REPUBLICANS' v
GREAT VICTORY
looseTelt'i Plurality in the Popular
Tote Also a Record Breaker.
BS ELECTORAL VOTE NOW 34?.
n Solid South Brokeg In the Sweeping Re
pablktsTldsl Wave tad the Uaprecedent
id Majority (or Rooievelt aid Falrbaokt-
Tbe Enormoua Pluralillea Still Rolling
Already past the 2,000,000 mark,
President Roosevelt's plurality in the
popular vote continues to grow, ac
cording to the latest returns.
Pennsylvania leads the list of States
with the magnificent plurality of 404,
55. This tremendous record, only a
Jew votes short of the half million
mark.
Maryland is very close, with indi
cations that the democrats will win
one presidential elector.
No State except Maryland is in
doubt, and unless there are furtlicr
changes the Electoral College will
cast 342 votes fr Roosevelt and Fair
banks and t.u fr Parker and Davis.
In Congress there will be a Repub
lican majority of 104, the victorious
party holding .245 seats against 141
held by Democrats.
Missouri is also Republican, and as
candidates for the seat in the Senate
now held by Mr. Cockrcll, Chairman
Niedringhaus, Secretary Hitchcock
nd Cyrus Walbridge, who was defeat
ed for the Governorship by Joseph V.
Folk, arc mentioned.
There is now no further doubt of the
re-election of Congressman Joseph W.
liabcock, of Wisconsin, chairman of
the Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee. His plurality is
281.
The Montana Legislature has ap
parently gone Republican. This in
sures the election of former Senator
Thomas Carter to the U. S. Senate.
FIGURES OF THE COUNTRY'S
VOTE.
REPUBLICAN STATES.
Elec-
Pluralitirs. Pluralities, toral
1004. 1900. Votes
California.... 100,000 39,770 10
Colorado 15,000 2g.66i 5
Connecticut... 38,197 28,570 7
Delaware 4,100 3.674 3
Idho 25,000 2,216 3
Illinois 225,000 94.924 27
Indiana 7 5,000 26,479 15
Iowa 130,000 98,606 13
Kansas 100,000 23,354 10
Maine 35,000 28,613 6
Maryland 126 13.941 8
Massachusetts 86.279 81,869 '6
Michigan 150,000 104,584 14
Minnesota 125,000 77,560 11
Missouri 10,000 '37.830 18
Montana 1,000 1 1,773 3
Nebraska 70,000 7,82a 8
Nevada 2,000
2,498
M. Ham 20,000 19.314 4
New Jersey... 60,000 56,889 la
New York.... 174,691 143,606 39
N. Dakota... 20,000 15,372 4
Ohio 165,000 69,036 23
Oregon 40,000 13,141 4
Penna 485,41a 288,433 34
Rhode 1st.... 15,974 3.97 4
S. Dakota.... 40,000 14,986 4
Utah 15,000 2,133 3
Vermont 30,500 29,719 4
Washington... 30,000 12,623 5
W. Virginia.. 20,000 21,022 7
Wisconsin. . . . 75,000 106,581 13
Wyoming " 6,000 4,318 3
Totals 2,343,641 M5.454 343
'Indicates Bryan pluralities in 1900,
which are not counted in the total of
M5.454-
m
DEMOCRATIC STATES.
Elec-
Pluralitics. Pluralities, toral
States. 1904. 1900. Votes
Alabama 75.000 41,619 11
Arkansas 40,000 36,342 9
Florida. 18,000 20,693 5
Georgia 40,000 46,665 13
Kentucky 14,000 7,975 13
Louisiana 35,000 39,438 9
Mississippi... 50,000 45.953 o
N. Carolina... 50,000 34,671 12
S. Carolina... 25,000 43,657 9
Tennessee.... 35,000 33,558 13
Texas 100,000 146,164 18
Virginia 35,000 30,215 13
Totals 497,000 590,937 133
The figures 590,927 show the total
pluralities for Bryan in 1900, the plu
ralities in that year of State which de
clared for Roosevelt this year being
included.
Roosevelt plurality of the popular
Tote, 2,326,046.
McKinIcy's plurality of popular
vote in 1900, 861,527.
Roosevelt's plurality of the electoral
vote, 310.
McKmley's plurality of the electoral
vote in 1900, 137.
ROOSEVELT FAIRBANKS.
Pea Pictures of tbo Prcsldeat aad Vice
President Theodore Roosevelt.
Theodore Roosevelt succeeded Wil
liam McKinley as President on the
death of the latter from gunshot
wounds inflicted by Czolgosx Septem
ber 14, 1901, having been elected Vice
Tresident in the preceding November.
His career in this exalted office is fa
miliar to every newspaper reader,
and it was largely upon his official
acts that the managers of Alton B.
