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wsypi nyuw VOL. XII. LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, NOVEMBER 15 1900. NO. 2f THE F1SHT STILL 0!l rmttM ft-opt Will U l a fiWh IJsrola. Nb-, Nor. $. Mr. Brran tody gave out the fcllovicg state Cfst r&srlng the : ion: "The r8i!t was a surprise to nae, aed the xngritud of the republican victory was a surprise to our op pose ct ai well as to those wto sup port M oar tick L. It is impossible to snalyte tJ. retires until they are is ore ros?p!et. but pi-ak!ng general ly, we ttzta to have rained in the larre cit and to Lre lost 1a the trr.a!r cltie a&d la le country. "The rpt!!car. w-r- able to secure fSekets and p for all their voters io "- away f ro'i i.o:n and this raie tt-r: a etjcs.'derabie advantage. V hae y of knowing at tbia ts-ne tow rs?jch rso:;-y was pent In j the pircha of vute and coioniza- j tion. Out fclie these mould account for fcors of the rf ptsimran gains, they would cot arrourt for the widespread increase in the republican rote. The prop-riiy arrumect was probably the riot potest one used by the repub lican. "Tuy compared preheat conditions with the pi tic t!n-s of ?3 and &6, and this amin.ee t tad weight with those wlo d'.4 tot stop to consider the rn?xf of the chstpe. The appeal, 'ttsr.d ty tie president while the war ii on' had a tr-t deal of influence a icons ti.oe who did not realize that a war gaist the doctrine of self-govern ir.f;t la the Philippine must react upoa c In this country. "We have made an honest fight on as hor.i platform, and having done our duty a we saw it. we hare noth-r- to regret. We are defeated, but Dot dlsJt-osrasfd. The Sjrht must go on. I ana sure that the republican policies w'i' t r pupated by the people when ti tendency of the pol'c ea Is fu'ly ec!ertoo"i. The cont-t between plutocracy and demrwraey cannot end until ov : t! othrr is ccraplettl tf luiapbant. iu sow to Inu'ries eoseernin? t:ir.lf. y.r Bryan !: ! have conse out of the campaign with j !.'! health k- a clear coa-ui-ui-e. 1 iu: mr rtmost o br n r uc c to p. ,.:- t'-r whi,:n I t cl. iir Steenon did ail that J8 i wU; Senator Jones and the members f the d.-iiocratic. popuiist. silver re pil'kia end aati-inrpt rialist coiamtt t di all they could- Mr. Hearst ssd h1 associates . th- club organi zation r at frth th ir l-tt effort. Our t e tpaj r. oar ian:pai?n tpeakers r.d ;.r leal organizations all did t! t'.r l-s-t. 1 have no fault to find and no re-pro aches. 1 ?.;ili ta. an active interest in l"A .:.r io; as I live. 1 believe It to L th- d'ity of evrry citizen to do t. In addition to n:y interest as a citit- a. I -1 that it will lake a life ti: of aorW to repay my political fri.j fr what th-y have done for n. 0 "I hhl not I- a senatorial candi date i-foje the Ifrgifelature which has j'jfct h-n e!'td, Seaator Allen d ervs the Mrnatcrthip which go-s to ti. iKrjuWts. Mr. Hnchcock and Mr. Tb.oss.pMjtx the Graiid island Thornp- j ton are a towed candidates for the democratic -sator-hip. They both j d-rve writ cf the party, and I am too rratef ul to thena for past sup port to stand In their way. even tf I i-ired a t-. at in the t-enate." Csnt2D;tit!3 The vilenets of the republican daily j,.- and the tu!hr.g of the ballot beie in this city for the purpose of l2.ir:r Bryan is calling down upon Lincoln the ont-n2pt of all resp-ctatle ir-n everywhere. Papers in ail parts cf the coastry are commenting upon it. The fc13'jwing 1 from the Denver l'c:t: Ail d- ct p"Ople mil regret to learn that there i ts town in the United taie so bigoted in its politics that It not only dals. tut takes pleasure in defeating one f its own citizens wto is a candi-lat for president. Whatever Lincoln. Neb., may think of it. it ou.' te practically a hole In the grouE-d a Ltd certainly the average t.tiz n uf the country would never u$p"Ct its r.r? but lor its most dUiingTsisbed resident. William Jen nSrs V.rym. Twice the candidate of one it tr.- two rreat political parties for the ore of pre: dent, wnth six million t t.t for h:m in his first cam l s:rs. which as cude against such ttup -r oil; with the two grtat-t-st cacipai'r m oar htstory to his credit, ate e ail a reputation w $..