Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1896, Page 2

“LATE NEWS BY WIRE Hanna Issues a State- ment. WRINLEY SURE OF 265 ELECTORS The Republican ‘Candidate Has a Plurality of Over a Million Votes. *Chairman CONFIDENT OF MORE —-_-+——_ NEW YORK, November 5.—M. A. Hanna, chairman of the republican national com- mittee, gave out the following statement at 2 p.m. today: “Sutlicient returns have been received to satisfy me that the following states have been carried for McKinley and Hobart, without a doubt: Californta, 9; Connecti- . 6; Delaware, 2; Mlinois, 24: Indiana, Iowa, 13; Maine, 6; Maryland, 8; Mas- husetts, 15; Minnesota, 9; Michigan, 14; North Dakota, 3; New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 1 ew York, 36; Ohio, 23; Ore- gcn, 4; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Island, 4; South Dakota, 4; Vermont, 4; West Vir- ginia, 6; Wisconsin, Wyoming, 1. To tal, 285; which insures thelr election by a majority of 41 in the electoral college if every other electoral vote goes against us. “Another most significant feature of this ¥ietory is in the fact that McKinley and Hobart’s election has been secured by a Dlurality of over 1,000,000 of the popular Vote—the largest ever given. “I am confident that we shall secure the other two electors in Wyoming and the thirteen in Kentucky. Tne North Carolina (1 votes) are in doubt. The !tmportance to the country of this result cannot be over-estimated, and is a matter of con- gratulation to all loyal and patriotic citl- zens of the United States. Incendiary ut- terances and pretended claims which ques. tion the occuracy of this statement should isturb the public mind. M. HANNA, Chairman.” was issued after an exe iberation at republi- can national headquarters, Mr. Hanni Hi. Manley. Gen. Powell Clayton and N. b. Scott, participating. Never in Doubt. Later in the day Mr. Hanna said to a re- porter: “During no part of the campaign had I any doubt the of Maj. McKinley's election and suecgess of the principles involved in national platform. No, I am not sur- the result in any particular state on. I felt confident that the good of the people was to be relied on.” » statement of Senator Jones, which election for Bryan, was shown i . Who laughed. He was eager for the latest news from Indiana, Kentucky md several other states, but again de- red that nothing could change the re- sul I am gratified at the defeat of Alt- geld and his crowd,” contmued Mr. Hanna. “I think that the dangerous doctrines enun- ciated by these people will hereafter be without effect save among the very worst elements.”" Mr. Hanna was asked to explain the at- titude of the western farmers. He said ¥ were “off” on the money guesiion at came around later. As for the that, he said, had been “split” ins were made by the republi- y Were least expected. . arif? figured very ly in the campaign; notanly, in the 3 Mr. Hanna deciared. He was asked how the President-elect would stand on the tariff question. -He de- chned to speak for Major McKinley, beyond repeating a statement made by the Pres!- dent-elect before the Marquette Club, in Chicago, im August last, when he said he Was not an advocate of a schedule, but of the principle of protection. Hanna's attention was called to the merican securities abroad since He regarded this as a very good and thought that the rise would be @ permanent one. “Do you feel that the silver question has been settled by this election?” Mr. Hanna was asked. “I feel certain that {t 1s the beginning of the end,” he replied. “The election must result in the mest serions consideration of that question.” . Hanna paid a tribute to the national rats. “They were,” he sald, “a very tant factor In the election, and I don’t any man appreciates their services any more than I do. They worked just as hard for the same results. There was no break in the line anywhere, and they were loyal from the outset. The value of their services cannot be overestimated.” Bryan and Altgeld were again taken up, ard Mr. Hanna gave it as his opinion that their final trip thrcugh Illinois and the ether middle western states had redounded to the advantage of the republican ticket. Mr. Hanna will remain here for a week or so to wind up the affairs of the national ¢cmmittee and then return to Ohio for a lcng rest. ————— AN ELECTION SURPRISE. Crawford County, Pa., Gives a Bryan Plurality. MEADVILLE, Pa., November 5.—Craw- ford county furnishes the election surprise in Pennsylvania by going democratic. With the townships yet to be heard from, the county gives Bryan 664 plurality, a Gemocratic gain of 1,650 over 1892, when Harrison had 986 plurality. Joseph C. Sib- "y, democrat, for Congress, has 987 plaral- but Erie, the other connty in the twen- ce sional district, gave J. C. ant, Mr. Sthte republtd op- ponent, a plurality of 15%, and Sturie- Vant therefore carries the district by 7. This county also elected three democrats the assembly, P. M. Cutchall, J.B. . Stranahan, by about 000 Of the 24 members of the assembly elect- €d 160 are republicans and thirty-tive demo- crats. — eee PINGREE BRAN AHEAD. His Plurality in Michizan 70,000, McKinley's 55,000. DETROIT, Mich., November 5.—Later Feturns from the state continue to add to the republican plurality. With fairly com- plete returns Pingree’s plurality is esti- mated at about 70,000 and MeKinley’s at about 1 been no change in the con- legation, which stands ten re- s and two fusionists. PARDONED EX-QUEEN. Liliuokalani Has Behnved Herself During Her Parole, HONOLULU, Ociober 29 (per steamer ta to Austr: an 0 and reste an Francisco).—The Hawati- rnment has granted a full pardon ‘ation of her elvil rights to ex- Qu Liliuokalani. The parden is based t fact that during her parole she » * ‘nlly Kept the terms of her partial freedom. ak > ro R ACE BLANCO. Polavicija Will Take Command in the Philippines. MADRID, November 5.