Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-06

Investigation Of the condition Of Affairs
at that agency, and the troubles that
led TO Geronimo's o1tbYssk. Il il ex-
pected that about Eve weeks will be oc
o7pled 10 these investigations.
Minister Foster Al the state D<psrt.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-Minisref Foster
called at the State Department this at.
tsrnoon. and spent en- hour with the
Secretary and Assistant Secretary Of
Stsr. The exact nature sf bis errand
cannot be learned from official sources,
bat there - reason 10 believe that be
has come T. Washington TO report uhai
the spanish Government i. willing TO
do IN the matter Of a purely CONNER
ciai treaty, and that be has not made
or entertained on the part Of this Gov
eminent any proposition for q new
reciprocity COMMITTEES. Il is known
that Secretary Bsyard thought that the
reciprocity treaty which failed vas a
one sided affair, which proposed. among
other things, TO remit f25,go000 reye-
nue. Annually on sugar alone, without,
In his opinion, securing any adequate
advantage in compensation, 1t being
also mis- belief that the price of the COM
modify would be materially reduced in
the American markets. On the other
hand. be was alive TO the annoyance 70
which merchants and stip owners are
subjected by reason OF the Oaban sys-
tenn Of onerous regulations and exoes-
sive taxes and fines IN tie absence Of
any commercial treaty between the
United States and Spain. To mitigate
these snnoyances, lessen the burdens
the friction of our Cuban trade we're
she purposes with which be reopened
the negotiations through SIR. Foster at
Madrid.
Union Pacific statement
BosroS, Oct. 5.-Tbe following is from
the official statement OF the earnings
and expenses of the Union Pacific Rail
road for August: Earnings. $2,31,l 35,
decrease of fSs,575 oon pared With
the same month of last year; expenses
and taxes, 81 3o7. ISL. an increase sf
fl3t, 573; surplus earnings, 81, or, 954, a
decrease of f22l,l4s. For the eight
tnoRths To August 3lst the earnings
we're fl5, $50 .s5s, an increase of f73,229
as compared With the same period last
year. The expenses were So 549. 2I6, an
increase Of t607. 7zs; surplus earnings,
toroiiSfcuf u uScfcasc Oi tshof,%f.
LOST Decaments.
WASHINGTON, Oct. BIT has been as
certained that the enRrossed bill au
thorizing the Attorney General to begin
proceedings looking TO the annullmsut
OF pateats obtained through fraud or
false representation. together with ali
the papers relating 10 tbs measure, have
disappeared from the files Of the SEN
ate. The bill was passed at the las;
session by the House of Representa-
tives, and referred to the Senate Patent
Committee, bot was not brought before
the Senate for final action. Senator
Piatt, chairman of the Committee on
Patents. has written to this city request
ing thorough investigation Of the cir
cnmssances surrounding the disappear
anee of the bill. The officers of the
Department OF Justice do not attach
any importance TO the loss, holding that
the Attorney Geaeral has ample an
thority under existing statutes 70 insti-
tute suits TO test the validity of the
patents-
Cemmissaoner Of lmmigratioa.
WAsHrsaros, Oct. 5.-The Governor
OF California mas notified the Secretary
of the Treasury that be has designated
DIR. w. +. McAllister As Com missioner of
immigration at the Port OF San Fran
CISCO.
a Break for Freedom.
GALVESTON. Oct. "a dispatch from
Rusk, Texas, to the Nstrs, says that yes
terday, at the terminus Of the Galveston
4 Gnlf Shore Railroad, near Rusk,
Texas, sixty convicts. working on the
road bed, made a desperate break for
liberty. just as they had finished
their supper, with deafenine wells |
they started up in body and rushed |
for the nei9hborine woods. The |
guards opened Ere upon the fleeing
convicts with deadly effect. The latest
report says that % of them we're killed |
or wounded. The prisoners ran in one
large body, and the guards simply |
emptied their repeating niles and small |
arms into the moving mass. Rumors
Of an intended mutiny in this camp
have been rife for some weeks past. |
These rumors we're strengthened by
the fact that many Of the convicts
we're serving life sentences and
we're known to be desperate characters,
and extra precautions we're being Ia
ken. Every means possible Is being
used to recapturs thirty-five whe $50
Ctrucu III ttuuinR tuc FIA1s OI Llt
guards. All the avenues OF escape are
being guarded, and posse is being or
ganized to soour the country. The
scene of the outbreak is some miles
from telegraph office.
Valuable stables Barned.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 3. - The large
stables of Q. l.. johnson, an extensive
dairyman, burned yesterday, and l2S
cattle persisted in the flames. Most of
these were fine bred cows. Several
hundred tons of hay were also de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at go
600. with only $500 insurance.
The Cuisreath Murder.
CHARLESTON, s. O., Oct. 5.-Dr. w. A.
Culbreath, brother of Mr.. Culbreath, /
who Was murdered by masked men at
Edeefield. has sworn out warrants for
the arrest Of twenty four persons ion
plicsted in the 50 call d lyuchins. in
Guiding MemPhis Culbreath. son Of
the murdered man.
Feeiing the Trespa.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 5. - Information
which has been received here privately
shows beyond q question that the
Apache scouts employed by Gen. Crook
are leading the soldiers on Wild goose
chase an are sffordine Geronimo every
opportunity to visit the reservation
which he deserted and to supply him
self With women. bucks and ammunition.
A sentiment 10 rapidly working up in
the Interior and War Departments,
which, il il believed. will eventually
lead 10 the removal Of General Crock
to another command. and the substitu