The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, November 23, 1892, Image 2
THANKSGIVING DAY!
With grateful heart* let all give thanks, '
All lands, all stations, and all ranks:
A?wl th? nrv un ulnncr the wav.
fbr what shall we give thanks to-day?
Itor peace and plenty, busy mills. ]
"The cattle on a thousand hills," ]
For bursting barns, wherein is stored i
The golden grain, a precious hoard: s
Give thanks' s
Kor orchards bearing rosy fruit.
1 For yielding pod and toothsome root,
And all that (rod declared was good
\{i hill or dale, or field or wood:
Give thanks?
for water bright an 1 swee^t and clear,
A million fountains far and near.
for graoious streamlets, lakes, and rill* r
That flow from everlasting hills: a
Give thanks'
For summer dews an J timely frost,
The sun's bright beams, not one ray lost. r
For willing hands 10 sow the seed
And reap the harvest, great indeed:
Give thanks' C
s
Pbr hearth and home?love's altar fires? \
Hot loving children, thoughtful sires; {
For tender mothers, gentle wives.
Who fill our hearts and bless our lives* s
Give thanks' j
For heaven's care, life's journey through.
For health and strength to dare and do, j
Kor ears to hear, for eyes to sea n
Earth's beauteous things on land and sea: v
Give thanks!
-?-M. A. Kidder. v
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BESSIE'S THANKSGIVING. J
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BV KATE M. CLKAR7. C
f( MOST diffident u
~M M and modest
knocik it was.
. Perhaps because
jZy m f?^|j it was so very <j
' * ^ KjJJL diffident, so very 0I
modest, irritated cl
t !K- < 1 all the more the g
jUT 1 peculiarly alert 0)
nerves of Mr. ^1
Win.' God*1*? Kirke- U
kV*" "Oh, come in, j,
^ -4 come in!" he
tp '' "" cned. .
An elderly woman entered the room.
She had a small, pale withered lace; a I
kind face, though, pleasant, gentle. |
8he was dressed in a worn dark gown. 8e
The net fichu, crossed over her slender ^
boulders, was clasped by an old-fash- ^
ioned medallion.
"To-morrow will be Thanksgiving- 18
re," she said; "I wished to know if I w
might prepare for the day after."'
An. originally handsome apartment,
this in which the old man sat, and it J
had been handsomely furniahed. Now .
both the room and its belongings bore ^
the mark of creeping poverty, or extreme
penuriousness. The master of the w
boose, seated by the center table, seemed
to share the character of the room. He,
too, bad been handsome once. Now a|
be was expressive only of age and in- .
digence, irom the threadbare collar of
bis limp dressing-gown to the tips of his
thin and shabby slippers.
"Prepare what?" he growled.
4'Why* turkey, sir; or a pie, or?or
a bit of cranberry-sauce, sir?"
He looked so fierce, hor words died in?<
her throat.
"Turkey! And where do you suppose
I can get the money to spend on
tarkey? And pie 1 To make us all sick,
and., bring doctors and doctors' bills
down on me! And," with a sniff of
disgust, "cranberry sauce?the skinny
tuff! No, Mrs. Dotty. A bit of bacon
and some bread will be good enough for
poor folks like us?good enough."
His housekeeper, for that was the un:>kl?
Km nornnipf? in
CUViaUtC puoiviuu flUOl A/VWJ WWM^.W%.
Godfrey Kirke's household, resolved to
take one last appeal.
* l4But I thought perhaps on account of
the child," she began.
"The cbild?the child I" he repeated,
irasciblv, "I'm sick of hearing about
. kM." '
Indignation made Mrs. Dotty quite
bold for once. w
"She's your own granddaughter, sir. j
That's what she is." r.
" 'Well, I didn't ask for her, did I? I M
ever wanted to adopt her. What right
t??r mnthfir to inbke such a Door
und of herself bj marrying Tom Bar- w
rett, and then ccme bacx to die here, r(
and leave me her girl? Eh? She's an a1
expense, I tell you; that'* all/ An expense!"
"The Lord help ua, but he's getting
worse than ever!" murmured the woman,
ms, with a bang that was downright disrespectful,
she slammed the door behind
her. c]
"You?you, Miss Bessie!"
She started, as she looked up, and saw Q
Bessie Barrett standing so near her. She ^
was a slim, brown-haired little thing, of
about seventeen. She was clad in an ill- y
made gown of coarse maroon cashmere.
Her ejea were large, gray, just now very
sorrowful. Her lashes and brows were 0
quite black. The delicate features had a
pinched look, and the pretty lip3 were
tier than should be the Uds of one so v
. . Joaug- ' J
"Y^sjandl?heard.'' a
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IliJP, I;
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"OH, COME tN, COME IS' HE CRIED.
i ?
