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THE POSTAL SERVICE.
First Assistant Postmaster johnson
Makes Some Important Rec
Omm end da tions.

Washington, Nov. 21.-An enthusi-
astic plea for a wide expansion of
rural free delivery is made in the an
nual report of w. M. Johnson, first
assistant postmaster general. He
says:
The extraordinary development of this
system during the past II months under
the stimulus of appropriations of S450.00
for the fiscal year 1S99-1900 and 81, 750, 900
for the fiscal year 190O-1901 is conclusive
as showing that hereafter it must be a
permanent and expanding feature of the
postal administration.
An appropriation of SIS. .000, 900 is asked for
compensation for postmasters for the next
fiscal year. The regular free delivery serv-
ice was established in 62 cities, necessitat-
ing the appointment of ITO carriers. max
ing the total number of free delivery Of
fees in operation June 30. last, 1876. Four
free delivery offices have been established
in Porto Rico and Hawaii.
During the last fiscal year postal money
orders issued amounted to $255 $40, ,22S. an
increase of almost $31. 100000 The num-
ber of Offices has now finally exceeded
10000. International money order business
is now being transacted with 40 foreign
countries
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A NARROW ESCAPE.
British Troops Under Gen. French
Pursued by Beers and Get Away
by a Close Margin.

London, Nov. 24.-The Star. com.
menting on the report that Gen
Botha, with his commando. is close
to De Wetsdorp, regards the news
as most disquieting and says:
I'VE have heard many strange stories
impossible to verify. but one thing we
know. that French was pursued all the
way from Middleburg to Standerton. and
got through the terrible neck of the noun
tains only by the skin of his teeth"
Proceeding, the Star suggests that
Gen. Botha pursued the British,
marched south, and joined hands with
Gen. De Wet. and that thus Bloem-
fontein is endangered and the Or
ange Free State will have to be re-
conquered before the subduing of the
Transvaal can be commenced.
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est composer England has yet produced.
His comic operas, especially those in which
he had the assistance of w. s. Gilbert as
librettist, have enjoyed unparalleled sue
cess in the United States, as well as in his
own country, and he is also the author of
some works of more serious intent. which
have met with exceptional favor. Notable
among his comic operas are "Pinafore," :"
"Mikado," pirates of PenZance," PA
tience.' and "Iolanthe." He has also to his
credit long list of worksF-oratorios can
tatas. sacred services, anthems, sacred and
secular songs, hymn tunes, operas, part
songs, incidental music to plays, orches-
trail compositions, etc. Some of these have
attained a worldwide reputation, as. for
instance. the hymns Onward, Christian
Soldiers" and IA Hymn of the Homeland
and the song, 1.-THE Lost Chord" the sale
of the latter having reached hundreds of
thousands of copies
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WELCOMED TO FRANCE.
Dom Paul Kruger Arrives at Mar
seilles. II Given a Splendid
Ovation and Makes a Speech.

Marseilles, Nov. 23.-Paul Kruger,
former president of the South Afri-
can republic, landed here at 10:45
a. m.
Mr.. Kruger cannot but be elated at
the warmth of his reception by the
people of Marseilles. He may be said
to have been borne on an irresistible
wave of enthusiasm from the landing
stage to his hotel. The broad streets
and boulevards through which the
route lay presented perfect sea of
human beings, all gathered there
prompted by the unanimous desire to
welcome the aged Boer statesman.
Replying to the addresses of well
come of the presidents of the Paris
and Marseilles committees, Mr..
Kruger spoke in Dutch and in low
voice. accompanying his words with
energetic movements of his hat,
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American Rights ignored.

