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On the evening OF the uth inst girl, fifteen
years Of age the daughter Of wealthy aud
Jewish parents. who live In East Forty NTH street.
wished to go TO party with young friend, but her
father refused Then. without taking change of
clothing, and having only liltle money, she disap
prured Detectives traced her that evening to one OF
the Morrl-ania steamboats, thence into Mestchester
county and then back to the city, ami then they lost
her. Yesterday they found ntr IN respectable house
IN Twenty nrst street where she had rented room
She ssld That she vent from her home for pleasure
ride and had pavnea certain articles Of JtwelrT
urder to pay her expenses she sent to her
hmm
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'u"' Nov. l7.-John q. Thomp-
ClNcfSsATI, nocratc state Electoral
son, Chairman OF theL> for meeting Of
Committee, has issued q ca. prominent
citizens ~ ,h S,a..ee 400 pl~> the
It on m,Innrsdsy next to take action tees'a,r.
SITUATION IN Louisiana, South & iroline Ar,s t,o,
iua. TO denouncs attempts at fraudulent afHs>,
ov tne republican ATTY 10 those states, In theIr
a.ts.Pts 10 throw out Democratic majnri.ies
ana 70 appeal TO tho people OF the country 10
sa snppoft The demand Of ths Democracy for An
The invitation 10 10 Drwocrsts Iih...,. -.
Independents, aud all other patriotic citi
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Father Taft Recommending McKee'- Pardon

WASHINGTON, Nov 1.-THE Attorney General
recommended to the President today that pardon be
granted to Wiliam Mckee OF ST. Louis. now In jail at
jefferson City and therefore warrant for that pur
pose Will be Issued wtht NJ any delay The pardon Is
recommended by Attorneys hss, lt9ii al and Dyer,
10 all ~ whom reference Of tho applications made 10
the DspaTlmenl " Justlee had been reltrred.
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Kate Hoffman Again Accused.

McConichi, the self-accused murderer of little
Maggie Bauer. accuses Kate Hoffman Of the crime He
says that after the murder Kate took him where the
body law he helped her further into the
woods and conceal Il He says that Detective Payne
secured his confession by threatening TO hang HIM
instantly after which ne took him TO the woude and
pointed the important points Payne Not deny
he flraal
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james Maguire, indicted for murder In the
second degree In having struck william Schroeder In
the eve with stick while he was sleeping on bench
IN Union square, pleaded guilty of msnsAngntcr the
fourth degree, ana Judge Brady sentenced him to twO
Years IN State prison.
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Brookiyn's New Drive TO the Sen.
Va ncaan PARK "a AZ extanaIon IN 10 Ial 4.

beach will be opened TO the pubic to-day, thus com
ploting . siImile drive from Prospect Park to the
oceAr that Is believed TO be without rival IN this coun
try At the same time the Concour-e at the terminus
Of this drive 5000 feet long and running parallel with
the beach. Will also be opened To the public The pOT.
uon Of the drive just comp eei over two miles long
ma "A {. fNa
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Ineligible Republican Electors in Loui-,nn'

NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 1.-THE Erentng
Democrat says that two OF the Republican elect
ors In Louisiana held onices Of profit and trust
under the United States at the time they were
voted for. and are therefore Ineligible.
o. II. Brewster was United States Surveyor
General for Louisiana, and official documents
signed by him during the canvass are In exist
ence. The day after the election ne sent on his
resignation, and, II IS believed, antedated IL to
remove his ineliglbilty.
judge A. ". Lavi'se. another Republican
Elector. Is, we are Informed. United states
Commissioner, an ONCE OF profit and trurt, an d
be Is, therefore, lnslIRible.
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Wife and her Iinbe.

Eliza Alexander, Of ga Fourth street, Jersey
CITY, was deserted by her husband and being penni
and starving, she resolved TO leave her infant on
doorstep Twice she attempted 20 leave the child, but
her maternal lncis rebelied, AID then she asked
Capt McDonuells asslstance. Tue Prince street police
We Ii
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When Capt. Mount heard ot the mysterious
shooting OF " RocSs Durham. IN the Sew llVoh'
sa Don In West Seventeenth street his suspicious rested
on John Ford, desperate ~ local celebrity. ana he
began search for MINI GA lhuredtb ctcnus ipNcr
officer heard pistol shots In rnthty uu ANtlu \. h'Ar
seventy ysccond street. tatha Inc punnty Was found
ir-tu" with a pistol shot Wuuui I'm tr ltu hi uNrht
She sA4 that Juhn Ford had shot hrr and Va run Hw w.
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Heavy Damage. Tor MnIrren,meu,.

