OCR Text |
Show I IIII'lL EIMIONS. An Exciting Contest in Chicago At 8 , O'clock Ono-Third tho Registered Vote Had Beea Oast. I .THE CONTESTS IN OTHER STATES I 1 Ret urn Prom Oltio, Iown, Wisoonsin I and Other Paints in the East, j I South and W.-st. . , Chicago, April 7 Election day opened without a cloud iu the sky and the temp.'Uit iro has been pleasant, ; though cool. Tho polls opened at 0 o'clock this morning and will closo at 4 this iifternoon. Heports received up to r 8:!t show a very heavy vote being j polled. At 7 o'clock a long line of voters was awaiting their turns at nearly every voting district, and at S o'clock about cue-third of tho entire registered vote appeared to have born ,; i ' cast. ij At noon a close estimate placed about i m two-thirds of the entire registration vote of the city in the ballot boxes. Y This is unprecedented in the history of f the city. Tho indications are that Chi-f Chi-f , cago will poll the heaviest vote ever ' cast and that, it will far exceed in number num-ber that, cast at the last election. As expected in view of the many r ;';l"d and heated contest there were uutiikrous tights in tho rougher wards, , increasing as tho day progressed, la f an alternation iu the First ward this t - afternoon one man was shot and dan-a dan-a gerously wounded. B At a this afternoon the Tost, (Domo-U (Domo-U emtio organ, ( came out with an edition j! faying Hempstead Washburno was in f? tho lead. IT, I'.l.ctlon. In Ohio. Cgu-misi s, Ohio, April 7. The election elec-tion iu this city yesterday the demo-ciais demo-ciais elected their city ticket by majorities major-ities ranging up to lL'i0, with one cx-' cx-' ivptiou -a memocr of the board of public pub-lic works. The republican majority in thcioty last fall was about olKI. u -.At Cleveland Hon. Wm. G. Rose, re-1 re-1 publican candidate for mayor, was elected by a majority of about 3000. S The entire republican ticket. with the exception of city treasurer was also k elected. In Cincinnati tiie entire republican city ticket was elected by majorities ranging from 100 to 000. John li. Mes-ly, Mes-ly, candidate for mayor, had the smallest majority on lho ticket. Out of i thirty members of tho boarJ of legisla-" legisla-" tion "the republicans elected twenty- one. i Returns from tho various cities in northwestern Ohio iudicate that the democrats carried the cities of Findlay, Napoleon, Defiance. Wapakonetta, Lima and Upper Sandusky, while the $T republicans were successful in Toledo, ' F.'storia, How ling Green, Nortn Haiti-.f Haiti-.f wore aud BlulVton. i IU. F.lxctlon In Danv.r. S. Dhjjvkk, April 7. Tho election to-1 to-1 'ivy for mayor is a lively tickets are iu the '? ) -'i''1'' A number of rows At . occurred in the Ninth ward. The ft judges refused to allow the "watchers" VI appointed by the "committee of one 1 hundred," admittance to the room. Tho watchers smashed in the doors and took their places by the judges' table. The judges thereupon i refused to take any votes and closed the ballot box. After some wrangling voting continued. Up to noon over 10J men had been arrested charged with being repealers: The vote is heavy. I The Voting In Iowa. l Kkokck, la . April 7. The munici-P munici-P p.il election held yesterday resulted in i the re election of Craig, democrat, for j mayor. The other democratic nomi- (noes were also victorious. At Dubuque the entire democratic city ticket was fleeted. Steward's majority for mayor is i-0: All the republican re-publican candidates for aldermen were i defeated. Those elected are: Three democrats and two independents. Th. Women Am Yotli Kansas Citv, April 7. In Kansas City, Kansas, today the women are voting more heavily than ever before. The contest between J. C. Stout (Dem.) and Thomas llanuer (Rep.) for mayor is very closo and considerable excitement excite-ment is manifested about the polls. Th. Vlrtory In Michigan. Detroit April 7. Returns from yesterday's yes-terday's elections su far indicate that I the republicans carried tho state by about it ion plurality. In the municipal flections in the larger cities the democrats demo-crats made large gains. f A Victory for Call. Tallahassee, Fia.. April 7. From ; tho victory of his faction in the caucus nomination last night, it is predicted f, that Call has a majority of the upper house, at least, in tho coming senatorial tight. A Itepuhlloan Victory at If.Ur.a. Helena. Mont., April 7. The republicans repub-licans yesterday elected the mayor, treasurer, assessor and police m.igis-i m.igis-i tra'.o. Excepting two. all the republican republi-can aldermen were elected. Tha Wlr Company D.ratd. r.KLLEVi'E, Idaho, April 7. L Young v! as yesterday elected mayor. The city council elected is opposed to the water company. Thecompany. however, has its ease 'in tha courts. |