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ELECTION ECHOES. Harrison and Morton the Sue* cessful Candidates. Beturns Given From Every Statf in the Country, f / A \ >V * HARRISON '1 he fierce contest for supremacy between the Republican and Democratic parties has resulted in a stubborn battle at the polls, uid has ended in a victory for the Republijan electoral ticket. Returns from all parts f the country received in New York and abject to revision by official reports are given below. fs) ? LEVI P. MORTOX. The division of the Electoral College if given in tabulated form, the only State in doubt at the time this side of our paper went to press being California. That State's vote however, does uot affect the general result. THE ELECTORAL VOTE BY STATES. For Cleveland ; for Harrison Alabama 10 ; California S Arkansas 7 j Colorado 3 Connecticut 6 Illinois 22 Delaware 3 j Indiana 15 Florida 4 i Iowa 18 Ueorgia. 12 J Kansas 9 Kentucky 13 ; Maine 6 Louisiana.... ..... 8 I Massachusetts 14 Maryland 8 j Michigan 13 Mississippi 9 , Minnesota 7 Missouri 16 Nebraska. 5 New Jersey 9 j Nevada 3 North Carolina 111 New Hampshire... 4 South Carolina.... 9 I New York 36 Tennessee 12 j Ohio 23 Texas 13 ! Oregon 3 Virginia ^Pennsylvania 30 West Virginia 6 \ Rhode Island 4 ? 1 Vermont 4 Total 163 Wisconsin 11 | Total 233 Necessary to choice 201 ALABAMA. Alabama chose 10 Presidential electors and 8 members of Congress. Cleveland electors carried the day by an estimated majority of 85,000. A solid Democratic delegation was elected to Congress. ARKANSAS. Arkansas chose 7 Presidential electors and 5 members of Congress. One estimate placed the Democratic majority at 14,000. Three Democrats were certainly elected to Congress, and in two districts the race was very close and had not bean decided on the morning after election. CALIFORNIA. California chose 8 Presidential electors, <5 members of Congress, a Chief Justice and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and a Legislature. a ciose vote was ponea in waniornia, witn both sides claiming the Electoral ticket. Four Republican ana two Democratic Congressmen were chosen, according to early returns. COLORADO. Colorado chose G Presidential electors, 1 member of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. There were two State tickets. Democratic and Republican. An early estimate of the result sho?*ed some Republican losses throughout the State as compared with four years ago. The Democrats claimed the election of Thomas Patter son for Governor. The Republican candidate for Congress (Hosea Townsend) was successful. CONNECTICUT. Connecticut chose (5 Presidential electors, 4 members of Congress, State officers and a Legislature. There were three State tickets, Democratic, Republican and Prohibition. The vote in Connecticut was exceedingly close, and each side claimed the State on the morning after election by a small plurality. The Legislature is Republican and as there was no election for Governor by the people (a majority over all being necessary) tiulkeley, the Republican candidate will be successful. The Congressional delegation will probably stand 3 Republicans and 1 Democrat Later returns give the Electoral vote to Cleveland and Thurman by about 400 plurality. DELAWARE. Delaware chose 3 Presidential electors, 1 member of Congress, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. Cleveland's plurality was between 3500 and 40(;0. Sussex county went Republican by U(Kt to 300 majority, thereby securing a United States Senator. KLORIDA. Florida chose 4 Presidential electors, 2 members. of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature. There were two State tickets. Democratic and Republican. Returns .indicate that the State has gone Democratic by a small majority. Fleming (Dem) was elected Governor, as iRas the rest of (the State ticket One Democrat was elected to Congress, and in tbe other district the fight was so close that only tihe official count -can decide it. GEORGIA. Georgia chose 13 Presidential electora, and 10 members of Congress. The entire Democratic ticket wae-ejected. 'Cleveland's plurality is about 25.000. There is. a solid Democratic Congressional delegation. ILLINOIS. Illinois . oftose 22 Presidential electors, 20 members of Congress, State officer#, and a Legislature which willtJect a United States isenator and voted ou a State banking law. There ware four State ticket?. Democratic, Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. Tbe .vote on Presidential electors was closer than in 1C84, but early returns indicated the success of the Republicans. The Democratic State Committee claimed the election of Palmer as Governor. The Congressional delegation was placed at J3 Democrats and 7 Republicans. Later returns gav j both National and State tickets to the Rjpublicans. INDIAVA. Indiana chose 15 Presidential electors, 13 members of Congress, State officer*, and a Legislature. There were four State tickets, | Democratic. Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. The counting of the votes in Indiana pro- j ??eded slowly, and both sides claimed the j Presidential "ticket shortly after the polls [ " loscd. Each party also claimed the Gubernatorial election. The Congressional deleea- I ticn will probably be 9 Democrats and 4 Re- I l nblicaiif. . j >ater returns gave the State to Harrison I i 1 Morton i.y about 4000 plurality. IOWa. I Ifwa chose 13 Presidential electors, 11 j members of Congress, and minor State officers. There were tour State tickets, Democratic, Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. The return1; indicate uniform Republican trains and a plurality of about 20,0<)0 for Harrison and the Republican State ticket. Four \ Democratic Congressmen and seven Repub- j j licans were probably elected. KANSAS. | Kansas chose 9 Presidential electors,? members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which elect a United States Senator ind vote on two constitutional amendments. | There were four State tickets, Democratic, I Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. The State went Republican by the usual ! majority both as to the Presidential and o'ubernatorial tickets. All the Republican i candidates for Congress were successful. KENTUCKY. rT?PrneMonfiol AlftnfnrQ And I XV Oil UUCtV J V_ UUJU IV J. 1 W1UV1IVM* vavww. . ? ? ? 