North Carolina Newspapers

I ; The Mobhw ; Fost. . : . . . . - . ' , - - . . .. -" ' . Vol; VI ' , RALEIGH, N. C, FRIDAY,.; NOVEMBER" 9, 1900 ' r""T. r 1 i r i I j t 1 ' i iii. KEEPING THINGS QUIET Nothing Given Out About De liberations of Minsiters PROGRESS IS BEING MADE or three minutes, Lmg enough to con gratulate his chief on the result of the election. Mr. Hay came in afterward for the same purpose. Secretary Hitch cock came in as Mr. Hay was leaving, and Abner McKiuley, the President's brother, was an early caller, - as was Rev. Frank Bristol, the President's pas tor in "Washington. Senator O. H. Piatt of Connecticut arrived in "Washington this morning and called at the White House before 11 o'clock to congratulate the President on the Republican victory. The President said to his callers that his health was good. He told his pas- tor that he was happy because of the . I endorsement given his policy by enough Arbitrary Action of Germans at ro-jrotcrs t0 re-oleet him. He saw no news paper men during the forenoon, and it was said that he did not careMo discuss Unj-Fu Will "Lead to Earnest Remon strance from the Chinese Government Reported Suicide of Va Ililen Seems to Have Been an Invention-Occupation of Chinese Territory by Russia "Washington, Nov. the Ilepublican victory for publication. AQUEDUCT RACKS High Speedlrs First Under the Wire Yesterday and Starters for Today New York, Nov. 8. Results at Anue- S. Additional re-' duct track: , . ,r lirst race, s muc-i'nn lucnara ports irom -ur. trayt-r -y , 0 to 5, Uncle .Toh I) to 2, Dee-da 25 to the progress of the efforts being nwue. Timo l;021-5. nr Pekin to brinsr the foreign ministers: Second m'?e. "'..'. furl'OTisrs Rochamp into agreement as to the basis of negro-' torn 1 to 2 ,Orienta 7 to 2, Brandysnias tuuiohs wtth thmx The department ; rae0 aliieHespCT 4 to 5, still declines to make public any of the n.'land o3 to 1, Belgrade 0 to 1. Time details of the deliberations of the nun-: i :. .fi nel rourfh race, 1 miles MeMeekin o-x., uu ,l u,r,ls ... ""-J to r. Imp 1 to 2, Compensation 25 to 1 ;he purivse be-Ing to avoil present :n5j Fiifth -race, 54 furlongs 'Helen O'C 7 mv of tie difforem-es that may arise; to Keina o to . 2, Ivathenna 9 to .ixmii mue w i.uir uB - VT! Sixth race, mile and 70 yanVs Kirk- BRYAN WAS SURPRISED The Landslide More Than He Was Expecting, THE CAUSE UNCERTAIN Democrats Defeated but Not DIsconr aged The Fight Itttist Go On No Re proaches and No Fault to Find He Will Not Aspire to a Senatorsbip and 1TI11 Not Remove to Texas-Health Is Good and His Conscience Clear REBUILD 1 THE PARTY Let Us Get Back to Democrat jicFirst Principles TIME TO SHELVE BRYAN a them tj serve ith?':r own ends. Hew- Take 25 to 1. Time 1:491-5. Itntrles for Today use ever, ths stateuirnt is reiterated that v.iwress is oeing mane im.w.M a-ms- p. . fn1.fF,. n;--. t-t. factory ooiKlnon. :.:vl it-.is hoped that ton 121. Hingfeader 10s, llovbrook lt5, within a hrt time : will be possible to: IVhrce Florist 115, Ij.idy Coritrary 112, Aibon-)'itt5ins at least initiate f r.mal n'gottatioas witil JJ1"??? Ui 11?V . , . . i ta 110. rdfinx Co-nig 113, B of Oa'-ew Cnmese plvmpoteat.aivs. ir Jhoreliam 115 s'o advice has yet bven received lierej Second raea. 1 mile, 70 yards, 2 rear coiiHi-min- oho revert that Itiisia has old, selliog Edgefield 102, San J.onis annexed ten-it cry in Chih-Lo p-Tovinc j 09. Frank nail 97, Callear 102. Moor and tae imprein prevail tnat it tne 10, Drohcda 104, Ine Frshca-nnan Knssians hare occupied any territory! 102. Himself 10S. Pjetlerirh 97. Little there it is impiv '"lauao' movement Daisr 103, Animcsvrv 98, (Jold Iince I i: preparation for the maintenance -', 105. Glads Hun 102 Brother 97. iiui.ni ini .-niiiv t.i i j. ir:,ni rwce. l nine ami iv vciatis, Feii- the r.ad to Polcra if or tie app.oaching winter. China Will Protest Energetically Washington, Nov. 8. Minister Wu as e.i;uernel at the j-iciiauon at Paotin? 