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THE WEEKLY LEDGER ^GAFFNEY, S. C.,^NOVEMBER 7, 1895. happenings of the Week Patt Throughout the State. TRM K THE SOCTU. THE Liks In the West. fcOMB IMPORTANT EVENTS NOTBD. The Noted Poet Passes Away Things Look Decidedly War Reports For the Past Week at His Home In Chicago. HEART FAILURE WAS THE OAUSE. ' M j!J| vot<\ v/hich In fproator than ever before, will bo cast. k Bapatr Totally Stahhait 'Vhll* At(«:npf- f>»j tu .Maks an Ai rest—A Jforth Cara- Tlnlau OsU a Good .toll at Waslilnftoa. #*T*rnor Carr Oflfcr* a Rsward—Othsr Raijigh, Not. t.—Gorernor Carr «f- Hu a reward of $100 for the arrest of Roltert Dockery, who murdered M. Brice, the Irish peddler, near Murphy last month. W. P. McGcehee, car accountant for ttie Seaboard Air Line road for several toears, is dropped by reason of the aboli- Iha of that office. ‘Willjam Long was summoned to aid 4*I)uty sheriff at Yadkinville in mak- ftn arreet of a man named Driver. Id^nly, Henry Driver, a brother of ie ether man, ran up and stabbed Long tn the hack. The wound ie fatal. The exciting trial of Jesse Sumner at fendereonville fur the murder of two continues. One attorney spoke Mr. FI«M Had li«en Fer Sat. Aral tinyi, but Nutlilng Strimii Wa* la* pArtcd to Raault—A Short ^ketrb of HI* Ufe mud Work—I/aata« a Widow aad FIta ChtlArca. Ohicaoo. Nit. 4.—Eugene Field, the poet, died in his bed of heart failure about S a. na. He retired dnring the night in his usual health and apparently slept soundly till daybreak, when kii A FEW MEN QUIT AT SPOKANE. Goodwin, Who Was Sent to .Tail With Deb*, Apprnr* on the Soene and !• I>o- nnnnrcd an an Agitator—a'he IlrotliAr- hood of JLoroinottrc Kiiginccrs Will Take No Tart, Say* Tholr Chief. Show a Prosperous Condition. VARIATIONS IN COTTON MARKET. They Have Not II. . n IVIt in Other Lines of IIiiHinvHH The South'^ Great Advan- In Kai-iinjt Cotton at a Small Cost. UiK ■'lllls at Atlanta and Koine—.Many Now Industries Reported. the hlorttfcn iutlou of lions of the Revolu- r is udled to l>e held here Nor. 15. ajority of the communi* anti-ns received bv the department of agriculture show increase of number hud improvement of both hogs and cat- beTandW per cent On** there is a gaeided tendency of the farmers to raise of their own meat supplies and to the grade of both cattle and kirge proportion assign the stock law as the cause of this improve- kraut in cattle and hogs. MUTINOUS SAILORS. •kiatiuiAu Leave Their Hhip, Saying That They Are Poorly Fed. Balkiuh. Oct. 80.—At Wilmington 14 Chinese firemen on the British steam- ■hiti Gloucester, which is loading with eetiton at that port, mutinied, refused to work mid went ashore, despite the pro tests of the steamer’s officers. They made complaint regarding the quality #f their food, and said they intended to report their treatment to the British Tice consul. The ship’s officers f- llowcd them and nnjnestod the police authori ties to arrest them, which was done on the ground that by f-ing ashore th# Chinamen had violated the Chinese ex- •lufdon act. They were theu seut to jail by ths I mlicc.' The United States deputy mar- hal theu took them from jail and be fore the United States commissioner, where they were charged with violating the exclusion act. Only one could speak English, and he showed a rock and said they were not given their regular allow ance of rice, and were given only thin kind of palt (showing the rock) for sea soning. He also taid ther were beaten en the Gloucester City. They were re turned to jail for violating the exclusion art, hut will he turned over to the ship when she is ready to sail. Prominent Man Caught Stealing. Raleigh, Nov. 1.—A day or two ago a quantity of com was stolen from a mill in Orange county and pursuit of the thieves was made, which resulted in the startling discovery that Jarvis William son, a white man of that county who posed as the earnest church member, was the head of an organized gang of thieves, the operations of which he had conducted for 15 years. All the other members of the gang are negroes, and Williamson and several of them are in jail at Hillsboro. North Carolina fcilveritr* Organl*#. WiNbiO.;, V-.v. • One ' ^ h-rt In formed men in the state who is out of politics, said that the silver men in North Carolina are now planning to hold township and county conventions all over the state, either the latter part r f November or the first of December, ^legates will thon be appointed to a Mate convention, which will not be held earlier than next April. The purpose of the silvermen is to organize a new party With no plank in it but free silver at 16 to 1 Wilmington, N. C., Oct. 80.