11 members of Congress. The usual majority was given in Kentucky I for the Democratic electoral ticket. A gain of one Congressman was also claimed by the Democrats. Speaker Carlisle was re-elected I by an increased majority. LOUISIANA. Louisiana chose 8 Presidential electors and 6 members of Congress. Cleveland's majority in the State was est!j mated to exceed 20,000. The Democrats carj ried all the Congressional districts except j one, in which Coleman (Labor and RepubliI can) was probably elected by 1500 majority. i MAINE. Maine chose only Presidential electors, C in number. Harrison has carried the State by an estimated plurality of from 23,000 to 24,000. MARYLAND. Maryland chose 8 Presidential electors and 6 members of Congress. Cleveland carried the State by fully 6000. MASSACHUSETTS. Massachusetts chose 14 Presidential elec; tors, 12 members of Congress, State officers, I and a Legislature which will elect a United ! States Senator. There were four tickets, j Democratic, Republican. Prohibition and I United Labor. I The Harrison electors have carried the | State by a probable plurality of 30,000. ' Ames, the Republican candidate for Governor, was elected, but ran behind the rest of the State ticket, which had a probable majority of 35.000. The Congressional delegation was given at 9 Republicans and 3 Democrats, a Republican gain of one. MICHIGA>. Michigan chose 13 Presidential electors, 11 members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which will elect a United States j Senator. There were, four State tickets, I Democratic-Greenback, Republican, Prohibition, and United Labor. The State went for the Republican Electoral ticket bv almost SJO'J plurality. The Republicans hold their six Congressman, and claim a gain of one in the Seventh district. The Democrats did not concede this, but claim no gains. Burt, Democratic candidate for Governor, ran ahead of the Presidential . ticket. MTQCrUTTIT M'880uri chose 16 Presidential electors, 14 j members of Congress, State officers, and a l Legislature. There were four Stal e tickets, j Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, ana United Labor. The Democratic Electoral and State tickets were successful by small pluralities. There were probably 10 Democrats and 4 Republican Congressmen elected. St Louis went heavily Republican, both for the State and County tickets. The Republicans also gained three Congressmen. MINNESOTA. Minnesota chose 7 Presidential electors. 5 members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. There were four State tickets. Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, and United Labor. Returns from the interior of the State came in very slowly, but indicated that Harrison's majority would exceed 20,000. Merriam (Republican) for Governor has about 10,000 majority. MISSISSIPPI. Mississippi chose 9 Presidential electors and 7 members of Congress. The State went for Cleveland by the usual Democratic majority. A solid Democratic Congressional delegation was elected. NEBRASKA. Nebraska chose 5 Presidential electors, 3 members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. There were four State tickets, Democratic, Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. The State was carried by the Harrison electors by an estimated majority of between 25.000 and <>0,000. The State ticket was elected by a majority somewhat less than this. Three Republicans were elected to Congress. NEVADA. Nevada choso 3 Presidential electors, 1 member of Congress, minor State officers, a Legislature, and voted on a constitutional amendment. Returns snowea mac narrison naa carneu the State by about 1000. The entire Republican State ticket was elected, and also a Republican Congressman. NEW HAMPSHIRE. New Hamsbire chose 4 Presidential electors, '1 members of Congress, State officers, a Legislature which will electa United States ! Senator and delegates to a State constituj tional convention. There were three State tickets, Democratic, Republican, and Prohi! bition. Harrison and Morton have carried the State, by about 2o00 plurality land Goodell (Republican) has been elected Governor. The Republicans have carried both Congress districts, defeating McKinney (Democrat) in j the First district, and have secured control of j both branches of the Legislature. NEW JERSEY. New Jersey chose 9 Presidential electors, : 7 members of Congress, Senators in six counties, and a full Assembly: the Legislature wi 1 ele?t a United States Senator. In this State the Democratic Electoral ticket had a majority of about 8000. The Congressional struggle indicated the election of 5 Republicans and 2 Democrats. The Legislature is Democratic iu both branches, insuring the election of a Democratic successor to United States Senator McPherson. NEW YORK. New York chose 30 Presidential electors, 34 members of Congress, a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Judge of the Court of Appeals, and a full State Assembly, and voted on a constitutional amendment providing for a second part of the Court of Appeals. There were five State tickets, Democratic, Republican (endorsed by the United Labor), Prohibition, Socialist, and Equal Rights. ^ Harrison and Mortoaa have carried New York by about 12,0U? plurality. In most I of the counties of the iafcertor the Republii cans made large gains. New York city gave ! Cleveland and Thurmajs 56,000 pluralitv, a j gain of 13,000 over the vote of 3884. Kings County's Democratic plurality of 18S4 was I decreased by 4000. The New York delegation to me ruiy-nrsc congress win oe nepuolicans and 15 Democrats?asm the last Congress. Hill for Governor ran ;ahead of Cleveland in many places. In New York city Hill's plurality was t?4,<000, and it was thought ..his majority ie the State over Miller would 'be about 12,-OOG. The Legislature is Republican in botfc branches. NORTH CAROUSA. North Carolina chose 11 Presidential'electors, 9 members of Congress, State officers, aud a Legislature which will .elect a United States Senator, and will vote ?au a constitutional amendment increasing tihe Supreme Court Judges. The returns .showed a small Democratic | gain aver 188-L Rowland <Democrat) was j re-elected to Congress. The constitutional amendment wasoarried. A full Democratic State ticket was elected,and both Legislative Houses-are Democratic. .OHIO. Ohio chocc 2:; Presidential ele<*tors, -21 tnern bere of Congress, and minor State oflicers, I There were four State tickets, Democratic, I Republican, Prohibition, and United Labor. The Republican Electoral and State tickets i were tuccessful. Democrats claimed a gtin ! of one or two Congressmen. OREGON. Oregon chose 3 Presidential electors. Returns indicated that the Harrison electors carried the State by about 4000. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania chose 30 Presidential electors, 28 "members of Congress, a Supreme Court Judge and State Auditor, and a Legislature. There were four State tickets. Democratic, Republican. Prohibition, and United Labor. Early returns indicated that Harrisons 1 majority in the State would be about 75,0 JO. The indication.'' were that the Congressional ' , delegation from. Pennsylvania would be about the same as? the Fiftieth Congress, j ; The Republican State ticket was also sue- , cessful, and the Legislature is Republican in both branches. RHODE ISLAND. Rhode Island chose 4 Presidential electors and 2 members of Congress. Harrison electors carried the State by 4427. Two Republican Congressmen were returned. SOUTH CAROLINA. South Carolina chose9 Presidential electors. 7 members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which wi:l elect a United States Senator. The Democratic is the only State ticket The State went for Cleveland and sends a solid Democratic delegation to Congress. Both branches of the Legislature went Democratic, as there was no Republican ticket in the field. TENNESSEE. Tennessee chose 12 Presidential electors, 10 members of Congress, a Governor, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. There were three State tickets, Democratic, Republican, and Prohibition. The State went Democratic by an increased majority. Taylor (Dem.) was elected Governor: Phelan (Dem.) re-elected to Congress by 2000 majority. TEXAS. Texas chose 13 Presidential electors, 11 members of Congress, State officers, and a Legislature which will elect a United States Senator. There were two State tickets, Democratic and Anti-Democratic. Democrats carried the State by the usual majority. R. Q. Mills was re-elected by VERMONT. Vermont chose 4 Presidential electors. The Republicans cai ried the State by over 20,000. VIRGINIA. Virginia chose 12 Presidential electors and 10 members of Congress, and voted on holding a constitutional convention. The Democrats carried the State by about the same majority as in 18 >4. It was thought the Democrats had elected 8 out of the 10 Congressmen. WEST VIRGINIA. West Virginia chose 6 Presidential electors, 4 members of Congress, State officers and a Legislature, which will elect a United States Senator and will vote on three constitutional amendments, one prohibitory. There were five State tickets, Democratic, Republican, Prohibition, United Labor and I. C. The gains and losses fh West Virginia seemed nearly even, and it was claimed the Democrats had carried the State by a small majority. The Congressional delegation will stand about three Democrats and one Republican. WISCONSIN. Wisconsin chose 11 Presidential electors, 9 members of Congress, State officers and a Legislature. There were four State tickets, Democratic, Republican, Prohibition and United Labor. Fifty-one out of 1-00 precincts gave a net Republican gain of 443 over the last Presidential vote. The Republican Electoral ticket was successful by an increasing plurality, as was the Republican State ticket. The Congressional delegation will most likely stand 7 Republicans to 2 Democrats. TRAIN ROBBERY, A Lone Highwayman Holds Up a Louisiana Express Car. A train on the New Orleans and Northern railway was held up by a lone highwayman between Derby and Lacey, about sixty-two miles from New Orleans. The train robber, after stopping the train, jumped on the engine, and with a pistol, ordered the engineer to uncouple and run ahead of th? train. He then alighted and returned to the baggage car, which he entered and overpowered the baggage master and express messenger. After having securely tied them he burst open the safe and stole from it government bonds valued at $18,000 and also took *10,834.80 in cash which was in the safe in packages of (1000. Having claaaad ant the ?&? be cheerily bade the express messenger good dav and fled. GOVERNMENT BONDS. The Register of th-* United States Treasury's Annual Report. General Ilosecrans, Register of the United States Treasury, reports that 26,598 United States bonds, amounting to 1114,000,000, were issued during the year, and 72,135 bonds, amount n.; to $189,000,000, were canceled. There were i61,000,000 registered four and one half per cents., $190,000,00<) registered four cents., and $04,0(0,000 Pacific Railroad bonds outstanding July 1, 1888. Of this amount $10,500,000 are held by foreigners, $231,000,000, by the Treasurer in trust for the national banks, $1)24,000,000 by domestic owners, $47,000,000 by insurance companies, $191,000,000 by savings hanks, and $386,000,000 by individuals. The interest bearing debt of 1865 has been reduced 47.42 per cent, in the last twenty-three years and 10.2S per cent, in the last three years. PBOMINENT PEOPLE. The Comtesse de Paris is an ir.nert rlfli hot "Dnrwrnn Drou ionrr .'nfa?/la +/> Wfl'ti* lif# J. nuiu?