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GENERAL OBSERVATIONS. United States Department of Agri culture. Weather Bu*-eai Washing ton, Nov., -1. 6:48 p. m. Local Time, _• p. in. 75th Meridian Time.—Observa tions taken at the same moment ot time at all stations. TEMPERATURES. Place. Tom. Place. Tern. St. Paul 50 Qu'Appelle 28 Duluth 46 Minnedosa 28 Huron 36 Winnipeg 32 St. Vincent 30 Bismarck 32 Buffalo 58-68 Williston 34' Boston 4-1-30 Havre 21 Cheyenne 32-43 Helena 20 Chicago 80-68 Edmonton 24 Cincinnati 56-66 Battleford 20 Montreal 86-46 Prince Albert ...26 New Orleans.. Calgary 24 New York 48-58 Medicine Hat ...24 Pittsburg 38-72 Swift Current ....22 DAILY MEANS. Barometer. 29.83; thermometer, 58; relative humidity, 73; wind, northwest; Weather, cloudy; maximum thermome ter. 67; minimum thermometer, 50; daily range, 17; amount of rainfall in last twenty-four hours, .20. RIVER AT 8 A. M. Gauge. Danger Height of Reading. Line. Water. Change. St. Paul ......14 1.2 0.0 La Crosse 10 1.5 Davenport ....15 0.6 ... St. Louis: 30 2.4 Note — Barometer corrected for tem perature and elevation. P. F. LYONS. Observer. mm* NOW FOR THE CARNIVAL. The winter carnival has now been decided upon definitely, at a large and enthusiastic meeting last night, and it remains only for the people of St. Paul to turn in and make it the memorable success that it may and will become. The public is, we believe, thoroughly in earnest and determined to eclipse anything that has ever been done in the way of winter sports and of novel entertain ments that will make this city for some weeks the center of life and gayety in the whole Northwest. Now the ball has been set rolling, and everybody will be ready to turn in and help the good work along. The main idea of those who have entered most heartily into the car nival spirit is to make it an occa sion absolutely unique In the history of this city and of the Northwest. It is to be all that has attracted thousands of visitors to other cities, and yet more. It is to take advan tage of the opportunities afforded by our matchless winter climate to show the world what outdoor life is like in Minnesota at a time when the rest of the world imagines that we are gathered indoors to escape from the penetrating cold. It is to be made an educator in the delights that our winter has to offer. It is to rouse the sluggish blood, and instill new activity into the people, and af ford an outlet for the pent-up energy that is so characteristic of St. Paul, but has slumbered for the past two or three years. Such a winter car nival as is contemplated will be an awakening to a new life. While the "plans that are to be carried out are still only in the rough, they are definite enough to show that we will have a fortnight or more of unrivalled sport. A large number of clubs are already either organized or on the way to it. Our people are entering into the spirit of the affair; and the latitude allowed to them is wide enough for each to follow his bent. There will be clubs for every form of winter sport known anywhere. There will be races and matches and contests innumerable. There will be parades and proces sions, imposing o_ grotesque, by day and by night, to make our streets merry and alive with color and mo tion. There will be balls and mask ers and every form of entertainment in which the people delight. There will be all kinds of diversions and displays, and the carnival will be made something the like of which has not been seen before. There is no reason why all this and more should not be done if our people enter into the carnival plan in the spirit In which it has been inaugurated. We have an unsur passed winter climate. There are months during which it will add to health and happiness as well as to the life of business if we spend part of the time in wholesome sports and trials of skill. The devotees of curl ing, of the ski and of the skate know how keen is the enjoyment that comes from physical exercise and the glow of contest in our invigorat ing winter days. Add to this the spectacular element, and we may easily have a season of outdoor life that will make the blood tingle in the veins and afford such entertain ment as the people have rarely seen. The South and the Southwest have their carnivals, but they lack the element of sport and the crisp, keen air of our Northern winter that gives such zest to life. We can re produce their features here, and can add to them the games and contests and displays that belong essentially to our climate. It is easily within the range of possibilities to make a winter carnival not only a great success, but a permanent feature of our life. All depends upon the in terest and enthusiasm of the people; and, from the energy and ambition with which the plans thus far ad vanced have been devised and for warded, we have little doubt that the coming carnival season will mark a new era in the life of St. Paul and of the Northwest. TODAY'S ELECTIONS. Notwithstanding the fact that this is an off year in politics, by which is meant a year when no representa tives in congress are to be elected, the contests In several of the states will be watched with intense inter est as taking the sense of the peo ple on issues there raised, or as reflecting upon the probable out come of the presidential fight next year. Whatever else may happen, to day's elections are certain to give substantial encouragement to the Democratic party everywhere. They will cut down materially the immense Republican majorities of 1594. The growth of independent voting in this country has made common the quick, transition of popular sup port from one political party to an other. Just as the party which was high in favor in 1890 was beaten ev erywhere in 1892, so the party that carried the country with a sweep in 1892 was everywhere rejected and overwhelmed in 1594. The pendulum has begun to swing again in the opposite direction, and the elections of 1895 will show that, in all the states. Democrats who were in censed by their party's performances on