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This Winter's Session of the Leg islature Promises to Be Hot. SENATORIAL ASPIRANTS IN IINCOL1 Assurance That Legtalaturo Is Safely Re pnblican Causes Honoured Interest In Bonatarlul Struggle Political Gossip of ISrcozy Character. There is going to be a very prett ; fight in the legislature , which meet next January , for the two senatoria togas which will be at the disposal o that law-making body. Lincoln is now the mecca of proml nent candidates , who regard the sup port of Lancaster county very warm ly , and to get it they must be ver ; agreeable to Thompson , as It is con ceded that he will be in it to some ex tent. It is quite too early to tell tin direction of the wind , but the candi dates consider it necessary to set Intt the fight without delay. There have been any number o booms launched. Ex-Governor Lorenzo Crounse wa : - In the city last week making arrange ments for his headquarters during thi legislature. Mr. Crounse has admitted to hi : friends that he will be a candidate fo : the senator-ship. It is believed by then that he will muster.strength enough ti make him one of the foremost in thi fight. His visit to Lincoln at thii time Is taken by some as indicative o a desire to confer with Mr. Thompsoi over the outlook. The candidacy o Mr. Crounse has been regarded rathe : favorably of late by Mr , Thompson' ! managers. The visit coining right ii the wako of the close of the count ii Douglas county is supposed to be o significance. Governor Crounse is i veteran and he has many friendi among the members of the G. A. R. tfi . The North Platte country has sc many promising candidates for thi senate that It must keep a Soutl Platte candidate busy thinking up i winning combination. By commor consent Mr. Rosewater has been elim inated from the race at the end , bui nobody can yet say that Crounse , 01 Meiklejohn , or Kinkaid , or Currie 01 , Cady will not be in it when the decis i Ive roll call is made. The South Platt ( ij has fewer candidates , but the possi- j bilitles of counter combinations an great nevertheless. Thompson of Lan. caster is talked about now more thai any other single candidate , but Hain- er , Hinshaw and perhaps Martin ol A Richardson will be on hand with some i strength when the legislature is con vened. The vote will be so close thai any man with half a dozen votes car block an election if his men will re main with him long enough. n * ? A nice little contest has arisen ovei the position of adjutant general of the Nebraska national guard. This offict is worth about $1,500 a year. It has always been filled .by an old soldier and the old soldiers use the argumenl that it should be given to a veteran as long as an old soldier is capable oi doing the work. James G. Gage , whc held the office under Governor Crounse and Winslow H. Barger of Hebron who was formerly assistant adjutant general of the G. A. R. , are both ap plicants. It is reported that Col. J. H McClay late of the Third Nebraska would not object to the place. These are all old soldiers. On the other hand the new crop ol soldiers asks recognition on the plea that the young soldiers only are HE to date in practical military matters , the entire military system having un dergone a revolution since the days ol the rebellion. Captain P. James Cos- grove of Lincoln is an applicant. Cap tain Cosgrove served in the First Ne braska in the Philippines. He went tc the Philippines as a democrat , but on returniEg home refused to run for of fice on the democratic county ticket and spent the rest of his time workinc for the success of the republican tick et. Major Williams of Geneva also ol the First Nebraska who was dis charged on account of sickness , in tended to apply for the place , but he Is j said to have asserted that he would f do so only in case Captain Cosgrove did not want the position. Major Wil liams is quoted as saying that he would support Captain Cosgrove in his candidacy for the appointment Captain Hollingsworth of Beatrice , an other officer of the First Nebraska , is said to have held similar views , if Captain Cosgrove wants the place none of the First regiment officers are likely to apply. The comrades of the G. A. R. and the young men of the na tional guard promise to take a deep interest in the matter. The three secretaries of the board of transportation receive § 2,000 each per year , and those who have watched the operations of the board for the past four years understand that no work whatever is required of the sec retaries. Rarely is but one of the sec retaries ever found