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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IRA L. DARE, Publisher TERMS: $1.25 IN ADVANCE NORTH PLATTE, - - NEBRASKA SUMMARY OF NEWS CONDENSATION OF THE MOST IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS. BOTH AT HOE AND ABROAD General, Political, Religious, Sporting, Foreign and Other Events Re corded Here and There. political. That president Roosovclt may bo tho HiicccsHor of Senator Piatt In tho nonato la cotiHldorod by many In Washington ns not nt all Improbable Thoso who rogard thin as poBslblo do claro that thoy havo assurance from tho president hlinseu that ho would not bo entirely avorso to the accept nnco of tho senatorial offico undor conditions as tnoy will bo nftor tho 4th of March. Nebraska democrats, discussing tho futuro of Mr. Dryan, aro still divided on about tho snmo linos as boforo tho election, his admirers still pinning their faith to him. Additional returns In tho Taft column. It Is now reported congress will havo placo Missouri that -tho next 217 republicans find 174 democrats. 8poalor Cannon says ho 1b gratoful for tho vigorous work that baa been rendered. Though dofcatcd In tho nation Mr. Uryan finds much consolation In tho Nebraska vote. Indiana democrats havo gained tho govornor and sovon congressmen. Undo Joo Cannon will probably bo ro-elected speaker. Jamlcson, clocted to congress from Iown, Is an editor at Shonnndonli. Mr. Urynn continues In good health and good spirit notwithstanding his dofcaU Speaker Cannon Is said to bo wear ing n smlh theso days that won't como off. In Roosevelt's election district, Oy Btcr Say, Tnft got 233, Ilryan 144, Hughes 200 and Chauler 127. General. Returns from tho Nobrnska election Indicato tho republicans havo certain ly elected Klrikald to congress In tho Sixth district. Coraploto official roturns from Mary land Bhow that Taft gots two o'cctornl votes In that stato and Ilryan six. GosbIp hns it that Roosovclt Is to succeed Piatt ns United States sena tor from Now York. Judge Taft and wlfo left for Hot Springs, Va., whoro thoy will remain until after Thanksgiving. Chnncollor Andrews tondorcd IiIb resignation to tho regents of tho Uni versity of Nobrnska on account of 111 health and tho resignation was nc coptcd. Bovon people wore burned to death in a house near Swan Lnko, Iowa. Tho circuit court of appeals at Chi cago granted n tompornry ordor ro straining Intorstnto Commcrco com mission from putting reduced freight rato from Atlantic senboard to Omaha and Kansas City into offcot. Over 500,000 more men will bo work. Ing in Amorican factories by Dcconv bor 3. Tnft will havo over 300 In tho oloc toral college One of tho most important of In dustrlcH dovelopod In rocont years Ib tho production of sugar from HUgar boots. Moro or loss desultory work waB dono on Hiignr boots as far back ns 1807. In 1892 only six fnctorlos woro In oporntlon In this country, tho combined output of which wns a llttlo over 27,000,000 pounds of augar. Tho Hoventy-fourth nnnlvorHnry of tho birth of tho dowager empress of China was colobratod, nnd tho ovont wnB mado tho greatest dny of tho fos tlvltlOH In honor of tho visiting Amor ican battleships undor Rear Admiral Emory. Kugono W. Chnfln, presidential can didate of tho prohlbltlo nparty, nftcr scanning tho oloctlon roturns mndo a Blatomont concluding na follows; "Tho democratic-Bryan pnrty 1b dead. Tho fight from now on will bo botwoon tho prohibition party nnd tho whlBky republican party and wo will oloct a prohibition prosldcnt In 1912." Domocrnts gnln nlno votes In tho lower house of congress, Tho TImoB snyss From nn oxcollont authority tho Now York Times learned yesterday that President Roosovolt plana to Ieavo Now York on March 13, nlno day aftor tho In auguration, by tho North-Gorman Lloyd . llnor. Koonlg Albort for Nnplos, vJa Gibraltar, whoro tho llnor 1p duo on March 25. A distinguished Fronchnion gnvo a dinner to Wilbur Wright, at which tho Amorican nvintor was presented with two gold modnls. Tho British colonial offlco, rocontly offorod Prosldont RoohovoU tho free dom of tho government