The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-16

to purchase 4 oertain tract Of land in walls
Walla county.
Meftali Guerrero consul general for Chile at
Gan Francisco, has been recognized BY the presi-
dent
Several buildings in Kittaning. Pa, were
destroyed by fire on Tuesday, with loss OF
100000
Mrs. Williams has secured an absolute d.
vorce from her husband and alimony' az Rapids
City, s. D.
The New South Wales legislature has approved
the bill for settlement of labor disputes by
arbitration.
Koenigsburg dispatch says the building OF
temporary barracks continues along the Rus
sian frontier.
The electric sugar fraud cases have been post
ponad to the May term OF the circuit court at
Ann Arbor, Mich.
Russian agents and Russian refugees are said
to be engaged in a Bulgarian conspiracy az
Bucharest, Roumaria.
The italian steamer Colombo, from Brazil, has
been Quarantined at Genoa with iorty- iour cases
OF yellow fever on board.
The liabilities OF the defunct wholesale
whisky house of Boehm & Co., OF Denver,
amount to nearly $4,000.
A pubic meeting at Paris, Ont, Tuesday
night favored political union with the United
States by a large majority.
The elevator and mills OF the Sergeant Milling
Company, at Joplin, Mo, were destroyed by fire
on Sunday. Loss, $4,000
The New Jersey bill legalizlng the Reading
railroad deal, which recently was passed, Is be-
leyed to be unconstitutional.
Asa Potter, Jonas II. French and Thomas
Dana, officials of the defuuct Maverick bank,
have been indicted at Boston.
Attorney General Hensel, OF Pennsylvania,
has filed bill in equity to have the Reading
railroad combine annulled and enjoined.
Senator Berry has introduced bill in con-
gress TO adjust the rights OF Indians in Indian
territory, SO it may be admitted a state.
A snowstorm On Monday in Rome caused
postponement OF the review of italian troops.
In Venice it has been showing for five days.
Senior Unbure has declined the portfolio OF
finance of Argentine. The general impression
is that Saenz Pena will bs elected president.
A vast body of honeycomb quartz, said to run
$50 to the ton in gold, is reported to have been
struck in the Iron-Clad mine near Ouray, Col
William J. Davis, of Australia, is en- route to
this country for the purpose Of swimming
through the Niagara rapids in an ordinary bath
ing suit.
The French bark Achile has been sunk IN a
collision with an unknown steamer In the
English channel. Five OF the bark's crew were
drowned
successful test of Gianofbrer cellulose as a
backing for armor plate occurred Tuesday at
Indian Head under the direction OF q board of
naval ofticcrs
Secretary of War Elkins has ordered the es-
Enlistment of school OF instructions for drill
and practice for cavalry and light artillery at
Fort Riley, Kan.
A bill has been introduced in congress which
proposes to interest private capital in the
construction of postofiee buildings with guar
antee OF long leases.
The resolution for the impeachment of Dis
trict Judge A. P. Mccormick, of the northern
district of Texas, has been tabled by the House
judiciary committee.
Jake Oppenheimer the San Francisco messen-
ger youth who fired three shots at Superintend-
ent Wiehe, of the A. D. T. Co.. on Monday, has
been held to answer in $4,000 bonds.
Three thousand moreyless negroes, of whom
1000 are women, are en- route from Arkansas to
the border of the Cherokee strip, to take up land
on confirmation of the sale of the strip.
Everything is quiet in China The rebellion
in tho north has been entirely subdued, and
there are so many gunboats on the rivers that
the Chinese dare not attack foreigners.
The project for deep-water channel through
the connecting waters of the great lakes has
practically received the approval OF majority
OF the House committee on rivers and harbora
The National League of Musicians in conyen-
tion at New York on Tuesday passed a resolu-
tion protesting against the United States
Marine band making concert tour of the
states.
Two hundred general passenger and ticket
agents, many accompanied by their wives and
families. have arrived at Monterey, Cal, to
attend the annual convention, which begins
today.
The House committee on reform in the civil
service has agreed TO report fsvorably the bill to
exclude political influence in the employment
OF laborers under the authority OF the United
States
News has been received at Mozambique ofa
native attack upon Fort Johnson, in which
Officers King and Watson and six soldiers were
wounded. Two Sikhs and two Zanzibars were
killed
John Corbett has struck vein OF coal six feet
thres inches thick on Mrs. A. A. Green's
property. in Nicola valley, B. C. The new mine
is convenient to tho railway and will be de-
veloped al once.
special grand jury has been summoned at
Waupaca, Wis, to inquire into the death of
Banker Mead. mysteriously murdered IN
October, 1892 1t is expected that five persons
will be indicted.
At the Lexington, Ky, horse sales on Monday
Pacahontas Prince, by pocahontss Boy, brought
$4,000; Cedric, by Red wilkes. $3.50; Campbelrs
E!cctioneer C2:l7S. sold for SIS, 100 to J. J. Con-
way, of Lexington.
The Niagara Mining Company, Of Utah, has
won the suit brought against il by the Jordan
Mining Company, involving ownership OF the
apex to rich ore lodges The interests involved
are valued at 100000.
Herr Tisza, in the Hungarian diet, defends the
Austro-Hungarian compromise of 1857, 10 which
hs declares the settled condition of Hungary's
finances and the confidence of Europe In the
Hungarian state may be attributed
Emory E. Smith, of san Francisco, has been
appointed professor of agriculture at stanford
university. Professor Smith has been con-
nected with horticultural interests, and is the
editor OF the California FruitGroWer.
The River Arno is rising, and portions Of
Florence are threatened with inundation. The
Tioer IS also swollen, and the mayor OF Rome
has warned the inhabitants of the low quarters
that those portions OF the city will probably be
flooded
Senator Allen has been authorized by the
committee on public lands TO report his bill
CONFIRMING title and allowing J. C. Smith,
Evans, Paul and Prsther 20 purchase a certain
tract of land at s1.2j per acre in the county Of
Waita Wa.la, Wash.
Wilkinson and GARRISON, the Official heads of
the tra!nmen and conductors organizations,
have been empowered 10 negotiate with the
Canadian Pacific for an increase OF the wages Of
men on the western division OF tina: road A
strike will 30 ordered in case OF refusal.
The ship Frederick Billings, while en- route to
San Francisco from New YorK, lost five msn
overheard on November last by tho carrying
away in sQusll OF the fore and rnsintop nas,s
and On January William Crei-h:on fell from
the malatop TO The deck, being instantly killed.
In the case OF Grace Isaacs rs. the Southern
Pacific Railroad Co, United States District
n. s,gp has