ATESTAEHS Domestic Albert Roubick, who confessed murdering a Chicago jeweler at La- porte, Ind., in the hope of going to the gallows, was manifestly disap- pointed when the jury gave him a life-sentence, A thousand delegates from nine gtates in the Middle West will meet in Des Moines Tuesday for a cou- ference of the Central District of the American Antisaloon League, There is a shortage of labor in the Connellsville coke region and the companies have sent out calls for men to work in the ovens they propose to open again. The first civic exhibt will be held in connection with the joint meeting of the National Municipal League and the American Civic Association in Pittsburg. John E. Godding, president of the defunct bank of Rocky Ford, Col, was sentenced to a long term in the state prison for misapplying the bank's funds. Federal Judges Grosscup, Seaman and Baker tssued an interlocutory de- cree restraining the Interstate Com- merce Commission from enforcing an order to railroads in the Missouri River territory to reduce their rates pine cents per 100 pounds on first class freight from the Atlantic sea- board and involving differentials all through the classification. Robberies at the Brooklyn ter. minal of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad resulted in the arrest of two drivers and two clerks of the company, alleged to have sto- len $100,000 from packages in tran- sit within three months. ——— WILLIAM 5, TAFT HAS 321 Final. Revision cf the Electoral Table, INCREASE LEAD IN CONGRESS. Aftermath of Tuesday's Presidential Election Shows Figures Practically Identical With Chairman Hitch. cock’'s Forecast—Success in Missouri a Surprise. ELECTORAL TAFT. COMPLETE VOTE. FOR California .... Connecticut Delaware idaho Illinois Indiana fowa Kansas Maine ... Maryland Massachuset's Michigan .... Minnesota ... Missouri Montana . New Hampshire. . New Jersey.... New York North Dakota. . Ohio Oregon .... Pennsylvania . hode Island... South Dakota.. Utah Vermont Washington +.. West Virginia.. Wisconsin Wyoming P= EE CRUTT RW O Bed et bd ps 5 Ou we we i Mount McCulloch, a peak 300 feet] high, west of Unalaska, has dropped | into the sea following a volcanic | eruption, according to information brought to San Francisco by the revenue cutter McCulloch, John D. Rockefellers was fined 85 in the West Side Court, New York, for speeding an auto in which Roekefeller was riding. chauffeur i C0 00 = OF ge SO ds | 3 ad pos Total FOR BRYAN. Alabama Arkansas Colorado Florida Georgia Kentucky CVD et won John Wilson, motorman, was kill-| ed: Mrs. Edgar Austin was seriously | injured and a dozen trolley pas] gengers cut and bruised when a trac- | tion car from South Bend on the | Chicago, South Bend and Northern | Indiana Railway was knocked from | the track a Lake Erie train. i The Rev. Dr. Newell Dwight Hillis, | pastor of Plymouth Church, Brook- | lyn, denies a report that the where- | abouts of Mrs. C. W. Wallace, of | Chicago, have been unknown since] 1903, when she offered a contribu-| tion of $10,000 to the Beecher | Memorial Fund. Breaking of the steering gear on | an automobile driven by J. J. Radel, | an undertaker of Cincinnati, caused the death of Albert Altfeld, and probably the injury of Radel and William Regan, a chauffeur. Wallace H. Hopkins, former ing broker of Ch to Chicago from S«¢ the fed- eral authorities and art ned be- fore United States on a charge of de- fraud. The Cotton Oil nual dividend of thre the common nual dividend of three the preferred stock George Weare, president Jowa State National Bank, and i best knows bankers in the died Sioux City, after an operation for intestinal trouble. Edward ; for many years part manager the Academy 8 and before that manager of Niblo's Garden, died at his home in New York The discipline of the fire drill pre- vented a panic among 150 school children at Chicago when fire at- tacked the branch school at Lunt Avenue and North Robey Street An involuntary petition in bank- ruptey was filled against Bartels, Thelen & Co., shoe manufacturers, of Chelsea, in the United States Dis- triet Court at Boston. John Hagen, who keeps a in Scranton, near Hamburg, County, shot and killed his George, fatally wounded his and attempted suicide. Governor Harris, of Ohio, an- nounced that he is considering the calling of an extra session of the Legislature, but has not definitely decided