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TWO CENT& ,grgeES. IjcILvCTOxT rA."aiONXVY3l()KXiy(. yOVKMBEH 7, 1 SOS. TEN PASES. TWO CENTS.
MR. ELKIN'S
ESTIMATE
View of the Vote of the
Three Candidates
for Governor.
STONE'S
PLURALITIES
The. Election of tho Republican Can
didate Is Claimed by n Pluiality
of 131,000 Over Jenks Swallow Is
Allowed a Total of Only 140,700
Votes Tho Lackawanna County
Voto for Swallow Is Estimated at
0,000 Voteis Warned Against En
couraging Biyanism.
Philadelphia, Nov. G. Republican
State Chairman Rll'lu, before It a liiu
for his lionn on Saturday night, pre
pared for publication an estimate by
counties giving his view of tho voto for
the three candidates for gosernnr. Mr.
Ell. In claims tho election or William A.
Stone by a plurality of 1 ill, 000 over
Jcnks in a total estimate voto of 030,-
000 Ho allows Swallow a total of only
149,700 votes and claims tliat the latter,
who carried ten counties in hit contest
for the stuto treasutoislilii last eur,
will not have a plurality in any county.
Mr. Elkln concedes that Jenk.s will
carry twenty of the slxty-scvin coun
ties and neknosv lodges a Maud-off In
three others.
He claims that the next legMnture
i ill he laigelj KcpublUan in both
branches and predicts tho failure of tho
fusion movement.
The following 1j the chairman Volllc
ial statement:
' I congratulate the Republicans of
Pennsylvania on the splendid light they
have made In the contest now about to
close. The wotk of the state commit
tee Is ended, nnd it iemaln for the
county and local organizations to see
that the vote Is polled. Our organiza
tion Is In good condition throughout
the entire state and I have no doubt
that tho full Republican vote will be
polled.
"In older to make an intelligent es
timate of the soto for the gubeinatoiial
candidates I ashed the chairman of the
luilous county committees to forward
mo a conservative estimate of the Sote
fi i governor In their lespecuse coun
tless. In addition to this, I havo le
ooised estimates fiom tho membeis of
tho state cuimnlttee in each county. I
aim had tans asses made in many of
the counties of tin state. Prom these
vailous sources ol Information I am
rrcpuied to puhnilt 'he following as a
o.iiiseisatlse estimate of tho ote whiih
the gubernatorial candidates will to
coiso next Tuesday:
Counts. Stone. Jcnks Svvalovv.
Ad mis alio khw .iiit
Alt. glunv -12,0(10 l'.Ui) M" J
AimMtong 4 fM L'vw i
HuSi- 30ni L'.'JuO l.loi
HcMifi.ui i,io) a.i
jjcrKs w,yy 1:1,10 i"'.
uiaif o.ijn ::.KtKi saw
Uradfoid -1,N00 LVnw 1,2 J
ism ks 7,000 i.,e'i) 1,.'hiii
Hutlcr ',& :i,7iio i,'
c.iinhti.L r..nii so s,nn
lmerou 775 COO ".j
c. albou S,:,00 3,S'.0 1.X0
Center 3,00) ,'!.IM 1 O11O
'ticst r -.Mii r.uun 3,0m
Clullou L'.fQO n.sw ,:o
C'lt.niicld 7,ili) C..5U0 l.vvi
Clinton L'.luo LMUO l.jrn
Columbia LVD! S.Ciji) l.im)
Cr.issfmd n.niii 4,ua 1..1JH
Cumin 1 land fl.vna i.zort iij
Dauphlu S.BCH 4W 4.)
Dtlawaro S.GOO S.SuO 'J. HO
i:ik I'.OOi) 2,7iK) .m
i:i io I,00i) (i,Ui0 1.V10
1 is 1 'to b.:o 7,a) oo
1 on ,t 7.7) 5M 4 0
Prnihlin 2.S0O 2,WJ J.vw
l'liUuri MS 1,02." "irt
Crc.ni- 1000 a.S0l '.iM
Huntingdon U.000 l,.iOrt 3,:'X)
Inillatiu -l.noo 1,00 ,H)
Jerciihon i.ooo a.."i i,m)
.7 tiui.it u 1.21m l.luj j.'.fm
I..U kiss anna ti.ooo !M) ii.inio
I lie it-tcr 15,000 7,fl0 -l.dllO
T. iwntno 3,a) 2..7I0 l.ami
l.li.innu 4,:Kl S.iuO ,:'00
l.i hull 7,100 S.iA) l,w)
l.uziriie I2.O11O 12 fw) 8,11m)
iMoiiilnvj (1 Rno 7,noo 2cm)
Mr.i' in :t,;(j ;jx( 2,imo
M'Tur C.imO 4,700 l.Hw
Jlillli I,7T:. 1.8(10 '.'i
Muniiie t) S.:DI W
5P ntgomciy ll.Bou I0,t 4,00c
Mniilnur l.OCH) 1,200 KO
Northampton s.tmo ji.oui) 1 MKl
Northunibeil.ind .. 5.7(h) t,;m .M
Pnr 2.200 2,11,10 ,xxi
Phil nh lphlil Uo.OUO 45.CMI 41000
Plko CO) I.iujii 10
I'ottn 2,liifl 1 fij) 150
Rchtivllilll 10,1100 V,(Mi 4..V1U
Snyder i,vjo 1,100 m
Somcrsot 4.5u0 1,700 un
Bulls.in 1.000 1.S11 tm
Busciuchanna :ut!0 2.J0O j.jiw
Tioga 4,600 2013 wo
Vnton i.Ttn soo y
Venango S.ooo j.mu j.j,,,
" Van-en !i,C0O VW 1 2Jo
AVnBhlnqtou 7.VJ0 C0UI l.VKl
Wuvno l.fcno l.CM t.S'O
Wehtmorelaiul .... lo.nii) inm i.bw
Wsoralng 2.000 l,(xi xn)
Toil; P,0"0 It.Oirt 2,'joo
Totals
. . l5.iS".
