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ALL ffHE LAST IB THE RALEIGH EVENING TIMES. RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1906. VOLUME 27. PRICE 6c, JBHiH Leased Wire Service ot the Associated Press. Leads all North Carolina Afternoon Papors in Circulation THE RAIN OF UP STATE BALLOTS BEAT HEARST AND ELECTED HUGHS According to Figures Now! Available the Pioraiity of Hughes is About 60,000 HEARST CURRIED ALL Latest RcKrts Suy That the Returns for the Rest of the Ticket Are Far from Complete, With tlie Election of Chanler as Lieutenant Governor Claimed by Democrats and Mem Imts of the Diflependenco League, anil the Other OHIces in l)oult. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 7. With incomplete returns outside of the Greater New York, the result of yesterday's election In New York state aside from the head of the ticket was still In doubt today. At 10 o'clock this forenoon there was a possibility that the entire democratic state ticket aside from governor nau been elected. All the democratic state candidates ran far ahead of William K. Hearst In the greater New York, and their pluralities here of approximately 140,000 over their republican opponents may have the effect of overcoming the republican lead In up state counties. These estimates, however, are neei ssar- ily based upon the full state vote for governor and depend entirely upon the estimate that lesser candidates held with Charles IX Hughes. On the face of the present returns Mr. Hughes came down, to the Harlem River with a lead over Hearst of ft little more than 130,000. While this was sufficient to give him a lead of considerably more than 50,000 over Hearst, Mr. Hughes' asso ciates have the far greater plurality rolled up by the remainder of the state ticket to meet. The democratic candi dates appear to have been elected. The closest contest probably will be between M. Linn Bruce, republican, and Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler, Independ ence league, and democrat, for lieu tenant governor. Next to lieutenant governor, the fig ures at hand show that John S. Whalen, the democratic candidate for secretary of state may come through a winner by the closest margin. As more complete returns began to come In by counties today it was seen that In some Instances there was a small but consistent lead by the lesser republican candidates over the head of their ticket. This fact served only to Increase the uncertainty regarding the result for the office below governor. Effect of McCarren's Fight. William It. Hearst apparently carried only "two counties In the state outside of the Greater New York. These were Chemung ard Seoharle. It was in his home city, however, that he encounter ed the bitterest and most determined opposition. Kings county, of which Patrick H. McCarren is the democratic leader, last year gave Hearst for mayor a large plurality but yesterday McCar ren exhorted all his forces to return a Hughes plurality In his county. His in structions to his captains was to cut Hearst and to vote the remainder of the democratic state ticket. While Mr. Hearst succeeded in carrying the coun ty by a plurality of 4,663 the returns for the remainder of the state ticket show that his trouble with McCarren cost him dearly. The pluralities In the county of the democratic candidates who were not affected by McCarren's order exceeded that of the head of tho ticket' by far more than thirty thous and. Had Hearst received these votes it would have cut Hughes' lead in the state practically halt' New York, Nov. 7. Charles E. Hughes, republican, has been elected governor of the state ot New York by a plurality of '52,000, according to figures available at an early hour to day. William R. Hearst, his oppo nent, had a clear plurality in every borough of Greater New York, but Hughes' vote up-state overcame this and left the republican candidate with the margin of votes already given. Wf Hearst's total plurality in Greater New York, as Indicated by unofficial returns early today, was 76,966. Mr. Hearst also polled 641 plurality in two up-state counties. Hughes' plu rality up-state, according to the un official returns, with 196 districts missing, was 129,686, leaving a total plurality for the republican candi date of 62,089. The missing dis tricts may vary this general result by a few thousand votes either way. The morning of the day after elec tion found the returns in New York state for the ticket below governor anything but complete. The election of Lewis Stuyvesant Chanler lieuten ant governor was claimed by some of the independent league and demo cratic managers, and the rest of the Mcket was in doubt. In the work of compiling the returns for the guber natorial candidates the lesser oilces had been neglected. Split tickets in every county in the state, especially in New York, Kings, Queens and Richmond, retarded the work of tho counters. P Vote In Greater New York. At 7:30 this morning returns wero complete in Greater New York for the governorship. They showed Hearst's plurality as 76,956. The vote by borougns follows: Boroughs. Hughes. Hearst. Manhattan and Bronx 134,228 197,540 Brooklyn 106,348 1 1 1,14 I Queens 14,162 22,221 Richmond 6,518 7,310 Totals . 