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V ? * f . * f ' p f y ? C U T7>> 5 * > 1 T ? % S1.60 Per Year* ROOSEVELT WINS EASILY Kepublican Victory In the Country Complete . and Overwheiminf iCJMIM All MOBIFUl STATES S> ' twnplng Majorities Given For lloose " volt Everywhere Eeipt in tho South, | ^here Maryland io Probably fte publican by a Close Vote, and tha | Tennessee Republican Chairman Bven Enters a Claim to That State ? Roosevelt Apparently Sure of | Weet Virgglnla, Though the Demo* y oratic State Ticket May Be Elected. York. Special.? The. Republican National ticket baa been elected by a /vote In the electoral college that will exceed that of 292 given McKlnley In MOO. The result of today's balloting lraa astounding even to the most san guine of the Republican managers. Confident as they were of success, they .were not prepared for the astonishing ?gores which followed the closing of M polls, bringing Into the Republican column not only all of thoae statee they bad claimed aa safe for their can didates. but with the poeeible excep tion of Msryland, every etate classed 'm doubtful. Democratic successes are confined to Che eolld south. In which Kentucky Is Included, snd Mr. Parked baa not car ded^a single, state which did not give Its vote to Mr. Bryan four years ago. PARKER CONGRATULATES. Esopus, N. T.. Not. 8. ? At 8: SO p. m. Judge Parker sent this telegram to the president: Roaemount, Eaopus, N. T., Not. 8, 8:80 p. m. The Prealdent, Washington, D. C.: The people by their TOtea hare em phstlcally approved your administra tion and I heartily congratulate you. ALTON B. PARKER. ROOSEVELT'8 REPLY Washington, Nov. 8. ? President Roosevelt's reply to Judge Parker's ?telegram was as foTlows: Alton. B. Parker, Roaemount, New York: ? I thank you for your congratula* lions. | THEODORE ROOSEVELT. VIRGINIA'S MAJORITY 26,008. Richmond, Speclsl. ? The election In Virginia wss abeolutely without d la turban ce. . The majority on the presl dental ticket will be about 25,800. Nine Democratic Congressmen have been chosen. Slemp, the Republican Incum bent, In the ninth district la apparent ly re-elected by a majority of about 1, 200. REPUBLICAN 8HERIFF ELECTED. Newark, N. J., Special. ? The Repub lican State committee claims that Official returns Indicate that he lost ?t^nw of those which the Nebraska can didate held tor bis party. itoNew York, Special. ? From returns ?t hand the electoral vote stands as fillers: Por Roosevelt? California. 10; Con necticut, 7; Deleware. 3; Itllinois, 27; Indiana. 15; Iowa, 13; Kansas, 10; Maine, 6; Massachusetts. 16; Mlcbl-| gan. 14; Minnesota. 11; Nebraska, 8; Maw Hampshire, 4; New York, 39; Maw Jersey, 12; North Dakota, 4; Ohio, 23; Oregon, 4; Pennsylvania, 34; Abode Island, 4; South Dakota. 4; Ver-| iron?, 4; Washington, 5; Wisconsin. 13; Wyoming. 3. Total 293. For Parker ? Alaboma, 11; Arkan sas. 9; Florida, 5; Georgia. 12; Ken Cocky, 13; Louisiana, 9; Mississippi, 10; Missouri, 18; North Carolina, 12; ?outh Carolina, 9; Tennessee. 12; Texas, 18; Virginia, 12. Total, 151. WEST VIRGINIA DOUBTFUL. P^rkorsvllle, W. Va., Special.? ] Without a precinct in tho State count ed, enough has been learned io indi cate that the Democratic ticket has Biade very heavy gains. Ono precinct here, normally Demo cratic by 10, has 118 straight Demo cratic tickets, 81 atralght Republican {(tickets, and 146 scratched tickets, Nrlth Democratic candidates voted for. k ^Cl%rkesburg, W. Va., Special.? Re turns coming In slowly Indicate scatch ticket for governor. Harrison conn and Clarksburg will give Roose-j it 1,000 majority. The same gave K|nley 1.200. MARYLAND IN DOUBT. BaRlmore. Special. ? Returns from tie city and State are not complete.! It la apparent from the official its so far received that the vote Maryland Is very close, and that actual result may not be definite known. owing to the slowness of rms from remote districts in East Shore and