m riTcirrx fault foods;
MfCla COIB.
MUSOOCK'S PUNS SvXCta.
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TOUW QWQOFR HAS THCM AWL.
California Oil
Development
Th proMom of chmp fuel for prodiicinn
airam In all citlaiid iiwni in ( 'aliform hot
kmrn tw.vtt v 1 1 led by dcvclopmeiit in differ
ent rait of tlw Mate of rrnde Peirnipum.
feouibxro tJalifurma producing almost ail of
thl ibiM Mtonnmlrsl furl lliree barrels of
crul oil priduces about the -arn amount of
tram an one ion of the bent coal Oil costs
sbout II per barrel, while coal costs f 10 per ton,
tuus t-i orth of crude oM produces a man;
(Mind.nruam a f 10 worth of coal
live moat productive, and of course the moat
profitable oil field In bouthern California In
known as the Fullering field. Wslis i.rotlurlni
IUU to 44 bbu ier day have been eetirpd. com
F antn nitoTatintf in this rleUJ consider too to
ere ample territory to male larne profits from
Tbtjf-k of one comin operating In toe Ful
lerton otl Kleld has adrar.crd In price from a
few eau per share io l0 per share In a few
month Mor-ks In other companies In the
aameftald havi doubled, and quadrupled tn
value ma few days recently.
The. Irtixraatlo al OH Company haa the larg
est asaount of oil land In one body, under one
leas, of any company operating In Southern
aaJIfornta. They hae a twenty year lease on
acres In the Cullerton Kleld The land ha
lieea Inspected hy noted oil eiperti, who art
authority, and pronounced fine oil territory.
They are at work on tbe Brit well, using their
own machinery.
They otter io.000 shares ot the treasury nock,
fmr vmiw. lit), for development purioe at
lac pea- share o slock of the original incor
porator for ia!e (t beln( Hooled No salaried
fftrr until the company Is making money.
Officers and IM rectors all menof standing and
rroioiiiiv m ixs Aneeies. t al., wnere thej
All lire and have, lived for vear.
Hef-renne at to personnel and reliability ol
vw! company- nroaaway turiK a Trust CO.,
Los Anieles. (al.
stock bnughi In this comiany at 25c a share
may in a few months be worth many times Its
oL N'acertlnr:aie Issued for than fort)
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Ttoticia tlutldma, Loa Angeles. Cal or tf
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41 Miles shortest to St. Louis.
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THK ST. LOUIS CANNON BALL."
C-AKT TO LEAVE;
FIRST TO ARRIVE.
Ia Omaha 5:05 p. m.
Arrive St. Louis 7:00 a. m.
Trains leave Union Station dally- for
3L Louis. (Julnry. Kansas City and all
points Kant or South.
Homeaeekers' Excursions on sale 1st
and M Tuesday of each month.
Steamship tickets to all parts of the
world. Kor full Information, call at
O. St L Ticket Office, 1415 Farnam
HL CFUxton Hotel Block), or write,
Harry K. Moores, C. P. A T. A.,
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IMMENSE KANSAS CITY
STORAGE STOCK.
COLD
Commission Man Say That 120.000
Cases of Egas Will Be Stored
Away Thi Summer.
Kancas City. Mo. Half a million dol
fars Is a laifif um to tie Invested in
o small and atiparently Insignificant a
cummodit yas tHB, yet that rt-presents
Hiipr.jxiinat. ly the value of eggs bi-ltiK
Plai cl in cold BturaKf warehounes m
Aanas City thin Hprlng. The seasnn
is ni- at Its lifisht and, before the
close, about 120,0ju caeB, eat h contain
ing thirty dozen eggs, will be laid
away for next winter's use. This is a
much larger quantity than was ever
mured here before. Last spring about
,iO,000 canes were stored in Kansas
City warehouses. The Increase is re
markable for the reanon that few deal
ers made any profit In their venture
last season, while the majority lost XI
to $3 on every case stored. One ex
planation of the Increase is that outside
dealers and speculators are looking
with more favor on Kansas City as a
storing point, and as a market where
they can dispose of their holdings most
satisfactorily.