shooting pro servos. Judgo Tnft In an address to the Cln clnnatl Commercial club sounded tho koynoto of his administration. Burlington oroi reports from tho Alliance nnd Storlluu, division, covor ing tho northoast parts of Nobraska and Colorado, aro that tho corn yield Is good, Recent contracts awarded by tho quartermaster general's ofllco In cludo 9,000 tons of oats to bo fur nished by Seattle and St. Paul firms. Bids' received this week for 10,000 tons of hay for tho Philippines have been rejected becnuso of nigh prices and Irregularity. At Richmond. Vn., Winston Green, a negro youth, was electrocuted in tho state ponltentlary for attempted crim inal assault upon a young whlto girl of Chostcrflcld county. Alter his conviction ho mado a full confosslon. John D. Rockofollor had to stand In ino In a Sixth nvcnuo tailor Bhop for forty minutes boforo ho had a chanco .o doposlt his ballot. Flro In a Philadelphia lumber yard did damago amounting to $750,000 and blocked railroad and traction lines for several blocks. Mummy Island, nbout eight mllos from Cordova, has been soloctcd as the flto for tho navy wireless station to bo established on tho Alaskan coast to closo communication between tho coastal wireless station of tho nnvy and tho mllltnry Alaskan tele graph Bystem. Railroads aro publishing booklets advertising tho National Corn exposi tion to bo held In Omnha Dccombor to 19. Govornor Guild of Massachusetts was Holzcd with a sovero nttack of gastritis. As this Is tho third dan gorous Illness oxporlfinced by tho gov ernor within a year thcro Is consider ablo nnxloty over his condition. John W. Hutchinson, tho last of tho famous Hutchinson family, whoso tomporanco nnd abolition songs boforo tho civil war nnd during that conflict mado tholr nam oh known throughout tho country, died at his homo, High Rock, in Lynn, Mnss. Ho was 87 years of ago. Washington. A Halloween prank hnd a tragic ending In tho death hero nt George town hospital of Frank Krotzmor, a young merchant of Rockvllle, Md,, as tho result nf wounds said to havo boon Indicted by Nicholas Offut, also of Rockvllle. Offutt clalmod, It is snld, that Krctzmcr hnd insulted his llttlo sister by pulling her mask from hor faco when sho ontorcd his store with sovornl youngslors in Hallowcon gnrb nnd played childish prankB. Of futt disappeared Immediately nftcr the shooting. An Rom of $2,000,119 for bnrracks and qunrtors at const artlllory posts will bo Included In tho estimates of appropriations' to bo sent to congress this yenr by tho wnr department. Much lntorost has boon aroused over tho report that Secrotary Wilson lias been offered tho prosldency of tho Colorndo Stato Agricultural collogo and would resign to nccopt It. Secre tary Wilson Ib now in Iovn. Mb son Jasper Wilson, said tho roport was untrue. Roautlful momorlnl services, at tended by a brilliant nssomblago of reprosontntlvcs of all branchoo of offi cial llfo In Washington, woro hold In memory of tho Into Frolhor Speck von Stoniburg, Op-man ambassador to tho United States, who died nt Heidelberg Aug. 23. Prosldont and Mrs. Roonovelt, members of his cab inet, diplomatic representatives of nl nations, mombors of tho supremo court of tho United States, high offi cials of tho government nnd offlcoru of tho army, navy and mnrlno corps, many of whom woro uccompaniod by tholr wlvos, woro prosont. Foreign. Tho Duko of tho Abruzzl, annoyed by tho discussion of his roported on- gngomont to Miss Knthorlno ElkliiB in both tho American and Itnllan press, spoaklng to his nldo snld that facts soon would cut short tho gossip. Tho duke's valot has been ordored to mnko proparatlonB for u Joumoy. Tho ngont of Bulgaria at St. Po- torsburg lias boon Instructed to mako roprosontatloiiB to Russia that tho torniB proposed by Turkey for a sot- tlomont of tho differences growing nut of tho Dulgnrlan declaration of lndo- pondonco, tiro ontlroly lnnccoptablo and to request that Russia untto with tho other poworB In tho uso of in- lluonco at Constantinople toward so- curing a modification of tho action of tho porto In tho promises. At tho commoncomcnt of tho pres