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IN ONE LEAGUE.
New Organization Formed on Ten
Years Basis.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. Is. - The Consoli-
dated Ball Leagues, now known as the
National League and American Association,
adjourned at o'clock this morning The
two old organizations held separate meet
ings. and this morning received the final re-
ports Of the committees which terminated
their affairs and then dissolved. Nick
Young was elected President and Secretary
and Treasurer of the new league. and Zach
Phelps was chosen as Solicitor. The head
quarters will remain as in the old league al
Washington. A Board of Directors was
drawn by lot, and was composed of men,
berS equally from the Eastern aud Western
circuits. The members are Brush of Gin
clnnati, Won der Abe of ST. Louis, Hart of
Chicago, Soden of Boston, Won der Horst of
Baltimore and Scanlon of Washington.
President Young has yet to name the
schedule and playing rules of the com
mittee. The league is organized on an IRON
clad, ten-year basis, and no club can be
dropped without the unanimous consent OF
clubs. including the one to be dropped, and
three-fOurths vote Is necessary to change
with the clubs dropped are said to have
figures are not to be given out for some
time 1t is understood that Boston received
S37,500; Philadelphia, S43, coo; Columbus,
$4,000; Chicago, $4,000, and Milwaukee
5000.
The 80 per cent division Of receipts was
adopted. admission 50 cents general and 25
cents special. The Schedule Committee
viii meet the first Wednesday in March in
New York
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MEXICAN MATTERS.
Famine Reports Exaggerated-No Assistance
Needed-Harbor Imuroyements

AIo AAAS6 A5sIsLduC6
Rehabilitation improvements
CITY OF MEXICO, Dec 18.-Reports come
from reliable sources in every State of the
republic to the effect that the rumors of
great distress caused by famine, and of riot
Ing by an impoverished people, are untrue
In Chihuahua. Durango, Zacatecas, Chiapas
and Potosi the crops have failed, causing
some suffering, but measures for the relief
of the needy have already been taken.
There has been no actual starvation re-
ported in any of these States. The Federal
and State Governments and private individ-
uals are importing sufficient provisions to
supply all the needs. Exaggerated reports
have been sent to Europe regarding suffer-
Ing in ths different States. Not a State has
asked for outside help.
An English syndicate is buying up coffee
land in Tamaulipas.
United States Consul Sutton Of Nueya
Laredo reports from personal inspection of
the Tampico harbor improvements that the
problem Of securing deep water has been
solved. There is now thirteen to twenty
feet of water on the bar. Tampico will be.
come great port and is the only safe one
on the Gulf of Mexico.
The subscriptions to the new stock of the
Bank of London and Mexico, having a capt.
tai of S3,0O000O, have been completed by
London bankers taking 81 ,000, 600 and local
capitalists half a million. The bank will
also have S750,O00 reserve fund. A quarter
million has been subscribed TO the Pachua
Water Works Company.
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France Plotting Against Bull
saria.
The Sultan Likely to Be Drawn Into The
ENHANCEMENT.
The Allied Powers Oppose the French
Policy Of English LlberalS-A
Parliamentary Grant.
Copyrighted 1891 by the New York Associated
Press.

