PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1903.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. XLVIII. XO. 14,957.
TUFT'S LEAD IN
6000 PATCHES ON
TUFT MAY GARRY
ELIOT RESIGNS AS
HEAD OF -HARVARD
GOMPERS'-POWER
ENDED BY DEFEAT
HUMAN CRAZYQUILT
SCHISSLER XOW WILD HAVK
DISCREDITED BY HIS VENTURE
RETIRES AFTER 40 TEARS'
SERVICE AS PRESIDENT.
ARM CXT FROM HIS SIDE.
INTO POLITICS.
SECRET MARRIAGE
ENDS II MURDER
DEMOCRATS Gil
CONGRESS SEATS
OREGON
GROW
MMYUNDBTHUH
Has Plurality of 136 at
Last Returns.
MISSOURI IS VERY D0U3TFUL
Taft 9000 Ahead, but This
May Be Wiped Out. '
WEST VIRGINIA IS SAFE
Republicans Have Several Thousand
Plurality Montana Swings Into
Unt Indiana Taft's by 8000.
Bryan Sweeps Nebraska.
NEW YORK. Nov. 4. Seccrnd day's re
turns on the election serve only to In
crease bofh the popular vote anil the elec
tors! vote for Taft. In addition to the
states credited to him yesterday, he has
carried Montana and West Virginia and
appears to have carried Maryland by a
plurality of less than 3no. though the offi
cial count may be needed to decide. Mis
souri Is extremely close, returns re
ceived up to 11 o'clock showing SS!2 plur
ality for Taft. but outside counties to be
heard from are In the main Democratic
and will reduce this lead and perhaps
overcome It. In any event Bryan's plur
ality Is not likely to exceed WOO.
The result In West Virginia cannot yet
he determined beyond the general fact
that Taft has carried the state by several
thousand. The Republican state ticket
may not im through, for Bennett. Demo
crat, for Governor, Is 1000 ahead, though
the Republicans believe later returns will
overcome this.
Montana has swung Into the Taft col
umn with estimated plurality and
the Republicans claim the election of their
candidate for Governor by XX
TAFT LEADS IN MARYLAND
Only 136 Ahead and Official Count
Needed to Decide.
BALTIMORE. Md.. Nov. 4. The polit
ical pendulum has swung once more and
tonight on the face of unofficial returns.
Tsft has carried Maryland by 138
votes.
Neither side Is content "with the fig
ures which. It must be said, are not so
satisfactory as they might be. because
of the way In which the returns from
a few precincts In Dorchester and Wor
cester Counties have been sent in by
correspondents. In these precincts,
sufficient easily to change the results,
the correspondents have figured out the
pluralities Instead of sending In to
their papers the number of votes cast
for each candidate.
Unquestionably the official count,
which will begin tomorrow, must be
looked to for the actual reeejlt. and
neither side will feel convinced until
the result of that count is made known.
There must bo taken Into consideration,
too. the possibility of a divided elec
toral delegation, as, while figures are
larking, it Is known that the votes for
the several electors have varied and
this variation may prove material.
The returns from the counties have
caused the greatest surprise. When
most Baltlmorcans went to bed last
night It was In the belief that Taft
had carried the state by a plurality in
the neighborhood of 300. " It was long
past midnight when the returns from
the countlrs began to cut down this
apparent lead. Indeed, as late as a
o'clock this morning there was no suY
flcient reason for believing that It
would fall below 800. But the early
morning returns continued to reduce It
and finally, after some fluctuations, it
appeared to be wiped out altogether.
The News In Its last edition gave the
state to Bryan by 332. but still later
returns showed a reaction of small but
potent proportions. Tonight every
precinct In the state has been heard
from, and from all but about a dozen
the full figures on Bryan and Taft
have been received. From the others
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Jofca A. JofcBaa iDna.), Minne- Herbert S. Hn.lley (Rep.S Mis
Says. AdTanced Age Causes Desire to
Be Care-free Roosevelt May
Succeed Ilim.
BOSTON', Nov. 4. Special.) President
Charles W. Eliot, of Harvard University,
has resigned. His resignation has been
regretfully accepted, to become effective
May 19. 19.
The announcement of his resignation
was made today at a special meeting of
the board of overseers. The resignation
is dated October 10, and the acceptance
October 36. Dr. Eliot wants to retire on
or before the 40th anniversary of his elec
tion as president, which Is on May 19
next year.
