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IS A LANDSLIDE Roosevelt Will Have 325 Votes. MARYLAND HIS Baltimore Sun Gives Up Close Race. NEW YORK SURPRISES EVERYONE Oregon Gives Teddy 40,000 Plural ity Mead Leads in Washing tonIdaho Count Slow. New York. Nov.9. (2 a. m.) With Maryland Republican, as tie Ualtimore j Hun concedee early this morning, the Republican vote in the electoral college will be the unprecedented one of 325 for KooBevelt and Fairbanks to 151 for Parker and Davis. Not only is this far in excess of McKinley's vote. 292, in 1900, but Judge Parker's vote is four lese than that given Mr. Bryan four years ago. It is practically certain that the Republican national ticket has carried every state in the Union out side of the so-called solid South. It may take the official count to decide Maryland. The Republican majority in the next house of representatives will be not less than 50. South Dakota. Sioux Falls, IS. D., Nov. 9. Chair- Martin, nf the Democratic state central committee, has issued a state ment in which he concedes Roosevelt Dolled 60.000 votes, Pfrker 30,000 and Watson 15,000. North Dakota. Grand Forks, N. D., Nov. 9. Roose vlt carried North Dakota by from 20, nnn to 25.000. This is an increase of nvAr fiO per cent from McKinley's ma ioritv. The state ticket is elected by probably 4.000 less. Vermont. White River Junction.Vt., Nov. 9. Roosevelt carried Vermont yesterday by about 31.000. He ran ahead ot Mc Kinley's vote in 1900, while Parker ran behind that of .Bryan. New Jersey. Newark. N. J., Nov. 9 New Jersey was carried by the Republicans by a bigger maiority than ever the most san- mina of the Republican predictions The state gave in the neighborhood of 60,000 for Roosevelt. Massachusetts. Boston. Nov. 9. Sufficient returns from yesterday's election have been re ceived to indicate the election ot w . Douglas, Democrat, for governor by al most 20000 plurality. Roosevelt carries the state by a big plurality. Chairman Rush, of the Democratic committee, concedes it is 70,000. Wisconsin. Milwaukee, Nov. 9. It is generally conceded that Roosevelt has carried Wisconsin by 60,000. Both Republi can and Democratic state chairmen claim the state respect' vely for La Follette and Peck. Ohio. Columbus, O., Nov. 9 Based on le turrts received at 1 o'clock, if the pres ent ratio of gains is maintained for the unreported precincts, Ohio will give Roosevelt 200.000 plurality. Indica tions are that the Republicans will alont 9 ft rf the, 21 congressmen. The majority for Roosevelt exceed the high water mark of 137,000 attained in 1894 Michigan. Detroit, Nov. 9. Michigan today was the scene of a veritable landslide. Roosevelt and Fairbanks hve carried the state bv an unprecedented majority variously estimated at from 100,000 to 150,000. Frederick Warner lor gov ernor and the Republican state ticket, are elected. Iowa. Dee Moines, Nov. 9. ReturnB are slow in coming in, but the indications on well-distributed retrrns indicate that Roosevelt's plurality will be 125,000 and the entire state ticket will have about the same number. Republicans elect ten congressmen. Delaware. Wilmington.Del., Nov. 9. Roosevelt has carried Delaware by about 2,500. The Republicans claim that they will have 40 of the 52 members of the. legis lature on joint ballot. Idaho. Boise, Idaho, Nov. 9. Returns from the state are so incomplete at 1 :30 that it is impossible to give more than rough estimates of majorities. In every part of the state Roosevelt and Gooding ran far better than was antici- pa ted by most obseivers. Florida. Jackgonville.Fla., Nov. 9. Tbensual Democratic majorities in Florida are indicated. The Democratic candidates for congress are all elected. i Louisiana. New Oleans, Nov. 9. The Demo crats have carried Louisiana for Paiker by a majority of probably 35,000. Tennessee. Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 9. -Both Democrats and Republicans are claim ing the state. Returns indicate a ma ir;rr nf 15.000 votes f or the Democrat ic national ticket, and perhaps 5,000 w Fmzier. Democratic candidate for governor. Texas. Austin. Tex.. Nov. 9. Nearly com- rio returns show that the vote cast trill harnlv exceed 375.000. of which 250,000 where cast for Parker, 60,000 for Roosevelt and the remainder scat tered. North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C., Nov. 9 The count Is proceeding slowly. jttepuDiicanu concede Parker a good majority. - New Hampshire. New Hampshire has been carried overwhelmingly by the Republicans. Mississippi. Jackson, Miss, Nov. 9. The Demo cratic plurality is unusually large m Mississippi, having reached the total of about 50,000. All Democratic con gressmen are elected. Alabama. Montgomery, Ala., Nov'. 