TWO CENTS. SCJTANTOX, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5. 1897. TWO CENTS WAR ON MARK HANNA Many Believe a Crisis Is Impending in Ohio. THE TALK OF A COMBINE It Has Subsided, Pending the Official Count. lie publicans Cliilm a Majority ol Five on Joint nnllot--l)cmocrnts Serve .Notice That Contests Will Follow Flection llcturns--Scnntor-Klcct Louis Vol slit (Jives nn Inde pendent ltcpnlilicnn .Sentiment. Columbus, O., Nov. i. Jinny talk about a crisis in Ohio. Some believe that a crisis is Impending. The talk sibout a combine in the legislature ugulnst Senator Hanna lias subsided ponding the interest In the olllcial counting of the vote In close counties. Ah the official canvass of the vote in the 8 counties proceeded today, the Republican plurality on the statu tick et inc.eased, and on the legislative tickets it appeared to be getting to ward a very close shave. While the Republican plurality on the plate ticket exceeds 28,000, the vote on the legislative ticket is nlmost as close os it could be. For this reason thero Is still unusual anxiety at the respect ive state headquarters o both parties. The Republicans still claim that the legislature stands 75 Republicans to 70 Democrats on Joint ballot for senator and that their candidates for repre sentatives in three of the close coun ties have been elected by the following pluralities: Delaware county, 29; Wood county, 28; Noble county. Sow a total of 142 In the three counties. A change of 72 votes properly distributed in these three counties would therefore have turned the result in the legislature by giving these three representatives to the Democrats. Then the legisla ture would have stood 72 Republicans and 73 Democrats on joint ballot. When it Is remembered that the to tal vote of Ohio last year was over 1.000,000 and Is almost one million this year. It is readily seen that 2 Is such u small percentage that It cannot be clearly expressed in figures or lan guage, and this is what makes the Democratic state committee continue to claim the legislature and the Re publican state committee to be so closely on guard in watching the counting in the close counties. The of ficial count of Delaware county Is In, but with piotosts and notices of con test from the Democrats. The same is true of Noble county. The official count of Wood county may not be complet ed until Saturday, although they ex pect to get through tomorrow. In Wood county today the Democrats protested against counting the vote of a Mecl'iet where the place of voting w.is outside of the pteclnrt, but within tin ward. Had this precinct been thrown out It would have elected the Democratic candidate for representa tive bv a plurality of 5 Instead of the Republican candidate by 2S. The vote of the precinct was counted and the Democratic protest Hied. Other tech nicalities are expected in the progress of ine vote in that county tomorrow. In Noble county there was a long con test over 27 scratched tickets that were finally thrown out because they were net properly maikcd. This was a Re publican loss. Every point is being contested in the olllcial count of the close counties. CHAIRMAN NASH'S VIEWS. Chairman Nash says tonight that the Republican have a safe majority of (lo on Joint ballot in tho legislature. He admits that the pluralities are small In some counties but claims they are safe. He has no doubt of the result in many of the counties which he claims except possibly Wood county, and in the event of the loss of that representative, he says tho leg islature would still stand 74 Republi cans to 71 Demociats and have a ma joilty of three on joint ballot for sen ator. Chalrmun Nnsli said the returns from the thirteenth district showed that the Republicans had a plurality of 432. so that thero Is no longer any of the state senators In doubt and the senate will stand 11) Demociats to 17 Republicans. At Republican state headquarters. Summit county Is not considered doubt ful as heretofore, and its two represen tatives are being conceded to the Dem ocrats. Tills would mnke the house US Republicans and 61 Democrats. Chairman McConvllle does not ndnilt that the Republicans have carried the thirteenth district for their candidate for statu senator and he still cluims the representatives from Noble, Delaware, Wood. Muskingum and other counties claimed by the Republicans. He also expects the olllcial count to give tho Democrats two of the twelve mem bers of the legislature from Cuya hoga county. In nil those counties nnd in others, he ,ays, thero will be contests for the seats In the event of certificates of election being given to the Republicans. USUAL CRY OF FRAUD. Chairman McConvlllle charges fraud In the close counties and In some Re publican counties. He says nearly all the close counties have gone Republi can heretofore and the Republicans still have the machinery In these coun ties. He says the returns have been held back and It looks