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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
THE FIRE RECORD.
Dakota and Texas Prairics Ablaxe-Big
New York Block Burned.


New York Block Burned.
NEW ROCKFORD N. D., Sept. 15.-Prairie fires
are burning for miles in all directions, and
threatened at one time to burn this town.
thousands of bushels of grain, besides hay and
buildings have been consumed. One farmer
lost 500 acres of crops.
NEW YORK, Sept l5.-Fire broke out in the
old Commercial Adrerttser building at 9:45 this
morning. In fifteen minutes the flames were
beyond control Many people were in the
building and some of them had to slide down
the hre escape through dense smoke. II is be-
neVed that all have escaped. From the first it
was seen that nothing could the building.
ana attention was directed to saving
the adjoining property. There were numerous
narrow escapes. John Gibbs who was on the
second moor. came down tho fire escape SO
rapidly that his clothes were torn and his hair
singed There was considerable scarcity of
water at the commencement of the fire. At
lo:2O the fire was under control few minutes
later the outer walls on the Fulton street front
ieil with crash, and so great was the
conclusion that the windows were shattered
In the Bennett building, but no one was
injured. The building Vas occupied by cloth
ing, cloak and jewelry firms. printers. etc
The total loss on the stock aud baiding s
estimated at s40o 600, most of which is insured
Other estimates place the loss at between $500 600
and 100000. A lot of loose diamonds which were
on the tables OF the diamond workers in the
building were lost. They were valued at sew
eral thousand dollars. II is probable some lives
were lost in the fire. John Audleman and his
sons, Lewis and William, have been reported 10
the police as missing.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Sept. lathe fire in the
Southern hotel last night was confined to the
upper stories. the loss being $4,000, fully
insured. Ed Davidson and Harry Warner, two
OF the firemen who were so badly injured, died
today.
HOUSTON, Tex, Sept l5.-Fires are laying
waste all the prairie farms from Brays bayou
extending as far as the eye can see. Fences
have been destroyed, and farmers have lost i'm
mense quantities of hay. The fire probably will
extend to adjoining counties. The country 10
much In need of rain
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Lewis county. They claim to have found q
Iedge OF ore on Tiidon river, about sixty miles
from here, which is rich in silver and lead aud
shows traces of gold. The ledge is said to be
sixteen feet in thickness, and has been
traced for mile and half IL is
IN region rich in minerals. An assay has been
made which, the gentlemen say. warrants them
In the belief that they have struck valuable
lead, but they refuse to make the results of the
assay public. They have located and recorded
i've claims F. c. Jonas. a merchant OF this
city, who grub-staked the party and is equally
interested in the discovery. is highly elated
over the find and thinks IL bonanza
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
TENNESSEE CONVICT LABOR.
Legislature Refuses to A bolish It-Amal-
gamatiOn of Railroad Tele1ranhara.

gamation of Railroad Photographers.
NASHVILLE, Sept 15.--The Tennessee legisla-
ture today passed ON final reading the bill pro-
hibiting corprations from paying employees in
scrip The Senats has decided on third reading
OF the bill to erect n new penitentiary the loca-
tion to be selected by the commissioners. The
bill to abolish the convict lease system after the
expiration OF the present lease was killed
ST. LOUIS, Sept l5.-The long talked of ANAL
gamation of the Brotherhood Telegraphers and
the Order of Railroad Telegraphers was accom-
plished at today's session of the grand lodge of
the former organization. Ramsey and Thurston
appeared on behalf of the railroad men, with
agreement arrived at at their meeting last
June. Mr.. Eugene V. Debs was present Us ar
bitrator on any question of differences that
might arise The matter was thoroughly de-
bated in secret, and the action resolved upon by
the executive officers of each body was ratified
by the delegates present. 1t was also resolved
that the operators organization make applica-
ton to be admitted to the Federated Council of
Railway Employees.
GALEsBURG, H., Sept. 15.-Today the old
board of trustees of the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen, who were discharged by the grand
master, applied TO Judge Gleen, at Monmouth
for an injunction restraining the new board
from interfering with the old board in the ex-
animation OF the books and accounts of the
brotherhood. This action resulted from re-
fusal of Grand Secretary Sheehan to
recognize the old board and his intention to
place the books in the hands of the new board
The bill alleges, among other things. that the
grand master under the constitution has no
right to appoint trustees when such Offices
were not legally vacant; that the
old members were legally elected at
the regular convention and have never been le-
gally deposed. temporary injunction was is.
sued Mr.. Sheehan reasserts his refusal to allow
the old board to examine the books, based on
the belief that they have been rightfully dis
oha
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Combined Foreign Fleet. Threaten China

