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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-07
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torials aud elaborate dispatches depicting
the progress of the contest.
All are impressed by the comparative
fewness of disorders.
The Standard says, There can be Ia
reasonable doubt that President McKin-
ley has been reelected The isolated
cases Of tumult should serve only to en-
phasize the admirable spirit and COM
mon sense with which the people Of the
Republic play their part in the engross-
ing struggle for mastery, IL is well that
tne radical luminosity was the cause OF
the worst conflict"
The Standard goes on to express the
frankest satisfaction ever the success OF
Mckinley, adding; This success in
sures the continuance of stability in
money matters ana no change In the for
eign policy of the United States. The
triumph of Bryan would have been felt
everywhere as heralding sharp reversal
United States powerful and energetic
member of the great family of nations.
Continuity of control at Washington is
guarantee of peace and in this sense
success will be welcomed by every Eu-
ropean State"
The Daily Telegraph says: English
men have never had since Lincoln's time
a departure In the issue of the preslden-
tial contest" 1t compares Mr.. Bryan
with Mr.. Gladstone, declaring that 1.-THE
formers policy, however humanitarian in
its intention. would entail an American
Maiuba," II declares THAT England's
deepest hopes are pledged for McKlnley's
apparently assured success"
The Daily Graphic observes I'VE can
but regret that there is but little pros
pect that Organism has been finally
smashed"
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RETURNS ARE INSUFFICIENT
Even TO Make Good Guess, Says
Chairman Jones.

Chicago November 6.At 10 o'clock
Chairman Jones of the democratic Ma
tional committee said: II can not predict
the results. The returns are so insult
fcient as to preclude all possibility of a
good guess. The figures from New York
ind cate that the republicans have car
ried the State and l see that they are
claiming Maryland and Ohio The former
c aim may be right but am unable 10
say as to Ohio, for the reas n that we do
not yet know how the vote stands The
full returns will be late in coming in and
they may make some surprising changes
from the present apparent situation"
When Senator Jones' bulletin aannounc-
ing that Mckinley had carried bryan
precinct in Lincoln by 1913 votes came, the
senator was a most constantly at they long
distance telephone talking with Mr..
Bryan and other notables. He told those
present that he was confident the deIao-
cratic ticket had triumphed.
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what They Claim.

New York. November 7.-At 1890 thAs
morning National Committeeman Manleyl
GIBBS and Bliss held conference at the
conclusion OF which the following state
ment was given out; On the returns re,
celyed at republican headquarters up til
this hour the republican National conf
mittee c aims to have elected Mckinley
and Roosevelt by an electoral vote OF 23a
with the possibility Of p votes in addition
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BRYAN GETTING THE RETURNS
EARLIER DISPATCHES @EaE or
AN ENCOURAGING NATURE.
MIR. Bryan Retired to His Room
Early in the Night and
Went TO sleep.

Lincoln, Neb., November 6.--Mr. Bryan
in ,this city. His house was fairly over
run by newspaper men and telegraph op-
orators. The first bulletin was the one
Announcing that Poughkeepsie. ". Y. had
given Mckinley majority OF 1897 and
this was followed by another bulletin to
the effect that Elmira had gone for Bryan
by 1922 majority. When shown this mes
sage he simply remarked that il was en-
couraging. The other bulletins from New
York came in thick and fast after that and
while Mr.. Bryan made no comment. there
was a feeling among those present that
he was disappointed in the returns from
New York City ana Brooklyn. On the
other hand, there was considerable en-
couragement from the interior of New
York State, aud especially gratifying was
message from National Committeeman
Mack saying that Buffalo had given Nc
Kinley a majority of only about 5000,
against a majority of 1900 four years
ago. Coming closely upon the heels Of
the Buffalo dispatch was one from a
)friend in Boston announcing that city to
have gone for Bryan by a majority of 700.
as against 1900 for Mckinley four years
ago.
The early dispatches indicated the loss
OF Maryland. and this also was a disaD-
pointment, for it had been believed thst
that Safe was fairly safe for the demo-
cratic ticket.
After receiving the early returns in his
library, Mr.. Bryan retired 10 his private
apartments, which were provided with a
special wire. Both he and Mrs. Bryan
were In a cheerful mood.
All $3.50 o'clock, when the newspaper
men at Mr. Bryan's house sought TO se-
cure statement from Mr. Bryan, they
were told that he had just gone to sleep
and could not be disturbed.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS,

