Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-05-18

TO state that neither ~ president o,
personally. directly or indirectly, have
4 ever na1 any transaction II any kind
OF oescriptl'n With the irm of Gr.ut A
ward or Dir. Ward. The United State.
Express C1mpsnv. 10 the regular O nrse
OF business. had on d-pos.s In the NJ
rine National bank, tie sun Of S4g1IT
woen the bank closed. and | am a.
sored thai tins sill result in uo loss n
the company"
Murdered Zach other.
GLEN MAsT, Tenn. MAY l7.-Tso
men lrendaii aud Kirby-qaarrelIsd
over trivial matter tonight. Trend all
cut hirby's throat aud KIRBY sEo. Irrn.
dali. Both died Ia half "a hour.
Free Tobacco Movement.
HARTFORD, Nav 17.-rbe movement
to secure the repeal Of all internal r.ve-
nue. tax on TOD ccn, started by the off,
cars OF tue New England i1b4cso
0ro1ers' Association, took O iinue
shape TO-DAY. An APPEAL To the tot ,cco
industry of the zhoie country Va
adopted.
Earring n Mormon
NV ORLE,ss. Nay ia diz,4tch
from Water Valley. Miss, to the Ts0,ls
DemoeTnt, says that vhiIe a Mormon
elder WAS waiting at the d7p-t Their i,,-
cay Tor several other elders. nc Wa A.
-auitFd by an unkLo own man. zho
emptIsd b7cket of tar upDn his head
de made his escape. Ii ~ reported
from Calhoun and other counti- that
tue hormous are making great head
way among the lower Glasses, aud these
elders were on their way 10 the great
revival
DastardIy Marder.
BoARDsTows. n. j., May II Herbert
Armstrong and DE- vid Brown wer. found
dead today in u field where thew lad
been plowIng. One WAS shot through
she heart, the other through tie head.
The killing had been done With a
spencer rifie, and the superstition il
that the murderer concealed himself
In the bushes and then COOL, shot
the men down. Cir-nmstantial eyi
dsncs ~ very strong against William
fret zs, who had business troubles with
the murdered meo. All three are veil
To do farmers. The excitement is high,
and 70 Ii feared that Freeze will DO
mobbed.
Letter from Hewitt
PrTTsBURa, MAY 1.-The Pi,tshuro
sunday Giobe prints the following letter
from Hewitt, In answer to Oliver, crit
icism on his tariff bill:
May 18th. 1S84-Henry W. OlIyer.Jr.
Dear SIR: have read your letter of
ths 18th instant with pleasure and pro
fit, bat as you have overlooked a few
points, will, with your permission. en-
deaynr In he
brief interval allowed me from nv ar
duOus Congressional duties. | beg leave
to inquire, first, what was the duty re-
by the Oliver com mission,
page q, on wire rods. barbed
wire. etc, we'll known specialties of
Oliver Brothers d Philip.7 Second,
How dses it occur that under the ope
ration of the Oliver tariff you have
been enabled to purchase two new wire
mills, one blast furnace and a partner
ship in the Hartman mill, while other
mills are content with the old. fashioned
10 per cent Third, How does it occur
that under the benign operations OF the
Oliver tariff, the mills of Oliver Bros,
at Pittsburg, are enabled to run the
whole year, while other iron mills run
an average Of but four months IN the
yeae Fourth, Nov that You are ope
rating blast furnaces, will yon inform
the public whether you hold the same
views ON raw materials rs
you did - p. 1871 - when on
the Tariff Commission, and, IL not. why
not? Fifth, will you kindly inform an
anxious public how many of your xl.l5
employees enjoy the benefit of the OH
yer tariff? would suggest that, 30 far
"a wire reds. bsrbed wire. etc, are con-
cerned. the Oliver tariff report might be
appIopriai ely termed A bi / for the re-
lief of Oliver Bros. a Phillips Very
respectfully yours,
"ABRAM s. HEWITT"
Meeting OF Credit.rs
BosroS. May IA meeting of the
creditors OF Henry Mays d CO., dealers
In canned fish, was held today. The
liabilities agQreeat. $1,000; uniucam-
Tered assets, $4,000. Ii WIS decided to
put the matter into the hands ot a com
inities Tor Investigation.
A Delicate Position.
Caic,oo. May 17.-Jos 4. Tucker has
accepted the position of special arbi
traitor to arrange the percentages for
the proposed Aun-y pool on trans;oa-
tinental roads.
The Money Market.
NEW YoRK, May E.-Money loaned |
at La4 premium per dieu, and closed |
, ,sler at 292l per cent Ter annum /;
prime mercantile paper Ad6 sterling |
exchange. bankers bills ste ,dier At 4s3 |
t9&s5; sterling exchange. demand. $50 |
q i.s6.
The stock List.
NEW YoaK. May IL. u. :. fhree's. |
100; &LS's, u3; As, l2l; Pacific |
l5s, l2l; American Express 30. Gu
,ago, Darlington & Quincy ll2lS. Cea-
trail Pacific ass. Northern Paciiio 2zss. |
Northern Pacific preferred 491S, NORTH |
western is4, New York Central III.
Pacific Mail i21s, Panama 81. Iexas
Pacific l3ss. Union Pacific 45h, West
ern Union 52&. LAckawanna nlA.
Denver and lilo Grande i21s. Ore |
eon Transcontinental Az, Oregon |
Railway and Naviaation 73a. Oregon |
II, Michigan Central Io9S, |
Erie 1917, Lake Shore s9ll, st. Paul
72L, United States Express 90. Han
nibal l. Sc. Joe ssh, Rock Island l51a
Cenada Pacific AZ, CAnada Southern
3Ssl, Kansas and Texas ID, Louisville
and Nashville "a. Petroleum 79A.