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BAD MUDDLE IN
WEST VIRGINIA
Republican lo Contest Election
of Democrat in Ninth Con
gressional District.
TWO PRECINCTS THROWN OUT
Official Count Give Kliea Dare
Majority of Twenty Demo
crat Allege Fraud in '
Oklahoma.
WrTHKVIlAE ,W Va.. Nov. 8.
Colonel Blemp, the republican candi
date for congress in (he Ninth district,
will auk the supreme court In Rich
rnord for a mandamus compelling the
county to receive and canvess the re
turns from Paulson and Austlnville
v reel net In that county. , which
have been rejected by them on account
of Irregularities. A semi-official count
Rnve the county to Hlttnp by SO, but
the official gives It to Rhea (democrat)
by 20 majority.
JUST TUB OPPOSITE
Democrat Will Try and Have Repub
lican Declared Out.
GUTHRIE. O. T., Nov. 8.-OITIclal
returns up to 11 o'clock tonight show
the majority of MeGuIre, republican,
for delegate to congress, to be 894 over
Cross, democratic,
A statement wis issued tonight by
Cross of the determination to contest
the election by making charges that
although elected, he Had been counted
out by the republican!.
Ijitt returns show the legislature
to bo republican by one on Joint bal
lot.
DEMOCRAT WILL CONTEST
Claim That Ballots Were Alleged De-
frc live In Ord.'r to Defeat Him
TOPL'KA. Kan.. Nov. S.-C. M. Cole
the defeated democratic candidate for
rongniminiHl In the Sixth district will
contest the election of W. A. Reeder,
republican. Cols charges that supposed
defective ballots were thrown out to
deprive him of election.
DEMOCRAT IS ELECTED
PHOENIX. Arls., Nov. 8.The elec
tion of Wilson, democrat, for congress,
is conceded.
RAILROAD MAN LOST IN STORM
All Efforts to Discover Missing Super
Intendent Alive Is Abandoned.
BUTTE, Mont.. Nov. 8. A special
to the Miner from Kllspell says a se
vere snow storm Is raging In the nor.
them part of Montana and the Great
Northern railroad lsompclled to use
rotary plows to keep the track clear.
All hope of finding Superintendent Eg
an of the Great Northern, who la lost
In the mountains .has been abandoned
and the company hiis offered $500 for
the recovery of hie body.
RICH STRIKE OF SILVER
Great Excitement prevails People Ev
erywhere are Staking Claims.
Pl'EBLO, Colo., Nov. 8. For 20
yenrs people have been trying to find
the source of the Oreatus silver (Sin
and at last It hn turned up only hulf
mile from town. The strike seems
to be the most Important in southern
Colorado. For several years ore has
been found Just below the surface on
the government land. There Is great
excitement In the region and every
thing has been staked for miles.
HOW AN ELEPHANT 13 KILLED
Two-Inch Hawser and Two Engines
U.'d to Strangle Him.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Mandarln, the
too olephant, was executed by etntngu
latlon tonight. A two-Inch hawser
was placed around his nock and each
end of the liawner fastened to the drum
of a "winch" engine. The engines were
startel t the same time and the haw
ser quickly tightened. The elephant
had recently become unmanageable,
rendering his destruction necessary.
DISCOVERS A GREAT RIVER
Exploring Party Returns From
porta nt Canadian Tour.
Im-
NEW YORK, Nov. 8-W. J. Wilson,
an explorer ot the Canadian geolog
ical survey, has returned with his
party from a tour through the unex
plored country to the southwest of
James bay, says a Times dispatch from
Ottawa. Mr.' Wilson reports the dls-
cowry of n large river, hitherto un
surveyed and running bewtecn th
Albany rlv.-r on the south and the Ot
tutva Picket river on hte north; It has
a course of over 300 miles and near
James bay llvlde Into two branches,
emptying Into Hudson bay. Several
new bikes were also discovered.
GKNE.'tAL LOHEH REASON
Remembrances of Surrender of Kantl
ago Cause Insanity.