suspicious. Other counties have completed their count ing while the doubtful counties are still at It. He says the result was known definitely In Cincinnati yester day rftornlng and he cannot get defin ite results even tonight from Cleveland where he expects the vote to be very close on two or three members of the legislature. Chairman McConvllle will remain here until the official count of all the counties Is completed. Late tonight It became known that the courts would bo resorted to for the purpose of preventing boards of elec tions from issuing certificates to the Republican candidates in certain coun ties. The cases will be brought in the lower courts and thence to the supreme court as soon ns possible. The Repub lican state committee has also a lawyer preparing cases of contest. The Re publicans get three representatives on the face of the returns from Delaware, Noble and Wood counties, whoso plu ralities aggregate onlv 142. A change bf 72 votes would have given the Dem ocrats all three for the legislature. Tins Republicans claim that the Democrats also electeJ members of the legislature on close margins, that there were ten counties in the state that gave less than 100 plurality each for their can didates for the legislature, and that the Demociats secured as innny mem bers on these sm-vlL pluralities as tho Republicans. Roth sides nre preparing for contests first In the courts and afterward in the legislature. As either branch of the legislature Is the trib unal of last resort in Judging of the qualifications of Its own members, the Republicans have an advantage In their control of the house over the Demo crats, who control the senate. There, nre KC senators with only two or three contests possible in that body. In tho nouse there are 109 members with a dozen or more seats that can be con tested, and the Republicans claim a majority seven in that body, so that more Democrats could be unseated in the houss than Republicans In the sen ate. While lxth committees nre keep ing secret any arrangements for legal pioceedlngs, yet It is stated that tho Democratic Rtate committee will seek to enjoin enough certificates of elec tion from Republican representatives to prevent th Republicans from organ izing the house and appointing tho commlttep that will consider contests. Developments nre expected tomorrow In the policies of both' partle3 so far a? appealing to th? courts is concerned. VOIGHT UNCERTAIN. Cincinnati, O., Nov. 4. Senator-elect Louis Voight. one of the independent Republicans elected in Hamilton county, was asked how he stood on political matters, Mr. Voight replied: "I am. a Republican, a sound money man, and, furthermore, I am a support er of the present national administra tion." "How will you vote on United States senator?" "I shall vote for a Republican," re plied Mr. Voight. "Will you vote for Hanna.?" "That I will not say, nor will I say for whom I shall vote," "Will you attend the Republican caucus?" "I will not." "In the event of Hanna being the choice of the Republican caucus, will you.vote for him?" "That I will not say. I repeat that I shall vote for a Republican for United States senator, but will not go further than that until the time comes to vote." PRINCE OF WALES SUED. An Extraordinary Case Heard Iloloro the Lord Mayor's Court nt London. London, Nov. 4. Thero was an extra ordinary case heard before the lord may or's court today when a man named Hinds sued the. Prlr.ce of Wales to recover OO.OO'J pounds $X).0OP alleged to havo been wrongfully paid film by the Into Under ijherltf Croll, who was the liqui dator of the United Kingdom Electric Telegraph company. Tlie pl.ilntllt de clared the money belonged to a certain Mr. Allen, of whose estate he was the as signee. Hinds' father claimed the sum of 150.000 pounds ($7,'AUW) from Lord Suffolk, alleging that the latter had suborned Croll to commit perjurj before LwJ Hramwell t the trial In 1S77, in connec tion with the liquidation.. Sir Georgo Lewis, In behall of the Prince of Wales and the Karl of Sulfolk, asked that the 'proceedings be quashed on tho ground that the allegations were nothing more than a frivolous and vex aiiotis tlssuo of nonsense, and he submit ted an altldavlt to that effect. The plaintiff then addressed the court, declaring that he had been told that tho Prince of Wales received the money re ferred to and then proceeded to charge Lord Hramwell with defrauding Allen's widow out of 110,000 pounds In order to obtain promotion and a peerage. Tho plaintiff was here stopped by the court with the warning to speak respect fully of Judges. Finally the court stopped the caso and dismissed the action, which was described as being "an abuse of tho proeefs of the court." INSURGENTS USE DYNAMITE. V Quantity Is Exploded Under n Train Near Gunsiiiinl. Havana, Nov. 4. It was announced from Spanish headquarters today that a. detachment of troops belonging to the Asturlus battalion, while reeonnoiterlng