Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1888-04-03

| uusOces loekY0y 0{of1eef Of oo3o4flox
Loabes. minister sf Fshlie vcsks;viesss
| minister Of aericuifrre; LeRfend. sns.
tseer of commerce. The uev cahins
he'd . meeting 81 Elysee rAlace. III
eoofefenee iaseed Aso houss.
i rear 1oWSsnxD.
xEyR1AL OFFICIALS DruMnGKD q
F.csAIs A<KHn TO KH1ox.
i fR.g.ssr cerr. Poss- -Is:s,.iss~esy.
| A rumof reached the ears OF roar cor
reepooosnt today TO the effect tia
Chtef of inspectors Lather snd sevsrs
other cmciais, hsd bsen discharge,
from toe customs service, and an irt.
vtev With Ooilecser Brooks proved tea
the osuAtly err;rg dame Vas right. Ii
oo:leceor made the following s,asemeri
The secsstary Of the treasury has or
oered . rsduction Of the customs fosc,
OF this distrioA, By dispensing With th,
osfvioes Of Inspectors I. r. Lashef,
8. JoueA T. p. Boyd and Joseph Day
This ordss Implies 90 rtnsosioa upos
any Of these ofhcers. bat Is simply
movement 70 fet0ss expenses Ia orde.
70 meet the present depleted ststs ol
the appe0pfiation for defreying the ex
poooeo OF collecting the revsrue, cor
rsspoodtE9 reduction OF expenses val
tmpeRAefvely necessary, and il vAs oniy
| . question Of policy With the secretary
Of Iee treasury whsthee the reduction
should BE effected By q reduction Of sal.
ariee, or by feducing the number Of OH
oees. The latter course appears 10 have
been adopted. Ttis leaves the service
here rather short handed. especially on
The arrival Of tea ship, and other vessels
9th carR0es Of foyeiQn merchandise, a
each vessels cau be discharged only un.
der the sapegvis on Of customs oficers.
'ln the cases OF Day, Jobss and B,yd.
appointed for O.ympia, Colvilie and
Port Angeles respsct.vsiy. the aismiss
ais are made By aoolishinR theee Of
aoes." Oolleosof Brooks further said
that the taking away Of the Port An
eeiee cfi,er vss very unwsse. and that
10 should probably sepd another in
specsoR down there. II abandoned il
Voaid become rendezvous for emug-
glefs. II is the wrong prevented rather
than the good accomplished vh.oa
makes It important TO have An ofices
there.
I DlyRElKHr RxAsos Tos 1nx DuHusAis.
The cause sssierel BY Collector
Brooks fos the disnissals is not 1erer-
ally accepted - the right one, at least
~ regards Mr.. Luthef. The relations
between the latter. Who, "a before men
tione3, 10 Gardner's successoF, and See.
oial Agent BseoheS, have never been
cordial, and 10 Ia believed that the cap
tsin's velvet haad kAd % re to do With
his discharge than the deficiency In the
appropriations. The fact stated By
Oaptain Beecher. a. msnsioped below,
that these smissals will not alter the
depaetment's intention TO make re
duotion u salaries sos the halsncs Of
tie fiscal year, seems TO bear Out the
general opinion. There II no question
as 10 tho fac. that the service. already
numerically deficient, VII be seriously
crippled. II the real reason OF dis
missal u the deacieuoy In the appropri
stion, ths bsausiful economy Of the
present congress 10 stEikin9ly Llos-
trAted. Regarding the dischaERs4 In
scestoss, Boyd and Jones vsfs cons:d-
efed fairly good ofa,iais, and Day,
though nev mln, vxs looked upon ss
Q good one.
WHAT HI BExcHK1 1uIkKS.
Special agent Of the treasury. h. r.
Beeches, Vas called on at his residsnoe
by tas Posf fNTELLx0KSoRB reporter and
il response TO tbs Q0esy rs TO whether
or not be knew Of tbs dismissals, said
be vas aware some discharges we're to
be made bat did not know the parties
we're named In the department order.
He said the reason for tbe disnissals
could culy 30 ths oeseseity OF cuftal
ing tie expenses. While the msu coal
not veil bo spared hs cited Portlsnd
which 10 also 10 bis distriee 40 being 10
a WORSE condition - 20 scaS,ity Of Of
ncials than the port Of entry and said
the force vonld probably be increased
here again 81 tic end Of the ascal yer,
June 3Osh. Mr.. BseeAer thinks thlt
nearly all Smuggling h nv done By
cav Of the Canadian Pseids and the
eastern bouudafies AL that Pn2et
S,und 10 nov looked 70 N By smng9sers
q Offering POOR chance OF sucssss In
their uef ariCus business. Ia regard 20
the reduction Of salaries reported ssms
time ago, Mr.. Bsscher thousbt that
these dismissals would not osvie.e the
necessity Of making the proposed 70
d1csiou.
pLovI aTvEx.
Joeepi DAY, one Of the dischssaed
inspesioss, assaulted special Agsnt
Beeoher on the street THE Afternoon.
After mutual recfiminations. N,bo.y
vss much burt, the spectators in:effef-
ing.
TEE CAPTAIN BrknELxss.
A aoronee's iurv held en- iaa1est on
the body Of Sailor ehipmsn Of the sh'p
Hiiverdsis ct Port Discovery Saturday.
Deceased had fallen from between decks
10 the lover hold. distance of nine
teen feet and six inches, vtieh gro
duced among other ininr concession
Of she brain. - shown by the post NOR
ten. The mate and soioe q toe sailors
have CHARGED Ga u. Noftep v.th rot prog
erIy caring for Shipman. and asserted
thai be would have recovered II properly
attepad 10 The coronef's iasy found
that tbs sailor had besn ~ oase re-
uovsd 20 the cap:sic's siate room and
had received every reasonable care up
to the time Of bis death, Friday. k
vas impossible for him to recover from
the injuries sustained BY the fall src
the charge Of i'll treatpsnt probably
RfCV OUS VI stA ACEss6E soos e%@ N&'~~-
hstvee the eapsain. roaso aod % ne
ssilors esey sipee the Silver 3aie started
on be- voyage.
Many promineut citizens we're badly
taken 10 by an alleged special dspasco
ucb,ishsd In an evening papef sasor-
day announcing that q special steamer.
On board Of which we're several stnafofs
And repssssSsatiyss-psn I.sno,s aud
oshe,s-vopld b 10 Fors Townsend %
surdsy morning. /: dido't oscar 20
ans one thai Sunday Vas April lat, ana
kescs several hustled round 10 aes up
reception committee 10 look after the
cuesfs Bsse suits we're donned and
land jumped sayvssas 70 several In
stances.
The British ship Parse, 2i tsys
from San Frxnnisco. arrived nsre sAt
urday, aat vii take . cargo Of iuncs'
70 Australia.
TIE bark Neinaine. from ssn Fran
ais.o. - tsvsd 10 Tacoma ,esssrdsJ
by the tua Aogui 10 load lumber fo'
knssYsiia.
Tne sssaxn collier walia Wsisa escassc
soe Gan Rraneisce last nsgai.
| Cau1ain 6sse, OF the saz Fyse, 10 fe
;,icina. Il IL q asri and pretty 80
Ths bask Canais. Carsai3 Warner
go de Y>ans, "a \ sa- & arcg1a % s9-f