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A Small Tee?Dee Want Ad. ln tlie Itnaullng or Hooms For Kftllt col tllllllS wlll flll tlioso v? ctttiilcK for yoti. h^caimr^ There Is No Belter Way To boom your 1>usit?p*?i thnn hy tialnR Tee-Deo Wnnt Ads, '1'hono 84 9 for tlie Want Atl. ilinn. THE DISPATCH r^OUNPED ISfeO THE TIMES FOUNDED 1SSB. WHOLE NUMBER 16,682. RICHMOND, VA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1904. PRICE TWO CENTS. SUMMARY OF THE DAY'S NEWS The Weather. WASHINGTON. Nov. 7.-I'*oreeast for TiWhtlay und W'edt esdny: Vlrgltiln-Pah- Tuesdiiy nnd Wednesday; Varlablc wlnds. North Carolina?Palr Tuesday. war.t'or ln western portlon; Wednesday falr, lighl to fresh enst wlnds. Richmond's weather yesterday was clear and cold. RANGE OP TlIKl*TlI-lWIOMt.TBR _ A. M. ii 12 M<..?.yf 8 P. M.61 C P. M.<?? U P. M.4'' 12 mldnlght..,.-<n Avcrngo. .S 10 Hlrhost temperaturo yesterday. tjO Lowest temperature yesterday. 31 Moan temperaturo vesterday. . Normal leinporature for Novemhrt*.... 49 "Oopnrturc from normal temperaturo,. ?*? Preclpltatioii durlng past Zl hours.... 00 MIN1ATURE AI-MANAC. November ?. 10W. Sun rlnes.;..6".43 I HIGH T1D1-. Sun sets.6:05 | Mornlng.-?.'" Al 0011 sets.6:1_ | Evenlng.5:0J Richmond. TlmcB-Dlspatch wlll glvo a most com? plete and olaborute dlspl.iy of tlie cloodun return*. to-nlght by means of projec.o* scope. scarchllght and megapnono, wo'io a band of muslc and many pictures will ontertain tho crowd lnvlted to luscmnle ln the Capltol Squaro?All through ? iho leriKth and bread Ui of tho bnltea fatates to-day tho sllent ballots for the voters -nvorite candldatft- wlll fall-Pocnhontas to return a now boat, moro beautlful than ever, about 15th of thls month; she w 11 resumo hor trlps on tho rlver-Council by overwhelmlng vote agrees to Increaso Mnyor's s.Uary to 5.J..V-J nnd Klve hlm a .secretary: COmh-ltteca to conslder udvl~_ blllty of purcliaslng franchiiio of street rallways lf thoy are sold. owhig to ll 0 proceedlnss In tho Kcderal Court-?-Ma surlor ordinance wlll be tested ln the Po? lice Court to-morrow, Messrs. Munn.ng, Dynch and Duke belng sumrrioned to ap? pear before Justlce Crutchfleld-Clrci'8 nleaies Ifir'g- audlence-Colored chlld bii!_.od. MANCHESTER-l_*?t rally; Wllllams, Willard nnd R. T. M_ntag c, speakers, appear hopeful-Mall w_gon craslicd Into by street car-Want Unlted States llag over school-houso. Virginia. * Judgo Portlock ord <*rs rlgid ihvestlsatlon In Berkley lynchlng and sensational de velopments expected-At the close of tho campalgn lh?rc wero grand rullles at many points; Governor. Montague trptwo -with Barkxdnlc at Charlotte Courthouse and with Congrei-sman Swanson In Dan? vllle at nlght; Wysor makes hls last speech of the campaign at Wytheville In company wlth John C. Draper; Congress? man W. A. Jones and Mr, Dos Passos, of New York, speak to enthusiastlc crowds at Warsaw, Va.-Jos. O'B. Cuwood, Re? publican polltlclan of Klng Georgo. un? der Indictment for assault and battery Hgnrnst hls own mothor-Rellcs of Amer J'can stago burn in actors' cottates at Four-Mlle Run-Wllllam Doherty. a b^ller maker at Newport News. convicted of perjury a? wltness against lllc-gal liquor selling-A (JnltCd Slatos marshal's p'tsso have an eneounter wlth citizens In Wash? ington county while atlemptitfg to sorvo an ord.r of tho coutt ond ono nian ls seri ouslv cul-Young Hawles at Suftolk 10 fused ball on chargo of shootlng hls father and arrested on charge of forglne h.s name-Two men kllled and one badly Bcaided ln a frelght wroek ner Rndford? Tho Antl-Saloou L/etig-ue causo hoavy flnes on lUegal liquor s.llers ln Accomac ? Archer 8imuc'.