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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-04
BUSHNELL IS DENOUNCED.
Republicans, From His Home Threaten
to Withdraw From Inaugural Cere-
monies.

Republicans. From His Home Threaten
TO Withdraw From Inaugural Cere-
monies.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 3.--After a long
conference of the Hanna managers to-
night statement was issued in the ma
ture Of an argument why the Republi-
can legislature should elect Mr. Hanna.
kilograms from political organizations
throughout the State are telegraphing
Governor Bushnell, denouncing his
course in the senatorial fight and with
drawing from the inaugural ceremony.
Tonight a delegation Of $50 men from
Bushnell's home arrived carrying ban
ners condemnatory of the governor $
course.
BRICE'S DOODLE ADVICE.
Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 3.-At the head
quarters of 1.-THE combine" tonight the
workers were engaged in entertaining
the anti-Hanna Republican members.
OF the senatorial fight there were
many rumors about Hanna and Briee
pulling together for a gold standard
Senator, and Mclean and Bushnell
for a free silver Senator. There were
Democrats urging Mclean as "the COM
bine'candidate rather than Bushnell, Nc
Kisson or Kurtz, and Republicans were
favoring Brice rather than free silver
Republican. Ex-senator Brice, in re-
Spouse to inquiries telegraphed Demo
cratic members that the future and the
integrity of the party could be best
served by the Democratic members
voting for Democrat for Senator.
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NEGRO PRRsIpENT sHOT.
E. Triplett, of a Mississippi A. and NJ.
College, Probably Fatally Wounded.

Jackson, Miss, Jan. 3.--News has Just
been received from the Alcorn Agricul-
tural and Mechanical College for color
ed people, near Rodney, Miss, that the
president of the college, e. Triplett, was
shot and fatally wounded last evening at
six o'clock as he was ON his way to at
tend prayer-meeting. He was shot in
the back by an unknown assassin.
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The herald., 1898-11-09

Three weeksdrom next Monday will assemble The
session will last three months less day and will be
the most important short sessions in the
BUSY history of congress. In addition O ordi
CONGRESS nary business, there will be a vast amount
SESSION of work in the adjustment of matters re
ulting from the with SPAIN 1t will
be necessary for the the first place. consider the
agreement that may be made between the
Paris Present indications point stubborn opposition to
the ratification of the treaty provides of the
Philippine archipelago Several Republican known
to be opposed to such policy and three expressed
their views very emphatcaly As will require twohi1d
vote of the senate to rty the treaty. and there Re-
publican majority in that body it will be that and
protracted discussion is probable.
form government will have be devised Porto Rico
and Hawaii plan for the latter has been prepared by the
commission that Honolulu for the purpose but
there likely to be strong opposition features
Then, the Cuban question will up for settlement
safe guess that it will to be angle hard
The Nicaragua canal project will necessarily
siderable time particularly view of the complication caused
by the concession to the syndicate Fortunately there
great unanimity regardless of party lines in
OF the construction of the canal 1t understood that
president in his annual congress, will urge decisive
and immediate action relative the building of the
the government.
will be seen therefore, that unusually busy and i'm
The herald., 1898-11-09
Pierpont Morgan's Gift to Yachtsmer

The New York Yacht club held its final
meeting of the year at the Madison Avenue
club house Friday night, and Commodore
j. Pierpont Morgan presided. 1t proved to
be one of the most enthusiastic meetings
held for years, and in view of its antici-
pated importance there were nearly one
hundred yachtsmen present. Following the
routine business, which was quickly dis
posed of, the committee on site for a new
club house in the city made it's report. The
committee recommended either of two sites
situated in the new uptown club house dis
trict. The report being accepted and open
for discussion, Commodore Morgan electri-
fed his brother yachtsmen by saying that
if the club would prefer the larger site, he
would present the club with the land if a
house were built upon it. The muni6cent
offer was received with prolonged cheers,
and it is unnecessary to say that the gift
of land was accepted by a unanimous "aye."
New York Herald.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Short Stories Of the Day
One day, while Mark Twain and Charles
Dudley Warner were walking together they

