Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-09-18

soc1 convention on the rsti6c>fio
o. ne laws which the same reooires 10
us complete faIfllnens. BE tnoosht
convenient 70 recommend the exsDina
,ion and approval Of the treaty cor
eisoed At Washington establishing Ger
tAln rules Of interpretation With respec
70 aytlels i Of the treaty of Decem BE-
~, 1898, 20 as to avoid the diftcult,e.
caused BY the constant deviatious e
snicn the course Of the Rio Grande i,
exposed.
lie also sAid that the unfortunate cir
comstancs in which the public treasury
nnds iiself, obliged him with great re-.
gret 10 decree the laws of the y9d q.
June he thanked employees for esy-
ING accepted without opposition the
reduction In their pay. and expressed
great satisfaction at the prudent moder.
alton OF the creditors Of MEXICO. whom
De foand well disposed to second his
ensrts for the public good. and also
mat OF the important interests con
nected With the country, which the
PRESIDENT most earnestly desired. He
explained that the Banco Macdonald sc-
cepsed the collectorship of the interior
and exterior debt of Mexico, and that
IN consequence this Government will
nave al Its disposal all necessary funds.
MS part OF the message indicates the
principle Of definite settlement, With all
creditors concerned IN the laws of June
S0th
A Happy 0meer.
CABIsRUHE, Sept. l7.-Emperor Will
ham, As mark Of his approval of the
army maneuvers here. has decorated
General L. D. Bernitz, the officer in
command, With the Order Of the Black
Eagle.
Cham beriatn's Tour.
LONDON, Sept. 17.-Cbamberlain Ia
making triumphant tour in Scotland
DE delivered an address at every stop-
ping place. The villages which be il
announced TO visit are decorated in his
honor, and addresses are presented TO
him everywhere. The people greet him
With the greatest enthusiasm, and cheer
are given fer "Enoiand's future Pre-
mier.' In one of bis speeches he an
nounced that Gladstone had been re-
stored to health, and would assume the
leadership in the electoral campaign.
Proposals ReIected.
BERLIN, Sept. 1.-The Prussian Gov
eminent has again rejected the Vati-
cans proposals in regard to the vacant
See Of Posen and education in the SEM
inaries.
The Cholera
PARIS, Sept. lT.-Twenty cases of
cholera have been reported in Paris
during the past three days. The sani-
tary officials claim that the disease il
sporadic and not Asiatio cholera. and
that the hot weather prevailing has
made the cases moro severe than il gem
eral at this time of year.
MADsID, Sept. light hundred and
nifty eight new cases of cholera and 337
deaths from the disease were reported
yesterday throughout Spain.
ToULos, Sept. 1.-Two deaths from
chelera occurred here last night.
RoME, Sept. l7.-Dorine the past "a
hours there were Is deaths from cholera
10 Palermo, and 20 new cases and 6
deaths in Parma.
Miners Eaten bed.
LONDON. Sept. ia dispatch Just re-
ceived from Derby says that a serious
accident has occurred at Oakvell Col.
liery at Ilkeetone, eight miles from
Derby. The shaft of the coiIiery has
been blocked and 800 miners are an.
tombed. Efforts are being made to res
cue them by way Of the furnace shaft,
and The miners will probably be saved.
Riei's Respite.
OTTAWA. Sept. 1.-THE date to which
Riel was reprisved % that the appeal in
his case might be heard before the In
perial Privy Council is October 18th.
A Marderess.
HE HAGUE, Sept. 1.-THE trial of
Jeanne Loretts, q Bru :seIs girl, who, on
March 18th last, shot and killed the
Japanese Consul, Sakurada, in Rotter
dam, was commenced here today. The
defense urged the plea of insanity, and
asked for q postponement of the case
for three months. The Court refused
the request, and the trial proceeded.
The prisoner tainted when the revolver
with which she had shot her lover was
produced BY the prosecution.
The Escaped Dafau,ter.
WINNIPEG, Sept. l7.-From private
kilograms received here IL IL learned
that Brainerd. the Vermont bank de-
faulter Is at Hamilton, resting at the
Queens Hotel. and will come on here
and Join bis wife at once. TO friend
he told the story Of his travels 70 Min
detective through superior cunning of
Chief Detective John O'Oonnor, of 81.
Paul, and Detective SAKE, OF Chicago.
Who slipped him away from his captors
in Minneapolis Union depot. TIE trip
vas made from st. Paul to Omahs,
thence to Kingston, near CHICAGO,
thence to Hamilton via Detroit, ferry
ing the river.
Salisbury Writes % she ssltan.
CoSsrASrIsoPLR, Sept. l7.-Sir Henry
Drummond Wolf. British Envoy, b, :
presented TO the Porte note from the
Marquis Of Salisbury, in which the
Marquis defines the necessity for re-
forms IN the administration Of the
finances Of Egypt. and for a reoreani.
cation Of the military forces of that
country. Lord Salisbury proposes that
the Sultan give bis consent TO Join the
English commission in an inquiry into
the internal condition Of ERyps. The
proposition has been accepted b. the
Sultan.
4 rexaa's Discsvery.
LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE Press Associa-
ton furnishes lengthy accounts Of an
alleged discovery whereby telephone
communication across the Atlantic ID
nade possibls. The inventor Of the
new instrument, il il said, 10 native Of
Texas and has no scientific reputation.
He employs an instrument Of enormous
power. Il 10 also alleged that certain
company has acquired the sole right 70
use the instrunsnt, and that q veil
known millionaire has given the in
veutor, whose means are exhausted,
carte tlasehs 10 perfect the iuvsntion,
which will cost 100000. Tue nav in.
strument. 10 10 asserted, has been suo-
oessrully experimentcd With in the Gulf
Of Mexico. The story lacks scientific
data aad has the appearance Of being .
hoax.
Bismarck In not Afraid.
BERIIx. Sept. 17.-It IL reported that
Prince Bismarck has informed yhe
Bupdesrath that be has no fears that
the di6sfsnes With Spain will result In
localities.
common sEssa Anorr LAWsg1rs.
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