near Ocujal, province of Santa Clara, had a skirmish with Insurgents in which several of the latter were killed and tho Insurgent brigadier general. Lino Perez munos, who was found to have Import ant documents In his possession, was captured. The insurgents on Sunday last explod ed a quantity of dynamite near Guaslm al, In tho Sanctl Spiritus district at tho moment a train was passtng over the railroad there. The engine was damaged but no lives were lost. Chattanooga Trip. Harrlsburg, Nov. 4. Governor Hastings and party will start from Philadelphia next Thursday evening for Chattanooga to attend tho dedication or tho Pennsyl vania monuments on the Chlckamague battlefield tho following Monduy. Tho party will Include state ofhcials and tho general olllcers of tho National Ouard and will spend a half day at ABhevllle, N. C, en routo to Chattanooga, Free transportation has been furnished about 1.C00 old soldiers by tho stuto to tako part In tho exercises. Liulv School Commissioner. Syracuse, N. Y., Nov. 4. MIhs Arlo S. Huntington, Democrat, daughter of the Episcopal bishop of Central New York, has been elected school commissioner for two years, lending the ticket In her class. She Is iv leader In several charltablo en terprises, and Is a woman suffragist. She Is he llrst woman to hold elective ofllco In Syracuse. I'opiilini In Colorado. Denver, Colo., Nov. 4. Tho Denver Evening Times (silver Republican), con cedes the election of Uabbert (Democrat and Populist), candidate for Judge of the supremo court, by about l.uoo majority over Hayt (Republican). ENGLAND'S NEW CABLE Will Not Much Longer Pay Tolls to the United States. CLEVELAND'S PART IN IT Effect of Grover's Venezuelan War Message. , The Possibilities of n Wnr with the United States That Would Isnlnto the British Interest In the West Indies Has Ilccn tho Incontivo Lending to nn Orgiuilzation--Tlie Stock in tho Now Comnanv Nenrly All Subscribed. New York, Nov. 4. A special cable dispatch from London to the Evening Post says: Toduy's issue of shares and deben tures by the direct West India. Cable company (limited) marks the begin ning of tho end of England's depend ence on the United States for cable connection with the West Indies. Rut for President Cleveland's Venezuelan war message. England would probably have been quite content to continue to depend upon the United States' lines, via Florida and Culxi, but directly the officials hero realized the possibility of a war with "the United States and the consequent Isolation of the West Indian colonies, they set about the negotia tions which after a long hard fight with rival United States telegraph Interests, resulted In an Imperial subsidy of $10. 000 yearly for twenty years to the Rritlsh Canadian capitalists who own the Halifax-Bermuda cable for Its ex tension from Bermuda to Jamaica, and ultimately to other leading West In dian islands and South America. The cable will be completed by the first week of February next. As showing the spirit of the new enterprise, it may be said that of today's issue of $300,000 in shares nnd $600,000 in 4M per cent, debentures, more than two-thirds were subscribed privately before the Issue was offered to the public. A similar imperial undertaking, the Pacific cable project, is still a sublect of departmental Inquiry. The Cana dian proposal for a cable to Australasia from Vancouver has now been supple mented by a rival project to connect Australia with England via Capo Col ony without touching foreign territory. CONCERNING ARBITRATION. Washington, Nov. 4. Julian Paunce fote, the British ambassador who is Just back from London, probably will confer with Secretary Sherman nt an en ly day concerning the reopening of rRotIat!ons for an Anglo-American treaty of arbitration. Thero Is said to be no disposition on either hand to press the subject unduly, but rf.th'er to allow It to develop along natural lines and responsive to public sentiment. Mr. Sherman made known to the British authorities some months ago that tin president would view with favor a re opening of the negotiations and was hopeful that a peace ti?ity ultimately would be, secured, The British officials were much gratified at this suggestion, but no negotiations were entered upon. Since then Sir Julian has visited Lon don nnd has had an opportunity to learn tho views of the foreign olllce as well as the state of British feeling on the subject. All the ten lencles on the other side are favorabl to nrbltiation, although there is a general Indisposi tion to take up the treaty question as long as there Is a chance thut It would meet the same fate as the Olnev Pauncefote treaty. As a result of that treaty, an arbitration league has been formed throughtout Kngland, its aim be ing to bring about peace compact be tween that country and this. While Sir Julian was In London he wan called upon by Mr. Creamer, the member of parliament who has been foremost In advocating arbitration and who visited the United States on that mission. Mr. Creamer Is as hopeful ns over that ar bitration between the countries will be secured. THE GUN EXPLODED And nn Attempt nt Murder necomes Suicide. Cobden, III., Nov. 4. Eighteen-year-old James Saddler, who lived a half mile north of town, attempted to shoot his mother last night with an old musket. Tho woman ran and he missed her, but the breach pin of iho gun blew out and struck him In tho forehead, entering tho skull and making a nolo from which the brains nre oozing,. Ho cannot live. It Is bald he was partly demented. Lexington Knees. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 4. Weather clear; track heavy. First race, six furlongs Masquerade won, Mattlo Leo becond, Frank Griffith third; time, j.i. Second race, live furlongs Ada Russell won, Miss Florid second, M. A. Angelina third; time, 1.0S. Third race, one mile Sir Vassar won, Myth second, Sangamon third; time, 1.48, Fourth race, seven furlongs Vice Regal won, Sauterno becond, Loyalty third; time, 1.33, Fifth race, five furlongs Tempo won, Dad Steele, second; Conan Doyle third; time. I.JSVj. Coiigresn of Women. Springfield, Mass., Nov. I. The con gress of the Association for tho Advance ment of Women closed In ,the South churoh today, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, na tional president, presiding. Tho session was purely a business one. The next meeting of tho association will be held In Boston In May, 1S98. Suicide ol dipt. Ilriggs. Emporia, Va.. Nov. 4. Captain W. H. BrlKgs, a prominent citizen apd lato dep uty colector, committed suicide by shoot Ins himself early this morning, He was about C2 years of age, Ho placed a gun to his right temple and used a walking cane to pull the trigger. No cause Is knows for the suicide. HAMMERSTEIN FAILS. The Mnnnscrol (Jrcnt Thcntricnl En terprises .Unites nn Assignment. New York, Nov, 4, Oscar Hammerstcin, the theatrical manager, has failed. The liabilities will bo between 50,0o0 and $75, 000. His counsel said tho assignment was a temporary matter which will doubtless have little visible effect on Mr. Hammer steln's affairs. Mr. llafnmersteln's principal assets are his theatrical properties, consisting main ly of tho Olympla, that cost him l,7(),wo. Thero is a mortgage of $30,000 on It. This mortgage Is less thnn the prico paid for tho land on which the houso stands. He also owns his resldenco on West Ono Hundred and Twentieth street, and a fac. tory building on Avenue D and Tenth street. Speaking of bis assignment, Mr. Ham mersteln said tonight: "I am physically unable at the present time to conduct the business of the In stitution. I have mnde and superintend ed In person three great productions within tho past six weeks. They were "Tho Cat nnd the Cherub," "Grand Opara Tableaux" nnd "La Poupee." Hy tho desertion of the principal woman In "La Poupee," it will bo necessary to re organize the production. I nm unablo to do this and attend to my finances. In order to secure for my creditors every dollar owing to them, nnd at the same time avoid being harrassed, I have made an assignment. My total indebtedness will hardly exceed $30,000. Although tho Olympla Is In the name of my wife, tho property will be used as security to in sure full payment of my Indebtedness, most of which Is for merchandise and discounts. .1 will never again conduct the Olympla single handed. It ought to be run by a corporation, there being four places of amusement under one roof. Many circumstances combined to make the last season unprolltable. 1 have worked too hard and feel the neces sity of taking a rest." Incidentally, Mr. Hammerstcin said that It cost him $30,000 to bring Anna Held from Europe. Tho assignment has brought all the performances at tho Olympla to a sudden stop. Tho placo was closed tonight. UNCLE SAM'S BIG DEPOSIT Arrangements Made Tor the Distribu tion of tho Cash Received from tho Union l'ncilic. Washington, Nov. 4. Assistant Secre tary Vanderll.) has returned from a brief visit to New York, where he arranged for Che transfer by the reorganization committee of the government's share of the purchase prico of tho Union Pa cllio railroad. Several of the piomlnent New York city banks have mado appli cations for tho deposit with them of such amounts of the purchase money as the treasury department may deem necessary In order that there may be no disturb ance of the money market in consequence of tho reorganization committee's heavy withdrawals. The National City bank will accept $13,000,000; the Chase National, $2,CO0.00O; tho Hanover National, $:000,000; the National Bank of tho Republic, $S00, 0e0; tho American Exchange National and the Seaboard National, $50O,0iiO each, mak ing a total of 5W.S00.0o0. Other banks will also apply for considerable amounts and furnlsA tho required indemnity bonds should It be deemed necessary. The lact, however, that the reorganization commlt teo has decided to