Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-19
PACIFIC COAST.


tcpeclai 10 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
PORTLAND, June 16.-The city electi Z
today WAS holly contested one. The
result was victory for the anti L ap-
peas citizens and a partial victory o.
the saloon element. Richard Gerdes
and John Haily, Democrats. were elect
ed to the council in the First ward by
about 100 majority. Willian Audrus,
Republican, vas elected ir the Second
ward by Is majori1y in a total vote of
Luz. He defeated Sylvester Farrell. the
citizen candidate. A. T. Sears, Jr.,
Democrat, was elected in the Third
ward by ~ majority over L. Besser. Re-
publican. Ths Oyegonias supported the
citizens ticket which was defeated in
every ward but the Third. The North
aeest Se1ss supported the Republican
ticket which Was desested in every ward
but the Second. The candidates elected
are all pledged against Chief Lappeus.
Tragic End Of Land Dispute.
A Se,cs special from Hillsbors, Ogn.,
gives the details of the most shocking
double murder eyer recorded in the an
mails of crime. b. H. Thomas and his
father Law, z. Baker, met In the Law
ONCE OF L. Is. Hanley, of Hills5oro,
WIN tneir wives yesterday 70 settle a
land dispute by arbitration. During
the settlement they qnarreled, when
lhomas drew a revolver and shot Ba-
ker, who at the same time shot and
killed Thomas. Both men were in the
arms OF their wives at the time of the
shooting and killed each other instant
iy. Their wives were endsavoring to
prevent the ARRAY, aud to reach each
other they had to fire over their wives
heads. The affair is a daeadful one
and has cast a gloom over the entire
community.
sundSy Items.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
will meet at Astoria tomorrow. .
Archbishop F. N. Blanchet died today
at st. Vinoenfs hospital, at the age Of
80 years.
Fred Bickleman was killed by a fall
ing timber at the mill of Sibson, Church
d. Co, at Albina today.
Breaking or Dan, and Loss OF Life.
NEVADA, Cal. June 1s.-At 5 o'clock
this morning the central section of the
English dam, where water is stored for
summer use by the Milton Hydraulic
Mining Company, broke. and the waters
OF the artificial lake behind il went
pouring down the channel of the mid
die Yuba river in an irresistible flood
that swept everything in its path.
Catching up immense boulder5 and
tlas and timbers, the stream tore along
with roar that could be heard for
miles. Nothing like il was ever before
known in the mountains. Some twelve
or fourteen miles below the
dam, and where the river passes
within less than a mile of
tie town of Eureka south the banks are
precipitou5, and higher than
most anywhere else. In this neignbor-
hood, winding along the channel, lived
the Reese brothers and an old man
VIM. Sherwood with his wife
and two boys and about twenty China
men. Persons who saw the flood sweep
by here say the surface was a full hun |
dred feet above low water mark, and |
one of the Reese's is re-
ported swept away it. The fate of |
bis brother and the Sherwoods |
and the Cinnamon is not yet announced,
but it hardly seems possible they could |
all have escaped. Preeman's fine toll |
bridge between North San Juan and |
and forty miles below |
where the dam stood, was washed away
about 8 o'clock, and just after the stage
from this city had crossed over it. But
1he large house and outbuildings with
stood the current, being but partially
The destruction of Free
mans bridge will, for the time
being, stop the shipment of freight |
ria this city to Camptonville,
Forbes Ci y. Downieville, and that SEQ
ion. Freight Agent Sesley went up from
here as soon as news of the catastrophe
,ame. AMI will see what can be done
about putting in Temporary bridge as
'oon as possible. The English dam WAS
1t the head waters of the south fork Of
he Middle Yuba river, within half a
mile of the main road between Eu-
reka and the lake, and about
forty-tvo miles northeast of this city. |
II was in three vertical sections of stone |
and wood, and had hight at the centre
section of one hundred and twenty |
five feet. Its capacity was
CSC, 000, 900 cubic feet, and reservoir |
during the dry season Of $50, 600 twenty |
four hour inches. and 1t was full Of wa |
ter when it broke. Connected with it |
are 30 miles of bitches having carry
ing capacity of 300 inches and leading |
to the Milton company's hydraulic
mines at Badger Hill, Manzanits Hill,
Birchville and French Corral,
all of which are in Bridgeport town.
ship in this county. The dam was built
by the EnRlish company in 1859 or
Whereabouts, and eleven or twelve years
later passed into the possession OF the
Milton company. It's cost cannot have
been far from $4,000.
Dropped Dead.
Mrs. Wallace Williams, widow OF the
we'll -known lawyer who died here about
ten years ago, dropped dead of heart
disease this morning while attending to
duties.
lnvesiigaling The state Prison Direct
SACRAMENTo, June 1S.-The State
Prison directors investigation was ie-
sumed this morning. The hearing Is
on specification first, charging that the
charge of $SS. f23.S5 in the report for
the year ending June 30, 1881, to the
account for prison Improvements and
general expense, Is false. Nothing has
been developed az yet.
suis AGAINST ,. c. RissA.
SAN FRANcsCo, June 1S.--Suit has
been filed by Archibald Borlaud to re-
cover from Jas. G. Flood his portion Of
$l09o49 promissory note, and $4,000
interests and costs therefor, for which.
il is Charmed, he 10 liable AZ q stock
holder in the Wyoming and Dakota
Water Company. The promissOry note
Was given February I. 1881. 1t ID al
legged that Flood u q stockhoider in the
company 10 the extent a 81 400, 900.
so An uusaarst6leA Calne.
SAN Francisco, june ls.--kev. j. T.
Waterhouse, formerly having church
in the Hawaiian Islands and recently
doing missionary work here, has pre-
sented to the president and directors Of
the Young Mems Christian Association
q protest against bowling alley in the
basement Of the association building.
He says: u protest. in the name of many
subscribers that this bowling alley Is an
outrage and a wrong to subscribers.
The Lords work on top and the devils
traps below will not be successful in
religious sense, and will in the end
prove failure. Ten pics ID introduced
because nine pins b against the Law and
such an evasion b not IN keeping with
Christian sentimental"
P.sseagers BY the Victoria.
San FnANursco. June 1s.-for Taoo