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VOTERS if 12 STATES LINED UPjOB BATTLE Six Governors and Many Other Officers to be Chosen Tuesday. 10 TICKETS SEEK HONORS Massachusetts Democrats Split Into Five Factions Socialists Name Their Candidates. Chicago, Oct. 29. There will be elections In twelve states one week from today. In Massachusetts, Rhode. Island, Maryland, Mississippi, and Kentucky a governor and other state officers are to be chosen; In New Jersey, a governor only; In Iew York, two associate Judges of the court of appeals; in Pennsylvania a Btato treasurer; and in Nebraska, a railroad commissioner and two regents Of the state university. In Ohio, Utah, and California municipal officers are to be selected. While in New York county a number of Judges and a sheriff are to be Voted for. The prohibitionists have a state ticket In all the states except Maryland and Mississippi, and city tickets in Cleveland and Cincinnati, but not In San Francisco or Salt Lake. Socialist Annie Candidates. The socialists also have tickets in all the states except Mississippi and Maryland, and city tickets in Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Salt Lake, but not in San Francisco. The socialist labor party has tickets In Kentucky, Massachusetts, and New Jersey, while union labor made nominations for city officers in San Francisco. In Massachusetts there are ten tickets, five being divided among democrats, who are engaged in a factional fight, with' the state delegation to the national- democratic convention next year In prospect. The ballot law commission decided that Henry M. "Whitney was the nominee for governor. In Nebraska the democrats and populists fused on the officials to be voted for throughout the state. Maryland Han New Plan. In Maryland there will bo a straight contest between the democrats and the republicans for stato officers. In addition to these a house of delegates and one-half of the stnte senate are to be elected. Tho next legislature will chooso two United States senators one to fill tho unexpired term of the late Arthur T. Gorman, and the other to take the place of Senator Rayner. The republicans adhere to tho old plan of senatorial election, but the democrats are to put into effect a new senatorial primary plan, which requires every member of the legislature to vote for the candidate receiving the highest Vote in his district. The local elections, particularly in JNew York county, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Salt Lake, and San Francisco are of particular interest this year. In New York county the republicans and the independence league (Hearst) forces have fused on the county tickets, which is made up of a number of court Justices and a sheriff. Although the republicans named the head of the ticket, M. Linn Bruce, for justice of the supreme court, the most important office, that of sheriff, went to the independence league, whose nominee, Maximilian F. Ihmsen, has been "William R. Hearst's campaign manager In several campaigns. HITCHCOCORRESTED Comedian Charged by Gerry Society With Mistreating Little Girl.

New York. Oct. 28. Raymond Hitchcock, the comedian, who is playing in "The Yankee Tourist" at the Astor theater, was arrested today on the charge of having mistreated a 15-year-old girl. It was announced by the district attorney's office that other charges of a similar nature, involving four or five other girls, would be presented to the grand Jury tomorrow. Hitchcock was arraigned before Magistrate "Walsh in the Tombs court and released In $3,000 bail. The actor had not expected arrest. The charges against him have been under investigation by the Gerry society for nearly a year. After he had Hugo C. Voecks arrested a week ago on a charge of extortion it was announced that he intended to close his engagement here and go away. Since then he has been at tho district attorney's ofllce several times, once at least in connection with the charge of criminal libel made by William Astor Chanler against "William R. Hearst. He was summoned today to Assistant District Attorney Garvan's office, where lie made a statement. As be was leaving Assistant Superintendent Moore and Agent I'lsarro of the Gerry soeiety and Detective Flood of the district attorney's office told him he was under arrest. "I am thunderstruck," said the actor. He was toll that it would be a good thing to send for his lawyer and a bondsman, which he did. Herman Fromme, his lawyer, and Hollis Cooley, manager for Henry W. Savage, went at once to the Criminal Court.- building. Hitchcock was arraigned with a line of other prisoners In Magistrate Walsh's court. The affidavit was made by Agent Pisarro and charged that Hitchcock had mistreated Helen von Hagen, 15 years old, on Nov. 2. 190. Mr. Garvan told Magistrate Walsh that four or five othsr girls were concerned In the charges. "The mother of the Von Hagen girl

was at my office today." said Mr. Fromme. "She says that her daughter has been detained by the Gerry society, and that they are trying to compel her to testify against Mr. Hitchcock. The Gerry society told her that if she didn't appear she would not be allowed to see her mother again."