on the matter. New York's Japanese colony cele- | brated the anniversary of the birth- day of the Emperor of Japan with a celebration at Carnegle Lyceum. The National Civie Federation, it is announced, wiil hold its annual meeting in New York City December | by fatal min Bais taken directors of on an- on Company stock, the one at 8. owner i 2 more, of of hotel Erie |0n wife reported well under control. Foreign Both France and Germany a readiness to accept arbitration of questions involved in the Casablanca incident. boldly told Emperor Willlam that he had better either curb his tendency to engage In controversa! politics or abdicate the throne, Fayetta Morgan, daughter of J. 1. Morgan, of Marion, N. C., eloped with W. P. Craig and they were married at. Canterbury, Eng. The German. coasting steamer Archimedes hag been wrecked and 10 of her crew drowned. The long-standing dispute between the cotton operatives of Manchester, England, and their emplovers has been settled. The voleano of Villa Rica, in Val- divia province, Chile, Las been In violent eruption. The second squadron of the Amer. foan battlesibip fleet salled from Amoy, Chiga, to. Olongapo, in the Philippines, to join the first squad- ron in target practice. Among the cotirt officials ‘at Peking there is a feeling of humiliation that the ‘en- tire fleet, instead of a squadron, did Loulgiana Marviand Mississippi Nevada Nebraska North Carolipa..... Oklahoma South Carolina..... . Tennessee Texas Virginia in the above ¢ only State oral is As will be seen table Maryland is in which the elec divided yYole D. compl of Washington, {8pecial) ~~ With the of the vote ii Taft : William is a slight originally published on of November 5 it that the final figure land William H t votes, and Bryan 162. vision table as morning observed is only five votes ned by Repub- H. Hiteheock irtly be re @ ah fore v, and jority The { % was a surprise, shifting into De " § the fu tions Final Bryan a . early returns had indicated a plural- ity of 20,00 iis victory in his home State is the one bright spot Mr. since the votes were counted. With the later returns from the Congressional Districts throughout the country there are indications of a number of contests. In many of the districts the vote between Republican and Democratic the also ction predic- lead 000, where the candi sible changes as the result of the official count now in from all districts Show Republicans will have a working ma- jority of 45 in the nex the standing: Republicans, 218; Demo- crats 175, against the present mem- bership of 223 Republicans, 166 Democrats and two vacancies, All the Southern districts have been heard from. The mos! remark- be Republicans. ¢d and that the Prohibitionists certain sections, been expected, were disappointed. The figures for the Independence of messages thanke between Mr. Bryan and Mr. Taft: a statement by Mr. Bryan, in which he sets forth his de ermina- tion to continue his work {for the good of all, in the capacity of a private citizen, and the announce- ment by Mr. Sherman that it cost him jus: $2,800 to be elected Vice- President. 845,000,000 Strike Falls, Manchester (By Cable). —<After a two-month strike, causing a loss esti mated at $35,000,000, the Lanca- shire cotton spinners have accepted the 5 per cent. reduction in wages on March 1, 1908, and will return to work. Nearly 500,000 men were directly and indirectly Invelved In the strike. The end of the strike will greatly relieve the terrible labor conditions in the district, where many thousands besides the cotton- not visit China: aninners are out of work. YIELDS TOWRL OF THE PEOPLE Mr. Bryan Admits They Cid Not Want His Platform. Lincoln, Neb. (Special).— William J. Bryan issued the following state- ment: “The election has gone against us by a decisive majority. It is impos- sible at the present time to say what causes contributed niost to the Re- publican victory. We made our fight upon a platform which embod- fed what we believe to be good for the American people, but it {8 for the people themselves to decide what laws they desire and what methods of government they prefer. 1 have faith that the publicity which we asked for will yet commend itself to the American people, that the election of Senators by the people will be secured, that the iniquities of the trust will arouse an opposi- tion that will result in the elimina- tion of the principle of private monopoly. 