The Camden chronicle. (Camden, S.C.) 1888-1981, November 13, 1908, Image 1
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ETAfTLEAD
Republican National Ticket is
tlectcd Overvhelmingly
?
CARRIES ML DOUUTfUL STATES
More Complete Returns Show Thftt
the Democratic 0*ndid?te OW Not
Make u Uocd ft Run w? He ?id
Twel*o Years Ago.
New York, Special.? Practically
'i munis reived up to a
c liotj t Satu rday night indicate
Jhst Wil|j01I1 n. i'.ft, uf Ohio, o?
?inuhi . eill',,,l,ct. Will have a vote of
in tlu? electoral collide. This is
JvHlun i(j votes ot the forocost mrulo
^ irL -*?tiooal Chairman frank II.
fiitclicock ami (57 moro than ? m?
Jonty out of the total doctoral vote
of 483.
1 ho most important news of tlio
late return* indicate* that Maryland,
after Vacillating during the day uud
apparently being safe for the
Democracy, has been swung into the
"aft column. The unofficial figures
give Mr. Taft the State by 130 votes.
Maryland was the last of the doubt
ful States to he heard from. Indiuna
and West Virginia as well as Mon
tana, turned out to be safely Repub
lican. Colorado went for Bryan.
Mr. Bryan ha# a total of 174 votes,
two less than ho received in 1806.
r, In 1904 Mr. Parker rocoived only
140 votes, in 1900 Mr. Bryan receiv
* ?d 15f) votes and in 1800 the Nebras
kan reeeivttd 17G votes.
? liOO i'loefofaT "votes com
pared with received by Roose
velt in 1004, 202 received by McKin
ley in 1000 and 271 received by Mc
Kinle.v in 1800.
Republicans Retain Control.
No changes of material interest
have been reported in the congres
sional returns. The Republicans will
have about the same working major
ity in the Sixty-first Congress as at
present, and Joseph G. Cannon, of
Illinois, nndobtedly will succeed him
self as Speaker. Representatives
Jesse Overstreet, of Indiana, and
Hepburn, of Iowa, are the most con
spicuous among those who have failed
^u^'Hiere 'will be
P-sOnne. of
the national ln-in
Kndv Of tin
iuv >*rr~r ~ -
fer^Vai'ionnl Chairman Norman E.
sS&s uLl- of the Democratic party issued
* ? Ftmtewent in which ho declared that
Aid not believe Mr. Bryan . would
yl'l LTwrndM.!." for the proSi,l,?
v ffc said he believed that the Ne
2h kan m'V'd ,l candidate for the
?*?. ft-"* .'?v
? ded the legislature or Ins State is
tilf^ikmoiwtfc in n,at -vonr' w,lcn tl,e
^vancnncy will occur.
' ybe latest returns indicate that in
^iSy^ ggtiozul House of Representa
tives the Republicans will have 20S
^ ' members and the Democrats 172, with
. ejeven districts missing.
The Result in New York.
Judge Taft's plurality in the State
of New York, according to corrected
returns is 203,405, more than 28.O00
jt; in excess of President Roosevelt's
H plurality of four years ago. Gov.
r Charles E. Hughes was re-elected in
New York State by 71,150. The re
turns as between President and Gov
S ornor indicate a heat'y splitting of
tickets.
The heavy v^te in Ohio made fig
ures extraordinarily late owing to the
\{ immonse size of the ballot. Mr. Taft
^carried.. hi a .own State, however, by
- fi0,000 plurality, a reduction of more
than 200,000 from the Roosevelt vote
of four years ago. The Democratic
State ticket in Ohio, headed by .Tud
?on Harmon for Governor, appears" to
be safely elected. The State Legisla
ture, which is to choose a successor to
Senator Joseph B; Foraker, appears
to be in doubt as between the Re
publicans and Democrats.
In' Indiana Mr. Taft was successful
in carrying the State by about 8,000,
but the entire Democratic State tick
et headed by Mr. Marshall for Gover
nor, was elected. The congressional
delegation from the State shows a
gain of seven Democrats.
The returns from West Virginia,
owing to the mountainous, character
o? the country, are slow in coming in.
