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The Omaha Daily Bee I NINETEENTH YEAR ' OMAHA TUESDAY MOKNIN.G , NOVEMBER 10 , 1880. ' NUMBER 152. • A I BRAZILS ' SEW GOVERNMENT ' H All the ProvlncoB Have Agrootl to H the Change WHEREABOUTS OF DOM PEDRO fiomotlmiR < f n Mystery The New I Government Dictates Cnhlo Dis patches Coirec Fxclinnpo I5x- cited Ucrmnur Predicts Itiiy Dnrbosn's Mr snuo ICnpvr/fllil / ISHJ IijJant * flonlmi Htnti'tK ] m London , Nov 19. [ Now Yorlc Herald B'jj1 Cable Special to Tub BK6.J The first Ufi I official nntlflcntlon of the revolution which H f the Brazilian legation received came from H i Hto Janeiro at 4 o'clock this afternoon , ad- H 8 dressed to the Brazilian minister nt London _ The government Is constituted as the ro- pubilo of the United States of Brazil The I monarchy Is deposed and the Imperial family lias loft the country tranquility and general i satisfaction prevails The executive power Hj Is entrusted to a provisional government HI whoso head Is Mnrsliul Deodoro , with myself HI as flnauco minister The rcpubllo strictly Mm respects nil engagements , obligations nnd Hj ] contracts of state " The message Is signed Hjl lluy Darbosu , flnanco minister HJ A short tlmo before the cablegram arrived Hji a dispatch of inquiry for news was Hj ! recajved at thu legation from thoU 'U ' coimnaniier of the ltrazlllan cruiser HH [ now lying at Portsmouth # It was H | I answerad to the effect that no odlclul news H had been rccoivod A later copy of the H. cablegram was sunt to the anxious com HJ maudor Mm It Is feared in London financial circles that Mm i Brazil before long will become divided into H , , sevornl small republics and that in such an H | event it would be dinicult If not Impossible , H j to avoid disputes as to the apportionment of H > the public debt H Although the fall in Urazll stocks has been , H severe today it would have been much mora Hj serious If they had not been strongly held HS Brazilian securities have hcrctoforo been in H | great fuvoi' wlth.tha largo banks and prlvnto H | financial firms who today have ncld firmly , HS thus prevouting a complete collapuo hi the M\t ] market HI The criBls in Urazll ' has lmd Htl a very serious effect on Portugcso Hl and Spanish stocks and securities A fool HJ j ing is prevailing somewhat generally that HJI serious uolitical problems , possibly affecting HJI the existence of dynasties will soon press for HjB solution In the peninsula it is expected that MwM Brazilian diplomatic agents abroad will ro- HJ ceivo tomorrow a teloginphlo circular from HJB the now government fur communication to HJff tbcv arious governments to which.they nro HJff accredited H | The Government Organized HJH Hio Du Janibiio ( via Galveston ) , Nov 18. HjM Dom Pedro and the Imperial family loft HJg yesterday for Lisbon on the steamer Ala Hrfj irons , which was escorted on the Brazilian HJ H coast by liiachucls Hj V Senor Patroclnio has been imprisoned for HJ it conspiracy airainst the republic The gov- Bu ornors named by the provisional govern HJg went nro all military men The dcnomlnn- HJjii tlon aaoptcd by the government MmS for the rcpubllo is the United Jl States ot lirizil , The province of HJh Bohui has proclaimed for the republic HJm Peace aud quietness reigns The rcpublio HJw will allow thu doposcd emperor 800 cantons Hji d ° K ° 's ' P ° r annum during ilio HJ § ) 'illQ 'tvo ' articles of the government decree H _ nro : A republic is proclaimed ; the pro MWM vincos ot Bravil united by federation com Hj ( pose the united states of Urazll ; each state Hll will form its own local government ; each Hji state will Bend representatives to n congress H _ which will co nve no shortly and Hll tbo final decision of which the provisional Hji government will await ; in the me.iutiino tno HJI governors of tno states will adopt means to HAM maintain order and protect citizens Tights | Thu nations Internal and external rights HKs w"1 uo rcpresontod meanwhile by a _ • provincial government H ? llmv Doni 1'odro Took It m § Rio Uis Jaxciho , Nov 18. General Du MrB ] Fonscca Scnhor Constant and others pro Hi cccded to Patropolls Frlduy morning and H3i Informed the emperor that bo had boon HI ; dethroned Dom Pedro , supported by Hfe his finally received the deputation with ab- Ift' solute composure General Da Fonseca was HE'spokesman. . Ho said Urazll had advanced far Hj enough In the path ot civilization to dispense H | [ with a monarchy The country while grateful H to the emperor for ills patriotto services was Mtr llrmly resolved to recognize only a rcpublio H Dom Pedro maao a dlgnlilcd replv ilo Hjt"l declined to abdlcato , but said ho would yield MWjf to force Tbo imperial family was allowed n ono hour to prepare for their departure HJ , * Will Main mill Order Hll Rio Jaxkiiio , Nov 13. The now govern Hlj tnent has nnnouncoa that it will llrmly main HJk' ' tain order Ic is preparing a circular to for Hwi , elgn governments rclutlvo to the overthrow U of the omplro , which will bo telegraphed to Kl them through tbo Brazilian representatives Mm . abroad The province of Uahia has signified HJvi its udhcronco to tbo republic The news _ K > from other provinces shows they uro also in Hrf * fuvor of n republican form of government Hk nrnzlllnu SooiirlileH Fulling H Londok , Nov 18. Urnzlllan sceuntios t fell H D per cent on tbo London stock exchange to- H day It is diDlcult to effect transautiona on t ; these securities Hi A. Cfiisorahlp on the Cable , 1 Londom , Noy 18. The latest intnlllgonco Hl received at Klo Janeiro inuicatos that Uahia f and Pornambuco wore In u state ot tranqull- Hf lty , The people everywhere are so much ab- Bw sorbed lu the new order of things politically 11 that business is at a complete standstill , m There is said to bo considerable mystery at t Itlo Janioro in regard to thu departure or the S emperor and his family It Is assorted in Bl nouiu quarters thnt ho has not yet loft the 1 country , Hlx Commercial dispatches are forwarded Hjg ! from Urnzil to foreign countries without HJs / scrutiny or delay All dispatches , however , HJ' ' roiating to the political situation , or givlug any Information regarding the government , HI buvo to bo submitted to u cciiBor HJr The result of this is that the only intolll- | | H ficuco about the revolution which has reached | | H the outside world , except the very moagro | H facts that have got through commercial telo- | | H , grams lu cipher , is that which