-. aged cltlzen of Carolino, kllled by.tr-in at Hanover Junction. North Carolina. E. Spencer Blackburg. Ropubllcan candldate for Congress, dftquallfled from voting-The majority In the State to-day piaced at 30,0-0 to 00,000 for tho Dcmo cral--. ? Bettlng in New York favors Roosevelt on general rosults; that tho President wlll carry New York and that Herrick. ti.e Democratlc notninee. will be eleeted Gov? ernor; Democrats clalm eleotlon of Tur Nallonnl Commltteeman Now says Parker has thrown whatever chance ne may h-ave hnd; West Vlrglnla Democrats hope? ful of electlrig Paraer and Davls olectors, but clnims victory as certain for Stato tlcket-Tho armies wlthln stonc's throw, of each other near Mukdon and there are clash'OS almost. dnlly wlth prosnects of a blg battle verv soon; Japanese mako further galn's at Port Arthur and show remarkable couragc-Tho West Virgln a maintalns an average speed cxcaedlr.g that required by her contract-Gay Boy wins tho selling stakes at Acqueduct, do _cating Crown Prince by two lengths? Another conference between Fall River cotton manufaetiirers and operatives w.th out nvail-Preedman's Aid nnd I_du".a tlonal Society makes many appropnatcs for negro schools In tho South-Natlonal Athletlc Club of Philadelphia makes a bid for the Ryan-Root llght-Wisconsln antl trust law uplield ln nowspaper case?? "Wlnter session of Cuban Congress meots -Abandoned suits against Standard Oll Co. re-cntered by wldow of deceased In ventor-Members of tho Cablnet nll Wln out ln Kouian electlons?Both sldes clalm Illlnols-Chnuneey Depcw pays trlbute to Booker Washlngton-?Pro-ldcnt Roosevelt goes to Oyster Boy to east hla vote and Judge Parker to Esopus. MAKE' RIGID INVESTIQATION' IN BERKLEY LYNCHING ^Speclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatoh.) NOHPuLK, VA., November 7.?Judgo Portlock to-day in a forcel'ul address 10 tho grand jury of tho Norfolk County Court, charged them to make a searching Investigatlon into tho lynchlng of tho negro Georgo Blount lu Bcrkley two weeks ngo. Tho jury would havo oxamlned several witnesscs ln tho caso to-day, but a ivo nmii wltness who ls regarded by tho oounty authorltles ns bolng tho most lm? portant ln tho number hns left tho Stato and' tho Investigatlon hj... bc-en post poned untll next Tuesday. Somo very Honsntlonul dovelopments nro expected to fol'low tho jury's problng. DR0WNING OF B0AYSWAIN SHR0UDED IN MYSTERY NORPOUv, VA., November 7.?A deal of mystory Kitrrounds tho drowning of Boatswaln Jnlinsoa, , ot' tho Br'tlsh steamer Wearsldo, at 'Dnmbert's Polnt, early Sunday mornlng and hintrs of mur? der aro freely made. Two of the vossel's crew havo badly blackonod eyes, and isoine money found near tho spot from whloh Johnson fell from tho dock to the river has been Idontlflod as belonging to the man. J Ils body has not been ro covered, and the captain of the vessel to-nlght refiiHod to mako any ntato irient. 2 n WANT HELP TO-DAY. Tho 'J0 advt*rtl6omonts for liolp pub, llshed in tuduy's Tinios Dlijwtoa ,ot? pajje 10 arous I0II0W-: (3 Afionts, 2 Sivlosmon. 1 Oilice, _ Doinestjos, 1 Tratlfc. 7 MiBcollaueous. Thls not only liiton._ta those out of work, hut l.iOBo deslrlng to liuprovd thelr posltlons aB well. WILL M'CUE SECURE A NEWTRIAL? The Reading of News papers by th) Jury Strongest Point. THIS WAS BY CONSENT OF JUDGE MORRIS McCue Declares He Does Not Expect to be Hung and Has No Intention of Suicide. An Entirely New Theory Set Up in Regard to the Mu-der. ? (Speclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlsnatch.) CHAKLOTTESVl'LLK. VA., November 7.?Public Interest that for the past threo wcelts hns followed cagerly every de tti.il of the trlnl and subsequent convlc tlon of cx-Mayor McCue, charged wlth the murder of hls wlfo, now centers ln the effort of tho defense to have tho verdlct sot asldo and a now hearlng of the caso ordered. At noon on Wednesday tho motlons made lmmediately upon the close ot the flnal session of tho court, wlll bo argued beforo Judgo Morris. Of the varlous grounds lald down at that tlmo, tho ma? jority, as hltherto polnted out, arc of u strlctly technlcnl character. The plea that the court crred ln lts refusal to lng certaln others offcred by tho defense ls not serlously rogard cd. It Is felt on every slde that lt. thls respect tho defense received every