1. i,'i?i 1 is 7tK)
"The ubciso estimate Fhows a total
s-ote of n;o,000 In mund numbors. If
the sveather is favorablo this voto si lit
be Increased to mem than a million.
Tho per coinage ot tlio Increased sote
sslll be In fusor of the majority pail
ard svlll neectandy IncrcuK- tin. plural
ity us above stated. It Is cpulf iiosstble
that the .Swallow sou m 111 dlHlnteuiato
more than the tabu- shows. If his vote
Is mateilully deeieiised. tho ItopuMi
can plufallty will ho t-nnvsiiondiiiglr
increnaed,
"As election day appioaches tho bind.
nehS and laboring nn 11 of the state houl
tuto to cant a ballot that svlll lenew h
agitation for lien indu, free Hllver and
Pryanlsm, A guat nuniber of people
ssho had been friendly dlpd toward
Dr. Swallow have coneludod that Uiy
do not carc.eltlior directly m Indirectly,
n,vn : i v.in'r i i i ... ......... .... .initfH
to aid In tho election oC a Democmtle
gOVOlllol', wlU'HO gUOlt'K.1 would bo llT-
ildod thtoughout the nation as a lo-
toiy for the free sliver heresy. If th"
great hlntes of New Toil:, New" Jcmy
and Pennsylvania should elect Denie
iratlc g-iseinors this year, the tesult
would letlulnly be followed by tho elec
tion of a Iieinociatlc president In 11K.0.
Thli) fuct alono has been fiUlllelenl to
make every thinking Republican stop
and consider before he casts a ballot
that will In an'- way Impede the pio
gres of the administration of President
MtKlnley.
"Our t epulis fioin eseiy part of the
state grow moie encouraging each day,
and I confidently expect that the plur
ality indicated bv the alios a llgures
will bo materially Incren-od next Tues
day. This will feitulnly be the casw If
the Republicans nun out and do their
sholo duly at the polls.
"An eauie.wt and aggiosslso fight has
been svagod In nil of the congressional
dlsltlcts of the slate, and while svo do
not expect that the next delegation to
congress will contain as few Deirn
i ratio members as the present one, yet
we belie ve n good show Ing will be made
by the Republicans throughout the
state on this Issue. It Is tic earnest
desire of the Kepublionn nig.iiihiallou
that Republican congressmen should bo
returned Mom every distitct in the
state, if that weie pO'Hible. It Is eif
the gi cutest linpottanco that the ad
inlnlstiullou of 1'iesldelit MeKinley
should be supported by congressmen of
his own political lalth at the next ses
sion. "The next leIslalute will be largely
Itepubllcan In both branches The f ny
lon mos'onient lnaugutated for the pur
pose of defeating Republican candi
dates In manv counties of the state will
very geneially fail of sui cess. The fight
has been bltteily ssnged, but the Ro-
publlcans can go to the polls on Tues
day feeling that the old patty will be
sueeesstful In Pernios lvnnla, as It ought
to be, John I. KlLin, chairman."
SPAIN WILL SIGN.
rioposes, However, to Enjoy the
Blessings of Peace Under Protest.
London, Nov. 7. The Madrid coire
spemdent of the Daily Mall snj.s;
"Spain sslll sign the; pe.iee treaty un
der protest."
NEWFOUNDLAND AGITATED.
A Seiious Cabinet Ciisis Tlneatens
the Government.
St. Johiu, N. P., Nos 1;. There is a
seiious cabinet crisis in Newfoundland.
Sir Heibert Munay, tho governor, de
mands the leb'ignallon of Mr. Morlne,
minister of Unnnee, The ostensible ren
tnn Is that Mr. Moilno is tho general
counsel of Mr. Held, the rallswty con
tractor, but the ical cause is the eon
tinued friction between Oosernor Mur
lay and the minister.
Mr. Murine, in tendering his leMgirt
tlon, points out that Sir AVilliuin Whito
ssny, the lornnr premier, and Mers.
Ihuetson and Mollis, membeis of the
late cabinet, hild a similar itlntlon to
the conti actor and that Sir Herbert
Munav at ltilcsced In the nrrnngeniuit
In nil thtee cases. He lemlnds the gov
I'lnor also Hint he has been awuie eser
since Ajiril last of his (Marine's) u-la-tlon
to Mr. ll"ld and insists that the
gos'ernor's omission to luteiferc- before
stamps his action now as personally
sindletls'c.
Tt is feared that complications s ill
arise, ss recking the cabinet and seri
ously prejudicing tho negotiations ie
gardlng tho French treaty alieady
under svay before the conference of set
tlement of disputes between the United
States and Canada.
COLLAPSE AT DETROIT.
Three Moie Victims Aie Dug iom
Wonderland Ruins.
Detroit, Nov. fi. Three more vh tlms
sseie todav dug from the lulns of the
nesv Wondeiland building, s.-hlch col
lapsed ycstei day afternoon. This mahes
the death list so far elescn. The bodies
lveoveied today sseie identllled ns
Peter Pfeltle. e-atpenter: Prank Wolf,
tinner, and Mux Pctt, sho swih Wolf's
helper
All the Injured at the huspitals aie
today 11.001 ted lmproslng except 1M
ssurd Fisher, svho is expected to die.
A mass meeting of loprcsentath'o citi
zens ssns hold at noon In the mayor's
olllco and over $1,000 sas subset Ihed for
the icllef of the fumllles of thus" svho
sseie killed. The loss on the pioperty
ssns estimated today for the llrst time.
It Is believed that $102,000 svlll entliely
cover It,
What caused the catastrophe Is still
unknown and piobubly sIU bo until the
colonel's lniUi'bt next sseek. A pioml
ntnt bunl nuhltitt stated that he did
not believe In the theory that the yleel
ssoik svas futilty, but said he did bi
lleve that It w.i not heavy i-noiigh.
