A-AOE-IT Or Mt-SKV 2:1?-? IS?Snorting Ulfe
AUXl?!' AN" ART (..Al.-JCRIKS? 1? ti a Tl??"? ? Or????
Pvnir??
AMKRI? AN THKVTBE-2K? S:15- I.ii'i.n?
??.?G THBATRK- _.la-?:1?--Kale Kiy.
RkciAnWAY 2?? The Sorrow? of Satan.
CAR.vraiK HAI-I- 2- The Me??l?h
CABIN?"* -? * -A Dangfreu? Maid.
PALT'S THBATRK 2 ?Ml? Merchant ??' Venice
KDE* Ml'SRE- --Wax, Work?. Or?n.1 foneart an?! t Ine?
ewlegraah
G????G THKATUK -2JO *:an--l"hrosc
G????? AVBNt'g THEATRB 1:10 -sir? A Runaway
?'?????-??? STREET THEATRB -' * Th? Vtliage
r-?tma?ter __
ftlRhPN' THBATRK 2?IS S IS - Th? <T?rt?t1a-i
i.ARRT'K niKATRK 2 1? *? IS '"??heTire
?RAM* nrERl BOl'SB '.' * The UT hite H eat her.
iMRi.mi <vnn*. BorsE 2 is i:*J Ttie Osleha.
HCRAlJ) rSQl'AKF. [*HRATR- '.' 1?? s is -The U??le
IRVTNO ?t_?~? TMKATR? 2 IS WSees :? the ? '?<"
S H In \?.?????? Roeee'1 _ ,
reiTtl'll- \?? (? 11 ? p?. f. it rei ?? Per. ?irmeli *tv
vNi'-vpnno. krr THBATRE MS " 's t?? ????? r?r
? r?? Paiatiy
K^ST-R A niAI.'f?I ? - Vai'IevU'.e.
1 "*i-rt'M THFKTRF. 2 SO -? .'?' -Tre awry cf riie *??1??.
iiAr-iaov aoi'ARB thbatrc?tran s *> rm aad? Off.
VPTROPO'.ITAN OVERA H'?)'?-?" " 1/?-enerln s i_
?i-pU?V HttX TlIFATliR 2 ?:1S ? Ment? v T/?n<*??n
r*Sr'"'R f 11 te 11 l'nrt'nu a? IVr' >m?n<-e.
SAM T. lA?r*K*S ?????????: 1 S- \'niulev'.ile.
Jn?rt lu ^?t'Cttiifmrnte.
Toccai ???.<??
??.,,??1 <?>, p ? Msirtsse* ??> Desiai . e
Aniusereeat? ? ? S Mtoeellaeeous .M s-e
l?.,-..ie.-*mer ? ,11 G? \>?v PuMleatlnM . a J
Li??..-? j? ivo-e. li ' Kottce ?? 0*4Heee...ll a
k^rt ?n.l R?cmi 12 4 Notice of Summon?. 12 -
Business ?nanees .13 4 n-ean Steamer? ?????" ?"
?5spertnershlpX-?llee.1<* arinoseli.'" . _
p7(,,?. xeii,-ei ?* ? ' Railroads .JJ ? ?
r?*- s?. ?? ?.????* 11 ? ? ?'-?l Bsieie. - ?
banana - ' ?'? '2 ? Renames'*<>"**? t ? ?
_T?,?-aK'fs r; 4 ?svlngl RsnK? Il ?
j- fneer *.:?? ? ? "? S*bee? .???"?"" ? ? !
glnanelal Election! 1 ? Bgeelsl ??MI ?? ? "
rinsnr??! :?-??lns? "> ?t Steaml-M? }J ?
piMnrt! ir? S S "t t?*? ? lice ...?? *
fereeieanre .?sl?e II ? Tea ?*-??? ,, I
?or ?al? "-' * Trr.? eiler? (luida 11 _
ir.,, . |] G. TI Nine Tmhm lUteS. 1 ?
,n?'..,- ?? ? wie?.- Reaort? It ?J
lAnurea A Meeting? - .; w t-r Re.crr cuM'? s ?
L_M lnd y-.!.-' 12 ?'? Wort ?antel 12 SO
2ff?^?-mrk Da?l? ?_Mlnnw.
?-ATURDA Y. DECEMBER 81. 18*8.
THE SEWS THIS MORNINO,
FOREIGN Th?? Cubona In Havana agreed to
C*reral Lofllow'a wish that tliev sh. u'd hold no
ce'ehratlon on the occasion of Rpnnteh ?vacua?
tion ??;?? It is repor'e.i thai the Spaniard? at
Ouam have driven ?ml the Oovernor an.l chosen
his success?.? ?iivinp to the ??????? of
Presi,lent Kr?ger, ih- plan of Lumini* Dr. Jaine
s^n in effigy on January 2 has been iUran.?? ned.
Tne Brasitlan Parliament ra'ifleil the
featy for entradltloti wllli the l*nit-d State??.
_._ .! Lord and Ladr G???7.??? 'a?G?? at Bombay
and received an enthusiastic a-eleome. -Th*
British steamer G lena ron, from H'.ng Kong for
London, ?is ?rreckeil, nnu man] o? her crew
??ere reported missing ~ _? Th?? Rev Dr Bar?
tholomew Trice, ifnafer of Pembroke t'niieg??,
Oxfi r i Is den.l
r?->MKf5Tl?* Reflor Romero, Mexl? .:, Ambne?
padOT to the I'nited Ptat-s. died in Washington ?
fr?-ni appendicitis Colonel Booeevell and j
Ms family srrived In Albany, and beenme gueata ;
of. Oovernor and Mrs Hlack at th?? Executive I
Manalon ?? The Wn: Department, <>n th?* !
reqije?t .f Commlseary-Oeneral Engan. ordered ?
an Investigation into the quality of the I.t
f-iirnishei !.?> the Armi ? l'Imi?? for the gov?
ernment'.?f Pula were ?liscuaeed ai the m*'etlng
iif th? ?ablnet - The great union terminal
railrrad station In Boston was dedicated. .
The annual convention of ?he American His?
torical Aaaoclatlon rame lo an end In Now?
