Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-23
WASHINGTON.


WASHINGTON.
The swain Court.
"AsHyGroS, Nav 2l.-It ia il under.
5000 that the finding of the court is
ADVERSE tn General Swain.
Net " lie Knows IL.
"AsHNGros. May 22.-Represents-
i've Money denies that he expressed
IN Intention to decline I'm animation
ana start Newspaper At Sau Francisco.
tinted states sends Called In.
Secretary P0leer has issled the l2sth
eau Tor redemption IF bonds of &c.
yoO OF three pc cents. maturing
Bends Called.
Following are the original number OF
three parents called today. maturing
June 30 b: 70 D.. No. 4+5 to 4G3 100
- 2IJ6 81 S5H7, both in,Inave: aud No.
9tf9 20 9iS3, both inclusIve so. M.
l35J to 1855. both inclusive; aud No
3ySl 10 1893 both iuelusiva: 100, No
1915 tn l3,3li. bpth inciu sivo: and M.
z.IS1 TO 25.8l2. both iociusive 1000
No 2l,i7l II 22,075. both inclusive. To.
tai, $l0.000.0O0.
Mexican Matt.
Po-tm sstsr General Gresham has or.
dered that all matter heretofore selt
trou New York, New Orleans aud Gal
weston 10 Mexico BY sea, shall hereafter
he sent by III Paso over the Hsxics
Central Railroad.
approved.
The President has apprcge7 tas oils
granting loan of mil au d5.ars to
the New Orleans Exposi.io-.
The uiss'nz Banh~r.
N0nsUs has r1 received s7tl Z - s
tbs missing i.tuH EH sasl~- iu Ses
I,rk are said 5a l4a very uuDrs.i.is
lug c"udisic-. All his psofeEty m tli-
city 1Fa u@eu attached .4a has, 1llcs r.
iie bands o. a &c .atg H. psi. t- iEr-
d sap. s-Itssl - Lewis @zs ue sub
saat y. gee i comment 4..Jls '4- D.
g.tss0.s t- many clerks has si.t,s. =5
yaJ.a44 amounts slta hin and r.
tiE H5t $50 ielru ali rae uLss5r 3t tue
tier. 4 number "f E1e q s7e-t ~
.h l.. III refer ~ fu. rgt f$4. tide.
'hsusy-sua Clerk 90. sfe Ea .e.tl ge De-
r.ta.-... as fla .lp who advised then
lt fats uu tr-gaitv %, making Wo lev-
Ue7 r.'Isv3 alas be acted from FRIEND
Is u.gt's-e iY@ar6 laem. ard tnas Pee
gi- uas.gg good deal Of ~ .asv B Al
-e.f. Colonel baru-5is i-.t @ night
fJv New York, and ' @ - be very
.HfI 2 strrH-l Uu Junt of the
.nsae, ~ ne e.. lie will endeayor,
hs.
tciet e. l.r - advice. The embar-
gas-r1rrf the large number of depos-
tal Fuo were principally persons of
ted means, forms the subject of n
great deal of talk as tue facts gradu-
ally leak out. One man is r. ported AS
b wing nortgaged his house for $780,
100. paying 3 per cent interest, aud
placing the entire capital with Lewis
Several business men are reported to
have invested ~ high as $500 and
5000 in the concern. Ii is surpris
ng," remarked a broker yesterday.
= what number of sharp business
men nave gone into this thing. and the
only way can explain It is III It they
we're guided by friends, upon whose
Judgement they relied"
Postal Telegraph.
The report of the Senate Committee
On Post Offices and Post Roads on the
subject of postal telegraph has been
by Senator Hill. 1t gives a
summary of the history of the increase
II debts, rental and capital stock of the
Western Union, and the value of its
property. leased and otherwise, and says
he dividends to shareholders who re-
,eive in that way. have bseu $3i ,000,000
In addition To- stock dividends. $50 ,0S7,-
$50. which was paid by the Western
Union IN its own stock. does not conves
wen an Approximate idea of the aotual
,ost Of the lines which it has purchased
rom companies and as profits. Repre-.
,eutaLivss OF the Western Union. wh1
alone possess the Information, have
given 10 definite or detailed accounts Of
he amounts Of money IL has itself ex-
pended in the construction Of lines.
The committee have endeavored to a.
,ertain what 10 wsul1 coat to prod "
ines in every respect equal to those
which the W. stern Ur 10 nas acquired
in all ways. The committee believe II
10 ba large estimate to assume th It
The number of mfias of wire act
1allv necessary to its business il
10000. lbs committee lIeve also
that the average cust OF su;h wire,
the poles, construction,
and INSTRUMENTS, wo1id not exceed $40
per lie. which would m Ike the total
,ost S2l .5O00O0. Tue ex tct exc ,ss of
The G tpitaliz ltion of the W. stern Juion
beyond the actual cost of its lines, aud
beyond what II wuulT now cost To re-
produce similar lines. cannot be- deter
mined, That II Is enOrmOu, Is entirely
plain and undispatsd. In reference tn
the inquiry whether this excess It CAPS
taliZ ,tIun arising from 1T Ick div den /.
aud from purch sses of other lines Al
inflated prices. ~ operating IN An iull.
riuus way in increasing the oh rges of
the Western Union for transmission %.
kilograms, the committee deem tt sut
Iioient today that their own conclusion
rorr, sponds with tbs opinion of the
its etfccs IN ihu rec
ton mot he u matter OF d ~uht thas
il has been great. The swollen cpl
taliz .tion of the Western Union Com
PAW was created ut one aud the
same time To- cover the indueement
ant In the same Sense. the necessity for
excessive charges for telegrans 81
long has. and So far has the public
been made Ia believe the nominal Gap
ital WIS n real ons. 1t has tended To
cAuSe aeqniesence IN excessive charges,
while the exposure of the aciu Il nature
OF the nominal cIpit Il does uot dimin-
Ish the pressure OF the motives which
inpeI the managers of the compsny t.
keep up charges which are essenti 81 To
the III aintenance of the presen, dividend
upon the mass of itl waterec stock. For
the purpose Of relieving the country OF
the burden of charges for kilograms
which are to high. of IN tkIn2 these
charges mnre-equai a. between different
localities, aud different 81 ,ssss Of tel
ecrams. Of guarding against the mis-
chief and dangers of leaving control of
the telegraph business Of tse country In
the hands If priv tie company which
enjovs a practical monopoly. The com
mittee have reported al accompanying
bill.
The report says the Constitutional
rioht % the Government to establish a
p,,stal telegraph Is undaubted, and that
there are obvious and satfi slent answers
Ia the objection that such = line will OPP
erale ininrioasly up1n private telegraph.
IL asserts tn At she p sssaee OF the postal
telegraph sill will reiaos the EVsrape
charge per telegram from 3, cents to p
cents Immediately aud p cents IN nvs
Years. and will secare uniformity 10