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Show BRIEF TELEGRAMS. Loudon silver quotation 5?id. Turkf-y wants Russia to guarantee Servia's good bc-b-vior. Slade, the American medium, has KOne to Russia to fulfill an engage- client. ! The lug been no quorum in either bouse of the Packard legislature fur, two days. Scrvia is making urgent appeals to the western cabinets to support ht-r in j refusing the demands of Turkey. The kiue of Sweden, the crown) prince -and Prince John of Giacks- j turg, have become Free M-iaous. I lie French senate has pajued a grant for the relief ot the famine-stricken famine-stricken inhabitants of Pondiuherry. The Rinderpest having appeared in Limehciuso patub, a Londun suburb, neither cattle, sheep nor goats can leave London. Russia's war preparations are being be-ing energetically continued on a large scale, which leaves no doubt of her determination to follow up the war if it breaks out. I The New York Times editorially flounders about like a drunken man in attempting to account for the Pickett-Maddox-Wells conspiracy to make money out of the Louisiana electoral vote. The New York Sun continues to insist that Judge Bradley will count in Hayes nolens volent. It says the democratic house of representatives had the determination of this great quesliou in their own bands, a.nd now it is in the hands of Bradley. The Louisiana republicans are preparing pre-paring an answer to the testimony given by Littlefield, clerk of the returning re-turning board, in reference to the alteration of the return of Vernon parish. They claim a conspiracy to obtain money from republicans and democrats. Herr Earth, the German explorer engaged in surveying Portuguese possessions pos-sessions in Africa for the government of Portugal, committed suicide in Loanda while delirous with fever. Herr Moher, anotherGerman explorer who belong tu the expedition, who wasHoarchmg for the sources of the Congo river, is dead. A report of a horrible massacre is published as from Colombia, South America, at the city ofCali, which had been taken by a small force of couHervatives. The liberal party retook the town and slaughtered some 300 inhabitants, including women and children, aud sacked stores and dwelling dwel-ling houses indiscriminately. Gov. Wells denies the storieB of Pickett nnd Maddox in reference to his action on the Louisiana returning board. He characterized the state- j ment that he was to sell out for $1, 000,000 as nonsense; he would not sell out for $40,000,000. Wells said he wanted an opportunity to testify before the committee, but he should not apply for a writ of habeas corpus. Gov. Kellogg gives the following statement in reference to Maddox's story. He .said that it recalled a statement made in his office in the; latter part of November by Wells, i There were present ex-congressman Sheldon, Dr. McMillan and a number num-ber of prominent men of both political politi-cal parties. Wells said, in his pecu liarly emphatic manner: "Well, I have named my price at last. Tildeo negotiation h&ve been dickering long enough and I concluded it would be best to name my price." The ques-1 lion was then asked what amount be had fixed for the sale of Louisiana. Wells replied: "I am none of your, two hundred thousand or three bun-1 dred thousand dollar men.; My price' is a round million."- The remark provoked laughter, in which WellB joined. It" was" regarded then as a piece of pleasantry. : -r |