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REPORTS FROM
MANY STATES.
Lateet Returoi From tbe
?lectton-Bryan Carries
Nebraska.
<*&B,Y I If (RB A3 ES HIS
MAJORITY Iff ONLY a FHW
STACE3
Wheeling, V> Ve, Now t ?Wewt
?irgteia ate gooe Republican by
18,000 to 16 000. eleotiog Slate, eon
gfaastowaj tad legielat ve ttokete.
mteo. Hew, Now 7 ?State foea for
Bfwae by 2.500 Demoeretto gew
arwov ewd Mograeemeo elected.
w^Pratdttoo, Oal, No? t ?Tbe
McCiolay majority io tbit State it
aaora tbao 40,000.
ItdiMtpolie, Iod, Not 7.?Tbe
ftepoblloeo ploraliiy io I od Um it
aot lata tban 80,000
Proeideoce, R I , Nov 7 ? McKio
My aarrrta Stale by 13 874 plarality.
Boetoo, Not 7 ?The vote of Mas
tttBttttlt, ret a rot baeiof baeo* re*
eerttd frooa every oily and taw a, it
at Mlewt: McKinley 239,405, Bry
aa 160,607.
Deaver, Oal, Now 7 ? Sufficient
twit roe ate io to mow tbtt Bryan'a
praralit]T it about 35,000
HoMtot, Tea. Now 7 ? Democrat
ia majority it fully 176.000 Only
Repoblioan eoogrfteamao io State baa
Swot defeated by Demoertt
Philadelphia. Not 7?Complete bat
aooffioitl return? glee McKioley
887.736 plurality in PenneylTtnit.
Detroit, Now 7?Retarnt from tbe
Rltle op to 10 o'clock tonight give
Prowidett McKinley a plarality of
00,868
White River Junction, Vt , Not 7
?Two baadred and twenty oitiea and
lawM give McKinley 40,603, Brytn
19.401.
Portland. Ore , Nov 7?About one
btlf of tbe total vote of tbe State of
Washington baa been reported and
thowe McKinley 27.481, Bryan 20,
061
Jeckeoovitle, Fla , Not 7?Tbe of
ieiai rttoroe from 388 precioett oat
of 067 ia tbt State received wt> to
eVdtight tonight tbow the Demo
trait* preeidential eleotore received
'11,080 Tttet to tbe Repoblioan elec
tW 0.200
The tame returna give Jetninga
(Dam ) for governor, 19,400 votee to
3 J0O for MaeFarlane, (Rep )
BeJeigb, N 0 , Not 7?North Oar
altaa givee Btyto a majority of aot
MM that 80,000 Tbe nezt dtlega
tiow from tbit State will oootaio
MTta Democrata tod two Repobli
ttwa
Little Rock, Ark. Not 7??hie
8tale giTtt Bryan 60.000 plurality.
Kanaaa City, Mo . Not 7?Mit
totri eleeta twelve Demooratio coo
gretamao, Repoblioaoa two, two oth
era la doubt
Sloai Pall, S. D . Not 7?McKin
ley'e plarality io South Dakota ia
14.000
Helena, Mont.. Not 7 ?Bryan bat
16,000 to 18.000 plurality ia Mao
mart tod tbe Democratic ttttt ticket
it eleeted
Salt Lake. Ultb, Not 7-McKin
ley Harriet atate by 4 600 majority.
>iaocbeeter, N B . Not 7?Mc
Kitlty t majority it about 18.000
New Orleana. La., Not 7?Bryan'e
majority it tbia State ezoeede 30,000
Per go, N D , Not 7?Repoblioan
pltrtlily it tbe State ia about 11,000
New Haven, Conn, Nov 7? Repab
Mean plural,.y ia 28,416
DeeMoioea, la , Not 7? McKin?
ley oarriee Sttte by 87,418 plurality
Topeka, Kan , Not 7?Partial re
ttrta give McKinley plarality of
36,000
Portland, Me, Not 7.?Figoree
from 814 oitiet, townttod plantationa
wivt MeKialey 68,512; Bryan 83,728
To 1008 ttaae towat gave McKinley
70,729; Bryan 28,163
Atlanta, Not 7 Bryan'e majority
ia Ororgia it tboot 40,000
Mottgomery. Alt, Not 7 ?The
Demoarttie majority will ba et leaat
40,000.
