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The Harm Has Been Done.

The strike of miners in the Pennsyl-
vania coal fields is causing much con-
Germ to the Republican bosses. They
have not forgotten the Homestead trou-
bles in 1892, nor their effects on the
national campaign of that year. Sol
diers and Pinkerton detectives, obeying
the mandates of heartless capitalists,
make poor campaigners among the
common people. A needy miner shot
down while asserting his manhood
speaks louder to the hearts of the
American masses than all their force
and artillery.
Hanna recognizes these facts. After
reaching New York the other day from
Chicago. one OF his first acts was 10 call
on j. Pierpont Morgan, and report of
the interview says he told this big
tinancier that unless the coal strike was
stopped at once the election of McKin-
lev was in peril This strike will ruin
u.s." Hanna is reported to have said.
''and you with your great command can
stop it, Mr.. Morgan was told that no
money was wanted from him, that the
Republican committee had all the
funds it wanted; its pressing desire was
that the strike should be ended until
at least after the election, for every day
of its continuance was winning thou
sands of votes for Bryan. Cornelius
n. Bliss. former Secretary of the In
terror; Senator Scott, of West Virginia.
and the President of the National City
Bank, were with Hanna, and they
Joined their voices in an earnest appeal
that for the sake of party success the
strike should be settled at once.
1t is too late. The harm has been
done. The pitiful wall of the miners.
that they might as wen starve idle as
starve working. has been heard through
out the land, and the infamous indus
trial system that enriches the few and
pauperizes the many must go. 1t would
be incredible, were not the facts adj
duced. that men with families of
young children were compelled to work
in the mines at an average of less than
$3.50 year. Some of them. as was re-
Gently stated, at a meeting of the
miners. never had in their possession
even one dollar in cash of their earn
ings. 1t was all traded out as fast or
faster than it was earned. in the
..pluck-me'' stores owned by the coal
barons. where the unfortunate under
ground delivers were forced TO purchase
the insufficient necessaries of life and
the materials used by them in their oc-
cupation. They were compelled 10 pro-
duce, too. for a ton of coal as high as
$500 pounds, which the coal baron sold
for nearly the equivalent of two tons.
These facts and conditions are now
known to all voters throughout the
land. and even were the few moderate
demands of the miners granted 1t
would not, in the minds of an outraged
people. be regarded as a conformation of
the crimes and crueltIes against robbed
and crucified and too patient labor.
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the question. Does not the condition
of things in North Carolina and in 9TH
er States, including recent deplorable
outbreak in your own State of Ohio
referring to the race riot in Akron
prove that we have race problem at
home sufficiently serious and difficult
TO deter us from adding to 1t by taking
on 100000 people of alien races in
the China Sea q
At another place Mr.. Bryan met a
question as to the status of colored peo-
pie at the South by advising his ques-
TONER to read Mr. McKinley's treaty
with the Sultan of Sulu, recognizing
slayers and polygamy and guarantee
ing the expenses of keeping the Sui
tan's harem.
TO question whether he would ae-
cept Senator Hanna's challenge to de-
bate, Mr.. Bryan replied: Yes, provid-
ed Mr. Hanna is to be President in the
event of my defeat Could anything
be sharperg
1t is a pity that the etiquette of the
campaign forbids debate between Mr..
Mckinley and Mr.. Bryan.
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What Will Bryan Do?

