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Emperor Francis Joseph has tele graphed to President Roosevelt his congratulations on the latter's elec toral victory. Andrew Carnegie's early ambition was to be a newspaper man. and he confesses that even today the youth ful yearning take.s hold of him. Jesse J. Finley. one of the few sur viving brigadier generals of the con federate army, died in Iake City. Fla.. on Sunday. He was 92 years of age. Captain Joshua Slocum sailed into Boston harlMir with his little yawl sloop Spray after a voyage of over nine years. The Spray registers nine tons ret The first National bank of Mouiour. la., has been authorized to begin busi ness with a capital of $25,000. A. B. Taplin is president and R. E. Austin. Jr.. cashier. Congressman Cochran promises to introduce in congress a bill providing that campaign committees shall pub lish the names of contributors and the amount contributed by each. Louis R. Bermude., a prominent resident of Lima, shot and killed him self with a revolver. The deceased was connected with the enterprise of American capitalists in Pera. Wells-Fargo officials have discover ed that the re;ort of the theft of an express jwekage containing $11,900 shipped from Chihaiihua to Mexico City some time ago was erroneous. President Smith of the Mormon church will be unable to accept the in vitation to address th? National Irri gation congress at El Paso. Tex., on account of the pressure of other busi ness. More than 500 students worked their way through Columbia university last year, earning in various ways $74. 21.17. according to a report of the secretary of the committee on em ployment for students. Paul dc Cassagnac. the prominent Bonapartist deputy and journalist, and once the most notorious duelist in France, died November 4. He was 61 -years old and began his journal istic career at the age of 19. Booker Washington. Jr.. the eldest son of Booker T. Washington, has filed an application for appointment as paymaster in the am.?. The appli cant i now a student at the Massa chusetts Institute of Technology. The Russian consul general has re ceived $10.S50 for the Russian Red ("toss, contributed by commercial and manufacturing establishments in Hol land. This contribution will be hand ed to the dowager empress of Russia. The prospectus of the new Japanese loan of sixty million dollars will be issued soon. Half of the amount will be offered in New York and half in 1 ondon. The price is DO',4. with in terest at 6 per cent. The loan will be secured by a second charge on Jap anese customs. Ten thousand congratulatory mes sages have been received by President Roosevelt. Every mail brings large numbers of congratulatory letters. Notwithstanding their immense num ber, the pvesident. It as decided that each one is to be answered, and this work will require perhaps several weeks. Former President ClGreland went on his first hunting trip of the sea son the next day after election. In company with Dr. Carlton Priest and W. B. McFarland he drove to Rocky Hi!!, where he spent the day. The shooting was good, and the party re turned before dark with sixteen quail and seven rabbits. Three battleships, five scout crui sers, six torpedo boat destroyers, six torpedo beats and two squadron col liers at an aggregate maximum cost of $41,300,000. is the building pro gram which the general board of the navy has recommended the secretary of thee navy to urge congress to au thorize at its next session. The Debs socialist vote last Tues day is estimated at 500.000 for the whole country. Four years ago the total vote of the party was 87.769. Mrs. C. A. Curry. 33 years old. was - shot and killed, and her husband prob ably fatally wounded in a pistol duel at their home in East rueblo, Colo. Rev. Herbert Welch, D. D.. pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church at Mt. Vernon. N. Y.. was chosen by the trustees as the new president of Ohio Wesleyan univer sity, succeeding Rev. Dr. J. W. Bash ford. -. The Dutch newspaper LondenvoIK announces that King Edward, through the local authorities, has expressed the desire that Toyal salutes be fired - on the arrival -of the late President Kruger's body at Capetown and Pre toria, and that minute guns be fired during the procession to the grave. Former President Andrew John of ihe Six Nations of New York is in Washington inhis efforts to prevent .certain half-breeds from setting part . of the $2,000,000" recently awarded the Indians for lands sold bynhe govern menu President Roosevelt has promised to - attend the Louisiana Purchase expos ' ition on Saturday. IC-'ivember 26. He made this promise to a committee Irom SL Louis headed by Mayor Wells, who came to Washington es- . pecially -for the purpose of inviting -.him to visit the fair. United States Judge Dole at Hono lulu has sentenced L. P. Kauhoe, for 'merly postmaster at Kapkapaa, Kauai '," island, to one. year's imprisonment for ' 'embezzlement of funds of bis oSca. iKaamoe's dtftlratipa ncoottil to POSTALSHORTAGE FOR THE YEAR IT AMOUNTS TO $8,579,492. ANNUAL KPORTOFfJONDITIOHS Receipts of the Service $143,52,624; Expenditures $152,362,116 New Plan of Compensation of Fourth Class Postmasters. WASHINGTON The annual report af the auditor for the postoffice de partment shows that the fiscal busi ness transacted through the postal and money order branches of the de partment during the last year were: Revenues of the postal service, $143, 582.624; expenditures of the postal service. $152,362,116. Total amount of money orders issued: Domestic. $383,452.:;73: foreign. $37,876,265. To tal amount or money orders paid: Do mestic. $385.1 00.020: foreign. $6 714, 846. The deficit in the postal reve nues therefore was $8,579.42. Among