NatbTille, Tent, Not 7 ? Bryao
will * ry tbe Sttte by 26.000 to 80,
000 .4m.
Baltimore, Not 7.-With acattered
afweiaeta ia wtrfoat oeeatitt af the
Stale to hear from, Maryland's
"Be Jui
sumt:
plurality for McKinley and Roosevelt
in yeeierday'e contest wee 14,146,
with o probability tbat official count
will twtll the total to 16,000 or more.
Oolombus. 0, Not 7 ?Democratic
8tate Chairman Long bad do at ate ?
ment to give oat tonight Repebli
oeo 8t*te Chairman Dick aaid :
"Unofficial retaroa received from
84 of the 88 ooooties warrant the
elaim of 70,000 for McKinley, and we
elect 17 of 21 member* of congress,
* gain of two."
New York. No? 7 ?Political head
quarters ia this oity sod 8t?te are be?
leg abeodooed, and the campaign of
1900 ia now biatory Ei Got Stone,
who baa bad ebarga of tbe Democratic
tatiottl beadqtartera, ia preparing to re
itrt it Hiseoori. Rapabiioaa leaders of
tatiooal repotatton who bate made
their headquarters bare io tbia city for
a ttmber of weeks pact, are also seat
lenog to their hones ia different sec?
tions of tbe eototry 1
Tbe official retaroa aa reeeifod are
aot materially ebaogiag tbe results,
and MeKialey'e plurality at midaigbt
remains approximately 145,000 io tbe
State. Jobo B Stenebfield. tbe Demo
oratio nominee for governor, rao ahead
af bia party's preeideotiel electors, bat
O'D'alTs plurality still remains about
100.000
Both botaea of tbe State legiclatare
are Reputltcan by t large pltrality.
New York, Not 7 ? Ki Got Stone
of Missouri bad bia atatemeat merle out
early today, io wbiob be reviewed the
eleettoo of yesterday It is aa follows :
??The battle is over Tbe Demo
oratio party of tbe eouotry aeocpta the
reault without eomplaioitg, aa to duty
beuad It signifies bat little now to
aeelys* the ioflueooee aa to tbe cause
tbat brought about the result There
will be t wide divergence of opinion aa
to tbat. Tbia I will say. however,
tbat tbe Democratic party must stand
and will atatd, undismayed io defense
of tbe constitution aod for the preaer
vatioo oo im paired of oar constitution.
A colonial policy would be destructive
of the republio aod we should reust
every effort to establish it I have
alwaya favored tbe aooccatioo, io a
proper way, of the ialaods adjaeeot to
otr eoaat, tut have opposed tbe annex?
ation of a large domaia it the caatern
hemisphere for reasons fully stated dor
iog*the campaign.
"Tbe Dcmooratia party must stand
firm to tbe defense of tbe constitution
while at the same time it should tske
an advanced and progressive position
looking to the development aod proteo
tioo of our maritime aod commercial
interests Tbe Missouri Democratic
platform of 1898 expressed my views
oo the political qaestiooa of tbe day.
These qaestiooa are for future disous
??on, however ; all I say oow is what 1
have said maoy times before, tbat the
Dcmocratio pftny must be affirmative
aod progressive aa well aa aggressiv*.
"Mr Bryao made a great fight. He
is ooc of the most remarkable men of
biatory. He may oever be presided,
but whether io politiets or priests life
00 mat will bold a more eommaodiog,
plate, aod ooos will be capable of ex
erlieg a greater iaiueooc for public
good. May God bless him "
THE NEXT HOUSE.
Washington Nov 7.?Reprcscntstive
Loadeoslager, who is iu charge of the
eaatero headquarters of the Republioao
congressional committee, tooigbt taid
that his returns aod the press dis?
patches indicated that the Republicans
would bavs 203 members ia the next
heuae of. representative!, against 154
for ths oppositiot.
