Nebraska Newspapers

    $IUM01l OF THE WEEK
TORIES TOLD DY FUNNY MEN
OF THE PRESS.
$dd, Cartons and Langhabla Tkaae
f Hnmnn Natnra Graphically Por
trayed bjr Eminent Word ArtlaU of
ttur Own Day-A Budget of Fan.
I
' Maude The pown Mrs. Uppson bad
In last Sunday Is the very latent.
CUra How do you know?
; Maude Iloeause bcr arrival at
(Lurch was.
Deep Cat.
' Refy Sapp Wcally, Miss Wose, I
feel ns though I am cut out for your
Jrosband.
Miss Rose You certainly are cut out,
Peggy. Dick Is Just ahead or you.
r First Fisherman 'UIlo, Rill, did ye
tfcar about young Joe? He died last
Becood Fisherman Well, I'm blow-
a I promised to go out with mo fish
; to-day. liondon Opinion.
JSomrwhat.
JLa a poet, however, he was some
In advance of bis age."
( "Indeed T"
' "yes, he tried to convert his liouse
jbto a museum before be bad starved to
eat. la it" Puck.
I - The Beat Care.
' Prne Do you think It's possible for
girl to get over a love affair in six
lBOtus?
Dolly Tew, If ah marries him.
Barper'a Weekly.
Hopeless.
"He'll never make a great artist."
Why notr
"Every conclusion he draws Is bad."
"-iaTilwaukee Sentinel.
s KM for Her.
( "Does me treat the hired girl as one
frf the family r
. "Hot much. He Is anxious to have
Ser atay ." Pittsburg Press.
I Time to Rao.
nearest," he pleaded out In the
?hlte moonlight, "let me be the star of
Jrour life."
"You'd better go, Freddy," whisper
d the pretty girl, nervously. "I hear
a approaching."
"Oh, but I feel brave to-night. I
hall be your star, even If he does
tome.!
"Yea, but you will be a fixed star.
Better travel on your orbit while you
have time.
Employer No time to see anybody I
IrYbat does she want, anyway?
Typewriter Asks for your photo for
book entitled "World's Handsomest
Jktea."
Employer Kr Invito her In at once.
Beore One for America.
Ho I see that the Japanese lover,
Instead of an engagement ring, may
Eire his future bride a piece of beauti
ful silk to be worn as a sash.
She Well, I'm glad to say that the
lover In this land usually puts some
thing more comforting about a girl's
Waist. Yonkers Statesman.
Tho Vp-to-Dote.
uppos you go to the
clty at
boarded.
-"I used tew," replied the old farm.
jtr, "but I ain't been thar fer nigh onto
three' years neow. Sense we got rural
free delivery I kin git buukoed Just as
veil by mall, b'gosh!"
t lie Wm Laekr.
I Three long years had passod ero they
met again. '
! "Ry the way, young man," remarRed
J the parson, "you never puld mo for
j performing your uiurrlage ceremony."
j "Don't mention it," rejolued tho
i young man. "You ought to be thank-
J ful that I dldu't suo you for damages."
t
i Snnbarat and Sultry.
i "Look here," complained the old
fanner, "you sold If I advertised for
clty'bounlers In your paper they would
i eonio like hot cuke. I haven't seen
' tut six no far." s-
j "Oh. that's all right." laughed the
t rural editor. "Thry came Ilka hot
S cakes."
I "How do you ronke It?"
"Why, by the time they rode ten
! miles from the station lu the farm
ragoi they were brown and altxllug,
Jteren't theyr
I Cfaaaged 1IU Mind.
Chanara of Heart.
MB fnnn:
I m
Era Gracious, Kntherlnc, isrhat a!
red spot on your right cheek J What
caused It?
Katharine Oh, Just a little rnsh.
Era Yu libber! Didn't I see thnt
handsome young man kiss you there,
although your father was only a few
feet away?
Katharine Of courre, my dear.
Don't you call thnt a little rnsh?
Wla Girl.
"Whrt a young mnn proposes you
should always he careful and test his
lore," cautioned the conservative cha
peron.
MTlut i go one better, nuntle," hast
ened the pretty sntnnier girl. "Do you
ee this tiny bottle?"
"Yes. Does It contain perfume?"
"No, It contains acid. I test the en
gngenicnt ring."
Wnnlcln'l IIUIc It.
Kind Ludy Would you work If
given a eh n nee?
The Hobo No, ma'am. I ain't tnk
In no chances.
Walklnir Horn.
"I understand that theatrical com-
pany you scut out hns been sidetrack
ed?" said the comedian.
