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Populists Take a Big Slice and
Perhaps AIL
MIGHTY CLOSE FOE GOVERNOR.
Tli« llemoarata Will llavt a Solid Kepr«.
•eiiUtiuo lo South Carolina, bat Homo
C«nl#«t* Will Be Mad«^Tenn*M«e Will
IJt»* a Democrnlle LtfliUtare, andfics-
amr Harris Is Safe. *
Austin, Nov. 9.—Official returns will
be necessary to decide whether the
Democratic or Populist state ticket has
won. The chances appear to favor the
Populists by a small plurality. The
same may be said of the Second, Third,
Fourth, Seveuth and Ninth congres
sional districts, in all of which the re
sult will be close, with the outlook fa-
voriug the People’s party. The Popu
lists have unquestionably elected con
gressmen in the Sixth, Eighth,
Eleventh and Thirteenth districts, while
the Republicans have carried the
Twelfth.
Thus far the Democrats have a oer-
tainty of only two districts—the First
nml Fifth—out of 18.
district 1
to return a
M; PepuHslA T. There is
missing which is expected 1
Democrat. -
Aam t'nmmlnc* Defeated.
Nitw York, Nov. 9.—The vote for
congressman in the Thirteenth distriot,
as compiled from the police return#
with one election district missing gives
Shannon, 13,409; Cummings, 13,072;
Shannon’s majority, 337.
By a Slender Thread.
9t. Louis, Nov. 9.—Unofficial re
turns from all the precincts in the
Sixth congressional district give Dar-
mond. Democrat, a net plurality of hi
votes.
CHINESE FLEEING.
b'Uit from South Carol la*.
Columbia, Nov. 0. — Late returns
confirm the opinion that South Caro
lina will be represented in the next con
gress by a solid Democratic delegation.
•T. W. Stokes has been elected beyond
all doubt in the Seventh district, and
each successive report from the First
district increases the majority of Wil
liam Elliott, Democrat, over the negro
Republican, Murray. Tho defeated Re
publican candidates in the First, Sev
enth and Fourth districts will contest
the elections. Complete returns from
23 counties and partial returns from the
other 12, give Evans S6,197 and Pope
17,371 The counties yet to be heard
from will likely increase Evans’ .ma
jority. The vote on the constitutional
convention on the same reports are 24, •
464 yes, and 25.637 no. The majority
will likely be favorable to the conven
tion when all the reports come in.
Gootlwvn Clwlinn Election.
Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 9.—Hon.
A.T. Ooodwyn of the Fifth district says
he has carried his district over Judge
Cobb and will be seated. He claims ma
jorities as follows: Coosa, 500; Elmore,
660; Randolph, 000; Chambers, 600; to
tal, 2,750.
Ho concedes Macon to Cobb and
claims to have information from
Lowndes that less than 2,000 votes wero
polled in the county, and conceding all
of them to his opponent, together with
tlie small majority for Cobb in Wa
tauga, ho will still have a majority of
nor less than 2,000 in the district.
The P pnlists here are also claiming
to have defeated '“Underwood in the
Ninth, Robbins in the Fifth and Harri
son in tho Third.
Tho Xuehartam Threatened and Inhab
itant* leaving thh Country.
London, Nov. 9.—A dispatch to the
Central News from Chee Foo reports
that hundreds of Chinese are arriving
there from Manchuria, whence they are
fleeing, frightened at the approach of
the Japanese.
Chinese troops and snoh vessels of the
Chinese fleet as are not cooped np at
Port Arthur have been ordered to attack
the Japanese wherever they meet them.
It is reported that Port Arthur is still'
invested by the Japanese, and that two
of the forts there have been captured by
them.
Chinese soldiers are deserting from
New Chwang. fearing ah attack by the
Japanese.
Port Arthur Will Wind It Up.
Shanghai, Nov. 9. — The Chinese
army of the north has retreated to the
mountains, where the soldiers are re
ported to be starving and suffering se
verely from cold and exj>osure. The
Japanese army is reported to be en
camped at Feng Whang Cheng. The
Japanese are pursuing about 15,000
Chiuese, mostly raw recruits.
Port Arthur is expected to make a
determined stand against the Japanese.
Admiral Sir E. R. Fremantle is in com
mand of the British fleet, and considers
that Port Arthur will probably be the
scene of the last engagement of any im
portance between the Chinese and the
Japanese.
REED'S CHANCES.
Tnltcn for Granted That Be Will Bo the
N**xt Speaker.