the tariff question will return to their allegiance; and that others who voted the Populist ticket in some of the states have seen the folly of their ways, and are ready to re turn for good to their old affiliations. In brief, 1895 promises to be a very satisfactory half-way house between the reverses of 1894 and the success that is within the reach and prom ise of the party in 1896. Of the states where elections are to be held today, there are only four in which the result will have any particular significance, beyond the comparison of the election re turns with those of one year and those of three years ago. Elsewhere, the outcome is a foregone conclusion. Pennsylvania belongs to Mr. Quay by almost any majority that he pleases to wish. Mississippi is solidly and surely Democratic. There is lit tle chance of reducing the Repub lican majority in lowa, In Nebraska there are two Democratic tickets in the field, and the principal interest will center on the relative strength of these as an indication _of the strength of the free silver sentiment. All that is expected in Massachu setts is to reduce the big Republican majority. In New Jersey there are two excellent candidates for govern or running against each other, and the probability is that the state will return to its normal allegiance to Democracy. We come now to the states in which the issue of the contest will be more instructive and more closely related to the future success of one or the other of the two great parties. In New York matters are decidedly mixed. The enforcement of the Sun day laws in New York city has run straight across party lines, and left both of the great organizations fight ing for their lives. Each is attempt ing to prove that it favors local op tion and individual liberty, when its audience is the liberal element of one of the** great cities, and preaches a stricter doctrine to the less tol erant voters of the rural districts. On the whole, however, the Democ racy has the great advantage in position. It stands for local option everywhere; while Warner Miller's declaration, subscribed to by the Re publican convention, that existing Sunday laws should be maintained in all their severity, and that the peo ple cannot be trusted to manage their own affairs, will not only cost his party a heavy vote in the cities of the state, but has alienated a large German following everywhere. An other complication is the multitude of conflicting interests in the local contest in New York city. Tam many and anti-Tammany are fight ing it out as usual. But the choice between them, which would other wise be easy to friends of good gov ernment, is confused by the fact that this year to vote against the objec tionable Tammany system is to vote for the equally objectionable machine of Boss Piatt. It will hardly be pos sible, out of all these conflicting issues, to pick the one that deter mines today's voting. As the net re sult of it, however, we expect to see returns that once more show con clusively New York's position in the Democratic column. Of all the states heretofore Re publican, Ohio will contribute most of interest by its action today. It is conceded on all sides that the Dem ocratic party will make immense gains over last year, Republicans admit that it will poll at least 100, --000 more votes than it did then. But, as there is a majority of 137,000 to overcome, the hill which the party has to climb is a steep one. Camp bell has made a noble campaign for the governorship, and his election is not an impossibility, and is con fidently expected by many. The jealousy between Foraker and Mc- Kinley has told against both of them, while Senator Brice has put in some heavy work for control of the next legislature. If Ohio remains in the Republican column, it will at least prove itself to be fair fighting ground for next year. On the other hand, there are two states, heretofore resigned to the Democratic party practically with out a struggle, In which the Repub licans are building high hopes of success. The Kentucky situation is familiar to our readers. From the day that the Democratic state convention adjourned, the free silver minority THE SAINT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 5. 1895. of the party set aside the pledges which it was in honor bound to ob serve, repudiated the platform of the convention, and has been re pelling Democratic voters by out spoken, advocacy of the free coinage of silver. The representatives of this faction are Hardin, candidate for governor, and Senator Black burn. So just is the resentment of Democrats, who believe in a loyal acceptance of results fairly reached in a regular convention, that thou sands of them will vote for the Republican candidate for governor, and for members of the legislature who are hostile to Blackburn's am bition. While the probability is that party loyalty will hold the state in the Democratic column in spite of this split, it would not be surprising if Mr. Bradley were elected gov ernor by a small majority. Ken tucky, at her own cost and at that of the Democratic party, has furnished a tremendous objeot lesson in the insane folly of making the silver question a test of Democracy. In Maryland there has been great discontent for another, and, as it ap pears to us, a wholly insufficient reason. A great many Democrats in the state are unalterably opposed to the rule of Gorman, and for that we cannot blame them. They seem, however, to be carrying this feeling to improper and unreasonable lengths in the present campaign. The state officers nominated hap pened to be friends of Mr. Gor man's; and, although unobjection able in themselves, the anti-Gorman Democrats have declared war against them. This is reform reduced to an absurdity. To vote against a candi date of your own party who is an honorable man and in every way fit for the office to which he aspires, simply because he happens to have political friends and relatives whom you dislike, is as much a subordi nation of reason to prejudice as to support a boss in opposition to a