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l!niUlIi!in!lI!iniH!lli!ni!!!IIl!!l!!IIl!lll!!lllI!III!!I!llillil!llillllllllllIllllllllll 1 OUR ANNUAL dt I MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE I 1 Commerces Wednesday, Jan. 2, 19C1. 1 Tti i always a kioked for rent on account of these features : . . J H Excellent quality of Material, EE Finest Workmanship, H" Exclusive Designs, and Lowest Prices. S Out Usirw,Ir uc in a Factory clean and eanitary in every rp"'. ruarased to be of con sweat shop origin. Thousands - of garsieot wiii befcusd on display with Gown from 5QC to ffj 00 each Drawer 23c to t3 50 f'r EE Skirt . 50c to $12 50 EE r Cort Covers 10c to S3 50 ch E &hort Skirt 39c to $3 50 each A MajaiSeett Collection. EE We woali like you to see EE tie Display. h Lincoln, Nebr. lHllI!i!!in!!llll!!;!I!liI!!l!Il!l!ll!ll!ll!lIIIIIII!l!llllllilllll!lli!l!lll!lll!!lllllllR WHAT AN INFAMY With ttmr Cmi Irm th Srfac, Wltk Ltm UW Ci, yet Mill ! M41a mm Tariff. A writer In tie CLirago Record In d:ru!c iiacsa's subsidy ateal makes as arra-aent aloes tlse &acjr lints tSat The Independent has ba mak'.BC for the tat few year. Tl.e roal DtfiH of Europe ha all bn worked to great depth., tbtlr Iron oar j has to be transported long Utance while we tare mountain of iron on ifc furfare and unlimited supplies of the ht real la the world which for the mol prt la alM on the surface. The Lator cot of manufacturing in the t"cit4 Stat-, while w- pay higLrr ware, la also 1 than it 1 in Eurojw. It has lose ben concd-d that an American laborer, with his tetter M oratloa and inv-iitive ability. i about jua! to two Eslihnj-n or (Jermass and more t tan two of othr Eui; au rations. Thi writer after discussing txr coal supply and tracrpo nation farllitJea ay: Ojr position In the iron and stel world la very similar to that of coal. While American manufacturer Lave practically inexhaustible supplies of raw material at their very doors their great competitors Ormany and Eng land are at a corresponding disad vantage of being dependent, to a large degree, oa Imported ore; tLe formi upplylag it tev In great part from the xa likes of Bwedea. the latf-r from Hpain. Our ucrea in the competitive flel! is o marked and la advancing by brh leaps and bounds that ilifstra- j flora la proof of it are scarcely neces sary to the average reader. During the cal rear ended June SO. Ut. j Canada's imports of dutiable articles In the Iron and steel liars from Great Britain and the relied States, respec tively, were a fallo: Krom th former. tZ?JL21: from the latter. $44,171.11. The Canadian Manufac turer observes that lhe preponderance of trade is overwhelmingly in favor of American manufactures, and. tariff preference in favor of British goods to the contrary not withstanding. Ameri cas taasafactarers are takmg the cream of the business." Yankee in g2ity exacts tribute from th world in It locomotive, steel rails, railroad roaches, etc I need only mention the jurats African bridge contract just won by Americans to the infiaite dH appcictmect of their British rivals. Hut why multiply evidences of a fart mf ritect to asr one bo lays cia.m ! to even ordinary intelligence ? In the matter of electrical machinery and appliances. American skill easily leads the world. A French writer commenting recently on the great dan ger to European states that lay in the sharp competition of this "levia than people observed, among other thlzgs. that -American manufacturers export their iron and motors, their raach:ncry and galvanic wires to Cap Colony: that electrical tramways ar. forged in the foundries of Pittsburg to connect Cairo with the Pyramids. Our recent achievements in England mieht be noted- The triumph of the i.ftitea iif activity ia especially pronounced T last but by to means last im portant item which I shall notice is that of laber. That in hi int-UJgence, steady habits and natural p:Ituie the American laborer his no rival no cao -il! question, ilacaulay. writing for ty yeirs gc. said: "No such wide dif fusion f t the ideas, iajetes and senti ments of educated minds bus ever bet. sren elsewhere, or even conceived as attsaeab. Ia his report on the Nem York exhibition of 13 the Kn commtioner. commenting on the av erage intelligence of Americans, said: "We have a few great engineers Mtxd mechanics, and a larg boy of clever workmen, but the Americans seem likely to become a whole nation of u.'h people. Tl-ee observations have beea more than substantiated ty tbe halT ctctcry following their ut terance. Dr. Krtncik A. Walker says the American has no qua! in the re spects of strength, intelligent direction nf fcrce and ability to use machinery to advantafe In the list-named qual ification lies, to a marked degree, it s recret of our great achievements as a competitive factor In the markets of the world. The German authority 33cti above, peaking of tie ue of mchtnety a this country, says: "In America