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Geneva Award.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-A decision was
rendered by the Supreme Court of the
United States to day in the Alabama claims
Case OF the Great Western Insurance Com
parry appellant against the United States,
on appeal from the Court of Claims. This
was suit brought by the insurance com.
pany to recover the sum $685. with
interest alleged to be due it from the
Geneva award fund on account of war risk
taken 10y appellant upon vessels destroyed
b. Confederate cruisers. The Courtof Claims
dismissed appellants petition upon the
ground that it had no Jurisdiction. This
court g firms that Judgment and holds that
the Court of Claims was prohibited from
taking Jurisdiction by express statute. AS to
the merits of tho controversy between appellants
and the United States arising out of the Geneva
convention this court declines to express any
opinion Tor the reason that special tribunal has
be- created for the determination of such que5-
tinns
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NEWS OF THE DAY.

Felix Emmanuel Henri Philippoteaux,
the historical painter, died in Paris yester-
day, aged sixty nine years.
The Pope has conferred a canoncal status
upon the American College in Rome and
fixed regulations for its government.
Irving J. Mills has been sentenced to
eight years in the Maryland penitentiary
for killing Capt. DAVIS in Somerset county.
The democratic party of Danvile and
North Danville will have grand ceebra.
ton of our glorious victory-State and
National-on Wednesday night.
On Saturday night as John Davis, of
Middle Island, Doddridge CO., W. Va, was
coming to this place, he was attacked by
foot.pads, who fatally wounded him and
stole from his pockets $3.50 and notes for
twice that amount.
Three hundred furnace hands and miners
went on strike on Saturday at the Shenan-
doah Iron Works, in Page county. The
cause of the strike is the company's failure
to pay two months arrears in wages. No
disturbance has yet occurred.
Joseph H. Acklen, of Louisiana, who
figured as democratic member OF Congress
some years ago, went over to the republican
party recently, and was the candidate of
that party for Congress in New Orleans
was defeated by over 5000 majority.
The case of w. w. Whyte, late teller of
the Planters and Mechanics Bank of Pc
tersburg for fraudulent entries was given
to the jury on Saturday, but being unable
to agree, they were discharged, amt the case
continued to the next terri. Whyte was re-
leased on $4,000 bail.
During his speech at the great business
mems celebration in New York on Satur-
day night thunders Of applause shook the
house when Mr.. Daniel Dougherty declared
that Cleveland had been elected by the
people, and that ell the powers of hell
could not tear the purple from his shout
ders.
Congressman Bisbee, of Florida, strong
republican, not only comedies Cleyeland's
election, but declares that the democrats
have good cause to rejoice, and that if he
was member of that party he would see to
it that at least the cities and towns oil
Florida were painted red' because of the
victory.
The third Plenary Council of the Catholic
Church began at the Cathedral, in Balti-
more, yesterday with the most imposing
ceremonies There was a procession of ali
the prelates from the archiepiscopal resi-
dence to the Cathedral. Pontificial high
mass was sung by Archbishop Kenrick.
and the sermon was preached by Arcn.
bishop Ryan, Of Philadelphia. Archbishop
Gibbons, as apostolic delegate, announced
the opening of the council. At night ser
mon was preached by Bishop Shanrahan
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ELoPEMENT EXTRAORDINARILY Lewis G.
Cole, one of the bes!-known farmers Of
Granville, W. Va, about ten years ago took
to raise VIM. Johnson, then a hoy Of ten or
eleven years. He has ever since remained
in the family and been treated as member
of it. On Friday night, when Mr. Cole re-.
turned from Fairmont, where be had gone
to hear the latest election news, he found
his wife-a comely woman of thirty Eve
ard the young man, Johnson, missing. One
of the children told its father that "Mamu.a
and Will" had lef; in the buggy. Mr. Cole
supposed they bad gone to visit neighhor,
and gave the matter Lo attention, Hu,li
their failure to return by midnight. lie
then began search, but found no trace un-
til Saturday, when he learned they had
eIoped, and, it is charged, took with them
$500 of Mr. Coles money. The horse and
buggy were found at a railroad station, where
the couple took the train for the West.
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AN EXPLOSION IN RICHMoSD.-In Richmond,
Saturday afternoon, while a salute was being
fired in the City Hall lot in honor Of the demo.
cratic triumph, a terrible explosion occurred,
which crested great excitement in the city. There
were seventy-ive cartridges in the Timber chest,
and when the fftieth round was fred loud 1e-
port followed the lannon's roar. 1t was caused
by the explosion Of the blank cartridges in the
timber chest. and may persons were terribly
burnt. Robe Tyrce. small mulatto boy, about
II years old. Eas horribly burned about the face,
body lees and arms He died two hours later !:
Henry Abram, youth, aged II Johnny Kemp
aged about IL years; Robert Johnson, colored
boy, about IS years old; Julian and Walter Bin
ford son Of Mr.. schelley Langhorne; John
Shand; Randolph Marshall, ]. ". T. Gillian !;
George Saunders; - Johnson, 8 white boy !;
Sidney Burnett, small white boy; Peyton Car
rngton. jr., II years old, and Walter Bradshaw, a
white man, were sill painfully burned. Others
were hurt. but their names could not be ascer-
tsined Nearly all of the injured will be dis.
figured for life The cannon was the same one
used in the recent parade. 1t did not explode, as
some thought. The limber chest was completely
/: battered.
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sufferinas Of a shipwreoked Crew.

