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LABOR MEN AT BOSTON.
The Federation Endorses the Australisn
Election System.

The Federation Endorses the Aastraliss
fstecttOn System.
Boston, Dec. 12.-~The first lioiIr of tho
session OF the Federation of Labor was
occupied i'm routine business. The com
mittee ON the report of the president re-
ported in favor OF the proposition 10 ap-
point a committee of seven to which all
matters relating to the eiRht-hour move
ment he referred, and the holding Of an
International congress In the city i'm which
the worlds fair shall be held in 1892. The
Federation seek n rigid enforcement OF
contract labor laws and the Chinese ex-
clusion act. and the adoption of ballot re-
form until all the stltcs have adopted the
Australian system. Tie report was dis
cllssed and it's recommenda stsssIs referred.
The report OF the committee on OrRanixa
tion recommends that the executive ss;!fu-
Gil try to bring about the amalgamati0ti
of all dual organizations existing i'm any
one trade.
Among the resolutions adopted were
these. Calling for n revival OF the
labor press; urging the passage by other
states of the Massac h,ise,tts employees liza
bility statuality; urging closer relations
with central labor unions. A motion to
institute political party was defeated.
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cHicAoo.s NEW BOARD.

H~sait of tho special Election Held Yea
tersaaS-A Democratic Stcssry.
CHICAGO. Dec. 12.-The most importart
local election probably ever held in Chi
caRo. took place to-day. IL was to decide
the control of the newly created board OF
municipal water way commissioners, the
metntcrs Of which to have the raising
and disbursing Of funds estimated ut from
Sl5,uD.uD to <sD.OO.OO to he used i'm
carrying out the great Chicago drainage
and ship canal project, which will necss-
state the employment for am indefinite
period of from lO.UlD to 5000 men. The
democrats and republicans each named
hut five men, the aim being to- secure u
majority OF the board. A citizens
independent ticket after
wards put in the field with six names,
three OF the democrats and three repub-
Leans. At midnight the returns from
about half the precincts Indicate the cleo
ton OF the six independents and that the
three remaining places will fall To the
sictuocrates. On this basis the board
which promised to play an important part
i'm Illinois politics will stand three straight
democrats, three independent democrats
and three republicans.
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To For,u ula.r . arHriN mn.

wAsHINGroS. Dec. l2.-The first ses-
sion OF the ways aud means committee
was held this morning. The prss4KG,
tariff law was or.i:red printed In shs
...s.,,e or bill to serve a. q basis for the
preparation Of n new tariff measure. The
On public debt, funding and payments
there.>s, Mckinley. Dinsglcy and Carlisle;
on revenue provisions and Commercial
treaties, Burrows. Payne, Mills on amend.
.nents to internal revenue laws. McKenna
Gear. T.. Breckenridge: on relief bills and
claisvps. Dingley, Burrows, Flower.
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HONORS FOR STANLEY.
Royal Praise for the ssreat Explorer Of
the Dark Continent.


the DARK Continent.
ZANZIBAR, Dec. 12.-The British India
Steam Navigation company to-day gave IA
luncheon "a Henry NJ. Stanley on board
tbss stessuser Arawatta. the pioneer vessel
In tho service lBrtween Great Britain
and East Africa. Stanley predicted the
rapid growth and i's~.y'"rity OF East
Africa.
The Zanzbaris who accom- ,sIied Stari.
ley on the exhibition through Aff7hss we're
received by the sultan to-day. The Ss.jl&aSs
thanked them for the splendid services
they rendered and rewarded them with
presents: Zanzibar il engaged in feast
ing Stanley and members of his party.
LONDON, Dec. 12.-The queen has sent
u cable dispatch to Stanley, in which she
says: MY Thoughts are with You and
your brave followers, whose hardships
aud dangers ure at end. ] again cotIRra:-
ulate you all, Including the Zanzibaris
who displayed devotion and fortitutic dur
ing your marvellous expedition. l trust
Emin Pasha is making favorable pro-
Rress.N
Emin Pasha had a restless night, Ills
tssPfpsl by frequent severe parpxysms at
c,,sssliSye. He is unable to swallow solid
food. His bruises continue very painful; I;
otherwise tsis condition is unchanged.
The corpofstinn Of London has invited
Stanley to accefH the freetlom OF the city.
The ceremony of presentation will take
place i'm Guild hai.. The parchment CON
ferring citizenship on, Stanley will bc ell
closed i'm gold caskets.
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MRS. LAKE NOT DEAD.
She Objects to Being buried Alive by the
SeWspaperN.