RHINEDECK, Nov H.-Some time ago jose
phtne Ash through her guardian. brought suit nst
Henry Astor. son Of John Jacob Astor for t2O,O0O
damages for matrestmsnt The jury. ON the ith inst
brought IN verdict of guilty and awarded the fun
amount to the psin'in The iefenhautS counsei made
= motion before Judge Westbrook tor ues trial TO-
day Judge WestbrOOk denied tne motion with costs.
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The Character Of tho Man who IL to Decide


WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE character OF
J. Madison Wells. President OF the Louis'ana
Returning Board, Is something fearful o. con.
template His fraudulent claim for ti5O'vv
pending before the Southern Claims Comms-
sion, was fled with the assurance that his infa-
nous conduct would secure the support Of the
Administration. The following Ia the exact
language of the protest now on hle;
"He has not owned an acre Of land in 0fty
years nor n single slave, and when his creditors
have asked for payment he never claimed to DO
the owner OF his crops. lie expects to buy tho
support ~ his claim by recent services as one OF
the Returning Board"
This refers to services rendered within the
last four years. The question is now asked,
What IA the price Of the infamy he will be
called upon to father In securing the electoral
vote of louisiana" A prominent Republican
telegTaphed to-day that unless the votes cast In
tho bulldozed districts are thrown out the State
cannot be denied to Iilden.
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George Richardson 4 Son, manufacturers Of
straw goods. at $40 Broadway, have failed. owing
100000 They have a large factory In farminghtn,
Mass. Andress sanford, dealers In NIL lnerj kOJds
~ b69 Broadway have failed. owing over tlooOJO'
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appointed 10 witness the counting Of the votes.
THIS arrangement will probably be m tde.
Republicans are very much depressed here TO-
night by news from South Carolina.
In caucus to night they determined 20 send
special committees to Florida and South Caro-
lima. a.. 81,
Prominent Republicans here cav that W the
news be true. the Returning Board VIII quietly
proceed to canvass the votes without exercising
Judicial authority, and will virtually give up the
light,
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BURLINGTON, VI. Nov lT.-Miss MARY Fetch
TINS city has given tl5OOOO Tor the establishment
and endO Wnlent Of hospital.
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Sergeant McNanus arrested In Blissvie, on
Tlur.iny night, three supposed burg ara They d
horse aud wagon TO their possession. while the officer
WAS making the arrest, one John Price drew
knf' the officer, who TIA r"upon shot INN IA the
side. An turcc were locked up, The wounded man
anid that ms rcsdefC+ wn.,n Niuth avenue, between
heYanY ond and heNelll lhlrd slree.. New luTk.
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'rotai....,
sTEARSs'e xAJoEiTi.

County not heard from CBrevard). which save
~ Democratic majority IN 1874. Add estimated
increase ana We have total OF l04 for Brevard,
which gives Drew IN the Second District <2t ma
jority. Add First District, 6sS. and We have
Drcw's majority 10 the state 1860.
1hs committee say that they have not been
able to get separate figures upon the state and
electoral tickets from the different counties but
viii arrange them In a few days. II is only IN a
few counties that Mr.. Tilden is behind tho state
ticket, and after making the most liberal estl-
mates for the counties not fully heard from, II
IL not believed that the majority for the Tilden
electors can fall below 600 The com mmtttee add
When the state Board comp etes It's duties and purges
the vote OF all frauds mAIoriy viii be largely In.
the vote here stated. In come oi the
Kepubcan counties the vote exceeds by hundreds the
voting population according to the actua census Bal
lots have b-eu miscounted ballot boxes have been
stuffed, Democratic chRll lengers have been excluded
from he polls ana other outrAges have been commit
ted for the purpose OF stinng the voice OF the people
bu the committee has corcted abundant evidence OF
these crimes, and Will ~ the proper time lay 1t before
the country.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE Secretary OF tho
National Republican Committee received the
following despatch to-day from ex-senator Os-
borne, who was sent TO Florida:
TALLAuAssKk. Fla, Nov. IL.
10 Non. Rchdrd C. Nc COfnuci
All right here. How IL Il elsevhere2
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In the suit OF Meta Schneider, the Ninth street
for une teller against Gen W. g. steinmelk the builder
of the New York Post Once, for 5000 damage for
false mprsOnm at on charge Of attempted DlackmA,
thr Jury yesteraY returned verdict OF 800 IN hss
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FLORIDA.
Onicial Returns from all but Two Counties
The Democratic Majority 1859.

