STATE ELECTIONS IBS CLOBB OF AN INTERESTING POLITICAL CAMPAtN. TALE OF THE BALLOT BOX, A Full LUt of tb Stato Holding Election. Btate ttloollonn were held November i, In twelve States and one Territory, as follnwsi lawn, Knnsns, Kentucky, Maryland, Mas sachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska. New York, . New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvnnla and tho territory of Utah. Oregon, Rhode Island, Michigan, Houih Carolina and Wisconsin held ttaelr elections early In the year. The States to elei't Governors lire: Iowa, to succeed Frank I. Jackson, Rep. i Ken tucky, to soeeod John Young Drown, Dem i Maryland, to succeed Frank Brown, Dem.; Massachusetts, to succeed Frederick T, Oreenhnlg", H"p.; M p r'. to succeed John M. htone, Dem.; New .lersey, to succeed Oeo. T. Wens, Dem. ; Ohio, to succeed William McKluley, Re;,.; and I'tnh to succeed C. W, Went, Dem., Appointed by l'reeldent Cleveland. On the Democratic ticket In Utah the names of two candidates for tho United States Senate nro placed lor popular Indorsement. In Nebraska, Justice the Supreme Court, term six years, to succeed T. I. Xorval t Hep.) and two Regents of tho Htnta University, term six fears, are to he elected. In New York the ticket contained nomi nees for Secretary of State, Controller, Treas urer, Attorney General, State Engineer and Judge of tbs Court of Appeals, All ol these offices are cow held by llepubllcnns. Also an entire Legislature to consist of llfty sen ators, for terms of three years, ami lSOnssem blymnn, for terms of one yenr, and seTerol judges of the Supreme Court are to be elect ed. The senators chosen at this election will participate In the election of a United States Senator to succed David B. Hill (.Deui.) Whose term expires March 8, 197. In Pennsylvania a State Treasurer to tuo eeed Samuel il. Jackson (Hep.), also seven Judges of the Superior Court, term ten years, a court recently created by the Legislature. The law provide that one mi-mbur of the court eball be a member of tho minority party, no voter In the state being permitted to vote for more than six of the seven Judges. In Kansas the election was tor a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, term one year, to succeed David Martin (Hep.). Although there is a total ol seven different party tickets iu the field, the contests, with few exceptions, are as usual between the two old parties. u Mississippi the Democrats and popuitsts have the Held exclusively. la New York the nominees of the Democrntio Reform party are Identical with those of the Democratic party. In Kansas the Issue Is between tho Republicans and free sliver lies exclusively, nnd In Nebraska the free silver Ites contended with Republicans, Democrats, Populists and l'rohlbitlonlsts. In New York and New Jorsey Socialist Labor nominations were made. With those exceptions, tho nomi nations In other States are made by the Re publican, Democratic, People's and Prohi bition parties. PENNSYLVANIA. A Large Republican Majority at Usual. Returns from the 07 counties show that the Republican sweep was overwhelming. The majority for Btato Treasurer-elcot Hay wood will exceed 163,000 and the tlx super ior court candidates are elected by mnjor Ities almost as large. Philadelphia went Re publican by 74,000. Peter P. Smith, democrat, of I.ackawnnoa county, Is the seventh member of the new superior court, the other six being Republi cans. Judge Smith ran 4,003 ahead of his ejjn county an.d 000 In I.-izerny. Mr. Smith's plurality CVer Ycrltcs is nloul 2,1ui). Peter P. Smith, of Scrantou, oue of the foremost lawyers of the State, was born at Honeedalc, Wayne county, Juno 2, 151. He attended i,he publio schools and lator the Honesdale academy, ol which he Is a grad uate. The natural bent of his mind being toward the legal profession, he entered upon the study of the law and was admitted to the Wayne county bar on May 7, 1874. He Im mediately took a commanding plnue among the practitioners at the bur, and in 1875 was Dominated and elected distriot attorney of Wayne county. At the expiration of his term he was renominated, but declined In order to give Individual attention to his rapidly in creasing private practice In Wayne and ad joining oounties. Hlght years ago Mr. Smith moved to the olty of Soranton, where be bas a large prac tice, and bos beeu engaged In tome of the most Important cases arising in the courts. Be was appointed additional law judge by Got. Pattlson In Deoembor 1892. to fill the vacancy oaused by the death of Judge Conn olly, and discharged the duties of this oftlce