"Oh, doa't?don't mind, dear!" said j 1
Mrs. Dotty, soothingly, putting a hand j 1
that looked like wrinkled ivory on the i1
girl's arm. <lile is just a cro3S, soured,
IftnAln nlrl man." | <
"I do mind!" Bessie passionately cried. |1
uOb, I do! I sha'n't stay here! I sha'n't |
be an expense to him any longer. 1 will i
go away somewhere!" a
She broke down in a fit of bitter f
weeping.
"Now, Miss Bessie, dear, you mustn't t
cry that way; you really mustn't. I 1
loved jo or mother before you, and I lore s
?>
you.
But the poor, little, old comforter wa?
ilmost crying herself. i
Years before, the Kirke? were the j
jeoplc of wealth and position in thai I
>art of the country. But one trouble
ifter another had come upon the house.
First, the wife of the master died, i
yiaud, the daughter, married a man
vhose only crime was poverty. He wa9
i frail, scholarly own, quite unfitted for
c '~ ~
I QUrct? Bl-ruugiu auvuioc ivivuuv
ie fell ill sad died. A year later his
vifc followed him, leaving their child
o its grandfather, Godfrey Kirke. To
he latter had come the final blow when
us only son Robert, his hope and pride,
lad run away to sea. Then in the
louse, which since the death of the misress
had been a cheerless and droary
>Iace, began a rigid reign of miserliness
md consequent misery.
Bessie broke from her friend and ran
ipstairs and into her own little bare
oom. There was no fire in the grate,
hough the day was cold with the peneraticg
damp of a wind from off the
>cean. She went to the window and
tood there looking out across the flat
?rown marshes, to where the waters
ossed, greenish and turbulant. v
"A horrid day," she said, with a
hiver, "but it can't be worse out than
Q." f
She put oa a short old Astrahan
acket, a little felt hat and a pair of
auch-mended cloth glove?. Then she ;
feat quickly down and out.
The dusk, the dretry November dusk, j
raa filling the room when the old man, r
lodding over his accounts, laid down
is pencil and rang the bell. Mrs.
>otty responded. Mr. Kirke kept but
ne other servant (if Mrs. Dotty could v
orrectly be termed a servant), and she
bsolutely refused 4o enter the protest- j
lg presence of her master. j.
"Aca; ?
uYes, sir." j
The meek housekeeper withdrew. g
'ea minutes later she brought iu a tray v
a which were tea, bread, butter, two 0
ups, two saucers and two platen Mr. fa
iirke poured out his tea, shook a little g
f the sugar he was about to use back ia
le old silver bowl, added carefully a b
iw drops of milk and cut a slice of y
read. 8l
"Butter has gone up three cents in the *
at week," he said. "I can't afford to c
je butter." f<
So he munched his bread dry, with a m
inse of exaltation in his self-imposed ii
3nance. He would not open the tl
aorhouse-door for himself by using but- r<
it. But, somehow, the rank tea tasted d
inker than usual. 1 Surely the bread u
as sour. And the gloom outside the E
nail circle that the lamplight illumined r<
semed singularly dense. What was h
Who* woe miuuinrr? What LTaS n
IVJUgf f? MM. -
iffereat? fie paused, his hand falling d
v his aide. The child?as he and Mrs. d
jtty had always called her?the child fi
as not here. She used to slip iu so fi
aietly, take her seat, aud when her E
leager supper was over, glide away just o
i softly. Yes, little as he noticed her, u
ie was generally there. He rang the d
ell sharply. 1<
f
Jilllffll /Tk\\\ \
t
HE HAD THE WEAPON 1ST HIS HAND. S
? a
*'Where is she?" he asked Mrs. Dotty, n
hen she popped in her mild old head, t
here was no need to particularize. Mrs. f
otty cast a swift, searching look
roucd.
"Isn't she here?" a
Without waiting for a reply, she T
lrned and ran up the stairs to Bessie's v
)om. There she knocked. No t'
aswer. She opened the door, went in.
he room was empty.
Hastily she descended the Btairs. c
."Shs is not in, sir.'*' f
"Where is shet" t
"I don't know, sir." n
Impatiently Godfrey Kirke pushed his a
hair back from the table. v
You oujfht to know; it's your busi- D
ess to know. But it doesn't matter? s
; doesn't matter in tac lease." a
Down to Haona in the kitchen went s
Irs. Dotty. a
"Did you see Miss Bessie?"
"Yes'm. Passin' westward a couple i
f hours aga?yes'in." t
"Oh!"
Mrs. Dotty breathed a relieved sigh. ?
Jessie had probably gone to Rose Dever's j
Louse. The Devers lived almost a mile
,way. As a storm was blowiag up she s
rould most likely stay there over night. s
About ten o'clock Mr. Kirke's bell t
.gain tingled out. Agaia Mrs. Dotty
ippeared before him. I
"Has the child come in?" I
"No, sir." j
"Do vou know why she went out?1'
' I suspect, sir." (
"Well, speak up." i
"She overheard our conversation to- t
Jay." *
"What of it?"