TALLAHASSEE. Nov. 1.-THE Democratic
State Committee have issued an address, in
which they announce the success Of the entire
Reform ticket-Eectoral. Congressional, and
State by sbfs maiorities, and the certainty OF
a Democratic majority In the Legislature. ln
proof Of their statement they give the following
figures. which they declare are from official
sources and entirely reliable:
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The trot 10 Brooklyn Driving Park yesterday
between J; +. Jame.'s b. m. Grace and Rogers 6k
z Major PultE was won by Grace. Major PuI won
the nrst 3:O2 Grace the second third, and
fourth heats aud rot with great IN 257 3Ol 30O
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HAVANA, Nov. lT-Additional particulars OF
the seizure Of the steamer Mocteznma have been re-
celyed Only the captain and three seamen were killed.
ana eight passengers with nfeen reAmen' were iAhueu
AZ rane uavtien whence they were taken by the
French mai steamer to Santiago de una Two
spanish ships have gone III pursuit. VI Tue hVV'V
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Overcoats and ulsters for men and boys are
sold at prces lower than ever, at NOgel Dros Broad
way corner Houston street. and II nth avenue, be-
tween Forty nrst AID Fvrty second sTeeu. -Adv.
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ISpIANAPoLIs Nov. II. Daniel Torrence ana
John King, Jr were to-day appointed II criVtrs of tue
Ohio ana Mississippi Railroad by Judge Gresham.
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LONDON, Nov. ls.-The sum Of $4,000 pounds
sterling III American eagles Withdrawn from bank
yesterday for shipment to New York.
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Add one county not heard from (Holmes),
which gave PA Democrats snaJottty IN ls,+; add
estimated increase over this vote, VI making
majority In Holmes 31q; which add to majority
In the district. and we have 05 as Drew's Jori-
L. IN ha Eiraf nl.i
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PASSENGER Train Ditched.

H.. Nov. ia broken rail on
a.. ''in and Southern RarOaa
LtrrIE kocR, near nj @sNssni sant, 70 sisSt nH
the 81. Lows, Iron Noun. '"SA" "s"'
ditched An VITA passenger uA,.,,
Nome or the passengers were knls~'
Sere more oi lgI ipIuTsd'
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J0rrIN0s AHOUr rOWN.

Northeast winds, stationary barometer and
temperature partly cloydy weather. and li1ht fAIus
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Commodore Nicholson, a genial gentleman.
and the youngest Of1csr who has ever held tpe
rank and position OF Commander at the Brook
lyn Navy Yard Willingly answered all questions
asked htm.t
Oueslion-Do YOU know OF any extraordinary
pTaparations being made now In this yard 10
meet any expected trouble1
Commander Nicholson-None at ALL
"Are you making any unusual Efforts to place
the vessels In your yard In condition Tor imnie-
di tie use2
mo"
Are you preparing any vesseli for immediate
seryioef"
mo"
"ln truth" said the Commodore. "everv-
thing IL very duh and stupid over here. aud We
are doing nothing beyond the merest Routine
work.
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August Opens Auspiciously.

The rain Of the last two days has been
welcome indeed to farmers and garden
ers; and though II comes too late TO
wholly repair the damage of the dry
month, it yet will do much good.
August is ushered in with cooling breezes
and damp skies. while July started with
broiling sun and parched earth. That try
ing month Of July will win the distinction
of conspicuous place in the weather
records Of people who are fond of keeping
them, and those who do 1t rs part OF their
regular business. Nor were we alone in
the experience Of great heat. In London,
In Paris, and generally on the Continent
the weather has been remarkably hot, and
the sweating editors have been protesting
against the infection, and writing of ice
and cooling beverages. The London Telc-
qraph even went to the extreme Of argu-
ing that champagne should not be cooled
by putting humps of ice in it, but that che
bottle should be refrigerated In cooler
The benighted population OF tie English
metropolis may need TO be told that. but
| 1t is a truth as familiar TO every schoolboy
| in New York as his multiplication table or
the science of top spmning.
But happily the month is over the mer-
curry RECEIVERS from its Inflammation, and
August comes in with smiles and tears TO
make us forget that July was flushed with
heat. Gov. TILDENs letter of acceptance
will soon be out the campaign will begin
in right earnest; Gen. DIx's Boys in Blue
wi in vain seek to stir up sectional strife
all factions of the Democratic party are
Joined hand in hand in support OF our Re
form Governor; the army OF independent
voters rally under the same flag; CARR
scHURz deserts the standard, but he fail
TO draw off the honest German voters. VINO
repudiate him and his ticket; confidence
OF success inspires all hearts; and therefore
the general feeling on this August day i
that OF joy, hope, and happiness, varied b,
the gnashng Of the teeth OF GRANT anC
his motley crew of political pirates, impo
tent in their rage and trembling ut tn
prospect of merited punishment. Henc
we suy August opens auspiciously.
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A Precedent and a Prophecy.

