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THE STATEOF DADE NEWS. VOJ.. X. MI IN LEV IS RE-ELECTED. Carries All the Doubti ul States and Sweeps the Country. IT WAS A BIG REPUBLICAN LANDSLIDE. Indications are That He Will Have 305 Votes in the Electoral College New York, Special.—lt became evi dent at a very early hour Tuesday evening that the'election of McKinley and Roosevelt was assured. At 8:30 o’clock, returns from nearly two thirds of the election districts of Greater New York had been received, indicating beyond question that Bry an and Stevenson could not expect more than 25,000 or 30,00 plurality in this Democratic stronghold, and un less there was a landslide in the out side counties beyond all reasonable expectation, the pivotal State or New York had declared in unmistakable terms .although by a greatly reduced majority, for the Republican candi dates. As the night progressed it only served to confirm this judgment. The returns from Illinois betrayed a' like condition. The Republican plural ity of IS9B was greatly reduced, but it >vas still far too large to be overcome. On the other hand the returns from Indiana, Michigan, the two Dakotas, Utah and Wyoming, as well as Ne braska, semed to indicate strong Ret publican gains over 1896. Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia had given decisive Republican pluralities. The counn in several of the far Western States was naturally so de layed as to give little indication or the outcome there, but they had ceased to have a determining effect, and before 10 o’clock the Democratic leaders had given up the contest and it was an nounced that Mr. Bryan had gone to bed and was sound asleep. The whole story was easily and briefly told. The Republican ticket would have a larger electoral vote than four years ago, but in the larger States of the East and Middle West, the pluralities had been greatly de duced. Massachusetts had fallen from 174,000 ito 50,000; New York from 268,- 000 to 150,000 and Illinois irom 142,- 000 to 100,000 or less. The roil call of States at this hour is apparently as follows: McKinley—Connecticut, 6; Dela ware, 3; Illinois, 24; Indiana, 15; lowa, 13; Maine, 6; Maryland, 8; Mas sachusetts, 15; Michigan, 14; Minneso ta, 9; New Hampshire, 4; New Jer sey, 10; New York, 36; North Dakota, 3; Ohio, 23; Pennsylvania, 32; Rhode Island, 4; Vermont, 4; West Virginia, 6; Wisconsin, 12; California, 9; Wy oming, 3. Total, 259. Bryan—Alabama, 11; Arkansas, 8; Colorado, 4; Florida, 4; Georgia, 13; Louisiana, 8; Mississippi, 9; Missouri, 17; Montana, 3; North Carolina, 11; South Carolina, 9; Tennessee, 12; Texas, 15; Utah, 3; Virginia, 12. — Total, 139. Unreported—’ldaho, 3; Kansas, 10; Kentucky, 13; Nebraska, 8; Nevada, 3; Oregon, 4; South Dakota, 4; Wash ington, 4.—Total, 49. If all the unreported States should turn out as Democratic, a highly im probable contingency, it would not change the result. The latest returns from Nebraska indicate a Republican Plurality. The Fifty-Seven Congress seems to he Republican by a substantial work ing majority. The gubernatorial ticket have appar ently followed the national, and Odell is elected in New York and Yates in Illinois. 284 Votes For flcKlnley Sure. New York, Special.—At 12.30 Wed nesday morning, National Committee fflen Manley, Blis3, and Gibbs, held a conference, at the conclusion of which the following statement was given out: "Op the returns received at Republi can headquarters up to this hour the Republican national con m ttee claim to have elected McKinley and Roosevelt hy an electoral vote of 284 with the pus nihility of 21 votes in addition, making a total of 305. These 21 votes consist nf the 13 votes in Kentucky and 8 in Nebraska. The States we s-urely c’aim for McKinley and Roo~evelt are: Cali fornia, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, lowa, Kansas, -"nine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Min nesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Norh Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island. South Di ,.? ta - Utah, Vermont, Washington, ".fcst Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyo ming.” de.!!° cornrn ittee then c’o'ed their and left for their homes. ALABAMA. Montgomery, Ala., Special.—Returns rrom the tfcate are so meagre that it is impossible to give any figures on the vote for President. Mr. Bryan carried the State by a large majority on a light vote. Alabama Congressional delega tion will be solidly Democratic. ARKANSAS. * Little Rock, Ark., Special.—The Ga zette estimates a majority of 60,000 for Bryan in Arkansas. Six Democratic Congressmen are elected beyond doubt. CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Special.