"Nothing of it," with a very angry
Ja3h from very faded eyes, "except that ,
i\\e% rrr\rrraA qKa nrAilM Kti on ATnAnBP tn
.HV ? 1' ?
fou no looker." (
"She did, eh?" ,
'She did." y
"Well," grimly, "I hope she won't!'' 5
The child had a sulky fit. She was |
jrobably at the house of some neighbor. ,
she would return when her tantrum had
massed off. All this he told himself. ]
itill he sat in his lonely room till long
ifter midnight, listening, listening )
When he finally went to bed it was to |
oil and moan till daylight, in the vague t
\rctchedaess of unhappy dreams. ,
Noon?the noon before Thauksgiving \
ive,?came, went. Bessie did not re- ,
luru. j
All forenoon it rained. Toward even- I
ng the rain ceased, aud a fog, a chill, s
imoky, blinding fog, began to creep up I
rom the Atlantic. ]
"If you don't mind," said fllrs. Uotty, j i
aking her appearance with a shawl over '
ler head, "I'll just run over to Devers' I
ind see rvhat is keeping Mis? Bessie."
"Do!" he answered.
She had spoken as if the distance were
not worth considering, but it was quite a
' ? _ V.A. ufUnn a Via fafnpn n ^ aKn
luuruojr iui UCI. Il ucu auo lu.uiu^u ouu
ooked white and scared.
"She isn't there?hasn't been."
"Hark!" said Godfrey Kirke, holding
lp one lean hand.
ffT
Cf
"ROBERTI" "FATHER!"
t'TKaf ia nnlir Hia rurriflr with thp
lour."
"Aak him if he has seen her?"
Mrs. Dotty went into the hall. Almost
nstantly she returnod.
4'He has not. He says there is the
>ody of a young woman at the town
norgue."
"What!"
Godfrey Kirke leaped from his chair.
"He says that the body of a young girl
found in the East Branch to-day."
Godfrey Kirke sank back ia his seat,
ifrs. Dotty smiled a hard little smile to 1
lerself as she closed the door and went (
.way. She knew how many friends
Jessie had. She shrewdly suspected if I
he were not found at one place she
rould be at another; ana sne was mauci- <
>ualy and pleasantly conscious that she
Ad given the hard-hearted old man a
;enuinr scare.
Long the latter sat where she had left
im. Thinking. For the first time in
ears he was thinking, sadly, seriously,
alemnly. Thanksgiving-eve! In his
rife's time the house used to be gay and *
heerful on that night, so filled with com- '
art and bright anticipations, so odorous 1
rith the homely fragrance of good things
> thB kitchen, no dulichtfullv merrv with '
tie brisk bustle attendant on the mor- f
>w's festivity, itaw it was desolate, 1
reary, darksome with depressing and 1
nutterable gloom. Whose fault was itf f
lis i decided Goifrey Kirke, as savagely (
slentless to himself in this moment as
e would have been to another., His!
rhen his devoted wife had drooped and
ied under his ever-increasing arrogance,
ictation. His I when Maud married the
rst man who offered himself, to escape j
rom her father's pretty rule. > His 1 when J
tobert ran away to escape the narrow
bligationo and unjust restrictions laid 1
Don him. Hts! when the child his (
ead daughter had left him could no ?
jnger endure his brutality, or accept (
rom him the scant support he so grudingly
gave. His fault?all hist In 8
bose lonely hours the whole relentless c
ruth dawned upon him, as such truths ?
/ill dawn, in most bitter brilliance. He 1
Iropped his head on his hands with a c
[roan. * ?
He looked around the dim, shabby 1
oom. He looked at the dying fire in s
he grate. He wondered of what use c
rould be to him now his twenty-thou- |
and in bonds, his eight hundred acres
f meadow land, the money ha had out 1
t interest. He rose in a dazed kind of s
ray, a shadowy purpose taking definite- 1
63s in his mind. He wished he had f
een better to Beise; he wished?but 1
rhat was the use of wishing nowf There
ould be but one satisfactory answer to .
II his self-condemuation. A shot from ?
he revolver in the drawer yonder,that he 1
tad always kept in readiness for possible *
* mnwa/l fAwarrl I I
)Urgiar?. UC iuau* lie uiutqu wr? 1?|\? be
table. His figure caat a fantastic 1
hadow od the wall. The tears were s
(reaming down his cheeks. There
light be thanksgiving for his d^ath, r
hough there could never have been any c
or his life.
Hark!
He had the weapon in his hand. He
tarted nervously. Was that Bessie's
oice? He turned, dropping the revolver _
rith a clatter. Yes, there she was, not |B
bree feet away, fresh, fair, damp, smilJ
"It is the queerest thing," she said,
aming toward him as she spoke. "I
elt?badly?yesterday, and I went over 1
d Mrs. Farnham's to see if she could get (
le work. I met Mrs. Nelson, and sbe
sked me to go home with her. Dicky 1
ras ill. and she wanted me to stay orer *
light. She sent you a note. At least *
he sent the boy with it, but he lost it,
nd only told her *so this afternoon. As {
oon as I knew that I started home 1
lone?althoueh Dicky wras no better."