in the office. The man who works is G. L. Laws. Two of them have been known to abseni tnemselves for weeks and months at a time. This would appear to be a tempting bait for place-hunters , but no one Is willing to accept a promise of one of the places because the val idity of the board is now a question before th ? supreme court. The validity of the act creating the board of transportation has been pend ing in the supreme court for many weeks. A decision was looked for be fore the election , but none came and now a determination of the case is ex pected at the next sitting of the cour' ; , or at least before the first of the year. Judge Munger of the federal court first declared the act unconstitutional , his opinion being based on former deci sions of the Nebraska supreme court. Attorney General Smyth and the board of transportation was not satisfied an they asked the Nebraska suprera court to rule on the question of con stitutionality. As the question ha already been raised in suits agalnc the railroads to collect penalties , th court asked for special argument an the case was submitted. A rumor , arising from the predictlo of an interested party is that the coui may sustain the law in the main , bu declare invalid all penalty clauses 1 the act as well as in the maximut rate act which latter act now lies dor mant. This rumor has grown to sue proportions since the election tha some of the applicants believe the en tire law may be wiped out. The fusionists threatened to repca the law , but when they came into pow er ten years ago they failed to do s and at every subsequent populist leg islature the question of repeal wa passed over in silence. Many pop ulist leaders made no secret of a de sire to keep the law on the books a long as their party held the office and got the salary. For the first tlm in the history of the law , its constitu tionality has been brought before th state court by the railroad attorneys to mr9 * * * A monthly report of the state treas urer , filed this morning in the auditor' office , again discloses the fact that th state is receiving no benefit from a ; enormous portion of the educationa trust funds , which the treasurer is re quired by law to invest for the benefi of state educational institutions. Ii the early days of the campaign , whei the uninvested portion of these fund amounted to over $200,000 , the stat treasurer announced through the fu sion newspapers that within foil months he would have practically al this money invested in the name of th state. The monthly balance sheet show that , notwithstanding the treas urer's declaration , the amount o school money "on hand" did not de crease. . v The only appointments that Mi Dietrich has agreed upon is the sclec tion of Dr. J. L. Greene of Universit ; Place for superintendent of the Lin coin hospital for the insane , and Join T. Mallalieu as superintendent of tli Kearney reform school. Dr. Green served as assistant physician at Nor folk and also at the Lincoln hospita for the insane. He is considered ( specialist of high rank in diseases o the brain. Mr. Mallalieu was at thi head of the reform school for man ; years and all the people of Kearne ; where he lives are pleased to hear tha he will again take the position. HI was successful as manager of the in stitution and the inmates. Dr. Coffin Dr. Casebeer and J. N. Campbell wil be thrown out by these appointments t * i Insurance men are interested in tli ( choice of an insurance deputy in tin auditor's office. Charles A. Whymai of Lincoln is numbered among thi applicants , but some of the insurance men say he was also an applicant fo : insurance commissioner when Gov ernor Poynter had the selection o such an officer. officer.M M M * o Republicans throughout Nebraskj are ratifying the result of the lat < election by enthusiastic demonstra tions. They never had so much t ( ratify before. Kt * * The official canvass of votes for tin Fifty-fourth representative distric has been made and the vote shows { splendid republican gain. It is as fol lows : Counties Evans. Reed ( rep. ) ( fus. ' . Lincoln 1254 112' McPherson 65 4 ! Keith 192 24 ! Perkins 165 22- Deuel 335 24 : Cheyenne 614 42- Kimball 121 41 Banner 155 82 Scott's Bluff 371 25S Totals 3272 2691 Evans' majority , 576. t * * B 0 Congressman Burkett left last weel an a business trip to the western pan sf the state. He will return in a fe\\ leys after which he will remain ir Lincoln till November 30 , when he will leave for Washington. Mrs. Bur- stett will join him soon after the noli- lay festivities are over. Distribution of the Bloose. The