"Not at nil," replied the manager;
"they aro walking home on the main
line1!" Yonkers Statesman.
To Hear Something ' Klae.
Raeon Aren't you glad your wife's
coming home from the country?
Egbert Yes, Indeed, I ami I'm tired i
listening to that phonogrnph In the
next flat! Yonkers Statesman.
Kngrnared.
"Miss, is lliero any one waiting on you?"
Asked t lie clerk with the ribbon shears.
And the maiden blushed, as maid will do.
And said: "It's a secret, but I'll tell
you
George !ns been waiting on me two
years."
The Heault.
"Did he make n name for himself?"
"Yes. Rut bo got ten years for It."
Milwaukee Sentinel.
In the Wrong- Shop.
MIhh Suburb Futher wants some
thing to prevent baldness.
Drug Clerk Why doesn't ho get a'
divorce?
llrr Wllllnsneaa.
"You must, have been dreaming of
somo one proposing to you last night,
Laura."
"How Is thatr
"Why, I heard you for a whole quar
ter of un hour crying out, "Yesl"'
Fllegonde Rlaetter.
Roth Fibbers.
Jlnuny When you met your boss out;
to the busehull game did you offer him
an iioIogy?
Hilly No, l offered blui my sym
pathy.
Jlminy Sympathy?
Billy Sure! Sympathy for de grand
mother he had lost do game afternoon.:
, Vaual Ilouibardnieat.
Sweet Singer The heavy tragedian
must have lived wfsll on bis last tour.
Comedian Why so?
Sweet Singer lie says ho had vege
tables and eggs three times each day.
Comedinu lie means twlco each
day. Mil tl nee and ulght.
Hard to Dod(,
Wedderly You say your friend Hlg
gins left a widow?"
Singleton Yen.
Wedderly lie must have been t
wise guy. I tried to leave one one-,
but aim kept
on my trull until ahi
married me.
The Real laaoe.
Little Willie Say, pa, what Is tht
Issue of the day?
Pa The dally papers, my son.
I'owrr of Knowledge.
Young Doctor It is nothing serious,,
madam only n slight attack of dys-i
pel mis.
Lady Patient And what does thati
eoiuo from, doctor?
Young Physlclau It comes from the
Greek, madam.
She K
"Auut Julia," said small Tommy Tod-
I dies, who wa.t reading the political
"Y, e, s," was the significant reply.
I'uurt llloua,
A French schooner went ashore at
one of the fashionable resorts. When
day dawned hIio wus plainly In sight
from the beach, the waves breaking
over her decks, and tht crew clinging
to the shrouds. Tho summer residents
flocked to tho water's edge, where a
Hfo-savliig crew was working.
"Mercy, man, why don't you all do
something try h kiivo thoso poor
'men? I wonder what they are " un
excited woman gusped. catching a
bronzed eoust-guard by the arm.
"We ars doing ull wo can, madam,"
was tho hurried reply. "Tbey are
French. We have Just bentNheiu a line
to coitio ashore."'
The lady tinned to a friend with n
look of admiration .i her eyes.
"Just think of that. Mary," hlirt xuid.
"And Isn't it Just like thoso awfully
Hllto Frenchmen? That man sail they
had Just Kent them u line to come
ushoro. You see, they wouldn't come,
though they wire alsiiit to be drowned,
without a formal Invitation!" Sucoa
t Magazine.
Much has been said about the disci
pline and superb heroism displayed by
William Anthony, an orderly of ma
rines, on board of the Maine at the
time she was blown up. It Is related
that when Captuln Slgslioe reached the
deck after the explosion the first per
son ho met was William Anthony. In
the semi-darkness, lit by the flumes Of
the bursting ship and pierced by shrieks
and groans, he saw Orderly Anthony
come to a "present arms" as calmly as
If It were dress parade, and beard him
say In the even tones of perfect disci
pllne: "Sir, I have to Inform you that
the ship has beeu blown up and Is sink
ing." When asked about this Instance
of cool courage and superb presence of
mind, this specimen of American man-
hood said: "Oh, that's nothing, any
Yankee marine would do that."