with such distinguished ability and Imparti ality as to earn the highest commendations ol the members of the bar. without regard to party affiliations. Judge Smith was nomlnntod by the demo crats to auooeed himself, without opposition, and bit address of acceptance. In which he discussed the functions, responsibilities and privileges of the judiciary, was one of the most dignified and scholarly expositions of ' the subject to be found. He received by far the largest vote ever oast for a Demooratia candidate for Judge In Lackawanna county, but was defeated by a very narrow margin, notwithstanding the great tidal wave of Re publicanism. NEW JERSEY, Republican Plurality There Prove to be S7.00O. The fact of the Republicans sweeping Nsw Jersey did not become apparent until the official return at filed with the different oounty olerkt became known. Orlgg (Rep.) ' JOHN W. OHIQOS, Oovernor-Eleot of New Jersey. received 26,930 over MoOlll (Dem.). The toolloB of Mr. Orlgg marks the first time In . 80 year that the Republicans have elected a governor, and tbey are now In control of al most very department of the Stats govern ment in teguiaturei nepuouoan cn joint mum pi w iu w inaspeojsnt NEW YORK. , i n Bey di lean a tate Ticket win by a Largs Majority, Latest returns from all sections of the state do not lessen the mtent of the Republican victory In New York. The total vole un- ofllcia.ly complied give Palmer, the candi date for secretary of state at the head of the Republican ticket, a total of 672. M, while mis iretnocratio opponent, King, polled Gllfl, 690, making the Republican plurality 6(1.9:15. While this Is, ol course, a tailing off from the phenomenal plurality of 168,101 given to Gov. Morton In 1H95, It shows a larire gain over Palmer's plurality of 24,484 lu 189.1, lout off year. llnth branches of the state legislature will he Republican by a mnjorlty of more than 2 to 1. Although Tammany elected most of the assemblymen in the city, the seats gained by the Republicans In the state make the total membership 1112 Republicans anil 48 Demo crnts, winch with the present complexion of the senate, gives a Republican majority of 41 on join ballot. .loll t'ALMF.R, Secretary of State-Elect of New York. Secretary of State. John Palmeri Control ler, John A. Roberts; Treasurer. Addison U. Colvlnt Attorney General, Theodore E. Han cock; State Engineer and Surveyor, Camp bell w. Aiinms; justice court of Appeals. Celnra E. Martin. Tnmmnny won a substantial victory In the city, piling up for the Democratic State tick et and the entire Democrntio county ticket, witn tne neip ol uer tiermnn nines, plurali ties greater than cautious Democratic proph ets bad forcseeu after the slaughter of last year. 1 no senate wnnu win vote for the succes sor to I'nltod States Senator Hill, will bs enmnosed of thirtv-seven Kenubllcans and thirteen Democrats, This Indicates tht probability of a Republican successor to Sen ator Hill. MARYLAND. Republican Seem to Have Captured Everything in Sight. For the first time In the history of the party in Maryland, the Republicans have elooiej their ttate ticket and tecured a good working majority iu the legislators. The political up heaval was most pronounced In Baltimore city, wher Lowndes, Republican candidate for governor, recoived a nluralltv of 11.783 over John E. Hurst, Democrat, and a major ity over all of 8,973. The total vote of the city for governor was 101,247, which Is some thousands In excess of the heaviest vote here tofore polled. LLOTD LOWNDIS, Oovernor-Eleot of Maryland, Aloaeus Hooper was elected mavor bv a plurality of 7,809, a net Republican gain of 14,665 at compared with the mayoralltv election two yeart ago. In the three legisla tive districts of the cltythe Republicans mad a clean sweep, electing two senators and all tneir delegates. The Republicans also leoured a commanding majority in both branches of the city government OHIO REPUBLICAN. The Buckeye Stat Increases th Major ity Uivea to McKlnley. Chairman Anderson concede the state to the Republicans by 90,000. Chairman Hurts at 9 p. m. said Bushnell's plurality would not be less than 110,003, The vote for Coxey Populist, will be about 15,000 less tnau last year' Populist vote of 49,000, The only oonsolatlon for the Populists is the election of W. F. Conley for state senstor In th Thirty-second distriot Conley was indors ed by tb Hepubllcnnind defeated Lawler, ot Lima, tne noma candidate oi senator Briee. He was declared for Foraker for Senator. aOVCBMOB-XLECT ASA . BCIHXELL, Th next Oenernl Assembly ot Ohio will be overwhelmingly