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* % » make examinations in all cases wnere ap Jpif fntg flamtlciuci:!^:-!:' a patent is made. even though I. VAN SLYKE. EtfKor and PuMidw*. IK^HENBY, ILLINOIS. TIE NEWS CONDENSED. m THE EAST. two years ago Mrs. Caroline Brooks, a widow, 84 years old. turned over to the township officials at Cheshire, Conn., her little property, to be taken care of dur­ ing her lire. * The officials intrusted Cfoorgfe Peck. Jr., with the care of Mrs. Brooks, and Peck locked her in a small loom and fed her on refuse. A humane society official forcibly released the "woman a few days ago. having found her in a most deplorable condition.... Owing to the strike, the scarcity of nails at Pittsburgh increases daily, and it is difficult to obtain them at $6.25 per keg. Contract­ ors and builders are complaining, and work on some structures has been suspended. An early settlement of the strike, however, is not considered probable... .Field's mon­ ument to Maj. Andre (the British officer executed for complicity in Benedict Ar­ nold's treason), at Tappan, X. Y.. was de- etroyed the other night by an explosion of dynamite. THE Egyptian obelisk in' Central Park,. New York, is being treated to a coat of paraffine, which, it is expected, will prevent it being further damaged bv the climate. It is already injured more than is generally supposed. Crumbling pieces are easily re­ moved with the fingers, and with a chisel fragments are detached weighing a pound or more. The paraffine is made specially for this work, being distilled from crude petroleum under an enormous pressure, and is as nearly pure as it can possibly be. After the work is completed the stone will look slightly darker in color than it does now... .Mrs. Catharine Trump, Post­ mistress at Corning, Pa., has been arrested on the charge, which she admittted, of opening letters addressed, to other people. Her only plea in justification was that she did not think she was committing an offense in satisfying her curiosity regarding the business and love affairs of her neighbors.... A lad named Willie McAllis­ ter escaped from the orphan asylum near Troy, N. Y., and soon became imbedded to the ears in a bank of soft clay, where he straggled for twenty-four hours until re­ lieved from his sufferings by death. , THE WEST. FIFTEEN years ago the city of Evansviile, Ind., gave bonds amounting to $1,500,000 to aid the Evansviile. Henderson and Nash­ ville and Evansviile and Paducah Railways. The interest was paid regularly for ten vears, at the expiration of which time Evansviile repudiated the bonds. At In­ dianapolis Judge Ayers rendered a decision that the bonds--amounting now with in­ terest to $1,800,000--are valid and legal obligations. The case will be taken to the United States Supreme Court .... Beports from Indian Territory say that Sam Newton was shot to death, according to Choctaw law, for the murder of his wife in 1884. Newton was a Choctaw Indian, he killed his wife on the public highway, having persuaded her to accompany him on a journey The wife of a St. Louis po­ lice officer Was last week made the aston­ ished mother of four girl "babies. EMEL KIESEWETTEB, Ohio's State Au­ ditor, has sued the Cincinnati Times-Star for $50,000 for libel. He was charged by the paper with being implicated in the re­ cent electioi^frauds. Two Chinamen at ed a paper of that city They claim $1,000 as for the charge that n their laundry Citizens of Tacoma, Wash- warned the Chinese resi­ dents to leave with their goods. The order was quickly carried out, when about two hundred Chinamen removed to the town of Lake View, seven miles distant .... J. S. Bntler, State Veterinarian of Ohio, who fotmd two cases of tuberculosis at Lancas- iorts that there is no pleuro-pneu- in his State.... Six inches of fell in the Elmira (Mich.) section on inst. Salida, Colo., Dr. J. H, Nonamaker and wife were found dead in bed with bul­ let-holes through their temples. From a letter left by them, it seems both had be­ come discouraged over their inability to get friends to indorse a note for $400, and had agreed to commit suicide together. Mid­ night was mutually agreed upon as the time. They retired with loaded pistols when the dock struck 12, and fired, dying instantly.... At Cleveland, Nat Goodwin, the comedian, and "Major" Newell, a member of his com- Eany, played billiards for ten consecutive ours, Goodwin at the finish having won $600.... The earnings of the Chicago &, Alton Railroad for the month of October were $745,553, a decrease, as compared month last year, of $143,503. THE SOUTH. A COLOEED lad at Buff ton, Georgia, Was tried by a lynch court for stealing a pair of boote. Having been convicted, he was given one hundred lashes, his step-father swinging the whip Wilkes County, Georgia, is greatly excited over the discov­ ery of $20,000 in silver coin on the planta­ tion of John Chenault. It revives the story of the Confederate Treasury train which was robbed near that place. EVEBY Knight of Labor (save those in the morning newspaper offices) at Galves­ ton, Tex., struck the other day, causing a virtual suspension of business." The stnke Was caused by the refusal of the agent of the Mallory Steamship Line to restore white 'longshoremen, recently superseded ? by colored laborers. If the affair is not compromised serious trouble is antici­ pated. THBOCGH the misunderstanding of or­ ders by the conductors a terrible accident took place near Childersburg on the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Road, near Rome, Ga. Thirteen cars were piled in a huge mass. Fireman Swain, colored, was killed outright, Conductor Hall is ex­ pected to die, and four train hands were fa-., tally injured, one of whom has since died A boiler explosion occurred on the Texas plantation near Bayou Goula,La., by which l)r. A. B. Gourrier, one of the most prom­ inent Creole sugar-planters of the State, was killed. The boiler was U6ed in his ' sugar-house, and Dr. Gourrier was alone by it when the explosion occurred, the noise of which was heard many miles. His body was horribly mangled. GEOBOE W. CHEVES, a Georgia journal­ ist, died from melancholia in the jail of Fulton County, where he had been im- „ prisoned for the past year for killing Can fain I. H. Pickett. e may have reason to believe it to contain the elements of a mechanical contrivance, because the determination of that very fact is one of the duties of the examiner First Controller Durham of the Treasury Department, in the case of an employe in the mint at Helena, Mont., has decided that a person engaged in the Government service and receiving a stipulated salary is not entitled to payment from the Govern­ ment for extra services rendered outside of his regular duties. THE Secretary of the Interior has con­ firmed the action of the Commissioner of the Land Office in restoring to the public domain the tract of land in Southern Cal­ ifornia at the intersection of the Texas Pacific and Southern Facific railroad grants. The Secretary, in his decision, holds