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H CORRESPONDENT.
VOLUME X.
niNLEY-ROOSEVELT
Republicans Carry the Day and
Win a Decisive Victory.
I’KINLEY’S MAJORITY MORE THAN IN 1896 •
Democrats Concede Loss of All the
States== Ideal Election Day Weather
_ Prevailed 1 hrou^hout . it
Union. •
’Tis McKinley and Roosevelt.
The Republicans ca:ried the day
ines^y by an ovuwhelming n A i p | • ma-
jority—a majority far greater thau
that 4 secured in long 18.1b.
Ideal election day weather prevailed
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»lfover tbc United States, except at
friu't Sie. Marie, on the northern
isk??, where a light snow was falling,
und the battle of ballots began early.
iu* voting . everywhere pheuome- ,
was
lally heavy, especially * * so in the
j , , .
The Republican majority in the
f fotoral college will be greater than
was in 1S96.
Practically complete returns from
a ‘l the states give McKinley ‘2 k i
sectoral votes aud Brvau 163.
Pour years ago McKinley had 271
and Bryau 176.
ihe two states about which there
**eW 8 to be doubt are Kentucky aud
Nebraska.
Hie Republicans made very strong
’■iaims to Nebraska,but the Democrats
fr, el confident is is safely Democratic,
'hough the plurality will be small.
T tab, which was put iu the Bryan
'‘osniun on the first reports, is now
^needed fiepnblicans. to have been carried by the
ihe returns from Idaho are meager,
ibey point to the electoral vote go-
to Brvau. Changes in these, how-
■‘ e L cannot affect the general result
•\ftiiy ^ay. After a brilliant cam-
la'Sn, the Democratic party has
■<one down before its more powerful
antagonist.
ihe returns show that the sileut
vote WM to MeKinUv. While Brj...
>oade .muo.lunoghu: ITe'e’S
"PT *bere
«s£SH«a C? • I” »>* ... a
ta °. as the prophets all expected it
to be. 1 1 ^
i he expectations of the Democratic
— pvt ifliiuui* ui tue
le *iers a i «s of I,r V,. New York ______. not realized,
were
an? r< ' <> 1 ^ ie m ' *! the McKinley plurality of of
ttiHp ‘ bIi<k es managers” extreme wktlaNaw claims
VarV e H *n managers, while New
k 4 8 ’ "
' and Richmond have gone
KNOXVILLE. GA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9,
, , or Bryan t, , good . wte . Qaeon „ ,
, oy a s
(Brooklyn) has gone Republican, and
| the Republican pdnrailities above be
Bronx are large enough to give a total
plurality in the state of between 100 ,-
000 and 150,000.
New Jersey is Republican by at least
©CV- ^,
‘T’Wf 0- |R<D©§1EVE1T |
Delaware is Republican , bv , about , .
1,000, but the indications a:e that the
Democrats have captured the iegisla-
tnre, which means two members of
the United States senate.
Baltimore went Republican, and
with the city went the state of Mary-
\/est ......... A Republican, ... ».
lrgiaia is
advices are as yet insufficient to show
whether the Democrats have saved the
legislature, but the last reports from
Charlestown point to a Democratic
general assembly, which will dec.
Senator Elkins’ successor.
Ohio repeats its Republican plural¬
ity of 60,000, and Indiana shows Re¬
publican gains over 1696.
Illinois is Republican by probably
90,000. Chicago and Cook county
went Republican, which was one;of
the surprises. and
California, Washington Kansas
were determined to be in the fashion
and lined up in the McKinley column,
The Republicans will have the house
of representatives with a strong work-
iug majority. This will probably be
about thirty and it may run even
higher
is XEW TOUR.
McKinley’s plurality in the state of
New York, including Greater New
York, is 136,969. The indications are
that President McKinley lias carried
the state bv a majority over Bryan of
about 150,960, compared w ith a Be-
pnblicau majority iu the last presideu-
tial election of 268,460.
