Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-26
EASTERN NEWS.
ASSOCIATED PRESS pisrA''hh
A, Exciting Time.


voex April PA restitution Of
NEW - the Nineteenth Assembi,
isrei ASSOCIATION recommending the
Distnc.. of Arthur for President ex
pon'pI ohn F. Frazer to insinuafe tha'
cited 'o in a degree answerabie foi
ARM, Garfeld's death. A doz "a
Presiosn leaped to their feet and
nsmvei that he was liar and not nj
shoo's- rosmber Of the party. The res
20 or vas then adopted.
"' Forced to Confess.
oxvrrry. No, AUril "a While
hAsnsb sriff J. B. Hurley WAS con
Depsg Frank from Pleasant HUI to
ysyina a,ac. a party Of men took 'he
this .,om the officer AMI strung
psisones evaral times until he confessed
bln w ,,nrderei Carson At Pleasant
20 W rsbruary. They then returned
hin :" the deputy, and tbs prisoner -
nov in JAIL.
~. Railroad Conference.
cu,c,co. April 25.-lhe conference
Cn IL, the Burlington and Lnion Pa
- oficials and Of the roads In the
cinS a,h tyuuk line association was CON
ssd This afternoon. The main de-
cIuuVs g., an anlcable adiustmeut OF the
talls ~, d;fficulties, agreed upon. pro
pls ,h., the Union Pacific and Buslinp-
,ao Fan settle the mhtte' OF percentages
g., nooling competitive COLORADO ana
N..,aska business. aud An aoipnrh-
W., Vas taken to give them An oppor
unity to do 10.
To gorm n League.
p.srros April 4.-Chas. +. Adams,
Inn Quincy Adams. Charles X.
~ C.amsn and acme 10 others, have IL
III call for meeting here on April
sth. 70 form league. The Call SAYS;
.Tbs present enormous surplus In the
...;onal revenue IL demoraiillng and
aancsrous: that IT should be cut down
u,,bou, further delay, not by increasing
snhI;c ~ pendi,nre, but 10y lesssnIng the
g.sdsn of taxation: that this burden
IIanld be removed from the necessarles
- lie aud not from whisky and to-
ea.co and that the policy Of taxing
;n.or,s. no. for the purpose nt raising
..y.pua. bat for obAtructing trade. Ii
.nsouud. aud must ultimately be aban-
doned."
The stock Market.
Nyv York. April 25.-U. :. lhrces.
m. as. ll3l. As, 1893. Pacific
az Iyg: American Express NJ. Chi
.sgo, Burlington and Quincy 81 Cen
tai Pacific IS. Northern Pacific u.
Sor,hsrn Pacific preferred a., North
.sstern l3sI. New York Central IL,
Pacific Mail 49,, Panama 80, Texas Pac
laA. Union Pacific 67I, Wells Fargo
n Western Union G6A. Lackawanna,
~ Denver and Rio Grande l4as
Michigan Central 81, Oregon Trans
continental 1871, Oregon Railway and
Navigation 20, Oregon Improvement
70, Rock Island 1874, Erie 1874, Lake
Shore g61t, st. Paul s3s4 United States
Erprsss 90, Hannibal and st. jos 3s1aa
Canada Pacific 1914 Canada Southern
49,. Kansas and Texas l51s. Louisville
and Nashville 46$I. Petroleum tirnsr
at Sc.
The Money Market.
New YORK, April 25.-Money easv at
2psr cent, closed offered at "a; prime
mercantile paper, 4fd51a per cent; stsr
ling exchange, bankers bills, steady at
As7s.; sterling EXCHANGE, demand,
4ss1s.
specie shipments.
Ngw YORK, April 25.-The specie en-
Qsee,nents for Saturdays steamers are
$4,000 in bars and coin.
Meniioned for Minister 10 Germany
PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Colonel NJ
Richard Muckie of the Ledger is men
toned as American Minister at Berlin.
He says If offered the position ne would
have to take the matter into consldera-
ton in view Of personal matters. Col.
Mu0kle speaks the German language.
He was first brought into correspond.
ence with the Government of Ger
many through his effort TO relieve the
distressed widows and orphans of those
slain in the war with France, when
nearly $4,000 WAS sent to Germany.
Col. Muckls interested himself IN be
half Of the S,rasburg library, and has
succeeded in collecting between 10000
and II 600 volumes.
Resembling PIenrO.PneumOnia.
PlrrsBURG, April pa disease re-
xmbling pleuro pneumonia has broken
Veterinary surgeons pronounce II con-
taeious, and have recommended Gov.
Patterson to quarantine the district.
The Heirs Appealed.
BosroS, April 25.-rhe will of Mrs.
Valencia q. Stone. of Maiden. who left
about $50 0Oo for religious and chart
able purposes. was admitted to probate
tadav Tho baira ANNA .l.A
Found Guilty.
HUNTERS PoIsT, l.. l., April D.
Charles W. Ruga. the Ling Island as
saasin, was found guilty of the murder
Of Mrs. Maybee and daughter ut Oyster
nay. motion for a new trlal was de-
MED, and he will be 81 sentenced Monday.
Suspension or Lottery Company.
LOUISVILLE. Ky, April 2s.-The Hen
~ College Lottery. when has been hav-
ing 10 much ou,le with the postal au-
snofitles, las suspended operations.
lie officers claim that the lottery can
mol be operated under existing laws.
Inc company Is supposed to have lost
considerable money.
Reasonable strikers.
BUFFALO. April 25.-The strikers in
.ue stove foundry of Sherman $. Jewett
resumed work at l., per cent. reduction
10 wages. being satisfied after a confer
shce with the tirn that the reduction
vas necessary.
Disposal or an Estate.
BALTIMORE, April 25.-The will of the
.s1 minister, Jas. Z. Partridge, has
oeeh hled for probate. He left his en-
ale estate to two sisters. and after their
deaths and the deaths OF all survivors.
the Protestant Episcopal Church
Maa innfmary, to be known as the An
u,e Marie Partridge fund.- iu memory
VI us wife, and to be used To support
"ui9ent sewing girls
On Wall street.
NEW YORK, April 25.-Governments
urn; railways lover. At the Stock Elk
yuahee There WAS great excitement in
noa,'hg and Jersey Central. aud "A
Msea Oppression III the prices OF these
s''eAs. Transactions in Reading reach
'Ie enormous total of 900 shares.
t 90 opened fraction higher at 10,
=, ,eu ~ gu 10 MA, rallied to Al. and br oke
ss1h N Jersey Central sold down froe,
10 81, recovered To sls.. and broke
w.. ~. The heavy selling in these stocks
Pss ntoueht about by reports that the
ams was financially embarrassed
;,,s would have to sacrifice some secur-
nv nv III 'ts treasury TO meet pressing de
,sa anus In final dealings Jersey Cen
,r a' rallied from ~. to 49,. and Read
sh., .'otn '5's to 49,. In other active
Ssas Tue market WAS comparatively