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JnbtY to dmnormtntfl ACA^KMT r>r M'-<; a.-.:. Tha White Keotaar. AMBR1CAN TIlF.ATUn n.lK Mr???;? . . ._ Sunr TMKATItK- s u-V.hat Bappaned lo9mm. BmunWAV THJIATIiK- '???:. Tha HUrnmyman. CAMNu?*:10?Tli* Telrrhon* O'rl. DAI.T-? Tltr.ATrt! II 15 Tbe rn?n,r?_?Sa and riae BOBN MI ?KK Waa V.vr..v Grand l '- ????? """ BjmXuTn&ATItE ?:W T^5 r?"?S%?Sarl FBtB AVEM.'K THEATBC - ,V ., OAKl.y.N THKATRI s is Tb* M1M'' ?' Mlnlater. gnfe^!nV, MaTntawell. ?fjrrf'TnKATRR- l *; ?"\ S?^J ?cu... K^i-H,^^-:.^n-r^:'-o'AVinr,n,rcurt fSSk^^^T S=SSK lantama v,r, Th, Tre* of KiMwrle.ta?. HlU, ; rto rrnno rt' ei'al. ?^r.? aMtvm ? 1,'i-P'ti'llt nr ,h# MRTn^poiJTW OPERA BOt BE '?' 0?rn>?n Pi III -1 h ,, ? varlevllle. ?Sm^? ^,^^:r1'i^J?E^li^ jjntm to ^^^"J^^^^v -C*" ' r,.. | nn saiea. dff M narr-...??:ii ^Wjsarf::::::::!! A^jr^VAri:: - iVb-tbi::1] i r^-n v sii.. tl 2 Jrt lieaetaa......?? Wanted .? ? 11 '? Bxourater.a ?? .11 - ' Ratee.. 7 ?jrp*an Afla .... 9 . s I I UneincsG NrtlCtf. RrdTTop Deafej and Offlca Furnltnra. Great Varleti 11 Btyla ia ? Prt ?? T. QV BSUJEW, No. ni Paji ? ??_ Carl H. Schultr's Watllled Carbonlc !? th* ben llble ?at?r. _ IWBjKnt Chribj aUhtaat TTJE9DAT. MARCH 18, 18B8. TI1F WBW8 TB18 M0BB1XQ. FOREION.- Tha membera of tha Malne Court of Inqulry inf< i.I) ' >neult< I ' work aboard the Mangrove; anoth r unidentlfied boaj has been taken from th. wreck of the Malne. =?- The wif< "f S ? ator Thuraton al< tx.ar.l the >- ht Anlti ? Cui,ft i Marquia of Ballfbury hu eompelle : bj llln. to turn over the bu of th- Bril Foreign Ofllce to A. J. Balfour, Oovernment ... ' ln the H< u \ f Comm >na -K ahl] ? ? ? ' ;>""?- ?'-! left Auatralla on th, Bt< unci Ban FranclM i bbbbss Relatlona between the Oovernor ind the Cabli.it of Newfoui lland are eti iln I on ac oannl <>f the Oovern. r'a refuial to ?ipn thi R I way blll .'. one. ? Wooll Joel, nephew and txeautor "f Bnrnev Barnato, waa anol and kilio.i at Johannt .ui B ith Afrlca, by a furr er - Iditi i ? formoney Mr Joi I I id n fun I In the Houae .-f Commona Mic. Davlti lal I ui tlona ol the Oovernment i giutllng the relatlona of the Dnlted B( it-1 ... ? G CONORE8B B th branchea in aeaelon ??? Fanai.- Tl ? | i 18 na,i irlal Invi atlgatl ?n into the Malne dlaaster wa d; a num kjgr of bllli vi '>'? "1:" Provld Inp for the eonati ' ' v '? ?'?r:'-." etattere. h ? ? ' !i:" '?">' w,i li"" voled to Dlati Icl of i ? im ? lualneaa DOMESTIC Thi Btate Departmenl recelved Informatlon of the d '9th of tb wlfe of Benator Thuraton, of Nebraska, al Bagua la Orande, Cuba ' Th* Navy Departmenl purchaeed the two BraBlllan crulaera Amaaonaa and Alml rante Abrouall, built by the Armitronga in Eng land ? Beni ?r EllBU-orth Introduced a Wll at Albany lo abe lah II ? preBent New-Tork Clty Rapid Tranill Comnalnion and authorlae thi Jfayor to appolnt a blpartlaan commlailon in lt* piace Ti.e Democrata of Rhode laland nomlnated Danlel L. Church, ot Ttverton, for Oovernor on a local-laiue platform The praildem of the Btati B ird of ("harltics r* ports unhealthful condlti ma exlatlng In H<v.? vut Hospital, New-Tork Clty. = Th* butial aervlcea of General Roaecrana arUI take plate In Loa Angelea to-morroa A dla pitch from Beattle aaya thal the Btlkeen Rlver route to th.- Klondlke la anowbound, and that many people are returnlng. CITY AND BUBURBAN.?Tha Board ot In Bpectir-n ippolnted lo examlni ind reporl ? merchant i lered to the Government for U88 aa auxlrlary crulaera nrganlaed and began its work. 11 tai hmi nta I artlllei *-ere sem from Porta Wadsa'orth and Hamllton to tnk?> charge ol thi nea guna mounted at iaanflT Unnk It ? lhal the Contracl Cammlttee of the Rapid Transli Commlaalon would reporl fi i ili featurea of tho Manhattan Elevated Company'a appllcatlon for aattenaloni. The revlval meetlnga con ductad by Dwlght L. Moody, the evangellat, al the Qrand Central P attended by a large numl" r of i eople both In th-' daytima nnd in the avenlng = The * nnd athk'tlc tournamenl I i ralae funda for th?- monu rnent to th* lat.- Adjutint Generil Joalah I'or tar wia begun al Midiaon Bquare Garden. ~- t IHirfka were atrong and hli ei THE WBATHER Indlcatlona for to-day: Falr and colder. Tha temperature yeaterday; Hlgheat, M. loweat, 44: iverige, BO. XO ALLIE8 FOR BPAtV. Spanlah and otBer Europeaui papcrii even tho most aerlous and gotborltatlve, cuntinue to dls cma war bttwoaa Um Unlted Btatea nnd Bpabi na not hnprobabla, and to apecnlate tipc.n tho cbauces of SpaJn'a reoalvtog ald from aagna otber Europoan Powar ln a conteal whlch would othorwise be hopaleaa fr >m tbe baglnnlnaj. Thelr nct eooeluaioB on th ? sul.joct is that Spnln ehi/uld bo carafnl not to begin tho war, but to throw that onus tipnn Iba 1 "nitod Btatea, For, they argii". II Bpaln be Ibe afgraaaor she wlll get no hajp from any one. but if aba ho tbe object of Amorionn gajarreaaloa abe wlll got ald. That, on the facc of It, acema not imeonnd reasoning. Hut tbt addendna wblcb is nutde to it deprlves !t of all COmfOTl to tha iiiucli vexed por.insuia. AM mny come lo Bpaln, they aay; but not froin Oreal BrlUln Dor the Trlple Alllance. Toat lt wiil nut come froan eltber of thos-> 6otircr*a may Indeed be reckoned oertaln. but the nlteraautvi is that it wlll come from tlm Dual Allinne..-, ..r from oBi of Ita membera, That l? not a reaaonable eipajctfttKni. Praace '.s by nncient tfadtUon ai.d bj preaent coadltlon oiif* of tliis cotjBtrjr'i wanneat frienda Ber oxisting Govarnmenl ;s rapeclallj friendly to u*. Her Interesta lle on the alde of eoatlnnad Maadablii wltb na Bhe la a republic nn.1 therefore haa rio aentlmantal lucllnatloa toward bolKterlnR ui) a monarc'iy. Bhe haa batfl pre paring for more than ? quarter of a onatnry for i war of revenge agalnai Germany, ami ahe does not mean to gquander thoae prepara tions in aa oafroltful war wlth anj mm ehw, laaviig beraell Daeanwhlla es^oaad to anoih?