Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-17
EASTERN NEWS.
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ao Feb. ls.-The extensive No
$500 R4auer Works closed down
"a morning spd ltoo employees we're
800 cot. The threat OF certain men
- nrecipitste 8 strike unless non- asio ,
~.rIneu in the moulding depsrtrnsp
80 dismissed appears TO have been
-. ssuss for the SUSPENSION OF opera
go At q meeting OF dissatisfied em-
ssc,ess last night, q COMMITTEES vas
s.,ointed to wsiI upon hcCofmlek
ssfsy and insist on this demand. Nc
c.-yick hinted at yesterdays coafer-
-. taat IL this condition vas Insisted
s.oo he would shn. down bis works in
sS.;tsly. He dscliaed TO meet the
49,, oop mit,ee. and considered su.-
s~rsion of operations. Employees were
ssnbtouuded when informed that their
s.ry,ces sers no longer required. Very
e. Of the employees are 10 good
a,.,nstsucss, and If the lockout Is
.,siataiued many families will suffer
sor the bare necessaries OF life
The seymour Funeral
uuc, IN. ~, FEB. l6-The funeral
81 az Governor seymour took place
s,om old Trinity Church at 2 O'Clock
.ads,. Rev. DR.. Goodrich, Of Calvary
Cnnreb. offered . prayer at ex Senator
Roscoe Conklins's residence With the
camille and relatives OF the eeceased at
40 0. On. After funeral services IN the
seurcb, the remains were taken TO
Tofes. Hiu Cemetery and placed in the
1hspeI Of Roses, where the sou ptor.
Day,d Richards, took cast of the face
.,sosratory 10 making marble bast Of
shs az Governor. The weather was
sd and disagrseable. At 8 o'oiook the
asofa of the Conkline msnsion we're
throsn open for the pablo to view the
remains Of the illus,rious dead. For
tbsse hours crowds OF people from Utica
sna all the surrounding towns filed into
~ boose and cast looks at Utioa's dead
seatssmau. The body reposed In q
ssskss of red cedar, carved with black
bsosdcioth, WITH oxidizsd trimmings.
A similarly covered silver plate vas Set
INTO the shrine. On the cover of the
her vas shs following insoriptiso !:
sHcYstio Seymour, born May 81, 1910;
died February IL, 1886" A number OF
vsry beautiful forAl tributes we're re-
ssivsd from Washington, Albany and
other places, and placed in aud about
shs easket.
Stricken Down.
Pn1AprLPHrA. Feb. l6-The condi-
ton of John B. Cough, last night
stricken with apoplexy, remains 10
changed. Throughout the night and
10 to noon today he has been nnoon-
ssteus.
A SISTERS Suicide
Br. Lours. Feb. l6.-Sister Euphronia.
"a IA IL "a
suicide this morning by throwing her.
self from the fourth story window OF
ths dsrmitory Of the school OF the Holy
Trinity. Ia this city. IL 10 supposed she
vas suffering from demeutia at the
iIme, - she left no word explaining he's
sstion.
DaYned 90 Death.
PLYMOUTH (Wis.). Feb. l6.-This city
vss startled this morning by intelli
ssoss received by courier. and since
oppnrmsd, that James Eole, wife, father
and three children and Mrs. Kinney
psrishsd by the barring Of Ehle's resi-
asncs In the western part Of the town Of
0rssnbush in this county. at an early
boar today. As a hired man escaped.
md ~ he is known to be vicious char
sclss, 10 10 thought that the IRE and loss
Of life 10 the result of revengeful incen
disrism. The rsmsins Of some mem
bsss Of the family have been taken from
The rains. An inquest 10 In progress.
Postal Matters.
CHICAGO Feb. l6 AT the second days
ssssion Of the Postmasters National
Convention, the Committee on Mail
and Letters recommended to Congress
that all postal clerks be supplied with
cards, and that theyehali enter thereon
oil letters. cards aud papers and their
denomination, and return them TO the
mailing point, and that the postoffi "
reoeive credit for such mail. Adopted.
The oom nittes appointed to report
on special delivery recon mended the
special delivery system be extended to
ali towns and cities Of 400 population.
After q long discussion, the report Was
adopted. Tue Committee on Postmas
ters' Bonds Submitted resolution shat
corporations ss taken a. security on
pes,masters' bonds. Adopted. The
Committee on Postal Savings Bank aud
Postal Telegraph reported they did n u
consider the question OF legialatioh on
thcss subjects, and recommended that
the subjscs be allowed 10 remain With
the wisdom Of Congress. and 20 the re-
sommeudasions Of the Postoffice De-
psrtment. The report was adopted with
out debate. The Convention adopted q
rssolatioa that the Government should
purchase and owA all postoffioe boxes In
fourth class offices doing business Of
600 q year. an ! 10 ell third class offises.
and not compel postmasters 10 oon-
"a ~ nd Nfr ha
nus over TO the Government
After reasssmbline the Committee on
resolutions made the following report :
We. the representatives Of the Post
masters OF the United States OF the
third and fourth Glasses, In National
Convention assembled. hereby resolve
First-That We point With pride Ia
he postal system Of tie United State,
- built mp and extended bv successive
Administrations OF the National Gov
eminent. until IL stands today = marvel
o. simplicity. economy aud efficiency,
transAotirR the most complicated asd
laborious Of public business With such
facility. convenience and dispsteh 40 &c
command the respect and confidence OF
NE Nation.
ssooud-rhas In The present recon-
mendatiens 10 Congress relative TO pos
tAl affairs ve recognise Mr.. Cieveland's
Standardization as Q worthy successor &c
any which has preceded IL. In Post.
master General viiaa and Assistant
Postmaster General Stevenson W
rseoenixs earnest and consistent cham
psons Of every valuable improvement In
Tee postal service and la the condition
Of its employees That vs realize tbs
relative position which third and foarth
sisss postm xsters sustain 10 the puolic
and that ve earnestly recommend thai
each individual postmaster constantly
etady the public convenience. and learn
every way possible TO aid the Depart
mens In making the service more EN-
,sieas and Ut greater usefulness " ths
public.
Third-That the present. operation Of
the postal res slations liking the sals
ries and allowance Of third and fourth
e.ass possmasters has been found. b.
practical experience, 10 work ereel
hardship 10 ineaneents Of thcse OF
ices. the reasonable demands Of the
rablie AZ 10 convenience In the hand
liue Of mail making the administration
Of these otices very expensive 10 pro
portion TO the salaries. and 10 all csses
eonsaming the larger portion OF 70. ase
IN moss cases more than three quarters
81 10, leaving them As return for sseil
a. IA Al t,f.sfal