Republican, and theeleotlon of J. B. Foraker a United States Senator to suoaeed Calvin Uric it assured beyond doubt An early estimate ou the Legislature gave the Republicans 30 Senators nnd tb Democrats 0, and the Republicans 87 Repre sentatives and tb Democrats 25, a majority on Joint ballot ot 87. Tb latest Indications tre that th majority will be reduced to about if. Virginia. Tb Democrat have elected about three fourth ot tb legislature. They lose Rote tort, Ueeklenburg, Stafford and King Oeorgs tout let, and lot ens usaibar la Halifax. THE CONTEST IN UTAH. Flret Klsotlon of Offloer For th New New Stat. Utah for th first time elected an entire list of state officers. There wer three tickets Republican, Democratic and Ponnllsia. Heber M. Wolls, the Republican candidate for governor, and John T. Caloe the Demo cratic Of the 10 candidates on the Republi can ticket, ffktir ar. l,,rmnni an. I .1 ..... n candtdutes on the Democratic ticket, teven are mormons. K-puhiicaua made their cam paign on Hum ot protection, free coinage of silver at a rutin nr lnin.1 wh.. tor action of any other nations, and against o-u.uH vu'i iu ui peace to pay tne ex penses of the government; The Democrntio campaign was on the lines of pnlitlonl free dom from church Influence, sliver and for tariff for revenue only. THE BAY STATE.' Oreentmlge and a Republican Legislature Elected. The question In Massachusetts from the Ilrst was one of mnjorlty, since the Demo cratic leaders admitted the re-election ot Gov. Oreenhalge. How strong his Indorse ment would lie was the point upon which the iwo panics uiuereoj. nesuit show that the claims ot the Republicans made prior to the riecnon were wen grounded, since Clov. Oreenhalge and the entire Kenuhllcan tinker Is Indorsed by a plura Ity practically the same an inni oi jrv.f auoui lio, uuu. The legislative department ot the govern ment is nlao solidly Republican, 3.1 of the 40 senators elected being of that political basis. There Is a slight gain for the Democratic party, the senate Inst yenr having ttood 30 Republicans and 4 Democrats. In ihe house of Representatives tho Repub licans have practically the same majority at last year, which was an overwhelming oue. KENTUCKY. Th Republican Elect Governor by at Least 8,000. The return are being received slowly from many mountain counties, and thlt makes It Impossible to glvs the correct ma jority, though Bradley's election It now con ceded. General Hurdln, the Democratic can didate for governor, whose picturesque cam paign una cnuseu n licmooratio tipueavak ooncedes bis opponent's election by a small majority and accepts his dofcat gracefully. The Indications nie the Republicans will have a manrity in both bouse and senate, which Insures tllA HntMnt nf ltla,.lrl,i,m I... .1 1 .. candidate for seuator to succeed himself. OOVF.RNOIt-ELICT W. O. BRADLEY. In the city of Louisville the Republicans wept everything, llradley led Hnrdln by over 5,000 votes. All the Republican candi dates lor municipal olllees were elected ex cept the three school trustees. A. J. Carroll was the only legislative candidate to pull through. The Republicans claim both branches of the general assembly. Oeneral Hardin concedes Drndley's elec tion from the returns received. Ho takes his defeat cheerfully, and soys he did bis whole duty. The returns from over 80 counties, Induing Jellerson. give llradley a lend of about 4.000. The Republicans claim 1,600 majority, PRESENT SENATE REMAINS. Democrntio Change Do Not Take Effect Immediately, The electlont ot Tuesday do not affect tb present membership ot the United States Sen ate. Mr. Dries, of Ohio; Mr. Olbton, ot Maryland; and Mr. Blackburn, ot Kentucky, all will remain in tbe Senate until March 1, 1897, to that they will participate in tbe two full sessions ot tbe Congress which begins on tbe flret Monday of next December. The indirect effect of tbe eleollons, It It ex pected, will be to deprive the movement for an Immediate organization of the Senate ol much of Its force. Tbe Republicans could on;y secure control ot that body by making concessions to tbe tre silver advocates, Stewart nod Jones, of Nevada, and the Popu list, IVOer, of Kansas. Their leading men have been averse to taking this step, nnd now that two Republican Senator from Utah are assured some time after January next when the legislature meets, there Is it grow ing disposition to wait until th Senate can be organized by tbe Republican tbemaelvet without entangling alliances. There are other source of supply to be drawn upon. Aocordlug to Republican calculation. New York will send a Republican to succeed David Bennett Hill Mnrch 4. 