HOW THE STATES WENT Elections Held in Fortystwo Commonwealths, r——— THE INTEREST INTENSE. Rough-Rider Roosevelt Wins ln New York by a Large Majority—~Maryland Delegn- tion Split-Democrats Sweep North Carolina-Ohlo Stands by the Fres- ident. ——— * Elections were held Tuesday in 42 States, either for members of the Leglisiature, for Congressmen, or for State officers, siugly or in combinations, the voting in some States being for Governor, General Assem- bly and Representatives in Congress; in others for minor State officers, General As. sembly and Congress; iu still others for Congress alone, The States holding elections in one form or another were Alabama, Arkansas, Call. fornia, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Flordis, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indianh, Iows, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mary- land, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohlo, Penngylvania, Rhbnde Island, South Caro- lina, Bouth Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. officers were ballotted for in California, Col- orado, Connecticut, Idaho, Indiana, Kansag, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jer- sey, New York, Nevada, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Illinois, Towa, Florida, Delaware, Mis- sourl, Moatana, Ohio, Utah and Washington elected one or more minor State officers Treasurer, Auditor or Justice of the Su- prema Court. Twenty-three States elected Legislatures, which will be called upon to choose United States Senators, loss of two Republican members of Con- gress, Col, John Walter Smith carried the First district over Col. Wilbur F. Jackson, and Mr, James W, Denny defeated Hon. W. W. Meclaotire in the Fourth distriet. Col. ‘Smith's majority will be between 500 and 1,000. In the Second distriet, Hon, William B. Baker has been re.slected by a small majority. Ian the Fitlh district Hon. Syd- ney E. Mudd has been re-slected with yotes to spare. Col, George A. Pearre carries the Sixth district by a big majority, of some thing in the neighborhood of 4,000. There Mr. Baker lost his own couuly by 95 votes, The independent candidates in the First and Fifth districts did not cut much of a figure, The probibition vote was not large. Richard Croker, the Tammany chieftain, takes a politician who seeks a vindieation, by Colonel Theodore Roosevait, plurality will probably be about 20,000. The New York legisiature is reasonably certain to be Republican, which means the tor to succeed Senator Murphy. Contrary to predictions, there was neo trouble in North Carolina, The negroes were apparently intimidated, and many of them stayed away from tbe polls. The Democrats claim at least six out of nine distriets, aod on joint ballot the legislature will be Democratic by two-thirds majority. DELAWARE. Returns from the State indicate that the lepublieans have elected their State, Con- gressional and legislative tickets, This es- timate, if verified by the full returns, iadi- cates the election of a Republican successor to United States Senator Gray and a gain of one Republican Congressman, FLORIDA. The vole is from 10 to 20 per cont. lighter for both parties than in 1886, The whole Democratic ticket is elected. The Heht vote 1s due to the feeble resistance offered. The constitutional smendment requiring that bonds of State officers be io sound surety and guarantee companies was carried over- wheimingly. The Republicans and Popu- lists will not elect altogether over flve memnm- bers of the Legisiature, if that macy. GEORGIA, Littie interest was manifested in the elee- gation to Congress being a Ioregons con- clusion, INDIANA, have carried the city and county, The Republican chaitman makes the same claim for bis side, OHIO Iacomplete r-turos indicate that the Re publican piuraity on the Siate ticket will exces ] the plurality of 51,010 for McKinley for President, in 1896, and probably double the plurality of 28,105 for Bashaell, for Governor, last year, The Republicans elect 15 of the 23 Congressmen, aod four disteiots are carried Ly thé Democrats, Two districts ~the Third and thé Twellth—sare Jin doult, present delegation in Congress Is 15 and 6, PEXNSYLVANIA. Pennsyivaniu returns are slow and in some instances unsatisfactory. An estimate tased on the returns of the couutios heard From indicate the election of Stone by «a plurality Which may exceed 125000, Stone may have 75,000 pluraity in Pofladelphia county alone, Enough is known, however, to indicate that Wm, A, Stone (Rep.)ds elected Gov. ernor by a la ge plurality, The vote of Dr. Swallow in the Steie will probmbly be under that of