Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-03
EASTERN NEWS.
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EASTERN NEWS.
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same Passenger Rates.
DENVER, Col, Oct. LAS a result OF
tbe San Francisco conference OF Paciflc
lines II is announced that commencing
TO-DAY first class passenger rate from
Kansas City or Omaha to San Francisco
is reduced to 1856, and rates for each
class from the Missouri river and Miss
;ssipi river to Portland, Oregon, and
San Francisco will be the same "a from
the same points tn San Francisco. East
ern lines are requested to prepare inn
mediately for the next change of orders
or extension Of tickets from San Fran
cisco via the Oregon Railway and Navi-
cation Company, and the same mast be
of the non transferable iron ciatl-con-
tract form, giving description of the
accompanying railway ticket. and limit
inc them for exchange At San Francisco
10 two DAYS beyond the limit allowed
M to that point. Tickets for Puget
Sound points must read via Portland
only, and are subject to additional arbi-
tration there. From the existing forms
of tickets or exchange, orders may be
used if properly stamped, to comply
with these requirements. On the other
hand, passenger rates from st. Paul to
San Francisco. via Portland, will be
the same as to cortland, and subject to
similar restrictions, the entire through
proportion being included in reports to
the Northern Pacific railroad and Ore
gon Railway and Navigation Company.
The importance of this action will be
apparent to railway officials and Pacific
coast travellers.
Pablic Debt statement.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9.-The debt
statement shows n decrease OF the pub
lie debt during September of $4, 107,-
40 and a decrease since June 30, of
900 970 Gil. Cash in treasury, 1885,
H5OS7O: GOLD certificates. So, 495, 240;
s;iyer certificates, 1872. 490, 41; certifi-
catss of deposit, $4,000; refunding
certificates. $332, 75O: legal tenders, $34.-
668, 1O6; fractional currency, x6,5Z,56;
oash available October |, *l5S,546. Ol6.
Tssned standard silver dollars for the
week ending September -, *6Si .49;
corresponding period last year, $56l,-
499.
8uu9hMk dull uenNe@sh~.s
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2.-The ceremony
of receiving Sitting Bull. the great In
dian chief, into the Catholic church,
which it was anticipated would take
place this week at Fort Yates, has been
indefinitely postponed, because Sitting
Bull cannot make up his mind which
of his two wives he will let go. The
forms of the church forbid the CON-
municant having more than one. Bish-
op Morley has had Sitting Boil under
his care for several months, and his in
structions were being rapidly observed
by the chief, but the separation from
one of his wives proved too much for
him, and he will probably return to
heathenism.
Clearing m0use Returns.
BOSTON, Oct. LA table compiled from
special dispatches to the Post from n
OF the leading clearing houses of the
United States, gives the clesrings for
the week ended September Goth and the
per cent. of increase or decrease as
compared with the corresponding week
Of 1882. The exhibits again are very
unfavorable when compared with that
of the corresponding periods of last
week and year, giving the aggregate
olearances for tho week at 81 OLA ,5l8,-
362, against $3.50. 389 1872 last week, and
1887 ,452 1862 the previous week. Az
with last year, clearings show
q decrease of 70 per cent, against fall
ing of of 2.15 per cent. last week.
Heavy failures in New York, long con-
tinued drought, which has curtailed the
of the mills, and tho con-
tsnnaA hnostnts.xn IF "a tAtru ar tn untAr
the market has largely curtaiied the
amount of legitimate business through
out the country, and has been directly
reflected on clearing house returns.
Decision In the Archbishop Purcell
suit
CINCINNATI, Oct. 1.-The Hamilton
county district court, composed of
judges John Smith and Moore, this af
t6rnoon decided the case of j b. Manix.
assignee, w. j. Il. Purcell ct al, which
was an action by assignee to obtain the
Judgment Of the court n 10 the liability
Of church property to nay the debts con
tracted by the late Bishop Purcell. The
case is one of great magnitude. The
hearing occupied three months. Com
mencing in June, 1888, il has been nm
der consideration till now. The opinion
delivered by Judge Smith. beginning AT
2 o'clock, occupied nearly three hours.
Out Of nearly 200 pieces of property held
by the archbishop. fourteen were select
cd for this trial IN being representatives
OF all. Nine of these were churches;
the others were the cathedral, including
the arohbish0p's residence, and the
school, seminary, Cummunsville orphan
asylum and st. Joseph's cemetery. Tho
old and the new courts found that in
Gases Of churches. though title was in
fes simple in Archbishop Purcell, yet
they were built from money raised by
members of different congregations,and
that the title was in the archbishop by
reason OF the rules Of the church. which,
in such case, this court Is bound To re-
gard that the archbishop held title only
AZ trustee for the use of the congrega
tion,an that the property so held could
not be subjected tn payment of debts Of
the archbishop. In tho case of one
church the majority of the court found
that the evidence sh wed the arohbish-
OPP had advanced some money. and that
the church was liable for that amount
TO the assignee.
Ont or Her Trance.
GREAT HARRINGTON, Mass, Oat. t.
Mrs. Alphonso Bradford, Of Hyannis.
who has been in trance for week, re-
covered entirely yesterday. Twelve
years ago she was held similarly aud re-
manned in the death-like sleep for TWEEN
ty-two days. Several we'll known and
prominent medical gentlemen, who have
taken n great interest in this particular
case, and who have examined cases
where parties have lain for weeks, pro-
neunce this case far differ, mt from any
that have como within their experience.
While In the trance Mira. Bradford ap-
peared as one in death. Her form was
cold, rigid and coiorlsss. The physi-
CLANS say that Il was not 4 trance, bat a
sort Of spiritualistic phenomenon which
they, a. members Of the medical frater-
nifty, cannot account for. Mrs. Brad
ford, soon after returning to life, was
taken for drive through the village,
and today Is to all appearance as we'll as
ever. Mrs. Bradford Is very devoted 10
the cause Of spiritunlism, although she
does not attend public gatherings OF
Spiritualists. The lady's maiden name
was Burgess. She il - years old. high
~ educated, and Is deemed quite pre-
possessinp. She has been Marie | twice.