Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-02-27

I'd Rim In Honduras, as = bloodthirsty
'yrant, and said that be (Sote) had az
cures tue enDify OF the late President
barrios becsuse be refused 10 pIay the
rsi- nov undertaken by Bogran,
The reporter suggested 10 hin, that
many people believed that be vas own
er and litter oot Of the steamer C5ty ~
herico, rsceotly seized by the United
States for violation Of neutral relations.
He said:
have declined 20 discuss this mat
Ter before. farther than TO give siunoly a
negative answer; bot | think the time
has arrived when | should speak more
IN detail The City of MEXICO il not
owned by me or my agents: she il not
~ command Of the revolving Gener.I
brigsrdo, bot 10 nsvisated solely under
orders OF Capt tia Kelly. Who sailed in
Der from this port. She in an uuarmed
merchant vessel. Md not a cruiser or
troop ship. She il Bow At Kew West
and will doubtless be promptly re-
leased. Gensral Delgardo and abou. Is
Hondurans. uho fed from the persscu
lions OF Begrsu. are aboard. There IL
not an arm aboard. e1csst a signal gun.
which every steamer carries She cleared
regularly from Belize, 10 British Hon
darss, where shs took Der pas senRers,
Who we're to be landed at Bluefieids, on
the Mosquito coast. She then steamed
to st. Andress. FilionsterinQ reports
reached there ahead of her, and the
crew became % aARereo at being kert
At sea Tor no parpose they refused to do
further duty. They delivered them
selves up To she American CONNER
AlAl ~hn b..
sal at st. Andreas, and be CON-
municsted with the consul at Aspinwall,
who notified Admiral Jouett of the
trouble. These are ali the facss, and IL
they constitute the City of Mexico q
pirate, Why she is a pirate, and her
crew should be banged at the ysrd arm;
but pirate or ne pirate, I have had
nothing TO do With her,"
On wall street
NEW YoAK, Feb. B.-Governments
strong. There Vas some depression in
stocks this morning on reports industri-
ously circulated that tbs trunk lines had
practically consented TO pro rate With
tneir connections vest of the Missouri
| river on transconsinentai business,
which, 10 vas arg0ed. was equivalent 20
general disruption of pooling arrange
rnents for tie control of the traffic be
tween the seaboard and the West. First
| quotations we're generally from 10 \
lower than last evening, and there were
further fractional declines during the
hrst hour, bot she lowest prices we're
made before IL O'Clock and from that
time until ths close the market Was dull
showing only slight Illustrations, bat
slowly creeping upward, while the high.
est prices of the day we're established
by 2 o'clock. Daring the last hoar the
market WAS very dull and about steady
antil near the close when it showed re-
nswed strength, and at the closing ~
compared With Last evening the change.
wers pretty evenly divided bstwcer
smali gains and losses.
The <tsek Lat.
New YORK, Feb. gu. \. 3a, 1907
tL's, 1l3K; As. 1871; Pacific 6's, 1853
American Express. 100; Canadian Pacids
631l Canada ssuthern, 43Ss; Central Pa
cite, 4lsi; Burlington, 1877 Laekavau
aa.l2TL,; Denver Il Rio Grande. l6; Erie
271s; Kansas & Texas, -; Lake shore
81; Louisville Il Nashville, 4lk; Mich
iean Central, u; Northern Pacific, 26s
preferred. 5S14 ; North western. lO91S
New York Central, 106; q. X. & n
l62sk TranscoDtinental, By Oregon
Improvement, Z71<; Pacific Mail, 5O1s
Panama, 81; Rock Island. l29: st
Paul, 92A; Texas Pacific. l24; Union
Pacific. 4ssl; Wells Fargo. lZ3; Western
Union, IN; U. :. Express, 65.