two ciSfSKy
SCHANTON. PA.. TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER
TWO CENTS.
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FIGURES ON
ELECTION
Estimate of Elkin and
Garman Followed
by Others.
CLAIMS OF MR. JONES.
His Estimate of the Swallow Vote
Gives Bemarkable Figures Is
Willing to Appropilate Almost
Everything in Sight Jenks Is Not
So Suie of Election.
Philadelphia, Nov. 7 The ante-elec-tlun
estimates given out last night by
Chairman Elkln mid Gaiinan, of the
Republican and Demoointli- state com
mittees, iespectlely, were followed to
day by an estlmute by State Chnlimnn
Jone, of the Piohlbitlon party, In
which he claims a plurality of u6,42i
for Dr. Silas C Swallow, for governoi.
Chaliman Jones, in hi.s estimate, places
tho total number of otes whkh will
be cast for the tluee candidates at
S7.",1o0. Of these he gives W. A. Stone
292,230; Geoige A. Jenks, 214,223, anil
Dr. Swallow, 348,073. The following
counties ho concedes will show a plur
ality for Stone: Adams, Awnstiong,
Uedfoid, Bucks, Ciawford, Fayette, In
diana, Mercer, Snjder, Somerset, Sus
quehanna, Tlago and Venango. To
Jenks he concedes Berks, Clarion, Klk,
Giecne, Lehigh, Moutoe, Northampton
and Sullivan. He figures on a tie vote
for Hi st place between Stone and
Swallow In J!eaer, Biadfoul and
Washington counties, and In Joffeison
county between Jenks and Swallow.
AVestmoreland county, he claims, will
be a tie between Jenks and Stone for
first place. The leinalnlng counties,
numbering foi t j -one, he claims, for Di .
Swallow.
"These figures," he said, "aie fiom
careful reports fiom county chalimen
and have been compiled without 'doc
toring' or suggestion. My own billet
Is that the total vote will iuii fiom 30 -000
to 100,000 higher than shown In the
table, and that 73 per cent, of this,
which Is fiom the slay at home, will
be for Swallow."
At tho headquaiteis of the .iijoii-
itate committees the woik of tho
campaign has beni piacticallv c m
pleted, and tonight many of tho
Mate leaders and workeis who hate
l.ttt, continvouslv In this city dm In;;
the campaign retuined.to their homes
In the stUe. Chaliman Gat man, of
the Democictle committee, left fo- hi'
home In Nontlcoko timing tl.t aft i
nooti. Chairman Hlkln, ot tlie Tiepub
llcun committee, left tor Indiana e oun
1j yctetdav. The activity that has
been such a featuie of the p.o-enl
campaign about (he headquarter; of
the thue candidates is toiisoli nous
tonlcht by Its absence Tin iveitlui
indications In this city tonight nr
that electloi. day will be elu and
warm.
MR. JENKS HEART) rilOll
"Dubois, Pa., Nov. 7 I'ntll tonight,
Ceorge A. Jenks lias refused to -Piesfj
any opinion as to th- tesult nf
tomorrow a election. Ho leielvee' tele
grams fiom all over the slate loeliv,
Horn DemouatU and Inden'-udent
voiheis. After his siitich lieu, tlf
list of the campaign, he seemed us
Ajgorolis as wher. he dehereu the
fust of tho lampiUn at la, niton1. In
reply to a question as to how lu- ip- I
carded hlh man es lie said-
I can onlv iiieellct the u-sult fiom.
m epoilence with and m Impies-'
slops of human iiitim-. it his htm
a i miaikable campaign 1 !ui m-vei-uad
oi heaid of a i inti-t in which
th- objects weie- n deal -so simple
it his been an tst.ptlonnl en.itest be -cause
theie K but a sliurl Iss.ie nt
stake. Than issue is illstliutlv a -pies.
Hon between the light md the wioik. '
between honesty and dishonest l. -tween
the bossts and the p. oplo To
liioi row tho poplo will decide only a
question Mm: nffects the'r common
v ealth It Is wheihei the st He hull
be gDMrnecl by ilii iopits,.iitutiv-s (,i
the penile aciotiMng to the constitu
tion and in tin linen st of all th.- c iti- '
yens or whether It shall continue to
be manipulated In a eoniipi michlii
In tho intei est oi the Iuiiteis.
It Is unr. ascmable to b-lle. that
0 inajoiltv oi cim lils-ens cuiuctt dis
tinguish between the light and ill
wiong it Is iinlust to say the giean r
number of people do nut Know the
light and know Int. it, dale i do It. i
1 n m convinced u nuiJoilt of the vot
cis In Pennsvlvanhi di-die a pinpr
and ouletly admlnistiatli n of ih.-.i af
falis and that tlnlr pnitlsnnsiiip dun
not oveiHhulow theli pitilotlsni lo
the extent they will cpiess it.
"I have never been a politician and
would not attempt to eulculate the
icsult In figures. Hut fiom m obsei
vatlons In a two mouths' toui ot the i
state, from the infonnatlon and asm- '
nnces I havo iceelved, 1 llimly be
lieve the people will nsseit thcmehc i i
and overthtow the muehine With the I
Democratic forres united as I know- '
them to be. and with the evidences of
Republican revolt I have seen eveiv- '
where, I cannot but believe the pen.
pie aie standing side by side in this
strugglo for a lcstoiatlon of their
rights, I )iae faith in the manhood
and integrity of the people l am eon
tent to lest my cuso with them, con
vinced that the light will piouill "
NEBRASKA ALL RIGHT.
Republicans Claim That Their Entire
Ticket Will Be Elected.
laincajitu, I'.i . Nov 7-l)i fill is '
Swallow, tho 'Jlrneot tlovermnciu" can
didate for governor, closed I,Ih niupiilttn
hire this afteinioon h iiddrc-KshlR a lan
iiiulleiHO In tho Columbia opeia hojv.
