Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1891 — Page 6

■ THE REPUBLICAN, Qbogb E. Marshall. Publisher. BBSSSSLAISI - INDIANA

ThosK who have watched the experiments o? bombarding tbeheaven s with dynamite to make rain have about reached tjie conclusion that they are not successful. Oxi result of the spread of the Mohammedan religion in Africa is to make tribes that formerly d isposed es their captives by cannibalism save them and sell them for slaves. Among the exhibits at the Frye burg. Me., fair last week were .*. plough that has been in use for 115 years, and a picture frame*,! in a board cut from a nine log 120 years •go. * A family living near Augusta Me., Lave as a pot a tame crow, which accompanies them whenever they go to the city on Sundays or market days, flying above and a lit tie in advance of the horses, Quf.en Victoria is said to rule a realm embracing 367,000,000 subjects. This is a greater people than ever before sat under the the shadow of one throne. Rule Is the diplomatic and conventional way of putting it. r

It has been proposed, on account of the scarcity of black walnut, to •übstitute for it the black gum which grows so plentifully throughout the Southern States. It can bo stained •o that an expert can hardly detect the difference between the woods. Mining is carried on in a very primitive way on the island of Madagascar. The natives work twelve and fourteen hours a day, and receive from six to ten cents a day. To an agent for a mining drill, who explained the amount of labor it might save, the superintendent said that he could get a Whole gang of’ men to work a lifetime for the money the drill would cost. Mr. C. G. Lelanp told the recent Polk Lore Congress in London he had interviewed at least a hundred old gypsy fortune tellers, and had discovered that they knew’ nothing whatever about the art of palmistry. He said they learned by long experience to be shrewd judges of character, and that while pretending to look at hands they were in reality inspecting foces to find out the characteristics of the people. Many a gypsy, he said, who has acquired fame as a fortune teller is merely a good reader of physiognomy. • -i,.', 1.1 i i

Two sailing ships recently lay in the Mersey that had left Liverpool on the same day last, year, and after voyages of nearly 30,000 miles for each returned to port at Liverpool side by side. They left on October 5 for Astoria, Ore., and arrived there on March 1 or 2, having been in company with each other for a large portion of the voyage. They were in sight for forty days Both captains had their wives on board, and during the forty days of proximity one of the Captains and his wife enjoyed a Sunday dinner on the other vessel, <he compliment being returned on ■the following Sunday by the other {Captain. Both vessels left Astoria ton April 8* but this time one sailed for Dunkirk and the other for Havre. ''They left these ports at nearly the ‘same time, and entered the Mersey within hailing distance after a voyage of 342 days. Dr. Walker, a physician of Edinburgh, has published his observations ~ou the study of medicine in American colleges. He criticises the shortness of the course. which. |While- nominally three years, is re. duced to twoyears by the custom of accepting a year with a medical practitioner as equivalent td! a year's study in college. The entrance examinations he condemns as being farcical. The average age of medical students in America is five years older than that of Scottish students, which is beneficial in an orderly tense and as promoting harder work —and yet he thinks the professional attainments of American students are less than those of Scottish dents. With all this. Dr. Walker, if he will look over the list, will discover that American physicians have reached success and fame quite as great as those of any other nation, and have made as many valuable disooverjes in the art of healing as the most renowned of Europeans. In our best medical colleges a -higher standard of examination of students .now prevails, and the course has been lengthened to sot r years.

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

“Tonv” Hart, the actor, ts dead. ACLinarmsn shota policeman and two other men in San Francisco, Saturday.' San Francisco wants the national Democratic and Republican conventions next year. , ---- --- • Mrs. Jefferson Davis has decided to have the remains of her husband interred In Holly wood Cemetery, Richmond, Va. . .A drunken father near Lexington, Va., on the 4th in a fit of anger placed his babe on a red-hot stoveand deliberately roasted it to death. Oliver Pelky, an expert diver, was drowned at Alpena, Mich. A hole in bis armor caused the water to rush in and smotherhtnf. E. J. Sutton lighted a cigar and thenshot himself in Kansas City, the burning c’gar still remaining in his mouth when he was found dead. An awful mining disaster occurred near Butte. Mont., on the 4th. a cage in which the miners were being lowered failing to the depths below and killing nineteen of them.