Parker made their campaign.
Statehood for Oklahoma.
Guthrie, Ok. (Special). Returns
irom 20 to a6 counties indicate the
re-election of B. S. McGuire, Rep.,
as delegate to Congress by about I,
Boo majority over Frank Matthews,
Dem. Statehood was the issue upon
which the campaign was fought in
Oklahoma, and the result is an in
dorsement of the Hamilton Bill, which
has passed the lower house of Con
gress and which provide joint state
hood for Oklahoma and the Indian
Territory in lono.
A Big Froblkittos Vols,
Chicago (Special). "Prohibition
hit re welt satisfied with the show
ing made in the election," said Oliver
W. Stewart, national chairman of the
party. "Returns received at national
Headquarters in this city indicate that
Dr. Silas C. Swallow, our Presidential
candidate, polled at least 3,ooo votes,
and the probabilities are that the final
count will carry the number consid
erably beyond these figures. Four of
our candidates hive been elected to
the legislature In Illinois.
Into the 46 years of his active life
he has compressed the combined ca
reers of soldier, ranchman, legislator,
statesman, reformer and politician.
Not yet beyond middle age, he has
won a place in the literary world as
welt a those of politics and war.
No one denies his versatility, his
ability and his wealth of human in
terest and sympathy, and the friends
he has won arc sturdy and steadfast.
He is a real exemplar of the strenu
ous life.
Born of a wealthy and distinguish
ed family, he had the usual handicap
01 a prosperous youth. He was sent
to a private school and was often call
ed a. dude by the boys of the public
school who saw him pass in a naity
sailor suit. He had to endure ihe
sneers of the boys like Napoleon at
the military school of Bricnne. Fre
quently he had to fight the boys who
envied him, and sometimes these
fights were of daily occurrence for .1
week. After a specially hard battle
one morning young Roo-cvclt said
to his companions:
"Let's go aro'ind the block ami
come back and lick 'cm.
President Roosevelt ha- never com
plained that the I'rcsidcncy is In
strenuous. While it may wear hint
out, he knows the position will never
rust him. hach year adds to the
responsibilities and duties of the po
sition', and any President mut culti
vate an even temper if he wants to live
out his term. liven President Mc
Kinley, who was noted for his calm
and patient disposition, was almost
worn out by its burdens.
While President Roosevelt is of the
nervous temperament and wastes
much energy, he has the fortunate
quality of being able to finish a piece
of work and dismiss it. It is not
his habit to worry over spilt milk or
worry afterward for fear some other
course might have been wiser. He
reaches a conclusion, and when he acts
upon it believes he has done his best.
Mr. Roosevelt is a Mason, having
joined when he was 42 years old the
Matinecock Lodge, at Oyster Bay,
shortly after he was elected Vice
President. He took the first three
degrees in that lodge in 1901. Last
spring he accepted honorary member
ship in Pcntalpha Lodge, of Wash
ington, which was founded with Pres
ident Garfield as a charter member,
when the latter was in Congress. He
is also an honorary member of Feder
al Lodge, No. 1, the oldest in the Dis
trict of Columbia.
He is the first President who can
lay claim to being a New York club
man. Mr. Roosevelt belongs to the
Century and University Clubs, as well
as to the Union League and St. Nich
olas Society.
After he left Harvard he went to
Europe and earned membership in the
Alpine Club by climbing the Matter
horn and the Jungfrau.
Theodore Roosevelt is a member
of an old Dutch family which was
founded in this country about the
middle of the seventeenth century by
Klaas Martenscn Roosevelt.
Born in New York city, October 27,
1858, he was prepared for Harvard by
private tutors. Young Roosevelt was
prominent in Harvard athletics and
was one of the editors of the uuder
gradtnte journal the AJvocate. A
year of foreign travel followed his
graduation in 18K0, and almost im
mediately thereafter he entered upon
a public career.
His first position was that of mem
bership in the lower branch of the
New 1 ork Legislature, 111 which he
sat during the sessions of 1882 and the
two following years.
He was an independent candidate
for Mayor of New York city in 1886
with a Republican iudorsment, but was
not elected.
President Harrison appointed him
a member of the Civil Service Com
mission in May, 1889, and he served
as a memchcr of the board and its
president for six years, displaying dur
ing the whole of that period a deter
mined purpose to enforce the law.
In May. 1895, he resigned to be
come president of the Board of Police
Commissioners of New York city, in
which position he displayed equal
fearlessness.
On the inauguration of President
McKinley, in 1807, Mr. Roosevelt re
signed from the Police Board to be
come Assistant Secretary of the Navy
in which position he served until the
outbreak of hostilities with Spain
ind to his energy has been ascribe,
by some the readiness of the nava
branch of the service to enter upoi
that brief and brilliant contest.
