Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1898 — Page 3

BATTLE OF BALLOTS

Results of Election Throughout the Nation. CONGRESS IS CLOSE Ji tidal Count May Be Necessary to Decide Winner in Many States. * Party Majority in the House Will Be Very Small on Either Side-Demo-cratic and Republican Managers Claim .Victories—Roosevelt Is Chos< n Governor of New York— Pingree Is Re-elected in Michigan Scofield' Wins in Wisconsin.

' FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. i ■ HOUSE. Republicans 179 ■ Democrats......: ...162 ' Populists or Mlvernien 16 , Republican majority over ail 1 ; • SENATE. ' Republicans 53 ' Democrats 26 . Populists or feilverinen 11 ' Republican majority over all. 16

All the States of the Union, exclusive of Maine, Oregon and Vermont, and the territories of New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, held elections Tuesday. The following States elected Governors: California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nebraska, Nevada, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. Delaware, Florida, Illinois,. Indiana, lowa, Missouri,. Montana, North Carolina, Ohio and Utah elected minor State ■officers. Connecticut, California. Idaho. Illinois, lowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri. Montana, Massachusetts, New Y'ork. New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Nebraska. Nevada, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming and West Virginia elected State Legislatures. All the States except Maine, Oregon and Vermont elected Congressmen. Outside the Gubernatorial election in. New York, interest, from a national standpoint, centered in the Congressional elections. Partial returns up to 4 o’clock Wetmesmorning indicated Congress to be close and in doubt. Both parties were claiming control of the new House of Representatives by narrow margins. The Republican managers figured a majority of fifteen to twenty-five. The Democratic leaders put in like claims. More than fifty close and doubtful districts were still to be heard from. Partisan claims were therefore based on manifestly uncertain data. The Democrats have gained many seats. The Republicans expected that, and before the election conceded gains to the opposition. The Republicans, however, have a majority of fifty-five In the present House, and can lose heavily without surrendering their control. Returns received in the Associated Press office in New Y'ork City from all over the country up. to 12:30 Wednesday morning indicated that eighty-five Republicans and 109 Democrats had certainly been elected to seats in the National House of Representatives. The same districts two years ago returned to the lower house of Congress 105 Republicans and eighty-nine Democrats. Based solely upon the estimates in these districts, a Republican loss of twenty and a Democratic gain of twenty-one was indicated. These estimates conceded to the Democrats nil of the Congressional districts in Greater New York except one, the Fifteenth. Party Pluralities by States. Rep. Dem. Alabama 45,000 Arkansas 50,000 California 15,000 .... Colorado 30,000 Connecticut 15,000 .... Delaware .Small Florida 15,000 Georgia 25,000 Idaho In doubt. Illinois 30,000 Indiana . x 10,000 .... lowa t 05,000 .... Kansas 15,000 Kentucky xf Small. Louisiana .... 40,000 •Maine 22,000 Maryland ...... In doubt. Massachusetts 70,000 .... Michigan 80,000 Minnesota 5,000 Mississippi 40,000 Missouri 35,000 Montana Small. Nebraska 10,000 .... Nevada Small. New Hampshire 10,000 .... New Jersey. 12,000 .... New YosJs 18,081 «- .... North Carolina 75,000 North Dakota 4,000 .... ■Ohio ~i 55,000 .... •Oregon 20,000 Pennsylvania 20,000 .... Rhode Island 15,000 .... South Carolina 35,000 South Dakota .. .... 3,000 Tennessee 20,000 Texas 120,000 Utah Small. •Vermont .....2.......... 35,000 X‘ r ß'’! la .... 15,000 Washington In doubt. West Virginia . Indoubt. Wisconsin 30,000 Wyoming j,OOO .... •Election held previous to Tuesday.. PRESIDENT CASTS HIS VOTE. Traveled from Washington to Canton to Discharge the Duty. President McKinley and party arrived in Canton at 9:25 Tuesday morning, and was at once driven to the Barber residence. The President then walked to the polling place, dismissing the carriage. There was a crowd to greet him all the way, but there was no formal demonstration. The President started back to Washington the same afternoon.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