1 am confident that the people will see the necessity for the labor legislation and the tariff re- duction which our platform demand- ed I am confident, too, that the educational work done in this cam- paign will result in securing greater protection to bank depositors. The above are the most prominent re- forms for which we labored and 1 believe that these reforms will yet come, together with more effective regulation of railroads and independ- ence for the Philippines. our national committee I am the committee 1 do not see did, every effort in my power victory for our cause, tion came from the hands of voters 1 have obeyed their mand and have led as best to secure com- for the devotion which has shown by millions of Democrats dur- ing the past 12 years. Neither am I able to adequately express my ap- preciation for the kind words which have been spoken since the election. If 1 could regard the defeat as pure ivy a personal one 1 would consider it a blessing rather than a misfor- tune, for | am relieved the bur- dens of responsibilities of an office that is attractive only in propor tion as it gives an opportunity to render a larger public service. But I shall serve as willingly in a private capacity as in a public one. God does not require great things of us. He only requires that we improve the opportunities that are presented of opportunities for service by private life. “In this hour of national presented defeat by the neighbors, and by Nebraska Governor and a we shall be practice so n i platform rel nd 1 trust get an example at + for good ir support given by my $ citizens of Lincoln 3 of the State of g8 Democratic Legislature into Democratic ble to put of the Denver State legislation, State as will Wiis 1 the WOMAN IN PLASTER CAST. Circus Rider Had Every Bone In Her Body Broken, Ogdenburg, N. ¥Y cased in a plaster cast, wh covers all of her body except the and head, Minnie Fisher, a circus rider, who was injured some ago by being thrown from her horse, left here for her home in Alabama. She 8 unable move any part of her body below her shoulders and will lie on a cot during the raliroad jour- ney South The accident in which the young woman was Injured occurred during a performance at Malone last Sep- tember Her horse became fright. ened and bolted toward the specta- tors, The esquestrian turned the animal into a fence and the rider was thrown heavily to the ground. nearly every bone in her body be. ing broken It will be three months before the plaster cast can be removed. FINANCIA', News comes from Ehyolite that Montgomery-Ehoshone will en. large its stamp mill. Silver metal soid at 495% cents 3 § Special) En- ieh neck ime to New York, Philadeiphia & Nor semi-annual dividend of $3, Pig iron output the Iargest of any month this year. in the year ended October 31 the National Bank carped net gomi-annual dividend of 8 ular quarterly dividend of 23% per on its common stock and an extra 7% per cent., making 32% por cent. paid this vear. Last year 25 per cent was paid, from the Joplin district for the week ended October 31 were: Zine, 8202, $83: lead, 350,275. For forty-two weeks: Zine, $7,228,632; lead, 81, £23.166. Total for the year to date, $0,051,708, President Knox, of the Montana Tonopah Company, who has been In Philadelphia, would not say definite- ly when he thought his company could pay a dividend. There ls still a debt on the mill, part of which fing been leased to another eBmpany. The “Iron Trade Review” says: “Decided Improvement lias character. ized the pig fron market within a fow days, which, it is believed, in- dicates a permanent change for the better. The result of the Presiden tial election has cleared the atmos here and modérate buying in all ines is expected,” NR, MORSE AND MA. CURTIS BANKERS FOUND GUILTY A——— Crimes Against Bank Act Carry Five Year Term, SENT T0 THE TOMBS OVER NIGHT, Faces of Financiers Who Wrecked the National Bank of North America in New York Show Strain of Waiting for Verdict — Recommendation of Mercy for Curtis, but None for Morse, THE CASE IN BRIEF. Charles W, H. Curtis spiracy accounts The case Alfred of con- of bank and accused falsifying Morse were and was prosecuted by the United States government and both were found guilty of faleifying accounts The jury recommended in behalf of Curtis Bail being refused the ers