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Mckinley ai McKinley has been re-elected Prosi- < dent by the highest electoral vote ever ' given a candidate for the Presidency. J xxLC'xviuiey s liiuiiiinj vi iui |iui>um? vote is about 550,000. This plurality in 189G was 603.514. McKinley has carried all the States regarded as doubtful, including Indiana, Illinois, Ohio and Maryland. He has gained Kansas. South Dakota, Utah, Washington and Wyoming. The next Con* / gress will he Republican by slightly increased majorities. 1 . NEW YUKK. New York City. ? The State j Of New York has given a plurality of t over 140.000 to William McKinley, Re- < publican candidate for President and i a plurality of less than 90.000 to B. B. j Odell. Jr., Republican candidate for 1 Governor. Odell ran considerably ] behind McKinley throughout the State, . while Stanckfleld's vote was slightly < in excess of Bryan's. I Throughout the State the election 1 for Representatives in Congress re- ] suited in the success of twenty-two Republicans and of only twelve i)eino crats. | The election gives the Rept:bli*ans a ( safe working majority of 10 Tn the ] Senate and 50 in the Assembly^, The 1 Republicans have a majority ofj 72 on < }mnt ballot. > 1 ff The State officers elected arefe Gov- ! ernor, B. B.' Odell, Jr.; Lieuretaant- * $ Governor, Timothy L. Woodruff $ Secretary of Stat^ John T. JIcDondugh; Controller, .JSfrafeUis C. Knight; State } Treasurer John Y. Jaeckel; Attorney- t General, John C. Davies; Engiiieeer ' and Surveyor, Edward A. Bond. J / The Supreme Coprt Justices elected in the First Judicial District art Ed- i ward Pattersod1, the nominee off* froth the Republican and Democratic par/ ties, and P. Henry Dugro, Demiocat Bryan carried Greater New Yorfc by a plurality of 27,621. McKinley carried Kings County by a plurality of sfew. "i NEW JERSEY. V Trenton, N. J.?Returns from evejSy part of New Jersey indicate the he^vidfct vote ever east in the State, and a Stdet election. Up to midnight 'the iepublicaus claimed from 50,000) to Gd.OOO majority for McKinley and Roosevelt and the Democrats conceded their election by 35.000 fo 40,000. "Six of the eight Congressmen chosen are Republicans, which leaves the delegation the same as it is at present. The re-election of General William J. Sewall to the United States Senate Is assured, as the next Legislature will be overwhelmingly Republican. The Assembly will remain just as it wa^ a year ago. but the Democrats lost four Senators. The Republicans will haye a majority on joint bailot of forty. ft PENNSYLVANIA. Philadelphia, Penn. ? Estimates from a majority of the counties ill Pennsylvania indicate a plurality for McKinley of over 300.000. Iu this ? city the fusion of the Democrats with i the Municipal League cut down the ] Republican couuty ticket, but J. Hamp- ( ton Moore, for City Treasurer, arid Jacob Singer for Register of Wills, ate elected by more than 50,000 plurality. Pennsylvania's delegation in the next Congress will probably be 27 tylpublicans and 3 Democrats, a Repyb- ,, llcan gain of 7. The incoming Legislature will vote for a United States Senator to succeed Matthew S. Quay, whose term ' expired March 4 last. ? o Oiinv'o fi.inn/)c am nlnimino JXL? O. * ? uaj o itKuvko -,0 they have a majority on joint ballftt favorable to his re-election to tlfe United States Senate. The control of the Stnte Senate a* betweeu Quay and anti-Quay is doubt with chances favoring tha Quayites, though the complete returns may give the organiation of that body to tKe opponents of Mr. Quay. CONNECTICUT. New Haven, Conn.?Connecticut decided that her Electoral vote of six! Bhould be placed in the McKinley col-j unm; the entire Republican State ticket was unanimously elected; the four Republican Congressmen were reelected, and a General Assembly over whelmingly Republican was cnosen. i The plurality for McKiulcy, with ' practically all of the returns in. is< fixed at about US,0<X). The Republi-* can State ticket was elected by pluralities of over 14,000. * The Republican Congressmen were elected by pluralities ranging from 10,000 in the First to a harrow margin in the Second for Sperry. The Connecticut General Assembly will seat nearly all of its Senators as Republicans, while the lower house will be surprisingly Republican in its complexion. OHIO. Columbus. Ohio?From present indi Naval Programme For 1901. As finally adopted the United States naval increase prograijFme for 1901 involves tlie construction of thirty-two vessels of 151.000 tons displacvrAcut, or more than 'Untitle that'laid down in any pweeding year. Boy of Eight Shoot* a