Constantinople, Nov. 24.-The porte
has definitely rejected the request for
an exequatur for United States con-
sui at Harpoot. This refusal is regard
ed by the United States legation as a
direct violation of treaty rights; and,
consequently. despite the refusal. DR..
Thomas H. Norton, who was appointed
by President Mckinley some time ago
to establish consulate at Harpoot,
has been directed to proceed to his
most
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which he held in his right hand. Aft
er thanking the committees for the
warmth of the reception accorded
him, and expressing gratitude for the
sympathy he had received from the
French government. he spoke of the
war as terrible and barbarously con-
Quoted by the British. He said:
II have fought with savages. but the
present war is even worse We will
never surrender. We are determined to
fight to the last extremity, and if the
republics of the Transvaal and Orange
Free State lose their independence it will
be because they have lost every man.
woman and child"
Dijon. France, Nov. 24.-Mr. Kru-
ger has become, for moment at
least, the popular idol of the French
His triumphant progress northward
through the country from Marseilles
to Dijon has placed this beyond
doubt. He met with tremendous re-
ception in each town along the route,
eliminating in scenes of frenzied en-
thusiasm here calculated to turn the
head of any man.
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Trolley cars of a suburban electric
railway near st. Louis have a COM
plete telephone outfit whereby their
crews are able to converse with the
headquarters office on occasion. Each
car carries telephone set and a
jointed fishing rod, the sections OF
which are wired. On the tip of the
rod is a stout wire hook and at the
butt of the rod is a piece of flexible
conducting cord ending in plug
which may be inserted in a socket
on one of the vestibules of the car.
Alongside the tracks is q telephone
wire
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News of Aguinaldo.
POPULISTS TO MEET.
Call Issued for a Convention to Be
Held In st. Louis De-
cember 20.

Houston. Tex. Nov. 24.-National
Chairman 10 A. Parker, of the ma
tional committee of the populist
party, has issued call for conven
ton at st. Louis Saturday, December
90, to consider the best interests of
the party and the most effective
means of continuing the fight for pop
ulist principles; also to confer with
such representatives of other reform
parties as may desire to attend. look
ing to the organization of all reform
ers against the capitalistic parties"
In his call he arraigns both the dem
ocratic and republican parties and
says: "The populist party holds the
key to the political situation
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Van Wick to STAY.

Albany, N. Y. Nov. 24.-Gov. Roose-
velt Friday night gave out his decision
in the application for the removal from
office of Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck, of
New York city. He declines to remove
the mayor on the grounds that. while
he was undoubtedly a stockholder in
the American Ice company. there has
been no proof that he willfully violated
the law forbidding public officer to be
a stakeholder in corporation having
dealings with his municipality.
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DIES WHILE LAUGHING.
Sudden and Unexpected Death of Sir
Arthur Sullivan, the Musical
Composer.

London, Nov. 23.-Sir Arthur Sulli-
van, the musical composer, is dead,
the result of heart failure. Sir Ar
thur Sullivan's death was very sud-
den. 1t occurred at nine o'clock Thurs
day morning. He was laughing and
talking in his shouse here, but died with
in few minutes of heart failure. He
had been aiiing for some time, but it
was not believed his heart was affected.
Recently he had been in better health
than for some weeks past.
[Arthur Seymour Sullivan was born on
May 13 IA. according to one authority, 1912,
at London. Taken all in all he is the great
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Butterflies have often been met out
at sea, and the fragile things will
hover about a ship for days. A
scientist of this city recently saw a
butterfly, the Monarch commonly
known as the milkweed butterfly, 600
miles from land. It played about
the ship for some time and then dis
appeared. When asked if he thought
it would land, the scientist replied
that he started out expecting to,
and he thought probably the butterfly
had the same intention.
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Bavaria has the most curious of all
claims to notoriety, which is that it
possesses the longest lightning con-
ductor in the world. It rises some
yards above the top of the meteoro-
logical station on the Zugspitze, the
highest point in the German empire,
and runs down the side of the noun
tain to the bottom of the Hollenthal,
where there is running water all the
year around. The length of the rod
is five and one-half kilometers-near-
1y three and half miles.
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For some time past efforts to To-
cate a squeaking noise in the pipe
organ at Bethlehem church, Sheboy-
gan, Wis.,, have proved fruitless until
recently, when the organ was over
hauled and the trouble discovered.
In one of the large pipes a live owl
was found, which is now in the pos
session of j. w. Piel, the organist.
Now that one mystery is cleared up,
the problem of explaining how the
owl got into the organ is yet to be
solved
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A firm in Lyons, France, takes adj
vantage of the shortening of cot on
fibcrs under non-mercerized treat
ment by caustic potash to produce in
silk webs certain peculiar and very
rich embossed effects. The s;lken
webs have cotton threads at fixed
distances, which, when the chemical
solution is applied, shrink, while the
silk, keeping its original lengvh, is
gathered in tiny folds. In this way
the most diversified patterns are pro-
Guccd
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Iowa to BE Free from Cigarettes.