LONDON, Sept 15.-The Shanghai correspond
ent of the Times says: The customs authorities
here have seized large quantity of arms and
ammunition intended for a secret society at
CAang Kiaag. Foreigners are implicated.
TEN TsIN, Sept I5.-The foreign ministers at
Pekin have urgently protested to the Chinese
government against the latest outrages. There
is renewed talk of naval demonstrations upon
the part of the combined fleets of the powers on
the north coast The government is dispatching
explicit instructions to the governors of the
central provinces, ordering them to protect for
eigners residing or having business in the
interior.
PARIS, Sept 15-Ldutorite today states that
according to the latest advices from China, the
powers are deeply affected by the recent out
RACES perpetrated upon foreigners in China, and
they have agreed in principle upon joint action.
The only detail remaining to be determined
upon by the foreign nations and both powers,
according to this paper, is to designate which of
the powers should control the proposed opera
tions to be directed against China by the COM
bned fleets.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
BEARS In SPOKANE.
Exciting Chase and killing OF the AMI
NAL I'm the Business Streets

SPOKANE, Sept. 16-lSpeciaLl-A half-grown
bear cub was killed in Cannons addition near
the irving school this afternoon. Messrs J. A.
Bunce and J. L. Bosqnet were driving into town
from Hangman creek, when they espied black
bear on the hillside, directly before them. Civ
ing chase they pursued the animal for half
mile through the streets, when he took refuge
in one of the large pine trees on the
school grounds. A shotgun was bor-
roWed from neighboring house, and at
the hrst shot the bear fell mortally wounded
The sehoolhouse, which was one OF the new
ward buildings finished last fall, was full of
children, who were greatly excited when they
learned what had taken place. The animal
weighed fifty pounds when dressed. This Is the
second bear killed within Spokane's limits this
week. The first was shot on Monday at Airing
ton Heights and was full grown, weighing 800
nnunds
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Massachusetts Republicans Meet Today.

Boston, Sept 15-The friends of both William
Rapp, of New Bedford, and Charles Allen, OF
Lowell, are confident that their men will be
nominated for governor in the Republican
been practically agreed upon. II indorses the
administration; wants a federal law to secure
fair elections: on the money question it asserts
that true standard must be maintained, and
the position and record of the Democratic party
is condemned; the tariff legislation Of the last
congress is approved; extravaganza in pensions
denied; it urges that emigration be restricted
while honesty, intelligence and industry are
heartily welcome; efficient legislation is de-
manded against the evils OF liquor selling.
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A New Paper in Port rownsena.

FORT TOWNSEND, sept l5-[Speciai. ALBERT
searie and George Shoales' new Key City Graphic
Will make its first appearance one week from
saturday. The new venture will be a weekly
and viii make speciality OF society and
iraternai news and state and local politics. The
projectors OF the paper have secured complete
news and job printing plant and have been as
sured abundant advertising patronage and sub
scription support
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EmuIuos of Detective Sullivan.

PORTLAND, Sept. 15.-[Specal. John W.
Scott, the young man who fatally shot Mrs
Christina Strombaum on the 25th of July, while
practicing with pistol several hundred yards
from Mrs. Strombaum's residence. was today in
dicted by the grand jury on a charge OF man
slaughter. Scott is satisfied with the finding OF
the grand jury, as he has been IN jail since the
day of the shooting ON the charge of murder
He is young man who bought a cheap detect
i've commission from some Eastern agency, and
was training for the duties of detective work
when he killed Mrs stronb baum
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Insurance Company Matter Settled.

