Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-01-29

A Exesaisg Day - wall street.
NEw YoRk, Jan 2a.-rhe Ssoc. IL.
change ~ se-n tbs scens Of great ex.
citement since ii o'clock. Northern
Pacifi: and its Kindred stocks have beeu
the great features OF speculation, and
snorts have been more badly twisted
than It any tims since the f,mo1s hst
| m Norihrrn Pacific. which preceded the
| closing OF the books for tie secoud
| mortgage loan. Oregon Navigation
sold as high "a Ill regular and ll3 cash,
the latter being n rise of 331. per cent.
from closing q1ottsions pa saturday:
Oregon improvement a,iv .aced from Il
to ~: Northern Psoiiic, prefercs frpn
45l4 u -; common, from 2zsS tn g,
Or-gon Irsnssensinsnts from 22x to
q. Iue main tuss for ths suarp rise
| vas the purchase on SATURDAY., BY a syn
dicat-, of 30,0U sharey Of Nor.n. ra Pa
cifia preferred, 30,UJU sn ares OF aosn,uon
snd 10, ,OU snsres OF Orsg IN Navigation
from tue Oregon Transc yntineatai, wi b
the provisO that the stocks are to bo
withheld froa shs market for year.
FMS places ths Osss Traaso o,nt4nsns-
~ Gosnpsuy IN an easy finauci.i condi-
tion, and it is further stated that the
syndicate agreed to furnish tue com-
pany with any further sum VI money il
may need In the future At d per cent.
per annum- The sharp rise in the
Northern Pacific sys;en caused gen.
eral advance. aud the general list rose
lt92H per cent.
l.U p. m.-The excitement at the
Stock Exchange nas aba;ed consider
ably. Oregon Navigation reacted to IS
regular and 80 cash; Northern Pacific
to TX, preferred Al. aud Oregon Trans
continental to 2iet Oregon Navigation
is nov back to lOO regular, and los
cash. The Reoerai market is lover.
4 View Of the sissaitsa.
New YoBK. Jan. B.-lhe Commercial
Advertiser, III Its financial article, says:
Jay Gould Is demonstrating with
vengeance to the Exchange ths danger
OF tsmpering with tne feelings of man
whom they regard AZ bankrupt. Sage
10 exempiifyinR his confidence in the
situation ny selling 90 days privileges
on Northern Pacific preferred 40 @ X. at
LA per Gent. Inc whole market, after
lU:3O was on juBp, and Oregon hail
way and Navigation Company opsned
1t IS; the next sale Was -; the next los
and she next lO6 or liz cash. In other
sSAiu1 ~ UOos VAOVV pos udy W OOEIOW
lou shares of stock at the highest cost
price ll9. Subsequently stock sold at
par, Regular way. There il no question
but that there ID u scarcity of stock.
The capital IL $4,000, ,COO. or this g.,
700 il held AZ part Of the $S,OOO,U0O
loan advanced by the Farmers Loan and
frust Company: $2.39J,OOO is held BY
the Northern Pacific Company, and S.
OOU,OO0 more belongs to Gould, and 81
5OO,UOO Was advanced for the Decker
Howell loan taken up Saturday, leaving
outstanding stock, including Investors
holdings, $370O,0U0. 10 tnat the stock IL
virtually cornered."
Modeas Demauas.
BOsroN, Jan. 23-I no New England
Free Thinkers Convention has formed
All association WITH by laws demanding
that churches be not exempt from
taxation; that judicial oaths to abol-
ished; that all laws enforcing the OBJ
servanee of the Sabsath ard Christian
morality be repealed; that the bible be
removed from the public sohools,' and
that government Ala Oe refused to SEQ
tarhn schools.
The WesterM Railroad Ot0rultles.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-lt has been ascer-
tained from tue best official source that |
the Burlington road has agreed on its |
part to MAINTAIN Rates, and It is under |
stood that further negotiations are |
pt ndinR between It and the Union Pa |
Cifio with view to settling some points |
which would make 1t still possi Ole to |
form pool On transmission business |
No settlement has been reached be- |
tween the Western lines, but orflciai |
declaration 10 made that negotiations |
may be taken up At any tune and the |
matters in dispute settled.
A Crininal Ceafesses.
HUNTER's POINT, l.. l., Jan 8.-Chas. |
A. Rugg, coutined in Jail charged with |
assault On Selah Sprague, Friday mo, n
ing, has confessed th t be committed |
the crime.
Clearing llesse Report.
BosToN, Jan. pa table compiled |
from special dispatches " the Post FROM |
the managers of she "a leading clearing |
houses of tho United States. gives total |
cloarances for the week ending January
10Th, and comparison with correspond |
ing week in 1883. as follows: Total, 1911, |
256, ,4W. Decrease, 81; outside New |
York, $252, 81, ga; decrease. %.
Aaoek 0aetaet0As.
Nsw YoRK. Jan. 2s.-U. 3. Three's,
l0O5<; 41rs, IAN fs, 23X; American
Express 80, Canada Southern 81, Cen |
tral Pac,fic Is. Chicago, burlington |
and Quincy 2l1, Delaware, Laoka-
wanna aud Western Tx, Denver and |
Rio Grsnde 20S%, Hannibal and 81. Joe |
Syx. Kansas and Texas l9k, Lake
ShOrr 97k Louisville and Nash vile 45>{,
Michigan Central 911&, New Jersey Gen.
trai san, Northern taoi6c 221, North |
western l6k. Ohio and Aissiasippi 221t.
Reading IS. Rock Island IL. S.. Paul
lSk. Texas Pacific l7x. Union Pacific
IN, United States Express 81, Wabaah,
st. Louis and Pacific l6h, Pacific 95's
~. Erie 25sz, New York Central 1871.
Pso'ao Aa'i ~. Panama So. Wells.