—Gen. Camilo Polavieja, who at one time was upon the peint of starting for Cuba in order to suc- ceed Gen. Martinez de Campos as captain general of that island, starts tonight for the Philippine Islands to replace Gen. Blanco as captain general of those colo- nies. Gen. Polavieja has had considerable expertence in Cuba, where he was given the nickname of “The Butcher.” He was a subordinate of Martinez de Campos at the time of the Virginius affair, and the Cubans accuse him of murdering prisoners and of other cruelties. He entered the army in 1868, when the ten-year war began in Cuba, and was steadily promoted until he be- came general. Before the close of the war he was governor of the province of Santiago fe Cuba, and after the revolution he was made captain general of Cuba, retaining that office until 1892. sen. INDIANA COMPLETE. Unofficial Returns Give McKinley 20,364 Majority. INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., November 5.— Complete unofficial returns from every county in Indiana show McKinley’s plu- rality to be 20,364. sia BRYAN IN NORTH CAROLINA, Leads by 5,000 and It in Believed Has the State. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RALEIGH, N. C., November 5.—Republl- can state chairman's returns from seventy- five of ninety-six counties show that Bryan leads McKinley by 5,000. Most republicans concede that Bryan carries the state by over 10,000. ‘The republican chairman says that ninety- one counties show a majority of over 15,000 for Russell for governor. He says all the republican and populist Congressmen are electéd, save Settle in the fifth. He figures that the democrats have only six members of the senate, eighteen in the house, and that in the latter republicans have fifty- eight and populists twenty-six. ‘The editor of the democratic state organ estimates there are 70 republicans, 50 pop- ullsts and 50 democrats in the legislature. The democratic state chairman says that it now seems that Pearson, republican, ccrries the ninth congressional district. The offictal canvass of the vote all over the state is in progress. The democratic state chairman says that Bryan's majority will closely approximate 17,000. Doubt About the State. BEAUFORT, N. C., November 5.—Harry Skinner, silver populist, is elected to Con- gress in the first district by from 3,000 to x” majority. Bryan probably received a small majority in the district. The latest advices put the state in doubt, both sides claiming it by a small majority. Bryan received 364 majority in Carteret county, a slight loss from i892. Duncan, republican, pledged to Pritchard for Sena- tor, was elected to the legislature by a majority of 53. —_— FRENCH PRETENDER MARRIED. Duke of Orleans Weds the Arch- duchess Dorothea Copyrighted, 1896, by Associated Press.) VIENNA, November 5.—At 11 o'clock this morning, tn the Chapel of the Hofburg, Louis Phillippe Robert, Duke of Orleans, pretender to the throne of France, was married to the Archduchess Dorothea. The guests awaited in the chapel the coming of the bridal couple, while Emperor Francis Joseph, the Queen of Portugal, the Duke of Orleans, the Archduchess Marta Dorothea, the members of the imperial house and the forelgn princes waited in the mirror hall of the palace. At the signal from the minister of the ceremonies the cortege traver: the state apartments, which were lined by the hfe guards, to the chapel. Amid a flourish of trumpets and the roll- ing of drums, the wedding procession en- tered the imperial chapel, where they were received by Cardinal Gruscha, the Arch- bishop of Vienna, who sprinkled the pro- cessionists with holy water. The bride and bridegroom the: wedding rings were biessed and were hand- ed to them on a golden salver. After plac- ing the rings on each other's fingers, the bridal pair clasped hands and were again sprinkled with holy water. Mass was next celebrated, anda Te Deum was chanted. At the conclusion of these ceremonies the wedding procession was re- formed, this time led by the bride end bridegroom, and the tmpertal party return- ed to their apartments in the palace. To signalize the event from a_polittea! standpoint the friends of the houses of Orleans and France have arranged a co- incident “marriage mass” to be celebrated in the Church of Madeline, at Paris, to which all the supporters of the duke who cannot come to Vienna have heen invited, and on Sunday next a grand banquet will be given in Paris for ihe same political purpose. knelt, the ——————— TOLD TO KEEP WATCH. Sensational Dispatch Sent to Wichita, Kan. WICHITA, Kan., November 5.—The fol- lowing dispatch reached Wichita late last night: “Place guard over county clerk's office to prevent stealing returns. We have elect- ed our entire ticket. A plan to rob us of our victory has been discovered. Prevent the steal in your county at all hazards. Full particulars by letter.” It was signed by John W. Breidenthal, J. McClove and R. W. Turner. ad GALE ON THE COAST. Schooner Wrecked, buat Her Crew Probably Saved. NEW YORK, November ‘The schooner Edward M. McLaughlin, Captain John A. Davis, from Newstone Point, Conn., for this port, stone-laden, was blown ashore on Hart's Island this morning and wrecked. The vessel was owned by Henry Gardiner of Newstone. A tugboat went to her as- sistance, and it is believed that her crew were rescued. CAPE MAY, N. J., November 5.—A se- vere southeast storm struck the coast last night. A light rain continued this morning. A heavy gale is blowing, and the tide on the meadows equals that during the storm here three weeks ago. No damage to ship- ping has yet been reported. MAKERS AT WORK. CABINET Already Beginning to Guess om Mr. McKinley's Selections. ‘The cabinet makers are at work among the politicians since the election of Mc- K.nley is assured, and many fantastic and picturesque structures are being evolved from the fertile fancies of those engagea in this work. It is a kind of go-as-you- please undertaking, with practically no limits to the range of imagination. Almost any one can construct a cabinet for the President-elect upon the methcds now be- ing followed by those who announce with more or less gravity the prospective hold- ers of portfolios. Out of this chaos of imaginative effort stand two known possibilities. The first is that Mr. Mark Hanna may not accept any office under Maj. McKinley's administra- tion. A dispatch from Cleveland says that Mr. Hanna, at a banquet there at the Union Club, stated to his hearers, in the cowrse of a speech which he was making, “That