FIFTY PERISH
IN A COLLISION
Passengers on Immigrant Train
Burned in Fire Which Fol
lowed the Crash.
MISTAKE OVER ORDERS
Eight Persons Killed When Boilei
Bursts in Engine on the
Southern Pacific’s Sun
set Express.
♦ + + + .444 ^
4 CAUSE OF THREE 4
4 WRECKS IN A DAY. 4
4 *
4 Baltimore & Ohio immigrant train 4
4 misunderstood orders; head-on col- 4
+ lision. 4
4 Southern Pacific Sunset express 4
4 —Explosion of boiler on engine. 4,
4 Missouri Pacific fast mail—Brok- 4
4 en rail. 4
4 Michigan Central freight—Engine 4
4 hits depot. 4
4
a. A A A A A A A A AAA A A A. A -V *. -A Jc, -A .V -A- ^ >6
Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 14.—Fifty out
of 1G7 immigrants who on were on a
westbound Baltimore and Ohio immi
grant train which collided with a
freight train this morning at Wood
ville, ten miles north of here, are miss
ing, and it is believed their bodies were
consumed in the tire which destroyed
six coaches of the immigrant train.
Forty injured were taken to Chicago
on a special train and placed in Mercy
hospital
The accident, it is declared, was the
result of misdirection by the train dis
patcher. He ordered the westbound
train held at Chicago Junction. Ind.,
to allow the eastbound passenger to
pass.
The passenger train was running in
two sections, but the conductor on the
westbound train was not notified of
this. When the first section had passed
he therefore pulled out and started for
Chicago on the main track. The col
lision followed.
The trains came together at full speed
and the impact wrecked both. A num
ber of the cars of the immigrant train
were hurled down a ten-foot embank
ment and immediately caught fire.
The fireman on the freight train was
killed and the other trainmen badly
hurt. Physicians were summoned from
this city and neighboring towns.
Slain in Slumber.
The passengers were asleep when the
accident occurred, and many were
killed while they slept. The scenes that
followed were heartrending. A number
were caught in the wreckage and un
able to release themselves before the
flames reached them were consumed.
The cries of the dying tilled the air.
Those who wore not badly hurt tried
to save others, but were not successful,
as the flames drove them back.
Eight Are Killed.
San Jose, Cal., Nov. 14.—Two men
were killed, another fatally injured,
and many passengers were more or less
shaken up and cut by broken glass in
an accident to the Southern Pacific
Sunset express, southbound, at Sar
gent's station, eighty-seven miles south
of San Francisco, last night.
Five tramps riding on the first car
were killed.
The accident was caused by the ex
plosion of the engine boiler.
Engine Hits Depot; One Dead.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 14.—One man
killed and several injured, three badly,
today when a Michigan Central freight
engine cut away and crashed into the
Third street depot, tearing down a
large section of the structure:
The dead:
GEORGE R. BOOTH, of Detroit, par
cel agent.
The severely injured:
Donald Thomson, assistant district
superintendent of the Pullman com
pany: Earl S. McEuen. cashier of the
Pullman office, and Bert Maner, of
Detroit, a conductor.
The engine was switching in the
yards a mile from the station when
the crew saw a passenger train ap
proaching behind. The men thought a
collision was about to occur and
jumped.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 14.—Two coaches
and the sleeping car on the Missouri
Pacific fast mail train from Kansas
City were thrown from the track by a
broken rail and turned over near Eu
reka, Mo., last night. Eleven passen
gers were injured. The most seriously
hurt are St. Louts persons, G. A. Brown,
Charles Mueller. Anthony Apke and
Rev. Manley I. Broker.
WOMAN NEED NOT OBEY
Des Moines Minister, Who Has Wed
1,000 Couples, Preaches Sermon to
Them and Gives Advice.
Des Moines, la., Nov. 14.—The Cen
tral Church of Christ of which Rev.
