Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-10-30

prsser; tine has bad no xesserrloa,Iss
and has therefore been depsnden, en-.
ilrely upon its local hosiness. II, gill
II Is said. be an active competitor for 4
eonsiderzble portion OF the business o,
the Union Pacific.
An Exciting InetdenI
CHICAGO. Oct. s.-Five thousand mo-
pie blocked Monroe street, frorn Ciark
10 Lasalle, at s o clock this evening. and.
oof Tor the dexterlty of couple Of Do
licemen, would have hanged A. Barn.
10 iaHppo-t. Shortly before the en-
ployees of tae Offices and printing
establishments Of she neiehborhood
we're released from their DAYS labor. a
young, veil dressed man entered the
hallway OF the bsildipg IN which the
Offices Of Z q. Dan L Co. are located,
ana leaned against toe wall as thsagh
sait.u9 for some one. he closely
watched the employees streaming down
stairs, until. catching sight of tso
young women walking arm in srp, be
.prans forward. drew revolver, fred
tso shots II quick succession. and
dashed out. The street Was crowded
With people going home from business.
An officer promptly se;Zsd him aud
walked back to the scene. The two
women lay iusensIble on the sidesslk.
At the sight of the uould-be SLAYER the
crsSd became furious. and atiem pied to
tear him freu his eaptors. Somebody
cried. " Lynch him The officers hus-
tied the prisoner through an alley to the
station The crowd attempted TO follow,
but got jsmmed in the narrow passage
wav. Inc wounded women we're taken
to the hospital, where il is thought their
vousds will prove fatal.
The shooting, il is alleged, was a COW
araly revenge taken by a former fellow
employee in K q Dun's office on tbs
two vemen, who, claiming that be had
insulted them day or two ago, caused
his discharge. The young man. A. j..
Burns by name, called at the office to-
day and was told that, if he would apol-
ogize TO the women, who are sisters
named Mrs. K. Good and Lillian Walter,
be would Re rsinststed. Burns left and
was not seen again until be was arrest
ed. Mrs. Good was shot in the neck;
her sister received bullet in the side
of the bead. Burns refuses TO make q
statement.
what the Conspiracy Was.
BosToS. Oct. 2S.-The alleged murder
conspiracy between Boston and BaIti-
more parties is stated this afternoon TO
be a gigantic scheme to blackmail a
family. The story, as
1t now stands. is that Mrs. Coolidge,
knowing of skeleton in the closet of
the wealthy Mollin family of Baltimore.
conspired with James Donohue, alias
John Bail, to get money out OF the Mel.
Inns. Then it Is related that Boze Cobb
got wind Of the affair, and. to curry
favor with the police, informed them Of
the plot; but John Bull suspected Cobb,
and, to save himself, went to police
headquarters and told the whole story.
Then came q meeting between John
Bull and Mrs. Coolidge, at which the
inspectors were present but unseen, dar-
ing which Mrs. Coolidge talked freely,
supposing that John bull was still act
Ing squarely with her. John B. Hebron,
who was today appointed counsel or
Mrs. Coolidge. Ia reported as saying that
he considers his client insane. Hebron
maintains that Mrs. Coolidge has been
fearfully victimized.
SIeO for Puget sound.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 2s.-In the clos
ing session tonight of the Board of
NJ anagers of the Woman's Home Mis-
siOnary Society of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church. $50. 600 was appropriated
for work during tue coming year. This
includes the following items: Indian
work, S2l50; Chinese work at Puget
Sound, 100; Spanish work in New Mex
leo, $1,000; Mormon work, 1856.
Wall street Quotations.
New YORK, Oct. 29.-U. s. IS 1881
i11's ll3as, As 1886. Pacific 6's l2e1.
American Express l0l, Canada Pa
,ific ~, Canada Southern 43 a. Gen.
tral Pacific 42l4 Burlington l3l y. Lack
swanna 1885,. Denver Il kio Grande
III. Erie NY, Kansas d Texas PIN,
Lake Shore sos, Louisville d NASH
nile As. Michigan Central 735S, North
srn Pacific 25is, Northern Pacific
preferred 531s, Northwestern 93S,
New York Central lois, Oregon Rail
way and Navigation 81, Oregon
PIN. Oregon Improve
nent 81 n, Pacific Mail 56S<, Panama SO,
Rock Island l23, ST. Paul SIN, Texas
Pacific 2lls Union Pacific 531S. United
states Express 50 Wells Fargo III, |
Western Union 76sk