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Hum. of tbe Ifeeouiiuendatione Had In
tlx Iteport of the Pint Aeeletent
I'oatuia.ter-Uenerel.
Washington, Nor. 13. Commodore
Philip Hichborn, oliiof of the bureau of
construction aud repair ot the navy.
ha completed hi report of the year.
The report includes estimate for sp
propriatiou for next year, the moat
importaut being fQ,0DU,fi4l), to be ex
pended on vciweli authorized by 0011-
irrea for the increae ot the urtv. He
Nino aak tor 11,500,000 for the general
repair of vuasol and purobane of atore
aud machinery; 5as,000 for the con
tinnauoo of work already authorized on
the Hartford, the Chicago and other
vewMjln, aud 1000,000 for two oompoaite
aailing vowels. He dwell epeoially
upon the neoemity of adequate money
for the repair of Tesnels, covering mod
ern steel ihips, with their extreme sub
divlHlou and elaborate syitom of ven
tilation, drainage aud meobaulnal auxll
iarimof all kind. They require muoh
greater cure, both when in oommiMion
aud lu ordiuary tlian wa formerly the
case with the old wooden ihips.
it ii more than nine yeara ainoe the
flrnt veaael of the new navy wa put in
coinmiaalon, aud the neeewity for geu
ral repair and renewal of fitting and
equipments is becoming more aud more
preimlng.
The policy of extreme economy has
about reaohod its limit, aud unless
more ample appropriations aro mado
for the care aud preservation of ships
and the general maintenance of the
yard plants, ' the efficiency ot the fleet
will be diminished and the government
property will suffer serious deterioration.
Commodore Hichborn notes the com
pletion and aoooptanoe during the year
of the Mnrbluhead, Columbia, Olympia
and Hiuunapolis; gives the status of
other vessels almost oompleted, snd
also statos the fact in connection with
contracts receutly let and specifications
made uudur the authority ot the last
naval appropriation bill. He suggests
the importance of appropirations suf
ficient to put the navy yard plants at
Portsmouth, N. H. , Boston, New York, l
League inland, Norfolk aud Mare isl
ud in oonditiun to meet the demands
of the immediate future. He thinks
9125,000 necessary at Norfolk; $76,
OOO.at New York and $70,000 at Mare
inland. He also renews the recom
mendation of last year tor the ap
propriation of $76,000 for eaob of the
new station at Port Royal aud Puget
sound. This money is, he says, neoes
sary to equip the stations with tools so
as to enable them to oover the ordinary
repair work.
Probably, the most important part of
the report is that devoted to the neces
sity of inoreased drydook facilities.
Mr. Hichborn notes the fact that there
was no dock in the country sufficiently
large to dock the Indiana preliminary
to her trial trip.
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Th.jr favor Astir. Preparation
War A 1111.1 Kngiand.
Washington. Nov. 13. The first in
formation of the excited publio feeling
in veneznela, resulting from British
demands, resohed here today by Cara
cas papers to November 1. The ore-
vailing sentiment is for immediate war
preparations, although some conserve
tlve Journal advocate moderation
ibe British ultimatum had not been
reoeived, but the publication of its
subHtanoe has aroused some patriotism.
Diaro do Caraoas, the semi-offloial
government organ, says: "In ease an
emergency arises and the government
of Venezuela is obliged to resort to
arms, the English will be expelled
irom tne disputed territory. The pub
lio may rest assured it will only be
neotssary for the government to seud
telegraphic dispatch to the frontier in
order to have this expulsion carried
out" ',
El Tiompo, conservative, publishes
a leader "on the defense of Guiana "
in which it urgos upon the government
cne lmmediato dispatching of 1,000
Venezuelan troops to the frontier, in
order to be ready at any time to take
possession of the territory and hold it,
it the English make any move forward.
A tabulated statement is made of the
military foroe requisite.
El Tierapo also urges the establish
mout of military colonies along the
frontier. These would draw Venezue
lans and would provide force avail
able to resist English euoroaohment. It
adds:
The defense against England is a
national obligation. The reports from
Loudon show that England proposes to
use foroe. Veneznela has done muoh
toward gettiug ready, but she has not
yet done enough. "
A strong appeal to patriotic senti
ment is made. It is pointed out that
the Argentine Republic won a war
against Groat Britain, and that Mexico
won against combination of France,
England and Spain. The paper asserts
that a people who abandon their rights
should perish from the earth.