To rHR EDITOR Oh The SUN-Str: In the
Wing Almanac for ls49. Mr.. Greeley treats Of the
election Of Gen. Taylor In the year before, and
after mentioning the fact that in 1s47, the sec
ond year of tue Polk Administration, a Wing
Speaker u the House was elected, he adds !:
1--WE believe there has never been an instance
under the Federal Constitution In which Pres
idenJ has Deeu elected OF adverse politics to
those OF the Speaker Of the House last before
cnOsen."
minlstrations, MIR. Greeieys statement Is Hp-
plcAbie to those since the era OF Van buren,.
MIR. Van Buren was elected In 1890 and In 1859
MIR. Hunter, Whig, was elected speaker. IA r
rison was elected In ls+0. n 1913 tho Democrats
elected u Spea ker, and MT Polk WAS elected
President In 1874. In ls47 MIR. Winthrop Cwhig)
was cnosen Speaker, and In l4S the whites
elected I ylor. After 1aylor's death, and in
Fillmores term, 1871, Linn Boyd Was chosen
speager, and IN 1852 Pierce became President.
In 1855 the Democratic candidate WAS delicate L,
and the next ye r Buchanan was cleo Ell Pres-
dent. But Banks represented "A plurality and
not majority, and his election represented the
rlsIng tide Of the Republican movement. Tho
Democrats lost the Spe tker In 1851 Mr. Pen
nington was ohoseI, and IN 1850 Mr.. Lincoln was
elected President. In 1853 the Speaker elected
was In harmony with Air. Lincoln VINO was re-
elected In 1854.
In 1887 MIR. Golf 4, man not friendly to An
drew Johnson, was elected, and the hepuUli-
cans In 1858 elected Grant.
In 1871 another Republican Speaker was elect
ed. ANA the next year Mr.. Greeley, IN consonance
with precedent he cited IN ls49, was defeated.
In 1875 the Democrats elected speaker, aud II
the Instances, "under tina Fed erAl Constitu-
ton" are OF any value as precedents or predic-
lions, Mr.. Iilden Is sure To walk over the course
this year.
One who studies our political history with any
care " III dlscover that tue election OF Congress
opposed 20 the administration In power has
been coincdent with a revolution in public SEN
July 81, 1879. HIsToRIcUs.
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We should not like to say that TUPPER
HOLLAND Is an ass. Indeed, he is not an ass.
1t would offend truth to 80 declare, and truth
we love and will defend. Yet, moral bard and
serious romancer as he Ia, unexceptonablo 8
bis voluminous works are, UPPER HOLLAND Is
more apt to touch bottom when the waters are
shallow than when they are deep. II we were
forced to say It, and didn't have 40 profound
feeling OF attachment for this famous apostle OF
the commonplace, we should accuse UPPER
HOLLAND OF being a spoke In the literary
wheel that might be omitted In Its manu-
facture without damage to the revolv-
ing power of the wheel. II, however, he
adds no new thought to our stock, and dresses
up no oldIone in unfamiliar guise, no yet sue
ceeds In writing many words none OF which can
be called positively bad. He is preBminently
man Of whom II can be said that he may die
without regretting line no ever wrote, though
his readers may wish that he had never learned
the art OF writing at alt. This remark could not
be made OF all writers, many OF whom are not
so unexceptionable as UPPER HOLLAND, while
fortunately few are so quick to talk aud write
innocent platitudes as be. Writing last month
Of one Of the gravest, saddest, most perplexing,
and, as society is constituted at present, most
Inevitable concomitants OF civilization, UPPER
HOLLAND gets beyond his depth. Perhaps II he
should spend the rest OF his life, even though
that might be prolonged far into the next CEN
tury, In the study Of this vexing subject, he
might say something OF value upon 1t, provided
always that his intellectual apparatus was re-
constructed and built different principles
from those which govern Its present making up
He says, The translation OF q vice into an
evil is the transformation Of thing TO be
blamed into a thing to be pitied and de-
plored." But n vice untransformed is not
already an evil and a thing to be pitied
and deplored, then the history OF the world
and the experience OF man have been In vain,
and worcs have been deceiyers always. Perhaps
when UPPER HOLLAND thinks moro about so
cial questions that have perplexed the wisest
ami most thoughtful, he will learn to write about
them with more knowledge and less phars aism.
We advise him US friend to stick to smaller
subjects. A man who is intellectually puny
looks ridiculous when he plants himself over
against a great theme and tries to handle II.
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The Coal Monopoly.