Rev. W. 11. rnril, acted an ch.ilrmuu,
Dr. SwolloVs spcecli did not dopuri
from tho IIihm ho him fulluwccl throuRlniiit
tho campulgti, coiiHUtlng o'f a clenuncm
lion of Itcpulillrnn mlo In l'cnns.lMinU
Ati'i anncjil for hitter Boveriiinriu,
CZAR NOT DANGEROUS.
According to Lord Horschel lie Is
Really Deshous of Peace.
Indianapolis Nov. T. he Right
Hon Lord Parrar Horsoh, chairman
of the Joint Intel national commis
sion, Is In tlio city, n guest of Senator
r.tlrbanks.
He was asked If. In his opinion, tho
eia of good feellnc between Kngland
mid thlfi country had arrived and as
to the depth of that feeling.
"Whatever In felt here," wan the
leply, "Is quite leclproeated on the
other side. I think perhaps you peo
ple1 of tho states ate more demonstra
te than we. The onlv tiling that has
held our people back Irom Kroater
demonstration of this sentiment Is the
fear that tho mattei" is being pushed
lather than allowed to develop of it
self He was asked what ho thought of
the strained relations between r.ng
land and Russia,
"I do not consider that tho condl-tlon-
are dangcrou". Mv personal re
lief Is tint the car Is loitllv dcslious
of peace."
STONE MEETING.
Republicans Listen to an Address at
McKecsport.
McKeesjiort, Nov, 7. Tho Republican
meeting hcie this evening In White's
opera house was attended by about
J, 000 people.
Colonel Stone In lili address claimed
that he was as much a refoimer as
any man. He said he am not claim all
Republicans honest, but said there were
honest men In politics as well as In
any other huslnesf He said If he was
elected he would do his best to be an
honest official. He did not lefer to
any of the state Issues or charges of
bosslsm hi ought agalnt him. Ho pre
dicted he would be elected by 100,000.
TROUBLE BREWING
IN CITY OF PARIS
An Organized Plot to Raise a How
in Case the Court of Cassation Fav
ors Dieyfus.
London, Nov. S The Dall Clnonlile
sajs this morning.
"We have leceived infoimation fiom
a tellable quaiter of a well oiganized
Plot In Pail, In the event of the In
quiry of the coutt of casatlon prov
ing favoiable to Diejfus, to foment u
liotous outburst in the French capital,
to attempt to ovtitlnow the civil pow
ei and to assassinate the leading cham
pions of l)reifu.
'These lcpoitt, aie continued by in
terviews had with M. Tailileuz, lolrner
minister of Justice, and M. do Pres
sonfo, fotmei editor of the Temps a",
will asotheis. The police have vv tuned
those filends of Dipjfus,"
ELECTION WEATHER.
Special Repoit fiom the Washington
Buieau.
AVashington. Nov 7 The wiathci
buieau has lurnUhed to the Associat
ed Press tho following foivinsl cn
cllllg eleitlon do weathei
Pair weather will ptevall in the
southern states. West of the Missis
sl 1 the weather will be fall and cold
In V states of the Ohio Millcj, show
eis an- likelv to oeoui with much lovv
n tempei atute by Tuesday night. In
th lowei hike legion, south shifting
to west gales will piobiblv be attend
id bv tdiowers and much lowei tem
peiatuii b night. In the uppei lake
region the weather will be pat My
cloudv and much colder with miovv
'lu i Us and noithvvcst gSri-s. in the
.Middle Atla'itlc and New England
fct itn the dii will open tali, but the
vccathei Is likelv to become iloud to
.v. i fit night with conditions favoiable
,i r i iin
(Mgueil) Willis T Mooie,
Chlet ot Weathei liuii mi
OHIO CLAIMS.
Leaders on Both Sides Insist Upon
Victoiy Today.
rill Inu.itl, O, 'uv 7 I.eadcts on
both silts ue iliiltmng gains o-i c on
c'lesMiieu in Ohio. Tin 'ieirociats
ililm a c Io-ii vole on the patt of the
slate ticket because of factional itel
imr uninng eeitaln Republicans oppos.
ed lo Senutoi- Hanna last June in the
contest loi Mate fool c omnussonci,
the foigdj ot ccitnins letten is
chugi.l bv lln luc unilu ut. Coinmis-Hliin-i
ilhukliuin ngaliiht his assail
aut As htuti iliitlohs In Ohio aie h 1-1
annually th letusns will be lompniel
with last join and not with tat voie
for eongitssman of twe euis ao
when McKlnlev bid "l.Oen pltnaiitv.
Th- Kepublle in pluiallt) last je.u was
JN'JO'I and lie Deiuoeiatii c lalm gains
ill It as well as on eongiesMU' i
WAR PREPARATIONS.
Biittsh Government Continues the
Wnik of Getting Ships in Ordei.
St Johns, N. F., Nov. 7 The Jhlt
lsli govemment telegiaphed the eolon
lal ministry today, asking the numbei,
tonnage and capacity of strainer n avail
able at this inn t to convey coal from
Sidney foi the uue of HilMh wai
ships. The nulseis Coidelia and Pelican
will be held at Sydney to i until! e St
Pieiio and protect St. Johns In the
event of war being chelated
The c!':H(tH aio alto lnstiucted to
hi oak the Flench cabin between S(.
Pleiie and litest. France.
Mystery of a Sail Boat.
K!ri.HVlle, Out.. Nov 7-A mil boat
hlcli left hue luxt nlLht foi J'i lie IkIhiiU,
.1 hi cl ashore ut noon at Point 1 eleo,
having cnpslzid The dt nd hodj of Ch it
Unties wan ItiHhul to It Th others In
the bout who went undoubtedly drowned
ue e'.trl Kauuinuu, Hugh Hooper mid
his two idstciH, aged IS, and X all nt
Khighville Prf-d vvhlte i.nd I'li.ulcb
ll.il ins of IMce Island
Pitkin Swept by l-ite.