All three bodies discovered today
sveie In tho e enter of the building,
burled ur. ler tons of debits. Finnk
AVolf sas found hliangled to eli-uth by
a heavy ateel iilrder sshleh lay uctohs
his throat, being otherwise uninjured,
Huth the other bodies wero frightfully
mangled. In addition to those known
ta be dead there are still missing Pied.
Miller, (Miailtri Mb Ike and O. Mullln.
NOT DISCOU11AGED.
TJie Princeton Tigers Will Endeavor
to Down Yale.
I'lliii I'ton, N. J., Nos. ', The disap
pointed but not dbcouiagcd Tlgeis will
begin haul work toinonosv svlth tho
dctei rnlmuion to dim 11 Yale, Tin chit f
obmiulo to osvMoome Is the ciippled
condition of the men. 'Wheeler la In
Philadelphia undergoing ticatment for
a lutne Inn li. Kufer ssas can led off
the ib id at West Point uiieoiibcious nnd
Svlll licit be able to do duty tumonosv.
Iii'iiiilsley bus nut lecovelt'd fiom the
iujut) to hit. knee, and is piactlcally
out of the Baiiio. Tim condition of
Wheelur lh inore soiluus than that of
any of the oibeit., and tho chain os im
dec Uludly aaainst his playing on f"ut
Ui da.s ,
Ftcuii th svuy things locd-5 now
UutchliiKoii nml Aytes will probably
plu at iiniirtur and full backs, it spew
vis. Is. IJluelt svlll piny one half back
and Ri-nrdnlcy the otlnr. It ho lecov
ur iioin his ln3iules In time. Tomor
row' the team svlll be put In long prac
tice, the luvlvoB bsliig extended to the
limit.
rfljHMFRfl A I TlhP
ljll(IlUL.lVlf 1L HVL,
IS IN OUR PAV0R
INTERESTING TIGURES TROM
THE TREASURY BUREAU.
Tho Tide of International Commerces
Turned in Tavor of the United
States in the Centennial Year of
187G Prior to That tho Ralanco
of Ttndo Had Been Against This
Countiy.
Special to the Pi r.inton Vilbune,
As'nshhtgton, Nov. C The tide ot In
ternational eomtnoico turned li favor
ot the United States in the certcnnl.il
ear lb7ii. Pi lor to that date the lul
ance of tiade against us had been (be
ginning with 17sm $2::t5,lM,GlO. Since
that date the balaneo of tiade in our
iaviir 1ms been M.OUt.HO 0."... In the
eights -cos en cMI oprutio 1 of the
gosernmeiit prior to that dit it lt
newaed but sixteen occasion? In sshleh
tho annual balance of fi sde swis In Its
favor; in thu tssenty-tht yeaiy since
that time it has wltii"ssi.-d but thru"
occasions In svhleh the .innr.at baluaee
of trade has been against u ; In the
clghty-i-ovon ears prior to ISTfi the e-
loits amounted to $12,S0l,i,:::,::,5l, an
average of ?l 11,000,000 per annum, while
the Impoits amounted to S14,.r)li5,094, tin
nserage of $1 (,7,000,000 per annum. In
the ISNcnty-three years slme ls7ij the
expoitii nmoiiiiteil to sis (,i;.,,::il,t4i, an
asiuigo of sll,iioo,0uo per annum, and
the imports aniountt 1 to $iri,G70,!il).'.l!i.l,
an aveiage of JloT.OoO.COO pa annum. It
svlll thus be seen that in the tsventy
thiee jc.us since 1S.7" our exports base
actually been moie than 50 per cent,
in excess of those of the entire eighty-sos-en
youis pi lor to lS7il, and that the
average annual exportation since 1S70
has been nearly six tlnie-M as much ns
the as-erage annual exportation ptlor
to that time.
FlfH'RHS FROM 1S33.
A leeent publication by the treasury
bureau of statistics, entitled "ImiMiits
nnd Hxpoils of the t'nlted Stales, and
Receipts and Hxpendltutes of the
United States Gos eminent," piesellts
the llgureH of our Impoits and expoils
tunning back to M3, and the leceliits
and expendltuies running back to IS'tt;
and by supplementing them'ss Ith c arller
otllclal data, the full lecord of the HO
our.s of our eummeice may thus be
had, Pi'c to lss", tltcio sveie but time
occasions ia svhleh tho annual exports
reached $100,000,000, and but nine in 1 11
slons in svhleh the tiupoils le-aehed that
sum, so th.it the jeaiy los'cied by the
publication in ciucstion lomptlbc the
most Important period of our commer
cial history, ptesenting, as it dos, the
tlguus by yeais irom l'iSj down to and
Including 1VJS, nnd by months fioin
January, 1SSI, to August, litis.
A detailed study of these llgures pio
senta some extremely Interebtlng fuels
legardlng our lommerce sslth other
paits of the ssorld. Pi lor to lf3t the
expoits never reached 8100,000,000 an
nually, sase in the exceptional yens
ot 1!0G and 1S07, sshlle after the veai
1S31 thev never fell below the $10J.-
010,000 lino,
jears, IM'J,
sits o In the exceptional
Hy !Su3 they t cached the
$J0O,O00O00 line, by 100, the fc.IOO.OOOiDi
line-.; by 1S70, Sloo.ooo.ooo line: In 17!,
they passed tho $"00 ('00,000 line; in ls,
tl;ey exceeded JCOO.000.COO, In 1S70, they
ssero more than 5700,000,000; in 1S0.
mote than $S00,O00.00O; In IbSl, for the
tlrst time tho $300,000,000 llgme was
leached; In 1S92, the billion-dollar line
ssns lor the lltst time crossed, and in
1S0S, tho llgures sveie $1,2.51, 1S2.3.S0. Thus
the expoit3 of IS'.'S aie practically
double thoie ot 187S, four times those
of $(,;, and almost ten times as much
ns those of ISIS, In svhleh year they
were $13S,100,C15.