we find wrhat seems to us an jutonishIng substitution of machinery for masoaJ labor. Only in the most necessary details is hand labor now employed. Only a short time ago Prof. Cclemas Sellers of Franklin In stitute, recounting an experience, said he ksew instances In which labor saving math it ry'tbat was cheapening the octput in a particular clas ct hardware in America wfcen Introduced into Engkind failed entirely and brought discredit to the member of the firm who had recommended its purchase. Mr. John Burns, M. P., freaking of the employing class In this country paid them this distin guished compliment: "The American employers' captains of Industry are more inventive, adaptable and assimi lative, less hidebound in their con ceits, more versatile to Inventive and Initiative efforts than their kinsmen across the sea." All who understand how dependent tht. Industrlal situation in any country is upon this particular class will read ily appreciate his words. It is tho natural outgrowth of a highly devel oped industrial system, and. without its aid. no nation could command its own trade (tariff barriers aside), far Uts become a factor In the world's market. Instances almost without end could be given of the great su nt riority of the American laborer over those of any other land. Granting that he receives more wages than his foreign competitor, is not the differ ence a nominal one? The secretary of a London firm that manufactures min ing machinery both in Chicago and in England in a recent article says: "The English works are as well fitted with labor-saving machinery as the Ameri can. The average pay roil of the Am erican works is about 40 per cent high er than the English. Owing, however, to the superiority of the American ovtr the Englishman, the actual cost of labor on product is more in the Erglish works than abroad." Indeed, is it not a fact that higher wages may mean even cheaper cost of production then where lower wages are paid? In comparing the cost of constructing railroad in India and England, for in stance, it was found that though tho ! Indian laborer received but 4 to G pence a day and the English laborer 3 shillings to 3 shillings 6 pence (about seven times as much) for the same per iod, the sub-contracts in both coun tries were let at the same prices. The English cotton spinned Is paid as many shillings as the East Indian spinner gets pence, yet the cotton clotfc of England undersells that of India in Indian markets. In view of the foregoing facts, and also of the well-known truth that mil lions of dollars are extorted annually from the people of this country In the name of patriotism, but at the in stance of greed, through our tariif regulations, whereby the very articles which the tariff was devised to protect are shipped thousands of miles, and. ! after paying insurance and transpor tation charges, sold in open, notorious und successful competition with the very articles against which that tariff war enacted I say. in the light of thebe incontrovertible facts and many others too numerous to mention in the compass of a single article, one wo-ild think the despoilers had reaped to satiety. But in the corrupt ship su'fidy bill now pending before con gress we wltnets the same, men. mcutbing their usual cant about our country, one. flag, etc.. making a de termined effort to add one more insult to the intelligence of the American people, one more infamy to the already crowded list, what a sweet spectacle for the delectation of the advocate of i -.! rights for . all. snecial nrivil- cg?s for none."- What a travesty! COLONIES OR TERRITORIES Supreme Court Muit Decide Whether the Constitution CoTfrt New Territories. Washington. D. C. Dec. 21, 1900. (Special Correspondence.) Attorney Gtneral Griggs, speaking for the ad ministration, has declared to the su preme court that, unless its decision Interferes, the president will pursue a colonial policy which will keep the insular possessions outside the opera tion if the constitution. In the argument of the Goetze case now going on before the supreme court, the administration forces throw aside the masks used before election and declare for imperialism. Attorney General Griggs holds that the states which framed the constitu tion were providing only for their own liberties and had no notion of extend ing such privileges to all territory which might afterward be acquired. This republican declaration shows clearly the difference between the two great political parties. The republican party, elated by its success in a gen eral election and secure in the accord ance of the legislative and executive branches of government, proposes to bend all its energies toward making the United States the autocrat over the destinies of more than ten millions of peopie who are at our mercy through the fortunes of war. Throwing aside the constitution and the Declaration of Independence, an irrespontib!e congress proposes