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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
Both Congressional Candidates
Win Easily.
Full Count 10 Not Yet Complete hut
Enough II known TO Approxt-
mate the Majcriti~s Both ON the
National and state Candidstes
The Latter Run Evenly and Kecr
Ur with the Electcrs--Next LeGis-
Iature VIII He Republican In
Both Branches by Large Ma-
jority--state Repubiican for Good

Chairman Schivciy. Of the Republican
state committee. yesterday conceded tho
election OF Gov. Rogers. Senator Frink.
was chance that the later returns would
show that he had won. yesterday, after
receiving additional news at the state
headquarters, said that he was beaten
beyond a doubt.
II made the best race knew how. and
] have no regrets" said he.
The Republican state committee head
ua;tcss VIII ch have Deen thtonSrd WI.
Republican workers and speakers for
weeks past. will be closed up within "
few days. Yesterday Chairman Schiveiv
and Secretary Arrasmith began the work
of closing up the accounts of the commit
tee. Mr. Arrasmiih will probably be hero
several days yet. Both Chairman SchIve-
ly and Secretary Arrasmith say that while
greatly disappointed at the defeat of Sem
ator Frink. they are nevertheless highly
pleased that Washington has gone for Nc
Kinley and has elected two Republican
congressman.
Washington Is Republican for good"
said Mr., Schively yesterday. The tri-
umph OF the national and congressional
ticket and OF the state ticket. with tho
exception of Mr.. frink. II great VIC
tory. Both Jones and cushman are elect
ed beyond doub, by majoritics IN excess
of those OF two years ago. Every man on
the Republican state ticket. except Mr.
Frink. IL safely elected. and the next
legislature will be overwhelmingly Repub-
lican.''
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09
J 3oS fLf(TORAl VOTES
J FOR WILLIAM M'KINlfY.

NVEw YORK. Nov. s.-As a re-
AW suit OF messages received at
national headquarters today
: by National Committeeman ]. II.
Manley and ". p. Scott. from
y doubtful points, Mr.. Manley this
4 afternoon gave out the following
statement:
Full returns today leave the sit
uation as II was yesterday. We
Z have won by 30s electoral votes. We
have carried every Northern state
hut Colorado, Nevada and Montana.
We have carried Kentucky. Mary
land. Delaware and West Virginia.
As We predicted during the entire
campaign, they are attempting TO
rob us OF the electoral votes In
Kentucky, under the power Of the
Goebel law. II they succeed. we
shall have 235 electoral votes. Our
candidate for governor wires that
D We have carried Kentucky. for the
!: electoral ticket and elected him by
J over 1000 majority The time has
come when the American people
! ought to insist. at whatever cost.
{ that the votes shall be counted as
J they were honestly cast"
Senator Scott, In answer 10 tele-
grams inauiring as TO the result In
4 Nebraska. received the following
dispatch from Edward Rosewater,
1 member Of the national advisory
committee, Who II candidate for
the United States senatorship from
Nebraska:
Returns from rural districts IN
complete. but no doubt whatever
that Mckinley GA arrfos Nehra.L. H.,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

&c opponent. Fred Kern. by majority
Of 2S7.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-09

Full retnrBs from meny eounties In tho
state and estimates based on partial re-
potts fforp the Dfhefe show Il ma ajority
In the state for President Mckinley az
something over II 0n0 votes. These fg-
urcs may he slightly Increased or reduced.
but not materially
For congressman Mr. Jones and Mr.
Cushman each have In the neighborhood
OF 5000 majority. with Mr.. Jones IN the
lead by about go votes. MIR Ronald lead
ing Mr., Robertson by about the same
number
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Fears strikers May Lose.