ST. Paul. Mimi, Nov. PA special
to the Dispatch from Dubuque, Ia,
says: Considerable stir was created
here, when an order came to all TO-
bacco dealers to at once ship out of
the state their entire stock of cigar
cites and cigarette papers. The or
der came from the American Tobacco
company. which had been backing
the dealers prior to the decision of
the supreme court of the United
States a few days ago.
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Two Hungarians, Messrs. PolalS
and Virag, who some little while ago
discovered system of very rapid
telegraphy, are now said to have in
vented system by which 10000
words per hour can be transmitted
and, what is more wonderful, printed
in ordinary characters on slip of
sensitized paper at the receiving end.
The slip comes out of the receiving
instrument ready to be gummed on
to form for delivery.
The Ely miner., 1900-11-30

The youngest reader of manuscript
in New York is the grandson of q
partner in big publishing house.
For the past three years, and now
he is only 16 years old, he has read
manuscripts, chiefly boys stories,
and his judgment has been verified
by the success of the books which
he has accepted. One would naturally
expect that boy would be the best
judge of boys story, but no other
publishing house has submitted such
manuscripts to boys. The readers
for most of them are men.
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1t is said that the curved pages OF
the ordinary book are injurious to the
eye of reader. The curvature neces-
states a constant change of the focus
of the eye as it reads from one side to
another, and osciliary muscles are
under constant strain. Moreover, the
light falls unequally upon both sides
of the page, further interfering with
a continued clear field of vision. 1t Is
suggested that the difficulty might be
obliterated if the lines should ioe
printed parallel to the binding in.
stead of at right angle to it.
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An American who visited the Paris
exposition thinks it's failure 20 real
ize expectations was due to Two
things. It was not sufficiently local
lied and its magnifcenJ distances
made people weary. The other .r"u-
BILE was disappointment with what
had been announced as some Of the
biggest features, like the telescope
that was TO bring The image cf the
moon within few miles. The visitor
says the show resolved itself inio q
Sunday afternoon parade"
The Ely miner., 1900-11-30

A certain New York hotel uses a
bushel of potatoes a year for PEN
wipers on the tables in the writing
rooms. Every morning a large potato
is put in compartment of the pen
box, and after twenty-four hours the
potato is removed and another put
in. Pens in penholders are stuck in
to the potato half a dozen at time,
giving it the appearance of porcu-
nine
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Passed AWAY.

Des Moines. Ia. Nov. 22.-Lampson
P. Sherman. brother of the late SEN
ator John Sherman. of Ohio. died here
Wednesday evening, the result of
paralysis. He was born in Lancaster,
Fairfield county, o., October 13. 1921.
He had lived in Des Moines since 1849.
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Favor the Canal.

Washington. Nov. 24.-The isthmian
canal commissions report is in favor
of canal by the Nicaragua route to
cost about $12o, o,O0o 900, and to be 80
feet in depth.
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A new high record for seats on the
stock exchange, New York, was made
the other day when that of S. G..
Coffee was sold for $4e,5Oo. Albert j..
Elias, former president of the Third
avenue railroad, recently purchased
membership for $4,000. A seat on
the Baltimore stock exchange was
purchased for $4,000 by Frank B.
Calm. This is record price for
seats there.
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Mini.ter. Must walk.

Norfolk. Va, Nov. 22.-The Method
ist state conference here decided that
preachers and presiding elders must
not ride to their places of worship on
Sunday on street cars or railroad
trains.
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Secured a big Sum.

Hot Springs, Ark. Nov. 23.-The in
express car on the Iron Mountain
train Wednesday night near Malvern
secured large sum of money. A
man in Hot Springs had dispatched
$4,000 in the small safe.
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After White Cans.

Atlanta. Ca, Nov. 23.-Gov. Gambler
has offered reward of 500 for the
apprehension of the white caps who
have for two months been terroriz-
ing four counties Immediately south
of Atlanta.
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Against the Boycott.

