VOL. XUV. !NO. 13,701. PORTLAIH), OEEGON,- MOINDAY, tfOVEMBEB 7, 1904. PftlCE FIVE CENTS. CERTAIN OF 26' Roosevelt's Vote in Electoral College. MAYBE MUCH MORE West Virginia Added to Republican List NEW YORK STILbIN DOUBT Republicans Claim-by 88,000 Democrats by'40;000, HIGGINS MAY BE- ELECTED Democrats Are Expected to Face In the City a Plurality From the Republican Counties of .180,000 Votes. rOIX OF NEW TOKK HERAID. For Roosevelt. California. .... Connecticut ... Idaho ........ Illinois Indiana Iowa ......... Kansas ........ Maine Massachusetts . Michigan Minnesota Nebraska. . . . . . N. Hampshire. New Jersey.... lOlNorth Dakota. . 4 7 Ohio 23 3 Oregon - 4 Pennsylvania ..34 15 Rhode Island.. 4 lSISouth Dakota.. 4 10 Utah ... 3 6 Vermont 4 10 Washington ... 5 Wisconsin ya Wyoming ..... 3 Total 264 For Parker. Alabama, ..... 11 (Missouri 18 'Arkansas ..... OINorth Carolina. 12 Florida 5 South-Carolina. 9 Georgia ....... lSJTenneese ...... 12 Kentucky 1S Texas 18 ;lxwliaiia 8 1 Virgin! a 12 'Maryland ..... 8 ' Colorado Si Montana 3 Delaware .... 8- ;. . Total 11 ' " " Probably Democratic. Nevada 3 New York, with 39, uncertain and in the balance. NEW. YORK. Nov. 6. (Special.) The Hera!dpubllshes .its final election fore cast today, showing that Roosevelt trill have an overwhelming majority in the electoral college. The Herald says Roose velt is sure -of: 264 votes, and will probably gain 11 of the 14 doubtful, not counting New "York. New Tork State- is in the balance on the Presidency, and the Herald "declines to predict which way it will go. Only 153 sure votes are conceded do Parker. The Herald's poll is the same as a week ago, save that "West "Virginia is taken from the doubtful column and listed as sure for Roosevelt. Managers- of Roosevelt's canvass an nounced that they have reason to believe the Republican nominee will carry all of the debatable states east of the Mis sissippi River with these pluralities: New Tork. 8S.000; Connecticut, 29,000; New Jersey, 25,000; Delaware, TOOO; "West Virginia, 25.000; -Indiana, 18.000; Maryland, in doubt. They would give no figures for debatable states in the Rocky Mountain region. Parker's pluralities in the debatable states are estimated by the Democratic National executive committee as follows: New Tork, 40,000; Connecticut, 9,000; New Jersey, 15,000; Delaware, 2500; Maryland, 20.000; West Virginia, 12,000; Indiana, 15,000. The committee believes Parker has a good chance in the debatable Rocky Mountain States. Republicans Claim New York. Republican managers are claiming New Tork State for Roosevelt by 88,000, and for HI reins by .4O.G00. :The Democratic county estimates claim the state for Parker by 11,000 and for Herrick by 0,000. The Democrats:-expect Parker to carry New Tork City by 125,000 plurality and Herrlck by 149.000. West Virginia, which, was last week classified as uncertain, with Republican leanings, has apparently swung to" the Republican side of the fence. Informa tion which i comes from the state is that It is strongly for Roosevelt and the Na tional Republican issue. Judge Parker has" aided his candidacy with his aggressive speeches attacking the President and trusts, and his followers are much more encouraged than they were two weeks ago. The probabilities are that the next House of Representatives will be Republican by a' safe working ma jority. Referring particularly to the New Tork campaign, the Herald says: "New Tork State is apparently doubtful on the Presidency, and Democratic on the Governorship. The best Democratic opin ion as to voting In this city is that Judge Parker will have a plurality larger than that of Coler in 1902. It may reach 140.- W0. The figures of Charles. P. Murphy 1 are understood to be about 125,000 for the city. Tim Sullivan does not think the Democrats will do as well as that, and b.e places Parker's plurality at about 107, M0 and the Herrlck plurality at about 120 Hiffint' Chance to Win. vjteuttfclicaBS do not concede there will Jm .sjur -such v-rte for Parker and Herrlck In the city as the Democrats expect. They look for it to fall below 100,000 in the city and hope to bring Roosevelt down to the city line with about 180,000 plurality. Such a large plurality would probably also elect Higgins. "Governor Odell's figures for the head-j of the state ticket are about 20,000. An Investigation of the conditions in great Republican counties in Central and West ern New Tork, which was conducted last week. Indicates that Roosevelt will have a larger vote than was indicated lh the Herald's poll of last