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The man who told you so Is now in
his glory.
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The nt'Xt council will 1)0 organized by
the rciiil > llcitiH.
Shall we commence to call him
Speaker -need already ?
It wouldn't ( nice so very much more to
smash the solid south to smltlierceus.
It Is still Senator Hill and Is likely
to remain so until the senatorial 'term '
expires.
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Wo 8iipiio.sc there are few now who
will coiit/cml that this is not a. repub
lican year.
Dave Mercer's re-election was n fore
gone conclusion from from the outset of
the campaign.
Chicago must now look to her laurels.
New York and her suburbs have voted
for consolidation.
Even the new czar In Ktissl.a and the
war ; In China are forgotten under the
stress of the election excitement.
Tlio 5,000 plurality which the Majors
boomers claimed In Douglas county has
dwindled down to a fraction over -100.
Landslide Is not one-half expressive
enough for the average republican gain
where national Issues have pre
dominated.
The newly elected democratic senator
from Georgia wlll , afford a slender
gleam of consolation to the adherents
of democracy.
AVns It boodle , ballot box Jugglery or
both that turned the vote of South
Omaha upside down ? It looks very
much as If It had been both.
Gorman U probably congratulating
himself that ho remained In retirement ,
and doubtless contemplates prolonging
that retirement imU'IhiHrly.
The polls In New York City close at
4 o'clock In the afternoon. Tills may ac
count to some extent for the early and
reliable election returns that are usually
obtained In that place.
Perhaps President Cleveland will be
moru favorably disposed now toward
the proposition that he write a letter
giving the public Ids honest and candid
opinion of Senator Hill.
The democratic war horses who man
aged to secure their return to the Fifty-
fourth congress will feel very lonely
when they look around for old huitl-
marks. In the next house.
The people of Nebraska have sub
mitted to robbery at the hands of cor
porations , but they will not be pcrmftti'd
to rob them of a governor who has boon
elected by a plurality of the legal
voters.
Mr. Hill lias decided not to rcsuma
the dual role of United States senator a
and governor of New York. He finds
that It will not be necessary , and even
If necessary the state of his health will
not permit ;
Considering the high pressures from
confederated corporations and the enor
mous amount of boodle that has been
disbursed In Omaha and South Omaha
Douglas county has treated Judge IIol-
comb very liberally.
If the election of the next president
of the Tnlted States should by some
chance not now visible to the naked
eye be thrown Into the house of repre-
scntathcs there \\l\l \ bo no di ngcr about
Insuring the selection of the republican
candidate.
It Is reported that Congressman Cuni-
nilngH Is defeated by fourteen votes In
his Now York district and It will require
Uio olllclal canvass to dotermiiiQ tlm re-
milt. Nothing could show belter the
necessity of having a fair mid accurate
count In every Instance. Let no one
bo counted tu or out.
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The work of the campaign committees n
Is not yet over. It Is of the utmost Im
portance that the representatives of
each party candidate bo present when
the returns are canvassed by the county
boards and that every precaution be
taken to prevent false counting mid
fraudulent practices of every kind.
Every candidate Is entitled to have
every vote cast for him appear on the
otllclnl count and It Is the. duty of the
various local committees to Insist that
every detail of the law be compiled with
In order that this right may be yre-
Gcrred.
A DASTAnilLY PLOT.
There la no longer any doubt that
A. Ilolcomb has secured n plural
ity of the votes cast for the olllce of
governor at the election held Tuesday.
Whether that plurality Is 1,500 or fi.OOO
Is Immaterial. If Judge Ilolcomb had
only received one vote more than was
cast for Majors he would be duly elected
to the olllce of governor and entitled to
flll the position of chief executive for
the next two years. This Is a country
governed by majorities and the edict
of majorities must be respected
and upheld by all law-abiding
citizens. The lice serves due
notice on the conspirators who have laid
plans to deprive the people of this state
of their legal choice of governor to stand
from under. The law-abiding cltlzenn
of Nebraska , regardless of party , will
not permit this villainous plot to be
consummated , come what may and cost
what may !
Tlie outrages to which they have been
subjected within' the past sixty days at
the hands of railroads managers and
co-conspirators must cease. It is nn
open secret that more than 10,000 non
residents have been Imported Into this
state from Wyoming , Colorado , Iowa ,
Kansas and other adjacent states to be
used as political mercenaries to help
subjugate our people through the rape
of the ballot box. These men have been
colonized In various parts of the state
for the sole purpose of helping to defeat
Judge Ilolcomb. That fact fa patent in
the returns from Lincoln , McCook ,
Ilcatrlce and other towns where n
largely Increased vote has been polled
over the vote of two years ago , which
was n presidential election year. It is
also noticed In the heavy vote polled
in that portion of the state from which
50,000 people have migrated during the
past two years by reason of the drouth.