No suggestion is made In the letter as
to the reason for his resignation, except
that Dr. Eliot realizes he Is advanced In
years and desires to be free from cares
during the remainder of his lifetime. He
is 74. The board was confident of his
unimpaired ability to administer the
affairs of the university and did not ac
cept the resignation until after two
weeks' conference upon it.
Among those mentioned to succeed him
are President Roosevelt and A. Lawrence
Lowell, trustee of Lowell Institute.
DINE AMERICAN VISITORS
Japanese Business Men Hold Out
Hand to Pacific Coast.
TOKIO. Nov. 4. The various Japanese
associations interested in foreign trade
tonight gave a banquet in this city in
honor of the representatives of the Pacific
Coast business interests now visiting in
this country. The function was attended
by fully 2K) business men, and in the
speeches delivered there was a frank and
free Interchange of views and ideas, -the
general tone taken by the speakers being
such as to clearly prove that all appre
hension as to the possibility of a clash
of commercial interests between the two
countries is entirely unfounded.
The American speakers showed keen
appreciation of the receptions accorded
them by the business men of all sections
of Japan, and the function as a whole Is
viewed by all who attended as being
highly significant and successful, and
portending a great future development In
the trade of both countries.
RECEIVER TAKES BANK
Central Trust of Providence in Dif
ficulties. PROVIDENCE. R. I., Nov. 4. State
Banking Commissioner Goodwin took
control of the Central Trust Company
of this city and applied for appoint
ment of a receiver.
Mr. Godwin states that the bank has
failed to comply with certain state
banking laws. He expresses ine opin
ion that liquidation will not result and
that the SO0O depositors will suffer no
los.
The Central Trust Company was In
corporated In 100 with $100,000 capi
tal. The company's last statement
showed resources aggregating $L'40.
757. The liabilities Included the capi
tal stock of 4100.000 and deposts of
137.22(l.
Mr. Goodwin has been appointed
temporary receiver. ,
CHANGE IN DIVORCE LAW
Believed South Dakota Adopts II by
Large Majority.
SIOUX FALLS, 8. D.. Nov. 4. Only
scattering returns thus far have been re
ceived on the new divorce law. It Is gen
erally believed, however, that It has been
approved by a large majority. The result
ill not be definitely known until county
canvassing boards meet, which must be
within ten days after election.
Hepburn Admits Defeat.
OMAHA. Nov. 4. At 5 o'clock this
morning Congressman Hepburn ad
mitted to a representative of the Asso
ciated Press over the long-dlst.tnce
telephone from bis home in Ciarinda.
Ia, that he had been defeated by W.
D. Jamleson. Congressman Hepburn has
been a member of the. Lower House of
Congress for IS years. He dcllned to
make a statement as to what he at
tributed his defeat.
Plurality in KlaniHth or 204.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Nov. 4. (Spe
cial.) Incomplete returns from all pre
cincts of the county except two give a
plurality 2"H for Taft. The total vote as
returned up to this evening is Taft 632,
Bryan 42S, Debs 78. Hisgen 6, Cliafin S. I
Many Republicans did not go to the polls
Thursday, confident that their ballots
were not needed to insure victory for
the Taft electors. The total registration
In the county was 1739.
SIX
souri.
Reduce Republican
jority to 25.
MANY SURPRISES ARE SPRUNG
Senator Fulton's Brother De
feated in Oklahoma.
0LDTIMERS ARE RUNG OUT
McCleary of Minnesota Defeated for
Second Time by Hammond Lan
dis and Overstreet of In
diana Also Retired.
REPUBLICANS WILL RULE.
The division of the House of Rep
resentatives when Congress next
convenes, according- to the most re
cent state returns, will be as follows:
Republicans 20s
Democrats ...1S3
Republican majority 23
The lat House was divided as
follows:
Republicans -223
Democrats .......... .....187
Vacant 1
Republican majority 5J
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 4. Republicans
will be in command of all the legislation
enacted in the House of Representatives
at the next session of Congress, although
the majority which was enjoyed during
the lae t term has been cut down by Dem
oeratlc gakis from 66 to 25.
Complete returns are in from nearly
all the states on the Congressional ote.
There are still a few more to be heard
from, but it Is not probable that thcie,
when their final results are made known,
will change to any degree the personnel
now figured out for the Lower Houso of
Congress.
In the face of the enormous pluralities
received by .Taft In nearly every state
he carried, the Democratic Congresilonal
gains, a number of which were made in
P.epublican districts which were supposed
to be Involunerable. come as a surprise
to politicians of both parties.
