The Dickinson press., 1896-04-11
CHOSEN BY BALLOT
MORE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN 4
NUMBER OF STATES.
The Election I'm Chicago IL a Warm
One, and Twenty six Men Are Laid
Out I'm One Way ar Another, hut
No One Is Fatally lnjurcd-RenuIt
Of the Elections in MinncsOla.
WincOnsin and Other states.

Chicago. April ?.-Out of =, alder
men The Republicans elected ~. the
Democrats IL and two independents
We're chosen. There are thirty-four
wards in the city. hut two aldermen
We're chosen in the Tenth. there. hcing
a vacancy in that ward The principal
feature of the election was the effort
of the reform element to down Il num-
her oi' the gang aldermen. The re-
formers were successful with II ma
iority Of the men they were after. but
they failed to secure the three or four
bright particular stars they desired.
Party lines were not strong in num-
her Of the wards. and the reform
movement had much weight. The
fight on the town officers was in all OF
The towns Il straight party issue, and
the Republicans were uniformly sue
cesstul. carrying all the town offices
hy mijorities ranging from 2.OON to
1000
Full returns from the First and Nine
terhtl wards. in which most of the
fighting occurred. show that twenty
six men were laid out in ono way or
another during the day. The great
majority of these were not injured
badly. and none of them fatally The
man hurt the worst was Joseph
(irigan. who was shot in the ankle
James Dawson had his skull fractured
with a crutch. Olaf Hanson's nose
was smashed fiat with a paving stone
and John Wilson'S ear was torn off by
another missile of the same kind. Will
lam Hickey was shot in the wrist and
John Mc(iratll was shot in the back.
both slightly injured. There was no
fighting outside these two wards.
Returns from thirty-tive towns
throughout the state show the ltcpul,-
LEANS successful in thirty, the Demo-
Gratis in three and split tickets elected
in two. The vote was entirely on city
and town officers and there was no
special issue in any part of the state
to call out strict party vote. All of
the voting was on the local matters.
WiscOnsln
Milwaukee, April 0.-'rhe Republic
ans again carried Milwaukee by an av-
eragc plurality for the entire city
ticket of probably 5.UtM. The Demo
crafts have made substantial gains in
the council and board of supervisors,
ana II looks as if the council might he
Democratic, but this the Republicans
are not willing to ccLcede. In the
state at large II. D. Marshall is re-
elected associate Justice OF the SUI
premr court. In the Eighth judicial
circuit l.. w. Helms, Republican. is
probably elected Judge. and in the
Thirteenth. Warham Parks, Republic
an. probably defeats j. j. Dick. in
the four other districts the inc,.mbents
ar" reelected without opposition.
In" results of municipal elections
show the following cities to have gone
Republicans: Elkhorn. Peshtigo. Platt-
vile. Mnuston, Ripon. Monroe. rIyn-
outlI. Edgerton, Brandon, SPARTA.
WaSlhllm. Shell Lake. Tolmah, Black
River Falls. River Falls. Waukeshn.
lsll;lmo, Whitewater. Delavan. Foun-
tain City. DOdgeville. Neillsvillc. Chin
| pcw;l Falls. Marinette, Iseloi, and
MantowOc.
Democratic majOrfties are reported
from kcwaunce. Mineral Point. May
vile. pulnnd. Chiffon. Fort Atkinson,
Fox Lake. OcOnto. cfferSon. Amigo.
WalertoWn. Fond du Lac. Prairie du
CHEN. Ashland, Merrill. Beaver Dam.
| West Bend. Eagle and KcnOslla.
| Minnesota.
st. Paul. April 9.-'rhc elections were
for the most part Oh strictly local is
sues. ana IN many places citizens
tickets IN which both Republicans and
Democrats combined. were in the field.
Ihr absence of any special feature
in til" election makes it difficult mat
ter TO judge Of the comparative
strength of the two parties. In F:ri-
Imlilf the Democrats elect all ON their
ticket hut three. In CrOOkStOn the
election resulted i'm Il victory for the
Republicans.
81. Louis. April 9.-EIections were
held in many municipalities through
out Missouri. Party lines were not
closely drawn. but in u majority of
eases the Democrats elected n whole
or greater part of their tickets. In
kallS;iS city the issue was strictly 4.
i. \. and anita. =. A. and the two
tickets i'll the field were made up of
Republicans and Democrats intliscrin-
lliit"ly. Henry Kulnpf. eX-IlepubIic-
an MAYOR and prominent banker. led
the independent Democratic ticket and
was supported by faction strongly
| opposed to the a. i. A.. and James NJ.
Jones. a police judge and we'll known
young lawyer. headed the Republican
| ticket and received the solid s,lplmrt
of the A. +. a. John $. Crosby ran for
mayor on the Peoples ticket. and had
hut two others on the ticket with him
running for small offices. The Kepul,-
lican ticket was elected.
Kansas.
Topeka, April 1.-Itcturls from cities
of the second class where there was
any opposition I" the Republican tick
ct show Republican victories in some
places over fusion tickets. In many
places the issue was the Joint" u,,ps.
tion. and so far, the temperance se,,-
tilnrnl is victorious irrespective or
| party.
| Nebrnxka
Omaha. April 3-Nebrnska munich
pal elections occurred. a heavy vote
WAS lrollcd even in the face of heavy
rains. \ general disposition was man
| lf"sfrd to disregard party lines. The
issl" was high license. and in "A ma
jprity of cases was carried.
Mrs. WcI,cr's Divorce.
ST. Paul. April 9-.Judge Brill ycs-
tcrlay granted a decree of divorce to
| Mrs. Henry Weber on the ground of
infidclity as alleged. and. in addition.
orders that she shall have the house.
hold property. and that Mr.. Weber
shall pay her $1,000 within eight
| months anJ in, nr,l;t;., a.,