Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-11


Homer and Frank Montgomery. A
usual In such occurrences pistols We,
dravn and shooting corn nenced. 81,
Finley lwbite) vas seriously iniure
ana three negroes we're shot: one is dss
and one Is expected TO die. while IN
tsird Was slightly wounded. The Col
,ners jury found that Homer " ~ kille
by Montgomery and Finley, local pol
/ tlciaus.
Furnace Destroyed.
| CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. Dec. 10Th
/ Coosa River furnace at Gadsden. Ala
vas burned TO-DAY. The fire w.sc.us.
by gas blower exploding near me fur
/ mace. lhe shell of the latter il a tot.
wreck. The engine. boilers and 40
cars OF coke were DESTROYED. The lo.
is nearly flID,cp0; no Insurance
Fire at Pine Bluff.
PINE BLUFFS. Ark, Dec. I6.-A firt
broke out 1T O'Clock aud DESTROYED al
the bulldogs on Nam strest facing OF
two blocks.
Jen'. Legacy.
WAsHISGToS. Dec. l0-The Supreme
Court has affirmed tbs jutvmen, of the
court bel " n favor of jefferson DAVIS
In the contested will case of Mrs. Dor
sey, who left her property to DAVIS.
Wall STREET Qnoia,ions.
NEW YoRK. Dec. lot. =. Three's
1904; as, IA; As. &tI: American
Express 1914. Central Pacific 67aL
Canada Southern GA Chicago, Bur
iington and Q1lncy 223+. Lake
Shore l0l, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western 211., Denver and
Rio Grande 41.. Hannibal and St. Joe
|o1, Kansas and Texas 2la-, Louisville
and Nashville ~, Michigan Central
3iI, Northern Pacific njla, Northwest
ern 1875, Onio and Mississippi 27l.
ReadinR a q, Rock Island l5l&. St. Paul
~. Texas Pacific 2l2&. Union Pacific
S2es, Wabash. ST. Louis and Pacific
IN. Pacific 3j's l27. Ere 30!5, New
York Central los, Pacido Mai AZ.
Panama ~, Wells Fargo l6l1. New
jersey Central S41s. Western Union
49,, Petroleum firm at 49,.
Inc money market ~ easy at 2ld25%
per cent; closed offered at per cent:
prime mercantile paper Jd61a per cent;
sterling ex ih.nge bankers bids, 4.sl4
sterling exchange demand, 4.84l4.
Three Cent. Per Mile.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-The bill in
regard 10 Pacific railroads provides that
after forty days from ne passage Of the
act II will be unlawful for those com-
panies To charge more than three cents
per mile for first-clas passengers, two
cents for second class and one and a
Aalf for third class.
OTHER BILLS.
FULLY introduced bill declaring for
feited all unearned land grants in Cali
'orDia, aud PaysOn one declaring for
'eited land grants of large number of
'oads involving many millions of acres
If land. The names of rods and
involved were as follows
Texas Pacific, 100000 acres Califor-
liz. Arizona and New Mexico, Gulf and
Ship Island, Tuscaloosa and Mobile,
Mobile and New Orleans, aggregatiug
10000 acres ; Savannah and Albany,
INVOLVING 100000: Iron Mountain and
Arkansas, 10000: Memphis and
10000; Mobile a al Girard. !
~, coo Ontario and st Ate Line. l42.-
90; Oregon Central. 10000 Eiyton |
nd Boards Bluff, $4,000: Oregon and |
california. and California and Oregon. |
lnpatented land, i,l6S,0O0; Northern |
'tciiic, from Wallula to Portland, |
10000; New Orleans ard jackson. |
5000; Iron Mountkin and Missouri. |
vi 600; part Of the Atlantic and Pa
tic, east of Albuquerque and west of |
1ojave. 1000, 600.
Tue Senate, without important action,
djourned.
shipwrerk.
DETROIT, Dec. i0.--The steam barge |
Enterprise sank IN Lake Huron this |
corning, and seven lives were lost.
James and particulars are not yet |
nown.
LATER.-The barge Enterprise, which |
unk on Lake Huron this morning. at
II carly hour, WAS coming down in tow |
( the tug Balize. When tiis side of |
'ort AUSTIN shs signallsd the tug that
he WAS sinking, and went down three
minutes later. OF the thirteen men on
Jard, six went down and we're lost.
even others got aboard the BAliZr. bat
he second engineer died soon after.
he WAS of 303 tonnage and at the ti.ie
he went down carried cargo valued
{ $4,000.
An Awf ul Experience.
LACROSSE, Wis. Dec. lO.--Some bows
laying about haystack III this city |
ariy this afternoon discovered the |
form of Louis Auourson. Ii |
ppears that the stack fell on and buried |
lin On November 18th. and that he has |
,een there ever since through some very |
evere weather without food or water. |
IL IL mere skeleton, but able to speak, |
nd il IL believed ho will survive.
Nera, tous Business.
BosroS, NJ ,ss.. Dec. l0.-Rela.ive TO |
he ''gravey ard insurance At Fall Kiv- |
n 1t ~ claimed that there has been col |
usion between the two medical exam |
ners. the agents and others for the |
,ast three years. Broken down drunk |
lrds, oDnsumpt ives and unhealthy per.
ons were insured for sums ranging |
rom $1,000 to 5000. and physicians, |
agents and others would hold the poll |
lies till death eusnei and then pocket |
he insurance. or sell tia policies to rum |
ellers, who would give their victims |
'nough rum u hasten their death, and |
hen collect the insurance.
silver Dollars.
WAsHIsGroS. Dec. l0.-Tle issue of
ilver dollars for the week ended De
'embef Sth was S52l.33S, for the same |
lime last year $l,lS9 800.
An Ofirtai Resigns Reports.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l0.-Amos Web |
,ter, Chief Clerk of the Treasury De
pat rient, rendered his resignation as
Adult tnt General of the militia of the
District OF Columbia to the Secretary
If War.
The agricultural reports will not he
ready for publication until to morrow.
Indiana IL the front.
The Representatives. in Congress from
Indiana held conference tonight to
agree upon the best means of present
ng the National Republican Committee
W Wednesday the claims of indianapolis
~ the place for holding the Republican
next year.
Ctrtsuiaaisy FWs 10 Good
NEwBuRa, n. Y, Dec. l0.-Rev. Wm
NJ. DeHart. Rector of ST. Andrews Epis-
copal Church, at Walden, publishes a
Gard ia regard 10 the difference with
his Pensioners which lead TO the Rec
tors resigning. He says that the dis
pute that he interfered in. WAS between
husband and wife. the former striking