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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-08-11
FATAL SPOKANE FIRE.
Conway House Burned With
One of It's Occupants.
GILMAN FLAMES EAT Sc. 900.
Little Girl in Tacoma Roasted to
Death by Playing With Matches.
Suicide of . Lovesick Disqualification
Iumbia River Fishermen Drowned
A Hackman Attempts to Murder q
woman-A Centralia Adultery Case.

SPOKANE, Aug. 10.-[Special. by the
burning OF the Conway hotel, at $50
o'clock this morning, one man was burned
to death. while half dozen others were
either seriously burned or received broken
limbs by jumping from windows. The
building was a three-story frame structure
on Second street, between Howard and
Post. The fire is supposed to have orig
mated in the kitchen. A servant girl was
awakened by smoke in her room, and
gave the alarm. Before the sleep
ing inmates could all be aroused
their only means of exit, narrow stair
way, was cut off by flames, and they began
jumping from the windows. -Four persons
were rescued by firemen, and all the other
inmates of the hotel who did not escape
by the stairway, jumped from the win
dows. The fire was subdued after the in
terror of the building had been gutted.
Charles Johnson, an Invalid, Mrs. Con-
ways brother, man about go years of
age, was taken out through second
story window on Mill street.
He had been suffocated to
death. His face was burned almost be-
yound recognition. Just across from him,
on the east side of the burning building a
negro named Washington was rescued, a
barber. His hands and arms were ter
ribly burned, the skin being entirely
peeled off. Edward Greene jumped from the
third story on the Mill street side, and is
injured internally. He lay on the pave
ment just across from the burning build
ing. and made piteous appeals to bystand-
ers to fetch a doctor. A few yards from
him lay j. II. Dwyer, another inmate, who
had jumped from the third story win
dow. His injuries were broken arm and
leg. William Clifford jumped from the third
floor, and escaped unhurt. Frank Browne
threw his trunk from the second story
and jumped after it. The trunk was
smashed to pieces, but Browne was but
little hurt. Mrs. NJ. Cameron was SER
iously injured by jumping.
There seemed to be no person whose
duty it was to attend to the sufferers as
they lay on the street, their groans adding
to the panic of the crowd. Finally all the
injured were removed to the Sacred Heart
hospital
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A Utah Mans Double Life.

CHICAGO. Aug. 1O-A Times Louisville, KY,
special says: suit was begun here today
which charges that for five years Edward ].
Liddle, of Ogden, Z tab, has been living here
under an assumed name with a woman he
married here, while another wife lived at
Ogden. The suit is brought in the name
OF Marie Sears Lddle, by her brother, ii. J.
Sears, OF ogden, and asks that Mrs. Liddle's
dover in $1,000 house here be main-
tained as against the claims OF
T. J. Liddle, alias q. Doubrich.
and his alleged wife, Louise Thurman, 10
whom he (Doubrich) sold the house. Tie petit
ton says Liddle was five years ago prosperous
druggist at Ogden, with wife and several
children. He came TO Louisville TO study medi-
cine. He had correspondence with his family
and represented that he was still studying In
the meantime his wife attended to his business
affairs at Ogden. Liddle it is said, married
here and bought the house with money furn-
ished by his Utah wife.
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Chicago Undertakers Have
Twice Usual Run Of Trade.
MERCURY AT Ton or TUBE
Dwellers In New York Tenement
Hells Seek Roofs and Streets.
Sleep Is Impossible, Even for PoIices
men-At Night the Brick walls GIew
Like Furnace--Connecticut Burnin~
Up, Fields withered, Brooks EmpfN