H. O Breeden has been pastor for
eighteen years, was crowded last night
with couples he had married during
this lime. They came on invitation,
lor it was his farewell sermon. It
is estimated that 400 of the 1,000 couples
lie had united were present to hear
him preach on "Is Marriage a Fail
ure?” He answered this in the nega
tive and also said he had always
omitted from the ceremony the word
“obey.” He said:
“Why should she obey a poor, weak,
back bone less sort of creature, because
he is known in charity as a man? The
real man will not need remind his wife
■of the word obey.
“If marriage is a failure, in the great
number of cases the husband makes
it so because of the absence of old
time chivalry. He must be a business
man during the sacred moments at
home. Let him be considerate and
thoughtful, and above all let him treat
the woman as his wife and not as a
housekeeper, and he will seldom have
reason for complaint. The man whe
confides his business troubles to his
wit * instead of trying to shoulder the
entire load himself will seldom be
ruined by her extravaganee.”
Rev. Finis Tdleman, of Paris, 111., whe
has been called as Dr. Breeden’s suc
cessor, will take up his new duties on
January 1.
MUST PAY SPECIFIED DUTY
The Supreme Court Rules in the Fig
ured Cotton Cloth Case.
Washington, D. Nov. 14.—In decid
ing the rase of the United States vs.
George Riggs & Co., of New York, to
day the supreme court of the United
States held that figured cotton cloth
imported from foreign countries must
pay a specified duty under a para
graph of the Dingley tariff law in addi
tion to the advalorum duty required.
The decision has been awaited with
internet by importers and manufactur
ers all over the country.
RICH GIRL SMUGGLES
FOR THE SPORT OF IT
_
Dashes Across the Frontier in an
| Auto Ahead of the
Officers.
Genevia, Nov. 14.—The customs au
thorittes on the Franco-Swiss frontier
are in despair concerning Mile. Marthe
Rey, a pretty woman, who has adopted
wholesale smuggling as a pastime.
Mile. Key, who is only 114 years of age.
and wealthy, lives at Driye. a frontier
village, in a charming villa left her by
her father, who was reputed to be a
French millionaire.
Tiring of home life, Mile. Ray dacidcd
that smuggling was the most exciting
diversion she could buy. Tobacco,
saccharin, and snuff were very dear in
Haute Savoie, and very cheap in
Genevia.
It was easy to fill her 40-horse-power
motor car with contraband in Switzer
land and then dash across the frontier,
selling it at enhanced prices, and giv
ing the proceeds to the poor.
DEATH TAKES AWAY
HEAVIEST GENERAL
UNCLE EVER HAD
Maj. Gen. William Refus Shat
ter Succumbs to Pneumonia
in California—-His Career.
Bakersfield, Cal., Nov. 14—Major Gen
eral Wiliam R. Shatter, the biggest gen
eral the American army ever had, died
at noon today after a short illness.
Pneumonia was the cause. The end
came peacefully and the famous old
veteran lapsed into unconsciousness
only a few minutes before he expired.
A bulletin issued earlier in the day
stated that there was no hope of pro
longing life for more than a few hours,
William Refus Shafter was horn in
Galesburg, Mich., October 16, 1835. He
taught school for three years prior tc
1861. when he entered the union army
as first lieutenant in the Seventh Mich
igan infantry.
Jn January, 1867, he entered the regu
lar army with rank as lieutenant col
onel. The same year he was given a
congressional medal of honor for gal
lant conduct at the battle of Fair Oaks,
Va.
When the war with Spain broke out
he was made a major general of volun
teers and went to Cuba in command of
all the American forces. He conducted
the operations ending in the capitula
tion of General Senores’ army and the
surender of Santiago in July, 1S98.
. He retired June SO, 1901.
KOCH’S PLURALITY
KANSAS’ LOWEST
Governor Is Re-Elected by Only About
2,000 Votes—The Republicans
Claim It Is 2,500.
Topeka, Kas., Nov. 14.—It is Governor
| Hoch again. The plurality is something
| like 2,000, with eight counties to hear
| from, which will not change the result.
i I [
| ^ «iuxiihi*AX'luak. j |
S. \s/ ROOM
The democratic managers will not
concede more than 2,000 for the gov
ernor. although the republicans make
it 2,Guo.