Al the headquarters of ths Demo
oratio eoogressioesl committee, Mr.
Karr, the secretary, daoicd the claims
made by the Republicans to a majority
from 40 te 50 ia the Lcxt hotse. fie
says that the ioformatioo he has re?
ceived makes it eertaio that the Demo?
crats will have at least 166 members,
with ths prospssts of ooc or two more
1 seata which are still io doubt leaviog
ths Rcptbltcaos a msjority oo the face
of present advices
Ohairma* Rioherdsoo rcfossd le give
out aoy atatcmcot oo the general re
salt, msrely seyiog be did not wish to
talk at this time.
Wilmiegtoo. Del. Nov 7 ?A riot
occurred io the 3d diatriet of Wilmiog
loo, which resetted io tbe destruction
of the polling place. The diatriet baa
a large negro vote, aod aa the offiocrs
wars ocarly half a* boar late, io open?
ing ths polls about a hundred negroes
assembled io lias wsitiog to vote. As
ths doors opened ibey sew a white mao,
James MsHogb, who hsd gotten io
ahead of them, et'omptiog to vote.
This isforiaicd them aod, resting in,
thay asesoited MoHugh aod the inspec?
tor. James Dogen euttiog both serious
ly. Policeman Sherry was also sot
is atiemptitg to raaiore order. The
oegrocs dsstrcyad the pollieg booth aod
the rsgistratioe books disappeared io
the melee.
New York. Not 7 -All tbe large
sagar raflaitg companies base made a
rsdtetiot of 15 per eett it til gradea
ef rslttd sugar.
hum
?t and Fear not?Let all the Ends thou j
ER. S. 0.. WEDNESD
, In Bryan's State.
Result Still in Doubt?Fusion
Legislature Seems Likely.
Lincoln, Neb, No? 7 ?Demoeratio
National Committeeman Dahlnso this
aftsroooo stated that lbs Nebraska
legislature will be fosioo by 11 major?
ity ; that the fusion State ticket is
slsotrd by shoot 6,000 majority, asd
that Bryao electors win by 15.000 Rs?
publioeos are inclined to oooosds the
legislature on the faoe of the present
returns, hat allege fraud in Douglass
oonotry and Omaha and will oontest.
So far the returns show geios io the
legislature of 16 members for the fo
sionists over two years ago.
Omaha, Not 7 ?Election returns in
Nebraska are so olose ss to he watched
keenly. Chairman Lindsay for the Re
pobiioaos elaims tonight that McKinley
earriea the State by 7.000 or more,
the Repoblieao State ticket wioe by
5,000to 7,000snd that the Republicans
hats a majority of 17 io the legislators
Against this the Demoorats elaim
Bryao sarried the State, though hy s
osrrow margio ; that fosioo has a safe
workisg msjority io Ihe legislators,
sod that tho fosioo Stats officers ars
eleetsd hy 8,000 to 5,000. The legis
latore will be io doobt ootil oomplete
returns are in Indications are that it
will he fosioo by a small msjority.
Both ptrtiss are olaimiog to lead oo
joiot ballot.
Hanoa's Statement,
Cleveland, O.. Nov 7,?Senator
Haona this svening gavs The Asso?
ciated Press the following statement on
the resolt of yesterday's election :
"The resolt is mors than satisfactory.