During the early part of one of the
sessions of the Military Affairs Com
mittee of the House of Representatives
Messrs. Hay. lett and Slayden We're
the only Democrats present, and the
| direct examination of the witnesses
was proceeding with but few Interrupt
tionS. The absence of objections rather
alarmed some of these Idaho miners
who appeared to give testimony in de
Tense of the strikers. and one OF them
rushing up to Mr.. Sovereign, said with
some excitement, "They are playing
h-I with our case. and neither Sulzer
nor Lent is here. Sulzer was sooll
found. however. and he fastened TO at
tend the committee.
Important statements made by DR.
France. the surgeon. who attended the
miners, were those which refuted the
charges of the Democratic resolution.
that the men in the so-called bull pen"
received nhuman and brutal treat
ment, aud that those who We're dying
in the hospitals were denied the pres
| ence of priest or minister. DIR, France
! stated that there was but solitary in
stance of Father Becker being denied
admission to the hospital, and that was
/ by Mrs, France. who told him that no
one was permitted to visit William
/ Lawlor, who vas seriously Ill with
pneumonia. during the absence and
without the consent of the physician.
| The witness stated. however, that he
/ met Father Becker as he was leaving
the hospital aud took him TO see the
! sick man.
/ Dr, France gave some official light
1 on the case Of Johnson. who committed
suicide while insane. He said that
! having noted the peculiar actions OF
Johnson. he asked for an examination
/ by the Probate Court As to his sanity.
/ Two physicians pronounced that BE
was suffering from acute mania, with
4 suicidal tendency While at the depot
/ buying a ticket TO take Johnson To a
neighhoring city. where he could be
/ placed in proper asylum, Or, France
left him in charge of soldier. The
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

prisoner broke away and ran toward
the river. The guard, not knowing
that he was insane, pursued. 6ring Gigh
to scare rather than wound the fugI-
tive. Johnson jumpe! INTO the river
and was drowned before he was res
cued Carefei examination showed
that he yas not touched by a bullet
1t was proved also by other witnesses
that Johnson was subject to hereditary
insanity, and had been treated in an
asylum before.
In regard to the treatment of the
prisoners at Wardner, DIR. Frances
testimony corroborated that of other
witnesses. He said that they were
given good. wholesome food, care was
taken that they Should be comfortably
covered at D:ght, and that sanitary
measures were adopted to prevent dis
ease. AS to the presence of the Fed
eral troops at Wardner it was most sal
utary upon the business interests gem
orally of that town, and of Shosllone
County. He believed that if they were
withdrawn the old conditions of law
lessness which prevailed for seven
years might be expected.
In reply to one of the few pertinent
questions put by Mr.. Sulzer, the wit
Z IS stated that in the issuing of per-
mits to miners, under his direction, no
discrimination had been made against
the Federation of Miners, as such, in
a single instance.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Why Incubator Chicks pie.


At the Rhode Island station careful
investigation has been made of the
cause of the death of young incubator
chickens The total number of dead
chic kens examined during the spring
and summer of 1899 was 500 1t was
alleged that about one-third of the
chicks had been more or less injured
by uneven heat during incubation.
Another common cause Of trouble was
in overcrowding of brooders, resulting
in death by suffoeation trampling, etc
tuberculosis was found to be very
prevalent. and 10 per cent. of the
chickens were more or less affected
For guarding against this disease it is
recommended to give the interior of
the brooderS all the sun and air posi-
Bile on pleasant days Bowel troubles
were common cause of death. Feed
ing should be as nearly as the time OF
the attendant renders profitable a con-
tinuous operation, but by no means a
continuous gorge. Sometimes too much
animal food is given, but in moderate
quantities animal food results in rapid
growth. Lack of animal food some
times causes diseases of the liver and
gall bladder Orange Judd Farmer.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Expansion and Business.

Consul General Haywood has sent to
the State Department the returns of
Hawaiian trade for 1899. They show
total exports and imports of Sal, 700,-
600, of which the United States secured
no less than $37 100000 of trade, leav-
ing only $4,20O,000 divided among all
other countries.
A list of forty articles, all of which
are of American manufacture or pro-
duction, shows an increase in impor-
tations amounting to So, 267 $780, as COM
pared with 1898. The revenue from i'm
port duties in 1889 was 100000 in ex-
cess of that of 1898. This is a large
gain when 1t is considered that almost
all goods imported from the United
States are admitted there free of duty.
During the month of December, 1899,
the largest amount of imports ever re-
corded for one month in Honolulu W IS
received. Sixteen foreign steamers and
forty-eight sailing vessels arrived in
port with cargoes. This does not in
cude the large number of United
States transports that entered the har-
har bringing stock and quartermaster's
supplies There were forty general car
goes, amounting to total OF $1,000
tons; eleven cargoes of coal, the total
being 1850 tons; and thirteen vessels
brought in lumber with a total of
919S,520 feet. The acquisition of these
islands by the United States has given
an impetus to Honolulu that has at
tracted the commercial interest of the
world. The carrying and shipping to
this port has grown with such rapidity
thai the increase of trade in December,
1899, compared with December of 1898,
is something phenomenal.
Figures of the Bureau of Statistics
of the Treasury Department show that
exports from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands have more than dou-
bled since 1897. and were $4,5O0.OOO
larger in 1899 than in 1898. This shows
the benefits to American producers and
manufacturers of our expansion policy
through Hawaiian annexation. Export
figures from the United States to the
Hawaiian Islands in the last three cal
endar years were as follows:
1897. 1895 1879.
S5,47s,22 $6,s27.S4s $l1,3J- ,5s1
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