Jast year, when he received 118,960 for Btate treasurer, KENTUCKY, Election day was cloudy and chilly all over the State, Tho prevailing weather pervaded the members of both parties, re- suited in the polling of a small vote all over the State, In Loulsville alone the vote was about 10,000 skort of the registration, The most conservative estimates give the Repub. licans 4 ont of 11 Congressmen, with a pose sibility of 5, ‘ . . ASSACHUSE After a canvass without Btate Issues, and confined almost ontireiy to four Congres- SOR sional districts and a few local districts, the Republicans have again carried Massachu- sets and elected Roger Wolcott Governor for the fourth time, as * well as the entire State ticket by u safe majority,” Governor Woleott's plurality over A. IL Brace, his Democratic opponent, will be about 70,000 or 15,0 0 less than his lead last year, LOUISIANA. The weather was sultry and cloudy in South Louisiana aud cool and clear io North, There was scarcely avy Interest in the elec- tion. Bix Democratic Congressmen were elected, the opposition bLelng simply nom- inal, IOWA. Sixty precincts In Iowa give Dobson 7,8.7; Porter 4,555. The Democratic State Central Committee gave out the following statement: “We concede the State to the Republieacs by 25,00. We have elected Weaver in the Sixth district Ly 1,000 to 1,200, There are insufficient reports fio from the other dis- tricts on which to base a statement." KANBAS, Only a small portion of the State has been heard from. Half a dczen Congressional tickets are in the fleld, and it will be several days before the resuit is known, At miduight Chairman Albaugh, of the Republican State Committee, claimed the state for Stanley, Republican, for Governor, by 5,00, apd Chairman Riddle, of the Fusion Committee, claimed the State for Leedy, Fusion, by 11,000, ALABAMA. A small vote was polled, There was little Interest feit except in the two doubtful Con- gressional districts—the Fourth and Seventh, where the vote was heavy, The Democrats, however, had a walkover ia all the districts, ARKANSAS, The weather throughout Arkansas was generally fair and conditions were favoratie for election day, Outside of the Fifth district there was no interest in the election, the Deémcerats curing a victory in every case, CALIFORNIA. Gage, Republican, has beén elected by a plurality of not less than 5,000, The Repub- lican State Central Committes claims all seven Congressmen, sod. also the Legisla- tare, but it is probable that the Democrats will secure Congressmen from the Second aod Fourth districts, Sire | COLORADO, | Returns from a few of the 1,280 precinets | indicate that Thomas (Fusion) in elected over Wolcott by 29.000 to 40,00), | CONNECTICUT. {| The result of the election was & general | victory for the Republican ticket, Complete | returns from 165 towns of the 168 in the | State gave Lounsbury (Rep.) 74.057; Morgan {(D.), 58,406. The same towns iu 1596, gave { Cooke (R.), 100,999; Sergent (D,), 51,808, i The majorities of the candidates on the State ticket will average fully 15,000, MICHIGAN. Two hundred and seventeen precincts in | the Hiate give Piagree, Rap, 30.47%; Whit. | ing, 22,634. | Secretary Sherman, of the Republican State Central Comimitiee, claims Plogree | will carry the State by 97,000, { The Legilsiature will have a Republican { mmjority, but whether Plogree or act. { taxation Issue is yet undetermined. i o— i i ILLINOIS, : | Indieations are that the Ripublicans have | elected the entire State tioket. The Demc- | crats in many counties bave shown gains | over the vote of 1896, and they have appar ently secured several Cougressmen in Cook county, and some outside of it, NORTH CAROLINA. Returns indicate the Democrats have ear ried First, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh { and Ninth, Atwater, Populist, indorsed by | Democrate, is probably elected in the : Fourth, Legislature Democratic in both branches by two-thirds majority. Demoecratie judi cial ticket elected by 20,000, NEW JERSEY. iNew Jersey haa been carried by the Re. publicans, and Foster M. Voorhees, the He- publican candidate, is elected Governor by | about 12,000 plurality. Essex county, which { was concedediy the fighting ground of both | parties, has gone Republican by about 5,000, i and both houses of the Legislature will Le { Republican, : i MISSISSIPPI The weather in Mississippi was clear and pleasant. A Jight vote was polied, The | Demoerata elected thelr entire ticket, MISSOURI. The vote progressed rapidly and quietly, The Domoerats probably elected the county ticket, though the Republicans claim an jo. | creased vote over