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Destructive Forest Firm In Arkansas
Hired Hand Kills lilt Kniplojer ear
Hastings Other Xens of Ntalf)
nil National Interest.
Commandant General Louis llnlha Is
reported to have connniintled In person
the attack upon Colonel Hanson's col
umn, ltot) ih's force hns effected a
combination with annothcr comniamlo
which has been hovering around Mall
ei lately.
Lord Kitchener reports that three
additional officers were killed and
that two more were wounded during
the attack on the lear guard of Colon
el Hcnson's column near Hrnkenlaagtc,
Eastern Transvaal.
BOER COLONY IN WYOMING
Tract of Three lliinilrcil ThiHisniul Arm
8 retired.
A number of Hague bankers nnd
other wealthy men of Holland are
making arrangements to establish a
colony of liners and Holland Dutch in
Wyoming. A tract of HOO.ooo acres bus
been scoured in the valley of tho Green
river, in Sweetwater county, southern
Wyoming. Surveys have 'been made
for a' gigantic canal and irrigation sys
tem and construction is to be com
menced at once.
The prospective settlers are now 1c
ing brought over to do the work. Tests
have been made which show that, the
sol is especially well adapted for beet
sugar culturo autl a large Wet sugar
factory will be established in the col
ony. CONVICTS ESCAPE
Arizona I'rlsoner Makn l.'se of .Hit It eh
Knglur,
At Yuma, Arlr... on November .1,
Thomas Hart, under sentence for mur
der, and n Mexican named I.cibas, in
jail for robbery, overpowered the dep
uty sheriff on guard and taking pos
session of a switch engine, ran It fojtr
miles into the country and escaped
Section Foreman Martin tired a shot
through the speeding engine, and from
blood found on a cushion in the engine
it in supposed that Lclbus, who was
working the throttle, was lilt. When
the men left tho engine they opened
wide the throttle and tho locoinotl .e
ran seven miles Itcfore stopping. A
posse is now in pursuit of the fugi
tives. The latest rcaort is that the men
were encountered near Fortune, a
smal' mining camp, and a desperate
battle ensued, resulting In the killing
of Hart and the capture of Lelbas.
Hired Man Hhoots Employer.
Will Shay, a well-known and well-to-do
farmer living eight miles northeast
of Hastings, Nob., was accidentally
shot in the abdomen. Mr. Shay had
gone to the barn to look nfter his
horses. In the mcautime the hired
man took a thirty-eight calibre rifle
and wnt out In the yard to shoot a
chicken for dinner. Tho barn is on
the side of a hill and just as Mr. Shay
came out of the building the hired man
drew, a bead on a chicken and fired.
The ball struck Mr. Shay; hi tho,center
of the abdomen and made an ugly
wound. Dr. Arts of Hustings was
summoned nnd arrived in time to pre
vent great loss of blood. The ball was
not extricated as It could not be lo
cated. Mr. Shay is in a critical con
dition but there are hopes of his recov
ery. '
Kill Fellow Workmen.
Two machinists working in the
Southern shops at Columbia, S. C.
Waller Hinder nnd Wm. Nearer, were
shot jn their houses koiiiu time, after
midnight, November 3, by a party of
men. Bearer was killed instantly nnd
Hinder seriously wounded. According
to the statement of Hinder the attack
ing party were former strikers. Harry
.(ones and Arthur McCrauey have ltecn
arrested. More arrests will follow.
McCraney claims that he did the shoot
ing In self-defense.
Fractured Her I.linb.
Gladys, the eight-year-old daughter
of William Shelter, a farmer living
south of I'lattsmouth, fell from a tree
while playing in tho orchard Novem
ber, and sustained a painful fracture of
one of her lower limbs. When found
she wort uuconBcious and remained in
this condition for some time.
Kausus Oata for Houtb Africa.
Orders for SX million bushels oata
have been placed with two New York
house's by England, Tho purchasing
agent said ho wanted Kansas oats be
cause they had proved far better than
any others in South Africa nnd also
because iu the long run they were the
cheapest.
Hurcessful With Mugnr Ilneti.
A, IT. Hurtls of (larden City looks
for a beet sugar factory and relluery to
bo established in that town. En
couraged by 'the bounty authorized by
the last legislature of Kansas, tho
farmers planted a large ucrcngo of
beets last spring and the experiment
has turned out well. Tho beets are
large and of good quality. A carload
will be sent to Kooky Fordt Col., next
month, and If the yield of sugar Is sat
isfactory a plant will be built at Gard
en City.
