Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-15
EASTERN NEWS.
.~saArn 70 ZEE rosr-DsrxLIIsns


-. civil Service having determined,
- ,be approval Of the President, that
- of,se Of veieher IL not within the
s,.u,ot,ous under Rule 10, a. had been
-, ufior decision, and al examina-
20 having taken place. an order
sh.r,sore having been issned by toe
Gxi service Commissioners and the
srtire list Of applicants Who soo-
falls passed having been certified to
= by which IL appears that John w.
Gsrieu obtained the highest grading
s,-n 70 any ons candidate, and farther
ssss be has been honorsbly discharged
from toe military servise Of the Uoited
stsiss. snd believing be possesses the
busiuess capacity necessary for the dis
shafae OF the duties Of the ofiies ~
vsiQhes, in pursuance OF Section l754
A The Revised Statutes sb3ve quoted.
which provides that such person. shall
he pseierred for appointment, there
foss nominate said John w. y brieu
fsr the said office OF veixher. Very re-
sosssfniIy, Z. L. HEDDEs, Collector.
Gstity Of Forgery.
9sIyros Nv. Va }, Nov. l3.-John l.
Hscbmer, the defsultin9 Treasurer OF
tbs Catholic knights of Anerics, vas
todsy found guilty Of forgery. Hechmsr
sss charged with emsezzling 81. 600
bslooging to the Order IN 1888. He dis
appeared aud the names of bis snrstiss
vsrs found TO be forg sries. de sarren-
desed himself few months ago.
MeCsiissxh's Trsphies AissinG
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13.-It has been
discovered that toe gold and silver
souvenirs presented TO the late John
Mccullough dnring his career are misc
ing. II has not been definitely ascer-
sained whether they we're mislsid or
stoles. bot from all the circumstances
Wm. Y. Johnson. counsel for Mccall
Ioogh, infsrs that their Disappearance
b attribstsbls 10 the work Of a thief.
Desperafien a.& Crime.
BALTIxoKE. Nov. I'm. Z. Stove to-
eiaht shot his wife Julia and then him
slf In the southern portion Of the city
They we're taken 10 Maryland Univer
dty Hospital where Mrs. Stove Vas
foasd 10 DO shot through the head from
~ effects Of which she died In short
tine. Stowe was shot 10 the face. His
wound 10 not necessarily fatal. He left
long and incohsrent letter addressed
70 ne public In which he said that for
tvsuty years he had lived In bell. be-
ssuse Of deceitfal wife and mother In
he, bot nov that his two eldest
dsuahtsrs had been led assray and his
Aosre Vas about to be broken up, he
eoaid stand IL no longer. and made up
HE mind TO pot an esd to his troubl 9.
Hs requested his friends TO take care
II his little ones and 10 pot them where
thsy can be properly raised. and where
none OF bic vife's relations can have
anything 70 DO with them. Stowe has
ths reputation OF being sober, iudas-
trisus man, and has always provided
fer ~ wants Of his family. He has
bsss married twenty years and has nine
children. ranging from IL months TO IL
ysarA
The Pacific Islands.
wAsznoTos, Nov. 13.-An important
Diplomatic move 10 secure the neutrali-
Hof the islands of the Pacific, so far as
her are not nov possessed by the con |
tinsutsi powers, 10 on foot, which ooD- |
hmplstes disregard Of Spain's sever |
sienty over any islands upon which she |
haa rot established and maintained her |
solsniss. Regarding this an opportune
line, 10 view of the appreheasions |
saassd last Summer by the Careli mes |
sksir, the Hawaiian authorities have
Atsly directed the Hawaiian Minister |
n this country 10 propose q plan to the |
United States, Z IRland, France. Hol |
land. Gsrmahy and spain for q settle.
msns Of this question. IL 10 that the |
Government Of the Sandwich Islands,
which possesses great influence among
Me other islsnds. be allowed to seud
oommiaairu 20 unite them into local |
representative governments, whose IN |
tsasity shall be guaranteed BY the pow
era The contracting parties would |
Then send oensuls to she islands to pro
Vet their respective interests. In this |
vAy the islands will be kept forever |
oosu 10 commerce. and neutral IN any |
vars that may hereafter arise. The |
nhems an outlined has been the subject |
u several consultations bet ween Minis |
~ Carter and Secretary Bsysrd. The |
hitter heartily Endorses IL. Armed With |
iAis Endorsement Minister Garter will |
call for Europe tomorrow on mission |
10 tie nations mentioned. He has laid |
tie matter before the Ministers at wash |
iaetsn from the countries named. and |
Ia every case their answers have been |
favorable.
Net rpse, bat rhen-
WAsHrNoroS. Nov. l3-lt 10 not true |
hat the Navy Department has informa
tiea Of an alarming character from
Panama, or that Admiral Jouett's or |
dsn we're prompted by reports that in |
mediate Outbreaks are to be expected. |
Secretary Whitney 10 authority for the
statsment shat the naval force 10 or |
eesed 1.-THE lsthmas because experience |
~ shsvu that 10 10 better 10 have |
foree on hand than to wait for the |
YUp1oma Of trouble,
The silver cha Disaster.
Dxxvra, Nov. IA dispatch 10 the |
Associated Press from Silver Clih late |
tAia afternoon says that she debris has
~ been cleared away from the mouth |
4 the Ball Domingo shaft, and that
ARMSTRONG, the foreman, vas let down |
b. : rops about 400 feet. He fouad the |
sAaft hilsd vith debris at this point aud |
~ ss1s ap aftsr Q pick and shovel. |
nnVsa are sntertained that the men are |
III alive In the drift az the $50 foot
luEd- Over thirty men are at work try |
~ 70 save them. The Imprisoned |
ntaeFs are: Convers J. Westtield, ID. |
y. Patton, Elmer Heishes, n. Ds0ros-
NJ, H. l.. Point. John Lsnbe, Joseph !
Nth. WIN. Strons and Marcus Baptist.
H. lcs 10 the company In baildtnas |
I'D mschuerv 10 about 10000.
4 Silver Chf special 10 the Nsses says !
pa superintendent Foss Of the Bull |
Qpuingo vas not injured by the e. |
-, - vas frt aapposed. The en- |
r(neet and several others In the build !
~ q Vie time OF the explosion we're |
qrotly injured. but none seriously. |
Al he debris has been removed from |
sfoend The moath OF the shaft, and the |
Aaa the simbers Of ths shaft hoass
- essn nearly exsinRuishsd- Supcrin- |
un1ent Armstrong; being Ia down by |
- into the mine 30 feet, foand the |
~ eecd tAsre. but ges No tidinRs fron |
~ Of the men below. He had 70 be
nfeeeht cus On account of eavinG from |
neaf ths surface He foand one cage |
leek sssurely a . depth Of atty fest |
me9 Ne surface, and large quantity |
q eshrw piled upoc u. The shaft |
nsef The surface has nov bseu ersbeed, !
Nd Armstrong; wiii 20 down very soon |
= sne bottom Of the mine. 600 feet, II
posnshis.
Lsese--S O'clock. -Armstrena vas let !
es.n 70 the $50 level and found 10 meo, |
essa- Five Of them bad climbed - |
- IRON the bottom Of the shaft 10 . |
nm and their dead bodies were found |