CHICAGO, Aug. 10-Dispatches from
number of points in Indiana, Illinois and
Iowa state that the heat today was verY
severe, the mercury ranging from 90 h
10S. A number of prostrations were r.
ported, few being fatal. This aftcrnooQ|
the heat was mitigated at several points ~
severe thunder storms. In Chicago it W.
cooler than yesterday, the maximum tenn
perature being 81.
The excessive heat of Friday, Saturdsy.
and Sunday has, however, had its effect Oh
the mortality rate, for 100 deaths were ~
ported in the city today, more tha1S
double the usual rate. The mortalt1
among horses was also heavy.
New YoRK, Aug. 10.-Today has be-
the third hot day Of the season here, IN
the hottest of the three, with no prospec
of a favorable change tomorrow. Loe
forecast officers say the mercury bids -
to touch the 100 mark tomorrow. At 8 I'll
morning, without breeze, end the ms
curry steadily climbing upward, the air wV
sitting. At noon the heat was unbearabf
and at 3 o'clock the thermomee
reached 81. All afternoon the a.
buiance was busy carryir
people prostrated by heat to the hospit1
Nothing like it has been recorded at th
time of the year for nearly twenty year
and continuance during the week mes
an enormous increase of mortality, esq
cially in the crowded tenement districts.
Half dozen deaths occurred, and man
more victims are in precarious condition
Three persons are reported as having be-
rendered insane by the heat. A numb
OF members of the police force had to leay(
their posts today. The heat was particul
larly severe on horses, many being over
come.
The scenes in the tenement district t6
night are beyond description. The eptir6
population has deserted the tenement
and sought the house-tops and streets
Little relief was afforded, however, h
this means, as the thick walls are sendiu@
forth the heat accumulated during u
day. The entire population is lookln@
with forebodings for the dawn Of anoth@
scorching day.
PLAITFIELD, Conn.,, Aug. 10.--Today ha<
been one of the hottest in the year, an
the drouth was something startling. AM
late crops are burning up in the grouu&
and the early ones have been ripened r
quickly by the drouth that they are badIx
scorched. Rivers, ponds and millstrearl
are lower than for years. AshI4ud
Jewell City, Flayville, Central villa
and other places have been compelled e.
stop the mills for want of water. Al
through the valley of the Yantic, Quinn
baugh and Shetucket rivers the mills a.
idle. Pachaug lake, that covers /, e
acres, is nearly dry. Unless rain SOD
comes the loss to crops and in wages wf
be great.
PrTTsBURe, Aug. 10.--one death resulti
from heat today.
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Importation of Tin Workers.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. l0-Aeting Secre-
tary Nettleton has received a letter from Presi-
dent Neidringhaus, OF the st. Louis Stamping
Company, replying 20 Secretary Fosters
recent letter relating 20 the employ
ment of foreign skilled labur for the
tin plate industry. Mr.. Neidringhaus
claims that for the successful operation q this
industry it is necessary to have a number OF
skilled labOreEs fresh from the business ss con-
ducted in Europe today, The foreign labor
needed, he says, will not amount 10 10 per cent
OF the whole number OF employees This sort of
help cannot be obtained in the home market
OMAHA, Aug. l0.-Guy c. Barton, president of
the Omaha and Grant stneiter, was arrested to-
day, charged with Violating the ght-hour law.
He will BE- tried tomorrow morning, aud receive
jail sentence. Then he will apply 70 the su-
preme court for writ OF habess corpus on the
ground that the law is unconstitutional. This
will be q test case
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HACkDRIvER SHOOTS AN ACTRESS.
Lottie II. Marsh Drives Her Lover to
Desperation, in Tacoma.

TACOMA, Aug 10.-lspecial. ! Mrs. W. NJ
Marsh. whose maiden name was Lottie E. Marsh,
she being cousin OF her husband, and who. as
a box rustler at Pacific avenue resort, is known
as Iottie Cheers, was found at 6 a. m today
bleeding freely from pistol wound in her lett
breast. in her room over the Popular restaurant
on Pacific avenue. She said Henry Fisher q
h&ckdriver. shot her.
Fisher was seen 10 leave the place shortly
alter the shot was fired. Yesterday they visited
asuburban resort and caroused together, re-
turning AZ 4 a. m. today. Because of his atteu-
tion to the woman and neglect of duty Fisher
has been discharged by his employer 1t is said
the woman secured several hundred
dollars from Fisher. She SAYS he
Left her after the shooting with the
intent on of jumping into the bay. He cannot
DC found. but was seen to walk towards the
wharf. He has been trying 70 escape from the
woman's wiles for some time and il is thought
she may have shot herself when he was about
10 leave.
The wound is no; dangerous. Her husband is
telegraph operator and VIII arrive from what-
com tonight They were married at Seattle in
May, 1859, by Justice John Miller.
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Meeting of the RerIng Sea Commission.