< JL>io.uAnca tnwuvi># wv ? -? of Emperor Frederick. It is said that the poet Whittier's early am bitionwas to become a politician. Queen Emma of Holland is transacting the 8tate business in a masterly manner. Thirteen* unique snuff boxes have beer sent to Mr. Thurman by unknown admirers. The Empress of Austria is said to be contemplating a trip through the United States. Senator Farwell has a library of 100.000 volumes and the finest theological collection in the West. Giuriel Hejelman, who died last week in Madrid, was secretary of a society for the extinction of pauperism. A Connecticut man bos contracted to send half a dozon barrels of oysters to the Prince of Wales for Christmas. Robert Louis Stevenson is the son of a Scotch civil engineer who sternly disapproves of literature and things literary. The Crown Prince of Germany is six years old, with fair skin, hair and coloring generally, and full of life and intelligence. George W. Childs has at his country seat near Bryn Mawr a grove of trees, each of which was planted by some famous person. Giuseppe Verdi, the musical composer, who holds the rank of Senator in Italy, has just celebrated his seventy-fourth birthday. P, T. Barnum has given his granddaughter, Mrs. H. P. Clarke, of Columbia, S. C., *10J,0J0 with which to purchase a plantation. Charles G. Lelanq, author of the "Ballads of Hans Brertnian," is said to know more about Romany, the gypsy language, than any man living who iB not a gypsy by birth. Henry D. Harlan, who has recently been appointed Chief Justice of Maryland, is only thirty years old, and is probably the youngest man in tte oountry to bold such an office. The ODly income .that Mrs. Waite, the iwidow of the Chief Jiustice, has is the rent from her husband's former residence in Washington, which te?8timated to bo about $1500 a year. W. K. Vanderbilt, when in London recently, spent a large amount of money in the curiosity shops of Bond street, with the intention of making a collection of curiosities to rival that of the Rothschilds. The G&arina of Russia, though nearly forty years of age,is still young in appearance and spirits. Khe enjoys dancing.ami is a hearty laugher. Considering certain dismal features cf her life tor vivacity is remarkable. 'Oscar W. Haywood, of Troy. N. C., who is widely knect-n as a preacher of power and influence, was ordained a minister of the Baptist Chunk when only sixteen years old. He is now twenty-one, and edits a ?ewspaper beside* attending to his pulpit duties. The German Euipsror was a bamptious and overbearing child, and never eadured being beaten in aoy game. If lie could not get bis own way oe would first s-uik.and then try and take advantage of his position as a "royal child." But this was never allowed. The rule in the nursery was strict equality, and the nurses hiui stringent orders to enforce it. He had a cold, proud manner, which made him anything but popular with his other playmates. ' Connecticut oyster planters have asked for an abatement of taxes on their ovster toJs, because of the small set of seed tki? year and the devastations by the starfish. NEWS OF STANLEY. The Rear Guard of His Expedition Met by Arabs. The Explorer of Africa Two Days Ahead of His Party, A dispatch from Zanzibar states that couriers from Tabora, Africa, bring direct news from the Stanley expedition, a portion of which was met at the end of November, 1887, by Arabs trading between Lakes Vic toria Nyanza and Nzige, and Tabora. These Arabs met Stanley'8 rear guard at a point west of Albert Nyanza, southeast of Sanga, just as the expedition was preparing to cross swamps caused by the radiation of the streams that abouud in that country. The Arabs did not see Stanley. The detachment seen consisted of thirty TL. fV?n4- CfanlATT TI7Q C f wn H Q Vfl men. IIICJ Diabcu tunv uvaiuoj ?? 1*0 w>> v ahead. The expedition had ?uffered greatly oil the march through a thick forest, where it was impossible to advance more than a mile and a quarter daily. They had also suffered in the marshes, where many had disappeared or died. Forty were drowned in crossing a great river Mowing from east to west. One white man had d.ed. Stanley was obliged to flght seme tribes that refused to supply him with provisions. The expedition had orten halted in the expectation of receiving reinforcements from the Congo. The rear guard, at the time met, had only been on the march five days after a halt of three weeks, due to the illnesss of Stanley and a great part of the es- ! cort, who had been attacked with fever. The Arabs estimate . the total strength of the expedition after all losses, at 250 men. - The health of Stanley was then good. The rear cuard, which consisted of natives of Zanzibar, stated that Stanley had decided that he would no longer advance in a north-easterly direction, but would strike toward thfe north, hoping to avoid the swamps. After getting a certain distance xorth he intended to take an oblique line to the eastward and go straight to Wadelai, where it was tnought he would arrive 50 days later?about the middle of January, 1888. The Arabs were of the opinion that the expedition was still strong enough to reach Wadelai. THE "NEWS EPITOMIZEa Eastern and Middle States. Mrs. Henry Barmore, of Nyack, N. Y., killed herself by cutting her throat and firing a bullet into the wound. Thk boiler of a steam thresher near Reading, Penn., exploded killing five persons and seriously injuring many others. The boiler was located in Jonas Spyd s barn. The noise of the explosion was heard two miles. The barn was wrecked and parts of the machine were hurled 200 yards. 