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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08

Unwilling Of the Statue Of the California
Geld Dfseoyerer.

coLoxA. CAL, May a-Three thousand
people attended the unveIiing OF the mon
nment OF Marshall today. Commissioner
Gamminefi was introduced as president Of
The day. and Chaplain ]. T. NJ. Curry led
IN prayer. The address OF welcome was
delivered by Prenliss Carpenter, OF the
flacerviiie parior OF Native sens The
president of The day made an address, dur
ing which the statue of Marshall Was IN
veii1d. AT this sine be Turned Ia Cover
nor Waterman. and in behalf oil the Mar
shall commission tarned over the Enonn-
ment 20 him with deed OF fourteen acres
OF land secured 20 the state hy the Placer
vile parior. Native sons OF the Golden
West. The governor feeiinxly accepted.
The Grafton Was delivered by Senator A. r.
Jones, OF Bate county. Poems were read
By Mrs. Reed, of paacsrviils. and q. h.
swift. r. A. Lawson, of the Sacramento
pioneers, read an address commemorative
OF Marshall and DIS Itfe Secretary OF
state Hendricks also addressed the multi
tude-
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08
CALIFORNIA TRAIN WRECKED.
4 Fireman Killed and Other Railroad
Employees Hurt

~
Employees Hurt
San FRascisco. April s0--A Chronicles
Santa Cruz special says. A railroad acct
dent occurred a. Castroyi.le station this
morning. which resulted in the death of
one man, serious injuries TO two others and
the smash-up Of several cars of south
bound freight train drawn by engine No.
Is of the Coast division As it approached
the station at fair rate of speed. being q
little late, il struck switch out of order.
The switch became instantly misplaced and
the train dashed INFO cars on the side
track. The collision was q terrible one.
The cab was knocked Off the engine. but
the engineer, Mat Rourke, stood brsyely at
his post until the train stopped
The fireman. Henry ormuis, jumped
from the engine and was struck on the
head and bis neck broken By the coiliding
cars. and then whole car fell on the body,
crushing it dreadfuliy. J. III. Ross and W.
W.Craig, two brskemen, were badly injured.
Craig was hurled through the air from
the top of q boxcar. about twenty five feet,
and struck the sidewalk in front of the
door of the diningroom at the
station. He was hurt much
worse than Ross, who Was taken 10 Monte
rey. Craig was sent to San Francisco for
care and treatment The conductor.
Thomas Pretemay. and the engineer were
not Injured Nine Hat and freight cars
were smashed Ii was found necessary to
cut the car in two under. which 0rmuis
was buried TO get the body out ormnis
was g years old. and leaves mother and
sister in San Francisco.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08

San Francisco, May 3-Ths steamer
Wellington several days ago commenced
TO take on board huge locomotive which
II was intended to ship TO Nanaimo for use
on the Nanaimo 4 ESquinalt railroad.
The engine was only recently built. and
was IA unusually handsome one. To SET
II aboard required the use of considerable
tackle. ropes, derricks aud large force OF
men. Last evening the heavy tackle keep
ing the engine in check gave way, and the
next instant the locomotive rushed over
the steamer and fell with loud crash into
the water and mud. The vessel was con.
siderabiy shaken up, but was not damaged
badly. The starboard bulwarks were
smashed into splintsFs The engine. which
weighs fifty tons, sank deep down in the
mud and considerable trouble will be
necessary 70 raise IL To- the wharf
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08
NEW TELEGRAPHLINE
Plans TO Connect Seattle With
Townsend and Victoria.
STEAMER COMBINE ATTACKED
The Great Northwestern and Western
Uniea Lines win Unite ~ the
Boundary.

vrcroR1s. 3. c.. May Lynn Dwight,
cf The Great Northwest telegraph. Winns-
peg. and Frank Jaynes. OF the Western
Union telegraph lines, are here sounding
the p1hlic pulse regarding the construction
OF an extra line into Victoria The propo-
sision meets with the appreciation OF the
merchants. shippers and leading citizens
The scheme Is for the Western Union 90
build line from Seattle 10 Blaine. on the
boundary. The Great Northwest Com
pany viii take ii up there and carry it 10
Westminster and Vancouver. whence .
cable viii be laid to Nanaimo and . wire
strung from there to this place II is
likely that line viii be built from here 10
Port Angeles
Both men are going to the places named
TO ascertain the feeling Of the PEOPLE on the
question 1t satisfactory. the line viii be
commenced ss once and the cable be TN
ished by fall.
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californi. Crop Outlook Bright.