VICTORIA. B. c., Aug. l0.-[spcciall-A letter
to the Coionist from its correspondent on the
steamer Danube, which carried the British COM
nissioners to Bering sea, says that Sir
George Baden Powell and DIR. Dawson
met the American commissioners for their
first consultation the arrival of the Albatross
at Unalaska, on July 25th. The intention of the
British commissioners was to sail for Pri-
bilof Islands the following day. They
visited the schooners Thornton, On
ward, Caroline and Dollie C, az the
they were left on the beach at Unaaska when
seized several years ego. The water is running
in and out of the fast decayiLg hulls as the tide
ebbs and flows, and nothing now is left of the
rigging except the masts.
The only seizures known on July 25 were those
OF the schooners E. b. Marvin and La Nympha,
already reported. II. NJ. 5. Peasant, steamer
Costa Rica, United States cutter Rush, United
States Albatross aud steamers Alki and Dora
were at Unalaska on the 25th.
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ARRESTED FOR ADULTERY.
How n Husband Found His Wife at
Centralia With a Former Lover.

CENTRALIA, Aug. 10.--Ispecial. IA man named
Fuller was arrested yesterday on charge mHas
by one Springer. OF living with his wife in adul-
terry. Springeys story is that nineteen years ago
he was married to the woman, by whom he has
a number OF children Last winter they were
working on railroad near Puyallup and Fuller
came along in an i'll condition and asked to be
taken in and nursed, he having
known Mrs. Springer before her marriage Not
withstanding her husbands objection, Mrs.
Springer took Fuller in and nursed him. When
he got well, Springer became suspicious that
there was something more than Platonic love
between his wife and Fuller He ordered the
man away, but Mrs. Springer said that If Fwller
went, she would go, too. One day she and
Fuller disappeared with the four youngest
children At 0rting the husband heard they
had come to Centralia. He came here yesterday
with his four Sons, anu was walking along
Tower avenue when they came upon the woman
sitting outside the store.
"Why, how dyer do, maw?' said the eldest
boy. she screamed, grabbed the children, darted
inside slammed and fastened the doors aud
then fell down in the customary fainting tit
warrant was sworn out before Judge Richmond,
and Fuller spent last night in the city Jail.
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Comptroller Lacey Replies to Drew.

WASHINGTON CITY, Aug. 10.-ComptroIler of
the Currency Lacey said today regarding the
letter written by ex-Bank Examiner Drew, in
which the latter defends his official action in
connection with the keystone bank, that the de-
partment had treated Drew with fairness and
clemency. Lacey continued:
He was charged with dereiction OF duty
sufficient to warrant the removal OF any officer
in the service. lie has confessed the same, and
offers no excuse except that it was an accident
He claims that though he failed TO do his duty
at one time, he ought TO be- pardoned because he
did il at another He has deservedly lost the
confidence of the department sud the public,
and the period of his usefulness bank ex-
aminer is at an end. The statements made
by Drew diffenns IA the ieaS. from she facts OF
my communication OF June 10 are without
foundation in fact. Dfew's claim as TO previous
high standing is cheeriully admitted, but IL
serves TO aggravate rather than mitigate his con-
iessed dereiction OF duty by rendering absurd
his plea that his official report ought to have
been received with distrust until corroborated
by information from outside sources.
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CONFLICT OF AUTHORITY.
biaiock and MeekeF each Calls a Meet
Ing of WORLDS Fair Comnissinn

OLYMPIA, Aug. 10.-Ispecial.l lAs two calls
nave been issued for the meeting of the Worlds
falT commission-one by President Blaloek at
Seattle. aud one by Commissioner Meeker at
olympia, both on August 81, there is likely to be
conflict. II the view that the commission has
never been legally organized is correct, no men,
Der of it has any special authority to call a
meeting, but as Olympia is named In the
law as the place for holding tho
nFst meeting, 1t seems most proper that the
meeting should be held here by general consent.
1t Is reported that President Blalock holds that
the fair bin took effect upon its approval, and
that the commission was lawfully organized.
General cavanaugh, member from this county
Is OF that opinion, aud announces his deternin-
alton to attend the Seattle meeting. 1t is feared
that unity of action will not be restored until
the matter is pissed upon by the eourts
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CHANGED THE FACE OF THE EAE1|
Remarkable Results of the sesamic Pn(
nOmena I'm Sonora Mex

YUMA, Ariz., Aug. i0.-Daily arrivals from q
region OF sonora, on the Colorado river, reyQ
the most wonderful change In the topographx
and appearance OF the county Many OF the ol1
land marks have been obliterated promineu<
natural objects wiped of tho face of the saftl8
and new ones, in unexpected places, turned uH
The damage was done principally to stockmer9
who have lost many cattle The Cocopah In%
dams are heavy losers. small stream, four
miles north of Laredo, which prior to the earth.
quake was readily forded. became impassable
owing to its depth. II is now necessary "a
cross the water course six miles back from the
Colorado. The Cocopah Indians now prcdic<
that another earthquake Is liable 70 occur soon
Indicate al
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BUSINESS TROUBLES.
MASSACHUSETTS Lumber Firm Fails-A
Merchant Arrested for Fraud.

