Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-12-17
FROm EasTERM CITIES.
The wall street stock Ex-
eltement Endn.
s..sAan Mas.A B.sus.a he si..t. ana
Browns-OAio LisussI4w coussisa-
tionAl-Dishsaeas Trazs.stissa
Rsposssa-K- sf L


ne MeAey MaKket.
EHw Yonx. Dec. Ie. = GoVeEnmena
bonaa dUli and heavy. TheEs VISA 9
Il marked ahanQa II tha appsaranea of tue
Efnek narke8 from thai Of yestefday,
the wild desire % sell giving waF 20 as
tanz4 TIE appearanne of renewed oonh-
danoa. which increased ag the dag ad-
saBcad. One fagtaK h pfoduoinG lhts
rssalt 9as tbs inssaasi8g uss of mo1ey,
higa prices being looked upen as 6 re.
salf of tbs manipulakion, thoaQh en- ad-
vance By tie Bsnk of Eagla1d Of the
diseg1ua rata b expected % ebsak b
measure fbs ho8of gold - this ooln1Ey.
The opsnfnR waa oanoraEatiEelY aniof
bus strong, advances over last evenings
final 6Rures ranging up % II per cent
/ Heavy selling. however, IN kae nrek ten
minutes. broke LackAWanna per cent,
and eaKiy gins wsFe generally lost.
Trading eonkiuued 10 be teFerish, ,shoaRh
touards noon there were 3 uswsd DE-
clines. which wers anaily checked. The
market thereafter remained sEFonRs the
entire sslive hgi sharing IN the advance.
1he last houf saw Q marked increase Of
basiness. as wtll as mere decided up
yard movement. and the market closed
strouR af about the best figures rsaohsd.
There Is nos g single stock on TIE activs
iisl showing q decline this evening.
whils Tennessse coal b NJ s. Sasqae-
hanna q western preferred. S1<; Coat
tanooRs, 3; Canada 6ontheFn.z1S; NORTH
eastern. 81; Norfolk 4 western pre-
feFrsd. and wabash preferred. ~ each
. Z. Brewns " n Y. Giants.
NEw Yonk, Dac. 1s.-Bass ball men
il the city we're thrown into Q tate OF
violent excitement soday when it vas
annonnoed that the Sc. Louis Browns,
champions Of tbe world, had been
challenged By the New York Giants ts
play q series Of games for q stake Of
$40 600, the best four out Of seven.
John b Day, President Of the Giants,
walked into the Fifth Avenue Hotel
this morning, and meeting Chris Won
DeFahe, President Of the Browns, said
90 him exettediy: Il understand, Mr..
Won DeFahe, thai you say thAt the New
York Giants are q third class elab.n
Won Derahe replied that it was third In
the games for tie championship this
year. "Well, viii challenge yoa 70
/ play for $40. 900 next spring." eried Mr..
Day, still more exeitsdly, shaking q
haadfnI Of bills IN the air. can rioht," /"
said Won OeFAhe, II will play you vita
seven men, with your manager, jim
Murtrie. &c umpire.S A forfeit Of $3.50
q sids was piaosd in the hauds Of Man
aeeF Decker, cf the Baltimore club, and
the men separated. Three Of the
Rames viii be played on the polo
Rreands and thFes IN Sc. Louis. II II
should b necessary 20 play seventh.
4 viii be PLAYED on neutral groands.
A Conslttutlouai Law.
EA g.
preme Court this morning rendered a
decision sustaining the o0nstituti0aality
Of the Dow liquor tax Law in all its fea-
tuFes. including the tax and lien pre-
visions.
A Dishonest Transacsion.
