The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-08-21
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CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

DOMESTIC.
Edward Arunson, manasgr Of the Casino
theater, New York, is desd
John C. Lucas, president Of the keystone
National bank oi philadelphia, Is dead
The United States ship Galena has iei,
New York for hAytl TO look after American
interests
Clearing house returns. 6rcss exchanges.
week ending August iS, ssTl. .i6i, ,SSs. ga in
crease OF IS per cent ever The c1rrcspsud-
ing period last year.
Elmer Afford. aged q, of Olive Heights.
Los Angeles ceuai,, Cal, was drowned al
Long Noch. sunday, while bathing, being
carried ont b. an uDdeftow.
Two earthquake shockswere fcltat Yuma
Aria, sunday morning, one hcing quite Sc.
we're, lasting several seconds and being ac-
eompanied by low. rnmbliag sounds
Tweuty-fouF ST. Lauis i luar dealers have
formed u combination % build a gigantic
Gisiillery in opposition 10 the whisky
irusi. which has liked prices uareasonably
high.
British ship Pegasus has arrived al san
Francisco from london. she encountered
heavy gales, seriously damaging the YES.
sci; two seamen were lot. one named John
Erickson.
Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird. inspector gen
eral Of the army, has been placed ON the
retired list, aud Col Roger Jones appointed
TO succeed him. with the rank of brigadier-
general
Robert I. Lincoln and Ignatius Donuelly
arrived at New Yors from Liverpool sun
day. Mr. Lincoln Is very confident OF Re.
publican success, and will al Once enter
the campaign
The loss by the stockton Gre sunday
morning was about slnq,Oo9; insurance.
10000 The shipPee Agricultural works
rad - combined haFgesfcfs aud a uuulbtr
Of grain cleaners burned.
While sherman Reeves was endeavofing
20 arrest his nephew, sherman Grim, al
Oakland city. Ind, for disor.ierly conduct.
fight occurred ia which Grim was fatally
shot and Reeves wounded.
Congressman Maftsoa has refused 10 ac.
cept silver service from the Eo,ernmeni
printing Office employees, claiming that be
has but done his duty. aud that &C .eptance
would SET very bad precedent
Last weeks weather was favorable for
growing wheat and corn crops in the
Northwest. Rains benefited crops in Ar
kansas, Tennessee, Mississit pi Aiaha na
aud south Carolina, " hieh had been suffer.
ing from drouth.
OF the Sii passengers Of the steamer
AhysSiuia examined saturday At Sau Fran.
cisco. - were refused landing number
held boyd certificates and back k-numb Der
certificates issued nj Port roguseud. and
werv the most bare-iaced frauds.
Last Friday the cabin ef cripple named
Feiiejon. living near Evauevi lr Cal, was
found burned down aud thc body of It's
oWuer soi0e - yards away, par iaiiy eaten
by mountain liuus, Whe hal dfagsed away
the corpse from the ruins % ieed on II.
FBEEiGN
The pope Is suffering iion rbeumatism
George Weber, the GlFman historian, Is
dead, scd 81 years
Mahmoud rasha. ex- Turkish minister to
France. is accused Of emb zsiuz fia.eoo,
Three German generals iu the Turkish
seryice have resigned, owing to non receipt
Of salaries.
The Cologne Gas ~ says that Prince
bismarck viii rssigu ats once af Prnsxian
mini-teT of commerce aud Industry.
sgnoF Crispi. Italian prime minister.
has arrived az FfaukfJrt ON his way 10
visit bismarck ana Emperor wlillam.
Ilariand 4 W0ilf shipbaiidafs ai belfast
have cics1d thrlF yArds, oHiug o. q partial
strike Of etnploYcs. Five thousand hands
affected.
The steward of the ship DoscnhY Hal. sen
fenced % be hanged for numbering the
captain daring the Fq1 age from san Fran
cisco 30 Liverpool, has begn respited.
The worlds conference % the Y W. &. A.
at -fockhulIn. which closed Suudhe, was
rnosi sueressfui. aud wih greatly ADV anea
the cause. especially en the continent
Al the Bradford. EnEiand. chess fourna
meff. Guusaus won tue hfst Prize. with
lSis games. Mekcuk'e - Mason n. Har,ie-
ietsen ii. B.arkhufn -, Weiss 10. Taabeu
hsus p. Mortimer = 5. 1harfaird ~. Lee
.. Owen :. Hall 5lz Hamhait T.