Commander-in-chief Palmer of the Grand Army of the Republic, has issued an order asking comrades not to participa • in any demonstration whert the confederate flag is displayed. At the meeting of the trades and labor assembly at Chicago a committee was ap pointed to co-oporate with other organized labor bodies to circulate petitions and agitate for the release of Oscar Neelie, the Anarchist. Hon. Gorham G. Gilman, of Boston, has received another decoration from Hawaiian royalty from Qtieen Lillittokalani, the order of the*Crown of Hawaii of the grade of Knight Commander. The late King presented Mr. Gilman with the decorations of Kalkaua and of Kapiolania. Miss Margaret Matthews, formerly a student at Lindenwood Seminary at St. Charles, Mo., and well known in St. Louis society circles, died at the latter place Friday from the effects of a large dose of morphine, taken with sulcidanntenf/The cause was unreturned affect ion from the man she loved. William Gasch, an Inmate of the insane asylum at Logansport, escaped and committed suicide by throwing himself under a railway train. He had threatened to end his life in this manner. Gasch belonged in Wabash county, and he is the man who murdered Dr. Reed, a fellow-patient, in July last, by beating him to death during the absence of an attendant. The New York Chamber of Commerce appointed a committee of five, including ex-Mayor Hew itt and Carl Schurz, tourge upon Congress such modification of the act of July 14,1891; a- will suspend the.further purchase of silver and any additional coinage Of the same until an international agreement is arrived at between the United States and other commercial nations of the world. President Harbison yyas also petitioned to call, the attention of Congress to the subject in his next message. The San Francisco Chronicle says that there.w-ill probably be a lockout of hrewers in a short, time, affecting 4,000 men. The brewers claim they cannot pay the present prices demanded by the Brewery Workmen’s Union, and their plan is to discharge all t he union men now in the brewertCs~ahdreplaeetlif'mby non-union men simultaneously In every brewery in the State. Ten of the largest breweries on the coast are controlled by an English syndicate which has combined with outside breweries to reduce Hira Lai Kumar, of Calcutta, spoke on

the opium traffic in India in the Mallison-1 avenue Episcopal Church, »New York Sunday night. He charged tho English government with encouraging the con-: sumpt ion of opium omohg its subjects in : India for the sake of revenue. In order to ; encourage and stimulate the cultivation ' of the poppy plant upward of five million acres of the best lands of India, he said, is devoted to its cultivation, and the annual average production is ten million pounds, which is consumed in - India. China and .Burmah. The government of Indite in fact, is the sole manufacturer and wholesale trader in the baneful drug. The vie' of opium-smoking, he declared, was ii - creasing to an alarming extent in India j Concluding, be said that merely 4 'for the I gre?dof gain the people of the Unitid Kingdom have sacrificed every principle of morality. The unmitigated misery and distress produced by the spread qt, opium tells heavily on the peoplejif Jrulia. In spite of a drizzling rain -fully two thousand people participated fit t’lie demonstration and memorial. Sunday, in Chi- i cigo, in honor of Parsons, Spies, Engel.; Fischer and Ling, the Anarchists who suffered deal Ir four years ago. There was • street parade, with red flags furled and ' draped in mourning, followed by speech ’ making at Waldheim Cemetery over the graves of the dead Anarchists. Addresses ■ were made by Henry Weisman. Morris' Schultz and H.. Mikelander, and they! were all of the most revolutionary character. T)ie dead men were extolled as; martyrs of the labor gravFSAvmffcbVered with flowers. Eight-' ?en societies were represented, every one of which brought its floral offerings. One of these was a scaffold of roses, with the legend in German: ' Though Dead They Still Live. Long Live Anarchy.'' Mrs. Lucy Parson's bouse was decorated with -rape. Early in the day a red flag floated over the roof, but the police went to the house and took down the flag before it had '.eeutong in position.