—Up to nine o’clock the returns from the city and State at large indicate that California has gone Republican by 10,000 to 15,- 000. The Republicans will elect five Congressmen. The second and fifth districts are running very close. The city of San Francisco will give at least 7,000 plurality for McKinley. ' DELAWARE. Wilmington, Del., Special.—Returns received up to 9.30 indicate a Republi can majority in New Castle county of President- and Vice-President-Elect of the United States. P ‘-!fr - jfU WIM ~ g K3MLEY|jj[ JJ if 2,000 to 2,500. This will give the State to the Republicans by 1,200 to 1,500. The Democrats have carried Kent and Sussex counties, according to early re ports, electing two senators and nine out of ten representatives in Kent, and making gains in Sussex county. This makes it certain that the Democrats will have a majority in the next legis lature. FLORIDA, Jacksonville, Fla,, Special.—At mid night returns in Florida give Bryan’s majority as 22,000. Jennings, Demo crat, for governor, is elected by 21,000. The’tSate legislature is unanimously Democratic, 100 on joint ballot. The capital removal primary gives a plural ity to Tallahassee, the present seat of the State capital, and the capital will not be moved. OHIO. Columbus, 0., Special—Republican State Chairman Chas. Dick was given out the following statement: “Returns received up to this hour, 11 p. m., justify the claim that Ohio has given McKinley a plurality of from 76.- 000 to 80,000 and the election of 17 and perhaps 18 out of the 21 Congressmen, making a gain of two and probablj" three members of Congress. (Signed) “CHAS. DICK, “Chairman.” WISCONSIN. Lacrosse, Wis., Special—The Repub lican State central committee claim the State by 100,000. Democratic Chairman Warden concedes that Mc- Kinley will carry the State by 40.000, but claims that the Democratic candi date for Governor will carry the State by 10,000. COLORADO. Denver, Col., Special—Returns ro eeivsd up to 9:30 indicate that Bry an’s plurality in the Stale will be from 30,000 to 40,000, Arapahoe coun ty, including Denver, giving Bryan TRENTON, GA„ NOVEMBER 9.1900. 6.0C0 to 8,000 majority. Tho result on the State ticket Is in doubt. GEORGIA. Atlanta, Special.—Bryan’s majority in Georgia will be about 40,000, which is 28,000 less than that given Governor Candle? one month ago. The .ma jority for Bryan shows A apparent in crease over that four years ago of about 4,000. But little interest was manifested and a very light vote was polled. The Georgia delegation to Washington remains solidly Demo cratic. IDAHO. Boise, Idaho,* Special.—There are as yet no returns from this State. Only one precinct has been heard from. It gives McKinley 91; Bryan, 83. Two years ago it gave the fusionists 118; Republicans, 42. KEN® Louisville, Ky., sc . '—At 10 o’clock both Democrats ajji Republi can comi-mtteee claim -vine State, though they furnish no fi l-es in sup port of their claims. Tli<* Louisville newspapers, make to tho way they supported' 1 Democratic or Republican tickets in \ campaign. McKinley’s majority in 18 | ut of 200 precincts in Louisville anc! Ilie county is 4,059. Ini the same pre*incts, the majority of Ye rues, Republican candi dates for Governor over B’&ckham, Democrat, is 4,498. The Democrats are claiming gains out in the State. LOUISIANA. New Orleans, Special.—Bryan car ried Louisiana by a majority appar ently of 30,000. Tne vote was com paratively light. The State returns a. solid Democratic delegation to Con gress. MISSOURI. St. Louis, Special.—The late closing of the polls (7 o’clock), an unusually heavy vote and the fact that seven constitutional amendments voted for will be counted first, will make the re turns on State, congffressional and na tional tickets in Missouri very late. Itl is believed the world’s fair amend ments secured a majority in St. Louis. MISSISSIPPI. Jackson, Miss., Special.—The returns from the interior counties are slow in arriving, but reports so far are to the effect that the election was quiet and orderly throughout the State. In Jackson 75 per, cent, of the registered vote was polled. Ilnldications are that the total vote polled will be about 70,000. MARYLAND. Baltimore, Special.—McKinley has carried Maryland beyond ithe shadow of a doubt, the only question to be set tled being the size of his majority. With practically complete returns from the city he has a majority of about 6,500, while from -no State, scattering returns indicate an ad ditional surplus cf 3,500, making his total majority in ithe State about 10,- 000. MICHIGAN. Detroit, Mich., Special.—McKinley has carried Michigan beyond a doubt. Conservative estimates place his ma jority at 65,000. NEBRASKA. Omaha, Neb., Special.