Bail was fixed at $3,000 and Mr. Cooley put it up. There will be a hearing next Thursday. CLEVELANDJPOINTS WAY Reads Advice to Trenton, N. J., Democrats Says Chance Here Now. Trenton, N. J., Oct. 2S. The reading of a letter from former Presldfnt Grover Cleveland, in which he discussey state affairs, was the feature of the democratic mapsmeeting here tonight, at which Frank S. Matzenbach Jr., the democratic candidate for governor, was the principal speaker. The letter is as follows: To the Hon Bayard Stockton My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your note tendering me an invitation to preside at a meeting to be held In T: mton on the 2Sth Inst, in the Interest of the democracy of New Jersey and the canlidacy of Frank S. Matzenbach Jr. for governor of the state. I am sorry that the condition of my health will not permit me to attend the meeting. "It would be a satisfaction to me to meet o nthis occasion my democratic brethren of the state of my birth and present home, and to add my protest to theirs against the abuses that have been allowed to afflict the people of New Jersey under republican state control. Hit Culpable Officials. "In the pending political campaign the democracy of the state is pledged to the correction of these abuses, and a restoration to the people of their freedom of political action, and their protection in the rights and privileges which are their due. "There is nothing that our people have a more clear right to demand of those In control of their state government than rigid economy and the inexorable exaction of honest service and duty on the part of all who are entrusted with public work. Neglect of these demands amounts directly to a waste of the people's substance, and leads inevitably to the prostitution ot public interests to private and partisan ends. "It is not consistent with the character or disposition of true democracy to tolerate saeh conditions. Siiys Chance In Here. "Surely our party in New Jersey, pledged to the reform of abuses and to the promotion of legitimate interests of all tho citizens of the state, and presenting to them a candidate of whom all can trust, never had a higher Incentive to harmonious, intelligent, and unremitting effort." 8 Prohibitionists Practically Sure of Carrying Jefferson County. Birmingham, Ala., Oct. 28. The county of Jefferson, of which Birmingham is the county seat, according to returns received late tonight, has gone "dry" by a safe majority. The election was held today after a vigorous campaign by the prohibitionists. Interest has been Intense ever since the polls opened this morning. As early as 8:30 o'clock 5,000 women and children gathered In Capital park and began parading the strets and visiting the various polling places. Many ministers and business men accompanied the marchers. Later the women gathered at the polling places and served lunches and coffee as the men voted. Similar demonstrations on a smaller scale were made at many suburban towns, and Bessemer, Ensley, Piatt City, Woodlawn, Eastlake, large cities and suburbs, all favored prohibition. See Victory In South. Mrs. Lillian Stevens, president, and Miss Anna Gordon, vice president of the national Women's Christian Temperance union, arrived in Evanston yesterday after an extensive southern tour. The message they brought back to Rest cottage was a prediction of a "solid south for temperance" within five years. The white ribbon executives assisted in the campaign of Birmingham. Ala., for prohibition, the Issue upon which a vote was taken yesterday by the citizens of Jefferson county. "If Birmingham goes dry," declared Mrs. Stevens, "it means that the whole state of Alabama will follow suit within a year. North Carolina, Texas, Mis sissippi, Tennessee and Kentucky are looking for action at the next sessions of their legislatures. In the last state all but seven counties out of 104 are already dry. There are battles in progress in Arkansas and Missouri. Next Monday it will be determined if the whole state of Delaware shall be given local option, and that means final prohibition." HOW'S THIS? We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O. We. the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding. Klnnan & Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.