? A sufficient number of counties and
districts have been heard from, how
ever, t(T Bhow that Mr. Taft has a :
*safe plurality.
Colorado early in the day shifted
from tho doubtful column to the
Bfyan list. The Legislature, which
is to choose a successor to Senator
' Teller, also is apparently Democratic.
Mr. Bryan's victory in his home
S4aic of Nebraska was a sweeping
OHO. Five of K?>hv##Vn ?h'y con
gressmen will he Democratic, while-iu
the Legislature only 18 Republicans
seem to be elected ont of a total of
333 Senators and Representatives.
? r? r - ~ Mr. Taft Talks. . : ? ^
Cincinnati, O., Spcrial.? Early
Wednesday William H. Taft gavo
hearty expression to the gratification
lie felt on his election as Preaidont
of (be Ignited States. Business, labor
agriculture, he declared, had sup
ZT/jaj|rt>d ? him. -Bis success, he said,
? ? nhould be?wteo-th^- sues? a ? of the
conntry if hia ability and ondcav&i
could make it so.
' * Please *ay lhat I am perfcctl
* * healthv hnt tired," was the messag
J od ire" Taft wished uttewd for bin:.
With Mi?. Taft ho haw wnjoyed th?
pleasant household of the C. I'. Tuft
family mansion, going forth only
once, and then to rnoeive the plaudit#
of thousand* of hi* fellow townsmen
as they lined the streets and filled
the windows for blocks in thu lino of
march of the parade of the Wood
ward High School pupila, fuculty and
trustee*/ Mr. Taft made the princi
pal uddress at the corner atone >ay
jug of tho new building of this
school, from which he graduated
when a hoy. The function gave the
oity an opporunity to pay its li'st
daylight tribute to the President
elect. Judge Taft did not refer to
the election or politics in his address,
but confined himself to the history
of tho school, which held for him
umny fond memox*?8
William Howard Taft.
1857 ? Bom in Cincinnati, Septem
ber 10th.
1874 ? Graduated from the Cincin
nati High Sefcfool, '
1870? -Graduated from Yale Col
lege, second in the class and class
orator.
1880 ? Admitted to the Ohio bar.
1881 ??Assist ant prosecuting attor
ney of Hamilton county, Ohio.
1882? Collector of Internal revenue
of the first district of Ohio.
1883 ? Hesigned public ofliee to re
sume law practice.
1885 ? Assistant county solicitor of
Hamilton county.
1880 ? Married Miss Helen Herron,
of Cincinnati.
1887 ? Judge of the Superior Wuiirt
of Ohio.
1890 ? Solicitor General of the
United States.
1892 ? United StateH circuit judge
of the sixth circuit.
1890 ? Became dean of the lav/ de
partment of the University of Cin
cinnati.
1900 ? President of the United
States Philippine commission.
1001? -First civil Governor of the
Philippines islands.
1904 ? Became Secretary of War of
the United States.
19.05 ? Visited the Philippines with
congressional party.
1906 ? Restored order in Cuba ns
Provisional Governor.
1907 ? Candidate for the Republi
can presidential nomination.
1908 ? Elected Presid cnt of the
United States.
Jamcn S. Sherman.
1855? Born in Utica, N. Y., Octo
ber 24 th.
1878 ? Graduated from Hamilton
College.
1880? Admitted to the bar and
gan the practice of law.
1S82; ? Appointed secretary of the
Republican committee of his county.
1884 ? Elected mayor of I * f ???!? Ky ? j
record-breaking majority. I
1880 ? Elected *to Congress from
the . twenty-fifth New York district.
1888 ? Defeated for re-election to
Congress.
1S90 ? Again an unsuccessful can
didate for Congress.
1892 ? Elected to Congress from
the twenty-fifth New Yor kdistrict.
1894 ? Re-elected to Congress.
1895 ? Chairman of Republican
State convention.
1890 ? Re-elected to Congress.
1898 ? Re-elected to Congress.
1900 ? Chairman of Republican
State convention. 1
1902 ? Elected to Congress from
twenty-seventh New York district.
1004? Elected to Congress.