Newspaper~.
CHICAGO. Dec. PA short time ago an
article was printed here, an abstract
Of which appeared i'm these dispatches at
the time, announcing the death of Mrs.
Sarah Geneva Lake. and telling the story
of u young priest who forsook the church
to marry her. A letter was received to-day
from Mrs. Lake, dated Boston, I'm which
she says: "A copy Of your paper has
heen sent to me, i'm the columns of which
] am permitted to read the startling an
nouncemcnt of my death. have always
known that western journalists are enter
prising, but was hardly prepared to be-
licve they would deliberately kill.
bury and publish my obituary
without SO much as consulting
the wishes of the unfortunate subject.
The romantic story of my life as told ny
your correspondent. will no doubt bc read
with interest by those who have known
me, bat they will he greatly surprised to
learn that during ti. period OF twenty
years continuous and active labor upon
the c.,blic platform nothing has been
heard of Mrs. Lake. until sbe is thus sunni
marily dispatched tn the land Of shades
by enter,rising newspaper reporters.
trust, however, that this card will over
take the announcements OF my demise In
time to save some of my numerous friends
further sorrow because OF the supposed
event. "
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HANGING IN MID-AlR.
R-markabie Accident so - Cnnasiiso Pact
Ne Passenger Train.


wiSSIPEG, Dec. ia citizen just ar
rived from the Pacific coast tells of n
thrilling accident to u Canadian Pacific
through express in the mountains. A rail
save Wsv ut u point on .ac ;uonntain slsic
hjct, al,.,v.. sh.. Columbia river. The en-
si,,. j,s.ss.d over safely. hut the two
coacis~s following swung about and top
pied over The bank was almost I'rrpcn-
dicular and ts,ss cars would have tnInbled
several hundred fec. into the river had Il
not been that the coupling tw,stsd Around
and held the Tremendous weight. There
were the two cars, one with its load OF
passengers suspended over the abyss.
The weight of the engine and balai!cc of
the train prevented the suspended cars
from slra " ing the whole train down. The
suspense was dreadful. The frightened
passengers were compelled tn remain IN
their pcrilous position until the tram
hands built u platform around and under
meath the hanging cars. enabling all to
make their escape. The place where the
accident occurred il considered the most
dangerous in the mountains.
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DETROIT, Dec. 12.-T. J. Anderson, preei.
dent OF tho State Savings hank, has sold
oslt his stock In the hank and will rcstgu
his position NJ the annual meeting OF the
stock holders next Tuesday. Some time
ago some negosiahle paper from the
American Eagle Tobacco company was
presented at the hank. Mr.. Anderson re-
fused to have anything to do with Il on
the ground that he believed the use of
tobacco to he wrong. NJ. =. Smith, presi-
Company, e an Is vice. prssi.iens 81 the bank.
and ne was provoked that the hank should
refuse the paper Of his company. Gen.
eral Algor. who is one OF the directors OF
the bank, said that II things were tai he
So the directors met and informed Mr..
Anderson that things were 10 t,e run on q
new plan. Mr.. Anderson yielded and
everything moved ON smoothly for a
while.
When the hank patrol was established
by the police department the state savings
hank adopted Il, along with the other
hanks i'm the city. The duty Of the patrol
is to make visits tn the hanks at nights
and Sundays. Mr.. Anderson sent word
to the patrol not TO come to his bank ON
Sundays, for he did not believe i'm work.
ing on the Sabbath. The directors OF the
bank strongly objected to leaving the
hank without any protection for twenty
vailed on Mr.. Anderson tn overcome his
scruples and allow the patrol to make
Sunday visits.
But Anderson's conscience troubled him
and he finally decided that il was better
to serve the Lord than the hank, and bet
ter to he right than bank-presitlent; SO lac
disposed OF n slice of $sO,UOO worth oi
stock and will now seek some lucrative
what he regards his religious obliga
tiOns.
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FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA.
Hf6h water Causes Greaf Damage Along
the Sacramento River.

the Sacramento River.
SAN pRANCIsco, Dec. 12.-The water In
the Sacramento river has reached the
highest point ever known but the inGlica-
tions are that the rain storm Of the past
two weeks In over, and IL II expected that
the water will rece<fe SOON. Much dam
age has been done at points north of
Sacramento. The levees have broken in
scores of places and the country is flood
ed. Farmers in many places have had tn
move their families and stock 10 high
ground for safety. Bridges have, been
swept away seriously damaged and
numerous washouts have occurred on The
railroad lines. A few casualties are re-
ported. A farmer living near Durham
while attempting to remove his wife and
four children in a small boat was caught
i'm the current. The boat capsized and
two children were drowned.
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Nos Ge...r.i ssrki~.. D.u.hs.r.

