Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-10-19
EASTERN OCCURRENCES.
PartlcnImra of the gabIne
Pass Disaster.


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| provisions for she EnG rers at Sablnl
late heur lass night They reached 81
bins Pass early sunday morning ani
found abcut enc hnndred persons sill
living there. Ihey uere reiuolant &
leave she site of theiF fuFmer h0mea
and are nov occupying tie fsv h0asel
that Withalood The storn. 0ae half O
tie oloihinR taken up b. the oommilkal
vas diatRionlea AMONG thess suasEer
Who we're h great need of everything
fhe remaindef was aent up 20 S0hnssE
Bayou b. the barge Topsy, e. the i'd
ard channel would not permit Of %,
E,tells's going up ne river. Tue com
mittee IL their s1alement regarding "a,
distress Of tbs Survivors. say thsy nsvel
saw such suffering for the common ne
oaasaKies Of life as existed at Habins
Pass and johnson Bayon. The CON
mietee asceFtained that the total num
bar Of persons who i0at their lives wai
l30. on thfae 64 Wafe c0loFed and 81
whites. Oalg 65 bodice have thus fAI
been recovered and buried. SooutinH
parties onnkinue 10 hunt for she bodies
og missing frienda
The Knagnis Of KabsR.
R10MnEamD, Oat. lA.--Tha delegates q
the General Assembly Of tha Knights el
LaboF numbered scarcely 800 when thl
Convention was called 70 order thiI
morning. Scores departed from the aity
0n last nights train, and many morl
viii leava today. There Il, therefore
every Foaaon % look fer al adiooFnmenI
within the nsxt thirty hours. Tue OH
GERS say ahnt the york OF FoviainQ the
laws wilI be taken up IN regular ordel
and puBhed through today, the obisol
bainQ 20 complete ell thia before the
close Of the afternoon session.
Ihos. O'Reiily, Of tho IeleaFapherl
District, offered ahs following rssolu-
tion;
Rssoisss, That ths organized power Of
the order Of Knights Of Labor be di
Eected in demanding 81 the hands Of
Congress tbs passage ct 3 msasurs
recommending the purchase, under
entnent domain. Of the telegraph sys,
ten Of the oouutfy; that it is the daty
Of all 10 assist IN dominating and 70 sap
port With tseir votes only such oandi
dates aa will pledge their support 10
suoh measures; and that sseoial tnstruo-
iions Be issued 10 the Legislative Com
mittee at Washington 20 agitate for
such ownership, and 10 make govern.
mental telegraph one Of the burning
questions Of the day.
II Introducing she resolution. o. BELLY
called attention 10 the fact that she
telegraph lines m every oouutry except
the United States and Canada, are
owned By the government, and claimed
THAI it was absolute necessity that the
telegraph system should be controlled
By the government IN the public In
tsreat.
The action taken BY the General A.
aembly with reference 20 tbs National
Trade Districts leaves matters To that
respect iust where they we're before the
Convection met.
The COMMITTEE on the State Of the
Order was accorded the h0oF and re-
ported until the close Of the eesa on.
The report Of she Legislative Com
misaion that sat 90 Washington during
the last session Of Congress was en-
dogued. The supplementary report Of
che same committee on ehe suggestion
~ tbe formation Of q Congress Of IS
Knights Of Labor 20 sit ag Washington
duFlnR the session OF Oonerrse, gas
ordered t0 be referred 10 the local As
semblIes for their approval OF dis
approval.
fhs report OF tke Special COMMITTEES
on the Southwestern Railroad Strike Was
sudpFaed.
A resolution. fayoFinR the establish.
ment Of libraries In State capitals,
WheFe may Be kept complete oolleetioaa
II all literature relating 70 labor, vac
tdnpted.
Resolutions 10 respect 10 oonviot lAbo,
we're also adopted. fhey call on the
members 10 do ell in their power 70
eradica o0nyict labor by endeavoring
70 destroy the market for il.
Il vas voted that a committee be ap-
pointed 70 promote the fraternal rela.
ions between Knights OF Labor and
the Patrons Of HusbandTy.
Adionrned until tomorrow.
ghe Cenditioa o. new Mexico.
wAsnrnoros, Oct. Is --Hoa. Edmund
q. k0ss, Governor Of New Mexico, 10
bis annual report to the Secretary Of
the Interior, says:
Daring the 6Fst half Of the oslendaF
year Nev Mexico. In o1mmon With the
West generally, was afflicted b. en- an.
usual drouth. In c0nseqaenoe Of which
the cattle industry has aaH cred serious
". agriculture aud the mining iatar
estn b. We also suffered, though 10
much less degree, from the scarcity Of
water. HOwavaR, there haa been az un
usual beginning Of whas Ia known a.
the rainy season. Rains have been un-
ia good. With this improved water and
food snpply stock 10 rapidly getting into
excellent condition for water Agri-
culture has also been hgouRht up 20 an
average, watch vas very mach bsneht
el By the recent showers. Crops viii
be fully mp 70 the average IL quality
and yield per acre. The ineFeass has
been largely ever that Of foEmeF yearA
Rains have, In some parts of The Terri
tory, resulted IN disastrous foods, doing
great damage 70 roads. bridges and eth
e. property. especially F4ilFeads."
TIE Governor refers to the plan sue
Rssisd in his iast report Of storing the
surplus water. and adds; "A system
for the storage o. aaFpius water a. ths
head ef several streams. especially the
BIO GFande, for Which nnmerous can
yons are excslIsntly adarted, would
ave q vast amo1nt of water.
suiIleient 20 iFfiRats net only She river
valley pFopoF. bot also tie mass Of up
landl prsotically 10 he feot og The
moaniAins on the upper side runaina
sarallel thar with. This, hs aata
uould reduoa 10 cultivation many nil
lions az aorus Of pFoanetivs land noa
harren and cesoinia. he asks foF 4
sufIioieni appFopriaiion 20 satisfactorily
tast this thtory. The cultivation ol
alfalfa has beoame aomeUtat RsueFGl,
and Il invariably sacoassfnL. This grass
% harvested fFom tWs 10 I've times per
gear. The average yield e eaeh ent-
ting 10 from one ard half 20 tgo tons
psF acFs, and sslls 10 this msEkea nt an
average of SIS per tol- Oa The sahtss,
of lard titles and land frauds. ths Gov
ernoF saya. ia b undeniahle. ~ shown bY
the Investigation of the SnrvsycF Gen
erai. that very large afaag of pubiie
lAnda amaantinR % many hnndfed thea.
nnd auree, have boen illegally and
fraudulentiy aheuFhed IN tbe prsasndsd
Somniah and Mfxiran land gFaufs and
that many thousand aerus of p1biia
landa are sfill enclosed bv pr.waaa fences
and oaherwisa held BY the great c4isla
rangeru 60 exclude farmers. net oniF In
violation az the lao, bot IN violation Al
the F8abta uf ueclpanoy Aad 0omAin-
Tue Governor refers 90 ehe pFeaanea a
the erraH landed eseasea that have heen
daVaioped II ths larger SpAniah grants
e. q eeFioes and ihrraseniRa evil 20 -