Intelligencer. l'ublishvil crt'ry Wetlaestliiy. J. P. Cl.lXKSCAl.KS, ? EtMTOKS AND C. C. LAXV.STOX, ) PKOl'KIKTOKS. ONE Vi:AK, .... $1 r>0 SIN MONTHS, - - - 75 WEDNESDAY, DEC. 27, 1900. Oklahoma and Arizona are Becking admission into the Union, and both being Republican, they will doubtless: hr niaile States. . -. - "Th?' Interstate and West Indian Ex position, to bo held in Charleston, is attracting the attention of th?' whole country, and is ?uro to be a big success. Anderson County must bj all menus be represented in tho State exhibit. Tito iiuoplo o? neither L????un?? ?;j>r tho countries of Europe know anything about our swed potatoes. A small trial shipment has bren recently made by thc agricultural depart men I to Lon don und l'a ris, und it is thought a mar ket for tlic yum may he found abroad. William .1. l?ryun is to become an editor again. His paper wilt be a weekly, published ut Lincoln, Ne braska, und in its columns he will dis cuss public questions. The paper will be called "The Commoner" and will defend the principles set forth in tlie Kansas City platform. - - . m On Wednesday night, 10th inst., Co lumbia had the greatesi eonihigratiou she has had since Sherman plied his torch to the grand old ? ?ty. The Hotel Jerome, live large mercantile estab lishments and several other business plaees were burned. The loss is esti mated at about $150,000, which is partly covered by insurance. Five more ?lays and the lUth centu ry will he a thing of tli?; past-and the 20th century will have dawned. During the nineteenth then; has been greater achievements-mankind hus accomplished mon; in civilization, in improvement, in invention und in reli gious growth th.in in any three pre vioiis centuries. What will lu; tho developments of the 20th century.1 Anderson is forging ahead to-day at a pace never before equaled in her his tory. New citizens aro constantly coming in, new houses ar? going up in every direction and evidences ol' gen eral progress and prosperity are visible on all sides. Now that we are about entering a new year and n new cent my, wo should redouble our efforts, creel new enterprises and push forward the wheels ol' progress in every way possi ble. A report comes from Washington that Southern Congressmen und Sen ators who have recently <-all?-?l on President McKinley in reference to oflices in the South under the next administration are of the decided opinion that the President has deter mined to appoint only white Republi cans to oilice in future. This is an in dication that the administration pro poses to gradually drop tho negro and attempt to build up a white man's Re publican jWty in the South. Tho South African War, continues. Lord Roberts is on his way to England, and the supreme command of tho liri tish forces hasbeen assumed by Gen. Kitchener. The Roers continue active, both in tho Transvaal and the Free State. Gen. DeWet and liotha, Presi dent Steyn and other lifter leaders are still in the field, ami there ave frequent attacks upon the British outposts and lines of communication. A Roer force, reported to be 2,500 strong, captured DeWot'a Dorp, north ??f the Orange Uiver, lust week and took 400 prisoners, besides killing und wounding ninny. The extension of rural free delivery is the most striking new development of the postal service, ns summarized in the President's message. At the be ginning nf the fiscal year 181MM0O0, there were only?DI routes in operation, most of which had been running less than one year. Nov. 15, ISKH), (lie num ber had increased to 2.GI i. reaching into 4i States and Territories, and serving n population ol' nearly 2,000, 000. By tho close of Ihcpvcscnt fiscal year about 4,000 routes will have been established, providing fertile daily de livery of mail ut tho scattered homes ?d' :i,500,000 people. lt isa good sign, ns the Richmond (Va.) limes says, that at the Washing ton Centennial celebration a Southern Senator should bo chosen as the orator of the occasion; it is a better sign that this Southern orator talked of national unity. The country has just passed through an exciting political campaign, and the cry was raised that the repub lic was in danger. That there were conspirators who were plotting to over throw it ami set up au empire. But Senator Daniel, a Southern Democrat, says that we ure the most thoroughly unified of tho great nations; that our people understand each oilier better than tim}' have ?lone, and consequently they have more hearty feelings of friendship and sympathy for each other than they ever had. These are the words of Daniel, tho statesman, nod they ure thc words ol truth. They can be depended upon, and they tire reassuring. Wo are the strongest of nations, as ho says, and we are strong because in union there is strength. Tho country is safo and tho republic wiii live forever. - There are about 10,000,000 pupils in tho schools of tho United States-as many as Germany, Prance and Italy combined, and three limes tho enroll ment of Great Britain and Ireland, and live times as many as Russia, with its population of 100,000,000. ^5,00(1 RANSOM. lidward Cii?alty Pays (liai fur lite \U covcry of his Boy. OMAHA, NI C.. Dec. i*0.-Twenty-five thousand ?lollats in ^r?