NEW YORK. Nov. . General Toral
who commanded the Spanish army at
Santiago de Cuba at the time of the
town's surrender, lost his reason In
this way, cables the Madrid corres
pondent of the Herald
A few day ago while at Albama, In
the southwest of Murcle, he received
Instructions from the Spanish govern
ment to draw up a full account ot the
surrender of Santiago. From that
time he showed great signs of agitation
and wm frequently heard repeating
the words, "surrender, surrender."
Th news has created a sensation
In Madrid.
INSTITLTION FOR POOR
Rrlilj of Bishop Potter Shows Herself
to Be True Philanthropist.
NEW YORK. Nov. 8. Architects are
at work on plans for a great pl.llun
throplo Institution on fhe lower East
Side modelled after the Hull House In
England, according to the American
The Institution will be erected by the
btlde of Bishop Potter, who was Mr.
Alfred Corning Clark.
According lo the paper mentioned
Mrs. Potter will expend IKO.000 on the
building, the Bite of which will co.t
IIW.OOO more. There will be a kinder
garten .a splendid library, music and
reading rooms, a lecture hall and other
departments suited to the moral and
nhvaieal neds of all clujwes ot the
teemln East Side population.
MYSTERY WILL BE ' SOLVED
Boston Police Have Been Given
Name of Jack tlie SIopW''
POSTON. Nov. 8.The strange case
Involving the murder of Agnes McFee
and Clara Morton. rA murderous as
sault upon many others, was a step
nearer solution today, for the police
were given custody ot a young negro
who pawned watches which were tak
en-by the so-called "Jack-Uhe-Slug-
ger" from the bodies ot his victims.
The negro confessed that he secured
the watches from a man In Cambridge.
He hat given the name of the man to
the police, but the latter refuse to elate
whether he gave the name of Alan G
Mason .the prominent business man
who is under detention on a charge of
having murdered Mies Morton.
STOCK MARKET NOT RELIEVED
Election Has Not The Effect on Prices
That Was Anticipated.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8. In the stock
market, the week was broken by the
Interval of election day. Expectation
that the passing of the elections would
relieve the market from a repressive
influence proved wholly deceptive and
he dull and irregular movement of
prices continued. The immediate pros
pert was less favorable for gold ex
ports, but the market continued to be
Influenced by the prospect that gold
may go out later and that the supply
of credits may remain restricted over
the year-end. The rising course of
wages and the declining course ot rail
road net earnings were contributory
causes to the dullness and hesitation in
COLA MA Id VIOLENT
Mexican Volcano Will Doubtless Soon
Be In Eruption.
ATLANTA, Nov. 8.-A special to the
Constitution from Guadalajara, Mexl
co, says:
A violent eruption of Comma is
threatened and Ae people are fleeing;
dense volume ot smoke has been
pouring front the crater for several
days nnd during the Inst 48 hours n
deep rumbling and sharp reports have
come from the Interior of the volcano.
the cpeculution.
SHOWMAN IN TROVRLE
BOSTON, Nov. 8. The Financial
troubles existing for sometime between
the Mascas.il Opera company and its
managers reached a climax tonight,
he.t Moscugnl, the composer-leader,
was zrrested upon a civil suit for al-
ged failure to fulfill a contract,
brought by Mlttcnhall Bros. Marcagnt
was released on ball.
ANOTHER TRY FOR THE POLE
CHRISTIANA, Nov. 8. Dr. Nansen.
the Arctic explorer, announces that a
Polar expedition will start in 1903 for
the east coaft of Greenland and will
proceed thence for Bchring straits.
HUGHES REPLY
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TO SLANDERERS
Points Out Misiafcmenfs Con
tained in Pamphlet Issued
by the Antis.
ATTACK ON SECRETARY ROOT
PurpoHe Js to Make It Appear
That Unnecessary Severity
Was Practiced in Conduct
in Philippine War.
wahiu'hw, Nov. s. The war
department made public today the
statement of General R. P. Hughes in
reply to the charges embraced in pam
phiets signed by Charles Frances Ad
anis, Carl Schurz, Edwin Barrett Smith
and Herbet Welch, committee, under
the title of "Marked Severities of Sec.
retary Root in Philippine Warfare.'