to sub jugate and then exploit as slaves, a people who have as much right to bo free as we have. Will the supreme court permit the constitution to be set aside? Will it sanction this departure of the nation from every precedent of liberty and equality on which t was founded? Will the six republican judges vote to uphold the policy of their party and reduce the three democrats on the berch to a condition of ineffectual pro test? - It is to te hoped that the supreme court will rise above partisan consid erations and make itself respected as the arbiter and exponent of the funda mental principles of justice and right. History is against it. The court al lowed itself to . divide on party lines on the only great issue which ever re quired an application of the prin ciples of higher statesmanship. We stand betweon two centuries. Will the advent of the new century see us deserting the principles of our fore fathers and entering upon a policy where corporate power and trust mil lions will sway every department of government. It seems likely. . The civic federation of Chicago has just been holding a conference on "ar bi .ration." This federation is a sort of millionaires' club which holds oc casional conferences on matters of public interest. It advertises the ut most willingness to hear every side of every question ciscussec. The first conferences always found capitalistic sentiment very much in the majority. The trust conference last summer was not entirely satisfactory to the pro moters. The people who disliked trusts made themselves too numerous. The latest conference on arbitration was really humorous from some points of view. Of course the usual invita tions were issued to labor leaders, but it was not expected that they were go ing to flock to the conference in great numbers at their own expense. It happened, however, that the con ference came Immediately after tho adjournment of the annual convention of the American federation of labor at Louisville, Ky. So labors' veterans hied themselves to Chicago with great cheerfulness and proceeded to tell the assembled employers and the generoiib public just what they thought of arbi tration especially the compulsory brand of the article. There has been a good deal of care less talk about compulsory arbitration since Henry D. Lloyd came home from New Zealand and declared that it op erated successfully there. Employers would like the sort of compulsory arbitration which would prevent laborers from quitting work if their wages were cut. The growth of imperialism at home has made many employers believe that the wage worker has altogether too much free dom. Leaders of organized labor came to the conference and declared strongly against compulsory arbitration. They brought out the point that arbitra tion and conciliation have only made progress where labor was organized and in a position to meet the employ ers on equal terms. In fact that la boring men told employers and politic ians a good many home truths and in decidedly blunt manner. Some of the employers scheduled to speak did not appear. Others adopted a most conciliatory tone. Altogether the conference was a disappointment to the promoters.. The civic federation has a habit of gathering up material that will be valuable for the republi can party, but it failed decidedly in this instance. Probably there will not be another conference for some time. Now the state department confesses that it drew up the Hay-Pauncefote treaty just as presented and that the Untish ambassador did not cross a t" nor dot an "i". How pleasant to Ww that the state department volun tarily sacrificed the rights of this country in order to curry favor with Great Britain. EVA M'DONALD VALESH. THAT ENGLISH TREATY A Reriew In Popular Language of Its Provisions What England Gets and What We Retain. The technical language of diplom acy is a style that Americans are not familiar with not the best educated. A treaty written in English needs a translation about as much as if it were written in Chinese. The follow ing, from, the Denver News is a fair translation of it, : Read it and form your own judgment. Some of our esteemed local contem poraries fceem to be of the opinion that the amendments to the Hay-Pauncefote, treaty permit the United States to fortify the Nicaragua canal. They don't do anything of the kind. On the contrary, amendments which would have allowed fortification were voted down in the senate. t The privileges which the United States demands for itself by virtue of the mere trifle of paying nearly $300, 000,000 for the canal are reasonably" important, but they do not include the right to fortify. The treaty provides that :The United States shall construct and pay for the canal and shall have the right to regulate and manage it. The cana! shall be free and open in time of war or peace to vessels of all nations on. terms of equality. The canal never shall