no official place could tempt him to sive up his place and his daily assoctajion with the friends with whom his life has been spent.” The other probability is that a Washing- ton man may be in the cabinet., Maj. Mc- Kinley is said to have the name of Mr. John Hay under consideration for pros- eretary of State. SS jo Boat to Be Launched. The Columbian iron works of Baltimore has notified the Navy Department that ar- rangements have been made to launch tor- pedo boat 4, on the 10th instant. No names have yet been selected for torpedo beats under construction, and until that is done they will be designated by numbers. aa . linois Republican by 138,718, ‘The complete unofficial returns give Mc- Kinley a plurality ir Cook county of 67,536; side of Cook county, 71,180, making his total plurality in the state 18. Tan- irality over Altgeld is estimated at —-00e Personal Mention. Commander Wm. H. Emory, lately de- tached from command of the Petrel, now at Sen Francisco, is in the city on leave of absence. He is at 1718 H street. Capt. Thos. M. Wood of the marine corps, attached to the Massachusetts, is at 1231 New Hampshire avenue on leave. Commander William Folger, on duty at Detroit, is at the Metropolitan Club for a few days. Campbell Carrington is spending a few deys gunning near Greensboro’, N. C. Mr. Chester A. Weed, formerly of this city, but now ef New York, is in the city. ——_—_\!"-o-—_____. Dispute in Arizona. As far as heard from, Mark Smith, demo- crat.has a plurality of 400 for Congress from Arizona. The legislature is claimed by both Dart‘es. “o THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1896—-TWELVE PAGES. THE ELECTORAL VOTE What the Latest Returns From States Show. WHERE DOUBT STILL EXISTS Se The McKinley Column Foots Up 264. THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE As The Star goes to press the outlook is that Major McKinley has received the votes of sufficient states to give him 257 electoral votes, with twenty-three still re- maining doubtful : Bryan's strength now appears to stand at 167, with even chance for sixteen other votes, Should the final count go as the present drift seems to indicate, the electoral college will be thus: McKinley, 264; Bryan, 183. The states from which practically con- clusive returns have not been received are Kentucky and Wyoming. In Kentucky two entire counties and sixteen precincts in other counties are missing, and on the basis of all the returns at hand and esti- inates on the basis of the vote of other years Bryen has a slight lead ir the state. The missing returns are from counties difficult of access and beyond the reach of telegraph. The offictal count will probably be necessary to determine the result be- yond question. Estimates on the state by both parties show that a majority will doubtless be un- usually small, and the state may be car- ried one way or the other by 100 votes. It is impossible to indicate which candidate has the best likelihood of securing the thir- teen electors In the blue grass estate. The situation in Wyoming ts peculiar in that the chances now seem to favor a di- vision of the three electoral votes. The republicans claim at least one of these, and say they have a chance to secure two. This indicates that they have no reason for con- fidently claiming the entire electoral vote of the state. The two Dakotas are not yet sufficiently certain to take them from the class of interesting points, although late returns would indicate that both of them will, on the basis of the official count, be found in the McKinley column. The result is much more in doubt in South Dakota than In the north state, and in the former the legisla- ture seems to be controlled by the fusion- ists. Whatever doubts may have existed as to California and Oregon have been generally dispelied and though the states are not conreded by the democratic managers to McKinley yet the returns are sufficiently complete and authentic, it would appear, to entitle them to a place In the republt- can column without grave question. Washingtcn ts considered by some a doubtful state, but the best of the meager information from that corner of the Union is to the effect that the state is safe for Bryan. The states of Missouri, Kansas, North Carolina and Tennessee are probably dem- ocratic, although returns from those states are not satisfactorily complete. There is a disposition among republicans to con- cede all of these four states, with the pos- sible exception of North Carolinag which is the most doubtful one of them. Doubt no longer exists as to Nebraska, which seems certain to have been carried by Bryan by a safe majority. The majority in Delaware for McKirley is small, but unquestioned, and there seems to be no warrant whatever for its being claimed for the demoz: ture is, however, in doubt, and the full returns from Sussex county will be needed to make the result certain. In the table which is printed below only those states are taken from the McKiniev and Bryan columns that are genuinely in doubt. California, Oregon, Delaware, West Virginia and Indiana are therefore printed as republican, while Missouri, Karsas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Washing- ton are given to Bryan. From this table few changes are probable, with the excep- tion of the final classification of the four states classed as doubtful. McKinley States. Bryan States. California 9 Alabama .... u Connecticut . 6 Arkansas 8 Delaware + .3 Colorado .. 4 Illinois - 24 Florida 4 Indiana - 15\Georgla . 1B Towa . 3! Idaho 3 Maine 6 Kansas 10 Maryland . $ Louisiana - 8 Massachusetts . 9 Michigan 7 Minnesota 3 4) Nebraska . . 10) Nevada .. orth Carolina ; 23) South Carolina. 4| ‘Tennessee New Hampshire. New Jersey . New York . Ohio Orego1 Pennsylvania .. Rhode Island. Vermont .. . 4) Virginia ... West Virginia...... 6) Washington . Wisconsin . - 12 ——| Total Total . ++ -257) Doubtful, with Probably Republican.|chances either way. North Dakota South Dakota . 3/Kentucky . 