Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-29
PACIFIC COAST.


TACOMA. Feb. "a. - At the Crane
Lodge of Knights Of Pythias shis even
ing. officers we're elected and installed
as follows: Past Chancellor, II. 4
BiRelov, Of Commencement Lodge,
No. Z, Tacoma Grand Chancellor, J
i. Gordon, Harmony, No. 5. Seattle
Grand Vice. Chancellor, X. G. Parks
Columbia, No. 8, Walla Walla; Grand
Preiate, A. 8. Nicholson, Vancouver
No. 6: Grand n. of E.. d. J. Colman
Ivanhoe, No. 1, WalIa Walla Grand K
of K. and s., w. ID. Jenkins, Sunset
No. IL, Whstoom Grand n. A.. IF
Mcdonald. Delphias, No. =. Newcastle
Grand 1. G.. J. r. Gates. Chehalis, No
ID; Grand y. g., X. ". Downing, Van
couver, No. 6: Supreme Rsps., George
W. Alexander, Commencement, No. Z
and John b. Lewie, Ivanhoe, No. l.
The Grand Lodge convenes tomorrow
morning to decide ON the place Of hold.
ing the next Grand Lodge, and TO con-
slider the adoption Of q constitution
and bylaws.
New Vessels.
SAN Francisco. Feb. 3.-Advices freu
Bath. Maine. state that the new steamer
for the Coos Bay trade is we'll advanced
The boilers and machinery are nearly
completed.
Captain Woodwork will 90 East t.
take command of the new ship Commo-
dOre L. II. Allen, which is nearly com.
pleted at Bath, Maine, for the Califor-
MIA trade.
oivsree Cranted-Assauit Upen Q Cit.
Emma Cromwell. formerly Miss En-
ma FANCY, was granted a divorce from
Glotan Cromwell yesterday, on the fol.
lowing case being made ont: Crom-
we'll, who Was WidoWeF, secured the
lady to act as ROverneas at his house
on Staten Island. Sacramento River,
She bad been there but a short time
when he threatened to kill her if abe
did not marry him. He tore up the
wharf to prevent her escape. and finally
through fear of her life she consented
to marry him.
d. L. Breechantaus was arrested ves-
terday upon d charge of assault and
battery upon a Chinaman named "
Sing. The accused, who il the Italian
Consul residing in this city, slapped
the Chinaman for his insolence to \
white person.
A MsGuincent Nonumens.
A monument Of Penrynn granite,
erected by n. H. De Young to the men,
ory of his brother, Charles, has been
unveiled at the Odd Fellows Cemetery.
The statue cost $4,000. It il feet 6
inches in hight, and was modelled by
Marion Wells, the sculptor.
I~aa an>nay>.v
SAN BERNARDNo (Cal.), Fob. &.-
The town was thrown into great excite
ment this morning over the discovery
about O'Clock that w. H. Mcdowell.
the murderer of Maggie O'Brieu, had
escaped from Jail during the night.
Mcdowell had been confined in an iron
cell. From this he broke his way out
by wrenohing the door apart with a
heavy wooden stick and Ratchet. From
the cell he emerged into the main COR
ridOr of the jail, from which he made
an exit into the open air through a
weak door opening into the woOdhouse.
Another prisoner. young Englishman,
named Harry Aryea, escaped with him.
A lady living near the Jail saw two men
come out of the yard about O'Clock q.
NJ, and mount horses held outside BY
another man. An alarm of fire had
just been given for the burning of a
building in the northern part of town.
The fire is supposed to have been a part
of the plan of the confederatss on the
outside. Mcdowell was informed YES
terday y his counsel that all had been
done for him that was possible, aud
that he must prepare to die. Sheriff
Burkhardt has offered q reward of $500
for the capture of Mcdowell, dead or
alive. The country il being secured
for the murderer, but it il believed that
at this writing he is on Mexican soil,
which is only about 120 miles from San
The residence Of William Clark was
burned at O'Clock this morning.
The California and Nevada Railread,
SAN FRANCIsco. Feb. 28.-Work has
been commenced on the California &
Nevada Railroad. In Oakland q wharf
10 long has been built and 10 to be ex-
tended 5000 feet to deep water. and on
next Monday graders and tracklayers
will be set to work. The road starts
from Emery Station, crosses San Pablo
and Telegraph avenues, and runs in an
direction to the county line
and into Contra Costa county, thence it
will run to Modesto through Stanislaua
county to u point near Sonora, in Tu0l-
hume county; thence to the Calavaras
big trees and ON to the State line. The
estimated length Of the road is $50
miles. Tue wharf now being built will
DO e feet wide and will call for double
racks and carriage way. Immense
quantities of rails, ties and other ma
,erials are daily arriving and work u to
Do pushed forward with all possible dis
)atoh. The capital stock of the CON-
2any is $3.50 1000, q large portion of
which has already been subscribed.
Chinese 0oase BaPned.
SAN Francisco, Feb. GA fire 90
,urred today in the building occupied
~ the Sp0ford Packing Company,
damaging the property to tho extent of
e6OOO. A Chinanan was suff0cated
ind two almost asphyxiated. When
he fire broke out the Cinnamon occu-
,ying the upper stories spranQ to the
wings and then dropped to the ground.
DarxlaEs Arrested. a
Three young burglars, we'll known to
he police, and named respectively
rank 0OOO0Ou (0X-CO0vICt), N0lI OIO-
hin and Dan Mcmillan (alsO an ex-oon-
rics), wanted in Portland. were arrested
his morning, after having Quilted q
Chinese wash-h0use.
telegraph Tells Reduced.
San FRANClsCo. Feb. 27.-The Cen
sral Superintendent of tho Western
Union Telegraph Company for the Pa
sific coast, yesterday received an an
that an important reduc-
lion in through and local rates will 20
into effect on March lst. After that
date the maximum tariff between all
points in the United States, nov $l.50,
will b 81. This will be day aud night
rate, the latter being abolished. because
Is 10 found that while the day business
ID very light, night business is exceed
ingly heavy. To eQualize the two the
reduetion has been determined upon.
The reduction in local rates, however,
concerns the night ~ vell a. the day
rate. The ont in this instance il equal
70 about SAX per eent. Of the nov pre-
vsiling rates. The minimum rate will
continue 10 b q cents, a. heretofore,
but the 80 and 10 cent rates are to b re-
duoed TO Is cents, and the Is rate to 90
cents, while the 80 cont rate will CON-
tinue UNCHANGED. Might rates are pro-
portionately reduced. Il will b seen
that these rates have been made to con-
form TO the new maximum rate Of 81,
vhioh Oov0rns 0ast0rn bueinPna. but. nm