When hostilities were threatened
Mr. Roosevelt left the Navy Depart
ment to become lieutenant-colonel of
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
President Roosevelt will recom
mend to Congress that authority be
given to the Philippine Commission
to revise the tariff law now in force
in the islands.
The auditor for the Postoflice De
partment, in his annual report, recom
mends that fourth-class postmasters
be paid salaries.
President Roosevelt announced that
John Hay will again be secretary of
state in his next Cabinet.
Gen. J. F. Wade, at commander of
the Philippine division, submitted his
annual report.
New regulations bearing upon army
uniforms have been issued by the
War Department.
The annual report of the Board of
Ordnance and Fortification, headed by
Major General Gillespie, shows that
an unusual amount of experimental
work has been performed by the board
during the past year.
The bids for the new Agricultural
Department buildings were opened, 20
bids being received. The total appro
priation for th buildings is $1,500,-
a regiment of Rough Riders, of which
Leonard Wood was colonel. A part
of this force embarked for Cuba with
the advance guard of Shaftcr's army
on June tj, iSqH, and took part in all
the engagements preceding the cap
ture of Santiago, including especialh
the battle of Las Guasimas and Sa.l
Juan. On July 11 Roosevelt succcedej
Wood as colonel of the regiment.
In September following Mr. Roose
velt was made the Republican candi
date for Governor of New York, re
ceiving more than three-fourths of the
votes of the convention. He defeated
Augustus Van Wyck, the Democratic
candidate, at the November election
by a plurality of 18,079.
At Philadelphia, June 25, 1900, the
Republican National Convention unan
imously nominated Mr. Roosevelt for
the Vice Presidency. He was reluc
tant to accept the nomination, but was
forced to do so by a combination of
Senators Piatt and Quay.
Cbarlrt Warren Fairbanks.
Always a zealous Republican. Vice
President-elect Charles V. Fairbanks,
even at a time when his law practice
was a most exacting one, found op
portunity to lend his services to Re
publican campaigns in Indiana. His
counsel was tought by party leaders,
and before he ever held office he had
spoken in every county of the State
and was known personally to the vot
ers. Senator Fairbanks became a posi
tive force in the national Republican
party from the time of the St. Louis
Republican convention in 1896.
Mr. Fairbanks' leadership in Indi
ana was still more generally recogniz
ed after he returned from the St. Louis
convention. From that time until the
present he has been the dominant fig
ure in al political movements within
the Republican ranks in the State.
President McKinley at one time in
vited Senator Fairbanks to become a
member of his Cabinet.
Vice President-elect Fairbanks
comes from a long line of New Eng
land ancestry. About a dozen years
before the town of Boston was set
tled there arrived from England one
Jonathan Fayerbankc, his wife, four
sons and two daughters. They were
Puritans and for many generations
their ancestors had been farmers. In
the struggle between the Crown and
the people they had been followers of
Cromwell. They came to America in
search of greater religious liberty.
Fairbanks at college was a type
of the country lad, 6 feet tall, rather
awkward, slow of speech, and ambi
tious to get through college and bc
cftme a lawyer. He was of a serious
turn of mind and was not given to
college pranks, and seldom joked.
After leaving college he went to Pitts
burg, Pa., where for a time he acted
as agent of the Associated Press, then
in its infancy. After remaining at
Pittsburg for a year or more, during
which time he applied himself to the
study of law, he went to Cleveland,
Ohio, completed his studies and was
admitted to the bar of the Supreme
Court of that State after one term at
a Cleveland law school.
It was then he married Miss Cole,
whom he had known in college, and
decided to locate in Indianapolis for
the practice of law, which he began
in 1874. Prior to going to Indianapo
lis it was suggested that he accept a
nomination as prosecuting attorney of
Iiis home county, in Ohio,' and enter
politics, as did William McKinley. But
he had no political ambition at that
time and declined the offer.
From 1874 until he was elected to
the Senate Mr. Fairbanks was devoted
to his law practice. He accumulated
one of the most complete law libra
ries of the country. His fees were un
usually large for a lawyer of his day.
He accumulated a comfortable for
tune. The National Tickets.
The following arc the tickets nomi
nated by the different parties:
Democratic President, Alton B.
Parker, New York; vice president,
Henry G. Davis, West Virginia.
Republican President, Theodore
Roosevelt, New York; vice president,
Charles W. Fairbanks, Indiana.
Prohibition President, Silas C.
Swallow, Pennsylvania; vice president,
George W. Carroll, Texas.
Peoples President, Thomas E.
Watson, Georgia; vice president,
Thomas It. Tibbies, Nebraska.
Socialist President, Eugene V.