Boston, Aug. 10.-The failure of the Glen Iron
Company, a firm interested in lumber, was an
nounced this afternoon. The official statement
IN March last was: Debts, $4,000; nominal
assets. 1892, 900. The liabilities are now stated
to be about $2O0,000 1t is said the assets are
nominally slightly in excess.
NEW YORK, Aug. 10.Moses Levi, formerly OF
Levi Bros. & Co., who failed in May last for
100000, arrested today. The charge is
that for several days previous 70 the failure the
firm entered into collusion 10 ret all the prop
erty they could credit before failing. The
arrest was made at the instance OF firms thus
victimized.
ATLANTA, Aug 10.-Stephcn 4. Ryan, the
Atlanta dry goods merchant who recently
failed for s500,000, has offered 30 cents on the
dollar to all his creditors.
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 10.-Ths judge of the
United States district court this morning ap-
pointed W. b. Withcrs and Walton Holmes
joint receivers for the Kansas City Bridge and
Terminal Company, and the Chicago, Kansas
City & Texas Railroad Company. The receivers
were appointed on the application of the Cen
tral Trust Company, of New York, trustee for
the first bondholiers
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CAMP DOUGLAS, WIS. BURNED.
Soldiers Fight the FiTe-Fiames Rs
California Pastures.

NEW LISBON, Wis, Aug 10---Caznp DougIast
in ruins The fire started this evening by o.
explosion Of lamp in the Bun Myra saioo1&
and spread rapidly, burning several businG&
houses and the Camp Douglas hotel. IL thQ
crossed the Omaha tracks, burned the Conme
cial house and the depot, and went on into t.
residence district The soldiers, who We
campcd near by, assembled and succeeded e.
saving nearly all the goods in the hotels a.
stores and most of the business part OF the W.
lsge. Many dwellings were burned. The wio<|
blew from the south and Kept the fire movf4x|
rapidly. and when the engines arrived fr01
Mansion and Tomah they could do bur Htt1
The losses aggregate $4,000, with small snsu
ance. The telegraph wires passing tnrough q
town were destroyed and the railroad tract
badly warped
SAN RAFAEL, Cal. Aug. l-A brush A1n2
which started in coleman's addition. yesserddS4
afternoon, was subdued this morning early
About 900 acres OF pasture land was burne1
II reouired the efforts OF seventy man 10 ealm
control of the fire.
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BLOODY RAzoRs In THE AIR.
Terrible Fighting at Negro Gatherings
I'm Missouri and Ohio.

BARNEsvILLE, Mo-. Aug. 10.-A colored camp
meeting which has been going on here was the
scene of a bloody fight yesterday. dispute
arose over some cigars, and in the quarrel
which followed Louis Brown was killed and
three others seriously wounded
CINCINNATI, Aug. l0.-1he picnic of colored
people at Hunts grove, twenty miles. west of
here, ended in bloody riot today. The several
hundred attendants, male and female,
were all well provided with whisky, razors
and pistols. The trouble began by a fight
between two women about a lover. They fought
each other with raZors until both were ex-
hausted from loss of blood Ida Griffin,
one of the combatants, was danger
ously wounded. The sight of blood in-
furiated number OF negroes, most
OF whom were drunk, and generally battle
finally began, in which Jim Chapman was NOR
tally wounded Hal Hendricks killed and sew
eral others badly wounded. The fun list of
those hurt cannot be learned.
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An African NJ. L. Bishop Dead.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 10.-Bishop Campbell, O.
the African Methods. Episcopal church, died
last hight, aged 66.
lJabez Pitt Campbell was born In Slaughter's $
Neck, February 10, isij. He was of African des-
cent, bat was born free, aud fed 70 Philadei-
phia ia ls2s, 70 eseape being sold as n slave lie
was licensed TO preach in 1s,s7, eud in 1896 he
was elected publisher and ecit0r ni the Christian
Rfc0rd- the organ OF the African Methodist Epls-
eopal church. He was elected "A bishop in 1864,
aud assigned the task of organizing the church
work ia Louisiana and California, visiting the
lAst-naned STATE in 1870 Ia 1876 he was sent as
delsgrate 20 the conference IF the Wesleyan
connection OF England He was presiding
bishop of the third district of the African Mefh-
odIst Episcopal church, and president OF the
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sUaAs, Aug Especial. limited States SEN
ator Calvin 5. Brices special car Argonaut came
in by special train on the Canadian Pacific rail-
way this aftersoon with the following persons
Oh board: George l. Seney, the New York banker
and railroad magHate, and family; his son-in-
law Mr. Pummer, and family; Mr.. F. stevens,
president of the Home bank of New York city,
wife and daugGter. The gentlemen are stock
holders in various Western roads, including the
Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern and Great North
ern, and are combining business with pleasure.
They will arrive in Seattle a. noon tomorrow.
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Harbor Line on Lakes Unnecessary.

