Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 312, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 November 1899 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1899.

taa by an attack through Zululand, or by way of - Greytown and Umbotl. Thus, throughout Natal, offensive tactics were suggested, tut In the Orange Free State the plan proposed a defensive policy, based on the strategical advantage given by the position "of the Orange Free State, on the flank of the railway north of De Aar Junejflon and trusting to the Orange Free State .and the-obstruction of the railway bridges tto Induce the British to advance through Kimberley to Eloemfonteln or through Mafeking and Pretoria. "The Boers are advised In the scheme not to oppose either of these movements in their I caTlier stages, but to operate on the line

De Aar to KImberley and 2GQ miles from Kimberley to Mafeking. Dr. Leyds has been asured that If the Boers can hold out twelve months the European powers will Intervene. It la clear, therefore, that the only way to disconcert their plans is to obtain the right to dispatch a third army to Delagoa bay." BOEIl A II MY CUT TO PICCES. Jinny of Jcubert's Men Bayoneted by British and 2,000 Captured. LONDON, Nov. 7. To-night's welcome dispatches from the front have rent the vil of gloom enveloping Ladysmlth, showing the British garrison not merely standing on the dogged defensive, but executing a aeries of brilliant sorties. Accounts from different sources agree that the laconic official description of Thursday's engagement as "an effective' shelling of the Boer laager," was unduly modest. It appears that Gen. Sir George Stewart White sent a strong force of cavalry and Infantry to attack the Boers at Tatham's farm, about ten miles to the northwest, near Besters, and apparently achieved a surprise, tho Boers being caught on the open veldt and cut to pieces and their camp captured. Encouraged by thh success General White decided to risk an even more Important engagement on the following day, which was again justified by success. Ladysmlth had been isolated and a Boer force had Intercepted tho railway between Ladysmith and Colenso. This force on Friday had descended upon Colenso and. as shown by the dispatches from Estcourt, had compelled a hurried abandonment of Colenso and a retirement of the British to Estcourt. General White had ascertained that the Boers were attacking Colenso, but he was not aware of the British retirement, lie had determined, therefore, to at--tack the Boers In the rear, thus hoping to achieve th double object of drawing off ah attack upon the weak garrison of Colenso and possibly of reopening communication southward. Tho Boers had advanced south- .. ward until they had occupied the hills north of Tugela river and dominating Colenso, on the other side of the stream. The hills elope to a plain that reaches to the banks of the Tugela. NEARLY ALL PERISHED. General White's dlvslon caught the Boers In" the rear end, and after many hills had been shelled the British infantry stormed the position. Meanwhile the British cavalry swept around" the hills, and as the retreatlng enemy descended Into the plains, with British bayonets behind them and the river In front of them, they were charged by the cavalry and seem to have perished almost to- a man. The British then returned to Ladysmlth without coming Into touch with the Colenso garrison, which had retired to Estcourt. Sunday's dispatch from Estcourt, however, showed that an armored train 'had been sent back to Colenso to repair the llney and the next news may possibly the restoration of communication with Ladysmlth. While the British troops were thus encaged in successful endeavors to wipe out the Nicholson's Nek disaster the situation .Inside Ladysmlth, as shown by an official dispatch from the general at Estcourt, was xuost satisfactory, encouraging a hope that Sir George White may yet completely retrieve his shaken reputation and that his force may emerge triumphantly from the ordeal through which it is now passing. Several belated dispatches were received to-day. all telling the same story of Brltlsn victory and Boer disaster. A cablegram from Capo Town, dated Sunday, Nov. 5, morning, says the British were victorious In an engagement at Ladysmlth, and that the Boer loss was very heavy, including 2,000 prisoners. BRITISH LOSS SMALL. An official dispatch from Ladysmlth, dated Monday, Nov. 6, says; "There has been a cessation of hostilities rtnee Friday. Only one Kaffir was killed by the Boer bombardment. Tho total British loss was eight killed, including Captain Knapp and Lieutenant Brabant, and twenty wounded in WEATHER FORECAST. Cloudy and "Wnrmer To-Day Fair on Thursday. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. Forecast for two days: For Ohio and Indiana Cloudy and warmer on Wednesday; fair on Thursday; light, southerly winds. For Illinois Cloudy on Wednesday with warmer la eastern portion; fair on Thursday with southerly winds. Local Observation on Tuesday. Ear. Ther. R.II. Wind rfe. T a. ni 30. 4 56 72 8' east. 0.00 T p. tn 30.33 4? II S'east. 0.00 Maximum temperature, 51; minimum temperature. K. 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Thursday's and Friday's engagements. The town Is well provisioned and is believed to be entirely safe' . Another dispatch from Lidysmith says that on Thursday afternoon the Erltl?h cavalry charged the Boera while the latter wero maneuvorlng south of the town and cut their way through them. A "long torn posted on Bulwin Hill shelled the town, but little damage was done. The naval gunners put the big gun situated on Ilepworth's hill out of action. The enemy at Grobler's Kloof engaged a company of the Royal Irish Fusiliers and brisk firing occurred on both side. An armored train with sixty Infantrymen on board drew the enemy's fire, enabling the volunteers to make headquarters safely. The military are eulogized for their timely help to the volunteers. Advices from Durban report that a native eyewitness of Thursday's battle near Ladysmlth gays tha IkK-rs were caught on the open ground and raised several white Hags. The British then advanced without firing to accept tho surrender of the Boers, but vere received with a volley at close rane-. Enraged at this treachery the Lancashire, Hussars and Dragoons, followed by the infantry with fixed bayonets, charged through and through the enemy and did great execution. A lot of prisoners and loot were captured. Another battle on Friday with the Boers waa proceeding, according to the native, in the south with similar results. XATAL DtrTCH WITH THE ENEMY. A dispatch from Estcourt, dated 10 a. m., Nov. 5, says: "An armored train went over the Tuga'.a bridge yesterday, fcund Colenso Intact and also found the road and railway bridges strong. An Orange Free State force was sighted six miles from Colenso on the Ladysmlth side. It was supposed to have been engaged with the British forces from Ladysmlth Thursday. The Boeis suffered heavily. It is rumored that the Natal Dutch took part In the