2 4]/Wyoming | B Sepeemanee = Total .... The Next House. Figuring on the next House of Represen- tatives is rendered somewhat hazardous by the fact that returns from many of the congressional districts are very incomplete. Chairman Babcock estimates that at least 200 republicans have been chosen, and that of the remainder 20 are sufficiently in doubt to justify an expectation that they may also be republican. This would leave the democrats 137 votes in the House, provided the republicans carried all of the twenty doubtful districts, or if the republicans car- ried none of these twenty seats, but held only the 200 claimed by Mr. Babcock as cer- tain, the House would stand republicans, 200; democrats and independents, 157. This leaves no doubt whatever as to the com- plexion of the next House, which wiil cer- tainly be controlled by the republicans by a large majority. The Senate. The political composition of the Senate ts very much in doubt. An estimate based on the best possible information indicates that on a strict party vote, without reference to the currency question, the Senate will be a tie. Much depends upon the legislatures of South Dakota and Delaware. As already stated, in South Dakota it is now said that the fusionists have carried the legislature, and will control the selection of a successor to Senator Kyle, populist. This would not take from the republican or the sound money strength, but would prevent an ad- dition to them. In Delaware the factional fight among the republicans tends to make the result uncertain, even though the returns were sufficiently complete to justify an absolute announcement of the complexion of the next legislature. The chances seem to favor republican success in this direction. The legislatures that bear upon the com- Piexion of the next Senate which now are certainly republican are those of Iowa, Ohio, Vermont, Maryland, Oregon, Penn- sylvania, Illinois, New Hampshire, Now Ycrk, Conrecticut, Wisconsin. Those that are certainly democratic are Louisiana, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Arkansas, Alabama. There is one state whose legis- lature is certain to return a populist for independent Senator, Nevada. The legislatures that are more or less in doubt, but that will probably elect repub- lican Senators, are those of Indiana, Ken- tucky, North Dakota and California. Those doubtful legislatures that will probably elect democratic or fusion or 16 populist Senators are Kansas, North Caro- lina, Utah and Idaho. In North Carolina the republicans seem to have elected a plurality of the legislature, but not a ma- jority. Z The tack of information from Missouri, Washington and ith Dakota prevents the confident clagsification of the iegisla- tures of those stat: nd they are the ones upon. which the most@hterest.as to the Sen- ate now centérs. 4 UNFOUNDEY RUMORS. Those Claiming’, fryan’s Election Afloat for the |Hettor’s Benefit. There was @ “\deal of excitement along the avenue 1 vening, and among the various resofts: where ‘working poll- ticlans are Nkely .be found, resulting from a number of ‘wfldcat. rumors to the effect that Bryan still had more than a fighting chance and that when all the re- turns were in and accyrately counted it would be found that he was heading straight for the White House. It was no easy matter to trace the rumors to the fountain head but they were sup- posed to have had their origin in Chairman Jones’ statement that Bryan had sufficlent votes to elect him. It: was all that Was needed to arouse the fainting hopes of the democrats, and in a few minutes little bands of cheering men -were on the strest, raising their voices for the late candidate from Nebraska, All sorts of stories passed from one to another in the crowds and fost nothing in the telling. Then came the boom of cannon from Garfield Park, where Battery A of the Na- tional Guard, Capt. Fosberg, was firing a salute In honor of the republican victory, at the insterce of the National Tribune. It acded fuel to the flames, and the rumor spread that the salute was in honor of the other man. It was just such a performance as was being enacted in Chicago, Baltimore and several other cities, and there were plenty of people ready to recall the fact that in other elections the first returns were faulty and were not borne out when came to making a careful count of the votes. It was said, for instance, that Flaine was supposed to have been elected for several days after the election, and then it was found that a mistake had been made. The wish was only father to the thought, and it is said that a number of bets were made on the result of Tuesday’s battle of the ballots. Various odds were given, since which time the belief has grown that the scare was started in the interests of the betting fraternity here and in other cities, who saw in such a_per- formance an opportunity to hedge and tho possibility of evening up on their iosses over McKinley's victory. To what extent they were successful is not known. The excitement died down almost as quickly as it started, and before long the crowds se*- tled down to the opinion that they had been hoaxed. PAYING SS THE NAVY. Cost of That Branch of the Govern- ment for Last Year. According to the annual report of Pay- taster General Stewart, the cost of main- taining the United States navy last year, exclusive of any increase to it, and the permanent improvements at yards and Gocks, was $15,494,862, The money and ma- terial spent in arming and equipping the naval militia, not including material loaned to the states, was $27,186. The present sys- tem of concentrating: naval stores in one general stock has) worked well, and this aecount, which formerly grew larger year by year, has in the past four years Ix reduced from $11,000,000 to $7,000,000. Tt is sald that the systém of supplying siores to vessels has not kept pace with the growth of the navy, and the variety of such stores are such that the facilitles ample twenty years ago do not meet pre: ent requirements. It js urgently recom- mended tnat suitable barges be provided navy yards to deliver stores promptly to veseels. It is understood that the es- tablishment of a reserve firet is now in contemplation by the department, and that special store houses for the stores pertain- ing to such vessels will be part of the plan. The paymaster general says that if this should be done the department will be able rot