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NEW CENSUS FIGURES.
Report on Srlioot, .Mllltls mill Voting
i A km,
Vl'lie census icport on school, militia
ahl rotlug ages for all states and ter
ritories, shows lite following summary
'or tne counter as a whole!
,, ' "V " ".-
I crsons of school nri. lire In t.wentv
kV - 'Aiios. of whom 3,807,130 ntv
innia...! ... .
w iiw-u, sa,iuu,sii nro
white and
13,0tt;,uiorvii males: males of militia
age, bMMi.n, of whom 1:1,132,330 hj-o
native Wn.Vd 14,4tti,3UO are white:
and mulct of Ming age, 31,3'JO.SHr, of
whom lOr.'.'Aaro native born and
111,030.14:1 sivVhlte, Of the total
number of mMrsVvcnty-onc years of
age and over. V.TiV!:,:, ,. illiterate,
Of the ICA'X'T,'.'
,rn males,
twenty one ycnrVof
vha
over, l,
700,30:1 are Illiterate find iitV .-,10-J,-
.ui lorcign ijoru, n.u.mr; arc nuterate.
Native white males of sting age who
are of foreign parentage showa rela
tive increuso in their proportion sice
jpvu, wiine 1110 coiorru mines 01 voting
age nave increased throughout tat
northern nnd western sections with V
few exceptions. A little over "is pr
cent of the entire alien population of
K
the country i Illiterate. The statistics
show that the average number of per
sons to each potential voter range from
3.4 to 3.0 in the north central states
and 3.4 to 4.1 In the western states.
INDIANS DYING BY SCORES
Nearly Hlily Winnebago Indians Already
llctlms of Smallpox.
Honoris from the Winnebago Indian
reservation indicate that twenty-two
died from smallpox the ilrst week,
twenty-two last week and fifteen up to
the present time. Tito 10,000 Indians
are scattered over 1,100 acres of land,
and it is entirely Impossible to give
them individual attention. Asa result
scores He sick and cither die or recover
without medical care.
Tho Indians refuse to obey tho direc
tions of the government physician nnd
perish in using their own remedies and
pay no heed to warnings against ex
posure. Guards have been stationed
about all the surrounding cities to keep
out the Wlnucbngos, but this Is almost
impossible. The schools at Kmerson,
Neb., have been closed down on ac
count of the disease, und there is one
case at Homer.
Chinese Minister Itecalled.
A l'ckin, China, dispatch says: The
recall of Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese
minister at Washington, has been de
cided upon. He will be offered, it is
announced u subordinate post in the
foreign office, beneath his abilities,
which it is said he will decline.
Li Hung Chang's Interpreter, Tslng,
adopted son of the Marquis Tseng, Is a
prominent candidate for the Washing
ton mission. lie is thirty years old
and was educated in England.
Decline to Honor Requisition.
Governor Durban of Indian refused
to grant a requisition for the return to
Kentucky of ex-Governor Taylor nnd
Charles W. Finley, who were indicted
by Kentuckcourtsforeompllclty in the
murder of Governor William Goebel.
In declining to honor the requisition
Governor Durban gives his reasons In
a lengthy document, which art; vir
tually the same entertained by ex
Governor Mount.
Anreatlne-Chllo Dispute.
The Argcutlue government Tias re
quest Chile to desist from road making
in the cordlllcras, says a dispatch to
tho London Daily Mall from Itucnos
Aycrs, and has demanded an official
declaration that the roadmaking al
ready accomplished does not constitute
a claim by (Jhllo to the territory Ip
dispute. Failing this assurance, the
Argentine minister, it is said, will be
withdrawn from Santiago do Chile.
Shaft to be Klaborate.
At a meeting of the executive com
mittee of the William MeKinley na
tional arch association In Washington,
it was determined on motion of Secre
tary Gage, tho treasurer of the asso
ciation to attempt' to raise 81,500,000
for the construction of" the proposed
arch. Material progress was reported
by the executive committee in the
work of preparations for raising sub
scriptions. Forest Fire In Missouri.
Fierce forest fires are 'raging a few
milts south of Poplar Bluff, Ark. The
woods have been in flames for three
days, and thousands of cattle and
hortes are in danger.