consldoratlon at the hands of the court, and that, lf there was any dlfference at all,'tho Instructlons were rather favorable to McCuo than otherwlse. In fact. on Tuesday nlght, November lst, lmmediate? ly after tho Instructlons were granted thls wrlter had occaslon to consult the gentlemen of the defense enncerning ono oi two matters In connection wlth tho case. At that tlme they were ln the very best of humor and expressed themselves ns belng abundantly pleased and satis flod wlth what they had got in tho way of instructlons. It Is recalled as an Interesting point that only two of tho Instructlons thoy offered were rejected by Jtdgo Morris. Several others wero modl fled ln varylng degrccs. Reading of Ncwspapers. The two chlef grounds upon whlch the motlon for a new trial wlll be mndo aro the personal statement begun by Captaln Woods In opon court and the fact that some of the Jurymen read newspapers durlng- tho trlal. Of these two the latter !? the moro important and the coming proceedlngs wlll In all probabillty hlnge upon thls point. The conduct of the Jury from bcgnnlng to-end, wlll, In fact, bq scrupulously invesUgated by the defense. Any other alleged irrcg-ularitlos wlll at once bo made tho basls for a flght. On Saturday nothlng of thls sort, outslde of tho questlon of newspaper readlng was In the hands of the lawyers. Mr. Cole rnan lndlcated, however, that lf anythlng clso should come to llght, ho and hls as soclates would reserve the rlght to ln cludo lt In the blll of objectlons. Tho questlon tliat has arlsen In con. ncctlon wlth tho rendlng of newspapers recalls tho manner In whlch lt happened to bo brought to the attentlon of the court ln tho flrst Instance. In tho early stages of the trlal, Mr. T. F. Parsons, a Petersburg Juror, and one of the best of tho twelve, arose at the end of a ses? sion and formally requr-stcd tho court to Indlcate to hlm what hc should not do wlth reference to the readlng of tho newspapers, Ile said he had been ln tho hablt of scclng them regulnrly and thnt suddenly to cut off hls communl? catlon with tho world at large wpuld bo to hlm a great deprlvntlon. It wns then that Judge Morris, In the presence of the attorney* for both sld"s nnd without ob Jectlon from either, lald down the rulo thnt the jurymen could rend tho newspa. pors as much as they pleased, provlded that ln nll cases they nvolded anythlng bearlng upon tho trlal in whlch they woro then sltting. Tho cxamlnutlon of the twelve on Sat (Continued on Flfth Pnge.) MRS. GREENOUGH RE-ENTERS SUIT Would Recover Alleged Darn? ages From the Standard Oil Company. (By Assoclated Press.) BOSTON, Novmnuor 7?Tho suit for $50,000,000 brought by Elizabeth T. Greenough, of Now York, agalnst llonry H, Rogers, of tho Standard '011 Com pfiny, whlch was dismissed by agrcoment of tho partles on Soptember Ulth last, was re-eniered to-day ln tho Supromo Court, Tho new suit ia eutercd under tho numo of Cadwnllader M. Kaymond vs. llonry H. Itogers et als, tho dajnages belng set at $50,000,000. As before thn par? tles at Interest nro tho suine ns ln tho provious suit, tho clulm belng asslgned to C, M. Ilaymond, a frlend of Mrs. Qreonough. Alfred Hcmmenyvny, of Bos? ton. aocopted servlco on behalf of Mjf, noger.s. Mrs. Greonough ls udiiilnlstrntilx of tho estato of her husband, Benjamln F. Greonough, un Inventor, und' seelcs to re? cover royaltles on Iho use of u secret proenss for treiitlng potrolcuni to muho lt non-exploslve. . ? . Dr. Lefew Much Better. (Speclal to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.) BOANOKIfl, VA., Novenfljer 7.?Dr. Frederlek J.efew's conditlon Is very inu h Improved to-day, and physlclans are more hopeful. than ut uny tlme slneo ho was otabbed, ' BOTH SIDES MAKE CLAIM THAT THEY WILL WIN TO=DAY. The Times-Dlspatch Special Correspond ent's View. THINKS SITUATION VERY DOUBTFUL Close Contact With Both Head? quarters Does Not Warrant Him in Making 'Absolute Prediction, But Would Not be Surprised Either Way. WILL CELEBRATE