Tills Importation of an army of non
residents was only n part of the In
famous plan of campaign by which the
conspirators hoped to foist Majors Into
the governor's chair. Thousands , yes
perhaps hundreds of thousands , of dollars
lars have been spent In debauching and
corrupting the voters and sending others
out of the state , while tlielr places were
taken by political Hessians. Coupled
with tills wholesale bribery carried on
shamelessly by men who hold high
position In railroad headquarters were
the coercive measures employed to over
awe wage workers and frighten the
class of people who are dependent on
bankers and money brokers.
In the face of nil this enginery of
coercion , Intimidation nnd bribery , and
In the face of the colossal frauds per
petrated on the ballot box , Judge Ilol
comb Is fairly elected governor of Ne
braska. Any attempt to count him out
now is nothing more nor less than an
archy , and anarchy must be frowned
down and put down at all hazards.
FllAUD AT SOUTH UM.tllA.
While there were doubtless many Ille
gal votes registered and cast in this city
for the purpose of foisting the railroad
candidate for governor upon the people
of Nebraska , the most shameless frauds
upon the ballot box were perpetrated
at South Omaha. There Is no doubt in
the minds of well informed people that
the election boards of South Omaha
were packed for the purpose , of perpe
trating these frauds. When the elec
tion boards were llrst announced n fair
apportionment appeared to have been
made among representatives of the con
tending parties. The appointing power ,
however , had a surprise In reherve
on behalf of Majors. All the men
known to be opposed to Majors
were omitted from the election
board , which was made as nearly
solid as It could be. The returns
from South Omaha show that the
suspicion about the conspiracy to rape
the ballot box was well grounded. It
was conceded that the Ilolcomb rote in
South Omaha stood nearly two to one
ami that at least 700 to SOO plurality
would be polled for him.
The outcome shows a plurality of less
than one-half , with a total vote of more
than GOO behind the registered vote.
There certainly must be something
rotten in the .South Omaha Denmark.
SOMK CMII'KKXA 7TOA' .
It Is not an easy matter to discover
anything compensatory In the long de
pression through which the country has
been passing , yet it Is not Impossible
to do so. The experience , as everybody
Is aware , has been a very serious one.
Certainly never before In the same
period of time lias the country suffered
greater disaster to Its material Inter
ests or a large body of the people en
dured severer hardship. Hut the fact
must be recognized that to some extent
really healthy readjustment Is taking
place , which , if permitted to go on ,
will in time again put the business of
the country on a sound basis. One of
the beneficial results of the long strain
has been the. pretty thorough weodbig
out of the rotten timber In our business
and financial structure and the scaling
down of fictitious values that has been
accomplished. This always unpleasant
process , which bears most severely
upon many who really ought not to
suffer , Is essential to the establishment
of a substantial basis for our prosperity.
Tlie country had been moving along
at a tremendous pace for several years
and events have .shown that the move
ment was not an entirely healthy one.
There had been u great deal of over
capitalization and overspei'iilation , so
that the business fabric had become a
gooil deal permeated with unhealthy
conditions. It was Inevitable that these
would sooner or later show themselves
and oven without the democratic attack
upon the long established economic pol
icy of the country we should undoubt
edly In time , though perhaps not so
soon nor so suddenly , have boon forced
a readjustment. Having drifted from
sound and conservative basis , restora
tion to a sound condition could only
come through the courageous and ex
tensive application of methods that
would reach the root of ( ho trouble. It :
was a cnsu In which ordinary K pee ill as
would not effect a cure , and hence It
was that the efforts to solve the prob
lem by makeshift methods proved un
availing.
That the necessary readjustment
would have been accomplished with
equal certainty and less severity In the
absence of the democratic purpose to
destroy the protective policy admits of ) of
110 reasonable doubt. The Influence of
that purpose unquestionably wns to
greatly aggravate and Intensify distrust
and to hurry the country Into a panic ,
the worst consequences of which might
otherwise have been averted. There Is
now reason to hope for n steady ad-
vnnco along nafo lines to a full and
healthy business recovery.
Tilt : bKXATK.
Chairman Dabcock of the republican
congressional committee Is reported to
claim that the United States will be in
control of .the republican party after
March 4 , 1.805. The senate at present
consists of forty-four democrats , thirty-
seven republicans and three populists ,
there being three vacancies one each
from Montana , Washington and Wyo
ming , It will be seen that In order to
secure control of a full senate of eighty-
eight members the republicans must
make n gain of eight seats , It being con
ceded that they will retain all the seats
they now have , and assuming that the
Nevada senators will act with the re
publicans In organizing the senate and
upon nil distinctively party questions.