meets the up- Hi provui of the government censorship M : A dispatch bus boon received at the lira | | H illlaii legation hero from Uarbosa , uiliiisler | | H of llnuiico of the new government , directing | | H iho Brazilian minister to notify ttiq Londou | | H stock nxvhungo that all financial engugo- M ments entered into by the impoiial govern meat will bo faithfully observed by the re- public This dispatch it is thought will 111 liuvo a reassuring effect in tiuunclul and cuiumcrciul circles Finally Convinced , Washington , Nov 18. There was no I news of the Hrazlllan ministry today coti- 1 corning the rccout revolution in Urazll It is apparent , however , that the Brazilian ofllciuls hero have ueeoma llnallv convinced that the emperor has been overthrown , B ' limzll'H Mn'liio Deliualrs Wltltilraw , | B \Vasuino70N , Nov 18. Hoforo the marine IJJJJJj conforouco arose for the noon recess today | H Admiral Viol , of Chill , announced that ho H bud b eu reijueitod by Captalui Guma nod HHL . . . . ' . , , Y . Mnullty , delegates from Brazil , to say that In vlowot Uio present condition ot affairs In tholr country they would no longer sit In tbo conference Nothing has been recolvcd at the state department - partmont to dav concerning the revolution in Brazil The failure to rcrotvo additional in formation leads the department ofllcinls to think the cables have been seized Other wise the representatives of the United Stutcs would doubtless have kept our government advised of the progress ot ovcnU CoJTuo Kxcliuiiiru KtoUoit Nnw Yohk , Nov : IS There was great ox- cltement attho coffco exchange this morning duo to the Interest in the Urnzlllan situation Up to 11:30 : the usual Hto Janicro cable bad not arrived , and all attontloa was centered on the expectation of the news It would bring Coffco advanced from flftoen to Ufty-ilvo points over Saturdays clo o. Tlio Fatherlands lntorosts Coloonk , Nov 18. The Cologne Gazette , alluding to German Interests In Urazll , snysi "A areat part of the population of southern Urazll is faithfully attached to the father land , and cherishes German traditions It is hardly likely tbo republic will succeed in saving this enormous state from chaos The political destinv ot southern Urazll has claims upon German lntorcsts and sympa thies It may thorcfnro seriously nfTccl Ger man relations with Uiazil " Followed Houln.ni cr'n Tjsml Vienni , Nov 18 , The Uraztau minister hero says General DaFonsca , when In trusted with the command of tno garrison at Rio Do Janeiro , became fired by the example set by Uoulangcr and conceived the idea of sebing the government Ho has since becu plotting and the revolution Is the result Vnlouto llns Not KcsIkiiimI WASiiiNoroif , Nov 18. Tlio Brazilian minister tonight recolvcd two telegrams from Brazil , ono from the minister of foreign affairs and the other from tbo minis ter of finance They were s'mply ' confirma tory of press reports Dr Vulente , the Uruzilian minister tonight denied the truth of the reports that ho hud resigned HALF A MIIjIjIOX INVOLVED And the Courts Sav That Competition Dlust .Notlto Hlilliul New Orlbaxs , Nov 18. The state sn- prcmo court today rendered a decision in the enso of tlio Texas Puelfio vs tbo South ern Pacific railroad company to euforco the specilla performance ot certain stipulations * of the contract mode to adjust the differences existing bctwoon the Huntington and Gould roads and involving about half a million dollars , The Judgment of the lower court In favor of the defendant Is aftlrmcd , and the opinion says the plaintiffs suit is on an illegal contract All contracts which have a tendency to stillo competition , to create or foster monopolies , with a view to unreason ably increasing the values of commodities against the puulio lntorcsts.can confer to the parties thereto no rights which tbo courts of justlco can recognize or enforce Clnn IUoatioii .it' Freight Ciiioaqo , Nov 13. [ Special Tclogrnm to Tub Uee ] As the opening of congress approaches preaches the intcr-stato commerce commis sion is getting correspondingly anxious for tbo national classification committee to muko a showing In bi iof , the plan is to adopt a BVstom of classifications on all classes of freight to apply everywhere in the Unite • States It is a millonium plan which tbo railroad mon are fearful congress will Torco on thorn , and which , except in secret , they do not dare oppose To n man , however , they declare the schema utterly impractica ble In other words , articles in ono section of tbo country are nnd ought to be classified differently from the same ar ticles in other sections Should tbo scheme ever bo put into pructlco the railroads will immediately nullify its effects by charging different rates on the now clnsslllcatlnn A number of congressmen at the last session , urged on by constituents who wore suffering from an alleged wrongful classldcation of their products , brought tbo matter olllciallv to the attention of the inter state commerce commission That body saw the follvoftho scheme nnd the euso with which It could bo counteracted by the railroads , and adopted a do-uothlng policy , which the congressmen were not slow to perceive They gave tlio commission a sharp prod by threat ening to take the mutter out . of their hands and perform It by congressional enactment Thereupon the commission appointed Chnlrmnn Midg- loy , of the Southwestern division ot the Western Freight association , and General Freight Agents Johnson , of the Rock Island , and Morton , of the Burlington , as a commit tco to look into tbo matter The committco has done nothing since its appointment and has now been called to hold a session in Washington beginning Wednctdav It Is not expected any decided action will betaken taken , as the commission itself only wants enough done to stop the mouths of objecting congressmen , „ Another Ilia Denl Boston , Nov 18. The otllcials of the Union Pacific said today of the statement that the Union Pacific and the Denver , Texas & Rio Grande roads had consolidated , that it is anticipatory of what may come , but nothing has yet boon done Another gentle man , who Is in a position to be well informed , Bays the papcts wcio signed in Mow York last Wednesday and that they were of u pre liminary character The agreement is much more important than the traffic arruueo- mont and means the ubsnliite control of the Fort worth road The details of the plan uro being gradually worked up in Now York nnd it