It eipresses s continued eoondeooe in
ths administration and the party whioh
is osrtaioly gratifying to all republicans
and friends of this administration. I)
assures the continuance of present pros*
psroos sooditioo. It is s triomph of
ths priooiples of good government over
Brysnism, whioh is ths prod not of s
eombtoetion of elements of irrespoosibil?
ity, instability snd ino?mpetenoy. It
strsngthens the very foundations of the
government It. is a reboke of tho
demagogoory of the osmpaigo of the
opposition, and s olear, eool diagnosis
of a situation whioh was for a time
clouded by tbeir methods of evasion
and misrepresentation Above all it
gives to every American absolute ooofi
denee io the good jodgmeot of the
people sod their resdioess snd sbility
to protest their own ioterests by decid?
ing sright those greet questions wbiob
of necessity come.up io s goveroment
by the people. |
"While In the main oor predictions
hsve been fulfilled, I msy say that in
many eases oor expectations have been
exceeded. As yet final results cannot,
of ottirse. be koowo, bot some of the
States whish wers considered doubtful
ars sorsly republican snd some whioh
seemed safely demooratio ere doobtfol,
with possibility of bsiog republican
M A Haooa."
How 8enate Will Stand.
Wsabiogtoo, Nov 7.?The next sen?
ate sssomiog tbst ths State legislatures
will folfill tbeir doty and shoose senators
to rspresent their States will stand, on
the basis of yesterday's eleetioo, 49
republicans, 27 democrats and 9 inde?
pendents, with the legislatures io doobt
io ihrss States with ths privilege of
eleetisg five senators at this time The
legislators io doobt are Delaware aod
Nebraska io eaoh of which States two
seostore are to beoboseo sod Idaho with
ooe senatorial ehair to be filled.
THE ILLINOIS VOTE.
Chiesgo, Not 8?Complete oooffioial
retorns from the State show the total
vote for president to have been : Mc?
Kinley 593.028; Bryan 497.980
Plureli.y 95,098 The plurality of
ITaies (Rep) for governor is 65,114 .
Finley Brown, a 12 year old Charles*
loo lad, was plaeed in a dry swimming
pool at the Porter seademy ss s joke by
his seboolmates aod left to olimb out as
beetbeoould. Io bis eftorte to do so
y> sustained internal iojuries. froi
wbieh be sobseqoeotly died. The little
fellow was loyal* to his frieods and
refused to the last to reveal their oames,
saying that tbey were setiog io a spirit
of foo and should oot be blamed for
their accident.
NORTH CAROLINA S SEN?
ATOR.
Raleigh. NC, Nov 6 ? Speeial
Dispatches to Norniog Pest at 11.30
assoae Cbsirmao Simmons' nomination
st ths State primary for 8enator hy 50,?
000 majority #or more over Joliao S.
Csrr Mr Simmoos said at 11 o'clock
tooight that he hoped to get 58,000,
the majority whioh Ayeoek got for
Ooveroor at the Aogost eleetioo, ooder
Simmons's management. Ths ehsnees
are he will get it.
txnh
klms't at, be thy Country's, thy Qod'a li
AY. NOVEMBER 14.
What the Kepublians Claim.
Declare Both Kentucky and
Nebraska Went for Mc?
Kinley.
Near York, Not. 8.?As a resolt
of messsges received at Republican
nttiootl headquarters today by Na
tiooal Committeemeo J E Mauley
and N B. Soott from doubtful points,
Mr Manley gave out the following
statement:
"Foil returns today leave the situa?
tion ae it was yesterday We have
won by 808 electoral votes We
have carried every northero State,
bat Colorado, Nevada aod Montana
with ten votes We have carried
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware aod
West Virginia. As we predicted
daring the entire campaign they are
attempting to rob as of the electoral
votes in Kentucky ander the power
of the Qoebel law. If tbey succeed
we shall have 195 electoral votes
Oor candidate for governor wires
that we have carried Kentucky for
the electoral ticket and elected him
by over 7,000 majority The time
has come when the American people
ought to insist st wbstever cost that
the votes sbsll be counted ss tbey
were honestly cast"
Senator Scott in answer to tele?
grams inquiring an to the resolt in
Nebraska, received the following
dispatoh from E Roaewater, mem
ber of the national advisory com
mittee, who ie s candidate for thr
Uoited States senstorsbip from
Nebraska:
"Returns from the rural districts
incomplete but no doobt whatever
that McKinley carries Nebraska by
not less tbsn 3,000 Governorship
close bat the prospects fsvor Re
publics as. Both booses of legists
tare will be Republican by small
msjority *
NO DOUBT ABOUT KENTUCKY.
