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FOUNDED BY HORACE GBEELEY
"MONDAY, MARCH 22, 19i>7.
THE SEWS THIS MORNING.
PORBION.? The l.Kv-kad?? of Crete by the
?.?? i.f tho Powers bt-gan at 8 o'cl?.i?k jrester
day morning; it is repotted In Athens that the
Powers are thinking ?if making. Prince (5e??rgi
??f Or?eos Governor of Crete. Fifteen Ar?
menians ftTitl ?Ibres Mussulmans were killed m
a conflict In Asia Mm.t Services In ?un?
ti with t?he centenary of Kaiser Wilhelm
I. Which begins t<?-?t;t\. were h* lai in lierini
^-?- Sharp lighting iMrtweOB the Bpnnl?rdS
an?! the Insurgents is rfi>nrt???! in the Philip) Ine
islands. - Charlee Bcott, an American, was
r.'li ;"?ed from prison In Cuba; lie will leave
ihe island f.?r t!ie United States : The Aus?
tri, in elections show notable growth of the
Christian Socialist party.
DOlfSaSTlC.?Notice of the blockade of ?Crete
was eerved ?>n S'otet;ir>' Sherman by ih?- repre
seutntlvss of the ?reat Powera ? ? The situa?
tion in The overflowed regions of the Mtssiaalppl
and Missouri valleys grOWS Worse; the levees
.-.r?? breaking, and reacus and r?-ii?-f work goes
gtoadll' "ii Major Charles Dick. ?<f C>hio,
has aecepted the place of eecretary of ths Ke
publlcan National Committee. All the
Bhore Line pto? k has been exchanged for Now?
?"ork, New-Haven (imi Hartford certtfl?cBtes.
There Is mu?h speculation among Army
otfle-rs ooncsrnlng Maj ir-Generail Ruger*s suo?
a essor
CITY.-The ship T. F. Oake? was towed Into
port after a. liaaarSoua vo] ag?? of ?.'.*>!? days ?from
China; six men died on lh? way li.-ie._;
There were more visitors at t?ie Aquarium than
on any previous day ? It >vas regarded by
State politicians In town that the Lauterbach
Greater New-Yotii ?Police bill was (?ead.
THK WBATH?R~F0rS0BS< for to-day: Fair
in the morning, ohowers In the af:t't*n?ion anil
evening. Th?? temperature yesterday: Highest,
A4 degrees: 1 ?weet, 48; avenu;.', f?i?t.
THE FREE BBED8 SCANDAL.
h Fr tuet, iJ?flSlgtlT? delay oi?crs un oppor?
m tiir.ity for g?K?d results. The last Congress nog*
W iect?-(i to pnss the Agricultural Appropriation
1 ill linill Hip very end of lh?? session. There
was then not timo for it to In? signed by ihe
??? si.leiit, und so l! failed t<> become law. Per?
haps he would not hav?*? siyiieaj If, bad there
1 ?'?ii limp. II? would have been JttStlBod in ra
fusing t?> siitn It, for it containpil one provision,
forced Into it against tlio best Jtldginenl of the
l?? >t men. sufliciently evil to condemn it. ?nd
b.c.ius?. of which tin? failure of ilio bill is cause
for sincere rejoicing. The? new Congrios must
now draw up ?ml pass ? ?????? bill. In abtini; so.
If It will altogether omit that obnoxious provi?
sion, or so inanlify it :is to make it innocuous
If, indeed, the latter can tw? done it will de
M 've the licarty thauks of every lover of f*oiiu?1
(l'overnnient and nf every hater of shams and
impositions.
The evil in question Ik Um Indiscriminate free
distribution of eerde at public expense. In its
Hut ptiou. Hie system had It? good feature?, it
?w.'i-i itita?nded to distribute to agriculturists for
eiirn and other rare s.-^ed? whicli tli?-y oonld not
Othei wise readily obtain," and to secure from
them in return reports opon the nanita of the
planilnp. Hot UMSO purpos??? are no longer
SOrmd. Tiie system lias degenerated into 11
liiiTc ?;?? in^' away of amlinary fcoeds, for no otbSf
??nd than tosav?? ihe recipient the slight expense
aif Imping tliem?and to secure IiIh vote for ths
le-?'leciioti of ihe Congressman who sends them.
Now. it is 1 nice tiling to get seeds without pay?
ing for rhem. Rut it Is not to be supposed that
tho farmers ?.f ihis country want topos? as ba-g
^;??'<. of -'is ilio re('?'iv?M*s of alms. Nor it* there
the slightest good reason why sncB. gratuiiies
sniiiild bo b?'siowed upon them. The farmer
has no ?????? title to get his turnip-seed at the
pattile expenso t han Im has to get his hoes ami
?hovels in Ihe seme way, or than ihn city work?
lngman lias to get his Hour end sugar.
The svsiem dues not, moreover, properly serve
even the illeirliimato ettds BJUnod. It Is admin?
istered too indiscriminately to do 11mt. Tho
farmer does not always get the kinds <.f ??????1?
bu wants, or the kinds he ouxlit to La\f. H??
may want turnips and g?-t tomatoes; he may
?sk for sorghum nud g< t f-wi-et i??-as. In that
way many are led to make unpiolitabl?? plant
lugs, because "they've got the seeds aud might
as wnll uso Vin"; while In many oilier cases th??
sands arc simply thrown away. More than
that, thousands of dollars' worth of see-ds arc
never ?leliva-rcd to any recipients nt all, being
mailed to form? r constituents long since dead or
remov?-d to other places. That postofHoe la by
no means solitary wbieh reports that it is "all
(luttered up" wlih packages of e?-?*ds consigned
ti* men who have been dead for years,
Ths Bst* Sccictary of Agriculture, b?? It re
liieinbereal to h??? credit, was ??pposed to this
wliob? ?asta-ful, dishonest and scamlahiiis busi?
ness. He tried to muke an eiial of It, but wa?
overruled by ?Ongr?ss. unhappily and most tin
Avisoly. The present Sa-cretary Is understood
lo be in favor of retaining It only so far aa it j
?nn be restored to its original form and Tun?
tions. Perhaps ttast oan bo done, to aome little ;
extent. The value of certain so-called nitro
seaeou? plants (09 ths enrichment of the soil
I
la Just beginning to be appreciate? If tho De?
partment can, by Judicious seed distribution,
increase practical knowledge of tn?*in nnd make
their use gauoilt muoli g?'>d B-*J Unis bo done,
TliBt. however, nnd similar s< henies. ?re entirely
apart from tin? imilu question. Th?? free dis?
tribution of?ordinary seeds at National expense.