FOREIGN.

Trade with Cuba, it is said, has greatly increased since tho reciprocity agreementMartin Flavin. McCarthyite candidate for Parnell's seat in Parliament for Cork, received a plurality of 1.5’.20ver Redmond. Pa rn el lite. Severe snow storms continue in Bulgaria. At some points the snow is ten feet deep. Many persons died, from the effects of cold, and thousands of cattle and sheep have been -test. Numerous wreck* •re reported in the Black sea. Mr. McDermott;- a nephew of Charles Stewart Parpell, publicly horsewhipped i Timothy Healy, M. P„ the most bitter of the anti-Parnell leaders. The whipping, received by Mr. Healy was the indirect outcome of the language used by him at

Lingford on Sunday lart. when he referred to Miss Parnell as the widow of th ; late Charles Stewart Parnell, There was another serious election figl.i at Cork on Thursday night, ■between th i Parireilites and McCarthyites. Durinr; the battle many people were injured an i are now being treated at the iiospj’tal. Mr William O’Brien, *M. P., Mr. Thoma J Xondon, M. P,. and Mr, .JuluuG< I luir.lev, M. P.. were among the injured. Ail three of the gentlemen mentioned were hit- by stones hurled at them by Parnellites; At Waterford, in a general Outbreak of those attending the national federation, many were hurt.

A SLICE OF INDIANA.

That Is What Ohio Wants and Is Not Likely to Get. An Alleged Boundary Line Error Being Worked with Vigor and with Little .. Possibility of Success. A special from Washington on Saturday says: "I don't, see how pherc can lie any truth in the statement, or how the federa; government could change the present conditions even if there were inaccuracies in the survey which al present, marks the boundary line between the States of Ohic and Indiana,’’ said Attorney-general Mils ler this afternoon in response to an inquiry as to what he thought of the statement published this morning in Indianapolis dispatches to the effect that it had been discovered by geodetic surveyors that Ohio was entitled to a wide slice off" the eastern side of Indiana. “Uis my judgment,’’ continued the At-orney-general, "tjiat some scientific-mind has discovered what it regards as an important error in the original survey marking the line between Ohio and Indiana and that the man.making the discovery is trying to create a sensation. If an error, such as reported, should be found it would be a question for determination bet wean-

the S;ates of Ohio and Indiana, and possibly llHnois~But I doii’tffhink ahythrng will come out of it. At any rate I don’t see what is to be done about it at this end of the line.” - This appears to be the view taken of the subject at the. geodetic survey headquar* ters. where the statement was made that the survey now being made, by which it, was alleged the great error was discovered is only preliminary, and could not be taken as even an approxlmatlontoadefiniteconclhsion, and would hardly afford a basis for either State or federal legislation, or action of any kind. Professor Mendenhall, who has had charge of Hie survey relating to the boundarylinedispute,lias returned -40 AV ashington. He states that he has not yet determined whether or not the line Was incorrectly run. The starting point originally was the mouth of tho Miami Riven and was supposed to run due north. He discovered that the original boundary marks were now about obliterated, but he. he had found three points, the original boundary monument at the mouth of the Miami .river, and markers at Union City and Butlef, Indiana. These three points were connected by telegraph with . the St. Louis observatory, with the object es determining theexgetiongitudeof each of the*three points. H all are: found, in the same longitude, then the line has been run due north. If there is a divergence, the true boundary can be found by running a line. Professor MendeiilfinTTinfl&T if any inaccuracies exist in the original survey it was because the first line \yas run by a compass, the deviation of which was not very well known. He has not received a report, but, he does not believe tliat the line is anywhere near twelve miles out. of joint at the northern end, as has been stated. It must be remembered that, the line wasnot run by the States and accepted by them. It was fixed by the United States, and was forced upon the two States, which were then territories,

CONVICTS AT LARGE.