The three.masted schooner Vigilant, of
and from Bathurst, with lathes for Boston,
was driven ashore in snow storm Wednes-
day at Sabusintac beach. Her anchors held
for time, but she rode badly and was drag
ged into the breakers, where she struck and
fell over on her beam ends. Shortly after.
wards she upset, and the crew crawled upon
the house that had hoated off, remaining
there until rescued the next morning by W.
A. Loggie and David Hutchinson after
twenty-five hours of great suffering and
heroic endurance. Their rescue was accom-.
plished with the aid of canoe and ropes
The colored cook was washed off and
drowned when the vessel struck Captain
Chase's son, seventeen years old, was
drowned by jumping off the raft to aid his
father. Daniel McKe ndy, of Douglaston,
died at sunrise from cold and exhaustion
The schooner is total loss. One of the
survivors, a Portuguese, is almost helpless,
and another has an injured arm. At day.
light three men were seen by the shipwreck-
ed crew indusLriously piling up lathes from
the wreck, and although they had boat
they went on rescuing lathes, leaving the
mariners to perish.
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f0NkfrETrITEn
. ~ - ,o,,r, oo,- .,.,.a, III,

was surprised to see so many weak kneed, this
morning, on account of the circular from the
secretary of tho democratic committee, of New
York, saying that the black republicans there
would try and count us out. feel myself some
thing like the little Texan at Fredericksburg
During the advance of the troops under Burnside,
General Lee and staff Jackson LoDg-treet Stuart
and section of the Maryland artillery, occupied
hill to the LETT of Ham:ltou's Crossing with two
80 pound Parrots. as post of observation During
the hottest part Of the light this little old fellow
rides up to General Jeb Stuart and greets him
with, boys have you 'cluded GU staying" Yes"
saws the gallant Stuart, broad smile covering his
face I'VE have 'cluded on staying We'll then
boys" says he II am going to stay wild yc. We
have all 'cuded On staying" PF.
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THE LEGISLATURE.

In the Senate on Saturday several bills
communicated from the House of Delegates
were read and referred to appropriate COM
mittees.
Mr.. Callahan introduced bill to incor-
porate the Atlantic and North Carolina
Railway Company, which was referred.
By Mr.. Heaton: A bill to amend the
Acts of 1879 50 in relation to banks.
Mr.. Mccormick introduced bill to pro-
vide for the choosing of registrars, judges
and clerks Of election in the various coun-
ties and cities in the State. This Is the
same bill passed by the present Legislature
at the regular session with the word Tree
holder stricken out with several minor
amendments.
Adjourned.
Mr.. Wickham gave notice that if quo
rum was not present to-day he would move
a call of the House.
In the House of Delegates Mr.. Ryan in
troduced bill to provide for the assess
ment of real estate in this State in the year
1885 and every fifth year thereafter.
By Mr. Camper: Bill to amend the at
to secure to tax payers in cities and towns
the right Of public school education for their
children.
BY Mr.. Paxton Bill to amend the act
directing the Board of Visitors of the Vir,
ginia Military Institute to be vacated and
the appointment Of a new board.
By Mr.. Chapman: Bill authorizing the
Board of Supervisors of Madison county TO
allow compensation to school trustees; also
bill to amend the act for the relief of A. n.
Finks, of Madison county.
By Mr.. Cardwell: Resolutions that the
Superintendent of Public Instruction be re
quested to inform tho House OF Delegates
why the Board Of Education in the appor
tionnent of State school funds made in
September, 1884, withheld more than 81, 800
from the county Of Hanover.
BY Mr.. Barton: Joint resolution that
the special joint committee to examine The
lunatic asylums of the State be requested to
report to the General Assembly bill, or
bills, embodying the suggestions contained
in their report.
The House adjourned.
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The Illinoir Legislature.

