Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-16
EASTERN NEWS.
y,sslaaee Committee.

20 - Perry and Mike Gleasob, su
nns, - . dtsu1te over the payment of
so-,rv owed Gleason, when the former
49,. iast urosocation shot the latter
,ch the heart. Perry vas lsilt d
III O'clock tonight msb OF two hun
80 ,,insts came t. town, overpovered
.tsyiH aud hung the murderer from
~ ,siir1ad setter tank. Perry's only
49,. Vas 20 he allowed 70 climb up
.iadder and lamp OF. Tsis was re
". 49, hiu. A rope wgs thrown over the
80 ~ the victim, and be was drawn
bS,d straneled. His last breath vas
80 in e1rsing the mob.
manage Go Government Properly
= IoJts. FEB 15.-in addition 20 the
...,sos. sus.aine yesterday morning
- evening BY the shipping interests
- C.t,o from the breaking up OF the
=. ooyge. il hes jasi been learned that
-. .ovsru msnt q set sns 1ored behlB1
c.;,o Island, consisting OF three steam
forty haryss and about twenty pile
s.,rs,s. valued At sboui 10000, brok p
s..,n their moorings and Heated down
a. rivet. MAYOR Ernest stated that he
- rsssiyed di-patehes from Chester,
nis "a the eff-c, shst seven OF the
ss,ees had bsen recovered a. that point.
80 of the steamers " re under full
...s.n,s Of steam when toe feet broke
sssy. and be thinks that they will sus
s.in no damage Of serious nature
The srss Of the third steamer. however,
IA been allowed &. % cot. She may
= ssrionsly injured before sAe Is recov
80 No estimate of the total dam age
can - made.
The Peiygamists.
SALT LAKE. Feb. I5.-Robert Morris,
vho plead guilty heretofore OF ualaw-
fuI cobabits,ion. was sentenced TO-DAY
"a six morths' Imprisonment and tlOe
sne. 4. z. Ball convicted himself OF
onlavfaI oohabitation before the same
iadse. James d Pauls7n did likewise
Thsy will be sentenced March lat j.
W. Smell pleaded not guilty. Variou-
AZ his poIyRamous wives svore thas they
knew nothing Of the case. Eliza Sha
fer. prominent in having been 10 jail
four months for contempt Of court, 10
refusing 10 answer questions before the
Grand fury az to their marital reia
tons, sv0rs she was not married TO
Smell, and did not remember OF bis
ever having slept with her over night;
bot her sister. Mrs Mabel Smith, re
numbered il, and swore Smell slept With
Eliza number Of nights. Eliza being
cut on the stand again, refused 80
answer whether she vent through the
eudovme nj house Ia the ceremony witt
susll. She said she had been punished
for contempt before, and could stand II
again. She was given until 2 o'clock to
reconsider her determiBa alton, at whieb
time she reluctantly admitted marria9s
and cehabitation. Smell was promptly
found Qsilty. The wife of George Q
Cannon, Martha Sally. was before th,
grand tury this afternoon. She refused
10 answer the question whether she Val
o pregnant woman, with child by Geo
q. Cannon. The court Instructed bel
that these we're proper questions. anc
that she should answer. She refuss a
vhersupoR Ia view of her delicate con
ditioa she was given until tomorrow af
ternosn TO consider, her bolds bsins
made $500 additional. or 5000 in all
decreased Trade.
Bosros, Feb. I5.-S,atements OF ID,
,eadine clearing houses In the United
aasies show tbs gross bank exchanges
fcs the week ending February l3,h, ~
compared With the corresponding week
10 1885. TO be 1857 go. 7s4, an increase
Of 35.6 per cent.
Views OF the "Cemmerciai Adver.
tiser.o
EKw YoRx, Feb. l5.-The Commereia
Adrsrsissr, while eritioizinR the meats
employed In Seattle and elsewhere, u
drive out the Chinese, continues: An
other aspect OF these outbreaks that
makes their adjustment more difficult
IL that little or no sympathy Is felt FOL
the Ohinaman and that popular sen.i
ment is universally with the white
workingmep. The Chinese, II 10 IN.
derstoei, come To this eoantry TO hoard
what money they can get hold Of and
carry IL back 70 the Piosery kingdom
They have no wives. They will live on
less thaa would support Q cat With a
natural appetite, and hence they can at
ford 10 work for wages upon which the
ordinary laborer would stsrvs. When
they enter a community u IL with the
distinct, II not with the avowed, pur
pose of driving other lsborers cat by
competition. aud employers are moi
scrupuious about obtaining their labor
where they can get IL cheapest. The
ease Of workingmsn subjected 10 this
species of competition Is unquestion
ably hard. and 10 IL not din suit to find
ample ground fer sympathy With them
In their desire to free themselves from
q situation which seems intoierable."
A Captsred Cannon.
SALT LAKE (Utsh), Feb. N.-Tsday
Marshal Ireland went to Nevada TO re
oeive ths fugitive, George Q Cannon
from Nevada sheriff at Winns maoca
The United states Marshal had offered
areward Of $500 for Cannon's arrest
He had been aiding nearly year. Can
non was quietly put on sleeping car
which WAS booked on as dead o.
10 the regular train. and so IL was hoped
20 get him away from the officers. fh,
action OF the Central Paolfis officers IL
doing this has caused many upoompli-
mentary remarks. There 10 great re
ioicing hers among loyal men at Can
mons arrest, as he 10 regarded rs th,
chief mind In the Mormon Church
whose authoritative voice from his re
treat has caused the reported orders q
the faithful TO stand Arm and uphoiS
poiyEamy.
me massachusetts Fised.
Bosros, Feb. l5.--As o'clock Thu
morning the tower Of the flooded dis
trict a. the Highlands showed that tn
water had receded II inches since pm
yesterday. The damage TO Propert,
thars IL roagbly estimated At 900,
Al Newton Upper Falls, tss 600 worti
Of machinery and flashed work va
Hooded with great loss.
At Maiden the water has abassd eieh
inches and further damage 10 DO
feared. The ster 10 flowing ever Spo
pand al the rate of 500 90 callona