Ha'.en A multiples telegraph Instrument.
in\erfed in Baltimore, arili permit s'??.:,r,.?' four
message? ?ach way '.ver ? gingie tritt at on? ?.
ard a practical ;??<=t from Philadelphia t?? Jersey
?Tity is helng arranged. _= Iv.ght men were
Vurled in ? coal mine near Wllkesharre, hut
five were speedily resiled, and h ???? are enter
ta'rei .if saving the others alive.
'""ITV -Stocks were ntroig and active ? ?
Th?? Detective Bureau tontlaoed a ? work on ih**
Adama poisoning case, but no arrests were
made at a late h .ur. and the c;is?? was 'ap
j-arently as much a mystery as ever: th?? list of
1 ur. hasers oT th<* "**14" holders wns mad?? puh
||e ?- The summary of the business (or the
year at th* exchanges and the Clearing House, ?
?? - ng nr. unuaiial!?.' larrje volume? \?.i? made
G ic'ii" ? ?- The Appellate Division of the Bu- !
preme (*????p decided th? care f the recelrera
ol ih?? Madison Bqua? ? Hank against lh East j
River Bridg?? Company In favoi of the receivers. |
-a__j Colon?] a t Pianeta, of the 71^ neiv
*Ti?t)t, annnur.cer] that a solution hai been found
of that regiment's troubles The scientific
meetings which have ?.? held al Columbia
Vniverelty for the last few da\s we-,?,? brought
to ? close. ??-?- - Tw?. Uvea ?.?.??.?? 'ms: by the
hreaklnc of l-e on ? pond In New-Rochelle.
-= .i?>siah T Marean and A mei ? Jenas, of
Brooklyn looh th? oath of offici as Justices of
the fhipreme Court, in the lid Judicial District.
THF WEATHER Fore set f ? : -lay: Rain
turrite Into snow, rlearing at nig'ii; ? .?! wave
The t?mperat.ir? yeeterday Highest, ?r? de
gr?e?, lowest. 41. average, IH
THE YE 1/7 IV/? TEE WORLD.
Forel?n war ind domeatlf wolfar.?* make up ?
th?* ?ton- of i*i'.??-; for Hie lyitci States. All
ether topic? gpd ilotjiics an? anbeldlsry to tbSM.
W# hnre foiisiit ih?? -i\t!i foreign war In ?mr
Na'Onn! hi<i?>ry and ilio tir?*t for fifty roars
s war thnt will ever rank .'i- OBS ??* tli?? lhr*M
prca? ?rara, In Ita la*.im_ r?'<nlt<. in the history
of the North American Continent. Wt bare
effected ? great sxpana rm of mir Naiioiial |><>*?
acgakiua, and ? rommensnratelj girai ?levoiop
Ttiont nf our long-estabUsllod Nat..?nal policy.
3n poacafol negotiation ami in the rude shock
Of ^nr our tla^ lias 1??????? carried to distant
lands and planted there, erra Into th?* other
heini?ptVr<* and into ihe geographical system
of another rr?ntinent. Onr Navy and Army
have proved their nnsurjMsse?*] eflldency, Onr
dlpiornacy ha? shown Itself a match for ihat
of the Old World with nil it?? masterful tra?li
tlons. The work of May I?ny rnornlnf Iran*?
formed the lnite.1 Stat.-s from a merely local
Power of unknown and di-rec.'irdf'd potency
Into a world-Power universally recognised to
be tf the first magnitude in both penco ami
war. With all Ibis wo hare had ? year <?G nil
but unprecedented prosperity. Industriai havo ?
revived, trad?? luis developed, th?? volumi? of ,
business ha< expanded lo dimensiona which j
staggered ibe imagination: products of all ?
kinds flomitc forth to nil Hip world aa nerer ?
before, snd the gold of Ibe world flowing Into ?
?Sir bunting treasuries. Thai la ihe record of ''
T*J|R. Add to that th?> final passing of sii eoe? !
tional aatrangeimni and such perfectnesa of
union among tbe Btatea aa nev.r waa known
before, and W? iiave a chapter of American hi??
tory that for splendor nml good tlgnlflcanoa
atanda ?wnrpaated la all our ?un?ais.
Abrond the year lias been full of more lhan
ordinary Mneresi Exactly eighteen hundred
v?an? after the first great Spaniard bacamo Raa
peror of the whole ?ivillTie?! world the Spanish
F.mplre haa vanislied fr?.iu the fa??* of th?? glolw?.
Jn-i four hundred year? after Ibe great Span
|sk admlril flr?t planted ilie Spanisi) flag upon
the mainland of America that flag Ig with?
el-awn for??ver from the Western Hemisphere.
.lust three hundred yenm after Philip II sur?
rendered h!e vast empire to the feebler hands
of his son that realm is reduced to smalh-r com
pji?? than It had known for many a reign !>e
fare Philip's far reach'ng ronqmsts, .lnst turo
hundred year? nfter tin? sovorelgiis ?>f firent
Britain and France bargained together for the
partition of Bpaln the Spanish Empire is par?
titioned without French nr Itrit?nh aid by ?
Power of which those monarch? hud no knowl?
edge. In its Immediate change? of the mai??
snd International relation? of the world the
Spanish-American War wa? o? e of the most lin
"portant of the century. Tn Its nil I ma te possi?
bilities It vies with any that lias been fought
alnco the British and Spanish races flrai gran
pled In a deatblock. The work that Drake lie?
gen at Cadiz waa complet?*! hy Dgerey and
flampaon at Manila and Santiago, and it may
??ell be that the laat act will prove ?? fan of
' aeeaoent as waa the fleet
, The great empire which la our kin haa marked
the -retir In worthy fashion. British authority
in the affairs of Kurope has liecn asserted ns
it had not heasa for ninny a year. No one talk?
now. as a few year? ago, of the ?le? I In?? of the
British Umpire. Tbe centenary of Britain'*
??ne alliai?.? e with Uuaala has l-een marked with
? such nn alliance of spirits nn?l purposes 1*?
| Iween Britain nini America ?is n?>ver uns known
before. The centenary of Aboukir has been
; oolebraied in worthy stylo nt Omdiirmnn nnd
j Fa?hoda. Tii?? centenary of th?? ?Trent Irish Re?
