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COUNT OF THE BALLOTS 8tat Results Quite Generally Favorable to the Bepublicana, TRE IOCAL CONTESTS ARE MIXED The Landslide in (ireat.-r Mew York A tonndu Uemiitmii- -Additional Krturua From Nrlrak, una, MmarliaiU nd Other State OMAHA, Nov. 7. In this city these were successful candidates lu the late election: Sheriff, Power, dem.; judge. Vinson ha lcr, rep.; -lrk, Uultt, rep.; treasurer, Elasser, dem.; register, Deuel, dem.; coroner, Brnilcy, rep.; superintendent, liodweil, rep.; sur veyor, Kdq-iiist, rip.; representative, Battin, rep.; county commissioner, Connolly, dem.; Waterman, rep.; O'Keefe, dem.; police judge. Bcrka. rep.; school board, Aiidresr-n, Cermak, Iloman, Funkhooji-r, Mcintosh. Judge Sedgwick and the republican candidates for university regents on the state ticket have carried Douglass county by some 1,70a majority. The regents run close to the supreme court and dose to one another. LINCOLN, Nov. 7.From nil re turns received up to noon Chairman Lindsay of the republican litate cen tral committee estimates that J wig 3 Sedgwick's plurality will exceed 7,0'ju. The entire republican ticket is elect ed In Lancaster county. Complete re turns give Jesse Moore, candidate for register of deeds a majority of 31, and B. F. Knight, candidate for treasurer, over 800. All other nominees are elected by between 1,000 and 2,100. A table of forty-two counties, com plete, ebows a plurality for Sedgwick of 6,001. These name counties lam year gave Dietrich, republican candi date for governor, a plurality of 41, a net gain over last year of 5,9;0, wheu Dietrich had a plurality In Hie state of 801. This would indicate that tin republican plurality on the head oi the state ticket will be in the neigh borhood of 10,000, as the counties in cluded' In the table represent more ,knn i... t i . t-- . -. - W.SJ twit) Wl LUg QLAlU IWt governor last year. Partial returns from other counties show that the same ratio of republican gain obtahii throughout the stati OMAHA, Nov. 7. The Herald says. Figures secured by the World-Herald covering about To per cent of tho Btate vote on Judge of the supremo court of Nebraska indicate that in 1,121 voting precincts of ttie state out of the total number of 1,011, that Bdgwick has received 74,527 vo'es, and that Holleubeck has received 63, 118 votes, thus giving Sedgwick a ma jority up-to-date lu the first heard from portions of the state, customarily republican, of 11,409. 1 But comparisons with the Holeomb Recse vote of two years ago for the came position Indicate that this mu jority will receive a big trimming down on the late precincts. The Ki-nult lu low. DE8 MONIES, Nov. 7. Returns are oomlnz iu slowly, only one-half of the 2,100 precincts have beeu heard from. If the same percentage of gain In majority continues. Cummins, repub lican candidate for governor, will have 92,000 over that of Phillips, dem ocrat. The prohibition vote has been largely Increased, advancing from 9,000 last year to 25.000 this year. Practically every precinct heard from shows a failing off In the demo cratic vote. . Itepobllcane Own Colorado. DENVER, Colo., Nov. 7. In the election of county officer" in Colorado, the rcpublltanx won In mofct of the largo counties except Arapahoe. Com plete returns from all the prerinets ' In this city and all country precincts except one show that all the demo cratic candidates wero elected In Ara pahoe by majorities ranging from 2,000 to 4,000. In many counties the result Is mixed, the offices being dl rided between democrats and republi cans. Will of Kdward Mtokee. ' NEW YORK, Nov. 7. The will of Edward S. Stokes, who died on Sat urday lust at tho residence of his sis ter, Mrs. McNutt, was filed In the sur rogate's office yesterday. The will was executed on February 13, 1891, before Mr. Stokes had the disagreement with Ms cousin, W. E. D. Stokes, and the latter Is the chief beneficiary under the will. No petition setting forth the alue of the property left by Mr. Stokes waa filed with the will. Virginia DtniMnille SA.OOO. RICHMOND, Va., Nov, 7. Latest returns In tho election figures do not alter tho figures first sent out. Thoe Bguros place the democratic majority on tho state ticket about 25,000. The Indications are that tho republicans have elected one aenator and four teen member of the bouse. Thla Is a gain of eleven on the present genral aasmbly, but that body will still be rerwbelmlngly democratic In both kraschM. it NEBRASKA EMIT AT BIT EAL0 The DUuluy Win One of W bleb the state May reel Proud. BUFFAIA N. Y., Nov. 11. The re sult of Nebraska's fruit display as to awards has been telegraphed you, says a dispatch to the World-Herald. Work done by Mr. Hodkinson has been very gratifying. The fruit which has attracted the attention of horticultur al scientists, and which has been the life of the exhibit, was plums, the collection of seedlings and hybrids Bhowing the evolution of the plum from the sand cherry to the present delicious victory. For this Nebraska is largely indebted to Mr. Theodore Williams, whose valuable work in cross-breeding plums has attracted much scientific attention. Of these 110 varieties have been exhibited, spreading over a period of two months. With the display of peaches follow ing, of which Russell's seedling