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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.
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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.
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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.
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mUKJIlg 11 ?H1U Ui -i, HUU vwawij KJ,
members of Congress."
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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.
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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. *
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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. . /
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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. ,
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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.
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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.
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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. ' _
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[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.
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MONTANA.
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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.'
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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dramatic scene in a court.
Langhter Stopped by the. Abrupt Sentence
of a Prisoner.
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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.
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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.
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.^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.
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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
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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