the inst election sud a i portion of the ticket. A State Democratic vietory Is assured, Tbe election of the Republican city ticket by 5,000 plurality is conceded, RHODE ISLAND, The voting was light throughout the State 4s the election of both Ropublican ecandi- dates for Congress was a foregone conclu sion. The revised constitution has probably been rejected, Twenty-three precincts in the Firat Con- gressionai District gave Bull, Republican, 4,610. Hogan, Demoerst, 1,016. Fifty-three precincts in Becond Cougressional Distriet, gave Capron, Rovublican, 6,717; Carvin, Democrat, 4,140, Ts AC r—— BOUTRH CAROLINA. The Demotratio State ticket was slected without opposition, A very light vote was oust, SOUTH DAKOTA. Weather over the Btate was ¢old and dis agreeable, but an average vote was polled, Tae Fusionists have practically elected their Janse and Congressional ticket, TENNESSEE, Reports received [from varlous sections says the vote is light aud without excite. ment, The Democrats claim that they will earry eight of the Congressional districts, The others will certainly go Republican, MeMillin carries Nashville by over 2,000, It was Republican in 1808. The Democratio Campaign Committes claim MeMillin's elec tion by 20,000, The vote over the State was po ie Kapubtican. decrvtve Wola hy - a THE NEXT CONGRESS, Probable complexion of the House of Repre- sentatives after March 4, 1809, as indicated by the election returns: Dam, or Doubt. ep. Fusion, ful. en N a. 6 Btntee, Alabama Arkansas . California Colorado 6 . ee 2 . 4 as s Delaware. 3 . .s Florida Georgla Idaho, Illinois Indiana Town, . Kansas... ....., Kentueky, Louisiana, . Maine, Vine Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan . Minnesota . Misstasippi Missouri Montana, Nebraska Nevada. Cis eies New Hampshire, ... .. New Jersey. New York . North Carolina... North Dakota, . .. Ohlo Oregon, asda Pepnsylvanin, Rhoda Island South Carolina, Bouth Dakota Tennesse Texus Utah Vermont Virginia , Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming, Totals, 12 Arparent Republican majority 7. Rapublican majority in present House, Democratic and Fusionist gain, 49, 180 165 56, SENATE AFTER MARCH 4. ' ip STN cated by the election Niatos, Alabama Arkansas Callfornia Colorado , Connectient, Delaware Florida Georgia | Idaho, lilinols Indiana Inwa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana . Maine Maryiand a Massachusetts | Michigan Miopeanta Missigsippt Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New York . North Carolina. . North Dakota. Oho Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina. South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Yermont, Virginia Washington a West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming i o¢ that body ns fndi refurng: Rep. Dem. Pop. 8. Rep. Total be 28 4 Repubiican majority, 18, Majority of Democrats present Senate, 3, Republican gain, 21. 4 and Fasionist Track Improvements. Though the roarts and the fAnanclers are discussing the Baltimore & Ohio reorganiza- tion, the work of rehabilitating the property goes merrily on. The maintenance of way department reported recently that sises March 1st, 1808, to Jaly 1st, 1898, thers had been iaid, east of the Oblo river, 51.932 tons of 85-pound steel rail or nearly 400 miles, There are still about 6,000 tons to be deliv- ered by the masufactorers, The tracks have been further Improved by the purchase of 2.501.472 eros ties and 654,112 cuble yards of stone ballast. The Baltimore & Oblo Souuthwestern has begun its proposed seties of improvements by be. ginning the laying of 5,000 tous of 85.pound steel rail between Chillicothe, Ohio, snd Parkersburg, W, Va, FIELD OF L.ABOK. Thera Is a stoneware trust, Detver hins a Inundry trust, Eaglaosd bas elaven distilleries, America bas 50,000 acres of hops, New York policemen wenr non-union hints, Loudon, struck, Tinplate workers at Atlanta, Ind., struck against a cut in wages, Girls smploysd In an oatmeal Cedar Raphids, Iowa, won a strike, Brockton Lasters Union admitted to mem- bership 78 men at a recent meeting. Beven dollars a thousand was the prices paid by a Tacoma company for a raft of flooring logs the other day. Canada, street ear workers mill at is assessed on the company permitting col- ored people to ride in the sleepers, Indianapolis painters were locked out be. cause they boycotted a firm whieh employ- ed men who owed the union money, They get 25 conts an hour, Loudon has taken up the experiment of municipal rallroads, The South London tramways bhava been bought by the County Connell for $4,250,000, The famous Federal Labor Union, of Kaue, Pa., has