OF the subordinate issues Mr.. Bryan
gives trusts and monopolies the first
place, and well says that
Theappalling growth of combinations
in restraint of trade during the present
administration proves conclusiyely that
the Republican party lacks either the
desire or the ability to deal with the
question effectively.
He repeats his suggestions as to spe-
cific remedies, but this pledge goes di-
rectly to the point:
If elected l shall appoint an Attor-
ney General who win, without fear or
favor, enforce existing laws.
This is what the country needs more
than new laws-and what it has never
had under any administration, Demo
cratic or Republican. And this is the
strongest point in Mr.. Bryan's favor.
Nobody questions that he would APP
point such an Attorney General, and
sustain him with all the great power Of
the executive office. Nor does anybody
doubt that if President Mckinley shall
be reelected we shall have the same
or another corporation lawyer AID trust
promoter as Attorney General.--New
York World.
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dress. Only because the overdress is still
a double skirt that does not alter the out
line from the waist down, have they ac-
cepted it. They are at once alarmed st
anything that suggests the looseness of
drapery ar the back. 50 the designers are
in difficulty Their customers have had
pleats, cordings and gathers, and don't
care for them. The apron overdress is
being tried, its ends falling sash-like at
the back over full back skirt, or the
edges OF the apron are finished with soft
fiouncing that appears at either side OF
the back. Some dresses thus finished are
very pretty. One appears in the next pic
ture. 1t was pale gray ladies' cloth, with
pleated skirt flounce of darker gray silk.
| and liberal embroidery of white and gold.
Though gowns of this general character
are dainty and possessed of a look of out
right newness. there is no indication that
the modified sheath back will be discard
ed for them.
A second type that is offered as a sub
stitute for the sheath back holds the CEN
ter of this illustration. 1t is styled the
belted pri0cess, but really consists of
bodice and skirt of one material and with
corresponding elaboration. In this case
the dress goods was sage green broad
cloth, with banding of ecru lace insertion.
Lace was draped over the upper part of
the bodice to be gathered into a knot, and
the sleeves were corded with black. There
are many ways in which the bodice and
skirt may be made to correspond. Etons,
zouaves and their many notifications are
very numerous, and usually are the same
material as the skirt. A fancy under
waist and a waistcoat may give variety,
and usually the undersleeve seems to be
a part Of the under bodice, while the
waistcoat may supply cuffs to the jacket
sleeves or revers to its collar.
1t is a bit early to wear combinations
of cloth and velvet, but they are appear
ing and promise to be abundant in winter.
A handsome model remains in the pic
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FEATURES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
Republicans Not Only on the Defensive,
but They Are on the Rum.

but Ihey Are on the Kun.
Two features of the present campaign
deserve special notice First, that the
iefeetions from the Republican party
IAN no longer be denominated ;scal in
sidents. The tide Bryan-ward sweeps
over the nation and Democracy counts
its recruits in States all the Way from
Maine 10 Oregon. Early in the cam
9aign, the Republicans asserted, and
perhaps even believed that large Rum
bers were deserving their party as y re-
suit of local conditions. They now con-
cede their mistake; acknowledge the
detection to be national, the dissatis-
faction general, and are using every ex-
pedient that can occur TO the minds OF
desperate politicians to keep the fol-
lowers of the party in line.
The second feature of the campaign
that deserves special notice is this, that
the Republicans now acknowledge
themselves to be fighting upon the de-
fensive. They no longer under the COM
mand of their party generals, make bold
attacks upon Democratic positions
Offensive warfare has become, with
them, an impossibility. They are fight
ing strictly on the defensive and they
acknowledge it.
The Chicago Tribune, heading the
speech of Senator Beverage recently
delivered at the Auditorium, Chicago,
used the following as a sub-head: HE
defends policy of war;" and the speech
was in very truth an elaborate defense
of the foreign policy of the present adj
ministration. Senator Beveridge was
kept so busy during his entire speech,
explaining" the actions of Mckinleys
administration that he did not find time
during his entire Grafton to attack
single principle of the Democratic plat
form. Every practical politician appre-
ciates the disadvantage of tghung
upon the defensive. 1t is condition
calculated to fill the managers OF Nc
Kinley's campaign with gloom, and to
cause the Democratic leaders to be-
come jubilant over the prospects OF
victory that is every day becoming
more and more matter of certainty
The Republicans are upon the defen-
sive; more than that, they are on the
run.
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ture, where its plain portions represent
biscuit colored broadcloth, underskirt and
inner bodice being black panne velvet.
Belt and revers are white satin banded
with narrow black velvet. In many of
these dresses almost, the effect of sep
arate bodice results from the use of the
skirt material in the upper part of tho
dress. The delicate cloth of the skirt may
be corded or laid in fine pleats for the
bodice, or tiny silk cord or line in tho
cloth that hardly shows in the plain skirt
may in the pleated bodice become dis.
tinct feature of decoration. Often, too,
the lace that appears flat on the skirt ID
draped on the bodice.
Copyright 1900
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The Penalty.