Kobber. Charles Parker, eight years old, living with his mother near Rockville. Md., leveled a shotgun at Bernard Lee, a colored boy as the latter was attempting to enter the Parker home, and blew off the lop of his head. Cycling Notes. The bicycle tax iu France last year was collected on 838:850 wheels. One Arm has turned out a convertible bicycle which may be used with or without a motor. Forty miles in an hour on a bicycle is a record made at Brockton, Mass., by Will C. Stinsou. Little lias been said so far by manufacturers of bicycles as to the output, price and models for next season. Some people are of the opinion that the ideal bicycle has been made, and that material improvements are out of the question. ii Illillll* ? It < ?*????> . . ? . ( , ,1, if >,|M?MI|'v'll] assagai ?atious McKinley has carried the i State by 00,000 plurality. Republican State Chairman Dick has given out i the following statement: "Returns re- ' . eived up to this hour (11 p. m.) justi- < fy claiming that Ohio has given Mc- i Kinley a plurality of from 75,000 to ] 30,000, and the election of 17 and pos- ] sibly 18 out of the 21 Congressmen. ?_ J- rt A ??rtKnKl,. O mUKJIlg 11 ?H1U Ui -i, HUU vwawij KJ, members of Congress." < ILLINOIS. Chicago, 111.?McKinley has carried < the State of Illinois by a tremendous i majority. At this hour it seems that , Ltis plurality will be increased by at \ east 20,000 over that of 1896. Samuel \lschuler, Democratic candidate for Groveruor, Is beaten by a very close rote. He ran ahead of his ticket by , xt least 30.000. The surprise of poli:icians is the' enormous vote cast for ! McKinley in Chicago, which Chairman rones, Mayor Harrison and others had 1 laimed to be Democratic. The Re- ! niblicans will lose four Representaives in Congress, including William ] Lorimer. INDIANA. Indianapolis, Ind. ? The latest returns from Indiana indicate that the ' Republicans have carried the State by 1 from 28,000 to 32.000. The Kepubli- 1 ?ns probably have elected 11 of the ' 13 Congressmen. The Legislature Is 1 thought to be safely Republican. NEBRASKA. Omaua, Neb.?Later returns received < jn the day after election settled with- i jrit possible dispute that the Republi- ] ean& have elected the entire State ] licket; and the Presidential Electors. < Figures indicate that McKinley's, ma- ' jority In the'State will be not less < than GOOO. The Legislature, te Republican in both branches. Tie Republicans lose the Governorship,', William ( A. Poynter being re-elected by.' at least' ] L000 majority. The Republicans prob- ; ably will have a majority of three or i four on joint ballot in the Legislature, < enabling them to' elect two TJnited States Senators. Against this the Democrats claim Bryan carried the State, though by a narrow margin of ] of pernaps not more tnan iuuu; tnai . Fusion has a safe working majority < in the Legislature; that Fusion State 1 officers are elected by 3000 to 5000. KENTUCKY. Louisville, Ky.?Bryan has carried, j Kentucky by from 11,000 to 12,000, and Beckham, for Governor, has car- : ried the State by a plurality approxi- 1 mating 5000. Everybody concedes the State to. Bryan. " / 1 MISSISSIPPI. Jackson, Miss.?The election passed quietly. Returns received indicate that the Bryan electors have received a majority of 45,000. The Democrats , also elect the entire Congressional delegation. \ . MISSOURI. St. Louis?The indications are that Bryan lias carried the State by a reduced plurality. Alexander M. Dockery, the Democratic nominee for Gov- < ernor, will have a majority that, is iTut slightly smaller than that of Bryan. The Democrats claim the election of entire Congressional delegation, fifteen '? K?f Pannhliniinc nlsm 1U 11UUIUUI, L'UL Liiv Xkujiitvuvttuu M,wv claim the election of two Congressmen.. The Legislature will be Democratic by a reduced majority. KANSAS. Topekn. Kan.?The meagre returns available indicate that the State has Hazing Cause* a Boy's Death. Thomas Finlay Brown, twelve years old. is dead from injuries received ; while being hazed in the Porter Mili- : tary Academy, at Charleston, S. C. Be- ; fore he died he re'fused to give the ' names of the cadets who hatf ill- . treated him. * * t I-ured Into a Filipino Ambush. A imtivi* orct\pstrji lured the American troops from their quarters near1' Djigupan, P. I.