NEW YORK. Dec. 12.-Thc report pub
Iished to-day that General Sicklcs tiatigi,.
ter had ciopcd with . bartender named
Thomas Bcaiiatn. turns out tai t,c u mis-
thke. Gcorgs. j. Sawyer said this morn
ing that the young lady referred to in the
Newspaper article probably General
Sickles' half-sistcr. the daughter of his
fathers -as.ond wife.
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LoSpvS. Dec. i2.-Tiie it.asnae.r Of the,
National hank OF Brazil. referring To adj
verse English comment regarding the sta
bility of the republic. telegraph- that tine
comments are 9rounslless and says that
complete tranquility prevails. The. peo-
plc have entire confidence i'm the govern
v.ap
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The E,npr-.-' Diamond. stolen.

LISBON. Dec. 12.-The ex-empre.s Of
Brasil has received a telegram from Rio
Janeiro informing her that all her jewels
have been stolen. This loss will be q
heavy blow to the empress family. the
collection was composed OF the finest Bra
lillian diamonds i'm the world
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-The senate
meeting of the session this morning and
subcommittee were appointed. The
committee on Indian affairs also held it's
first session to-day. All bills on the sub
ject OF the Indian de- . tment were sent
to the new subcommittee on that subject.
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CASHIER sILCorT.s BOOKS.
The House Comnittee Reports the Result
of Bta almSeatlsAttHh.

wAsHINoroN. Dec. 12.- In taGcifS to-
day the report az the issssss etrssssuitt~s. orr
Cashier Siicott's defatration was re..!.
Mr.. Payson, OF Illinois, immediately upon
the conclusion of the reading Of the re-
port Offered resolution authorizing the
,s,nrmittec tn examine the accounts and
take kh.srxc of all assets or the Office until
further orders. The house received u
proposal from Mr.. Leeslon, offering To
make good atty deficiency. and also tn
make "a full rcpofs ~ to the effect of any
deficiency. There vsss n protractsd de-
bate over this, regarding tbs, responsibility
of the scrgcant-at-arnis. ana whether he
acted a> the agent of the nee,-t,cr- or of
the treasury department.. Ths opinions
Expressed were conflicting. FinaNv MIR.
Boutclle. of Maine. offered n substitute
resolution directing the committee to re-
lsyr1 as To tire effect result of any de-
flSicncy, and especially as to unpaid sal
arie-r slN. to members. accompanying the
report With u hill " necessary. This was
adopted NJ was also one offered 10y MIR.
Heupcr. of (FsIifornia. directing Sergeant
at-Arns Helms tn make arrangements
with the treasury department. FOR :he pay
meut of the mileage OF members.
IL appears that the portion OF cash under
control of Silcott has never been counted
during the six years Of Mr.. Lccdom's in
cliuntcncy 10y amy other person than Sill
tisytt and IL does not appear that Silcott
ever counted the cash that LeeslOul
a SeS ashcd for "A count until the evening
nj the sfh Instant and when the de ficiency
app&ars6 Mr.. Lseslom seems to have eh-
ercisfa<l no tsrsfsfl supervision OF the III
terests cpunuyifs<sf sSD his care.
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Auosher Coowey s,~s>rx,.

CrcAoo, Dec. 12.-Chief % Police Hub
b0ssi, when shown dispatch fposn Dodge
vile. Wis.,. stating that n IMAM asipyr,sed
to be Coossey had confessed aud thse a de-
tective wosslsi start with him ~ Chicago.
pronounced it 70 he n canarSl.
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PARIS. Dec. l2.-The commission APP
pointed by the lieui,iAtor OF the Panama
fairs of the company. have saifSa for
Aspinwall
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Heavy sno~->or,. ,n a.. rm..x

COLOGNE, Dec. Ih-Therc il a great
snowstorm throughout all Central Ger
many. All the Thing s>yi1 railways, as
well those ia the RhiI~ provinces, are
ob-trtctcd that travel - for "a time at
an end.
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PftV.sDrLPHfA, bs~. 12.-It is believed
that Jas.y,h G.. Dittnlsss. tpse. we'll known
retired p.>>sir manufactures, w,ss drowned
i'm the SktlStSfll river last @tensnR. His
buggy ovcrtt.vnad was found oS tpv- ~iver
l..an
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WIN Psy ISes,osis. In FusI.