only tu take better cure of the stores, but also to put vessels into commission tuch more rapidly than at present. ae ANOTHER REMOVAL. Assistant District Attorney Couch of Went Virginia. Attorney General Harmon has removed James H. Couch, jr. assistant United States district attorney for the district of West Virginia. Couch was a candidate for an elective office in Tuesday’s election, in Violation of the rules of the Department of Justice, and declined to resign. SSS eee Incomplete Okinhoma Returns. Returns from eighteen of the twenty- three counties of the territory of Oklahoma sive the free silver fusion ticket increased strength over first reports and Indicate the election of Callahan, silver, to Congress by 1,000 majority. Both branches of the legislature will be controlled by democrats, and the majority of the counties in the ter: ritory elect the free silver ticket. coe Graciousness. From Womankind, One of the virtues that women cannot afford to leave uncultivated Is the virtue of graciousness. A gracious manner will win friends and keep them; it is a sort of sun- shine, having power to melt the ice of prejudice and ill-feeling, and make one feel that the milk of human kindness has not all been drawn from an ice-water tank. Under certain circumstances it ts easy to be gracicus and affable; when the weather, the gas, the dinner, the callers and’ va- rious othe: ingredients of our life are in harmony with our wishes, how lovely we can be. But wait until a book agent ap- pears on the scene! The grade of a wo- man’s refinement and the extent of her gra- clousness can be dtscovered in the way she says “no” to an agent sooner than in any other way. And then public places, street cars, for instance, are good places in which to test one’s graciousness. Have you ever seen ihe woman who is incensed because the car does not stup in its wild flight on the instant the bell is pulled? She angrily asks the driver why he does not take her to the end of the line, and then flounces out of the car, leaving every one feeling as if a cold wave had passed over them. In societies of women this grace is especially necessary, and if it were cultivated more extensively, would often save much un- santness, that is called by onlookers When our candidate is elected, when the rest of the women are good-na- tured, when they do not crowd, when they agree with our measures, we feel so beam- ing and genial that we almost fancy our- selves seraphic; but wait until things do not go our way, and. the seraphim ts not there! Graciousness, ,like beauty, grows from within. It cannot be put on as a gar- ment, to be adjusted At pleasure. It must be made part of ws. ‘It must be cultured, nourished and given tire best conditions of light and heat befyre we will be that’ best creature of God—% gracious woman. ——_+e+___ Stopping a Train. From the New York Heralé. Some important::diseoveries have just been made in Europe»; Hew to stop a train when an accident is impending has long béwn a problem. Many plans have been gnggested, but almost all have been consideged faulty for the reason that they call for a quick-stoppage. In such @ case the shock would be so great that the carriages between the engine and the rear of the train would be smdshed to atoms and their occupants crushed to death. Evidently, therefore, a gradual stoppage is imperative. _ An admirable pian, which enables a train to slow down gradually, has recently been tested at the railroad station in Dresden, It is extremely simple and has been found to werk well. No intricate machinery is required, and the cost must be small. A track is laid, the rails of which sink or slcpe gradually into a bed of sand. As the train passes over this sand its wheels meet with an ever increasing resistance, which soon becomes so great that they are obliged to siop. The stoppage, however, is so gradual that there is no rough shock, The greater the swiftness of the train and the heavier the load the more immediate is the stoppage. No damage then is pos- stble either as regards the train or the passengers, An experiment which was re- cently tried with a freight train showed clearly the usefulness of this very practical and simple plan. GEN. LEE RETURNS Ho Declines to Say Anything. About the Situation in Cuba, . CORRECTS SOME MISREPRESENTATIONS On His Way to Washington and Thence to Virginia. COMMENT ON THE ELECTION 2 a NEW YORK, November 5.—Gen. Fitz- hugh Lee arrived from Havana late last night on the Ward line steamer Vigilancia. ‘The steamer remained in quarantine until this morning, when she was released by Health Officer Doty shortly after sun rise. Gen. Le¢ was interviewed at quarantine in his state room. He said his health had been excellent from the time he left this country last June, in spite of reports to the contrary. His stay in Cuba had been pleasant, although the duties of his posi- tion ‘were exceedingly onerous. Every day questions of importance had to be decided and the consulate was daily thronged with callers, He had been treated with mili- tary courtesy by Gen. Weyler, whom he described as a gentleman with pleasant manners, but a strict disciplinarian. Gen. Lee declined to talk about the Cuban question even in general terms. He will go to Washington at once, without stop- ping in New York. He said that if things remained as they were at present he would take Mrs. Lee to Havana when he re- turned. “I speak such poor English, after my four months’ stay in Cuba, that I am afraid to trust myself to be interviewed in that lan- guage,” said Gen. Lee, as he excused him- self from replying to further questions. At the steamship’s pier Gen. Lee was met by number of Americans whom he had befriended within the past few months. Among these were: S. T. Tolon, Lorenzo Batamcourt, F. Zaldo, Miguel Mendoze and Louis Place. Gen. Lee, who looked hale and hearty, resisted all the assaults made upon him by the newspaper men who were anxious to ari the object of his visit to this country. The general listened good-naturedly to all the queries put to him, and then sai “Gentlemen, I understand your position, and T am well aware that you understand mine. I will go to Washington as soon as I can catch a train, ard then I will go | to see my family in Virginia.” “What brought me here? Why, only to see how the election w “What do you think of the result of the election?” Before the general answered this qi tion he turned to Mr. Tolon and said “How do you spell those words which mean ‘Let the dead past bury its dead?’ ” Mr. Tolon wrote out the following words: “Pas a los muertos.” The general repeated these words to the rters and said: ntlemen, I'm a poor hand at Spanish, but a liberal translation of the sentence would read, ‘Peace to the dead.’ ” “General, you have been quoted by the correspondent of the El Liberal of Madrid as having said that you were confident that the heroism of the Spanish soldiers, under General Weyler, would soon triumph over the rebellion, and that you eulogized Spain for the manner in which she is conducting the war in Cuba.” “I met that correspondent,” said the gen- eral, “but I did not say that the Spanish troops would triumph. What I did say was that I admired Spain for the manner in which she is bearing up against difficul- ties, both in the Philippine Islands and Cuba.” ‘The general could not be induced to speak further on any topic, and hurried away. in a cab to catch the first train for Wash- ington. Among those who met him at the pier there was nothing but the highest praise given the general for the manner in which he takes care of American citizens and American interests in Cuba. Mr. Tolon, who was arrested on board the Seneca on the 3d of September, and who was detained for twenty-five days at police headquarters in Havana, was loud in his praise of the genera!. He said: “My declaration was taken on the fifth day of my imprisonment, and I was not allowed to see the consul until the eight- eenth day. He went to work with a will, and I regained my liberty on the 28th day of September, and I attribute my release to the wonderful energy displayed by Gen- eral Lee.” Captain McIntosh, who is in command of the Vigilancia, had only a few words to say in reference to the attempt of the Spanish authorities to arrest Antonio Escalante at Havana on the outward trip of the steamer. “The chief of police,’ said he, “came aboard when we reached Havana and told me that he had an anonymous letter from New York stating that Escalante was on board my ship, and that he was a fugitive inasmuch as that he tried to evade the military law. I told him that I had such a man on board, but that I would not give hin: up until I’had consulted the American consul. The chief of police and [ have been fast friends for nearly twenty years, and the matter was conducted very quietly. Of course, General Lee refused to allow Es- calante to be taken from my ship, and I landed him safely in Vera Cruz.” steed Dae ae The Trustworthy Newspaper. From the Baltimore Sun. Perhaps in no respect has more heen done to deprave publie taste and public judg- ment than in the matter of newspapers. The struggle and race has been going on between the spurious circulation figures, the ‘scare’ headlines and the ugly pictures. But notwithstanding bulk and cheapness and sensationalism the people still hold fast to that which is true. They may buy and hastily read the sensational papers and then throw them away. Such papers may make money for a time, but they carry no weight nor influence in their communities. The people do not regard them as guides or advisers. The newspapers which go into the homes as a rule are still the clean ones, which are conducted in the interest of the people as well as of the publishers. The publishers of such papers are a part of the community in which they live, and while they may and do commit errors at times, such errors are never intentional and the publishers are always ready to repair them. They have a common interest along with the people, and it can never be to their in- terest to injure or offend a single member of the community. The truthful, fair, con- servative paper goes into the homes of the people and is there welcomed as a friend of the fainily, who look to it for guidance and advice. It carries into the family the ad- vertisements of the business people, which are there read at leisure and bring forth fruit. Such return cannot be received, in the very nature of things, from the paper which is bought to be glanced atjnd then thrown away. The mushroom or flash- light journalism is merely sham journalism, all shell and no kernel, lacking entirely the careful and thoughtful editing which im- presses people with the truth and accuracy of statements which are made. In_ this connection ‘‘Printer’s Ink” of New York says: “The New York Tribune, Sun, Evening Post, Brooklyn Eagle, Boston Transcript, Philadelphia Ledger, Baltimore Sun, Wash- ington Star, Cleveland Leader, Chicago Tribune, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Port- land Oregonian and Galveston News are the best examples of American daily news- papers which still retain a good deal of their old-time influence over their readers and are looked to by subscribers and their families with something of the respectful regard that is extended to the attorney, the doctor and the minister. Their opinions are sought and valued, while in the case of the more modern, or rather the more sensa- tional, journais the opinions of readers are not more influenced by them than they are by a circus poster.” ——___«-+«—___ Thought It Was Olive Oil. Several grocers were charged in the Po- lice Court this afternoon with violating the pure food law by selling cottonseed oil as olive oil. Mr, Hird, the chemist for the District, testified to buying cotton seed ofl at their places for olive oil. The explana- tion made by the grocers was that they purchased the oi] for olive oll, and believed it to be such. In view of this statement, Judge Miller imposed on the defendants, Messrs, Johnston and J. C. and W. T. Love, a fine of $2 each, the lowest penalty. He suggested that dealerg should take the pre- caution of seouring guarantees as to the genuineness of goods, TWO DOGS, TWO ATTORNEYS. A Fight in Which Both Animals and One Man Attacked the Other. There was a lively Aight at the corner cf 7th and G streets, opposite the patent of- fice, this afternoon about o'clock, in