1897, and It Is regarded at within tb bounds of strong probability that at th tame time Senator Palmer, of Illinois, Vest, of Missouri, and Vilas, of Wis consin, may eaoh be given a Republican suc cessor, so there I no need to hurry senate reorganisation. As a result of the latest election returns the Republicans gain five United State Sen aters two from Utah and one each from Kentucky, Ohio and Maryland, and the Democrats lose tbree senator on from Mnrylaod, Kentucky and Ohio. Chicago Republican. Tb Republican carried tb eleotlon by pluralities of about 30,000 on the entire ticket, ball, tbe Republican candidate for lodge of tbe superior oourt, has defeated Morrison, bit Democratic competitor, by 80,500. The Re publicans elected Ore of the trustee ot tbe 30,000,000 drainage oaoal. The terms ol tb eleotlon lor these position ( that eaoh party nominates Ave candidates, and the one candidate receiving tb smallest number of votes is defeated. Each party it sure ot four eleoted trustees, and tbe Republicans tecured the odd man, a th man receiving tbe smallest number ot vote wot Duffy, a Demowrat, All tbe Repub lican eaodldatet were about 80.000 ahead of th Democrats. Mississippi. The latest new from tb election gave a Demooratia majority of from 25.000 to 30,000. Ileports from Webster county, which was In great doubt, say that county was carried by lh Demoorats. This oounty bus voted strong ly against tb Democrntio party In nearly very eleotlon since the war. Estimates based on nearly complete returns shoty the Popu lists did not receive 10 per cent of th total vote cart The present legislature contains 26 Populists, and tb next on, which will elect a successor to Senator Ueorge, will not have more than eight, all th sew ma being Dsmocrats. According to mall advlos received at An, land, Maw Zealand. Iron Honolulu, aheler bas ceased entirely in Hawaii and lb port It free Iron Infection. atHi'i r NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. AN ELECTRICAL DISCOVERY. A Oerman Devies That Will Make Harm leas th Deadly Currant. In view of tho marvelous growth of the use ot electricity for power and lighting pur poses and eleclro-ehemicnl operations, a peclnl roport to the State Department from United States Consul Mason, at Frankfort, describing a now device tor the economical conversion ot the high pressure alternating i-urrriM. wiucn are unavoidably associatea with any system ot lonir distance transmis sion of electric power, will be of gient luter- i iu American electricians. The invention bridges an industrial dilllculty which be comes more and mors serious with each step of progress In this great work, and a year's test of the device at the Frankfort accumula tor works shows that the ellluiency of the new system, known at tho pollack rectifier, is fully 96 per cent In other words, a O.W.U-VOU Hiiernntlng current IS resolved Into a sixty-volt harmless direct current witn a loss of but 4 Per cent, and on linnort nut result Is that motors of all sines may be driven by this converted dlreot current, stor age batteries may be charged and electrical operations performed all Impossible with tbe alternating current. A lull description and Illustrations of the apparatus are given bv Mr. Mason in bis re port, showing thnt It depends entirely upon the arrangement ot sets ot double brushes in a small motor moving synchronously wltb the uisiant power-yiemlug dynamo. HELPS THlTWELSHMEN: Rise of Steel Hake Tin Pint Mors Costly. U. H. Consul Anthony Howells, at Cardiff, has mado a long report to tbe stale depart ment upon the bright prospects of tho Welsh tin trade, brought about by the rapid rise In stuel In America, which threatens to make It Impossible for Amorlcans to make tin plate at competitive prices, l or tbe time being de spair has given way to hope, and all concern ed in the Welsh tin industry are lookinir for ward to a period If not of prosrlty ol more constant worx and Detter wages. Ac Immense Improvement has taken place in tht stool trade, although as yet prices havo nol Vet been enhnnced to the snine extent a in the states, and therein lies the hope of Ihe tic plate makers, for It the price of steel Is aug mented to that In the t'nlted States, tht Wolehiuen would bave o advantage. OHIO CROP REPORT. Winter Wheat Show a Poor Av erage, The State crop bulletin Just issued, thowt that the area of winter wheat town this fall It about 1 per cent lest than last fall. Present condition ol tho plant Is verv low, 55 per cent of a fair average, fond II Ion of soil nt