Farmers and stockmen have turned
out en lnassa to fight the flames, but
they have made very little progress.
The fire will cause, a famine for feed
for cattle this wjnteron account of the
drouth, which cut crops short.
Fire at the Cemetery.
The residence at National cemetery
at Fort Leavenworth was destroyed by
fire November 1. The fire is supposed
to have started from a defective iluc.
The soldiers' fire department made a
run to thu cemetery but could not
make any water connections. Nearly
'all household furniture of Max Hotter
superintendent of the cemetery, was
destroyed. Tho total loss was about
93,000.
Triple Tragedy Amons; Metroes.
On a plantation known as the I loss
placc.nr Greenwood, Ja Wash Haw
Itntientcreil the. librae of Victoria An
derson, a negro woman, and found her
in thu company of u negro named
Charley W'HHnmH. Ho at once opened
ilro on Victoria, killing her instantly.
The weapon was then turned on Wil
liams, who attempted to escape, ami
was fatally wounded. Rawlins rushed
to the door, turned his weapon on him
self and pulled the trigger, 'dying in
stantly. .T-, ,..,.)i'.f i. .f,. i ..-;..,..,
UNDER THE WHEELS
Farm Hand Jumps in Front
Moving Train.
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THE BODY IS ffARfllLLY MAHGUD
UhU-asii (Inmlilrr Klllnil hy lilt Sun
Half Million lllnro In Iowa- Jsejcro
Humeri at IU Hlake Other
New of Orrat lut(irtnnre.
Edward Mailer, a corn busker who
had Ik'cii working for William Gormcl
ly of Vesta, Neb., was run over by the
south bound L'nlon Pacific train No.
lTatCoburn Junction, Neb. Ho was
walking along the track toward the
approaching train and stepped off to
let IK pass. When the engine got Im
mediately opposite he doubled himself
up iu u ball and threw himself under
the Vwheels. The train cut off his
WMl and dlsemlMiweled and feafully
nnujKU'd the body. The remain were
HentvUi Coroner Sawyer at Jackson,
Nob. Nothing lias yet been found to
Indlnte his home..
BURNED AT THE STAKE
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A rTro whosu name has not yet
been learned, was burned at the stuke
near Gulfport, Iu Perry county, Missis
sippi, November 4. Tho crime for
which the negro suffered was commit
ted eitrlj in the lnornlmr. nnd' Mrs.
Fortcuberry was the vlutltn. She is
the wife of one of the most prominent
men In that section. She was at tacked,
licatcn luto unconsciousness and crim
inally assaulted l,y the negro. After
recovering X consciousness, while yet
almost tooeak to move, she began
crying for hfelp.
Within a short time assistance
reached her. .She told the story of the
crime and described the negro. A
posse was organized and the negro was
soon captured. He was Identified by
Mrs. Fortcnbcrryand finally confessed,
telling all tho details lie had previously
denied. j
An informal court was organ Jy.ed by
the members of the posse. The trial
resulted In a decision to burn the ne
gro. He wns taken to the scene of his
crime and there burned at the litukc.
KILLED BY HIS SO 4.
sssssssssbs
Ilea t Ills Wife, and the Coronr 's .lury
In stifles the Itouilrlde.
Dnu M. Hogau, known far and wide
as a lsiokmaker nnd sporting man, was
shot and killed by his sou, Dan M.
Hognn jr., in tho family's .country
home at Wilmington, 111., Novemlier 4.
The Immediate cause asslgjied for
the shooting was tho abuse Hd bru
tality of the head of thu household in
striking his wife until shot down by
his son. The bullet struck llig.in un
der the right arm nnd passed through
the body. I
Hognn, jr., wns held by tho author
ities pending an Inquest by Um coro
ner. The jury returned a vcnllct of
"justifiable homicide." .
Hogan was fifty-nine yearsold nml
left property valued at upwards of six
ty thousand dollars. He had met re
cently with reverses by gamb lug upon
races. Frequent and unsucc ssful at
tempts to mortgage his W huington
property that he might procure a new
"bank roll" for track speculation, re
sulted In familp quarrels. '
1'owder Mafaslne Kiploilrs.
Tho powder maguzlnc of he Santa
Fe Pacific at,VI,lllams, N. M), contaln
Ing'U.OOO pounds of povvdeVJ,! exploded,
the shocli breaking1 wlndosnnil glass
ware and tearing doors from houses.