—Steamer Commodore and cargo, seized some days too with arms aboard, alleged to be for Hie use of Cuban insurgents, has been Jr -it” Released by order of Judge Seymour, fcvho is now holding a session of the United States district court at New- beme, N. C. Captain Dillon of the pommodore says that he will sail for Cartagena us soon as some repairs are kompleted. To Adopt m New Plan. Raleigh, Oct. 80.—The official organ •f the Baptists in North Carolina mukes the announcement that North Carolina Is the only state in which the plans of scaiirv ruu>. ■on, who occupied the room with him, heard him groan and putting out hie hand found that death had already taken place. Mr. Field had been indisposed fer several days, but no serious results were even thought of by his family and im mediate friends. George II. v enowine, of this city was at Mr. Field's bedside when ho died. Mr. Field and Mr. Yen- owine intended to start together for Kansas City, at which place Mr. Field was to read. Mr. Field lias a wide ac quaintance in the city, and tho an nouncement of his death causes a sor rowing shock. It has boon said of Eugene Field that he changed his ink with his varying moods and intentions. If he was blue, the story goes, and did not intend to labor long when he seated himself at his desk, he used writing fluid of a deep azure line; if he was iu iine fettle and purposed doing u quantity of his best wane, he dipped his magic pen into ink of a midnight shade; if ne had it in his mind to w rite a love song, a delicate mauve was chosen; if sarcasm and ridi cule were to flow from his pen’s tip, the color selected was u most sanguinary earmine. Eugene Field's life has not been a monotonous one. Ho was a native of 8t. Louis, and was born Sept. 8, 1850; but he passed most of his boyhood days at the home of liis cousin. Miss Mary Field French, at Amherst, Maas. Of the details of his youth there is not much recorded. He was a student at tho University of Missouri at Columbia, that state, and there met a young man named Comstock. They hecams “chums” and decided to travel together for a year in Europe. Before tho jour ney was begun young Field accepted an invitation to make a few weeks visit at the Comstock home in St. Joseph. His friend hod five sisters of such surpass ing fairness tli at they they were known and are remembered as "the pretty Comstock girls.” The second of these young ladies, Ju lia Sutherland Comstock, was then only 16 years of age, but Eugene fell in love with her at once and in earnest, and lie- fore ho started for Europe with her brother had proposed and was accepted. Upon his return from his foreign trip Mr. Field insisted on an immediate mar riage and carried his point. At the time of his marriage he was a young man of considerable wealth, which had been leL to him by his fath er, and he lived without an occupation. That happened which was to be expect ed—the money wasted away, and he was presently “broke.” It was not un til about tliis time that lie began to elimb the ladder to literary fame. The first rung was a reporter s position on ftrXttJneTvaiTrlim £ n i l th ® enraging one. -wrhdis- Later came employment on a newspa per in whose office salaries were paid With that regularity that cheers the get ter up of copy, and from that, time to the present Eugene Field’s literary progress has been steadily upward. Though his work was from the first such as to command attention, they were then far from being such finished literary g*me as he later produced. They were mostly humorous, and in fact it is as a humorist that he is better known to this day, though much of his later literary work is instinct with a true and delicate sentiment, such as is expressed in the poem entitled “Yearning For Home.” Mr- Field lias for several Ban Francisco, Nov. 6.