southern counties. In Itlnore the Indications are that they not be a difference of 100 votes, plete returns from the counties unexpected Republican gains, larly in the western counties. Odd* and End?. Fkm hundred and thirty people MtlhlUed In Chicago last year by rall accidents. The average for big la the United States Is eighty a Am Rer. Dr. John Watson (Ian Mac PM who has been minister of the M Park Presbyterian Church. Llv POd, (or more than 25 years, has an imi his Intended retirement from ? mlatstry of that church next Sep Roosevelt has carried tbe State by 60, U00 or over. Newark is Republican by 10,000. Es sex county will give nearly 20,000 Re publican. The election of Stokes for Governor is claimed by tbe Republicans l.y 25.000. BOSTON DEMOCRATIC. Boston, Special.? Complete returns from the city of Boston for President five Parker. 49.483; Roosevelt, 38,660. The total for Governor In Boston was: Bates, 23,676; Douglas, 62,619. Parker carries the city by 10,874 plu rality. Douglas carries Boston by 34,043 plurality. SOUTH CAROLINA SOLID. Charleston, S. C., Special. ? All seven Democratic csndidates for Congress in South Carolina are elected. RepublU csn candidates received a very smajl per cent, of tbe vote. There waa no Republican State ticket. Socialist elec tors reeclved a few hundred votes. 9TH VIRGINIA DISTRICT REPUB LICAN. Bristol, Va., 8peclol.? Returns re ceived here Indicate the election of Col onel Campbell Slemp, Republican, for Congress in the ninth Virginia district by 1,500 majority. ALL ARKANSAS CONGRESSMEN SAFE. Little Rock, Ark., Special. ? Early re turns show the Democratic plurality is conservatively estimated at 40.000. The Democratic nominees for Congress have safe msjorities. ALABAMA'S DELEGATION INTACT. Birmingham, Ala., 8peclal. ? Later re turns show that Congressman Burnett baa been re-electcd to Congress from the seventh Alabama district by 2.000 majority. J. Thomas Heflln's majority In the fifth district will be 6,000. These were the only two Democratic candi dates thought to have serious opposi tion. TAOGART CONGRATULATES COR TELYOU. Indianapolis, Special. ? Democratic National Chairman Taggart said: "I have wired my congratulations to Mr. Cortelyou, Republican nations! chairman. That Is all I care to say to night. I will leave for New York to morrow.** New* off the Day. The airship contest at the World's Fair In St. Ix>uls for the $100,000 pris es begins today. It was stated that young Harry Thaw had been given 72 hours to de cide between giving up his income of $80,000 a year or Evelyn Nesbltt, the girl he Is reported to have wed. Mrs. Elenmora Chambers, formerly of Indianapolis, left her fortune of $150,000 to her coachman, whom she bad picked up aa a tramp. OHIO 1I1AIW RMCORD. fMuikw, O. Special*? The wtliti ' ia that th* RaptkUeaa majority would ?lONd tha kdh-witar Mrk o f 137,000 la ltM, aM alaa any previous Repnb llcaa raoori -mm Coainwii. It la be lieved that tko flociallata lacraaaad thalr Tota at tha expease of tha Demo crats. ALL DOUBTFUL 8TATB8 CON CEDEDED. New York, Special. ? At 10 o'clock Tuesday night Delaacy Nicoll, vice chairman of the Democratic national committee, made the following state ment: "The President has unquestionably carried all the doubtful 8tatee and la clected. "DELANCY NICOLL." ANOTHER ELECTION FATALITY. Huntington, W.Va., Special.? During an argument over the election. Charlea Blske shot and * killed Hunter Rey nolds Tueaday night. The town la wild with excitement. Extra police officers have been sworn In. CdRTELYOU SAYS 304 ELECTORAL VOTES. New York, Special. ? Chairman George B. Cortelyou, of the Republican national committee, announced shortly before 11 o'clock that Preeldent Rooae ?lt will hare at least 304 votes In the electoral college. ALL GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN RE ELECTED. Atlanta. Special. ? The total Tote la Georgia will count up little more thsn 