gona nto polities to the ex. tent of geting all the labor organizations in MeKean County united on a labor tioket in the Blats cam paigy, The eighteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor will bs held at Kansas City, Mo., December 13. The Knights of Labor will meet at Chicago on November 15, The third of the series of conferences are ranged by the Journeymen Bakers and Cone foctioners’ International. Union for the shorter workday movement in 1800 was held Inst week, : A movement bas been insugurated In Plitsburg by trainmen in the interest of bet. ter wages, The demand has beon placed In tha hands of a grievance committes and be presented to railroad officials, P, M, Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of Loco motive ors, says that his organization is not In in the movement, : “ Ci Fighting and Bloodshed in Wilmington, N, C. CITY OFFICIALS RESIGN. The OMco of the MRecord, the Negro Newspaper, Ramsacked by the Whites and the Bullding Barned-—-Three White Men Wounded, One of Them Seriously Fanle Among the Negroes. Wilmington, N. C. (Special, )—Thursday Wud a turbulent day fudeed in Wilmington, Race war and revolution beld bighk carn! val, Early In the morning a tody of fully 1,000 representative white men destroyed the office, buliding, and pliant of the negro daily, the Record, and would bave lynched the editor, bad it not been that the latter had previously left the city, A few hours later a fight arose between white guards, by whom every block inhabited Ly white peo- ple was being patrolled, and a mob of sev eral hundred negroes. Bix negroes were killed nod several white men wounded, Mayor B. P. Wright, Chief of Police J. C. Melton, and the Board of Aldermen, became terrorized and resigned. Under the dirset- ion of a eltizens’ committees successors were slected, 80 that now ex-Congressman A, M. Waddell Is Mayor, Edgar GG. Parmales Chief of Police, and a new Board of Alder. men bas assumed the reins of government, Pence and order have restored, and 500 special policemen many mounted, and basn 500 armed citizens and military from Fayet- teville, Kinston, Goldsboro, and elsewhere, are here to help maini(ain order, The committes of twenty-five man repre- senting the mass-meotiog of white citizens in the execution of the provisions of the res- oiutions adopted Wednsaday, demandiog the departure Editor Manly from the city and the removal of the Record plant, wasto have received a definite answer thelr demands by representative negroes at 7.80 8, wv. Thursday. Chairman A. M. Wad. dell was to report the answer to the white eltizens In front of the Wiimisgton Light Io- fsntry Armory at 8 o'clock, Wrecked a Newspaper Plant. At ths appoioted hour more than 500 de. termined white clu comprising mer. chants, iawyers, preachers, do i wall armed with guns and revolvers, gathered at the corner and Col. Waddie re. ported that he bad no answer from the negroes. They waited at the armory un- til simost § o'clock hoping that Answer | complying with their demand would be re- ceived, but none came, ol 10 Tens, Mors, received an The men formed in line, { i started on the ur abreast, and march to the Record office In i 8 thiekiy-popuisied negro settioment, As the long column of armed ithe wiciclhty, great crowds of ! women, and children, fled this way and tha | ia a perlest frenzy, and very soon scarcely | one was ia sight soywhere When the column reached the i two-story frame structure, | baited, aod several adeanesd to It was Jooked., A men negroes, men, the men were the door. few Liows by sta { men forced it opes, and about twenty pe ple entered. Within a very low misutes the { whole plant was wrecked, and the brokea The windows As the ume ssed into the streer, the street, of the house were broken erous fragments were t aud the people recognized what they were, exuitant shouts went up. Yet with ail rerrarkable demonstration of It was when a | long sign, the Record Publishing Compasy, was cast into the street, that groalest up. A beaver bat was thrown out and quickly torn in pieces, | As was a crayon likenoss of Editor Manily, Baliding Set Afire and Burned Whoa the wrecking was about i it beoame evident that the fire. Spoke wae rising windows, There were shouts of indignation aud commands extinguish the flames, Put the fire spread quickly, so that the fire department had to be called out. As the engines and hose reels dashed upon the scene, several rounds were flred by the men who were lined for more than two ; #quares either way, The department quick- ly bad the fire under control, Lut not ba fore the building was a total wreck, and prevented the