The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-04
CONDHsED DISPATCHES.

MISS Dorotny Morton, the comic opera
singer Is about to be married TO r. r. Nc
Alpine. New York broker.
The Countess of Craven. daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Bradley Martin. has given birth
TO sen and heir in England
The lumber schooner Free Trade. from
San Francisco to Usal. Mendocino county.
Cal. is supposed to have been lost with all
hands.
The New York Central Labor Union has
Endorsed a petition for the pardon of Alex
ander Berkman. who shot H. G.. Frick dur
Ing the Homestead strike.
s. II. Babcock, the former general traffic
manager of the Rio Grande Western rail-
way. who resigned last April. has been re-
appointed TO his former office.
The Boston Central Labor Union has
adopted resolutions deploring the removal
of President Andrews. of Brown univer-
sity, for his economic principles.
1t is reported that the Portuguese have
been badly routed In the Bilini district,
north of Delagoa bay. The natives declare
that not Portuguese is left alive.
Hot weather in Kansas and Northwest
ern Missouri has done great damage to the
crops. hot winds having practically de-
stroyed them In Southern and Western
Kansas.
Assistant Secretary Howell has rendered
a. decision, in which he holds that calf
skins should be classed as hides of cattle"
and therefore dutiable at IL per cent. ad
vaiorem.
Objection on the part of the whites to the
employment of negroes in stone quarry
near Thornbeck. La. resulted in a battle. in
which two negroes were killed and several
wounded.
Richard Winter Martin the eldest son of
]. West Martin. the capitalist, and a form
er leader in business and society at Oak
land. Cab. died from an overdose OF lauda-
mum on Tuesday.
1t is announced that the rising Of the ma
d. IL. go
that Chiefs Toto and Lukijaujos, who have
thousand followers have surrendered 10
the British authorities.
The first importation of Mexican cattle
under the ninsley tariff was herd OF $40
steers, which came through Nogales. Tex.
on Saturday. The duty was sl,2s6 95 above
that under the Wilson bill.
: Carl Crcnheilt. coal HEAVIER and dish
washer at Boston, has, by the death OF his
=, brother, Count Julius Cronheilt. of Swe-
den, come into title four large properties
and an Income OF $4,000 year.
A Southern Pacific freight train went
through burning trestle near Marion. Or.
TUESDAY. The engine and eight freight
cars were burned. Fireman PEBBLES and
Brakeman Ballard we're slightly injured
Willis Lockwood. a boy at Jersey City.
held his arm in an Ice cream freezer. 10
win a dish OF ice cream offered by Samuel
Wolf. When he Withdrew his arm II was
frozen stir. and viii have TO be amputated.
WI Law Il farmer, uNlrS near SHeipS
vile. lnd., was reprimanded by his sister
for returning home drunk and thereupon
beat her with a whip so that she will die.
4 mob. headed by her husband. is hunting
Archbishop Keane is due from Europe
this week. and has been delegated by the
pope TO present important messages to the
annual conferences Of archhishops OF the
United States at the Catholic university at
washington. in October
agent of the Union Pacific railroad and
one or the widest known railway men IN
the country. died at 81. Louis Monday. He
had been with the Union Pacific since lsss
ana ~as veteran OF the war
Cigarette manufacturers have decided
upon an increase in the price Of cigarettes.
A letter OF notification Il now going
through the mails, The advance in quota
tions Is about Is per cent on the whole list
from turkish to common brands
Pror. Henry W. Elicit writes 70 the
Cleveland Piain-Dealer, expressing the
opinion that Lord Salisbury will not reopen
the sealing question. that the conference
will not avail America anything. and that
the participation OF Russia and Japan VIII
not anect England's attitude. which Can
ada controls
A farewell dinner was given on Monday
BY the board Of missions 10 the American
bishops attending the Lambeth conference
in London. and toasts 70 the president and
the queen were received with enthusiasm
Speeches expressive of friendly feeling be
tween the nations were made by the bishops
Of London ana Minnesota.
tharies ". Spalsing ex-president OF the
t'Iehs sayings bank. was on saturday
FOUND guilty Of er1bszzie,nefit. and his sen
tence was fixed az imprisonment IN the
peniisutfaTy. This was his third trial In
the TWO former ones he was acquitted be-
cause tire Jury believed that he hYpothe-
Gated without intent 10 eYBb@zzle
Admiral B@ardSlse has made report 10
the navy department from Honolulu. dated
July L.. giving a de.ailei description OF
series Of celebrations in which the United
Stat~s. British and JapSnes ships took
part This began with TIE queens jubilee
OF June 2. was continued on July the
ir1eTe ndencs day 81 both the United STATE.
and Hawaii, and closed with the French
celebration OF the fail Of ,hs Bastiie on
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