Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-18
EASTERN NEWS.
.ssocIATED PRFss DISPATCHES
n.wnfa,l ri Oregon Improve.

S1is.I ?. anu iti'''A7 $500
seSn 200 70 complete and equip its pro
go road and that II now has a float
indebtedness of nearly Ti-pc-pp
-. -. chief embarrassment IL said Il
ara To the dispute between 1t and the
E.,,bern Pacific Railroad company
.hont the title to JJ,pp acres OF coz
iard on Green river, aoout thirty miles
IL SEATTLE. When Willard WAS Presl-
az, Of the Northern Pacific, an ar
.anoemeut WAS made by which these
iands we're transferred TO the oregon
Imnroveinent Company. and IN recent
,.rorts the lands are mentioned among
ia assets II il said no" tnat the act
at transfer VA. never made. and that
,ha Northern Pacific Directors have re
tuaed positively to surrender the prop
a,.r IN compliance With recent de-
m.nd by the improvement Company.
The Huguenot,.
Nvr York. April 1.-The Huguenot
Society of America held u. annual
,n..ti o today and elected Joha Jay ~
n,esident for the ensuing year.
My.ierious Action.
Bosros. April l7.-Last night two men
vere seen driving rapidly away from
Congress bridge. Snortiy hiter"aro
"a .rnloslon occurred. An Inv stiga-
showed tB6L % $3.50
nIaced In powder can aud hr-d by a
f,ona,inp cap aud fuse. 1t ~ thought
.hs s,temrt was directed against one or
mars If the horse cars which pass this
noiut at this hour.
pennsylvania WoOIgrOwers.
prTTsBuEG, April 1.-THE Pesnsylva-
MA Woolpr. wer5' Association convened
hsre today with delegates present from
all parts Of the State.
sale Of Jay Cooke. Assets.
pHrLApRLPHIA, April II he sale Of
the remaining assets OF Jay Cooke es-
tate held for the REDEMPTION of the div
idend scrip of the first and second IS
snss. began today. The property in
cInded the stock of the Penns' lvania
Canal Company, 1876 street lots IN New
York city, the lot and dwelling known
AZ Cherry HILL at New Barbadoes, Brr
gen connty, NJ copper ianos IN 81.
Ionis county, Minnesota, farming land
in Webster county; Iowa, Lincoln and
Ashland counties. Wisconsin: and lands
IN Lake. Carleton, ST. Louis. Anoka,
Yanti and Chicago counties. Minnesota.
A Dam In Danger.
Tacoma. n. H.. April 1.-THE Lake
Company's dam at Lake Village, is OK
pected to give wav, and every dam and
bridge on the stream to Franklin will be
swept away.
Issessmcnt on stock.
Franklin NJ ,sa April IL The stock
holders of dhe Franklin Rubber Com
pany voted an assessment of 30 per cent.
on the capital stock of S75,J00. owiag Ia
losses during the year, and the LARGE
stock on haAd.
The Money Market.
New YORK. April lT.-Money EASY
at var PRIME mercantile paper, I "a
5l6 per cent: sterling exchange, bank
ers bills, weaker AT 4s7ta sterling ex
change, demand, 4.S9;4.
A Bank Fails.
DENVER, Col, April G.-Pallock 4 Co,
bankers Of Bu~na VISTA have assigned.
The available assets are about S2J 900,
liabilities $4,000. The Immediate canse
of the failure WAS extensive litigation
regarding the Nest Egg mine, i'll which
the concern WAS largely Interested,
On Wall street.
New YoRK. April 17.-Ciovernments
lower for 4 =. The result of today :
trades was very weak stock market
up TO II O'Clock, though it WAS some
what frmer in the afternoon ~ the r
suit of belief that it WAS time for n
general upward movement daring the
remainder of the week. Dat of the 40
stocks traded IN today, II cl sed lower
than last night, the most conspicuous
declines being Oregon Improvement
Company per cent, Pacific Mail 2as
Denver d Rio Grande l9s, Wabash re
ferred 3 :, common | 4. Other declines
were fractional. Ten stocks showed II
sNall fraction higher than last night.
.,,ttx OF, Ia
were made.
The stock list.
NEW YoRK. April IT, u. \. Three's.
1907; as, 1880 As, 1854 Pacific
95s. l29 American Express NJ. Chi
cago. burlington and Quincy 23@A Cen
trail Pacific 81. Northern Pacific -
Northern Pnolic preferred 4s'4, North
western l4S., New York Central IL,
Pacific Maili Panama ~. Texas Pao,
IN. Union Pacific G9i,, Wells Fargo
IL, Western Union 67as, Lsckawanna.
1884, Denver and Rio 6rande l5ia
Michigan Central ST. Oregon Trans
continental lSas, Oregon Railway aud
Navigation 75l., Oregon Improvement
70, Rock Island ~. Erie 2oas, Lake
Shore 972s. st. Paul 80 United States
Express TO- Hannibal and st. Joe 3,
Canada Pacific 81 :, Canada Southern
%9sa, Kansas and Texas ia, louisville
and Nashville &. New York Central II,
Petroleum strong at % =.
SIN Asking.
NEw YORK. April l7.-rhe Maritime
Exchange tnlmuusly adopted u mo
mortal to Congress asking FOR a suspen-
sion of the coinage of sllyei dollars for
two years.
Tennessee Republicans.
NASHVILLE. Tenn, April E.-Bv the
Republican State Convention. Judge
Frank y. Heed, of the circuit court OF
THIS ooanty. @as nninin tted for Govern
or by aoclamation. Judge IL nrhcc Har-
ris. of NaShvl le. and W. A. Brown. oi
washington county, were chosen presi-
Dental electors for the State at large.
Looking for fiii.ust~rs.
hHY NEST, Fla. April 1.-The WI
ships Alliance ana tennessee, two revr-
nue. cutters and steam launches. form u
guard around the island To proven, thS
departure OF any Cub tu expedition.
Delaware Republicans A Biaine Del
exaston.
DOVER, Del. April 1.-THE kepnhli
can State Convention opened today
lhe leaders Of the delegations have hat
frequent conferences. but their force
arc NJ evenly divided, IN " taeN haN'
mol been able 10 agree on anything
There Il practically no fight over tn'
national questions. and the delegate
10 Chicago will almost q, rtainly ftv >
Blaine. though they will 20 ualnstruct
Cd. The fl hit hinges upon the question
IN To which faction shall control Stat
politics
DovER Dell. April 1.-THE RepuS
moan State Convention was called 4
order at 80 p IN. aud J. 2. Jackson,
prominent Blaine man. WAS made tenn
porhry chairman. Lew G Boyd offered
on behalf of the unpledg.d Wing, &
give each faction half the delegates t
Chicago.
Rumsrs Of Famine.
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