"Yea?" said Godfrey Kirke. He was '
istening with aa unusual degree of in- 8
erest.
"And to-night, when I was almost (
iere, (Nelsons' ia quite two miles away, J
ou know), I got lost in the fog."
Her grandfather regarded her in
imazencent. What made he paie cheeks
o bright? What excitement had
jlackened her gray eyes?
"And?a gentleman who was coming
iere found me, and?and brought me i
lome. Please thank him, grandpa.
.Iere he ia I"
With an incteduloua, gasping cry,
jxodfrey Kirke retreated, as a big brown,
niiamlnr fellow came dashing in from
;he ball.
"Robert!" %
"Father!"
Tbeu they were clasped in each other1#
\rms.
"I'm back from the sea for good,
father. And I chancid to tiad iny little
liece Bessie lost out there in the fog. A
pouag lady, I vow! And I was tbinkng
of her as a mere baby yet! Just
;hink! She telle me Charlie Nelson
;vant8 her?M
'No? Well, Charlie is a fine fellow.
Ele can have her?a year from to-day."
So now vou know why the Kirke
?oraestead 13 dazzling wit? lights and
lowers, and why it resounds with laugher
this Thauksgivinsj; why old Godfrey
ivcars a brann-new suit, ami a flower in
lis buttonhole; why Robert, in his j
ightful place, looked so proud and
* ' ' ? Mwa tr
Jieasea , way ueur, uusv nunc iiuo.uwi.vj I
jeams benignly; why Bessie, gowned in
inowy, shining silk, thinks this is a
ovely old world after all; why Charlie J
Nelson is so blessedly content, and why
in each and every heart reigns supreme I
Thanksgiving.?The Ledger.
Spears
are found in the earliest htero- |
[jlyphics of Egypt.
' -1 ? -*V-" ..
Thanksgirin? Boast Pip.
Take a choice fat pig six weeks old,
not younger, though it maj be a little
older. Have it carefully killed and
dressed, and thoroughly washed. - Trim
out carefully with a sharp, narrow-bladed
knife the inside of the mouth and ears,
cut out the tongue and chop off the end
of the snout. Rub the Dicr well with a
mixture of salt, pepper and pounded
sage, and sprinkle it rather liberally with
red pepper, and a dash outside, too.
Make a rich staffing of bread crumbs
?corn bread stuffing is de rigeur for i
pier, though you can put half of one and ,
half of the other inside of Mr. Piggy if
somebody insist* on loaf bread stuffing.
If you use corn bread, have a thick, rich ,
pone of bread baked, and crumble it as
soon as it is cool enough to handle, season
it highly with black and red pepper,
sage, thyme, savory marjoram, minced
onion?just enough to flavor it, and
plenty of Tresh butter; moisten it well
with stock, cream, or even hot water.
Stuff the pig well and sew it up closely.
If you hare a tin roaster aud open fire,
the pig will be roasted by that much
better. If you have not, put the pig in
a long pan aud set it iu the oven, and
leave the^stove door open until the pig
begins to cook, gradually closing the
poor, so that the cooking will not be
done too fast. The pig njust be well
dredged with flour when put in the pan.
Mix some.flour and butter together in a
plate, and pour about a quart of hot
water in the pau with the pig when it is
put on the flre. Have a larding-mop iu
hhe nl?r#? of flnnr and butter, and mOD
the pig frequently with the mixture
while it is roasting.
If a roaster is used, set it about two
feet from the fire at drat, but continue (
to move it nearer and nearer as the pig
cooks. Baste it frequently with the
water in the pan betweenwhiles of mopping
with flour and butter.
To be sure the pig is done, thrust a
jkewer through the thickest part of hint;
if no pidk or reddish juice oozes out it "
is done, and ought to be a rich brown
ill over. When the pig ia done pour
the gravy in a saucepan and cook it
nifiicienily. This will not be necessary
if the pig was cooked in the store oren.
rhe pig's liver may be boiled in well
talted water, pou&ded up, and added to
Kfl nrarrrr nrkioh ahmilH hp Mfl AJiVftrV
J
tnd plentiful.
The pig should be invariably served
with baked sweet potatoes and plenty of
;ood pickle and sauce, either mushroom
>r green pepper catsup, for despite his
;oothsomeness, roast pig is not very safe
tating without plenty of red pepper.?
3ood Housekeeper.
Thank-giyiug Day. ,
Merriment should run riot on Turkey !
