Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-07
EASTERN NEWS.
oc,,rEp PRESS DISPATCHES.

sea' March BIT is leaned that
CHICAGO, at;no of the Executive Com
sphvaV .hs v estern Export Associa-
uittee o. Ealing all the distilieries IN
doa: eoi Gas held here today, at which
aH ua to reduce tue prediction OF
uacaps' 10 per cent. belos the present
vhlsky t,er Nav lat. Inc committee
bass ai had returned frem cincinnati,
shicn 1a .bat the distillers there had
nporssa % the extent Of $4,000. and 1t
safe,eo u A. 10 levy tx of 5 cents per
US Der the capacity of other mem
hsbei on ,hs pur Jose Of making the
asses good
, Iowa. March 5.-Workmen
NlSlo'' been boring hero for petrol
sho sa, The past month, struck Oil To-
sun 10, syine Quantities. There is much
sIsi.smens. . ..,.
yoRK. March 5.-Arthur Dudley
NEW law partner of Perry Belmont,
'satuE.;oned in a police court today
vas iha,ge of perjury, preferred by
GA HANSON, former Law partner
bfss.u; Arthur. The arrest grew
q long standing litigation be
ooI y. IN. rarties over check for 800.
tseen no Venton TO complainant on pay
p'ea t NV loan, and which was refused
l u'S presented for payment.
Oerrauding the state.
,-.;,F Dupan, Superintendent of
A,morles, and Jos. }. GerOw, a
W. ssstkeeper employed by Thos. Dobbin,
~ vbn,s n, Y, were arrested on a
&c If defrauding the State out Of
aans sums of money. Both were re-
sssed on bail.
The Union Pacific Report.
ysu York. March G.--In accounting
Tho reduction in its earnings as
o,ared with the preceding year, the
" '.nr, NJ the Union Pacific says: The
, sa.;nsss depression in Colorado for the
a,sater part of tho year, together with
,ts division of Montana trafiic with the
N",thern Pacific Railroad aud the en-
,.s aversion from the lines after Sep
,smber 18th Of the passenger business
ss.vssn Oregon and Washington Ter
.;,o,v and the East, caused large loss
!" the passenger business. On the
Union division during the last seven
nont.s of 1888, there was a reduction
Ig5 per cent. from the rates previously
IN force on all the company's lines In
Kansas. but the local traffic resulting
i,om the development of the country
,diacent to the railway considerably OK
ssded the amount Of this loss and but
IA, the reduction in rates Ia Colorado
and Utah arising from the completing
At rival lines and the failure - agree
anon rates, the gross earnings would
have been largely in excess OF those OF
,hs prsvious year. The latter of these
nosss has now been remedied and with
the maintenance of present rates and
,bs continued increase Of traffic, tho
ross and net earnings for 1884 should
shsw very favorably when compared
Nth 1888. Tho results of the years
business in transportation Of freight in
dicate that rapid progress IL being made
10 the settlement of the country and the
dsvelopment of mining and industrial
nisrprises along the lines Of tue com
Any's railway.
A Heavy suit.
CHICAGO, March 6.-Arnoid Heap, W.
Woke and j. W. Finnev we're yester
Ay made defendants to a xlO,OOO suit
/ It the instance of W. II. EversOn and
| theodore IL. Bryssn. The latter are
xners of the Malvina mine at Boulder,
| COL, and engaged defendants to put
| he stock on tho market. Ii 1000
Aares were sold tho defendants we're
! 10 be mado directors III the company.
Z they sold 1000 shares, but claim to
lave return Il the res, to the plaintiffs,
] This the latter deny, and bring suit to
/ voover the value of the unsold stock.
Willard aud 1lis Fortune.
NEw YORK, March 6.-ThOugh Vii
ard WAS supposed to have lost every
I hing he had in the Northern Pacific
j Railroad collapse, there have been nu-
ssrous side speculatiOns IN whloh he
[ US Interested which promise to yield
4 nch profits as To give him IA new for
Mne. One of these was n real estate
steme at Portland, Oregon. Willard.
Isy Gould aud others bought for $4,000
tract Of land near Portland five YEA 4
no. II was left unimproved through
nj the subsequent railroad building
md movements at that point. j. b.
Montgomery, who built the Willamette
River branch of the Northern Pacific
R4ilroad, Was Interested in th, pur-
chase. He told u friend here last fall
that he bad sold lots out of the tract
for suMls aggregating $265. 900, and had
aI sevenths of the tract remaining,
omprising the most valuable portion
.dii.
4 A Denial.
4 BALTIMORE, Md, March 6.--Mayor 1t
.robe publishes card denying the
,hsree made against him by President
Brown and other members of the Dem
cratic City Convention. LatrObe says:
4 The suggestion that ! ever stated that
4 sbarpain or PROMISE had beon made by
ne TO Robert Garrett il untrue in every
q PARTICULAR"
A Pound Party.
NEw York, March 6.-Four hundred
kfsOns, including the leading sporting
1sn and prominent politicians, at z
o'clock this NOR. ing witnessed n hard
gOve fight ut a well known resort on
toney Island between Billy" Grace of
lireen Point and Jack" Dempsey of
New York. The fight WAS for the light
wlght championship. $500 stakes and
as gate money. Grace is % years OF
w. we'll built and weighs l4s pounds.
Dempsey weighs 1873 pounds and is 70
saS OF age. The men were very evenly
aasched and punished each other SO
'fely. Grace threw up the sponge ia
he ninth round.
q Another Mae Disaster.
IL PAso, March News has just
ssa received here of \ terrific accident
'sraay at Preetas mines, Sonora.
@E the most meaRer details are known,
Mas known that twenty men died
Si'sd in one shaft, which is said to
ave caved without moments warn
There is no hope sustained that
,ot the unfortunate miners at work
~ue shaft will succeed in being extri.
N as the cave in was so instantane-
sand complete AS to cut of every
.sas OF escape or preparation on the
~ tue miners to protect themselves
M uey could be dug out. Great ex
S.aeit prevails here pending the re-
T OF kilograms of those known Il
at work III the shaft when
~aocldent occurred.