Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-01-17
RAsTERs NEWS.
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Skv fokx, Jao. Is.-Ios S.. savs
~ = nos probable that Cssco's fsilar.
@iA Cave vide sfrc:. fhe fsil1-e
should probably Re attributable 10 :
s.rsna9cs sodeaFcr &C pzT interest 7usp
I0Ir 1'spssai = p@Fio5 Ebeu eapstsI
e nst peFfofoe remain idle, a. veil a. b
sofse recent exploits 90 she an of rall-
t''Ad SrecAins on sbs part ~ nosori
sae nnaneies. People $40 hsve xatrh-
81 the remarkable 0hsis of disasters
Snlch has occurred vithin the la=t
tseiye months will note ia the fall OF
zoe CISCO hrn an addition 20 the list OF
Ven known houses which, 10 PASSING
INTO the management og tbs younger
generation. have promptly undergone
extinction
The TiHzss Saws. a Wall street psper
pFophesied the failure week AGO. FJr
doiaR 50 the sale of il vas stopped at
tue elevated railway stations on the
ground that II vas circulating false ru-
mors- Cyrus W. Field was stated last
night 70 have abandoned bis intention
OF brlARlsa suit against its editor on ae
count of the assaults of the paper on
MIN after its exclusion from the elevated
railways.
The MOI ussi EzDrss. had denounced
the prophecy as = malicious invention.
Ine wall street paper referred to,
propnesies q continuance of similar dis
asters.
The Herald says the circumstances
connected With the failure Of Cisco for
bid the expectation Of 50 much as Our
~ IN business circles. The bankers
were really isolated and no large hoEses
Will be dragged down IL their failure.
The Herald also thinks the Oliver Bros.
failure unimportant.
Horrible Murder.
UTICA, n. T., Jan. l6.-Wm. Druse, a
farmer OF moderate circumstances liz
ing IN Lower Warren, Herkimer county.
has been missing for a month, and there
were suspicious of murder caused by
qaarreis between him and bis wife. Fer
several days there have been rumors
that Druse Was murdered by his wife.
his body cut up and burned, and the
bones put in swamp. An axe owned
by Dr1se was found in We4thsrbee's
pond on Saturday. rolled 10 papar. A
nephew of Mrs. Druse natnsd Gates.
aged Is, having been sqaeez Il by the
confessed that Mrs. Druse
shot her husband while her son vas DOT,
and having pot a rope around his neck,
compelled him to shoot also. They
burned the body and buried tbs bones.
The odof of burning hssh Vas noticed
On December 18th. Mrs. Druse and
Gates are under arrest.
Anti.Asrmea Feeling.
NASHVILLE. Tenn. Jan l6.-Sinee the
mnrder Of Gibbs and Berry, the Nor |
mon elders, IN Lewis county, while con-
daetinR worship last August, and the |
Publication OF the serious charges of |
made against them by the |
people among whom they labored, pub |
nc opinion has been aroused, sRd de- |
is manifested to prevent |
further proseiyting. Notwithstanding |
The massacre. elders have bsen working |
quietly Ia several counties. To prevent |
Ihsm from eXpouDding their doctrine,
and TO guard against other possible |
deadly ARRAYS, q bull was today intro.
tuoed in the Legislature TO punish the |
teachlHg Of the doctrine Ut polygamy |
BY fine Of $500 and Imprisonment for |
Two or three years, at the discretion of |
The Court. II Is likely that ths measure |
will become q Law.
On wall street
NEW YoRK, Jan. l6.-Governmsnts |
strong. There Was heavf pressure to |
selI. and sharp decline in Prices at the |
stock Exchange ii the opsniuR of bust
ness this morning, the assignment II /
Oliver Bros. 4 Phillips and John J. |
CISCO & Co. having induced selling for |
both accounts. Tine greatest pressure |
10 sell vas in Gr4ngeFs. Lsckswanns,
and Delaware and Hudson. The de. |
slime ranged from 4 to "a per sent. |
As tue day advanced and no further |
failures we're snnouooed, the shorts |
made an effort to cover, and the market |
rapidly. fhe improvement In |
prices FROM the lowest point ranged |
from X to 2h per csut. The market |
clssed strong. Compared with last /
night closing prices are = 10 2 per cent |
lover. except for Denver & BIO Grande
and Oregon franscontinental, which |
are fraction higher.
The Governing COMMITTEES of the |
Stock Exchange listed tbs following 50 |
ourities today: $9SS 600 frst mortgage |
aud land grant per cent bonds of the |
Nlrthesn Pacific Railway Company, |
making tue total AMOUNT listed $4s .022,-
300.
=
NEw YoRK. Jan. l6.-United States Sc, |
l0l; tx's, ll2s1: as, l2IJS; Pacific SOS |
LIS, American Express 50, Canada Pa |
citic Az. Laokawanna 7Sl. Canada |
southern 20. Central Pacific a31<, Bur |
linRsoH ll7k. Denver a Rio Grapde 3. |
Erie IaaS, Hannibal & 81. Joe 3Sif, Kan
sas 4 Isxas So, Lake Shore6l, Louis |
vile q Nashville 23A, Michigan Central |
81. Northern Psoific l6k. Northern |
Pacific preferred &9A North sessernssjS. |
New York Central o7iS. Oregon Railway
and NsviGatiOn 701f, Oregon Trsnscon |
linental 1873, Oregon Improvement q,
Pacific Msii kiA, Panama 81. Rock Ia
land l07IS, nc. Paul 1881, Texas Pacific |
IxJS. Union Pacific 80. United States |
Express 70. Wells Fargo fo6. Western |
Onlon5SX. Petroleum, hrm at 6e&.
nsney Market.
NEw YoRK, Jan. i6.-Money easy at |
az; closed. offered, per cent; prime
paper, 4kd6; exchange bills arm % |
tt.slS; sssrlina demand, $i.s5k.
Csnsreasisaai Eleesssa.
RAIxraa. N. c., Jan. l6.--At the |
special election for Congressman, TO fili |
the vacaney caused by the resignation |
Of Scales. scattering retnrns indicate |
the election of Reed.
Funeral Of Geyernsr saie.
CaEIKxxs, wyo., Jan. l6.-Wm. Hale, |
late Governor Of Wyoming. was baried |
here to-day under the auspices Of the |
Ksi9hts Templsr. The weather Was |
very cold. bot there Ras . great turn out |
NJ local civic and military societies
Eight companies OF Uaitei States col
aisrs attended from 70. Russell.
rae ssaraey % the Bell.
PHfLapxlPHIk, Jan. le.--t vas said |
here today that an organized movement
woaid be made 20 prevent ,hs liberty
ball from being seat 60 Mes Orleans A
number Of gentlemen, u wss added. have
ssbserlbsd large amount Of money 10
tax. legal measures 10 keep the bell In
Philadelphia
Ne Eassern Failures. 4
"No,s said Secretary James n. Svank
e.. Vr,aS aAsA Aaaal na.xu.f