Washington, Nov. >j.—The surprise
at the Republican landslide has been so
great that there has been little specula
tion as to the organization of the next
house. Politicians who talk take it for
granted that Mr. Reed will lie elected
speaker,and will appoint those who have
been his minority lieutenants to good
places on the committees.
The Republicans of prominence arc
Voters Out of n Job. *
S FIJI a, Ala., Nov. 9.—News has just
reached this city that the following no
tice was posted at the headquarters of
thoMontevallo Coal and Transportation
company at Aldrich, Ala.
Notice.—All men who voted for Robbins
cannot work here any more until they see
me. W. F. Aldrich.
This notice was posted according to
Mr. Aldrich’s instructions. He in
formed the miners a few days ago that
they could vote for whom they pleased.
Seventeen good Democrats vmo have
been working at the company’s mines,
are out awaiting Mr. Aldrich’s return.
The Information Is Given Out
That He May.
WILLIAM L. WILSON MAY 8U00EED
When Mr. OInsy Accepted the Place, the
Condition Wao Mode That Ho Might
Give It Up Before HU Term of OflSoo
Expired—Tho Wlloon Story Not Aulhon.
tic, but Goes* Work.
Washington, Nov. 9. — Attorney
General Olney, in conversation with
friends during the past few months, has
expressed himself as anxious to return
to private life, stating that the drudg
ery and responsibilities of his position
were wearing him out. His private
law practice, it is said, is even now
worth from $30,000 to $40,000 a year and
would be largely increased if he were
free from officii trammels.
It is also asserted that Olney, when
he accepted the office of attorney gen
eral, which he did with reluctance,
made it a condition that he might re
sign before the expiration of his term,
if he found the duties distasteful. That
time, it is said, is near at hand.
Olney’s relations with the president
are of the closest character, and his in
timate friends believe that he has re
mained in the cabinet thus far at the
president’s solicitation.
In the event of Attorney General Ol
ney tendering his resignation, the pos
sibility is suggested that William L.
Wilson might be tendered a seat in the
cabinet. This, however, is a matter
npou which no intimation has been had
Erectly or indirectly from the presi
dent.
William E. Rusnell’a New Job. _
Washington, Nov. 9.—The presi
dent has appointed William E. Russell,
of Massachusetts, a member of the
board of Iudiau commissioners.
CROKER’S PROPHECY.
Ho Told Chairman Fanlkncr That a Bo.
publican Lun UUtle Wit* Coming:.
Washington, Nov. 9.—Richard Cro-
ker, the man out of politics, was the
only Democrat who foresaw tho wreck
of the party and the crush of'Democrat
ic hopes, according to Chairman Faulk
ner, of the Democratic congressional
committee. He foretold tho landslide
on Oct. 24, whuu Faulkner was in New
York trying to prop up tho yielding
earth which has come down upon him.
“There was only one man,” said Mr.
Faulkner, “who over intimated ta.mo
that such a landslide was possible, and
that man was Richard Cruker. Sonio
very retioent on this subject, bat it is ! time ago he was present at a meeting of
A Big BuImm Knocked In tho Hand by
tho Klrctloo.
New York, Nov. 9.—The passing of
of the anti-gamblicg amendment is a
severe blow to racing and trotting in
this state. It win fall heavift upon the
breeders and stockholders and owners
of race and trotting tracks than any
other class of men.
Treasurer Bradford of the Coney
Island Jockey club said:
”1 was not surprised that the amend
ment was carried. It will undoubtedly
revolutionise racing in this state, and
the breeders of racing and trotting stock
will suffer; it may do away with rao*
ing altogether. This, however, though
believed in by many good judges, I
hardly think will be the case. I am of
the opinion that it will prove ultimately
a great benefit to racing. The English
system of betting may be adopted; and
that means the doing away with book
maker and confining speculation to re
sponsible men only. This, although a
source "of big revenue, would really
place the turf on a higher plane than
ever before. A number of tracks will
have to drop out, os betting by signs
and hands could not he successfully con
ducted in the mushroom tracks that
have done racing such an irreparable in
jury in this state and New Jersey. I
will say, however, that if there is racing
in this state there will not be so much
of it, and it will be purer aud better
than ever before.”
John G. Hecksher, who is a member of
the executive committee, said: “It is. a
body blow to me. I am not a rich man.
and I own considerable stock. It is
probable that if the tracks are used for
any other purpose than racing my stock
will be worth about half of what it was
before the amendment was passed. I
can’t really say what will be done by
the Coney Island Jockey club, as I have
not had time to consult my associates.
If possible, we will conduct racing at
Sheep-head bay next year, but-one thing
I will say most emphatically, and that
is, under no circumstances will the mem
bers of the Coney Island Jockey club
violate the law.”