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jATinirc prcu uii u imuii I EAST Treasury Fund Available for Gotham Banks, But Aid is Not Required. PRAISE FOR GORTELYOU'S WORK Only Financiers Who Worked With Him Know Value of His Labor Will Stay in Washington. Washington. D. C, Oct. 28. Silence eloquent of satisfaction with the finan cial situation was the golden rule at the treasury department today. It was believed when Secretary Cortelyou returned to Washington from New York yesterday morning lie would return today in order to be on hand to guard the public credit. But the secretary, it appears. Is so confident over the situation that he does not intend to leave Washington again. He will remain here for the purpose of preparing his annual report to congress and attending to the routine business of his department, which is mountain high, as a result of his absence of more than a week. Mr. Cortelyou declined to discuss the situation today, holding that there was no let up in the Improvement in conditions, and consequetnly nothing for him to talk about. His reports from New York today showed the prevalence of general easiness, and he decided that It was unnecessary to make any further deposits of government funds In national banks. Praise for Cortelyou" Work. Only- a few men at the subtreasury In New York and the big financiers like Morgan, Stlllman, Hepburn, and one or two others, know how firmly Cortelyou stood as the guardian of public credit. For four days and nights he virtually did without sleep, and he returned to Washington a trifle "hollow eyed" as a result of his experience. Every moment he was on duty either in the subetreasury or In his room. He spent most of the time at the subtreasury where millions were paid over the counters in a space of five or ten minutes and hurried to the banks to meet the demand for cash. The details of those four days of tension and struggle will never be told, but it Is known that through it all Cortelyou sat cool and collected passing on securities that were accepted for the thirty odd millions of deposits he made in the national depositories. Knew Where Every Dollar Went. The secretary was, of course, in communication with his assistants and with the men who also wero struggling to prevent a panic. Every dollar he let pass he knew would maintain legitimate mercantile credit. Not a dollar was put out to enable speculations. The cry that is sometimes uttered that the money of people is locked up in the' treasury can no longer be raised. Today's treasury statement shows that more than $201,000,000 of this money is now in national depositories, being used in the trade of the country. This is the largest amount that ever has been so deposited and used. What is known as the "working balance" in the treasury is lower that it has been for many years. It was little more than $17,000,000 today, but this is not significant. The dally receipts are almost equal to the expenditures, and there are in the hands of disbursing agents more than $12,000,000. While expenditures so far this fiscal year have exceeded the receipts by some $11,000,000, there Is no apprehension that any sudden expenditure will seriously trench on the working balance." I KILLS OFFICIAL Russian Assassinated in Office by Female Emissary of Terrorists. St. Petersburg, Oct. 28. Gen Maximoffsky, director of the department of prisons of the ministry of the Interior, was shot and killed today by a young woman terrorist. The general was the highest responsible official connected with the Russian prisons, and this was the reason he was selected for assassi nation. A young woman presented herself at the weekly reception of Gen. Maximoff sky, and remained quietly in the crowded ante-room until it was her turn to enter the general's private office. When she was in his presence the woman fired seven shots from a revolver at the gen eral, six of them taking effect. The wounded man was hastily taken to a hospital, but his condition was hosplesk. Prelude to Greater Flotf The assassination of Gen. Maximoffsky apparently was designed to be only a prelude to a greater act of terrorism the destruction of the headquarters of the secret power which has been the object of at least three terrorist plots of recent months. When the slayer of Gen. Maximoff - sky, who tonight was identified as Mile Ragozinnlkova of Perm province, the daughter of a teacher in the imperial conservatory of music, was taken to the police station her agitated attempts to free her bound hands and reach to ward her breast led to an investigation and it was found that she carried inside her corsage a charge powerful enough to blow the entire building and its oc curants to pieces. Mile. Ragozlnnikova's portrait Is in that part of the police gallery marked "dangerous suspects"; nevertheless she remained for three hours in Maximoff sky's reception room unrecognized. She pretended that her mission there was to secure a better diet for her brother, who Is sick in prison. It is understood