reformer. We do not think that this element in Maryland is large enough to endanger the state, but it will probably cut down the Demo cratic majority materially. These states include all those vot ing this year where the issues and results appeal to outside interests, with the exception of Utah, where the Republican-Mormon combina tion appears likely to win a costly victory. The net result of today's work will be, we are confident, to show a strong turn of the tide in favor of the Democratic party once more, and to place it in a position of encouragement and advantage for the greater struggle that is to come next year. WHAT MAY BE COMING. Every one who reads— those who do not don't count— knows that there is an election on in Utah today. The territory is big with the event. Vast issues are at stake. Statehood, governorships, senatorships and mi nor officers galore are hanging in the balance. But these are insignificant compared with the burning, vital question of woman suffrage. In the constitution that is to be ratified the right to vote is given to women. Fortunately or not, as you view it, the court decided that women are in eligible to vote on the question whether they shall or shall not have this precious right; buitif they cannot vote they can act as if they could, and the women— that is, the Repub lican women of the territory—^re going through the motions just as zealously as if they were going to put their ballots in the boxes there today. The Salt Lake Tribune gives the following account of a parade or a procession by the Republican women of that city. The account is enter taining, we had nearly said amusing. As an intimation, a sort of sample, of what is coming into our elections when woman suffrage becomes gen eral, it has an interest even here. There were in the procession, cov ering a mile and a half of the streets of the city, 2,500 women. The Trib une says: "Women on bicycles, women on horseback, women in tally-hos, women in drags, brakefe, barouches, surreys, wagons, dog carts and every other con ceivable form of vehicle, headed by a brass band, with numerous drum corps, colors everywhere flying, decora tions galore and many appropriate floats, were a few of the features of the mammoth Republican women's pa rade Saturday afternoon. Nothing of the kind was ever before witnessed in politics, it remaining for the genius of the women Of Utah to conceive the idea, which they had the talent to carry into triumphal execution." Babies cooed In the carriages, though no baby carriage was in the procession, and banners gave to the wondering crowd of men who lined the walks the sentiments of these new women on the vital questions of the day; that is, the ones vital to women. One of these plainly and explicitly announced that "We have no bonds to sell to the wrathful child of Europe," which is somewhat am biguous from the point of view of us stupid males. "A Star for Every State and a State for Every Star," was another beautiful sentiment, while still another made a plump declaration of "Republican Principles — Free Press, Free Labor, Free Speech, Free Schools." We regret this last evidence of the disposition of the ambitious new woman to emulate her brothers in filching and appropri ating things that do not belong to them. Possibly, though, these good dames did not know that all these free things were given to the insti tutions of this country by Democrats long before a Republican party was ever dreamed of. But it only shows that there are some simple facts of history that these Republican women are ignorant of, and with which they should be conversant before asking to share in the governing. One of them made a speech after the procession. She was equal to the occasion. No iten-dollar-a-night spellbinder could surpass her. She pitched into Cleveland in great style. She told her fellow would-bes that "the Ship of State is drifting on the rocks and a traitor is at the helm." We submit that this is very fine, though it sounds familiar* but there ls no doubt as to ithe originality of her assertion that "this would-be king has offered us for sale in every market in Europe." If the speaker is a sample of the Republican women of Utah, we can hardly blame this would-be king, whoever he Is, or any one else interested, for trying to dis pose of us wherever he could; and, too, we are not surprised that he did not find a buyer. The polls will close tonight on the fate of these Repub lican women, and we shall wait with bated breath to learn the result; not that we are concerned in Utah, but : that, if successful, this procession and this speech portends the direful fate that awaits the rest of the na tion, t •**__> ' , EUGENE FIELD, Tn the sudden death of Eugene Field in Chicago yesterday morning journalism and literature have both suffered untimely loss. Mr. Field has been a newspaper man since leaving college twenty-three years ago. His affiliations have always been with Western papers, and for the last twelve years he has been connected with the Chicago News (recently the Record), where his clever work made him widely known as a brilliant representative of West ern journalism. The reputation he had already won in his first-chosen profession might well be the reward of a longer life than his, but in lit erature his career seemed hardly be gun. It is only a few years since the appearance of the "Little Book of Profitable Tales" and the "Little Book of Western Verse" caused him to be hailed by the critics as a prom ising writer, one from whom better things yet might be expected; and doubtless had the time been given him these expectations would have been amply fulfilled. As a poet he had a delicate fancy and great sweet ,ness of expression in his more serious moods. His last long poem, "The Dream-Ship," published in October, was one of his best. As a humorist there was something of nicety, of refinement, of graclousness in his touch, which endeared him to his readers. He will be more missed than many greater men. _____ The Globe publishes this morn ing an