The National tribune., 1889-11-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
GENERAL.

Senior Valento. Brazilian Minister at Wash
ngtou. received cablegram from the Brazilian
Minister of Finance stating that all the Prov
iucea have signfed their adherence TO the Re-
public aud Provisional Government without
resistance or protest, and That the head of the
Roman Catholic Church ia Brazil had conferred
his bsuedicton upon the new GoYrrnment--
The Secretary Of State Of Missouri announced
the revocation Of the charters OF 700 Missouri
corporations which have failed to comply with
the provisions OF the law, aud that 2i0 foreign
corporations cannot do business for the same
r.ason. among them the Western Union Tele.
graph Company and the Associated press-
The Canal Commissioners Of tho Nicaraguan
Government expressed great satisfaction nj the
work thus far accomplished by the ex pedition
from tho United States. s.---Capt Ellsworth,
the inventor Of a smokeless powder. has sold TO
the German Government tho exclusive right TO
his formula for all countries but the United
States Mexico aud Central America Law
yer Moss, a prominent District of Columbia
colored man, advises his race 10 go West aud
cultivate the sOil.--rhe National Jacks
Club was organized in Nashville for the puriil-
cation of politics aud the encouragement of
patriotism. .--Commodor Wilson. Chief of the
Bureau Of Construction and Repair, in his an-
nual report, says that with the completion of
the vessels now building aud appropriated for,
the United States will possess 10 armOrcd yes
sels Is single.turreted monitors 81 steel crnis-
ers or gunboats two dynamite cruisers prac-
tiee cruiser for Cadets aud All armored ram or
torpedo.b0at aud seven iron steamers Sir
Henry James asserted before the Parnell Com
mission that League money had been used To
defend prisoners for other than agrarian crimes,
and asked the judges To believe the evidence of
Pat Delaney, the Invincible, that the League
had paid for the Phmnix Park murders s-The
Democratic County Commissioners OF Helena
"A Mnnfupu va hatl naH
out the ianit0r, put new locks on the doors
and handed the keys TO tho Governor
Dual Assemblies are possible ii any attempt
Is made TO shut out the Republicans
Gen. Rosecrans Register of the Treasury, states
In his annual report that the total amount of
bonds outstanding is $762, ,428 sl2, of which
amount only 1852 $50 is held Abroad
Eugene Marshall, United States Attorney for
the Northern District OF Texas. sent report to
Attorney General Miller, describing the diff
Guilty OF administering Federal laws there in
consequence of the hostility shown by State
officials to the Federal officers. He recommends
that armed men be sent To Graham during the
session of the United States Courts there
The President has announced himself as OPP
posed To allowing one Or two men to control
the appointments from a State.--DemOcrati
Members of the House from Ohio favor Calvin
s. Brice for Senator from that State--rhe
Republican House cancus has been called to
meet saturday, nov. jU 10 select Speaker and
other officers. s.---Petitions are being circulated
in the District of Columbia, asking Congress
TO select Washington for the site of the
Worlds Fair, and proposing guarantee fund
OF SIS, ,000,000, 10 be raised by issuing bonds
John Is. Allen, ex- Delegate to Congress from
Washington Territory, was elected United States
Senator on the first ballot in the Legislature of
the new State, and o.. Governor Watson G.
Squire was elected on tho second ballot.--A
Mormon witness in the case being tried in Salt
Lake City said that Mormon passing through
the Endowment House might be sealed +" to a
dead woman. who would bo his wife in the next
world if she accepted him there. The trial of
l6 c0lored men for murder as principals or ac-
cessories, on the Island of Navassa was begun In
the United States Court at Baltimore.--Argu-
ment on the question of United States jurisdic-
tion over Nc Mans Land was begun before the
United States District judges at Topeka. Kan,
in the case of q Stevens County prisoners
charged with killing Sheriff