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The Elections In The East.

The Elections In The East.
ALBANY IN. ", November 1Oth.-Tht
| Tree canal amendment to the Constitution
was adopted by over 100000 majority.
THE COLORADO LEGISLATURE
LINCOLN, November 1Osh.-A private tele
gram from Denver, received here to-day by
prominent Republican, states that the Colo
RADIO Legislature is Republican Jerome B.
Chatfse, Judge Bowen, Lieutenant Goyerno,
Tabor, General Howell and Governor Pitkir
will all be Candidates for the United State:
Senatorship to succeed Chilcott, but Governor
Pitkin's chances for election to-day are be-
yond any of those named.
SAVED FROM THE WRECK.
HARTFORD Conn., November 10th. Gen.
erai Frank d. Sleat (Rep.) is elected State
Comptroller.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
PHILADELPHIA, November 10.h.-Returns
from every county in the State, Of which
tifty-six are official. give Pattison Dem.), for
Governor, IS. $50 plurality over Beaver
(Rep.) Psttison has plurality in 14S coun.
ties, and Beaver in 10. It is not believed
that the estimate of the vote in the eleven
counties not officially reported will be ma
terially changed.
Congressional.
YAYKToN ID. IT,, November l0sh.-The
returns received indicate that John B. Ray.
mon is elected to Congress. The Republicans
have not less than "a 600 majority in Dakota.
The Legislature stands twenty-nine Republi.
cans to seven Democrats.
RICHMOND (Vs.), November 10.h.-In the
First Congressman District Mayo coalition
is elected.
LEXINGTON tKy.l, November 10th.-In the
Tenth Congressional District White (Rep.5 Is
elected.
The Blerstadt Place on the Hudson
Burned.
NEW York, November 10th.-The Bier.
stadt place at Irvington, on the Hudson.
owned by Albert Bierstadt. the artist, was
destroyed by fire this morning The origin
of the fire ia unknown, but the theory is that
1t started in the chimney hues. Henry T.
Chapman, Jr., a member of the New York
Stock Exchange, occupied the mansion dur.
ing the past season. and yesterday morning
the family returned to their home in Brook.
Ign. The mansion was erected sixteen years
ago, at cost of 500, 900. The studio, - by
30 feet, with ceiling 80 feet high, was stu
ated in the rear of the second story. All the
rooms were spacious, the interior being fin.
ished in hard woods. Large Turkish rugs
took the place of carpets. The furniture was
costly, and nearly every room contained from
three to ten valusbie pictures of famous
artists. In the library were two pictures of
the famous Yosemite Valley, valued at
so 600 each. The house was filed with
many valuable trophies and curiosities,
which Bierstadt had collected in Yosemite
valley and elsewhere. AS far as known.
these valuable relics and furniture were totally
destroyed. The furniture itself was probably
worth SO 600, and the pictures and curiosi.
ties are estimated to be worth nearly 800 900
more.
WASHINGTON, November 1Oth.-General
Sherman has submitted to the Secretary OF
War special report upon the subject OF
military posts and forts, in which he says
The time is now come TOR radical change
in the whole system of piecemeal work in
qusrtering troops Of the United States. For
100 years we have been stepping across the
continent with skirmish line, building q
post here aud another there. to be abandoned
next year for another line, and so on and
now we are across and have railroads every.
where, so that the whole problem is changed
aud l advise the honorable Secretary # War
to go TO Congress with a plan that will ap,
| proximate permsnency instead Of, as hereto
| fore, meeting specific temporary wants by o
| special appropriation in the interest of par.
ties for the enlargement and improvement o!
military posts" General Sherman recon.
NEEDS that the Secretary Of War ask Con.
sress for 81 000,00 per year for FIVE years,
to be expended by him at the discretion OF
the officers of the Qusrtermsster's d spart.
ment. By that process, he thinks, there will
| be an abundance CT good quarters fer tie
whole army fer the next fifty years.
| Opposition to Chicago Dressed Beef.
ALBANY IN. Y November 10sh.-T. c.
s II IT
| Albany, w. H. Vanderbilt, of New York,
and w. Arnold, Of Chicago, have formed q
company. with reported capitol of s., 900,
900, TO oppose the Chicago dressed beef en-.
| terprise. They will open depots 10 every city
| where the other firms have agencies, and will
| sell beef brought from Chicago in the Ameri
can Refrigerator Company cars at price
which will just cover expenses. This is con
sidereo a move to crowd out the dressed bee!
trade, in the interests of the live stock bust
ness aud the railrosd companies.
Dramatic scene in ihe Jeanette Investi-
CATION.
| WAsHIHGToN, November 10sh.-The scene
| in the Courtroom in which the Jeannette
! Board sits was rather dramatic this after.
moor. A number Of lady relatives of Lieu,
| tentsnf Chip were in attendance. During
| Alelville's account of the sufferings of the
| party he narrated an incident in which Chip
| losing strength and courage, threw himself
down on sled and besought the party to &c
| on without him, saying it was no nse for him
| to struggle .op further. Melville was some.
what affected as he recalled the incident,
while the lady relatives of Chip burst into
tears, and finding themselves unable to listen
| calmly to a further account OF his sufferings
! left the room.
Fraudulent Land Entry.
| WASHINGTON, November 10th. - ACTING
| Secretary Joslin decided case to-day where
a husband and wife were voluntarily di.
vorced, in order that the wife might make al
entry of land under the homestead laws
The woman subsequently lived with the d.
vorced husband. The decision holds that in
| consequence thereof the woman cannot be
considered the head OF family within the
meaning of the law, and the land entry is
| fraudulent.
Attempt TO BiaebmaiI Kate ClsXton.
ST. LOUIS, November 10th.-Cbas. Nc.
| Donald, alias Joe Claxtop, has been arrested
| for writing letter to Kate Claxton, the
actress, claiming to be her son and demanding
| money. Chss. Stevenson, the husband OF
| Kate Clsxton, sent the letters here. The
| letters are all signed "Joe Clsxtop," and one
| is addressed My Dear Mamma Claxton. ,
They are evidently written by an ignorant
| person. 1t Is doubtful whether Mcdonald,
who is known to the police, can be held for
/. blackmsil.
The Death Penalty.
KNOXVILLE Tenn. November 1Cth.-The
Hodge brothers (negroes) were to- day hanged
for the murder of james Mcfarland The
gallows was made of beam and two posts.
The condemned men were placed on a wagon
and driven under the gallows, the ropes at.
tachsd and the wagon driven out. The men
were pulled slowly off the wagon by the
ropes, and strangled gradually. Their strug.
giles were violent. They chose this primitive
style of scsffsld themselves.
New YORK, November 10th.-Michael E.
McGloen has been sentenced to be hanged
December 18th.
A Journey by Canoe.
CINCINNATI, November 10sh.-Dr. s. d.
Kendall and wife, of ST. Johnsboro, Vt, and
DIR. c. A. Kneide, of Schuylerville, n. Y
reached here to-day by canoe, having left
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