Estimated Make-Up of the Two National Eegialative Bodies. , ' The • ouae. Pop. or Pop. or Bep. Dem. SH. Rep. Dem. Sil. Alabama .... 9 .. .. 8 1 Arkansas .. .. ' 6 .. .. 6 California .6 f .. 3 2 2 Colorado .... .. 2 .. • • I 2 Conneet’t .4 .. .. 4 . ■ • Delaware .. 1 1 Florida 2 .. .. 2 Georgia 11 .. -.,11 »> Idaho ....... .. . 1 .. •• 1 Illnols .... 14 8 .. 17 4 1 Indiana .9 4 .. 9 4 lowa 11 .. .. 11 Kansas .... 2 .. 6 2 .. 6 Kentucky .2 9 ..’ 4 7 Louisiana ... 6 .. .. G Maine ..... 4 .. .. 4 Maryland ..4 2 .. Q Mass 10 3 .. 12 *1 Michigan ..12 .. .. 10 2 Minnesota .6’l .. 7 - • Miss 7 .. .. 7 .. Missouri ... 1 14 .. 3 12 Montana 1 1 Nebraska .. 4 .. 2 2 .. 4 Nevada ... 1 .. .. 1 N. Hamp. .. 1 1 .. 2 N. Jersey .. G. 2 .. 8 New York.. 18 16 .. 28 6 N. Carol na. 2 7 .. 3 1 5 N. Dakota.. 1 .. .. 1 Ohio. -15 6 .. 15 « Oregon .... 2 .. .. 2 Penn. ........21 6 .. 27 3 R. Island ~ 2 .. .. 2 8. Dakota.. .. 2 2 8. Carolina. .. 7 .. .. 7 Tennessee .2 8 .. 2 8 Texas 1 12 .. 1 12 Utah 1 .. .. 1 Vermont ... 2 .. .. 2 Virginia 10 .. 4 6 Wash’t’n... 2 1 1 W. Virginia. 1 3 .. 4 Wisconsin .9 1 .. 10 Wyoming ..1 1 Totals ...179 166 12 205 125 27 The ■’dnate. . 1898 1896 Pop. or Pop. or Bep. Dem. Sil. Rep. Dem. Sil. Alabama 2 .. .. 2 Arkansas .....; 2 .. .. 2 California . 2 .. .. 1 1 Colorado ....1 .. 1 1 .. 1 Connecticut .2 .. .. 2 Florida 2 .. .. 2 Georgia 2 .. .. 2 .. Idaho 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 Illinois 2 .. .. 2 Indiana 2 .. .. 1 1 lowa 2 .. .. 2 Kansas 1 .. 1 1 .. 1 Kentucky.... 1 1 .. 1 1 Louisiana 2 .. .. 2 Maine 2 ~ .. 2 Maryland.... 2 .. .. 1 1 Mass 2 .. .. 2 Michigan ..... 2 .. .. 2 .. .. Minnesota ... 2 .. .. 2 Mississippi .... 2 .. ... 2 Missouri 2 .. .. 2 Montana 1 .. 1 2 .. ; . Nebraska.... 2 .. .. 1 .. 1 Nevada .. .. 2 .. .. 2 N. Hampshire 2 .. .. 2 N. Jersey 2 .. .. 1 1 New York.... 2 .. .. 1 1 N. Carolina .. 1 ... 1 1 .. 1 N. Dakota.... 2 .. .. 1 1 Ohio ......... 2 .. .. 2 Oregon 2 .. .. 2 Pennsyl'ift ... 2 .. .. 2 R. 151 and..... 2 .... 2 .. .. •8. Carolina .. ... 2 .. .. 2 S. Dakota 2 .. .. 2 Tennessee 2 .. .. 2 Texas. 2 .. .. 2 Utah 1 1 1 1 Vermont .... 2 ~ .. 2 Virginia 2 .. .. 2 Washington .1 .. 1 1 .. 1 W. Virginia.. 2 .. .. 1 1 Wisconsin .... 2 .. ... 1 1 Wyoming ... 2 .. .. 2 Totals 53 £8 11 46 34 10

