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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-30
REPUBLICAN CLAIMS.
NEBRASKA FOR M'KINLEY By
$4,000.
Texas Is Also Put In the Republican
Virginia Good For 11,OO0-Next!

CHICAGO, Oct. 29.-Final reports by let
tiers from the chairmen of the Republican
state committees have been coming to
headquarters since last week.
Tonight, after a council of the national
committee, it was decided to give to the
press these reports as fast as they are
received, following the ac,ion of amp lign
Chairman Campau, of the Democratic
national committee Only parts of the
reports from each state chairman were
given out The extracts, in substance.
from the reports received up to tonight
are as follows.
INDIANA-I feel confident Mckinley
will not get less than $500 majority, and
1t may be $1,000 l base these estimates
on the recent 30-day poll, which was as
favorable as the 60-day poll of the state.
believe Indiana will give a solid con-
gressional delegation,
IOWA-Sure to carry the state by not
less than 10000 and it may be twice that
Hard fights in the Second, Sixth, Eighth.
Ninth and Eleventh congressional dis
tricts.
KANSA%Will give Mckinley not less
than 5000 majority, based on reliable
information received from every precincl.
believe the entire eight congressman will
be elected One hundred speeches a day
being made under direction of committee
NEBRASKA-Ciaim the states by 1900
majority.
Absolutely sure of mot less
than 10000 majority for Mckinley, and
believe it will exceed that. Predict full
congressional delegation from the state
have not predicted success publicly, but
our reports are Overwhelmingly Bile.
MINNESOTA-Our last poll shows Nc
Kinley's majority 1900. We have strong
hopes of more. Minneapolis uncertain.
May give 5000 either way. st. Paul safe.
Congressional districts one, two. four ana
five sure and our chances good for car
rying Third, Sixth and Seventh.
NEW YORK-New York s.ate majority
for Mckinley will exceed 100000. New
York city will give MCKINLEY $1,000 ma
iority. The congressional majorities will
run from 1,5OG to 14,0GO or 1900 in the
Twenty-secend and ThiI'sy-fcurth dis
tricts We will elect 100 of the $50 MEM
bers of the general assembly and as we
have a majority of 20 IN the senate we
will elect Republican to succeed Senator
Hill.
OHIO--Claim the state by 100000 ma
jority.
gives Mckinley 5000 majority. In this
estimate we are counting out as against
US every doubtful vote. Democrats seem
to have given up the contest on Dresi-
Dental electoral ticket and are coscen-
traeing all efforts on the state issues.
National committeeman Kittridge puts
our majority in the legislature 80 TO 106.
Chairman Mum, of the Black HIS re-
gion gives the state to Mckinley by
l.0o0 on most conservative estimate.
TExAS-Reports justify the belief that
Mckinley will carry Texas.
WEST yIRGINIAss-Mcksiin as plurality
congressional districts safe.
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DENVER, Oct. ga few days ago
Postoffice Inspector Michen received a
telegram from Albuquerque, sent by In
spector Fredericks, who stated that he
had arrested D. ]. M. Jewett, assistant
postmaster at Fort Stanton, n. NJ, for
embezzling funds of the money order de-
partment to the amount of s151-26, and
that he would be arraigned at Sorroco at
the December court term. This morning
a letter was received from Inspector
tredericks, stating who Jewett is. He
Is the same man who, as chairman of the
Louisiana returning board in 1876, de-
feated Samuel ]. Tilden for the presi-
dency and elected Rutherford B. Hayes.
1t will be remembered that there was a
bitter contest for the presidency at that
time, and that hot contest waged in the
electoral college. Louisiana was claimed
hY the Democrats who affirmed that the
Republican nominee for governor has been
elected, but that he had run over 5,0O0
votes ahead of his ticket, and that the
Democratic electors had been chosen. The
returning board, headed by Jewett, after
a long and bitter struggle, finally returned
the Republican electors. This made the
vote in the electoral college lS5 for Hayes
votes of Louisiana were thrown for
Hayes. The Democrats protested against
this, and the returns from this state
as well as from Florida, Oregon and
South Carolina were referred by congress
to an electoral committee, composed of
eight Republicans and seven Democrats.
This committee, by a strict party vote,
sustained the Republican returns on ac-
count of the alleged frauds, giving the
vote 1S5 to 1S4 as stated above.
The Democrats have always considered
the Louisiana returning board and par
ticularly its chairman, Jewett, as being
responsible for the defeat of Tilden. and
his ultimate death.
Jewett was, ostracised upon every pos
sible occasion and finally, in sheer des-
peration, sought the appointment of as
sstant postmaster at the little town of
Fort Stanton, nearly $50 miles from the
railroad.
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Fe. Gulf. Colorado & Santa Fe, South
California. New Mexico & Arizona. and
the Sonora, the total mileage of which is
now 6435. % miles.
The income account for the six months
Is as follows:
Earnings from operations. ...... 81. 500. 22sf
Expenses Il, 207. 42S
Net earnings. including income
from interest. investment, dis
count. exchange and sundry re-
ceipts s,49, Al
Rental, taxes etc. 1O60 sol
Interest on bonds .............. 2.29f .1f9
Surplus . IA, 10
Compared with the corresponding pc
Rod in 1895, gross earnings show an in
crease of s137.477. operating expenses a
decrease of s946.207 and net earnings an
increase of s1.0S3. 665. The percentage of
operating expenses to earnings was I5-10
in 1896 and $3.50 in 1895.
Contracts have been completed rDon
mutually satisfactory terms with the
Pullman Palace Car company, Western
Union Telegraph company and Wells,
Fargo Express company, for hauling the
sleeping car. telegraph and express bust
ness of the line.i
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CANNOT BE BEATEN.
Washburn still Enthusiastic Over
Bryan,s Chances For Election.