time of seeding was tad lu 14 counties, fnir In 89 and good In 'i The general drought following seeding is given as the cause of the low coudillon. Many Holds nro reported as not up, and much that la up is making little or no growth, while many fields are brown nnd spotted. These conditions seom to be qulto geuurnl, percentage e-tlmates ranging from 83 to 90 per cent, well tilled lands show ing the higher estimates. The nverago of bnrlev and rve Is but ullnht. ly decreased under last yenr. ne average product per acre In potatoes, While showing an increase over the verv short product for 1893 nnd 1894, It still below an avorago for tbe slate. The crop of clover seed Is short and un evenly distributed, rnnglng from 23 per cent and upward ot a fair average crop. There It a great scarcity of water, streams and wellt are dry, nud atock Is suffering. Pastures are to tbort toot many farmert are renting. The following Is a comparison of this year's crops with an averngo crop; Corn HO por cent; buckwheat, 69: cloverseed, 00; potatoes, estimated area, 144,253 acres; average per acre 73 5 bushels: total estimated product, 10,007,775 bushels; apples, 71; bogs, condi tion 94; number to be iutienud, compared wllk lust year, 88 per cent. SEVERE BATTLE IN CUBA. Th Losses Heavy, But Not Fully Known a Yet. An important engagement tcaurred Wed nesday at Cayo Espine, near tbe bordnr, be tween Santa Clara and Mutanzat, In th southern part ol the Island. Tbe column ot troops commanded by Colonel Lult Mellna, tbelorcesof l!ieoivll guard, and a battalion of tbe Maria Christina regiment bad an en gagement with tbe Insurgent bands of Laernt Nunez and Perequl'.o Perez, The sotlon wot fiercely contested, and lasted from 2 o'clock In the afternoon until Into the night cru cial reports state that under oover ol tb darknos tbe Insurgent lied. Next morning It was found that they had left upon th Held 30 killed and a large number of wounded. Tbe reports state that the troop lost on their side oue olllcer and seven soldiers killed and a number wounded. It Is also reported that th Insurgents have burned a cbureb tod 13 houses at tuu village of Uuamutas, la the eastern part ol th province of Matanzas. Tbe advaaoa ot large forcei of iosurgenti under Maximo Gomez into tb province of Santa Clara and under Antonio Macao Into the provluceoi Puerto Prlnolpe it causing tb Spanish officers great anxiety. . domes for many months bat been Inactive, almost no engagement of any prominence having been reported as being fought by his forces In tbat time. In tbe meautime Antonio Macro bat done vigorous work In Santiago de Cuba, und RolofI bas, during tbe latter fiart of tbe period, worried tb Spanish toroes a Santa Calr aud Muntanzas. T be present movement teems to Indicate that Gomez, who bas been regarded at th ablest and most experienced military leader that the insurgents have, is about to abandon bit waiting policy and assume lb aggressive LATER RETURNS. Onia The Republican State Committee to night figured tbe Republican plurality for governor in Ohio at 95,348. Tbe Democrats carried only 26 ot tbe bscountlec In the State. Kentucky. The returnt give Bradley a plurality of over 17.000, and tbe tew couutiet not yet beard from, tome seven or sight, In cluding those from which only Inoompiete re turns bave boen received, are expected to swell tbe figures above 17,000. New York. Excepting in a few counties where scattered districts are unreported, hut In each of which close estimate Is made, the semi-official returns of this State on the head ol tbe ticket show: King, Dem., 501,959. Pointer, Rep.,. 593,740; Palmer' plurality; 91,787. Utah. The tupreme court Judgee on tbe Republican ticket received about th tarn pluralities as tbe governor- The vote as far as counted shows Wells, for governor, obout 2,300 ahead, and Allen, for Cougress, about 1,400 ahead. The finul count will not vary much from these figure. ' Hold th Crathl Responsible. Tbe Rotterdam oourt bat rendered a final decision holding tb Cratbl wholly i-espon-slbl for tb sinking of tb Elbe, by wblob 858 live wer lost, and condemning ber own er lo pay th North Oerman Lloyd Com pany's claim for tb total lost of tit Sib Wltb Interest t 6 p oeut WEALTH AND TITLE. His Vandsrbllt Weds th Dak of Marlborough. Mist Contuelo Vanderbllt and tb Duke ot Marlborough were married In Bt Thomas, ohurcb, New York, November 6, at 12 o'olook. The church within was decorated to th perfection ol th florist's art No expense was spared. Th vestibule was converted Into a bower ot tropical vine and foliage. The full choir was In the