will bo some tlmoboforo they can bo given to the public The Ailnn Ilo ( Is Aloof Cmoaoo , Nov 18. Th9 Times tomorrow ' will say on o fllcial authority 'Inat the Chicago cage & Atton company has no intention of binding Itself to tiny trans-Missouri line nnd its arrangement with the Kansas PXciflo will bo no different in future from what it bas been in the past The Alton's through train service to Denver Is simply carrying out the plan matured months ago , but tbo consummation of which has been unavoida bly delayed _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Karninus dt" thn B. & O. I3ai.timoke , Nov 18. Tbo annual meeting of the Baltimore & Ohio was hold today Only ono change was made in thoboard ( of directors The annual report showed tbo net oaruiugs of lSb9 to bo tiUU'2,157 ; incrcaso oyer the previous your , $ JJD,227. The Fut Htook Hhow Chicago , Nov 18. Contrary to Intention , the killing ot the prize beeves at the fnt stock show was not commenced today Prizes were awarded today to Adams & Earl , of Lafayette , Ind , in the herd grand Bwocpslukcs aud to KUbert & Hull , ot Albiu , lu , in tlio grand sweepstakes for fat steers , on Kl'idou , sired by the 10,000 aonnal , Second end DuUo of Brant , dam by Second Duke ot Airuiro * A craok sheep belonging to Mr Todd , of Wakeman , O , tt'as ' found dead this morning In the pen Great oxcltcinont p < ovallcd until the post mortem showed the sheep died of heart disease A beautiful Gallotvav cow frntu Fort Wayne , lnd , valued at $1,201) ) 'ttlso died of lung fever The exhibition of butterino la the fine art bull is remarkable , The poultry awards will bo made tomorrow Among the awards today in the dairy department was llrst premium to Peter Amnion , ot Danlap , la , for Iowa chuddar cliche Ilo also secured - cured llrst premium on Hut cheese , and Young America chneio A. M. Bingham of Jossup secured llrst premium on full cream checsp , In grand suoopstakes best butter lu show William II , Taylor , ot pavls Junction , III , toob ttlo premium Nebraska takes tno tlrst premium for the largest and best exhibit i REEDS ' BRIGHT PROSPEGrS Ho Sooma to Have the Polo In the Sponsorship Race . THE NEW STATES GO TOGETHER A Prominent Candidate fbr the Supreme premo Bench anil Ills Cnrocr A Typical Wcntcrncr With No Vices Wasiiihotom UuiiEUt Thr Ostutv Bur , ) 510 Foiiktebnth Stuert , > Wabihsoton D. a , Nov , IS J The indications la tlio speakership cou'tost point to tlio introduction into the controversy of ono of President Harrison's appointments It will bo romombere/1 that some tlmo ago there was a decided mlsundorstnnding be tween Messrs Cameron nnd Quay on the ono hand , and Sherman on the other , ever the appointment ot the solicitor of internal reve nue The Pennsylvania candldato for this place was U. F. Gllkson Tbo Ohio candl date was Alonzo Hart Sherman agreed to withdraw from the contest and it wa sup posed that the Pennsylvania man would bo appointed , but the Ohio man captured the prize Then Mr Quay openly ac cused Mr Sherman of bad faith The misunderstanding was finally < cleared up und Mr Quay was convinced thnt It was not Mr Sherman but Mr Mo- Klnloy who was rcsponslblo for Harts ap pointment Mr Quay promised Mr Mc- Klnley that ho would oven up the score To day Mr Reed called at the house ot Senator Cameron Ho met Mr Quay , and the tnreo men tnlltoil over 'tlio speakorshlu prospects \Vhon Mr Hood loft the residence ot the Pennsylvania sonntor it was with the understanding that the votes which cm bo said to bo controlled by the two senators will bo cast for him in the caucus Tnero are seventeen of these votes , all but four of the entire republican delegation of the state It is also very well un derstood that at least three of the remaining four will go to Mr Reed With the opening of his campaign , therefore , Mr Reed cau calculate upon twenty votes from Pennsylvania , twenty-threo from Now England , nt least two from Now Jorso.v , nnd probably ninoieon from Now York Thus it will bo seen that it the above figures are correct rect" Mr Reed will have slxiy-rour votes from the Now England and middle states nlonc , which will give him u wonderful load lu tlio race , and in spite of the opposition of the west to him the desire of so manvto bo on the winning side will attract mora sup porters to his banner und probably insure his election , TIIKT WILT rULL TOdETIIEn Upon the suggostlon of Congressman John L. Wilson , of the state of Wushlngton , the members from the four now states bavo came together and got acqualoted They in tend to orgunizo and act harmoniously to whatever end thev mav have individually or collcctlvoly in view for legislation in con gress Mr Wilson says they will undoubt edly cast their solid ballot for ono of tbo candidates for speaker and go together in the seiection of other officers of the house Whntevor action they may have agreed upon is a secret at this time It is understood lhat they wlH not attempt to aereo upon the speakership candidate till they become hot ter acquainted with the situation All five of the now members have been in Washing ton sovcral days SUrllCME HUNCH VACANCIES It is stated tonight that the president thinks strongly of appointing the Hon Gcorgo W. McCreary , of Iowa , to the va cancy on the bench of the , supreme court His strongest backer is Justtco Samuel Miller Thirty years ago , when Justice Miller had a law office in Keokuk , la , , young McCreary , then a tattered youth of nineteen , walked into bis ofllcc > aiid asked for employ ment Something in the boy'fe bright , am bitious facn pleased Mr Miller and ho was willing to glvo him a chance , but his fastidi ous partner , Mr Rankin , objected and it was only after long argument that Mr Miller persuaded Rankin to consent to young Mc- Creur.v's ' prcsenco in the office Tlio youth showed himself grateful , nnd though Mr Rankin never became very cordialbelearned to respect tbo young students energy nnd industry After Rankin's death Mr McCreary became Mr Millers law partner and the firm so remained until Mr Miller was appointed to the supreme cgurt Mr McCreary remained in loiva , which state ho represented in congress for several years In 1ST7 ho introduced the election bill in congress which resulted in the elec tion of President Hayes , and bo entered his cabinet as secretary of war Ho.was after wards appointed United States circuit Judge in Iowa , which ollico ho resigned nfter sov cral years and became chief counsel for a