Debs, Indiana; vice president, Benja
min Hanford, New York.
Socialist Labor President, Charles
II. Corrcgan, New York; vice presi
dent, William W. Cox, Illinois.
A Freoiled Woman's Deed,
New Haven, Ct. (Special). In a
desperate fight, lasting 20 minutes,
Mrs. Elizabeth Barnes killed Cora
Cassidy. Neighbors had vainly tried
to separate the women. During the
fight Miss Cassidy fell exhausted, and
the other woman, grasping her by the
hair, heat her head viciously against
the floor, literally pounding her to
death. At the end of the fight, when
her victim had ceased to move, Mrs
Barnes sank to the ground in a faint.
Trala Rsa lata Wreck.
Pittsburg (Special). An eastbound
freight train on the Baltimore and
Ohio road was wrecked just east of
McKeesport, and before passenger
train No. 3, from 'Cumberland, could
be flagged it plunged into the wrecked
cart which had been piled up on the
westbound track. Engineer Samuel
Bitts, of the passenger train, and his
fireman, Samuel McMinn, were badly
htirt, and bills may die. None of
the passenger coaches left the track,
and, although a number of passengers
were severely bruited, none was seri
ously hurt.
EIGHT PERSONS KILLED
About Thirty Others Injured in Kail
road Crash.
MISUNDERSTANDING OF ORDERS.
The Lots of Property Wat Enormous, the
Engines, Cars sod Coaches Being Complete
ly Demollsbed-Wrecksge 30 Feet High
The Track Was Tom Up sod Overland Traf
tie Oelsyed For Sixteen Hourt.
Salt Lake, Utah (Special). Eight
persons were killed and thirty injured,
two seriously, in a head-on collision
shortly after midnight between Union
Pacific westbound passenger train
No. 3 and an eastbound extra freight
train, a short distance from Granger,
Wyo.
Frank Nolan , of Cheyenne, mail
clerk, was badly injured and may not
recover. Three passengers in the day
coach were injured, but not seriously.
The track between Granger and
Green River, Wyo., is part of the
Union Pacific, but is operated by the
Oregon Short Line. The wreck, it is
said, was the result of an error in a
train order by a telegraph operator.
The freight train was given 30 min
utes to make Azusa and meet the
westbound s passenger, but the order
delivered to the freight crew read "50
minutes," and the trains came, to
gether af great speed. Both engines
were demolished, the mail and bag
gage . cars telescoped, and the day
coach badly damaged, going in the
ditch. The Pullmans did not leave
the track. The track was blocked
for several hours.
Cheyenne, Wyo. (Special). A spe
cial to the Tribune from Green River
says that the operator responsible for
the blunder that caused the collision
near Granger shot himself upon hear
ing of the disaster.
FALL BLIZZARD CAUSES HAVOC.
Snow, Hall, Rain and W ind Do Much Damage
Sweeps East and South.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). Winter
weather was abruptly ushered in Sun
day before the close of fall, and Balti
moreans were treated to one of the
most disagreeable days in the history
of the city. The conditions were not
merely local, for a large section of the
country, so far as can be learned, suf
fered the effects of a small-sized bliz
zard, caused by the probable coming
together of two storms, one from On
taria and the Lakes, and the other
from Florida. Snow fell all along the
seaboard, from Norfolk to Block Is
land, and a great storm hovered about
the Adirondacks.
Telephone and telegraph wires were
broken down in all directions, and
Baltimore had very poor service North
and none at all South. For that rea
son it appears that the Florida storm
caused the main damage here. Wash
ington was apparently nearer the
storm center than Baltimore, for it is
understood that the fury of the storm
was much greater in that vicinity.
However, in the extreme Northeast,
at Block Island, the wind acquired a
velocity of 76 miles an hour. There is
no doubt that considerable damage
was done in the storm-swept section,
but this locality did not fare so badlv.
beyond broken wires, etc.
HELPLESS WOMAN TORTURED.
Lighted Candle Held to Soles of Her Feet By
Miscreant.
Philadelphia (Special). Mrs. Mary
Ross, widow of a Civil War soldier,
was tortured and otherwise brutally
treated by a negro, who forced an
entrance into her home at Bridgeport,
18 miles from this city, and demanded
her pension money and valuables.
The woman, who is almost 70 years
of age, was alone in the house, but
resolutely refused to obey the intru
der. Persistence in her refusal en
raged the negro, who bound her hands
and feet and tortured her by blistering
the soles -of her feet with a lighted
candle. Still she resisted, and then
the negro searched the house.
He found nothing, and, in his rage,
he struck the helpless woman with a
chair, rendering her senseless. She
was found by a milkman, who notified
the police. Because of her age the
injuries Mrs. Ross received are seri
ous, if not fatal.