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Tho Main Point of Mr. Jonaa" Annual
Itaport for tho Laat Flaral Year.
Washington, Nov, 13. First Assist
ant Postmaster-General Frank M.
Jones has isiued his annual report for
the year ended June 80, 1S95. Mr.
Jones show that the division under
bis supervision have saved, during the
year, $1,805,677, the prinoipal items
being in the saving in the oarriers by
stopping overtime, and a 'reduction of
foroe amounting to $1,800,000. The
salaries of all presidential postmasters
amounting to $6,807,300, and the gross
rooolnts of postoffioos $00,688,007. The
number of presidential postmasters is
8,401, of which 169 are nrst class,
700. seoond class, 3,083 third class.
An estimate of $17,000,000 for all
postmasters is made for the year 1897,
an increase over the present year of
$1,000,000. . . .
The total number or positions
brounht within the classified service
was 3,806.
Mr. Jones recommends the abolition
of experimental free delivery, unless
$1,000,000 is appropriated for the pur-
oose: also free rural delivery, unless
$30,000,000 is appropriated.
Of the investigation and disc barge
of oarriers for cause, Mr. Jones says
885 oarriers have been removed. He
reviews the conditions which made the
investigations ueoessary, the principal
one belnst the accumulation of over
time olaims, showing that something
was wromt. The work has been sys.
tematloally proseoutod during the past
eight months, and the carriers at 101
offloe have been investigated.
An estimate of $13,060,000 is made
for the free delivory servioe next year.
I The mouev order report show that
there are 10,601 domestic. money order
offices, and orders to the amount of
168,700,089 were issued, , and $156,
150,680 paid. Mr. Jones recommends
legislation requiring olorks handling
money order business to give bonds
Concerning dead letter matter, the re
port says:
"The number of pieces of original
mail matter reoeived during the year
for treatment was 6,810,878, a de
crease of 81,171."
Mr. Jones renews several recom
mendations made in his last report,
such as a penalty for using postmark
for unlawful purposes; to prevent boy
ootting postoffloes; to amend the rank
ing laws; more stringent legislation
against obsoene mail matter; the
power to suspend employes; the em
ployment ot temporary aud substitute
olerks; on re or disabled employes; tht
better classification of salaries foi
olerks in larger offices and the employ
1 maul of substitute oarriers.
Th. Brig Harriet O. Overhauled by
Spaniards In Cuba.
New York, Nov. 13. The Amerioan
brig Harriet G. arrived at quarantine
today from Nuevitas. Cuba. The Har
iet O. is owned by Mosle Bros., of this
; city, and trades regularly between New
t York and Nuevitas. She sailod from
this port August 39 last, and reached
Nuevitas September 19, where she dis
charged her cargo. October 3 a Span
ish officer, with several soldiers, board
ed the brig and made a thorough search
tor a large quantity of arms which the
Spanish officials had been informed
were on board the vessel. Tbe brig
was ransacked from stem to stern, but
no arms were found. The Spsnish
offioers went so far as to demand that
Captain Miller remove, from below all
his anchor chains. This tbe oaptain
refused to do, and the offioers were re-1
luctantly foroed to leave the vessel, j
Tbe United States oonsul was on board ,
at tbe time, but could do nothing.
Captain Miller will report tbe search
of his vensel to the authorities at
Washington.
There was on board a young Cuban
passenger, Gustav Torre, who said he
wa so persecuted by the Spanish au
thorities that he was oompelled to leave
the island and come to the United
States.
Condensed Telegraphic Re
ports ot Late Events.
BKIKF 8PAHKS KttOM THE WIKIO
appenlnga of Inter.at In tho Town, and
Cltlo. of Oregon, Waahlngton
and Idaho.
numbers May Strike.
Pittsburg, Nov. 13. The United
States Plumbers' Association of the
United States and Canada baa sanc
tioned movement which, probably,
will result in a stubborn fight between
the master plumber and journeymen
of Pittsburg and Allegheny. The
plumber's union today adopted resolu
tions demanding from their employers
an advanoe in wages of 10 per oeut, to
take effect at 7 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. The members have been instruct
ed to report for work in the morning,
present their demands, and, if not con
ceded, to refuse to work. The demand
is for the restoration of the 10 per cent
out made in 1894.