largo railroad company at Kansas City at a salary of 122,000 a year Bo is a thorough lawyer and would bo fully the equal ot any man now on the supreme beach rOSTMASTHHS AllOINTBO Fourth class postmasters were appointed today as follows : Nebraska Exeter , Fillmore county , A. T. Hagor , vice I ) . / . Kocuondorfer , resigned , Juniata , Adams county , D. V. Stannous , vice S. L. Bross , removed lowu Fredericksburg , Chickasaw county , M. L. Sherman , vice M. W. Watson , ro- moved South Dakota Rovlllo , Grant countv , William F , Hyde , vice John L. Flemlug , re signed LAUD CASES DECIDED , . , . . • Secretary Noble to-dnj'-ia tfioland case on review of Augusltiio A. Record , involving his rizbt to thu northeast quarter of section 18 , township X ) , north range of 01. West Chadron land district , decided lhat as it con cerned the original proof , the general land ofllco should render a decision The com aissionor was prevented from rendering a doclslon because ol Records application for review , which ut onca brought the case be fore the secretary of the interior The napors in tbo case go back to Commissioner Graff's ' office , the sumo us if the application for re view bad not boon tiled The secretary dis missed the case of Thomas J. Craban vs Gcorco H. Hess , on rcvlow from the Mitchol ) , South Dakota district X TYPICAL WESTEnWEU Congressman Giltord , of South Dakota , who had a cataract taken from his eye recently , will emerge from the dark room this week for his usual routluo work His colleague Mujor Plckler , is hero and re ceives most cordial recaptions everywhere Ho is tbo most typical westerner from the lot of the now states , ever sir ; ' fcot high , powerful frame , black bearded anl dark fuco Ho wears a Blanch hat und it , is not a dinicult guess to locate his birtbpiuco in Northern Missouri Ho is not far below fifty Ho served with conspicuous gallantry during the war und rose from the ranks to a majot's commission After the war ho entered the Iowa university and obtnluod an education These Who know him intimately speak in the hiebost terms of him as a man of character and convictions It is said that ho neither smokes , chews nor drinks Ho is a strict church member and occupies high ground on many questions of nuvanccd poli tics Ho resigned a federal position to make his congressional race und was oloctcd of couiso bv a Dakota majority rAnnocK's rosTomcrc dill , Nntwitnstandiiig , tbo fact that Sonntor Paddock intends to push bis measure m con gress this winter providing for the construc tion of buildings for second-class postoQlccs , the poatoftlco department continues to enor iuto leases , for n period of llvo years in soma iustaucos so ns to provide the best passlblo quurtcrs In private buildings for socoud-olass Dostofllcoi 'Jliis has struck soinctnan in congress as a peculiar way of doing business ; but It is easily explained Even though Senv ntor Paddook's bill should bo adopted curly in this session of cougress.lt will bo several years before any considerable number ot buildings are constructed , ana surely two or three yenrs before no ; * of thorn have been boJ J gun Nonoof the buildlngsatjould bo ready for occupancy under fouror llvo ycarsaud thuro- | fore the lea 09 which the ( government htM entered into , would not lnj nnv way Inter fere , and would not bo outfcf date with re gard to eponotny It is oorffldently expected by these best informed on Jtho subject , that the postoOlco building bill wjll become a law lu the hands of this congress ltOCKT HMDS VOlt CtVlLRKUVICB There will bo llvily times In the house when the propositioncomes up to sustain the civil survica commission There Is to bo a rigid investigation of tbo working of the commission dnrinp President Clovelund's four years of ofllco , and spoilsmen anticipate some rich disclosures Even the most nr- dent friend of civil sorvlco reform , civil ser vice law , and the enforcement of both tlio re form und the law'by n commission must acknowledge , after talkuig with the con gressmen arriving In Washington from every section ot the * country that the ten dency Is not to maintain the law as it is ut present enforced Tlio majority of the pco- pie are In favor of civil sorvlco roform-but they nro not In fnvorpf'tho law as at present enforced There is n widespread impression thnttncksaropraetlsed nnd partisanship nnd selilshncss nro kept constantly in view uudor the present regime Every mnn in congress has recolvcd now impressions of civil sorvlco reform in the recent cnmimlgn , and all will como hero londcd with orlelnal ideas to thrust upon the national legislature , mdny of which will bo simply ridiculous , The debate on the sub ject will bo rich , and the proposed investiga tion of.civil sorvlco reform promises to bo richer A jookn ti.iST's monIotion - It is understood that Will Sweet , once n wrltor on Tin : Bee , will bo appointed a Justice of the supreme court ot Idnho Ho loft Omuba nbout twetvo years ago and has since been practicing law In Idaho with con siderable auccoss Delegate Dubois nnd others have recommended his appointment and have boon given to understand that it will bo made AUMT OltDBRS By direction of the secretary of war Second end Lieutenant William . Hughes , Thir teenth infantry , will proceed from Fort Leaven worth to Fort Omaha for the purpose of obtninlne information in relation to the operation of the canteens , und upon the com pletion of this duty will return to his proper Btatlon . Hosnital Steward George C. Wright ( ap pointed November 12 , 183U. from the private hnsoltnl corps ) , now nt Jefferson barracks , will proceed to Fort Omaha , reporting upon bis arrival to the commanding oftlcer for duty and by letter to the commanding gen ornl , denartaiont of the Platte Captain Daniel Robinson , Seventh infan try , will proceed to his homo preparatory to his retirement from netlvq sorvlco , Private George Stahiman , troop E , Sev enth cavalry , now with Ms troop at Fort Sill , Indian Territory } Isitrnnsforred to com pany E , Twenty-first infantry , nnd will bo • sent to the station of tlipt company ( Fort Sidney ) . Private Peter King , icompany E. Seven teenth infantry , now ' with his company at Fort-D. A. Russell , Wyonfing , is trnnsferrod to company E , Ninth infantry , and will bo sent to the station of that company ( San Diego barracks ) , ' PEmiY a. Heath m TUB BANICRUPrCV IiAW The President Will Recommend Leg Iflntinn In the Manor WAsniNOTON , Nov 18 , Presldont