*r ajroahlng blow from acroaa the Rblne. No; the Gaiiic Cock wlll noi lieiu bla old friead and eomr:ni?-. the BagVa, in any aoch caae aa that. Ruasln. too, haa kaBg bc.-n rc.-Uoncd a frhnd of thls country. and iu-r matorinl latcraata ll the preaent day urgeinly requlre that ahe ahaul n-maln one. Bhe haa for yenrs baan arm*d agalnai both Qraat Brttau and tha Trlple Al liaiK-. .ind will aot, onleaa compaUed by attack, axpend ner forcea opoa another objact Bhe h:i>. moreover, vaal en arpriaea oa havaal in Eu rop?-. Aala nnd Airtea auffldenl to ocenpf all her attentl aa for aome tlme to come and to een ploy all the fofcaa abe aaa apara from noma BaaleaKe. lt ls not a Dralvable lhal ihe w !> taanMrke tha enbataace ln Turkaj and the B.ii kans, ln Ll - nd In Chlna and Cotag, f,.r the most teriMOlM ' il Sdowa bl AaaaTtea. And the aame reasona tl at woul 1 keep one of theee Poivfi> from t'.-ing lo war wltb tha L'nlted ttatea would reatraln them both together, They wotiid reatraln any ol tbe _. ? P wera of Eu rorn* from auch a eovrai There art, moreover two other eooalderatlona which mnst not ba i rwriooked whfeh would reatraln any prvdenl Bufopaail Pawag anve one | from maklng war ngnlnst thls country. One Is I that thelr ooonn oommeroe la fnr prenter than I oura. and would thereforo stift'or far more from 1 the ravagea ?* war. Tha rjther Ii that it w?M bo naval WBT, Ifl whlch thelr shlp* would have to Bght tbovaanda ol mlrra awajr from home, frrnn ? dockyarda, from coaltng Btatkma, from repalr BhOpa, from any baee bl iOpplhai, wbUi "um would i"> In home wateta, wtthha bbbj reach : ?f all theae thlnga. Bampaaa ahlpa arrlvlni j bere would Bad tbemaerrea arlth empty oonl ; bankera nnd no eoal obtalnabie urt by Bgbtlng for it. An.i la caae one of them waa dlaaMed, ! in battk or otherwiee, tt wonld luvre no harbor i of refuge, but would ba hTedrPinabljr loat. 1 Tii.-ir oim facl sboold, and donbtlaaa would. ba Bufflclent to glve any Boropeaa Powar patiao before eaterlag upon a cunfMcl wlth tho Padtad Statea, pnJeea ander IncompBitblt atronger provoratkm than can poeetbty arlae la Ibe proi ent rnso. A PATRWTIC FILPIT. Tho emlnently aana attitade on tho pront in ternatl'-nnl QOCBtlon now Bgltatlng tho puhllo mlnd whlch cbaiactertaed Dr. Lyman Abbotfa sermon on Sunday mornlng cannot fall to havo ? good effeei on rba many who looh to Mm for llg] t an'i leadlng. Dr. Abbotl baa been an advaaeed homanitatiaa, an advocate of arbitra tlon. a thlaker whosa fear of nn eaatly aronaed warllke aplrli haa led blm to apeak agalnsl eztenalve outlaya for mllltary purpoem Aa a mlnlater of religlon and a worker for dvU ?/?!? ,ii ,. baa aoughi lo promota Natlonal aalf reitralni and mternntlonal g ajdwlll, and aome timea h:s utterancee bare been Impreaaed into tha aervlee of thoae wboae Ideal of a paacefnl America wai an Impotcnl Amerlca, wboae Btandard of decenl Amerlcan dlplomacy was an humble aereptance of wbal Europeaa gtotaa nii-ii wera gracioualy pleaaed to aajr. But I>r. Abbotl hlmaelf evtdently haa no sym pathy wlth the anwmlca who wonld ba glad ro clalm him aa thelr own !!<? wonld not joln them .u any new Hartford Coaventlon any more than he wonld Joln tbe rampanl awaab backler In a aearch for a flght. ln r-ommon wlth all other good dttcena he dealrea ponoo, and yt hopea for peace, and he artlll belleTea that peace wlll i"' majntalncd. Bul he la nol the man to atand and croah when erenta forbe mon nf actlon t'i the front. Sor wlll he tell na that we mual nol have forta leat we be tempted to war, nnd tben, wben ibe qne*tk>n Ii war or dlsbonor, tell us we mual aecept dlahonor be cauee we have negleoted to bulld forta. "There are tlmea when rombnt la neceaaary." ho aaya, "wben war brlnga peace to a Bnfferlng and "dlatreaaed people. Tbe blatory of the world "would bave been mueh poorer than is is if "there had been no wara." And agaln he de chirea: "The Unlted Btatea baa certaln dntlea "to perfonn for Ita alster narlona. The Cubana '?may be aa bad a> the Bpanlarda, or they may be "warae, bul whatever may be tbe righta of the "ruban eauae, wa know, nmi have known for "aome tlme, thal wnrfare baa been waged In "Cuba whlch baa rloUted every eode of elvll "i7.cd warfare. The I'nlted Btatea baa no rlghl vto atand by and permll aueh atrocitlea lo be "eommltted abnoai within her bordera. if the "tlme is nt hand when Interventlon ahould "enmo our people aro ready." Oertalnly nobody can regard thls ns a war? llke utterance, auch as one or two "yellow preachera" have Indulged In Blnce tbe bhraing iiji of tha Malne. ii doea nol asaume to exer ciso tbe Jodgment whlch tbe Preeldent and bla ndrlsern alone can righily exarciae, but com inp ns H doea from a religloua leader II sIiowb emphatlcally that tho Amerlcan pulplt la ln Une wlth calm, patrlotJc Amerlaan aantlmeat That la where tho pulpit balonga and wbera lt lms alwaya been foond In prevkma tlme.- of Natlona) frlal, Rut it is bealthfu] at a day wben tha iiiioivilizoil nnd crynleaJ olomoms ln aocJaty ery out that tho Church baa drlfted away frmn tbe people to havo tho fact recalled that they aro nt ono in derotlon to tho Btate. CR1PPI.E TBE MONBY FOWER. if lt bo truo thal tha tolltng maaaea and do aerring poor aro "just BpiUn' fer a flpht," and the only thlng tbai Btahdi In the way of thoir boiiiK gratlflad la the cowardlce of the money power- as mtlmated by tbe newapapera angaged la admlnlaterlng tbe Governmenl and eoadnct Idk tho war?Bometblng ongb1 to be done to rrlpple tho ruuI5?rn Inflnence of the money power. Ilow to do thli \t an Interesting qnos tiun. f'no way. of courae and thla w;.s stronj; Ij advocated by one of tbe newapapera con duetlng tho war before tbe war broke out ln its eohimna- would i?? for tho toir.n-: majBaa and deaervlng poor to eleci men to offlee who would Immedlately provlde by law thnt tha gold dollari hoarded by tbe money power