Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1883-11-16
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The n. p. Injunction SUITS.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE suit Of Ou.
rant Daponto against Frederick Billings,
Henry Willard, Northern Pacific Railroad
company and Others to restrain the com.
pany from issuing $40 1000, 600 of bonds
and executing any further mortgage or
lien upon its property begun in the su y
preme court has been transferred to the
United States circuit court. A temporary
injunction had been obtained restraining
the execution Of these acts, and . motion
to continue WILDE made in the United
States court.
A Cotton Conaaeration.
NoLFoLK, Nov. l4-TAe 4 900 bales Of
cotton burned at the Norfolk s. Western
depot were consigned to the Merchants
q Miners Transportation company, the,
morrow. The steamer Castor from Bal
timore had just unloaded large quantity
of the Virginia, Tennessee g Georgia. air
line, which was all consumed a large
lot of Peruvian guan0 was stored ia the
warehouse for shipment by the same line,
and that with large quantity of walnut
lumber and all other freight In both ware
houses and on the wharves was destroy-
ed. Hundreds of bales of cotton and
boxes of miscellaneous freight foatcd
down the river and was carried out with.
the tide water. The front was lined with
boats helping to subdue the con1agration
which at one time threatened to destroy
everything IN that part of the city. Two
frame buildings half mile off in the su-
burDs in the direction of the wind burned.
Several men were painfully but not dan-
gerously injured. The cause Of the fre
is unknown. It is stated that the loss
will not exceed 100000; fully insured.
The business of the Norfolk 6 Western
Railroad company will not suffer any in-
terruptlon.
Tho Bulls and Bears Of Wall Street.
Few YORK, Nov. l4-Government,s
firm. Railways strong. West Shore
drsts active and higher 76N and ".
Peoria, Decatur s. Evansville incomes
rose per cent to 49, State securities
quiet. The stock market to-day showed
general decline Of to ~, latter in
Northwestern preferred, as the effect Of
the bear raid which was encouraged by
the fact that prices after the advance last
week of from to 4 per cent. which was
manly in Vanderbilt stock seemed to
come TO stand still. There was then
and is yet considerable amount of buying
of dividends and paying stocks by 1nves-
tors outside of the professional specula-
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afford support for the prices which are
governed IN the daily fluctuations by op-
orators of cliques in the street. sS
The Post says: So far as the general
railroad and business situation is en-
cerned there is steady Improvement.
This was shown by an increase Of IL per
cent in October earnings Of fifty-nlne
reporting roads over their earnings il
October 1882, and an increase of 10 per
cent in mileage. The improvement Of
October has. as far as can be estimated,
continued ever since.
The drop in Manitoba was due to the
fact that there were orders in the mar
ket from the west to sell shares which
became known to some room traders who
hammered the stock. The sales are again
attributed to the falling off in earnings
and the report that the company was IN
trouble with the Fargo Southern road.
Near the close disruption of the lows
pool was rumored and the market de.
clined again.
AS compared with last nights close
prices are down to IA per cent. Mani.
toba is ~ per cent lower than last hight