(. h which fhows wr.trcihed under the fnfc!l;rht tern 4 upon It. yet In tt- fate t-f il all the people of Lin coln. N pive a majority against thfir ft-!' tow:. man. If partisan ship ct.i-. l Le arrid to more despLca tl Uhc:L.j ti.e Foil would like to Lave it j.?ir.:--d tt. AhiV I. hints-If cannc; help fre!icg the lih! put upon him. be-i-.us n ho& hsm the low grade of ctt!sesh;p vhifh prevails in the com rr.ur.ity m which he has at his for-tun-. ttill. in the mind cf all right thlr.Ifnj; p'-cple the rtect:on will not he cj-vs Mm tril unon those prtple host partisas'thip is so narrow that ti-ey mui ijp to any tkpihs to grati fy it. Fcsira Ccngresss-sa Congressman Stark was re-elected ty a majority of Hi. Stark's majori ties wtre: Saunders c;, Butler VJl, Pok ilC. Hamilton ZZ, Seward 101. Ilils-sr Vn. Pope's majorities in thee counties were: York 275, Sa tin 117. Thayer 1H, Je Person 153, Case 1.12 J. William Neville was re-elected to cncrcs Is the Sixth district by a ma- Jorlty of 328. These counties give Net-Hie majorities: Dawson 154. Gree ley 415. Howard 29S, Keith 5. Lincoln 19. Logan S. Sioux 4. Sherman 234, Thomas 1. Buffalo 261. Valley 50, Wheeler 3, Hooker 5. Sheridan 75. 1 Kinkaid secured majorities In these counties: Banner 71, Box Butte 179, Blaine 30. Brown 123, Boyd S2, Chey enne 1C3. Cherry 203, Custer 33, Dawes 27. Deuel 92. Grant 48. Garfield 13, Holt 3. Kimball 58, Keya Paha 20, Rock 1S7. Scotts Bluffs 21. Loup 1. Neville's total majority on official count Is 328. Complete unofficial returns show the election of John S. Robinson (fus.) congressman in the Third district as follows: Hayes, majorities Thurston 135, Wayne 175. Madison 1G5, Dixon 93, Dodse 49, Burt 603, Boone 50, Nance 15S. Merrick 183. Robinson's majorities Dakota 50, Stanton 23. Cedar 1S3. Platte 560, Col fax 3S7. Pierce 94. Cuming 361, Ante lope 63. Knox 17. Total majorities for Hayes. 1.617; total majorities for Robinson, 1,744. To Develop ths Vest The National Irrigation congress, which will meet at Chicago, 111., Nov. 21, 22. 23 and 24, is creating wide In tel est and promises to be an unusual success. Thi national irrigation move ment has become a broad popular movement and eastern commercial in terests have readily taken hold of the idea of reclaiming and populating the arid west and thus creating a great home market for their goods. The best authorities on Irrigation and forestry have been 'secured to speak and give illustrated lectures, and men of national fame and renown as orators and statesmen, will address the congress at the great Auditorium theatre on subjects of national Inter est to the west. Under the constitution of the con gress the mayor of each city of 25,000 or less population Is entitled to ap point two delegates, while cities of greater population are entitled to four delegates. Each agricultural college, organized irrigation, agricultural and horticultural association, each society of engineers. Irrigation company and each board of trade and chamber of commerce is also entitled to two dele gates. Reduced railway rates have been arranged of one fare plus two dollars for the round, trip- to Chicago. from nearly all western "points, " good until November 28. AH delegates or persons receivink invitations to the congress can obtain this rate on the certificate plan. That is. travellers should buy a single trip ticket to Chicago and take a certificate (not a receipt) from the ticket seller at the point of start ing. This certificate will be stamped at the Central Music Hall, Chicago, where the sessions of the national irri gation congress will be held, and will then entitle the holder, upon presen tation to the ticket agent at Chicago, to a return ticket for only two dollars. A. M. Allen of Gothenburg Is Ne braska's member of the national exe cutive committee of the irrigation as sociation. Election Notes There was almost as much . rejoic ing in London over the election of Mc Kinle as there was over the destruc tion of the two Boer republics, v. Some very strange things happened in this election. In Minnesota Mc Kinley carried the state by 50,000, so the papers say, but. a fusion governor was elected. In Illinois nearly the same thing happened. It is reported that all the eastern democratic papers are going to flop over to Cleveland gold-bugism. includ ing the New York Journal. They are going to reorganize the democratic party on gold-bug lines. The Inde pendent hopes that they will try it. If they can take tha organization, let them have it. Any. way to get rid of them. They will not take the western silver democrats. " Let them have two republican parties down in those east ern states if they want to. We will have one out here that has no connec tion with republicanism. The sugar trust advanced prices 15 per cent as soon as the result of the election was known. As soon as