. New Maohlnerjr for tho Brloe.on.
Dubuque, la., Nov. 13. The Iowa
iron works has shipped the new ma
chinery for the torpedo boat Erioofon,
and the trial trip will be held this
month on Long Island sound, should
the weather permit. : On the trial trip
last fall a piston-rod was pulled out
and a ovlinder-head smashed. It was
then supposed that the key of the pis
ton rod had broken. On the second
trial last summer a similar aooident
ooourred, causing the death of three
men, and it was then oonolnded that
the ovlinder-head was too light This
defect has been remedied in the new
engine.
In the Plrat Degree.
Seattle, Nov. 13. The trial of John
and James MoCann and their father,
Michael, for the murder of Joseph Cic
ero last August, came to an end today,
with a verdiot of murder in the first
degree for the boys and an acquittal
for the father. Tbe case lasted tnrougn
an entire wees, ana was omeny
fought. The motion for a new trial
will be based on alleged error in ad
mitting as evidenoe sgainst the sons
statements made by the old man before
the killing and not in the presenoe of
his sons.
The Debt of Argentine.
Buenos Ayres, Nov. 13. The secret
sittings of tbe legislature oontinue and
t is expeoted that tbe deputies will ap
prove the bill to unify the debt, but
that the senate will reject it
Many of the cities in Washington
will hold municipal elections Decem
ber 8.
Tbe Grand Ronde Mining Company's
plaoer mines are to be lighted by elec
tricity. The judges and clerk of election at
the ooming election in Olympia will
serve without pay.
Spokane mining men are contemplat
ing tne estanusnment or a stock ex
change in that oity.
Frank Pierce, of Seattle, is at work
oompiling for publication all the eodes
of Washington from 1864 to 1888,
Spokane has been singularly free
from street beggars this year, but as
cold weather comes on they are begin
ning to appear.
The order has been issued disbanding
troop A, cavalry squadron, Sprague,
Wash., and company E, First infantry.
North Yakima.
walla walla school warrants are
now at par. Heretofore teachers have
been oompelled to discount their war
rants 3 and 8 per oent
The Lane county. Or., jail is empty
thj first time for many month. The
taxpayers of the county would like to
have it remain that way.
Tbe cit if Pullman, Wash., has
been restrained by the superior court,
on application of George W. Ford,
from paying the amount of the expert's
bill for going over the city's books.
Tbe cannery at Nehalem, closed last
Tuesday and the work ot labeling and
packing is about done. About 6,000
cases of first-class fish were paoked, no
red salmon" or chums being put up.
Tbe storage at the Coburg warehouse
this season is as follows: 18,000 bush
els of white wheat, 13,000 bushels of
red wheat, aud 4,000 bushels of oats.
Over 3,000 bushels of feed was chop
ped.
Tbe Montana group of mines in the
Greenhorn d is trio t, owned by E. L.
Giroux and B. W. Leveus, of Baker
City, was inspected the other day by a
mining eugineer representing a Paris
syndicate, with a view to purchasing.
Judge Moore, of Spokane, has just
decided a "calf case" that has been in
litigaton in that oounty for three
years. The defendant was given a
judgment for the cow, valued at $30,
aud for bis costs, which amount to
more than $200.
There has been muoh oomplaint this
season throughout Garfield county,
Wash., over tbe scarcity of water for
atocL, says the Washingtouian. Tbe
oontinued dry spell exhausted the
water in many springs that have not
failed for years. Tbe Tukanon has
shrunken to a small oreek, and many
of the smaller streams are dried up.
The first creamery and cheese fao
tory in Washington was established at
Cheney about five years since, says the
Cheney Sentinel. Now there are fifty
two creameries in the state, a number
of whiob make oheese also. The daily
output of all is 7,000 pounds of butter
and 8,600 pounds of cheese.
Judge Lowell had an Indian divorce
case before him at Pendleton, Or. , tbe
other day. Nunmat Wolf, wife of
David Wolf, sued for legal separation,
charging that her husband had taken
another wife and was living with her.