One day, while Mark Twain and Charles
Dudley Warner were walking together they
happened to begin a
Mulberry discussion of the mod
Sellersv ern novel, and one or
the other suggested
that it might be a good plan to burlesque
it, says the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Later, while journeying together to Bos-
ton, this suggestion took definite shape and
on their return the work was begun, one
author writing a chapter, the other taking
up the thread of the story the next day and
both critically examining the result each
evening and asking the opinion Of their
wives at each stage of the undertaking..
Finally they collected all the manuscript,
of which there was too great quantity,
and Jointly condensed it. 1t was owing to
suggestion by Mr.. Warner that the chief
character in the tale was called Col. Eschol
Sellers, and it is fact that the man whose
name was taken-a man supposed to be
long dead-made fiery demand for satis-
faction, visiting Hartford for that purpose.
In later editions of the story the name
"Eschol was changed to Mulberry"
Here is story told of Robert Burns in
his youth, according to the Syracuse Stand
ard: Burns was liv-
Dinner for ing in the town of
Story Ayr, and, although
still young, had at
tanned to local reputation as a poet. One
day he was passing through the main street
of the town and saw two strangers sitting
in one of the inn windows. With idle Curl
osity he stopped to look at them. Seeing
4 IL - Ahck Ahx~ x,&s ,,,rht
afford them some amusement while wait
ing, the strangers called him to dine with
them. Burns readily accepted the invita-
ton and proved a merry, entertaining
guest.
When the dinner was nearly finished the
strangers suggested that each should try his
hand at verse making, and that the one who
failed to write rhyme should pay for the
dinner. They felt secure in the challenge,
believing that their rustic friend would pay
for the meal. The rhymes were written,
and Burns read the following: 81, Johnny
Peep, saw two sheep; two sheep saw me.
Half crown apiece will pay for their
fleece, and l, Johnny Peep, go free" The
strangers astonishment was great, and
they both exclaimed: "Who are you? You
must be Bobbie Burns"
O O O
A small Scotch boy was summoned to
give evidence against his father, who was
accused of making a
Tho Scotch disturbance in the
Witness street. Said the
bailie to him: "Come,
my wee man, speak the truth, an let us
hear all We ken about this affair"
"Weel, SIR" said the lad, "d'ye ken In
verness street,"
'I do ,laddie," replied the magistrate.
''Weel, We gang along it and turn into the
square and cross the square"
Eyes, yes" said the balie, encouragingly.
"And when We gang across the square We
turn to the right and 60 up the High street,
and keep up Hight street till We come to a
pump"
"Quite right, my lad; proceed" said the
magistrate. "I know the old pump we'll"
"Weel," said the boy, with the most in
fantile simplicity, "ye may gang and pump
it, for ye'll no pump me."-Albany Law
Journal.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Joseph Letters Treatise on Wheat

A few months ago and the world paid
Joseph Letter tribute as the wheat king of
the earth. He has repaid them by pro-
ducton from his pen written over his sig
nature and named "Wheat and Its Distri-
button"
This article, which appears in the Novem-
Der Cosmopolitan, is Mr.. Letters first ap-
pcarance in literature, but he handles the
pen with bold, firm hand that shows him
a man of resources. The former wheat
kings treatise is philosophical, historical
and suggestive of remedial legislation, cal
culated to benefit the farmer, the miller and
the banker-Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1898-11-09