Field says the American elk , oi moose , reaches as far south as 40 de- ; rees north latitude , and inhabits all .he forests from the Atlantic to the Pacific. The animal is found from Kenway and Alaska to Kotzebue sound ; also along the Mackenzie riv- jr , and near the sources of the Elk river in the Rocky mountains is es pecially common. Although in the : ase of an animal inhabiting wide stretches of country , it is premature : o speak of its extinction , yet "the : ase of the American bison should .each us how soon a numerously rep- 'esented species may be wiped off from : he face of the earth if once left to the tender mercies of so-called 'sports- nen' seized with a mania for 'big aacs. " The Duration of Human Zir . It is estimated the average duration ) f human life is about thirty-three rears. A quarter of the people die luring the seventh year , and half be- 'ore their seventeenth. Of every thou sand persons , one only reaches a hun- ired years ; six in a hundred get to sixty-five , and one in five hundred to jighty. It is further estimated that : hroughout the world fifty millions lie annually , one hundred and thirty- jight thousand a day , nearly six thou sand an hour , ninety a minute , or three ; very two seconds. to Bed and Harly to Rise. Queen Wilhelmina goes to bed at 11 ind gets up early. Her first toilet is s juick one , for it is merely a prepara tion for a good , brisk walk in the park. 3n these excursions she wears a rough tvoolen "mante" made like those of the Friesland peasants. When she comes In from her exercise she has a cup 01 : hocolate in her room and then makes in elaborate toilet Chicago Tribune. General McArthur Plans an Active Oaj paign Against Them , BEST TIME TOR ACTION IS NO Additions from China , Hatter Honda , Ii proved Transportation un < l Knd of Lei Hnlns All Conduce to Hurry Up Ho MANILA , Nov. 22. General Ma the Arthur was asked today whetln the result of the presidential electic in the United States was in any wi 1 responsible for the orders to push tl operations against the Filipinos. E replied that the result of the electic was merely coincident with other fe ; tures of the situation. He added th : the return of the soldiers and mi rlnes from China , with the recrui who had arrived recently , would ii crease the number of troops to 70.0C men. The enlargement of the force the ending of the rainy season , bett ( roads , improved transportation an the desire to make the most efiiciei use of the volunteers before the : term of service expired in June , ai all contributory to the most acth campaign. Concerning the replacing of 35.0C volunteers , General MacArthur sai ho favored the establishment of standing army of 75,000 men and av thorizing the president to increase to 100,000. The general said he wa enlarging the force in General Young district to nearly 7,000 men ; thz heavy reinforcements are being sec to General Hughes in the island < Panay ; that more troops had been o dered to southern Luzon and that vs rious column movements had bee planned. The stranding of the coasting trans port Indiana is causing a long dela in reaching a number of the remot coast stations in southern Luzor which have subsistence to Novembe 1 only and will have to depend large ! on foraging until the Indiana is float ed or another steamer is secured. The customs warehouses are con gested , a fact which is delaying th commerce of Manila. General Smitl the collector of the port , at a meet Ing today of many importers urgei the necessity for the removal of th goods. The merchants talk of organ izing a company for the erection o bonded warehouses. The soldiers and marines who hav returned from China are selling quan titles of curios looted from the res idences of the nobility or wealthy per sons at Pekin and Tien Tsin. Man ; of them are valuable and ridiculousl ; cheap and a number of such present have been sent to the United State for Christmas presents. AWFUL LOSS OE LIFE. Ravages of Southern Storm Grow Create as the Hours Go Ily. NASHVILLE , Tenn. , Nov. 22. Dh patches up to 9 o'clock indicat.tha last night's storm , which rvei > t nve northern Mississippi and central am western Tennessee , wa-o one of grea severity. Adivces to ( lie A-soci.itet Press and from special corrspondent : show that the loss of Ufa m the tei ritory visited by the tornado alread : amounts to sixty-four aiid the numbe injured to over fifty. Telegraphii communication to the regions visitei by the cyclone is suspended and it n feared that when full details an known the list of dead Avill be length ened. The following table shows