Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-14

drewen, who, notwithstanding, al
working bravely. The streets are full @
| people conveying their goods to place
OF safety. Ali buildings, with the ey
ceptton OF two or three, were frame an
CONSTRUCTED for tbs most part in a yer
loose manner.
The street is crowded with peopl
viewing the ruins. The burned distric
covers an area of five acres. The ruin
are smouldering and an unhealthy odo
issues where butcher shops we're 81,
uated, and where the Presbyteria
church stood bare cellars only are visi
BILE. Rebuilding has been begun.
majority of the business houses had n
insurance and therefore lost everything
Mrs. Phillips who Was rescued from
burning building died of fright. He
husband lost all his property. Geore
Heaton, who had his legs cut of, ais
died this morning. George whelaker
aged q, had leg broken while renov
ing articles from the burning ruins
Patrick Delaney lost his store and fur
niture. Jerry O'Neil, a brave fireman
received serious injuries this morning
Two hundred houses are destroyed ant
900 fsuilies homeless The loss VII
reach $780, 900. Pottsyille gave benefii
concert. Contributions are coming II
fast from all sections So far the treas
| urer of the Relief Committee has re
ceived $4,000 and several carloads OF
| provisions. Clothes and blankets are
| most needed.
Wrecks ON the Lakes.
DErBorT, Nov. 13.-The latest news
from Colchester, Ont, indicates that
all hope has besn abandoned for the
safety of Captain Forrest, of the foun-
dered lightship. save the very slight one
that he may have launched his boat and
reached sone of ths islands. News
from MackinAc states that the schooner
Lucy Clark capsized and sunk yester
day. Her crew reached the shore, bat
the first mate, engineer of the steam
pump and coal handler we're drowned.
ssrsck bv q Train.
CEDAR RAPIDS, Nov. l3.-This after
noon wagon containing a farmer
named John Carey, Mrs. Carey and
Milton Holmes, was struck by a North
Mrs. Carey and Holmes were killed, and
MT. Carey had his leg broken and was
otherwise hurt.
Ueavy Appropriations
New York, November l3.-Ths total
amount appropriated by the missionary
committee was $796, 900, and x4S. 600 Is
asked for to apply on the debt.
Methodist Missionary Gommiitees.
NEW York, Nov 13.-The several Mis-
sionary Committees of the Methodist
Episcopal Church have accepted the
offer of $4,000 made by Mrs. PhiIander
Smith, of Little Rock, for the establish
ment Of a medical college at Nankin,
China. The committees also accepted
the donation of the Rev. DIR. Goucher.
of Baltimore, of $1,000 toward the es.
of an Anglo japanese uni
versity at Toxic that would cost 81 2 600,
the remaining sum shall be
derived from contributions and of
$1,000 from the same clergyman for the
illogical schools at Foo Choo, China.
twenty-five thousand dollars was ap
to the contingency fund fer
the ensuing year.
The Mexican Excursionisss-Jay Gould
inspecting his Roads.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-. Nov. 12.-The Chi
huahua excursionists left here this eve
ming for st. Louis.
Jay Gould and party, on their regular
inspecting tour, arrived from Hannibal
his afternoon, and after brief stoc
vent on to st. Louis.
The Day ON Wall Street.
New York, Nov. l3.-Governments
irm. notwithstanding some attempts
20 break up prices the market has been
stronger today than yesterday, and the
result Of the days business was an ad-
vance of from to Ia. One point of
attack by the bears today and yesterday
was Canada Pacific, and ~ part of this
policy statement is made in the morn
ny papers that the Canada Pacific, BY
The terms of its charter, agreed to take
and pay for whatever road the Domin-
on Government might have already
The Eyening Post on this subject saws:
From careful reading of the CON-
pany's charter, and submission of it
20 the judgment of competent attor-
1ey not in the iaterest of the company,
We are unable to find anything to give
,olor to this statement. On the con-
,rary, by the terms of the charter the
Dominion Government makes outright
! donation of over hundred miles of
road to the company. besides
he land grant and money subsidies.
In regard to the guarantee of per cent.
dividend on stock We are informed, up-
III what We believe to be trustworthy
that it ia to cover all out
stock of the COMPANY, except
,uch portion as is deposited in the keep
mo of the governments, whether the
amount so outstanding be 81, 1000, 600
lr $40, 000.0 600, or any other proportion
Of the 800. 000. 600 stock which the com
pany is authorized by its charter to
ssue. This point, however. will prob
ably be more definitely stated by official
before long, both from
the company and government. II the
Dominion Government is backed by
British capital 1t has taken up the idea
that as political measure II is desir-
able to have transcontiuental railway
entirely on Br fish territory, and there
ia reas IN to expect this project will be
carried through. and that tAe govern
ment will not hesitate about the matter
Of a guarantee"
Union Pacific is heavy. on rumors
that the coming government report will
show that while the local traffic has in
the through traffic has fallen
off on account Of competition. II is
also said that the earnings in the past
two months bad decreased 100000, as
compared with the previous year.
New steamcrs from Cramps Yard.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12.-fhe steam
ship San Pablo, launched Saturday
fron the ship yard of Cramp d Sons,
for the Pacific improvement Company,
is $50 long, ~ feet wide, aud - feet
deep. Il is fitted with compound con
densiag engines of 1000 horse power, 4
steel boilers, steam stsarinR gear, and
machinery for loading and dischareinR
cargo of the most improved pattern.
and has a carrying capacity Of 1000
tons. II is entered to run ON the Pa
eific Coast in connection with the San
Pedro, to Puget Sound, as collier.
The Cramps have recently CLOSED q con-
tract for the construction of three large
iron steamers for the Southern Devel-
ment Company of New York. formerly
knows as the Morgan line. running be-
tween New York and New Orleans, and
owned by Stanford, Crockef and Hunt
inpton. The new vessels are intended
for IRE light alone, and will have car
rying capacity Of 5000 bales of cotton