Daily Los Angeles herald., 1884-01-29
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Company.
New YORK, Jan. 2s. The Tribune Says
1t was reported Sunday that a syndicate
Of prominent capitalist OF New Y6rk and
Philadelphia had purchased o1Sfturfidy
large block OF stock OF the N. p. r. X.
system. from the Oregon Transportation
dps Iiwas acknowledged BY all, TINT
the ftoSk h5d bsan bought fGr inv estmeht
by tIia syndirste and thcrefors would be
withdra wn from Iiarkek. II Il also safd
that the tale has supplied the Orpgon
Tran snoflsiicn Co, with oil the money
neesl1a taB6r6A6fifit present difficulties,
and 20 on With its business 'Fhe mem
bers Of the syndicate are Anthony j.
Drexel, of Philadelphia. Drexel. Morgan
4 Co., Cyrus W. Field, jay Gould and
Russell Sage. ;of New York, and some
others prominently identified with the
present management Of the Companies.
The Sun says: The amount OF accom-.
modation supplied is varously estimated
at from two to six ,nillions. The correct
figure will probably prove million and
sfmetuafiuns in 0regoh stocks.
New YORK, Jan. %. The CONNER.
cid 4dcertiser, in its financial article,
sayss ".Jay Gould il tle,Hdnshating
with vengeance that to exchange
places with. grizzlies is nothing to the
danger of tampering with the feelings Of
man whom they reported as bankrupt. i
Sage Is exemplifyipg his confidence in
the situation by selling sixty, days privi-
leges on Northern Pacific preferred
40g60 at 81 IA per cent. It ,is his first
trading in stock. The whole marketai
ter 1920 was on the jump. Oregon
Railway and Navigation. Company
opened at 15.. The next sale was %,
next sl05, next Si0S: SIlS, cnsh. In
other terms 1t cost $1,000 to-day TO Dor.
row 100 shares of stock; highest cost
price SlI9. Subsequently the stock sold
ut par in the regular way. There is no
question but that there is scarcity Of
stock, The capital is $4,000, 900, Of
s.. 900, 600 loan advanced by the Farm
ers Loan and Trust Company, 50, 390,-
900 held by the Northern Pacific Com
phny Three million more belong TO
Gould and Sage for advancing 81 ,50O,-
900 for Decker & Howell, the loan taken
up Saturday, leaving outstanding stock,
including investors and holders, SO, 700,-
900, SO the stock is virtually cornered
A Drawn Rattle.
-NEM YORK, Jan. 28.-s.Jem" Goode,
an English pugiljst. and Charley Nor
ton, Of this city, fought four rounds this
evening, Queensberry rules. 1t was de-
cared draw The stakes were 5000
side and gate money. r
stctIing Exchange and Bonds
New YopK. Jan. 2s.. Sterling bills
on London, 60 days, s4.s8;i Sterling
bills on London, sight draft. SASSY; U.
S. AIS of 1901, interest quarterly, 81. l44;
U. s. As of 1907. interest quarterly,
Sl239; US. IS, Sl.OOt; Western Union
Telegraph, 73i. ~
Western Union Rednring EN-
penses.
CHICAGO, Jan. %. The 9ri6une's
New York special says: Within
the last three days, an accord
ance with instructions, there has been a
| general reduction Of expenses in all de-
| partments of the Western Union Tele-
| graph office here This is said to be
the outcome of the long interview be-
tween Jay Gould and Norvin Green on
Friday. in which the former became ex-
cited, 1t Is rlfnoretl that the new policy
is against the desire of Mr.. Green.
Opening of Mapieson's season.
CHICAGO, Jan. 2s. Mapleson's Opera
Company opened the Chicago season
auspciously at MoNieker's Theater this
evening, before q large and, fashionable
audience, which filed the house. The
opera given was "Crispino & la Comare
Adelina Patti, as "Annetta," received an
enthusiastic welcome, being repeatedly
called outafter each scene and act, and
singing three encores.
s The Free Thinkers.
BosToN, Jan. 2s.-The New England
Free Thinkers Convention has formed
an association, with by laws, demanding
that churches shall not be exempt from
taxation; that judicial oaths be abol.
ished: that all laws enforcing obser-
vance OF the Sabbath and Christian
morality be repealed; Bible removed
from the public schools and govern
mental aid refused to sectarian schools.
The Crested Buttes Disaster
Two Rodies Sill Missing.
DENVER, Jan. 2S.--Since an early
hour this morning Inspector McNeall
and assistants continued the search for
the two missing bodies buried under
the mass of debris somewhere in the
black depths of the Crested Buttes
mine, bnt without success. The nina
is now rapidly filling with fatal gas
and the searchers are obliged to pro
ceed with extreme caution. Even then
at imminent peril to their own lives
The coroner's inquest resumed at 10
o'clock this morning. The evidences
of three witnesses was heard. They
all agree that had the rules of the
mine been properly observed, the min
ers terrible accident never would have
occurred. All spoke in the highest
terms of the management and of their
extreme caution and care for the safety
of the miners.
Three brothers Killed by One
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Jan. 2a. 49, AmanI
named Webb got in difficulty in Jack
son county, Ala, with three brothers
named Wilburn. He killed two and
fatally wounded the third. The origin
of the difficulty was a trivial matter