Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-04-18
TELEGRAPHIC.


The Meney 3arket.
NEW foEx, April i7.-Goverument
bonds steady at unchanged quotations.
exeeps further adva1os in IS 20 1Os<
bid hallway bonds have been some
vhaf more active, business being veil
d1sfrih1ted, With total sales Of f4.02s,-
OO0-an increase Of $l65,000. Prices
were irregular this evening. but in
many cases higher. The peaceful tenor
OF early cables and the advance in
British csnsols led 10 depression of
prices IN the Stock Exchange this morn
ing. first SALES being made al decline
OF Atd& per cent. and in the early
dealings still lower prices were made
Tor toe active list. but the decline was
quickly checked, and there vas frac-
tlonal rally before the close of the first
half hour. The market then became
less active, without the Developments of
any special cause, and 80 continued
during the greater part of the day. With
slight yielding Ia quotations. Tksre
were not many stocks in which the ex-
trene fluctuations amounted 10 as
much as one per cent, and only four
SHOW decline Of one per cent, ss CON-
pared with last evening AL the active
list 10 lower, however. The Executive
COMMITTEES of the Union Pacific Com.
pany INST today aud approved the plan
recently proposed for a settlement Of
the difficulties between the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company and the Pacific
railSays. It is also learned that CON-
munication has bsen rseeivsd from
President Adams, of the UnioH Pacific
IN regard 70 the proposed plan Of settle.
msnts and she matter has been trans
faNraA 40. kA - sk
different loads for consideration and
support.
Liverpool Markets.
LIVERPOOL, April ls.-The weather is
dry and warm. Wheat is quiet. The
demand has fallen OF, AID holders are
Offering freely. California No. l, 7s I'd
G1s sd per centai; California No. 2,
Is 4dG7s Cd; red western spring. u Sd
(dIs 81 (; red western winter, 7s 9dd
es I'd. Corn quiet demand fair new
mixed western, s. 91fd.
General Grant.
EEw YosK, April II, $50 a.m.-Gsn.
Grant has Just had q very refreshing
sleep. He says be rested better than for
many nights, and feels strong enough to
get up and dress for the day. He has
taken his nourishment without pain in
swallowing. and has not since midnight
been disturbed by coughing. His paise
and temperature are unchanged.
Gen. Grants progress toward convs-
lescence for the last two days has been
phenomenal, and his physicians now
openly express the opinion that he will
recover. DIR. Shrsdy said he was pre-
pared for any change. bat did not anti
cipate any at present, though it would
be premature to say that the General
was oat Of danger. He felt very hopeful
of the future.
Senator Chaffee went into the house
at 7:3o. He desires IL understood that
be did not mean TO say that the doctors
did not know what was the matter with
tue General. but that they might he mis-
taken in their diagnosis.
haxen 90 be Reprimsndet.
WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE court
martial IN the HAGEN case sentenced
him TO be reprimaaded.
BosToN, April ls-The aunuahreport
OF the Union Pacific Railroad was
issued today. The gross earnings of the
entire system were SIS, ,79l 600; expenses
and taxes, SIS, ,OO0, leaving net earn
ings of Sl0,67s, lag.
Chicago Market.
CHICAGO, April 1.-THE var fever
having been eliminated largely. specu-
latioa on Change ran along more
naturally. There was strong buying ct
q decline, and the wheat market closed
at tho best feurss Of the day, bat 1A
under yesterday, at s41t csah. S5a for
May, S7N for June and S9x for July.
Corn was strong and shade higher at
45 cash, 4f1s for May and June, 4sssl for
July. Oats were higher az 10h cash. "a
May, 81 " June. Whiskey, 10.