Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-02-22

ne was SO much under the influence of
liquor az the tilDe that he was al
most helpless and incapable Of using b is
Judgment ID also said divorce would
DC welcome TO him. de blamed tine
motner OF Della Mcdonald for the trou-
ote ana ssid his wife had deserted him
week after marriage. Murray was a
.nenioeS OF the stock company at the
ACADEMY OF Music under John Ei.sler's
management IN the season of IS7i-'72,
"nen ne was known as VIC. Davenport
Pacific Coasters In the East.
NEW YORK, Feb. 2I.-The sale of a
seat in ths Stock Exchange 20 e. p.
DeWey, formerly of San Francisco, Is
reported Also the purchase of hand
some uptown property for $57, 0C0 by c.
A. Low.
Disrespect 60 0ar Flag.
Much indignation is expressed among
merchants doing business in the Yves.
Indies at the insult to our flag on the
steamer Valencia a prominent Wall
street merchant said: My business
brings me into contact with many per-
sons, and there seems a deep dissatis-
faction with the Government that can't
make Its flag respected among other
nations. No one that / have heard
bears luminosity against the Dutch, for
We know them to be neither bad tenn
pered or hasty. We feel our flag is not
respected as the flags of other nations
are: There's where the bitterness comes
in
Driven % Suicide BY . Landlord.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 2l.-A CHASTITY dis
coyery was made here in hose on
west Pratt street. Isidore Ferdinand
Plateau and his wife. an aged couple,
We're found dead in bed. and a bottle
labeled "prussic acid" which laid be-
tween them, told the said story. One
month ago they rented rooms in the
house of George Goliingherst, and the
latter describes the old man as a pecu-
liar person. He did not pay his rent
promptly, and last Saturday Golling-
herst tod him that he must either pay
up or move. He heard nothing more
from either of them until this morning,
wnen, becoming alarmed at their long
silence, and hearing dog barking fufi-
ously In their apartments, Gollingherst
summoned the police. The door was
broken down and the dead bodies dis
covered In a state of decomposition.
They had been dead several days. The
following letter addressed to the Coro-
ner OF the city was found In the. death
grasp of the old mans hand:
Dear Sir:-I consider it my duty to
notify you that l and my wife were COM
PEELED to commit suicide by taking lau-
danum. Iarrived here from Richmond,
Va, two months ago. l couldn't find
any employment. and my means were
all exhausted. Gollingherst, my land
lord, and his wife, whom owe on this
rent eight dollars, treated me last Sat-
urday in such shameful manner, as
could be expected only from the very
lowest class Of Dutchmen, to whom they
belong, who have been shipped as pau
pers to this country. begged both to
give me another weeks time, and Of
fered security. but they would not listen
TO my most earnest request. l hope
the few effects leave will pay for our
funeral expenses, and We wish to be
buried together. On the table in my bed
room l leave a watch. four pawnbrok-
er's tickets, etc. Yours,
IsADoRE F. PLATEAU.
OTTILIE PLATEAU.
Gollingherst denies having treated
him shabbily. Few things were found
in the rooms excepting some old ma
hogany furniture, several bibles, and q
dictionary.
California Bound ships.
New YORK, Feb. 2l.-The offering of
freight to clipper ships Is still quite
large in the aggregate, but the lack of
tonnage to accommodate the same is a
great drawback to the market. there
being In reality only two ships in the
berth that can take freight, and both of
these are well advanced, with no desire
on the part of agents to hurry them off
till other vessels are ready to take their
places. One of these vessels, the Whit
more, will be ready in day or two, and
another, the st. John, in a few days
thereafter, and these comprise all the
ships in port that are committed for the
California trade. It will thus be seen
that the prospect of full supply of
tonnage during the next thirty days Is
not very tlattering, offerings in the main
being principally heavy and coarse
goods, but care is taken by agents to
select the best paying freight in order
to make the average equal to the amount
paid for ships. Rates are firm on q
basis of $S.51d9 per ton. The supply
of tonnage, especially such as is suitable
for the California trade, continues very
scarce, and the prospect for an increase
Is not very hatterlng, as not many are
pointing this way, and no engagements
for this trade. Arrangements for the
movement Of freight via New Orleans
and Galveston, thence over the South
era Pacific road, are all completed ex-
cept some minor details, and it is ex-
pected will be inaugurated by the first
proximo. The general expectation is
that this will lead to a railroad war, and
finally breaking up of the special con-
tract system, and to that end all those
interested are preparing for themselves.
Popular Appeiniment.
New YORK, Feb. 2l.-The Herald,
Times and Tribune cordially commend
the Presidents choice of Civil Service
Commissioners.
Gettlng . C0rneF On Slocks.
The Kiermaa Ne,rs says that the Pa
clio Mail stock is being cornered by
insiders, and the probabilities of divid-
ing at comparatively early date by no
means small. Way traffic, on which
chargesare large, 10 growing greater
each month.
Trouble In Camp.
A morning paper says numerous ru-
mors are current in this vicinity of the
alleged disagreement between Manager
Palmer and his leading man, DeBslle-
vile, which resulted in the reti. ement
of the latter. The origin of the difficult
ty is supposed to be not indirectly con-
nected with DeBelleville's marital troa-
bles.
A Man stabbed 10 Death.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2l.-Wm. Handy and
James Rafferty, encountered John La
dusky, a boy aged IA, at the Union
Stock Yards. Handy and Rafferty,
asked Ladusky for a drink of beer,
which the latter was carrying in a pill.
The father of Ladusky appeared and
demonstrated. During the alteration
the elder Ladusky stabbed Handy
twice, from the effects of which he died
in ten minutes.
Made an Assignment.
w. +. Allen l. Co, Wholesale grocers,
assigned this morning. The amount of
their liabilities and assets are not yet
reported. The firm say they expect to
sasffa and eontinua huSin0SS