Sunday. In round numbers the Herald estimated that Roose velt would have pluralities aggregating 145,000 in counties outside of the city. There continues to be a heavy drift away from Higgins. All through the state one still hears of large numbers of Repub licans who Intend to vote for Roosevelt and Herrlck. Money, at the Polls. "The chances are there will be a hard money fight at the polls. The Republicans are well supplied with funds. They have more money than the Democrats, but the Democracy is in better condition than the leaders expected it to be a few days ago. Democrats will have for use on election day 5350,000; the Republicans will probably have twice that sum." EAGLE SHOWS HERRICK WINS Estimate From Postal-Card Vote and Reliable Information. NEW TORK, Nov. 6. (Special.) The Brooklyn Eagle has made its final postal card canvass of vote for President and Governor in Greater New Tork. The re sults given today are based upon data gathered from returns cards sent indis criminately to 60.000 voters. The Eagle's New York City figures are as follows: "Indicated Parker plurality Brooklyn, 41.057; Manhattan and Bronx, 126,371; .Queens. .9245; Richmond, 2498; total indi cated Parker plurality, 3S0.071. "Indicated Herrlck plurality Brooklyn, i 64,377; Manhattan and Bronx, 157.344; Queeas, 9708; Richmond, 2490; total indi cated Herrick plurality, 233,919." The Eagle also prints -a forecast of the vote in New Tork State outside the city. This is based upon figures not gathered by the Eagle, but obtained from trust worthy Bourses. This Indicates a Roose velt plurality of 102127 above the Bronx, a Parker plurality of 177,548 below the Bronx, or a Parker plurality of 75,421 In state. Concerning this, the Eagle says: "It is the belief of certain Democratic managers, who by . their positions should be Informed, that the registry lists of parts of the state where personal regis tration does not obtain have been stuffed with 50,000 false names. Upon these names it is .alleged colonizers who came into the state during .this week are to vote. Democratic managers assert that the steps have been taken to defeat any such widely extended system of coloni zation, and if it were carried -out in any great degree it would lift Republican pluralities that much. "The Eagl6 gives no indorsement tc : these- .eharcTS of aljg--;registratlon; - ais"- j tlnctly dls clalmfnFseTioH of knowl-v edge 'on tne subject, but sets, it down as the point which, if possessing any de gree .of truth, will, largely affect the esti mate here presented." FEWER STATES THAN BRYAN. Tribune Concedes Parker Little More. Than Solid South. NEW TORK, Nov. 6. (Special.) The Tribune's final forecast gives Roosevelt 314 votes, Parker 1C2. Last' week the Tribune gave .Parker only 151 votes of the solid South. It has since added to the Democratic list Maryland and Ne vada, which a week ago were classed as doubtful. Commenting on its poll, the Tribune says: "Parker will carry fewer states than did Wlllam J. Bryan In either of his campaigns, his electoral vote showing an increase due solely to the increased elec toral vote of the Southern States as a result of the reapportionment following the census of 1900. "Conservative estimates of the result In New Tork States indicate that Presi dent Roosevelt will have 70,000 plurality and Lieutenant-Governor Higgins will not be far behind. There are many who place Roosevelt's plurality as high as 100,000. All over the state It is clearly manifest that the Democrats have entirely aban doned the campaign for the National ticket and are vainly attempting to bar ter votes for the Republican National ticket In exchange for votes for their state ticket. But their state ticket has steadily lost strength." ILLNESS. Or ICRS. DREXEL. New York Surgeon Performs Opera tion at Newport. NEWPORT, R. L. Nov. 6. The condition of Mrs. John P. Drexol, of Philadelphia, who is 111 at her Summer residence here, tonight is said to be favorable. The na ture of her illness is not known except by members of her family and a few in timate friends. It is not known that Mrs. Drexel's con dition was serious until tonight when Dr. William T. Bull, the New Tork surgeon, arrived and performed an operation on her. Immediately aiter the operation. Dr. Bull left for New Tork. KILLS HIS DEUKEENFATHEE. Son Finds Him Choking His Mother and Sister. DETROIT, Nov. 6. Edward Howard, a patternmaker, was shot and killed at Ills home here today by his son Arthur, aged 21. The elder Howard, who had rbeen drinking, attacked his wife because she refused to