The Brookhaven leader., 1888-12-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned by Telegraph and Mail
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL

| The official canvass Of the Presidential
vote of Indiana has been completed. The
total vote for the highest Elector on each
of the four tickets is $50, 9,949, as follows
Highest Republican Eiector, 263, ,2G1; high
est Democrat, lob; Prohibition, p,SSI ;
Labor, 1904. Republican plurality, 9,34s.
General Hovey's plurality for Governor
| was 1900,
NJ, HERTENsTEIN, President of Switzer-
land, who underwent the amputation of
his right leg because of disease of the
arteries, is dead.
SURGEON SIMON, of the United States
steamer Boston, in quarantine at New
York, died on the 27th of yellow fever.
The two other patients were steadily inn
proving, and the rest of the ships company
were In good health.
Hon. MICHAEL HENRY HrRBERT, Brit
ish charge d'aifaires at Washington, was
married recently to Miss Belle Wilson, a
rich New York girl.
A RECENT meeting of Democratic men,
bers of the G. A. K. was held at Indianap-
oils, Ind, when it was resolved to secede
from the organization and form a new one.
The alleged cause was that the order had
been used for political ends in the recent
! general election.
HENRY GEORGE lectured in London on
the 9th. He said tnat the grasping for
land in America was rapidly making that
country similar to England. He wanted
to utterly abolish landlordism.
COUNT BENoMAR, late Spanish Minister
to Germany, is to be called to strict ac-
| count for his actions after his recall.
THE wife of General w. 7. Sherman died
at New York on the 2sth.
| MINISTER JACOB T. CHILD sailed from
| San Francisco for Siam on the 2Sth.
| THE Italian Senate has rejected the bill
for the extension of political suffrage to
| women
THE bronze bust of John Mccullough,
the dead tragedian, was unvailed at Mount
Moriah cemetery, Philadelphia, on the
2Sth in the presence of many noted actors
and others.
THE Republican plurality for Governor
in Michigan was 17.130. The pluralities
| on the rest of the State ticket were from
1870 to 23,937.
A FORMAL tender of the position of chief
marshal of the inaugural parade at Wash.
ington on the 4th of March has been
made to Governor Beaver, Of Pennsyl-
vania.
The British House of Commons has
passed the Ashbourne Extension act by g
| vote of 202 to 141.
| AFTER a conference with Cardinal Ram.
polla and the Russian envoy, the Pope
proposes to establish diplomatic relations
with Russia, a Russian Minister being
sent to the Vatican, but 10 Nuncio to St
Petersburg.
THE President attended union services
at Assembly Church, Washington, Thanks
giving morning.
THE Wisconsin official vote for President
was 354, ,664, an increase of 81, 776 over 1884
Harrison's plurality was 21,27l a gain OF
6591 over Blaine's. Governor Hoard's
plurality was 20,265, as against S,7lS fol
Rusk in 1886. The Prohibition vote was
1927, against 1856 in 1894. The Labor
vote was 1852, against Is, S,5lS in 1884.
THE Electoral vote of California, as an.
nounced by the Secretary of State was as
follows: Harrison, 124,S09; Cleveland
III, 729; Fisk, 8, ZIG; Curtis, 521.
THE canvass of the Oregon vote
shows the following as the official figures
Harrison, 33, 293; Cleveland, 26, 524; Fisk
| 1871; Streeter, 1863; scattering, 6l. Harri'
sons plurality was 769 while at the last
Presidential election Blaine's plurality
was 2,256
THE official vote of Kentucky was:
Cleveland, 1888 800; Harrison, 155. 1874; Fisk
5,225; Labor, 622; Belva Lockwood, 2.