Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-20

Sfns- i"lt nashville. Tearing that kvar
would turn States evidence. Lidfel
learned from Frank James that ,h4'
! had p@rpeir4ted = robbery on ta.Y
southern trip. Ihe d-~rriptlou Ciyer
| hy witness Of the men and horses tatll-s
| With tina, given bg vitne-4 z. ndon YES
| terdsv. IF the Nu-ssl Shoals rusb.-.
except A. 20 the color OF Frank fam~ :
beard. he case ~ - far regarded a.
weak for the prosecution.
On Wall street
NEw YORK. April l3.--Goverumeut'
| quiet: stocks opened generally a small
ffacsIou higher for the majority Of the
active stocks Northern P4c .fie Wa :.
higher. In the first fifteen rninu'e.
there y IS further advance of : t. :.
hut from Itri.J =. N. until near noon.tn
market was dull. aud dropped gradual
| " under the hatnulsrInQ 90 ropn trad.
era Shorty after $3.50 the bears a,
| tackled Union Pacifc. aud stared the
rep 1T that oUlzg to A d-creas - in earn
ms II would pass the next dividend
u report WAS emphatic lily d-4Isd nv
the Union Pacific officials. bat before
ih~ denial became know, jhe raid hsd
gathered strength and Union Pacific
Gas Depressed : pr cent. u .Lja- Bv
clock other orsS were raided tD !,
limited exteBt. and the decline becamA
general, I'll Iu4h not important IN any
oEe Csc Beslde- Union Pacific and
4 Canadian Pacific. ONO acd mississippi
declined per cent. t. lS1< Northern
Pacific :, - 49,. u. PAM & TO So
and other stocks Z to II tanadi IA
Pacific was exception Ally weak, aud de-
cilned -. TO -, recovered to 30. and
fell back to 90 La the last hour the &c
cline continued. and prices fell steadily
without reaction until tue close, which
Was generally IT the lowest prices of the
day. Ine geueral result of the day'-
tr ding was governed by the attack
made upon the market in the afternoon.
All actlv. stocks on the list. with tn.
exec tIon OF Northern Pacific common
and New FORK Central. closed lower
than last night. Union Pacific. wLIcA
sas the leading feature, vas traded IN
To the extent OF over ~ 90 shares, and
shows "A decline OF -. for the day. 9th
or declines We're Canadian Ptcitic -,
Denver !, Northern Pacific /, 81. Paul
IA, Omaha common. | i. preferred H..
Other declines acre less than per cent
Application has been made q the
stock exchange to list fl0.U0.Gg0 of
Louisville aad Nashville coliater thrust
bonds dated March l4t. l--2 AMI due III
1872. / he bonds bear SIX per c.nt
have a sinking fund and are conyrrta bic
INTO common stock. lhrs,, bonds We're
negotiated a year or more ago. New
York. Lake Ere and Western also ap
Piled 10 list SJ.UD.OpO collateral trust
bonds bearing SIX per cent. interest.
Panic In the Brooklyn Theat~r.
New YORK, April l9.-In the Brnoklsn
Iheat.r tonight the maudlIu remark of
a drunken man WAS taken up ~ a cry
ot flre, and pane ensu. u. Several
women tainted before the manager and
actors quiet the people. 1uis theater
Is built on TIE site of the one destroyed
10y fre sever 81 ye2ra ago, when over 2pO
lives were lost.
The GonGe deraic l1Ome.
The committee having III charge the
enteTtainIneIt for the fund for tue
Home for tx-Cnnfederatc soldiers re
por, $3.50 worth of boxes and tickets
sold. he ,ale of boxes will shortly
take place At the Exchange.
A strike Imminent.
PITrsBUEG April l3-ihe confrre ce
between tue AmdlgtmAted ASsp ,lhtiun
and the manufacturers this aft moon,
contrary To expectation. resulted Ia
Disagreement. he worhm"n demanded
that tue pre- ent rate of wages. $50 per
ten fuI pudding, he continued with An
addition of tu extra dollar per ton for
axle iron. md also the addition ~
amendments, which, IL IL claimed,
would mere 80 the wages of "A certa II
class of workmen from > Ia 20 per cent.
The manufacturers peremptorIiv re
fused tn accept the workmru's propo
sitlon and drmaudcd uniform reduc
ton of 10 pr cent. which they cl-ined
was Necessary on account OF eastern
competition and the depression of trade.
The workmeu denied that the reduction
was necessary /; they Also denied that
their scale provided for any Increase.
The discussion lasted three houys, when
1t WAS decided that the amendment was
Impossible. Both sides profess To be
firm. and II IL pos tive that II one or
the other does not yield. work viii be
suspended IN all mills after June LIST.
En,phnsicaiIy net Foot aud Month
Disease
NrosHo FALLS, Kan, April l9.-Dr.
Low. Of Cornell University. who has
ing the cattle disc Sc. leaves for Topeka
Oh Monday. lie is not very conmuni-
cative concerning the results. prrterriug
To give them 10 the public III the shape
Of formal report. tie does ~ EN-
rhatic'iv, however. that the trouble is
not tie European foot and mouth dis
ease or Nay other cnatHrlous disease.
Relation. ~ the Union rariGc aud
Chicago. burlington Il Quincy
RosfoN. April l9-Ihe Trdrclct saws
on excellent authority that the rrltti"u~
of the Union Poetic and Chicago. Bur
iingtou x Quincy stand about thus: The
Burlington has consented to waive, ITS
clam To ~ per cent OF the Union Pacific
business delivered AT Omaha for East
ern points. The question tn bee decided
next week il the old point of territorial
rights. The meeting ut Chic ago on
Tuesday next will he of the Western
Trunk Line Association for the trI
partite roads. There has been An en-
deavor to formulate some plan To settl"
the question of territorial rights. and
the BURLINGTON people will be asked tn
agree - this Ian.
lunatic shot nv Thieves.
NKw YoRk, April l9.-Jamcs Richie,
a lunatir, hrrdlng COWS on Wards
Island. WAS shot dead today bv New
York thieves. who landed to ste II some
junk. John Riley. aged Ii. and Thos.
Brown. no, much older. have been AT
rested as the marderers.
Action 81 the American Yacht club.
The American Yacht Club elected the
officers of the Greeley Relief ENpedi
ton honorary members and presented
thsm with badges. to be returned on
their return from the Arctic.
That Murdrraus CouWte>s.
PHtLADsLrHIs. April l9-Tha Count
ess De Racouski WIS released on bal.
Being ANNOYED in her boarding house.
she shot one of the members IF the
family aud opened fusilade on the
household. She WAS arrested and COR
vlcted of deadly assault. In tue jail
she took poison. and. being rrsuscltited,
WAS released on account of the sym
pathy excited by her wretched expert
euce.
floods In Watae
R'srnN. April 9-DiSpatches from
Maine reuorls that dams are being car
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