The magazine is mipposed to have
caught fire from sparks from an en
gine switching nearby. The engineer
and switching crew escaped i injury hut
the cars of the engine wcrt- wrecked.
The damage will amount' to many
thousands of dollars,
Want Kansas and Nebraska Cattle.
The experiment made earjy last fall
in the state of Washington 'of Import
ing Kansas and Nebraska cattle proved
so successful that a number of Whit
man, I'alouse county, fanners have left
for Omaha to purchase more cattle.
Early in' the fall James Woodley of
Colfax shipped BOO of one anil two-year-old
stoors to Whitman county from
Kansas City. He sold pan of them
and is feeding the remainder on his
much.
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Funston Is Co ml ii s; Ilunte.
A Kansas City, November 4 dlsp.iluh
says: It is stated that General Fredur-
iclt, VunstoiwUl shorty apply"or a
leavo of absence from tjhe Philippines
and re '.urn to' the United. States, on a
vjslt. It Itfsald ho Is recovering rnP
Idly f rom ttie operat,iqn for appendici
tis recently undergone at a Manila
hospital. General Fred I). Grant w 111,
it is s(atel, likcy succeed General
Funston hi command of the San Fcrr
liaudo district.
Attempt to ,t,,D "; Ibink'.
A man named Lanscomie entered
the Kensington branch of the 1ondon
,fc Southwestern bank, at London,
Eng., and "hot the cashier dead, He
then called upon tho clerks to deliver
the contents of tho till. A clerk grap
pled the robber, who, finding escape
was Impossible, shot himself, In the
btrugglo another clerk wits wounded.
Member of the .Hoard.
Hodlcu Gould wiU elected a member
of thu board of trustees of New York
university at a meeting held Novem
ber 4.
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SHOT BY SISTER-IN LAW
quarrel st lllnnood OtjJ - "
v In a Fstaltty.
.Unite A. DitlTcy, n ' cf SV
llnwood.KnM a .hot ly Y"K
ward Hotchklss of Great Mend, Has.
He died an hour after being shot. Duf
ey came to Klllmvood two years ago
from somewhere east and engage. 1
business. He had the respect ml
Minfiiltiniv of those who Iiimiw him.
Previous to his romlnir heM l "'
separated. Their tlnee ehlWrcti liwl
been placed In an asylum at Wichita.
Mrs. IfotehklHH was tho sister of
Duffcy's wife. lfTey Mmmj1 her for
thu separation. Mr Hotchklss ob-
tallied one of the children, a niuo ooy,
from the orphans' asylum and wns liv
ing at Great Henri, twelve miles west
of F.llinw oxl. nnffey In some way got
the child and kept It hem with him.
Sonio time ago she brought suit to re
cover the child. In tho trial she was
permitted to caro for him. Justice
Jennlsou reserved his decision for u
tveek. In the meantime tho child dis
appeared. Duffey then procured an
order to have tho child produced in
court within a certain time.
Mrs. Hotchklas sworo out a search
warrant for certain letters In the case,
claimed to have bwen stolen by Duffey
fromhor. Shu. came down from Great
Henri with Sheriff Johnson. Hoth went
went direct to DnffeyH shop. Hoth
entered. The sheriff stepped Into a
back room with Kit ward Isern to
search, leaving the woman, D'iffey and
a blacksmith named Wler In thc front
room, Mrs, Hotchklss drew a rurolver
from her bosom, nnd at a distance of
three feet slid, fired one shot that en
tered the rlglAbrcast. Wler grabbefl
her and prevented another shot. A
crowd gnthurcriy but the sheriff got
away with his piVoncr by a slriostrect.
MORE NAViL VESSELS
Hoard . of Conslrtictkin Heronmienils
forty New'
Orcrtind nbove the Hour war ships
for which congress dlrVteri him last
session to prepare plansns n basis for
appropriation at tho ncxtWsslon, Sec
retary lotfg has before hlrV the rccom
mcnihttioas of the board oX naval con
struction, looking to authorization by
congress forty more navalessels of
all clashes, from battleships down to
tugboats. The plans for the two ar
mored cruisers niidtwobattleshlss, pro
jected by congress last session, already
have Ihioh prepared and look to the
construction of nbout 16,000-ton bat
tleships and M.OOiMon cruisers. The
battleships and cruisers n'ddltlonal to
those which the construction board
proposes, probabiy will lie of about
the same size and general type.