At the Siege of Turin in 17G6 the
French had obtained possession of one
of the subterranean galleries which
communicated with the citadel. Hop
ing by this means to make themselves
masters of the citadel, they had Sc
cretly posted in the gallery a party of
two hundred grenadiers. A Piedmont
csc peasant named Micha, who had
been forced to serve as pioneer, and
who had been made a corporal, was at
work in a mine near the spot with
twenty men. Hearing the French
overhead, and convinced that if they
remained a moment longer masters of
the gallery the fortress would be lost.
he determined to sacrifice his own life
to save the place. He Immediately
sent away his comrades, desiring Il EN-
TO let him know by the discharge of n
musket when they were out of the
reach of danger. As soon as he heard
the signal he put a match to the mine,
and blew himself up along with the
two hundred grenadiers The King of
Sardinia rewarded his wife and chill
dren, whom at the moment of his
death Micha had commended to his
care, and he also settled a pension on
the whole of his family.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
How to Raise watermelons.

An Iowa contributor to the Farm,
Field and Fireside says: Select rich
Ioam-Sandy loan is best-and dig
holes six feet each way, or in one long
row, and put shovel full of we'll
rotted manure in each hill, covering
with two inches of dirt. Plant about a
dozen seeds in each hill, covering one
inch deep. Plant from the 9Th to the
10th of May. Soon after planting these,
say five or six days, plant a hill be-
tween each two of the first ones These
will come up about the time bugs slow
up generally, and they will not touch
the first vines but will destroy the sec
Ond planting. This is much easier than
putting ashes on the vines. and surer,
TOO.
The main thing after this is to keep
the ground loose around the hill. and
you can raise melons in spite of drouth.
Should the bugs come early and attack
the first vines, they are all gone before
the others are up. A wheel hoe is the
best tool to use, hoeing twice a week
at least. The seeds should be saved
from the earliest and largest melons,
providing they are sweet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

"'rhc credit of rural free delivery be-
longs almost exclusively 10 the McKin-
ley administration. said Hon. Perry s.
Heath. First Assistant Postmaster Gen
erai a movement To broaden the free
delivery of the mails Was begun by
Postmaster General hanamaker under
the administration of Gen. Harrison. 1t
took the form Of village free delivery,
and extended. as an experiment. the
plan of delivering mails by carriers
as existing in cities of 10000 popula.
ton or $4,000 gross postal receipts, to
forty or fifty selected villages OF less
population and smaller postal receipts.
The experiment was IA success as far
as IL went. bur the succeeding Demo
cratic administration, fearing its effect
| in poulavtzng Republican principles
and disseminating Republican litera-
ture, ordered it dropped.
at was a Republican administration
that conceived aud executed the idea
| OF hrirbtcuing the hopir Of the farm
| er, educating his children, increasing
| the value OF his land compelling the
! improvement of his road, and giving
! him ready access To a market Tor his
crops 10y carrying the United States
mails 20 lima on his farm
Since the 4th Of March 1927. uearly
! 100000 rural homes in all parts OF the
/ United States have been brought into
close touch with The rest of tile world
| 10y Il daily visit of the rural postman,
! The initiation of some form of free
I delivery which should reach the here
! tofore isolated rural communities, was
| forced upon tie last administration in
| Its closing year 10y Congress. responsive
10 the wishes OF the people. Forty-fouT
rural experiments we've reluctantly
started. some Of them in communities
which neither asked nor appreciated
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Measure OF Kansas Zepayrs.