give him money for mora liquor. The daughter came to the another's rescue. Howard pinned them both to the floor and was choking them when the son entered. The son and mother assert that the shotting was accidental. WIKTEt BEGESS DT EAST. First Snow In Connecticut. ' NEW HAVEN, Conn., Nov. 6. The first snow of the year in this state fell this rooming, the fall being quite heavy. The flurry was quite general throughout the state. Snow Falls In the Catsklll. KINGSTON. N. Y.. Nov. 6. There was a heavy fall of-snow through the Cats &1U Mountain range .hut nltot, "tie first snowfall of the ee&sor RUNS FOH COVER Judge Parker Adopts Cowardly Tactics. DODGES PERSONAL ISSUE Tribune Calls Him "Falsifier by Avoidances." SITUATION IS UNPRECEDENTED Charges of Dishonesty Against Roose velt, .Indignantly Denied, Bring Shifty Evasion From the Man Who Made Them. NEW TORK, Nov. - 6. (Special.) The Tribune says: "President Roosevelt's letter speaks the natural Indignation of an honest man. Its unconventlonallty Is the natural result of an unprecedented situation. No other President ever spoko so in his campaign. No other President -was ever subjected to such outrageous attacks upon his personal honesty, persistently repeated, with de fiant refusals of evidence to sustain them. It has been perfectly apparent there was no evidence to sustain thorn, or it would long ago have been produced. "Judge Parker's statement stands against Mr. Roosevelt's. One Is the shifty accusation of a dishonest mind try ing to insinuate charges of basest corrup tion into the minds of his hearers with out boldly standing for them. Tho other is a frank and manly denial of a person conscious of his own integrity. The Is sue Is squarely joined. Either Judge Par ker or Rio President has spoken falsely. There is no middle ground. "Judge Parker has adopted tho coward ly tactics of his newspaper supporters, and tried to run away from what he had said. 'Slanderer by Inferences,' as Mr. Root called him, he confessed himself a falsifier by avoidances. He pretended he had not criticised the President but had merely called attention tot an evil ten dency. "In the face of making such Infamous charges against the personal bonor"of the President, and a. .declaration that these charges wefvifde liuch skulking and evasion of the personal lssuo of his own raising settles beyond dispute tho Irre pressible question of personal honor be tween the two candidates;" CHALLENGE RINGS CLEAR. Sophistical Evasion Will Not Satisfy the . Voters. "WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-(Speclal.)- Commentlng on President Roosevelt's reply to charges made by Judge Parker, the. Post says editorially: "The most Important suggestion con veyed by Mr. Roosevelt's somewhat pas sionate and distinctly sensational repudi ation of Democratic charges against the character of his campaign, and Its man agers is that he is an honest gentleman, whose temperament wllL not permit him to rest under dishonoring attacks. There can be little doubt that his appeal to the people will commend him to their sym pathies and their confidence. "His challenge rings nigh and clear. The country will applaud Impulse, and generously respond to that touch of hu man nature which makes the whole world kin. "Mr. Roosevelt's challenge cannot bo disposed of by any sophisticate or eva sive answer. There Is no room, here for argument or spacious pleading. It does not meet his overture to say that appear ances gave color to theory In question, or that logic warranted this or that conclu sion. The charges were explicit, and the Democrats having chosen their own ground, can only hold it by clear proof. Nothing short of this,. -will satisfy the country." DOES NOT SUIT DEMOCRATS. World Tells How Letter Should Have Been Written. NEW 1'OKK, Nov. C (Special.) The "World says editorially: "President Roosevelt's answer Is Incom plete and inadequate. It is not the sort of answer the people had a right to ex pect. The President might have issued a statement that would have thrilled the country. Such a statement would have had two features: First, it would have told exactly how much each trust bad contributed to Mr. Cortelyou; second. It would have announced that proceedings had been begun under the anti-trust act against every combination operating in defiance of law, and would be pressed vigorously, regardless' of the result of the election. "As long as these" points ar left un touched, everything else is mero eruption of 'words, words, words," full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. The