that the Southern Pacific grant included only such lands as were not covered by other railroad grants, and therefore could not in­ clude the tract in question, which formed part of the forfeited Texas Pacific grant. The case had come up to the Secretary on ap­ peal by the Southern Pacific Railroad Com­ pany from the Commissioner's decision.... The United States Treasurer's statement for the last day of October shows an in­ crease in the net surplus in the Treasury of $44,559,207, as compared with March 31 last. This gain is made up of $16,543,333 in gold, $26,425,357 in silver, and $7,077,- 053 in United States notes.... Senator Cullom, Chairman of the Committee on Interstate Commerce, has a ne\^ bill pre­ pared on the subject, which he will intro­ duce soon after the opening of Congress. ....The registered bonds of the United States amount to $1,071,000,000, of which less than $12,000,000 are held in foreign countries, POLITICAL. PRESIDENT' CLEVELAND returned to Washington from Buffalo immediately after the election. The President expressed himself as being much gratified with the result of the election in the State of New York. Immediately upon his arrival at the White House, he, the President, sent a con­ gratulatory telegram to Governor Hill. In the evening, for the first time since his in­ auguration, the President took a box at the National Theater, and saw the Florences play "Our Governor."... .TWo vacan­ cies in the Civil-Service Com­ mission have been filled. Alfred P. Ed- gerton, one of the appointees, is President of the Board of Education at Fort Wayne, Ind.. and has served two terms in Congress. William I. Trenton, of South Carolina, who is to succeed John M. Gregory, is a son of the Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, and is a commission merchant at Charleston. At the recent national conven­ tion of bankers in Chicago his paper on the silver question attracted much attention. DOBHAX B. EATON has been reappointed on the Civil Service Commission, haVing consented to serve for a few weeks until Messrs. Edgerton and Trenholm familiar­ ize themselves with their duties. Assurance is given that the ultimate successor of Mr. Eaton will be- a Republican in full sympa­ thy with the reforms sought. THE vote of Massachusetts, with two towns to hear from, is Kobinson, (Rep.), 112.399; Prince (Dem.), 90,183; Lothrop (Pro.), 4.592; Sumner (Labor), 2,184.... Complete returns from every county in Pennsylvania give Quay (Rep.), for State Treasurer, 64,962, and Day (Dem.), 20,835. Quay's plurality over Day, 44,127. The official returns of the vote for Congress­ man in the Nineteenth District of Pennsyl­ vania, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of William Duncan, show a plurality of 3,630 for Swope (Dem.) over Blair (Rep.)... .The Prohibition vote in Nebras­ ka is more than double the St. John vote of lafit year. There are gains every­ where except in one county. The Pro­ hibition Superintendent of Public In­ struction was elected in Merrick County. Superior gives a Prohibition majority over both Democrats and Republicans on the county ticket... .Boston complete gives Robinson, Republican, for Governor, 18,296; Prince, Democrat, 23,015; La- throp. Prohibitionist, 136; Sumner, Green- backer, 67. Prince's plurality 4,719... .Fol­ lowing is the complete vote of New York City for Governor: Davenport, 75,446; Hill, 123,714; HilL over Davenport, 46,268. Complete returns from Brooklyn and Kings County, New York, give Hill 57,370; Davenport, 47,883; Hill's ma­ jority, 9,687. Whitney (Dem.) for Mavor is elected by 12",024 majority... .Full returns in Connecticut show that the Senate is Republican by 13 to 11, against 17 Republicans and 7 Democrats last year, a Democratic gain of 4. The House stands 129 Republicans to 117 Democrats, 1 Inde­ pendent and 1 Labor. The Democrats make a gain of 28 in the House, and the Republican majority is reduced from 71 to 10, and on joint ballot from ,81 to 12.... Grant, the Tammany candidate for Sheriff of New York, was elected, defeating both the County Democracy and Republican candidates. Following is the vote: Grant (Tammany), 73,689; Jacobus (Republican), 65,538; White (County Democracy), 59,208. applied to the French Government for per­ mission to issue new Panama Canal bonds to the amount of $120,000,000 to defray ex­ penses of the original estimates for the completion of the work.... The Irish Nationalists have held one-half of their county conventions, and nominated thirty-eight candidates, twenty of whom have never been members of Parliament. ... .Mr. Gladstone, in a letter on church disestablishment, treats the question as a political dodge, declaring that the public mind is not ready to consider it Mattei, who attempted to assassinate M. de Frey- cinet in Paris, has been declared insane. .... The Duke of Aberaorn, twice Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, nas just died in London. THE Rev.William Robinson Pirie, Crown Principal and Vice Chancellor of the Uni­ versity of Aberdeen, is dead. For over forty years he had been identified with all the important political movements which have agitated Scotland... .Russia is ex­ ercising a rigorous press censorship, and telegraph facilities are practically denied to correspondents. In St. Petersburg war with Austria is regarded as certain, and Bulgaria in all probability will be the scene of operations.... The Most Rev. Patrick Dorrian, D. D., Catholic Bishop of Down and ConnOr, is dead... .Mr. Jus­ tin McCarthy has been selected to contest Londonderry for Parliament in the National­ ist interest. * * BATTLE OF THE BALLOTS. GENERAL. WASHINGTON; . THE Utah Commissioners have submitted ffeeir report of the operations of the Ed munds law during the past year. No polyg amist has been allowed to register or vote, nor has any such person been elected or commissioned to any office. It is true, nevertheless, that nearly all the officers chosen at the last and in other preceding elections are Mormons, who, while not act­ ually living in polygamy, subscribe to the doctrine of polygamous marriages as a di­ vine revelation. It is believed that there have been very few polygamous marriages during the year. Within two years eighty- three indictments have been found for polygamy and unlawful cohabitation ..There have been twenty-three convictions forty-three cases are now awaiting .. -The Commissioner of Patents de- i that it is the duty of the examiner to A GLOVE fight at Portland, Ore., be­ tween Dave Campbell, the Oregon cham­ pion, and Jack Dempsey. of New York, was won by Dempsey, who knocked his an­ tagonist senseless in the third round. A fierce bare-knuckle battle between Larry Sullivan, of Scranton, Pa., and Tom Wrard, of Astoria, followed, Sullivan throwing up the sponge in the seventy- third round. NAVAL officers who have recently ar­ rived at Washington from Panama say that but six miles of excavation have been com­ pleted, leaving forty-one miles more to build, and the most serious part of the problem which is the regulation