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THE STATE ELEITIOK
Results of the Battle of the Ballots
Throughout the Country,
JUDGE NASH ELECTED IN OHIO
Iowa, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Masia
chusetts and New York Republican
br Safe Majorities?Democrats Win
in Maryland?Fnsionists Victorious In
Nebraska?The Result in Kentucky.
New York Cit* (Special).?The Democrats
elect their county tickets In Greater
New York complete with one exception
by majorities whloh aggregate about 70,000
In Kings County the disaffection against
John Morrisey Gray, candidate for Register,
resulted In the election of James RHowe,
Republican.
Tammany Hall elects its candidates in
New York County for Justices of the Supreme
Court, Judges of the Court of Gen,
eral Sessions, Judges of the City Court,
Burrogate and Sheriff by majorities of
about 57,000.
' Of the Thirty-flve Assembly Districts
within the county, Tammany carrlos thirty,
and the Republicans and their allies carry
v ' Ave, a Republican loss of three.
; Of the thirty-six Aldermen, Tammany
elects thirty. The next Board of Aldermen
will have forty-flve Democrats out of sixty
members. t
Robert Mazet, Chairman of the Legislative
Investigating Committee,was defeated
In his race for re-election to the Assembly
from the Ninet enth District by Perez II.
Stewart, the nominee of Tammany Hall
and the Citizens' Union.
Members of Assembly were the only State
officers voted for in this State. The State
Senate was elected one year ago and the
, nembers hold office another year. The
Senate stands politically twenty-seven Republicans
to twenty-tbree Democrats, a
Republican majority of four. The result
sf the election in the Assembly districts
throughout the State indicates that the Aslembly
this year will stand Republlcau,
jiinety-two; Democrats, fifty-eight, a Republican
majority of thirty-four.
Rochester elected a Republican Mayor.
Mayor McGuire, Democrat, was re-elected
in Syracuse, andUtlca, too, elected a Demo;ratic
Mayor.
OHIO'S CUBERNATO
JOHN R. McLEAN. GC
(Democratic Candidate.)
The Republican* electrfd their entire t
<5ity tickets in Albany and in Cohoes, as 3
well as the county ticket. James H. Bless- 1
Ing was elected Mayor ef Albany by 2500 J
majority, and the rest of the city ticket by (
smaller majorities. James H. Mitchell
[Republican), was re-elected Mayor of (
Cohoes by a majority of 750 and be carried ]
the Common Council with him. i
' Wilbur F. Porter, who Was the sliver candidate
for Governor, has defeated Edward (
W. Remington (Rep.) for Mayor of Water- ]
town. Porter running ahead of his ticket I
by over 600. t
NEW JERSEY GOES REPUBLICAN.
That *"arty Hu a Majority or the Next (
Senate and House of Asaembly.
Tbejjton, N. J. (Special).?The returns
Indloate that the Republicans have ca~cled
the State by about 20,000 plurality, al- J
WILLIAM ?. OOEBEL.
(Democratic Candidate for Governor of
Kentucky.)
though there was no direct vote on a State
ticket. The Republicans will oontrol both
houses of the Legislature by good working
majorities. And will have an inoreased representation
in tbe House of Assembly.
The Republicans have elected Senators
In Camden, Gloucester, Somerset, Union,
and Essex, and piobably In Salem and Monmrtnf
K TKa Tl nmrtrtroto hflVA fklAPtAfl hilt
one Senator, In Warren.
Illinois Flag Law Unsound.
Tbe Illinois Flag law, which prohibits
the use of the America^ flag or representations
of It for advertising purposes, and
which has provoked lltii.iAtion since its
passage and led to numerous arrest3, has
been declared unconstitutional by Judge
Oibbons at Chicago. The Judge declares
that the informer's fee clause in tbe flue
act is against the spirit of American law.
The decision turns on this point, the Court
holding that the power granted by the Constitution
to the Governor of the State to
pardon offenders and remit lines and penalties
Is in couflict with the statute which
guarantees to the informer a share of the
fine.
W?i;ei ant) Overwork.
It Is significant that many industrial
properties report that as much as twentyflve
per cent, of the amounts at present
carried on their pay rolls represent over
work. 8ome companies, inaeea, are wonting
their employes double time. Especially
is this true of the figures in which the iron
and steel companies are concerned. The
earniogft, current and assured, of these
companies are weekly growing larger and
larger.
Peruvian Rebels Defeated.
General Durand, leader of the Peruvian
rebels, was defeated by the Government
troops; bis army was routed, and be and
bis brothers were compelled to flee
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The Democrats carried but four countie
In the StHte. Hudson, Hunterdon, Susse
and Warren. vs a result the Republican
gained seven Assemblymen and held thei
own in the Senate. The Republican ma
jorlty on joint ballot was Increased froi
twenty-one to thirty-flve.
governor-elect .tohn w. shit?.
(Successful Democratic Candidate for Gov
ernor of Muryiand.)
The election in this State concerned onl;
the Legislature for the year. The eigh
Senators voted for are to be chosen for i
term of three years, and will vote for i
successor to United States Senator Wlllian
J. Sewell, whose term expires in 1901. Tbi
counties electing Senatorsare Camden, Es
sex, Gloucester, Monmouth,Salem, 8omer
set, Union and Warren.
The Democrats carried Hudson County
electing the entire ticket by a majority o
about 10,000.
' The Democratic majority in Jersey Clti
was about 6000, Clarke carrying the Elghtl
Ward, a republican stronghold never car
ried by the Democrats since the city wai
divided into wards ten years ago.
Hoboken went Democratic by aboul
2500. The towns of North Hudson Countj
went Democratic by about 1500.
JUDGE NASH WINS IX OHIO.
Republicans Carry the President's State
by 50,000 Plurality.