1900 ? Re-elected to Congress.
1908 ? Elected vice President of
the United States.
Mr. Bryan Takes It Easy.
Lincoln, Neb., Spccinl. ? Col. Bryan
accepted defeat with the ai rof a phil
osopher. He expressed to his friends
his entire willingness to accept the
verdict of the people, saying that as
a private citizen he could still advo
cate the reforms he had hoped to ear
ly out as president.
HOW THE STATES VOTED.
The pluralities for Taft and Rryan
in Tuesday's election, as indicated
by the latest returns available Wed
nesday night, follow :
Str.tes.- Bryan Taft
Alabama 40,000
Arkansas.. .. .. 40,000
Caliornia 75,000
Colorado 5,000
Connecticut .. .. 20.000
Delaware 2,500
Florida 20.000
Georgia 20,000
Idaho . *.
Illinois
Indiana
a
Ivnnsas
Kentucky 11,000
Louisiana 40.000
Maine
Maryland. .. . .
Massachusetts . . ? ?
Michigan.. .. .. j ?
Minnesota
Mississippi.. /. . . 50,000
Missouri .... . . 30,000
Montana
Nebraska.. .. .. 10,000
Nevada 1,500
North Cnrnlina -- 40.0(1(1
North Dakota . .
New Hampshire. ?
New Jersey.. ..
Now York . . . .
Ohio..
Oklahoma ... 25,000
Oregon .
Sout* Carolina . . 55,000
South. Dakota, .. ?
Tennessee .. ...--20.000
Utah.. ..
Vermont. .
I Virgin!
1 Vash
,, .. 75,000
A >...iiSug 5,000
Totals .. .... 500,500 1,438,822
Tuft's plurality.. ........ 848,322
The Vote in Former Elections.
In 180?
Popular Voto? William MeKinley,
7, 104,770; Bryau, 0,502,025,
Tim electoral vote? M?Kinley, 271 ;
Bryan, ?? Democrat, 140; us Populist
27.'
In 1000.
MeKihley-*Populur vote, 7,207,023;
Brywtt* I an.
Klectoral vote MeKinley, 202;
Bryan, 155.
? Iu 1004.
Koosevelt, 7, 623,480; Parker, 5,
077,071.
Klectoral vote ? Roosevelt, 330;
Parker, 140.
In 1884.
fi rover Cleveland-i-Popular vole. 4,
011,017; Blaine, 4,848,334.
Klectoral vote, 210 and 182.
? . In 18S8.
Cleveland ? Popular vote, 5,538,
233; Harrison, 5,440,210.
Electoral vote ? Cleveland, 108;
Harrison, 233.
In 1802.
Cleveland? Popular vote, 5,550,
018; Harrison, 5,170,108.
Weaver ? Popular vote, 1,041,028.
Klectoral vote ? Cleveland, 277;
Harrison, 145; Weaver, 122.
THE NEXT CONGRESS.
Congressional Table.
State. Dem. Hep.
Alabama 9 ...
Arkansas 7 ...
California, 8
Colorado . < 1
Cannectieut 5
JMo&acc rr ? - ? A
Florida 3 ...
Georgia. , . . ? 11 ...
Idaho. . 1
Illinois 0 19
Indiana. . 11 2
Iowa. 1 10
Kansas 8
Kentucky 8 3
Louisiana 7
Maine '1
Maryland 3 3
Massachusetts 3 11
Michigan 12
Minnesota 1 8
Mississippi 8 ...
Missouri 8 a
Montana .1
Nebraska.. 5 . 1
Nevada T ...
New Hampshire
New Jersey 3 7
New ^ ....;. 3 1 2d
Nor}) Citfiinnc. . . ' 3
North Dakota 2
Ohio... 7 11
Oklahoma 2 3
Oregbn ? 2.
Pennsylvania o 27
Rhode Island: 1
South Carolina : 7 ...
South J)n.kota 2
Tennessee..' 8 2
Texas' 10
Utah 1
Vermont . 2
Virginia 9 1
Washington 3
West Virginia 4
Wisconsin. . ' . . 1 10 |
Wyoming.. ....... l|
ELECTORAL VOTE 1904-1908.
