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The morning times., 1896-11-03
SIZE OF THE MAJORITY.
New York Republicans Say That's
the Only Question.

New York, Nov. At Republican State
headquarters tonight the manaGerS nf the
campaign in this State expressed every
confidence that Mckinley would carry the
state. TIE only question 70 be settled,
it was claimed. was the size Of Che plurality.
Two hundred thocsanG was the lowest cati-
ate that any ore would give about the
headquarters.
Chairman DGuf;rth, Of the Democratic
Sta.c committee. left for his home today
To- vote. Tie ClaiUed thr STATE for BRYAN
by the figures he has been giving out at
headquarters for the past two weeks
$4,000.
The morning times., 1896-11-03
Has xo Assettg. ftabilIties. ss5 900.

Boston, Noy. 2.-President Elmer II.
Capeu, OF Tuits College. Who has niyd a
voluntary petition in insolvency, filed u
schedule uf his assets aud liabilities. His
occupation IS given as teacher and it
is stated that lie owes St,5,53I. ant has
absolutely no assets. The greas majority
of the liabilities are notes to different
banking institutions in this vicinity, and
there is No security.
The morning times., 1896-11-03
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, bank.
FRS and brokers. members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office. Rooms 3 and 3a, sun Building.
j. A. Breen, manager.
The morning times., 1896-11-03
Eour IN One on MCKINLEY

New York, Nov 2.-Edward WaSscr-
mann, a member of the New York Stock
Exchange, today offered tc wager $50 900
to $500 that Mckinley vii. tc elected
The morning times., 1896-11-03
Gold Reserve shrinking.

The Treasury gold reserve at the close "
The days withdra walls were 81 361 i 90.
The morning times., 1896-11-03
rLACES In WnIC1 TO VOTE
There Are 68,I04 Precincs in th,
Different States.

In computing the result OF the election
in the different States from bulletins
tonight the following table of voting pre-
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
PatiIs Una or.

Among the donations received BY a
Christmas tree fund Is y big box Of post
age stamps collected by Nine. 'Adelina
Patti. and given through her New York
friend. Mrs. Mary Scott Rowland. who
turned them over to the fund in the
hope that something may be realized
from them. Here Is wha, Mrs. Row
land says about the gift when In
London last summertime. Adellna Patti
Nlconnl gave me box containing sS.-
2s2 cancelled postage stamps. all nicely
done up. by her own hands, In pack
ages Of 100 The stamps viii be sold foy
the benefit Of the charity"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
-MlLE. LucIE FAuar Is gaErTY.
"a Decidedly Literary and Not Given 90
Out-af.Door sports.

Out-ef.Door sports.
But one picture hangs on The walls OF
me bedchamber OF the president Of the
French Republic. That enc picture II
portrait Of biz daughter. Mile. Luclo
Faure. II is an oil painting. and rep
resents a goodly-lookinr and attractive
Young woman. The daughter Of Al.
Felix Faure has not the distinctive air
of a noble French dame. yet It would
be unfair TO say that she betrays IN any
way her plebeian origin. She Is an ac-
eomplished pianist. says the London
Times. and ever willing 10 play In the
evening when the Faure family and
their friends are assembled In the hand
some Louis XVI drawing-room Of the
villa. Il Il even said that she is not
iverse 10 charming the few leisure mo.
ments OF her father with her musical
talent when AT home IN hla private
apartments az the Elyseo. She Il
great reader. and well informed upon
the different literary movements IT'D
France and abroad. She Is a brunette
ind has all the paternal energetic fea-
lures. When In Paris. al the Elysee.
she takes a walk every morning anu
4 douche bath In an establishment very
near 10 the presidential abode. So FAR
bicycling has not seemed 10 appeal 70
her, and walking II her only exercise.
She does not even ride on horseback.
like her father. who frequently appears
IN public on thoroughbrcGs from bis
own stables. nnring the season. aile.
raure Is 10 be seen almost every AZ
teFnoon In a victoria In The Bols with
her pen. Mile. Lucie Faare made her
debut To writing criticisms Of the salon
Tor havre newspapers. She next wrote
The account Of her trip to Algeria. which
iook place ~hen the transatlantic liner.
The Isaac Perlere. made he ars, trip
from Marsellles 10 Alglers. a number
Of celebrities crossed the Mediterranean
DO that occasion IN the new steamship.
and among the ladies present vas
Mile. Faure. who wrote the book III
question from notoa taken during the
Journey and In Algiors A limited nnri-
Der OF copies Of the little volume were
printed. 80 that AZ the present moment
hey are rere. At the time the book vas
mentioned favoFably by some OF the
critics. and considered q morltor.ous
work. II proved that Us author had
plenty OF imagination. and was not de-
void OF esprit; on the whole. Il was In
'eresting. Il Is net likely that she VIII
publish anything moro for some years TO
ONE though Il is probable that she has
penned another book. Mile. Lucle
Faure's toilets have been described a.
much as those OF any European princess
after any society event. and sometimes
before. They are. as a rule. simple In
design. and come from the work-rooms
Of the leading Partisan dressmakers.
Blue and yellow are her fayorlte oolors
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

