Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-20

ne passaaexay Of the tunnss 70 the o,
ent Of I've feet, causing a 6srrsesio
.nion brought down into the tunnel
% loot vein Of lake Q1ickand. Ia
'scoom created by this break created
,rcn, ana through the heavy fissurss i
'oe ROOF mass Of eolm. estimated at zoo
'ons, with the contents Of A pond q
water overhead containing over tseut
Millions Of gallons ured 10, eoodip
both No. aud No. 2 slopes, ehokin
~ the tunnel carrying With
lity-tvo miners who xer
It sork there. OF the.
men, "a acre in all probability caAsh
,efore they could gain the chamber
Rat pitched upwards. and they are sur
POSED TO be In this auckland aud cuIn
frsnx Pefnaxes's Dilemma.
CLEVELAND. Dec ia peculiar an
iramatic scene was witnessed in III
prooats Court today. Two years az
Franz F. PoffinRer left bis home i
54varia to seek his fortune in America
fe lett benind bra sf1sneed wife. Mar
Spp, BY whom, II is alleged. he be d d /.
NO cslldren. He msved here an
promised 10 send for her a. soon a
10 could provide a home. In Ne-
ork Franz met Jennie hoernshIIr
1hom be married. The pair came {
Jhio and zent TO live IN Toledo. To
months ago at Ills vise's solicitation
franz sent for Maria Epp and her ,x
children They came on the frs
Iteamer, and IN due time they reaehe
Toledo. When Maria Epp learned @
ne marriage, she almost vent wilC
Ind Franz and bis wife we're slno.
'qdally frantic. To adjust the mai
er Franz bought twenty acres @
and near Toledo, aud the whsl
'amily attempted TO dwell together i
1eace. but to no avail. They drifted {
cleveland today and asked an the cit
high and low, to help them on
II their dilemma. They we're referre
rom one officer to another until the
brought up in the Probate Cour
franz offered the vrongsd woman ID
Toledo farm. but she at first refused i
aging that marriage alone could hes
lsr hurt. Later on, she agreed to az
'ept 1t, and the trio will pass Sunda
here and FIX up their differences,
hey can Both women are quite int
iRent and good looking.
suspension OF a Rank.
HousTos (Texasl, Dec. le.-Cor
'iderable excitement was ocoasione,
here this afternoon by the failure OF tt
City Bank, Of Houston. one of the ole
est financial institutions IN the city an
having q paid up capital of $500, 90
The doors we're closed at o'olocl
notice being posted thereon that th
bank had suspended payment pendln
IN application for the appointment {
! receiver The total liabilities wi
,xesed 81 ,0O0.0Oo.
The Restriction Act.
WAsHrSoTos, Dec. l9.-The report G
special Agent spauldiHg, who was ser
% San Francisco TO investigate the a
eyed frauds in regard TO the immiRrs
ion of Chinese under the restrietio
vet approved May 9Th. 1882, has 10.
been received at the Treasury Depart
Dent. Ii 10 a lengthy document, an
commences with reference to the pa,
age Of the act. and the interest that
naturally felt upon the subject of Gu
lese immigration on the Pacific coas
The report states that from the passae
u the restriction act to August, 49,.
here arrived 10 San Francisco Is, 40
Chinese. Ii also states that the numb,
II Chinese return certificates issued 4
III Pacific ports mp to August IL
1855, aggregate 35 235, and of these ther
returned bat l4.726. He refers to ID
,ften repeated assertion that there ar
more Chinese IN the United States no,
han IN 1881, and that tails is charged {
he dishonest or inefficient enforce
nent Of the law. He then says that tn
records of the Custom House an
companies show a decreas
or the three years ending Aus
ist l. 1885. of 2l.2i5. as follows
Departures 4l.322, arrivals 20.577. Ill
'econmends thai the sestion of the Ia,
which provides penalty for false gel
be printed in the Chinese Ian
,uage on the back of the retur
to prevent the certif
,ates being sold. He says; 81
my opinion the Law needs bu
lew amendments and those of
minor character. In coaciusion Wis
10 say that In my opinion the Rsstric
ion Act has not bsea failure, ss Is q
,ftoa asserted. but on the contrary u
has folly realized the reas Enable ex pso
,atious Of It's friends"