Hint is ilio enemy. It Is Hi?* enemy ??f intelli?
gent and self-respecting farmers, M well ns of
sound principles of government and tin* rights
of the tax-payers of tho N'alimi. It fdiotild bfj
abolished utterly, and nt onoo. And Hiero rn:i
be no lietter way of abolishing it than by | rifgfal
framing of the forthcoming Agricultural Ap?
propriation bill.
G/7/" TICKET-SCALPING INDUSTRY.
Advocacy of the bills n..w before ih?* Legla
hliuro to prohibit the business of tho railroad
licket-s< alpcr is bused upon ??? conviction tliai
if tho business Whl ever legitimate and useful
it li.'is cc.isod lo bo so and beootno tin* lev. is."
There may iinve been a limi when irregular
competition of this sort generally operated to tho
ad van ? a.se of travellers, firing them privil? rges,
if not r'i?hts, which tlio railroad companies were
in the babll of withholding, and in tlltt way
lending to liberalize railroad policy. Bnl With
ilio growth and simultaneous decentrai,on of
tho business an oppoattl efft.'t Itati been pro?
duced, and one of tlie chief arguments u.iw made
in behalf of ?M proposed l.-i^islatioti II tliat tbe
transportation eompanies are eoiniielled foi* their
own protection to maintain various nimoying re*
strlet'.ons ?\1)??*?? they would prefer to relax, and
io refuso reduced rates under clrcumitancei
wlii.'li otherwise would warrant ??? concession.
This II a perfectly valid argument, and if it
stood alone and nnrefnted would go far toward
Settling Ibe cage; but it Is not the only argument
nor Intrinsically tho most important
? grarer question is whether the Btate is pro
tectlng an essentially fraudulent business. The
obvious farts and tlie internal evidence seem to
provo conclusively that lhe business of ticket
scalping is to a great extent fraudulent and is
lucrativo for that rea*?.m only. The pretence ll
?till made thai the scalper is a public benefactor
because he provides a market for tickets which
purchasers lia ve not been able to u?-e and <?*.
Cep1 for him could not dispuse <,f. The truth Is
that railroad companlea alinosi universally re?
deem unused ticket! at their full value, though
wo arc inclined to think that they aro at fault In
not making that fact more widely known, it
follows, therefore, thai if acalpen supply a pub?
lic necessity it must be tbe necessity of a market
for tickets whi.-h have been fraudulently pro?
cured or whose validity has been exhausted, it
is In evidence that railroad companies of this
State have honored counterfeit ticket! represent?
ing a value of more than 130,000, most of this
loss having been auatalned In tho single year
ispii. md that these counterfeit tickets were all
sold by scalpers, But the ??.?? engaged In this
traffic say that a considerable pan of their stock
is obtained dire.'tly, though clandestinely, from
railroad companies anxious to get around laws
and agreementa. We have seen no proof of
this, but if it be true, what of it? Is tlie Stale
prepared to protect chicanery of thai sorti
it is said also that it is the buslnesi of ???
companlea to secure themselves againsl counter?
feiters, forg?-rs and dishonest employes. The
fad Is, as we have said, that the public, as well
us the companies, is incommoded, Injured and
to a comlderable extent swindled by menni <>f
Ucket-scalpfsTS. But If thli were not the case;
if the companies wer,? tbe only sufferers, what
then'.* Would tho State be under no obligation
to Interfere with an Induitry thai was demon?
atrably fraudulent, not occasionally and by ic
cldenf, but constantly and by calculation? That
?s not supposed to be the theory on which laws
ore made or tho basis on wblcb so.-i.-ty ll
stiuitort. Aro transportation companlea ilio
creature! <>f tho law only that they may be
rigidly supervised and punished when they do
wrong. Doubtlesi that is the condition to ?rhli?!*
I good many persons would like to reduce them,
but ilio desire dhtgracei all who share It. The
State justly and beneficially exercises tlio power
of regulating rates, requiring the adoption of
rub's and appliance! designed to promote com?
fort and safety, and otherwise deciding lo an
important extent how tlie transportation busi?
ness shall be conducid. By so doing it spe?
cifically incurs ihe reciprocal obligation of de?
fending the transportai inn companies against
lawless infraction of their rights. They are on
tilled, for example, t<< protection from the frauds
wblcb ticket-scalping not only promotes, but
depends upon for Iti existence, nnd tli.? Btate
for its own credit as well as its own advantage
is bound to afford that protection.
DISCRETION IX ARBITRATION.
it is said thai one nf the proposed amendments
of the Arbitration Treaty will either destroy the
value of that Instrument or make it unaccepta?
ble to Greal Britain, lhe amendment in ques?
tion is the one providing that the Senate, con?
jointly with the President, shall determine
Whether or not any given matter is to be sub?
mitted to ail.illation
It is Idle to protend that all conceivable ques?
tioni should be arbitrated. There are s ,,,,,.
which no lelf respecting nalion would or should
submit io arbitration, just us there are nome
which no aelf-respectlng tnan. as an individual,
would thus submit. This fact was as fully re.?
opnized in ihe original draft <>r tne treaty ?* it
is in the amendment.
Bue*, being Ilio case, soinebo.lv in each COUH
try must have tlie power of deciding what mat
ters aro and what ar?? not to be submitted to ar?
bitration, in Great Britain that power Is given
to ihe same department of Qovernmenl which
makes treaties and conducta all foreign a Hairs.
to wit. the Prime Minister and his colleagues.
in iiiis country it should bo given t<> the corre?
sponding department, or departments, lo wit.
the President and tlie Stilale. Under Hie orig?
inal draft of the treaty it was given to the Presi.
dent alone, or to only one half of Hi" < '.institu?
tional treaty-making authority. The amend?
meni merely proposes t<> extend it to the other
half of that authority, in accordance with the
obvloui purport of tin* Constitution.
is it conceivable thai ihe British Government
will object t<> this Government'? Inning equal
privilege! with itself under (he treaty'.' in? that
the treaty will lie made invalid if ? is ?,,? per
u itted o discriminate against one >>i tin? par
ties t?> n? Why. absolute equality of standing
is the prime requisite to inecessful arbitration.
or ran ii be thai some Americans ai??? so in love
with British institutions as to ?,.? desiroui of
breaking down our own Const?111H..11 and mah
log the President, like ih?? Primi Minister, the
sole authority in inch affairs'.'
s 1101 m Y KILLING.
