The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-02-25
CONDENSED DISPATCHEs.

NJ. Jules Ferry has been chosen president of
the French senate in place Of LerOyer.
Prof E. E Barnard, of the Lick observatory.
will remain In Chicago at the university in that
city.
Two Italians were killed and two injured in
the coal mines at King, Col. Thursday. by q
premature blast
Pennsylvania railroad has passed the house of
Indiana's legislature.
A fire in Constantinople Thursday destroyed
500 houses and lett 5000 people homeless The
loss was 100000 francs.
Frank Holland was hanged at Brazoria, Tex,
on Thursday for the murder of three travellers
for whom he was guide.
The Populists of Kansas threaten to ignore
the court decisions If against them In the fight
for control of the legislature
General Manager Dickinson, of the Union Pa
cifc, denies the sale Of coal lands to a corpora
ton composed OF Union Pacific officers
On Wednesday night at Indian apols the Loyal
Legion adopted q long memorial the late
Rutherford b Hayes, its commander-in-chief.
The trial of 104 Mala Vita criminals at Pa.
lermo. Sicily. has resulted in conviction and sen.
fences of imprisonment from one to ten years.
A New York chemist claims to have discov.
cred by analysis that some OF the essential oils
would destroy life If tablespoonful were taken.
clerk who absconded several months ago with
5000 Of the city's money, has been arrested In
Astoria
Charles de Lesseps, Marcus Fountain and NJ.
sanleroy have Appealed to the court OF cessation
for . reversal of the lower courts decision in
the Panama trial.
The freight rate bill adopted by the Populist
house OF kansss divides the state into three dis
tricts. with three commissioners, and cuts pres.
ent rates o. to IS per cent
Claims to 5000 acres of rich placer mining
claims have been jumped in the Crescent Foot
district OF Utah, and go men armed with VIM
chessers, are guarding them.
A bill has been introduced In the British par.
lament for the abandonment and disesta blish.
ment OF the church In Wales. The bill passed
it, drst reading on Thursday.
Peter T. Smith, paying teller in the First Ma
tional bank Of Wilmington. Del. has con tessed
to the embezslement of $3.50 during period
OF fifteen years He is under arrest The bank
10 solvent
Rev. W. P. Tracy and Rev. p. A. Tracy, of
swedssborough, n. j., whom Monsignor satolli
and Bishop OFarrell are trying to remove have
sent dispatch to the two latter, daring them to
violate their appeal to Rome.
N. Fl. Day. Words fair commissioner from
South Dakota. and president OF the Rapid Val.
ley Horse Ranch Company. has been arrested at
Rapid City on charge Of selling sixty mort
gagged horses to tie company.
There IL strong evidence that Adolph NeIse, OF
Ottumwa, Ia, whose wife and child were burned
in his residence . few days ago, murdered the
woman first and then fired the house. The
wounan's life was insured for 5000
The demands of the Socialists in the Italian
chamber OF deputies for the immediate investt-
CATION OF the bank troubles. were voted down
Thursday by . vote Of 1877 so g. Ex-Premiers
Crispi and Gioitti supported the position OF the
Socialista
Dr. John 0verton, J. ". sha1er, OF the United
States signal service, and three others were
caught at Des MONIES, Ia, on the night OF Febru.
airy y, In the act of robbing grave OF the corpse
Inc four men, with the corpse, were taken to
the police station.
J. W. Hobbs, Of the firm OF Hobbs d Co; G,
Newman. Of the firm OF Newman 4 Co, and H.
6. Wright. solicitor, have been committed in
London for trial on charges o! forgery and fraud
In connection with the Liberator Building soci.
ely. The total frauds are supposed to exceed
100000,
Assistan. Cashier Lewis Redwins, OF the Gate
City National bank OF Atlanta, Ga, being shy
$4,000 in his accounts. due to high living disap-
peared on Wednesday last, but was caugh, on
Friday Ia :he uburbs of Atlanta. Bank Exam.
liner Williams has taken charge OF the bank,
which 10 solvent
The new ministry OF Portugal IL a. follows:
Rioiero. prime N mister and minister OF foreign
anAirs; B,aneo. minister of tho interior; Axe-
veco, minister OF justice: Col. Pinto, minister
OF var; Fuschini, minister Of finance: Can't.
ferriera DO Arnaral, m mister of the marine and
colonies: Aschado. minister Of public voskA