ST. Louis, Nov. 21.-Judge Flitcraft,
in the cirucit court here, decided that
labor organizations have not the right
to impose fines upon their members
for refusing to boycott firms or cor
porations coming under the displeas-
ure of the union.
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want. a yigilance Committee.

New York, Nov. 24.-Bishop Henry c..
Potter delivered an address on God
and the City" before an audience of
$500 persons in ST. Paul's chapel. in
which he suggested the organization
of vigilance committee of $4,000 re-
formers to cleanse the city of vice. He
favored a central committee of three
or five men. under whose orders the
public committee should act,
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ohio,s OmcIaI Vote.

Columbus, o., Nov. 22.-The official
vote in the state gives Mckinley a
plurality of 69,O36, against 51,1O9 four
years ago. Bryan received exactly
the same number of votes that he did
in 1S96-474. .SS2
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Needs Of Alaska.

Washington. Nov. 24.-The annual
report of Gov. Brady, of Alaska. urges
congressional legislation on the ex-
tension of the general land laws to
Alaska. giving the natives the same
legal status as the whites, and the
representation of Alaska by dele
gate in congress.
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Death Of a Journalist.

Toledo, O., Nov. 2O.-Col. Charles
Caughling, who was a member of
Commander in Chief Vandervort's
staff, and has been marine editor of
the Toledo Blade SO years. died Mon
day morning.
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Population of New York.

Washington. Nov. 22.-The popula-
ton of the state of New York, as Of
ficially announced Wednesday. is
7,26S,O12. as against 5,997.S53 in 1890.
This is an increase of 1,27C,15o, or gil
per cent.
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Minne.ota,s Population.

Washington. Nov. 20.--The popula.
tion of the state of Minnesota, as an.
nounced by the census bureau, is 1,751,.
394, against 1,3O2,S26 in 1890. This is
an increase of 44s,56s. or 34.5 per cent
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Hay to the Powers.

Washington, Nov. 24.-Secretary
Hay has addressed an identical note
to the powers, suggesting steps lead
ing to the appointment of an inter-
national commission to settle the Chi
nese imbroglio. The commission. ac-
cording to the idea of President Nc
Kinley, with whom the idea originat-
ed, is to be composed of one or per-
haps two representatives of each pow
er interested in China.
1t is also President McKinley's idea
that the international commission
shall sit, not at Peking, but at Paris.
London, Washington. or some other
capital which may be agreed upon.
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Illinoi. shows Rlg CROWN

Washington. Nov. 2l.-The census
bureau officially announced Tuesday
that the population of the state of
Illinois was 4,S21.550, as against $685.
351 in 1890; an increase of 995, 5,l9s, or
o6 ner cent
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Population Of Three states.

Washington. Nov. 23.-The census
gives Missouri population of 3,1o6.-
665; gain, 427,4s1; Mississippi, 1,551,-
27o; gain, 261,67o; West Virginia, $685.
500; gain, 1861 ,OO6.
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Ared Couple spfrocnted.

Rockford. ILL.,. Nov 1o.-William and
Mary Yates. brother and sister and
aged, were suffocated by gas at their
home here.
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Death Of CharIes Howl.

Charlestown, N. H., Nov. 21.-Charles
H. Hoyt, one of the best known play
wrights in America, died at his res
idence here Of paresis, aged 40 years.
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war Revenue Receipts.

Washington. Nov. 23.-The receipts
from the war revenue act for the first
four months of the present fiscal year
were 1895, ,956.
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Remarkable Time.

Omaha. Neb, Nov. 24.-The Union
Pacific fast mail ran from Grand Is
land to this city, a distance of 154
miles, in $50 minutes.
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WIN Rednce Taxes.

WashiEgton, Nov. 22.-Republican
members of the ways and means COM
mittee have decided to reduce the war
revenue taxes s30,000, 900 year.
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A Baby Elephant.

Baraboo, Wis.,, Nov. 20.-At the win
ter quarters here of Ringnng Broth
ers' circus baby elephant was born,
the first happening of the kind in the
United States.
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On AguinaIdo's Trail.