The three vacancies from Montana ,
Washington and Wyoming will be filled
by republicans. As now appears a
republican will be elected In New Jersey
to succeed Mcl'liersou and another In
Kansas to succeed Martin. It Is quite
likely that Senator Caniden of West
Virginia will bo succeeded by a repub
lican. This probable gain of six scuts
would bring the republican strength up
to forty-three , two short of a
majority. There seems to be
Bomii likelihood of Tennessee send
ing a republican to the senate.
but even If this most unexpected event
should happen the republicans would
still need one vote to control. This one
might be obtained , so far as the matter
of organization of the senate is con
cerned , among the three populists , the
most likely one of them to act
with the republicans being Senator
Pefl'er. The probability Is , however ,
that the republicans will be at least
two short of a majority of the senate
after March 4 , 1SJK5 still counting
Jones and Stewart of Nevada with the
republicans and that the balance of
power will be held by the populist
senators , who will thus be In a position
to demand concessions , both in the or
ganization of the senate and as to legis
lation upon which the parties are
divided. So far as the democrats are
concerned they are certain to be the
minority party after the present session ,
but they may still be In it position to
make deals with the populists and carry
measures with the help of the latter.
It Is plain that the situation In the sen
ate will be such as may produce numer
ous complications and give to Senators
Allen , Kyle and Peft'er nn Influence very
largely out of proportion to their
numerical strength. It will afford those
senators a much better opportunity than
they have yet had to Impress their views
upon legislation and It Is to be pre
sumed that they will take the largest
possible advantage of it. They will
necessarily command from both the republicans - '
publicans and democrats , especially the
former , greater consideration than has
be ii hitherto accorded them.
It will be seen that we are to have
for a time a peculiar and anomalous
situation. After March 4 next the coun
try will have for two years a demo
cratic president , a republican bouse of
representatives , and a senate in
the party holding the balance of power
has but three members. Under such
circumstances only the most necessary
legislation is to be expected.
Tilt ! XKXT IIOU8K.
The house of representatives of the
Klfty-fourth congress will be ropubll
can by a safe majority. Tlie full mem
bcrshlp of the house Is 1150 , so that a
majority Is 170. Tlie number of republi
cans in the next house will not be far
from 22fi , enabling that party not only
to organize the house without having
to ask any favor or make any conces
sion to the repiesontatlves of any other
party , but also to conduct business
without serious hindrance from the op
position. In other words , the popular
br/.iich of the Fifty-fourth congress will
be distinctly a republican body , 01
course Thomas 15. Heed will bo the
speaker and It is unnecessary to say
that this will assure Its being n bus !
ness body , in which there will be per
mitted no such practices to
bring reproach upon the legis
latlve department of the government
as were common in the present house
before ft adopted rules on the lines
laid down by the last republican house
Not only was business greatly retarded
In the present democratic house at n
time whou the Interests of the country
demanded action on the part of the
national legislature , but the methods
employed got to be a reproach to the
country , of which even most of the
democratic leaders themselves were
ashamed. This was due to the fac
that the rules of the house , as at firs'
adopted , could not control the house
and not until enough democrats luu
abandoned their prejudices to allow sub
stantlally the republican rules to bt
adopted was It possible to go forwart
steadily with the work of legislation.
The great fact , however , in connec
tion with tills result upon which tin
country Is to bo congratulated Is the
notice It conveys to the party In powe
that the people do not want any fur the
meddling with the tariff. Mr. Cleve
land , Mr. Wilson and the other demo
crats who have declared that wliat Is
already done Is but the beginning o
what It is proposed to do and that tin
work of tearing down the defenses U
American Industries erected by protec
tlon shall go on nro warned by till
overwhelming verdict of the peopl
against thorn to desist and almndoi
their reckless and destructive warfare
There IK no other reasonable cdnstruc
tlon to bo put upon It. Everywhere
lu the congressional districts the lead
Ing question , the Issue that took pre
cedeuce of all others In the papula
attention , was the democratic tariff
policy , and not only what hail bwn nc
compllshed In pursuance of that
but what -was proposed. Whei
Mr. Cleveland , In his letter to Mr. Oatcl
Ings , said he took his place among thos
who refused to accept the new tariff
bill an the close of the war on prolet
tlon , he made hundreds of thousand
votes for the republican party. Whe
Ir. Wllsou addrcsstng the British free
raders in London , assured them that
Is party had only begun tearing down
lie protection defenses , the utterance
hanged n million voters from the demo-
ratio to the republican ranks. These
emocratlc leaders went to the people
reclaiming their determination to con-
luue the assault on the protective wys-
em. They have heard the response anil
t Is In no uncertain terms.