This is the lowest plurality ever given ;
a candidate for governor in this state. I
Democratic Chairman Ryan this af
strnoon said:
"We will make no contest. We are
well satisfied with the result."
BARRICADED SVJANIAC
OUSTED BY SULPHUR
Fumes and Cayenne Pepper Fill His
Stronghold and He
Surrenders.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 14.—Smoke ot I
'ayenne pepper and sulphur forced tlie
surrender of an armed man who had
aarrlcaded himself in the attic of ilia
tome at Coraopolis and defied the po
lice, after all other means to compel
aim to come forth tiad failed. John
Ritchey, aged 50, who is thought tc
aave gone insane, had fired four shots
tt his wife earlier in the day and made
.hreats against others. His wife ran
screaming from the hquse and gave the i
ilarm.
The police and 100 citizens gathered
ibout the Ritchey home, hut the de
I nented man, barricaded in the attic
letied them all.
PLAN TO RID SOUTH
OF STS BAD NEGROES
Quarantine Conference Plunges Intc
the Race Problem the Very
First Thing.
Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 14—The sec- •
ond annual session of the southern im- !
migration and quarantine conference
was called to order here today. The
purpose of the conf reneo is to bring i
about a more equitable distribution ot j
the immigrants from foreign shores. j
The idle negro class causes apprehen- •
sion in the minds of the immigrants.
This operates against the soutli re
ceiving what it thinks Its proper shar« -
of laborers from abroad.
Various plans are suggested for lid
ding the soiuli of its worthless negroes
and the race question was nearly in
jected into the discussion.
SETS FIRE TO HERSELF
Five-Year-Old Gladys Musser Envel
oped in Flames When Mother
Returns.
Iowa City, la., Nov, 14.—Left alone
in the kitchen. Gladys, the 3-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Musser,
of Rivers Junction, la., last night set
lire to her own clothes.
When the child's mother appeared the
little one was enveloped in tlames and
j received injuries from which rile died
WOMAN IS NAILED
TO KITCHEN SINK
Fearful Atrocity Marks Climax
of Carnival of Crime in
Pittsburg.
—
EXTRA POLICE SWORN IN
Three Murders and Many Robberies in
the Last Twenty-Four Hours
Bring On a Reign
of Terror.
4444*444444444444444444444
4 CRIME CALENDAR 4
4 THAT BRINGS TERROR 4
4 TO PITTSBURG. 4
4 4
4 Woman nailed by the hands. 4
4 Three murders in a day. 4
4 Twenty robberies in a day. 4
4 One hundred and four robberies in 4
4 a fortnight. 4
44444444444444444444444444
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 14.—Pittsburg
terrorized and likened to mining camp
u* frontier town, is the tone of all this
morning’s issues of the papers.
With three murders and a number
of robberies, accompanied by vio
lence, and an attempt at crucifixion in
twenty-four hours, added to a large
number of misdemeanors that have oc
curred during the past two weeks,
there has been such a public demand
for extra police that Mayor Guthrie
has put on a number of extra men
without legal provision for their com
pensation, trusting to the effect of the
public clamor upon the select and com
mon councils for favorable action as
to pay.
The crucifixion case was brought to
light by the screams of a woman In
a tenement house on Forbes street.
Neighbors rushed in and found Mrs.
Jean Mitehell, aged 19, in her kitchen
huddled in a kneeling position on the
floor with both hands nailed to the
draining board of the sink and with
blood running down her arms.
Nailed With a Hatchet.
Alongside lay a hatchet, the weapon
which had driven two nails into her.
and which was then used to draw them
out.
The woman became unconscious and
was taken to a hospital. When she
recovered she said when she entered
her flat somebody struck her on the
back of the head. She felt herself
drawn toward the sink, her hands
pressed down against the board and
the nails driven in.