ent year tho number of pensioners on tho official Insuranco Hats of tho Ger- man omplro for invalidism, old ngo, nnd sIcknosR amounted to 978,900, of whom 811,992 woro Invalid pensioners, 20,081 Hick pensioners', nnd 110,887 old-ngo penslonors. Tho sum paid to pensioners In 1907 Is estimated at 172,000,000 marks, and alnco tho oxlst- enco of tho Institution nt 1,328,000,000 mnrks. Personal. Gonornl Solicitor W. R. Uogg of tho Gloat Northern railroad confirmed tho shortngo of ?cd,000 In tho accounts of A J. Gordon of Spoknno, Wash., for- morly general counsol of tho Groat Northern at Spoknno. Brigadier Gonornl Fredorlck Funs ton votod In Ids homo precinct in Join, Has., for tho ilrst tlmo In fourtcon yc art). At Frlodrlchshnfon, Count Zoppolln mado a Huccossful trip In his now airship around Lnko Constnnco. Ho was accompanied by sovornl women, Including Duchosa Vom of Wurtom berg and his own daughter, Tho air still) was aloft for ono hour. At Now 'York. John I). Rockofollor, Jr., wna sworn as a mombor of tho November grand Jury boforo Judgo Mulquoon In tho court of gonoral bob sioiis. Tho court will consider -128 complaints, Tho gonoral opinion Is that Chan collor von Buclow will bo forced to rotlre. ELECTORS ARE TAFT OTHERWISE THE MI880URI KET IS SPLIT. TIC- AS TO ELECTORIAL COLLEGE Indication? that the Republicans Will Have Lower House by Forty Majority. St Louis. Complcto returns to tho republican stnto hoadquartors hero fall to Indicato oxactly tho outcome of Tuesday's election rogardlng tho minor Btnto olflccs In Missouri. Ac cording to tho figures four democrats nnd threo republicans havo been suc cessful, but Secretary RubIi Lako of tho commlttco refuses to concede tho election of the domocrnts nnd says that tho official canvass must de termine tho results. Tho flguros show tho election of tho following can dldatcs by tho pluralities Indicated: Judgo of tho supremo court, W. W. Graves, democrat, 2,805. Railroad commissioner, John A. Knott, democrat, 1,800. Stato auditor, John P. Gordon, demo crat, 803. Stato treasurer, James Cowgiil, domocrat, 2,000. Lleutonnnt govornor, Jacob F. Gme- llch, republican, C81. Sccrotnry of state, John B. Swangor, ropubllcnn, 191. Attornoy general, Frank P. Fulkor- son, republican, G55. Tho republicans probably will con trol tho Stnto Doard of Equalization, which lias supervision of $75,000,000 in property of public sorvlco corpora tions In tho stato. Tho constitutional amendments, Including that proposing tho installation of tho 'nltlatlvo and referendum, scorn to .havo been re jected for Inck of tho necessary two- thirds majority. Colorado Democratic. Donver, Colo. On unofllclnl returns from tho ontlro stato, which aro not llkoly to bo materially changed, Dryan'a plurality in Colorndo is 5,577, and for governor,' Shufroth, domocrat, loads McDonald, ropubllcan, by 9,382. HEARING ON TARIFF. House Committee Will Begin Taking Testimony Tuesday. Washington With tho ilrat hearing on tho proposed rovlslon of tho tnrlff, schodulod for Tuesday, tho nctlvo work of tho commlttco on ways- and means if. tho houso of roprosontatlvcs will begin in Washington, nlthough It has boon progressing during tho recoss of congress, at Auburn, N. Y., tho homo of Ropresontatlvo Sorono Payne, chairman of tho commlttoo. Tho hear- lnga will bo completed boforo tho Six tieth congress convenes for itn lit at session, but tho program for tho rovl slon doos not provide for tho proson tntlon of tho subject to congress un til tho sixty-first congrosa Ib con vened next March In Bpoclal sosslon. Judgo Taft In his speech accoptlng tho ropubllcnn nomination for pros! dent outlined In theso words tho pol Icy to bo followed In rovlalon: "Tho ropubllcnn doctrlno of protcc Hon, as definitely announced by tho ropubllcnn convention of this yenr and by provioiiB conventions, Ib that a tariff shall bo Imposed on all Import' ed products, whether of tho factory, farm or mlno, Bulllclontly grent to equal tho dlffcronco between tho cost of production abroad and at home, and that tills dlffcronco should of courso, Includo tho dlfforenco botwoon the higher wages paid