Charles J. Trayer. assistant engineer,
Zones Crandall ami William wilkins,
firemen. az the water works. never had
occasion 10 doubt the accuracy OF their
own eyes. but yesterday morning some
thing appeared before their vision
which for a moment caused them 10 be
a little skepilcal as 10 the reliability
Of their optics The appearance Of a
real live deer was what occasioned their
doubts. The animal came through Mar
ian avenue yesterday morning and went
within a few feet OF the water works.
With an agility acquired by resi-
dence In the Adlrondacks. the animal
vaulted a barb wire fence and crossed
the Fitchhurg railroad tracks and
made for the Excelsior Spring woods
For fully twenty minutes the deer
stayed around the edge Of the woods
and then disappeared into the interior
The deer was a doe. weighing fully 200
pounds. II probably took a notion 70
make pilgrimage toward civilization
It's life Is safe unless somebody VIC
lates the game law. The doe has not
been seen since Il entered the woods
where she may conclude TO spend the
winter. The doe Is in town under the
protection Of the game law. Had Il
not been for that law the animal would
probably not have lived ten minutes
Saratogian.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

The wings from a fy iu order n) 70 ex-
hlbit his power. 90 20 observe a familiar
creature under new conditions but the
suffering OF the ny makes no impression
upon him. because the ny has no power
OF expression. When be ill-treats a
dog the animals cries add a third In
tentlye 10 the urchin's maleyOlence. Il
70 Interesting 10 see any sensitive cTea-
iure suffer This interest. In the case
Of the crowd that gathers around the
victim Of a street accident. Is neither
sympathetic nor antlpathetie; u is an
Indifferent curiosity. when the crowd
goes 70 see a man guillotined there Il
the sheer delight In seeing destruction.
From the man who sticks needles into
q woman's eyeballs there Is a logical
and unbroken sequence Of ideas.
The last case which has been an
alyEed by the specialists is Of peculiar
Interest In this connection.
Bionville- sous Metz. a little place In
Eastern France. was the scene a few
days ago Of a crime Of which the in
vestigatlon has just been concluded In
accordance With The new tangled no
lions" against which many magistrates
Of the oid srhool protest 20 loudly. the
inquiry was not limited 10 the bald
facts OF the case. but a moft painstak-
Ing examination was made Of the pre-
disposlss operations OF the criminals
mind. The prisoner. who was sen
fenced &c 5aly two years Imprisonment
cruclhed his l0-year-Old son. There ID
the naked incident
tits not needful that should harrow
the minds Of readers uy dwelling upon
the eircumstantlal horrors Of the case
The one broad. unQuesiioned fact u
that the boy was spread. cruciform
against the wall Of a room. and Their,
fixed with nails The child's flesh did
not break away lie hung there. moan.
ing. he was living vhcn the police
drew out the nails with a claw-hammei
IN order to release him, lie Is Twins
now
The prisoner was not a drunkard
nor does there exist 9ny atom Of evil
dence that he has ever been OF unsount
mind lie liked 10 see strange sights
lie liked them more II they wer,
marked by the suffering Of some help
less creature. tie had outgrown IN,
pleasure OF mutilatIng files lie had :
small. sensitive human being at his
mercy. He was too Ignorant 10 knos
about racks and thumbscrcws, but th'
blessed symbol al the roadside suggest
ed 10 him n crime as simple and natur
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

Our folks are Just the bestest folks you
ever seen or knowcd:
Makes themselves as sociable as rabbits
In the read;
When we tell 'em that the house ls
fulled up TO the door.
An amt no room for EN-. they say:
Wen Jest sleep on the fOOrr'
Had a fair al Laureneeyille. with circus
tents an all.
An here they come from wllliamstown
an Huckleberry Hall:
An ma, she told EN- warn't no place al
home fer any more;
But pshawl they Jest staid roun.' an
said: Wen all sleep on the foorr'
Amt seen no folks a. soclabla az they
Is; Eat and eat.
An tell you that the milk amt sour.
an vinegar Is sweet
An dad says II they went to heaven an
jest squeezed in the door
An couldn't get no seats, they'd say:
Wen Jest set on the foorw
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