tin loss of life , together with injured compiled from dispatches forcei through by courier and telephom from the devastated localities. Killed. Injured Columbia , Teiin 40 2i La Grange , Tenn 3 I Lavergne 3 ; Thompson i i Nolansville 2 i Love Station 2 ; Tunica , Miss 5 i Lulu. Miss 4 i Hernando , Miss 2 I Batesville , Miss 0 ! Roxley's Store 3 , | Franklin , Tenn 0 - : Totals 64 5 : So far as Tennesse is concerned i ; was the most destructive storm evei known in the state. Nearly fifty per sons were killed and 100 more injured while the damage to houses , tirabei and other property will reach large figures. The storm entered the state fron northern Mississippi and swept across in a northeasterly direction. Greal damage is reported from the counties bordering on Mississippi and furthei on Columbia , in Maury county , is the heaviest sufferer. La Vergne , Nolans ville and Gallatin also felt the wind's fury , the storm finally losing its force against the Cumberland mountains Columbia's casualties number twenty four dead and some fifty injured. TREATYOIVES MOUETiiVIE. Secretary Play and .Mexico's , Amlnigsudoi K.Tteml Time. WASHINGTON , Nov | 22. Secretary Hay , for the United States , and Am bassador Aspiroz. for the governmenl af Mexico , today signed a treaty , fur Lher extending the time allowance for the survey and definition of the watei boundary between Mexico and th ? United States. There already have been several extensions , In each case tor a year , but the present arrange- nent will continue until the work is : oncluded. Men to Rusli Cnllom Bill. ST. LOUIS , Nov. 22. The executive : ommittee appointed at the meeting af the League of National Associations 3f Industrial and Commercial Organ izations yesterday , for the purpose of securing the passage of the Cullom bill amending the interstate commerce law , has organized by electing E. P. Bacon of Milwaukee as chairman. C. H. Sebyt of St. Louis was made chair man , R. S. Lyon of Chicago , treasurer , md Frank Barry of Milwaukee , sec retary and manager of the work at Washington. WANT TO BE MESSENGER BOYS X'realclcntlal Electors Are Anxious t Jieur Nr to Washington. OMAHA , Neb. , Nov. 21. The elgli citizens chosen to cast the elector : vote of Nebraska will meet In Lincol on January 12 , In the language of th statute , "the Saturday preceding th second Monday in January. " The clot tors vill be called upon to decide lively rivalry among their number ate to whose shall be the honor of bearin the glad tidings to Washington. Th avowed applicants for this distinctio are J. L . Jacobson of Omaha , John f Nesbit of Tekamah , R. B. Wlndham c Plattsmouth and Joseph J. Langer c \Vilber. There are two additional can didates who have enjoined their col leagues not to reveal their name ! leaving only John L. Kennedy n Omaha and one other not actively i : the race. Each of the electors has a .budge of solicitations from his fellow ofli cials , and they in turn have for th most part sent out similar missives. N delegate has made a pledge except t himself and the confusion will not b straightened out until the day of meet ing. ing.The The official messenger must arriv in Washington before the fourth Mon day in January with his official certi ficate sealed , authenticated and read ; to be placed in the hands of the presi dent of the senate. A second copy o the certificate is sent by mail , provid ing against any possible accident t the messenger. A third copy of th official vote is placed in the hands o Judge Munger of the United State district court as a final safeguard. I the recorded vote does not read Washington by January 28 the secre tary of state will call for the copy Ii the hands of the district Judge. Con gress will be in session when the mes senger arrives , and there is no doub as to the cordiality of his welcome. For his services the messenger re ceives only mileage one way at tin rate of 25 cents per mile. This amount however , is more than sufficient t ( cover his expenses both ways. Tin electors receive § 5 per day and 11 cents mileage , the same compensatioi as that allowed members of the legis lature. The first duty of the electors is t ( assemble at Lincoln on January 12 , t ( fill vacancies , if any exist , and to re ceive their certificates of election fron the governor. This document con tains the assurance that the elector ; have been duly chosen "and are quali Ced to cast the vote of the state. Th < certificates are issued in triplicate , on < copy going to the national secretary estate state and one being attached to the official returns sent to Washington. The