1'u. where the (Jenma-ns are said to iiave t ;i'.lenn:&l j de.i h certain h;rl Chinee irig Wostibaden iiO, Templar 95, Ko- chester 10,), Bannock 104, MTUvPihead 103, TanMv 94, Font?;ilee 100, Ceylon 95. HiiltziLx-htle 109, Dan Cwnid 103, Kadfoil 104, Mercer 95, Bettie Gray 107. Kxcelsis snJ. I'iith rat, ani'e and 70 yards, ban dicap. all agts Charemlns 112, Ivtnz Bramble 110. Km? B.irlcyrn 10S. Km fuuerioaane. la; subject rronns vo, ;fcinic 10a, AVithers 105, Grevfeid i .;tul to eneret.e rcmon,.. ranee Iraai the. C,Vilbunele 10i. Herbert 101, Haiibert Mr. Wu has given Secretary Hay tire following eaoic..-am. uauxi Xovcmter tiih. firm Vlccr. y Chans C-ha-Twus: Tihe vihcr day 1 rece:vl a telfrani from Chen, 3r;wnior of :Shan. infoini . in, me that Yn Hsien had tsiaiaiitteU 5 tii-!le by swiaTl owing1 gl leaf, -which news I wiivd w yon. I iiave nw re ceived -another telegram from Governor 192. Fifth race, J. mCle. maid, 2 year old Palmy Boy 115, Mmordaly 112, Ijady l'atdeu 112. Chaos IP' Xonpariel V Veltqnez 112. Schoolmaster 115. Ar- verne 115, Esotis-xu 112, F. Callahan 115. Aaxerftian 115. SU'eet.Boy 112. Sixth rae.-iT.'rtniJ 7 xard. maiden, all ares Windemere 110, Humboldt II IO. Itr J4iihpeTi .107. lvi FVnmis'wi ( hen statm- that he has not yet tv-i 1Kl jki&ite 107. CharawinJ 107.Mbas ,eive,l corrugation o.-us djatL and j::iIit,heli 1()7 0seola 107 Allrfts . he fears it To-ib.. I have. h&-v-; B 107 Ixrd Qsrieby 107, Cepal- .,vcr. learned that Yu Hs-.ea has le;t.?ia 10- Uzzie j. nt 107 MatOT Shan:-a au.i aai tae a vai ner of Shani, Hn Ilsi L.ian?, is taking th(? responsSiid ty of supivcssiiig ail rioters. I'iease on--tv .th-e alve to the honoraible Je.a-e-tary of State." . g P111NCIP1.E DO NOT DIE INSUlf ANCE CO 71 PAN V TAXES Objection yi.de In Illinois to Too 11 g Id romtrnctlon onheLuw Sprinfffield, 111., Nov. 8. The Gei-maa Alliance Insurance Company, of New i ork. has hletl a petition for nn injunc- y Governor ! tlozx 'n tne Sansanion county Circuit nns ie.it o', 'Wt against .lames It. B. Van Cleaves Benton .TIeTlIIIln on the r-Xat of the Drniocratlr Partj. Xashviile. Tenn., Xov. 8. Ti.v'i'in "F I5ltn f.'k ; tmr ti the National Association of Democratic i ","!'ilnre ?nperiiiten.lent. and I . K. Clubs, has this to sav as to the result ! TOuttMnoro. State treasurer, to restrain and sequel of the recent election: ,h( first "nied from payms eertain "The result of tht- national election is I taxos to tne latter and to enjoin the lat disappoii.iius aad unsatisfactory to n:e. j tPr from reeeivin- these taxes until the The result in the Star- is ffratifyinjr. fnrt can pass upon and construe the I believe that. notwithstanding tre 1 -Jct .th 1'islatnre. which proviues clouds that banc ovi-r our horizon "today, 1 for taxins Jjross premiums of such com the future Avib re b;i-hter for the party! l151"1? M . and the i rincit les of Jefferson. lt: 1 jui ij-iour companies prc.iesieu ajrainsrt the aymenr of taxes on rein sured business, cancelled and undeliv ered policies. Tax? were paid these amounts under " protest, and it was agreed to submit the question of con struction of the law to the courts. Superintendent Van Cleaves insists that the law should be strietlv cen- principles cf IemoTacy weie not torn for a day, but forever, for the pnrty did not change X'f in"-inles when JefTr ion. Jackson and Cleveland were de feated, and will no: change now becai.se Bryan .was defeated. "Its principios of equal riehts to all inn sneeiai nnvneires to nno. ntnf. commerce and honest friendship with i strued. in which case companies would all. entandins alliances with none, a: d lrp compelled to pay a tax of 2 per c-nt the other principles laid down in J offer-1 on nil premium receipts, while comna son's first inaugural address, are rtcr- insist upon certain deductions. Thcy nal principles and will not change. Tern- claim that to tax re-rnsurance amounts porarv issues may change, but the prin- to double taxation, and that cancelled e;;les" of the party are iarmo table, an l policies arb not business in force. They whatever mav be the vicissitudes ai d : contend thai undelivered policies do not temporarv confli' ts the principles of f n e i represent completed business tran.sac- rover?im.