281,256 338,212 Hearst's plurality, 70,950. Ticket Ran Ahead of Hearst. Almost complete returns from the Greater New York for state offices, show that aside from governor the democratic state ticket carried the greater city by pluralities of from 135, 000 to 145,000. This would indicate that unless the republican candidates for of fices below governor ran ahead of Hughes above the Bronx, the full dem ocratic state ticket, except govern, may have been elected. Returns fron up stnte counties are as yet too incom plete to warrant anything like an accu rate forecast. SAYS NEW YORK'S ALL REPUBLICAN (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 7. William Barnes, Jr., of Albany, issued a for mal statement this afternoon claim ing the election of the entire repub lican ticket in the state. The statement says: "The entire republican state ticket has been elected. My figures show this. The state (above the Bronx) gives 146,000 plurality, or there abouts, and the democratic candi date for lieutenant governor has ap pioximately 135,000. You may say for me that the entire state ticket has been elected." HACKETT WINS BY A BIG VOTE A telegram from J. Gordon Dark en at North Wilkesboro, received here at 8:10 this afternoon by Chair man Simmons, says: "Hackett carries Alexander five, Alleghany 292, Ashe 1-5. Black burn Wilkes 720, Watauga 300, Surry 425. Hackett's 'majority, 1,180." HARAHAN PRESIDENT ILLINOIS CENTRAL (By the Associated P,ress.) New York, Nov. 7. J. T. Hara han was today elected president of the Illinois Central Railroad Com pany, succeeding Stuyvesant Fish. All the other officers ot the com pany whose terms expired were re elected. All of the directors of the company except Vice-President Wel ling! were present at the .meetting of the board when the election took place. TWENTY GIRLS ARE SAVED BY FIREMEN. (By the Associated Press.) Columbus, O., Nov. 7. Twenty terrified girl employes of Andrew Dobbi, dry goods merchant, were res cued by firemen today when fire , broke out in the third story of the store. A few of the girls were slight ly injured. The Are loss is about 120,000. COL. HOLT SflLL HAS STRONG GRIP ON LIFE Physicians Say This After noon that Wound May Not Prove Fatal NEGRO 10 SHOT HIM NOW SAFE IN PRISON Hall Entered, at ('lose Range, Just Under Right Ear and Passed Through Left Cheek, Barely Es caping Base of Brain and Jugular. Patient Has No Temperature and is Doing Splendidly Friends of Colonel Holt Urge Crowds to Let Jhe Law Take lis Course and NO Demonstration is Feared Con vincing Proof That Prisoner is Guilty. At -1: l.l o'clock this afternoon a message from Graham stated that Colonel Holt's condition was far more satisfactory than during the earlier part of the day. He is getting a Ions slcn- didly. Col. L. Banks Holt, who was mur derously assaulted by a discharged servant at his home in Graham last night, is resting comfortably this afternoon, according to news received from his residence over the long distance telephqne. The attending physicians express the utmost hope that his injuries are not so serious as at first reported. Henry Walker, the negro who un doubtedly shot Colonel Holt, was ar rested at daylight and lodged in jail. i Last night there was a feeling of in tense bitterness, but there is no dan ger of any demonstration on the part of the wounded man's friends, and ho will be put on trial almost imme diately. Colonel Holt was shot about 9:30 o'clock, while he was standing at the. telephone. His homo had been called several times. Just as he hung up the receiver and was about to move away, a 38-ealibre revolver was placed at his right ear and fired. The contact was so close that his face was burned. The ball entered just under the right ear, passing out through tho left cheek. It ploughed' deep into the wall beyond. Colonel Holt fell. He had not h"oen in his vigorous health of late and he suffered much from loss of Mood before the doctors could be summoned. Dr. Stokes of Salisbury arrived today and assisted in attend ing to the wounds. This afternoon he had no tempera ture, his symptoms were good, but he had the narrowest escape imagin able. Had the ball ranged half an Inch higher it would have entered the base of the brain, and the same dis tance lower would have cut the jugu lar vein. With good fortune his fam ily and the physicians are confident that he will recover. When news spread of the shooting, the