making total Of sos The twenty one
votes consist OF the thirteen votes in Ken
lucky and e ght in Neb askl. The States
we surely claim for Mckinley and Roose-
welt are California, Connecticut, Delaware,
Illinois. Iowa, Indina, Maryland, Kansas
Maine Mas sachusetts, Michigan, Mime
sofa New Hampshire, New Jersey. New
York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Penn
sylvania Rhode Island South Dakota
Utah, Vermont Washington Wyoming,
Wisconsin and West Virginia.
TIE committeeman then closed their
desks and left for their homes
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pecIined to Make an Estimate.

Washington, November 6.--Representa-
tive Richardson. chairman of the demo-
cratic congressional committee, at IL
O'Clock declined to make an estimate on
the complexion of the next house. He
said the returns received UP to that time
were too incomplete to determine the
result SO FAR as the house is concerned.
II Is conceded that the house Is repub-
lican by working majority.
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people on the saloon question. He Is com
mited to the cnteen policy in our for
eign possessions and his election VIII have
the effect of Bringing the liquor question
to an issue. We feel in better shape now
to press the fight against liquor than II
Bryan had been the successful candidate
The general returns indicate more than
a doubling OF the prohibition vote over
1896"
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LA p PUMPS,
MACHINERY and
H. SUPPLIES.
WARD S NIT H co.
EnclusiUe Proof

We satisfy buyers who
hi Us their open orders for
txsrles is furnished by the
he number Of mail orders
receive daily.
exercise great care in this
nrtmsnt Of Our business
b when a trial is given us
usually gain a new Gus
bnsr,
h is nothing old in our
(1k and your orders will
J filled from clean, new
|pds purchased this season.
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GEORGIA..

Atlanta, Ga, November 6.--All demo-
cratic nominees for congress are elected
as follows: Rufus e. Lester, James w.
Griggs. Elijah R. Lewis, William c. Adam
son, Leonidas f. Livngs2o3, Charles
II. Bartlett John w. Maddox, William
NJ Howard, Parish Carter Ttate, William
II. Fleming, w. G. Brantley.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.

Columbia, s. C., November 6.--The3
democrats have elected a full congress
sional delegation, as follows:
William Elliott, w. Jasper Talbert,
Asbury C. Latimer Joseph T. Johnson,
David Il. Finley, B. Scarborough, ].
VILLAIN Stokes.
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ENGLAND REJoIcEs
over "A Probable Addition TO the I'm
perinIistic Family.

London. November Conditional In
terest in the American election was lent
for English observers by the near con-
functions with their own elections. which
also turned almost wholly on the quos-
ton Of Imperialism.
The morning papers went TO press too
early to be in position to comment
upon the result but all published edi-
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OHIO.

Columbus. Ohio November cit will
prob bly, require an official count to de-
termine the result in the Twelfth congress
sionsl district. Both Tcmpkins, republic
can and Lentz, democrat, claim to be
elected.
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COMING In SLOWLY.
Returns from Congressional Districts
Are Very Meager.
REPUBLICANS ARE CLAIMING
Gains in Several States, but There Are
Some Losses.
WILL HAVE A WORKING MAJORITY.
Several States viii Return Solid Demo-
cratic Delegations.
OFFICIAL COUNTS WILL BE NEEDED
Republicans Have Made No Claims
MS to Congress, Further Than
Working Majority.
several States Will Return Solid Demo-
cratic Delegations.
OFFICIAL COUNTS WILL BE NEtDEI

New York, November 6-Up to mid
night returns from New York congress
sonal districts indicate the election OF
twenty-five republicans and eleven demo-
Gratis, the latter including Amos J. Cum
m.ngs, William Sulzer, G. B. Mcclellan
and O.. H. P. Belmont
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From the prohibitioni.t..

Chicago, November 6.-Prohibition Ma
tlonal Chairman Oliver W. Stewart said
tonight: 1.-THE election of Mckinley will
tsad to fsrtilize the sentiment Of the
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ARKANSAS.

