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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
ronEr yUaoRs Iv IDAHo.
ro.,, ,he District A%tterney's Remarks ss Eve
dence , They Finally Agreed.
rrow ths Kansas Guy Journal.

FROM the Kansas Guy Journal.
po,,s CITY. Idaho, has experimcntcd with
-an.sn i,rors. and the result rs boon ontcr-
..,aino anyway. Perhaps II was Instructive,
90 for IN tho end Justice was done. and the
49,, time these particular women sit on a jury
en- sill have learned the fundamental prin-
ciples OF law. NIT.
Tho Jury was mixed In tho matter OF SEX there
being two men and four women. mrs' II n.
Or en-, MIRA Boyakin. Mrs. b. J. Pasmore' ana
one unmarried woman. Miss s. F. WOOD. fer.
hans the men couldn't explain the Ano points OF
law. or perhaps the W mon wouldn't lot them.
ANYWAY, after being out six hours. whom the hear
inc of tho evidence took only ono hour, aph aftsp
celebrating in, voices which reached the ntsSs.
into court with tho announcement maj tney
couldn't agree, no, never, -....u r
I've can't a-roo, that's all there V 10 IL; 4
report brought in by Mrs. Green, the foremnn.
They had been laboring heavily under the lm.
| precision that the OF the Distrlou
| tho story Mrs. Green told ten times more than
the Judge thought should be. given ont N open
| court, but there was. no ,sto ping tho row OF
words until the source had been eXhaussSe. a
| that tho statements OF the District Attorney
were not evidence the jury retired and In q Few
minutes brough, in 2 verdict giving the plain
The Jury was seriously put out because the
baiiiff hung around so he could hear every
word that was said. and when when, a an bi;ia S 9 nrc
the women begged him to give his opinion on
But the Judge was molllaed by tho verdict.
than the previous Jury In the same case, O Jury
composed entirely of men. had done.
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AS soon as Chairman JAMES r. REySo1ps

AS soon as Chairman JAMES B. REYNOLDS
and Secretary JOHN c. CLARK get tired of voic-
ing tho views Of tho Union" they are going
through the country with q stereopticon show.
More Than Two Hundred Living Pictures OF
Prominent Members OF the Citizens Union!
Performance Every Day and Evening Of the
Greatest Megatherium Mcgalosaurus Megalo.
cephalic stupendous Aggregation Of Mugwump
Talent Ever Seen or Heard in This or any Other
Country! The Unrivalled Morningside Megalo.
cephal Will Positively Address tho Multitudes
by Means Of tho Megaphone at Every Perform.
ance. Conn Early and Avoid the Crushi" The
Citizens Union will no doubt give o better
show than they got for their money here.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
The Mississippi River Problem.

In the November number of the Forum
the methods of affording relief from floods
in the Mississippi Valley are examined by
the Hon. ROBERT STEWART TAYLOR, a
member of the Mississippi River Commits.
sion. and by Mr.. GUsTAvE DYES, n civil en-
gineer, who has had an extended profes.
sional experience in nearly every State and
Territory west of the Mississippi. Both
writers discuss the interesting question
with fulness of knowledge and acumen, but
they arrive at very different conclusions.
Mr.. TAYLoR holds that the great flood in
the Mississippi River, which attracted the
attention and stirred the sympathies of the
people Of the United States a few months
ago. has demonstrated the practical Of.
dciency Of a levee system. 1t has I'M
doubtedly disclosed shortcomings In the
present structures, but it has also shown
where and how they are to be rcmedied. II
what was saved by the levees be compared
with what would nave been lost without
them, their utility Is placed. in Mr.. TAY.
LoRis judgment, beyond question. He In.
sists that the protection which they af
forded against this single food was worth,
many times over, the entire cost of the sys.
tenn as 1t stands to-day.
Mr.. DYES, on the other hand, Is an advo.
cate OF dredging, considered as a substitute
for levees. he maintains that outlets in
any form are inadmissible for permanent
relief from flood volumes in the Mississippi
River. Cross-jetties or spur dykes should
be avoided, he thinks, as producing irreg.
ularity In the flow of currents, and thereby
destroying harmony of energy. The gen.
erel plan Of Transforming the river into a
canal by revetting the e~mbankments from
Cairo to the passes is pronounced imprac.
ticable, on account of the length of tim
required to accomplish such a project, the
unavoidable distress it infiicts upon the
lower sections, while the upper ones arc
placed under control, the great primary cost
OF construction, and the perpetual heavy
charge for maintenance. The system OF
dredging, on the contrary, is commended
as a cooperative measure, in harmony with
the natural laws which control the great
drainage arteries through alluvion; and
the conviction Is expressed that the
results SO far attained justify the con
struction of a dredging plant of sufficient
magnitude to meet the requirements of the
situation. Mr.. DYEs's belief is that if the
shoal places were dredgcd to a width OF
five hundred feet by a depth OF four or five
fest through the thirty-fve or forty miles
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
Pops Grave the ConoEes-A New Nebraska
Freak.
From the Nebraska State Journal.

