Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-08-12

ICE afseEnoon- Some stocks yistdsi
sioxiy but without reaction urfl TIE
as boar, ehen thsy became ssnpara-
tfvesy steady, and continued % unsl
neariy TIE close, wkIle others were
Ssak % the end. Western Cplon was
especially veak in tia afternoon. and
essseo With net loss OF ~ per cent. Il
= sAid that the recent Advance in the
rsrt worth and Denver securities was
On IA e1srt 20 pick up tue stock for the
psorpose Of soaring control Union Pa
etne was oeci dedly ueak IN tie after
roon and closed With a loss Of < par
cent The Northern Paeifcs vsru du!I
aAa heavy. and Oregon Transc0utinen-
al vas more active and weak, losing Il
Per cent Other changes are fsr
stnsH fractions, but nearly every
tninR on the lIst Is lower. The total
sales vers 1855 shares, an Increase
over TIE fosr hours yesterday Of 1850
shAres-
A Peculiar Compromise.
hKw foRK. Aae. 1I-Tae Tru5uae TO-
morrow viii say: The Secretary of the
Navy received this afternoon the
assigness Of John Roach 4 Son, Geo.
ID Weed and Geo. W. QalntArd. and
their counsel. Aaron j. Yanderpoo..
Judging BY what could be learned about
the consultation. Mr.. whitney i 70 take
eaar2e of the works, plant and tools of
Jne. Roach Il son and to finish the
erulsefs- He il 10 handle the rneney
and make tie profit, If there Is any. act
ing virtually in the capacity Of the Gov
eFnmsnts agent. The COMPROMISE in
looked on a. the outcome of Secretary
Wnitney's discovery that IL was impos
aoie 70 complete the cruisers at the
Government Navy Yards. The plan was
investigated. she place selected being IN
tue yards az Brooklyn and upon advises
Furnished BY his agents Secretary Whit
neJ found IL would cost at least $50, 900
20 get the yard in condition 20 do the
required v8rk and to bay the necessary
tools. and even then il would hsvs cost
i've times more in labor and materials
70 de the work than il would cost the
contractor.
The Tribune goes on 10 say that Score
tary whitney found that the contract
for the remaining work on the Chicago
vas $355 900, and that done In Roaeh's
yards il would cost 1886, 200 30 com-
plete her, and that the contract price
for the completion of the Atlanta and
Boston Was $4,000 each, and that the
work to be done would coss $4,000
each These we're conditions that were
discussed at the conference, and the re-
suit vas an arrangsnent by waieh the
assignees are TO release the shipyards,
plants and materials without dispute 70
the Navy Department, and the work of
completion Is TO be carried forward an
der the Seofetary's personal Supervision.
7fhA anaJnRaaa hA~waxaR -
the labor, materials, tools, and are 70
receive the full contract price for each
vessel. II, however, Ii should cost
more money than the stipulated prices
TO finish the cruisers, the boudsmea are
to hold themselves liable. This plan |
sas entertained BY Secretary Whitney |
when he issued bis order Of August It'll. |
Claiming q Husband
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, August IA Hun
garian lady, aged Is. appeared in this |
city three weeks ago and clained that |
she was the wife of Edward II. Makk, |
LII. d., editor OF the Rochester Folks-
blatt, . gentleman of marked literary |
attainments and q fine linguist. Who |
stands high in journalistic aud German |
society. She said that she was married |
to Makk IN Baeharest about 20 years age, |
and that HE name was then Edward X. |
Perns. She lived With him, she states,
shout seven years, and then he left her |
and came 10 this country. DIR. Makk /
has q wife with whom be has lived dur
ing his several years residence here and /
the story Of the woman - the cause of /
creating scandal in German society. /
MAXI today wrote q card TO the press /
asking that judgment in the matter be
1alaF.aKanAA nnAtl kha akaH Hw1x
an action In the courts, when he will /
show the falsity of her claims. He de.
nounoes the woman as a blaekmailer.
& The Coast survey Investigation.
WAsHISoTos, Aug. 1l.-Jadgs Chsno-
9th said today that the investigation |
of the Coast Survey Bureau and the re-
port thereon to the Secretary of the
Treasury are completed and nothing
more remains to be done in the matter /
by him. he denies contemplating q
supplementary report on the workings /
Of the bureau, a. be says it is not peces-
sary. Hs expects to return to Wash
iDgton IN about three weeks, when he /
intends 10 begin an Investigation into |
the condition and workings Of the Geo
logical Survey. The Fish Commission |
viii also be investigated.
Knows Nethiax About "a.
Treasurer Jordan says that the state
ment that misunderstanding exists |
between the incoming and outgoing I
Sab Treasurers at San Francisco re- |
garding the count Of the money
in the vault is premature, il not en- |
tirely incorrect. He has received |
ne information on the subject
and IL there had been any misundes- |
standing of the kind stated, he GER
tainly would have heard Of it.