5 T - ? n. rr n 1? w;i . ' o aairjn ha xiciii j \7ux~1uiajr auu ?? i* iam Sellen were drowned in Rochester Bay. Mass., by their sail boat capsizing. Young Reimann has been found in a shed ' in West Manchester, N. H., covered with blood and with a bullet wound near tho loft i eye. He met his death at the hands of a six- . teen-old lad named Frank Brown. The City Hall, a number of extensive < factories and ten residences were destroyed by fire at Haverhill, Mass. Sonth and West. Thomas Savers, one of the highwaymen who recently murdered and robbed two peddlers in Mercer county, W. Va., was caught and lynched. A terrible prairie fire raged in the Sioux Valley in Jackson township, Minnesota. Henry Ray was burned so baaly that he can* not Jive. A four-weeks-old baby, a six'eenyear-old girl named Mollie O'Connor and a woman and her son, name unknown, were burned to death. The City of Sydney, the first steamer to leave Hong Kong after the signing of the exclusion treaty, has arrived at San Francisco with but five Chinese passengers. A cyclone, blowing from the northwest, demolished Union Hall and unroofed or overthrew a number of houses in Laporte, Iowa. All the stores in the business portion of the town suffered great damage. The damage to property is $75,000. The steam whaler Brasher arrived at San Francisco, Cal., from the Arctic and brought information that the thirteen whalers, with their crews of about five hundred men, which were caught in the ice pack the last of September, are safe. Judge Brewer, of Topeka, Kan., has decided that certain lands granted to the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway, on which settlers had located, legally belongs to the railway. This decision throws 500U settlers off a large quantity of the most fertile farming lands in the country. During the progress of a slander suit in the court-room at Fresno, Cal., trouble arose be tween Robert Seconce and a man named Hardwick over the testimony,and Hardwick shot and fatally wounded Seconce. The latter's brother in return killed Hardwick. A freight train struck a cow at Ticksburg, Miss., and was thrown from the track, the locomotive and thirteen cars being wrecked Four employes of the road and a tramp were instantly killed. A fierce prairie fired raged o the Sioux Valley near Jackson, Minn., and a farmer, two women and two babies perished in the flames. Fritz Graves, a wealthy farmer of the town of Oak Creek, Wis., has died and his son August is held on the charge of murdering his father. The elder Graves was seventy-three years old and his son is thirty-seven. Two brothers named Powell, aged eight and eighteen years, respectively, quarreled at their home in the southern part of Van Zandt County, Texas. Bob Powell, the younger, was shot and instantly killed by his elder brother. A fire iu Macon, Ga., destroyed the oil and paint store of T. C. Burke,the adjoining stores of Nussbaum, Van Syckel & Tindall, hardware dealers, of H. D. Adams & Co., wholesale groceries, and of Charles Taylor, furniture dealer. The loss is $125,0J0. The visible supply of grain, according to the official Chicago Board of Trade report, is as follows: Wheat, 3^,695,000 bushels; increase, 218,000; corn, 10,703,000; decrease, 401,000; oats, 8,5)5,000; increase, 328,000; rye, 1,556,000; increase, 179,000; barley, 1,? 780,000; increase, 138,000. Washington. The Hou. Michael Henry Herbert has been appointed by his government British Charge d Affaires at Washington. Lord Sackville will go to England immediately on leave of absence. There have bean 990 tons of silver dollars, amounting to $33,000,000, received from the mints of New Orleans and Philadelphia and placed in the new vaults.of the Treasury at Washington. The Navy Department has received a dispatch confirming the news that the ice bound whalers at Herald Island have been released, and the order for the relief expedition haa been countermanded. President Cleveland has signified his intention of attending, with his entire Cabinet, the centennial celebration of Georgetown University, to be held on February 22. The President will deliver the honorary de grees to me awarueu on uie wxvmivii. Foreign. Lieutenant Pei.letier, of Battery B, Ottawa, Canada, was fatally gored by a vicious buffalo. M. Alennikoff director, of Caucasian railroads, has committed suicide in Moscow, Russia, by shooting himself with a revolver. Hkrr von Schloezek, Prussian Minister to the Vatican at Rome, has been recalled. The Norwegian bark Nor, from NewYork, came into collision with and sank the steamer Saxmundham oil' Cowes, England, asxl twenty-two persons were drowned. Baron von Krans, Governor of Bohemia, has jvsigned on account of ill health. Pa.'vce Bismarck has begged the Emperor Williaw to relieve him of the greater part of his duLfes and transfer them to his son, Count Herbert. A reservoir at Montreux, Switzerland, on the Lake of Geneva, used to work an electric railway', burst, destroying numerous houses and drowning many parsons. Seven bodies have been recovered. Fifteen carload* 0/ sealskins recently lefl San Franrisco for Ne w. York, having: jusl , been received from the *>y tha Alaska , Commercial Company. sbipaienl j weighed 360,000 pounds. I LATER NEWS, Edward Mosely, a well-known citizen of New Haven, Conn, committed suicide by drowning. He wa9 despondent from the loss of his position. A nest of four boilers at the Lancaster Chemical Works, Lancaster, Penn.,exploded, killing John Reidel, an employe, and injuring three others. The boilers were all new and of the best make. The ship Trojan, at Boston, Mass., from Montevideo, reports that seventy mile3 from Cape Ann, one of the crew, named Michael McGonnigal, of New York, while furling the jib fell overboard and was drowned. Archibald Pelon was taken from tho jail at Grayling, Mich., by masked men and hanged to a tree. Rice Mauphin, a white man. was killed at the polls in Lisbon township, Mo., and Frank Wayland, colored, was killed at the pol!s in Fayette, Mo., Mauphin's death was the result of a feud. Wayland was killed in self-defence by white men. A train was wrecked at Reed's Crossing, Ga. The car. with two coaches left the track, the cars turning over. Four men were killed, two fatally injured and ten badly hurt. A desperate duel following a political discussion occurred in the town of Livingston, Ky., in which five men were killed and the sixth mortally wounded. Mr. Gladstone spoke on the subject of Home Rule before a large Liberal meeting in Birmingham. Portugal has joined the European antislave alliance. Fire destroyed a whole block of buildings at Brokenhill, Australia, causing a loss of *500,000. A ferry steamer was sunk in a collision at Calcutta, India, and sixty persons were drowned. Sir Henry Arthur Blake, now Governor of Newfoundland, has been appointed Governor of Queensland. The United States Treasury Department decides that Chinese seamen who ship on United States vessels in foreign ports for a round voyage, and who hav.i