Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-27

TIE Pahlication Committee was in.
! strnc.ed 70 prooeed With the pubiicssion
! Of fhs amended prayer book.
A committee WAS appointed 70 tclicit
subscriptions o. the basis Of one dollar
each to extin9nish the debt on the CAM
Minis memorial church and erect q tab
let to his memory.
| PACIFIC COAST.
The Pilot Exploaiea-
/ San FRAxcSco. May 25.-Gravss. Who
vas seriously but not fatally iniurad.
says: I'VE left the Hxystack az ESQ. Az
the time Of the explosion, which
vas a. near 7:aO as can tell, was inst
getting up from the breakfast table, the
| engineer having gone ahead Of me.
Suddenly the deck rose and the stove
fell, and was knocked senseiess with
something. I don't know what. As soon
as came 70 Jumped on deck. saw no.
body around and thought everybody
! WAS killed. ! then heard screams, and
found several OF the injured and some
! at the crew, most of Whsm we're unin-
jured. tried to save whom / could.
and succeeded in saving four-Paimer,
Nathers, his baby, and fireman. John
Sheldon. The last named. however,
| died about Is minutes after I landed
him on shore. Palmer found in hor-
rib!e condition, having large splin,ers
| Of wood in his neck and several ribs
broken. Mrs. McNsar and j. J. Hea-
gea We found about a mile below the
wrtok. the former dying and the latter
dead We searched all day for bodies,
tut could no: find any. l can not ac-
conut for the explosion. / was in the
| engine room on the way to breakfast.
Had light pressure Of steam and ev-
| erything looked right. We had to con-
| tend against great obstacles. The bank
could not be reached excep. through
six feet of mud. and all the boats ex-
cept one we're blown to pieces. The
| hrst help came from a passing train.
| which went for more help to Donahue
landing" The captain attributes the
explosion to the fault of the engineer
IN not having water enough in his boil
ers.
The Pilot Survivors.
The steamer Belle brought the wound
ed persons from the wrecked Pilot to
Petaluma where the best of attention
was given them. Last evening nothing
was visible of the wreck except few
sticks. At low tide the stern and part
of the forward deck are out of the water.
fhe boiler burst out through the top.
and carried everything with it. Tie
Steamboat Inspectors at Petaluma are
to make an examination, and will say
nothing until the examination is COM
pleted. The Belle was st the scene of
the disaster to save parts of tho wreck,
and recover bodies OF victims. The lat
est victims are J. j. Hagen of San Fran
cisco, killed; Mrs. Geo. p. McSear of
Potaluma. died from wounds; four
sons of w. +. Mathers, drowned; j.
Shattuck, fireman of the Pilot, killed;
s. F. Graves, Captain of the Pilot,
knocked senseless, with cut forehead;
j. j. McAlley, broken arm; w. 4. Ma.h-
ers, body scaided and severely bruised;
infant child of Mrs. w. f. Mathers,
body scaided and can't survive; Geo. q.
Palmer of the Pilot. wound in the neck
and four ribs broken, the case is re-
garded as almost hopeless by surgeons;
VIM. Sullivan. slight wound in the right
side of the nose. The following are re-
ported missing: Horace Bell, mate of
the Pilot; A. j. Blackwell, Thos. Craw-
ford, engineer of the Pilot: g. w. Gro
Ra1, A. Halves, steward Of the Pilot; |
Mrs. Mathers and daughter, w. F. |
Mathers, Peter McCabe, decs hand on
the Pilot; Richmond, dock hand on the
Pilot; N. Silva, cabin boy on the Pilot, |
and an unknown man, deck hand.
Failed.
SAN Francisco. May 25.-Linforth,
Rice Co., dealers in agricultural i'm |
creditors has been called to consider the |
ropAStipr, of THAR al
San Francisco Notes.
SAN FRANcIsco, May 26.-Leland Stan
ford leaves today for Europe on the |
steamer Germania.
Temperature here yesterday was 81 |
degrees in the shade.
Vigo Bay Treasure Company has been |
incorporated, and its purposes are to |
profit by the right conceded by the King |
OF Spain. TO explore the bottom Of the |
bay at Vigo Spain, and extract there |
from the treasures they may find. Cap |
ital stock $500
Grain. sugar and Peaches.
SAN FsASclsoo. May &.-Tho wheat
market continues weak. Good judges |
state that within sixty days wheat viii
90 down to $l.3O, with increased
freights. Sugar is in good demand in
anticipation of caunery demands.
Peaches made their first appearance, re-
failing at 30 cents a pound.
Penalties.
The Produce Exchange Call Board
has instituted q penalty Of $25 for every
proven fictitious sale !; also that the
marginal deposits on contracts must be
tan cents a GENITAL, excepting bran and
mill feed. when the rate shall be five
cents GENITAL.
Bank Of Cheuey Suspended.
Especial to Posr-INrELLIoExcxR.1
PORTLAND. May GA private dis
patch from Cheney announces the sus-
pension of the Bank Of Cheney. Further
particulars could not be learned. The
Bank il owned principally by John G.
Davenport prominent merchant, who
ia estimated to be worth about 800 600.
The failure il supposed to be caused by
too much branching ont. Bankers here
think Davenport's possessions are such
that he will be able to pay in full.
The Res1lts Of fssiishi.x Around An.
ether Mass wife.
vIsALIA, CAL, May %. - About 6
o'clock this evening. as ]. w. Harlan, of
the Western Union Telegraph Company.
was returning from buggy ride with
the wife and snn and daughter, the lat
ter aged four and six years, of Levi
Elliott, Elliott met the party at the en-
trance Of his remises, and cxclaiminQ,
"You D. a. Of b., I've caught
your opened fire with a revolver on
Hallan. Harlan shielded himself with
the body Of the little girl, who received
bullet in tho breast and died in a few
minutes. Harlan Was wounded in the
right band, left wrist and hip. After
firing, Elliott either shot himself or was
shot by Harlan through the heart, ex-
piring in few moments. II Is difficult
10 determine which was the case. bot
from Harian's manner, and the finding
4 two pistols ne X the scene OF the
ARRAY, it Is believed Harlan shot Elliott.
II srlAn, after the shooting. went to a
drug store. where his wounds were
dressed. He was then taken BY the
Sheriff TO jail. where he is nov con-
fined. The affair has caused quite an
excitement. and threats OF lynching