The Dlngley Tariff bill should be known as the
Shoddy Killer, its woollen schedule is :i thi?,???
cornered affair It puts a duty of three Hums
Hie iltity on clothing wool, on woollen cloth!
??..stili)? abroad not over .'.<? cents, three and a
half times on cloths costing 80 t.. lu cents, and
four times on cloth! costing over lo ?ems
Then 11 put?, a duty ?.r ?; cents per pound on
good! <??.-iing abraad go cents ?ir lem *? centi
?.? foods costing ::? ?., ?.nts, ?,-, ,.,.?,s ,,?
go...is of 41 t.. 60 cents, 21 centi on goodi of
G.1 to "<) cents, and on clotbl ?f higher valu.? s
??outs additional for ?very go centa over t<?
?ent? per poned, Lmpoa-tug ?-..hi, and anally it
adds to all these ? duty of 20 por n-ni ,,,? v?|?.
rem. This surpasses the McKinley duty only
on the swindling stuff of the lower grades,
whl? li pretend to be woollens, but are not, and
wlii? h r??l> American oonnttflMtl nnd ?'lose Anier
icau mills. The MoK.nh-y ?lull?*? reached 168
per ecu! on such pioti* costing M eeiils or less.
imt this lariir rangea from ISO pet eewi ngwtn
on thai varie!** t.f shoddy. The MaKlnh-y dil?
li? s were I IB per celli on such cloths of ?Il to 40
cents per pillimi, but this ?rangea tnX? IM m
179 pet cent. The .McKinley diiti.'s BTOmged
00*4 per ceni ou couds 51 rents and over In <'??**??
but this tariff begins with 101 In IH P?'1' ?'''??,
? n ctojtha M to t? cents la cost, 121 to 101 |>er
ceni on cloths t? to m? cents, 110 to ??4 per ceni
OB dotbj costing ???? to i>1 1" I"'? .v:in1? ?,N, '" ?*?
par cent on cloths costing ?fl 10 t<? E?SB pet
yard, 00 to SI ?<t cent on cloths costing 51 10
i?> I1C0, 00 lo 01 per coni ?"' cloths costine
?>! DO ??? *1 To. and H t.? 00 pet <????? ?>n cloths
I costing |1 7<> i?> si ?hi, ?inal m "" upward.
Oil all woollen ?I?.lbs which IM hoiia-st wool?
lens ?imi honestly Involcett, ihe ?buy is tower
: thin ?? gras und??!? the sd of l4?*'??". Bnl on sll
: the swindling siulf which has I.? palmed off
! on American consumers ss woollens, bnl Is
: shoddy, ami uhi? h cheated ???'?" ??m ??f half to
! three-quarters of tlwlr i-r??*?*? monejr, Ihe dntj
remains above any eeer Impoaed, from 100 to
i7? ????? cent, ili?? Amerlcun ?people, who iii<'?
not to I?? cheated, ?rill elew with ?rreul ratto
faction ? tneuaure which makes II abont a< prof?
1 iinbi.' for the Btitlftli aboddy manufacturer to
m ml bis ?yoods I" Ilse liottest ??G all places as
to tba United suites. Whether ina stuff gets
| burned up or falls Into the Treasury for tbe
j duly, no sennino American will ?are. except
' thai ib?? Government needs 11m revenue. The
s ; ? m** principle Is applied as to worsted dress
i goods, ??? which tin? McKinley tint les range
? from 00.0 i<> Ifl&Ofl p? ?r cent. The new range
? of duties Is low? ?is to ail liotii'st ?goods, and
; does not reach 100 per coni <?? anything ??
1 voiced a? 17% cents |?er yard, but runs up i??
i 127% por ceni on tbe cbenper frauds.
\\'ll?-n It is I'eiii.'liiliet'ed lloW Collsllllteis iiaV"
??,-.? lull!????! for l'uni' years, and tbal nianii
I factnrers ?hare loo often bun driven t?> Ihe
I making of fraudulent foods fors living, the ex*
? sci meaning of this new larlff will ???? appre?
ciated. There has been more of shoddy pol Into
; Ameriran cloths, three i<? fonr times mor.?,
j within the last four years Iban erer before,
lh.? consumere are mor?? Interested than any*
! body else lo have ibe supply of btraesl goods re*
; stored, ? gains) ill foreign competition Ameri?
can mills can and ?b? supply the solkl, well?
wearing and eb?Baper woollens tii lower cool
iban any other country. Been Jacob Beboenbof,
Mr. Cleveland's Pree Trade emiasary abroad,
observed and recorded the fact, but when goods
? pretending to lie woollens are landed bere with?
out .in ounce of actual sheep's wool In a whole
? cargo of ibem, and coating leaa than half
? what ?poods made of wool would cost even ?n the
cheapest European market, and Americans have
i lo choose between Industrial prostration with
Ibe wearing ??* such stuff and Ibe duties which
j practically proli Ibi i ibero, it is safe r?> say thai
: tl??- people will decide by a great majority for
American mills, hones! woollens, and ihe Hin?*
! iiv sii.ni.lv Killer.
MEDICAL E M'ERI s / V TRI [I.s.
The absurdity of ih?' ?practice now ?-visiim,- rel?
ative to the ase of expert testimony, both In
criminal and civil trials, continues to receive
the attention of the medical and legal profes?
sions. A i???iit artiiK- In "The North Ann-ri
can Review" by I'r. Henry Smith Williams
treats Ibe subject liberally and Intelligently as
regard? Ihe use <?f medical experts In Ihe de*
feine of homicides. Hi*? article might properly
hav.? been entitled "The Alms,, of Medical Bx*
I peri Testimony to Bava Crim?nala.'1 it is not
? sione In crimini', cases that the medical ???