Columbits, Ohio (Special).?Returns re
ceived here from oil parts of the State in
dicate that Judge Nash is elected Governoj
by a plurality of about 50,000. Jones, tn?
Independent nominee, will have a tota
vote of not more than 1C0,GOO. In Toledt
and Lucas County, his own home, whtel
RIAL CANDIDATES.
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(Republican Candidate.)
le swept last spring in his candidacy for
tfayor, he will run behind both Nasli and
tlcLean and he will be third in tbe race,
rones carried Senator Hanna'n precinct In
Cleveland by a plurality of 147.
The most surprising result Is In Franklin
bounty (Columbus), the homo of Judge
tfash, which he carries by not less than 2000,
i Republican gain of not less than 3000.
President McKlnley cast bis ballot In
Canton just as the noon hour struck. The
President voted ballot No. 191. He was
jack of the booth curtain only an instant
ind then handed his ballot to the Judge.
MASSACHUSETTS IS REPUBLICAN.
u'rsua la Elected Governor br a Plurality
nr?v An nor).
Boston, Mass. (Special).?W. Murray
3rane, the Republican candidate, is elected
3overaor of Massachusetts by a plurality
>f 65,052.
Boston, which last year gave the RepubIcan
candidate 2000 plurality, is thought
to have gone Democratic by about 7000.
The rest of the State ticket will probably
run close to the Governorship vote, but
the Republicans have met some losses in
the State Legislature. State Senator
Charles H. Innes, of Ward 10, the Republican
candidate for re-election, was defeated
?n a factional fight. The Democrats also
claim two other State Senators and several
Representative.". The Socialists lost one
Representative in Haverhill and gained
one in Rockland.
Results In 350 out of 853 towns and
cities in Massachusetts give Crane, Republican,
168,574; Paine, Democrat, 105,g65.
rtie same cities and towns in 1898 gave
Wolcott, Republican, 189,798; Bruce, Democrat,
107,919.
THE ELECTION IN KENTUCKY.
Repnbllcana Claim That Taylor la Elected
by a Safe Flarwllty.
Louisville, Ky. (Special).?With a show
of military force to order away the fractious
elemont, election day passed off in
Kentuoky without violence or serious disorder
of any kind.
The Republican Campaign Committee
claims Taylor s election by from 9500 to
10,000. Tbe count In Pulaski gives Taylor
1600 majority. Belated returns from Clay
and Leslie gave him 2000 more. Chairman
Long states that returns had been received
from all but Ave counties in the State, and
that the figures 9500 would not be far from
the correct result. The Frankfort Committee
Is claiming Ooebel's election by 1500.
Goebel claims to have received Information
which leads lilm to believe tbat he has
won by 7000. Chalrman.Long also deolares
Repaid Klndneaa by Killing: Two.
An Indian who Is accused of murderln)
the wife and Infant son of B. Del Grosse, i
section foreman of the Nevada Centra
Railroad, has been captured and taken ti
Austin, New The Indian bad been fur
nlshed food and lodging on the prevlou
night.
Adrancfl In Twine* and Rope.
Twine* and rope have been advanced ii
price about a cont a pound, as a result o
the unusually hij?b prices now ruling fo
hemp. Manila hemp is selling at H% cent
a pounds, the highest flgure it has reacbei
in about thirty years.
New* in a Nutshell.
Siberia is no longer a penal colony.
Reforms have been ordered in usur
methods at Monte Curio.
Street sweeping by electricity has bee
introduced in St. Louis.
In Indiana 1100 insane persons are awail
lng adequate accommodation in State iz
stitutions.
Eastern capitalists have secured contrc
of 50,000 acres of West Virginia coal land
I in Preston County.
The Massachusetts Supreme Court ha
sustained the constitutionality of the ac
of the Legislature limiting the height c
buildings in Copley 8*uare, Boston, t
ninety feet. ?
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is that Republicans will have a workine max
jority lu the next General Assembly on
s joint ballot. No matter what result the
r face of returns of the election shows, a
i- contest Is likely to occur.
n Taylor is very confident and went so far
as to issue the following statement:
"The battle for the restoration of civil
llbprty in Kentucky has been fought and
won, notwithstanding the dlsfranchlse
?> o= finn T I
IlJOUk \Jl iO,UUl/ Y v;ioi.i uu J MirOiun;. x v/u- i
gratulate the manhood of the State, and I
thank all those, irrespective of party i
affiliation, who united to brlnz about this
splendid result. The trust which lias beea
confided to me will be assumed and maintained."
RESULT IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Republican* Carry tha Stat# br Over
100,000 Plurality.
Philadelphia (Special).?Estimates from
all of the counties iu the State indicate
Barnett's ("Rep.) plurality over Creasy
(Dem.) to be 109,465.
In this city the total vote cast was 152,333.
The registration was 218,254. The
contest on the State ticket was over the
office of State Treasurer, and Colonel
James E. Barnett ((Rep.) had 69,513 plurality
over his Democratic opponent, William
T. Creasy, the vote resulting: Barnett,
110,078; Creasy. 40,535:- Caldwell, (Prob.)
1530; Watklns, (Poop.) 200.
In tbe State the following ticket was
elected: State Treasurer?James E. Barnett,
(Rep.;) S. Leslie Mestrezut, (Dem.;)
Superior Court Judge?John I. Mitchell,
? (Rep.) There are two Tacancles In the
Supreme Court, and each party elects one
J Judge.
* One Congressman was elected in Penn*
sylvanla. In the Ninth district, comprls-,
Ing Berks and Lehigh Counties, Captain
H. D. Green. Democrat, was chosen, by a
majority of 5000, to succeod D. M. ErtneD.
trout, deceased.
1 MARYLAND DEMOCRATIC.
1 Colonel John Walter Smith Elected Governor
by 11,000 Plurality.