Other promiueut turfmen talked upon
the subject. It seemed to bo the con
sensus of opinion that racing in this
state would go on despite tho constitu
tional amendment. The enormous prof
its that have been reaped by racetrack
owners will be a thing of the past.
Stake races uiaybo arranged by sub
scription among owners, as in England.
What Brought About the Great
Republican Gains.
DEMOCRATIC LEADER8 BLAMED.
Thay Failed to Sayport tho Atalthtn.
tlon, Betrayed Their Party aa>l Brought
A boot Defeat—It Wee a Fanlahnieat of
Treltere—Peeoed a Tariff Bill Tho f ete.
An Kacoaragiag Feature Found.
A COMFORTING 'VIEW.
TenneMee'a Governor a Repnblloan.
Nashville, Nov. 9.—That H. Clay
Evans, the Republican nominee, haa
been elected governor of Tennessee is
made more apparent as fuller returns
are received. A careful estimate of 81
counties gives him a majority of 8.100.
Theso figures, it is thought, will be
further increased to 9,000 when full re
turns are in.
The report that McMillin had been
defeatod for congress iu the Fourth dis
trict by Denton, Populist, is unfounded.
Figures are uot obtainable at present,
but McMillin is returned by a majority
.of at least 200.
Owen* I* Scared Up,
"Lexington,Ky.,Nov. 9.—The friends
of W. C. Owens are becoming alarmed
at the remarkable calculations of the
Republicans. Owens’ majority has been
cut down to 2. \
They say they will throw out Ben
son precinct, in Franklin county, on ac
count of irregularities, which will re
duce the majority of Owens to 50. Old
ham comity’s majority for Owens has
been counted at 230, but the sheriff of
that comity telegraphs here that it is
only 182, making a difference of just 48
votes, and this taken from 50, leaves
Owens’ majority at 2.
Tex** Contmimea.
Galveston,* Nov. 9.—Latest returns
indicate the election of congressmen as
follows; First district, Hutcheson, Dem
ocrat; Second, Cooper, Democrat; Third,
Yoakum, Democrat; Fourth, Culberson,
Democrat; Fifth, Bailey, Democrat;
Sixth, Kirby, Populist; Seventh, Pendle
ton, Democrat; Eighth, Bell, Democrat;
Ninth, Sayers, Democrat; Tenth, Crow
ley, Democrat; Eleventh, Craine, Dem
ocrat; Twelfth, Nooman, Republican;
Thirteenth, Gilliland, Popnlist.
J. Hampton Soje Will Contest.
R<?anokk, Va., Nov. 9. —J._Hampto-i
Edge, the Republican candidate who
ran for congress in this, the Sixth dis
trict, and was defeated by Peter K.
Otey, (Democrat) informed a Times re
porter that he would contest Otey's
seat. He claimed that 1,000 illegal
votes cast for him in the district were
thrown out by the judges of election.
He charges fraud in the eastern end of
_ the district.
Tenneaeee’* Next Legislature.
Memphis, Nov. 9.—The next general
assembly of Tennessee will stand: Sen-
. ate, Democrats, 29; Republicans, 9; Pop-
wlists, 3. One district missing will oer-
(tainly return a Republican.
-Jfouafi. Democrat*, 67; Republicans,
generally admitted that the prominence
of Mr. Reed in the la»i. three houses
has made it improbable that any Re
publican leader comd develop sufficient
strength even to attempt a contest for
the seat. No one else In the house is
recognized as a leading presidential as
pirant, and the prestige thus gained
adds to Mr. Reed’s other accomplish
ments.
The size of the Republican majority
may, however, stir up some discorii.
which might affect Mr. Reed’s chances.
The ex-Speaker has modified his views
on the tariff somewhat, and he is not
likely to select a man who shares Mc
Kinley’s radical views for the chairman
ship of the ways and means committee.
Knowing this in advance, the radioals
may be disposed to oppose Reed’s eleva
tion. There may be considerable presi
dential sparring on the speakership.
Reed’s silver views may cause some op
position from Western republicans.
W| LL OWN THE ^CENTRAL.
Tha Old Una to Savannah Will Pau Into
tha Southern Sjrntem.
New York, Nov. 9.—It is announced
that the Southern Railway company
will oontrol the whole stock of the re
organized Georgia Central company,
but that the latter will remain a sepa
rate corporation.
The Southern railway holds over
$4,000,000 Georgia Central stock, and
will puroliase the miuority interest giv
ing Georgia Central debenture bonds
for it.
The new president of the company
will be a New Yorker, identified with
the Mutual Life Insnrnnce company.