>i.! was rho price paid by Edward A. Cudahy, the mil I iona i rc packer, lor the return of his son, Edward Cudahy, .Jr.. who was ab ducted by II gang of kidnappers laut Tuesday night. Yesterday about noon, .several hours jil ter a letter had been left in tho front yard at the Cudahy residence, another missive was delivered to Mr. Cudahy at his residence. It came through the mails and contained a proposition to return the boy safe an? unharmed, pro vided the sum of $25,000 was paid that night. In the letter were full directions as lo where the money was to be left, and the assurance was given thal the miss ing boy would be allowed lo return within a few hours after the time when the cash was paid. A consultation uns held and the plans were discussed tor capturing the bandits when they should make their appearance at the rendezvous that hud been designated, hut one aller another they were dropped as ticing impracti cable. Finally, impelled by the strain under which the entire household was labor ing, .Mr. Cudahy decided to comply with the terms o Ile red and ransom his son. The money was.secured by a trusted messenger, who was sworn to secrecy, and was brought to the Cudahy house. After ?limier Mr. Cudahy had one of his horses harnessed to a light buggy, and taking the money with him left for the designated plaee at which it had been stipulated tho money was to be left. In tho buggy he carried a red lantern and was alone. Leaving tho house ho drove five miles west of town on the Sherman avenue road until he caine to a white lantern that waa hanging on a short stick by the side of the road. This was the place where he was to leave the boy's ransom, and alighting from his buggy he deposited the sack close by tho stick bearing thu white light. Theil, without seeing anyone, he returned to his home. In the meantime thenbdttcto.H of the boy had seen tho red light coming up the road, ?ind as soon as the buggy had disappeared in the direction from which il had come. ? hey took I lu* money and prepared to keep faith with the lathe: ol' t he boy. The lad was bundled into a hack and set down close by bis lather's house lihou i one o'clock this morning. Hav ing been blindfolded all the time, tho boy was unable to say where he had been, but as nearly as he could esti mate b\ the few observations he was able to make, he thought he had been taken about live miles south of South < ?maha. The cunning of the gang who had the boy in keeping, and their thorough knowledge of the geography of tho city, are evidenced in the plans they laid. Close by the place where Mr. Cudahy was directed to leave the ran som for his son the river approaches tho road, and it is supposed tho men were on tho watch for tho millionaire and saw his red light from a boat. As s( on us ho bnd driven away and they had convinced themselves that no oth ers were lurking near, they probably clamored up the bank, obtained the sack of gold that had been left for them, mnde their way to tho boat again and escaped without leaving nny tell tale foot prints. ' There is absolutely no clue to tho identity of tho abductors, although the ] police havo been working incessantly on the matter ever since it was first re ported to them. Late this afternoon young Cudahy said that ho was seized on the street by two men, who told him ho was a fugi tive from the reform school, and that they were deputy sheri tts from another county. They placed him in a closed carriage, threw a cloth over his head and gagged bim. They then took him. according to his judgment, to a lonely house in South Omaha, where hu was chained to the floor and kept a pris oner until ho was put into a hack and returned to his home this morning. While a prisoner be was guarded by two men and provided with food. Court Approved Woman's Vengeance. BOSTON, Dec. 21.-Tho most remark able criminal case ever tried in a Mas sachusetts superior court in many years, nilli which aroused intense inter est in thu fashionable back bay district, was ended yesterday, when Judge Komi piob.it ioned Marion Kogan, who hail blinded for lite Dr. Frank L. Tay lor, a dentist, by throwing vitriol in his face in revenge for betrayal.. The young girl had appeared earlier before the judge and told her pitiable story. She said that Taylor, after he had wrecked her life, had told her that ho was irresistible among women by reason of his good looks. In announcing his decision, .Indee j Bond said that from the evidence it ap peared that Dr. Taylor had sought out Miss Hogan for the sole purpose of causing her social ruin; and after he had done this by fraud and deception, and tho use of intoxicating liquors, ii j not by drugs, had unfeelingly east her off without assistance, and even boast ed of his disgraceful conduct. '.Sucha man," tho judge added, "is so vile that 1 have no pit3' for him in his unfortunate condition." .lodge Bond said that he regretted Miss Hogan did not leave the punish ment of her betrayer to"a higher power than herself. As to tho possibility that similar acts of personal vengeance would follow tho probat inning of this prisoner, the judge snid that such acts were so rare-nono other having como before birr, in the forty years Of bis ser vico on tho bench-that he would take the risk and order the release of the prisoner on probatin. \S ill Raise the Naine Mr. .John T. Cavanagh, tin* (jOVCl'IUllC'lll au t hoi ?tics an ingenious plan for raising thc wreck ol' thc .Maine in Havana har bor. For Home time pant there Ima been a strong sentiment in favor of raising thc .Maine, but ?lie difficulties of the undertaking seemed almost insur mountable. Mr. Cavanagh'.", plan, however, has been looked upon with much favor by the authorities, and he has just sailed for Cuba to see Gen. Wood and bid for a contract to raise the wreck. Mr. Cavanagh** scheme is a novel one in the history of raising sunken ships. lt is his intention, if he gets tho con tract, to apply the juekscrew to lifting the Maine. His plan is to build two piers, about twenty feet wide, ono on each side of the Maine, to be constructed of heavy oak piles, fora foundation, and a heavy il_r i_. . ;. . nuuiiufi Kj imei juin-. After tho piers are built the next step would be the construction of tho lifting apparatus, which will consist of a combine of jacks, stringers, trusses and chains. The trusses, twenty-live in number, are to be placed in position !"