Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-04-19
EASTERN NEWS.
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ern Railroad Company will issue $40
10000 five por cent debenture sinkin
fund bonds to provide tho necesssr
funds for the acquisition of the S.. Par
md Omaha stock. Ten million dollar
north of the debenture bonds have bee
sold 10 Kuhn, Loeb 4 Co., who are M
derstood to represent q syndicate O
American and foreign honsss.
Ralalng the Gamble
New ToRx, April 49, The polio
made the discovery that the seizure o.
Gambling implements Last nigh. wa,
not justified in Law. The penal cod
snfhorizse the seizure of parsphefnaiis
- the owner Is arrested, and the de
struction OF the articles, if the owner /,
convicted. An action for trespass ane
damages ID supposed TO be lodge<
against the police.
Net Guilty.
MILWAUKEE, April 1e.-Gso. Schiller
.cmsed OF setting FIRE to the NewhaIl
Hcnse ON the morning Of January lott
isst was to-day acquitted by the Jury
Fivs ballots were taken, and only one
;n,r vas for conviction all that time.
md h finally gave in because Judge
NsiIorv instructed that IL there was any
donh< 10 his mind he must give the
nrisoner the benefit. The court room
,s.achoed With cheers when the verdict
was announced.
ptsbsuestly Packed Tebsece.
W.szuorox, April 18.-ConsuI Lewis
-v;tss The Department Of State that i'm
s,,,ters of tobacco from the United
49, complain that it In dishonesty
rseked. That the h0Rshoads, upon be-
10 nueaed, are found to contain a
rrsst amount Of refuse tobacco; that
f,om q 70 80 per cent of all that i'm
r.cyted il not according to sample, and
thaf n particularly the case with Ken
tnckv tobacco. Owing to difficulties of
;rerscfion the inferior character, ac-
so,d;no 10 Consul Lewis, il rarely dis
Covered until Il has found its way to
the retailers shop, and the result is the
importer il obliged TO make due allow
anoe 70 the consumer. which In some
Gases averages two pounds sterling par
hoQshead on q whole cargo. He urges
= mogs careful inspection Of tobacco
before shipment.
OmeePs Elected.
WAsumorok. April 1s.-The Board Of
Managers OF the National Home for
dieabied volunteer soldiers met today
n Arlington Hotel. The following Off
go we're elected for the ensuing year:
President, General w. B. franklin:
first ViOs President, Colonel L. A. Har-
RE; second Vice President, General
John A. Martin, OF Kansas; Secretary,
General n. T. Mcmahon, Of New York;
The resignation of General W. r. Til
ton, Governor of the Home at Toeus,
Maine, was accepted and General Luth.
or Stevenson, Jr., of ssachusetts,
vas elected. DR.. &. X. Towls, Of Con
cord, vas elected surgeon Of the South
sfn Home at Hampton, Va. The other
business of the board was of tho routine
character. The board leaves here 70
morrow TO visit the soldiers' home ut
Hampton. Va.
The Star Rsute Case.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE examina-
lion Vas resumed, when the prosecution
pat on the stand for the purpose Of con-
Issdioling John w. Dorsey. three hotel
slslks, who showed by hotel registers
that Reredell was In Nebraska and Col
ossdo on April 9th, although Dorsey had
sworn he was in Washington. Judge
Judas b. Bisssl, Of I,eadvilie, was next
nailed and examined In regard to the
10 called BelfOrd check. In tho argu-
nsut IN 70 the admisaibility Of the evil
ience, Bliss said the books showed he
o0k the draft TO j. b. b. He would
not Say who J. b. h. represented, but
would admit he did not know, but be-
ieved u meant Bedford. The witness
mid In June, 1879, he saw 3. w. Dorsey
lfnw check draft IN Leadville TO the
order Of J. b. b. Did not remember its
sxact amount, bat thought that it was
for about 5000. Il WAS 10 DO divided
among four gentlemen. Judge Bowen,
Senator Bowen, was one Of
them. In reply 10 Ingersoli, witness
naid his (vitnesso initials were placed
on tina check, and Dorsey suggested
that Chas. w. rankarsley, one Of the
purity who collected il, did not know ON
what bank the check vas drawn. yt
,ad been given TO Tankarsley 70 draw.
Tho latter Was Dorsey's attorney, and
he check had to b collected ont Of
'0wu.
Rsredsll was recalled, and contra
ssos0O SO0u W. DVsp~y Wuc w o"'N
hat b (Raredell) was In Washington
IN April, 1879.
ioa Of the proof Of the eontents Of tho
letteg the prosecution had
concluded. Court theu adjourned.
oIsoO LlQaer Ieeease.
81. PAU, April 18.-In Minneapolis
he 6qenss upon ealoons has hsret0foIe
,ssa $1,000. The City Counoil last night
taisod Il 70 elbQ0. Saloon meu are using
,vesy effort 10 induce the Mayor TO veto
he Sin.
- Cenvsusaea Caanse rsseUenA
BuyTAIO, April H. The President Of
kho American National Land League
rahlod PArnell: "rhe Philadelphia o0n-
ssolion csunos BE- postponed. We re-
grot you cannot b. with rs. but every
hing indicates the convention Will bc
HE lasQest and most important ever
hsld b. lrish-Amsxioans."
Traan RsbAesy.
LoumvnLx, April 1s.-Last Sunday
The Through Adams express oar left
Cinoinnatf for Nashville via the Short
Lane Railway. The oar Was In good
condition at Lagrange, 50 miles from
Louisville. bat on inspection after Ar
rival at East Louisville, the look was
found broken and contents scattered
about and broken. The amount Of
Gtooen goods vas not learned. owing to
The selno1nnce Of olIiClAls. Home Of the
traiafb s0ployess are under suspicion.
4 usee Failure.
PtSn1u1o, April 1O.--The failure Of
James 4Arahall 4 Co, iron pipe manu-
laeeareRs, vas the all important topic
Of commercial and financial circles
eodAy. The liabilities are considerably
Xavier than reported and will not DO
- than 81, loo. OF this amount
vM00 b 70 Garshall 4 THte. The A.
- VIII cover all but $4,000. The
oeavtee lcesn Are Mark Watson, Of
se1 city. = brother in-law OF James
oaxsnAas $4,000; Hogsett, Hanna j.
20. furnace usu Of Uniontown, Pa,
11W0i 4afshnll Bros, Of PhilAdel-
pn.A $4,000; having tl73.000 to Be d.
vided among othera Almost every
eaek OF this city held their paper. bat
~ 49, eeoared and viii not l0oo . dol
-. III failure was The result purely
g QeoolatiOn, and the condition Of the
~ teade was IN no way responsible.
I'm failure has NO effect whatever mp
e ma and in order that there vii be
- pa rssnls 10 the PIG iron trade and
- minsrt parties hold . collateral &C.
Sa1y e. loans an immense quantity Of