THE NEW LORD MAYOR.
Installation We* > Tame Affair—Rosebery
Replied to Salisbury,
London, Nov. 9.—The crowds which
■witnessed the procession which formed
a part of the installation of the new
lord mayor, Alderman Sir Joseph Ro-
nals, were very small.
The decorations were tawdry and the
procession itself far from comparing
with those of some years back. The
day was mild and showery.
The regular lord mayor’s banquet fol
lowed and Lord Rosebery, premier, took
this occasion to reply to the recent
speech of Lord Salisbury.
A Run Close* * Bank,
San BBrnadi.no, Cal., Nov. 9.—The
First National bank of this city has
closed its doors. A quiet run was or
ganized that went on all day. Nothing
was thought of it, but on opening in
the morning the rash commenced and
Cashier Kohl closed the doors and post
ed the notice to protect all depositors.
The bank was doing the largest business
In the city.
the committee in New York. He thou
declared that iu> matter how much we
fought, or how well, the Republicans
wonid sweep the country. Hill would
be beati
ild
ihl
,- h:
hi 1
i nserted; New York chy
vt and the wholecopatry-
-a me way. 1 asked him
id he was out of politics,
sans upon which to base
'< >n.
•Pin
” lie
Sib
his
question, “when
wlmt the po itieul
ask Mar.in or tl.k
get on street cars
xnkiincd. with a ware of
toward.- ;h« gentleman iu
I, want to find out
cniiiueut is, l don’t
iy or tint leaders. I
aud go down the
street and talk with the men who have
votes and don’t know who I am, and I
find oat that way the real drift’ ”
The Fiendish Cook Quag** Latest.
Fort Smith, Ark., Nov. 9.—News
just reached here that Jim French and
three other members of the Cook gang
raffed three girls in the suburbs of the
town of Oclagsh, L T., and after com
mitting the fiendish crime the bandits
mounted their horses and rode off. A
posse of citizens was at once organized
and started in pursuit of the villains,
but as far as heard from they had failed
to capture them. ,
Assaulted by a Negro Brute.
Atlanta, Nov. 9.—About 6 o’clock
p. in., a desperate negro made a bold
attempt to assault Miss Lottie Haybach
near the residence of her father, 489
West Simpson street. The streams of
the young lady and the prompt appear
ance of her brother frightened the vil
lain away, and a long hunt with train
ed bloodhounds failed to find him.
Fatal Dynamite Explosion.
Huntington, Ind., Nov. 9.—Several
men were killed and many others injur
ed by the explosion of a box of dyna
mite here. They were employes of
Reefer & Hailwood, contractors for the
construction of the Big Fliut creek sew
er, aud the explosion happened as the
meu were going to work.
Dostrnetlvo Forest Fires.
Memphis, Nov. 9.—Thousands of dol
lars’ worth of property has been des
troyed by forest fires in west Tennessee.
The flames are close to the city of
Brownsville, and the town of Obion is
in peril. The fires are raging on every
side of it.
Millar Says L$xow Did It.
Little Falls, N. Y., Nov. 9.—War
ner Miller attributed the defeat of the
Democrats in New York city to the Lex-
ow committee disclosures. “In the up
per part of the state," he said, “the
workmen and the farmers recorded their
disapproval of Clevelandism and the
fruits of the present congress.”
V What Japan Will .Want.
London, Nov. 9.—The Telegraph
publishes the statement that among the
demands upon which Japan will insist
as conditions of-the settlement of the
war with China are the payment of an
indemnity of about 40,000,000 pounds
sterling, and the cession ta her by China
of the Island of Formosa.
Loekwood Was Not Surprised.
Buffalo, Nov. 9.—Daniel N. Lock-
wood said concerning the result of tho
election; “The result has not surprised
me very much. Tho delay iu tariff leg
islation and the fact that no time has
been afforded to see its effects on oar
industries had a great deal to do with
the result”
An Independent l*uper tins a Word el
Consolation for All. *
Washington, Nov. 9.—W-Uefi Sec
retary Folgcr was dot'eqjud for the gov
ernorship of New York state l>y Grover
Cleveland by 190,00(1 majority or some
thing like it. tho secretary was -asked
the next day, as he entered the treasury
department, what ho thought abouL.it.
He replied:
"Well, really, there is so much of it,
and it is so widely distributed, that I
hardly feel it my seif.’ •
This appears to Jta ;he general senti
ment in adiriifa^ration circles. One -
cabinet officer wire stayed at tho White
House to receive the returns until all
his fellows had gone remarked:
“It is a swing of the pendulum, and
it. lias swung so far out of its proper
■ quUibriutn that it must swing back in
lbOfi.”