TO-NIGHT, SAYS SECRETARY WILSON (Brwiclal to The Tlmes-DUpatch.) NEW, YORK, Nov. 7.?Urey Wood son, secretary of the Democratlc Na? tional Commlttee, gavp out the fol? lowlng statement to-nlght: In antlclpatlon of the glorlous vlc? tory we have won we have arranegd for a monster celebratlon to-morrow nlght when the election of Presldent Parker Ib announced, .1 say Presldent Parker because there Is no doubt of It now. Advlcea received to-day show that Indiana Is .' Democratlc by a huge majority. New York has been Democratlc, a lono tlme, and there is no doubt about that. Wlth Indiana and New York the election of Parker ls certaln. ln the celebratlon to-morrow nlght we wlll show a huge canvas across tho front of the Waldorf-Astorla Hotel, where the offlclal bulletlna wlll be dlsplayed. Everybody should come down wlth tln horns and ln a humo.r aufflclent to properly celebrate the election of the national Democratlc tlcket. By Walter Edward Harris. (From Staft Correspondent.) NEW YORK. Nov. 7.?After flve or six hours spent in the lobbles of a dozen hotels to-nlght, I am convlnced that there has not been an election ln thls country in-years in whlch the result was Involved ln such great cfaubU A hundred thousand dollars was wagered on Roosevelt- ln "Wall Street thls afternoon at oddB of 6 to 1. Many bets were made at 2 to 1 on Roosevelt that ho would carry New York Stato. Tho same odds prcvalled on Her rlck's carrylng the State. Desplte the tremendous odds agalnst Parker, hls defeat ls not a foregone con cluslon. The attitude of a large pro portlon of the voters ln nll the doubtful States is involved In impenetrable mys tery. This makes a land-slldo to Parker a possihlllty. Old-tlmers tell me that on the nlght before the election of 1892, tho odds were about as heavy agalnst Cleve lnnd as they are agalnst Parker to-nlght, Cleveland swept tho country by an ovcr whelmlng majority. If summer up at tho last moment ns it were the outloolc may be deserlbed as foggy for Democrats and hazy for Republicans. Roosevelt Is Justlfled ln expectlng and Parker In hop Ing to wln. I should not bo surprised if Judgo Parker Is elected. The country has gone wlth New York ln every na? tional election for nearly forty years. The samo Is true of Indiana. From tho most rellable lnformation received to-day and to-nlght, I am of tho oplnlon that Parker wlll carry both States. The other so-call ed "doubtful" States aro about as doubt? ful as ever. though tho Democratlc,out look In Connectleut, New Jersey and west Virginia have materinlly Improvrd ln the past three days. I bellevo thnt if Parker loses those States lt wlll bo found ho was defentrd by a majority enuallng tholr total strength in the electoral collego. ln othor words lt looks now ns though tho three llttle tSates of Conncctlcut, New Jersey and West Vlrglnia or any ono of them might easlly declde the olectlon. Of courso thls vlty precluded the probab illty of a landsllde, whlch the politlclan can no moro foretpll than tho sclentlst can foretcjl an earthquako. Both Sides Confident. The national mnnngers of the two po? litlcnl campnlgns profess as sreat confl? denco on tho evo of election as they .dld two months ago. Tho Doniocratic National Commlttee clalms that Judge Parkor wlll receive l!TO electoral votes, thlrtyono tnoro than a majority. Tho Republlcan Commlttco wlll not nfl mlt that the Presldent wlll receive less than 300 electoral votes. Tho commlttee clalms thnt Prcsldent Roosevelt wlll car? ry New York. *The chnnccs aro decidedly ln favor or Judgo Parker'* carrylng New York State. Tho election of Herrlck, the Democratlo gubornutorlnl candldate, Is a foregone concluslon. Ho wlll recelvo a large plu mllty. Parker's plurallty ln Uw ? State wlll-bo much smnllor. It ls said tliat Charles F. Murphy oxpects thls clty to glve Pnrker a plurallty of 140,000 at the least Thls would Insuro tho electoral vote of tho Stato for Parkor. Probably Carry Indiana. All reports from Indiana are encourag