The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-09-28
EASTERN STATES.

meeting Of stockholders of the North
ern Pacific railroad was held to-day.
The report for the past year and up to
Sept II. showed gross earnings of the
year, $685. expenses. $573,124. an
increase of nearly % per cent. over last
year The report urges that Congress
be petlfioncd to pass the bill extending
the time for the completion of the road
to the Pacific and set forth the advan-
tages TO accrue to the country thereby
A resolution was adopted that it was
the judgment Of the stockholders that
the construction westward from The
Missouri river should be forthwith com
menced and eastward from the Colum
bia river on the Lake Pen d'Orielle d.
vision As soon AS practicable with the
b.st interests of stockholders; with q
view to completing the road to the Pa
citic.
A resolution was passed requiring the
purchasing committee Of bondholders
to fiji the time within which all the
bonds outstanding must be surrendered
for conversion into perpetual stock
About 100000 worth Of these bonds
are still outstanding. The following
directors were then elected:
Charles b. Wright, of Pennsy lvania,
Frederick Billings. Of Vermont. Geo.
II. Cas-. of New York. Benz. P. Cohen
ey. of Mass, G. Tower, Of Pennsylva-
MIA; J. ID. Livington, OF New York. Jos.
Dilworth, of Pennsylvania, F. Smith,
of Pennsylvania, George Stark, If New
Hampshire. Alex. Mitchell, of Wiscon-
sin, J. G. Ainsworth. of Oregon. j. M
Dennison, of Maryland and Richard C.
Ashurst, of Pennsylvania. The direc-
tors subsequently elected Charles Il.
Wright, of Pennsylvania. President,
George Stark. of New Hampshire, Vice
President, Samuel Wilkeson, Secretary
and George Beebe, Treasurer.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28-Thc Presi
dent to-day signed the commission Of
William W. Upton. of Oregon. to be
Second Comptroller Of the Treasury,
from the LIST of October.
New YORK. Sept. 27-The Tribune's
Rochester special says: Curtis. when
interviewed in regard to Grants state
ment about Sumner, declined TO say
anything at oil, but evidently feels
strongly on the subject
The Worlds Baltimore special says:
DR.. J. A. Mudd, the physician who at
tended Wilkes Booth aud set his leg
after Lincoln's assassination aud after
wards was sentenced to the Dry Tortugas.
ana psrdoned by President johnson,
has been nominated to the legislature
by the Democrats Of Charles county,
Maryland.
FERNANpINA, Fla, Sept. 27-Five
new cases of yellow fever are reported,
but no deaths have occurred. DR.. Nc.
Farland thinks the worst is over. il the
the people can be prevented from re-
turning before frost. At the old town
suburbs Of Fernandina over half the
population are down with the fever.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 27-The report
in the dispatches from this city thst
William Stone had been removed from
the Office Of district attorney of South
Carolina is not correct. Mr.. Stone sent
in his reslgaation - district attorney q
month ago. to take effect as soon as his
successor should be appointed.
PIrTsBuRo. Sept 27-This morning
Major-General A. L. Pearson, com-
manding the State troops during the
late riots, was arrested on charge of
murder. The information sets forth
that General Pearson and others. whose
names are unknown to deponent. on the
2lst of July last, had command Of GER
tain regiments Of State trosps at the
2Sth street crossing Of the Psnnsy lvsnia
railroad. II states that Gen. Pearson
gave orders to Ere, and that by this fire
his father. Nicholas Stoffel, WAS
wousded and died. 1t is stated that
the deceased was sitting in his own
doorway when the volley was fired and
vas in no way connected with the
crowd gathered at the railway crossing.
General Pearson waived hearing and
WAS committed To Jail.
RocHEsrsR. n. Y, Sept. 27-The
Republican convention rc-sssenbled
this morning and made the following
nominations: For Secretary of State,
John Z. Churchill; Comptroller. Fran
els Sylvester; SD Treasurer. Vim. l.
Bostwick; Attorney General. Granville
Tremaine; State Engineer. Howard
Soale. aud then adjourned.
NEw YoRx. Sept. a7-The evening
papers generally Condemn Ccnkling's
action in yesterdays convention.
At the Prohibitionists convention the
following vas declared to be declar-
alton Of principles of the Prohibition
6ooisty: That il i neither night nor