41,000, which is very light. It is con ceded all 11 Democratic Congressmen are elected. COWHERD'S DEFEAT CLAIMED. Kansaa City. Mo., Special.? The Jour nal (Republican) claims the defeat of Congressman Cowherd, chairman of the Democratic congressional committee by 1,600 votes. Cowherd Concsdta the Housa of Rep- i resentatlves. Washington, Special. ? Chairman Cowherd, of the Democratic eosgres eional campaign committee, at 11 o'clock aaid: "We concede that the Republican Rooeevelt landslide has carried the House of Representatives for the Re publicans by a majority at least aa large as that by which they now hold control." Only 151 Votes For Psrker. New York, Special. ? If Maryland Is Republican, as indicated, the returns received up to 1 a. m. Wednesday morning show that Roosevelt has 3?5 votes and Parker 151 in the electoral college. Amount of Cotton Ginned 8o Far This Sesson Given. Washington, Special.? The latest of the census bulletins giving the returns of Its agents on cotton ginned for the present yefT up to October 18 last was issued at noon Thursday. It shows the total number of running bales to be 6,590,137, as against 8, 889, <25 running bales for last year. Countig the round bales included in these totals as half bales, the balance for 1904 is reduced to 6,417,894. The total number of run ning bales ginned to October 18 In 1902 was 5,925,872. The reports from the va rious cotton producing Statea for the present year follow: Alabama, 694,670 bales; Arkanaas, 287,776; Florida, 40, 642; Georgia, 1,056,679; Indian Terri tory. 181.316; Kentucky, 284; Louisi ana, 392,758; Mississippi, 561,704; Mis souri, 10.621; North Carolina, 309,097,; Oklahoma, lO*.**?: Rnnth Carolina. 639 857; Tennessee, 79,688; Texas, 2,201,663; Virginia, 5,145. The total number of ginneries In operation was 28,110. Up to October 18 in 1903, 37.6 per cent, of the total crop had been ginned, as com pared with 53.5 per cent. In 1902. This report will bo followed by four others, showing the quantity of cotton ginned from the growth of 1904 to Novem ber 14, to December 15. to January 16, and to the end of the season. No Change at Fall River. Fall River, Mass., 8peclal.? Repre sentatives of the Fall River cotton manufacturers and the striking opera tives held another conference Monday, but wer? unable to reach an agreement, so that as far as the negotiations are concerned the situation Is unchanged. The mills will be opened November 14, ar previously decided upon, to give the strikers an opportunity to go to work under a 12V4 per cent. cut. At Monday's conference, the executive committee of tho Manufacturers' Association was In formed by a commlmttee representing the Textile Council thst the latter body had voted not to accept a propoeltlon that five disinterested persons be ap pointed to investigate the statement of the mill owners that they are still un able to pay the rate of wages which prevailed before the 12V4 per cent, re ouctlon on July 26th. The representa tives of the operatives stated, however, that they would favor such an Investi gation provided the manufacturers vould take down tho reduction notices and open the gates, pending the result oi the Inquiry. The msnufacturers re fused to consider this proposition. News By Telegraph. According to government figures, United 8tates exports to the Orient increasing In nearly all commodities except cotton. It Is understood the Waggaman case aa it bears upon the Catholic Univer sity was the subject of a conference between Cardinal Gibbons and Mans* ger O'Connoll, the rector. Roar Admiral William C. Wise, a native of Virginia, will be retired un der the age limit tomorrow. stEATcsi an nam Latest Returns InilciH That R? vslt'a Plurality WIN JMM< IrSOOr 000, Far In Kxeeee ef MaKlaleya In 1"t . .?