were incarcerated in Tombs prison The minimum penalty the verdict is five years’ onment. Morse first attracted attention as a manipulator of ice deals. mercy bank- the under impris- 1 Morse, figure Alfred until a year ago a dominant in the world of finance, H. Curtis, former president cuit Court on charges of cation of funds and falsifying the | books of the bank. There was also the additional charge of conspiracy against the prisoners, but the | acquitted the men on this count. Within five minutes of the time the jury had rendered its verdict Judge Hough had refused to enter- tain a motion for ball and had com- mitted the two bankers to the Tombs prison. Judge Hough sald that he would hear any motion the lawyers for the prisoners desire to make at 16.30 o'clock tomorrow His deci- sion made It compulsory for the in carceration of Morse and Curtis In cells in the Tombs prison over night The federal statutes provide a minimum penalty of five years’ lm- prisonment for falsifying the books of a bank and a penaily of two years’ imprisonment and $5,000 fine, or both, for misapplication of funds. No alternative but imprisonment is provided for conviction on the charge of falsifying the books of a bank. The maximum penaliy on this charge is 10 years’ imprison- ment. The jury recommended clem- ency for Mr. Curtis, but made no recommendation in the case of Mr Morse Dramatic Scene, The scene the courtroom a dramatic Mra. Morse Mrs. Curtis in courtroom entire was and the Lat in ane had nearly verdict Mrs, Curti of giving y a number of times, an jury returned to the ‘ si ® reraive remained the any awaiting away to he ' instruction on § which the counspirac) considered Mrs and sobbed crowd had hurried om to hear the yore leading fo th thrown open silen apon and the noise 1 by trafic in Broadway sounded has as floated through the windos It could be from the solemn faces jurors that an impor- tant was te be delivered wn TED the courts As the d room were the crowd " i geen of the verdict No Conspiracy. Foreman John Elder, responding to the customary question ol the court clerk, read the verdict Mr. Morse and Mr. Curtis stood before the jury while Mr. Elder was reading the verdict and their wives sat near them, leaning forward in tense at- titudes to catch every word “We have agreed upon a verdici foreman, in a subdued “On the charge of conspiracy find them not gullty.” A look of relief! came to the faces of the pris oners and their wives, but it only the tinued: of the both defendants gullty. On charge of making false entries in the books of the bank we find both defendants guilty, In the case of { Alfred H. Curtis the jury wishes to ‘make a strong recommendation to the mercy of the court” Morse Given Fifteen Years, New York (Special). — Sentenced to 15 years in the federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., Charles W. Morse, former “Ice King” and convicted wrecker of the National Bank of North America, was returned to his cell in the Tombs. Alfred H. Curtis, former president of the bank, shown by the evidence to have been Morse's tool in the | {llegal transactions for which they were both convicted, is in his home in the fashionable upper West side, freed by Judge Hough, who suspend- ed a minimum sentence of five years on the recommendations of the jury and United States District Attorney Stimson, Murdered Ry Pirates, Amoy (Dy Cable).—The bodies of 78 of the victims of the wreck of the small steamer, which occurred near Tungan, November 5, have been brought here. The steamer was li censed to carry 180 passengers, but 600 men were aboard, and of these only 400 were rescued, Many of the victims were drowned, but some of them were killed while in the water by plratical boatmen intent on robbery. Five of the pirates have been arrested and will be beheaded. MR. TAFT OUTLINES A VIGOROUS POLICY A —————— To Be No Interference With Legiti mate Business. Cincinnati (Special). — Bpeaking to the Cincinnati Commercial Club, of which he has been a member 15 years, William Howard brought every member of to his feet his address, the kevnote of proeperity for the country for the next four years “Every business man who is ing the law may go aheac the energy in his posses enterprise which proceed for Taft club sounding the § in abe { LE] ites may the jurisdiction of the government may expect forcement of the laws honest