electors meet a second time or the following Monday , when theSi vote is cast for president and vic ( president separately and for the spe cial messenger. The statute formerlj fixed the date of meeting upon th ( first Wednesday in December , but this was considered too close upon th ( heels of election. READY TO PURSUE AGWNALDO. Former Filipino Chief and Followeri Anxious to Serve Under McArthur. MANILA , Nov. 21. General Maco- bos , the former Filipino chief , is pre pared to start n pursuit of Aguinaldc wth 100 picked natives , supported bj' ' American /troops. Other ex-rebels will be used in campaigning the coun < y. Their offers have not been formally made yet , but they are ready if the authorities will accept their services. Aguinaldo it is supposed is in north ern Luzon , according to statements made by ex-rebel leaders now in Ma nila , confirmed from other sources. Aglipay , a renegade native priest , long an insurgent leader in Northern Luzon , has writteen to friends in Ma nila asking for election news and re questing to be infomed whether a de cision has been reached concerning the relations between church and state and the disposition of church proper ties. The replies sent him contain the information that church and state will be separate and that entire religious freedom will be allowed. Will Keep Tax on Tea. WASHINGTON , D. C. , Nov. 21. The republican members of the ways rend means committee met today to con sider a measure for the reduction of the war revenue tax. The most im portant action taken was a decision not to remove the tax of 10 cents a pound on tea. The committee will not take up or disturb the tariff on im ports as the members claim it would spen up the whole subject of tariff reveision. The committee will not ; rant any hearings while framing the aill. Parties who are interested , how- jver. can file briefs or statements with ; he committee. Tornado Wreaks Vengeance. NASHVILLE. Tenn. , Nov. 21. The Sashville & Chattaonoga depot and eighteen other houses were demolished by a tornado tonight at La Vergne , a station on the Aseville & Chattanooga road , ninety-six miles south of here. More than a mile of telephone and : elegraph wires were destroyed and letails are meager , but it is known : hat a man named Robertson and his ? hild were instantly killed and a sec- Lion boss injured. Hear Disqdietlns Rntnor. LONDON , Nov. 21. There is a ague rumor in the sen-ice clubs this evening that a battle is in progress ) etween the Boer forces under Gen eral DeWet and the British troops in South Africa. Marseilles People Waiting. MARSEILLES , Nov. 21. Former President Kruger probably vdll land acre on Thursday. Bad weather is re sorted in the Mediterranean and the Dutch cruiser Gelderland , on which he is a passenger , will hug the coast ol he gulf of Genoa in preference tc iieading direct for Marseilles , so as tc ivoid the cross seas. She will react .his port tomorrow evening Instead ol tonight. Every preparation , however las been made for Mr. Kruger's possi- lie landing tomorrow morning. THE LIVE STOCK MARKET. r.utest OuolutloriH from South OncaJ ; unii Kntikiin City. SOUTH OMAHA. Union Stock Vards. Cuttle Tlierc ws it Kood liberal run of cuttle- Mere todu ; and as both yard tradcra and packei were not iiartlculurly anxious for sni | piles thu niurkot was slow and weak a around. There were quite a few fat ca tie , Included In the rucelptn. and a nun ber of IjunchtH of pretty Kood stuff. Buj era. however , did not takw hold wit much life and claimed that prices lici were too high In comparison with eu ern markets. Sellers were not wlllln to make any concessions , and as a resu the market wan dull with the tendency t prices lower. AH compared with Mi close of last week It Is safe to say-thr the market IB all of 10 < Jt25c lower , tli greatest decline being : on the cominom Crudes. There was very little life to tli stocker and feeder trade except on th best heavyweight feeders , which hav sold In good shape all the week , and prlc en on that class of .stuff is very little lower or than It was at the clase of last wed Common kinds , however , and anythln at all light or on the calf order are ver slow sale , and probably around a < iuai ter lower for the week. There were quit a few western beef steers on sah > th ! morning , and the better grades sold jut about steady , but the common kinds til not bring quite as good prices. Hogs There was another liberal run ci hogs , but In spite of that fact the inai kot opened up strong to 5c higher I some cases. Light hogs were In the Ixw demand and on the early market tel largely at $4.80. and as high as JJ.SU'/j an $ J.J > 5 was paid for a number of loads. Th heavier hogs sold around $ i.77 A Buyer did not seem to want the heavy packer today , and sellers found It dillicult to gc a bid on them at the btart. After th llrst few rounds the market did not seen to be quite as strong and the $ U7'salt were more numerous. Sheep rhero wore a few cars of .shoe ] here today and what few were offerci wore rather on tii.