Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-05-12
PACIFIC COAST.
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PACIFIC COAST.
Ksiitng Mills 10 be Bnils az Irsadale.
S2S Faaycrsco. May I0.--It il under
stood from reliable authority sha. she
directors OF tee Pure. SosEsd Iron COM
pany have IN contemplation the bald
ing Of large rolling Eliu at iroad4Is.
Washington Territory. v4ere their rs
duction wosks a-e situated. The seer
! tary OF tbs company, DO returned from
visit 20 tes cosGpsny = property recent
! iy, stated IN 4 corrs1pocae2. that the
s1bse.. had fesn fully considered, and
estimates Gu the COS. os the proposed
! mill foot up ~ q total OF $1,000, and
tat, in al probability, sone debate ar
range lssn,s wosld be maas with tbs:
object in view before she e.ose OF the
year. OEs whish j. extracts! from the
mine IN Isxada island hrs been s.n. TO
the Caioa aud EGItGa iron works Ia this
cl.r, aud. after fais trial. pronounced
eq1ai TO any oth.r American product.
/ Tes capacity OF the reduction works
iuSt COMPLETED - forty tons per oar,
and s1ch is the 1era aud for IL tsss nome
/ u ~ present in the market here. The
| directors have IN contemplation a steam
service for the transportation of iron
| from the mine - Iroudsie. The COM
pany Is apparently we'll supplied with
/ collateral. ss can be judged from the
/ foiio1ing names OF pcominen: persons
/ interested therein: John A. Payton.
banker; Pope Il Talbot, Reddilg;on &
Co, wholesale druggists and Others Of
equal prominence.
The Rnsh for the Northwest.
/ SsS Francisco. May Ia large
Eunber of immigrants have arrived
here during TIE past few days. en- route
/ ~ Oregon aud Washington Territory.
This afternoon the ticket Office, on
Montgomery street, Vas besisgsd BY a
crowd of men and women. who expect
TO leave for the north daring the pre-
sent week. IL is evident that tue bust
ness done ut that Office recently is such
as TO tax the ticket agents TO their ut
most. rs j. not anfrequently happens
| that ta5ee, and even four steamers.
some for southern ports. sail on the
same Day. Even on days when no
| steamers are announced 20 sail fur the
! north /. invariably happens that the
/ Iine of parties desiring To secure pas
sage extends from the Office well into
! tie street.
The Coast Metropolis.
| San Francisco, May li.-Hsn. J. Il.
| Crockett. ex-Jasi!ce of the Supreme
Court of California, is reported to be in
q diving condition.
Senator Edmunds was sarenaded last
evening at the Palace Hotel. by the
First Artillery band Of the Preside
| Edmunds has been visiting Senator
| Sharon at BeliEons.
| Henry Colhrought, President of TIE
| Genesae FIGURING Mills, of this city. has
| just learned that tue instrument now
| figuring so consp cnousiy III dynamite
| plots. IL the same as the one offered
| him several years ago by Scotshnan.
arsing him To aid in patenting it. Tie
! apparatus consisted of clock work en-
closed IN tin box and a cap contain
| ing Illuminating mercury, and 70 be
Used for exploding dynamite or giant
powder. The patent was secured, but
| owing to some difficulties Is WAS never
analysed. According to tue descrip-
tons in an Edinburgh newspaper, the
Irish machine is Id. ntical with the one
patented here.
The fast ~. Louis tobacco train, COM
prising eleven cars. carrying the frs.
tobacco for this city, under the new
stamp law. arrived last night, making
one run of 533 miles in p hours and 3
minutes.
Fred E. Wright, postal clerk on the
5. p. Il. T., was arrested last night.
charged with taking a. s. ereenback
from letter. 1t is stated that the letter
was put i'll as decoy. irregularities be-
ing suspected. In the United States dis
tric. court this morning Wright plead
guilty, and waving time. was sentenced
to one year imprisonment at San Quen-
tin. being the minimum sentence i'm
posed by law.
In the appeal case of Finnegan va.
the Hibernia Bank, appellant claimed
the earnings of a wife may DO taken for
her husbands debts. The Supreme
Court decided otherwise, saying Section
f6S OF the Civil Code reads: The earn
ings of the wife are not liable for the
debts of the husband
The following is an extract from the
instructions to Capt. Jn0. Irwin, Com
mandant at the Mare Island Navy
Yard, in relation to the construction of
a steam propeller for the United States
Coast Surves on this coast: Builders
on the Pacific coast may substitute for
the material used in construction of
tilC uAli YNAOW VI SAtSOA RiuCt 40
commonly used on the. coast, with the
exception of the frames at the turn of
the bilge. stem and stern, propeller
posts. rudder bits, combings, chocks,
ETC., which should be white oak, Rahog-
any, or some suitable hardwood"
The result of the inquest held this
morning regarding the death of the
young milliner, Lutil Hunsinger, was
that deceased came ID her death from an
overdose of neuralgia pills. As has
been stated, The unfortunate young girl
died suddenly while in the Office of
Seth Cook. After the testimony of de-
ceased's mother was taken, and of the
medical men called in. Mr.. Cook testi-
lied: 81 reside at 302 Montgomery
street; by occupation. am mining
man. Ga the morning of the 18th de-
ceased came to see a dentist, DIR. Dutch,
who has an Office in the same building.
She came to my room about l1:ao, Just
as was leaving for breakfast. She saw
some appollinaris water on the side
board, and asked for some. He told
her she could take some. He then told
her he was going to the Nevada Restau-
rant for breakfast. and that she could
join me. She replied she would come
She came to tue restaurant about fifteen
minutes after me. A few minutes later
I noticed that she was taken with
spasms. said to her, What's the
matterg She replied, Il don't know. l
found some neuralgia pills on Your side
board. poured out six or eight in my
hand. and took Them ! remembered
that | had some Fowler's Neuralgia
Pills, which were very powerful, as /
had tried one or two. The spasms grew
worse. l called for DR.. Aver, who ad-
yised she be taken home. She objected,
saying she wanted TO be taken to my
parlors l ass nted. The spasms con-
,inued until half past six. when she ex-
pired. had known Miss Hunsingcr a
few months"
The chemical analysis of the stomach
demonstrated the presence of strych-
nine and atropia. The analysis Of
Fowler's Neuralgia and Nerve Pills
showed that they contained strychnine
and belladonna. Applying to the cor
oner, Professor Wenzell stated that
congestion of the lungs scould be pro-
duced by strychnire and belladonna.
The jury returned verdict as above,
that death was caused by an overdose