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Show Flushes the Full Aftersocr. Report cf the 1 B 0 fe f H 11 I Z-- Sk 8Hi SM 1 H 'Klk , Ccntairs Ircm 70 to 120 Columns of coioa Associated Frosa. It is the cnly Afternoon " El 0 g " U A ' hjJiTk IS J . H jj U A U U , , W 3 l reaiing matter eacli wak. Rates $l.TOr . Faper in Salt Lake City that does &i mr ,.M ffl f.i ' " S-A- " .J A?rv XV year 50oo pecsle real the Weekly Times. . - "' ' ' "' ii nn in i i XjX.' 1 -' VOLUME (5. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, ..TUESDAY, NOVEMBER. 17, 1891. --, gAJ.? CrtV. NUMBER 118. : - 000 marks, which is mainly covered by the proposed loan of 156,i"o0,6G0 marks for the. military, nava! and railway departments and a eupplementary ;oan for fortifying Heligo- land. The German Budget Deficit. Berlin, Nov. 17. The imperial budget for 1SIW-- 3 showa an tbtiuiated delicit of LjfJ,(HX),- - - BECAUSE OF THE STORM. A storm is racing in Wyoming and Ne-braska and the tel: graph wires are all pros-trated. For this reason Tun Times graphic repott is shorter 'than usMal this j afternoon. "Want Neutral straits and lthiaue. lyanE, Not. 17. The International Peace corigrcss today approved the thai proposition istinnuses and siraits be made ueutrtf. The proposition to hold an international ar-bitration council at Chicago in 1S93 was post-pons- d. A resolution was drafted inviting the European government to submit inter-- aatiotial disputes to arbitrators. The nest congress will be held at Berne. EIRE AT ST. LOUIS. I A MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF PROP. H ERTY COES UP IN SMOKE. H The Birgest Dry Goods Stores in the West $ and the St. Louis Vnion Market in ' J Flames Two Firemen Injured The l ire is St!U Spreading. j St. Loci?, Nov. 17 Conner feldt's, mil- - linerry, Fenny and Gentles, dry goods, Craw- - r$ ford & Co.'s, dry goods, and "The Famous,", j M dry goods, the largest stores of the kind in H the vesf, and the Union Market are burning, A The tire is spreading northward to a number ( H of dwelling houses. The loss ill exceed A $1,000,000. Two firemen were injured. H Prince George's Condition. IIImjon, Nov. 17. A bulletin issued from h J j last evening stated that thi ver was r. jing its usualcourse. The coition of Prince George still remains fifforsble. BRAZIL'S BIRTHDAY; NOT THE JOYOUS OCCASION THE! WORLD HAO A RIGHT TO EXPECT, j All Newt from There Still of the Most Con-aidi- ng Character The Australian War Scare Portuguese Republicans De-feated Other Foreign News. F.io Janeiro, Nov. 17. The second anni-ver- sr ry of the proclamation of the republic of Brazil was observed yesterday. A mili-tary review and fetes were held in honor of the occasion. The day passed quietly, the public taking but little interest In the cele-bration. The situation in San Paulo is dily becoming more grave. Washington, Nov. 17. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister here, has received the following by cablegram from the Brazilian minister of foreign relations, dated Novem-ber 14th: "Affirm that complete tranquility reigns in all states except Rio Grande, where contlicts, provoked by questions pertaining to local politics, have occurred, with which in virtue of the constitution the federa. ,ov- - ernment could not interfere. "Deny the rumors of se cession. The idea is condemnen by all Brazilians. Affirm that no state thinks of seceding. Deny that, members of the dissolved congress are in the foreign legations as refugees.- - Nearly all the members of congress have returned to their states. Those who remain here go about th city at liberty. Thus far the gov-ernment has taken no violent measure. A day will be tt for the next election, and congress is convoked to meet immediately after." The Brazil minister has also received pri-vate information to the effect that the length to which the reported revolutionary move-ment in the state of Para had gone was the adoption by the state assembly of a set of resolutions condemning the action of the president and approving the course pursued by congress. London, Nov. 17. News from Brazil con-tinues of the most conflicting character, offi-cial dispatches from Rio de Janeiro asserting with unequivocal positiveness that tbe couu-tr- y is absolutely tranquil, while telegrams from Buenos Ayres and Santiago report Bra-zil torn with dissension and secession. The actual facts will probably not be known un- - til mail advices are received. An official