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ALTERNATE PAGE FOLLOWS . - T j ft I rytf -N Kr ((If j Iff rt V:-, i r y A.. Rill i.1 1 it!. 10 CENTS A WEEK. A LOSS OF 45,000. The Vote in Kansas Will Be That 3iimli Short, Aecorduu!: to Both Chairmen Lelaiul an I lireidenthal. COMPLETE ESTIMATES Given ivJ By Chairmen. All the Tliey Are the final Figures tore Election Day. I e- R EPUBLIC A S S,30,000 I'lnrality, Says Chairman Le lund Today. lirt-identhal's OSiicial Populist Plurality is 1 ;,()()(. Both Claim the Legislature by Nearly Same Fiirures. There will Le 41,000 fewer votes cast Jn Kansas at the election next Tuesday than there wero oast at the election in 1892, accordant to the estimates of the chairmen of the two leading- political parties. Chairman Cyrus Leiand of the Repub lican state central committee and Chair man John VV. BreiJenthal of the Popu list state central c:o;uuiiltee both agree that the total vote cast at next Tues day's election will be in the neighbor hood of i;5 ,000, u jile two years ago the vote exceeded ilSo.U ;0; this means that there will be 4o,'Ju ) fewer votes cast than two years ago. The lealers of Doth parties are confi dent and express their belief that their party will have tu overwhelming . vic tory. Chairman Cyrus Leiand said to a Statu Jot'iiXAi, reporter this morning: "1 aui confident that i j jr Morrill will be elected and lie will have a plurality, I now believe, that will exceed 30,UOU. Overmyer 1 thiuk will get 2.3,000 votes atid Pickering's vo e I do not believe will exceed tS.bO ). Ihrve not figured on it, but I thirds the ote on the suffrage amendment will be very close and my estimate is that th- total voie cast will be in the neighborhood of 30,lKO. "Major Morrill will run ahead of his ticket, but Blue for congressman at large will run close with Morrill. We will elect our entire congressional ticket. "In the First cietriot, liroderlck will have from 3,000 to 3..VJ0 majority. "In the Second district Miller will be elected by a plurality of 5,'-00 or 6000. "In the Third d strict Kirkputrick is bure to have 3.00 ) obirality, while in the Fourth district Cmtis will be re-elected by from U.ooO to -l.o.n). "In the Fifth di;rict Calderhead will defeat John Davis and will have l,.3od plurality. lie wi 1 carry every county but one in his dis'iiet. "Judee r.lli-s wil. defeat B;tker in the Sixth district and will have 1,-jOJ votes to spare, "In the Seventh district Chester I. Long is going to bat Jerry Simpson b . from 1,500 to 2.0.)) votes, and .Major .Mor rill will get 4.000 plurality in that dis trict. "Morrill will carry every county in the First, Second, Fourth and all but one in the Third district, and doing that the Populists can't ouie anywhere near catching up to our procession. "We are gaing to eloct eighty out of the 125 members of the legislature. There are thr?o candidates for representative i.i about forty eight d. strict."; i.uri-ig the last live or six days a be Hi haif a dozen Dem ocratic candidates for representative have withdrawn, b it there are still about forty-eight counties in which there will bo a three -cornered !i;?ht, and two years ago there were only thirteen districts in the entire state in which there was not an absolute ftisicn. We are going to have eighty rneiiibors of the legislature." lireideittbal's list i mates. Chairman Breidenthal of the Populist state committee has received a late and revised poll from nil but about 100 of the ",loO voting preempts in the state, and he is sure the Populist state ticket will be elected and his uatty will tret the Ieo-U- lature. To a 'TATE JcI'unal reoorter hlj mormtig te naid: "The total vote cast at this election will be somewhere near SVffJ W9i going to elect our ticket, -tay t:fvarci -showing that I.ewell ing w.U get ll-i-,,; 0 votes; Morrill, 123 5Clh- Overetfer, 17,500. and Pickering o,5!X. "For congressman at lare Harris will be elected. s he -ul rue close with the state ticket. We -sxpect to elect six out of the eight cougr s.inen. In the First district the tight wdl be very close, with Leavenw orth coup y to determine the re sult. If Solomon gets Leavenworth county he will be fleeted. "In" the Seconc district, Wvandotte county will tell the atorv. The tight will be close but Willard ought to get a big majority cf the laboring- men' votes in V van lotto couoty and if ha does he will be elected. That is a vote no man can poll. It is like the vote in Shawnee county, no one can tell how the laboring men are going to vote. Il"ln the Third dhtrict there is no ques tion