"It's my opinion that fewer eggs will
be stored the country over than last
year," said Will Murray, manager of
Armour's cold storage, yesterday. "The
dealers In other cities are beginning
to realize the facilities of Kannas City
as a storing point and the advantages
of a big market situated midway be
tween cities on either coast. Experi
ence has taught them that we can fur
nish as good Btorage stock as any of the
big warehouses In the east. We are
continually receiving new business and
many of our old customers are Increas
ing their holdings. A single Kansas
firm has already placed with us about
15,0i)0 cases, more than we ever received
from one firm before. Local dealers
will store more eggs than last year,
owing to prevailing low prices. Many
Texans buy their season's Bupply of
eggs now, when prices are low, and
store them for winter use on their
ranches. We are storing eggs for nu
merous parties in Texas, Colorado, Cal
Ifornla, Missouri, Kansas and Illinois."
There are many Interesting details In
egg handling whlrh are but slightly
known to the average consumer of
poached eggs and omelets. Few people
realize the number of different hands
an egg passes through on its Journey
(roin the nest where It was laid in the
farmyard of the country to the dining
roo mwhere It Is eaten in the city. The
Importance of eggs for use in the arts
and their commercial Importance out
side of their value as a food product
are Interesting. Candling eggs Is an
Important feature of the storage sea
son. It Is a simple process of holding
an egg to the light. In a dark room
for the purpose of determining Its
quality. Handlers, who store eggs,
have learned by experience the neces
slty for eliminating all except the larg
esa, cleanest and freshest eggs from
cafles which are to be carried In stor
age for several months. Charles A.
Moler, head candler at Armour's, has
from ten to thirty men working under
his direction throughout the season
The candling room is long and nurrow,
with benches fitted up around the wall
At short Intervals electric lights are
strung from the celling.
The room has no windows and the
lights are so constructed that only n
ray of light Is admitted. Standing be
fore the light a workman examinee
each egg by holding it up to the light
If the ray shines through the egg clear
ly it is all right so far as quality Is
concerned. Cleanliness and size are two
Important conditions to be reckoned
and eggs must meet all the require
ments before they will be accepted for
storage. The attention paid to candling
has Increased each season. A few years
ago the only candling rooms In Kansas
City were small Inclosed spaces in the
rear of commission houses where only
one man could work at a time. Now
many men consider egg candling their
regular trade and experts are well paid
for their care and efficiency. No one
one can tell whether they have slighted
their work until next winter, when the
eggs are taken out of storage. The
overlooking of one decayed egg may
cause the eggs of the whole, case to
decay, and one case of bad eggs would
spoil dozens. After the eggs have been
candled and selected and packed In
new white wood cases, they are placed
In storage rooms, where a temperature
ot 31 degrees Fohrenhelt Is maintained.
They are held In that temperature un-
tiltaken out next winter.
There are several minor expenses at
tached to storing eggs. Frederick Pap
endlck, a buyer of eggs, figures that,
it present t prices, the cost of storing
case of eggs Is as follows:
Cost of eggs, Including cases $3.00
Interest on money Invested ....... 12
Insurance 6
Candling 10
Storage fee for season 45
Total 3 -72
Consequently the actual cost of eggs
itored will be 11 to 12V4 cents a doen.
Last season eggs cost on an average
(3 to 14H cents, and when taken out of
storage last winter sold for considerably
est.
"Storing eggs Is a speculator's game,
pure and simple," says Mr. Fapendlck,
'In which thousands of dollars are
made or lost every year. Conditions
ifTecling the supply and demand of
the commodity are ever-changing and
It Is Impossible to foretell at the time
tbe eggs arc stored In the spring what
thty will sell for when taken out of
storage and placed on the market In
winter. Many Irregular dealer aiort
a limited number every year for tbe
purpose of supplying their own cus
tomers with low priced eggs during
the holidays. Every year, however,
there are many men who store eggs
with the expectation of selling them at
a good profit. Two years ago unusu
ally high prices were realized, owing
to severe weather.