been continuously under the United Statea flag frojn the time they left until they return to port, are protected by the Chinese Exclusion act, and can remain in this country. "* ' 1 IT1TT 1 ITTfn n 1 IITlTn N AT1UJN AL TIliUN JIBlxL V HM u. President Cleveland Appoints November 20 as the Day. According to the national custom, the foi* owing proclamation has been issued: Constant thanksgiving and gratitude ire due from the American people to Almighty God for His goodness and mercy, which have followed them since the day He made tbem a nation and vouchsafed to them a free government With loving kindness He has constantly led us in the way of prosperity and greatness. He has Dot visited with swift punishment our shortcomings. but with gracious care He has warned us of our dependence upon His forbearance, and has taught us that obedience to His holy law is the price of a continuance of His precious gifts. In acknowledgement of all that God haf done for us as a nation, and to the end that on an appointed day the united prayers and praise of a grateful country may reach the Throne of Grace, 1, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, do hereby designate and set apart Thursday, the 20th day of November inst., as a day of thanksgiving and prayer to be kept and observed throughout the land. On that day let all our people suspend theii ordinary work and occupatii ns, and in theii accustomed place of worship, with prayer and songs of praise render thanks to God for all His mercies, ior the abundant harvests which have rewarded the toil of the husband man during the year that has passed, and foi the ric h rewards that have followed thelabori of our people in their shops and their marts of trade and traffic. Let us give thanks foi peace and for social order and contentmenl within our borders, and for our advance ment in all that adds to national greatness. And mindful of the afflictive dispensation with which a portion of our land has bees visited, let us, while we humble ourselves be fore the power of God, acknowledge His mercy in setung Dounas to me ueauiy iimruc of pestilence, and let our hearts be chastenec by sympathy with our fellow countrymen who have suffered and who mourn. And as we return thanks for all the bless ings which we have received from the handi of our Heavenly Father, let u3 not forget that He has enjoined upon us charity, and on this day of thanksgiving let us generouslj remember the poor and needy, so that oui tribute of praise and gratitude may be ac ceptable in the sight of the Lord. Done at the city of Washington on the flrsl day of November, eighteen hundred anc eighty-eight, and in the year of independent of the United States the one hundred anc thirteenth. Grover Cleveland. By the President. T. F. Bayard. Secretary of State. THE NATIONAL GAME. The season is now ended. Detroit's salary list was $43,000. The Brooklyn Club has disbanded. Mike Kelly is going to Australia after alL Joe Quest is trying to organize a Michigan State League. Spalding is said to favor making the ball livelier next season. All of the reserve lists for 18S8 and 18S9 have been promulgated. McKean is the best left handed hitter in 4he American Association. Baltimore wants to come into the Nar tional League with her nine. Since the Detroits entered the League, $58,000 have been lost on the club. All of the Chicago players except Sullivan and Pettitt have signed for next season. Among the last fifteen men who have th? lowest batting average, twelve are pitchers. Manager Mutrie says he intends to keep his team of world-beaters intact for next season. Gaffney will, it.is said, either manage an Association club next season or become a League umpire. The New Yorks considered Chimberlain the pitcher most to be feared in the world'i championship series. Richardson, the Detroit second baseman, has been secured by the Boston Club at a talary of more than $2>' 0. Buffalo has made formal application for admission to the American Association ahould Cleveland withdraw. Halliday, of the Des Moines Club, won a silver ball and bnt, a prize for making more base hits than his fellow players. The record of Ryan, of Chicago, for the season,of the most base hits, most home runs and most runs is, indeed, a brilliant one. PiTTsncKG is making a high bid for John Ward's services next year, but Boston people confidently expect to see him captain of the.r nine. Kelly baa signed with Boston. He has not been appointed captain of the team for next season as reported, but may be if Ward isn't secured. He wants the place. The Detroit Club entered the League in 1881. Sho took Cincinnati's place. Wouldn't it be singular if Cincinnati should now resumo her old place at Detroit's expense# Sta ;c, Ynle's famou* pitcher, is to have clinrxe of the University Christian Association this year, and next year he will enter a theological seminary and prepare for the ministry. I\ base-stealing for the season Hoy leads Washington and the League, Seery leads Indianapolis, Sunday leads Pittsburg, Pfeffor, leads Chicago, Kelly leads Boston, Ewing lead* New York and Hanlon leads Detroit. From St. Paul comes a report that eight players of the St. Paul team have entered into nn agreement to p ay ball during the winter in Cuba. They expect to start about November JL Croko will manage the team. In the official record Anson is credited with making but twenty errors at first basa the past season, which leads the Boston Globe to remark: "Whobelieves it? There is not a paper in the county thsfc kept a record that firt$ bim Jew than 32 errtira" , . r A MINE CALAMITY. Fatal Explosion in a Pennsylvania Shaft. Many Coal Miners Killed and Mangled. By an explosion in the Kettle Creek Coa) Mining Company's mine at Cook's Run, Penn., fifteen miners were killed, two died after being taken out and three men were so badly injured that it was thought they would die. The Cook's Run mines have been in operation since the first of the present year. One hundred and sixty men are employed in and around the mines, but for one reason or another, only twenty of the whole number were at work on this