Plll.ln, Colo. Nov. 7.-AII the buildings
on both Hides of Main sticet, lioni Pourtli
to Fifth street, foity In numlit-r, were de
tsltovid by lire, believed to huvo been of
Iniendlnry urlt,ln. The loin ( MtlmftUd
ut tlM.Oo'i.
WITNESSES BEFORE
THE INVESTIGATION
MRS.
TO
HULL '1B.H MUST UALLJbil
TELL FATE OF A SON.
Evidence by the Doctors Glaring
Instances of Neglect and Incom
petency Nurses Who Were Too
Ignorant to Read They Worked
Under Protest Typhoid Patients.
Physicians Woin Out.
Chicago, Nov. 7. Mis. Vliglnln T.
Betz, ot Chicago, was a witness befoio
the war Investigating commission to
day. She entered complaint In lcgard
to the death of her son, Frank T., who
enlisted with Company I, ot tho Illin
ois volunteeis. Ho was taken sick at
Santiago and was taken to Montauk
on the tianspoit Beilln. From heie he
was allowed to go homo on furlough
vwicn he should have been sent to the
hospital. Ho was sent home entirely
unattended and was compelled to llde
In n day coach. Instead of being provid
ed with a beith In a sleeping car. He
ai rived home on Sept. 1, and on Sept.
19 he died. It was the opinion of Mis.
Bet, that the medical ofllcers should
have been sent to the hospital or If he
must be sent home, she claimed that
he should have had an attendant
Dr. Mllo E. Watd, of Kansas Cltv,
who was a bilgodo sutgeon at Camp
Thomas fiom July 12 to Sept 10, asked
ns to the condition of the hospitals,
said that there was a gieat lack of
medicines, only some of the simplest
of medicines being on hand. "The
food which was furnished the nun"
:.ld he. 'I would not want to give to
my pet clog"
He j aid that the food would have
been all light had It been pioptrly
cooked, but in the shape in which It
was 1 1. ught to the men It was enough
1 1 make nn body sick. The doc tor w as
then oiiistioned as to the lack of at
tention shown patients Just coming
d wn with disease. The doctoi stated
that ho knew of several casis wlieic.
tie i-allent was allowed to lie out on
the ground the whole dav and also dur
ing the night before being taken to the
hoopitiii. The doctor was motioned
a" to what his houis of dutv weie
s-uppoieel to be His leply was ficuu
S a in. to S p in. In this wav the
patients weie without medical attend
..nce elutlng the night. "Is It possible
th-it litter cue could have been se
emed h night calls had been made'"
was t ! id
No sh . theie was nothing to ec
them for except to gic them medi
cine. Seventj-flvc patients weie on
cots and the other 2") pei cent, weie on
stietcheis four to six inches lioni the
gioiind. Sonio times some of the men
weie- put on the buo ground .but
within a few horns they weie ,ilwaj,s
put on cots or stretcheis.
Dr. O'Connor. "Did vou evei set- a
m in on the baie giound propped un
against a tree in a dying condition who '
died within two or tluee houis atlei he
v as put theie'
Dr. Waul. "I never saw sinli a
thing, but often heaid of It don't
believe it evei oceuirecl
Dr. O'Connoi ' What was tho ie.ion
that the Second division hospital ot the
Thlul uimv eoips had, as It ceitalnl
did have, the worst reputation of an.v
hospital dining the w.u "
Dr "Wind. "The thst leason lu mv
opinion is that the hospital hud foi Its
e oips suiueon a man who ncvn paid
.mv attention to It His mime was
Hoil. The next icasou Is tint tho man
in chaige of tho hospital, the division
sin genu, veiv -eldum v Kited the hos
pital oi paid anv attention to It, III"
name was Jennv The next tfii-on Is
that theie was not enough doc tens at
anv time to take caie of the patients
without ovtrwoiklug the doctoi and
making them too 111 to get out of bed.
For the flist two weeks that 1 was
theie thrie was not a man on dut
who was ph se ally tit for duty. The
nest unison Is that the niiiscs weie
never competent In any sone of Un
wind, but the did the licit they could
when .vou consldci theli Iguoiauce.
Some of them could not even lead.
WORP.ED VS'DUi PijiiTEVr
Thej weie fore ed to do tin wink
under inotest and ot iouis. did onlv
what they weie oblievd to ilu cl i
1 vlslttd it. the typhoid waul-, and
lound all the men spittlni on tin
giound 1 slid to the men in (haute1
that 1 would lime them all misted
it the.v did not piovlde 'onw papc i or
something in the giound ft i the- men
to pit on. But the net da. things
weie jl'st i' bad n e.i Hofl hid
M lesicct foi Indlvlduuls H i mile
n-i dlifeicncr what an iii'l'v Iduat want
id hi was onlj on ot ili-n.-aiiils
Once- when I was pnvsleallv c liiu,siod
and not abb- to do the woik he s-ald
"I don't taie a damn, sli . vou'ie onl,
one man jou mo luvaluniile In th
hospltiu and 1 cannot sp.ue mhi ' lint
I told him I wat not able to lontinue
th woik and must be lellev-Hl lor two
weeks. Jenpey lef eviijthln, with
the lieu In the hosoitie'. 1 know
that the requisitions made i.i goods
and supplies were npnovd b the doe -torn,
but they weie not hi ought to tho
giounds becniiM ot the fault of home
body else. I think that was tin mile
of tie doe un. s in (haige of the hos.
pltals, and toips djcto. ', the division
e'ni'ois ai.il doctor In immedlal-cha't-e
or the hospital Thev in.ub
fil! Itlolis but It Is neeesMiiv to cl i
noie than that. A man had to get ,oi
a I cim, take a t-l tdioott i mul d -nuiPil
tlies neceshiii nij piles imm
the cjuaiteimaii'c is.