* while the insurgents 1 attacked the rear, killiug two Ameri- ] cans and wounding three. i Italy's ICIiif; Fcai* Fkther'i Fate. The arrival of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena at Koine, Italy, < was marked by an imposing military escort. It is understood that the ex- j eeptional precautions taken were at 1 the King's own request, and in order to prevent the possibility of an at- , tempt upon his life. J (America to Help Australia Celebrate. The United States Government, ac- j cording to a dispatch from Sidney, ; N. S. W., has intimated that if would be pleased to send warships tqj attend I the inauguration of the Of omon- ' I wealth of Australia. . / IiSSf i,\ N/1\1 IJ I n %#? llli I V\|/ V/ l# r ~ JeSSed gone for McKinley by from 15,000 to 20,000. Chairman K. Mack Love, of :hc Democratic State Committee, says: "I fear Kansas has gone with the rest of the country. The slump has been the wrong way. I guess McKinley has carried the State and the whole Republican State ticket." MASSACHUSETTS. , > r ? I UWLUIJ, 1UUOS. iUClVlUlt'J tallies IUC Old Bay State by about 75.000 majorty. The entire Republican State ticjcjt, headed by W. Murray Crane for Governor, is elected by about the same majority. The Republican Legislature hosen will re-elect Senator Hoar. MINNESOTA. St. Paul, Minn.?The bount of the rotes cast in this State wap slow, but returns-' leave no doubt that McKinley carried the State. Van Sant, Republican, ran behind the national tlck;t, but he has been elected Governor, [t is believed that the Legislature, tvhich is to elect a successor to United States Senator Nelson, is Republican. , i _______ CALIFORNIA. San Francisco?The returns indicate that McKinley's plurality in California will be at least 20,000, and that all seven Republican Congressmen "have been elected. The Legislature will be Republican. KIll/llAVtAil. Detroit, Mich. ? President McKinley carried Michigan. Conservative estimates place his majority at 65,000. His majorltyxin 1896 was 41,542. The Republican State ticket has also been jlected, but by a smaller majority, rhe Republicans have elected all their Congrcjsipnat nominees. mt J II [ TIHCO- (R0OSEWLT | NORTH DAKOTA. Fargo, N. D. ? Returns received seem to Indicate a Republican plurality over rather than under 10,000 for McKinley, while the Republican State ticket is elected by a somewhat smaller figure. NEVADA. Carson, Nevada.?Mr. Mills, Repub Ilcan Chairman, concedes the State to Bryan by 800 majority. The Democrats claim it by 2000. The Legislature is very close. SOUTH CAB6L1XA. Charleston, S. C.?The majority received b$ the Bryan electors was about 50,000. McSweeney. and the full Dei- jcratic State ticket are elected, there being no opposition, the Congressional delegation will be solidly Democratic.' . NEW HAMPSHIRE. Concord, N. H.?The Republican electoral tlcjcet carried the State iby at least 20,000. Both Republican candidates .Tor Congress were elected by about 6500 each, the Legislature is overwhelmingly Republican in both hrnnnhps. and the Governor's Council is solidly Republican. , WISCONSIN. Milwaukee, Wis.?Returns from most of the precincts in Wiscousin, including a few precincts in Milwaukee, indicate that President McKinley's plurality of 102,012 in 1806 will be more than equalled. WASHINGTON. Seattle, Wash. ? The Republicans claim the State, placing the majority at 7000 to 10,000, the doubtful counties being in Eastern Washington. Cushman and Jones, Republicans, are elected to Congress. Moose Killed In the Adirondaoks. Charles Martin, an Adirondack nriilHo hvnimht- tn Snr.inne L:ike a bull moose shot at Grass Pond, N. Y. The animal weighed about 800 pounds. This was the first moose killed in the .Adirondack Mountains, outside of private parks, in twenty-live yeurs. Wo Want Indemnity From China. Edwin H. Conger, the United States Minister at Pekin, has been instructed lo demand ample, but not excessive, Indeniuny fro? China for the death, injury and losses of Americans. Minor Mention. It is reported that the Apaches arc lying out. The caribou season has opened most olmnct OVPl'V Tiart Of the province of Quebec. Many drug stores in New York City sell cocaine 4^ violation of the laws governing the s^le of poisons. The importation of Italian window irlass into Brussels has seriously affected the Belgian glass industry. Erastus A. Birn&rd, of Chicago, has Ejlven to the city a tract of land valued at $200,000, to- be used as a public park. ' _ Jgji ' / A-'; . . ; V4 ^ -i . [SOUTH DAKOTA. * , Sioux* Falls. S. D.?Reports from all parts of the State Indicate that South Dakota gives McICinley a plurality of between 3000 and 4000. OREGON. Portland, Ore.?Almost complete returns from all but six of the thirty-two counties in Oregon give McKinley a plurality of 14,105. RHODE ISLAND. Providence, It. I.?McKiule.v's probable majority in Rhode Island is 18,000. Iu 189G it was 22,078. Both Republican Congressmen were