bellion is marked vvilli | -Mclftcntlun and pro*?
i purity ??f that laland unmatched since before
I lhe Stuarts' days. Of ? truth, the old Lion le
| very Baragli nl've. The history of Franrv for
J 1Mb] is wrltt'Mi in the one word. I'reyfus. Agi?
tation ??vet? tli.'it unhappy case ha?? dominated
I all the naiional life of tbe Republic, nnd oren
j menaced Its security. The German Emperor
has celebrated the eighth centenary of the
i First Crusade by visiting Jerusalem nnd swonr
j Ing a blood-brotherhood wllh the direct deseend
?nit of the very Moslem chieftains against whom
the ? "riisa,l?Ts warred, and his empire has
marked the seven-hundredth anniversary of
I lhe Qnelpll ami Ghibelline fend by nn ominous
' recrudes -enee of factional nnimosliles. F.x^ict
ly six htatajprad year? umt ? Hapsbiirg lirst wore
; an imperial frown. This year the latest Ilaps
i bur;: Finperor hn? celebrated his llf?eih jubilee
and mourned the murder of his consort; he lias
1 seen and still ?*ees his realm conviils??d with
Internal dissensions, ami enters lhe twilight <>f
1 life with tlie knowledge that only his personal
Influence dama bfi*"_ tin? deluge. The Husslnn
! Autocrat lias in MM breath jiroelalmed ? prae
' licnl protectorat?? over half of China nnd in the
n??*<t deplored the a egressi veness of oilier Pow
! ers: with one hand signed a rescript for uni?
versal disarmament and with the other nn edict
? for unprcced? nte.l Increase of his own forces.
Sweden and Nonvny growl nt on?m other; Iton
: mark m??unis the death of her good Queen:
? Holland acclaims the accession of ber fair Or
an<_v-Kl<><.saii)i: Italy struggi??*, with the burdens
' of loti;? iiils_ovei"nment; (?reeco is rising to new
life from the ruin wrought by her mad war
With Ttirkiv; Hie long agony of l'rete ends in
peace nnd happiness; all oth?T States pursue
the checkered tenor of their wny without nn
incident of wide significance.
The two colossal figures of Bismnrck and
Gtadatorae hare disappeared; their passim; so
lnn_ discounted ihat when It came it made *_o
Jar nor hitch in the world's progress. They
bad already "leeone historic ohnrnclcrs. Lit?
erature, science and the arls have produced
nothing ,?f epoi'h-mnklng Importance, yet have
made ste.dly and gratifying growth. It will In?
for its wars and diplomacy, for its changes <?f
the ??.rids map and of the status of the na?
tion? that I***?*?? will be r??meinberod. In such
remembrance it will rank among the note?
worthy year? of the century, and. !nd?fd, of
the Christian era. N*??r will the verdict of pos?
terity be an unfavorable one. Regrreta and
Jealousies and antagonism?, have arisen. an?1
mai for a time abide. But the linai jinlgiiient
will lie that it lias been a good year, that the
world has grown better, that the treinl <>f hn
iiianliy. individually and collectively, has been
fiii-ward and upward, and thnt the vnst changea
thai have occurred and the mighty forces that
have been developed are. on the whole, for
good and for righteousness and for the highest
welfare of mankind.
THE BUILDING CODE.
In .'H'cord'iii???? with a res'jlmlon of the Mu?
nicipal Assembly and pursuant to the charter.
the Fresi,lent of the Council and the President
??? tin? Board <?f Aldermen taris In tba present
month nominated a rommlaalon "f "geren ex?
peris in the science and practice of bntMIng,*1
in additimi to a number of i_-??ffle.<> members.
to prepare a bnildiag code for the city of Nevv
York. it was expected that the rejtort making
the.?e nominations would be adopted without
(lilticiilty. but a minority of ill?? Board of Al?
fbrnien has su? ceeded in having ihe matter laid
over until January 8. Ko objection la mad?? to
Die individuals named, but It is urged that the
proposed commission, being compi???'?! to tin?
extent of one-half of men oonneot?'?l with build
Ing operationa, la not broadly enough ???>u?-ti
tuieil to deal satisfactorily with so Important
an affali and a minority report submitted by
Alderman Goodman therefore recommends that
nn architect, a repr?sentai Ive of the Fire De?
partment an engineer and a member of the
Tenement-Hoaee Committee be ndde?! to the
commission.
It seen.s to us that the Aldermen who ndvo
cat?? suc!? an enlargement of the commlaalon
deserve support, nini wn hope thnt the sub?
stance of their recommendation may llnally be
approved by ili" Muni?? pal Assembly. Wi ? li?
ent regard to lhe intimation Unit the composi?
tion of the proposed commission reflects a will?
ingness tn "make tilings easy" for builders, it
Is obvious that a biMly charged with the fram?
ing of a code affecting interests of such mag?
nitude ought faltiy to represent "all the dilTer
"Mlt classes of people whose experience or ex?
pert knowledge would be of value" for the
purpose. It is a matter of record that dishon
eaty and negligence have repeatedly produced
ffital results m recent years, and ? sirotig im?
pression prevails that a gnat ?lea! of bad work
!a consianlly going <>n In this city. It would
l?e a misfortune and a disgrace if such opera
tain? wer?? facilitated by the adoption of u
faulty rode, Mini practically it would make lit
il.? difference whether a boons.? tn do evil wen?
due to inadvertence or design. The growth of
the city, changing conditions, new n'(|iiiremenis
and ih?? i-onipllcnted problema which they In?
volve demand the employment of the broad
est kn?.wledse and the highest integrity In the
preparation of ? building code for New-York.
FALSE MEWS OF HAWAII.
The minority of the House Committee on
Terrltorlea expreaaea in Ita report ?<u legislation
for Hawaii views which canuol be regarded as
either l-.gi'-al or compatible with sound policy.
It wants t.. emphasize "the fact that new ter?
"ritory as acquired should be governed ns other
'"T?-riit?.n.s have been, with a view to ultlmnte
"a?lini??.-'...n t.. Statehood." That is not a fact,
but an opinion, and no! It but the exactly con?
trary ??pinion is what Un? American people
want lo see empha<-1zed In the strongesi pos?
sible manner.