interesting interview with Mr. Van Bergen, of Toklo, on affairs in the far East. He has resided there for many years, is familiar with cus toms and current events, and talks entertainingly of them. Mr. Van Bergen is a newspaper correspond ent of experience and ability, having furnished letters to a large number of American papers during the war between China and Japan. He re-' turns home in December, after which time the readers of the Globe may expect to be instructed and enter tained by a series of letters which he has been engaged to write for this paper on the development of; affairs in a portion of the world which is just now the center of an almost universal interest. ! ; The members of the Minnesota Democratic association are not the only ones who will be disappointed by the inability of Secretary Carlisle' to inaugurate the winter campaign of the association with an address.' The disappointment will .be shared by the thousands who sympathize with the secretary in the fight he has made both with the late congress for sound money and in his own state against a change in the cur rency that would endanger the sol vency, of the whole fabric. No Dem ocrat in the nation stands above the secretary in the affection of Minne sota Democrats, who would have been glad of the opportunity to meet and to hear him. Maj. McKinley will shed no tears if Ohio should chance to go Demo cratic this year. It would lay his ancient enemy, Foraker, out cold, and put an edge on the argument ■■ that the Republicans must choose an Ohio man next year if they wish to save the state. «_c__. Occasionally life outdoes the hu morists on their own ground. In New York last week they had to summon an officer to protect the mistress of a Madison avenue man sion, who had inadvertently men tioned to her cook that the soup need ed more salt. — -an The long contest over the surveyor generalship has been ended by the appointment of Mr. P. H. Kerwin, who has been from the start one of the leading candidates. Mr. Kerwin is a staunch Democrat and a compe tent man, and his appointment will give general satisfaction to the party. ■___> Dr. Huldah Gunn told the New York society for political study that the subject they chose for a year's study was not worth it, 'and that women's clubs were degenerating anyhow. Is this hot shot? ■ _t_- Old-fashioned horse cars were nev er noted for their speed, but they went in a hurry in Chicago Sunday,? when an entire line was changed over into an electric line in less than twenty-four hours. mam The subsidence of jaw between Corbett and Fitzsimmons and their seconds, managers, backers, bottle holders and other supernumeraries leaves a void that does not ache. WITH INTENT TO AMUSE,. *i I An early riser— yeast.— Judy. . ', Mr. Klock— Do you find that alarm" ! clock I sold you useful? -,.__ * ' Mr. Shotwell— lndeed I do! I killed ; a cat with it last Yonker"s; : Statesman. _; ? Friend— Your son, I understand, has', r literary aspirations. Does he write for i ; money? Father (feelingly)— ingly— Tlt-Blts. "Cheer up, old man. A woman's 'no' j often means yes, you know." "But she didn't say no. When I, asked her if she would marry me she saW, 'I will, I don't think.' I didn't even get treated with respect."—lndi anapolis Journal. <-y She— Do you know, some of those doughnuts I made yesterday are miss ing." : .::'■"•.• i.-y :; '■•■*"* "y'-"-. He— Don't be alarmed, dear. I took them down town to a friend of mine. She— Did he eat them? He— Heavens, no! He is a geologist. —Life ' y G . :'■ ??/ - . • Attorney— How old are you? Rival Attorney (breaking in)— ob ject." • '■',.... --'■ '.. "y-. -.•".;;• '■'•-"' Court— what grounds? Rival Attorney— Such testimony can be only l&arsay evidence.— Record. >•-,. .. . ■ .., i . i. |-__|_. • fIJiOTHERWAHSOOJI R. VAN RERGEN SAYS THE JAP ? ! '". ANESE HEADS ARE S" /' * i SWOLLEN .:. i , J'l . '."*" it __, '"°' : i .___ /£■ v - ■ ' ■ OVER THE LATE SUCCESS THAT THEY WILL NOT RE SAT j ISFIED UNTIL INVOLVED . WITH RUSSIA, *'' THE SITUATION IN THE EAST. Japs Are Tliori. uglily Detested by the Corciin-i — AK'gresNlon of Russia. fj/ z. In the opinion of R. Van Bergen, a New York newspaper man, who has recently returned from Japan and who was yesterday in St. Paul, there is sure to be war very soon between Japan and Russia. "The Japanese," said Mr. Yen Ber gen, "have had their heads so swollen over their success in fighting the Chinese that they didn't hesitate a minute to antagonize Russia,, great as she is, in everything which con cerned the czar's- interests in the East. You'd hardly believe it, but it's a fact that the conceited little Japs are ready to declare war against the Russian bear for putting his paws into the adjustment of Japan's treaty of peace with China. Indeed, if France and Germany had n't joined in with the czar Japan would have plunged Into war again without hesitation. As it is, Japan was forced to evacuate the Liao Tung peninsula, but she still re tains Formosa, which is no small acquisition. The Japs are still in Corea, but they will leave that coun try very soon, and with their sol diers will depart all their Influence. They are hated, detested by the Coreans and by the Europeans re siding in Corea. Yet the independ ence of Corea, a nation in which the Japanese have nothing but a selfish interest, was the pretext given for the late war with China. "Yes, there's going to be another war there, and a bigger war a war that will result in the annihilation of Japanese influence in the East, unless the latter nation secures the assistance of England as against Russia, and the trifling interests of the Japanese are lost sight of in the immense complications of a general European conflict. Russia is chag rined and displeased at Japan for her interference in Russian affairs, and she is disappointed because she was unable to secure the co-operation" of the Japanese in furthering Rus sian designs." "Russia will, shortly, complete her great trans-Siberian railway. This railway must have an outlet on the shores of the Eastern shore