In this country and tho wages paid abroad and era brnco a roasonnbto profit to tho Amor lean producer." It Is understood that Prosldont Taft wilt call togothor the now congress In special session immediately aftor Ills Inauguration and in his proclamation will ropeat his previously expressed vlows on tho tnrlff question. Iowa Lines up for Cannon. Pes Moines That most of tho Iowa members of congress will lino for tho re-olcctlon of Speaker Cannon Is confl dontly prodlctod tioro. Captain Hull tho Sovonth district mombor and now oldost of tho Iowa membors, is known to lio committed! to tho Cnnnon can dldacy and while ho declined to dls cuss tho matter thooo who havo boon trying to mako headway In tho Iowa delegation against Cannon sny that Hull Is firmly for Cannon. Anothor who Is commlttood to Cannon Is Con crossumu Kcnnody. THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE. The Political Situation ns Revealed by Returns. Ftates. Tnft. Urj-nn AlllMltlM 11 ATkitromit i J Cnilfornl 10 Colorado ....... M. Connecticut 7 I via ware ........... Florida ..... .5 (;nrftlH 13 Idaho ' ) Illinois 17 .. It (ilana If Iowa ......... 1 .. KnnKHB 10 .. Kentucky 13 I,iullana 9 Maine 0 Mnrjland . J C MnisHClviBOtts ............. 16 .Michigan 4 H .. MlnncHOtn 11 .. Mississippi ' . 10 MUsourl r. It Montana 3 .. Nebraska 8 Nevada 3 New Ilnmpshlro Nuv Jorscy IS .. New York 30 . .. North Carolina 13 North Dakota 4 Ohio 24 Oklahoma 7 Oregon Pennsylvania 34 .. IlhoUo Island I . South Carolina U honth Dakota 4 .. Tennenseo 1 Texas IS t'tnli 3 Vermont 4 Virginia 13 Washington 6 . - West Virginia 7 Wisconsin 13 .. Wyoming 3 . . THE NATIONAL HOUSE. According to Present Returns Repub licans Will Have Majority of 41. Chicago Tho republican party will, according to present returns from all congressional districts in tho United States, control tho next national house of roprcscntattvos by a majority of forty. Tho figures so far received show tho election of 210 republicans nnd 17C democrats, a gain for tho latter party of nine Tho mnjorltlcB In several districts aro reported ns extremely clobo, and It Is posslblo that In n few Instances tho official count may chango tho fig urcs given above. Tho following tnblo show3 tho num- bor of roprosontatlvcs elected from all tho statos: Stnto. Dcm. Hep, Alabama U .Arkansas 7 California Colorado Connecticut Delawnru Florida :t aqorgla 11 Idaho Illinois - r, Indiana 11 Iowa 1 Kansas Kentucky 8 Louisiana 7 Malno Morylnnd 3 MllHBUChUSOttB 4 Michigan Minnesota l Mississippi 8 Missouri 10 Montana Nebrnska I Nevada 1 New IlnmpHhlro . i New Jersey 3 Now Yorlt 11 North Carolina 7 North Dakota Ohio 0 Oklahoma . " Oregon IVniiHylvanla 5 llluxlo island South Carolina 7 Houtli Dakota TonnoRHoo , , , , , S Texas 10 Utah Vermont Virginia k. ... 0 Washington West Virginia Wisconsin 1 Wyoming 1 3 n 10 l Totals 170 S1G Kern Would be Senator. Indianapolis, Intl. John W. Korn, defeated dcmocratlo candldato for vlco president, announced that ho Is a can- dldnto for United Statos sonntor to succeed James A. Momencway. Tho Indiana legislature Is democratic on Joint ballot by a majority of twelve Mr. Sherman Spent $2,800. Utlca, N. Y. Vlco Prosldent-oloct Shormnn forwarded to Albany for filing with tho secrotary of stato a statement of his exponsos in tho cam paign Just closed. It aggregates ?2,800. Taft Has Quiet Sunday. Hot Springs, Vn. "I really did some groat work at slcoplng hist night and am already beginning to feel tho tired feeling disappear," This waB Presldent-Eloct Taft's comment Sun day aa from tho wldo porch of his cottago among tho trcca ho looked at tho rod sun slip bohlnd tho mountains over which lazily hung tho bluo smoko of many forest flres. Tho Sun- day qulot which Mr. Taft enjoyed wns In striking contrast to tho days of tur moil lie has gono through. Ho had ti few callers. FINALS III NEBRASKA COMPLETE RETURNS ON EIGHTY- FIVE COUNTIES. CONGRESSMEN TWO TO FOUR Cowglll, Democrat, for Railway Com missioner, Has 680 Lead, with Three Counties Missing- Omaha Complete roturns from clghty-flvo Nebraska counties Indicate tho republicans wilt save