9. The Democratic ticket carried witn me uBual majorities, electing everything. Arkansas. Tittle Rock. Ark.. Ncv. 9. This state is carried by Parker by a slightly increased majority over the last general election. Georgia. -Savannah, Ga., Nov. 9. This state will send all 13 Democratic electors to the college to name the president. Rhode Island. Providence, R. I., Nov. 9. Indica tions at midnight were that Roosevelt had carried Rhode Island by a pluiali tv of over 5,000 The result for gov ernor was still in doubt with Dtterj Republican, slightly in the lead. West Virginia. Wheeling, W. Va., Nov. 9. From ballots now counted it is certain that Roosevelt has cariied the state by a very comfortable majority. Cornwell, Dem'., is in the lead for governor. California. San Francisco, Nov. 9. Roosevelt has carried the state by a majority larger than McKinley did lour years asro. Ut tne eignt congietsBUjeu lected, the Republicans are assured oi smven. witn me eeeuuu uisinti doubt. Kentucky. Louisville. Ky., Nov. 9. The Ee- publicans at this time concede the Dem ocrats nearly everything. Connecticut. New Haven, Nov. 9. The New Haven Register. Indepen ent, claims t.h state of Connecticut for Roosevelt by over 20,000, the election of Roberts Republican, for governor Dy- neariy much. Oregon. Portland. Nov. 9. Roosevelt and Fairbanks carried Oregon by more than 40,000 plurality, with a two-thirds vote polled. Washington. Seattle. Nov. 9. With meager re turns from the state the indications are that. Roosevelt has earned by a plural itw f nhnnt. 38.000. Mead and the entire state ticket will be elected by perhaps 6,000. New York. "NW York. Nov. 9. The returns are causing amazement everywhere. Lat est. returns show that there were cast r,r RnnHvelt in New York state about 185.000 votes more than foi Parker. Not only was his vote heavy in the rnnntrv districts, but in Greater New York. Maryland. Baltimore, Nov. 9. -The Sun, which supported the Democratic presidential nominee, concedes at 2:30 a. m. that "PnnsAvfclt parried the state by about 1,000.- , . Nebraska. rimnha Tfnv. 9 At midnight the indications are that Roosevelt has car ried Nebraska by a plurality of 35,000- t.n 40 000. The Republicans have elected coneressmen in the First Fnnrth Fifth and Sixth districts. The Second and third aie in doubt. Montana. Butte. Mont.. Nov. 9. Returns far indicate that Roosevelt.has the state by a good vote. - so carried Virginia. "Rirhmoiid. Va.. Nov. 9. The state has gone about the usual number Dem ocratit . as South Carolina. Columbia. S. C. Nov. 9. Parker has parried South Carolina by not less than 40.000 plurality. The Democrat ic stat" ticket has been elected without opposition. V OREGON NEWS Of INTEREST ASK REPEAL OP EDDY LAW. LAND ORIGINALLY A SWAMP. Movement on Toot Amongst Mining Men of Eastern Oregon. Baker City. There is a movement among the mining men of this section of the state to bring about the repeal of the Eddy corporation law. A peti tion is being circulated asking the legislature to repeal the law. If it is not possible to secure the repeal of the law then it is hoped the legisla ture will so amend the present law as to reduce the fees charged mining corporations. The mining men also object to the annual tax to the state, which ranges from $125 to $200. It is pointed out that eften a " mining company is obilged to incorporate for large sum and await the sale of stock before the work of development can be pushed. Mining men say that it not infrequently happens that a mine is incorporated and several years elapse before it becomes a pro ducing mine, yet under the present law the corporation is obliged to pay an annual tax to the state which in some instances becomes a heavy bur den, especially to the poor prospector The petitioners argue that an ex ception should be made in favor oi minins corporations for the reason that it is necessary to incorporate un developed claims in order to Taise money to exploit them. A strong ion by will doubtless be sent from all the mining districts to work ror tne re peal or amending of the present law Testimony of ex-Surveyor General in Warren Valley Case Salem. The deposition of ex-Sur veyor General W. H. Byars was taken before Frank Lovell, assistant secre tary of state, in the