A Peculiar and Dangerous State ~’of AffairsThe Authorities are Powerless to Act, and Ito not Know What to Do—Fonr Hnndrcd and Fifty Free. The last convict has left the Warden's Ridge mining region. The stockades ar? dismantled or burned, and more than fou r hundred and fifty desperadoes roam the mountains and valleys of northeastern Tennessee. Through the acts of these miners in violating the law, where the law refused them aid, the government and the people of Tennessee finds themselves faced by a complicated and perilous situation. Governor Buchanan has confessed that he does not know what to do. and for once men of all parties are in sympathy. The situation is -this: An armed and organized body of men has marched ..unopposed. llirough a considerable part of the State; lias demanded and received tho surrender of the State's property, has released the State's prisoners—convicts of Hie worst stripe—yet. it is impossible to pursue or face this small army of revolutionists, because this army melts away as completely as if it had never existed when It has struck a blow and then reassembles silently, ready to strike the next blow. It is fully armed and organized, perhaps the best equipped corps jof sharpshooters ever gotten together. Yet the names and homes and identity of the leaders are unknown. The whole incident was set on foot by tho workingmen for the lives of theipselves, the living of their families, and this phase of the affair makes the other side of the question, which at first seems to illustrate only the eeklessne ss in fleeing criminals.. The first wild-cat known to be In Craw-ford-gounty for many years, was killed on the sth, by some coon hunters. The animal was killed by dogs which had no reputation further than for “treeing” game* and they had it killed before- Um hunters reached the game. The lucky sportsmen are James PA Jones aud Charly , Brown, but they generously give the dogs credit for the affair. ■