of Asia at some first-class harbor, which is open throughout the year. At pres ent Russia's sea port is Vladivostock, where the harbor is closed four months out of the year. Of course, the soldiers of the great white czar would have little difficulty in wrest ing a suitable sea port from China. But so long as Japan, which has proved her strength, lies ready to threaten the Russian possessions in the East, the latter country can have no sense of security. When the trans-Siberian railroad is completed, troops and supplies can be readily transported to the Pacific, but until then the only means of access to Rus sia's far Eastern territories is by way of the Suez canal. That canal is controlled by England. Therefore, to recover her shattered prestige and to ensure the permanent protection of her Pacific territory Russia has no other recourse than to begin a war with Japan and prosecute the war until the mikado's power is broken for all time. Other European powers may interfere in order to restore the balance of power in the East. In that case the war will simply be a bigger war. I'm going back to Japan now, and I expect to see the be ginning of hostilities next spring, as soon as the harbor of Vladivostock is open and the weather will permit of active operations "Besides a previous sojourn of six years in Japan, .from 1869 to 1875, I have spent the past year there, and seen all of the recent war. Japan cared very little for Corea, but be gan the war simply as a necessary outlet for the strangely war-like spirit of the samurai or gentry class. These are like the knights of the middle ages in believing no occupa tion honorable but war. Why, it's an absolute fact that, after the re cent war closed, not less than thirty seven officers committed suicide rather than sheath their swords. Above all things, the Japanese gen tleman detests commerce. His dis like of trade is far greater than that exhibited by the old-time French nobleman. At the close of the late struggle with China, for instance, a Japanese captain in the navy wrote to a friend of his at Kobi protesting against the action of the emperor's cabinet in accepting peace. He added that he was so disheartened and dis gusted with the government he had served that he was undecided wheth er to kill himself or become a mer chant. Either choice was self-de struction to a sumarai. "These samurai, as I have said, control everything in Japan. The diet there is composed of a house of lords and a house of commons. Now, there are four divisions of the Jap anese people— the kozoku, which in cludes the emperor and the princes of the blood; the kazoku, or the no bility, including the daimios, or ter ritorial nobles, and the kuge, or court nobles; the samurai or shizoku, which is the gentry; and the heimin, : or common people. The princes of the. blood are hereditary members of the! upper house. The other mem bers are elected from the nobility. Almost every member of the lower house is chosen from the samurai, not one of whom doubts for a min ute his ability to govern any nation on earth. The lower house, like the British commons, controls the upper house, and also the ministers; but, although the government is that of a limited monarchy it is not exactly a parliamentary government. The emperor— whose proper designation, by the way, is not mikado but tenno, or tenshl sama— is revered as the di rect representative of the deity, and Is Implicitly obeyed. Yet he exerts no pressure in any direction unless at the dictate of 'the ministers about him. Whatever clique of ministers have possession of the emperor foi the time control the government. Failure to receive a vote of confidence in the lower house doesn't disturb them a hit. Frequently almost the whole house Is in opposition to the government. But when the pressure becomes too great, when a revolu tion is threatened, the ministry dis creetly resign, and turn the emperor over to a new government. "The emperor, in fact, never had any real power of his own. Until 1868 everything was controlled by the so-called tycoon, whose correct title was shogun or, in full, sei-tai sho .gun, or barbarian expelling general. In that year one of the samurai, an ambitious fellow named Saigo Taka mori, led a revolt In the name of several daimios and deposed the sho gun. The latter is till living in re tirement and amuses himself with amateur photography. The slogan' of Saigo and his adherents was 'ya mato damashii,' 'spirit of old Japan,' and their pretense was that they would restore to the emperor his former power power, which, as a matter of fact, he never possessed. But Japan nowt has a written consti tution and is progressing rapidly. Dike an overbright, inexperienced boy, however, Japan exaggerates her abilities and importance, and is like ly to be sat upon in most disagree able but improving manner by her big neighbor, the Muscovite." BRIDESMAIDS REHEARSE. All in Readiness for the Marlbor oiiKh-Vaii-lerbilt Nuptials. NEW YORK, Nov. 4.— The brides maids and ushers who will assist at the wedding of the Duke of Marl borough and Miss Consuelo Vander bilt held a private rehearsal this afternoon at St. -Thomas church. Mrs. Vanderbilt and Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt were present and super intended the rehearsal. The Duke of Marlborough was not there, for he does not believe in the rehearsal, which, to his idea, is not becoming to the solemnity of the ceremony. The bridesmaids, eight in. number, rehearsed their parts once. They marched from the tire room in the vestibule to the chancel rail in the following order: Miss Catherine Duer and Miss Elsa Bronson led the bridal procession; then came Miss May Goelet, . Miss Laura Jay, Miss Daisy Post and Miss Evelyn Bur den, Miss Morton and Miss Winthrop. The bridesmaids were instructed at the chancel rail and grouped in the correct order by Dr. Brown, rector of the church. The ushers were also instructed in • their duties, and im mediately after the rehearsal the bridesmaids accompanied Miss Van derbilt to her home, where they en joyed afternoon tea. In the even ing they attended a dinner given in their honor by Mrs. Brockholst Cut ting at her home on Fifth avenue. The duke spent the day with his cousin, Hon. Ivor Guest, and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am bassador, and remained in his rooms at the Plaza hotel during the even ing, attending to business matters pertaining to his forthcoming mar riage. — GAS COMPANIES UNITE. Dig: Consolidation in Brooklyn, With Thirty Millions Capital. BROOKLYN, N. V., Nov. 4.