Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 June 1893 — CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS. [ARTICLE]

CONGRESSIONAL CONTESTS.

seats that Will Be the Done of Contention ln.This Conerress. The parties contesting for seats in the Fifty-third Congress have been notified by the clerk of the house to be present in person or by attorney the sth of June, when he will open the sealed packets containing the evidence in such cases. The contesting parties may then select what portions of the record in their respective cases they desire to have printed. The closest contest, according to a Washington dispatch, is that of Charles E. Belknap, Republican, against George F. Richardson, Democrat, of Michigan. Richardson beat his opponent ten votes in a total of a little over 40,1 00 votes cast. Thomas E. Watson, Farmers' Alliance, of Georgia, contests the seat of J. C. C. Black, Democrat, although he was beaten by over 5,<*00. P. H. Thrasher, populist, of Tennessee, claims to have been elected, but according to the returns B. A. Enloe, Democrat, leceivid 118 majority. In the case of Lewis Stewart, Democrat, of Illinoi-’, against Robert A. Childs, Bepublican, and holder of the certificate of election, the difference is only 37 votes. John J. O’Neill, Democrat, of St. Louis, was beaten by Chas. F. Joy, Republican, by 67 votes. W. B. English, Democrat, of California, claims the seat of S. G. Hilborn, Bepublican, who had 33 majority. The seat of James E. Cobb, Democrat, of Alabama, is contested by a Populist, Martin W. Whatley, who was defeated by 1,839 majority. J. T. Good, Populist, of Virginia, contests the election of J. F. Eppes, Democrat, who got nearly 3,000 majority. Kansas furnishes a contest with H. L. Moore, Democratic Populist, against E. H. Funston, Bepublican, whose majority was 83, and North Carolina the case of A. H. Williams, Populist and Prohibition candidate, against Thomas Settle, Republican, whose majority was 614.

PASSENGERS IN A PANIC. Collision of Steamers in the Chicago Itiver Causes Much Fright. Passengers on the World’s Fair steamer K. G. Stewart escaped an impromptu lake bath, and were given a good fright. On the Irip from Jackson Park to the State &treet bridge, the Stewart met in the Chicago river the large freight steamer Buffalo. The latter tried its steel against the former’s side. The Buffalo was making its way without e tug out into the lake, and as the Stewart rounded the pier at the life-saving station its captain saw the Buffalo coming toward him. He blew one blast on the whistle as a signal to the captain of tho Buffalo that he was going to cross the river and go up along the north bank. The captain of the Buffalo blew two whistles, a signal to the Stewart to stay on the south side of the river and not attempt 10 cross his bow. The Stewart did not reply to this signal, and neither vessel checked its speed. The Stewart shot out into the river, and the Buffalo struck her on the port side, a little aft of amidships. The passenger steamer careened until her sides were at an angle of forty-five degrees to the water. A panic ensued among her passengers. The Stewart finally wriggled out from under the sharp stem of the Buffalo and righted herself. In a short timo the docks were reached and tho passengers valked thankfully ashore.