the Items of expenditure during the year are: Wagon service, $1,705,604; inland mail transportation (railroad l. $38,595,427: railway postal car service. $5,261,948; railway mail service. $12,106,130; transportation of foreign mails. $2,574,540. On the subject of the compensation of fourth-class postmasters the audi tor says: "Without here entering into a dis cussion of the claims of the postmas ters of that class, I am satisfied that in view of the position taken by the courts in relation to fraudulent can cellations some other system of fixing their compensation should be adopted. I know of no better way than the adoption of the same principle to fourth-class postmasters as applies to the determination of the salary of a presidential iostmaster namely, a fixed salary based on the amount of gross receipts of his office, with a penalty by fine and imprisonment for ;ncreasing the receipts of the office by the purchase or sale of stamps for commercial purjKises outside of the postoffice or its branches. Wholesale trade in revenue stamps is not permit ted, and there is no reason why it should be permitted in postage stomps. For every stamp sold at IMistofficcs the government's repre sentative receives its equivalent in currency, but under the present sys tem of compensation, based upon can cellations, many instances can be shown where no equivalent is receiv ed. The adoption of the plan here suggested would destroy the motive for fraudulent cancellations, as no re port of cancellations would be requir ed." Mr. McCarty recommends that the life of the money order be reduced from twelve to three months and that at the end of that period the holder must send the order to the postoffice department and receive a warrant in payment. The purpose of the propos ed change is to facilitate the closing of ex-postmasters' accounts. The av erage life of a money order is only seven and one-half days, and there fore, it is argued, the change would not result in inconvenience. TARIFF IN THE PHILIPPINES. The President is Said to Want it Re vised. WASHINGTON President Roose velt will recommend to congress that it authorize that authority be given the Philippine commission to levise the tariff now in force in those islands. This decision was the principal and about the only accomplishment of the cabinet session Friday. The 'matter was brought up by Secretary Taft and his recommendation in the matter ap proved. The present tariff in the Philippines was the work of the Philippine com mission. It was put into effect by ex ecutive order and afterward approved by congress. Since it has been in ef fect many changes have become nec essary for the development of the is lands. The act of congress approv ing the schedules, however, was so worded as to preclude future revision by the commission. The commission has already prepared a scheme of re vision which has been made public for the purpose of securing criticism and suggestions from the business inter ests of the United States. In this plan some of the schedules are raised and some lowered. The revision is planned with a view more to the de velopment of the business of the is lands than from a revenue standpoint. Missouri is Republican. ST. IX)UIS With complete returns from ninety-six counties out of 114. the entire republican ticket, with the exception of governor, has been elect ed by pluralities of 150 to 250. With all but a few precincts accounted for, the Sixteenth congressional dis trict has gone republican by a plural ity of 102. This result will in all prob ability be only slightly changed, either one way or the other, by the returns from the additional precincts. Friends Wire Fairbanks. INDIANAPOLIS Senator Fair banks, vice president-elect, has re ceived numerous telegrams of congrat ulation from Secretary of State Hay, Congressman Bartholdt. St. Louis; Governor-elect Deneen of Illinois; Senator Foraker of Ohio; General John J. McCook of New York; Gener al John W. Foster of Washington; Senator Piatt ot New York; Senator -Hopkins of Illinois: Thomas Taggartt chairman of the democratic national committee, and George B. Cortelyou. Resignation of Treasurer. TOPEKA. Kan. State Treasurer T. T. Kelly addressed a letter to H. P. Dillon, his bondsman, who is holding .Kelly's resignation in escrow, telling him to turn the resignation over to Governor-elect Hoch. Mr. Hoch has promised to make a complete investi gation of the Kansas treasury after his iuaurguration. If the investiga tion discloses any irregularities on the part of Kelly, with which he is charged, the resignation will be ac cepted. Otherwise it will be returned to Kelly. Indiana Plurality about 95,000. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Official re turns from eighty-two out of "ninety two counties in Indiana give Roose velt 325.981. Parker 234.962. Roose velt's plurality 90.519. The other ten counties will probably increase this to 95.000. State of Washington. .TACOMA. Wash. Roosevelt's plur ality in the. state of Washington is 66,749. with "a few precincts not re torted'. The plurality of Mead, repnb Haut for rreror to 6,277. - PRESIDENT IS CONGRATULATED Messages Come s Fast that They Cannot Be Answered. WASHINGTON President Roose velt was overwhelmed with congratu ations today. They were presented by many people in person and were re ceived by man ana oy teiegrapn irom t every state and from almost every city in the country. Thousands of tele grams already have been received and they are coming yet in an undiminish ed flood. It will be pnysically Impossible for the president and Secretary Ixeb to acknowledge each message received, in accordance with the usual custom at the white house, but the president desires it to be understood that be ap preciates