WhetlierUioy. will heed It or not mat-
era little. It Is to be expected that they
vlll endeavor to extend their policy
tiring the brit/f / time In which they will
uivo control of the house , ns In the
nsu of the passage of the supplemental
jllls for free raw materials now on thu
nleiulnr of the senate , but they will
lot be able to accomplish anything ,
'heir tenure of complete control In
engross will continue only about three
iionths and the republican minority In
he senate can anil will prevent any
urthor tariff tinkering by this congress.
.The verdict of the people on Tuesday
ailed a halt in the war upon protec-
Ion mid for at least four years the In-
ustrlul and business Interests of the
. ountry arc secure against any tils-
tirbnnce from this source. The demotot
ratlc party may continue to declaim
gainst protection , but It Is now nnd Is
kcly to bo for some time powerless to
o anything. The knowledge of this
tight to have an Invigorating and In-
plriting effect upon all the material
nterests of the country.
TJIK
It wll ) take time to determine whether
he tin plate Industry In the United
itatcs can survive the operation of the
now tariff. Under the former law ,
vhlch gave the Industry ample protec-
Ion , | t grew .with 'phenomenal vigor
uid there can be no question that Inn
ew years would have become one of
ur most Important Industries , ultl-
mitely supplying the homo demand for
In plate. For the past year the Indus-
ry has been almost at a standstill , but
'ocently ' there has been more activity
n It and reports of new plants pro-
ected. Of course In this , ns In all the
other Industries , wages have been re-
luced , and It Is the hope of those en-
; nged In It that with the Improved nin-
hliiery and methods which come with
ho development of the industry iu this
country they will be able to maintain
mil perhaps Increase It. The present
luty affords very slight protection , but
: he superior enterprise and methods In
niinufocttiro oli'the American over the
Welsh iniuuifncuirera may enable them
to carry on the business without loss.
The passage of the now tariff law cer-
ainly gitveiin | hnpetus to the AVelsh tin
ndustry , ami the feeling over there
ippears to be that the American Imlus-
ry cannot thrive under present condl-
tlons. A promineiit AVelsh manufac
turer now lji.tb.ls country on an Invcstl-
jating tom sqid In a recent Interview
hat he expected u great boom In h'ls
msliiess next.prlng as a result of the
owerlng of tlie'dnty on tin plate , and
expressed .cqnlldence that the new
tariff would -render It Impossible for
Ainerlcaua.Uioniaiiufactulr ( ? 'tin plate
without further reducing wages. He
said that if tlie protection given to tills
industry under the former law had
.it-en allowed to stand In another five
years America would have been making
the plates It could use and the work-
Inginen would have been receiving all
these years the same high rate of
wages. He thought that under the
changed conditions the making of tin
plate will be restored In large measure
to Wales.
There is a very wide difference be
tween the wages paid In this Industry
In the United States and Wales. Thd
high-priced men in the manufacture
were paid here from $0 to $8 per day ,
while iu Wales the same labor Is paid
from $2 to § 2.pO a day. Thatrls , wages
for the skilled workers are nearly three
times as high In this country ns In
Wales. Tha unskilled labor In the
United States ranges from ? 3 to $8 per
week , against ? l..r > 0 to $5 In Wales.
Tims the Welsh manufacturers have n
very decided advantage In tlie very im
portant matter of wages and one which
they are very likely to retain. It Is
claimed thnt they also enjoy an ad
vantage in the matter of transportation.
It does not cost so much per box to
place Welsh tin plates In New York ,
Hoston and Baltimore ns It does to
transport them to our markets from the
points of manufacture. Still , notwith
standing these disadvantages to Ameri
can manufacturers , there Is reason to
hope that the Industry will be main
tained here and nitty even make pro
gress. _
It will bo interesting to hear from
the British press on the lesson of the
American elections. Most of the foreign
newspapers were so pleased with the
disposition to favor the foreigner dis l-
played by the democratic administra
tion that they thought Its popularity
at home could not possibly bo less than
Its popularity abroad. It will be a rude
awakening from a pleasant dream.
The managers' of the Majors cam
paign starteij Wnjf by claiming that their
candidate laui'lected by 15,000. Now
they have eJJlnj down from their high
perch and claim ids election by 2,000.
The fact Is IM * Isjdofcnted by more than
2,000 and thry know It. They are only
laylng the foundation for counting Hoi-
comb out lil't'tliem beware.
The i-olico Onto Their Job.
Chicago Herald ,
The youtifr t roperor enters upon his career
with the ecl.-i of H plot to end IIH ! reign at
Its commenci'ment. The Kusalan police
have alrea < lyl'Mls < ? ovcrctl" the plotters and
wtll send thfj to filberla without delay.