make its payments ac cording to the dates iixed by tho court Instead of paying ihe whole amount at once, wdll relieve the tltuatlon very ma terially. According to treasury calcula tions the exact amount of tho govern ment's share of tho purchase money is $.8,418,223. Of this amount, $27,23,512 Is principal outstanding; $30,830,181 interest due and unpaid, and $381,530 Interest ac crued but not due. Against this gross sum there Is a credit of $4,537,y2t, repre senting the cash in tho sinking fund, and $11,410 being the amount of tho Interest on the bonds in the sinking fund duo Nov. 1, making a total credit of $t,jt3,3i8, which being taken from tho gross amount of tho purchase price leaves a balance of $."3,8iiS,8.'A Of this amount $S,0SI,82S less the amount of cash In the sinking fund will be due In llfteen days after, tho conlirmatlon of the sale, which Is expect ed to tako placo within the next few days, The second payment will be made llfteen days after the first, and will ag gregate $12.590,S4S. The three remaining payments will be made within forty, titty and sixty days respectively from the late of the conlirmatlon of the salo and will be Xor $12,590,848 each. Tho amount of government bonds Is sued In aid of the Pacific railroads, which mature on Jan. 1 next, Is $2,j,,J01,ltr)2, as follows: Central Pacific. $lo,f.U,120j Union Pacific, $15,013,512; Kansas Pacllle, $1,423,000; Cen tral branch Union Pacllle, $320,000; Sioux City and Pacific, $t,(;28,3:o. DISAPPEARED APTER A QUARREL. Cnnnl Boat Captain's Body Found in n Basin. Trenton, N. ,1 , Nov. 4. Tho body ot Frank McCjeiicy, son of Chief of Police Charles M. .McChesney, was found in Weller's basin today. i.Mcl'hesney was captain of tho canal boat Blast, and ho mysteriously disapjwartd several days ngo. The last seen of nbn was In a sa loon In the Seventh ward, where he be. came Involved In an altercation with sev eral other boatmen. Owing to this foul play was suspected when his body was discovered today, but County PhyslJlan Rogers Is of the opinion thut tho man was drowned. In McOhesney's pockets were found scmo $16 In money, his gold watch and other valuables, and this fact caused tho police to dismiss the theory of murder. MeChesuey's beat was housed In tho basin for repairs, and It was so docked that to get aboard it was accessary for the captain to climb over the side. It Is believed that In attempting to board Ihe boat the captain slipped overboard. PREFERRED DEATH TO SURGERY. Young Woman Killed Herself Rather Thnn Undergo nn Operation. Mt. Holly, N. J., Nov. I. Because h feared that certain surgical treatments which she was about to undergo would not be successfcl. Miss Adelaide Combs shot and killed herself this morning at tho home of her uncle, Wljllam Early, near Pemberton. Sho has ' been rather despondent for some time, but none or tho family had any suspicion of a suicidal tendency on her part. She w as about 40 years, of age. Con. Weyler Afloat. Havana, Nov. 4. Word has been ro. oelved hero that tho steamer Montwer rat, with Lieutenant Oeneral Weyler on board, arrived at Glbara, on the north coast of Cuba, one hundred miles east of Puerto Principe, on Monday. Her engine ,was disabled, but It wus expected that tho tlmo tho message was sent that she would sail for Porto Rico on Wediies day (yesterday). m i I r. Worcester's Succosior. Bethlehem, Pa.. Nov. 4. Rev. Dr. Lang don C. Btowardson, of St. Mark's ehuroti, Worcester, Muss,, has accepted the chair of philosophy and the chaplaincy of Lc Iilsh university, to succeed Dr, Worcester, tho present pastor of St. Stephen's church, l'hlladelphla, Dr. Bird, editor of Llpplncott's Magazine, has been acting chaplain at Lohlgh for six months. THE BALLOT IN PENNSYLVANIA Close Estimate of the Full Vote of the State. DECIDEDLY AN OFF YEAR Vote 450,000 Less Than at Presidential Election. Results in Other States Mnrvlnnd Redeemed -- Republicans Cont-.ol Both Brunches of tho Legislature nnd Arthur Gorman Will Bo Suc ceeded iu the Scnnte by a Member ot tho Latter Party. Philadelphia, Nov. 4. Official returns have been received from nearly every county in the state. With complete llgures from the counties which have not yet completed the olllcial count, tho full vote of the state for state treasurer and auditor general Is bhown to bo as follows: STATE TREASURER. BEACOM, Ropubllcan 371,033 BROWN. Demcciat 2H.5GU Swallow, Prohibition 117,130 THOMPSON, Independent 15,201 Total vote 74S.2W Beacom's Plurality over Brown, 120,11. Majority of other candidates over Bea com, 0,210. AUDITOR GENERAL. M'CAULEY, Republican 407,301 BITTER, Democrat 2i.70 LATH I ROPE, Prohibition 57,U51 Total vote 733.C58 MoCauley's plurality over Ritter, 13S,5i5. McCauley's nrajorlty over Ritter and Lathrope, 80,914. The total vote Is about 20.000 less than that for state treasurer In 1S93, and nearly 450,000 less than was cast lr. the presidential election of last year. Beacon received 85,092 