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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-03-18
COAL MARKET GLUTTED,
But the Charter of the Keweenaw Pre-
vents stopping of Shipments.

PoRT TOWNSEND, March 17.-TSpecial. +
The chartering of the tramp steamer Ke-
weenaw by the Black Diamond Coal Com
pany, which is managed by 2. b. Corn
wall, is playing havoc with sailing vessels
owned by the same company. The ship
Spartan has been sent TO Bellingham bay.
the crew will be paid off and the vessel
laid up for an indefinite period. There is
no business in sight for the bark Templar.
now in port, and she viii probably 20 out
OF active service for an indefinite period.
The keweenaw was chartered recently for
two years to carry coal from Puget sound
10 San Francisco for 50 per ton. The yes-
sci Is to be allowed four days 10 load, four
days 10 discharge and q demurrage Of 500
per day for overtime. The steamer can
make two round trips each month, carry
Ing about $500 tons of coal each trip. At
this rate over Z, 800 tons of coal is shipped
TO San Francisco monthly by the Black
Diamond Coal Company. which has great
ly overstocked the market, and there is no
apparent method Of stopping the shin
fnenss, unless the company wishes TO nav
500 per day for demurrage, which is very
improbable. The steamer earns lt06D
per month, of which amount $500 is
profit.
The British Columbia colIieries are
sending many thousands of tons of coal
TO San Francisco each month, in addition
TO other mines on Puget sound, and the
California market is amply supplied
which fact causes T. Il. Cornwall. the bip
ihlp and mine owner. considerable WORT.
ment regarding the employment of his
sailing vessels
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discovery and naming Of Port Townsend
by Vancouver, in May, 1872. The Chamber
Of Commerce committee consists Of Judge
James 6. Swan. Robert G. Hill, Captain l..
b. Hastings. 81. A. Sawtells and L. NJ.
Andrews, with President Frank A. Bart
lett and Secretary John A. Piumfn ex-
officio members. The city council com
mittee will be Mayor II. T.. Tibbals and
Councilmen Horace Tucker, Warren
Hastings. William Payne, Israel Katz and
Charles A. Dyer.
Vancouver left Cape Flattery May I, 1792,
and soon after entered Port Discovery,
which he named after his ship, the Dis
covery, an English sloop of war. From
Port Discovery he sailed to Port Towns
end, which he named after his friend, the
Marquis of Townshend, and he gives
glowing description of the beauties of the
place in the narrative Of his voyage. 1t il
to commemorate this historical event that
these committees have been appointed.
The centennial of the Key City of Puget
sound promises to be an interesting affair.
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A Procuress Kidnaps Witnesses.

SPOKANE, March II. - SPECIAL. The
trial Of Mrs. Nora Wright, who was ar
rested yesterday on a charge of being a
procuress. was today postponed until next
Tuesday. When the case was called for
trial today it was found that Theresa
and Lena Jurgeson, the two princi-
pal witnesses against the Wright
woman were missing An investigation
followed and as a result William Round
tree, q scavenger, and Lee Baker, a dog
catcher, were arrested and are now in the
county Jail held in 81 geo bonds EACH This
morning, it is stated, the two men called
at Mrs. Jurgeson's house, audit is alleged,
by means of bribery, induced the older
girl TO ride off with Baker.
The younger one also disappeared
about an hour later. and it is thought that
the two men returned and secured her
during Mrs. Jurgeson's absence from
home. The police are hunting for the
girls, but it is thought that they have been
taken to some out-of-the-way place and
that it will be difficult job to find them.
Mrs. Wright was released on $500 bonds
for her appearance on Tuesday.
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OLYMPIA, March II. - Especial. i The
state land commission today directed Land
Commissioner Forrest TO advertise for bids
for the subdivision of the Spokane school
section into city lots, with view to the
appraisal and sale of the property, the
value of which is estimated at 81, 100000.
K. Strobach, the new land cruiser, was
assigned TO a district east of the noun
tains. and it was decided by the commits
sion 10 request Governor Ferry to appoint
a seventh cruiser.
The first deed under the act of 1890 for
the curing Of defects in title to university
lands purchased under the laws of the ter
ritory, was executed today by Commits
sioner Forrest to 7. VI. Alvord for 100
acres in King county, in pursuance of a
decree of the superior court of that county.
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ALBANY, " Y, March 1.-THE special
committee to investigate the coal deal
made report today to the state senate
setting forth what had been learned re-
garding the combination of railroads. The
report says it was claimed strenuously on
the part of the companies in interest that
there was not now, nor would there be
hereafter, any desire to increase the price
to the consumer, but it is plain to the COM
mlttee that this is a matter which would
rest largely in the discretion of the COM
pany. The committee was continued
with authority to sit during the recess, in
order that middlemen and some large
dealers may be heard. There exists in
some quarters, it seems, apprehension
that upon adjournment of the legislature
the price of coal will be materially adj
vanced, notwithstanding the disclaimers
in the testimony
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Mr.. X unkier's Homesick Dog,