choir alcovrt. George William Warren, the organist, assist ed by a harpist, had charge nf tbe muilo At iu:4t o clock tne conceit began and continu ed until 11:15. The full New York symphony orchestra was stationed In the gallery at the northeastern corner ot the church. Under tbe direction of Walter Damrosch they filled In the three qunrters of an hour before tb arrival of the bridal party. At 12 o'clock Ihe officiating clergy entered from the vestry-room. Bishop Llttlejohn Who cilTlelntetl, followed by Bishop Potter and the Rev. John Wesley llrown, rector of the church, stood at the chancel and awaited tbe arrival of the bride ami bridegroom. The marriage rite of Ihe Episcopal church then followed, Bishop Llttlejohn officiating Immediately alter he bad given bis daughter away Mr. Vanderbllt quietly left the church. When th ceremony was over the duke nnd his bride went to the vnstry room and sUned Ihe uurrlage rogistnr. The pnity immedi ately entered carriages nnd drove to Mrs. Vanderbllt's bouse, where the reception and breakfast followed. At 8 o'clock tbe duke and dutchosa left for Oukdale, L.I., where ut Mr. Vanderbllt's country place, "Idle Hour" thi-y will spend tbelr boueyinoon. SIX NEGROES HANGED. Cuban Insurgents Bald to Have Strung Thtra Up. It II announced that the Iosurgenti have banged six negroes to trees In Plateabos, dis triot ol Cabarlan, province ol Snntn Clara Hear Ouasamal, not far from Santa Esplrltus' also In tbe province of St. Clara, tbe Insurg ents have derailed a train by the use a dyna mite bomb. Oenernl Lnehambre, ot the artillery, went lo Mutauzas to examine tbe site proposed for Ihe now formications whioh are to be erected In view of the possibility of complications with a foreign power. From Mntauzas Oen. Lachambre will go to other points of Cuba and make similar Inspections. Captnin-tlen-eral Martinez de Campos, previous to his de. parture from Havana for Santa Clara, com pleted hl Inspection of the sites for tbe new lortlflcntintis which It Is proposed to build about this city In anticipation ot trouble with a foreign power. The forces of tho American btttnlion fought the bands of Rogo, Fleltos and Bermadox nt Minasricss. In tbe province of Santa Clara, and put them to flight The insurgents sus tained a numerous loss, and left upon the field three killed, Including the leader Flel tos. They lost also two prisoners, on wounded, 13 experienced horses, munitions of war and a ohest. Seventeen physloiant from Havana have been sent to Ihe prisons In tbe Island of Plaso. Hundreds of families from Remldlus are returning fo the Canary Islands. It is re ported here that hundreds ot countrv neonle are lufforlug from yellow fever. TRAMPS' AWFUL WORK. A Big Store Blown Up and the Ocoupant Narrowly Escape. At an early hour Monday morning th large grocery and hardware store of Cyrus Gulldoo, at East Moravia, Pa., the teoond ttory ot which was used as a lodge ball by the American Mechanics, and Mr. Oulldoo't residence on the rear ot the lot, were des troyed by lire and explosion. Mr. Gulldoo, with bis wife aud daughter, who wore In bed at tbe time of tbe lire, made s verv narrow escape In their ulgbt clothes. Mr. Gulldoo was awakened by crashing glass aud bad barely time to got out with bis wife and daughter when the entire place was In flames. There was a 12-pound keg of powder In the toreroom, and this exploded wllb a turrlila roport, shattering tbe building to pieces. Mr. and Mrs. Oulldooandsoraenelghbors.who were trying to save some goods, made a nar row escape with tbolr Uvea, The tire com municated itself to a barn, ice house and other buildings owned by Benjamin Orabam, and they were totally destroyed. Oulldoo't store was used as tbe postolhce, and all tbe mall matter was burned. Tbe fllames were so fierce thnt not a particle ot the goods wore saved. Tbe loss to tbe American Mecbanici wot atso a total one, every bit of tbelr para phernalia, lucludlug a valuable silk Hag, was destroyed. The total lost will reaob 15:000. Tbe Ore it tupposed to be the work ot tramps; who ursi rooueu tne store. THE POTATO CROP- Largeat Yield Ever Known In tUe Unltad State and Canada. Advance sheets Issued by tbe "Orange Judd Farmer" show tbat the potato crop in th United State tor this ysar will be the largest ver known. Th acreage was suddenly in creased out ot all proportion to demands for consumption In response to Ill-advised tuggostions from high olTlcivl sources, coupled with a natural desire te replaoe wbea: in the northwest wltb tome paying crop. The "Farmer" places tbe crop at 282,143, 000 bushels. Th variation