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A Complication of State and Na
tional Issues in That State
WILL ATTRACT A VEHI FULL VOTE.
Three Questions, Temperance, Tariff
Biker, Up for Decision.
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BOTH PASTIES GIVE .TEEIR FIGURES
Des 3Ionxs, Nov. 2. The most excit
ing off-year campaign in the history of poli
tics closes to-night. For three months the
war has been unremittingly waged in every
precinct and school district of the State, and
all parties are exerting every effort to bring
ont the full vote to-morrow. A full State
ticket is to be elected, and four political
parties have candidates in the field. Horace
Boies, the present incumbent, is the Demo
cratic candidate for Governor; Hiram C
"Wheeler, the Republican candidate; A. J,
TVestfall, the People's candidate, and Isaac
T. Gibson, the Prohibition candidate.
The three salient issues in Iowa politics
this year have been the temperance, the
tariff and the silver questions. An under
standing of the exact position assured by
the leading parties can only be reached by
quoting from their State platforms.- The
Democrats made the following declarations:
Points in the Democratic Platform: .
In the interest of true temperance we
. demand the passage of a carefully-guarded
licence tax law, which shall provide for the
Issuance of licenses in towns, townships
and municipal corporations, and which
shall provide that for each license an
annual tax ot $500 be paid Into the County
Treasury, and such further tax ai the town,
township or municipal corporation shall
prescribe, the proceeds thereof to go to the
use of snch municipality.
Wo denounce the McKinley bill, the mo
tives of its authors and defenders and the
theory under which it is submitted for tho
approval of the American people. We de
mand equal opportunities for every section
of our country and- for every citizen, and
we insist that every oppressive feature of
the tariff bo eliminated, to tho end that our
merchant ni.inne may be restored to the sea
and themaiketsof the world be opened to
the producing classes. The sugar bounty Is
notatanlE. It is a spoliation of the Treas
ury for special classes and interests, vthlch
are no more entitled to be aiQed by the Gov
ernment than the farmers of Iowa In raising
hogs and corn, or the settler, of the f tontier
for their haidship and suffering.
We reiterate our demands of one yea'- ago
for the tree coinage of silvci and that it be
made full legal tender for all debts, public
and prn ate, and denouncs as unjnsr and
dishonest tho provision of the la recently
enacted allowing parties to stipulate against
payment in silver and sliver certificates,
thus setting up one standard of value fortho
creditor and another for the debtor: one for
the poor man and another for the rich man.
The Reply of the Republicans.
The Republican State Convention fol
lowed a few weeks later and met these is
sues as follows:
We h'lve no apologies to offer to the peo
ple nor to the Democratic pnrrr for the Ke
publican record. In the interest of true
temperance and under the law of Iowa en
acted by the representative' of its sovereign
people, the siloon was made an outlaw In
this State. We charge that the outlaw has
had the patronage, council and protection
of the Democratic party, and that as It has
won power It has nullified tho law, defied
the authority of the State and the expressed
will ol the people, and that now an appeal
is made torlieelectois of the whole State
for npproval oftho lawless work. We
recognize that It is law against defiance or
law; subordination against insubordination:
the State of Iowa against the Democratic
party. We recognize thaf the Issue is be
tween true temperance and indiscriminate
traffic. We re -Kignize the fact that the con
trol of th next Legislature by the Demo
cratic part .'means State-wide license, and
the cont. of th" next Legislature by the
Republicans means continued opposition to
tne oenests oi tne saloon power th
maintenance of law
We commend ths Renublican nnrtv In thp.
last Congress for its redemption of the
pledges as to revision of the tariff. .
We approve th coinage act by which the
great product o the silver mines of the
United States is added to the currency of
the'people, and out of which experiment
may come a wise adjustment of financial
questions, liberal toward Western interests.
The Prohibition Ipsne Is Paramount.
Thus the issues were clearly defined.
Upon these questions has the battle been
fought in low a, the saloon question proba
bly being the paramount issue. The result
of to-morrow's election is difficult to pre
dict because of th intermingling of State
and national issues, and the many discord
ant elements tnat enter into the campaign.
The Republicans are divided en the prohi
bition question, the Democrats arc divided
on the silver question, so that on the tariff
question alone have the party lines been at
all tenaciously drawn. The Democrats have
naturally stmen to make the tariff ques
tion the paramount issue, while the Repub
licans, hoping to absorb the greater part of
the prohibition vote, have kept the liquor
question well in the foreground. Both
parties have coquetted with the silver ques
tion and have tacitly striven to postpone
this issue until afte the national conven
tions"nei.t jear shall have spoken.