Win ii asked as to his opinion i ji th'j
n sponslbllitv of tla con lltlonii at
Camp Thonias, Dr Waiel salei. -Toi
the cnndlUon of the camp, . i ct the
mini who ii tinted tli.it the camp was
pei feet and that tho hospital , as well
it'll. Vl'iit man was Ue'ici i jio.vii
ton." Dr. Conner Had fiencial Boutou
anything to do with the ouiutei mas
ters or commlssaiy depiutiuent""
Dr. Waul "I say ho was i (-sponsible
foi keepfng the army theie when that
ai my ought not to have been kept
theie. Tho want of supplies wns due
to tho fact that the ciuartermastei'H
and eommlssaiy's depaitmeuts weio
not hounded enough for supplies not
followed up enough."
AVhen questioned again us to . tho
condition of tho water he eald that
when he saw what kind of water the
men were using he spoke to General
Boynton about It, and asked him why
he brought that water from where he
did. To this General Boynton made
leply that the water In Question was
never Intended for tho use of the men
for dt Inking water, but that It was
meant simply for watering the stock
and such purposes.
Dr. William Cuthbertson, surgeon ot
the First Illinois cavaliy, said sinks
at Chlckumauga had to be dug with
axes and shovels, the supply ot which
was tremendously Insufficient. The Bur
face soil, he said, was very shallow
and non-absoiptlve, and the sinks
would soon become in a very filthy con
dition, which was aggravated.
Colonel Henry L. Turner, ot tho
First Illinois olunteers, said condi
tions weie fairly good at Ohtckamaitga
(lining the three weeks his regiment
was theie His command was prompt
ly "implied with latlons nt Chick i
mauga and the etualtty was good. He
continued. 'At Tampa we were tlnal
l.v completely supplied with iiuaiter
mastei'h 'toies by being very poisls
tent. I think there was a very cjrett
ovet sight at Slboney. We reached
hlbonej on Sitmdav morning, July 9,
and Cbiicrnl Reji-olds then Informed
m- that oe had leceived telephonic
oideis that I was to embuik at once.
Wli'n I asked him what piepnratlon
had bcn made for that dlsembaika
tlou ho said' 'I don't know- anything
about that You must light that out
youiself.' I went ashore and spent
about 'wo hours in trvliiu to llnd
sonic hodv that would give me some
lnfoinnllon us to how I was to get
my legiment on shoie. AVe got oft all
oui men bv the nnxt noon tSunday).
some of our rations nnd some of our
tentage, but u good deal ot oui stuff
lemalned on the tiansport and sarnie
of It was taken to Potto Rico Fr
the lir.'t Mute davf we weie at flami
ngo we ni-JiIv ttatved to death could
not get supillcs ii nn way Fen illy
thirty of the men voHlnleeiecI to foot
it to Mboniv and bilng out oi their
backs enough supplies to keep the men
alive. In connection with this (1 nei
al Shatter M-nt me i. vetj sharp note
complaining th it 1 had not teported
the situation dliectly to 1,1m"
Colonel Turner 'lt ended at i msiel
nable l-rgth the camps of tla cd-
unlie-is o lai as he
bad obseivel j
them He claimed that most c i" the
confusion at Tampa was caused by
ilii.uteimusti r .inu lommlssiiies v ho
Ip Ihought hid not the business train
ing to adapt tin m to the handling ot
th. cmciencies flowing om o. the
vei 1. i
JOE J EPPERSON ILL
Confined to His Room in the Hol
land House.
New Yoik, Nov 7 Joseph Jeftcison
I- confined to his loom at tne Holland
, lions- and his condition is such that
I his ihsciuis have
I that lie should not
deemed it best
act for at hast
a ween, ami tne j 'it in Avenue tin at- r,
acci)idlngl will be oloed for the com
i ,ng ve ck
. Dr D.lllle I P Pense, oni ot Ml lef
feisons iihv.sicl lies said toda that
the ictoi's nines was not seiiotis, be
ing onlv an attack ot bionchltls,
which has c lused c onldeiable honi--i-ii'
ss Mi j'f(ion is now eonvaleM
liirf rapldlv. it w.-s "aid, and would In
ill piobiblllu be able to nopeici net
v. - k
VONDERLAKD VICTIMS.
Body of the Twelfth Is Taken fiom
the Theatei Building.
Detloit Mich Nov 7 The noelv e! Hie
twcltth victim of Siturdtiv s tin ut. i iol
lipse was tnkin ticjn the iiiliis of No'i
dcilund teieln It wns tlni of Clnrlcs '
Mlelke. a I thin it, mil w is dise oveit-el to
a loiuel oi ilu. lop .illi n ne.ul mi-
I (led bv WIce k.ige
AlpllUllso ele Man me Mine I of Hie' 111 III
i which had the lenuiae t fen tooling mil lu c
piootlng th sti in line acoitw eme ot tho
iin n elKcoveiiel that e ue of the roof
tiitssce liiel eleliteiecl an inch ami u null
but Hint Hie m in considered It wus onlv ,
ii settling ' ot the loot summit- Hie,
wtUht ot the teiof w is bnra li Hium I
steel tllls,s ,aeh 1", Uet vvlile fiom top'
to bottom and loin, enough so Hiut hi.
i nils wei lit Into i In w nil" on euh side
of the hiitkllug.
QUIET AT WASHINGTON.
Veiy Little Political Excitement in
the Depaitmeuts,
VV ishliiMon Nov 7 Unit wus tiv
len oi ihonivv iltpirimem wne at til-Mr
eh skx as usual tod iv
hteietai.v ll.iv is the onlv one of Hie
number who Is licit cndllnl lo a vote In
toinoliows clectlnii lie leselp, In tin
Dlsflil of Columbia -
LAST JENKS" MEETING.
He Deliveis the Last Shot at the
Quay Element.