The total vote iu the citv of New
York to .pproxim.lely tiO.COO larger
thelncrerise is ahont .lp^*«.^
1= .the ci. ? Br.raa
_
rality _________ for himself of about 25,000.
Up the state Ml “ McKinley Tr — i—«i— barely held
the vote which he bad in 1-S96, the
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added vote vote going jroine to to BrTan. Bryan.
The following states majorities were iosi des-
the Democrats by the ,
ignated: New York, 136,969; Illinois,
90,900; Indiana, 30,000; New Jersey,
50,000; Ohio, WT-’ 75,000; : ’ 7 ~ in Delaware, 3,000
and * — West \irgima, 10 , 000 rw) .
EIGHTEEN ARE MISSING.
New York Police Fail to Find
l Supposed Victims of the Tar¬
rant Drug House Fire.
A New York dispatch of Friday
says: The police department has been
! investigating the list of persons re¬
ported missing in connection with the
Tarrant lire for the purpose of getting
at a correct list of persons supposed
to Lave lost their lives in the fire.
The persons reported were investigat-
i ed through the station Dearest the aci-
j dress given for them, and in maDy
cases they were reported as safe. In
some cases the police could not find
&
j day missing shows eighteen and not accounted persons reported for.
as
Of these, six are not known at the
addresses given by the persons who
reported them missing.
On the list is the name of Beniamin
Moorehoase a cIerU for Tarrant Co .
The authorit ies persist in declaring
their belief that he is alive and pur-
po9eiy keeping his thereabouts se-
cret
“We have detectives oat after Moore-
house and expeot to laud him soon,”
said Assistant District Attorney Walsh,
who is assisting the fire marshal’s iu-
vestigation.
Moorehouse’s family and neignbors,
at Mont Clark, N. J., are convinced
that be perished in the disaster. The
fire department’s investigation of the
explosion closed Friday, after the tes¬
timony of Louis Patterson and George
C. Thompson, employes of Tarrant <fc
Co., had been taken.
Dr. Lederie, health department an¬
alyst, who examined the seven drums
| found in the ruins, said that they had
coutaiued analyuejwhich is a little less
explosive than kerosene.
eOULD’A WILE PAT.
l*oor Count C»*le!l»nnV l*fljt* WUI 1*C
Liqulditleil fly Dnuttllofts.
A New York special says: On the
authority an an “iutimate friend of
the late Jay Gould,” The Evening
World of Friday’s issue announced
that the debts of Count Boni do Cas-
tellane will be paid iu fall by tho
Gould’s at once.
i • The scandal attending the claims,
amounting to 81,000.000, against the
spendthrilt husband of Countess Anna
Jg tQ be stoppef j...
rp be E veu j U g World a«lds: “A lump
gnm probab | v wi! | be coutributed by
(} e 0 rge, Helen, Howard, Edwin aad
Frank Gould to wipe out these debts,
as they consider the honor of the
(j oa i,j family is involved.”
Incidentally The Evening World t\ie ar-
tide says, “It was elicited that
‘
Goa , d m jHions have nearly doubled
siuce j ay Gonld’s death, and Anna’s
share ig nearly 818,000,000, and her
income near iy 81,000,000. Tbo total
va j lle 0 f the Gould estate is now over
8125,009,000.”
LEHMAN TROOPS ASSIGNED.
! c H „„ t von Wai<l«rra« xuikr* oniciai An-
nonneement oftrhrf’r uuti>ii>«iion.
official telegrams from Count Von
Waldersee show that alt the German
troops have arrived in China and been
distributed. Tho first aud
marine*, the first infantry brigade and
a small force of cavalry aud artillery
are s t B tioned at Pekin. The second
infantry brigade, with a corresponding
f orce G f artillery, engineers aud sav-
airy is at Pao Ting Fan.
One battalion is at Shan Hai Kwan.
qqj e third infantry brigade, with a
?0 mpaDv of sharp-shooters, two squad-
roua of cavalry and several batteries is
at Tien Tsiu* One battery aud sev-
era j howitzers are at Taku, and a force
0 f troops is distributed along the rail-
way f rom p e kiu to Yang Tsun, super-
intending the work of construction.