Fined on Installment Plio.
New York (Special). Judge Sween
ey, in the First Criminal Court of
Newark, N. J., imposed an unusual
sentence upon Mrs. Bucla McCarton,
convicted before him of professional
mendicancy. The sentence of the
court was that she must pay a fine
of 10 cents daily for a period of two.
years, and that she must appear in the
court each day to make the payment.
Mrs. McCarton is thirty-five years
old. The police say she is a member
of the McCarton family, several of
whose members were recently arrest
ed in New York.
Supposed Safeblowtrs Arretted.
Chicago (Special). Superintendent
T- ielman, of the Baltimore' and Ohio
1 ailway, reports tne arrest 01 nve
supposed safeblowers at Chicago Junc
tion, Ohio. The prisoners had revol
vers of large caliber, dynamite caps
and a bottle of nitroglycerin. The five
men were taken to Norwalk, O.
fncTa!!
Industrial stocks show the biggest
gaint now.
Pennaylvania ex-dividend reached
itt top price for the year.
"General Asphalt hat $3,500,000 of
quick assets," says one on the inside.
A big union of Texas farmers hat
decided to hold its cotton for la cents
a pound.
Another advance was made in the
price of sugar, putting American
granulated at 3 1-3 cents.
The Tonopah Railroad, which wat
completed only a few months ago, it
being changed- from a narrow to a
broad-guage line.
New York banks during the week
have apparently lost $8,600,000 of cash,
indicating a rather poor bank state
ment. 1
Deposits of securities under the
Lehigh Valley Traction reorganiza
tion plan will be received up to No
vember 15.
So heavy are the orders for car
equipment by railroad that West
inghoute Air Brake has put 1000 more
men to work.
KEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
The Latest Happenings Condensed for Rapid
Reading. .
Domettk, '
The Chicago police were notified
of the robbery of the Bank of Rio,
at Rio, III., by eight men, who se
cured $2,000 in cash and escaped.
Joseph Marsdcn, a farmer, of Sus
sex, W'is., made" so much money in
election bets that he gave an oyster
supper to the whole town.
Mrs. Mary Zimmerman, of New
York, after a quarrel with her hus
band, drank cyanide of potassium anu
died instantly.
The small steamer Wyoming foun
dered in Lake Huron. The crew was
saved.
A fire in Knoxville, Tcnn., caused
a loss of $250,000. Six firemen were
injured.
A list of prizes has been arranged
for the Elks' reunion in Buffalo, in
1905-
United States consul at Belfast, W.
W. Tonvcllc, died in Toledo, O.
Bishop Warren, of Denver, speak
ing to the General Missionary Com
mittee of the Mptli
Church in Denver, said he regarded
the occupation of the Philippines by
the United States government as prov
idential. A boiler attached tp a threshing
machine on the Samuel Kaufman
farm, near Lanorte. hid. rxnlodi-H
and killed Warren Rassitt in vr.
old, and John Boltenhouse, (to years
old, both of Elkhart. Six others were
nun.
Ir.idffe Rrawlrv. in tlii lTnitrH tnt,..
Court, In Charleston, S. C, signed an
oraer directing the resale of the Dc
Kalb Cotton Mills at Camden on De
cember 21 at not less than $150,000.
The schooner Wilson and Hunting
was run down off Barnegat by the
United States snnnlv
and sunk. Captain Walton and his
wife and two seamen were drowned.
Herman Haas, charged with embez
zling funds from the Corn Exchange
National Bank of Chicago, pleaded
guilty and was sentenced to the peni
tentiary for six years.
Frederick Ewe, of Jersey City, who,
with others, was arrested on a serious
charge preferred by two girls, was
found dead in his cell.
A New York jury rendered a ver
dict of $.15,000 to Mrs. Mary C. Ga
Nun for the death of her husband in
the Grand Central Tunnel.
.Mrs. C. A. Curry was shot and
killed and her husband probably fa
tally wounded in a nistol dnol at
their home, in East Pueblo.
John Hodgson, brother of Frances
Hodgson Burnett, the authoress, died
a pauper in the City Hospital, in
Knoxville, Tenn.
Lawrence de Fabio shot Carrie Jim
itz and her brother Frank in South
ington, Ct., and then killed himself.
Four tramps were burned to death
in O. W. Haggerty's barn, which was
destroyed by fire, near Altoona, Pa.
Frederick Griebcl, of Ridgewood
Heights, L. I, who lost all he had
on the election, committed suicide.
A misplaced rail caused the wreck
of the Southern Railway's fast train
near Cochran, Ga.
The steamer Finance, owned by the
Panama Railroad Company, from Co
lon to New York, was brought into
Savannah with rudder gone, by steam
er El Paso. She had passengers an.l
freight aboard.