ABILENE, 'kas.. Dec 12.-Bank exam
iner Griffith took charge Of the suspended
First National bank this morning. He
authorizes the statement that the assets
will pay the sleIpnsitors i'm full.
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great patent lawyer. lately leading couu-
sci for the Bell Telephone company. died
last night.
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Ru,nors sr sssec&s'. Departure.

New YoKk, Dee. H. ru'nor WAS cir
culatetl to-day that Silcou S-ft this port on
tho bark Antoinette on Nt%nessiay for
Chilli. A. the office of the rtSsfsefcrr OF
tlSc vessel it was denied that SNr hsszs
taken passengers from this port. ssyw-
ever. 10 would he au easy mattar fos -
colt to get aboard at quarantine. AS sssss
lay there all night before she started oss
her voyage.
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Funernl of .Iu-,u. Itatirhonr.

UTICA. y. ", Dec. I2.-The funeral of
Justus ii. Rathbone took place this morn
ing. A large number OF knights of Pyth-
las were present.
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Collapse sf the Aarbed Wire rrus&-
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. IA private dis
patch received to-day asserts that thu
bart,ed wire trust has collapsed. There
were several points which the mAnss-
facturers disagreed.
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Defending u wo...n.. Honor

JAoS~oNvILLE, Fla, Dec. 12.-This
morning Louis wilkville. mayor OF Stork
Was shot and killed ny A. Il. Thrasher, u
lawyer. The superstition is that the deed
was done in defense OF "a woman's honor.
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ROBERT BROWNING DEAD.
The Great Poet lasses away at Venice
Last Night.
LONDON, Dec. IA dispatch just re-
ceiveti frOSn Venice says that Robert
Browning, the poet, died at 10 tonight.
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Kaum Confirmed ny Tn. s-n.,..

WAsHiSGTON, Dec. 12.-The senate has
confirmed the nomination. OF Cream Is.
Rauru of Illinois to be commits sioncr Of
pensions.
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FORTRESS MoNRo$. Dec. IA man-of-
war, flying the new lsr.,,ilian flag. passed
i'm this morning.
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ELOPED WITH HIS WIFE
Another ChaptsP IN ths CafssP efa Gay
theatrical Hanger.

nis Marriage % . Wsasshy New vevk
Girl and sabesqasae Henaasioaa1 Ds-
vslopnsonts-(2oas % Haa Fraa-
casco with His First Love.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-08
More X. of l.. Dissen ters.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. IA circular ad-
dressed to the knights of Labor throughout
the country, and signed by James l. Wright,
r. l.. Keen, r. G. McAuley and Joseph S.
Kennedy, has been issued. The signers
style themselves "the surviving founders
of the secret order of the knights of Labor"
and state that after deliberation they have
come to the conclusion that under the present
autocratic form of government the order
has departed from the original designs, to
the destruction of the principles of self-gov-
ernment lying at the base Of American insti-
tutions. Being determined to return to the
original text of the principles, the signers
extend the hand of fraternity to all who be-
lieve in the principles formerly promulgated,
viz: secrecy, obedience, mutual assistance,
and the placing of industry on scientific
basis. The signers have determined to elm
mate all opposition detrimental to the prin-
ciples and progress of the knights of Labor
as the founders intended. The circular, it is
stated, is issued through the press to notify
those at distance, and is in answer to many
letters received on the subject Those de-
string TO be with the new movement will ad-
dress Box S34, Philadelphia.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-08