>?? T.?t Thonlromvinflr I VP ft nicrht fit
,u?? ?~~a e> ? - ?n? ?
ollicking fun for the children, little and
>ig. In after years. when.they.are away
:rom home its influences will linger
iround them still. Tour son 0? your
laughter may be kept in the "straight
md narrow way" by the remembrance
>f just one happy ho ne night.
simple game that even the baby can
ilmost take part in is called ''Fish, flesh
>r fowl." The leader must stand and
ay to one, "Fish, flesh or fowl." then
f before he has counted fire that one
ioes not give the name of some fowl he
nust pay a forfeit. There is lots of fun
n this game, for in his effort to think of
ome fowl quickly one is likely to get
ionfused and cry out "eels" or "eleihants,"
forgetting that these are unikely
fowls. -The leader must talk* <
apidly for- the older folk, but more I
lowly for the littie ones. It will incite (
he latter to look up all the available
tames of fowl when they know this game
s to be played.
Vtnma Tnflio'
"" 'illJ iaviu?l a UVIUV IAV?U
b a game that never failed to bring
town tbe house in my young days, and
t must have been enjoyable, for after all
bese years I feel as if I would like to
>lay it now, if I had a right merry lot of
caders about me, writes Palmetto Goldmith
in the American Agriculturist.
Seat the children on three sides of a
oom, and let the leader sit so that he
:an be seen by all. He must then say,
'My father's got home from India."
"What did he brio# you?" one must
>e instructed to ask.
You reply "A fan," and. then begin
o fan yourself with your hand, which
ill must imitate.
Then you repeat the remark about the
eturn of your father, and another asks, i
'What did he bring you?"
"Two fans," fanning with both hands, ,
rhich all must imitate.
To the next question the answer is,
'Two fans, a boot ahd a shoe," which
leceasitates that both hands go through
be motion of fanning, while the feet
ap the floor.
To the next you reply. "Two fans, a
>oot, a shoe and a hat," and then the
lead must be nodded.
The first one who misses auy motion
nust pay a forfeit, and it is needless to
lay that the forfeits are many. It is
really good exercise, and after the little
>nes have been thoroughly instructed in
jameB of this kind, they will relieve you
>f their care through many a busy hour
t>v nlayinj: them among themselves.
Am Informal Rapnst
4'I suppose," said Mrs. Brown, "you
would like me to wear a new dress at
this Thanksgiving dinner you are going
to give?"
"Ca^t afford it," growled old Brown.
"As long as you have the turkey well J
dressed you will pass muster."?Judge.
Cause for Thanktigivlii?.
Sunday-school Teacher ? 44 Willie, ?
have you had anything during the week 1
to be especially thankful for?"
Willie?"Yes'm, Johnny Podgers
sprained his wrist and I licked him for
the first time yesterday."'?Burlington
Free Press.
The Thanksgiving Turkey. ;
As Thanksgiving Day walks down this way <
i'he strutting turkey is ill at ease; I
"I'm poor as the turkey of Job," says he;
"Tough and untit to oat, you see;
I trnhhiB no more o( mv uedigree, j
Lest some poor fellow should gobble nie;
A.ud a turkey MizzwJ 1 think I'll b<?.
For the present, if you please.'
?Binghamton Republican.
The first armor used was of akins and
padded hides.
Tommy's bream on Thanksgiving Night
CLEVELAND AND STEVENSON I
Democrats Elect Their President
and Vice-President.
How the Senate, House and State
Governments Will Stand,
- Graver.; Cleveland and Adlai- Stevenson,
the Democratic candidates, hare been elect
Bd President and VicA-President of the
United States for the term beginning March
4, 1893. The victorj is a sweeping one, and
on tbe Becond day after the election it was
OROVJEB CLEVELAND.
astimated from the la teat return* that th?
Democrats would have a majority of I5t
rotes in th? Electoral Collega. Of the State*
' AD LA I Z. 8TEVKNSOV.
that were pnt down as doubtful before th<
x>nteet, Cleveland and Stevenson carry New
Cnxtr K? <t:-t nnn- Now Jviuir htr 12 (VW:
*V??, -"jvvv, S -?
^ " B ETC ?TA. M T TC^ HA.R^IS 0 V. -'
Connecticut, by over 5000; We?t Virginia,
jy 6000; Indiana, by 8000.
The greatest surprises ware furnished by
[lllnoisand Ohio, both of which choose Dam
WHITKLA.W MID.
>cratic electors, the former by 10,000 pl0rality,
the latter by a small majority. The
Democrats had a olose share la D out ware,
>nly carrying the State by 538 rotw. As
JAMES B. WEAVER.
later returns came in the Republicans conseded
California to the Democrats by a
small plurality, and at the same time there
was no doubt that Wisconsin was Demo*
cratic.
Tbe result of the voting for electors, as Inhir
mhims on the second day after
election, is summarized iu the following
table:
d g .
States. M 8 a>
<0 ? >
? u S?
-2 ?
0 a ^
Alabama 11 ? ?
Arkansas 8 ? ?
California y ? ?