it to the fullest and expres sions of his friends and would be glad if it were possible personally to greet and thank every one of them. The president was in exhuberant spirits yesterday. Although he did not retire until a late hour Tuesday night, he arose early and had a happy early morning chat with the members of his family and his house guests. He reached the erecutive offices earls and not till then did he read the morn ing papers. After glanving over tnem he read a few of the thousands of telegrams of congratulation which had been received and examined bul letins of the latest returns of the elec tion. He was advised that the repub licans had carried Maryland, a mes sage from Senator McComas announc ing that the result was beyond ques tion. President Roosevelt has received the following cablegram fronfCmperor William: NEl'S PALAIS?. Nov. 9. President Roosevelt. Washington. U. S. A.: Sin cerest congratulations. May heaven give you prosperity. Tuum quod bon um felix fuustumque sit populo Ameri cano. (Signed) WILLIAM. I. R. A free translation of the Latin in the above cablegram is as follows: "May your good administration be happy and prosperous to the Ameri can people. PENNSYLVANIA. PHILADELPHIA Estimates from the entire state give Roosevelt a plu rality in Pennsylvania of between 390.000 and 400.000. In Philadelphia Roosevelt's plurality will exceed 175, 000. Roosevelt's vote in Pennsylvania far exceeds the expectation of the re publican managers. There is a heavy falling off in the democratic vote all over the state. The republicans have elected 29 of the 32 congressmen, carrying all of the doubtful districts. They have also elected 25 of the 26 candidates for the state senate and about 175 of the 204 members of the house of representatives. This in sures the election of P. C. Knox of Pittsburg, the appointee of Governor Pennypacker, as senator to succeed the late M. S. Quay. The republicans have also elected John P. Elkin state supreme court judge, and four-fifths of their candidates for common pleaa judges, and all of their nominees for associate judges. WISCONSIN. MILWAUKEE The result of the election in Wisconsin shows that Roosevelt ran ahead of every ticket and carried the state oy a plurality estimated at. between 60.000 and 75. 000; that Governor laiFollette has been re-elected by a plurality of about 50,000 and that the congressional complexion remains unchanged from two years ago. The legislature, which is to elect a United States senator to succeed Joseph V. Quarles. is largely republican and the question of whether Wisconsin shall have a pri mary election law has carried by a safe majority. One of the surprises in the election was the big increase in the vote of the social democratic party. Four years ago that party poll ed 4.458 votes in Milwaukee county: two years ago 10.704.' and in this elec tion 18,120. The social democrats elected four assemblymen and one senator to the legislature. MINNESOTA. ST. PAUL Roosevelt received a record-breaking plurality in Minneso ta, beating McKinley's margin of 77. 000 four years ago. On ihe face of the returns so far received the republican electoral ticket will have a plurality of over 100.000. Parker's vote was much smaller than that received by Bryan four years ago and Roosetelt was especially strong in counties which of old were populst strong holds. In Kittson county, for example, Roosevelt polled 1.500 votes, as against 100 for Parker, whereas Mc Kinley carried the county by only 300. In St. Paul and Ramsey county Roosevelt will have close to 7.500 plurality, nearly 700 greater than Mc Kinley's vote. Complete Returns from Missouri. KANSAS CITY Returns from all counties in the state, and most of these official, give Folk (dem.). for governor. 30.566 plurality, and Roose velt 28,271 plurality. America Demands Reparation. CONSTANTINOPLE The Ameri can legation here has addressed a note to the porte demanding repara tion for the recent attack near Alepho by brigands upon a caravan belong ing to the American house of Mac Andrews & Fobes of Smyrna. The raid resulted in the killing of six of the caravan's camels and the carry ing off by the bandits of sixty camels and a considerable sum of money. The legation insists upon the arrest and punishment of the outlaws and the restitution of the camels and money. DES MOINES Iowa has giver, not less than 125,000 republican plurality and elected ten republican congress men, with a bare possibility of eleven. Returns from nearly one-third of th3 precincts of the state show that while there was a smaller total vote than four years ago. the republican plural ity has been almost uniformly in creased. The average increase of the republican plurality, so far as heard from, was nineteen to a precinct. With this increase maintained the re publican plurality would go up from 98,000 to about 140,000. MONTANA. BUTTE The count is proceeding slowly throughout the state. The reports already received indi cate that the state will go safe for Roosevelt Silver Bow county' is yet to be heard from. MARYLAND. BALTIMORE The Sun. -which sup ported the democratic presidential nominee, concedes, at 2:30 a. m., that Roosevelt carried the state by abour CHOICE AT POLLS NAMES OF MEN SELECTED FOR NEBRASKA'S LEGISLATURE. UPPER HOUSEALL REPUBLICAN Lower Branch Stands Ninety-one Re publicans and Nine Democrats Congressional Vote in the Six Ne braska Districts. Recapitulation. Joint Senate. House, ballot. Republicans XS !1 124 Fuslontsts 0 9 Total too 133 Senate. Dist. 1 E. A. Tucker. Humboldt, rep. Dist. 2 K. K. :ooU, Peru. rep. -Dlst. 3 It. V Jones. Dunbar. rp Dis: 4 George L Sheldon, Xfrhawka. rep DM. 5 Alex. Laverty. Ashland, rep. Dist ; I.. .'