ELECTION RESULTS IN BRIEF. Story Told in Barographs, as Estimated on Early Returns. Theodofl? Roosevelt is elected Governor of New York by a majority of from 15,000 to 30,000. The Legislature is Republican on joint ballot by a majority of about thirty. This insures the election of h Republican Senator in place of Edward K.Murphy, Jr. The Democrats have gained seven or more Congressmen in the State. In Massachusetts Governor Wolcott was reelected by about 60,000 plurality. The Democrats gain one Congressman, having elected Henry F. Naphen in place of the Rev. Samuel J. Barrows in the Tenth District. New Jersey was carried by the Republi-, cans. The party captures the Legislature. The Democrats have probably elected two Congressmen. Indiana shows Democratic gains. Democratic ticket elected by about 10,000 majority. legislature is probably Democratic. North Dakota shows Republican gains. Republican ticket elected by 4,500 majority. State Senate close. Connecticut elected the entire Republican ticket by a reduced majority. The legislature is Republican. The Republicans may have one Congressman out of a solid Democratic delegation from Missouri. The Republicans were victorious in New Hampshire, though the vote was light and the majorities small. Maryland probably sends one Demijcrat’to Congress, the other districts cYsSing Republicans. Nevada elected McMillan Governor, but sends Newlands, Silver Fusionist, to , Congress. Alabama elected only Congressmen, and the Democrats had everything their own way. Wisconsin re-elects Gov. Scofield ani) gives the Republican State ticket a m--jority. In Dlinois it is thought that Democrats have captured a majority of the Congressmen. The entire State Democratic ticket is elected in Texas by about 100,000 majority. West Virginia made Democratic gains and may have elected four Congressmen. Both parties claim victory in Kansas, the Fusionists being the more confident. Delaware is in doubt, with the probabilities in favor of Republican success. South Carolina elected the Democratic ticket practically without opposition. Utah returns Roberts (Dem. Sliver) for Congress and silver Legislature. Republicans elect one Congressman in Texas and one in Tennessee. Florida is Democratic, with the vote 10 to 20 per cent lighter than in 1896. Montana and Nebraska in doubt, both parties claiming the victory. South Dakota appears to have elected the Fusion silver ticket. Democrats carried practically everything in Mississippi. o Colorado elected the silver fusionist ticket. , California elected the Republican ticket, , The Democrats have won many CongreMional seats from the Republicans.

STATES THAT VOTED.

NAMES OF OFFICES WHICH ‘ HAVE BEEN FILLED. All of the States but Three Held Elections Tuesday Many Chose Only Minor Officer* Complete List Is Here Given. All the States, with the exception of Oregon, Vermont and Maine held elections Tuesday. Following is a list of the States and territories, with names of the offices which have been filled: Alabama—Nine Congressmen. Arizona—Delegate to Congress. Arkansas—Six Congressmen. Colorado—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers; two Congressmen. Connecticut —Four. Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. California—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of _£tate, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General. Surveyor General. seven Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Delaware—State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts and a Congressman. Florida—State Treasurer, justices of the Supreme Court, Railroad Commissioners and two Congressmen. Georgia—Eleven Congressmen. Idaho—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers; Congressman and Legislature, Illinois —Treasurer, Superintendent of Public Instruction, trustees of University of Illinois and twenty-two Congressmen. Indiana—Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer and other State officers; thirteen Congressmen. lowa—Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer # and other State officers, eleven Congressmen and Legislature. Kansas —Governor, Auditor, Treasurer and seven Congressmen. Kentucky—Eleven Congressmen and Legislature. o ■ Louisiana—Six Congressmen. Michigan—Governor, Lieutenant Governcr, Secretary of State, Auditor General, Attorney General, State Treasurer and other State officers, twelve Congressmen and Legislature. Minnesota —Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor, Treasurer, Attorney General, seven Congressmen and Legislature. Missouri—Judges of the Supreme Court, State Superintendent of Public Schools, Railroad Commissioner, -fifteen Congressmen and Legislature. Montana—Chief justice, associate justice, and clerk of the Supreme Court, one Congressman and Legislature. Miss ssippl—Seven Congressmen, constitutional amendment giving levee commissioners power to cede levees, .etc., to the United States. Massachusetts Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State. Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General/ thirteen Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Maryland—Six Congressmen. New York —Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, engineer and surveyor, thlriy-four Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Maryland—Six Congressmen. New York—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, Attorney General, engineer and surveyor. thirty-four Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. New Hampshire—Governor, two Congressmen. Councilors and both branches of the Legislature. New Jersey—Governor, eight Congressmen and both branches of the Legislature. Ncrth Carolina—Judges of the Superior Court, solicitors, members of the Assembly and nine Congressmen. Nebraska—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers, six Congressmen and Legislature. Nevada—Governor, one Congressman and Legislature. New Mexico—Delegate to Congress and territorial Legislature. North Dakota—Governor, Lieutenant Governor and other State officers and one Congressman. Ohio—Secretary of State, judges of the Supreme Court, members of the Board of Public Works, clerk of the Supreme Court, Dairy and Food Commission and twentyone Congressmen. Oklahoma—Delegate to Congress. Pennsylvania—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary’ of Internal Affairs, judge of the Superior Court, Representatlve-at-Large, twenty-eight Congressmen and Legislature. Rhode Island—Two Congressmen. South Dakota—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State and other officers, two Congressmen and Legislature. South Carolina—Governor and State officers, seven Congressmen. Tentiessee—Governor, three State Railroad Commissioners, ten Congressmen and Legislature. Texas—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General and other officers, thirteen Congressmen and Legislature. Utah —Supreme judge, one Congressman and Legislature. . Virginia—Ten Congressmen and a few vacancies In the General Assembly. Washington—Two Congressmen and Legislature. Wisconsin—Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, etc., ten Congress men and Legislature. Wyoming—Governor, Secretary of State, one Congressman and Legislature. West Virginia—Four Congressmen, onehalf State Senators and aeventy-oue Assemblymen. Senators are to be elected by the Legislatures in twenty-three States. Mary land, Mississippi, Ohio, Oregon, Rhode Island, Virginia and Vermont have already elected their Senators. The States that have chosen Legislatures that will participate in the election of United States Senators at their coming sessions are Maine, which had already elected a Legislature; California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming. This makes a total of thirty-one new Senators for the Fifty-sixth Congress. Those already elected are Louis E. McComas, Maryland (Rep.); Hernando De Soto Money, Mississippi (Dem.); Marcus A. Hanna, Ohio (Rep.); Joseph Simon, Oregon (Rep.); Nelson W. Aldrich, Rhode Island (Rep.); Redfield Proctor, Vermont (Rep.), and John W. Daniel, Virginia (Dem.). Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Maine, Oregon, Rhode Island and Vermont ijad, previous to Tuesday, already elected State officers this year. New Governors have been elected in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Idaho, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming— twenty-one ‘ States in all. Col. Bryan Vote* at Home. Colonel William J. Bryan of the Third Nebraska arrived at his home in Lincoln on the morning of election day and lost no time in depositing a ticket in the ballot box. He had not registered, but the City Clerk had his certificate made out and ready for him when he called. The mining plant owned by New York parties on the Cora Latta lease, two miles east of Joplin, Mo., caught fire and was totally destroyed. The fire exploded thirty pounds of giant powder, which tore the machinery and buildings into fragments.