— The big gas deal was concluded this af ternoon in Brooklyn, when the seven city gas companies met and deter mined to consolidate their interests. Moore & Schley, brokers, of Wall street, representing these syndicates, are managing the financial end of the deal. A secret conference was held early in the day with the direct ors of most of the gas companies, when the question of consolidation •was thoroughly discussed. The com panies interested are: The Brooklyn Gas Light company, Fulton Munici pal company, Citizens' company, Metropolitan Gas Light company, People's Gas Light company, Will iamsburg company and the Nassau Gas company, and the proposed cap ital Is $3,000,000. At the conference early in the day the representatives of the Williamsburg company, decid ed to join in the combination after some deliberation, the terms offered to the stockholders for each $50 share being 97 in new bonds and 157% in stock. The terms for the People's company, were $900 for $1,000 of stock and $340 in new bonds. The terms for the Fulton municipal stock were 248 and a fraction. The terms of set tlement with the other companies are not stated. George W. Young is president and F. W. Wilcox is treasurer of the new organization. ELECTION DAY WEATHER, It Will Be in j>!,-__:..m j in .Many of the States. WASHINGTON Nov. The follow ing is the weather forecast for tomor row in the states in which elections will be held: • For Eastern New York— Probably fair and warmer; southeasterly winds. For Western New York— Generally, fair; southerly winds. For New Jersey— Fair; followed by cloudy and threatening -weather on the coast; easterly winds. For -Mississippi— followed by showers on the coast; southeasterly winds. For Virginia— Generally fair; south erly winds. For Nebraska— cloudy weath er; probably local rains; snow In west ern portion; winds shifting to north erly, and much colder. For Kansas— Partly cloudy weather; probably local rains; snow In western portion; winds shifting to northerly and much colder. For lowa— lncreasing cloudiness and probably local rains Tuesday after noon or night; winds shifting to north erly, and much colder Tuesday night. For Ohio— Fair Tuesday, with warm er southerly winds. For Kentucky— Generally fair, but with Increasing cloudiness; southerly winds. For Maryland— Probably fair In the interior during the greater portion of the day, and showers Oh the coast; easterly winds. •."*•-- For Massachusetts— Fair during the day, but becoming cloudy and threat ening on the southeast coast in the eVemng: east to south \Vinds. For Pennsylvania— fair; southerly winds. For Utah— Fair, except in extreme eastern portion, where snow is likely. *•*__■ SPIRITED AWAY. United States Officers Make Sure of Their Prisoner. MILWAUKEE, Wis., Nov. Thom as Kelly, the old soldier charged with a murderous assault upon a comrade, has, been spirited away by the United States authorities. This is to be pre vent any attempt that may be made by the state authorities to secure pos session of the prisoner. At the same time it develops that the refusal of Marshal Pratt to comply with the writ issued by Commissioner Ryan is due to Judge Jenkins, and in pursuance of advice given by him. gaakoh.P 3 aall c-NJdaoar.y card % Fell From a Tight Wire. MEMPHIS. Term., Nov. During a performance of Cooper Bros, circus here this afternoon, Anna Mcrr.*t_i,who was riding a bicycle on a tight wire, twenty feet from the ground, fell, striking on her head, receiving in juries that may prove fatal. 'TIS ELECTION DAY Continued From First Page. cumbent), and E. S. Harrington, Dem ocrat; clerk of quarter sessions, W. 11. Ahem, Republican (present Incum- ■ bent), and E. J. Sellers, Democrat. The Republican managers declare there Is little doubt of the entire Republican ticket being elected by 50,000 majority. REPUBLICANS CLAIM UTAH, lint the Democrats Arc Fur From Conceding It. SALT LAKE, Utah, Xov. 4.-On the ■ eve of the political battle all parties are lined up ready to cast a large vote. | A snow storm, which has raged all ' day, may Interfere with the voting In ' the country districts. Both parties are closing the campaign with rallies at I all principal points in.the territory. In I this city the Democrats close with ad dresses by Judge Powers and others at the Continental market. The Repub licans close their campaign at Salt Lake theater with Senator Shoup, of Idaho, as the principal speaker. An Impartial observation leads to the conclusion that the Republican ticket will be elected by a safe majority, although there are many issues of doubtful effect. Rob- ; crts, Democrat, for congress, will prob ably run ahead of his ticket. Chairman Cannon,, of the Republican State Cen- ! tral committee, says the state ticket will be elected by a safe majority and that the legislature will be Republican without question. Chairman Powers, of the Democratic committee, claims that the Democrats will elect the state ticket by from 500 to £00 majority and that they will elect* thirty-two of the forty-five members of the legislature. He adds: "The only element of uncer- j tainty is whether the Mormon people dare to vote the Democratic ticket when ; it Is manifest that the leaders of the • church desire the election of the Re publican ticket." P. H. Lannon, manager of the Tri bune, says: "The Republican state ticket will be elected by from 2,000 to • 4,000 majority. The legislature will be overwhelmingly Republican and the constitution will be adopted by a ma jority of 15,000." . Gen. Young, manager of the Herald, says: "The church question, being j novel may upset all calculations. Indi- j cations point to a very close vote. We j will not win nor lose by more than j 1,000 votes." Members for congress will be elected. CLAIMS IX XEW* JERSEY. The Contest Is Likely to Be Very Close. JERSEY CITY, X. J., Xov. 4.