Il Is related o. Mr.. Abraham Hav-
ward. the famous Quarterly reviewer
that he once thought tina. he should
like TO have some ancestors 40 he
walked straight TO wardour street
where one can generally pick up an
ancestor or two OF the Cromwelllan.
Queen Anne or early Georgian period.
according 10 fancy. Selecting a por-
trait Of a cavalier In half amor. With
features not quite unlike AIS own. Mr.
Hayward made a bid for II but deem
Ing the price asked too high. be said
be would think the matter over and
went his way A fortnight after. the
ancestral fever coming strongly upon
him, he went again 10 wardour street.
prepared TO pay the dealer bis price.
The picture was sold-of course 10 an
unknown purchaser. A few days later
Mr. Hayward went to dine with Lord
Houghtea and was aEtonished 20 find
the picture In the dining room. Seeing
that Il attracted his guests attention.
Lord Houghton said. VERY good pici-
ure that, Came into my hands In
curious way. Portrait Of a Mines OF
the commonwealth period-an ancestor
OF mine" "Ah. indeed said Mr.. Hay
ward. HE was very near being an an
cestor OF mine. London Scraps.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
Popular Ml.roneept,on.

There never was a bigger fool no.
ton in the world" said young Full
back. pulling on his padded trousers.
than the idea that football IL a dan.
gerous game. These reports about
boys getting hurt" he continued. adj
justing his shin-guards and fastening
them on securely. ARE half the time ex.
aggerations and half the time they're
made cut Of the whole cloth. A fellow
simply can't get injured in a game,
he proceeded, etufing a quantity Of
waddlng about his hip bones and
around his shoulders and chest. "un-
less he Just wants 10 injure himself
and does It on purpose. Now I've been
In a dozen games this year"-here he
strapped his ear-guards round his head
and with the exception OF a black
eye now or then. and one or two fingers
dislooated. or something like that.
haven't had the slightest injury"
Here the young man put on his nose.
guard and mouth protector. and short.
~ afterward went forth TO engage In a
harmless little game Of fOOtball.-Chi.
cago Tribdne.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

i"iNi'NiAt' 'puo Aho attention. But
here the papers M What space they
have land II IS little enough with liter
arr and political chit-ehat. The editori-
al page ovsrfows and gwampE the whole
sheet and the news is neglected This
means that the poor are loit without a
champion The law here. as IN an coun-
tries except America and England, s.
Tor the rich. not for the poor; for the
Htfong, not for the weak. Just as
cruelty TO horses falls 20 arouse indlg-
nation IN Paris. cruelty 10 children fails
to attract the attention OF justice. There
IS moment OF horror when each new
ease is disclosed. but the emotion Is
local. In America. 4 child In a re-
mote village Of the Mohawk Valley Is
abused. the papers speak with voice
which IL not 10 be disregarded BY the
aggregate Of such casea. reported In de-
tail. the public are Impressed; laws are
enacted and enforced: the children arc
protected But II only the one little
community knew OF each crime, no
moral effect would be produced, and
that Is practically the case In France.
They have not yet bad time TO forget
the case Of little Victor Tennissen, In
Paris. whose mother. during three Ions
hours. hammered the floor with his
head, crying: "wnl you never die
beast"
Aud on the frail body Of this 5-year-
old boy we're no less than twelve bleed
ing cavities from which the flesh had
been tern by the mothers teeth.
lie stole my sugar" said the woman
that was the Justification. And the
cour, seemed 10 ind some warrant Ia
this proyooatlon. for she was sentenced
to only eighteen months' imprisonment
AlIne Losagc % serving her two year.
for having tortured one Of her step
children TO death and brought the othel
70 near the same release that be lies u
the hospital to-day And she was onll
two-gnd-twenty years Of age "a mos
| pleasant faced woman" She beat IN
children until the little girls bod
contained no uniniurod bones AM
when az last the police came Aline VA
az her washtub. conscientiously wiring
lnr cut the sheets. with the dead
broken body lying on the bed.
She VAS mot q bad sort Of womal
otherwise" People may be cleanl
and chaste and industrious and ye
pluck the wings from files. Slne CAV
the cat crusis 10 play with instead O
spools. and when the cat pushed a crus
under the table the starving chlldre
would creep TO steal H. Here agai
there was no question Of drunkenness
or savagery: the woman was a decen
body In her way That Is the dreadful
part OF such stories: that Is what make
one shudder.
People who are In love with the liteI
AIRY daintlness OF the French press whe
they first come to live IN Paris soon b
gin 10 read in such facts as these IA
plain lesson OF its ineficiency. The bi
headlines. the huge volume Of news. N
great pictures these things may "a
on the nerves OF those who love quie
restful surroundings. But out Of jui
this direotness Of appeal comes n
awakening power OF American new
papers. No EFFORT has ever been mad
10 give the news Of all France In on
paper and the provincial papers In eve
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