Hughes quotes the following extract
from the pamphlet:
"The Eighteenth regiment marched
frum Ililo to Capiz tnder orders to
burn every tow n from which they were
attacked. The result was they left
a strip ot land 0 miles wide, from one
end of the island to the other over
which the traditional crow could not
have flown without provision."
Hughes, who commanded Ypanani at
the time, says the burning of Illlo was
shown by the official records of the
Insurgent counsel to have been the
work of insurgents. Hughes further
says:
"The Eighteenth regulars had no
order to burn -ill towns from which
they were attacked and they left the
country uninjured; the towns and vil
lages intao:; roods improved; bridges
rebuilt and the 500,000 natives of the
section sovered "vere left in full en
Joyment of their property and rights."
PHILIPPINE XMA3 PACKAGES
No Special Arrangement Has yet Been
Made for Their Handling.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 8. While no
special provision has been made for the
handling of Christmas packages Intend
ed for the soldiers serving in the far
east, all such packages properly ad
dressed will be forwarded to the vari
ous points to which they may be as
signed so as to be delivered during the
holidays.
IMPORTANT DECISION
Express Company Held Responsible for
Full Value of Goods.
NEW YORK. Nov. 8. The supreme
court handed down Us decision today
that the express company may not lim
it Its liability for the property lost
thrnuirh its neirlleence because of a
statement on Its printed receipts that
it will not be liable for any sum ex
ceeding $10. Jacob S. Simon sued the
Dunlaps express company for J250 ,the
value Df a pair of lace curtains, and
secured judgment.
SPANIARD NOT GUILTY
On Trial for Having Sent congratula
tions to Roosevelt.
MADRID. Nov. 8. The jury in the
trial of Sabine Arara, leader of the
autonomist party in the Basque prov
inces .charged with having sen to
Pren!dcnt Roosevelt last spring a con
gratulatory dispatch on the granting of
Cuban independence, returned a ver
dict of not guilty.
PREDICTS INCREASE OF GAME
"WASHINGTON. Nov. 8 The annual
report of the acting superintendent of
the Yellowstone National park predicts
there will be large Increases In every
species of large game there throughout
the season.
HERO DIES OF INJURIES
Jler
.hant Saved His Sister's Life
Sacrifice of His Own.
NEW YOilK, Nov. S-Run down by
a brougham attacnea 10 u ,iui
horse In this city last January when
he risked his life to save his sister,
Louise, Theodore W. Hewitt, a promi
nent dry-goods merchant, Is dead. His
Injuries had resulted In paralysis which
caused tils death. He was 5a years
old and for a long time was adviser to
A. T. Stewart.
With his ttrter, Mr. Hewitt was
crossing the street when a horse which
had taken fright at an automobile,
dashed down lower Fifth avenue.
Quickly seising his sister, Mr. Hewitt
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thrust her away from the approaching
runaway. She escaped Injury, but he
was struck by the pole of the wagon
and knocked to the ground sustaining
tht injuries which eventually caused
his death.
COLP SNAP ALARMS EASTERNERS
Coal Dealers Unable to Supply Orders
of Consumers.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8.-Although coal
company and railroad officials say
every effort Is being made to supply
this city vllh anthracite it is stated
that only enough Is t reaching here to
supply the demand that Is NewYork Is
receiving, five per cent, of the output
against theoretical requirements of 10
per cent Coal dealers who announced
the scale of $150 a ton recently, were
flooied wwith orders, as bins had been
scraped clean everywhere and are now
forced to admit their Inability to sup
ply the coal promised.
A decided drop in the temperature
during the past 24 hours has caused
the shortage to be emphasised and pre
dictions of a cold wave are adding to
the fears ot the consumers.
SILVERSMITH'S STRIKE SPREADS
Demand Shorter Hours Over 1,000 Men
Quit Work.