Dubois pn Nov 7 t:cec .V le III s
wound up his ciuuiuUi In ibis cu t,
ult,ht befoio an audit net ut-.itl,v evtrv out
of whom is p-isoi ullv acquahilivi vvltli Hie
candid lie Mr Jinks In bin hUiIiiSs of
an houi tevh wed e xhnustlw l cjirnvVpu
llilenl life and ilu Jtepublki i "niuililiiP '
'Iho othei spenkits vvnt lion D I.,
Klebs, j A clhason it nil Wllllun Pair
man. Schley Will Return Home.
Washington, Nov 7 dmlial Schl-j
has cabled the- navv elep.ii tment t'ut
Captain Snow bad milMd .it San .luiui
on the Solace nnd that Ik- hid icllevi-d
the admlial of the lomuuiud of tin ,m c
station tin le j est rd.iv 'lln lelnilnil nn
pounced that ho would mail fo- the
Pulled States cm tin New.uK. til flig
ship Pennsylvonia Pensions.
WuHlilimion. Nov. i.-rim- I'tiuiMb
Vimlii peiisloim hieVt bieu IhsuciI Oiigl-nul-Hpeilil
Clct :., William p Coh,
Jackson, Susquehanna, J Juhicb Ciisttllo,
l.ittlmt"- Mines Limine H c'liilsiltiu
We'leUnbach Hiizh-luii, -, Hjlva-ius Proe.
tor Susquehaiiim Incn ase John
llurfmau, I.aicvllle. Wvomlnj;. Vie ioJ,
Pinnies W Conrad Uletivinoil, Susque
liiim.i, 17 lu $!ii
Steamship Aiilvals.
New Yelk, Nov. 7- clean d I'rleslunil,
Antwerp vli Southtunptoii, I.ahn, lire
men via Southampton: Nomadic, l.lvn
pool. (Ilhi.iltiu Arilved Dins, New
York for Naples and Genua, Hailed: Al
ien Genoa and Notice, for Now York)
Southampton Airlv(di Kalsrtt Fried.
rich, Nevv'Yrrk for Urrmei1.
, , , : . HIV, lllol' III lilt tolKjmneeoee ,i,--.i,'
snie. wm mil mew d.iaitmttils toda- )W , , tllU lilx Ml. IH1I).
V i h he eNciptio.) of Afsstat .St-c.rln ' , , , lto. kenh n.-l. i
Me- kelje, in, of the, wai dcpaltmcut. nolle, , , lhl u)unt , j,
ot the oilltiil hinds oi the state, war u.i.l "'" , , , lUl. ,,n 0l,s busliit
navy eloiMrtmints went honu to vole it.. n iimiKcu N, C and u cumulated
motiow Secutiitles lluv l..,,.K .iiid A1- f Me U he l.-l .IiiiIhk the civil
Mi w Hi Assistant h-cmar es Jim i ' Kal.i.wollor ...me to this cltv
Ade, of iho stute depittmenl ami .tl- , .", .i,. e . nit,.,. k. .,1
nine- ooaue ai ee iieineni a ) e lit iil in r e . . , ,...,... ,i
EVE OF BATTLE IN
NEW YORK CITY
EVIDENCE OF ILLEGAL REGIS
TRATION RECEIVED.
Superintendent McCullaugh, of Me
tiopolltan Election District, Is on
tho Lookout for Law-breakers.
Roosevelt's Plurality Fixed at OU,
000 Van Wyck's Friends Claim
25,000 to 00,000 Betting on Re
sults. New York, Nov. 7 The eve of th"
battle Is devoted to lest and to giving
and receiving llnal Instructions.
Tho polls w 111 open at 0 o'clock a. m.
and cIobh at 5 v. m. In greater New
Yotkthc-iearel513electlon districts am'
In the lest of the state 32.'.'. The dls
tilctu In gi eater New Yoik aie divid
ed among Its five boioughs as follows
Manhattan, 811, Riooklyn, Mfl, nron,
72, Richmond, 40, Queens, Cl
Superintendent McCulloUgh of th"
Metiopolltan election district, piofessts
to have Infonnatlon ot a great
deal of Illegal Infoimation and a num
ber nf iiir"t were made vesterday
and todav of persons accused of vlolat- !
Ing the law In that repaid At least '
outwardlj the police depuitmeiit Is act
ing In harmonv with the- election dis
trict deoutles foi the prevention of
fraud, although Republican newspapers
do not hesitate to Impugn the sincer
ity of Chic rot Police Deveiy in his at
titude toward the suppoit of e-lectlons
At euch polling place In the city to
motrow theie will be two police officer
and Supeilntendent McCullaugh will
Place his 7f,0 deputies ill the localities
most suspected as being the scenes I
of lolonlilng enttipilses Ml. McCul-1-iURh
continue to asset t his belief that '
theie will be tumble at some polling
places, especially In the Hlghth as
sembly dlstilct. which embraces some (
of the 'haidest' stteets in the cltv.
On the other hand, the police dedal e
that there In no basis hi fact foi hup- i
eilntendent McCull uigh's misgivings,
one! that the trouble will onlv atise
tllt. t.,.t ot n,ilseietlon on the part
of the slate deputies
Congressman Oelell left Republican
headciuaitci.s earl In thedn for his
home in New burgh, vvhtie he will vou
tomoriow. His bites.' prediction was
that Colonel Koohovelt will have a
pluialltv of r.rt.DOO In the stale
At Demociutlc- headciuailets State
Si-niitor McCanen said he was c onll
dent of Van Wvck's election, with a
i)lurallt aiuwhete lrom 2'iKii) to 50.