There Is not the slightest need of uniformity
of territorial g.ivernment. The I'onstituiioii
<"o?-s not prescribe it. On ihe comrnry. It leaves
it 1<> lbs ?liscn-iion of Congress to vary Ihe
lnvvs for the conirol of Territories according to
their various locad fharactarlatlca and raqnlre
IlieBtn. N.'w-Mexlco and Alaska ?re not g?.v
amed B?ke?, Arizona is not governeil as Ohio
was a hundri'd years ngo. As a mailer of
convenience It Is well enough for Congress to
make the Territorial systems ns nearly alike ns
individual conditions -.orinit. But as the Smtes
of the 1 nioii an? by no means uniform In their
count,tutional organizations, it ia not reason?
able to reti?ir? that the Territories shall Ih?.
And as ? matter of fact they nre not ..nd have
not been.
Bui the minority r^'.rt mean? tha: the '1er
rirorlea shall be governed alike |g thla mm re?
spect: With ? view to ihelr ndtalssion n? Mates.
It does not nppeor thnt any such compulsion
Is Imposed ????>? Congress, either by the Consti
tutlon or by pn-cedeut. Certainly the CnsC
tutton says nothing about nny obligation to nd
mi' all our property as State?. On tho other
hand the fact that this Is a aoTerei-jn Nailon
unerringly implies the possession of all the
ordinari powere o? a eg-rn-igu Natiou, and
I nniong those powers Is thnt of acquiring prop
! orty and of holding It ns property. Moreover.
I such has been the actual prsetloe of the Nn
! tion. it tins held from the beginning territory
which it bns never mennt to ere?*t into ? Htm??.
; It ncqiilml a grent piece of ?neh property moro
; than thirty years ago. which It etili holds, nnd
[ which it has no thought of admitting to Stnte
j booti.
Abate all these ??oiwiilorutioiis, linally, there
J Is this supreme one. thnt the people of this
1 conntrjr do not mean to take in Hnwnll. or the
? Philippines, or nny such outlying territory, ns
1 a State. Of that we believe there ran lie no
! ?niestion. There was ? strong majority <af COB
greet In favor of the annexation of Hawaii, but
, liiere is reason to doubt whether the annexa
llon bill conhl Imre commainled more than ?
j small minority If It bad <*ontaln?*d nny pro?
vision or pleitee for the admission of Hawaii
I as ? State. The sentiment of the American
? people was strongly in favor of annexation, but
I It would probably have been still more strongly
against It If there had been any hint of ndtnls
I sion to?r?t,ifehood In the measure.
The report of the majority of the committee
I ln question Is to lie In penerai commended. It
| provides for ? government of Hawaii coiifortn
i ing In most respects with that of ??xlsting Ter
i Ii tortee, but wltb some variations a?lapt?*?l to
? local needs, and with no reference whatever to
? Statehood. It may be ?deemed desirable io
? modify It In some respects It certainly will not
I be well to modify it In respect to the Statehood
question, unless, indeed. In the direction of pot?
I tin?; into it a ?leda rat Ion against such ndmls
? glon of the Islands Info the I'nlon.
NO SEED TO WORRY.
We observe will: mild cone? rn nnd regrei that
our always anxious contemporary "The To?
ronto World" Is nfrnld that, between the an?
nexalionisfs of the I'nited States ?nd a strong
party in England which would be wininp to
Mcrlflce almost anything for our baching, the
breath of life will pr?'sently be squeezed out of
the Dominion of Cunada. If we shared our
contemporary'! anxiety we should hasten to
sound the alarum, but wo are convinced that
.1 sedative will fit the ease bett?*r than a stini
niant. "The Toronto World" haa contracted
the unfortunate habit of sitting up nights to
see ghosts, and the fre?ju?*ncy with which a
lively Imagination rewards Its vigils Is distress
Ing. There Is no disposition In this country'' to
seize Canada or to aeipilro If against Its will.
So much Is certain, and our Impression Is that
if an offer of annexation should be sientan??
oosly mad?? by the Canadian Government and
people, with the cordial approval of the old
folk? at home if would run ? serious risk of
being respectfully declined.
The truth is that Canada Is not particularly ;
attractive or even interesting to the people of
the I'nited States. It is rallier strange ihat it.
should he so. but so It is. That It may ulti?
mately become proper and convenient to take
the Dominion over is unavoidably reckoned
among the possibilities; bul it is not nt present
;iti alluring prospect, If prospect It can be railed.
With many excellent qualities, f'anada soni??- >
how fines not appeal strongly to our fancy, and I
we venture to assure "The Toronto World" and
those who share Its fears of sudden absorption j
by this country that they are ln no danger of
waking up to And themselves famous In that !
way. We esteem the Dominion, but we are .
noi enamoured, if Onr Lady of the Snows win
kindly continue to be a sister to us we shall
be entlri'lv satisfied.
THE SEW BACON -CIPHER.
They numbered two thousand one hundred
nnd three. They made one six burnir???! nml ?
forty-flret of the voters In the State of New- |
York at the last election. That Is what they
amounted to when they settled down and wen.' j
?? mnted. Hut In the process of swarming they ?
darkened the air, shut out the light and made |
ns much noise Wltb their buzzing as If they j
wem the whole i..%ti>,!>74 Instead of the 2,108, :
They were the whole election. They knew that
Theodore Roosevelt could not be Governor
without them. At any rate. If he could 1"*
Oovernor, it would only be by making a com- \
pact with tbe devil and Ibe exerdae of infernal
powera against which even angels like them? ?
selves could not prevail. Nevertheless. I'oloin'l
Roosevelt has already gone to Albany, and
as far as anybody can sec the people of New
York .?"?? pretty well satisfied as to his boneety I
and independence, in spite of the doubts of the !
2,108.
