Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-11

EAsTERN.
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ihs PennsyIvsaIa Miner., str,hs
FIITsBrsG, March l0.-Tbs miner
y generally IN AZ unchanged
Oononlou- Ao11t 400 men are ouf on
q strike and 900 at work. Thrss bnn
sIoo inen got the advance At Birrninc-
haEa, and the mine there Ia yroykioe, -
eay. The riveF and railroad ppins-s s,s
nearly all idle, as are the men in ths
iourlh pool. except ~ Neirs. vbirh -
Ehs larResE mine N the pool. Ouerafo,s
vance III
} Fire at NeubernS
NORFOLK, Va. March lo.-Intelli0sne.
e r''eeiyed OF destructive IRE AZ Nex
nsfae' " q, last night. The Central
n9ei aud twenty houses and storrs
VT, Msns destroyed. The loss Is 800 900:
eesianaIisns and Asplrn,,...
.. "AsHTSGTos. March IO.-Nr. suerrv.
FnVate Secretary of the Secretarv ~
ine tfeABury, resigned today tn ,naks
room Tor Valentine r. Snyder of New
York. who viii hll that post for Nan.
ilfnR. Bryan, who has beeo Senats,
isAyArds Private Secretary in the Sap.
ate Tor many years, will occupy the saue
post at the State Department.
u is said that Eagene SchuyIer. az.
Minister 20 Greece and accredited Con.
sui GENERAL 10 Ronmania and Seryia-
VIII suoceed John Davis As First Assist.
ant Secretary Of State.
among those Dentioned as applicants
ior federal Offices are the folloEine: Rx-
Representative Baekner of Missouri.
ISf ~, Ooanm lssloner Of Internal Revenue
shaflss Glsson of Missouri, far the Ber-
IN mission and ex Representative
EtAlAIin on sne sane State, for ths Bra
zuian mission. A delegation waited
upon the President and rseommended
sx- Representative Hopkins for Minister
To Italy. The President eourteousIy
referred the callers to the Secretary al |
state. Congressman Sineleton. Of
Illinois, wants 30 be Com missioner Of !
Agriculture.
Ex Representative Tuily has with |
drawn from the contest for the Collect. |
oFsnip OF the Port. and aow wants 10 De |
postmaster OF San Francisco. Tully's |
Sltnurawai narroSs the contest down 10 |
nght betweeu Bill English and Jesse |
~. Carr.
The North Carolina delegation is
pressing the claims Of Major L. j. Hale, |
proprietor Of the Fayetteville IN. CT |
Observer, for Minister 10 Spain. Ex.
Governor Jarvis OF North Carolina il an |
applicant fer tbs Commissionership OF |
Agriculture.
Csasamptlon and Distrtbution OF
Corn and wheat.
wAsmsaroS. March 1O.-rhe report |
OF the consumption and distribution of |
corn and wheat. from the statistical re-
trIrna Of the Department Of Agriculture,
Show that 37IS per cent. of the last corn /
crop remains IN farmers hands, against
81 per cent. of the statistics of March,
LISA. The supply in the farmers hauds
last March WAS 81, ,000.0 600 bushels. The
remainder nov Is aboat 675,0 0,OO0
bushels. Two years ago the stock re-
naming at the same date was $4,000
Oen bushelsL OF 36.3 per cent. Of the crop;
l,6iT.O0O.Oo0 bushels, the amount ship
ped, Is a few millions less than las,
year. The exports equal 2S,0O0. eco
bushels against 5000 600 bushsls by
the same date IN 1884 aud commercial
receipts at western markets are also less
fttli, the eastern crop reducing slightly
the demand. notwithstanding the re-
dactisn in price the proportion Of mer-
chantable eorn IL very large. 81 per cent
against 80 per cent for the same period
period two years ago and 90 per cent
last year The wheat reported in far
mers' hands - about 80 per cent of the
crop, l63 100000 bushels, or s0.0O0 coo
more than the stock last March when
the crop vas iess by 92.0O0,O0O. There
has been q slightly fFeer use Of wheat
for bread and little of tbe poorer qusli-
" has been fed 10 stock. The stock on
March l, 1898. was - per cent of the
previsus crop. or las, ,0O0, 600 bushels and
that on March l. 1852. was 9S,0o0. $50
bglshels- The quality reported IL above
the average of every Western State ex.
eept Illinois and in nearly all the Allan
tid ans Calf States.
The sssek liss
NEw fohx. March 10 United States
Sa, l0lIS sIS's, li15s; "a. l2zA; Pacific
6'H l2S, American Express III Canada Pa
ciiao s9a. Canada Southern 82i<. Cen.
trA Pacihe 81 Darlington 122tS Lack
awanna loss. Denver 4 Rio GgAnds IN,
Ere l6lS. Hannibal & ~. doe d, Kan
sas& Texas lsi9, Lake shore 65is. Louis
vile a Nashville S5la. Michigan Central
81, Northern Pacific ioAs, Northern
Pacific preferred 49,. Northwestern
95s, New York Central s9fk, Oregon
Railway and Navieatton O.. Oregon
TransoOntinental lSiS. 0renon Improve
msni -, Pacific Mail eolS. Panama ss,
Rock Island il4JS. st. Paul T4s.. Texas
PAciec i2si. Union Pacific i7st, United
States Express 20. Wells Fargo los.
Western Union 50. PetrOleum hrm at
Sis.
Msaey Market.
NEw YoRk, March lo.--Money easy at
i@llA per cent. closing at I prime pa
per, tttfS; exchange bills dull At
fA.s9As; demand. $I.S6. Governments
quiet. with an advance OF y per cent
In ga Railway bonds more active
and prices eeaerally higher. Stocks
continued quiet, With a strong under
tone. In early dealings there vas q
slight decline from last evenings
prices In the general list. For the re-
Of the day LaokavAna occn-
pgisd The chief attention, the price
showing an aggregate decline % three
per cent. Transactions In Western
roads we're light.