The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-06-19
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.


The oleonargarine lsw Is dead letter
where dealers do not voluntarily obey IL
The American Railway Union Is coa-
sidexIng the question Of excluding colo-ed
men.
The long and severe droath 81 Buriing-
ton, Ia. Was broken Saturday afternoon
By heavy rain
The threatened strike OF the Gogehic
iron miners vas failure, only few
hundred men going out
Sunday vas the hottest day known 81
Lynn, Mass. for years. The thermometer
registered l02s1 in the shade
The Pop1lists of the Fourth Maine dis
trict have nominated c. D. Chapman 10
run against Bo1selle for congress-
Fire at Chicago Saturday night destroyed
Meyeaghss spice mill and the store OF
Hayes, Tracey Il Co.. dealers IN japanese
goods Loss, $1,000
Secretary Hoke Smith will recommend
that al the topogrsphers OF the United
States geological survey be placed under
the civil service rules.
Fire at May6eid, Cal. Monday destroyed
g. G. Broheci's residence and coal yard, z
NJ kee < Sons grocery store, C. u Peter
sons shoe store and B. Mayors residence.
Loss, $1,000.
Ex-Congressrnan Ransom Dunharn. of
Chicago, has obtained 9 divorce from his
wife on the ground OF adultery. A South
Dakota court had previously Set Mrs.
Dunham free.
The big French cruiser Duguaytrouin,
bound for Victoria. z. C., the Hawaiian
isIsnds and New Caledonia. Is az Fan
Francisco. having steamed from Acapulco
IN eleven days.
Senator Sherman has broken the record
OF long service in the senate. Thomas
Benton served twenty-Dine years. two
months and twenty-seven days, and on
Saturday Sherman passed that mark
The Supreme Lodge. A. o. U. W.. in
session 81 San Francisco, on Friday APP
propriated $1,000 70 be used by organizers
and speakers in weak jurisdictions. The
next convention will be held at Atlanta.
The senate sugar investigating commit
tee has reported the refusal OF III. O. Have
meyer and J. E. Searles, of the sugar
trust. 10 answer questions. Senator Petit
gre. teiegraphs from Sioux Falls, s. d.,
saying he never gambied IN sugar stock
and asking TO be excused from appearing
in person.
The wooden abbatoir of the Central
Stock and Transit Company, in Harsimus
cove, just south of Cnavonia avenue, IN
Jersey City. y. j., we're burned Saturday
evening. entailing loss OF $4,000 The
Duii1lngs were on plies. Inc IRE lilumln-
ated New York, and four acres of space
we've swept bare
A New York. Susquehanna Il Western
railroad train struck and demolished an
electric car in Paterson. n. j.. Monday.
The injured are: Joshua 0'Brien, con-
tractor. internal injuries; Matilda Clay
ton, school teacher. injured about the
head. not seriously; Laura Beechernough.
school teacher. slight injuries about the
head aud body; Ellen Cullen, an elderly
woman, injured internally; Freda Weller,
school teacher, injured about the head
aud body.
A great national sangerfest will be held
In Madison Square Garden. New York, be-
ginning June g. 1t is expected that
chorus OF 10000 male voices will be heard.
These professional singers have been en-
gagged: Amelia Materna, Emma Juch.
Lillian Blauvelt, Nine. Tavary, Maud
Powell, Giuseppe Campanari, Emile
Fisher, Conrad Behrens Arthur Friedman
and Victor Herbert. Valuable prizes will
be competed for by amateurs There will
be five concerts. IL is expected that Presi-
dent Cleveland and other distinguished
visitors will witness the parade on the
opening night. Twenty thousand men.
each wearing an Alpine hat and bearing
a torch, will march 10 vocal music. The
streets along the line OF march will be
illuminated