censorship prevents dispatches not approved by the government from reaching Europe direct. It is not known how such dispatches reach Buenos Ayres and Chile. The latest official advice from Brazil states that the trouble in Rio Grande do Sul is purely loeaL, and that the government of that state is now in the hands of a provisional junta. It is inferred from this that the authorities at Rio regard the junta in. sympathy with the central government, but this theory is con-tradicted by dispatches from Santiago to the Times. These declare that the provisional junta has taken absolute control, and asserts that it has an army of 30,000 men armed with rifles. It is short of artillery, ami has but one war vessel, a . river, nionitori lightly armed. A Mother's Awful Crime. London, Nov. 17. At Ditchlield - wih-Cr;ifi- n this mornine a woman murdered her three little girls by cutting their throats, and tl.en committed suicide by cutting her own throat. FLASHES FROM THE WIRES. ' Chicago was visited by a blizzard last even-ing. The seventh annual hoi'Sfe ' show opened at New York yesterday. Actor W. J. Florence is seriously ill with pneumonia at Philapelphia. The creditors of Irving A. Evans & Co. of Boston will get 00 cents on the dollar. The Atlanta, Bennington and Concord are ready to leave the Brooklyn navy yard to-day. Mrs. Phoebe Dtirand, of the Bureau of En-graving and Printing, celebrated her 100th birthday at Irvington, N.J., yesterday-Report- s from all over Montana say the weather is clear but coll. There is but an inch of snow and the wind has blown it all off the cattle ranches. The schooner Montcalm of Toledo, loaded with iron, was driven on the rocks half a mile below Selkirk, on Lake Erie, where she now lies a total wreck. The Pacific Dying works, Spaulding's car-pet factory and three frame houses were de-stroyed by fire at San Francisco yesterday. One man was burned to death. The Briggs committee on prosecution have appealed to the synod from the decis-ion of the New York Presbytery, and have laid a complaint against the dismissal of the charges. B. E. Bloch& Co.1 - ? AGENTS. ' PABST BREWING CO. AI1-WAUKE- 2, WIS., U. S. A-- 5fiStNSSJ BSSIP tBEfiL:: Parr)ou tlIw&uKee Baeeerr. fy B&.var!ao, Export, Boberr)ia.rj, Select, Hofbracu. method of bottling beer is the only and the best way for the simple reason OUR the beer soes direct frorrj tl?e cash to tbe bottle. Ourbrew- - - - S t O Our prices are lower thaa G VyV any house in Salt Lake. f , Places us in the lead of all other dealers. If we cannot give you bigger values for less money than you ever had before, you have the remedy in your own w hands, and you'll know what to do about it. That is what . H we distinctly claim to be able to do, and that is what we are H ready to give you positive proof of at a moment's notice. 1 . I MHOLIDAY Wjjf On the Installment Plan. h Household Ooocls Can now be selected on the installment j ' plan, by paying down a small amount, j 'The most suitable presents can now be I seen at the I Freed Furniture and Carpet Co., For Wife, Mother, Sweetheart or Friend on the most easy H terms. A special invitation to all to call and look ovor our new goods at the FREED FURH1TURE & CARPET COWIPAHY, HARRIS BUILDING, 234 STATE STREET. , ' i ery is the only one in the United States that conveys the beer direct from the storage cellars through an underground Pice Line to the Bottling Department, where it is bottled without once being exposed to the open air and its impurities. It is thus kept at the same low Temperature of the storage cellars all the time. This great inno-vation enables the P!?st Brewing Corrjp&rjyt trje Largest Brewery io trje Worl3, to furnish the public bottled betr for family or table use which contains as much natural life as a glass drawn from a freshly tapped barrel. Our Bottled Beers are sold over the civilized world, with ,z.fr,ts it all lesiqg Cities. Annua1 6ies cf Bottled Beer, Twei;ty pillion Bottles. WHOLESALE Wine, Liquor & Cigar Merchants. SOS. 19 C01T3IEECIAL ST., and 18-2- 0 OLIVE ST. V '' ; ...... w Watch I his Space For Great In Clothing at the Oo .Ko Shoe and Clothing Co. 117 Main St. I Company, I J raii ! SOME I CAtl'T GET OVER ' The ides that they must wear ch'ilip, factorv made clothes. f Our Garments j I can bo distinguished anywhere ; j j i They Set Well, j fit well and have a finished look About Them, j - j WE MAKE GOOD Suit to Order. - - $20 and Up. Overcoats to Order, 20 and Up. Pants