Preliminaries are being worked out
by the Pennsylvania interests for the
complete reorganization of the Van
dalia Line, which was recently sold
under foreclosure proceedings.
F-dward Truman, aged 70, who wa
a member of the noted Quantrell band,
in Missouri, shot and killed James
McCabe at Sedan, Mont., during a
quarrel. Truman surrendered.
Mrs. Charles Whittlesey Pickett
dropped dead while reading a paper
before the Hannah Woodruff Chap
ter, Daughters of the American Revo
lution, in Southington, Ct.
Foreign.
Three duels were fought near Paris,
growing out of the assault on War
Minister Andre in the Chamber of
Deputies, November 4. Lieutenant
Andre, son of the Minister, met Coum.
de la Roehctulon, a deputy, with
swords and was slightly wounded,
and M. Syveton, who assaulted the
Minister, fought Captain Gail with
pistols, but neither was wounded. The
Marquis d'Asmet and the Marquis d
Fouquicrcs also fought a bloodies.-,
duel.
King Charles and Queen Amelia of
Portugal, accompanied by the Portu
guese Minister of Foreign Affairs, left
Lisbon for England, where there wii!
be a great naval demonstration ir.
their honor.
The American, Austrian, German,
Russian and Belgian Ministers were
received in audience in the Forbidden
City, at Peking, and congratulated the
Dowager Empress on her birthday.
The French Chamber of Deputies,
by an overwhelming majority, approv
ed Foreign Minister Dclcasse's decla
ration relative to the Anglo-French
treaty on Newfoundland. '
A number of Russian peasant! of
both sexet, convicted of belonging to
the Skoptsi sect, the main tent of
which is the extinction of the human
race, have been exiled.
It is declared in Vienna that the
Czar and Emperor William will short
ly meet for an important conference.
Argentina appears jealous of Bra
zil's intention to raise a loan of $50,
000,000 to increase her naval force,
and the Argentine newspaper claim
Brazil is ambitious of securing su
premacy among the South American
states.
The Ecuadorian minister to Colom
bia,' General Julio Andrade, hat sign
ed at Bogota a treaty submitting the
Ecuador-Colombia boundary dispute
to the arbitration of Emperor William
of Germany.
The Danish government will accept
President Roosevelt's invitation to
participate in a second peace confer
ence. Great Britain and Mexico have
also indicated their willingness.
A supplementary budget of $20,000,
000 for the expenses of the army jr
Southwest Africa is to be presented
to the Reichstag.
The Chinese government is formu
lating a scheme of state lotteries for
the purpose of wiping out the indem
nities granted In railroad corporations
The prizes wilt aggregate $30,000,000
in gold.
The United Statet hat demanded of
Turkey reparation for the recent at
tack near Aleppo by brigands upon
a caravan belonging to the American
house of MacAndrewt & Forbes.
Russian Jews are reported to be
pleased by the assurance of the new
Minister of the Interior that he was
aiming at equality for all elements
in the population of the empire.
FAILS IN MOVE FOR PEACE
Now Looking to foiled States and
- ureai cruain.
RUSSIA REJECTS JAPAN'S OFFER.
SI. Petersburg Official Say a Direct Proposal
tor Arbitration Would Be Received, and
Advices Frrm Li adoo telart Prof oisl Jutl
Reacted Wat a Direct One-Roosevelt Will
Take No Actios.
Japan having unofficially and un
successfully made representations to
Russia looking to peace, talk of a joint
movement by France, Great Britain
and the United States with a view t
bringing about negotiations between
the belligerents is revived in London.
In official circles in Washington,. how
ever, it is stated that there has been
no change in the altitude of this gov
ernment' as to the matter.
President Roosevelt will take no ac
tion unless solicited by both Japan and
Russia. St. Petersburg officials state
that a direct proposition from Japan
lor arbitration would be considered,
and yet advices fr. in London say Ja
pan's representations were direct.
General Stoessel, commanding at
IVrt Arthur, is repor'.cd in Tokio tc
have asked the Japanese for an armis
tice. The Russians have suffered
heavy losses lately. A Japanese shell
exploded several "land mines at Etze
Mountain and some 600 Russians were
killed.
' Repreccilationt Made loolficlally.
London (By Cable). Japan unof
fi,.:.,'i., i... .1. ..T...:
nr,n ill, till- J t (II rSl 'II 1,1 IIOIIS XC
I Russia looking to ccace. This action
lias, resulted in failure, and such rep
resentations, even privately, are not
likely '.o be repeated.
Although the suggestion of a pacific
settlement was made unofficially, it
actually had behind it all the weight
of an offer by the Japanese govern
ment. It was made direct to Russia
No power acted as an intermediary.