The police arc looking for William
Neely, known as William Mitchell, and
the husband of the woman.
INSULT COST THREE LIVES.
Owosse, Mich, Nov. 14.—Bert Seely,
under suspicion in connection with the
murder of Edwin Edgar in Westhaven
township last Wednesday, was found
dead in bed today. Eying beside him
was his young wife, also dead.
They were found by Seely’s brother.
In a Suicide Pact.
It is thought the couple committed
suicide. There was no evidence of a
struggle in the bedroom, and on a stand
near the bed was a glass with a spoon
and a white tablet near it.
Edgar was shot dead in a road near
home last Thursday. In the course of
their investigation the officers found
that Edgar and Seely had quarreled a
number of times.
Wife Tells Police.
Seely was suspected by the officers,
and yesterday they secured from his
wife a statement that there had been a
long-time secret enmity between the
men, as the result of an imputation of
Edgar’s against Mrs. Seely.
Seely and Mrs. Seely were to have
been witnesses today at the inquest into
Edgar’s murder, and it was when he
went to their home to discuss the in
quest that Seely’s brother found the
corpses.
NEEDLE KILLS SWEETHEART.
Scranton, Pa., Nov. 14.—Stabbed to
the heart by a hatpin in the hands of
an unknown young woman, Thomas
Dougherty, of Dunmore, expired in the
state hospital here.
He refused to tell the name of tlie
woman who killed him or to give any
reason for her act.
Mary Burke is under arrest upon or
ders of Coroner Stein. Dougherty called
on her Saturday night and in his dying
moments admitted that his slayer was
a woman on whom he had called.
The hatpin penetrated the man’s
heart after passing through the fifth
rib, showing the woman stabbed him
with great force.
After a day spent in the investiga
tion tiie local police and Countv De
tective Phillips decided to withdraw
the warrant for the arrest of Katie
Burke, the girl who was suspected <>f
having caused Dougherty’s death. She
says that she had been mending her
brother’s clothing with a long needle,
used hereabouts in mending miners’
heavy outer clothing, and that on go
ing down town in the evening she
stuck the needle in the bosom of her
ilress. Dougherty, who had been her
sweetheart, hailed her and asked her
to take a walk with him. He attempted
to embrace, her and the point of the
needle that was in her dress caught
in his vest, while the “eye” or blunt end
rested against her corset. In the em
brace the needle was forced into his
body through the fifth rib and into the
cavity between the pericardium and
the heart. Hemorrhages resulted that
caused death.
CONVENT SCHOOL
COMPLAINS OF ROAD
Sues in Supreme Court Because of the
Noises and Odors of the
Locomotive.
Washington, Nov. 14.—A protest
against the noises and noxious odor.
;>f locomotives was presented to dis
trict court, when the academy of the
Sacred Heart of Mary, a corporation,
began suit to recover $25,000 damages
from the Philadelphia, Baltimore and
Washington Railroad company. Tin*
academy is located at Eighth and <1
streets southwest.
PREFECT KILLS MAN
WHO THREW BOMB
Unhurt by Missile Hurled on Moscow
Street, He Shoots Would-Bo
Assassin.
Moscow, Nov. 14.—A bomb was
thrown at Mayor Reinbet on the street
this morning. He was not hurt and
quickly pulling out a revolver, shot and
killed the man who threw the bomb.
'BRITONS CHEER
NORWAY'S RULER
i _
King Haakon and Queen Maud Met at
Portsmouth by King Edward and
Queen Alexandra.
London, Nov. 14.—King Haakon,
Queen Maud and Crown Prince Olaf,
of Norway, who arrived off Spithead
late last night on board the British
royal yacht Victoria and Albert, landed
In Portsmouth this afternoon on a visit
to King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
with whom they will spend the week
at Windsor castle.
They were met by King Edward and
Queen Alexandra and most of the
royal family. The route along the line
from the depot was lined with troops
and the visitors received an ovation.
Tills is the firs! trip abroad that the
new royal pair of Norway lias made
since Its acquisition to the throne.