com- j manded attention for its fair size and good quality, and the apples In fall and winter varieties to the number of forty, the tables have been well filled and the unique boots made of bark have overflowed. Mccormick's Duchess of Oldenburg was especially fine, and Nebraska's Jonathans gain ed the admiring compliments of the horticulturists who have grown criti cal from much acquaintance with toothsome varieties. A special display of commercial apples has recently been installed In new space, and Ben- j Jam In Davis, esq., and the Missouri pippin fairly shine in a successful ef fort to show that-tho drouth didn't dry out their juices. Mr. Hodkinson's work aa a scientific horticulturist has reflected credit upon Nebraska in choosing him to represent her among so many representing widely separ ated sections. It the popular choice could have given it, Nebraska certainly would have had a gold medal for corn, for all day long the people came and stood over the great ears and expressed astonishment and admiration. "It cannot be possible that such corn was raised when you had such a drouth," they said, and they quietly shelled off a few kernels and carried them off to plant until hardly an ear was left intact. TO STAMP OUT SMALLPOX Srrmtor Dtatrlcli Trice tha Need of I'tr-r-nt Memntrm. WASHINGTON, Nov. H. Senator Dietrich through his secretary brought to the attention of the commissioner of Indian affairs the possibility of an epidemic of smallpox among the citizens of Homer, Thurston county, a village just north of the Winnelwigo Indian reservation, unless Imperative action Is taken by the authorities. The senator urged Immediate action on the part of the government in view of the seriousness of the case and asked that something he done ; prevent, the spread of disease. As the Indians are citizens of Nebraska, It was decided that the question of quarantine rests solely with the Thurston county authorities, and ft devolves upon them to move in the matter. lipid fnr llorae Mi-allnr. DAVID CITY, Neb., Nov. 11. Chas. Miller, the man who was brought from Burt county by Sheriff Ben last week, charged with stealing a val uable horse belonging to W. A. Wells, was arranged before County Judge Skllt-8 and louud over to the next term of the district court. The horse was stolen In September and was recovered last week in Burt county. H-rmlnr MlltHrd. OMAHA, Nov. 11. Senator Millard has engaged a suite of three rooms at the New Millard hotel at Washington, where he will make his headquarters during the coming session of congress, which convenes December 2. The rooms are on the top floor of tho hotel. He will bo accompanied at the capital by his daughter, Miss Jennie Millard. For State Normal Srliool. LINCOLN, Nov. 11. Gov. Savage has appointed Stephen W, L. Stephens of Beatrice a member of the board of education of tho state normal school to succeed James West of Benkelman, who has resigned because of removal from the state. Mr. Stephens is city superintendent of the Beatrice schools. iutnurl I. Hnnatdl lnane. LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. 11. Samuel L. Russell, a dealer in tho local stock exchange, and formerly mayor o Creston, Iowa, has been taken to the asylum for the Insane, ills mind hav ing given away recently. Hiintir line Filled lllnierlf. LINCOLN. Nov. 11. William 8. Stein, prominent In business and so cial life of Lincoln, was fined 120 for violating the game law. lie had elghty-nlno ducks In his possession, which was forty-nlno more than al lowed by law. Stein In one of the men who assisted In Inducing the leg islature to pass the game law. Mil violation of the act was a tboughtleas error, which be acknowledged voluntarily. AT ST. LOLLS IN 1 Likely that Nebraska Will Have Suitable Espreteiitution Tfleio. WHAT G0VEK0a SAVAGE WILL DO lie Will Appeal to the I'rhle and Putriot lftiu of tUtj Citizens of tli Sitate for Tircmury FuikU to Make an Exhibit " Oilier Nebraska .Mutters. LINCOLN, Nov. C If the plans of Governor Savage do not miscarry Ne braska will tae a prominent position in the field of exhibitors at the Louis iana Purchase exposition at St. Louis in 1903. The governor proposes to ap point an extraordinary commission of five persons, who shall serve without compensation and provide the neces sary funds for making the exhibit. Thki plan fotepipliites the raising of funds by voluntary subscription, and tho promise is made that in his bien nial mesago Govt rnor Savage will ask tho legislature to reimburse those who may have advanced money to the com mission. "I cannot consent to Nebraska not being represented at the Louisiana Purchase exposition," said the gov ernor. "The state is part of the terri tory purchased from France in 1803, and it would reflect on our pride, our enterprise and our patriotism should we fall to join with our sister states In promoting this great undertaking. "Tho last legislature having failed to make an appropriation for an exhibit," continued the governor, "and It being impossible to secure an appropriation before most of the money required should be expended, I have decided to appeal to the pride and patriotism of the citizens of the state with a view to securing the necessary funds. My plan Is to appoint a commission of five, to be composed of citizens whose patriot Ism