Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-14

Union Pacific and abandon y0e no
Grande or whether portion Of then,
would ally their fortunes with the lat.
ter company.
what the Ticker says.
NEW York. Dec. l3.-U. =. Three's,
10l15 as, Az IS, -; American
Express 9811, Central Pacific 6Gs6,
Canada Southern 55ss. Chicago, Bur
linRton and Quincy 2lx. Lake
Shore -, Delaware. Lackawanna
and Western TN, Denver and
Rio Grande 291s, Hannibal and st. Joe
3S14, Kansas and Texas 35as, Louisville
and Nashville ~, Michigan Central
9091.. Northern Pacific 2555zz, Northwest
ern 1914. Ohio and Mississippi q,
Reading SIN. Rock Island -. St. Paul
36s. Texas Pacific 2lls, Union Pacific
1873, Wabash, 1t. Louis and Paciiic
DSs, Pacific 95's l27lfS. Erie 29ss, New
York Central 1914, Pacific Mail 42Is
Panama ", Wells Fargo lis. New
Jersey Central 365z. Western Union
7oat, Petroleum quiet at IA, u. ).
Express 81.
AMsi.Chiaese Legislation.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Il AT An informal
meeting Of the Pacific Coast delegation
this morning the anti Chinese legisla-
ton was discussed, and several PROPOSE
tions to amend the present Chinese re-
stricti0n law 80 as to make evasion iess
easy were submitted and referred with
out being read or discussed. A CON-
inittee was appointed at the meeting
last Sunday 10 draft An appropriate
amendment to the act. The committee
will meet tomorrow to consider the
propositions with reference to it.
Arrested for Murder.
DETROIT, Dec. l3.-Jhlia Reese, Geo.
Bolles and a col0red boy, who we're ar
rested on charge of oonplicity in the
murder of jacob Crouch and family on
November I'D, we're today remanded
.or examination until January 9Th. All
were rvants on the Crouch homestead,
and have been in Jail since the murder.
Trial Postponed.
DALLAS. Tex, Dec. 13.-'rhe prelim-
mary examination of LOhenstein,
charged by the Texas Pacific Railway
with u huge swindle in cotton, has
been postponed for a day or two for
| reasons not stated.
Meaaness lncaPnale.
CHIcAao, Dec. H.-Unknown parties
entered the Jewish synagogue at Gin
ton and Judd streets last night and de-
stroyed the interior ornamentatiOn,
wrenched off the gas fixtures. tore the
| gowns and curtains and utterly wrecked
| the furniture. The cause Of the vandal-
1 10 10 81 oA Ia irva
sponsible persons.
| An Unsettled Market.
| NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-GOvernments
strong, and railways steady. The stock
opened irregular and continued 80
during the forenoon, there being con
tiaued development Ct difference for the
various groups, also for particular
stocks. There appears to have been a
sitting ont movement. In the two
hours from 1890 to 2:30. the general
market was unsettled and fluctuatinR,
but on the whole 4@h per cent. lower
for the majority Of stocks.
oar ulog vtndicaaed BY France Read
Testament Of Pay or Post Masters.
i WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.-Secretary Ere.
linehuysen received today from Minis
ter Morton. Paris, copy of the decree
repeating that OF February 10th, by
, which the importation OF American
pork was prohibited in France, together
with copy of the circular Of the Min
, ister of Commerce., addressed to the
Drefects, informing them Of the decis.
ion taken and simply advising them e
zee that the pork offered to the public
was fully cured.
The Post Master General has callei
on the Attorney General for an inter
probation Of the act Of March B, 1888
providing for readjnstment Of the sal
/. aries of Post Masters according to th'
act Of June 10, 1896. A very largo mum
her of claims have been made by Pos
> Masters for back pay under this act
. The am nut involved Ia variously esti
mated at from two to three million dol
: lars.
Judd Thompson. Acting Deputy Comp
troller Of tho Treasury. wAs strickeI
. with paralysis this afternoon while a
his desk In the Department.
|. IL the oeep.
Puu.ApxLpHIA, Dec. 1a-The schoou
A ara Joaeph Hilton and Earl Potter, an
9 the barks Protector and Fanny H. Lor
1 inu have been given mp for lost Wit
9 their crews.
I. As.aSnaeeu -lmmense Cattle sale.
e DxSyxs. Dec. 13.-Louis RothenberI
/ proprietor Of the Commonwealth cloth
. mo house. vss attached today for $3.50
{ and immediately thereafter assigned I
r.. Witkousky. Tho liabilities are ga
: 600; nominal assets. $4,000.
One Of the largest cattle sales on rel
y ord wns oOnsummated here today.
'e H. 4 Il. w. Snyder 4 Co., of Denve
= bought Ut Snyder Brothers, Ut GeorRt
= :: town, Texas, over 5000 head Of cattl
:. and 400 horsea, for consideration &
AZ &t1O, 600 cash. The former 6rn, NO
~ own nearly 81. COO cattle and 1000 horse
Il During the present year about $50
as calves we're branded IN both herds.
n umpsrsana Cepyrlghs suis.
he WASH orox, Dec. l3.-Ths cass ,
ut the BurrOw- Giles photographic Con
.e .'snv acainat Napoleon s IRONY, =,
"a rroned 81 the United States Sopren
20 T,nrt this afternoon. IL relates 10 q
to nhs,focrAph Of Oscar Wilde. the apoal
in ~ nssfhetic culture, and involves q
ID nueetiou whether copyright acts, % &
Ii a they grant pEuseetiOu 10 photogrAp
It Ara ooasiisuti0nal. Counsel for Saroi
T. ARMED that the latter had ''inventl
i'll ne uicture In controversy; that u
ha had i,oeed Oscar Wilde before came
he and had selected . ooatume - we'll
On ira drauorice and Othef accessories, b.
On arranged said Oscar Wilde in gracei
he nnaitious, which suggested and evok
70. the desired pleNsin9 impression" ID
or counsel maintained, made SarOny 8
i'll author or inventor mot Of tho subject
id tha nSotur0. twas True, bat al the p