GROWTH OF F.XPUUTS.
The giowth of imports, sshlle neees
saiily great, by leason of increased
liopulatlon, has not kept pace sslth
that of expoits, esj eclally In tho last
quarter of a oentuiy. The $100,000,000
lino In the import trade svas pas.-od as
caily as 1&01, and again In ISO.", 1M)8
and 107 and at Inters aK until 1M1,
when tho total ot $102,001, COS ssaa lol-
lowed by a lapld giowth. the $200,00 1.-
000 Hue being passed In 1S.11. the ?30'J,
000,000 line in IS.'fi, the 5iuo,000,000 lino
In 1SCC, tho $100,000,000 line In 1S71. svhlle
1S72 exceeded t,oii,00J,000. li!J exceeded
$700,000,000 and ISOI jias-sed the $S00,
000,000 line, tho high water mail: of
Impoits being leached in ISO 5, si hen
tho llgures ssero $St,40o,'.i2J, svhlle the
oar just ended, lvii, makes a lower
recorcl of imports than any eai svlth
n single exception since 1VI9.
The tlguus cost ring the lecelpts and
expendltuie.s uie ((lU-illj Inteiestlng.
Pi lor to liOO the total ne; oidlnary ie-
as much as $10,000,000. in act lea II v the 1
entlro sum then being collected from
customs. They t align steadily upwnnl
ficmi that time until by 1S28 they had
pasusl the $21,000,000 line, by Pit the
50,000.o0a line, by IScVT the $7:.,000.000
line, t.nd In PC3 for the Hist time
passed the $100,000 000 nmik, iucieas
lug lapldly by icnhon of the necessary
collection of svur lescuues, until In istin
they sseie $.119,010,501, (hopping again
belosv the $300,000,000 line alter the war,
but ranging fiom $3oi,ooo,000 upwaid
sluco lSO, tho asei-age sculpts (aside
from ssar revenue! tu piesoiu iieitig
5Jfij,00O,o00 per annum, or a million
dollnrs n, dnj. sshile the averngo ex
penditures (omitting ssar Items) arc
about the sanio.
While It is Impracticable In a nesv a-
paper publication to piescnt the entlro
llgures coveilng the 110 j'eais In uues
tloii, a condensed picture of the 1 ain
mercc and tho government operations
during those yeais may be had by
Bumping the HO eara Into decennial
poiloda.
Tho folhisslng (ablo nhosvs the 1m
poiia by ten-year peilodn from tfh'j to
IhSi. with C'Mos.s of liiitiortH or ex
pot is:
Ten Uxoemof
Miirn liuixirt a,
follusv- lin- 12"- or- ox-
Intr. ports. txirix. toitii(i.i
lTt0 ....S'il.M.'A'S S'CSlOcVSl $iil.HMM
17H1 .. . tXls3,4l 773.OPl.lfVl iil7i.l'U,lt,J
Pi . . 71.511271 6W.019.S-W nSB.tti.i'W
ism ... 7ai.!S.v.iii ct'5.a!!).iiit . w,.sn:i
IfcSft ....I.OTU.S'IO.J" tHSt(3 7JI altl..-i7l.'lt
!. .- ,...l.lJ.k7.7S7 l,1W.7n.(l IiJIT'i Ii7
lkl'l 2-S7l.5ia.G4. J,117.l.'i:Pil 11 ,j;, I'll ."!1
PM ,,,.3.1J1.1SI0V) S,IM,M'.,,7I'J aCW.aoJil7
1S1 ....3,tt)l.!i7.! 6.0i.'.If.Sn aG,13,iiari
Wa ..,.S,MI,1SI,C77 7,"jt7.fU8.(Jl bl,(J06,U17.rt31
i9 T.Tao.asi.yas 0,27.113,772 bi,w5,7SJ,t.oi
Tho following ta'-lo shovvti tho net or
dinary ie elpts b ten year periods
fiom 17S9 to ISPS by principal sources,
customs and Internal icsenue:
PROMPTS OP TUR (iOVRRNMRNT.
10 oan Cits- lntcinal Total net
following, toins. liseitae. uulliiniy.
17ST ... 4 43,711,077 t 2..11.(SJJ $ l'i2l'.nst
1711 .... ji,2ii.r.i; :iis7.(ii" j.'1.7uj, .t's
1VJ HI,:.M.7fi2 1C.122..1I2 lSI'Xt.Ml
119 ... . liiSIMHI tiJi'.lll 212.W.II15
U29 2l.',i70.MI TO.'iW M.IVVJ")
139 .. .. 2I2 2V.(M 17,037 I17.1Si.iU7
1SI9 r.l0.!42.K') MT.Ul.Ui
1M9 M7.(2l'.t7S 1.1JJ.1S.07S 2 2.1i,'j'j7,Ou
PCT 171l.7s7.7i! 1 iWw.'.nJfl 3,2-'fl,'i2ii,t (54
IS?) 1 '.(,.' S71.531 l.'.T.S,iKI,",;2 3,t27 ,C 11)
lsS3 .. .l,S24,luJ,2y7 l,M,li'v. W 3,012,1 j,5U
ARRESTS IN NEW YORK.
Employes at Bellcvue Charged With
Illegal Registration.
Nov V01 k, Nov. C Acting upon war
rants iFsueel to Superintendent MeCul
lagh, of the state buieau of elections
hist Saturday, the police today aircsted
slxtv-elght cinplnjes of Rcllevue hos
pital, svho sveie charged In the ssar
mats svlth Illegal leglstratlon.
