Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-28


70 revise the 6rss vosame, becsase OF
his apprhension that ae nasy not Be
able TO nnish bis ssoona volume.
. Maud o.
SKu Yoax- FEB. E.-Boun.r Z, xrslins
70 noted t1rfm4n, says; II have de-
etIfssd all applications to sxhibit Nsnd
g onrina the coming season. excepting
conditional promise made last fan 10
Colonel Edwards, President Of The
Cleveland Tlottina Park. 1 shall prnil.
ably let her trot this season on the
grounds OF that association, bui neither
there or anywhere else. 80 long a. own
ner will she Be- allowed 70 tros for
money"
s".Densisa Of o ~. Loais Cen n.issI.a
Hoase.
sT. LOWS, FEB. H.-The large CON-
mission house Of r. NJ. samuel a Son
stopped paying margins on wheat this
afternoon, arc announced THAI they
you'd saspend until they could look
INTO their affairs and ascertain how
they stood. Iosy are heavily long
on Sneat, but say they cannot make q
statement of their condition until To-
morrov. They owe one arm bere about
nalf a million boshels Of wheat. and il
10 believed that their losses have BEEN
sery large. The hrm IL one OF the old
est and best known in the CITY, having
been established over - years, and has
been considered very strong. IL vas
not only large receiver Of grain from
toe country, bot heavy exporter. and
mas aissys doRe large general basi-
ness. Webb n. Samuel, the senior Of
We nrn1, IL ons Of the best known mer-
chants IN the city. and vas at one time
president Of the Merchants Exchange.
The TFaasesatinenfal Association.
CHICAGO, Feb. 1.-THE Tran.ooufi
mental Railway Association continued
its session today and tonight. Its
| members refuse 10 give the results
re1ched, bat u was learned from appa-
rently good authority that mos. Of the |
session was occupied With tbs question |
OF Rates from seaboaFd to seaboafd. |
Ouing 20 trooble with the Eastern trunk |
lines In regard TO their proportion OF |
the through rate. IL Was decided, in |
stead OF basing the business on the rate |
between New York and San Francisco, |
| to.maks Chicago aud 81. Louis the ter |
minal points fhe rate between Chica-
20 and San Francisco will be 80 Der |
cent. of the rate between New York and |
San Francisco, or from s to 30 per hun
bred less, according TO class. The com
missionarship has not been settled.
On the Bridge.
kEOKuK, Iowa, Feb. N.-The rear
coach Of the Wabash train fell over the |
bridge near Baskerville this morning. |
About dozen pefsons were hurt, the |
worst being Conductor Gibson, +. |
Barns, road master, A. l.. Gregory and |
Mrs. Gilbert Lasalle, of this city.
A Fieadish Husband.
MARSHALL, Tel, Feb. 27.-Ann Be
Rop, negro woman who WAS seriously |
burned Sunday night, died today. In |
Der dying statement she charged her |
husband, Abe Be9on, with pouring oil |
over her clothing and setting them on |
DIRE. The husband has fed.
Consolidated sseek and Petroleum |
Exchange.
NEw Y0RK, Feb. ~ The Mining Ex. |
change, National Petroleum Exchange, |
New York Petroleum Exchange and she |
Sock Board have agreed TO form the |
Consolidated Stock and Petroleum En-
change of New York.
Cieveland's Views on the silver Ques.
tion.
ALBANY, Feb. II. FolloEing Is the 70.
ply addressed by Cleveland 20 tae SILVER
coinage advocates in Congress
| To Hon. 4 J. Warner and Others 0ss,n
bers If the Forty Eighth Congrsxs-GES
TLKMES The letter which have lad
tue honor 10 receive from you invites,
and indeed obli9es. me to give expires.
sion 10 some grave public necessities.
although in advance Of the moment
when they vsuld become objects Of nv
otfieiAl care and partial responsibility.
Your sOltcitude that INV Judgment shall
tAve been carefully and deliberately
formed IL entirely Just, and accept the
suggestion In the same friendly spirit
i'm which u has been made. II IL alsa
fully instlaed by the nature OF the finan-
sial crisis. which under the operations
of the act of Congress of FebTuery ~,
1873, is nos Gloss at hand. BY compli-
ance with the requirements Of that law
all the vaults of the Federal Treasury
have been, and are. beaped fall of silver
boins, which are nov worth less than
vs. per cent Of the gold dollar pre-
scribed as the unit of value" in
section 10 Of the act of February
IL, lS&S. and which. with the silver
representing certificates euoh coin, are
receivable for all public daes. Being
thus receivable, while also constantly
increasing In quantity ut the rate OF
i2s 900 .00O per year, 10 has followed of
necessity that the fow Of gold into the
Treasury has been steadily diminished.
Silver and silver certificates have dis.
placed, and are now displaciaR. gold.
The sum Of gold In the Federal Treas
ury, now available for the payment OF
tue gold obi iRAtions of the United
States, and for the redemption OF the
Tt-&sz1 IA
backs.n II not already encroached upon,
ia perilously near such sncroachment.
These ara facts. which, rs they do not
admit Of a difference of opinion, call
for no erQument. They hare been fore
warned Go us 10 the official reports of
eFery Secretary OF the Treasury from
Sis until now. They are plainly
affirmed Ia the last December report Of
the Secretary Of the Treasury. They
appear in the official documents Of this /
Congress and IN the records of the New
Iork Clearing House, Of which the /
Treasury u g member and through /
which the bulk Of receipts and pay |
ulenss of she Federal Government and |
the country pass. These being facts, /
our present condition, our danger. /
aud cur duty 10 avert that danger |
uoald seem 90 be plain. hope you |
oSncnr With me, and with the great ms
iarity Of cssr fellow citizens in deeming |
10 desirable At the pressnt iunetafe 20
HaintAin and continps IN use the naass |
OF, geld cola aa yell a. she mass Of all
y,s already ontnsd. This IL possible BY |
q present suspensioa OF the purchase
and eoinsae OF silver. AN rot aware
that by any other method IL 10 pessible. |
II 10 Of naementeas Importance; 70 pre-
uint the two metals parting company; |
&c, prevent an increasing displaeerrent |
OF gold by an increasing coinage OF sii- |
vss; 10 pfsueat the disase Of gold 10 the |
Osssom Houses Of tie United States. In |
The daily bssiness Of the people; TO pre-
vent the ultimate expulsion OF gold by |
silver.
Suah financial crisis - theee events |
would certainly precipltate, we're 70 noe
10 follow upon 81 long period OF coui-
msrcaal depression. voeld tnv0lve the /
psDpie Of every city and every State 10 |
che Union In prolonged aud dtssstross |
trsnhleA The revival Of ouslness en-
tstprase and prosperity, 30 ardently ie- |
ni,,sxi and aDurArNneag 40 near. w0ald be /