000. The betting on the state ticket is of
s( unceituin a naluie that it ! dlill
eult to dl-MiiKtilMh between the reil
I and tie tit ions. it was "ilia on the
I stuet" dining the afternoon that $0,000
had been biought there bv a Demociat
lo bet at el'fht to teh cm Van Wek,
and that -in bom vva lequlied to
Dlu.ce- that sum In Denmciatle ciu.u
teis it was alleged that the betting
was even iiionev to -i lo 10 on Van
Wek, vvhl'e ut place- while Repub
llciins weie mostly In evidence It was
rflven out that money had been put up
alll the vu.v Horn lo to S to i to 1 on
Uoosevclt
CUOKHlt
AND PI.ATTS
pih:dic-
TlONS
New Yoik Nov. 7 The following
ante election ptidli Moils wite- made
tutil-rht
Deliuit latk.
Kicliaiet Ciokel. We illilll the coun
ty bv 7i"00o and the cltv bv ',5ii0. Van
Wvek will lit- elected s-oveinm of the
state ot New Yoik bj ,'o,(iOu ptuiallty
1 'lite Uepubllcans mav get ore eougle'-'s-
I man tiom Maiibnttan and pel hip not
evin that one and not mine thin
four ii-semblv men out of the thlit-
llvt- Horn Munhutun and Ibonx
Hepiiblknii-
, Thomas C. Piatt Colonel House vdt's
j -le-etlon and the election of Ills nso-
dates on lilt- state ticket Is as-cuied
beyond a spadoiV of doubt ltoo-e-
I veit will have lOii.OOD ptiiittlltv or mine "
DEATH OF KAHNWEILER.
The Inventor of Coik Life Pieseiveis
Passes Away.
, VotK Nov 7 DJViel Iv.cllliwtllt-i,
oll fiutorv at lluutei's Point The e hi
hivuitid a liiuchlne lot milling winio
1 neittd him ft eecnml lol tunc I
'Hit dltcoveiv of si cue bind coil, w is '
ir.-ule actlcleiilnllv, .Mi I'nluiwt ilei
iiiiipped n piece of ' oik ill fie milling in i
iliinoand sioiind It up Ik rtpe-i lim nt d
v.ltli tho lloitlng properties of giniml
ecnk and tlnallj h.virteil fie eoik ncl.it
now known Ilu vvoilel ovu II iddes lids j
intent Ml Knlmwtllei lnvcited a metal
lic life I. lit and a each i alibi s Hieni-tor j
ui In stole
THE TREEDMEN'S AID.
Statement of Dlsbuisements tor the
Fiscal Yeiu.
I llostoii Nov. 7 The Kireclmen h Aid
ami IMiuatlou societv lield u nice tint; io.
dnv Ii the Hromtle)' 1 Stint .MtMinclWI
l Rplscupal chinch S shop llolde u pri -slihiisr.
The clUburseir.eiits foi the- fiscal c u
, (cceel those ot the previous ve.ii, uioio
I than I'lflcl.W, having been cpenelcd. Tin e
I was tin Increase- in the totat htm vob ne- s
i of the conferences loi ni7 ovu IS'iel of s .
.171, among the white people ,, ui and
among the blink people, Jlej.'i. ,he
-rhools tliPinselves have tonliihiiti d to
tlnli own nnlnteruuco JlH..ni
Port -two schools were opened during
the -em. til tMiehcis bctng eniplovnl and
S ii'i i sludc-nts i nrolled
Tile tolnl r-cclpts of tilt kocbtv mid
uliools fo- the jeai ending June ,0 m
weio JW.iil, n e oui vi red with txp mil
ttiH i f tJ"Ul 'J he lotnl IndeliteihifSH is
J.V vi7
The Nero at Nagasaki,
Nagasaki. Jiipuii, Nov 7 -Tin 1 nlte 1
Stutcs auxlllur) icillle;- Neio, whose io.il
rtcentlv caught lire In Chinese waters unl
which hail been iccoreltel to be of no iiu
on the Aslatlo station and had Incn or
dered to Ban PranclKo, bus arrived ut
this port. I-'lvo hundred tons of coat on
the Nero had been Jettisoned, bhe is, n
Ing repaired hero and will proceed m u
few das.
I liie iuei-l'itit i. i'"-im". - j
THE NEWS THIS M0KNINU
Weather Indication! Today!
Warmer.
t Ucm.ru! Prohibition lXImute of To
iluy'H IJlcctlon,
Campaign In New York Stitc".
Ar.-nv Investigation t'omtnlislon.
Camp Sites for Tioops In Cuba.
2 General Cuban Rvaciintton
Financial and Commend il
3 Lor.it Lillian Hamilton Attempts Hub
clde
lnteiostlng Ratlvvnj l)eiilen by Juil-je
Mcl'lictson
4 T'llKcrlit.
Comment of the Press
C I.cie il Abhitflon Turnpike Will Allow
tlio Steel Track.
I.o-cer Lackawanna Avenue Sinking.
B I.ocnt Wed Scranton and Siilmrlnn.
7 New? P.ounil Aliout Scranton.
5 (Jo'irral News ot the Solellti Hos at
Camp Men do
Wati he i feu Todaj s Rlecltoii.
MURDER MYSTERY
AT CLEVELAND
Body of a Man Found in a Burning
Building .Death fiom Bullet
Wounds.
Cleveland, Nov. 7 The police aie In
vestigating u supposed niuidei ms
teiy About y o'clock flu- was dlseoveied
in the tulns of a bo- fatten y on Main
stteet. When the police and firemen
ut rived they bioke open the door nnd
found a small lite burning on one of
the Hoots When the llames had been
extinguished the bodj of a man was
found lvlng among the smoldering
pleces of wood When the body had
been removed to the moigue it was
dlscoveic-d that the mun hail died from
the effects ot two bullet wounds In the
bleast A careful itaicli of the prem
ises failed to lcveal a pistol or othei
weapon, and the onb clue the police
could llnd was in the statement of some
woikiutn near the building that thiv
heard live oi s pistol shots eaillei
In the evening Theie was nothing
about the clothing of the man, who
was about ,!. jiais (f age and well
dressed, to lev cat his identity The
theoiy of the polln s that he was
muideied, and that the tile wus stint
ed to destroy the bod v and conceal' the
e il"-
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS.
