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The Pennsylvania Democratic State commit
tee met at Harrisburg to consult regarding the
Presidential election and after dclbcratlon
issued an address declaring that Samuel j.
Iildcn and Thomas a. Hendricks were, on the
seventh day of November last. elected President
and Vicc-Prcsidcnt of the United States. The
address appeals to the people Of the State as
follows The Senate and House of Representa-
tivcS Of the United States have, by the Constltl-
ton. the sole and exclusive power to settle all
questions which relate to the validity of the
electoral votes of the several States. In one
event the Constitution gives the House Of Rep
rcscntativcS the power to elect the President.
We. therefore, earnestly invoke from yoi every
effort cognizablc by law for the execution and
support of the constitutional methods by which
is to be determined who are the lawfully elected
President and Vicc-Prcsidcnt of the United
states. The Senate and Hampton House of
South Carolina adjourned Sinr die before Christ
mas. Before adjuurliing, the Senate appointed
a committee Of three Republicans and three
Democrats, to confer and make 4 report on the
conStitutionalitv of the Mackcy llousc.....Ih
supreme court of Florida s~USta!ns the Drew
demurrer to tic answer of the canrasSi!lG board
and grants Z pcrcmptorv order to the board to
rctairaSs from the face of the returns.
Emperor William spoke hopefully of peace in
his speech at Tie close Of the German Par
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the auction of the Johnston art collection in
New York. cravans and drawings were offered
and realized fair prices. The total results Of
the sale reached the sum of %332. 0ON, which
considering the times and scarcity of money, Is
unparalleled. ..... BY the carc'cSsncsS Of a con-
ductor of Il freight train OF the Bclvidcrc-Dcla
warr railway. New jersey, who neglected to
send ont Il tlagman when his locomotive left
the train standing on the track while it went
far. ,rct.,. a o,nl froiD Nyos ,,rr.IIItntrl J1ltpu
the freight. and Brakeman ScryiS was killed and
Conductor Engcls and Brakeman Carmody in
jurcd. The Sioux commission report IN favor
of 4 removal Of the Indians. and against placing
them under control of the War Departmental.
During the recent gale there were $50 lives lost
on the coast Of Scotland and Engla;d......
The New England Society of New York held its
annual dinner. and addresses were made by
Mark Twain. Mayor Wickham and othcrs.... .
The fair buildings at Indianapolis, Ind. were
DESTROYED by. fire.. Loss, $I5,O 0O. Al adjoining
greenhouse was also ruined. Loss. 5000. ..
lack Henry, n cripple of HarrodsburS. Ky,
after being tlraslcd by Robert Gallagher, pro-
cured n gun and deliberately shot Gallagher.
James Gallagher, n son. seeing his father fall
ran toward him, when Henry killed him also.
The murderer was arrested ...... 4 fire i'll
Homer, La, destroyed twenty business houses
and two dwellings,. Loss nearly S2U0.000.
PRESIDENT Nrall having ncaru TIC report tlat
he is likely to be elected Uuitcd States senator
from Illinois to succeed Mr.. Logan. promptly
and uncquivocally declares that he will not be q
candidate. He gives n number Of reasons why
lie will not be a candidate. the principal one
being that he strongly favOrS the reelection Of
Senator Logan. -. The electoral vote of Florida
was cast and sent to Washington before the de-
ciS!on of the supreme court Of the State that 4
rev count of the popular vote DC madc......
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gates to meet in Washington to consider the
political situation. 800. There are four Demo-
cratic Presidential electors, the legality of
whose election is disputed by the Republicans.
They are Frost, of Missouri, WHO is laborirg
under political disability imposed by the Four
tccnth amendment Moore, of Tennessee.
whose political disability has not been removed;
Williamson, OF New Jersey, who is 4 United
States commissioner, aid Holloway, of Virginia,
who was q United States Centennial commits
siOncr. 1.-The final announcement of q tcrmina-
ton OF the controversy between the United
States and Great Britain, concerning the extra
dition Of criminals, is n diplomatic victory for
United States Secretary Fish. The British gov
crmncnt rcccdcS from its position assumed
when it refused to surrender Winslow, and ac-
ccpts the view of the United States government,
and Brent, Gray, Winslow and Ellis will all be
given up if they can be arrested.
a broken rail threw n train of cars from the
track near ~BcllcfOntainc, Ohio. and eight pas
scngcrs were more or less injured by the cars
turning completely over. ....A I'll. 900 package
of money on its way from the Treasury depart
mcnt to an Illinois national bank was appro-
priatcd by some person whom the detectives are
c!dcavorln@ to uncarth. 80. Owing to the boiler
house OF tie American transfer company at Oil
City, Pa, catching fire. the boiler burst and
broke the side of n fifteen thousand gallon tank
of oil, the contents of which were Immediately
tapped up by the flames. -Four other iron tanks
followed the same course. and 35. 600 barrels of
oil were destroyed. The losses will foot up
300, 600. $50. During the performance of "Thc
Two Orphans " i'll Washington q person tainted
in the gallary and a cry of tight " was raised,
which was interpreted by the audience into fire.
wEcrcupon 4 terrible panic cnsncd, during
which 4 number Of persons were seriously i'll
jurcd. In the Newark (N. j. opera house a
CRY of " fire - by 4 small boy startled the audi
cncc into n frenzy i'll its efforts to cscalc from
the building, and several were injured in the
jam. The alarm proved to lie false. 49,. George
in Chattanooga, Tenn, shot him twice, when
Smith returned the fire with two shots. Both
men were fatally injured.
\ Norwegian ship called the Rjukan went
ashore near Ocean Grove, n. j., and broke mp.
Her crew of twenty men was rescued with
difficulty. .....A fire in Toxic. Japan, OF Nov.
18th, destroyed s~iyty-livc streets, containing
5000 houses, valued, with their contents, at
$40. 0OO. 900. Fifty lives are believed to have
bccn lost ..... Chinese authorities apologizcd
to the representative of the United States for
the destruction Of the American chapel at Yen
Ping Flu, a year ago. by a mob. Tie value of
the property Was refunded. ..... The schooner
Castillo, of and from st. John for New York,
laden with latlI, went ashore at Southwest Har-
Lor. 100 miles from st. John, N b. Her crew
of five persisted. and their bodies have been re-
covered ...... Bcckwitii, former confidential
clerk of Babbitt. the New York soap man, who
was tried for dcfrauding his employer ont Of
$500, 900, was sentenced to ten years in the
pcnitcntiary $500. Ten of the Mexican States
recognize lglcsias as the riGhtful president,
while Diaz is upheld by five. At last accounts
Diaz had the better army, and was marching on
The tow of Qucrctaro, Which Iglcsias was dc
Tending with 5000 men......T The battle of
Trenton, n. j., was celebrated by en- imitation
Of that famous engagement, i'll which every
incident was duplicated as far as practicable.
...... Fourteen children We're burned TO death
in a convent at st. Elizabeth, Canada. The
building was completely destroyed insured for
sot nuu