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ed. Four were recapturcd. The
leader was shot twice before he sur
rendered.
VIM. Mckee, who was convicted
of completely in the st. Louis whis-
ky frauds. was released from jail on
Saturday on a Geographic order
from Attorney General Taft, his
pardon having been signed dy the
President. A large number of
McKee's friends called on him and
congrat ulated him on his restora-
ton to liberty. VIM. o. Avery was
released from the Missouri peniten-
tiary on Friday on the arrival of his
pardon. He proceeded to Washing
ton.
AT a church festival in Madison
county, N Y, yesterday, a floor gave
way, precipitating some fifty ladies
and others to a floor below, seriously
injuring a number. A party of
thirty-six persons going in a wagon
to a wedding near Cincinnati, Sat-
urday night, were driven over a
bridge and precipitated twenty-five
feet. Several were fatally injur-
ed,
They have a s'ministerial' muss
in the counting of the votes tor Con-
gressmen in the third Missouri dis
trict at st Louis. 1t appears that
from one precinct 272 votes had been
returned for Frost, democrat, but
that after the returns reached the
county clerks office these figures
were changed to 292. The county
clerk had no knowledge of the
change, but said he believed the re-
turns had been tempered with in his
office. The canvassers having only
ministerial" power decided that
they could not go behind the figures
292, and this gave Frost a majority
of one. By the original figures Met
calf, republican, would have had a
majority, and Metcalf obtained from
the Circuit Court a mandamus to
prevent the issuance of the certif-
cati of election to Frost. In the
meantime the United States mar
shall and a deputy proceeded to ar
rest the canvassers and their legal
advisers on a charge of classifying re-
turns, but the action of the Circuit
Court satisfied them, and they de-
fered action for the present.
TUESDAY, Nov. 81.
There were 16 death from scarlet
fever in Baltimore last week, and a
total of 119 deaths from all causes.
Lieut. Metcalf has received instruc-
tions from Washington to let the ex-
hibits in the United States Building
on the centennial exhibition grounds
remain as they are until further Or
ders.
A dispatch from Atlanta Ga, says
that business is at a stan d-still on
account Of the unsettled state of
politics. Many large orders lie held
back land merchants are afraid to in
crease their stock.
Some excitement was created in
Ottawa, Can ada, yesterday, Sby the
circulation of a rumor that volun-
teers had been ordered to the front
to fight the Fenians. 1t was ascer-
tanned, however, that no such orders
had been issued, but the MALTA de-
partment has instructed volunteer
officers to hold themselves in readi-
ness for any emergency which may
arise.
Considerable sensation has been
created at Washington and through
out the country concerning the move
ment of troops to Washington. The
President and members of the cabi-
net disclaim any political signif-
canoe in the matter, and state that
all present army movements are
mere matters of routine. 1t is add
ded that the troops now in Washing
ton will remain until after the presi-
Dental Inauguration to act as the
usual escort and guard.
A heavy wind and rain storm pre-
vailed Saturday in Northern Penn
sylvania, and has resulted i'll much
disaster in the mountain region.
Swollen mountain streams in several
localities have swept away houses