Upon one conclusion are all parties united
to-night that there will be a full vote to
morrow. The addition of new voters, the
long campaign and the interest aroused in
the issues, gives assurance that the polls
will show as large a vote this year as was
cast at ths last Presidental election about
411,000.
Th) Figures of Previous Elections.
In 18S9, when Governor Boies had 6,575
plurality, the total vote cast was 360,623
Governor Boies had 180,111; Mr. Hutchin
son, the Republican candidate, 173,538, and
the Union-Labor, Prohibition and Green
back candidates together 6,974.
It was subsequently claimed, and is now
generally admitted, that at that election a
great many Republicans voted for Boies, as
all of the remainder of the Republican
State ticket was, elected bv from 1,700 to
8,000 plurality. Last year the total vote
was 390,353, of which the Repuqlican candi
date for Secretary of State had 191 606, a
plurality of 3,366, and the whole Republi
can oiaic iit;i as eiecieo. inus the
Republicans have once carried the State for
minor State officers bince Boies was elected
by the Democrats.
The fact that the next Legislature will re
district the State, adds greatly to the local
and general interest ot this election, and
both parties are making strenuous nttempts
to capture the General Assembly, as well as
to elect the State officers. The" Democrats
unquestionably have the assistance of the
liquor and saloon interests, while the Re
publicans are quite as confident that they
will get the support of thousands of prohi
bitionists. Counting on Returns to the Fold.
The Republicans also claim that a great
majority of the Independent Republicans
have gone back to the party fold, because
tbey tear that the result in the State will be
accepted as Iowa's declaration on national
issues, and because they fear a Democratic
Governor and a Democratic Legislature
might gerrymander the State, neutralizing
Iowa's power in the Electoral College and
the Republican nominating convention.
This claim is doubtless correct, as is equally
so the Democrats' claim that thousands of
German Republicans and the liquor inter
ests generally will support the Democratic
ticket. There is in Ion a a heavy German
vote, naturally Republican in its affiliation.
Much of it went over to the Democracy two
years ago on local issues, and this accession
is confidently counted upon by the Demo
crats again this vear.
On the other hand, the Methodist Con
ference denounced and attacked the Gov
ernor for his abuse of the pardoning power
in releasing from prison a large number of
violators ot theliquor law, and his alleged
opposition in general to the prohibitory
law.
The Ioroads or tho People's Party.
Another very uncertain factor is the vote
for "Westfall. the candidate of the People's
party. He claims that he will poll at feast
40,000 votes. General AVeaver savs he will
,get 5,000, but the Republicans and Demo-
ciats do not concede "Westfall over 15,000.
These will probably come in about equal
numbers from both'of the leading parties.
In 40 Legislative and 19 Senatorial districts
the People's party have candidates lor the
Legislature, and in eight Legislative and
three Senatorial districts these candidates
are endorsed by the Democrats. They may
elect several members, but it is not thought
possible that they will even hold the balance
of the power. The Prohibitionists are not
expected to poll over 1,000 or 2,000 votes.
Chairman Mach, of the Republican S'tte
Central Committee, to-night estimated that
"Wheeler will have a plurality of at least
12,000. "The Republicans of Iowa," said
he, "will certainly elect their whole State
ticket by a handsome majority. The next
House will be Republican by a fair major
ity and the Senate will have a majority of
at least two. I base the foregoing state
ment upon the supposition that we poll a
good percentage of our vote."
Chairman Fuller, of the Democratic State
I Committee, placed the probable Democratic
plurality at from ll.uUO to 13,000, based on
reports considered conservative. Boies, it
- is estimated, will run from 4,000 to 6,000
.ahead of his ticket.
NEBRASKA'S PECULIAR CONTEST.
XoiDemoeratio Ticket, tho Fight Being Be
tween Republicans and Farmers.
Lincoln, Nov. 2. Great interest is fe,lt
in the election in this State to-morrow, not
because of the offices at stake, for only a
Supreme Judge and Regents of the Univer
sity are to be elected, but because it is to
determine whether or not the Farmers"
Alliance isto gain political supremacy in
Nebraska. In one respect Nebraska this
year presents a situation without parallel
in the past 30 or 40 years of the Nations
history. The Democratic party is without
candidates and is allowing the Stcte to go
bv default. This is all the more remarka
ble Vhen it is remembered that but one
year ago their candidate, Boyd, was elected
Governor of the State. Thepresent action
of the Democratic party is due to the re
fusal of their nominee lor Supreme Judge
to make the race where upon their candi
dates for Regents 'were alike withdrawn and
the field left to the Independents and Pro
hibitionists. The Republican State con
vention nominated A. il. Post for Supreme
Judge and Charles IMarph and H. P. Shum
wav for Regents. Independents nominated
J. V. Edgerton for Supreme Judge and
A D. Allemand and A E. Hadley for Re
gents. The Prohibitionists nominated Mrs.