Nevertheless, the latest comment
heard from the cabinet gathering at the
White House was that the news was
“rather disheartening.” No cabinet
officer will discuss the situation for pub
lication.
The Washington Post, Independent,
editorially treats the result as “A Ver
dict of the People,” and closed its com
ments as follows: "We think the coun
try is to be congratulated. As things
stood there was nothing to be gained
by a different result. The people long
ed for peace and industrial repose.
They wanted an interval of tranquility.
Beset on oue side by the Democracy and
their Populist allies, that threatened
:>erpetual agitation, and on the other
sy the Republicans, who were pledged
to the order of things just reveraea by
popular demand, they had no refuge
save lu the - disabling of both parties
aud the introduction of a deadlock un
der whose beneficent Influences they
could breathe at ease.
“In ohanging the complexion of the
house of r >presentatives, the people
have made themselves secure. They
are now guaranteed three years of
peace, barring the little mischief that
the 53d congress may still achieve, and
they have notified the Democratic party
that its pardon in the future depends
upon its repentance and its acts of expi
ation. The American people can always
be trusted. They at least have not lost
heart of government.”
Hogs Open# tbe Show.
Waco, Nov. 9.—Governor Hogg de
livered an address to thousands who
came to witness the opening of the
Texas cotton palace. Fully 60,000
strangers were in the city and the man,
agement anticipated success in this, the
first year of the exposition. Jerome E.
Hill of St. Louis also made an address,
after which the bnilding was thrown
opeu to the visitors. The exposition
closes Deo. 6.
Sending Anarchists Around.
Berlin, Nov. 9.— Schma, the anarch
ist who recently shot a policeman who
had arrested him, has boon sentenced to
12 years’ imprisonment at hard labor
and 10 years’ loss of civil rights. Droe-
egec, his accomplice,-was sentenced to 6
years' impri^pument.
'Murdered by n Moonshiner. s
Little Rocs; Nov. 9.—Fred Smith,
son of a highly esteemed citizen of Yell
county, was murdered near Bluffton by
a moonshiner. The boy was out hunt
ing and accidentally ran upon tha atilL
Smith was shot five times. •
Dr. Talmnge Resigns.
New York, Nov. 9.—The associa
tion of the Rev. Dr. T. DeWitt Tal-
mage with the Brooklyn tabernacle has
been formally severed. His resigna
tion is due, he says, to the fact that he
does not feel that he should ask his old
congregation to build the fourth church
for him. He advises them to either join
other churches or build for a new pas
tor. V
Sol- do at as Arkansan.
Fort Smith, Nov. 9. — News has
been received here of the suicide of J,
Hugh Neal, a prominent citizen, of
Franklin county. Mr. Neal was for
several years in the hotel business in
Charleston. His body was fonnd in
field near his house. He blew the top
of his head off with a shotgun. No
cause is assigned for the deed.
Washington, Nov. 9.—While U is
impossible to get an expression of opin-'
ion in regard to the election, and its re
sults, from any number of the oabinet,
enough haa been learned in regard to
their conclusions, after mature delibera
tion, to give a pretty correct summary
of this body’s position in regard to the
matter:
Neither Mr. Cleveland uor any of his
assistants, after consultation over the
returns, have been able to persuade
themselves that the action of the people
is a rebuke to the president, or to the
head of any of the administrative depart
ments for anything they have done or
said since they were in power. They
are equally certain that the Republican
victories are not an expression of popu
lar ill will against the Democratic party
as a party, nor as an indication of a
change of sentiment regarding tariff
reform. They do uot believe that tariff
reform entered into the contest, except
that the people were disgusted with the
Democratic majority in congress fpr not
carrying out the program for which it
was elected iu 1893. The people want
ed tariff reform but did uot get it.
These conclusions were arrived at by
the cabinet after the receipt of a num
ber of telegrams from successful Demo
cratic congressmen. in whose districts
the conduct of the administration was
made an issue, or the tariff formed an
important subject of discussion during
the canvass. A message from Repre
sentative Cobb, of St. Louis, is a very
good sample of the dispatches on which
the conclusions of the president and his
cabinet are based. Mr. Cobb wired that
he had made his fight purely on the
president’s record, and had won.
Tho cabinet officials declare that the
Democratic leaders in the house and
senate, by their refusal to follow the
president, betrayed their party and
brought about the disastrous defeat.
They fought Mr. Cleveland, not only at
Chicago, bnt in Washington after the
inauguration, and the people rose in
their might to rebnke the recreant lead
ers, and to condemn men who had been
false to their trust. The defeat was not
a triumph over the Democracy, hut
punishment of traitors. The passage of
the tariff bill iu August instead of in
April helped very much to do it. The
full revival pt trade this fall was then
au Impossibility.
