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MY POOR WIPE.
BY J. P.
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CHAPTER III.
At the end of tho cedar-walk I tool:
p ray position, lighted n cigar, and
tried tv rait os patlontljr as I could.
It was a lovely ovonlng In lato Juno,
Md Uio drowsy bum ot tbo bees,
sdnglod with tho breath of rosea and
lyrlngan, coming from the old English
garden behind tho walk, sent my
taeroghto wandering back to another
evening In Juno, Junt a year ago, when
I had rat on tho tamo bench, burning
wha lovo and susponfio, waiting to
oak tho fair lady who had given mo
ryet today to bo my wife. Wo had
kaown each other from childhood, and
during my sister's lifetime llttlo Edith
had lived almost aa much with us as
at tho Hall. I remember I had pro
paned to her ot tho early ago of four
teen and had been favorably answered.
Tea, Foul," tho young lady had
said, lifting up her rosy llpa for my
aecplah kiss. "I will marry you, afl
yea are the eldest, and havo asked mo
rat and then, when you'ro dead I'll
Barry Arty, It ho'B good."
To which arrangement Arty at tho
Ubo being hopelessly In lovo with
Mdlth'a French govcrnosa, a black-eyed
vivacious damsel ot twenty-nlno
heerfolly agreed.
After that I saw nothing ot her for
ttaay years. My slater beginning to
II and being ordered to tho South ot
JYaoce, I spent my holidays tor somo
yeans with her and my fathor
at IUvtera; then I passed Into Sand
kant, and, after that, I had five years
with my regiment In India.
Is tho incantlmo matters had not
goat smoothly at homo. My handsome
toother Arthur, destined for tho bar,
ad who was supposed to havo all tho
kralnB of the family, turned out to
toe a desperate ecamp and an unmltl
ated tool. Ho disgraced himself at
Oxford; then, throwing nsldo all senso
of restraint and decency, sowed tho
aoet prolific crop ot wild oats ever
chronicled in the sober and respectable
aanals of tho Donnynca ot Colworth.
Before he had reached his twonty-Bec-d
year ho bad oquandered two con
Iderablo fortunes ono left him by his
ether, whoso favorlto child he was
aaoiher by hla godfather, besides
plunging my poor father into a gulf
t dobt that eventually hastened hlo
death. Hearing of his critical etato
ad hoavy troubles, I resigned my com
mission and hurrlod home, only to And
In, alas, resting quietly In his grave,
and my wretched brothor an cxtlo In
the wilds of Australia, whither ho had
gene to cvada his creditors.
It wa a very dreary home-returning,
and bitterly did I anathomattzu my
precipitancy In glvtng up my profes
sion to moon away my life nt Colwarth
Jm Bglltu.d.g, MCfir,y n11 the "chums"
at iy boyhood lmcf "inoveil on'1 oomo
how, except my Immodlato neighbors
at tho Hall, tho old Clenoral and his
nice; and I think, but for their kindly
reception. I should have started wan
dering again, the former I found
In a very precarious state of health
an tcnipor, tbo combined influences
of gout and unlimited brandy-water
making him a trying companion to
poor Edith, who was howovcr most
patient with him, and as devoted as
any daughter could bo.
At first I did not recognize, in tho
beautiful and graceful young lady who
greeted mo bo easily and kindly tho
Ud I bad played with years ago; hut,
toy degroea, landmarks ot old times
cropped up, we fouud we had not for
gotten each other in tho least. I tell
head over hoela In lovo with her at
ooeo, and for weeks hovered about
her 1b a state ot beatific suffering,
sot during to hope, and unable to
tear myself awny. Day after day I
told ,myselt I had not tho slightest
Jhancc, Woa aho not the most beauti
ful, charming, angollo creature In ex
istence, besides being the presump
tive .helrcca of the old general's vast
wealth? Wa not every eligible
male lu tho country my rival? Yet,
I stayed, and by degrees the delight
ful. Intoxicating fact becaino clear,
even to my bewildered senses, that she
showed mora favor to me than to any
ether suitor. She had always a smile
of welcome and a bright word for me,
and at times, when sho bolleved her
U, .unobserved, I havo caught her
level? blue cyca stealthily resting on
ma, with a look ot unmistakable af
fection that fired my blood, and mado
ie lose my head for tho moment
One day, driven to desperation by
one of those stolen glances, I resolved
to try my fatu and loarn tho best or
worn. She liad gone to spend tho
afternoon at tbo Rectory, her undo
told, me, hut would bo back to dinner.