engagement, Biding with the Invading Boer?." Another dispatch from Lstcourt, filed at 1:30 p. m., Sunday, says: "A reliable native has brought Confirmatory evidence of Friday's fight south of Ladysmlth. A reconnoiBsance in force wa3 made by a British division, the object being to relieve the Colenso column, which had been attacked by the Boers. The British infantry charged the Boers, who were strongly posted on Grober's kloof, and drove them down on the plain towards the Tugala river, when the British cavalry, executing a fine flanking movement, charged the Boers, almost annihilating them. The plain was strewn with dead Boers. An armored train has again left for Colenso with a company kof the Dublin Fusiliers and a railroad engineering staff to repair the line. No fighting 13 supposed to have occurred Saturday, as no firing was hoard." On Sunday evening the following was srnt from Estcourt: "It Is now possible to furnish official details of Friday's fighting around Ladysmlth. The Boer artillery fire was accurate and well sustained, but ineffective. Tho British cavalry was constantly out, the investment not being close enough to prevent this. Cavalry and artillery under Colonel Brocklehurst about noon drove the enemy from all their positions with great slaughter. This attack was directed against a reported move on the enemy toward Marltzburg. The artillery shelled three of the enemy's gups Into silence. The British casualties were slight. The Boers are now shelling the town. Their artillery is well handled but Is doing little damage. The Boers profited by a flag of truce on Thursday to send In a Transvaal artillery officer disguised as an ambulance driver with the wounded to observe the action of the Boer artillery tire."

BOMBARDMENT OF L.ADVS3HTII. Official Report by Kafllr . Runner to Estcourt and Cabled by Holler. LONDON, Nov. 7. Beiow Is the text of a dispatch from General Duller, dated Cape Town, Nov. 7: "The following dispatch has been received from the general commanding at Estcourt, dated Nov. 6: " 'Since Friday there has been a cessation of hostilities. A note was sent that day to General Joubert by General White, at the request of the mayor, asking permission for tho noncombatants, siek and wounded to go south. General Joubert refused the request and agreed to allow them to go to a special camp four miles from Ladysmlth. The townspeople refused to rccept this offer. The sick and wounded and a few of the inhabitants were moved yesterday. A few shots were exchanged yesterday at the outposts. Friday's bombardment was heavy. Shells fell In the hospital and one burst in a house during luncheon. No one was injured. The only casualty in the town from the shells, thus far, is a Kaffir killed. " 'There was a smart action Friday towards Dewdorp. The troops under General Brocklehurst drove the Boers back a considerable distance and disabled a gun. There was also fighting near Buluwana. Our loss Is eight killed and about twenty wounded. Ninety-eight Dundee wounded have arrived. They wtre sent here on Saturday. All are doing well. The position here is now believed to be entirely safe. It has been greatly strengthened during the last twenty-four hours. The people have deserted their dwellings and are living in bomb-proof places, safe from shell fire. There is plenty of good, stores of all kinds. Captain Knapp and Lieutenant Brabant were killed in Friday's action. "'The foregoing is an exact copy of a press censor telegram brought here by a Kafllr runner. There is no other official news.' " REPULSED AT 3IAFEKING. Boera Driven Back by a Terrific Rifle and Mnxlm Fire. LONDON, Nov. S. News has just arrived fiom Mafeking showing that up to Oct. 25 the Boera continued the bombardment, firing as many as 100 shells In thlrty-slx hours, though causing but little damage and woundlns only four men. That day t they closed In all around the town and made a determined attempt to rush it. The garriscn turned out to a man and delivered a terrific rifle and Maxim fire, which speedily stampeded the Boerst, who were driven over rrlnes, which exploded and scattered them In all directions. It is believed at Mafeking that the enemy suffered heavily and is not likely to make another attempt to storm the town. Daily FlgbtliiK at Mafeking. CAPE TOWN, Nov. 7. A dispatch from Kuruman, dated Friday, Nov. 3, says a dispatch rider arrived there from Mafeking that morning announcing that Colonel Baden-Powell had captured a number of mules and horses. Fighting was occurring daily at Mafeking, all, it was added, in favor of the garrison. Natives report that Colonel Plummer's force from Fort Tull Is working its way from Rhodesia to relieve Mafeking. BOERS STRONGER THAN SUPPOSED. Their Military Strength Underestimated by the lirltlah. LONDON, Nov 7. While the anxiety in regard to the immedate stress of Ladysmlth Is alleviated, there Is a widespread fear that the authorities are badly bunderlng and may find too late that the main expediton will prove too weak to complete its task with safety and dispatch, as the Natal forc3 haa already' admittedly failed to perform what was expected of it. The confessio-v last evening of General Lord Wolselcy, the commander-in-chief, that the Boers were more powerful and more numerous than had been anticipated sufficiently explains the present happenings, and the War Oincc will hereafter have awkward questions to answer ia regard to Its apparent colossal ignorance of the Boer strength, which, both In cumbers of men and excellence of ar

tillery, 13 apparently a complete surprise to the Brltsh military authorities. Mall news from South Africa shows how Inaccurate have been the estimates of the Intelligence department and the governmental experts. It Is gleaned therefrom that a fair estimate of the forces Is as follows: Around Ladysmlth, 25.X0; traversing Zululand. 4.); advancing on Burghersdorp, 5.000; Colesburg. 3,0u0; Kimberley, 7,000; Mafeking, 4.500, and on the northern Transvaal border, 2,000. Exact information about the Boer artillery Is lacking, but it is known that General Joubert's detachment, before it was reinforced, consisted of sixteen Krupp field pieces of the latest pattern and two heavy Creuzot siege guns, which, but for the opportune arrival of the British naval brigade, would have rendered Ladysmlth untenable. In connection with the naval artillery a most Important experiment has been successfully carried out at Cape Town with a 4.7-lnch gun. so serviceable at Ladysmlth. One of the Brltlah cruiser Terrlble's guns, mounted on a Scott traveling carriage, was. fired the same way as a field gun. with entire succe.. The Terrible, with a number of guns thus mounted. Is on her way to Durban, and though the guns cannot now reach Ladysmlth ttey may be of the greatest value In the defense of Pietermarltzburg, which, it senms. will probablv have to stand a siege. The arrival of the Terrible with the relief crews for China and other available men must have placed in the neighborhood of 3,000 more men at the service of the military authorities. DOERS ALL. AROUND KIMBERLEY.

