for week past has been very
severe on cattle and sheep. II the
storm continues the loss of live stock
will be very great. Reports of losses
are constantly coming in. Specials
from Gainesville and other northern
Texas points report heavy rains today.
Il Is freezing tonight, and cattle are
dying rapidly.
Expssitien OF the Misfsrtunes Of the
Exposiiion.
New ORLkAss, Jan. 23.-Ths contin-
ued rainy weather has iuserfered greatly
with the attendance at the Worlds Fair.
and the management of the exposition
ia in serious difficulty about its financial
affairs.
what Was Reund I'm the Room Of a
EOaag man Named Runk.
CHICAGO. Jan. q. "A young man whose
real name Is Otto Funk was arrested last
night having in his possession a large
r.r fs.sE - Al E~k ii.
Library. The books were seized az his
residence and were found to be in large
boxes. These boxes were removed to
the new City Hall building tsday, when
the discovery was made that among
them were six or eight internal ma
chimes containing dynamite, any one
of which was sufficient to blow up such
building. CONSERVATION reiQned at
the police headquarters when the dis
covery was made, and a number of start
ling rumors were at once pat afi sat.
Funk, when questioned. said he was only
experimenting. The matter il still
mystery.
The box found among the stolen books
was q foot long and six inches deep. In.
side of it was q lot of sawdust packed
about revolver. The saYdust was sat-
urated with elycerine, and a little crank
made Of thick wire was attached to the
outside Of the box. Still another box,
about twice she size Of the one described,
vas filed With a dozen packages Of dy-
Mantle. Funk has been known as j. Q.
Talbers. He was student of the Chi
cago Medical College and contends that
he was Experimenting for surgical pur-
poses ouly. The detectives. however,
are divided in their views. and contend
that he Intended to commit suicide by
this method, IL arrested. The statement
vas also made that be was an active So
eialist, but this vas denied. The state
meat Ia made by the police that IL the
machine had exploded, it would not only
have destroyed the City Hall building.
bat would have oocasioned friRhfai ioss
Of life.