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METEORS WERE SCARCE
FEW SEEN YESTERDAY MORNING IN
EUROPE OR AMERICA.
In Russia. However, the Display of
LeOnids Caused a Panic-Observa-
lions from a BALLOON.

LONDON. Nov ia balloon with Mr..
Percival Spencer, the aeronaut, the Rev.
7. B. Bacon and Miss Bacon assembled at
O'Clock Yesterday morning from Newbury,
BERKSHIRE. for the purpose Of observing the
leonid shower, descending near Meath,
south Wales, this afternoon. The observ-
ers saw only five meteors. but were near
enough to catch some OF the merry Vapor
by special apparatus. They were Obliged
to make a sudden descent, as the balloon
was drifting towards the sea. AS result
Mr.. Bacon was badly shaken and his daugh-
ter's arm was fractured.
few Leonids were seen from the Green
witch observatory, although no photographs
were secured, and few also were observed
at Romsey Hampshire. and from the Trep-
tow observatory. None, however, seem to
have been seen elsewhere, and, generally
speaking the European observations proved
a failure.
In Russia the Leonid displays caused
panic in many places. 1t was believed that
the end of the world had come. Churches
were open all night and hundreds OF thous-
ands spent three nights in the open air,
fearing earthquakes and a general cata-
clysm. There are even rumors that in some
villages Russian parents murdered their
children to save them from a worse fate.
There was rather a brilliant display be-
tween 2 and clock Thursday morning in
Berlin.
VIENNA, Nov. 16.-Dr. Wiess, director of
the Vienna Observatory, who headed a
scientific expedition to Delhi, India, to OBJ
serve the leOnids, cabed this morning that
they had not yet appeared.
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WORK GOES ON SLOWLY
CANVASS OF KENTUCKY ELECTION
RETURNS is BITTERLY Contested.
DebOe Insists Taylor Is Elected and
Shall BE Seated--GOv. Bradley Has
Both Parties Guessing.