elected. IDAHO. Boise, Idaho?The count of the vote is going on very slowly, but the returns indicate that Bryan has carried the State. WEST VIRGINIA. Parkersburg, W. Va. ? Chairman Dawson, of the Republican State Committee, declares that West Virginia has given McKinley 17,000 plurality. IOWA. TVa Mninps Town?Indications DOlnt at a late hour to the carrying of Iowa by McKinley by an increased majority, estimated at 60,000. Thp State Republican ticket is also elected, including all Republican Congressmen. t? UTAH. Salt Lake City, Utah?Republican gains in Utah indicate McKinley has carried the State by about 10,000 and that the Republicans have elected their State and Congress tickets. ; . MARYLAND. Baltimore,, Md.?With scattered pre* cincts in various counties of the State to hear from, Maryland's plurality for McKinley was 14,146, with a probability that the official count will swell the total to 15,000 or more. 'Besides placing Maryland's eight electoral votes In the McKinley column, a solid Republican delegation to the Fiftyseventh. Congress was elected with handsome pmjoritics. ' y-Ufife r MONTANA. r-'/tK,' Helena,-ifont? Bryan and the combination Democratic-Populist Labor State ticket';-haVe carried " Montana. Joseph K. Toole Is the successful candidate for Governor. Caldwell Ed wards has been elected Congressman. The Legislature is in donbt, but it looks as If the friends of-"former Senator William ^ Clark will be in control; Two. Senators are to be elected. - DELAWARE. Wilmington, Del.?Late returns indicate that McKinley will haVe a majority of from 2000 to 3000 in this State. The Legislature, Which will elect two United Stages' Senators, is Republican in each branch.' '. ______' i MAINE. ' "y ? Portland, Me.?Maine went for McKinley by about 25,000, a reduction of the majority the .President received in' 189G. Bryan has, gained twenty percent. over four years ago, and cut down the Republican plurality by 10,000 over the State electloA in .'Sep tt'iuwr. . .WYOMING. Cheyenne, Wyo.?Returns indicate the success of the McKinley electors in Wyoming b y 2000. Mondell, Re* publican, for Congress, is probably elected by; about the same, majority. \ The Legislature will be oVerwlielmlngly Republican. . k . VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va?The indications are that Bryan has carried the State by a smaller vote than in 1896, when nis plurality was 19,000. Probably 9 Democratic Representatives have been elected. ' J! v .. RESULTS IN OTHER STATES. Bryan carried the following States: Coloradtf, Arkansas, Florida, North Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Texas, Tennessee, Virginia and Alabama. THE FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS. The House of Representatives RepubU can by a smaii majority. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The next House of Representatives will be Republican by a fcmall majority. The Republicans have enough Congressmen to outvote the Democrats and'all others in the House. The Senate also remains Republican. From the present, outlook the makeup of the uRper house ( will be: Republicans, 55; Democrats, 31; all others, 4. Thus the Republicans will continue to hold their effective working majority against the Democrats and the Independents In the Senate. The Republicans have' a majority of fourteen over all opposition. ' The House of Representatives has been carried by a veritable Republican landslide. The Republican gains have not been confined to any one- section of j the Country. The East, the West, and ' ovon the Snnt.h hnvo rnntributed to I the Increased Republican majority. In the next House the Republicans J will have, according to present re- j turns, 202 members, and this will give i them a majority of 47, Their major- ' ity in the present House is 18. In the House the most important gains have been in the East?New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland being the chief contributors. The West is so strongly Republican in the present House that no material gains could be expected in that direction. One of the striking features of the membership of the new Congress is the small number of Populists, Silver Republicans and Fuslonists who will hold seats in the Senate and Housei I i South Pacific Inlands Mischfirted. Officers of the Fish Commission steamsiiip Albatross, which arrived, at San Francisco from a fourteen ' months' cruise, report that nearly all j the islands in tlie South Pacific are j mischarted from two to a dozen miles. ! and that there are many other errors in the charts. Safe Breakers Get 8:5700, Bi. ..lars broke into the office