They 3Jnkc . a Demonstration, bnt Canne "So Dnmagp. HOPE TOWN, Cape Colony, Nov. 4. A dispatch which has been received here from Kimberley, dated Nov. 4, says: "Apparently tho Boer reinforcements from Mafeking have arrived, as the burghrrs am more numerous and closer all around Kimberley. About 1.2W of them made a demonstration three miles eastward at the Premier mines to-day and opened fire on the De Beers carts, but no damage was done. "The explosion of the dynamite magazine caused by the Boers tlrinj? the place was terrific. The huts contained thirty-five tons of dynamite, valued at $3,500. "All the wounded are progressing satisfactorily. "A committee to regulate the supply and prlcfs of food 1 being formed. "Mr. Rhodes is making an avenue a mile long at Kenltworth to be called Siege avenue. A double row of orange trees and vines will be planted on either side, with pepper trees forming the background." Doer Invade Zasaland. DURBAN, Natal, Sunday Evening, Nov. 5. Tho Boers have Invaded Ingwavuma, Zululand, and looted and burned the public buildings and stores. The magistrate, police and other inhabitants lied toward Eshowe. LONDON. Nov. 8. The Daily Mall has the following from Pletermaritzburg: "The progress of the Boers through Zululand Is characterized by many excesses. Pomeroy village is in ashes nnd stores and farms are being wantonly looted." May Attack the Orange River Camp. CAPE TOWN. Nov. Z, 3:13 p. m. Advices from tho Orango river say it is reported that the Boers have destroyed one of the piers of Modder river bridge, and there are rumors emanating from liope Town that an attack will be made on the Orange river camp. THE BRITISH FLEET Keeping; n Stroujr Lookont for Frivnteern or Continental Meddlers. LONDON, Nov. 7. Interesting news comes from the Channel squadron at Gibraltar showing precautions against all eventualities almost unknown In European waters In peace time. On the way to Gibraltar the fleet spread out four miles apart and a sharp outlook was kept for suspicious craft. At Gibraltar extra sentries are posted at night on different parts of the ships with ten rounds of ball cartridges each. The small guns on the upper deck and in the fighting tops are kept ready for immediate use, the ammunition being on deck, a few men sleep at the guns, the searchlights are kept working, all boats are hailed and rot allowed to approach without the permission of the officer of the watch. , The Daily Telegraph, speaking of Great Britain's naval preparations, says: "A particular service squadron, consisting of four of the swiftest cruisers in the navy, will be completed to-day (Tuesday), and after coaling It will await orders from the Admiralty. This squadron will probably make even more effective than at present the great patrol of the ocean now being carried out by our warships alons the whole coast of Africa. The Channel squadron Is. at Gibraltar, while cruisers are at Las Palma3, St. Vincent and other points on the route to the Cape. British warships are continually passing and repassing through the Suez canal." AX AMERICAN OFFICER. J. Y. I'. RIake In Command of Yankee nnd Irish Rough Riders. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The Herald says: "Ex-Lieut. John Y. Filmoro Blake, of the Sixth United States Cavalry, a graduate of West Point, now holds the rank of colonel in the Transvaal armj', commanding a regiment of 300 American and Irish rough riders, most of whom have had militarv experience. Blake is a daring man of the cowboy type. He was appointed to the Military Academy from Arkansas, and one of his classmates recalled to-day that when he first appeared at the Military Academy he afforded a great deal of amusement to other cadets by reason of his wild Western appearance and mannerisms. He graduated in 187G. standing high In his class, and was assigned to the Sixth Cavalry, then serving In Texas. When his regiment was ordered North he found army life too tame for Ms adventurous spirit," and after about eight years' ervice resigned and went Wst. He subsequently entered business in Detroit, where ho married. He left there four or fivo vr.-irs asro for the Transvaal and at last accounts was making considerable. money In minln XO JOINT EUROPEAN ACTION. German Officials Know Nothing: About , nn Arbitration Scheme. BERLIN, Nov. 7. Regarding the alleged scheme for arbitrating the Transvaal question, a semi-official statement has been Issued as follows: "Nothing whatever is known here of any common plan of action upon the part of Russia, France or Spain In the Transvaal question. In any case it may be most positively stated that no such plans have been brought to the knowledge of the German government from any quarter whatever and therefore It has never been In the position to reject any such or similar proposals." Germans May Take TiRer Bay. PARIS, Nov. 7. The Berlin correspondent of the Figaro says Emperor William Is resolved to occupy Tiger bay. south of Angola, on tho west coast of South Africa, if England occupies Delagoa bay. IN "BLEEDING KANSAS." Heavy Republican Gains Are 3Iade All Over the State. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 7. Returns received up to midnight Indicate that the Republican gain over the State at large will average 10 per cent. Cowley county Is in the lead, so far as heard from, showing an average Republican gain of 400 over last year. In Sedge wick county, of which Wichita is the principal town, the entire Republican ticket is elected, except District Judge Hale. Dem., who is re-elected. In Leavenworth county the ticket is divided. Everhardt, Dem., Is elected sheriff by 4'. defeating Captain Albright, Rep., cf the Twentieth Kansas Regiment. Atchison county Is Republican by a reduced majority. The fuslonlsts elect one commissioner. Hutchinson reports the entire Republican ticket elected In Reno county by so0 majority, a Republican gain of 3o0. In Lyon county the entire Republican ticket Is elected. The Republicans have elected eight out of the twelve candidates for district judge In the State. In the Thirty-sixth judicial district, where a bitter contest was on, the two Republican candidates. Charles Johnson and Cyrus Hurrel, split the vote, and the Democrat, Gebhart, went In. The Republicans elected the only two candidates for state senator. . ANOTHER ARMY OF 10,000. More Troops to Re Sent to South Africa an Soon n l'oille. LONDON. Nov. 7.-1 1 is now virtually decided to send another division of ten thousand men to South Africa as speedily as possible. For this purpose a second and third army corns will be mobilized. The second will cor.slt of forty thousand men, of whom ten thousand will go to Africa, the ret being concentrated at Aldershot, in readiness for emergencies. The third corps, a nominal affair, will number twenty-fivo thousand men. who will be use for garrison purposes at home. Thus the entire Brit