From the Nebraska State Journal.
inc wandering Whites OF Popdom have caused o
III 10 DO drawn securing their future support with.
out having to return to the humiliating labor on the
iarm or In the blacksmith shop which seems inevits-
DIG no" that the people have pretty much tired OF
'hoir iree'coinage ~claptrap. II Will be presented to
tue STATE Legislature next winter. This Ia the bill;
SaGIIos j, That In the state OF - the degrees OF
unGhoior OF science, master ~ science. and doctor OF
pniipSopny In economic. political, ard social science
- w. 90 granted by Institution OF learning cx.
,ant .hose wherein tho students are permitted 10 at
.enu ,ne classes OF such competent Instructors as may
,ss's ~ LOT Tue work called for IN the attainment OF
.lS aoosr'hAhicd degrees, and who shall be permit
teu 70 eve courses ia the classroOms upon All equal
t,Ho oi "ith the u achers employed by the trustees;
.nu utlons. however. to la in nowise bound to
pa' Suen aeachers only the proportion OF the tuition
iso u W zach courso so given, The students shall
pcueise ncIeuit equal TO that given Tor like work
unuer teacher employed by the trustees"
Ihero II . snap for the Donnellvs. tho Brya ans. the
DeoSes' 'he weaverS. and all other statesmen ont Of
n Joo' tha' promises r chss galore, All they will have
to do IL 70 elect themselves professors OF all the col.
reyes anu universities In the Pop States that will pass
q nili OF TINS Kind. and go In for their share OF tho
tuition Fees Nobody can interfere with their indus.
try.
The great dineuity viii be to guard against too
much competition.
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From The Louisville Post

From The Louisville Post.
Speaking Of bicycles. I saw the oldest looking
and most novel one ut q crossroads hamlet near
s ago : / ever sew ilhf f W was m mdntl Ing . 2 ieT Y pmIs
lips. n black genius of IL. who had once worked
on a railroad section bot tween Scottsville and
Gallattn. The two wheels were solid wooden
ones and tho frame two plough handles. The
gearing had been constructed out OF an old
The darky could ride tho cumbersome
looking dust wlirler" at a rapid rate of speed,
md would be able 10 make astonishingly good
time on a track. ] asked the lad II he wouldn't
like to go TO town and ride. in the races. bus
he showed his white teeth in a grin and saidj
wantcr trade for OIL Hammer. an'Idon't want'er
trade 'er Of" Pub" said his steed cost him sig
cents, and he made 1t in three days and q half.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
THE PERCENTAGES OF THE VOTE
The Percentage or Democratic Gain at the
Last Election Trining.

The Percentage or Democratic Gain at tho
last Election TrininG.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: In an arti-
Gle published by THE SUN the other day I re-
marked that "the reduction of figures to a per-
centage basis simplides their comparison The
truth of this remark Is emphasized at the pres.
emit moment.
Attention was called to tho fact that in 1895
the vote of tho territory including what is now
the city Of Greater New York was divided 40
follows:
Democratic Ssh per cent.
Republican. per cent.
The vote for Governor in 1895 In Greater New
York was divided as follows:
Democratic per cent.
Republican per cent.
All other go per cent.
The vote for Mayor in Greater New York In
the election of Tuesday was divided as follows:
Van WICK per cent.
Low per cent.
All Others eR per cent.
The interesting fact disclosed on comparison Of
these figures is that the Democratic vote, repre-
scented by Judge Van WICK, has Increased but
one-half of / per cent. since last year, adopting
the vote for Governor as a basis, and that the
Republican vote, represented by Mr.. Low and
Gen. Tracy, has decreased exactly one and one
half per cent. 1t shows that only half of l per
cent. more Of all the voters were Democrats this
year than last, and that they cast their votes
solidly for Van Wyck. And 1t further shows
that the extremely small percentage of but 1l2
per cent. left tho Republican party to vote the
Democratic or other tickets.
In the article above referred to. published be-
fore election. 1t was said. among other things,
that II Mr.. Low should get 40 per cent. OF all
the Republican votes he would still require 23lo
per cent. Of all Democratic votes to equal Gen.
Tracy's total vote.
This was true, as were the other propositions
stated, but the possibility was not contcm-
plated by the writer at that time that Mr.. Low
was to get 60 per cent. of the full Republican
vote and no percentage whatever of the Demo-
cratic vote. as turned out to be tho case.
1t has been remarked that the total vote for
Low and Tracy exceeds that for Van Wyck, but
want to emphasize the fact, which Is clearly
disclosed by these figures. arranged by percent
ages, TINT no Republican. votes were cast for
the strictly Democratic ticket-or, IL any at all,
only the enthusiastically small amount repre-.
sented by 1lo per cent. and that while the Dem.
ocrats gained one'half of ! per CO t. over last
year, they have yet to gain o per cent. OF tho
total vote 70 equal their normal strength as it
existed In 1898: w. n. ANGRY.
NEW YORK.. Nov. l.
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The Hon. WASH HEsINa of Chicago to
The Hon. SETH Low of Salt Licks:

Permit me. as . former leader of q great moral
reform movement in this city. to assure you OF my
entire sympathy with you in your defeat. My sin.
cere hope 10 that the time will come when the good
men will get the votes. In the present state OF
the public mind they can get nothing but occa-
sional nominations. These are very convenient.
however, rs they can be made by tho good
men themselves. I know whereof I sp eak. being q
pretty good man myself. Mono better west OF New
York city. Why notta up some occupation to dis.
tract your mind2 Have you ever tried capillicul.
ture? Ishall DO glad to show you my collection of
whiskers when you com West"
What is this talk about whiskersi The Hon.
SETH Low still has himself.
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How Cincinnati Buaineas Men Amuse Them.
selves.

selves.
From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Little arithmetical problems with a "catch"
in them are always fascinating to the average
man. No matter how simple they appear, you
will find tho banker and tho broker disputing
over them on Change or in the counting rooms
of the capitalists. Here are one or two that
have been floating. around among the business
men of Cincinnati for two or three weeks:
A banker found n ten-dollar bill. At homo he
gave 1t to his vito, who paid the butcher in set.
Element of his account. The butcher paid it to
the farmer for n calf and the farmer paid it to
the merchant, who in turn paid 1t to the wash.
$40, went to the banker and paid the note. The
banker recognized the bill as tho one he had
found and which up to that time had settled $50
Of debit. On a careful examination he found the
bill was counterfeit. or course the problem is.
who lost in the transaction T.
Here's another. but along n different line. an d
they do say that men who are way up in local
finance were disputing over the question on
Change, though 1t is extremely simple: A man
bought a horse and buggy for $40. The horse
cost 800 moro than the buggy. What did tho
buggy cost the owner3 That's easy. but don't
go to work to figure it by algebra.
Ihere's one more, h very old one, but it's good
and not near as ensy as the others. A man went
into IA shoemaker's shop and bought n pair of
shoes for So. He gave the shoemaker n $40
bill. Tho shoemaker had no change. but went
to n neighbor and got the ten changed. He re.
turned and gave the purchaser his change, So.
A short time nftcrward the neighbor came in
right, the shoemaker was compelled 10 mako
the ten good. which he did by giving n good ten
for the counterfeit. Now, how much was the
shoemaker out in tho whole transaction.
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Three Gifts. LAIMBEER. SELIasBERo, and
WEEKS, were elected to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Bud.
letin.
Said JIMMY REYNOLDS to JOE LARocoUE,
"The people are showing of the yoke. and the
bosses quake as never they quoke." Said JOE
LARocoUE to Guggling JIM. In q tone as of some-
thing tho matter with him. Now. gentle
JAMES. pray tell to me. where is This break
ing of slavery 7" Then Guggling jim with
a honied grin like a cherub's who's reading a
bulletin. cried, NJ LARocoUE. have you read
the returnsl The heart Of tho people CLOVIS
and burns. and in tones of thunder they howl
and shout. The bosses must be driven out.
Away with tho boss. away with the pull; we'll
make the Assembly white as WOOL" And they
did 1t; Hope the welkin streaks. and Virtue
from Morningside coyly peeks. with thanks for
SELIGsBERG, LAIMBEER, and WEEKS.
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FORCED TO MARRY THEN.
Circle City Miners HAD Their Own Edcns M %
q Collectors Powers.

