Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-03-16

li'+ oregon IrarssontlaertH 4 e
%: Union Poetic to 775s. acd St
Paul =, to 9lA. Outside of thest
shares the decline WAS merely frac
tional. Pacific Mail continued strons
throughout. Durins, the d ay New YorE
Central sold At difference of Il Del
cent between cash seller" ana regular
and stock lent, at IA 4. and later Al
~ for us.. The street was flooded Al
mes with be2rish ruInors regarding
the probable action of the Northwest
ern pool. Steamers for Europe TODAY
took ont no gold. OF tue thirty lead
in2 stocks. fifteen closed higher this
evening than last. and twelve lower An
Tree unchanged. The result of the
weeks trading VAS generally higher
price. Compared xith last s lturday. OF
the thirty leading stocks. twenty-three
were 4 to Ia per cent higher than A
week ago.
Ruised by Faithie,> Clerks.
NV YORK, March l5.-Charles W
hassler, doing business In railroad
bonds as H.ssler Il Co.. has failed. With
Liabilities At about 10000. Tue fail
ire was precipit tied by the discovery
that tws clerks h I'd been using seeuri-
~ Va tD'sb'4 VIII tue
Report, Of the Foot aud Mouih Plague
In Iowa.
MUsCATINE Iowa. March l5.- Physi-
clans pronounce the cattle disease near
Wapelia, Louis County, the foot and
mouth plague. Three animals have
died.
Teller Attempts 10 Escape.
ST. LOUIS. March l5-1eller. the ex-
press robber, made a bold and desperate
attempt to escape this afternoon. Since
his arrival here he has bsen in the hands
Of t g express officials helping them to
straiRhten ont their accounts. He has
occupied a room on the fifth floor of the
Lindell Hotel, adjoining that of General
Manager MOrsenan, and a policeman
has been on guard in the hall outside
This afternoon, while Morseman Was
busy writing and no one else WAS pres
ent, Teller qnietly passed out of the
open window. and with the aid OF the
fire escape descended to the balcony
over the main entrance of the hotel.
lie then rushed through An open win
dow into lady's bedroom. and thence
into the hall of the hotel, but not being
familiar with the house he ran wildly,
aud brought up in the ladies' ordinary
on the Sixth street side of the hotel
The outside doors of this room being
locked, he had to retrace his steps, and
~ be did so Officer King. the guard.
who had been apprised by Morseman Of
his escape and had rushed down stairs
to head him off. met and nah ed him.
de was then taken to the Four Courts,
delivered to the police authorities and
locked up.
MeGtmnis Bros. 4 Fearing.
NEW YORK. March 15.-Schedules in
assignment of the firm of McGinnis
Bros. Il Fearing, brokers, show the liza
bilities to be $424 900; nominal assets,
f6I3.OOO; actual assets, $4,000.
Captured a Marquis.
The announcement is made of the
engagement of Mrs. Frank Leslie, wild
ow II the publisher. to Marquis de Len
vile Of France.
Another SnOw.sIide.
DENVER tCol.). March IA Rpub-
leans Durango special says: 1t is re-
ported that snow slide carried away
the Sampson Mining Companv's con-
csntrating works eight miles northwest
Of Sllverton, or cted last summer at An
expense of $4,000. No lives were lost.
Further particulars are at present I'M
| Obtainable.
Colorado Cattle Men.
DENVER (Col. }, March i5-At a meet
ing of the Colorado Cattle Growers AS
ISOLATION, held here TO day, resolutions
were passed requesting the members of
Congress in this State to urge the imme-
| date passage of the Hatch animal in
dnstry bill also the joint resolution
for the suppression of the foot aud
mouth disease III Kansas. Great alarm
Is felt. and the association declares
against the importation of all cattle
into the State, and asks the q vernon to
Call special 'ssion of the legislature
20 enact quarantine laws.
Better situation Ia Railway Circles.
CHICAGO, March anding
ia Il rate var seemei very certain to
occur next Monday bv reason of the
dt-sylution of the Northwestern and
Contral Iowa Traffic Association, the
stu atom appears somewhat less war
like tonight. General Manager Hugh
lit of the Northwestern, Assistant Gen
eral Manager lies of the Milwaukee Il
st. Paul and General Man ager Cable of
the Rock Island called meeting this
afternoon, and it is confidently asserted
that "A meeting will be called for next
Monday or Tuesday to form new
pool. In the meantime agents have
1ecn directed to maintain Rates.
Passenger Train Wrecked.
CHARLOTTE On. c., March 1.-THE
Eastern bound passenger train on the
Western North Carolina Railway was
wrecked near Marion, and the engine
and two cars were thrown down an en-
bankment. Engineer Knox was killed
and fireman badly bruised. No
others we're seriously hurt.
\" Foot and Mouth Disease In Illinois.
EFfINGHAM. ILL.,. March THURMAN
Beatty, the expert sent here by the
Breeders Gdzefte To investigate the cat
tie plague supposed To be prevailing in
this vicinity, has given the foot and
mouth disease careful study. not only
in this country but i'll Canada aud Scot
land. After making a close investiga-
ton Of the afflicted herds he makes the
following statement to the Associated
Press:
i" The foot and mouth disease report
W De pie ittut uiu du-
joining counties, proves upOn investi-
CATION to bs without foundation.
visited tas largest herd in the county
today. said TO be afflicted with the foot
and mouth disease the herd belonging
to Robert 4. Heating. I miles north II
Effingham. found that the cattle had
foot rot, but there was not a single in-
dicatl0n of foot and mouth disease. The
herd consists of 81 cattle, art Of which
bee me afflicted With foul in the foot
about January lst. Not being properly
cared for. the disease has increased and
some Of the cattle have lost their hoofs.
The disease Is confined TO ,lveS and the
younger part of the herd. The older
cattle and sheep in the same pasture
show no signs of disease whatever. or
the IL now suffering. not one shows the
slightest indication of the diseased
mouth, aud all have ravenous appetites.
indicating poor feeding. fsirty years
experience in the foot and mouth dis
ease. having seen hundreds Of cases and
from a careful examination Of these
Gases, | am certain that these cattle are
no. affected with the foot and mouth
disease. From information gathered
here in regard to other cases reported
in this and adjoining counties. an
convinced that they are similar. and
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