Harri son was visited today by a committco of the national convention of * commercial bodies headed by Colonel BrqaOUcfid , of Missouri , as chairman , and accompanied by Colonel Torroy , author of the Torroy bankrupt bill The committco laid before the , president a copy of tbo proceedlngSjcfc the national con vention representatives of commercial bodies ies , embodying ; the To/roy bankrupt bill , and urged him to recommend in his forthcoming message to congress an enactment by that body of a unlfori ? , cquitablo bank rupt law , and a form was submitted Addresses were delivered by Colonel Broad head , John M. Hartlett , Minneapolis ; Louis Bush , president of the Now Orleans board of trade ; Judge Jonn H. Doyle , Toledo , presi dent of the National bar association ; Leon ard J. Gordon , president of tlio board of trade , Jersey City : U. F. Johnston , Richmond mend , Vo ; Wm J. McManiglc , Orlblston O.J Edward C. Rogers , Springfield , Mass , president of the American Paper Manufacturers turers' ' association of the Unltod States , and Hon Wm G , Whipplo , mayor of Little Rock , Ark The addresses were followed by a general discussion .Id the course of which the president , said ho hod always thought there , ought to bo per manent legislation upon tie ] subject of bank ruptcy instead of a temporary law to simply relieve certain unfortunates who had been affected by a panic Ho promtsod the com mittee ho would consider the question of recommending legislation , upon that subject to concrress lu his message * 9 i MSRRASKA APPOINTMENTS A Mndlfon Attorney for Register ol thcNclich Land onice Washington , Nov 18. The president today nppointcd William hi Robertson of Nebraska register of the laud ofllco at No- llgh , Neb Iloruco U , Scuddor of Beatrice , Neb , has been appointed confidential secretary of tbo commissioner ot thn gcnoral land onice rnn-Ainorloiing Organizing Washington , Nov 18. The International American conference met at noon to-dny , thij Urnzlllan delegates , being the only 'uotablo absentees Secretary Hlaino pre sided The session was devoted to the busi ness of orunnizntion , which , however , was not completed and the corrfcranco adjourned to mcot next Wednesday , , when the organiza tion will bo perfected There wus some confusion in the proceed ings , owing to the fact ( hat sovcral ot the delegates 'do not understand the English language Delegate Qufontana , ot the Ar gentine Republic , wlsb/edthe / appointment 0f two secretaries , in order that the English and Spanish speaking telogntos ) might bo equally represented After discussion , the Greposition went eve ' r till tbo next session , ut , m the moJtfTvbiJn , two of the delegates were selected to not as sec retaries until tbo arraignment was made All motions and remaiijs were thereafter translated , making the ; juroceedings some whutslow The committal on commlttoos presented a report provbliiic for tbo appoint ment of a number nt committees to consider and report on various point * , among tbom on a basis for an American customs union and the ramifications of thal < subject ; three com mittees on the moans extending and improv ing facilities for transportation , postal and telegraph communication ; others on railway communication { customs regu lations ; a uniform system of weights and measures ; sapiUiry regulations ; protection of patents , trade marks , etc ; extradition ; on an extension of the bank ing and credit system'international law ; arbitration and othortuulcs The report was laid aside for further consideration Through the courtesy ot tbo Mexican government congress bus been supplied with several Spanish stenographer * . m RuslnegNirnublcH KANsts Crrr , Nov 18 , A spcoial from Olatho , Kan , says Cusey , Walker it Co , dealers in hardware and Implements , bavo assigned ; liabilities 30,000 , as&els about the same Tlio principal creditors uro St Louis and Kansas City firms Nuw Yoiik , Nov.-18 , Lewis Brothers & Co , Iho dry goads merchants , have suc ceeded iu effecting a settlement with creditors at fiT # cents on tha dollar Where U iho Holy ? Nuw Yomr , Nov 18 Some unxioty is felt hero for the safety or the steauiBlilp Italy , The vessel is now three days overdue and nothing has been heard from bor since sbo left Liverpool oo the 1st inst The Italy car ries sixty steerage pjsscupers CANDIDATES BY THE SCORE , North Dakotas Sountorlnl ABplr- nnto Grathor at Bismarck WHAT THEIR CHANCES ARE The Hotcli Crowded Willi Ofllco- Seekers nnd Wire-Pullers Xho Prospects or Ord , • wny nnd Pierce North Dakotas Sountorlnl FIRM , Bismauck , N. D. , Nov IS iSpecial Tele gram to The Beij.1 Thologislnturoconvenes tomorrow All Interest centers in the United States senatorial light , and there Is lntcuso excitement about the hotels nnd other points where the legislators nnd candi dates are congregated - During all of the day tbcro have been cau cuses of groups of friends of ihavnrious can didates and tonight n call was isstiod torn Joint republican caucus of the house nnd son ntc , but It was not held owing to the senti ment against it by many o ! the candidates and members It is still claimed bv Johnson's friends that ho has thlrty-llvo votes pledged , but a canvass docs not sustain the claim Ordwny has gained much headway since the arrival of the Walsh county dolcgntion , three of whom are for him This disapproves the statement that there would bo no votes in Walsh county for him , and if it proves true , as roportod.that another inombor who will ar- rlvo tomorrow is for him , ho will have a ma jority of the Bevcti votes , which means n homo Indorsement , Wnlsh county being ins place of rcsldonco Walter Mtilr Is cutting a very small ilguro and McCumbor Is not looked upon as a formidable candidate Spencer , of Walsh countv , is not supported by the entire delegation of that county and Is as good us out of the race It is couroded by all that Gilbert A. Plerco will bo elected ns ono of the Bonntors , and If u caucus had been held tonight ho would have boon oleutod If the effort to tnn'to ' Governor Miller a candldato is it success the second senator ship will bo settled with diflloulty as ho would bo accepted as a compromise , having pledged that ho would not bo n candidate Ho declines to enter tbo race , but ho may yield before to-night's caucus F. U. Fanchor , who was president of tlio constitutional convention , Is loolted upon ns a dune horse , and it is boliovcd that ns soon ns Walter Muir , of tbo farmers