of the waters of the Chagres River has not yet been solved. Something must be done to prevent floods from the Chagres washing away the works, and from $15,- 000,000 to $20,000,000 have been expended in dams and other arrangements for this purpose, which have entirely failed. The original estimates called for $90,000,000 as the entire cost of the enterprise; $120,000,- 000 have already been expended, and the canal is only commenced. PANAMA advices report that great im­ provements are being effected in Venezuela. The work of building a breakwater at Laguayra, on the coast, is to be commenced at once. The entire breakwater will cost $40,000,000. Blocks of concrete weighing 500 tons each will-be laid in the sea. No money will be taken from the public treas­ ury. The London Company agrees to accept a certain sum per package for all merchan­ dise going over the breakwater for ninety- nine years.... Late advices from the western border of Texas state that "the latest political outbreak in Mexico is in progress at Lampazos, about eighty miles from the Rio Grande. The revolutionists have surrounded the city and £he authori­ ties have erected barricades, while a regi­ ment of state cavalry is marching thither in hot haste from Monterey. Lampazos hap­ pens to be the home of the late Mexican Secretary of War,'who is extremely hostile to the administration bf Biesident Diaz, but disclaims all connection with the riots." ADDITIONAL NEWS. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND, in an interview with a member of the editorial staff of the Washington Post, expressed himself as follows in regard to the reorganization of the Civil Service Commission: „ The reorganization of the commission was made necessary by tlio resignation of th<i mem­ bers of the old board. In such reorganisation it seemed to me that friend^ for the cause could be nntde in. the party to which I belong, and which is at present, to a large ex­ tent, charged with tlio enforcement of the law,.-by changing the political complexion of the. commission. This view was, I think, shared by till the old Commissioners, and the change has thus far progressed with none but the best of feeling, so tar us I know, on Uieir part. In the selection of the new Commission­ ers there were so many different qualifications which I deemed desirable that I have found it no easy matter to till the position with men who could combine the elements which I consider most useful to the fair, honest, and success­ ful enforcement of the law. Prominent lead­ ers in the civil service movement strongly ad­ vised me to select one of the commissioners from the South. This I have done, and the per­ son selected from that locality I am quite cer­ tain possesses all the qualifications for an effi­ cient officer. Mr. Edgerton I never saw until yesterday, and I don't remember that I ever heard of him until Chief Justice Waite urged him upon my attentions as a most excellent man for the place. From my impression of him u}>on a personal interview, and from representations made by his friends, I am entirely satisfied that no mistake has been made in his appointment. I cannot rid myself of the idea that this civil- service reform is something intended to do practical good, and not a mere sentiment in­ tended for the purpose of affording opportunity to ventilate high-sounding notions aiid line plirases. My plan of giving it the great­ est possible usefulness involves the removal of stumbling-blocks from the way of good, hon­ est men who are inclined to its support, and to demonstrate in every public manner its value as adapted to the every-day affairs of the Govern­ ment. Thus, two Democrats were selected, and I certainly intended to select them for the two prominent positions on the commission, and this was done largely in deference to the sentiments and ojfinions held by good men in the Democratic party. And it has also occurred to me that it was a plain dictate of common sense that one of the old Commis­ sioners should, if possible, remain for a time to aid the new ones. The preparation of the re­ port of the commission is a most important matter, affording an occasion to recommend the reform to the people by exhibiting to them all it has accomplished, and the report ought to bo very useful, too, in removing misapprehensions and objections. , < The steamboats Mountain Girl and James W. Goff collided on the Ohio River, near Aurora, Ind., the former sinking im­ mediately. She carried a circus and va­ riety show," two of the members of which were drowned. The concern also lost ten valuable horse6 and ajiumber of snakes. John Peterson, a wealthy farmer of Mansfield, Ohio, was inveigled into a lot­ tery scheme by two cqpfidence men and lost $2,000 by the operation. The swindlers escaped with their booty.... A loss of nearly $400,000 was incurred in Chicago, by a fire in the old Farwell block, on Franklin, Monroe, and Market streets, occupied by several clothing and shoe firms. The cloak-house of Maunheimer, Lepman & Co. reports having suffered to the amount of $100.0(i0, . . . Willard Sears, one of the street-car conductors now in arrest at St. Louis for placing dynamite on the track, is a graduate Shurtleft* College, who failed to earn a living as an attorney. His father is a prominent Methodist preacher in the Southern Illinois Conference.... The State Veterinarian of Iowa finds hog cholera increasing, and gives as a remedy isolation and quarantine, as the disease is not contracted from dead animals. .. .Milk sickness caused the death of a herd of twenty-four cattle in Jasper county, Illinois, and is said to be spreading in Gibson County, Indiana. DriuKG a meeting of the Young Men's Christian Society at Plymouth, England, the Canadian Emigration Commissioner, named Jay, denounced Rev. Stuart Ross for having eloped with his wife. The clergyman left the room and was pursued by his auditors for nearly a mile, when he turned and stabbed two of those nearest him. He has been lodged in jail. It is al­ leged he abandoned a wife and three child- d r e n i n B e l f a s t , a n d l i e d w i t h M r s . J a y . . . . It is asserted that Prince Alexander of Bul­ garia is collecting a fleet preparatory to an attack upon 'Belgrade, the capital of Ser- via, by way of the Danube river. Excite­ ment over the situation in Servia is intense. ... .A number of persons have been ar­ rested in Belgrade, in Servia, on charge of conspiring to overthrow the Government. It is supposed to have included a plan for the assassination of King Milan FOREIGN. CARDINAL MANNING and fourteen Brit­ ish Catholic Bishops have issued a mani­ festo denouncing mixed education, declar­ ing that it is impossible for Catholics to ac­ cept education when it is divorced from religion. This in political circles is con­ sidered as an appeal to Catholics to vote for the Tory candidates for Parliament. Great depression prevails in the flax- spinning trade in England, and the great mill in Leeds, employing 2,000 operatives, threatens to close down. A great number of English capitalists engaged in the business have decided to transfer their investments to the United States....M. do LeBseps ,34 10.00 5.25 4.50 3/25 :i.w> 6.00 4.75 .60 .41 .35 .