The warrant vv to trrved shortly be
fore midnight on Satin day, but at the
lcquou of the suiietlntendent of thu
hospital svoie not vcuiid this morn'ng
befote 0 o'clock, when sliay polio men
appeared at the hospital, all In civilian
dress,
Tiie men for sshuin ssarrants liad been
iiied vveu nscenibliMl In the reception
100111, ssliero the upei Intetident In
foiuuil them of the naturo of the
charges. The supciint-'lidonl also told
the men that they had nothing to f-ar
and that theli Intel o"ts ssould be looked
after ut couit. The sist eight men left
the hospital escorted by the policemen.
All the men .11 rested registered 11 the
Pom lb election dlstrlc t of tho Twentv
see ond a'-ieuiblv district, of svhleh
Commissioner of Highways Keating Is
the Tammany lender. Some of them
are paid to have Used In that election
district for more than a decide. Ail
the jnlsoneis weie an (Signed in Yorlo
Sllle police eouit. They svero lulil In
$1110 ball each to assalt the action rt
the giand Jury. Rouds were 'iiri'lshed
fur nil and the men sveie allowed to
depnit.
LYNCHING IN ALABAMA.
Pate of a NeRio Who Cauied an lion
Bar at Night.
Solum, Ala., Nov 0. News of a
lj mains In Antunnga county has
leached here. Mis. Stl Idler, svlfe of a
merchunt and justice of th" peace at
Jones' Sw.teh, svhlle prepnilng to 10
llre.Ftiduy night illsrovered a negro
under her bed. Upon her hoi earning
for help the man spinng lor Hi door
and male his ciiapi, leaving behind
a strip of bar Iron svlth svhleh he in
tended te do bis ii uideious ssoik.
A n -glo section hand, John Wil
liams, lis Ing new by. svas suspoe ted
and placed umlii uiust. He svas tried
and conunlttcd to Jnil. Constable
Queen siaited to Pnulsllle svlth him
a d s-. inn about a mile from Jones'
Ssvitcdi ssas 11.01 by a crowd, svho took
the negro and ssvung him to a tiee.
The iicero iiemlttcd that the Imp bar
am' sc rue clothing loiind In Mis. Strld-
I' r'n nom sve e his propeity.
, CHINESE AETRONT TO RUSSIA.
Ofllcials and Sailor3 of the Czar Not
Allosved to Proceed to Peking.
London, Nos. C A dl-patch from
Slrtnu'mi hiss n tdegiam fiom Th 11
Tsin reiiarln that forty Russian sailors,
un udmli U iml M. Pasloff, the Russian
charse cruffahes In China, huvo been
detained there, permission to proceed
to Pekliu: not being foi tlicoiniug, nnd
that theio Is sttony olllcial opposition
to their going to tho capital.
Tho udmlial and M.'Paslolf, accord
ing to thcfo advices, deviate that if the
tialn attempted to havo ssithout the
sailors being on boaid they ssould stand
111 front of the engine.
ThL-i, It is staled. Is a tot ei (inner of
a piobable ufflont to ftussia.
THEY WANT CASTLEIilAN.
Porto Ricans Send a Petition to
President McKinley.
Ponce, 'oi to litco, Nos. li A largo
lopresentallse body of Poito Kleins
hu"i di.issn UP a petition addie.s-.eil
to Piesidi at McKlnlev, asking the gos
et nine it to retain in l'oi to Ulen I'ulo
pel John P Castlemnn and the Pirst
Kcti.uc Iiy voluiuee rs.
(.i'luial llinry h m cabled to Wnsl'.
litytou that th compllrn'nt Is thor
oughly desi'ised, but that the regi
ment ought to go nnilh. It Is under
orders to inr.se so soon us tho Pll'th
regular cavalry arrives.
DIGXIPIliD RETURN.
The Piench Government Sends In
structions to Major Harchand.
Pa1 h Nov. 0. The alutln today con
lb ms the re: ort tint the government
svlll Instinct .Major Mnrchand to ieturn
to Pruneo sslth lilii cMndlttun fi-om
Fatilioda bj way ot .lllmtil, mi the gulf
of Ac! n, the "only rjute 1 oulste .t sv I h
li'rpnch dlunlty."
The paper expresses the I1010 that the
national linn "sv 111 not analn be lu
solved lu such small lolonlal tutor
pilses linlesii success Is assured bufoif.
hand, both diplomatically and by ado
1 IUato f-uppuit."
'
FIRES AT AwTOONA.
1
Altouna, Pn.. Nos. fi. A the svhleh
origlnoted in SnrtU'h futlt stoie early
this morning e oiiitiainicuted with tin
olllco of tho livening Unseit. .ne.xt elixir,
liullitinp dnmugo on building to tho ox.
tent of JiUO and on stock about Sl.noo.
Fully Insured. Loss mi fruit store, $!Qu:
InsuieJ.
An hour later nil llitendlary (liu de.
stioyed i.'.wo ssorth of iumhr In Prank
Umut'ti Btouigo sheds.
Eighth Exeter Victim;
WllhtH-ltuire Nov ii. The Mxetir mine
accident claimed tt elHhth slitlro lodny.
William I'okiis (lb d 01 Id' injuries In the
I'ltutem lioHpilul Th oth two liijafeel
tiun, Vlnnfr and kicKuimsw, an s-dd ts
ho In a critical lonc'ltlon.
Ncsvs Up Its Sleeve,
London, Nov. 0 The n.illj ctiicmlolo
this morning ptafoi-sus to bas-e "linpoi taut
military noiss svhleli It wouU not he ad.
sltablo to imlillxh without the sanction,
of the svur otilee."
TERRIBLE
EXPLOSION
IN CAPITOL
Supreme Court Room at
Washington Complete
ly Wrecked.
MASSES OF MASONRY
WRENCHED FROM PLACE
The Disaster to the Beautiful Stiito
tuto Caused by an Explosion of
Gas Entile Centtal Portion of the
Gloat Matble Pile Is a Mass of
Ruins Poice of the Explosion
Causes tho Coping Stones to Bulge
Out Tsvo Inches The Wlndosvs
Blown Out and Doors Foiceel fiom
Their Hinges Tons of Masoniy
Hulled Into the All Pile rollosvs
the Explosion, But Is Quickly Ex
tinguished.