When the senate met in extra session
it should have adopted rules to do busi
ness. and should have done business.
Its failure in a great measure brought
about tho result- Instead of carrying
out.the Chicago platform aud following
the president the Democratic majority
in congress repudiated the party policy,
refused to perform duties which they
were elected to do," and seemed to care
more about the appointment of scrub
women than they did about upholding
the president’s hands and the cause or
a mighty reform to accomplish which
they were ohosen by the people. They
were charged with a patriotic mission,
and proved to be cowards.
These, in the view of the cabinet, are
the reasons for the Democratic over
throw in New Yo/k and in other states
that were wrested from the Republi
cans on the issue of tariff reform and
on the declaration that a public official
is a public trust.
Having made up their minds as to
why the Democracy was defeated, and
who is responsible,’the president and
fils advisers have considered the future
of the party. They reason that, as an
issue, tariff reform will not in the imme
diate future occupy an important place.
The Republicans would hardly due at
tempt to pass another McKinley act,bat
would practically let the tariff alone.
People have had enough tariff agitation
and neither party could hope for popu
lar success in the immediate advance
ment of protectionist or low tariff ideas.
The Republicans would probably pass
separate-bills In the interest of favored
industries, but no general tariff legisla
tion would be attempted. It is neces
sary to have an issue and unquestiona
bly the most available one is that of free
silver versus sound money.
It became very evident to the oabinet
after looking over the returns, that the
eastern and middle states, including
New York, had probably gone into the
Republican column for many years to
come. Several of the secretaries saw
great danger in this to the party, in the
natural effort whioh would follow to
build up strength in the south and west
to elect a president. The chanoea of
making these sections solid and inde
pendent of the east might be regarded
as the only hope. It was argued that a
strong effort would be made to turn the
party in the south and west into a free
silver party, and fears of the outcome
were expressed. .
There was one encouraging feature
gleamed from the returns by three of
the secretaries, who discussed the dan
ger of an attempt by free silver men to
capture the Democracy. They found
in several instances in the south that
Democrats who ran on the free silver
itisue have been beaten and sound mon
ey Democrats elected. This was true
of Watson and Turrler in Georgia, and
Patterson in Tennessee.. It was also
discovered that a greater proportion of
Democrats who are elected to the next
houa§ ato opposed to the free stiver
P°ticy. , 1, -
It was also remembered, that only five «**• * 1 ' Tu -
Populists in the west have been return- I
ed, which is seven less theu are now in |
the house. These were eheeriug signs
to the Democratic leaders fiT the cabi
net; bnt they still think that there Is
Cser la Wsskl*|t*s City.
Washington, Nov. 9.—With dignity
and impressiveness befitting the occa
sion, in the presence of an audience
limited in number* bnt distinguished in
character, the solemn requiem mass for
the repoee of the soul of the late Em
peror Alexander HL waa celebrated at
the Russian legation here. The cele
brant of the mass was Bishop Nioolas,
of San Francisco. He had three assist
ants, who accompanied him here from
the west.
The services were conducted in the
drawingroom of the legation, which
was appropriately arranged for the oc
casion.
President Cleveland oooupied a prom
inent seat directly to the left of Bishop
Nicholas. Other members of the cabi
net present were Secretaries Gresham,
Carlisle aud Lauiont, and Attorney
General Olney.
Postmaster General Bissell was una
ble to be present ou acoonut of siokuesa
. and Secretary Smith absented himself
because of self Imposed quarantine.
Members of the diploma tie corps were
also present.
The New Oxer's Ain.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 9 —The ozar
is showing great activity in answering
numerous telegrams of condolence and
expressions of loyalty. The impressien
prevails that he is trying to demon
strate that he is ooorteoua and genial,
and that Russia is extremely loyal.
A Yeung Tennessee Farmer .Killed.
Nashville, Nov. 9.—Ed Collin's,
well known young farmer, who resided ^
near Lavergne, was.shot and killed by 1 awakening "**01
by some unknown person while on his —- —- —■*'
wgy home from this city.
AFTER SENTENCE.
A Mob Tehee e Doomed Rapist from Un
der the Judge's Kye.
Monticello, Ga., Nov. 9.—Three
weeks ago Lee Lawreuoe, a negro, raped
a respectable white woman here. Flee
ing he eluded the pursuing posse. The
governor offered a reward, supple
mented by the citizens, and he was ap
prehended at -Tons*boro.
