The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-04-30
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

An unknown assassin shot and killed farmer
named Wetherton and his vile, while they were
asleep in the house OF relatives near Arnity, Ark
The Western cat:lenens convention met q.
Ogden Friday.
J. B. Johnson has been appointed postmaster
at Dixie, walla walla county
The silk store of Francisco Garcia and an ad-
joining siik store were burned at Havana. Cuba,
On Friday. Garcia, his partner and another
man persisted in the d.e, and several iremen
were injured
Pasha's African expedition, reached Bukoba On
February Is. after a fearful march from Wade
lai. E,n4n, being Ill, was slowly following.
Last Monday Miss Mcdonald, OF Independence,
Iowa. disappeared, and il now transpires that
W. W. Balm bound AID gagged her. and a. the
point of revolver abducted her, taking her TO Dss
Moines, whers she msrried him on Wednesday
10 save her ESnor. Balm will b. prosecuted.
receiver has been appointed for the Grand
Rapids & Detroit railroad and the Reeds Lake
branch, under q judgment secured By the con-
tractor
Charlie Marshall. an English CARPET manu-
iscturer, finding that the Mckinley law cut of
his product. has decided to establish factory q.
New Haven, Conn.
The Rio G-ande Western has voted to in
crease the common stock $500. making the
total amount authorized 10000 shsres,
and it Will slso purchase t2jeOl,0o0
in par value, OF the securities of the
TIntic Range Railway Company, psy-
ing for the same with $4,000 shares of common
stock of Rio Grsnde Western, thus absorbing the
former road.
Wilcox. chairman OF the House census con-
rnittee, will call up in the House a resolution
for investigation OF the census office a. the first
opportunity, and if this does not occur soon the
speaker will bring in rule from the rules COM
mittee, making it special order.
The secretary of the treasury has written
letter TO the secretary OF state commanding the
sction of the United states consul at Victoria,
B. C.. in refusing 10 verify a passport issued py
the Dominion government in the case OF Moy
Chung, a former resident OF the United states,
who was recently engaged in smuggling Chinese
laborers from Canada
Giuseppe Cassini, q Santa Rosa, Cal, wine
merchant, who became crazy q week ago while
en- route 10 New York from Chicago and jumped
from train, was found in New York city on
Friday. He said he had been in Buffalo hos
p!taL
Mrs. Bessie Kelly was shot and killed by her
jealous lover, Frank McGoyern, who then prob
ably fatally wounded himself
Frank Carrmsn, a stranger, while riding
railroad bicycle near salem, Or. was arrested
on suspicion on Friday. 4 highwsyman's out
it and New York Associated Press check were
found on n i'm.
The Duke OF Westminster charges that his
grsz. race horse, 0.me. which had been en-
tered Tor the f3,ooo purse and the Derby and
was tavorite, was poisoned week ago, as the
horse suddenly became i'll then.
Jules de la Mott, of San Francisco. was az
rested al New York Friday on the arrival of
Liverpool steamer To- smuggling s., 900 worth of
Iewei-y, which was found on his person
Charles Emory smith, American minister 70
Russia, sailed from London fo- New YORK on the
Teutonic on Thur lay.
The rspseity and uceatious brutality OF the
amesr OF Aighaaistan's troops SO sngered viii
layers that the men OF three villages defeated
and surrounded the troops, who viii be massa-
cred if help does no. arrive soon.
The Dominion house OF commons has passed
the Atlantic fisheries modus vivsndi.