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BiTTLE OF THE BALLOTS. EESULTS OF THE ELECTIONS IN FORTY-ONE STATES. He Republicans Carried Most of the Doubtful States, Including Nev? York, New Jersey, Connecticut, lilt n I. T)- Kll? OUIUU13 ? VUUj;iCOB 13 ivcpuuiiuail ?New York Goes Anti-Tammany. Torty-one of the forty-four States In the Ifrdon have elected Representatives to the Wftj-fourth Congress, and twenty-one States tested Legislatures which will choose United States Senators. Twenty States elected Governors, nine lected minor State officers, and three States ?Hew York, California, and South Caroha?1voted upon important constitutional amendments. The States which elected Governors are California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada. New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. G0VEBN0B-ELBCT LEVI P. MOBTOTT. In three States ? Maine, Vermont and Oregon?elections of Congressmen and State ffloers were held earlier In the year. Each I thesa States elected fall Republican delegations. The present House has 214 Democrats, 126 ^Republicans,and twelve Populists. There will be 356 members In the next House, and cither of the leading parties require 179 sen to obtain control. An me senate mere are at present wrijrfour Democrats, thirty-six Republicans, throe Populists, and the two sliver Senators from Nevada. Legislatures had already been chosen In Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine and Oregon which will elect United States Senators. These Legislatures will choose men f the same political party as that ol Senatore whose places are to be filled. The States wbioh have just elected Legisfeitures which will have the naming of United States Senators are California, Colorado, Delaware. Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Mlohlgan, Minnesota, Montana. Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey. North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming. Eaoh of these States will elect one Senator, except Michigan, Montana, North Carolina and Wyoming, where two Senators are to be ohoseu. : The election results in eaoh State and Territory, as far as known when this side of the taper went to press, are as follows ALABAMA. 1 ' Alabama eleoted nine Representative* in Congress. The present delegation is solidly . Democratic. The Democrats elected eight Congressmen fVio Dnnii Wofa ana T7/m?iv/4 kuw A wuo?uvn UUt ;>M : ARKANSAS. - Arkansas eleotei six Representatives In Congress. All the present Representatives are Democrats. i ' All the Congressmen are Democratic.' CALIFOBNIA. California elected a Governor, a fall State ticket, seven. Representatives In Congress, kalf the State. Senate and an entire Assembly. The Legislature will eleot a United States Senator. California elected , a Republican Governor in 1890 by 7831 Btarailty. in 1892 it eleoted one Republican and seven Democratic Presidential . electors by a olo3e vote, and four Democratic and three Republican Congressmen. Both sides claimed California on ,the! day mft**r election, but it was certain tfeat the Democrats elected their candidate for Gov ?mor. it was also certain that the legislature was Republican. n COLORADO. Colorado elected a Governor, a full State ticket, two Representatives in Congress, and a Legislature which will elect a United Kates Senator. In 1892 the candidate of the People's party and stiver Democrats for Governor had a plurality of 6316 over the Sepublioan candidate, and for President, Weaver (Pop.) had a plurality of 14,964 over Harrison. Doth the present Representatives are Populists. < The Republican State ticket was elected ?Y a majority of 18,000, Waite, the Populist, leing defeated. Tne vote was heavy, and the women took a large and active part. COWSECTICUT. Connecticut elected a Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Comptroller, a full Legislature, and four Representatives <n Congress. The State gave Cleveland 5367 plurality in 1892, and Morris (Dem.) for Governor 6151 plurality. Of the present Representatives three are Democrats and one a Republican. The Republicans swept the State, electing their entire Gubernatorial ticket and all four Congressmen and obtaining an overwhelming majority in both branohes of the Legislature. New Haven, usually Democratic by from 3000 to 4000, is Republican by over 3000, lecting all the Republican candidates, even the Judge of Probate. DELAWARE. Delaware elected a Governor, a Legislature which wll^ oboose a United States Senator, and one Representative in Congress. The State gave Cleveland 504 plurality in 1892, and the Democratic candidate for Governor #43 plurality in 1893. The present Representative Is a Democrat. A Wilmington dispatch on the morning iter election stated that the Democrats An/toHa^ fKfl olaAflAn A# *hn DAMnKIUnn wuvvuvu iuu oiouuuu vii wu^7 ltupuunuau State ticket and the Republican candidate lor Congress by a majority of about 1200. The Legislature is Republican and will elect a. Republican United States Senator. PLOBIDA. Florida elected two Representatives in Congress. Both the present Representatives are Democrat?. A. solid Democratic delegation was returned to Congress. OEOBOIA. Georgia elected eleven Representatives in Congress. The present delegation is solidly Democratic. The Democrats ol Georgia returned a solid delegation to Congress. Speaker Crisp