-nt will nor l.e abandoned lv nuns, .u.u suouia not oe raxca. t'ie masses of the .great Democratic parry. "If the Beniblie is to survive th' principles of Jefferson and Jackson will not perish. Cut our a strong ticket in four years and we will win.' . BACK IN THE WHITE KOUSE ! Return of the Preaidrnt I'nacrorapa nied by Unntual ( Ircumttanrft Washington. Nov. 8. President Mc Kinley arrived in Washington this mom iiig from Canton. With him came Mrs. MeKinlcy, Dr. Rixey. Secretary Cortel you ami a retinue of assistants. The party occupied two Pullman coaches, the Olympia and the Murcota, the President and Mrs. McKinley being in Lumber Pier Rnrned Newport News. Va.. Nov. 8. The pier of the Newport News Lumber Company was burned at JJ:10 o'clock ths morning, the loss being about $10,000. The pier is between the great Chesa peake and. Ohio piers six and eisht, and only heroic fightin" saved an immense loss. A small nier-adjoining was ablaze for awhile. The Chesapeake and Ohio fire department had rive, streams of wa ter on the fire, including 'four fvo-m the tugs Helen - and Wanderer. The city department had oa two streams. tfonnment 3la)r He Sold for Debt Peoria. 111.. Nov. 8. The sold'ers and J saiiors' monument, one of the finest tne latter, u he train left Canton nt , marble sbafts in the West, erected a l:o.i yesterday afternoon and was due e:u. aff0 at a cot of almost S50, 0 j ,to arrive m Washington at 7:44, but I ni,a dedicateel bv President McK:nley. did not arrive until N:ir. - Secretary mav be sold because of the inabilitv r.f Itoot and Adjutaut-eneral Corbin. as j t committee in charge to raise $13. is their habit, n-.ct the President at the ! 000 still due on it. A proposition to Ftation. Among others who were pres- i nnv the balance on the monument cut ent to greet Mr. McKinley as he left the train were Surgoon-Uene'ral Stern berg and Mr. Prudcn. A crowd of a! out loO men and women, perhaps a slightly greater mini Ur than may be found around the Penn sylvania station at train time, stood in the vestibule between the train shed of the couutv fund was submitted to the voters Tuesdaj- ana the vo-ic w as a nega tive one. Two Bodies Fonnd New York, Nov. 8. Two mo-e bodies were found this mevrning in the ruins and the main waiting-room and in the i ."f the Tarrant and Company drug build- waiting-room. There was mio other dem- j ing. One was the lody of Benjamin onstration than that a fair percentage of the men lifted their hats and stood. uncovered as the President passed. Maj. Itichard Sylvester, chief of police, with thirty men, was at the station to pre serve order. The President and hi wife entered '-arriaire and Ave re driA'en at once to the White House. On the portico of the executive mansion a . majority of the household employes were grouped, and they all expressed their pleasure th.it the President had returned under M'j' favorable conditions.. The fiivt visitor wnK Xofretsi rv fiiiirp- .who remained in the cabinet room two J Moorehonse, the stock clerk for the firm, Avho. for some time -after the explosion. was "thought to be nlie arid for whom the fire- marshal Avas looking. Mcore liouse lived "-at 110- Park street, Mont Clair. N. J. The other body found was that of Willram Matthew, a driA-er, em ployed by the, firm.. I;!ncoln, Neb., Nov. 8.Three things nu .ur. rrynn cio toaay. lie seat a telegram of congratulation to the Presi dent, he denied emphatically that he was going to run for United States 6en ator from Nebraska; he gave. out statement in which he gave his impres sions of the result and -what brought it about. Incidentally he said he was go ng to remain in Lincoln. . .. Along about 11:30 Caairman Joaes aad he had a long talk over the Jong distance telephone. AVhat the chairman imparted to him can only be guessed at. In saying that he would not be a can didate for the Senate before the legis lature he spoke better than he knew. Iteturns received today indicate that the fusionists will not haAe a majority on joint ballot, nor will they control either house. He can therefore, afford to be magnanimous. The declaration that he would not remove from Lincoln was brought out by a revival of the story of his reported inteatioa to remove to Texas. He