The 2.103 still take themselves seriously, and j
send out circulars telling of the great thing?
they failed to do but nope In the futur?? to per?
form. Their "Nursery" is stili filini with child?
ish prattle, an I they "make believe" ih.it they
are In politics just like real grown-ups in that ,
sweet nu-mraclousneaa which goes wltb pretty
innocence. But, however distract Inn their noise I
may have b.en a while aeo, oilier people will j
not be indine?! to attach much Importance to
their doing? after having s?>en how utterly In?
capable they are of any real work. The 2,108
are nothing but l'allouions in the light of their
??retentions nnd demands. Last summer they
announced thai they wanted Theodore Roosevelt
for Governor, and it happened that 081,707
other people wants 1 him f<-r Governor also.
lint because Colonel Roosevelt would noi try ???
get elected by ihe 2,103 on a tichel which would
have deprived him of the greater part of the
001.707, the 2,108 said they would not bave
anything to do with him, but did all they could
to eleef Augustus Van Wyck. Then, while try?
ing t<? elect Augustus Van Wyck so as to show
that it would be fatal for the 001,707 not to lei
themselves be wagged by the 2,108, the 2,108
and their organs took ii upon themselves to
advise Colonel Roosevelt how be should con
?luci his campaign, Just as if they wen bla
friends and supportera, When be made a
speech mentioning expansion they abed tears
and told hi in if he wanted to be elected he must
talk only about things that pleased them. In
that case, whil?? their consciences would noi lei
them give him their 2,108a votes because there
wer?? wicked men among the ??'??.????. yet they
would pray for bin, and announce that It was
? pity Ibal so good a man Could not have their
support,
But Colonel Roosevelt, perhaps bearing in
mind a Similar attempt Of fume of the sain?? ?
Children to be the whole thing In this city In
1888, went on hla way regardless ,,f the 2,108
to convince the 081,707 Ihat they wanted lit in
for Governor, and though Theodore Bacon and <
Ihe other 2,102 said that Theodore Hacoti \\.is
the only candidate for honest and Independent
men to support, and urged that at b'asl enough
citizens shmilil vote for him to give the 2,108
a phi??.? ?m the otiioiai ballot, Colonel Rooeevelt
wa? elected, nnd the 2,108 ran still hav?? ao
party column on the official ballot and must
continue with nursery games. Of course, th.?
_.1"? arc proud of their adventures, and still
refuse to realize that their pranks bave helped
to make anything like Independen! party action
difficult by impressing people of reform sympa?
thies with 'he conviction that however much
they may disapprove of an old party's action,
any attempt at eflWtiro Independent work Is
almoet sure to i??? wrecked by ibe pettlahnesa
and folly of somebody who thinks that the
? ranks ?mi notlcna of ? ???? of the electoral
body must be acceded to even if the ????>?????
are thereby deprived of all the benefits of the
contemplated refona. That ?? the meaning ot
the new BacOfl cipher. That i* the lesson of
the 2.10? ft |? | pity they had to tench It by
discrediting independence, but we are glad tbe/ j
, lind ? elinnee to do so without depriving the
rest of the 1 ..110,074 of a pood (?ov?tiiov.
CONVICT LAHOR IN SEW YORK.
Th?? Assembly Committee on'convlct Labor
bus 1?*???? making an Inspection of the prisons
to determine how for the present labor system
under which the convicts are employed In manu?
facturing articles for the use of the State nnd
divisions thereof op?Tutes to the disadvantage
of outside Industries and free workmen. In
I their report they say: "We have asked the labor
I repreeentattvea and manufacturers In ea?'h
| place we vislt??d whether I hey would clt?? a
gingie Instance of a man losing ? Job, of wages
j being reduced, or ? factory being shut down,
| or ihe hours of labor reiluerd, because of the
competition of prison work or of prison made
goods. Not a single Instance has been given,
! but In all rases Ihe reply has been that no such
' cases limi come to the knowledge of the labor
i nii'ii ?>r employers questioned/1
That ought once for nil lo shut the months
' of the demagogues who never can see a convict
I ?niplnyed .it any useful work without rnlslng
I nn outcry against the wrong ?lone to honest ln
, bor. The State of New-York has ?lone away with
| the old contract system which, It wns salii, en?
abled a few manufacturers to drive outside
workers from their particular line of business.
I We have always thought there wns some exag
| gerntion In this view, and believed that the
? damage to employers ami employed from prison
competition was mora a miter of Imagination
than reality, and thnt as between that slight
competition nnd driving convicts crazy by Idle?
i ness the competition was highly desirable.
Nevertheless, there wer?? evils In the convict
system, nml the Slate Is to be congratulated
if it has succeeded In providing suitable labor
for the prisoners in shops doing only publie
work. Th?* committee nml the State Prison
Commission regard the present plan ns a suc?
cess, and recommend its continuarne and exten?
sion. We bone this means thai the prisoners
really have BilcQuate employment, but ev?-n If
? ?lues not are do not see how any other report
could be mude. The Constitution forbids ? re?
turn to contracts, nnd the COBVtct? must be em?
ploye?! in the main as they are now employed
or be idle Of course, the system must be
continued. Th?? question Of interest is. How coni
ph-t? ly are tha prisoners, not merely in the State
prisons, but in the penitentiaries, employed, and
whnt extensions are possible to give those now
Idle work?
Inasmuch as only forecasts of the report have
been published, It is impossible yet to kUO*
hov* exhaustively thla question has been exam
/?ed. ???. recent outbreak of Inannlty In the
Klnga County Penitentiary suggests thnt the
work problem Is by no means solved, ami from
time to time muttering? are heard auninst the
law which puts convict-made desks in our
schools for our innocent little children to work
at as an outrage on tin? children, a wrong to
free Inbor ami ?in Inconvenience to the State.
Such things give rise to the suspicion that the
convict-labor problem is by no menus solved,
and we hope that our oflioinls nre giving due
weight to the necessity thnt every convict
should have a chance to work. The evidence
discovered by them Hint free labor no longer
?ven pretends to be injured by th.? present
prison Industries should give them courage to
push ahead nnd not fear that every bit of labor
they find for the convicta will be nt the expense
of their political fences.
The people who ha?l ?.Overnor Roosevelt'? ap?
pointments nil fixed prow fewer and fpileter as
the day of his inaugural Ion approaches.
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The Canadians ?ave. d?-clded that they do not
wept tf> pny more to send a letter to th?? Tnlted
States than It co* ta fui an American t? send a
btter to Canada. Th* change costs us nothing,
nnd Is likely to n?l?1 to the volume of Canadian
correspondence an?l. consequently. Canadian
business with the United States.