From tie San francisco Call.
TACOMA, Oct. 24.-George w. Ross, deputy
collector of customs at Circle City, was COM
PEELED by q minors meeting to marry a couple
last spring against his will and though he had
no authority to perform such ceremony. Ross
is just out and says:
Miners at Circle City have queer ideas as to
the duties Of an officer of the Government in
that country. Last spring they were called
upon to settle a case between one Of their num-
to the latter for the wrong she had sustained.
1t was decided that the man must marry her.
There was no one in the country authorized to
perform the ceremony so the miners came to
as deputy collector I was not vested with au.
thority 7" marry. people. and declined. The
miners simply insisted that l should, and, when
/ still refused. ordered me to do It. as l was tho
only official in the country, and the mandate or
tho miners court had to BIO carried out.
ITO satisfy them ! drew up n contract In
writing setting forth that both the man and
woman agreed to become husband and wife.
This was signed by the parties, duly Witnessed.
and then / swore tho contracting parties to tho
truth of the same and affixed my seal to the
certificate. IT was only a contract marriage,
parties who wanted to get married were willing
to do SO by he same formula, and the business
proved quite remunerative.
ing those who have proved dishonest. When o
man is chargedswith stealing, the charge Is care.
fully inquired into by n miners committee. II
the guilt Of the man is proved he Is not sent TO
with an outfit sufficient to carry him out Of the
country and told to go and never come back.
He never returns. There has been no stealing
at the mines. One could leave his sack of dust
outside his cabin with security. but now that
the rush has commenced, bringing all manner
of people there, it will be different"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

The Hon. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS. habitual
Democratic candidate for Governor Of Massschusetts.
Expresses himself as immensely grained by the fact
that no carried the city of Chicopce Tuesdsy.-Ded
ham Dfepatoh.
o, Chicopee. O, Chicopee. my heart is boat
ing hot for thoe, forever loved for loving mo.
o. Chicopeo. o. Chicopoe. forever blcst and
handsome be. and long as Time shall know A. D..
may the high names DO twlnncd and wed of
Chicopee and OF GEORGE FEED.
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Tho Cause or tho sI,schieE.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sfr: Who was the
traitor that beat Blaine In 1884? Seth Low.
Who was the Mugwump that helped to beat Harri.
son In 1902? Seth Low.
Who is the fool that beat himself and elected Tam
many Hall yesterday Seth Low.
Is it not wonderful that tho Low hypocrisy defeats
itself2
What can be done with such r~enegades to rolCgato
them to nonentity-And the NsW York Tribune also ?
May great heaven bury them. WILLIAM N. JONES.
b8S BROADWAY. Nov. o.
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But NO form of union with PLArT that the
most skilful political %artihcers could have contrived
would have saved Low. It would have been surely
fatal to him. And the principle would have gone by
the board. too. That is saved.-TYmcs.
The Times is as cheerful as tho young doctor
was, after his first case Of maternity: 1.-The
mother is dead. the baby is dead, but I have
saved the old man." And what q vapid. worth
less old man!
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One of the striking features of the settle

IN of the striking features OF the settle
ment of the Yukon region is the number of
cities that arc founded there. We hear Of
Dawson City. Circle City. Weare City. Rem
part City. and 80 on. Capt. p. ii. RAY, in his
last report to the War Department. says that
he found the city OF Weare represented by four
spruce logs crossed as a foundation for q cabin:
population. o." This last place. which 10 near
the company store at NukeukAyet, has 9 prom
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
The Republican Vote.

To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-sir: I have seen no
comment on what seems to mo q significant fact. that
in nearly every instance except the Mayoralty (where
Georges death caused somewha of a stampede Of
ttmid Republicans to Low). the Republican vote ex.
ceeded that of the Citizens Union, and. in most cases,
that OF the Citizens Union and George party com.
bined. This mornings Tribune. q Low renegade and
traitor, gives these figures:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

HEZ LUNG, SoUINoH CURD and JOE
BLACKBURN arc happy. Kentucky is true to
them and silver. Col. JACK CHINN is singing
peans and turning handsprings. ltis a glorious
Indian summer for tho Kentucky braves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

When the Hon. CARTER HARRISON has
finished his present little job of abolishing do.
partment stores in Chicago he will begin what
he regards as his really important labor Of abol-
ishing gravitation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
Too nusy to sIt Down.
rom the Boston Adpertfse,

From the Boston advertiser.
ATTLEBORo FALLS. Oct. 3O.-Prosperity has
struck this borough with a bang. r. w. Cheeyer
has found y necessary to havoihie shoes tapped,
obliged to handle each day,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05
who Will Thus Give Himself Away,