spent last winter in Austin, and in a hospitable mood one day de clared jokingly that if he were defeated for President he would come there .to live. The gooel people have taken him at his Avord and it aa a s said would offer him a chair in the state university. When asked a1out this today he dec tated this state-meat: "There is m truth in the report. I have no intention of leaving Lincoln." This evening he gave out the following statement embodying his nrst impres sion of the election results: "The result was a surprise to me, and the magnitude of the ltftpublican victory was a surprise to our opponents as Avell as to those who voted our tick et. It is impossible to analyze theiet turns until they are more, complete, but .speaking ? geaerally Ave .seem to have f rained, in the large cities and to haA:e ost in the smaller, cities and in the country. The Republicans were able to secure tickets or passes for an or their voters who were away from hom-, aad this gave -them considerable ad"n Intre. We have no AAav of knarwlng It and how much money was spent in the purchase of votes ami colonization. But while these would account for some of the Itemiblican rains, tbey would not account for widespread increases.. in the Republican A-ote. 3 he prosrenty argu ment was probably the most, ryotent oae used by the Republicans. They ccm nared conditions with the panic times of 1803 to 180. and this argument had Aveizht with those who did not stop to consider the reasons for tr.e change. 1 n anneal 'Stand bv the President" whil the Avar ;s on' had a great deal of in flu enee among those wlio did not reaiize that a Avar against the doctrine oC sol covernment in the PhiHrrpincs must re act upon us in this country. We made an honest tight on an nonest piariorm and having done our duty as aac saw it we have nothing to regret. e are de feated but not discouraged. The tigh must so on. I am sure that Repuhli can policies will be repudiated by the people A-hen the teudeney or those pon ties is fullv understood. The coxites betAveen plutocracy and Democracy can not end until one or the other is com pletely triumphant. In ansAver to inquiries concerning him splf he said: ' "I have come out of the campaign with perfect health and a clear con science. I did my most to bring success to the principles for which I stood. Mr, Stevenson did all that he eoum; ena tor Jones and the members of the Dem ocratic. Populist. Silver Republicans and anti-imperialist committees did all hey could. .Mr. Hearst and his.asso riates in the club organization put forth their best efforts. 1 Our newspapers, our campaign speakers aad our local organ ization all did their "art. I have no fault m find and no reproaches. I ex- beet o take an actiA-e interest in noli ics -as long as I live. I believe it U to Tie the duty of the citizen to do so, and In addition to my interest as a citizen I feel that it will require a life tiaie of work to repay the political friends who naA-e done so much for me. 1 snail not slature whica has beea elected. Sena tor Allen eleserves the senatorship whii'h goes to the Populists. Mr. Hitchcock and Mr. W. II. Thompson are avowed candidates for the Democratic senator- ship. They both deserve -wear of the party and I am too grateful to them for nast support to stand in their way, even if I desired a seat ia the Senate." : Falsa Gods Shocld Be Repudiated for the Good ef the Party-William C. TFbitny Dlscnusea Beorsanlzatlon In the Nevr York Journal-Elliott Panfrtla Says UXoney Plana: Drove A tray Votes of Conservative Citizens 2sTew;York, Nov. 8. William C. Whlt nerw, 4a the Joairmal today, talks about x?bttaMzatkra of the Democratic party as .follows: . "Yoipr telegram askiaj-g ma .what I th'inlk MPopea to be done for th-e recon Stractipfa of the party, and wlbat basis there s for the iconnin-g together of the fa-ctioiis,- is alt hand. Thieore aae no-factions, except those that aire . made by separatioas arisiag from diff ei-eafc ia .principle. You, -yourselif , before the n'omTiiatioa, argued a'gaiast (both the issuers' thiqt Mr. Bryan forced ''upon d!he party, , "Sixteen to oa you irepaidiatGii as al- reiady coad'Cimaed by .the Amrericaa peo ple, but Mr. Bryaa, catexjn'g to the false sentiment n one certain locality, fioj-j-ed it on the party. It iwouid be qties tioinrag ais initeiu'iiseiice to credBt falm wdth telicAiaig in it . ."Jbixinsiroin, as ejCjiloated iby Mr. Bryan and inserted in the platform, you, (Mr. Hearst, argued aigainst .before the nmrii nation..