X went to the oodar-walk, knowing she
Mid retain by that way, anil spent
feverish' hour preparing for the at
tack, composing heart-rendering ap-
, declarations of eternal devotion:
yet the moment she stood before
m la her blooming oeauty, wita a slim
white flngor held under her nose with-
nt an inch of my mouatacuo, and said
keacechli
Paul, dear hoy, da
try to
lecLthorn out for
mel
to curate only
Id It docs hurt
I'loquonco went
Lr
bfully, tnougn
the opeca-
,at her feet,
rpasod It to
SMITH.
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my llpn. as I 6tamraercd out raptur
ously "Edith, Edith, my darling. I lovo
you I lovo you. Oh, my It la not
In vain! I "
Hero I stopped In dumb dismay, for
Edith, with a look almost of horror,
hastily dragged her hand from me,
and, covering hor crimson faco with
It, cried historically
"Httflh, hush oh, plcaro hush I You
you don't know what you nro eay
ingl Oh, tills Is a dreadful mistake!
I I thought you know you had
guessed I I"
"Loved somo ono oluo?" I prompted
fiercely,
fiho bent her head lu aescnt, her face
still buried In her hands.
"No, I did not guess," I answered
hoarsely, after n short pnuflo; "and I
think, M18B Stopford, If you review
your conduct to mo during the lost
two months, you will havo to ndmlt
you gavo mo llttlo reason for arriving
nt such n conclusion. Who to he?" I
demanded ronghly.
"I I can't tell you; don't ask me.
Oh, Paul, dear old friend, won't you
try to forgive mo?" phe pleaded, lifting
her lovely tear-stained faco timidly to
mlue. "I am so sorry, fo sorry If I
havo pained you I did not mean to in
deed. I I thought you looked upon
mo only nn a sister whom you had
known"
"A Bister!" I interrupted, with a
harsh, loud laugh "a sister! Edith,
can you look mo in tho faco and Bay
you bolleved such a thing? No! I
thought not" as sho cowered away
from rao instinctively. "You know
what you wero doing well well; hut
you would not opnro your dear old
friend ono single pang you would
drag him to your feet, and lot your
heartless vanity batten on his an
gulHh! Oh, It was shameful! Had you
not a glut ot victims already 7"
"Paul," nho cried Impulsively and
thero was a touch of decision In her
voice that silenced mo "that Is
enough; I will listen to no more let
mo pass, please. Ono day you will be
sorry for tho3o words on your bended
knees you will nok my pardon I"
"Now, now, my dearest, my sweet
est," I Interrupted Impetuously, falling
down again heforo her, lovo overmas
tering cvory othor emotion. "I will
ask your pardon a thousand times, If
you will only glvo me ono llttlo word
of hope! Oh, Edith, If you knew how
I loved you, you you would pity mo a
llttlol"
I had Bolzod hor iIitpb, and was kiss
ing Its flimsy frilling wildly, when her
cool whlto hand was laid on my brow,
and sho whispered, tcudorly
"I can't, I can't pity you, Paul.
Don't you don't you understand you
havo come too late?"
OIIAPTDIl IV.
With an Imprecation I sprang to my
feet, cursing her for a consummate
flirt, and left her sobbing and re
proaching mo for my wrath and
cruelty.
