Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-06
PACIFIC COAST.



, cutar was proposed by Carpenter. whic
: requires the companies to make specifi
answers relative to the operation Of tn
road and income derived therefrom.
disposition was manifested to 90 int
consideration Of the subject at ones, bu
n. A. Tovns, General Manager of h
Central Pacific, slated he had Just Re
turned from the East. and asked tn
commissioners not to take hasty an.
premature action. II the State had con
lerred upon the board the power of con
tscatlon it should be exercised will
moderation and Justice, and not make al
! arbitrary reduction of rates, and askst
postponement for further considera
tlon of at least o week, which was ac
corded. During the afternoon session
the Carpenter resolution was anopted.
A Good Report.
The annual meeting Of the Board o.
Trade was held today, at which Jacot
>. Tabor presided. In a report, hs
stated that the immigration to thu
State during the year increased 1855
persons. most of whom had taken az
settlements In the northern and south.
ern counties. The value of manufac
lures of San Francisco were 100000.
W. and the banking capital Of the
State $l25, 0O0,O 900.
Fish for Breeding.
A large quantity Of carp, a portion Of
which is intended for distribution in
Oregon, arrived fIom the East yester-
day, and will be taken north in q few
days.
To Marry his Daughter's Teacher.
Society circles have been given cause
for much gossip by the announcement
OF the engagement of Judge McShafter,
owner of One-half of Marin county, and
| Miss Burns. teacher of elocution.
Miss McShafter, only daughter of the
Judge, 70 yeers old. went East year
| AGO, and recently returned with Miss
| Burns as her elocution teacher and trav-
cling companion. Being duly installed
In the Judges home in the former Ca
paclty, the Judge was smitten, and on
proposing was accepted. The wedding
takes place on Wednesday of next week.
Judge McShafler is we'll known through
out the Coast as an able lawyer, and as
an owner OF thoroughbred stock. He
was candidate before the last Repub-
hcan Convention for Governor.
A Suicide.
ASSnLha, SSti.y L co. O.-1l6uIIC6 0la-
ioney. a young man of steady habits.
and a. general favorite in the communi-
ty. blew his brains out in the Vance
House saloon this afternoon. No cause
is assigned for the act.
A Curiosity.
FRESNO, Feb. 5.-Snow fell here to a
depth of an inch and quarter this
morning. 1t is the first time suoh a
thing was ever known.
Personals.
San Francisco, Feb. 5.-William II.
Reeves, of the firm of Macintosh 4
Reeves. bankers, Seattle, is visiting
Santa Barbara, where his wife is So
journing few months for the benefit of
her health. She is now entirely re-
covered.
Byron q. Holmes and wife will return
from the southern countries in week
leaving for Portland soon after.
Howard Tilton, of British Columbia.
leaves for home early in March.
Sol. Shipper. Of Portland, arrived in
this city several days ago. He comes
on business and expects 10 remain here
about four weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Kelly (nee Miss
Fannie Raleigh), who arrived here on
the last steamer from Portland, are
registered at the Grand.
Our webfoot Grist.
PORTLAND, Feb. 5.-Jehn G. Long,
who was convicted at Salem, last De
cember, OF killing his wife, and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for life, has
been pardoned by Gov. Moody. Care
full examination of the skull by medical
experts exploded the theory that the
ball entered the left side of the head,
theside from which she must have been
shot if Long committed the deed. 1t
was made evident that Mrs. Long COM
mitted suicide.
The weather today is getting colder,
and tonight promises to be the coolest
known since 1875, when the Willamette
frOze from bank to bank. A very cold
| wind is blowing from the east ut the
rate of 30 miles an hour. The barom-
eter 10 lower here than at Olympia or
Rosebur9 1t was showing q Olympia
at noon today, and Portland seems to
be the center of the storm. II it SHOWS
here tonight, the Willamette end lower
Columbia will close in six hours. The
lower Columbia is free of ice, and the
| steamer Oregon, which crossed in at
noon, will have NO difficulty in getting
up to Portland, but it is Ey no means
certain that the Columbia can got down
tomorrow night.
The line to Coos Bay is down, hence
no further news from the wreck of the
Tacoma.
A fire broke out at 8 a'clock in Ryman
Gallick's shoe store, on the corner of
First and Taylor streets. Loss, princi-
pally by water, 80 600; insured in Bach
man Bros. agency. The saloon Of Her
man Schmitz, next door, was drenched.
Loss, 5000; insured in the Bremen Co.
The building containing Gallick's store,
owned by Chas. Il. Smith, was damaged
to the extent of $3.50; insured. Hach-
eny d Beno, grocers, suffer slight loss
by smoke and water; insured. The or.
| igin of the fire is unknown, but it is
sapposed to have been caused by a stove
in the rear of the store.
Market Report.
SAN Francisco, Feb. 5.-Wheat is
higher, $L771z9 LIS; barley is firmer;
feed, $11715@l.O; brewing, $l.25@ l.35;
chevalier, t1.25<a LAO; oats, IA usual.
81. 75td SPY; corn, yellow, $l.65a ]. 20,
white, $l.9.
The Lost steamer
EXPIRE CRY, Feb. 3.-Ihe steam tug
Fearless has arrived from the wreck Of
the Tacoma. Nine Of the crew were
lost, and First Assistant Engineer Grant
died after getting ashore. The ship is
completely broken up. Nothing can be
saved from the wreck. Five bodies were
recovered and will BE- buried today.
Engineer Grant was buried yesterday.
Nothing can be seen Of the wreck but
the top of the cylinder at low water
Seven men were lost of the fereyard
when the mast vent overheard.
Capt Hill, Of the steam ting Fearless,
reports that he, with the tug, lay in
twenty eight feet of water and could
hear the men on the wreck calling to
them, bus could not render them any
assistance, az they had no boat that
could live in such . sea a. was running
at that time. He saw boat put OF
from the beach, but il vas capsized be-
fore they got 70 the wreck. and after be-
| ing washed ashore they righted the boat
and made the attempts the second time,
With like result. Tho sea was 90 heavy
that no boat such as vas there could do
any good. Capt. Hill saw i've men on
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