Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-06
EASTERN NEWS.
ISOLATED PRESS DISPATCHES
Iecfnre ON Alaska.

r,,TEp PRESS DISPATCHES.
Lecture on Alaska.
nv,putA. March 4. A mass
l.;na Of the Women's National In
nsI ssociation was held in the Asso-
aia .;on Hall last night, 20 listen to an
cia a.sss Inv Rev. Sheldon Jackson on
a1u. He said Alaska was worse OF
Aiass han when under the despotic rule
soUn rssia. for thea it had some govern
Of and education. but now it has
vhatever. An earnest appeal for
lands WAS made by the chairman, and
,.sa.oln,ions were adopted asking samuel
Randall favorably to report bill
s,,hodying the Secretary Ut the lnte-
.;o,,s suggestion as to such support for
schools in Alaska
The Dakota TIN Discovery.
rvu YORK, March 4.-The San says:
". that the layers Of tin ore in the
M.,sv Park district of the Black Hills
"a demonstrated to be practically in
a.bsustible, block tin, which costs now
tom k:YJO to $4O0 ton. can be pro-
snned At the new Dakota mines for less
I'm gao a ton. Keeping in view that
- ;mport something like *25,OO0,O0
9Th of tin every year, and that with
,hs Growth of the canning industry,
sonsnmptlon is constantly increasing,
,bs importance of the discovery becomes
self evident.
A startling Possibility.
Nyw YORK, March 4.-The Heratd
savs. 1T would be curious to inquire
I'm, inpossibie to ascertain, how many
81 the lJO.0O0,00O silver dollars now in
c,rculation or Icposing in the Treasury
vanIts. have come from the Birmingham
,nannfac,urers. There is nothing to
nrsvent John Chinaman ordering from
birmingham few million dollars of
the precise weight and standard fine
ness. Identical in every respect with our
crescent coinage of silver dollars, ami
rhich the Collector of Customs or the
secretary of the Treasury, or the N aster
Of the Mint himself, could not say had
ne, been coined in the Philadelphia
mint. They would come in az returned
American CON-"
Fentan Speeches.
Nyw YORK, March 6. -Speeches were
made at a meeting at the Manhattan
branch of the Irish Natio lal League
last night by Colonel ShacklefOrd and
AssembIyman Hageer,y. The general
opinion expressed by the speakers WAS
that the Irish in America had nothing
to do with REFRESHING extreme measures
resortad to in England. They could
we'll appreciate the motives actuating
men who had been aroused to suoh Il
pitch. Said Shackleford am in
favor of dropping dynamite from bal
looms upon every city and village in
England, if it will carry out ITeland's
aim and gain her liberty. England has
resorted to measures Just as cruel, when
for instance, she blew Sepoys from tho
mouths OF her cannOns, and now she
deserves no sympathy. when she Is forced
to take hel own medicine"
Union Pacific Report.
New YORK, March 5.-The annual re-
port of the Union Pacific shows the
earnings to be $2l 600 600. a decrease of
1880, 600 as compared with last year.
The income from other sources WAS
f2GG0,OOO operating expenses were
$l0,GGS,0OO
IdahO's New Governor.
PHILADELPHIA, March 4.-Jndge Bum.
ldaho's new Governor, was yesterday
seen by Press reporter, clad in fault
lsssly fitting attire, a "Tedero" hat on
his light locks. With his bOyish face
and slim, though we'll knit frame, he
did not appear rs though he was in
tended to tread the rugged hills of
Idaho.
"Why, they'll call you the dude Gov
ernor," said one of his friends.
Well, you bet your life that before
30 days they'll find Pm Governor. A
Governor should govern. That il what
they want me for, suppose. and tn 1t 8
what I'll do. don't know more than
four men the entire Territory, but
I'm willing know every one if they
will lot me. Ina going there to stay, il
it suits my IA nily. Ihave large mining
interests there that may render my stay
more profitable than the salary the posi-
ton commands"
Judge Bnnn served during the war in
the Seventy second Pennsylvania, and
was wounded.
AbscOndin Ouniy Treasurer.
NoRwALK, Ohio, March On. q. Van
Fleet, the county treasurer of Huron
county, abscOnded last Saturday and
has not been heard from since. His
cash is short from $4,000 TO $GO, 900.
His bondsmen are good for the amount
taken. 1t is thought he is in Canada.
Berth Of senator Payne's Brother
DAYTON, Ohio, March 5.-Edward ID.
died today of paralysis.
More Of TeIIcr's Wirkedlsess.
ST, LOUIS, March "a suit for d.
VERGE has been instituted by Frederick
". Eddeke against his wife, Nancy l..
Fiddeks. Mrs. Fiddeke il the landlady
Of the house where Teller. the Pacific
Express robber, boarded. The petition
alleges adultery between Teller and
Mrs. Fddeke.
No new developments in the express
robbery case.
The stock List.
NV York. March 5.-U. 3. Three's,
lol; VS., ll3ia A, 123s[; American
Express %, Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy 24i4 Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western @l., Denver aud Rio Grande
M, Hannibal and st. Joe 3S1a. Kan
ss and Texas Ol4, Lake Shore 3l1a,
Louisville and Nashville 1884 Michigan
central ~, Northwestern 1894, Oregon
lranscontlnental 1913 Oregon X. and N.
VA Oregon Improvement ~, Rock
Island 2l}s. st. Paul 92i4, Panama "a.
Texas Pacific 1875. Union Pacific 81 S,
United States Express 81, Pacific 1's
=. Canadian Pacific Ah, Erie PAN
New York Central IN, Pacific Mail
o, Wells. Fargo Il Go. 10, Western
onion ts4. Canada Southern, AIS,
central Pacific COS. Petroleum 100.