Ada Bittenbender for Supreme Judge and
Rev. "William ilorst and Mrs. Caroline M.
"Woodward for Regents. All parties admit
that the contest between the Republicans
and Farmers', or Independent party will be
ery close, the Prohibition vote naturally
being light. The campaign has been waged
almost exclusively on the silver question.
THE STRUGGLE IK KANSAS.
Wliilc rarely Local, Both Old Parties Will
Try to Down the Alliance.
Topeka, Kak., Nov. 2. The election
in Kansas this year is not fraught with the
general interest that the politics of the
Mercurial State usually inspires. Not a sin
gle State officer is to be chosen, yet both of
the leading parties are making a determined
effort to break the strength of the Farmers'
Alliance, or People's party. Particularly
is that true of the Republican party, but
in some localities the Democrats, as the
minority party, havj thought i t expedient
to effect fusions with the farmers party.
With the exception of nine District
Judges, the campaign is purely local, con
fined to the election of county officers; but
both State central committees have been
daily sending out a score of speakers into
every nooK and corner ot the btate.
The Republicans feel that, it is a question
of supreme importance that they should
carry many of the county elections, and
thus" say to the East and the entire Nation
that the State of Kansas is once more safely
in Republican hands. The Democrats are
naturally not particularly anxious to aid
the Republicans in this respect, and it was
probably for this reason that the Demo
cratic State Central Committie, at a recent
meeting, gave a quasi endorsement to
various local fusions with the People's
party. This action of the committee has,
however, been repudiatdd bv many leading
Democrats, who insist that the party policy
should be to pull every ex-Democrat out of
the Alliance party.
REPUBLICANS CONCEDE MARYLAND.
The Election of Two United States Senators
by Democrats Probable.
Baltimore, Nov. 2. Every elective
officer in Maryland, from Governor down
to and including the very least, will be
voted for Tuesday. The canvass of the
great number ofnames will need a great
deal of time and the returns from the whole
State are not likely to be all in before
Thursday. Democrats and Republicans,
however, admit that enough will be known
Tuesday evenine to indicate the result.
The Democrats endeavored to force the
consideration of national politics. The Re
publicans would not follow the lead of the
Democrats, although the tariff wasell
discussed. All men of all parties concede
the electron of Frank Brown (Dem.) for
Governor. Fifteen thousand majority is
claimed for Mr. Brown. The Legislature is
regarded as surely safe for the re-election
of United States Senator Gorman. In such
event a Democrat will succeed Senator "Wil
son, who died shortly before the adjourn
ment of the last Congress.
Only a Fighting Chance for New Jersey.
Jersey City, N. J., Nov. 2. State Sen
ators arc to be elected in seven counties,
and, as they hold office for three years, they
will vote for a successor to United'States
Senator Rufus Blodgett, a Democrat. Four
of these counties are always Democratic
The Republicans hope to carry the other
three Burlington, Cape May and Passaic.
In the Assembly they expect to
gain at least , two members and . re
gain several members in districts which
went Democratic unexpectedly last year.
The next Assenbly will probably stand 38
to 23 in favor of the Democrats.
Only a Local Fight in Chicago.
Chicago, Nov. 2. A close and exciting
election fight is looked looked for in Chica
go to-morrow. The main struggle is for con
trol of the Drainage Board. Heretofore can
didates elected on a "Citizens' " ticket have
ruled the board, but to-morrow only nomi
nees of regular party organizations will
come before the people. Only 817 votes
separate the Republicans and "Democratic
totals at the last county election, aud the
outlook to-night gives little ground for pre
dictions. "
No Change of Mississippi Senators. m
Jackson, Miss., Nov. 2. In this State
to-morrow there will be held the first elec
tion under the new Constitution. The Leg
islature to be elected to-morrow will
hold for four years and will elect two
United States Senators, but as most of the
candidates have been instructed for "Walt
hall and George they will doubtless be their
own successors There is but little oppo
sition to the Democratic nominees through
out the State. The Alliance, however,
nominated candidates for the Legislature in
a few, counties
A Mixed Result FroDable In Colorado.
Devvee, Noy. 2. The campaign has
been a quiet one on account of
it being an off year and there
b'eing no State officials to be elected except
a Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. The
Australian ballot system will be put into
effect to-morrow for the first time in Col
orado, and will probably be the means of
somewhat reducing the Republican major-
. rr.1 1. Til t.ll i ., i . I
.. mc result viu uruuuuir oe iao eicc--i
tion of a mixed ticket I
NEW YORK'S OUTLOOK.
Each of the Parties Eas Its Strong
State Campaign Cry Which
CONFUSES ALL CALCULATIONS.