was lb-elected. IOWA. Iowa elected minor State officers, with leven Representatives in Congress. The State gave Harrison a plurality of 22,985 in 1892, and Jackson (Rep.) for Governor a plurality of 32,356 in 1893. There is only ?ne Democrat among the present Represen. tativfS. With the exception of two julicial cnndliates the Republican State ticket was lected by a majority of about 70,000. The Eepublicans elected ten Congressmen, and the result in the Second District was in Aoubt, with the chances in favor of Walter 1. Hayes (Dem.) by a small majority. IDAHO. Idaho elected a Governor and other State fflcer#, a Legislature which will choose a United States Senator, and one Representative in Congress. The State gave the People-Democratic fusion eleotoral ticket a plurality of 1921 in 1892, and the Republican , candidate for Governor a plurality of 1409 in , 1890. The present Representative is a Repoblican. The Democrats concede that Wi'son (Rep.) fc elected, lor Congress. Careful estimates gate the State to the Republicans by 2000 for the entire State ticket. The Legislature was close, although there was a certainty, ac? cording to the latest returns, that it would be Republican. INDIANA. Indiana elected all the State officers except Governor and Lieutenant-Governor,' a Legislature, and thirteen' Representatives in Congress. The State gave Cleveland a plurality of,' 64S2 in 1892, "and the Democratic candidate tor Governor a plurality of 6976. All but two of the present Representatives are Democrats. Well distributed returns from different sections of Indiana indicated the election of the Republican State ticket and all of the Congressmen. Holman and Bynum were defeated. ILLINOIS. Illinois elected minor State offloers, halt the State Senate, and an entire Assembly (the new Legislature will choose a United States Senator), and twenty-two Representatives in Congress. The State gave Cleveland a plurality of 26,993 in 1892, and Harrison a plurality of 22,104 in 1883. The present Representatives are divided equally between the two parties. The Republicans carried the State by a plurality of at least 100,000. Henry Wulff, Republican nominee, who heads the ticket, having been elected sy these figures. Tho Legislature will be Republican on joint ballot, securing the election of a Republican United States Senator. Cook County, which includes Chicago, gave an average Republican majority of from 30,000 to 40,000. Tbe Populist vote was very heavy. Mayor Hopkins conoeded the election of the entire Chicago city ticket by 15,000 Republican majority. The State elected sixteen Republican Congressmen and Chicago probably five. The Republicans claimed the election of Connelly over William M. Springer, by 1000 majority. KANSAS. Kansas elected a Governor And a full list of other State officers, a lower house of the Legislature, which will vote for United States Senator, and eight Representatives In Congress. The fusion electoral ticket received a plurality of 5870 In 1892, and in 1888 Harrison had a plurality of 80,159. Of the present Representatives three are Populists and five are Reoublicans. Meagre returns Indicated that the Republicans elected their State ticket. Republicans elected Edmund N. Morrill Governor over Lorenzo D. Lewelling, the Populist S>resent Incumbent. Jerry Simpson was deeated for Congress, and a Republican Legislature wa3 elected. KENTUCKY. Kentuoky elected four Judges of the Court of Appeals and eleven Representatives In Congress. It gave Cleveland 40,020 plural Ity In 1892. All but one ot its present nepresentatlves are Democrats. The Republicans 'elected Ave Congressmen and the Democrats four, two being in doubt on the morning after the election. In Colonel Breckinridge's Congress dlstriot Owens (Dem.), the man who beat Breckinridge after a sensational campaign, was sleeted. louisiana. Louisiana elected six Representatives in Congress. The delegation is now solidly Democratic. According to first returns Louisiana returned a full Democratic delegation to Cokgress despite the bolt of the sugar planters In the first three districts. mabjland. Maryland elected six Representatives in Congress. The present delegation is solidly Democratic. ' On the day after the election > indications were that three of the six Congressmen would be Republican. The Republicans J- 1 -11 AL- Oi-i- T? liltfcUO JJt%1W3 ail UVOf IUO OlttlO. JLU mo 1UUU District Rusk (Dem.) was elected ; John K. Cowen (Dem.) was also elected to suoceed Bayner. MASSACHUSETTS. Massachusetts elected Governor and other State offloers, a Legislature whioh will ohoose a United States Senator, and thirteen Representatives In Coogress. (t gave Harrison 26,001 pluralitv in 1892 and a Republican plurality of 35,697 for Governor in 1891. Otits present Bepresentatives four are Democrats and nine Republicans. .) Returns indicated the election of the entire Republican State ticket by larger pluralities than those of last year, when Greenhalge was eleoted Governor by 35,697 plurality over John E. Russell, who was also this year's candidate on the Democratic ticket.' Twelve out Of thirteen Congressmen have been elected by the Republicans, The Legislature la overwhelmingly Republican. MICmOAX. Michipa* elected Governor and other State offloers. a Legislature which will choose two United States Senators, and twelve Representatives in Congress. Of