The American navy has many such
examples of deeds of daring and dlscl-
pllnewhlch should live In American his
tory. An Interesting Incident Is re
lated of a brave boy who was On board
the steam sloop Varuna, ten guns,
Captain Charles S. Roggs, commander,
during Admiral Farragut's fight nt
New Orleans In April, 18(12. The lad,
who answered to the name of Oscar,
was but 12 years of age, but be bad an
old head ou his shoulders and was
alert and energetic. During the hottest
of the fire with the Confederate fleet
he was busily engaged In passing am
munition to the gunners, and narrowly
escaped death when one of the terrific
broadsides of the C. S. steamer Gov-
I emor Moore, Commander Reverly Keu
non, was poured In. Covered, with dirt
and begrimed with powder, Oscar was
met by Captain Boggs, who asked
where he us going in such a hurry
"To get a passing box, sir; the other
one was smashed by a ball I" And bo,
throughout the flgbt the brave lad held
his place and did his duty
When the Varuna went down under
the terrific flro of shot and shell and
manning of the Governor Moore, Cap
tain Roggs missed his boy, and thought
he was among the victims of the bat
tle.vBut a few minutes afterward he
saw the lad gallantly swimming tow
ard the wreck. Clambering on board of
Captain Roggs' boat, he throw his band
up to his forehead, giving thensual sa
lute, and uttering only the words, "All
right, sir; I report myself on bonrd,
parsed coolly to his station.
Robert Cummlng, a fair-haired boy
of 14 years, good-looking and Interest
Ing, was the hero of the Harriet Lane
when she was captured nt Galveston,
i Texas, on January 1, 1803, and was as
brave nnd cool In danger as Osca-
He was of Scottish parents, his father
being a machinist, who died before the
breaking out of the war In Paterson,
IN. J. ; his mother, a poor washerwo
man, residing In Philadelphia, where
she was part supKrted by half of her
. son's wages duly remitted to her, since
he entered the United States sen-Ice.
1 Robert entered the service aa a drum
mer boy in Colonel Moorhead's Twenty
Third Regiment, Pennsylvania Volun
teera, and remained in that position
until his regiment was mustered' out of
service.
He then enlisted as "messenger boy"
on board the Harriet Lano, and won
good will of her oflleers by bis pluck,
good humor, nnd vivacity. When the
attack occurred In front of Gulvcston,
and tho storm of bullets was pouring
down on the overmatched crew from
tho cotton bulwarks af tho Neptune and
Huyau City, as tho Federal wounded
men were carried below, the lad picked
up two of their fallen revolvers, and,
taking his place upon tho quarterdeck,
blazed away at the Invading Confeder
ates, firing t them every charge of
both weapons, and then hurling them
overtoil rd.
As It is said the Confwdor-
ates clustered thick as bees on the cot
ton bales, It Is believed "every shot
must have told.". Robert was subse
quently wounded In the hand by a mus.
ket ball, when momentarily bis spirit
gave way. Surrendering with the rest,
he shared the fortunes of the paroled
olllccrs, naturally becoming n great fa
vorlte with them, aud messing at their
table during their journey through the
Interior of Texas to be conveyed to New
Orleaus via
eii river, lie was on
board the Kensington at that city when
he became ucquulntfd with Connnan-
der lcade, and was uftenvard taken
under his especial care.
Another young hero was u lad named
Moullng, on tho gunboat iuecn of tlio
West, ut Gordon s lauding, near the
mouth of the Red river. When the
Confederate lotteries oHned on the
f. ....... 0 f II
where tho shot and shell were hissing
and screaming In dangerous proxltitity
to tho heads of the crew and two dis
tinguished Journalist Flnley Ander
son, correspondent of the New York
Herald, ami Joseph McOillngli
(''Mack") of the Cincinnati Commer
cial.
At this time no one thought of Having
the boat. The steam chest was pene
trated, and It needed all tkelr uxertbuis
to pave thoniKclvl'. Some leaped over
board and were drowned. Others fum
bled cotton bales Into the river and ut
tempted to flyat with the current. Mr.
Aiidcrsttii ctapcd on n cotton bale.
MeCullugli sought a cotton bale, and de
bated whether be should trust bis
portly body upon It. While thus en
glul tho bale floated beyond bis reach,
ihhI ImmeWVtttly therejiter a Hhcll
allgheal upon It, and, exploding, blew
It Into a thousand fragments. "Mack'
seized nuethcr bale, and reached the
De Soto lu safety. Coltmel Kllet. the
commander, escaped In like manner,
and tho crew renutluing on board sur
rendered the vessol.
While tUe but4e was raging. Moul-
Vf aptly kuowu, ufmontf his cgmvauJoni
as "Captain Wrtb," twam about la b
cold water like a great Newfoodland
flog, picking up the struggling officer
and men and helping them to places of
safety. When he Jumped over the gun
boat's side lie struck a piece of tim
ber, and disfigured his face so fearfully
that Colonel Ellet could not recognize
lilm. The lad, however, being asked
how he enmo by his Injuries, replied.
with the usual salute that he had had
"a whack on the, head,"and so went on
helping his companions out of the
water. Chicago Chronicle.