Rockefeller knew that McKinley was elected he called a meet ing of nis directors and declared an additional dividend of 10 pv cent. That makes dividends of 4S per cent for this year so far. There is another to come. Rockefeller will get over 50 per cent on his money this year. Wiil Increase the Navy Admiral CrowinshieM, chief of the navigation bureau, has given out an interview in which he states that It will be necessary to greatly increase the strength of tho navy. He says that every bureau of the department Is short of officers and that the number of men enlleted has been greatly insuf ficient: he recommends for the next ten year? that appointments to the naval academy be doubled, the presi dent and representatives In congress appointing two instead of one as au thorized now, and in addition senators be given the same privilege of ap pointment as representatives. His re port recommends nlco that when con gress authorizes the construction of any new vessels It should also make provisions for an increase of officers and mer. correspondingly. Just how large the increase will be cannot be said, but is evident that large sums of money will be expended in both army and navy departments during the coming year. , OUR UNFLINCHING ADVOCATE De Stood Like a Bock Against the Cen tralization of Capital nd Divid ing This Nntion Into Classes. Mr. Bryan is a finer and nobler fig ure in defeat than Mr. McKinley is in victory. When the history of this period of the national life is written the towering form of Bryan will stana high above all others. His appeals to the suffrages of his fellow-citizens were appeals in behalf ofilofty ideals. He unflinchingly advocated the right of every man, be he white, black, brown or yellow, to political and per sonal liberty. He took his stand on the Declaration of Independence and the constitution of the United States, and asserted that their ennobling sen timents are living, vital expressions of the principles on which the republic rests and upon which it must continue to re3t if it is to endure. He declared in burning words the same opinions that every statesman has taught, that are written in every school book, that are loved by every true American, and that are a part of the very being and fibre of the nation. He stood like a rock against the cen tralization of wealth and industrial control that threatens to divide the people into two great classes a small class, composed of the very rich, and a large class, ' composed of the very poor. He stood for the monetary sys tem under which the country grew and prospered and which is the great est barrier to the plots of greedy, freedom-destroying wealth. In a word, Mr. Bryan stood during the campaign, and still stands, and will continue to stand, as the cham pion of right and clean and honest thinking and doing. If it, were sought to reduce the principles which guide him to their simplest applications of the teachings of the Holy One: "Love thy neighbor as thyself" and "Do unto others as ye would that others should do unto you." Mr. Bryan has been defeated, but he will continue his work, and those who are with him will help him to continue it. And we have no doubt that every principle which he proclaims will re ceive the approval of the voters be fore many years have gone by. . No power can crush eternal truth, and a few years are only an infinitesimal period in the great cycles of man kind's development. No victory for wrong is permanent. Mr, Bryan has shown that he would rather be right thin -be president, and we shall yet see him both right and president. Good Government The populists have given this state such excellent government for the last four years in every department that it will be referred to as a model for years to come. Especially has this been so In the management of the finances. All the bonded state debt has been paid off and Nebraska is now almost the only state in the union without a bonded debt. In the matter of bank ing, no state in the union has equalled Nebraska. Under the management of Dr. P. L. Hall the banks of Nebraska have prospered and no depositor has lost a cent. The Savings and Loan Re view of New York has a long editor ial complimentary of Dr. Hall from which the following is clipped: "We commend to our building and loan friends for their most careful consideration the address of the Hon. P. L. Hall, reproduced in full in this issue. If the rest of this country had nothing else for which to thank the great west, it would owe our brothers on the other side of