Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-08
EASTERN NEWS.
!. ,.ocrArED PRESS DISPATCHES

-. remains Of Heroes
- lug. GA general order
~ .be headquarters OF Iue D isiand
hon atlantic, dated Governor lsiA sia
at1 auoost 4, 1884, regaro,ne 'ne ats
n !, he bodies Of the dead OF tne
pssi 81 asxnsdition, provides that, Inc
Greey ne deceased members OF the
ssnes .,nedition having been ascer
Arctic ~ remains will be sent to their
niped W. by express by the Chief
asstiDaIos in care of the persons
Qusa.sd. in accordance with their
visbeA Novel Forgery.
..ay,Iipe disclosures We're made
come Wall street regarding the AT
todg ~ he late ]. Ogden Witherspoon,
tsIs % * William street. VINO com
sbro.el on June 18th last. 1t IS
nttea an March 25th last he pur-
aid w. ton the Queen Insurance Com
CO. bill of exchange Tor 1oov On
iolIowinR day De re,nruea n hna s sn,u
tas i ne customer for whom be haa pur
ma . N The bill desired 70 convert IL INTO
eosS ;,ls for f20OO and Aiooo respect
ts9 This the company agrees 10 DO,
Fs,, .hs c6OO0 bill Was delivered up oy
ssnns o with the signatures torn
nh lsarino that it had been duly can
on II has lately been discovered
SER. hill returned WAS a forgery,
sns. W. The original bill had been by
sDa s sa for $4,000 with banking
po'he Wall street, which will be the
hOose ,,.a transaction. Ii Is also said
iossi uonekonp and Shanghai banking
sDss .tor few days before Wither
eoIp,a dsath gave him bill Of ex
fpooS Cor S25OO to sell, and be never
ekas,sd for the proceeds. WItber-
.vos we'll known in financial CIR
"a these discoveries OF fraud were
elss, ,o an Of widespread comment today
IN Wall street.
Ranqueted.
c.~x>.rI. Auo. 6.-Generals Slocum,
pes~~sna and Cutcheon and Major
s.ssIs arrived here tonight on their re-
-. from Investigating the Soldiers
L. Al DAYTON, and were entertained
hannnet by the citizens OF Cincin
~, and the members If the Loyal Lee
49, 49, Alter dinner Miss Mary Howe,
= Rostos. sang, and speeches were
ss.ds nv Ill OF the guests, the hosts act
mo he part of listeners.
old soldiers Meet Blaine.
nm ORCHARD, Me-, Aug. lit il esti-
,.s.ed that 25,0O0 persons, including
M aid soldiers are here today tdat
lad the encampment of the Grand
iymy Most Of the visitors attended
Rlsins's public reception in the Old Or
shard House. Blaine stood in the cen
ser 81 the parlor and the crewd passing
n single hle shook hands with him.
Attainment In the Lumber Trade.
NV YoaK, Aug. 7.-Schedules in the
sssignmsnt of d. G. Newell d Sons, lum-
Ser merchants, TO Joseph Hilton, were
1lsd today liabilities, xl86,6 nomi-
nal assets, $3.50, 298 actual assets, $685.
IA. Among the liabilities are preferred
claims OF $l2,671 non preferred. 1852,
al, and secured $fl.2l3.
In the Aairondacks,
ALBANY, Aug. 7.-Governor Cleveland
left st noon for the Adirondaoks. His
Issler OF acceptance will probably not
Be issued until his return in a fortnight.
Guests OF General Hancock.
NEW York, Aug. Generals Shsri-
dan and Hazen are the guests of Gen.
Hancock, at Governors Island. today.
awaiting the arrival of the relief ships
Bear and Thetis, with the bodies of the
victims Of the Greedy expedition. Both
vessels are detained in the fog. and will
not reach here before Saturday.
Western Gentiemen In Trouble.
Jesse g. Carter and Frank w. Hyde,
aoowboy and ranchman, respectively,
the former from San Francisco and the
latter from Wyoming. we're today sen
fenced to two years each for burglary.
Cathelte Total Abstinence Union.
CHICAGO, Aug. THE Catholic Total
Abstinence Union of America, at its
session this forenoon, recensidered the
Fssolution TO hold the next Convention
d Notre Dame, Ind, and il was de-
cided 10 hold the next Convention at
New Haven, Conn, on the first Wednes
day 10 August, 1885. A number of
amendments to the constitution were
acted upon, after which addresses were
made by Bishops SpauldinR aud Ire
land.
On wall street.
NKw YoRK. Aug. 7.-Governments
weak, and railways lower. Stocks open.
Cd weak and lower, and in the first half
hour declined to II per cent. Then
followed an advance of TO 2 per cent.
In the afternoon the market was weak
and lower on unfavorable rumors from
Chicago concerning the meeting of the
Western Trunk Line Association. The
dtoline from the highest prices of the
DAY ranged from to 81 per cent. AT
NE close there was rally of Is to u
per cent, but in the final sales the mar
ket was weak. Compared with last
Nights closing, prices are to 2lS per
cent. lower with the ex .eption of Union
raeific, which is per cent. higher.
The Money Market.
kEw YoRK. Aug. Mooney easy at
inGz per cent; prime mercantile pa
pes, bH@6s sterling exchange, bank
sn bills, firm at 4.s2lS; demand, 4.s4x.
The whisky Pool.
CINCINNATI, Aug. IA. Il. Miller, the
Leading spirit In the whisky pool ever
.ince its organization, has been here two
Jays, endeavorinR 10 reorganiZe for tbs
coming year. A prLtract, d meeting
vas held this afternoon. Miller de-
eaafes the result total failure and the
ase hopeless. The whole trouble seems
70 rect on two or three parties. The
sereoment everywhere else was unani-
nous In favor of the pool. Whisky
Men say the result will inevitably cause
ovef-production.
blaine al Old Orchard.
Oh ORCHARD, Me-, Aug. blaine
ana party arrived from Portland this
morning. The streets were filed by
sfewds, which gave Blaine an ovation.
epon ms arrival Mt the hotel Blaine had
~. e,on'ersnce with Prof. Downing of
meadrtcks On New Yerk.
NEW iosK, Aug. 7.-Hendricks visited
as Democratic headquarters today.
Geld Bars.
~ Tue steamer America brought $780,
~ 70 gold bars to the Bank OF British
soFth America.
ne Western Trunk Line Conference.
oHloAoo, Aug. The committee of
aus appointed 10 consider and report
~ ae nne OF action for the guidance of
s western aud Southwestern trunk
.ass aid not go into session until after
= ~. The general situation remains
. nuicated IN the dispatches yesterday.
IN declared that the continuance OF
80 lipartite agreement will be dis
and that possibly decision will
sscned today. As nearly as can be
ssa s the Rock Island is now the