about JJjtkin being elected, lie will carry every county in the district but one. I do not eare to name that one. "In the Fourth district Shawnee coun ty tells the story. Scott will come up to Shawnee with a plurality of about 2 U00 and if this county is as I think it is, he he will be elected. The Republicans say they have a poll, but we could have counted tke naa.es oa tho registration NIGHT EDITION. TOPEKA, KANSAS, SATURDAY. EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1S91. books, too, for that matter. The labor ing vote of this county can't be polled. "In the Fifth district Davis will be elected by an increased majority. He will carry every county in the district except Uiley. The Republicans claim the Fifth district and their poll shows a majority for Calderhead of 742 votes, but Davis will be elected. "Baker will be elected in the Sixth district without a daubt. He will carry seventeen out of thd twenty-two counties in the district. "Jerry Simpson will have an incre;tsed majority in the Seventh district, and will have a clear majority in twenty-eight cut of the thirty-six counties in the district. "As far as the legislature ia concerned, we will elect seventv-two members. There is no doubt about the election of that number. "The suffrage amendment will csrry and will have a juajority of atrout 25,000 votes." Chairman Kiohferdson'ii Kstimate. Chairman Richardson, of the Demo cratic state central committee, estimates Overmyer's vote at something over 25, OOO. He says Solomon has a chance of being elected in the First district. Miller will be elected in the Second, Kirkpat rick in the Third, Curtis in the Fourth and the Populists will elect their candi dates for congress in the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh districts. He says tin re is some doubt about the election of cor; gressman-at-large. Troutman, he thinks, will run behind his ticket, on account cf his pro hibition ideas, and Cooke will gain where Troutman loses. Chairman Richardson thitka there will be from twelve to fifteen members of the next house Democrats who will hold the balance of power and will con trol the election of ;i United States sena tor. He says the Prohibitionists will get fewer votes than they did two years ago. Chairman Whartoo's lOst iniates. Chairman G. G. Wharton of the Pro hibition state central committee, who lives at Otta .va and is the publisher of the Kansas Lever, in the last issue of his paper claimed 40.0U0 votes for the Pro hibition state ticket, while Ma,' or Picker ing, who has mfluacimvass of the state, says he will not get less tiian JO, 000 votes. Tlie Legislature. The most interesting part of thisyear's election aside from the head of the ticket is the selection of members of the legis lature. There are 125 representative d'utricts in the state and a house to house canvass has been made in every voting precinct in the state in the legislative light. The Republicans have renominated 36 members of the Douglass house and the Populists have renominated '0 members of the Durum ire house. Chairman Leiand claims that eighty members of the next house will be Re publicans and Chairman lireidenthal says he alsoiute'.y kn iwj that seventy two of them wiil be Populists, so that it is clear to be seen o ie or the other is to be badly disappointed in the result In another part of this paper is printed for the first time a list of ail the candi dates for the legislature whose names have been reported to the state head quarters of the two parties. ki;ki'in; i 1 avith tu km. Klitor 1'opuliiit nit-ut a.; I-'unt a.s l i.l-. Ark wsas Ci rv, Nov. 3. To the Fditor cf the St. tie Journal: Rreidenthnl falsified when he told your reporter that the county clerk of Cowley county caused the name of Dr. Xj.vlon, the Prohibition candidate for congress, to be printed in the election ticket. We handled the copy ourself, and Kirkpat rick and Hotkin's names are the only ones turned over to us and printed as candidates for congress. Rre.denthal and Little were informed of tu.s fact last Wednesday; they simply publish a false hood. T. W. lie KKKT. WASN'T IN M K.t.M K. Sllptji-ilitemleiit Sniiler Set llitlit About 1 that Nortli Tt-ka liettiu. State Superintendent of Insurance S. 11. Su'ues says the story about the use of the state insurance money for Populist betting purposes whs without founda tion and in proof of his state ment he showed a State Jolknai. reporter a certificate of deposit for the f 1,500 insurance money which he de posited in the Bank of Topeka October liTth. The money is