excitement was high and men searched the town for the assailant. It was believed at the time that Wal ker was the guilty wretch. He had been discharged a week or so ago for being drunk and rowdy, and he threatened to get even.. The cook, with whom he was infatuated, left the employ of Colonel Holt because Walker was dismissed, and the the ory is that she and other negro women were implicated. About day light Walker was found and hurried to prison. Friends of Colonel Holt urged that no attempt be made to harm the prisoner, and this advice was followed. It was said this after noon that there was no danger of trouble. Two theories are advanced as to how the negro entered the residence. It is thought that he may have slip ped In the door on the rear porch when a domestic, going out for wood, left it open for a moment. It is possible, however, that he had a key, furnished him by one of his accom plices. He may have been concealed in the house for some time before he shot. As the pistol fired, the negro fled. There does not appear to be the least question pf doubt as to Wal ker's guilt. His statements hereto fore that he expected to get even, and his conduct generally, prove that he did the shooting, although stronger evidence than that is said lo have been secured. During the evening the numerous telephone calls led to I lie impression afterward that. Wal ker and his confederates were anx ious to get him oht iof the house. All the members of Colonel Holt's family, with the exception of Miss Louise Holt, werft with him this morning, and she will arrive this afternoon from Baltimore. Mrs. John C. DrUWTjv'm's daughter, and Mr. Drewry went i6 Graham early this morning, and messages from Mr. Drewry give the comforting as surance that ColOnel Holt will re cover unless thero are serious com plications. Sketch of Colonel Holt. L. Banks Holt wits born in Graham, Alamance county, in 1842. His parents were Edwin I... Holt and Kmil . Fcrish Holt, both, natives of Norili i 'arolinsi. Cob Holt attended school in Alamance under the tutelage-of Dr. Wilson, an educator of distinction. He cno red the' military academy at HlllHboro i:i and enlisted from this Institution i i 1861; tendering his service s lo the j. . - crrior of ihe state. They were neem l and he was assigned to duly in m Orange Guard. This company a'i o.ue entered the service arid cniitim-l For: Macon. Later Col. Holt join .1 (')!. Fisher's regiment of infantry as drill master and served it) this position un tiCafter the battle of Manassas, when he was transferred to the Eighth .Nin th Carolina infantry, and remained with this regiment until the close of the war. In the early part of the struggle ho was promoted to the rank of first lieu tenant which he held until the close of the war. He participated In some of the most hotly contested conflicts of tho war, and was severely wounded at Pe tersburg, Va., and at the battle of Fort Harrison, where he was taken prisoner. After spending four months in the hospital he was confined In Fort Dela ware until 1865. Returning home he engaged in farming and cotton manu facturing. He worked in Alamance cotton mill for a time, wuioh was owned by his father. In UGS toe-Carolkia cot ( Contin ued oar jfegejL Savaiv) . WAKE MAJORITY NEARLY 2,400 Average 2,375 to 2,400 On Whole Ticket J. C. DREWRYS IS 2,393 Swift Civek Democratic on Commis sioners by !) Bernard Led County Ticket With Over 3,500 Mial Led Legislative Ticket With 3,473 Harris Next. The average democratic majority in Wake county In yesterday's election is from 2,375 to 2,400. Two years ago it was 2,600. Franklin McNeill s majority over R. M. Douglas for corporation commis sioner is 2,319. v Milliard Mini led the legislative ticket with 3,475 ballots. Charles U. Harris was net with 3,418, then W. C. Doug las wifh 3,309. For the state senate. John C. Drcw ry's vote was 3,36s and his republican opponent, Upchurelt, received 975. mak ing Drewry's majority 2.393. The vote received by tho republican candidates for the house was as fol lows: Hester 1019, Kearboro 1,009, Par ker 997. John H. Sears tor sheriff received 3,448 votes, against J- w. Hardens 1,134. Keeister of Deeds J. J. Bernard led ihe democratic ticket in the county with Over 3,500 votes. Clerk of the Court W. M. Russ was a dose second. D. T. Johnson for chairman of the board of county commissioners has a vote of about 3.300, and W. W. Wynne, republican, 1,050. Thero were only two doubtful pre cincts in the county. Swift Creek and Stony Hill in New Light. The former went republican for county commis sioners last time by a majority , of 15. Now the vote there on commissioners was 92 to 83 for the democrats, a ma jority of 9. The republicans claimed Stony Hill, but the official returns today show that It went safely democratic, Drewry get ting a majority of 32 over