Bryan's Chances For Election.
CHICAGO. Oct. 2s.-Chairman Wash
burn, Of the Western Populist head
quarters, was in conference most of
today with Senator Butler, chairman
of the national committee. Mr.. Wash
burn said there was nothing done by
them except TO go over the general
situation, before leaving their ticket
in the hands of the voters, and to at
tend to any details that had been over
looked
The two chairmen said they had done
all that could be done now and the
obstacles in the way of complete
fusion would have TO remain The
campaign work of the Peoples party
national committee is practically done,
and Mr.. Washburn declared the probe
bilities were all in the direction of
Bryan's election. He knew of six COM
binations of electoral votes in states
that were not safely for Bryan or Nc
Kiniey, which would work out the sal
walton of the silver candidate to the
one combination of Republicans, allow
ing them Illinois, as the decisive state.
He confidently declares that Mr.. Bryan
could not be beaten, with the gold
Democratic vote offset by the silver
Republican vote as admitted by the
opposition and the addition of the g.
O0G. 00u POpulist votes.
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IN RAILWAY CIRCLES.
A PLAN TO REoRGANIzE THE CEN
TRIAL PACIFIC.
Louis w. Morrison Wants 1t Re-
leased From Huntington's Grasp
The Canadian Pacific.

NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The Times
says: Louis W. Morrison, a broker of
this city, has requested. holders of
stock of the Central Pacific railroad
to send him their names and addresses
and statement of their holdings. AT
the Office of Mr.. Morrison yesterday
the reasons for his action and its
prompting were not given, on the plea
that the plans were not completed.
There was, however, a typewriter cir
cular addressed ITO the stockholders
of the Central Pacific railroad which
stated that the conviction was forced
on every stakeholder that it was neces-
sary to adopt active measures for the
protection of, their interests. They
were satisfied that the present condi-
ton of the road was due, not to nat
under its lease of 80 years to the South
ern Pacific company. Its entire future
depends on some efficient plan of re-
organization. Abrogation of the lease
to the Southern Pacific company and
the meeting of the liabilities to the
United States according to their tenor
are instances as basis of reorganiza-
ton. The proposition is that the stock
holders shall subscribe for the new is
sues of bonds to the amount of the
present firsts and government debts
less bonds exchanges. The road shall
thereupon be foreclosed by the govern
ment and bought in by committee of
stockholders for new company, which
shall issue the per cent to the pres
ent stockholders upon their subscrip-
TONS hft
Stockholders are urged to rally be-
fore the meeting of congress in order
to defeat the measure of the Southern
Pacific company. which is pending,
and which promises to perpetuate its
control over the property.
In the absence of President Coils P.
Huntington, no one at the offices of
the Southern Pacific company would
talk of the endeavor to rally the stock
holders of the Central Pacific for con-
certed action toward reorganization.
Ignorance of Mr.. Morrison's call was
protested with an expression of doubt
as to his ability to carry out his plan.
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fSnecial to The Herald.l