afternoon, when of. o ftxra mlnntoQ fmir fi'clook an explosion occurred which sent sixteen i human beings > to eternity and hurt three others so seriously that two o( them are likely to die. The explosion took place in one of the many pockets of the mines, about two hundred and fifoy feet from the opening, and of the sixteen men at work in that part twelve were killed outright Ona other died within two hours and three are among the injured. Another miner, who was working soma distance away, was blown through the airshaft and his body was not found until next morning, when it was discovered among a pile of brush in the woods near the shaft. Two other men, who were at work seventy-five feet from the mine opening, were hurled out at the mouth of the mine an<i their dead bodies were found one hundred and seventy-five feet from where they had been employed The driver, named J. Farrell, was entering the drift when the explosion occurred. He was thrown townrd the mouth of the mine and escaped. His mule was killed The force of the explosion was shown in the fact that bodies were blown clear out of the mouth of the drift. Everything possible was done for the injured by the mine physicians. The dead were taken charge of by an undertaker and prepared for interment. The horribly mangled bodies were placed on hastily constructed tables in a small blacksmith shop. The friends and relatives of the dead ones are ]>eople without more than enough of this world's goods to clothe their bodies. Fragments of the clothing worn by the victims of the disaster are scattered among the limbs of the surrounding trees, some of them fifty feet above the ground. Five of the killed were Swedes, three S avs, six Italians and two Irish. All were unmarried except the last two, who leave large families. The cause of the explosion is a mystery and no one seems able to explain it It is thought that in making a blast a "gas feeder" was struck, filling the chamber with gas, whiMv pomin? in contact with a naked lamp, caused the explosion. A "gas feeder" is a po.kefc of gas in tne coal. As soon as a pick is stuck into it the gas escapes, and if anything ignites it an explosion follows. It is known that the air bas been so bad in the mine for several davs that many of the men would not work. NEWSY GLEANINGS, The Peanut Trust has been dissolved. The Texas cotton crop is about 150,000 bales. Russian troops are manoeuvring on the Austrian frontier. American exports of apples are in excess of those of last year. The bakeri of Washington City have formed a cracker trust The first car of the new crop of corn has been received at New York. An Illinois woman who submitted to being mesmerized died in the trance. There have been 350 marriages at the City Hall, New York, this year. The farmers in the interior of New York talk of organizing an apple trust. Thb Sultan bas approved the building of a railroad from Jaffa to Jerusalem. * I It is rumored that China proposes severe j retaliation upon the United States. The catch of the American whale fleet in the Arctics is reported at 122 whales. Less than $35 each is the annual compensation of about 1300 teachers in Spain. Of 150 persons naturalized in Boston in one week recently 125 were British Amer/cans. The bean crop has been materially injured by unseasonable weather in many sections. Count Teleki, the explorer, has discovered a new lake 250 miles long, in Central Africa. The extensive province of Sikkim has been annexed to the British Empire in India. M. De Lesseps is stumping France in an e Tort to promote the salfi of Panama bonds. A shipment of 202 barrels of oysters was r>jcently made from Liverpool to New York City. Admiral Porter, in his annual report to tne Navy Department, calls for more big guns. rn** D-ooMonk has oonfc hv cable his con I ? rxr, j. 1 cotuuu v uww wvw. gratulations to the King of Hellenes on his jubilee. Lv 1887 Ireland's tillage land decreased 18,| 030 acres and the grass lands increased by 50,000 acres. A crank Cossack was arrested in Southern Russia for hunting the Czar with a pocketful cf dynamite bombs. Body snatchers are busy in Canada. Tho fiolice have made no arrests, and public indignation is strong. A verdict of #5500 ha*i been obtained ( gainst a Boston landlord for illness caused by defective drainage. The last spike of tlye St Paul, Minneapolis <fc Manitoba system was driven at Sioux Falls amid great rejoicing. Mulhall has broken the world's swimming record in England. He swam 1000 yards in 14 minutes 17^ seconds. Over 500,000 two-cent postage stamps are sold daily in the New York postoffice, while the amount of all stamps sold each da,y is over $20,000. The latest currency issue of the Treasury Department is a $20 silver certificate hearing upon its face an excellent engrav Aig of Daniel Manning. The total number of children in Maine entitled to attend school this year is 211,980, a decrease from last year of 594. Portland ihows a decrease of 700. THE MARKETS. 44 new york. Beef. 3 05 <? 5 80 Calves.common to prime.... 2 15 @ 4 25 Sheep 3 00 @ 4 40 Lambs 5 25 (?) (i X5 Hogs?Live 6 00 ft 25 Dressed f'i? Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 00 tj? 5 45 Patents 0 50 @ 7 75 Wheal?No. 2 Red 1 u'JjiO 1 10% Rye?State (58 (g 72 I Barley?No. 1 95 j Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 4? @ 51 I Oats?.No. 1 White fttate.... -- @ 39 | Mixed Western 2S @ Hay?No. 1 "0 @ 05 Straw?Long F.ye ^ Lard?City Steam ?- @ S 4a butter?State Creamery.... 26 (s5 2oVf I Dairy 21 ? ~5 West Im. Creamery 20 (<$ 22 Factorv 13 s(# 15 j Cheese?State Factory 1 10/s Skims?Medium.... 4 ($ 6 W estern $Vt@ 10X Eggs?State and Penn 2!S\:>@ 25 BUFFALO. Steers?'Western 3 25 @ 4 00 Sheep?Medium to Hood ... 4 UU (g 4 25 Lambs?Fair to lioo l 4 -5 @ 5 50 Hogs?Good to Choice Y orks 5 35 (<? 5 05 Flour?Family 5 0J (a 5 25 Wheat?No. - Ke l I 12 OS 1 14 Corn?No. 2, Yellow ? <jg 45}3' Oats?No. 2. Wnite ? (gi ;2}? Barley?State ? (ifi ^0 BOSTON. Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. V 40 @ 7 75 Corn?Steamer Yellow...... o'.l J@ 00^' Oats?No. 2 White 30 30'? Rye?State 63 @ 61 WAT3RT0WN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKSC Beef- Dressed weight S @ !