3 Baltimore, Md. (Special).?Maryland
has. returned to the Democratic column
t after four years of Republican control.
r Colonol John Walter Smith, Representative
of the First District in Congross, has been
elected Governor by a lar^e majority.
General Thomas J. ShryocK, chairman
GOVERNOR LLOYD LOWNDES, OF M*BVL.V<?U
(Defeated Republican Caudldate for Governor.)^
of the Republican 8tate Central Committee,
conceded the election of Colonel Smith fot
Governor by 11,000 plurality.
There is a reasonuble certainty that the
lower house of the General Assembly will
be Democratic by a large majority, and
that the Democrats will elect enough State
Senators to overcome the Republican advantage
among the holdover Senators,
thereby controlling both branches of the
Legislature.
FUSION ISTS WIS IN NEBRASKA.'
Republican* Concedo the Election of Hoicouib
For Supreme Coort Judge.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special).-The election
returns make sure the election of Silas A.
Rolcomb, Fusion oaridi/
date, as Judge for tlie
A \ Supreme Court. There
I is little doubt that HoiM
SS9 9^ f comb's majority will be
M 3 at least 12,000. This is
M *9?" H the minimum figure as
\ j given out at the Repub
\ ? JjL llcan State HeadquarThe
complete vote
J ? from thirty counties oi
ott ia a Trr*T.r?nTkrR_ tbfi Stftt0 CHStllltf OQ0
hair the total vote of tbe State sbows a
Fusion srain over one year ago of 50,000
votes. There are ninety couutles in the
State. This gain kept ap In tbe remaining
counties will give a Fusion majority of 13,000.
Iowa Re-elect* Governor Shaw.
Des Moines, Iowa (Speclul).?Returns
from ninety of the uluety-nine counties of
the State, with estimates ofi the others,
show tbat the Republican claim 60,000
plurality for Governor Shaw Is maintained
easily and may go slightly above that
figure.
The Legislature will stand: Senate, 35
Republicans and 15 Democrats; House, 83
Republicans and 17 Democrats, a gain of
seventeen votes on joint ballot l'or tbe Republicans.
Virginia Democrat* Win.
Richmond, Va. (Special).?The vote In
Virginia was the smallest, perhaps, ever
polled In a general State election. Early
returns indicate tbat tbe regular Democrats
will have a large majority in the
Legislature.
Republican* (Vin In Raman.
? ? ._?x mu. Wll
Tqpeea, Kan. (special;.?j.ue no^u.queans
elected officers in over seventy of the
105 counties. The Fusionlsts eluded two
Judges and the Republicans four. Several
counties heretofore Populist were carried
by the Republicans.
The Vote in South Dakota.
Aberdeen, S. D. (Special).?More complete
returns from the State at large confirm
previous estimates of a majority of
7000 to 10,000 for the Republican candidate
for Supreme Judge.
No Change la MIsBUsippi.
Jackson, Miss. (Special).?The election
Jassed off quietly throughout the State.
he Democratic majority is estimated ar
30,000.
TO ARBITRATE SAMOAN CLAIMS.
Germany, England and United States
Sign a Convention.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Assistant
Secretary Hill, for the United States; Mr.
Tower, for Great Britain, and Mr. Muram
von Hchwarzensteln, on the part of Germany,
at the Stat* Department, signed a
convention providing for the adjustment
by Arbitration or claims 01 miinuiiituu ui
Samoa for dHmages resulting from the
i naval and military operations there last
spring.
Money Found in Cervera'a Ship*.
I It turns out that the wrecks of the wari
ships of Admiral Cervera's squadron which
1 remain off the coast of Santiago de Cuba
a are better than gold mines for the wreck
era. A party of ilie latter has just begun
s to explore the wreck of the torpedo boat
destroyer Pluton, and the first diver
found $4000 in the purser's cabin.
a Condition of tlie Country'* Currency,
i The annual report of United States
r Treasurer Roberts was made public. It
s shows an unprecedented amount of gold
J on hand, although gold coin in circulation
increased largely.
Shortage of Food in Guam.
The transport Ohio, which has arrived at
San Francisco from Manila, brings start'
Hn? n#w? nf r shortage of food in Guam,
both among the natives and foreigners. A.
Q quantity of supplies was 9ent ashore from
the transport which will last until relief Is
sent by the Government.
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Baiutti Came Alarm.
>1 The movements of the Busutos, a savage
18 tribe In Houth Africa, are causing uneasiness.
is
Oar Samoan Island.
>f The United States will get the Island oi
? Tutulla in the settlement of the Samoar
Question.
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iiffflGlfESPPSiliCt
Islands to Be Divided Between Germany
and United States.
COMPENSATION FOR ENGLAND.
The United State* Gets Pajjo Paero Ifnrl?ot
and Some Small Inland*?New Territorial
Arrangements in Hie South Pa
ciflc? England Receives ifie concession!
In Africa From Qerinany.
Berlin (By Cabin).? It la officially anaounced
that an agreement, subjoct to the
approval of the United States, has been
reached between Great Britain and Germany
by virtue of which the Samoa act la
repealod and the Islands of Upolu, Saj-all
and the small adjacent Islands fall to
Germany ag free property, aod the
Islands of Tutulla and the subsidiary
Islands go to the Uultod States.
Great Britain, it Is added, renounces
any claim to the Samoan Islands, and
Germany In turn renounces any claim to
the Tonga Islands and to Snvago Island
in favor of Great Britain, and also cedes
Oholseal and San Isabel, the two easterly
Islands of the Solomon group, with their
Insular surroundings, to Great Britain.
The oonsular representatives of the two
Powers in Samoa and the Tonga Islands
nre to be withdrawn for the present., and
German subjects are to have the samo
rights as British subjeots in regard to the
free and unimpeded enlistment of nntlve
laborers in the whole of the Solomon group
in the possession of Great Britain, including
Cholseul and San Isabel.