methods,” was of what Mr. Taft said To Show No Favors, Judge Taft told one has written of the campaign I have been the bosses,” in a way no of the subject of he deciar “which of left me no uty but respond to the } Bix in the morning iidnight, calls of and if I did not respond, the crowd, af- ter one minute, made a mighty shout: ‘Hurrah for Bryan! “Seriously,” he declared, are already apparent nd calls to the 3% . sis - de populace “the business communities and the investors of both foreign nat among our people will carrying out the great ¢ which have been projected carried {erm is reach of prosperity and bus “Business m lines of | directed in k which take be to a to ef legs eep ing the pess men shall conform statute books to be expected for those the laws “This shall be so who conduct a legitima may understand that the gos is back of them and 4 tend to do anything to with thelr legitimate adv Substantial Progress to 10 Al 1% Ahead, which met ted After the applause leciaration had subsi Taft added a question of tt © stat ndertaking honest during the dent, men whol which and give every honest fair opportunity, and knowledge and prosecute with vigor apparent effort to cvade the laws and to affect prosperity by dis- honest business methods of ob je was to enforce laws endeavor a with tO Warn every gources Commission hag sent out lei. ernors in Washington on December S. The world’s production of cotton exceeded by 2,340,000 bales the pro- duction of the previous year. of the recent sition, Shepherds Bush, London, in this country as commissioner tional and Colonial Exposition to be held next summer. Senators and Repregentatives are drifting back to Washington and finding their way to the White House to tell the President of the great victory which was achieved in their various siates. The rumor that President Roose velit may be chosen to succeed Sena. tor Platt in the United States Sen- ate has been revived, but Mr. Roose. velt has made no definite expression of opinion. Bide were opened by the Isthmian Canal Commission for four beam antl four chamber cranes for use in conetructon of the Mires Flores lock on the Panama Canal Edwin M. Vandyck, government ink expert, plead guilty of con gpiring to defraud the government and paid the $10,000 fine imposed. The remains of Gen. James M. C, Lingan, a hero of the Revolutionary War, were finally interred in Arling- ton Cemetery. President Roorevelt received a delegation of eight Chinese children from the Oriental Rescue Home of fan Francisco, Otis T. Mason, head curator of the department of anthropology of the National Museum, died at the age 0 1. UNITED STATES TROOPS 10 LEAVE ISLAND OF CUBA Withdraw Next Saturday, Day of Elzclions, THE F.GHT FOR THE PRESIDENCY. Conservatives Headed by General Menoeal and the Liberals by Gen. Jose Comnez - An Assurance of a Fair Election No Difference in the Plat. forms of the Parties. (By Cabie) BIG FIRE AT ORANGE s« Section (ff The Town iy Wig Busines «d Ont, the Barlow grocery goods i & Chewning. hi Baptist Church and one of which was oo MeDonald Proma the drug which spread rapidly the blaze track, taking o use gtore ihe 100k entire hlock gpd Ove in the course, The gutted railroad er to the Chewning store and the tist Church FARMERS NOW AVENGED. Man Who Defranded Them tenced To Prison, Minneapolia, Minn, (Special) James T. Mulhall was sentenced to 15 motithe at ihe Pederal prison al Leavenworth, and Felix Naihanson to six months in the county Jail by Judge Milton Purdy for frandunlent use of tue mails A stay of ten dave pending appeal for a writ of error was granted. Fraudulent oporation of the Nicol let Creamery Company, in Minne apolis last fall, is the specific charge in the indictment on which the men were convicted. Farmers througas out the Northwest are sald to have icet Lcavily bY shipping produce wiileh was never pald for. Is Sen. Talt May Huut In Texas, Taft, Texas {(Bpecial).--It is re- ported at headquaricrs of the Taft ranch. situated pear hore, that W, H. Taft and his brother, Charles A Taft, owners of the ranch, will ar rive here the carly pant of December on a 10 days’ hunting expedition, The ranch embraces 100,000 acros, and deer and wild animals abound in the pastures. Probably the most pretentious country home and hunt ing lodge In Texas le situated upon the Taft ranch.
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