The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-11-23
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pStfs % TIE Eciis 70 N''e sue
lick,t
Juds- S1 ,fF,rd, enu' for certain DEM
cratic candidates, h.-d . protest 6 ',"-t
being .x lu,.ed irm the roam duri"s tbs
canvass Of the returns and g tiD-i exrcI-
tive and -ecs,t &c si"n- Of the ard C"un-
sci ior the L. ;. SUI erv,sor- oil election 6lrd
a pro,e-t g inst the exc. Gsion OF the ~
.erSisor- during thu csny. 50 and c"nPiia-
ton oil the Vote. Pr test were also flied by
Abe Council OF candidate. i.r office AZ ain-t
secret sessions, &c. Counsel for the Demo-
cratic ca didates also protested, on behalf
OF the Democratic electors, against the
counting IN OF the five Republican electors
not named on the tickets used in the l4th
senatorial district. A similar protest was
filed against the counting of 200 ballots
cast in the parishes Of Concordia and
Naichitoches for any electors except ,ho.e
named on the tickets. The parishes in the
18th senatorial district are Iteris, ST. Mar.
Tin, Ib<rvile and West Baion Rouge.
The board WAS in executive sesslon about
three hours, and in thst time examined the
returns from number Of psri-hes, laying
those aside in which there were conte>ts or
protests for action, Aft-r the uncontested
parishes are examined 1t Is found that
there are contests in nearly all the parishes
Twenty one parishes have been canvassed
BY the returning hoard, n follows: As
cen.ion, Tilden, /, 200; HAYES, 2074; As
sumption, TIlden, 1850; Hayes, 1872 ;
Avoy.lies, TiIden, 1,i7l; Hayes. sos ;
C.lcasin, Tilden, !, 29s; Hayer, "a; Cam
eron, Tilden 245; Hayes, 50; Point CauPe,
Tiiden, 1850; Hayes, 1887 ST. Bernard,
rilden, $50 Hayes, SOL; 5, james, Ill
den. 952; HAYES, 1887; st. John BAptiste,
Tilden, 743; Hayes, 2S7.
The = owe figures do not differ material
lv iron the duplicate poll lists IN the hands
If the Democratic committee. OF the nine
parishes Can, as-ed, only two give DINO
cratic msjnfit e. -hosleg that most OF t"e
prot--ts are by Republicans in Democratic
! parishes.
SOUTH CAROLINA RETURNS.
CoLU BrA, $ c, November Il The
board Of com mi-sioners made their report
| 10 the supreme court, t. dss, on the cleo
tors and Stale officers. The court nov per
mits the board Of c,nvas-.rs to decide only
G .pareSsmeu and Legislators rs INDICATED
by The returns This acIion will decide the
question OF governor The curt viii act,
tom ROW, regarding the report OF the
bosrd on the Electors and STATE officers
Ex-U. ) Attorney General Aesermsn. U.
5 District Attorney Cortin and Exon
gre-eman Eilior, col'red, appeared IS at
torne, for the Republican Candidates.
THE VOTE OF PENNSYLVANIA.
Fl RRisBU G, Pa, November 2l.-The
fici Il v. t. In Pennsy lvanis ~ ~ foil 'w-
H ,e., 3Sl ,l4S; T,lden, 366 2O4: Cooper
PA; SmIth prohibi' ionis', Ii lS2.
CANVASS Nc THE RETURNS.
MoSTPElL.k, VI, N-v~m or 2l.-The
county Clerks met t,-d,v, To canvas The
voles Cast in the late election for Pre-id, Ia
tial electors, and IA their poweis are simply
ministerial, they therefor- declined Ia hear
| or receive evidence out -ide OF a cer,iti.;ate
OF the vote. BY the proper uhorities. I'm
der this ecision, Mr. Sllace, E,ostm a-ter al
Bridgep ri at the time Of the election, will
recrive certificate at his election. An in
junction Is To be applied Tor.
FLORIDA.
TALLAHASSEE, November 2l.-The Cir
cult Court, 10 day, Issued AN inIunciior,
r, straining Governor :. earns from canvass
ing the reru m of the electoral Vote, and a
nnnddmus requiring the board Of canvassers
to begin their cunt.
TERRIBLE sToRM-wAyF.
CALCUTTA, November 20.-Three large
islands, namely Haitian. Suahsendep and
Oak and numerous small
i'll ,nds, including Backergurge, Nakholiy
and Chittagong, were entirely subnSrged
by the storm-wave Of October 3lsi. a. WAS
the main land for four or five miles These
islands are in or near the estuary OF the
river Megua. The largest, Dakhinshabs-
shene, was 5000 square miles in extent,
and had a popula alton of about 24O o. Hat
tiah and Suahsendep together had aDout
600 900 population. Up to IL o'clock on
the night the 3l.t, there were no signs Of
danger, nut before midnight a wave swept
over the country to the depth, in many
places, Of 20 feet. surprising the people in
their beds. Dense groves of cocoanut and
palm trees around the villages, enabled
many to save themselves by clinging among
the branches, and some took refuge ON the
roofs OF their houses, but the water burst
the houses asunder and swept them out TO
the sea. Some were carried thus across the
channel, ten miles, to the ChittagOng dis
trict, but the vast majority were never
heard OF again.
The country is perfectly fiat, and almost
all persisted who failed to reach trees.
There is scarcely household IN the islands
| and on the adjacent coa.t but has lot some
eli Its members. The cattle are all drowned,
boats are swept away, and the means OF
communication with other districts destroy
ed There il much distress among the sur
vivorr, which the government Is relieving.
| Wherever the storm-wave passed, 1t Is be-
| lie we'd, not a third of the population sur
vived. The islands have barely one-fourth
of ;heir former inhabitants.
| THE VOTE OF VIRGINIA.
RICHMOND, Va, November lS.-Rs turns
| irom AL the counties have been received bv
| the Secretary of State. showing the vote fol
| TIlden and Hendricks electors to be l3S 5l2
and for Hayes and Wheeier's electors, 81
26S; Tilden's majority, 44,2A. The vote
OF York county is not included in the
above, as the returns only give the vote tor
| Presidential candidates, and not for the
| electors.
| The Democratic majOrities in the Con-
gressional district. not before reported, are;
| First-Dougl4s 1888 Second-GoOde, / :
| 500 Third Walker, loo Fifth-Cabell,
1904; Seventh Hsrri-, sS3; Ninth
! Predmore, ,O36 In the Fourth district, j Ger
ginim's, Republ can, msjorlty over Hun
| ton, Democr4t, and the Democraiii n-gro,
independent Republican, is over 10000. 1t
Is stated that there will be contests in the
md and 4th districts.
SOUTH CAROLINA FOR HAYES.
CHARLESTON. :. G, November IL The
result of tabulating the return by county
canvsssers, gives the State tn Hayes elect
ors by maiolities varying from 30 TO ,l33.
The counsel for the Democrats Immediately
filed exceptions to the aggregation, on the
ground Of Irregularities, errors and omis-
lions between the Managers returns and
| the statements OF the county canvas-eIs, by
~hich they claim the result. The Supreme
Court will, il is Understood, direct the
board in its duties a. 10 the final count.
TAKE CHARGE.
ST. LOUIS, November 2l.-The "Repub-
lican's" Kansas City special saws that