spread of the Names to adja- oent buildings. Conservative men very much regret tho fire, sot only because it was entirely une pocestary, but because it endaosgersd a great deal of other property as well, As s00n as it was apparent that the fire was under control the people iaft the scene , and dispersed through ths city, many of them golag on guard duly on their various All was quiet until wild rumors, inet, were carried to the negroes, more than 500 of whom were at work iu the cotton compress, They were told that thelr homes were belug Lurned out, They rushed peil moll from thelr work. However, by the hervie efforts of Messrs, James and W. H. Sprunt, the pro- 3 ous. it the eomplete buliding was on out of the upper to up their homes lo small squads, Fatal Rioting in the First Ward. About the tims the trouble at the com- from the First Ward, over the ralirosd, that a riot was in progress there, Large num- bers of armed men boarded the street car or ran on foot to the scene, corner of Fourth and Harnett streets, It was about 11.70 o'clock when they reached the scone. Four negroes had ais ready been killed and fully twenty wounded, One highly esteemed young white man, William Mayo, wae seriously wounded, and two others, George Piuer und a Mr. Chads wick, ware slighly wounded. What gate rise to the trouble was that white guards, who were on duty on the corner of Fourth and Harpett streets, balted a sumber of negroes who manifested a threatening alr, All of them save one heeded the advices of the guards to disperse, Heo finally turned as though to move away, and suddenly wheeled about and fired at the squad of guards, Very quickly several rifle balls crashed through bis body, killing bim instantly, The ball fired by the negro took effect in Wiiliem Piner's arm. The negroes in sight quickie darted around corners, and (n a few moments one of them fired a Winchester rifle from beirind n fence, seriously wounding William Mayo, now of Yonkers, N. Y,, who was standing on the pinzea of his father's residence. Mr, Mayo was hero to vote and would have returned Within ten mioutes bis body was riddled with bullets, Mob Fired on and Four Killed. A large mob of negroes assembled about a square away, and re-enforeements for the white men baviog arrived, a volley wus fired upon them, killing four and wounding oth- ers, The negroes then quickly retreated, The Wilmington Light Iufantry snd the Naval Reserves were enlled out and the rapid-fire gun and Hotchkiss one-pounder were also hurriedly carried to the scene, A mob of several hundred negroes gathered on Ninth street, corner of Nixon, but as the military advanced the negroes {+11 back and rapidly scattered, When near Bixth and Nixon streets a shot was fired into the Naval Reserves from a negro’s house, A volley of bullets was fired by the miiitary through doors and windows, killing one negro, Bix more inmates were captured and escorted to jail and the house demolished, With the exception of two or three casual. ities fa remote portions of the city this ended the really riotous scenes of the day, The news of tha conflict spread quicklyto neighboring cities aud large bodies of men arrived during the afternoon from Fayette- Vills avd other nearby towns. All sections of the city inhabited by white people are closely guarded. Froclamation by the Mayor. At miduight tks newly selected mayor Is- suesd the following proclamation: “The vodsrsigaed, upon whom bas been placed the great responsibility by the action of his feliow-cltizens, takes this method of assuriag the good people of this city that all the power with which he is vested wiil ex~ried to preserve order and peace in this community, and that power is amply sufii- glent for the purpose. All well-disposed persons are earnestly requested to co-oper- ate with the municipal authorities in every Way possible 10 secure the permanent es- taviishment of good government, The law be will be rigidly enforced and impartially ad- misistered to white aud black j eople alike,” A crowd was formed at night to take from the jail and two Miller and Ira Bryaut, who were charged with making threats, and were re. garded ns daugerous cases. Tue mayor, Col. Waddell, promptly prohibited sembiiug of the erowd at the jali, and himself! beaded a gusrd of with Winchesters to guard the prisoners, It Is alleged that the negroes are respon #ible for the precipitating of the race war. The following aMdavit has reputabio citizen Wiksiagton, N. C., Nov, 8, I, Wililam McAllister, being make the loliowing affidavit I. Toat lem a yardmaster for the Atian- Const Line. My duty isto trains io the yard of the sald the city