still in the Rank of Topeka and Judge Snider savs it will stay there until the legislature author izes its distribution. AS TO I'ASSKS. ISreitlentHal Collecting: Statists For I" litieal l'tirposes. Chairman Breidenthal of tiii Populist State Central committee, sai l today that he has instructed his committeemen in every precinct in thetata to send hiia a list of the names of all the voters who go home to vote and ride on railroad passes. He this morning received a long list of names of Republicans who were said to have gone home on passes. CHAI NCEY DEl'EW SPEAKS. Said He Met Three IVeniilentiitl Candidates (.oiiii; Down tlie Koad. Batavia, N. V., Nov. 3. Two thousand people cave an enthusiastic greeting to Chauncey M. Depew on bis arrival at Batavia today. He spike from the rear platform of his car for thirteen min utes. While Mr Depew was talking a man in the crowd shouted: "Hurrah for the next president," which created laugh ter, in which Mr. Depew joined. "As I was coming up the road," said the doctor, "I met three presidential can didates. Hill, Flower and Cockraa, iroing down the road," and then he to! i of the small crowds to which they had talked and of the eager audiences he hail ad dressed. Jlorton ( oarliman ticts On". Washington, Nov. 3. Secretary Car lisle has just rendered a decis'un direct ing that the case against Howard, Mr. Morton's coachman be d.smisi-ed. This is iu accordance wita the information ex clusively given by the Associated Pres yesterda-. The case of Abe Curtis, colored, who burglarized a North Topeka barber shop, was continued in Justice Ciieuey's court till the 7th. DAY OFPARADES. Populists and Republicans Do Their Best. Populists Make a Very Credita ble Showing, But Republicans Far Outshine Them in Numbers. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE "Witness the Parades Kansas Avenue. Alons: Four Times as Manj- Republican Voters in Line AS PEOPLE'S PARTY. Republican Demonstration One of the Most Imposing: Ever Seen in Topeka if Not in Kansas. It was glorious weather for this big political day in Topeka. There were parades ail day; a big one by the Popu lists in the morning and a bigger one by the Republicans in the afternoon. Crowds were on the street all day to see for themselves what kind of a showing each of the leading parties could make. The Populist parade which took place on Kansas avenue at noon today was creditable in numbers and appearance. There were 150 wagons and carriages in line besides the bands, bicyclists, horse men and footmen. There were 847 men in the procession at a liberal estimate, who will vote on Tuesday and 154 women who will vote next year if the amendment carries. There were a great many boys who waved flags and made a lively appear ance. No attempt was made to have floats of any kind and the banners were few. Major A. P. Shreve was marthal of the day and rode at the head of the procession with Police Commissioner L. T. Yountrwko commanded tho rirst division. Jackson's Military baud came next, when in an open carriage were S. S. King of Kansas City, Walter X. Allen, S. IL Snider and John H. Crosby of Kansas City who were the speakers of the day. The next car riages were labeled "Our Next Repre sentatives," and contained J. J. Scheuck, R. J. Sloat and two other men who are not even candidates. The executive committee of the Populist league occu pied the next wagon, and after numerous buggies came lifteen bicyclists. The seven men who followed them on foot were members of the Populist county central committee. Major J. K. Anderson commanded the second division and Bailey's baud led. The "Woman's Progressive Political league occupied three vehicles. The lirst was the large old 'bus, "Shawnee," tilled with women and the top crowded with boys with their tin horns and Bags. The next was the old tally-ho coach with the same kind of a load. The women carried a banner which read, "Justice, not Chivalry." Twenty men in a large express wagon came next and they were followed by a crowd of boys on foot. The third division was commanded by K. S. Hunter. Dr. McCasey and D. I. Furbeck, the Populist can didate far lieutenant governor, rode at the head of the division, and the asylum band of fourteen pieces followed. An express wagon filled with men was labeled, "Pops Are Not All Dead;" and a man in a buggy carried a banner which said: "Come Off the Fence, but Keep Off the Grass." The alleged extract from Morrill's Emporia speech, which has since been discredited, then appeared on the side of a wagon The procession marched to