The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-07-14
CONDENSED DISPATCHES.

James I. Parker. of Indiana, one Of the
assistant attorneys OF the interior de-
OF the lands Of the railway division. vice
w. r. Anderson, appointed register OF
the Enid. Oklahoma, land Office.
A cloudburst and hailstorm Saturday
did great damage In the Ojo Calienee val
ley. n. NJ. Farm products and orchards
were washed out and totally ruined. The
hail was very large and every window in
the Hot Springs hotel was broken.
Nose Gunst. the San Francisco gam
bier and police commissioner, now in
New York, Is much displeased with the
management Of the police force OF the
latter city and the enforcement or the
Sunday-ciosing law against saloons.
G. B. Henderson. q Rochester CONNER
cial traveller, is in Jail at San Francisco
for stabhing Clarence Barr a Chinatown
guide. during an alteration in the Bald
win hotel barroom Saturday. Both had
been drinking heavily. Barr Is dying.
The Pohtique Colonaise, Paris, an
nounces that with q view of avoiding
repetition of the recent conflict between
French and Brazilian settlers in the dis
puted territory of Amapa, the govern
ments of France and Brazil have decided
to establish mixed posts in that region.
James MCGEE. of Vallejo. Cal. died
from injuries received Saturday morning
in a fire in the Union hotel. where he
lodged. man in the adjoining room set
his bedclothing on fire by smoking IN
bed. The fire caught in the wooden par
was fatally burned.
Archbishop Gullion. of oaxaca, Mexico.
has inherited from an English relative
sl3, 600 900 In gold. which at the present
rate of exchange Is equivalent to nearly
81, 10000 Mexican mbney. The arch
bishop was already very wealthy. There
is a movement to bestow upon him the
mitre by the church authorities at Rome.
Chicago and Milwaukee arc TO be united
by an elevated tricycle. road. Work will
begin as soon as the right OF way into
the cities has been obtained. The plan Is
to construct a wooden elevated road, six
teen feet wide. The through toll will ne
only 10 cents. Its projectors predict THAT
1t will DO patronized by 1900 bicyclers
per week.
George B. Grinnen. of New York, Wal
ter Il. Clements. OF Georgia. and W. e.
Pollock, chief OF the division of Indian
affairs. have been appointed commission
ers to negotiate with the Belknap and
surrender Of portions OF their reserva-
lions. The commission will leave for the
Northwest late this month.
County Clerk Curry, of San Francisco.
is confident that he fs on the track OF
the Fair will thief and that he will re-
cover the stolen document within few
days Curry is now in Santa Cruz tn con-
sultation with T. V. Mathews, OF that
place. who admittedly has some clue 30
the thief. II is believed this win lead
TO the apprehension OF the thief.
The electrical circuit was turned on
from the Folsom, Cal. power house Sat
urday morning. The trial was a COM
plete success. The illumination was per-
is assured. The loss IN transmission, gen
Grafton and transformation is only 20 per
cent. This is said TO be the largest trans
mission OF electrical power and the most
powerful electrical plant in the world. Its
present capacity at Sacramento is 1900
horse power.