? ?rt is purchased for a purpose, for some of the
? most notable caaes when so-called medical ex?
perts have exhibited the grossest rotrjectlon to
exorbitant foea have been will contests, it Is
not an unusual thing for far-seeing men lo have
?their mental condition tented and the ?results
Certified to by eminent alienists at the time ?if
nraklng their wills, in order that contentious
god disappointed relatives may imi succeed in
purchasing medical evidence of the Incompe?
tently of ihe testator al roch time, it is not
contended thai all contenta In tearainentary
cases or all defences In eases of homicide are
unworthy or at??? not supported by trustworthy
evidence, bui Ine dlfflculty li?-s in tbe ability of
tin? ordinary Jury to distinguish ?between Ihe
Une and ihe untrue.
it appears thai the roggeatton of l?r. "????
latna limi the Court should submit questions
calling for expert evidence t?> ? commission ap?
pointed by ibe Court bss constitutional objec?
tions, ami lawyers are not wining t?> eccep? it.
They claim that every person has ih?? inaliena?
ble righi to ??lier ?my evidence In defence, ani
that in ?-ase of an unfavorable report of such a
commission ih<? right tn pit sent evidence to
nullify it would be admissible. Then ti??? rame
farce tba! Is now so frequently presented in our
courts would be reprated. <'<>????? the legal an ?
the medical professione agree upon this ?point,
a bill would have in -n prepared and Introduced
at ibis session of Ihe Legislature regulating tbe
practice? it has ?been suggested by an eminent
alienisi thai if the Court wen? authorised to
appoint a fixed number of expert witnesses iIh'.v
wmild be unprejudiced, and lb?effect <?f ?roch
? vidence from a neutral source would outweigh
any expert testimony of S partisan character that
ini^iit ?>?- ?,?t.t.-?i. Tlila suggestion appears ????.??
sum? hie. and ?? may result in an effort to frame
a bill for Introduction at tbe next legislative ses?
sion. It is within tin' provini??' of the bej-is
lamie io establish tbo qualifications of a medi?
cal expert, as ii has done In the <-aso of pi??
fesMoiiai departments <?f Government for
Instance, the ??ili?.f presiden! of the Btate
foro mission in Lunacy. The legislature can
establish by law what shall constitute a medi
?al expert, snd ibis should govern the Court In
it- selection, So* ihe evidence of tbe general
practitioner receives Ibe rame credence as thai
of the alienisi of long practice in cases of in
sanity, and in? lesi of fitness is used t?. debar
Incompetent chemical experta
MONEY ASD BURINEES.
Tie- week has ?been rendered p?scuUari) Inter?
esting by Important errata eape?rihlly by the
("resident's tirsi Message to <???npr.-sH ami the re?
porting of the [Mngtey bill, ami by th?? senseless
erase to withdraw goods r?..m warehouse which
selied a largo number of thus.* who like t.? i?c
considered sound business men and Importing
merchanta of high consequence, if ib- truth
were ? ? ?wn, each of th.-s.? franti.? persons prob
ablj ' onaidered Itfrasslf ?? leer Md shrewd?** than
Chairmen Dlngley, uh,, neverthetese possesses
enough sense lu Itnow thai ?? tariff bill cannot
vi ? well be paased through i"?th hoosss In ?>n??
day. This erase Mopped ?<>?> s?i??n t.? ?it.., i the
nu.te?.?, market, ;?.- some had ????????? t., fear, and
was m no way do? to the tariff bill Itself, bov?
ini reached Its climax before the messore was
reported Nelthei did tbe bill cauae any reason?
able iiisiiit'iiunc??. although ?t was sxamlned by
?ill with Interest and bj the ?yree-Traders Iterated
as a compendium of sll known sins The men
?vim made the most outcry areni a w a ? to prepare
in their own business for the ?????????? activity
ami prosperity which they privatel-r Iraew the
bin would tend tu produ? ??.
In uns wav t!i- ireeh p.iss?<i wlthoni My
striking < bun?'?? In business done, ami yel with
conatanl gain In preparations for new buslnesa
Th- neu orders given were also larger iban for
previous weeks in some branehea n was con?
sidered rather surprising by some thai larger
transactions did not loxmediately follow the ?pro
?osai of new duties In cotton and woollen gooda.
There was a alight Increase In men's wear wool?
len?, a stronger tendency waa seen In print
cloths and prlnta. but men of much experience
comprehended that the prospect uf new duffs
three to four months away would not sway
decisively the maritati for great varieties 01
K.a. The fashionable preference for multi?
tude? of novelties and fan? les. the demand for
Which cannot be foreseen weeks or nv-nths
ahead, tendi to restrict the lnJu*moeof a change
of dutlea which at the most Is t..o far distant to
bl greatly felt. The market for print cloths was
more active on Saturday, following the advance
In the price of raw cotton, and the sales of wool
for the week at the three chief markets amount?
ed to I0.ttl.900 pounds, making M-TOs-BUJ In
line, weeks and exceeding Bf more than BO I" r
cent those of the ?<>rilepottding we.ks In any
previeni yar. Hut attempt! t?> speculate in th??
?rreal variety of cotton and Woollen goods differ
widely from speculation In the market for ma?
terials.
Th.tton market appeared ?..hav?? owed most
of Its rise to fear of seri..us Injury by floods,
nnd that fear does not appear wholly ill-found??.1
as to Ihe extensive tracts of bottom land, but
the Injuries gtSStalnid so far ahead are not In?
frequently overestimated. The quantity which
bai com? Into sight since September 1 Is 7.'?.??".
?22 ?,?,?.?.?, against **.!?.".."..".I to a date three days
later, after the great crop of ISM, but is now
running l>e|iliid much faster than last month.
Th" wheat marital has advanced a cent and ?
qnarter between th?? close on the two Satur?
days, and yet It is ditnYult to trace the advance
to distinct cuises. Some rumors at the West
and some new accounts shout foreign supplies
arel crop! had a little Influence, but there was
really n.> more dedotto cause for a rise the last
Week than for a greater dei line the week before,
Cora gained sllghtlv In price, with a continu
an.?.? of ihe enormous export movemen*. Wheat
exports for three weeks from boll, coasts have
h.en G>.::??.::G. 1 bushels, flour Includer!, against
li.lnl.oll last year, and the Western lec-lpts,
1.'11?7..1-??? bushels last week, still fall considerably
below those of the sanie week In IdtM, 2,415,080
bushels.
