Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-01-21
PACIFIC COAST.
The ship Challenger Cases.

PACIFIC COAST.
The ship Challenger Cases.
NEw TACOMA. Jan. 19.-In the Chai-
lenger cases today. Conrad, first mate,
was acquitted on the third Indictment.
charging cruel treatment of the third
mate on the day of the ships arrival at
this port. On the two indictments be-
fore tried he was convicted. Bennett,
second mate. convicted yesterday of
cruelty, was this afternoon acquitted by
direction of the court on the second in
dictment, as the men named in the in
dictment never left PhilAdelphia,
Twelve more indictments remain un-
tried, one of which charges Captain
Mountford with manslauphter. On
complaint of Haines. attorney for the
officers of the Challenger, j. b. Bingham
was held to bail in $500 to appear before
Chi-f Justice Greene, on the Sd of Feb
ruary. to answer for contempt. He ia
charged with having boasted that he
hxed Jurors In the trial of Captain
Mountfort and secured 500 for the job.
A Distressing Affair.
PORTLAND, Ogn., Jan. aO.-At Junction
City, last night. II. w. Abrams. a Young
merchant. shot and instantly killed DR..
J. q. Brownles. Six shots took effect.
They were warm friends, and had been
tor years. Browniee came into Abrame
store and began to scuffie in a frierdly
way. They fell, and Abrams got the
worst Of the fall. This augered him.
and he seized a hatchet and rushed at
Brownlec, who took it from him and
threw 1t out of doors. Abrams then ran
behind the counter, took two revolyers
from the drawer, and, holding one in
each hand. fired three shots from each
weapon. Abrams was taken to Eugene
this afternoon and lodged in Jail. A
preliminary examination will be held
on Monday. There is much excitement
at jackson over the affair. Both men
stood well in the community.
Fire at spokane Falls.
SPOKANE FALLS, Jan. 19.-At about
half past ten o'clock last night a fire
broke out IN defective flue in F. II.
Moore d Cos store. and before it could
be subdued five buildings were burned
to ashes. In Ordcr to check the fire two
more buildings were torn down by the
citizens. The fire ragged until two
O'Clock this morning. There was no
wind to spread it and the roofs of sur
rounding buildings were covered with
snow, else the whole town would have
been burned to the ground. The losses
are as follows:
F. r, Moore q Co.. $4,000, insured
for 3O,0O0, company unknown: w. X.
Forest, 5000, insured for $4,000 in the
commercial insurance company; G. w.
Carson, restaurant, $500, no insurance;
+. Il. Hyde, restaurant building, $1,000.
insured for 800 in the Fire Isurance of
London, and 1926 in the MetropOli of
Paris; +. X. Moore d H. L. Cutler, fur
nltur,, loss unknown, insured for $l5,-
JOO IN the Swiss and Helvetia, and
Slu25 IN the London and PrOvincial; A.
II. Porter, druggist, 5000. insured for
$2OO0; j. u. Gaudy, postoffice and drug
store, $24OO, insured for $500 in the
London and Liverpool and Globe, and
for $500 in the California insurance
company.
j.. w. Rima, the jeweler. whose build
ing was tern down. lost $500; insured
to nearly the full amount in the Fire
mans Fund. II. French. candy store,
whose store was also pulled down, lost
$500; insured for $500 in the Hartford.
incidental losses to surrounding prop
erty owners we're $500.
AL the buildings were burned COM
pletely down except F. II. Moore 4 Co.'S
fireproof warehouse, which contained
several tons of giaLt powder. Through
out the econtiagration the citizens worked
nobly IN the absence of a fire company.
a great deal was lost by the thievery of
Cinnamon and Indians.
Frlahtful Accident in California.
SAN Francisco, Jan. 2O.-A terrible
railroad accident occurred this morning
at 2:30 near Tehachepi summit, 362
miles south of this city, in which fifteen
persons were killed. Reports are mea-
ger, but is known that Mrs. ex- Governor
Downey and several other persons are
among those fatally injured. The en-
CINE had gone to the turn table, when
the wind started the train, which caught
tire. and five cars we're burned.
The body OF Miss Squires, of Oakland.
has been found; also, Mrs. ex. Governor
Downey. 1t is thought as far as known
that all the mail was burned, and that
all that was saved from these cars were
two treasure boxes of Wells, Fargo d
Co. 1t is believed the mail agents and
bagmen were burned. It is now certain
that eighteen passengers, in addition to
two porters, were killed, and ten or
twelve badly wounded, making twenty
dead in all. All the passengers in the
sleeping car except Mr.. and Mrs. Ashe,
of Sacramento, were either killed or
wounded. johnson, porter of the sleep
ing car, was badly burned and after
wards died from his injuries. Going
down the grade the coach and smoker
led the way, but did not leave the track. |
They became uncoupled in some way,
and ran on down about two miles from
the scene of accident. None of the per-
sons in these cars we're injured.