- common order an < largely feeders. Packers all seemed to b. . anxious for good muff and bought o both the sheep and lambs olfered today a Just about steady prices , though the" were far from choice. I'Wders were ulsc m good demand today and the fVw on tin market were bought up at right aroum steady prices , no material change fron vesterday bi-ing noticeable. KANSAS CITV. C attic Receipts.1.000 ; market steadj to weak , native steers , $1.00fir.30 ; 1Vxu steers , $2.2.Vf > l.rfl ; Texas cows. ± Yi : : .7) native cows and heifers. Sl.cflj.2T } : stock t-rs and feeders. $1.Wit4.F > ; bulls , f''CSu jVlkT-'o'0 ' * ' rccoll > tSt "U0 ; " "k t bteady Hogs-Receipts. ll.OrtO ; market steady tc 1' ° f : lk'-s- & ! : 'cavv " : ickt > rsS .Mftl.W : mixed , TELL OF AGUINALDO'S DEATH. Manila Tapero Give Kenson for Crediting Iteports. WASHINGTON , Nov. 24. The lafc mail from Manila received at the Al department brings an interesting bl get of news from the island ? , scj of which heretofore has been toucl on in press dispatches. The Mai papers of October 18 devote consii1 able space to a report concerning . uinaldo's death in northern Lin They say that the circumstantial cl ficter of this report , together with fact that General Trias recently been signing himself "commander ] chief of the insurgent forces. " le | color to the belief that Agijinaldo be dead. The latest account in this line comf-s from Nueva Ecija in northern Luzon , R-here , in an outpost skirmish , Aguin- ildo's horse was killed and his saddle' bags , with a number of personal pa pers , were captured. Strong u Kear Admiral. WASHINGTON , Nov. 21. Captain 3d ward T. Strong was today placed on he retired list of the navy withsthe ank of rear admiral. Captain Strong vas recently in command of the mentor - tor Monadncck on the Asiatic station , md his health broke down while on hat duty. He is a native of Massachu- ictts and .entered the navy as a vol- mteer officer at the outbreak of the var of the rebellion. He reached the rrade of captain in October , 1899. His etirement in the grade of rear ad- niral is in pursuance of the terms of he personnel law. Cold Comfort for Tver. BERLIN , Nov. 24 In the Reichstag oday , replying to a question regarding he expulsion of Germans from the fransvaal , Baron von Richtofen , sec- etary for foreign affairs , declared in- ernational law justified the British au- horities in removing from the seat if war undesirable persons But Ger- nany , he added , had energetically rn- ervened in favor of those expelled vithout cause , or expelled with unnec- ssary harshness. Germany had also ormulated demands for compensation. Keudy for the Xorth I'olr. CHRISTIANA , Nov. 23. The Duke if Abbruzzi , the Arctic explorer , and Captain Tobellio , his aide de camp , trrived here a few days ago and preceded - ceded to Larrvik where the explor- ng steamer Stella Polario , with an talian crew lies ready to leave next veek. The duke conferred with : n his ountry. nor the recent affair in- die , with two Italians , was lost dur- ng the recent expedition , regarding a earch expedition to be sent from 'ranee Joseph land. \Tclib Hayps Provided For. WASHINGTON. D. C. , Nov. 23. It ras announced at the War department oday that Webb C. Hayes , son of ex- Dresident Hayes and late lieutenant olonel United States volunteers , hav- ng reported in person at the head- [ uarters of the China relief expedi- ion , Pekin , September 8 , was appoint- ; d a volunteer aid-de-camp on the taff of Major General Chaffee com manding the relief expediting , Change in I'apal I'olicy. PARIS , Nov. 24. Th < = Temps today trints a special dispatch from Rome aying the pope has renounced the idea if creating cardinals at a consistory o be held before Christmas. The an- louncements , it was added , will be tiade at a consistory to bs held in 'ebrnary. Qnreu tVilhelminu to Kmcer. THE HAGUE , Nov. 24. Queen Wil- .elmiua has sent i. message to Mr. Iruger , saying that she was happy to jarn he has completed his voyage and 5 in good health. Wood Htilxtltuto for Horn. Collulith Is a Bubatance produced bv n long and continuous beating of wood