GREAT DAMAGE TO CORN.

Weather Bureau’s Fummary of Crop i Conditions for October. The monthly summary of crop conditions issued by the weather bureau says: The month of October was generally very favorable for germination and growth of fall-sown grain throughout the country east of the Rocky Mountains, but excessive moisture In the Central Valleys, East Gulf and South Atlantic States interfered with farm work and caused much damage to crops remaining in the fields. On the Pacific coast, In New England, and In the Middle Atlantic States the weather conditions were generally favorable for farming Interests. Generally throughout the Central Valleys and Southern States corn, both the uncut and that in shock, suffered great damage tain excessive rains, which caused sprouting and rotting to a great extent and delayed husking and cribbing. Except In Texas and portions of the Carolinas, where cotton-picking has progressed satisfactorily, the month has been very unfavorable for gathering the late crop, much of which, in the central portion of the cotton belt, has been greatly damaged by heavy rains. The reports generally Indicate that early sown grain, germinated quickly, had made vigorous growth and was in excellent condition at the close of the month. In Kentucky tobacco In barns has sustained injury from the effect of excessive moisture. The month has been comparatively free from destructive frosts, although they occurred as far south as Northern Florida.

LYNCH LAW IN ILLINOIS.

Negro Taken from the Marshall County Jail by a Mob. S. W. Stewart, a negro of Toluca, charged with assault upon Miss Mary O’Brien of that place, was taken from the jail at Lacon, 111., early Monday morning by a mob and hanged to a tree until dead. Miss O’Brien is the daughter of the pit boss of the Toluca coal mine. While she was on her way home Friday evening she was knocked down with a stone by a negro, who then completed his crime. Dogs were put on the trajl, and went directly to the house of Stewart. The latter was arrested, and as there was some talk of lynching, was taken to the county jail for safe keeping, where he confessed the crime. Meanwhile the people of Toluca quietly organized for vengeance. Early Monday morning about 100 armed and masked men appeared at Lacon. They broke into the jail, took out Stewart, and hanged him. A coroner’s jury returned a verdict that the negro came to his death at the hands of persons unknown.