inr to tho Democrats. Indeed, llttle doubt that Parkor will. carry tho Stato Is now oxpresscd. Bul tho plurallty wlll not be 'Thoro ls vory gravo doubt as to tho result ln New Jorecy. Connectlout and West Vlrglnia. Tho cluinces aro thnt Dlack Democratlc candldate for tho gov cmorshlp of New Jersoy, and Cornwell, Oemoorutlo candldnto for tne governor shlp of West Vlrglnia, wlll bo ? pcted, If these two Stntes go Democratlo on national Issues, lt wlll be very largoly becuuso or tho strength of the State tlckets. . _ lt ls not too much to expeot Demo? cratlc Oovernors to bo olocted ln Now York New Jersey, West Vlrglnia, Indl-< li na 'und poaslbly Wlsconsln and Colo rudo. Frobubllitles nre that tho oloc tornt vote of New York und Inulana wlll bb cust for Parkor. Tho result on tho other Slatcs named la. doubtful, so fur as tho nullonal contest |s concerned. As to Next House. I am in ft posltlon tu mnko the ppsltlve statement that the Ropubllcans do not exjieot a mujorlty of more than twenty THE MAN OP THE HOUR! TO DISPLAY THE RETURNS This Paper Will Give the Public a Great Treat To nigl-.t. MANY MOVING ' PICTURES These Will Make the' AVaitsi Most Interesting?Code of Signals.. The dUplay of the election returns from all over the Unlted States to-nlght by The Tlmes-Dlspatch wlll be tho most ccmploto and elaborate election buJletln cfcrvlce ever glven by a Rlchmond news- j paper. I No expenso or labor hns been spared j that can contrlbuto to the complotcncss of the reports or tho offectlvo display of them. and tho entertaJnmcnt of the Interested crowd. From 8 o'clock untll midnight Iardella's Band will play in; the Capitol Squaro and meanwhllo the bulletlns from nll tho States wlll. be thrown upon a arge canvas -stretched In I the Capitol Squaro. An Edison projocto- ' scopo wlll ho used to reflcct the enlnrged bulletlns on tho hugo canvas, nnd when bulletlns are slow coming, llfe-lifo mov? lng plctures wlll bo shown. A search llght wlll bc used to further enhanco tho effect of tho display, und megaphono ! nervlce wlll bo called ln when- needod, | Besldes tho completo bullotlnservlco of,j the Assoclated Press. Tho Tlmes-Dls- j patch will havo a Western Union bulle- ] itln service, tho Postal bullctln service, (Continued on Thlrd Page) t ELECTION WEATHER. i (By Assoclated Press.) ? WASHINGTON, Nov. 7.? Falr I weather for election day ls predlst T ed by the Weather Bureau for the + entlre country wlth the exceptlon of Statee, From northern Pennsylva Atlanltc and' the New England Statea. From northern Psnnsylva nla over New York and throughout New England the conditlon wlll be unsettled wlth more or less cloudy weather and local ralns, condltions arlslng from a moderate d-spresalon over the Ohlo Valley, whlch Is now movlng e?stward, There wlll bo no great storm over the area referred tp, In New York clty moderate temparature are predlcted, ranglng froni forty degrees In the mornlng to a maxlmum of flfty degrees or more durlng the day, In northern New York State from Albany north, lower temperaUires wlll pro vali Wlth flurrles of onow Instead of raln. Throughout the South, Weat and Northwest falr weather la predlcted wlth eeasonable tempe ratures. WILLCONTEST IF HE LOSES Said to be the Purpose of the President to -Pursue This Course if Beaten. GO TO CONGRESS OR COURTS By Walter Edward Harris. (Speclal From a Staff Corrcspondent.) NEW YORK, November 7.?Thero is scarcely a doubt that df President Roose? velt ls defeated to-morrow he wlll con tcst the eiection. Thero Is positlvo ground for tho ussertion that should Judgo Park? er be eleeted on the face of the returns dt is tho rfhtbntlon of Mr. Roosevelt to carry tho caso to Congress, and, prob? ably the courts, oventually, and thus creaito somothlng llko a parauel of tho Tilden-Hayes sdtuatlon. lt lias been learned that Mr. Roose? velt has said that lf the, DemocrtuUc na? tlonal tlcket should recelvo a prima facle majority in tho electoral college, he will dlsputo the result by ralsing