LOUISVILLE, KY, Nov. r.-The work Of
tabulating the election returns in Louisville
is progressing so slowly that 1T is hardly
probable that all of the precincts of the city
will be counted before next Tuesday or
Wednesday. Numerous wrangles occur daily
at the sessions of the Board of Election
Commissioners, which delays the progress
Of the count The Democrats have given no.
tice that they will contest the votes in sew
eral precincts on account of the fact that
the Democratic officers of the princints
we'll as Democratic voters had been intimi-
dated by soldiers. When the vote of the
Twentieth precinct of the Ninth ward was
reached by the commissioners to-day ii was
found there was no complete record of the
vote. Judge Hargis, Democratic counsel.
said that he would produce afti-
davits to prove that the Democratic
frightened from the voting place by
the report that Governor Bradley's soldiers
were coming. On this account they had
been unable to make out the returns.
Mr.. Kinkead, for the Republicans, said
that he would produce evidence 10 show
that the soldiers were never with In mile
of precinct and that the Democrats had
other reasons for not signing the returns.
The board voted TO pass the precinct until
lat
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Held Up I'm the Tele IRA phic Office.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Secretary Will
son is investigating the complaint of the
New York Cotton Exchange that the special
cotton-crop report issued on Tuesday was
in the hands Of private firms before it
reached the exchange. The secretary HIM
self was absent at the Cabinet meeting
when the report was issued, and he there
fore has no personal knowledge of the oc-
currence. Superintendent Hyde, of the
statistical division, stated that the regular
telegraph summary Of the report was sent
as usual on Nov. 10. A few days later the
department filed supplemental report on
the total crop estimate. This was filed with
the two telegraph companies. Almost three
hours later, the secretary of the Cotton EX-
change says, 1t reached New York. One Of
the telegraph companies here reported that
it was offered to New York Immediately,
but, 1t being unable to secure a supple
mental report, New York refused to take it.
Meanwhile the correspondent of one of the
financial news agencies heard of the report
and telegraphed the substance of it to his
paper.
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WILL MAKE NO RECOMMENDATIONS.
President Has Decided to Let the
Cuban Franchise Law Alone.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-After careful
consideration of the subject the President
has decided to make no recommendations
to Congress at the approaching session
touching the repeal Of the legislation which
has prevented the granting of any fran
chses in Cuba. The administration has be-
come convinced that much serious harm has
been worked to the best interests of the
island by this legislation, and the attempts
of the government of the United States to
forward the development Of the industries
of Cuba and advance the condition of the
people have been greatly hampered by the
inhibition which prevents the building of
railroads or wharves, the construction of
bridges, of trolley loads, of water and sewer
conveniences and of all that class of semi
public works which give employment to
operation. The attitude of the administers
ton officials in refusing to approve the
numerous applications for franchises which
have been made has exposed them to severe
criticisms based on the presumption that
they were clothed with discretionary pow
ers in passing upon them. This has been
ban cable and telegraph system, a problem
which confronted Secretary Alger soon
after the adjournment of the Congress
which passed the Foraker resolution pro-
hibiting the granting of franchises in Cuba.
The secretary was fully disposed to allow
competition in that line, but his attention
having been drawn to the expressed intent
of Congress, the matter, after being dis
cussed In the Cabinet, was referred to the
attorney general for his opinion. That Off
cial at once decided that there was
gress, and therefore the President felt
obliged to refuse to allow any competition
in telegraphs and cables which involved the
extension Of granted right to the competing
parties, and directed Secretary Alger to
abide by that decision. His action in the
matter, being of a negative character, was
accepted by Secretary Root as binding, al
though he took the precaution himself of
scanning the law and ascertaining that no
official of the administration had authority
to do what the attorney general had held
to be in violation of the act of Congress.
1t appears that these facts must be laid
before Congress at the approaching ses-
sion, though it is certain that the Presi-
dent and Secretary Root will not feel 1T
incumbent to do more than to let the facts
speak for themselves, and will refrain from
making any recommendations on the SUBJ
tect
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ties and also LOO votes cast in Nelson
for W. +. instead OF W. s. Taylor. 1t is said
four Democratic members of the House
and at least six Democratic senators have
been found so far who will not vote to
seat Goebel This movement on Taylor's
side is construed to indicate the opinion
that Goebel will be given certificate of
election from the state board. The story
that Goebel has decided to abandon the
fight and to enter fight against Black
burn for senator is pronounced absurd by
friends of both and is laughed at by both
Goebe and Blackburn.
Secretary Of State Dingley has received
official returns from fifty counties and is
tabulating them for the state election
board. Candidates for minor state offices
on both tickets fear the returns may show
the head of one ticket elected with candi-
dates on the other ticket faring likewise.
While Goebel carries Campbell county,
Burke (RepD, for superintendent of public
instruction, carries the same by over 1000.
Goebel men assert that the whole Goebel
ticket will win. The report to-day that
Chairman Pryor, of the state election COM
mission, would resign because of dissatis-
faction over the Goebel county commission
ers, is denied by Pryor.
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GOEBEL SHALL NOT USURP 1T.
Senator DebOe's Declaration Regard
ing the GevernOrship.

FRANKFORT, Ky, Nov. Ex-senator De-
Doe arrived tonight and Is looking after
some of Taylor's interests. In an interview
he said: Taylor has been elected and he
will be seated. The people will stand no
usurpation from the state election board
or anybody else. / don't think the board
will have the audacity to issue Goebel a
certificate OF election, but IL il does the
people will not submit TO him and Taylor
will be seated
Governor Bradley has the members of
both parties guessing what hand he will
take in the event of a collision between
GOebel and Taylor over the governorship.
BradIey's close friends say he will not rec
ognize Goebel as Governor If the state
board goes behind the original returns In
order TO obtain for him a certificate OF
election. The Governor will not talk. but
as he is in conference with Adjutant Gen
eral Collier almost constantly, rumors OF
this kind are worrying the Democratic
leaders. No Governor will be inaugurated
Dec. II. the date prescribed by law. The
state election commission has not been con-
vened TO canvass the returns. The law pro-
vides that IL must meet not later than
Dec. 4.
Taylor's friends have begun a quiet can
vass OF the members OF the Legislature
sounding them as 10 how they would vote
on a contest should the state election board
throw out Knox. Johnson or Pulaski coun-
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CHICAGO, Nov 16.-The steamer Cones
toga, Of the Anchor line, sank at the mouth
of the harbor early this morning. after hav-
ing race for. life. The steamboat, bound
into Chicago from Buffalo. in the dense fog
that hung over Lake Michigan, ran into the
halfway crib. mile and a half out, and
great hole was stove in the bow. The
steamer commenced to fill with water fast,
and there was disposition to rush for the
boats: But the captain gave orders to turn
on all steam and make quick run for the
h2rbor. and commanded the men to stand
at their posts. This was done. The Cones
toga lies easily, in twenty-three feet of
water, and unless severe storm arises will
probably be saved. The steamer carried a
heavy deck load of freight, and this is prac-
tically unchanged. Divers were put to work
to-day repairing the big hole in her bow
caused by the collision
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MR.. THURSTON'S POEM.
He Says 1t Was Not Written to Miss
Pearman, His Fiancee.