To TIE EDITOR or THE SUN SIR: WIN you please
name the ten best love poems In the English Ian
guASel F.J.H-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

u err fftsnds tcAo Jdpor ~ ,vhh manuscripts for
ptbtoatton sstsA to hape rejected articles returned.
Trey rssst IN all casss ssnd stamps for that purpose.
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COMPTROLLER,

lhese ngures are less favorable 10 Republicans than
those given by most other papers. aud are ~purpvsely
taken for that reason. p.
NEW York, Nov. 4.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

RAnrs -Kiosque No. 10. near Grand Hotel, and
EIoequo No. 10, Boulevard des capucinea.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-05

Three Cts. LAIMBEER. SELIGsBERo, and
WEEKS. were elected to the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS on Bul.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
bay shore'. New Timc Card.

Tomorrow Il new time card Will go Into
effect on the Galveston. La Porte and
Houston railway. BY this change there will
be no difference In the ,imo Of trains ieav-
ing Houston, all of the changes being made
on northbound trains. The train which
leaves Galveston at present at 3 y. ia. viii
leave at l:20 p. m, arriving In Houston at
1905 y. m. The train which now leaves
Galveston at 6:l5 p. III. viii leave ut $3.50
j.. m. arriving in Houston at 1920 u. M.
BY this change persons Wishing to visit
Houston only for a few hours viii he ac-
commodated by taking the l 20 train. whiah
returning leaves Houston at 1880 p. m. The
train which arrives In Houston at 7:20 ,. m.
Will make connection with the oastbound
Southern Pacific train. which leaves at
z 30 d, IN,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
T IT TTTVWH gNTT7FTHTt WITTY
Opinion delivered January rs. 1897.


Circular No. I79 has been issued by the
Katy. calling the attention OF tho employees
to tho fact that trip passes win be limited
in the future. In issuing passes to EN-
asking for them. the number OF miles OF
transportation used In the preceding years
and tho standing or the employees VIII be
considered az a basis for allowing or refus-
ing them.
Another circular has been issued. In
which the employees of the Katy have been
notified that the law applicable 10 jumping
on and on moving trains, or Illegally riding
on trains. applies to employees OF the road
as well as TO outsiders. and will DO en-
forced. All employees caught breaking
tho law Will be reported.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
THE HOTELS.

$3.50 AND s3.o0
DAY. JAMES LAWLoR, Pro
kV0R.
|Shrsrt, Fort Worth; Mrs. j.. A.
|Sn Antonio; II. O.. Davidson, san
\ w. r. Wyse. Bryan; q. W. FL
|~Esmpstrad: George j. Dexter, AZ
|. A. Dailau. Calvert: j. Adams,
FH. A. Lewis, Calvert. II. IL,
4 Louis; ]. c. Oliver, w. u. Her.
n York; John c. Lewis, Austin;
knklin. Waco: Il. Smith, CaIfor-
L Vineyard, Eagle Lake: w. 5.
tLhs. s. r. Guy. Palestine; w.
eh, Waco; F. L. Chapman, Cuero.
lrsr, Victoria. j. II. Nancy and
(rn,on, n. j.: Thomas II. piclt-
IN York: c. r.. Wagstaff. Dallas:
Rlton, HalletsyIlle: A, NJ. Black
pxbeeck, John Y. Knight, Lou
No., George p. Xiess, Midway
b A. 7. Sampson Galveston j.
IN, Kansas City; w. h. Johnson.
bans; ]. W. Long, st. Louis: J..
~, St Louis; j. Il. Long, st.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30
To ncpnir submarinc Cable.

G. II. Bristol, assistant superintendent OF
construction of the Western Union Tole-
graph company, were In Houston yesterday.
They left last night for Galveston and will
make an examination and have repaired the
submarine cable at the dra wDiidgo Of the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe railway over
Galveston bay. which has gotten out OF re-
pair. They report the several lines in the
State In fine condition.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-01-30

Texas, January 29.-The sher-
~ feSas county made application
General Manager Polk of the
Na railroad pass this morning.
sVaha upon which the request was
NO strong to he resisted. The
wIite you for a pass over
.hlnk | can make it to the
my This - county is a great
uor train robbers and thieves
=. woli with a red tail, and be.
lour men and they are wolves
y, sas ana like We start this morn
: fellow We done caught him
~ MuIulls. So | trust you'll see
IN IS s, ,saa me the pass right away
palb H., .
N t x. saw the pint" and the