BUTTE. Mont, Oct. 2s.-James
Kelly, well-known young man, is ly-
ing dead at the morgue, and Jessie
Hill, young woman, is at the hos
pital in critical condition as the re-
suit of a lovers quarrel or insane
jealousy on the part of Kelly.
Kelly and the woman had been en-
gagged to be married, but recently she
seemed to change her mind and kept
putting off the wedding day, on ac-
count of which he several times threat
ened her life.
A few days ago she moved her board
ing place in order to escape Kelly, but
today he found her.
They were alone in her room for some
time, when two shots were heard.
The girl was found with bullet
wound in her head, and Kelly had
spattered his own brains all over the
room.
The girl may recover.
+ Kelly was 80 years old and has a
daughter living at Braidwood, Ill.
He was a member of the A. o. U. w.
of Park city, Utah.
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THE STORY poUBTEp.
cOLoRED ANNEX.
1t Issues an Address to the Negro
Voters of the Country.

Voters of the Country
NEW YORK, Oct. 29.-The national
Republican annex, composed of lead
ing Americans of this and other
cities, issued an address this afternoon
to the colored voters of the country.
The address says that the colored
voters all over the country with a few
exceptions propose, as never before, to
stand solidly for the st. Louis plat
form and by the standard-bearers of
the Republican party, William McKin-
ley of Ohio and Carrot A. Hobart of
New Jersey, for they believe that in
the election of these men there shall
be peace and prosperity to the ccun-
try. The colored people of this coun-
try recognize the fact that the Repub-
licar party is their natural political
home. and that while there are some
things in its management that are not
pleasant to tnem, nevertheless they be-
lieve that the Republican party is
more faithful TO their interest and
more liberal in its dealings with them,
and that the prosperity and betterment
of the race can be better served by
alliance with the Republican party
than any other organization in this
country.
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SOvEREIGN'S POLL TAX.
A Failure to Pay 1t Is Causing Him
Much Trouble.

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Oct. 29.-The
news Of J. r. Sovereign's ineligibility to
serve as an elector, as he had failed to
pay his poll tax, caused a great sensa-
ton throughout the state, although it
has been known by Governor Clarke, Sec
rotary of State Arnistead and Attorney
General Dinsworthy for ten days Each
of these officials frankly admitted its
correctness today. Three days after the
Democratic and Populist state central
committee had agreed upon fusion upon
electors a report reached Governor Clark G
that J. r. Sovereign. one of the Populist
electors selected by the Populist COM
mittee, was disqualified because he had
failed to pay his poll tax, which is the es-
sentfal requirement of citizenship in
Arkansas. An investigation was started
and the report was found to be true. It
was too late, however, to substitute an
other name as the time for fling cert.-
ficates of names had expired the day after
fusion had been agreed upon. The matter
will probably go to the courts for set
tlement. vs.
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..THlEs G.ENERA I.s.n.

BURLINGTON. Ia. Oct. 2e.-The Pal
mer and Buckner party left Ottumwa at
LIS D. m. today for a trip eastward. AT
3:15 Fairfield was reached, where ]. T..
e. Markley presided over the meeting
and Palmer and Buckner made short
speeches, despite the heavy rain. AT
a meeting was held in the opera house.
l.. A. Palmer, nephew of General Pal
mer, presided. General Palmer spoke at
some length and after the meeting a re-
ception was given at the home of Mrs.
Wallbank. At $50, the party reached
Burlington. where q great meeting was
held this evening.
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MYSTERIOUS CRIME.
WOMAN KILLED WHILE IN. HER
HUSBANDS COMPANY.
He Alleges That IL Was the Act of a
Highway man, But the Police Are
OF the Opinion That the Husband
Did the Bloody Deed.