Surprises Rccored.
Among the surprises already recorded,
one of the most pronounced Is the defeat
of Representative Hepburn, of the Eighth
Iowa District. Mr. Hepburn has occupied
a seat In Congress for so long a period,
during, which time he has acted as chair
man of the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and been so prominent In polit
ical affairs that he had become regarded
as a permanent fixture In Washington.
Next to his defeat comes the surprise
sprung in Indiana in the retirement of
Representatives Land Is and Overstreet.
Both are old-timers and both hold chair
man assignments. For years they have
been in active service and have suported
Roosevelt's policies.
Representative McCleary's defeat in
the Second Minnesota District Is not
without its humorous side. Mr. Mc
Clearv was defeated by Winfield S.
Hammond in 1906 and was soon after
wards appointed to an assistant postmaster-generalship
as balm for his po
litical wounds. A number of months ago
he resigned his position In the Postal
Department and went back to Minnesota
to build up his political fences, confi
dent of victory
He became a candidate for Congress
for the second time within two years,
and for the second time in that period
he was defeated by Hammond.
Republicans generally are congratulat
ing themselves over the gain of two
members from the newg state of Okla
homa. Elmer L. Fulton, Democrat, and
a brother of Senator Charles W. Fulton,
of Oregon, was defeated, as was also
James 9. Davenport, another Democratic
representative. The change will give the
Republicans three of the five members
of the House from that state.
Outside of the states mentioned, the
Democrats have made sufficient gains to
add 16 members to the total representa
tion In the lower House, raising their
delegation from 167 members to 183. With
a lead of- 25, however, the Republicans
command the situation, and Taft will.
In consequence, have a strong backing
In both the upper and lower branches of
Congress.
SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES
Charle S. Deaeea ( Rcp., Illinois,
Ke-elected.
Has Bitter Opponents in Labor Fed'
eration. Who Gain Strength,
by Latest Fiasco.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. (Special.)
That the avalanche which covered Mr.
Bryan in his third defeat marks the
end of Samuel Gompers as a labor
leader was the opinion of many labor
lead era today.
"Gompers stands a discredited lead
er as the result of yesterday's vote,"
said one union man. "He cast his lot
with Mr. Bryan and attempted to de
liver the labor vote to the Democratic
party. The vote shows that he failed
ignominiously, and his defeat, means
his downfall in the American Federa
tion of Labor, I believe."
It has been well known that Mr.
Gompers has faced bitter opposition
in the Federation in the last few years.
At the last two elections he succeeded
in winning out by the narrowest mar
gins. It -was the general view here
that his fiasco in this Presidential
election would give his enemies In the
Federation renewed strength and
would enable them to defeat him tor
re-election as leader.
PRESIDENT PALMA DEAD
Leader of Cuban Revolt and First
President of Republic.
SANTIAGO. Nov. 4. Tomas Estrada
Palma, the first president of the Cuban
Republic, died tonight.
Senor Palma was the emancipator of
Cuba. During the last revolution he
was the head of the Junta at New
York, and it was through his efforts
that an agitation in the United States
brought about American Intervention
1898, causing war with Spain and
the liberation of the island. He was
elected first president of the Cuban
Republic. When the Liberals three
years ago started an Insurrection,
which he was powerless to suppress,
Palma brought about American Inter
vention and' occupation, which Is to
end with the election of a president
and his Inauguration next Spring.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The. Weather.
TESTER DAY'S Maximum temperature, 68.8
nfKrei; minimum. degrees.
TODAY'S Fair, followed by rain; winds
moaHy southerly.
Late returns Increase Taft'a electoral vote.
PlA 1,
Maryland very close with small plurality
for Tart. Pace i. N
Taft may carry Missouri and has won West
Virginia and Montana. Page 1.
Democrats gain seats In House, but Re
publicans have safe majority. Page 1.
Roosevelt predicts result very closely.
Page 3.
Bryan content with private life. Page 3.
Taft attributes election to business men.
Page 3.
Taft's plurality in Colorado 75,000. Page 3.
Oom pere dlscred 1 ted as labor leader by
failure In politic. Page 1.
Foreign.
Germany and France may clash about de
serters in Morocco. Page 2y
Holland will not make war on Venezuela.
Page 2.
Domestic,
Morse case goes to Jury; Judge censures
newspapers for discussing case. Page
Secret marriage causes man to murder
mother and commit suicide. Page 1.