STATES
Alabama
' Arkansas
?California
Volorada
?Connecticut
?Delaware ........
/Florida
|C? corirl a
(Idaho
'Illinois.
Indiana ?...
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Ixnilsinna
Maine ......
Maryland ......
Massachusetts. . .
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri ?.
Montana .v.
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina .
North Dakota ...
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island .
South Carolina
8outh Dakota ?
Tennessee
Texas
Utah ...
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia.. .
Wisconsin
Wyoming
5? >H I t ?>??4 I 100H
Totals.
12
... 3
27
15
13
10
ft. 1 CS
174 ' 300 I 140 1 330 I 433
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10
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13
3
27
If.
13
10
13
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8
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14
11
10
18
3
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3
4
12
30
12
4
23
4
4
34
4
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4
12
15
3
4
12
&
13
a
Total Vote In Klectoral College ...4S3
Necessary to Elect a President. .....242
Taft's Plurality 1 135
Painters and Sailors.
The wrone way of spelling sailer
Is snl!or. Ix)ok It up. ,The othor
day I watched some painters ascend
Ing and do&condlng long ladders with
buckets of pr.lnt In both hands. . Co
in* up, they facrd the runss, as we
common fol'< do In climbing stairs.
Coming down, they Imitated our ?x
umplo by facing the other Way. They
walked up and down without the
"Mghtest difficulty, though unable to
nso their handa for support. When
a sailer go*? down a companion l?f-~
?lor ho walks fao? foromosl, holding
the ropea. When he comas down
rtie ratlines he backs down. I defy
STATE GOES DEMOCRATIC
Clarendon, Chester ami Laurens Seem
to Have (iono "Dry" Othci
Couuty Contests.
i Columbia, Spceial. Win If Small
Carolina in normally Democratic,
scattering returns 1'ioui over the
State indicate dial the . J icmocr.itic
majpritv will be al>0tit I ho usual "?(),
I 000.
I All of the seven Democratic eon
j grcssmeu arc ro turned practically
! without opposition. In only two (lis.
Iricts wan t lie re any show ol a con
test, the chronic candidate, Aaron
l'rioleoti, in tin- First ?lis(iict, receiv
ing a low seat tering votes, while i<
11. Kichardson, nnotliff Impio, was
| Voted lor by the few ltc publieans in
the Seventh district.
Tho Socialist ami Independence
tickets 'made a very small showing in
the State.
In the county elections, 'interest
centered in the contest in Lfxington
for superintendent of education,
where A. 1). Mart i?i Aias elected over
Kev. E. L. Ly brand b\ about it to I.
For supervisior in Lee county eight
boxes out of lit give Mooncyhain
(Dem.) 570 j Dnllaiit (independent.)
m
In Hicliland, the only, other county
where there was opposition to the
regular Democratic nominee, Sumucl
11. Owens, for supervisor, deefaied
his opponent, \V. A. Douglass .by a
lafge. majority, Douglass' vote being
less than 200.
Returns received Tuesday night in
dicate that Laurens, Chester and
Clarendon have gone "dry." While
the returns are yet incomplete, there
is hardly any doubt that all three of
these counties have lined up- >with
prohibitionists.
Martth Is Llectdd Tn Xexington
County.
Lexington, Special. ? Partial vot?
from Lexington counly shows that the
total vote in the county will be about
2,000. About 100 Republican and the
rest Democrat. A. p. Martin is elect
ed county superintendent over the
Rev. 10. L. Lybrand by a majority of
about 2 to 1.
Union.
Union, Special. ? -Twelve precincts
out of 15 in Union. countv gave Bry
an electors 1,272, Taft 47.
Laurens. '
Laurens, Special.? The total'
here will be about 2,000. At La
city box Bryan electors Veceived
Taft -IS, Socialist 1.
At Clinton, Bryyn 21H; Taft.
Ooldvillc: Bryan 2 'J; Taft 0.
These precincts are given as it ji
improbable that other than Demo
cratic ticket ua.'i voted elsewhere in
the county.
Chester.