A Sjirlnlde of Hplro.
ImlUnnpolta Journal.
Of alt fliul thlnKH fn the lot of man
The one moat full ofoe
Is paylnB the price
That's due on ICQ
lie used three months ago.
nuxas.
Andrew J. Carnegie U returning to this
country. He will ( liul a good many blowholes
In hla welcome.
The tallest man In the German army , Cap
tain von Plaskoiv , stands six ( eet six Inches
In his Blockings.
Oicar Wllile- has declined an offer to lecture -
turo In this country. Mr. Wilde Is uncon
sciously growing In public esteem.
U Is now settled that ex-I'rcsklcnt Harrison
Is out for the presidential nomination In ' 90 ,
He set up n box ot cigars In New York.
A saloon keeper ot Yonkcra , N. Y. , having
been arreited at the Instance of ( he clergy
men ot that city who have combined to en
force the Sunday law , the Judge before whom
lie was taken discharged him because It could
not be provca that lager brer ll an Intoxi
cating Orlnk ,
John Jacob Astor , who has a strong taste
for mechanics , took charg of a passenger
angina on the Illinois Central railroad last
week , and , It Is said , drove It the hundred
miles between Fort Dodge and Sioux City ,
la. , at a rate that often dazed the regular
engineer. It was a star sort of asterisk
performance.
Klchard lirlnco ot Allen , Kan. , ran a lubri
cating Joint In connection with a Block nf
coffins , and came to grief. The authorities ,
while not averse to stiff drinks , could not
tolerate a close alliance between Kansas em-
balralng fluid and codlns. They contended
that a man should not monopolize the kill-
In ff and the burying.
The new hotel which John Jacob Astor
tot proposes to build In New York , on the
southwest corner of Fifth avcnuo and Thirty-
fourth street , where Mrs. William Aster's
house now stands , will be , In fact , a part of
the Waldorf , twenty stories In height , 250
feet by 100 In dimensions , nnd together with
the Waldorf constituting the largest hotel
In the world.
Miss Imogen Louise Oulncv , the poetical
postmistress of Auburndale , Mass. , was boy
cotted to such an extent by townspeople ,
who objected to a couple of big dogs she
keeps for her protection that the department
was compelled to reduce her salary $100.
Now literary people all 'over New England ,
having heard of the Incident , are tending
her orders for stamps , not having the least
fear of big dogs at long range ,
Labouohero says ho Is enabled to state on
most excellent authority that for some time
after Mr. Gladstone's resignation he wa ;
bent upon taking holy orders , and It wus
with a view to that step that he announced
hiCc Intention of retiring from the House of
Commons at the dissolution. U Mr. Glad
stone's health remains good , and If his eye
sight ( Is not further Impaired , It Is quite
likely that he will be a candidate for ordina
tion.
England has a woman recruiting sergeant.
She Is Miss Gould of London and she differs
from the usual recruiting sergeant In * that she
does not Ho In wait for young volunteers at
public houses and attract them by the bril
liancy of her attire. She has worked among
the poor for many years , and has lately
turned her attention to young thieves. Hav
ing once got hold of them she never foeU
safe about them until they have accepted the
queen's shilling.
Florence Ulythe Hlnckley has virtually
como Into possession of the largo estate which
contestants In the California courts so resolutely -
lutely tried to wrest from her. Generally
speaking , It Is worth from $4,000,000 to
$5,000,000. It consists of a San Francisco
block , 80,000 acres of land In San Diego
county , 44,000 acres of land In Mexico , adJoining -
Joining California , and an Interest In 1,800-
000 acres of land In Mexico. Just what the
niythe estate Interest In these 1,800,000 acres
Is will have to bo decided by the Mexican
courts. There Is also $125,000 In cash on
hand belonging to the estate.
Tlio JJiiBtict in nn Implement of War.
Washington Star.
nocent news from Wlllefs Point. N. Y. ,
tends to show that M. Jules Verne , the
great romancer , was not so far ahead of hla
time ' In hl scientific speculations as the
reading public might think. The Idea of a
monster magnet to be used In time of war
either to attract Invading ships to treach
erous shores or to pull the ntins out of the
grasp of on"ndvanclnp column of Infantry
Is surely most Verne-like , U Is almost be
yond the reach of modern military thought ,
but here It la , with every continuation In
fact , us not only the notion but the actual
production of an olllcer of the American
army , Colonel Klnir of the engineer corps.
The Idea Is not lightly to be dismissed.