Tenth, then I west and then made the circuit of the state house grounds and disbanded. The afternoon Populist meeting was hel 1 at the south 6teps of the state house. Waiter N. Allen presided, and when he called the meeting to order he said : "The result of this election in Kansas will be far reaching in its effects. If the Populists win in this state on Tuesday next it means the death of the Republi can party. But on the contrary, if the Republicans should win it means the ruin of the Democratic party, and the way Kansas goes in ISM 4, so goes the Union and the presidency of ltS'Jtf. Cleveland knows this and Sena tor Martin understand it. "I congratulate you on the nearness to the close of this remarkable campaign. We have fought the good light for popu lar rights and success will crown our efforts." He introduced S. S. King, police Judge of Kansas City, who made the principal speech. The Republican Parade. Topeka seldom sees any thing in the way of a political demonstration which equals that of this afternoon. The pro cession started from Second street shortly after 2 o'clock. There were more voters in the lirst division of tha procession than in the entire Populist demonstration this morning. In the tint division there were 421 voters and 157 women. There were 147 wagons. In the entire procession there were 1,249 voters. The first division was in command of A. J. Kane and comprised Republicans from North Topeka and the townships north of the river. A delegation of 60 bicyclists led the procession and were followed by Marshall's band. Then came a crowd of footmen and the most laughable feature of the parade caina next. A man disguised to look like Senator John Martin stood with one foot upon a ! dilapidated looking mule and the other upon a horse of the same type. They were fastened together and each was placarded with the following words: "United States Senate or bust Fusion No pride of ancestry or hope of poster ity." . A bull hitched to a cart driven by a colored man followed. A farm wagon carried the following banner: "Redeem the commonwealth in 18&4 from the blight of Populism and Kansas will again stand foremost among the states of the union and a prosperous people will laugh at calami ty's woes." Several men were on a wagon with a wind from which they ground out the following bills and scattered them among the crowd: j : ii.ooo $1,000 : ; FIAT MOSEV. : t - THIS IS ONE THOrsANI) DOT.LAK3 ; : GO PA V YOCK G ROC Kit. ; : $1,000 $1,000 : Among the banners carried was one inscribed "Redeem the Commonwealth 1394." A funny make-up was a broken down carriage with an old fashioned top ami I an extra wheel tied on behind. It was i labeled "Populist Chariot." The driver was marked "Chairman Breidenthal." ; Another banner read "Pop Boodlersj'' j One banner read: "If Populist Redeem j erg can scaudailze the state and all its ln i stitutions in two years where in hades j would Kansas be under another term of I Pop administration. Redeem Kansas."' j On one of the floats stood a much bat- tered and sorry looking man turning a ! crank that also turned a wheel that had i arms on it like an old-fashioned wind mill. To its arms were tied bots and shoes of all sizes. On his banner were the words: "1 voted for Lewelling in 1892, and have been kicking myself ever since." There was a group of "Populist poli ticians'' on one of the floats, and they i were a sorry, shiftless looking lot, whit ! tling a dry goods box and spitting to I bacco juice. A vary dilapidated looking man in a I very dilapidated cart driving- a little i mule was "Governor Lewelling going j back to Wichita after election. Fggs ' and butter for sale. Money to loan at 3 ! per cent a mouth." j There was one wagon that was sur i rounded entirely with tin, on the side of 1 it was the inscription "American tin of '92, uow there is nothing to do. I Jackson's band led the second division. ! There was a big banner in one of tho j wagous with a volume of reading matter ( on it that foretold a great victory for Charley Curtis, the "Black Eagle of the Kaw." The hirh school cadets had their yell f with them. So did the big division of j Washbu.