STRIKE ON THE ERIE
SAY FIREMEN S VOTES
Ballots Almost Unanimous, So Far as
Cast, in Favor of Enforcing Wage
and Hour Demands.
New York, Nov. 14.—The grievance
committee representing the engineers
and firemen on the New York, New
Haven and Hartford railroad and the
New York Central met here today to
discuss the wages and hours situations.
Similar committeees representing the
engineers and firemen of the Erie have
been in session for several days.
Grand Master Hannnhan, of the !
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen,
said today the poll of the Erie firemen
as to a strike has resulted in an al- j
most unanimous vote In favor of a i
strike so far.
The Lackawanna Yields.
New York. Nov.- 14.—The demands of
the engineers employed by the Lacka
wanna railroad were adjusted today In
the conference between President
Truesdale and representatives of the
engineers. They are grunted a ten
hour day and an Increase ill wages.
WOMEN HURT IN PANIC;
MOVINGPICTURE CAUSE
OF A THEATER FIRE
Hot Carbon Drops on Celluloid
Films— Police and Firemen
Struggle With Crowd.
Evansville, Ind, Nov. 14,—A hot car
bon used In a moving picture machine
dropped into a basket ot celluloid films
■ n an amusement place here, and In the
fire which ensued a number of women
and children were bruised.
The Franklin Street theater, where
:he accident occurred, was at once a
scene of panic, and it was a marvel
that no one was killed.
The police and firemen had a hard
:ime controlling the crowd, which was
large, and it was only by their united
I'fforts that the exit was made without
loss of life.
The loss from the fire was small.
HUGE SOAP TRUST TO
CLUTCH HOUSEWIVES
IS PACKERS’ PLAN
Beef Trust Now Proposes to
Wash Us as Well as
Feed Us.
No more can you call her a dream
Though she reigns in your liunre like a
queen;
Vour housewife likes soap but here is thq
dope;
It’s going to cost more to be clean!
—M. A. A.
New York. Nov. 14.—Housewives may
be soon In the clutches of a soap trust,
i The beef trust is said to be behind the
philanthropic movement.
[ The Chicago packers already control
the supply of beef, mutton, pork arid
lard; they partly control the supply of
fowl, eggs, butter and American "olive"
(cottonseed! oil, and they are now said
to be reaching out after the market for
washing soap, toilet soap and per
fumes.
With the British Trust.
The beef trust has already a large '
number of soap manufacturing plants
and proposes to combine with the Eng
lish soap trust, which Is headed by Le
vers of Manchester, who has recently
established an American branch in
Cambridge, Mass.
For several weeks someone has been
buying tallow on an enormous scale In
the American markets, with the result
that tallow is now 25 per cent, higher
than it was a month ago, and is still on 1
the rise.
—-—
WIFE, DESERTED, WAITS
ON STEPS TWO WEEKS
Man Supposed to Bo Dead Is Found
With a Pretty
Widow.
Brussels, Nov. 14.—Mmo. Debour
gcois is besieging the house in which
her husband lives at Dunkerque.
About four years ago M. Debour
geois, who lived at Havre, went out for
a walk and never returned. A few
months later a man’s body was dragged
from the Seine, and Mine. Debourgeois
recognized it as her husband’s. The
body was buried with due ceremony,
and a mass was said for his soul.
Dast month a Havre merchant went
to Dunkerque on business and met
there his old friend Debourgeois, who
was in the best of health, In the com
pany of a pretty young widow.
The merchant, on returning to Havre,
told Mme. Debourgeois of his discov
ery, and she promptly followed her
faithless husband to Dunkerque. For
the past two weeks she has been sit
ting on the doorstep of the house in
which he is living.
TO NATION’S HEROES. j
Granite Shaft Is Dedicated at Sac
City.
Sac City, la., Nov. 14.—A beautiful
granite monument erected in memory
of the defenders of the union, by W.
li. Wayt & Son, of this city, was un
veiled last Saturday and formally pre
sented to W. T. Sherman post. No.
