fife. V THE OMAHA ! ! DAILY BEE
TWENTY-FIRST YJBAH. OMAPTA. THURSDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER JO , 1891. IrSS NUMBER 154.
BALDM'SMURDEKERCAUCIIT
Yourg Arthur Sloan Captured Whlla Work
ing on a Farm in Iowa.
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SHERIFF HARRIMAN DOES A NEAT JOB.
He HnrprlsrH IllH Mnu nnd Placet ) Him
Under ArreHt llaforc He HnH
n Clin.icc to Make Ilc-
HlHtanoc.
BI.AIII , Nob. , Nov. 18. [ Special rologram
to TUB BUR. | Sheriff Horrlman qulotly
clipped awny from Blair Friday evening uncl
chtno homo this morning at ! : . " with Arthur
Sloan , the Fotitancilo murderer. Ho found
him husking corn for a farmer named
Union , three miles west of Slater , la. , In
Boone county.
Harrimunwlth a deputy from Do ? Moines ,
went direct to the fnrm and socrutod thorn-
o'ves ' in the farmer's houso. Alter Sloan
did his chores ho c.uno In to wash and o.vt
( upper , and the officers collared him hoforo
he had a ctianco to roslst.
The revolver that ho did the shooting with
was found in the barn nnd was brought
back with the prisoner. Sloan
admits doing the shooting , but says ho was
mad and did not know that ho had killed any
one , as ho had not heard. Ho say * ho did
the shooting In self-defonso. Sloan says he
Btald within a half mlle of the house at Fon-
tanello all the diiy that the shooting occurred
and the next day "staid near Fremont. When
caught at Slater , ho exclaimed to the sheriff
and deputy :
"Boys , I wish I was dead. "
Sloan has n tough looiclnir aspect at pres
ent , as ho has allowed his whiskers to grow ,
nnd to a certain extent they mnko a good
mask. Harrlman says ho bus been on Sloan's
track some timo. "Tboro was a reward
offorcd for Sloan's arrest of $700. Hnrrlman
tins expended considerable of bis own money
tracing him up.
Sheriff Ilnrrinmn saw Sloan safely lodged
In Jail nnd then 16ft for his homo. Shortly
after the sheriff had loft the town the Fre
mont. Elkhorn & Missouri Valley telegraph
operators got a tip over the wire from Nick-
orson that the farmers and residents at
Fontunollo were organizing and intended to
itorm tno jail , take Sloan out and hang him.
There was a similar report from Herman , ten
mlles north. As soon us the louort became
currei.t about town Deputy Sheriff Moncko
appointed a couple of deputies to guard the
jail. About 10iO : ! a score of men from Her
man came quietly Into town and put up their
teams. When interrogated as to ttio object
of their visit the visitors declined to say
what they bad come for , but were seen
wandering around town for some timo.
The jail is a square stone structure with
long barred windows. An entrance could
easily bo effected if a determined effort
should bo made.
Sloan is the young man who , on October 1 ,
while quarreling with his stop-father , B. .1.
Baldwin , shot him dead at the broaltfast
tnblo on his farm near Fontancllo , Washing
ton county. It was generally supposed that
the murderer lied to the black Hills ,
Fire nt IVymoro J ainajeH Ilillroiul :
Property Considerably.
WYMOUK , Nob. , Nov. 18.-jJSpecial Tele
gram to TUB BKK.J About " o'clock this af
ternoon the largo 11. & M. coal sheds south of
town caught lire. Two streams were imme
diately turned on the llames , but tboy hud
gained too much headway , and the sheds , to
gether with a tool homo near thorn , were
burned. Several cars , which were standing
on the tracks near by , soon caught ilro and
were being rapidly consumed. These were
run back as soon us possible , and but thrco
stock cars wcro a total loss and u car of lum
ber and ono of shingles were much damaged.
There was a strong wind blowing from
the southwest which blow the sparks over
the main part of town and several outbuild
ings nnd heaps of rubbish caught ilro , but
were closely watched mid put out. It is ul-
niost a miracle that the whole of the business
part w.is nut burned. As soon as the fire in
the cars had boon extinguished nnd the walls
of the coal shed had fallen , the streams were
turned on the mass of hurtling coal , and that
in time was put out. The company's ' loss Is
nl.out1,000. . Spontaneous combustion is
supposed tohavo been the cause of the tire.
Much Interest.
Fi-i.l.r.UTOX. Nol ) . , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele-
Brain to TUB IliiK.J The second day of the
district court has boon consumed in securing
n jury In the Vosoy murder case. The panel
was illlod late this evening. This case ,
growing out of the sudden death of Franklin
Vosoy , a noiltodo farmer of Nanco county ,
nbout August i , and the subsequent arrest
nnd holding of the widow and her cousin to
the dlsttlct court , hits created great Interest.
It was generally reported that Vosoy and his
wife had not , since their marriage , less than
n year ago , lived pleasantly and the fact of
finding poison ubout the premises led the
officers to bellevo tbat Frank had been
foully dealt with.
Public opinion was to n great extent un
favorable to the women upon their prelimi
nary examination , but has slnco quieted
down , and the cuso will bo hotly contested ,
both sides being well represented. There are
over 100 witnesses in attendance.
O'Nelll'n Hopiililluan Club.
O'NKii.i. , Nob. , Nov. 18. jSpoclal to TUB
Bii.J : : An enthusiastic mooting of repub
licans was hold In this city laU night und
the O'Neill Uopublican club reorganised.
The lollowlng ofllcers were elected : Presi
dent , lion , A. L , Towlo ; llrst , vice president ,
( . ! , C. Iliuelet ; second vlco president , L. Q.
Bhamor ; secretary , George D. Htggs ; treas
urer , Nell lironuau.
Afl'octod tilt ) Co 11 Mark or.
FKKMONT , Nob. , Nov. -Special to TUB
HEE. | The Standard Cattlu company of
Amos , which last winter fed 8,030 , head of
cattle , is this winter feeding but 4,000 head.
The local corn market is slurhtly affected by
this reduction , Dodge county farmers get-
tint ; from 1 to ! l cents n bushel more for their
corn when the company feeds Its usual num
ber of cattlo. _
Crow Dill .Not < oiitVsn.