—There are 1,- 161 precincts in Nebraska, of which 99 are in Omaha and Douglass county. Nine precincts outside of Omaha and Douglass give McKinley 1,398; Bryan 849. These same precincts in 1896 gave McKinley 1,997; Bryan 815, a net gain for McKinley of 173. With this gain throughout the tSate McKinley would have a plurality of about 4,000. MONTANA. Rutte, Mont., Special.—Returns fro Silver Bow county, which casts about one-fourth of Montana's vote, indicate that Bryan has carried the State hy something like 20,000; that the Demo cratic fusion State ticket is elected and •that the fusionists will have a ma jority in the Legislature, which elects two United States Senators. NEW YORK. New York Special.—At 11 o’e’o k th” indications ”re that President Mc- Kinley ’as carried New vo r k State 1 v a majority over Bryan cf about [ compared with a Repubiicr.'' mv N ity :<i:m<)Cka tic. In the last election of 268,469. The to tal vote in the city of New York is ap proximately 60,000 larger htan it was in 1896, and up the State the increaje is about 30,000. In the city Bryan wip ed out the plurality of 60,000 which McKinley had four years ago and took on a plrality for himself of about 25,- 000. Up the State McKinley barely held the vote which he had in 1896, the added vote going to Bryan. NEVADA. Reno, Nev., Special.—The election passed off quietiy throughout Nevada. Present indications point to a Bryan majority of between 500 and 1,000, and election of New'lands, Democrat, for Congress, by about 600. Legislative ticket not yet canvassed. NEW JERSEY. New York, Special.—lncomplete re turns from all parts of New Jersey in dicate that the tSate has gone Repub lican, the estimates varying from 10,- 000 to 40,000. NORTH DAKOTA. Fargo, N. D., Special.—Three hun dred and twenty-six precincts in North Dakota give McKinley 2,687, Bryan 1,- 337. Same in 1896: McKinley 2,433, Bryan 1,737. Chairman Kleingle, Dem ocratic State committeeman, concedes the State to McKinley by 6,000 to 8,000. Marshall, Republican, for Congress, is undoubtedly elected. Chairman Kleingle, of the Democrat ic State committee, concedes the elec tion of McKinley electoral and State ticet, with the possible exception of at torney general. OHIO. Columbus, 0., Special.—At 10 o’clock less returns were received than any previous election in Ohio, at that hour. This is attributed to the unusually large vote, and the full county ffnd dis trict tickets. There were seven tickets of presidential electors and five State tickets. Out of 3,109 precincts in Ohio the State committee had heard at 10 o’clock from less than 200, and from very few committeemen indicating nq material change in the vote of 1896 ft when McKinley had a plurality of. SL~ 309. McKinley’s home county gained 1,000. ""v , OREGON. V / "Portland, Ore., Special.-One hundred and sixty-seven precincts out of 772 in Oregon, including the city of Portland, give McKinley 15.678; Bryan 8,755. If the same ratio is maintained McKinley will have a plurality of 20,000 in the S’ate. L SOUTH DAKOTA. Sioux Falls, S. D., Special.—Reports thus far received from this part of the but reports from other sections are yet too meagre to show if gains will be maintained throughout the State. ' The city of Sioux Falls, complete re turns for President, give McKinley a majority cf 433 over Bryan; a Repub lican gain of 414 over 1896. RHODE ISLAND. New York, Special —A Westren Un ion dispatch from Providence, R. I;, says McKinley has carried Rhode Isl and by about 17,000 plurality. NORTH CAROLINA. Raieigh, Special.—The election in North Carolina was very quiet. Re turns indicate that Bryan’s majority will not be less than 30,000. Seven Democratic Congressmen are cloctde, with two in doubt, the -eighth and ninth. Democratic Chairman Sim mons is elected United States Senator to succeed Butler (Populist) by 40,000 over his opponent. General Julian S. Carr. SOUTH CAROLINA. Charleston, S. C., Special.—The en tire State and county tickets and all of the seven Democratic candidates for Congress from South Carolina were elected, and the Rgpiji'bican-a.ote for Congressmen was / io v ‘7lenjil as to leave no grounds for contest?' I El, Charleston, the largest city in the SState, B‘eckett, the colored Republi can candidates for CoCngress, against Elliott, Democrat, received only 90 votes. No election riots or fights are reported anywhere in the State. TEXAS. Houston, Tex., Special.—The Demo cratic State ticket, headed by Joseph Sayers for Governor, is elected by a majority of 123 ,4’5 23456 23456 3456 majority in excess of 100,000. All Democratic Congressmen were elated, except in the tenth where the result is in doubt. VIRGINIA. f Richmond, Special—The Democrats have carried evey congressional dis trict with the possible exception of the tenth district. Virginia’s majority in favor if Bry an is apparently about 20.000. The ma jorities cn the congressional ticket will aggregate mere than this. UTAH. Salt Lake. Utah, Special.