Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-11-01
EASTERN NEWS.



s-Tnrrs O. 30-The Gi0be- L,epocrat
-. ,na,orrav prlnt the fOlloxIns:
nnr,ber OF personal friends were
.s..,ssino some incidents OF the late
Ooe of them spoke 81 Lincoln'=
sss,s;on to bloodshsd. and 10 iilCstra-
-. aid thgt he had u from member
= he Cabinet Of the vsr period that
y,rcolu. on his return from the hamp
-, Rad. conference, in February, l-ss5,
s,orosed to bis Ctbibet to submit q
'rlsaoe to Congress recommending
s,ring the Southern stste- an amount
= money equal TO the probable cost Of
~. vsr froLz that time to ita close. on
ssrditiop of their LAYING down their
srus and return Ing 10 their loyalty TO
,bs Tn on. The editor of the Globe
I.uoeraf. bearing Of Ihe conversation,
-. a s,ernor sndom Of IL to Hon j. L.
T.bSr. vbJ sas At the time referred 10
Ianno;n's Secretary Of the Interior, and
- ssv a resident of Laurense, Kansas,
,sones.lng him to state b's reco lection
a. 10 It's corr ectness- From L .bsr-
,sp.y. which was received yesterday, We
make the follo4iug extract:
- Soon after ais (Liuooln'sj retarB
ftom the James RIVER she CAbiaet xas
sspssnsd, AMI be rad tot fer approval
message ynich be ht9 prepared u be
submItted TO Congress, in which he re
eommeud~d that Congress appropriate
1900 0 600, TO be apportioned among
the states IN proportion to slave popu
lation, 10 be distributed TO holders of
slaves In those States upon condition
that they would consent 10 the abolition
Of slavery aud tee cisbandIbg Of the
issurgent army, and would seknoSlsdge
and submit 10 the laws of tue United
States. lie member, Of the q Jbinet
we're all opposed He seemed somewhat
sarprisei at this and ~ ked, How long
gill the war last?' No one gnsxered,
To be soon said, "A hundred days
We'll, we are spending n5w, IN carrying
vn the war. 800, 60 day, which will
amount 10 all this money, besides eli
the lives" With dep Sigh be added:
bot you are all opposed to me. and l
sill not send the message"
He Wants ts Get In.
wLsHIs0ros, Oct. 3O.-Latser Harri-
son, sx Assistant Commissioner Of the
Land Office, has flied 4 pstition IN the
Sapreme Court of the District Of Co
lar bia for writ Of mandamus to com
gel the Secretary OF the Interior to admit
him to practice as an attorney before
tue Interior Department. H.rnsOn IL
one of tbs ex-oificials disbarred from
practice before the Department for two
years from the date of his retirement
from office by q recent erder Of Secre-
tary Lamar.
About Government Contracts.
WASHINGTON, O1t. 30.-The Second
Conf roller of the Treasury. in eousis-
- "A
man. has decided that the payment Of
fiT44 to Aust L. Brown on May 9th.
1854, for 80 barrels Of pork delivered to
tbs bureau Of provisions and clothing
of the Navy Department, under a con
tract, is illegal, and he adds that GILMAN
Is responsible for this SUN. He holds
that the additional sum of $40ll, being
the Dper cent. reservation subsequently,
paid on contract, vas also iliee al; but as
she chief of the bureau directed this
payment, the amount must be charged
against him. In the opinion of the sec
ond Comptroller she circumstances At
tending these traDsaetions are susceDt
ibls OF no OthoF Interpretation than that
they we're intended as device 10 aid
In the evasion of the law requiring tbs
eoniraot to be let to the lowest bidder.
ne lost the wallet.
wAsHIssTos, Dot. 30.-kdsd q. BAN,
messenger of the National Metropolitan
Bank Of this city, left that institution |
sarly this m0rning 10 make the usual |
daily collections from the city banks |
Ia few hours he returned and Informed |
the cashier that he had lost wallet |
containing the money he had collected, |
amounting to so, 100. Bsfore inform |
An ha aaahtar - hta laSa R,st
from the bank $3.50 which be had Oh |
deposit there anu handed IL to his sister. |
70 whose house he bad gone as soon AS |
he missed it. and who accompanied him |
back 10 the bank. ihe money WAS ia |
500 and $500 mites. Although Balm |
olsims Ia have lost the pGoketbook con |
tanning the collections, the general s1p
position Is that IL was stol, n from him |
by some clever pickpooket. He claims
10 have taken the pocketbook from his |
inside COAT pocket and PIT II 10 another |
pocket while ia the city postoilioe. where |
he went to get the mail when he had |
made all his collections, and TO have |
missed II after he had gone about a |
block from the p0st1tiice. Balm has
been In the employ Of the bank only a /
few months. tie ~ q cousin Of Bain /
Btos. OF the defunot Exchange Il ipk OF |
Norfolk, Va. H. was taken TO police |
headquarters and put through a severe
examination, and then allowed to 90.
TIE bank offers reward Of $500 for |
The recovery of the money.
Ne Rmss xxied Hides.
BosroS, Oct. 3o-Francis l.. White
vas arrested tonight on a charge OF the
embexzlement of 81, 900 worth OF hides
and leather from Hiram Leonard i Co. |
He was delivered to Woburu officers aud /
taken 90 that place White. who Is
member OF the Boston Comu on Coun-
ell. formerly carried on @ tannery in |
Wobarn, and faiieG about six months
ago.
10 May Lead 60 Complications.
INV YoaK, Oct, 30.--A case has arisen |
under the registry law OF the State
which may lead to some complication in |
case the csming election should be a
CLOSE one. Westchester adjains New
York. and. IN accordance with the pro-
Visions OF the election laS, all voters |
must register. There was no reelstra
uon In the town this year, aud as TO-DAY |
vas the last day for registration in the |
fsral districts, there is no opportunity |
70 remedy the error, II one has been |
-'>stN W tlnF ttbAH w ttNGtipu AtC 1
IN doabt ab,ut their right To use last |
years registry.
Nors &c Vita.
ST. LOUIS, 0,t. D.-Goanod's new or.
aforio. Mors ct Vita" vas prodaced |
TOT the iirst time in America at the new |
musical ball night, 10, or direction of |
Iheodore Thomas, by Local chorus Of |
nve handred voices, the full Thomas |
etehestrs. and Miss Enms Juch. Emily |
alnsnt. Charles Turner and Myron ".
whitney as soloists. Tue audience was
enc OF the most brilliant ever seen in |
q. Louis, and numbered fully 1000 per
0ns. The ofa;orio Was received with |
great enthusiasm. and 10 pronounced |
We erandsst Of Gouuod's works. The |
tradition tonight vas OF a character
saving little TO be desired. The chorus
Vas strong and exceilently drilled, and
Ne seioists were all In good voice. Mr..
isamas expresses unqualified asmirs.
aen for the new work.
kepert OF the Utah Commission.
WARRINGTON Ost.SI.-1he Utah Com
.fsslon through its chairman, Aiexsn-
eef Ramsay, has submitted 90 the Sec