LINCOLN' , Nob. , Nov. IS. [ Special Telegram
gram to TUB HER. ) The published report
that Detective Crow hud confessed that ho
shot himself is simply a senseless canard ,
Uoth Jaws are shattered , his tongue Is
paralysed and ho cannot write with his loft
hand. Signs of coming dissolution are noticeable -
able on his body and death will ousuo in a
few days , _
Drought ll.tuk front \Vyomliii * .
GiNinr , Neb , , Nov. -Special [ to TUB
IUB : , ] Frank P. Carter , hold to bail on a
charge of burglary and who has been a fugi
tive from the state for some time , was today
returned to Gaudy from Wyoming ou a
requisition from Governor Thnycr.
David City
DAVID CUT , Nob. , Nov. 18. [ Special to
TIIK Hue. ] The Perkins house will , after
the llrst of the year , ha in the hands ot L , J.
Smith , the present management retiring.
Hlwurd llnrdy Will llcoovcr.
FAIUMONT , Nob. , Nov. IS. [ Special Tolo.
cram to TDK UKB. ] Mr. Edward Hardy U
out of danger. His physician says that his
Injuries will not affect him seriously.
Election Tien Decided ,
FIICMONT , Neb. , Nov. IS , [ Special to TUB
DEE.County ] Clerk Ivllleen today decided
two election tics both on constable In Elkhorn -
horn and Scrlbnor , The tie lu Kl it horn wui
between ( J org Close aad Johu Fiuegan
nnd Close won. There were three who had
an equal number of votes nt Sonbnor Rich
ard Hnrvie , Eugene Diotz nnd W , A. King.
Dlotz was favored.
Fire nt Lincoln DcMtroyt * the Property
r f John Gaud ,
Lts-coi.x , Nnb. , Nov. IS. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BKB.J The refrigerator nnd
bottling works of John Gand , Fourteenth
nnd 7 atrcots , caught ilro tonight , and thd
buildings and contents were consumed before -
fore aid could reach them. The loss Is $3,000.
Mr. ( Jand had u now hund to drlvo his team ,
also a no A * heatlni : furnace. The. man says
bo filled the furnace full of coal when they
quit worn tonight. The extreme heat
from the furnace Is supposed to have Ignited
the building. A consignment of two carloads
of beer had just been placed in the refrig
erator.
Judgment Aualnnt an Editor.
WIMICII , Neb. , Nov. 18. [ Special to Tun
BKK.J The adjourned term of district court
convened hero yesterday , Judiro Gaslin
taking the pluco of Judge Vorris. The whole
of the day was occupied with the case of
Melissa A , Mooller of Friend against Ed
Whltcomb , editor of the Frimid Telegraph ,
In an notion for libel. This morning the Jury
bronchi in a verdict for plaintiff , damages
$ i.7i ( ! > . The libel was n paragraph in the de
fendant's paper that Mr. and Mrs. John
Henry of London" were registered at the
Pnxton hotel , Omaha , on n , certain day ,
which ho told several parties referred to the
plaintiff and o merchant of Friend. *
Another Elevator Opened.
FIIKMOXT , Neb. , Nov. 18. [ Special to TUB
BEE. ] The O. D. Harms Implement com
pany has Just como into possession of the
Deorks elevator on the Union Pacilic tracks
in this city. The olcuator has not boon in
operation for a couple of years , but the now
owners will open It immediately ,
Mangled In n 1111111112 Mill.
BIUTUICE , Nob. , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to Tin : BEC. ] Charles Lym.xn , an em
ploye of A. J. Hothoud & Co.'s planing mill ,
had ono of bis liamU badly mangled In a
planing machine late this afternoon.
Destroyed tlio Apples.
Duxnut , Nob. , Nov. 14. [ Special to TUB
Birj.J By the explosion of an oil steve in
Thomas Murray's warehouse this morning a
quantity of apples wore destroyed.
MvaTKitiovs ant.ixamm.
They Create n Sensation In the Haw
aiian Islands.
HONOLULU , Nov. 11. Honolulu has been
treated during the past few days to a genu
ine sensation in the arrest and de
tention of the owners of the British
yacht Beagle , who were charged with
smuggling 30,000 English .sovereigns into
this port. About September 1 a yacht con-
taing Messrs. Bloom and Douglas , the own
ers , and a young man named Joseph Bryno ,
arrived in the harbor. The party routed a
line residence and entertained royally. The
yacht was placed In the dry dock and thor
oughly repaired , The party spant money
freely , all payments by them being made In
British sovereigns.
On the arrtviil of the steamship Australia
from tho'colonies came a detective nnd a
story of robbery of a bank at Hvdnoy of over
RO.UOO English sovereigns. The detectives
left n photograph in the possession of Mar
shal Wiison which tallied with the appear
ance of the parties hero , and loft on the Aus
tralia for San Francisco for the purpose , as
ho snld , of cabling to Sydney for further
Instructions , as there is no extradition treaty
between Australia nnd the Hawaiian islands
for that crime. Arrangements were per
fected between the officials hero and the do-
toctlvo that the party would bo detained if
they attempted to leave before the Australia
returned to Sun Francisco.
It was the intention of Bloom nnd Douglas
to spend a few mouths on the Islund , but a
change of mind caused them to prepare to
leavo.
The yacht was In good condition fora
cruise , having aboard provisions for thrco
months and carrying a crow of seven men.
A largo safe had been purchased nnd placed
on board and everything made ready to sail.
As soon as clcurai co papers were given , a
charge of smuggling was preferred against
the men , and they wcro placed under arrest.
At their trial the crown requested their
detention until the steamer arrived. The ar-
rlvnl of the steamer failed to bring tbo do-
tsctivo or the desired testimony , which was
supposed to bo on bdard.
On Saturday the safe and cabins of the
yacht wore searched , but the sovereigns had
disappeared nnd none were found. Being
unable to maintain the charge of smug
gling the crown dismissed the case against
the owners , nnd they sail id uway on Mon
day. Their destination Is said to bo Japan ,
and it is intimated that they will touch at
San Francisco , -
OFFICE OF WEATHEU BUIIEAU , 1
OMUIA , Nov. 18. j
A severe storm U moving eastward across
Manitoba and its inlluonco is tolt throughout
the northwest and as far south as Kansas
and Colorado. The high southerly winds are
due to this storm. The barometer has fallen
decidedly throughout the Missouri valley ,
but so far no precipitation has attended the
storm. ' 1 he barometer remains high nnd the
temperature low over the eastern part of the
country , but in the west nnd northwest torn-
poraturo has risen and Is now nirnln nbovo
the freezing point. Unpid City had a maxi
mum temperature of 51 degrees yesterday.