«> .66 .25 .18 .09! ,06>ii«» .18 @ .45 (<$ KOQ .40 @12.50 @ 5.75 5.25 (|J> 4.00 (A 4.25 <ai 5.50 <& G.S5 W .87 <0 .42 <® .26 <<9 .62' .67 « .2* & .22 .10?, .08 .19 <c$ .48 & 8.50 THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES $5.00 @ 6.75 Hoos 3.60 & 6.00 WHEAT--No. 1 White CO <& .98 No. 2 Hed 95&<A) .97 COKX--No. 2. ; 53 <cii .5:) OATS--White ; KMK--Mess CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shijipintf Common Hoos FLOUE--Extra Spring .. Choice Winter...., WHEAT--No. 2 Spring.. CORN--Xo. 2 OATS--No. 2 IivE-No. 2 HAIILEY--NO. 2 BJTXEB--Clio ce Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new Skimmed Flats Eoos--Fresh J'OTATOES--Car-lots, per bu 1'OKK--Mesa MILWAUKEE, WHEAT--NO. 2.... 86 COAX--NO. 2 41 OATS -NO. 24 KYK--NO. I 60 1 OKK--MESA 8.00 TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 3 .95 COAX--NO. 2 .43 OATS--NO A 26 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--NO. 2 RED 99 & .94 COBN--MIXED 87 .38 OATS--MIXED .25J4 POKK--MESS. A60 & 9.00 CINCINNATI WHEAT--NO 3 RED 93 COBN--NO 3 44 OATS--MIXED ;... .27 RYE--NO. 2 6< POBK--MEN 8.60 DETROIT. BEET CATTLE 4.50 HOGS 3,50 SHEEP 2.50 WHEAT--NO. 1 WHITE... 91 COBN--NO. 3 44 OATS--NO. %... 38 INDIANAPOLIS. 0 WHEAT--NO. 3 BED 91 COBN--MIXED ; 89 OATS--NO. 2 35 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--BEST 6.00 FAIR 4.00 COMMON. 3.26 HOOS... S.60 BHKBP 8.78 „R „ „ BUFFALO, WHEAT--KO. LHARD...1.00 COBN .48 CATTLE 4.6O @ .87 & .42 <4 .26 & .62 @ 8.50 & .96 0 .46 & .27 0 .95 & .45 @ .28 & .66 a 9.00 & 5.25 & 4.00 & a&o <9 .93 & .45 0 .90 .93 .41 .26 ltarolt of the Elections in the Vari- im St&tes on Tuesday, iMp' " > vember 3. -v ing local disaffection* the vote is divided, and a few iii<k>pendents may be elected the IjeeiBla- ture sad to county offices." * ' JW f •" ' U - K A B V L i m Hill Elected Governor In New York, • JUe J* Virginia, and LarraU* In Iowa. Elections were held in a number of States for Governor and other State officers and members of the Legislature on Tuesday, November 3. A summary of the-results in the various States, as gathered and tele­ graphed to the press on the morning suc­ ceeding the election, is given below :< 1 NEW YORK. Hill and tlie Entire Democratic State Ticket Eleetod, but tUo legislature Republican. The elegtion in New York was for Governor and other State officers, five Justices of the Supreme Court, and both branches of the Legis­ lature. Governor David B. Hill, the Democratic nominee for Governor, led his State tieket to complete victory, but the Republicans still hold both branches of the Legislature. Dispatches from New York City on the morning suc­ ceeding the election givo the following figures and estimates of the result of the poll: "A close estimate places the Legislature as fol­ lows : Senate--Republicans, 21; Democrats, 11. Assembly--Republicans, 75; Democrats, 53. The present Senate stands--Republicans, 10; Democrats, 13. Assembly--Republicans, 73; Democrats, 55. The Sun places Hill's plurality at 12,395. The World and Herald estimates his plurality at from 28,000 to 30,000. Hill's plurality in King's County (Brooklyn) will be about 10,000. For sheriff the City Press - Bureau 6ays Grant (Tammany) will have 7,000 over Jacobus (Republican), aiul more than 10,000 over Whito (County Democrat'. Eight hundred and one election districts and wards «utside New York and Kings Counties give Davenport 167,012; Hill, 151,240; Bascom, 8,348. The same districts last year gave Blaine 191,225; Cleveland, 171,859; St. John, 7,434; net Democratic gain, 3,594. In this city the County Democracy openly traded Hill for Republican county votes, but Tammany and Irving Hull uniformly voted the straight ticket. The day . passed off very quietly, all business having been suspended. The World's New York County table- shows Hill's vote to be 122,810; Davenport's. 76,144 ;'l?ascom'a (Pro.), 999; total vote, 199,959; Hill's plurality over Davenport, 4G,U72. In 1884 Cleveland's majority over Blaine was 43,064. In 1882 Cleveland's over Folger was 77.129. George C. Barrett, the Judge who recently sen­ tenced Ferdinand Ward, has been re-elected to the Supreme bench for fourteen years, for the New York County District. TiYnothy J. Camp­ bell, nominee of Tammany and Irving" Halls, was elected to Congress from the Eighth New York District, to fill the vacancy caused by the resig­ nation of ' Sunset' Cox. The election of Gov. Hill by anything like a pronounced majority is a very great surprise all around, especially as it is generally known that the large Mugwump vote developed last year was loyal to Davenport and the Republican ticket. The World and other Democratic papers claim that the Stalwarts knifed "Davenport unmercifully, and not a little of the credit for Republican defeat is marked up to Mr. Con Wing." IOWA. The Republican State Ticket Elected by from 5,000 to 12,000. Iowa elected a Governor and other State offi­ cers and Legislature. The latter will elect a successor to Hon. Win. B. Allison, Republican, in the United States Senate. A Pes Moines dis­ patch of the 4tli says: "Returns from 360 of the 1,703 voting precincts in the State givo Larrabee 47,711 and Whiting 44,3S>9--a net Republican gain of 1,718. It seems certain that Larrabee and the entire Republican State ticket are elected by from 5,000 to majority. It must be remembered, however, that only about one-fifth of the State has been heard from, and that nearly all the re­ turns are from cities and large towns. The Republican gains in the precincts heard from average six votes to the precinct over the vote of two years ago, when Sherman had 2,000 ma­ jority for Governor. If this ratio is maintained the majority will be 11,000. There are almost no returns on the Legislative vote, but such as have been received show that the Republican Legislative candidates have in almost every case run behind the State ticket. The Demo­ crats have ceased to claim the election of their State ticket, but Insist that they have carried the lower house.": VIRGINIA. Cowrecr and a Slature Chosen. Fitzho^T Democrj Votes were irginia for Governor, Lieutenant Goverricq^ittoraey General, and an entire House of Representatives and Senators. The present Senate is composed of seven Republicans and fourteen Democrats. The weather was fmo throughout * the State, and both parties went to the polls in force. The result was that a very large vote was polled early in the day. Demo­ cratic gains over the vote of 1884, when Cleve­ land received a majority of 6,141, are reported from nearly every county and city in the State. Richmond gives a Democratic majority of 2,500, a Democratic gain of 6,000 and returns four Democratic members to the Legislature. Pe­ tersburg cast a Republican majority of 600. Nor­ folk shows a Democratic gain of 1,400. The Re­ publicans claim that Norfolk is placed in the Democratic column by means of a