Louis rille,Ky, Nov 8.?With returns
from all but 30 out of 1,884 preoioots I
,in Kentucky, tbe Courier Jonmal
puts Bryan's majority at 8,000 and
Beokbam's at 5,000. Ths missing
preoiootu have been tsksn into aooooot
in this result. Tbe republicans now
claim that majorities Will be shown for
MoKinloy aod Yorkes when the return
iog board oanvasses tbe vote at Frank?
fort, whioh it will do three weeks from
eleotioo day. The roturniog board is
demoeratio sod tbe legislature is also
demooreiio. Ex Got Jas B MoCrary,
who mat aged tbe demoeratio campaign,
tonight closed the headquarters and will
tomorrow return to his home at Rich?
mond. He said tonight that be bad
beard from campaign ohairmeo in
every ccuoty in the State, and that
with all of the republican claims in the
eleventh district, he plseed tbe majori?
ties of Bryan and Bsokbam respectively
at 8.000 at 5,000.
Tbe Louisville Commeroial, republi?
can, will tomorrow say tbe eleotioo is
"very olese." It will not eonoede the
defest of Yerkee aod tbe MeKioley
sleotors snd will say that the official
oouot ooly oan determine tbe result.
KENTUCKY'S UNOFFCIAL RE?
TURNS.
Louisville, Ky., Nov. 9.?Witb
unofficial returns from every precinct
in Kentucky, the Courier-Journal
pats Bryan's majority st 7,635 and
Beckhsm's at 4,110 The county
boards canvassed the returns in every
county in the Stste todsy. aod 50
oat of the 119 from whioh official re
tarns have been received tonight did
not materially change the majoritiee
dtated There is no doobt that the
foil official retaroe will vsry some
what from the ooofficia! 6gores It
is hsrdly possible thst tbe majoritiee
of 7,635 and 4,110 will be wiped out,
however, unless the unexpected shall
happen in the counties where tbe
official returns are not in
BRYAN CLAIMS NEBRASKA.
Chioago, Nov 8 ?A telegram was
reoeived at Demoeratio natiooal head?
quarters today from W. J. Bryao, stat
iog that tbe Democratic national tioket
earried Nebraska by a majority of 2,000
and tbe State ticket by 4,000 aod that
tbe next legislature will be Demooratio.
McKinley Carried Nebraska
Omans, Nov. 9 ?Almost complete
retoros give MeKioley a plurality io
Nebraska of over 6,000 Tbe Re?
publican State ticket is apparently
elected by from 1,500 to 2,000. Tbe
Republicans elect congressmen in
the First snd 8eoond districts, the
fusionists in the Third. Fourth, Fifth
snd Sixth districts. Tbe legislsture,
the returnn on whioh are not yet re
turned, wilt probably stand :
Senate?Kepublicans, 16 ; Fosioo
isls, 16 ; vacant, 1
House ?llepublicsns, 51 : Fusion?
ists, 49
andlTrutb's."
thi \
1900. Ne?
Why the Republicans Won.
Mr Bryan Makes a State?
ment Concerning Election
Result.
Liooolo, Neb, No? 8.?Wm J.
Bryan tonight gate oat the following
statement ooooerniog the election :
"The result was a surprise to me,
and the magnitude of the Republicans!
viotory was a surprise to our opponents
as well as to those who voted our ticket.
It is impossible to aoelyte the returns
uotil they are more oomplate, but
speaking generally, we seem to have
gained in the large cities aod to bare
lost in thn smaller cities aod in the
country
??The He publican a were able to
secure tickets or passes for all their
voters who were away from borne, and
this pave them considerable advantage
We have no way of knowing at this
time bow much money was speot io the
porohase of votes aod in eolooiiatioo
But while these would aeooant for some
of the Republican gains, tbey could
not aeooont for the widespread tooresee
in the Republican vote The prosper?
ity argument was probably the m^et
poteot one used by the Repoblieaoa.