less votes than were given for Haywood for state treasurer in 1895, and Brown's vote falls 37,912 behind that cast for Meyers, the Democratic candidate In that year. Swallow's vote Is nenrly 100,000 abovo that given to Berry, the 1895 Prohibi tion candidate. The vote for Berry was 20,779. McKinley's plurality over Bryan last year was 301,175, in a total vote of 1, 194,355; his clear majority over all can didates was 262,445. TRIUMPH IN A1ARYLAND. Republicans Control Doth Branches of tho Legislature. Baltimore, Nov. 4. An official count of tho ballots cast on Tuesday last In most of the counties leaves no fur ther room for doubt that the Republi cans have control of both branches of the legislature and that a Republi can will succeed Arthur P. Gorman In tho United States senate. Five inetn fjers of the assembly and one senator were taken from the Democratic list of probabilities and ndded to that of the Republicans. Three of the mem bers nnd the senator are from Talbot county, and one member each from Prince, George and Carroll. This gives tho Republicans 49 numbers In the house and leaves the Democrats but 42. It also gives the Republicans IS sena tors to eight for the Democrats and a majority on Joint ballot of 17. The result In Talbot county arose from the fact that IS votes In Tilgh man precinct were found to have been counted twice for the Democratic tick et: this being corrected gave the Re publican legislative candidates majori ties ranging from 16 to in votes. In Prince Georgo a similar correction elected Underwood, Republican, by four votes, while. In Carrol! the recount showed that Stansbury, Republican, defeated Crouse, Democrat, by 23 votes. The doubtful votes In Montgomery and Washington counties also went Into the Republican column by small majorities. The Democratic state headquarters were closed up today and all the mem bers of the state committee have gone to their respective homes. Before leav lng, however. Chairman Murray Vandl ver gave out the following statement: "As far as the Joint convention of the general assemlrty is concerned, the matter is not entirely settled, and will not bo until the olllcial returns iro made ui. "In regard to the house of delegates, 1 nm still ofthe opinion that thp Dem ocrats will have a majority in that body and will organize it. Tho election In several of tho counties Is to close that It Is Impossible to tell at pres ent which side has won, nnd I believe a recount will be demanded In Mont gomery county by the Democrats, who claim that tho have elected at least one and possibly two members of the house, while the Republicans claim that they have elected all three. A recount may also be demanded In Tal bot and Cnrroll counties to determine the result with certainty. At any rate, we have not given up our expectation of controlling the house, whether we have a majority on Joint ballot or not. "The Democratic candidates who have been defeated In the close coun ties have been In many Instances not ed as anti-Gorman men, while in the same counties the Gorman men have been elected. In one or two Instances which I could specify, these men were cut simply because they were not be lieved to be Gorman men. This shows that tho anti-Gorman outcry did not hurt the Democrats In the counties, for there ho senator has always had his stronghold. To a large extent I am moro convinced than ever by the result of this election that the anti-Gorman sentiment Is almost entirely routined to tho city of Baltimore and that the Democrats of the counties are meas urably free from It. In my opinion, even If It should turn out that tho senator Is defeated, ho Is stronger to day In the country districts of tho stnto than he ever was." .long those most prominently men tioned as the probable successor to Senator Gorman are Alexanler Shaw, former Congressman John V. L. Find lay, Postmaster General Gary, and Congressman Sidney E. Mudd. NEW YORK RETURNS. Judgo Parker's Plurnllty--Complci-Inn ofthe Legislature. New York, Nov. 4. Complete returns from all counties In the ttuto except Cattaraugus, Greene, Steuben and Yutes, show a plurality for Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate for chief judgo of tho court of appeals, of 56, 05S. The final returns will reduce this plurality. Judge Parker's plurality in Greater New York Is 133,968. Complete returns from the Nine teenth and Twentv-flrst districts of New York countv, heretofore doubt ful, elect Weill and Murray, Democrats. Tho assembly stands Republicans, 79; Democrats, 63; Citizens' union, 2; doubtful, 6. REPUBLICAN GAINS. Fusionists Admit That the Rcpubli cans Hnvo Gained Votes. Kansas City, Nov. 4. Two-thirds of tho 10 Knnsas counties so far reported show tho Republicans to have elected a ma jority of tho county officers. The Re publicans also elected seven district Judges nnd the Fusionists six, a gain of two for the Fusionists. While the re turns show a gain In ofllces for the