Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-15

With view 81 playing ghossiy Joke 90
Tue community. bat this theory has nov
been abandoned by all.
Chief Of Detectives Burke said TO .
reporter " Il Is Q tooi murder and
nothing iess. The man in the trunk
was killed IN the room. and
the marks of his blood are
there yet. Here Is q trunk strap with
blood on IT, The idea that il could be
q ho2x - absolutely absurd
what dc you think OF the plaeard in
Toe trunk, 80 perish all traitors 70 the
great eaase'?-
That may or may not be q clue. IL
may De deliberate attempt to make rs
believe that the murder was q Political
assassination, while it il q mardsr for
money!
''Of course all that can be done to
run the criminal down will De doneY'-
carely; the man must not escaps.
Everything thar can be done will be
done to capture him; the public may de-
pend on that
General Grant.
NV YoKK. Asril l4.-Geueral Badeau
left Grants hosse between 4 and 5
O'Clock. He said the General was Ger
taInly stronger and better. and AZ that
tlIse sat IN the library With his legs
crossed. reading the morning paper.
yesterday morning the Generals throat
was easy, but a trifia sore. He desired
this condition TO continue. and spoke
but little. Soon after DIR. Douglas had
issued the $50 a. m. bulletin. and while
Mrs. Grant was in the adjoining room,
the General babe the servant bring him
a paa of writing paper. On il be wrote
a bulletin as follows:
The doctor tells me I am better this
morning. ! am better than have been
in two weeks Us. GRASr-
Having so written, the General hand
ed his bulletin to the servant and told
him that be should carry it to Mrs.
Grant, who was sitting ia the library
almost within sight of her husband.
Mrs Grant read it, showed ii to DIR.
Douglas, and with a laugh entered the
slck room, where some pleasantries
passed, the General joining with a
smile.
This evening Colonel Grant remarked
that his father had walked more daring
the day than for several days. During
the day be had signed a business paper,
bot this evening be was a trifis less
bright, because Of the fatigue resulting
from his activity through the day.
The Canadian Chinese NM
NEW York. April IA spseiai frnm
Ottawa says that the long promiasd bsll
TO restrict Chinese immizrztiou into
Canada was brought down bv9he Score
tary of State today. Thu bin pFov5dsa
that every person of G,iusS osioin
shall pay into the Dominion Treasnry
$25 on entering any Canadian port. o.
cept members of the Diplomatic CORPS,
tourists. merchants, traders, etc. Every
Chinese person desiring to leave the
country will be required to obtain a GER
tihcate. which, on being presented on
his return, admits him free of duty tax.
II was originally intended that the
rights of the franchise be extended to
such Of the Chinese as had complied
With the regulation and who we're worth
$40 600 clear of all membranes, This
section of the bill, however, has been
revoked.
stock Quotations.
NKw YoRK. April 14.-United States
Ss, 101ss; t1k{'s, 1l2l4; as, 12II<: Pacific
IS, l25, American Express 9lh, Canada
Pacific 361S, Canada Southern 29l Cen
trail Pacific 81 =, Burlington l235k, Lack
,Dsnver& Rio Grande 1867,
Erie 1873, Hannibal&St. Joe NO., Kansas
& Texas l7s<, Lake Shore 59L, Louis
vile d Nashville 81, Michigan Central
IS, Northern Pacific liz, Northern
Pacific preferred 39J%, Northwestern
9S1s, New York Central 80, Oregon
and Navigation 66IS, Oregon
II. Oregon Improve.
ment "a, Pacific Mail 52sl, Panama IS.
Rock Island lis, st. Paul 70, Texas
Pacific II, Union Pacific Az, United
States Express "a. Wells Fargo no,
Western Union 5711.
On Wall street.
New YORK, April l4.-Government
quiet, with an advance of 4 per cent in
IS and 41S's and decline Of 4 in 3's.
There was a fairly well distributed
business in railroad bonds, none of
which were active except Erie seconds
and West Shore firsts, and they only
in the early pert of the day. The total
sales were 1919, 900, decrease from yes
terday of $4,000. Prices this evening
were generally higher than they closed
yesterday. Stocks remained dull and
featureless. There were few atocks to.
day which tluctuated as mach as / per
cent, and the total transactions were
only 160, 1856 shares. First prices we're
generally at or a shade above the clos
ing quotations of last evening, bat they
were followed Immediately by slight
decline and extreme dullness, which
with only slight fluctuations
until 2 o'clock. In the last hour some
was infused into few stocks,
in Pacific Mail, the Changers,
and Laokavsnna, and the
market finally closed somewhat fever
lsh at prices pretty evenly divided In
numbers between advances and declines
as compared with last evening.
IL was given out today that the Pacific
Mail quarterly meeting to consider the
question of dividend would be held
tomorrow. and that the usual amount
would probably be declared. on which
the stock sold up from 5l1s. at which
Is sold early in the day, TO 53ls in the
last hour, closing at 52{s, q gain Of l
per cent.