Thlnnlnar Ranks of the O. A. R.
It was a thin, blue line ef heroes
which paraded at Saratoga September
11, In the annual march of the na
tional encampment of the Grand Army
of tho Republic.
Shoulder to shoulder the war veter
ans have stood, even as In war days.
through forty-two years, meeting an
nually to renew old tics and testify to
deathless patriotism. Year by year
tho. parade of the veterans has been
growing shorter In its line, until now,
when its march post the colors num
bered fewer than 15,000 men.
It was the least number that has
ever paraded since the formation of the
G. A. R.
Of the 202,000 members of the order
It is estimated that there are between
45,000 and 50,000 In Saratoga, but of
these fully two-thirds were unable to
march the mile laid out for the pa
rade. What this means no one unac
quainted with Grand Army men can
realize. Heretofore nothing has been
able to keep these plucky veterans from
their places In the line of march when
the drums rolled out the signal.
Rut age and Infirmity break the
strongest will, and on that September
day from some vantage point along the
way many a brave old soldier looked
wistfully and looked his last upon
his comrades . as they toilsomely
marched, a part of a pageant the like
of which can not be seen anywhere
in the round world except Just there, at
a G. A. It. parade.
The Grand Army represents about
one-third of the surviving veterans of
the Civil War.- 'Its losses by death and
the falling condition of strength of Its
imembers are an Index of what Is oc
curring among all the veterans of the
war for the Union.
Possibly we have seen the last of tho
great historic marches of the G. A. R.
in Its national encampment The
strain upon the men is too great, ami
It has long been contemplated to drop
this, the most picturesque and affecting
feature of the meetings.
It is probable that very soon the an
nual encampment will be merely a.
meeting of delegates In Washington, for
It Is growing more and more hard for
the veterans to travel and endure the
chances of strange scenes and faces and
circumstances.
There has been nothing more pa
thetic In history than the gradual dis
appearance of that army of more than
a million citizen soldiers who sprang
to fne call to arms in the early sixties.
The time is soon coming when there
will be not one survivor of the fighting
legions of thoso stirring days.
Tho army of blue Is fast answering
the last roll call. The long drawn
notes of "taps" are blown over the
newly made graves of thousands of
that army every year.
Into the silence and the mystery the
heroes go, leaving behind them a loving
and grateful people. The "boys" Lin
coln loved, the stern fighters of Grant
and Sherman and Sheridan, on, on they
go, to join their old commanders and
their beloved chief.
Peace be with them all! And we
who look on we can only glvo "cheers
for the livings, tears for tho dead."
Ada C. Sweet in Chicago Journal.
How Lincoln Heacd of Lee'a Surren
der.
Mrs. Lincoln had returned to City
Point with a party which included Sen
ator Sumner and Senator and Mrs.
Harlan. Tbey niado a visit to Rich
mond, accompanied by Cuptaln Penrbse,
while the President remained at City
Point, the guest of Admiral Porter, un
til the tWli. Then, having heard of the
Injury to Secretary Seward when ho
wus thrown from his carrluge in a run-
nway acuiont, he felt that he must gt
buck to Wushlngton. He had Intended
to remain uutll Lee surrendered.
Wo reached home Sunday evening,
tho Oth. The President's carriage met
us at the wharf. There Mr. Lincoln
parted from Captain Penrose; he took
the captain by the hand and thanked
him for the inauuer in which he had
performed his duty. Then he started
for tho White House.
The streets were alive with people, all
much excited. Tbero were bonfires ev
erywhere. We were all curious to know
What hud happened. Tad was so ex
cited bo couldn't keep still. We halted
tho earrVago and asked a bystander;
"What bus happened?"
He looked ut us In amazement, not
recognizing Mr. Lincoln:
'Why, where have you beeD? Lee
has surrendered." Harper's.
A DlM'uuruifrd Dlsarrr.
"1 see they say that when a diamond
passes n certain size it Is worth no
more than a smaller one."
"How's that?"
'"If It's too large it isn't marketable.
Nolsidy wants to wear a diamond ns
bulky as a glass door knob."
"Is that so? Then It must bo aw
fully dlWMuruglug for n man to dig up
a ppurklcr as big as n football."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A KIllluaT Maanenae.
"There doesn't (ipis'tir to be much
lawlessness about your towa," said tlw
tourist from the Kast.
"No," replied the Western native,
"we yvoa't stand Jor It."
"Ah! 1 suppose when any bad char
iicter drifts Into jour town you Imme
diately expel him."
"Well er mostly we suspend
them." Philadelphia Press.