the Mississippi a heavy debt for their splendid cour age, their untiring energy, and their inexhaustible enthusiasm. The east can never carry conservatism to the hurtful stage, when the bold west knows no fear in untried paths, and seeks always to play the part of the dwarf on the giant's shoulder. The west in material development knows that it is small compared to the east, but it also knows that a dwarf stand ing onN a giant's shoulders can see further than the giant; therefore, in the words of Mr. Hall, speaking for the west and himself, a fine specimen of his section: " In many things we have taken the structure reared east by long and toilsome experience and embellished it with western Intelligence and thought until the original builders would not recognize their own handiwork.' " The above quotation is taken from an address delivered by Dr. Hall at the last annual meeting of the Nebras ka state league of local building and loan associations. The Loan Review publishes the address entire. Monroe Doctrine at an End A special cablegram to the Chicago Record from Bremen says the pan Teutonic view of Mr. McKinley's re election is that It makes the Monroe doctrine a thing of the past. The abandonment of the famous doctrine is thought to.have been fuly indorsed by the approval given by the popular vote to an imperialist American pol icy. The Weser Zeitung declares that all is now clear sailing for Germany, which, in the pursuance of its own ex pansionist ideals, need not fear a con flict with the United States. Fighting in South Africa The following dispatch of November 8 indicates that there has. been heavy fighting since November 6," resulting in the defeat of the Boers, who lost twenty-three killed, thirty wounded and 100 taken prisoners. Seven of their guns were captured. The British lost three- officers and four men killed. . ; , Lord Roberts telegraphing from Jo hannesburg under date of November 8 gives details of the "defeat of tho Boers near Bothayille and add to the facts already known the following: - 'Colonel Le Gallais was heavily en gaged for five hours with 1,000 Boers. Knox reinforced Le Gallais and com pletely defeated the Boers. Dewet and Steyn with the Boers left in haste and were pursued some miles to the south west. The enemy broke up into small parties. Le Gallais was among the killed.; Steyn's secretary, Devilliers, was wounded and captured." Lord Roberts also reports a number of email affairs, the most important of which was an engagement fought No vember 6, by Smith-Dorrien, south of Dalmanutha, "which resulted in the Boers being driven to the east of the Komati river ' ; - South Africa "threatens once - more to absorb public attention here. Lord Salisbury, ia his speech at the inaug ural banquet of. the lord mayor in the Guild hall Saturday evening held out little hope of immediate pacification, and the return pf Lord Roberts is still problematical and is certainly a mat ter of weeks and perhaps months. Generals and regiments are return ing, but others are constantly leaving England to replace them. A recruit ing depot is being established in Lon don to supply 1,000 men for General Baden-Powell's South 1 African police force, and reinforcing detachments are constantly going to join the tegiment3 in the Trans vaaL , In conjunction with Lord Salisbury's open references to the possibility of Great Britain being taken unawares by some foreign pow er, this state of affairs in South Africa does not breed confidence or content ment. 1 GREAT FOR : MILLIONAIRS The Next Day Alter 'Eleetion the Million- airs Got back Their Campaign Contribution After the Following Fwhion : In another article The Independent gives a description of Wall street the next day after the election. The names of all the trusts whose stocks rose. that day would fill a column. The following are a few of the leading ones: ' ' '; Net -r- " Capital. adv. Am'n St. and W $50,000,000 34 Amalgamated Copper 75,000.000 2 Am'n St. Hoop...... 14.000,000 2 Am'n Tin Plate..,.. 18.000.000 - 24 Am'n Tobacco.,,..,. A 35,000,000 ': . . 4 Cons. Gas Co, 60,000.000 5H Cont. Tobacco. . 37,000,000 24, Colo. Fuel and Iron, 12,000,000 Z Federal Steel 53,000,000 4 National Steel 27.000,000, 3 National Tube ...... 40.000,000 3 Pressed Steel Car.,., ,12.000.000 3 Republic Steel ' 25,000.000 U. S. Rubber. 10.000,000 i General Electric .... 30,000,000 3 Standard Oil ........ . 