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The evening times., 1899-12-25
aoEBEL,s CHANCES wAN1No.
The LegisIatuHe Not Likely to Sup
port His Contest.

VOEt ms OOntebts
LOUISVILLE. KY, Dec. 25.-Goebel and
Beckham, the defeated Democratic candi-
dates fer governor and lieutenant governor.
are as certain to be defeated in their con-
test before the legislature as they were at
the polls. Goebel has based his hopes in
the contest. on. the fact that the legisla-
ture has a Democratic majority of thirty
two on joint ballot, but 1t will be impossi-
BILE, to hold them together eon a strictly
partisan vote. In fact, it is now believed
that the anti-Goebel forces will be able to
organize both house and senate II necessa-
ry, though they are likely to divide on par
ty lines in this preliminary work.
The Senate has. thlrty-eight members.
and the Brown DeMdTafs claim that sew
en- senators out OF te twenty-six Demo-
Gratis have already declared themselves
against Goebei. making the senate tie.
with the casting vote in the hands OF the
Republican Lieutenant Governor. These
are Senators Hay, and Alexander. Of Louis
vile; Gillespie. Triplett, Roberts. Connel-
ly, and Crenshaw, most Of whom have de-
clared themselves in. print. In addition.
there are three senator's who have declined
to commit themselves on the matter, and
it is believed they will vote against Gcebel.
In the House tne sItuation is not much
better. There are ffty-nine Democrats
and forty-one Republican members, but
from ten to fifteen Democrats are said to
be opposed to Goebel, and it is known that
at least ten are already pledged. The
leader Of the anti-Goebel forces will be
Representative Orr. Of Owen county. as
sisted by Representative Grider. Of Bowl
ing Green. who was elected on platform
of opposition to Goebel.
To Offset the majority against him Goe-
bel has had contests instituted by eleven
defeated candidates for representative and
two candidates for senator. These depend
on partisan election board. but Governor
Taylor claims the constitutional right to
fill the two vacancies on the board left by
the designations Of Pryor and Ellis, and
former Governor Bradley maintains that
this position is correct. Mr.. Bradley will
manage the contest for the Republicans.
1t is believed the legislature will repeal
the Goebel law.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
A Big Glazing Contract.
(Eron, the London Daily NewsN

An important piece of work is in Of
completion at the Crystal Palace, in tbe reroofng
iron and glass structure. designed by Sir Joseph
Paxton to house the great exhibition of 1851.
was only intended for that temporary use, and
its reerection at Sydenham wholly after
Thought 1t is therefore, surprising that the roof
has lasted so long. Probably the will next
require attention. The work on the transept
along, now nearly completed, will use up a
hundred tons Of glass. and will cost about
sl2OOO The new roofs will be lighter than the
old and larger sheets of glass have been put in,
and without the of putty. Forty mine inches
was the extreme length 10 which glass manufac
turers could go when the Crystal Palace
originally built, but it is said that there
is practically no limit. The total area Of the
glass in these roofs is nearly fifteen acres. The
work is not little difficult and delicate, having
to be done at height of about leo feet from the
floor leyel.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
STEAMERS IN COLLISION.
The Tainui and Gulf of Ancud Crash
mt GreenOck.

LONDON, Dec. PA report reached
here this evening from Greenock, Scotland,
that the Anchor liner Tainui had collided
in the Clyde with the British steamer Gulf
OF Ancud, and had been sunk. The Gulf
of Ancud, according to the despatch, was
then returning to make repairs.
Subsequently the rumor was found to be
partially incorrect. as the Tainui proceeded
10 Glasgow after the collision. The extent
OF the damage she sustained is not known.
Word came that one of her sailors was
drowned.
The Tainui sailed from New York on De-
cember 13 for Glasgow. touching at Neville
yesterday, and proceeded for her destina-
ton. She carries a number of passengers,
among them Mrs. Graves COLES. Mrs. Ar
chibald Smith, Mrs. Russell p. Jacoby and
infant. Mrs. John Wilson, Miss Veronica.
Miss McNeilly. DR.. Mary Lougdore and
William l.. Beunie.
The evening times., 1899-12-25

