Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1889-12-09
EASTERN NEWS.
...ocfsrsp PRESS DrsPATcHEs
nasapDelnled Van.

- = IN a.. arrival of Presi lent Kse
1scaoer Huehitt of the Chica9
- - Wayne road, but the train be
Il i.ss hs failed to meet them
s,.sssr Kiyer and Harosr Grab.
T..myo1os, Dec. s.-Western ant
..s.-n members of Congress are anx
~ mass a river and harbor bill not
H.sstandinQ the failure of the Secreta
= War 10 furnish estimates of th'
80 Il il learned that estimates o
49, 49, officers to carry forward th'
~ nrovided for under the last bill
w.. OO,OOO. 1t is proposed by sev
Vi "a Ssnators and Representatives L
,si the Secretary Of War to furnist
;Tstss by calling on him through
.s.Irt;on OF the respective houses Il
.s..smit estimates for particular objects
s:.scroysments, in which the constltu
~ Il these gentlemen are Interested
s...to, Jones, for example, has intro
~ 4 RESOLUTION in the Senate calling
- tbs Secretary to furnish estimates
=. fnture work upon the Mississippi
~. Similar resolutions in relation tt
s..r,ovsu,epts on the Pacific slope and
I.svhere will be introduced.
nepsred and Fed.
u.sryosp. Dec. 6.-A dinner was
- today at the residence Of ex-Post-
sasr General Jewell in honor of Post
rasisr General Howe.
Crave Robbery Excitement.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. S.-An indigna
soa meeting of colored people VA
M this evening over the recent grave
s,hhsry. When q trustee of Lebanon
csmstsry, named Burton, appeared on
~ Iatform, there was great excite
~. several razors ana revOlyers were
drsvn, and nearly everybody shouted
foe vengeance. Psaeemakers were sue
1aaful but the meeting at once ad
inrned. Thirty graves we're opened to-
~ from about half of which the
hodise had been stolen. The health de-
nrtmept will not allow more graves
opensd until it is known whether the
psrpons died from contagious diseases.
uangnan's Day.
9r. LOUIS. Dec. S.-A special from
CAulaeton. Missouri, says Albert San
defs. solored, was hung for the murder
a Morris Wing, also cOlOred, today at
half.past one. Sanders partOok of the
~ sacrament, being joined by Howard
Underwood, another negro who will be
e1eouted In three weeks. He walked on
the ssaffold firmly; then sang a hymn
without q tremor in his voice and was
accompanied by his spiritual adviser,
Ksv. n. Hess, who offered up prayer.
Sanders then made few remarks and
4 l2:3O tho rope Was cut. There we're
8 fsw commissions and in N minutes he
~ dead. Sanders killed Wing a year
20 the 9th of last November, in lit of
isaloasy, bothl being in love with the
nms girl.
Expose the Police.
WASHINGTON. Dec S.-A citizens oom
mittee appointed to secure greater pro
tsction against burglars and small
thisves has been furnished with valua.
~ clews by the noted thieves! OLeary
and Murphy. II verified, the COMMITTEES
will N IKE public the system of dividing
spoils between professional thieves and
certain members Of the police.
SETTLING Dswn 70 Work.
MILWAUKEE, Dec. 8.--A number of
papers were read and addresses deliver
Cd at the session Of the National Butter,
Cheese and Egg Association today.
Among the speakers, were Thos Higgins,
q Cheshire, England. J.J. Mcdonald, of
Philadelphia, was chosen president, and
vios- president from each State.
Certificates Withheld.
COLUMBUS. Dec. S.-The State Can
vAsDing Board find that Merry in the
Third District, Warner in the Fifth,
md MoKinleyin the Eighteenth, are cleo.
I'd 70 Congress by small majoritiss on
10 face Of the certificates. None were
isusd, however, as in each case two sets
q ballots against one giving the full
CHRISTIAN name, aud the other two
Initials only to number sufficient to
enntrol the result either way il counted
nperately or together.
The Feel and His Money.
bosroN, Dec. S.-rhe disagreement
btAsen Mrs. Langtry and Mrs. La
puchere IL the topic Of conversation.
md 0ebhardt. who followed Mrs. Lang
~ % Boston, and who was the acquAint-
onee objected to by Mrs. Labouchere,
~ among the frst Of Mrs. Langtry's
IN York admirers. Gebhardt is a
laadsome young man Of %; lives at the
AolA Brunswick. keeps four-in-hand
20 otheI equipages, all Of which have
eeaa at Ars. Langtry's command dur
n her stay IN New York. Gebhardt
- usually accompanied her during
y drives. Gerbhardt's father died a
- yeazs ago, leaving his son an income
Z about $4,000 a year. The young
80 y we'll known at the opera and
eeoees Of the principal thcaters, and
naNeat diuer ont. He has the repu-
.asnn OF being discreet, quiet, temper
md economical. 1t is said his bill
1ewers alone, during Mrs. Langtry's
- % %sSnGsesment S!S in New York, was
Wlnlry.
NV Yolx, Dec. S.-Ths weather ID
y and cold. 1he Thermometer was
10 1t sunrise.
Rri&Atfal Train Accident.
nMron, Va, Dec. S.-A collision oc-
ssso a. half-past three yesterday af-
ooo between freight train going
snd the express passenger train
S9 eass at the west entrance Of
ers neck. the tunnel % miles
A o. here. Three persons were in
Ivy nlsd, and fiye others wounded,
Wo engines, two passenger cars.
oaeRa4e oar and five freight carr
sleeksd. The killed were Henry An
Ssso @ hinton, engineer Of the freight
N.SH uonsn, Of Hinton, fireman of
vme VIM. Cooper. of Waitssville,
~, fireman of the passenger train
injured are b. II. Thompson, OF
nRton, W. Va, conductor of the
train, whose back and legs
O1en; John Madden, of Hunting
pneer OF the passenger train, hes
IN - broken and other injuries, but
0oably recover; the conductor OF
Um@nnah sleeping car of Boston,
-. snknown, has both legs broken,
osy fatal; newsboy, name un-
BADLY cut; Stephen Cole, colored
Of Louisiana courthouse. serious-
Ihe passengers number 75
voom arc Senator Williams. OF
Hs@x and Robert Bonner of New
S vno escaped uninjured. The as-
I. vas caused by a misunderstood
orders BY the freight train
= soey we're attempting to take
more than had been allowed
-. me passenger trains time, i,
Capital News.
atssoroS, Dec. s.-Secretary Fol-
cancelled $95O,0O in United
GLts q1os on account OF the legacy OF
eI,aoerstood the House COMMITTEES
sopeiations designs a REDUCTION OF
q ~ sSs 1alAries Of the civil service.