(?. i New York. Special.? WHh the elec tion returns still taeoaflMMke plural ity of President Room rait la the na tion. according to all (attentions, will exceed 1.500,000. the greatest plurality ever given an Amerlcaa candidate. The nearest approach , to this vote was In 1896. when McKljlley received a plurality approximate!/ ^SO.OOO. The Interest centers li Mlseouri and Maryland. Late returasladlcate thai the former state Is la tike Republican column so far aa presidential electors are concerned, but that Joseph Folk, the Democratic candidate has been elected governor, lfaiyiaad'a presi dential vote will be cast for President Roosevelt. Late return* toalght indi cate that Thomas A. nith, Demo crat. has been elected |a congress Id the flrst district by 450 plurality. Con gressman Jackson, of tflua district, to night. however puts forward a claim of trick ballots aad (had and says he will contest the eluutlpa. ' In the other statss H is simply a question of pluralities. The solid south was broken by the probable defection of Missouri? this section of the country nsaally having IS states In the Democratic column. The figures toalght show tit IS states, with 1SS votee. for Judge Packer. President Roosevelt carried all. the northern statee ? swept them, Jn fact? and tonight he had S4S electoral votes. The banner state Is Psnasylvanla. Twenty-four hours after the polla closed the returns from this state in dicated that Roosevelt's plurality would reach 4S5.000. Neat came Illi nois. where the prssidsat polled ap proximately SSS.000 mord rotes thsn Judge Parker. Ohio gala Roosevelt 200.000 and New York 114.000. The New York city retams are still .incomplete, but the amassment over the result has not subsided. Judge Parker carried Greater Hew York by only 41.000 votes. In genera], the sltuatioa Is chiefly Interesting because of the (act that the tickets In the many states were cut. President Roosevelt ran ahead of his ticket In many localities, not ably in Massachusetts. where he se cured a plurality of 80,000 rotes, while the Republican candidate foe governor was defeated by 35,000. Ia that state the legislature is Republican and the entire Republican ticket. Wlu* the ex option of governor, was Uiked. In Missouri, circumstances arAHmilar. In Nebraska, the deflnit^HiQUDce ment that the leglglftt^^Pffepribtl * disposes of the statement that William J. Bryan had aspirations for a United States senatorship. In that stste. too. the governorship is in doubt and it will require official returns to determine who is elected. Both sides cisim s victory. There la a curious sltustlon In Min nesota, where Roosevelt secured 125. 000 plurality, but where a Democratic governor and a Republican lieutenant governor were elected. The election of a Democratic governor is the sec ond in the history of the state. Chair man Bsbcock. of the Republican con gressional committee has been return ed to congreas from Wisconsin, but Chairman Cowherd, of the Democratic congressional committee, was defeated in Misaouri. The aituatlon in Colorado preaenta an Interesting phsse. Roose carried the state by probably 15,000, hut the governorahlp la still in doubt, both sides claiming a victory. Iven Missouri Succumbs. St. Louis, Mo., Special. ? Twenty four hours after the polls had closed in Misaouri found the reaulta of tbo election still undetermined thoughout the State, although It was practically conceded that Mlaaourl had succumb ed to the Roosevelt landslide, but that one Democrat remained standing, he being Joseph W. Folk, for Governor. However, even In the face of Inpour ing returns showing a Democratic slump throughout the 8tate, (be Dem ocrats insisted that the true results cannot be known until the returns had oeen completed, and asserted that Democracy In Missouri was yet victor ious by 3 very narroow margin. The Republicans hoped for a complete vic tory throughout, and Insisted that Cy lua P. Walbrtdge. for Oovetnor, bad not been defeated, but woul.l Anally be found to have won by a alight, majority. They also claimed to hav* elected five