. iibson. South Omaha, rop.; B. F Thomas. Omaha, rep.; C. I.. Saunders. Omaha, rep. DLt. 7 F. C Nelson. Bancroft, rep; W. A. Meserve. I'reishton. rep. Disi. 9 Edwin D. Gould. Wolbach. rep. Dirt. MO-W. D. Waller. Blair, rep. Dist. 11 J. J. Williams, Wayne, rep. Dist. 12 Wiih HiiKhes, Columbus, rep. Dist. i:t-Dr. J. I. GilliK.in. O'Neill, rep. Dist. H-C. P. Breeze. Iliishvllle. rep. Dist. 15 Martin L. Fries. Arcadia, rep. Dist. lft Aaron Wall. Loup City. rep. Dist. IT A. K. i'ady. rep. DUt. IS W. II. Whaley. Clark, rep. Dist. 1 M D. Dlmery. Crossing, rep. Dist. 30 J. II. Mockftt. Jr.. Lincoln. iep.; P. P. BeKhtol. Bennett, rep. Dist. 21 II. I.. W. Jackson. Beatrice, rep. Dist. 22 Andrew Vore. Crete, rep. Dist. 23 W. II. Jennings, Davenport, rep. Diit. 24 George W. Shreck. York. rep. DIM. 25 C. II. Epperson. Fairfield, rep. Dist. 2tJ J. E. Peterson Campbell, rep. DNt. 27 David Wart, Hastings, rep. Dist. 2b A. K Harsh. Lowell, rep. Dist. 29 Albert ilsey. Moorefleld. rep. Dist. Jft-W. IJ Gittin. Gothenburg, rep. House. Dist. 1 W. 11. Wogrefe. rep.; J. S. 1-iird. Wei den, fu.; Henry Gerdes, Bar ada. fus. Dist. 2 J. M. Cravens. Armour, rep.; W. II. Wilson. Table Kock. re.. Dist 311. R. Howe. Auburn, rep.; U. P. Pea bod v, Aspiuwall. rep. Di-t. 1 J. W. Withani. Cook. rep. Dist 5 William Ktnst. Graf. rep. Dist. -J. W. Casel. Nebraska City, rep.; S. Al. Parker. Palmyra, rep. Dist. 7 W. DelesDeruier. Elmwood. rep.; W. B. Hand. Greenwood, rep. Dist. S It. It. Whidhaiii. Plattsmouth. rep. Dist. 9-John M. Ward. Springfield, rep. Dist. 10 C. J. Anderson. Omaha, rep.; S. C. Barnes. Omaha, rep.: 11. T. Clarke. Jr.. Omaha, rep.; X. P. Dodge. Omaha, rep.; !'. J. Fitle. South Oma-ia. rep.; Dr. II. A. Foster. Omaha, ten.; Michael Lee. Omaha, rep.: M. E, Muxen. Omaha, rep.; F. S. Tucker. Florence, rep. Dist. 11 Frank Jahuel. Kennard, rep. DM. 12 Robe.it A. Smith. Tekamah. rep. Dist. 1.1-J. C. McElhenny. Lyons, rep. DM. H Joeph Roberts. Fremont, rep.; Hugh Sell ley. Leavitt. rep. Dist. 15 Fied 11. Hunke. West Point, fu.s. Dist. 16 Oscar Thompson. Wisner. rep. Dist. 17 Charles Mcl.eotl. Stanton, rep. Dist. 1S-J. O. Milligan. Waketield. rep. Dist. 19 F. P. Voter. Jiurel. rep. Di-t. 2t-M. T. Post. Monowi. rep. Dist. 21 X. D. Jackson, Xeligh. rep. DM. 22 Frank Jouvenat. Petersburg, rep. Dist. 23 F. W. Richardson, Battle 'reek. rep. DM. 24 J. W. Bender. Creston. fus. Dist. 25 Fred lloare. Monroe, rep, Dist. 2 Otto Zuelow. Schuyler, rep. Dist. 27 W. J. Waarmau. Fremont, rep,; J. J. Pospisl, Weston, rep. Di"U 'A J. M. Rolen, fus.; Peter F. Fenlon. fus. Dist. 29 Joon W. McLain. Seward, rep.; 5. S. Alwood, Beaver Crossing, rep. DM. 30 II. C. M. Burgess. Lincoln, rep.; Joseph Burns. Lincoln, rep.; James . Wolllet. Ilavelock. rep.; Charles C. Warner. Waverly. rep. Dist. 31 Del. A. Stetson, Western, rep.; J. J. Rohwer. Friend, rep. Dist. 32 W. E. Bobbin-. Cortland, rep.; J. J. Ca-ebeer. Blue Springs, rep.; Adam McMulleii. Wynmre. lep. Dist. :tS Robert Kydd. Beatrice, rep. Di.-t 34-W. C. Lines. Diller. rep. Disi ;5 TIioina9 I-ahmers, Beividere, rep. Dist. 26 Dan B. Crosy. Fairbury. rep. Dist. 37 George Perkins. Fairmont, rep.; Robert A Marks. Ohiovva. rep. Dist. 3S II. M. Dietrich. York, rep.; William Meredith. Yolk. rep. Di-t :-W. R. Jrnes. Strombiirg. fii. Dist. 4U W. W. Burroughs. Central City. rep. Dist. 41 A V. Cunningham. Giltner. rep.; Charles Anderson. Marquet, rep. Dist. 42 P. A. Caldwell. Edgar, rep.: G. C. Fihbark. Harvard, rep. Dist. 43 II. F. Bowman. Lawrence, rep. Dist. 45 W. G. Sadtier. Red Cloud, rep. Dist. 4ft Eric Johnson. Juauiia. tep. Dist. 44 C. W. Kalev. Roseland. rep. DHL 47 II. E. Ferrer. Grand Island, rep.; George L. Roue. Alda. rep. Dist. 4S Xels Wermanson, Xysted. rep. Dist. 49 Tiiom.is Doran. Stuart, rep.; W. W. Bedford. Wetk. fus. Dist. 51 J. A. Douglas. Bassett. rep. Dist. 52 W. II. Hortou. Springview. rep. Dist. 53 Frank Currie. Crawford, rep. Dist. 54 George C. McAllister. Chap pell, rep. Dist. 55 A. E. Barton. Arcadia, rep. Dist. 611. Cropsey. Westerville, rep.; C Mackt-y. Aiwley. fus. Dist. 57 Horatio Swelser. Ashton. rep. Dist. 58-J. H. Davis. Gibbon, rep. Dist. 59 George E. Bacon. Overton, rep. Dist. CO A. C. Christiansen, Minden. rep. Dl9t. 61 II. C. Llvengood. Franklin, rep. Dist. 62-C. A. Luce. Republican City, rep. Di-t. 63 P. G. Engtrom. Holdrege. rep. Dist. 64 E. B. Perry. Cambridge, rep. Dist. 65 Pnilip Gliem. Danbury. rep. Dist. 66 George C. Junkin, Smithtield. rep. Dist. 67 J. C. Hill, Imperial, rep. THE CONGRESSIONAL VOTE. First District. Bur- Le- Bur- kett. Master, kett. Hanks. Cass 2.256 1.697 2.173 1.703 Richardson .. 2.241 1.946 2.212 1.703 Otoe 2.450 l.Swi 1.8S5 l.MS Nemaha 1.740 1.320 1.574 1.28S lAiu-aster ... 7.124 2.S7S 5.!67 3.124 Totals 15U 9.649 13,711 t,753 Second District. Ken- Hiteh nedy. cock. Douglas 12.014 11,304 Washington 1.472 1.364 &tt P J Oil IW Totals , 14,325 13.624 Kennedy's majority, 701. Indian at Civilized Work. Purceli Powless, a full-blooded Onei da Indian, grandson of a former chief of the tribe, has just been given a po sition as motorman in the SL Louis street railway service. He is the sec ond full-blooded Indian to be employ ed by the St. Louis Transit Company, Felix Scott, a Sioux, having been in the service six months. Powless is 23 years old. He was born in Wisconsin, where the Oneida tribe has lived for years. His Indian name is Soda-Wah. He was educated at Haskell institute, Lawrence, Kan. Dines Simply at Banquets. The lord mayor of London has to at tend some public dinner on almost every night during his term of office. Recently a friend was sympathizing with him on the amount of rich food he must have to eat in the course of a year. The mayor then let him into a state" secret. At every banquet a special little dinner is cooked and served to the mayor, and he has any simple food he may wish to order, while the rest of the guests eat the mushrooms and truffles. Large Telescope for Harvard. Without any- splurge of publicity Harvard, is now installing the largest -practical telescope in the- world., and the Pickerings. Prof. W. H. and Prof. E. C, feel that the hunt for new stars will soon be renewed with increased Interest. President to Introduce Orator. When-Rev. Charles Wagner, the Al satian author and orator, lectures in Washington on Nov. 2 President Roosevelt will introduce the dlstin fvtefcea dJviae to the audience. . Third District. Mc.