ahould nass for flfty oenta, and tbe nfty-cent plecea whlch the tolllng maaaei and deaervlng poor aro loaded wlth ahould paaa for douara Truo, tbe loUen have once rejected thla propoaltlon, but that wa< becauae Mr. Wllllam J. Bryan had not had tiiiit- to expbiln lt to all <?f thom, and many to wbom ho dld oxplain lt dld not ondar stand it. Ii was not becauae they donbted Mr. Bryaa'a ablllty to crlpple tho money power that tho toiiors voted agalnal blm, but becauae Mr. Bryan had not made it qulte clear that ln orip pllng the money power be would not dlaable ns well tbe tolllng maaaea nnd deaervlng poor. But That opportunlty lias paaaed, and tho preaant crlala wlll nol permlt tbe oripiiiine of tho nieaey power t" be poatponed tili tbe m-xt Preatdentlal olootion. It mual ho done at once. And iho only other way thal anggaata itsolf :< that tbe tolllng maaaea and deaervldg poor tro boldly Into tbe m.-irkoi and ael] "short" the stock< In whlch the money power has toveated its lii-Rotton wealtb. We aaauma, of omtrso, that tha tolllng massos nnd deaervlng poor havo plenty of illver coms to pui up ns marglna; nnd tiieso ouins, fortunately, nnder exlatlng mwa aro as good aa gobL For If they baren't any <:ivr-r now tbe Bnactmeni of a law maklng flfty oonts i." illver worth ? dollar wonld ho, laatead of an advantage, a dead i?>ss to them Tho money power would l"1 butb to pay thom only fifty '???n's ln siivor f..r a dollar'i worth of toii. That wonldn't crlpple the money power, ao to apeak, "for a eent." But !f they tako tiioir allver down into "the Sirei-t." pui It up <>n mar pins nnd proreed to aoll "shnn" tha stncks hold by the money power, aomethlng wHl ln- rory Hkely to coine of it. It mual ho done, of courae, wlth courage nnd fiorNis;tonoo, and accompanled with vociferatlon that tho loiiiiijj maaaea nnd deaervlng poor .aro benl on war. and determlned to havo it Bl any coat. There noo<] |i?. no f.-ir bul Ibat tbe newapapera admlnlaterlng the Uovemn eni and conductlng ihe war In Ita jiros ant stn^o wiii li-nd their powerful nid to tbe'ea terprlae. Tiioy wtn bacreaaa the confualon in the eanip of th*. money power by enlargbig thelr typa and keepJng up a conatanl Ilow of hio.-?i rad eztraa. Whai Ibaa? Why, annply thla: Tho money power, attacked at Ita moal vuinorahii- polat, bewlMered by tbe notae of the ntta.-k nnd panle-arrickes by Ita auddenaeaa, whl begtn throwlng overboard Ita aecnrltlea. Thal wlll h tho barveel tlme for tha tolUag maaaaa and d.. Bervliig poor. Wall Btreet arHI ba thelr bargala coantar. Tbay can gatber ln at rldlcnlonaly low prlcea tbe al< :*ii whlch tho money power in Ita iri-_-!it baa thrown overboard. Tha money power wlll be nippled, Bad the tolllng maaaea .-iii.i deaervlng poor arlll i?- dtlnklag champagne and ridlag ii' chalaaa. Tne only drawback to i'io Bcbeme thai now < ^hi-s to us is timi wben by thla aaay and atialghtforward proceaa Ibe toiling ninssos and Ji-sorving poor beceUM BM aeaaed of Ihe atoclts nnd bonda of the money power they mlght eh.ingo tlielr mlnda abotit the Wftf and daclda that on the wholo they dldn't want anr war. Thnt, of oonrse. would ehango the Wbote alttintion. But tftl us tmt bOTTOW troublo on thnt nrronnt. Tho thlng to ba dOBC now ia t.i erlpple the moncy power. and aelllng thelr atorkfl "shorf ls nn exporimont worth trylnp. Somo people nn- nlready Bl work at lt. SOT D188ATI8FIBD. Uka tho boffgttv win. poraoed bka profossion wlth nn y.mthfui ardor after hli ibrth releaae from Btng smg. .Mr. Edward Lauterbach haa the oour.u'o of hla eaarflcrJooa. reaterdaj ba gftpeared bafore tha Commoo Coraicfl eotnralt tci- to paaad In babalf of tho $00,000 ar^rroprla tion for a eharter day relebrntion. A gr*at mauy excellent eltlzens bollore that the en largement of the elty of New-York 10 bo Um aeCOOd Ctty ln Ua* olvillzed world ll nn -'vent of irjfBclenl momenl to have raremonlal rooocni tiotj. So it Ii not rarprialBS thal pfajaoaahi ghoald be made for tbe elty to coatrlhata to the expenscs of auch an oblirvanca. Noither is it lurprialng that aa pncrgotie and eatbaal ggtlc peraon llka Mr. Laatarbach shouid rejolce ln the prospect.of a munielpal plcaiC. BtJl whnt Ih Bnrpiillnf or wonld be In the rase of any other man?li thnt Mr. I^ntarbach shouid Jnmp Into the ring to rall attentlon to his nwn part in tbe btrth and tralalng of the imperial dty. Bnt, aa we have aald, Mr. Lauterbach haa tbe ronrage of hla ? onvlctli di He ralla oa the Repabllcani of tha Mnnlclpal Aaaemhly tn favor tbe ipproprlatlon teal Ibelr oppoaltton ihoold leem t.i be n s.-ifish expreaalon of dlacoBtent wlth the reaull of tbe laal electlon. Perbapi they ihould take tbe advlce, bnl it muil atrike them ri a llttla earioua, m>t to aay indtacreet, for Mr. Bdward Lauterbach, who a rear n;^ waa aboutlng "Better ? Tammany Mayor than i tn.'iu retponilble to n:i pafty," to tell Republlcana who are inppoaed to regard Tammany rnk as a publle calamity tha! they shouid noi leem to be dlaeontented wlth Ihe resnlt of the laal electlon, and addlag that he la not aetflehly dlacontented hlmielf. lt arlU be rememhered thal tbe reaaon why Tammany at preaent rnlei thla town la that, folloarlng Mr. Lauterbach'! advlce, eertaln RapnbUcan poli ti.i.'ins who profeiaed tbe greateal abborrence t.? Tammany made i campaign ?f bltter abaae agAlnil the only morement whlch had a cbance to beal H. and eonaplououaly failed to make any warfare on Tammany iisoif. Cndonbtedly Mr. Lauterbach dld prefcr i Tammany Mayor to ? non-partlaan admlnlatratlon. Undonbtedly be ia not diaaatlafled. But lt looki i little queer for h!m ro aak the publle to take noto of the faet. TFIF F0RE8TRT EIPERIMEXT B1LL. Tlie foreatry blll whlch Benator Stnart. of Itbaca, Introduoed early In February wai gea> prally well racdred when its pnrpoae was flrat made known, bnt little hai been heard aboul II ilnce then. We bope thal thli doei not mean thal Ihe rondltloni are eonaldered nafavorable f..r its idvancement, and that ll li conaequantlj II ,.