Wonderful case of skin-grafting at Los
Angeles. Page 1.
President EUot, of Harvard, resigns.
Page 1.
Sport.
Battling Nelson refuses math with Packy
McFarland till - he gets reputation.
Page
Hill Military Academy beats West Side.
High 5 to 4. Page 7.
Pacific Coast.
State Printer Dunlway in clash with
Typographical Union at Salem. Page 6.
Demonstration train attracts large crowd at
Hillsboro. Page 7.
Commercial and Marine,
etter feeling"" In local grain markets.
Page 13.
Wheat opens high at Chicago, but declines
sharply. Page 15.
Stock prices advance to highest level of
year. Page jo.
Freight rates on wheat and lumber to
California advance. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Bascule bridge at Broadway to cost $2,000,-
OOO decided upon. Page 10.
Business already feels Impetus from Taft's
election. Page 10.
Ex-Cashier Straus has hearing before Com
missioner Cannon.- page 7.
Mayor Lane may not veto Rushlight amend
ment to Cellars Ordinance. Page
Toung Italian shoots Tils mother, brother 1
and cuts his own throat. Page .
Court declines to instruct for verdict of ac
quittal for Jackson Re id. Page 14.
Jury is completed for the trial of Jack La
Rose. Page 10.
FOR GUBERNATORIAL HONORS
M. CampbeM I Dem.), Texas,
Re-elected.
Plurality Exceeds All
Forecasts
WILL BE CLOSE TO 25,000
In 16 Out of 34 Counties Taft
Leads by 15,325.
SIDE PARTIES POLL 10,000
Wool and Wheat-Growing .Sections
Go Heavily Republican, as Do
Valley Counties Marion's
Lead May Reach 1500.
Final returns in Oregon will proba
bly show the Taft plurality very close
to 25.000. as was estimated by The
Oregonian Immediately after the elec
tion. Returns are complete from
16 of the 34 counties, containing three-
fifths of the vote, and give Taft a lead
of 15,325. In the 18 Incomplete coun
ties the count has proceeded far enough
to indicate an additional plurality of
nearly 10,000.
Hisgen Gets Less Than 500.
Owing to the Incompleteness of the
figures op Debs, Chafin and Hisgen,
their respective totals cannot be ap
proximated so closely as those of Taft
PRESIDENTIAL VOTE IN OREGON.
(Incomplete.)
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county. : a a : -.
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Baker I I .1 ... S
Bemon f3 5r,7 22 SI Bi
Clackamas . 27R ISO.". IK3
Clatsop 14S4 657 49 24 S K'-'7
Columbia... IKS 42.-i 37 IM 10 iB3
Coon 1773 7tl . . . 20.". ... 80
Croc BftS SR.". 4 28 ... 3.".0
Currr 4 IS 1 1""
Druglai 2114 101 82 35", 7 7."0
Gilliam ....I not 25:1 " 41 2 24S
Grant 337 JK -.St-.'"ill.
Hnrney 221 1.1
Hood Uiver. 7S 360 40S
Jackson 1H41 144H S4 307 1 5i0
Josephine ... 874 '- 14 27". 15 300
Klamath .... 032 42 7S 2r,0
"Lake .". 404 2.i9 4 5() B 226
Iane 2952 less 79 252 7 14(K)
Lincoln 499 213 ... WSl ... 3"0
Linn 2202 1817 147 331 10 SS.,
Malheur 31 7 185 27 33 2 250
Marion 829 2150 1 ... 1515
Morrow ..... 657 247 34 5h 3 450
Multnomah. 17r 9870 03(11455 45 7949
Polk 1117 815 ... 350
Sherman ... 443 252 25 32 ... ,191
Tillamook .. 620 252 ... 3,4
Umatilla 2225 1430 .1 ... S"0
Union 152(1 1199 41 2321 10 32t
Wallowa 801 424 10 S3 1 40
Wasco 1324 770 6 1411 4 554
Washington I 1170
Wheeler ... 418 232 ... 184
Yamhill 1988 1253 231 1611 4 735
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Totals 15500733170 1597 48751 183 34930
Complete unofficial.
and Bryan. It appears that the lesser
candidates polled less than 10.000. Of
these Debs received between 5000 and
6000, Chafin 2500 and Hisgen less than
600.
All Counties for Taft.
The sheep counties rolled up big
pluralities for Taft, and so did the
Coast counties.
Debs Vote Falls Off.