For Omaha and vicinity Warmer , f.ilr to
cloudy weather , brisk south to west winds
today.
WvsinvnTox , D. C. , Nov. IS. The wave
of high pressure has moved from the Missis
sippi valley over the Alleghunioa , and has
lost a little of its In tonsil ) . It continues to
control the weather over most sections , but
will move Into the Atlantic , leaving the
weather to bo conditioned , by the cyclonic
area over Manitoba. The cold wave has
boon ono of the severest for November in
a dccado. Comparison with previous like
occurrences for the same season show the
lowest temperatures with this wave as fol
lows ; Omaha and Atlanta , 1 ° ; Springfield ,
Mo. , New Orleans and Mobile , 2 ° ; at Jaclt-
sonvillo equal to the minimum record In the
same decade in IbTO , and at Montgomery that
of 18T2.
For Missouri and Kansas Warmer , south
winds nnd fair v < oather.
For Colorado Fair woatnor , stationary
temperature.
Fur the Dakotas and Nebraska Increasing
cloudiness and local rain or snow Thursday ;
colder , with local snows , Friday.
For Iowa Warmer , south winds , increas
ing cloudiness and local rains In Minnesota ,
fair in Iowa ; rain or snow probable Friday.
M.lltltlKn J.Yf/.IJ .
Unusual and InteroHtlni ; Ceremony in
thn KnnniiH City Lookup.
Kvx.sAsCiTV , Mo , , Nov. 18. An unusual
and Interesting ceremony was that which
made J. Hubb.ird Marr and Miss Willie
Baker man and wlfo this afternoon. Marr
was arrested yesterday charged with the be
trayal of Miss Baker ut MePhorson , Kan. ,
and was lodged lu jail in Kansas City , Kan ,
Marr intimated his willingness to atone for
tno crlnio by marrying the girl , who con
sented. Tbo prosecuting attorney , how
ever , would not allow the usual
ceremony to bo performed , and the
sheriff being under the lattcr's orders
would not permit a imnUlur or a justice of
the peuco to enter the Jail , Marr's attorney
then performed a common law marriage , the
brldo and groom clasping hands through too
bars of the prison cell nud several other
prisoners acting as witnesses. Later a mar
riage by proxy wai performed befora u jus
tice of the peace , one of Marr's friend * actIng -
Ing as the groom. It Is claimed that tbo
marriage h perfect ! ) leyal aad that Mrs ,
Marr cannot be mada to testify against her
husband in the ea o a-luU | Marr for bo-
traval.
MINING'MEN IN MEETING ,
Opening of the Pirst National Mining Con
gress at Denver , Oolo ,
SENATOR STEWART OF NEVADA ON SILVER.
Ho Claims That Con rc * * * Simula He-
store it to n Parity with Gold
Dedication of the Colorado
Mining ICxohntigc.
UCXVF.U , Cole , Nov. 18. The dedication of
the Colorado Mining exchange building and
the opening of the first National Mining
congress were celebrated here today. At 10
o'clock this morning thcro was n street pa
rade , in which minors and all interested in
mining took part , The minors were attlrod
In working costume with candles In their
hats and presented an unique spectacle.
There were also iloats bearing mining ma
chinery in motion nnd n great many tab
leaux Indicative of the many Important
features of mining wcro displayed.
The dedication speeches were delivered by
Charles E. Taylor , prosldont of the Mining
exchange , Hon. Piatt Uogers , mayor of
Denver , Hon. Charles Abbey of Portland ,
Mo. , Hon. H. A. W , Tabor , H. W. Klrchnor ,
architect of the building , nnd B. Clark.
Wheeler of Aspen. All of the speakers
advocated free and unlimited coinage of
silver.
In the afternoon the Mining congress was
opened at the People's theatre , with
ex-Governor Tabor in the ehalr. Delegates
from thlrty-throo states nnd territories
reported , and it was undontood that Hon.
Niles Soarles , formerly chief justice of
California , would be elected permanent
chairman. The recommendation has not
yet boon reported.
Senator Stewart ou Money.
The greater part of the afternoon session
was occupied .by Senator Stewart of Nevada ,
who delivered a long address upon the silver
question. Ho took the ground that silver
had been demonetized through the influence
of Wall street and urged the congress to
adopt resolutions that would compel the na
tional house of representatives to pass laws
restoring silver to a parity with gold. Keso-
lutions favoring the coinage of the American
product only , the senator said , would not ob
tain twenty" votes in the assembly. He cn-
toredintonlougdisscrtationunon the valuoof
"
silver as a circulating medium" , and concluded
by referring to the California gold movement
as the foundation of the western country , it
bad brought into existence states and terri
tories which had never been dreamed of.
The minor had raised the gold and silver
which furnished the br.sis of credit nnd made
the preservation of tbo union possible.
Pioneers of the west opened n new empire
and were accordingly popular. Times had
changed. Politicians appealed to their con
stituents against the silver movement , say
ing the agitation proceeded from speculators
who desired to soli their product for nioro
than Its market value.
This blow proceeded from the men who
struck down silver and aimed a blow at the
prosperity of the nation. They said gold
was better than sliver , but where 100,000
people used the latter comparatively few
used the former. The government , which
was sustained by gold and silver raised in
this scotion , has made a gain from the sliver
that has gone Into the treasury. Minors
only asked the market price , while the gov
ernment Dough' , at current rates and sold it
at currency value.
To talk nbout maintaining the parity of the
two metals is absurd. Do they believe
they will rehabilitate silver and restore -
store its original canty ? If it is to
bo credit money it is too expensive to
print promises to" pay upon. Silver U now
discarded , the gold ring has repudiated It ,
and they have reduced the issue of commer
cial paper to the narrow limits of gold alone.
There was ubout fWO.OOJ.OOO in paper twenty
years ago. One-half of this is suftlclont now ,
if twenty years ago the amount wns Inaoo-
quato. As n consequence fnrmers wore
growing poorer , and the history of bank
failures showed their circulation was not
enough to keep the bai'ks in reserve funds.
Why should there bo hard times with twenty
years of peace ] Why should tlmos bo worse
than any other time in the century ! Want
of mcmoy wns the causo. England had de
monetized gold in India and maintained it in
England.