Fu sionists over ISM, It Is a fact that they havo lost votes In nlmost every county, and that the Republicans gained fully twenty per cent. In tho vote compared with last year. Tho Fusionists admit tho Republicans havo gained In votes but declare It was caused by many sliver Republicans vot ing for Republican candidates on person al preferences because of the absence of the silver Issue this year. IOWA'S VOTE. Des Mones, Ia Nov. 4. The complete unofficial returns of Tuesday's vote are: For governor Shaw, Republican, 221,555; WMte, Democrat, 11)3,567; Populist, .".MO; gold Democrat, 5,431; Prohibitionist, 10.002; total, 410.19S; Shaw's plurality, SVJSS. Shaw's total vote la the largest ever cast for a. Republican candidate for gov ernor, being lC.ODO greater' than the high est before. It Is also higher than tho vote cast for any Republican candidate for president In this state, except that for McKlnley last year. The Democrats havo only once polled a bigger vote, when Boles was candidate In 1891. MRS. CARSE ALL RIGHT. Frances Willnrd Corrects a I'nlse Humor. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 4. Miss Frances E. Wlllard, president of tho world's and na tional Won en's Christian Temperance union, this evening gave to the At-so-ciated Press the following. To th Associated Pres: The state ment that Mrs. M. B Carse will hence forth have nothing more to do with the temple Is as absurd as It is untrue. Miss Cornelia M. Dow will have charge only of the fund which I am trying to raise toward tho $300,000 to retire the tcmplo trust bonds, Mrs. Carso Is president of tho board of trustees, as formerly, and the national convention by a strong reso lution expressed its appreciation of ner heroic efforts and its contldence in her management, (Signed) Frances E. Wlllard. DRUNKEN MAN'S CRIME. John Mcintosh Wounds Two Persons and Kills Another. Logans-port. ItU.. Nov, 1. John Mcln tcsh killed Frank Pottcrmeyer this atter noon and wounded Will and Louise Pott, meyer. Frank Pottmeyer Is a. saloon keeper, and ho put Melntosli out because he was drunk. l.Melntosh left, vowing vengeance, and returnod with a double barrelled shotgun. He emptied two loads Into Frank's breast and reloadrd, shoot ing Will in the right arm, and Ed in tho left. He again reloaded nnd shot Loulso In tho back. The wounded peoplo will live. During tho melee Will shot .Mcintosh In tho abdomen with a revolver, but the ball struck a rib and glanced off. Mcln tcsh was arrested by the nollco attcr holding them at bay for ten minutes. PFNNSYLANIA PENSIONS. Washington, Nov. 4. These Pennsyl vania pensions J-.avo been Issued: Origi nalAlexander M. Johnson, Grcensburg, Westmoreland; Israel Kros-ge, Keoders, Monroe; John M. Uutler, Smyrna, Lan taster; Samuel M. Huh, Avonla, Erie; Al pheus Coburn. Conneautvllle, Crawford; Wharton S. Welch, Sunbury, Northum berland ; Franklin Yeager, Chnmbersburg, Franklin; John Ritter, Selln's Urovf, Snyder; Samuel Acklln, Castile, Gr. ene; Thomas J. Metz, Williamsburg, Blair; Levi Klester, Glen Iron, t'nlon; William Kennedy, Mount Holly Springs, Cumber la ml; Rofbert A. Brush, Irwin, West moreland; David W. Philips, Wllkes Barre; William M. Birch, Pittsburg. . In creaso Georgo Simpson, Brookvllle, Jef ferson; Michael Blrney, Barbara, Blair; Andrev Brlmegln, Potter Brook, Tioga; Jesse Weaver, South Fork, Cambria; Al fred C Hunt, Tryonvllle, Crawford; .las, Sargeant, Troy, Bradford. Reissue John O. Rlfenberrlck, Fisher, Clarion, orig inal widow, etc. Sarah SUvlus, Lam as ter; Mary Bryant, Cartondale; William D. Brenton, father, West Middlesex, Mor. cer; Adallno R. Elcoek, Wlllsvlllo, York; Margaret R. Hamsry. Rurllnsame, Ly coming: Mary A. Fields, Danvlllo; Je mima. Ammcrmrn, Fleming, Center. - ' New Nutionnl Bank. Washington, Nov. 4. Authority has been grantel for tho organization of ho Berlin National bank, at Berlin. Pa., cap ital, $50,010: and the Citizens' Nallonal bank, of Meye'sdale, Pu,, J50.000. THE NEWS THIS SIOltMNU. Weather Indications Todayi Fair! Warmer, General Hot Time In Ohio Politics. Hngland's Proposed West IndUr. Cable. Pennsylvania's Small Vote. Wreck on tho Chesapeako and Ohio. Local Councils' Sessions Not Har monious Affairs. Official Count of the Ballots. Local-New Council Jr. O. U, A. M. Instituted. Condition of the Coal Trade. Editorial. Comment of tho Press. Local Inspection of the New Honioeo. puthte Hospital. Serious Stabbing In the North 12nd. Local West Side and Suburban. Lackawanna County News. Neighboring County Happenings Financial ana Commercial. t AWFUL WRECK ON THE RAIL Four Persons Killed Out right in the Smash-up Near Charlottesville. SEVENTEEN ARE INJURED Chesapeake and Ohio Vesti bule Express Wrecked. Tho Fast Train .lumps tho Truck (Jo ing Around a Curve nnd tho Flying Cnrs Aro Dashed Against n Rocky IIill--Shockiuc Instances ot Mu tilation. Charlottesville, Va., Nov. 4. Tho Chesapeake and Ohio vestibule expres?, known ns the