That night I went to town and tried
to drown despair In dissipation. At
tho end ot n fortnight I had almost
persuaded myself I was cured, when,
one night at tho opera, I Baw her
seated beside a young fellow of whom
I had been vaguely Jealous from tho
beginning. Lord Sandmouth'o nnllor
son, just returned from eco.
She wnfl smiling on him aa she had
smiled on me, and my jealousy broko
forth as fiercely as ever. I could not
tell whether I loved or hated her most.
Tho next day I determined to jmt tho
sea between her and me, but could
not at onco decide to which sido ot the
globe I would Btocr whether to make
for Norway or tho Nile, Now York or
New Jerusalem, when I remombcred a
commission, entrusted to me by a dy
ing friend In India ome two years be
fore, and I decided on fulfilling It bo
foro starting on a longer Journey.
He hail died of fever In tho Jungle,
and I was the only TJuropean with him
during his Ulneus. He had asked mo
on my return homo to find out It hla
mother was still alive, deliver a pack
age ot letters Into her hand, beg her
forglvcnese, and tell her how deeply
he regretted their long estrangement,
For fifteen years he had 'hot, neon or
heard of her, but he gave me her ad
dress at their tlmo of parting, In a re
moto vlllago on the coae of Donegal.
After n weary railway Journey, nnd
many hours' painful jolting over miles
ot wild barren mountain, I found roy
friend's mother living In a desolate
furm-houeo halfway up a craggy peak
overlooking tho goo, eight miles by
road from the nearest post-town apd
a more uisagreaaoio, rcpcueni, imrtm
toned old woman It was never my Ill
luck to come arroas,
It was with a feeling ot repugnance
that I delivered tho poor fellow's last
requrat for forgiveness, hearing the
way she sought to make spiritual cap
ital to herself out of his very death,
and improve tho occasion for my bene
fit. Unceremoniously cutting a Pharisai
cal phrase short, I was In the act of
rising to take my leavn when a girl
entered, her apron full of freshly-dug
potatoes, which she held out to Mrs.
Snsey for Inspection.
"kUko sout you in these, end wants
to know If he's to go digging for tie
market."
With an Imperious gesture she el
lenced tbo girl, motioning her to tlu
window, where, after tho first startled
Blanco In my direction, sho aat quite
still, looking out to sea.
I resumed my scat half unconcern
cdly, and stared at tho new arrival
with an interest qulto unaccountable
to myself; certainly, her beauty did not
appeal to mo, sho did not even strike
mo ns being possessed of ordinary
good looks. Her face was covered with
freckles and tanned by tho sun, and
her hair fell In an unkempt moss
around her neck and shoulders; her
drcra was a conrrc org unrelieved by
tho slightest attempt at trimming or
ornament. Whllo I looked, my
thoughts went bnck to Edith, on whose
falrncsH I had often feasted, sitting In
tho sunlight, ns this girl was now, her
pretty fingers sparkling with dln
mond, bnnglca nnd bracelets tinkling
musically on her wrists and mingling
with tho Hoft frou frou of laco and silk
each time she diow hor needle through
tho everlasting strip of oatmeal cloth.
Laco could I imaglno such a texture
shadowing that child's llttlo brown
flot fingering the clny-cruBted pota
toes on her knees! I began to won
der lazily who sho was servant or ro
Intlon of tho grisly chatelatno? when
my surmises wcro brought to nn
abrupt cIobc. Mrs. Casey's Improving
oration had reached n rounded period,
nnd I was evidently expected to say
"Amen" nnd tako my departure, chas
tened and odlfled in spirit. I roso to
pay good-by.
"You will have a charming after
noon for your walk, Mr. Dennys," eho
eald, taking my hand with nomo
alacrity. "Situated an you behold I
am, away from all civilization, I regret
It Is not In my power to offer you even
tho form of hospitality." When I had
murmured a hacty disclaimer she re
sumed complacently, "Jlut you will
havo n charmlug afternoon for your
walk; you camo from Ballyklllagan,
did you not?"