Secretary Sherman , after a visit to Eng
land and a conference with the gold hugs ,
returned homo and surreptitiously incorpor
ated in a bill tbo clause rejecting silver. If
this had been do'no to gold it would not bo
worth twenty-five cents on the dollar. If it
could not bo naed for money it would havono
commercial valuo. But silver was universally
circulated. It could not bo destroyed , but it
could bo depreciated.
There was no surplus bullion In the world
previous to lbX ! ) . The entire product
was used for commercial purposes.
Great Britain wns constantly selling
silver short. The Interest pavmonts
of that nation were $30,000,000 annually nnd
were derived from the sale of silver. When
silver went up last year England sold twice
as much us the requirements of the nation
demanded , and tboy would do this &o long as
silver remained a commodity.
and Civilization.
Civilization has kept pace with the grouth
of mluos , and no nation in the world has
been able to keep going after the exhaustion
of the mines. This nation has been es
pecially favored , but the greed of the misers
had stopped the wheels of progress. They
increased the purchasing power of a dollar.
Ho protested against the long dollar.
JChoors.j The countrv was being robbed.
The railroads were bonded to the extent of
* .VK)0.000,000 ) , which was heavier than $10.-
000,000,000 eighteen years ago. The farmer
paid this assessment , the producer was
taxed to the utmost und the consumer was ,
asked to pay ! ! 0 percent nioro than he should.
The middleman was growing rich and the
producer was growing fiooror.
Because they made a long dollar , enough
dollars could not bo found to pay debts.
Iionco stagnation and hard times wore com
mon. Want of money would make every
man a covard , and there was not a tramp In
the city who would not tight nt the drop of a
hat if you put $1,000 in his pocket
Governor Houtt then delivered tbo address
nt welcome , in which bo paid a nice compli
ment to Senator Stewart.
After a speech by Hon. C , S. Thomas nnd
appointment of committees , the convention
adjourned till 0:30 tomorrow ,
n : i XTH nt J > .VMO.V nan.
Soutlie.ru Statow Asked to Pension
Mrs , tlcft'tifHon Davis ,
KICIIMOXD , Va. , Nov. 18. Mrs. JofToHon
Davis and her daughter , Miss Winnie , loft
the olty today for Mom phis ,
Tbo Richmond Dispatch tomorrow , in nn
editorial on Mrs. Davis , will say : > 'Tho
southern states ought to vote a pension to
Mrs. Davis , nnd Virginia should lend the
movement. It Is nottilnc- out fair and
proper tbat wo should nut her upon tbo same
footing that the United States government
places tbo widows of its presidents. Tbo
duty devolves upon the states that composed
the confederacy , a the confederacy U a
thine of the past. U can be no very costly
precedent for us , Inasmuch ashero never
will bo another confederacy , therefore never
another widow ol a con federate president1
o
Adrllt nt Son.
NKW YOIIK , Nov. 18 , Pilot boat ofilcors
report that when the Je e Carll was six
mites southeast of the lightship early this
morning erlos were beard from men adrift In
a boat. It was blowing hard , " but1 "owing to
the darUnesj the castaways could not bo dis
covered.
Illinois Odd Fellow * .
SriiisoFiBLD , III , , Nov. 18. Tno grand
lodge of Illinois Independent Order of Odd
Fellows tali mornlnf elected the following
oftlccrs for the oniulnpyear : , Grand master ,
M. W. Schaafcr , Bollovtllo ; do Duty grand
master , E. S. Con way t Chicago ; , grand war
den , Henry A. Steno , ( Vnndalia ; secretary ,
George M. Andrews , Bloomlngton ; treas
urer , Thomas 11. Noodles , Nashville ; grand
representative to the sovereign grand lodco.
n. W. l ? . Whontloy , Du quoin.
This afternoon the members of the grand
lodge nnd Daughters' of Itobcknh went to
Lincoln , whore they Inspected the Odd Fel
lows Orphans' homo , now being built.
AXOTIIEH AKLIASVK AO//B.1//J.
Mammoth Industrial Organization
Founded with Unlimited Capital.
AiiRiiniE.v , S. D. , Nor. 18. It Is learned
through the medium of Alonzo WarJoll and
George C. Cross , the brads of two very im
portant divisions of alliance work In the
northwest , that the business department of
the alliance in twenty-two states of the union
has nnltod with business men of New Vork
city and founded a company similar in its
plnn of operation to the celebrated Ilochdalo
system in England and to the Xion cooperative
ative stores of Utah , The organization is
called the National Union company and has
largo means at Its command. It is claimed
the advantages to the alliance are twofold at
least. r
It will have the buslngs-i ability and ex
perience of some of iho sfi'towdcst men in the
nation at its back , wbilo. there will appar
ently bo plenty of capita } to moot tiny emer
gency which may nriso nud to push the busi
ness as circumstances pofmit. In return thn
alllanco will give the organization its patron
age.
age.When questioned abouy the conduct of the
business , Mr. Cross saidt "Wo expect to fol-
loxv the Kochdalo system'almost to the lotter.
It is no now thing , no untried experiment. It
has been In successfully operation In England
for n period of fifty year * or more. "
niiK itaonn.
KtlRcrton , Bio. , Hnilly Scorched-
Other Conlli * , < ; atons. (
KANSB , 111. , Nov. 18.ho Staff canning
factory and Incandcscont.light factory wcro
burned late last night , i'ho loss will exceed
fJS.OJO ; insurance , $ ' . ' 2,000v ,
New YOIIK , Nov. 18i The marble and
onyx works of Henry Volkomue burned
early this morning. Lnsi , , $7. > ,000.
ST. Josci-ii , Mo. , Nov. 18. AtI o'clock
this morning fire destroyed the entire
business portion of the village of Ed-
porton. The flames wfro nt first dis
covered bursting from the store of
the Edgerton Drug comr/4ay / and soon spread
to adjoining buildings. Once started little
could bo done to check thc , ilro and it had
things its own way and \yhcn it had finally
burned out tbo store of mojEugerton Drug
company , the Lindoll Hotel ; ICorr & Cum-
horford's general store , ' O'Connor's store ,
Christian , Welling & Go,1 , Docker's hard
ware store , the postofllcof Sturgls & Co. , n
millinery store and tbo iF.arris residence
were in the ashos. Tlh i loss amounts to
? JO,000 , with insurance of $15,000. The cause
of the lira is unknown ,
HAILir.iy 1-0 ! > TAI , ULEHKU.