There was ? sense of disappointment in
Iron and steel quarters, not be. aus* new orders
?lid not begin to appear, nor because decrease
after th.* heavy rush of business recently
seen was disappointing, but In 'he main be?
imi-..* the producers of Lake Superior ore failed
to arrive at the agreement expected regarding
I * Ices and output for the COffllng season. It has
been supposed In trade circles that, although
tie? lleaabl producen might compete mor.- or
less sharply, the other producers of the Lake
region would be able to combine and to llx pticea.
The fuel that after several meetings another
adjournment was taken t.. this w.-k seems mi?
couraging to soin.-, bot each weck of delay now
puts otr Important arrangements and contracts
for future supplies. Meanwhile the quantity of
work In the larger bran? lies Is still Increasing,
and during the last week orders have been re?
ported for several sky-scrapers at Chicago, for
numerata? elevatori and bridges, ami for a gcioii
?leal of additional railway work, particularly
at the w'.-st The demand for wit-.? nails con?
tinues as itaady as before, and the competition
between American makers leads to large sales
of tin plates. Th * only Important change Iu
prices was in Grey l'Orge st Pittsburg, though
slight com rasions are reported in Southern pig
at the West
In the other Industries there Is the gradual
gain to be experte,! with growing confidence In
the approach ?if better things, and so In the boot
and shoe business tho movement continu-.?)
larger thsti In previous years, and prices are
Will sustain??.1. Sp??'illation In stocks also be?
ca nur a little more active, foil.,wing the en?-oiir
a ? i ? : si- announcement in ths Vanderbllt and other
roads and the prospect of, Important negotia?
tions With Kurope. and sales for the week were
considerably larger iban they have bean in recent
?reeks. A natural reaction followed both In
railroad and trust sto.ks after the sharp ad?
vance recentlv seen, but It was not of a. kind to
.aus- any appr?hension. In the money market
also all Indication! are favorable to good busi?
ness In the future, and not the Ihss b. cause rates
ar.? somewhat stlffer on account of increasing
demand. But there Is an ample supply, and
there is no longer felf any fear whatever that
th?? mon.y market will le? driven into serious
difficulty at this season by foreign demand for
gold
The present I'rlme Minister of .Tapan on taking
Office announced th?* Intention Of colonizing and
ultimately annexing the Hawaiian Islands. Ac
i. rdlng to current reports, that Intention is
rapidly ?? ing fuldlled. There seems to be only
i.n?? way of saving the Islands from such a fate.
and that Is, the annexation ,,f them by some
other Po? .??.
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Mr Qladatoni cries "peccavi" ns well as Lord
Salisbury. F..r he is by no means free from
blame In tho Eastern Question. Il-? was one of
those Ministers who. at the historic "parting of
the ways." guided England into the ?rroOg path
and fought the Crimen:, War rather than Join
With KussU in settling the Eastern Question
then and settling It right. At that time he re?
signed Ottica Under fir.?, rather than face th?* re
aponslblllty <>f bis net*. Hut h.* han manfully
Stoned f- r his faults since, and is entitled to the
fullest absolution In return for hll fatesi and
c-ulie mafclilo.es appeal for a lighting of the can*
tury-long evil.
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Th?? Corbet! gang ll broken up af last. And
It uns a wors.? gang than the i),ad Rabbit's
? ?
If a prizefight Is a. brutal and degrading per?
formance, properly forbidden by law. tn.* pictorial
reproduction of it by klnetoaoope can scarcely
be edifying or elevating and may properly also
be forbidden by law. Some Btstea, it is plena?
ant to observe, are enacting special laws against
such inhibitions The existing laws In this
Stato ought to i?? sufficient to prevent them. If
not, it ought not to take long to make them so.
Th.? Interstate Commer.iommlsston Is In?
formed by Mr lohn l>. Kernan, speaking for the
Produco Exchange, that ita discrimination
agalnal N'-w-Vork in the Northwestern grain
Had.? ciuiing th?? last year amounted to $18 a
carload, enough to divert the bulk of the busi?
ness to other ports. That is a pretty heavy
bai .Heap for our commerce to bear, and. with
our Inad?quat! terminal and elevator facilities
mav serve In some degree to explain why Ual
Hiiiciic, Philadelphia and other compiling points
have been running away with OUr fade, at th >
same time embittering the Injury by crowing
over ns as a bach nuinl.er. Some r. ||,.f ought
to l>.? applied, and that speedily, If anybody
can tell ns how
Il bai been ?? marked that to be mentioned in
Gibbon ?? iik?? having on,'s num.? Inscribed In
tu.? .m tin* domi -f st. Peter's It is not quite m
illustrious t,. i?. calibrated by ? dean under thi
?loin.? of Bl Paul's ?s has just b.faiien the re?
tiring Minister llavard, but it || a high and
shining token Of hon-.r which he may take to
himself with esnltatlon, not forgetting that ?
part ..f it srai im? iid.d for th.* p.opie urhom he
was sani to l'l'ics.or.
?
The Killer Wllttttm'l centenary elei,ration
bids fair t.? \ ic in pomii a ith the Queen'i Jubile?,
and absorbs much more attention Just BOW in
th?? Hobansoilern dominions than ins Qroeh or
Hin other question of 'oeetgu or boma politics.
t?.? handsome old ttepsror, by the grace of
Blimatn k the nm Impei lai figura nf his line, has
had any .tin unit of celebration during his llf,?
ami after It; bui thi coming pageaai will be its
culmination and crown, it la hardly lllcel) thai
his great Minister, t., whom his own great plane
In history bSWagB, will be able personally to
par nd pa l e In It; Imt his absence will I,?? ||Sjg that
of the bust of Hi mus In ihe procession. Hla
shadowy colossal figure will move in the array,
overtowerlng all. The event is now clots at
hand, ita beginning act down for to-day, a little
morn than a week before Ulsmarck'a blrthajay,
which Is to have Its own celebration as usual,
himself ton Infirm to Join In It, unless In the Inter?
val he Improves beyond th?? expa-ctatlon of his
physicians,
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Hill says that he Is going back to Albany to
practise law, and looka forward to the prospect
with pleasure. Ilo con now call his time his
own, ami be able to lake an outing once In !
awhUe without doing injustice to the public, a
privilege which, he says, h?? ?J! 1 not permit him- j
seif while In bs service. Mem thit he is going I
permanently OUt <?f public life- for there Is no
prosperi of his bslrg called int.. service again
In any capacity It b a ?--?"? time to say that
sum- of the acts Which have marked the cloae of
his career Imve been t??.? respectable to be con
?ist? nt with tin* ?general run of his performant es
PER80SAL?