W'cshinKtoii, Nov. fi, An explosion
and file at .".111 till" afternoon wrecked
the Supiouie mint 100111 and the looms
immediately adjoining It on tho main
Hoor of the capltol. Tho clamaKe Is
enorinoiH. The etillie eential castvin
pait ot the meat matble pile fiom the
main lloor to the subtoiianean base
ment Mactlcally Is a mnn of lulns.
The ioice oC the explosion was so heavy
tlmt the coping stone on the outer
svalls lust east ot the point ssheio the
eploslou oceui leil ssero bulm'd out
ntaily tsvo Inches: windows In all th.tt
pan of the building were blown out:
and locked doois sveie fenced from their
hinges ciuite it hundred and llftj feet
fiom the scene of It.
File followed the explosion so quickly
us to s-eeni practically Mlmultnneous
sslth It. The explosion shook the Im
mense stiuctttie to its inundation, and
svas heard soseral scpiaies from the
capltol. It oceui 1 eel In a small loom
tightly eiicloitul-bs-Jjea.Yi:.t-ujie walln
In tho sublet lanean basement Immedi
ately below the main entrance to the
old capltol building. In this loom was
a tlso bundled light gas meter svhleh
svas fed by a four-lin h nuilii. Very
little gas is used In that part of the
building, but at the time of the ex
plosion the gns had not been turned off I
ut the meter. The meter Itself svn'
vv locked and the gas pouring fiom tho
main caught (lie. The flamc-s culminat
ing from the cxplos-lon dnited up tho 1
lmft of the elevator, which had been
completely eleytro.sed b the fotee of '
the explosion, and communicated with ,
the lecorel room of the Suptome court,
the 1 (lie of the unusual of the couit j
and tho Supremo couit Ubtntj liofoio 1
the fames could be .subdued the lit Ice- '
less documents in the itvoid room hid 1
boon almost totally destroyed and seri- '
1 on-, damuge had been done lu the mar- 1
thnl's olllco and tome minor moms lu '
the Immediate slciniiy.
damac.i: TO unriAUY.
The libiary of tho Supieino court
located immediately beneath tho Su-
piemo couit 100111, was badly damaged
15 lite, Miioko nnd svnter. AVatei pi.u - 1
ttcnlly dtstiojcd the gieat collection of
lass- rofeience books. Tho llbiarv 1011
talns about O.OOU volumes and ssns I
used not only by tho Justices of the j
Supreme mint, but by members of 1
congress nnd lusvyers pi.ietlelng befoie
the Supicme court. I
Tho most serious damage, In the
opln'on of tho justices of the Supreme
omit. Is to tho records stored In the
. 1I1 1 arc incut. Those Included all of
Mm leveii'ils of the Stitiromn couit fiom
,-,,.. n-o
i.j to !...
Tho later rciouls of Iho lourt. which
- .-. -
aio kept lu the olllco of the clerk mi
the main floor, sveio not lujuied. The
Supuuio coust roam ssns damaged
I rliit lpnlly by water nnd smoke, the
tre not reaehtng that point. Adjoin
ing Pie remit loom, howevft, both the
muihnl's odlte uud tho senate baiber
sliup luilllshod food loi the llntips.
While many theories nie offered as
ti the cause c-f thu explosion, it seams
beyord douht to have been dud to
escaping gas.
Only a fosv poison, pilar lpnlly of.
(If
I i ill the capltol iulici. were in the
ln.,'ilini at the time, hut boseml of
them hnd murow escupos. Heforo the
(Ire depaitment had lcspondeil to an
al'iiin sent In by a policeman throe
Mimics from the capltol, c, 1". (llelui,
Itlcf ehcliicUu of tho capital, and
11 W. Tuyloi. chief engineer of the
lioitsB side, hud a sticnm playing Into
the SupU'ine couit iveoid room, sshhh
by that time, was u roailug furnace.
Wltlllll a few Milliliter) lifter the tllllvul
of 11 i I ie department, the iIuiium ssero
under conttol. ti'iliiiucli ns u prtcati
tunniy metisuif, f,ttvams were ponied
Into thu inurslnl's olllco. the llhrarj
and the mibteiivtnean basement lor
two hours,
Thtoughout the lower central pot Hon
Tlitt iun Jiuo .uui.iau
Weather Indications 1'intiyt
I'ulr; Cooler.
1 (Icnnul -Mi. Rlklus' Rice Hon IMmiiie.
Rlftet of 1oiiiui low's Rkcttons.
Rxplnslon ut the National Capitol.
Conui.eu j Conns Our Way.
2 (leiieral-l'iot Hall tlahies ot u Day.
riiiiiiuliil unci Commercial.
2 H jij "A Wutiiiin'.s -Slcic-)."
4 lMltcalnt.
Coimaeat of ,li Piess.
D Advcitlfci mollis
i Local Closing .MroilngD of the Cam
paign. Senium ly Rev. Rugcrs Israel.
7 Local Right Mem .Sleet u. Tetrihle
Death.
Had Ills Skull Fractal ed.
5 Local Wi ft Seruuton und Sutiiub.iii
News Round About Serauotn.
lu (Jei oral -With the Scldlcrs at C
-Aleuile
K11.tr.ton Nuises In Army lleMpit.U-
of the old capitol building, doors, win
clows and llttlngs in committee loutim
and other ap.trlniciits are badly dam
aged, .lust math of the UJpt an inch
ss.iv almost user the motel' loom svin
completely blown out and gteut masses
of iiiiiMinrv totn fiom tho lloor sseie
hulled to the colling sslth such lorcc
as to but st the stoae and plnster of the
ssalls abos'c.