gross mis­ count, and that the vote of two precincts in the Fourth Ward was counted out. It is also claimed by them that many negroes were cut off from voting by the closing Of the polls at Richmond, Lynchburg, and elsewhere. A dispatch from Richmond says that "returns from 329 voting precincts,'including Richmond, show a net Dem­ ocratic gain in this State of 7,612. Calculating the remainder of the State by the same ratio of gain. Lee's majority will approximate 25,000. The indications are that the Democrats will have two-thirds of the Senate and 60 out,of 100 members of the House of Delegates. The Leg­ islature will choose a successor to Mahone in the United States Senate." PENNSYLVANIA. Quay Elected State Treasurer by a Heavy Majority. The only State officer voted for in Pennsylva­ nia was State Treasurer. Matthew Stanley Quay was the Republican, and Conrad B. Day the Democratic candidate. Barr Spangler riin on the Prohibition ticket and William D. Whitney as the Greenback-Labor nominee. Last year Blaino had a plurality of 81,000, and in 1883, when the last Stato Treasurer was chosen, the Republican candidate was elected by "a maiority of 20,011. Returns of the election "held on the 3rd inst. indicate the election of Quay by a majority estimated at about 30,000. His majority In Philadelphia is 14,000. MASSACHUSETTS. Gov. Robinson Re-elected by a Reduced Majority, on a Ught Vote. Massachusetts elected a Governor and other State officers and Legislature, and voted upon a proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State providing for precinct voting. Returns from all but about eight towns in the State give the following result: Robinson (Rep.), 100,- 000; Prince (Dem.), 82,381; Lathrop (Pro.), 4,051; Sumner (Greenbacker) 2,070. Last vear's vote throughout the State was : Robinson (Rep.), 159,345; Endicott (Dem.), 111,900. The returns indicate the election of twenty- eight Republican and twelve Democratic Sena­ tors, being a Democratic gain of six over last year. The House will probably stand 157 Re­ publicans, 72 Democrats, and 6 Independents. NEW JERSEY. The Republicans Victorious. Now Jersey elected a part of its Senators and the Assembly, and the Senators chosen will participate in the election of a United States Senator to succeed the Hon. W. J. Sewell, Re­ publican. A Trenton dispatch says : "The elec­ tion in this State has resulted in a substantial victory for the Republicans. The only issue was the Legislature, in both branches of which the. Democrats will be again in the minority. The best estimates at midnight give the Republi­ cans 13 votes in the next Senate to 8 for the Dem­ ocrats, and the Assembly 33 Republican votes and 27 Democrats. This is a Republican gain of 2 in the Senate and a loss of several in the House, but it leaves a Republican majority on joint ballot." CONNECTICUT. . Large Democratic Gains in the Leglalatare. Connecticut elected one-half its State Senate and a full House of Representatives. A New Haven dispatch Bays "tne result shows decided Democratic gains. Last year the Senate con­ sisted of 17 Republicans and 7 Democrats. This year it will be made up of 14 Republicans and 10 Democrats--a gain of 3Senators. One hundred and thirty-three towns elect 109 Republicans, 92 Democrats, 1 Greenbacker, and 1 Independent to the state House of .Representatives, a l>emo cr&tic gain of 10." 0 6.50 & 4.50 ® 3.75 01 4.25 & 5.00 0 1.02 0 .50 0 4.25 The Democrats Successful on the State and Coix'y Tickets. , The election in Maryland was for a Comp­ troller of the State. Clerk of the Court of Ap­ peals, all the members of the House of Dele­ gates, and nineteen members of the Senate. In the city of Baltimore clerks of the courts, and throughout the State county officers were chosen. A Baltimore telegram savs "the elec­ tion passed off quietly, and resulted in a sweep­ ing majority for the "regular Democratic ticket in Baltimore. The returns are not all in, as the length of the ticket necessitates a slow count. As far as heard froni not a single fusionist can­ didate is elected. The State returns are comjjig in very slowly, but the indications point to dem­ ocratic success in nearly all of the counties, .which insures a working maiority in both branches of the State Legislature." COLORADO. The Republican Candidate fl>r Supreme Judge Elected. The voting in Colorado was for a Judge of the State Supreme Court. A Denver special says: "A comparatively light vote has been polled in this county. The Republicans concede the elec­ tion of the entire Democratic-Independent coun­ ty ticket by majorities ranging from 100 to 3,000. Elbert (Rep.) is probably elected Supremo Judge by 5,000. The< interior counties have not yet been heard from." . I 1 NEBRASKA. The' Republican Ticket Chosett by Large Majorities. Nebraska voted for a Supremo Court Judge and Regent of the State University. An Omaha dispatch savs "the election was a very quiet one and the vote small. The Republican ticket is elected by from 15,000 to 20,000 majority. It is estimated that about 6,000 Prohibition votes were caBt in the State." SOUTH DAKOTA. Republican Ticket Elected --Proliibltlon and Huron Ahead. St. Paul telegram: "Specials from all parts of South Dakota show that the Sioux Falls con­ stitution is carried and the Republican State ticket elected. Prohibition will probably carry the day. Huron so far leads in the contest for the location of the Capitol." KANSAS. Republicans Successful In the County -Elections. A Topeka dispatch reports : "The elections in the various counties of this State have generally gone Republican. The Republicans in this county elect their ticket by 1,500 majority." CHICAGO. Independent Voting Results in the Choice of a Mixed Ticket. There was an election in Chicago for Judge of the Superior Court and five County Commis­ sioners. The city also voted upon the adoption or rejection of the new election law passed by the last Legislature, providing for the restric­ tion of the number of votes in a precinct to 400, and for the closing of the polls at 4 o'clock p. m. The Republican candidate for Judge was chosen, while the Democrats elected three of the five Commissioners. The new election lav was elected by a large majority. „ DETROIT. The Democrats Successful In the Municipal Election. The municipal election in Detroit was a de­ cisive victory for the Democrats.' Their candi­ date for Mayor, Marvin H. Chamberlain, de­ feated Mayor Gruinmond, the Republican can­ didate for rc-eleetion, by about 2,'000 majority. The rest of the Democratic city ticket was elected by majorities ranging from"l,500 to 3,500, with the exception of the Clerk, Dust, the Re­ publican nominee, receiving a majority of about 1,200 for that place. OTHER ELECTIONS. Illinois Supreme Judge. Benj. D. Magruder, Republican, was Chosen Supreme Judge for the Northern District of Illi­ nois, without opposition, the Democratic Con­ vention having-also placed his name on their ticket. Fifth Illinois Congressional District. A special election was held for Representative in Congress