Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-07
EASTERN NEWS.
,usazArz TO rosT-DTnIieEseE'
ns.,,ucslye fire a, Akron.

.,IIs are tie largest IN the country and
- ~ several immense buildings
- Are was discovered IN = ssveE--tJry
.ooden stracture. Tie hsme- spread
.ith alarming rapidity and we're soon
ss~ond control The building nfsf AZ
,a.ked sss SION entirely developed. Tee
ga melt communicated to the dr.
5a1ss. watch US also destroyed
Ss1-bu,ael elevator WAS n Il eaten q =,
- AZ last reports another mill Wa
ss,sareped. The Univs-sslisl Caurca
s-,ozs the street ana the eight house
- .hs Cleveland, Akron K Columbus
,a.d sere On fif-. The Windsor Hs'el,
80 osned z SchsInscher and valued
a. 10000. Vas si-9 threatened. lie
L. ~ill re.sh 800 coo. bat Il - impes
sihia AZ this hour 10 give she loss and III
srrsnes ia detail
IN. hsusrs gradually increased 10
ssfeene.s and before IN hour passed tn
sntire SQUARE seemed do0sl d 10 De
s,rqctioB Toe ius browu-tone ofh'
81 Sehnnac3er WAS entirely destroyed
about O'cl1ek calls were seBt T. Give
and. Canton and Kent FOR az-is'ance.
Canton sent an eagin-, "a did ksst
A large elevator initiating 5000
hn.hels OF Whsat was next destroyed
The FIRE spread from this structure {.
N, Nv YORK, Peuns lyanla j Uaio
deoo, and entirely DESTROYED !. together
with most OF tbs contents.
Picked Up nj sea.
BAIrIMoaE, March 5.-1he German
steamer Nsser from Bremen. which ar
rived today, brought Captain REYNOLDS
and q men, c Iun yfisiaR tne ere 8 OF ths
zhsllnR schooner Aurora Of New Bed
ford. They we're picked 10 At SIS 90
the 81 instant. Captain Reynolds states
thar on the "a instant, an northwest
gale, a plank Was started On the bottom
OF the Aurora, and she filed IN three
hours.
Charges Against Jshs x. Mclean.
O1SoISsATI. March 5.-Isaan j. Miller,
prominent Democrat OF this city, anu
ex. President OF the Board of Council
men, was called before he Senate Elee-
ton Investigation Committee this after
noon. and sxore that just before the
last Ohio Legislature passed the Law
taking the police from tue Mayor, and
giving the control OF tie police depart
ment to Board OF Police Commission
era, John X Mclean came to his office
aud offered bin, first 5000. en- $500
and finally 5000 TO say that he believed
tae Police JON missiOnsrs would APP
point better men on tAe police force
than the Mayor would. he also offered
UPON condition that he make this state
ment, to seaport him heartily for May
or, and to give more money TO elect him
than he MILLER would give himself
These propositions were not accepted.
Mr.. Miller Is one of the sost active
members of the Committee OF ODe
Hundred, q non-partisan organization.
formed for the purpose OF securing a
fair election ia this city last fall. This
N raj tnN nt
against MIR. Mclean, and MIR. Mlller's
testimony has crested sensation.
Miller was chairman Of the Democratic
Committee OF this county during the
Hayes TIlden campaign.
A shooting Ediior.
KINGSTON feXaz), March CIV. b.
Howard. editor of the Hunt County
Chronicle, deliberately shot A. Russell
on the street yesterday. Howard dis
charged both barrels OF a SHOT gun at
Russell. Stray bullets hit a spectstor
named Oserhoit aud a boy named Kirk
patrick. Howard left Immediately on
horseback. DE Was pursued half an
hour later by the sheriff. Russell. Over
holt and kirkpatrick are all fatally
wounded. Russell ~ oity marshal OF
Kingston. hosard WAS an eccentric
young man. As editor he bitterly as
changing shat marshal Rnssell and the
officers were gamblers This caused
Russell and two salooa keepers to Wait
Howard's office "A fev days age and
chhstise him. Smayting ander their re
dress, Howard threatened to attack
Russell on sight. On several 600 asi9ns
on meeting both men came near draw
ing their we4p@ns aud firing. Yestsr
day when Russell was returning from
the post0fiise, Howard suddenly energ
ed from AIS diii 30 aud tlred botn barrels
at Rnsseii's back.
How an Exhorter Escaped.
Visros, |. L.. March Ca srofesse
exhOrter named Mung I'll came here re
Gently and began a series of meetinAs
He Va. qaartsred ia the huuss OF an
Indian ouiz n aud slept ia n room with
several members of the family. Oar
ing the night Mungali made an assault
on young orp9an gifl IN tae room. but
before he could execute his purpose be
was discovered aud taken prisoner.
Next day party of nsigabors took hun
ont for trial aud retarnei without him,
saying be had escaped"
stesnitE and zackertert
NEw ORLEAss. March 5 The chess
Tournament WAS rrsu ned tots afternoon
al the ROOM of the Chess, Checker and
Whist Club, about thirty memo srs be
ing present. Zlckertort played with
the white and Mr.. Steiniiz with the
black. The opening WAS queens gam
biz declined. The first nine moves
were made in about tiftsen minutes.
Thereafter the play WAS more ieisurely
and was stretched TO = far greater nun
Der of moves tn "a any previous one In
the contest. After thIrty-slx moves
haA n h,s1 T.
till $50, when the play VAS resumed and
continued till the eighty-sixth move,
when Steinitx resigned. The next game
viii be played on Thursday, March IL.
This Is regarded as by far the best game
Of the tournament. Zackertort's play
ing time Was 8 hours and 80 minutes;
S,einitE, hours and So minutes.
A Segre Iynehrd.
E1TosrowS N. j., March 6.-Sasn
johsson, q negro aged 81. WAS lyuched
iast night for asssulting and outragiag
10 year old daughter of Henry Her
bert. The young woman was returning
hsme last evening about dusk. About
nile out OF town she passed a negro.
he turned and struck her severe blow
With an axe which be carried. He then
orntally outraged her, aud left her IN
conscious and nearly dead. She was
discovered half an hoar later, and
taksn 90 her home near by. The neigh
osfhood was soon aroused, and every
able bodied man in the vicinity turned
vut TO hunt for the villain. lie IAN TO
,he woods and thence ventarcd to so TO
his home In South EatoRtnwn. where he
mas wife and four grown up children.
The Wheeler boys, two active ami
sro1R youug men of Estontovn, went
70 his hoale about $50 o'clock las, night
aud after = severe struggle. bound tue
negro and pFooe ded toward she town
JAIL IN Eatontosn. White 90 the wss
tney were met by crowd Of citizens
Who cpuld hardly be kept from killing
we onlprii thea and there, bat his cap
ters succeeded In locking him up,
.hoaeh not until he had been terribly
Beaten by elahs Later the negro wss
hfsn from jail aud hasged to the