tion. They make themselves into ma
chimes. and by long practice become ex-
traordinarily efficient in their particular
line of work. Then there is a mechanical
improvement which makes their work un-
necessary, because the inapimate object
can operate with more precision than any
human hand. This throws these men out
OF employment. and a certain number of
them are always too old or too unambitious
to learn to do anything else. The result
is the tramp. the dependent. and the pau
per; sometimes the criminal. 1t is not
pertinent to point out the fact that a man
ought TO have strength of will enough not
to become a drunkard or suicide in these
circumstances. One may do that in the.
case of one individual man, but there is
always certain percentage of men who
have not that strength of will which en-
ables them to resist evil influences, and
desirable that this. percentage be kept as
small as possible. 1t is smaller now than
II was two hundred years ago: there is not
SO large criminal population; people in
general have a more. enlightened sense of
right and wrong. Nobody will claim that
it would be better TO go back to the old
conditions. '--.
The duty Of every enlightened man. there
fore, is to try to see what the best social
economy is; how one may best utilize the
full strength of the people. Is 1t best to
develop man all on one side for the pur-
pose of getting the greatest possible amount
Of work out OF him in his own particular
line, or should one advocate an all-round
training which will make men rather than
machines? As the world progresses, there
must be some lives sacrificed to the neces-
sity of getting certain work done quickly.
II bridge is to be built or a road made.
ii will be necessary to employ men of great
physical strength. who are laborers and
nothing else; il great publishing
business is to be carried on, there
must be men who make of them
selves machines for the printing of
books. These, are temporary expedien;s.
But, other things being equal, the intelli-
gent man Will always do better work than
the ignorant laborer; he is better able to
meet emergencies, and machinery will
never be so perfected that all emergencies
will b. avoided.~ In the old system of WORK,
a man was obliged TO be journeyman at
several trades, whsther he liked it or not.
Nowadays he need only know one thor
oughly; he can exchange his labor fo-
that of Oilers But with the improvement
of machinery will come, in time, shorter
working thbufs: With these will come leis-
ure; and in this leisure time the working
man may study anything for which he has
a taste. Thus the new economy must, In
time. prove better than the old. and the
all-round dsvslopment of the man will
come, not by force, but by the mans own
wish. And that will be real progress.
The evening times., 1899-12-25

While other London dailies printed col
umns anent the death of the late Duke OF
Westminster. the Pail Mall Gazette" be-
longing to William Waldorf Astor was si-
lent on the subject. Astor, it will be re-
membered, bought his splendid palace,
Ciiyeden, from the Duke, and London
despatch says that it was an open Sc
cret that at the time of the pur-
chase there was misunderstanding
which caused the Duke TO entertain cer-
tain opinions with regard to the manner in
which Mr.. ,Astor had acted" AS there is
nothing in this world that could cause Mr.
Astor such misery as to be disliked by
Duke, except TO be despised by royal per-
son. his grief on hearing of Westminster's
demise must have been too poignant for ut
terance in his organ.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
LEADERS TO MAKE SPEECHES.
Coming Opening of a Bryan Cam.
paiEn In Omaha on January =.

OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 25.-The Jacksonian
Club will open the Bryan campaign here
with banquet on January s. There will
be present at the banquet w. J. Bryan,
former Governor Hogg of Texas Repre-
sentative E. W. Carmack of Tennessee.
David overmyer of Kansas, Carter Harri-
son of Chicago, John p. Altgeld OF Illinois.
Champ Clark and former Governor Stone
of Missouri. Representative Towne, Sena-
tor William V. Allen of Nebraska, Henry
Watterson of Kentucky, and other orators.
Mr.. Bryan will speak on The Nation"
and his friends understand that the effort
will be an arraignment of the Administra-
tiou's expansion policy. Carter Harrison
will respond 10 the toast. THE Man of the
Hour" Mr.. Hogg will speak on the Hope
OF the Democracy This will be laudation
of Bryan and notice to all that he is a
candidate. Messrs Stone and Champ Clark
OF Missouri will both speak. but their sub
ieCts have not been selected.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
Admiral Kennedy. sarca.m.

(from tne LOnuoh Leauef.J
Times have changed in the navy. Admiral Sir
William Kennedy. who presided at Tuesdays din
ner of the Royal Navy Club. tells a good story
about a ship of which he had command some
sixteen years ago. After carefully overhauling
the vessel in question he came to the conclusion,
to employ his own words, that she was ''neither
fit to fight nor to run away" Fungus grew on
her hull so thickly that in fit of desperation
he collected lot of it and sent it to the
Lords of the Admiralty. with the remark that he
had reason 10 believe that 1t was Of harmless
nature, and was not recommended as an article
OF food. Their lordships promptly superseded him
and appointed him to another snip, out asaSIi,
to put the case in his own language, this ship,
could not steer"
The evening times., 1899-12-25
An Omen of Danger.
From the Atlanta Constitution.)