alliance , drops out ho will loom up with a largo fol lowing E Governor Ordway created a sensation In tno Sheridan hohso this afternoon -by re senting the remark of a member to the effect that ho wus virtually out of the race Ho made n brief speech to tbo crowd * of legisla tors in the lobby , iu which ho Etatcd that the claims of his enemies that ho was nnt n bona Ddo Dultotan was the result of malice und Jealousy ; that ho raised more wheat und owned more piouerty than two-thirds ol these making charges againBt him Ho said there was too much treachery and double dealing on the canvnss to permit silence on his part , noo't'uat unless certain tactics were nbindoned he would tell some unpleasant truths His remarks were spirited and „ pointed and created constornntion among tbo other candidates A Slick Scheme PtEniiE , S. D. , Nov 18. rSpccial Tele- tgram to Tiic BeeJ An ' _ ottoni | ) _ lo work a allele deal bas como to light ncross the river , on the rcsorvutlon Besides the mlle square set aside by tlio government , and which tbo setters will try to work on as a town site , they are attempting to capture an entire sec tion adjoining a * a school section They claim to have got bearings from the govern ment surveys on this slto , calling it section 80. Thov hnvo run their imaginary lines around this tract , und it is being occupied in force by hundreds of speculators , with new buildings going up The Indinns and squaw men object to this usurpation of their rights , they having reserved it under the severalty act Notwithstanding this the settlers are going on with their improvements and set tling on lots The matter Is growing serious and u conflict is imminent A lurco three story holol is going up on the tract und threats have boon made to tear it down The settlers claim as authority that the state , bcins now admitted , it has control of the school lands , nnd ns soon , as the reser vation is opened can dispose of it undr the law at auction The Sioux Commissions Report Sioux Falls , S. D. , Nov 18. ISpecial Telegram to TiieBie : | Senator Pottlgrew staled to n reporter this evening that ho mot the Sioux commission in Chicago on Friday and had a conference with thorn , from the toner of which ho bnllovos that the Sioux reservation report would bo ready in a few days , and consequently would bo opened very soon by proclamation In the matter of Judge Edgorton's appoint ment as United States Judge , ho stated that it would bo made on Thursday next A Vunktnn Alilorm ins Funeral Yankton , B. D. , Nov 18. | Speclal Tolc- trram to Tub Bee | fbo funeral ot Alder man Branch occurred yesterday afternoon It was the largest ever held in the city Nearly ono hundred vohlclos followed the remains to the cemetery , SUOCKIMx BRUTALITY A Woman fatally Renten by Her Husband anil Itrotlior-lii-la\v. St Joseph , Mo , , Nov 18. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tub Bee ] About 0 o'clock last night Mrs Nisli Coffco wont to the residotico ot tier brother-in-law , Joseph Coffco , in South St Joseph , in order to Und nor husband ' band , whom sbo believed to bo paying a visit to Aniiio O'Brien , a domostle in the employ of Joseph Coffee Her husband was warnr def of her arrival In time to got away from the house before his wife could findhlra Mrs Coffco felt positive that her liege lord would soon return to boo thoO'Urien girl , and weut back to the house later on in tha evening This tlmo she was met at the door by Joseph Coffco and wife and the O'Urien ' girl Hot words were indulged , in , und the result wus a general street light , in which Mrs Nish Coffee was very much worsted , all three ot the parties attacking her Neighbors put a Btop to the fight , and when Mrs Coffee was examined it was found that lior skull was broken , her right eye put out , und sbo hud Internal injuries which will cause her death , bho is in a very critical condition ut the reB- idonco of nnother brother-in-law , William Coffee No arrests have been made Steamship Arrivals At Philadelphia The Uritish King , from Liverpool At Now York The Italy , from Llvorpool ; the Fuldn , from Bremen At London blghtod : The Obdam , from New York , for Amsterdam At Havre Lu Champagne , from Now Vork At Southampton The Worra , from Now York . . Hard lirhEM al Colon Wasuinoton , Nov 18. Victor Vlfqualn , United Stutes consul at Colon , In bis report for the year ending October ill , 18S9 , soys that siiiro work on the Panama cabal has ceased , business at Colou has been almost outlroly prostrated ttntit mi Invrstlgfttlon Tu.MiUfcSE , Htt-i Nov 18.-Govoruor Fleming has forwarded the report pf the Key West committco regarding the Spanish consuls Interference lu tbo strike to Secre tary Blaine , with n request that ho cause un Iny ' cstlgatiou to bo made 1 PARNMjI/S mother The Irish Lender Disclnlmn Ali Knowlcdan or llor Poverty LOipl/rfoht tXbil Jiim ( 'onlmi Jtcllii'11.1 London , Nov 18. | New York Herald Cable Socclnl to Tim Urr I Parnoll ex pressed surprlso today over the news from America about his mothers straitened clr- cumstancc * . HJs mother , hcsnid.had kept her condition hidden from hlmj > Upou rending the London edition of the Herald , ParncUcibled to his ngent In Now Yorlc to supply Mrs Pnrnoll with money , Parnolt satd that ho had lina no reason to suppose that his mother was pressed for money , as on previous occasions she lmd always ap plied to him nnd ho had always promptly remitted the sum she re quired Since ills last romlttanco , how ever , although she had frequently writ ten him , her letter did not complain ot any want of funds or contain any applica tion for money , but , on the contrary , indi cated that she was in good health and spirits , nnd spoke of her Inten tion to realize on the crops of the Uordontown estnto , which hid been stored for arise In prices during the last llircu or four years , and which , she anticipated , would realize $1300 or tC0. Parncll thinks that bis mothers income nnd crops may hnvo been attached to await the issue of some legal proccediucs nnd that tlio present alleged pressure may have nrlscn from this circumstance With regard to the threatened , snlo by foreclosure of bor Boidcntown estate , Parnoll does not think there was any risk of such a cohtingoncy us some years since ho had given instructions to his American bankers to guard ugaiust this by making the necessary ndvancos if they were at nny time required Ho has al ways found it difllcult to obtain exact Information nbout