Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-11-21
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All mails anow bsand sasi II Omaha.
A. ChisaGa Jehn B. Draks gaze his
ihiriy nrai annual game dinner.
Ihs siRual uervioa rsixsna sho1 Il Z
length 81 rain fsli en tbs Coas,.
A. ElmiFa. Nsw York. John Arnsa. /.
msmber sf Oonzrsss aisd, aRsd 50.
TIE vssasl that sank with frsiahl
o. hnman lives 9aaths foaRe Dick.
Senator Hauiey Is certain og 70 siee-
iioa b The Csnnecticut Leeislatura.
Tue new arEananmeats 10 transport
our mails to England are 0nly sxperi-
mental
The Govsrnmsnt Of Spain Il ashfinq
sitn the oOpositioa in she Spanish
CoFtes.
Matthew s. Qasy Is the leading can
didate for Unised States senator from
Rsnnsylvania.
1he HiaVatha, Supposed % have been
lost IN The gale sn the lakes. arrived safe
In Port Huron.
NesF Maniates. Michiean. the steamer
Mznisiiqae sank With ell on board. Six
teen lives ware lost.
Az Sacramento the Capitsl wooien
NILS were entirely DESTROYED hy hre:
loss $4,000. partially insured.
Tvo hoFse thisVss at Albuqusroaa.
New Mexico, shoot and kill tw0 eiRssrs
and then escape into the mountains
Account from Detroit Of q rumorstl
conspiracy against ths life Of Michael
Davitt b msn Of the O'D9noyan Rosa
aEFipe.
The Russian Governnent has issued
q eircular stating rs reasons for break
ing oh Diplomatic relations with Bal
RariA-
The weekly bank staten maut shows a
reserve inoFeass sf &2039O00. The
banks nov hold S2.5e9O 9Oo0 IN excess Of
the legal rule.
After killing 4 man near Hazlrd. Ky.,
two e00tsnding parties decide % leave
their ironble 10 an arbitration oommit-
Tee for settlement.
Premier De Freyoinet Informed she
French Cabinet that Russians were
placed aader the protection OF the
French Agent II Sofa.
AZ Cape May Psint, New Jersey, The
Hotel Bellevue. together with several
adjoining cottages. was totally destroyed
By . nFe Of inoendiary origin.
AZ Cincinnati, A fire destroyed the
clothing hsusss Of Marcus FeloheimaF
Z 90. and Mack, Stadier and Co; loss
$3.50 600, fully covered BY Insurance..
From present indications there is
stFonR probability that the Democrats
and Republicans will have an equai
number ef members of she next Lseia
lature Of New Jersey, In which event
neither B tFty can elect q United States
Senator without the vote OF John Dono
hue, Who Was elected BY the Labor
party. Mr.. Donohue Is n0n- eommittaI
and declines 70 be called either q Labor
Democrat or Labor Republican.
Count William Bismarok'a recently
pablished letter rebukinR the offisisls Of
Hanau. Prussia. for their excessive
gambling and other immoral habits, has
evoked deluRe Of sarcastic comments
frOm the Liberal press Of Germany.
One paper reminds the moralist that
be, with certain oonViyiAl companies in
the military and civil service, or the 90
oaeion Of the last anniversary Of the
battle Of Sedan, foFcibly entered a
brotfel IN the middle Of the night by
crawling through the windows on the
ground door. 10 spite Of the fact that
the house was closed and no one could
be legally admitted. and remained there
until morning. Most Of the newspapers
noticing Count Bismarek's letter recall
one of the gay Williams amoaFs which
created q sensation years ago.
The vaFisas kinds sf ingenious con-
tFivanees which have been bFought for
ward from time TO time for the prompt
detection Of hre damp in mines, are
well known, bat most Of them have been
Of q somewhat complicated nature, and
on this aocount failing Of their purpose.
The latest Of these brought 10 notice,
however, ia described as so simple In
principle and construction a. 10 exotic
wonder ~ TO its not having been thought
OF before. A ohiid's India-rubbeF ball
With hole 10 Il is squeezed fat In the
hand and held 10 the place suspected Of
hFe damp while released. and allowed
TO suck IN the sample OF the air; the bali
ia now directed toward a safety lamp
and again squeezed, when the telltals
blue flame will SHOW II Il contains any
tnhammable vapor.