-n students. I The "Rump House" was there. It was j a float in which Dunsmore stood pound j ing the dry goods box desk with a big mallet and dressed in an outrageous cos I tume. Behind the wagon were twenty j tramp legislators with documents in ! their hands all trying to get the 1 attention of the speaker. On the side of the wagon was the question "Can Lew elling recognize this," and on the end of the wagon was the label "Bald Hornet of the Neosho." The high school cadets carried a ban ner and a boy dressed as an old lady was marked "I Want to Vote." Hie Washburn college boys carried a banner which read, "Washburn for Cur tis. He Licked the Pops in "y2." "Why the Pop Commissioners Didn't Want the Washburn Boys to Register." Tlie I larabeau Clubs. The fourth division was made up of the Flambeau clubs in the county. They were headed by the Topeka Flambeau club drum corps. The Topeka Flam beau club came next in command of Will Eberly with 70 men in line. The Mission Center club mounted and com manded by Captain I'. Heil turned out wit -a 75 men. Charles Cunningham was in command of 35 members of the First Ward Colored Fiambeau club and 35 members of the First Ward White Flambeau club. The Wakarusa club was out with 24 members commanded by W. E. Banks. The Third ward colored club of thirty two members, commanded by F. W. Fas'stell, aud the Fifth ward blub of six teen men, commanded by Wesley Hale, were last. The Republicans will give a flambeau parade and exhibition of fireworks to- night (JUICK TO GET MAI). A Lmov Witness -Makes Some Kxrlte inent ltefore the Committee. New York, Nov. 3. Mrs. Hermann resumed the witness chair before the Lexow committee today. At the outset she made this voluntary statement: "I am not afraid of Judge Hogan 01 Recorder Smythe. I see in the morn ing papers they deny what I said. 1 can prove that what 1 said is true and I can tell lots more." "Lots more':" repeated Mr. Goff. "ihey have threatened to indict me ! for what I have said. I am not afraid of I Judge Hogan." Here the woman be- came intensely excited and pointed out ! Policeman Pelterman who sat near the j railing. She shrieked: "You're a thief. ! How dare you sit there looking at me so? j You toon mouey from my sister." j The witness half rose and trembling with emotion, continued: "1'ou are tlie man, you ana anotner policeman wno ruined my niece, who was once a good girl. The police ought to be ashamed ashamed ". This caused great excitement. When it had subsided McGoff asked the witness: W as Capt. Ryan, who is present in court, one of the men whs met you at midnight and told you to leave town?" "I don't know. The man who first came to nie said Captain Ryau had contributed to the fund." "Now, is there anything else you would like to tell?" "Oh, Mr. Goff, it would take me a week to tell everything. I was not going to say much, but I am a French woman and quick to get mad. Senator Daly in Jer sey City begged me not 10 come over here until" after election, saying the Lexow committed would be powerless th.su." IN GALLS OX THE ELECTIONS Success of the Republican Ticket in Kan sas Assared. In forecasting the probable result of next Tuesday's election in Kansas, ex Senator Ingalls, in a letter in the North Topeka Mail, says: "Political predictions, especially In Kansas, are apt to be premature. It is difficult to foretell what will happen till it has occurred, so that it is much more satisfactory to prophesy after the event has taken place. Poli tics is not one of the exact sciences. It has no formulas nor demon strations. In every campaign there are unknown forces that elude the poll taker and upset the calculations of the village statesman. "The philosopher who said that figures do not lie could not have been familiar with the mathematics of campaign committees, which seldom tell the truth, and my faith in Republican sue cess does not depend on statistics of population, nor estimates of ma jorities. It springs rather from confidence in the conscience, patriot ism and intelligence of the pieople, who have given convincing proof of the ca pacity for self government and their at tachment to American institutions. "Populismwould drag every one to the level of the lowest; Republicanism would lift every one to the level of the highest. "Populism is despair; Republicanism is hope. Populism is. a sigh aud a groan; Republicanism is a smile aud a hurrah. Populism regards this government as the worst on earth; Republicanism be lieves it is the best. Populism repre sents all the dangerous tendencies, the pernicious remedies, the exploded theories and abandoned experiments of modern society; Republican ism offers an established system of American policy, basedj upon the su- t premacy or American manufactories. commerce, mining and agriculture, test ed by the unexampled progress and prosperity of a quarter of a century it stands for the country, for the flag, for the home, for equal opportunities and jut laws, for individual liberty and the sovereignty of the people. Populism and Democracy have been weighed and found wanting. The history of the past two years in Kansas and the nation is a record of imbecility, incapacity, disloy alty, perfidy and dishonor, at home and abroad, which has fatigued public indig nation. And this is why I believe Kan sas will fall into line with Maine and Vermont, aud repudiate the iilien and I polluted rabble of li.irpies 'and adven turers mai nave uenieu our recent auuais. We know when we hafe had enough." IIAHIIISON 1A.