territories Judge Moody does not believe
that there will he any statehood
legislation at the hands of this con
grcss, and has good grounds for doubling
the sincerity of some of pakota's alleged
democratic friends in the house. He also
believes that the tariff bill will fail OF final
adoption in this congress, and that there Will
be the double necessity of an extra session OF
action on the tariff and the territorial state
hood questions. a delegation OF
Dakotans from both political parties is
expected here this week to urge
upon the house the necessity for action on
the bills proposing statehood for the various
territories. The democratic side OF the dele
CATION will be led by Chief Justice BARTLETT
Tripp, ana the republicans will be headed oy
Governor elect Mcllctte and Scnators-eiect
Moody ana Edgcrton. In view of tho tact
that General Harrison is inclined to call an
extra session of the Fifty-tirst con-
gress, il for no other purpose, to secure the
organization Of the house and the admission
of territories to statehood, these men may
be able to impress the present house of rep
rcscutatves with the fact that ii would be
wisdom for it to take the short horn of the
dilemma, which confronts them, and
give at least compromise legislation
on the subject before the 4th
of March, The evident purpose
of the democrats in the next house is to de.
feat legislation on the territorial statehood
questions, by flibustering tactics. In this
adoption Of IL set of rules which Will prohibit
tilibustcring against bills creating new
states. This subject will be made privi-
legged subject in the next house, the same as
contested election cases and there
can be no scheme worked to pre-
vent final action Judge Moony says
that the question should undoubtedly
be privileged. as it is a privilege under the
constitution, and inasmuch as it involves the
rights of senators and representatives elect
to take their seats, it stands upon the same
footing as contested elections.
NEBRASKA POSTAL AFFAIRS.
The following order was issued ut the post
Office department to-day: A daily exchange
OF registered pouches has been ordered be
tween San Francisco and Omaha, TO be put
into operation on the 81 inst, the pouches to
leave Omaha at p. m. via the Omaha "
Ogden railroad postoflicc, and San Fran
cisco ut y. IN. via the Ogden n San Fran
cisco railroad postoitice
The site for the postolticc at Armstrong,
Knox county, has been changed four and a
half miles to the northwest.
IOWASS COMING.
The First Iowa regiment intends to come
here for the inauguration. There will be a
great turnout of the HawScvcs at the inaug-
uration, and many rooms are being engaged
for them. PERRY S. HEATH.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-08
FATAL FOR FOUR INDIANS.
A Quartet of Montana Braves Fight
GnI, DuslSy NJ MniIi.n.

BLACKFEET AGENCY, Mont, Jan. IA
courier reached here last evening from Sweet
Grass Hill with news of a fight that occurred
Wednesday last between quartet of Gros
Vcntres and River Crow Indians. The strug-
gle occurred on the banks of Cottonwood
creek, three OF the reds being killed out
right, and the fourth was so seriously
slashed that he died Friday night. 1t ap-
pears that for several months Spotted Dog,
Gros Ventre brave, had been paying frequent
visits to a River Crow squaw in spite of
warnings from her brother, named Willow,
to keep away. Wednesday Spotted Dog set
out with a companion on a hunting eXpedi-
tion up Cottonwood creek. The couple were
followed by Willow and young half breed
named Joe Hunks. When thirty miles from
Crow Camp, Willow and the half breed
caught up with Spotted Dog and his com
panion and commanded them to halt An
alteration ensucd, which resulted in all
hands drawing their knives and fighting,
with the result already given. The affair
has created great deal of ill-feeling be-
tween the Indians and further trouble is
feared
Omaha daily bee., 1889-01-08
RAILWAYS COMBINE.
Southwestern Lines Will Try the
Clearing House Plan.


New YoRK, Jan. 7l-[Special Telegram to
THE BEE Tho southwestern railroads
have concluded to enter into trust for the
maintenance of rates and the pooling of
business A secret meeting for the purpose
of agreeing upon some definite plan was held
in Wall street Saturday. Representatives
of the. Southern Pacific, Missouri Pacific,
and Atchson, Topeka & Santa F'e railroads
were all present at Saturdays meeting and
each expressed desire to give the clearing
house scheme a trial. These roads will form
trust among themselves, and if others at
tempt to secure business by unfair means
they will be forced to join the pool and share
in its expenses.
A gentleman who Is high in authority in a
western line said: ''These three roads hold
the balance of powerby controlling the only
outlet into San Francisco They can between
them dictate their own terms. 1t is proposed
to make "a trial first among the southwestern
lines. Later these are expected 10 form only
one division of the pool, while the north
other divisions will include lines now rep
resented in the Trunk line and Central Traf-
tic association"
1t is charged that the letter written by
Gould saying that the agent who made the
recent cut in Missouri Pacific rates should
be Immediately discharged was only in
tended as bold bluff. 1t is further alleged
that the cut referred to was only made as a
lever to help push the clearing house propo-
sitiou to an early adoption.