The oourt caused to be entered a decree
in accordance with Nunmat Wolf's pe
tition.
A school building that is a credit to
the town has been built at Grant, Or,
In spite of the complete wreck of the
town by the flood last year, the enter
prising citizens are working away, de
termiued to make a better town there
than ever. They are quite hopeful
that the mill and distillery will be
running full blast by December 1.
The total cash receipts of the Olym
pia land offloe last month were $1,
840.93, reoeived as follows: 640. 1 1
acres land sold, $1,465.38; five ooal
land declaratory statements, $16; nine
homestead entries, fees, $60; commis
sion on 833 acres,- $40.64; 33 final
homesteads., 2,905.33 acres, $175.69;
three timber land entries, $30; fees re
ducing testimony, eto, $54.41. During
tbe month there were eighteen contests
instituted, involving valuable timber
lands in Cbebalis oounty, Wash.
William Bybee, of Jacksonville, Or.,
ia driving 150 head of fat hogs through
Josephine oounty to Happy Camp,
Cal., a distance of 100 miles, whioh he
expects to oover in thirteen days. Six
men and two wagons loaded with
grain follow to feed the swine on tbe
road. When any bogs grow too road
worn to travel with the rest, Mr. By
bee loads them into a wagon and sells
them at the nearest point where pork
is in demand. Six oents is what he ob
tains for them at Happy Camp.
It I. to Be Built by American Con
tractor, and Bngll.a Capital.
Chicago, Nov. 11. The Evening
Post says the Nioaragua oanal is to bt
built; thst New York and Loudon
capital will foot the bills, and Ameri
oan contractors will do tbe work. It
is also said Chicago engineers snd
arainage canai-oontraotors will have a
leading part in the construction. This
has been brought about by investiga
tion, made by tbe leading spirits in the
nioaragua scheme, into the work being
carried on similar to tbe $30,000,000
Chicago drainage canal. For months
their experts have been investigating
this work, and it ia said, as a result,
the moving spirits in the Western
wcrk have been led to visit tbe Nica
ragua leaders in New York.
The Post further asserts that for sev
eral months certain London financiers,
iu oompauy with some New Yorkers,
have been looking into the scheme, and
have practically decided to back it.
Between $70,000,000 and $85,000,000
will be needed, and that amount, says
the Post, has been guaranteed. The
Post adds that while the deal has not
been completed, the negotiations are
in a very advanoed stage, and almost
on the verge of completion. All at
tempts to secure financial aid from this
government will be abandoned, and the
matter prosecuted as a purely private
enterprise. The prinoipal negotiations
have been going on, it is stated since
the visit of Warner Miller to this city
a few weeks ago. No names are given
in connection with the plan.
President Hitchcock In Waahlngton.
Washington, Nov. 1 1. President
Hitchcock, who succeeded Warner Mil
ler at tbe head of the Nicaragua Canal
Company, called at the state depart
ment today and saw Assistant Secre
tary Uhl. The visit doubtless related
to tbe recent report of the government
commission which visited the oanal
route.
NATIONAL CAPITAL NOTES.
The Net Perce Land..-.
Washington, Nov. 13. Tbe presi
dent has signed the proclamation open
ing the Nes Perce oeded lands to settle
ment Novemebr 18. The proclamation
recites the provisions of the law and
directs that under the regulations is
sued by tbe secretary of the interior,
the land shall be opened to settlement
aooording to tbe terms ot the treaty.
The prioe of tbe agricultural lands is
fixed at $3.76 per aore, and of timber
lands $5 per aore. It ia not anticipated
that there will be A great rush for the
land.
An Amendment to the Civil Service Ap
proved by the 1're.ident.
Washington, Nov. 11. Tbe presi
dent today approved an amendment
the civil servioe which will result
bringing many postmasters and em
ployes within the classified servioe.
The amendment is as follows: "And
whenever, by order of the postmaster-
general, a by-office shall be consoli
dated with and made part of any post-
office where free delivery is established,
all employes of the offioe thus consoli
dated whose names appear on the roll
of said office, and including the post
master thereof, shall, from the date of
said order, be employes of the said free
delivery office, and the person holding
at the date of said order the position of
postmaster of the offloe thus consoli
dated with said free delivery office may
be assigned any position therein and
given any appropriate designation
under the classification aot which the
postmaster-general may direct"
It is the intention of the postoffloe
department to consolidate many offices.