"Yc3, I walked thenco I could find
no car In tho village; It must be eight
or nine miles at tho least."
"Bccauso yon came by the road; by
tho cliffs nnd across tho Goat's Hack
It's not quite five. Helen, roy grand
daughter bore, will put yon on the
track If you like."
I said I would like, and tho next
minute Helen and I were standing out
side. 1 waited for a momont thinking
sho would want hat, cloak, or sun
shade, but, ns sho soemed to consider
hciuelf fully equipped, wo started at
once ncross tho sloping meadow that
led to tho brink ot the cliff, whero
Aho paused with shyly averted face,
pointed to a tiny sheep-track winding
round the coast, hade mo keep to that
until I had turned tho third point, then
to steer inland In a southerly direction
until I camo to a ruined cabin.
Hero I Interrupted her, somewhat
nggriovedly, explaining that I was
qulto n stranger in thes parts, nnd
would be sure to logo myself If she did
not accompany mo farther,
"ncsldcs," I concludtd tentatively,
as your granumouier imprcweu
me, It ct-rtulnly is lovely weather for
walking, nud you have nothing par
ticular to do this afternoon, havo
you?"
"I havo nothing at all to do; It you
wish, I'll go with you as far aa you
like," Bh answered, much to my sur
prise, anil starting at a break-neck
poco down the cliff.
. (To bo Continued.)
NONPLUSED JOKCnS.
Una
Vcrno of l'utry l'.Ud for IlobnU
Hutu' Dinner.
Hero Is a story told ot Robert Burn
In bis youth, llurns was living In
the town of Ayr, and though still
young had attained moro than a local
reputation us n poet, eay3 tho Newcas
tle (England) Chronicle, Ono day he
was passing through tbo main utroct
ot tho town nnd saw two Gtrangera sit
ting at ono of tho inn windows. With
Idlu curiosity he stopped to look at
them. Seeing htm and thinking that
the rustic might afford them somo
amusement while waiting, the strong
era called him In and asked him to
dine with them. Burns readily ac
cepted tho Invitation and proved a
merry, entertaining guest. When dln
ner was nearly finished the strangers
suggested that each should try hlu
hand nt veitamaklng and that tho ono
who failed to write a rhyme should pay
for tho dinner. Thoy felt eecuro In
tho challenge, belHsTlng that their
rustic guest would pay for the meal.
Tho rhymes wcro written and Burns
read the following: "I, Johnny Peep,
eaw two sheep; two sheep saw mo.
Half a crown oplcce will pay for their
fleece, and I, Johnny Peep, go free."
Tho Btrangers astonishment was great
and thoy both exclaimed: "Who are
you? You must be Robbie Burns."
rilng tha Bird.
A sclenitot once put an automatic
musical box on tho lawn, and Bpent
many hours wutchlng the robbina,
bluebirds and other birds gathering
about 1U A looKing giaai put up
whero th birds can Bee themselves In
It, la also very attractive, while a com
bination ot a musical box and a look
ing glacs pleases tho birds more than
anything else one could put out fox
their amusement.
One Kteentton.
"I know there's a good deal said
about Bandy foundations," observed
the metaphysical boarder, "but sand
makes tho best foundation for a pries
fighter." "Still," objected tho argu
mentative boarder, "you can't build a
prizo fight on anything but rocka."
Chicago Trlhuut.
0FGENEBA1INTEREST
INFORMATION FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.
Event of Moro Than Fairing Intrrert
Wlileh Have Traniplred Since tlio War
Knded roaeeTrojrreii and Movement
of Army, Kavjr, nnd Department.
WcdneidAj-, November 2.
Great liritaln In preparing to make
a naval demonstration.
Tho war department has not yet de
cided on tho (Into for Bonding troops
to Cuba.
The ofllclnl relations between Rns
Mu nnd and Germany havo been ruf
fled recently over tho trip of tho Kaiser
to the Holy land.