The Boston baby fretfully refused to
eat the baked beans.
What" exclaimed the mother; do
YOU wish to grow up undyspeptic. like
your uncle John, of Easton. Pa? ~
The child was sullenly silent, but
manifestly much impressed. 1t was
more than likely that his natural habit
of introspection would serve to set him
right without further objective infiu.
ence.-Detroit Journal.
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FkNCIES OF FASHION.
WHAT is BEING WORN BY THE
LADIES OF GOTHAM.
Little Uniformity in Fall Costumes
for Calling, Driving, Church and
Reception Wear-Golf Girls Combine
English and French Effects in Dress.
New York correspondence:

UMSfER girls ere
gone by, the girl
who dreams in q
hammock is forgot
ten, the garden par
ty girl is a fading
vision. All three
have turned into
golf girl, tramp;1Ig
girl, shooting girl OF
outing girl. The
short skirt thaG she
kept out of, if she
was a genuine ham.
NJ o { k and garden
girl, is now the
skirt she finds use
for, ard her golf OF
outing dress is this
fall a very different
matter fro ~ the
one of last season
The American girls
taste indorses an
odd mixture of the
French and the En-,
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The "syndicated President. y


Where does Mark Hanna turn when
he starts to raise the enormous cam
paign fund which he warns his sup
porters is essential to the election of
Mr.. Mckinley? Does he go to the peo-
pie? Not at all. He goes rather to the
full money-bags which have been
made rotund by Mckinley bounties,
Mckinley subsidies, Mckinley con-
tracts and other Mckinley benefits, con-
tributions from which are not merely
tithes from favors received, but the ex-
preston of a lively hope of favors to
come. What word can more accurate
ly describe presidency obtained by
this means. for these ends, than that
employed by Mr.. Olney-"a syndicated
presidency ?''-New York World
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II dare ask nothing" he said, "since
dare not ask too much"
And they were both silent.
But in their silence a hope and a
promise lay. And there are some who
say that the most beautiful singer of
the day will exercise the prerogative
that her pre-eminence gives to her, and
will make romantic marriage Penny
Pictorial Magazine.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16
Playing with Edged Tools.

Occasionally some one Interrupts Mr..
Bryan while speaking, by asking what
may be considered smart questions.
Then he is sorry and wishes he
hadn't.
When Mr.. Bryan was speaking in
Ohio about the consent OF the governed
in the Philippines, some one called out.
-How about North Carolinasv Mr.
Bryan replied: Il thank nay friend for
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

The Republican party can't afford to
have Mr. Hanna on the stump. That
Chicago speech of his must have made
President McKinley's blood run cold.
1t has sent a shiver through the whole
Republican body. Mr.. Hanna is the
only Republican yet heard from that
applauds it. though the Democrats are
delighted with it, Mr.. Bryan especially.
PHILADELPHIA North American (Rep.).
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

The Republican party of to-day is n
complete negation Of the party founded
forty years ago The leader of that
party is the personification Of political
'negation. He has negatived his pre-
vlously declared opinions on bimetall-
ism, on war Of criminal aggression,
on civil service reform, on what he de
clared TO be "our plain duty" toward
Porto Rico. and will probably reverse
himself on other positions before he
leaves Office for good on March next.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

Lanjuinais discovered in him such
striking proofs of talent, good sense
and amiability, that. on Girard's rising,
TO take leave, he rose, too, and accom-
panied his visitor to the ante-cham-
Der. The change was so striking that
Girard could not avoid an expression
Of surprise. Ny younr friend" said
Lanjuinals. anticipating the inquiry,
Eve receive an unknown person e4c-
cordlng to his dress we take leave Of
him according to hIs merit -Anec-
doteg
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

Mr.. Mckinley says -the FiIipinos
opened IRE upon oar army In his off,
cial report General Otis says the first
shot was fred BY an American picket
upon a Filipino. Before INDUCING In
any more letter writing Mckinley and
Otis should get together and agree up
on modus viYendi.
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senators Stood by the Trusta.