- Mc- Me- Robin Carthv. Killio. CarthV. son Nance ... Burt Merrick . Dodge ... Platte ... Cedar ... Stanton . Dakota .. Thurston Wayne .. Dixon ... Cuming , Totlas . .!. 1.02S 630 885 637 ... 2.016 ... 1.145 ... 2.179 ... 1.353 ... 1.531 ... 753 ... two ... 6. ... 1.225 ... 1.407 ... 1.281 . 849 806 3.388 2.057 1.375 734 631 663 9U1 1.434 1.420 948 1.898 1.048 1.199 527 634 598 859 1.164 1.117 833 76J 1.989 1.661 1.232 627 605 496 764 MX! 1.387 ...15.373 13.336 12.297 11.561 Fourth District Hlnshaw. Gilbert. Hlnshaw. Stark. Polk 1.038 1.129 911 1,315 Thaver ... 1.841 1.112 1.477 1.289 Butler .... 1.554 1.739 1.290 1.694 Saunders . 2.629 1.961 1.970 2.02S Jefferson . 2.259 7:6 1.839 1.012 Hamilton . 1.565 1.3US 1.328 1.340 Saline 2.359 1.548 2.03S 1.522 Tot la ..13.345 9.488 10.S23 10.700 Fifth District. Shallen- Norris. Mauck. Norris. berger. Franklin 1.112 9H.I SIS 944 Nuckolls .... 1.459 1.12R 1.200 1.122 Webster 1.438. 1.025 1.124 1.070 Clav 1.859 1.539 1.578 1.394 Phelps 1.329 797 977 868 Perkins 16 162 121 171 Kearney 1.117 9l 911 852 Adams 2.011 1.579 1.595 1.738 Hayes W 192 233 252 Gosper 517 404 330 462 Red Willow.. 1.255 M0 1.031 725 Furnas 1.42 979 1.125 993 Hitchcock ... 572 3S7 361 417 Totals 14.557 10.628 11.404 11.008 Sixth District. Kinkaid. McXeel. Kinkaid. Barry. Blaine ISO 45 78 b8 Garfield ... 309 177 209 166 Kimball ... 132 38 96 54. Keith 246 177 208 184 Rock 466 176 371 233 Sherman ..706 659 496 5 3 Totals ... 1.989 1.272 1.457 1.232 Wipes Out Albanian Chiefs. The Sublime Porte, tired, apparent ly, of continuous fighting with the Al banians, without obtaining any result, seems to have adopted the more in sidious plan of weeding out the chiefs. Osman Pasha, one of the most power ful chiefs in Albania, has just arrived at Scutari, ostensibly on a visit to the governor of the province. He is stated to be really, however. In a condition of gilded exile, and many other chiefs are believed to he threat ened with similar treatment. Women of Uncivilzed Races. Among many of the unciviized races of mankind the inferiority of women is consecrated by usage, and she is not permitted even to eat at the same time as her husband. This conditon is found principally in Afri ca and India. Some tribes place ser tain prohibitions upon women! For instance, they are prohibited from mounting a horse and from eating cer tain kinds of meat or drinking cer tain beverages. Trivial Causes of War. Borrowing a tobacco pipe and fail ing to return it kindled civil war for years among the rival races in the Pamirs and Afghanistan. A dispute as to the relative attractions of snails and vipers as food gave rise to fifty years of fighting between Milan and Pisa, and it is said two German states fought for years out of rivalry as to their respective powers of beer drink ing. Stray Stories. Oldest American Fort. The oldest fortress in the United States is Fort Marion, on the Matan zas. in Florida. It has seen many bloody frays in the opening up of what is now the paradise of the south. The land around this ancient place has been watered by the blood of men who have fallen in conflict, but today it is a peaceful, picturesque spot, full of charm and serenity. "Is my husband's case serious, doc tor?" "It is very grave, madam. I have left an opiate." "How often shall I give it to him?" "He needs absolute rest and quiet. Don't give it to him. Take it yourself." Collier's Weekly. Clock Brought High Price. The record price for a clock Is 33. 600 paid for the timepiece made by Louis XVI of France. It was pur chased by one of the Rothschilds. Shark Aids Fisherman. On the night of Sept. 27 a ten-foot shark chased 30.000 herrings into the nets of a Dublin trawler and was caught himself. The power of little things has so of ten been noted that we accept it as an axiom, and yet "ail to see. in each beginning, the possibility of great events. F. P. Edwards. The slander inflicts wrong by cal umniating the absent: and he who gives credit to the calumny before he knows its tmth is equally guilty. Herodotus. It doesa't always make a young man happy when a girl returns bis love especially if it is returned because she has no use for it. Even the one-legged man may have a pretty good standing in the com munity. A landlord says a month's rent in hand is better than a dozen promises to pay. Found Fortune in New New Zealand. Albert Winter, an Englishman work ing in the Grannity Creek mines, New Zealand, picked up a stone to throw at a pigeon one evening while on his way home. Something in the stone attracted his attention, and on ex amining It he found gold-bearing quarts. Winter quietly took out miners' wrigbts and with a mate pegged out a claim. This was a couple of months ago. He has-just sold bis Interest for $500,000 and has gone home to his parents, who bad not heard of him for ten years. Legal Learning and Golf. Secretary Taft played golf np It Canada this summer with a justice of the supreme court, a clergyman and 2 city magistrate. The lightest in weight of the quartet owned to 200 pounds. They were dubbed "the 1,000-pound foursome." Whichever side fell behind in the score invariably