OLYMPIA, Sept l5.-lspecisl. I'M. g. Royal,
deputy insurance commissioner, returned today
from Tiffin, o., where he went to anime the
affairs of the Seneca County Mutual Insurance
Company, whose admission to do business in
this state caused the recent correspondence be-
tween Insurance Commissioner Weir and d. A.
Spencer, representing stock insurance COM
panies Mr.. Royal reports that the company
has all the assets il claimed
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PoR1LAHD, Sept. l5.-[special 1.-The first
Chinese divorce on record in this city was fled
in the state circuit court today. Chinese
woman named Lo All Sue asks for divorce
from her husband, All sue. to whom she vas
married in this city eight years ago. She alleges
cruel and inhuman Treatment and dcsertion,
and also claims that her husband compelled
her to enter a house of prostitution soon after
their marriage and support him of her earnings
She was rescued by the Woman's Home Society
two years ago and has been in their keeping
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
DROWNED FROM HORSEBACK.
Henry ID. Babcock, Superintendent o.
Noah Bay Indian school. Lost.

FORT TOWNSEND, Sept l5.-ISpecial. Henry
ID. Babcock, superintendent of the Indian school
at Neah Bay, was drowned near that place last
Saturday. While hunting on horseback the
horse stumbled, throwing the rider into deep
pool of water, where he was drowned. His
brother, C. G. Babcock, could not recover the
body and reported the death to the Indian
agency. The stream was dragged and the body
recovered and brought here. 1t was embalmed
and shipped to Ormally, o., for burial. De-
ceased was II years old and a brother of Pro-
fessor Babcock, principal of the Port Townsend
public schools.
Henry Alberts. mate on the schooner Vine,
which vessel was boycotted by the Sailors
Union, jumped overheard rather than 60 to sea.
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The Army of the Cumberland.

COLUMBUS, O., Sept. 15.-The reunion of the
Army of the Cumberland will take place to-
morrow and Thursday. General Rosecrans and
party arrived this afternoon. A large number
of the distinguished men who make I'D the
society are expected, including Generals Alger,
Kimball, Woods and Conger. General Rose
Grams received the Catholics Of Columbus at
his hotel this evening.
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Catholic Knight O'Brien's Deficit.

NASHVILLE, Sept. Is. - Examination of the
books of Major ]. s. OBrien, of Chattanooga,
the embezzling treasurer of the Catholic Knights
of America, develops the fact that he is short
between $4,000 and $4,000. 1t is thought
o'Brien is still hiding in this vicinity.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-09-16
STARVATION IN RUSSIA.
Government Relieving the Peasantry
CrOp Failura In Thirfaeu Rrnxinces

ST. PETERSBURG, Sept l5-The government
has provided the sum of o. 600 900 roubles. to be
Used as fund for the relief of the distress ex-
isting among the poorer classes, owing to the
failure OF grain CROPS and other reasons, and to
purchase and distribute a supply of seed for
winter sowing. Official reports show that the
harvest utterly failed in thirteen Russian prov
fnces and partially failed I'm eight.
ST. PETERSBURG, Sept 15.-The distress in the
Volga province is intense. Peasants and women
and children wander about suffering for food in
market places. All existing charities and the
Red Cross society are doing their best to help
The distressed people.
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Reception to Jay Cooke.

TACOMA, Sept E.-lSpecial ION Thursday
evening at the Tacoma hotel, Jay Cooke, origI-
nal financial proprietor of the Northern Pacific
railroad, will be rendered reception and ban
quet at the Tacoma hotel by the Chamber of
comTperea
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LINCOLN, Neb., Sept l5.-Reports that Presi-
dent Fitzgerald, of the Irish National Isague is
insane, and that the october meeting in Chi
cago will be- postponcd are both denied tonight
by League Secretary John sutton, who saws
Ar. Fitzgerald is daily gaining strength, ana the
convention viii be held az The anr,oinfei tirne
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Father Iarake Didn,t Give the Pistol.