WASHINGTON. Now Ex-senator Thurs
ton said tonight that his poem, 1.-The
White Rose" was not written to his
fiancee. Miss Pearman, but was penned by
MIN nearly thirty years ago. The verses
follow:
1 said to the rose, "Oh! rose. sweet rose,
Will you lie on my heart tonight:
VIII you nestle there with your perfume
rare
And your petals pure and whittier"
/ said to the rose "Oh, rose, sweet rose,
Will you thrill to my very sigh,
Tho your life eXhale in the morning pale
And you will wither and fade and die 30
/ said to the rose, "Oh! rose sweet rose.
VIII you throb with my every breath:
Will you give me the bliss of the passion
ate kiss,
Albeit the end Is death?''
The white rose lifted her stately head
And answered me fair and true;
81 am happy and blest TO lie on your breast
For the woman who gave me TO YOU"
The poem was first recited in public by
the senator at a dinner given to him by
some friends at the Union League Club. at
Philadelphia. The senator recited il over
the walnuts and wine. and he did not be-
lieve ii would ever be made public. Since
its first publication more than twenty-seven
PAROLES have been written upon IT, II
was used in Nebraska during the campaign
in parodied form.
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KNIGHTS OF LEB0R


BOSTON, Nov. Ito those outside the
order the business done by the General As
sembly Of the Knights Of Labor to-day was
of little interest. 1t chiefly dealt with rou-
tine matters leading up to the introduction
of new themes tomorrow. The city ex-
tended courtesies to the visiting delegates.
Mayor Quincy furnishing the city's harbor
steamer, the J. Putnam Bradlee. in the
morning for a trip down the harbor and
visits to the institutions on the islands.
On returning the Bradlee passed near the
battleship Texas. which the delegates
cheered, the tars on her returning the
greetings. The assembly met in the after
noon at Faneuil Hall. General Worthy
Foreman j. d. Chamberlain, OF Colorado.
took the place Of General Master Workman
John n. Parsons. of New York, who was
indispoSed, as presiding officer.
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banks, reporting 1898. 766: June 80 1899, O. 732
banks, reporting H. 636 The estimated
grand total for the year 1899, based on banks
banks obtained from tax returns to the
commissioner OF internal revenue, shows
il l5S S94 deposit accounts in - o4 banks
rowers for the use of the greater proper
ton of the deposits of banks, and, while the
number of individual borrowers is increas-
ing. the depositors greatly outnumber the
borrowers, and the Increase in the number
of borrowers is much less than the increase
liz the number of depositors. as Indicated
by the rate of increase in the number OF
loans. estimated as follows: July IL, 1889,
1903 banks, reporting 2,1sS541; July Is, 1894,
9.7S2 banks, reporting 3.sil ,ss4. The esti,
mated grand total for the year 1899. based
on banks reporting and statistics as 10 nom
reporting banks obtained from tax returns
TO the commissioner of internal revenue
shows 5,067, 252 loans in u s0i banks.
Third-That. the growth of the banking
systems IL being characterized by gradual
~ lessening rate of interest charged on
loans.
Fourth-That a gradually lessening rate
of interest is being paid upon deposits.
F1fth-That, considering the large Client
age of national and savings banks, the
average deposit of the individual or cor
poration is slowly increasing.
Sixth-That the average size of the loans
at classes of banks considered has not
varied much in the last decade.
Seventh-That the growth in the aggre-
gate of individual deposits has been as fol-
lows: July II. 1889, 1903 banks, reporting
50. 716 40 402 July Is. 1884. 95OS banks, report
ing $3.50, 2l5. S02; June 80, 1899, 9,7S2 banks,
reporting 81, 76S, 65S, 36l. The estimated grand
total for the year 1899, based on banks re-
porting and statistics 10 nonreporting
banks obtained by tax returns to the COM
missioner of internal revenue, is fob s04, 36l
in l., S0i banks
Eighth-That the growth in aggregate
loans has been as follows: July II, 1889,
I,2o3 banks, reporting $S,475,272 ,262; July IS
1894, 9.50S banks, reporting A,0S3, 069 AZ;
June 80, 1899. 9,732 banks, reporting $780,
$3.50. The estimated grand total for the
year 1899, based on banks reporting and
statistics as to nonreporting banks obtained
from tax returns to the commissioner OF
internal revenue, is S5,751, 1910 in 12,&4
banks
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BOSTON Fight Not Yet Ended.

