Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-04-01
EASTERN NEWS.
..sor,,rEp PRESS DISPATCHES.
Advance In Coffee.

Advance In Coffee.
yoeK. March 3l.-Coffee option
have worked up 20 and 80 points
vesponse to An advance OF one-half a
t,snc in Havre.
~.x,cnu National Embarrnsscd.
80 YORK, March 3l.-Coupons on
.N.an National per cent. first mort
bonds. amounting to $3.50, 900,
gag onnons of five million other bonds
wv Sna tomorrow. The company has
sr n bondholders to fund these cou
ssA ami receive therefor the funding
Rn,ations of the company, bearing s
ocsnt. interest and PAYABLE April lst,
y. The bondholders have been asked
a waiver Of interest. The docu-
nt states that the company has be
.ome embarrassed and cannot pay Its
April interest
s.,lro.d Onirials Bounced.
nvxvvg, March 3l.-President Love
- the Denver and Rio Grande Rail
"a ,stured from New York this morn
II il stated on good authority that
nf;mmediately asked the resignation
TCol. d. G. Dodge, general manager;
NcNnrty. chief engineer, and X. +.
Moodward. superintendent of telegraph.
p..s;dent Loveiov refuses TO see report
- and both Dodge and McMurty are
e 81. NJ the CITY. II Is believed that this
..;on will be cancelled by the board of
S,,ectors. The trouble grew DOT of
.ssap rate contract made by the Pal
u,sr. Dodge management with the Colo
do Coal and iron Company, IN which
Ioth are heavily Interested.
Anew York Social scandal.
Nyv YORK, March 30.-The quarrel
h.tveen Freddy Gebhardt and Living
Sone at the Union Club continues to be
sss tonic of interest among club men.
4 club member, who claims to have
I'm an eve witness of the affair. gives
he story If the encounter as follows:
Livingstone and Gebhardt had never
hsen on the best of terms. Some de
slared that the elder man was envious
~ the notoriety obtained by his richer
and more energetic friend, and it was
,eportsd that Livingstone was wont to
nser at the relations existing between
Gebbardt and the English actress. 1t
r true that the two men spoke as they
oassed, but not with that effusion Of
sordiality with which one club man il
snpposed II greet brother member.
On the night of the unpleasantnsss Gsb-
hardt was standing with a party of
friends in the large hall at the club.
saving passing word before going out.
Livingstone came stumbling out of an
adjoining room, making his way socially
toward the little group. As he APP
uroached his ewes fell upon Gebhardt,
and turning to a friend lie said: There
is that Freddy Gebbardt again. and
advancing toward the young man he
made a remark concerning lady. and
added with strong emphasis, land Won
are a liar and a coward, SIR" Geb-
hards's face flushed, and with quick
drawn breath and hands clenched he
made one leap toward the man who had
thus branded hun. His upraised arm
WAS caught by his companions. Geb-
hardt pause for a moment, and his
friends exclaimed: Hold. Can't YOU
zee the man is drunk," and with a con
lemptuous glance Gebhardt turned
away, and Livingstone was led from
the hall. Had Gebhardt struck the in
ioxcated man he would have rendered
himself liable to expulsion. Opinions
are divided on the subject of dlsciplin-
ing Livingstone.
The Cable Car Movement.
New YORK, March 3O.-Constant A.
Andrews. vice president of the National
Cable Company here, says the oppos-
ition to the work Of rapid transit which
has recently developed In Albany, has
been instIgated by the horse car com
panies. IL may delay, but it will not
prevent the final triumph of the cable
company. Real estate owners in New
York will do well to study the effect of
the Introduction OF cable roads in Chi
mQo and San Francisco. 1t has not
failed to enhance the value Of the
streets through which they run. II
ought to be possible to convey psssen-
gers to any part of this city for five
tents.
The Decline In Tea.
NEw YORK. March 30.-The CONNER
dai Bulletin says of l.. w. Milford K
Co.'S failure: The price of tea shows a
shrnkage of 10 cents per pound, 6 of
shich occurred yesterday, ard which ia
Of itself a sufficient explanation of the
trouble that has befallen the principal
operator on the bull side. The sus
pended house was also more or less in
srested in sugars and coffee, and the
announcement of it's collapse created a
nervous and distrustful temper through
out the entire grocery trade"
General sher man Not u Candidate.
PITTsBURo. March 30.-A ST. Louis
special ~ the Dispatch says: General
Norman, on being asked, referring to
current reports of his seeking the Demo
cratic nomination, looked around and
ad angrily: II don't like to be alb
upt, but | must SAY that it is nonsense
70 ask such questions. All my friends
Know that | have been Republican all
ny life. and also know that am out of
public life for good. They know, too,
NAT should not take any Office. high
or low, for | have had enough of that,
AND the time has come for rest and
quiet. That is the only answer | have"
Then, said your correspondent,
isuppose may say you are decidedly
dent p
Decidedly not. sir" the General
answered.
Locks Like Sim.
NEW YORK. March 30.-Twelve more
counties in Pennsylvania, including Al
nsnany, Yesterday instructed for James
nalne. He will have from that State
Eac'ically a solid delegation. Collector
ooo.rtson goes from this State. and
AVS Blaine will have a majority of the
New York delegates.