This consolidation will not necessarily
do away with the offioes, but establish
them as stations of some oentral point
It is probble that presidential, as well
as fourth-class offices, will be included
in the consolidation.
. Secretary Morton in his annual re
port, it is understood, will dwell at
length upon the question ot the exten
sion of foreign markets for Amerioan
products. He will probably suggest
tbe importance of catering to foreign
demands, pointing out that in no par
ticular product is this country free from
competition. .
Secretary Smith today sent to the
president a draft of tbe proclamation
opening tbe Nea Peroes lands ceded to
settlement He suggests that the open
ing of tbe lands be fixed ten days later
than the time at whioh he appends his
signature. This will give time for the
proclamation to reach the land offioers
before tbe lands are open to settlement
Secretary Smith has written a letter
to E. Ellery Anderson, replying to var
ious communications relating to the
patenting ot lands to the Union Paoifio
Railroad Company. The secretary says
that in view of the faot that congress,
at its ooming session, will, in all prob
ability, take action on the matter, he
deems it inadequate at this time to pass
on soon matters.
News reaches Washington from
Cores that a new minister to tbe
United States will soon be sent to this
country in place ot the late minister,
who died from oholera while on leave
in Corea.
ro Fault of tb. Texas' Bngtne.
Washington, Nov. 9. The exami
nation of the Texas in drydook at New
York has verified the theory of Engi
neer-in-Chiet Melville as to tbe cause
of her failure to attain ber estimated
horse-power, owing to hot oondenseis
The mouth of the bilge grating through
whioh sea water is pumped to cool
these oondensers waa found to be
choked with seaweed and a gummy
residuum. The grating is 15x31 inohes,
and it was stopped, save a hole about
eight inohes square in the oenter, thus
diminishing the water supply to one
sixth of the normal. It is believed now
that the obstruction has been removed
the engines will easily make their
horsepower.
Navy Supply Pund.
Washington, Nov. 9. In his annual
report to the secretary of the navy,
Paymaster-General Stuart recommends
an inorease in the navy supply fund
from $300,000 to $500,000 in tbe inter
est of economy, the bureau thereby be
ing enabled to keep on hand an ade
quate supply of needed material at tbe
different yards, purchased after adver
tisement, instead of being obliged, as
at present, to purchase in open market
on urgency applications.
It 1. of Special Intere.t to Intending
Land Purchaaers.
Ulympis, nor. 9. A decision was
rendered at today's session of tbe state
b iard of land commissioners whioh
of muoh interest to intending tide land
purchasers. Tbe esse in point is that
of Sanderson vs. Winsor, and involves
the right to purchase certain tide land
in front of tbe oity ot Ballard. As the
acts of March 36, 1890 and 1895 de
ciare tnat owners oi lands abutting on
the tide lands of the first-olass shall
have a preference right to apply for
purchase of all or any part of tide
lands lying in front of lands so owned
it is apparent that if the lands in con
test lie in front of both applications,
neither is entitled to tbe whole, and
some means of equitable partition must
be found. .
The case is peculiar, for there is
lack of legal authorities governing like
cases. Tbe questions at issue bear
chiefly on tbe right of access to a- pub
lic waterway across tide flats, snd tbe
proportion of the lines of access to the
shore line ownership, snd the right to
purchase submerged or tide lauds.
To find a rule which shall be general
has been admitted to be difficult by the
highest courts in the land, but after
carefully considering the proposition,
and investigating all existing rules in
similar cases, tbe decision adopts this
rule: That tbe line should be extend
ed, as nearly as possible at right an
gles with the general line, and paral
lel to the tide boundary lines of the
upland, so as to give each riparian pro
prietor as nearly the same width of the
waterway line as be holds on tbe shore
or general line.
In the case of Sanderson vs. Winsor.
the decision is to adopt this rule:
Divide the distance upon tbe line of
the waterway into as many equal por
tions as those contained in the general
line in front of them, and then draw
straight lines from tbe point at which
tne boundary lines, between the up
lands, when projected, intersect the
genearl line to tbe points thus deter
mined as points of division.