ot. James D. Doolittle at Doolitle's Mill, 1 IiiJ.. blew open the iron satV and robbed it of !?:!700 in cash. State of Shipbuilding in Germany. Shipbuilding in Germany has be* come a great industry in the last decade, and, according to a communication from United States Consul Winter at Annaberg, to the Department of State at Washington, the present capacity of all the wharves does not meet the demands of the German merchant marine. Man and Wife Killed by a Engine. Sanford W. Weatheriead and his wife were killed by beinfc struck by an engine at Northfleld, Miss. The occupants were thrown dfwn the track more thai) 20Q feet. f I V ' . s . ImfTlsmpT At the Risk of His Life He Stopped the Heavy Machinery. IMPERILLED PASSENGERS' LIVES 1 John Anderson, the First Assistant Engineer, Performed a Marvelous Feat? The St. Paul $lruck a Sunken Derelict?Lost a Propeller and Disabled One Set of Engines? Explosions After Shock New York City (Special).?Through the heroism of John Anderson, first assistant engineer, the St. Paul was probably saved from a disaster that might have entailed the loss of the steamship and probably the lives of several hundreds of those on board of her. As It was, with one propeller gone and her starboard engines 1 crushed, she came into port safely and without the loss of a single life. At the risk of his life, in the dls charge of what he simply considered I his plain duty, John Anderson plunged through scalding steam and whirling machinery that threatened to knock a hole in the vessel's side, and moved the lever that disconnected the starboard engine and stopped the mad thumping of beams and rods which were smashing everything around them. Shortly after eight o'clock In the evening of Wednesday, October 31, the passengers on the St. Paul were almost stunned by a shock received by the stout* vessel that made her quiver from stem to stern. Then followed-' the thunder of whirring machinery, wild and beyond the control of Its masters. Great hammers of Iron and steel were crashing against the Iron plates, hurled by the force of the engines, which were left to turn their t terrible power upon the ship. This crash of iron against iron, which mad6 the blood the passengers run cold, continued for a few. seconds, that seemed hours to the terror stricken, was followed by a series of explosions. Many thought that the worst was about to come, and that the sides of the ship had been Mown open, and the next act in ther tragedy would be the final plunge into the sea. And then, as suddenly as the coming of the first shock, the thunder; and ,the crashing ceased^ The hand of John . Anderson had* reached the lever and the great engine had been curbed and knew ita master again. The tfWp settled, down in its path, the throb of its great propellor, driven by other, engines, was hieartL once more, and the ' vessel steamed on through gale and rushing'waves toward the distant port that she was destined to reach in safety.' r .. The iJ.hip was quite, able to continue her voyage and1 to make her port A derelict or wreckage, if is believed, had' crossed her path, the starboard propeller had become entangled lin it and had- been snapped from its shaft head, like a flower from its s|em. ..;The ! engine, driven with tretnendous power, and Suddenly relieved of all frtct'on and resistance, clattered and vibrated in its bed, shaking itself to pieces, And UUi.iiii{? ipirvco^ ui i 1 to oicci duuuiu.c again at yihe aides.of'the vessel. Thpn -the forc^pf the steam, turned back tfron itself, blew out the heads of four cylinders and completely wrecked the starboard engines. Anderson had f narrowly escaped death in the midst of the .wreck of the engines, while he was saving the passengers and crew, but t hlg hand reached the, right lever at the right moment, and the ship was saved. The officers of the line were much praised by the passengers for the excellent manner In_whicn they fulfilled their duties after the accident. The St. Paul left Southampton .and Cherbourg with a full cargo, 316 cabin and 245 steerage passengers. The St. Paul will undergo repairs at Cramps' shipyard In Philadelphia. ,? dramatic scene in a court. Langhter Stopped by the. Abrupt Sentence of a Prisoner. ? , \ ',;V Paterson, N. J. (Special).?Everybody cio lau^iiiug ai ouuit- uiuiauua iconmony in the Court of General Sessions here, and without a moment's warnnig and while the merriment was at its height Judge Barkalow said to a prosoner just convicted of assault: "Johnson stand up! The sentence of 1 thfs court .is that you be confined at 1 hard labor In State prison for ten years.". /> ' Cotnpfete silence fell in an instant, and men and women sat stunned by the transformation from comedy to i tragedy. ' . " 1 , i The face of Johnson, a moment before wreathed in smiles, became colox*- , less; his lips parted convulsively as he , staggered and clutched at the rail. He turned slowly toward his wife,, who , was sitting near, and was seized by a constable who hurried him from the room to end the painful scene. As 1 he left the stricken woman broke the ; silence. < . 