Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-17

EASTERN NEWS.
nusxrn 70 rms rosr-rsTsLIloxscss.
Prayer q Csngreea-
x,.,xsnuxpr1A. Dec. 1.-The Board
s 1s-s3e 80 directed the preparation Of
..sss~<c~{a1 70 CenRroas praying that the
..sss treaty. be rejected. The Lowell
...S-rufev bin was end0rsed-
m.rder ana Suicide.
n.xxr,ronr. Dec. 1E.-ToniRhf, il
...s.se 100. AIphouso Mschearax shot
~. s~jsfreeo. Martine SeRar, dead. He
- Killed himself.
SAN Speaking.
n.xrrNozK. Dec. Is. - The Young
@.ssi~ssa Mems Cleveland and Hendricks
{. ...->-isfiou tonight eelsbfAted Clevs-
81 ~ rod HeudricKss election. Speeches
...s. ~sede 81 Speaker Carlisle, Senator
4s.sS nnd Representative Tuekex, III.
Z. Qoeeorsps and Townshend.
The Stock List.
- vosx. Dsc. l6.--United States 3ss.
~. f5<7s. 1i35<; -, 1z3sE<; Pacific 95'a,
= 2oeficsn Express 50, Canada Pa
~ ~. Canada Southern 81, Cen
ss-s P1ci6c 81. Delaware, Lackawanna
~ 1eufarn 1095z. Chicago, Burlington
e i,rinoy 1l8, Denver 4 kio Grands
q frje ll5<, Hannibal q Sc. Joe 381<.
/ <rs and Texas 16s4, Lake Shore
5sH Michigan Central s., Northern
- IL. Northern Pncifio preferred
"a Northwestern S6H, Louisville 4
sviIis Is, Oregon Hallway q Nav
fss7icn ~. Oregon Tzansc0nfinental
RI Oregon Improvement 10, Pacific
ri EX. Panama IS. Rock Island
n M Paul 81, Texas Pacific Is,
i;~;m Pnciio l91z, United States TX
- 81. Wells Fargo 107. Western
|IS1ou coz. New York Central eGs{.
n11Solsam firm at 73aS.
Money Market.
Nm Yosx, Dec. 16.-Money sasy At
AK por cent; closed offered 1; prime
-. l1<66; exchange bills hrrnor at |
INK sterling demand, &l.641<.
On wall street..
INV YonK, Dec. 16.--Governmenfs
- railways irregular stocks Arm
STceot ossi shares. which were again |
ygeolsr and pressed for sale. There
- decline Of u TO psr cent In !
okkor active shares, Western Uaion
lSadiaQ, bat later on the market was
ads1ussd q 70 ~ per cent on oJvsring
fNoet contracts. Runners were afioat |
~ ID the day that q leading bear ope-
rstn had changed his position. Com |
pssod With last night. closing prices are
II 10 TX per cent higher for Canadian |
Rsddo, Chicago, Burlington b Qainsy. |
Ho1thNestsrn. st. Paul. Rock lslaad, |
Nse York Central, Northern Pacific |
pssfsred. Oregon Trsnscontincntal.
Psoifc Mail, aud Texas Pacii,, aud u |
iol pr cent lower for Lscktw snns, |
Dalss a Hudson, Like Shore, Mis-
mari PaSihc. and Erie.
Pugilist Arrested for Mnrder.
PnfLkDELPmA, Dec. 16.-J. Mitchell, |
D1Qlitst. has bsen arrested on charge |
Il murder alleged 20 have been COM
mitted BY hard knocks In prizs fight |
botsosn Mitchell and Muidoon nsar
YardieFville, Bucks county, one year |
60. and Muldoon died of his injuries |
Denis Kearney's neither.
Nsw York, Dec. l5.-The Saa's special |
myG Mrs. Catharine Kearney, mother |
Il Denis Kearney, the sand lot orator.
I'D at Newark, Ohio, on Saturday. |
H. vas "a years OF age, and has been |
ID this country three months only, hav- /
inQ come direct from London in Sep |
enber last TO visit her son, who Is TEN
poFsrily living In Newark.
saby with TIVE Mothers.
CHIcAoo, Dec. ia case of disputed |
motherhood is Just now puzzling the po-
Hoe. Mrs. Hattie Moore, better known |
n Madame Moore, the California twen-
ty.mile race-rider, and Mrs. Emma l
Erickson, each claim to be the mother /
Of bright little baby. At present the |
Erickson woman has possession. aud /
nobody can And either her or the child. |
Mrs. Moore made the acquaintance of |
Mrs. Erickson three moaths ago, and |
took her into her house as q domestic. |
The servant gave birth TO q child, and |
while she was absent In the hospital the
baby died in Mrs. Moore's oare. A week /
afterward the horse woman gave birth
10 child, which Erickson, on return
ing supposed 20 be her own. AZ abe
was weak and delicate Mrs. Moore did
not undeceivs her. The living child was
cared for by Mrs. Moorc's sister until
last night, when II was brought home 10
is mother. little later Mrs. Eriok-
con, who supposed IL was her babe. took
NJ and simply leaving word that she
was going away out Of the city, depart
ed, and though the police and detectives
afe searching vigorously no trace has
yet been found OF her.
The Various Treaties Before Congress.
NEw YoRK, Dec. Is The Times
Washington special says: Senators
and Representatives talk very positively
about the probable failure of all CON-
peFoiM treaties now before the Senate
Tor ratification, and very confidently
predict the defeat of the bill 10 carry
eat the provisions Of the Mexican
treaty, already ratified. The impress
non is strong that the treaty-makinQ
power has been exercised too freely of
iats.
Friends OF the Hawaiian treaty are
oonddent that renewal of the treaty
viii be agreed to, and are sure that an
summation Of the arguments they
have TO present will convince ne House
that the favorable action of the Senate
lheald be sustained. The fact that the
faclflc Coast exported more goods to
We Hawaiian tsiands than IL did TO
New York or Hougkoug and thina Is
alluded TO by those friendly to the
nesty as indicating its importance TO
california. Against the loss OF revenue
ne United States is supposed to have
nst N this way friends of the treaty say
nat they credit 10 the treaty the expsn.
altuse In the United States by Hawai-
Mns OF nearly 81, 000. 900 since the treaty
va made for vessels built on the Pa
eino Coast and at Philadelphia. The
oeasdss and disadvantages of this treaty
WI BE- discussed with good deal OF
animation during this session OF Con-
mes6 Its opponents feel that they are
% strengthened in their opposition
y a unmistakable tendency jast now
2 resist ell alleged reciprocal under
hkings.
Ine explanations made by Minister
roster are being carefully read and
sonsidered BY the opponents of the
ope1ish treaty. bat thej do not develop
~ sffoag support for the measure,
snaa1 has acquired greater unpopular
y 70 one short week than any meas. |
which has recently come before