t0 Drder' " " 5andUP- - "' Y L03TO0N TAILOES, t 1 C3- - BEST CUTTERS AND FITTERS IN SALT LAKE. i Portaguese Republicans Badly Defeated. Lisbon, Nov. 17. The lepublieaas were bad)j defeated in yesterday's elections. THE BRCOKLYN FIRE. Many Pewple Eescned From Their Beds V When Almost Sufl'ocated. ' f New York, Nov. 17. Fire broke out at 2 f o'clock this mornins in a row of wooden j? tenement bouses in Br' klyn. The prompt work of the police and firemen undoubtedly J; saved many lives as the flames spread rapid- - &j ly. A number of persons were rescued from S their beds when almost suffocated by smoke, will probably recover. Wild rumors tj were circulated of whole families being lot in the fire but they proved groundless. The loss on the building is estimated at 30,000; fully insured. 6 N French Coal Miners Strike. Paris, Nov. 17. Iu the department of Pa 3500 coal miners went on a etr.ke this morning. To Succeed Sir .John K. Gorst. Lonbox, Nov. 17. Nathaniel Curson has been appointed successor to Sir J. E. Gorst, as under secretary for India. 1AGlass Hoose Blaze. Nov. 17. Wholesale houses y or me Minneapolis Glass company, am IJ Lindsay Bros, agricultural imp'.emciits jl'J t urned this morning. The total loss will be w nearly "200, 000; partially insured. - p) . l3 ' feigns Away His Rights in Servia. ' Belgrade, Nov. 17. Ex-Kin- g Milan has signed a renunciation of all his legal and I constitutional rights in Servia. '' Death of a French General. Pabis, Nov. 17. General Charles Nicolas La Oreteile, gTand officer of the Legion of Honor, ia dead. A CASHIER'S SUICIDE. George Beard, of the Cheyenne National, Prefers Death to Loss of Reputation. Cheyenne, Wyo., Nov. 17. George L. 'Beard, the cashier of the suspended Chey-enne National bank, sent a bullet into his brain yesterday morning. The bank closed at noon Friday after a brisk run of an hour. Beard declared that the institution was sol-vent and had resources that would yield all due the creditors. Upon the announcement of the wreck of John W. Collins' other bank at San Diego, California, Examiner Griffith was assigned to the Cheyenne case by Comp-troller Lacy and reached this city. The cashier and department official were together all day and most of the time the bank attorney was' present, while T. B. Hicks, president of the First National, as-sisted in the preliminaries. So far as could be seen on the surface everything was as Beard claimed. A hasty examination of the books showed all clean and correct. Beard mentioned several transactions he had con-sidered but had sanctioned on command of the absent president. It was arranged that at 8 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. ifeard was to assign to the bank his own property, worih $40,000, and, by the use of a power of attorney, sufficient of the local Collins estate to secure loans amount-ing to $25,000. This would make the cashier a pauper, but this seemed to trouble him not at all. Numerous creditors had proposed that Beard take the receivership and siraighlen out affairs. The at orney and examiner were on hand at 8 to have the proper ransfors made. Beard's lardineis of haif an hour was not not.ced, but in an hour they became alarmed and a search was instituLed. Repeated knocking at the young man's rooms across the street from the "bank brought no re-sponse, and the door was kicked in. The little parlor encered was littered with papers and clothing. Iu an alcove curtained off was the bed. There lay the body of the young banker, cold iu death. In his hand was a heavy pocket pistol. The bullet en-tered behind the right ear, shattered the skull and lodged in the brain. He had been dead a eorple of hours. The Knights of Pythias have charge cf the body, which will be shipped to the Beard home at York, Pa. The cashier was bJ years old and had been here eleven years. ; TIIE BLIZZARD IS KIXC4. Awful Storms Raging in the Northwest ffl The Wind Blowing a Gale. i Ashland, Wis., Nou. 17. A heavy bliz- - H zard raged in Northern Wisconsin last night. H The ind is blowing a gale and the snow S3 drifting. Apprehension is felt for some of M the vessels which cleared yesterday morning y with ore and lumber. If the storm contin- - ' ues as at present the railroads will be g blocked. The weather is getting colder. i -- - THE FARMERS OF INDIANA. They are Holding a Great Convention at Indianapolis This Week. ,Il DlANAPOLis, Nov. 17. Every known or-ganization of the American farmers holds some 6ort