Show THEY HOPE FOR A PEEDY ETTLEMENT Rio Ee Anxiously Looking f r the End I VOLUNTEERS GO TO SUPPOET PIEXOTO The Emperor Confers the Order of the Black Eagle President Lew Is Hulin with An Iron Hand A Number of Rioters at Carrara Have Been Arrested Earthquakes in China A Fresh Russian Intrigue A Battle Be tvreeii the Revlutionlsts and Soldiers Sol-diers in Mexico is Certain Other Foreign News Rio Janeiro Jan 17There is little change in the situation today The i usual skirmishes continue It is said I the five government guns at Araco have rendered the position at Merein gue island useless to the rebels Mello it not yet known to have arrived here Business continues hopelessly tangled up and impeded and everybody asnore and afloat is heartily wishing for a speedy termination of the monotonous struggle Order of the Black Enle Berlin Jan 17The emperor today held a chapter of the Order of the Black Eagle and invested Prince Fer dinand of Bulgaria Count Von Eulen berg and Prince Von Schaunberg Lippe with that decoration The committee on municipal government govern-ment has rejected Singers mot n that a days work of eight hours be provided pro-vided for the municipal employees The committee adopted a motion to provide extra work on various public buildings during the rest of the winter By order of the emperor all ladies and gentlemen of the court will call upon United States Ambassador Run I yon on Tuesday |