In yield In differ ent ttates it more marked than usual. In faot. In many districts In the northwest grow er have abandoned the result of their year's work and will not dig tbelr crop, priaes not paying the cost of the digging and bauHng. But for tb enormous Increase In that section Iba total crop ol the oountry would not be excessive. Canada li no exception to the rule ot a bountiful crop, tb '95 yield approximating 67,000,000 bushels. Tb United Kingdom and continent ot Europe have bnrvested a big crop. Season able temperature and generally sufficient moisture materially Increased tb average yield per acre compared with 1894, when tbe crop bad niuoh with wblcb to contend. War Vessel on th Lake. The iccretary of th navy hoi refused to consider tbe bid ot th Detroit dry dock company to build on or more ol the com posit gunboats authorized by th last con gress, and President Cleveland has sustained the secretary, on the ground that the con struction of such vessels on the lake would be In violation of the agreement entered Into between the United States and Oreat Britain In 1817, which ooulalns a stipulation that no war vesseli shall be built by either power on tbe lakes, Tbe treaty, we believe, allows on tbe lakes only the revenue vessels ot the two powers, which are lo no sense war vessels, but are utilized to enforoe tb custom laws and prevent smuggling. It Is said tbat at loon as congress meett ttept will be taken by senators aud represent atives (rem all the states bordering on lb lakes to abrogate tbe treaty, now more than 75 years old, under wblcb the great lakes are apparently left In a detenseleti condition, and are precluded from sharing in the advant ages ol the new navy. Seoretary Morton' Report. Seoretary Morton II now enguged In the preparation ol his annual report. It Is under stood that be will dwell at length upon tbe question ol tb cxtention ot the foreign mark et tor American products. He has given es pecial attention to this question, aud bos, through tb consular service and In other way, obtained a vast amount ot Information which I of particular value to the farmert. Th seoretary will probably tuggest methods lor th utilisation ot this Information and among other point will Indlcat lb Impor tant liaMrlag totbtlorslgn demands. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Qneen Amelle, ot Portugal, jj Undying "Mark Twain" will deliver A hundred le lure to the autlDodenn dwellnn. The poet Bwlnburne It a devotee of croJ nn.1 w upi io mse uis temper u he doe not win. The DtlMinaa nt TlAwnM.1.lM 1. - I I - --- --- ..jur-uuu is m inrge cons trlhutor to current literature under a notil de plume, 1 II k atalnrl thnt Mndnmnraltl has receive ll tne- Incredible turn ot tS.OOO.OOO for her work on the stngo. Governor McCorklo, of West Virginia, ha announced himself as a oaudhlnte for the United Htnlos Senate. , fr5nc,.M"hl,mn""l A", ndr prennmpllve Ij R:vi,t' ls Tn,"'r P"pulr, well educated and rnlhcr a spendthrift. Ex-Benntor Ingnlls, of Kansas, was at Will. Inrns College with President Oarlleld, gradu ntlng ono yenr beforo him. Dr. Theodora R. Tlmhy was only nineteen yenr old when ho invented tho revolving turret first used on the-Monitor. i .Th,1,M.ir',,lg p""wl. the husband of the ItiteW. W. Story s daughter, is "Master ol Cerotnonios" at the Italian oourt. They any that Potior Onnovns Is tho home liest man inSpnln, nnd hit Wfn j, ,U9 mo9. beautiful woman In that country. Blr nonry B-smer, ' the "stool klnff," eighty-tliroo years of age, continues to t ike koen Interest in Bcloutillo mnttura. It la gfvon out, as a rnmnrknhlo clroum Mnnce. that Tlerre Lorillnrd, the tolvsoo king, docs not use the weed in any form. Blr nenry Parkes. ex-Prime Minister ol Now South Wales, was marrlod recently to Mist Julia Lynch. Sir Honry ls eighty j oars Mrs T.lttle r..,ln. 1. . l. i-.- . Rtnte Senator In Ulnh, is thirty years old, a T1' Minn ou ureex an i a wife of a Bait Lake lawyer. JJurtng the prist forty yentn Bnnntor Bher. man has boon a private eitlr.on fur one dny only, nnd Senator Mjnill,oI Vermont, not lor one hour even. Herbert Bpeneer was a newsparmr reporter lit his votlth. nnrl nf tf-lhitta ui. k.i.n. closo obwrvntlon nnd nccurnte memory to the trnlulng he then acquired. Barney Barnnto. Ihe South African capl tnllst. whom Lombard street rates nt 4M0I- uvu.uok, wiriuuccs ma succors In life largely to tho fact that he nover forgets anything in uu-iii. ouu uuvur reicrs to memoraniu ot any tort. MORE GAS AND OIL Supply Increased by the Earthquake of a Week Ago. In tbe vicinity of McKeesport. Pa., as else- whore, tbe recent earthquake, experts say, uas una tuo elleot of tncreaslng tbe pressure Of WnllS In the nnturnl naa KW Th- ....I.. quake Is snld to have considerably agitated ,ui1 iiwi ui iuq earui, ami opeuea up tne gas and oil wells, so thnt old wells that were tbOUIfht to llM Iinst lisnlnlnjaa u ra nn llllcers. WellS Whose lireasnrAS menslirnil ounces now have a pressure ol poumls, it It snld. The Grnpeville and Murrayvllle dis tricts were Drenlltf ln.,.