—The threat ened strike of the employes of the Great Northern railroad caused no little com ment among local railroad men and es pecially among tho members of tho Americal Railway union. The dissatisfaction of the mill men has a peculiar significance in this city, Oakland and Sacramento, inasmuch as it is generally admitted that on the suc cess or failure of a strike on the Great Northern railway system at this time hinges the future of all organized rail way labor west of the Missouri river. Incidentally it may be said that on the Southern Pacific railway system there has been unusual activity of lute on the part of labor unions. Within the past month it is officially declared by the local A. R. U. officers that nine lodges of that order have been iccessfully organized on the Pacific ^ris work has been elfected coast —°f James through the ins Hogan of Salt Lake Ui f eueral western representative o! >ebs, and one of the nominees for con gress in the coming election in Utah on (he People’s party ticket. Hogan, it is said, has three traveling delegates in this state, who have report ed to him that A. R. U. contingent is stronger than ever on this coast, and promised within three months to bring almost even* railroad employe in Cali fornia and Oregon into the camp before the new year. Election Proceedings in the Dif ferent States. WAS FAVORED EY FAIR '7EATHER Uotli I’arlitA Mali in;; n Desperate KflTort to t arry Their t'aniliflate' Through—Cox- ey'n Showing at Massillon—Uegan Early In Kcntiieky—Soiuo Scratching Uring Indulged In. Chattanooga, Nov. 6.—Tho Trades- Louisville, Nov. 6.—The streets of man’s reports as to industrial conditions the city have a holiday look, with hero in all parts of the south, for the week and there on the corners groups of citi- just ended, show that the variations in zens quietly discussing the events of tho the cotton markets have not been felt in day. Tho weather is ideal for an elec other linos of business. Tho crop being tion and all indications point to a very short and the demand very great, all large vote. Reports from the interior, growers of cotton are getting a consid- though meagre, indicate similar condi- erablc advance on what was expected in tious. Never before has there been such tho spring, and settlements as now be- general interest iu an election, all duo ing made are on good terms. In other to the fact that the result in many lines, such as cotton manufacturing, j minds is clothed in doubt, iron making, lumber and coal, every- The Republicans of the Fifth Wrisla- thiug is pivsnci'ous. The south’s great I tive district were thrown into eonster- advantage this year is that its cotton nation when they discovered that their crop has been made for less money than candidate had secretly withdrawn from ever before, is being sold for higher ! the contest. Tliis is speaker Carroll’s prices and the proceeds are almost all j district, and many Republicans were available for investment, as homo grown j hopeful of winning the seat. It seems supplies were never before raised in so ; that Carroll’s opponent, C. W. Shreve, -who is Goodwin Denounced as an Agitator. Kalispell, Mon., Nov. 6.—Roy Good- win, director of the American Railway union, who has just been released from tail, where he was sentenced by the United States court with E. V. Debs aud others, called a meeting of that or der here. Only ten employes of the Kuiispcll division were present, tho bal ance being men discharged from the ser vice. It was voted to strike and Good win called the strike to take effect at 11 p. m. At the appointed hour the train crews responded promptly and when it was announced that Goodwin had called a strike they took a strong stand in fa vor of the company and expressed a de termination to defeat the strike. Good win was denounced as an agitator, un worthy of notice. His anarchistic speech at Spokane a few days ago lost him any supremacy lie may have enjoyed among the railroad men. great quantity Tho list of new cotton mills as report ed lor tho week includes a $250,000 mill at Vicksburg. Miss.; mills each with (200,000 capital at Atlanta and Rome, Ga., and Jackson, Mris.; other cotton iJijj^t_Bessemer, Ala., Gastonia, N.C., ; a $200,000 cotton and Tex., and a pope factory at Ga ” knittiuv mill at Brunswick, The Salem Oil and Gas company, c itul $500,000, has been chartered at Su- Jem. W.Va.; car works and car wheel w. rks are to ho established at Savan* : pah. Ga., at a cost of $100,000: tho ; Meadow Brook Land company, capital i $60,000, has been organized at Louis- j ville, Ky., and the Graft »n Coal and Ooke company, capital $80,000 at Graf ton,W.Va. Cooperage works, with $20,* 000 capital, arc reported at Moultrie, Ga.; a $20,000 sawmill and novelty works at Tampa, Fla., and a $15,000 and shingle mill at Windsor, Fla. Tlie Tradesman also reports an elec tric lighting plant at Abbeville, La.; the opening of iron mines at C." torsville, Ga.. and Brown Springs, Va.; of a pot tery at Macon, Tex., and a rice mill at New Orleans, La. A sugar refinery of 1,000 tons capacity is to be built at Ab beville, La.: a tannery at Charlotte, N. C.; a furniture fact'ivy at Knoxville, Tenn.; sawmills at Tyrone, Ark., and i Fernandiua, Fla., and waterworks at Dublin, Ga., and Falmouth, Ky. notified the county clerk on the nine teenth ult., before the ballots were printed, to leave his name off of them, but that he did not notify the Repub lican committee of his withdrawal, so that they could substitute another can didate. As it stands the speaker of the house has a walkover for representative. Tlio Election at Detroit, Detroit, Nov. 0.