Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-08-28
EASTERN NEWS.
.,.oc,.rrp PRESS DISPATCHES.
a.. HAND. Of the sherin.

On. Hands Of the sheriff.
yoax Aug. N.-Sheriff Davidson
Ns~ Lan nossession of the Bankers'
bias ' Ma.rcbants' Telegraph Office in
ara ,oant of Mr.. RoeblinR for 1900.
80 q. at Charter Oak Park.
u'--voup. Aug. N.-Maud s. reached
ca,tar oak Park at noon in charge OF
U D,s;, She will be trained for an enort
n' sarer her 2.O9Z record before being
,stired from the turf.
Getting BETTER.
p..H,RpoB, Maine, Aug. N.-Blaine
as down stairs today In MS usual
health.
w,suSeros, Aug. N.-The Swain
W. roartjal has been postponed until
o g 18th, as General Swaim's
~ counsel will be unable 10 appear
before that time.
A shrewd swindle.
Nm YoHK. Aug. 27.-Mr. Davies,
~ President OF the Globe Mutual
p W. Society, was arrested today,
ps.raed with having while agent of the
~ Insurance Company Of America.
liz .niiscted commissions on policies issued
~ rat are claimed to have been ficti-
60 persons. His examination was
postponed for week.
No Effect I'm New York.
WV YORK, Aug. 27.-Mr. Garland, of
.hs First National Bank, one of the cor
.ssnondsnts Of the Second National
pank of Xsnia, states that the suspen-
In of that institution will have no
sgsct in financial circles here. Its ac-
sonnt with the First National Bank was
ysry small, averaging only $1,000 to
f5000
the Naval Review at Newport.
Newport, August 27.-The President
same ashore this morning with Secre-
tsry Phillips and Messrs. Miller and
T;aany. and made several calls. At 10
o'clock the North Atlantic squadron got
onder way and proceeded up the bay
n where the torpedo experiments and
maneuvers will take place. The Presi-
dent is going on the Dispatch and Sec
,starv Chandler on the Albatross. Tue
exercises will last several hours. To-
morrow there will bs exercises at the
torpedo stations.
Michigan Prohibiiionfsts.
lansing Mich Aug. 27.-At 10 this
morning the Prohibition State Conven-
ton was called to order. Committees
we're appointed, and recess was taken
until afternoon.
A xenia, Ohio, Bank Cieses Its Doors.
xENIA (O.), Aug. 27.-The Second Ma
tional Bank closed its doors this morn
inQ. There was a ran on the bank yes
terday, but payments were made
promptly. confidence was restored and
many renewed III cir deposits. Cashier
]. 8. Ankeney has gone West. The
bank today is in the hands of an Off
car detailed by the Comptroller of the
Currency. No statement of its oondi-
ton has been made.
Cashier Ankeney had been engaged in
Rrain transactions with X. M. Smart,
10 whom the baRk, through Aukency,
recently made large advances. Smart
gave q mortgage to secure this money,
bat the directors were not satisfied, and
demanded Ankeney's resignation. He
went West the next day, and this
cdu5ou tuo run VI yc5tetNhys hho
are regarded az able to
meet all liabilities, though the amount
has not yet been made public.
Important Decision.
New YORK, Aug. T.-Judge Wallace
today, in the Circuit Oourt, decided. in
Ihe case of NARROW VS.. the Texas d Pa
,ific Railroad, that the company must
pay its interest in cash upon its income
ind land grant bonds for 1882 and 1883.
The case involves 100000.
Secretary Reiger's Illness.
ROCHESTER,, Aug. 27.-Jadgs Folger is
Il his home at Geneva suffering from
nervous prostration caused by over
york. This moraing he is reported as
better. He has been out riding every
day until yesterday. His friends are
hopeful for his speedy recovery.
A Report Denied.
NEW YORK, Aug. GA report is in
circulation today that the Sheriff has
taken possession of the Bankers and
Telegraph Company on a
Judgment for $4,000. The Superinten
dent states that the report Is untrue, ~
be knows. President Bates, of the
United Telegraph Lines, said he had no
OF the affair; but even If
rue, il would in no way effect the
Of the United Lines.
ON wall street.
New YoRK, Aug. 27.-Governments
continue strong; railways firmer; stocks
we're barely steady at the opening and
Ioon became weak or lower on account
If unfavorable reports concerning the
runk lines and coal combination.
4ackawanna was attacked with severity
md forced down to 109<. The decline
outside Lackawanna ranged from to
u. Before IL O'Clock a. m. the temper of
peculation changed for the better, and
IN advance OF to so was brought
lbout by good buying for long accounts.
n final transactions there WAS reac-
ION of i to III, due TO realizations.
The market left OF firm. Compared
Tith last night. closing prices are y to
" higher except Louisville q Nashville,
which 10 Y lever.
The Postal Stationery Frauds.
WASHINGTON. Aug. T.--By the con-
Iract for furnishing the post office en-
velopes, recently annulled by the Post
master General, and by previous con-
Tracts, the envelopes supplied were re-
luired to be of certain exact dimen-
sions. 1t appears upon investigation
that the sizes required were different
from those kept In stock by envelope
generally. The effect of
The requirement was to prevent the
great bulk of manufacturers from bid
ding upon the proposals, as exte lsive
and costly changes in their machinery
would he required for the manufacture
Of sizes, which would net be warranted
BY the profits of the firm in the contract
for single year. The result OF the last
letting was TO limit the number of bid
ders to six firms. To obviate this difii.
Guilty, the proposals Just issued for q
supply Of these envelopes provide that
the sizes may be slightly larger than
the dimensions given, but no smaller,
thus allowing all manufacturers 10 com
pete for the contract.
The Critic says il Is seriously inti-
mated that collision existed in the Post
Ofice Department with the contractors,
and that the business Of Postmaster
General Gresham at Newport 10 to con.
suit the President before taking hnal
action in the premises, and IL IL not i'm
probable that the head of O prominent
official will fall into the basket.
The Pfeuro.pneumenss.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27.-Dr. salmon.
chief OF the Bureau OF Animal Indus
Try. has submitted a report to the Com
missioner of Aorioultnra relative To the