Republicans Seem to Have the Best Claim
on the Legislature.
THE WORK OP CLEVELAND AND IIILL
New York, Nov. 2. No more active
campaign has been made in this State since
the last Presidental contest. The Prohi
bitionists and the Socialists contented
themselves with mailing nominations, but
the Democratic and Republican leaders, ever
since their State tickets were names, have
been laboring for success with unremitting
zeal.
Jacob Sloat Fassett, the Republican can
didate for Governor, has developed fighting
qualities of the first order. He has spoken
in almost every county and in all the chief
cities. The keynote on which he has rung
all the changes has been that the Tammany
tiger must be slain. The Democratic war
cry has been that "Piatt and his tool Fas
sett" were chiefly responsible for the failure
of New York City to capture the World's
Fair, and that the party they represent
should, therefore, be disciplined by defeat.
Little prominence has been given State
issues save in the bandying of words over
the iailnre of the census bill (and the con
sequent redistricting of the State) by reason
of a disagreement as to its terms between
the Governor and the Republican majority
in the State Senate.
Piatt and Miller Working In Harmony.
The Republicans base strong hopes of
success on the healing of the breach be
tween the Piatt and the Warner Miller
forces and on the entire harmony in the
party from one end of the State to the
other. Warner Miller, in proof of his re
conciliation, has spoken from the platform
in warm praise of the Republican candi
dates and the principles for which they
stand.
As if to disprove the long asserted un
friendliness between Governor Hill and
Grover Cleveland, these two statesmen have
been called upon to speak from the same
platform, and, nave responded, giving no
evidence of lack of cordiality and address
ing the multitudes with equal fervency.
Cleveland has given the controversy the
little national color it has received. Gov
ernor Hill has made many speeches in va
rious parts of the State, and vigorously de
fending the Democratic regime.
Ex-Senator Piatt predicts a majority of
17,000 for Fassett. Other prominent leaders
make predictions of from 5,000 to 20,000.
On the other hand, the Democratic leaders
even more confidently predict Flower's
election by a plurality of from 12,000 to
60,000. Betting on the result has been very
quiet. Here in New York slight odds have
been given in favor of Flower.
The Figures of the Previous Election.
In 1888 Governor Hill had a plurality of
19,171 in a total vote of 1,311,972 the
largest ever cast. Above the Harlem river
Miller had a plurality of 66,158; below the
Harlem hills the plurality was 85,329. The
Republicans are counting on greatly in
creasing their plurality above the Harlem
because of Fassett's popularity And party
harmony, and are counting on a decrease of
the Democratic plurality below )be Harlem
because of the indifference or disaffection of
the mngwumps and the fact that the County
Democracy received the cold shoulder at
the Saratoga convention. The Democrats,
on the other hand, point to their majority
on the Congressional vote last vear of over
o,uuu; say mat mere are no indications mat
the Republicans can increase their plurality
above the Harlem, and express confidence
that few County Democrats will vote
against the regular nominees on the eve of
a Presidental contest.
Republican Chances for the Legislature.
But it is not the State ticket alone that is
in the balance. The complexion of the
Legislature is, also, to be decided. The
Senate has 32 members. Of the present body
19 are Republicans. In order, therefore, to
create a tie and thus give the Lieutenant
Governor the casting of the vote the Demo
crats must make a net gain of three mem
bers. A Democratic victory would be in
complete without a Democratic Senate to
confirm appointments made by the Gover
nor, as the Republican majority has for
years refused to confirm Democratic nomi
nations to certain offices which are now
filled by Republicans whose terms expired
years ago. But the prospects are not flat
tering for a change in the political majority
in the Senate, and the Republicans are con
fident of gaining at least one seat now held
by a Democrat.
The Assembly now stands 68 to 60 in
favor of the Democrats and they expect to
retain control of this branch; but there are
several districts which last year returned
Democrats which are likely to elect Re
publicans this year, so the Democrats must
make gains of new seats to hold their own.
An additional reason for making an ac
tive canvass for members of the Legislature
is that the present Senate will vote for a
United States Senator in 1893 to succeed
Mr. Hiscoek.
BAY STATE BETTING EVEN.
THE CONTEST SIMILAK TO THAT
WHICH BUTLER LOST.
IN
Governor Russell's Personal Popularity Is
In His ravor Ex-Speaker Reed Helps
Ont the Republicans Democrats Hava
but Little Chance for the Legislature.