LONDON, Dec. 18.-The rupture Of the
diplomatic relations between France and
Bulgaria on the pretext of the expulsion of
the French journalist, Chadquire. now
proves to be the initial step of French
diplomatic scheme to ask the Sultan to use
his Suzerain right to interfere in Bulgaria
In Russian interests. This development Is
no surprise to Lord Salisbury and his
diplomatic allies in Vienna and Berlin.
The Austrian Government probably acting
In concert with Lord Salisbury and Chan
cellor Won Caprivi, supports the Bulgarian
bureau. The st. Petersburg Vedomosti,
after suggesting that it is possible that
France. failing to obtain satisfaction, may
blockade the Bulgarian ports. says Russia
will protest against the appearance of
French ironclads before Varna or Bourgas.
If Ribots policy results thus the peace of
Europe is over
As a eountercheck to the Liberal game
played 10 win over the rural districts the
Executive Conservative Association has ar
ranged series of agricultural conferences.
Mr. Chaplin, having got the promise of the
treasury for s5, 100000 to be used in begin
ming the operation of his land scheme, can
effectively induce some rural support.
The Conservative organs are trying to
educate the British public into approval of
Parliamentary grant raising the income Of
the recently affianeed Duke of Clarence and
Avondale to s25, ,0Oo yearly. The Queen, it
is understood. will not consent to open the
coming session Of Parliament unless the
Cabinet assents to taking the risk involved
in bringing forward the proposal The
Ministers are unwilling to go further than
TO propose dover fcr the Princess Victoria
Mary or an annuity OF 5000 as marriage
settlement. The Radicals will agree to
moderate dover. but to no further grant,
and If the Government ventures TO ask for
q special provision for the Duke the oppOsi-
ton reckon on vote of 200 against the
measure. This will take the cordlaity out
of the grant and will be pill for the roy al
family, besides weakening the Government
In the coming elections. The Emperor and
Empress of Germany, the King of Greece
ana host of German and Danish pTincelingS
will come to the wedding.
PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Sir George Baden Powell starts for Wash
ingtOn early next year TO assist in preparing
the report of the joint commission on the
Behring Sea fisheries for the Court of Ar
btration.
Dowager Lady de Ros is dead. She
danced at the famous ball in Brussels on
the eve of the battle of Waterloo, and was
the last survivor OF that ball.
The Duke of Marlborough has obtaine
the assent OF the Court of Chancery to sell
part OF the Blenheim estates, which were
granted to the first Duke by Parliament.
The Dukes heir, the Marquis of Blandford,
Intellectually opposed the alienation of the
property.
Mr.. Hirsch, United States Minister to
Turkey, leaves on Sunday for Constanti-
nople via Paris.
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BOUGHT CANAL STOCK.
George II. Pullman Invests in the Nicarag
Schema

teoTge IL Pullman Invests in the Nicaragua
Scheme
New YORK. Dec. 1S.-The Express says:
We were told yesterday by President War
ner Miller of the Nicaragua Canal Company
that George NJ. Pullman, within forty-eight
hours. had become large stockholder in
that enterprise. Pullman was a warm per-
sonal friend of General Grant, who often
talked with him of the projected canal.
When it was on the boards that General
Grand should be President OF the company
and General George b. Mcclellan Chief En-
gineer Pullman stood ready to back the en-
terprlse largely. General r. A. Alger of
Michigan was present when Miller told me
OF Pullman's accession to the company, and
incidentally it leaked out that large syn-
dicate of gentlemen, with whom the Gen
eral is associated in heavy timber land invest
ments on the Pacific Coast. were interested.
through its individual members, In the
Nicaraguan scheme. He said. with the
canal open the great forests of the Pacific
Coast would send lumber to the Atlantic
seaboard cheaper than 1t can now be brought
from Michigan. Maine or Canada.
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THE SOUDAN CAPTIVES.
Over Forty Europeans Held in Bondage-The
Dervishes Unpopular.

Over Forty Europeans Hold in Rondage-The
Dervishes Unpopular
CAIRO. Dec. 18.-Further news Of the
Austrian missionaries. whose arrival at
Korosko, near Wady-Halfa, after escaping
from the hands Of the Mahdists, has been
received. In an interview at Korosko
Father Ohrwalder states that forty Euro
peaps are still held in captivity in Omdur-
man. These captives, he says, are kept
loaded with manacles, often cruelty beaten.
and so strictly guarded that they have lost
all hope of ever being able to effect their
escape. The priest says food In the Soudan
is now cheap. He declares, however. that
the people are tired of strife and desire the
Egyptian government of the country re-
stored, and that the deryishes are losing
their ascendancy. He says they have big
camp at Fashoda, and their position there is
strengthened by the possession of steamer,
but they dare not venture far from the Nile
for fear of being attacked by the hitherto
friendly tribes. Slatin Bey is still alive,
and belongs to the body-gnard of the
Mahdrs successor. but is closely watched.
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AFRICAN SLAVE TRADE.
The Brussels Agreement Being Violated il
Morocco.