SUPPORT FOR MR. HILL.
Chicago Koad. t are Pledged This to
the Great Northern.
Chicago, Nov. 9. All railroads hav
ing headquarters in Chicago have
given positive assurances to President
Hill, of the Great Northern, that, so
far as lies in their power, they will oo-
operate with him in defeating the
American Railway Union strike now
threatened on his road. The informa
tion came today from officials of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul, tbe
Burlington, the Illinois Central and
the Chicago & Eastern Illionis sys
tems. This support of , tbe Great
Northern is an outgrowth of the plan
pursued by the general managers of
Chicago when they were dealing with
the stike of last year.
Mr. Hill baa engaged a detective
agency to furnish him armed guards,
and advised the Chicago railroad man
agers that his road would employ any
railroad man out of work who bad not
committed an act of violenoe in Chi
cago or elsewhere against a road dur
ing tbe strike ot 1894. There are
3,000 of these men in Chicago, at pres
ent, whose names were on tbe payrolls
of the railroad up to July, 1894. They
include engineers, firemen, brakemen
and flagmen. Whilo they have been
"blacklisted" for : nearly eighteen
months, no charge has rested sgainst
them but of having simply quit work
when tbe strike began. At 17 Monroe
street these men were being engaged
today and furnished transportation to
St PaoL ..
eastern stated vote
Majority of Them Elect the
Republican Ticket
DEMOCRATS HATE TWO NTATE.S
Kepnbllean. Ahead In Utah and k.n
, tucky-Ml.iU.lpp and Virginia
" Kemetn UemwcraUe
Washington.Nov. 8 It now amieura
that the Republican victory was evuu
greater than first returns showed, it
may extend into Utah aud Kentucky,
where at present the Republicans li-au
This was not only tbe case hs tu the
State tickets, out to the leginluturn as
well. This insures two new Keuuuli-
can senators in tbe next senate, aud the
defeat of blackburu, who will retire in
1897, of Gibson of Maryland, and
Brice of Ohio. Tbe official returns aie
in from no states, but sufficient is
known to tell everything exiptiug the
exaot majority or plurality, mm the oase
may be. In all states this will be
swelled, with tbe possible exception of
Ohio. The only states Democratic are
Virginia and Mississippi. The latest
figuies given out as to majorities or
pluralities were: '
.. .
6,0
.16.. 6I
.. I.7l
.. 16,11 0
: I J 6
.,10 00
.. 70.U 0
Mt-M'-liUketU . .
S w York ......
tirw Jciaev......
IVuuvlvttol
Maryland
Ke lu. kv
MlMiMio.L
Ohio ,
lowa.......,.
UUu
The figures given for Massachusetts.
New York, New Jersey, Peunsvlvsuia
snd Iowa are pluralities. - Tbe other
are majorities. '
Make-up of the Legislature..
From the latest reports the following
will be tbe make-up of the various leg
islatures elected Tuesday:
Jiariiaiid - Kn n.
Senato........ww " i ii'
Hone .......,.,... ... 08 : 24
Joint ball,. . ; 70 gg
Rfl Hi.lic.il majority, 0. ,
Utah .
Sen te ; . 10 g
fclou; ..w.. ' 7
Dbt.
0
0
Joint ballot .. . .
K. publican pluialltj,
Ohio
Sennte .........'...'..
H01.ee
, so
S
25
Joint ballot..
Kepublicau plurality, 8g.
Keuiuckv
Senate .... ..
Hotue ...Mm.,...w
Joint ballot ... . .'.
Kei.uhlieau plurality, .
Me Yur
-nak.
Houae ,
Joint hallot.
R publico . ajor.iy, 88.
Macha-etia
uai .... . ..
Ho.....
..117 81
. 15
. M
. 6
, 85
ESCAPED FROM' THE ELBE.