Thirty KloudiUcrs returned on tho
steamer Flora, which is tho last boat
from that region. A largo amount of
gold was brought.
Salvador, Nicaragua, and Honduras,
three Central America states, nro tak
ing stap3 to coalesce and havo but ono
president for tho three.
France has cotno to the conclusion
that sho In too wcalc to copo with
Great UrlUiln. Her military prepara
tion was only a precaution to bo on
the safe side.
Tho postoQico department has or
dered a "nostofflce on wheels" for use
in tho rural district in tho vicinity of
Westminister, Md. It will havo mall
order fact titles and collect mall at
stated points.
Moro than 000,000 bushels of wheat
and corn cleared tho Philadelphia cus
tom house Saturday on steamers bound
to European ports. The shipments of
wheat and corn for Philadelphia for
Taunnry 1 havo aggregated 25,000,000
bushels.
At Heaver Dam, Wis., Adam Ham
mer, insane, secured a gun and wound
ed nine people lefore he was shot by
Lieutenant Tibbctta to stop his mad
career. Tibbottn shot tho man in the
fdiouldcr, merely wounding him in
order to effect his capture.
A Port Townscnd, Wash., special
Rays: Tho discovery has been mado
that soma miscreant has defaced the
two fifty-four ton guns that aro wait
ing to be placed in position at Arrow
stone Point by cutting names on the
btem barrels with soup and acid. Sus
picion rests on discharged workmen.
n. Darwin Mcllraith and his wife of
Chicago arrived at New York from
Southampton, Eng., on the steamship
Pennland. Tho Mullralths started ou
a wheeling tour on October 10, 1893,
from Chicago. They passed through
Nebraska in November of that year,
topping over a day in Lincoln.
Indian Commlfistoncr Jones severely
criticises tho whites for treatment of
t'io Indians ut Leech Lake. IIo lays
the trouble for tho uprising at tho
door of tho pale faces becauBo they
took advantage of their red friends,
nc declares that Indians have been ar
rested on trivial charges In order that
fees could bo collected.
A big nmashup occurred on the Un
ion Pueiflc road, two tnllcs west of
Fremont. Two locomotives and ten
freight cars wore completely wrecked
nud many other earn wcro damaged.
Twofrelght trains collldod while both
wcro going at a high rata of speed.
Luckily no ono was killed, but one en
gineer una several others received in
hurlea. Tliurnlny, Novrralr3.
fit- Louis is planning to have a
World's fair in 1903 to celcbrato the
'-onlslana pu.chasc.
The downgcr cmnrcBS of China has
prohibited the publication of periodi
cals and newspapers in China.
Aguinaldo has threatened with dire
punishment the rebellious natives who
refnse obedience to his commands.
Although France and England may
not come together on tlio Fashoda in
cident, it is thought they will eventu
ally mix up In a grab for bIIccj of
Bgypt.
Mr. and Mrs. Mcllrnth, the cyclists,
will reach Chicago about November
SO, thus completing tho circuit of the
globe. Chicago cyclists will duly cele
brate the event.
rildar, November 4.
Tho pope is ill again.
Carl Shurz has announced himself
opposed to expansion.
The Texas Is In dry dock at Brook.
lyn lor repairs.
The gunboat Helena has left Boston
tor China, It will go via Suez canal
The revenue cutter McCulloch, now
with Dewey's fleet, has been ordered
home.
At a watermelon contest at Bridge
ton, N. Y., ono llttlo darkey ate twice
his weight in melons.
The T. B. Ravi Hardware company
of Detroit, Mich,, has gone into bank
ruptcy with debts ot 81,500,000 and
only Vl3,ovo wortu oi assets.
The envelope trust haa raised the
price of envelopes 23 per cent in all
grades. The trust la said to control
VO per cent ot tho production.
Charles Nelson, colored, was electro
cuted at the Ohio penitentiary at Col
umbus for the murder of James Zim
merman, a merchant at Bowling Green,
Ohio.
Saturday, November B.