Colorado ? ? 4
Connecticut 6 ? ?
Delaware 3
Florida 4 ? ?
[reorgia 13 ? ?
Maho ? ? 3
Illinois 514 ? ?
Indiana 15 ? ?
Iowa....'. ? 13 ?
? in
Kansas ? ? ...
Kentucky..., 13 ?
Louisiana..., 8 ? ?
Maine ? ti ?
Maryland 8 ? ?
Massachusetts ? 15 ?
Minnesota ? 9 ?
Michigan ?.... 6 8 ?
Mississippi 9 ? ?
Missouri.. ,,,,,,,,,,, 17 ? ?
Montana..-- ? 3 ?
Nebraska ? ? S
Nevada ? - 3
* -? 4
new nampsaire
Nevr Jersey *2 ~~ I
New York -1? ? i
North Carolina.. 11 ? ~~ j
: .-v.y:v r"
North Dakota ? 3 ?
Ohio 23 ? ?
Oregon ? 4 ?
Pennsylvania ? 3a ?
Rhode Island ? South
Carolina 9 ? ?
South Dakota ? ? 4
Tennessee 12 ? ?
Texas , f. 15 ? ?
Vermont ? 4 ?
Virginia 12 ? ?
Washington ? 4 ?
West Virginia 6 ? ?
Wisconson 12 ? ?
wyommg ? o ?
Totals J00 112 :*2
Total number of votea 444
Necessary for a choice 2 3
Cleveland's majority 130
The Presidential Electors were elected by
the several States at large, except in Michigan,
when one Elector was elected by the
eastern half of the State and one by the
western half, and one by each Congressional
district
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Louisiana, Maine, Orgeon, Rhode Island
and Vermont have elected their State officers
and Legislature* this year.
In regard to me unirei estates cjjnate it
was believed, from the latest returns, that
after March 3 J, 1803, it would be under
Democratic control. Democratic Legislatures
hare been elected in New Yonc,'
Wisconsin and California to chooso
the 8ucc>ssors of Republican Senators
Hiscock, Sawyer and Felton.
Fusion Legislatures hare been elected to
choose Senators in place of these Republicans:
Paddock, o' "N^hi-Vr*; P*r<rins, of
Kansas; Warren,of Wyoming, and Stewart,
of Nevada. An expert estimates that the
body will Stand: Democrats, 43; Rapubll*
' cans, 40; 'People's Party, 6.'
A compilation of the election returns for
Congressmen, made up from late reports
and from later telegrams, sire the Democrats
a majority over the Republicans in
the next House of 89, and over both Re
rmblicans and Third Partvites of 69.
The returns as yet, of course, are very incomplete
and changes will have to be made
in the flaruree on both aides, aa the later reports
will probably show the defeat of a
number of Congressmen now said
to be elected, and vice versa.
The figures, however, clearly indicate
that the next House of Representative* will
be Democratic by a large working majority.
According to the present compilation there
will be 216 Democrats, 187 Republicans an. I
18 Third Party men in the next House,
with eleven additions yet to be made W
complete the quota of ^158 members.
Then were in tue last douse 235 Democrats,
88 Republicans and 9 Independent*-, or
882 members in all. The result u a relative
gain for the Republicans, as compared witb
the tremendous landslide of two years ago.
The strength of the Independents willl>e
greMrjr nearly the same in the next House as
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JOHH BIDWBLL.
Demooratic Governors were ohoseu in a
majority of the States which voted for State
ticket*. In New Hampshire the fight is
thrown into the Republican legislature.
This table shows results:
Colorado?Joseph EL Maupin, Dem.
Connecticut?Luzon B. Morris, Dem.
Idaho?William J. McConnell, Rep.
Illinois?John P. Altgeld, .Dem. .
Indiana?Ciaude Matt news. Dem.
Kansas?L. D. Lewelling, Peo.-Dem.
Massachusetts? William E. Russell, Dem.
Michigan?J. 7. Rich, Rep.
Minnesota?Knute Nelson, Rep.
Missouri?William J. Stone. Dem.
Montana? Rickards, Reo.
Nebraska? Lorenzo U rouse, Rep.
New Hampshire?No choice by people.
New Jersey?George T. Wert*, Dem.
North Carolina?Elias Carr. Dem.
North Dakota?An-irew H. Burke, Rep.
South Carolina?Beniamin R. Tillman,
Dem. .
oouth Dakota?A. L. Van Osdel, People.
Tennessee?Peter Turney, Dem.
Texas?James 8. Hozg, Dam.
"Washington? H. L. Sniveiy, Dem.
West Virginia?William A. McCorkle,
Dem.
Wisconsin?George W. Peck, Dem.
Wyoming?John jE. Osborne, Dem.-Peo.
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
Found Dead in His Bed in the
Blenheim Palace.