F. F. V., from Cincinnati to Washington, wna wrecked near Old Shadewoll, five miles east of this place, this afternoon ut 1.25 o'clock. Four persons were killed nnd seventeen In jured. The dead are: HKNRY BURNETT, colored porter, Ker- wlck, Va. AN ITALIAN WOMAN NAMED JIB. RARA, and Infant, believed to bo from Cincinnati. PIIFLIX MI3KKNO, died after removal to Charlottesville. The injured are: Moses Goldblatt, Cincinnati; Conductor S. C. Buster, Engineer Duke, Baggage man Peers, Gordonsvllle, Va. ; Mary Ma reno, nnd two small children of hersj W. L. Gochoner, of Stuaarts Draft, Vu-i J. F. Miller, Pullman conductor; Rich ard Beikley, expreest messenger; J. N. Halg, Baltimore; Mrs. Bush, New York; Lee Crandall, Globe, Ariz.; J. W. Elder, Washington. D. C; C. R. O'Brien, Louis ville, Ky.; Jonas H. Hinckel, Trenton, O. It is terjorled that the body of an other Italian child Is under the wreck, but this cannot be confirmed. SPREADING RAILS. Tho cause of the accident' has not been definitely ascertained, but It Is be lieved to have been duo to spreading rails. Tho engine left the track on a sharp curve and was hurled against a rocky hill. All of the cars except the dining car and the Richmond sleeper were derailed. Two cars plunged end fo. miost down the steep embankment, and one of them went Into the Rivnnna. river, which at this place skirts the track. The day passenger coach nnd the express car were badly wrecked. As the locomotive plunged from tho rails and overturned, Engineer Duke was hurled from the cab and crushed tinder the engine, besides being terri bly scalded by escaping steam. He was rescued bv his fireman and tho conductor. An soon after tho crash as possible the uninjured passengers and trainmen began the work of rescue and aiding the Injured. Word was sent to this place and a wrecking train with physi cians wan Immediately dispatched to the scene of the wreck. The body of Henry Burnett, the colored porter, was tho last recovered. Ho was terribly mangled, having been in the baggage cor. A foot, supposed to havo been his, was first recovered, and later a portion of the head. The body was literally dismembered. Mareno had both legs rut off and dlod nt tho hosaltul at Charlottesville. Among tho uninjured passengers on the train were Senator Orville If. Piatt, of Connecticut: Commissioner of Pat ents II. Clay Evans and Representa tive Walter Evans, of Louisville. The local railway olllclals after In vestigating the cause of the accident declare that it was not duo to spread ing rails;, though they ara unable to give even a theory. They state that tlio tracks at the snot aro true and examination revealed that they aro tied securely. KLONDIKE STEAMERS. First Lino ot Ships from Philadelphia to the Gold Regions. Philadelphia, Nov. I. Tho llrst line of first class steamships to the Klondiko has been organized In this city, with Charles H. Cramp, of the ship building firm of that name, as president. Thrro will bo five vessels in nil, and the liit will start In April next, clearing fiom New York or Philadelphia and stoppb'g at San Francisco. Seattle and Tacoina. Each of theo ships will ucrnmnuidato about loo Urst class pasengcrs and sev eral hundred second class. They will make connection with railroads on thi Pucllln coast, nnd with transportation beats In the region, while lor the arcoin. moilatlon of passengers from abroad ar rangements will be made with the Am erican line, ro i hat a gold seeker lrom tho other side may buy a through tieuet fiom Southampton to j)awau City, These vessels will arrive in Alask.i ut tho opening of navigation on the Yukon, and will continue to give weekly gervlca between the Pacllle ports mid the Klon dike. Each vitrei will carry :.ooo tons of freight. J. 11. Hoadley, of New York, Is llrst vlco president of the new company, whl',i has oltlces In New Ynik, PhlladclphH and Chicago, and Is about opening otlurs In San Francisco, Seattle and Tacomu. Cunning Occident. New Haven, Conn., Nov. 4. Georgo Stelzle, proprietor of tho East Rock; hotel, accidentally shot and killed him self while hunting in the North Huveii woods today. He was with two com panions. They separated to hunt In dif ferent parts of tho woods, and when Stulzlo did not appear at tho placo ot meeting tho others went in tho dlrec. tlon of which they heard a shot nnd found their companion dead with u por tion of his head shot off. The llrritlil'H Weather Forecast. New York, Nov. 5.-ln tho .Middle Statm and New F.nglt ml today, fair, warmer weather and fresh southerly winds wfil prevail, followed this afternoon by local rain in tho western and northern dis tricts of this suction, und by cloudiness In tho eastern districts tonight. On Sat. urday In these sections, tartly cloudyi to cloudy weather will prevail with alight temperature changes and fresh to brisk southerly winds, becoming high, on Ihu coasts, followed bj local rain, ,
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