On Aguinaldo's Trail.
Manila. Nov 2i.-Gen Macabolos,
the former Filipino chief is prepared
to start in pursuit of Aguinaldo with
100 picked natives, supported by
American troops. Other former rebel
Filipinos will be used in campaigning
in the country. Their offers have not
been formally made yet, but they are
ready if the authorities will accept
their services. Aguinaldo. it is sup
posed, is in northern Luzon, accord
ing to statements made by former
rebel leaders now in Manila and con-
firmed from other sources.
Reasons for Activity.
Manila. Nov. 22.-Gen. Macarthur
was asked whether the result of the
presidential election in the United
States was in any way responsible for
the orders to push operations against
the Filipinos. He replied that the re-
suit of the election was merely CO.
incident with other features of the sit
uation. He added that the return of
the soldiers and marines from China,
with the recruits who had arrived re-
Gently, would increase the number of
troops to 10000 men. The enlarge
ment of the forces. the ending of the
rainy season. better roads. improved
transportation and the desire to make
the most efficient use of the volun-
teers before their terms of service ex-
pires in June are all contributory to
the most active campaign.
Rebels Captured.
Manila. Nov. ga detachment of
100 men, from companies l and NJ.
Twenty fifth United States infantry.
colored under Capt. O'Neill. made a
clever capture of 80 insurgents with
rifles. supplies and 1,500 rounds of am
munition. in camp east of San Mar
celino. which the Americans charged
at daybreak.
News of Aguinaldo.
Hong Kong. Nov. 24.-Consul Wild
man has information that the Fill
pino junta at meeting held Novem-
Der Is decided to brave the chances
of deportation rather than quit Hong
Kong. Recent correspondence be-
tween the junta and the instructions
lists proves that Aguinaldo is still
alive, but he is said to be suffering
from a gunshot wound in his stom-
ach
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Heiress to Millions.

New York, Nov. 24.-Mr. and Mrs.
William X. Vanderbilt, Jr., are rejoic-
ing over the birth of girl. who will
be the heiress to the Vanderbilt mil
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SWEPT BY TERRIFIC WIND
Great Havoc Caused by a Tornado
That Passes Through Several
Southern States.
PROPERTY LOSS WILL Be VERY HEAVY.
Reports So Far Received show Total
Eighty-A Great Many Persons Are
Injured-Tennessee and Mississip-
pi the Worst Sufferers.

Nashville, Tenn, Nov. 22.-The cy-
clone that passed over Tennessee and
Mississippi Tuesday night from south
west to northeast left in its wake in
Vulnerable tornadoes. These as we'll
as the original cyclone were terribly
destructive to property, and with the
main storm caused at least so deaths
and the injury of over 100 persons. The
following estimate is made from latest
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TROOPS BECOMING ACTIVE
Ead Of the Rainy Season Causes q
Resumption of Hostilities in
the Philippines.
MANY sKIRMIsHEs AND ENGAGEMENTS.
Natives Under Filipino Chief Anx-
ious to Start in Pursuit of Aguinai-
do-Gen. Macarthur Gives Reasons
for Pushing observation-disclosures
Troops Capture Insurgents.

Manila, Nov. 1.-TWO hundred boz
lomen. with so rifles, attacked Buga-
zon, island of Panay, on October 30.
The Americans lost three men killed
Lieut.. H. NJ. Koontz, Sergt Kitchen
and Corp. Burns-all of company F.
Forty-fourth infantry. The enemy
lost 100 killed, 21 wounded and 20
prisoners.
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Ashland, Wis. Nov. 21.-Twelve men
were killed and 12 wounded during 20
days deer hunting season in Wiscon-
sin.
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'ED|C1S WILL Be IGNORED.
Foreign Ministers at Peking Will
Disregard the Imperial De-
crees Recently Issued.
SENTENCES ARE NOT SEVERE ENOUGH.
Germany Disclaims Any Intention of
Profting by the Present Troubles
Policy of the Kaiser Defined by
Won Buelow In an Address Before
the Reichstag.

London, Nov. 20.-The Morning Posts
Peking correspondent, wiring Satur-
day, says: The edict infiicting punish
ment is milder than the first reports
suggested. Prince Tuan and Prince
Chwang are only banished. and not i'm
prisoned. Duke Ian is merely dis
missed. The foreign ENJOYS cannot ac-
cept the edict, owing to the inadequacy
0f the minis h maniS