Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1894-11-15
The News Of the Week.
BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL.
FROM WASHINGTON.

FROM WASHINGTON.
LATEST advices show that as result
of the congressional elections on the
9Th the republicans elected 255 mem
bers of the lower house, the democrats
81 and the populists 7. The republic
ans carried the solid congressional
delegations of twenty-three states and
a majority of the delegations in thirty
states The returns also indicate that
the republicans had secured control of
the next senate by majority of one
and possibly three. @
LATER returns from the state cleo
tions show that the total number of
republican representatives elected to
the Fifty-fourth congress is $50. Re-
turns also indicated that the republic
ans had secured control Of the senate.
HAVING reached the age limit, GA
years, Maj. Gen. O. .. Howard, of the
United States army, was formally re.
tired.
In the seven days ended on the 9th
United States against 249 the week
previous and 35S in the corresponding
time in 1898.
EXCHANGES at the leading clearing
houses in the United States during the
week ended on the 9th aggregated
$94s, 954 400, against 1928, 557,316 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1898, was 1.9.
On railroads owned by governments
investigation shows that the charges
are very much higher than in the
United States.
RETURNS for November of the rates
of yield of corn per acre make the aver
age 1877, the lowest in thirteen years.
The president was said to favor a
new issue of bonds at once, owing to
the low stage of the gold reserve.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND offered his
services as arbitrator in a settlement
of the dispute between China and
Japan.
The discovery was made of coun-
terfeit $40 note, check letter B, act of
July IA, $780, series 1891; J. Fount Till
man, register of the treasury; D. n.
Morgan, treasurer Of the United States;
portrait of Gen. Sheridan.
In the post Office department in
creased expenditures and decreased
receipts caused a deficiency of $9,243,-
955 during the year ended June 80 last.
THE EAST.
THE latest returns from the elections
on the 9Th show that the republicans
were successful in all parts of the
country. In New York Levi P Nor
ton (rep.) was elected governor by
$50, 900 plurality, and in New York city
Strong (rep.) was elected mayor. New
Jersey gave 10000 republican plu-
rality; Connecticut, $4,000; Massachu-
setts $4,000; New Hampshire, $4,000;
Rhode Island, 5000; Delaware, 1000,
and Pennsylvania 100000. These
states also elect republican legisla-
lures.
AL1x trotted mile at the Belmont
track in Philadelphia in 2:Os94, lower
ing the state record.
BRADFORD BRYANT and Daniel w.
Powers persisted while hunting in a
swamp near Halifax, Mass.
In a collision between Baltimore &
Ohio trains near lockwood, Pa, six
men were killed and three injured.
The official returns from New York
give Levi P. Morton (rep.) 1856, ISL plu-
rality for governor over David P. Hill.
The plurality of Strong (rep.) for
mayor of New York city is 44,265, and
the republicans also elect majority
of the board of aldermen.
The resignation of Rev. T. Dewitt
Talmage, pastor of the Brooklyn tab
ernacle for twenty-five years, was an
nounced.
In Boston hospital Mike Kelly, IA
nous as baseball catcher for Chicago
and Boston clubs, died Of pneumonia,
aged "a years.
The New Jersey supreme court de-
cided that women had not the right to
vote at the school meetings in the
state.
ABBIE A. BROMLEY, widow of Avery
A. Bromley, prominent aud wealthy
citizen, died suddenly at Middletown,
N. Y, at the age of 70 years For
eighteen years she mad lived the life of
a recluse, and during that time never
spoke to human being.
In Connecticut storm caused loss
of over 100000 to the telegraph and
telephone companies.
On the coast of New England heavy
snowstorms prevailed and several yes
sells were wrecked.
The governor Of New York has
3 ranted permission to experts to at
tempt TO resuscitate man executed in
the electrical chair.