"Last year mild weather prevailed
generally and reavy supplies of storage
eggs sold at a loss."
Carloads, representing an expenditure
of ::,000 to 12,500, were shipped to the
Pacific coast cities, where they had to
be sold for transportation charges.
Many Kansas City dealers were hard
hit with their losses and In Chicago
many firms were sent to the wall for
the same reason. After such a disas
trous season one would naturally sup
Iise the business would decrease. But,
as losers In all other forms of speculat
ing, the losers hope to make good next
time. The dealers count on wiping out
last year's reverses and making a neat
profit for themselves besides. Conse
quently more money than ever before is
being Invested In storage eggs In Kan
sas City.
ISOLATE CONSUMPTATIVES.
Trenton Will Treat Consumption
A It Does Smallpox.
Trenton, N. J. Consumptives in
Trenton are to be Isolated. This city
Is the first to take this step in an effort
to stop the spread of the disease. At a
meeting of the board of health an
amendment to the code was adopted
placing consumption on the same plane
with I dlphtlK-rla, yellow fever tnd
smallpox. Hitherto in Trenton con
sumptive patients have been permit
ted to go about at will, residing with
their families if they so wished, and
without restraint of any sort.
I'nder the new regulation consump
tives will be kept apart from those
not aflllcted. Tho form of Isolation has
not been agreed upon. It Is said a big
hospnta! will be built In the city or a
colony founded outside the corporate
limits. This new regulation will so
into effect with the least possible delay.
Fines and Imprisonment for all phy
sicians are penalties provided where
they fall to report cases within thirty
day after the disease is diagnosed.
Isolation, however, is to be immediate,
and there is also to be prompt and
effectual disinfection. Instructions sent
out to physicians say that when re
porting cases of consumption, or even
suspected cases, sputum must be fur
nished to the board of health In recep
tacles which will be furnished. Should
any doubt exist as to the disease cul
tures will be made. To neglect to re
port or hide a case of consumption sub
jects the physician to the same penal
ties as for any other Infectious or con
tagious disease. These penalties apply
to hospitals as well as to private phy
sicians. The members of the local
board of health have the support of the
state board. An effort will be made to
Induce all the local boards of health
in New Jersey to adopt this ordinance.
THE SMALLEST WATCH.
Description of the Smallest Watch
In the World.
Over In Berlin, Germany, there Is a
timepiece which is considered to be the
most marvelous piece of mechanism
that human skill ever put together.
It measures less than one-quarter ol
an inch In diameter, or one with a face
about the size of the head of a large
tack or nail. The case Is made of the
very finest of gold, and the whole
watch weighs less than two grains,
Troy. It can only be realized how ex
ceedingly light this Is when we con
sider that in Troy weight It takes 4S0
grains to make an ounce, and that
twelve ounces constitute a pound, or
that 5,760 grains are contained In a
pound. This wonderful piece of mech
anism weighs only 1,280th part of a
pound.
So great a curiosity was this midget
considered that the owner paid 11,916
for it.
The numerals on the face of the
watch are in arable, and If the hands
were put end to end they would not
measure flve-twenty-fourths of an Inch
In length, the large one being less than
one-eighth and the small one less than
one-twelfth of an Inch long. It has,
besides, Just as an ordinary watch of
clock, a second Indicator, which Is less
than one-sixteenth of an Inch In length.
The numerals here are In arable, but
re engraved In red to be more easily
seen.
The works and hands are made of
the finest tempered steel and are set
throughout In diamond chips. It Is con
structed on the most Improved plan,
being wound by the stem and set by
pulling the stem out a short distance
It Is an excellent timekeeper.
Warrior of India.