pulp. It Is transparent uncl olastl" . hardening slowly until It attainp th conslstomcy of horn , Its specific grav ity being about -1.5. The cellullth may be worked as in horn or ebonite. Combined with sawdust and 30 per cent lampblack , thu result is a kind of. dark ebonite ; this Is dense and maybe bo polished. TIio I'linuiiiii During the recent troubles in Pan ama the marines of the British crui ser Leander had to did a great pit for the dead , into which scores of corpses were thrown and cremated. In om house nearly a scare of men , wonu : i ' and children were found shot or stab bed. They were non-combatants. Civ ilians who were shot dead were burled in the yards of their houses. KIIOXVN Whom All tlut Coal IK. Admiral Bradford , who is at present the chief of the bureau of equipment and supplies in the navy department , is known as a man of system and has hanging in his private ollico a bulletin showing the exact amount of coal available for purchase by the navy at the different ports throughout thu world. EQUAL TO OCCASION. Blatter-or-Biiel Conduct of Girl Whoao hklrt 1/VII. / The young woman whose underskirt fell off on Park Row on Thursday aft ernoon acted in a manner that un doubtedly saved her some embarrass ment , says the New York Sun. The sidewalk was filled with people , and as she hurried along toward the bridge those who were behind her saw her grab her outer skirt with either hand. Trailing beneath the bottom of it was a broad strip of white skirt. Before s e had taken half a dozen more steps she tripped and nearly fell. It was evi dent then that her underskirt had fall en down around her ankles. In a mat ter-of-fact fashion , as if she had done the same thing many times before in a. crowded street , she stopped , shook herself a bit and then stepped out of the skirt. Before any one except the people very near her realized what had happened she picked up the white sUirt , rolled it into a neat little bundle and proceeded to the bridge. The ac cident was undoubtedly embarrassing , but the girl gave no evidence of It. Had she done as a young woman did for the Homeless in the city of Cadiz. ft is said that documents in their pos session incontestable- prove their de scent. ra Maarotx Wanted. Anxious quest is being made in Ien- : ucky for two suitable native Angora- ; oats , which are desired for mascots > n board the United States battleship Kentucky , about to sail for the Asiatic station. They seem to be thought an ndispensable part of the ship's com pany. The church with the highest steeplf sn't always the nearest heaven. A LIFh SAVED. TJinHy un I Straljht-For- warcl Advice Suvcs the Life of n Prominent Citizen. Chicago , 111. , Nov. 2C. ( Special ) mong the Catholic Foresters in this : ity , none is better known or more miversally esteemed , than Mr. S. P. * ush , Conductor ( President ) of Holy s'ame Court , Number 26. His many friends , inside the Order md outside of its ranks , were , there- ore , much startled to learn that his ife was in danger , he having Bright's Disease , that most terrible and fatal lisease. Mr. Rush , however , made a grand trugglo for his life , taking prescrip- ions , and pills and powaers , until his tomach refused food. At last , his ocal druggist , guided by the numerous nquiries being made at his store for ) odd's Kidney Pilis , advised Mr. Rush o buy and try some. This he did. and o his delight he was restored to : ealth and strength. Mr. Rush says that after commenc- ng the use of Dodd's Kidney Pills , he elt much better , but it took two lonths to effect a cure. "I took nothing else but Dodd's : idney Pills during that time , so I now that I owe life and health to hem. " What this wonderful remedy has one for Mr. Rush , " it will certainly dt > 3r anyone. It is the only remedy tiat has never failed to cure Bright's lisease. Mr. Rush Is just now receiving the ongratulations of his friends , but al- 'ays finds time to say a good word > r the Medicine that saved his life. Sohi or 50 cents a box. All dealers. A seat on the New York Stock K.v hange was sold for $4G,500 which is he record price for a stock exchangr nemberfchip. Sinstlr Ki There are hundreds , perhaps tlioti- inds , of negroes in the United State- > orn abroad who are naturalized cit.- ; ns. Nevertheless Judge Kirkpatrick [ the United States court at Trenton. . J. , has refused naturalization papei - , > a Dutch Guiana negro , a gradual [ Howard university at Washington , n the ground that the nautralization L-WS of the United States refer to hites only. A wise man never gives up a sure ling for an uncertainty.