Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-06-12

tween IL and II the market. fbon,l ..
tive, was weak. prices falling OF Ia y
per cent, southwestern stocks safferlns,
most severely On the downward turn
Aftcr this the market became s.ran,
end shortly before st. Paul. Aiunesots
d Manitoba sold mp per cent. and re-.
manner OF the list 3zfe1. Lister on the
FAILURE OF Nanderhoff, Morrison & Co
STOCK brokers, had n deureSsir,c,
inhnence on the market, ard a decline
OF q per cent. was recorded
In OHIO and Mississippi 4: in Denver
and hio Grande 14td per cent: In the
remainder the market closed generally
nrm, at fractional Improvement:
closing prices compared with those Of
Saturday shoS decline Of 5.taI16 per
cent.
Mining stocks are dull. Sierra Graude
sold at 81 % and 81 -: Bodie. 81: Rob
lnsou a and Is; Sonora 81 to 81: Sutro
Tunnel = to q. Sales for the day were
$3.50 shares.
A Fad Anair-fiye Persons Drowned.
OoDES. June IA Pilot special from
Payson, Utah, SAYS: Five Young people
were drowned In Utah Lake. near BEN
Jamir, about = o'clock las. evening. Two
were children of Richard Yates, lis
oldest son and daughter, aged Is and II
years; daughter o. VIM. Eddy. aged
IA years; daughter IF John Hawkins,
ID years, and a daughter of Isaac Rease.
rs years. All were residents Of Benia-
min. They were out in a boat with
others. The boat began to leak, when
ali rushed 10 one side and tipped il
over. One of the young men saved bis
little brother by pulling him on the
boat. The scene was witnessed BY a
man named Sheppard, who tore another
boat from its inoorings and fastened to
the rescue, and succeeded in saving four
All the bodies were recovered.
Business at the Clearing House.
Boston, June l0.-The clearings at
twenty-five cities for the week ending
Saturday. with percentage of compari-
sons: Total, sl,05S, Or, 69I; Dec. 81,
outside Of Nav York, SIS, 475, 05l; in
crease, 1913. The statement is more
uniformly favorable than for some time
past. The decrease vi ~ per cent. at
New York il entirely attributable to the
smaller volume of stock speculation
than year ago. Boston is the only
important city that does not show n
satisfactory increase. The most remark
able gains have been at Pittsburg, $50
per cent; Kansas City, 77.8 per cent,
and indianapolis, 3o.3 per cent. The
Mark Lane Express, in a review of the
grain trade for the past week, says:
GOOD crops and a vigorous stand
promise we'll for harvest. Crops in poor
land look thin a, d sickly. The demand
is not improved"
The Case OF Cadet Leopoie.
WASHINGTON, June lin the Court
of Claims Chief Justice Drake an
nounced the decision of the court over
ruling the motion for rehearing in the
case of cadet engineer Leopold. The
original opinion is thus allowed To stand
as the matured Judgment of the court
after hearing all the additional facts
and arguments, were submitted by Sec
rotary Chandler through the Attorney
General in his recent letter. The Sec
rotary told'ca engineers that if the
decision we're again i'll their favor the
case will be appealed to the Supreme
Court.
On Saturday last the Navy Depart
ment ordered Leopold to join his sleam-
or, Yankee, which is about to start for
Asiatic regions.
Accepted.
The President accepted twenty-five
miles of the Northern Pacific Railroad
recently constructed in Montana.
secret Meeting.
CLRYELAgo, june ll.-About fifty
presidents. vice presidents, secretaries,
managers and general agents represent
ing as many prominen fire insurance
companies of Europe and America are
here to hold secret conference tomor-
row, the object of which is not revealed.
The sessions will be he'd in the Windsor
club rooms to effectually guard against
intrusion.