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Show rut ioiiii. II ). or II Mar Nl He 111,1 1 loams, Nov. 17. I'roftuor 1'lckcr Ing Is not ohsolutelj suru that'llje bright comet which Is Just nov. ajltatlnc the astronomical woill Is In reality Illela's, but ho Is letllm-d lo that holler. Today lie said. "We havo Ueu walling for a miml er ol observitlonato beronle before msltlcg computations Ihu comet was discovered dis-covered b) llolmeaou .November Dili about midnight, Grnnwkh mein time. Wolmmedlattl got two km1-tlons km1-tlons witli our large teleseojie and on Ihu Uth we fouud the comet. 'It was observed ubout the same time by 1'rofcMor ilaruard at the Lick oburvalory, nnd on ovoinherluth a tikgram was received front l'rofessor lielberlck ol thu Idol observatory, who atateil that Us orbit wm Ihu same as that (if Illela's. On November lPtli n coutradktlou was made. Meanwhile wu huvu Ueu gitllng obiervatlous of Us locations In stsiu. Our observa. lions have ruMuied this Interesting feature, It Is apparently rimalnlug stationary . "riomtoiie has written a paper to show that the lutlhods of coni utlng motion by Increasing brlghlmsj are tucorricl. Tho fact that tho Holnus count Is apiarontl) about stationary gota to show cither that It Is n proich-ingusdlnctly proich-ingusdlnctly or Is moving slowly. This obnervatory is at preseut tho only place whtru observations of brightness uruboltig mule with a view to deter-inlnu deter-inlnu wliether the Uermana are rlkht ur wrong, lleuto we an, or were, pnrllculirly anxious that a bright comet should come, l'rofessor lions guts hie deductions from calculation Ho li taretul nnd is an authority. It la too- earl) to determine how far oil the cornel will be wheu neareit thu earth. Of coursol cannot he sum that llila Is Illela's comet." iim ruiiciico Utronlele. A lemute I lent Omaha, Nov. 17. A year ago a colore I woman turned Tate was murdered mur-dered by lur lover. Blio had oue child, a boy of 0 jears, who wai a lo tod by a whlto mnn named Wm. Utile, residing near Hhormau avenue and -Mauderson street, In n small shanty. Uuls employed by the r alr bank rJcalu com) any aud hiu h ooloreil woman for a wife. It was reported to tho lollce n fdw daya ago that the woman treated the hoy Inn most Inhuman In-human manner and ihey were ro-quested ro-quested to Investigate Ihe inatttr. Detectlvoi Ilatesnud iludiuu went nut to the shanty nnd found thu, dill I to tu scarcely nioro than n skeleton. His body was covered with brulaeeaud ho wu Irlghllully burned. Ho told tho ilitectUus that he accidentally kuochidngrltdlu from thostovoaud tho woman compelled lilui to sit down ii on thu red hot piece of Irou. The lioy dnrcil not refuio for fear the woman would kill him. Whllo eintid on thu griddle she boat him unmercifully with n long and thick leather strap uutll It win with great iltilltnlty that the child could move. Ills hums nru so fth,htfu! that whin tbeolllcers re moved Ills trouseis he shrinked lu ogouj. Ohio 1-lurnlllles. ("of uulus, 0 Nov. 17. Secrctaty cf Btatu i'oorman made a statement which la believed precoma the olllclal pluralltlos as follows 1 ay lor, lUpubll. uan, for secretary of statiWO plurality, On tho ekcloral ticket, Danfnrd, lie. i ubllcan,hasD90 plurality over Howard, bemocrat, nud 2iV2 more votes thuu any other Itej ulillomi elector. This Is Ian average lurullly of 1097 for Ho ub. llcnn elidort. Heward, Oomocral, has HbJ voles more than the uvoragu He. I ubllcau plurality. |