ish army will virtually be mobilized, which will be an unprecedented unell??'A , Gen. Lord Wolselcy. ther cm(leJ ..tf i T-rirlv Ranaoinn

Churchill thanking her fur the efforts of the e zhxjo. am ioo anxious v matter, in order to show you how thoroughly our army and, indeed, the nation, appreciate this evidence of the interest American s lames iaK& in our SICK ari wum.M. The Maine will sail for the Cape on Nov. 23, with Lady Randolph Churchill on board. Boers Robbing Kaffirs. COLOGNE, Nov. 7.-Letters received by the Cologne Gazette from Johannesburg, dated Oct. 13, pay the Germans there indignantly repudiated the telegram to Emperor William, - signed by Colonel Schiel. which 'in no way reflects the feelings of the Germans cf the Transvaal:" as a matter of fact, it is declared. Schiel was not resncnsible for the objectionable character of the dispatch, a? he w'as absent when it was sent. The letters reaffirmed - that Kaffrs were belnjr conveyed across the border in gangs of I.C'jOo 5.000 and that tho escorting Boer forces were robbing them of a considerable amount of their sayings. Foreigners, it aieo appears, were being ktopped In the streets and compelled to give up the money in thIr pockets. One letter concludes: "As long as the Poers are victorious Johannesburg has nothing to fear, but if beaten the town, with all the mines, will soon cease to exist." Tlie Oreaon Ordered to Cebn. NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-A dispatch to the Herald from Hong-Kong says: "The battleship Oregron, which intended leaving Tu:day for Manila, fired a recall gun Sunday and left port early Monday morning. Fbe Is said to have received orders to proceed to Cehu. She was seemingly unprepared for sex" BY OVER ,10,000. (Conrlnded from First fBRf.) steady fali'ng off in the vote of both parties, but whilo tho fusionists have suffered but little the Republican los has not been less than three to a precinct. If the present ratio is maintained ex-Governor Holcomb and the fusion state ticket will be elected by not less than lO.tMJ. Fusionists claim much more. Midnight Returns up to midnight continue to show the same fusion gain as earlier reports, and there Is no longer the least doubt of the fusion ticket's election. Chairman Kdmiton. ot the Populist state central corr.niiuec, said: "We have carried the State by 13.MW and have made gains In county offices." Chairman TefTt, of the Republican committee, declined to make a statement, but many of ids associates admitted defeat, though not conceding it by as larjje a majority as claimed by the fusionists. Asked at midnight for a statement, W. J. Bryan replied, with laughter: "I concedo tho State of Nebraska to tho fusionists by lo.OX." This (Lancaster) county elects the entire Republican county ticket with the possible exception of sheriff. W. J. Bryan gave out this statement at 1 o'clock Wednesday morning: "The campaign in Nebraska was fougnt on national issues, and the result Is a protest against the policy of the administration." Mr. Bryan eald he had no comment to make on results In other States. At 1 o'clock Chairman Tefft, of the Republican committee, admitted that the Usui rs at hand showed tho election of the fusion ticket. Sweeping Fusion Victory. OMAHA, Neb., Nov. 7. The indications at midnight are that Holcomb, fusion, for Supreme Court judge, will go out of Douglas county with a majority of $00 to 1,000. Sixtyone precincts out of a total of seventy-six In Omaha give Holcomb 6,1?, Reese 5,917. Sixty county precincts give Holcomb a majority of about 2M). The county ticket is claimed by the fusionists. who have probably carried everything. Nothing like, such a sweeping fusion victory has been known here for years. Mr. Bryan's Estimate. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. At 10:30 p. m. a dispatch was received at tho Democratic state headquarters announcing that Mr. Bryan claimed Nebraska for the fusion ticket by 23.000. Chairman Danforth at once sent the following dispatch to Mr. Bryan: "You have my heartiest congratulations upon your well-deserved triumph." FARMERS TOO BVSY TO VOTE. But South Dakota Gave a Safe Renub- ' Hcnn 3Ijorlty. ABERDEEN, S. D., Nov. 7.Chairman Herreid, of the Republican State central committee says: "I regret the small vote cast In the State, which Is due to the fact that the farmers are busy. Had there been a full vote there would have been a Republcan landslide. But as it is we will carry the State by at least (X majority and this victory is especially gratifying because of the desperate efforts of the fusionists and because Senator Pettigrew threw his personality into the fight for all ho was worth." Two hundred and twenty-four piecincts in the State give the' Republicans 8,691 and the fusionls-ts 5.776, indicating a Republican majority of 13.0"0. The Black J 1 ill counties give an Increased Republican majority over two years ago. 10,000 Republican in South Dakota. SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Nov. 7. The Sioux Falls Argus-Leader, basing estimates on reports thus far received from points in South Dakota, claims the election of the Republican nominees for State Supreme Court by 10.000 majority. This is also the estimate of the national Republican committeeman. BIG REPUBLICAN GA1S Indicated liy Incomplete Returns from the Hawkeye State. DES MOINES, Ia., Nov. 7. Returns from 417 precincts, or about one-fifth of the State, show that Governor Shaw, Rep., received 52.587; White, Dem.. 3S.312. The same precincts two years