The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-05-19

a .sSf ~Ar ti'ea>is Vash4fraSScd and
large buildings are gradually heinr
/, undermined by the rushing waters.
, BANNING lScgsssxfLy.
fAyrrTy,uLs, Ark, May is.-It hss
rained incesSantly for at least thirfv-
six hours, and while the rain Is usual(v
peaceful stream. II i nov rushipr Z
! torrent ave miles wide.
HARDEST RAIN seR MANY yrARe.
ALMA, Ark. MAY is.--The hariexe
rain Tor many years has been falling n
Arkansas for tho last two siayS. Tn
streams have all oytrisowesl. The i'm
nsense cotton field and corn l~sttoms
are flooded. aud the country has
suffered a general iuunsIation. %
quick was the rise OF water. that many
people were driven from their houses
and forced to swim for their lives
Many women and children arc stand.
ing on the top of their houses CRYING
FOR help. with water ten feet sirep m
around them and still rising. There
are fears that many have been lost.
Freight and Passenger Ncetineu.
SAN Francisco, May iS.-At thu
freight meeting OF the tsans-vontinen-
tai association the western classified.
ton al freight was taken Up and dis
cussed. article by article. but no
chaneeS.in the rates were agreed npou
on any particular article. The usses-
I ton of intermesiiate rates hesweca
here and the Missouri river was also
brought up, but nothing definite was
decided. Al the passenger meeting
the whole day was taken up in figuring
upon the proportion that each line
/ wRs entitled 20 from the sale of
through tickets.
/ Interstate csmnserce Declsian.
WASHINGTON, May Is.-A decision
has been filed by the Interstate
commerce commission in the
ease uf Martin 4 Co., of Denver.
against the southern Pacific conpany
and the Union Pacific company. The
chief question involved 4 that Of
/ greater charge for a shorter haul from
San Francisco tp Denver than for
longer haul 10 Kansas City over the
same line. The conclusion ui the conn.,
mission i that no adequate ground
now exists upon which greater
charge for a shorter haul TO Denver
than to Kansas City can he justified.
{ In view of the fact that an effort is be-
ing male in good faith by the various
lines To reedjiist the tariff to meet tho
requirements of the iaa. no order viii
be issued of this case Ter sixty days.
Half MilIian Lost.
SAN FRAScisco. May Is The South
ern Pacific company has received :
manifest OF the steamer Eureka which
was lost on the south Atlantic coast.
ana the freight department Il now en-
a
uf the local merchants sustaining dam
agcs. The losses 10 merchants in the
city. which the company viii yay In
few days. viii foot up half million
dollars. Eureka WIS on the iine be-
tween New Orleans and New York.
forming a part Of the sunset route.
No ristols Wanted.
CHrcsco, May ia special 20 the
Times from Mason City Iowa, says
that notices are now posted In al
division round houses af the chicago
Burlington 4 Quincy Railroad that
after May 2Hth MI engineers unable u
run engines without the aid Of pisfu
win be dirnissed from the service.
This will take of about sixty per cent.
OF the new engineers.
Indefinite Continuance Asked Hex.
SAN Francisco. May IA. Hinx.
who Is accused of aiding the boyd
iiprico certificate ring by taking
stolen Chinese certificates 10 China
and selling them there, has asked for
an indefinite continuance Of hts case
in order that he might petition the
president for pardon. The question
wiIl be argued on Monday.
Krupp Extending His Wevks.
BERLIN. May is.-~ Krupp will build
a new steel factory and works near the
Amnen. Westphalia, the works at
Essenberg being unable 20 cope with
the increased business
Dts-~nsion Wanted.
PARIS, May Is.--The Bonnpartist
gfoupe in the chamber nf siepufiaa.
have resolved to combine with tho
Right in an effort ~ bring about dis
sension in parliament.
Canadian Railway sfsttssses-
OTTAWA, Ont, May is.--Tbe govern
mcnt's railway statistics for the year
ending July lst, shows an incrrase x
traffic greater than in any previous
year, amounting 10 FIVE and half
millions. The miles of railway com
pleted are i2.s3g: G. pital raid. 3aa3..
1900; ne; earnings. fti ~ ,niD.
roiitieAl Meetings In Lesasa.
I.ospoS. MAJ ia council Of tie
Liberal Radical Union 81 London, haa
decided % hold q great meeting al fiss
st. James Hall. on Jfsne the 7th, d,
protest against the coerrion act. and
the government treatment II political
priso,.ers. Morley will preside. 1be
Lord Mayor refuses TO lend the Guild
Hall for public discussion on the
caantry's defense. lie i,elieves that :
feeling exists that this discredisable
ambition has already gone too far.
sale Of Herses<
CLEvE.ssp, Ohio. May is.--At the
Tassig auction sale Yesterday. fifty-five
horses brought t.si,i06. Pansy CIinkev.
by ciinker, dam Nellie. brought S3j9b,
Joe johnston and the 0rnnl Avmv.
PniLspfLFHIs. May is.--co1. Nsecr.
commander III the department. III
Pennsylvania Grand Army u The Re-
public. has issued a renerai order
taking to task the T. b. Baker Post.
No. :. for its action in elertiae jos
Johnston, the Confeierase eo1nman-
der. n contributing rae1nbfr. Col
Magee says that the confyihHf5nr.
honorary and associate memheYnhffss
are without authority ef iaW and In
conflict With she rules and regulations.
10 all eases where the rost* have sp-
Piled the term members 10 other fhsn
regular members oi the rsos4s, Who
we're eligible under the rules and reku-
iations. must at once df-continue Tho
practice.
- Eagfneer Francois b DeeA.
paRTs, May I'm. fhnfj<s Fran
eoss, Gne OF The sSosf distinguished
engineers. l. dead
Gone To GYeenisnd.
STOCKHOLM. May ~. Dr. Fritz, uish
four ser~erians and tws LapIanders,
has started for Greenland teexplore
the east coast
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