Doubling persons in the East some
times are inclined to give little Gre
dence to the statement that there is an
intimate relation in Kansas between
wind and whiskers. Not that the ex-
istence of boards is doubted. but that
the breezes are supposed to be tied up
into cyclones and let out only once in
a while. But the report of the State
Agricultural College of Kansas shows
that in February 7,140 miles of wind
whistled through the whiskers of the
men folk Of Kansas. THIS means an
average hourly velocity of over nine
miles. This is in the aggregate 151
miles above the average for Februarys.
Each day that month Kansas got 255
miles of wind, most OF which came
from the north. She also got seven
rains with a fail of nearly three inches
and her mean temperature was % de-
grees-New York Sun.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

The Southwest claims that the larg-
est orchards in the world are located in
its Town territory The largest bear
ing apple orchard is the Wellhouse or
chard of 1850 acres, situated near
Leavenworth, Kan. The Olden orchard
at Olden, Mo-, contains 1850 acres of
apples and peach trees; the McNair or
chard at st. Elmo over 1000 acres; the
Huber orchard at Senaee 1,40o acres;
the Parket Winans orchard near Sey-
mour 1000 acres; the Ozark Orchard
Company's orchards at several points
on the Pittsburg and Gulf Railroad in
Missouri and Arkansas 1900 acres, and
there are many orchards ranging from
50 to 500 acres.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Free Trade Trusts.

Consul Halstead, of Birmingham, re-
ports to the State Department the pro-
posed formation of a worsted spinners'
trust in free-trade England, with cap
ital of SS.597, 900. and involving the
consolidation of 1906 different firms.
Mr.. Scott Ling, of Manchester, who
presided, explained that it was pro-
posed to buy out firms on the basis of
allowing nothing for goodwill of con-
Germs which show only 5 per cent
profit. All profit beyond per cent
would be multiplied seven aud half
times. and that amount allowed for
good will On such a basis he calcu-
lated they coAld show ~ to 8 per cent
for ordinarf shareholders.
A reso' ton in favor of combination
was ua;. mously passed, and the fol-
lowing mmttee appointed to devise
scheme: Mr.. Ickeringll, of Keigh-
ley; Mr.. James Drummond. CT Brad
ford; Mr.. Alfred Haley. of Wakefield;
Mr.. A. Andarton. of Check heaton; Mr..
]. Hoyie, of Halifax; Mr.. Smithies of
! Elland: and Mr.. Fl. Whitehead. Of
Bradford
Another combine reported by Consul
Halstead was that of two well-known
steamship companies trading to the
Cape of Good Houe. The object of the
amalgamation is to provide for the
more efficient working of the South
African trade and for the carrying out
of the joint mail contract which the
companies have made With the Cape
Government for ten years from octe-
Der next.
1t is proposed that the shares of the
united company shall he FLO, instead Of
E20 shares, and the shareholders of the
Union Company will receive for their
paid-up capital an allotment of an
equal nominal amount of fully patd-up
shares of the Union Castle ,,cmpany,
and in addition will receive f6 t3S. Id.
per share, payable in 4 per cent, de
heuture stock. The nominal capital of
the combine is $1oo00.000 No protec-
tive tariff is held responsible for these
two trusts
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
General Interest to Farmers.


Mixing about one pound of oil meal
with i've of wheat ana wetting it mp
with skim milk makes a good feed for
growing pigs.
Governor Richards of Wyoming has
issued a quarantine proclamation with
instructions governing the shipment Of
cattle into Wyoming.
A bushcl of wheat. as au equivalent
amount Of Hour can be shipped from
Minneapolis TO almost any point IN
western Europe for about - cents.
Every fruit grower and harticulturiSt
should have scranhook s.aerem he
max place formulas. hints on culture.
tre, aud where he can also keep a sec
ord of varieties planted
At the recent congress of reteriuary
physicians at Baden Baden DR.
HccLer. Of Halle maintained that the
tootaud-mouth disease can be- trans
fcrred 10 healthy animals by birds.
etc. fact which il subs;anJiated.
will call for modification of leglsla-
ton
The largest orchard in South Dakota
is owned by Mrs Laura A. Alderman.
near Hurley, Turner County. aud con
tains $50 acres with 5000 trees. Two
acres are covered with plum trees. Be
sides the trees, there are 1000 cHrrant
bushes. looo soosebcrry bushes and
500 grapevines Three acres are devot
ed to strawberries.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

