The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-31

n A1nsd B04ini, The defaultins teller Of the AmAi-
IN Hank and Trust Company. Of San Francisco,
- caag b the custody Of the sheriff. His abort
~ hare been made good by friends and the bank
u1iicAis have signed document releasing him from
u mfthR claims o. demands.
O. DE- Weckheffin, for many years envoy extraor-
0nay and minister plenipotentfary Of the Neither
hnd. ~ this country. will act in the same csp.e-
II As position In Bucharest. has been appointed
y ~ The vacancy in the United States.
ne Pusst Sound Lumber Company has placed on
npcrd deed from Msrcuse 4 Kennel. transfer
Aiansla, only nominal consideration being mem
tohed The transfer grew out Of some old imam
~ transactions and does not affect the business
u ths firm.
! Colorado Midland passenger train, ncrth, bound.
~ Santa Fe freight train had hsad-end colli-
10 two miles south Of Palmer Lake. Fireman Ed
" Jones. Of the Santa Fe, was killed. and Engi-
M Lavitt and Turk were seriously hurt No
passengers were injured The cause Of the collision
not yet known.
Anans.msnts are being made for mass meeting
= ban Francisco on January to express sym
pfhy With the Boers. An executive committee
preliminary gathering. and ladies' auxiliary
wAmittse y also to be chosen to aid In perfecting
pms for the proposed demonstration.
ne nllsy Of paintings collected by the late
!uage Hilton, Of New York. is about TO be sold at
n0g BY modern French artists, and Is valued at
nue than 100000 Among the masters represented
y asissonief: Ccrot. Daubigny Geroms. vibert.
Aaun, Muncfasy. Bougereau and Tissot.
1hs viii Of the late Josephus Forbes, Of New
Haven. Conn, bequeaths si60OO0 to be- divided be-
gesn u Paul's Episcopal church and the Ladies'
SSsIsns Friend Society. the latter to receive one
sa'u ?. the estate, st. Paul's church is directed
erect chapel on the site where the old
FORBES mansion now stands and also to erect
home for the aged men
tire s Fort Wayne. Ind. destroyed the whole
~ ,no retail dry goods establishment of George
vMAd Go. and the crockery store Of NJ r.
ss, causing an aggregate loss Of s2O0. o00 on
snpn mere is total insurance of $i35 000 The
~ y believed to have originated from rise In
Sa'utn gas pressure, which oyerheated stove.
Asave business men Of Cincinnati are making
~ snort to secure the location OF the Democratic
Ssuo1al convention In that city. The Cincinnati
s.sus nas called a meeting To be held January
which steps viii DO taken to secure guaran.
Ia rrs snc 70 MAKE other necessary arrangements
uonu committee w -
q. .nSe are over sixty vessels each carrying from
hundred 70 over 1000 tons Of coal bound from
~ s.n,s australia, to the Hawaiian Islands. From
~ y. twenty vessels bound with similar cargoes.
~ e0n destined for Hawaii is chiefly for the use
,urrls ukaf plantations, but the diversion Of the
iua M v,n pan Francisco has caused scarcity Of
sna consequent increase in price.
- gdrsy Paset, who is the racing partner Of win.
Wh,,s.w whitney. and brother of All Pagst, Mr..
dor W. son-inlaw will proceed at once to Ion.
n hSnn New York. for tho purpose Of Joining
Ws,,sssy o. cavalry which is being raised by Lord
Roer 'on iof service In South Africa against the
N or aho which, 1t Is intended shall BE- similar
vr.s sstion TO the American Rough Riders who
uu''ns the Spanish-Ameriean war.
d 4, val, Of the late John I. Blair has been ofr.r.
MI S ms IN the surogates Office at Belvidere.
tom ~ bar Presbyterian academy at Blairs
tsfap chr,a given the sum Of si5 600 the Presby-
fud sb,.. cn ~ Bairstown receives $1,000 the OK
70 e,cb ~ st9M: and the Methodist church 81 0sD0
And mnas /" >, ms daughters children he gives cash
Il tAs 49,, 70 tne amount Of $500 900 The residue
Bair. soes TO tho testators son. Dewitt @.
wk tb ~ my mas been organised at Portland To
As,% ~ men sands on the Cape Nome beach Alas.
d ~ steam dredge Is now under con.,,,ct,h,
n me- pose This dredge will nun an VIA reIi-
skleS n Of being placed on barge The ,h.s,
dryh ~ .e me dredge buckets will operate 10
OCCUR ., we've ieet in the sea water When s.o,m.
halltd ~, "nen the tide rises the dredee can hs
md W ana still be enabled to work In The d..
An, 'aa or Kerosene will be used for fuel
hsm ~, quincy johnson and bis wife. Of New or.
Tie enstnS, asusns trouble IN San Francisco over
dsr ssn Y. q their son. aged 10 wears ssversi
ehhd H." ! stated Mr.. johnson kidnap.d tho
hin n ~. dohnson discovered her son ana .ens
cured @ hoteL Late in thu night Johnsn, en-
lts IN snt OF haheas corpus which was ssryss
boz Va. %a'a midnight. taking nossess;on ~ ~
We snd ,0 De produced In court. The busha IA
kke r. snlid passed the night at the Psiac.
ID mn 10y ooy being In custody Of the sheriff ,.ho
soeite 70 take him IN nr;sop - "''~