Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-01
PACIFIC COAST.


PACIFIC COAST.
TeAaees 9e6aae Clai0s.
Especial 10 P1sr. IsTxlI1mcul
OLrxrrA. April 0.-For the puspos'
OF aiding tobaeconists IN preparing thei
rebate csailas On May Lat, Collector Hay
den has made the following dispnltiog
OF has officers for that day. Deputy Col
iecfor Bi2ley, TO be at Seattle; Depaty
W. n. Roberts, at New Tacoma: Deputy
~. &. Guernssy. at DAYTON: Gaucer ]
ID. Lamar, ~ Waila Walls; the Collso-
tor remaining at this place him elf. ],
u not probAble that the claims in THU
Isfrztory will bsvsry extensive, althoaaf
nstsen hundred blank claims and oos
hundred and twenty thousand labels havs
been sent out from the rsvenns ONES
here.
o00lGxanaO CO0lng.
SAN FRAscisco. Aprii 8.-Ths sessm.
er Geo. W Elder called this afternoou
for Victoria and way pogta, With full
freight and passenger liets, and oarrv.
Ing large number Of immiRraufs 70,
SEATTLE. The greater numbo4 II the Lat.
ter sre practical farmers, the rsmaiudes
- '
from wsseern States.
TIE Tsbsees ReAase.
SAN FkAxcSco, April 30.-In visv al
tbs reductiOo in the tax on tobacco.
which Roes into effect tomorrow, q or.
cular has been issued by the Treasury
Department, requiring that inventories
of the stock on which rebates sre 70 be
should Be made promptly TO-
morrow, Nay LIST. Tho tax on tobacco
will be eight cents insesad Of sixteen
cents per pound, and cigars g thou
sand instead Of IS. Cigar makers are
demanding an increase Of wages both
here and In other large cities. Nov
York advices state that 100 men in the
employ OF Foster, Hilson & Co. demand
an Average increase Of t1.60 per thou
sand. and bain9 refused, quit work.
Other large firms have compromised
vith their hsnds. The rAsulS Of the
strikes will be TO maintain prices at the
old rates, bos ~ matters settle down
The decrease in the tar will become per-
septible.
Csaplaasa filled.
Major X. Il. Batchelder, Of the U. 8.
Army. has fled . complaint in the
Superior Court against kenny d Dyer.
stock brokers', to recover 81 .O06, 100, and
for cause Of action avers that on the
18th OF April. 1881, he delivered TO his
,lerk in the Unitei States Quartsrmas-
Eer's Department, ]. F. Broadhead, for
Ihs above amount, the same to BE- given
10 J. j. johnson: that the said Broad
head altered the check 70 make il paya-
ble to the bearer, which check the de-
lendants cashed for Broadhsad. Il il
charged that st the time the defendants
know the check had been altered and
forged; that ON May II. 1881, defend
lnts had the check cashed by the As
'iataut Treasurer of the United States.
Terrible Fate sG ChilA.
HoLLBrEs, Gala. April 30.-A 7-year
I'D son Of Philip Aaginnis, Of San
Benito, became eatanaisd in = rope
While getting Cd horse and before he
,ould be rescued vas dragged and
kicked 10 death.
Chlna0en Cs01a1 North.
SAN FRANCuCo. April 30.-The 3S7
Chinese that arrived by the steamer
Coptic. on route 70 Victoria, 90 north ON
The Mississippi. Of this number only
NIX are merchants, and none Of them
made application. Five OF them 60 TO
Panama. and one to Havana. Under
the present laws . merchant in his
transit may make application To the
Consul, Who will examine into the Case,
and II found to come under the provi-
lions Of the law will be granted pass
port ON presentation Of sureties that he
will leave the COUNTRY on 4 given date
Nod By Q given route. He Is furnished
, paper giving description Of himself,
date, his departure and route. aud .
similar one il furnished the Collector of
he Port. Should mono Of thoss to whom
passports have been given appear At the
which time and steamer they are re-
oorded, the cases will be reported 20 the
Collector and Chinese Consul. Up to
he present time IL passports Of this
kind have been issued, and it IL report
ID az the Custom House that the persons
to whom they ws.e issued depared at
The time agreed on. Not single failure
IN this respect has besn reported.
a Large Cable.
A street cable Il, 600 feet long and 6
tons weight was turned ont today By the
Wire Works for tbs Oalifor-
mia street road. Il il the largest cable
evos made ON this coast, being four
inches in circumference and over ono
and one fourth inches in diameter. The
b tho best crucible stcel wire
With center Of MANILA. The oontraet
has besu under the supervision Of g. H.
Wallis, superintendent OF the works.
Tho Job has beeu unusually quick.
Some Of the time the works have been
10 operation all night. The e0at 70 the
company will b about $4,000. The
cAbIe win probably b put In place
during the coming month. The one q
present In NE has only been In . few
but 10 said to b much out 0e
ropair. Il Vas manufactured at the
Dast. The rope just finished h estimat-
ID with proper care 10 last two yeaeo,
AIthouR6 not warranted for any period.
The cable Of The Grown Point mine and
The present ono in tho Clay street road
Are similar to this and they have been
in use nearly that time. The wire
works have about negotiated contract
With tho nav Market street line for .
cable aRgregasing q length Of q, 900 fest.
4 large rope vas also recently begun f0I
The Suffer- street road, 70 b over 5000
lest in length. Il y anticipated that
several importa at contracts TOR large
pAbles for EuRliah compantee IN Lon
Ion, Of which various HumogD have booo
heard, will be received during the cou-
ing summer and the machines Of the
vorks are soon TO b moved from The
present site 10 North Beach, whore bss-
|es and more oommodiooe quarters
have been erected.