suit brought by the State of Oregon against the War ner Valley Stock Company, to cancel patents issued to that company which were alleged to have been issued upon the fraudulent representation that they were swamp lands. Mr. Byars testified that he surveyed the township in" which the greater part of the land is situated, as United States department surveyor in Aug ust, 1879; that at that time the land was so wet and swampy that he could not run the survey across " it and he was compelled to meander it and return the land as marsh; that he tried to run the lines further into the swamp, but had to back out, owing to the swampy character of the land; that he ran the meander line practi cally along the edge of the marsh; that the land in controversy, at the time this survey was made, had the appearance of being a permanent marsh and was covered with a heavy growth of tall swamp grass and flags. EAGLE POINT SURVEY. HINT OP PLOT. MASKED MEN SHOOT SHEEP. Missouri. St. Louis, Nov. 9. At 1 o'clock the resnlts of the election in Missouri were in doubt. Both sides claimed victory. The Democratic state committee claim ed the state had been carried by a majoiity of 35,000. On the other hand, State Republican Chairman Neidringhaus was equally assertive that the state majorities would reach 5,000. Illinois. Chicago, Nov. 9. The indications. based on the returns received, are that the Republican national ticket has car ried Illinois by about 150,000. The Deraociats declare that the figurts were exaggerated, but admit that Roosevelt will have a plurality not lar worn iuu,-000. RUSSIA PROVOKED REGICIDE. Survevor McCall Leaves Ashland in Charge of Party. Medford. Surveyor J. A. McCall, of Ashland, and party have left for Butte Oreek Falls to make the final survey of the proposed railroad from the Butte Falls Milling Company's plant to Eagle Point, a distance of 15 miles. Preliminary survey has already been made between these two points and a permanent survey will be made in order to get everything ready for grading, which will begin when the survey is completed. Construction worn will commence about April 1 next, 'mere are two feasible routes from Eagle Point to the Southern Pacific railroad, nut so far as known the choice nas not yet been made. The route from iagie Point to Medford is probably three or four miles longer than to Central Point, but the fact that Medford is the cemmercial center of the Rogue- river valley and jackson county win go far toward making it the terminal of this road. Indiana. Indianapolis, lnd., Nov. 9. Indiana has been carried by the Republicans by from 45,000 to 55,000. The legislat uie wi'l be Republican by nearly 50. Utah. Salt Lake City, Nov. 9. Scattered returns from this state indicate that Roosevelt will have a plurality exceed ing 7,000. Indications point to the election of John C. Chiller, Republican foi governor. Wyoming. Ohevenne. Wvo.. Nov. 9. Roosevelt has carried Wyoming by 7,500 to 8, noo. Rrooks. Republican, has been elected governor by over 4,000 over Os borne, Democratic. Kansas. Topeka, Kan., Nov. 9. At 12:30 a. m. Chairman Stubbs, of the Republi can State commitete. claimed the elec tion of Hoch for governor by a 'plurali ty of 50,000 Roosevelt's plurality will be close to 100,000. Minnesota. St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 9. Roosevelt received a record-breaking plmality in Minnesota, going far beyond McKin ley's margin of 77,000 four years ago. On the face of the returns so far receiv ed the Republican electoral ticket will have a plurality of over 100,000. Colorado. Denver, Colo., Nov. 9. Estimates at midnight from scattering and incom plete returns indicate a plurality of over 10,000 for Roosevelt in Coloiado. The result as to congressmen and state officers is in doubt. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Nov. 9. The Republi cans made an almost clean sweep in Pennsylvania, carrying the state for Roosevelt by over 300,000 and electing two of the six state senators and 29 of the 32 congressmen. Maine. C Portland, Maine, Nov. 9. With a slightly decreased vote Maine today gave the usual jRepublican majorities. Democrats Ehowed less interest than Republicans and many did not vote. Nevada. Reno, Nev., Nov. 9. Count proceed ing very elowly. So far as hearL. from the Repuplican state ticket is in the lead. The state ia conceded to Roosevelt. Sensational Charges Made by a Bel grade Newspaper. Belgrade. Nov. 9. A great sensation has been caused by the statement of the