Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 7, 1896, Page 7

> |. OF BALLOTS “¢ Maj. McKinley Is Elected President by a Large Majority. The Latest Election Re- turns From All Parts of the Country. The Next Will Have a Majoritv Against Congress Free Silver. The Elections in a Number of the States Favor the Republicans. Maj. McKinley Will Have at Least 284 Votes in the Electoral College. slow They Stand. The following are the states that are claimed for McKinley, giving him 234 elec- toral vot Connectict Delaware Towa Kentucky M ne aska . . 8 New Hampshire . 4 New J. y New York.. North Dakota Ohio x Pennsy!vania 2 Rhode Island 4 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 Vermont 4 West Vi 6 Arkansas Colorado Nevada . North Ca Wyoming ... The returns from some of the states are very slow in coming in and it may-take sev- eral days to get definite figures from some of them. Enough reliable returns are in, however, to indicate McKinley's election. t figures show that he will have at ere Bees 2 Raanake akan The lat least 284 electoral votes. The following is a condensed report of the latest returns from the different states: Chairman of State Demoernatic Com- mittee Claims 40,000 Majority. wing was given to the Associated Chairman Vaughan: “There is evidence of a repetition of frauds in state, but of a more aggravating nature than ever known before. Returns are being held back and no information can be ob- tained frora Democratic election managers. The state is unquestionably very close, but I should not be surprised if the Democrats brought up the usual fraudulent majority. We have elected at least five congressmen on the fusion ticket. (Signed.) “—William Vaughan, “Chairman Republican State Committee.” Geu. Shelly, chairman of the state Demo- William McKinley, cratic committee, declined to give a state- ment over his signature, but dictated the following: “Indications now are that the state will give a majority for Bryan and Sewall of 40,000; it may go to 50,000. I believe we will send a selid Democratic delegation to congress.” ARKANSAS, Thd¥tate Goes for Bryan by About \ The latest returns from all parts of the state ind‘cate the success of the Democratic ticket by a majority of about 25,000. The Democrats claim the election of the entire congressional ticket. CALIFORNIA, Republicans Claim the State by a Small Margin, ‘The interest manifested in the election has been something unusual in California. Byery town in the state is receiving bulle- tins to-night, and in San Francisco the crowds that gathered at the newspaper Dulletin boards were enormous, When the returns commenced to come in great en- thusiasm was manifested. Both Bryan and McKinley partisans were out in force and they cheered loudly for their favorites. | Phe latest reports from California ere ee d i R | z| eee ee oes ERE Sd BREA EPR o eek ET that the Republicans have carried the state by 4,500. COLORADO. Free Silver Prevails and Senator Teller Is Assured of Re-election. Free silver prevails and Senator Teller is assured of re-election. The result on state officers is still in doubt. Bryan's plurality will reach 110,000 in the state, and Congressman Shafroth, Silver Republican, and Bell, Populist, are re-elected by 50,000 to 60,000 each. The re-election of Semitor Teller is assured in any event, all partics except the McKinley Republicans having endorsed him. CONNECTICUT, Incomplete Returns Indicate That McKinley Carries State by 40,000, The latest returns received indicate that the state has gone Republican by at least 40,000. Large Republican gains are reported from all parts of the state. The city of Hartford went Republican for the first time. DELAWARE. Returns Very Incomplete and No Safe Prediction Can Be Made. Returns from all over the state are very slow. It is believed, however, that the Re- publicans elect the presidential electors by at least 1,000 majority, but ‘Tunnell, Demo- erat, will probably be elected governor. Handy, free silver congressman, 1s also probably elected, Reports from Kent and Sussex counties say there was a great deal of trouble at the polls over the Addicks men attempting to secure the voters’ as- sistants. In some districts no election was held. One man Is reported to have been killed in an election fight. _F.LORIDA. Democrats Carry the State by About 10,000, The returns from all parts of the state are very slow in coming in. From the in- Garret A. Hobart. complete returns already received it is safe to say that Bryan, will receive a plurality of about 10,000. Compared with the state election in October this shows a slight Democratic loss. GEORGIA, The Democrats Carry the State by a Good Majority. A. E. Buck, chairman of the state cen- tral committee of Geozgia, wires to the Associated Press from Atlanta as follows: “Fraud and violence prevail in portions of the state. Returns slowly coming in. Dem- ocratic majority in Georgia largely reduced. May not exceed 10,000.’ ’ Returns from various districts indicate election of solid Democratic congressional delegation, with possible exception of First district. Late returns on national Bryan’s majority at 35,000. ticket place IDAHO. Claimed for Bryan at a Ratio of Five to One. Senator Fred P. Dubois wires the Asso- ciated Press at Chicago from Blackfoot, Idaho, as follows: “Idaho will go at least five to one for Bryan.” It is claimed that Boise City will give the McKinley electors 2 majority, but noth- ing definite will be known for a day or two. ILLINOIS. Republicans Victorious by About 100,000 Plurality, Returns from over the State of Il!tnois indicate that McKinley has made big gains in proportion throughout the counties and towns as he has in Chicago, seeming to justify the claim of the central committee that the state has gone 100,000 Republican. If the gains which are already reported hold up in the districts yet to be heard from the majority, it’ is said, will exceed that figure. In the dispatches comparing the votes of Tanner and McKinley the former has in most instances run slightly behind the latter. The figures, however, plainly show that Tanner's loss was no gain for Altgeld. Forman was the gainer. Comparisons made with the vote cast for Harrison in 1892 show very heaty gains in nearly every instance over the Republican vote cast that year. At headquarters con- siderable surprise was oceasioned over Mc- Kinley’s vote in a number of counties which were expected to give Bryan mafori- tles, but which instead have gone for the Republican candidate. Chicago, with one precinct missing, gives McKinley, 192,856; Bryan, 139,530; Palmer, 1,795; Levering, 1,874; McKinley’s’ majority in the city will be about 64,000. In answer to a telegram of inquiry from Secretary of War Lamont, Vice Chairman John P. Hopkins, of the national gold standard Democratie committee replied as follows: “Illinois has given McKinley a majority of 100,000; Cook county gives him 70,000. majority While Tanner has run behind McKinley, something like 25,000 in Chicago, and very heavily throughout the state he Is elected over Altgeld by a very large majority. ‘The latest reports are that the Republican committee claims that McKinley’s majority will be between 100,000 and 150,000, INDIANA, No Reports Can Be Sent Out Until Vote Is Counted, The vote in Indiana was the largest ever polled. Under the law no reports can be sent out until the entire vote is counted. Chairman Gowdy, of the Republican state committee, claimed the state by a plu- rality of 30,000, and said eleven Republican congressmen will be elected. Chairman Martin, of the Democratic com- mittee, said:. ‘At this hour, on account of the fact that the returns have been re- ceived only from cities where Democratic losses were anticipated, no estimate of any reliability can be made.”” Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana sends the following telegram to the Associated Press: ‘Returns received indicate that McKinley has carried Indiana by a plurality of 35,000. They have also elected twelve out of: thirteen members of congress.’ IOWA. Republican Plurality Estimated at About $0,000. Secretary Treyner, of the Republican state central committee, states that the in- dications are that the Republicans have carried the state by at least 80,000 piu- rallty. Large Republican gains are reported’ from all parts of the state and the entire Republican congressional ticket Is elected. Chairman Curry, of the Democratic state vommittee, concedes the state to the Re- ublicans. The returns ane yet incomplete, ut justify the statement given above. KANSAS. No Retarns From This State, but Republicans Claim It. There are ten tickets in Kansas and in some places twelve, the Count under the Australian ballot system is very slow. Ks- timates by Republican state chairman indi- cate that the state will go safely for Mc- Kinley. He will not give out figures, and tt is impossible to make a prediction of any character concerning the result. KENTUCKY, The State in Doubt, Hoth Sides Claiming It. Chairman Sommers, of the Democratic committee, says all returns show Demo- cratic gains. pine Republicans cinim the state by 12,- LOUISL A. The Democrats Make a Clean Sweep of the State. Returns coming in slowly, but the indica- tions are that the Democrats have made a clean sweep, electing: the congressional del- egation and that Bryan has carried the state by not less than 30,000 majority. MAINE. Republican Plurality Estimated at 49,000. The election in Maine proved one of the quietest in the state’s history. Generally the returns showed a falling off in the Democratic vote and a slight increase in the Republican vote, which accounts, in a great measure, for a heavy Republican plurality, estimated at 46,000. The vote cast for Palmer and Buckner was not as heavy as anticipated. McKinley led Sewall by 101 votes in the latter's own ward and 752 in the