Little Rock. Ark. November 6--Arkan-
sas democrats elected a full delegation,
as follows: Philip d. McCulloch, John S.
little Thomas c. McRae Charles S.
Reid, Hugh A. Dinsmore, Stephen Brun-
diuge
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Suicide at chicago.
Chicago. November 6.--one Of the incl
dents OF election day was the suicide OF
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02
The beef steer.

The cheapest food for beef steers is
good pasturage, but our farmers in the
best farming sections say that land
costs too much to be given over to
such purposes. There is a mistake
somewhere about this, for in many
countries pasture lands are valued at
500 or in some sections as high as $3.50
per acre and reasonable profit is
made on them. But a worn-out field,
eaten bare and trodden under foot is
not representative pasture land. This
is an idea we should get rid of. Grass
should he recognized as a crop, n val
liable crop, and not as an enemy to be
destroyed. Neither is land that re-
quires 20 acres to support in poverty
a single steer fit to be called pasture.
1t is rather a barren waste. But land
in cultivated forage will feed more
stock than any natural pasture. But
the cultivation costs something, and
the harvesting costs somewhat,and the
hauling and handling and feeding
costs something. all of which is saved
when the cattle Craze the yerdant
plain. We need more pastures, and es-
pecially do we need good pastures
Farm and Ranch.
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HERE AND THERE.

Nearly a quarter of million
bushels of peas have been shipped
from the Tennessee the past few
months. al
The improvement in pure-bred
poultry has been greater during the
past year than any previous year--at
least the quality OF birds at the poul-
try shows indicate as much.
-Egg-eating and feather-pulling,
are the most persistent vices OF hens.
They are dangerous diseases and re-
quire desperate remedy. The surest
cure is amputation of the offending
part.
Have you persimmon sprouts in
your fence rows? If so, graft them at
the ground in February, just before
sap flow begins, with japanese scions,
and convert them into fruit-bearing
trees of highest quality.
"A new type of musk melons from
Turkestan, Asia, is being introduced
by the United States department of
agriculture, known as the winter
musk melon. They are gathered and
housed like potatoes or pumpkins and
become edible in the winter.
Now is the time TO prune out the
CID last year canes from the blackberry
patch. They should be cut at the
ground with long-handle pruning
Lool, and drawn into the middles to
be removed later aud burned.
The rose, the chrysanthemum, etc',
have had their dsy of public favor.
The newest and reigning fad is the
cdruation. Last winter a rich Boston
ian. Mr.. Lawson, paid $4,000 for a
new one. Now that there are many
new varieties that promise to eclipse
the Lawson.
The hens are getting down TO busi-
ness now, Notwithstanding the mid
winter weather, and eggs are piling up
and prices are tumbling down. This
indicates that it is the annual moult
and not the discomfort of cold that
checks the output.
Recently rumors got abroad tnat
under the new cattle quarantine rules
all of Tennessee would be excluded.
rhe United States agricultural bureau
has Just notified the authorities that
The report is erroneous and that the
cid lines will be maintained.
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

Hartford has produced a case Of 3
man with a marble heart. He was An
dres Nilsson Levin, a Swedish tailor,
who recently died at the hospital. An
autopsy showed both auricles and tha
left ventricle covered with a deposit
of calcium salts, the same substances
that makes marble. The deposit was
from an eighth to a quarter OF an
inch thick and lay on the heart like
piece of armor plate. 1t was as
hard as marble. The heart was ex-
hibited at the meeting of the med
ical society. The case is the first Of
the kind ever known. Levn's heart
weighed 16 ounces. four more than
the normal heart,
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number of his working hours are reg
ulated by the government and for over
time additional wages must be paid.
The planter must also provide food,
lodgings and medical attention when
necessary. and must also provide these
things throughout the entire three
years for which the contract is made,
but wages are paid only for the actual
time employed at work, deductions be-
ing made for all idle hours whether
enforced by sickness or other causes.
For a laboTer to desert an employer
refore the expiration of his contract
Is a crime under the laws and punish
able by the courts.
Of the method of securing these la
oorers Mr.. Taylor says:
When contract laborers are needed
rom abroad. application is made to the
government for permission to import la
oorers of the desired nationality. II per-
mission Is granted, the order to recruit
mem is given to immigration companies,
authorized by law, who employ recruiting
Asents In the localities whence the men
are TO be drawn. These companies are
shen responsible for the delivery OF the
rsquired number Of men to the final en-
ployer.
In obtaining European labor, the plant
ers nave the benefit Of the authority, forms,
.lo oncial connection Of the board OF i'm
migration; and while all expenses are
.s met oy the planters In the first instance,
terward sum, not to exceed $50 for
.sen family, Is paid by the government
@sover recruiting expenses and passage Of
,men and children accompanying the
.nlsrants. In this case, the Immigrant
Asfaets with the board Of immigration
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