Btabop Hurst, of ?Vatahlngton, preartatd in Apple
ion Chapel, Harvard University, resterttoy.
Sir Alfred Hlllottl, th?*? Hrlllnl? Cnsul for <>???*.
who effected the resene nf the iietoagasrsd htoa?
i-mis al ?'.n.??.?nios. is over slaty resrs <?f ??*?? He
Is the son of the late Charles Hlliottl. and hss be?'ti
?m|ilov.,l In th?? Hrltlsh Consular ?SerVtCS III Kiist
irii Ivir.ipe ns ?1.1 k. dragoman. Vica-a -?iisiil anal
consul Hin???? lit?, in is:,;? b?? discovered tha Necrop?
olis of Camlrua la Rhodes, and iiunertnteiMled tii?*
excavations al Hallcarnaaeoe In is?;.'. Ffe bss been
Consul for Crete since IM, nnd wss crested (' ?J
<;. in ISM, ?'. II. In liSS, and K. C M. (I. in mf.
<?r Corsul BillotII'? popularity In Crete a proof .s
kIv.ii in tbe 1st.st Blue Book. Csptaln Drury? wno
attended ths opening of the Assembly al ?sow in
.lull laat v.-ar. wrote: "I obaerved when the Bril?
lan Consul entered tha Aaaembly every one stomi
up; as Un.? mark ol respecl waa onl) shown to ?
few, it proves t?. me what l have frequently notice ?
?Inca my arrival here, the i?iu>? esteem ami affec?
tion thai lier Britanni?*! Majesty's Consul occupies
;n ib?? feelings of both sects and ??-??!*'?'- '
Professor I.nw, of Cornell Untverstty, who is .-in
expert on the eubject of tuberculosis, d?clar?e that
the extensive experiments with thai dlsseee which
an being carried en In the agricultural ?l??part
meni <?r ths University will prove to be of great
value. "As one," be s.iys, "who took a prominent
par? in the extirpation ?if the ?nule hm? plague
from Illinois and from th" continent, ? work carried
?m it, the face ?if iniK-h opposition, detraction ano
?,?-, ilio,,- of its Impossibility, I feel warranted In
?Hying ib it tuberculosis ran be euccesefully ?h-ait
with along the same lines. It may noi be accom
pllshed in our day, It in.iv not even he Bttempted
along the lines ti.it would warrant sn expectation
??f ?peedy success; but as aurei) as humanity is ad?
vancing "t<> a higher and better future, so rarely will
ibis 'white plague.' tuber? ulosis, be eradicated from
our herd? and (Inali) from our besare."
English papera announce lbs death, sftsr s long
Illness, of Berthold Tours, the wrtl-known musi' Ian
and Composer. Mr. Tours was a Put. liman by blrtb,
having been bom in Rotterdam Is I? Hs rtudtsd
at Lelpsle and Brusseaa, went to Bnglsnd la UH,
and fur ,-i good many rears served as ? vtoilniet in
Costa'? orchestra. V<>\- tb?? last nineteen years,
however, he had occupied the responsible post of
remiel' all'I editor to the great Urn? of Novello A
?? in which rapacity he ?lid an tinmen??? amount
of useful work in the "reduction" of orchestral
scores to their pianoforte form He Was aleo a
voluminous composer of graceful violin pi'??*? ???,
songs, hymn tunes, snthsms and church service*
Tn speaking of .lohn Thomas, who died the other
day si HokendsoQua, Psnn., "The Philadelphia
Preae" Baya ? "With his deeth thatre paaead aeras
the badin?, pig-tarn master of tins United Btate*
ills father, tin? late David Thomas, established ths
Thomae iron Compary. st Hokendsuqus, Imt It was
while .lohn Thomaa was superintendent that ?????-?
work? developed to euch an <-xt?mt a? to control the
pig-iron trail.? of the L'nlted States lie had an ex?
traordinary bualneea capacity. While A?n?-rlcan Iron
mustera prepared to compete with th?? world ami
undersell th*? cheap Iron ut Europe, Mr. Thomaa
was in the van."
THE TALK OF THE hlY.
Many citisene of Hartford ?re protesting Sgslasl
th.* |.r?[?osiii to ehangs thi?? nasse of Asyium*av*
to pierponl it
"Orlpeack haa trot his appetite t>ai*k again."
"How did ?..? do il""
'?lot caught In a vv.ishour, and the railroad bad
to pay lits board for a Greek."? (Chicago Tribune.
A N*on.?on'??rmls?t minister In Kngland recently
prav.-i thai "this spark of lira??? ma ? 1??? watered
by the dew from on high."
Some time airi we proved to the entire satisfa, tion
of ail tiie Presbyterians that Bt. Patrick was ?
Presbyterian, and now coma?? th?? R??v. Dr. Moan's
??x.'.'ii. nt religion? family newspaper, 'The South?-tr.
Presbyterian,' ??fii a demonstration thai Sr pan]
was a Presbyterian. Wo note thai Brother Bean
loei not .-all him St. Paul, but .lust plain Paul.
We ?I?? not mind laying that both the Baptists and
Boman Catholic? lay ?orne ?-lalm te St. Patrick.
and that their real.Uva claims appear to be very
well founded. We would not be surprised if they
Bhould now i>u; in a claim to Paul or Bt Paul -
(Charleston Newa and Courier,
8?)tne people In Chicago want to have | law en?
acted fu compel physicians either to eut off their
beards or hav.? them disinfected, sn the ground
that when S physicien is listening? to the heart or
liintis of a patient, Ills beard Is brought Into direct
contact with tins patient's body, which In cold or
?limp weather Is ? BOUTCS Of ?lHiiper. Moreover. It
is asserted that, In cases lik?? dtpbtberla, some of
the Infected minus Is likely to tin?! lodge Bas?t In
tii.? dot 'tot's b.ar I, and that th.? germs of Other
diseases sn also carri, d easily, owing to the ax
t<nt to which the heard is ?Jampened by the breech.
it? ? ly for order?.-"In summer time." ?aid the
lOud-VOlCed man in the streetcar, "you should
?Irink the coldest water and k?sep ail your eatables
cold."
