Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-05-05

Village lDessrsse.s.

x.xxaKIz, Ill, May 3--At . o'e50clr
ar.any rnnsnipg a fire was discovered
Z Wrs HeIiboYn's millinery shop nc
6.herja. 4 village Of about 800 inhabis-
s-sssI rs mics from ksnkskee. and there
beirIa no lire department., ths harnes
,uFsed OTaf The eEttre business pcrtisu.
srs,,iuQ totke ground "a tusiaess houses
- "a residences. The total loss is g.
tfusIfsd Al ele0. 900; mott of the losses
enrfiy Insured.
Terrffte Hail stsrm.
P,srEszmJRa, Va, May 3s--The hail
.sorp whirh passed over thia section
80 Yridas afssi'noan preHsfled in many
nzhsr IDealities, and extended into North
Garsiins. All growing cotton, corn and
sreefables were destroyed. Farmers
~iII b compelled 10 plant aeain. The
All feli 10 the depth OF II inchea, and
4 xlirlwinii prevailed along the center
4 lIhe sh,fm. klowinR down barns,
lsxoss and sheds. In some PLACES in
Sarrsy comfy. this Stass, the hail fen
8 tbs depth Of u inches, and in some
n,otll dFiftsd 20 0 depth of four fest.
i4st sf the KILLED.
Nav YoKE, May 3--EiQht persona are
toesTn 20 have perished IN the fire
ekieh occurred last night in the double
briei: tsnelient house No, 672 First ave-
~. They wer8 Jes. Humphrey, sqed
3: 1'hgmaf Humphrey, asfsd months:
Eliks HumphfeJ. aged Is; Mrs. Ghris-
in K0mer, aged -; Mrs. Miner Kitsr-
aueF. sred s2; Rich'd Kriafhzman, AGED
d; Wa. Hurley and Mary. sister Of
Nm. Humphrey, aged g. With the az
sepfior Of Wm. Hurley. iRhs died tais
nonIine. ell we're taken out Of the build
isa dead. Besides the killed, there we're
a pensons injured.
Terrise ElslIer Expisssen.
Gi1vsre9. May IA terrible estas-
lI.pi1s occurred In this city at half past
6,iock this morning. Ons Of the
koiisrs Of the fremont Hotel exploded,
instzafly killing a number os persons
snf xountiine several others, doing
ereas damage 10 the hotel and neighbor.
iae ysoparty. The killed are a. follows:
Ssssfai children. LaWrenus Carr, FIRE
faan. Clara Miller, white woman, and
kndiHson 9Dness coiored. The conc1s.
sion from the explosion was appalling.
Tho Tfeznont house 10 . large Ave story
briels siga0ture l30 feet frontage on
ffszsont street. and about the same
5sp1A On Gliarch street. The explosion
shoak the building with suoh terrible
fornl that the guests thouahta tremend-
eos earthquake had occurred, and ran
pants strieien about the Railways. The
scsns OF ths accident IL q Areary speeta-
lie. Not one brick of tho boiler house
fsnsina upon another, but they are
seatssrad'ai,out for hsif square.
A British war ship.
INV Yoik, May 3-The British cor.
yeftsI Garni,s, after lying at aschor all
nioht spposite quarantine, was visited
b. die healta officers at sunrise today,
sad immetiiasely aftervard steamed 20
nav anchorage opposite T0mpkins-
silis. AZ o O'Clock am. the American
6AR was hoistsd 70 the Inainmast and
sasnfed with u guns. The union Jack
hss eli day as the fore and the feet siR-
n&i llt the miExenmast. Captain Hand
Wsni ashore early 10 the day. The Brit
ish Consul General did not Wait the
sesssl, but representative from Gen.
Hancosk and several ofiicars of the Min
nesska we're asnsng the visitors. The
futufe meveinhnts Of the Garnet are
Reaneca nusimess.
hMIUx. May A-,rhe le,.dinQ clearing
h0Hses Of ihs Unised States report che
total olsarances for the week ending
May 2 as $li7e. .347. .432, dsnrense Of 40.
l,sr eent compared with tlle cprrespond-i
lnR sfsak last year.