FRIDAY HAgBoR, March 17.-TSpeciaL i
B. P. kunkler, who recently bought the
Pacific Magazine from Lee Fairchild, in Sc
attic, lived in Olga before he made the
purchase. He owned. when living in
Olga, large Newfoundland dog named
Rover, and thereby hangs a tale. When
Kunkler moved his place of residence to
Seattle, he took Rover with him. The old
dog did not seem contented with his new
surroundings and was in an unsettled state
OF mind for some weeks. One morning he
was missed. The next day the Olga peo-
pie were surprised TO see old Rover walk
off the Whatcom boat and make bee line
through the village TO Kunkler's old home
He was taken care Of and fed 1t was
afterwards discovered that he had boarded
a Whatcom boat at Seattle, and when he
reached Bellingham bay hunted up the
Dispatch, which he had often travelled on
with his master, and made the connection
to Olga
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SPRING In THE EAST.
Blizzard and Snow From New
York to the Gulf.
THE FRUIT. CROP DESTROYED.
Loss on Texas Peaches and Plums
e75o.oo0-Twenty-three Inches OF
Snow ut NashvfiIe-Csttle Loss.

NEW YORK, March ia snowstorm Of
unusual severity set in here tonight, and
at 2 o'clock this morning two inches Of
snow had fallen. Street car travel is in
terrupted.
NEW ORLEANS, March 17.-Dispatches
from many points in Central and North
ern Mississippi! report heavy snowstorms
and freezing weather. At Helena, Ark,
the snow ceased today after fourteen
hours. eighteen inches having fallen.
dispatch from Dallas, Tex, says
hurricane of rain, sleet and snow ragged
furiously all last night. No part OF the
state, from the Red river to the
Gulf, escaped. At some points the
snow reached the extraordinary
depth of twenty inches, and everything
which could be killed by eighteen to
twenty-four degrees of cold is today dead.
1t is conceded that the fruit crop is totally
swept away, but many think that where
the snow buried wheat and oats these
crops will be saved. Dispatches from a
hundred points in the interior of the state
report that it is calamity more severe
than anything that has occurred in the
past ten years.
GUTHRIE, o. T., March 17.-Thursday's
snow storm was the most severe ever ex-
perienced in this vicinity. Eight inches
of snow fell, and the ground is frozen for
several inches down. Many fatalities
among the boomers are feared and hun
dreds Of cattle were frozen to death.
AUsTIs. Tex, March 17.-Last night a
terrific norther killed peaches and wheat
throughout the state, beside much corn.
Commissioner Holloworth estimates the
loss on the peach and plum crops at
$4,000. All the flowers were killed.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, March E.-At 1
O'Clock this afternoon il was still storm
ing, with twenty-three inches of snow on
level. All street car traffic is at stand
still, and ali trains are delayed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, March 17.-Yesterday's
storm did not terminate till this morning,
leaving nineteen inches of snow On level.
Interrupted street car traffic was resumed
at noon. Business was much interrupted
and all the trains are late. The storm is
general.
CISCISSATI, March 17.-Heavy SHOWS
are reported in Eastern Kentucky and
West Virginia.
TAHLEQUAH, I. T., March 1.-THE snow
storm, which has been raging throughout
the territory. has caused q severe loss of
cattle. One mans loss alone is reported
TO be ], coo head.
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A Noted Klamath Indian Dead.

