The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-07-27
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CALIFORNIA,

o Clock T. NJ, IN NO .. gang OF biack
Diamond Coal Go. > works. resulting in
loss CT life to six persons. aud the barn.
ing Of FIVE others. The explosion was
caused Is the ignition oi dry coal dust
which, had accumulated III the chu., a,
cross-c,its, breast. aud gangway. from
a blast fired in one of the breasss The
names of the dead are William Gethen,
single; william l. Williams, also q
single man. Meredith Lewis leaves a
wife and five children, George NJ.
Reynolds leaves wife and children,
David W. Griffith leaves wife, bat 40
children; Theophelus Watts, single,
dangerously burned and recovery doubt
full; Theophelus Dumas Thos. ID. Davis,
David Watts and Evan Smith slightly
burned, and recovery probable; Thomas
d. James, Harry Manwarring Giacomo
Larggo aud w. Williams, asphy xiaed,
will probably recover.
SAN FRANCISCO, July PA man
calling himself John Lawless, was ar
rested to-day on a charge of procuring
young girls to be sent to Portland to
enter upon life of shame. The arrest
was made on the complaint of young
girl,-one of his victims, who arrived
to-day on the John L. Stephens. When
taken in charge by the officer, he tore
up some papers and threw them away,
which, on being put together. proved to
be the letters of a woman named Jennie
Savage, keeper of u house OF i'll repute
in Portland, urging him To send more
girls quick, as she wanted them for the
Centennial week. aud not to send any
more such young ones as heretofore.
Lawless was locked up for examination.
OAKLAND, July 2j.-About o'clock
this evening. William Buchanan.
about twenty years Of age. formerly
an employe of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company, while intoxicated.
attempted to board the local train
while passing Franklin street, but slip
ped and was knocked under the wheels,
which passed over both hips and the
thigh and calf of the right leg and calf
Of the left. crushing them in horrible
manner. and leaving the right leg
merely hanging by the skin. He was
carried into Rielly's drug store. After
suffering intense agony about three
hours, he died in the drug store at $50
r. VI.
SANTA ANA. July 25.-Albert Jami-
son, who recently returned from the
Stockton asylum, to-day shot i'll the
neck aud dangerously wounded Thos.
Lynch. About twelve miles from here.
Lynch was endeavoring to get him to
return home. A constable has gone to
arrest Jamison and q doctor to attend
Lynch
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25.-Arrived-
Bark Aureola.. Seattle bark Dublin,
Seabeck ship Shirley, Tacoma bark
David Hoadley, Port Gamble; ship
Brown Brothers, Boston; British ship
City of Athens. Sydney British ship
Eddystone, Sydney via Tahati.
Sailcd-Bark California, Port Town
send schooner Emma Utter. Coos Bay;
French bark IIavrc, Falmouth ship
Leading Wind, Antioch; British ship
Swordfish. Liverpool.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 26-About one
hundred and twenty delegates from the
wheat growing counties met with the
Golden Gate Grange last night TO take
into consideration the transportation
problem. Some twenty -four wheat
growing counties were represented.
Proceedings were secret. but it is known
that strong effort will be made to break
the grain ring by holding back wheat
for export, A call has been issued to
all fruit growers throughout the State
to meet with the Grange next Tuesday.
for the purpose of organizing and max
ing out their future policy.
The Democrats assembled in force at
the Cosmopolitan tonight. and specula-
tion Was rife as to the choice of conven-
ton tomorrow for Presidential electors.
The names most prominent this evening
are rs follows First Distric,--Steward
Taylor and DIR. Short: Second District
--ex-Governor II. III. Harght and
Judge Saries Third District Barclay
Henley and General Vallejo: Fourth
District Frank Ganahle and Hon. T.
c. Ryland Those most generally men
toned for electors at large are Judge
Henley. Haight. Short and Ryland; for
Congressional nominees. Barclay Henley
is reported 10 have withdrawn from the
contest i'm the third district leaving a
FREQ walk over the course for Luttrell.
Carpenter, of Fl Dorado, is considered
10 have the inside track for the nom
ination from the second district. The
conven.ion will meet at noon and re-
solve itself into separate convention
for the several Conversational Districts