—Twenty two precincts in Salt Lake City and county shew a net Republican gain of 904. This is over one-quarter of the county vote. This gain if maintained would give the Republicans the county by 1.500. Roberts, Democrat, carried the county in 1896 by 1.772. WASHINGTON. Seattle, Wn., SSperial.—Present indi cations’are that McKinley has carried Seattle anu King county by a major ity of from 1,000 to 1,500. Returns are slow in coming in. Vote in the city not heavy. Sketch of President Mckinley. William McKinley was born at Niles, Ohio, January 29, 1543. He was of sturdy and patriotic ancestry. He served in the civil war, rising to the rank of Major. He received a col legiate edcation, studied law. and was for a number of years attorney for Stark county, Ohio. He was elected to Congress as a republican from Ohio, 1877 to 1891. was defeated for Congress in 1890. Was elected gov ernor of Ohio in 1593. Whi.e a mem ber of Congress he was chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and became the author of the well-known tariff bill which bears his name. He was the originator of the reciprocity system. He was nominated for the presidency by the Republican national convention in 1896, and was elected. During his administration a number of stirring events have occurred. Hhe war,with Spain was Begun and ended. The island cf Porto Rico has an American possession and tjkjf American claim to the Philippir.A; or secured by the payment of 20,000,00011,]'. Spain, Is being supported by Ameridßu arms. Vice President Hobart died during the second year of President ( . McKinley’s term. The Republican national convention of 1900 nominated President McKinley for re-election on the record of his administration, and the campaign has been one of great activity; bordering on bitterness, ihe issues of the past campaign have caused new alignments of tne party leaders as well as the voters, and the result has been problematical from the outset. President McKinley has. taken no active part in the campaign, al though he is a graceful and forceful speaker, with , a style abounding in epigrams. Under his administration tho country has been brought face to face with new conditions, and the his torian of the future, writing in the light of later developments only can tell whether thfe course of his admin istration has been the best for the country. Friend and foe alike, how ever, are agreed in attributing to him honesty of motives. ELECTORAL VOTE BY STATES. o a , Ct <T> 3 *2 sTATES. . § | p o JT p Alabama ji Arkansas 8 California 9 Connecticut ...J. 6 .Delaware X 4 Florida ’. 4 Georgia 13 ..! Idaho 3 Illinois 24 Indiana 15 lowa i3 Kansas 19 Kentucky ■jl#'... . 13 Louis, ana ........ . . JHPr.. 8 Mai ne .7TrTrC §1 g Maryland 8 Massachusetts 15 Michigan P. 14 Minnesota . . 9 Mississippi }f 9 Missouri 17 Montana 3 ... Nebraska j3k 9 Nevada New Hampshire....?V. 4 New Jersey...; , 70 New York 30 North Caroliua 11 ... North Dakota 3 Ohio 23 Oregon 4 Pennsylvania 32 lthode Island . . 4 South Carolina 9 ... South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 ... Texas 10 ... Utah 3 ... Vermont I 4 Virginia 12 ... Washington ... 4 West Virginia 6 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming 3 Totals 158 230 Prizes for Servants. Prizes to servants who had served their masters a long time were distriu uted in Austria on thp occasion of the Emperor’s seventieth birthday. Twen ty-or.e prizes of $75 each were given for serving thirty years. Among the re cipients were a valet 71 years of age who had served his master forty-six years; a purse 72 years of age, who had been years in one family; a maid of aP %ork, 77 years of age whose record was forty-one years, and a cook, kitchenmaid/ and a maid of all wo”k, in one place thirtv rnine years, j Death Lipman. The London papers record the dea th of Julius Lipman, nicknamed "Leath er Apron,” a cobbler, who in 1889 fell under suspicion of being “Jack the Ripper.” sitis&d the police of bis innocence, but thajstigira never left him. His business gradually disap pea: e: and he in another neigh borhood, to drink. lie died eft neglect and semi-starvation. Baptist Seminaries. 0 There afe in the United States among the Baptists seven theological semi naries, one hundred and four un’versi ties and colleges and eighty-fcm\Ycad cmies, seminaries and ed in the American B ptist Book. These institutions report 2.491 instruc tors, 37,992 pupils and $20,991,047 in buildings and endowment. “This is a maguifi ent showing," says the Bap tist Courier, "but it is only the begia ning of what the Baptists of th’s coua tr- —HI show in the coming year.” NEW CONSTITUTION. Fundamental Laws for the Cuban dovernment. —. CONVENTION MEETS IN HAVANA.