the present Representatives flvo are Democrats and seven Republicans. Reports Indicated the election of John T. Rioh (Bep.) for Governor, over S. 0. Fisher (Dem.), by upward of 65,000. The whole Republican State ticket :was elected. The Republicans were sure of every Congress district but the Second and Tenth, with indications that all twelve have gone Republican. The Legislature will elect two Republican United States Senators. MINHESbTA, Minnesota elected a Governor and other State officers, seven Representatives in Congress, an Assembly, and one-half the State Senate. The Legislature will elect a United States Senator. Minnesota gave Harrison 22,157 plurality in 1892 and Nelson (Rep.) for Governor 14,521. There are four Republicans, two Demoorats and one Populist In the present delegation to Congress. Knute Nelson (Rep.) has been re-elected Governor by about 20,000. The indications nr/?a fVinf f ha anfiva C^n^a tttam 1A V>a ytcio ku(h vuo wiaio iiwavb nvutu ud elected, except one Associate Jastice. A solid Bepubiican Congressional delegation was elected. MISSISSIPPI. Mississippi elected seven Representatives in Congress (the delegation is now Democratic) and voted on a Constitutional Amendment. All seven Congressmen elected are Democrats. The Populists made gains. > MISSOURI. Missouri elected minor State officers, a Legislature and fifteen Representatives in Congress. The State gave Cleveland 4480 plurality in 1892, and the Democratic candidate for Governor 29,790 plurality. There are two Republicans in the present delegation to Congress. Partial returns showed reduced Democratic majorities. Crowder (Rep.) is elected Congressman ia the Fourth District. Thu State delegation it was thought would stand seven Democrats and eight Republicans, a train of six for the latter. Judgt Black (Dam.) was defeated for the State Supreme Bench. The Republicans elected their entire Slate ticket and the Legislature. MONT AS A. Montana elected a Justice of the Supreme Court, one Representative in Congress, members of the Legislature, which will choose two United States Senators, and voted on the Question whether Helena or Ann. oonda shall be the State capital. Harrison had 1270 plurality In 1832. The present Rep resentatlve is a Republican. Republicans elected their State ticket an.l have a majority on joint ballot in the Legislature, Insuring the election of two United States Senators. Helena probably wins the capital fight. NEBBAHKA. Nebraska elected a Governor find othei State officers, a Legislature which wil choose a Unltei States Senator,and six Representatives in Congress. The Domocrati and Populists fused on the Stato ticket. Th< State gave Harrison 4957 plurality in 1892 01 the present Representatives throe ar< Republicans, two Populists and one is i Democrat. Republicans elected their f-ntlro 8tat< ticket and the Legislature. All the Congressmen but one are Republicans. NEVADA. Nevala elcotod a Governor and othoi State officers, a Representative in Congresi and a Legislature. In 18U2 it ruvo Weavei 4645 plurality over Harrison, casting onlj 711 votes for Clfiveland. The present Representative is a Populist. N^wlands, silver Congressman. 19 elected by 4C00. Neither silverltes nor Republicans would concede the State. NEW HAMPSHIRE. New Hampshire elected a Gorrrnor, a Legislaturewnich will choose a United States Senator, and two Representatives in Congress. It gave Harrison 3547 plurality in 1892. Both the present Representatives are Republicans. The Republicans elected their candidates T for Governor and Congressmen by an estimated majority of 10,000. SEW JEB8ET. New Jersey elected one-third of the StateQanotA an onflra AaaomKlr T.oolfllatnrfl will vote for United States Senator), and 1 eieht Representatives In Congress. It gave Cleveland a plurality of 14,974 in 1892. 0! the present representatives six are Democrats and two Republicans. New Jersey Republicans elected eight Congressmen, and fifty-six out of sixty Assemblymen, and a Republican will therefore succeed "United States Senator McPhersoD. The Republicans swept everything, with; the exception of Hudson County (Jersey City), where they lost six members of the Assembly. NEW YORK. New York elected a Governor, LieutenantGovernor, Judge of the Court of Appeals, members of Assembly and thirty-four Representatives in Congress. The people also voted upon the revised Constitution submitted by the recent Constitutional Convention, and separately upon the amendments relating to the Legislative apportionment and to canal improvement. The candidates for Governor were: David B. Hill, Demoorat; Everett P. Wheeler, Damocratio Reform ; Levi P, Morton, Republican ; Charles B. Matthews. Populist: Francis E. Baldwin, Prohibition, and Charles H. Matohett, Soolalist-Labor. The vote of the State fot President in 1892 was: Democratic, 654,868 j Republican, 609,350; Populist. 16,429; Prohibition, 88,190. The vote lor Secretary of State In 1893 was: Democratic. 