of the 16 Congressmen, making a gain of four, and declared they had a majority of two on Joint ballot in the Legislature, which will elect a sucessor to United States Senator Cockrell. NORTH CAROLINA. Raleigh, N. C.. Special.? North Caro lina gave the entire Democratic ticket about 45.000 majority. R. B. Olenn *as electod governor. The congres sional delegation will be Democratic with the possible exception of th# Eighth district which may have elect* ea E. Spencer Blackburn, Republican. Constitutional Amendments Seem to Have Carried. Columbia, 8. C.. Special.? Returna from the State elections are almost as megre at midnight as they were Tuesday night, so little Interest was taken In the elections, and the three constitutional amendmeents are still In doubt, though they all appear to ?ave been carried. Biennial sessions of the legislature seem saftest of the three. The exact situation will not bo known here till Tuesday when the counties will make the official tabu lations. Clean Swesp In Rhods Island. Providence, R. !., Special.? Complete returns show that the Tuesday's elec tion Roosevelt received the largeat vote ever cast in Rhode Island. Tbz R?o?evelt, 40.898; Parker i f ^OOMTe't,S plurality, 15,974. Lieutenant Governor Qeo. H. Utter Republican, who succeeds L. P. Oar vln, Democrat, had but 594 plurality over his opponent. The next general assembly will be Republican. 50,000 In Mississippi. Jackson. Miss., 8peclal.? Returns Tuesday's election are coming ? f .*!'? but figures as sent out last night will not be materially chang> ed. Tte DibocwMc ticket will bare tpprmlmtolr fifty thousand majority ta Ike State, with eight Democratic coagnaamm t anted. Virginia Ohm* Parker 27,000. I Richmond. Va.. Special. ? Actual and estimated returns give Parker at>ont IT.OM majority la the State. la the alath district, the oaly one carried by the Republicans. Slemp's majority Is 1.000. Revised New York Returns. New York, Special ? According to re ?lsed returns of the Tote In this State Roosevelt's plurality over Parker Is 174.C01 and that of Hlggins for Govcr aor over Herrlck Is 70,882. TIE VOTE IN SOUTI CAKOUNA ftelieved Thst the Amendmente to the Conetitution Have Csrried. Columbia State, 9th. The returns from South Carolina pre cincts were slow, as had been expected. 3 ? little Interest was tsken In the fed eral election that managers did not both to send in report of the results, snd The State's correspondents had difficulty In securing any Indications. - From the tote reported It Is apparent that all three constitutional amend rcqnts have carried, although In sev jeral counties there was heavy voting against biennial sessions. More than SO counties have reported, but many of them give little more than the town precincts and the county boxes will npt be heard from for several days. The Republicans polled enough votes la each congressional district to base contests upon, perhaps, but little more, as by large majorities sll seven Demo cratic nominees were elected to con gress In this Stste. The Republicans hsd out s nominee In every district, ss follows: First district, J. A. Nolsnd, white, of Cbsrleston sgalnst Congressman Le gare; second, Isaac Meyers, negro, of Blackvllle against J. O. Patterson of Bsrnwell, the Democratic nominee; third, John W. Scott, white, of New berry against Congressman Wystt Aiken; fourth, J. D. Adams, white, of Laurens agslnst Congressmsn J. T. Johnson; fifth, C. P. T. White, negro, of Rock Hill sgalnst Congressmsn D. E. Flnley; sixth, E. H. Deas, negro, of Darlington against J. E. Ellerbe of Sel lers. the Democratic nominee; seventh, C. C. Jacobs, negro, of Sumter against Congressman A. F. Lever. THE DELEGATION. ? The South Carolina delegation In the next congress will be as follows: First district, George Legare, re elected; second, J. O. Pstterson to succeed Croft; third. Wystt Aiken, re elected; fourth, Jeseph T. Johnson, re