They Moot at ivansus Olty aud Perfect
a Nation-it Or ; nnlzitton. ;
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Nov. 8. Uailway postal
ciorUs to the number ot about 100 , represent
ing local organizations .frota nil parts of Mis
souri , Kansas , Colorado 'and Now Mexico ,
are in convention in the United States court
room in the government ) building today
perfecting an organl/ation. The organ
ization will bo known 'fi the National
Railway Postal Clerk's. A ? > ocintion of the
Sovouth Division , and Will Da entitled to rep
resentation on the untifiiial'oommlttne , which
has chareo of thealTa.l.rs f the association ,
whose object is to securd'tho' 'passage of a
bill through congress increasing the pay of
the clerks and providing pensions for them.
The organization was elfooted by the elec
tion of the following permanent officers :
President , S. J. JittlngcriSt. Louis ; secre
tary , J. P. Johnson , Kansas City ; treasurer ,
John W. Norton , Atcbispn , Kan.
IltriXG TO AKHITKAl'E.
Trainmen ISnilcnvorln to Settle
Their Troubles Without u Strike.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , Nov. 18. General
Master Wilkinson of tlTB Brotherhood of
Hallway Trainmen and Grand Senior Con
ductor A , B. GarrotUon of the Order of
Hallway Conductors , arrived here this morn
ing to meet n grievance committo of the
Memphis trainmen and aryangn for the pos
sible arbitration of their troubles. The in
dications this morning * \yoro that the men
will strike unless their demands are acceded
to. The feeling among- the members today
is stronger , and they are ) nero outspoken in
supporting their demands.
Tuu grievance committee and the two
brotherhood trainmen mot General Manager
Nettlcton of the MoruphU this afternoon and
had n long consultation with him. Nothing
of importance , however , transpired. The
committee will meet Mr. , Ncttleton again to
morrow.
VVT VUT.KTO tt'Ulllf.
Striking miners * Places nt the Alum
lave Mine , ladl/uin , Filled.
TEIUII : HAUTE , Ind. , Nov. , 18. The situa
tion at the Alum Cave coalmine , where the
riot occurred yesterday , and ono of the
Polish non-union minors was shot , was
favorlsh today , but the la'tost telegrams from
the mlno contain no rtlforcnco to further
trouble.
The Poles were put Jo work this morning
and were not molested , although the feeling
is Intense against them.
Early this morning a committee of miners
waited on Superintendent Gilmore and do-
ma.uleil the tomoval ot the imported miners.
The Interview was n stormy one nud the min
ors received no satisfaction.
The Polo who was shoflyesterday is now nt
the hospital in tl.is city and will probably
recover.
recover.'I
'I hey On 11 Uny ycrtlfluiitua.
SA.vFiunciHco , Gal. , 'Npv. 18. A letter
written by United States 'Consul Leoim nt
Shanghai bos been forw-lrucd by the Treas
ury department to Collector Pbolps. It is a
protest against the refusaPof the collector to
land Chinese upon the ilntoudanl's certifi
cates , vised by the consul. , , certifying that
the bearer is a merchant. : (
Collector Pholphs sta.ta s that if nil tbo
cases before him for examination only ono
cnmo from a resident of : Shanghai. The
others wcro Chiuoso from Hong Kong , who
wont to Shanghai and there procured certifi
cates from the intondontai ppn thd payment
of $300 , Any ono can pet a certificate who
will pay this amount.
SwItohmon'H ( irlnv.ince Committee .
ST. Louis , Mo. , Nevi 8 , The grievance
committee of the Switchmen's Mutual
Aid association ot North , . America hold
another session hero ujaar. The mem
bers refused to state the purposes
of the meeting. Two yoarf ego an agreement
was drawn up between the switchmen of the
Gould Southwestern system und the railroad
company providing for a scale of wages , etc.
This agreement expires on December 1 , A.
W. Dlckorson , superintendent of tbo Mis
souri Pacific , so far has declined to renew it ,
and that is supposed to be pne of the matters
under consideration ,
v
After DlK Oiiiun.
CHICAGO , 111. , Nov. 18. A local news bu
reau special says tbat United States District
Attorney MUcbrlst nnd his assistants were
today engaged in drawing up IndicttftenU
against six or eight railroad men whom the
federal grand Jury has decided to bold re
sponsible for the manipulations ot freight
rates in favor of SwiftCo. . , the packers.
The Indictments will bo returned this evenIng -
Ing or tomorrow morning aad the United
State * marshal will have sonic distinguished
prisoners in hi * custody tomorrow. The bill ,
which ls a very loutf ono , mauoa toino very
cuaatlonal charge * .
? OR A FIG
Rovolutioniats in Bio Grande do ul Claim
to Have Ample Forces ,
MORE TOWNS HAVE JDINED THE REBELS ,
Hinting In Hlo Janeiro Hcportcd
Kn llsli AtlviccNSay lUnoilnlied Is
Imminent South American
News In liricf.
ttnrdnn
BfiiNos AYIIES , Argentina ( via Gnlvoston ,
Tex. ) , Nov. 18. | lly Mexican Cable to the
Now York Herald Special to TUB HUE. ]
San Luis , the capital of the province of the
lame name , and situated about 430 miles
from this city , Is reported to bo in a ferment.
Soldiers patrol the streoU , and the gov
ernor's house has b"en converted into a mil
itary headquarters. Tbo Uruguay gunboat
Artiguas has gouo up the river to guard the
interests of Uruguay's territory.
Latest advices from Hio Grande do Sul ,
Brazil , say that additional towns In that
state have gone over to the side ot the
provisioned junta. Among them are Santl-
noel , San Luis , Parana , and
Cruznltn. The enlistment of Infantry and
cavalry among the people of Porto Alegre ,
the capital of Rio Grande do Sul , Is actively
carried on. Five vessels of the government
fleet are reported to have given their ad
hesion to the junta , which has adopted as its
flag a white and red globe.
With the cxscption of Illo Grande do Sul ,
all the states of Brazil are tranquil. There
does not appear to bo the least truth iu reports -
ports of a revolt in Para.
.ix Jiuiinr.i VXITKD ,
They Henoh an Agreement anil
Warlike Prop iratlons ,
Loxnos , Nov. IS. No confirmation has
yet boon rocolved of the Exchange Tola-
graph company's Hio do Janeiro advices of
yesterday , reporting th.it the naval and mili
tary officers stationed in Parn bad taken
stops looking to the declaration of the inde
pendence of that state. The most important
news recolvod here today relates to affairs
in the state of Uio Grande do Sul. This is
given in a dispatch to the Times from Santi
ago do Chill. According to this the differ
ences which have been interfering with per
fect unity of action by the provis
ional junta , now in authority
in that state , are disappearing
and the members of the junta are now acting
in harmony. They have made onn of their
number , Dr. Assiz Bruzll , minister of war.
