Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-10-16
EASTERN NEWS.
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-, n;sco. in the wholesale cloth
enspensed, with liabilities
uS va There are rumors as yet ur-
lVo,a NJ a still larger failure in the
"a line. 90 tho e,snenaion
ny ny. Indictment for $7S0.Co0 had
sshssined against his brother Ed
n Us Can Francisco, where the latter
20 ill.,. ~ of the branch house. This
q cn" was against his brother in
ldually and did not anect the niih-
s;sors ia New York becoming
,msd, Hyams made an assignment
sgoid any attachments. Liabilities
his CITY he said would not amount
more than $55.0O0 and IN San fran
- nrobably not more than *lO,oOo:
"A ANS was positive that the hrm could
no cents on the dollar and that the
,hIe would be merely temporary.
a = assets he said would have TO come
=, San Francisco. Business prefer
"a ip assignment are x25O,0Oo.
The Deaver Il Rio Grande.
Nyv YORK, Oct. 1.-THE directors of
Denver and Bio Grande Railway
We received the resignation of Vice
esident Myer and elected Aug. EnRier
his place. The syndicate 10 take the
W. Denver securities il composed OF
nhn, Loeb & Co., Lovejoy Worsha ffer,
bnmack, Cassatt, Halgartten, scott
hd Suffer. Stockholders have untl
ctober 30 to subscribe to the new issue
i stock and bonds.
The Day ia WalI street.
Nav YORK, Oct. l5.-StOcks opeLed
-onesr, except for Oregon Transconti-
ntal which opened AZ against Al at
"a of Saturday. oOver 1900 shares
n pressed for sale in early trading.
IA general market improved shortly
itsr the opening aud advanced 1aGH
!, cent. at the first call. The market
sakened on the announcement OF a
Silure in the clothing trade. Ii II ru-
nored other failures ia this trade are
Inminent, as the present improvement
las been lost.
still q Mystery.
Nyw York, Oct. 15.-The tapping of
Il wires of the Western Union Satdr-
40 nv means of which bogus dis
atches we're sent all over the country
nnouncinp false results of the Jerome
bark races, and through which nearly
nndred thousand dollars was lost by
ool sellers throughout the United
Itates. remains as much OF a mystery as
ver.
~. conversational Convention Adj
tOurns.
CoSooRp, N. H., Got. 15.-fhe Con
Lyscational convention adjourned sine
;s The next session will be held in
Jpion Park church, Chicago. October,
SS6.
Rostou Pool Dealers Not Caught.
BosroN, Oct. 15.-rhe pool dealers
vere not caught by the wire tapping on
saturday, although an attempt was
made. Rsber IL Gallagher were called
6pon by man who wanted to make o
,et. but when he found the concern only
aid the next day the visitor declined
bet and went away.
ne PENNY Ieania strike Trouble
Threatened.
BRADFoRD, Pa, Oct. 1.-THE Beech
~ mines, owned by the Rochester
Pittsburg Railroad, started up this
uorning with 160 men without ANY dis
urbance, the presence of Pinkerton's
etectives having good effect upon the
trikers. An attempt will be made to
pen the mines of the company at
5unksatowny this afternoon, and the
Intensive mine at Dubois tomorrow.
The strikers at these points are very
htrong, and it is reported that they will
resist any attempt at resumption. A
dispatch from Reynoldsville reports all
quiet there.
A slight Accident.
BosToN, Got. 15.--The steamer Julia,
Ia small boat chartered to convey pas
|sengers to Providence via the Stoning-
ton line, attempted to enter Stonington
|harbor Sunday morning aud ran ashore,
Knocking hole IN the bottom and
'causing panic among the passengers.
Many donned life preservers and pre-
pared to jump overheard, but order was
RESTORED and, by means Of small boats
land a revenue cutter, the passengers
Iwere landed at Stonington. No one
was injured, but the boat was badly
damaged.
An lmpOrtamt Decision IN the civil
Rights Act.
WASHINGTON, Oct. ia decision was
rendered by the Supreme Court of the
United States today in five civil rights
tions of the civil rights act of March
LIST. They are respectively prosecutions
under the act for not admitting certain
colored persons to equal accommoda-
tious and privileges in inns or hotels,
or railroad cars and in theaters. The
Court holds that Congress had no con-
stitutional power To pass the sections IN
question. under either the thirteenth or
q 49, hu. ct N
ton. The decision, however, Is held To
apply only to the validity In States, and
. not in Territories and the District OF
Columbia, where the Legislative power
OF Congress is unlimited so far "a stat
utes are concerned. The two sections
Of the law above referred to are declared
unconstitutional AMI void. Justice
Bradley rendered the opinion, Justice
Harlan dissenting.
The Scattered Miiilary Family.
WASHINGTON. OCT. l5.--General Sher.
man has selected Colonel Tourtelotte
and Colonel Bacon IA members OF his
staff TO remain with him ia st. Louis
after being relieved from the command
Of the army, until he Ia placed on the
retired Inst. General Poe. Of his staff.
will resume has duties in the Engineer
Corps, and General 1idbali, another
aid-de camp, has been assigned to the
command of the Artillery School at
Fortress Monroe. General Sherman
leaves Washington tonight for Cleve-
land, to attend the reunion of the So
cisty Of the Army of the Tennessee.
A Panic Amenx the Chiidren.
WATERBURY,, CT, Got. 1b.--An alarm
Of fire occurred at the Elm street school
during session. and six hundred chill
dren rushed headleng down the stairs
in panic. Many were knocked down
and trampled upon; one girl had her
collar bone broken; another AN eye bad
" cut; third In insensibie, and several
received internal injuries. Many Others
we're bruised. The DIRE caught in the
waste paper room near the furnace and
was easily subdued.
sabmitted 20 the Castesly sf the
Court.
New YoRK, Got. l5.-Frank X. Sher.
win, arrested in Chicago on proceedings
growing out of defaicatious in State
Treasurer's Office. has submitted 10 the
custody of the conrt at Albany and il
purged of contempt by the courts
here.
The Episcopal Cenveasien.
PHrLDELHHIA, GOT. l5.-rhe genera
convention Of the Protestant Episcopal