Presi dent has boldly answered charges that were never made, but he carefully keeps clear of the real point of the scandal." The Calmness of Judge Parker. NEW TORK. Nov. S. (Special.) The Times says: "The Democratic party Is again at tha close of a campaign. Alton B. Parker arises to that high moral level upon which he placed himself at Its beginning. The gold-standard telegram and the statement made last night of his refusal to profit by contributions from trusts and corpora tions stand together as Incidents un matched In the career of any other Presi dential candidate, And without parallel in the history of our political campaigns. As a reply to PreeMenE Xooeevelt'a unfor tunate tattiit tit immimX, 'Jmk Parker? calm and temperate statement is not merely effective It Is crushing." Taggart Calls It Abuse. WASHINGTON,. Nov. 6: (Special.) A special to the Post from Indianapolis says: Thomas Taggart, Chairman of the Democratic National Committee, said to night: "The statement issued by President Roosevelt abusing Judge Parker made many votes for the Democratic ticket to day. While the President declares that hold-up methods have not been employed by himself and Cortelyou, ho does not deny that they have been getting money from trusts for campaign purposes. In return for this campaign money, they do not have to promise anything, as trusts are getting all they "want now, and if Roosevelt and Fairbanks are elected, they will continue to skin the people." Favorite In New York Betting. . NEW TORK, Nov. 6. (Special.) The Times says: "The odds on Roosevelt In the election betting in the financial district yesterday widened still further to 6 to 1, in his favor, but odds on his chances In this state, which In the early betting dropped to 2 to 1. In his favor, were forced back again at the close to 3 to 2. Herrick remained a strong favorite for Governor at odds of 10 to 7. "RATiTiTES HELD IN HEW YOEK Democratic Speakers Make Attacks on President Roosevelt. NEW' YORK, Nov. 6.-QuIet times marked the Sunday preceding election at the headquarters of both state headquar ters today. Governor Odell would make no further predictions than have already been made that New York would .cast Its vote for Roosevelt for President and Hig gins for Governor. Democratic Chairman Meyer was not at headquarters today, but State Senator McCarren, chairman of the executive committee, reiterated his declaration that Parker would be elected and Herrlck would carry the state. The only official utterances were those of Tammany and the Republican County Committee con cerning the vote In Now York City. Final Democratic rallies were held to night In half a dozen places In the Bor ough of Manhattan, and all of the meet ings were well attended and the audiences wore liberal with' applause. At Miners' Bowery Theater, tho speakers included Congressmen Bourke Coders n and Wil liam Sulrer. At a meeting at the Star Theater ex-Senator Charles A. Towne and State Senator Thomas A. Grady spoke. Meetings were also held in the Metropo lis Theater, In Miners' Eight-Avenue Theater, at tho Murray Hill Lyceum, and at ihe Fourteenth-Street Theater and all were addressed by speakers prominent in local Democratic politics. Most of the speakers made attacks upon President Roosevelt and Governor Odell, and criti cized the. President's statement In reply to Judge Parker's charges. At tha Bowery Theater, Mr. Cockran in his reference to the President said: "I felt that Mr. Roosevelt would bo ablo ta say before .the close, of. the campaign that, bo hid nott allowed a-cent to" be ac cepted' from dishonorable sources, but I am deppolnted. Persons f6tJtatfteiy the depravity a UtVuStKmt kef slctn tynj&As much; as I -want Parker's clo-cflon. I J not wantit if tho prlco of It is tho price of discredit to my citizenship." - 1 Odell Sanguine of Results. NEW YORK, Jter-.s. Governor Odell refused tonight feTjve out any figures on the state UteetjSjt'saMe felt as sured that Greater' ' JIbw York could not roll up a big enough Jawjorlty'to overcome! tho vote that Hlgariasjwould receive north of tho Harlem" Rivju:. William Halpln, eWk-man of tho execu tive committee of ;MBepubllcan County Committee, tonight mm out s forecast of. the result, la which he estimated 154,000 votes in New York County for Roosevelt and 196,000 for Parker, .with about 40,000 votes going to tbjethercandldates. Con tinuing, he says?,: rHT "I do not etUat?ttiat the difference between the v6 f:;eoevelt and Hig gins In New YeOis&y- will exceed 11, 000. So that IigftoaId receive 143,000 as against 2O7,0Tffcr Herrick, a plurality of 64.000 for Herrick la "New York County. "If one did not bave to keep In mind the considerable Democratic majorities cast In New York County in the years gone by, it would be possible to estimate that the majority against Roosevelt in New York County would-be less than 42, 000 and against Higgins less than 64,000. But in any event I cannot see how these figures will bo exceeded." Colonization Is Charged. NEW YORK, Nov. 6.