100,000,000 ; 5 The next day Rockefeller made a contribution to a negro school of fifty thousand dollars. . The ministers will get their share later. - Taking out Rockefeller's contribution to the re publican campaign fund and the con science doles which he will make, he cleared up as clean, profits in less than forty minutes over four- million dolT lars. The Independent would like some pop to tell us bow we are to fight that sort of thing. Will Increase the Army At a conference between Adjutant General Corbin and Senator Proctor of the senate committee on military affairs relative to legislation in con nection with the increase of . the army, both of these prominent republican leaders announce that It is the inten tion of the coming administration to very materially increase the regular army. Senator Proctor said: "Under the existing law the practical strength of the army of sixty-five thousand reg ulars and 35,000 volunteers will be re duced on the first day of next July to 27,000 regulars. This is an absurdly small number and congress will be asked by the president to reorganize the army upon a larger basis. It will be impossible to keep any troops In the Philippines unless the army is in creased, to say nothing of the garri sons for the forts in this country. "My own judgment is that congress will provide a regular army of about fifty-five thousand men, with discre tion to the president to raise the total to 100.000 if he finds the larger num ber necessary. "I have no doubt that this legislation will be enacted at the coming session.'': When it is remembered that Senator Proctor stands close to the president it is practically certain, that he speaks for the administration in the inter view which he has given out and truth of the prediction made by fusion leaders during the - campaign just closed, that an Increased army would be a part of the policy of the present administration at the polls is already apparent, . -. Rice Trust . Organized The incorporators of the American Rice Growers'- Distributing company was announced in Chicago Monday. The capital stock is $15,000,000, - of which $7,500,000' Is reported paid in. Chicago merchants credit John W. Gates with being, the prime mover in the new corporation, principally to control the southern crop. Mr. Gates is at present out; of the city. The scheme contemplated is to buy the bulk of the domestic rice under con tract with the growers, to sell their crops for a stipulated figure for a per iod of four years, with the privilege of extending the contract. The guaran teed prices to growers are understood to be , somewhat .in excess of the present price, - . . NOW FOR CUBA Republican Papers Already Begin to De mand the Annexation of The Is land of Cuba, Any man who has watched affairs in Cuba well knows that Mark Hanna and McKinley never intended to give Cuba independence. The form of the military order assembling the consti tutional conventions said so in almost so many words. We will have another war down in Cuba before the next year ends. That is right That is what the people voted for. Don't let any populist oppose it. Now that the election is over the leading republi can papers begin to speak out on' the subject. In an editorial entitled "Shall Cuba Be Given Away," the Chicago Inter-Ocean says: "Mr. Frank A. Munsey, In Munsey's Magazine for November, asks a ques tion that has been in the minds of thousands of Americans for the past year. This is in brief, 'Shall the Unit ed States, after a loss of 9,000 lives and the expenditure of $400,000,000 in the interest of Cuba, give the Island away? Shall the problem be treated in a sentimental or a common-sense, business way?' "Fundamentally, Mr. Munsey con tends, Cuba has cost us every life that has been lost, every soldier that has been maimed, and every dollar that has been spent in the Spanish war, and in the complications growing out of it. The total number of deaths in the United States army from May 1, 1898, to June 30, 1899, was 6,619. A fair es timate makes the total 9,000 up to date. The cost of our army and navy, in the fiscal year ending with June, 1897, an average year of peace, was $83,512, 000. For the next twelve months the cost was $150,806,000, an increase of $67,294,000, wholly due to the war with Spain. For thef year ending with June, 1899, our military expenditures were $293,648,000, an increase of $210,136,000 over 1897. This year's expenditures, it is estimated, will bring the increased cost of army and navy, since we de manded that Spain should relinquish Cuba, up to $400,000,000. "Mr. Munsey says bluntly that the proposition that we get nothing for this