..'""* th", piers anti above tho wt'uvk. i ney will rest un stringer*extending thc length of the piers. Beneath the stringers, having a firm bearing on the tops of the piers, the jackscrews are to be placed. Heavy chains will benin under thc wreck, if it is possible, and if not they will he Inste ad to what ever may alford a good hold. Then, by the slow but sure power of the jack screws, the !8sel can bo lifted out of the water. After the Maine has been pulled from her ?bed of slime thu next step will be to get her into the floating dock, which is still in the harbor. Once in tho d"ck it will devolve upon tho authorities to say what will bo done with the old battle ship. Con tractor Cavanagh believes that it might bo possible to so rehabilitate her that in some way she might be brought to this country. If it were found to bc impossible to get her to this country she might be beached ou the shores of Cuba. A Thriving Business. South Carolina is a great State and proposes to look after thc welfare of her citizens. In order that there might heno lack of the stuff* that destroys body and soul our State Hoard of Con trol ordered thu other day 15,000 barrels of liquor and about thc same amount put up ii. casi's, tho whole costing about a halt million dollars. No, indeed, then' shall be no lack if tho State can help it. Liquor will bo plentiful and convenient. It may interest our renders to know that business is looking up. The dis pensary is enjoying the general pros perity. Last year thc gross sales were $1,788,435.00. The papera state that for eleven months of this year tho sales have mounted to $1,755,024.25-only about $$1,000 less than the previous twelve. We must remember that De cember is the most profitable month in the year for tho liquor business. Lnst year wo did a business in December amounting to $211,000 and those who have tho welfare of tho dispensary at heart expect to have a larger trade thiB December, so our total sales aro likely to run far beyond any previous year. Aud wo must remember that the "blind tigers" aro undismayed. They stalk abroad., A friead who has just returned from Charleston tells us that they aro plentiful nnd are thriving in comparative peace. All over the State they aro pursuing their nefarious work and thousands of gallons aro being sold unlawfully. Thia is tempernneo with a vengeance. If the (.niseis making progress it is going about it in a peculiar way. This is indeed a great business for a great Stato to be engaged in-selling to her citizens two million dollars worth of liquor a year.-A. li. Presbyterian. Why John Allen Isn't In the Senate. A number of prominent men in con gress and otherwise in public life were gathered at Chaniberlin's last evening, says tho Washington Post, and the con versation turned to the ups and downs of politics, lu the party were Private John Allen, of M Rsissippi.und Senator Slump, of Idaho, both of whom have just concluded unsuccessful senatorial canvasses of their respectivo States. ..What's the matter down iii Missis sisippi and out in Idaho?"' some ono asked Representative Allen, .'that two such brilliant men ns you and Shonp do not seem to be wanted in the Son ate i!" "Well, now,'' drawled the Missis sippian of famous wit, "Idaho is a long way oft', and I enn't tell you much about why Shonp got left; but 1 cnn tell you about Mississippi; I know nil about it." Then in a confidential j whisper and with an air of imparting j some startling secret, he added: "Mis sissippi isn't sending her best men to tho senate this year." . .. - i. m U S. i -- - The per centhgt: of illiteracy in Kansas is less than in any state in the Union, or in any country on thc globe save Belgium. - On Egyptian monuments over '.1,1)00 years old there are representa tions of persons playing at a game resembling checkers. .- The domestio pets of the world are believed to carry ?10 per cent, of tho common cont-gious diseases from ou ec to house. Notice of Partnership. Hfl HE undersigned have formed a part ?Araliln fnr thu nraCtiOB Of L% * in the Court? of thia 8tate and of th?? United States, under the Arm name nt Brf?4Z*ala ?fe Bucker. Ofu?v? an>r January l?t next will be over Store of W?hb A W bb. J. E. BRRAZK >L", E. M. BUCKER, Ja. Deo 27, 1900 28 1 A Merry Christmas to you All Wishing you Good Health and a Prosperous New Year,. And allow me to thark you all very coidially for }our liberal patronage, for which I feel under obligations to my many friends ; and the remaining few daya of this yoar what Christmas Goods I have will gell at prices to please yo-.:, as I do tot care to carry th cai over and they must go. Very respectfully, JOHN T. BURR188. Our Luck and Your Good Fortune ! JUST RECEIVED A BIG LOT ^)RY GOODS, Bought way below their value, and we have put them on the counter subject to thc almighty Dollar. Good Canton Flannel. 5c, 0?c, 7ic, 8Jc, 10o. All Wool Ked Twilled Flannel. 18o. First clans Jeans. 10c, 12?o and 18c. .,..,1.,.? ?Us? .?11 .. ?' ? 1. f\-1-*? 1-- .?1J . a/xm?A nvilUl . KA_ j j ? un iviuoMwyi ^....v m ?. wa .??wow um?, KVIU