The dollar derives Its name from
the high Geriuau "thaler," given to the
coin of about one dollar's value first
coined In the Joachim thai (or alley).
In Ravarlu, and It was first railed by
its full name of Joachlmsthaler.
WAR ON WESTERN FRAUB).
Atealrr of Tlinl-r and t'onl Laada
' to Ho lcir.it:l- I'rnaepated.
After a scries of l:n;!rrant confer
nice lield with the Attorney Genera'
of the I'nlhd St.itcs, M. ('. l'.ureli, bjk'
clnl iiesiei.mt attorney general In tlv
field, hns relumed to the Far West,
commissioned to .go ahead with govern
ment luud fraud sulis, both civil nnd
criminal, on u scale l.-irger by far than
anything yet undertaken lu tliU line
by the government.
The numerous Indictments already re
turned for timber and coal land fr iudx
all through the West are to be prose
cuted without exception, and new In
dictments will Ih added to tho list. The
docket of practically every United
States district court In tho Mouutulu
States Is to be crowded with civil suits
by which the government will seek to
regain its title to the millions uiuu
millions of acres of valuable timber
nnd coal land obtained by fraudulent
entry.
The Indictments already Include
many of tho most prominent ami
wealthy men In the West.- Mr. Rurch
Is Instructed by the President and the
Attorney General to Inflict upon them
the criminal penalty wherever possible.
Ry the civil suits it will be sought to
take nway from them such of their
wealth as has been lllegaly obtained.
The scojk.' of the machinery the gov
ernment has Ret In motion against &
land thieves is little comprehended,
says a Washington correspondent. Ia
addition to the force of district attor
neys, Rurch; a well-known Michigan
lawyer, has been assigned by the De
partment of Justice to general charge
of these prosecutions. Co-operating
with lihn under the direction of L, C
Wheeler, who' received his training In
Washington, Is tho largest secret serv
ice staff In the country. Mr. Wheeler
hns more than 100 men. They are scat
tered over the immense area of the
Mountulu States, all burrowing for evi
dence against the men who have pi
rated Uncle Sam out of his valuable
coal and timber resources. These men
do nbt cull themselves secret service
employes, since tilt" secret service is
supiod solely to be engaged in ferret
ing out counterfeiter aud protecting
the lH-rson of tho President Mr.
Wheeler ami his staff are known ,
special agents of Jhe Department of
Justice. In fact, however, their busi
ness Is that of a secret service, spe-
cialy created by the President, to camp
ou the trail of the railroad corporations
und the mining and timber millionaires,
who have been the chief misdoers lu
land thievery.
The prosecutions lu charge of Mr.
Rurch are not to lx confounded with
the much-storied chapter of fraud in
Oregon. The work of Mr. Rurcli u:id
Mr. Wheeler lies chie'ly in Idaho, Mon
tana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado.
Though not tk well known, the luud
fraud Inquiry and prosecution In the
latter States have been conducted on
much wider lines and with more star
tling results than in Oregon. The gov
ernment Investigation has brought
about the most startling of ull the dis
closures by Its probing into tho coal
land frauds. It has been brought out
conclusively that lu Wyoming, in Colo-
rndo,.lu Utah and in .Idaho, tlu llaiii
mou railroad system, the 1 1 1 1 1 lutcrostn
and the Gould lines, respectively, have
secured u grip on the bulk of tho coal
deposits In tho West deposits now
known to be largo enough to furnish
the nation with fuel for years when the
Eastern coal mines shall have been ex
hausted. The last batch of indictments for Il
legally obtaining coal laud came out In
Colorado and Included seventy promi
nent men, some of them resident West
erners and other from Kasteru and
Middle Western cities, who thought
they saw a good thing and ravenously
Joined In the wholesale grabbing foi
rich public lands.
An American r.irl oulit to st a pret
ty good couut fur $.-,i:H),(HM.
The quality of milk, and not the pric
of ir, is what caight to go higher.
The I.tisltnnia enn k.'(; ou breaking
records just so t.!ie clo-voi't break herself.
Lillinn Itn-'si-ll says divonv is a bless
ing; ami LWl'un has tried it often enough
to know.
Japan has ' established an etniyr.ir .ui
bureau, just as if nuyitody wanted to emi
grate there.
The wireless tcli'xraph oompaiiy will
never have to comeinl with u .: rik- ol
Its linemen.
That Pittsburg woman who n'l'us'd
fl.lXXMIDO for a divorce is certainly not
an easy ipiitter.