—Tho city election, like the campaign, is a very quiet affair. The early morning rote was light, but towards noon much activity was shown in getting tho people to the polls, and it now 1 oks as though a heavy vote will fi' 1 (ash The election of Mayor Pingree f“ r a fourth term, together with tho en tire i*.<*publi'‘an city ticket has been gen erally conceded, tho only question being a* to the size of the majority. Concedes Drake'* Election. Ottumwa, la., Nov. 6.—C. A. Walsh of the Democratic committee, was inter viewed here, and practically conceded the election of Drake. He said: “If he has over 40,000 plurality I will be fool ed, but think he will have something under this, but near that figure. If it had not been for the Marshalltown con vention adopting the gold standard, Webb would have been elected.” Ticket Scratching bjr Republican*. Cleveland, Nov. 0.—Election day in this city dawned clear and pleasant. The voting during the curly hours of the morning was comparatively light. This had bi n expected, however, as the registratii n was fur Irdow that of last jrear. It was evident tluri much scratch ing was being done on the county ticket by the Republicans. £ occasional iThe Attempt to Wreck a Train. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 6.—A Spokes man Review special from Kalispell, Mon., says an attempt was made to wreck a Great Northern westbound pas senger train near Columbia Fulls. A | torch was applied to a bridge just west j of the big cut this side of Columbia Falls, and the fire had just gained head- wav as the train dashed on to tho bridge. The engineer applied the airbrakes and the train was stopped on the bridge. A reward of $500 has been offered by the Great Northern Railroad company, and $500 by Governor Rickards for the ap prehension of tho persons who attempt ed to wreck the train. The Strike at Spokane. Spokane, Wash., Nov. 0.—The strike on the Great Northern is only partial at this place. The east- bound passenger trains went through on time and the officials claim that all trains are moving regularly. At the ear shops at Hillyard, a part of the employes went out. The strikers claim that about 60 have gone out, but the master mechanic says the number was only 28, and of these six have returned. ‘ PURVIS MUST HANG. Tlii* Man Who Ksvnpi'il by tho Hn-nklng of tin* Rope Will Do Resentenced. Jackson, Miss.. Nov. 0.—Will Purvis, the Marion county whitecap murderer, must hang again, says the supremo court. Two years ago, it will Ik* re- membered, Purvis was hung, but either because of the sheriff’s duplicity or carelessness, the condemned man went through the floor to the ground when the trap was sprung, the rope having slipped over his bead. The sheriff declared hLs belief iu a su pernatural intervention, and so did the thousands of spectators, many of whom were relatives and friends of Purvis, and no further attempt at an execution was had. But a new trial was secured and another conviction followed. There Is great opposition to a second hanging of Purvis, who was convicted on eireumstantial evidence, and strong measures will be* brought on tho gov ernor to commute the death sentence. The Engineer* Will Take No Fart. oj-.w-itland. Nov. 6.—First Assist ant Grand Chief T. S. fngrittliSffi of cliS. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who represents Chief Arthur during tho latter g absence in Europe, says that so far as is known at headquarters, the en gineers on tho Great Northern had no grievances whatever. He believes it is highly improbable that they would in any way become involved or take part in any strike on the road. Froparing For Diplomatic) Day. Atlanta. Nov. 5.—Invitations have been sent to the representatives of all the foreign guests at Washington to visit the exposition Nov. 1*1, Diplomatic) day. Acceptances have been received fn an the representatives of Mexico, Cos ta Rica, Venezuela, Brazil, tho Argen tine confederation and Chili. Secretary Olney is coming. There will bo speeches bv the visitors, special displays by the foreign exhibitors and dinners aud re ceptions. A special rate has been made by the exposition for schools when pu- in \vxlies of 80 or more and iu charge of tc'ac Lively Times In Maryland. Baltimore, Nov G.