Death Sentence ot Preston Set Aside
The Trust Company Case.
1 Itfbuig, Nov. 7. In the supieme
court toelas the death sentence pio
nuunced In the crlmln il mint of Chei--tet-
lounty was set aside bj Justice
Pell lu the cn.se against Piestou. One
of tie icnsons Is that th" court omit
ted to jk the- pilsoner If he had unv
llilng to -yv before the .iiiuneo of
death wns pionotinced t'pon this point
the couit suys 'The objection that
the pilsoi ei was not asked before st in
terne of death If he had iin.v thing to
sit why sentence of death should not
be piemounced upon him must be iu
taint d Th- omnilP-dun is an ouoi m
the ltcoid which might be amended
The omilllsslon hoWeVel, does not call
loi u it-vcisal Tin "e-nlniet onlv vvl'l
be sot aside "
An oolnton was i endued bv Justice
Dean in the tn-e ot the Coin Ithange
National bank vcimis the Sollellois'
l.oiti and Tiust compaio, of Phllatbl.
phi i thi Januaiy ". Ibsii, the compau.v
tiK phone 1 the bank for JJimo in $J
bill-' The moiiev was sent bj a im--e!igti
Next etui the doois of the
tnist lomp.inv wile i h)-ed and tin
bai'k i-nteieel a suit lu equity in ie
tovei the bills, vvbltli Weie found In
unbiokeii packages In the possession
of the tiltst companv
.lust lie- Dean saj.1' ' The ,u ceptanie
elf the monei lllldel slid) e OUelltlollH
is a ftiilld ilium the deptisllois. "I'lit
vi l naikd,ts elellveieU b Die plain
tllf lemaln 111 the posse slsoll of the
assignee." It would he hlghl.v ineiiult
able lo pass over lo the iiedliot- of
the Insolvent ti u--l comimuv plalntitts
money, because iletemlRiitt- aiejulud
piissesslim of It h a mluepiesenui
llotl o) solveuev The deiiee Is leiei
seel aid It Is oideied thst the aslg-lie-es
I'elivei to lln nlilntlff the pack
age tn packages of J. bills as lu the
defendant s bill avowee
MOHEGAN VICTIMS.
Bodies of Eight Passengeis Aitlve
fiom England.
New "Wok, Nov 7. 'I he bodies of ,-ii.lii
1 of the pust-llRO-s em the 'o-it Atl.illlle
I lliur .Moliegan vvutked on Utlobti 14 on
the southwest eonst ot I'ukImkI. iuilv-it
hcte toelnv In heimetiiollv sealed cotlus
on Hie steamship Mcnrmli ' t fiom I cm-
dnn
'I lie it mains nit these ot Ml- l' W.
Pliij- ot Nantucket l.n-s and one ot in -
I sun. Mis Welle , mulNi ol Vlis U-iu
i.Uo of Niinlukel 1, N l.nkt and Villi
int Khigsteii. N. . .Mis A b. c'lillii-
I lu. c lit of Suimfoid, Ce nn Mis S I.
Hi iiiilln, innihei of Vs Miiinli P.uiiue-
bllrll, till-up-HI sliigej, ol Alt idville Pa
ami Mis Sophl i C Crane, ol Cullfoiiiia
Am nt Slewa.t. ot the Atl.u tic Tiaufapml
i,itiin ion, I, ihe in i-.ujrv ill iain:i-
idpiiis wllh Mm health iiilhoiltl.s loi Mio
ti mspoi union oi Iho bodlts of the Mo.
tl lllspo!
In Kan's d" id to the iiifttuiii pans of tut
(oillitlV While the ii I.illVts lisldi
I SWALLOW'S CAMPAIGN.
Honest Government Candidate De
, pounces Republican Rule.
Liu oln Nib N'eiv 7 iVIlh himI
weatll-l loiiioriow Nihlid,.' will t isi n
h'avlu vot- than a ve.u !.-, and llttlei
If en- behind Mut ol n I heie vvtie
I tallies bv both panics nil ov-i tin- state
i todav but c.inipa'gu litadiiuuti is inn
I virtu ill) closed Mils moinhic, so tin as
I mt mil v.e ik Is cone t nnd
Iteiiulllciui iniuugiis 1 1 dm ihn tverv
(iiinlldilte on their state ill lie t will be
elee tc-1 bv at enst 5 imO in ijrlu , Hi U iw i
Repilbllcdli tauilldate-s tor imign-ss will
'!.. .I..I..1 k,,,.. ntnl ti.iliiil.l, ,. ... .li..
nnd i hut Hit- leiiU'lutuie wi'l b, ttc-ii')ll-t
.vii on Joint luillot
Chaliman e'alllii ot ihe findou eoii'inil
tce, said he- saw no rei con whv he should
cliuiiRn his previous esilni.it" 'if t tuslon
majorllj of lei.inv).
Advice for Amei leans.
London, Nov. 8.-Tlie Dally Mull this
morning mites the Amerlcaii people to
pronotinro bihlly in fnvor of retaining tho
Phllpli,tH, "foi oihirwlsn there will ho
a scramble for i-oa'lug stntloiiH that villi
endanger the peace ot of (he world."
CAMP SITES
FOR TROOPS
Tliey Have Been Selected
at Havana with
Great Care.
ON VERY HIGH GROUND
The Camp Will Be Pltche on ft
Plateau One Hundied and Sixty
Feet Above the Level of the Sea.
Troops Will Be Lauded Away from
Havana and Marched at Once to
Camp to Avoid the Yellow Fever.
Washington, Nov. 7. Colonel Hecker,
with Colonel Lee, of tho boatd which1
was sent to Cuba to select camp sites
for the Aineilcnn ainij. of occupation,
has reached Washington, and have had
several conferences with tho president
and Sei-ietuiy Alger, Duilng Colonel
Hecker's ubsence In Cuba, he madu
8ttvei.il rtpoits b mall, and although
he ptobubly villi supplement these by
another lepoit, he has alieady com
municated veibally to the piesldent
and Seeietary Alger the salient facts
ot the foithcoming statement. Acting
' "n Ulls le')"u' ,'n"Kemeiits are mak-
Ing fen- tlio leceptlon of the tioops.