-..-)H.l !.. .... -I. l. J w.v,. auwuH. T he earthquake passed from the Fludlay and i.uuu i-uiiuij, neius. nre me oil belt wot encouutered, nud the effeots were finally full lu tbe gas Ileitis of Pennsylvania, AVENGED AN INSULT. Two Weat Virginia Women Open Fir On Two lien. Peter Fletcher and Joseph Quarles, living at Vivian, W. V., while walking up the road to a party in tbe country, met a party ol young women nnd engaged them In conver sation. The men made some uncompliment ary reumrKs, wuieii ine women ruseuteu, and as Fletcher and y.larles moved ou oue of the women told thein tbey bad better go around the hill coming buck, as tbey might get hurt. Fletcher nud Ouarles thought no more of the matter, and v. hen tbe party was over started home. As they got to the outskirts of Vivian they were startled By several shots. Fletcher Wna bit in two places lo tbe, in tbe right leg nnd once in the shoulder. Iunrles bad a bul let through his arm and another iu his groin. Suffrage in South Carolina. The convention completed the article on suffrage Wednesday' adopting ft as reported by tbe committee. Several amendments were offered looking toward! making It be yond peradveuturo that registration booka should always be open to publio Inspection, but the matter of regulating such details was left to tbe legislature. Tbe ordinance to per mit tbe State to Issue bonds In order to loan money to counties to get them on a cash basis, wot killed. Not Discouraged. The majority given on Tuesday against municipal suffrage for women In Massachus etts was 77,000. Tbe suffragists, representsd by Dr. Henry B. Biaskwell.say they are much encouraged by ibis result, considering tne small amount of money which they could use and thesbort time lor work. Tbe "Yes" vote of 107.0U0 reveals to them thousands of new friends, they say, and they will begin at once tbe organization of new clubs to carry on tbe agitation and to secure municipul suffrage from the legislature. Kanaa. Kansas returns show tbnt tb Republican! made practically a clean iweep of tne state. carrying a majority of the couutles entire and electing mnny ol Ihe offlceit ol the others. C. 1.. Holiday, Independent candidate for Chief justice, admits David Martin, his Re- fiubllcan opponent, will bave 40,000 ma ority. Chairman Breidenthal, ot tbe Pop ulists state central committee, snrs the re turn show Populist gains over lust year. Car Drop into a Bxvln( While a freight train on the Columbu Hocking Valley and Toledo railroad waa crowing a trestie 75 feet high, near Dela ware, u,, ll crone in two. mo engineer ap- Elled the brakes, nnd upon tb llr.t section elng slackened, tbe second section crashed Into it and six cars were knocked from tb trestle luto the ravlue below. On ode of lb cart that went down was Frank Scott, ot Uarytville, O. The fall brok hi neck. Children' Horn Burned. The Bpeed Home for Friendless Children, on East Madison avenue, Cleveland, neat Lodlngtou, was destroyed by an inoeadiary lire Friday. Tbe Inmates all escaped. Sine last Saturday night 8 attempti had been madt to burn the building. Tbe nolle bar been at work ou tbe case night and day. out failed to Dnd the slightest olew of th Incendiaries, Colored Democrat Elsoted Judge, James O. Matthews, colored, recorder ol deeds at Washington in President Cleveland'! first administration, bat been eleoted Judgt of tbe recorder 'I court of Albany, N. X., wbiob oftlce carries with It power ot a tu- f reme Judge. His msjorlty is over 2.0u. le wa. nominated and elected on tbe reg lar Demooratia ticket Jt It tbe highest Judi cial oftlce ever he)d by a man oi hit race In this country. Osrraan OtUo Sslasd, Tb political police of Berlin mad a tela, re of tbe entire edition ot th uewspapei Der Soaiallat TbeseUur was made factor tbe paper was issued, aud was made upon th supposition that the publication cautaloed a seditious artlele, Tbe editor ol tb periodical Deutobsuber Micnal has been proseouud foi the publication of an artlol Insulting to the x-EmoreM Frederick. M. Revol bai been appointed French tnii liter to Brain. I
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