WILL ASK MORE SOLDIERS.

Secretary Alger Recommends Increase of 75,000 Men. Secretary Alger In his annual report to the President will recommend an increase in the standing army, and it is likely he will suggest 75,000 as the number of men required. The leaders of both houses have at different times expressed themselves as favorable to an increased standing army. Gen. Lee, who will command the army in Cuba, says that to bring order out of Chaos in Cuba 50,000 men will be required, while in Porto Rieo from 5,000 to 10,(MX) will be needed. Chairman Hull of the House Committee on Milibjry<Affairs will fqymulate a bill embodying the views of the administration.

HARD WORDS FOR THE THIRD.

General Grant Criticises an Illinois Regiment. Word eotnes from Porto Rieo that Chaplain D. D. Odell of the Third Illinois infantry and Gen. Grant, brigade commander, have had trouble, and the first named has been ordered away from the regimental and brigade hospitals. The chaplain, it is alleged, wrote home urging that everything possible be done to get the regiment back to this country, on account of the illness and disease which threatened to wipe it out of existence. He also wrote President McKinley. Gen. Grant told the chaplain that the Third Illinois was the worst body of soldiers he had ever seen, freon colonel down, and he ordered the chaplain to keep away from all the hospitals indefinitely.

OUR POPULATION IN 1900.

It May Exceed Ninety Million by Reason of Recent Expansion. If the United States retains the Philippine Islands as a colony, the combined population of the United States and her colonies, based on figures now obtainable, will reach 84,803,729. Probably when the next census of the United States is taken in 1900, the combined population may exceed 90,000,000. This is a greater population than any other nation, except China, the British empire and the Russian empire. Before the annexation of Hawaii the area in square miles of the United States was 3,602,990. Taken with the Philippines. Porto Rico and Hawaii it will be 3.727,453 square miles, the fourth largest in the world.

DITCH WILL BE DUG.

American Contractors to Complete Big Nicaraguan Canal. The Nicaraguan congress has unanimously approved tlie agreement provisionally made by President Zelaya and the American contractors, Edward F. Cragin of Chicago and Edward Eyre of New York, authorizing the construction of the inter-occnn canal. The adoption of that clause of the agreement declaring that the concession to the Maritime will terminate Oct. 19, 1899, was received with prolonged cheers. A syndicate headed by exMayor William P. Grace of New Y’ork City controls the new concession, which must complete the big canal under penalty within twenty-five years.

Spain’s Mourning Stamp.

As a means of paying off the war debt, which is claimed to be 2,000,000,000 pesetas ($500,000,000), the Spanish Government has issued a stamp of mourning, which is to be used on all the inland mall of Spain and her colonies. The stamp, which is of the denomination of five cent de pesetes (one cent), is printed in somber black, and must be affixed to all mail matter in addition to the regular postage stamp.

Sparks from the Wires.

New York police believe that they have unearthed an extensive scheme to defraud life insurance companies. ‘ Senator Hale of Maine has been fined S4O for violating the State game law by shipping game out of the State. Twenty-six sick and dying persons were recently picked up on the streets of Matansas, Cuba, on the same day. Postmaster General Smith has directed that Hawaiian stamps be recognized at their face value on articles mailed in Hawaii.

BISMARCK AS A SPEAKER.