Judge Jenkins convened a special
term of court Thursday to try the case.
The identification at the trial was com
plete, and the evidence establishing his
guilt overwhelming. The inry promptly
returned a verdict of guilty, and the
judge sentenced him to hang Nov. 80.
All during the day the excitement ran
high. After his conviction a mob of
500 meu overpowered the sheriff and
his guard, taking the prisoner from
them.
The mob took the prisoner just be
yond the citv limits, where they liauged
him, filling his body with buckshot aud
balls. While determined, even to des
peratiou, the mob was calm and orderly
iu its movements. No efforts were
made to conceal the identity of the par
ties engaging therein. The prisoner
was taken from the courthouse iu the
very presence of the judge.
He was left hanging to a limb adorn
ed with a placard whioh reads:
To all negroes: This is your fate if you
perpetrate such a crime. We will always
protect our women.
Painters Killed in Washington,
Washington, Nov. 9.—A scaffold on
which four painters were working at
1812 I street fell and W. J. Theeker and
James A. O’Brien were dashed down to
the sidewalk, 40 feet. Theeker died in
16 minntet from a fracture of his skull.
O’Brien cannot live. The other paint
ers escaped by climbing to the roof of
the building.
Cholsra Riots in Hangary.
London, Nov. 9.—A cholera riot has
occurred in Huszth, a village of Hun
gary, at the junction of the Theiss,with
the Nagy Ag, arising from the popular
anger at an edict declaring that all per
sons who die of cholera most be buried
in a separate cemetery. Gendearms fired
upon the mob, killing one person and
wounding many others. Sixty arrests
were made.
He Hongs Snakes, Birds and Chipmunks
on Thorn Boshes—A Veritable Terror of
tho Woods—A Bom Thief as Well an
Mnrderer—The Half Breed Idea. v
No bird native to this oountry is so
little known aiid surely none has such
striking habits of life as the shrike, or
butcher bird. He is s member of s fam
ily comprising some 200 species, of
which only one well defined subfamily
is resident in North America. Bold,
daring, handsome, he is at onoe the
braggart and the bean of the wopda At
little distance a southerner would
readily mistake him for the mocking
bird.
His blnish gray plumage, tail tipped
with white and broad black patch across
each' eye give him a trim, jaunty air
qnite pleasing to the eye, bnt, alas, a
dreaded object to smaller and weaker
birds. His habitat is northern North
America, and though he breeds in the
high ground of New England and New
York he grows more common after the
Canadian line is crossed.
The shrike is a bom tyrant Not con
tent with killing and devolving all in
sects large enough to attract his fanoy,
he attacks snakes, moles, mice and small
birds whenever opportunity offer*. His
disposition is as unlovable at home as
abroad, for seldom are two or more seen
together bnt they are engaged In an ug
ly family quarrel. They are truly car
nivorous, and except for oertain weak
nesses of bone and muscle would rank
as true birds of prey.
There is one strange, uncanny char
acteristic, however, whioh separates this
woodland bully from all known birds.
Naturalists have watched it, stad£Jri£&,
pondered over it and written long pages
of inexplicable explanations of it, and
common people have doubted in their
snperstition or ignorance whether it was
the doing of a bird or a demon in bird
form! Today it remains as deep a mys
tery as it was 100 years ago.
This is the puzzle: The butcher bird
in bis riotous love of killing slays many
more victims than he has any possible
use for. He seems to do it for the mere
fun of the thing. Instead of leaving the
dead, however, he carries them one by
one to some thorny hedge or tree and
there impales them in all sorts of fan
tastic positions in the branches. It gives
,one a start to come oat of a piece of,
woods when gunning and see a thorn
tree laden with a ghastly crop of lo-
jensts, toads, sparrows, grass snakes, liz
ards and chipmunks
If the shrike ever returned to feed
;upon bis grim hoard, there would bean
explanation of his conduct, and ho wonid
Jbe credited with the epicurean taste of
<a thoroughbred vulture who likes things
|“a bit gamy.” Bnt such is not the
case. The weird fruit hangs ,for days
Inpon the limbs, and if hawks or crows
do not find and'steal it it will rot Until
jonly a few tiny white skeletons remain
to tell of the'massaore.
! Comparatively few dweller* in the
backwoods know this eccentricity of the
butcher bird, and henoe arise many cu
rious and apparently well authenticat
ed stories of trees that catoh birds in
their branches and of storms that rain
ed dowv toads and lizards, so that the
trees were fall of them.