CAIcAGo, Nov. 10-The present estimate
as to the complexion of the Illinois State
Legislature is that it will be tie on joint
ballot, the Senate having majority of one
republican and the House majority of one
democrat. Contests are likely to ensue In
three districts which may reverse this con-
dition of affairs. The situation is made
more interesting from the fact that Sena-
tor to succeed Gen. Logan is to be elected.
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NEW YORK., Nov. 7, 1884.
ours, very truly,
uy ~ "

BLAINE's PRoCLAMATIoN.--A report is
current in New York regarding the author
ship of the spread-eas Gle address issued by
the republican national committee on
Thursday last, in which it was declared
that the republicans had carried every
Northern State excepting New Jersey and
Connecticut, with probably Yves. Virginia
and other Southern States 1t is said upon
authority which is regarded as excellent,
but which, for obvious reasons, cannot be
named. that that address was written by
Mr.. Blaine himself, aud was telegraphcd
over Western Union wires from Augusta
Me-, to the headquarters OF the republican
committee in New York. To the minds Of
many men this is sufficient explanation OF
the audacily of q claim which later figures
have shown to be preposi ferrous.
Ia regard to the Associated Press returns,
it is stated az fact that when the bulletin
was issued giving Blaine plurality Of sew
eral hundred Yates the footings of the ia
bles in the Associated Press Office actually
gave plurality to Cleveland Of something
over 800.
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From China.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10.-The steamer
City of Rio de Janeiro, which arrived here
last night, brings Hong Kong advices to Oc-
tober IA and Yokohama advices to October
%, rs follows. The cities of Toxic and Yo-
kohama were visited by severe earthquake
on October 10. The shock was the heaviest
experienced since February 22nd., 1880, but
the damage was comparatively slight. The
| first shock lasted two minutes, and was
quickly followed by several minor shocks
Outrages on persons and places of Christian
worship at Canton and interior points are
reported. In the province of Kwang ,Tung
alone four Roman Catholic and four Protes-
tant churches have been destroyed, 100
houses of resident Christians looted and
their occupants driven away. Altman Hoi,
! three Catholic chapels were pillaged, as
were also the houses of converts. The
! priests and the converts were beaten and
the females outraged. At Shi- Hung the
church of England chapel was destroyed
The Chinese tore the clothing from the
preachers wife and treated her shamefully.
At Chant.Sung the Wesleyan chapel was de-
stroyed. Christians are fleeing from the
Province to Hong Kong. The Chinese
gave them the alternative of sacrificing to
the idols or leaving their homes They pre-
ferred the latter, but while leaving many of
the women were caught and outraged. The
authorities OF twelve Cantonese villages
have issued notice that all Christians must
leave Fifteen churches in those villages
have already been destroyed and several
stores looted. Many persons are homeless.
Although the attention of the Chinese gov
ernment has been called to these barbarous
acts, no action has been taken to prevent
them or to punish the perpetrators. At
Kite. Yung mob destroyed all the Roman
Catholic and English churches. At Swallow
the Catholic priests were ordered to leave,
and after they had left, Chinese soldiers
broke into the houses and ravished the fe.
male converts News has reached Shang-
hal from Pekin that W. Bagnall, colpor-
teur of the American Bible Society, has been
murdered in the Province of Shau-Tung.
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Tonnage Tax.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.-The Commits
souer of Navigation has issued circular to
customs officers revoking the order of June
2l. 1874, by which they were directed to re-.
tain he original certificate of the payment
OF tonnage tax presented by the master of
any vessel to prove payment within the
year and in its place to issue copy of the
certificate duly authenticated and sealed.
Az now provided the original certificates
will be left in possession of the master un-
less required as evidence on which to base a
refund of the tax paid.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-10