of a meeting here this week. One of the most interesting questions is, "Shall all the interests of these concerns be merged into one?" Hundreds of delegates are al-ready in the city. Congressman Jerry Simpson, who arrived yesterday, speaks most favorably of the alliance outlook. President Ferrell, of the confederated industrial organizations, com-drisin- g the farmers' mutual benetit associa-tion, the citizens' alliance, the knights of labor and the national alliance, saidof the objects of the meeting: "The purpose is to take action toward the unification of all labor interests; to adopt a platform that ail the organizations in the confederation can stanioa; so that by united action, they may proc re the legislation they demand." Tli question of combining with other labo organizations is not to be taken up un-til 11 February meeting. The hardest polit-ical will be made on the endorsement of tL people's party by the alliance, the con-sen- s ; of opinion of the delegates already here eing that the alliance wiil not endorse the t rd party, but will indorse that party who platform most closely proclaims alli-ance Vinciples.' Present Polk s?id that, while the alliance is opposing Cleveland, italsoopposed Blaine, HarnsofcHiH, ard any other man who d;d not advoiWte .jiance principles. "By the way," J?e'J'V"ao doubt you have ho&rd of the great iwmbination of Stanford knd Polk for the mead of the third party tidket. Why! Stanfocll? Stanford would noif get one alliance tote for constable. All these articles eircr.lated urging Stanford for the preside on the third party ticket are paid boomers for him. His cir-culation bill was a pernicious mes sure pro-posed to degrade the currency from the very start. INDIAN SOLDIERS ON A DRUNK. Free Fight Among the Soldiers Stationed j at Fort Whipple. U Prescott, Araz., Nov. 17. The troops sta- - E tion at the Whtpple barracks were paid off p two days ago. Among those stationed there H is one company of Apache Indians, and tne S fact of their being clothed in the uniform of S United States soldiers seems to enable them g to secure all they want io drink. The result g has been that during the past two nights a there have been numbers of fights. h At one time it seemed as if serious trouble a would occur as the Indians broke for their R arms and ammunition and were only pre- - t vented with difficulty from obtaining them. U During the tight one white soldier had one fc of his legs broken, and several Apache sol- - E diers were more or less hurt. R Seven Apaches are in the guard house and h nearly as many more Apaches and white I; soldiers are in the hospital. An order trans-- fe ferring this company from Whipple about f the 25tb of this month gives much 6at isfac- - tion to the residents of this vicinity. $ THE AUSTRIAN WAR SCARE. The Vienna Tageblatt Insists that It Re-ported the Emperor Correctly. Vienna, Nov. 17. At a meeting of the budget committee yesterday Count Kalnoky assured that the emperor's speech, referred to by the Tageblatt, ought to cause no uneasiness; that although tke em-peror drew attention to the contradiction be-tween the preparations for war and the talk of peace, the government hoped the prob-lem would find a peaceful solution. He an-nounced that the new commercial treaties would go iutu operation February 1, 18W. The Taref.latt, notwithstanding denial of its story published Saturday to the effect that the emperor had declared tbe European situation critical, insists that its report was strictly correct. This report was at the bottom of the panic on the bourse Saturday. Holders of stocks and bonds, fearing the emperor's words presaged war, mada a wild ruth to sell, and the result was a docline not equalled in many years. The Abend Po.t, having received instruc-tions from the pi.me minister, issued a state-ment declaring there was no 1 ruth in the Tu'iiMaW $ Etory. The Toff.'o'i'tt says the language of the en:peror was drawn forth upoa the occasion of an audience granted to die president of a PoHsn club. It reiterates that m the conversation that ;hen took place the em-peror used the words attributed to him by the Taijejhtt on Saturday, which iu sub-stance were that ''die famine which low prevails in Russia lias grtatly increased the chances of war." Kalnoky has announce 1 that the zolver-ei- n treaties would be- - discussed by the Austrian and Hungarian delegations con-- j jinily. A JTAjXNlNa FOR -- 21ELROXTRXE. An Indtan Medicine Man Who Failed to