The butcher bird is a born thief as
well as a murderer and often meets his
death while hopelessly endeavoring to
kill and carry off a tame pet bird from
a cage or to rob a hunter’s cabin of
fresh meat Any tidbit he finds he will
'steal, even if only to suspend it from a
locust bough hard by. The Canadian
fur traders and trappers despise him
heartily and never lose a chance to kill
him. Thehalf breedscall him “Whisky
Joe” and claim he is half drunk all
the time, and henoe does these foolish
things.
j He will spy ont the most carefully
hidden trap and always manage to pur-
loin the bait without being caught The
[wild country north of the great lakes is
a favorite haunt of these butchers, and
the Indians who hunt and sell fan to
the Hudson Bay company complain bit
iter ly of the depredations of ‘^Whisky
Joe.”
, The shrike builds a bulky, somewhat
elaborate nest of heavy stioks below,
and upon this foundation a warm cover
ing of bark, leaves and grass is laid. It
is usually in some low tree, and the
'eggs, which are somewhat smaller than
a pigeon’s, are decidedly pretty. They
are of a grayish greea mottled, specked
and scratched with reddish brown. The
young nestlings begin their education
. by wranglinit and fighting as soon as
DAILY MARKET REPORTS hatched, in which amiable diversion
their fond parents set them striking and.
Fatal Rasul* of a Chicago Row.
Chicago, Nov. 9.—Gus Coleander
judge of election in the Ninth precinot
of the Twenty-third ward, who was
shot by a crowd of hoodlums who
attempted to steal the ballot box at that
precinct, died at Has Alexiau Brothers
hospital at 7 o’clock a m. The other
wounded men are not in a serious con
dition. No arrests have so far been
made.
Ton Parsons Drownad.
Havana, Nov. 9.—The Spanish coast
steamer Fernanda foundered Tuesday
morning 20 miles north of Bahia Honda.
Ten of her passengers and Crew were
■•SB Fallot o In Hi Lasts.
St. Louts, Nov. 9.—Schulenberg 6b
Borekler, lumber dealers, have assigned.
Assets, $800,000; liabilities not Stated.
Prod dm ud Pra visions.
—Cash - quotations i
jporTht juyjgfa
Short rib stds#,
Short
CniOAao. Nov. I
as fotlaws: Mesa
Lard.. M.H&7.U6.
RtS SO. Dry salt shoulders,' boxed,
#i.7L -Short clear sides, boxed.
Naval
SAVAEEAE. Nov.
Spirits of tnrpetlnaa taken as ex
r^J^J or ^ ^“^.i 0 e't, 7 ne°j£i | WM Proved accordingly
« reported: ‘A. H 'andcTU til: D. Jl.usTg.
F5: Y #l.»fG. H. »L7J. 1. #JU»: S’,
wfodowg “"’ ^
WrutnioyoN. Nqv. L—jtosiiL Qrra: strain-
ad. #i: goad rtralned. «Lii
Turpentine it
I steady at 25. Tar, steady at >13>. Crude tar-
I Dentine steady: hard. #1.10; soft, #I.W; vir-
Ohleago Grain and Frodnea Tatars*.
Chicaoo. Nov. I.
Wheat—December
Corn—November SUM#
Oats—November S8
danger of certain leaders attempting to Pork—J*nuary ;....sii.w
enlist the party under the free silver '!f f05
banner.
Tammany’s Defeat, os Viewed Abroad.
Paris, Nov. 9.—The Temps prints a
long article on the defeat of Tanunany
remarking upc S the
Mow Tork Cotton Fntnreo.
New York, Nov. •.
Cotton futures opened steady.
perpetual examples.—New York World.
|i. A Will on s Canceled Bond,
j John Morris, who died in this city
leaving an estate valued at $2,800, had
written the following upon the back of
a canceled bond of the Milestown
Building and Loan association, No. 6,
which expired April 7, 1880! It was
taken as expressing his testamentary
after proper identification:
)' Philadelphia, Aug. 16, 18M.
This shall be found. Bailie, when I am gone,
ind, mamma, I shall leave all to yon, and you.
frnsmma, shall be a Jardlam over Annie, and if
the boys helph you through at yonre death
bet what U left be eqel dived among them. It
Won’t be long before they will mis me. i
I John Morris, a
t—Philadelphia Ledger. -
)
| A Good Idea,
j “Yesterday.” said Ixe, the painter,
“I discovered a very simpler method of
avoiding payment of tipis at the restau
rant. "When the hill is presented, I pay ~
the exact amount and nothing more.
The waiter looks dagger*. Then I get
and say:
, * ‘My oomplimenter your establish
ment is very well managed! I have
made a capital dinner.’
Pretend to take him for the landlord,
fi’ye see?”—Petit Parisian.