Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-14
eisTgRN NEWS.
s..,s 70 PEE rosr-rrrLIss.os.
Fire I'm Boston.

a,~vox. Jan. l2.-Whst will undooot-
=, LOVE 4 disastrous IRE 10 nov
- in the fve-story Rraaite front
ss,idice Of Nos. Al TO so Cinssn
e 49, occupied on the lower noor BY
= n Rogers. dealer in agricultural i'm
$3.50. and on the second door BY @.
Z Tsoo,son 4 Co., dealers IN seeds.
= .srse upper doors we're filled With
.nd Grain, and the property therein
- . total los. Three OF tbs hsors
" siready fallen and the boildinR
- ,borou2hiy guttsd. The hremen
" .e.sidersbiy inpeded in their work
- r. mercury -four degrees below
~. and q quantity OF snov IN the
-. Al the present writing IL noon
- ers d barring furisusly.
me Casters Blizzard.
v- YoRx. Jan. i2.-R@ports from
a. ;,,.,iof Of the State show that last
=, 80 Gas the coolest of the season, thu
.sss,moueter indicating from Is TO 30
$500 below zero. Reports received
~ - SIGNAL Service state that the cold
y.shsr Z undertaking rapidly. Fargo
.'-.ovted q degrees above zero and 81.
DIX dserses bsl.v. The temper Ature
-. desrses below in this city At 8
.,.less this morning with no wind
s,,,y;ne. Railroad trains are beginning
"a arrive % IRE promptly.
Rosrox. Jan. l2.-From all parts Of
ysg Eeeisnd come repJrts Of very cold
..sther, At Meridian, VT. tbs ther
.souetef registered 40 below zero.
4 Dispssed Peint.
W.sarxgrss, Jan. l2.-rhs sen ate 10
~ sxeostiye session, today, after oou-
srnine about one hundred nominations
= fsst q they e1ald be read. is said 70
ave reached that Of q minor Postnas-
~ sbos predeo ssor had been removed
= naks Q vacancy. Some one inquired
he cause of his predecessors removal,
Ssvelopipg the fact that theC,n nittee
a. Postoffi,e s and Postroaas had no
Indignation on the subject. This gave
- 70 "a hours discussion Of the 40
.rsot right # the senate to informs-
liou Of this character. No one Vas able
b ~ What toe policy Of tbs Admins
ration in this regard would be, snd be
vopd an expr ession OF individual opin-
=. and 10 some Gases narration Of
Ihs Individual experience OF Senators
q seeking information Of the heads Of
nothing vas done.
They Dss1 Like Is.
EEv YosK, Jan. l2.-Tne following
|sssss has been made pablo:
NosrHEss PACIFIC X. X. OFFIoE,
Hsw YonG. January 18th.
r. tas boadhoiders and stockholders Of
AZ Eorfh.yx PactHs Railroad Company:
IT ID pabiisly stated that Oommis
iosss sparkle Of the General Land
Odios has rendered q decision to the
,Gsst that this company b Is no grant
Il lands Tor lie road between the Co
unbia River and PaRst Sou I'd. There
: 10 foundation In lav or reason for
Iueb Q decision. An APPEAL will at
noe BE- taken 10 the Secretsry OF the
Interior, aad 10 necessary the company
viii resort 10 the ooarts TO maintain its
iQhts. Neither you or the purchasers
Il the lsnds OF this COMPANY need en-
srtsia the slightest apprehension ~ to
be result.
RoBxsr HANNA, President.
Bffe ~ Mocoms
MAoos tGs). Jan. ia frs this
aosning destroyed q block Of bosiness
aoosss 10 the center Of the city. The
les b heavy.
e0etsl hssineasisa Of the seizare Of
WAsHrNoroS. Jan. l3.-The Depart
neut Of State hts reosivsd ON 81 Al In.
ofmstiol from the Uoitsd States Con
al 81 Apis. Samoa of the seizure of the
smosu Islands by the Gsrnan Gov
Fnment ~ previously reported In the
svs dispatches.
4 Cali On 1syaFd.
Tbs II use COMMITTEES on Foreign
fairs sailed at the State Department
'dsy In . body and paid their respects
Secretary Bayard.
Fatal Bstier Explostsa
Fosr wAYsx (lnd).. Jan. l3.-At 1:30
lie afternoon . boiler In the basement
81. N ,ry's Catholic Church exploded
Ith O terrible crash, instantly killing
% engineer, Anthony Evans, and q
sic schoolgirl whose name cannot be
aud entirely wrecking the
,autifui edifice. In q fsv moments q
10 broke out. The residence adjoiu.
q was badly wrecked also, bot none OF
70 inmates we're hurt. The loss IL
,oat e65, 600.
Bisekaded win See.
BALrIxoaa, Jan. Il. For two days
% port Of B fillmore has been bleck-
led with los except for heavy steam
lips. The Toe Is reported ss very 6rm
J miles down Chesapeake BAY. The
sult IL barren markets and q decrease
articles Of food which are supplied
J whole or part BY way Of the bay.
Convicted 81 Embeszle0ent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.- rhs Treasury
apartment 10 Informed that Norman
!. Camp, formerly asssyer IN charge Of
10 Assay offi,e ut Botss City. Idaho,
DO Vas rsmsvsd 10 April last, nas been
pavicssd 81 Boise City of smbexxlinR
l2.5M Of the funds of that OH %, and
to Ave years imprisonmen t,
I'd 10 pay Q fac Of $1,000. rhs De-
aStmsus Of yus,tos has instituted pro-
ssdinss 20 recover the dsacit In his
eoounss from his bondsmcn, Who are
ssidsuts Of this city.
he aasar rhsapssa steel wsrks.
Prrnpuao (pa }. Jan. 10 The Edgar
rhompson Steel Works ciossd down ai
midnight for an indc6nite period. b..
'suss the furnace men rsfused % &C.
~ their tsrma rhs large force OF
soskmsa will b paid % q saes. The
letiksrs have appssied 70 Aadrev
)Arnsats Of New York, Aad are hopeful
II Q favorable answer.
RE sssate's ntshs % lsssraasiss.
WAnHrNoroS, Jan. l3.--ln the execa.
i've - SION OF the Senate today. after
me nsports Of the oon aittees bad beer
feestvsd and The calendar vas taken up
VI contested" oasss we're passed ovsi
md the nominations which vsse eoa
lrmsd we're those 10 which no ohjsosi z
sss made. They were chiefly Of mer
.hs had been appointed 10 oil vaosn'
'isa A fsv. like that OF PostmAstei
Iadd. OF Chicago, vhose predecessor
sas suspended, we're cAsss In respsos d
shicl tue committees had cslled for In
'ofmation from tho Executive Depart.
msni.
10 y the opinion Of the majority thai
10 Senate oaaht 10 have Information
phsnsser 10 chooses to call for Il. With
'espsct 10 the rsassns for making 70
novala. 10 has been the habit Of the
ssease 70 call on the heads OF depart
nsots fof infsrmation Of this kind
ron the foundation OF the Govern
neos, though 10 remains an open Qoes-
'ioa vhether Il can be descended % a
snctai right None of the committees
nave yet reported any instsnes Of ~
Iussl On the part Of ths Administration
. feFnssh the infosmatioa eAllsd for
shiis. on the other hand. many rsspoa