newspaper Narodi List that it has proofs to the effect that the regicides and conspirators are spreading among the people the assertion that it was Russia which desired the removal o; the Austrophile Obrenovich dynasty It is alleged by the paper that a Rus sian official frequently had a confi dential conference with the piincipal actors of the tragedy. It is pointed out bv the paper that everv one of the reeicides has received the Star of Kaiageorge, and the state ment is now made that they are soon to receive some distinction from the czar of Russia. The editor of the paper challenges the Servian govern ment to start action against him, as he savs he is prepared to prove his state ments in court. Germany Shows Good Peeling. Berlin, Nov. 9.-A paragraph print ed in the Noith German Gazette gives ut erance to the great pleasure of Ger many at the inauguration of negotia tions for an arbitration treaty with America. The paper comments to the effect that while in the past the two nations have had differences, the pres ent conditions show that between the countries exists the fullest amitywith out the slightest infringement by either of the other's progress. Ihisnttei ance is believed to be governmentally inepiied. Germany's Little War. Berlin, Nov. 9. According to official figures teceived by the foieign office, the Southwest African war has cost Germany about $20,000,000, and al though it" is believed that the Herreio uprising is nearing its end, the strug gle with the Witbois is as bitter as ever. Feara are expressed in Berlin that the Witboi rising will be followed by rebellious movements in other parts of the colony, and it is understood that additional troops will be sent. Hero Meets Death in Pire. New York. Nov. 9. Joseph Cappler a hotel keeper of Chauncey, Westchest- ei conntv. after Having his aged motne: and father and three children from his burning hotel, lost his own life early today by rushing into the flames when he learned that his wife had not escap ed. The bodies of Capple and his wife were fonnd later in the celler lying side by aide, burned beyond recogni tion. , Peud Between Rival Interests on d Range in Crook County. Prineville. Two hundred sheep were shot down by a band of mounted masked men 28 miles east of this city October 15. U. S. Cowles, of Hay creek, was the sufferer at the hands of the unknown men. The range is in an isolated section or urooK county and the news of the depredation has just reached this place. The herder says that late on the af ternoon of October 15 a dozen masked men rode up to the band of 4000 sheep and, after ordering him away, began a fusilade on the animals. When Cowles with a number of his neigh bors rode to the rescue the next morn ing he found about 200 muttons stretched out on the ground rest of the band scattered Russia Said To Have Intercepted Japanese Message. St. Petersburg, Nov. 8. The Asso ciated Press has obtained official confir mation of the sensational report that an intercepted dispatch from the Jap anese minister at The Ha?ue would be produced in the court of inquiry into the recent North sea amair to prove tne existence of a plot to destroy the Rus sian Baltic fleet. Theie is said to be good ground for believing the report to be true, and there are many indica tions that the Russian government has been long in possession of strong evi dence of a Japanese plan to interept all of Admiral Rojestvensky's warships. This explains the willingness of Rus sia to submit the case to international arbitration. She would scarcely have proposed this course unless convinced she had a strong case. It also develops that Emperor Nich olas during an audience with Bntish Ambassador Hardinge declared in the most positive terms that there were Japanese torpedo boats in the North sea. Apparently, Denmark was im pressed by the same belief. The Rus sian dowager empress, who was then Fn Copenhagen, naturally did not fail to communicate to her father the com munication received by her from St. Petersburg. This would accont for the extraordinary precautions adopted by the Danish government in detailing warships to escort the Baltic squadron through Danish waters. Another remarkable story is current in well informed circles to the effect that two balloons were seen hovering over the Skagerack while the Russian fleet entered the North sea. These were said to have been manned by Jap anese, with the object of watching the Russians and possibly dropping explo sives. No hint of suspicion is expected