SAN FRAScIsco. May 2.-The Chroaicks has
reports from counties of California. giving
an estimate of the crop prospects for this
season While grain has suffered in many
OF the large counties, owing to excessive
rains. the dispatches show that the quality
of iouEishing grain viii be fine and the
yield OF ali kinds of fruit viii be large.
Several large wheat counties report de-
crease in acreage and yield of wheat from
one-quarter 10 one-half. Butte and Solano
report falling off of one-half. Los Angeles
of one-quarter and Sacramento of two
thirds, but against this may be placed q
large increase in Kern. Fresno, MERGED and
Tuiare counties But the acreage of the
state shows q decrease as compared with
last year. Barley averages about the same
as wheat. In fruit of all kinds there has
been enormous increase in acreage, and the
crop viii be the largest on record, despite
the fact that . great deal of fruit was in
jured by rains Fresno leads with 10. 600
acres planted to raisin grapes. and Kern.
san Diego and Butte follow with 5000
acres In raisin vines. MERGED has 1900
acres, and Sonoma and Placer 1000 acres
each. Los Angeles has planted / 900 600
new orange trees this season. The yield of
oranges. raisins and grapes viii be the
largest on record. Nearly all other fruits
promise well. with the exception OF peaches
and almonds. Many counties report a
light yield of apricots.
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WHISTLER IN PER
He Has a Terrible Exper
at San Francisco
LEFT ADR'FT IN THE Cd
Postmaster Mftcaefi Again Asr~uau =
sending Feas Lesfers-ysa-rna..
Mo1ders Nansea-

San FRsscIsco. Nay Captain - q
the steamer Caroline. ENGAGED in e.;
passengers TO the maa-oi-war Cknrk
as an additional attraction engaged g.
Whistler. the swimmer. 10 giving suII1
exhibitions during each trip. On a. 65z|
trip Whistler. II his Boynfon ruhbur 7
sprsng into the water from the vessuf
up raft with torpedo ard ofhervfS ~
ported himself in the waves for IL -
of the interested spectators. The e.
soon reached the Charleston and n.y.
was lost 70 sight When the Caruafr ,s
turned to the dock. Captain Lead 49,
that Whistler had swan IN and voul1 ,'s7<
him. bat be didn't appear for four
later
When he jumped from the vessel ! -
hole was torn in his inflated ruhkrs -
which gradually caused IL to fill via -
the weight Of which began ll
ging him down Retaining N
ence of mind. Whistler ii
two rubber bags. which be e. +
Is prscantion- They alone ksut lIS
sfosL Then be shouted and siensllo1 :,
passing vessels. but none undexseanars
the signals. no assistance was rprd16nS
him until he had drifted with the "a e.
posits Hsrbor View and WAS rapiafy edi1.
out TO sea, when the schooner Errn1S
picked him up.
1t IS estimated that 81 least 500 yiltuu
boarded the Charleston this aftsrnon.
when seven steamers were required = -
commodate all who wished to han =
opportunity to visit the flagship beforu a(
departs for Valparaiso next wednoS1
The number who have visited tie ~
during the eight days she was opsn ~ nz
spection will probably foot up ovsr 4kSN
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TAKING THE CENSUS IN ALASKA
Perfect Organization OF Ivan PetroK-
Valuable Statistics


Perfect Organisation OF Ivan Petrcn-
Valuable Statistics
SAX FRAScrsco, May a.--Census Super
intendent Eshan has made statement IS
10 the manner IN which the census viii be
conducted In Alaska At the request of
Ivan Petrof. who conducted the last CEN
sns in thst territory. the Office of
the Alaska division was transferred
from the national capital to this
city. For the purpose of the census ten
schedules have been prepared. As follows:
/, population and social statistics: 2. Indian
population; 3. schools: 4. churches: 5.
small fisheries. capital under 500; 8, can
neries and deep-sea fisheries: :. fur trade;
S. gold and silver mines; 9. coal mines; 10,
lumber.
the territory will be divided into seven
districts, namely: Southern and Eastern
Alaska, Kodiak. 0unalaska. Nushegak,
kuskokvin, Yukon snd the Arctic. In the
southern district there will be found large
population and so men will be employed.
besides the eight appointed for the other
districts. All OF these men are residents
of Alaska, sad are familiar with
the dialects SPOKEN bv the ma
tives. Mr.. Petroff speaks the English.
German and Russian languages, besides
all the native dialects. He will leave this
port on the steamer Arctic Sunday or Mon
day. landing at Nushegak, where he will
meet one of the census agents. Thence he
viii travel by canoe to Anrik. on the Yukon
river, where he viii meet another agent
From that point be viii travel in the same
manner as before to Carmel. on the Kus-
kokyin river, and thence by steamer to
ounalaska. where he viii take a steamer to
Kodiak and thence to Wrangel and Point
Barrow
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SMUGGLING orus.
castomhsase. ofaeers as san francisea
are nutw Tilted.