Hi* Claim that He Wae Not an Orator Was Fully Justified. Prof. William M. Sloane contributes an article on Bismarck to the Century. Prof. Sloane says: The first time I heard him spwak in public was in the old parliament-house on Leipsic street. His seat was almost on a line with the box reseived for the members of the diplomatic corps, in which, for that occasion, I had a seat. As the squire of a lady who is the daughter of a distinguished American officer, I had been instructed to secure the services of a capable Interpreter, and the man employed was given a seat where he could hear perfectly and yet utter his translation in a low tone without disturbing the assembly. When it came Bismarck's turn to speak, his rising was an affair of deliberation; it began slowly, and continued for some time, as the towering form assumed Its full height. His great stature he had from his father. Standing six feet one and a quarter Inches in his stockings, and of coursd somewhat more in his boots, he could not, even with arms as disproportionately long as his were, reach the desk before him with his hands; consequently he was wont to stand for a while, twitching his fingers and swaying his body as if to find a support. Failing in the instinctive effort, he would then fumble in his coat-tail pocket, and, producing his handkerchief, blow a stentorian blast. These preliminaries completed, he then began to speak. His voice was a disappointment; it was the voice of an effeminate man when In a fit of nervousness, and at no time did it have any resonant sonorousness; sometimes it was actually feeble, and not Infrequently he would Interrupt himself with a little nervous cough which left the sentence unfinished. “lam no orator,’’ he says In one of his published speeches; “I have not the gift of Influencing your minds nor of obscuring the real meaning of tilings by a cloud of words. My discourse Is simple and clear. • • • A good orator Is seldom a good statesman.” And again: “When a man is too fluent of speech he talks too long and too frequently.” As might be imagined, he was no friend of the great contemporary statesman and orator, Gladstone, of whom he once said to an acquaintance: “If I had brought as many humiliations on my country as Gladstone has on his, I would be unfit to rule.” In a sense his disclaimer of the orator’s gifts was Justified. Indifferent to the audience directly before him, hisreal speech was addressed to the great German reading public and to the world. Accordingly, that which was delivered, even on the most Important occasions, was scrappy, and rather In the nature of a chat with the deputies. Often his sentences were Jerky, and left the Impression that the speaker was not exactly certain as to what he actually was saying. Many beard him with the bitterest disappointment. His uncertainty of utterance was no safeguard against prollxityj’he seemed at times to be Indulging In that form of discourse which our slang designates as “talking through one’s hat,” and consequently he often let slip the loosest assertions. Moreover, the construction of his sentences was frequently portentous. On the occasion to which I have been particularly referring, my companion was as Impatient as only an intelligent woman can be to secure the Intellectual treat before her, and gave minute Instructions to her Interpreter. All went well for a time, as the low voice of the painstaking translator rendered with some adequacy the thought of Bismarck. Then there were short pauses, followed by rapid little summaries of what had been said. As these grew more and more frequent, the lady became Irritated. Finally there was an entire cessation on the part of the interpreter, and yet Bismarck was going right on with ever-increasing vehemence. There were constant calls from the lady of “What’s he saying? What’s he saying?” and an Increase of Impatience in the box quite proportionate to the growing violence of the speaker. Finally the wretched interpreter could endure the strain no longer, and, turning with a gesture of fierce resentment to his excited employer, he hissed: “Madame, I ant waiting for the verb!”

Migration of Batterflies.

One of the most beautiful sights in the world is the annual migration of butterflies across the Isthmus of Panama. Where they come from or whither they go no one knows, and though many distinguished naturalists have attempted to solve the problem, It Is still as strange a mystery as it was to the first European traveler who observed It. Toward the end of June a few scattered specimens are discovered flitting out to sea, and as the days go by the number Increases, until about July 14 or 15 the sky is occasionally almost obscured by myriads of these frail insects.

After the Ceremony.

An unmarried woman in Holland always takes the right arm of her escort, while the married one selects the left side? of her husband. So deeply has this custom entered Into the life of the Hollanders that at a church wedding the bride enters the edifice on tl>e right side of the groom, the young wife returning on the left side of her husband when the ceremony has been performed. \

Age Limit for Jurers.

The Constitution of South Carolina provides that jurors must be between the ages of 21 and 65, and a new trial was recently granted in a criminal case because one of the jurors was 66 years oM. , The success of some mefi is due to their iron wills, and of others to their cheeks of brass.