Boston, Nov. 2. The election in Massa
chusetts to-morrow is for Governor and
other State officers, an Executive Council
and a Legislature. Two amendments to the
Constitution are also to be voted on, one
abolishing the poll tax 4s a prerequisite for
voting and the other making a majority of
members a quorum in each branch of the
Legislature. There are five tickets in. the
field for State officers Republican, Demo
cratic, Prohibition, People's, and Socialist
Labor. The campaign has been one of the most
vigorous ever fought in Massachusetts. In
some respects it has resembled the one in
which Governor Robinson defeated Gover
nor Butler in 1883. In that vear the Re
publicans put forth every jiossible effort to
recover the Governorship, which had
slipped away from them because of a care
less nomination and lethargy. Although
General Butler had antagonized and angered
the better elements 01 tne state and was op
posed by every resource his opponents
could command, he was beaten by less than
10,000 plurality in a total vote of over
310,000. This year history is repeating it
self, save that national issues have been
made to play an important part in the con
test, and Governor Russell, instead of an
tagonizing anybody, has made a very satis
factory administration, and is so universally
liked that his name has been frequently ap
plauded at Republican rallies.
Since the appearance of ex-Speaker Reed
in the State, the campaign has been fougfit
by the Republicans with a zeal never sur
passed, and with a force of stump orators
probably larger 'than was ever before
drafted into a State compaign in Massachu
setts. They depend for success entirely
upon their ability to get out the reserve
vote in the country districts and to reduce
Governor Russell's majority in Boston,
which was 3,38 last year, some 5,000'
greater than in 1880 when the liquor vote is
supposed to have gone Republican.
The campaign efforts of the Democratio
party have been confined almost entirelv tn
into lnof thrjtA uAlra Tlnnnff that t,ma
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however, they have fought with skill and
bue msi mice dcc&b.
thoroughness, concentrating their ef
forts upon the centers of population
The registration indicates that the total vote
will approach, if not exceed, 300,000. Bet
ting, as between Rnssell and Allen, is about
even. Last year the Democrats elected the
Auditor, owing1 to the iorced withdrawal of
the Republican convention nominee by the
revival of an old scandal, and the substitu
tion of the candidate defeated in the con
vention. They will not have that advan
tage this year. The Republicans will re
tain their majority in the House, and prob
ably secure a small majority in the Senate.
FLOPS TO BLAISE AND M'KINLEY.
Why a People's Party Organ Returns to
Its First Lore.
Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 2 Special.
The Leavenworth Daily, Tunex, an old es
tablished daily paper in Kansas and edited
for over a quarter of a century by Colonel
D. R. Anthony, brother of Susan B. An
thony, became an advocate of the new Peo
ple's party nearly a year ago. To-day it
renounces that faith and returns to the Re
publican party, giving reasons for the
change as follows:
The contest next year will be between two
Sarties, tne Republican and the Democratic
'o other party can hope to be more than an
interference in the campaign. A year ago it
looked as if the People's party would cut
quite a figure, but that prosnect has passed
away. Many causes have combined to
weaken this party, and we have evidence
that convinces us that in this, the leading
Alliance State, its strength is not half what
it was in 1890. The next President of the
United States will bo either a Republican or
Democrat. Voters must make a choice be
tween the party of Lincoln and Grant and
Blaine, and the party of Buchanan and Tam
many and Cleveland: between the party
that stood a solid wall against the destruc
tion of the Union, and the party that stood
and snarled; between the party that has faith
in America and her ability to grow and
manufacture what she needs, and the party
that has believed that we must depend on
Europe for tho greater part of the manufac
tured articles we use: that wo must be pro
ducers of raw material and the skill of the Old
World to fashion that raw material; be
tween the party of progression and tho
party of retrogression: as between these no
patriot can hesitate, and wo believe that
next yar Kansas will attain roll up a mag
nificent majority of 82,000 for that magnifi
cent ticket Blaine and McKinley the rep
resentative of reciprocity and the repiesen
tative of protection.
Virginia Democrats Have a Walkover.
Richmond, Va., Nov. 2. The election
contest in this State to-morrow is to select
the entire House of Delegates and one-half
of the Senate. There is no State question
involved, and the Republicans, as a party,
have refrained from placing candidates in
the field, although here and there a Re
publican or an Independent may be found.
The Democratic candidates, In the main,
are Alliance men. v
FURIOUS FOREST FIEES.
, Alabama and St. Louts County, Mo., tho
Regions Now Devastated.
St. Louis, Nov. 2. One of the most dis
astrous forest fires ever known in St. Louis
county has been raging for the past four
days in the western portion of the county.
Thousands of dollars worth of valuable
property has been destroyed, and unless
there is a rain within a few days the losses
will reach an enormous figure. The fire
started last Thursday morning on the
farm of Tom Nicholls, near Glencoe,
and spread so rapidly that within
a few minutes it had got beyond
control. It baffled the efforts of the peo
ple of the neighborhood, who turned out
en masse to save the Nicholls household,
which, a few hours later, with its con
tents, lay a smoldering heap of ruins.