620,614; Republicans, 545,093 ; Populist, 16,818 ; Prohibition, 34,341; Socialist Labor, 20,823; scattering, 3362. The present Assembly contains seventy-one Republicans and fiftysix Democrats. The present representation In Congress contains twenty Democrats and fourteen Republicans. W. Ik STH0N3, NEW YORK'S NEW MAYOR. Levi P. Morton (Rep.) was eieoted Governor over David B. Hill (Dem.) by a majority of from 152,000 to 155,000. Charles T. S&xton was elected Lieutenant-Governor by a less majority over Daniel Lockwood (Dam.). Albert T. Haiarht (Rep.) was elected Judge of the New York Court of Appeals by at least 150,000 plurality The Republicans have a large majority In the Assembly, and as the Senate is already Republican, they will have a good working majority on joint ballot. In the olty of New York SenAtor Hill has a plurality of 2795, while In Kings' County Mr. Morton has reversed the plurality of 18,000 given to Mr. Flower ..J V fc LU.l VI. - auu mts pui tuai piurauiy iu uw? uwu ureuu, making a Republican gain of 36,000. The entire Republican looal ticket was elected in Kings. The entire anti-Tammany tioket in New York City, with Mr. Strong at Its head, was elected by majorities ranging from 84,000 to 53,000, those for Mr. Strong and Mr. Go IT reaching toward the higher figure. The Republicans apparently carried all the Constitutional amendments. The question of the consolidation of Brooklyn and other suburban cities and towns with New York seemed to have been decided in the affirmative,Brooklyn votingagatast It, and other towns, so far as heard from, sustaining her. The Republicans also gained largely in their Congressional delegation. Ot ten candidates for Congress, chosen either partly or wholly by New York City votes, Tammany has elected, or helped to elect, five, and the Renubllcans five, a Tammany loss of four. Amo9 J. Cummlngs was defeated by Shancon (Rep.) and Quigg (Sep.) was also reelected. The Republicans claim to have gained foorteen Congressmen in the State, NOBTH CAROLINA. North Carolina elected minor offloers, a legislature which will choose two United States Senators, and nine Representatives In Congress. It gave Cleveland 32,605 plurality In 1892. The present representation In Congress contains eight Democrats and one Republican. The fusion of tho Republicans and Populists carried the State. The Democrats claimed only three Congressmen, but the Fusionists did not concede them any. The Democrats lose the Legislature. NOBTH DAKOTA. North Dakota elected a Governor and other State officers, a Legislature, and a Representative in Congress. It gave the Demooratic-Peoples fusion ticket 181 plurality in 1892. The present Representative is a Republican. The Republicans win' on Governor and State ticket by 12,000. Congressman Johnson (Rep.) defeated Mulr (Pop.). The Legislature is strongly Republican. OHIO. Ohio elected minor State officers aad twenty-one Representatives in Congress. It ' gave a Republican plurality of 80.995 in 1893, and of 1072 for President in 1892. Of the present Representatives in Congress eleven are Democrats and ten Republicans. Taylor, head of the ticket, candidate for Secretary of State and the present Incumbent, was elected by a plurality of about 135,000; at least nineteen rvepuoiuau v/uuKxessmeu were elested and both branches of the General Assembly are Republican. Congressman Outhwaite (Dem.) was defeated by more than 1200 plurality. PENNSYLVANIA. Pennsylvania elected a Governor and other State officers, two Representatives-at-Large in Congress,besides twenty-eight by districts. It gave a Republican plurality of 135,146 for Treasurer in 1893, and of 63,747 for President in 1892. Nine of its present Representatives are Democrats and the rest are Republicans. Early returns indicated that the Republican State ticket would have 235,000 majority. The Republicans claimed tne election of twenty-nine Congressmen. Every county in the State shows Republican gains. BHODK ISLAND. Rhode Island elected two Representatives in Congress; the present two are Democrats. Both Republican candidates for Congress were elected by large majorities?Melville Bull in the First, and Warren O. Arnold in the Second District. SOUTH CABOLINA. South Carolina elected a Governor and other State officers, a Leglslajure which will choose a United States Senator, and seven Representatives in Congress. It gave Cleveland 41,314 plurality in 189 2. The present Representatives in Congress Include six Democrats and one Republican. Figures indicated the election of Evans, Tlllmanite, lor Governor, and the rest of the State ticket by 30,000. The delegation to Congress Is solidly Dornoc.-atic. Tae Legislature is Tlllmanite, and will elect Tillmau to succeed Butler in the United States Senate. SOUTH DAKOTA. 8outh Dakota elected State officers, a Legislature which will choose a United States Senator, and two Representatives in Congress. It gave Harrison 8344 plurality in 1892. The present Representatives are Republican. Early indentions wers thnt the Rcpubll enn ticket, including two Congressmen-ai Large, had been elected by a lar^e plurality. The State ticket has about 4000 plurality, and the Legislature is Republican. TENNESSEE. Tennessee elected a Governor, a Legislature which will choose a United States Senator, and ten Representatives in Congress, It gave Cleveland 36,504 plurality in 1892. Eight of the present Representatives are Democrats and two Republicans. A delegation of six Democrats and four Republicans will go to Congress, and a Democratic Legislature will return Isham G. Harris to the Senate. The former JDemocratlo majorities were very much reduced. The Democrats conceded the election of Evans (B?p.) as Governor by at least 5000. i texas. Texas eleoted a Governor and'other