Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1886-01-03
gAsTERS NEWS
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Mormon Wall
a.,ss,x tITY (Utshl. Jan. 2.-tsdRe
p.-s,s AT o. den, in charging the Jury
Ia convict Lorenzo Snow. the
..i. az the Mormon Ch1rch vbe re
- here, grossly violated The decisions
= ~ sooreme Courts Of Ctah and tbs
T.;,rd states 90 unlavfal oohabita
-" The general public believe the
-. ~s;.os we're given bs the Judge for the
..-a,,e Of keeping his position, vhich
nov endangered. SnJv - nov "
ola. Tbe evidence on the trial
,sa.sd conclusively that he bad not
- With more than one wife si1cF
- rassape Of the Esmunds act. He
=, ,yuVicted solely because hs IL =
g,,mon apostle and had ackno~ledgsd
:. ninta siv.4, thou2h be has sot
ia Nth them since 1852.
A Comiag Conventioa.
pvy,xs (Col). J4u. 2-Creieatisls
.. delegates of ths sOInIn2 ln,erna-
,.oo.l Range Cattle-2roHers' Assooia-
-. are being received At the head
..sytsrs Of the ASSOCIATION daily from
M sec,ions Of the UnioB wess of the
I1Dth meridian, including old Mexico
mi the British provinces. At a lsiRt
...ssa Of toe Chamber Of Commerce,
~ Board Of Trade aud tbs Colorado
C.t,ls2rosers' Association, committees
xsr, appointed for tue reception and
su,er.aianept OF 1870 visiting stock
men.
The Ghost Of werey.
p,rruarRoH. PENN, Jan. 2.-Wm.
Price, chairman Of the Maryland
sts,s Democratic Committee IN 1880.
,ss today admitted to practice at the
iIIeehany county bar. Price Was
shsreed with being the author Of the
isnoas "Morey" letter, which csus
a much excitement during the la
dsys Of the Hancock GARFIELD cam
osign. In admitting him TO the bar
Jadss Exine stated that this charge
had been carefully investigated by the
srsmining com mmittee Of the bar and
shovn 10 be utterly without Foundation,
and the court had also been satisfied to
The fullest extent that the gentleman
had been siandered.
on wall street.
Nsw YoKK, Jan. 2.-Goyernmentt
doll and generally steady, bat threc's
ysrg weak. Stocks opened active and
strong. First prices were generally
Ak per cent. higher, and ia early deal
lnos there we're 10 some cases further
sllpht advances. This was followed by
a decided reaction, during which some
Of the active stocks on heavy sales
Welded from a fraction to sver l per
ssst. After the first thirty minutes the
market becams quiet and 50 continued
during the rest of the day. Closing
prices, compared with those of Thurs
day, show irregular changes. Like
Erie and Northwestern were conspicu
ous for their decline OF over ! per cent
Nsx York CeRtril. Omaha preferred
aud Manitoba showing gains of TO ~
per cent. fhsre we're rumors that the
Oregon Railway aud Navigation Com
pany had lost one OF its steamers on the
Pscifs coast, bat thsy had little eff ,ot
on ths price Of sso,k. which opened At
l07 and yielded only II per cent. The
President OF ths oolspAny is authority
fof ths statemsnt that il the vessel
should prove an entire loss without in
sarauos or other compensation, its loss
cannot exceed SIS. .0)0 TO tue company.
The rubIic Debt.
WASHINGTON, Jan. q The official
statement issued today shows the de-
crease Of the public debt during De
cember 10 have bsen - 0S9. $40.
Post Omees and Pest Roads.
WARRINGTON. Jan. 2.-DurinQ JAMS
ary the comm lssions OF over 100 Presi
IsaNiai n aafa
ARMS Of asout ths same number ter
minated In December. but Compare
lively few changes we're made. IL In
aid that large number of nomina
ions will be made as soon as Congress
meets. Since July lst there have been
,vsr 5000 changes made In fourth class
,thses, of which there are over 5000
fne time named for receiving bids for
,afryiug mails on steamboat and star
'ouses In the Western States and Ter
i.ories expired today. A much larger
,umber Of bids has been received than
q previous years. The contracts will
V ssarded on the sd Of February.
The Austin Marders.
GALyksros, Jan. The Netes Austin
Iprcial says: James Phillips, who was
'sriously wou2 led on Christmas eve,
Then his wife Wa outraged and mur-
tsrsd. ~ still in very critical aonir
hon. bat wat arrested tonight. charged
siih beiop his wifs's murderer. The
Mexican who was arrested on suspicion
of being i'm plicated IN the recent mur
tefs turns out 10 be raepioker, which
may account for his possession OF the
bloody clothes. Mrs. Esves, charged
With the murder of her sen, was 70
nsndsd to Jail today.
Chapter OF Accidents.
Nav YoRK. Jan. Mail advices re-
csiyed tedty from Panama say that on
December 2ld, two families named Sil
Va and 8onz les left raicshuans, Chill.
In boat for Pena, for the purpose of
attending the festival OF Oar Lldy OF
Csrmsl. Upon the return voyage, when
the mouth OF the AadAlien river Was
reached, IL becsme necessary to alter
The position of the sails, aad for some
unknown reason the passengers rushed
10 ous side of the boat, which imme-
diAsely cApsix d. All hands we're thrown
into the water. The cries of the drown
ing we're heard by two liahtsrmea. who
pas ON In fragile chalos to rend Z
what aid they could. The lishtermen
picked up i've persons, one of whom. a
ooinsmsn. appeared qaits dead. Az
Tue boat vas unable 20 stand so great q
ssRat, u was resolved to throw she sap
posed dead Chinamen overheard. This
sas accordingly done. Tue Chlaam ln,
hovcveF, no sooner touched the water
thAn be seized hold OF the gunwale of
she boat aud cspsizsd IL. Tna recently
rescsei people and the iightermcn we're
thrown iHto the sea. and ont Of seven
persons, i've we're drowned, the suly
persons saved being Francisco GenzNles
and oae OF the lightermsn. Two boats
we're dispatched from Tslasuhans 10
the spot. aud they returned with the
bodies of all the semsle passengers, aad
That OF a sbn Of Silva. The bodies OF
the Others hid not been recovered ap 90
the * instant. la all, seventeen per
soas we're drowned.
Rad sf the rcansytvaaia Strike.
PtrrsRuHa. Jan. 2.-rhe coSl min nsrs'
eonssntion a, West Elix ,beth today de-
eided ey = tSS thirds vote Of the dele
gates present. TO retarn to work At the
operators terms. The convention Was
. representative gathering, delegates
being preseni from nearly every pit Ia
TIE fosr pools. Work will be RESUMED
~ all the mines along the river on Mon
aay, or as soon ~ arrangements can bs
made 30 start them.
TIE strike lasted foar msnths. and
va the most stubbornly contested
struggle ever knayu on the river Fulty
$40 men we're engaged in i. OF this