Debs received the largest support
from the Socialists in Multnomah,
13S2; Jackson, 307; Clackamas, 400;
Coos, 293, and Josephine 276 (Incom
plete). In Union Counts". Kamela pre
cinct gave Debs 20 plurality. On the
whole the Socialist vote was not so
large as 'its leaders looked for. Many
of them thought Debs would pon
10,000. "Debs received 500 votes less in
Multnomah than four years ago. His
Oregon vote then was 7619.
Most surprising was the Independ
ence vote for Hisgen, which In the
state may not exceed 300. Prohibi
tionists seem to have held their own
fairly well. In Multnomah they polled
627. One of their best counties was
Yamhill, where they cast 251 votes.
In the Presidential election ot tour
years ago the Prohibitionists cast 3806
votes for their party candidate.
Taft carried every county in Oregon.
The closest county contest was in
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M. K. Patterson (Dem.), Tennessee,
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Operation Xecessary for Man Who
Was Subject of World's Greatest
Skin-Grafting Feat. '
LOS ANGELES. Cal Nov. 4. Charles
Schissler, the Ocean Park merchant, who
was the subject five years ago of the
world's most wonderful skin grafting, has
so far recovered that he will soon undergo
the unique operation of having nis arm
cut from his side, to which It has grown
during the long time he has had to lie
In an almost unchanged position. The
bone in his wrist will have to be broken
and reset for the same reason. Schissler
was knockedinto a vat of boiling water
and almost scalded to death. It was
found that only skin grafting could pos
sibly save him and an appeal was made
to his fellow-lodgemen, the Modern
Woodmen of the World, who donated
6000 pieces of skin with which his entire
left side was covered. Six more pieces
were needed and these were taken from
Mrs. Schlssler's arm. Scarcely a mark
now remains where it was applied, so
well did the grafting succeed.
KILLS MOTHER, THEN SELF
Wall-Street Broker Commits Double
Murder in Hotel.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. Mrs. Veit and
her son, Jtjhn Nelson Veit, a Wall
street broker, were found dead in their
rooms in a large apartment hotel in
Upper Broadway today The mother
had been shot in the head and her body
was in the bedroom, while the son was
lying suffocated by gas on the floor of
the bathroom with a pillow under his
head. The door to the bathroom was
locked, which was held as evidence of
probable suicide on his part following
the death of his mother at his hands.
The discovery of the tragedy was made
by Miss Anna Veit, a sister-in-law of the
dead woman, when she sought to awaken
Mrs. Veit this morning.
Mrs. Veit's husband, who died several
years ago, formerly was a member of the
firm of Veit, Lyon & Co., of Lower
Broadway. The widow and son were
reputed to be wealthy, and were well
known socially. The police are utterly
at a loss as to any satisfactory explana
tion of the causes of the tragedy. They
say. the case is undoubtedly one of mur
der and suicide, that there Is absolutely
nothing so far to give a clue or a motive.
Mrs. Veit's body was found lying in bed.
It is probable she was shot while asleep.
DEMAND TO KNOW FACTS
Italians Want Abruzzl's Engagement
Announced or Denied.
ROME, Nov. 4. The Tribuna. which
is a government organ, in an article
on the marraige of the Duke of the
Abruzzl says that the majority of Ital
ians, while preferring that the Duke
should marry a royal Princess, do not
deny that he should follow the dic
tates of his own heart, but they de
mand that the question of his marriage
to Miss Elkins be officially confirmed or
denied, thus putting an end to the fu
sillade of the American newspapers,
which deeply wounds Italian sensibili
ties and may result In a reaction in
public opinion.
RIFLE SAFE OF $40,000
Xcw York Jewelry Store Robbed
and Robber Captured.
NEW YORK, Nov. 4. An attempt to
rob the jewelry store of Morris Brooks,
in the busiest section of the Bronx, was
frustrated this morning after Marry. Sil
verman, a clerk In the store, had been
blackjacked and the safe rifled of jewels
valued at $40,000. Detectives heard Sil
verman's cries for aid, rushed in and cap
tured a man who was fleeing with a
satchel containing the jewelry. The pris
oner is Joseph E. Atchison, former'rail
road telegrapher.
HUGE MILLS START MONDAY
Newark Plants Give Xotice to 5000
Employes, Following Election.
NEWARK, N. J., Nov. 4. Upon the
announcement of Taft's election today,
the 5000 operatives In two great thread
mills In this city were notified that
full time work would be resumed next
Monday.
