Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-09-28
Wall Street To-Day.

New YORK Sept. 2S.-The Posts financial
article GAO pm. edition) says Speculation
| at the Stock Exchange is tame. and the result
is general lowering of prices. the decline
| the market has been strong. The principal
dealings have been in the trunk line shares. the
coal shares. ~. U. Tel. Central Pacific. Mil
waukee and st. Paul and Union Pacific. which
are down 14a114. the decline of q being in Lake
Erie and western. and that of IL i'm New
York elevated and United States bonds are
4 lower for the As. to 1173sa1a and Is lower for
the extended SIS. The local money market is i'm
a condition where it can be manipulated for
high rates. and it is SO manipulated. The fair
rate if left to itself, would probably be about 6
per cent on stocks: yesterday afternoon stock
brokers were compelled to pay as high as Is of 1
per cent per day; and to-day for carrying stocks
1-32 to 1-l6 plus per cent per an
mum has been paid. Time leans are
entirely nominal Prime mercantile paper is
about per cent. and it moves rather
slowly, The United States sub-treasury was
this morning debtor at the clearing house
ST. 75l3 32S. Is. that is to say. the ordinary pay
ments at the sub-treasury here yesterday
together with the extraordinary one for the
$4,000, 600 of bonds bought. then exceeded the
receipts 10y the sum of S1.751. .32S.1S. State
bonds are dull and steady. Railroad bonds are
generally lower, the decline ranging from 114a11a
per cent. The market for foreign exchange con-
tinues heavy, but rather dull.
An Interesting Discovery i'm the Malley Trial.
New HAVEN. Sept. 2S.-An interesting dis
covery was made at the trial of the Malleys for
murder to-day. On the BrandfOrd Point Hotel
register was exhibited the name of Cramer. of
date August 5th. The counsellor defence claimed
it must have been put there recently. King.
the clerk. had never nOticedit before. The record
showed that Walter Malley was there with Miss
Douglass July 30th. This record had been eraced
or rewritten under date of July 3lst. The clerk
had spokhn to Walter about the change. The
entry showed that Walter and Miss Douglas had
supper at the hotel Friday, August 5th. Wit
nesses to-day testified to seeing them on the
road thither, and one witness on their return to
New Haven in the evening, near1O O'Clock.
The Vice Regal Tourists on this Side of the
Line.
TORONTO. ONT, Sept. 2S-A special dispatch
from Fort Shaw. Mon, dated yesterday. says:
The GOvernOr-General and party arrived at
cOurteOusly received by Col Kent and the Off
GERS of the Sd U. S. infantry. An escort to the
railway will be furnished the vice regal party
from here.
President Arthur.
HIS DISTINGUISHED VISITORS TO-DAY-KING
KALAKAUA AMONG THE CALLERS
The movements of President Arthur TODAY
have been uneventful. Callers dropped i'm about
10 O'Clock. Soon after IL o'clock Attorney Gen.
eral MacVeagh called and was clOseted with the
President on public matters for some time. The
conference was interrupted at noon by the ar
rival OF King kalakaua, of the Sandwich Islands.
Ihe king was accompanied by Minister Allen.
the Hawaiian minister: Assistant Secretary of
State Hit, General Armstrong and one or two
members of his staff. He was at once escorted
by Mr.. HIT to the Presidents room and the
President and the king were presented. There
was no ceremony of any kind The President
3in1lv cl.< IL 80 Ia,z<1
him in conversation for a short time. Those in
the room, in addition to the party who came
with the king, were Senator Ingalls,, of Kansas,
and Attorney General MacVeagh. After brief
interview the king left in company with Minis
ter Allen.
PUBLIC BUSINESS.
The President is now ready to transact public
business at his rooms on Capitol Hill. There is
a telephone in the house which can be connected
with all the executive departments. Thus far
he has not been annoyed by Office seekers. The
Presidents friends say he will move slow I'm the
matter Of either changes or new appointments,
and that there will not be SO much "crockery"
broken as was anticipated.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CABINET
are all now In the city except Secretaries Blaine
and KirkwOOd. The former has gone to his
home in Maine, and the latter is visiting rela- |
tfves in northwestern Ohio. 1t js not known |
"uCAi OcCictaTy Diaiuc Will ACtuih, ouc 'SSAS-
tary kirkwood lie expected in day or two; 1t |
Is not improbable that the first formal meeting |
Of the Cabinet will Be held on Friday next.
A RUMOR AFLOAT
in the street to-day is that prominent c0ntrac-
tor of the star mail service has made some dam
aging disclosures, and that the conference to-
day between the President and the Attorney
General was with reference to this subject.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
Among the callers to-day were ex-Representa-
tive Myers, of Pennsylvania; Representative
Henderson, of Illinois, and Brumm, Of Penn
sylyania. The health Of the President il excel
lent There were rum0rs yesterday that he had
material symptoms, but this IL untrue. Senator
Jones has not yet returned from the west. buf