-i\ to be dropped. II la well kaown that Ihe meaanre waa propoaed nt tha laataaee of Oot? ernor Black, who baa alwaya taken a keen, ln telllgent and hlghly eredltabla latareet ln tbe fofeata, nnd on thli acconnt it was natnrally expeeted to inoatrate tha practlcal valoe of hli enmost itrpport There is bo rvaeon to lappoae that he h.is grown cool, but npparently be baa not sueceed'-d In Infoalng the T/ecislnnire wlth mncfa ardor for hli plan. it wili ba remembered thnt the blll provides thal the st.-ito ihaj] parchaaa 20,000 nrTes of foreat land In the Adhrondack regi'.n and glre lt ln trust for twonty-flvo yenrs to Crncll Tr.'. versity, to bo onltlvated sciontifically as I menns of traln'.ng young men ln the prlnelples of forestry. nnd. IncJdejBtalbj, of demonstrating that wlse man.agemont would make tha forest .1 unaln of the S:n;e a soiiroe of profit nnd at the aame timc rataln all its natural aaea. It ls boped tlmt tJie demonitratlon would be id coa clualva ns to warrant a revlalon of tho Oonatl tutlon and tho appliontinn of a soiontifi'- lyttem nf protectlon nnd maiatenaace to tbe foreat pro porve. Tbe creatl* n of thli trturt, whlch il 's understood Cornell la wiliing to accept, would enable the Cnlvera ty to eatabllah a much*neod <-d acbool of foreatry nnder propltlom eondl tlooa, nnd the wbole ezperlmenl eonld acarcaly fail to be Intereatlng and valuable. it la awree able to find Mr. Gifford Plnchot, one of the few Amerlcans who have made a tborough simly of thls branch of knowledge, comlng to tha support of fjovernnr BUCk'l propoiltlon witli f.ircible lessons from the npertenoi of Krance nnd Germany, where hls own tralalng waa ob talned, and from England'i suocessful opera t'.ons ln Indla. Mr. Plncbot says that ihe Eng Hsh Poreat Pepartnicnt 'n Ind'.a. wlth rondl tlons stlll more dlfBcult than e.mfront us ln thls country, has prodnced, afttf about thlrty yaara of lyatamatlc effort, a n.'t annual reve nue of $4.(Hai,fa?o, and he has no donbt that wlthln an oquril perlod siin'.lar or better r.'sulta .^oiild be obtalned In tho T'riltod States. The details of Old World f'.r.'sf inaiiaei-nient are not, ln his oplnlon. iinmediately gppUcable here, owinpr to Iha wM<> dlfference in ecooomic eon dltlona, and Mwban foreatry comea t?> be lntro "dueed In thls eunntry on a large soalo, it intist "be essentinlly along American llnea, wlthont "too elose jnirstilt of pr.-eedents rreated to meet "tha conlltiiins of other eountrles." it is eapeclally gratlfylng to ob?ervo that a man whnso testlmony i? s.i vninabio dlaeerm i lubatantlaJ grawth >>t intcrest ln thla Important rabject. Tl seems .li-ar," he says, "that the "proapectj of better tlmci f..r the foresrs of the TJnlted Btatea are brigbter tlian they ever have "been before." Htit lt la only falr to add thnt thls Judgment Is baaed In part lipnn the gop. poiltlon that tbe LeglaJatore <?f New-Tork wlll approva Governor Black'a propoaal and g!ve to Cornell Unlreralty the opportnnlty of miti vatlng a long-negleeted branch of aclcnce. A failure to authortee an raperlmeni whlch h'is ao moch tn rommend it. ind whlch wonld prob gbly before Ita eompletlon retnrn its .'osr to tha state rreaiury, would be .n dlaappolntment nnd a mrafortune. C0X8VLAR REFORM. The bili for reorganhMiion of the conanlar ler v!ee, whlch tbe I" irelgn Affalra Commltteeof the Houae on Thuradaj ileelded to reporl farorably, li to ba weleomed ::?* ? Judleloni and practlcal meaaure of reform In exactly the directlon In wblch, of all depnrtmenta of the pnbllc lervlce, reform is probahlj im l mn ded The abasea nf the conaular ai?rvlee have long been notorloni .?ind ? pabllc acandal, Thi g i d men in tha aer? vleaarehandtcapped bylaek r Bxlty of tcntire. Many men an- gppolnted wltboul regard to flt neaa, ns payment of pol tlcnl dobta, Many ? - are fon Ignera, wl. Intereai ln tha w..rk is porely mcrceaary. Payment is often Inadotjnate, and la often made by the farming* oal aygtem f feea, If a c aauhtr nfficer prbve nnfaltbfnl to hla truat, and ambeszla tha fnnda of Amcrlcana abroad, tbe Governmeni haa n.> :ii?-aiis ,-!- graotlng n Ireaa t.. the aaffarar i r ..f punlablng the .?iT. ? ler. Of ;.ll whlch and other like condttlooa tbe natnral reanlt is thal the American cooealar s.-iv.-.- ia, wlth a tew axcep* tlona, far laaa effideni than ll ihould be for tbe protectlon nnd promorlou of Aaaerkaa ln tereata, and commandi ;'nr !.-.-, reapcel and i \ erclaea r.ir i*ss inflnenee than Ihe aerrln i pf other natloaa aetnally ?>( leaa Imporfaaca than thla The bill ln haud alu:? t.. eoriact the cvlla we havo aperlfled. It provlde* for nppolntmont no COrdJag to morlt and lltnoss. nscortalnod by por annal examlnatlon; for llxlty 0* toimro. duo Iiromorlon, nnd rrmovnl only for eauee; ln brlof. for aaaklag tho aarrloa a parmaaent body of CZperta, likc tlio Army or tho Navy. ao that n man may ontor It hi ho would any profetalon or busliioss. iib n llfo rocatJOSa The f^e Bjratem Of ri'inuiwralion. thnt most prolllio soiiroo of opprossli.n, tomptatlon nnd oorruptlon. Is to DO abollabad All feo* aro to ba ataed by law and turnoil ln to flio Troasury. and all coneular BfBeen aro to reeettn f)x?d aaurtea, aultably graded, and in all oasos aunVlenl to mamt.iin tho redpienta of them, Tbera aro to be con Buhvgeneral of firat nnd aneond daaeaa; eonaula of flral and aaeond cJaeeee; elee-coneula of Bret, s,.nd and thlnl olnssos. nnd ronsnlar derka. All aajarlea aro to bo antform lo eacli claaa, ranglng from $1,200 ln tho loweat to 10.000 lu tho hlghcet, nnd ocneora ln all tbe lower cuaai - an- rllgtbla for promotloii from cUaa i" claaa to tbe htgheet Tho nnomalous rtaea of "con anlar agantaM Is to bo abollahed, and it la moat property to bo reqnhred Ibal all membera of the aervico aball bo oitizons of