> Sheep?Live weight \\? Lamb 3 Hogs?Northern 7 <<ji IX PHILADELPHIA Flour?Penn. family 4 75 @ 5 CO Wheat?No. 2, Red Nov... ] 05 % 1 05)? Corn?No. 2, nun Mixed... 4?^(g) 5) Oata?Ungraded White 30 (<a Rye?No. 2 _ @ 72 Butter?Creamery Extra... ? <2 26 Cbee^-tf, Y. Foil Cream.. 9 O 9,^ ?S& h BLXSSINGS IN DISGUISE. MH mmmmm ^9 ' Milton sits musing in the porch, The bright blue sky above him, HBB But cannot see the light of heaven, . HBfl Or smiles of those who love him; But though the utter darkness hides |^Rfl The earthy from his vision, H^9 He sees the bowers of Paradisa. fl?B And splendors of the Elysian; jHH He learns from angels at his side QH Creation's awful story, B9| And looks upon them face to face, |H9 Undazzled by their glory 1 Beethoven, music's great high priest; Whose heaven-born fancies capture. HHj The tangled skeins of harmony *^^^9 And weave them into rapture, Hears not the voice of human kind Nor sound of life and motion; Nor tempests on the echoing hills jSBI Nor moon of restless ocean? BH And yet in silence of his mind kH Can hear the throb and thunder SB Of jubilant hymns and solemn chanty. And lays of lovo and wonder! Thus, though relentless fate may close^^^H The gateways of our senses, Immortal spirit overleaps Their barriers and defences, p And with celestial recompense HH For harm and loss diurnal, YieMs greater joys than flesh afford% In foretastes of the eternal 1 To blind old Hilton's rayless orbs A light divine is given, SHI And deaf Beethoven hears the hymns And harmonies of heaven! ?Temple ftaHH PITH AND POIN A Russian sigh?Siberia. H9 A master hand?The overseer. jHfl On the "free list"?Old maids. Daughter of the regiment?Man^H Zene. 9H Experts in picking locks-^BBI makers. GH| The laundry girl generally has^HH hands full of wrings. jjV!h The street vender's business iw^^H trade; it is a calling. * MH The moot acceptable letter for atrAC maid?A-vowel of love. HH A host in himself?The cannibal tHB devoured his entertainer. The shafts of humor of to-day BB sadly in need of elevators. It makes a General mad to aeC^^H battle fag before it is won. j^H A great many new winter suits to be seen at tne court nouse. 01 If loves lies dreaming can't he tell truth when he ii awake t?Siftin/jt. The more pets the old maid hu?^|H more pettish the old maid is apt to^^fl A conductor is like a milliner's Ij^HI dow iu one respect?he collects j^Hj Bfl If your wife asks for a new bonn^^B will be fashionable to give her a poke^H New Turk Newt. Curiously enough, after the purchi^H had paid for his gun, he said he wo^H like to have it charged. WH A watch chain is no more a sign c^H watch than a pair of cuffs is. . ol^H shirt.?Jewderi \Yeeldy. RflQ Mormon saints have wives sealed^H them, and an attempt to defend::^H practice might be called whitewash^? the ceiling. Many large wagers are chronicled time to time; but Queen Elizabeth remains the greatest Bet in historj^^J Boston, BuUetin. She?"Good gracious! How darl^M is. I can hardly tind my mouth." "Allow me, Miss, to assist you in setoHH ingforit."?Sifting*. H When you want to intimate to a c^H that you consider his veracity questi^H able, the safest plan is to use the t^H phone.?Syracuse Her all. Young Mother?"Horrors, Jane,^^H hohrr i q tr-ui n a tn Swallow a, *"*"J ? "j?o ? Nurse?'''It's all right, mum; it'll a s^H ty pin.'-?New York Hun. |H ' Are you engaged to Miss Ecla^H "No, not exactly. But when I asl^H her for her band she gave me fusal of it."?Detroit Free Press. |J| A hand organ man is teaching monkey the art of boot-blacking; the American public will not put up such money shines.?New York New*. Kattan furniture is all the stjle n^H for country houses. It has been style for country school houses for^H great many years past.?S vxtmille Jo^M GONE. M "Gone are the gleaners and finished the re^H mg, Blossom and beo with the son(j birds s eeping." ?Penn Yan Chronicl^^R Gone are the strawberries, where, none tell, flflj But the mushrooms and grouse fill the very well. ?Danville Breex^MI The Shrewd Profession?Old SmflN (to weeping beggar boy)?"What Hjl you crjing for, little boy?" Little l^H ?"Crying, sir, 'cause I wor afraid t^H you, as a noice binevolint old jintlemflH would pass me without giving me^H cent." (.Gets ten.)?Time. Little Girl (reading book of travels North Africa)?"At last I reached summit, and saw the whole range of famous mountains outspread beneath like a map." "Oh! then, that's they call them the Atlas mountains. Harper's Y^ung People. Wife?"Why, John, what made snrh a little umbrella with so mi^B handler" Husband-''That handle's so^Bj silver." Wife?"i'es, but you can't the handle up when it rains." Husba^H ?"Well, I like to know if I didn't it up for $5 during the last wee spell Wcu/ungton Critic. 9H "I've brought back that ring I to^H yesterday on approval," he said to lH| 'jeweler. "What was the trouble; didflH I it fit?"' "No," hesaid, sadly, "I thoug^H I ?well, that is?well, you see, I bou^H| I it for a certain finger, but she would^H wear it on that, so I've come back wi^H it."?Jexe!er\ Weekly. A newspaper is offering pri;:es of for the order in which the baseball tca^H will finish at the end of the seasonnfTorq SC." 00 for fl COrrCCt CUeSsH the three coldest days this winter; an^H in order to keep up with the processic^H we will give #100,000 cash to any o^H who sends us the correct date on whi^H the end of the world will occur.? York Xeic-. kB TIIK FOOl BAl.T. PLAYER. ABM Jlv nether ear was neatly nipped, KB My collar bone was broken, Mv shoulder from its socket slipped, HM My larynx bruise 1 and clioken. I lost five teeth and smashed my no!jer^H My left leg's very lame, But all the same we thrashed our foes,^H It was a dandy game. ?Sew York An aged widower got married rccentHl for the fourth time, notwithstandii^H that he had a house full of growa-i^H children. While the marriage cererno^H was being performed one of the gi.es^Bj hearing sobs in the next room. ask^H one of the children who it was. "Th&^H Emily," was the reply, "she al*a;^H howls when papa gets married again. t-v