BOSTON. Nov. 16.-The great fight for
the Democratic mayoralty nomination, be-
gun weeks ago. and which was thought to
have ended in last nights caucuses by an
apparent victory of Gen. p. a. Collins over
Hon. John r. Murphy, is not ended.
Friends OF the defeated candidate are al
ready preparing petitions for a recount OF
the vote of practically the entire city. MIR.
Murphy's manager picked out returns from
seventeen out of the twenty-five wards as
the basis for petitions, alleging errors. The
latest figures obtainable do not materially
change the result as announced to-day. As
amended, the status of the count is as fol-
lows: Patrick A. Collins, 161; John r. Muir
ply 70; unpledged 81.
Friday. 100 a. m.-The Hon. Thomas 3.
Hart will be the nominee of the Republican
party for mayor at the coming convention
as result of the caucus tonight. The re-
turns came in slowly. and at this hour five
wards are still missing.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 16.-The discussion
at to-day's session Of the National Post
masters Association was confined mostly to
technical questions touching the internal
workings of the postal service. The meet
ing was addressed by Assistant Postmaster
General Shallenberger on the working Of
the railway mail service. Postmaster Smith,
of Atlanta, offered a resolution grading the
various postal employees in the classified
service and removing the superintendent
from the classified service so far as their
appointment was concerned. The resolution
was adopted, but afterward revoked and re-
ferred to a committee.
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Movements of Steamers.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Arrived Majestic
and George, from Liverpool; Saale. from
Bremen; Manitou, from London; Western
land, from Antwerp; Vera, from Naples
Sailed: Oceanic. for Liverpool; Southwark,
for Antwerp, via Southampton; Phonecia,
for Hamburg; La GaScogne, for Havre;
Marseiles.
CAPE RACE, Nov. 16-Passed: Laurentin
from Liverpool, for Montreal; Assyrian
from Glasgow, for Montreal
LIVERPOOL Nov. 16.-Arrived: Cutie
from New York; Belgenland, from Phila-
delphia.
SOUTHAMPTON, Nov. Is. - Arrived
Kaiser Friedrich, from New York. for Ham
burg.
QUEENSTOWN. Nov. 16-Arrived: Cam
dia, from Boston, for Liverpool.
GENOA, Nov. 16-Arrived: Auguste Vic
toria, rom New York.
BREMEN, Nov. 16.-Arrived: Lain. from
New York.
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4 Solitary Wanderer.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-The Rev. Pro-
lessor Hogan, of Georgetown University
Observatory, who watched for the leonid
meteors. saw only one meteor during last
nights observations. This was between /
and 100 o'clock Thursday morning. This
meteor, the professor says, flashed up from
the radiant point five minutes past 1, like
star Of second magnitude, and moved rap
idly in a direction southwest, leaving a short
trail and exploding with a brilliancy like
the planet Venus in its greatest splendor
1t was a genuine leonid, but solitary
wanderer.
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None of the Fifty-Nine Exploded.