Active "measures are b.-Ing taken to
improve the defences and" increase the
effective strength of the army. The
mouth of the Hio Grande , thn
principal river of the state , has boon
obstructed by the sinning of two ships in the
channel und the river is protected bv heavy
artillery. The junta is in full control of all
military stores in the btato and of the govern
ment factory for making munitions of war.
Provincial banks and private persons nre
offering to furnlsfi "tho"juntn With ample
funds to carry forward the plins that may bo
decided upon for maintaining tbo indcpond-
once of the state.
The officers sent by the dictator to take the
places of those who east their fortunes with
the insurgents in Hio Grande do Sul have ar
rived at Montevideo nnd propose to proceed
at once to their destination. They assort
that several men-of-war nio now on the
way to Km Grande , and others uro bolng
made ready to follow , Itofugoos from
Hio do Jancrio who have reached Montevideo
express , the opinion that Fonsecu will not be
able long to maintain himself. His cause is
lost they say. Only n fear of mob violence ,
in their opinion , now rourains the discon
tented opposition ut the Brazilian capital
from active stops nxainst Fonscca.
STUDRSTS VltinT THE 1'OLWU ,
Bloody and V.itnl Riot In Hio < Ic Jan
eiro.
NKW YOKK , Nov. 18. The steamship Earn-
dale , Captain Carter , with coffee from Hio
Janeiro , arrived at her pier in iirooklyn yes
terday morning. She loft before the serious
trouble began in Brazil , but the officers bring
some interesting1 nows. The Earndalo sailed
from Hio on the morninir of October 2l , hav
ing been In port about two weeks. During
that time there were no United States war
vessels In the harbor , but there were two
British and otio French cruisers. Of all the
Brazilian men-of-war in the Hio navy yard
only two appeared to bo In commissionso that
the reports which have reached here of the
activity In the Brazilian nnvy are very prob
ably exaggerated.
"Tho only trouble I know of , " snld ono of
the Earndulo's oHlcora , "occurred on the
night of Octobers. A great crowd ot medi
cal students had gathered in ono of the thea
ters where n rnthor popular soubrette was
tbo cause of u good deal of cheering and
shouting. Tbo police objected to the disor
der and triad to put a stop to It. , The result
was n rush of the students against the police ,
who drew their swordsand , pistols nnd fought
the crowd. Several of the students were
killed and u number of the combatants on
both rides wcro badly Injured.
"On the following night the police and stu
dents again mot in a row , resulting In the
death of two of the latter mid several minor
casualties. A young Englishman who hap
pened to bo passing down the street was In
stantly killed by a stray bullot.
t'As a result of this rioting mounted police
patrolled the streets night and day , and after
dark it was unsafe to go Into the streets. The
garrison was not called ou for assistance ,
probably because the army'would have sided
with the civilians. Tbo soldlon bate the po
lice. Tbo latter are made up of the won > t
classes. Tbey are mostly negroes. They are
brutal and combative and never miss an op
portunity to draw their ugly swords which
they curry at their sides. "
AlfFllitHA VH11.I ,
TanjHlo lleuoxnltlnii of Patriotic
Services Thn Italtlmoro Inquiry.
( Co'iyrloW mil tin lawi fJ'inlri't ll'mi'tt I
VAI.PAUAISO , Chill ( via Galveston , Tox. ) ,
Nov. 18 , | Uy Moxuan Cable to the Now
York Herald Special to Tun Bun , ] The
electoral college will hold a collective meet
ing at Santiago tomorrow and will publicly
cheese Admiral Jorg Montt for president ot
the republic , A resolution has been Intro
duced Into the chamber of deputies
to award Admiral Montt 70,000 mo-
Unas ; the newly appointed rear admiral
{ 10,000 mollnat , and several ot the most
prominent captains of the navy In the late
war -10,000 molluas. These awards are in
recognition ot the services of Monlt nnd thu
others.
Congress has not yet settled down to actual
buslneii.
Troops for the garriions at Iquiquu nnd
other nitrate ports were dispatched from
hero today. The Chilian cruiser Errazurit
sailed today from Montevideo , Uruguay , lor
Valparaiso.
Captain Schloy of the Baltimore has notl
fled the Intoudant of Valparaiso that the
Amorlc&n seamen who were Injured In the
itreet row tome lima ago are now so far re
covered ng to bo able to appear before Judpe
of Crimea Foster and give their testimony.
Ho asks that an Interpreter , chosen by him-
ielft bo allowed by Judge Foster to bo pres
ent in accordance with I' rs received from
Secretary of the Navy 'Vt
Snlletl lor lln 'ulu.
\V\SIII.SOTOV , D. C. , No l.-Tho Nnvy
department has Information , . the sailing of
the United States steamship Charleston yesterday -
terday from Yokohama , Japan , to Honolulu ,
Sandwich Island * , It Is snld nt the Nnvy
department ( hut It has been the Intention to
relieve the Charleston from duty on the
Asiatic station as soon ns the Lancaster ar
rived , nnd It U bclloved that the latter voi-
scl , which went around Africa , will soon
reach China. It Is not known whether Ad
miral Bciknap is aboard the Charleston , nor
will the officials of the department anyhow
long the vessel is to remain at Honolulu.
Fortifying ItoGrande. :
KtoJiVKiito , Nov. 18 From dispatches
received hero today It is learned thnt the
Insurgents nro fortifying the city of Hlo
Grande and nro making preparations
for repelling any advances made on
the place by the forces of Prosldont dn
Fonscca , The government has ordered
n force of trOOps to proceed to the
city of Djsterro , capital of the province of
Santa Catharlnn. This city is 100 mlles
southwest of Hio Janeiro. It contains the
pnluco of the president of tbo province and
nn arsenal nnd Is defended by several forts.
ed liy Kzcta.
t 1W1 ttl/Jnin s HorUw ; cinrH.1 (
SAX S\i.y\Doit ( vli Galvoiton , Tex. ) ,
Nov. 18. By Mexican Cable to the Now
York Herald [ Special to Tin : BEE.-A ]
grand banquet was given yesterday to the
American minister bv General Ezela. The
construction of the railway between Stntcln
nud this city wns begun today.
