Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-08
Elections Yesterday.

OHIO.-The republicans claimed the election
Of Jacob for MAYOR of Cincinnati at O'Clock
this morning over Harris by 1000 majority.
The vote pOlled is unusually heavy, eauaiing
that cast at the last Presidential election. The
npublicans also claim the election of the entire
city ticket, with possibly the exception of police
Judge. The republicans have swept the city of
Columbus, Ohio, and elected G.. g. Collins
mayor by between 600 and 200 majority and
the balance OF the ticket by similar figures.
They have also elected sufficient members to
make the city council republican by five ma
Jolity. This is the first time since tne orgaai-
zation OF the party that the republicans nave
elected their candidate for mayor. AT Akron
the entire democratic city ticket was elected
with the exception of street commissioner. Al
counctlmen. At Warren the republican City
ticket was elected. At Fremont the democrats
elect the mayor. Geneva Rayenna and Eyri
towns on the Ohio reserve show republican
victories. The republicans OF Cleveland elected
their whole tickeU, with the probable exception
OF police judge.
MICHIGAN.-John Logan ChIpman was elected
Judge OF the superior court, OF Detroit, by a
plurality OF All and majority of 46 over both
the republican and national candidates. Re-
turns from the interior come In slowly Sixty
two towns heard from give Campbell (rep), for
justice OF the supreme court, LII; Grosvenor
Tep), FOR regent, III, and Shearer (rep), for
leg eht, ,1O1 majority.
IowA.-In the municipal election in Council
BUNS yesterday, the republicans elected the
marshal and treasurer, and the democrats the
aldermen. AT Keokuk the entire republican
ticket is elected, with the exception of one
gIeenback alderman: Two other greenb packers
were elected in wards where the republicans
mace no nominations. The vote was unusually
large.
CoNNFcT1CUT-In the municipal election in
Hartford, Conn.,, yesterday, the republicans
elected the city auditor and marshal and the
democrats the city clerk and treasurer. The
Iepubilcans retain control of the common coun-
Gil, having ma jOrity of two on Joint ballot
4r0m
republican, was reelected mayor yesterday by
$50 majority over the democratic and green
BACK cahdldetes. The republicans elect six
aldermen ID the democrats one.
CHICAGO'S DOUBLE POISONING special dis
patch from Chicago, April 3, says:-Tne coro-
ner's jury this evening concluded its inquiry as
to the cause OF the death OF Mrs. Ida Meyer
ard Henry Gelderman. The strong suspicion
they lived, has been that they were poisoned by
DR.: Il. Meyer and Mrs Gelderman, husband and
Wl1e, respectively, OF deceased. The doctor and
his alleged paramour were arrested some time
ago, but released on a habeaS corpus to await
Tue result OF an analysis for poison. Tonight
tie coroner's jury. after deltberattng about half
an hour, held them both, without bail, for
murder. 1t was shown In the testimony that
eighteen TO twenty ounces OF chloroform had
been administered to Mrs. Meyer and Gel
derman On their dying beds DR.. Haness
ano,l ana pIofessor ,o seibel, who made chemical
In large quantities. In Mrs. Meyers stomach
was found third OF a grain of colchicIne, or
English saffron. a very deadly poison, which is
little known, seldom used and hard to trace in
the human system. In Gelderman's stomach
was found at least one grain of strychnine It
Is said that In their young days DR.. Meyer was
beau OF Mrs. Gelderman, and kept up the in
timacy with her after marriage. They were
under restraint, however, until her husband
and MS Wife were out OF the way. Scarcely
had the graves closed when the two old lovers
began such familiarity as to attract the atten-
ton and suspicion Of the neighbors The
and to the opera, and it was noticed that oftea
when he entered her residence the blinds would
be Immediately drawn. The case has excited
great interest, especially among Germans on
the North Side