CAEuItsEx. April so--t fsasetss} ~ For
n>uaths past the eastosnhoa>e officials eg
san Francisco have been painfully aware
that despite their uoss strenuous efforts
lsrge quantities q opium were finding
their az 4nto the city, on which no datx
had h~sn paid. Where did IL come grons ,
aid hos wAs Il brought inf were ques-
items tAas rexxle& tAsfs, and do 10 tAss
day
he otAsF Gay a Gasssx rsporter ran
across fisherman wae seemed - Ne "a.
ssi1iAF With the Whole altar. AMI f-em ara
- ssics.si ihe fosiavsHe rAe man sad
Wasn II Astoria lass xeex sorae Of zoe
boys SGT "a speaking aaoat the salmon rsaa
CA tas Fraser river ami tie pr0ssss rasess
- certain FRASER river eAnasrynasa tAen
IA Assorts. ard ianE2sesl gAAs AaS eAgnerv
weGaa nos raa thss season The reason
ss- - scr Il nat ranasnr wsS. 'they are
ss<sp o. 90 the racket. Taix sss2n h@a
ssAFsss "a eaanssy cay ssw yeas sgs
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-05-08
RfcH MINES OF CHINA.
Mountains of Precious Metal slowly
Worked by Primitive Methods

MOUNTAINS OF PRECIOUS metal SLOWLY
Worked by Primitive Methods
SAN FRASeIsco. April 3o.-Amoag the
passengers arriving here on the steamer
Gaelic Tuesday was c. +. Taylor. an old
tine California mining man, who has for
three years been superintendent of the
much-talked-of Ling Hi mines in the Chin
Tung district He says: There has been
q great deal of exaggeration about the
state of affairs in mining way in China
These mines are located on the southeast
promontory OF the Golden OK mountains
forty miles from Chez Foo, in the coast
range. This district is immensely rich in
mineral wealth, but no white man is al
lowed to mine there, and the natives are
not enterprising enough to develop the
resources of their own country. The facts
are that at present only two mines in all
China are worked with machinery, and
even these are only supplied with small
plants in comparison with the possibilities
which they offer.
The Ling Hi mine has . ledge seventy
FIVE feet wide, with a tunnel twenty-five
feet deep The ore averages on one side OF
the ledge so TO the ton. and on the other
side SIS to the ton. The only other mine
which has machinery is the Ping Tu, $50
miles distant, where twenty-stamp mill is
in operation. There are from sevensy-five
to eighty other mines in the district, but
they are worked in primitive manner by
the natives We're these mines open 10
American enterprise they would prove a
second California as il was in the early
days.
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%iss1 fsssfsssx~x1sv<sy BoSbsns. sszf no. he ~
. fsilisonalre 0ae thing - certain. be
sever snaass<sf his fortune eat Of the can
ming business IN shaa length os fsuze.
TIE as<1 saxSe fhz. m1rd<r viii car.
seems 10 hozd equally good Nth smuggling.
ut least Is hes in this case
The xsy the thing Is worked ID this:
The opium 10 packed into salmon czns,
hsrmesicalIy seasess up and with an At
srscfive salmon Label pasted on the outside
go ca is ~xy rejoicing Ii shipment
severai loaded cases are introduced bear
ing . private mark whefs the consign-
ment arrives in Ssn Francssco. the
import duty IL paid and the salmon
and the cpium IL nor sale in the
promised land Once in the United
States IL Is no trcnble 70 seerste and dis
pose OF il. The custom officers do rot
open hermetscAIly sealed canned goods,
and the result il largs quantities Of the
seductive drug have fonnd their wzv into
the United states II seems hat this e1si-
ness has been going on for years and can
neyies could Be run ~ loss and stu make
PROFIT in some unaecouatshle wsy. Doubt
less hi. discovery vii throw some light on
the subject
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LOST IN THE CALIFORNIA SAHARA.
Chinese Immigrants Wander Over the
Turning sand Near San Diego.