Prepiirin ] ; lor Var. .
Rio JAxnnio , Nov. -President do Foil-
soca has issued n decree uuthorizlng n special
credit ol 111,000,000 milreis to bo expended for
war material.
O.V/.V STtAl'l'Kll HIM ,
Illow from n Hntchcr Thnt May Cost
a Human lilTc.
A picture solicitor , whoso uamo could not
bo learned , went into C. A. Hume's chop
house , at 717 North Sixteenth street , about
midnight In an Intoxicated condition and bo-
cnmo Involved in nn altercation with
Thomas F. McNnmara , a butcher. The
solicitor called him a liar , and the
butcher slugged him. The solicitor finished
ills meal and then hurled a heavy coffco cup
at McNnmara , hitting him on the head and
iullicting n scalp wound.
McNamara says that his assailant then
started to run , but tripped nnd
fell against the stova. At any
rate , when the police wcro called , the
solicitor was found lying on the floor uncon
scious and covered with blood , lie wns re
moved to the station , nnd McNnmnra was
locked up charged with assault.
The city physician was called to see the
injured man and found him suffer
ing from a depression of the skull.
Ho wns taken to the Methodist hospital , and
ut n o'clock had not regained consciousness.
The doctor stated that ho had sustained n
very sevoio blow that had affected the brain.
McNamara insisted that ho only slapped
thu man with his open hand , and that ho did
not touch him after the cup was thrown ,
JllS MAY llK'l Ult.XOir
Claims Acainst K\-Stnto Penntor
John I ) . Oillett Compromised.
BOOSE , In. , Nov. 18.--Spoclal [ Toloaram
to" Tin ! BEB. ] Ex-Stuto Senator John D.
Glllott , from this county , who was indicted
in 18b. > for fraud in connection with his bank
nt Ogden , in this county , and who has 10-
sided at Windsor , Can. , over since , is now
free to como back upon petition of those who
lost money by nim. Jnilpo Weaver in the
district court allowed the indictments to bu
quashed. It is understood that Mr. GilleU
voluntarily offered to give these parties ono-
third of each of their claims against him and
that this will take all the money ho has.
Nolilcs of the IMj'HlU ; Shrlno.
CHHAH HUMUS , In. , Nov. IS. [ Special Tel
egram to Tun BiiB.l Kl Kabir temple of
the Aneiont Arabic order of the Nobles of
the Mystic Shrine of this city hold a mooting
hero this afternoon nt which forty members
were admitted. Marshalltown , Dos Monies ,
Iowa City. Sue City , Manchester , Anamosn ,
Vlnton and Waterloo were reprosontod.
There are but two temples In the state , ono
hero and one at Davenport. El Kablr has n
membership of ! iOO.
Itcoovored HIT liau htern.
Slot's City , In. , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to Tun Bcn.J Mrs. J. J. Stantor came
to Sioux City from Sioux Falls today to re
cover her two daughter.-- , who nro 10 and 17
years old. The girls had been ontieed"Hw.ay
from homo by a procuress sovor.il days ago.
They were found in nn assignation house ,
but consented to accompany their mother
bomo. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Iowa Kpworth Ijuajruo Onicorn.
WATERLOO , la. , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Bnn.J The Epworth league
state convention today elected the following
olllcers : President , Hov. F. H. Sanderson
of Emmottsburg ; secretary , H. G. Everett of
Dos Moines : treasurer , J. Norton of West
Union. It was decided to hold the next con
vention in Grlnncll ,
Ivecpinir Up Coal PrlocH.
Out MOINF.U , la. , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to Tim BBB. | The coal operators of
Des Moines have combined and raised the
prices of soft conl f > 0 cunts u ton , making It
now $ ) . It is anticipated that the demand
will bo greater than the supply this winter
and the price is likely to go higher.
Cut Ills Moily to PlnceH.
OIKU.OOSla. . , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to THE Bni : . I O , D. Smith , night
ynrdman for the lown Central , wns Wiled
hero this morning , his body bolng cut in two.
HQ was a single man , ! I5 years old , and came
here from tbo south u few yours ago.
Failed to Pay IllH Flno.
OTTUMWA , In. , Nov. 18. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BnE.J "Stormy" Jordan , the
well known joint keeper , was arrested and
placed In Jail this morning for nonpayment
of u tine. Ho wns soon released , however ,
on a writ of habeas corpus.
JW1IITIXU TIIK OIllXKXK ,
Unite , Mont. , Labor O
Bay till ) CelealiiilH Must < io ,
AxAtoxDA , Mont , , Nov. 18. Labor organ
isations in Butte , MUsotila , Great Falls and
other cities of Montana have commenced
n strong fight against the Chinese. All
members of the various unions will not
putronlzo and agree to boycott all merchants ,
saloon man , restaurr.nl keepers , hotel mtm
and others who employ Cnlncso In any way.
Heads of families are requeued not to em
ploy Chinese as cooks or bervnnU , The light
promises to bo a hard one. There are over
4,000 Chinese in Montana , and li X ) In liuttu
alone.
Killed In u Hallroad Wreck. *
WiM.UMsroiir , Pn. , Nov. 18. Two passen
ger trains on the Philadelphia & Erlo col
lided nt Bard's ' Siding this afternoon , En
gineer Hay of Harrlsburg was fatally In
jured , and Mr& . May Nugent , Mhs Kate
UooBoy and Helen Murray , members of a
dramatic company , painfully hurt.
Hlo mm' Arrivals
At London Sighted. Bavarian , from Bos.
ton ; Germanic , from Now York ,
AV Nevr York-City ot New York.
STRIKE OF FRENCH MINERS ,
More Than Thirty Thotmml Ooil Diggers
Have Abandoned" Their \7ork ,
MANY ALARMING RUMORS ARE HEAHD ,
What a Government onlclal
31. do Glors' \'inlt llaiuinet to
the Xmv Minister Par
isian Chultur.
o'it. IK > t , till Jtltnt * Oorlnn iHmrtt.l
PA.II ? , Nov. 18. ( Now York Iler.ild Cubic
Spcvliil. to Tun HUB. ) The strike In the
mining districts still causes much anxiety.
Helloving that the bait way of ascertaining
the truth or falseness of the pessimistic
rumors afloat was to Inlumow the
t
minister of pu'blio works , and knowing
that ho w.ts thoroughly posted on the
question I called upon M. Guyot
today. Ho received mo with great courtesy
nnd assured me that there wns nothing par
ticularly alarming In the strikes , which had
been ordered without any adequate reasons.