Uattuian. the t'ungarlau Knibeaaler,
Said to Be In Thla Country. -New
York, Nor. 9. The World
says this morning that Adolph Gutt
man, who operated a large mill at
Abajun Zanto, in Hungary, who was
oharged with swindling his fellow
townsmen out or f400,000, and waa
supposed to have perished in the wreck
of the steamship Elbe last January,
came to America and has been living
at Highland, 111. An Austrian girl,
Maria Ho'omiby, who arrived at Ho-
boken February 11, on the German
steamer Wieland, tells a story of meet
ing a Hungarian on the ship who an
swers tne aesoription 01 the missing
man.. He passed under the name of
Joseph Pfeifer, but became friendly
with her, made love to ber, and show
ed her a valise stuffed with Hungarian
money, telling her that he was a mill
owner in Hungary, and that his real
name was Guttman. The girl is said
to have told her story to the Austrian
oonsul, who had detectives track the
man to Highland, 111. He had left the
place, but a bundle of Austrian bills,
reoeived by a Broadway banking firm
from a Winnipeg bank which changed
them into Amerioan money, may fur
nish another clue to hia whereabouts.
17
,.......!I07
21
eS
M
1 '
T
U
Joint hallo .
BelHiblh-au maioritv 145.
New Janey Kepabl.eaa majority Joint bal
lot, as.
1W4 Republican majority Joint ballot, K.
Saved by a Bottle Meuage.
San Franoisoo, Nov. 13. The Brit
ish bark Sharpshooter, Captain Watts,
after drifting sixty-four days at the
mercy of the wind and waves, was
towed into port last night The ship
enoountered a hurricane oft the coast
of Central Amerioa and waa badly
damaged. Relief was brought by a
message inclosed in a bottle whioh was
thrown overboard.
Awarded the Smlthaonlan Trite.
London,-Nov. 9. Lord Raleigh and
Professor Ramsey oalled all the United
States embassy . today, and James
Roosevelt,- secretary of the embassy.
presented them with a check for $10,
000,. which the Smithsonian institute
had awarded them as the first Hodgkin
prise for their paper on Argon, tht-
new element discovered by Lord Raleigh.
Republican Plurality In Bo. ton.
Boston, Nov. 8. The smoke of the
political battle has cleared away, and
tonight the leaden of both parties are
discussing the result, and from it are
already forming plans for next year's
work. The Republican leaders are
particularly pleased over the gains of
Governor Greenhalge in this city, for
they claim it shows that, slowly but
surely, the people are ooming over to
their ranks. .. Ibe Democrats, on the
other hand, say they attach no signifi
cance to the decreased Democratic
plurality in the oity other than that
their candidate waa not personally as
popular as Russell, tbe candidate ot
1898, aud for proof" of the assertion
point to the fact that tbe Democracy
gained a senator in Suffolk county,
which is practically Boston.
The figures ot tbe Associated Press
last night placed the plurality con
servatively at a little over 63,000, and
all of their returns have justified that
estimate.
The size of the Populist vote in Mas
sachusetts will probably be known to
morrow. 4 There are indications that
there is a falling off.. The question of
woman suffrage has been lost sight of,
exoept by those directly interested, but
the suffragists claim they are encour
aged,'' as the vote against them . was
smaller than they anticipated.
' Viewed by London Paper. .
London, Nov. 8 Tbe Times this
morning gives over a column to a New
York dispatch regarding tbe election.
The other papers have short dispatches
on tbe subject of the Marlborough-Van-derbilt
wedding. The Times says of
the elections: : ,. .
"The elections have again surprised
Amerioan politicians. The Republi
cans were victorious beyond all expec
tations. The failure to break Tam
many is disoonraging. Such ia the state
of Amerioan politics, in the absence of
any great issue, that it is impossible to
predict the re.ult, ot the presidential
election. :. Perhaps the Democrats have
the most cause to regret tbe sueoess of
Tammany, for some of Tammany's
moral discredit is bound to fall upon
the Democratic party. " j
The Daily- News says: "The elec
tions are showing remarkably in favor
of tbe Republicans, and the presiden
tial seat is all but safe tor the Republi
can candidate." .,,
The Chronicle (liberal) says: "It is
not quite clear that there ia no , real
Democratic revival. We regret, -but
are not surprised, at the viotory in New
York. It carries an important moral
for ; our too . extreme : temperance
friends." ... ',,:,
The Post (conservative) savs: i "The
general result confirms the opinion that
the reaction against the ' Democrats,
whioh wss so eonspiooons last Novem
ber, is still la operatlaa."
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