ago gave Shaw 51,043. White 41.974. Net Republican pain. 6,004. or a little more than 14 to the precinct. The same ratio, if kept up, will give Shaw a plurality of about CO.Otx). Chairman Weaver claims Shaw's election by 65,000. Mixed Result in Detroit. DETROIT, Mich., Nov. 7. The official count from all of the city's 120 precincts shows that Mayor Maybury has been re-elected to a third term by 2,957 majority. City Treasurer Thompson received 6,427 majority over his Republican opponent, and is re-elected to a second term. City Clerk John Schmld, Rep., gets a third term by 1.S3S majority. The Democrats elected eight aldermen and the' Republicans nine, making the Council standing nineteen Republicans to fourteen Democrats. The election of two of the Democratic aldermen will be contested, the Republicans claiming crooked work at the polls. Justice Teagan, a Republican, was re-elected by 40 majority, and a contest of this h probable. Democratic Mayor Re-Eleeted. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 7. To-day's municipal election resulted In the re-election of James D. Phelan, Democratic mayor, by a majority of at least 5,000 over Horace Davis, Rep. The remainder of the ticket Is about equally divided between the Republicans and Democrats. The total vote cast was 52.0S1. At Sacramento the Republicans elected the entire municipal ticket with the exception of four minor offices. Denver Goe Democratic. DENVER,' Col.. Nov. 7, 10 p. m. Returns so far received make the election of the entire Democratic ticket In this (Arapahoe) county practically certain. The Democratic managers claim a plurality over the Republicans of from 4,000 to 5.000. The proposition to issue bonds of the city of Denver for the construction of a municipal water plant carries by a-majority of 2,M in a vote of a little over 5,u00. Republican Indications. SALT LAKE, Utah. Nov. 7. Straight ballots and a few" complete returns from forty-six precincts at 10 o'clock, with six precincts to hear from, give Thompson. Rep., for mayor 4.540; Barnes, Dem., 4,776; Thompson's majority, 164. LIGHT VOTE IX MISSISSIPPI. Democratic Majority Will Trolmbly Reach :tO",000. JACKSON. Miss., Nov. 7. Scattering returns received from representative sections of the State indicate a very light vote in the Mississippi election. This was caused by a decided lack of interest on the part of voters in the country, precincts and a heavy purging of tho registration books in several counties. The entlreiDemocraUc state ticket is elected by a majority conservatively es

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timated at thirty thousand. The official count will not Kreatly vary these figures. The Populist vote shows a decided falling orr, which will probably amount to 30 per cent. Not over sixty-live thousand votes were polled during the day. The Populists nave probably elected a member of the legislature from Choctaw county. The vote on the Noel amendment providing for an elective judiciary Is decidedly close and it will require an official count to determine the result.

Regular Democrats Win. NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 7.-The New Orleans election passed off quietly. Fully 90 per cent, of the registered vote was polled. Forty precincts out of 148 give the regul ir Democrats 4.545 and the Jacksonlans 2.742. At the same ratio Paul Capdevllle will be elected mayor over Walter C. Flower, the Incumbent, by at least 6.000 votes. The state and United States senatorshlp fights were Involved In the contest, and the Democracy also made the issue of municipal ownership prominent. Reduced Democratic Majority. PROVIDENCE, R. I., Nov. 7. The election in this city to-day was a dull one and the vote cast was light. Mayor Baker, Dem., was elected for the third successive time by a plurality of about 2,100. Last year his plurality was 40v. All but one of the Democratic candidates on the general ticket was elected. Virginia. One-SIded. RICHMOND, Va., Nov. 7. The indications aro that the elections in Virginia went overwhelmingly Democratic. In the most hotly contested senatorial district, that made up of the Isle of Wight, Southampton and Nansemond, th3 independent candidate is elected. The vote was generally light. MflZET BEATEN. (Concluded from First Pnjre.) groups appeared to be smaller and apparently less enthusiastic than usual. At 8 o'clock there were five thousand people scattered along the sidewalks on Park Row and in City Hall Park. At the upper end of Park Row were stereopticon3 and biograph pictures were shown. The masses appeared less interested in the election results than in the pictures of the Dewey land parade, Dewey on board the Olympla, pictures of Jeffries and Sharkey as they prepared to enter the ring, and various other pictures of a similar nature. Bulletins showing Republican or Democratic gains excited but little general interest, but pictures of the naval and military heroes of the late war were received with rounds of cheers. A bulletin stating that Jones, of Ohio, w?s making the Republicans and Democrats of that State guess "where they were at" brought several rounds of cheers for the nonpartisan candidate for gubernatorial honors. When bulletins from other States were shown there came a shout from the crowd for something from Nebraska and Kentucky. The chief Interest in tho bulletins locally seemed to center In the MazetStewart fight for assemblyman in the Nineteenth district, borough of Manhattan. LORD MAYOR TALLON ASTOUNDED. Surprised at the Expeditious Manner in Which an Election Is Conducted. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Lord Mayor Tallon, of Dublin, and Hon. John E. Redmond, M. F., arrived in the city early this evening from Boston for he express purpose of seeing how an election is conducted in New York city. Lord Mayor Tallon expressed a wish Tuesday night In Boston to see how an election Is run in a large city. Mr. Redmond, who has on more than one occasion witnessed the excitement attendant on an election in this country, told the lord mayor that New York was the best place to witness an event of this nature. The lord mayor and Mr. Redmond arrived at the Hoffman House at 6 o'clock to-night. Edward O'Flaherty and William Temple Emmett escorted them to police headquarters and thence to the various newspaper bulletin boards on Park Row, where the election returns were being exhibited. In speaking of the election the lord mayor said he was astounded at the expeditious manner in which an election in such a large city as New York was conducted and said that it reflected great credit on the municipal and police authorities. VOTING MACHINES WORKED WELL. Result in Uuffalo Was Known 45 Mtnntes After Polls Closed. BUFFALO, Nov. 7. The Standard voting machine was used in this city to-day for the nrst time and accomplished all that wa! expected of it. The result in the city was known forty-five minutes after the polls closed on tho head of ihe ticket, which was computed first. The Republicans made a clean sweep, electing city treasurer and other city officers by majorities ranging from 2,000 to 9,000. The Republicans also elect their entire councilmanlc ticket, giving them seven members and the Democrats two. They also elect thirteen of the twenty-live aldermen. In the county Thomas Penney, Rep., for district attorney, is elected by about 10,000 plurality, and John W. Neff, for county auditor, by 7,000. D. J. Kenefick, W. B. Hooker and T. C. White, Republicans, have been re-elected Justices of the Supreme Court In the Eighth judicial district by large majorities. Troy Republican. TROY, N. Y, Nov. 7. After one of the hottest fights ever known here, in which rx-Governor Black led on one side and exSenator Edward Murphy on the other, the city of Troy has gone Republican by about 1.0CK). Black and Murphy have personally conducted the contest night and day for weeks, and the result Is the election of Black's xmtlre ticket city, county and Assembly. TMs is the first time In thirty years that Troy has gono Republican. Seven Minutes After Polls Closed. ITHACA, N. Y., Nov. 7. The city of Ithaca gives the Democratic candidate for county treasurer -a plurality of 157 and the Republican candidate for sheriff 190. Th Standard voting machine was used In this city, and the result was known seven minutes after the polls closed. Close Vote nt L'ticn. UTICA, N. Y'., Nov. 7. R. W. Sherman, Democrat, Is elected mayor of Utlca by 87. The rest of the city ticket is Democratic by majorities ranging from 200 to 300. Two of the three Assembly districts in Oneida county show no change. Republican Plurality of 2,353. ROCHESTER, N. Y., Nov. 7.-Rochester complete gives Carnahan. Rep., 2,355 plurality for mayor LOWNDES DEFEATED. Smith Elected Governor of Maryland by Over 10,000 Plurality. BALTIMORE, Nov. S. Returns from both the city and State have been very slow In coming to hand and at 2 o'clock this (Wednesday) morning the full vote from only thirteen wards of Baltimore city have been received, while In the State not a single county is cor. plete. The thirteen complete wards In the city, with the balance estimated, show a plurality for Smith, Dem., for Governor, of 7,541, while In the rest of the State his plurality will probably te between 2.500 and S.OoO. The Democrats have carried the three legislative districts in Baltimore city and the probabilities are that they will have seventy-five members in the lower hou?e of the General Asserably.wblle the Republicans appear to have elected but sixteen. The Senate will be very close, with the chances slightly favoring the Democrats' claim of a majority of 2. On the face of returns the Republicans have carried but five counties In the State, Allegheny, Charles. Garrett, Anne Arundel and Somerset. Five others are doubtful. These are Carroll. Dorchester. Prince George. St. Mary's and Calvert. The Democrats have carried beyond & reasonable doubt the remaining thirteen. In

cluding Frederick and Washington, by majorities ranging from 1,S in Baltimore county and 1,000 in Worcester, down to a very close margin In some of the others. A bpecial from Cumberland to the Baltimore Sun quotes Senator Wellington as

saying that this was one of the happiest days of his life. The senator added: "The defeat of the Republican party in this contest was not a surprise to me. At the time of my retirement from the chalrmansh'p of the state central committee of the party there was no question in my mind as to the result. I counseled Governor Lowndes that his only escape from defeat was retirement from the ticket. I felt confident after his weakness and treachery it would be Impossible for him to be elected. He preferred the advice of the Republicans and assistant Republicans, Gowen and Warlield, at whose dictation he had betrayed me. I knew that he was foredoomed to defeat and though some of my friends thought it unwise for me to put myself on record in a declaration that he would be beaten. I felt no hesitation because of the conviction I had. Four years ago, by my effort, he was nominated for the governorship and elected to that office. This year it was only necessary for me to stand aside, at his bidding, and inevitable and overwhelming defeat came upon him, notwithstanding the assurance that the independent and gold Democracy and corporation influences would be exerted to the utmost in his behalf. The defeat I told him of has come upon him and he has not only the bitterness of a candidate that is beaten, but of one who in his own heart knows that the defeat ia a just chastisement at the hands of the people for his weakness and treachery." "This is not a defeat for the Republican party; it is a defeat for Lowndes and his personal allies. By the experience gathered in this campaign tho Republican party must take warning and make for itself a new future. Lowndes Is politically dead and burled and the malign Influences which surround him will no longer have weight in Republican councils. Tho party must gather itself together and do battle as a Republican party, under Republican leadership, dominated by Republican Influence and fctandlng upon Republican principles, win a victory in Maryland for the Republican party." The Democrats are wild with enthusiasm while tho Republicans are correspondingly depressed over the result, which they are inclined to attribute to treachery among the followers of Mayor Malster