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chine and after exchanging greetings
with friends he drove home.
MISSISSIPPI EASY.

was light. The democratic ticket
headed by ]. K. Tardaman for gov
ernOr was elected, there being no op-
position. The race for clerk Of the
supreme court in which there are
five candidates is in doubt. The ticket
is long and returns are coming in
slowly.
From T rs received at midnight
it is doul ..l-l if the vote will reach
10000. The ticket headed by J.. K.
Eardaman for governor is elected.
In the ace for clerk OF the supreme
court in which there were five can
didates. Yerger, of Hlnds. and Mey-
ers. of Marshal. seem to be in the
lead. None of the candidates have
received a plurality and it is said the
election will be thrown into the
house. An entirely new legislature
was elected today winch will elect
two United States senator's. Senators
who were nominated in the August
primaries, will have 10 opposition.
KENTUCKY DEMOCRATIC.
Louisville. Ky. November 3.-Re"
turns received from the state indicate
the reelection of Governor J. c. W.
Beckham, democrat. by a majority
con~servatively estimated at 1900. The
vote cast was unusually heavy and the
returns are very slow. Out of 1l9
counties in the state returns have been
received from only twenty two. These
give Beckham 34,44S; Belknap 22,035.
Belknap carried five of these twenty
two counties, sixteen of which are
nOminally democratic.
Louisville, Ky. November 3.-The
polls in the city closed at 4 o'clock at
ter a rather turbulent day. Returns
from the elections for school trustees
which are conducted by vive-voce vote
show that the democrats have elected
trustees in six of the seven school dis
tricts of Louisville. Republicans claim
that gross frauds were perpetrated in
% out of 116 precincts in the city.
GOV. BECKHAM REELECTED.
Louisville. Ky November 3.-The re-
election of Governor o c. w. Beck
ham. the democratic candidate owe
Colonel Morris b. Belknap. the repub-
lican, by a majority Of fully $4,000
seems assured. The republicans cor
cede the election of Governor Beck
ham.
The day in Louisville was an exist
ing one, and the election was bitterly
fought. The republican managers
claim they have proof that in 81 pre-
cincts in this city the polling places in
republican precincts were either kept
closed all day or a part of the time
vi GU ~ oDSCuIe places. lllcS
also charge ballot box stuffing, the
forcible election of republican election
officers and the intimidation of negro
voters by policemen and firemen of the
present democratic city Administrations
This condition led to MAN. fights, the
most serious of which occurred DE-
tween Thomas Kiley, a democratic
election officer n Jacob Krieger. a
republican officer. The men used pls-
tolls and kilnT WAS seriously wounded.
According to statements made by wit
nesseS, Jacob Krieger, a republican
election judge, and another republican
election officer. resisted an attempt to
change the republican election 0rf1-
GERS, with the result that the polls re-
manned closed until noon. Kiley went
out and shortly afterward returned,
accompanied by two other men. A
row followed and Kiley opened fire On
Kreiger and his companions. kreiSer
stood his ground and returned the fire,
n OF his bullets entering Kiley's
head at the right temple. AT the city
hospital tonight Kiley'S condition was
reported serious.
At Troy Phillip Rey was shot by \
deputy sheriff for venturing too near
the polls. At Lawrenceburg, Constable
James Edwards was fatally cut by
Oliver Cary during a fight in an else
ton booth.
VI the LIZ COullIlcS Ill TIE Sldle re-
turns have been received from IS.
These give Beckham 54.054 and Beik-
nap Sc. 40. Over forty of these
ties are remote, some of them being
nearly two days journey from teie-
phone OF telegraph wires. Louisville
ana Jefferson county gave BeckhanI
$500 majority over Belknap in round
numbers. Yerkes (republican) carried
Louisville and jefferson county at the
last ~gubernatorial election by 5,10C.
This gain of 10000 votes. added to
Beckham'S majority of $500 at the last
election, inSureS him a majority Of
Is, 500 of all other counties in the state
duplicate their vote at the last guber-
material election. Beckham. however,
has made a total gain of nearly 2,0c0
in his total vote from the twenty odd
counties heard from.
The eleventh distict composed of re-
mote mountain counties last year fur
nished 5000 republican majority and
will probably duplicate it this year.
Returns from that district will mot be
completed before Thursday. Beck
hams majority outside the eleventh
district is estimated at $4,000. Mono
of the counties in the district has been
heard from.
BOTH SIDES CLAIM COLORADO.
Denver, Colo, November 3.-Both
republicans and democrats are claim
ing the election of justice of the SUI
preme court the only office to be filled
at this election but all agree that tke
result will be close. Conservative re-
publicans concede the plurality of Will
son (democrat) over Campbell, repub-
lican, at about 5000.
Denver. Nov. 3.-Chairman Fowler.
republican chairman state committee,
claims the election of Campbell for the
justice of the supreme court by 5000.
At democratic headquarters it is claim
ed that Wilson, democrat. will ave q
small plurality in the state.
REPUBLICANS WIN IN JERSEY.
Newark, y. j.. November "a very
light vote was cast in all parts of New
Jersey with the exception of Jersey
City, Hoboken, Paterson and a few
other cities in which mayors were voted
for. 1t is a very foregone conclusion
that the republicans continue to con-
troll both houses Of the legislature.
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