The House of Representatives by
practically unanimous vote passed a
very stringent piece of antitrust legis-
lation, but it was pigeon-holed by the
Senate. The Senate is overwhelmingly
Republican, and it is therefore the most
obedient servant of the trusts and the
pirates.-Memphis CommercialAppeal.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16
Women kecoming Bald.

Whether or no there is any truth in
the prediction of pessimistic scientist
that. in another generation or two. the
human race Will be comparatively hair
less and toothless. we know not. But it
is certain that, fron one cause or anoth-
er. premature badness is deplorabIy on
the increase anpoBg not only the men
but also the woRlen OF to-day
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The pebs Vote in Indiana.

If the Republicans are counting on
the theory that all the Debs votes viii
come from the Democratic party they
are making a grevious error. The bulk
Of the Debs vote in Indiana VIII come
from the factories OF the gas belt, which
rolls-d up such great Republican ma
;ari.ses IN 1896 indianapolis Press.
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STOPS A SHIP QUICKLY.
Drag Brake for Vessels Which May
Prevent Many Collisions.

Prevent Many Collisions.
The necessity for stopping vessel in
a short distance ,often occurs and has
led Frederick Wendler, of New York
City, to devise the drag brake shown
in the accompanying cut. Its use may
be the means of saving many a COLI
sion or the grounding Of ship when
shoal water appears suddenly. In either
case the vessel cannot be stopped in too
short space of time, and this device
would be a material aid in accomplish
ing the desired result The illustration
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

The Republican vote, as 1t now APP
pears. has fallen off 10 per cent, while
the Democratic vote has increased i6
per cent. And right here is the danger
that threatens the Republicans. Such
Democratic gains and Rpubliean losses
in closer States would be fatal. II the
conditions that have prevailed In Yer
mont should develop IN indte1E the
Democrats would carry the e,pe by
large plurality The safest conclusion
for the Republicans to draw Il that
they have d hard fight on their hands,
indianapolis News
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

Mr.. Platt has assembled himself In
convention at Saratoga apd nominated
Republican candidates FIR tie Office Of
Governor and Lieutenant Governor Of
New York. Both Of the gensiemeR
named are distinguished nationally
one because Of his long services as
Platt's lobbyist at Albany The other for
waistcoafs which must be heard to be
appreciated. II only remains for the
Empire State Democracy TO bring out
a clean ticket to put New York safely in
the Bryan column next November
Washington TimsA
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STRANGERS Judged bv Dress.

Girard, the famous French painter,
when very young, was the bearer of a
letter of introduction to Lanjuinais,
then of the council of Napoleon. The
young painter was shabbily attired and
his reception was extremely cold, but
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glish as to fashions. She is as active as
her English cousin, but adores the dainti-
ness of the Frenchwoman. She takes at
once to the English woman's tailor rig
for walking or outing because it is so
easy. Then she begins to mitigate its
rigors of outline without Interfering with
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Lost on Race cnr-. :.

1t is estimated, according to the New
York World, that as much as between
f40.O00O0O and f50.000,00O IS lost
yearly upon the turf, England contrib
uting its share to the extent Of from
f7.000,e00 TO E10000,000 Australia is
the largest loser, 1t being calculated
that no less than f20,000.000 changes
hands there yearly. The French suf-
fer most next 10 the Australian colon
les, most Of the remainder Of the
amount being contributed by other
British colonies and the United States.
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TONS .......-...-.-. - IJ,OVV'OOO
Ninety cents a day seems to be a
very munificent outcome of Mckinley
ism
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CbaupeabIe.