'At Glbara, in Cuba, smallpox caes
exist and the malady la gaining
ground.
Spain's reply to the United States
proposition to take the entire Phllip-
Sine group Is a flat refusal to surren
er the archipelago. It la believed an
ultimatum will Issue from Washing
ton. The president has Issued a proclama
tion reserving for the use of the Unit
ed States navy, certain water front
property in Honolulu, selected by
Captain Tanner recently, until the
United States congress shall otherwise
elect.
The qnartermMter'o department of
the army haa begun malting arrange
ments for the shipment of General
Carpenter's brigade to tho proviuce ot
Puerto Principe, Cuba. The troops
uru to be thero by November 22, and it
will be necessary to havo transports
ready for somo days In advance of that
date. It U Is intended to have the
troops embark nt Savauuah.
A terrlfle explosion, tho origin of
which is a mystery, shook tho threo
Ohio counties of Muskingum. Morgan
and Guernsey. It was himilar to an
earthquake.
Ben Wheeler, whllo handcuffed,
Jumped from tlio window of n Pan
Inndle train near Columbus, O., and
mndo good his ehcapo from the sheriff
in charge. Tho train was going a mile
n minute.
Tho transport Panama, with troops
aboard, reported lost, arrived safely
at Havana, landed seven passengers
and left for New York. It is reported
to have 400 sick on board.
Prlvato Thomas Ilnnnan ot San
Francisco, a member of Company I,
New York engineers, came in contact
with a live electric vrlro at Honolulu
and was shocked to death.
Tho war department lias issued or
ders for tho movement of troops to
Cuba, Tho first troops will leavo on
or nbout November 'J3, and will com
prise n brigado under Brigadier Gen
eral Carpenter.
Kanday, November 0.
English and French both fear tho
Fashoda incident is not closed,
David A. Wells, tho noted economist,
died nt his homo at Norwich, Coun.
Princo Georgj of Greece has been ap
pointed as head of tho new adminis
tration of the island of Crete.
Germany, It is Bald, will tako nc
part in the Philippine dispute, nnd it
is also stated that she has so informed
Spain.
General Mcrrlnm at San Francisco
hai ordered sixty-five men and officers
of the California heavy artillery sent
to Manila,
St Louis has adopted u curfew ordi
nance. It was secured through the
personal efforts of Color.el Hogeland,
president of the boys' and girls' nation
al home, backed by tbo church influ
ence. Wm, Beck, a Lako Shore employe,
was arrested at Toledo, 0., for sys
tematic stealing from express cars. A
search of his hou6c revealed silver
ware, clothing and silks galore. Goods
to the value of 65,000 were recovered.
Monday, NoTrabr 7.
Tho explosion and combustion of es
caping gas wrecked the supreme court
room and tho rooms Immediately ad
joining it on tho main floor of the cap
itol at Washington. Tho dnmogo is
enormous. The entire central eastern
part of the great marble pile from the
main floor to the subterranean base
ment practically is a mass of ruins.
The library of tho Eupremo court, lo
cated immediately beneath the su
premo court room, was badly dam
aged by fire, smoke and water, practi
cally destroying tho great collection
of law reference bcoks. Tho library
contains about 30,000 volumes and was
U6cd not only by the justices of the su
premo court, but by tho members of
congress and lawyers practicing be
fore the supreme court. The most
serious damage, in the opinion of the
judges of the supreme court, is to tho
records stored in the sub-basement,
Thcso included all tho records of tho
supreme court from 1793 to 183!;. The
room contains records and opinions
rendered by tho fathers of tho judici
ary of tho government. Apparently
the documents In this room are either
totally destroyed or so badly damaged
by fire and water as to be useless. The
explosion occurred in a small room
whero a BOO-llght gas meter wns lo
cated. The escaping gas caught fire
and darted up the elevator shaft.
Tucidar, November 8.
President McKinley left Washington
yesterday for Canton, to cost his vote.
