The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-09-20
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

The president has recognized Hans
Glesl, consul of Germany at Tacoma
The Democrats of the Fifth Missouri
district have renominatei Congressman
j. c. Tarsney.
John II. Jackson, a young hop picker.
was drowned near Brighton. Cal, Sunday.
while bathing
Mrs NJ J. Grubb was burned to death as
Laytonville. Cal. Wednesday. her clothes
taking fire while she was cooking sheep
branding mixture
Louis 4. Lawn. of Philadelphia, applied
Wednesday TO have a receiver appointed
for the Chicago Gas Light Company. the
Peoples Gas Light Company, the Consam-
ers' Gas Company and the Chicago Gas
Company. Also for sn order TO restrain
the Fidelity Trust and Safe Deposit Com
pany from acting as receiver.
The directors of the Chicago Board of
Trade have suspended Murray Nelson IN
definitely and J. b. Wayman for thirty
days. Nelson is the president of the Ma
tionai Elevator and Dock Company, Way
man is the secretary and treasurer. They
are charged with breaking the agreement
between the elevators and the Board of
Trade.
Judge Gibbons, of Chicago. sustained
the demurrer 10 amend the pleas of the
whisky trust 10 the information in quo
warranto Wednesday, and directed the
attorney general 10 prepare a judgment
custer against the trust. The decision
was on formal matters left unsettled by
the main decision three months ago. The
defendants appeal.
The dynamite gun batteries at Sandy
Hook, having stood the test, will be &C
cepted. and the Pneumatic Dynamite
Company will be paid SLIGO, 900 for one
eight-inch and two fifteen-inch guns with
all OF the boilers. compressors and ma
chinery, the shells used IN the test, and
ten reserve proiectiles for each gun. and
work will be pushed on q dynamite battery
for San Francisco harbor.
The cruiser New York was tloated safely
from the Brooklyn dry dock Monday at
high tide, although she draws 10 feet 5
inches of water, aud the sill of the dry
dock is only - feet 3 inches. She can be
made ready tor sea IN three weeks, though
her destination is not known. The battle
ship Maine may start on her official trial
trip Wednesday. Great interest is<rlt In
the performance of tie Names engines.
Prot. Louis Duvai. of France. was en-
gagged by the 400" OF Anderson, Ind, q
few weeks ago as a teacher of French and
master OF arts. The importation arrived
and was TO have organized his private class
Monday night. At noon, however. he
took his stand on the public square and.
in q mixture OF French and English, delIv-
cred a redhot anarchistic speech. He was
arrested, and then addressed a large crowd
of citizens from behind the bars. Tuesday
morning he was put on the street gang and
the French class is busted"
Senator Washburn, Mayor Eustis, the
general manager of the ~. Paul & Duluth
railroad and several prominent citizens of
Minnesota presented handsome testi-
monial Wednesday TO James Root, the
engineer who saved 200 passengers by
running his train through the fire at
Hinckley, Mimi. On behalf of members
of the Raymond excursion, which passed
through Minneapolis recently, Mayor
Eustis presented him with SO in gold.
The engineer feeiingly replied Il only
did my duty. and that any brotherhood
engineer would have done. | ask you to
accent the money a. my subscription for
the relief of the Hinekley fire sufferers"
San Salvador is excited over the news
that the steamer San Bias arrived at San
Francisco too late for the evidence in the
Ezeta case, which was sent by II, TO be
used. The friends OF the refugees claim
that they sent evidence which would
acquit them. while, on the other had, their
enemies declare IL was a scheme to shield
them. Ii is rumored that the government
of san Salvador is in possession OF in
formation that Exeta Is at the head of a
movement for general revolution in
Central America This claim, II true, con-
tradicts the statement Of the de facto gov
eminent of San Salvador that the refugees
are not wanted as political prisoners