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Show all of which are credited to the acta " by small in3joritKs. Democrat In Oklahoma. OKLAHOMA CITY. April -fi.-R. r.orts rrom forty of the fllty cities f the flrct class ,n oklnoma that hel I .kctlon today indicate large vmo-cr-tlc gains. With possibly six excen-I excen-I lions the Republicans either l.st control con-trol of cltv councils or were heavier lors than In former years Havelock Dry. LINCOLN. Neb. April 6 T-oca! In-trrest In-trrest In the elections centered in th. vote at the suburban town of Have-lorV." Have-lorV." which iia been the source of liquor supply for Lincoln since the cltv abolished saloons a year aco Havelock went "dry" hy a majority of H sfter a bard fight. The result there is expected to have an Influence on the election at Lincoln, which U to be held nxt Monday. ST. LOl'IS. April G.The first definite step looking toward a settlement settle-ment of the mine situation In Illinois, where T5.noo men have quit work, pending an agreement on the scale question, will be taken next Tuesday In Chicago, when the nrale committee commit-tee of the miners and the oj-erators executive committee will get to?eth-r to?eth-r for the tlrst time KANSAS C1T. April 5 Darius . Pi own. Republican, was elect orl mnyor of Kansas City today by about two thousand majority ever Andrew K Evans, Democrat. It Is not known whether the various bond Issues for public Improvements have carried. Neither has the personnel per-sonnel of the council been determined, but the Republicans will have a majority ma-jority In both bouses. .T. F. Porter was elected mayor of Kansas City. Kas., which has a commission com-mission form of government, defeating U. G. Z. " SALOONS WIN ' li ILLII0I5 CHICAGO. April T..-Incomplete returns re-turns on the local option issue vot n In 240 cities and towns throughout Illinois today Indicated Eans for tho "wets." These figures showed that 32 towni changed from "dry" to "wet" and 13 cbunged from "wet" to dry. Of 93 towns 48 voted "wef Among the cities which bad been "dry" but which returned to "wet" were Decatur, Pana and Rlverton. Th? Issue was not put before the voters In Chicago, the plans for doing 60 having fallen through because of Insufficient signatures to tho pi-titiou. Danville township votid "wet" after one of the most exciting elections In Its history. At Grape Creek there were uumer-otiH uumer-otiH fight, and at one lime It looked as If it would be necessary to call out the troops During the morning Judge Allen wired Governor Denen asking hlni to order out the local militia, but later the sheriff sworo In a large number num-ber of deputies and the order for the troops was cancelled. The following Important cities went "wot," the numbers indicating majorities: major-ities: Carml. 105; Springfield, 1200; Decatur. De-catur. H'jCi (dry hy 1.000 two years ago); Jollet, 1500 to 2000; Centralla, 1TK; Rockford, 200; Freeport, 1011; Klgln. 1200; Pana. 101 (dry two year ago); Danvillp. 4S5, Clinton. "0 (dry two years agol; Blo-mlngton, 83; Mattuon, ; Rock Island, . Majorities were won by tho "dry's" in the following: Monmouth, 200; Taylorville, 41; Champaign, . Even Connecticut. HARTFORD. Conn., April 5. For the first lime In six years the Democrats Demo-crats elected a mayor today, when thdr candidate. Edw. T. Smith, de. feated Edw. W. Hooker, tho Republican Repub-lican candidate, who was up for re-elcctlou, re-elcctlou, by a majority of 366. l-leonso carried by 4.S&7 majority. "Wets- Win. JANESVILLE. Wis.. April 5. Janes Mo, Monroe. Edgerlon. Dela-van, Dela-van, Sharon. Darlen, New Richmond and Albany were carried by the "wets" today. Democrats Vlotorlous. JOPLIN. Mo., April 5 Democrats elected seren out of eight councllmon In the city election here today. Th3 result leaves the city council tied. Oklahoma Republican. GUTHRIE. Okla., April 5 In tho municipal election horn today tho Republicans Re-publicans scored a awecplng victory and Urn commslelon form of government govern-ment was defeated for the second time. Of five councllmen elected, tho Republicans got four. Chicago Goes Democratic. CHICAGO. April 5 Tho complexion complex-ion of Chicago's city council was changed from Republican to Democratic Demo-cratic In today's election. In tho 35 wards the Democrats elected 21 can-d:datos, can-d:datos, Republicans 12 end Independents Independ-ents 2. The election was characterized by a crusade by the Municipal Voters' League, a non-partisan organization, against the selection of alleged "grey wolves" for the new city council. Tho new council will be composed of 39 Dimocrats, 29 Republicans and two Independents. Alderman John C. Coughlla (Bathhouse John) of the First ward was re-elected by a largo majority. It is probable the new council will have to deal with tho problem of constructing con-structing a ipassenger subway and with gas and telephone rates. Except for the an-esta of 40 saloon keepers for keeping open during the voting time, the election was quiet. Tho suffragettes attempted to wedge fn a vote when Dr. Sarah Jansen appeared ap-peared at the polls and demanded a ballot. Her name appeared on the list of registered voters, but sho was not allowed to vote. In Topeka. TOPEKA, Kas., April 5. This city held Us first election under the com-nilnsion com-nilnsion form of goviwnment today End late returns Indicate tho election of J. D. Blllard for mayor over Wnx Green, Incumbent. Tartlsan tickets are Impossible un-dr un-dr the commission charter, and the campaign was wagd largely around tho personality of the candidates. SAN JOSE, Costa Rica, April 5. At the most orderly elections In the history of the country, Rlcardo Jlml-nez, Jlml-nez, Republican, was elected president of the republic for the term of 1910-11, which begins on May 2. Democrats Win. MILWAUKEE. Wis, April 5 Social So-cial Democrats, led by Emll Selde!, candidate for mayor, wept Milwaukee Milwau-kee In the municipal electloo todav by approximately 8,000 votes, or the largest plurality of any party In a fimilar contest In the history of the city. The Social Democrats will con m l common council, having elected" all six aldermen at large and carried n wards out of 23. DENVER, Colo. April .'..-Wets and drys In a scor of Colorado towns engaged en-gaged In a bitter battle In tMav's municipal elections. At midnight returns re-turns showed ten towns had votM et and eight dry. In the wet column appear all tho ruining towns In which tb saloon was a nlssue, while the dry crntinCOnt WOn 'only in the agricultural districts. The real HtTtn centers of the fig.it wer at Rifle. 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