Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-12-04

that the certificate Of the Governor OF
Mississippi, certifying to the election OF
Manning, together With the certificate
of the Secretary of State, together with
all ether pagers in the hands OF tue
Clerk of the House touching the right
OF Chalmers TO a seat. be referred to
the committee on elections when ap-
pointed, with instructions to report
without delay, which party. If either, Is
entitled Dr1a1 fscir to ts sworn Ia pend
ing the decision Of the merits Of the
| case. Pending action the House ad-
| journed.
Another Jasne~ trial.
| KANSAS CTR, Dec. 3.--The case Of
Frank James, charged with the Blue
| Cut train robbery depot in ISL. comes
! up 10 the Criminal COart tomorrow. II
| Is considered the defense will have the
trial deferred till early next month.
James, to all appearance, IL nearly III
| mis- usual health.
Pilot Boat Ran Down.
NV YORK, Dec. She steamship
| Alaska, from Liverpool, run down a
| pilot boat about - miles off Fire Island
this morning. The mum Der OF lives lost
! is unknown.
srRted by Law suit.
UTICA IN. y, Dec Be. s. Martin
former business manager of the Boston
Ideal Opera Company, and defendant
in civil suit at Cleveland by Miss
Ober, disrobed in a railroad train early
this morning, and threw out his cloth
ing. There was pinned on it his name,
with a request to hold post mortem.
Martin Was arrested. His mind is up
set.
No Message To-day.
CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-The Presidents
mess age will not be delivered today.
4 Lockout Fails.
CHICAGO. Dec. 3.-Last Friday menu
bers OF the International Union of Cigar
Makers OF this city, TO the number of
1900. notified manufacturers of this city
Of their refusal to work alongside mem
bers Of the Progressive Union. rival
organization. The manufacturers i'm
mediately signed All agreement to shut
their doors this morning against the In
ternational Union. but only thirteen
stood by the compact, and AZ a conse-
quence only about 40 worknen were
SHUT out.
Confesses the Murder
la IONA, y. H., lee o--oifDOu COZ
fesscs to being the murderer of James
Kuddy and child and Mrs. Ford.
Simon says that he killed Mrs. Ford
at 9 o'clock Saturday morning. He did
not attempt to outrage her. She was
killed III drunken squabtle She
showed signs Of life for about ten min
utes, and he made several attempts to
bring her to life. He bscame fright
ened, and chopped the body up and put
1t into trunk and started off to dis
pose of it, tie carried il to kuddy's
house. where he WAS somewhat ac-
quainted. He then loft the trunk in
front of the hoase where it remained
two hours. He took II into the house
about dark, and during the nj hit he be-
came nervous and 20 I'D Mt sleep.
When II came near morning, and he had
no opportunity to dispose of the body,
he concluded upon the plan of killing
the Rudy family and burning the
house, thereby destroying the evidence
of his guilt.
VIII Neither Deny or Affirm.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Dec. '.-Gener 4
Manager Merrill of the Chicago, Mil
waukee d st. Paul road refuses either to
deny or affirm the truth of the state
ment published in Chicago to the effect
that arI agreement had been entered in
to between the Union Pacific and Chi
cago, Milwaukee Il st. Paul and Chica-
20, Rock Island d Pacific roads by
which tho first named road was to turn
over to the others at Omaha all its east
bound business, and the other two to
turn over to the Union Pacific at the
same point all their western bound bus
mess, thus practically cutting loose
from the Iowa pool and almost certain
ly preOipitating war III which
these roads will be on one side
and the Illinois Central. Burlington,
Wabash and Northwestern Oh the other.
General Freight Agent Bird of the Mil
waukee and st. Paul, with tke indOrse-
ment of General Manager Merrill, says:
1--WE have not nor do We intend to take
any steps that will prevent the Iowa
Trunk Line Association" 1t is stated
that papers have been drawn for an
agreement to the above effect to last %
years, but they are not yet signed.
Clark of the Union Pacific and Gable of
the Rock Island are now i'll New York.
Merrill of theMilwaukee and st. Paul will
leave to Join them tomorrow. 1t is said
Tia. agreement will be completed and
signed there.
Clearing House Report.
BosroN. Dec. 3.-The Boston Post
table, compiled from special dispatches
to the Post. from ~ leading clearing
houses in the United States, gives clear
anoes for the week ending December
LIST, with the per centago of compari
sons. Total, S75O,467,sS Decrease,
454.
Opening Of the Week on Wall street.
New YORK, Dec. B Governments
strong. The week opened with firm
market for stocks, and prices in early
transactions advanced 4 to per cent.
Before the first call, however, a weaker
tone set in. aud 10 yer figures prevailed.
Daring the remainder of the day the
decline in prices ranged from /. to q
Der cent There we're rallies at inter
walls, extending At one time to 1sd' =
Der cent but the market left OH lrregu-
lar with some shares at the lowest point
of the day. A compared with S.tur-
days closing prices were down !. to Us
per cent.
The Democratic Caucus.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 3. - The Democrat
ic caucus took place this evening.
silver Coinage.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Silver dollars,
coined during the week ending Dec. lst,
amounted To S3i3, 4SI; for the same time
last year. $500 900. The coinage of the
mints for November WAS 1884 $40, OF
which $33, 30 600 were silver dollars,
Demurrer Sustained.
NEW YORK. Dec. 3.-ln the suit of
William J. Hutchinson against the
President of the New York Stock Ex
change and others. brought 10 recover
$loO. 600 ~ damages for his expulsion,
Judge Barrett decided i'll favor of the
demurrer, saying it was we'll taken:
The demurrer WAS based on the ground
that two causes of action had been inn
properly united "a one case the action
| to set aside the expulsion. also claim
| for damages for statements and charges
agains, Hutchinson which were pub
lished in the newspapers "a made by the
Exchange.
Neesiax Of Smeiter Owners.