L'ST, (5. A. It, Owing to the inclement
! weather the services were held at the
I opera house. Hon. Isaac S. Struble,
of LeMats, delivered the principal ad
dress. •
i
'striking results
OF ELECTION PAY
Hearst Loses Fighta in New
York, Massachusetts, llin
il. ois and California.
GAINS MADE IN SENATE
Republicans Increase Their Lead There
—Dryden, Babcock, Wadsworth,
Lacey and McCleary Are
Defeated.
Chicago, Nov. 9.—-"Raymond,” In the
irlbune, summarizes last Tuesday's
election ns follows:
It was a spectacular election after
all. The people did strange things with
their ballots on Tuesday, and the result
of their voting will be felt In dlffeernt
sections of the country for many a long
day.
There was a vast amount of scratch
ing. The Independent voter was out In
force, jid the people took It upon them
selves to enforce Ihelr own Ideas In a
way not often seen In this country,
even In an off sear.
Machines were smashed everywhere,
hen of national reputation were retired
from politics, Hearst was beaten In
New York state, congress Is safely re
publican, and there were a dozei} other
features any one of which would he
enough to mako the election of 1906
notable from a political point of view.
Of course Iho fight In New York state
against Hearst overshadowed every
thing else in the way of popular inter
est.
Hearst Lost Everywhere.
More than that, Hearst was slngular
/ unsuccessful everywhere. His per
sonal political crony, John II. Moran,
he noisy district attorney of Boston,
Was beaten out of his boots for gov
ernor of Massachusetts. The Hearst
'ieket In Chicago was left out of sight,
and a similar fate befell his candidate
for governor in California. It Mr.
Hearst chooses to be a candidate for
Die presidency, which Is something he
has declared over his own signature he
will not take under consideration, he
will not be able to go before a demo
cratic national convention with any
thing In the way of a clean bill of
health so far as Tuesday's election Is
concerned.
So far as national affairs are eon
erned, the thing In Tuesday's election
which probably will excite the greatest
interest, aside from the Hearst defeat,
will be the backsliding of Missouri. It
was only two years ago that the "Mys
•erious Stranger" left his unexpected
tracks In the waste places between the
democratic and the republican columns.
He was welcomed ns newcomers gener
ally are in politics, and the enthusias
tic republicans of Missouri predicted
that the state was unalterable in Its
adhesion to republican policy. They
elected a republican to the United
States senate and then sat down and
gloried in their political greatness.
But they will glory no more. The
Mysterious Stranger did not come to
stay. The Stranger has gone hack to
his old associates, and Missouri has be
come a democratic state once more by
a safe majority, electing a large per
centage of democrats to the house of
representatives, and probably Insuring
tlie electorlal vote to the democracy
two years from now.
Republicans Gain in Senate.
Bate returns Indicate an unexpected
.nln for the republicans In the United
mates senate. Out of Colorado comes
the news that Ihe legislature Is almost
.•trtalnly republican. Tills means the de
feat of Senator Patterson. He was the
one democrat in the senate who dared
to stand up publicly and praise Roose
velt and Ills policy. He stood by the
administration In several tight places,
and he seemed to have deserved a bet
ter fate, tie will be succeeded in all
probability by a republican of the name
of Simon Guggenheim.
The senate will contains slxty-one re
publicans, more than two-thirds of the
whole, thus making possible the ratifi
cation of treaties and confirmation of
appointments without calling on the
minority.
The term of W. A. Clark, the multi
millionaire of Montana, expires next
March. At one time he said he would
not he a candidate for re-election, hut
lately lie has reported to have changed
Ills mind. He will probably change his
mind back again, however, upon learn
ing that, according to the latest re
turns, the republicans will have a ma
jority In the legislature.
Idaho has elected a republican legis
lature, thus retiring Senator Dubois,
democrat.
Glum Outlook for Dryden.
There will be a change in the per
sonnel of tlie senate from New Jersey.