The property was valued at ?5,000 by Mr.
Nicholls, and was a well-known landmark
of tha,t neighborhood. The flames have kept
up a steady march ever since. Several
other residences followed that of Mr.
Nicholls on Saturday.
A dispatch from Montgomery, Ala., says:
A forest fire about a mile west of Vernon
has been burning since Thursday morning,
and its path is now about a mile wide.
Clouds of smoke are rising from the forest.
Several farmers have already suffered great
loss in the way of fencing and timber lands,
and there is much danger to residences and
barns. The flames have been fanned by a
strong wind and have been beyond all hu
man control. Another forest fire is reported
in Coosa county, spreading rapidly toward
the river, burning houses and barns on its
way. There has been no rain in several
months.
TEE MAYBRICK CASE AGAIN.
A Brief Review of the Celebrated English
Life Insurance Suit.
London, Nov. 2. In the Court of Ap
peals the Maybrick case was commenced to
day. The present appeal grew out of the
judgment given on July 20 last, in the
action brought in the interest of Mrs.
Maybrick against the insurance asssocia
tion to recover the sum of 510,000 insur
ance upon her husband's life. The Conrt
then decided that as Mrs. Maybrick had
been convicted of having murdered her hus
band, she could not recover the amount for
which his life was insured, as his death was
caused by the person for whose benefit the
action was brought.
The day after this judgment was ren
dered, Sir Charles, a high legal au
thority, made the assertion that the life in
surance association's refusal to pay Mrs.
Maybrick the 510,000 insurance on her
husband's life, on the ground that his
death was caused by her, would en
able the convicted woman to bring
out in a civil action the facts tra
versed in the murder trial, since she could
compel the insurance company to prove
stmt she murdered her liusband. This high
legal ,authority was said to have based his
opinion on the fact that, according to En
glishaw, a conviction is not proof between
other parties, but only between the prose
cution and the prisoner.
MONDAY'S TTNFOKTUNATEa
The Total Number of Accidents Reported
Yesterday Beached Three.
A trio of unfortunates is the total list of
yesterday's accidents. The usual rapid
transit accident occurs, but is reversed in
this case, the motorman being the one in
jured. Two minor accidents are the others.
The list follows:
Clark George Clark, a motorman on
the Second Avenue Electric line, met with
a serious accident yesterday morning.
"While on the trip toward town Clark stuck
his head out of the cab to look back, when
he was struck by a car going in the opposite
direction, and his skull fractured at the base
of the brain. He was removed to the Mercy
Hospital and is in a critical condition.
Stark "William Stark, an employe at
the Carbon Iron "Works, had his right leg
broken yesterday by a piece of armor plate
falling on it. He was removed to the "West
Penn Hospital.
Johnston Alexander Johnston, an old
man of Braddock, fell from the platform of
the Braddock Accommodation at Fast Lib
erty station last night His head struck
the steel rail, knocking him senseless. He
was carried to a drugstorenear by where his
wounds were dressed.
A Political Quarrel Ends in Murder.
Xenia, O., Nov. 2. J. C. Myers, an ex
convict, shot L. C Cline at 8 o'clock this
evening. The ball entered Cline's bowels
and is supposed to be fatal. Myers is a
Democrat, and it is stated he was abusing
Republicans along the street, when Cline
took the matter up and followed Myers
down an alley for a few feet, when the shot
was fired. Myers escaped the officers, but
will likely be captured.
Thousands of Bootmakers Locked Out.
London, Nov. 2. The employes of
two firms of bootmakers are striking, and
the London bootmakers have agreed to de
clare a lockout. As a result 5,000 boot
makers are locked out to-day, and 20,000
will undoubtedly' be treated in tho same
manner. , '
COULDN'T BE A THIEF.
An Ex-Exhorter. Steals a Farmer's
. Horse and Sells It to "a Stranger.
HIS CONSCIENCE SMITES HIM.
Then He Beturns tne Animal and
Himself in tho Earn.
Hangs
HIS LAST EFFORTS TO MAKE AMENDB
ISPICIAL TULEGRAM TO THE PISrATCn.J
Harrisbubg, Nov. 2. At Coalton ten
days ago a valuable young horse was stolen
from a barn on the John Blake farm, near
that village. Elmer Jones, who had
worked for Blake several years and had a
local reputation as a religious exborter,
was also missing. No one suspected him of
theft, though, until the following day,when
his nnusual absence from the farm forced
the belief on Farmer Blake that he had sud
denly turned horse thief. He had covered
up his tracks well, for, although thorough
search was made in every direction, no
trace of horse or thief could be found.