At the same time an arrangement has
Oeen arrived at between the two Powors,
by virtue of which the so-called neutral
zone in the hinterland of German Togoland
and the British Gold Coast will be divided
in sucii a manner that the boundary of the
Gorman and British territories will be
formed by the Daka River up to a point
where Iftie fatter cuts the ninth degree of
latitude, thence north by a line to be fixed
by a mixed commission. To this is appended
a reservation that the countries of
Uampru9l and GiCmbasa shall fall to Great
Britain, and the countries of Yeudi and
Chalcosl to Germany."
Finally, aooording to the decision of the
Colonial Council, Germany has promised to
renounce her extra-territorial rights in
Zanzibar till the expiration of the commercial
treaty of 1902, with the proviso
that the renunciation is only effective
when the other nations abandon their extra-territorial
rights In Zanzibar in favor
of Great Britain.
A further agreement reached by Germany.
Great Britain and the United States
is to the effect that the question of compensation
for claims for damages in the
recent trouble in Samoa Is to be submitted
to an Imperial court of arbitration, whlcb
will decide all claims,
TRACE CONDITIONS THE SAME
Jul ted States Will Continue to Hold th?
Same Privileges With Apia.
Washington, D. C. (Speoial).?The par:ltlon
of the Samoan group of Islands, as
announced in dispatches from Berlin and
London, marks tLie close of a long standing
source of international controversy,
and also brings about new territorial arrangements
In the South PaclUc.
At the British and German Embassies
here the announcement of the close of the
negotiations was received with much satisfaction.
A high diplomatic official said
that the agreement was duo mainly to the
fact that German public sentiment was
averse to retiring from Samoa and, yielding
to this sentiment, Great Britain had
solved the matter by talcing an equivalent
In territory elsewhere.
The Uaked States Is not concerned with
the amount or character of the compensation
that passes between the other nations.
Be.oldea retaining the coaling station of
Pago Pago, acquiring the Island of Tutuila,
where the harbor la located, and tbe three
?r four smaller Islets la tbe neighborhood,
:he United States will continue to enjoy
ay stipulation the privilege of trading wlt.'i
&.pla under ooadltlons eqaally as favorable
)s those now existing. The islets referred
>o are of no particular Importance from a
jommeroial point of view, bat it Is deemed
tssAntial to control them politically in orler
to prevent smuggling.
Official Statement In London.
London (By Cable).?The British Foreign
Dfflce has made a statement la regard to
;he Samoan agreement similar to that istued
la Berlin, showing that the United.
States gets Tutuila and other Samoan
islands east of the 171st degree of longitude.
FILIPINOS GET SELF-RULE.
Bacolot, In Xegrog, la Now Governed by
Native Officials.
Manila (By Cable).?At Bacolot, in the
Island of Negros, the flr3t autonomous
government of the Filipinos has been established.
Brigadier-General Smith, Gov
srnor or sue isitiuii ni no^roa, uumiuistortju
'.he oath of office to the Judge of the 8aSreme
Court, who In turn awore ia the
overnor, three Judges, twelve Counclluen,
the Auditor and the Secretary of the
Interior. The natives of the entire island
itteuded the ceremony. The officers from
Iloilo were also present.
Elections were held Outober 2, the numjer
of votes cast being 5249. There were
!orty candidates for the various offices.
3enor Meleclo Severino was elected Govsrnor,
receiving 1305 votes. Senor Jaime
received 1277 votes. Suffrage was determined
by property qualification and ability
:o read and write.
The SLxtb Intantry is divided into thirty
zarrisons throughout the Island of Negros.
i force of 250 native soldiers, armed with
9pringfleld rifles, are helping the Amerlans
and are found to be valuable us scoutsTHE"
WASHINGTON CENTENNIAL.
Sovernors of All the States Appointed
Committee by the President.
Wabhinoton, D. C. (Special).?In acoorJance
with the act of Congress to provide
[or an appropriate national celebration of
:he establishment of the seat of government
in the DIstriot of Columbia, the
President has appointed the Governors of
ill the StAtes of the Union as members of a
sommlttee from the country at large to aot
with committees to be appointed by the
[WO nowaes 01 v/uuKrosa uuu iuo cijiliiuihoo
appointed from citizens of the District of
Columbia, to "prepare plans for an appropriate
national celebration in the year 1900
of the first session in the District and the
establishment of the seat of government
'herein."
Beau Price* Advancing;.
There has been a sharp advance in prices
of dried beans, and choice marrowa are
quoted in New Yorlt City at $2.15 to <>2.20
a bushel, and red kidneys at from *2.20 to
82.50, nccordlng to quality. These prices
are sixty to eighty ceuts above the prices
ruling two months ago. Ttie shortage of
the crop together with the large purchases
by the army are reasons for the advance.
Society Woman Elected at Newport.
Mrs. Victor Sorchan, the society leader,
was electa 1 u member of the School Committee
of Newport, It. I., by a good majority.
New*y Ulatniii{4,
The city of Pittsburg, P<?nu? is about to
Dtler !tfY,UUU,uui? 01 uuuust
The gllv?r dollars in circulation amount
to about 571,000,000 and the fractional silver
to 476,000,000.
The November Treasury statement shows
that the gold coin in the country aud ihe
gold bullion in the Treasury amount to
$1,014,468,049.
An automobile ambulance is being rnpde
for St. Vincent's Hospital, New York City.
It will be propelled by electricity, ant? will
l>o o rnnrlnl Of lt8 kind.
Such la tho activity of business in the
nation that there is a scarcity of actual
money with wbich to settle merely the
dally balances la trade.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Waahlnarton Item*.