Ibe Unlted Btatea. Sucii ;s dio ptnnoaed ayatem, admlrablc in all reapecta and dcalrable for Immadlate adoptlon and txecntlon. Admlrabte, too, la the propoaed manner of executlon, by Joim aetlon of the Prcaldenl and Congreaa. The wbeJo reforra mlght be done by simplo order of tha Preal> dcnt a long stop loward II was takon by Mr. Cleveland In Beptembar, 1803, In plnclnga Inrge part of tbe aerelea onder Clrll Bervlce ruloa. Bul a mere Eaeeutlve order Ii npr to meel wlth antagonlam In Congreaa, and to be reroked or modlfled by tbe next Admlniatrntlon of dlffcr ent polltlca, Wben, howovor. Boch a reform la wroughl by a onkm "f Exeeutlve nnd legla latlre norinn. ir la eommended In tbe moal ef fectlve manner to the approval of the Satlon, and is made aa permanenl as any ael of gov ernment can be. The pendlng mcaaurc Ii one concernlng whlch no factlonal eontcntlon ih rald arlae. Men of .-iii partlea who havo the prae tioal welfare of tbe Xatlou at bcarl Bboutd nnd doubtleaa wlll nnlte in anaetlng ir Into law and lu aeeurlng for thal inw prompl and completa enforccment. THE QUB8TI09 OF C08T. Thcro is a dlapoeltlon In aome quartera to make tho moat and tbe woral of tbe expenaea of a war In order thal people may be deterred fn in rapportlng meaaurea foond neceaaary for the Matlonal aafety and nonor. It is true thal war la an eapcnalve bualneaa, and that facl glrea tbe atroageal reaaon to hope for peace. In modoni tlmos tho issue of a conflld denenda creatly npon the reaourcea ai command of the combatanta. There N reaaon to believe that spain could not long Buataln a conflld with any orher Power. The woraTa flnandera are nol addicted to loaninc raat sums whlch they havo reaaon to thlnk can never bo pald. Even in a briof conflld wlth nooessary preparatlon large i.-xpondi?uroa wottid bo Invorred, nnd no damage inllli'to.-l on nn enemy o.in brlnp any rorui'ii whntover to tha lendera who fnrnlah tho funda, bot Is tbeve n poaaibillty that Bpaln could by capture nr oonquost acquiro anythlng of raluo to bondiioldors. On thi; other hand, tho Unlted Statos hns enough monoy lylng ldlo ln tbe Treaaury to eover tbe eoat of a oonfiiot for a year, nnd tho laal popular loan showcsl that ?500,000,000 could bo borrowed at any tlme on favorable lorms, if Beceaaary. Paaalmlata are fond of roferrlng to tho oos of tho Clfll War, In whlch tbe t'nitod :??ar?-s bad n mllllon mon ander nrms, and tho biockado of tbe v.tat aeaatllne of tho Bouth re qnlred a pronb-r Navy rhan would now bo n"od ed, Tbe nzcrecnto BXpendlturea were Ihdeed proat -$7.ri7.<xH?.ow yoarly -but litilo mora than a tenth of them Were for tho Navy thon en encod. In four yonrs tho oxpi-ndltuies by the Navy I)o|iartmonr for all purpoaw woro $.".14. 223,08021, or about JTVrV.tl.ooO yoarly not vovy mueh more than Trosid'-nt Cleveland borrowed !n four yoars of ptBca* If a rliango nf NaMonal pollcy had not ooino hls loani would not have been moro than r-nouph. That change of pollcy haa brongbt anch Improvement that tho aurplui ln tha Tn-asury, ln <'x.-r-ss <>f tho requlred bull lon fund, ls now nonrly $60,000,000 greater than tho avorapo oost of tbe Navy per year diirins* tho ?;iv11 War. Ir doea not foBow that all ox pandltnrea of a yeara war wonld f.iii wlthln stmh Umlta, booause some IncreaM of tho Army and of Its cxponsos would bo Involvod, but the current oost of tho Army aatabUahment ln tlme of poaoo. oxi'luslvo of rlvor and harbor and Other publlo works, oovors n grout part of tho oost of all land foroos llkoly to bo requlred. Tho anntial ooHt of tho naval eetabllabment in tlme of poaro is now abont 130,000,000, whlch wonld leave losa than $80,000,000 more requlred to covor thi; annual oost ln time of war nf BUCh a Navy as was omployod ln tho hlooknde nnd ln th? defenoo of cominorre durinp Ibe four yeara omlinp Jane 80, 1885, Tho naval force was thon 8T1 vossids. carrylng 4,?*>ii puns, abont 8,000 ofneera nnd 4.r>,iHM> men. Sow we havo ."?s vos^ols, many of thom of blgh powor, less thnn 1,000 otRoors. and BbOUt 11,000 mon. Wbether Bpahl oould koop ln opfrntlon a.s large a forc-o for n s!n?;lo yoar mny porhaps bo do rorrnlnod by hor preeent flnanolal oondltlon. Tho iato?t stntonumt of hor debt and latereat chargea to .innuary 1, by tho Batafeta of |fa drld. made tho debt, Indudlng Cuban bonda guaranteed, Jl.TOO.Si'H.r.S'J, and tho annual In torost and ndoinptlon olmrpos 8105,687,031, but added dobts about fallinp duo amountrag to $104,512,400. Bealdea sums havo sinoo been borrowed to moot ourront oxponsos, nnd tho great arrearage of tho admlnlatratlon nnd army ln Cuba is sald by Bunco to bo about $BO,00O,< 11OO. Ha roportod tho oost of hls army at 5>,0n0,Ot?O a montli. Ir la in ineh n condltloa ns thls tiint spain wonld havo to aach tbe further lonns requlred for a naval war wlth the Unlted Btatea, and for tho Increased expenaea of land oporations in cuba ln that event, to any noth ltie of expenditurea tequlred ln Porto Ilioo, tho Phillpplne Isinnds, and for defence nf her own oonsf Bucfa condltlooa as tlir-si- go far ro ^nl1m?n"??> tbe oplnlon of many Bnandera that war is not probable, if spain Bnda thal if cannot rais^ money r>r aueh a itruggle, if Prench and other bondbolden refuae ro throw away wbat they have l ianed by advandng mor*. to encourage Bpiln Into :i ?:ir whlch oould end only in great leee, tben Bpaln mual look to |ta own bank and lt.- people. Tbe Bank <<t spain. accordlng to publlahed aceonnta, baa decllaed t" pay coupnna maturtng Aprtl 1 on Bpanlah bonda, acceptlng ihcm onlj for colleetlon Its advancea Janu a.y l woro reported al $0,000,000 \\hat other reaourcea can bo b( ibe command of a Gorern mont wbirh endeavored ln raln to offr-it a now lo.in two mnntlis nnd one month apo. nnd. BC cordlng lo tho reeeni but generally dlacredlted reporta, bai only obtalned aome furtio-r advance from tho Bathachllda by pledglng the Almaden minoH. n- IbbI av.i'i.iii!.