and loyalty are unquestioned, who shall serve without compensation and who shall have charge of the exhibit and provide the funds required to com plete and maintain It. . In my biennial message- to tho legislature I shall ask that money be appropriated to reim burse those who have advanced funds for tills purpose. "It is estimated that $12,000,000 will be Invested in this enterprise, aside from the amount invested by individ ual exhibitors and by tho different states, which insures an exposition of mammoth proportions and one likely to attract visitors on a broader and moro modern plan than was the Co lumbian, and in a general sense, to Nebraska at least, it rises above that one In. importance. Nebraska Is the garden spot of tho territory purchased at that time, and being yet a young state and rich in natural resources, af fording opportunities for the profitable Investment of capital to be found no where else on this continent, it can enter as an exhibitor with assurances of ample reward. "We have thousands of acres of un developed land; we have opportunities for the Investment of capital in com mercial nnd manufacturing industries, and wo have an abundance of oppor tunities for tho investment of capital on largo and small scales. Nowhere elso in the world Is capital or labor moro certain of reward." Urader l'iotr Up Hkelr ton. COLUMBUS, Neb., Nov. 6. Street graders at Lindsay plowed up four skeletons, said by Dr. D. G. Walker to be those of whito male3 fully grown. Nothing in tho known history of tho placo throws any light on the discov ery, and it is thought the skeletons, still In a good state of "preservation, must have lain there as long as sixty years. There Is a mound at the side of tho' vlllago and It was here the skele tons were found. (Inge County Mortgagee. BEATRICE, Neb., Nov. 6. During October Gago county released $10,738 moro In mortgages than was filed. Twenty-four farm mortgages wero filed, amounting to $35,934; forty-three wero released, amounting to $49,287; thirty-one city mortgages, amounting to $12,004, were filed, and twenty-four, amounting to $9,989, wero released. , Pontage Mtainpa In Ilnrn. OMAHA, Nov. C Postmaster Crow has made up a package or unused Pan American exposition postage stamps, which he will forward to Washington, whero It la understood they will be burned. The package contains 650,000 ones, 50,000 twos, 20,000 eights and 10, 000 tens. Attempt to Rob a Hank, ADAMS, Neb., Nov. 6. An unsuc cessful attempt was made to ,'ob tho Adams Slate bank. The glass In tho rear door wan broken and entrance ef f acted thereby. No further damage was done and no other evidence of tho presence of thieves was found, save an Iron bar left Just Inside the door. A railway velocipede was stoten from tho handcar house, on which It la iup posad the burglar took thalr aepar-tara. THE McKJJSTLEy ARCH ( C ( fi o W r 1 The William McKinley National Memorial Arch association, which ha3 been Incorporated under the laws of tho District of Columbia, with the pur pose of erecting a memorial arch in honor of the late President in Wash ington, will depend upon voluntary contributions from Americans, both at homo and abroad. It is the present purpose of the committee to have the arch span the entrance to the proposed memorial bridge across the Potomac River from Washington to the Virginia shore. The arch, with Its bas-reliefs ann statues, will be entirely the work of American architects, artists and sculp tors, and no limit has been put upon Queen Alexandra has become pos sessed of a victoriette, which she has learnt to drive herself. Seated for two, its frame-work is articulated, so that it adapts itself to any unevennnss of roa.l without stress or strain. The sin gle motor is of 4 h. p., of four pole type, apd ?an ijo worked to Ave time. nor mal capacity wituout any Injurious ef fects. Tho bakeries arc- fitted in the rear portion of the carriage, and contain sufficient energy for thirty-five or forty miles on one charge. The car is elec trically lit and fitted with japanned lamps, relieved with silver-plate fit tings; the wheels are of bicycle type, and fitted with 3-Inch pneumatic tires. Sjiecd of car is from six miles to four teen miles iier hour. The queen herscif has become an ex pert driver, and derives great pleasure from this pleasing little vehicle, which is now quito familiar In the neighbor hood of Sandringham. NAMING THE FARMS. Letter boxes now appear at the gate ways of farms throughout many dis tricts in several states, along the coun try mail routes recently established by the government, and one of tho first results of tho innovation is decidedly interesting. No sooner had the mail boxe3 ap peared than the farmers began to tal e a deeper interest in the gates and the general style or the entrances to their homes. The boxes were new, looked fresh, and seemed to give a dignity to the gateposts that they never possessed before. The contrast, in the great ma jority of eases, was not pleasing, par ticularly to the women folk and the younger men, and most of the farmers set about making improvements up to the standard of the li tter box. hi y r fair William Makepeace Thackeray's old house, 2 Palace Green, London, which the novelist built in accordance with his Ideas and where be passed his last days, was recently