— New ; Jersey will tomorrow vote for a gov- j ernor to succeed George Werts, the present Democratic incumbent; seven j members of the state senate and the . full house of assembly, sixty mem bers. The Democratic candidate for J governor is Alexander McGill, the j present chancellor of the state. His i opponent is John W. Griggs. The elec tion is claimed by both parties by be j tween 2,000 and 5,000. The voting will t ■ probably be light, except in isolated ! counties, where local fights on the as sembly tickets have added interest in the campaign. In the large counties the registration is light and- in favor j of the Republicans. The state cam- | paign has been fought on the same is- ; sues upon which the Republicans car- ; ried the state in the last two elections. | The race track and administration of state affairs by the Democrats during j the ten years preceding 1595 were the j issues raised by the Republicans. The j Democratic leaders claim they will control tho assembly, but to do this j they will have to carry Essex county, ! which they concede to be Republican j i on the state ticket. Of the sixty mem- I bers of the last house fifty-four were j | Republicans. This majority it is ex- j pected will be largely cut down, and j whichever party controls the house I next session will not have a very large . margin. Close observers predict that I the majority in the house will not be more than five either way. The sena tors to be elected will not affect the political complexion of that body. Five Republicans and two Democrats re tire. The Republicans claim they will undoubtedly carry the five seats from which Republicans retire, and the Democrats say they will carry one of theirs, with a good chance of captur ing the other. National issues have not entered into the fight in this state to any great ex tent Both sides contented themselves with state affairs. SHROUDED IX DEEP DOUBT. Impossibility of Venturing a Safe Prediction on Maryland. BALTIMORE, Md., Xov. The eve of Maryland's most critical political battle finds the issue shrouded in doubt. Both sides are claiming vic tory, but the tones in which they make their boasts and the figures they cite as the basis for their alleged belief does not carry conviction to the mind of an unprejudiced onlooker. The fact is that everybody is at sea, because in the present contest the silent voter is a greater factor than he has ever been in the history of Maryland poll tics. The hurrah part of the battle is over and the position of those who par ticipated in it Is known and their votes already counted by the party mana gers, but the ballot of the silent voter Is still in his vest pocket and this year his name is legion. The fierce and persistent attacks upon Senator Gor man, and the outcry against what his opponents term "Gormanism," have undoubtedly influenced many who have heretofore voted the Democratic ticket and will induce them to vote against Hurst who is known as Gorman's can didate. On the other hand, the very bitterness of the attack has brought Mr. Gorman's friends closer to him than ever before and they will get out every vote at their command. It Is also possible that the Fame conditions will bring some voters to his aid who have heretofore stood by tho Repub licans, out of sheer admiration for the plucky fight he ls making against his enemies in his own party. Then, too, the color line has been drawn for all it is worth, arid every known device has been taken advantage of to lead the voters of Maryland to believe that Republican victory means negro su premacy. With such arguments as these as the sole issues in the campaign it would be idle to predict the result and all that can be said of it Is tliat It looks like anybody's victory. The Officers to be elected arc: Governor, comptroller of the state treasury, attorney general, a legislature which will elect a succesor to United States Senator Gibson, mayor of Baltimore, city surveyor, state's at torney for Baltimore, three judges and sheriff of Baltimore county. ALL EYES OX OMAHA. Fight of the Citizens' League Against the A. P. A. OMAHA. Xeb., Nov. 4.— voters throughout Nebraska have their eyc3 on, Omaha tonight and the city I:. rest less. The campaign has centered around Omaha almost exclusively. The gold a.nd sliver Democrats have exhib ited some spirit and each faction as serts that their state candidates will poll the full strength of their wing and in that manner show the relative number of tho voters favoring or op posing tho white metal in Nebraska. In Omaha the battle lias been hot hotter In fact than amy previous con test Karly in the fall tbe city was I startled by the discovery that the city treasurer and his deputy were shOrt J30.000. They were at once relieved. Other Irregularities were discovered In city departments and a committee of 500 of Omaha's most prominent busi ness men met and Issued a call for all citizens favoring reform to organize a Citizen*' league. This was done and a ticket composed of business men of varied political affiliations named. It was indorsed by the Democrats and Populists. The Republicans were, it is claimed, controlled by the A. P. A. The battle has been between these two forces. SAFE FOR HARDLY. Kentucky Democrats Will A _so Elect a Majority of Legislators. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 4.