Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-06
EASTERN NEWS.
4 .socrArKD PRESS DISPATCHES


ASSOCIATED PRESS DISPATCHES
John Muir Talks Plainly.
CHICAGO. Nov. 3.--John Muir, genera
traffic manager of the Northern Pacific
now in this city, says, in regard K
the resignation of Haupt as genera
manager, and the reasons therefor, Al
Given in an interview sent in the dis
patches last night, he is not inclined Il
credit the statements therein contained
as made by Haapt. In response TO q
telegram he Muir today received q
MESSAGE from st. Paul saving Haap
had sent card to one of the newspaper,
there, denying the authority for the IN
terview and speaking in complimentary
terms of the construction Of the road
In view of this he was inclined to thinl
the interview was a bold stroke of i'm
agination on the part of the man who
wrote it. Muir said he had never heard
Haupt speak of the road in Other
than complimentary terms, and further
said that the general verdict of thoss
who have gone over the road is ratl oil
that it was too we'll built than other
wise. Foreign gentlemen and large
number Of capitalists, railroad men
journalists and the Hatch excursionists
and others who went over the road
were unanimous as to the excellence OF
construction. The train bearing tbs
Presidential party returning from the
Yellowstone came through in forty I'VE
hours, without interfering with or de-
laying the regular business Of the road.
This could not have been done over a
Door line. The business OF the road
for the month Of October arnountes To
81 200 90, without perceptible damage,
nnusual DELAY or loss of life. This
couId only have been done by we'll
c0nstructed road. The indications are
that the gross earnings for the current
month will be 81 300, 900.
O'Dennell will Hang.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. "a London
correspondent says of British justice:
in something more than an
ordinary murderer. from the fact that
British Government. This fact makes
his conviction and punishment all the
more certain. Money snbsc ibed for
his defense cannot save, or help him; a
of the ablest lawyers the Uni
ted States could send over would do his
Vase no. good. American dispatches
state that the conductors Of his defense
lind hope to make capital for him by in
vesting the case with international 10
terest. They may, in this way, make
,apital for him over there. but the Of
loot here would be just the opposite.
America ~ the hot-bed of
Irish sedition they will tolerate no in
reference from that country in case
Of this kind Still few here do not
regret the death of Carey, and many
more admire the man who dispatched
MIN, but the mass Of the English people
Feel, in common with the authorities,
hat the law must take it's course, and
hat IL ODOnnell ia guilty he cannot
DO too speedily brought to the gallows."
Keene's keenness.
NEW YORK, Dot. 9.--A good story ia
old iu the street of "a little turn"
which j. X. Keene made in the Northern
Pacific squeeze. Anticipating that |
hree- fourths vote would require the |
Of good deal of the stock |
IN the part of the Willard party, he COW
red ali his shorts in that stock below
ixty and went long several thousand |
uhEoos hkuthos suuco puloaoSoo NC uou
mt ~ hedge pile of Oregon Trans. |
sentimental at ab 9ut ~. A few days |
,efore the close Of the books the Willard |
,arty learned of his having accumulat- |
a the stock and offered to take it of |
lis hands in preference to bidding for |
/ in the open market. KeeRe had it /
hen all his own way. He got 20 for his
took aud made the purchasers supply |
lim besides with Quantity Of Oreloa |
III 35 to cover.
sieide Of son Of the Late isaac n.
Singer.
PHILADELPHIA, November 4.-Charles
1. Mathews of New York committed |
,uicide Yesterday morning at the Colon
,ade Hotel. A great deal of mystery
,u.rOunds the affair. According to the
of his friends it was due to
he working on a highly sensitive mind
Il supposed stigma attaching to him
N account of his being one of the 81
Ihildren of Ii wives Of Isaac NJ. Singer,
he late sewing machine manufacturer.
he refused TO bear his fathers name,
,ut adopted the maiden name II his
mother, who some years ago received
,ns million dollars an her share of the
singer estate. Mathews was rs years
i'd, in possession Of an independent |
'ortune, and WAS member of the New
Fork Petroleum Exchange. He was
married only three months ago. Math-
,ws drank pint of brandy, probably |
% allay excitement. He was not |
incorporate, though his
'rienda say that ON certain days he
would drink more than was good for |
him. At such times he developed \
peculiar mania for suicide. He had |
made several attempts to take his life |
On one occasion. when all alone in his |
loom in Paris, with a pet dog. he raised
! revolver tn his temple, and would |
have blown out his brains had not the |
log suddenly sprung on his appraised
lrm, and seixing his sleeve by his teeth. |
pulled il down. Tas devoted animal
Inverted his attention, and the suicidal
impulse passed away and his life was
laved. He was very sensitive on the
lQbjent of his parentage, aud the slight
,st aliusi0n to his father would fill him
vita modification. For that reason he
avoided society, but otherwise
10 lived in good style, and though his
expenses were very large he contracted
No debts.
Dplnloa u the Chinese esnsui ~ New
York.
NEw YORK, Nov. 4.-The Chinese CON
MI here today. speaking Of the effects
war between China and France would
have on the trade between the United
States and China, said The trade
betWeen China and the United States
i very large, and would likely be effect
ID BY general war, but the ports OF
China are so directly connected with
foreign interests that 10 blockade these
ports would be to Affect foreign interests
b such an extent that the French waold
hardly dare attempt il. Tho principal
mail port of China 10 Hong Kong, and
10 blockade the river to Canton would
would necessarily cut of Hong Kong
from foreign intercourse" He did mot
think the French would be likely TO get
gheir country into quarrel with Eng
land aud the United States. a. we'll rs
pthsr nations, by blockading this port.
for BY 90 doing they shut ont the great
o. portion of trade. He believed that
before the war could reach such a stage
osher nations affected would put an end
TO the strife. Several merchants were
Interested, and before general war
could take place it would be necessary
70 give ninety days notice to foreign
nations, during which time the United
MATES would get out all the teas and
1llks required for q year, and although
a v,n.lA -ss.<s -. teas aud silks