Morocco.
PARIS. Dec. ia blockade of the coast
Of Morocco is within the probabilities of
the near future. Should that fail to secure
the ends aimed at an expedition TO the in
terror Of Muley Hassan's dominions may
follow. Negotiations have been be-
gun with one or the other of these
objects in view by the powers which
signed the antl-slavery protocol of the Brus-
sells conference. According to the reports
OF the French and Spanish Ministers at
Tsngiers, Muey Hsssan has repudiated his
own Endorsement of the Brussels agreement
by authorizing the sale of negroes in his
empire. Moreover. 1t has been discovered
that the Sultan of Morocco has coun-
tenanced the foundation of a settlement
at Marakesch. one of the imperial resi-
dences, in which male and female slaves
brought from the interior are compelled to
marry in order that their children born of
these nnholy unions may be sold for the
Sultan's benefit. Europe cannot tolerate so
gross violation of its decisions. and all the
signatory powers seem virtually in accord
as to the necessity of an expedition.
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Beet-Suear Association

LINCOLN (Nebr.), Dec. 1S.-The State
Beet-sugar Convention adjourned this even
ing after the formation of permanent
association and the election of officers A
resolution calling upon the next Legislature
to restore the bounty of 81 per ton for
sugar beets and half cent per pound on
sugar manufactured from home product
was adopted; also one asking the General
Government to provide an experienced
chemist for each factory during the work
ing season,
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DEEPER WATER WANTED.
Congress Memorialized for Channel Between
the Lakes

Congress Memorialized for hannel Between
the Lakes.
DETROIT. Dec. 1S-When the Deep
Waterways Convention reassembled this
morning the Committee on Resolutions in
troduced memorial to Congress, urging
that body to authorize the immediate COM
mencement and speedy completion of an
unobstructed channel of not less than
twenty feet in depth and sufficient width
through the lakes and their connecting
waters, between Chicago, Duluth and Su-
peTiOr and Buffalo, and that tho Secretary
of War be authorized tn make contracts for
the entire work, and that sufficient sum of
money be appropriated for the same. The
memorial also urges that surveys be made
for The best water route. twenty feet deep,
from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic The
memorial was adopted by the convention.
The convention has adjourned, leaving
the Legislative COMMITTEES to devise means
to bring the action of the convention before
Congress,
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Four Counterfeitsrs Caueht.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1S.-Fuur alleged
leaders of the gang that has been flooding
the city with counterfeit money were ar
rested shortly after midnight this morning.
The prisoners are Raphael Dinico!a and
Gidgomo Dinicolain, keepers of an Italian
restaurant and lodging-house and whole
safe dealers in counterfeit money, and
Frederick Dero2ati and Emma Tate, accom-
plices. The arrests are the result of hard
work on the part of the secret service Off
cials and is considered one of the most i'm
portant captures of counterfeiters ever
made. The gang disposed of from $500 to
$1,000 week OF counterfeit money.
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F1asn-sfoht picture Of head at Morgue.

row head, the short space between the eyes,
the general cut of the face convinces me 1t
was his head saw tonight. The hair, the
beard and the teeth are Identical with those
Of Norcross.
THE moment / got look at the head I
was satisfied. 1t looked just rs imagined
Norcross would look after such a horrible
experience. Norcross was an intent thinker.
During our association in business grew to
regard him as what might be called one
idea man. By this mean If he got a sub
ject in his mind he would ruminate over it
for hours. He was firm in his opinions. too.
No argument could induce him to change
his opinion. Still, never could have con-
nected him with such an awful deed"
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Varses fnr tha Fair

CHICAGO. Dec. 1S-Presdent Bonney Of
the Worlds Fair Auxiliary has mapped out
a unique and comprehensive literary scheme
in connection with the Worlds Fair Con-
crosses. He has sent invitations to famous
men OF letters Of all countries asking them
to prepare especially for the congresses
some contribution of prose or verse 1t is
ex xpected to have songs and verses from this
ablest of Asiatlr, European, Australian and
American writer's
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STOPPED BY ICE.
Manchester Mills Shut Down for Want
Wafar

Manchester Mills Shut Down for Want Of
Water.
MANCHESTER On. H., Dec. 1S. - One
thousand operatives were thrown out Of
work to-day, all of the mills except Nos.
3 and IL on the Am0skeag corporation and
the Manchester Print Works shutting down.
The cause of the trouble primarily is low
water. A coat of ice covered the river last
night and this morning when the gates were
opened the ice broke aud made a grand
rush for the canal. The ice worked into
the gates and filled I'D raceways. clogging
them up so that there was practically no
force to the water Then it froze solid aud
the outlook for winter is not reassuring.
The stoppages will be great hardship to
the ODerativas
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subdued a SAVAGE HORSE.