Chester, Special. ? Fourteen pre
cincts out of IS in Chester county
give the Democratic electors, 1 ,171
and the Republicans .'{9.
Bryan's estimated majority in this
county will be close on 1,400.
Orangeburg.
?Springfield, Special. ? Springfield
gives Bryan 380; Taft 13. Lever
and Richardson, same proportion as
above.
Abbeville.
Abeville, Special. ? Abbeville city:
Bryan 38!); Taft 7; Independence 2.
Less than one-half vote polled in this
county.
Interest in Camden.
Camden, Special. ? A great deal of
interest is being manifested in elec-,
tion results. Besides the excellent
free service which is being furnished
its patrons by the Bell Telephono
company, the opera house is crowded
with anxious inquirers who are re
ceiving the returns over the wires.
Florence.
Timmonsville, Special. ? Election
very quiet. Republican electors 7;
Democratic electors 180 votes.. fJover
nor, lieutenant governor, solicitor,
members of house of representatives
180 votes. .
Tho Vote in Pinewood.
Pinewood, Special. ? Democratic
electors 40; Republican 15. 1,/Ogarp
47, Prioleau 13. Vote for prohibition
34 against 10. The election passed
off quietly.
Greenwood.
Greenwood, Special.- ? Partial re
turns 1,030 for Bryan; 0- for Taft.
Edgefield.
Edereficld, Special ? Vote gives Bry
an doctors, estimated, State and
county ticket, 1,300; Taft elector* 17.
Democratic vote ">00 short. Election
passed off quietly.
Marlboro.
Bonnettsvi No, Special, ? Democratic
electors in Marlboro from eight out
of 12 precincts receive 750 votes, Re
publican electors 15 votes. Only
about 50 per cent, of registered vot
ers ^ast their ballots in this county.
Out of 1,020 registered voters, only
G3 certificates are hold by negroca.
Anderson.
Andcrrcn. Spe!*::*.!. ? Prr^o'dy 3.'^00
votes east in Anderson connty, all of
which were Democratic except a few
Afpublican. Rain fell over the coun
ty befora the polls closed.
Atlanta Court Fixe* Weight Georgia
Mulo May Baal.
Atlanta, Ga., Bpecial.--Thero is a
limit to the weight a Georgia mule
fiho?ld be mrulo t<? haul and this limit
wi*a fl*ed by bridge Broyh** in pollw
xmurt' at 2?00 p-ninds. Judge Bray !*t
fined C. B. Walker $T>. 7o because Wal
ker's mule ?r?a onujrht by ait ent
prining policemen in the act of haul
I h* a 1?1 o{ 4,032 porab. _
A FATAL 1RAGEDY
Ex-Senator Carmatk is Shot to
Death on Nashville Street
END OF BITTER POLITICAL TEUU
Meeting oji ?. Public Thoroughfare in
Nashville Duncan Cooper and His
Bon, Jlobln, Oi>on Fire on Tomer
United States Sonatcr Edwcfd W.
Oarwack.
Nashville, Trim.. Spee'ml.- A* a se
i|uel lo the recent bitter Ijcmoci ;ii w:
primary for the gubernatorial n???ni
nation in Tennessee, Hon. Kdward
Waitl Va\ i mack. former Cnited States
Senator I'rOtn Tennessee, was sliot ami
killed in it street duel here Monday
afternoon hy Robin Cuopcr, a .young
attorney. Young Cooper was wouud
?d i(i tin' shoulder b,v a bullet from
Carmack 's revolver and is under po
lieo surveillance in a local hospi'ul.
His condition is not serious.
Caiuuck was Wounded three times,
in the neek. (he breast and the left
shoulder. Colonel Duncan M. Coop
er, lather of the young man, was
with his Ron during the alTray hut did
not tire a shot. It is said he stood by
with pistol in hand, lie is detained
at police headquarters. The direct
cause m1' the killing is a reeent series
ol' editorials in The Tennessean, a
?JV- OA H MACK
f which Mr. Carmack
or after his defeat tor
tioii |<>r (Governor. The
^ question had boon vigor
IBlioii t on Colonel Cuop
< onn.'cl ion with
lY termed t|?o "Dem
l atul its methods.