Chinese Immigrants Wander Over the
Turning Sand Near San Diego.
SAN Francisco. May Ia CAyvnicIe's
san Diego special says: A morning paper
states that il has just come TO light that
a party of Chinese who last week at
tempted to smuggle themselves into the
United States from Lower Cali
fornia, got lost on the des-
ert and had a terrible experience.
one OF the party dying Of thirst and ex-
posure. They found the frontier so closely
guarded that they stole to the eastward
and got into the desert Here they got
lost and wandered simlessly around
for several days, suffering greatly.
One of the Mongolians was youth
of some "a years He gave out under the
terrible suffering and became crazy. In
bis rawlings he imagined the biistering sands
were limpid water, and eagerly nlled
his parched mouth with the burn
ing particles. This only added 10
his sufserings and he lay down TO die HIS
companions were ia too psriful a condition
10 render him any assistance and they
heared a pile of sand upon him and left
him while they continued their aimless wan
desin ss. They 81 last reached she railroad.
minus everything they had atsensp pied 10
bring into the country except the clothing
upon their backs. They had even thrown
away the bundles containing large guam
tity OF Opium.
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SAs Francisco. May 1.-The revenue
steamer Bear viii sail for her usual sum.
insr cruise OF the Alaskan coast on Satur-
day next. Only the usual duties, so far a.
known, are assigned to Captain Heasy for
tie cruise lie viii prevent Illegal sealing.
as far a. possible. ami will regulate the
liquor trafhc among Indians. Captain
Hsaly viii NOT learn the details Of his or
ders until after leaving this port. Ii isre-
ported that the cutter corwfn viii also go
North before long The naval steamer
Alert Is being fitted out for cruise. and
the talk - that this vessel viii also Ioir the
hses of government vessels that viii D. in
Alaskan waters during the summer sealing
season The United states raan-of-war
Marion arrived Al this port this at.xrnoon
from Yokohama
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wALLA wALLA NEWS.


HtftGn--k14AGs
= Runaway
WALLs WsLIs. April Sly Your reporter
was today shown estimates on . proposed
motor lsne from Waila Wails to Milton. in
UmatiIia county, Or. which IL is proposed
70 buiid. II IL proposed 70 organize stock
company composed of citizens Of Wslia
waEia. Milton and Eastern Oregon. The
line will cost about 5000 The charge for
transportation viii probably be placed at
twenty-five cents, trains 10 arrive and de-
part each hour. There is nothing which
would more directly benefit Walia Wallis
financially than q lire ct this kind into the
rich fruit and sgrain country along the
Waila Walia and Lumatum rivers. Large
propeYty-owners would place their lands
upon the market in small tracts, and SUI
burban residences would spring up like
magic.
Word has been received that G.. w.
Hunt made highly satisfactory DISPOSE
ton OF his railroad bonds in the East
Deeds for all the property along the
route of the extension of Fourth street
have been received by the street commits
sioners. with the exception OF one from
Frank Paine, which will be delivered this
evening. This important street viii in a
few days be open for the convenience OF
the public.
Miss Fannie Blair, sister OF Charles
Blair. and Mrs. Sausee were driving this
evening. when the horses became fright
ened ~ q parasol in the hands of Mrs.
Smith and ran away. The buggy ran into
an excavation made By lahorers improv-
ing the street. and overturned on top OF
the ladies' Miss Blair was pickSt up in
sensible and taken TO her residence. but
after restoration was found not to be ser,-
iously injured. Mrs Sausee escaped with
q few scratches
WALIa WALLA. May 3--Deiegates from
eight local Farmers Alliances throughout
this county met in the city today and per-
fected the organization of county alliance.
The officers elected are as follows: Presi-
dent. w. S. Gillian; vice president. ID. Z.
Hedges; secretary. P. B. Leasherman; cor
responding secretary, Milton Evans; treas
urer. Orley Hull
The jury in the libel suit of John Pick
ard vs. Charles Besserer, editor OF the
DaiIy Journal. and NJ. A. Carris. superin-
tendent of the county poor, for s.. 500 dam
ages. brought in verdict in favor of plain
tiff for $50
A party OF surveyors who have been
quietly in this city the past few days. left
on Fridays train. They did some close
figuring while here. and came 10 the con-
clnsion that depot near the upper end of
Main street is something that is absolutely
needfui
The peni!entiary commissioners are ex-
perimenfing with different kinds of clay
with the idea of making pressed brick fer
the fronts of buildings. In about month
some will be burned.
The Union Pacific company has in con-
temptation an extension of their line
through the city on Rose street. and con-
structon OF fine passenger depot in the
heart OF the city.
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HuNrrSsross OREGON ROADS.
Te Brossirn Narrow TFsek-PurehAse of
Oregon Pacific Eeres@ea.