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ntt:sl „ ,. ( : 0 POS.ll.S ACCKPTCl..
.^TTaia.
^
..jhe The foreign foreign ministers ministers continued continued
(o d ay the dissuasion of the peace
pr 0 p O „itiou to be presented to the
Chinese. The French proposals were
aece ptcd. Additional specifications
wi |j be discussed Monday. On ac-
of tbe necessity for thorough
aC cord between the different cabinets,
the flna) Tote w jH no t be preiented for
eeveral weeks.”
MINERS KILLED
IN EXPLOSION
Terrible Catastrophe Occurs In a
West Virginia Coal Pit. .
MUTILATED BODIES TAKEN OUT
More Than a Score of Workere Are
Hissing—Ugly Rumors As To
Cause of Accident.
One of the greatest calamities in the
history of Barbour Saturday' countv, West Vir-
ginia, occurred morning 8 at
1 , , clock * « at , the ,, of the _ Southern
o mines
Coal and Transportation Company, at
Berrysburg, six miles from Philippi.
As a result a score of miners are dead
and many badly iujured.
The explosion was so great that
mules wero killed at the mouth of the
mine and cars blown forty feet from
the track. One man was blown in two
at the loius aud h:s body thrown
against a pile of lumber at the mouth
of the mine.
The night shift went on duty at 7
o’clock. Everything went on smoothly
until about midnight, when the explo-
sion occurred. The dead were rnuti*
lated beyond recognition, and the
scene was calculated to make the
strongest heart faint.
The explosion was probably the re¬
sult of an accidental discharge of dy¬
namite caused, perhaps, by the con-
cuss ion of u blast. The property * loss
is light
The force of the explosion was sd
great that two men were found
feet from the mouth of the mine. An
houi after the explosion buadreds had
visited the mine. The call for relief
brought every physician in Phillipi to
the scene. The sight was a most horri-
ble one. Strewn along the main channel
and about the opening were the arms,
legs, bands and other portions of the
bodies of the dead
Fathers and mothers were frantically
hunting for sons, and as fast as a body
was recovered they would glance at it,
and recognizing it would give bysteri-
cal screams. The hotel has been
turned , into . . , hospital ... aud , those still ....
a _\.
alive when brought out . were taken . ,
there. rp There , • great . deal , , of ,
is a com-
ment about about the cause of the ex-
plosion. . . The rp . author ., ... ties refused t i * to
discuss the matter further than to say
it was caused by an excessive charge
. ii- i rn
msist • - P ?Ti that it was * caused \ , by s° fire ^ damp lUer8
The mine was recently inspected and
pronounced to be in good coudition,
John \V. Greeu, who was iu the
mine at the time of the explosion
and escaped injury, gives the follow-
iug account of it:
“I went into , themineat . 7:.))o dock
and went to room No. 1. 1 had been
at work an hour or so when I smelled
black damp. I noticed my lamp flicker.
I went to the mine boss and told him
about it. He laughed aud said it was
right. I went bnc» to work and
about midnight heard a terrific noise,
which knocked me down and put out
my lamp. I was stunned for a mo-
ment aud then realized what had hap-
pened. I was close to the entrance
crawled over the bodies of two
men.”
As the work of removing the <ead
went on tilings looked worse. l our
men were brought cut within »u hour
the searchers reported that a dozen
were still in the mine. Most of those
brought ouv were mntilaUd beyond ;
description. 1 he miues of Berrysburg
have only been operated a short time.
mat, struck. La,, week the .Uble.
toStoL
Most of the miners had been at
work but a few weeks, and as they ,
were almost unknown to each other,
consequently it was hard to receguize
a man when be was found. Most of
the men came from North Carolina
and District of Columbia.
^^[hrr^'on^rrnt.d j
been brought out, eight of whom were
recognized.
NUMBER 5
SLEW HIS SON-IN-LAW
Farmer Wilcoxon Empties Con¬
tents of Double-Barreled Shot-
gun Into Flowers’ Body.