There is but one 3ugury Of evil in sight, and
that is the enormous overcapitalization Of the
trust companies that have been formed. These
present 20 the axe of the gold standard vast
broadside OF wind and paper. folly and credulity,
and when the paper bubble bursts there will be
hurrying 10 and fro. and loud walls from those
who have been induced to invest in wind. 1t
is this event that is most TO be feared, for when
the wind and paper trusts begin to explode the
spectacle will create CONSERVATION even among
those who have nothing to lose, and this means
loss Of confidence and the restoration of condi-
tions that neither happy nor desirable.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
NEW STRIKE IN THE ISABELLA.
A New Yorker Has n VeritabIe 10.
nnnzn mt Cripple Creek.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Dec. 25.-
The new vein just opened in the eleventh
level of the Isabella gold mine bids fair
to produce greater returns than have yet
been obtained from this record breaking
property. y.
President Nelson B. Williams, of the
Isabella Company. is native of New
York Two years ago, in taking the man
agement, he found worked-out mine.
Though ''tenderfoot," he has made Grip
Pile Creek famous through the Isabella.
His opponents accuse him of bearing the
stock by ultra-conservative statements.
Ninety-five per cent of the stock is held
closely. 1t is now 142 1-2 and many claim
that but for the management it would be
more than 50 a share.
The evening times., 1899-12-25

President Kruger is fond of finding a
parallelism. between the present South
African war and the'American Revolution.
Without discussing his general proposition,
We wish 20 remind him that in one re-
spect the TWO struggles appear very much
unlike. Dom Paul probably never heard OF
the Continental shinplaster currency that
formed the treasure OF the colonists. II
was all they had. and it was worth about
SO much a pound ayoirdupois. Kruger, on
the other hand, is in possession of the
johannesburg mines, which are probably
netting him something like five milion
dollars a month. The fact that they be-
long 10 foreign corporations is not worry
ing him in the least. He has al the coin
he needs from day to Cay to keep up the
war, and have plenty left for himself-a
precaution he never was known 10 miss in
any connection.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
A Thieft cievernes~.
From, the London Clobe.l \

We do not remember to have seen for long
time a more curious, case of thief's cleverness
than that which wac Recorded at Clerkenwell yes
was convicted of burglary in a jewelers. shop,
managed to conceal .nwol diamond rings in spite
Of the most thorough seasch by the police, and
contrived to pass one Of them away to his wife
when he was in the cells putting it into her
mouth by means of his tot1gue when kissing her. -
The other he kept q der kis tongee all the time
he was under arrest. and Il would probably never
have been found At ~ ithis companion had not
exposed him in coust ,a4d so INDUCED the Judge
to order a careful Inspection Of his mouth.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
The sirdnr's Gift to the Queen.
fEra,,, tho Toodor Natl

The white Arabian which Lord Kitchener is
sending home as a present to Her Majesty is ex-
pected TO reach London within the next few DAYS
on board the British India Company's steamer
Duke Of Argyll. Captain Nicholas Of the royal
to receive the animal and have it carefully looked
after at the royal stables. Recently Her Majesty
lost a favorite donkey at Windsor. and It Is
probable that Lord Kitchener's present will ulti.
inately find its way to the Castle niewS
The evening times., 1899-12-25
A FAMILY BURNED TO DEATH.
Suspicions of Murder and Suicide by
Father.

CHILLlCOTHE, Mo-, Dec. 25.-The
charred bodies Of William J. Thomas. a
farmer, and his three children were found
in the ashes Of their home. eleven miles
southwest Of this place yesterday morning.
The supposition is that Thomas murde- ed
the children and then set fire TO the house
and took his own life.
A year ago Thomas wife committed
suicide by taking poison. Thomas fire.
quently told his neighbors that his wife. on
her deathbed exacted promise from him
that he would make away with the chill
dren and himself and follow her. Tie deal
are: William Thomas. aged fifty five; Edna
Thomas, aged ten years; David Thomas,
fourteen year, and John Thomas, eighteen
wears.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
Changed His Mind.
(From Pick-Me-Up.)

VffOnf
81 am sorry you leaving your nice house."
said one city man to another. 81 hope you are
not going entirely out of the neighborhoodf''
No." returned his friend 1--WE were going to
leave this quarter, but events have altered cases,
and We shall stay at least for little time
Some particular eventY
ssYes the girl next door h3s had to stop play
ing the the piano to read the war news to her
rn>dfstkaaO
The evening times., 1899-12-25
His Experience Told.
From the Chicago Daily News. J

(From the Chicago Daily Ncws.)
Mrs. Platt (angrily)-Oh, you think you know
q lot don't y0ui -
Mr. Platt (calmly)-Well. vught TO. my dear.
I've been in the real estate business nearly thirty
years.
The evening times., 1899-12-25
whv He,Forrof.
frrom the cbieara chrsuicle, !,

From the Chicago chruuiclc.)
'Mr-Mr-I beg pardon. Apt your name has
slipped my mind for the rnomcnt.@
MY name is Eals.' =
$50 it is No wonder it slipped my mind. Mr..
Eals, this is my friend, Mr.. Sipea-"
The evening times., 1899-12-25
A Sad Predicnnnent.
(From the Detroit Free /

(From the Detroit Free Press.)
Would you give any birthday presents to
Cousin Janei''
'Why not?''
well. she won't like it If We do, and she
won't like It il We don't"
The evening times., 1899-12-25
Slight Provocntfon.

