The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1884-11-07
GREAT EXCITEMENT.
Ritous Demonstrations in Several
Giles.


BOSTON, Nov. 6.-Tntersst in the result of
the elections continues unabated in this city
Streets in the vicinity of the newspaper offices
present q most remarkable appearance tonight
Washington street from Bromfeld to State Is
one solid mass OF humanity, aud making il i'm
possible for person to pass through. As the
returns ara announced upou the Herald bulle-
tins aud from the Journal bulletins directly
opposite, the crowd cheer or hiss as the result
is favorable or unfavorabe to the preferences
of the observer. Excitement is intense.
Papers were seized from newsboys and burned,
Pictures of Blaine and Cleveland we're seizsd
by the crowd and destroyed, and there has
been many personal encounters. The crowd
has broken one OF the large plate glass windows
ia the journal office, and rotten eggs and
stones have been thrown at the building. Six
persons have been arrested in connection with
the newspaper burning outrage. AT Dem
ocratic headquarters Democrats were burning
red lights AMI discharging rockets, and taken
altogether these scenes have never before been
surpassed in the streets of Boston.
New YORK, Nov. 7-Bulletins from the
different newspaper offices are awaited by
surging crowds Ont good -humored brag and
bluster have taken much h9rCer aspect to-
night and the feeling of an easy victory on
both sides has given place to deeper anxiety.
Com plants about the dilatoriness of Official
returns were many. The popular discomfort
was fed bY pacsrdS suggestive of attempts to
geance" was conspicuous liue in one of the
afternoon placsrds, aud other such announce
ments aud acccsona tending to stir up popu-
lar ferment were being put out before the
public gazs, and at times it seemed as if the
excitement eOgeBdered on both sides by delav.
suspense, doubt, m'strast and desire would
lead to nostilities.
10 to pretty advanced hour 10 the ever
ing the Mail and Express aud Tribune kept is
suing bulletins promising q Republican ma
jlrity in New York, and the Mail and Ex-
press issued an extra at 10 o'clock showing a
Republican majority Of 372. After that no
more bulletins were exhibited on either of
these two bHildiUgs and the crowds of anxious
Repu bCaBs were seen no longer. The Herald
and World continued to show large though
considerably reduced majority for Cleveland.
The Herald's latest bulletin at 10 O'Clock stat
ed that the returns from Albany up to that
hour showed 5000 majority FOR Cleveland in
the State aud the crowd which filled the street
in front of the building continued to cheer
that announcement again aud again. While
they waited for later dispatches many Fmur-
mur went around accusing Jay Gould, the AS
sociated Press and various other men and
things of being the fraudulent causes of the
delay that kept the complainants in suspense
A great gathering of spectators late In the
evening con2reg stsd in front of the Sun office
where Associaed Press despa'ches giving
Republican successes we're altsrnated with
Sun dispatches which were inclined to give
tho State to Cleveland. At midnight crowds
are still in front of the newspaper offices aud
the exc tsment and cheering slill continue.
Such ferment of public feeling WAS never
bsiore known at an election in New York.
a crosd Of 600 men marched Gown Broad
way TO tho West rn Union bulldog at before
midnight shouting "No, nol Blaine won't CO."
and Che ering Cleveland. In front Of the
building several excited individuals shouted
"Hang Jay Could" A dozsu policemen,
however, scattered the crowd. Twelve uni.