Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-05
EASTERN NEWS.
soc,ATEp PRESS DISPATCHES.


Liquor Warehouses.
49,, yoRK. April 3.-After various
ferarces. a plan has been proposed
licking to the inauguration OF an ex-
.snsive warehouse system under the
tensi os NJ the Dls,illers' and Wine and
Sf;. exchange. with a capital OF 81
sPitnono N he increased to $4,000. go
49, 49, the system proposed, owners of
UuuI L, who have their goods in ware
snoaS under the supervision OF tie EX-
change. will have a greater sense OF Sc
cua ;.s than under the present method.
Tampering with gaoas Will ne an I'M
feasibility under tue new plans, as 1t
r. a, present, when the eooos are IN
$50 a. states bonded warehouses. II
ia proposed that committee of the
R;st;llers' Wine and Spirit Exchange
shaIl have control OF tue Ne" ofeaniz /
"'n Murdered and Robbed.
w,pRy,gURG. No. April 3.-On Mon
aov the BODY of man nanRled ty
TAIN. was found on the railroad track.
II now appears that deceased was Carl
steidle. supposed 10 BE from Ere, Penn,
uho was travelling westward. Al Seda-
la Mo. he fell in with young man
named Hamilton. The latter telegraph
"a IN his brother TO meet him ~ war
.unbnro. These brothers en;iced Stsidle
% the outskirts of the town, murdered
and robbed him. and placed his body on
.ha track. The Hamlltons were arrest
81 today. and are now in jail. ii hey
have confessed the crime, which was OF
The most brutal tire. The feeling
.na;nst them il intense, and threats of
lynching are heard.
p.,lmxn service ON the Mixican Cen.
trail.
CT Louis. April 81. II. "ickes,
.rre,inteudent of the Pullman Palace
Car Company, has gone to FL Paso, and
Saturday next will inaugurate the Pull
n"an palace Car service on the Mexican
central. The Pullman Company now
hos fifteen cars at FL Paso, which will
Lave Saturday, and the service there
afisr will be daily. The Mexican Cen
raj Railroad is now open for business,
and General Superintendent Robinson
vishes this palace Car service To com
mence at once. u. Parker, general
traffic manager of the Mexican Central
Railroad, is now at Boston arranging
through rates from st. Louis to the City
0f M0XICO. Ht tiillC ifcih u'tC - -
ninety. six hours at first, but will be
shortened before long. The distance Is
1880 miles.
Heavily Fined.
CHICAGO, April 3.-Four members of
the Peterson family, who made brutal
assault. on a dressmaker for being ~ IN
arrears for rent, were today fined $500
by Justice Foote, who warned them that
they must adopt the methods OF civil
lied countries.
On Walt street.
NEW York, April ACHIEVEMENTS
strong: railroad bonds firm. In the
esriy dealings stocks were strong and
advanced Il to q per cent, Western
Union, Union Pacific, and Pacific Mail
being the strongest. Before midday the
inward movement was checked. and a
weaker feeling set in. From this time.
and until the close, lower prices were
the rule. Speculation was adversely AT
fected bv reports of failures in the
grain trade in Chicago and Liverpool.
and rumors that the Chic tc". Burllng
ton and Quincy and Union Pacific con
ference al Boston today was not har-
monious. The net result of the days
trading WAS general decline IN active
stocks. Union Pacific of IL. Oregon
Transcentinental and Pacific Mail of l.
and others of less than per cent. Ru-
mors of the failure of Robert Il. Land
blom, one of the largest grain specula-
tors in Chicago. were both asserted and
denied and reasserted and REDEEMED
this afternoon, and had some effect to
cause decline in stocks. though he
probably had no interest in stocks
Boston advices state that the funds
necessary for the payment Of the Oregon
and TranscOntinental loan of 81 200 900
which natures next Wednesday. have
bcen secured.
After the Bandits.
KEY WEST. Fla, April THE war
ships Vandalia and Swatara and the
revenue cuttel Boutwell, sailed from
here today to assist the revenue cutter
Dix in the search for party OF Cuban
+. bandits. The Spanish Consul believes
that small party from here were to
meet larger one from Mobile and New
Orleans.
The Railway Conference.
BosroN. April 4.--The Chicago. Bur
lington & Quincy and Union Pacific
railroad conference was i'll session two
hours today. Al the close it WAS an
nounced that nothing had been accom-
pshed. and that the chairman would
call another meeting next week. IL Is
denied that the Chicago. Burlington *
Quincy gave an ultimatum that the tri-
partite agreement must he broken mp.
An Appeal Taken.
VICTORIA. April 4.-The defendants III
the suit of Sawell IL Co. owners of the
wrecked ship Thrasher, against whom
Judgment has been entered for $4,000
BY the Supreme Court of Canada, h ave
taken an appeal to the English Privy
Council.
Improving.
BERLIN. April 4.-The Emperor's con
ditlon Is improved.
The Proposed Home tor Confederate
Soldiers.
NEw YORK. April 4.-General Grant
being invited to preside over the meet
ing 10 be held here under the auspices
Of the soldiers of both armies OF the late
civil war. to raise funds to build homes
TOT disabled Confederate soldiers. writes
General Gordon promising his support,
financial aud otherwise. General Grant
adds: Il am in hearty sympathy with
the movement. and would be glad tn &C
cept the position of presiding officer.
do not. you may rely on me, how
ever, rendering all tho aid in my power
10 carrying out the designs of the meet
ing"
COMPRESSION