? is well known in
Jjul political cir
Sontli, had,
^Carmack that
hn ust cease,
ipeared Mou
Colonel Cot
business,
cles in Tonnes?
it is said, not ill
the references
Another such editoi
day morning.
The men fought at'^Ejbj^uuarlers
and there were but fcwVHmisscs. It
was past 4 o'clock in th<^L?i|-,of the
afternoon. They met on RX8? ^ ave
nue north, directly in fronffl& the
Polk Flats, a fashionable apy ^nt
house. Mr. Carmnok had just\^red
his Tiat to Mrs. Charles H. Eastman,
a friend, who. was passing. In a mo
ment the firing began and Mrs. East
man was a horrified witness at close
range. So close was she that one of
the Coopers is said to have charged
Carmack with being a coward and
hiding behind a woman. Cooper's
friends charge that Carmack fired the
first shot but the dead man's friends
stoutly protest that his opponent was
the first to shoot.
The tragedy created the most in
tense excitement throughout the city
and within a short time the streets in
the neighborhood were* thronged.
Skctch of His Life.
Memphis, Tenn.. Special. ? Formci
United Stairs Senator Eihvnrd W.
Cnrmack 4vafc born near Castillan
Springs. Summer county, Tennessee,
November f>tli. 1S">S* He had an
academic education. studied h;w
practiced in Columbia. Tenn., and was
a member of the Legislature of 1884.
lie was a delegate to the national
Democratic, convention of 1?)0fi and a
member of Congress. 1807-1001, from
I lie tenth congressional district of
Tennessee. He served with distinc
tion in the I'nitcd States Senate lor
six years, being defeated for rc-clec
tion in the primary h little over a
year ago by former (jovernor Robe-t
Taylor. Senator Cm mack then re
sumed the practice of law in Mem
phis. which was then his home, but
within a few months removed , to
Nashville.
Last spring he opposed ("Jovernor
Patteison for the Democratic guber
natorial r??"5??n?jon. championing the
cause of State-wide prohibition. Mr.
Carmaek was defeated. Shortly af
ter hi* defent, Mr Cnrmack accepted
the editorship of The Nashville Ton
nessean, and for the last two months
has been at the head of that paper.
Senator Carrn neb's newspaper ca
reer began, in as a member of
the editorial staff of The Nashville
American. He founded Tl?o Niuh
ville Democrat in 1880 and Tvhen it
wan- merged into The American he
became editor-in-cliief of The Ameri
can. In 1S92 be baeama editor of
Ths ^Comwiereial Appeal at Monnlns,
He was married in April. 1?D0, to
Miss KlixaV tli Cobey Dnnningion, of
Columbia, Tcun. s.
POSIMASTER SHOT
Edward M. Morgan, of New
York, Murderously Attacked
ASSAILANT COMMITS SUICIDE
Man Who liuil I)?<'n Refuted a Po
Hition by Postmaster Morgan Lies
-in Wait for Him on the Street an!
ShoolB liiui, Immediately 'Ihure
'prter Committing tfuicide Mr.
Morgan Carried to His Homo Seri
ously Wounded.
Now York, Spei-jul. Post master I
I d \\;t id M. Mot gm i whs s|n>t Mon- I
day while on Ins way to his otlioo, by !
a disappointed olllce seeker named
Mae Key. 1 1 ?? is in a serious eninlit
ion. His assniliiiK commit t ??tl suicide
i III lllt'tl i n t el y after the shoot i HIT. Mr,
Morgan urn' hurried home and his
u'onod ??* oejrtmlrd fls Fcnmr*. Ho
was accompanied hy his daughter
when shot.
The man who shot him had impor
tuned Morgan for a position in the
poslolliee, hilt had boon refused. lie
tried to boo the po*t-Mm4er at his
home several times, hut did not sue
eeed. He lav in wait for him on the
street and spoke a few words to him
before shooting.
Mr. Morgan was appointed post
muster last yenr. Ho had boon ad
vanced from a letter carrier to the
-fyo^ttwn-nf hrnd of t hp Office"
There are indications t4iat Maekay
had for a long time planned the
death of tin* postmaster. Before be
coming postmaster of New York Mr.