The exaggerated number of troops
maintained by the native Indian prlncea
in a form of display have always been
a source of great anxiety to the Brit
ish government, for while the British
forces seldom exceeded 2,000 Europeans
nd 125,000 natives, the state armies
exceed 400,000 men and 5,000 guns, with
out reckoning the native contingents
and other portions of the Indian army
subsidised by the native princes.
The war In South Africa has, how
ever, shown an unexpected loyalty to
the queen, and should they all prove
steadfast, as the'y promise, enemies of
England will for the future have to
reckon with 275,000 snldlers of the
Hindu state, 75,000 of the Mohammedan
states and 59,000 of the Mahrnttas.
It Is said that Marcus Daly, the cop
per king, agreed to pay William Wal
dorf Astor 116,000 for the latter1! Fifth
avenue house (New York), which be ha'
Just leased for a term of ten rearm.
FARMS FOR EVER YOKE.
SOME INDIAN RESERVATIONS
SOON TO BE OPENED.
Nearly 8,000,000 Acres of Land
Land In Oklahoma Will Be
Ready For Settlement.
Guthrie, Okla. The signature of the
president to the bill providing for the
opening of the Kiowa, Comanche and
Apache Indian reservation to settle
ment puts within reach of homestead
ers more than 10,OtiO farms of 100 acres
each. This land is adapted to the rais
ing of corn, cotton, wheat and other
crops common to Oklahoma and the
Chickasaw nation. The country has
been noted for many years as unex
celled for grazing purposes, and hun
dreds of thousands of head of cattle,
owned mostly by Texas ranchmen, have
been fattened annually on its luxuriant
grasses and sent to northern markets.
The government is to pay $2,tw0,i(HJ
to the Indians; S.VJ0.0OO cash, the re
maining l,50u,000 is to be held as a
perpetual trust fund for their benefit
upon which the United States is to pay
5 per cent annually in interest to be
pro-rated annually among the Indians.
This bill leaves the disputed lands be
tween the tribes and the Choctaw and
Chickasaw nations to be settled by the
courts, and gives congress complete
control of the reserved money.
The value of the lands was manifestly
misrepresented in a letter written on
January 13, 1100, by the secretary of
the Interior to the senate in response
to a resolution asking for a report rel
ative to their quantity, nature and
character. liaslng his letter upon pre
judiced Information from representa
tives of cattle syndicates, who had
most of the country leased for grazing
purposes, the secretary of the interiot
classified the 2,J68,S'J3 acres in the res
ervation as follows:
Unlit for agriculture, but valua
ble for grazing 2,414,553
Wichita Mountains, worthless
for agriculture and of little
value for grazing 400,000
Keechi hills, same 25,000
Fort Sill military reservation.. 60,000
Agricultural lands 79,340
Total 2,968,833
When this statement became public a
protest went up from all parts of Ok
lahoma and the southwest. The Chi
cago, Kock Island & Pacific Railroad
company, which is directly interested
in the opening of the country because
of the increased business that will
follow, took ldeposltlons from wel
known persons who have been familiar
with the country In every way for
years, and who had seen staple crops
raised season after season with the
game abundance as in the productive
Chickasaw nation on the east. These
affidavits refuted the showing made by
the secretary of the Interior and agreed
generally that, at least, 85 per cent
of the land was fit for cultivation.
D. P. Smith, a civil engineer, who
surveyed all the pastures in the reser
vation and became Intimately acquaint
ed with the conditions, said in his de
position that the waste land amounted
to 350,000 acres, as against 425,000 acres,
embracing the Wichita mountains and
Keechi hills in the report of the sec
retary of the Interior.
The bill opening th reservation sets
aside 480,000 acres to be held in com
mon by the Indians and gives each In
dian an allotment of 160 acres. Late
figures put the Indian population at
2,872, of which 1,553 are Comanches, 1,126
Klowas and 193 Apaches. This does not
Include the Geronlmo band of Apaches,
who are prisoners of war on the Fort
Sill reservation. For allotments 459,520,
or practically 460,000, acres will be used.