The rubans will be entitled to a Jubilee of
their own when they have proved their fitness
for if. and they Will do the latter moat expe
?lltloiiHly and convincingly by acting In an
orderly mnntuT nnd submitting themselves to
the lawful authorities.
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The crisis nt Madrid Is again postponed. Th*
other dny It was put off until Sefior Sapnsta
?hould pet arell, that statesman's foe?, with true
Castillan courtesv, not Rishlng to turn him out
of ?ifllce while he was Indisposed. Now It ts put
off until - let us see; oh. yes!?until the ratifica?
tion of the Peace Treaty nt Washington. And
then what? Some other reason fur postpone
rn?-nt will have to be devised, for these crises
ar.d conspiracies that nre mlvertlsed so openly
In advance are notorious for never coming to
time.
There Is no evidence that Seltzer is a favorita
drink with Democratic Congressmen.
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There has deep a pood deal of nonsense uttered
ahout Samoa, both In Cermany and ln the
T'nlted States. There lias also been some sound
sense uttered. And Just about the soundest of It
all Is that of the "Vossische Zeitung," when It
says. "There Is no longer a chance of Germany's
??curing exclusive control." We fancy that ex?
presses the exact truth O? the case.
<
AfUlnaldo'a republic promises to' fall down
before the rafters ar?? up. Its motto Slight be
in some del'vafe Tagaleso version:
if ?o quickly I am done for,
1 wonder what I ?mis bcfOS for.
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Tin? emotions of Confln?'nfal financiers In view
of the possibility nf floating a Russian loan in
this country are numerous and various, and
not fully articulate, as they give rotes only to
a iimit'-d ranas of their sensibilities on the sub?
ject. Tiny admit that this city Is an Imminent
competitor In hi?h finance with the older centres
of capital, but think that In the case of the
present loan our capitalists do n?>t understand
Russia'? present oondltlon ns well as they do,
London, Partei Dorila and Amsterdam hav.? re?
fused to com?? to its help, as if the great ex?
penditures of Its military ?-stnlillshment and
internal Improvements, together with successive
yean Of famine In som? of Its principal districts.
bad overstrained Its ?'redit. That Is probably
Considered sound financial Judgment amour for?
eign hanker?. Ht 111. In the face thereof, If we
determine to do business with Russia in the way
of a loan, it will be with entire confidence that
we shall get our money back, together with th<?
stipulated rate of Interest.
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Th?? conduct of the Boera In the Transvanl Is
getting to b* dangerously like that of the Span?
iards In Cuba. It will be unfortunate for them
If they curry It too far, for like diseases call for
like rem?di?e.
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The Brooklyn Heights Railroad ?Ompany is
having a lot of new open ?-ers made for next
summer's trafile. It deems It good policy to
hnv?? two sets of cars open for summer, closed
for Winter. It would have been dollars In th"
j.. . k.-i of Its wiuld-l'" rival, the Nassau com?
patii', if It had sink t? the same generous
potter, inst.-.'id f Insulting Its patrons and out?
raging commun decency with Its abomlnshle
"dead open and shut" coffla cars.
?
M ?oui?! be Infeii'stlng to know how many
people are foolish enough to take medicine
sent to th?m I? >? ??? unknown hand without stop?
ping t?i Inquire Into its ? haiActer.
?
Ths Kentucky nnd th?? Kearaarge sre n??_rlng
completion Bo ars various other battle-thlp?
And now work la begun on the Ohio, which La to
beat them all. Really, we are getting on In th?
world, as becomes the kinsmen of Hlake and
Nelson and the countrymen of Farra gut and
Dewey,
PERBON AL,
The llrst ?romas has Just reeelvi'd her degree of
?lo.-tor from the Cnlverslty of ilerlln. She Is Miss
Kl?a Neumann, ani gstncd it "nini laud??."
The Brters, sear -Millwood, Clarke County, Va.,
the old home of .lohn Esten COOk?, th?? Southern
novelist, lias fallen into ruin, and the rain ha?*
poured In through th? hroken panes ?if the study
windows and destroyed quantities of the writer's
correspondence with famous men and all his lit
rr.arv remains, A traveller who visited the place
some little time ano rescued value ble autograph
lettera from "Jeb" Stuart. William <l. gimme snd
Paul ii. Heyne.
"The Church In America," saya "The Hosten
Pilot" (Roman Catholic), "has twice had two sons
of one family In Its episcopate The first time they
were the Illustrious brothers, Pesaci? Patrick Ken
rik. fourth Archbishop ?>f Baltimore, snd Peter
Richard Kenrlck, first Archbtshop of Ht. Louts.
The see? nd tin.?, the first and third BtShOP? of
Hsrrisburg. Punn., the tute Rieht Rev. Jeremiah
G. Bhanahnn an.? the I.l?c*ir Rev. John W. Bhana
him. BUhnp.elSrt. of the name See, are brothers of
one hlood."
Ore.it ?ntrr'-rt has been aroused ln Germany In
th?? proposed monument st Wiesbaden to Oustsv
Prsytag. Many men prominent in Oerman liters?
fir??, art and Helen??.?, a < well ns diplomacy, havo
slRtie.1 the Appeal for funds. Ludwig Barnay is
the ????'?ni* -r of th?? rnm'rmTii. Considerable con?
tributions hav?? already been received.
Pr. Pskenhsm-Wslsh, who recently resigned tl*
blsboprlc ?>f Ossory, Is celebrated alike for his piety
and his wit There Is . story told of how he pro?
posed to his wife. ||.? was at a dinner party, and
was tested beside the woman of his choice. In the
oourse of the dinner he found that he had been
helped to the "wlshlna bone," and, as Is often the
custom at country bouses, he nulled for the wish
with his neighbor. Th?? little V-shaped bone wsi
broken, rimi th? Bishop, having secured the "wish,"
whispered to his fair companion, as he laid down
ills part of the bon.?: "Will you ley your bones
with my bones?" Sh?? blushlngly whispered ?'?!?. ss?
sent, and after dinner ili?? enifrigemcnt was an?
nounced.
