Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-22
PACIFIC COAST.
a Suicide Or q Usax.
Special to PoST- INTEL ]

Suicide Or q Wsax.
Especial 10 Posr-ISTrIIEcKScxaI
PORTLAND. MAY ao.-This evening a
note was picked Up as Ainsvorth Dock
addressed 10 MAJOR J. W. Williams,
United States Army, Fort wails Walia,
W. l., and signed BIZ John w. VII
Hams, who subscribes himself s:ldea.
at fores. Grove. The writer says be in
tended 10 iamp INTO the river from the
dock. and sends messages 10 his rela-
tive5- The note Is dated Nav i9.h, 10
y. H. Ii may be a hoax, bet nothing
goes TO show that 1t is not genuine.
Family Robbed.
Special TO PosT-INrELxIaESCEa
PORTLAND. May Bite residence of
Wm. NJ. Nelson, President Of tht Port
land Rope Works, was robbed last nigh.
OF lewel-y and plate to the value of
SOU. The robbery was evidently conf
mistei by Chinese servants. or wi.h
their collision.
Fesr Is-Year Sentences.
SPECIAL To Posr- IsrgLrIGxyoEa.
PORTLAND. May 2l.--The four Uma-
tilla indians-Ahhote, Clpsula, Peterus
aud Ialnmusk-convicted of man.
slaughter for the killing of MuIhere-,
were sentenced today by Judge Deadly
each 70 ten years Imprisonment. All
the culprits except Iammusk are mar
ried and have children.
The Portland Bridge.
Especial TO PosT-IsTEIIIGEycga.l
PORTLAND, May 2l.-Work on the
Northern Pacific Railroad bridge across
the Willamette river was commenced to-
day By driving piles. Ii is publicly
stated that parties owning dock proper
ty above the site OF the bridge will i'm
mediateiy begin an injunction suit. / he
bridge Will be built in conformity with
the views of United States engineers.
The draw spans will be l75 feet in the
clear.
Death Of Pioneer.
Especial to Posi- ISrELIIGEScrR.
PoBr TOWNSEND. May H.-Mr. Alfred
A. Piummer, native of Maine, aged 81
years, died at this place Saturday. Mr..
Flummef came here 81 years ago, being
the first white man to settle IN this
place. lie was the original owner of
tae town site ON which Port Townsend
was built. Mr.. Plummer. had been an
employee in the custom house here for
many years, resigning his position some
two months since. He leaves q large
family, most of whom are grown up.
New Company.
A joint stock company to build a sash
and door factory has been organized
here and machinery ordered.
Frisco Happenings.
San Francisco. May 2l.-fhe Pin
more, the largest sailing vessel ever con
structed, is now in port. She is a fou:-
masted steel ship, $40 feet, and is Just
now ono of the sights; many persons
are visiting her.
Another fatal accident happened on
the Geary street cable road last night.
whereby Chinaman was killed. The
engineer was arrested. charged with
mauslaughter, but it is stated it will be
shown no blame can bs attached to
him.
James F. Daily. a saloon-keeper, was
last night stabbed in the abdomen by
an ex-convict, Charley Abbott, one OF
four hoodlums who visited the saloon
and raised row. Il is believed that the
wound will prove fatal.
The Thermometer yesterday marked
e. tAcr-tCCo Ala tiip slbuc. uS
winds are being anxiously looked for.
Colonel Finnegass, of the United
States Secret Service, has received in
formation from James J. Brooks, Chief |
of the Secret Service Division, that a |
new counterfeit So gold coin had made |
its appearance, purporting to be coin |
struck in 1913. 1t is very heavily plated, |
43i4 grains light. The impression ia |
that it was struck from original dies
prepared for the purpose.
Captain Healy, of the revenue cutter |
Corwin, has received orders to proceed |
Mt once to Alaska. to take charge of the |
station during the fishing season. He |
is instructed to obtain all possible in |
formation concerning Alaska matters in |
general from Commander Glass, who
was in command of the Wachusetts
and who established martial Law at the |
Harrisburg mines. 1t is thought the |
Adams, now in Alaska. will be recalled. |
The British bark Chin Sc, recently |
condemned here, was towed over to |
Kershaw's Point, and her hull burned |
last night for the iron.
Wildllower, Kinda Rose and six other |
horses from Leland Stanford's Palo |
Alto stables, were shipped east today in |
a special car in care of Cbas. Martin.
Ship G. 8. Hurlburt is 200 days from
Now York for Portland. Grave fears |
for her safety are entertained.
The new iron steamer Mariposa, of |
Cramps build, at Philadelphia. cleared
for this port on Friday. She will run
between this port and Honolulu. She |
is owned by the Oceanic Steamship
Company of San Francisco.
Back 70 New York.
RENO, New. May 2l.-Mrs. Uhler, the
woman who figured so conspicuously in |
the recent Conkling- Haverstick tragedy |
at New York, left here for that city to- |
day.
A Cheap and Quick Rsuie.
San FaAScrsco, May 2l.-Accounts re-
reau established by the Central Pacific
first supposed. In connection with il
agencies have been established in Lon
don. Bordeaux, Berlin, and Gutenberg,
aud under the direction OF its powerful
organization the greatest efforts will be
made to bring by its two routes the
iarges. number at the cheapest rates
possible. Freight that left New York
May 9th, via New Orleans, was ready
for delivery today at noon. The
Southern Pacific promises to keep this
mp. A train which came in today con-
sisted of twenty four cars. The time of
freight by the Central Pacific in the
past has averaged all the way from
twenty i've to forty days. Steamers
leave New York for New Orleans twice
q week, and 1t Is believed that it will
soon be necessary TO dispatch steamer
daily.
Newspaper Sale.
Los ANGELES, Gala, May 2l.-Jesse
Yarneli Sencer, proprietor of the Los
Angeles Daily Times and Weekly Mirror,
has sold his entire interest in these
journals to A. w. Francisco, a well
known, veteran and successful newspa
per man of Ohio, formerly manager of