I suppose yon are a doctor?" sold the ladv next
to him.
"No, madam; ?n les-deslsr.*? (Detroit Free Pnss.
"The Catholic (lasette." of London, said somo
months ago that ??,??? persons had ?been received
Into the Ii ?man CathoIlO i'htirch In I-.nglun?! In tho
Qfteen mon tha previous. Father bavtd, the Rosas
correspondent of "The Catholic standard and
Times" of Philadelphia, say? that th?> true figures
nre 13,060 eonv.rt? In twelve month? He adds that
ths converts como from the middle classe?, and
that th? movement toward tin? CbUTOh of Home
has bren accelerated smoe ths pabltcatton of the
I'npes biter denying ths rslldlty of Anglican or- !
der*
The Apostle Psul was bard at w?.rk on that nor- '
lion .r hla eplatlo to the Roman? ?.ow known a?
the sixth chapter, when there came ? knock at ?he
door, and a fi-fsh-lookliiK youth stepped in "What
do you want'."' asked l'ani
"I bave come, sir." said the caller, "to ask if you
don't want to bin? an amanuensis."
"Young min." replied the Apostle, "I think I can
make ??iis hard enough for the commentators to '
understand without any outside help." And h.?
turned again to his manuscript (Chicago Tribune,
For the S.200 vacancies of all kinis <>n ths stag
ef the London and Northwestern Railway last '
vein thero were OIl.OOO applicants.
Professor Max Millier, of Oxford, In ? recent l?-c- '
tur??, railed attention to the largeat ?book In ths
world, tha wonderful Kutii Daw. It consists of .'.??.?
puits in the shape of White marble piafes, covered
with Instription* each plate built with s umpie of ,
brick, it is found near ths old pri.??? dt\* of Man- ?
dalay, In Burmsh, and tills temple city of moie than '
*'" pagodaa virtually makes up tills monster book
the religious codes or the Buddhists. It is written
in I'al . Rather strange to say. It is not sn ?n.-li-nr
production, bul Its preparation wa? prompted by the
Buddhistic party of thi-? century, it was ,?????,",?,? in
ltS7 bj ths command of Mtndomln, the second of
the last kings of Marmali (Home Journal.
George ! Vu body s gift of t'.?no.nort for London
*workingBjsn'8 houses has Increeaed to WSAAtA tn
the twenty-four year? slm-e his death, Last year
tho trustee?, of the fund provided 11.:'.?""? m?nita, b??
sales bathroom* lavatori as and laundries; l$,SM
pereons occupied them The ?bath rate of Infenta
in the buildings is ? per ceni below the average
for London.
Robert Ingersoll, who la coming to Cluosajs with a
nee lecture, Is fond of good book* Hiring one ?>f :
his Visits to Chicago In- ani ? friend went to ODS
of tin? big bookstores .?? Wabash-%vs. to examine
ths treasures on ths shelves and counter* They had
roamed around the establlshmsnl discussing his?
tory, romance and theology, and Hnally the friend
-?aid. picking up a volani. :
Ali. Colonel, tills is the book you like"
' ? :\?? i? il'" li.. Mked.
rom Pelne's 'Age of Roseen.' "
' fes, It's a Kood hook, but mighty expensive"
"SJ by, I didn't think ??."
I hav? ? ?'op)', snd what do you think It ?-oat
no ?""
I don't know, I'm sun "
"The Covernoiihtp of iiiinoi?" ?<ch?cage Rseord
Unes Wlnin bago f.unity. ".Vis, a.hipt.-il tht?
woikh<,iin.? cur?* for tramps, the number to t>??
eared for hns fallen from ebani UER a month lu
(tin winter K.'iisoti to ?G?. ????? a ?avlng to the coutil ?
Of iiboii; ?l.Oit) ? iiioiith hat? been StlSStSd
Making a (Things lt.?v y.-x got any pethro
Isum -?lie hn-uli.d as she entered the grocery
-' ?!?? ? arly In th?? m??imng
'?? s." r? plied the clerk
"Are ye ?ure n'? pethroleum, an" nothln' el?e?"
Absolute!) csrtaln "
"Well, y.?x kin give me tl? cent?' worth, an' I
want It In s hurry. The mlevus says Ol've got ty
?htop u*ln? kerosene ty start ths flre.''--iWaehlugton
???'a*?- ... * -
LONDON AKT.
SHOWS OF THE QUEEN'S YEAR ETC?
UfOi AND VVATKR-COr.OHH -ONE
MAN' EXHIFirnONH
London. March ft
The gueen's Year ought to be rend?*r*d rn*m?
orable by characteristic exhll.ltions of Eng!!?*
art. In which Her Majesty his always tak?n a
deep Interest and of which ah?* has been a gener?
ous If not always a wise petr.n. The Oulldhafl
show Is to be one of exepptional Interest anA
mine. All the permanent picture?, ftr,. t() ^
removed, and the three rooms rilled with a !i*j?
collection representing the Chief artists ,,r ..
Vbtorlnn retgn. Including Wllkle. Turner. TATt&_
*. er. Constable. Elnnell. Rossetti. Hi?rno.j,,nA||
Watt?, r.elghfon. MIMals. Hulm?n Ifinr Qm,
cbardoon, ouiess. Dougbtota, lUrleri ami man?
more. The collection Is to be made with pains
taking care, anil It Is expected that many et
the masterpieces of the reign arili be "xhn,tt-?l
It will be opened to the public about th?? middl*.
of April, and will be ore of th? chief ????rao.
tlons off? red to visitors during an unsjiuaffg?
brilliant London season.