- , "Itiis my opinion that the Decnocratie panty bas shad an old man of the seas cm its Iwutds. -The judgment off the Amer ican people bas twaie asseited dts?iir on the . quest ion more emrphafck-ally 4:lhaa ever before, in enrr 'history. Wheaevei (the Demoeraicy of the na tion wirrenders to a man who twice loass, NJev York, Xw Jeisey, Coranefct ieut:and Indiana, oiir old tbattle gromnds-, tjiyi majoiri'ties unprecedented In the his- tv.w of our country, it as evident that A-igonbtrs measur'es in ithe way of repudi aticg' false gods and liaise principles are re-qaired., "..- g.ct.hr of factioias; it ds a matter of adonsting .principles that are for the (good "otf the country that tapresent the old Demofcracy. Ileivltt Wants Time to Think - 'Sr.r York, Nov. 8. 'Hon. Abram L Hwitt. froouea:tly cailled "the father the Gold Democrats, ' nrhen question ed c-oncernimg the mootd re-organdza- tion of the Democratic parity, replied: "I have not given the .subject sum f eient thought as yet to ta'ik upon it. But I think it s a good -thinig." . Editor Morse discusses the necessity of party reorganization under a new leader ship, and argues for. relegating free sil ver to the rear and placing the control and directioa of the movemeat in the hands of Northern men of character and practical ideas, and. by repudiating all pretensioas to leadership oa the part of oucjj. xiifu as xucnara uroKer. He then pays a high tribute to Mr. Bryan as a man of virtue and integrity, and continues: I "There are men inthe Democratic party who have the coafideace of the party and the country, and who can command not only the united support of the Democrats, but also of a vast num ber of Republicans and the independent voters who supported Mr. McKinley this time under protest. I do not think that the money question will bo an issue ""cv-uj' ui.- auuirecuy ia ine neat cam paign. "Personally, I am a bimetallism and I expect that all nations will eventually return to mmetamsm, but this will come atout in the natural course of events, and not as the result of political agita tion. The Avhole monev nuestion s nnt of our politics until some great change comes in economic conditions, throughout the world." ' BASELESS CIjAISIS BOERS SHORT OF FOOD "- - ; Failure to Capture a Convoy Was a Disappointment RECENTLY LOST HEAVILY British Justify II a rains Farms oftbo 9ers on tne Ground, that the Owners Deserved Punishment-Slight Sklrpi Uhlns Within tbo Past Few Day s Prisoners Do Not Like the Bird Case Bothla's Forces Capture Cattle Republicans In Winston Say They Have Carried the State Winston-Salem, N."C, Nov. 8. Spe cial. Republicans are circulating a re port here that North Carolina has gone f.T.:,i. rri . i , i lux i.u.c.ixiuu-y. xney say taeir leaaers are claimiag the State by nine thousand. Democrats do not believe the report, though it is knowu that Bryan's majori ty is much smaller in the State than was expected. It is reported that Mr. Augustus H. Price, son of Capt. Chas. Price, of Sal isbury, will succeed Mr. Spencer Black burn as assistant district attorney for the Western North Carolina district. Mr. Blackburn, who is the next Con gressman from this district, declined to say today, when he -will resign the as sistant district attorneyship. : The official vote of Forsyth was can vassed this afternoon. It shows that McKinley carried the county by 106, in stead of Bryan as first reported. The majority for J. C Buxton, (Democrat), is 174. J. B. Fortune, Independent candidate for Ooneress rpoeived S votes. and W. J. Allen, Prohibition candidate heavily, especially the monr.n 7. Mr. Simmons maioaty over Carr for United States Senior js 1,300. 