thu condition of his mothers nffalrs nnd health , most un favorable statements having on mora than ono occasion been cabled across by public agencies Mrs , Parncll has always declined to rusido anywhere but In America , although her son has frequently tried to induce herto live on this side of the Atlantic , where ho would hnvo mora chance of taking care df her The Anii-Jiliivery Congress Bhcssels , Nov 18. flNew York Herald Cable Special to Tun Bee | The unti- slavery congress opened to-dny , Prince Do Chlmay , Belgian minl'itor for for olcn nffnirs , presiding The prince nddressod a few , words of welcome to the foreign delegates , which were responded to by the minister of the Nether lands Ho congratulated the king and tbo Belgian government upon the initiative they bad taken , Lambormonto , Belgian minister of stnto , was unanimously appointed president of the congress Ho delivered a speech , in which ho traced the history of the slave trudo and point ed outtho great humanitarian intorcst which rendered it the duty of civilization to put a stop to that which Livlngstono hud desig nated a moustet Iniquity Delegates were present on behalf ot the United States , Gonhany , ' Austria , Hungary , Belgium , Denmark , Spain , the Congo Free State , France , Great Britlan , Italy , the Nether lands , Persia , Portugal , Russia , Norway , S wed on and Turkey The Independence Dolge published nu im portant document , which indicates what will bo the policy ot the Congou Free State at the conferences and the measures which will betaken taken for tlio suppression of the slave trade The report proposes tliut in order to combat cfllcaclously the evil cruis ers will bo placed upon all tlio affluents of the upper Congo , nnd thut the Free State will bo placed in u position to occupy with military forces all the routes which lead to tha southeast of the Soudan nnd the sources of tbo Congo Tlio report adds that in order to accomplish this the Free Stnto must bo provided with tbo necessary financial assistance It is on thu Congo Free State , which is most directly in contact with tbo Bcourgo , that tbo princi pal burden of tha battle With slave dealers must fall ' 'Iho conference bas an arduous task be fore It , for many solllsh differences and promptings to support self-interests must bo sunk before tbo powers can agrco upon a plan of attaining the main object , London L.ilior New ; , IConyrfpM ltS3 lnj James Uoiilnn llcirndt , ] London , Nov 18. ( Now York Herald Cable Special to Tub Bee I The bakers have secured their demand ot ton hours a day , and the master bakers say they intend to add a halt penny to tbo price four pouny a loaf The dockers are still dissatisfied , and mat ters have begun to look so serious that to day a private meeting of ship owners and wharf ingers wus held at tbo general ofllco of tbo Steam Navigation company for the purpose of seeing what stops may bo necessary to protect the trade of London's ports , and partly In view of the threatened strike at the docks Iho Astronomers All Well Ifopi/rfi/ht .IS89 liu lamu Guidon ncimctt ] SiEiniA Leone , Nov 18. | New YorkJHor- aid Cable Special to Tun Bee ] Tlio Pen sncola , with Prof Todd and the astronomical commission to observe the solar ccllpso , ar rived here to-duy , They had a charming voyugo of llvo days from Capo Do Verde Islands The Pcnsncola coals hero and leaves tomorrow for London All wore well A Crooked Hotel Clerk Kansas Citv , Nov 18 [ Special Tele , flram to The Bee | Detective Hayes today arrested Otis Ramsey , formerly night clerk at the Merchants hotel , Omuha , on a charge of embezzling $05 , two overcoats and a gun f ho proprietor of the hotel made the charge , [ Ramsey is a young , man nbout twenty three years ot ago , and has been in the cm- ploy of the Merchants betel twlco When ho left there wus a young man with him whoso Identity Is unknown But for the fact that Nut Brown , the proprietor of the hotel , removed tlOU iu currency from tlio safe before going to bed , the loss would have been greater Rauisoy will bo brought back to Omaha as seep as a requisition cau be ob tained , | Quartern'ii Million In Ashen PiTTBiiuito Nov 18. The oxtonslvo new Vitreous china works of Knowlos , Taylor & Knowles , at East Liverpool , O. , burned this evening In an hour the finest pottery lu the world , together with nearly Slul ) UOO of stock , was in ruins A workman named Nich olas fell through a skylight und wus soi'lously hurt The total loss vmouuis to a quarter of a million dollars ; insurance | ddUQ3 , Tlio Wrntlicr Forecast For Omaha und vicinity Fair weather , For South Dakota and Nebraska ! Fair , followed by rain , partly snow , stationary temperature , snuttioriy windi , For Iowa : Fair , stationary temperature , southerly winds , Result or a Vendetta Rome , Nov 18. Tlio bodies of a man and three sous were touud today in a well near Toggia All the members of a family resld- Iul' In tbo vicinity bavo been arrested A vendetta bad existed between tbo two fam ilies • vv - i-Wl , > _ l . . _ _ < ftti PANIC STRICKEN TRAVELERS , 1 'II ' Maddened by Four In n PonnsyU IU vnnia Wroclc | | H THE DEADLY CAr ' sTOVE AGAIN Ill iim Another Nnmo Added to the Lltt ot 'II ' Its Victims Helpless Women liH Trampled hy Mon Flying II l' oin Cromntlnu , < _ | Almost n Rolonnuit " -II PiTtsnfiio , Nov IS All accident to the III eastern express on thn Pennsylvania road In i'l ' the yards ut this city this evening nearly ro- iflil suited In n torrlblo holocaust As It was , n } B | largo number of persons were injured , ono . • HI of thorn fatally nnd sixothors sorlously The tfll train was running nbout eight miles nn hour ilH When nu.tr Seventeenth street the third car * ff | left thn rails nnd soon turned completely ill over Almost simultaneously with the up- ' II setting lire broke out nt both ends und in the ' center or the car Forty or fitly second clnss 'Ml pussenirors were In the car nnd isH men trampled over women nnd fought .aH each other in their eagerness to 'ftM cscapo cremation Fortunately n number % f ill railway employes were close nt hand und the ' | IH flames were quickly extinguished When „ . M all the passengers were gotten out , it wus found that nearly every ono In the car lmd till been cut or bruised Joseph Burclier , ot 'ifI Chicago , was tlio only ono fatollv Injured , t\m \ ho having been pinned to the floor by iv hot j'llB steve nnd ono sldo being burned slli nearly to n crisp Six others , Mrs MM MuegloMol'iche , Mr nnd Mrs , E. II Will 51 lams , Conductor Hawkins mid iiraheman if PendloA , of Pittsburgi Robert Lofevro nnd * -f Fred Rice , of Philadelphia , una Louis Ho- if - H gurd , of Now York , were seriously but not tyj dangerously hurt All others proceeded on j their Journey The nccidont was thought to \ bavo been caused by the spreading of tlio % rails _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 'I Train Wreckers Work | St Thomas , Out , , Nov 18. The cast * j bound freight on the Michigan Central road * . was ditched at Stevensvlllu yesterday , 4f owing to the misplacing of the switch by * j' ' unknown scoundrels , The ongluoer may ,8 die from injuries received The whole train & load of freight is piled in nn immense honp f nnd uvor ono hundred head of sheep were ,5 killed 'C ' • A Verv Forriinnrn Turn $ PiTTSuuno , Pn , Nov 18. The limited t mail on the Western Pennsylvania railroad * ran Into a landslide near Bessemer , Pa , last j night , nnd the cngiuo nnd baggugo car wore V ' wrecltod Fireman Geode is thought to bo .l ; fatally Injured The onglncor had a leg • | broken , but will recover Had tlio engina * fallen to the right instead oj the loft , the entire - * tire train with its load of : ! 0J souls , would ' - have gene down un cnbaultment 100 foot , high \ m NOT BY WHOLKSALR . . Sccrctnry AVIininm's Withdrawal 13 From Nntlnnnl Bank Deposits , Wasuinoton , Nov 18. Secretary Win j dotn's attention was called this evonlng to | the report that ho had decided to withdraw " j. $17,000Mtjot ( public funds now on deposit ' ; 'A , with the nntional banks The secretary said M ho certainly did not propose to make . , J _ _ ' any such wholesale withdrawal , but tbo fl qucstion.ot thn withdrawal Of a portion Of ' | the fund in depository banks has been under ; consideration for some time , and ho fully / ; rccocnized the necessity of calilnc in suoh u . J , portion us could no withdrawn from . - the banks without serious incou- 4 , vciiicuco to trade und commerce intcresta -j ns early ns practicable White no thoroughly 4 disapproved of thu policy of deposits in the 1 banks in excess of the nmouniB required for ' the transaction ol current public business , no fj fully appreciated tlio impoitunce oi proceed .j § ing in u careful nnd conBorvutlvo way In 1 , making withdrawals The secretury said 3. the withdrawals when made will bo % < tor tbo solo purpose of reinvestment in Jf > United States bonds Ho said also that B thn government for many years past jS- has hud on deposit with the banks through jf , which lis current business is transacted from M " $10,01)0,0(111 ) ( to $ JO.OdO.OUU und saw no good reason - < . & son why tbld policy should be changed * g THE UllOMN TRIAL § Kun/.e's Connection Willi Couzhllii % . nnd Why ilo Clmii < ; < 'd Ills Naiun | Chicago , Nov 18. Frodorlclt J. Squibb , • . [ who was on the stand Saturday , aod who ' , gave testimony touching cortuin contradio- % . tions tntboovldoncoof Frank Scanlan and 1 I nt.hnrR n * irlvnn hnfnrrt theeoronnr's lurv mill i" * before the court In the pending trial , was the % first witness called by the defense in the 3 ! Cronln cn o this morning Witness this & morning testified as to certain questions nnd m i answers in the cvmnlnution of ' • Major"S Sampson , touching his acquaintance with JS i Coughlin The matters were Immaterial ox- $ k . f copt ns they related to the credibility of M ; Sampson , M \ ' Tha next witness was Peter Koch , a - f I worker in hard wood His testimony lu * i , ; brief was thut ho bad known Kuuzo for -yj ' nbout llvo years , that ho boarded with wit -M ' ness for weeks previous to ubaut May 8 or ff - 11 last , und that Kuuzo's relations with W j Coughlin were brought about by.tlio hiring 'if ! of Kunzo to hunt down tbo perpetrators of Jr • tbo explosion which occurred at the Lynch * * < ' ; distillery lust year Witness then told how $ g . ' Kunzo got into trouble around his bouse , and % ; that tbo Keeper of a llitlo dry goods store M i i threatened to hnvo him arrested For this Si reason Kunzo loft his house and changed his m J ' name , ff ' ; Police Captum Schaaok was next called / _ | j ' j. Ho wus questioned by Forrest ns to Llvory jmj ; ( Stable Kecpor Dlnuti's description ot thn Jr ' man who got the white horse on the night ot 'f . i tbo murder He stated that ho rolled mora % | upon the statement of Coughlin than ho did yk f upon Dlnan's description wlilth was given of - < lh < the driver of the whlto horito Witness tct * S . ' tifiod that ho had a good deal of conlldcnco M \ in Coughlin at the time Then thn driving -J > of tha whlto horsa to Mre ConlUju's housa ig 1 and her falluro to idontlfy the animal were V i again gene ever m t i James and Jeremiah Highland , the next % , \ i two witnesses , brought out ovldonco contra * & j | dieting the testimony given by ona of the M 'j witnesses for the stute , that Coughlin , O'Sulna i } livun and Kunzo wore seen drinking toTffl i i getlier in a s iloon on tha night of May ft \ Ll . Ex-Dotectlvo Whalcu , who wus Dan jm p Coughlin's partner on tlio foroo , ias the We j next witness Ho testified to having seen m . ' , Coughlin about cast of tlio Chicago avenue 9 iij police station about TOO on the night Cronln , & i\ \ wus murdered und Bovaral times therei'M I after up to 10 o'clock , when they ll I parted The fact was brought out M y on cros8-oxamliiatiou that Whaloit 9 1 and O'Sullivuu are cousins und that the ml J ] witness ' biother and wife keep house for W l | O'Sulllvan , . ' $ &W' ' Sergeant John Stltt said niter roll call yB I about 0 o'clock or UffiJ tbo night of May 4 ha < S I went outside the station and met Officers % I < Whalcu und Coughlin touethor They bad a y. 1 drink and tulkod over soma changes In the 'Jf I department for five or ten minutes , after Oj . which Stlft went uwiiy Cross-examination fa brought out the fact that Stlft traveled _ W\ \ \ beat with Whalon for many years m\ \ Thov It lit iiwiKcts Beef , jEy Beulin , Nov 18. In tbo relchstug today ? S | Herr Barth , progressist , moved to rescind ' ; jjl tbo restrictions on the importation of foreign " * T9I Prof Vlrchow supported the motion , de- nl during the restrictions enforced solely in thu Bl Interests of the farmers and land owners Von Uooltlcher protoUeJ'tho law aimed to iflf preserve the health of German cuttle The _ | | introato iu thu uriojof meat was not con HI J liued to Gcrmuiiy , but wusiqually uotlto bl Ml lu neitfuuorlug countries -JrI