which two patent attorneys and two big St. Bernard dogs extensively figured. One of the patent attorneys, Charles E. Barber, owns hoth of the dogs, and, ac- cording to the story of cye witnesses, one of the dogs about the time mentioned, at- tacked a smaller dog, which was peacefully trotting along 7th street. Mr. Charles B. Woodbury, the other pa‘- ent atterney, attempted to drive the big dog away from the littlé one, when Mr. Barber came up and, it is said, struck Mr. Woodbury. Mr. Woodbury promptly responded by knocking Mr. Barber down, and when the latter recovered his perpendicular again he was knocked down once more. iFnding he was outclassed by Mr. Woodbury, Mr. Bar- ber, it is alleged, “sicked” nis immense dogs on Mr. Woodbury, and they attacked him, causing him to beat a retreat to his office on 7th street, to the door of which, cn the second floor, he was: followed by Mr. Barber and his dogs. Along ith street between I and G one of the St. Bernard’s engaged in the contro- versy is regarded as a nuisance by ail the merchants. He attacks every dog that ccmes along the street, it is said, and y. terday, it is claimed, that he almost stopped traffic for half an hour by jumping on a small terrier. See THE COURTS. Court of Appeals—Present the Chief Justice, Mr. Justice Morris and Mr. Justice Shep- rd. Patent appeal No. 54, Stevens agt. Seher; continued. Patent appeal No. 50, Wurts agt. Har- rington; motion to continue submittea by J. C. Pennie tor appellee. 619, Fields agt. Central Natienal Bank; argument continued by Job. Barnard for appellee, and concluded by T. M. Fields for appellant. Gol, U. S. ex. rel., Brightwood Ratlway Company agt. O'Neal, and 6 Hof ag’ Capital Traction Company; argument com menced by D. W. Baker for Appellant Hof, continued by C. ‘Thom for appellant, Brightwood Railway Company; M. J. Col- bert for Appellee O'Neal, H. P. ir for appellant Brightwood Railway Compan: nd by J. S. Flannery for appellee Capt Traction Company. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Cox. Maroney agt. Burke;; exceptions to aud- Clark; itor’s report overruled. Clark axt testimony before S. Herbert Giesy ordet taken. Cruikshank agt. Cruikshank itor’s report confirmed and di rected. Dawson agt, Feigan accepted by trustees. Kelley agt. Ke testimony before Margaret Murray, aminer, ordered taken, Smith agt. do. Ryan agt. O'Brien; pro confes defendant granted. Ament ag ton and H. Railway Company Daish & Son allowed to intervene agt. Belt Railway Company; Bonding and Trust Company Thos. W. Spith allowed to intervene. Equity Court No, 2—Judge Hagu-r. Rue agt. Kue; crier to let bill of review be filed. F Nt apt. Davis; mudon for restraining order yverruled. "Ti Tiiton; restraimmg order granted. son agt. Thom; rule io show caus: Circuit Court No. 1--Judge Kradley. Rock Hill College agt. Elliot by default. McCarthy agt. ra Union; death of plaintiff’ suggested it abated Tyler agt. Pennsylvania § on stet calendar. Gloyer agt. R. Co; do. Barbour ag Scheidemantel agt. Corwine; order for pub- lication. Goldsmith agt. Duffy; Circuit Court No. 2. Thomas axt. plaintiff called and case dism) tngham agt. B. and P. R. RL Weber agt. Capital Tractioa Co. on verdict for defendant. Cireuit Court No. 2—Judge McComas. ‘Thompson agt. Pickrell; on trial. Criminal Court No. 1.—Judge Cole. Whitford & Co. agt. Burns; order for ccmmission to issue. Abraham C, Luber agt. Clayton M. Emrich; withdrawal of de- fendant and rule on defendant to employ new counsel. Wm. Walsmann agt. G. G. Cornwell & Son; ordered on stet. calendar. Wm. A. Meloy agt. Jas. T. Levy; on trial. Criminal Court ee Justice Bing- am. United States agt. C. J. Dewey; larceny: verdict, guilty; sentence, Albany and one day. United States agt. Ernest Wayne; second offense petit larceny: ver. dict, guilty. United States agt. Wm. Joye false pretenses: defendant arraigned; plea, guilty; sentence suspeded and personal recognizance taken. United States agt. Louis West; embezzlement; verdict, not guilty. United States agt. Fred'k Hawkins; assault to kill; verdict, guilty; sentence, Albany, five years. Probate Court—Judge Hagner. Estate" of Hampton B. Denman; account passed. Estate of Louis H. Schneidei ventories filed. Estate of J. Wesley Bot do. Estate of Geo. A. Taylo: appointed. judgment eler; Estate of Patrick Carpenter; statement of legal distributees filed. Es- tate of Benj. Hewitt; proof of publication. SOMERSAULTS FOR FATNESS. Xew & dish Cure for Which Endangers Dignity. From the London Graphie. ixcept the common cold, against which thousands of years of scientific inquiry have been ineffective, there is scarcely a disease which has not its patent cure. Many inventions come from Sweden, where mas- sage establishments are more common than public houses, and where there is hardly an ill, from headache to heartburn, which cannot be cured for you by the minisira- tions of ingeniously contrived punching ma- chines. But the strangest of Sweden's in- ventions for the bettering of the health of humanity has only just been brought into publicity. It is a cure for corpulence, and its main principles are that the sufferers should turn somersaults. There are some who might object that any lady or gentleman capable of turning a somersault cannot, st ietly speaking, be regarded as corpuient, ani most people, unless very corpulent inde-d, would certainly prefer their present state to this eventful and inconvenient me: hod of changing it. Even the most particular of us would surely prefer that our elde relations, especially if feminine, should pre- fer their present appearance rather than escend to such an alarming sacrifice of nity. os Grain and Cotton Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, corresponients Measrs. Ladenburg, mann & Co., New York. GRALN. Thal- ose. iily co) 4 4. COTTON. Open. HI December, 76 7.95 January. 97 807 February. 8.0% 8.07 March. 808 8.17 Government Bon Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New Yerk stock exchange, cerrespondents Me Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co ew York. registered coupon of 1 resist 108% Coupon of Fre 4 per cents, registered of 1 1195 3 per cents, coupon of 1904 nn 5 per cents, 1 Carrency 6'per cents of 18! 