—The heaviest l^^^lled in Maryland is being Jast amidKeneS^^ most ^paralleled excitement, accompanic acts of lawlessness and disorder: day is springlike and balmy. Both sides appear to have out their full strength and much bitterness is manifested among the watchers for both parties. Tlu* first shooting affray of the day took place at the First prec inct, of tho Ninth ward, before the pools opened, wl n John Smith, a Democratic watch er, was shot in the left breast and slight ly wounded by Horace E. Van Tussell, a Republican. The latter was arrested. Two hours later, iu the same precinct, Charles G. Baldwin, one of the watch ers for the Reform league was severely cut over the right eye in a fight that oc curred over an attempt to arrest a re peater. Several arrests were made. The managers of the Evening News predict that Baltiim ro c ity will give a majority of 10,000 votes f r tho Repub lican ticket. The indications are that ! Mr. Hurst is^nore than holding his own in the counties outside of Baltimore aud that whatever majority Mr. Lowndes lias, if any, must come from the muni cipality. Tlio Voting In Now York. New York, Nov. G.—Should there be | a light vote east in New York it will not be on account of the weather, which Could hardly be better than it is, but maybe* because of unfamiliarity of tho vcjt. rs with the blanket ballot system. i’To <'Verrome this, each party has in struction stations near every pulling plac e where* voters are taught how to fold the papers, and, in particular, ex horted to risk nothing by trying to ! “Bc-ratch” the ticket. The polls opened at G o'cloc k and up to msm there had bsen no distuibance anywere. Police i Commissioner Rousovelt and Acting ! Chief Conlin had stated that there was , less colonization this year than ever be- I fore*, but no chances were taken. William C. Whitney voted at 7:30 a. to 11 a j m. He* was the fourteenth to east his ported, j ballot in his precinct. Mr. Whitney tod: but little time in making his selec tions on the: ticket. Mayor Strong voted at the same booth half an hour later, the premration of his ballot occupying about 2 minutes. Police Commissioner Theodore li-xisevelt made brief work of in:<'king and folding bis voting paper at 7:k) a. m. and api>eared in a particularly cheerful mood. Dt'inocrut* In Virginia. Richmond, Nov. G.—The Democratic! ticket will win easily throughout Vir ginia. A light vote ii being cast and there is little enthusiasm shown. The eloudy aud threatenin'' weather has kept many of the voters home. .Specials from Staiint m and Williamsburg say that everything is going Democratic. Heavy Vote In Omaha. Omaha, Nov. G.—Election day dawn ed warm but clouiy. The crowd had jeered by tho time tho polls opened and consnWNi^abl'J interest was manifest ed from the ffi^^^-The attendance in creased as the day a dvaT!6WlW~^I The indi cations are fur tho lull registral ing cast—17,500 votes. On-iit Intercut In Ohio. Columbus, Nov. 5.—The weather is g'jod. Rain is predicted for the after noon. Local interest iu tho state ticket aud in the respective candidates for the United States senate, Brice and Fo- raker, one < f whom is to be elected by the next legislature, has not been great er for many years. Light Vote In Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 5. — Notwith standing the fact that the weather uaU that could be desired, reports from oil over the state indicate that a light votl is being polled aud that but litt.o inter est is being manifested in the election. The polls up ned at 7 a in. and will close at 7 p. m • Salt Lake Chy^ opened at 7:30 % m., Utah. sov. 5.—Th# polls but tho streets ar# muddy from melting snow aud voters were slow in getting out. Tlio weather is bright and pool Voting precincts ore widely scattered, and up to 11 o’olook the voting had not been heavy Merely a Oui-hIIoii of Majority. Pittshuru, Nov 5.—Very little inter est was manifested in tho election here. There are no close contests audit is only a question of the Republican majority. The weather was elear and mild. Up m a very light poll was re- (irncral Uordon at Boston, Nov. G.—General Gordon of Georgia, formerly confederate army, delivered a n. B. of lecture Kentucky’* Eventful Day. Louisville, Nov. 6.