MONUMENT FOR LEWELLINQ
Wichita Friends to Kreet m Stone lu
Memory the Late JCi-tloreruor.
The monument that will mark tho
grave of ox-Governor Jewelling was
purchased nnd designed by a Wichita
company. It wilt coBt, 4."0, and tho
Wichita admirers of tho late ex-governor
will pay .for it, The monument
wll be of Harre -marble, three .feet six
inphos wide, two feet thick und tiro
feet eight Inches high. In a panel will
be chiseled:
"Lorenzo D. Lew riling. December
IT, 1B40. September 3, 1D00. Governor
of Kansas from 18M to 18J."i. Kreeted
by his friends."
The monument will be set on a largo
block of Falls rock. It will probably
Ik- uuvellcd next mouth on tho fifty
fifth anniversary of the ex-governorV
birth.
Supplies furnished Insnrfsiits.
Advices from Cathalogan, Sara a r, nay
it is well known that in splto of the
fact that nil ports of Samar are closed,
supplies still reach tho Insurgents.
Most of this work Is done during tho
dark nights by smull boats from thu
Island of Leyte. Every available gun
boat Is now endeavoring to prevent
this.
The capture of Lukban's commissary
has proven a great blow to the Insur
rection, as It renders future supplies
very precarious.
Conditions In the island of Leyte are
very annoying to General Smith, A
large number of junks are used with
the express object of aiding the insur
gents in Suraar, covering the move
ments of fugitives aud landing provls
Ions und clothing.
Hear? Iaiss hy Fire,
At nn early hour on November 4th,
fire broke out In thu restaurant of .1.
F. Dudley. ,Thc wind was blowing n
heavy gale and by 0 o'clock five blocks
of the main business part of town at
Jennnlng, la., were hi smouldering
ashes. The loss is estimated at half
a million dollars, with insiirancu at
about one-half that amount.
Mnjr Mop the Furnaces,
One of the most serious situations
ever experienced confronts thu furn
aces' and mlIs of Youngstowp, O.,
Iu way of Inability to getcoke. Tho rail
roads cannot move the coke, It If ex
pected that every furnace in the valley
will be compelled to shut down with
in a few pays. The lay-off will bn a
serious handicap to tho operators.
Fatal Fall From a Wuuon.
While on tho way home, says n Con
cordia, Kas., dispatch, from n party at
Aurora, In a farm wagon, tho fifteen-
year-old daughter of Stanislas t Iiaput,
of Aurora township, was thrown out
by tho vehicle striking a rut, Thu
wheel passed over her body, Indicting
internal Injuries, from which she died
thirty-six hours later.
A Civile Farmer Hani; Himself,
.lacob Illchncr, a farmer living near
Clyde, Kits., committed suicide by
hanging himself hi his barn. Thu
cause Is unknown.
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REPUBLICANS GAIN
Maryland and Kontucky arc Con
ceded to be Domocratic.
fUSIONITTS WIN IN GREATER HEW YORK
Itrpulillcnii t'l 1 1 m Soilgult k I'.lei trd li.r
J'liirallly of ?,ont to 10,000 Nimli
Klerted In Ohio liv .10,000 Oth
er (lenrrnl w llrtns.
Ni'hrutlot.
The election in Nebraska was ex
tremely quiet, hut after nil a fniily
satisfactory vote was polled,
The returns from IIS" precincts out
sice of Lincoln and Omahii, give Sedg
wick a total of ;i:i,). against 'jr,HHl
for Holleuheck. These same precincts
gave Marsh 37,"."!l votes against ?.t,
477 for Svohoda.
The republican, state ivntral com
mittee made estimate on the vole of
the state, making the plurality for
Judge Sedgwick not far jrom 7,00().
Tniiuui)' llefenlril.
Selli Low, former president of Col
umbia university, and four years ago
the citizens' union candidate for the
first mayor of Greater New York, was
elected the second mayor of Greater
New York by a plurality ranging any
where from :ii.H)0 to 40,()IH), defeating
Hdward M. Shepard of llrooklyn, the
democratic nominee. The campaign
was an exciting one, anil the vote,
though somowhat less than tho presi
dential election a year ago, was the
largest ever polled In a municipal con
test In this country.