- Baaei "f deflnlte talne, iliiro i>i B'.in.. reaaon to njueatlon. iti any caae, ibo vlgoroua preparaflooa <<t th.- i nir.-ii Btatea hnvo been calculated to ludnce s.-riuus reflor rlnn mi the part of any who may liavo contem plated advancea to Bpaln f-.r the pnrpoaa of a war wlth tiii- eountrr. Th>- Bwedlah and Norweglan eommltteea on tha unlon of Bcandlnavla I ive ju.st mbmltted thelr raporl to th-- Parllament. Tha ^"?----? li-?i commlttaa reeoromandg ? comaaoa r relgn Hln? leter -h.- may bi- a Bwede or n. rtorweglan, but mual boi ba n member of Parllamanl ami muat realde at Sto.-liliolm. Kor tbe Coutull of State , it la proposed that ten -hall be Bwedea and two Norweglnna. The dlplomatlc r*pr*senta tlvea are to be common to both oountrl*a. and tha Forclgn Mlnlater impeachahle before the Buprama Court of the unlted klngdoma. A mlnorlty of the commlttee recommcnda a aepi rat* F.rvlgn Mlnlater and aeporate dlplomatlc and cmaular repreaentatlvea. P*nor Polo de Rernabe eaya he la aatlsfVd thla country doea not want war. and he la aure Bpaln doaa not want war; In whlch bl la lou.it Haa rlgbt Then there ccrtalnly ehould De no wnr. A_ A t*n yenrs' NntaBM for a blrycle thUf Indl ratea that auch gaatry Wlll rreaently have abaat the aame atatUa thnt horaethleveB uaed to have on the frontler._ Thrc* more battle-ahlpa and four new dry d,.-k:s wlll do pretty well for nn* year'a order. Bu, |, ? r?re ba ?aken thnt the drydocka Itaall ?>* h. neii aervlceable and durabie. and not Jerry. bulll fraud.s llka No. B ln the New-York Navy YanV _ Boaton'a hlatoric Muale Hall haa ao oftea been threatened that th* laal aawooa^amaat of Ita aale wlll not come as so grlevoua a ibock U lt otherwlaa aroald have. The provkdona of the Bymphony oreheatra'a leaaa wlll praaarva II two yaari longtr for nrrheatral muaic, wlth and Wlthoul beor; oratorio, prlzefighta. do/? ihowa, Boclallat maettega, phnoaophkal i*ctur*s nnd other forma of Boaton dtovetaiona. n-it if ihe cry of "Wolff ia not n^ain rapeated m thla announcement, the Ume la at ia-t daflnltaly In alght v hen theaa thrngi moit ba ealtlvated elaa . |,.,-,. A few yeara ago the ery was ao plauai hly uttered that money was aubacrlbed In large amounta nnd a alto purchaeed for a permanent ball for Boaton'a permanent orche.stra. and this win doubUeai be avallable when th* evll day comea thal ahall noo the end of Mualc Hall; but th* dlapoaltlon nf tb* oth*r alamanta aaaoelaiad wlth that meimrable atructure may well con cern the dtya beat thoiaghta in tha two yaara t . eoma ^___ It la pretty mean of the Republlcan mnchln* rr*?s to C*lt nrlliim on poor EtUWOrth. He la an obedlent ind falthful aervant of th* "Oov ernment" nnd no loyai anpportar of that "Oov? ernment" Bhould biame hlm for his obedlence. PERftoy U. Th* Rev OoraM Btinliy Lae, a Cotwrregatlonal mlnlater. ls glrlug a i une of Lenten leeturea In Trlnlty Bpl ci pal Church. Boaton. CommenUng oi thli "The O>neregatlonallat" aaya: "The faci I ? urch rlrna - ' on gW?tl. '? ?: '-????? worker for thi -?-? U aervlee 1.. nt. n we< ka la an ln llcntlon of the th of a aplrll of fellowahlp between ilenpmlna ,. | .hoa -. m ???? ' er, now c oac y hlended the . and the devotlonil vlew of Ufa may be ? .r Murray K.iy, r-f tha flnn of Houghtoa, Mifllin a, co., i mi ? m? d aa the wr to ? : 11 dii i ia prealdent of tha rfew-Ungland . -. itor> ": Muilc Bernirdo O'Hlgglna, aft*r whmn th* Chnlaa war ....-.; a/aa i trned, wn the s..n ...f an Irlahman ambi * O'Hlgglna, who, as Ambroalo O'H gglna, becama Captaln-Ocnenl ol Chlll in 1W?. rdo waa born In Chlll ln 17W, and. after ? , -? piri ln a number of kilel ?;?''?? ti uary movementa, h?> became Bupreme l?i>"tator In 1817. ii ? governed that country ' ,r ala yeixi. dur? Ing whl li the laal of tho Spiniarda were drlven rr m Chlll aa the reault of a revolutlon w!ii<-h oc curr. i ... 'x- . .-? waa forced t.i r->?!irn Ha went to Peru. and dled al Llmi ln ts+2 Tho Bpanlih pronunci tion of hli name ls 0-e*-g*ens, tho aee ond s;.;ii'u;.! belng accented. ral YV <i M. Davla, who dled at hla home, ta ndrta, Va., la ? week waa a oonata of Jeff.-r ?on Davla, and an Intlmata frlend of Paniei Web ater He entered the Confederata aervlee aa *ap :' cavalrj and became a brtgadler-genenl ln the Army .>f K.iKt Tenneaaee. After tha Clvll W.rr Q.ral Davla practlaed law in Rlchmond and ln Waahlngton. Mri. Jeffereon Davla ami h*r daughter, Mlaa win nle, ?. i ?? preaent il the unvriiing of the Jfffer?on Davla memorlal wlndow ln Kk-hmonl on Aprll 17. Whea M irlon CrawfOTd waa ln Atlanta recently, a llttla glrl sai.l to hlm wlth charmlng frankness: "I . never read Mr. Iiaaca,' but?If you'll w-rite your nime ln my a.bum I'li promiee you that rtl bu;, th. 1 M>k *tii.; h.'.j. >ou outl" THE TALK OF THE DAY. "Tho Kmrorla (Ka.nl Repiibll*an" tella tho foi [ |ueer atory: "An Bmporla mi;\ heard a d;s turbanee ln tho nlght, and on gittlog up to aee wliiit was the matter found hls bulldog engaged ln aral trui ?;.? v.;rh b Jaeh rabbtt. Con ?' i ll ? th.it It was dangeroua to lnrorf~re, he went baek into tha houae ind abut tha door, in a ahort tim* th* nnt.slrl*. Btntggll ceaied, and looklng up ho w.is aurprlied to *ee a ,1n<-k rabf.lt looklng ln over tho transom of the fror.t door. In the mornlng he went out and found the btttldOg dead In tho front yard, with marka of rabblt teeth all over hls pmon, bearlng mute testimony to hla brave and daaperata atrusrgie." It's Dlfferent, You Know.?It waa Juat after war had ! .'*?! declired. an.i the oaalet man aaw tha noiay on* aneaklng uway from in exclted cro-.v.i "Whit'a th* matter?" aafeed thaoulet man. "They're dlacuailng th* war," repllcd tho nolsy on*. "Well, rou'va been yelllng for war for the last two montha. haven't you? dem.mded th? qulet m.in. "Of courso I have." returncd tho nolsy one; "but, hang it alll theaa peopla aro ta:king n'bout anllat* Ing. ? i<'n!c".Ko Poat. "It h*lng reported ln the n*!Khborhood." says "Tha I'*rry Tounty d'enn.) I'Yrteman," "th.it tho Wldow Oscur, who. wlth her two boya and a. glrl. Ilvea ln Mr. Ar*hy's tcnant houae, waa In necd of belp, word was i<*nt throunjh tho nclphborhood that then would be a donatlon pnrry nt her houae on Baturday nlght, and m coniequence the entlra eom munlty turnr-d out to he!