The opposition to Senator Dryden, the
life insurance president, has been par
ticularly fierce. lio has a primary nom
ination behind him, but the majority
of the republicans in the legislature
will be so small that other candidates
are sure to spring up among the repub
1 leans, and he will have? to light for his
Ule, with a possibility of losing his
seat after all.
Talking of the senate reminds one
that two new members of that body
will soon have to be accounted for from
the new state of Oklahoma. They will
probably be democrats. Arizona and
New Mexico will remain outside of the
fold for many years to come.
The chances are that no republican
administration will propose statehood
for them until they get down on their
knees and ask for it. The United States
senate is surely republican for many
years to corne, so that the prospect of
statehood for Arizona and New Mex
ico is extremely remote, no matter what
might be the result of the next presi
dential election.
Several Big Lights Go Out.
Tuesday’s elections retired from, pol
itic. several of the best known men
on the republican side of the house of
.« pr< s» motives. W adsworth of New
York, M» Cleary of Minnesota, Babcock
of Wisconsin and Lacey of Iowa will
not be on the rolls when the clerk calls
the house of representatives to order
for the be ginning of the sixtieth con
gress. Wadsworth’s case is more or
le ;s cf a peculiar type. His son mar
ri d the daughter of Secretary Hay,
and President Roe evelt was person- !
ally instrumental in making his son
speaker of the New York assembly.
Babcock in Wisconsin and Lacey in
Iowa were the victims of unfortunate
factional lights. Babcock and Senator
Spooner have for a long time in Wis
consin bet n tie* leaders of the stalwart
r< publican move, which has fought La
1'ollettt in season and out of season.
Babcock was marked for slaughter by
I .a Pellet te’s friends many years ago.
li«* always managed to secure an elec
tion. i/i spite of the fact that much of
his thv«‘ during the campaign was tak
en up with the work of the republican
congressional committee, of which he
\va* the chairman.
This year he declined the chairman
STANDING OF CONGRESS
Complete Returns Show 223 Repub
licans to 163 Demo
crats.
Chicago, Nov. 8.—Returns so far re
ceived show that the republicans have
elected 223 congressmen and the democrats
163, as follows:
-190C- -1904
States— Rep. Dcm. Rep. Dam.
Alabama . 9 .. 9
Arkansas .. 7 .. 7
California . 8 .. 8 ..
Colorado . 3 .. 3
Connecticut . 6 6
Delaware . 1 .. 1
Florida. 3 .. f
Georgia . 11 ., li
Idaho . 1 .. 1
Illinois .19 8 34 l
Indiana . 9 4 11 3
Iowa .10 1 it
Kansas . 8 .. 8
Kentucky . 4 7 2 9
I Louisiana. 7 .. 7
Maine . 4 .. 4 ...
Maryland . 3 3 3 3
Massachusetts . 11 3 11 3
Michigan . 12 .. 12
Minnesota . 8 1 9
Mississippi . 8 .. A
Missouri . 4 13 9 7
Montana . 1 .. 1
Nebraska . 6 1 6
Nevada . 1 .. J
Now Hampshire . 2 .. 3
New .Jersey .. 6 2 9 t
New York .2G 13 26 It
North Carolina. 10 1 9
North Dakota. 2 .. 2
Ohio . 17 4 20 I
Oregon . 2 .. 2
Pennsylvania . 26 8 31 I
Rhode Island . 1111
South Carolina . 7 .. 7
South Dakota . 2 .. 2
Tennessee . 2 8 2 8
Texas . 16 .. 18
Utah . 1 1 .*
Vermont . 2 .. 2
Virginia . 1 9 1 9
Washington . 3 *. 3
West Virginia . 6 • 4 1
Wisconsin . 9 2 10 1
Wyoming . 1 .. 1
Totals .223 163 249 137
ship of the notional committee so that
he could give his attention to his own;
district. In spite of this fact the La
Follette people "got him," and he will
not return to the house, where he has
been a prominent figure for many
years.
Tariff Revision Omens in Results.