NEW YORK, Nov. 16.-Prof. Rees, of Co.
lumbia, and Mr.. Moore, of Harvard, are
at Charles A. Posts observatory, at Bay
Port, l. l., watching for the shower of
meteors. They had little luck up to o'clock
this morning, when the sky, which had
been overcast for about forty-eight hours,
cleared. During the following two hours
several photographs were obtained Fifty
nine meteors in all were counted during the
morning. Only one of these was classed
as of the first magnitude. None of the
meteors sighted exploded and few left
trails Professor Rees said he feared the
observations in this part of the country
had all been failures and that 1t was to be
hoped that observers in other parts of the
world had better success. He said there
was a possibility the showers had not yet
passed by and that as tonight promised 10
be clear valuable data might yet be OBJ
tanned.
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NATIONAL BANK STATISTICS.
Enormous Increase in the Number of
Deposit Accounts.


WASHINGTON, Nov. 16-Charles G.
Dawes, controller of the currency, has just
made public the results of the investiga-
ton which he made into the number of
loans and deposit accounts, rates of inter-
est and resources of the combined banks
of the United States in the years 1889, 1894
and 1899. In collecting this data nearly ten
thousand reports from banks have been ex-
amined and compiled. The investigation
into the number of loans and deposit ac-
counts and average loans and deposits is
the first ever made covering the United
States either in reference to the national
system or banks other than national The
results of this investigation indicate a mag
nitude of banking resources and a rate of
growth In number of deposit accounts
which is unparalleled In the financial his
tory of the world.
The controller states that the results Of
the combined banks are carefully estimated
on the basis of ratios found to exist In the
reporting banks, and that they may be re-
garded as substantially accurate. He is
careful to call attention to the fact that
the number of deposit accounts and loans
given in his figures must not be confused
with the number of deposit0rs and borrow
ers since the same individual may have
loans and deposits in several banks, each
of which would make separate report
to the controller. While, therefore, the
actual number of borrowers and depositors
is much less than the number of loans and
deposit accounts, the growth in the latter
is evidence of the general growth In the
number of Individual depositors and Dor
rowers. The general deductions from the
investigation, covering the last ten years,
is given by the controller as follows
First-That the number of individual de-
positors in the banks OF the United States
is constantly increasing as indicated by the
regular increase in the number of deposit
accounts of the combined banking systems
estimated as follows: July IL, 1889, 1903
banks, reporting 6.70S.sl; July ~. 1884. 9,5os
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Higher than Exnecfed.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.-Up to the hour
of closing the department this afternoon
Secretary Gage had received reports from
three subtreasuries on the offerings of
bonds under the secretarys offer of yes
terday These were New York, 81, 1914 200;
Baltimore, $4,000 and Cincinnati, SIS. 100
making a total Of S2,941, 900. These figures
are rather higher than expected by the
officials, although they looked for high Of
feringS on the first day.
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PRINCETON, N. j., Nov. 16.-Attempts
Of Professor Young and Professor Libbey
to photograph the meteors last night re-
suited with but little success. Professor
Young saw eight meteors between ! and
o'clock this morning and exposed one plate,
but says he doubts If it will show any
meteors when developed. Professor Libbey
set up his camera at Hamilton square. eight
miles south of Princeton. He saw twelve
meteors, but failed to obtain any photo
graphs. Professor Reed exposed four plates
from the Halstead Observatory, but has not
developed Them He thinks his attempts
were failures also
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End OF a Strike.

CHICAGO, Nov. Ian agreement was
reached tonight between the Sykes Steel
Roofing Company and the Amalgamated
Sheet-metal Workers Union. which brought
the strike against the company to an end.
The restoration Of peace between the roof
Ing company and the union will have the
effect of ending the lockout declared by the
Cornice Manufacturers Association Work
in all the shops and buildings affected by
the trouble will be resumed tomorrow.
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Must Pay Taxes or Suffer.

MADRID, Nov. 16.-At a Cabinet council
to-day Premier Silvela said the organized
agitation in the Chamber of Commerce. re-
gardng financial projects. was directed not
against the government, but against the
state, and that the government had decided
to deal energetically with them and also
with nontaxpaying barcelona, where, he
explained, the situation was intolerable
Speaking in the Chamber of Deputies later
Senior Silvela declared the government in
tended to maintain martial law until the
Hshed
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CHICAGO, Nov. 16.-Thirty meteors were
reported sighted in the eastern sky just be-
fore dawn this morning and several photo
graphs were secured by Professor Haugh
at Northwestern University. Owing TO the
brilliancy of the moon at the time of the
observations. no leonids fainter than star
of the second magnitude could be seen.
Three particularly bright ones were OBJ
served.