Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-13

" ASHI$HIos. Dec. I2.--IHe PacIni
Coast delegation h6ij 4 meeting th..
morning ID discuss proposed amend
Thent7 ~ the Chinese legislation Of III,
last tongress. through misunder
standing tie meeting was not vii 4,
tended, and afts r an Informal dierpe
sion i WAS tdlOurned until tcfuorroR.
IT." .rNt President 10 h- Named in
Chicago.
4sHINGToS, Dec. l2.-Dn the third
b-lipt tnc Eopablic III National Com-
'..ittee decided 10 I0ld The mex. cpnveu-
tI'W ~ Chicago.
wall street su>pen,ied
NV YORK. Dec. lZ-Stocks were
4'ronp and higher this afternoon. with
IA Improvement of = 70 u, Oregon
trAuNeontInenttI and Chic teo. BurlIng-
tIn X Quincy leading Union Pacific,
H!Si 10 better demand Il ~. Early 10
Tie "fsern0uii 'O-day s"llers option
"''rt; nj p0t AZ -. Inc market closed
strong.
/ J. III. BiIup7 il Co. cotton merchants.
are reDorted suspended. 4. with liabilities
: AT s.4tDOJ, one-half secured.
Oregon Tran.eoniineniaI and West.
I ern Union Dividends.
TX
t"minittsr of Directors Of the Oregon
! ilanScontln|nttI recommended that
/ III" January dividend be passed.
ihe Western Union declares quar-
.erly dividend of IA per cent
summers Postal Telegraph Bill
NAsHE,GToN, Dc iO.-Th. bill intro
/ dnced by Representative Sumner. of
I California, for the establishment of a
/ governu ent postal telegraph system. di-
reefs the Postmaster General to proceed
! ht once to construct lines, and provides
for tue issue of bonds not exceeding
! T2JWDDO, IN tie denomination of So
red-emahle III twenty years, bearing in
| tereSt At 3 per cent, proce DIS of the sale
TO be applied tn the construction and
maintenance of telee rAph lines. 1t pro
vides also that the actual work OF build
! ing the lines be begun a5 early AS prac-
tlcabie, and At nearly a. possible simui-
| taneously ut the following places Port
! land. Maine Seattle, Washington Ter
/ r'tory Boston, Portl and, Oregon New
York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Wash
ington, ID. c.: Richmond. Va; New
| burn, \. c.; Charleston, =. c.: Savan-
nah, Ga; jacksonville, Fla: Mobile.
| New Orleans, Galveston, Cincinnati
| tleve,and, Detroit, hicago, Minneap,-
/ lis. Omaha. st. Louis, Kansas CITY,
Denver, salt Lake City, Yr-ka, Eureka.
/ Sacramento, san Francisco, Los An
2eies and San Diego and shall con
| tlnue along routes selected by the Post
master General until all the post Offices
! OF the country south OF the northern
most boundary of Washington Terri.
tory. having "A population OF 400 or more,
! have been connected. IL establishes
/ the Z -te II be paid for the transmission
| of ordinary messages at 10 cents each
for ten words or less. The rate for press
matter Is 2tcents per 100 words. IL dl-
| reCts the Postmaster General To enter
INTO arrangements with the proprietors
| OF foreign telegraph wires and cables,
| Tor the transmission of foreign mes
| sages, and provides also for the adjust
ment of Il money order system of postal
te!egraphy, and for the survey OF q Ca
ole route between SOME point In Wash
If gton Territory and Sitka, Alaska.
| The stock Market.
| NEW YORK, Dec. l2.-Governmcnts
| strong, railways steady. News and de-
! velopnents IN connect ton with the stock
| market tins aftt fnoon arc all beaTisn.
| he result was another general decline
| of = To a. I'm advance Is prices set In
| hbou. II O'Clock and continued until the
cose oi business. As compared with
last nights closing, prices are to ~
per cent. higher, except Northern Pa
ciiic, Northern Pacific preferred, and
wabash, which are to \ lower. The
governing committee of lh stock TX
change today listed the following secur-
| ities: Si,Gi3,OuU Erie third mortgag
bonds extended to March l5t, 1899. at
IA ler cent; S2,Si2UO general first
mortgage per cent. bonds Northern
Pacific; S'WO,UD SIX per cent. con.
vovtlhc dcben;ure bonds Central Rail-
way of New Jersey; S5,VO,oOU first
mortgage d per cent. bonds Southern
Pacific Halfway Company of New Mex
leo; ri ,00S, ,UO0 milwaukee, and 81 Paul,
Chicago aud Pacific Western Division.
> per cent. bonds: Tl,.gU.0UU Hastings
,id Dakota ! per cent. bonds; 81 600
600 u per cent. second mortgage bonds
nj. i.ouls and Nashville, Now Orleans
aud Mobile Division: $4,000 Chicago
and Northwestern sinking funds .ls OF
1879. and Si32,uO0 Denver and Rio
GrAude per cent. first consolidated
mortgage bonds.
Neayy Fire In st. Paul.
II. PAUL. Dec. l2.-Ihe Recve block.
tdjoiulng the Drake block. which WAS
burned last night. WAS Also entirely de
stroy"d before the flames could be con.
troli.d. Loss. Sll5,0Oo.
Money Market.
| NEW lugK. Dec. l2-lhe money
! marHct IL easy At 2ta2'g per cent; clos, Il
! offered ~ per cent; prime mercantile
! Nt:or @d3'a per cent: sterling ex hange
! bankers bulls. All sterling exchange
demand Isl
Wall street Quotations.
Nsw YORK. Dec. l2--u. :. Three's,
TOT: 4tg's. Ii \ ; Is, 237s American
| Express s9i. Central Pacific 66Is.
| Canada Southern a5L. Chicago, Bur
lington and Quincy Il. Lake
Shora 100, Delaware. Lsckawanna
and Western l7is, Denver and
Rio Grande 2tas, Hannibal and St Joe
!S1s. Kansas and Texas 23s-. Louisville
and Nashville &sNs. Michigan Central
AA. Northern Pacific ", Northwest
ein lcs4, ohio aud Mississippi 1s..
| Reading 5iss Rock Island ISio, st. Paul
,sis~. Texas Pacific 2ll Union Pacific
49,, Wabash. ST. Louis and Pacific
Nsl, Pacific ass l27,s. Erie "a. New
York Central l6l, Paclfic Mail 42i5.
Panama ~. Wells Fargo ll5. New
Jersey Central S9.. Nesteru nion
lsls. Petroleum quiet At lt'., L. :.
Express ~.
The speech trom the spanish Jhr"mc
MADRID, Dec. l2.-The Ministerial
Council has approved the draft of the
royal sp. ech Ia be delivered at the open
ing -f the Cortes. Ii is reported that
the speech announces the extension of
suffrage to all able To read and write
and who pay taxes. The dispute with
France relative to the treatment of Al
fonso IN Paris has been satisfactorily
arranged. and the relations now exist.
ing between the countries are as friend
iy as betitting two diaceut nations with
comnon commercial Interests Spain"
i; says. will endeavor 10 exercise cordi-
ality with France if possible"
Rudxet Adopted.
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