FHijrenn Toulouse, I W? ?'.-knnwn areha-oloprist ar. 1
?tu.lent of tho antiquities ? f Parts, has Just made ?
restoration of ? dru^plst's ?hop of the seventeenth
rentury. with article* dlacorered recently In Paris.
_ome of them are ns old a? the thirteenth a-ai four?
teenth centuries,
"The Philadelphia Press" prints the following
dispatch from ?'hlcniro: "Friends of RtChSTd Hurd
Ing Davis, the well-known novelist and newspaper
correspondent nre discussine with Interest the ru?
mors of his encasement to ? Chhmgo girl. Mr.
Davis Is the guest ??? John M. ?lark. S millionaire,
resi.ling in Pralrie-aee, Tbe ?larks have s sum?
mer home at Marlon. Ms??., where Mr. Davis has
often visited them There Is one daughter In the
family. Miss ?'celle, a tall, ?rraceful and pretty
young woman of twenty-one. She has shown
marked talent, both In musi;? and art. and has
written at)d drawn magasine sketches that hav??
been highly praised. Mis.? '".ark is on?? of the bell? ?
of Chicago's most exclusive circle?, and was pre?
sented to Queen VI? tolls I year ago."
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Says "The Xa-ihville Ilanner": "Tli?? f.\ar of a
pension for the ax-Confederates might as well be
dismissed. If that Is all to prevent the ceni'
of the sections the I'nlon is entirely whole. Presi
geni McKinley*? utterance at Atlanta was cheer? ?
becsust ths people who beard it, th'-ms? le?
?tous, were capable of appreciating in p>?:?:? ll
sentiment The south is patriotic through priu? ?
ple, and not for pensions, and th?.? proposition to
pension ex-?'.infedera.e veterans will have Its
strongest opposition from the veterans th? m?clve??.
The South Is poor, hut It Is also proud, and 1 ? -
not hep, for alms or bounty."
It had to come A corresponden? of The New
York Tribune has written a letter to call public
attention to the gross .mpropriet) of the Presidi :.t
In wearing that confederate badge in Ma.?, ? that
an enthusiastic native pinned upon id* coat Hut
the correspondent co'mmits sn snschronlsm. if thst
bsdse had been put on thirty-five years agoorso.it
would hav.? meant mischief. To-day the Confed?
erate hedge I? as harmless on any man's coat ss a
sprig of evergreen wo*i?d be In hi- cap. The s; rig
oi evergreen in your cap once signified thai you
wer?? one of Shay's rebel?, you remember iw?
ha.lees ar?? emptv shells ln-dav. ? I Lincoln (Neb.)
?tat? Join uni
"The Kennd.ec (Me ) Journal" thus explains th<s I
genesis of the recent yarn about a gold mine at
Franklin ??? ? "? WSg Who was on a hunting trip
near rtrild Mountain secure.] a small piece Of on? of
th?? ringbolts which was used to keep a signal spire
In place on thl? rocky prominence years ai.'??. Wh? ?
a survey was made through tills section. He dug a
small piece of this copper from the leda-e with his
kt.lfe and brought It home with him. saying that
th? r? was more where that cam" from, and the
chinine; pi?, e of metal created ?lulfe an excitement.
The stun- that pohl had be?n discovered in Frank?
lin not Into the county papers, and he has received
!<??:,??? from mining experts Sll over the Cnlon ,
nsklng for further particulars."
Woes of a Wife.?'Oh, thnt I should have mar- i
ri???! a funnv man'" she wailed.
"What ts th.? matter, lovey. deer?" nske.l her
most Intimate friend
"He cam.? home and told me he had a sur.? way
to keep jellv from moulding at the top, and when I
ask???! him haw he ?aid to turn It upside down "?
(Cincinnati Enquirer.
"The Am.Tl.-nn goldler," of Manila. ?? ? pretty
lively pap.-r. Th?? latest number contained a brisk
Interview with Aguinaldo, the Filipino chief, and it
celebrated the visit of the paymaster in the biggest
type, after this fashion: "Let the eagle scream!
Let the eorkS b? pulled and the Jolly good drinks
HOW freely! Enjoy yourselves while VOU 11 ? ; ? ??
will be a long Unir dead. Payday has come, In all
Its glory. No one enllsied In the Eighth Army
Corps for the Iov<? of BSVlng $1." a month: besides,
who would think Of packing around 6,_**? copper
coins for a couple of years?"
?"?no of th? I\iz2le?.~ "Spoaktng of puzzler?," he
?aid Irritably, "Just look at my cine Here I am
feeling meaner than ? 'uik dog lix.ks. and I don't
know whether to call it grip and send for a doctor
or to cons! 1er It .? cold and ?lose myself With
quinine."- (Chicago Host.
Oovernor PIngree's antl-lmperl.ilist meeting In
Detroit the other evening consisted of three hun?
dred people, In a hall that seated three thousand.
Under these circumstances, the eloquence of the
Rev. Samuel It. Fuller, of Boston, Imported for the
occasion, fell rather flat. He made in?? point that
Englsnd grabbed Egypt In IK and has kept Us
hand in the pocket of that country ever since, ig?
noring the fsct tbat Egypt has ???\.t been so pros?
perous as under British rule. But he neglected to
mention that Daniel Webster thundered n?,iln?t
the acquisition of the West, while to-day. as "The
Detroit Tribune" observes, "the people of Boston
go out to this region which Mr. Webster curs?;', so
eloquently to gel rid of the rfgors of the N. w
Bnglsnd climate and recover from Its diseases.
Last year the commerce between tho F.ast and the
PadS? States afforded a revenu?? of fttMOOOM to
Hx Rt-eat trunk lines of railway. The ?anadian
Pacifie earned (?,?????; the Northern Pacific, ?*.,.
910.000; the Greet Northern. $2*J.&*a.<)?X>; the Cnlon
Padflc, tlC.??io,<J?A?; the AtchlSOB, Topeka and Santa
Ft, ??.???,???, and the Southern Pacific, $51,600,000.
