Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-03-04
EASTERN NEWS.
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v,sx Nurder and Suicide.
,v~rox. March AT Piedmont,
" KING. a white Iaborer, stab
n. Ifs 20 death and then killed
.l, falling across her body. They
.';,s .hildreu. The cause OF tbe
s,sms " unknown
.rst.u OF the Champion
Reaper works
s,xaxx1p (Ohie). March 3.-There
go excitsueut here caused by the
- Of the East Street Champisn
49,, WORKS last night. 1t was the
- and wholesale discharge OF sew
ssnndrsd employees known 10 be
- ,ne Kuiphts of Labor and other
80. rnioa organizations Whiteley.
,-ssideut Of the company, says:
-. vsre compelled to take this course
-. ssnse of haman liberty. 30 far
hsys observed the operation OF
-. o,csnizstiou IN other cities, II mas
-, eos Of terror, intimidation and
s..I.,ee. and IT seems 20 be question
nps,s.r the factory shall have all or
80 N ia employees members of the
-.,,xstiop. We prefer TO have all
.,sa judepen ient OF all orRaniza
- and believe that su1h q oourse
IN M fer the good Of the oommsnity."
r., are Advertising for men TO NIL the
.a..ss OF the discharged vorkmen.
.. NEWER a Gie Grande Re-enters
the Freight Rate Fight.
vvv YosK, March 3.-R.ilros5 men
= .ororlsed this morning TO learn
-, ,hs Denver & Rio Grsnde Railroad
- - entered the freight rate fight and
"a announced its desire TO carry
ssssshts at the same rates as those
.sssosd bv the Sauset ksnte. IL is IN
Ssrs,o1d sy so@e that the Denver Rio
Granda took this step bsoause Stuobs OF
sss Central Pacific Railroad had or
49, tb.. tbs "arbitr.rias." which have
s..o oh.rsed by the Denver 4 Rio
G,snas and Central Pacific from Ogden
- Ran Francisco herstofors, be re-
.o,sd. Such an srder would pat tue
Dsnysr a Rio Grande on the same foot
,ns a. the A,ohison 50 far as San Fran
sisoo business 81 consersed. It Ia said
~ sone that the movement IL more
s..rtling In APPEARANCE than In fact. be
s.nss there ia vsry little freight to- BE-
h,d At any price. and what there IL, the
sunset Route il m pre- than likely to get.
bessase there seems to be no limit TO
he eattisg ability.
Tsiiure OF q. W. Siekerssn d Go.
E.sros, March az. W. Sickerson
4 Co., large importers. West India
trsdsrs and oom mission merchants, Who
have been in business between forty
and ifty years. announce their failure
today, assigning to Joseph Brnssell, a
confidential employee. Their liabilities
arc $500 600 direct aud 10000 indi
Yss,, aud their nominsl assets are good
The Arm is the agent Of the Boston
savannah Steamship Company, which
il nos affsotsd at all. The Eastern sup
Line, RAINING to points in the Prov
inoes, is owned in great part by the
Arm, and Is therefore affected by the
fsilurs. The cause Of the assiynmen.
II general dulinsss OF ths business IN
which the firm IL engaged. rhe drn is
sompoaed Of Frank w NieksrsoB, Al
fred A. Nioksrson and L q. Crosby.
Killed In the wreck.
Urea IN. Y. }. March 3.-The freight
trAin on the Ontario q Western Rail-
resd, which went through a bridge near
Fab Eddy. Delaware county, last aight,
urried down with u L. f. Smith and
" II. Reynolds. conductors, and two
kfaksmsn who we're riding ia the Ca
bose. Their bodies we're burned TO
sinders.
The Holland TRIAL.
NEw YoRK, March 3-The trial of
James T. Holland. Who shot and killed
Tom Davis, Was resumed today. The
sonrt room was crowded, and among
the spectators we're many Te ans. The
counsel for Holland read twenty one
deposiions OF friends and neiRhbors of
the defendant in Texas. including one
from Governor Ireland. giving Holland
asosd character.
Toe prisoner then took the stand 10
his own behalf. He described the
meeting and the negotiations leadisa
Up TO the purchase Of the alleged ooan-
tsrfsit money. He stated that after
Gle, 900 In good money had been count
ID out and put into the bag. and $500
had been paid for IL, aud before Davls's
confederate In the next room had had
time TO substitute another bag, he Hol.
lAnd) rose and said, "wsii. let Us CO."
Davis ssid. mo; done be in a hurry;
wait till the old man comes"
said: II will go now"
Davis said, "You must not go out
row. The house is full of detectives.
replied, an take my chances"
Davis said, You must not CO."
said, ~ will co." and then Davis
said. drop that baa or I'll kill You"
said, =" want that bag, Mr.. Wood
ward" | held on to the bag. and he
rashed at me and got hold of me, and
last then q voice from another room
said, Kill the s. of D."
I straigstencd mp then, pulled my
pistol and shot Davis. and hearing a
noise behind mo turned and dred an
ether slot through the partition. then
pat my pistol away. opened the door and
walked out.
Holland swore that he received one Of
DAVIS circulars before he left Texas I;
that II VAS not his intention to buy
eosnserfeit money; that he believed
that good money would be shown him !;
thai be was willing TO trust his jodR
ment on that, and kavi z paid $50 in
good moaey for $1,000 in good money.
be vas prepared 10 take his chances OF
getting what hs had paid for. He shot
DAVIS because be believed the latter
veuid kill him.
The rranseentinental war.
Nsw YoRx, March 3.-Heavy Califor-
mia shippers complain about the war
because, they say. they have stocked mp
heavily II the old freight rates, and the
nav rates being 90 very log. the small
merchants. instead of buying u the
rssilo Coast wholesalers. buy 10 New
iosk aud undersell the heavy men who
have large stocks.
There was speculation a. TO the effect
% Wess-bouBd passenger rates OF the
news thas e1igrant tickets we're being
<oid Al xi9 N fran; Nan Eranolato To
Tho Missoari river. and eli to 81. Louis
and Ohieaeo. IL Was prophesisd that
thers voald be cut from tbs Missouri
river 10 San Francisco TO correspond
With this rate BY the fighting roads.
OheiAi inform alton ooadrms the re-
eort that AGENT Cannon has ordered the