Bring Rain Murdered. Los Angeles, Nov. 17. Judge Ross of the UniteJ States court today sentenced three Yuma Indians to death for the brutal mur-der ci an old medicine man of their tribe some niontts ago. The medicine man had failed to bring rain when requested by the inoe io uo so, ana, accoruiug io tne laws of . the Yuniu tribe such a failure is punishable by death. THE FLORIDA CLAIMANT. The Secretary of the State JIt Sign the Cominisi9n of Davidson. Tallahasse, Fla., Nov. 17. The supreme court yesterday issued a peremptory court mandamus against Secretary of State Craw, ford enjoining him to sign aEd attest the commission of Davidson, appointed United States senator by Governor Fleming. The writ is returnable. ONLY ONE WAT i'O GET IT. The Coast Must Qnit Fighting if it Wants a 2 preventative in the Cabinet. Chicago, Not. 17. M. H. De Youns, pro-prietor of the San Franci3eo Chroniefr, who crrlved in this city, said in an interview with a reporter: "The business men of San Fran-cisco have authorized me to make any prom-ises to the national committee thet I may see fit, pledging themselves to carry out those rromises if the convention be given our city. We have already agreed to pay the railroad expenses of all th delegates to the cosst and return. We will do a great deal more, which 1 don't care to make pub-lic vc.t." 'San Franciso.o," continued Mr. De Young, "has no candidate to force on the conven-tion in case she seoures it, but there's one thicg the coast will expect of the next ad-ministration, whether it be republican or ueiaceratic a piHce in the cabinet, lhe reason is a pu-ei- y business one, entirely apart from politics. The entire coast, suifeia from a luck of acquaintance with its needs. There are a thousand things of vital im-portance commercially to t.ie coast, upon which no one in the east, no matter how well informed, can properly give advice to the president. Amontr many questions are the desert act, the Behricg sea fisheries, Hawaii:' a and Australian trade and n, and our coast dei uses. Few realize the exact nature of the latter. In the present condition a few Chilean shins could blow San Francisco to pieces." . m . 3I0XKEYIXG WITH THE LAV,' The Tactics of the Indicted Denver JBocd-lar- s to losipoiie Their Trial. Denver, Nov. 17. Messrs. Hadlcy, Ray-mond aad Bliss, the indicted ex-cit- y offi-cials, v.erc in the criminal divwioa of the district court when the argument on their pieus of embezzlement were begun. Had-1- - j's plea attacking the lega'ity of the ap-pointment cf Judge Kelford and Caldwell Yenn.au as special prosecutor?, was decided against him a week ago, and there remained t be determined his plea attacking the legaiity of the impanelment of the grand j,iry. Tne ple-.- s of Messrs. Raymond and Bliss, which exactly similar to ihose interposed oy Had' ;y. were alio to be deter-mined. "They were both over-rule- The defendants tiieu asked for a continuance on the ground that a, uit had been Irought against the county treasurer to prevent hi.n paying the special prosecutors their fee. If this case was decided in favor of the plainiiil they hftd a rig''t to ask that the indictment be quashed. "Thin v. as aenied ,them. Here i Mr. Berry raised tne point that the indict-ment was d"ft inasmuch as they ehai ired Meters. Iadle3", Raymond and Uliss wit ifforgery, whereas they were guilty of malfeasance iu office if anything. Thete men, he coutini-ed- could not forge their own name. This also, after a lengthy argument upon both tiles, .was taken" under advise-ment, which with other objections in-troduced 0y the def'.-ns- constituted a gen-eral demurrer. The case will come up again next week. . Democrats and Anarchists. Chicago, Nov. 17. By a vote of .12 to 20 the city council U.--t night decided to receive and refer to the committee on poi.ee Uie re-monstrance of the trader) and labor assem-bly, dtnouncing Mayr Wos'ab'irn and Chief of Police MeClaughey for breaking up Grief's hall meeting of alleged anarchist?, and the police intcrventian at Tnruer hall gatherini; the night previous. With few ex-ception the republicans voted araiu.