}> her. That tho donatlon was a lueeeea waa evtclenead hy the fact that her two boya aold eflouafa .iried appi^a to tho huekater on Monday momlnif to jret enotigh moncy to buy tw.i ;.< m 0OOB .l..?? and a mouth-organ. nnd thUB, through the charlty of th* nel^hbors, wlll th* gaunt wolf of Btarvatton be kept from the wldow's door for a aeaebn." Nevertbeleaa, He i^or ii*r.- "Yom iay my daucrii ter lovei you?" aoeitloned the old man. Tn aure of lt." replled the youn* man. "Well, well."areturned th* old man, looklng tho younR man over crltlcally, "thcro'a no n^vmtini? fnr taitea, la thera?*' An l BoraehOW, llthough tho young man know lhal he ought to be happy over the poneeilon ot I, 1.Kildn't h<-l(> scowllna; ami Bpeeulltlng on lhal ramark of theotd man'a. -<Hartford Tlmea. A memb*r of th* bnllet of the Tt*r!!n Op*ra Houso b.is |uat retlrad from actlve aervlee at th* ai?.- <?f Beventy yeara. ah> had been a m*mb*r of th* corpa sin.-e 104. To foraatali unaeemlr Jeita about this ,u'..! Iidy*a partlclpatlan in a profeaelon v?-h<>?o mimbera havi traojuantly been eapeeed to auch in Jury. It W well to .ul.l that slne* 18S8 sh* haa ac:*d aolely us an Initructor. Darlng h*r term of oftl** almoat ?n ttaa preaenl eorpa d? ballet h..-. i.n aatb Jct to h*r fca.'hliiK: Bewirc of it "Have y(W heard of thnt a<-h*m.> of -m Ohlo man? He wanta tha Qnlti d Btataa wur i- made .-f rubber " "lt wouldn'l work. Vou could i>l?w u^. a rubber ?hlp wlth in -iir pump." (Cbleago Trlbune. Two Phiiadeiphia bon rlvanfa, lecording to "Th* B.rd," bbw a Blgn th* other day In tront of a Bilnon "iii ii ; or* thi Imcrlptlon: "A Oerman raa 1 i?*r.t wlth everj diink." Thla w.n a :.ird of whlch thej had never pTrt.'kcn. and In greal utpectancy they entered to inveatlgata tha gaatronomle dla eovety, Th*y orderad .Irlnka nnd ask*.l f..r th* blrda Th. v were st lpeficd rnd dtaguetad when th* bartenaar drew out two fraakfartera, with two featkera atuck ln en.-h .>ne. and wore only deterTed from thelr determlaatlon ta haatlly leava !?>? tki ..i" hiuff reqieet thal they Biai pay f"r tn* drinks Patrlotlam Oui Weal alkall Ike Brot'a tha aaat* ter, poilner? \:."ny .iid you haiig that >r* chap? Ca :tua < "al Ha got hls gultar out laal nlgh an.l begln playln' the Bpanlah fandinge [Pittiburg Th. r< baa |uil beea daacaverad al Tbebea tbe mni'i of Thothmea MI. i klng of the <-!(rh:,*inh dynaaty In Bgypt. Tha palnttnga la tkla tomb ara ibl) preai rved; tha mrc ph igua, m.i.i? of ln Ita kln.l. la .ilriK>*t Intict tn other ohambera are f ind other eofftaa, probablji ? Thothmei*i wlfa and davghter. Olorj f.-r One.. "That was an nrtiatlc rovenge of Zola'a." "What waar' "Why, hla K-ttlng up an A.-a.leinv of Imm.irtnU ln whii h Uo ta the only niember."?(Chkago Record. THE DRAMA?MUSIC. RETT'RN OF MME. MODJK8KA. riFTii avgnrtra thdatrr Tha rrttirn of Mm?. Modjrskn. whi app?ar*d laat nlght at th* Flfth Avcnue Thentrp, an<l w,i? cord uiiy anBleaaaad by & aympathi-tu- aadleaee, p;a--*i u valu.-ilile pl*astir* wlthln th* ptihll* ri>a*h. and theri forr shouiii t>* recaeded ?* ana of th" moat auKplr-loua lnr-l'Irnta of th" rlrnm iM* neason now siowiy grawtag to a .-los*. atsaa, Modjeeba ap pr-arnl aa Mary fltunrt, nnd tO thoa? who kr.ow h?r nntlnf; In tliV .-har.ii-tor th* m?r? rn*ntlon cf it foin?re.it4 aa Imaawaatve irmt* of imp*r:-ii dlgnliy. nobta fmotlon, and etajuMta art Th* numbr-r of p.-raons to whom su*h an lmar?? \n atgnlAcaat, aa prm tiraiiy llluatratJva of th* ?trmg? rtelaattudea of fortun*. th- p*rlla that h*s-> ffr*at rt.itlon. and thr aas^nflal pn'hos of hurnin llfe,- may not h* RUBMroue, but all pt-rsona ror-.i^rUr- thr- ^r.arm that 1m r.>rr'i^fii t\v thr actreea, and *r? ? r.*"ioua of n aellghtful ImpraaaloB f i - raanal r-imrn. ter and r,f p.^t!.. beeuty. II la bul ?< ? :-.rt ttaaa sinca gfme. Modjeeha'a Impfrsonation of Mnty s* i.irt Waa p.irl' tularly COBBtderad nnd ( immrr.'.piX \n thla jiMitiiiii, .ini furth*r revlew nf u i* uaaacaa* a.iry now. Tha draflaatle * mpany reaaalni aa rhanr*'!. Mr MlWOTttl rOBeated hls *om. *hat VOelferaua and m'lodrnmstlr, bul rtgoroui nnd p(T""tiv?>, Imparaonatlon of .M^rt'.m?r, and Mr. Halone repi ited I ai ful p*rforman> - af 'h.) eiiky nnd crafty O II Moat of th'. aeaMlary per formi-rs ara eonaonanl aaicbar with alatory nor pofiry. "Mary Smar''' WlN boW th* staga tnro'ijjh. out thla week, *s-~*ptli<K on Baturday aftrrnoon. when th* ridmir'r* r.f Mm*. Modjeeha'a ftoeeaad m?v r.'now thr-ir acojualataJBca wita tha- reara aaatattoa. "afacbeth" wtn ba glvea aest M i ',y The enantgeraenl of Mm? bfaajeaha arlll ?xt?r.d ... Maroh M Oa Mai H Mra t ika wlll apfaar al ? i Ftftti Avei tre, prteanttng "Teea ef the I'Trl- i vlll.-.i." THB CH1CAOO ORCHBSTRA Mr Tho 1 red an Intereatlng ai i ataaVaBV tni'i.l pr--..-imn.. i fourth eeneeri ef tha Chlcago ' li< itra'i n rl< ? th '?' i itaa t Ho laat even ng. Bi \> najor wa ;.,? ',..-?? ? I II ad waa i.i.iy'-1 wli i flne ai rlgor The .?>m iy a Brahma'i D nijot Mr Thon i ? ii V. i ntlj In f tnpath) ? rrj ? .. nnd read !l wlth tn iohoare.Il ? ? t .- brilll intljr played; I i - ael a litti.- bl ii red, and thei r i l.r.i m ?'?-'; -.ly wi ?! arlnd. Mme. Nordlca aang i ioven'1 ?r*r ? "Ah, Perfl lo," and the und ' ' .-.nd dr in itl it) Ie. The "I, fi ? rlatan und : '???' bto6 glvi n n wlth 1 :? .? ? dld Mr T ... of i . . ii.-:,: f >ri ? fuln ia aod i ?, ?? - f clltnaa ? wh| ? r . .1 >r\ ..ir Betdl'i Interpretatlon, an th* eomparatlve in cffectiveneBB of Mmi Moi of ?