YOUNGSTOWN, Pa. Oct, pa muir
der unparalleled in the annals of crime
in Montgomery county was committed
early last evening on a public road in
Upper Mercer township, near Bridge
port.
Mrs. Emma Kaiser, the wife of
Charles o. Kaiser. jr., was shot down
as she rode along with her husband,
who an hour later was receiving the
condolences of friends, but who today
stands accused of the crime
The first Information of the tragedy
was received when Kaiser drove into
Bridgeport with the body of his wife
beside him The only witness Of the
crime was the alleged murderer him
self, and the only details to be had
were CLEANED from him first by Frank
S. Mancil of the Farmers hotel and
later by the police.
A HIGHWAY STORY.
Mr.. Mancil, accompanied by his
daughter, YVES driving to Norristown,
and when he reached a point on the
road sl1ir.ing William p. Dardd's farm,
near the Trenton cutoff, on the rail-
road, he saw Kaiser running wildly
about in the road, shouting Murder!
Helpp In a carriage standing in the
road lay Mrs. Kaiser dead Alighting
from his vehicle, Mr.. Mancil listened to
Kaiser's story of a highway robber,
and the shooting of his wife. Kaiser
appeared 10 be frenzied with agony
and Mr.. Mancil suggested that probd-
bly, the woman was only unconscious
and that the best thing to do was to
drive ahead of Mr.. Mancils team to
the Office of DR.. Mann in Bridgeport.
Kaiser propped the body between his
shoulder and. the carriage curtain, the
blood streaming from the wound and
clothing on his coat. The body was
carried into the Office, and when it
was placed on the floor exposed a
ghastly wound in the left temple.
kaiser twice tainted. Kaiser said that
his wife was shot as she was drawing
her watch chain over her head to hand
Tito the bandit, and that he raised his
arm and received Z bullet in the
shoulder that was intended for his
head.
THE STORY DOUBTED.
The police doubted the story and be-
gan an investigation of the story, and
this morning Chief of Police Roden-
beuglf, Coroner kurtz and Mr.. Mancil
recovered the alleged stolen jewelry.
From inmates of the boarding house
where the couple lived it was learned
that the Kaisers carried joint insur-
ance policy of $4,000, the death of
either making the other the beneficiary,
and that several weeks ago Kaiser and
his wife each executed a win, each
making the other executor and sole
legatee Kaiser is "a years of age and
his wife was 81.
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Thomas Owens I9
William Lacey, contractor
James Herring.
Joseph Worth.
The injured:
David Williams, laborer; overcome
by gas.
John Davis, laborer;~ overcome by
gas and bruised on the body.
Six others were brought to the sur
face uninjured. ~
When the explosion occurred, William
Lacey, a contractor, was at work in d
rock tunnel aboNtsa mile from the foot
of the shaft with l13 men. Inmedi-
ately after the explosion, rescuing
party was organized by Fire Boss
William r. Jones and Assistant Fore
man John w. Josephs. The men pro-
ceeded down the shaft, Jones and Jo-
sephs being far in advance. When
about one mile from the foot of the
shaft they stumbled over the bodies
of Contractor Lacey, Owens. Herring
and Worth. At this point Jones and
Josephs were overcome by black damp
and fell dead iDa their tracks. The
other rescuers were forced to retreat
bringing the bodies of Jones and Jo-
sephs with them. -
A few hours later the air current
was partly restored and the men We're
dHtO " -'toh LiiCil way iHtO
mel, and at $50 they signalled that
they had recovered the bodies of the
four rock miners. The rescuers, with
the bodies. were brought to the sur
face shortly afterwards
There are several theories as to the
cause of the explosion. The mine is
known to be a dangerous one, and
great precautions have always been
taken. All the men at work in the
tunnel today carried safety lamps, so
it is not believed that the gas was
exploded from a naked lamp. The
most plausible theory is that the gas
was ignited by a blast.
The roof of the fan house was blown
off and the building otherwise dam
aged. The shock from the explosion
was heard fully a mile away The mine
is on fire and viii cause the company
much trouble and expense before the
flames can be subdued. In past years
the colliery has been the scene of sew
eral bad explosions. The most de-
struetive occurred on Sunday, March
3, 1890, by which eight miners were
burned to death in a most horrible
manner. and two years ago some of
the members OF the New York Coal Ex-
change had narrow escape. A party
of ten We're on the carriage, and had
been lowered a short distance into the
shaft when an explosion took place
near the foot. The carriage-was quickly
hoisted out of the shaft. Just in time
to save the lives of the New Workers.
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MEANS BUSINESS.
Jones ogers a Reward For Convic-
tions of Election Law Violations.