1t is estimated that William McKin,
ley has changed oftener than anything
or anybody, not even excepting the
weather.
He changed on the money question.
He changed on the sugar tariff ques-
ton.
He changed on the plain duty ques-
ton.
He changed on the "who will haul
down the flag" question.
He changed on the forcible annexa-
ton question.
He has Topped and floundered like an
eel out of water. He has shifted and
eyaded and side-stepped like cham
pion pugilist, who depends more on
ability to dodge than ability to hit.
He has advocated both sides of every
question of public Importance. AS was
said of Reuben, SO may it be said OF
Mckinley: unstable as water; thou
shalt not excel"
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Election by Popular Vote!

The Presidential campaign is not
political battle, as it should be, for the
entire country, but is a conflict narrow
ed down to few States which are
properly classed as doubtful. But II
the President were elected as the re-
suit of popular vote, every voter from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the
lakes to the gulf, would be aware that
his vote would aid in determining the
question of whether his candidate did
or did not receive-as it would then be
Ia plurality OF the votes cast. A Pres
idential election campaign would, I'M
der such circumstances, be just as ac-
tive and exciting in Vermont as in
New York, because every vote that
either the Republicans or the Demo-
Gratis in Vermont could add to their
strength would aid just so much IN
bringing to their candidate the support
needed for success.-Boston Herald.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1900-10-16

Coal is worked so easily in China
that In Shanghai 1t sells at less than
one shilling pr ton at the mines.
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who+ the strike Means.

What the anthracite strike means
may be judged by the following fig
ures:
The age-herald., 1900-11-14
cents promlses to be the rullng prlee of the

cents promises to be the ruling price of the cotton year.
 The rush of cotton to market would have broken the price more severely if the wolrd had not been bare of the staple. The sta- tistiea1 position of the staple upheld the price, and the most critical period of the market may have been passed, although there are four or five million bales yet to be marketed and the spinners are to some extent supplied. But at the best the crop. even if it be 1050O, 900 bales, will not clothe the world and restore the visible supply to normal figures. There will be small stocks at the end of the cotton year.
 The South need not be In a hurry so far as the rest of the crop is concerned. The farmers have already received over $2OO,- 000,00O for the crop and they can add $SO0, 100000 to this sum if they will be patient and hopeful and reslstful. Cotton is well worth 10 cents. and every bale in farmers hands can be sold for that sum at some time during the season.
The age-herald., 1900-11-14
ALVORD CASE.
Examination Continued Until Friday.
 Government Rests.

New York, November 13.-The hearing Il, the case of Cornelius l.. Alvord, Jr., late note teller in the First National Bank, who is charged with having embedded s690OO0 from the institution, was continued today.
 William Reed, cashier of the First Ma tional Bank, said that Alvord was at the bank on October IS, and left there without his permission. Central Office Detective Edward Armstrong, who arrested the ac- cused note teller in Boston, testified that when he met Alvord in Boston the accused Said
 T am glad to see you. I am glad you came for me-"
 Morton V. Moore. settling clerk at the First National Bank, said that he made up the clearing house proof on October l5, but that the first two figures of the total were not his own. The total for that day, the witness said, was $7S70 but 1 and had been written over the figures and s, and a figure 1 added, making the total ap- pear to be $1,470,7O5, a difference of s690 O0O. Later on, Moore said, the figure l was scratched over and the figures and re- stored in another handwriting.
 At this point Assistant United States Dis trict Attorney Baldwin declared the case for the government closed and the exami- nation was adjourned until Friday next.
The age-herald., 1900-11-14
EMPEROR WILLIAM
Will Create Won ketteIel's Widow a
 Countess-Now in Chicago.

New York, November 1S.-According to a dispatch from Berlin to the Journal and Advertiser, the Kaiser has just given fur ther evidence of his regard for Baron von Ketteler, who was assassinated in China, by inviting the ambassadors American widow to Germany in order that he may express to her his keen sense not only of her husbands services, but also of the courage and gallantry which she herself displayed throughout the terrible siege of the legations.
 It is said that the Kaiser besides vesting the widowed baroness with the Order of Louise, of which the Empress is grand mis- tress, will offer her a position and create her a countess in her own right.
 It is probable that the baroness will also be offered the title of lady in waiting to the Empress. She Is certain to be over whelmed by court, government, society and the people with tokens of kindly sympathy and regard