--t tl is. practically centurivig the mayor, and the democrats as a body favored it. . CANADA WANTS TO COME IN. The IVople of ?Farkham Fager for polit-ical l'nion With the United States,. Wixdsos, Ont., Nov. 17. Sol Whis,e, the political 'unionist leader, has received a letter from Markham, near Toronto, saying that joint debates are bung held there on the subject of political union with the United States, and that they arc attracting great at-tention. The letter also says mny persons in that vicinity are in favor of such a union, and are only awpiting an opportunity to de-clare thcmr-clvef- . National Cattle-- B readers' Association. Chicago, Nov. 17. One hundred cattle-men, representing th3 Cattle Breeder' asso-ciation, and nealy every section of the United Stales, met last night for tbe purpose of forming a national breeders' association, the object of which is to provide a medium tnrough which the cattlemen of the country may speak eifeetivcly and strongly to the United States ugiicultural denartment for protection to their industry, and also act in conjunction with that department in en-forcing rules aud regulations. A committee on organization was appointed. - The Hog Triumphant. London, Nov. 17. The Vienna corres-pondent oi the Time says: "The negotia- tions of Col. Grant, United States minister, with the Austrian government in regard to the pork prohibit on, have made such good protrrcss that, although the particulars are kept secret, it is expected ihat a lew days will see a definite announcement of the re-peal of the prohibition of the importation of American pork. Paris, Nov. 17. The chamber of deputies, after a long debate, approved the tariff of St fraiu-- s on salted meats fixed by the Sen-ate. The minister of commerce promised an effective surveillance over the imports at the expense of the importers. Smuggling in the Mongolians. Washington, Nov. 17. The reasury de-partment has been inforu.ed of the arrest at Watertowu, N. Y., of four Chinamen who were making an attempt to cross the Can-adian border. The Inspector at Ogdensburg, N. Y., in reporting the case, says lie has in-formation of the existence of a conspiracy to smusgle several hundred Chinamen into the United States from Canada, and he. is endeavoring to 6ecurc evidence against the alleged conspirators. THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT. Shall It Be Construed With Itefereuce to the Treaties With China. Washington, Nov. 17. The supreme court of the United States granted an application for a writ of certiorari to compel the circuit court for the district embracing the Pacific coast to certify to this court the case of a Chinese importer of Portland, Oregon, who was refused admission to the United States after a brief visit to China. The court, in the opinion of Chief Justice Fuller, says: "It will be seen that the case involves the construction of the Chinese re-striction act and the treaties between the United States and China. The Chinese re-striction act, as amended, made the identifi-cation of Chinese, other than laborers, who were entirely excluded, iu the made pro-vided, the sole evidence of thdr right to enter the United States. Manifestly the question involved, as to whether the act should be construed in view of the treaties, Js one of gravity and importance, and involves a matter of international concern." The case, it holds, has no connection with the Chinese case heretofore decided, and re-lied upon to exclude Bow, for the reason that in that case the man was a laborer and not a merchant. The court is therefore of the odinion that sufficient grounds are shown for a writ of certiorari. SPURIOUS AT P0CATELL0. The Town Flooded with Counterfeit Thought to be Imported from Montana. Pocatello, Ida., Nov. 17. A large amount of spurious coin has been in circulation here the past few days. Most of it is dollars and quarters, while an occasional live-dolla- r gold piece turns up. The counterfeit cur-rency has been so predominant that the offi-cers have instituted a search. It is thought to have been passed by two. men from Mon-tana, wiio have been in town several days, but could not be found tonight when wanted. , The authorities here are acting in conjunc-tion with Montana officials in running the counterfeiters down. It is thought that the money was made somewhere in Montana. m A m A AVholesale Parisian Abortionist. Paris, Nov. 17. The trial opened at Bat-ignoll-of Mme. Thomas, an abortionist, and fifty three women who had submitted to criminal operations at her hands. Mme. Thomas carried on her nefarious business twenty-thre- e years. A number of deaths were traced to criminal work. w So That They Can Cool Off. Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 17. H. V. Sevier, editor of the Tefegmm, aud Benjamin Harrison, editor of the Htwiftrtl, were ar-rested yesterday by the sheriff, on a peace wairant sworn out on information that they were about to fight a duel. Both men were j Germany's Desire starting out when seized. 1 to Strike Kuskia. St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. The Xorotti that the financial crisis in Berlin has developed a political crisis; that the war party 1ms gained the upper hand and the prudent Bismarekan policy has been forgot- ten in the frantic desire to strike Russia iu her moment of weakness. The Two Pisnonest Mayors. riTTbBi'im. Nov. 17. Mayor Wiman, who is charged with failing to account for large sums of the. city's money, and Pearson, last nitrht questioned the jurisdic-tion of the auditing committee. The com-mitte- e then adopted resolutions requesting the council to have the city solicitor enter criminal information against both men. Supreme Court Decision. IA Nov. 17. In the supreme the District of Columbia the de- - murrer in the case of the United States asrainst Charles Newtou, charged with a violation of the civil service act, was over-ruled aud the case went to the criminal court for trial. Commissioner Thompson of the civil service commission this evening said that the supreme crturt of the United States in the case of Curtis held that the law forbidding government employees to solicit or receive from each other money for political purposes was constitutional, but the decision rendered today goes much further and holds that all solicitations for political purposes within government builh-ing- s are unlawful. The effect, he thought, will be to practically stop political assess-ments and leave government .employees free to contribute or not as they saw fit. The decision is a complete vindications of the course of the commission. m . Soldiers Giving Their Bread. St. Petersburg, Nov. 17. The soldiers at the Odessa jrarrisoh have voluntarily asked that the daily bread ration issued to "them be reduced one-thir- d for the, benefit of the starving people in the famine stricken dis-tricts. The sacrifice for the benefit of the starving is general among all classes and often takes' novel forms. Yesterday's Silver Purchases. Washington, Nov. 17. Of the 9&9,00lt ounces of silver offered for tale to the treasury department yeeterdav 4'19,0) ounces w ere purchased, ranging in prices from 94.50 to U4.70. Brazilian Orders Declined. London, Nov. 17. The British merchants are receiving many Brazilian orders for ma-chinery, apparatus, etc., for developing Bra-zilian industries, but they decline all of them at present, fearing a further fall in the rate of exchange, although the Brazilians offer to deposit in the Bank of England an ample amount of paper currency as security. AL.ASKA FOR ALASKANS. The People of That Country Want a Ter-ritorial Form of Government. Poet Townsend, Wash., Nov. 17. Advices from Alaska state the people up there are much incensed because congress has not taken notice of their desire for a proper ter-ritorial government. The Alaskan in a re-cent issue, suggests iu view of the injustice suffered from appointive officers under suc-cessive administrations that the people as-semble in convention, prepare a bill for a territorial reform government, and demand its approval by congress. If congress refuses to pass it. every resident of Alaska is ad-vised to rise, unfurl the motto "Alaska for Alaskans," elect their own judicial officers, and resist all processes emanating from officers whose tenure of office is under the j organic act. "ew York Money and Stocks. New York, Nov. 17. Noon Stocks j dull, heavy at insignificant changes from first prices. Money Eay; 8Vt5.4. Fours conpon. Ib4: Pacific sixes, 11; Atrhi-sfi- n, 4i'i: Central 1'ai tfic, 31 i ; Burlinirton, ; Deliver ltio Grande, 15: Northern Pacific, 26: Northern Pacific (preferred), 70; North-western, 15: New York Central, 10H; Oregon Kailwav Navigation Co., 73: orth American, 17 "4 ; Pacific Mail, 854 : Kock Island, 82 ; it. Paul & Omaha. 34: Texa Pacific, 13: Union Pacific, Well, Fargo, Express, 40; Western Union, U. i They Drank Poisoned Whiskey. Nasavii.le, Tenn., Nov. 17. An Ainer'uan special from Milan. Tenn., says: Frank (ialbrath, a f'mer. invited several neigh-bors to a feast at bis house the other night. The company drank freely from a jug of whisky and in a short time were taken vio-lently ill. In spite of the exertions of a physician three of the men died. How the whiskey was poisoued has not been I learned. |