Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-24
PACIFIC COAST.
seestistlng with the Canadian p,

0OAX ~ NVA0Is
seestiasine with the Canada, -.
esae.
sAs FRAScIsco, Jan 2.-The state
nent 10 pehlished here this morning
,2at sosernof Gesras g. Perkins vasia
montreal, Canada Yesterday. a. q rep
reseatasiTe Of the P.cii. Coast Steam
mp Coupeny, OF which line GoodaIl.
refkins d %. are agents in this city. 20
MAKE sush arrangemen's With the Can
anian faeine Railroad az will secure the
is'ser an outlet 10 San Francisco.
Deash Of Ex-senator FARLEY.
sAcxsos tCsil }, Jan. 22.-E1 Crited
STATES senator James T Farley did Al
nis residences here at $50 this evsn,ns.
DE esd bsen given up by his phy,lci.ns
tot more fnan week. The funeral will /
take place on Monday.
eemoanieattoa Restored.
SAN fsAscIsOo. Jan. q -TeIesrapsic
com % onication was ro-usa ed with Los /
Angeles tonight.
The Wiekersham TRAGEDY,
CLovKRDALR (Cal1. Jan. H.-Tbs d.
tails Of the double tragedy in vhieh 1
Jesse @. Wickersham and his wife Ssare
as having been mardered a, their ranch |
near here, were received this morning.
a party consisting Of Deputy Sheriff |
Cns.er and too compa mons retained |
a. an early hour and gave a history of |
vnat they had seen at the scene Of the |
double murder. Mr.. Wickershsu was /
found sitting IN chair With the blood |
ooAu9 fron a wound in the breast /
and another IN the breast inflicted by i
a shotgun In bedroom upstairs we're 1
the remains of Mrs. Wick srsbam. tied |
hand and foot, With 9 wound 10 the 1
breast which evidently extended to the |
heart and which caused death.
Saloahles we're found intact on the |
bodies OF both victims and robbery was /
evidently no. the obisct Of the murder.
Strong circumstantial evidence points |
10 tbs Chinese cook OF the family.
named Alb Tai, as having been the per |
pstrator OF the murders and that they |
we're committed on Monday IiQht. |
From Information thus far obtained IL |
IL learned that the Chinsman took the
early morning train on Tuesday and |
reached san Francisco in time TO EN-
bark on the steamer Bio de Jaueiro /
which sailed for Hongkons on We'd.
nesday.
Arrivals Of Chiaese.
SAN FsAScisco, Jan. 23.-The Bulletia
prints statement tonight In vbiob it is
shown that up to December 3iss of las,
year. the total number of Csinese srriy-
ing at this port since the passage OF the
restristion acs in 1882, was Is, 669. The
article tAeu goes on to show that during
the period Of restriction. arrivals in
creased each year, and the following
figures are presented 70 sasstantiats
the statement: In 1888 the total aum Der
Of landings Was 30i3; in 1884 there were
66U2; and IN 1885 the number had in.
creased TO $3.50
The storms In California.
CHICAGO, JAN q. - An Associated
Press dispatoh from Los Angeles re-
oeivsd lats tonight says that there il no
connection with San Francisco, where
heavy storm 10 raging. Il is expected
TO reach Los Angeles teRiRht, and il il
does so II viii do great damage on IN.
finished repairs. All the lines between
San Francisco aud San jose are down.
Ihe disqualification Of the wires ia far
worse than IN the food Of 1884. Trains
ell began RAINING on time yesterday
except to the north. A large force i.
working on the Southern Pacific Rail
road from Los Angeles north, and from
Mojave south
Inc $4,000 iron bridge In Soiedsd
canyon vas totally wrecked, one pier of
the long bridge at keut's was DESTROYED
and fourteen bsnts of the Ssjonos
bridge. The bridges between Whining
ton and Long Beach. south of here, are
gone. The city bridges have been re.
stored 80 as TO be passable. Ii will ts {
seven days at least before trains will GO ,
north.
The following persons we're drowned
in the heod: Theresa Whitney, aged s;
Mrs. Kate Lyle, aged IS. and a Mexi
can named kefuRis. Mrs. Lytie had
left the house, and went back for her
jewelry, when floating house struck
ner and she was lost. An old rag
picker named John, living near the
river, died Of fright and exposure. .
When the flood came down, several ,
hundred families bad to leave their :
homes, but have mostly moved back.
The mails for San Francisco are sent
hence via Demine. Albuquerque and !
Moi I've. Much damage has been done l
in the surrounding country, especially {
about Cotton, San Bernardino and 1
Riverside. The California SJuthsrp
Railway between Cotton and San Diego I
is washed out worse than 1t was tvo =,
years ago, and 1t is badly cut up in
Oajon Pass. Through trains are ex =.
pected to run by Tuesday. Six bridges
are Rone In the vicinity Of San Bsrnar-
dino. IL may be weeks before trains
run throaah TO Riverside. :
4 Farmer Isjsred.
PoBr townsend. Jan. % William I
Bishop. one of the pioneer farmers aud I
dairymen of Chimicnm. this county.
met With quite an accident last evening [
by falling on the Toe near his gate, and ,
having the farm wagon pass over his ,
BODY. One rib Was displaced and other .
10 uries received which are very pain
full. though not thousht to be danger
QUE.
We have had a heavy southeast gale {
here since about noon today. IL
Line Down. Ii
Poar ASoKLos, Jan. z3.-Southerly I
winds and light rain. Government line 4
down. No reports from lower Straits.
The .. \. 4 y. Ltae BlseksAed.
PORTLAND (Or.), Jan. 1-The block IL
ade on the Oregon Railway b Naviga-
ton line Ia the Columbia river gorge 10 |
. repetition in Q milder form Of the ,
blockade of last year. There Ii not
much hops Of getting clear before Tues
day nett.
The weather.
sAs FRAscrsoo, Jan. 3-s ,. n.-In- :
dicatiens for Washington Territory for
the succeeding 80 hours: Oioudy weather
and rain. Caationary storm signals
are ordered displayed at all stations on I
the coast from San Francisco to the {
Straits OF Fuca. Severe gales are pre-
dicted along the coast.
shtppln9 lntelliGeaee. II
San faAScnco. Jan. q. - Sailed
Steamer Oregon, for Astoria; shtps
Bloc JAskst and fvanhos. for Seattle.
FOREIGN. /
German Pelitics and Psstey.