Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-06
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The SILVER Dollar.
w.sH,Soros, Oct. THE Director OF
.hs Mint is preparing q statsmens 70
sSov the profits arising from tne COIN
- nj the standard silver dollars Ior
~ fiscal year ending June ~, 1888.
IA amount thus made IL very large,
ling In gross for the five years since
INV /. 1878, the enormous sum OF $lI,-
uai18. Nearly all the profit has gone
Ard into the treasury, for after sub
t,sotiuQ the wastaRe, the cost OF the
IN. transportation and other expenses,
shere q left q net profit IN standard dol
IN and subsidiary coin over the bull
~ value at respective dates Of pur-
cnsse of over 81, 800, 600, equal to an
sveraQe net profit for five years of g.
$4,000 annually. Large as It seems il lie
nj 20 great in proportion to the value
Of the issue AZ that which results from
the coinage of baser pieces. Last year
The profit from the coinage of nickeIs
and one-oent pieces at Philadelphia
vas about $100,000. The Director of
the Mint is cooling little in his affec-
ton for the standard dollars. He says
he thinks We have enough Of them. He
will probably recommend a repeal of
the compulsory coinage clause in his
message this year. Treasurer Wymau
reports pretty fair demand for dollars
at New Orleans. which il unusual this
wear. Owing to the fact that the dol
lars are repugnant 20 the Pacific Coast,
coinage has been almost stopped at the
San Francisco mint
Passenger Rates.
CHInao0. Oct. A special meeting
n the Chicago Railroad Association
vsa hsld Yesterday in reference TO the
,saucfion Of rases between the Missouri
river and the Pacific coast. The follow
inc teleQrsm Was signed by the general
ticket agent of each road represented
and ssnt 70 the general ticket agents Of
the Union Pacific, Northern Pacific,
Atshison, Topeka and Santa Fe. and
Miasouri Pacific roads: 1--WE will at
ones put in effect the rates to San Fran
cisco and Portland, on the understand
inc that on divisions We are to be al
lowed our locals on this business. A
pro rata division wouli give as more,
and a. you are as much interested in
this completion as We are, il Is Ouly fair
that you should be subject to the usual
methods Of divisions in force every
whore. A telegram received here Mon
day from the general ticket agent of the
Union Pacific Railway was supplement
Cd yesterday by the receipt Of another
telegram, stating that the clause limit
ing first class tickets to Portland via
San Francisco and steamer haa been
cancelled. The $95 rate is unlimited by
ell routes.
Yellow Fever.
WASHINGTON, Oct, 4.-SurQeon Gen
e9xl Hamilton of the Marine Hospital
Service today received letter from
surgeon Main of Brownsville, Texas, in
which serious approximations are ex-
pressed concerning the importation OF
yellow fever into the United States from
Mexico. Especially is tho scourge to be
dreaded on the Pacific coast, says DIR.
Main, for 1t Is extending north along
the Gulf of California and nearly all the
coast cities Of Mexico are afflicted TO an
alarming extent owing to the improper
sanitary regulations and lack Of nurses
and physicians. Victims in many case /,
are dying from neglect and survivors
are all fleeing in every direction TO get
away from the pest. Rigid quarantine
regulations arc commenced along the
Mexican border for the disease, IL il
said, 70 following the bee line Of COM
merce. One soldier at Camp Hauchauha,
Arizona, has already died OF the yellow
fever and numerous casea are in Sonora
and adjacent territory. Western trains
Aud travellers coming east, it is urged
BY Dr.. Main, should be subjected to
careful examination, and he does not
disguise ID In this communication that
great danger is to DO feared.
Worthy ~ Butter.
BosroN. Dot. 4.--A novelty in the way
Of canpaign documents II to be scat
tered by the Butler negroes headed
"RaQular Republican Ticket" Il is
printed In ballot form ON material
cuticle tanned and dressed. II hears
the names for State officers Of gentle
men prominent In the Tewksbury aims
house, Boston, Fred l.. Ames, Ezra
Baker, aud N. Adams, Jr.
Railroad News.
The Directors of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company left Boston yester-
day for q tour Of inspection of the line
OF the Utah Il Northern, with view 10
fts extension via Salt Lake and westward
IA San Francisco.
The Gail h fer sansmy.
DErRorT, Dot. 4.-Of TAG leading
Democrats Of Michigan who have been
interviewed regarding their Presidential
preferences, 2S3 favor Tilden and IL
Butler.
Changes ef Time.
Bosr0N, Dot. At noon Sunday the
railroads comprising the lines between
Boston and Montreal. with the exoop-
ton Of the Boston and Lowell road,
which will adopt the system a week
later, will begin running traina On East
eru standard time--that OF the 18th
meridian. THIS 10 l6 minutes slower
than Boston tinaev which has heretofore
been the standard. Il II expected that
before the Gloss of October most Of the
roads Ia the United States east Of Buf
falo and in Canada east Of Detroit will
adopt the 18th meridian time.
mangesl.
PrrTsBusa, Dot. A.-James McStein
was hanged this morning in the yard Of
the county jail.
The dts1i Service Cemmlssisa Fed.
ser's Optnien.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4.--1he Civil Ser
viCe Commission has notified tho heads
Of the various departments in this city
that the Commissioners will order that
tbs last persons eligible to appointment
AMONG the several States and Territor
lea, b provided by the civil service law,
In advance, with q certiication OF names
10 the latter for their selection, 50 that
when the application IL made 60 him,
the head OF the department will mot be
troubled 10 determine whether or not
the quota Of the State OF Territory has,
been filled before making his appoint
ment.
Secretary Folger said tonight that he
bad mot yet expressed any opinion ~ to
what step Congress should take in the
matter OF providing bonds 10 be used ia
the National Banks in securing thcir
circulation In placs Of two per cents
being called In. The Published state
msnt that be had declared hims II In
favor Of the issue Of too per cents long
bonds and Of the purchase Of four pei
cents as premium. or the substitution
Tor them OF lower rate bond, be said
were made without authority, add
ing that Il would be absurd for him d
a11sFt any such preference in advance
ef his annual report. He said many
eueRsstions had bean made on the sub.