John Carmichael and family. a por-
trait Of whom appears above. now re-
side at Mount Carmel. PA. He was born
In Ayrshire. scotland. In toe year lSf2.
He sailed for the free shores OF
America In the fam OF 1858. aud settled
for time In Comholo, potisy e.,
Sohuylkill county. After the "unr, .
antnoss" broke out between north rn
and southern people Mr. Carmit, lel
took up arms la defense OF the Ur.on
by onllstlnE In the ninth pcnnfyl-
vania cavalry Company X, IN Sept al
Der, 1861. under Capt. Phillips and COL.
Williams. and served until the close OF
the war after which D., located In
Noun, Carmel township where be ias
resided ever since Ne was MARI I to
his es,imal,s wife in 1851. who was
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

humiliation OF these monstrous out
RACES has every appearance OF an en-
iemic madness. From one village after
another come stories OF crimes COM
ni,ted without the spur Of anger or OF
Avariee. One Of the most eminent
French physchiatric specialists arrives
Il the grim conclusion that "a strange
persistence OF childish love Of destruc-
lion" Is the fundamental explanation OF
lbe phenomenon. 4 schoolboy will pull
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

Miss Sarah Ann Lciby. daughter Of
nanlol and Susan Lelby. Twenty chill.
drcn blessed the union. n sons and
daughters. The family Is well know
ana much respected Mrs. Carmiiche
IS an agreeable lady OF a refined nature
She Is now o. years old and enjoys goo
health NJ Carmichael has worked IL
the mines over 30 years lie has beer
ln 40 health for some time suffering
from asthma which De says he con.
irac,cd during the war. lie has beer
pension applicant for several years. al.
though unsuccessful In securing the
same up 20 the present time. 1, Is e
be- hoped that Uncle sam viii soon con.
slider his case iavorahly as ne vas 4
gallant soldier and Is to-day good ant
honorable sl.lisa.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

As result Of a controversy between
o e students and the faculty o. the law
department Of Boston university Dean
Bennett had this notice posted.
students VINO are unwilling 20 give up
the use Of tobacco while IN this bnild
ing may withdraw. and the proper pre-
portion Of their tuition fees win be- re-
turned upon demand Further dis
cussion In addition to what has boon
held seems unnecessary"
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
na,,d Reeves nody

Intomovlng the body Of David Reeves
from an old to a new cemetery on the
Licking river. near Hendricks. Magofnn
county. KY. IL was found that the body
had petridCl and was TO heavy that six
mon we're necessary to remove a. The
body retained its litc-like appearance
TO such an extent Ds 20 be- recognized
by former friends ci the deceased.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

boast OF many followers In Russia. Ger
many, England. Norway. Sweden, Italy.
Spain. the United States. and even In
some parts OF africa.
Among the most proficient In the
language IL n Fronchman. bearing the
aristocratic name OF D'Eyssautior. He
Gays that Esperanto Is by no means a
new language. nor even a recent discov-
cry. This International language has
been In existence nearly ten years. and
there are at least ten thousand adher-
snts In different parts OF the world.
The author or originator OF Esper-
anto Is a Russian gentleman. DR.. "a.
menhof. Of Warsaw. lie calls II uni
versal language, lie says that one may
learn It's grammar In an hour and an
tts vocabulary OF words In a few days.
Max Muller writes Il with the great
est ease. and No does Tolsiol. who Is
one Of the leading contributors 10 the
ohieial organ Of the language the Es-
perantisio which. by the way. Is ut
torly opposed TO the volapuk organ. for
u has literary tendencies.
The fact Is. Esperanto hopes to de-
throne Nolapuk altogether. Verses
may be written IN II. and translations
Of the HAD and Hamlet have been pub
lishod This new Language. which
means the person who hopes" IL per
haps better known In Russia than in
any other country. Russia Is its birth
place.
Like all artificial universal languages
the roots Of Esperanto are derived from
the best known Of modern tongues
English, French and Gcrman-these Of
tering the leas, difficulty to students.
As a root indicating the action OF low
ing the syllable am" has been adopt
ed. Now. should one wish to make
4 substantive and obtain the word
love" In French amour. one has but
10 add the letter 20. thus obtaining the
word "amo." This is an absolute rule
10 obtain a substantive from a given
root add the letter %" Nothing Il
sasier.
In a similar manner. 10 obtain an ed.
leciive from a given root. one has bat
10 add an "a" instead Of an 20" and
thus the word "amorous" lin French
-amourCux'l becomes anna" In Esper.
anto And this rule for forming ad
iectives has no exceptions Add the
let "a" TO the root and the adjective 1,
formed.
Verbs are obtained In quite as cas-,
a fashion The present tense demand
but the addition Of two letters TO IN
root, AS The past Is formed by plae
ing the letters lis" after the root. an,
the future by the addition Of los.
These formations are invariable. Th'
present. past. future and other tensei
are always obtainable In the same easl
fashion by the addition OF a couple o
letters 10 the root
The grammar OF the new language d
,asy and almost ne simple as the fOrma
lion Of the vocabulary There are verl
Few rules In the entire book Of gram
mar, and what h most important. Their
are no exceptions to any OF the rules.
The Volapuk language Is very simi
lar TO Esperanto. But We do not hea
much Of Nolapuk nowadays. As to thi
a Volapuk authority says:
1t should not be imagined that be
,ause the volapuk propaganda ha
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