In tho case of McCleary, of Minne
sota, there Is evidence of Increasing;
sentiment on the tariff revision ques-:
lion. McCleary was a pronounce^;
standpatter. lie has fought revision at
every stage of the game. lie Is a mem
ber of the ways and means committee
of the house, and was relied upon by,
“Ur.cle" Joe Cannon to help In choking1
off any possible tariff legislation. The
fight In his district was waged entirely
on the tariff Issue, and McCleary's de
feat will probably be taken throughout'
the country as a significant victory for;
those who believe that the time has;
come when President Roosevelt and:
Secretary Taft will press upon the
country tho necessity of a reduction In
the present tariff schedules.
It Is quite possible there Is another'
tariff revision victory In sight In Mas
sachusetts. Governor Guild was elected
there by a majority of something like
30,000. lie Is a pronounced advocate of
tariff revision. Running on the same:
ticket with him was Lieutenant Gov-'
ernor Draper who Is equally well known
as a standpatter. The returns show,
that Draper ran far behind his ticket
and carried the state by not over 10,000,
majority. Thl3 difference of 20,000 ma
jority between lilm and Guild may be,
the measure of the unpopularity of Dis
trict Attorney Moran, but the chances
are that it measures the popularity of;
the tariff revision Issue In Massachu
setts.
Governor Cummins, of Iowa, another
tariff revlsloner, has been re-elected byi
a largely reduced majority.
Pennsylvania went for the regular re
publican ticket by a plurality of fully,
70,000 votes. This is a great personall
triumph for Senator Penrose. It puts
him as firmly in the saddle in Pennsyl
vania as ever Quay was, and at thei
same time It ends for the time being all,
hope of the success of a reform move
ment In that state. John Weaver, the
sensational mayor of Philadelphia,
went back to the Penrose crowd before:
the election and turned over to them,
the control of the police and the city
government.
democratTcarry
THE EMPIRE STATE
With the Single Exception of Hearst
They Carry New York
State.
New York, Nov. 9.—With the offi
cial vote of hut three counties missing,
Lewis Ktuyvesant Chanler apparently
Is elected lieutenant governor on tho
democratic-independence league ticket
by a plurality approximating 1,700
votes over M. Linn Bruce, republican.
To arrive at these figures Bruce’s prob
able pluralities In the counties of Es
sex, Ontario and Niagara are based on
the vote for the republican guberna
torial candidate. Fulton county is also’
missing, excepting a statement of
Bruce's plurality over Chanler. While
slight changes may be made In the re
turns from several counties, it Is not
believed they will materially reduce
('hauler's lead, but on the contrary may
Increase it.
It appears now ns If all the other
candidates on the democratic state:
ticket are elected by small pluralities.
THIEF LUGS AWAY
A RED HGT STOVE
Fire Sputters and Hands Are Blistered
by Time Officer Catches
Up.
Butte, Mont.. Nov. 8.—Imitative of
the Spartan youth who allowed the wolf
to gnaw his vitals rather than admit
its presence. Patrick Frlel carried a
red hot stove for nearly a block in an
attempt to make away with the
warmth producer. The Are In the stove
sputtered merrily and Friel’s hands
blistered and scarred, but the alleged
thief was game to the core.
Without pausing an Instant, the man
continued his way down the street, and
but for the timely Intervention of De
tective Frank White would have landed
the coveted heater in his cabin, several
blocks distant.
WOMEN BALK AT QUERY
Reason for Small Vote in Chicago Club
Is Explained.
Chicago, Nov. 8.—Members of th«
Woodlawn Woman's club at thei»
monthly meeting, found a reason foi
the small registration and vote of theii
sex In the election. Of the sixty worn
en present scarcely twenty-five wer« \
able to say they had voted or weri
going to vote.
Mrs. Elizabeth Tyrrell brought th«
discussion to a climax with the follow
ing statement:
"Madame President I did not reglstei
or vote for a good reason, and I thinb
this reason is common to us all. I r»
fuse tn give my age."