of Wilmington, 2. That at about {| I started 10 g { te to the wind sifeet, ivaeh the bie 1608, Shes Lin 11 o'clo to bed and Ww. & rk this morning my wite calicd North Found pext 0 81, Mark's Lutherans Chupeb, | My wile suid: * Bly, there { trouble, I jug dow sud saw a { Willi & negro § White mau say { weut about teu paces, and then I i. He pointed a pistol hiv white than aod then fired, saw bi iow [ro raid white wan's right arm fired from the and then there was fir- m the wifie assemblage, pegroes fell, The Tue white men then od toward Moore's drug store to I live cn ped up and went to the win white mas remonsirating with gestures, 1 heard ul, BO 0D, The negr nu “ra | ogre shod : Wm the i Then thers was another shot | Hegro assembiage, ag ire fault { then dispersed, ceed thal three | phoue for assistance i Witeiaw McAvLLisTER, FOREIGN AFFAIRS, The criminal seed { Cassation appointed counseliors 10 proceed with un supplementary inquiry luto the Drey- {us case, Helen Faucet (Lady Martin) a celebrated English actress, long since retired from singe, is dead, aged seveuty-uine yours, ennal agreement with Messrs, E, F, j and Edward Eyre. The drift of pubile ing for, Engioeers of the American China bave arrived at Shangbat, begin sutveys on the proposed richest country in Cains, ATHOFPRY OF THE WANK, Firet Spanish Fiag Hauled Down in Porto Rico New in Washington. at the Navy Department bearing the follow. ing inscription: “The first Bpanish flag bauled down in 25, 1508, the Gioucester, Licutenant wander Walowright, U, 8, N., steamed tuto Guaniea harbor and landed force of twenty seamen under the command Navy. United States ensign bolsted in fs place, eurmy were Killed, the village was captured asd held by the seaman foree until relieved an hour laier by the landiag of the* army regular,’ ENGLAND'S WAR MEASURES, Romored that Great Britian Will Assist Amerien in Philippines, The Berlin correspondent of the London Dally News says: “It is assorted in well. informed quarters that the British war prep- arations are connected with the Philippine question, in which the United States gov ernment is workiog in agreement with Eng. land, A Powerful Fleet For Dewey, Waabington, D. C., (Speeial).—Admiral Bunce telegraphed the Navy Department that the cruiser Buffalo, Commander Hemp bill, had salled at noon for the Philippines via Suez. The gunboat Helena also sailed for the same designation. With these acces stons coming Immediately upon the heels of Capiain Barker's squadron of battleships and colllers, Admiral Dewey will bave a for midable flest~probably second In offensive power to only one European power, namely, England, in European waters, It Is not be. lieved, however, that he will have need of all this force, and he goubtiess will be able to spare some of the vessels which may be in need of repairs to return to Mare Island, AR The “Royal Limited,” the B & O0.'s new erack train that is to be run between Wash. ington and New York, is being exhibited this week by manager of parsonger trafflo Martin in , Akron, J FIRE IN THE CAPITOL, Part of the Great Marble Struc- ture in Ruins, EXPLOSION OF GAS. Estimates of Damage to the Buallding Vary From 850,000 to $200,000 The Busts of Chief Justice Marshall sad Other Distinguished Members of the Bapreme Court Were Ruined, Wasnrsorox, D. C., (Bpeclal.)—An ex- plosion and fire at 5.13 c'clock Bunday af ternoon wrecked the Bupreme Court room and the rooms immediately adjoining it on the main floor of the Capitol, The entire eastery part of the great marble pile, from the main floor to the subterranean basement is practically o mass of ruins, The fores of the explosion was so heavy that the coping stones on the outer walls just east of the point where the explosion occurred were buiged out nearly two ioches; windows in all that part of the building were blown out, and locked doors 100 fest distaves were forced from their hinges. Fire followed the explosion so quickly as to seem practically simultaneous with it, The explosion shook the immense structure to its foundations and was beard several squares from the Capitol, [It oceurred in a small room, tightly inclosed by heavy stone walls, in the subterracean basement imme- diately below the main epirancs to the old Capitol building. Ia this roows was 500-light gas meters, which were fod by a four-ineh { main. Very little gas Is used in that part of be buliding, but at the time of the expio- ion the was bad not been turned off st the The meter itsel! was wrecked, and | the gas pouring from the main caught fire, i Fiames In Elevator Shaft. | Th» flames originatiug from the expiosion 2 t # meler, iarted