The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-28
CONDENSER DISPATCHES.

The will of the late Martin Heller Q.
San Francisco. disposing of more than
Sl,00o.00 gives $1,000 to the Hebrew or
phan asylum in that city.
DIR. lyman. the Modesto, CAL, capitalist
found by Medium Slater, says the spirits
had nothing 10 do with the discovery;
that Slater merely recognized him on the
street.
Allen C. Wild, 80 years old and prom.
inent society man of Chicago, has been
adopted and made the heir of Mrs. Carr.
son, an aged and wealthy lady. She took
a fancy to him.
Judge McAdams, of the New York
superior court, has confirmed the referees
report awarding kuehne Beyeridge Cngh.
Ian an absolute divorce from Actor Charles
CoGhlan. There is no provision tor ali
muny in the decree, and none was asked.
John Forsythe, son OF a Chicago million.
aire, was arrested Thursday, charged with
having abandoned his wife at the solicitA.
lion of his parents. She was Mia
Grover, the daughter of farmer at Iona,
Mich. They have been married about tse
years.
The United States commission ap-
pointed TO investigate the Chicago strike.
after two days executive session for the
purpose of discussing and deciding on the
nature of the reportito be submitted TO the
president, has adjourned until the las.
week In October.
The last spike has been driven in the
Benson extension on the Arizona e South.
eastern railroad. joining Benson, Arll.
with the Southern Pacific instead of with
the Santa Fe. as heretofore. The new ex.
tension parallels the Santa Fe for di+
lance Of eighteen miles.
w. j. Littlejohn, of Chicago, in the an.
nual address before the Fire Underwriters'
Association of the Northwest, delivered
Wednesday, declared that the lumber kings
had started the forest fires to cover their
stealings. and that they are directly re-
sponsibIe for the loss of life.
Andrew J. Johnson and C. Dewitt Good
new, students Of Cornell University.
Ithaca, y. Y. are supposed 10 have hssa
drowned In Cayuga lake, while bathing
"Wednesday afternoon. Johnson's father
is Levi A. Johnson, secretary of the Day1
Sewing Machine Company. OF Dayton
Mountain fires are raging in dangeroas
proximity 10 some OF the ranches situated
near the foothills, not far from Santa Bar
bara, Cal. Great damage has been done 70
properly, aud large number of catis ID
pasture have been burned. and ssvssh
narrow escapes are reported among shs
ranchers and their families.
BY decision of the United State coars
of private land claims all the mineral besf.
ing portion of the rich Cochiti district
New Mexico. has been declared 20 be pup
lie domain. The Canada and DE C0chiEo
grant, which claims have hung like PAL
over this great mineral belt since II vas
discovered last fall. and which claimed 70
cover Ia. 900 acres, were confirmed for oni;
5000 acres.
q q Hfne edftor IF tha New York In
sRfdnee Monitor, read a paper Thursday %
fore the Underwriters Association OF ths
Northwest. at Chicago, on jew FIRE ~
surance." He declared that statasua
show that the average Jew risk IL twice
hazardous as others. a hot discussioa
| followed, in which most OF the memDsn
declared that the statistics and deduciioas
were both wrong.
In the Federal court at Los Anga4n
Judge Ross held that the Postal Telegfapa
Company can build a line Of telssfspa
along the Atlantic Il tactic railroad, nes
outstanding the fact that the Nes's1A
Union Telegraph Company has Ga e1e,E
siye contract with the railroad Inc ~
cision will permit the Postal company
come into California and eompIsse ~
through lines from the East to MoJase
Wednesday morning the steamer 0n1
and the schooner Iront0n eollided -
miles north Of Fresque isle, Lake bfa
both being sunk. The entire crew Oh -
Ohio and two Of the crew Of the lfon.vss
were picked up; the others are unscco1hsI
for. The ironton was consors " ~
steamer kershRw. but the tow Zine ps1sssT
causing the collision. The OHIO was oss~
by Epnicke and others, and was vAiasa
So, 0oo; the Ironton was owned ny es~
William Mack and valued at sis,V1