Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-09-04
on THE EAsTERA COAST.



eome KnfRhaa ag mnBar eA1eea-
Nxw Y0nx, Sspt. s.--TAa memboEs of
the Home CIub asasrt positively thAs
they have purahased PythaaaEian Han,
90 Canai sfrest. fer DislKial Assembly
/ No. % o. the Kutzhta o9 LalioR. AZ 8
meeting q the DiatEiet Assembly last
Mnnday night, She Home Clnb notified
| ths Master Workman that every mem
her must pay 81 towards ne building
/ fund. This woald brinz IN ee0o00 IN
short order. but aeFen1y Ave e. the foer
hundred i0eai assemblies held q NEST
/ inc on Tuesday niehf and positively r.
/ fnaea 10 eanfribu1e q cent They said
thaa the Home ClHb raiRht buy itg oWn
haIl. Distrist Workman Mcguire
prompaly suspende& the ssgsnfy-age 1
| local aassmbIies On Wednesday marn
ina. ID was Aid Yesterday lhst the
msmbaRs of The ssvanfy-fss local as-
asmhlias you'd kick. Tha members were
wiling % DO moss anything for the |
Hzms Cab, bat soms Knights said yes
ferday THAI cir Rensrasitg slopped /
aheFt at buying $40 home for the /
Home Club On Canal street.
mmHe Bmspendea - Ald ahe suEsFeFs. /
CH1cAoo, sept. 8.--Assosiated Press |
dispatohea fram Taxisus parts o ahs
country show tkat she Subscriptions q /
money fog the ca 'Flsstou sufferers az i
Rregnaa $1,000 90 far. Fram Washing 1
ton Il : annaunced that Chief ClsFk /
Youmana, Of tha Treasury Departmanl /
by psrmissi0n OF Acting Secretary /
Fairshild, issued circular letter today, /
infsgminR employees that the rnle pro
hibitinQ the eiroaiaaicn of Subscription /
papers In tie depaFt@ent would be s1s-
pendsd 10 The ease Of the Charleston /
Relief Fund and that the heads Of bu-
rsaus wonld be designated 20 receive
Subscriptions. Spseial performances
will Be given ID she Washington the
aters and places Of amussment for the /
bsneAt Of the saGsrsrs.
A strange Epidemic.
CHarrAHooaA. Bspt. 8.-ParotsFiIIe,
IN O0ckrell eunnty, 3 IN wild state Of /
exoitement over . strange eDidemia
whioh has made it, appearance there.
Ths disease, which In every case proves
fatal, resembles nax, exospt that the
victims are attacked vita severe pains
ia The head simultaneously With pain IN Il
the abdomen. Tue physicians sEo IN
abs 20 aope with the disease. and those
stricken with Il suooamb within Short
time. Twenty seven deatha have 90
ourrsd within thres daYs-
The PhiladeIphia Mlns Crowded.
wAsHuoroH, sept. 8-Ths PhIladel-
phia minG il nov ogerWheimed With Il
work. Ia addition 10 the cleaning up
Of the miner bass coins at the rats OF
SO, ,00o eaok wssk, and keeping up with
the demand for dimes. the regular
mOnthly purchases Of silver bullion
musl be coined. Il ID eztimatsA that
$1,000, 600 Of ballion will coin 2.50o, 900
silVeF dollars. rhe employees at the
mint are nov VorkizR from O'Clock q.
%. 70 midnight every week day.
emesal Circular - CoGlecssrs ana
0aherA
WAsHrS0roN. Sept. 3.--Ths Treasury
DepaKtment has issued the following
circular 10 ColleotoEa and others: ''On
and after January lst next, & e prac-
tice, heretofore existing under Depart
ment instrugti0ns of OctobaF Ilth, 1873,
Of permitting parties who present them-
selves with inVoioaa and bills Of Iadina
endorsed 70 them By the parties named,
bEinRinR the blanks 20 make entry II
their own name as owners, and alBo OF
permitting the entry By parties Who
appear 20 have been the real purchasers
abroad, but 70 whom the merchandise
is not consigned By bill OF ladine, will
BE- discontinued. kntFies viii only BE-
re eivsd from the parties in whose name
sue merchandise ia consigned By the
BID Of lading or Who appear 90 be the
rich fal owneFs Of the bills Of ladinQ.
drawn 70 order. Articles 297 and &)6 Of
the Regulations will Be considered as
modified accordingly. Eniri By ex-
ecatoFs and administrators OF deceased
provid d In Section 2343 Of the Revised
Statutes. viii noi b considered as
affected by this circular"
The sigaatures Amsant e e5.eee. So
NEW YoKk. Sept. 3.-Ths time for re-
esiving the boAdholdeF's signatures 20
the Houston 4 Texas Central agreement
expired on last Wednesday, but no
steps have yet been taken by the South
orn Pacioe people to extend the time
except By directing that uemorandum
be kept Of ell parties Who desire TO sligo
the agreement. The signatures 90 far
amount 70 about 81. 10000 One Of the
principal bondhelteFa had q conference
With Huntington yesterday With q view
. having the time extended on account
Of che majority Of the bondholders be-
inR away durinR the sumner. and. al
thouah no action has yea been taken re-
Earding that, this viii Be done.
An UpaaFned stsye Causes = Dlsasser.
Wrn1IkMsPoRT. Sspt. Sword has
been Feceived here Of 2 sicksnino
calamity which occurred about mid.
night last night hve and half miles
Above L0ncestown, on the line Of the
WilliAmapoFt 4 Nerth Branch kailway,
where . large nnmber Of Hungarian
iaboFeEs are employed on An extension
Of the road. A shAnty. IN Whieh over
twenty Of these peOpie lOdR q. caught
ase from the oveTtnfnine of q stove
While the men we're asleep. Sixteen
usan slept on the second 0OoR. Those
on the arsi door and ell On the seoond
hooF bat seven aacoseded in getting
cut. The others we're eft 20 their fate
and we're roasted alive In The baEniBa
shAnty. Their chaFFed rsmAias were
foand In the rnins. Tbs men Who
ESCAPED we're 90 hnrFog- -aaricken that
they mads no effort 70 save theiE CON
pAnians.
aympathy fPen 0aesn vIessFia.
WAszrx0rox. sept. 3-Ths following
aispatsh vas rsoeived by cable today
frsm oossa violoria:
''BAxMonkK.. Sept. K
70 fAs Prssffeaf a ~ UsttrS Statef;
desire 20 express pEof0nnd sympathy
With The aaaaEers Of the late earth
quakes, and avail vith anxiety fuil IN
tsliiQsnce, which hops may ahsu The
esecl 10 have been les disAstrSus than
reported. Tm QUEU."
Nerahern Paclae EaFnamEs.
NV YoEx, Sspt. a-The oficid state
meat of The Northern Pakiae Railroad
e9rnines foS the moBth of Angust = as
falloWs; 1856 el.iz2s224i lsS5. t97l.-
as8.
Less FAtlurss DaFsaG last Week.
The business failures for the last
seven days are i9o e soDpared win