1 "Oh, have mercy! Have mercy!" she cried. "Don't take him away from me and the children! We shall die! < We shall die!" Then she fainted. ' Joseph Johnson was foreman in a 1 mill in Passaic, in which Maggie Mitchell, the complainant against him, . was employed. He was convicted af- i ter most conflicting testimony. It is said that Judge Barkalow sen- ( tenced Johnson so abruptly because j the prisoner laughed at the testimony ? in the other case, not showing a due J appreciation of his own condition. Foslottico Named Tumi. The Po.ito/iice authorities at Wash- * ington have established *a postoffice ? named Tumi In .Stafford County, Va., with William H. Sneilings as post- t ninsifor Thi? now to ipim^il 1 nfter Prince Tuan, the Chinese antiforeign lender. t Stirred by an .Anonymous Writer. Au anonymous writer has alarmed leading women of Mount Holly and '' Palmyra, N. J., by sending threatening letters and unwelcome gifts to them. '! Labor "World. Wages o* piuldlers of the Altoona Iron Company, at Altoona, Peun., r have been reduced from ?4.30 to $3 per ton. * King Leopold of Belgium has ap- r proved the law granting pensions to destitute workmen over sixty-five z years old. I The advances In English coal miners'* weekly wages thus far this year have t boon twice as great as those in the o year 1899. ! Z. G. Simmons, a wealthy mannfac- r tuBer Vn Kenoslia, Peun., purposes to S fit op a clubhouse and night fewl for i Wfi egaptoyeiS. ' rHE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WASHINGTON ITEMS. The population of Indiana, as oficially announced by the Census Bureau. Is 2,510,402. The Navy Department has directed. Rear-Admiral Ilemey, at Cavite, to convene a court of inquiry to inquire" > 'nto the charge of cowardice against : Captain Newton H. Hall, United States Marines, preferred by Minister Conner, at Pekin. Smallpox ravages on Indian reserracions are attraciinj the attention of :ho Indian Commissioner. General Elwell S. Otis was ordered to Chicago to command the Department of Lakes. The Navy Department decided to locate the new million-dollar dry dock it the Brooklyn Navy Yard between locks Nos. 1 and 2. President McKinley pardoned Chin Hoey, a Chinaman, who is dying in the Rutland (Vt.) House of Correction, and who was convicted of perjury in connnection with the Chinese immigration laws. OUK ADOPTED ISLANDS. Secretary of War Root sent instrucJ-/\ P/\nAi4nl \f O n A fulfill* f Ar tllO UUUO IU VTCU^JLUl iT J.VA VMV I conduct of the campaign in the Philippines. Aguinaldo issued a proclamation ordering American prisoners released and offering inducements for Yankee soldiers to surrender. The Cuban Constitutional Convention passed a resolution greeting the President and Congress of the United States and expressing the gratitude of the Cuban people. Serious rioting at Aguadil.'a, Porto Rico, resulted In a conflict between civilians and a native regiment. The soldiers fired Intp the mob^ind several persons were wounded, none fatally. ' vA I A J ? V ' *- DOMESTIC. (A> .^Masked men blew up the safe of tht Farmer' and Merchants' Bank, at Jackson Center.. Ohio, securing nearly $6000. ' .Convinced '.that her time to die bad come, Mrs." Annie Sparks, sick and demented, bf Lynn, Mass., set fire to her clothing.'/.She died in terrible agony., ; An election riot in Denver, Col., resulted In the killing of two guardians of the peace, and the serious wounding of four others. The will contest: over the estate of Di;. Thomas W. Evans, an American ipntiat whn^dled in Paris, has been settled amicably,, and the city of Philadelphia will receive $3,000,000 for a dental institute and museum. Mrs.