A dispatch from Blenheim Palac?, the
seat of the Duke of Marlborough at Woodstock,
Oxfordshire, England, announces
that the Duke wasafound dead in bed there
a few mornings ago.
The Duke was out driving that day and
was in good spirits. He showed no symptons
of Illness. Upon his return from his
drirs he took dinner and ate wall. He
Dassed the evening in reading and writing.
and retired at midnight, stall seemingly in
good health. His conversation was cheerful.
. .
When the valet entered the Duke'a bedroom
in the morning he found his mister
lying on his back in ted. One of his arms
was thrown over his chest and his hand was
clenched above his heart. His face was
ierene and he appeared to be asleep. The
valet made no attempt to arous9 him until
he noticad the growing pallor of the faca.
Then he made an attempt to wake him, but
found he was dead.
It is supposed that death resulted from
heart disease or chloral.
It was evident when the body was found
I that life had been extinct several hours,
and that death was painless Rieor mortis
wa^ then well develooed. In view of the
I suddenness of the Duke's death, while he
' was apparently enjoying good health, a
i examination of the remains
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was made.
The Marquis of Blandford. the Duke'* sou,
and Lord Randolph Churchill, his brother,
arrived at Blenheim in the afternoon. They
found the Duchess prostrate with grief.
George Cnarlea Spencer-Churchill, the
eighth Duke of Marlborougu, Marquis of
Blandford, Prince of the Holy Roman Em'
? onr! Snahia
pire, ana rnuco ui ?
was bora in Eogland.May Si, 1844. He mar
ried a rich American widow, Mr?. Hani
mersley, a few years ago.
FOUB HEADS OUr OFF.
Indians Kill anil Terribly S^utilate
Miners in Alaska.
The steamer Chilkat has arrived at Tacoma,
Washington, from Alaska. Sha left
Fort Wrangle Octc4>3r -2, an J while there
it was learned that four white men had been
found in the camp at Fort Barry, Kupre- I
noff Island, with their neaas cue on aaa
their clothing stripped from their bodies.
The crimes are supposed to hare been com"
mittod by Kane Indians, as an outcome of
the Edwaras trouble la3t year, when John
E .I wards, a miner and explorer, was killed
by the natives, wno fancied he had got the
better of them in souie trivai matter. The
bodies of the murdered men were horribly
mutilated and could not be identified. Ia
two instances the heads hid been stuck on
posts near by and the flesh had been picked
off by crows. The murdered mea were
miners.
v/LARK, s3Tan"i.y-;our years uru, was
I.sn-J ~ ??. 4nn^irhill IV v t.hn
IU11UU ujr a ItOIU aw nu.x, . # .,
other evening. Just ten years ago he was
struck by the same train, under the charge
of the same conductor, at the sirae hour and
near the same spot. At that time he was
thrown up in the air, but was unhurt.
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II mch Property Lost in Threo
Big Blazes.
Three Factories and Ten Stores
Destroyed in Brooklyn.
Fire destroyed the wall paper - factories
of R. H. Hobbs & Co. and Walther & Co..
the carpet factory of 8perry & Bsales and
tea stores, and buraed out about twentyfive
families (a Brooklyn, -V. Y., ?few afternoons
ago. The loss was estimated at about
1700,000; insurance two-thirds that amount
One person was Injured by jumping from a
window. So serious did the fire become that
six engines were called from New York City .
and assisted in fighting the conflagration.
Policeman Maude, of the Adams street
station, was Dassins? the. four storr brick
building occupied by R. H. Hobbs & Co. M
a wall paper factory, about 4:55 o'clock,
when he saw flames coming out of a window
on the first floor.
An alarm was sent out, but the flames v
spread so rapidly that a second and than a
third call followed. Before the first engines
arrived tho fire had gained great headway.
It spread from Hobbs's building to the
tenements on either side, and then, driven
by the wind, reached back to Tiffany plaoV
burning everything in its path and spanning
the narrow thoroughfare with tongues oi
flame.
The big paper mauolactory of Waldemaa
A. Walthar & .Co.? No. 1, Tiffany plaos,
caught and the adjacent stair-pad and
carpet factory of Beates & Co., as well aa a .
number of tenement houses. ,
While the district is mostly occupied by
manufacturing establishments they ara
sandwiched here and there between four and,
five story tenements. ' i
The efforts of the occupants of these
buildings, assisted by other residents of the
n?i<rhforh<wvf to i'Pwmm thfrir hnmuthnld
goods, created much confusion, and the criM
of children and the frightened imams of
women could be beard a bore the din of the
engines.
The area devastated by the fire runs about
Ine lot* front from a point on Columbia
jtoeet, opposite Irving place, through the
Sokto Tiffany place, then fro to that point
m Tiffany plaoe to tiarrlson street,oovaring
about halfa' block, and tiienoe "through to
Hicks street, upon which buildings on about
two lots front, are destroyed.
