Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-12-31

road hiss any right even along III,
on9inai linz, for tbs simple reasou that
! nss not yet complied With the tern.
Of iss grant,
The Aisstng Amethyst.
"AsHrSoTos. Dec. S0.-The ps,s.io,
o. the owners. agents and masters on
,ne SnsiinR vessels sailing from San
rrsneisco. praying that q searca pzyty
re sent q look for the mias.zg nh .ls,
Amethysf, vas received through IN.
mails at the Treasury Department to.
DAY. IL v stated in the s-tltlsu III \,
TOE Loot bark vas seen of Cane La
borne, 10 the Aretie ocean, on Oe,- -
1870, by the whaling bark Dawn. vhies
arrived a. San Frapclseo on November
70 last, and Was the last of some 20 yes
sells 10 arrive. The Dawn exper,snc.d
nne weather in the Arctic and tbs peti-
tien states that IL is the opinion of sea.
isr'nR mes and others conyersant With
tne sselect. that the Ameshyst mnst
nave gotten safely DOT Of the Arctic but
mas been lost on the isi and of 81. Paal
or ST. Matthew or one of the AI.utian
group The petition vas forwarded by
the Collector at San Francisco. Two
OF tie off1cers of the cutter Corv,r have
oees ordered 10 the Rush.
Another Increase
WAsHrSeTos, Dec. S.-Tbe Treasure
ofnciais express the opinion, Z uuded
on the fact that receipts have been
very light during month, while
pension payments have been made TO
comfortable amount on account OF
last mouth that the publio deb. state
ment VII show an increase OF nearly
$2'uO.Oo during the current month.
To be Admitted Free OF Daty.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
instructed the Collector Of Customs at
Seoreetovn, ID. C., to admit free of
dusy certain plaster models imported
BY the Ladies Monument Association
as designs from which selection 10 to be
made for a monument to Gen. Robert
Z. Lee. Authority for their exemption
from duty Is found in the statute pro-
vldine for the free importation Of arti-
oies imported for the purpose Of erect
ing public monuments.
Jordan to 70 TO New York.
Treasurer Jordan expects to 90 to
New York on the 3lst last. to assume
charge Of the United States sub Treas
ury there. He says be knows no reason
Why be should not discharge the dutie 9
OF sub Treasurer. as il simply amounts
to the performance by a superior off,
eial OF certain duties heretofore dis
charged by q subordinate.
The Wsrk Of ineendtariea.
DENVER, Dec. 30.-rnis morniue at 3
O'Clock three N asked men entered the
engine room Of the Marshall Coal Com
pany's works at Erie, on the Colorado
Central Railway, 40 miles from Denver,
captured the engineer, took him several
hundred yards awiv, tied him and then
returned and set fire TO all the coal on
the dumps. The hosting works, the
engine house. the tram way aud several
oars belonging to the railroad company
we're completely destroyed-ovsr $l5, 900
worth OF property aud throwing several
hundred men out of employment. Three
weeks ago the wages of the men in these
mines were cut down. When th e
Knights Of Labor ordered a strike the
miners, rather than be without work at
this time Of year. refused to obey and
continued work. This mornings out
rage is supposed to be another outcrop-
ping Of the Rock Spr ines trouble, insti-
gated by the Knights of Labor striking
miners.
Joha McCallsugh's Pace OF Rurial.
New YORK, Dec. 3O.-A Philadelphia
special says that VIM. j. johnson, one
Of the executors of the will John Mo
CullouRb, said today that meeting will
be held in New York en- Monday to take
bRal action regarding the last resting
place of the dead actor. In spite of
Capt. Corners statement to q reporter
that there was still fair chance Of the
body being sent TO 81. Louis for
burial, johnson declared that il will not
be taken from Philadelphia.
The stock List.
NEW YoRx. Dec. 30.-3's 1887, as
ll24, As 124h, Pacific 6's 1854,
American Express l02. Canada Pa
oifie 62Js. Canada Southern ~. Gen.
tral Pacific 49,. Darlington 1874, Lack
avanna l36. Denver 4 kio Grande
Il, Erie %, Kansas i Texas 32A
Lake shore 88Js, Louisville d NASH
vile 451s Michipan Central 1854 North
ern Pacific 2SH, Northern Pacific
preferred 62. Northwestern 10Y,
New York Central 1855. Oregon Rail
way and Navigation 1864. Oregon
rranscontinental 49,. Oregon Improve
menf q, Pacific Mai 60s1 Panama 81.
Rock Island l2S1s. St. Paul 95s<. Texas
Pacific 1875. Union Pacific $50, United
States Express 6l1I. Wells Fargo 1872,
Western Union 70