The longest telegraph line In the
world. above ground and without a
break, has Just been completed In
Australia. that land Of loag distances
The line runs with a circumbendibus
from Rockhampton. in Queensland. TO
Broomc. IN Western Australia. and
crosses about two-thirds OF the entire
continent The total length Is some.
thing over G.000 miles.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

Four % New Yorks thoaters now
charge S. for orchestra seats. and three
OF them advanced their prices from
$3.50 at a time when the general bust
ness OF the country neccssitatod redue-
lion In wages one manager says there
are any amount Of people who seem anx-
lous 10 pay the steep price simply be-
cause they imagine that il guarantees
cxclusiyoness.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

During the recent earthquake a,
Rome. which took place ON Nov at
t3S % .ho afternoon people rushed
from their holge1 TO the nearest lot
terry Offices 20 play The numbers I. 4,
3S. there was also a run on n. which
stands for earthquake. but some
thing went wrong. aa no one OF these
uum1.rg wga drawn.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

ceased. and that hccaure AZ the present
time there are no more schools and
lectures. that the volapuk language u
inferred forever n Il were 80. one
would have some cRlso for saying that
Il has become n dstd language before
ever having been living one But
such Is not the case.
Many French people at the present
day. who know no other language but
their own. are corrosT ending In VIOLA
puk with Americans, Japanese. Rue
SLAMS and Turks. lts practical results
are sufficiently conclusive In the I'M
menso correspondence exchanged inter
nationally. TH partisans Of Esperanto
81 I possibly OBTAIN the same results.
Buy that onl. Toes 10 prove that the
very principle OF a universal Language
has nothing chlmerical about H.
THE language utilized In communica-
lions between semaphores Is under
stood by captains at sea, whatever be
their nationality. Let any foreign ship
arrive outside French port and the
captain see the inverted cone he will
know at once that a storm Is expected.
In his study Of the language OF soma
phores and lighthouses he never aban-
doned his own tongue. With Volapuk
and Esperanto matters are much the
same A man may study both and BE-
fluent with both without dropping his
own natural language"
II seems at present that Volapuk Of
Esperanto may be utilized extensively
In commercial. scientific and otner com
municatl0ns.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31

c,ndid Friend-"l say. chst.cr,oa
you ought to marry "a late.,ecu.l
woman."
Chat,orton lmucA plcssoa-"pa sea
think sol Whyg"
Candid FSlend-'SO tha, ytar ears
dgon will have some triles~
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
THE LATEST IDEA.
EGGS AND BUTTER STAMPED
WITH NAME or FARM.
Delivered At Houses Of wealth for Cold
Freshness aud rarity Guaranteed"
for which Many Persons wiz Pay .
Fat Premium.

HERE ARE FASH
ions IN butter and
eg& as there are
IN nearly every
thing else. Cater
Ing 10 a trade
that they have
created out OF the
whims OF people
for deneately and
daintlly put up
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-01-31
sRUCIFIED A CHILD.
tERRIBLE STORIES OF CRUELTY
TO CHILDREN.
hoy Nailed to the wall and Left TO
Dis--A Woman Torture. Her Chnd to
Death - Allns LesagGs shocking
Crime

RANCE IS NOT
losing her evil dis
tinctlon as the
theater Of cruel and
unusual crimea
Case after case Of
torture. instance az
ter instance Of cold
maligniiy have
been discovered by
the provincial an.
thorltica. The as
shnVlfffa Tho NJ