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Frankfort is boring for gas. * Tree planting is a fad at Evansville. Sound Bend is enforcing the 11 o'clock liquor law. - J The Atkinsonville postoffice was plundered by burglars. Water in the mineral wells at Orleans has ceased wflor. " The St. Joe court house is exclusively in Democratic hands. Memphis is exercised over the possible presence es natural gas. Allen county farmers are complain! ng of fly in the winter wheat. Track laying is under way for theelectricstreet rai 1 way at Kokomo. The fourth-class postmasters of “Hamilton county are clamoring for more pay, □ Mack W right, near Dunkirk, is the third recent arrest in that vicinity for w heat •teal i ng, °® ‘ Ross Wyatt, near Kennard. State Treas urerof the Farmers’ Alliance, is dead of consumption. Two rival towns along the southern extension of the Elkhart railway are known as Dead Dog and. Tail Holt, !Z Rev. James Ferguson, of Warrick county, aged ninety-two, has taught school every w inter w ithout break since 1847. A four-foot vein of coal within sixteen feet of the surface has been found at Steamboat Landing, Ripley county. The Marion city council passed an ordinance keeping bicycles off the sidewalk, and a w oman was the first to be lined. Clem Luke, of Ferdinand township, Dubois county, is now’ teaching his thirtieth year in the same school without missing a term. Uasper Mohr, of Evansville, while slaughtering hogs, fell into a vat filled with boiling water and was terribly scalded. r .. The Anderson tin plate mill, at C oiling wood, is daily turning out thirty’ boxes o terne, or roofing tin, which will be handled by an Indianapolis house. William Little, of Union townshipHuntington county, blew into the muzzh of hlTgu%. ZHTsloot Slippedoff the trigger, the gun was discharged and he was killed. Burglars entered Postmaster Thompson’s store at Manson, bound and gagged the clerk, who was sleeping therein;And robbed the premises of $75 in stamps and a quantity of merchandise. The glory of the Kankakee marsh as a duck shooting range is rapidly passing away, owing to the indiscriminate slaughter of the birds. There is little observance? of the game law s in that region. Farmers in Floyd and adjoining counties. sufferers from therecent terrible devastation by forest and field fires, attrib ute the cause to egfelesshnnters,and they are organizing to prosecute parties hereafter trespassing on their farms. There will be a meeting of the Trustees of Wabash College, at Crawfordsville during the week preceding Christmas, and it is stated that the educational committeeappointed in June last,, will make a report favorable to the co-education of the sexes. William Sutton, aged fourteen, of Muncie, employed in a brick yard, attempted to press down the dirt in a mixer with his feet, and his left foot was "caught between the rollers, which drew him in until the leg was crushed half way to the knee. The breakage of a belt saved his life. His leg was injured so badly that amputation followed. Alexander Belcher, of Taswell, while -mixing syrnp for medicinal purposes, boiling therewith various kinds of bark, accidentally discovered that he had an admirable substitute for maple molasses. He was so overjoyed that Jio could not-kt ep his own counsel, but instead he gossiped over it until another fellow applied fora patent thereon. The State Y. M. C. A. convention in session at Indinnapolis Tuesday, elected the following officers: President—O. M. Gregg, Craw fordsville Vice-President—ll. H. Babcock. Evansville. Secretary—S. E. M. Coulter, South BendFirst Assistant Secretary -B. O. Tippy. Terre Haute. Second Assistant Secretary—ll. SWhite, Irvington. Treasurer—J. F. Wallick. Indianapolis. The State executive committee is: L. H. Dunning,lndianapolis; H. P. Townley Terre Haute; J."F. Wallick. Indianapolis; W. B. Pratt, Elkhart: W. C. Nunemacheft New’Albany: W. V. Story. Lafayette; E. A. Hackett, Ft. Wayne; President, J. M. Coulter Bloomington. Judge Hefron, of the Daviess county Circuit Court, has denied the application of William H, Bailey for a divorce from his first wife. The case is complicated. Bailey, supposing that he was legally divorced from his first wife, whom he left in Ohio, married Miss Hanafin, of Philadelphia, Pa. Four weeks ago No, 1 applied in the Daviess county court to have the original decree set aside because she had not been given notice that it wa« pending. Her petition was granted. Baiiey then found himself w ith twb wivos, and he renewed his application for a divorce from the first named, which the court refused. He cannot file the suit anew for six monthsHe continues to care for the second wife. Secretary Fortuno, of the Indianapolis Commercial Club, received a telegram on Thursday, informing him that the Central Traffic Association, at its monthly meeting in Chicago, had decided to grant the Farmers' Alliance and Farmers’ Mutual Benefit Association, to meet at Indianap11s November 17 to 24, the one fare for the round trip rate asked, The telegram stated that the rate would hold from the 16th to the 23d, which is a day too soon, ns the convention is from the 17th to the 241 h. The tickets w ill be good coming to Indianapolis the 16th and 17tb, and good returning the 23d.,, With the securing of the Ctflttral Traffic Association and Western Traffic Association no doubt is entertained of being able to secure all the roads outside of these clannish organizations, such as the Louisville & Nashville and Cincinnati Southern roads.; . - Henry McCormick, a farmer residing near Scottsburg, went to Jeffersonville Saturday with bls wife to do some ping. The old gentleman became Involved in a quarrel, having imbibed too freOh* which resulted In his being badly beaten

> fr -*l> . - - . Inp. When the afternoon J., M. &I. train left for Indianapolis Mrs. McCormack re- • turned on it alone, the trainmen refusing to permit the Fiusband to enter the car because he was intoxicated. Sunday morning at 11 o'clock while wandering around drunk McCormack approached the dinkey track just west of the penitentiary as tfiv train in charge of conductor Lewis was going toward Ncw-Alhany.’and was struck before engineer Whittick could put on ® brakes. McCormack’s right’ leg was crushes! into a shapeless mass, so that am- , putation was necessary. An unexpected termination to whr.t w as intended as q wedding occurred in Justice ? II all's office. - Jefferson vi lie. j uSV i >cforc ehurelr-Sjtmdgy e ven fng, AI >o slls< >’ c ] oek Mr. George Baker and Miss Mary Moore, of Louisville, came over to be united-’ They were accompanied by iCharles Ixmcli and .Miss Jennie Saunders as witnessesWhile crossing the river on the ferry boai Miss Saunilers. conceiving the brilliant idea of a double wedding, proposed to Mr Louch. The blushing young manjva: taken by surprise, but as soon as he conk gather himself together he fidgeted a lltth bit and then openly demurred. The prop•sitioii was respectfully but firmly de dined. Now it happened I hat. M iss Saunders an d M i -~s ~M eon Hiad dccu ‘ Vo: n rad a? ever since they were born," and loya comrades, ks-shoAVU by tire sequel. Mis? Saunders, after failing to snare a husbdnc off-hand, was consumed with a desire foi revenge. She made a Hank movement by persuading Miss Moore to refuse to inarri Baker tiiiless. Louch xoiiM be Firougiit t,terms. In spite of the entreaties of boil young women, however, Louch' provet obdurate. Mr. Baker, who was to have been a groom, was the picture of despai: when he became convinced that Mis. 1 Moore had really made up her mind not t< marry him. The outcome of the affai was that the part Jes returned to Louisvill' aftertspending an hour at. Justice HaTi’.office trying to effect a comjtroraise.