-The Democratic State Committee telexranhed to ennnt-v and town committeemen alongf thVPennv ojituma aw winaaian oorcers too ay as follows: ' ; we nave specific Information that squads or Bepuwieart tfSJetiiserg from Pennsylvania and Canada are leaving to day for your place. They hay been fur nished with names and addresses from the registry in. your district, and will .at tempt to vote under those names. Guard the depots with reliable men, and use every lawful eJEert to drive them out." The state oawlttee alleges that 300 men left Sayre, P.. yesterday for Ithaca, Auburn. Geneva and Oswego, that 200 men left for Elaaka. Cornlag-jwd Hornells ville, and that JW men have been distri buted In FalMwrg. Monti cello asd" Lib erty. The onniiHtttee further states that plans were male to colonize "WatertowB Antwerp, Lawrencevllle and Ogdensburg, all in New York State. Boss Murphy Refuses Figures. NEW YORK, Nov. 6. Charles F. .Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, .when asked for a final estimate on the result of tha electies, tonight aid: "Every indication points to a great Democratic success. 1 refrain from dis closing, the figures which warrant this statement because I do not wish to risk tne c nance or illegal methods in certain up-state sections defeating tho wHI of the people. "In .previous years I have given accu rate estimates of the city voter only to find that the Odell managers provided by fraud, election rewnis to overcome the"1 city majority. Presence dictates bow that the Republican management 'should not know In advance the majodty .which New York City will give for the Democratic ticket." EQO XEETS DEATX Tjf ITJtX After Saving Five LIvsc He Q Bk After His W ff. NEW TOKK, Kanr. CiJoMpfc Capete, a fcoteUrejHT ChHptrr WtchiaUr Cowaty, altar urtm Wk pfsd mtfcar fatlMc Stti thrt tUltiriA "tenia hit krn- n 14, Joat Mrfcw'esttife hHkj by rMsMac mho ,tns ?bdm -wwa & i tmtd "The onaOtbMirt'ptn OLD FOE FAILS Harri man's. Enemies . Taking Courage. Join forces in fight "Pine-Street Wizard" Coq trois Six Great Systems, BELIEVED TO BE DYING NOW George Gould, the Vanderbilts, Rock Island, St. Paul and 'Frisco Will Take Advantage of the Oppor tunity to Carry on Attack. NEW YORK. Nov. 6. (Special.)-Within the next six months there Is going to bo a rather startling change In the trans continental railroad situation. A serious attempt is now being made, sub-rosa, to break the monopoly which E. H. Harri man has obtained in transcontlnentals. The history of the past 30 days has brought things to a point beyond which' they cannot go without an open rupture between George- Gould and the Rock Isl and Interests "on tho one hand, and tho Harriman Interests on tho other. Within these 30 days It has been offi cially announced that E. H. Harriman has obtained a working control -of the San Pedro route, and a big voice in tho affairs of the Santa j?c. The mere fact that no Harriman representatives have gone on the board of the Santa Fe means nothing at all. "Victor Morawetz, tho chairman of the board, dictates the policy of that road, and E. H. Harriman dictates the policy of Victor Morawetz. The statement credited to E. P. Ripley, president of the road, that control is to stay in the present form Is a grim joke. He knows what the present form is. It is not the same a3 It was 12 months ago. Corner In Transcontlnentals. There are eight routes to the Pacific Coast from the Central West. Of these Harriman has a voice in tho control of six. Four he controls outright, and in two he Is powerful. The "Little. "Wizard of Pine Street" has made a practical sor rier fn transcontlnentals: It -has Jaken him years. He has fought ahd beaten one railroad power after another to do It. Now, es his health falls, ,as he Is still -Engaged in his great fight, for ono of the transcontlnentals against the one foe that ever really thwarted him, tho old enemies gather to tha attack again. George Gould, Rock Island, 'Frisco, St. Paul, tho Van derbilts they are all in the array. "Years ago Mr. Harriman coaeelved his gigantic scheme. He began by the pur chase of