They oompared present oonditiona with
the paoie times of 1898 to 1896 and
this argumeot had weight with those
who did oot stop to ooosider the reasoos
for the change. The appeal, 'Stand'
by the president while the war is on,
had a great deal of influence amoog
those who did not realise that a war
against a dootrico of self government
in the Philippines must react upon us
in this oouotry. We made an booest
fight upon an honest platform, and
having done our duty as we saw it, we
have nothing to regret.
"We are defeated but not dis
ooorsged The fight must go on I am
sure that Republican policies will be re?
pudiated by the people wbeo the ten?
dency of these polioies are folly under?
stood. The contest between plutocracy
and democraoy oaouot end until
ooe or the other is completely triumph?
ant m
Concerning himself Mr Bryan said :
"I have come oat of the esmpaigo
with perfect, health aod a dear con?
science. I did my most to bring eao
oess to the principles for which I stood.
Mr Stevenson did all that he could i
Senator Jones aod the members of the
Democratic, PoDulist. Silver Republi?
cans and Anti Imperialism committees
did all tbey could* Mr Hearst aod bis
associates in the olub organisation put
forth their best efforts. Our oewspa
pers, our oampaigu speakers aod our
j local organisation did their part also.
I have do fault to find aod no re
I proaohes. I shall eootioue to take ao
active interest io politios as long ss I
live. I believe it to be the duty of
ottiieos to do so, and io addition to my
ioterest as a tillste, I feel that it will
require a life time of work to repay the
political friends who have done so muob
for me. I shall oot be a senatorial
candidate before the legislature whioh
has been elected. Senator Allen de
serves the senatorship which goes to
the Populists. Mr Hitoboook aod Mr
W H Thompson are avowed candi?
dates for the other senatorship. Tbey
both deserve well of the party, aod I
am tqo grateful to tbem for past sup
port to stand in their wsy even if I
desired a seat in the seoate."
Mr Bryan said be had no other plans
at prseot than to remaio at borne uotil
be bad recovered from the fatigue of
campaigning He denied the report
that be would remove from Nebraska
and make Texas his home.
That Pendulum*Didn't SwiDg.
Democrats were banking heavily
upon the long established precedent
that New York's vote swinge like a
pendulum between the two parties in
alternate campaigns, and that Indiana
has always gone the same way. It
was shown that for many campaigns
this had been an unfailing rule, and
it was now democracy's turn to have
the pendulum swing its way.
But the peddulum didn't owing
For the first time einoe 1864 the
role has failed, and for the first time
in all these years the republicans
have carried New York in two euo
cesaive preeidentfal campaigns The
following table from the New York
World shows the pluralities in New
York State and the oK oity, now
Manhattan and Bronx Borougbe, in
each of the last eleven presidential
yeara :
State City
plurality. plurality.
1856, R 80.128 D 24.142
1860, R 50,136 D 29,008
1864, R 6,749 D 37,227
1808, D 10 000 D 69,160
1872, R 53,456 D 23,147
1876, D 82,742 D 53,682
1880, R 6,862 D 41,283
1884, D 1,074 D 43,127
1888, R 14,373 D 65,815
1892, D 45,518 D 76,300
1896, R 268,469 R 21,000
In 1892 Mr Cleveland's plurality in
the preaent territory of Greater New
York was 111,477 Io 1896 McKin
ley's plurality la the same territory
was 62,000.
ron.
rRUE SOUTHRON. ?ataSllebtd Jone ]?66
r Series?ToL XX. No. 16
Republicans of
Kentucky Contest
Charge the Democrats With
Fraud all Over the State.
Louisville, Ky., Ncr >Q.?Republi
cso Chairman Lsslis Combe anoouooed
bis purpose today to ooateet the electo?
ral ?ote of ths 8tate aod to see that
congressional contests srs iostituted bj
ths defsated candidate* is> the Third,
Ninth aod Testh districts
Mr. Combs aaid : "There is no ques?
tion that Yerkes sarried the State by s
substantial plurality of votes oast. It
will take the otLoial ooox?! t* ehcw bow
maoy ballots we.e not eoaoted by tbe
prearranged plans of tbe Deseoorsts to
reduce the Yerkes sots- Wbeo it is
realised that 10 votss to the precinct
makes over 19,000 votes io tbe Stats
it oao readily be seen that this number
of votes oonld bsvs been seised by ths
Democratic party to eaeb preeinot with?
out affeeting publio opinion hy the open
ruffianism and disregard of appearaooes
whioh controlled their action to 1899.