city. Candidate Sewall was interviewed by an Associated Press representative and said: “We will be under government controlled by syndicates for the next four years, as well as by injunction. Mr. Bryan received 140 electoral votes, which shows that there are some honest men in the country." MARYLAND. Republican Plurality Estimated at About 29,000. Chairman Talbot, of the Democratic( state central committee, concedes Maryland to the Republicans, but would give no figures. Senator Gordon L. Wellington, chairman of the state central committ~ of Maryland, wired to the Associated Pram as follows: “McKinley carries Baltimore by at least 20,000 majority; the Democrats concede 15,- 000; the state will give 29,750."" About five Republican congressmen have been surely elected. MASSACHUSETTS, Republicans Carry Every City and ‘Town in the State. McKjuley’s aajority in Massachusetts is now placed at 124,000. The Republican can- didates for president and governor have earrried every city and town for the first time in the history of the state. The following congressmen were elected: First distrit, Wright, North Adams, Repub- lican; Second district, Gillett, Springfield, Republican; Third district, Walker, Wor- cester, Republican; Fourth distriet, Wey- mouth, Fitchburg, Republican; Fifth dis- trict, Knox, Lawrence, Republican; Sixth district, Moody, Haverhill, Republican; Sev- enth district, Barrett, Melrose, Republican; Eighth district, McCall, Winchester, Re- publican; Ninth district, Fitzgerald, Boston, Democrat; Tenth district, in doubt; Hlev- enth district, Spraguc, Boston, Republican; Twelfth district, Lovering, Taunton, Re- publican; Thirteenth district, Simpkins, Yarmouth, Republican. MICHIGAN, The Republicans Carry the State by a Good Majority, It is evident that the Republicans have carried Michigan by 40,000 to 50,000 and that Pingree (Rep.) is elected governor by { about the same majority. Chairman Baker, of the Democratic state committee, declines to make any statement at present further than that the few coun- ties from which he had recelyed returns show average gains for the silver ticket of 1,500 over the Democratic majorities of 1802, ‘ The Tribune (free silver) concedes Me- Kinley carries the state by 30,000 and be- ! lieves that Pingree's yote greatly behind McKinley. Chairman Ferry, of the Republican state central committee, claims the state for McKinley by 50,000 plurality and ten out of the twelve congressmen. He concedes two to be doubtful. will not run MISSISSIPPI. The Democrats Carry the State by 50,000, Mississippi gives Bryan a majority of 50,000. The vote for Watson will not ex- ceed 10,000. The seven Democratic candi- dates for congress are elected by majorities ranging from 1,000 to 5,000. MISSOURI. Returns Are Delayed and No Result Can Be Predicted. Telegraphic reports from St. Louis state that complete returns for that city will not be in until this evening and no reliable es- timate of the vote of the state can be given. Returns from half the precincts in St. Louis, according to the Republic (Silver Dem.), indicate that it will be carried by, the Republicans by 15,000 plurality. Tho Republic also claims that the Democrats have elected twelve congressmen, outside of St. Louis: Complete city returns for Kansas City will not be in until this even- ing, but enough returns are in to insure the election of McKinley’s electors by from 1,200 to 1,500 majority. Sheriff O'Neill con- cedes that the Republican have carried Kansas City. This is the general opinion of the prominent Democrats here. MONTANA. The Boy Orator of the Platte Car- ries the State by 15,000. Returns from this state will be neces- sarily slow in coming In at the present writing. Returns have been received from Helena and Butte which indicate Bryan’s majority to be at least 15,000. Seventy-seven precincts give McKinley, 2,491; Bryan, 13,449. Six to one in favor of Bryan. Fusion state ticket and Hartman man for congress practically even. Hart- man, silver Republican, is elected to con- gress by 8,000 to 10,000 over Goddard, reg- ular Republican. Nearly the entire Demo- cratic-Populist fusion state ticket is elected. NEBRASKA, The Democrats Claim the State by a Good Majority. Returns from Nebraska precincts are very meagre, but indicate that McKinley has carried Nebraska. Eighty-seven precincts in Nebraska, outside of Omaha, give Me- Kinley 10,476, Bryan 9,089. The closeness of the vote on president in- dicates that the vote on the state ticket will also be close, as well as close contests for congress in three or four of the congres- sional districts. The following statement was issued to the Associated Press: ‘We will carry the state by 15,000 and elect all congressmen, entire state ticket and legislature. ‘ (Signed.) *“—James C. Dahiman, “Chairman Dmocratic State Committee.” a oe Bryan’s precinct gave Bryan 102, McKin- ley 199. ‘This is a material The precinct ordinarily gives 250 