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-Several thousand peo-
Pile were at Battery d tonight to witness
Professor Gleason's attempt to subdue the
celebrated savage stallion Julius, who is
supposed to be insane, and who has killed
several men. Gleason, after an hours skill
full work, completely gained the mastery of
the supposed intractable animal, and he
was afterward driven to buggy.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-12-19
A RISE IN RATES,
Insurance Companies Increase the Risks on
Mercantile Establishments

MINNEAPOLIS, Dee. 1S.-Local insurance
agents have received instructions from their
home offices that. dating from to-day, the
rates on risks on wholesale mercantile es-
adjustments will be advanced from 20 to 40
per cent. This advance is to be general ali
over the country, and is the result of the
alarming prevalence this year of disastrous
fires In jobbing establishments. The CON-
pany declares that the losses from these
fires more than absorbed all the premiums
paid during the year on all classes of risks
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WRANGLING OVER RATES.
The Alton Threatens to Lower the Price of
Rides

The Alton Threatens to Lower the Price Of
Rides
CHICAGO, Dec ia rate war is about
to open up in Missouri River passenger
rates which may spread widely. The Alton
road served a notice ON the Western Pas
senger Association that unless the Short
Line rates from Kansas City to Cincinnati
via Chicago are withdrawn within twenty
four hours the Alton would make reduc-
ton of 50 from Kansas City 10 Chicago.
The Rock Island and AtchisoD, neither of
which has a st. Louis outlet to southern
Indiana and Ohio, is particularly indignant,
and the meeting to-day ended with an ab-
solute refusal OF the Atchison to Withdraw
the Objectionable rate. The Alton asserts
that the manipulation of these crcuitous
route tickets by brokers is demoraizing
rates. An official Of one Of the interstate
roads said lie would not be surprised to see
the rate drop to So from Kansas City to
Chicapn.
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POSTOFFICE SITES.

The San Francisco Case Postponed stockton's
Selection.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-Assstant Secre e.
tary Crounse said to-day: "On Sunday l
will leave Washington for couple of
weeks, and as Secretary Foster is not able
to discharge his duties on account OF sick
ness, and as the other assistant secretaries
are not very familiar with the San Francisco
site matter. it Is probable nothing will be
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A Daring Rohberv

ST. LOUIS. Dec. 1S.-There was remark
ably bold robbery here this afternoon. four
masked men entering the outer office of
the Central Distillery and summoning the
cashier, John Blank. telling him to give
up what money he had. He made show of
resistance, and was beaten over the hea
with a revolver and badly Injured. The
men then secured about 500 and escaped.
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Favor Aid for tha Canal

New YORK. Dec. 1S.-Senators w. D.
Washburn of Minnesota and John II.
Mitchell of Oregon were in New York to-
day, and in answer to questions In regard to
the Nicaragua Canal said that they favored
the proposition by which the Government
should guarantee the bonds for its construc-
tion. A bill having this in view would
probably be introduced before long.
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Bold Diamond Thief.

PIrTsBURG, Dec. 1S.-About 10 o'clock
Tonight, as William Wilson was preparing
to close his jewelry store on Fourth avenue,
a thief fastened the door on the outside,
smashed the windows with coupling-pin,
seized tray of diamonds containing S 5000
worth and escaped
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PRICE FIVE CENTS.

the members of the Board of Directors or
ies respective committees. Willard is held
IN tne highest esteem by them, and the char
acter and methods of his management are
most fully lndorsed. The finances of the
Northern Pacific have never been In an
easier condition, and the want of harmony
docs not In the slightest degree exist.
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recommended the pardon. Dunlap has
served fourteen years of his sentence of
twenty years. and would have but two years
longer to remain behind the bars, as four
years have already been deducted from his
term for good behavior. For years efforts
have been made to have this pardon granted,
and Mrs. Scott, the wife of Dunlap's com
panion, who was sentenced at the same
time. has been the hardest worker.
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done with 1t until my return." Mr.. Crounse
has received word that the owner of the
property which has been selected by the de-
partment for POstoffice building in Stock
ton. Cal. has prepared evidence of title aud
submitted it 10 the United States District
Attorney for the Northern District of Cali
fornia. After his examination it will be
forwarded to Attorney General Miller for
his examination.
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Murdered for Their Money.