Time for the country to take u s;iod.
stroiiii touic in preparation for th. .vond
Harry Thaw trial. '
Newport society has ailortiMl tin io
dance" as the latest fad. TliU. w.)l b
hard on the Iwelers.
A German chemUt has invented paper
clothing. Itjit if paper keeis on 1:0113
up in price, nobody cu uflford to wear it,
A Sun FraucUco man Ims about $7."v
(XXI worth of souvenirs he picked up in
l'eklii when tln Kaipress Dofc.tK'T wat
not fVikin.
Ou his r.irli'r voyage (Jeimt Z"jic-'.a
wos up in the air f r sereu hours. Some
times in this country men uie "up in tut
air" for days. '
A Washington writer says t!mt cliasif
for once u.uant a Krt of bandit on
that held up travelers. Now tiie i'!:ad'eut
is one who runs 'e:u down.
It will bo a pity if l!.iNlinei-iein bridM
get into their heads that idea ot a iuuUu
tour luaiing two year.'.
The dawn of wireless co'iiniereial telfjf.
rnphy will be almost us wel onto as tlw
dawn of wireles polities.
Mrs. Cliadwii k lias z ine. hot tbvre art
still a goad inn ay disi-iplo left of the
school of blick tin.i'ieiei'inr.
The vegetarian ( : -ao university teati)
may Insist ou ,i'is:itujie a pumpkin lor
the present n'i: !.in football.
Mr. Kiclnii'iutl Pearson llobaon's wat
rare h.n I'.i.i'ly reached t'ie thirty-point-type
cases lu t!i" Now York newspaper
eflkes.
fcfefPf AND
r'All"
HA
CIAL
CHICAGO.
The effort to strengthen credit in
this center makes r.-itlsfuctory head
way and with le dllhVulty than w.is
feared. Protective measures enforced
by the banks have wan public co-operation,
audit L clear that unprecedented
gold Importations (Hdnied this way and
substantial additions to circulation by
most of the lowil national Institution
must materially assist lu relieving the
stringency in money and ierm!t r.n
early resumption of nui'in conditions.
Considering the disadvantages which
trade has e.erlenced. It Is not surpris
ing to find nvesslons in new demand
and some divline In prices in primary
markets. That business Is yt at a
high level Is evidenced by payments
through the banki In excess of those In
the same week last year, although un
der the total last week.
Iron and steel wntraets keep the
furnaces aud mills busy, and heavy de
liveries continue of furnace product,
rails, structural siiais-s and factory out
puts. Activity Is well sustaluod hi
forge and foundry work, heavy hard
wear, machinery, furniture and foot
wear, and the absorption of raw mate
rial generally Is unabated, except lum
ber, which feels effect of lessened
building demand.
Failures reported In the Chicago dis
trict number 27, against 2S last week
and 22 a year ago. Dun's Review of
Trade.
NEW YORK.
The country- at large has thla week
felt the after effects of last week's
financial disturbances at New York
and other eastern cities. Naturally
there has been some dislocation of the
country's business, notably in tho Item
of the domestic' exchanges, which has
reacted on tho collecting nnd forward
ing forces by for n time stopping tha
buying of wheat in the Northwest and
of cotton nt the bouth, and tliere has
also been a sensible quieting down of
Jobbing trade-activities, some reduction
of forces In railroad Improvement work
nnd In other Industries, and some effect
also upon retail trade, which, however,
aided by fine fall weather, has given a
good ncco'iut of Itself this week. In
tho dry goods tratle there Is a greater
disposition to concede that a lower level
of values for several lines of cotton
goods is likely. Ruslness failures for
the week ending Oct. 31 number 25,
against 220 last week. 1(13 In tho like
week of l'.Klfi. K',0 In 1005, 200 In 1004
and 21(5 in 1!H)3. Canadian failures for
the week number 25, as against 3!) last
week and 21 lu this week a year ago.
Rradstreet's Comiucrciul Report.
0.liu.rt ilttn romtnnn tn urinio.
M-00 to $7.05; hogs, prime heavy, ?4.H
to ?(i..l); sheep, fair to choice,
to S3..r.0: wheat. No. 2. 'Jlc to !!.::
corn, No. 2, 5!c to (i)o; oats, standard,
Utc ta 4Se; rye, No. 1', 7ic to (He; li:.y,
timothy, $12.H to 1S.."S); prairie, f:).tM
to X 1.1.00: butter, choice' creamery. 2'J'"
to 24e; ogss, fresh, l!)c to 21c; potatoes,
per bushel, 4e to M.
Indiiinaoolis Cattle, shimiinz. $3.0)
to $1'. 7."i hn.'-M. mod to choice heavv.
