The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-10-20

crowd attended the evening session of
| the canvassing board engaged In render
/ ing the official count for Franklin county
/ Of last Tuesdays election. Clerk Joyce
announced that there appeared on the
face Of the returns from Precinct A,
| Thirteenth ward, n bold fraud which
| had been committed since Saturday
| evening by some person who had secured
| the tally sheet and made an addition of
| 800 to the number of each Democratic
candidate He would neither sign the
| abstract nor issue n certificate to any
] candidate unless the 800 were first de-
| Quoted from the totals on the Democrat
| ic ticket Matt Martin, another member
/ of the board, spoke In similar strain,
and Justice Frlichey, the third member,
said they were unanimous on that point.
! The 300 fraudulent votes which had been
| Tailed were deducted and the returns
read as originally returned. This will
| give Taylor, Republican, about $50 plu-
rnlity over Young, Democrat. The Off
| clal footings have not been made, but
| win not vary much from these figures
| The Republicans will have two of the
| Independent members Of the Legislature
from this city. Clerk Joyce offered $500
reward for the apprehension of the thief
who stole aud altered the tally sheets,
| and the commissioners were requested.
/
the count to offer a reward of $500 for
similar purpose.
CoLDmus, October 19.-The official
| count of this county was continued this
| morning. r. Il. Powell appeared for
the Democratic candidates and spoke
thTee-quarters Of nm hour in favor of,
and oiting authorities to the effect that
the returns from Precinct A, of the
Fourth ward, and Precinct A, of the
Thirteenth ward, should not be counted.
They are both Republican precincts. T..
II. Harrison followed for the Republican
candidates, and ut the conclusion of his
speech the Board of Canvassers con-
cluded to receive and count the returns.
The objections to them were that the
Judges Of the election had failed to
properly certify the returns. Precinct
Six, of the Fourth ward, was counted
and tailed with satisfaction to all the
candidates. Returns from the Third
ward had been read through the Repub-
lican list of candidates, there being n
total vote Of go in the precinct. The
original vote stood, Republican, 5O3 on
the head of the ticket, and 2O3 Demo
cratic. 300 tallies had been added to the
full Democratic ticket, with the eXcep-
tiOn of Anterior for Supreme Judge,
who had been given 200. This made
the total vote little over 900. about
300 votes more than are In the precinct.
The Board decided to count the pre-
cnots as returned. This will elect the
Democratic county ticket and Taylor,
Republican, to the Legislature by 2l5
votes. Myers and Young, Democrats,
for Representatives., will still be de-
feated. There Is considerable feeling
over the discoveries in the Thirteenth
ward. The returns have been In pos.
session of the Clerk since Saturday.
EMPoRn, Kansas, October l0.-The
trial Of Miss Minnie Wallace Walkup be-
gan in the District court this morning
Judge Grooves, presiding The cour;
called the case OF Mrs. Walkup, and
both State and defense said they were
ready and the Sheriff was made to bring
In the defendant. Her cell adjoins the
court room, and she entered and took
the seat assigned her, facing the Jddge,
the jury being to the west of the Judge
so that the defendant could easily see
the jury by turning her face II little tC
the right. Hon. Mr.. JOY, guardian o
Mrs. Wakup, and his daughter accom-
panied the defendant. The daughter
sat next to her. Mrs. Walkup looked
her best and seemed to have suffered nc
loss of health or depression of spirit il
consequence of the extraordinary eX
perienCe she has undergone In the past
two months. She Is reported on gOoC
authority TO be enciente. Her attire wal
coarse black cashmere, tastefulll
trimmed, and her demeanOr was COM
posed and serious. The court orderel
the panel to be called. Examination fOI
jurors was then begun and carried on b,
Mr.. Storey on behalf of the state. A.
ter n good deal of time had been coT
sumed In challenging, a jury was or
tanned. The court then gave the usut
Instructions to the jury, and adjourntr
to 8 n. M, Tuesday, at which hour ey,
q dence for the prosecution will begi
o The jury are all farmers from outside .
! the city, and the success In obtaining
jury the first day suggests that the cat
2 win he finished IN less time than has bel
o generally expected. Mrs. Walkup l.
q tained her composure throughout 4
- day, though not MS well as in the aft n
. noon as in the morning. The trial /
4 clearly going to be n severe strain
~ her, but she will, no doubt, bear up
10 the end. Fl
WASHINGTON, October o. All =
Bureau and Department officers are \,
gagged In preparation of their annual N
ports, and the President has sent WI
around that he wants everything Cd
pleted and in his hands before the lisa
November, when he will commeEl
work upon his message. This Is r.
companied by an order prohibiting h,
communication of the contents of Nj
,, of the reports to the press until I'll
d shall first be read and approved by l.
Is President. This is something nd,
y Heretofore all the heads of the Bure}
% have given out abstracts of their 4
n ports month or six weeks before t4
were submitted to Congress, and I
t, President has never wanted to see h
documents either In manuscript
print, unless there happened to be soj
thing out of the usual Importance
q. significance in them, requiring ment
in his message.
NEW York, October 10. - FerdinI,
Ward was brought into the court of,
err and termineI for trial this morna
- He was accompanied by his attorn i
- General Tracy, and w. b. Cochrbi
co After some discussion in regard toe
We substitution of new Indictment, WIN
covered the grounds OF all the otrin
the case was continued till next IT /
day. The prosecuting attorney decl ii
lp- TO go forward with the trial with
.iy original Indictment, on the ground;ye
ng W. S. Warner, the witness chief a,
ey lied on to prove the case, might Elv
I'm gally incapacltated from giving ~
In mony, and the case would practica
le, by default.
nc Remarkable Success. hi
nd DIR. l.. V. Weathers is having rebIs
he ohla auaaaaa In his nraatiaa Ifs