ftvo Btato ofltcors nnd give tho democrnta threo below governor. Tho republicans got two congressmen and tho democrats four. ii.o compilations show Covlc3 (rep.) for land commissioner ban so- curod a lend over Kastham (dcm.) In thoso counties amounting to 1,772, which tho ftvo remaining counties that four years ngo did not havo a repub lican toad of over 500 togother, are not likely to overcome ThlB would mnko tho roll of Btato officers as follows: Govoi'nor, A. C. Shallcnbergor (dom.); lieutenant gov ornor, E. O. Garrott (dcm.) ; secretary of stato Dr. A. T. Gatowood (dcm.); troasuror, Lawson G. Urlau (rep.) ; au ditor. Silas R. Dnrton (rop.)j superin tendent of schools. E. C. lllshop (rop.); nttornoy general, William T. Thompson (rep.); commissioner of public lands and buildings, Edward 13. Cowlea (rop.); railway commissioner, William H. Cowglll (dom.). Tho flguros from elglity-sovon conn- tlos complclo on state auditor show Uarton to havo a load over Price of 3,841. Elgtity-nvo counties on attor ney general gtvo Thompson n plural ity of 4,285 over Fleharty. In eighty five countios Brian leads Mackoy by 2,007. It is apparent ttiat for secre tary of stato Georgo C. Junktn is de feated by Gatowood, eighty-five coun ties showing a plurality of 1,782 for Gatowood. Cowlos In tho snmo coun ties practically reverses the vote, so curing 1,772 majority over Eastham, who has been claiming election to tho offlco of lanu commissioner. Computations on railway commis sioner woro altered Sunday by tho discovery of an error in computing tho Douglas county returns, which givo Cowglll now a plurality of 1,808 In the county and a plurality of C80 In olghty-sovon countios. The Doug Iiib county vote BtandB: Williams, 13,- 891: Cowglll. 15,099. Rosults cannot bo greatly changed from theso figures, which on railway commissioner ' nro minus tho vote of Blnino, McPhorson nnd Keyn Paha counties, which two years ago gavo u majority of 200 for Sheldon. Tho total vote In theso counties waB 000, Figures on the various olllcors aro an follows: Secretary of stato, clghty-flvo conn- ties, Junkln, 12G.C40; Gatowood, 128,' 422; Gatowood's plurality, 1,782. Stato nudltor. olKhty-seven coun ties, Barton. 130,081; Price, 127,200; Bnrton'a plurality, 3,481 Treasurer, clghty-flvo counties, Bri an, 120,891; Mackoy, 124,284; Brian's plurality, 2,007. Attornoy general, clghty-flvo coun ties, Thompson, 128,082; Fleharty, 123,797; Thompson's plurality, 4,285. I .nml rnmmlsalonor. c chtv-flve counties, Cowlos, 12C.081; EaBtham, 124,309; Cowtes' plurality, 1,772. Railway commissioner, olghty-sovon counties, William, 127,030; Cowglll, 128,310; Cowgtlt'B plurality, 080. Ready for Tariff Hearings. Washington. Chairman Payno of tho houso committee on ways and means arrived in Washington Sunday nnd Immediately set to work to get ready for tho committee's hearing on tho tariff, which will begin next Tues- dny and will continue almost until tho opening of tho congress. Tho first snbject to receive attention will bo oils, nalnts and chemicals, and Mr. Payno said that applications had al ready boon received from n number or persons who deslro to bo heard on mattorB In which thoy aro Interested. LONG TRIP WITH THE RETURNS. Six Hundred Miles of Travel Neces sary to Reach County Seat. Pierre. S. D. Tho olcctlon officers from threo precincts In northeastern Hutto county, Including Lommon, woro in this city Sunday on their way to Bollo Fourclio with tho roturnn from their precincts, making a trip of about COO mllos to got to their county soat. Thoy woro hoping that county divi sion had been carried In tho lato olcc tlon In that county. William D. Cornish Dead. Chicago William D. Cornish of Now York, second vlco president of tho Union Pacific Railroad compar and a director In many otliqr corpo rations', was found dead in his bed at tho Auditorium Annex In this city Sat urday. Death npparently waB duo to heart disease. Earthquake Shakes Plaucn. Plauon. Germany. Tho most vlol- out earthqujiko over experienced hero torrlftod tho Inhabitants of the city at. $5:40 o'clock Rrlday morning. Houses woro Hhuken and tho