11 Currency 6 per cents of 1 103 Currency 6 per cents of 1 104% > Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, Md., N 22,3 changed — bari barrels. Wheat ‘dull and lower-“spot. and’ month, 78%4 bid; December, §0 bid. y 74% bid_recel exports, 2 stock, 605,842 bushels; sales, 27,000" bus! Spot, month and N pew and old, 29ka2y January, : February, 31a31ij; steamer mixed. “27a271,—receipts, 206,221 bushels: ex ports, 227,242 bushels; stock, 1,178,744 bushels — Southern white corn, '28a30:" do. yellow, 2729. Qats, steady, fair demand No, 2 white, “202 No. 2 mixed, 27%4a23—receipts, 130,055 bushels: ex- 3, 10,000 bashels; stock. 1,469,045 bushels. tye éasy—No. 2 nearby, 41a42; western, 42%a43— réceipts, 13,481 bushels: exports, 4,821 bushels; stock, 162,637 bushels. Hay steady to Orin—chotee thnothy, $159$13.50. Grain freights rather quiet steam to Liverpool, per bushel, 4%, January: Cork for pet quarter, 48, November and December; 10%d., January. Sagar and Dutter steady, firm, unchanged. Cheese frm, unchai wi ‘unchanged. one year in- > appraisers Corpulency FINANCE AND TRADE Lower London Prices Influenced Do- mestic Quotations. EFFECT OF CONTRADICTORY CLAIMS Had a Disturbing Influence Not- withstanding Their Absurdity. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —_— + Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, November 5.—Lower prices on the London market, due to profit-tak- ing at that center, were duplicated in open- ing quotations on this side. Traders sold a few stocks and were disposed to trade in the interest of lower prices during the en- tire morning. The continued claims of the defeated political party had a disturbing in- fluence, notwithstanding the manifest ab- surdity of the figures and states used. The course of prices, however, conformed to the tenor of the latest political advices. Underlying speculative sentiment is strongly optimistic, and a perlod of com- mercial prosperity is confidently looked forward to by shrewd judges of the situa- tion. After the early depression a good de- mand for securities was encountered, and net gains followed in many instances. Manhattan was opened down as low as possible, and depressed on a few hundred shares to %. At this price a sharp demand in the interest of both accouats became ap- t, and the price was forced up to on a good volume of business, most- ly professional. American Sugar sold down der realizing sales, but the b decline was superior to the seliing. The aration of a 4 per cent dividend on the stock of the American Tobacco Company fol ei by an advance of equal pro- rtions in the stock. he dividend and the profit inc the advance inspired thereby are i 50 wholly to Inside inter Rock Island and Burlington were strong recent un- ying at the under encouraging buying, in which eom- mission bi re fairly well represent- ed. The the expected to improve during the balance the year, as the result of an increa corn tonnage. The carnings of St. Paul for the fourth Week in October reftect a de © of $11 160, which, added to the reports of the pi vious weeks, increase the loss for the month to $171,756. Rock Island for the fourth week reports a decrease of $68,549, making the total for the year to FS § p in future prosperity continues to prevent declines of significant propor tions on present adverse reports. Chie: as was boug! ally by in- ition to judge most a The court's permissic of tts value. me dividends, the actual announcement at one will be paid to stockholders dur- ins; the month, and the defeat of the com- peny’s polit . are factors fully justifying a covery in the ice of this property. . The company’s ability to earn diy has never been questioned; its abilit pay them has, and by the proce Junction so liberally criticised in the utterances of th en most using it against this company. The money market was idedly easier throughout the day, rates ruling around 4 per cent during the active borrowing period. Mopey hoarded over the elections ix slowly returning to swell the bank de: will shortly become a speculative fact The Bank of England's rate ef dizcou is continued at 4 per cent, an sterling nditions are report satintactory. Foreign bankers are divided on the vreb- ability of an immediate resamp-ion of gold imports, FINANCIAL AND COMMEKCIAL. The following are the opening,the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, #3 reported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar... 12g 12045 S163, 118% American Sugar, Pfd... American Tobacco. St TN 8K American Cotton ii 16K 16K 16K Atchison. Wy 1B Baltimore % 6 Bay State Gas. 6 ig Canada Southern... 4355 Canada Pacitie Six ‘Chesapeake & 01 ©. CC. & St Louis B&Q. Chicago & Nort western Chicago Gas. CM. & St. Pani Chicago. R. 1 Consolidated G Del., Lack. & W. Delaware & Hudson... Den. & KioGrande, Pf. Metropolitan Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Miasouri Paciic National Lead National Lead ew Jersey Central... New York Central Nort American. ‘Ont. & Western. U.S. Leather, pia... Wabash, Pia. Wheeling & L. Erie Wheeling& L. Erie,Pid. Western Union Tel. Stiver ia Ronds.—20-vear fu d 1 Mv Miscellaneous Tbonds. bid, repolitan dl certitic bid. Belt Railroad 3s, $5 asked. ts, 85 asked Railron asked. Washington bid. “Washing as « did. Chesapeake and Vo: Mid An 100 bid. 0, 100 108 by Vashington Market 105 bid. Washington Mo ‘ bid. Masonic Hall Association 5s, Natioual Bauk Stocks.— Bank of 240 bid, Repuirlic and Trust, 119 bid, 125 aud Trost, 1884 bid, 150 id Railroad. Stocks.— Capital ‘Tra , Gilg asked. Metropolitan ambi, WO bid. Belt, 18 a Sy Did, S3q Tneurance Stocks. Colun Tit 4 asked. Dist 8 bid, 10 ‘Tel-plnne Steck, —Uhesaprake and ‘Pure Mid, %y id, Si ia, @ asked. American Graphophone, i bid Aierican Graphophone, Pneurratic Gun Carriage, Misccliameous Stocks.—Mergenthaler Linotype, Wid, 124 asked. Lanston Monotrpe, 5 bi asked. Washington Market, 12 bid.’ Great Tce, 130 asked. “Lincoln Hail, 90 asked. > Hope of the Madrid Presa. MADRID, November 5.—The newspapers here express satisfaction with the result of the American election, and say they hope that the policy of Major McKinley will be more prudent than that of Mr, Cleveland.