from the Fifth District of Dlinois, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hon. Reuben Ellwood. A. J. Hopkins, Repub­ lican, has been chosen by a large majority, on a light vote. The district is strongly Republican. •JsckfWTl'Jej 111. Thomas B. Vrear (Rep.) was elected County Commissioner of Morgan County by 287 majority, a Republican gain over last year of over 700. The proposition to fund 850,000" oI the floating debt was voted down four to one. Peoria, 111. S. H. Kinzie (Rep.) was chosen Mayor of Peoria by from 400 to 500 majority, a Republican gain of about 1,400. Three Democratic Aldermen were elected, and the new Council is equally divided between the Republicans and the Demo­ crats. " MISSISSIPPI. An Extremely Light Vote Cast. Mississippi elected a Governor and other State officers, ana a Legislature which will choose two United States Senators to succeod Henators George and Walthall, the latter of whom was appointed by the Governor to succeed Mr La­ mar. There was no Republican ticket in the field, and of course Gov. Lowrv is chosen for another term and the entire Democratic ticket •lected without opposition. An Associated Press dispatch from Jackson, the capital of the State, says : "The election passed off quietly. Tho In­ dications are that the vote is unusually light Jacksor polled 350 votes; it registered 1,000. The negroes generally refrained from voting. The light vote is to be accounted for because of there being no ticket in the field except the regular Democratic State ticket. In a few counties hav­ IN A CONVICT'S CELL Ferdinand Ward Sentenced to Ten Year*' Imprisonment at Hard Labor. - PRESIDENT CLEVELAND. He Marches Up to the Polls, and Votes the Straight D^liinocratlc Ticket. "President Cleveland voted early in the morn­ ing," says a Buffalo dispatch. "When nearing the polling place he was at once recognized by the twenty-live or thirty people who were stand­ ing about. "Here comes Cleve," said an Irish­ man, tossing up his cap. The President called for a straight Democratic ticket, and after an­ swering the inspector's questions dropj»ed it in the box. Mr. Cleveland then walked to Gerot's restaurant, ate his breakfast with a relish, and accompanied a few friends to his old law office, where he received a number of callers. At 2 o'clock p. m. he departed for Washington by special tram." WOMEN AT THE POLLS. A Raid Made Upon the Inspectors in New York--Their Votes Refused. "An organized effort to vote was made by wom­ en in nearly every district of the State," says a New York telegram. "Several were registered in this city, two in Brooklyn, and several in each of the cities in the interior of the State, includ­ ing Albany, Troy, Utica, Ithaca, Jamestown, and Ogdensburg. It is not definitely known to-night whether any woman actually voted, but members of the New York woman-suffrage party expressed confidence that out of the number registered a few at all events, had succeeded in getting their Votes accepted. "Three women made the attempt in this city, but the inspectors refused to take their votes. Mrs. Mitchell was the most persistent in at­ tempting to vote here. When the inspector ro- fused to take her vote, notwithstanding the fact that she was properly registered, she demanded that the oath be administered to her, but ihis also was refused and she was compelled to re­ tire. ' Mrs. Lillie Devereaux Blake, Presides c, of the New York Woman's Suffrage Associia on, was not permitted to register at all. In 1M7 Dr. Margaret E. Miller registered and voted ii the First Ward of this city, and her vote wa#«MWutd- ered as legal." PRESS OPINION. Comments on the Result in New York. " A New York City dispatch says: To the sur­ prise of nearly everybody, and particularly the politicians who had predicted a trading of county candidates in favor of Davenport, Hill was scratched very little, while on tho other hand his pasters were generously used on the Republican tickets in some quarters of the city. Tho weather was cool and bracing, and induced a large vote. From the earliest moment of the count it was evident that Davenport had been defeated, the first bulletins from outside of New York and Kings Counties indicating a falling away from the Blaino majorities, while in the counties named it was plain to be seen that Hill had sus­ tained the anticipations of his most sanguine supporters. The count in New York, showing 48,844 majority for Hill, was completed before midnight. The following are editorial excerpts from the New York journals: The World: The result of the election in this Stato is tho rebuke of two things--the bloody shirt and the bloodless mugwump. David B. Hill is chosen Governor by a majority probably fifteen or twenty times as large as was given to Mr. Cleveland last year. The mugwumps have failed to "strengthen and support" Mr. Cleve­ land's administration by electing Davenport. Farewell, mugwumps, farewell. The Tribune: The Democrats retain New York. Gov. Hill has been elected by a figure so hand­ some as to make the beggarly plurality which the State gave President Cleveland almost invis­ ible. The return of voters whom Mr. Blaine's candidacy alienated did not make good to the Republican party the loss this year of voters whom that candidacy attracted. Republican voters did not expect to succeed this year against the conccutration of pv^vvci by the adniiniHtra- tion to save itself, and therefore did not make the effort necessary to success. The Stur: Our dispatches bring the welcome, but not unexpected, news of a Democratic tri­ umph in this State. There is no turning back­ ward in the great work so auspiciously begun a year ago. The people of New York stand by the Democratic party, and vote to uphold the hands of the Democratic administration in the work of reform. The Sun: The entire Democratic State ticket was elected yesterday. Gov. Hill's plurality ap­ peared, at the time this page of the Sun went to press, to be at least 15,000. The foolish pretense of the mugwump organs that the success of the Democrats in this election would be inimical to Mr. Cleveland was spurned by the Democratic voters of the State. They were too sensible to be deceived by such nonsense. They voted, as the President himself voted--for the man wbo will hold up Mr.