The Bank of Spain has advanced tho
government 00,000,000 pesetas for cur
rent expenses.
Mrs, Leslie Carter has declared her.
self a bankrupt, placing her liabilities
at 803,773, and assets none, except 8200 .
worth of wearing apparel. '
Tho Missouri supreme court sent
enced Frank Garrison and James
Brown, colored, to be hanged on De
cember 2, Both committed murder.
Five fire alarms in fifteen minutes,
coming in during a heavy gale, scared
Emporia, Kan., people into a belief
that the town was about to burn up,
Iatendiorism was responsible.
Thomas Port, president of the For
Glnss Manufacturing company of Mun
cic, Ind., was run over nud killed by a
Sa&scngcr truln. Mr. Port is slightly
cat and did not hear the approach of
the train.
Peter Christcnson, nn nged hermit,
died a' few months ago near Stockton,
Cal., and left a fortune of 879,000. Tho
heir has just been found in the person
of his sister. Miss Cathorlne Christen
son of Davenport, la.
The London Dally Chronicle says It
has received Information that In the
event of the inquiry beforo the court
of cassation pr ring favorable to Drey
fus, a riot will be precipitated and at
tempts mode t assassinate all cham
pions of Dreyfus.
General Gomez has written a letter
to Senor Qucsadaln which he expresses
his faith In Undo Sam and says inde
pendence will come in duo time, ne
also says the present program must be
adhered to until tho Spanish evacua
tion is completed.
There is some prospect that tho Ma
rla Teresa did not founder, but is still
afloat. It has boen learned that no
one saw the cruiser iro down, and as a
report comes that a two-masted vessel
Is ashore on-Cat Island, It is believed
it it the Spanish cruiser.
The big capltol building at Washing
toa is the scene of wreck and desola
tion following the explosion. The hall
of justice is wrecked and the supreme
court Is without a homo. The damage
Is not quite so bad aa first thought.
The work ot repairing la already un
der way.
The war inquiry board is nearlj
through taking testimony.
Arthur Willinma, a negro, was
lynched at Jacksonville, Flo,, for the
murder of Miss Ellna Ogden. lie im
plicated two others, who are now un
der arrest, but it Is expected they will
be lynched also.
The cruiser Infanta Marie Teresa,
which Hobson bo succeesfully raised
and started It on lt way to the United
States, 'wat lost in a recent gale, sluic
ing thirty miles off Walling Island.
The crew in onarge were savea uy ino
repair ship Vulcan, which was accom
panying the cruiser, The loss of the
cruiser will bo tho cubject of Investigation,
BESULT IS IN DOUBT
EARLY ELECTION RETURNS
INCOMPLETE.
Indications or Tliat Nebr.mVa Hat Elec
ted tba FnUvn 8late Ticket, bat tr a
Itedneed Mujorltj UnrLctt and Mercer
Safe JlooaeveK Carrtoi New York.
At 3 o'clock thlB, Wednesday, morn
ing Incomplete returns show a gala
for tho republican ticket over tho vote
of two years ago. Reports had boon
received from 200 polling places showed
a republican majority of 2,071 nnd a
net republican gain of 4.GS8. Tho re
publican committee claims if this rate
of gain is maintained Hnywnrd wiU
pull through with 4,000 majority.
Lincoln Chairman Gafiln of tho pop
ulist committee, nt 2 o'clock Wednes
day morning, claimed tho election of
tho cntiro Ktato ticket by 8,000. As
to tho legislative ticket, nothing defi
nite in relation thereto was known at
7 o'clock Wcdnesdny morning. Both
parties claim it,
Omaha At the republican county
headquarters it is claimed that tho cn
tiro republican legislative ticket is
elected except Walker and Kierstcd.