This led TO an investigation, and Il
was found that the soil contained
more nitrogen than it did before grow
ing the clover. AS clover contains a
large amount of nitrogen. it could be
only accounted Tor by assuming that
the clover obtained its nitrogen in
some way from the air. At first il was
thought that the clover obtained its
nitrogen from the air by means Of its
leaves, but if this was the case, why
not ether plants obtain nitrogen in
the same way. Further investigation
showed that the clover got its supply
of nitrogen from the air by means Of
microscopic organism which attach
themselves 20 the roots of clover and
certain uIher plants which constitute
what is known rs the leguminOus fam
lily of plants, the most important of
which are the clovcrs, beans. peas, soy
beans. vetehes and few others. These
plants will flourish on soil very poor
in nitrogen, provided il is rich in
phnsphoric acid and potash.
The farmer may supply his soil
bountifully with this most costly ele-
ment OF fertility by simply growing
any Of the leguminOus plants. He need
not turn the crop under in order to OBJ
tain this fertilizer, but may harvest
the crop and feed it to stock, and re-
turn the manure to the land, and thus
get the benefit OF both its food and
its fertilizer value. There is VAST
quantity of phosphoric acid and potash
in the subsoil which il too deep to be
reached by the roots of ordinary crops.
1t may be brought up and deposited
near the surface where il be reached
by ordinary crops by growing such
OF the leguminous plants as send their
roots deep down into this subsoil. BY
such means the former may greatly
improve his soil by purchasing only
enough commercial fertilizer TO give
his crop of nitrogen gathcrers a start
The average farmer does not seem
to appreciate the value of the legumin-
Gus plants, aud not until the value OF
these plants are more generally
known and appreciated will our farms
improve materially in fertility. have
often been asked whether crop of
cats or of buckwheat turned under
would net answer the same purpose as
crop Of clover or cow peas.
II will not be because these are nj
trogen consumers instead of nitrogen
gatherers, and the soil will be little
if any improved by their use besides
the farmer runs great risk of sourirg
the land by turning under green crops
rnd thus seriously injuring instead OF
Improving his soil.-A. j. Legg, in Tri-
state Farmer and Gardener.
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

working time and the pay roll is made
out from his report.
OF the general conditions of the sys-
TEN Mr.. Taylor says:
Now, what are the hardships? The
main one is compulsory work under mas
ter. Here the law compels. Al home, need
| held the whip. They expected TO work
when they came; but the comparison with
| free men makes compulsion seem hard
| ship. Generally they are contented. The
sewing machine Is common in every camp.
| The tailoress plies her trade. The petty
storekeeper, with his room nearly filled
with goods, drives his bargains with his
! countrymen. All day long the simple laun-
dering is in progress. The mother works
with her babe near at hand, while the older
children are at school. The happy chatter
of women's tongues does not evidence dis
content. There Is food enough and a place
| to eat and sleep and live in equal in COM
| fort to what they left behind.
"But these people came here not to settle
and make homes, but in as few years as
| possible to accumulate sufficient to enable
| them to return to their native country
with capital enough to live on in a manner
superior to their own class at home. Win
this object in view. as class, they are saw
| ing to n extreme degree. japanese VIII
live on from four to six dollars per month;
Cbinaman. from nine to eleven dollan
per MONTH and a European, eleven te
thirteen dollars. The latter only is likely
| to be assimilated and become desirable
citizen"
That changes will come in the Is
lands within a short tine is certain,
and it is probable that among the first
will be the abolishing of the contract
labor system.
BERNHARD BRISTOL
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