and United States Senator George I Wellington. The latter has taken no part in the campaign and has not hesitated, since his resignation as chairman of the state central committee, a few weeks ago, to predict the overwhelming defeat of the Republican ticket. The "gold Democrats" as an organization supported Governor Lowndes, but they teem to have had but little if any effect on the result. Lloyd Wilkinson, secretary of the Democratic state central committee, to-night made the following statement regarding the result of to-day's election: "Mr. Smith's majority in the &tate will be from 14.000 to 15,000,'Vith a majority in both houses of the Legislature. The result shows clearly that the Democrats were thoroughly united and that the Republicans were divided in Baltimore city and in several of the counties. National issues were not considered In this contest. The nominees of the Democratic ptate convention were satisfactory to Democrats generally, and the way they were nominated with general approval. The result of to-day's election shows that Maryland Is a Democratic State whenever the party is united." Gen. Thomas J. Shryock, chairman of the Republican state central committee, said at 10 p. m.: "Returns received up to this time indicate that Baltimore city has given Mr. Smith, Democratic candidate for Governor, 8,000 plurality over Governor Lowndes. Wicomico, the only county heard from up to this time, gives Smith 2) plurality. The other counties of the State may swell Mr. Smith's plurality to 10.000. I attribute our defeat to a fight against the negro and disaffection in the Republican ranks. I predict that an attempt will bomade at the coming session of the Legislature to disfranchise the negro." Negroes Wound a Boy. BALTIMORE, Nov. 7. Sbortly after the polls closed fifty intoxicated negroes ran amuck on Center Market space. They fired pistola and threw stones a?xut promiscuously, one of the bullets hitting Oscar Dietz, a twelve-year-old boy. White residents along the space gave cha to the negroes when it was learned that the boy had been, mortally wounded, and a riot seemed imminent. The negroes separated and ran in all directions, followed by the whites and policemen. Four members of tho ciowd were captured, one of them. Wesley Brown, eigh'xen years old, being identified as the one .lio wounded the Dietz boy. Excitement ran high for a time and only the arrival of a squad of policemen prevented a lynching In the street. NEW JERSEY REPUBLICAN. Good Majority tn Both Branches of the Legislature. TRENTON, N. J., Nov. 7. The returns at midnight indicate that the Republicans have carried the State by about twenty thousand plurality, although there was no direct vote on a state ticket. The Republicans will control both houses of the Legislature by good working majorities, and will have an Increased representation In the House of Assembly. The Republicans have elected senators In Camden, Gloucester, Somerset. Union and Essex," and probably tn Salem and Monmouth. The Democrats have elected but one senator in Warren. The Senate will stand fourteen Republicans to seven Democrats. Democrats lost three assemblymen In Middlesex and one In Salem, and the next Assembly will be composed of forty-one Republicans and nineteen Democrats, as against thirty-seven Republicans and twenty-three Democrats last year. The result in Monmouth is very close, but it is believed that the Republicans have elected Francis, senator, and that the Democrats have elected assemblymen and county olilcers. The Republicans carried Cumberland for the Assemo'.j, but the Democrats elected the county cleric and sheriff. The Republicans carried their entire ticket in Middlesex and Union counties. Didn't Know G. Cleveland. PRINCETON. N. J.. Nov. 7.-As exPresldent Cleveland was leaving the polls on Mercer street this morning he stopped a moment to speak to one of hl friends, whereupon an overofficlovw policeman from Trenton, detailed at the polls, not knowing who Mr. Cleveland was. ordered the exPresident to move outside the chalk line. Mr. Cleveland stepped Into his carriage and was driven off to his home. 'ET REPUBLICAN LOSS. Bat the Old Bay State Still Shows a Henry Majority. BOSTON, Nov. 7. midnight. Relume from 253 cities and towns out of 2Z3 give Crane, Rep., 16S,&o9; Paine, Dem., 103,812. The same towns in 1S3S gave Wolcott, Rep., 131,138; Bruce, Dem., 107,157. The Republicans, therefore, have carried the State by 63,057. The results Fhow a net Republican loss of 1S.147. Complete returns from Boston show that Paine, Dem., has carried the city by 6,liG. Paine's total vote was Crane s total vote was 2G.3C6. Last year Wolcott, Rep., carried Boston by 1.S97 over Bruce, Dem. Wolcott' total vote was 23.075 and Uruce'9 31.678. These fijrures show a lo.i to Crane of 7.011 and a gain for Paine of 902. Robert Treat Paine. Jr.. when a?ke.l for a statement on the result of the election said: "The returns are most gratifying, for the campaign was conducted not as an appeal for votes but solely with the ld-a of awakening Massachusetts to stand by her own principles, which for generations have been her Klory. The results are especially gratity'ntf when one looks back to the opening of the campaign In September, when the ausnlces were anything but propitious. Especially gratifying ia our great majority in Poston." While the Socialists lost a representative In Haverhill, their candidate for Governor led the Democratic nominee in that city, find In other parts of the State the Socialist doctrine was given some indorsement. The expansion question apparently played little part In the election, but Senator Herbert C. Parsons, of Greenfield, where the question was an Issue before the people, was de-

