Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-08
EASTERN NEWS.
.socr.TEn PRESS DISPATCHES.
,.a.e,ion In salaries at Rn'iread
Officials.

.s,e,,oo In Salaries at Railroad
officials.
G. Ior1s. April IA general order
"a t,aen issued By the Executive Com
u. - nj the Gould and Wabash sys-
n'. rroclalIrlng a reduction OF 10 per
IN the salaries Of all offic-rs and
onioyees receiving 800 per mouth
na over. engineers and train tnen not
asinded fhe reduction il ma ie for
.ns months of April, May and jane. or
longer il necessary.
-. crouch Murderer. Admitted to
Bail.
r.cvsns. Mich April Judge Grid
ms morning admitted Dan =. Hol-
~, ~ and Jnd Crouch to bsil 10 the 81 q
es5OD0 each. the decision j. salts
oa,'nrv to friend, OF the ac,nssd, b1t
-. u.h bitterness and appointment is
nIn e,sed By a great numbar of people
On Wall street.
Nyv YORK. April 7.-Governments are
s.rone: railway bonds are strong and
b;oher. Stocks opened lover aad In the
At fifteen mInates declined IA = per
nsnt. Lake Shore and Western UaIbn
Inc the gre .test sufferers. At the first
ali there WAS Al improved feeling on the
Mort that several Of the most promi-
I'm, railway capitalists had held \ con
ssrsnce and resolved to support prices
=, or about the present figures. Fsllpw-
% this was a sharp dem and for Uninn
psciic. which rose from 704 TO 7lX
,,snsactio 81 on tle way 40 bang en- ~
mons. Ihs adv ince In Union Pacific
lad 70 purchases IN the general list and
mare WAS general advance during the
af,.,nDon. Under sales to reaiIZ. profit !,
n,ieea .actel ! >. To Il per csut.. but in
cIosin . deal. IN sac WAS a rally of X to
Z oar cant PAcitir Nail lead ths re-
.',v.ry AMI the ma -ket left off fir n
Como.r.d with Saturday, closing prices
A.. i 10 per cent. higher for \ jrthern
pac,Ilc preferred. Oregon TrsuscOnti-
nsnt,i. p ,cfie Mail and Manitoba. aud
i to / par cant. lower for Central Pa
c1ie an Western Union. Oregon Short
Line dec ined to 20. Fac de ,,ings In
Union Pacific Aggregated $1,000 shares
Meeting Of Denver aad kto era Die
>t0rkEOiders.
DENVER. April AT the meeting of
the Denver and Rio Granie Raj WAY
stockholders today, tine annutl report
uas subuitied showing a surplus OF
SlDODO over fixed charges. Rssoiu-
t,ons were passed expressing Il desire
mat har menious relations with tn.
Coai and Iron Company be restored and
reouestIng that the trustees tax such
MEASURES AZ We're deemed for the best
interests of the comptuy toward the
action of Colonel Dodge In assuming G.
manage the ID .nv-r and Rio Grand
Western. The old board of directors
was rc-elect d, excep, Dodge. w.oie
place Vas flied 10y ID. il. Motf .tt, of
Denver.
strike Of Indiana Coat Mtmers.
INDIANAPOLIS April IA large na,u-
bsr OF coal miners in Western Iudiana
have been on strike for nearly two
months. The strike IL caused Dy opera
tors demanding redu>t,on Of % per
cent. On Saturday a delegation of
strikers waite on ths miners IN Nigo
County, and persuaded them to strike.
MANY of the miners returned to work,
but we're waited upon a second time and
notified tn leave tn. mines and Stats
before Thursday under penalty of
death. Great excitement prevail
throughout the mines.
The l.mai Result.
New YORK. April 7.-Proceedings have
been begun to- contest the will of BENZ.
Fitch. He gave about 1,j00,OOO to
charity before he died. The will IA con
tested nv Mrs. Calender, his niece. uD
on the ground that he was mentally In
capable from making a will. fltch's
property was given to his grandnephes NJ
and nieces.
Clearing House Report.
Boston. April IA table Co ppiled
from special dispatches from the mana
gers of the u leading clearing houses in
the United States give clearanoes for =
week ending on the 9th instant, with
percentages of increase aud decrease a.
compared with the o)rrespondin. week
of 1888. Total, S9S2, 0tS .OSi, n decrease
Of ten per cent. Outside of New York,
A.. 49, orb, an increase of 3.
The Mexican Central.
BosToN. April 7. The annual meeting
of the Mexican Central Railroad Com
p.ny was held to lay. The report shows
the gross earnings for the past year TO
he 81. $50, 600: operating expenses. 81.
$4,000. The supplementary concession
Of April l. 1881, provides that the entire
system must be completed by April II,
1888 The full amount of subscriptions.
aggreg ting S3l $4,000, have been paid
in and settled IN full. After the election
Of directors. fhonas Nickerson was
chooses President and ID. ). Robinson
General Manager. The road will be
opened on Apri! 10Th, with full equip
meat of Pullman palace aud buffet cars.
Close conuec,luu will be made At FL
Paso with the new train on the Atchl-
sou, Topeka Il santa Fe road.