OLYMPIA, Aug. l0.--lspecial. l-The harbor
line commission met here today. As soon as
the maps of Blaine and Bellingham bay har-
bors are completed the harbor lines will be es-
tablished az those points. The commission sub
mitted tof Attorney-Generai Jones the question
as to whether or not it was their duty to estab-
Ish harbor lines on Lake Washington and other
bodies Of fresh water. The attorney general has
prepared an opinion in which he states his
judgment to be that il is not necessary 20 estcb-
Iish such barbor lines
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was no law authorizing the commissioners 10
submit 10 vote the question of ratifying or
validating any purported indeb.edacss they had
attempted 20 incur in excess of Lawful iirnits-
tiou. Ihev could have submitted the proposi-
ton to contraci future indebtedness, not ex-
ceeding per cent, but vote on the question
OF legalizing past Indebtedness contracted in
excess OF the Ia per cent (tne limit oil the re-
funding power had no force.
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BIG FIRE AT GILMAN.
The Moore Hotel and Two Stores
Burned-Loss, $4,000.

GILMAN, Aug. i0-GSpecial. l-The Moore
hotel and saloon, Mrs. Kintry's two-story dwell
ing-house and millinery store, and Charies
kische's boot and shoe store were burned this
evening The fire caught in the Moore hotel
kitchen. The loss is 5000, nearly covered by
insurance The sheriff's deputies were stop
ping at the Moore house.
The fire burned very slowly, and could have
been controlled, but the water plug could not
be made to work. The Moore hotel kitchen has
caught fire six or seven times previously to
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DIR. LINDsLEY,s CONDITION.
The Injured Portland Preacher MAY Re
Gov ed-Ha,x the a ccidant LIax,ra.acd

coved-How the Accident Happened.
PORTLAND, Aug. 10.-lSpeciaL l-Up to 10
O'Clock this evening there is no material change
IN the condition of Rev. DIR. Lindsey, who is
sui unconscious, but there are some slightly
favorable symptoms. There is no fracture of
the skull as at first supposed After church on
sunday, DR.. Lindsley got into the wagon first
ana turned the horses around. and before his
son could get in the horses ran away. The
wagon was upset at bend in the road, and the
doctor thrown out on his head. He is about 73
years old, which renders his recovery more
doubtful
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por,,and,. postoffice Classified.

PORTLAND, Aug. 10.-tSpecial. POSTMASTER
Steel has been notified that as there are now
fifty employees in the postoffice here 1t has been
declared classified Office, and that represen-
tative of the civil service commission will soon
arrive here for the purpose OF organizing and
instructing the board of examiners, after which
the civil service rules and laws viii be enforced
in the Office This Will be relief 70 Postmaster
steel, who has over 800 applications for siiua-
tio nrsfi
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THE STATE GRANTED LANDS.
Commissioners Ask Secretary Noble ii
.sAgricnIturaI" Means Timber.

agricultural" Means Timber.
OLYMPIA, Aug 10.-The state land commits
sion met today with the governor and surveyor
general to agree upon unsurveyed townships in
which ii is desirable To select state granted
lands, so that the same might be surveyed at an
early date. In considering tie rules prepared
Dy the interior department. to govern the selec-
tion OF lands by the state, the commission was
met by doubt as to the meaning OF the provision
which directs that the selections shall only he
made from agricultural lands. L. is believed
that the word "agrieultural' as used in the
rules is intended to embrace timber lnnds, but
70 remove ali doubt the subject Governor
Ferry was requested to telegraph 10 the secre-
tary OF the interior for his Interpretation of the
Language. No action will be taken the sub-
lect TIL Secretary Noble is heard from.