Millions American voters deciding by ballot the most
momentous questions of government present interesting
spectacle for royaists to contemplate.
ELECTION There about fourteen million voters in
RETROSPECT the United States. A majority of this
number voted yesterday. From California
Maine everywhere except states that had already voted
ballots dropping into boxes noeessy the falling
flakes but potent in determining important issues And
that all ended exciting and its decisive fnaty
these millions of Americans satisfied with the verdict
taking the result good nauredy whatever it may be- is
spectacle that speaks eoqueny for popular and
for the soundness of our political institutions
In the early days of the republic the monarchs of Europe
wont rdce elective plan of choosing public officers
They had faith in what they called "the experiment repub
can 1t their belief that popular elections
would drift into corrupt scramble for Offices and that
eventually condition of anarchy would develop In fact
OF the elections when the republic young and little
steady its bearings gave for the ominous predc
tons of monarchss The dear old fathers of the republic
whose memory all love and sometimes dd poll
tics" in style that would astonish politicians of day.
1t unquestonabe that the ballot box is institution
in United States closing years the century, than
it before We make exception of period
ming clear back to the beginning of the Contem
porary history of olden time politics shows that it
cleaner say the least than the politics of this period And
in comparison with political methods Of say generation ago.
the improvement observable is beyond question.
This comparative publication of the baobox doubtless
due to the change that has occurred within recent PERIOD
the method of voting We probably puer politically
than ancestors The Australian ballot however, in
connection with general improvement in the voting SYSTEM
prevents in great the former opportunities for fraud
In these days hear the injunction voe early and
often The repeater" who in the good old times made
pocketfu of by aday job of voting entirely
known The baotbox will stand good deal of purca
ton yet doubt but is far less rank than not very
many years ago.
And after century of experiment of republican
government may proudly call the attention of
European friends to the spectacle yesterdays elections Prob
ob1v +bal
the complexion OF branch of the government of
many states counties cities and Everybody is
satisfied the campaign only memory and all
mnation.
The herald., 1898-11-09
I'M THE PUBLIC EYE

Professor Edgar w. Bass of the United
States military academy at West Point, who
has Just been retired, has held the chair OF
mathematics in that institute since 1878.
"Old Man Hearst" the veteran prospsctor,
who was Mark Twain's partner in the days
when the material for "Roughing 1t" was
gathered, is still miner, and is working a
claim near the Black range in New Mexico.
The recent political activity of Carl
Schurz recalls remark made thirty years
ago by George ID. Prentice: Personally,
Mr.. Schurz is an estimable gentleman, but
politically he is an Amsterdam, Rotterdam,
gotterdam fool" tmeALoo 10
A man named William Smith robbed the
railroad depot at Hunters Creek, Mich, Of
some express packages recently. The
agents name is Smith, as is that Of the ex-
press companys representative at that place.
The latter succeeded in running down the
culprit, who was brought before Judge
Smith of the circuit court and sentenced to
the penitentiary.
Miss Emily Vanderbilt Sloane, grand
daughter of the late w. H. Vanderbilt, and
John H. Hammond, son of the late General
John H. Hammond, whose engagement to
marry has just been announced ARE both al
TRUSTS, and the young lady, who is very
wealthy, has compiled several books devoted
to the furtherance of such ideas. Mr.. Ham
mond is successful New York lawyer.
Henry Zeigenhem, mayor of St. Louis, Is
an illiterate man, and proud of it. He got
his start in life as carpenter and builder,
and became president of bank He has
come to the front solely through force Of
character. Speaking of his lack of educa-
ton, he said: "I could hire plenty of men
to write speeches for me, but won't do it.
What 1 say comes from the heart, and
mean it. don't have to pay no money for
fine words"
The American Legion of Honor, which ID
composed exclusively of those to whom
medals have been awarded by congress for
saving persons from drowning and the perils
of the sea, has elected as honorary members
President Mckinley, because of his official
position, and King Leopold of Belgium, be-
cause he is the head of similar organization
in his own country Both of the new men,
bers have written letters of acceptance to
the Washington headquarters of the society.
The Workingmen's college, in Great Or.
mond street, London, which is to be en-
larged, was the scene OF some of Mr.. Rus.
kin's earliest efforts in the way of practical
art teachings. Subsequently, finding the
work too hard Mr.. Ruskin engaged an assist
ant, who took charge of the figure drawing
class. The assistant teacher, who main
tanned for some years his connection with
the college, was struggling young artist,
who was afterward to become famous -
Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
The herald., 1898-11-09
WHEN THE COWS COME HOME

