Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-19
FOREIGN.


LoSDos, Aug. Is.-Ruskin sniox.A
rest all night, and there Is q decided i'm
proveraent IN his condition this mornins.
fire On Beard the Canada.
HAVE. AnR. ls.-Ihs steamer canada
from New York. August 5th. has arrived
here. On she 18th last, when 400 uiIes
Oh this port, 3 FIRE broke cot in 90
steamer's main hold, bot was extin-
guishsd bsfore much damage was dons.
Dead.
MARsKrLLEs, Aus. Is Henry Cannon.
eodson Of the Count De Chambord, d
dead
RoxE, Aug. 1s.-A commission has
oeen appointed TO examine the hospitals
OF Rome and 10 take other measures 10
meet possible epidemic Of cholera.
The standard.sss OplnIon.
LONDON, Aug. ls.-The STANDARD re-
ferrIn2 20 Lord Carnarvon's toar saws
that the result of his visit has iu,tified
his motive and that his experience il
encouraging, but that be owes the sd-
yansa9es which he has gained to Earl
Spencsr's rule.
The Cholera In spain.
MADErD, Aus. ls.-Returns show that
in the whele OF Spain yesterday there
we're $50 new eases of cholera and Ills
deaths.
The Cholera In France.
HARsKILLEs, Aug Is.-The cholera IL
spreading in the suburban villages. A
whole family has died Of the cholera ai
st. Loup.
The Government Beaten.
LIMA, Aug. lS.-On the 18th inst
Government troops occupyinR Canta,
consisting Of $50 infantry, and 100
cavalry, we're surprised by rebel forces
Numbering from 1900 to 200 men, and
said 70 be under command OF Gen.
Ceceres or Col. Morales Bermudeze.
Tbs battle lasted five hours, when the
Government troops had exhausted their
ammunition, and their mitrailleuse had
beeH disabled. A bay0nes charge was
attempted, bat without success. and
they retreated in confusion, Col.
BastomiRte, seeing that all was lost.
shot himself. Losses on both sides
we're very considerable. Two hundred
fueitives from she Government foross
have arrived ct Lima.
hostile % EngIana.
PARIS, Aug. IS.-In consequence of
Anarchist threats against the British
Embassy here. policemen have been
guarding the Embassy all day, and the
doors were kept closed until evening.
Threats are made to hold meeting Of
sympathy with Olivier Paine tomorrow.
Arrested ON Suspicion.
BOMBAY, Aug. ia man, apparently
q Catholic priest, who recently arrived
from Cochin China, was arrested on
suspicion Of being q Russian spy. IL 10
now believed he is Olivier Paine,
although he denies il. Before arrest he
had visited the principal towns Of South
ern and Western India.
Alarming strike.
BIRMTNGHAM, Aug. 1S.-Latest news
from the Warrior mines strike makes
the situation very serious. The strikers
have had q Of the new Italian miners
arrested on charge of carrying con-
oealed weapons. The company say they
will start work tomorrow with new men.
The strikers, who number zoo, declare
that they will resist by violence il neces-
sary anybody working the mines bat
themselves, until a satisfactory adjust
ment of their differences.
Sudden Death.
VIcroRIA. Aug is.-Mrs. Edgar Marvin
died suddenly while sitting at the din
ner table today. The cause Of her death
was heart disease.
Fire.
A FIRE on Yates street today DESTROYED
number Of frame buildings, mostly
old rookeries used for the storage Of hay
and -four.
Peundmaker's Sentence.
WrsSIPEa, Man, Aug. ls.-The Jury
foand chief Poundmaker guilty Of
treason felony, and Judge Richardson
sentenced him to three years in the
Penitsntiary.
Canadian Reciprocity.
ToRosTo. Aug. BE. Z. Knott, a real
estate and insurance agent and q direc-
tor Of the Central Bank Of Canada here,
has fed 70 New York, leaving large lis.
bilities- He succeeded In borrowing
several large sums Of money before leav-
Ing, having been considered financially
sound.
Miadiessn Menerea.
OTTAWA, Ang. 1s.-Gen. Middleton
has been created knight CsmmandeI
Of the Orders of Sc. Michael and Sc
George for services rendered In the
Northwest during the rebellion.
Dead.
MONTREAL, Aug. Is. - Sir Francis
Hincks died tonight Of smallpox. Hs
was at one time Minister Of Finance,