-Cleveland's hands in his own State and strengthen the influence of his ad­ ministration. Oondncted to Prison with 8oathing De- - * nnnciations Ringing in Hit Ears. - ? Ferdinand Ward, smiling and perfectly 6elf-pos6essed, came into the crowded court-rocm, says a New York dispatch, to receive the sentence of the law for one of the many crimes which ho has committed in the world of finance. The Sheriff and the Warden of the Ludlow Street Jail ac­ companied him. Throwing off his over­ coat with an easy air, he bowed to and shook hands with his coonsel. As he looked around the room he saw a few familiar faces. Tho District Attorney arose and said: "Ferdinand Ward, the prisoner at the bar, has been found guilty of the crime with which he was charged. The counsel at the last session of this court gave notice that at this time a motion for a nei trial would be made. I move that the motion be at this time." Gen. Tracy, of Ward's counsel, arose, and in a low tone, scarcely audible ten feet away, moved for an arrest of judgment, and read a long bill of exceptions upon which his client asked for a new trial. AVhen Gen. Tracy had finished reading his bill of exceptions and had taken his -seat, District Attorney Afartine Said: "I move that Ferdinand Ward be how sen­ tenced by the Court." Ward arose and stood in front of the bar by the side of his counsel. His face w%s pale but firm. He did not flinch as Judge Barrett pronounced the sentence, and stood unmoved while the Court poured upon his head the words of condemnation. The court-room was hushed, and an almost* im­ pressive silence fell upon the several hun­ dred men who watched the prisoner with feverish eagerness. "Ward, you have been convicted by an intelligent and conscientious jury of the crime of which you have been charged," began the Judge, directing his gaze upon the prisoner. "You have certainly had a fair and impartial trial. The jurors were most carefully selected, and came to the trial of your case with apparently unpreju­ diced minds. The court guarded all your rights and privileges from infringement to the best of his ability. You were convicted becatise you had no defense. You offered no defense to the facts. It is only a matter of conjecture why so intelligent a jury should have taken so long a time to decide your case. If your case had been that of a person wholly unknown the jury need not have left their seats; on the contrary, your case has had the benefit of a more careful consideration. You have been most ably defended by your counsel, and an address as brilliant'and scholarly as any ever heard in this court- Groom was made in your defense. You were not convicted on popular clamor. The jury probably delayed in its judgment because they were afraid that in some way they might be accused of being influenced by popular clamor, which tended to make the conviction doubtful. "I have nothing to say to you in the way of homily, because I think it would be wholly useless. You have shown yourself to be wholly indifferent throughout this trial to the charges which have been brought against you. You seem to experi­ ence no remorse whatever over the ruin and sorrow which you have brought to hundreds of people in this country. You have done more to unsettle public confidence in moneyed institutions than any other rnau of this generation. And yet, through this entire trial, you have shown yourself to be wholly unrepentant for the sins you have committed. "This being the fact, I must simply con­ tent myself with pronouncing the sentence of the court, which is that you shall be con­ fined in the State prison at hard ,labor for the period of ten years." Not a rmuscle of the prisoner's face changed while these scathing remarks were made. He bowed his head but did not tremble or show any evidence of feeling. Ward was quickly surrounded by his friends. He put on his overcoat, took his derby hat, and left the court-room, accompanied by his keepers. Ward reached Sing Sing at J:27 in the afternoon. As it was not known that Ward had been sentenced there were not even a dozen villagers on hand to receive him. The Sheriff and his charge passed quickly through the station and took a hack to the prison, which is about half a mile south of Sing Sing. Upon their arrival at the prison Ward was conducted to the Chaplain s of­ fice to undergo examination. He was placed facing the west wall, and with arms folded was not permitted to speak or look about. Twenty minutes later the clerk of the prison arrived and Ward faced about. In response to the stereotyped questions Ward answered that his name was Ferdinand Ward; age, 33; occupation, banker and broker; religion, Protestant; could read and write; used tobacco moderately; and was never in any priosn before. He was then told to empty his pockets on the table. These formalities completed, he was di­ rected to sign tho letter-book which author­ izes the prison authorities to open ^ndi^ad all his letters, at the same time being told that unless he did sign this he could neithei write nor receive any letters. Of cpurae-he signed. He was then escorted to the State shop, given a bath, and dressed in the prison stripes. After this he was placed in the barber's chair and shaved. His hail was decided to be short enough. This done Ward was taken to Dr. Barber's office to be weighed, measured, and examined. His weight was 135 pounds, and height five feet nine and one-half inches. He was decided to be an able-bodied man and able to go to work. He was accordingly assigned to Perry & Co.'s 6tove contract. He was given the usual advice sfiid informa­ tion as to his rights, and told that from his sentence of ten years three years and- six months might be deducted for good be­ havior and obeying the rules. He was en­ titled to receive one letter a month, and re­ ceive eatables and friends once in two months, provided he behaved himself. During all these formalities Ward had nothing to say to anybody. /Ward Interviewed. In an interview at the Tombs before he was sentenced, Ferdinand Ward said: "I want to say right here that the statement that I have lots of money is not true. Every cent that came into Grant & Ward's office or went out was put on the books. A fierson cannot take money and leave abso-utely no trace of it anywhere." 1 "Where did the money go?" "Wait till Warner's check-book is looked at; that will tell many tales. Why, sir, he used to come into the office, get a lot of revenue bonds, take them out and get money on them at 2J per cent., and bring the money back to me and charge the firm 20 per cent, a month for the use of our own money. Then, (naming another per­ son) wrote to ---- that the business seemed 'funny,' but that as long as the profits were all right let it go." "How did you get into this trouble?" "Well that is a Droad question, but I will tell you the facts. I oegan running the business, but being urged and driven all the time for money by everybody, I gave it up. I don't mean to say I am an angel, but I do say that certain men got a hold on me, and I did not want the firm to fail, so I borrowed money everywhere and, paid enormous interest for it. These men feath­ ered their nests, and I am doing the pen­ ance." "Are you going to remain silent regard­ ing this matter?" "SIv position is just this: I am willing to suffer for all I have done, but I do not want to bear the burden of everybody else in this matter. All I say is, wait Until Warner's check-book is opened." LET US 6IVE THANKS. it Proclamation by the President Deaigw - natipg Thursday, Ifov. 26, |i Thanksgiving Day. The following proclamation has bMtt issued by President Cleveland: By the President of the United States-- -} The American people have always abundant j prosperity for which to be thankful to Almighty . tiod, whose watchful care and guiding hand have been manifested