M. Guyot assured me that the strikers had
no serious grounds for ceaslnir work. The
strike , ho said , had boon arranged by a
mlnoiity in the miners , who had carried the
majority with them.
"Nevertheless , " I remarked , "there Is no
disguising the fact that quite iVU.H ) of the
39,000 or 40,000 minors in the dop.irtmont of
tbo Nerd have struck worltl"
"That Is true , " ropllod the minister. "Tho
strike Is almost general ; ! UUOO men have
stopped work , "
"Do you think that the strlko will sproadl"
said I.
"Wo do not know yet , " nnsworod M.
Guyot.
The minister of public works is optimistic
nsnrulc , hut the striuo is none the loss a
serious fact. There have already boon sev
eral encounters between the strikers and the
men who refuse to go out. The malcontents
demand an incro.iso of wages and the eight-
hour clause ( which in practice , moans
seven hours daily worK ) , besides the
reorganization of the workmen's pension
fund. On applying for their last fortnight's
pay the strikers declared that they could
hold out for at least throe weeks , or even
longer , if , as thov hope , they receive assist
ance from the English miners.
M. do Giors will not roach PurU till to
morrow. Ho will leave again on Sunday
night. As i have already Informed you , be
will put up ut the Uusslnn embassy. On
Friday bo will DO received by M. CarnoU
On leaving tlm president ho will confer with
M. do Freycinet. The same evening M.
Carnet will give a grand banquet in M. do
Giers' honor. Friday will bo tin important
day for Franco. JACQUIIS Sr. Cimu.
QUlKf lLT'll.K JKKl ) .
New French Minister to Washington
Center ot'aii Uiiowtent iitious llan < | iict.
ITojii/rfh/it t < Kt tin Jama O mlm Heimett.l
PAUI * , Nov. 18. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to Tin : Bui : . ] The Paris
edition of the Herald publishes tomorrow an
exclusive report of n banquet offered to M.
Pnteuotre , the newly appointed French
minister to Washington , on the eve of his
departure for the United States. The
banquet was of a saml-prlvala
character , M. Patonotro not hav
ing consented to n public send off , and was.
given by members of the Union
Franco-Atnnricalno society , which consists ot
the representatives of Franco at the Phila
delphia and Yorktown centennials and the
Liberty statue unveiling. The chnlr was
taken by Sculptor Bartholdl. * >
Among the guests wnro Minister Wliitclaw
Held , Vk'imud Jny of the United States lega
tion , Consul General King , Vlco Consul
Hooper , Hector Fubro , Senators Wadding-
ton and do Cauvllle , Deputies Mellno and
Dclabouiro anil Colonel Lichtonstein , Presi
dent Cnrnot's aide-do-camn.
Speeches woio few and brief , but all the
speakers named the Chicago exposition as
the rendc7.vous when the Union Franco-
Amoricaino proposes to give n grand banquette
to celebrate the opening World's fair week.
The Vnndorbllt family and party , who ar
rived at Paris from Nlco yesterday , are at
the Hotel Continental , whore they intend
to remain six weeks , utter which
Vnndorbllt will in nil probability cruise In
the Mediterranean in his yacht Alvu. Ono of
the party told mo this afternoon that the
Alva's voyugo from Mow York was entirely
devoid of interest. During the run to Nice
she had strong west winds and was able to
carry square sails nearly all the time and at
times made over fifteen knots an hour.
h' 1X91 l > u Jamrs Uartliitt Ilcnnttt. ]
LONHOS , Nov. 18. [ Now York Herald
Cable Special to THE BEE. ! The Society
of Friends of Foreigners in Distress in much
surprised at the revolutions made by Com
missioner Shultols. The society does not
consider that it has done anything else than
n charitable not In helping Schulteis , oven if
bo wns a United States olllclal , und the ofll- .
cors say that they thought ihoro must have
been something wrong lu his composi
tion. After ho loft for homo the
day after they received from "Scott1 *
XI 2s ( Id , which they had advanced to aid
him. Out of -1,000 pnld out in relief , he waa
ono of the only two who had over paid any
thing oaok , Tito society is under the pro
tection of the queen , the emperor of Gor-
"fsuny , the sultan , the emperor of Austria
und prince of Wales. The last Is preMdont.
A private society helped Mr ? . Clementine
Ludloff of Baltimore to p.ot over on the
Hhlneland from Antwerp on November 13.
Against the Tai-ilf.
PAHIH , Nov. 18. Today M. do Froyclnet ,
president of the council and minister of wur |
M. Illbot , mlnUtor of foreign aiTalra ; M.
ICoche , minister of commerce , nnd M. do
Velio , * minister of agriculture , received a
deputation comprising a number of ship
owners , oil merchants and soap manufac
turers , who called upon thorn to protest
ngumst the tariff so far as It worked against
the industries in which the members of the
deputation were Interested.
The ministers listened patiently while the
speakers of the deputation net forth their
views on the tariff question ami finally
promised to support in the sonata measures
providing for the importation Into Franco
free of duty oil seeds and colonial and for
eign sugars.
Torrllilo
LONDON , Nov. 18. Now has boon received
bore that the British bark Kntu Sancton ,
which sailed November 4 for Pcnsacola , was
abandoned in a Kinking condition In the North
Sea on the llth liiitunt. The men haj n terrible -
riblo expericnco and nlno of them died from
the effects of exposure. The paptulu and
three of his men were rescued In a pltlablt
condition.
_
Another Oermnii Hunk I'aili.
HAMIIUIKI , Nov. 18. Hordmoyor c Michael-
son , n linn of bankers In this city , have failed ,
with liabilities amounting to nbout 1.1 , 760.000.
The assets of the firm are only trilling. Doth
members of thu linn have boon placed under
arrest.
_ _
Convention of town Miner * .
Di : MOI.NKM , lu. , Nov. 18. [ Special Teln-
grain U TIIK. lir.i : . | A cull has been imuod
by President Walter Scott for u state con
vention of organised and unorganised mlnen
to bo held ut Ottumwa , Deceiubnr ! l , for the
purpose of preparing legislation to bo asked
for this winter. Kopreientatioii will bo onu
delegate from each mlno and ono additional
for each llfly mi nut a or fraction over 11 fly in
uay mine ,