The proposition was put forward
tentatively and unofficially, so thai
the Japanese government would be
in a position to deny any report that
it was suing for peace. ,
The failure of these direct negotia
tions, however, resulted in bringing
intervention within a measurable dis
tance. Foreign Secretary Lans
downe's plea for arbitration at the
Guild Hall banquet is taken here to
be a pointed suggestion to the United
States and France that the time if
approaching when the powers must
take some action.
Japan Is Willing.
It can be definitely stated that Lord
Lansdowne made his speech with full
knowledge that Japan will not resen:
a proposition looking to peace frorr
the three powers (the United States,
France and Great Britain). There i
a definite impression here that the in
itiative will come from President
Roosevelt, though the action would
be joint.
It is mooted that Lord Lansdowne
only spoke so openly because he har
good reason to believe that Mr. Roose
velt, if elected, contemplated making
an effort to bring the belligerents tc
discuss terms of peace. Lord Lans
downe's remarks are held by those
in his confidence to mean that what
ever the United States may do in the
matter Great Britain will co-operate,,
even in the event of France not par
ticipating. It is known, however, thai
Ambassador Cambon, who continues
his work assiduously to bring aboul
some arrangement, hopes for joint ac
tion by the three powers.
JUDQE WIN i REVERSED.
He Had Decided the Chinese Exclusion Law
Unconstitutional.
Cincinnati, O. (Special). T h e
United States Circuit Court of Ap
peals reversed the decision of Judge
Wing, of the District Court at Cleve
land, in the case of Hung Chang, ar
rested after he admitted he was born
in China, and. was without the proper
certificate to come to the United
States. Judge Wing held the Chinese
Exclusion Law to be unconstitution
al, and rcleasrd the prisoner, whose
whereabouts arc now unknown.
District Attorney J. J. Sullivan car
ried the case to the Court of Appeals
'.icre. where he argued r.ot only the.
-oitstitutionality of the law, but also
showed that, the Northern District of
Ohio might be invaded by Chinamen
if the decision of Judge Wing stood.
It was also argued that the case was
one of Kreat importance on the de
porting of Chinamen in all parts of the
United States.
HEREROS REVOLT EXPENSES.
I
German Reichstag to Be Asked to Appropil-
ate $20,CDO,004.
Berlin (By Cable). A supplemen
tary budget of $40,000,000 for the ex
penses of the army in German South
west Africa as a result of the insur
rection will be presented to the Reich
stag in December. Even this sum
embarrasrs the imperial finance min
istry, which it striving to reduce the
annual deficits and at the same time
provide additional funds for various
public works and for the army and
navy. The progress in suppressing
the native risings appear to be going
on measurably well. About Moo rc
cruils are going to Southwest Africa
largely to replace the losses of the
commands in the field from sickness.
Far Agricultural Bslldinfs.
'Washington (Special), The bid
for the new Agricultural Department
buildings were opened, 20 proposal!
being received. The total appropriation
for the buildings is $1,500,000, of which
between 9:50,000 to $300,000 wilt be
used for mechanical equipment. The
bids cover all work and materials con
nected with the superstructure com
plete and range from $1,225,000 to
400,000.
. . Aastbw try Will Salt ,
. New Haven, Ct. (Special). Judge
George W. Wheeler denied the de
fendants motion in the Superior Court
for a judgment on the pleadings In the
suit of William J.' Bryan, executor of
the estate of Philo S. Bennett vs.
Delia A. Eigelow and others. This
suit is one for, the construction of
clauses of the will giving Mr. and
Mrs. Bryan control of three trust
fund of $to.ooo eaih. The suit will
now oo fr filial on itt oitritt.
j THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsjl?ania Told la
Short Order.
A contest hat been started for post
master at Perkasie. The following
are in the field: Joseph G. Moyer,
the present incumbent; N. O. Crouth
amcl, ex-recorder of Bucks County;
Oscar H. Myers, and Samuel Bishop.
William Wagner, of Plymouth, was
arrested charged with having attempt
ed to cash a forged check for $too
at the Kingston Savings and Deposit
nanx, v ilkes-ltarrc. He is 20 years
old and it is said he wanted the money
in order to marry.
The Enterprise mine fire, Shamokin,
is spreading alid causes much convern.
The ground in the neighborhood ol
the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks it
sinking in many places. Watchmen
have been placed on duty and tho
t-acks are patrolled day and night.
Perseverance Lodge, No. 21, of An
cient York Masons, of Harrisburg,
celebrated its 125th anniversary. A
banquet was' held at the Board of
Trade auditorium, and addresses were
.made by Governor J'ennypacker, Ad
jutant General T. J. Stewart and Rev,
J. Wesley Hill.
George Peacock, 60 years old,
member of the firm of Peacock St
Motz, wlii'e walking along a railroad
siding ne.ir Flourtown, where his
workmen were unloading coft coal,
was struck on the left leg by a large
lump of coal and sustained a com
pound fracture.