Thursday morning about 10 o’clock
Wiley F. Wilcoxon, a farmer living
seven miles west of Eatonton.Ga., shot
C. C. Flowers, bis son-in-law, killing
him instantly. Wilcoxon used a shot
gun, firing both loads, but only one
! | took effect, in the left side of Flowers.
Flowers has been living on Wilcox-
'
ou’s place for several years, managiug
, the affairs of the farm and bearing the
brunt of the burden.
The killing was the result of a se¬
rious misunderstanding the two men
bad a year ago or more ago, which, at
the time, so Wilcoxon says, necessi¬
tated his giving up home and family
aud seekiug peace elsewhere. After
j being absent some time he returned
| 8everaI months ago, where he resided,
apparently contented, uutil the tern-
ble , rflge(]y w hich Suspired Thurs-
day morning.
It appears that Wilcoxon borrowed
Flower’s gun to go bunting. After
questioning particularly as to the
manipulation of the gun, it being a
breech-loader, and about the character
of the cartridges with which it was
loaded, he turned und walked away,
thirty^""distant, Wheu
m- be
auddenly, aud without provocation,
t urBe a and emptied the gun’s content*
into the B ide 0 f Flowers, who was still
8 tandiug in the kitchen door,
The deceased leaves a wife to mourn
his nn timely end. Wilcoxon was »
confederate soldier, terviug through
*he en tire war in the Third Georgia
regiment. After the tragedy he was
arrested.
KAISER’.* ADVICE TAKEN.
usrman* Give n« Quarter 1 “'m/I™
Slaughtered if <-rl minutely.
Considerable impatience at the mea-
gerness Of the news from Chiua is
finding expression in Berlin. The in*
f ereuce i„ that German censorship
over such information is very strict.
_ Le .. te , f . . China ,,, . . began
” rom P ri ™ M ‘“
, to find ! 4 their u way into the Social Dem¬
ocratic papers showing that tho Ger¬
man troops give no quarter. Tlia
Bremen Buerger Zeitung publishes a
letter from a soldier iu Pekiu, who
said he witnessed the following scenes:
“Sixty-eight eaptiven, semo of them
not yet adults, were tied together by
their pig tails, compelled to dig their
own graves and shot en masse'’’
rp Ihe , Halberstadter-volke-Zeitung „ ... .. rr
prints . . a communication ... from -___ »> rekin, . •
; , - ,
* n ,?J U 6 ' n * r B °V
No J prisoners are taken. L All All are
’ £ preferably, M bered to save
amm unit u 0 u Sunday afternoon
. had , to . , bayonet . seventy-four •
we „ „ pns-
Guers. They J bad killed one of our
J Au eQtire battalion nr .
d them gnd captnre f a seventy-four
.. “' Jt Crael , It in de-
a e - " as ‘ w
scribable.”
KILLER BROTHLIMN-LAW.
Jump. Ilammnnil Fire* I.oad of 8 lu»t Into
Timm., vv.ii, is.»r t.uer.o„
Thursday afternoon Jim Hammond
shot aud killed Ihomas J. Wall, a
£ uw mjies below Elberton, Ga. The
shooting occurred near Wall’s borne.
Full details have not been learned,
but from the best information it ooeius
that Wall was beating a negro tenaut.
Mrs. Wall, his wife, tried to stop him,
aa j failed. She sent for her brother,
Jim Hammond, wbo came, aud re-
moustrated with Wall.
This seems to have augered Wall,
and he made a rush at him. Ham
, nou d ran aud was followed part of
tl , e way by Wall. Hamm >nd went to
a neighbor’s, where he secured a shot-
gun He t h eu returned and met Wall,
w ho shot at him, but missed him.
Hammond then shot Wall, the eutire
!~f 'T""* * l “ ^ M,to *“ uu '
Ln belong to goo,I fam.lir.,
mond has not been arrested. Wall
was cons t a ble of his district,
Public Oeht Statement.
The statement of the public debt
shows at the close of business OotoV?r
31, 1900, the debt less cash in ihe
month of $1,573,851.