The numbers of The Living Age for November
1st and 9th have bsen received from their pub.
fishers Litteil s. Co., Boston. They contain ::
Daily Life in Monastery. Mechsnirsl Modes of
Worship, Goethe, Ga Flying and Balloon Steer
ing, Is England Crest European Power? Ber-
nal Osborn, Mark Pattison, CLOVIS Hibernicisms
Langdsle Lincn, Life in Texas. Mr.. Lowell on
the Coming King German Tramqs, The First
Balloon Ascent ia England, The Connection be-
tween Chinese Music Weights aud Measures, The
Solar Corona, Essential Oils, Laou tsze aud the
Taou.teh King, with the conclusion of Mitchell
hurst Place." instslments Of "Beiuty and the
Beast" and AT any Cost" and pcet.y.
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THE FACT that Mr.. Eaton and most OF
the other more pronounced protection dem
ocratic Congressman from the North VINO
were candidates for reelection were de
feated while nearly all the more pro
nounced revenue tariff democrats, except
MI. Hurd, whose defeat was purchased Wild
money, were re. elected, and that the great
est democratic gains were in the wool grow
ing districts of Ohio and in the manufac-
turing districts of the North, shows that all
the vast majority of the people OF the coun-
try require to make them oppose protec'
tive tariff is that they shall thoroughly un-
derstand that while tariff is a tax upon
every thing they CONSUME, its natural and
legitimate tendency is to decrease Inc
demand for, aud consequently the price OF,
labor
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Murder,

BINGHANToN, n. y, Nov. 1o.-Before
daylight yesterday morning party of men
discovered the remains Of Theodore Gilliens,
an unmarried man, IS years of age on the
track Of the Eric railroad, near Great Bend,
Pennsylvania A subsequent examination
revealed the fact the man had been murder
ed and placed on the track, as bullet hole
was traced through his side just above the
heart. The people are greatly excited.
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a New Fraudulent Scheme.
HEADQUARTERS Dem. STATE Con-.

HEADQUARTERS Dem. STATE CON-,
HOFFMAN HOUSE, n. Y, Nov ., 1881
We deem it our duty to announce to the
people of the State that the republican man
ayers have within the past forty. eight hours
conceived new scheme for throwing again
into dispute the result of the election in our
State. For many days after the election
they, in entire bad faith, claimed for the re
publican candidate several States which they
knew they had not carried.
In the same bad faith, when every source
of information, including the Associated
Press, has demonstrated that the vote OF
New York has been given to the Cleveland
electors they still claim the State. No fact
of history is now better known than that the
results of the election, es ascertaiped, de-
clared and certified by the election officers,
and of public record throughout the State,
give New York TO the Cleveland electors by
a decisive plurality. These public certified
returns have been sifted in the several cuun-
ties by both parties with the most conscious
care during the last four days, until every
possible doubt as to the result has been re-
moved Knowing this fact, they now pro-
pose, as last desperate resort, TO make OF
| the boards of county canvassers throughout
| the State, where controlled by them, 80
| many returning boards, after the pattern OF
those not long since used by them in the
Southern States. Wherever the boards fail
them, judicial orders are to be applied for.
Thus relying upon the craftsmanship of the
boards, in the first place. and judges Of their
own political faith in the second they in
| tend and expect to throw again into dispute
the result Of the election, and involve it IN
interminable litigation.
To this end printed papers have been sent
by them to their agents and representatives
10 every county in the State of New York,
10 be used with the courts whenever an oc.
casion can be manufactured. OF the entire
reliability Of our information as to this
scheme there can be no question. We call
upon the representatives of the party in The
various counties Of this State to be alert,
and by every proper method TO resist aud
defeat this last desperate device. And
mindful of the grave consequences Of the
business interests Of our State which such
conspiracy necessarily involves we deem it
our duty to assure ourpeople, who have now
generally acquiesced in the result, that
they may confidently rely that by no such
scheme or device will the State be deprived
of its deliberate choice. II may disturb and
protract the determination it will not
change the result.
(Signed) ". e. SMITH,
Chairman Executive Committee.
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ALEXANDRIA, '
MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10.
THE WASHINGTON Republican, though