Accepting Smith's estimate of waste
lands, the following schedule shows ap
proximately the number of acres sub
ject to homestead entry:
To be held In common 480,000
Allotments 460,000
Waste lands 350,000
Fort Sill military reservation... 50,000
Total 1,340,000
Number acres in reservation.. .2,968,893
Subject to homestead entry. ..1.628,893
The reservation Is bounded on the
south by Texas, on the west by Greer
county, Oklahoma, on the north by
Washita county and the Wichita In
dian reservation and on the east by the
Chickasaw Nation. Red river forms
the boundary line on the south, the
north fork of Red river on the west
and the Washita river for about half
the distance on the north. The Chi
cago, Kock Island & Pacific railroad
traverses the full length of the eastern
boundary line; Its extension westward
from Chickasaw, I. T., passes through
the northern part of the reservation,
and Its line now building from Ana
darko to Fort Sill was through one of
the richest portions of the country.
Streams and springs of clear running
water abound everywhere. Re3 river
and the Wash.ta are Important rivers.
The Washita is one of the most pic
turesque water courses In the south
west. On Its head waters Custer fought
a bloody battle with the Cheyennes and
allied Indians late In the '60s.
The Little Washita approximates al
most to the Importance of a big river.
The smaller streams are big Heaver,
East and West Cache creeks, Dry
creek, Deep, Red, Oter, Elk and Rainy
Mountain creeks, with many others of
lesser flow that enhance the value of
the land. The valleys are richly pro
ductive, and the uplands generally
equal to those of the adjoining counties
In Oklahoma and Indian Territory.
Even In the rough Keechi hills and the
Wichita mountain! are valleys of great
fertility.
The. valley toll li all good. Tbern
are three kinds of soli on the uplanus
tight sandy, dark sandy and a dark
waxy solL This last Is the poorest.
correspcndlng to the gumbi of the state.
The soil when plowed does not blow
out to a greater extent than In Okla
homa, where blowing follows only re
markably dry seasons. The percentage
of algal! in the soil is said to be much
k-ss than In any other western country
of the same latitude. Hot winds and
drouths are no more frequent than in
Oklahoma, where the settling of the
country has decreased their frequency.
For the last fuur years Oklahoma has
been without hot winds and drouth.
After Oklahoma was opened, but before
it had been well tilled, there were two
or three years -in which hot winds
caused crop failures.
The rainfall is generally sufficient
for the maturing of crops. The annual
summary of the United States weather
bureau for 1S99, published by authority
of the secretary of agriculture and pre
pared under direction of Willis L.
Moore, chief of the weather bureau, is
an excellent showing for the reserva
tion. "A comparison of this report with
a like report for the same year for
Kansas will show that while the total
rainfall for the year at,Anadarko, the
Kiowa, Comanche and Apache Indian
agency, was 63.42 inches and at Fort
Sill, 37.55 inches. The total rainfall for
the middle division in Kansas, much of
which lies conisderably east of the me
ridian of Fort Sill and Anadarko, Is
much less. For Instance, at Salina,
which is In the very heart of the Kan
sas wheat and corn belt, the rainfall
was only 25.59 Inches; at McPherson,
in McPherson county, the second wheat
producing county In the state, the rain
fall was only 27.38 inches, and at Abi
lene, in Dickinson county, one of the
leading agricultural counties of Kan
sas, it was only 25.62 inches."
STATE ELECTIONS THIS YEAR.
List of the States Which Will Hold
Elections This Y&ar.
On Tuesday, November 6, 1900, elec
tions will be held In every state of the
United States for presidential electors
and for members of the national house
of representatives.
On that same day governors will be
chosen In every state except Arkansas,
California, Georgia, Iowa, Maine, Ma
ryland, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jer
sey, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Vermont, Virginia and Wyom
ing. State elections have aireaddy been
held this year in the following states:
Rhode Island, April 4; Louisiana, April
17; Oregon, June 2.