ST. JOSEPH, No, Sept 15.-Rev. Lavake
charged with giving Louis Bulling, who wa:
hanged at Savannah a week ago, the reyolvel
with which Bulling attempted suicide, was ac
oui.fed tOday
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Sir Hector L.ngevin whiteva.hed.

OTTAWA, Ont, Sept. 15.-The majority report
of the Langevin- McGreevy investigation COM
mittee exonerates Langevin from the Doodle
charges, but blames McGreevy and some other
public works officials and recommends prose-
cutions. The Liberal minority report that the
charges of corruption have been fully estab-
lished.
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The Mx.terIous Niss Ava,

CINCINNATI, Sept 15.-Miss Ava Is under the
care of associated charities The probate court
refused 10 examine her for lunacy, because she
is q nonresident.
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SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 15.-The coroner's jury
in the case of Officer Alexander Grant tonight
rendered a verdict finding that deceased came
10 his death from a gunshot wound in his head,
inflicted by Maurice b. strelinger, and charg-
ing him with the crime of murder.
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Cardinal BotaIli Dead.

LONDON, Sept 15.-Cardinal Botalli, papal
nuncio at Paris, is dead. The pope is deeply az
fected over the news.
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Tacoma Indorses Seattle.

TACOMA, Sept l5.-lspecial. 1.-The Commercial
Club has adopted resolutions indorsing the
movement to secure the next annual meeting OF
the Natiouai Educational Association at Seattle.
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STEAMERS TO RUN AGAIN.

Pacfhc Navigation Go. Decides to Begin
Business on Down Sound Routes.
TACOMA, Sept Is. Especially - The Pacific
Navigation Company's steamers, State of Wash
ington. Fairhaven and Sshome, are being
overhauled preparatory to running down Sound
trips in October with Sam MeClelland, former
purser of the State of Washington, in charge as
manager. For five months the boats have been
laid up here, having received a subsidy from the
Puget Sound Steamboat Association.
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Divorce Denounced by the Pope.

ROME. Sept. 15-The pope is writing an
encyclical condemning the agitation for q
divorce law.
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Stanley Planning Another Expedition.
PARIS, Sept 15-The lie Temps says Henry NJ
Stanley is planning new Congo expedition for
King Leopold of Belgium.
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Lewis County Mining Prospect.

CHEHALIs, Sept 15-tSpecisi n. T. Davis
and J. A. Evans returned today from four
months prospecting tour In the eastern part Of
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THE PRUDEs OF PORTLAND.
They Want Unclad Statues and Picture
Excluded From the Exposition.

xCf"uou IT IUnf tHf0 NxpUsItIOH.
PORTLAND, Sept 15.--(Special. 1.-The directors
OF the industrial exposition to be opened here
on the 18th, are somewhat dlsgusted to learn
that petition asking them to remove statues
and paintings of the nude order from the art
gallery is being circulated in church circles.
"Venus Rising from the Sea" is about the only
painting of the nude in the collection, and the
statues of the season in the music hall should
not be Objectionable, even to the most prudlsh.
The directors intimate that they will pay no at
tion to the petition.
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WASHINGTON CITY, Sept 15-The president
arrived here tonight from Cape Nay.
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The DrauGhts Contest at Chicago.

