Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-23

here previously. Miss Gordon ad
dressed the young people this after
noon, and tonight Miss Willard speak
again.
Fatal Accident.
Special TO Posr-
PORTLAND. June 22.-Albert Leland, q
machinisE, was killed today by the fall.
ing of derrick az the corner of Fourth
and Alder streets- His death was in
Simultaneous
summer Vacation.
The public schools of this city CLOSED
today for vacation until September 10Th.
Commencement exercises at the High
School and at st. Mary's Academy wert
had today.
The Edmunds Party.
Senator Edmunds' party return to
Portland tomorrow, and start East mex,
week BY the Northern Pacific.
First Through Passenger.
The first through passenger y. Kios-
terman of this city, arrived today over
the Northern Pacific Railroad.
or the Beach.
The United States steamer Shubrick
succeeded In getting the tug Geo. H
Wright off Clatsop Beach last night at
high tide. She is bat slightly damaged.
Arrived
The steamship Columbia arrived TO-
night.
Robbed.
A bricklayer named Hall was robbed
of vest containing silver watch and
$50 today at the corner of Front and c
streets. he was working within 10 feet
of the vest.
Making Progress.
The Northern Pacific Railroad ia now
within four miles of Missoula. Montana,
and will be there the 18th.
VIII Return.
SAN Francisco, June 22.-J. C. Stubbs.
general traffic manager of the Central
and Southern Pacific lines, is expected
back next week from visit east.
Q VIII Attend the ConcIave.
Governor Hale, of Wyoming Terri
tory. will be the guest of Hugh X. Nc
Junkln during the triennial oonclave of
the Knights Ienplar.
Distinction without Difference.
The entire time of yesterdays session
of the court martial hearing charges
against Lieutenant Colonel Bryant, was
in questioning Capt. Thomas
Wilhelm, and resulted in futile at
tempt to derive from witness the dis
tinction between the condition of
man drunk and one intoxicated.
Miners for Alaska.
The schooner Alaska sailed YESTERDAY
for Alaska. Twenty-Five miners, whose
objective point is the Alaska placers,
were passengers. The schooner took as
part freight mules and a small propel-
Ter, which was dashed on the deck. In
she took lumber. mining ma
chinery and provisions for the crew and
passengers.
sailed.
The steamer Umatilla sailed yester-
day for Portland with a cargo of 1000
cases Of oil, u considerable quantity of
powder, and also some merchandise.
Through Dining Cars.
SAN FRANcIsco, June pa dispatch
today by William Bedell, gen.
sral agent of the Michigan Central and |
Lake Shore ana Michigan Southern |
says that beginning June 18th |
The New York Central would run Pull |
nan dining cars over their line. This |
will make through dining car service |
from New York to Council Bluffs. The
Union and Central Pacific roads will be |
to run dining cars over their |
ines should this service BIS pat on the |
Northern Pacific. which will it is ex-
pected soon be done. 1t may be consid- |
sred certain that through dining car
,ervice will soon be in operation be- |
'ween this city and New York.
Accommodating an Opium stock.
Chinese opium importers of this city |
began to rush the drug into the Pacific |
,oast market nearly one thousand |
,hests have been received here. The |
entire stock of opium of this city is not |
over 5000 chests. BY the next in
coming steamer the Chinese expect all !
he way from 1900 to 5000 chests. 1t is |
that by July LIST 1900 chests |
will have been received, the bulk of |
which will be on hand in stock. All |
stores in the Chinese quarter where |
opium is dealt in have full stock on |
hand, but take them altogether they |
,ould or would not carry one quarter of |
the stock which has been received here. |
1t Is not taken to the Chinese quarter |
nor to any warehouse but to banks and |
stored in their vaults. 1t Is considered |
the best kind of collateral security by |
those who handle it, and as high az |
$3.50 a case is loaned upon it. The |
Safe Deposit Co. have large quantity |
stored, and the Anglo California bank,
a. Shanghai bank, Parrot
4 Co.. each have large quantities of the
drug stored in their vaults. The stock
which will be on hand by July LIST, IL re-
ceipts from now until that time are as
large as expected will be valued at not
less than $35 100000. A case is an in
significant looking box and contains
only IL pounds of opium, but the neat
safe way in which it is packed is very
trifiing Inconvenience in handling it
and enables bankers to do warehouse
business in the article. It is received
and sent out every day by bankers and
is considered very safe security, and
warehouse receipls circulate at nearly
full value for the quantity on storage.
have no peculiar liking for the
business which has been forced upon
them, but the Safe Deposit has always
received such valuable substance on
storage and opium storage is no new
business for that company. The whole
sum of the various explanations given
of the queer business which banking
have undertaken is that it
is done for the accommodation of per-
sons with whom they have business
dealings who cont afford to place con-
fidsnce in the public warehouses. The
Chinese give as their excuse for not
warehouses that they are
afraid of fire. There would be no more
chance of saving opium from burning
building than there would be Of getting
out coal oil or other equally az CON-
bustible material. Their real fear Of
public warehouses is as to the security
Of their stores from tampering by en-
ployees who might he tempted TO sub.
stitute one quality for another or other
wise defraud the owner Of the stored
opium.
Resumed Running Trains.
SAW FRAyCrsco. June 22-Runninc of