91AJORIT1RS IN LOUISIANA All Toted for JlcKlnley Batavia, 111., Nov. S. A Republican unanimity unique in the history of poli tical elections in the west is shown by the complete count of Tuesday's ballots hrp. One precinct gaAe its .entire vote of 075 to McKinlvy. , The Prohibition Vote Chicago, Nov. 8. Toha G. Woolley, candidate for President oa the Prohibi' tion ticket, estimates that 500.000 votes were cast for him Tuesday thronghout the country, as against 130.000 for Lev ering, candidate for tne same party in 1896. ' ' ! Mr. Woolley said at his headquarters in the Manhattan building: "Four .years more of -this .exhibition of an administration completely subser vient to the liquor power will come n?ar to forcing the issue whether the faloon shall rule the country or the country de stroy the saloon." - N Fettljrrew Is Done For Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 8. Reports from Wl precincts out of a total of 1,150 in South Dakota give McKinley a ma jority of 14,144. The Republicans con-, cede only from fifteen to eighteen meni 'bers of the legislature to Senator Petti grew out of a total of 132. The Ilepub lican majority on joint ballot in the legislature Avhich elects Pettigrew's suc cessor will therefore be in the neighbor hood of 100. Danforth Desires Unity (Nerw York, Nov. 8. Hon. Elliott Dan forth believes the factions in the -Democratic party should come together, j.. said: ' "Jefferson founded the Democratic party and handed out a cede of .prdnci plers. We muslt 'be fcrithful to hiis doe fi'lnes In -order to achieve ucoctss. The avceivt presidential 4att!e -was an event ful one, and the result may ttacth us some lessons. "Mr. Bryan is a brave, brainy, hercic leader; but the money plank n the Kansas City platform daove a-winy the Awtes of many eoiiservati'Vie .citizens. WhLIe apipoaling for the vote of Kan sas we lost the vote of Nerw Yofrk. iAt us throw aside al! differences and unite f jr party success. Det us stop quarrel 5r.g over the question of who fs State leader, and give the leadership to him Avho does most to promote, -party ucn'ity tand inculcate into the mind a of the peo ple the principles of true Detmoicraey. Bryan Carries the State by JTTore Than Thirty-six Thousand New Orleans, Nov. 8. The vote of Louisiana for President staads: Bryaa 52,113, McKinley 15,863. Bry an's majority is 30.250. 'ihe vote by congressional districts is as follows: First district Meyer, Democrat, 10, 154: Brophy, Republican, 2,407; Demo cratic majority. 7.747. Second district Da vey, Democrat, 10,360; Heaslip, Re nublican. 2.853: Democratic ; majority 7,512. Third district Brou&sard, Dem-J ocrat, vvniiams, xiepuoiican, i.- 3fi0: Democratic :maioritv, 3,834. Fourth district Brazele Democrat, , 9,t567; ! 1 AVeicn, iiepTiuiican, -x.xMt. x uui iiciiict Ransdellj Democrat, 5,546; Hartner, Republican, 1,277; Democratic majori Pretoria, Nov. 8. S p. m. One olf Geaeral Freach's scouts who Avas cap tured near Heidelberg, and who was at first treated badly by the Boers, who threatened to shoot him, was afterward released and taken with dispatch to General French's headquarters. He states that General Hans Botha is in command of the Boers, aad ha-i with him the Bethel, Caroliaa, Bine) and Middlebufg commandos. The scout says he recognized a number of British- prisoners in tfre laager. They were cap tured during General French's first ad vance. They will be released and fur nished with, passes" as soon as the oii- cial who issues passes arrives froin Mid dleburg. The cout also states that the Boer? are short of supplies and are living oh mealies and meal and using burn., mealies to make coffee. The supply of meal, however, is abundant. The Boers were very much disappoint ed because they were unable to capture any of General French's convoy, Avhich was the object of "their continued at tacks. The convoy consisted nf 700 wa gons. . . The Boers admitted that they aad lol after casioa the Boers, who thought all the British had gone, approached close to a , farm near which carbineers were posted and lost fiftv ia killed aad wounded of a force of 200. , , The Boers expressed the' bitterest feeling about the burning of farms by the British. It i explained that 1hf onlv farms burned were those whoe owners had done something deserving punishment. . '. ' i Bird Cage Uncomfortable Pretoria, Nov. 8. During the last f ew, da vs only a few slight skirmishes have been reported. The small -Boer laag.ro west of here are being .