Here in the Eastern States coal ranks
next after food and clothing US necessary
OF life, wood being too expensive TO be
Used as fuel. While labor raw materials,
manufactured goods, food, and almost
every article of daily wear, use, and con-
sumption have greatly declined in value
during the last three years the powerful
combination which controls the anthracite
coal mines has SO far successfully resisted
the general fall in prices. The Board OF
Control meets every month, and arbitrarily
fixes the price of coal for the ensuing
month. At the last meeting the public
were informed that fifteen cents per ton
would be added to the present price OF all
kinds of coal, commencing on the first day
OF August. This is the commencement of
a series of advances intended TO force
dealers, manufacturers, aud consumers
into the market MS buyers.
The combination. which virtually forms
monopoly so far as anthracite coal Is
concerned, dates from about 1872; il has
grown in power from year 10 year.
At the head and front Of the organization
stands the Philadelphia and Reading Rail
road Company. There has been OF late
considerable talk of the breaking up Of
the combination, owing to difficulties
arising from excessive shipments TO sea-
board markets by the Lehigh Valley Rail
road shipments 5000 tons in oxoess of
their proportion Of the tonnage stipu-
lated by the compact. These difficulties
were, however, adjusted at the last meet
ing of the Board of Control held IN this
| FnlI 49,
carrying during two weeks in August, ana
the combination still presents an unbroken
front to the public. Meanwhile, all classes
are growing very impatient under this
system OF arbitrary dlctation, which, by
an ingeniously contrived scale of adj
vancing prices, has for tho last few years
forced the great body Of large consumers
to lay in their winters supply of coal long
before they have any OCCASION TO use it,
and, moreover, at exorbitant rates fixed
by the seller.
To the poor, who must perforce buy from
hand to mouth, the system is oppressive,
A certain portion OF their earnings during
the Indictment season, no uncomfortable
portion, goes for coal; and under the
present combination arrangement, prices
|
of the year when the poor man is called
upon TO largely increase his average coal
supply for heating and domestic purposes.
Tho wealthy buy their coal al the lowest
rates in May or June, losing the interest
on their money from the date of payment
up to the period when cold weather set,
in. The poor, who consume In the aggre-
gate such immense quantities OF coal
buy it from week to week the year round
They cannot, for want OF means, avail
themselves even Of tho lowest prices an,
nounced by the Board OF Control to lay il
, a sufficient stock for the season.
THIS year has witnessed "A marked change
in the coal business. The public have 50 IA
perslstently refused TO purchase eXeep
3 from day to day. Three~quarterS Of thos
who generally lay in their winters suppl
( in early summer have determined to buy
W. they want 1t, aud when they want it
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Some OF the Representatives from the
far Western States and Territories are particu-
larry deslrGus to induce Congress 10 authorize
the raising OF volunteer regiments for opera
tons In the Black Hills. Mr.. PADDOCK OF Ne
brasKa would ike 10 have Ave regiments of nine
months volunteers enlisted in Kansas, Neoras.
IA wyoming, Colorado, Dakota, Utah. ana
Montana. There are tens Of thousands OF bold
adventures out there who would enjoy short
and lively campaign, with clothing, re,.uns,
ransportaton wages, and muskets, In the gold
bearing regions, iu which they could settle down
as miners aud traders after the Indians were
driven out. 1t looks fine. to them, but they
| would be expensive to the country.