State officers, a Legislature which will choose a United 8tates Senator, and thirteen Representatives in Congress. It gave Cleveland 189,460 plurality in 1892. All Its present Representatives are Democrats. Populists made large gains, and earliest returns showed four Congressional districts in doubt, with the* chances favoring the Democrats. The entire Democratic State ticket was elected. Virginia. Virginia elected ten Representatives In Congress. Its present Representatives are all Democrats. Virginia elected a solid Democratic delegation to Congress. WASHINGTON. Washington elected two Supreme Court Judges, a Legislature which will choose a United States Senator, and two Representatives in Congress. It gave Harrison 6658 plurality in 1892.' Both its present Repre ientatives are Republicans. Early indications were that the Republican State ticket was elected by 9000 plurality. The Republicans have fourteen plurality on joint ballot in the Legislature. WEST VIBGIXIA. West Virginia elected thirteen State Senators and an Assembly which will choose a United States Senators and four Representatives in Congress. It gave Cleveland 4174 plurality in 1892. Its present Representatives in Congress are all Democrats. Earliest results indicated the election of all the Republican Congressmen. The defeat of W. L. Wilson, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, by about 2000 majority was claimed by the Republicans. The Legislature will be Republican on joint ballot. WISCONSIN Wisconsin eleoted a Governor and other State officers, nineteen State Senators' and a complete Assembly, and ten Representatives in Congress. It gave Cleveland 6470 plurality in 1892. Of its present Representatives in Congress six are Democrats and four Republicans. The Republicans carried the State by over 68,000 plurality for Governor Upham and their State tioket. The Republicans elected the ten Congressmen. The Legislature is Republican in both branches. The Populists made large gains. WYOMING. Wyoming elected complete State tioket, a Legislature which will choose two United States Senators, and one Representative In Congress. It gave Harrison a plurality of 732 In 1892. nnd nlneted a Democrat to Con cress on a fusion ticket. Latest returns Indicated that William A. Riohards (Rep.) was elected Governor, with the rest of the State! tloket by 2000. The Republicans have the majority on joint ballot in the Legislature. ABIZONA. Arizona elected one Delegate to Congress. Returns indicated the election of Murphy (Rep.) as Delegate t<) Congress. NEW MEXICO. New Mexico elected one Delegate to Congress. OKLAHOMA. Oklahoma electe.l one Delegate to Congress. Five towns etve Flynn (Rep.) for Congress 11.466; Wisby (Dam.) 966; Beaumont (Pop.) 667. The election of the Republican was conceded. UTAH. Utah elected one Delegate to Congress and voted on the Statehood question. TJtan Republicans electtd their Conijressman and will control the Constitutional Convention. The Next House Republican. . The returns from many of the Congress districts, particularly in the Soutb, were slow in comiiig in, but the New York Sun's figures showed in the morning after election that the ReDubllcans would have a good working majority. William L. Wilson, W. D. Bynum, Wm. M. Springer, and'other prominent Democrats were snowed under by the great tidal wave, but the old Republican leaders have all pulled thrcutn. The Populists have suffered greatly, and their most conspicuous mouthpiece, J err/ 8imp- . son, of Kansas, will be absent irom the * House. Tom Watson, of Georgia, who was prominent In the Fifty-second Congress, is defeated. Lafe Pence, the sliver-tongued Populist of Colorado, will also remain at home. Owens, of Kentucky, who made the successful fight for nomination against Breckinridge, has defeated his Republican opponent ; the Democrats also lost several other districts in Kentucky. West Virginia, Michigan, Connecticut, New Jersey, and other States send solid Republican delegations, while New York. Ohio, Pennsylvania, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Massachusetts do nearly as well. Mr. J. B. Babcock, the Chairman of the Republican Congressional Committee, telegraphed Mr. Apsley, the Vice-Chairman of the committee at Boston late on election night, as follows: "The returns from Congress districts are yet incomplete. We have carried twentyfour districts in New York, three in West Virginia, three in Connecticut, three in Kentucky ; defeated the free traders Johnson in unio ana wiison in west nrgiuia, uu x estimate that we will control the next House by a much larger majority than the committee has predicted." Late lnnicatlons are that the House will stand as follows: Republicans, 239; Democrats, 118; Populists, 9. CZAR NICHOLAS C. Russia's New Sovereign Assumes the Throne?Cleveland's Condolence. Emperor NIoholas IL, of Russia, has issued a proclamation at St. Petersburg announcing the death of his father, Emperor Alexander TIL. and eontlnulne as fol'ows: "May we be consoled by the consciousness that onr sorrow Js the sorrow of the whole of cur beloved people, and mav the people not forget that the strength and stability of Holy Russia lies In her unit" to us and her unbounded devotion to us. We, however. In this sad and solemn 'hour, when ascending the ancestral throne of the Russian Empire and the Cmvrdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Finland. indissolubly connected therewith, we. in the presence of the Most Hieh, record our solemn vow that we will always make our sole aim the peaceful development of the power and crlory of beloved Russia and the happiness of our faithful subjects." Tho proclamation concludes by dlrectina the oath of allegiance to be taken to him, Emperor Nicholas II.. and also the Grand Duke George, his successor, until God shall vouchsafe to bless with a son the union into which the Emperor Is about to enter with Princess Allx of Hesse-Darmstadt. The Imperial heralds, olad In brilliant uniforms. accomnanled by trumpeters, announced at 9 o'clock a. m. the death of Emperor Alexander III. and the accession to the throne of Emperor Nloholas II. The heralds were escorted by a military Ruard through the prlnolpal streefs. The trumpeters would blow three blasts, when the heralds would proolaim the death of one Emperor and official birth of another. This proclamation was made from every place of vantage on the route taken by tho heralds. The following is the official correspondence in connection with the death of the Russian Emperor: "From Llvadla. Received November 2 1894. "To the President of the United States of America: "I have the sorrow to irapp.rt to you the cruel lo?s that I and Russia have just sustained in the person of my belovod father, Emperor Alexander, deceased this day. "Nicholas." To this the President renlled as follows: "Washixotok. Novmb?r 2, 189L "To His Majesty Nicholas II.. E.nparor of Russia. Livadla: "I hasten to express my heartfelt sympathy and the sympathy of my countrymen with the royal family and the Russian people in their affliction by reason of the death of your honored father. GnovER Cleveland." The deviation from the usual custom of sending messages of condolence through the 8eoretary of State was taken in the present instance because Emperor Nicholas, in notifying the President of his father's death, made the notification more personal than ofioiaL Dn. Harris, Commissioner of Education, reports that twenty-three per cent, of the population attended school during the past year, but that the average attendance was Vnly eighty-nine days. I f THE ffHITE CZffllM TEE AUTOCRAT OF ALL RUSSIA EXPIRES PEACEFULLY. <# The Only Emperor of Russia Who Has Died a Natural Death Since Peter the Great?Sketch of His Career?The New Czar and His Betrothed. The long struggle is over, and Alexander III., Czar of Bussla, lies dead in bis palace at Llvadia. The Czar died very peacefully at 2.15 p. m., surrounded by the members of his lamlly. He was fully conscious up to the time of his death. The Czarina was at his bedside to the end. When all was over the Czarevltob, Grand \ THE IATE XLEXANDEB IJ Duohess Xenia and the other Imperial | relatives approached the bedside In turn to take a last farewell. The court officials and members of His Majesty's suite were afterwards admitted. The flag oyer the palace was placed at halfmast and a salute was fired by the vessels in the port. Shortly after 4 o'olock the members of the Palace Guard were marshaled in the Bquare in front of the palooe ohapel for the ceremony of swearing allegiance to the new Czar. They were the first to take the oath. V llr' MABIE FE0D0B0VNA, THE CZABBTA. The Grand Dukes were the next to swear allegiance, and they were followed in the order of preoedence by the high court functionaries, court officials, military officers and civil officials. When the doctors informed the Czar that there was no longer room for hope, His Majesty composedly waited for the end. attending to necessary State and iamily affairs in the short intervals of consciousness and freedom from pain. u OHAJTD DUKE NICHOJ These wre necessarily brief, the doctors having had recoureo to sedatives to procure sleep and allay pain. On the day before his death the Czar was still able to be taken to a window of the palace, whence he gazed out upon the country he lovt?d so well ns to earn for himself the appellation of the "Peasant Czar." The night passed with an aggravation of all the symptoms and a continuous distressing cough. The doctors and the Czarina remained In attendance upon him throughout the night, only snatching brief Intervals of sleep in the ante-rooms. The morning broke with rain and wind and heavy clouds and the weather much colder. As the day advanoetl the weakness inereased so rapidly that the Czar himself, still conscious, recognized that he could only live a few hours. He expressed a desire to receive the sacrament, which was administered to him by Court Chaplain Yanlsheff and Father Ivan in the presenoe of the whole fan^Jy. The Czar then conversed long and earnestly with Father Ivan, concluding by asking his family to again gather round him. H^ spoke to each member separately and at the greatest length with the Czarina. He blessed all his children present The scene was one of deep pathos, all being In tears.