tho questlon of the constlun-ionallty of the olection as held dn Southern States. lt wlll bo contended that ln thoso States whlch have adopted now Constltutions in recent years, tho eiection "was not iieJd ln accordanco wlth tho Pederal Consti? tutlon, owing to tho oxclusion of practi? cally all negroos from tho olectorato. On thla ground tho oloctlon held ln every Stato of the South, save Florida, Goor gda. nnd Texas, could bo contested. Tlio Presidont liris sald prvlately that tho Supreme Court of tho Unlted States has never passed dlrectly upon the ques? tlon of tho constltutlonnlliy of tho pro vlsions of tlio Constltutions of tho Statea which hnvo sought to ellmlnuto tho ne? gro from the olectorato. There aro many Southern luwyors who take thn sumo vlew. Tho exact courso whlch tho Presidont would pursue In case of tho oloctlon of Judgo Parker can only bo speculated upon, lt ls presumed that action would be deferred, posslbly until tho Congress came to go through tho formalily of ooiintlng the returns and declarlng tlio re? sult of the oloctlon. Posslbly recourto to the courts mlght bo hnd Immedlately after the eleotlon. Tho Houso of Roprosontatlves would al? most corUUlnly de Democratlo ln caso of tho eleotlon of a Domocratlc Pro3ldont, but the new Congress would not bo seat ed untll tho 4th of March, 1905, A Repub? lican Sonato will count tho eleotlon re? turns, Thore aro only threo Democrats on the Supromo Court beneh, Thero Is no doubt thut In decldlng cases growlng out of tho suffrage clauses of tho now Constltutions of cortaln Southern States, tho court has caused many to bellove It was not dis posoi] to construe tho pederal Consti? tutlon wlth great strletness. Nor Is lt be* iltved that tho ootirt would rondur a par tlsan declslon, But lt lias not been forgotton that As* soclato ilustleo Bradley, ns member of the Jolnt lllgh Commlsslon to docldo whether Tlldon or Ilayea wns eleeted Preridcnt of tho Unlted Statcsi utterly failed to rlso above pnrtlsunry, nnd voted wlth tbe Sevon Republican members of tho com? mlsslon ou every questlon rnlsed. Thero nro many ehaiices 'thut Mr. Roosevelt wlll not have uu oppoitunlty to contest tho result of tho eiection, or will not bo reduced to tho neoosslty of dolng so, but thero ls nuthordty for the positlvo nssortion thnt hls mind is mado un lo carry tlio matter to tho courts lf .ludyo Parker ls eleottni PI, M*<" fnco of the ro .U1.18. Betting Favors President Roosevelt in New York. HERRICK SEEMS TO I.EAD FOR GOVERNOR i?oreca3ts and Predictions Are Made by Both Sides, But the .Result Seems to be in Great Doubt?The Claims of Two Sides Vary Greatly. REPUBLICANS WILL WIN, DECLARES CORTELYOU (Speclnl to Tho Tlmes-Dlspatch.) NEW YORK, Nov. 7.?Late to-nlght Geo. B, Cortelyou, chairman of the Republlcan National Commlttee, said: "I see no reason to change my es tlmate from the flgures whlch I gave Saturday nlght- ln a statement to voters. Then I said that tho Repub? licans would get no fewer than 314 of the 478 votes ln tho electoral college. No condltions have arlsen whlch. in my estlmatlon wlll change thls estl mate when the votes are counted to morrow. "I am satisficd that the Republlcan candldates wlll carry New York. They wlll get llllnols by a large. majority. Indiana, West Vlrglnia, New Jersey and Connectlcut wlll be found In the ranks of the Republicans, "ln brlef, I bellev-e that Roosevelt and Falrbanks wlll carry every North? ern State wlth the posslble exceptlon of Maryalnd and Nevada. Reports from all parts of the country are as encouragfng as ante-electlon reports well can be. (By Assoclated Press.) NEW YORK, November 7.?From tho pblltlclans to the people; from the cam? paign mnnager3 to tho voters; from the apeilblnders to tho ballot boxes; the presl dentlal election, of 1WM Is now committed. For months tho leaders have planncd, for days and' nlghts they have schemed, and for weeks the people have walted for to-morrow, when they wlll make thelr dholce. Rlght up to the