Repub- Mean majority. Later reports state that Chairman Post cenceded part of the state ticket to the opposition, but still claimed that the Re- ptblicans would elect their presidential eectors, and congressmen from the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth districts. Popu- list Chairman Exrniston claims the state for Bryan by 25,000, and ne says the fusion ate and congr2ssional ticket is elected throughout. NEVADA. Complete Returns Will Not Be Ke- ceived for Several Days. It will be impossible to give complete re- turns from Nevada for several days, but indications are that Bryan's plurality will reach 2,000. NEW HAMPSHIRE. Returns Are Slow, but Indicate a Republican Plurality. New Hampshire returns came in very slowly on account of the number of names on the ticket, but each precinct reported showed a gain for McKinley and indicated McKinley’s plurality to be 36,000. ‘The Palmer and Buckner ballot was very light. Ramsdell, for governor, will have the larg- est plurality ever given a Republican gov- ernor in New Hampshire. NEW JERSEY. Demoerats Concede the State to the Republicans. Chairman Murphy, of the Republican state committee, claims the state by 35,000. Chairman Price, of the Democratic state central committee, admits that the state has gone for McKinley by 10,000. Later reports received from all parts of the state, with no county complete, indi- cate that the state has gone Republi:an by 42,000. Seven of the eight Republican can- didates for congress appear to be elected. The Palmer and Buckner vote is lighter than was expected. NEW YORK. About 300,000 Will Represent Me- Kinley's Majority. Never in the history of national elections has there been such a quiet and orderly election as that which marked the close of a heated and remarkable campaign con- ducted in this state. In many districts the registered vote was polled by 1 o'clock and clerks and watchers sat idly by. Hardly had the polls closed when the results from small districts began to come in. McKinley and Hobart carried New York city. When results were so far known as to announce that Black (Rep.), candidate for governor, had run behind his electoral ticket about 9,000, which indicates his hav- ing about one-half the plurality given Mc- Kinley, expressions of surprise could be heard. But such a result was naturally to be expected on account of the many Demo- crats voting the Republican national ticket and refusing to vote the state ticket. Still more comment was made on the vote for Woodruff, for lieutenant governor, which pointed to his having about 3,000 plurality in general results in the city was known early. McKinley's plurality over Bryan In New York city is 16,580. The Democratic state chairman at mid- night gave the following sigaed statement to the Associated Press: “The result shows that the larger por- ticn of Democrats have deserted their party and voted for McKinley. The state com- mittee had no financial means with which to make a thorough and complete canvass of the state. It has been our aim'to conduct an honorable and manly fight with the lim- ited resources at our command. I feel con- fident that the principles of true Democ- racy will ultimately prevail. Our oppo- nents were confidently claiming a majority in the state of 350,000, so that they, too, must feel a disappointment in the result. I am sure that all friends of gocd govern- ment will be glad the political contest of 1896 is eaded, and hope the successful can- didate may give the country a fair and impartial administration. “—Bilot Danforth, Gov. Morton sald to-night: “The magnif- cent yitory, won by the American people is an uvmistakable verdict for the main- tenance of national honor, sound money, law and order and is a renewed confirmation that the nation’s pledges, based on a single monetary standard, shall not be violated,” NORTH CAROLINA, Both Parties Claim the Siate by Good Majorities, The election passed off very quietly. Bryan has carried the state by majorities variously estimated at between 10,000 and 20,000. Holton, Republican chairman, how- ever, claims the state for McKinley by be- tween 8,000 and 10,000. Reports are too meager to state the re- sult for congressmen. The Populists have carried the First, Third, Fourth, Sixth and Seventh districts. The Republicans have carried the Second district certain. _Pear- son, Republican, in the Ninth, is probably elected. The only two doubtful districts are the Eighth and Fifth. Se NORTH DAKOTA. Menger Reports Indicate That the State Has Gone Republican. The city of Grand Forks, with Larimore and thirty precincts outside, give McKinley 2,880 and Bryan 1889. Forty-one other pre- cincts give McKinley 3,127 and Bryan 1,976. Other figures give about the same propor- tions and would indicate a good majority for McKinley were it not for the fact that the country districts will reduce these ma- jorities very much. Indications are that the vote will be close but that the Republicans will carry the state. OHIO, McKinley Carries His Own State by | a Large Majority. ~ Senator Foraker telegraphed the Asso- ciated Press as follows: ‘Present returns indicat2 that McKinley has carried Ohio by about 100,000.’ In the comparison of the vote with that of the last presidential election, Ohio mado unprecedented gains for McKinley. In 1 Harrison carried Ohio by an average plu- rality for the Republican electors of 1,072. The Republicans have had phenomenally, large pluralities in Ohio the past. three years, commencing with McKinley's re- election as governor in 1893, while in 1892 the result wrs very close, The largest plu- rality ever given a Republican presidential ticket in Ohio was 34,000 for Garfield in 18ss0. While the Democratic state commit- tee makes no claims on the state to-night, the Republican state committee expect the complete returns to break all former records. McKinley carried his own ward by the following precinct pluralities: A, 110; B, bl; ©, 115; D, 75. Total, 291. This ward gave Cleveland 103. The latest returns indicate the election of seventeen Republicans and two Demo- crats to congress and two districts in doubt. Chairman McConville, of the Democratic state committee, has conceded the state to the Republicans. OREGON. Later Retur ‘Will Indicate That the State Has Gone for Bryan. Senator John M. Mitchell of Oregon, tele- graphed as follows to the Associated Pre: at Chicago: “Incomplete returns indicat this county, including Portland, gives abou 6,000 plurality for McKinley and Hobart. Clatsop county, including Astoria, Partial returns indicate state safe for Re- goin for Bryan. | publican ticket by 6,000 to 8,000.” Reports from other sources ‘confirm this estimate. PENNSYLVANIA. Three Hundred Thousand Is McKin- ley’s Majority in Keystone State. Pennsylvania gives McKinley a plurality of over 300,000, including the two congress- men at large. Pennsylvania elected thirty- three congressmen. According to the lat- est returns received by the Associated Press the delegation will be divided politically as follows: Republicans, 28; Democrats, 2. ‘The same as in the last congress. RHODE ISLAND. The Democrats Admit That McKin- ley Carries the State. The state has given McKinley an over- whelming majority. ‘she Democrats them- selves admit McKinley has a plurality of 20,000. ‘The entire #epublican congression- al ticket is elected by good majorities. SOUTH CAROLINA, Indications Are That the Democrats Have Been Successful. Reports from all parts of South Carolina show that the eDmocratic presidential, con- gressional, state and county tickets have been successful by overwhelming majorities. Later returns place the Democratic plu- rality at between 45,000 and 50,000. SOUTH DAKOTA, Nothing Definite Known of the Ke- sult—Everything Is Claimed by Everybody. Returns are slow in coming in. Chair- man Elliott, of \he Republican committee, is sanguine that his estimate of 8,000 for McKinley will be low. Chairman Bowler claims the state for Bryan by 6,000, based cn a few reports from larger towns and cities. Very little has been heard from che state at large, but Republicans claim they have a good working majority in the Jegislature and will elect a Republican United States senator. McKinley carried Sioux Falls by 80 ma- jority in a total vote of about 2,100. This indicates that Minnehaha county has goue for Bryan by a small :ajority. McKinley bas a majority in Senator Pettigrew's ward. TENNESSEE. Both Democratic and Kepublican Committees Claim the State. Samuel B. Williamson, secretary of the state Democratic committee, says: “From all reports received I “eel certain that this state is safely Democratic. Bryan will re- ceive not less than 25,000 majority. Taylor, for governor, is cue. Hight out of ten congressmen are Democratic. The Republican state .ommittee furnishes the following statement: “The vote, if counted as cast, will give Tennessee to McKinley and Hobart, as well as to Till- man for governor, by a large majority; but information from’ large counties in middle and West Tennessee indicate frauds by Democratic election officers on a large scale. Further returns show that Bryan has car- ried this state, that Taylor (Dem.) is elected governor, and that eight out of ten congressmen are Democratic. TEXAS, The Lone Star State Lines Up in the Democratic Column. Bryan’s majority in Texas will be 75,- 000; Democratic state ticket will run 50,000 behind Bryan. The Galveston News concedes the elec- tion of Bryan and Sewall electors; also the election of Culberson, silver Democrat, for governor. UTAH. The Mormons Are Slow in Making Returns. It will be late to-morrow before the count can be completed. Indications now are that Bryan has carried the state by at least 10,000 majority. The legislature, which ‘will elect a United States senator, is still claimed by both parties. ‘The chairman of the Democratic state ecmmittee