Testa of the Holland submarine boat
made in the Long Island Sound under the
an rvafolalnn A f fj?a TTnlfnrl flfofAa Vnwnl
Bourd of Inspection und Survey were en
tlrely successful.
A dispatch to the War Department announced
the death of Major Samuel Robinson,
Surgeon United 8tates Army, in Hot
Springs, Ark. ,
It wns unanimously agreed by the Cab
inet to urge upon Congress the immediate
passage of a joint resolution declaring it
to be the Intention of the United States tc
retain the Philippines,
The Treasury surplus of about $3,000,00(
for the first quarter of the current tlsca
year wns more than doubled during th?
month of October. The surplus for th<
four months ended October 31 was $7,049,
)12.
Chief Examiner Serven, of the CIvl!
Service Commission, in his annual report,
says 48,503 persons were examined for entrance
to the Government service. Not
quite seventy-live per cent, of the candidates
passed.
A colonial bureau will be established lr
connection with the War Department.
Our Adopted Islands.
There has been a heavy rainstorm in the
province of Puerto Principe, Cuba. Th<
corn crops have suffered severely. Manj
families were compelled to take refuge lc
boats.
Governor-General Brooke of Cuba has
sanctioned the project for the construction
of a new lighthouse at Clenfuegos.
Mujor Bell's regiment advanced from
Guagua on Florida Blanca, which wai
found to be deserted. Major Bell also mad<
another descent upon Porac, pursuing th<
Tagals tkence Into the mountains.
The transport Zealandla, with the Twen
ty-ninth Volunteer Regiment on board, has
arrived at Manila.
The British steamer Lebuan, of Hong
Kong, 500 tons, with a prize crew from thf
United States gunboat Castlne on board,
arrived at Manila. She was captured while
funning the blockade of Zamboanga,
Domestic.
Harry Wallace killed his wife with a
hammer at their home near Dekynevlllo
Del. He made M3 escape.
Five masked robbers bound and gagged
Daniel Wilson apd four sisters at Rural
Village, Penn., and took $1700 lncash frocr
a hiding place.
Amos T. Allen has been elected Con
gressman from the First Maine District tc
succeed Thomas B. Reed, by a majority oi
about 5000.
In Manatee County, South Florida, twt
men were convicted of murder and two ol
hog stealing. The murderers were sentenced,
one to two and tbe other to sis
months in jail, and the hog thieves, one tc
a year and a half and the other to twa
yenrs-ln State prison.
Tbe First Washington Regiment received
a grand reception from the citizens ol
Seattle and Wasbiugton on its return froa
Manila. It is estimated that there were
60,000 strangers io Seattle, giving th<
soldiers an ovation they will never forget.
Avthrtf TTAnrv fnrflnfr.tron vadk ftli! hflfl
Deon nrrested at Now Orleans, La., charged
with the murder of Silas Alice Cbadwell
His chum, Sidney Debarge, Is sharing his
Imprisonment, charged with complicity 4c
tha crime. Miss Cbadwell died overtwc
weeks ago. An autopsy revealed the fact
that she had met her death at the hands ol
a polsoney.
Fire destroyed the building at 91, 95 and
99 Mott street lu New York City. Four
lives were lost, several persons were Injured,
and the total loss will amount to
3150,000:
In a revival at York, Penn., a convert
confessed to having twice fired his factory.
He returned Insurance money.
C. P. Brown, of Rutland, Vt., twenty-sir
years old, was found dead in his room, at
the Hotel Kendall, at South Framtngham,
Mass. The gas was turned on, but there
was little to Indicate suicidal Intent.
A new departure marked the launohlng
of the steamship San Juan, at Wilmington,
Del. Instead of the customary sawing of
a plank to release the vessels after, the
cradle was settled upon, an arrangement
worked oy releasing a weignt was useu. it
worked successfully.
Frank H. D. Chase, Instructor of English
in Yale University, arrested on the chargc
of trespass for looking into the windows of
houses, was discharged in the police court
at New Haven, Conn. There were no
prosecutions.
The Norway (He.) Savings Bank, which
has been closed two months, will resume
shortly.
The Philadelphia Mint coined over 20,500,000
pieces of money during October.
An explosion of flour dust In the New
England mills, at Chicago, resulted in the
death of three persons and the destruction
of $200,000 worth of property. The dead
are: Joseph B. Dootor, barn foreman;
Franklin S. Hanson, proprietor, and Henry
Hilton, bookkeeper.
In an Icebox at the Morgue in New fork
Oity, a live child was found among the
lead. The child's parents were Italians.
The Chicago potlce rescue i Healer D owie
from a mob which was besieging his Oak
Park Church.
In a hurried drive across the country
near Omaha, Neb., to keep an appointment,
Colonel W. J. Bryan's carriage was overturned
and the occupants were thrown out
and somewhat injured.
The Shamrock, accompanied, by the
1-*- ^ -k-J I XT A? V^mtr
uoara yucut j&riu, siariou num iu n
Harbor on her homeward voyage.
Foreign.
Emperor William Is resolved to occupy
Ilger Bay, south of Angola, on the west
3oast of 8outh Africa, It England occupies
Delagoa Bay. L'ke Delagoa Bay, Tigei
Bay Is a Portuguese possession.
General Lord Wolseley. tbe Commander
In-Chief of the British Army, has wrlttec
to Lady Randolph Churchill thanking hei
for the efforts of the American ladles lo
England in fitting out a hospital ship foi
South African waters.
Lord Eltobener announces that be in;
reads 10 proclaim ma ouuuuu uyuu iu au,
oomers early In December, waen the railway
will reaoli Khartoum.
Mujor E-iterhazy has been condomned a(
Paris to thrj* years' Imprisonment and to
pay a fine of ten dollars in addition to returning
16700 to his cousin. Christian ?3
terhazy.