be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised or any act of hostility be committed within it. Vessels fit war of belligerents shall not take stores aboard in the canal ex cept when strictly neces-sary, and shall proceed . through the canal with the least possible delay. No belligerent shall embark or dis embark troops or war material in the canal except in case of accident, and transit must be resumed with all pos sible dispatch. The same provisions apply to water3 within three marine miles of both ends of the canal. Vessels of war of a bel ligerent shall not remain in those wa ters more than twenty-four hours at one time. A vessel of war of one bel ligerent shall not leave the canal with in twenty-four hours of the departure of a vessel of another belligerent. But and here is the meat of the amendments it Is agreed that none of the foregoing stipulations or limit ations shall apply to measures which the 'miv.'d Sta. miy find it necessary to take to secure the defense of the United States and the maintenance of public order. ' The United" States may close the canal against the vessels of. a country at war with it;' it may block ade the canal, - load or unload . stores and munitions of war In it, disembark an army in.lt, follow the veels of a belligerent without the intervention oj twenty-four hours, and use Lake Nic aragua, in the center of the canal, as a rendezvous for a fleet of any size, which might be moved rapidly to eith er end of the canal for its defense or to either coast of America. After making the above exception in favor of the United States, the treaty goes on to provide that the plant and buildings of the ca-.ai shall be con sidered part of it; and shall enjoy im munity in time of . war, as well as in time of peace, from injury by belliger ents and from acts calculated to im pair their usefulness. The next provision is as follows: "No fortifications . shall be erected commanding the canal or the .waters adjacant. The United States, how ever, shall be at liberty to maintain such police along the cana' as may be necessary to protec it against law lessness and disorder." The rules are the same as those which apply to the Suez canal, with the exception of the rights specially reserved to the United States. The terms of the treaty, if observed, pro tect the canal from injury by Great Britain, even if engaged in war with the United States. Whether or not the canal nay be used by the British to throw a fleet, from the Atlantic against the west coast of the United States depends upon-the strength of the naval and military force which the United States can place in the way. The defenses must be men and ships instead of forts. It may be pointed out, however, that in case of need there would be little trouble in making the canal impassable. The proposed reference of the treaty to other powers, with an invitation to become parties to it, having been stricken out, the agreement' will be between the United States and Great Britain alone, instead of between all countries, as in the case of the Suez canal. While a general neutralization of the canal would be, to some extent, a step in the direction of universal harmony and peace, the senate wisely refused to permit .the whole world to establish alleged rights on any part of the American continent. The Suez canal was built bjr a corporation, and not by a government. Practically, though not geographically, it lies iu the heart of Europe, and ?.ll countries of Europe have an immediate interest in it. The Nicaragua canal is to be built by the American nation mainly for, American use,-. and we could not permit the world to assume joint juris diction over it. The quasi-partnership of Great Britain is repugnant enough, without taking in a lot of other part ners, even though it enlists the Brit ish in the protection of the canal. In case of war between the United States and Great Britain the terms of the treaty, probably would make little difference, because war suspends trea ties between the belligerents. In case of war between the United States and some other nation than Great Britain, it would seem to be the duty of the British to help.? to enforce the rules forthe protection of the canal. In casa of war between jtwo nations other than Great Britain apd the United States, both "parties ..tot-.-the treaty are obli gated to protoct';the canal. In case of war between Great Britain and some other nation .than the United States the protection of the canal would rest in the hands of this country. The markets Chicago Cash Quotations, Wednes day: Wheat No. 3 spring, 6671c; No. 2 red, 7274c Corn No. 2, 36c; No. 2 yellow, 36c. Oats No. 2, 22c; No. 2 white, 25 26c; No. 3 white. 2425c. v Rye No. 2, 50H57c. Barley Malting, 52 57c. Flaxseed No. 1, $1 57; No. 3 northwestern, $1 61. Prime Timothy Seed $4 50. Mess Pork $11 1211 25. Lard $6 857 00. Short Ribs $6 256 50. Dry Salted Shoulders 5 6c. Short Clears $6. 