and signs his agreement before the Ha.
waiian consul at the port Of departure in
his own country. In this case. also. steer,
age passage. food. and medical attend.
ance are furnished free 10 his destination,
and Oftentimes a money advance is given
this to be repaid in small monthly Install
ments. The board Of immigration assigns
these laborers to their several employers
and they are at no expense until they
reach their field Of labor"
The quarters furnished these labor.
eEs on the plantations vary with the
plantations and also with the class OF
laborers to be accommodated. As a
rule oriental labor is not accorded
quarters as eommodious and inviting
as those from European countries. Eu-
ropean labor has for a family, or for
two single men, two rooms in a four
room cottage. Chinese, being single
E.en, are housed in barracks with from
six to forty men in a room. Single
Japanese are often provided for IN
the same way; sometimes, however
only two occupying the same room
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

Married japanese are furnished with
a small room for each family.
The staple article of diet furnished
the orientals is rice, to which addi-
tions are made by the laborers them
selves.
European laborers do not fare diff
ferently from those in their own
country.
Wages vary according to the supply
Of labor, and in many instances are
governed by the price of the products
at the time the contract is made.
The contract price is now SIS per
month for oriental and SIS for Euro
pean laborers. Old contracts call for
only $3.50 for oriental; but in most
cases $3.50 bonus is given to these
latter, conditioned on good behavior.
Women receive $3.50 to $40 per month.
Only actual time spent in labor is paid
for. A plantation official, called a
timekeeper, keeps strict account OF
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

seeking for a place to earn a living
for himself to stay away from, and
that the real prosperous growth of the
Islands in point of population will not
begin until the contract labor system
has been abolished and its effects
neutralized by lapse of time.
On the sugar, rice, coffee and fruit
plantations of the islands there are
employed 35,937 unskilled laborers. OF
this number 2O,641 are under con-
tract and 15,346 day laborers. Japan
ese number 25,654; Chinese, 5,96o;
Portuguese, 2,153; Hawaiians, 1926,
etc.
The contract laborer is imported and
held under contract for a term of
three years, during which time he is
practically the property of the plant
er to whom he has been assigned by
the government. He must perform
such work as the planter directs, and
at such places as he directs, but the
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

Prof. II. A. Hazen records that on one
occasion he walked down to the edge
of Lake Michigan in the face of o
strong wind. Although he was in per-
feet physical condition, within five
minutes he had every symptom Of a
very hard cold. This severe influenza
continued until, on walking away from
the lake, it disappeared as by magic
when he had gone less than 500 feet.
He then learned that hundreds of
residents had been compelled to move
back from the shore to escape influenza.
He ascribes the effect to the abundance
of ozone in the air at the edge of the
lake. lie has accumulated many in
stances of persons of nervous tempera-
ment who cannot sleep during the pas
sage of high pressure areas in the at
mosphere. The cause in this case is
obscure.-Youth's Companion.
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

Commodore Vanderbilt was not so
aristocratic in his tastes as some Of
his relations. On one occasion he was
sitting on the crowded piazza of :
fashionable hotel when a lady ap-
preached. The commodore rose and
talked affably with her, while his wife
and daughter ragged. Father" said
the daughter, don't you remember
that vulgar woman was the one VINO
used to sell poultry to us?" "Certain-
ly, my dear" responded the old man.
heartily, "and remember your moth
er when she sold root beer while [
peddled oysters up in Jersey" The
ladies' made no further comments.
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02

Prof. Campbell, of the Lick observa-
tory, says the north pole star is APP
preaching our solar system at the rate
of seven miles per second. This We
locity he calculated by means of the
spectroscope. The professor further
announces that the star is not single,
but double. The companion star is not
visible to the naked eye, but can be
made out with a powerful telescope.
The two stars revolye around their
common center of gravity in a period
of four days, their orbit being com
parable in size to that of our own
moon. 1t is also further believed that
third body is attracting the two-star
system, thus causing periodical vari-
alton in the velocity of the pole star
Chicago Tribune.
The Southern herald., 1900-03-02
LEGUMINOUs PLANTS.
The Real Value of LegumInOus
PIsats as n Soil Enrichcr Grad
uaiIy Becoming Known.

II is only in recent years that the
value of leguminous plants as a soil
enrichener became known. 1t had
been noticed that land on which clover
had grown the year before would pro-
luce a better crop than it would be-
iorc 1t had been sown to clover.