Union Pacific from the English bondholders. From that he gradually bought the other railroads In. In a night he consummated tho famous deal that shook the financial world to Its founda tionsthe purchase of .Southern Pacific from the Huntington interests. That gave him two. transcontinental routes, one via El Paso, .the second via Ogden. Southern, and Central Pacific were in his hands. Prior to that deal, In the late '90s, he had acquired the control of Oregon Short Line and of Oregon Railroad & Naviga tion. This f&ve ,him the third route to tho Pacific. ' He, had, by January, WO, acquired tho control of a route that let him Into the traffic of the North, tap ping the Columbia River trade and the Oriental trade at Portland, and two other routes to Southern points, reaching the fertile and wealthy valleys and cities of Southern California and of the Gulf. He had the great bulk of tho Oriental .and Pacific Coast trade in his hands at that date. Ho owned Pacific Mall. He Lpwned steamship lines to Gulf ports. He had half completed his great conquest of tha Western half ot this Union. Made His Master Stroke. In 1901 came tha master struggle. He bid for and nearly bought Burlington, be cause be deemed it plausible that this was to be & new transcontinental to tha Northern ports. By that time Puget Sound had coma up and was bidding for traffic. Then came "tho master strake, whereby bo hoped and intended to lay the entire Western coast at once, at his mercy, and to assiwe a position from which he could dictate half the commerce of tha United States. He bid for Northern Pa cific. He went in against the mightiest rail road potentates of the day, J. J. Hill and if. P. Morgan both at the zenith of their power. In the open market he bought control of Northern Pacific, his fourth .transcontinental. This feat brings the JtMpry to modern times, a Wall street uM&rstands the term. Here he met what looked like Ms 'Water' loo and may be 'so. Hill and Morgan teak the control away by retirlBg tha preferred 'stock. HarriMan was beaie& f or-th& flrst and the last time to iate. B gave- K upo Northern Securitfcs. "Wke the' law 'cams t"ovhl3 aHL he foaMWrfrar wttat he 4sifSeIved to be his rights,1 4ma?what he knew; to be his aasattlOB. .Harriman in control aapiii thiirn Pacific can hreak Hill's power im. "th North. This is the Issue between them imi this only Jftthe Issue. H h Jrtated ea eath be, trim this suit, h will sell est af Greasf NoitherE. to the highest hMdcr. This nat ter still rests in the courts. ' Carter I Nat Checked. But this setback: A& Mt for a Koaeatr stop the wonderful careecjaC JC. T Harri man. There still reataWi two otfcer tranacoatiaental rotes bekjte the Gaeatt Northern. Oae Senator Cla was IhM hr. The other wax the ffcita a. TMs latter J. P. Morgan had njiftiilMil He mb aet iv p atroeg ana It to Jtaad alooe foe and a curb to all monoDO lists. He iad boasted that the road could not bo controlled. Nothing like tht3 stopped the ambition and the daring of E. H. Harriman. He sent his men into the open market and gathered a host of stock of this great road. Control he could not buy, but he could and did buy enough stock to make him the putative master ot Santa Fe. By agreement with the old control, he became the practical master of this Morgan road. He does not openly assume his place, be cause to do so "would precipitate the an tagonism that he Is now sure ho will meet. Harriman owns the Santa Fe- Hla policy Is paramount on It. Supremacy Is Recognized. The railroad magnates ot the West smile as they read of its Independence. Only the other day the head of one of tho big gest systems remarked, bitterly: "Yes. It's about as Independent as is the gen eral manager of Union Pacific I" This leaves Great Northern and Cana dian Pacific alone and independent. The latter is beyond his reach, and he knows It. All other roads arc in his hands, or will be if he wins his fight for Northern Pacific In tho North J. J. Hill. Northwestern & SL Paul, will fight to the last ditch. Every word that Hill utters Is bitter to ward his little antagonist. He will block the schemes of E, H. Harriman" If his own wonderful power, linked with the genius and the power of the House of Morgan, can accomplish It. It sounds heartless .to say It, but It is true, that there are several railroad boards of directors who have not moved greatly in this matter because they be lieve that within two years E. H. Hani man will havo passed Into history as a railroad power. Those who see him, pale, sickly, blue, anemic, know what tha waiting