(From the Chicago Daily News.)
Clara-Did you notice th.t fne-looking gen.
tleman turn and look back at me after he had
passed?
Maude-Yes Isn't it queer how little it takes
to turn mans head2
The evening times., 1899-12-25
A welcome Infirmfty.

(From the Detroit Free Press)
''What a popular chaperon Mrs. Courtney
Dobbs isl"
'Ycs; she is a trife deaf"
The evening times., 1899-12-25
CURRENT HuMoR.
A Natural Inference.

(FIom Harper's Bazar-)
Mrs McPhidgct--who wrote the song, There's
Only One Girl in the World for Me?'
Mr.. McPhidget-Adam, l guess.
The evening times., 1899-12-25

The Advertisers Guarantee Company, of Chi
cago, hereby certifes that IL has. by Its expert
examiners, proven and attested the circulation OF
THE TINES Of Washington. ID. c. The daily
sverage-PAID circ,ilation for the month Of Novem-
Der. 1899, i0.06S copies.
This is guaranteed to the advertisers OF the
Deposit Company OF Maryland, deposited with the
Northwestern National Bank of Chicago.
ADVERTISERS GUARANTEE COMPANY,
By J. r. MASON. President
The evening times., 1899-12-25

saddler has succeeded in growing fine crop OF
peas from seed found in a tomb of an ancient
Egyptian king. MT. Stewart got the peas from
Glasgow friend Of his who has in Egypt, by
whom they forwarded to Glasgow. and the
seed is estimated TO have been 2.UU or 5000 years
old The peas were sown in open ground. and
the plants have grown up strong and vigorous TO
a height of about six feet. They possess certain
characteristics The flower OF the ancient Egypt
ian variety has beautiful red centre, surrounded
by white corona, and is handsome. The pods
average from two TO three inches in length by
one-half inch in breadth, and the peas said
to be Of excellent flavor.
Theatres and places of amusement in London
are deeply affected by the war. and few people
are having country house parties There will be
few country balls this year; indeed the winter is
sure to be very quiet one, for every one known
has a near relative out in Africa. Peers on the
stage have been cOmmontr in history than peers
in the editors room. but Lady Randolph Church
i'll, whose second number Of the .Apglo-Saxon
has lust successfully come ont. has had Illus
trous predecessors. julius Caesar was an editor.
and he was his own war correspondent also, thus
doing away with press censor. King Alfred.
who's millennium will soon be celebrated was 4
contributor to the "Anglo-SlNon Chronicle a
journal Of wide circulation, but now defunct, and
had his manuscripts rejected.
Big guns now being put in place for the pro-
lection of the sea coast cost large sum some
interesting figures tins su6iee; nave Just been
submitted to General Wilson, and will he sent by
him to Congress. says the Scientific American"
With its disappearing carriage .twelysin inch
brcech-oading rife costs Sl4l, eco; tcn-ineh-
9.25O, and eigh.-nch, 1000. Modern high
power guns cost Immense sum of money, and
the cost OF firing them is proportionatejs.- as
great. The report Of experts who have Inspected
these guns and the devices for firing tnTYnIrn
securing accurate aim show that there. ~ IN.
immense saving effected by having modern range
and position finding apparatus. One, 81 Hhssff
ports made by expert stated that the ae-
moralizing effect OF hi, as compared to;a miss
cannot he reduced to money value, but it costs
big money to shoe; a big gun and then mss the
mark. Take for instance twelve-inch gun. To
miss the mark is simply TO throw away $56l.I0.
With the ter-inch gun the loss is S322. 10, and
with the eiSht-inch rifle it is S16i-65.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05

