Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-02-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
EAsTKaS
sssasie kesaits os . ssspes.Isa ss
silver Coinage,

Feasible EesaIis ss . ssspes.u.a O,
silver coinage.
NEw foEK, FEB. 2s.-Samusl Houssr
ooppef mine owner Of Montana. saws
1as sasver coinage stops the whole
sestefn eoantry will be ruined. In wiIl
not se the sllvsr mining Interest aleos
InAt VIII De inIared. Silver mirsd with
cyppsf enables ua to produce copper AZ
low price f: but IL silver were dsure-
eiated We coold not do that. So 4 :
wis1 lead. IL would also affect the cold
prooneslon OF the country and reduca II
inIiy one-third. There is at least fICl-
Vo.uOo Of gold that 10 taken ont xith
silver annually. -Four hfths Of the All.
ser mines would be Obliged to stop. and
not less than tl00. .000.0O0 of busipess
would be destroyed There is no ohanoe
snat anytnfnQ will be done about IL IN
Sonkress. but the discussion of il has
knoeksd silver down 70 kl.Os per oqncs
from CLIO. IL will 90 below Al n tbs
coinage should be stopped.
sestiemeat wish the Untsm Parta~
EnGineerx.
OMAHA, FEB. 25.-The locomotive an.
Rineers coaRre9ated in this city from
every division Of the fye branches of
the Union Pacific, have been accorded
formal hearing by General Superin-
tendent Smith, and the result is an
noanoed as satisfactory TO both the en-
gineers and the management. Two OBJ
yeetaonable features of the old rules will
be exponged from the new. aud an CO.
eineeE will BOT be held responsible for
accidental damage TO his engine, neither
- be reqsired TO sign 3 waiver 70 all
claims for personal injury. The dele
gates viii remain here fev days in
consultation with Mr.. smith on other
provisions Of the new rules.
The Htxh Lseeas< nan Net Passed.
CHICAGO, Feb. r5.- Notwiths.andine
the announcement Of tie passage Of tbs
high license liquor law by the MinReso-
Ia Legislature, the latest advioes an
nounce its defeat niRht before last in
the senate. IL passed she House and
majority OF the senate had pledged
themselves 10 stand by II. The failure
OF the measure has excited much sar-
prise. STEPS will be taken to bring the
bill mp again.
Assignment.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 25.-Geo. V. Keene,
James Q. HaRgerty and Jos. X. HaRgef-
~, trading as Ksens 4 HagRerty, man
ufactnrers and Wholesale dealers in tin
and Japanned ware, made an assign
ment today 10 Frank Gosnell for the
beneHt OF their creditors. The bond OF
the trustee is 100000.
On wall street.
NKw YoRK, Feb. 25.-4Overnmepts
steady On limited business. There was
q slight reaction in the stosk market
today, but prices we're again bid up In
the afternoon 30 that the loss was re
covered, and final prices this evening in
most Gases we're fraotisnally higher
than at the olese yesterday. The opiu-
too was prevalent this morning that the
little boom In American securities in
the London market on Monday and
Tuesday forenoon was gotten sp for the
occasion, ~ secure an advance here
after the holiday, and that the boom
was managed from this side. Opening
quotations here we're generally \ TO
higher than closing pslcea yesterday,
and daring the first hour the market
was dull and dropping, and although a
little more life Was infused into deal
ings after 10 o clock, the course of prices
still tended downward until D. IN.
During this time the lowest prices of
the day we're made, bat with one or two
exceptions the lowest price of the eiay
was less than Il below yesterdays inal
figures.
TIE stack Llss.
Nxw YoRx. Feb. 25.--United States s's,
l0li t1S's, 1121s; As, 122bs; Pacific 6's
LIS, American Express s01 Canada Pa
oitie Sk, Canada Southern S3sl, Cen
trAi Pacific 81 u, Burlington l2l31 Lack
awanna l04k, Denver 4 Rio Grande 81,
Erie IA, Hannibal 4 Sc. doe -, Kan
sas q Texas iTSs, Lake shore 67JS LOuis-
vile d Nashville 3lA.. Michigan Central
63, Northern Paoific ISL, Northern
Paoific preferred 43s, Northwestern
6A, New York Central 9Ih, Oregon
Railway and Navigation ok, Oregon
Transcontinenfa lIh. Oregon Improve
uaent -. Pacific Mail h5te, Panama IS,
Rock Island 1854, sc. Paul 74sl, Texas
Pacific 1885,. Union Pacific t5S, United
States Express ~, Wells Fargo lOT,
Western Onion 5eS4. Petroleum excited
and higher as slsl.
Mohey Markes.
NKw foRK, Feb. 25.--Monsy sasy at i
ta2 per cent. closing at III prime pa
per, 4taa exchange biils qniet al
k4.Ss'l ; demand, $4.s6k.