Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-11-29
EASTERN NEWS.
,Arrangement to Continue.
aoc,ATED PRESS DIsPATcass.

tne ,sen in session here all forenoon,
pave I've been considering a PROPOSE
snu IN, forward by the Milwaukee and
IioI nj road for a reorsanIZttion OF
o.. nool. under which that company
tn1 =, allowed increased percentage. 1t
wiz On goou authority taEt the Hye
ISL directly Interested. have reached
ar,icable understanding OF the point
~ en-. en-. and tina, continuance OF the
o. ~ il now assured. The details OF the
fg-eerrent are not given.
HabttmaI Criminals.
co,c,co. Nov. 23.-Tne State Legls-
at the last session passed An habit
tuio ,,,iuals act which provides that II
va, ane commits a crime after conVic-
a an 81 a first oifenss, he SHAH DE pan
IT,. IT, On the full extent allotted by tue
Gov snch offense, and tor crime
',,n,,,ed after the second con'lctioh
-. y.ars shalt be added 20 the Iui!
'I,y Under tins statute was ihe
- William Sullivan, VINO nad
a,,,.l mrs. term for shooting at 4 ponce
e. and one fer burglary. ne was
80, ,.r hnrOlarv this time and iHe jury
awarded hun - years.
.nre.ding Of II plague
NV YORK, Nov. % he ir'idoii
T+,,,L says: A party of Morihoh LIS
s,on,ries from Utah have Deer VOL . ...h
.n,ivelv for the last SIX iHoi4'1.a
,vast.rn counties, and We Ee2t'' ~ ~,
,bat ,hev have induced qa''" -.
nr,uber of persOus IN the fui.t 49,,
~ ;oin their religious body Mtii 81
verts have already gone ou' =, 80, 1901
and a still more numerous -
have been baptized pendin2 ih5 ti'iio
when they will be taken 70 1tan ,oi ''io
nrnmised land. IL IL iaihehtto.o 10
think that, after tne exposures VI tHS
Mormon creed, there SUN Is,-iaih III
this country p5Ople capable Oh oeihP
ensnared by the outrageous Netioii7 OF
nlauslble vagabondS who are regularly
dispatched to Europe from CIah III
search of recruits. in America tue
humbug OF Mormonism has long been
30 thoroughly exposed that converts are
rarely forthcoming, except persons
whose room would be considered prefer
able to their company.
New York stock Rates.
NV YonK, Nov, 28.-U. 5. Ihrees
no.. as AZ, Is 223I, Am-rl-
can Express 81, Central Pacific G6ts,
Canada Southern 5l1s. Chicago, Bur
IinOtou and Quincy 2i@5. Lake
shore 100, Delaware, Lackawanna
and Western HIS, Denver and
Rio Grande 2Z5s, Hannibal and ut. Joe
49,. Kansas aud Texas 2312, Louisville
and Nashville 49,, Michigan Central
69Js, Northern Pacific gj1s, Northwest
ern 2iL<, Ohio and Mississippi Va,
Reading 81, Rock Island zOA, st. Paul
975.. Texas Pacific 22i4, Union Paoit C
S6%, q. s. Express ~, Wabash, ST.
Louis and Pacific u y, Pacific bs al95
Erie 20, New York Central lb2s, Pa
c,hc Mail 40, Panama -, Wells Fargo
lG, New Jersey Central 81, Weftern
Union 49,. Petroleum noninal.
scriou, Fire.
KAssAs CITY, Nov. 2S.-An explosion
occurred III the basement Of tue Whole
sale drug house of Meyer Bros. on Del
aware street, near Sixth. about . o clock
this afternoon, aud Immediately tue
bnildinp WAS in flames. The engines
responded promptly, but owing to the
cou,hnstible character of the stock.
could do no more than keep the hr-
within limits of the walls Of the build
ING. Ii was nearly total loss.
The damage il estimated ut over SaOO,-
OOO. The Waterman ~ reported miss
ing.
Northern Pacific Matters.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2S.-the Post Office
has ndvicos that all mail matter going
west over the Northern Pacific is now
distributed before reaching Portland.
Secretary Folgcr has designated Port
land and Port Townsend ns ports at
which imported merchandise can be
4 :. ,.,t t,rn he
United States from British possessions.
Money Market.
New YORK, Nov. 2S.--lhe money
market il easy. Prime mercant,le
paper 5(d6. Sterling exchange bankers
bills dull. 1921; sterling exchange de
mand 4St]5. Governments strong.
Business OF tho Stock Exchange today
dull. Bankers and spectators are
leaving early for the thanksgiving holt
day. From the opening until after l,
the market generally WIS weak and
lower, although the decline except IN
two instances was light. Manitoba de
clined IA. and Canadian Pacific IA.
During the last hour the market i'm
proved. closing at or near the best iigure
of the day except for Canadian Pacific,
which closed per cent off.
village Fire.
WArsRTowN, N. Y, Nov. pa large
FIRE is raging at Cape Vincent. Firemen
and engine have gone hence. AT 3:lf
D. ~, a special says the st. Laurence
Hotel caught fire and now the 9ntIrs
brock il DESTROYED. A high wind pre-
vailed. Total loss.
Free Pass Forgery.
~ Al baa
penger Agent Abbott, of the New York,
Lake Erie and Western Railroad, re
ceived today from the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Company a copy
Of a forged letter purporting tn be from
the general superintendent OF the Erie
line. asking "A pass for Captain John
Marston. Whoever sent out the letter
went TO the trouble to get a letter
head printed and stamp cut. SOFAS 10
give the application the appearance OF
Venuineness. Abbott thinks q pretty ex
tensiye business has been attempted
with Western roads. All are warned
against honoring such applications.
The Excise Law.
Nrw Yoax. Nov 2S.-The police have
made new departure In the excis,
question II has been disc )7arei tina,
by chapter l75 of the laws Ct 1870 an,
conviction for violation of the excis.
law shall forfeit the annual license oi
the person convicted. For thirteen
wears the law has been II dead letter
Today Acting Superintendent Thorn'
issued u general order To Captains di
rscting them to arrest without warran
persons who were found selling hquol
who had thus forfeited their Licenses
A large number of arrests were mad
during the afternoon and evening. Tn
prisoners were held III bail until III
question can be- decided by the courts.
A Railroad Decision.
ALBANY, Nov. 2s.-A decision was an
nounced today by the Board of Riilroa,
Commissioners in the matter of tn
compliant of the Chamber Of Commerc
and others against the trunk lines, al
ieging discrimination against dry good
shipped west. The decision was writte
by COMMISSIONER O'Doanell. Ii sns
tains the compliant against the ,runl
lines and condemns the whole systeI
OF pooling. Is recommends reciassl