$.1.00 to $(.:!() ; sheep, common to prime,
$3.00 to $4.7.1; wlioat. No. 2, !.' to
'Mic: corn. No. 2 white. ;Ne to .t!)c;
oats, No. 2 wliite, 4.1c to 4tc.
St. Ivinis Cattle. $4.10 to $ll.7.1 :
lioirs. $UK) to $(.3.1: sheen. $3.X) to
$.1.00; wheat, No. 2, Ode to !7c; corn,
No. 2, rsie to inc; oats. No. -, 4.5c to
4.1c t rye, A'o. 2, 71c to 7!k
Cincinnati Cattle.' St.00 to S5..10:
hos, $4.(M to $(i.4J): sheep. S3.(H to
Ji.l.(X); wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.0.5; corn.
No. 2 mixed, li-c to t.tc; ots, o. J
mixed, 4!o to .KXt ; rye. No. 2, 87c t )e.
Detroit Cattle, $1.00 to $1..K); ho(fs.
Jt.OO to Sd.OO; slieup. $-J..1( to $.1.tKI;
wheat. No. 2. !'7c to : coin. No. 3
yellow, 04c to 0.1c; oats. No. 3 wlrit'.
;X)e to .11c; rye. No. J, i!c to 0c.
Mikviiiilce. Wheat. No. 2 northern.
$1.Xt to $l.t3; i-oru. N. 3, .1!)c to UOe ;
oats, standard, oOc to .do; rye, No. I,
T4c to 7.1c; barley, standard, iie to
pl.OI ; pork, mess, $1.1..1ll.
Ruffnlo Cattle, choice shipping stpors.
Jl.tXI to $('..2.1; hoes, fair to choice, $!.(.)
to $(1.7-1; sheep, common to good mixed,
(1-00 to $1.21; lambs, fair to choice,
il.tX) to $7.2.1.
New York Cattle. $I.(H to $ii.W);
boss. $!.x to .fi'i.ti.1; slioep. $3.1(0 to
M-7.1; wheat. No. 2 red, $!.(;! to $1.0.1;
?orn, No. 2. (!c to 7to; oats, naturnl
white, .11-c to .1(ic; butter, creamery, 2.'to
to 2.k" ; ejrss, wivitcrn, 22c to 2(m-.
Tokdo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 0!e to
fl.lXI; coin. No. 2 mixed, tile to ;
jata. No. 2 mixed, .1(k- to .lie; rye. No.
2. Sic to S.1e; clover seed, pruno, $UUK.
lotd la n few 1. tries.
Strict enforcement of contract lalor
'aw will be niiiM serious blow ti Smith
'ban at. first s.ip;.osed.
Spenker Caituoti, uddres'iin? the Illinois
It.iukeis' Aso; lat ion at .Moliue, ppo.-J
itnte mvuei'sliip of railroad.
An average of N00 purs. ins are killed
lu the I'uited Stat.'.s each year by Hiit
ling. This me.: us one in every l(Hl,t..
Steel box car hiVe been built recently
vtiicli will weiili nbiii't 3,0'Kl pouuas less
than wooden rars of tin- same s-i.e ami
capacity.
Trial uarrh'ge among tho Kskinios of
ilaska ia a complete suo.vss and fusiily
ItscttrJ is unknown, s.iy V. Slefioa,
in explorer who arrival in Washington
'ro: tlio north.
On tho oc eusion of ttio Aastriun lu
joror's jubilee nit year a spial julli
tonlago will be issued, iui'ludiug, parlicu
urly. silver live- iD,vn jiiis-en nnd gold
liindred-crowu pieces. '
Twenty billion pins an 1 live billion btit
ons wore produced by Atiterican .factories
n 1!XV. 'nie I "iiitci! Stales also p.rodin
id in that year JiU.iMio.iHHl needle, near
y 4(W,(XX).inii safety pins aud 2.K,tsJ,
X"X hslri'ins.
RESULTS OF ELECTIONS
Overwhelming Victory for Tam
many in New York. ,
TOM JOHNSON WINS.
Cleveland Mayor Re-Elected in Hard
right with Burton.
1 '
ILLINOIS COUNTIES GO "BEY."
American Party Successful In Salt
Lake City.
Now York Hearst-Republican alli
ance beaten by Tammany.
Cleveland, Ohio Johnson defeats
ltoosevelt's candidate, Iturtoa ; aauure
3-crnt car faro.
Salt Lake City. Utah Mormonism hit
by elivtion of I'.ransford anll-Mormoa
Mayor. s
San Francisco Anti-Rraft element
wins in election of Actins Mayor Taylor
and District Attorney tangdon, graft
prosecutor.
