Show coma ions alit last formality Formali tf of a Elef lien coir Comple teil feb 13 the chamber of the house prevented preben ted ashely scene this though nothing ol 01 a sensational character was expected the galleries were filled an lour before noon by a crowd 0 spectators eager to w the ceremonies attending alio llio counting 0 the electoral vote ladies were in a largo majority many ladies were upon the floor pleading with members for pastes to the already ove flowing galleries alter the routine business at 1 the legislative proceedings the senators filed into the captain klassett carried the box containing the returns from the electoral college banide tho speakers chair was placed one tor senator ingalla In salla who as presiding officer 0 the banate was to preside over the joint assembly at noon the speakers gavel hushed the liuna of conversation and the choplain made an appropriate prayer the count of the electoral vote was completed and harrison and morion declared president and vice president ane senate returned to its own chamber at when on of the senate helleis tel leis reported the result of the counting and ascertainment of the electoral votes for president and vie president of the united states the report was ordered entered at length on the journal A resolution reported from the committee on privilege and elections instructing ting eliat committee to revise the existing law regulating the election of members of congress was taken up and evarts spoke in its support after carefully going over the case and reading petitions etc evarts said the great question came at last to be whether there was to be tolerated in country an authority and persistent power blat was in the constitution and the laws if there was to be an irreconcilable conci lable conflict between public opinion in texas or in new york and the public opinion of the country at large his opinion was that the opinion of the whole country must finally prevail coke obtained the floor and the senate then adjourned bod from china SAS feb 13 the steamship rio janeiro arrived from china and japan bringing hong kong advises advices to jan and yokohama to jan serious trouble is reported on the tonquin frontier with frequent skirmishes between the natives and the french troops outside of kong and the coast ports french authorities it is contended have little hold on alie country at lonkay on the chinese frontier a band of 1000 natives recently attacked the french and have partly driven the french out of lonkay the latte claimed the rebels were reinforced by troops from the regular chinese army encamped opposite lonkay in the fight three french soldiers were killed and five wounded the english governor of hong kong has been petitioned by alie chinese of hong kong to request the british government to address alie american government with a view to the withdrawal of the exclusion hill the petitioners petition ers contend that the action of the united states and australia is contrary to international treaties and if persisted in will result in the commercial ruin of hong kong epidemic in canadia Ca naiia BIani toba feb 13 the news received last week of alie breaking out of an epidemic of the most virulent character among the indians of cold lake has been confirmed and the condition of the sufferers is worse than at first reported indi in agent maun of onion lake went up to investigate vesti gate they fouad that thirty deaths had occurred aud 01 tho day they reached the affected settlement six more were added to the list the indians on rattle river are broering BuO ering greatly from an affection of the throat and neck which prevents them from swallowing food the complete extermination of the tribe is feared in bemand feb 13 madam modjeska had contracted with managers nixon and Zin imerman of philadelphia to aby weeks tor 35 they then turned alie contract over to the booth barrett combination tor her to play with them for meantime jos brooks their agent had made engagements for modjeska at various theaters including me vickers manager mcvicker dearine of te intention to absorb her by barrel and booth telegraphed to modjeska at san francisco to know w hat she proposed to do he has received a reply from her declaring she would hold nixon and zimmerman strictly to the original contract lew transcontinental dhatt YORK feb 13 general thomas L kosser bays the contract was yesterday for the construction st of the first link in the new transcontinental route it is to ecart at charleston S 0 and ran in a northwesterly direction through to the great grain region of the crossing nearly all the groat trunk lines gen hosser point out that it will then tend toward the southwest and toriko he exceedingly rich coal iron and limber country on a way which baa not yet developed rt signi fob 13 police inspector john who was recently sus pendeton pen dedon account of charges preferred by the chicago limes against him and other has tendered bis resignation saying his compel him to earn bis and he cannot remain idle pending the hearing ot the cases ha reviews hia case once more and reiterates the charge that he u as suspended tor political reasons salt limit a trade mirl CHICAGO feb 13 suit was begun today to day by the llin watch co against aeo 9 and P B simon jen ellere of sin S in 1 ranc iaco or damages the algio company claim that flimon brothers registered as their on the well known trade mark of the algin co geo simon arrived here from jaan francisco and ft as served with a Ri immons in the case as soon as he alighted from the train llata kept civay LITTLE KOCK ark feb 13 in pine bluff laet night dr J W cox a prominent citizen was shot and in stanlly killed by ed II arrell bookkeeper for J B spears co cox entered harrelle Harr ellB bouso against protest and when lier lias hand returned die notified him and in an altercation occurred harrell fired the fatal shot |