A curious circumstance conneoted with
Jones' astounding disappearance was made
known to Farmer Make by Justice of the
Peace "Ware, who said that the day before
the theft of the horse Jones executed a will
in the presence of the Justice and his wife,
by which he bequeathed everything he pos
sessed to Farmer Blake.
Farmer Blake Treated to a Surprise.
On Friday morning Blake went out to do
his work at the barn, and the first thing that
attracted his attention was the words, in
large letters, made with chalk on the side of
the barn: "Pray for me." The farmer went
to the barn and found his stolen horse in
the stall from which it had been taken ten
davs before.
Farmer Blake was about to run to the
house with the cood news, when he was
rooted to the spot by the sight of p man
hanging by the neck on a rope fastened to a
beam. The man was Elmer Jones, and he
was dead.
Justice "Ware and others were sent for.
In the dead man's pockets were found $80
in $10 bills, and the will he had made in
favor of Farmer Blake, enclosed with which
were two mortgages on neichboring farms,
one for $500 and one for 5600. "While the
formal investigation of the suicide was be
ing held at Blake's a stranger drove up to
the place. He had evidently driven long
and hard. He told Farmer Blake that
he was on the track of a horse that had been
stolen from his barn two days before, and
described the animal.
Another Claimant for the Horse.
He gave an exact description of the horse
that had been stolen from Blake and re
turned so mysteriously. He took the
stranger to the barn, and the latter declared
that the,, horse was the one that had been
stolen from him.
"I bought the horse of a stranger," he
said, "for 580, and it was stolen from me the
same night."
He described the man who sold him the
horse, and the description was that of Elmer
Jones. Farmer Blake then told the
stranger the story of the horse and of the
man who had stolen it, sold it, and, beyond
doubt, stolen it again, returned it to its
legal owner and then hanged himself. The
stranger looked at the dead man's face and
identified it as that of the man from whom
he had purchased the hone. The 580 found
in Jones pocket were also satisfactorily de
scribed by the stranger and were returned
to him.
Jones was about 55 years of age, and it is
recalled now that about 35 years ago he and
three others were convicted of being mem
bers of a gang of horse thieves, and he was
sentenced to a term in State prison. It was
not until after the war that he returned to
his old locality where he lived an indus
trious and upright life ever since. His re
lapse into the ways of his criminal days is
explained only by the theory that he" had
become insane.
HIGHBINDEES AGAIN AT WOBK.
A Member of the Suey Sing Society Shot by
One of the Suey Ones.
San Francisco, Nov. 2. Special.
Chinese highbinders have begun their war
fare again in earnest. Early Sunday morn
ing shots were heard and two men were
found lying in a Chinatown alley bleed
ing from bullet wounds. They re
fused to give -any facts about their
assailants, though one is in a
critical condition. This morning another
victim was found doubled up in a clothes
basket in Chinatown. An officer saw a tuft
of black hair projecting from what looked
like a heap of laundered clothing, and on
investigating, discovered the body of a
Chinaman who had been shot through the
back.
He belonged to the Suey Sing Society,
and is believed to have been shot by the
Suey Ong highbinders, as a bitter feeling
exists between the two. fraternities. He
was evidently shot Friday, and his death
occurred some time after the shooting. A
large force of police now guards Chinatown
to prevent further murders. The quarter
swarms with highbinders who have re
turned from the country, and more Dlood is
sure to be spilled.
STBIKES AMONG S7JOAK MEN.
Teamsters, Loaders and "Weighers' Assist
ants After Higher Wages.
New Obleans, Nov. 2. Special. The
teamsters and loaders engaged in hauling
sugar struck to-day for shorter hours and
better pay. They have been getting f 13 to
514 a week, no extra pay for work after
dark and double pay for Sunday. Their
demand is for ten hours a day, at S2 50; for
work after 6 r. M., 30 cents an hour, and on
Sunday 60 cents.
The sugar weichers' assistants also struck.
They have been receiving from ?10 to ?14 a
week. They now ask to be paid by the
piece, 1 cent a barrel of sugar, 2U cents a
hogshead, and 40 cents a hundred sacks of
rice, by which some of them will make 510
and even 515 a day. The employers think
they can get men to fill the places of the
strikers, and that the strike will delay busi
ness very little.
BIO GBANDE B0BBEES ABBESTED.
The Men 'Who Held Up a Colorado Express
Train Safe Behind the Bars.
Denver, Nov. 2 The principal actors
in the Turkey Creek train robbery of the
Bio Grande express train, near Canon City
a month ago, have been captured and are
now in the county jail here. The men
are "J'eg Leg" BIdridge who was in the In
dian Territory; Jim Evans and a man named
Burrows. They were brought in very
secretly within the past few days and other
arrests are expected this week.