CnIcAeo, Dec. I6.-Edwin B. Palmer
has brought suit against jas. W. Has
kins to recover $4,000 worth Of shares
u the Atlas Mining Company, which be
claims defendant improperly obtained
from him. In bis bill, plaintiff alleges
that be eniered into az agreement With
Haskins TO furnish him with $4,000 to
work copper mines of great value,
Wkioh be owned at Red Rock, Pima
County, Arizona, on condition that Has
kins wOuld give him bali Interest 10
she couoeFn. This vas represented by
AEAAAE WV G44E1 III NA8ENHf 00t WCACAt~ 4
dant, IL ia charged, turned over bat
$4,000 worth, dividing up the remain /
der With other parties with whom be
had been carrying on negotiations With |
on plaintiff e knowledge. An iniaRc
sion restraining Haakina frem disposing
81 The property, vas issued By Judgs
Tully.
Secrets DivuIged.
OANAyoHARfE (N. ~, Dec. l6.-Grsat
excitement has been crested in the |
ranks Of the knights Of Labsr at Am-
aterdam By the pablieatios in the Daily
Democrat this afternoon Of all the se-
eFetg Of the order and the mode Of In
itiation.
Esaa sehoensrs.
BANooR (Ma.l, Dac. I6.-The schooner
RodoBda ieft here on the llth, With |
lumber, for East Boston; schooner Dta
dem, November 18th. With lumber, for
she same place; schooner Alpine, Ne
vember 13th, with lumber, for Woods.
hall; schooner Aanette. November I4sh,
with lumber. for Cohasaet. The Ro-
doRae h probably lost With ell on board,
e. q vessel ansWeFinR her deseFiption is |
reported 10 have been seen a the shore |
Of the island, deserted. The other Vos-
sells named have not been heard from. |
and srs thouRht 20 be lost.
Almasa q Unanlmous Vote.
PTTsBURa. Dec. le.-Ths Later TyT |
buHs says: The popular vote Of mem
bers Of the AmalQamaaed Association Of /
Iron and Steel workers on the proposi. /
ton Of General Master Workman Pow. /
DERBY, 70 Join the Knights Of Labor. 90 |
far as heard from up 70 Saturday last. |
shows thai 80 per cent are opposed 70 |
the afaliation.
PrsmIsea ReaueiIan In Rmtea.
CanoA0o, Dee. 16.-GsneFal Passenger |
Agent fee.of the Northsrn P&eiha Rail- /
road, uho n here attending 3 series Of /
meetings. said today that after ysnnaKy 1
lsl the maximum rate for passengers on /
tee Northern Pacific win be 5 cents per
mils, and current KAtas oantA Here /
t0foFe FAtes 10 some DISMISS have been /
e. high as y asd ceats. Increasing /
population u tie FsassR Rivsn for the /
rsduetisn.
awinaIer Abroad.
A suindleR, VITO is apparently man
of soma ability, has besn prsying uDon i
people ~ various parts ot the c0antFy
by rspresenti1R himssif as 9 suientist /
c0nnseted Wirh The Geological survey,
aad his career has nov bssn cnntinued 1
with . good deal Of snecess fer about /
four years. He takes the names of one
aftaF aaotheF Of The chisfs of the esv-
erAl scientific bareaos. and boTroWs /
books and specimens from Libraries snd /
college uuae1mA and money from pro
fessoFa and libFariauA He has exam /
ined allegsc coal. iron and csppeF mines. /
and received money FOR maxine fAvor-
able rspoFts. uhioh be promised shoald 4
appear 10 the annnai publieatiaas Of /
the Survey. More than onee be has 1
promised positions on the SaFvey 10 /
persons Who haVa paid him Ebaraily fex 1
TIE supposed faveE. keosntly be has 1
bean operating under the sane and /
tifIa of CaptAin Carenoe Z. Datton, |
whosa fame as 9 eeeloEis4 and writer /
b vel knoWn. Major Powell Gys ths /
saFvey has beard from this ssindlsx e.
ofeen as 0npe . zaoath for fs9F years,
and be thinks L time steps usFe taken |
- pzt 40 end % his career. as oginian
which Oaptain Datsoa thoF0aRhiy en-
doEsA
Al Rastsr assaaHasA