^ It W as a Very Enthusiastic Affair and Was Largely Attended, Thousand* Being Turned Away. i Havana, By Cable.—The Cuban con stitutional convention met in the Mar ti 1 heat re, Monday, afternoon, at 2*• o’clock. Long before that hour th® theatre was crowded. Many thousand* were-ainable to gain admittance, and tk in the enighborhood were with people. General Wood >7l A’aJ* staff, accompanied by General ri wgh Lee and his staff, received * * tion on the band play- America! fienor Cisros and Gen ’ Rivers escorted General Wood to ti, sorm, and he almost immedl-. ately t “As mil itary g ‘ ' WtoArthe island of Cuba represent President of thq United Stat&b-V®tiid, “I call the con vention to *pT;r' firs! of all to ™ energetic t7t t? i implication etltution for Cuba, government ia been done to formula! j course by senti opinion, ought to be considera tween Cuba and the Vmt k constitution mnst'baS x P j 1 tlie cure stable, orderly G&U,. H ment. When you havejj relations which, in|B^ rilfi to US fo) ought to exist Cuba a °d with States, the governmen^F^Ssd^ States will doubtless on its part as shall Jead to a final and authoritative agreement' between the people of the two countries to the pro motion of their common interests. “All friends of Cuba will follow your deliberations with the deepest interest, earnestly desiring that you shall reach just conclusions and that by the digni ty, individual self-restraint and wi&e conservation which shall characterize ’your proceedings, the papacity of the Cuban people for representative gov- ' ernment may be signally l.iustrated, ( “The fundamental distinction be tween true representative government and a dictatorship is that in the fof mef>very representative of the people, in whatever office, confines himself strictly within the limits of his powers. Without such restraint 'thea f cannot be free’constitutional ment. Y’our powers are strictly jpnit ed by the terms of the order.” The convention organized wj4l“ Se nor Llorenta, justice of the sfl-reme Court, as president, t .and endo as secretary. T 1 ojrSb9. h was then administjiw “We, the delegaf jkfr * Ly Jtna. people of Cuba too consti tutional convention, faithfully to fulfill the duties pi our office. We publicly and solemnly renounce ail ai legance or compact made with any State or nation, whether made direct ly or indirectly, swearing to the sov ereignty of the free and independent people of Cuba and swearing to re. spect the solution this convention may adopt, as well as the government es- tablished by the constitution.” All of the 31 delegates were preesnt. Senor Aleman, who said that the con vention was “only a continuation of the fight lor independence,” moved that the regulations governing the old Cuban assembly at Yaya, in 1596, be adopted. As nobody seemed familiar with them, the convention adjourned until to morrow, at 2 p. m., when cop ies will be furnished to the delegates. The following resolutions were pre sented to the president of the conten tion just before adjournment and will probably be adopted: “Resolved first, The delegates pro pose that the constitutional assembly proceed immediately to call on Gen. Wood and to manifest the satisfaction with which the delegates have seen him carry out the difficult mission en trusted to him. “Second, That the committee request General Wood to cable to the President of the United States as follows: ‘Th® delegates elected to the constitutional convention assembled at their inaugu ral meeting greet with profound grati tude and affection the President of the United States of America, and they are satisfied with the honesty demonstrat ed in the fulfillment of the declara tions made in favor of the liberty and the independence of the Cuban peo ple.’ ” Phosphate n’ees C ose. Charleston. S. C., Sp r ci"l.—ln conse quence of the decline in price of phos phate reck and difficulty in obtaining ocean traneportat'on, two bi mining companies near Beaufort have closed down tor a time ar.d another is work ing only half of its print. The Coo saw company has over 50,000 tons of rock ready for shipment and is work ing half oi' its dredges havirg no mar ket as yet for its product. The Emp re works, on Lady’s Island, controlled by the Virginia-Carolina Chem'cal Com pany, and errip’oying about 15 whita and 200 negro pickers kas clos'd down. The Beaufort Pbo pbate Company, with about 25.000 tons of rock on band, has clostd down for 60 days. NO. 28.