Politicians llagstoiies weie svreni'hed
from their letlllg places and thiough
out thu corrldai the fiesiolng on th"
r filings and svalls of the cntrldors weio
ulteily mined. No damage svas done
to the main foundations- of the building,
as these aie of solid masonry deeply
Imbedded and twent-ltse teet lotti
lie lies thiik.
1 Among the losses which will be most
I sliuelely rt2ielted ate those of busts
of Chief Justice, .Marshall and other
distinguished members of the Suptetiie
I colli t, svhleh ssero nirnnci-'l 011 small
! pedestals about the Supicute court
I chamber. In the smioko and itiln svhlelt
tollovved tho explosion these s'aluable
1 svotks of ait weie either badly cIkiii-
1 aged or wholly de-utoyed and svlth their
destitictlon the countiy has sulfeied an
lirepaiablo loss.
1 In tho opinion of capltol olllcial and
' mechanics svho examined tho stiuctuie
tonight, the loss will leach probably
S'.'OU'OD to the building. The lin on
the llluniy and leiords, as stated
above, can be scaicely estimated lit
dollais and cents, A million dollais
could not leplaco them, because many
of them hus-e no dtipllratus In exist-
' one e.
MR. GARMAN'S ESTIMATE.
The Democratic Chaiiman Pi edicts
the Election of Jcnks.
Philadelphia, Nov (J Chaiiman (Jar
man, lu an Intel si, vv. said.
I estimate that 1 (JOu.00.) soles sslll
be cast, divided about as follows
Jcnks, ISD.OOO, Stone, .".03,000. Swallow,
17. 000, wlilc li svlll biivi Jeuks nt least
35,000 pluinllt). 1 do not care to gis'e
lipuios as o counties, but our vvhob
off 01 1 has been to have east for Jcnks
as manv s-otes as sverc cast lor liiyan
In lv.-i,. svbiih svas 13.000: and m.s ad-
'i w Indicate that sso svill exceed that
tlguie.
I lie I'liimer iJcmocniis aim inose
who voted for McKlnlev. svho now In-
tend to soto for Jenks, svill moie than
offset any Demoeiatio defection to
The Palmer Democrats and those
Swallow. The Demoeiatio sote svlll
be out, tain 01 shine, and theicfoie 1
coiitldenlly 1 xpect Jellks to be eleettd.
1 Any liiciease In the sote user otio
1 million will liu lease JenUs' plurality,
and ins the tease of Swallow's side
1 below 17j,0U0 svlll also Increase Jcnks'
jilutnllty, so that be may base any
1 vheie 1 1 0111 .',,(inu to 00,000 pluialltj-.
VAN WYCK DIDN'T ANSWER.
Man Mobbed at a Troy Meeting for
Ptopoundlnp; the Silver Question.
Tioy, N. V., Nov. 7. Augustus Van
Wek, the Demoeiatio eundldato for
nos 01 nor, spoke at a mass meeting lu
liolton hall tonight. Mayor Molloy
called the meeting to order, and pie
seiucel Seymour Van Santvoord as pto.
siding officer.
As Mr. au W'yilt svas about to b.
gin his acldics an elderly man at his
light mounted a cliali and yelled- "Mr.
Van Wytkl Mi. Van Vc-k!" The
ctosstl sheuted dl.--approval, but the
man continued to tall upon the eiindl
,. .,..
uuie 111 cmriou ioiich 1 ne iiossn men
1 v,e( ,llllt. indignantly nolsj . an sev,ial
, m,,n ,,,,. the inteirupter tiled to haul
1
him clown, but about the din he Umut
eel "Mr. Van Wyt k, do you believe in
the platform adapted by the Demo,
eiatlc patty In ISSli nt "
This svas as far as he got. The men
n ar hint dragged hlui down, mid, to ult
appearances, sut on him, us he ssas nut
heuicl fiom again.
Mr. Van W'rek then pioeeeded sslth
hU usual obseivutloiis on the canal
i;in slioii
Steamship Awlvnls,
New urk. Nov. U. ArilviJ; li (1j
cogue llivre. (Jtietnutcisvii-SalU'U. I'm
l.riu fiom Usui' ml, lor Nw Yorlt.
sj,, ittiiimiitoii - iiUtil: ltlivliliillil. ,i (v
I Yuili Ant ss tip Arrises! I'tlifli'iiton,
v.s YoiK.
Roosevelt's Majority.
Nev. oilt. Nos. (i.-Conie -smcii Li la
in I l: cjulgg, chatrrnau of the itiptibiiiuii
il.nill.V lommltli'e klllll Klliihhl th it h
in lh veil Houses'! U ssould huso I'nj.oua pin
tnlil ill the t-tste. i nil Hut It. wmilll K'l
tt nli.ivi the llarlitn Inlilg'
Sentenced for Embezzlement.
Wiivliliutn, WN Nov 1 King cj. sia-pl.-,
a in taint nl liu lti.isatuii waM
viiiida m tin m id lis JinUi I'IkIi to
Ikhlii-u liinlitll ta lin p. iiltriitiaij fir
inb irzleiin nt fiom the town of liua
I'.lv.i vvhil" (hulriaan ul tin. beianl tlute.
rif th Regiment Will De Retained.
Altoon.i, Nov. C.An older from Wash
ington lecelsod In re today posttunios In
definitely tho uuiMoiing out of tho l'ltth
leislnient svhleh vvn- to liaso lukoa place
touioi row.
EFFECT OF
ELECTIONS
Will Determine Control
of United States
Senate.
THE PRESENT STRENGTH
Senate Composed of 43 Republicans,
HI Democints, 0 Populists, 0 Silver
Republicans The Terms of Thlity
of The Present Scnatois Aie About
to Exphe, and the Legislature
Chosen Tomoiiow Will Elect Suc
cessor. "Washington, Nov. C The contiol ot
tho rutted States senate svlll be de
teiiulind sei.s hugely by the lesull of
the elections next Tuesday, svhen tssen-ty-tluce
states elect legislatuies, sshleli
sslll In tutu elect scnatois. The piescnt
party stiength lu the senate Is as fol
lows. Kcptihllcau, 1.1; Deiuoetutn, SI,
Pojuillsts, fi; Sllser Itopubllcans, fi.