—The eventful day in the state’s political history opened with fair and cool weather. In this city there is a voting precinct for each 300 of the 39,000 registered voters, and at nil of these booths from 50 to a 100 men were inline, long before the polls opened. In this city the official ballot fur state and mumeipal officers, con tains 225 names, beginning with four .tes for each of the state offices to MURDERED Man IN BED. teo-oporation between th© American Bap- ^ , r several years been fist Home Mission society and the Home ! Ratified with the “Shari* aud Fiats” Mission board iu instruetinp colored column the Chicago News, and pros- instructing colored first tried. The effort seconded by the Bap- beonle is to lie will be heartily tints in general. A North Carolinian Appoint*#. Washington, Not. 2.—The impor tant legal position of solicitor for th# ite department, which was left yi- int through the resignation of Mr W ». Dabney to accept the chair of law at in^ U , IUV rr ity ° f - , Vir Kinia, has been filled by the president in the appoint ment of Walter Emerson Eaisou of Worth Carolina. To Try Iniuranc* Swindler*. Raleigh, Nov. 1—Governor Carr has ordered a special term of the Jones eouuty superior court to begin Decem ber 9, for the trial of the graveyard insurance eases which were transferred to that county from Carteret county Governor Carr is informed that at least ten days will lie required to try all of the •asee. Fainter Fall and Killed Him**!!, Wilmington. N. C„ Not. 4.- Her.ry W. Wenzell, a German painter, 86 years old, while painting the interior of a akylight in a dry goods store fell 30 feat to the floor and was instantly killed. H® hud been warned that the scaffold ing was insecure. His neck, arm, leg •ad jaw were broken. perity was his. fiv® children. pros- He leaves a widow and Tli* New* Received ut Wuihingtoa. Washington, Nut. 4.—The announce ment of the sudden death of Eugene Field proved a great shock to his nu merous friends here. Mr. Field had visited Washington often, and was known personally by a large number of the public men and newspaper writers of the national capital, by whom he was not only admired for hjs skill as u writer of prose and verse, but highly esteemed for his genial, social qualities. The Kaifter Hus Received No Fropoaal. New York, Nov. 4.—A special to The Herald from Berlin says: With refer ence to the question of Venezuelan arbi tration. it can be stated on .he best of authority that no proposal lias so far been received by the kaiser inviting him to arbitrate tlio dispute between Great Britain and tlio South American repub lics. and Hi* Wife Hud Their Skull* Crushed While Asleep. Baltimore, Nov. G.—Captain Freder ick Lang and his wife were murdered at their home on Franklin avenue, Gar- deuvill, during tho night. Their skulls wen* crushed as they lay in bed, and the house was ransacked. It is sup posed that robbery was the incentive of the double murder. Captain Lang was a Baltimorean. He was about 50 years of age, and wealthy. He owned a great deal of property aside from a number of oyster vessels. Believe In Frotection. London, Nov. 6.—At a meeting of the chamber of agriculture, the Right Hon. J. J. Lowther, Conservative member of parliament for the Isle of Thanet divis ion of Kent, said that the great bulk of the agriculturalists regarded protection as being the only practical means of re storing agricultural prosperity ; but, he added, every one of that opinion had been vigorously excluded from the com mission of agriculture. , camflTfl^^^Thn vote, except for school on “Last l.a/s of the Confederacy” at be ehosefl^Bl^ttt. Fur the offices last Afntcin r Tl»F\ — I x Music Hull. Tho big building wus crowded and tho famous southerner’s remarks were well received. • General Gordon was given a reception by Kins ley Bust G. A. R. after the leeture. Acknowledged Brazil’* Right*. New York. Nov. 6.—The Herald’s correspondent in Rio de Janeiro tele graphs that the British naval command er in Brazilian waters lias been informed that the English government acknowl edges Brazil’s rights in the island of Trinidad. The British fleet has just left Rio de Janeiro for Montevideo. Large Suit* Filed. New Orleans, Nov. G.