* Clarence B&Beardsley, of Chicago, was accidentally killed by a revolver which her husband was showing her how to. use. The State BoafB of Health officially reports -one case of yellow fever al Natchez, Miss. The patient is the wife of the local Baptist minister. The John W. Garrett estate in Baltimore, Md., amounting to $1,500,000 in realiestate, was partitioned among the<heirs; < * "There was a heavy rainfall all over Texas} and much damage was done tc property in different places by wind and lightning. Charles B. Eastman, of Harvard, who> was indicted on the chargo of murdering Richard H. Grogan, Jr., will be placed on trial at Cambridge, Mass., some time between December 1 and 15, ' Remocse oVer the fact that he had accidentally killed his son drove Frank Farrell, a prominent business man of Philadelphia, to suicide. His body was found In the Delaware-River. Dr. Michael W. Kelliher. a prominent physician, of Pawtucket, R. J.? under indictment by the Grand Jury for conspiracy to defraud a life insurance company of $3500, committed suicide by talcing poison. Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., defaulting note teller of the First National Bank, at New York City, will be tried by Federal authorities. As a result of a conference between President and faculty of the Chicago . University, the professors wHI no longer talk about John D. Rockefeller. Professor Henry St. George Tucker was designated as acting president of Washington ;yad Lee University, Lexington, Va., until the next election. FOREIGN. ? ^ - C The l<'rencii uuamoer ui ucpuun reassembled. President Steyn was reported to have said that if Kruger failed to secure European intervention the Transvaal will be auctioned off to the highist bidder. An army paymaster named Wild, at Darmstadt, Germany, has fled: Largo lefalcations In his accounts have been liscoverod. The disturbances in China have struck a severe blow to the silk inJustry in Europe. Rich coal veins have been discovered In the Kieff Government, Russia. The elections to the Icelandic Althing resulted In a great majority foi i the proposition to create a special Icelandic Ministry and give Iceland a , virtually autonomous Government. General Roberts bas taken his siek [laughter to Johannesburg, and Geuor- ( il Kitchener is left in command at Pretoria. ' Severe fighting occurred between ( A-uatro-IIungarian and Montenegrin troops over a boundary dispute. Dr. Vosberg-ReKow, Chief of the J Serman Bureau of Commercial Treates, at Berlin, declared that the United 1 States is Germany's greatest trade on- 1 *n>y. : Because of the great scarcity of coal j :hroughout the Austrian empire the State mines in Bohemia and Morn via 1 ire to be largely extended. / Japan gave unconditional assent to < he Anglo-German agreement regard- 1 ng China. < A powder magazine was exploder! 1 >y lightning at Nankin, China, and i aany persons were killed. General Botha was reported lo be uarching with a strong force of Boer* o invade Cape Colony. T 11 7lnn. ' JOUO uuwic, tut* vjiiiuij,'; iiivi. j 3t, held bis final meeting in London. Formal union of the Free and United resbyterian Churches of Scotland i ras accomplished. Rear-Admiral Ramos was sworn in s Spanish Minister of Marine at Madid. Edward Henry Stuart Blight, sevnth Earl of Darnley, died in London. Ie was born in 1851. The Venezuelan Government decreed he resumption of payment of interest n all debts and loans from November. The British War Office at London eceived a long casualty list from ' south Africa, including Locd feosvo- -1 kor. wounded, 1 ? ?> , V; POPULAR SCIENCE. . . v'3?eI A landscape viewed through a piece '<3 of blue glass gives a fairly correct < ^ idea of the relative photographic value . V| of light and shade in the picture. It * is a good plan to use a piece in connection with the view-finder or evenJ to tint the liudt-r glass itself. - ?;'d .. Last year two Italian railway lines )i. passing through swampy regions supplied all their stationhouses with mosquito nets. In consequence, there has | been such a diminution in the number of cases" of malaria that other lines f, in Italy and in Sicily are about" to adopt the same measures. Ice has proved successful as an In- f J sulator on Mt. Blanc. A double line J of ordinary galvanized iron wire was .^j laid M f?nd between the Grand vjl Mulets M ftp of the mountain and^||S the PetimwglKs at the,base. Eadi-AgJ use was qoa&xeei long. Message* were sent wlthbut trouble, and the --'J9 loss of electricity, as measured by In- J? strumenta was very slight. . Inquiries have recently been madd Into the cause of certain oysters being -1 greenish in color. Copper is present -'jfM in all oysters and some investigators. ",y| say that the green specimens contain #$3 an abnormal amount. 