Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-20
EASTERN NEWS.
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ptseredited.
,...,oA L. l., Nov. ls.-The police
ssstsd q young tramp at TWO ciocA
~ grooming, who stated that 'ne tnan
ZEE murdered Mrs. Mcbee and dauRnt
W. Rrookville. took him to see the
49, on Saturday last. The author
LOT i.oo. ssinx the fellow drunk or crazy.
..ser Mississippi River Bridge.
a.y,SsyrELp, Ills, Nov. l9.-The Sec
iof State licensed this morning
Ghsin of Rocks Bridge Company.
m 80 nroposes 10 bridge the Mississip
tsn miles above the big st. Louis
,sor. Capital stock. $2,e0o,0c9. The
.s;ect IL believed to be IN the interest
Tsths Gould line and Chicago and Al
Ion railway.
Pleaded Gaiisy.
Rosros, Nov. l9-Chas. N. Dewey,
-be abseonded, after MANY forgeries.
md defrauding firms here and IN Mon
treal, was arrested in San Francisco,
hen about to sail for China, today
headed guilty to nine counts for for
gerry.
The Money Market.
NEw YonK, Nov. 19.--The money mar
ket is easy at 2td21<: closed at 2 per
cent. Prime mercantile paper, 5d61l
sterling exchange, bankers bills, TI.r2;
demand, $4.84A.
Marder and sateide.
TOLEDO, Nov. 10. "A telegram FROM
Swinton, o., says: Samuel heaf m.
shot his wife, nee Widow stevens, .I,s
afternoon, and tried to XIII ne, uaapn
Ter Mra Ieba. He then shot himself
Roth are dead. They had been married
a year ago, and quarreled.
The veimnse Of Trade.
BosroS. Nov. ia table compiled
from special dispatches to the Posf from
tbs managers of TWENTY-FIVE leading
clearing houses of the United States
oiyes the clearances for the week end
mo on the 18th, with the percentage OF
increase and decrease a. compared with
the corresponding week of 1882. The
srbibit this week, though showing
larger volume Of transactions than last
vesk. il still decidedly unfavorable
vhen compared with that OF the GORE
sponding week of last year
The Pension Frauds.
WARRINGTON, Nov. 19.-The following
oHicial order has been made: 1T ap-
.ssra that certain persons have been
s,actioinp a system of frauds on ex-
f;rion eoldiers and their widows and |
orphaus, or other heirs by making false
PRESENTATIONS concerning their pen |
s;on claims, and exhorting Illegal fees |
~ aervices pretended to have been or
nrouised to be rendered: and this De- |
nsrtment have reason TO believe some |
Poatnssters have been aiding these |
lraudulent ''claim agents" by furnish
no them lists of names of ex-Union |
Oldjers and other supposed to be en-
tiled TO pensions, and also by dis
tibotino Gheir unaddressed circulars
AMONG that class; therefore, POstmas-
IN are forbidden hereafter to furnish
suoh lists, or to distribute any circulars
r he kind unless they are addressed to
emo individual and are prepaid "a re-
srired by law. w. g. GRESHAM, Post
Master General.
wall street Quotations.
Nrw York, Nov. BUS. Threes l00se,
txs l4l, As ~, American Express.
ri Central Pacific 67l5, Lake Shore Il,
Unaware, Lackawanna and Western
lSK. Denver and Rio Grande 4sk, Han
si6sI and st. Joe 3sJ<, Kansas and
TsYas 24ll, Louisville and Nashville
1OK, Michigan Central 9l%, Northern
paei6c 9O4, Northwestern 126, Ohio
"a Mississippi 26l9, Reading 81, Rock
]1land 201t, st. Paul 97sk, Texas Pacific
EK. Union Pacific 80, u. b. Express
s.. Wabash Pacific 2216, Pacific 95's
sok, Erie 29s6, New York Central 1875.
pno,6c Mail AN, Panama 80, Wells
FARGO AK, Canada Southern 55s4, Chi
no. Burlington and Quincy 26X. New
Jesey Central 84Tk, Western Union
Nv, Petroleum firm at Lie.
The Printers and the Post.
NEW York, Nov. 1.-THE striking
eomposit0rs Of the Evening Post are
aill out. II is stated that there are
item twenty to twenty-five men at
work in the composing room of the pa
por, bat no edition was issued up to
! 40 today. There IL usually one at 4
IN the afternoon.
The PrOteus Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, Nov. l9.--Coinmander
Wildss, commanding the Yantic, ap-
pearsd before the Protsus Court IF IN
qaify today. He said: aside from
wooden sheathing the Yantic was
equipped for Polar voyage the same
= she would have been for n "trip to the
West Indies. The failure of the expe-
dition It Wilkes is thought to have
been due to the following causes: In
mhoi0noy and scarcity Of means em-
ployed. manning the Proteus with in
efoieut landsmen aud longshoremen,
and Vie neglect of those by whose orders
he expe1ition was fitted ont to acquaint
themselves with the business In hand
befoys dispatching vessels north. His
nip had been cruising in West Indian
vatsrs, and he only received orders to
50 north three days before sailing"
Gnwepthy Means 10 = worthy End.
OsIcA0o, Nov. IL. "A Washington
eofrespondent telegraphs that one OF the
Gaie Departments officials reports that
n. Hpodord, the Librarian of Congress,
nntt0 him the other day and asked for
INV old numbers they did not need. II
uanspired that Spotford wanted a
nook Of worthless stuff to pile upon
~ 6Oors and ON alcoves so that Con-
eleosmen would be impressed with the
nooesity Ut an appropriation for new
National Library building. IL il
elnimed that this Is the reason he has
* the past two or three months been
piling up old books around the gallery
q statuary hall in plain sight from tho
noof below in order to impress every
euswho passes through with the need
q the proposed editioe.
shatalng Up shop.
RnmBuRa, Nov. 1y.--The Bessemer
~ Works at Homestead, Pa. closed
1eun their rail department on Saturday
nlht for AN indefinite period. The re-
Under Of the establishment will con-
e1N operations until the present or I
- are worked of. when there will be
heuneral suspension until an improve
~ in trade comes.
Too Much Joy.
NkwpoRr, Nov. l9.-George G. Mun-
~ 1 prominent citizen, died suddenly
- morning from joy. He received q
W1iet against 4 bank about ten days |
- which is thought 10 have had some
~ 10 do with his death. The case
~ been in court since 1866.
Gone Dewn.
uzrAIo, Nov. 19.--The opinion pre-
that the schooner James Wade,
- Detroit October 18th, with the /
ooner H. F. Murray. went ashore |
6ilvsr Creek and foundered with