Seeietary Alger has appioved the loca
tions selected by the Hecker board
for the- pilncipal gaiilson, which will
be lu the neighborhood of Havana.
The place selected lies about eight miles
south of Havana, In tho neighborhood
of, but not dliectlv lu the town ot
Mali. mo, for Colonel Hecker advises
vciy stiongly against the ciuarteting
oC ""'"-climated tioops In permanent
stiuetuies which in ly be Infested with
level. Two mole camps will be pitched
nt this point, one on either side of
the splendid aqueduct which supplies
Havana with watei. This acciuedui t
will be tapped and the water diawu
b steam pumps fiom it to supply the
camp, wlili h will be pitched on a
plateau about 1C0 leet above sea level.
The gieatest care bus been given to
sound hvglenlc conditions In the selec
tion At the neirest point to the lamp,
on tin seu beach, a clock Is being con
stituted, and while It will not rench
water deep enough to pcimlt the ac
1 tommodation of large transports, It
I will be landed at this point and
punched dliectl) to the camp, the pui-pose-
being to avoid epostue to pos
sible Infection lu Havana. The work
on this dock Is being pushed with the
g eitest eiietgy, and Its construction
l has ji en emploMiient to about l.JOO
h sangciit soltlleis, who weie glad to
ileeelve the oppoi tunlly to make a
peacetul living bv toll.
Havana. Nov 7 The latest advices
lereived Inn lioni Santa I'm? del
I Sur fixed the dav a- the elellnlte date
loi holding the miiw ntion lo o pie
slded ovel In Genci il CnlKto ilnn-la
The geneial -mlntou is that tli con
vention will be limited to two -n llnee
-tsslo'is at which the uic-sagi- of the
so-e oiled Cuban eovewiiuent will lo
una'iinioualv appioved without Use u
sion It Is funhei said that th in
i sii in lions to be given to the commis
sion which is tn go to Washington . id
I e disc ii'sed uec iell
I The convention will then adlouwi it
plav at Mailiinai ue.u- heie, and
await tin- i milt of the work of tho
commisiiioii wtiieh will bo s-Mlt to
Washli Hon Ii s le'ioiitd that this
e oinmlssioii win i onslst ol fie neial
Call' lo (uitlii S'lien (Joiuale I an
I usj, who is a hiwvei and a Cuban
, geneial who has not et been e hos-n
I Pit-Idem Haitolome Maso will af-
teiu.lltl letile- to pilv.lte life Silld will
tul. o paw in luipioving the condition
ol the pioptit.v which he owns near
MllllHllllln.
-
CUBANS ADRIFT.
Sixteen Piisoneis Turned Loose In
' New Yoik Without Funds.
Nt w Yolk, Nov 7- rin- ilMeen Cult ins
who v ot leciiitlv iiteased bv ihe hi ni
hil s-ivt" merit nop Hie piKou it Ceuta
ltd who u lived in this count! v lastv- Iv
, o I t'le l del llllt lill II, weie todav I "
leistd li.mi tit baine oilUi nnd nlloweil
lo jro iirnullii's and lioini h ss huei tin
iHtltets 'I I eV I pplli cl ful help lit till Cu
but I int i. but woe tmmii .iwav villi
the reph llint no muds weie available
for Hem The sheallon of the nn n Is
pei ullni 'lluv wue 1 1 leased Irom the
itilriin, t ilel us tlicv hud no molie lm
ll.uispoi teilim and cniild uov seeilii- Il IP
fiom the Sp.u Ish rovt innient they weie
foiwnlded to tills eenmtiv bj Hie Pi.lte d
Stiles e i il Kill then, at the t-Mieust of
tills gi Vi 11 Ii. flit
No iirraiiRin ents win- nunb foi tlnn
lecepiioii on this side inn fin Hum 11 ms
itni itlmi Horn i 111 J poii to tin ll.eiid of
Cuba When thev llllved Ceiinnils-loner
Pliehle sent a nn -tine to the Juut. in-
lo uiliig them of the Cub ins" arrival hem
i ""d asking Mu Junta to taie loi Mum
The Junta declined Altei a ; oiittn in .
on Ihe subject It was dpclclid ihitl Hie
Junta would take- taie of the men foi ih-
night. All tftoit will be made bv M .
Piilma to gel the state depditmenl to pio.
vide foi the lien until Ihev nt- sent to
Cube
Gottfiled Has Claims.
I.inni Pent Nov 7 -All Aintlliaii clll-
eil Ml liotlfrled, who Is n nieichinl at
i lMulri,o, bus pitxintul lo the gov. in
ment MiluiiKh the X nltnt titutis mllilstri
Iivln Inidliv. a (lalm t-ii iiiiiiitiisiiil in
foi oiitui'icic hillle teel iipn i himself and
nuinbers of his f null v bv a baud ni Pc
luviau niiuamh if
s-
Edison at St. Peteisbuig.
St I't ti Isbiii-,, Nov 7 The ne wt-p hits
lieu- aniioiirii- the luiui: Isit to bt
Petiisbing ot Thorn is A i.ll'ou ih
Ann lie in Invei toi The lenlillo socle
Met iin- pi t j .ii lm, to fill- him a brilliant
reception
ft -t-f t-H-tt"t"H-H-M-t- -t-M-
WEATHER FORECAST.
Washhiuton
Nov
7 Pein east
le 1 I Pi llll-
ri iwl-iif
il. ,-el by
vv in s
for Tiieselnj I.
sjlviii hi, wiirim i
cloudiness, in oil
rain: brisk sen
t--H"H"t-tttti rtttrt n ttt