Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-11-07
Late Eastern News.
North Carolina.


WILMINGTON, Nov. An addition
to presidential electors, North Caro-
lima to-day elects full ticket, JUS
tees of the Superior Court, members
of the Legislature and county off,
GERS. The issues are tariff, educa-
ton, civil rights, and the question Of
negro rule. In the eastern counties
all other issues are dwarfed by the
latter, and the color line is sharply
drawn in nearly the whole State.
Massachusetts.
Boston, Nov. 4.-The weather is
cloudy and threatening. There are
four tickets in the field Democratic,
Republican, Peoples and Prohib-
ition The vote is likely to be large.
All of these tickets have electoral,
gubernatorial and congressional can
didates. The Republican candidate
for Governors George D. Robinson,
present incumbent; the Democratic
candidate is VIM. G. Encicot'; the
Peoples party, NJ. j. Caff.r y; Pro-
hibition, Aulius II. Sse.ye, Ut Am.
herst.
DENVER, Col, Nov. 4.-Besides
Presidential electors, one Congress-
man and full list of State officers
will be elected to- day. A very heavy
vote is being polIed. The weather is
1o1iOhffn1
HARTFORD, Conn q, Nov. 4.-The
weather is overcast, the interest in.
tense and the largest vote ever polled
in the State will probably be cast.
South Caroline.
CHARLESTON, s. c., Nov: 4.-The
election in South Carolina to-day is
for Governor and State officers,
members of the Legislature and
Congressman, as we'll as for presi-
dental electors. There is practi-
ca!ly no opposition to the Demo-
cratic candidates for State officers
and in only four or five counties
have the Republicans nominated
candidates for county officers.
There is no serious opposition to the
Democratic candidates for Congress,
except in the First or Charleston
district, where Taft (Rep.) opposes
Dibble (Dem.), and in the Seventh
district, where Snall (Rep.) is op-
posed to Elliott DEM.
New YORK, Nov. AIN this State
to-day, besides presidential electors,
the following candidates will be
voted for: Two judges Of the Court
of Appeals, thirty.four Congress-
men, members of Assembly, and in
various localities city and county
officials. Judges OF the Supreme
Court will be elected, having been
nominated by both Democratic and
Republican conventions. In twenty.
six of the Congressional districts
there are, in addition to the nomina-
tons Of the two principal parties,
nominations of the Peoples party,
or by the Prohibitionists, and in FIVE
of these districts both those parties
have made nominations. There are
in New York State, outside of New
York and Brooklyn, 1894 polling
places or election districts. Returns
from these will be compared and
sent out Independent of New York
city and Brooklyn. Comparisons in
the State will be made with returns
for President in 1880. The vote in
that year stood: Garfield, 555, 544;
Hancock, 534, 511; with IL, 1876 scat.
tering.
TRENTON. N. j.. Nov. 4.-There is
sudden trouble here. Prosecutor
Beasley has ordered the arrest OF q
number of Republicans and others
on a charge of bribery. Among the
number are said to be two very
prominent persons. Warra nts have
issued for the arrest Of persons said
to have sold their votes. Up to l
o'clock very large Republican vote
had been polled, the Democrats ap-
parently holding back.
Pacific Coast Failures.
Bradstreet's Mercantile Agency
reports 80 failures in the Pacific
Coast States aud Territories for the
month of October. just closed, with
assets ct 1915 ,266 and liabilities Of
$691 ,341, as compared with 80 for
October, 1883, with assets at $780,.
BOG and liabilities at $1.O48, 534.
The failures for the last month are
divided among the States and Terri.
tories as follows: California SO. Orc.
gon il. Washington 7, Arizona 2,
Nevada 2.
A cyeie..'s Work,
Havana, Nov. 3.-Porto Rico pa.
pers report large waves observed in
several parts OF the island during
the recent cyclone in Arecibo. Thir-
ty two houses inhabited by poor
people, were totally destroyed and
water covered some of the streets,
doing but little damage. A schooner
was cast ashore. The cyclone was
felt severely at Nuevatis. The city
was inundated in few hours, caus-
ing some damage. The water at.the
railway station rose Is centimeters
about the passengers stairs. The
telegraph station was struck by
lightning and destroyed.
Fearful Sterms.
ST.. JOHN, N. B. Nov. An the
two recent gales Of Saturday and
, the previous Thursday, terrible hav.
oc was wrought on shipping on tho
Newfoundland and Labrador coasts.
The British brig Dugong was lost with
all hands at Western Head. The
schoonsrs Topaz and Julia were to-
tally wrecked, the crews barely es.
Gaping with their lives. Eleven 9TH
er vessels were lost. No particulars
of the disaster have yet been re.