up the shinft of the elevator, which {| bad been completely destroyed by the force | of the explosion, and communicated with | record room of the Supreme Court, the of- | fice of the marshall of the court, snd the Supreme Court library. Belore the flames | could be subdued the priceless documents | 15 the record room had been almost totally destroyed, and serious damage hed been doge in the marshail’s office and some minor rooms in the immediate vicinity, The library of the Supreme Court, located immediately begeath the Bupreme Court, { was budly damaged by fire, smoke and water, practically destroyiog the great coi- lection of law reference books, The library contains about twenty thousand woiu and was used not only by toe justices of the Bupremes Court, but by members of Congress apd lawyers practicing belore the Bupreme Mr. Justice Harlan said that the ii brary was very valuable. Many of works it contained would, he thought, be difficuit to replace. Librarian Clarke, after a superficial examination necessarily made by the light of lanterns, expressed the opin. lon that many of the books could be saved, sitbough they had tven drenched by water from the streams poured into the library lor two hours or mare after the explosion oc- curred. Valuable Records Destroyed. The most serious damage, in the opi of the justices of the Supreme ( the records stored in the subterranean hase. 1 These included ali of the records of { the Supreme Court from 1792 to 1832. The room contains records of eases and opinions rendered by the [atbers of the judiciary of { the government, Justice Harian sald that | while the loss of the records was irrepara- { bie, I+ wae fortunate that the ister records of i the court, which are kept in the office of the clerk, on the main floor, were not injured, As documents for reference, at this time and ister, Justioe Harlan thought these wore of | far greater value than the records destroyed. Fortunately, the elerk’s office was not dam- aged, either by fire or by the explosion, While many theories are offered as 10 the cause of the explosion It seems beyond doubt to have been due to escaping gas, At 2.07 P. M. Lieutenant Nelson, of the Capitol police, detected an odor of gas in the cor- ridor edjolning the Supreme Court room. Not belug able to orate it, he proceed+d 10 sintuary Hall-——the old bail of the House of Hepreseutatives thinking the pas might be i eecuping from a burcer ia that vicinity, Whiie he was there the explosion occurred. Only a few persons, priocipaily offic. rs of the Capitol police, were in the bulldisg at | the time, but several of them had sarrow escapes. Defore the fire department had arrived, C. P. Gliem, chiel! electrician of the Capitol, and H. W. Taylor, chile! en- { glueer of the House side, had a sirean : playing into the Supreme Court record room, which by that time was a roariog furnace. Fire Soon Under Control Within a few minutes after the arrival of ! the fire deg artment the famesswere under | control, although, as a precantionary meas | wre streams were poured into the marsbal’s { office, the library and the sulterranean buses i Ties i | Court, ihe fon to srsed § Buri, is nest, { i i ment for two hours, Tbe firemen were une able, however, for a considerable time to extinguish the flame of gas which shot out ot the four-nek mwa'n In the meter room. From this main the fire swept through an orifice in the basement foor caused Ly the explosion and attacked the consultation room of the Supreme Court justices on the mein floor. Some damage was done to the furniture and fitings of this room, Lut it wus ipconsiderable as compared with that done elsewhere, It was evident that the fire could not be extingu'shed uniii the gas from the main was cut off. That this might be accomplished the fromen turned two streams upon the mal, chokieg the flow of gas and ai the same time cooling the pipe. Electrician Cliem, uraving the 10tense heat, cutered the meter room sod cut off the gas at the floor valve of the main, XEW CONSUMPTION CURE. Itis Said to Have Worked Cures in Its Very First Cason. » Chicago, IL, (Bpeeial).—Dr. J. B. Mar. phy's new treatment for consumptives has, spparently, worked its first cares. The pae tinnte are William B. Purcell and J, C. Ed. wards, who have been undergoing the treat went for a litle over thres months. The treatment is that which excited wide inter. est when presented In a paper read by Dr, Murphy before the American Medical Asso. ciation at Denver this summer. There are now bet ween sixty and seventy patients ake log the treatment, Tae Cook
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