The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-07-31
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

compositor named Jones, employed on the
Tacoma Globe, Tuesday afternoon deIiber-
ately struck ieliow-workman named o'Brien
on the side of the head with Q steel
sides lex. The men were strangers, and there
was no provocatiou for the act o'Brien was
not seriously hurt Jones is . hard drinker and
is believed to be crazy. He was lodged in jail.
Mrs. Eliza A. Smith, whose husband and
daughter lost their lives in the collision be-
tween the steamers Oceanic and City of Chester
in San Francisco bay. August q. 1883. has filed
suits against the Pacific Coast Steamship Com
pany and the Occidental and Oriental Steam
ship Company to recover 1870 dsmagea
A number OF pool sellers arrested at the West
End track. Chicago, few days ago. have been
discharged by the police court This action vir-
tually decides the case in favor OF the track
owner. Fifty-fve bookmakers have had their
cases continued and warrants have been Issued
for the arrest OF thirty two more.
The report that Iowa will make no sgricul-
tural exhibit ct the Worlds faia II the proposed
double site IL retained has been empha,ically
denied by schafer, secretary Of the state board
Of agriculture.
The Black Hills express on the Elkhorn road
was boarded near Valentine, Monday, by two
train robbers. Thsy were evidently green
hands, and were frightened away after having
secured only SAT.
On Monday night burglars blew open the safe
in the ticket Office OF the Union Pac fe railroad
ct Denver, and secured 81. 800 cash. Four men
suspected of being implicated in the crime have
been arrested.
Ex-Treasurer Austin, Of Marin county, Cal.
held to appear for trial on two charges Of en-
bezzlement furnished 1900 bail Wednesday.
and was discharged from custody.
The big mill strike at Ashland, Wis, has
been amieably settled, the men having decided
to accept the proposition to work ten hours for
ten and . half hours pay.
Incendiaries set fire to the residence of Rev.
David Plumb, prominent minister of Ingalls,.
Indiana. Tuesday morning, and the entire fam.
lily persisted in the flames.
The steamer Los Angeles and the steam
schooner Navarro collided six miles nonh of
Cayucas. Cal. Wednesday. Neither vessel was
seriously damaged.
James S. Kennedy, convicted OF embexzlinr
$4,000 while in charge OF the foreign money
department. San Francisco. has been taken to
81. Quentin.
ton, Miss, Tuesday for the murder of Henry
Fieigge, white sailor. last April.
The streetcar strike at Graud Rapids, Mich.
was settled Monday night, the company &C.
ceding to the strikers demands.
portion of three business blocks was burned
ct Traver, CAL. Tuesday morning. The losses
Aggregate $4,000, well insured.
The Stewards cup Ut Goodwood. England.
Tuesday was won by Marvel, Galloping Queen
second, Theophiius third.
Albert Geoghegen, city CLERK of Paris. NJ. n
short in his accounts between s. 900 and $4,000.
He has disappeared.
henry schroeder, . farm laborer of Chico
CAL, was kicked to death by his horses Tuesday
afternoon.
Oficials "a the Paris postofice have discov
cred theft of l2a,oo0 francs from registered
package
NJ BArbe. formerly French minister Of finance.
is dead.
Cholera Is epidemic in Mecca. Arabia