When tbe paptr factories had hem can*
sumed the blaze became toes fierce and the
numerous,streams/of water playing upon it
had an appreciable effect,
, otg maze in oooun.
At 10:30 p. m. Are was (MflWWd la tha
shop of EL B. Robinson & Co.. boiler makers,
in Borden street, Ease Boston, Mass., ana
by the time \e fire apparatus* reached tha
place a lively blaze was In progrssi. Tha
whole building was soon a mass of flames,
which, driven by a strong westerly wind,
soon spread to H. Murray's plaaing mill
adjoining;. The fire soon communicated
to the following buildings:
Towle & Poster's stair-building sfcOf,
Graham & Cameron's carpenter and housebuilding
establishment. H. Drake & Bon's
carpenter shop, and JA<iHugo tu Snow's box
factory. At midnight the fire ha i burned
ever a territory or about foor acres and
consumed seven buildings,-,Tha insurance
carried was amali, owing to the high
rates charged by the lnsuraooa flowpaaiss,
who mnaiaered the district .adancer*
oils one. The losses amounted to over $800, 00,
and the insurance to half that amount.
Pawling (V, Y.) Hua Bif Fire.
Twelve busiaeei Anns and six families
were burned out bj a fire at Pawling, N. Y.
The Pawling National Bank and the Dutoher
House were saved only with the greatest
difficulty, and bnt for a timely chance
in the wind the entire Tillage would ' .
hare been swept away. Aa It is the
principal business portion is In ashes
ine nre apparatus waa inadequate to oopo.
with the flames. Daylight foaod the atroata
lull of household goods hastily taken out of
burning or threatened dwellings.
During the Are three persona win injured,
bat none fatally. Ine aggregate low
u estimated at 175,000, on wnuk there la
about |50,QP0 Insurance. .
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LATEB NEWS.
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I'm mo ?f "R?v Dr. C. A. Brian.
charged with heresy, came np for trial before
the Presbytery of New York. Amended
charges and specifications were made, and
the case continual la order to giro Dr.
Briggs time to reply. ?
SucozrPorr, passenger agent and confr
dentiai clerk for James E. Ward & Co.,
agents of the New York and Cuba Mai)
Steamship Company, was held for examination
in the Tombs Police Coort, New York
City, on a charge of grand larceny. Offi
cials of the compaay claim he has embezzled
140,000.
St am bo ul lowered the world's stallion
record to 2i)8 oa the Stockton (CaL) track.
Thk express train.washeld. up at Whar
ton, Oklahoma. The express car waa blown*
open with dynamite, the messenger wounded
and overpowered and the safe robbed. The
amount secured was several thousand dollars.
Sir Julian Paunckfotk, the British
? il? M?nmu4 An Wash in*- -.3
muiinter, uuMiuuj >?m.... ? w
ton from Liverpoo'.
Ths French troops bay^ captured Cane
and Musoo, m Dahomej, and are marching
on Abamey.
The late fatal explosion in Paris vrat
J *?11? I'-.imlikh and not br ths
causou ujr wuo
Carmaux strikers.
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LAUNCH OF TEE OLYMPIA.
Cruiser No. 6 Now In the Water and
Named for Washington's Capital.
Cruiser No. 6 was launched a few days ago
at San Francisco, Cal. The yard was gay
with banting soon after noon. Governor
Markham and his staff, accompanied by a
party of official visitors and Miss Anna
Belle Dickie, made their way up the gangway
to the sloping dec* of the war ree&n.
At a sigaal Miss Dickio broke ? bottle ot
wine over the bow of the b&tttechip, and
Cruiser No. 6 became the Olympia, and the
largest war ship ever'constructed by the
Union Iron Works glided do *n the ways. {
The Olympia is a protected cruiser of the
first class, and was authorized by the same
act of Congress that appropriated the money
for the construction of tha Cincinnati. The
limit of her coat was put to fl,800,000, exclusive
of the cost of the armament or of
any premiums that she may earn because of
increased speed over the guarantee. Misi
Anna Belle Dickie, who christened ner, u
the daughter of Mr. George (V. Dickie, one
of the oiraen and the manager of the Union
Iron Works.
INDIANS SELF-IMMOLATED.
Seven Red Men Hold an Or*fie and
Burn ro ueai.ii.
Wild Goose Bill, who his just arrived in
Spoakane Falls, Washington, from. Okanogon
County, brings news of t'na burning of
seven Indians near Alma. They had coma
across from the Reservation and got drunk,
and the United States Marsnal drove them
back. They went to an abandoned cabin
and held an orgie until two o'clock in the
morning.
About that hour settlers observed a bright
light, and investigation showed that the
cabin had caughc fire and that the Indiaus,
who were in a drunicen stupor, were ?u
burned to death, only their charre 1 boJiai
remaining.
The reports or the Tfew England cotton
mills show extraordinary earnings and
profits, notwithstanding the fact tbac they
nave been paying an advance of three and a
half per cent, in wages.
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