60 6 70. Whisky $1 27. . Clover Contract grade $10 0010 25. Butter Creamery, 1523c; dairy, 1220c. Cheese Dull; lOOllc. Eggs Fairy active; fresh, 20c. Cattle Good to prime steers, $5 25 6 10; poor to medium, $3 755 20; selected, feeders, $3 754 35; mixed stockers, $2 503 75; cows, $2 504 25; heifers, $2 604 50; canners, $1 75 2 45; bulls, $2 504 25; calves, $4 00 5 50. Hogs Mixed and butchers, $4 75 5 07; good to choice heavy, $4 85 5 10; rough heavy, $4 754 80; light, $4 755 07. Sheep Good to choice wethers. $3 85 4 75; fair to choice mixed. $3 40 3 ,90; native lambs, $4 255 75; west ern lambs, $5 00 5 65. SOUTH OMAHA LIVE STOCK. . Cattle. Representative sales Wednesday: Beef Steers. No. o 2. 20., 4. 11. Av. Pr. No. Av. Pr. . 860 $3 25 23 1072 $4 43 . 900 4 50 19 1247 4 80 . .1439 4 85 21 1312 5 00 v Cows. . 862 $2 40 3 1126 $3 00 .1182 3 15 6.... 1050 3 25 Hogs. Average prices paid for hogs for the last several days, with comparisons: 1900 1899 1898 1897 1891 Dec. 17... 4. 82 3.26 3.31 4.13 4.13 4.07 4.11 4.15 Dec. 18... .... 3.98 Dec. 19...4,763.92 3.28 Dec. 20...4.793.94 3.28 3.31 3.33 Dec 21.. .4.81 1.01 3.32 3.28 Dec 22. ..4.80 4.02 3.34 Dec 23... 4.04 3.37 3.24 3.14 3.21 Dec 24... 4.86 3.47 3.26 .4.13 Dec. 26... 4.89 4. U 3.50 4.17 Indicates Sunday. Sheep. Quotations: .Choice fed wethers, $3 85 4 15; fair to good wethers, $3 00 3 90; choice yearlings, $4 104 35; fair to good yearlings, $3 904 10; choice ewes, $3 253 60; fair to good ewes, $3 003 25; choice spring lambs, $4 755 25; fair to good spring lambs, $4 505 00; feeder ewes. $3 25$4 00; feeder wethers, $3 50 3 75 ; feeder lambs, $4 Q04 ;40. . . Patronize our advertisers, v . r Scientific Miscellany Flesh Foods The Soil as a Heat In sulatorThe Earth With an Arti- flcial . Flora White Lead by Elec , tricity Measuring Steam An Elec tric Grate Fire Yellow Glasses Sausage Disease Poisoning Through the Skin Welded Aluminum. What has thus far been learned about flesh fooda has been collected in a new English work by C. A. Mitchell It corrects the serious, but common mistake of supposing that meat ex tracts have any value as food and points out that Liebig expressly stated that his extract of meat was to be re garded as a stimulant, like tea or cof fee, and not as a food. While some products have, eight or ten per cent of meat fiber added to give some food value, a large quantity would be need ed to give the nourishment of an egg. A matter of much importance is the detection of diseased meat, which can not always be done with certainty by chemical means, and the microscope shows bacteria of all forms in sound as well as diseased meat. Certain tests are to be learned by long practice. A striking observation of the slow ness with which heat penetrates the soil has been made in Australia by Sir Charles Todd: In a hot wave lasting from the -7th to the 18th of February, the temperature was above 100 degrees on five , days and above 90 degrees on ten days. On the 8th the temperature at' the Adelaide observatory was 71.5 degrees at three feet below the surface, and 67.50 at eight feet. On the 18th the readings were 73.6 and 68.4 de grees, respectively, an increase in the ten hot, days of only 2.1 degrees and 0.9 degree. In this season of prophesy, the pic ture of the future earth should include the ;flora at a time when the native plants and fruits shall have been "im proved" out. of existence. Note the chrysanthemum as an illustration of the evolution. In its native Chinese home this is a poor weed, with yel low flower-heads scarcely a half inch long, yet from it the Chinese and Ja panese have obtained flowers of every shade except blue, and gardeners have increased their size to 15 to 18 inches in diameter. A new determination, by M. Per rotin, places the velocity of light at 186,238 miles per second. Another industrial transformation through the use of electricity is looked for - by Mr. E. Bailey of York, Eng. He uses the. electric arc for volatilizing pig lead, and exposes the metallic va por to suitable gases for converting it into carbonate of lead the white lead of commerce and other lead com pounds. The apparatus being hermet ically sealed, the usual great risk-of poisoning is removed. The fumes pass into canvas-roofed chambers, where the fine dry powdered white lead falls down while the uncondensible gases escsape through the canvas. Grind ing, washing, drying and other objec tionable processes of the present dan gerous industry are made unnecessary. It is claimed that this rapid and direct method of manufacture will cheapen the cost at least 50 per cent under us ual conditions, and that the economy may be even greater with water pow er or cheap fuel. The steam meter of A. Friedeberg of Berlin is a simple but Ingenious de vice placed in a horizontal length of the main through which the steam passes. It consists of a flap plate, act uating through a sector and rack a conical plug valve in the top of the main, and as the