A telegram received at Rome from Massowtih,
Egypt, says Eagllsti and American
engineers have discovered three lodes of
gold near Osmara. It is suld the lodes can
be profitably worked.
Mojados, a town elghteon miles from
Valladolid, Spain, was greatly damaged
by a cloudburst. No lives were lost.
The German Federal Council has beet
notified by Vice Admiral Tlrpltz, Mlnlstei
of the Navy, that a new naval bill is in
course of preparation.
TH? .nnni.ta/1 that- D r T.Avdq hftS TflCelVed
a friendly Intimation that his visits to Holland
during the continuance of hostilities
between England uud the South Atrloan
Republic must cease.
United States Consul 'Guenther, ot
Frankfort-on-the-Maln, Germany, has arranged
with the Rhine Steamer Company
to try American coal, which can be sold
?h?aper than the local coal.
La & collis'on near Thouars, France, tec
employes of the railroad company were
killed &?d Ufteen lujureJ.
After bfilug l?lockaded thirty hours
Puerto Cabaib surrendered to Genera."
Castro, the c?w dictator of Venezuela, whc
now holds all the ports of the country.
Tos gold fever has again broken out In
Wains. It Is now 33L.9dently a/firmed that
MAnt?AnBa?,rahli.Q -KonollAf! with H11 fl
lUVlllgVUJOiJiJUlftw ?J VUMUW..wm
ferous ore. The latejt Jiports arose from
discoveries made whits j.t.king a well on
the estate of Lord Powls.
The landing atage of the Tr.es'.and Railroad
ferryboat, on the left t?.an of th?
Hlieldt, lu Holland, broke in two t fsw
days ago on the arrival of the .\ret ti..lu,
which was crowded. Many peraoc3 tail itto
the water and nearly twenty of thea
were drowned.
Italy and Germany hive agreed to reaevr
tuelr Hlliaa39.
M. de Wltt3, Russian Minister of Finance,
Informed oredlt institutions that Russia's
fVnancial condition was batter than thst of
France or Grjat Britain.
v l-;.
j 3BE1STEBBSTS IS Cfflj.i~l
I The State Denar!ment Conducting ?
'i .. . r- _ tl _
Negotiations ror ineir rroiecuun.
: STRIVING FOR THE OPEN DOOR. I
i!
J The United States Will Take So Part In (
the Dimneiokerment of China, But
Will Firmly Insist That tne Trade
, Advantages It Has Secured by Treaty
! Shall Not Be Disturbed.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?For the
I i last year, under instructions from the Pres- j
' I Ident, the State Department has been ,
[ J quietly negotiating for the protection of ,
| American interests la China. Tne offldals j
| of the Department refuse to make any c
statement relative 10 cue measure ui ant
cess that has attended their efforts, though
It is admitted that the subject so far is
i still open, although the prospects of ultU
I mate success are regarded as highly en1
couraging.
An official in high station, who has had
large experience in Chinese question?, is
i authority for the statement that the Govi
ernment does not apprehend any immediate
injury to Amerlcau interests from
the political moves that are being made
In China. On the contrary, the conl
ditions in the Flowery Kingdom are
6uch that there is the best reason to
believe that, so far from restraining
the operations of the United States in
i regard to trade extension, the European
nations which have under one pretext or
another seized portions of the Chinese
coast, would actually welcome the advent
of the United States as calculated materially
to assist their own efforts to break
' down Chinese conservatism, and open vast
markets in the interior of China to tae
trade of civilized nations. I
Jiue ouiy poe.iiuia suuroo ui tt^iiouuu>
: eion, it is pointed out, would be some action
in the future on the part of leaseholders.
This might tend to restriot
. American freedom of trade, and ev^n this
I would probably be accomplished, not by
direct means, such as prohibition of entry
at seaports or discriminating duties, but
rather by means of vexatious regulations
and the Imposition of obstaales. That
I time, however, 13 remote, lu the judgment
of the speaker.
At present both Russia and Germany,
which have been said to be resentful of
United States trade successes in Ohlna, are
on record as rather adding to the list of
treaty ports, andtbus opening new doors
for trade, tban us endeavoring to shut out
' tne United States and England from the interior
of China. This is notably true In the
1 case of the German concession at KlaoCliau,
where the German authorities have
opened the ports of Tslngtau, adjoining
the town of Kiao-Chnu, and have done
everything to facilitate the extension' of
trade into tbe interior. On the north coast
Russia has done the same thing at TallenWan,
and even granted to foreigners the
right to participate In the aunlclpal governmeut.
These concessions and leases were not
taken up by European nations without inquiry
by tbe United States Government as '
j to how American intereste were to oe
affected, aod that (act was disclosed clearly
in the last annual Message to Congress
of President McKlnley. The President
then sn Id that he had not been an Indifferent
spectator of the extraordinary events
that had been occurring in the Chinese
Empire, whereby portious of the maritime
provinces passed under European control
and.?teps bad been taken to see that American
interests were not prejudiced by any
exclusive treatment by the new occupants.
He had become Assured on that point,
however, so that there was no occasion
for the United States to become an actor
on the scene. The large interests of this
country, its extensive Pacific Coast line,
nnd its position among nations gave the
. United Statea an equitable dalm to consideration
and friendly treatment, and it
would be the aim of theUnltedStates Government
to preserve its large interests by
all proper means in line with the constitutional
policy of the Government. ,
Tha Pr?sM?nt- th??n nnnonnced that, so
fAr as tha recent acquisitions of Germany,
Russia and Great Britain are concerned,
they would be open to international commerce,
aod if it appeared that there was
no discrimination against American citizens
and their trade, either now or here*
after, the desires of the Government
would be realized. These statements were
made by the President after the latest
foreign acquisitions la China, and the
negotiations which the State Department
is now pursuing are simply intended to
carry out the President's aim, and insure,
not only for the present, but for the
future, free aocess for American commerce
to the interior of China.