The next state elections to be held
this year in advance of November 6
will be those of North Carolina, Au
gust 2; Arkansas, September 3; Ver
mont, September 4; Maine, September
10; Georgia, October 3.
In the. states which hold no state
elections this year the next elections
will be held as follows: California, No
vember 4, 1902; Maryland. November 5,
1901; Mississippi, November 3; 1903;
Nevada, November 7, 1902; Virginia, No
vember 5, 1901; Wyoming, November,
1902.
The state offices to be filled In Ken
tucky this year include a governor, to
fill the vacancy caused by the assas
sination of Governor William Goebel.
The next regular state election in that
state will be held in November, 1903.
Nevada will elect, on November 6, 1900,
one supreme court Judge and one con
gressman. On tne same aay Wyoming
elects members of the legislature and
county officers, but its regular state
election will be held In November, 1902.
In thirty-one of the states which
elect legislators on November S, 1900, a
United States senator is to be chosen
by the legislatures which meet in Jan
uary, 1901. These states and the names
of the senators, whose terms expire
with 1900, are as follows:
Alabama, Morgan; Arkansas, Berry;
Coloardo, Wolcott; Delaware, Kenny;
Georgia, Bacon; Idaho, Shoup; Illinois,
Cullom; Iowa, Gear; Kansas, Baker;
Kentucky, Lindsay; Louisiana, Caftery;
Maine, Fryc; Massachusetts, Hoar;
Michigan, McMillan; Minnesota, Knute
Nelson; Mississippi, Sullivan, who is
filling vacancy caused by Senator
Walthall's death; Montana, Carter, Ne
braska, Thurston; New Hampshire,
Chandler; New Jersey, Sewell; North
Carolina, Butler; Oregon, McBrlde;
Pennsylvania, Quay, who was denied
admission to the senate; Rhode Island,
Wetmore; South Carolina, Tillman;
South Dakota, Pettlgrew; Tennessee,
Turley; Texas, Chilton; Virginia, Mar
tin; West Virginia, Elkins; Wyoming
Warren.
How To Read the Tongue.
The perfect tongue Is clean, moist, He's
loosely In the mouth, is round at the
edge and haa no prominent papllae.
The tongue may be furred from local
cause or from sympathy with the stom
ach, Intestines or liver. The dry
tongue occurs ost frequently In fever
and Indicates a nervous prostration or
depression. A white tongue Is diag
nostic simply of the feverish condition,
with perhaps a. sour stomach. When
II 'UMOjq tl40lI3. PUB KOUI B
shows disordered digestion. Dry and
brown Indicate a low state of the sys
tem, possibly typhoid. When the ton
gue Is dry and red and smooth look
out for Inflammation, gastric or Intes
tinal. When the papllae on the end of
the tongue are raised and very red It
Is called strawberry tongue, and that
means scarlet fever. Sharp pointed red
tongue will hint of brain Irritation or
Inflammation, and a yellow coating In
dicates liver derangement. When sc
much can be gained from an examina
tion of the tongue, how Important It U
that the youngest child should b
taught to put It out so that It cm bt
visible to the uttermost point la thi
throat.
HEW PIVOTAL STATES
NEW YORK AND INDIANA NO
LONGER MAKE DECISIONS.
This Year the Uncertainty Appltaa.
To Kentucky, South Dakotav.
Kansas and Maryland.
Washington, D. C It has been point
rd out frequently by students of Amer
ican national politics that New York-.
and Indiana are two states which have
oscillated between the two parties for
many years. Indiana was republican
In 1872, democratic In 1S76, republican
in 1SS0, democratic in 1SS4, republican
In 1888, democratic in 1892. and repub
lican in 1896. on the electoral ticket,
while New York, going back further,
was republican in 1864, democratic in
186S, democratic In 1868, republican la
1872, democratic in 1876, republican in
1880, democratic in 1884, republican. lr
188, democratic in 1892, and republican)
in 1896. On this showing it would ap
pear that the two states of New York
and Indiana, one In the east and one-In-the
west, were Important if not pivotal
states in national elections, and that
by a study of political condition in
them a view of the probable results ot
a campaign would be attained.