—Suits have been filed against the New Orleans Brewing association by the State Na- trustees, is s77^H^to|^^ehildreu of named, widows, s*> seh'i> 1 age. are allowed to^WH^Kiliit far as known, the women hav taken advantage of tliis right. The' polls close at 4 o’clock and it will take until nearly midnight to count the vote of a precinct. The saloons are closed ami will remain in that condition until 12 o’clock Wednesday morning. The Vote In N«*hra*l<u. Omaha, Nov. 6. — Throughout tho state election day opened murky and as warm as a July morning, with the exception of the extreme western tier of counties, where a light snow and rain is falling. This condition insures a fair vote nearly all over Nebraska. In the larger cities, where registration is Heavy at Youngstown. Youngstown,O., Nov. 5.—The weath er is (iriight ful here and unusual inter est is shown in tho election, partioulsc- lv by (lie Republicans. Voting began early all oVor the city ami wiU ha heavy. Hard at Work. Bowling Green, Ky., Not. K. — Bright sunshiny weather prevails h®r®. Election is proceeding quietly. Btffe sides are hard at work and th# lorf®rt vote iu years is licing polled. Election On* #ld*d. Jackson, Nov. 5.—The weather k®r® and throughout the state is warm and clear and a heavy vote will be poll®d. The contest is entirely too one uidsd #• cause much interest. Hardin’* Majority tn tlie Rccond I)i*trl*®. Owensboro, Ky , Nov 5—w#ith®r fair ; g»xsl vote being polled. Hardin ^o-ket will get majority of second gv nintv tick®ta in din- aim district trict Democratic. tional bank for $21,000 and by the Met- required, the list is very heavy, repre ropolitan bank for $113,000. In the first renting tlio entire voting population cas<* attachments were issued and in tho is the result of the local issues am: last named ease the receiver is requested. tho appointment of a Died From Fuotlmll lujurl**. Chicago, Nov. 4.—Leonard M. Prince, Second Infantry, United States army, died at the Presbyterian hospital from injuries received in the famous army amt navy football game at Aunapoiis in 1892. Alaska'* First Railroad. Tacoma, Nov. 6.—The steamer City of Topeka, which has just sailed for Alaska, carried a shipment of “T” rails aud fishplates to be used in constructing a railroad in the famous Treadwell mire on Douglass island. The railroad iron came through from Chicago by rail. It is said this will be Alaska’s first railroad. Action of the Sugar Flanter*. New Orleans, Nov. G.—The sugar planters, through Colonel J. D. Hill and other attorneys filed two sugar bounty claim suits in flic United States circuit court under tho agreement with the Washington authorities who will aid in speedy trial and appeal to the supremo court. Howard PletzeP* Remain*. Indianapolis, Nov. 0.—Mrs. Pietzel has requested that the charred bones of her little son, Howard, and the few per sonal effects of his that were found in Holmes’ Irvington deathtrap bo slap ped to her at Gaiva, Ills., where she will bury them. w*m i—■ and will not apply in the rural districts where state candidates are relied on alum* to get out the votes. In the coun try districts the vote will not l>o at all heavy, owing to the absence of interest. Tilt* Voting In Cincinnati. Cincinnati, Nov. G.—The weather is delightfully pleasant. Everything is conducive to comfort for early voters, who flocked in unusual numbers to the polls both iu the city and country. Re ports from voting places at 8 o’clock, both in the city and iu the country} showed an unusually lane vote at that hour. In several places the vote polled at that hour was greater than at any previous election at the same hour. Un usual interest is shown iu the election, and appearances indicate that an unu- sually large per cent of the regutared Hotli Claim Victory. Newark, ()., Nov. 5.—Exceptional interest is taken in the election aud fin® springlike weather is causing a hsivy vote to lx* east. Both rides claim victory. Mor<* Srralciiiog. Inovrox, O., Nov. 5.—Weather clear and cool. Unusual activity at voting places and heavy vote will bo polled but county ticket being liberally scratched. A Large Vote. Findlay, (>., Nov. 5.—The weather is clear and bright, which is bringing out a large vote. Tlio country vote will b® much larger than for two years poet. Coxrjr** Vote at Ma**illoo. Massillon, O., Nov. 5.—The day is flue and a heavy vote is being poll®4. Goxey is likely to S' lire a handcom® vote. Tlii> M|Msii«*lji|il Kivrr C'nmniisaiwa. Si. Ijoum, Nov. 0.—The members of the Mississippi river commission who have charge of the improvement of that part of the river below this city, left hero about noon on the government steamer Mis is.rippi, to make ii.spection of the progress and to look after th* general interests of the commission. Theijr trip will extend to Hem n -lrrnr