The experiments that have so far been
made with the gigantic magnets built by
Colonel Kins nerve to show that there Is In
this form of electrical phenomenon a power
hitherto unsuspected. Colonel Kin ? has
demonstrated that with materials large
enough there Is practically no limit to the
attractiveness of n magnet. In one experi
ment he shewed that a large hoiseshoe mag
net that he made out of two cannons nnd
some Iron rods , together with several miles
of telegraph wire , could exercise an at
tractive force of at least 22GOO pounds. This
force. It Is thought , may be sulflclcnt. to
affect the compass of a ship passim ; a fort
so supplied with a magnet , and render her
unmanageable. ,
The Angry Son nf Huavon.
Philadelphia Record.
It has been asserted that the emperor of Is
China has expressed a desire lo know why
despicable little nation like the Japanese
cannot be speedily exterminated by a pow
erful people like the Chinese. If the Son of
Heaven and Urother of the Moon should
cmrge from his harem and look about him
he might see many things that would In
terest him exceedingly. He would discover
that the world has moved In these last 2,000 to
years or more , and that the middle king
dom Is no longer the center of the universe.
If the ruler of China could be moved to
sclf-crltlclsm the regeneration of the Orient
would have been begun.
Kloke.l Hack.
IntciOcean. .
. arrest of Mr. Morton'u coachman was
ordered by Secretary Carlisle Home weeks
ago with the Idea that the arrest would be
In the nature of political thunder to the
democrats. It was not. It was in the na
ture of the traditional old musket that
kicked the shooter over the fence and kicked
him after he was over , thu shootee walking
olT In safety. This Is what happened In the
case of Mr. Carlisle , and after he had been
kicked by democrats and republicans he
surrendered unconditionally and ordered the
release of Howard , the coachman.
One Clmnro of llnvlug 1'uii.
Washington filar.
If China were not so extremely busy with
other things she could have a good deai
of fun over the way In which the. people
of this country pronounce her proper names.
The I'lot Tlildcoiu.
Inter Ocean.
The Lexow committee. Investigating the
witless tools of Tammany In New York
continues to pile Osa on I'ellon In the mat
ter of criminal developments.
About i
Calves ton News.
Some girls come home from the fashion
able schools with their names so completely
changed that they don't know their old
sweethearts.
A Mod leal Vindication.
Washington 1'oat ,
The physician who pronounced the czar's
case Incurable ought to be able to do con
siderable business on the utrength of hla
vindication.
r OX THE WAV.
Atlanta Constitution.
No matter how the weather goea
We're happy on the way ;
The apple's red ns any rose.
The llelda arc stacked with hay
Bee the rabbit runnln' ;
Fox has lost his cunnln' ;
Lots o' game fer gunnln
Happy on the wayt
No matter how the weather goes ,
We're happy on the way ;
In winter-time it always miows ,
IJut violets comeIn May ,
See the partridge flyin *
Fat enough fer fryln' :
Jest can't think o slghfn'
Happy on the way I
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
PURE
WATER FOR DROUTH TIMES
Some Information Given Out by Agricultural
Experimental Stations.
EXPERIMENTS IN AMATEUR IRRIGATION
Item Water Cnn llo Stored from Spring *
nnd Streams , to Help the Crop * Over
the Iiry Spmun , ullh Lit-
tie i : pciiM > .
WASHINGTON Nov. 7. Investigations are
In progress nt several of the agricultural ex
periment stations to demonstrate the amounts
of water required by different crops for per
fect development , ns veil as the best time and
method of application.
Loisos aggregating millions of dollars oc
cur yearly In the so-called humid regions of
tlia eastern nnd southern states as a consequence
quence of the long dry spells which prevail
In many localities ot these regions. A
deficiency . of rainfall during the compara
tively short period nt a critical stage of the
growth of the crop may result In serious
reduction m yield and quantity of crop , erIn
In total failure.
The most reliable safeguard against this
result , cays an Agricultural department bulle
tin , Is Irrigation in some form. The sys
tems may be employed In modified forms
and on a. smaller scale with marked advan
tage on at least the more valuable farm
lands of the humid regions. There is usu
ally little trouble In such regions In securing
all the water needed for Irrigation. Hy Im
pounding the small streams and utilizing the
sprlngs which occur on almost every farm
sulllc'ent water might be ttored at small
expense to carry the crops safely over the
one or two "dry spells" which are likely to
occur during the growing season , The con
struction of extensive reservoirs and canals ,
of course , could not wisely be tqken , but on
iiany farms small streams might be col-
ected In reservoirs from which the water
night be dUtrlbuted by means ot open
ditches over a largo area of the farm , or a
lortlon of the flow ot larger streams might
)0 diverted and distributed by the same
means In time of need ,
It Is suggested by the department that ex
periment stations make Investigations on a
small scale In this line.
larus HAVKD IIY ritoriiKTS.