Kentucky Republican el'ct Willson
(lovernor, switcliinfr State from Demo
cratic column.
Toledo, Ohio Open-town platform
elects ltrand Whitlock (Independent)
Mayor.
Colunvbus, Ohio Republicans elect
Uond Mayor, defeating Duncan, who de
clared for "lid."
Cincinnati, Ohio Markbroit, Republi
can, elected Mayor, city returning to Re
publican Leader Cox's control.
Maryland Democrats elect Crothent
Governor.
Nohraska Republicans elect justice of
Supreme Court.
Rhode Island Democrats re-elect Oov.
1 lie-ins.
Pennsylvania Shoat, Republican,
elected State Treasurer.
- New Jersey Katzcnlmch, Democrat,
elected (lovernor.
Virginia Democrats regain control
at Legislature. N
Much Importance properly Is attach
ed to the results of Tuesday's elec
tions, notwithstanding the fact that
tbey were limited to a few States and
a number of cities. With some excep
tions, the voters showed u full appre
ciation of the' issues presented to thero..
Tom Johnson has loen elected mayor
of Cleveland for the fourth time,
though by n reduced plurality, over tht
Republican . candidate, Conjjressinan
Hurton. Though the traction Issue
was kept to the front In the campaign,,
doubtless the general results of Mayor
Johnson's efforts to Improve nnd broad
en the scope of the municipal sorvio
had much to do witli bis success. Hit!
notable victory, together with the strik
ing defeat of the HearHt-Rcpublicni;
ticket In New York, brings Johnson
conspicuously to the front in Demo
cratic national politics.
The reform candidates won a splen
did victory In Sun Francisco. District
Attorney Langdon Is re-elected and
will continue bis work of prosecuting
grafters of high and low degree. Ic
Salt Luke the American party hue
overthrown the mormon element, tlnifc
loosening the strangle hold of the
church on I'tub politics. An Important
development was the desertion of the
church candidates by thousands of
mormon voters, who do not desir
longer to mix politics wiih their relig
ion. Kentucky has elected Willson, Re
publican, for (lovernor. Not since Tay
lor was unseated after the murder ol
(iochel has that State bad a Republi
can executive. Maryland apparently
demonstrated the effectiveness of Itt
law to smother the negro vote by elect
ing a Democratic governor over th
Republican candidate. Rhode Island
lias re-elected its Democratic governor,
HiggiiiH, but its iH-culiar election luwt
have permitted It to return another
strong Republican legislature.
Ity no means the least striking feat
ure of the election was the sweeping
success of prohibition in Illinois dis
tricts which took advantage, of the
new local-option law to vote on tht
iuostioii of stiloons. The results prove
that the people in many parts of the
State want protection from the evilt
if Honor selling.
I.-tMiifM Voted (in.
Pennsylvania Stale treasurer.
New Jersey Liberal Covernor elected
Rhode Island (iovernor und State olB-
-or.
Maryland (iovernor and State offi-
eors.
Cial! Municipal olliciais ; Mormon
ism an issue.
Kentucky Voters show preference fot
local option law.
Nebraska Supremo Court justice;
!icr State otlic'uils.
California Municipal elections; graft
issue in San Francisep.
New York- County judges and sheriff;
Republicans anil fushuiists combined.
Virginia Cenerul Assembly, county,
and ei;:ht district coiiRrossioual tickets -out.
Ohio Cincinnati,- Columbus and To
ledo elect M.tyors favoring liberal saloon
policy.
Delaware Two districts of State pro
hibit Kilo of hpior; one favors it; one
in doubt.
Massachusetts (lovernor and State
nfliecrs; ten tickets resulting from Whit-ney-Itartlett
controversy; railroad mer
ger issue.
Illinois Kiglit counties out of seven
teen voting ate completely m:niiist licens
in; saloi.ns. Prohibitionists win in many
districts of other counties.
Mississippi Noel, Democratic (lovern
or, favoring prohibition, had no opiHwi
lion. Net en i f C ur rent vvciit,
" London, r 1 v; lo the ci usus, hag
jus; j'.issed i in v.' Hi' mo uiatk.
'Hie last friend of liyron, the poet, hat
just died nf Diirliiighurst, New Souta
Waled. SI.- was Mrs. Catherine Cram
mer, the willow cf a Waterloo veteran,
und was PS years of age.
A monument has been erected to Aor.a
Ilehil in the SclilosKsurtoii, at Mann--beim,
Orniany. She was tlio wifo of a
car-DtiT, who in 174 Kared the poet
Schiller from a debtor' prison.