It is understood "Peg Leg" has made a
confession. McCoy, the notorious leader of
the gang was arrested shortly after the rob
bery for murdering "W, J. Arnold and is
now under a 13-year sentence for his crime.
The manager of the express company and
the railroad officials refuse to give any in
formation upon the subject, but there seems
to be no doubt about the arrest of the right
parties.
Choked to Death on False Teeth.
Milwatjkee, Nov. 2. Thomas' Flynn. a
tanner, aged CO, while eating his supper this
evening, swallowed his false teeth and
chokedto death.
HIED.
LANGE-On Tuesday, November 3, at 1:15
i.. si., Lo If, son of Phillip and Anna
Langc, beloved husband of Katio Ilnfey, in
his 24th year, at, his parents' residence, b3
Washington street, Allegheny.
Tie. of funeral heieafter.
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THE PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT:
A Decrease of Over 84,000,000 in the Ag
gregate Interest and Non-Interest Debt.
"Washington, Nov. 2. The following
is a recapitulation of the debt statement is
sued to-day:
Oct. Sl, 1801. Sept. 30,1891.
Interest beirlng; debt
Bonds at ii per
cent
Bonds at 4 con-
tlnuea ni z per
cent .-.....(
55.3S1.600 00
25,161,500 00
559,567,100 00
isonas at 4 per cent.
Refunding certifi
cates at 4 per cent
659,573,130 00
89,070 00
93,120 00
Total
.. 583,026,73)00 S 583,011,720 00
Increase.
Debt on which in
terest has ceased
since maturity ..,
COO CO
6,209,230 26
B,127.2T3 26
Decrease
Debt bearing no in
terest 389,074,023 85
Decrease
Aggregate of in
terest and non-Interest
bearing
debt 980,309,976 11
2,918,050 00
330,183,483 33
1,109,467 50
934,335,503 61
4,023,527 50
Decrease
Certificates and
Treasury notes off
set by an equal
amount of cash
In the Treasury. . t
660,379,410 00 f 549,806,348 00
f 10,572,662 CO
Increase .
Aggregate
of debt
including
certlfl-
cates and Treasury
notes tl.540,C89,3S6 11 il,5M,Il'i,ai oi
Cash In the Treasury
Gold coin S189.615.905 37
.Bars , tiooxoM
8 263,774,74181
Sllverdollars S 347,339,907 00
Subsidiary coin 15,196,379 48
Bars 45,910,249 42
Trade dollar bars... 1,670,432 09
S 410,116,967 99
Paper, legal tender
notes (old issue). S
Treasury notes of
1891
Gold certltlcates..,.
Silver certificates. ..
Cnrrency certifi
cates National banknotes
Other bonds, inter
est and coupons
paid awaiting re
imbursement I
Minor coin and frac
tional currency....
Deposits In N'nal
Bank depositories
General account....!
Disbursing officers'
balances
14,127.026 84
2.251,786 00
20,790,4'J) CO
2,522,709 09
330,000 00
5,738,794 93
1 43.763,785 76
142,49100
345,166 54
16,047,339 73
4.330,763 03
20.874,762 12
Aggregate
Demand liabilities
Gold certificates.... 156,890,739 00
Sliver certificates... 323,663,40100
Currency certifi
cates 11,093,000 CO
Treasury notes of
S740,539,253 63
low b9,VZS,.,U w
$ 560,379,410 00
For- redemption of
uncurreni nnuon-
al bank notes 1 5,781,533 60
Outstanding checks
and drafts 3,407,283 15
Disbursing officers'
balances 26,474,843 81
Agency accounts.
eic.. ...... .......... ?.ai3,:33 ua
$ 40.473,923 64
Gold reserve 9
Net cash balances...
100,000,000 CO
39.671,920 04
139,671.920 04
Aggregate
Cash balince In the
Treasury Sept. 30,
1891 ( 144,957,963 61
Cash balance In tlie
Treasury Oct. 31,
1891 139,671,920 01
Decrease during the
month
740,530,233 63
t 5,316,043 57
The Howell Lumber Litigation Ended.
Chicago, Nov. 2. In April last Spooner
Ii. Howell, a big lumber merchant of this
city, with branches at Omaha and else
where, turned over his property to the
First National Bank of this city, to which
he was indebted to the amount of 5200,000.
Later the North "Wisconin Lumber Com
pany brought suit for 550,064, claiming that
the transactions with the First National
Bank were collusive and to the detriment
of outside creditors. Judge Brown, before
whom the case was tried, decided that the
action amounted to voluntary assignment.
'The case was taken to the Appellate Court,
whicn to-day reversed tnat decision, xne
effect of this decision is that the 5200,000
will go to the legitimate creditors.
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