Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-10-02

The steamer Maude, or at least what
Is left OF her. lies at tie @. p. n. Cos
dock waiting to have her boilers re-
moved. This vessel was built in 1883
on San Juan Island for Mr.. j. Spratt,
sno ran her along the coast route
Iog nuntsr of years. Ihe &. z. y g.
Cs. purchased the Maude and have c n
verted her into a coal barge. and as her
hnii ~ perfectly sound she viii last for
many years in the trade for which she
- adapted.
Mr.. L. y. Osborne, superintendent of
the government signal aud telegraph
service, left Ottawa for British Colum-
bia on the 22d of September TO Law a
cable from Victoria. Il. c.. to Point An.
geios, Washineton Territory, a distance
OF about eighteen miles also line
across Saanich Arm, and other business
connected With telegraphic service on
the Pacific slope. He will not return to
Canada until the middle of November.
The Metlakahils Indians would seem
nsVer TO bsve forgotten or forgiven the
assault which Bishop Ridley made upon
two members of their tribe about a
year ago, when the bishops sdherents,
apprehendinQ difficulty should they per
sist In erecting mission buildings on
the Indian reserve, armed themselves.
t4sy were, ehoSsver. driyea OFF the
ground, and the bishop, who made an
heroic stand and knocked down two Of
the natives with his fists. was compelled
to witness the tearing down of tbs
buildings. The news received from
that locality on Saturday states that q
few days ago the bishop made another
attempt 10 seize another portion of the
reserve and survey it. His surveyor
was driven away and the bishop himself
assaulted and his coat torn. The Do
mInion Government should take steps
to put an end to these disorders or they
will oulmiua!e in An awful tragedy. Ia
1t not strange that Bishop Ridley should |
persistentiy force his obaoxious pres
ence on the MetlakahtlaBs when they !
have refused, over and over again, to !
have anything to do with him
People have begun to ask why the |
American steamship Umatilla. raised |
and cleaned and ready for sea after an |
expenditure of about S65. 900. does not |
take her departure? rhe reasen is !
sin pie enough. The Oregon Improve
ment Company, her owners, claim that |
she is total loss. and that the English |
must pay over the amount |
Of the insurance, 1855, 900, and keep the
ship. The underwriters decline 10 ac- /
cept this view of the matter. "Instead |
Of being total loss" they say, "your
ship. with an expenditure of $35, 600 on
top of the $65,000 already spent, will be- |
AS good as new. There she is. Take |
her and sail her, or sink her; but our /
liability will ce..se when all repairs are
made" fhe Albion Iron Works Com
pany, Of this city. have offered to repair |
the damage To tue hull for $35. COO, and |
" aen that has been done there will be |
no stauncher vessel afioat than the Una |
tilla. 1t is reported that Capt. Chisholm |
viii leave for England on the 18th inst. |
BY his iudicious management in raising |
the ship, he has saved Lloyds nearly |
500 0O0-fOr should the case 90 to the |
English court, the owners will surely be |
saddled with the ship and the costs of |
court besides -ColoHist.