ASHLAND. Or, March 17.-Dave Hill, an
Indian policeman of the Klamath reserva-
ton, who was killed by another Indian
while taking an Indian prisoner to the
agency last Sunday, was one Of the best
known Indian characters in Oregon.
During the Modoc war he acted as inter-
prefer and scout for the whites, and at the
close of the war went TO Washington
City with General Meacham and Captain
0. C. Apologize, where he was such
great prize that kidnaper. stole him from
his protectors. and he was LOST trace of IN
til he suddenly turned up again at the
reservation. having escaped from his cap
tors and worked his way back from the
East unknown. After his return his in
iuence had much to do TO keep the In
dams on the Klamath reservation peace
able ever afterward, for he was greatly
impressed in his travels with the extent
and power of the whites. and awed his
brother Indians with his stories.
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the $500" canal from Lake Huron TO Lake
Superior. at cos. Of $4,000, arrived from
Portland tonight. He says the Columbia
river canal at The Dalles should have oeen
constructed as quickly as the 800, ana
for 81, 700. 900. which amount, be says, has
already been expended and as much more
demanded to finish the work, which at the
present rate will be completed In about
fourteen years. Hubbell says BY all means
the government should build the Lake
Washington canal at Seattle at cost OF
s3,00o,00o. Improvement of the waterways
of the state is of more importance than
government subsidy of railroads.
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wheat Crop Failure in the Antipodes.

SAN Francisco, March 1.-THE latest
advices from Australia tend 10 show that
the wheat crop has turned out much worse
than was anticipated by previous reports.
The promise of large surplus for Europe
earlier in the season attracted large
amount of tonnage, but South Australia's
surplus has already been practically ex-
hausted. and in Victoria the freight
market has entirely collapsed, partly due
TO the unfavorable condition of the
European markets. In New Zealand the
crop was considerably damaged by
storms at harvest. At this time last year
vessels were loading about 100000
bushels of wheat in Victoria and South
Australia for Europe, but at last accounts
the quantity was only so, 900 bushels.
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A Storm in the Tropics.

PoETLAsD, March 17.-TSpecial. THE
American ship George Curtis, from New
York, arrived today after rough voyage.
Crossing the line in the Pacific she was be-
Gained ten days. then a sudden gale
sprung up and Henry Thompson and
James Munson, able seamen, were washed
overheard and drowned. The ship vas
in the trough of the sea and huge wave
striking her on the beam swept the decks,
carrying away everything movable. In
the same gale Carl Jensen, another sailor,
fell from the rigging and was killed.
Captain Sproul, who is halloween of the
ship, states that it was the toughest pas
sage he ever made
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TILToN j. SHEETS DEAD.
A Washington Pioneer and Discoyerer
of the Sheets Pass.

FRIDAY HARBoR, March T.-[Special i
County Surveyor Tiiton J. Sheets died at
the Tourists hotel yesterday morning of
consumption aged 4 years. The funeral
was held at the Presbyterian church today.
Tilton ). Sheets was one OF the pioneers OF
Western Washington, coming here from In
diana, his native state, in the year 1856. He was
civil engineer by profession aud az the time OF
death was, beside county surveyor, United
States deputy, acting under State Surveyor
Thomas Cavanaugh. When the Northern Pa
ciic railroad was being built through Washing
ton he acted as assistant general surveyor, and
discovered what 10 known IS Shests pass, in the
Cascade range. In ISIS he surveyed Orcas
island He had been identified with the growth
of Washington since it became territory ard
was generally known throughout Northwest
Washington He has no relatives here but g
first cousin. who IL in the employ OF the Rision-
Calm Grocery Company, of Seattle. He was
nephew OF James Til:on, who was the first SUP
yeyor general, under Buchanan
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The New standard Oil Policy.

New YORK, March IA call was is
sued today for special meeting of the
stockholders of the New York Standard
Oil Company, on March 81. TO decide
whether the capital stock of the company
shall be increased to 5000 600. 1t is said
the action will result in dissolution of the
Standard Oil Trust. 1t is probable that
some of the Standard oil companies of
other states may be recapitalized as. a re-
suit of dissolution of the trust, in order 70
make them more nearly represent the in
creased value of the property occasioned
by the formation of the trust.
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The Terry Conspiracy Matter.