"Clink, clink. cling-clink. a-clinkety-
Through the ragged brush Of the pasture
path,
And the "old boss" stops at the brook to
drink,
And tosses her head with jest Of wrath
With hoofs sunk deep in the brooks black
loan,
And muzzle deep in the lazy stream,
She waits for the laggard herd to come,
With ears that droop and eyes that
dream.
Her sleek sides bulge with contentedness,
And her udders drip with an overflow
That blotches with white the watercress
That says with the current to and fro.
The eddies whirl where her long tall filings
Its tufted end with listless toss,
And the gurgling water swings and sings
Like whirling wings in the brookside
moss.
AS the water clears of its muddy rile
And the old boss drinks, with nostrils
fiared,
The dusk, slow stealing mile on mile,
Grows dark where the deep woods stand
ensnared
In the east horizons farthrest rim,
And out of the twilights hazy height,
Where the Dog star loiters, white and dim.
Then, drowsily, with a soul-deep breath,
The old boss raises her head and sighs.
And, bright as a sword from its guarding
sheath,
The sunset CLEANS In her glowing eyes.
1t turns the bell at her throat to gold
And silvers the red in her silken coat,
And the tell-tale leaves of the year grown
old
Turn pale in the pods where they lie
af1oat.
Out OF the silence, shrill and high,
A voice of the farmyard quavers through
Come, boss! come, boss! come, boss!' its
cry,
And the old boss softly answers ''Moo!'
Only the call of the cow--that's all;
Only wistful moo, and yet
1t seems that I heard my childhood call
And the dusk Is here, and my eyes are
wet.
-R. c. R., In Chicago Times-Herald.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Learning Made Easy

"I don't know that there is much use of
my keeping my school open more than a
month or two each year." said the German
pedagogue.
"Why is that"
"Our emperor has simplifed matters to
such an extent that when you ask the name
of the worlds greatest poet, painter,
musician, general, traveller or monarch, there
is only one answer to all the questions. p
Washington Star
The herald., 1898-11-09
Reassuring Calmness In Stocks

If there is any connection between the
tranquility of the stock markets of the world
and the prospects of continued peace the in
dications are all in favor of peace. The
stock market refuses to take any notice
whatever of the alarming rumors of impend-
ing war which have been flying so thick and
fast during the week.-New York World.
The herald., 1898-11-09
The One Who Didn't Laugh

A little 3-year-old girl went to children's
party. On her return she said to her
parents:
cat the party little girl fell off a chair.
All the other girls laughed, but didn't"
"Well, why didn't you laugh?"
"'Cause l was the one that fell off,
Tit-Bits.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Difference in War Ministers

France seems to find it impossible to keep
a minister of war. But there ara worse
things than ministers of war who won't
stick; for instance, some ministers of war
who do stick. The United States could
give France some straight tips on this point.
Louisville CourierJ Journal
The herald., 1898-11-09
Harvest Time for Trusts

More trusts have been formed since Presi-
dent Mckinley was inaugurated than in five
years preceding his Inauguration, although
week after his Inauguration the supreme
court of the United States announced de-
cision that was broad enough to break down
every trust in the land, and was designed by
the court to bring about just that result.
That decision was against the Transmits
souri, Traffic association, an illegal combina-
tion of railroads west of the Missouri river
Columbus, O., Press-Post.
The herald., 1898-11-09
High Lights

The man who tries to satisfy everybody
doesn't even please himself.
The world expects widows to be resigned
and then talks about them if they are.
Crops are that part of vegetation which
always gets too much or too little rain.
The longer some people stay away the less
they have to tell when they get home.
A family in fashionable society often de-
pends on one man who hasn't time for any
society at all-Chicago Record
The herald., 1898-11-09
SPIRIT OF The PRESS
Observation-Disclosures
Divided Against Itself

The bitter hostility engendered in several
southern states by the unnecessary and
causeless fever panics, each state against its
neighbors, is something remarkable, but the
hate and mahgnity does not stop there. The
people of one community or neighborhood are
set against those of the others around them,
so that they are ready to kill each other in
their zeal to prevent communication. Some
of the most inhuman atrocities of which hu-
man nature is capable have been engendered
by these shotgun quarantines. A few more
seasons spent by the people of southern
states and communities in trying to destroy
each other will result in the destruction of
the entire business and prosperity of the
whole.-New Orleans Picayune.
The herald., 1898-11-09
QE5Yd1:Y..XY>N I'M IAY&SIZY&>

sat in the cafe after the eheater. You can't
tell anything about it"
"Oh, can't l? She wanted lobster and he
ordered couple OF ham sandwiches. They're
married all right enough" Detroit Free
Press.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Every Worker Needed Just Now