outlay of human life and vast sum of money is the greatest charity scheme of the century. He holds that we are doing this simply because in the exciting times in the spring of 1898, just, prior to the declaration of war, congress adopted a resolution, disclaiming on the part of the United States any-disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, . jurisdiction or control over Cuba except for the paci fication thereof. "The general view is that this res olution presented a question of na tional honor which the country must live up to. . Mr. Munsey declares the resolution was an out-and-out blunder and contends that it should be regard ed as a mistake and acknowledged as a mistake. The resolution was not the result of a diplomatic agreement between our government and another, nor between our government and the struggling Cubans. Therefore; there is no question of breaking faith with any one. It was a voluntary act on the part of congress, and congress has the right to abrogate it. "The contention of the Inter Ocean has been from the first that congress adopted this resolution in the belief that Cuba had a fairly well organized government and an army of almost sufficient size, to fight her own battles. It is well known that when our troops landed in Cuba they found no organ ized government and no army worthy of the name. The United States in the campaign that followed had to fight the battles against the Spaniards, had to bring order out of chaos when war was over, had to send millions of dol lars to the island to pay the Cuban .soldiers and to save the people from starvation. "The writer in Munsey's Magazine, putting aside sentimental considera tions, argues that In the interest of the Cubans and Cuba, in the interest of the United States and Americans, the people should demand of all par ties a revocation of the resolution. Congress promised the Cubans a stable government,' freedom from tyranny, and the same conditions that prevail in this country, and this promise can best be kept by making Cuba a part of the United States." WILL PRACTICE ECONOMY The "Northwestern Kailraod Company Will Close up All Small Laks. Believing strongly in the efficacy of the old adages, economy is wealth and drops of water make the mighty ocean, the man in charge of the supply de partment of the Chicago & Northwest ern railroad has" set about to save an nually to the carrying company be tween $20,000 and $25,000 which he believes in the past has been useless ly spent. His crusade against Inju dicious expenditures and extravagant usages recently has been launched, and his plan of reform has brought into play a car which the employes of the road informally have christened the "Economy Special." The Inspector started out with a lot of pencil holders, which he distributed as a means for getting thexgood out of pencil stubs too short to wield ef fectively. It is estimated that every year $300 worth of pencil stubs are thrown away by the employes who have occasion to write and figure. Too many pen points, too, the supply man gave out," were discarded before their usefulness had fully passed. He ordered shopmen, machinemen and .engine cleaners to return their used waste to general headquarters in stead of throwing it away. The old waste now is cleaned by a process and returned for further use. The inspec tor now issues limited amounts of waste, enough to meet the require ments, but not enough to warrant a reckless and extravagant application of it. - Furthermore to make the surplus showings more gratifying to the stock holders the supply agent has ordered that every lampwick be used until there is not enough of it left to con nect with t the oil in the bowl. Tiny pins have been provided to the lamp users to keep the short pieces of wick in position for continued service. Trainmen have been ordered to prac tice more marked economy. They have been given to understand that links, pins, lantern globes, lard oil, flags, torches, torpedoes . and other things in common use are valuable, and that they would be expected to be as careful with them as they could be. HcArthur Looks for Long War There is little encouragement in General MacArthur's annual repor recently made public for those optim ists in the war department who be lieve that the re-election of President McKinley will be followed by the im mediate collapse of the insurrection in the Philippines. "At present and for many years to come," says Gen". MacArthur, "the nec essity of a large American military and naval force