in every stage of their national life, guarding and protecting them in tame, of peril and safely leading them in the hour darkness and danger. It is rifting and proper that a nation thus favored should one day in every year, for that purpose especially appointed, publicly acknowledge the goodness of God and return thanks to Him for all His gracious gifts. Therefore I, Grover Cleveland, President of the United States of America, do herebv desig­ nate and set apart Thursday the SfitlT dav of November instant, as a day of public thanks­ giving and prayer, and do invoke the observ­ ance of the same by all the people of the land That day let all secular business be suspended, and let the people assemble in tlieir usual places of worship and with prayer and t<ong& of praise devoutly testify their gratitnde to the giver of every good and perfect gift for all that He has done for us in the year that has passed; for our preservation as a united na­ tion, and from our deliverance from the shock and danger of political convulsion; for the blessings of peace, and for our safety and quiet while wars and rumors of wars ha ve agitated and afflicted other nations of the earth; for our security against the scourge of pestilence which in other lands has claimed its dead by Uiousands and tilled the streets with mourning; for plenteous crops which reward the labor of the husbandman and increase ? ,our n®'tion,s wealth, and for the con­ tentment throughout our borders which follow in the" train of prosperity and abundance. And let there, also, DO oil the day set apart a reunion of families, simctilied and chastened by tender memories aQd associations, and let the social intercourse of friends with pleasant reminis­ cences renew the ties of affection arid strength­ en those of kindly, feeling. And iet us by no means forget, while we give thanks and enjoy the comforts which have crowned our lives, that truly grateiul hearts are incline:l to deeds of charity, and that a kind and thoughtful re­ membrance will double the pleasures of our condition, and render our praise and thanks- ^mng more acceptable in tho sight of the Done at the city of Washing-ton this 2d day of November, eighteen hundred and eighty [i* 8.] live, and of the indrpuiuleniv of the United States the 011c hundred and tenth. GIIOVEB CLEVELAND, President. By the President: Thomas F. Bayard, Secre­ tary of State; DEBT STATEMENT. Treasurer Jordan's Monthly State- ment of the National In- » debtedness. The following is a recapitulation of the debt statement issued on the 1st of Nove&ber: INTEREST-BEAHTNG DEBT. Bonds at 4?j per cent $250,000,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 737,740 350 Bonds at 3 per cent 194',190!500 Refunding certificates at 4 par cent. 223,'800 Navy pension fund at 3 per oent 14,000,000 Pacific Hailroad bonds at 0 per cent. 04,623,512 Principal Interest Total DEBT ON WHICH ei, 260,778,162 9,595,948 $1,270,374,110 INTEREST HAS CEASED OTNCB MATURITY. Principal 53,734,305 Interest 219,384 Total $3,953,689 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal-tender notes£346,738,841 Certificates of deposit 18,145,000 Gold certificates 109,020,760 Silver certificates 93,146,772 Fractional currency (less 88,375,934, estimated as lost or destroyed).... 6,961,168 Principal 574,012,536 Total debt-- Principal Interest ......" ..$1,638,525,003 9,815,333 Total $1,838,340,336 Less cash items available Mr reduc­ tion of the debt 283,864,475 Less reserve held for redemption of C. 8. notes 100,030,000 Total.... $333,864,475 Total debt less available cash itemsfl,514,475,860 Net cash in the Treasury ' 66,818,292 Debt less cash in Treasury Nov. 1, - .*1,447,657,568 Debt less cash In Treasury Oct. 1, 1881 1,460,934,342 Decrease of debt during the month. $13,276,774 CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE FOB REDUC­ TION OP THE DEBT. Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding $93,146,772 U. 8. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding 18,145,000 Cash held for matured debt and in­ terest unpaid *.. 13,549,037 Fractional currency 2,305 " l Total available for reduction of the debt 9233,864,475 RESERVE FUND. Held for redemption of U. S. notes, acts Jan, 14, 1875, and July 12, 1882... »100,000,000 Unavailable for reduction of the debt:-- Fractional silver coin $22,965,598 Minor coin 719,831 Total $23,685,367 Certificates held as cash 63,432,364 Net cash balances on hand 66,§18,292 Total cash in Treasury as shown by the Treasurer's general account.. $487,800,499 Net increase In cash 3,864,941 • BLOTTED OUT. A Steam Dredge and Six Men Annihi­ lated by a Terrible Boiler Ex­ plosion. New London (Ct.) dispatch. A terrible calamity, by which six lives were lost, occurred in the "race," at the en* trance to the harbor, caused by the explo­ sion of the boiler of steam dredge No. %, o{ the Atlantic Dredging Company, of Brook­ lyn. The dredge left Providence for New York in tow of the tug C. E. Waite, Capt. Tweedy. In order to keep the bilge clear the steam pumps on the dredge were kept at work. Just before midnight, when near­ ing Race Rock light, Capt. Tweedy, who was at the stern of the tug, noticed a mov­ ing light on the dredge and heard a voice, but could not. distinguish the words. A min­ ute later he heard an explosion on the dredge, and saw fire, smoke, and steam. The dredge sank immediately, and the stem of the tug was drawn under water before the hawsers could be cleared. The Waite was immediately put about, but no trace of the dredge or her crew could be found. After searching in the vicinity for half an hour the tug headed for this harbor, arriv­ ing in the teeth of the easterly gale that prevailed. As soon as the storm subsided, the Waite again went out to the "race," but nothing could be found, not even a floating piece of the dredge. The following ixre the names of those lost: Captain, Robert H. Kent; mate, Andrew Straub; steward, Herman Stra«b; engineer, Thomas Fitzpatrick; Frank Finnegan, and one unknown. THE STEEL CRUISERS. A Plan for Their Completion Decided Upoa by the Navy Department. At the conference at the Navy Depart­ ment, between Secretary Whitney, the chiefs of the bureau of steam engineering and of construction and repair, and the members of the naval advisory board, the plan for the completion of the unfinished cruisers Chicago, Boston and Atlanta was ar­ ranged and decided upon. The work on the vessels will be continued at the yards where they now lie by the Bureau 'of Steam Engineering and Bureau of Construction and Repair, and they will bear the same relation to the Government as the original contractors did. The bureaus will be held responsible for what is done, and the work will be con­ ducted under the direction of officers repre­ senting the bureaus. The Naval Advisoxy Board will have its representatives at the yards, who will supervise all work and material, as formerly. If any changes or modifications in the driginal plans are deemed necessary the sax|e course will bo pursued as before the Government took charge.