argued with legal nicety some fine point in the meaning of the rules which would re verse the advantage. There was a good deal besides golf in that four some. Indian Wants Proper Division. Former President Andrew John of the Six Nations of New York is in Washington in his efforts to prevent certain half-breeds from getting part of the $2,000,000 recently awarded the Indians for lands sold by the govern ment. Objtct t Wins at Christening. Rev. EL T. Sanford and Rev..H. B. Leach of Hackensack, N. J., are mak ing a strong fight to have the battle ship New Jersey christened with wat er. --. NEARLY ONE WAY ROOSEVELT CARRIES ALL NORTHERN STATES. THE " " ALSO BREAKS THE SOLID SOUTH " His Electoral Vote as Now Figured Will Be 343, or 104 More Than Need edMaryland and Missouri Beth Choose Republican Electors. NEW YORK The plurality the president in the nation, according to all Indications will exceed 1.500.000 the greatest plurality ever given an An.tirlr.0.. on.ll.la Th. .- .....vu i.,uu.u,i,.. c iu:.... .p- proach to this vote was In 1896. waen McKinley received a plurality approxi mating 860.00O. and in 1872. when Grant rocoivdil :! QQ1 ulnraliiv Tho i . . . ., , ... interest cunieis in -Missouri ann .Mary land. Late returns indicate that the former state is in the republican col umn so far as presidential electors are concerned, but that Joseph W. Folk, the domncratWr candidate has been elected governor. The republi- cans elect eight of the sixteen con- gressinen- In Maryland the president - lal vote will probably be cast for President Roosevelt. Late returns Indicate that Thomas A. Smith (dem.) . i.nnn ninMj .. .nnn.A. s ..-. UTC.. c.i. iu i.uuc.aa .u " first district oy 4;o plurality, con gressman Jackson of this district, however, puts forward a claim of trick ballots and fraud and says he will contest the election. In the ether states it is simply a question of plur alties. The "solid south" was broken by the probable defection of Missouri this section of the country usually having thirteen states in the demo cratic column. The figures show but twelve states, with 133 votes for Judge Parker. President Roosevelt carried all the northern states swept them, in fact and today he had 343 electoral votes. The banner state is Pennsylvania. Twenty-four hours after the polls closed the returns from this state in dicated that Roosevelt's plurality would reach 485.000. Next came Illin ois where the president polled ap proximately 225.000 votes more than did Judge Parker. The New York City returns are still incomplete, but the amazement over the result has not subsided. Judge Parker carried great er New York by over 41.000. COMPLEXION OF CONGRESS. How the Two Houses Will Stand on the Fourth of March. States. Alabama Arkan-as ilifornta "oloradu 'onnertii'iit Oelaware. Florida .leoria Idaho Illinois Kep. Dem 11 1 24 1 11 2 11 X 1 10 4 .! 3 2 11 2 12 9 S s s 1 6 I 5 "i 26 11 10 20 "i ::T "i i l . . 2 S 16 I I 9 Inllana Iowa , tan-'as , Kentucky , Louisiana Maine , Maryland , Massachusetts .., Mii-hit;du Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Mont-ma Nebraska , Nevada New llamp.-hlre Now .W'l ey New Votk Norih Carolina . North Dakota ... Ohio ")rejs"ii Pennsylvania Ithod,. Inland .:. south Carolina .. South Dakota ... !'. :iiiesj.e t'exiis Ftsih Vermont Virginia W-ishlnston West Virginia ... Wisrotiviri VuinStiK 1 317 T.6 END OF WAR FAR OFF. France Again Declines to Take Action Looking Toward Mediation. PARIS The reuorts of contemplat n mediation in the war in the far east have again made it plain that France does not consider the time op portune to exert influence singly or jointly to induce Russia to make or accept terms. At the same moment that the rumors were circulating in various capitals that France intended to act. M. Delcasse. the foreign min ister, was pointing out to diplomatic callers that efforts at mediation would be futile. The following is the textual language used when one of the am bassadors sounded the minister on France's intentions: The ambassador said: "It is profoundly regrettable that the parties do nut heed your advice toward averting the present slaugh ter." "Yes." answered M. Delcasse, "but all my efforts were in vain." The ambassador then asked: "Can nothing be done to terminate the war?" M. Delcasse replied with an expres sion of deep regret: "..o. I am sorry to say that it appears nothing can be done at this time." Heavy Snowfall in Pennsylvania. YORK. Pa. Telephone and tele graph wires are down, trolley cars are stalled, railway trains are greatly de layed and there is a general suspen sion of traffic in this city and through out York county as the result of what is said to be the heaviest storm York ever experienced at this time of the year. It is estimated that snow fell to a depth of a foot on the level. The city is in darkness, owing to the cross ing of wires, due to the wires being weighted down with snow. Colonel Anthony is Dead. LEAVENWORTH Colonel D. R. Anthony, the noted editor of the Leav enworth Times, brother of Miss Susan B. Anthony, the woman suffragist, died at his home here Saturday of heart disease, aged eighty years. Col onel Daniel Reed Anthony, who gain ed his title in the union army, was one of the last of a half dozen editors who did much to spread the fame of Kansas in its early days. He was for nearly half a century editor of the Leavenworth Times, and did much to shape the destiny of his state. Officirl Count in Iowa. j L'tnt on Wisconsin. DES MOINES-Complete unofficial f MILWAUKEE The latest esti returns from everv countv in the state I mate of republican pluralities in Wis- gives Roosevelt, republican, 331.570; Parker, democrat, 165.859; Debs, so cialist, 7.342; Swallow, prohibition, 7,285; Watson, populist. 