Vnluo of Storm Prediction * Shown by Autuit
I'l Kit res.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 7. The Agricultural
department liaa Issued a statement showing
that during the storm ot September 24-29 ,
1,089 vessels , valued nt $17,100,000 , and In
the storm ot October 21 , 1,085 vessels valued
at $19,133,000 , remained In port on the
Atlantic and gulf coasts , secured from dan
ger throughout the periods for which warn
ings were Issued by the weather bureau.
This , makes a total of 2,305 vessels , valued at
$36,283,000 , a largo portion of which prob
ably would have gene out but for the warn
ings. H Is fair to assume. It Is stated , that
bad they done so nearly all of them would
have encountered the storm and been more
or less damaged If not entirely lost. The
records of those who went out In the face of
warning show that In every Instance they
suffered severe Injury or were destroyed.
Reports from the returning vessels give
credit to the weather department. Charles
ton reports 400 lives probably saved by this
means.
Competition lit I'hoipliato.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 7. Serious competi
tion for our southern phosphate producers Is
at Algiers , In a report to the State depart-
at Algiers , In a report to the State depart
ment on tlio phosphate deposits of Algeria.
He describes the marvelous extent and rich
ness of these easily worked deposits amount
ing In one bed to 40,000,000 tons and esti
mates the output this year from ono field
at 35,000 tons delivered on shipboard at $4.65
per ton.
VLOUlt MILLS JtVlltfKI ) . .
Largest Institution ot ttm Kind In Kaunas
Cltv Almott Totally ! > of.r yud.
KANSAS CITV , Nov. 7. The Rex flour
mills were almost totally destroyed by fire
last night. The mills
were erected at a cost
of $300,000 , and were among the largest
Hour exporters In the west. Their home
market was extensive , and the product of
the mills was well known In Europe. The
mill proper , with nil Its costly machin
ery , was burned 10 the ground. The ware
house , with 5,000 barrels of Hour and about
4,000 bushels of wheat , Is also u total loss.
The loss Is estimated at J1G5.000. The mill
employed 100 men. The lire wan discovered
about 6:30 : , In the dust room. Before the
flro department could reach the spot , which
Isolated , the main building was envel
oped In flames nnd was hopelessly lost. It is
said the Insurance will
cover only about one-
half the loss. The principal owner la J ,
N. B. Keillor of St. Louis.
-o-
Itctlieln Victorious ntTnnclnri.
NEW YOniC. Nov. 7. A special dispatch
the World from Tanglers says the govern
ors of the southern provinces of the empire ,
pressed by the rebels In tlielr respective dis
tricts , have sought refuge In Morocco City ,
fleeing from the outraged Cabclas , their long
suffering , oppressed anil despoiled subjects.
The sultan hiu ordered thchi bacfc to their
district * . To ober means death at Iho tutuji
of these who h vo laid ulcgo to the soJthcrn
capital nnd plundered the surrounding c < 5un-
try.
JOKHl'OIIlXa CllIXA ,
Kngllili Domnnil Itrparntlon far Dutmgn
nn llrr Subjrctii.
NEW YOniC. Nov. 7. A dispatch to tha
World from Its London correspondent yit
I have the statement from an authority in
which I place the utmost confidence that
[ Instructions have Just bron telegraphed bjr
the llrlllsh foreign office to Admiral Frcmnn-
tlo. In charge of the Ilrltlsh fleet In Chinese-
waters , to demand any important concessions
of territory to England In
case of any out
rages to Kngllsh residents In China. There
Is n peculiar Interest anent the United King ,
doin slnco It It claimed hero that by the
terms of n agreement slsnod by tlio allied
foreign governments tha llrlllsh admiral In
Chlnoso waters will bo placed In supreme ,
command of all thaforeign squadrons , In"J
eluding that of the' United States , to avenga
any violence to foreigners. Slnco Franco
would , of course , be glad of the example set
by England to deuinnd concessions from
China of territory on the south , contiguous
lo Tanqttln. and Russia of territory on the
north , giving -her
ports free from Ice. the
United States warships on the Asiatic station ,
If the above named contention Is correct ,
would bo forced to aid England , Franco and
Russia to coerce China Into concessions which
would give the control of the 1'aclfla to thesa
three nations.
JlKI.KtT WAfiTKn TO rOTK ,
Itofusod by tlm .ImlgM but will Appeal to
tlio Court * .
