Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-19

Adams, yr., viii succeed Dillon A Pre-,
dent This stock did not sympethiz
Win the weakness in the general mar
let. Later In the day il ruled irm =
1bAd76Z. Oregon Improvement ros
~ per cent. TO es1S.
N1sseea aehsss as resa Wvanseu
NEW YoaK. Dec. ls.-The Secretary n
the Board Of Home Mission, of ~,
Presbyterian church says. recardin,
the mission girls school at Fl. Wrauoei
Alaska, that there has been some differ
ence "a to the methods of work. anf
some unpleasantness and excitement IN
t1e school and town, which they depioye
but that the account sent ont from San
Francisco alleging that there b I'd heen
prostitution In the school aud that one
OF TIE missionaries claimed t. be sec
ono Christ Is wholly untrue.
Tse CsisraAs Pesl.
CHICAGO, Dec. ls.-The Colorado pool
met this afternoon, and. after APPOINT
ing committee TO settle the differences
With smelters and mine owners At =
meeting to be held in Denver. ad-
lourned pending the settlement of the
trouble in the Iowa pool. upon which
the Colorado pool depends.
Fszzie Of = Cssfereaee Or the low.
Peel.
CHICAGO, Dec. Is. - An adjourned
meeting Of the Iowa railroad pool.
called = adjust their difficulties and de
termlne whether the existence of tie
association shall be further prolonped
was held this morning. With Representa-
tives OF the Burlington and Northwest
ern only p0tting in an appearance.
Cabei OF the Rock Island and Merrill of
the st. Paul we're represented BY sab
ordinates without power to act beyond
asking an adjournment. which was at
once taken subject to the call Of the pool
commissioner, who vas instructed to
ascertain at the earliest date all man.
ayers who can and will be present. The
failure to hold a session il ascribed 10
the delay on the part Of the Directors of
the Union Pacific TO confirm the tri.
partite contract.
State 81 the Market.
New York, Dec. lS.-Stocks we're
quiet and firm until shortly after 2 o.
N, when Oregon Transcontiueutal and
Northern Pacific weakened. The for
mer sold down to 81 e per cent; North
ern Pacific TO Is; preferred to 56I.
Union Pacific vas astivc and strong at
755l@ 7611. After delivery hour there
WAS a rally but the latter improvement
was lost. The prices of the day then
touched the lowest point, Oregon Navi-
CATION being l05. The market closed
weak except for Union Pacific.
Stock Queaasiens.
New York. Dec. 18.-U. 8. Three's.
IN; AVS, 14t{; "a, 2415; American
Express 9011, Central Pacific s5sI,
Canada Southern 541S. Chicago, Bar
lingtOn and Quincy 211z, Lake
Shore 991S, Delaware, Lsckawanna
and Western l2A, Denver aud
Rio Grande 25A, Hannibal and st. jos
:Bx, Kansas aud Texas 231z, Louisville
and Nashville 48A. Michigan Central
1924, Northern Pacific 257SS, Northwest
ern 1871, Ohio and Mississippi "a.
Reading 81, Rock Island 1874. st. Paul
8ss. Texas Pacific 2O4, Union Pacific
76, Wabash, st. Louis and Pacific
1914, Pacific 95's 27s1. Erie 29sk, New
York Central 1875, Pacific Mail AZ,
Panama 80, Wells Fargo IA. New
Jersey Central S4IS, Western Union
7o4. Petroleum quiet. 1917.
Cssamsssee Work.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l8.--At a meeting
OF the Senate Committee on Finance
the nomination Of Walter Evans TO be
Commissioner Of Internal Revenue was
taken up. The committee reports the
nomination favorably to the Senate.
The Committee on Rules Of the
House met this morning and deter
mined to recommend that two com
mittees be made Of the Educ .tion and
Labor Committee, in order to consider
the two subjects separately one to be
called the Committee on Education and
the other the Committee on Labor. 1t
Was also decided to recommend Com
mittee on Rivers and Hsrbors, and it
was determined to recommend the re-
tenti0n of all select committees of the
last House, except such AZ related to
personal subjects. The Census Com
mittee WAS dropped, also the Committee
on Accommodation for the Congress
sional Library.
The Mayor Or Laredo Arrested.
LAREDO, Dec. 18.-Pablo Quintala,
Mayor Of New Laredo, Mexico, was ar
rested b detachment Of the Fourth
Mexican cavalry, on charge of insti :
eating the recent train robbery on the
Mexican National Railway.
Another Howl.
SALT LAKE, Dec. 18.--The church or
gan tonight bitterly attacks the dead
Congressman Haskell of Kansas. It
claims that it was n Judgment of God
on him for opposing this people. and
hopes he will meet forgiveness for his
opposition to the M0rmons.
stranger than Fiction.
DENvKR, Dec. l8.-Last Saturday Mary
Kofford called on DR.. Rose, a prominent
dentist Of Leadville. and made the start
ling requesy that he furnish her with
poison which could not be astoeted by
autopsy. She offered $500 40 cempen-
satioD, reluctantly admitting that she
wished 70 get rid Of her husband, Hans
Ko6ord, in order that her hush snd's
brother, of whom she Was euamOred,
and herself might together enjoy the in
.ursnce Of $500 which her husband car
led. After making An appointment to
meet both at his office last evening, the
Doctor arranged with the police and
several interested insurance men to be
present, but concealed them. At the
interview the whole diabolical plan Was
made known, and immediately the par
ties were arrested and jailed. They are
all Danish. The youngest brother In GO
years Of age, and the woman 50.
The Chineae Dademniiy RuaA.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 18.-Bills are about
10 be introduced in each House Of Con-
gross 10 send back to China the indem-
nifty fund Of $50, 900 paid years ago on
account Of damages to American resi-
dents during the insurrectioa in Can
ton. The Chinese government has never
made q request for the return Of this
money, bat Minister Young states that
there 10 deep feeling over the matter
in the Flowery Kingdom.
-. ksals ueses.
ST. LouIs, Dec. IA number OF
prominent citizens held meeting to-
night and took preliminary STEPS 20 Oh
tain the holding Of the next Democrat
National CONVENTION in this city.
w. j. Pearsou, Postmaster OF Bains-
vile, Ark, was found dead In his room
At the Hotel Barnum last night. Il was
supposed that he ad suicidod, but an