The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-01-10
CONDENSED DISPATCHES

CONDENSED DISPATCHES
Henry Clay Evans has decided x accept the
position OF first assistant Acknowledgement.
The international Uaion OF Brickxayers and
Masons is in annual session al Ba!tenore, with
2o delegates present from the Ucited states
and Canada.
Fireman John Baldwin was killed by a COLI.
sion on the New YORK & Harlem "railroad at
One Hundred aud Thirty Seventh street, New
York, Friday.
Marius Hurd. a rum dis.ilier of Ifar.inique
and g member of the French chamlsr of depu-
ties for that island, has failed. His** Liabilities
are 100000 francs.
A Paris laundryman named He>ez. heart
broken on account of his wife's unf< thiulness.
killed his four children and himself with fumes
from a charcoal fire.
1t will take five or six weeks to sec>re a Jury
to try the catt!emen at Cheyenne. sc.far eighty
talesmen have been examined, and1orty more
have been summoned.
Fire at CentervIlle, NIB. destroyed a>~voodwork-
ing factory, blacksmith works, shoe fsNtory and a
number OF other buildings. Loss, S50,00o; in
sured for half that amount
Mrs. Huston. widow of Gen. JohA Huston,
was burned to death at Lexington. y. Thurs
day evening. She was sitting in frSnt OF a fire
when her clothing became ignited. a
j. "A. smith, coiored. ex-ministere 80 Liberia,
has been arrested at Washington Cisy on COM
paint oi j.. e.. nom pSOn, OF New Ork, on a
charge Of swindliug him in a land Transaction.
The National Cordage Company his declared
aquarteriy dividend OF 3 per cent. o. common
stock and ? per cent. preferred. payable Febru-
airy L. The books close January IA aIxnoon and
open February 2.
Moses T. Handy is about to resiel.i his s., 800
sinecure as chief of the Worlds fay bureau of
OF publicity and promotion, 10 accep<a position
at $4,000 Il year as editor of a World~ fair cata.
logue for q syndicate.
Robbers entered a hermitage near cuensanta,
Spain. tortured and finally murder<i q priest
for refusing to disclose the hiding pl<ce of vaIu-
able votive offerings. then plundere<the build
ings and set fire to them.
Bay Ridge, Maryland's great sumner resort,
Will be sold at auction on January 2i|it the suit
OF the Union Trust Company. of Pm adel phia,
and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, Shich hold
most Of the stock. The Liabilities ar::$65O.O 900.
Secretary Noble has approved cleartist No. %.
embracing lo7,275 acres of land winin the in
demnity limits of the grant to the s<cntral Pa
chic Railroad Con pany, all of which<s situated
within the Rcdding land district in california.
BY an explosion of gas, which Srecked a
house at Pittsburg Saturday, ThomssNOuffy, an
ironworker. his wife aud 2-year-old fSild were
killed. William Duffy, aged z, am William
Harris, an ironworker, his wife and t.aild were
injured.
President Arlington and Vice President Troth.
OF the National Glass blowers Union, A1ave been
arrested at Bridgeton, n. j.. ON Indictments
charging them with conspiracy in connection
p w,as .h ns strike OF the Cumberland G,a'' Com
At a meeting of the board of direc!Esrs OF the
Union Pacific Railroad Company =. Boston
Friday, resolutions were adopted in remory OF
Jay Gould, reciting his eminent servAes to the
company and extending heartfelt SYMPATHY 10
his children,
Burglars entered the clerks oficeAt Fairfax
Courthouse. Va, blew open the safo~ scattered
the records over the floor and burned ome. The
safe contained George Washington] will. but
the burglars evidently overlooked il, Tor it was
undlsturbed.
Mamie s. New hirter. widow of L1,is B. Nc
Whittier, the Fresno lawyer who w. mysterl-
ously killed q few months ago, has c,'nmenced
suit against the Connecticut Mutual PIE Insur-
ance Company to recover $4,000 dG. on a life
insurance policy.
The receivers of the Richmond i Danville
railroad have obtained an attachment against
the Central Railroad & Banking Company, of
Georgia, Tor sl,2l3,i05 for money ex ended for
the use OF the defendant, the Contra railroad,
for paying its interest and other debtr
A cartridge Ave inches long and twcNnches in
diameter, with a lighted fuse attache,S,o il, was
thrown into the Marquis de Mores' an Semitic
meeting at Paris Friday night. The:~cartridge
was carried out by a policeman. aud >ae police
are now trying to give the impression tina, the
cartridge was only Il cigar.
At Decatur, ILL.,, Friday morning tve, whites
were fatally stabbed by two negroe< who in
turn were shot down hy the wounCAd white
men. The names of the whites are 4Dhn and
James Heruden, and the negroes wee named
Edmond Todd and Todd Bowlden. pie cause
OF the trouble Is unAnown.
In the Hackberry, Ariz. train w~reckcPullman
Conductor Sweep was injured seriou~ly. Mrs.
OF Kansas, and Miss Wrsou had
dislocated. An unknown Seaan had
his lett arm broken. Others receiv%i severe
scalp wounds. The wreck was "a <,ed by a
dropping Oft and iallinG> under a
wheel.
A. Raleigh, y. c.. on January /, q <eg-o en- |
tered the house OF Randall. Mcdonald, $40 iIvei |
with his sister. In an attempt 10 rob >,e place
the negro shot them. killing the sisteAoutrIght |
and EnurtaiIy wouuding the brother. <ae muir
ierer was later identified a. Bot RaE Thurs
lay night a posse came upon him az riddled |
bin with bullets. Death WIS ns;aatareous
The people of Johnson county, Eya., are
discussing the question of Cropping |
he prosecution of the cattlemen. Pr".ecution |
% the end will about bankrupt ttA county. |
Besides. the people say, they have Gen pun
she'd enough already. having been w~ipped in |
The fight, imprisoned, defeated po!iti> Ally and |
having lost time and money. CONVICTION Is
ioubtlu- |