('K JIOjIE. He Is Met All Aloujf tlie I.iue lv Large CrowilH. Mcnitk, Ind., Now 3. As the Big Four limited wnich brought Gen. Harri son back to Indiana tod y , crossed the. state line at Union City it was mot and surrounded by a majority of the popula tion of that little city. A crowd at Winchester where the train made a stop wanted a speech, but there was only time for the ex-president to bow his thanks. At Muncie a committee of citizens met Mr. Harrison and escorted him to a stand erected in the court house square. At least 5,000 enthusiastic people assembled, saluted the ex-president with a great cher. He spoke about twenty minutes. From .Muncie, the party was taken by separate train to Newcastle. DEMOCRATS iiOLT HILL. Home It u le emocratt of "Western New York lsmie a Maiiiieslo A.ainMt lliin. lit fkai.o, Nov. 3. The home rule Democrats of Buffalo and western Now York have issued a manifesto calling on all Democrats wiio are in favor of honest politics aud good government to Vote against Senator Hill. The manifesto re views Senator Hill's career iu the state and in the senate. It is signed by a large number of prominent Democrats, the signers being men who have heretofore led in the tights in the Democratic party against Lieutenant Governor Sheehan. 110ISE11TS LOCATEl). The I5ad Man Ir-roni Cripple Creek" Hails 1 rom Smith Center. Chairman Cyrus Leiand of the Repub lican state central committee, said to a State Journal, reporter, this afternoon, that he had just received a dispatch from a member of the committee at Lebanon, Smith county, informing him that Mr. J. A. Roberts, the man who was here talking about betting $10,000 on Lewelling's election, lives at Lebanon, and that he has no means. SNOW IN MINNESOTA. A Fall of Several Inches lteported at Iuluth and Still Snowing. Dt'LUTU, Minn., Nov. 3. A heavy snow storm set in here this morning and several inches fell within a few hours. It is general in this region but will not interfere with traffic uuless it should con tinue for many hours. Li&HSTtfy. Carnegie and Talmajce. Nkw York, Nov. 3. Among the pas sengers who arrived today on board the steamer Paris were Rev. T. Dewitt Tal mage, Andrew Carnegie, Mrs. Langtry aud her English dramatic company and Sidney Webster. The Iowa Ktute Jiand. St. Joe, Nov. 2. Special telegram to the Evening Journal. Iowa State band played to a very enthusiastic audi ence here tonight, being repeatedly en cored and giving as much satisfaction as the famous and lamented Gilmore's. I can fully recommeud. them to the music loving people of Topeka. L. M. Chaw ford. Proprietor of the London Tlmn lea?a London, Nov. 3. John Walter, chief proprietor of the London Times is dead. Mr. Walter was born iu lsH and has been a member of parliament. His grand father published the Crsi number of the Times on January 1, 17ss. Iteiehstas WIIIJMmI lire. 5. Berlin, Nov. 3. The Reichsanzeiger this afternoon published a decree post poning the opening of the reichatag un til December 5. T WENT '-SECOND YEAR. CLEVELAND CJAVK .DO. lie Contributed That Mm li to t),e r .. York Campaign Fund. Nkw York, Nov. 3. Political be-t-l-quarters here have already taken on x-, appearance that betokens tht t-lom ,f the campaign. Most of the (its mitteemen have gone to t. ;r homes. At tha rooms of th- Democratic candidate It was stat? 1 I'ut the work was practically finished. ,Maj-,i-Hinckley has continued tlie rumor t ..i' President Cleveland contributed $ 1 ) t -1 the Democratic campaign fund. Leaders of both parties are much exercised today over At! ,r;n-y General Hancock's decision ren dered yesterday that none av physically disabled suffrag ists cn be rendered assistance inside in tin election booths in the preparation at their ballots. It is a a Id that this decit-io'i will cost both parties tho Votes of many thousands of illiterate persons. Mr. Thacher, manager of th I 11 cratic campaign smd today lht he is contident that Hill will be elected r ,v ernor by not less than lS.O'J'l plurality. Mr. Hackett, chairman