Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-07
EASTERN NEWS.
s,..ourt Conference.
,rvp PRESS DISPATCHES.

and the roau1 ,enewed their conference
rest system, earning. The result OF
H lUsy;sarations is now recognized As
iheii great importance as Al s.1' sr .ae
one o. existence of the tripattated nsre &c
farther +, Is now openly con'eaaeo oy
usn!' the parties to the tlipaIsi' s
some o. that it has accomplished
agreemsAss md that it can no longer De
noshioe, "a Since its Q lnsu mmS'lon
nsin'sI.,;ons of many Western roads
the reIa.Od This is ptrticni irly true
hsvs c1.tbvestern road since It's an
Of tne W. ~ the Blair system. Inc roads
scfptioh Va ,aTr control certain local
Of t1is ''Nahraska, which has, under
r 2 n,',o;oartite agreement peeh gwen -. 70
The n'I a. that pool At O.naha' IN
roa os management no" asssrts
kotS" bnsiness belongs "a thoroughly
ihai tne onnauy as any local business
70 tnsli md illinois, and Will certainly
10 ioSa % 4. the tripartite 10 the CON
be neio o..v;,hstan9ing. General Man
irsry nos of the Northwestern had
sgfr n,.s,;on with President Adams
consT n;on Pacific this morning, and
q tpe an outline of tie policy OF tue
s soss.,hwestern Company In we" OF us
sol ausd relations. 1t IS positive, lhere
eoa co. .Sat oEe of the first questions 20
lore, sss sud at the present session ~
De c9n insoin,ion of the rrlpartite. 1t -
ioe .aDdsd that the Union Pacific itself
coaa. ,.ssiye. and may cease To De o
y - - h. "a its workings have proven
parry W y, TIE earnings of that com
dlsaI I. GAS asserted by prominent
pnJ. ,hat the Union PacItic might To-
eulsi sasnIv ask for the dissolution OF
a :ss o Ss It is claimed that the wabash
!; =, Killing to JOIN in this move pat tne
y ' s Of the Rock Island ana the
Peosnsrssa and st. Paul roads Is not
mnsa1l dissolution of the pool, IT Is
ssns,..ad does not necessarily mean
eeo'' ~, that il it should be accem-
va ID with a degree of unanimity, 1t
w., nnlv nave the way for the re- estab-
,:.amsnt Of toe pools east and west OF
~. M;aaouri river in existence prior to
~. formation If the tripartlte. The
,.scvrsssutatives of the various roads
.srs in session until l O'Clock. The
s;,rs.ion was canvassed and the position
- he Northw sstern Company As ont
49, in these dispatches was made
snovn. Il was finally decided to refer
,hs sntire subject to a committee or
nina 10 report some basis OF action.
Tha committee is now IN session. The
,sc,saentatiyes of the Atchison, Topeka
ssnta Fe have not yet arrived.
The committee of nine, to which was
referred the outlining OF basis Tor
.o.ion. is composed OF President Cable
n the Rsck Island, General Manager
pottsr of the Burlington, Vice Presi-
asnt McMuIlen of the Alton, General
Manager Hoxie of the Missouri Pacific.
Gsneral Manager Talmage of the Wa
hssh. Assistant General Manager Miller
Al the Milwaukee and st. Paul, Traffic
Manager Stubbs Of the Central Pacific,
and Traffic Manager Hannaford of the
Nortbern Pacific. General Manager
Robinson of the Santa Fe, who arrived
during the afternoon, was also added TO
the committee. The session lasted
until 5 o'clock this afternoon, when an
adjournment was taken until tomorrow,
without action. The Santa Fe repre-
seutatiyes raise the point that the Mis-
souri, river must constitute the dividing
line In the formation of pools for the
maintenance Of rates to Colorado and
Utah points. On that basis the Santa
Ne Il willing to negotiate. This plan, If
adopted, means the disruption of the
ripsrtite pool, or an elimination of its
power to make through rates on West
bound business. The Northwestern has
,iyen notice on its part that the North
Restern desires to leave the tripartite
,ool. The Rock Island, however, de-
lares that il will hold all the other
Dads to the tripartite agreement. The
Wabash and Union Pacific
ave as yet taken no decided steps In
my direction, and it is still question
% what direct negotiations may tend,
u whether anything decisive il to be
cached by the conference.
The stock list.
NEW YORK. Aug. 6. - u. \. rhree's.
lOO1<; 41f's, Hex; fs, 1917; Pacific 95s
Us; American Express 81, Canada Pa
,ihc l3, Canada Southern 80, Cen
lral Pacific Az. Chicago, Burlington
md Quincy 1874, Denver & Rio Grande
l2x, Erie l6x, Hannibal and st. Joe
3Sk, Kansas and Texas 1884, Lake
Shore Si1s, Louisville and Nashville
}5k, Michigan Central 40, Northern
Pacific 22h. Northern Pacific preferred
52k, Northwestern 1925, New York
Central 1914, Oregon Railway and Nav
cation 81. Oregon Transcontinental
l6x, Oregon improvement 10, Pacific
Mail b5JA, Panama 80, Rock Island
ll39{. st. Paul S47S. Texas Pacific l21s,
Union Pacific AZ, United States Ex-
press 81. Wells Fargo l04, Western
Union 6GA, Lackawana ll5ss, Petroie
nm quiet at 765sc.
The Money Market.
NEw YORK. Aug. 6.-Money easy nj
lk62 per cent, closed offered at IA:
prime mercantile paper, 81 ster-
linR exchange, bankers bills, steady at
l.S2h; demand 4.aA.
Notice 60 ARti-sionopoiists.
CHICAGO, Aug. 6.-The following will
be sent out tomorrow to each member
u the Anti Monopoly Cos,mittee:
Headquarters National Anti
Monopoly Association,
CHICAGO, August 7th.
DEAR STR: Under instructions of the
convention of May l4th. 10 becomes the
duty Of the National Committee to SO
!ect q National candidate for Vice. Pres
dent Of the United States. For this
purpose and for the transaction of other
important business, the members of the
committee are hereby notified to meet
d their headquarters in the Briggs
House, Chicago, at IL, Saturday, August
y 1854. You are earnestly urged to be
present.
JOHN +. HENRY. Chairman.
b. +. SHiyELY, Secretary.
Catholic Total Abstinence Unisn.
The fourteenth annual convocstion Of
tne catholic Total Abstinence Unian of
Asmerics began its session in Central
Mosic Hall today. Rev. 4. Cisarv. of
Wisconsin. president of the Union.
called the delegates to order. After the
appointment of committees. the convo-
cation took = recess and formed a pro
ccssian, aud, headed by the clerRymen
N attendance, proceeded TO the Catne-
aral, where high mass was sung aud q
Of New York.
AZ Gettysburg.
GErrysBuRa. Pa. Aug. 6.-General
sheridan and Secretary Lincoln arrived
tns morning and were driven TO the
encampment Of the Pennsylvania Ma
nonal Guard, escorted by Adiutani
ueneral North aud cavalry. They wers
seleomed by salute aud received By
'ne camp dignl,aries.
chicags's Cattle Interests Endangered
OaioAeo, Aug. 6.--The later Ocean
says editorially: at nos looks very
much AZ II Chicago would lose Its 50
premacy a. a cattle market. IL il Ger