RECORD OF THE WEEK

INDIANA INCIDENTS TERSELY | TOLD. —— —— Son’s Cruelty to His Mother—HusbanA Shoots His Wife and Himself— De- S serted the Army to Wed—Dunkirk s’ Strikers Resume Work. George Fortune, a young farmer of i Prairieton, accused of assault with intent to kill his mother and stealing her cropa j and farm property, and who was hunted g by deputy sheriffs and a party of lyncher# 3 the other night, surrendered to the sheriff. On the occasion of his former arrest the mother begged for his release. In this instance she swore out the warrant. He I had hekUa revolver at her head to make J her sign a bill of sale of the corn crop, a When the neighborhood learned what she had done, thirty or forty young men went ' in search of him. He was not at home and escaped from a relative’s house while | they were approaching. Shoots His Wife and Himself. Failing to effect a reconciliation with his wife at Scottsburg, who left him last summer, Marion Tyler of Indianapolis shot her and then turned the revolver upon himself, inflicting fatal wounds. 'When Mrs. Tyler refused to again live with him he drew a pistol and began tiring. The first bullet struck the woman in the face and the second in the side. He then shot himself, once in the head and once in the abdomen. The wounds of the man are fatal, while those of the woman are noi necessarily so. Deserts That He May Wed. Frank Hompulah, a member of troop A, Seventh United States cavalry, was arrested in Evansville on the charge of desertion. Hompulah said he was to be married Thanksgiving day,- and as the Officers refusetl him a furlough he decided to desert. He was stationed at Fort Thomas. Hompulah is a Bohemian and has been in the regular army six years. His home is at Lincoln, Neb. Fatal Accident at Fort Wayne. A steanj chest on the engine at the Kelgennnn mattress factory at Fort Wayne exploded and -Charles Kelgemann's head was crushed in. He died the next morning. James Voutrie was crushed beneath a falling tree west of the city. His spinal colflmn was broken. Strikers Go to Work. The committee of window glass workers from Dunkirk that went to Pittsburg to investigate the situation before returning to work at the terms agreed upon lately. have decided to resume, and the four Dunkirk factories have started operations. Freight Trains in a Wreck. At Milford Junction, freight train Ko. 28 on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, while taking water, was struck by train No. 8(1, resulting in the injury of four persons. in addition to serious damage to both trains. Within Our Border*.' Two hundred miners at Ehrmandale went on a strike. They say it is because the foreman does not live up to t’>e contract. Near Vincennes, while hunting. Tilton Hoffman, 20 years old and single, son of George Hoffman, was accidentally shot and killed. - ' At Goshen. Mrs. Louis Ruhlman and Mrs. John Good engaged in a knife fight in Main street and Mrs. Good was seriously injured. West River mills, three miles north of Hagerstown, owned by Richard Chessman. were totally destroyed by fire. Loss, $5,000, partly insured. The dedication of the new Christian Church of Argos has taken place. The service was conducted by Dr. D. H. Long, president of Antioch College of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Hundreds of thousands of blackbirds are in their annual roost in the woods just (■ast of Anderson. Their number is so great that big limbs on which they perch give away under their weight. A steep hill and slippery track was responsible for a serious street car collision at« Lafayette. Both cars were badly smashed. One passenger, a Mrs. Evans, will probably not survive the shock. Attorney James Cooper of Russiaville met with a singular mishap. While hitching up hrs horse to drive to Kokomo the animal suddenly tossed up its head, striking a pipe in Mr. Cooper’s mouth and forcing the stem down his throat, producing a serious injury and interfering with his power of speech. It is thought the faculty is not permanently impaired. A gang of thieves was rounded up at Kokomo. For months v the band has battled the officers, while wholesale burgr larios have been carried on. It develops that two heretofore unsuspected women of the city headed the gang. The women, Mollie Fritz and Mary Boher. were nabbed in the Howard National Bank, where they, under assumed names, wanted ehecks cashed. One check was for sll, given by a local grain dealer for clover seed stolen from Edward Manship, a farmer, who tracked the women. The Reher home was searched and a large quantity of stolen goods was found. A fight occurred in Mack Clark’s saloon at Ashboro, which will doubtless result in a double murder. The second story of the building is used by Clark for gambling purposes, and fourteen men were engaged in a game when Andrew Kuhns and Emery Tribble began a quarrel, which res salted in blows. Kuhns hastily drew a revolver and shot Tribble in the left side, the bullet passing through both of his lungs. This caused a stampede among the crowd, and Clark, proprietor of the place, reached for his revolver and discharged it at Kuhns, sending a bullet in his stomach, which passed through him. At almost the same instant Kuhns shot at Clark, and the bnllet tore out his left eye and crushed his skull. . . Fire broke out in the Hoosier Sanatorium. two miles west of Tipton, and destroyed the electric light and power building acd the pure food manufacturing de- . partment. • . S The handle works of John L. Duris & Co. at La fonts ine were destroyed by fire of unknown origih. The loss on machinery and stock is $3,000. Twenty men are thrown ouj of employment. Charles Bachelor, while cleaning his shotgun at Brasil, accidentally discharged it and the contents lodged in his 10-year-old brother’s right side and thigh, wounding him so badly that he will die.