in any responsible quarter that the Brit ish government-was in the slightest de gree or in any way responsible for the alleged machinations of the Japanese agents. On the contrary, officials cir cles express the highest praise for the conduct of the British government throughout the North sea incident. It is thoroughly appreciated here that the activity of the British fleet was necessitated by public opinion and was in no wise intended to coerce Russia. and the far and collected CARS CRASH IN A POG. wide. The stragglers were with great difficulty. Great apprehension is felt both by the cattle and sheep interests at this renewed outbreak of hostilities. Thousands of dollars' worth of stock hay and fences' have been destroyed in the struggle this spring and sum mer for control of grazing lands in Crook county. Lane Court Gives Pair Money. TCiie-ene. The matter of an exhibit of Lane county products has been de finitely settled by the county court making an appropriation of $500 to be expended in preparing a suitable dis play. This action was taneu anei n argument by a committee rrom m Eugene Commercial club, who appeal ed strongly lor a proper aisyiay the county in order to show the pub lic its resources. It is now the inten tion to make an exhiDit tnat win sui- pass any. This in addition to the min-I ing exhibit from the Blue river mines, now being prepared, will certainly make Lane county's display attractive. Suit Over Valuable Tailings. t o nno P.onntv Judge Eakin t.iu.rJ a motion to dissolve an injunc tion obtained from the county court of Baker county to Union county on behalf of the Virtue Mines ueveiup ment Company, against Earnest Dale Owen, of Chicago. Owen bought all the tailings on the property of the old v,rtn mine. Some of these had been Yiv n 7i nlrl mill Detore tne concen trates were saved. These tailings a v.o vorv valuable, far more cn Tnan was O U V lavu, pany from the cam- is trying to stop tne purcuaacio taking them. eastern end of the Plenty of Wood for Salem. Salem. That there will be plenty of wood for fuel in Salem next year, is indicated by the bids now being re ceived for furnishing wood for the state institutions. Though the state boards , will receive bids for a week yet, there are already more offers on hand than were received altogether last year. As all the state institutions here are-controlled by practically the same state officers, the bids for fuel for all the institutions are received at one time. The state uses 8000 cords of wood a year at Salem. Kept Sweet Three Years. Corvallis. Priine juice kept in bot tles in the bacteriological department at the Oregon Agricultural college is exactly the same nows as the day is was put up. Bottles of It Tecentiy opened were found to have the same flavor, freshness and sweetness as when it was squeezed from the prunes and nut away, more than three years aen bv Professor Pernot. A low-tem perature process of sterilization was used, and the experiment makes it certain that there is a wiae neia ior a profitable industry in Oregon in pre serving sweet cider. Wasco Commences on Display Hood River. Wasco county will ex- JCUU flVW vw.- w cioTr ot thA "Lewis and Clark e: nnRitinn. Commissioner Hibbard has secured 200 boxes of Hood River ap ples which will be placed in cold stor age until next sumiuei. " two boxes came from the orchard o jr. Pnrfpr The Dalles or- Ul pcai a . w . - i rHi also contribute 50 boxes uuaius ... .-, . nminst and erasses will oe UJL ttUMXCO- secured from tne county. Clackamas at the Pair. rko-n mtv The Clackamas coun ty court has appropriated $1000 to be expended under the direction of the court in gatnering anu msuimub " exhibit of Clackamas county products at the Lewis and Clark fair. By co operating with the members of the eneral and executive committee on the Clackamas county 1905 fair exhib it the members of the court expect to arrange a display that will be second to none other. Aids in Hop Display Exhibit. Salem. Walter L. Tooze, who has charge of the hop display in the Mar ion county exhibit at the Lewis and Clark fair, has appointed W. H. Egan, Tnlins WOlf. H. J. Uttenneimer T. A. Livesley to aid In the that department. Fir Log Prices Go Up. Astoria. There has been an im provement during the past few days in the demand for yellow fir logs in the Lower Columbia river district, and as a result the price has advanced from $6 and $6.50 per thousand to $7 and $7.50. Several of the loggers have already notified th millmen that no more