Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-09-02

the extension of its service through to
the Pacific coast.
The Arkansas Election.
LITTLE Rock. Sept. Specials from
all over she State lndisate a very large
Vote. due to increased population and
the deep interest in county elections.
The Democratic State ticket is elected
by large majority. Most of the Re
puolIcans votsd against the amendment
rt pudlating $ll 900 ,0OO railroad aid and
levee bonds
Dynamite Outrage.
LONDON, Sept. IAN attempt was
made tod ~ TO destroy with dynamite
the house of Moffat. manager of a large
mine In Cleator. Mof.att tad incurred
the enmity of the miners ON account of
having discharged all the operatives
who took part in the Orange riots. The
house was damaged, but there we're no
arrests.
Mills shutting Down.
Dover IN. H.. Sept. 1.-The Salmon
Falls and Great Falls cotton mills shut
down, and the two remaining will be
closed Ia another week.
kesuming work.
LEWISTON Ne. }, Sept 1.-The Lewis
ton and Bates mill. employing 2600 CD
eratives, which shut down recently, re
sumed today.
Clearing House Report.
BosToN, Sept. 1.-Dispatches from the
leading clearing houses of the United
States show that the total clearapces
for the week ending August Both were
klsrs0 1k1 10S daaraoaa nf II ln0
cent. compared with the corresponding
week In 1888.
ON Wall Street.
New YORK, Sept. L. Governments
firm railways lower. Shares opened
firm and higher but soon became de-
pressed. There were rallies at intervals
bat IN the N ain the market was heavy.
Unfavorable rumors concerning granger
earnings aud the publication of the
quarterly reports of the New York Cen.
trail and other roads were used to bring
about the downward movement. In
iaal transactions granger aud trunk
line shares were weak, while Union Pa
otic, Missouri Pacific and Western
Union were somewhat firmsr. Com
pared with Saturday closing prices were
x to 3ls lower.
National Mining Industrial ExpOsi.
ton.
DENVER, Sept. 1.-The third annual
exhibition of the National Mining In
dustrial Exposition, under the auspices
of the Denver Chamber of Commerce,
was formally opened today. The city is
crowded with visitors from all parts of
the state and surrounding Territories.
Many of the principal buildings aud
private residences are handsomely dec
grated. The parade this afternoon was
participated in by many civic aud mil
Itsry organic atoms of the city an / State.
The success of the exhibition over that
of any previous year seems assured.
They Think Butler Will Do.
New YORK. Sept. The National
met this afternoon, John Romeyn pre-
National Convention at Chicago as in
tended. The following declaration was
issued:
I'm view of the general union of the
various labor and reform movements
under the banners of the Peoples party,
which embodies, in the main, the re-
O1 tutt OEk tItL ttlOu, Tue
National Committee of the National
Labor party declares its entire approval
of co-opsratiou with the sid Pso 1,o's
party, and loo Il organizations are here
10y directed to cooperate with said or
ganization In this campaign in support
of the peoples ohampioR, b. T. Batter"
sc. IOuis Races.
ST.. LOUIS, Sept. The third days
races opened with good track. The
first race was for purse of 500, all
age, seven furlongs. Nora NJ. Hatch,
Nc Bo Wing. Lycurgus, Adventure, Re
woke and ArIstocrat cane to the post.
Ascender aud Mount Olive scr ,,ched.
Hatch won bv half a length, Nora NJ.
second aud McBowling a good third.
Time, 1:3iA.
Second race-Autumn Stake, for all
ages: $500, and 800 to second; mile and
n half; starters, Bjunie, Australian,
April Fool, Kishbs and John Sullivan.
After hotly contested race for nearly
tue whole distance April Fool Won by
three lengths, Australian second, wite
Sullivan az hIs girtn. Time. 1:42I8.
Third race-Selling event, purse of
500. heats, three-quarters of a mile;
starters, Tom Moore, Cbantilly, We'll
lington, Vacillator. Chill, Nephon,
Spsigeloerg and Bonita. In the first
heat Chill, the favorite, won by nearly
a length. Nephon second, Chantilly
third. Tim, 1:20. In the second heat,
after driving finish, Gull won by a
neck, Chantiliy second and Nephon a
clsse third. Time, l:l9. The winner
WAS bid in by the owners at the entry
price, $500.
The foarth race was q steeplechase
over the full course for a purse of $500.
The starters we're King, Dutehman, San
ford aud Hsartless. Dutchman won.
Sanford second and Heartless third.
lime, $50.
Massachusetts Peoples Party.
BosToS. Sept. 1.-The call of the Peo-
pies party 10 tee voters of Massachu-
sets for State Convention at worces-
ter on the 23tn instant, denounces the
free trade leaning of the Chicago Dem
ocrats and their platform as mimic i 10
the workinzmen of America, and as a
departure from trus Dem )cratic princi-
pies