Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-02-19
.AaTuRN NEWS.
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4 Diissara.
Man, Feb. 1e.-N has
q. I AS here oil day. The vino
bo..d 4 Is growing colder. ne
bfl : terrific blizzard WORKING
- Ss.s4;ou from Northern Dako-
- srcE reports the heaviest storm
= 10y. With snow and wind. and
ensnomstsr rapidly falling. James
sSneets NOV piling up m nue.
-. ~ The wind confirming all bot
Ssseesa men to the houses
Tskss Captured.
~ Fab. 1s.-Uncon6med ru-
1870 reacbed Suakem through .
frow Trinkatat, that TIE rebels
- Tckar by assault last ni9nt'
s1sing the garrison.
Asssssssssess smi Sessss.
..,.orp (va.,, Feb. ls.-Ths Gov
~ vstoed the bill for reappor-
~ representation in Congress,
~ around that II has NOT been
,t;onsts 70 the voting strength.
t.e political parties, while nearly
.s - spportionment - sach As TO
- ooiitieal element Of the State
ssibly and probably seven OF tea DIS
o. Wall Street.
s.v Yoax, Feb. ls.-Governments
~, for as at second call, but they
~ Arm. Railways active and strong;
.Ls vsrs lower in the first half hour
~ - declined \ to per cent.
~ 1850 Union Pacific advanced to
~ a a large transaction. Stock WAS
49, demand and At times there WAS
S1srsnce Of q per cent between sal a
s.Is, and seller 3. A number OF sell
= n ouxions fell due today, and these
sca;nactjon With the closing Of the
- tomorrow led to brisk inquiry
r -, and ~ high ~ 1872 per diem
- "a for stock near the close. The
ss;la,e of NaQinDis Bros. Il Fearing Was
s.sosnod. aud prices broke TO 2k
- -. the latter being Union Pacific.
ks. Immediate cause Of the failure Was
80 ~ arm and their constituents had
.s;sts1 10 the bear side and had there
~ suffered by the sharp advance in
-. For month past the 6rm have
~ 10. II any. contracts in Stock Ex-
.Ssnoe. and their liabilities are practi-
I'M Ill outside of that institution.
Ieooeding - the E~ni"a Post, the firm
- 10y do not owe anything, and there
- NJ sales Of stock under the rule
4, thsir account. In the evening. the
1870 having reported that the failure
~ largely due TO . large holding OF
Pullman stock, Pullman vas Questioned
= III point and said he bad not sin
a shsss Of Pullman stock in the firms
Ia,da and ~ far ~ he had been able
. discover the firm vas carrying little
= 40 Pullman stock on the books either
T. 0heusslves or their customers. In
iaal salss Upiou Pacific rallied 70 82%
"a closed ct ~. Compared With Sat
uday's dosing prices were from n to
The sseek List.
Nxw Yonx. Feb. 18.-U. 3. Throe's,
I1ok ;4k's ll41< /; "a, l23x American
RIpssas IS, Canada southern BAN, Cen
81 Pacific 6215, Chicago. Burlington
"a Quincy 126, Delaware. Lacks.
suans and Western l271<, Denver and
10 Grands 70. Hannibal and St. jos
SK, Kansas and Texas IN, Lake
NOE l021<, Louisville d Nashville 481s.
nishigan Central SEX, Northern Paoific
u, Northern Pacific preferred 4S1f,
Neshvsstsrn 1904, Oregon and Trans.
uatinsntai 20A, Oregon Railway and
Navigation ~, Oregon Improvement
4 Rock Island 1914. 1t. Paul 9lA.
fsyss Pacific 2Oh, Union Pacific 81,
lated States Express 50, Wabash. st.
lsuia and Pacific 1871, Pacific b's l29.
CAasdian Pacific ml+, Erie Gh, New
Imk Central TN, Pacific Mail 47st.
llnams 81. Wells, Fargo 4 Go. Ito.
VU1sen Union 76A.
Snow D1eckaae.
DAWN, Feb. l8.--Ths snow blockade
,Arcuehout the San Juan district,
8 southern Colorado. still continues.
n Hilvert0n wire was worked for few
lsss today, but went down With snow
~ This was the Arst oommunica-
- 0ilvsst0n has had with the outside
vu1id fer fifteen days. Business Of
mn kind has been suspended
d Silverton and the other mining
saps. The snow Ia six feet deep on
sbssl, and In yOme canyons where the
lsads ron, ia 20 to 20 feet deep. The
noele use snowshoes 70 visit their near
Mnsighb0ss. IL ia thought tue block
q cannot be broken before April.
III Of the camps have run ont Of
aeas, coffee and coal oil, but have
noely Of meat and -four 10 last an
~ uoath. 6nowslidss eoour daily,
~ - lon Of life Ii reported, the
sissm being careful 10 keep 0ut Of their
~. The sn0w In confined % the
nsanAain districts, n0ue having fallen
sDsaver In the past two months.
TAs Money Market.
NIV Yoax, Feb. lS.-The money mar
= ~ sasy at lk92 per cent; closed
Ssesd ct 1, per cent prime meroan-
2pApee, A95k per ocnt sterling OK
anno, baukers' bills, steady at ASH
aelhe sxehanRs, demand, ass.
CsasheA ~ the sasw.
Ospu, Utah, Feb. ia terrible
~ dido occurred ut Park City, Utah,
~ moaning striking the residences oo-
a9ed b. WIN. Rich, john Harris, Robt.
se11pa and Henry Drew. Rinh's
49, vas crushed 20 atoms: his three
eo1un vsrs killed. and bis wife Sc
ans1y 4 not fatally injured. Harris
49, vas demolished, aud his wife in
~ Killed, while he sustained ss-
ntnD)1nA Al ~ families living
e0eo eee ~ galoA ase 0oving 20
- ootog down tewu. Other
nndM9 U0ving from all the back
- l11ng ano6hsg snow slide. The
%Q0o most severe One ON record.
hoW raging, With snow three to
aU1o b depth.
oeavy Mortgage.
A1Sd1D. Conn, Feb. ls.-The reg
- & . go, 00O, 900 mortgage in
9won q forty different loan clerks
sa&seM llns across the state u made
\ ~ 6aAkers' aud MercAants' Tele-
QompaAy, Who, though posseas-
~ 49, q their own in this State,
ossP " lines Of the American
!sooqfaph Company recently 40
saeo y tAem.
Starving indians.
aA1u Dak., Feb. IA gentle
- o6su from Poplar river Gays
NMo Of staEvinR Indians are not
led. oeven thousand indians
ne.a1a but little dOur. all game
enappsafed. The d0gs and
eave bean killed aud eaten. In
vteA00s relief, oil must stArve
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