clains King (Dem.) for congress | is elected by 3,000 najosity. VERMONT. eae Returns Indicate a Safe Republican Plurality. | Returns from the state are beng com- pleted very slowly. As near as can be cal- culated Republican plurality will be about 5,000, Pine aig VIRGINIA, “4. Bryan Gets the State by a Good - Majority. The latest returns received indicate that the Democrats have carried Virginia by 20,000. They gained in the black counties, but lost in the cities and in some of the white counties. Five Democratic congress- men are elected, so far. The Democrats will probably have eight out of ten congressmen. Culpepper county, fn which Mr. Bryan’s father was born and where the Democratic candidate often vis- ited, was carried by the Democrats by 400 majority, a big gain. WASHINGTON, Returns Are Slow and the State Is in Doubt. Vote very heavy. Indications point to | Republican gains, but the vote will be close. Fusionists continue to claim everything by large majority, while the Republican state headquarters are confident of small plurality. WEST VIRGINIA. Claimed for McKinley, but the Dem- ocratic Committee Express Hope. Wheeling, W. Va.. Nov. 3.—No official re- turns have been received from any part of this state at 1 o'clock, but semi-official reports from about half the state show Re- publican gains everywhere. Chairman Dawson, of the Repubican state committee, said to the Associated Press representative at midnight: “McKinley has carried West Virginia from by from 13,000 to 15,000, and the Republican state ticket and four Re- publican congressmen -are elected. The Democratic headquarters inake no claims, but express hope. ‘WISCONSIN. The Badgers Are Solidly in the Ke- publican Ranks. Returns received indicate that McKinley has carried the state by the largest plural- ity ever known. The vote on the state ticket falls below that for the presidential, for the reason that the gold Democrats have no state ticket in the field to offset the fusion of the Populists and silver Democrats. Rel- | atively, however, the plurality for the Ke- | publican state ticket is the largest in the history of the state. George W. Peck of Milwaukee wired the Associated Press as follows: “McKinley has carried Wisconsin by a comfortable majority. Scofield for governor will no doubt pull through very close to McKinley. Both of them and every other Republican I have heard of will have ma- jority enough to be considered safe, say 100,000, or along there somewhere. In oth- er respects we are quite well, thank you. When you are going to have any more elec- tions you should send us an invitation.” William F. Vilas of Madison wired the Associated Press as follows: “MeKinley’s plurality in Wisconsin prob- ably above 40,000. Republican state ticket all elected by good majorities. Sauerher- ring (Rep.) elected to congress tn this dis- bs le HB. C. Wall, member national Democratic committee, and State Central Chairman George W. Peck concede the state to the Republicans by about 100,000. The indications are that all the Repub- lican candidates for congfess have been elected. WYOMING. Result Will Not Be Known for a Couple of Days. < Returns are coming in ve-y slowly. Indi- estions point to small majority for the winning candidates, both on the electoral and congressional tickets. The election may not be settled before to-morrow night. M’KINLEY HEARD THE NEWS. Surrounded by His Family the Vic- tor Hears the Returns. Canton, Ohio, Nov. 3.—Maj. MeKinley this afternoon with Chairman Hanna and his party, with the local committee, was photo- graphed on the McKinley porch, with the major as the central figure. At 4 o'clock Mr. Hanna and his associates left for Cleveland, Mrs. McKinley accompanying him to the train. At 8 o'clock definite returns. began coming in and preparations were made for reading them in the Me- Kinley library, the doors being open to all who chose to come In. A message from James Manley, at New York headquarters, said Maine’s majority for McKinley would reach 50,000, and this was soon followed by another Manley dispatch, saying that “New York State would give McKinley 200,000 majority.” Then the favorable returns from Maine and Nebraska were read. Maj. McKinley seemed cool and apparently un- moved by the exclamations of approval from the friends who crowded about him. In the parlor across the hall Mrs. Me- Kinley and her near relatives and friends received the returns. It was a trying ordeal for her, as she had been in bed with the grippe up to early evening, but was de- termined then to be about while the de- cisive results were coming in. It was not until the repo from Illinois, reinforcing those of Dhio, Indiana, lowa, Nebraska, Kentucky and the East had made aSsurance doubly suve, that the chief actor in the scene of enthusiasm returned to re- ceive congratulations pressed upon him from all sides, and was forced to believe that the Republican national ticket had carried the day. At 12:30 a. m. McKinley received a tremendous ovation from his Can- ton townspeople. He took a position on top of the poreh of his resid>nce and waved his salutatiorts to the enthusiastic con- course. The midnizht was light as day by by hundreds of flambeaux and blazing fires of red and green. Maj. McKinley made no address. For an hour the remarkable spectacle proceeded. The whistles of all the factories joined in one long continued screeca, which echoed throughout the town, while mingled with those was the booming of cannon, the firing of guns and p: and the shouts from the thousand throats. The crowd was massed for three squares down Market street. ENDED IN A TRAGEDY. Peenliar Relations Between a Boy and His Aunt. Chicago, Nov. 3.