LAPAYETTB , Ind. , Nov. 7. The most In-
( cresting feature In the election In thta city-
was the appearance of Mrs. Helen
M. Oougnr nt a voting precinct demanding
the privilege of suffrage. She was permitted
to enter the booth , ask for state , township
and county ballots , nnd she was refused
each on the ground of her sex. She de
manded the prlvllcgo of making nftldnvlt
of her citizenship , which was dented on iho
same ground * . Bhe was accompanied by
friends , who -were witnesses oC her de
mands. This Is a tout vote for a case to bo
carried to the state supreme court Under In
structions of tin * Stnte Surrrngo iiimoalatlon
,
of which Mrs. Oougnr has been re-elccteil
president for the eighteenth term. Tlie recent -
cent decision of the supreme court of the
right of women to practice law In Indiana
has Inspired this action. The qualification
for suffr.igo In the state says n male may
vote , but does not say a female shall not.
If a recent decision Is good law , women may
vote as well na practice law. Many test
votes have been tried , but In no other on
the same lines of law that will bo presented
In thin. Mrs. Gougar Is bcttur posted til
constltutlonul law than many men nt the
bar and her management of the case will bo
thorough and searching.
ATClllSOX MttKttS .l.V.VICK/f.
Says It U Cnmpnllfld to I'njr the SirltohliiB
( 'hnrfirn nt tlm Ntook Yurdn.
CHICAGO , Nov. 7 , The receivers of the
Atchlson rend today Hied an answer to the
suit of W. T. Keennn , live stock shipper ,
who asked the federal court to abolish , aa
far ns the Atchlson road Is concerned , the
switching charge of $2 per car on all ship
ments of stock received at thu Union stock
yards In this city. Tha answer sets forth
tlmt Kecnan knew all about the charge
when he made the contract to uhlp cattle ,
and that RS the stock was to bo delivered
nt the stock yards the railroad could do
nothing but use the trarky of the stoclc
yards company to get It there , the charge
therefore of the Atchlson road was some
thing ; that the road proper had no right to
regulate. The Block yards Company de
mands n like amount for each car delivered
at the yards and that compels the road tu
ask that the shipper make the amount iood
to It. This Is a case of great Importance to
shippers of live stock throughout the west
and the decision , which will probably bo
handed down In the course of. ten days ,
Is eagerly watched.
TH U Kll.LKU UUTHIOIIT.
Heading Trnln Shoots n Street Car Fifty
Irc t Through tlm Air.
PHILADELPHIA , Nov. 7. At 9 o'clock
this morning an express train on the Read
ing road struck a street car at Nlcetown ,
Pa. The car was struck with terrific force
and was thrown fifty feet from the track.
.Two passengers are reported kilted outrlgot
and several others Injured.
ItnbDml n ( iiiinty Trnitnnrnr.
IIAURISON , Ark. , Nov. 7.-C. P. Aycock ,
county treasurer , was this morning discov
ered lying on the floor of his olllce , with his
hands nnd feet tied , a pocket handerker *
chief stuffed Into his mouth , aaid another
bound over his face. As he was returning
home , about 9 o'clock last evening , from
Lead Hill he was Intercepted by two men ,
who compelled him to return to the- court
hoiiHo and open the safi > , which they looted.
Hut little money was In the vault , as tha
treasurer keeps his funds In the bank. Mr.
Aycock was removed to his home , whereho
lies prostrated.
Lynched All eil llousn Iliirncrs.
MOIIGANKIELD ICy. , Nov. 7-News
has reached this city of the lynching
near Ulnckford , Crlttcnden county , by white
caps , of Cobe Nella and his non , Ulysses.
They were charged with burning- house ,
together with Berry Rich , who was lynched
lost week.
riHlirrinrn llloirn Out In Sea.
CAPE MAY , N. J. , Nov. 7. The report
comes here that eight fishermen In boats
off Aniflesea , were blown to sea Monday
night. Four have returned and the others
have not been heard from.
ji/o.v/jvs oit Yinrn J/O.YKT JIAVIC.
Political.
Every state and territory ex
cept Maine held an election
November 6. Only twenty-
one of them elected govern
ors ; most of them elected
minor state officers.
Wool
The expression "an all wool suit , " doesn't always ?
mean the same thing. There are animmonse varioly
of wools. A cyolopaodio aulhoriiy says this : "At what
point it may be said that an animal fiber ceases to bo
hair and becomes wool it is impossible to determine ,
because in every oharaotorlstio the one class , by imperceptible -
perceptible gradations , merges into the oiner , so that
a continuous chain can be 1'orrned from the finest and
softest merino to iho rigid bristigji of the wild boar. "
The chances are that some oF you fellows are wearing
boars' bristles around here , instead of an all wool
suit. We select only fabrios made of good staple
wools WQ _ hayo many grades ; but they're all good ,
and we guarantee the m.
$750 is the price of one of our good business suits ,
and a real nioa all wool ( this is woolly wool ) ovoroogt
for $7.50.
Browning , King & Co , ,
Reliable Clothicrd , SV , Cor , 15thind ; Douglas.