He, turns also liutlcnto the complete
triumph of the Greater New Yor
fusion ticket.
Mnssaohusetls.
With no state or national issues aud
but few local contests to arnusu In
terest, there were more ballots cast In
the state etuutlon than hi any off year
in the hlstorytof the state. The total
vote exceeded S0(0(M). As usual the
republicans had do difficulty hi carry
ing the state, W. Muiniy Crane of D.tl
ton, being elected governor for the
third time by prncllcnllythe s.ime ma
jority as when ho first rancor the office
in 1800. The state IrgislatiiK of 1003
will be strongly republican, although
the democrats gained a few votes.
OO.OOO Iii lona.
The result in Iowa is remarkable.
With a marked falling off in the vote
throughout tho state, the loss in some
precincts being 40 and M) per cent on
the total vote, and the average loss for
thu statu being one-fifth the total of
two years ago. A. H. Cummins, the
republican candidate, has been elected
by a plurality of something like IK),
000, the largest ever given a governor
in this state. The entire republican
state ticket is elected by similar plu
ralities, and some extraordinary gains
havu been mnde.
.South Dakota,
ltcturus are coming in slowly. The
vote is light over the state' and only
circuit Judges are being elected. In
dications are that the republicans
uleeted nil eight judges, but the ricmo
srats claim tho election of Hcnnctt in
thu Third and McGca hi the Seventh.
Returns srom these districts are too
meager to base estimates. Jones (re
publican), ia tho Second district, ear
rind every county district with possi
bly one exception. Ills majoriry will
bo close to Vi00.
Krntueky
The general assembly thut was
elected In Kentucky, with the excep
tion of half tho senate, will be demo
cratic on joint ballot by nn increased
majority according to the latest returns
Tho returns indicated that the senate
will stand twenty-six democrats to
twelve republicans, thu samo n.s the
old senute, and the house twenty-seven
democrats to twenty-three republi
cans, a demoerutle gain of seventeen,
For the first time In 'years the re
turns do not show tho election of a
single populist to the assembly.
Sfarjlaml,
A conservative estimate bawd on
about half thu voting precincts and
unofficial returns from tho state indi
cate that tho democrats will control
the legislature and will have probably
sixty-seven votes on joint ballot, which
is bix more than a majority. Luto re
turns show largo republican gains in
llaltlmore and It is now asserted thut
tho republicans have carried it by
fl,000. They ulso claim ull three legis
lative districts lu Haiti more city.
In Colorado
Returns received up to 11:30 Indi
cate that in Arapahoe conty the entire
democratic tielcet has been elected by
from 2,000 tti r.,000 plurality. '
Koturns from the stnfe ure, very me
gre, but indicate republican victory in
Pueblo, KI Paso and Lake 'smntlcs.
Teller county, the Cripple Creek raili
ng district, Is dsniDsratiu.
lu Utah.
The returns indicate tho election of
tho entire ticket for thu republicans In
Salt Lake City, Heports from other
cities and towns of the state, while
very Incomplete, indicate thnt the re
publicans have been generally succccss
ful. In Kansas
Local elections wuro held In overy
county hi Kansas, county commission
ers nnd school trustees being elected.
Republicans were gci"rHv successful.
Ohio.
The republicans carried Ohio by iv
heavy Increased plurality on their state,
ticket nnd will hnve a greatly enlarged
majority hi the legislature.
The extent of the republican success
Is attributed to tho silver democrats
not voting: to the altitude of John It.
McLean, the democratic candldato for
governor two j ears ago and tho Ohio
member of the democratic national
committee: to the superlororgnnlzatlnit
of the. republicans and other causes.
reiinsjlvnnli.
lMtmatcs from sixty-seen counties
of the state give Prank I!. Harris, re,
publlean, for state trcastucr, an appar
ent plurality of 51,0115 William P.
Potter, republican, for supreme court
judge, It, 807 plurality.
In Philadelphia, Kothertucl, the fu
sion cauiltnatti for district attorney,
was beaten by 43,I8S plurality. Har
ris' plurality Iu this city was .11,'iilt and
Potter's was ,11,031.
Sow ilersej.
The early returns received from all
from nil points In thu stale Indicate
that. Murphy, republican, for governor,
has been elected. The republicans
claim the state by 10,000.