-driven . abouc of ... the country" owing- to the movements "of Generals Clement; and French... The road to Rustenburg is almost c'.ear ot Tiio' niMomiprs nfficors and men who were captured in this viciaity are being i ho ''hinl rase" whieh the ty, 4,319. Sixth district Robertson, j jj formerly used as a place of de- uemocrac, c,xou; juujcaie, x-.epuuncu.ii, ""Tlie x second and third districts were those which ' the Republieans expected to carry. They: will not contest. OTJIElt IlIBN'S HONORS Bryan States Positively that He Will Not Be a Candidate for Senator x" XT -t G A t "l-wftvi-Stir WoSd dispSchfm llncoln saTs that i number , of cattle that were herded Mr. Brvan--called State Committeeman to Heideourg. te.ntion for captured British of beers, lie- cause of slight discomiort causea, oy uio recent rains the Boer captives' complain: that the rdace is only fit for cattle. . . Oolonel'Edwards, late of the imperial light horse, and now second in'comniflud, of the Transvaal police, has been xm'n charge of the western district, whicni iacludes Johannesburg. Pretoria, KruV gersdorn and Rustenburg. The Boers commanded by General Botha haA-e succeeded in capturing , ai The Democratic 71111 Stone (Syracuse, N. Y., ov. 8. James K. McGuire, chairman cif the executive oomm'itte9 of the Democratjc iStiate Committee during the recent (Campaign, today made the tfollowinig statement: "The mill stone dragging the Demo cratic party down da the ea'mipaiga was the lu to 1 plank or tne lansas Uty platform. That plank drove out of the party nea ny every Demiocinat doing business in 'the c'ouirtry and pievexifccd many Repu'bli'eiaais from srtp porting Bryan, Avho werre .imcJined to oppose President McKinley on other tissues. With the hand of nearly every man of suibstance and property j-aisted argainit us on account of the free cto'image declar ation, we 'foimd it imnpos.sdible 0 raise a dollatr for campaiign purposes rfrom anty merchant or banTc'cr n -f?t Stdtie outside if Richard GrOker and Edward S. At- water, of 'Powgskeeparie, our candidate for comp-trwier. "One would have thou-gait taat tne tgeaiius and ocnfidein-ce of men like David B. liill, Bourke 4Jockffan. ijavl ifcyonnrz, Joihn S. Oro-sby and , L. . W. Haheaicom, with others, wmild have held the frag ments oif the .party .together. But the opiniionscff a thousand statesmen are as nothing 1 in the face cf a ttempes't ' of United busmess men who fay to .the peo- e: We are not on x-p-oij:-ti3, out oar business wall be ruined iif .the 16 to 1 plank is endorseJd. tal the polls.' I believe, as one cf racse jwjio sup- ported Mr. Bryan, that no swih tianigeir was kniminent, and I insist that the country stands in .greater pea-il from the monopolies that every'Wheie exist than fiom the faneied alls of a way-off culver aw. Business men, however, took a3arm- ist views,, and the most rmpressive spec tacle I - have ever 'witnessed in this county was the sound antoney paarade last Satuaxlay. . "I told Mr. -Bryan at Lincoln last June that in airv judgment no eastern "State wouM be found in the Democratic column if the Kansas "City platform con tained the 16 to 1 plank. "'Very well, he -replied, ! .believe in t ias a -nr'inci-D'le. and Jf the" convention strikes it out I w511 not aiccept the nomd- tion.' - "Senator Hii! ainrived that night and told 'Mr. Briyan that be would carry Ntaw York oniy -with the silver plank eliminated." Republicans Snre of Nebraska Chicago, Nov. 8. Vice-Chairman Henry J. C. Dahlman to his Jause today and ssnid : . . . "If you hear any of my friends talking about "putting me into the United States Senate, ia case we a-ou may say officij numstaaces would even if it weretenaerea me. Republicans carried the State by a safe "I made my fight for the presidency oi 5h7f tl.Pv have the State! and I lost. I am not going to. take , ni vhnhUitv will be able' OTiiaic .ixv " ... rthr ttiph'r -Bosiitions from them. Richnrd Metcalfe, of Omaha, explaias Mr, Brvan's attitude. He says tbere w.vas an .ante-election agreement that in the eA-ent of a fudon victory there would be v. Populist senator, the incumbent. Senator Allen, and a Democrat, either William H. Thompson, of Uranu isiana, to "organize the House. ZSnssia Clalm land by Conquest . dianatch fromi Tien rJDsin says General Linevitch, the Russian commander, has officially' noti- the Omaaa YAonoi-ieiaiu. n:. 