-One of the hottest campaigns known in this city for many years has closed, and if the weather Is fair Kentucky will to morrow poll the largest) vote <ever given. The fight, though there are four tickets in the field,- Is between the Republicans and Democrats for the state officers, beginning with gov ernor and running down to district railroad commissioner. For a time It looked as though the Populists would poll a large vote, but the old parties have whipped the would-be deserters back into line, and now, at the close of the battle royal, the finish is be tween Hardin (Hem.) and Bradley (Rep.) for governor. The leaders | named have been on the stump for I two months, while all others on the j respective tickets have been doing ; more or less public speaking, and now j at the end each side claims the victory. Hardin's partisans and managers claim that he will have 15,000 majority, while the friends of Bradley claim that ho I will win by no less than 10,000 Both j sides claim that this city will favor ; their respective nominee, but the chances are that the back* of Har din will be disappointed if they are in earnest In their claims. All cities in the state will elect municipal officers, and in many cases these local contests are badly mixed. In this city there are three Democratic, Repub ! lican and Citizens. The A. P. A. vote, 1 said to be about 14,000, will be cast for the Republicans. The A. P. A.'s have j taken this course because the Demo cratic platform denounces the organi zation. The Democrats claim they will carry Louisville, without naming a majority. On the other hand, the Re publicans and A. P. A.'s put thfeir ma jority at from 8,000 to 12,000. The prob abilities are that the city will go Re publican by about 3,000. In addition to state and city officers, nineteen senators and 100 members of the house are to be elected, a nd this legislature in turn will elect a United States senator to succeed J. C. S. Blackburn. In this body the Demo crats will have the advantage of nine teen hold-over senators. There is lit tle doubt that the Democrats will have ' a majority enough to elect the senator without trouble. * HOPEFUL IOWA DEMOCRATS. They Predict the Defeat of Gen, Drake. DES MOINES, 10.. Nov. The Re. publican and Democratic headquarters in this city were closed tonight, the campaign work being all done. Chair man McMillan, of the Republican com mittee, said simply: "We have made a good fight. We expect more than Jackson's plurality. I think we will go 7,000 more, which will give us a plural ity of 40.000 and upwards. We will also elect probably 100 out of the 150 mem bers of the general assembly, making sure of Senator Allison's re-election." Chalrmaai Walsh, of the Democratic committee, said that he was satisfied they would cut down the Republican plurality, -_3_d that, with due effort on the part o? Democrats, they would de feat Gen. Drake by a small plu rality, 'ifhe Populists are claiming from 40,000 to 60,000 votes, which is a large gah*. The Prohibitionists are also' expeo"tag a largely increased vote, due to thi* Republican party adopting the mulcit license law. The prospects are for a large vote being polled, al though t_*# promised fair weather may keep man . farmers in the field. POPS WANT TO EE SHERIFFS. Chief Interest in Kansas Is Over the County Offices. TOPEKA, Kan., Xov. 4.-The great est intea»*t in the election tomorrow, particularly in the eastern half of the state, will be centered on the office of sheriff. The Populists are making un usual efforts to elect the sheriff in every county. In this city there will be the hardest fight on this office th.it has been known for many years. Dem ocrats and Populists have combined on O. B. Kepley, a Democrat, to beat Da vid Burge, the present Republican in cumbent, and If by any chance Kep ley should win the victory in this Re publican stronghold it will be used to advantage by the Populists in the next state campaign. The only state officer to be voted for is chief justice of the supreme court. David Marvin, Republican, appointed to tne position last summer, was nominated by Repub licans. Neither the Populists not Democrats made any nomination, and his only opponent is C. E. Holliday Jr., Independent, free silver and prohibi tion candidate. Marvin's election is generally conceded. Pops Will He Out of _-ii**li-. JACKSON, Miss., Xov. 4.— The state canvas was closed in Mississippi today by Hon. A J. MeLaurin, candidate for governor, who made his last speech at Morton. The whole Democratic state ticket will be eh- ted by an over whelming majority, as it is safe to say that the Populists will not carry half a dozen counties in the state. It is doubtful If Capt. Frank r.uri.itt, the Populist nominee for governor, car ries his own county. Full state, dis trict and county tickets will be elect ed, the legislature to be chosen will elect a successor to United States Sena tor H. Z. George, who is not a candi date for re-election. The canvas just closed has been practically one-sided and the result tomorrow, it is assert ed, will end Populism In Mississippi for all time to come. The indications are that the weather will be perfect. Suing a. Democrat for Libel. BRIDGETOX, X. J., Xov. 4.—Wal ter H. Bacon and Assemblyman Bloomfleld K. Mlnch each began suit today against Chairman Charles E. Sheppard, of the Democratic county committee, for $10,000 damages for li bel In circulating a campaign paper, containing a copy of a letter purport ing to havo been sent to Bacon by Mlnch. Both gentlemen pronounce the letter a forgery. They also offer a re ward of $1,000 for the conviction of the author of the letter. Light Vote in Virginia. RICHMOND, Va., Xov. 4— Virginia is not a storm center this year, as no important issues are involved and no state officers are to bo elected. Tho campaign has been listless, and a light vote ls expected tomorrow. Halt or the members of tho state senate and tho entire house of delegates will be chosen, but as the legislature does not select a United States senator, tho legislative contest has not been ani mated. The main Issue Is on the re vision of tho election lawn, the Re publicans and Populists urging that the present Walton election law has the effect of giving the dominant party control of the entire election machin ery of the state. . ii:i_.!it In Wisconsin. MADISON, Wis.. Xov. 4.— Tester and John MattOX, wanted for muider In Rocky Mount, Va., were arrested hero tc-day.