is too apparent to ad mit of discussion." This view is concurred in by some of the high officials of the war depart ment. They look forward to a long period of disagreeable warfare. Much is expected to be accomplished by the American troops by the time the withdrawal of the volunteers com mences. General MacArthur is to take the field in person. There are now 413 garrisoned military posts in the isl ands. Some of the least important of these are to be abandoned and the troops so rendered available are to be organized into flying columns for the purpose of hunting down and exter minating insurgent forces wherever they can be located. Particular effort will be made to capture arms and am munition. True And Needful The salvation of the republic lies in these, living ideas which Bryan has up held and which the nation will as suredly enforce upon those who con tinue to defy them. This will be Bry an's reward. If the people seem to have turned aside from his teachings . now they will return to it because it is eternally true and needfub Long, be fore the boasted four years more of McKinley have passed with its trium phant partnership of imperial ambi tion and corporate greed, the Ameri can people will rise against it for their own defense. . Then they will remem ber and recognize the work of William J. Bryan in the great campaign of 1900 and will accordd. him the honor that he has nobly earned. Philadel phia Times. NEW TRUST ORGANIZED Fourteen Concerns In the Manufacture of Steel Reach a Common Agreement The negotiations which have been in progress among manufacturers of steel plates for the past three weeks relative to the formation of a pooling agreement of these interests, has been successfully concluded at a conference in New York. An agreement to which fourteen concerns are said to be sub csribers, was reached and prices were advanced $2 per ton. This follows an advance of the same amount made about two weeks ago. The new base price is 5.55 cents per pound for Pitts burg. Other conferences of iron and steel men are now In progress, though thus far these are said to have been infor mal. There appears to be a general expectation that the' price of billets will be advanced shortly and the price also of bar iron. Roberts After Cuba Philadelphia, Nov. 8. Following a meeting of Philadelphia and Canadian capitalists in this city last night, Sir William C. Van Home, chairman of theboard of directors of the Canadian Pacific railroad, and his son, R. B. Van Home of Montreal, sailed from here today on the. steamer Admiral Sampson for Santiago, where they will make an effort to secure options on all horse and trolley lines in Cuba and also on all sugar plantations In the Isl and. The departure of the two men was the result of the permanent or ganization at last night's meeting of the Cuba company, with a capital of $20,000,000. Those present at the meet ing besides Sir William and R. B. Van Home were William L. Elkins and Thomas Dolan of this 'city, R. A. C. Smith, president of the Cuba Mail Steamship company; Percival Farqu har of New York and Dr. T. W. Shep hard and M. L. Evans of Montreal. Marcus Jaly Dead , Marcus Daly, one of the leading mine-owners of the world, sixty years old, died in , his apartments In the Hotel Netherlands In New York Mon day. Dilitation of the heart and Bright's disease of the kidneys, .with resultant complications, were the im mediate causes of the death, though Mr. Daly's illness dated back several years. He had suffered severely dur ing the last two months, but the end was painless. . Breathing fumes of arsenic in smelt ers where copper ore from his mines were treated, and living in the high altitudes of the Montana mountains weakened his heart. He realized that his constitution had broken, but not soon enough to give himself opportun ity to recuperate. - ... , . .. t WALL STREET BOOMS Trust Stork go Kiting Skyward aisd the Trust Magnates Make Forty Mil lions in Thirty Minutes. ; From the reports of special corre spondents as- well as from the regular financial columns of the great dallies, if their reports are only half true, there was a scene on the stock ex change in New York the next clay af ter McKinley was elected such a was never . seen before. The amount of stock that has been issued by the great trusts Is known to all. It will taks but little figuring to show that the ad vance in trust stocks the first thirty five 'minutes after the board wan op ened, made the magnates forty million richer than they were the day before. If