Tbe thefts of this year are, io my opin?
ion, greater than last year. I desire
to make oo fictitious contests, hot if ths
fsots are now as we believe we will eon*
j ten tbe eleotorsl vote of the State of
Kentucky "
Un conquered Boers
London, Nov 9?Lord Roberts, tele?
graphic? from Johannesburg under
date of Nov 8, gives details pf the de?
feat of the Boers near Bothaville. and
adds to the fasts already known the
following :
"Col Le Gallais was heavily encaged
for five hours with 1,000 Boers. Knot
reioforoed De Gallais aod completely
defeated the Boers Dewet aod Steyn.
with the Boer's, left in great baste and
were pursued some miles to tbe
southeast. Tbe eoemy broke up to
small parties La Geltaie was amoog -
tbe killed 8tsyn'e secretary. Devisl
liers, was wounded and captured
Lord Roberts also reports a number
of small affairs, tbe moot important of
whioh was an engagement fought Nov
6 by Smith Dornen, sooth of Da! min
otha, whieb resulted in the Biers
being driven to tbe east of Komatt
river.
THE L03bES ON BOTH SIDES.
Botbaville, Nov 9 ?There has been
heavy 6ghtiog siooe Nov 6. resulting
in tbe defeat of tbe Boers, who lost 23
killed, 20 wouodod aod 100 taken pris?
oners Seven of tboir gnus were also
capturod
The British lost 3 oflhere and 4 men
killed. ?
MAILS IN THE PHILIP
PINES.
Washington, Nov 9?Recent develop?
ments in the postal eerviee io the
Philippines are reported by Direotor
General of Posts Yaille in oommuuioa
lions just received by the post office de?
partment. Regarding ?he oeosorship of
tbe mails the direotor general says Gen
MaeArthor is folly io aooord with him
oo his eooteotioo that poetal oeosorship
shall be resorted tu only in oaso of ab?
solute necessity He eaye there has
beeo aod will be oo f riot ion between
tbe postal aod military antboritieso o
this questioo. He reeogoiies, however,
that occasions may arise where censor
ship is absolutely neoessary and has
given iostrootioos that cftieers of ths
postal servioe shall in every way assist
the military
Hester's Cotton Statement.
New Orleans, Nov. 9 ?Secretary
Hester's weekly New Orleans cotton
exchange ststemeot shows an in?
crease in tbe movements into eight
compared with tbe seven days ending
this data last year in roond figurea of
32,000 For tbe nine days or No?
vember the totals show ao increase
over last year of 60,000 For the 70
days of tbe seseon that have elapsed
the aggregate is ahead of the 70 days
of laat year 240,000
Tbe amount brought into sight dur?
ing the psst week bss been 416,194,
against 384,165 for the seven days
ending November 9th isst year.
These make the total movement for
the 70 days from September let to
date 3,586,734, against 3,346,900 last
year The movemeot since Septem?
ber 1st shows receipts at all United
States]ports 2,518,599, against 2,219,.
015 last year, overlsod aoross the
Mississippi, Ohio sod Potomso rivers
to northern mills snd Csnsds 280,
133, against 281,015 last year Into*
rior stocks in excess of those held at
the close of the commercial year 473,
662, against 420.282 last year.
Soothern mill takings 314,340,against
326,486 last year, 284.488 year before
last
- mm - ? ? ? mum -
If Mark Hanoa has say of that
jampaigo food left be oogbt to divide
it smong Whartoo Barker, Mr
Debs sod ths othsr figure bead caodi
Utes who were roeeiog ts help MoKia*
ey.?W timing tos Star.