Morgan had ?? had charge of an inves
tigation of dishonesty in connection
with the work of postal dorks in the
I'ity, and the police theory is that
Maekay at somo time suffered
through Mr. Morgan's vigilance.
To Christen Big Battleship.
"Washington. Special. ? Representa
tives of tlu1 Navy Department loft
Monday for Quiney. Mass., to super
intend the launching Tuesday of the
monster 120, 000-ton battleship North
Dakota. The grout vessel was built
at the yards of the Fore River Ship
building Company and is now ready
for 1 1 h christening. Miss Mary Hen
ton, of Fargo, N. I)., will break the
bottle of wine. The North Dakota
is the tirst somi-Dreadnanght of the
American navy and in her construc
tion all records For speed have been
broken. Her keel was laid on Decem
ber It) last. Her sister ship, the
Delawnro, is being built at Newport
News, Va., and will probably be
launched this winter. There has
been a tierce rivalry between the
Massachusetts and Virginia com
panies, but the victory will go to the
former by a narrow margin.
New I88U0 of Postage Stamps.
Washington, Special. ? The new is
sue of postage stamps will be put on
sale in postofiiees on November 16th.
The denominations arc 1, .2, 3, 4, 5, 1
(>. 8, 10, 1M. 1"), and 50 cents and .fl.
The Pont office Department says that
the $2 and $5 stamps will be discon
tinued after the present supply is
exhausted. On the one-cent stamp
is the head of Benjamin Franklin in
profile from Houdon's bust. All the
other denominations bear the head
of (Jcorge Washington in profile from
Houdon's bust. The. border designs
of all the denominations are identical,
the head being an eclipse on end, with
laurel leaves on either side.
Above the head are the words, ' ' II.
S. Postage," below it the denomina
tion. The size of the stamp is the
same as thnt of the sUunps now on
snle.
Working on tho Tariff.
Washington, Special.?* ? Mamtfae
turers. importers and producers of
chemicals will be heard by the ways
and means committee of the House of
Representatives for the purpose of
assisting that committee in arriving
at a decision how tariffs should be
revised nlc.tg these lines. This is the
first of a series of hearings that have
been arranged for all the various
schedules that make the tariff bill
and will continue until a few days
before the meeting of Congress.
Salary Jticroaso in Navy Yards.
. Washington, Special. ? A general
increase of about 10 per eent. in the
salnrien of nil civil *erviee emplovcK
nt navy yards will be recommended
in the report of the committee on
grades and salaries of the Keep Com
mission. The* report ifi about -eom
plntcd nnd is expected to reach the
department the latter part of., tbia
week or tho first of next week.
Dedication of New War Oolloge.
Washington,* Special.? -The now
army" war col lege wa8 dedicated hero
Monday afternoon by Secretary of
Stnte Root. General Franklin Bell.
#nJ Brigadier TJenernl Witheiuooon
bcth mads addroKRC*. The college
will stand ?x a permanent nwtjflnieni
to Roe rotary Root.~ The building oc
cupies a magnificent situation on
Washington nrsjnal ground fronting
tho Potomac.
C. W. MORSE GETS A
FIFTEEH YEAR SENTENCE
ice King" Doomed to Hard Labor
in Federal Prison at Atlanta, Ga,
A. II. CURTIS ESCAPES JAIL
.JlHltfr Imposes it Five-Year Term In *
(.III (fly's < UUP, 'i'lll'll SlIKJII'IKls
J'ciialty ? Jeer? For Motm; A?
Ho (kh'm (,<> Uus Tomb*.
New Ymk City, ? Charles y/.
Morse, formerly the Ice .Kiug. an<l
fifteen months ago considered finan
cially invulnerable behind a bulwark
of $20,000,000, was sentenced to
fifteen years at hjird labor In the Fed
eral prison at Atlanta, (?*.., by Judge
Hough In the Uuiiod States Circuit
Court. ,
Alfred If, Curtis, former president
of the National Hank of North Amer
ica, was sentenced to tlvo years' luj
prUuiuuont . hut-upou the rcrommey
dution of the jury and th? United
States District Attorney sentence wai
suspended.