elected; fifth, D. E. Finley, re-elected; sixth, J. E. Ellerbe, to succeed Scar borough; seventh, A. F. Lever, re elected. The State ticket polled practically the full vote, and It Is probable that the total vote cast in this election will be the largest recorded for some years in South Carolina. WALKER WINS. ~ The election of Walker over Speegle for supervisor in Greenville has been accomplished by a safe majority. Walk er Is the protesting Dem6cratic candi date who was first declared the nomi nee by the county committee, which later gave the nomination to Speegle, the incumbent. Walker was subse quently endorsed by many of the Dem ocratic precinct clubs, which denounced the county committee's action. DISPENSARY LOSES. In Cherokee the first election under the Brlce law has resulted In an over whelming defeat for the dispensary. By a vote of six to one the county ha?| voted to close the dispensaries. Four teen out of 24 boxes reported give dis pensary 153 and no dispensary 1,032. , In this county Senator Tillman made | a speech urging the dispensary's reten tion and he sent a telegram to Green ville telling the people to_ vote for , Speegle. In both cases his 'advice was | It does not require a two-thirds vote Of the people to adopt a proposed con Htltutional amendment. A bare major ity of those voting on the question is sufficient. And a majority ot each branch of the succeeding general as sembly Is sufficient to ratify the action of the people at the polls. The only time when a two-thirds vote Is neces sary is when tho legislature is acting upon the proposition to refer to the suggested amendment for action at the hands of tho people. Following is the mandate of the con stitution. article 16, section 1: "Any amendment or amendments to this constitution may be proposed in the senate or house of representatives. If the same be agreed to by two-thirds of the members elected to each house, such amendment or amendments shall be entered on the Journals respectively, with the yeas and nays taken thereon; and the same shall be submitted to the qualified electors of the Stale at the next general election thereafter for representatives; and If a majority of the electors qualified to vote for mem bers of the general assembly, voting thereon, shall vote In favor of such amendment or amendments, and a ma jority of each branch of the general assembly shall, after such an election and before another, ratify the same amendment or amendments, by yeas and nays, the same shall become a part of the constitution: Provided that such amendment or amendments shall have l?eeu read three times on three several days In each house." News In Brief. There has been a complete break In the friendship which formerly existed betwoen Miss Alice Roosevelt and Countess Marguerite Caaslnl, niece of the Russian ambassador. The mpture occurred simultaneously with the ru mor that Miss Roosevelt and Congress man Longworth had become engaged, and this fact has been the cause of a scod many nods and smites.? Philadel phia Press. F NOTES ?F TK CMHITKY'S YtTC t ' ? . REPUBLICAN 0TATKS. 0?* Plur'a. Plar's. torsi ' ' 1904. 1900 Votsa California ... ... 100.00* Colorado .... 15.000 Connecticut .- ... 18,197 Delaware .... .? 4,100 Idaho ...? 25.000 225.000 flllaois | Indiana 75,000 Iowa .... 130,000 Kansas 100.000 Maine 35.000 Maryland 126 Massachu'ts ... 86.279 Michigan 150.000 Minnesota 125.000 Missouri . 10.000 Montana 1.000 Nebraska 70,000 Nevada 2,000 N. Ham 20.000 New Jersey .... 60,000 New York 174,691 N. Dakota 20,000 Ohio 165,000 Oregon 40,000 Penna 485,412 Rhode Ial 15,974 9. Dakota 40,000 Utah 15,000 Vermont 30,500 W. Virginia .... 20,000 Waahington ... 30,000 Wisconsin ... .. 75,000 Wyiming .... ?. 6,000 39,770 ?29.6*1 28,570 3,671 ?2,210 94,924 26,479 90,606 23,354 28,613 13.941 81.869 104.584 77.569 ?37,83? ?11.773 7,822 ?2,498 19,314 56,889 143.606 15,372 69,036 13,141 288,433 13,972 14.986 2,133 29,719 21.022 12,623 106,581 4,318 Totala 2,343,641 1,452,454 343 ?Indicates Bryan pluralitiea in 1900. which are not counted in the total of 1,452,454. DEMOCRATIC STATES. Elec Plur'a. Plur's. toral States 1904. 