><? n i) I e : - Bhe waa enthualaatl Iy gr eted, nn.i maay tim^s r* iard Tha progTamnu ended wlth u'HKr.er'a "Kalai rmarach " "?INBAD" AT THB AXBBICAM II Ii the r-/:i..f dellarni .>f i. ?? ? "P?ra ; i bj? ? w h ???" nanj ? la of It .-nn .I.. and how manjr a Ii lai - ..?? templ Blnce .: came to he x ai Theatre on Chrlattnaa Day II haa .td from "II Trovatora" 11 "Paii Jonei," and thal la aome dtstance List nlpht another an I ?a r'l th? extreme or frKniity w.is tak.-n. arni "Blnbad" arai preaaatad ^v.th th* mom*ntum (r:iln-.| from a ''?'? 'o cne ond of th* nr.-. the pendulain may ba axpaetad *oon to tr.-ivr'. acroaa ln ih* other dlrectlon tlll lt rea^hea "I/oheiifrrln " '!'i..-r* is nothlng of aa| e to ba reeorded about the perfortnanee of "s.nhnd." it w.-m of th :? ? a B ? r^ eompaag in accustom*.! t.? glve, and tha BUdlei ??>. ippearai to appraclate the effort, DALT*I TRBATBI Mlaa R*h.in's .-h.-inning perforrr.ar^* of P*g-g> Tiirifr, ln "Th* Country Olrl." was glven a: Ii". i Thaatra laat nlght, for the laat tim*. in ta* preaeat Beaaon. The revlval of "The O mtrj fBrT haa ..... ,.- the b ? ? i ahtful lacldentg of tne dramatlo year, and thi bi morj' ol Mlaa Rehan'B actlng of tha gulleleaa yat crafty ru?:ic mald w.i; long ho ohertahed. "Ull-Tae" was aiso giv-r. for the laal tlme. To-nlght Mr. Dal'y wlll revlva "Tha Bchool for Si-nndil." with Mlaa Rehan as LlB) t :.7.'.". Mr V;i't-v ai tlr Ptter, Mr. Owan a Pir Ollver, Mr. ?';- ?-?? Clarke a- Joaeph, Mr rjch man a? Charlea, and Mr. Bldney Herberi aa '"rah xr.?. Bherldnn'a ?? lj ? ? he pr*e*nt *(] throughout the w.-^k. "The ??? ha" la aa* nouneed for n*>;t Monday, ar.l Mlaa Rebaa will r - ji Ml Eiister. -a THEATRICAL INCIPKNTS. Mr. Cbauneey OI?dt appeared BtmaOraa40para Uotis" laat nlght, ln tha Irtah draaaaof '*ajwaat innis rarra." Beat ThU ? ?alnt I'atrl.-k'a Day. "fgnbad" waa gln n I lai nlghl at th* Amerlcan Thr-atrr . . Mr Robart HllUard performad at Proctor*a . . ? Mlaa Aante Ruaaa I pleaeaa many era by her actlng In "DaagerBald, ??." at Th( ,,r.. . . ,\ freahet nf leeturea haa ....... , ... | apon the local Btaga, and s*vera'. tbeatrea have beei ed. There ta^tbacaa tomirv finx of Ira . . rnat eaierai frKollty Mr. Ibsen'a "Doira Houae." was glvea laat nlght ln the irvlng Pli - Th; atre. . >"*? Irwin appeared at the Opera Hoaaa m Harlem. ???? ?? QEXERAL B08EI BAX8'8 FUVBRAL TrTB BtmiAX TO BB IN WaaWtatOTOM--ARRANOE arBBTB BOR TK1 i'UP.I'MONY L03 Angelaa. CaL, March 14,-Tha hody of th*> late ?i.ir-T.ii ?T. B. Ro4tacraa6 win i* ooaveyad to morrow under m *uua rhi:n" her of CommercUl Hall, there ta Ue la atata untll . funeral. W ?????? day morntaa The pallbaaraea wlll be choaen from dty and coaaty ofnclala, BaaaB b?.-rs of tbe Cbamber of C immeroa ?nd of th* Tre* Barbor Leagrue, Thr- mllltary eaeort aill ba fur njBhed by Oeneral Laat, i f tha Batloual Ouard on Wedneeday mornlng tbe funeral mus? will b* held at th* cathedral, the W P of tbe dioreae ofTu-iatlnjr. aft*r whloh the body arttl b* taken to Roaedale, thor?. to rematn ln a vault uattl " ^a" be eonveyed to Arllngton Cemetary, Waahlngton, D. C, to be burled. , , . m Many telegrama a-.<l letten >>f condolence na\e been recelved by tha i il Iren ?: Oeneral Roaa cranB. One from Prealdent McKlnlej apeaka ln vory f*Hin>; terma i?f hla i ld eommanear -e (XCWBVT6 /v 80CIBTT. An lnt*r*Btlng m*ctlng of tho KlMwlatW CltM, tho last but one of the seaaon, wa* held laat nlght ln tha ballroom ?t Sh*rry's. Th* sp*elal cora mlttee for the evenlna*a entertalnmeal wns cora poaad of Mra. John Jay Wiiito. Jr . and lUWJBaW B. Tompklna, Mrs Joha /-.r.^'. Mrs Kr?d*rlo Bheldon, Mrs. John C. Weetervelt, Mrs. Kdward Lyman Bhort and M-rs. Qrenvllle Wlnthrap r> celved th* m*mhers ai:d th* gueett Tha pr? graram* prepared for the BMetlBg ladudad three monologuea "An k:ik:i?ii i.iiv Packlna." "A 8c dable Beamatreaa" and "Th.- Ihop Ohrl" by Miaa Beatrica Beref rd; aeveral aoaga hy Mi"s r'1'1*1" Ing Roaelle and Mlaa laadore Dunean, who con trtbutad aeveral <>f h^r elaaatcal aaaoaa, ani *a origir.ai poem by Mrs. Zerega. A atipper foUewaA and lnt*r tbei ? waa Informal danclng, f^-r wmcb Land -r's i >r. hesti i played The l ial an.'. laat meetlng of thr c uh wlll l ihe plai e al Iherry'a on Thuraday nlght. Mar h ? Am< na tbe gu*?ta ^ membera preaent laal i '" wi Mi ai I M,\,; Prederlc Pleraon, Jr., Mtsa Beatrica !???""!,,-Ml, and Mr.s ii Brevoon Kan . Mi ind Mr- Wlliuai Bdgnr Bhepherd, Mr and Mra John i: lt'??",*v?;',,; Mlaa Loulii McAUlatei Mr and Mrs Theodoraa i: Woolaei Mi ind Mrs Qwgc \\ Voung, ??? and Mi Thoman H Pratt, Mlaa Kmtly P '?'? M;. and Mr- John B. Duer. Mi" Bohleffelln, M.?a Zerega, willlam M. Purdy, Ml and Mrs ChaonfW \v ..,-...: Mi ind Mra v - - Taylor Pyae. Mft tl | Mri Aug s- IteokBcher M aa r irnlaa, A'f^ i: Conhllng Waltei Kutherford, s. M Rauaanw and Ml Mbm M.ui'- Lootae Balley. who haa a raaaitabaa n? a ptanlat, waa marrted to Alata rea Aplaaaaai, b lleutenani In the Auatrlan Army, laat avenlag, m th* .hap-i artaahad t-? st rraaela x?vi*r'a Church, ln Weat Blateeath-at. Tfcara arara ''"n# but relatlvea praaanl at tha cereaaoay, Jhlelii waa parformed hj I'n rt Ynung al ? ..m-'. <'.*'' '" plui ?? ol P itl er Plnk, a ?? v">' ' l l,',Z death of hla father \li-- lUllcy, whoee pareaai llve in Naahvllle, Tenn., a n- aducated abraaa ? PUI DBLTA Y8ETA BASQVBf The Ph i Ita Theta banauet, whlch wIM I a hr,<1 nlghl ? '???? Mai ?- Aatoti ette H '??; **" _!* ti,- i ilni .1 ??,:??' ? r the Delta Chepter, t'1* lumbla Al i ml and th ? ?".i Deha Thal i duh of n. v. rorl ? it) Tho club ha i .I) : ?? " ,M ''"; porottd, und will bulld u cliibhouao ln ihe rlojnltf, of i uiinb riie v IM-. i ,a M. M n T "DeM i Chapti' " " W RhrJl5ri Progreaa ef Ihe Pi iterntty.' I I A 1>r^' I'l.m.l. and "Phl i> >lta 'i heta I'lub i i* ?? J' gr [I Bha? Profeaaoi Keener. Dean or Oieana' bla Law Bchool, will alao reapond to .. toaat *-ov' era wlll be lald lor nlxty peraona.