The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-15
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

There were COS admissions to the Mid
winter fair Thursday.
The North Dakota PopuIiss convention
is in session at jamestown.
The South Dakota drouth was broken
Thursday by violent rainstorrn, and the
crops were saved.
William Gilman, out of work and de-
spondent, committed suicide al 0royille,
Cal. Thursday by shooting himself.
Fire at Purdy. No., Thursday morning
destroyed twelve business buildings and
number OF residences. Loss. $4,000.
Ben O'Fallen Clark, well-known Sc.
Louis broker, has been missing since Sum
day, and II is feared he has been murdered.
The bark Dorritt, from Puget sound for
Salinas Cruz with lumber, was towed into
Acapulco disabled. The captain died on
the voyage.
The Missouri river 10 beginning TO feel
the snow water from headwaters, and
rivermen at Omaha are alarmed by the
continued rise.
The Supreme Lodge of the A. O. U. W..
lately in session at San Francisco, will
attend the dedication of the new temple
Of the order at Portland. Or, next week.
The wreckage recently found outside of
San Francisco was not from the Senegal,
but was probably part OF the ship Colin
trave. overdue at San Francisco from
Newcastle, Australia
The affairs of the First National bank of
Sedalia, Mo-, which recently suspended,
are IN good condition. Ali the debts will
be paid and 500. 900 left for the stockhold-
ers. The bank may be reorganized.
logging train jumped the track at the
Yellow Jacket mill. near Red Bluff, Cal,
Thursday, and killed Daniel Lyons, book
keeper at tise Sierra Lumber Company's
store, and q 13-year-old boy named Spen-
Ger, who were riding on the engine.
A combination of the gasoline and gas
stove interests of the country has been
effected and trust formed with capital
of SIC, 600 600. The plants have been
bought up or options are held upon them
by Emerson Mcmillan, of New York.
7 While digging a trench at Johnstown,
Pa, through a cellar that had been filled
up by the food of 1859, workmen un-
esrthed a parior car lost from the ill-fated
day express at Connemaugh, and 10 is be-
lieved a further search will reveal bodies.
Attorney General Olney. who is q rail-
road lawyer. is not In sympathy with the
suit against the Stanford estate, but the
president compelled action. Assistant
Attorney General Russell, an honest man.
is In charge of the proceedings. Suits will
also be pressed against the Hopkins and
Croker estates.
The railway Car Mems Union, in ses-
sion at Chicago. elected these officers
Grand chief carman, j. ID. Stevens. East
ST. Louis vice president. X. A. Simons,
Texarkana, Ark: secretary and treasury,
II. l.. Romemus; executive board. William
Prince, Chattanooga; Ira l.. Corbitt, Fort
Worth, and William Boyd, Omaha.
Assets Of II. II. Chamberlain. Of Denver,
having a face value OF s., 0o0, COO. were sold
at auction Thursday for $i0o The assets
OF the Chamberlain Investment Company,
consisting of shares and deeds aggregating
So CO., 600, are likewise worthless. As
slgnee Ellsworth has not a dollar with
which TO pay proved claims amounting TO
s., 0oo, coo.
The foundation stone of monument to
mark the spot where Washington had his
headquarters in 1888 was laid at Dobbs
| Ferry. N Y, by Chauneey NJ. Depew,
president of the Society OF Sons OF the
| Revolution. The principal addresses
were by Vice President Stevenson and
| Gen. Horace Porter. Secretary of the
Navy Herbert was present
Fire at New York Thursday destroyed a
six-story building at Duane and Elm
| streets, the Edison building opposite, and
other structures. The neighborhood is
| known as the stationery and paper dis
| trict. Among the principal losers are
| Vernon Bros. & Co, paper box manufac-
| tuFers; the American Belgium Light Co..
/ Julius Berbacker & Co., upholsterers, and
! Koch Sons & Co, eugravers. The only
| new structure in the burned district was q
/ handsome building owned by the Faber
/ Pencil Company. The total loss is esti-
/ mated at $4,000