to be sold at auc tion. Palaco Green Is part of the fashion able district at tho extreme upper end of Hydo park, and gets Its name from the fact that it Is close to old Kensing ton palace, where Queen Victoria was born and apont her childhood. No. 2 la a picturesque dwelling, set well . t . -I,, - ..ii-'".,', vfv v.itf V ( , ft 3-53?Jl5r8S' i in s; i 'bs "3 i ' r it its- cost, this depending entirely upon the amount of contributions received. The association will have headquar ters in Washington, but every state and large city will have a vice-president and an organization to encourage subscriptions. Bishop Henry C. Potter Is one of the vice-presidents for New York. President Roosevelt has accept ed honorary membership in the asso ciation and Hon. Lyman J. Gage, sec retary of .the Treasury, Is treasurer. Admiral Dewey is also a vice-president, and prominent men in every state and large city and in the cities abroad where Americans live, are accepting vice-presidencies in the association and aiding in the work of raising funds. This was one step in the right direc tion. Then It was natural that the mail carrier sometimes made mistakes, be cause there was neither name nor number to guide him in the delivery of the letters, newspapers or packages. Some of the farmers nailed up rude "shingles" bearing the names of the occupants of the house at the upper end of the lane. Other farmers or dered neatly painted signs bearing the name Gl mc head of the house. Now, it appears, from a letter ad dressed to the Milledgeville Free Press, progress has taken a more de cided step along this line. The farm ers in the vicinity are christening their places and displaying the names chos- j en in handsome painted signs on the gateposts. "I have concluded to name j my place 'Midway Farm,' " says tho l Queen's Electric Motor Car Historic House to be stefeta Xm mm r t I. , hack from the street and almost hid den by tho trees by which It is sur rounded. This Is not one of the several Lon don houses In which Thackeray's best known novels wero written, but was built by him In his more prosperous old age. Tho circumstances of the transaction reveal the author of "Van ity Fair" In a rather new light, that of a careful provider. He wanted not only to buy a bouse where he could spend his last days quietly, but to make a ' i i 'i i ii i " ' 1 1 ' " j.'-' j '" . : 7sZ ,vi'w-f -- I i. 3jEI v U The association has just secured a charter and contributions are invited. Commissioner MacFarland, president of the McKinley National Memorial Arch association, has received a lettei from Miss Helen Gould, in which she accepts an appointment as one of th vice-presidents of the association. A letter from Miss Gould brought a suggestion from President MacFarland that a woman's committee be appoint ed to work in conjunction with the na tional association, with Miss Gould aa chairwoman. Miss Gould will be asked to act as head of the committee. Miss Gould stated that she was heartily in sympathy with the object of the association. writer of the letter referred to, "not because it Is sporty or tough, hut be cause it is located just half way be tween Milledgeville and Chadwlck, al so half way between Polo and Mount Carroll, and half way between Lanark and Coleta." Perhaps we are at last upon the threshold of the time, so long looked forward to in the United States, when country life will take upon itself the 1. .. 1. ! 1 .' 1 - - i ,1 1,. I 4.Un 1 J. imuuxiucu to tuac tiuuiu it. iu. . lands. Perhaps the mail box and the farm name are but the precursors of other improvements, In the agricultur al regions, which will give the United States country homes with beautiful surroundings. The buildings alone for the Louisi ana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis in 1903 will cover 187 acres. Sold speculation that would eventually ben efit those whom he left behind, and fancying that property in the district would Increase in value as time went on he took a long lease of the site upon which at the time there stood an old and somewhat dilapidated family man sion. Thackeray's first idea was to repair and alter this house, but he afterward decided to pull It down together. Tho annual rental of the Palace Green property was $2,500, a figure which Thackeray's friends thought rather be yond his means, and when he began his building operations they were aghast at his extravagance. The au thor's Judgment was vindicated even tually, however, for when the house was sold after his death It brought $10,000 more than it had cost. A remarkable story Is current re garding General Sir Ian Hamilton's spectacles. The general lost a pair of spectacles at the battle of Majuba Hill. They must have been picked up by a Boer whom they suited, and who kept them for twenty years. In the early part of the present year the spectacles were fjiind on the dead body of a Boer. The case had Gener al Hamilton's name on It, and the glasses were in duo course returned to their original owner. Charles Algernon Parsons, tbe In ventor and builder of the turbine en gines of tho Ill-fated Viper and Cobra of the British navy, Is a brother of Lord Rosse and a on of the faraoue Lord Rosse of the groat telescope.from whom he inherited his strong bent to ward ecientMlc research and chanlci. ma ' ' ' ' " i t -1 J