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she will he court martialed this week. Atliaats Revolutionary Alms. The general's assassin unhesltattngly avowed herself to be an emissary of the northern flying section of the social revolutionists, who had been Intrusted with the task of punishing Maxlmoffsky for the stern regime which ha lately had introduced in the treatment of important political prisoners, whom he ordered to be treated like ordlnary criminals. HEAT TO COME DOWN Cut of Ten Percent in Omaha May be Followed Here Live Stock Lower. Chicago, Oct. 29. A general reduction in the retail prices of meats was prophesied for Chlcaro and the middle west last night. It has grown out of the piesent financial situation, according to some of the big packers, and will be of substantial benefit to consumers. Tho first cut In packers' prices was announced in Omaha, where it was re ported at night that Edward A. Cudahy of the Cudahy Packing company had reduced the prices of all meats 10 per cent, and that a still further reduction was expected. In explanation Mr. Cudahy said he believed the time had come for a gen eral and substantial reduction in the cost of living if the average citizen is to share in the country's prosperity. "I believe," he said, "there will be an immediate decline all along the line of produce and staple supplies necessary to human life. For some time we have been buying cheaper and we think we are Justified in selling cheaper. The consumer will get the benefit, as the retailers have promised to pass the reduction along. It will mean a saving to every man, woman and child in the country." Stoux City Follow Sutt. Following the Omaha example, Sioux City dropped Into line with the same cut, though the order has not been received officially in the packing plants there. St. Joseph was not so confident of a decline. The general manager of one of the plants there said if there was a decline it would como without any radical cut. Representative retail dealers in this city said the cut had not been felt in Chicago yet, but the consumers would feel it in various ways soon. The situa tion at present appears to be that much of the meat used by the consumers Is taken from the "coolers" and is not subject to the fluctuating dally market price of undressed beef. When that stock is gone the benefits of the low trend will be felt. Substantial cuts have been made in the prices of pork and ham. Hetnll rrteea to Be Reduced. Local packers said that the low trend of the price of live stock probably would continue for some time, and necessarily wouldcause a reduction of retail prices. ; FAVORS MONEY Bill Comptroller Ridgely Seeks Passage of Measure To Prevent Panics. Washington, D. C, Oct. 29. Comptroller of the Currency Ridgely will urge more vigorously than ever upon the next session of congress the passage of a new currency bill. May Increase Note Isstrre. Mr. Rldgely's scheme, in brief, is to authorize all national banks which have been in operation for not less than two years and which have an unimpaired surplus of not less than 20 per cent of their capital stock to be permitted to issue not to exceed B0 per cent of the amount of their bond covered notes notes uncovered by bond deposits. Remove Limit on Xote Retirement. In addition, the provision limiting the retirement of the present bond se cured notes to $3,000,000 per month is not to apply, under Mr. Rldgely's scheme to gold reserve notes, and this limit Is to be repealed or greatly extended at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury In its application to bond secured notes. The real solution of the problem is to enable the banks to supply for the cash transactions bank notes not available for reserve, and which, therefore. do not contract loans when paid out and do not Inflate them when they re turn. BACK PARCELS POST P. 0. Chiefs Will FavorCountry Dealers Will OpposeContest Expected Washington. D. C, Oct. 29. It Is now very well understood that the postoffice department will back a parcels post bill at the coming session of congress. It is Just as well understood that the most influential members of the two committees on postoffices and post roada will oppose the legislation on the ground that it would help the mall order houses of the large cities to the great disadvantage of the merchants in the small cities and towns. Representative Overstreet, chairman of the house committee on postoffices during his recent visit here to attend a meeting of the postal commission, in dicated that under no circumstances will he support a general parcels post at this time. He feels confident that such legislation would tend still further to concentrate the mercantile business of the country in the hands of a few men. There are, however, ardent support

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