1900 Votes Alabama .. .... 76.000 41.619 11 Arkansas 40.000 86.342 9 Florida 18.000 20.693 5 Georgia 40.000 46.665 13 Kentucky 14.000 7.975 13 Louisiana 35.000 39,43& 9 Mississippi .. .. 50,000 45.953 10 North Carolina . 50.000 24,671' 12 South Carolina . 25,000 43,657 9 Tennessee 25,000 23,558 12 Texas 100,000 146,164 18 Virginia 25,000 30,215 12 Totals 497,000 590,927 133 The figures 590,927 show the total pluralities for Bryan In 1900, the plu ralities In that year of States which declared for Roosevelt this year being Included. Roosevelt's plurality of the popular, | vote (estimated), 1,846,641. McKinley's plurality of popular vote in 1900, 861,527. Roosevelt's plurality of the electoral rots. 210. McKinley's plurality of the elctoral vote in 1900. 137. The National House. The following table shows the stat us of the present congress and the po. litical complexion of the fifty-ninth congress, according to the most relia ble information received in Washing ton ( 58th 59th Cong. Cong. RepDemRepDem Alabama .. .. 9 t Arkansas 7 .. 7 California . . .. ... .. 5 3 8 Colorado 2 1 2 Connecticut 5 .. 5 Delaware .. 1 1 Florida 3 .. 3 Georgia .. 11 .. 11 Idaho .... 1 .. 1 .. Illinois 17 8 20 5 Indiana 9 4 10 3 Iowa 10 1 11 Kansas 8 .. 8 Kentucky 1 10 1 10 Louisiana 7 . . 7 Maine 4 .. 4 Maryland 4 2 3 3 Massachusetts 10 4 11 3 Michigan 11 1 11 1 Minnesota 8 1 9 .. Mississippi 8 .. 8 Missouri 1 15 4 12 Montana 1 .. 1 .. Nebraska 5 1 6 .. Nevada 1 .. 1 New Hampshire 2 .. 2 .. New Jersey 7 3 9 1 New York 20 17 20 11 North Carolina 10 .. 10 North Dakota 2 .. 2 Ohio 17 4 20 Oregon 2 . . 2 Pennsylvania 28 4 29 3 Rhode Island 1 1 1 1 South Carolina 7 .. 7 South Dakota 2 .. 2 Tennessee 2 8 2 8 Texas 1C If Utah 1 .. 1 Vermont 2 .. 2 .. Virginia 1 9 1 : Washington 3 .. 3 .. West Virginia B .. 5 .. Wisconsin 10 1 10 1 Wyoming 1 .. l .. Totals 208 178 240 141 TERRITORIES Hawaii 1 .. 1 .. New Mexico 1 .. 1 .. Arizona .. 1 .. I Oklahoma 1 .. 1 .. Porto Rico 1 .. 1 .. Totals 208 178 240 146 Whole number 386 386 Majority (Rep. over Dem.) 30 94 Fight in Courts. Nashville, Special. ? The guardian ol the nieces of Mary A. Stephens will make a fight In the courts for Mist 8tophens' property. 8he killed her self a few weeks ago and left consld erable property to friends. Thin I* the second cane now In tho Iocs' courts In which kinspeople are fight Ing for the property left by abandoned women. The guardian holds thea Mist Stephens' will was made while she wat of unsound mind. MIGHT BE SUKKEWPEK Late Keptrts Tim Hri 4rtkir Show tvssbas to Ctosc tnrteri MAT I0LD WIT TET Fftff AWHILE Although lh? Suggestion of Psaco Was Mad* Unofficially, It Had Offi cial Sanction and Probably Will Not bo Followed by Further Repre sentations ? Japan Would not Re sent a Proposition From the United States* Fran ce and England ? Roossvslt Expected to Take the In itiative? Japanese Ministsr to Eng land Hopeful. tondon. By Cable. ? Japan unofficial ly bas made representations to Rus sia looking to peace. Tbls action has resulted in failure, and suck represen tations. even privately, are not likely to be repeated by Japan. Although the suggestion of a pacific settlement was made unofficially. It actually had behind it all the weight of an offer by the Japaaase govern* meat. It waa made direct to Russia. No power acted aa an into* me diary. The proposition was put forward ten tatively and unofficially, so that the Japanese government would1 be la a position to deny any report that it was suing for peace. The Mlure of these direct negotiations, however, re sulted in bringing intervention within a measurable distance. Foreign Sec* retary Lansdowne's plea for arbitra tion yesterday evening at thar Guild Hall banquet Is taken