Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-29
FOREIGN.


LONDON, Angus 26.-Ths nsarzfse.
.1rlnR establishments Of snazsou 4
IEomps0n- makers OF surgeons iustyu-
,1cnts: we're b1rned this sfferuooa.
Los tz5o.0O. Four hundred EMPLOY
ees are thrown oat Of work.
ship Burned.
The British ship Cilurnum. Captain
p Deaols, Nom Newcastle. EogIand, for
o1n FRANCISCO, has been burned. Her
crew are At PeEnambuco.
eladstsae TALKS Absut Nsruny.
Gladstone states that his cruisa IN
Norway and his travels through thai
country have greatly benefited hin in
Health tie Ironoonces Norway ad-
misaoie, and says that it's Inhabitants
are hSspitable, and that be was re-
ceived everywhere with susa cordislity
tnst the os}y regret he entertaius e
tnas ne wa unable TO accept all the in
Visations te1dersd him.
Medest Reqsexs.
The STANDARD says that several thou-
sand unemployed workingmen Assem-
oied az Hackney last evening, and
adopted resolution demanding that
toe 1oVernmeut sssist thsm 20 emf
CRATE
EassiA and Turkey.
BERLs. An0. 28.-The Borzen Courier
has a dispatch from Coussantiuopls
which says that Russia il making over
lures for an alliance With Turkey, hold.
ina out as al indnceBent the prospect
OF the Turks recovering possession of
ine Balkan passes and fortfesses. fhs
Turkish Ministers. the dispatch SAYS,
are divided as to the acceptance Of the
proposals.
wariike. n True.
PARIS, Aug. 23.-La France states that
ALI toe Spanish officers new on furIouoh
bavo been ordered to return to their
regiments. The same paper is authori-
" for the statement that several large
Spanish mercantile houses have can
celled all their outstanding orders for
German goods.
Funeral Of Admiral Courbet,
PARIS, Aug. S.-fhe remains of AID
miral Conrbet were inferred TODAY in
the Hotel Des InvaIides. A large as
sembly attended the burial ceremonies.
Notwithstanding shat the weather was
Indictment.
The ediice was heavilyadrspeS with
mourning. and presented a most strik-
ing appearance. A large model of the
bayard. the flagship Of the French
reet commanded in China by the de-
ceased, had been constructed in front
OF the baildinR. The coffia was placed
IN colossal sarcophagus, which was
ornamented at the corners by statues Of
faltn, Hope, Charity and Religion, and
which bore esouteheons emblazaned
Nth scenes Of battles in which Admiral
C0urbet had taken leading part.
This was lighted by incense burners
and tapers which emitted green flames
aud cast a wierd RIimmering through
the darkened recess of the chapel where
the body lay. During the funeral cere-
monies troops paraded slowly up and
down the esplaDade, and afterwards
died past the coffin.
Wrecked whalers.
HALIFAX, Aug. 28.-Steamer Nova
Scotia. which arrived here TODAY from
Liverpool, b.o1gh. from ST. John, NJ
Captain Seabloasom and p of the crew
Of the American whaling brig Isabella.
which was lost in the Joe in Hudson
straits. The Isabella sailed from New
Bedford May 18th. 1884, aud entered the
lee pack on July 18th. She was crushed
in the ice on the Goth of the same
month. 20 miles north Of North Bluff.
All of the crew, q in number, and
stowaway, we're saved. They wandered
about on the ice for four days. suffering
intensely from GOLD. They finally
reached settlement called Aeatier,
aud remained there until September
9tb, when the vhaler Ezra arrived of
The place, and they we're all taken on
board and kindly cared for, bat owing
TO the scarcity Of food on the Ezra both
crews had to be put on short allowances.
While on board the Ezra, a mem Der of
the Isabella's crew, q Svede named
Francis Pelly, died Of scurvey. The
rest OF the men are all in good health.