DUBUouE, March IA dispatch sent
out from here stated that Tom Desmond,
ex-sheriff of San Francisco county, is be-
lieyed to be the former California sheriff
WHO wrote to Mrs. Terry that he had been
offered $4,000 to kill Judge Terry. Des-
mond has not been here since 1854 and
cannot be the man, unless the letter
was written at that time. He
was East three years ago, and
until year ago last fall, when he re-
turned to California. He was suspected
of murder, but proved TO have been in
Washington City when the murder was
COMMITTEE
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Victoria Marine News,

VICTORIA. March 1.-THE City of King
ston IS undergoing repairs prior to the
seasons travel, after which the City OF Sc
attic will be dealt with.
The ship Argyleshire, 1S2 days from
Glasgow, arrived today, after very rough
passage. She lost one seaman, was on her
beam ends off the River Plata. and lost
boats, rigging and Sanctions off the Horn.
She was fifty days coming from the EQUATOR
here. She will load salmon for England.
The steamer Mystery returned TODAY
from the West coast, reporting the sealers
Maggie Mac with ~ skins: Labrador. 50.
Upper, 2T6: Pathfinder 100.
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HANK CLINE FLEEs TACOMA.
He Defrauds Numerous Creditors and
Leaves His Wife in JAIN.

TACOMA, March 1Z-TSpeciaLI i Hank
Cline, who, as manager of the National
theater, has been repeatedly financially
embarrassed, has fed tonight. Ash &
Dornberg, pawnbrokers, swore out war
rant for his arrest for obtaining $500 under
false prctenses, by securing that amount
BY chattel mortgage on goods he did not
possess. His wife, being the mortgage,
was arrested and given until tomorrow to
answer. To secure credit, Cline had his
wife, under the name of c. II. Brown, sign
checks last night for half Of $50 in sal
aries due. All the checks were protested
today. Cline said he was going to Seattle,
but it is thought he has gone to Victoria,
where officers are headed to intercept him.
His debts aggregate 5000, and it is said
he took 81 500 with him.
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New YoRK, March 1-Richard Gabler,
the detective barber, formerly of Butte,
Mont, died at Bellevue hospital this
morning. Gable went TO New York from
Butte few years ago with 81, 500 and was
bun koed out of every cent by
three men. He notified the po-
lice, who laughed az him. Then
he set out alone 10 catch the bunko men,
and did it. too. One by one he seized
them in the street and caused their arrest.
They were glad to pay him back his money
and a smart sum beside, in order to COM
pound their crime. This prosperity was
100 much for him, and he fell into evil
ways. A few weeks ago the police ar
rested him for carrying pistol.
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Engineering Party to Explore Alaska,

OTTAWA, Ont, March NV. P Barrett,
an old pensioner of the United States
army, leaves today for St. Paul, where he
will JOIN an engineering exploring staff
bound for Alaska. On arriving there they
will, for period of years, give attention
to channel improvements and general ex-
plorations. The exploring party will be
composed of 80 men appointed by the
United States government. which has OF
late taken particular interest in Alaska
and wants to have itself thoroughly posted
as to the mineral agricultural, navigabIe
and other present and possible resources
of that land.
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VERONA, b. C., March 17.-Local Chi
nese merchants with business connections
scross the Sound, and formerly residents
there, complain that they cannot return to
dispose Of important matters. One mer-
chant came here three years ago after
seventeen years business in san Fran
cisco. He cannot 90 back, though he is 4
British citizen and merchant to the knowl-
edge OF the United States consul and COL
!ector OF customs, because the Chinese gov
eminent has no official information that
ne IS merchant as provided by American
acts
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Two Men Picked In ,d-i,.

PoRr TOWNSEND, March l7.-rSpecial. !
Yesterday afternoon as the steamer Rim
Van Winkie, Captain Mccoy, was passing
up Beilingham channel two men were
found clinginC TO capsized sloop. Their
names were Westmore and Alton of Ana
cortes, who had started from that place
for Cottonwood island in cat-rigged
sloop with the sheet fast. \ sauau unset
the sloop, throwing the occupants into
the water, when they clambered on the
keel and remained several hours until the
steamer came along
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The Sugar Trust Negotiations.