CHICAGO, Oct. Ex-senator James
K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic
national committee, has offered a re-
ward to anyone who will furnish evil
dence that will convict yiolators of the
election laws. He does not specify any
particular territory. but includes the
whole country. AS evidence of hi
desire to aid in detecting and punish
ing fraud at the polls he issued the
following:
"a reward of $500 will be paid by
the Democratic national committee
to any person or persons who will
furnish evidence for the conviction
of any one of bribing or attempt
ing to bribe any voter to vote or to
refrain from voting at the general
election to be held November 3.
1896. JAMES <. JONES'"
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HOBART's PROMISES.
Says New Jersey VIII RebuISe the
Naughty Silver Barons of the
the West

NEWARK, N. J., Oct 2s.-Garret A
Hobarts visit to this city today was
made the occasion of a political and in
dustrial demonstration unparalleled in
the city's history He made a very brief
speech at Caledonian Park hall, where
there was an enthusiastic audience of
1900. For New Jersey, he bespoke such
!. nsp = majors 1gaInst me Demo-
cratic leaders and their platform as to
forever set at rest the scheme for en-
riching spectators in silver bullion at
the expense of the whole people.
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nouns For ARMENIANs.

NEW YORK, Oct 2s-Word was
received at Ellis island, this morning,
from Washington. that bonds would
be required in the cases of the de-
tanned Armenians. DR.. Hagop Bogi-
gian, an Armenian merchant of Bos-
ton, has agreed to give bond to the
extent of s65, 600 and will be represented
by Mrs Fessenden of the w. c. t. U.
Dr. Louis Klopaz of the Christian
Herald and the Salvation army,
through Booth Tucker, also agreed to
furnish some of the bonds.
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RESULT OF A
LOVERS QUARREL
James Kelly Dead and Jesse Hill
Badly Wounded.
JEALOUSY THE CAUSE
MAN AND WOMAN WE'RE ENGAGED
TO BE MARRIED.

For Some Reason Best Known to
Herself, the Woman Kept Putting
Off the Wedding Day, and This
Caused the Murderer to Threaten
Her Life-GirI Found with n Bull
let In Her Head, While keIIy's
Brains We're spnttercd All Over
the Room.
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REED.AT SAN JOSE.
He Addresses Two Very Large Au-
dienees In the Pretty Little Town.


SAN JOSE, Cal, Oct. 29.-The recep-
ton rendered to Speaker Thomas B. Reed
in this city at the auditorium and in
Hale's hall this evening was probably
the largest and most enthusiastic ever
given to a campaign speaker in this city.
On account of the speakers voice being
in bad condition. il was arranged to have
him address two compact audiences in
stead of one in a larger hail, but a care
full estimate placed the number OF people
who heard the Maine statesman at 600.
The auditorium was handsomely deco
rated for the occasion. Upon the lapel
of thousands of the coats of those pres
Mr.. Reed came upon the stage, there was
great enthusiasm displayed on the part
of the large audience. When quiet was
restored. Colonel Philo Hersey, the chair
man of the meeting, came forward and
introduced the speaker OF the evening
The Maine statesman was given rous-
in- cheer. after which he referred to his
former residence in this city in 1868, and
catching the undivided attention of his
audience held it until his last sentence
was spoken. 4afg r. sstrr
During his remarks Speaker Reed said
that though he had travelled over 3,0Oe
miles he had never seen more enthusiasm
shown in the cause of Republicanism,
honesty and protection than had been
shown by California audiences. He said
ne accepted this as an undisputed omen
that the people of this great state were
aroused to the Importance of action in
such an emergency, and that they would
show the nation that they would never
consent to countenance a proposition to
repudiate debt or 10 stray from the path
of civilization.
The speaker severely criticised the
manner in which the San Francisco Elk
aminer had he said. misouoted and gar
bled his utterances suit desires and
condemned any such campaign methods.
At the conclusion Of the auditorium
meeting. Speaker Reed retired TO Hale's
hall. where another crowded house which
had been entertained by Colonel John
jackson pending his arrival, awaited him
and made a second but short address.
Speaker Reed and party, consisting of
his daughter, Kittie Reed. Congressman
l. Frank Aldrich and wife of Chicago,
CONGRESSMAN f. +. Loud and C. NJ.
Shirtridge will leave for San Francisco
tomorrow morning.