Charles T. Straughn, of Shenan
doah; who was elected Controller of
Schi'.yikill County at the recent elec
tion, has announced his deputies a
follows: Chief, Elijah Kantner, Cre
spina; clerks, Frank Palmer, Potts
ville; Joseph Carr, Frackville, and
William Watson, Shenandoah; solici
tor, C. A. Snyder, of Pottsvilic.
Miss Christian B. Bassett, a Pott
town public srhool teacher, has in
stitucd suit against the Pennsylvania"
Railroad Company to recover $.lo,oof
damages for personal injuries said to
have been sustained in the wreck af
Stowc last April. John J. Fleischutt,
-who was held responsible for the dis
aster, is serving a two-month sentence1
in prison.
Orders were issued from the Potts,
ville headquarters to the thousands ol
employees of the Philadelphia 6V
Reading Coal & Iron Company in the
anthracite region to attend lectures to
be given by mining, electrical, ven
tilating, pumping, lubricating and
medical experts, who will travel
through the region.
In court at Ebcnsburg W. H. Buter
baugh, convicted of having employed
Curtis Sowers and Isaac Murphy td
burn his store, in Johnstown, in order
that he might obtain $600 insurance
money, was sentenced to eleven and
one-half years in the penitentiary.
Sowers received a sentence of seven
and one-half years, and Murphy, who
turned State's evidence, escaped with
three and one-half years. The Hilde
brand family, who occupied lodgings
above the store, narrowly escaped cre
mation. Policeman William Boshcr and John
Donohoc, of Springfield Township,
raided the hay houses, in that vicinity
in which tramp have been lodging
for many months past. One dozen
tramps were taken into custody and
loJged in the police station at Ambler.
They will have a hearing. The tramps
were found snugly tucked under the?
hay, and from the outside no one was
in sight, but when Policeman Boshes
started to run a fork into the hay,
the knights of the road exclaimed,
"We are your rabbits."
The fifth annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Shoe Manufacturers'
Association, representing nearly io
factories, was held at Reading. H. F.
Algert, of Watsontown, is president.
Reports were submitted showing that
trade is in excellent condition with
good prospects for the next year.
Ex-Congressman H. D. Green deliver
ed an address on "Reciprocity."
Joseph Roman, an Italian, was stab
bed so badly at Shenandoah that ha
died. Half an hour later while tho
police were seeking clews to the trag
edy, Toney Passila, a friend of the
dead man, got into an altercation with,
three countrymen and he was stab
bed six times. The assailants escaped.
The police believe the men who stab
bed Passila are the same that killed
Roman.
Mrs. William Carroll and he
daughters, of Chester, were injured in
a runaway. Their horse bolted and
the wagon was overturned, throwing;
out both women. Miss Margaret Car
roll, the daughter, sustained a broken
arm and collar bone.
The Washington School Board de
cided that any pupil of either sex in
the town's schools found smoking cig
arettes hereafter will be expelled. The
board produced a roll of names of 150
pupils who had been found smoking.
Those set to look over the conduct
of the children reported that many;
parties of school girls had formed lit
tle smoking clubs and smoked ciga
rettes each afternoon.
Hundreds of bushels of apples are
going to waste in the vicinity of Ham
burg, as the high price demanded fof
picking the fruit renders the crop
unprofitable for the average farmer.
George Groner, of Honesdale, aged
3o years was killed by falling from
a cliff fiftv ft liicrh VI - tuaa truth.
cring leaves from the hillside above,
but lost his balance and fell to th
rocks beneath.
The State Supreme Court, aftet
filling a number of decisions in easel
from Allegheny county and othel
western counties in the district, ad
journed to meet in Philadelphia, o
December 31.
The No. 10 Ctlliery of the Penn
sylvania Coal Company at Wiles
Barre, wat cloted owing to a strike
of the fifty driver boys, who objected
to doing extra work without estra
pay. The miners tried to inducethe
boys to submit their grievances to
a committee and remain at work,; but
the boys refused. ' 1
A conference of representative ol '
the Gran J Army 'posts of Chestef
county was held in West Chester and
resolutions were adopted asking the
County Commissioners to erect the
$25,000 monument to the memory of
the soldiers and sailors of this. coun
ty who iiuahl in the Civil War tha '
project having been approved by tho
court and the , Grind Jury,
Officials of the Ellsworth Coal Com.
pny.,'Washington, report that fifty
Rui.in miners have quit work andj
returned to their native land witn the?,'
purpose of enlisting in the Russian
army.