hour when all effort hnd ceosed, the campaign managers of both partles confidently clnlm success wlth a serenlty whloh seemed remarkablo In vlew of the -wldo dlvergeneo of ex? pressed oplnlon. Aslde from the prepara tlnos for tho recorpt of the election re ?turns thero wns Ilttlo' evldence' of the close of tho political campaign to-day, imlcsa lt might bo found ln tho. absenco of famlllnr faces about tho nr?tIonal and State headquarters and hotcls. There ?was nothlng that Indlcatod nny oxcltemont or undue Interest, nnd, ln fact, tho polltl? cal henclquartcrs, both national nnd State, -showed llttle of the activity that hns beon noltceable up to tho en dof lnst w-eek. Election roturns wlll be received at nll tho headquarters. Chnlrmnn Cortelyou wlll go to Hempstead, ??,. I., to vote, nnd ?upon hls return will remaln at the com? mlttee rooms all tho cvenlnc?. Vlce-Chalrman NIcoll, Clialrmnn Shee h'an, of the Eoxecirtlvo Commlttee; Sec? retary Woodson. wlll receavo t.ho roturns at Democratlc National Commlttee rooms. Cord Mcyer, chairman, and other Demo? cratlo Stato commltteemen, wlll bo at tho Hoffman Houso. Wllllam Barnes, Jr., chairman of the Executive Commlt? tee, wlll bo ln chargo at tho Republlcan rooms In the Flfth Avenuo Hotel. The bottlng on tho presldentlal result was liveller to-day than any any other tlmo durlng tho campaign. It ls estlmated that nearly $300,000 was wagercd on tho Erond Stroet curb, and ln tho varlous hotels. Tho rullng odds wero 6 to 1 on Rooso velt, on tho general rosult; 2 to 1 that Roosevelt would carry New York, and '2 to 1 thnt Herrlck wlll defeat Higgins for the governorshlp. One foet on the Presl? dent was of $5,000 to *S0O. Ono man of? fered $50,000 or any part of lt nt the odds of 6 to 1 on Roosevelt without takers. Tho hoavlest Stnte bot wns llO.OOO to JS.BOO on Herrlck. Another Herrlck bet was $10,000 to $0,000. A Wall Streot houso of (Contlnued on Socond Pnge.) CABINET MEMBERS ARE VICTORIOUS Results at Rome Show the Gov? ernment to Have Been Victoriotts. (By Assoclated Preim.) ROME, Novembor 7.?Deflnlto returns chow thnt all the members of the Cnblnet havo been re-elected. Summlng up tho rosult, It ls estnbllshod that the government has been vlctorlus over tho oxtromlsts who lost twenty seats. Turln, Naples, Palermo and al? most all the largo towns Jolned Mllnn and Genoa ln dofeatlng tho oxtremlsts na a rnanlfestatlon agalnst the general strike. Thls really was tho prodomlnant note in tho elcotlons. The most remnrkablo contest was ln tho dlstrict of Castolfraneo, comprlslng the blrthplnce of tho Pope. Count DI.Maeoln, who , kllled Slgnor Cnvnllottl, tho famous radlcal leader, ln a duel,' hud always been re-electod for Cu&telfiimoo on tho flrst ballot, but yes? terday, although supported by the elert cala tho count, who Is a personnl frlend of tho Pope, dld not recelvo suftl clont votes ln hls' contest ngnlnst tho democrut und inlplstorhil eanilldalo, Slg? nor Pcllegrlnl, u. stauiieh ndvocnto of divorco, nnd Mucolu must try to wln Ru a second ballot. BIG ARMIES VERV NEAR EACHOTHER Are Only Few Hundred Yards Apart and Big Battle Expected. JAPS MAKE GAINS AT PORT ARTHUR After Three Days of Continu ous Bombardment, in Which Great Damage Is Done, They Take More Advanced Posi tions. (By Assoclated Proas.y MUKDEN, Nov. 7.?Tho Russlan anfl Japaneso armles, extendlng from Bontsl* putso, east, to tho Llao Rlver, west, at places aro almost wlthln a atone's throw of each other. At Bontslaputse not mora than four hundred yards separate tha advance posts, and at Slnchlnput, on tha Shakhe Rlver, Just west of the rallway and fifteen miles south of Mukden, the Japanese and Russlan cente'r occupy tha extremo onds of the same vlllago. At Huangshantso ? tho Russlan center haa thrown advance posts across the Shakha Rlver. Both armles aro stlll strength oning thelr posltlons all along the llno. The sllghtest movement on elther slda ls tho slgnal for firing, which occaslon ally lasts all nlght. Tho Russlans