BRUSSELS, Dec. ia dispatch from Ma
mur says a shoemaker named Vanderavers,
for attempting to poison his brother, has
been sentenced to death The evidence
showed that Vanderavers had murdered
thres brothers and sister within the past
rest of the family. being actuated by de-
sire to get their savings
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SIOUX RESERVATION.

The Half-Breeds Object to the Ruling Of the
Inferior Department.
PIERRE Is. Dak.), Dec. 1S.-Referring to
the recent decision of the Interior Depart
ment, half-breeds are not entitled to the
rights Of Indians The half-breeds assert
that If this is upheld the necessary mum.
ber of names has not been obtained for
opening the great Sioux Reservation, and
therefore the opening is illegal. A large
number Of filings on Indian allotments were
made to-day. No serious trouble has oc-
Cured yet, though some squaw-men run the
whites off their claims with guns
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CUrIcURA REsoLvENr, could a change; and
after had taken four bottles. was almost cured:
and when 1 had used six bottles OF CUrIcuRA
REsoLvENr, one box Of CUTICURA and one
cake OF CUTIcURA SOAR, 1 was cured of the
dreadful disease from which had suffered for five
years. cannot express with a pen what I suffered
before using the REMEDIES They saved my life,
and feel 1t my duty to recommend them. My hair
is restored good ever, and SO is my eyesight.
MRS. ROSA KELLY Rockwell City, Iowa
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was last reported at Shanghai, bound for
Cheefoo. The Tongshan is British
steamer, trading In the China seas.
A London skating-Rink.

LONDON. Dec. IS A capital substitute
for skating on real ice is now provided in
the Crystal Ice Rink al Stephens Hall, ad-
joining the Royal Aquarium. the floor of
which has been laid with patent compo-
sition. the invention of DR.. Calantarients,
an American gentleman. Skates of the
ordinary winter description, and not rollers,
are used upon the surface
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A reporter detailed by the New York
World to establish the identity of tho bomb
thrower who wrecked Russell Sage's Office
and lost his own life, succeeded in his er-
rand so well that not the remotest doubt ex-
lists but that the wretched man was Henry
l.. Norcross, note broker of 10 Pearl street,
Boston. Taking with him fragments of the
dead mans clothing, a button, portion OF
the coat and trousers and pieces of the two
undershirts worn. he first called upon Wal
ter G. Brooks 81 Co., in Milk street. Boston,
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Turbulent Strikers-

DENVER Dec. 1S-Troops have been Or
dered to Crested Butte and will leave as
soon as possible. The Sheriff's posse pa
trolled Crested Butte all night. The strikers
were turbulent, but no actual violence was
offered. The rumor that troops have been
ordered there cannot be definitely verified.
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An Irish Game.Xeeper Killed.

DUBLIN, Dec. 1S.-A game-keeper named
Merrigan, in the service of Colonel Close,
was found murdered in the woods near
Marlborough. Queens County, to-day. He
was shot in the back of the head while set
ting a rabbit trap.
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Harrisburg Shocked.

HARRISBURG Pa.), Dec. Is. "A very per-
ceptible shock was felt in this and sur
rounding towns at 80 o'clock this morning.
No damage was done, but houses were
shaken as by an explosion. The shock, it
was subsequently learned, was caused by an
explosion of 250 pounds of dynamite at
Steelton. Nobody was hurt.
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THREW CARBoLIC ACID.
An Innocent Man and Woman Assaulted b
Striking Telegraphers.

DENVER Dec. 1S.-A young man named
Pillings, from Chicago. who came West
several weeks ago for his health. started on
the same train carrying several Western
Union operators going to take the places of
,ne en 0Ud,neIn ho race strihers u tS Inc train-
spotted him for scab. At Trinidad lie, in
company with young lady en- route to CAL
ifornia, was standing on the rear platform
watching the snOw-pows working when
some wretch threw carbolic acid in their
faces. They were very painfully injured
and probably disfgured for life.