What efforts the Academv will make to ln>
crease the representative rharsctlf of ?he spring
show at Burlington House it |? still prematura
to forecast. There Is a current SsltStf that many
of the artists are so busily satpjjyed in work?
ing on conventional Une? and In Ifallinal?! alb
diluting themselves that they do not know
what Is going on outside their studio?. A COtUt?
cal story is told of one of the members of the
Academy, who dici not know whar gir John
Tentile! had been doing for a generation in min?
istering to the gayety of nations In the page-? of
"Punch." and who finally Identified him some?
what doubtfully with Mr. ? C. Gerald 8-4 the
IndoetrlOtSS comedian of "The W'-strr.inster
Oaaetta-.** An artist, capable? of niaking ?o flg.
grant a mistake might naturally be si?r?H-ied
of b?-lng in Ignorane?- resp-ctine? th?* Importance
of the Queen's Year Tt Is to bl boned, l.'Wever,
that the Academicians and Associate? are suffi?
clently wide-awake to realize that an exhibi?
tion of unwonted ranne and value is generally
expected this y-ftr Works of superior vitality
and creative genius are seldom seen at Burling?
ton House. POSStbly an exception Is to be made
this season and visitors allowed to determine
fr. .111 evidence on the wft?S whether the art of
the future Is to be unlike the art of th? Vic?
torian reign-more poetic end artistic in spirit,
less prosate and conventional In method.
SPRrX?; EXHIBITION'S.
The painter-etchers are already In the *?-;? for
dress parade In 1'all Mall. The exhibition of the
Royal Society, opened this week, in ludes nearly
.'???0 fresh examples of the art. which Mr Ham
irton succeeded in reviving temporarily, and It
supplies evidence that many artiste are still
experimenting industriously with r.eed!?* and
acid, even If only a few arc pre-eminently suc?
cessful. Sir Francis Seymour Had-m. the ? ??. si
dent of the society, has four strong works Il?
lustrating the facility with which color can be
got out of the plate. The methods are? experi?
mental, but the tones are soft and mcllw and
the effects more interesting than those pro?
duced by closer adherence ?o pure line. Mr.
Hell? u has eight dry-points, portraits and figure
pieces, remarkable for delicate, silver*,' tone,
graceful drawing of women and e!e?r/ar,ce and
distinction of style, sir J. G. Robinson has two
charming studies of a mill-pool and a quarry
ground In Swanage. and Mr. Alfred East three
characteristic lindlcspss Of architectural
studies there ar* many examples. Including Mr.
Hula's ambitious and minutely elaborated ca
th.'dral Interiors, Mr. C. O. Murray'*. Magdelen
College, Oxford, and Mr. C. J. Watson's con?
ventional but extremely d'llcate line work In
sketches of Wells Cathedral and churches ot
Elseux. There are also genuine poetic effects
and dreamlike studies of romantic Imagination
among Mr. Strang's series of illustrations of
The Ancient Mariner"
There is ample evidence In this large collec?
tion of etchings, mezzotints, drv-polnte and
a<iin-t.ntH that enthusiasm for this branch of
art has not passed away, laborious, as are th??
processes and heavy as Is th? price which the
artiste are compelled to pay in their unceasing
struggle with technical difficulties. While ther*
might be more encouraging signs of vigor and
animation, there Is .mprovement In technique
and artistic expression. The etchings on thes*#
walls disclose a wider range of subject And
treatment Ihan ordinary exhibitions of current
works in oils or water-colors reveal; ami If the
secrets of the studio could be told there would
be a superior record of patience and drudgery
In dealing with treacherous chemical mews
and overcoming th?* besetting difficulties of the
craft. The etcher must have the Inspir?t! ?
of genuine love of his art, for he passes his
life la a school which never OltAgea to try his
patk-rce.
I wish that I could say that there were Indi?
cations of increased public sympathy with this
beautiful branch of art. I have passed the
greater portion of a morning in this gallery,
and. although it was a bright day, radiant with
spring sunllirhf, I was almost the only visitor.
It t.minted one to believe that Mr. Hamert^n'S
delightful books had been written In vain. Yet
there was a collection Of fresh work which
neither amateur nor expert would think of de?
scribing c.s dull. The painter-etchers seemed to
have gone ont Into every land and brought
back characteristic scenes as trophies of their
hai.Hs of ?rtiattc ..l.s,-r\ at i, ? They ha.l Mm?
pled the antique houses of Rouen, the pict?
uresque bits of old Paris, th?? play Of light and
shad.? In the man. Riviera. Italian wine farmi
and the Venetian Rialto, th.* luxuriant loveli?
ness of Toledo and Cram*..la. (let-man cist!???
and Street seen,..., ai.d tlu* tlsher-folk and low
tides of Holland. They had even g< BO SO far
afield us Dalmati:?, the Pyramids, the l.u.ldh'.st
tombs near l'arjoelliig. and the grassy levels
of Argentin**? One could travel around the
world in this single gallery, and make a com?
plete circuit of plctur. s.'tie England ?ni il
there a corner of this beautiful <?? untry that
Is rot picturcsijue'.' Even ??.? London is re?
vealed, with Ita blackened tontera, Its rjualnt.
dimly lighted streets, its fray legal inns and
Its tawnv r-aches of river; and who that has
learned to IdoalfaM and lOVO the great city
can see it too often, even on the w?::* ef s
picture Kiille: > '.'
The Institute of 1'ainters in Water ???t? h*S
append Its aorond art Unten with a ? ?ttery
scheme which might be coadsmnid as a ques?
tionable method of raising mtmOJ If th.* pur?
pon! were not a charitable oM and dull sanc?
tioned by the Hoard of Trade Oft? gallery is
tilled with drawings ?> famous artist?. I'', ing
and dead, f??r .llstrlbutlon anting holders ot
lucky numbers There is a mis. vl'aneou? ??
surin?!?! Of 470? new works. There Is warmth
of color even where, but a hii?r.-*r level .if water
color painting miiiht reasonably heve been ex?
pected for the gueen's Year The piesldent. Sir ?
James I.lnton. has a full-length portrait of a
girl dressed a? Rosalind Th?* estuine Is dainti?
ly painted tint the face lacks animation. HI?
"HhylcHk end Jessica" Is a better picture, but
go has neglected to put chsracter into the
money-lender? face Mr Wlmperls has hi?
usual ?tudt?** from !>?rtm<>.>r. a bleed moor ?a
a cloudy day. with farm rs end aheep and *
brook tumbling over l-owldcrs Mr. am*****
repeat? his harvest lb-UK Mr Kulieylove M
arch'tectural studies. Mr We! herbe? W? su
tumn pastoral, snd Mr. Knight and Mr NI"1**
their brown moor? and fells, and no contributor
seem? to he easily at his hest. Several of tn?
rtmst Important ami orlglnul painters connect?
with the Institute are not represented- *??*
Hope MoLaohlan has nothing really worUj'
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