ADMIRAL SCHLEY IN ATLANTA.
Welcomed by the Cltlzem and Official*
of Georgia?Receive* a Lovlnj; Cup.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special).?Rear-Admiraj
W. S. Schley was welcomed tt> Atlanta on
"Saturday. In the party besides the Admiral
were Mrs. Schley, Miss Letterman,
General Felix Agnus, and Mr. Louis Garthe,
of Baltimore.
The events of the day included a greet
ing from Oovernor Candler and a joint t
session of the General Assembly, and col- (
minated in the public presentation of a
handsome loving cup from the people of
Atlanta.
After a short reception at the Kimball
House the visitors were escorted to the i
State Capitol, where they were met by a j
great crowd of people on the Capitol ?
grounds and were welcomed in the Government's
reception rooms by the Chief E
Executive, United States Senators and (
Congressmen, Judges of the Supreme t
Bench and others. From here they were j;
escorted to the hall of the House of Repre- t
sentatives. t r
' After the exercises the visitors, with the I q
Reception Committee, went in. carriages
to Piedmont Park, where Governor Candler,
with Rear-Admiral Schley and General
Agnus as hit* guests of honor, reviewed a long
military parade.
At 1.30 o'clock the exercises at the Auditorium
began, in the presence of 12,000
people. Mayor Woodward, of Atlanta,
presided and welcomed the Admiral on ?
[-U..U -i lb. .It., Pnniilur ut. D
U*3Uaii Ul IUO UtWjr. UVIQ4UV4 vuuu.vk r
tended the greeting for tbe State, and a
Colonel W. A. Hemphill presented the |<
loving cap, bearing this inscription: ?
"Presented to Rear-Admiral Wlnfleid
Scott Schley by the citizens ot Atlanta, K
Ga., November4,1899." ti
After the exercis-a Admiral Schley and jt
the men of tbe party were entertained at j,
luncheon at tbe Piedmont Driving Club. a
Mrs. 8chley and Miss Lettermtn were given f,
a reception at the residence ot Mrs. NVilmer n
Moore. a
Frost Comes to tbe liellef of Jackson, >tlss.
Tbe temperature was thirty-six degrees
a few days ago and a heavy frost came, as- ^
surlng the Imprisoned people of Jackson, ^
Miss., that the worst of the yellow fever j,
situation is over. Several neighboring * ^
towus have raised their quarantines and a
refugees are returniug to their hornss. b
First Cane From New Possession*. jj
The first case from our now island possessions
came to the Uulted States Supreme
Court, at Washiugtou, a few days ago,
the question presented being the coastl- i
tutiouallty of the provisional court esUb- c
lUhed in Porto Rico. tl
Suicide Because ot * Medium's Prediction
Having become mentally unbalanced by
a belief iu spiritualism, Jacob Groth, ngeJ
seventeen years, of Baltimore, Md., hanged
hlmanlP in k wai?on shed. He had visited a 3
spiritualist, who told him that some dire
catastrophe was ubout to happen to him. I'
He brooded over the prediction, and finally
made It good by committing suicide. n
Student Killed III Football Game. t
Jesse M. Hicks, a student in the College t
of Mining at the University of California
died in Oakland, Cal., from the effects of 8
Injuries received in a class football game, '
Hicks was struok in the neck while making
a taokie, and his spine was injured, E
paralysis ensuing. I
A
mTMsmmnTE I
irilish Sally Out and Destroy a Big .
Boer Camp.
1ETREAT ORDERED BY- BULLER. -f
Jeneral White la Completely Shnt In H
Lady ami th?American Women In Loudon
Fit Oat a Hospital Ship?Colenaa ' J
Evacuated by the British ? An
cbange of Prisoners Made. ?
Loxdox (By Cable).?The War Office la ^
nformed that the British troops hare been
withdrawn from Coleaso, south of Lady- ^
mltb, and ooncentrated farther south,
['he evacaatloa of Coleaso is a most seri- ' ^
ius matter for the British ia Natal, as it
tot only testifies to the complete Invert- \
oent of Ladysmith by the Boers, bat makes * Vg
he relief of General 8lr George Stewart V
Vhlte an extremely difficult operation. i
Coleaso is the point where the railway ,y.
rom Ladysmith crossei tbe Tui?ela Blver,
fhich is now in flood. The town itself is -*2
>f small importance
The seriousness of the evaouatioq, hoir- >f
iver, Ifes in the fact , that Commandant /r
Jeneral Joubert, while completely invest- vj^g
ng Sir George White at Ladysmith, oan <3
lelze this Tugela bridge and by destroying I 3
hebrld?e and railway can prevent any v^-jj
ellef expedition reaching Sir Gaorg# .V)i
iVhite for sometime. <
Many delayed dispatch^ are arriving, Y
elllDR of the situation at Ladynmlth. A .
llspatch direct from Ladysmith says: > 'v'Q
"While tbe naval brigade was pounding
iway at the Boer batteries a party of Brit- ; 'v
sh cavalry and volunteers were sent out. - 'M
Creeping found the hHI4, they surprised , '
ind captured one of the enemy'it camps/* xvm
Another dlspatoh describing the light-- .(fS
ng says: "The artillery duel at dawn, In v?