NEW YORK, Nov. 8-An extension
of the strike in Che silverware factories
of this city bos been decided upon by
the finishers, who, to the number of
250, will quit at noon today. They de
mand a work day of nine hours. Near
ly 1000 workmen are now out.
NOW AN EXCLUSIVE
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-Joseph H.
Choate, American Ambassador, has
been elected a member of the Exclusive
New club, cables the London corres
pondent ot the Times. -
ART SHOW A FROST
Young Artists Try On New Lines With
Indifferent Success.
NEW YORK. Nov. s.-The English
Art club's autumn show is less charac
teristic than Usual, bays a Tribune dis
patch from I.ondon. The young artists
either have been over-sesleus in imi
tating- French impressionist methods
or have become infatuated with the
idea of painting homely and uninterest
ing women In ill-furnished rooms.
SWINDLERS WERE SMOOTH
Best Lite Insurance Companies
In Unique Manner.
EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 8. T. C.
Richardson and W. Mason, charged
with one of ihe biggest Insurance swin
dles of recent years, are on trial here.
The general plan of whoever perpetrw
ed the swindles was to secure the as
sistance of a healthy man who Imper
sonated a coiinuinptive. the subiect of
the name on the application, for the
policy, a strong man being made the
beneficiary. Tn two instances. Involv
ing policies of $10,000 and 15,000, the
parties insured mysteriously disappear
ed. The examining physician at Dal- l
las today Identified Mason as the man I
who represented himself as one Evans
for a policy of $10,000. Another ap
plication for $10,000 Is claimed to have
been fraudulent. The bodies of the
people who died at Chihuahua will be
exhumed for Che Tiurpose of determin
ing whether or not policies had been
Issued to them.
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PILGRIMS ARE
SHIPPED HOME
Donkbobers Become Unruly and
Are Forcibly Placed Ofl
Board Trains.
TRY TO ESCAPE FROM CARS
On Tliclr Arrival at Yorktaa
Tbey Will Be Driven to Their
Villages by the Mounted
Police, i
WINNIPEG, Man.. Nov. S.-TIw
Doukhobors tire being held at Minne
dosa. They will be forced to return
to Yorkton. Despite the persuasion of
the dominion government authorities;
the Doukhobors are inclined to behave
badly and it Is feared that If police
reinforcement do not arrive serious
trouble may result. , ".
The local authorities doubt . their
ablliry to prevent the continuation of
the march toward Winnipeg. A
mounted police detachment stationed
at Portage La Prairie has derailed
for Mlnnedosa. If necessary, force will
be used to entrain the Doukhobors for
Yorkton. . " '
HAVS BEEN ENTRAINED
Police Have Trouble lo Keeping Douk
hobors In Cars. . 'i
MINNEDOSA, Man., Nov. 8. The
Doukhobors have been forcibly en
trained and are guarded by mounted
police ,who are kept busy preventing
the Russians from throwing themselves
from the car windows. : A special
train will leave (here tonight and un
load at Yorkton tomorrow, when the
police will drive the Doukhobors to
their northern villages, ending the
most remarkable pilgriniage in Can
adian history.
WRONGED HVSBAND KILLS '
SALT LAKE. V tab,' 'Nov.. 8. A, , 3.
Watson, an undertaker, was shot and
fatally wounded tonight by Chas. H.
Ellison, a streetcar conductor. Elll- j
son charged Watson with having been
Intimate with Mrs. Ellison.
MURDERED MAN IDENTIFIED
Papers Found Seem to Indicate His
Nativity. '
NEW YORK. Nov. 8. Papers found)
on the body of a man who apparently
had been murdered and thrown Into
the Hudson river at Newburgh, N. Y,
have led the coroner to believe that the
victim's name is Bernard Murphy.
The papers Indicated that he hod been
a member of the army and had resided
formerly at Greenwich, S. C.
CZAR HAS THE BLUES
Melancholy Condition Creates
Anxiety In Court Circles. ;
His
COPENHAGEN. Nov. 8.Accord!ng
to Information received at the Danish
court, Emperor Nicholas of Russia is
greatly depressed In mind and Is mel
ancholy. His condition has created
great anxiety.
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