1.791. These are the figures that will be canvassed by the board in December. Emperor Congratulates President. VIENNA Emperor Francis Joseph has telegraphed to President Roose velt his congratulations on the latter's Sectoral -victory. PLURALITIES BY STATES. Parker and Roosevelt's Votes Compar ed with McKinley and' Bryan's. Rooae- MeKlti Parker. velt. 1904. ley. 13'JO. Bryan. I Slnto 1904. .. 75.000 19W. 41.619 I Alabama '" t Connecticut .. 20. WW 36.342 H".uw 29.770 .. 29.661 :.w l.tlTit ' 2558 2.671 (Delaware Florida .. Goursia .. Idaho Illinois .. 20 wiki 65,lM 20.35 4;.to 2.611 2S.W 225.0V 75.lV 130.0-jO iix.imo 94.9.'4 26.47U 98.543 23.3T4 udlana .. IlOl nJ of! aiisas .. Kentitrkv 14. :r..ft'0 S.04I 39.437 , Louisiana ' jSarvianY" "" j Ma.Hachiw"tt iMichiXHIl . 28.Z9 V8.94I M.N69 104.-5!) 4 77.560 J50.WJO MllllwM,,B 12S.0i 11MW0 Mississippi ... y-.., Miasisedppl Missouri .. Montana . Nebraska . 45.9VJ :J7.Mi 11.775 lo.n 73.0m 2.0 2."l 70.M 17I.M S.S22 17.133 141.61)6 islitsi 69.(t; I Nevada i X- Hamptdilre - .Nn Jenev New York N. Carolina .. X. Dakota ... Ohio Oreson Pennsylvania. KhiMlf Island. ."ij.m 'Si.Gl'l 20.0m 2M1.WKI 4'J.WO 12.14! TNf.W .-O... t' I..I H.V l.lV 13.976 4u7 "u.m j s; Dakota . , Tennessee Tex -is 1 rtan m"V, Vermont ... i wJShJtiltton I w v.i ' Wisconsin 50.000 2.l 4J.657 J2.242 136.791 12.MW 3'.0") 21UW0 t'0.0M j.tMl 2.13:: 29.719 " 12623 'l !' n;.6y7 4.:i! 2T.() 30,31 Wyoming PARKER HAS HAD ENOUGH Will Never Seek a Public Office Again. ESOPUS N. Y. Judge Parker last night gave to the press an open let ter addressed to "The Democracy of the Nation." in which he thanked those in charge of his campaign work and declared that the people will soon realize that "the tariff-fed trusts are absorbing the wealth of the nation." He said that when that time comes the people will turn to the democratic party for relief. In this letter Judge Parker says he shall never seek a nomination nor public office. He discusses the difficulties encountered by the democrats in making their campaign this year and makes sug gestions on harmony in the party. Concluding the judge says he does not hesitate to say that the great moral question that confronts the democrats is "shall the trusts and corporations be prevented from contributing money to control or to aid in con trolling elections?" The telegraph office at Rosemount lodge was dismantled after the day's business. Judge Parker said that his plans for the future were not defin itely made, but that soon he would be in harness again. It is generally be lieved here that he will engage in the practice of law in New York, forming a partnership with some well estab lished Arm. OHIO'S QUARTER MILLION. It Is That Much Plurality For Roose velt. COLUMBUS Nearly complete re turns show close to 250.000 plurality for Roosevelt and Fairbanks. Only eighteen out of eighty-eight counties in the state have been carried for Parker and only one democratic con gressman has been elected out of twenty-one. State Chairman Harvey Garber. the democratic candidate in the Fourth district, has l.t!00 plurality in a district normally C.OOO demo cratic. A conference of republican leaders was held here and it was rumored that a plan had been agreed upon to se cure the elimination of all factional lines and rally to Governor Herrick. Chairman Dick denied the confetence had any such significance and declar ed that the discussion related only to campaign finances. PEABODY IS ONLY ONE LOST. Republicans Sweep Colorado with Ex ception of Governor. DENVER The News d-m. Fri day says: While the returns on the vote for state offices, apart from gov ernor, are far from complete, the News has compiled tables that seem to show the election of the entire re publican state ticket, except Peabody, and of the three republican congress men. A considerable number of counties are estimated on the best possible advices and there is a chance that Mrs. Grenfeld. democratic candi date for state superintendent of pub lic instruction, may pull through on the scratch vote in her favor. The state senate is democratic by a good majority, but the complexion of the house is in doubt. The plurality of Adams over Pea body for governor amounts to &.46. Concede Everything. PARKERSBURG. W. Va. The dem ocrats have conceded everything to the republicans in West Virginia, in cluding the five congressmen and the legislature. Attendance at the World's Fair. ST. LOUIS Total attendance at the World's fair for the week ending No vember VI was 4'J8.14l. Total since opening of the fair, 17,01:5,886. Call to Form a New Party. CHICAGO James H. Ferriss, chair man of the national committee of the people's party, has issued a call tor a meeting to be held in Chicago some time during November for the purpose of forming a new national party. In his call for the gathering, which he terms a 'Jefferson conference." Mr. Ferriss declares that the time has ar rived for the consolidation of a num ber of progressive parties and factions under a broad and liberal .leffersonian program. Dynamite Wrecks Residence. VIRGINIA. Minn. A terrific explo sion occurred in the rear of the resi dence of Mayor Fay early Sunday ami the handsome building is a mass of ruins. Fortunately no one was injur ed, but it would seem that dynamite; was placed in the rear of the house with the intention of killing the may or as well as with the intention of wrecking the building. For some time the mayor has been making a vigorous warfare on the violators of the saloon law. and many threats have been made against him. consin give Roosevelt and Fairbanks between 125,000 and 140,000. and I a Follette between 50.000 and 60.000. It will be several days before the full returns are in. NEW HAMPSHIRE. CONCORD Fifty-two towns and wards out of 292 in New Hampshire give Roosevelt 6.708, Parker 4.449. Same towns and wards in 1900 gave McJClalay 6,915, Bryan 4,614. THE TWO STATES WHAT THE VOTE IN NEBRASKA AND IOWA REVEALS. MOST OF COUHTIES COMPLETE An Opportunity to Compare the Vote of Mickey in Nebraska with that of President Roosevelt in the National Contest. IOWA'S PRESIDENTIAL VOTE. Roosevelt, Parker, Swallow, Debs and Watson. 