The collector of the port of New York is
actively engaged in partisan work at the
party headquarters, which amounts to a
pretty strong hint to his subordinates that
they will be expected to follow the example.
This is the first time in dozen years, it is
said, that the occupant of that office has
been seen hustling with party workers for
party success. Other cases of the kind are
reported from various parts of the country
as consequence of the word from the execu-
tive circle at Washington that officeholders
could participate in politics freely.-Spring-
field, Mass, Republican
The herald., 1898-11-09

poant session is assured the average business of
to make lively work during its brief
existence With extraordinary work cut out for the
coming session congress able enjoy the
tive luxury of the egh thour labor system
The herald., 1898-11-09
In the Fashion

Snipper-That Smuggns grabs everything
he lays his hands on.
Snapper-Sort OF an imperialist, eh?-Rox-
bury Gazette.
The herald., 1898-11-09
A Close Guess

Glow do you know that the young couple
opposite are married?" asked the man with
large business interests OF his wife as they
The herald., 1898-11-09
Before and After

Sngleton-Before she married you your
wife was always very pensive.
Benedick (sadly)-Yes, but she's ex-pen,
sive now.-Brooklyn Life.
The herald., 1898-11-09
Cause and Effect

A man of short stature gives as reason
for his stunted growth that he was brought
up as child on condensed milk.-New York
Observer,
The herald., 1898-11-09
The Real Ordeal

"I hear he refused to take chloroform
when he was operated on
eyes; said he'd rather take it when hs
paid his bill. Detroit Journal.
The herald., 1898-11-09
One Bad Effect

Tight lacing makes a spendthrift of .
woman. She waists her substance.-Nex
Orleans Picayune.
The herald., 1898-11-09

When at st. Louis last Monday his way home, Colonel
William j. Bryan refused be interviewed When asked why
he declined anything about the political situation he
replied: because have military ockjaw. Happily that
kind ockaw durable. 1t will have entirely disappeared
when the colonel marshas the Democratic hosts in 1900
The herald., 1898-11-09

Canadian manufacturers making bold strike for trade
in eastern Siberia believed that immense trade will
opened up tanssberan railway completed and
that event is line of steamships to catch this
trade will accordingly be established between Vancouver and
Nadvostock by the Canadian Pacific railway management
The herald., 1898-11-09

let the party managers from the Atlantic to the Pacific
the lakes to the gulf give their consciences
long much-needed The strain of continual lying
about majority claims is enough to impair casron
science.
The herald., 1898-11-09

That wandering board had reached Chicago at last
counts There mistake in the selection
there may judge from testimony given by Dr.
Schooer division surgeon who stationed at Camp
Thomas This witness said there scarcity of hospital
beds practically half nursing force sick in the
guard house for insubordination"
The herald., 1898-11-09

remarkable that presumably busy like President
Mckinley Coils Huntington should have enjoyed such
wealth of leisure Monday just before the election Mr.
Huntington called at the White and remained with the
president hour The great manate in reply to inquiry
said merely called his respects to the president 1t
more probable that the call related to something which Mr.
Huntington wishes avoid payment ofthe Central Pacihcs
debt To thep
The herald., 1898-11-09
WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER o, 1898.

No comprehensive of the results of yesterdays eec-
tons can be this hour but the indications strong
that Henry 7. Gage of Los Angeles will be
THE the next governor of California. The
RETURNS most remarkable surprise comes from San
Francisco, where it generally believed
that James G. Mcguire would substantial majority At
midnight returns in San Francisco showed:
Gage 1925,
Mcguire l46s9,
with over $4,000 votes still to be counted
The most hopeful sign for the union ticket in the for
the associate justices OF the court In 2S out OF 2O4
precincts Van Dyke leads with 6o37 votes Mcfarland SOL,
Conley 5747 and Van Fleet 5742.
The most interesting struggle yesterday to Caifornians
beyond the the election for the govenorhp of New
York The victory conceded to the intrepid soldier and
politician Colonel Theodore Roosevelt by about 10000
jority
The herald., 1898-11-09

feeding the hungry and clothing the naked Europe
on reasonable terms From port Philadelphia 25000000
bushels of wheat and have been shipped since the begin
ming of year. Meats and canned goods sending
abroad as never Our wool and clothing fabrics
familiar everywhere in Europe Under such conditions
fair share should tighten the burden of labor