'Others say the <3 green oysters are merely poorly noutished specimens. It appears that oys?;:'JB ters taken in fresh waters where there #jfl is contact with sewage often contain# ;j3 disease germs which can be trans* mited to persons eating them. Salt . ja. water is death to nearer all 6f theJH gorms and oysters from open sea^.ia water are found uniformly harmless. |j| Among the latest achievements of^js chemistry are the new theory of solu- ^H tions, based upon investigations regarding the osmotic pressure and the -J quite recently established theory at affinity, which attempts a matheraafi* t $3 cal solution of chemical problems. universal tendency toward speclaUaa$pM.i tion bas not spared chemistry. It hajfcpgg become subdivided into counties-$9 branches, but the work done in ^ea^b separate branch adds to the common store of knowledge, the &arvelous'to? Jfc-? crease of which has caused giganttc'^'J progress in the development'of chem-'|p| istry as an independent science durlngj||fl recent years. j The gigantic mass of Jupiter much larger warmth than that of.th&ffifi^ earth. It is the result of the mole^nUfijaHl movement prouuceu uy rue compreasion of the strata, and must be greater, ' .2 the more powerful the masses, and' \ vj hence the larger the pressure of th6.;J|9 strata Is. Jupiter surpasses the earti^gl In point of mass 307 times, and for tbih^|9f reason the Inner temperature or Indf^ vidflal warmth of the planet la prob-j^9 ably high enough to evaporate tfye' ' : water upon the surface quickly,; so that water vapor forms\the principal. <;<? substance of the atmosphere of Jnpi-" ter. Water vapor is an excellent re- ?~il flector, and readily accounts for bright radiation of light emitted by rafra A lie form in "To LiCt " Sign?. ~ New York City, the most beauttfjifc-. city in America, has one sad blottj^,>-'-j its street scenes in the ugly "to le$V J iiiat ouiiiu iu iruui , ui ^yvO#j| apartment house. annoying to personi^vh^Tr^^B?^P for beauty or fon^nomes. They repe^JJ'i the searched formats and displease' man ivho hjtfrtTready fixed his home &|ra& . it building Real estate managers Harlem are beginning to realize thlsr^l and it ia expected that refoim.^pgEMB; come swiftly. [ .' ' ':1f4 The new plan is to have a standard size and shape of sign adopted" by the Landlords' Association. A small sign, artistically gotten up, will not disfigure the entrances to the bdfldin$8 v'JB and will attract more attention than -J" the big, crude, board signs now usgd. $1 The proof of this is in actual practice/, /^ whore artistic si cms are used. If all . <9 signs of not over an agreed size, argued, none will have the advantage,V^IJ and the public and the tenants witi/Wtifla Some landlords excuse the cheap^ signs by saying that they have vacan^ ^jW cies so seldom .that it does%not to got up nice signs, but, no matter' ' g| how desirable a building Is, it have a vacancy once iu awhile. The *M many neat signs that are appearing >z9 in Harlem are sui-prlsing residents, who wonder that the city has tolerated the ugly signs for so many years without protest.?New York Mall and ET..M Biltlsli West Indies Officials. ,'i^S By way of showing the extent ,tfliiJ|M which the taxpayers of Jamaica are .:fl burdened with the maintenance of a fm superfluity of ofBcials, I printed t-t ?. _ ii.i _ a A!. ? i? ^ lime ago u list ul uiusu wnu were Bent from their posts without belc^^B missed so far as the working of thjOSj machinery of government was* con-'^gK cerned. The list contained a dozen^ names, and the aggregate amount the salaries was ?11.945. The Mirror/^B-fl of Trinidad, has capped this by com-flflK piling a similar list of absentees from#?^ that colony. Omitting those who draw.^^ less than ?200 a year, there are twen? ?M| ty-seven officials away on leave, "andt^^j their salaries amount up to a total of 'jafl ?20,0(37, so that though the population 1aH Is very much smaller in Trinidad the waste of public money in this direc--/?j8| tion is, even greater than in Jamaica. sjH A.11 the West*Indian Colonies, how?'19H ever, have to support overgrown of?'ffiffi| ficial establishments, which could be'|3R Ml f" jlnwn thn lnnof rln n-io rrn JMI l.wv uv " It IIIU'VHI liiV Jlsttni UULUU^Q lo the efficiency of the public service.%gf^j -Loudon Truth. h5 A Cycle Funeral. >1JsJ3M At Bari, in Calabria, the other day, vntms Ubaldo Sibilio came a fatal $9 header from his bicycle, and his sorrowing nscociates, says the Corriere dt ' 1M Xapoli, determined that there should jS 1)0 a cyclist funeral, worthy one of the jfl best wheelmen in Southern Italy. To s the number of several hundreds, all n :iwheel, they cycled poor Ubaldo to the grave, and behind the coffin, like a fallen warrior's charger, they trun* lj illed the dead man's bike. 5 riace Hold to Highest Bidder. A cadi in Morocco who does~"not ^ furnish the Sultan's officer the expect- Hj ed amount of tribute is promptly sent J| to prison, and his place disposed 0! V by auction to the highest bidder. ^ * m