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TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The Chicago Consolidated Iron and Steel Works assigned to-day: liabilities $300,000. The plant is located at Harvey, Ill. Baptiste Abbadie was arrested in New York last night at the request of the New Orleans police, who charge bim with maoslaughter. Abbadie was just about to sail for Europe. Lord Charles Russell, chief justice of England, arrived at New York on the steamship Umbria this morning accompanied by Sir Frank Lockwood. They are to attend a meeting of the American Bar Association at Saratoge. Last night the steamer Oceanica col lided with the propeller Wm. Chisholm in Lake St. Clair, near Detroit, Mich., and both were sunk. The crews of both vessels took to the rigging until help arrived. Failures of three large firms having intimate financial relations occurred today in Chicago, involving liabilities aggregating $320,000. The concerns are George O'Berne, and Company, leather dealers; Henry M. Hosick, one of the best known and oldest wool dealers in the city, and the Chicago and Western soap works. Leader Schoenfeld, of the Brotherbood of Tailors in New York, said today that he expected to call the strike off in a few days as sufficient contractors had signed the new agreement to afford employment for employment for most of the men, and the remainder had found work in co-operative shops The republican State committee met at Raleigh, N. C., this morning and decided to endorse all the populist State nominees save W. A. Guthrie, for gov ernor, and Hal Ayer, for auditor. Resolutions ondorsing McKinley were adopted. Republican headquarters were ordered established there immediately, with Patterson, Holton and Hyams in charge. The open meeting of the republican St ite and national campaign committee was called to order at Columbus, Ohio, this afternoon by Governor Bushnell. The first speaker was Senator Sherman. He was followed by ex Governor Foraker. About 8,000 visitors are in this city, and the streets are full of marching clubs and bands. General Stewart L. Woodford will to-night address himself to Mr. Bryan's Madison Square Garden speech. The meetings will be oeld in a large circus tent, seating 10,000. Chairman Jones, of the democatic national committee, has practically decided upon the members of the campaign committee, and they are likely to be announced to-day. Governor Stone will be at the head, but the Senator will act only as an adviser. The experienced pliticians were in hopes that Mr. Gorman would conduct the campaign. One of the chief reasons why he will not be on the committee is that he will be very busy looking after Maryland. Senator Gorman will prob. ably spend Sunday in Saratoga if Senator Hill will join him there. The New Jersey people's party opened its State convention at Newark to d-y. A platform endorsing the St. Louis populist plat. form and ratifying the nomination of Bryan and Watson will be adopted. Fire was discovered at 3 o'clock this morning in St. Mary's Catholic Church, Beverley, Mass. Two firemen were seriously injured. The building was destroyed. The loss will reach about $25,000. President Cleveland has decided to meet Li Hung Chang on Governor's Island, N. Y., and army salutes will be fired in honer of the distinguished Chinese diplomat on his arrival The Citizen's National Bank of San Angelo, Texas. failed to day. Its liabilities are $72,000 and its capital is impaired. Bank Examiner Gannon has been placed in charge. Mrs. Delia S. Parnell sailed from Philadel. phia for England to-day foran indefinitestay. Mr Bryan will speak in St. Louis some time between September 5 and 10. IRDOD