Poxrtaxn. April Sc. r. Huntington
and bis party hare lsf; fer san Francisco.
Cal, and before going the directors OF tle
mex read held az ssecsSon 81 officers. TIE
name oi the new corporation j. the Ore
gcnian Railroad Company. the present val
untion al whsca. 80 sho~n a. the recent
pubic sale. Is 81 $50 tslo- The officers are
President, r. T. StsliEaan. Of New York
vice president, Richard ktehlsx secretary.
W W. hrethsrtons treasurer. George III
Andrews; general superintendent. G. \.
Scott: ehiaf engineer. a . Eokaeson.
SS5llmzn represents the Hopkins estate.
iointly Interested with Huntington IN Toe
neg purchase. and hccAlsF Andrews and
BEether:on are Southern P@citle officials
snss wll look after HantinEEoa's interest.
scott and Eeg.sson formerly hrld similar
positions wish the formsr orexonian COM
paEy. Work wsA he began NJ onee 90 build
ilns fron Portland I'd the southeast
eventually 10 tap TIE present read ~ SAs-
vsrssla.
Al. sase east sale traeks-s All. 5e changed
- standard gauge. and trains saa into
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Grand Jury About 90 IndEst . Late
Federal onielal-

PoKTLssp. May 2-The gnitess States
grand Jury 10 investigating charges of sx-
forgion made against W T. Busnsy. late
receiver Of tae land Office IA this district
In Is charged that hs collected So irom
persons fling on claims. Instead OF $40. as
allowed by law for the publication Of .
notice On the groana fhas the office sas 50
crowded With work that N order - keep
Up with business he bad 10 employ extra
clerks and The extra $50 was 10 par them.
IL 10 alasge2 thai an asersze Of ten things
Per day vAs made tos kong time. sad $40
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SAN Francisco. May la review of the
local coal market fer April says: De-
lveries In port during the past month of
foreign coal amounted to four cargoes of
Australian, with an unprecedentedly small
list OF coal tonnage to arrive within the
next sixty days from that quarter. and no
coal on the way from Great Britain. Not
outstanding. prices have remained
without change and the market
Is quiet and showing no scarcity OF
coal One of the reasons for coal
remaining comparatively low is the fact
that Australian coal for future loading Is
being offered now at q considerably re-
dnced price Buyers. however, hold of,
looking for further concessions. Austria
lian coal tonnage is showing up more plen-
tiful. while the supply from the coast and
British Columbia mines is ample to meet
the reduced consumption of the season.
Delivered in port during April were:
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NoErH YAKIMA. May S--James Baxter
and party returned today from the Yakima
coal fields. located at the headw tiers OF the
Cowiitx river. where they hare been en-
gagged all winter in the work OF develop
msnt They have found genuine Anihra-
cite coal. and the main vein uncovered
measures fifteen feet in depth and is en-
easei in good walls. Mr.. Baxter reports
that representative OF the Union Pacific
made his way 10 their camp in the spring
on saowshoes. and in his memoranda for
the company be was enthusiastic over the
End
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Friend or n. B. Curtis. the Actor, kasis
Himself Co Avoid Arrest
San FRAScIsco, May Three months
ago man calling himself r * schwartz
popf. and claiming to represent the New
York Mutual Life Insurance Company.
registered at the Baldwin hotel In this city
He led fast life and spent money freely.
E ]. Baldwin advanced him 81 100. and NJ.
B. Curtis. the actor. $50 on drafts on the
National Bank of Deposit, of New York
The bank refused to honor tie drafts. and
today Baldwin notified the police ofscers
went 20 the hotel and found Schwartxpopf
in q room with Curtis The latter left and
the officers followed him.
When they returned they found Schwartz
popf had shot himself through the left tenn
pie. dying instantly. On his person Was
found his card, giving his address as I'D
Broadway, New YORK
TACOMA, May l--Schwartxpopf was well
known along Puget sound About month
ago be was in Tacoma with Others on .
prolonged spree.
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Portland over The Onion Pacific steel
hridee to ths new grand union depot. in ~
cordance With the arrangements recently
nade here by the rsilrosd conference.
East side rolling stock viii b transferred
% tie west side narrow gauge lines, and
worn out there. and the west side lines viii
eventually be changed to standard gauge.
thus afording the Southern Pacific. with
the Corvallis Junction extension. four
roxtes from Eugene City 20 Portland
A proposition has been made by the
Huntington party to Astoria representa-
lves. under the terms of which branch
vii be run 70 that place from Hiilsborc.
The terms OF the proposition are vet TN
known. but are understood 70 Be very ex-
acsing-a $eoo.0o subsidy. terminal faciia-
ties. etc--and improbable OF fuEHiiment
The impression prevails that the ultimate
catcone OF this purchase viii be the &C.
QUESTION By Huntington OF the Oregon Pa
cife. and a connection with transcona-
nenssl line, probably the Chicago & Sorth-
western, from the East 10 Portland.