Tho defeat is conceded of Winters for
county attorney and Kierstcd forcou
ty commissioner. A claim is made
torn good majority for tlio republican
state ticket, but no figures nro given
by cither side. Mr. Hitchcock lias re
ceived returns from thirty-four pre
cincts out of more than 100 in his dis
trict, shoeing that he has received in
them 2,674 votes, against 3,007 for
Mercer. This proportion, it main
tained, will elect Mercer, although it
shows a gain of 2S5 for Hitchcock over
the vote of two years ngo. Tho head,
quarters wero closed at midnight, and
it will be very late beforo the return
aro tabulated.
Omaha Fifty-nine prccincta, n little
over half of the county, bhow election
of three republican state senatora and
all republican representatives except
possibly two. Flynn nnd Sturgess, fu
sionists, run ahead of the comity tick
et and aro counted safe. Tho figures
given do not include South Omaha
which is counted on to glvo tho fusion
ticket 400 majority.
Iloosavclt Klrcted.
New York Theodore Roosevelt hat
been elected governor by from 18,009
to 20,000. Tho rest of the state ticket
Is probably elected also. The returns
from Greater New York and from the
counties outside of this municipality
aro incomplete, but enough havo been
received to Indlcato a falling off in
tho vote up in the state, whllo that he
tho olty was well sustained. Tho con
sequence is a falling off in tho repub
lican plurality In the slnto from 812,
000 to tho approximated figures givon
above.
CoaftrrMlonal.
Washington, D. C Chairman Bab
cock of tho republican congressional
committee has just m:vdo tho follow
ing statement to the ARocIntcd press:
"While I nm sntisMcd that tho repub
licans will control tlio hotiec of repre
sentatives in the Fifty-sixth congveas,
it is impossible nt this hour to indicate
what our majority in tho houso will
be. Thus far we have no deOnito re
turns from Illinois, Wisconsin, Minne
sota, Iowa or Kansas.
Secretary Kerr of tho democrat!
eorgresslonal central committee tm Id:
"Tho republicans havo loHt control ot
the house of representatives. Wo will
have from 180 to 190 members, and
will organize tho houso of the Fifty
sixth congress. Tho majority of the
house will bo from fifteen to twenty
over tho republicans nnd perhaps more.
Our advices Indicate democratic gains
In some of tho states as follows: Ala
bama 2, Illinois .1, Towa 1. Kentucky 3,
Maryland 2, Massachusetts 2, Missouri
6, New Jersey 2, New York B, North
Carolina 2, Pennsylvania 0, Virginia 3,
West Virginia 1.
New York Returns received in the
associated press ofiloo In New York
city from all over the country up U
12:30 this, Weduesdny, morning, indl
cato that eighty-five republicans and
109 democrats havo certainly been
elected to scats in the national house
of representatives. The same district
two years ago returned to tho lower
house of congress 103 republicans nad
tlghty-nlne democrats. Based solel
apon the estimates in these dlstriota,
1 republican loss of twenty nnd a dem
ocratic gain of twcnty-onolfl indicated.
These estimates concede to the demo
crats all of tho congressional district
In Greater New York except ouo, the
Fifteenth.
Lincoln Ed R, Sizcr, manager of
llurkett'ti campaign, claims a majority
In each county for Burkctt and a total
majority of 2,000.
The 3d, 4th, fith and Othdistriots are
probably fusion on congi-OM.
Hastings Republicans a majority,
on straight ticket, of 378. This ia
tures the election of the entire repub
lican county ticket, MucColl carried
Hastings by 130 in 1800.
Kearney Buffalo county will elect
Wyman and Easterling, fusion candi
dates to the legislature, by 200 ma
jority. Lincoln As early on 10 o'oloeli
Chairman Stone of the repnbllfm
county committee had reports from
enough precincts to make him frdl
sure of a majority of from 1,500 to
1,800 in the county for tho republican
ticket,
Part Be wan IT i
The sewage of tho city ot Purls, i
now being teed to irrigate an Immeaav
farm ot nearly four square miles' area.
It has proved such a benefit to tho lanfl
that farmers In the vicinity, who ex
pend It, are now anxious to airanga t
receive aerugo on their own farm.
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