the service. 1t was difficult to find
such localities, but some were found
and the service was started there, ap-
parently with the purpose Of bringing
rural free delivery into disrepute and
demonstrating its .mpracticability.
1T is possible this result might have
been achieved In time, but under the
viyifying influence of Republican pos
tai policy, rural free deliyliy at once
sprung into vigorous life. Z ne appro-
priations were increased by Congress
from $4,000 the first year to $4,000
the second year, and $4,000 the third
year On the I'd Of April. 1900, close
upon 1000 rural routes had been estab-
lished, some of them serving as many
as twelve or fifteen hundred people
daily, the average being $50 persons to
route. Not one State which has asked
for the service has been left unrepre-
scented. The good work is still going
on. Nothing short of a revolution can
now check ii.
Three years experience has shown
that the rural free delivery service is
NV tAoAdihsitSlS GApcu5ifNs II tOotS
very little more than the old colonial
style of postal service, which 1t super
sedes, and it invariably brings a large
and compensating increase in the
amount of the mail matter handled. and
consequently in the amount of postal
receipts turned into the treasury. But
even if it does cost more than the obso-
lete old plan, are not the farmers en-
titled TO some Of the benefits of the
government which they help so liberal
ly to support by their taxation?
1.-THE country can well afford to con
tinue and extend a system which
makes better citizens, happier homes,
and contributes SO largely to the men
tai, moral and material advancement
of the plain people"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
ohio's Bank Deposits increase.

Prosperity in the Buckeye State has
been advancing by leaps and bounds.
1t is in the air. People there feel,
breathe and touch It. They cannot
cross the streets or open their farm
house doors without seeing abundant
signs of it. Factory smoke stacks belch
1T forth. The well filled dinner pail
savors of it. The age-earner feels it
in his pocket, while his wife ard family
see 1t in their homes amid the Injuries
and comforts with which they are now
surrounded. New garments take the
place of Cleveland badges" Free
soup and free silver have given way to
honest work and honest money. The
job hunts the man. The man isn't
hustling for the job.
These facts are self-evident to all
jewellers i'll Ohio, as well as to those
who visit and pass through the state
of Presidents" If proof were needed
it can be found right at hand in the
last annual report of he Comptroller
of the Currency, Charles L. Dawes, of
Illinois. His official returns make the
following remarkable exhibit:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

The arrangement illustrated is In
tended for stacking hay, fodder, etc,
out of doors, and is also useful, if of
convenient size, for loading shocks Of
fodder on to wagon in the field, one
team being used to haul the derrick
fr0r shock to shock. 1t can also be
used advantage IN loading hay from
n stack on to wagon A telegraph pole
is best for the center pole, which turns
in any direction. Ii Is niade with a
shoulder to fit in the hole in the crp )
plank at the bottom. The bottom
frame should be abort one-half the
height of the entire device. 1t is made
principally of scantlings Aka and 2x6,
as occasion requires Three pulleys
are necessary to operate the derrick,
and the crane can be swung around
whenever wanted. This stacker can be
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02

of the very finest quality not yet mar
keted is expected to command 40 cents.
Not only is the fleece of considerable
value, but the hides and flesh are also
said to be in active demand.
Apparently there is an excellent OPP
portunity for many American farmers
in the raising of Angora goats. t is
asserted that these animals can be kept
at much less expense than sheep,
while their 1eere is Of far greater val
ne than wool 1t requires n dry climate
and snort grass while a country Of
;'lken and billy nature, with scraDby
tree growths, Is well adapted to its re-
quirements. The statement is also
made that breeding the Angora with
the common goat produces an animal
of greater size than the latter, while
the fleece is soon graded up to profit
yielding quality.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1900-05-02
Bone in the Warm Season.

Some persons are disposed to use
green cut bone only in winter, but a
small quantity fed once a day in spring
and summer will greatly promote lay
ing and be of much advantage TO molt-
ing hens. The bene-cutter does not
grind" homes, but ''cuts" those fresh
from the butcher, and o pound of green
cut bones, given at night to twenty
fowls. will cost but little and prove
beneficial in promoting laying. For
geese and ducks there is no food that
will show better results, especially for
those that are growing, as it supplies
the elements of growth and thus pre-
vents them from having leg weakness.
Do not give too much, but use it mod
erately in connection with Il variety Of
other foods Kansas Farmer