- All this time His Majesty was sitting up in an armchair. After taking leave of his family he grew gradually weaker, and his voice became so Indistinct that it was scarcely audible. About noon a convulsive fit of coughing was followed by a slight rally. T}>enoe until the end the Cear remained quiet, seemingly free from pain. At 2.15 o'clock he heaved a deep sigh and breathed his last in the arms of the Empress, who then broke down with the weight of her grief. The Prince of Wales, who, together with the Princess of Wales, was enroute to LI vaaia, leiegrapnea me intelligence ixuiu Vienna to the Queen and to the Duke and Duchess of York. The Queen immediately dtepatohed a telegram of condolenoe to the Czarina. Premier Dupuy, as Minister of the Interior, requested the Perfects of all the Departments of France to half mast and drape with crepe the flags on the National and d& CX.f ZXFXBOB or BUS8U. partmtental bnreaua. A St. Petersburg dispatch announces that a conspiracy against the successor to the throne has been discovered there. For several days the polioe of the city have been aotlvely arresting Nihilists, among them several students. The police have obtained Incriminating documents. It was also said that the life of the lovely young Princess, All* of Hesse,the bethrothed of the new Czar, who expected soon to be Empress, was certainly to be taken by the plotting murderers. Sketch of the Late Czar. The dead Czar was the second son of Alexander IL and was born In St. Petersburg on the 26th of February (modern style), 1845. He and his eldest brother were educated under the general dlreotlon of Coumt Stroganov, who had for his assistants M. de Grimm and H. Pobiedonostzev, the present head of the Sacred Synod. Upon the death of the Tsesarevitch. In 1865, he was recognized formally as tne heir to the throne and was j presented to thq Cossacks as their Ataman. In the following year he was married to the Princess Dagmar. daughter of the King of Denmark, who had been betrothed to his brother. During the Franco-Prussian war his sympathies were understood to be with the French, although hi* father favored the Germans. In the war between Russia and Turkey in 1877 he nominally commanded the Twelfth and Thirteenth Army Corps and was present at the bard fighting around Schumla and Bustohuk and the bloody struggles In front of Plevna. The murder of his father by the Nihilists in March, 1881, threw the whole Busslan Nation into a panic, and the state of the public mind was far from favorable to the execution 01 tne piaiia 01 uuunu iciuiui which be was believed to have at heart. Upon his accession to the throne, he Issued a manifesto simply asserting His absolute power, and then withdrew to Gatchina, where he remained In retirement for a long Eerlod, until his publio coronation. Among Is earliest aots were the substitution of Count Ignatleff for General Lorls-Mellkoff as Minister of the Interior, and the elevation of his old tutor, Pcbledonostzev, to his present position. He also appointed & de Giers Minister of Foreign Affairs, upon the retirement of the veteran Gortohakoff. His next step was to cement the friendly relations existing between Bussia and Austria and Germany, but from the first he exhibited a tendency to keep himself free from the complications of European diplomacy and to avoid entangling alliances. His polioy In Asia was more aggressive >w b\Y' LAS, THE JfEW CZAB. and he entered Into negotiations witn China, which resulted in his obtaining important mercantile concessions and. the extension of his frontiers to the boundaries of Afghanistan and Thibet. This excited anger and apprehension in Great Britain, but the threatened danger of a conflict was averted by the appointment of special commissioners to settle all frontier questions. As regards the interior affairs of his empire his reign was marked by great activity on the part of the Nihilists and the adoption of a vigorous policy of repression, not only against open revolutionists, but students and all young men exhibiting any traoe of the modern progressive spirit. The natural consequence of all this was a succession of plots against his life, resulting in a condition of nervous strain which Anally proved too much for even his gigantic strength and iron constitution. Twice officers in his own army tried to shoot him. In 1888 he and his family narrowly escaped death in a railway accident near Borki, supposod to be the work of Nihilists. Daring the lyt year or two the . financial i : ^ relations between Bussla and Prance becama very Intimate and a political friendship was established whloh led the French to believe that the Czar was ready to become the ally Of the republlo In a European war. An Interchange of naval courtesies provoked extraordinary displays of National enthusiasm In both countries, and In Paris the most extravagant anticipations of coming revenge upon Germany were cherished. The Czar, however, threw cold water upon all these patriotic aspirations and proclaimed himself still the friend ot peace. Throughout his public career he exerted his tremendous powers in behalf of a pacific policy, and his well-known horror of war has been regarded for a long time as one of the surest foundations of European oonfldenoe. Personally the Czar was a good-natured giant, wholly devoted to his family, and never so happy as when he could get a brief respite from political cares and state ceremony. He was prouder of being reported the strongest man in his dominions than of his position as autocrat. The assassination of nls father checked his earlier Impulses towards liberalism, but his natural dlsposl tlon was Just and kindly, although his intellect was a little obtuse. The Czar left five ohildrent the Crown Prince Nicholas, twenty-severi years