TIE WASHINGTON Republican, though
opposed to the exhibition OF the o'oouS
shirt draped in mourning though 1t was
and noticed "buried forever" at Demo
cratic headquarters in Washington, never.
tbeless takes great delight in waving tna'
sb;rt itself on all occasions, aud in resortlns
70 the most transparent shams to revive
sectional feelings, to The obiiteratlon OF when
the election of President Cleveland Will Dc
q, conducive. Among its latest attempts IN
this direction is an infamousl!y false account
of an imaginary attempt by the Demo
Gratis of Manchester, near Rlcnmono,
to kill a deputy marshal, who saved
himself by Cutting his way through
tba mob with knife" Every body who
knows any thing at all about Virginia
democrats knows that when they desire 10
mob man and kill him, they want him to
resist for they don't like to take the life OF
an unresisting map; and that If they naa
ATTEMPTED to kill the deputy marshal re-
f,rred to, the drawing of his knife "ouio
have marked the moment of his death.
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THE ONLY accounts of bulldozing that
come from Virginia are those narrating the
different modes resorted to by the negroes
for making it hot" to those of their own
race who attempted to vote the democratic
ticket. The large and otherwise unac-
countable increase of the republican vote IN
the Norfolk and Petersburg districts, also
shows that fraudulent voting in this State
was confined TO those two districts, which
comprise what is Known as the "black
hsltn
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Vanderbilt to Cleveland

Hon. Grocer Cleveland:
My Dear Sr-I congratulate you and the
people of the whole country upon your
election to the Presidency Of. the United
States. You owe your election. in my opin-
ion, to the fact that the people believed you
to be an honest man, and not to any partic-
ulsr efforts made by any faction of either
the democratic or republican parties In
dependent men, who care more for good
government than for parties or individuals,
have made you their choice, because they
were convinced that your administration
would not be for the benefit of any politica!
organization or favored persons, but for the
interest of the whole people. This is just
the result which is most desired. We have
reached time when party amounts TO
little; the country is above all, and wants
All honest government by honest men.
The | eief that We will tiud it in you, has
led to your election.
Yours, very truly,
W. III. VANDERBILT,
Mn" EnDr Nnu 1894
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Magasine of Wesiern History. The first, tho De-
cember, number of this magazine has been received
from its publishers in Cleveland Ohio. Its con-
tents are: Portrait OF Arthur St. Clair, Discovery
Of tho Ohio River by La Sale, Geographical
History of Ohio, A Description of Fort Harmar,
Organization of the Ohio Land Company, Indian
Occupation of Ohio. Arthur St Clair aud tho Ordi-
nance 1887, General Washington's First Expert
ence as Surveyor, Editorial Notes. Pioneer Socie.
ties and Historical News.
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Contest.

JAMAICA, l.. l., Nov. 10.-Lvely times
are anticipated here tomorrow when the
supervisors meet to canvass Queens county
election returns. The returns from an en-
tire ward OF Long Island City will be con
tested on the ground of fraud, and it is IN :
derstood that the republican county CON-
mittee will contest the election.
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REV. DIR. BURCAARD, Mr.. Blaine, and the
whole Blaine party utterly deny the assert
ed efficacy of "apt alterations artfu aid, -"
and the large democratic majority in Balti-
more proved that the wiful attempt at
deception practiced by the Baltimore
american, when it ''eliminated' the word
"Romanism" from Mr.. Burchard's speech,
was seen through and thoroughly under
stood in that city.
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Brig Abandoned.

Boston, Nov. 10.-Advices from Turk s
Island under date of Nov. End state that the
brig Julia E. Haskell, Captain Paine, sailed
from Mavasso, October 18th for Baltimore
with guano. She encountered hurricane,
sprung aeak and had to be abandoned. In
attempting to land in small boat, the par
ty was capsized and all on board except the
Ca ptain and one sailor named Henry Gran t
We're drowned
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-11-10

The one hundred and second session of
the Virginia annual conference of the Meth
odist Episcopal Church South, composed of
about 220 ministers and so lay delegates,
representing about $4,000 members in this
State will convene, Wednesday, in Lynch
burg, and continue about week. Bishop
John c. Keener, D. D., will preside.