Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-13

NEW foEx March I2.-Geuerai Grant
70 better this morning. He zseps we'll
Iast night. He hAs bsea fres from pain
Tor tne past foar days and 10 nov able
70 walk up and down stairs at viii.
Unisa Paeiar EarninxN
bosroS. March 1.-THE Rross earn
Ines Of the Union Pacific whole sys
Sm--foF January, were 81 .6TI!Oll. an
increase over the same month last wear
or yitr30: expenses 81 .IsS nD, a de-
Grease OF kls7 lS45; surplus earnings.
<4to%osl, an increase of $S3l.2o.
FsreiGn Appsintnsents-
SAN FRAScIsoo, March 1a.-Tbe CaIrs
Washington special says that ez-sens
tor Pendleton viii be offered the French
mission and ex- Representative Hopkins,
Prooably the Italian mission. Gensral
Mcclellan, Of NeS jersey. 10 spsken Of
for the Russian mission. K. p. c. Lewis,
OF New Jersey, wants &c be Minister 20
Switzerland. and W. A. QuArrels will
contest the appointment of ex-senator
Williams 70 be Minister TO Mexico.
mackin and s.zIlaeher Sentenced.
CHICAGO, March Il.--In the United
States CIreuit Court this afternoon. af
ter bearing an elaborate argument for
new trial for Jos. c. Mackin and Wm.
Gallagher Who we're found guilty in the
celebrated Iath ward election case,
Judge Biodgett at 40 0. d. denisd q
motion for new trial. He then order
ed the prisoners TO stand before the bar
aud formally sentenced each 10 30 years
Imprisonment in Joliet and also impos
Id HTsaa II n
dered them into custody Uf the United
States Marshal and deferred the date OF
teeir removal TO Joliet for ten days.
Neither man finched wien the sentence
was pronounced. Gleasou's case vas
not disposed OF ~ Leonard SWEET wishes
TO present some arguments 10 the
court.
on wall strees.
NKv YoRK, March 12.-Governments
dull, quiet and unchanged. Railway
bonds were again active and generally
higher. the business being well distri-
buted a. indicating q demand for this
class of securities. Stocks we're CON-
paratively quiet. Spectators show q
disposition 20 wait for further develop
ments- The belief 10 growing that the
market will have reaction before max
ing any further advance. There il also
disposition to await more definite
news from Europe In regard to the
troubles between Britain and Russia.
The var news in Wall street today was
of more pacific character and opera
tors shO yesterday talked confidentiaIly
Of decided boom in the stock market,
today advocate q moderate reaction,
which they say will tempt outsiders,
who nsver trade Ia stocks except vhen
they buy, and sill allow the leading
bears TO Increase their lines of shorts.
As the opening u the Board prices we're
Irregular, and in q majority Of cases in.
active, but showed declines of \ to u
per cent. During market hours there
were further fractional declines, when
in many cases the lowest prices ossthe
day we're made. After a slight rally the
market became steady and 20 oontinned
until the publication of = report which
credited PrvsiGent Keep, of the North
western Hallway Company, with the
statement that the next Omaha diyi
dend would not be paid. This caused q
heavy break IN stocks in this line. and
other stocks sagged in sympathy.
Later In the day this report was offici-
ally denied by Keep and others, and
Omaha recovered most OF ITS loss.
There was a slight recovery in other
stocks. Then came q rumor that Sc.
Paul would cut down or pass its next
which caused the stocks Of
that road 10 break and the whole hist D.
nallv closed weak and generally within
very small fractions Of the lowest prices
Of the day. and from IS(dA lover than
the hnal quotations OF last evening. IL
comes from semi-oilicial sources that
there u some talk Of the Missouri Pa
clflc issuing commOa steck. making the
present Missouri Pacific stock preferred
and absorbing the Missouri, Kansas 4
Texas. IL ~ thought this plan will meet
with the approval of the Missouri, Kan
sas 4 Texas stockholders and quiet the
opposition 30 the present management.
The oaiy sctivs stock showing an ad
vance is Pacific Mail which was high
er at 6e1s, after selling between 6iss aud
s2ss.
rhe sseek Liss
NEW YosK. March i2.-United states
Sc, l0i \; 4lS's, lllSs; fs, l22ls; Pacific
Sc LIS, American Exp's 81, Canada Pa
5ifie 3ois. Canada Southern 81, Cen
trsl PAcifio BlS. Burlington I24. Lack
Avanna lotss Denver 4 kio Grande ~,
Erie I34s, Aannibal 4 81. Joe d. Kan
sss 4 Iexas l7Ss. Lake shore 645SS, LOuis-
ville Il Nashville Sljf. Michigan Central
e094. Northern Pacific l5Sf, Northern
PaciSc preferred 43ls, Northwestern
stss, New York Central 9osl. Oregon
and Navigation 81. Oregon
l3js. Oreeun improve
ment -, Pacific Mali o., Panama 81.
Rook Island lis. sc. Paul Z8A, Texas
Pacific l2ss. Union Pacific ~, United
States Express 50. Wells Fargo los.
Western Union ssA. Petroleum steady
II S8is.
Meney Market.
NEW IoRx, March l3.-Monay easy Rt
lsa2 per cent. closing at 1 prime pa
per, AaB; exchange bills dull and
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