old; the Grand Duke George, now ill In the south of Russia; the Grand Duchesses Xenla and Olga and the Grand Duke Michael, a boy In his teens. In the ordinary course of events the Crown Prinoe Nicholas would succeed to the throne. In view of his physical weakness and other peculiarities! there has been much talk of a regency. Alexander III.'s Successor The question Is, "Who will succeed Alexander LLL on the thro ne?" Russian history presents numerous Instances of the Czarewitch being set aside for another. It Is known that the late Czar had grave doubts, shared by many, as to the Czarewitch's abilities and stamina. Nicholas Alexandrovltoh is said to be short in stature, insignificant in appearance, generally supposed to be an idiot, but nevertheless is possessed of many amiable and (tentie qualities and a kind neazt, besides a very strong will. Born in 1868, he developed so slowly and showed so lew mental gilts, that his parents called In a specialist to pronounce upon his health. This scientific gentleman pronounced the youth a congenital idiot, and was nearly killed for his frankness by the irascible Czar, who gave him a swinging blow on the ear. AjB a boy his appearance driving through, the streets ot St. Petersburg in his Cossack uniform, and seated In a small tlelgh, was distinctly Insignificant. His masters, charged with the duty of educating liim for his great position, in the freedom of private conversation used to testify to his intelligence and application. It has been stated that he has no knowledge of politics. This is not correct. For the last five years he has been in the habit of presiding over the Counoll of State, a duty which his father's laziness made irksome to him. At these meetings the young man conducted the business with surprising ability andtaot. Much more tact than his father ever showed. His father tried to marry him to one of the daughters of Nlklta, Prince ot Montenegro, but the young man resisted successfully, and with a spirit much at variance with the general Idea of his character. His engage PBXKCESS ALII.OF HESSZ. ment to the Princess Alix, which took place last summer, at the silver wedding of the Duke and Duchess of 8axe-Coburg, seems to have had more of the element of mutual attraction than generally appear In such matches. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Jornr Wasaxaxeb had saved only $100 at the age of twenty-three. The last book read to Dr. Holmes was "Alice in Wonderland," The Empress of Germany rises at six and makes her husband's coffee with "her own hands. Pbixe Mkusteb Eosebebi declared for the curtailment or abolition of hereditary tnn>f*lnHira nrlirilAcea in an nddreaa at Brad* ford, England. It Is said President Cleveland did not register in New York beoause he was told by his advisers that he had lost his right to vote there. By removal of cataract Gladstone's righ eye is good for the finest print, bnt upon his left an immature cataract prevents his using that eye in reading ordinary type. General Eli 8. Parkeb, a full blooded Seneca, is the only Indian who held a commission in the Union Army during the war. He is a lineal descendant of the great Chief, Bed Jacket. Durham White Stevens, the American Secretary of the Japanese legation at Washington, was appointed Secretary of the American legation at Tokyo when he was twenty years old. Ex-President Habbisox Is to be allowed to choose the artist who shall paint his portrait to be hung In the White House. and a $2500 appropriation, already provided, will cover the cost. Oswold Ottendobfeb formed with Franz Sigel and Carl Schura a trio of distinguished German-Amerioans whose activity in the revolution of 1848-9 made It necessary to leave Germany for America. THE LABOR WORLD. It is said that Russian glassworkers get from 956 to $86 per year. The Metropolitan Gas Company of London shares Its profits with Its employes. The CottonWorkers'Protective Union has joined the American Federation of Labor. Buffalo (N. Y.) labor statistics say that over 3000 women in that.city earn less than 82.50 each per week. The National Brotherhood of Waiters is a newly formed organization, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn. Judoe Woolson, of the Federal Court in Iowa, has lorbidden Wabash receivers to reduce the wages of the employes. Seventy-seven per ccnt. of the bakers and nearly all the tailors in St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth are of foreign birth. The cloakmakers' strike is driving buyers from New York City and causing manufacturers to have goods made in Europe. The general office of the United Green Glass Workers' Association of the United States and Canada has been removed to Philadelphia. Samuel Gompers is authority for the satement that the membership of trades unions in this country has increased 100,000 since the Pullman strike. PiTnirir Rradt.f.t. acred fortv-four. aDDlied for work at the Lowell (Mass.) Boot Mills. He was refused, and at once drowned himself In the mill canal. It is announced that one-half the sugar refineries of the country have closed, and that remaining ones will soon do likewise. This, it is said, will mean the enforced idleness of 10,000 employes. The Canadian Enight9 of Labor have been notified by the General Assembly that unless they drop their present friendly attitude toward Powaerly the^willbe disfranchised.