Upchurch for the state senate there. The only democratic candidate to be beaten by a republican in any precinct In the county was J. H. Seare, the can didate for sheriff. At Harris' Store In House creek township Harden got 23 I Contin'. ed on Sixth Page.) EVEN ASHE IS DEMOCRATIC Tyrrell Safe for Democracy 1 by 73 Votes GAIN IN SAMPSON TOO 'our of the Mountain Doubtful Counties, Ashe, Alexander, Gra ham, Stanly, Are Safe, and Possi bly Caldwell Close Eastern Counties Democratic Hackett and Crawford Safe. Perhapn the most remarkable ; news fiuii ecmo today regarding the election in North Carolina was a telegram from Ashe announcing that the democrats had carried that J county. If it ever went democratic before it was so long ago that it has been clean forgotten. Senator Sim- mons could not remember that it jhad ever given a democratic major ity in its history as a county. Another piece of news that came to headquarters almost, as notice able was that the republican major ity in Sampson county, the old home of Marlon Butler, had been reduced to 550, which means a republican loss of about 250. The democratic gain in Sampson is over 200. Four of the doubtful or usually republican mountain counties are safe in the democratic column, Ashe, Alexander, Graham, Stanly. Possibly it. will be five, If the news conns from Caldwell that headquar ters hopes for. However, Caldwell at this writing is in doubt. Alle ghany is democratic by increased majority. All the close counties in the east seem to have gone democratic as well as 'hose of ihe mountain coun try, the Jnffcrsoniah wave doth appear to have Hooded all alike. Tyrrell has actually' gone demo cratic by a majority of 75. This county Senator Simmons himself had given up for lost. Senator Simmons told Senator Overman over the long distance tele phone this morning that the demo cratic majority in the state will ex ceed Parker's two years ago by six or seven thousand, that it would be nearly equal to the majority of Gov ernor Glenn, which was over 49,000. Stanly has been redeemed for democracy by a majority of 200, a democratic gain of 250. Yadkin, while it has again gone republican, shows the majority to be only 300, a considerable loss. Cabarrus is democratic by 300. Hackett and Crawford. Further returns this morning confirm the election of both Hackett in the eighth congressional district and Crawford in the tenth. Hack ett's majority is estimated at head quarters at from 1,000 to 1,500. Pou's Majority. Chairman J, R. Young of the congressional committee of this the fourth district gives a conservative estimate of K. W. Pou's majority over Kerry uouwin as o,uu, me county majorities being given as fol lows: Franklin 1,500, Vance 650, Wake 2,500, Chatham 400, John ston 500, Nash 1,000. Two years ago Mr. Pou's majority was a little over 7,000, but his vic tory this year is really greater, be cause he had practically no opposi tion two years ago, while a strong fight was made against him this year, and this was an oft year, while two years ago a president was elected. Some of the returns that have come in todaj) are as follows: Democrats Sweep Wilson. (By Southern Bell Telephone.) Wilson, N. C, Nov. 7. Complete returns show that the democrats carried every township in Wilson county in the election yesterday. The total democratic vote was 1,700 against 500 for the republicans, there being an increase in the demo cratic vote over 1904 of more than 300, with a decrease in the republi can vote of nearly 100. The major- REPUBLICANS HOLD CONGRESS BUT LOSE TWENTYSEVEN SEATS ity was even better than democrats had anticipated. Majority in CumlH'rinnd. (Special to The Evening Times.) Fayetteville, N. C, Nov. 7. Cum berland county goes democratic by majorities ranging from 400 to 700 a very light vote being cast. Crawford's Majority 800. (Special to the Evening Times,) Asheville, N. C, Nov. 7. Bun combe county is democratic by a ma jority of 600 to 900. W. T. Craw ford, democrat, has carried the tenth district by a majority of not less than 800. Chairman Lee claims the district for Crawford by more than 1,000. Cherokee county, strongly republi can, elects a democratic county ticket. Solicitor Brown, republican, has defeated Guy Roberts of Madison for the solid torshlp of the fifteenth dis trict. Chairman Walls concedes Roberts' defeat by 115. Flashes. The following hashes have been re ceived: Marlon. N. C, Nov. 7: Incomplete returns show that the republicans carry .Mitchell bv 150. Kinston, N, C, Nov. 7: Democrats carry Lenoir county by 900 to 1.000 ma jority. Edenton, N. C, Nov. 7: Chowan gives Small for congress 100 majority. Mocksvllle, N. C, Nov. 7: Davie county, all precincts except two heard from goes republican by 350 to 400. Milton, N. C, Nov. 7: Caswell coun ty gives KItchin 850 majority. Llncolnton, N. C, Nov. 7: Lincoln county, democratic congressional vote 1,249, republican 795. Concord, N. C, Nov. 7: Cabarrus equnty gives Hackett 1,595, Blackburn j, 403, majority for Hackett 192. Franklinton, N. C, Nov. 7: Franklin county goes democratic by 1,600. Majorities Learned. Tho following are some definite figures from the counties so far as they had been learned at democratic state headquarters up to the time of going to press: 2S O o ro O a R 5 o 2 ? 