This view of the case, however, does
not take Into consideration the fact
that the uncertainty of these two states
does not. arise from ordinary, but from
exceptional, causes. They have been.
abnormally favored in nominations by
the two partieR, the republicans hav
ing had an Indiana candidate for pres
ident in 18S8 and 1892 and the demo
crats having gone to Indiana for their
vice-presidential candidate in 1876, 188f
and 1884. In 1872 the republican can
didate for vice president, were chosen,
from Illinois, Indiana's western neigh
bor, and the democratic candidate for
vice president came from Illinois in
1892. Ohio furnished one or other of
the parties with either a presidential
or vice presidential candidate in 187C,
1880, 1888 and 1896.
The politics of Indiana are to a great
extent controlled by the sentiment of
the voters in the two neighboring and.
more important states of Illinois an4
Ohio, and it need be no occasion for
surprise, therefore, that the special
efforts made by either party to secure
success in Indiana should have had tbs,
effect of keeping that state for s num
ber of years In the very doubtful cnl
umn. . New York, though less Influ
enced than is Indiana by the nomina
tion to elective office of candidates' res
ident within its borders, had a presi
dential nominee on one of the party
tickets in 1868, a president and -vice-president
in 1876, a president and vice
president In 1880, a president in 184.
a president and. vice president in 18Ht
and a president and vice president in.
1892.
Change dpolitlcal conditions, artslng'
from the admission of new states atari
the larger representation of western
commonwealths, as well as from tbe
new lines of political division in tka
United States, have deprived New York
and Indiana of their former distinction
as pivotal states and in the presiden
tial election of 1896 the two closer
states in the country were Kentucky-,
overwhelmingly democratic for many
years, and South Dakota, admitted Into
the union as a state In 1889. Two other
close states in the presidential election,
of four years ago were Kansas and..
Oregon, and two probable uncertain
states this year are Maryland and
Wyoming.
There are no longer In important
doubtful states any preliminary erec
tions, such as formerly made in Penn
sylvania and afterward Ohio and Indi
ana pivotal states. Rhode Island, Ver
mont and Maine, which are reliably re
publican, hold state elections in ad
vance of the national contest, and Lou
isiana, Arkansas and Alabama, which
are Just as strongly democratic, hold
their state elections In April, Septem
ber and August respectively, bat the
withdrawal of the uncertain states
from the list of those In which disputed
state contests were held in advance- ot
the general election, has restored tn a
great extent the political equilibrium
between the states, so that av vats
counts as much in one as another, and
as shown in the present consideration
of the names of vice presidential can
didates by the two parties, there Is no
undue preference for any state.
Kruger and British Soldi-.
There is a startling1 contrast between
the recent report, from English lipis. ot
their "pig sticking" among the htp
less, surrendering Boers, and tne latent
Intelligence from the field of curabau ta
the effect that Kruger himself la flatt
ing and caring for the disabled Ti i njr
Atkinses.
All British persons are treated by ins
Boers with extreme conslderatlu. Tua
Englishmen who have been freed
unanimous In proclaiming then. They
do not deny to their combataata th
virtue of magnanimity.
And Anally the hoary old
of the republic has lately visit
ambulances filled with British
offering sympathy to the sick aud
advice to the nurses.
"Let every one of these merv't, is
scrupulous attention." the pi
reported as saying. "Make'"d of
tlon between them and ty1" Ml Hiss.
our own army. No sol
unrelieved." '
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the people of ifr ,0 I 'U .
requires a U, ,re belna.L-,f,p
lent to caoniy , rcHr
thousan "l" Pott,
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