tHiCAGO, sept iJ--~ln the 0FaNghfS contest to-
day Reed and Barker played two games, both of
which were drawn. The laird aud lady OPEN
ings were used. Twenty-six games remain to
be played
New Clearings in Frontier Settlements
Often give birth TO niasma. IS one OF the first
fruits OF an upturning OF the soil. Malaria is
relentless foe to the newly arrived eInigrant,
if he be unprepared to meet IL by the use OF
reliable preparatiye and preventive. /: there
fore behooves those seeking the far West in
search OF homes to provide themselves with a
medicinal guaranty against chills and fever,
bilious remittent aud ailments of kindred
origin. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has for
nearly half OF a century been esteemed the best
From Maine TO Oklahoma, from Victoria 10 san
Juan del Sud. its acknowledged superiority
meets with no challenge in localities where IL
has been used Medical testimony. the most
positive and direct. backs no the general yer-
dict, no less in regard to its virtues in case OF
liver complaint, dyspepsia, constipation, rheu-
mstism and kidney ailments, than in cases OF
malarial disease.
Wa Chong Company are now located in their
new brick block on south Fifth street, carrying a
full line OF new teas rices and silks direct from
China and Japan, which they viii sell at the
lowest prieSs.
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Spanish Archbishop Dead.
MADRID, Sept. 15.-The archbishop of Valla-
dnlid In dead
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SKIRT GARMENT, with nail head
trimming, one Of the latest cuts i'm
winter garments.
STORM COLLARS, made of mon
key, seal, black hair, astrachan
and other furs. Very comfortable
for cold weather.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-11
Do Bank Examiners Examiner


 The neglect or incapacity that has marked the oversight of the affairs of those two banks, as exposed by their c)llapse, wouli justify very strong words of censure and condemnation. In the instance of the Keystone, not wi:hstanding the presence of a bank examiner and of "alleged'' examina- tions by him several times year, and notwithstanding the existence of a board of directors whose duty il was to understand the precise condi. ton of the business of the bank, whose duty it was to check and stop all risky speculation or unsafe invest ments or maladministration of any kind-notwithstanding all this, nearly 6 million of dollars of the money or securities O. thst bank had been taken from it's safes or vaults and was actually gone out of it's pos session for years. There is, in fact, reason to believe that the full amount of money plundered and that was actually out of reach was not yet dis covered even at the time of the run last December-when every eye should have been quick and every in telligent instinct of watchfulness should have been on the alert. = Public Ledger.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-11
Average Life of a Crow.

"Do you know that the average life of crow is 100 yesrs?" said an Atlantian who poses as natural ist. s'It is so. One was killed down in Dougherty county a few weeks ago with '37' branded on his back. He was well feathered every where except between the wings on his back, where the figures s37' could be distinctly seen branded in the fiesh. can see but one meaning to that, and that is that some one caught him in 1887, branded the figures on his back and released him. But it is the first case of branding a bird have ever known.
 sTerrapins live even longer than crows. One is said to have been caught down in the Savannah river recently with the figures '1776' cu' in his shell. And fish. There art fish alive today that are known tt have been in existence more thar 100 years ago. In the R@ya Aquarium at St. Petersburg are fisl put there l5o years ago.--Atlsnt' Constitution.
The Russellville Democrat., 1891-06-11
A HEROIC MlDsHiPMAN.

In the late Admiral Aube France lost devoted statesman and patriot The work of his later years was the reform of the administration of the French navy. From the time that he entered the naval school as 8 boy, his career was marked by a fine courage, sincerity and good sense.
 When he was senior midshipman of ths Tonerre, and not yet 22 years old, he distinguished himself by an act of intrepid daring.
 The Tonerre was aEchored in the port of Genoa. One night fire broke out in the military arsenal of the place. The commander of the French ship at once sent out boat with party of sailors to assist the garrison and the inhabitants. The fire threatened to be terribly destructive if its spread was not checked.
 Aube was placed in command of the aiding party. The struggle against the fire was going on well when suddenly . panic seized the Italians, and they fled precipitately.
 A sudden breath of wind had changed the direction of the flames. A quality of debris on Q low struc. ture. the roof of which was only six feet above the ground, bnrst into fl .me. This structure was the pow. der magazine.
 Quick as thought Aube perceived and acted upon the one plan by which he could master the situation. He sprang on the sm k'ng roof, climbed to the ridge. and, seating himself calmly, went on directing ths men from this point of observation Electrified by this act of heroisn the Italians retraced their steps, and they and the sailors attacked the firt with vigor and success.
 Then Midshipnan Aube descended from his perch and tried to return quietly to his ship; bat an ovation vas not to be escaped. He was sur rounded and carried to the ship
 boat, which awaited him, in th' midst of enthusiastic applause ana
 expressions ot appreciation. Youth 1 Companion.