of tlie Repub lican campaign, though? the plurality i, ! Morton should lie at least 50,000. Very little betting on the election wns done at the stock exchange to lay. One offer was made to wager $10,H)0 011 Mor ton to $l,0:jo on Hill, but as the brok-vs approached had not the money to put up the proposition was not accepted. Tlie "State Journal Will It. ill. 1 1 .MhkIc Lantern. According to its cuatom Journal will bulletin tho the S i a 1 ret.iri s a. election night. Every eirort will be ma le to secure ric curate figures. The aim will be to get at the truth re gardless of partiHau feelings. Iu t!n issue on the day following election, tin State Journal wiil undertake to pre sent the latest and most complutu returns, free from political bias. On election night the returns will I -3 received in the State Journal's- t-V-graph office and thrown by means of a slereopticon on a large canvas covering the front of tho Jouiinai. building. Republicans, Populiats, I ) tuo r Prohibitionists and SuiTragin will ail -. welcomed. The Statk .I'M rnai. j -ivs the bills you do the rest. WILLIE COLLIER TON I (JUT Tlie Comedian "Will he at 1!ie ;rnn'l lo night in "A l?ri-k N ti u her. Willio Collier, who wil! appear at Grand this eveidntr in- his new r--' drama, "A Back Number," is itt Throop with his company and his wi When you see Collier you will ur staud why he is called Willie. Ib pears to be a much smaller man thai really is and is rather o i.-h !oo for a man that has been t.ni th' t h t he on his own hook for over f years and has played on both i of the Atlantic and iu all the l iglf t- ii of the U nited Status. He whs l,rni' with Augustiu Daly's big company. Collier has been here only once a that was last year with the farce tiuiut "Hoss and Hoss." "I didn't like farce comedy, "' s; he to a Journal reporter today, "- have adopted the legitimate comedy, is much better, though it is a big chanj "The farco 'Hoss and Hoss' whs ui ten bv the entire company. 'I I i I it is, whenever 0110 of the i-n pany thought of any nnv piece of business we put it in. Ti. .;!.'- all there is to a farco comedy, anyway. It is h'unply an entertainment, not a p!,iv. "'A Back Number' is letri! nun! e. There are no specialties. I play t v. parts in the piece. One of them, '1 h, Sckoolmaster,' is a rather pathetic char acter, but the other, 'His Brother Ike,' 'n full of comedy lines. "I have thirteen in my company ti.i-t year. Rather an ominous number, isn't it? But we have been playing to gool business just the same." Collier's wifo is with him this yesr. She is Miss Louise Allen and whs t',n original kangaro dancer w ith "Dr. lull." He spoke very highly of Felix Mor ris, who will be here on tlie I4th, and Baid he considered him one of the great est of comedians. He talked very nicely about forte:, too, and said he was glad he was doinc well. As every other actor abusos C n belt the reporter was a little surprise d until it leaked out during the 1 u -vernation that Corbett's v.ife is Collier's cousin and that Coibett used to be Collier's boxing master. C.ii lier is a member of the New York Ath letic club, a pin of which he carrie-. ,-, his vest. MI lind that in comedy drama it pav to put oa a new plav eajch year," Collier. '-I am writing one forneit yrr now. It will be a legitimate roue- i v drama, which I will call "Mr. Sino iih," On account of the flambeau psr-i i j- night the curtain will not be rung until a few minutes after H o'clock. Thonian Howard lte-td. Thos. W. Howardone of the oldest res, dents of North Topeka, who is 7'i yean of age, died at Kansas City, K.in-i , last uight at 11 -M0 p. ni. Mr. l!obr l , the father of W vn. Howard of Parkhui -t Davis Mercantile company and gtar.d father of LeRoy Powell, auperiuteuoei.i cf letter carriers of this city. The t mains will be brought to Topeka tomor row (Sunday) for burial, aco-jtnpanicd 1 v F. M. and Isaac Howard, his two s irn i f Kansas City, Kansas. The interment, will take place at Rochester cetnetery in tL family burying grounds. nirhleia Aant Cornell Toil a y. Ithac, N. Y., Nov. a. The grid.roa giants of the University of Michiun ar rived here last evening, preparatory t 1 lining up against the Cornell p.t.inr- t ' . i afternoon. Michigan outwelrhs Corn I y about rive pounds to the man, t ot 1 Michigans claim greater kill and ugil.ty. Betting on today's game is 5 to 1 Cor nell wins, 2 to 1 .Michigan wiil not b .,:-. Knke'M Comet Ktnmt. Kikl, Nov. 3. -F.nk' comet, on it return, has been re-found by i"r f. C r ulll at Terama Tha comet 1 1 vf r,r f ,-', ,