VQ10Q ino rsoer ruds were sueaceu, *uiu' .. ?.
ended to occupy tbe Boers nod to enable ;
Hr George Stewart Whiter to achieve bis ?
ibief purpose, the captnre of the Boer'
:amp behind Beater's Hill. For this pur- . /;
>ose the lnncers, hussars, Natal Carbineers
ind Natal Border Blfles started under '%
General French at suarise and got within v . K
itriklng distance before the enemy
iware of their presence. A field battet-5
was also sent, and it secured a good post- >
Ion, commanding the enemy's camp, which. mi
iraa a targe one, iuk^ciou wuu uu>j> n. ?j
md other vehicles. . jSgj
"Bester'a Hill was well fortified and pro- v J
rlded with good gu as. At nine o'clock the i '
British opened fire, the Boers replying ! 't
,vith spirit, but bad aloi. The British
quickly sent a forty-two-pound shell Into . '\
;he camp, iofilctlng terrible leas and v-u
ipreadlag panic among the enemy. Oar ' C,'
savalry thea stormed the position, the 3s-,'s
Boers fleeing preolpltately, le.v/iug many
lead and wounded, as well as the whole ' ''A
samp and equipment, In the hands o! the , "vw
British.
"This success will upset the plans of the. .
Drange Free State commanders and, pos- i
ilbly, will prevent them giving the British
further trouble from the west." 1
The large British camp at Stormberg C-c
function has beeri'broken up by tbe order- vifc
>f Sir Redvers Buller. Everything, in*
sluding guns, stores, tents and tbe usual .-3
paraphernalia of a camp, was remove^ to '
jueenstown about fifty miles of Stormberg. 'j?
me impression is mill mo removal vi .ud
Jtormberg camp may result in a large .
lumber of tbe colonial Boen Joining the
>nemy. Tbe English section Is utterly
ipset at tbe withdrawal ot the British - $0
:roops and the serious news from Natal.
Deserters from both tbe army and navy
sontlnub to give themselves up in order to \'>>e
returned to their regiments and ship* - '*
lor active service. Scarcel* a day passes
without tbe London magistrates having to "jm
leal with a half dozen or so cases of this ' &;
ibaracter, and as the deserters walked oat .;.v$
)f the dock In obarge of a military escort v < ;
hey often turn to the magistrate with a
learty "(Jod bless you" or "Thank you,
ilr." Many of them come from foreign'
countries, Including the United States. >v5g
Tbe possibility ot Lady Randolph Chur- ^
:bill accompanying tbe American hospital ' -J?
iblp Main? to tae Cape of Good Hope has
irousea muca uienni uere.
The American women who are equipping
:he Maine are making particular effortii to
bave it understood tbatthe movement Is
sntirely devoid of political significance, a<t %,
:be Bed Cross knows no politics, and wilt
:reat Briton and Boer alike. The fitting
;ut of tbe vessel Is attracting wide atten- ,
:ion, and tbe efforts of tbe American worn*
3n are receiving the heartiest recognition*
The heavy losses among tbe British of*, "-a*
9cers in Natal has led Tbe Military Jour* ?
lal to suggest that the sword be abolished,
lot only on account of Its uselessness, but vj
ilso because its glitter attracts the aim ot > >>
in enemy and indicates'tbe officer.
Transports have just been secured (or
!be Woolwich Howitzer Brigade, whloh
*111 be hurried to tbe Cape. The brigade
bas 10,000 ttoiyids of Qve-lnch lyddite shells
iwaiting it. According to tbe estimates,
i atnoin *hell falling into a compact bod?
pill kill fop men. , '
General Joubert sent in Major 0. E. Kin- ;
:ald, of tbe Royal Irish Fusiliers, anl nine
mounded prisoners. Eight Boers were sent
>ut In exchange, no others being fit tc
;ravel. Lieutenant Egerton.of the Powerul,
is deud. He was promoted to thu rank
>f commander (or services In the Held jast
>efore he died. The officer was a nephew
>f the Duke of Devonshire.
" a!
B?port That Boers Ucenao Privateers*
Paris (By Cable).?The Temps oorroborites
the statement of tbe Eclair that the
toera bave decided to employ privateers,
ind says: 1 ?
" There is an Immense fleet of transport*
iow at sea carrying troops. Tbe Transvaal
lovernmont cannot seriously-' tbreatef
hese, but (here is no doubt that it ha* .
ssued letters of marque lu Europe and
he United States and British commero?*
ay be suffer, even if the transports do
tot."
WILL HONOR BRITISH DEAD.
'o Ralie Monument In Boston For Titos*
Who Fell at Banker Hill.
Boston (Special).?Permission has beet
;ranted the Victorian Club to erect a monolent
to the memory of the British officers
nd soldiers who fell at the battle of Buner
Hill in the central burying ground 90
toston Common.
The monument will be either a shaft oi
ranlte or a Gaelic cross, and, according
0 the club's petition, "it Is designed that
: may bear wltdess of American chivalry
oward thosij who are so longer enemies
nd whose fellow-countrymen are proven
rlends; and also render tardy honor to the
memory of brave men of different natldnlitles
who are faithful to death." v '* ,
Find fiunknn Hptnlili Frigate.
Divers at work In the harbor at Havana.'
.'uba, have discovered the wreck of cb?
.tocha, a Spaulsh frigate sunk during tbt
ist century to prevent its (ailing Into the
ands of the English. The frigate mount*
d tweuty-one guns, some of which have " r
een recovered. Geueral Ludlow has an
ateresting memento of the vessel, consist*
jg of a little bra<s boat gun.
Cavalry capture* a riupmo mown.
Detnchuient-j of the Third and Fourtb
Ihited States Cavalry swam a river axjd J
aptured the Philli?pin? town of Bongbong,
Ob insurgent garrison escaping.
The bailor World. i
French quarries employ 6000 persons.
Skaguay (Alaska) street car men get $4
day.
The United States have 4,000,000 workogwomen.
Tbe Average duration of strikes in Germany
Is between six and seven weeks. Not
more tban ten per cent, of dome9tIo ^
ervants in England keep their plsces ovet
bree years.
Sharon, Penn., io to have a $3,000,000
teel plant, ground for which was broken
be other day.
During 1898 there w?re in the German
Implre 985 strikes and lookouts, involving
0,102 persons. / ''