steam flows through the pipe this plate rises toward a hori zontal position, opening the valve to a degree corresponding to the amour t of steam passing. The quantity of steam being used is readily determined from that escaping through the valve. This is condensed, and either permit ted to flow into a measuring tank pro vided with a glass gage, or is made to fall upon a bucket wheel whose rev olutions are indicated upon a counter arranged to show the corresponding steam-flow through the main. The luminous electric radiator of Dowsing has been adapted to serve as a coal fire. A bright copper frame work imitating an open fire grate re flects the light of four special incan descent lamps, and the heat of the radiating surface warms a current of air that by suitable channels is made to flow out into the room. Yellow and yellowish-green eye glasse are fo und by Drs. Dolganoff and Klimovitch to be of advantage in protecting the eyes from strong violet rays, as when working under an elec tric arc, or from ordinary violet rays when the eye sight is weakened, and possibly for aiding distant vision. One of the latest new diseases is traced to imperfectly cured sausages. It differs from poisoning by putrefying meat, and in the epidemic observed, af fecting three adults and five children, it was at first thought 'to be diph theria. Its specific organism, bacillus botulinus, has been isolated and found to generate a toxin producing effects like the poisons of tetanus and diph theria. The symptoms do not appear for 12 to 24 hours. The disease be gins with indisposition, vomiting and diarrhoea, followed by difficult breath ing and prostration. The skin and mu cous membranes become very dry. The mouth ulcerates, red patches appear in the throat, often with a grayish membrance, and there is constipation and hoarseness or cough. Death may occur after a considerable period of wasting, or within eight or ten days from paralysis of respiration. A new lesson in the handling of poi sons is conveyed by a recent singular case in England. A farm laborer, re turning from town, helped some men unload a quantity of timber, and in so doing spilled half a pint of carbolic acid upon his clothes from a bottle in his pocket. Being given a ride, he was soon noticed to be swaying in his seat, when he was helped home as in toxicated.". He died on reaching the house, and the physician summoned, finding that the caustic acid had spread over much of the body, con cluded that death resulted from ab sorption of the acid. The welding of alumnium is a dis covery "of ,W. C. Heraeus of Hanau. It WHEN OTHERS FAIL CONSULT a SEARLES & SEARLES Main Office Lincoln; Neb. SPECIALISTS IN NerTous, Chronte wad Private Diseases. WEAK MEN 'BE; All priyate diseases and dis orders of men. Treatment by mail ; consultation free. Syphilis cured Tor life. All forms o! female weak ness and Diseases of Wo men. Electricity Enables us to gnarantee to cure all canes cnrable of the nose, throat, cheet, stoinacn, lirer, blood, skin and kidney diseases. 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In proof of this he tells of a house that was carried away by a flood and landed in a very unusual position, when, though perfectly stationary, it caused persons entering it to become seasick. News of the Week McKinley outdoes the monarchs of Europe in many ways. In nearly ev ery nation on earth the monarch is forbidden by law to receive presents. President Jefferson absolutely refused to receive a present of any kind while he was in office. One of his personal friends sent a cane, and he not only returned that cane, but wrote him a very sharp letter concerning the im propriety of sending it. But McKin ley is not that way. He will accept anything that anybody will give him. The Washington correspondents say that more than a carload of presents were unloaded at the White house Christmas day. New Year's day is yet. to come and he will probably get another carload on that day. This making of the president of this great republic a mendicant and receiver of gifts from every one who thinks that a favor thus bestowed will help him when the pie is given out, is the most disgraceful thing that ever occurred in this nation. The fake reports about the return of the voluntesrs from the Philippines turned out just as The Independent said they would. Sunday's dispatches state positively that orders for tho return of the volunteers had been countermanded and none of them would be started for home until a new army was organized and landecr in the islands to take the place of the volun teers. Any one except a mullet head would have known that without be ing told. The senatorial situation is the puz zle that most of the politicians are. trying to solve and it seems to be be about this: Thompson has about twenty votes pledged to stand by him. Rosewater has about fifteen, Meikle john five. 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