BRAZIL IN TROUBLE.

A Difference of Opinion Leads to Serious Consequences. Martial Law Declared In Rio De Janeiro and a Revolution Feared. The New York Herald s Rio de Janeiro correspondent, cables On tho 6th, as fol'ows: It, may be that Brazil is on the brink of another revolution. Matters cer--tainly look dark enoiitrh at Mi'csent. 'Th; figli! so long maintained between Congress on the one side and President Deodoro da Fonseca and the government or the other has reached a culmination. -For quitea tiuuv their differences were over financial affairs. Measures pressed by the Legislature were vetoed by.th< chief magistrate, and changes advocated by the President were voted down by Con gre«s. Recently an attempt, “has beeifmade to curb the power of the chiefexee.ufive. The fact that Da Fonseca is a inili tary man has led many to fear, or to ]U'e tend io fear, that he might proclaim himself dictator, i To prevent any such contingency Congress a short while agq parsed a law fixing the process of impeachment of the President. Da Fonseca vetoed the rnwunwi. His veto was considered in heated session which-resultedin the carrying of a motion to override the veto. As soon as this action of the national Legislature- was mad; known to Da Fonseca“trer became ver) much excited, and thereupon dissolved Congress. Uis decree to that effect was made public on the sth.Martial law has been proclaimed in Rlc de Janeiro and the other states forming the confederacy. What the upshot,-will la no one can say,. The prevailing feeling it one of great fear of what may follow. This dissolution of Congress may result, in the choice of another Resident. Ba Fonseca waSnot chosen by the people but bj Congress. It was believed, on account, o his 111 health, that he would not remain in office longer than necessary to establish order after the dethronement of Don. Pedro, but he has evinced no dispositio: to resign. No candidate as yet has beei. prominently brought, forward as liis successor. Atone time It was thought tha; Senor Prudente Jose de Moraes Barros Senator from the State of San Paulo, wh< was the opposing candidate fartheoffle. after Doin Pedgo’s overthrow would fol low Da Fonseca into the presidency. Ii case of an uprising Da Fonseca will have to all appearances, the army and navy solidly at his back. The Vice-pres’den is also a General. The opposition to nillltary: rulers continues very marked.

THE MARKETS.

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IRISH POLITICS.