sales will be made at the old figures. The cause of this advance is a better market in the East for the first grades of lumber, and a drop off in the demand for the lower grades. Better Prices for Cattle. Baker City. There is a decided im provement in prices offered for cat tle over those of a month ago. A number of sales have been made the past 10 days to M. McDonald of Walla Walla and to Portland and Seattle packers. With the departure of the cattle now bargained for, there ap pears to he plenty of feed to carry the remaining herds of this county through an ordinary winter. Prize Ram Goes to Polk. Monmouth By express J. H. Haw ley, who owns a large farm at McCoy, has just received a fine ram of the Lincoln breed of sheep. This ram was purchased at St. Louis, where he took the sweepstake prize over all compet itors. . and work of Seeding at Weston. Weston. Seeding has been under way for the past two weeks in this section, and already the wheat is be ginning to appear above the ground. Although it is a little dry. the work is being hurried to completion. Receipts of Land Office. Salem. The receipts of the state land office for October amounted to $26,928.54. This sum is a little below the average monthly receipts. Wheat Market. Portland Walla Willa, 8182c; blnestem, 8485c; valley, 8687c Tacoma Blnestem, 89c; elnb. Colfax Clob,73c; blnesein, 75c. Nearly One Hundred People on Los Angeles Cars. Los Angeles, Cal., Nov. 8. Tn a ter rific rear end collision on the Long Beach electric road today, in a denee fog, nearly 100 persons were injured or badly shaken up. That many per sons were not killed outright is aston ishing. A car loaded down with Mexi can workmen, while running at a speed of more than 40 miles an hour, crashed into a standing passenger coach, which had stopped to take on a passenger , knocking it 200 feet along the railsv and wrecking both coaches. The terrible impact hurled the pas sengers and laborers into heaps amid flying timbers, iron and glass, iitteen pei sons were rendered unconscious, but miraculously none is reported fatally hurt, unless it be the motorman who was operating the wo?k car. When his car burst from the fog and bore down upon the standing passenger coach, he threw off the power and put on the air at the time shrieking a warning to those ahead. Although the crash was inevitable, he stuck to his post and went down amid crushed tim bers. The cause of the accident was the dense fog and the fact that the passen ger coach was about ten minutes late. A car bound to this city from Long Beach was stopped opposite the wreck and many of the injured were placed aboard of it. While standing there, a work car which had been following it through the fog bcimped into it, and more people were injured, some of those who had received injuiie3 in the first collision being again injured in the second one. Both cars in the first col lision were smashed to kindling wood, and the passenger car, which received the impact of the second accident, was badly shattered, but was run to the city. Bids for Drydock Too High. Washington, Nov. 8. The bureau of yards and docks probably will reject all the bids that were received for the completion of the big drydock at the Mare Island navy yard. The bids are considered as excessive, and if the con tract were made on the basis of those figures the cost of the dock would far exceed the original estimate and the amount available for the work. It ia probably that this work will be carried on by yard (abor, except in certain parts, such as furnishing the electrical material and building the caisson. Department Will Need Less Money. Washington, Nov. 8. Acting Secre tary Murray, of the department of com merce and labor, made public" today the estimate of appropriations for the department for the fiscal yeai beginning July 1, 1905. The estimates aggiegate $14,339,529, bring $594,425 less than the estimates for the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1904. The estimates for the fiscal year of 1906 excred the ap propriations for the current fiscally ear by $4,218,444. Difficulty Not with the Gun. Washington, Nov. 8. As a result of an investigation into the defect in the 12-inch shell ' U3ed on United States war vessels, noted during the recent target practices of the North Atlantic fleet, it has been reported by the board of experts that the difficulty was en tirely with the stepl bands on the pro jectile, and not with the gun, as was apprehended. This defect can easily be remedied.