NEW YORK, March 17.-Local papers say
report was current in Wall street today
that the negotiations at Philadelphia had
resulted in the American Sugar Company
taking in the SpreckeIs and Franklin re-
fneries. and that it had also been decided
to tie up the 81. 0OO, 900 of new stock of the
company, half until the old stock reaches
par, and the other half to wait the con-
clusion of negotiations for it by syndi-
cate.
PHILApELPHIA. March 1.-THE report of
Claus Spreckels' final surrender to the
sugar trust today could not be confirmed,
as Spreckels declined TO be interviewed.
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The Return of short Bull.

CHICAGO, March 17.-Information was
received at General Miles headquarters
today that interest in the Messiah craze is
being awakened among the Indians of the
Northwest by the expected return of Short
Bull and other Sioux chiefs who have been
in Europe with the Wild West show. II
is believed that Short Bull. who is the re-
puted prophet of Messiah, if allowed to
return to his people. will start the excite
ment anew. The chiefs are expected to
arrive at Fort Sheridan on Saturday or
Monday next
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Max Strakoseh Dead.

NEW YoRK, March 17.-Max Strakosch,
the famous musical composer, died this
afternoon of paralysis.
MAX strakosch was born in Brunr, Moravis,
September y, ISIS, snd was 9 brother OF the
late Maurice S;rskoseh. who married Adelina
PATHS sister. He was associated with his
brother Maurice in most OF his enterprises,
and some OF the most famous actors travelled
under their management, including Louis NJ.
Go,tschslk, Pareps- Rosa, Msrie Roze, csrlotta
and Adelina Patti. Karl Fournes, Pasqrsle
Briguoli, Itato Campsr;ni, Pauline Lucca,
Therese Titieus, Christine Nilsson and Marietta
Alhari-f
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Refused to Register Democratic
French Canadian on First Papers.


French Canadian on First Papers.
TACOMA, March 17.-[Special. J-Cyrille
Rheault, French Canadian, claiming to
have taken out his first papers at Morrill,,
Wis, eight years ago. and having voted in
this state prior to the adoption of the con-
stitution, this evening, through the assist
ance of Democrats who desired his name
on the registration books, swore out a war
rant for the arrest of City Clerk Haskins
for refusing to register him on the ground
that he had not second papers. Haskins
will be arrsigned tomorrow.
Haskins repeatedly refused to register
both Democrats and Republicans whom he
found unable to produce proper authority
for doing so. He is particularly anxious
that no man sent to register by Pete Jel-
ich, Seattle Democratic ward worker,
shall be allowed to do so. Jelich came
here with letters of introduction from
prominent Seattle Democrats and was to be
paid So day for encouraging naturaliza-
ton and registration.
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New Orleans to Be Severed.

NEW ORLEANS. March 17.-This city has
granted TO private corporation the privi-
lege of constructing a sewerage system
throughout the city. Householders will
be charged an annual fee for the privilege
of making connections with the sewer. 1t
is expected that the work will be COM
pleted within three years.
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Moprsro. Cal, March l7.-The house OF
Mrs. Lawrence, the divorced wife of
Joseph Lawrence, was mysteriously
burned last midnight, and the woman
barely escaped with her babe, her hair
being singed by the blaze. She says her
divorced husband has lately several times
advised her TO insure the house; that be
wanted to stay all night last night and she
refused him. He struck at her with
spade. She believes somebody set IRE to
the house, because there had been NO ire
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Portland Policeman Shoots a Fugitive.

portland, March Ill. Mcmahon was
shot and seriously wounded this afternoon
by Police Officer Day Hutchins while re-
sisting arrest. The officer, who had war
rant for Mcmahon, who was charged with
obtaining money on false pretenses, at
tempted TO serve it on one of the principal
streets. Mcmahon broke away from the
officer and started to run down the street
with large crowd in pursuit. Jumping
into an express wagon, he drew a revolver
and fired indiscriminately into the crowd,
but without intiicting any damage. Officer
Hutchins drew his revolver and fired at
the fugitive, the bullet passing through
the base of his skull. Mcmahon was then
captured. Hutchins was also taken into
custody. 1t is thought that McMahon's
wound is not fatal