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Lllley (Rep.), Connecticut.
Nelson Veit Shoots
Mother, Kills Self.
BODIES ARE FOUND IN HOTEL
Parent and Son Quarrel Oven
Latter's Wife.
ALL PEOPLE OF MEANS
Young Broker Comes Home Quietly,
Steals Into Room and Snoots,
Mrs. A'clt, Goes to Bathroom
and Turns on Gas.
NEW YORK, Xov. 4. The rewlation
by a son to his mothere of a secret mar
riage and parental refusal to be recon
ciled to it is believed to have been tho
impelling cause of a double tragedy In
a large uptown apartment-house here
today. The victims were Mrs. Rebecca
Veit, a wealthy widow, and her only son.
J. Nelson Veit, a Wall-street broker, tho
circumstances of the affair indicating
that the mother was shot by the son and
that the latter then took hta own life by
inhaling illuminating gas.
The bodies were discovered today. Mrs.
Veit lay dead on her bed from bullet
wounds in her head and body, and her
son was found on the floor of the bath
room in his mother's apartment, lifeless
from asphyxiation. An aunt of the sui
cide. Miss Anna Veit, discovered the
bodies when she sought to awaken Mrs.
Veit, in whose apartments she had spent
the nlsht.
Used Telephone.
J. Nelson Vett, who was 27 years old.
went to his mother's apartments last
night and dined with her and Miss Anna
Veit. Mies Veit said today that Veit
used the telephone to talke to someone
in the city during the evening and finally
left to watch the election returns. The
two women talked together for some
time afterward and then retired for the
nicht -iQr .separats rooms.
Veit evidently returned to the apart
ments some time during the night, but
no one has been found who saw him
enter. Miss Veit slept undisturbed and
the fact of the murder and suicide waa
not learned until several hours after the
double tragedy had occurred.
The police made the discovery today
that Veit, who was supposed to be sin
gle, was married secretly in October
of last year. His mother, who spent
several months each year In Europe,
had only recently returned from France
and the coroner's theory is that her
discovery of her son's marriage pre
cipitated a quarrel between them, cul
minating in the- tragedy.
Find Son's Wife.
Late today the police found Mrs. J.
Nelson Veit, widow of the dead man.
in anothre uptown apartment house,
where she has been living with Veit
for a month past. Mrs. Veit said that
she had not met her husband's mother
and did not know whether or not the
mother was ever told of the marriage.
Her husband, shhe said, left early last
night and telephoned to her about
10:30 o'clock that he would be home in
half an hour. She did not hear from
him again, she said. The dead woman
was the widow of the late Felix Veit,
a wealthy broker and senior member
of the firm of Veit, Lyon & Co., well
known a few years ago in Wall street.
After the father's death, J. Nelson
Veit succeeded to the management of
the firm, but the Arm was broken up
later and the young man went into
the brokerage business for himself.
Mrs. Veit, the mother, had a fortune
of her own. and maintained a luxur
ious apartment in this city and usually
spent the Summer In France, where
she had a chateau. Miss Veit said the
mother and son had always been very
much devoted to each other.
FIST FIGHT OVER RESULT
Election Brings Blow and Serioua
Injury to Participant.
VALLEJO. Cel., Nov. 4. Following
a hot discussion over yesterday's elec
tion aboard the collier Prometheus at
the Navy-yard today. Thomas Collini
and Charles E. Crane engaged In a
light. Crane was thrown to the deck
with such force that he sustained con
cussion of the brain. He was given
treatment at Mare Island and then
taken to a hospital in this city. The
naval authorities will make an inves
tigation, pending the result of which
Collins is under arrest here. This la
the first trouble in town over the elec
tion. Physicians say Crane will re
cover.
PEMBROKE LAID IN ASHES
Half-Million Dollar Fire Sweeps
Through Ontario Town.
PEMBROKE, Ont.. Nov. 4. A Are to
day caused a $300,000 loss in the business
section of this town. It started in th
National Manufacturing Company's
foundry and among the places burned
were the Dickson, Freeman, Foster and
Cunningham blocks, the Pembroke Mill
ing Company flour mills, Pembroke
Woolen Mills. Ottawa Hotel and Quebec
and Royal bank branches. There was
no loss of life.
Tobacco Trust Pays Dividend.
NBW YORK, Nov. 4. The directors ol
the American Tobacco Company today de.
clared the regular quarterly dividend ol
thi per cent and an extra quarterly divi
dend of per cent on the capital stock.
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