pcoplo flod. panlcstricken, into tho stroots. Tho shock, which lasted for sovoral mlnut08, was accompanlod by sharp oxpIoeloiiB and thunderous rumbllngH In tho earth. Sixty or sovonty earth- auako ahooks havo been felt hero dally for tho last weok, They aro now becoming loss froquout but moro vio'icrit JUoao preceding. DRYAN FOR THE SENATE. His Friends Aro Going to Push Him for the Place. Lincoln "Bryan for tho senate, 1910." That Is tho flag already flown to tho breezos by some of tho demo crats In Lincoln. "Tho democrats' will try to mako tho coming administration ono of tho best In tho history of tho stnto. Then wo can ko before the pcoplo two years from now with somo hopo of olectlng a democratic legislature. That legislature will send Mr. Bryan to tho senate. That Is the announcement mado by a friend In discussing tho futuro of .Mr. Bryan, nnd ho is not tho only ndintrer of tho lato defeated presi dent tat candidate who Is for tho samo program. Ono prominent Lincoln re publican who wns for Bryan In tho Inst fight expressed himself along tho snmo lines. "You bot I helped to enrry tho stnto for Brynn," he is quot ed ns Baying. "Now I shall help put him In tho senntp." Shallenbcrgcr, Gov.-Elect of Neb. Late Figures from Indiana. Indianapolis. Tho Indianapolis Star lato totallod tho official returns as ro cclvcd from all tho counties of tho stato by tho secretary of state. Theso figures show tho election of Thomas R. Marshall, domocrat for governor; Frank J. Hall, democrat, for llouton ant governor, nnd Walter J. Lobo (dcm.), for attorney general. -'o rest of tho ropubllcan ticket was success ful, according to tho Star's flguros. Tho vote on tho national ticket has not boon totaled, but shows 10,000 plurality for Taft. Taft's Religious Faith. Washington. "Secrotary Tnft'B re ligious faith Is purely his own privato concern and not a matter for general discussion and political discrimina tion," says President Roosovclt In a letter to J. C. Martin of Dayton, O., mado public now but written boforo election, in which hq answers numer ous correspondents. Windup of the Campaign. Oranha. Victor Rosowatcr returnctl Sunday morning from Chicago, whoro ho spent most of tho Inst threo months In cljargo of western publicity for tho national repuuiicau uuiii jmifen. Ho waited in Chicago for tho arrival ot National Chairman Hitchcock Satur day for tho closing of tho campaign hoadquartors. Taft Landslide Done It. Now York. "Tho Tnft landslido pulled Hughes through," wns tho ex planation of Charles F. Murphy, Tam many hall leader, of tho falluro of tho domocrats to win tho contest for gov ornor. Tho election is over," con tinued Mr. Murphy, "nnd wo aro start ing to carry tho city next fall In tho local electton." Gompera Leaves for Denver. Washington Ready to answer bo foro tho convention attacks which havo been mado on him for his courso in tho recent presidential campaign, Samuel Gompers, president of tho American Federation of Labor, left for Denver, whoro tho convention of. that organization begins Nov. 10. Pat Crowe Under Arrest. Chicago Pat Crowo, formerly of Omaha, was arrested here. Crowo, It h alleged, fired shots Into tho mir ror of a saloon and then caused ex cltomont which occasioned a riot call to tho pollco. After threo shots had boon fired nt him Crowo was cap tured. Taft Will Take a Rest. Cincinnati, Judge Taft loft Friday for Hot Springs, Vn., for a fortnight of unbrokon quiet. Thoro will bo no political conferences, no consideration of cabinet appointments. Somo south ern point will llkcwlso bo tho placo ot residence of tho Tufts botwoon now, and inauguration. Vhat Chairman Mack Says. Now York Declaring that tho democratic party is moro united today than It has beon In mnny years; that Mr. Bryan was defeated by what ho claims was misrepresentation to tho effect that tils election would hurt business Interosts. Chnlrmnn Mack of. tho domocrntlc nntlonnl commlttoo Issued a statement In which ho an nounced oxtenslvo plans to ndvanco tho party's Interosts during tho next four yonrs. Ho avera ho lias no npol ogles to mako relative to tho republi can victory.