1 rt.' Kn? h and German, settlements under the right of conflupt. Since much railway pro-perry is includ ed, the consuls will probably protest against this action. ILLINOIS LEC1SLATCRE It Will Probably Be Republican by a Narrow JUarzlu Chicago, Nov.. S. fWith a few doubt ful districts yet to hear from, the Re putblioans apparently have a majority in both branches of the Illinois Legisla ture. T mairgm no. cne wwlt ucni.-t, however, ds but Ion the' face oif the re turns so Death from YelloTtr If ever Jackson.j Miss., Not. 8.-One -case o xieilow fev-er .was reporned to the otato ,vi df TTeaMh from X-ataisa today Mra. Butler, the first patient reaoredJ died lat night. ' "She rwas a niece . ot -f as but . on rne laceoc tne re- Governor I,ong, of Ohio. A sur- far reoerved, and the Democrats , "1 f th Marine Hospital iServdce. i im -tlhat they wiia on-trol that v.w .MiirmTKr to tra Free Silver to the Rear t . Indianapolis. Xov. 8. In -a signed editorial in the Democratic State organ, hiia claim -tlhat they (bianch and possibly the legislature on joint balHoit . Aocorddn-g to present indi cations -the Leg'iscJatufite will stand as follows: House, Repuhlioanis 77, Dem'o tnats 76. "Senate, Republicans 29, Dcm carats 22. . . - , On Jthe other hand, the Repu-blicaus claim that they "will have a -majority of 7 in the lower house and 15 da the sen ate. : Repabllcaiis Hold West Virginia ' Nerw York,. Xov. "8.-Sea ator X. B. Sctt, at Remtblioan Xational head quarters tn this, city, received a dispsrc from West '.Virginia' today saying that the DagislatuTe will be Repubiican "by 15 to 20 majority. , Nebraska Claimed by Bryan Wasbin'gton, Xov. 8. A telegram was received at Democratic natrional head quarters today from Mr. -TV. J. Bryan, s-ta'ting that; tthe '.Democratk; national ticket had. carried Xbnns-ka by a major ity of. 2,000 and the State ticket by 4,000, arid -that the next Legislature will .be Democratic.., . InoAV in Xatchez endeaivoiing to tract the source of anfection. Will Kwans-Sn Return? Rome, Xov. 8. The Pekin cocrrespond ent of ithe,T!ribuna -wiring Xovemher 3d, sajis: , - ; . "Xews from a private source, cnmlinr direct from the province of Shenalg where the Chinese count . took refugey says that Dmperor Kwang-(Su is about to return to Pekin vio llo-Xan." Sfaonp Will Have to Go Boise, .Idaho, Xiov. 8. About four fiftlis of the vo'te of Idaho has .beea re ported. Brvaa has a iurality of 1,330, Glean (fusionist) for congress has 812, anA Wivnt ffinskmistt' for overnoi 1.441 I Fusionists have 42 members of the Leg i islature, the Repra-blieans 25, ytith 2 ua ' reported. Tnas wui reure utwrgts x Sboup from trhe United States senate. . -' ' A The Next Congress WaaMri-fftflrn. Xov. 8. 'Returns in hand LirceFlrelaa loaitUna Town Xew Orleans, "Xov. 8. A" fixe broke out in Orbseat's restaurant in Houma, the seat of justice of Terrebonne parish, today, and : destroyed an entire block of buildings before it was extinguished. Thirteen stores were: burned as well as- the office of xhe-. Houma Courier, with all its printing; outfits The large store of Dauden and "Avery, the largest in the parish,., was damaged- but escaped de struction. JLoss $105,000. niiroto a TtArviibhcan majority in tne United States Senate after March 4 nextf A of twenty. . , In the next blouse me iispm-iirans will have, a-Ccording to present rctutni 202 members and this wrll give them 9 majority of 47. Their majority m thi present house is IS. '! Drat In a Sirltel Iloftd. Xewark. X. J.. Xov.. 8. paul Schex hert, while testing too switchboard : of the Westinghouse Eleciric Works, waf instantly killed today. He received V 000 volts. ' .. - r