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ELECTION ECHOES.
Harrison and Morton the Sue*
cessful Candidates.
Beturns Given From Every Statf
in the Country,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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" ,
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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,^
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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.
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