—Mrs. Annie Sehricber, twenty-eight y ‘s old, and her fourteen- year-old nephew, Brano Mitke, disappeared yesterday, and were found on the streets of Elgin, Ill., this morning. The *boy was dead, having been shot through the head and heart, while the womin had buliet wounds in’ the eye and breast. ‘Che affair is the culmination of an infatuation be- tween the two, which has lasted for months. A letter written »y Mrs. Schrie- ber, in which she threatened to shhot him if he dared to smile on any »ther woman, was found in the boy's pocket by his father a day or two ago. Trouble ensued, and yesterday the two disappeared. Writ- ten in pencil on the kitchen table at the Schrieber home was a message, in the woman's handwriting, stating that they would not be seen alive again. At the hospital the woman revived and made a statement. She said Milke shot her and himself. She disclaimed guilty relations, but sald they could not live without each otter. She blame her sister, Milke’s mother, for the troub'e causing the tragedy. SOME SHOOTING. '! Revolers Are Used as Argum¢ents in Several Instances. Philadelphia, Noy. 3.—The first bloodshed of the day was reported from the Fifth ward, where Charles Johnson and Gus Glasgow became involved ‘n a quarrel over politics, which ended by both drawing re- volvers and firing at each other. Johnson had one finger shot away, and Glasgow re- ceived a bullet in his : roin. “Glasgow was removed to the hospital, wheze the physi- cians say he is in danger of dying. Joun- son was locked up. St. Louis, Nov erat, was shot and mortally day, in an election row, by John Republican ward worker. .—John Keiley, a Demo- wounded to- ‘agan, a Middleton, N. Y¥., Nov. 3.—A crowd of young men were cheering for Bryan this afternoon, when John Jackson (colored) pulled a pistol and shot at them four time hitting Thomas Wood in the forehead, seri- ously injuring him Court Police Gould ckased Jackson, who shot at the officer also. The latter returned the fire, but neither was struck. Jackson was arrested. ee FOEIGNERS INTERESTED. News From the Election in the United States Posted in London. London, Nov. 3.—Interest in the presiden- tial campaign in the United States is the greatest ever known in this country in a similar event. Some idea of the extraordi- nary interest taken may be seen in the fact that the London newspapers are pre- paring to bulletin the results of the bal- loting on receipts of the cable news from the United States. The feature of business on the stock exchange to-day was the buoyancy of American securities in response to the New York market. 3 ‘The Globe says: “Eleven hundred millions sterling of American securities are heid here,” and continuing, the Globe advises investors to hgld them “even if Bryan is elected.” On the stock exchange the betting was ready at 4 to 1 on McKinley. It is said some of the big firms would hold open all night in order to receive the results of the election from the United States, and it Is expected there will be a mad rush at the opening of the market to-morrow. ‘Paris, Nov. 3.—The French newspapers are devoting much space to the presidential election in the United States. The Gaulois remarks that “in the financial world Me- Kinley’s success is no longer doubted, but we BHuropeans expect nothing trem either candidate,” cae Arrests for legal Voting. New York, Noy. 3.—Many arrests for il- legal registration have been made, but ex- cept in isolated cases no inteut to voie wrongfully was shown. A Tammany pre- cinct captain was arrested on complaint of ex-Assemblyman Frederick S$. Gibbs, who charged him with intruding within the reserved lines of the polling booth, but at the police court the complaint was dropped and the Tammany man resumed his work at the polls. Wilson Votes Early. Charleston, W. Va., Nov. 3.—Postmaster General Wilson was one of the earliest voters at the polls this morning. He de- posited his ballot for Palmer and Buckner and was greeted by some hand clapping when he appeared. London, Nov. -At the Clerkenwell ses- sions to-day the grand jury found true bills against Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Castle of San Francisco, accused of shoplifting. ; ;