Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-28
THE EASTERN STATES.
Trsubie Among knights
Of Labor.
Maxniassss Thsaasr BzEnsa-Arressaa
hy sAs Pinksr4als-Fnaazlsns aaa
Iznsrnl Izpsrsassoa sf CHI
nsss-czstis Disease


Gennfc1s Amsng the Knighfs.
| PwKAunERmIk, Dec N.--Instrueaisns
/ uars rsesiFs6 frem shs 0onsEal Exseu
/ tive Board Of The Knights q Labor -
| day, granting the demand Of Assem-.
bIias 81 maaAine oountKun1oFs for local
| trades charter. Nearly ZOO Knights ara
! interested, and thousands h oeher gard
of The country viii withdraw fronn The
OrdaR.
Twenty-one Assemblies thFoaehoai
/ The countEy isleRFaphed the Genaral kx
ocuEive Beard that 11less trades char
| tsrs ara granted they viii leava ske
Order, and most u th1se IN The city
have given neeice thai unless the DE-
mand is conceded today tkey viii with
draw. Machinists claim the FiRhf, EadeE
the sopstitution Of the Order. that they
Be aIloWed 70 dtrsct the basinsss per
laining 70 The interests Of their own
members. Tue General COMMITTEES ere
IN favor Of granting the demands, b0t
Pewdexiy with majority Of The Beard
u opposed 30 the soheme, and u 10 NOS
liksly say uord will be received BY the
dissatisfied Assemblies today. some Of
tks mechanics Assemblies have decided
% uait until she frst Of the year, and II
ice desired charter 10 NOS eFRnted By
THAI time, fhey will fellow the lead Of
the Phiisdslphia Assemblies. and ever
5000 knights viii sever their relations
with the Order.
A Theaier Destroyed.
PzrzADxxRHIA, Deo. IA are broke
9us IN SOS ssssnenf Of the nee Temple
TheAkeE a II O'Clock this morniae. and
IN Q shogs tine the entire baildina Was
Oiled with emoke. Twe scrub women
= she upper part Of the building ware
rescued by hFemen With ladders fro
ths afth-ssaHy window. The Ere started
in Q museum eonne5tsd with the
heater. The flames ware supposed 10
Be under control and osnhaed - that
section Of the building, bat shortly
be ore II o'clock they burst from the
upper windew, and the entire structure
gas ruinsd. The fheater is Owned By
Wm. n. SingeFly. proprietor Of tse
Philadelphia Rscord. The thsnter, With
lss improvements, coss 6inRerly $780,
900, and was reRAred 20 the handsomest
theasar bniidine In the country. Singer
~ remarked, willis the Ore was burninR.
thst 'he hsd endeavoFed 10 make it the
dness In the eounlry, and be believed
ne had aucoeaded." InsnFanoe ON the
property amounts 70 et27 900. The
root fell In at ESQ, taking n portion Of
the wAll with is. and 5arisd three ere
men under heavy timbers and stone
Oas Of the men, Hugh Col9an. was duR
oat alive. bat the Others. John johnson
and John Gibson, are still buried under
the debris and cannot be reached. They
are dead beyond all doubt. The Ore 10
ret burning hsFcsly. and trunks and
furniture are being removed from the
Washington hotel adj Sining, but which
has 90 far escaped.
The Supposed Train Robbers.
CmoAoo, Dec. 27.-Pinksgton this af-
tsEnoou made his hrst public statement
respecttng the arrest OF parties Tor par
tiospation IN the Adams express robbery
Railroad. be began by declaSing that
he utofiss printed a. 10 the affair we're
Wild and Misrepresentation. he de-
olared that the agency had arrested
their msp laat Friday forenoon. One
of The trio waa the man vhe wrote the
letters signed "jim Cummings" TO the
Sc. Louis pagers, aud the other tvo
vere bis eonfedeTates. They are poei-
lively Identified BY i've witnesses.
osoaQht here from 50. Louis yesterday.
These men, together with Oscar Cook.
arrested in Ksnsas OIsy, aud Bill
HaiRhf, arrested 10 Nashville, Pinker-
ton said, are known 10 Missouri, which
carries the presumption that those ar
rested here uere taken there laas night.
The detsofivo stated that two Of the
msn we're eonsideFed as business men,
and tkat neas are sf the desperate
sype.
Undsabtediy TFue.
WAsHn0roH, Deo. N.-The Secretary
Of the Treasury was informed by the
Secretary Of State shat be has infoFma-
tion that two frms IN Houekong, viz;
Gin Long hi and Wing Kong Lung.
are largely engaged In selling certih-
Gates 10 land Chinese In this country
and snueGls females through American
ports for Immoral purposes He a1a-
Rssss that The matter be Investigated
By tha United States Consul at Hons-
ksug.
An eaisas Raw.
ST.. PAuL, Dee. 27.-The Court today,
sWe judges assentipe. feafhrmed .
former decision In the tax title eases,
holdina the titles valid. Toe case is OF
great inssFsss in che Northwest, 90
many PERSONS have made q business Of
bayina titles 10 land sold for taxes,
even thoaah the taxes have teen paid,
ana the proper ofleor had for some Fea-
ann failed 90 give ceeaif for the same.
Groas injury has beea doae 10 h9ndreds
Of poc pie oy earsaessnees IN this respect
on ths part Of efiosfs and clerks, and
ths 20 called tAx title sharks zeaped .
rich reward shereerom. E0ar Judges
unite IN Fsoommendiaa that the CD
noxious Law be repealed.
WAszrnorox, Dee. n. - Chairman
Hatoh, Of the House Oommittss on
AgEisalturs. has rsoslved from Oommis-
ui0ner Coleman s Fepiy 10 the Rssoluties
offered fsW days aQo by Representa-
tive 6wiusearn of New YORK. In which
the CommisaionsF neks forth eemprehsn
dive dEfnsultiss in tie sttsmpt 70 exiiF-
pate, OF 30 control. The plsaFo- pasu-
rasnia soeurRs In The present stats Of
the law and With the maehiseFy at hand,
and fsinforees his reoommsndations
previously made for more hssoie meth
ods with additional erRumenta and
ssatsments Of fasl. The resolution
sesma 30 questien The prsyAlsncss II not
ths sxistenes. Of plearo-pneanoeia, de-
clarinR In tfs preamble that sines the
sahmissiou of ths OommiesioBeF's last
report u haa bean denied that the eon-
tAeion did exist where that fepogt aAid
u aid, and calls for fall and explicit in
| faFmation 40 10 the ownership and loeA
siou of tbs infested herds. ths number
Of animals whieh have persisted, and the
sssps taken - slAmr out % csnnns the
esnaaEion. The CoDgaissioner &C the
oasnss declared thai so0e statements
antEibatsd 10 bic report Was nOt COO
IA nsG In Il, and psosseds 10 show that
ths Summary by she Chisf q 10 Bursaa
OF Animal IndustFy. Of dIssovsfias made
/ duFina tWo years Gas erfs8eoaaly g.
anned by As. Swiseb1rn 10 Be . STATE
rens 81 fhs eanaision Of aGsirs 81 tha
| uomsna Ne rsposi was snbmittsa. He
pEoosedm 90 follows ~In refsrsnes TO
thas art Of he pFeAmhle vhiaA states
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