The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-10-01
At PORT TOWNSEND.
Commercial Wharf Warehouse.
With Contents, Burned.
sARsoa STAINED WITH TEA.


Foxy IoWzsESp. e<r&. E3,--Ene ware
sesss< en- Commercial wharf aad al 10 sun-
snss were barnes sunasy morning, De.
sssylnx $500 worth CT property. Ths
ss,chrnsn Of the rsssnae csttsy Woseeti
discovered The ssnzes ahons IL 70 o'rlce K.
nd boatioad Of sbs crew r-oes&de2 u
heggs 10 gSve the xlarm. The FIRE e0gnpzn-
a. responded promptly. bot The FIRE hs;
,tsssned . kesaray that rendered them
rowsysrss TO check the destruction A
isrcs soatteastsrsy gale vas blowing. and
ssd il nos been for the deiagtng rain fhs,
sas falling there would undoubtedly hass
sen another Phsrrix IN Washington. The
ssyshoze Vas ownsa hy Hsury Bssh,
sb0se ic,ss vii eressd 1900, uninsured.
-hEret h IApsest we're occupying the
wharf. and we're 10 frAnsfe- their Lease %
he Island Transposfatson Company oe.o-
kr I.
The heaviezt loss wss In sss chests o. tea.
sorth sboat $500. Five hzndred ard
lfty.4se chests 81 this tea vas discharged
" the rrenter TharEssy night. and held
bond BY the custom. officers for govern
sent inspection. Samples OF IL we're taken
81 Friday and sent 70 san francisco for
xsminssion, n accordance with require
nsnts Of the government psoyisicn against
be importation OF aIulssratei tea. IL was
unsigned n follows: 90 chests 20 sehwa-
Aehor Bros. seattle; . chests TO Wa
bong. seattle; I'D chests 20 Tacoma
irocery Company. e chests 70 j. W.
'ivant. Tacoma. TOO chests 20 Northwest
'ea Company, Taostna. Waterman &
.stx. OF this city. also iost thlrty-iive chests
tored there awaiting removal.
l. II
Srcas Island lime, 80 81 which belonged 10
.apsAin White Of the Libby. 10 barrels Of
ement. and fifty barrels Of plaster. belong
ng TO Church & l.ipsets. aesrioad OF house
,oid goods awaiting shipment 10 Seattle. a
tcavy loss 10 Wtliiafn BaHDfon. q newt
mper press and Job press belonging TO the
.urHtag fssii, awaiting shipment % San
francisco. a planer for Henry Cowel. !:
~enty-seven cases Of liquors. In bond s7oo
rorsh OF boots and shoes for j. H. Liver
more.
A quantity Of household goods consigned
4 6fetna. Canada. TO Mrs. A. T.. McFar-
snd. uowkan. Alaska, we're also destroyed.
5rs. Mcfarland. IL will he remembered. is
he teacher IN the Hydsh mission, Whose
ritter received here last week contained =
ali for relief for the mission. which had
ust been burned with ell the winter cloth
ng and household goods.
Miscellaneous merchandise was also
mrncd consigned 10 r. Manning 4 Co,
PORTLAND; A. TomiInson, Oakesdale; X.
Sysmo, seattle: II. c. Bishop. Seattle; w.
1. Kelly. ~ifka. kinkichi, Seattle; John
deDonald. Seattle.
IL IL supposed that the fire was caused by
he lime Stacking In the rain, but this Is not
snown positively.
NEWS FROM Tnr ARCTIC.
The American bark ]. ID. Peters, Captain
T.. @. Townsend. has arrived here from
sanaisska. from which port she sailed
september II. Captain Townsend states
hat on September = the United States
t~amer Bear arrived At ounalaska from
he Arctic ocean, whittier she had taken a
pad of material and supplies for the new
government relief station being erected at
Point Barrow. The Bear reported that the
United State. steamer fhetis and the whal-
ng feet we're blocked In the ice, bur appre-
ended no fears getting out safely
About 700 pounds Of whalsbone, which
I'D been transferred from the whalers to
he Bear. was brought 10 Oaalaska, and
unsigned 20 the ]. u. Peters. and viii be
hipped from here by steamer 20 the
'aeitie Steam Whaling Company, San
francisco. This company owns the bark.
The cargo II valued At 5000.
The Besrlzailed from ogalasks September
Z, for cruise in Bchring sea. Captain
townsend heard nothing OF the reported
pss OF the Alpha
The Peters sailed from Nanaimo July %,
nth 90 tons of coal for the government
oaiing station a, oaalasks She was de-
aimed in port A. oualsska SIX days with
sesyy sasterly gales.
Ericius oF FIasEER's wiFx.
The wife of Alexander Vincent. pioneer
q Puget sound, commit ted suicide this al.
srneon al her home ahoaf a mile and a
lalf from This city. on The Port Discovery
cad. She AS found iifeiess by her daugh-
r. AMI a nsiRhbor about , O'Clock. sus.
ended hy rope made 81 strips OF cloth
sstened BY a LOOP and thrown over a cor
ler of dnor standing slightly aiar.
Melaneholia il Supposed 10 have been the
anse ot Der suicide, ~ times for the past
sw months her mental abertatioa has
zen pnmls;akahly manifested in a moe
81 aversion toward members Of her own
suiily 10 whom she believed 10 be
ealigaativ inclined tew ara her,
Mrs Vincent Sas a native woman, about
tyears st age. She Was respected and
IGNORED ~ all gho knew her she pos.
esSei kiad and charitable heart vas an
xesllent nurse and was always glaa AZ a.
opportunity Il assisting NJ the bedside nf
teknesk. She leaves . husband and sey-
raj children, among them Mrs James
Henderson az Daneeaess. and Mrs. A.
red Fletcher of Port Townsend.
rus ea4nArH FgRFcRss NlsAcIw-
John Hutehins. a seaman. IN the Marine
lesptAl, bad 4 lex smPutatcd above the
nee by ~. oieansn. al the hospital. thses
Feeks aEe, and the liaah is now completely
sssled. The aoCs8t attributes tbs ~
nArkahly rapid healing 20 the climate az
Warrington awd ssys that he hsS never
cen any climate in which wounds heal 50
apisly as here. and he has been in al sec
hons * ne taiou.
Msao FHg sssstArawsEe
chs9lic Tagees the tnsllsa arrested fer
diling the sieFsrbusau a. nssls,ek a wrek
g.. hs1 bearing hst,es Jussice Wool
rstersisy. ths tastiee tre.,isd 60 held
'unes to saswsr the caar-c II taaa~
isgxhssf. and Hxea sae essnsl A. x-sl ssa
\ desanh q bsa vas committed q the
eGaty TAT
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