This glses a tiinjoilty to no one parly,
and It has iitosed 11 ftultful somce of
doubt lu legislation lnlluenced by paity
Hues.
The terms of thlity of the present
scnatois ate about to exphe, und lu
most of these tan'1, the legislature
e bos-en next Tuesday svlll elect succes
sors. In heveli cases, however, legls
latiues nltcidy base boon chosen and
senatois elected, s W. : Aid loll, of
Ithode Island; Daniel, of Virglnlu.
McComas to succeed, (loi man In Mary
land, llantui, of Ohio; .Money, of Mis
sissippi, Proctoi. of Veimont, and the
lcgsiititie of Maine, svhleh has been
elected but has not et chosen a sena
tor. In Oregon also, Simon has been
elec tod to till ,1 saiancy. The.-'e changes
alio.idv made ulse a not gain of tsvo
in the Itepubllcan soto
McComas, of Mais land, and Simon,
ot OioKoii. Tho lemiilnlng tsventy-thieo
senatois are jet to be chosen. Those
who aie about to retlie aie: Allen,
Populist, of Nebraska; Pate, Dcmo
eiat, of Tennessee, Uurrovvs, Republi
can, of Michigan; Cannon, Silver Ite
publlcan, rtah. ci.uk. Republican,
Wyoming; Coektell, Dcinociat, MIs
sotui: Davis, Itepubllcan, of Minne
sota; Faulknet, Demoeiat, of West
Viiglnla, fliaj', Democrat, of Dela
svaie. Ilawley. Republican, of Con
net'tliul: Lodge, Itopubllcan, ot Mas
sachusetts Munlle. Sllser Itepubllcan.
of Montana: Mills, Detpoctat, of Texas;,
Mitchell, Demoeiat. of Wisconsin; "Mur
phs". Democrat of Nesv Yolk: Pasooe,
Demoeiat. of Florida: Qtia.v, Republi
can, of Pi iinsjlsania: Roach, Demo
crat, of Ninth Dakota, Smith, Demo
eiat, of Nesv Jeisej: Stewart, Silver
Kepuhllcnii of Ni'Sada; Tin pic, Demo
eiat. of Indiana, White, Democrat, of
e'ullfoinla, and Wlhon, Itepubllcan, of
Washington.
In seveial of these cases the election
ol the ptcscnt Incumbents Is expected,
but lu unite ,1 large number of them,
much doubt exists The Republican
tnunageis ale placing lollance on the
f at t that thev need only a few votes
to asstne them a clear majority, svhlle
the Dtmotiats, Populists and Sllser
Republicans would has'e to cairj' most
all ot the doubtful legisiivttues in 01
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'' l'"''' " Kepubllcan majo.ity.
! Th", ul":., "'"Icied most In . .ml.
I ''"T V'M) lrsln a. New oik. Pei.n
sj Is aula. Not lb Dakota. Now Jersev,
Indiana. California, Washington, Ne
biasha. conflicting claims being made
lu em li state. Among icttato otlicials
the opinion pievalls that the anomal
ous londlllon now pros ailing of a sen
ntu svlthout a mnjoiltj- svlll end with
the coming election, nnd that the leg
Islntiiics then chosen will glvu assui -aiue
of majoilty inle in the upper
bi.ini h of eoiiKiess after Match 4 next
LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. McKinley Asked to Exeiclse
Care in Making Appointments.
f'hii ago, Nov. C The exec litis o com
mittee of the Citlaeiih' as.-oclatlon. tin
organi7.atloii inci-tpcetisc of purtj. Inn
addiossod a letter to Pre.tldent McKlr
ley In lefotence to the luinoiod c hanue
111 the inks gosernlng els II service up
polntments, b which 'a large numln r
of olllcis sslll be tin own open to th"
pai lakei s of political and depni tmental
las or."
The committee says: "lu view of the
cxiiaitslon of our national territory now
in pi ogress, nnd tho largely Increased
fence of civil K't'snnts necessitated
theieby. it appears to us that a careful
guaidtd application of the uiles gov
erning the appointment to olllco sslll
llioiv than ever before be needed t i
eeeiiro the best ccitilpnod men for the
seivlco of the nation and for the pro
tection of tho appointing power Itself
ugalnst tho importunities of peitlna-e-lous
ciuallllod appllcunts for positions
under tho government.'"
Sea Captain's Suicide.
Norfolk. 'a . Nos t,-Acting Cai tina
Lash, of Un- Aui-tiliin steunii r IstoU,
from Peiuaiiillaa to SMittln. atrlsed heie.
rrpuiis tin- losx ot tlii vmiiflH mast, i,
Cttptulu 51. V dliihoi". who it is btmed
cilllinllti'd Mil' I'll ii-al liiliiping iisel.
iKiuril Uitoliei .. Ti.!- LjciIj wus not u
tuvoieil. Col, Biynn Shakes Hands,
Ilillllit'Bhum Ala Nov. i, -Colonel W
J IirjHii. of the Thiiil N-btaska. pascc-d
Uitutinh Uliiiiliittliinii todav on his sv.iv
home 1'iiliiiicl lh: no ssns nut at the
Haiti b a suat inunv ot bis lileiuls svlio
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I K' l IIIIH l.l-F", r....'..M ..- -. .,.-..-,
' 11.. ... - li. .Ill, lu lll.nl 111 IllL lllt.t.lll.
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WEATHER PORECAST.
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for Mui.du) I'm ii.
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Inltk svixtulj. s. I
rhible.
fi-Poic-cast
in I'l'iumsl-
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