Late IX' turns 1car out tho earliest
Indications that Franklin Murphy, to
publican, lias been elected governor by
nliout 10,000 plurality.
Itoth branches of the legislature will
be republican,
Hlioiln Island.
Without any conclusive returns from
the cities aud towns throughout the
state It was generally conceded after
t lie clow of the (Hills that Governor
Gregory and republican statu ticket
are elected by a plurality of int.
G.OOO. This Is a loss of .1,000 front last
year. The vote polled through" the
state, wns light.
Mississippi.
Returns from the election In Missis
sippi Indicate that Power has carried
the state for secretary of'',tate foyh
handsome plurality over his Jour com
petitors, hi the rare fprhtoVotlJPiM
urer ttiu result is not "o 'cortalnVn.Hkt'
is not possible to say whether Carlisle
or Kvaus is ducted.
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In Virginia.
The negroes took llttlo interest In
the election In Virginia, and' tho Indi
cations are that the rion'iocratle ?nJo'
Ity for the state ticket will ho nittro
than 3.1,000.
The riemocratlo innjorlty on jMlit
ballot, in the legislature will bq over
whelming. NEBRASKA GETS MEDALS "'
ipill-
Awarded at the rn-Amerlean. Ki
tlnn to This flftift
Tho horticultural department ofil
Iho
Pan-American exposition rnja just an
nounced its awards. Nipraaka Jre-
eulvca.tnedals.aa followgjK8tai Horti
cultural society, gold, medal 5 general
display of fruits, Youngcfti tc. Co., gf Id
medal for displays of fruits; Tlieo. Wil
liams, Henson, gold medal for col ca
tion of hybrid plums; ,sllrcr met ),
.Murniutii itrun,, nrimjvuii, jur uibii y
of fruits; bronze medal, C. II. Barnajtl,
for display of upplrs and pearsban
orable mention, Frtnk Martin, Omaha,
for exhibit of plums.
In tho agricultural department Ne
braska received a gold medal for a col
lection of agricultural products, a sil
ver medal for collection of ccrcal8,gold
medal for u display of sugar beets and
their product and n silver medal for a
display of corn.
VALUABLE MINE SOLD
The Deal Is the Herom! Largest la
Colorado's History.
The F.lkton Consolidation Gold Min
ing company, on the property of which
a remarkably rich strike was nario re
cently, has bcyn sold to Eastern capi
talists. Tho consideration is lscd on',
a valuation of 80,875,000. Tho names,
of tho bnycrs are withheld. K. M.:
Dclavcrgne, their local agent, is bias-'
self a stockholder.
The deal is the largest involving Col
orado mining property since Strattoon
Independence was sold in April, 1800,
for 110,000,000. Local mining men be
lieve that the purchasers are New
Yorkers, representing Wchrncr, 'Belt
& Co. of London, who have songht to'
buy the mine.
KlRbt Children Kaee for Life. ,
Eight children, cccompanled by tksiir
parents, ended a 1,600 tnlln raeeufor
Wio at the Chicago Pasteur institution,
November 3. The youngsters, rang
ing in age from fonr to nlnn cmth,'
came from Colorado Springs, Col.,
where they were bitten by a dog afflict
ed with rabbles. Fearing hydrophobia
their parents bpgnn, tho long journey:
to have their children treated.
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Kansas Woman Kills Man.
Mrs. .1, K. Hnlchkiss of flrcat lleod, ,
Kim., shut and killed James Duffy at,
his home I'll In wood. Duffy wan a
brothrr-hi-lnw of tho woman. Sfie
suspected htm of having certain of her
belongings lu his possession. Ob-,
tatnlux o M-arc'i warrant she "went to
his home wUh the sheriff undwbilo
the house was lieing searched she drew
a pistol and shot Duffy.
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Acatlciny llarned.
Jarvis Hall military academy at
Montclalr, eight miles from Denver,)
Col., ti school for boys, maintained by,
the Episcopal church of the dlocwo. o.
Colorado, was burned to Hits greWd,
causing a loss estimated at'$75,W
Sovcnty-llve students roomed jn the,
building, but nil escaped without in
jury. Tho orl&ln of tlio Ure 'JaW, ,
known. The library of Canon .Rogers,; ,
rector of the academy, oncof the finest, "
in tho west, was partially destroyed, .
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