hern to be a pointed suggestion to the United States and France that the time is approaching when the powers must take some action. It can be definitely stated that Lord Lansdowne made hi* speech with full knowledge that Ja pan will not resent a proposition look ing to peace from the three powers ? the United States, France and< Great Britain. There is a definite impres sion hero that the initiative will come from Freaident Rounovell, though the action would be joint. In an interview regarding the fore going, Baron Hayashi. the Japanese minister, said: "1 should not bo surprised, to see the three powers named, or two of them, take tlie action suggested. Ex actly upon what basis of n settlement: peace could be secured, is at present impossible to see, but there is not the slightest doubt, that combined lepresentatlons, especially if led by President Roocsvelt. would have a far-reaching rosult between the two countries, one of which was thor oughly defeated. It is comparatively easy to mske peace In this case, as neither side is thoroughly defeated, yet. The prospects for the success' of friendly intervention have vastly increased. Since the commencement of the war, the two nations now re spect each other to a degree never before dreamed of before they met in battle. That mutual respect is the most hopeful factor for peace.' Japan does not want to go on fighting for ever. Yet, even with all the victories won during this war, her statesmen would render themselves Hable to be most seriously misunderstood, espec ially in Russia. If they openly sug gested In the name of humanity some methods whereby tho war could be stopped. It would be altogether dif ferent, however, at this stage of the war, shouid a friendly offer, prompted by Chat sense of humanity which Ja pan cannot voico for fear of being misunderstood, emanate from the United States and Great Brita.nl but nothing can be done until the fall of Port Arthur." Husband Kills Boarder. Hagerstown, Md., Special. ? A s mi na tional murder occurred Id this city at 6 o'clock Thursday morning, when Frederick Easton, a horse dealer, shot nnd Instantly killed Lorenz Kline, in cold blood at the home of the former, wnere Kline was a hoarder. Easton claimed that he found Kline and his wife together. After the shooting. Eas ton was lodged in jail. Easton con ducted a hoarding house, and Kline boarded with the family. He had been sick for several days, according to the statement of Mrs. Easton nnd several of the hoarders. Mrs. Easton stated that early Wednesday morning Kline called her to his room to adrtiini??.er some tablets, feeling drowsy shf re clined on the bed and fell asleep. Her husband, who occupied a front room, on awakening and failing to And his wife In bed, went to Kline's room and found the two asleep. He went out of the house quietly, and crossed the street to the brewery and asked Wil 11am Andrews, the fireman, to lend him his pistol, saying he wanted the weap on to shoot .1 mad dog. Securing the pistol, he went back to the houso, and entering the room occupied by Kline and his wife, advanced to flie bed, and leaning over hig wife, shot Kline In the left side of the head. The bullet on tered above the left temple and passed through Kline's head, being imbedded la the right of his skull which wn* fractured. The billet afterwards wax removed by physicians. Mrs. Easton was aroused by the report of the pis tol, and jumped up and ran from the room. Easton did not attempt to at tack his wife and made no remark t0 her. To Be Hanged in Mexico. Mexico City. Special. ? The legisla ture of the state of Mexico has ap proved the report of the commission of Justice, denying the right of commuta tion from capital punishment to John Madden, an American, who killed Dr. Richard D. King, at Oaxaca. The kil ling excited the Indignation of the En gllnh-speaklng colony of Oaxaca. No date has be?n fixed (or the execution of Madden.