Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-19
EASTERN NEWS.
-. r...Ais> Pacine Trouhles.

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.a4rArRD PRESS DtspArrsR
~ canadian Paciae 1r"usses.
.,,,c.oo. Dec. IA gentleman who
80 from Winnepeg yesterday, re-
Ssru the mammoth strike on the
e.sdian Pacific railroad, SAID: Inc
Osrie Of the United States have but q
k.s!r idea of the intense excitement
..d IN Manitoba by this strike. The
.-nafhy Of the people IL aitoReshei
~ he strikers, it being the general
nssaiou that the men we're forced to
49, Il is claimed by tho strikers and
..is that it is an attempt on the part
Canadian Pacific Railroad Com
- close up the western division OF
csd until spring. The country Is
81 - Orain ready for shipment. ana
Is. s.mnapv does not desire to move
ram before spring. because 1t
,d at but a short haul on the same.
~ S.sire is to have this grain shipped
ma Prince Arthur's Landing, In
~. - ret a long haul, and this It can
Al until navigation opens. This
s..s, 10 a most serious one for the peo-
"a Manitoba. They need money for
~. o,oducts, in order to lay In their
...!s mDpIy of coal and provisions,
-s;ch thew are sadly in need. No
rrtortunate event could have oc-
sr,rsd At this particular PERIOD IN the
s;ssnry OF the country, and iittie else Is
..irs1 Of In the Province: IL II II pro-
sss.csd. and unless the company
sssrcss il policy it will last ALI winter,
= r cvidept that trade viii % par
nn..d snd farmers subjected to much
sr1s,;na. Il IL feared. too. that there
N ;nH - . searoity of coal, AZ large guam
~ IN transit between fr'nce Arthur
~ ~ w 70 are delayed on the road"
~ ~ .,eiemsn Vas decidedly OF the
I 0,S. I'M unless relief comes very
o. tS.rs vill be Q revolution in Mani
soo ...1,srasea Act Amendments.
w.~useron, Dec. flowing to the
a.s.h ~ Congressman Haskell Sunday
scscino and the consequent adjourn
..s,e n the House today without trans
ss3inn of business, Henley Of California
~ unable TO introduce the bill amend
ssory 70 the Chinese Restriction ACT.
Not even an opportunity TO ask for
unanimous consent was offered, and
Consequently its Introduction was post
nonAd. Il is the opinion Of Mr.. Henley
I'M no chance will be presented to get
~ measure before the Honse before
next week, a. the only business likely to
~ transacted before the holiday recess
vill Be the announcement by Speaker
0ariiale of committees on Thursday or
friday, No time, however, ia being lost,
= the measure cculd not be advanced
aay until committees are appointed. 1t
M been suggested that Senator Miller
introduce the bill in the Senate, but an
enerossed copy will not be- placed in his
md until after adjournment today,
ana Il IL probable now that this will be
1olsyed until the measure is presented
70 the House. Henley will make an
elort TO obtain consent Wednesday,
vhsu the House meets again.
SEVERAL members who have made
thsmselves familiar With the proposed
srpendments to the old law have ex-
pesosed an opinion that the Pacific
eoast delegation have drawn them too
slsong 10 admit of the bill going smooth
lythrOuRh Congress. Section 16 partic-
rlaYiy IL pointed out as an instance Of
this. The section referred to, 1t is said,
% oomplicates the return certificate
machinery OF the law ~ to make IL we'll
niah impossible for any Chinaman, no
natter what his business may be. TO en-
" the country. Pacific coast members
consider this the chief merit of the
measure, AZ IL renders the law SO strong
that Il will be impossible for evasiOns
ouch a have been practised under cover
n Canton certificates. The section,
heWever, will meet opposition IN the
senate, and perhaps In the House. But
Oalifornians are sanguine Of carrying It
through, though not, perhaps, in Its
present cast iron fern. Henley says
nat, when he comes To study the old
nv, IL In surprising that II has An
DWored any purpose at all, much less the
purpose Tor which it was intended, and
II considers the amendatOry bill mild
enough and does not see how any man
admitting the necossitv Of law to exc
cute the treaty Mt all can consistently
oppose Il. II Ia quite certain, in his
opinion, that the present Law was not
intended to execute anything.
Senator Miller says he will intr adnoe
~ bill II the Senate tomorrow.
Postal Matters -Coa0lssieH AppOins
ed.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1S.-The commits
zen appointed by Congress to investl-
gate the railway mail service and rec
ommend q more complete system Of
gAging rates and pay for carrying mails
- railroad routes have completed their
IMPORT, which will DO transmitted to
Congress by the Postmaster General.
Postal service was placed on b000
miles Of new railroad frOai July LIST to
Deoember -. The increase ia mainly
b the south, southwestern and western
leotions.
The President has appointed John ..
Wyman Of New York, and Frank H.
Truedell Of District of Columbia, M q
to examine completed por-
Hons Of the Northern Pacific Railroad
" Warrington Territory.
The Mosey Market.
NKw YORK. Dec. 18.--Money market
NY at l}}S@211 per cent; closed offering
= 3 psr cent; prime mercantile paper
t96x per cent; sterling exchange bank
en- bills, Arm at S.62; sterling exchange
demand %.8&H. Produce exports for
ehe week, 81, SA 600.
Cenorusaaleas.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 18.--rhe following
we're confirmed BY the SEN
Ne: Lawrence Weldon, Of Illinois. to
b Judge Of the Court Of Claims; Ma
|hauiel p. Banks, Of Massachusetts, TO
b United States Marshal of Massa-
Al0nxo 0esner. Of Oregon,
. b Indian Agent At the Warm Spring
Agency, Colorado; Samuel b. Holabird,
. be QuartermasteY- General; John 8.
rooker. of Michigan, To BE- Secretary Of
Montana.
Ptooe Law-The visiGlnx Statesman.
New YoRx, Dec. lS.--The pilot com-
rule that steamships must
top in receiving or discharHing pilots,
lnder . penalty Of $26. Any pilot caus-
NJ Unnecessary delay pays = like
mount.
DR.. Edward I.aaker has finished hrs
our Of the country, and leaves for Ger