ara uslng six Inch guns on ifao rallway, which must greatly harnss the Japanoso. Un doubtedly the most decislve, if not tha greatest, battle of tho year will be" fought In tho vlclnlty of the Shakhe River. Tho Russlans aro confldent of thoir abllity to hold thelr posltlons. The soldlers aro building mud huts for wlnter quartors. The nlghts contlnue cold, but tho days aro bright and crlsp. Japanese Repulsed. (By Assoclated Press.) MUKDEN. Nov. 7.?Tho Japanoso on Saturday nlght attacked some of tho Russlan outposts ln considerarJlp force, but the Russlans had heen warried, and tho Japanoso were repulsed. They were not ablo to take away all thelr kllled or wounded, leavlng twenty-elght bodles on tho fleld. The Russlans lost only nlne mon. PORT ARlHUR ADVANCE. Japanese Show Splendid Courage and Surmount Great Obstaclcs. (By Assoclated Press.) ' CHHCAGO. November 7.?A special to the Chlcago Dally Nows from Dalny, No? vember lith, via Kobe, November 7th, saya: Aftor threo days of contlnuous bombard? ment of Port Arthur. whlch caused ox tenstvo destruotlon to tho Shojusan and NIryusan forts |n tho west conter of tho Russlan llne of defense, and also to Keek wa-n fort, the rlght wing of the Japanosa army assaultod Shojusan yesterday after? noon. Having carried the approach.es to that hoight, tho assallants entrenched themsolves under tho glnols of. tho forta. In the evenlng tho left wlng dellverod an assault on Keokwan, fighting its way to tho lower parapet. Thoro tho Japanese held thelr ground stubbornly tn the face of Russian counter attacks. Having been relnforced durlng the nlght, tho Russlans charged down upon the Jap? aneso and desporato hand-to-hand oon fllcts ensued, Thn Japanese beat back the enemy and destroyed two covored posltlons ln the front moat. A Japanosa sublleutennnt, with thirty volunteers, then sucooeded in maknlg his way to tho rear of tho fort. There ho ongaged ln a per sonal confllct wlth a Russlan ofllcor and kllled hlm. Having dlscovered two mora dofensos in the rear moat, tho sublleuten? nnt wllhdrew his forco wlth a loss of two men: Later In the nlght the advanced posltlon of tho Japanoso wna taken and rotnken fcwico. The bestcgors succeeded In hold Ing tho uppronohes and construotlng trenches conneetlng them wlth tha army's front parallel At dawn num bers of dead were vlslblo on the alopea. _*ort Po, north of the now and old bat? terles In the loft eenteir llno of defonse, was eaplured by tho sovere fighting of the nlght. Theso operntlnns havo bucq.W"* fully drlvon an effeotlvo wedgo Into the Russlnn center, Sr-vero oxploslons and oxtenslvo fighting hnvo ocourred wlthln tho fnrtreHs wlthln tho laat f?-w days, Tho total basualtlea of the Japaneso ln tho late attacks woro 1,100. Over flvo hun? dred woro kllled up to Oetoher 29th. Tha splrlt of the mon ls magniflccnt. Tha llrlng of all of tho guns ls wonderftllly eff-ctlvc, The cllmnx to tho lato bombardment eamo between 4 and 6 o'clook Saturday afternoon. It was n superb spoctacle. Bvory fort of the enemy waa engnged. nnd tho Mghtlng In tho trennh_s was con stnnt. At l o'cloek this mornlng one of tho Jnjvinese -trenehea collnpsod Into a, Russlan gallery. The enemy, belng stir*. prlsod underg-round, fted In confualon. No News at Che Foo. (By A-soclated Treas.) OH'r. FOtX N'ovember 7.?No nows re* gardlng the operatlons at Port Arthur reaehod Cho Poo to-dny. U. S. SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS ANTI-TRUST LAW (Ry A^suclated Press.) WASJUNOTON. D. C Nov. 7.-The Su? preme Court of tho 1,'nlied States to-day I'fllrmcd the declslon uf tho Suprema Court of tho Stato of Wisconsln ln tho newspaper boyrott arislng frc*m tho fti ioKed busluess eonYbluullon of tha Sentl nel, tho Now- aiul the JSvening Wl-oon aln, all publlshed nt Mllwaukee, against the Journal, of that city, affectln* ad? vertising rate*. Th_ opinlon wns oellv ered by Justl-o Holnuw and tiph-ld tha valldlty of the WWconaln und antl*tr_?H Jaw ?o far a* lt aypll-d W tW* &***?