Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-20
PACIFIC COAST.
Important California D~c,.n,

OF Daul-l stem -. Charles webb Hos
ara 81 al Inc complaint alleges tha
the Spring Valley Water Works j. = cor
pprRtion Gully nTg4uIZrd and created
under the laws 81 the ST.. Of C4IIfor
ma, With G pI'sl stock e goo. 90
divided into 5000 shares. 81 = t,arv.ln.
OF fitp zach ; that on IT,. tlrsi DIV Of
April last. ~ a regular rnee:Iaq Of the
directors thereof. reSplntl.u va
, Sd"ptsd empowering IL president ~ 1.
/ SECRETARY to Issue 900 shares 81 IN
creased stock az $50 pr STARE. which
/ increased tbs stD,k. Shareholders %
said corporation were entitled 70 pur-
( cttee At the rate Of on 4h.r. of sGcb
/ Increased stock for .very four shares
B owned nv them, upon payment therefor
+ IN cash Of the sum Of So , per share.
he complaint further AYERS that II /,
Tue Intention Of defendants. as direct
cfs of said cprporzt1Dn. MEAS strained
th-retrom. TO carry oct SAID resolution.
ana Issue -aId aDoGnt of increased.
sock. and that said proposed Issuance
l. In vIolatlou IF law. aud Will work
lrr-pir4ble InjurF 70 the shareholders
OF Said corporation Wherefore an IN
junction - asked preventing defend
aHt- from selling. or IN any manner dis
posing IF Any portion IF such mere :. q
capital stock for sum less than the
par value thereof, towit: 300 per
share
1he decision VAS ordered "a follows :
/ he action of tue directors of the
Spring Valley Water Works in ordering
the l--nAnce of the shares IN question.
AMI their propo sitisn tn dispose Il -reof
At the sum OF S. - per share, is entire
~ legal. and not vIoI4tive of anv CON
stit 1tional or statutory p-inclple. tfol-
lows from these views that the applied
ton for All Injunction herein should he
denied. and 1t II ~ ordered
suicide.
SAN FRANcIsCo. April -. - James
hn1pp. freight agent of the North Pa
cine Coast Railway, took a dose Of
land mum this afternoon. with suicidal
Intent. he was found IN an un:ou-
scions state and taken to the city hos
pltal where he die in few hours.
Sale Of the Machinery of the TOWN.
send Iron Warks.
POET TOWNSEND, April lS-Ihe ma
chinery of the Townsend Iron Works
WAS sold at Sheriff's sale today. and was
bid III by Park d Lacy of san Fran
Delegate. from Whascom County.
WHATCoM. April l9-At the Repu! H.
can County Convention held here to
day Hon. r. Eldrldge and MAYOR J. Z.
Dematlo We're elected delegates To the
Territorial Convention to be held at
DAYTON, and this notwithstanding the
fact that one If no! bOth of these gen
tlem"n had been bitterly opposed by
the RerciHe, The former favor- Blaine
for the Presidential nomination. The
preference Of the latter is not krown.
Forger Arrested.
SAN Francisco. April l9.--Charies l..
Cathrart. bo"kkeeper for X. W. Brown,
capitalist. Was arrested today charged
with forgery. The charge states tn 1t
Cathc.rt 70. Ced check for $lhH
drawn on the Safe Deposit aud Trust
Company. The check was caShed At
the California raIk, and when II WIS
taken I" the bank on which II Wn-
drawn the forgery WAS detected. Cath
cart Is = Young man. and has i wife and
two children
Accident at Trmrkcc
DRuCKEE, tal.. April l9-About 10
o'clock this morning a tram of some ten
about half a mile from the summit. a
large gang of Chinese. beng empuNei
III filling tie same with iirtWoui. which
was piled ms de on the other SD. of the
track. The sheds were old, and thu
suup deep and heavy. After quite
hole h-d been made III the stacks. the
tImhers cnuld nov stand The outside
pressure. and cane tumhlln2 doNu for
= distance of 800 feet. covering the un
fOrtuutt,.s and ovrriurninr the cars
The extent of the calamity cDnld MT he
readily asceftalned. and dispatches for
help and medical aid We're AT once sent
To lruckee. to which the local wreck1ug
train and DR.. J. W. kernev responded
Upon their arrival ~ the scene of the
fatality. the sight WAS pltIable IN tue
extreme. One thIulmau had been dug
ont and lay on the rails An almost
sh peless corpse. six others We're groan-
ing with broken lInbs, while five others
lay a forml-ss mass duder the ruins. | p
tn a late hour this afternoon their
hhiles were not recovered. One white
man. "A brakeman, Charles Sprcn1rr had
ulS whole forehead Crus g, ut most tor
tnr.ately escaped with has life. The
dead and mi lr"d Will be brought to
nigut Ia lruct e". and tomorrow an in
qucs. Nil tie held before depu Y c aron-r
k-Nsrr.
t-n,air Gounicrfriicr Pard"ncd.
San FR,>cIsco, April l9.-Kt te Law
son, United 81 ties prisoner, who " :
convicted III THIS elte III 1852 of y ,ssiug
counterfeit: money and sentenced To five
yeas lmprlsouWeut. was discharged
FROM san Quentin Prison on Thursday, |
having been pirdoncd bv President
Arthur. Il Is rumored that her pardon
was obtained III Older that she might
be cited as witness IN the Sharon
divorce case.
shipping Intelligence.
San Francisco. April ~ Cleared
Steamer IlriI ACTON for Seattle: steamer
Columbia. for h>torI steamer Queen
of the Pacific. for Port Townsend.
PoRr LUDLOW. April lT.-Sa,led-
British bark Birch Grove. for Australia.
r.roosu. April l9.-Btrk passed out
in tow At S:l5 p. III. Steamer > IN Pedro
passed in at 1880 a. III. British steamer
Barnard Castle p s,ed out at 1880 n. N.
Weather clear; temperature ~; fresh
eas. wlnd.
PoRr ANGELES, April I1.-Steaul COL
lier pls-iug east at 40 p. IN. Snip III
tow passing east at $50 y. III.
MininS stocks.
SAN Francisco. April - Alta 10.
Relrh-r .lo. B,.s, ( Brlcher 80. R"die
Con. 80. Bulwer S5r. Chnllar Soc. Con.
virginia pc. Crown Point -, Gould 4
Carry -. Hale & Norcros- In, Eureka
Cou4l5. Alpha l4J. BuilIon i5r. Mono
| -. Mexican -. Mt Di.bln , -, | tan