they gave Mark Hanna twenty mil lion to help carry the election, they made in less than forty minutes twen ty millions by the transaction. , The question in the future will be how any party can flght against a thing s like that. The financial correspondent of the Chicago Record gives the follow ing description of the scene: New York, Nov. 7. Buoyancy be yond all precedent ruled today on. the stock exchange, total trading being much in excess of all previous records, final figures showing large net gain? throughout the entire list. The open ing was attended with much excite ment, and so great was the prees of orders that in a number of Instances commissions were refused. Initial figures marked gains of from one to four points, with the so-called trust stocks and standard railway shares most in demand. Following the excitement attending the opening, trading returned to nor mal conditiors. The advance in prices did not halt, however, but in stead went steadily forward, and this in spite of large realizing sales both for local and London account the selling from the last source being put down in some quarters at the net con sequential total of 100,000 shares. Even professional traders who were looking for a reaction after the sus tained rise of last week and today's early dealings were confotind.'d by the strength shown, all predictions going awry. ' The-buying, however, was on such a large scale that it is not surprising that the strength of the market was maintained. 1 Professionalism was much in evidence while public buy ing, in which western interests joined to no small extent, was heavy. The ease of money, the call rate at one time falling as low as 1 per cent in marked contrast to the 25 per cent fig ure on Monday, tended to increase the better feeling, while confidence was also added by the excellent statements of earnings put out by a number of representative railway systems, in cluding Southern railway, Missouri Pacific and Norfolk & Western. Notable gains were scored, through out the list. The steel stocks wet e sent sharply upward. Steel Hooj), Steel and Wire, Tinplate, Colorado Fuel and Iron, Federal Steel and Pressed Steel Car showing advances all the way from 2 to 4 points each. Peoples Gas rose 2 points, Consoli dated 5 and large gains were made in all the gas stocks. Tobacco shares displayed great strength, the American selling up an even 4 points, while Con tinental rose over 2. Local street rail way issues shares in the rush of prices upwardd, Manhattan and Metropolitan each marking quotations 4 points higher for the day. Among the noteworthy advances of the day were Pennsylvania 5 points, Tennessee Coal and Iron 3, Third Avenue 3, New York Air Brake ex ceeding 5, New York Central over 3, General Electric 3 and Brooklyn Union Gas 4. American Ice, common and preferred, Baltimore & Ohio com mon and preferred, the 'Atchisons, Burlingtons, Missouri Pacific, North ern Pacific common and preferred rose from 1 to 2 points each, while the coal stocks exhibited like buoyancy. Matt Quay on Top Again Washington, D. C, Nov. 8, Former Senator M. S. Quay, who will " leave here tomorrow morning for Florida, tonight gave out the following State ment for publication: "The contest of Tuesday resulted in a sweeping victory for the stalwart re publicans of the state. The senate will be organized by the regulars, no mat ter about the statements to the con trary made by the hostile newspapers or insurgents. Senator W. P. Snyder of Chester county will be elected presi dent pro tern of the senate, and Repre sentative W. T. Marshall, a stalwart from Allegheny county, will be elected United States senator by about 150 out of a total vote of 254 on the first bal lot In joint assembly." Colorado Women And then, the women! God bless the women of Colorado. Never In political annals has there been such an uprising of pure, unselfish women, striving to advance the great prin ciples for which the silver forces and Mr. Bryan stood, and to keep untar nished the good name and fame of their beloved state. Denver News. Price of Salt Advanced The National Salt company Monday put up the price of common table salt of a fair quality to $2.50 per 100 lbs.' The price before was $1.10 per 100 pounds for the same grade. The. Na tional Salt company controls directly 95 per cent of the salt output of the country, and Is able Indirectly to dom inate the remaining 5 per cent of the production. The mines of the company, : which is known as the salt trust, are in Michigan. . - - . t Ml 4 - -5