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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

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THE Virginia State Board of Canvassers
find Ayres' (Democrat) majority for At
torney- General to be 1926.
Mr.. GLADSTONE Is chagrined over the re-
suit Of the elections, and has, 1t Is said,
abandoned all hope of more than the bar
est Liberal majority at best.
CAPTAIN WIN. LYLE, of Keokuk, Ia, and
his wife, whe were estranged for number
of years, have become reconoiled and re-
united. t
The appointment Of Mr.. John H. Walsh
as Assistant Superintendent of the Unit
ed States Treasury was made to secure the
services of practical mechanic.
CONSUL GENERAL SUTTON at Matamoras,
Mexico, says the sugar exports have
ceased to be important, owing to the
opening up of home markets through
American railway facilities.
The steamer Earl DuRerin, engaged in
saving the cargo Of the steamer Brooklyn
at Anticosti Island, was also driven ashore
and is total wreck.
THE members Of the Spanish Cabinet de-
sire the Queen Regent to summon the
Cortes quickly, as aprecaution against rev.
olution.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY CANNON
thinks the coinage Of silver dollars should
be checked.
PETER DoNAHUE, the California million
aire, is dead.
Boston CoRBETT, who killed j. Wilkes
Booth, has come to the front as law de-
fer at Concordia, Kas.
THE editors of the Journal la DisCusSiOne
at Madrid have been arrested for publish
ing the head lines "Alfonso is Dead; Long
Live the Republic.p E y
The steamer Emma Graham, of the Gin
cinnati Packet Company, sunk at Ripley's
Landing, Ohio River, on the 9th. One
man was known to be drowned and several
others were missing. W y
1T is stated that Prince Alexander Is
willing to grant an armistice IL Servia
withdraws her troops from Widdin and
pays an indemnity of $5,0OO,OO0.
Don MANUEL RoDRIGUEz is leading a
revolt against the State of Nuevo Leon,
Mexico. gfftgssf ,4ttAf4 ID
STRIKING coal miners in the Fourth
Pennsylvania Pool attacked and beat a
number of "blacklegs" who attempted to
return to work on the 9th. A serious riot
was expected.
A PLASTER cast of the dead Vice. Presi-
dent which was made on the 9th was not
satisfactory, and another trial was to be
made.
A SUBSCRIPTION list for the benefit of
Riel's family has been opened at Montreal.
SoUArTERs on land included in the dis
puted Ontonagan (Wis.) grant are driving
off the lumbermen who hold patents on
pine lands.
ROBERT FOWLER, who was to have been
executed at Morganield, KY, on the 9th,
but who was respted, had to be hurried
out of that place to avoid mob.
EIGHT Indians, convicted of murder and
participation in the Frog Lake massacre,
were hanged on the 9th at Battleford,
Northwest Territory.
The failures in the United States for the
seven days ended the 27th numbered 225;
for the year to date, 10,0S6.
GERMANY and England nave signed an
agreement to recognize Spanish sover-
eighty over the Caroline Islands, Spain
| having conceded commercial facilities in
that quarter to these powers.
A STATE of siege has been proclaimed in
the provinces of Barcelona and Carthagent
and Canary Islands.
SILAs HAYES, of Benton, Ark, stole his
sweetheart, Miss English, ran away anC
married her, and ON his return home was
shot in the face by her guardian.
PROF. GOODWIN SMITH, who has BEEF
dangerously i'll at Toronto, Ont, is nov
considered out of danger.
SAM CoLLYER, of New York, challenge
Billy Edwards to prize fight for $4,000 I
side.
GOVERNOR MARMADUKE Of Missouri is
sued proclamation on the 9th asking tn
people to properly honor the memory o
Thomas A. Hendricks on the day of hi
burial.
AT Havana, Cuba, all places of amuse
ment are closed and the city is in mournin
over the death of King Alfonso.
THE British expeditionary force had
successful fight with the Burmese at Paga
and have captured Mingyan.
THE committee representing the Chicag
and st. Louis Cattle Association, whic
met at Springfield, ILL.,, on the 9th, decid
ed in favor of consolidation under til
name Of 1.-THE Cattle Growers Associatio
of the United States"
A REGULAR meeting of the Cabinet wa
held on the 9th. All the members wer
present. The Presidents message, SO ia
as completed, was read and unanimousl,
approved. II is said to be an unusuall
strong paper, containing many new an
valuable suggestions.
TELEGRAMs have been received In Pari
by CarliSt chiefs from Don Carlos whic
indicate that he expects republican ris
ing in Spain, ain un ga g
TEE Queen Regent of Spain has aecepte
the following Cabinet; Senior Sagasts
Prime Minister; General Joveliar, Mir
lister Of War; Senior Comscho, Minister,
Finance; Senior Rios, Minister Of Publ
Works and of Public Instruction; Senc