2f . 2..- - Candidates. r: 2- t -dair 23"3 T.761 2.611 3.7'Cl Adam. ' Allamakee l.iv : !.( l.o.5 912 10 I Appanoose Audnhoii !!! ton ,.. Ml.'ik Hawk .. ISootie Bremer liueiui VNt.t .. Kiitler C.ilhoiui Carroll Cass Cedar Cerro Gordo .. Chtrokee Chickasaw .... Clark.- Claj Clayton ClliiNni Crawford . ... D.illas 5.231 l.M'd 3.M6 1,16 r7s It i.'.tj 1.7-: ... 2.4m "i" 9". 2.7: SI". 7s 2.47s S7t 21 2.291 2.f. 116 6 3.01 t.391 2.t" 1 '.27 ::.vs l.ou 2. 6vi ... . 1.903 J.799 1.79T. s2 ." 23 ... . 2. I'M V 3vs Is ... 3.339 2.62s tvt us 13. .2t. 2.526 3.93 I.mU 2..:i 2.7U 4.47! lio 5.471 I 7f. 39!l . ... 2.S21 2 33s -JSl 2.ov 2.S44 . ... 3.!ti ... . 2.1.99 t.645 3.334 1.2'jo l.VSl I.9-.0 1.361 ... . 2.231 t.tsl 2.IVI 1.163 1 3s 1.06 1.216 3.IMJ 310 V.O. "16 Dals, Decatur Deluwure Des Moines .. Ii l:irt)oti .... Dubuque Kiiimci Kavrltt- Klojd Franklin Fremont reen- Cruiniv CulhrU- Hamilton Hanciw k llar-iin Harrison . Hemy , Howard , Humboldt Ida Iowa Jackscti Jaspr JefTer-on Johtisini Joiifs Ki-oki:k Ko--ii.li !. I. inn ., I,uui-a l.ucas I.yoii Madison Mahaska ... Marshall ...... Mills Mitiht-II Monona Monroe Montgomery .. Mils, atille- ". O'Hricn Ost-fola Pa Be I'lv mouth Pocahontas .. . 12'. 37: 3 16 33 7' r.7 si 41 ifs 3.t 1S: 762 V.1 !.3i7 S37 9 52 1.02 74". 5 74s i.iil'j 3S9 919 1.992 la: 7 167 2 lis 67 li. 21 112 22i 21 13 13 . p 30 3s 96 10 194 S ... . 2.S1 2 477 3.S77 2.W3 2.227 t.in . ... 2.610 3.207 2.s.; i.37 .... 3.l'73 2.11 .... Z.ii 1.336 ... . 4 6H' 3.S37 . . . . 7.J"6 3 3u: ... . 2. 9 tA: 2 236 s77 ... . I.Tss 546 2MC 1.197 2&W 2.191 4.1S9 1.2o7 2.230 1.2sv 2.1J5 666 .s lis it: 273 421 '79 11 126 h 127 i:9 43s si 61 139 X234 2 937 4 023 I.lv! ... 7.'0 I9 2.579 . . . 10t 29 .. ...... .. 1.179 .. 3. 423 ...2.S9I .. 2.t7h ...14120 .. 7.o7o .. 3.126 .. 2.2a: .. 2.3W .. 6.010 .. 2.3-J6 . 2.999 .. 3.921 :r; Ss3 534 952 1.672 94.1 2.S73 3 917 1.235 S37 m: 3.S73 1.3.S6 1.151 73o 4s 19 2S7 64 b2 Id 101 91 112 ;t 12 Polk Pottawattamie Powivdutfk KitiKKoM Sar &IOH ............ Shelliv SioiiK Storj ama ...... Taylor l'iiK)!i Van Hnrt-n Wapello Warren Washington ... Wax ne Wehster WintiebaBo . .. Winneshiek .. Wtlbnrv Wu-th .". . . 371 :: 16 lss 100 193 Ik. 62 S7 .. 3.1.S 2.356 .. 2.637 1.066 .. 2.661 .. 2.467 .. 1.91.: .. 2.SM .. 2.S73 .. 2.290 .. 4.336 .. 2.0IO .. 3.37S 1.30 I.4JO 2.49 1 1.201 1.777 1.433 1.721 It.9 1.4-3 k r.12 132 210 216 3I rs 196 i2 379 7.126 2.S95 213 1.62 3-S Pluralities iiii. hatian. l.Uo: "W: Palo Alto. 9oo; Wright. 2.'m. Mariei JOHN HAY WILL STAY. Secretary of State to Remain During Roosevelt's Second Term. WASHINGTON President Rooso velt made the announcement that" John Hay would continue as sccretaryt of state during the four ears begin ning March 4. lui. "You may state pos'tively." were his words, "that Mr. Hay will continue' as secretary of state up to March 4. lliOU." The president was asked regarding other possible cabinet changes, but in dicated that there was nothing to be laid at present. His announcement regarding Secretary Hay was made n a number of newspaper reporters' in his office. This fixes the most impor tant place in the new cabinet, and is the first and onlv step so far taKen in that direction. Former Governor of Iowa Dead. VINTON. la Former Governor Bnren R. Sherman died Friday night. He had been an invalid for several years. He was state auditor from 1ST.", to 188 and governor from !..S2 to 1885. He enlisted as a priate in the civil war in Company G. Thirteenth United States volunteers, and roe to the rank of captain. He was an active thirty -third degree Mason. Final Figures in New York. NEW YORK A revised table of the figures for president and governor in New York state shows that Roosevelt received a plurality of 17"..;27 over Parker, and Higgius bo,4!M over Her rick. JOHN F. SHAFROTH DEFEATED. Revised Returns Give His Opponent Majority of 2,976. DENVER. Colo. The democrat? now concede the election of three re publican congressman in Colorado. Re vised returns give Franklin E. Brooks, lepublicau. a majority of 2,l7t; over John F. Shafroth. democrat, for cou-gressman-at-large. and show 2.7.S5 plu rality for R. W. Bonynge. republican, in the First district, and 6.026 plural ity for H. M. Hogg, republican, in the Second district. Friend of America Advanced. PARIS Baron D'Estournelles d constant was on Sunday elected a seu ator from Sarthe to succeed M. Legue dtic. deceased. Americans here are much pleased with the election of the baron owing to his prominence in the movement for strengthening the ties between the United States and France. Baron D'Estournelles' constituents de clare that his election was a strik ing approbation of the policy of un ion and peace promoted by the mu tual concessions between European nations. Nevada Congressman Republican. RENO. Nev. With about seventy precincts missing a conservative esti mate places Roosevelt's plurality in Nevada at between 2.500 and 3.000. Yerrington (rep.) was elected to con gress by about 100 over Van Dtizer. dem. INDIANAPOLIS Secretary Sims of the republican state committee said that from unofficial Teports from eighty of the ninety-two counties the republican national- ticket had re ceived a plurality of 74.000 in Indiana, J i. 17 IS 6 13 46 21 II I'2 20 19 1;. ... II ir 41 6 76 1.1 ":t -if. 6 a 17 63 20 . . n -. 1 x-.-f ,-"( i 1 . r A i. - -? y--