5 r O 2 r a l a 5 Or; Anson .... Beaufort . . Bladen . . . Buncombe . Burke Camden . . . Carteret . . Caswell ... Catawba . . Chatham .. Chowan . . Cleveland . Columbus . Craven . . . Davie . ... Duplin . . . Durham . . Edgecombe Forsyth . . Franklin . . Gaston . . . Gates . ... Granville . Greene . . . Harnett . . Haywood . Hyde Iredell .... Johnston . . Jones . ... Lenoir .... Lincoln . . . Martin .... Montgomery Moore .... 1000 1900 600 550 200 300 400 600 400 350 400 1000 400 1 150 100 100 300 .... 175 .... 150 ... 250 300 800 600 1050 325 1600 1150 500 1200 650 500 800 3 0 5 900 450 4 50 900 350 1060 75 500 200 75 450 250 100 ... 50 250 ... 100 250 . . ... 600 i5 ... Nash 1000 Now Hanov'r 1200 100 Pamlico . . Pender . . . Perquimans Pitt Richmond . Robeson . . RockinghRm Rowan . . . Rutherford 250 700 200 1750 500 1700 500 1000 600 50 150 . . 150 . , 175 300 100 300 Sampson 200 550 250 Stanly 200 Transylvania 75 Tyrrell 75 Vance 600 Wake 2325 Wayne .... 1000 Wilson .... 1200 Yadkin (Continued on 400 400 300 Page Seven.; Others in Doubt. AH Taken by Democrats Wouldn't Give Control BLACKBURN AMONG THE MEN WHO DRANK DEFEAT The Southern States Give Their I sua! Democratic Majorities, Mis souri Having Returned, it Appears, to the Democratic Column A Chance That Cummins May Be Defeated in Iowa Hoch Runs Be hind His Ticket in Kansas and May Be Defeated by His Demo cratic Opponent. (By the Associated Press.) Washington, Nov. 7. President Roosevelt's appeal tor a republican congress was not in vain. With the count still going on, the result so far shows the election of 213 repub lican congressmen, 161 democrats, with 12 districts to be heard from. There are 386 Beats to be filled in the house, and should the democrats get the remaining 12 they would still not have the control. The most sanguine prediction put out by Chairman Sherman previous to the election was that the republi cans would retain control of the house by fifty. As the returns stand now the dem ocrats have gained 27 districts held In the present congress by republi cans as follows: Illinois, 4; Indiana, 2; Iowa, 1; Missouri, 5; Nebraska, 1; New Jersey, 1; New York, 1; North Caro lina, i; Ohio, 2; Pennsylvania, 5; Wisconsin, 1; Kentucky, 1; Mary land, 1. In Illinois the defeated republi cans are Reives and Dickson of the twenty-first and twenty-third dis tricts; in Indiana, Cromer of the eighth; in Iowa, Lacey of the sixth; in Missouri, Fulkerson of the fourth, Ellis of the fifth, Welborn ot the seventh, and Caulkins of the fif teenth; in Nebraska, Kennedy ot the second; in New York, Wadswortn of the thirty-fourth; in New Jersey, Pickett of the ninth; in North Caro lina, Blackburn of the eighth; In Ohio, Douglas, who beat Urosvenor for the republican nomination; in Wisconsin, Babcock gives his seat to a democrat; in Pennsylvania, Dale of the tenth. Palmer of the eleventh, and Samuel of the six teenth. The republicans gained the third Kentucky district, where A. O. James defeated Representative Richardson. This is the only repub lican gain so far reported. Speaker Cannon received his usual fifteen thousand majority and comes back to congress for the seven teenth time. The fight against Rep resentative Dalzell of Pittsburg, was futile, as Mr. Dalzell is re-elected with a reduced majority. Mr. Wads worth, who is chairman of the house committee on agriculture, was de feated by Peter A. Porter, who an nounced himself first as an inde pendent republican and attacked Mr. Wadsworth's record on the meat in spection legislation. He was en dorsed by both the democrats and independence league. The New Congress. Minnesota Second district, Win field S. Hammond, democrat, elected. Illinois Tenth, George E. Foss, republican, elected. Indiana Twelfth, Clarence Z. Gilhams, republican, elected; sec ond, John C. Chaney, republican, elected; eleventh, George W. Ruach, democrat, elected. Iowa Eleventh, H, Hubbard, re publican, elected; ninth, Walter I. Smith, republican, elected. Nebraska Fifth, George W. Nof i is. republican, elected. Missourir KixtaontA, Rftbert La mar, democrat, elected,; twents, Henry M. Coudrey, republican, elect ed; second, William W. Rucker, democrat; fourteenth; J. J. Russell, democrat. Nebraska Uepjibllcaii. Lincoln, Neb., Nov, 7. George L. ijhpidpn, republican, Is oier'ed gov- (Contlnued on Page Thrae.) i
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