Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-07
EASTERN NEWN.
.tyen 10 for lost.

,a,.yu TO resT-fsTE.LTosscEs.
given To for lost.
o,orcvsrEB Mass. Feb 6.-Tse
SaSrsy Maud NJ. Storey. carving a
- N fourteen men, engaged IN Graso
80 halibut fishing. has not been
h.r aimee December l4th and has
80 given NJ for lost
"a. Cincinnati Police Noodle
rrxcrssGrr. Feb. 5.-Mayor Smith has
90, communication 70 Edwin Hud
-. Superintendent OF Poilse- saying
,nst for INSTRUMENTATION IN refusing T.
ssrort Yesterday for orders as directed,
~ yss suspended from the ONCE Of
sooerint< ndent OF Police This brings
- eri.,s tue conflict between the May
=, and the Police Commissioners, as the
is,ter refuse 20 recognize the validity
- The Governors action in removing
them from office.
saved from the sea-
NV YoRK, Feb. She steamer
william Bnrpitt, which arrived here
,..terdsy from Bio Jansiro, reports
a., os February lst, 10 latitude 81 deg.
e. min. longitude Is deg. 80 min, she
o,.Lsd up a ships boat containing the
s,sv Of the American brig Ann lie l.
white from Rio Janeiro for New York,
xhich had fouudered on the preceding
a. The rescued men consisted OF
Cant White. Mr.. Walsh, a passenger.
tvo officers and seven seamen-eleven
in all.
Export. OF specie.
Ssx YORK, Feb. Exports Of specie
from this port during tue past week
we're s6l0 g9j-to Elrops. SIS, 93t sii-
var and SI25. 1862 gold; 10 Havana, $751;
40 geld and $500 silver. The imports
we're t337, 726.
The Railroad War.
CHICAGO, Feb. 6.-The rate-eutsine
eoutest has taken A wider sweep than
v.s at frs, expected. By applying the
az 20 reduction on second class tickets
betvesn Chicago and the Missouri
river. California emigrant rates are eut
from k52 80 to $47, and second class
farce 10 Denver are lowered from f3l to
fgg. Arbitrator Wilson, OF the Chicago
n. Louis and Missouri River Passen-
ser Association, mas authorized all the
roads In the pool 20 meet the cut A
number Of first-class tickets orept into
brokers hands today. but not enop. b
70 amount 10 decentralization.
The Cixarmaker.' strike
Nrv YoRK, Feb. If the Progress
siye Cig,rmakers agree to the terms
proposed by the manufacturers and
seceot the schedule of wages basel on
the average price paid by all the shops
last year, about 1000 people will DO re-
lisyed from suffering, which 10 begin
ming TO be felt severely. In many Of
the trades more or less directly con
nee.ed With the oiRarmaklng industry
the strike has produced a stagnation
and a consequent discharge of work
people, who, not being members OF the
oigarmskers' unions, are not entitled to
relief from these bodies. The box
makers, label printers, ETC., are out OF
work In consequence of the strike, and
do not know where to turn for relief.
The Central Labor Union has too many
demands on its treasury at pre- ent to
pat these people on it, rolls, and much
suffering results.
II IL doubtful il the international
Union, which bitterly deusunoes oon-
ferenees between Progressive members
and manufacturers, will be able to hold
cot long after their rivals roturn to
vofk, for they do not want the mem
bsr Of the Progressive Union TO get
employment In shops which the Interna-
tionsl has heretofore controlled About
500 cigar MAX ers have left fer San
Francisco since the strike bagan and are
expected to contribute som sthing To
support their suffering comrades 10 this
city when they get there. IL will be
some tima, however, before the heavy
expense Of the trip can be paid out of
earnings on the Paoitic Coast and the
surplus can be sent TO New York.
Discassing Old Claims.
A circular letter was recently issued
BY claim agents in this city and widely
distributed among Government pen
sioners soliciting employment for tue
prosecution Of a claim, which they say
10 not In the nature of a pension aud
which they have reason to believe is due
pensioners from the Government under
the Act OF Congress OF March ~. 1886.
which provides half pay for Ave years
to the widows OF soldiers killed or who
died OF wounds subsequent to April
20, 1918.
The Commissioner Of Pensions, in a
report upon the subject 20 the House
Committee on Invalid Pensions, says !:
"rhe Act Of March -. 1896. appears 10
be obsolete. as all the eneticiariss are
provided for by the more eomprehsn
sive Act OF July 4. 1896, and its benefits
cannot DO extended to the soldiers of
the late war or their heirs. BY the
terms Of section 6 Of said Act it, bene
hts are limited TO those who served IN
the Florida war Of 1885,"
The Commissioner asks fer g repeal
OF the act mentioned, and says: Its ro-
tention In the statutes tends to create
confusion aud offers Inducements b.
claim agents and others to in.
ssituts claims against the Govern
ment resulting In unnsc~ss ~
labor and costs to the depsrtm ,uts, even
when 1t is shswn. ~ 10 this case. that
ell the benefits conferred by the act
have been folly satisfied"