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Thli shows a lors cf two Republican senator and three Republican representatives. KEYSTONE STILL IX PLACE. Pennsylvania Rolls l'p the Vaual SixFigure Mnjcrity. PHILADELPHIA, Pa.. Nov. 7. Republican State Chairman Recder said to-night: "Colonel Barnetfa majority In the State will be 140.0C0. The majority In Allegheny will be about 20,000, and In the State, exclusive of Philadelphia and Allegheny, about O0. The other candidates will run pomcwhat ahead of Barnett. as the opposition within our own party has been concentrated on Barnett" In an interview to-night Senator Tenrose said: "It Ferns to be a stanch Republican victory ail along the line and a strong indorsement f the national administration. We are all sratliied at the splendid indorsement of Colonel Darnett." Complete returns from tho forty wards 19 Philadelphia give Darnett. Rep., for state treasurer, a plurality over Creasy. Dem . of 69,407. against a plurality of T4..VIS for Haywood, tho Republican candidate In 1S, and a plurality of 70,Si3 for Dcacom. Rep., 1)7. The total vote cast to-day was laO,44.. One congressman was elected in Pennsylvania to-day. In the Ninth district, comprising Berks and Lehigh counties, Capt. H. D. Green, Dem., was choseoi by a majority of 5.VO'. to succeed D. II. ETmentrout. deceased. Estimates from all the counties In the State Indicate Birnetf? Rp. plurality over Creasy tDcm.) to be 13?.4C. In soma counties the estimates were necessarily based on meager information, and complete returns may change the figures given. SPAT ON THE SIDEWALK. Senator Cnrter Arretted nnd Fined at Duttc, 3Iont. HELENA, Mont.. Nov. ".United States Senator Thomas A. Carter was arrested today and fined II for spitting on the sidewalk. The complaint was made by a man who was arrested and lined yesterday for the same offense. The tine was paid. OHIO IS TRUE. Concluded from FlrM PacA old friends who called. General Corbin. en route to Washington from the West. stopped over a few hours and joined tho presidential rarty. VM SI AL AMOIXT OF ISTEREST Tuken In the Remits in Official Circles nt 'Washington. WASHINGTON, Nov. 7. More than the usual amount of interest in off-year elections was manifested In both official and unofficial circles to-day. Particularly was this the case with reference to the States of Ohio. Maryland, Kentucky and Nebraska. The President being In Ohio, the Whim House to-nlght was comparatively deserted. Several of the Cabinet officers and a number of subordinate officials also went to their respective homes to exercise the elective franchise. Secretaries Root and Long, Attorney General Grlwgs and Poctmaster General Smith were the Cabinet absentees from the city, while those who remained obtained the election news either at their homes or from private sources. Secretary Wilson was the only caller nt the Whit House during tho evening. He remained only a short time. In administration circles the closest attention has been given to the progress of the campaign in Ohio, where it was felt that, in a measure at least, the policy pursued in the Philippines would be put to a test. Considerable fcurpri.e was manifested here to-night when the news giving Joneses probable vote was received, as the Republicans were confident it would not amount to the proportions it assumed. The size of the Democratic majorities in Maryland and Nebraska astonished most politicians, although it was expected that each State waa more likely to go Democratic than Republican. With reference to the four States named, and also New York, it was felt that personal conditions played an unusually large part in this year's elections. REAL ESTATE TRASACTIO. The Late WashlnKton McLenn Blocked It Swiftly. Washington Special. The late Washington McLean was a sturdv sort of gentleman in his way, as the following stcry would indicate: Soon after locating in Washington he looked about for investments, and concluded he would put a lew hundred thousand dollars into real estate. He mentioned to a local iinancier and real-estate broker of eminent respectability that he would like to get hold of an entire block of vacant land In a desirable locality. In a few days the broker called to uy he had Just the thing, a big block at 23 cents a square foot, right on the path of the city's development. Mr. McLean took his word for it. and after the usual formalities of title proving had been observed, gave his check for the amount. It was a cash transaction. The next day on carefully going through the papers, preliminary to tiling them away In a safety deposit box. he noticed that shortly before be had bought the land It had changed hands at 15 cents a foot. Inquiry revealed the fact tha a clerk In his broker's office had figured in the transfer. Calling on the broker. Mr. McLean bluntly accused him of robbing him of 10 cents a foot on the land, a matter of JGO.OOO. The broker tried to explain, but the irate capitalist would not listen to him. "No." said the old Ohio editor. tou c?in't explain the transaction. It la too plain. You slmplv bought th bind at 15 cents and turned It in to me rt 25 cents, thereby robbing me of $00,0X. 1 am nere to say to you that if you do not pay me bark that money before I lea-e this room, vou will never do business again in Washington. I am a man of few words and my time is valuable. Make up your mind quick." Mr. McLean received his S40.000. The broker who tried to best him is still alive and still eminently respectable; also, very Influential. Movements of Steamers. NEW YORK, Nov. 7. Arrived: Europe, from London: Jersey City, from Bristol. Sailed: Bovic, for Liverpool; Lahn, for Bremen, via Southampton. MOVILLE. Nov. 7. Arrived: Furnessla, from New York for Glasgow. BREMEN. Nov. 7. Arrived: II. II. Meier, from New Yo:k. MANILA. Nov. 7. Sailed: Glenogle, for San Francisco. WBSMSWBSnaSBBBBBISiSBSBBSSBBSBMSiHBBSaBSiM China's Door. Philadelphia Inquirer. The "open door" in China has been promised so long and everybody is so suspicious o' everybody ci2 that it Is net unreasonable that this country should demand written assurances that it will be kept open. In this, as in many other matters our Interests run parallel with those of Great Britain, which is a good thing for both parties. Jeffries Held for Examination. NEW YORK. Nov. 7.-Jaraes J. Jeffries nnd his brother John, who were nrrested last night on a charge of violating Lhs Horton law by sparring in a concert hall, wero arraingd In Police Court tt-day and he4d for examination to-morrow. Their ball of $1.WJ was continued until that time. . - Jnit the Sana. Baltimore American. In the meantime Frau Krajtr att tv tle housework.