But in Germany the State owns eleven -twelfths
OF its railways, and in Russia the State has
purchased or constructed two-thirds, whereas
in France the Republic owns only $500 kilo-
metres out OF total OF ~. 100. The principal
proprietors Of French railways are Germans OF
Frankfort, n circumstance which M. Drumont
declares prejudicial to the interests OF the ma
tiOnal defence.
Judged 10y the tonnage OF her merchant navy
France occupied the sixth place among Euro
pean nations twenty-five years ago. Since then
Germany has Increased her tonnage by lJ7 per
cent, whereas France augmented hers by only
~ per cent and AT present the tori age Of Brit
sh mercantile shipping is 1,1J0OOO tons. that
OF Germany 1,2OO,OOO tons. and hat Of France,
who Is still behind Norway amounts to no more
than J9OOO tons. The falling of in the COM
merco and Industry Is said to be equally alarm
ing by Nj. Drumont Hho suffers from periodic
attacks of patriotic pessmism. like most proml-
nent anti Semites.
Germany has taken our place in the COM
MERGE OF the world" is his melancholy sum
ming UP OF the statistical returns. The proof
or this alarming statement ne finds I'm the cir
cumstance that from 1873 TO 1897 Germany's
exports to foreign countries increased by nearly
f52 900 O00-that is 10 say at the rate OF over
al per cent-whercas Frances exports not
only did not increase at all. but actually fell
or by about tl1.OOO.O0O or per cent. These
figures. remarks the anti-Jewish agitator. mako
the French reader rub his eyes ard fee rs If he
were about to suf r attack Of migraine
Tho most terrible thing about il all, he fur
Their observes, is not that Frances expenses 60
on increasing. that Ter people have the heaviest
budget In the world and the largest national
debt In the universe. No: il Is to note that all
the sacrifices made for the grandeur Of the ma
ton horribly unprOductye. lamentably bar
rem. Germany. England. tie United States, all
spend money well as We. but the sums which
these peoples give to their respective Govern
, mcnts produ tive seeds, which bring in
magnificent harvest OF forces and riches. Our
money. on the contrary. drops into bottom
, less abyss our railways owned by Ger
/ mans. possess neither a military nor a mer-
chant navy, our industry is lanGuishing and
cur commerce dying We exist for the universe
only. thanks TO Paris-to that Paris which the
/ Tartu1es of both continents call Babylon the
{ Infamous. and u which they come from time
to time to hide their excesses"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
PRESIDENT FAURE'S GIFTS.

Paris correspondence Of The London Globe
To wind up with word about the president
Of the Republic II appears that NJ mas wan
ness Tor breastpips They are his favoriic Sllls.
His predeccssors the Kings Of France We're
wont to make use Of snuifboXes. more or JOSS
enriched with precious stones as presents ~
those who had rendered services 10 tnein, bul
snufboXes are now out If fashion. ana some
other object has had To he found To rcpiacc
them NJ Felix Faurc mas searched ana iouhd
il. II is the breastpin He has just made dls-
trihutiou OF these little jewels. To whom TO
his bicycliStS. YES. to his bicyrliStS-thal IS /"
saw to his inspectors of police. wh" ptuai ii
front and pedal behind him whenever ne goes
ont The, President saw that II was hard Work
TO accompany him al all times. and 10 reward
them for their vigilance. rapldity ana dlscfe-
ton M, gave each of them = breastpin IN god
and enamel. forming the thrc" Colors. rcd whit,
and blue The inspectors We're highly pleased
and honorcd by this delicate attention OF 'he
Triret MAGISTRATE. of France and when they go
out to accompany him they do not fail To- wear
the precious gift
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-05
THE FIRST HORSELESS CARRIAGE.
yAucANsoN INVENTED IT ONE w.NpHrp AND

FIFTY YEARS 400.
From The London Chronicle
- further proof were needed Of the fictum
that, there il no new thing under the sun. II
has Z .,u supplied by an article IN the Revue
Sci.ntinaue" which traces the invention Of the
autocar to the ingenious mechanician, Naucan-
son lust one hundred and fifty years ago. In
Il memorandum recently brought to light. II IS
recorded that NaGcanSon was hCroreG in ll4o
NV a visit from Louis XIV for the purpose Of in
snecting marvellous carrisEe that ran without
the aud ~ a horse or any visible means OF pro-
pulsipn Two persons took their seats in the
vnhicl. which seems TO have been as gorgeous
as n Shorifs carriage. and were driven round
th, COURTYARD to the satisfaction of His Majesty
and Of the Duo de MOrtemart NJ de lAuZun,
NJ d'Avazac. and other members OF his suite
Tut though a promise was secured or royal
patronagp the Academy of Sciences declared
that such Il conveyance could not De- tolerated
i'm TIN. str.rt-. and the scheme was nipped in
III bud The motive power was supplied by
hue,. clock spring that only snort journey
was possible. but the gear seems 10 nave closely
r..s,mblcd that Of the hors"less carriages OF 10
day