Judge 1 1 1 mi I'll allowed counsel for
Morse ten days in which to file what
ever motions they may doem neces
sary. Curtis left the court room with
his wife, practically a free man.
After Morse had been kept at the
Federal Building for two hourH word
reached the Marshal tnat no attempt
would be amde to start appeal ,)ro
ceedlugs. As Judge Hough had al
ready held Morse without bail, this
meant, of course, that he had to g6 '
baek to the cell in the Tombs.
Once more he was spared the igno
miny of handcuffs. Botween Marshal
H trrrk,t,l~;md Wullatm Macmmnft,
of his lawyers, Morse went up Broad
way to Leonard street and through
Leonard street to the Tombs. A big.
jeering crowd followed along behind
the trio. Morse never lookod back.
Me was taken at once to ?.he cell
whore he slept the night boinre with
Curtis and was locked up. He asked v
for copies of the afternoon papers*
said he wanted no lunch and sent a
sealed message to his wife.
The imposition of sentence waa at
tended by dramatic scenes. The
crowd that parked tho little cotirt..,/
room applauded when Curtis watf '
Bhown mercy. More vigorous and re*
Bounding applause* was heard when
Morse was sentenced, to serve fifteen
years in prison. Curtia' Wife fainted
away when the strain waa over.
Morse's wife broke down and WRpt
hysterically. Morse, with his bands
in his pockets, was iih cool ab the
commodity upon which he builded
his tor tu ue.
. -vJ
SUMMARY OF LATEST y
POLITICAL NEWS
The ofllcial count in Maryland was
completed and K?ve ' Di'yaii si* doc
toral votes and Taft two. There w?S
u rumor of a plurality of 000 for Taft
in tlio popular vote. The Maryland _
result gives Taft 321 electors and
llryan 102.
Supplementary returns fnileO to0|
disturb materially Taft's lead of 4U3&
in Missouri. Tlio T.egl*Iaturo soekris
to have a majority of six ou Joint but*:
lot. . v/
AdlaL K. Klevrnlrn will
election of CliarleirH. llcncliH
ernor of Illinois, claiming
l'CCt count. Duueen's plurality is
given at 23,000 to 26,000, v '
Governor Johnson's majority In'
Minnesota has grown till.it is expect
ed to reach 30,000.
Returns from alt counties show?
llryan carried Nebraska by ?IHOO.
The Prohibition party polled
0(10 to 30,000 votes in New
State, - as against 20,700 four yc
ago, its Slato Committee aunouuf
Illinois voters adopted tlio cgjig
tut ional aniendinent appropviatl
M20, 000,000 for the- first link ? Jx>ck
port to I'tlca, 111.? -of the lakes-to
tlie.gulf deep waterway. This is said
to assure construction of the entire
waterway.
? California- hdnntwl' ft conStliiillimjil
amendment providing for a direct prl*
mary, a reform urged by Ctoyertiojr
Hughes for New York. .
POUND HIS lOAMIIA- 1)1?:AI).\
. ...
Wife, Mother and -iaby Asi Iiyxiatod r
by lllunnuutia'g (ias.
"Washington, D. C. ? When Clar
cnce L. Hrennevman, a stenographer
employed in tha Library of Congress*
returned from work to his home at &
o'clock p. m. nn found t h at every
lr.Muher c/ his foully, wife, mother,
and babe, were detd as the result Ot ~
asphyxiation from illuminating."
Tho bodies of the wife and mother
were in a bedroom and the hatNti was
found in the kitchen. The condt
of the bodies Indicated that the)
been dead for *om? hours. ?
the signs point .to accidental cat
the chief of detectives has of
Ave men on tbr case to make a
ough Investigation.
Killed in Political Quarrel.
At Foraker, Ok la., during a
ral quarrel brank 8. toward,
Democratic Committeeman, shot
killed John H. Mlllam. i
farraeiv o(- ;*awhuaka?
The latter had--;jjwsru
Osage Indian affairs for
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Eugene t. Msjbb !>le* at
f Mass., After fX>ng I ilncaa.
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