means. They also can best Judge of the price he haa paid for the fulfillment of his great ambition. ETJSSIA PBOVOKED EEGI6IDE. Charges Made by k "Newspaper at Belgrade. SPECIAL CABLE TO THE LONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. BELGRADE, Nov. 7. A great sensation haa been caused by tho statement of the newspaper Narodll List that it has proofs to the effect that the regicides and con spirators are spreading among the people the assertion that it was Russia which de sired the removal of the Austrophlle Obre novich dynasty. It Is alleged by the paper that a Russian official frequently had a confidential conference with the principal actors of the tragedy. I is pointed out by the paper that every one of the regicides has received the Star of Karugeorge, and the statement is now made that they are soon to receive some distinction from the Czar of Russia. Tho editor of the paper challenges the Servian government to start action against him., as he says he Is prepared to prove his state ments In court. GEEXAJiT'S IITTEE WAR. Herrerp Uprising :Has;.. Cost Twenty Mmi-fflrw-'WItiols Are Active. SPECIAL CABLE TO THBJLONDON TIMES AND PORTLAND OREGONIAN. BERLIN, Nov. 7. According to official figures received by the Foreign Office, tho Southwest African war has so far cost Germany about $20,000,000, and although It is oeueveu tnat tno Jierrero uprising la nearing its end, the struggle with the witbols Is as bitter as ever. Fears are expressed in Berlin that the Wltbol rising will be followed by rebel lious movements In other parts of the col ony, and It Is understood that additional troops will be sent to the seat of war be fore tno winter. , CONTENTS OF TODAY'S PAPEE The Weather. TODAY'S Rain ";brisk southerly wind. YESTERDAY'S Maximum. 62 degr.; mini mum, 48. Precipitation, 0.85 Inch. Tresldest Booserelfs Letter. Manfy indignation has siren Parker a chance to show &slHty. Page L -Sophistical and evasive. ax&wer will riot satisfy voters, says Washington Post. Page 1. New York World tells how the letter should have been written. Pose 1. . Political. Herald forecast shows that .Roosevelt 13 sure ot 264 electoral votes. Page 1. Chairman Cortelyou claims all Northern States, with small exception Pase 4. Confidence exDresxer at both National bead. quarters, and 'opinions are far apart. Page 4 Pbrecas ta. ,-frora states- In which the election will be of Interest. Page 4. War ha tho Par Xast. Japanese are tightening their grip- on Port Arthur. Pace 3. . TJnpreparedness of Russia Is blamed on the Czar. Page 3. Vladivostok haa been well fortified and pro visioned for a- siese. Page 3. GeaeraL Earriman a foes make attack whila Wizard 1? not expected to live, page 1. First trial of airships will take, place today at the St. JUottlS Exposition. Page 5. Negro ana white man attempt, to hold up Pennsylvania, express train. Page 5. Detroit yoTjih kills his father, who was cbos: ,inr h!s-mother and sister. Page 1. ferefsa. Ancient raca hatred betwee Austrians and subject Italian provinces', caused Innsbruck affair. Page 3. Immense crowd attends the Interment of the artist Preseey at Innsbruck. Page 3. Italian elections ebow power ot extremist par ties Is diminished. Page 3. Xerihwest TeiHIeal. Colonlzatioa of 'illegal voters in the slums of Seattle and Tacema by the Democrats. Page 0. Idaho will cast electoral vote for Roosevelt. Page 4. Deneeneetc Governor will be re-elected la 3eaaa.. Pare 4. Sale PmMtritianlsU-hold mllr addressed by pastors c city churches. Page 12. W. R. Shoemake kills his son-in-law la Southern Oregon after a quarrel. Page 8. Two deaths from. Illuminating gas at San Francisco. Page C. Pacific Coast League scores: San Franeisco 11-5, Portland 5-2; Oakland 6-5, Seattle 0-'2; 0ng(M Aricunnrl Crtlew feotb!! Tacoma 3, Los Anefc z. Page 13. team-'is' stniBeelr exclustve. Pays 13. PerWaaa a4 TleNtHf. Preelde&t of cttlaeaa' local -optica committee eeys law deceived them. Page 14. 'Ckelnaen of yolltiea.1 parties forecast Ore Kofi's vote. JMl Ken Bnege k reacy to be opened to travel. Pace T. 7att games raa uenoleated by Sheriff or lettcu- P S. Mftseesethm mieMe? eeys church Is often toe : .eaacUes. Pace g. iWHeHeer Company a-Baounces Tseeai. Paee 8. itatc kcM ritrtnr mllr ot oenrcJ. fat XX WATCH BAD VOTES Slums Colonized By the Democrats. HUGH TROUBLE EXPECTED Seattle and Tacoma Republi cans on the Alert BETTING HAS BEEN HEAVY No Doubt on Presidential Electron, the Only Chance for Argument ' Being oh the Choice for the Next Governor. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. Special.) The campaign will close tomorrow night. Both Mead and Turner will be at home. The former was in Seattle today and made a hurried trip to Bremerton. He left tonight for Belllngham, where he closes his campaign. Congressman Will E- Humphrey makes his only speech of the campaign at a meeting held here tomorrow night. Con gressman Cushman, who has been cam paigning In the East lor more than three weeks, has cancelled his Tacoma. meet ing for tomorrow and will not even come home to vote. He goes to Panama at once with a Congressional committee. Afraid of Illegal Voting. The serious work of the campaign is over, save that connected with getting out the votes. In both Seattle and Ta coma, Republican organizations have made strenuous efforts to head off an Il legal slum-vote. The work in Seattle has been particularly thorough, and through an understanding between the committees there haa been an interchango of reports. ' Tho only trouble reared on Tuesday will grow out of the attempt to suppress al leged illegal voting in the slum districts of the two cities. Though there has been much rainfall in Western "Washington during the week, the roads In tho country are not serloasly cut up. There, is na rcaspn to beMeye- now that -thef weather will kep the West Side vote at home. Much Betting on Result. Betting on the, result will probably be heavy Over- the state tomorrow. Close to $100,000 has been bet in the state, as politicians figure. This total will be ma terially increased tomorrow. On these propositions most of the bets have been made: The Gubernatorial fight, the re sult In King and Pierce Counties, and the -majorities in Whatcom for Mead as compared with tho Turner majority In Spokane. There Is considerable money up In Spo kane, Belllngham and Seattle on the prop osition that Mead will carry Whatcom stronger than Turner carries Spokane. The heaviest bet made during the cam paign is one made here for tt$0S0, S. S. Bailey taking the Turner end and John H. McGraw representing the Mead back ers. Belllngham Backs Mead. A prominent local capitalist has J4500 oh Mead; H. H. Kulies, a Democratio ci garmaker has $1500 on Mead, and there are four other 51000 bets on record here. Inclusive of numerous small wagers, close to $45,000 is In stakeholders' hands In Se attle. Belllngham friends of Mead have backed him -about $10,000 strong. The betting In Tacoma is practically all represented by "sums ot less than ?1000. Despite the fact that this was Sunday, election betting In Tacoma was heavy today, and It Is prob able $15,000 has been bet on the result In that city. Spokane and Walla Walla have bet most of the remainder of the money upon the result. CLAIMS OF THE CHAIRMEN. Bath Confident of Carrying State for Governor. SEATTLE, Wash., Nov. 6. (Special. Neither the Republican nor Democratic Sttsf Committee will give figures, on the reaSSt of the Gubernatorial fight in this st6e Both Chairman E. P. Palmer, of the iHepubllcan organization, and Cheir maa."J. W. Godwin, of the Democratic committee, claim the state tickets'. Both deetare Roosevelt win carry Washington by? tremendous majority. The Republican State Committee de clares. Its ability to carry every county in Western- Washington, for Mead, ana" ex pects to. carry several Hast Stde counties. Republican figures show the election of 3iead- and the entire Republican state .ticket by pluralities running from 10.099 up. The Gubernatorial candidate has borne the brunt of the fight and is &f 'fected meet. Neither the Socialist "nor Popultet or ganisations are making any claims of definite results. In broad terms, tho So cialist declare they will make big gains. Tbe Populists expect to poll a geod Bryan Demoeratfc vote for Watson electors. FopuUet leaders claim most of their fol lowers will vote tha Republican state tick et, as they have no nominees of their own. "I do sot want to give definite figures on the electlea," said J. W. G4wh chairman, of the Democratic State Com nlttee. "Tsraer wltt undoubtedly be cleaned hy. a MgT majority. In fact, we expect h4s majority to be the greatest ever given a Gabernatorlal candidate. The majority for Turner will be large enough to carry the state ticket through with him. The election of the Republican elec toral ticket is eoQceded. Roosevelt- will carry the. state by a tremendous major ity. - "I ds set think them Is say dispeeitfcm to queetJefi the overwhetaslnar support jriven is Wh burton for FresMeot 3tooee- ve-lt. The sweeeaa -of Turner will' be due . I to-a. yswbttcan revolt sea tnat party aaiv-