Priests Worked at the Polls tc I Help the McCarthyites. Women Also Take Part. Showering Flow, ers on William O’Brien, and Laying Shawls for • Him to Walk Upon. < Friday was an exciting day in Cork. When the sun shed its first rays over tha city it found the streets already alive with K men, women and children who had determined to see as much OS possible of th e great battle at the polls before night,which was to decide whether the Parnellifts were to remain a power in Irish politics, whether the McCarthyites forces with the priestly champions were to “rule” Ireland, and whether or not there was to be union in the Irish parliamentary forces, for it wa 9 claimed if the Parnellites were defeated union was possible before the general election, while if they were victorious ; union was said to be beyond the bounds of possibility. _ In order to avert possible disorder the polls in the morning were strongly guarded by squads of police, who had come pre—pared for any emergency. The early morning voters were few in number and did not attract more than ordinary attention. Between 9 and 10 o’clock the polling became brisk, and people generally begaq to warm up to the occasion. That period of the day here (9 to 10 a. m.) is the workmen's breakfast hour, and consequently large numbers of them took advantage of that Interval of rest to deposit their bal- , lots. Many priests were stationed about the booths mingling with the voters and giving them final instructions or admonitions, or making final appeals before they entered-the- poffing booths. The rival members of Parliament of both parties were flitting hither and thither all over the city. The Parnellites and McCarthyites were all engaged in the last-skirmish-ing, hustling for the last voter, putting their finishing touches to the work already done. Both sides, early in the morning, were confident of victory, the McCarthyites being most, con fident, as an apparently unbiased summing up of the situation gave them a prospective majority of 900. The Irish leaders, throughout the early part of the day, were driving from house to house in jaunting cars cheering flagging voters, encouraging the weak-heart-ed, appealing fervently to those still considered to be on the fence. Unusual precautions were taken to preserve order. The chief of police had a strong force of constabulary in reserve for \ any outbreak that might occur. The military commander of this district had also taken extraordinary precautions to meet an uprising. As the day wore on matters became more lively, and consequently ~ more interesting. There were several exciting scenes in the northwestern part of the city, where the continual squabbling going on between the priests and the Parnellites were the main features of attraction. At the close of the polling Mr. Flavin was credited with victory. The boxes were escorted from the outlying districts by troops and police. The polling was heavy. Even the lame and blind were sought out and brought up to the polling places. It has been noticeable that in the many altercations between the priests and the Parnellites the women in most cases sided with the priests Mr. O’Brien received an ovation from the women, who presented him with flowers and divested themselves of their shawls for him tc walk upon. Tho supporters of Flavin claim a majority of twelve hundred for him, while the Parnellites believe that they carried the election by a majority.

THE ELECTIONS.

The vote in New York city was very light. Jt*had been expected that, out of the registration of 261,532 at least 210,000 votes would be polled, but only about 220,000 persons voted. In the Hill-Miller campaign more than 270.000 votes wore cast. Comparatively, Flower ran as well as Gov. HUI, whose plurality was 69,000, and who was elected by 19,000. Flower will take to the Harlem river 75.000 plurality. It is doubtful if Fassett will bring down 50,000 to meet it. The Democrats are gaining Assemblymen in the State. Sheehan is not doing as well as Flower, but his election is assured. The Republicans carry South Dakota and Colorado. Chicago was carried by tho Republicans by a surprising majority. The Republicans gain a Congressman in Michigan in an election to fill vacancies. Dispatches received from all parts ol Kansas indicate Republican* success in most of the counties. These dispatches are from about sixty-five of the 1O’» com-ties-in the State. The People's party was successful in not more than six of the counties reported, and throughout the State there are large decreases of the People’s vote, while the-Republicans made heavy gains. In most.of the counties the Democrats had tickets in the field, and in a tew instances they increased their strength over the vote of last year. A dispatch from Columbus says thal Governor Campbell takes the situation phnosophically, and says that the Democratic party was laboring undes too great a handicap in Ohio because o! lack of funds to pay the legitimate expenses of the campaign. Ho says they have jnade the best fight they could in face of a Republican majority of 11,000 to starton and the combined opposition of the manufacturers and capitalists. Besides all this, it was a life and death struggle with the Republican narty. To defeat Major McKinley, one of its national leaders and the representative of its chosen idea of protection, meant thp downfall and disintegration of the party Itself. Party liner were closely drawn. STILL LATER. Flower's plurality in New York is given at 46.446. The Legislature is claimed by the Republicans by a small majority on joint ballot. Russell’s plurality In Massachusetts Is i 5.5,429. „ Boies will probably have 8,000 or 10,000 plurality in lowa. The Democrats have the Senate by two and the Republicans the House by 4 plurality. The vote was the largest ever polled. McKinley’s plurality in Ohio Is 20,480. The Republicans claim from 40 to 50 on joint ballot in the Legislature, The Republican plurality in Pennsylvania exceeds 56,000.