The PaCtflC 'Oast ts nearer t?? Hoston. In solfe of
Mr. Webster, and It Is a mighty good thing for
Hosten that the country expanded "
Amenities "What claim have you to rank a?? a
civilized people?" Inquired the skeptical American
"What claim"' echoed th.? member of Agulnaldo'a
fores "Whenever we tak.? possession of anvb idv?-.
property or prece.?.? to any son of extremity with
film, don't we say, 'Beg your pardon.? die same is
you do when you tread ?>? some ones corn or
knock his silk hat Into the gutter?" -?(Washington
Star.
The Dem?ratl? "Memphis Commerctal?Appeal"
basa'I a high opinion of Congressman Bailey's
leadership. It satiri? ally refera to him as "arbiter
of winds and tides, ralnmaker-ln?ehlef of a reunited
Kation, Klan.? satellite of the Milky Way. chief
co ik and bottle-washer of constitutions! conserva
tism. the double-breasted defender of the palladium
? >f liberty, the main squeess of all our rested
rlKhts, the Mad Mullah of Democracy, and tin?
chief pouter pigeon of Americsn statesmanship."
"? few davs uluce." relates a solicitor "as I w is
Bitting with m> fiend 1? In his office ? man
cani" in and said:
"'Mr W .:.? Uverj st.il.le keeper tricked me !
shamefully yesterday, an ? ? want t.? he e?.? with
htm.'
'gluts \ ?Mir .?,-?.?,' Bald ? ?
" ? .iski-'l bim ho? iini.il he'd charge ne for ? I
horse to iro to ??.??p???? He said half a sovereign
I took ?be horse and when I cam.? back he said '
h?? wanted another half-sovereign f.<r coming bach
and ma le nie pas ??.'
??? ?hv?? bis cileni tome ?'?.?! ?-Jetes which
h* Immediately acted upon, as u.iiows li., veni
to the iivery-.it.il.??? keep? .?nd ???.? How much
?in you charge foi a hois?? to Windsor"
"The msu i.-plie.?. ? sovereign '
?lient accordingly went to Windsor, came hack
bv rail, and went to t!:. Uvei ?-stable keeper ss?,
Ing
Her? is your menej ' pa>ing him a ssveretsn
" 'Where Is mv horse'' aald W - -.
" 'He ? at Windsor ?? lawered the client I hired
him only to go to Windsor.' "?(Pearson's Weekly.
music.
"TRISTAN* G?'G) VSOLEHE."
Laat night nt th? opera-house wa? S'-Srumed h*
Use lovor? of the highest In the lyric drama ?? *
festival invasion: the first performen<-e this ????nn
was glv.-n of "Trlstnn und Isolde" with the great
artists ?n the two chief parts who have in rerer.t
)?.'?rs re-estnhl|shed Wairriors great love trag-dy
In the blghael -flaue In th?? repertory ?,f ?ho motro.
politali opera. There was a great aullen? ?? r,r?%.
??nt that listen???! with rapt and eager attention an|
let no opportunity pass of manifesting Ite delight
.it the opportunity to hoar the mu?ie drum*. BgaBJ
'."hat Is whs not In all respects a performance on
the highest le*>el that has been rea? bed bv previous
one? on (ho same stano ?xas not the fault of gf,
Jenn do Reszke and Mme. No: dl? a. who m^a'
at the very arme of their powers. These tw*
; great artist?? never seen.e?! more perfectly p?'.r?d
In all the higher quaUUaa, vocal and hlstronir. t .at
, battra mude their previous appoaran-es together In
I these parts .-.riion* the mo?! notable In the mus|<-?i
j history of thla metropolis. Both ?-re in si;..??,
trot??, and bath sang with a freshness, vigor ?nd
vitality thnt they have seldom Bill pa gas J. M ?'?,
Ijes/k. particularly gave forth his voice ?i-ith ?pori
, tlirlfr prodigality, nnd II has never BO-Bdted fre?h?r
: nor exhibited lu fuller measure the ?arm ?nd ps??
? s.omite quality ?? its narvelloue rango pt. r,,? ,r n
denoting the pathos, tenderneee and rol aal? peo?
s;..;) with wh: a M do itcszko dopici? the ha;,>?g
? hero. [I is ?????<11. ss now 10 ,ll?ouss t!;o nOMltty
. ami overmastering power ot thla achievemen? t?
, tugs at th?? ???????tstrlngs h? few others on t1..
stage have evsr done, snd all the admirer- of th?
great alagaf ??st night rejoiced in the plenitud? of
ids ar: that ha? in no respect Buffered los? or the
? , Ming sun.low of eclipse
l?ver ?In? e sh?? llrst appeared on th? aperettg
stag?, lints. Mordica haa aaaaand and ov.rjoyed
, her friends bv the way In which ?ho h?? made
each year show Its progress In I,or srr ?,?.. r I ?
previous oui . and even at thla peri?xi of h?r ri;??
?ar>.r, crowned a ' ll i- With .ilstinellon. she <"-on
tlnues to reveal how I'ne and true an artist ?he
is by the tact thai she !? not content with the
laurels thai are already hers from her triumph In
the part of Isolde. She showed last night a nig?.???
sublimation of the finer and subtler things t IBI go
to mike a err ait a. tress. Ifer readme of " ? : ?
Ifl broader and freer, an?l at the same time more
? aborale In detail and in wanner. - ?.
? quently mor.? Impressive, more completely eon
Vlnclng, than it ever haa he??? ? before \'o^a::7
, she has never so entirely mastered the dem??,!?
made on the singer, with so clear a display of re?
serve power behind even th? most erudal pa)--asre?.
Mr Blapham's Kurareoal, particularly la tl ?
third get, is a performance that satisfies tram Ha
thorough comprehension and sympathy and 1*?
sincere elaboration of detail. j!e did not ?"?m
laat night In the liest vole? Mr Edouard de
Resske'a King Marke is also an eminently sr?.
fying ?performance of a thankless task Mm?.
Meleellnger was nr,t a..io to show her ceedenflala
to move In the ?am?*, sphere with h?->r ssaoclstes In
last evenlng*B performance. Her understating of
the duties of Isolde's companion Is corree- ,?-??
If not warmed with the divine ?park, hut s -.e ear,,
not sing the mualc BB it should )>e sanar- Aral of
all In tun??, then with beauty of tone and w:th fire
and dramatic expressiveness
G??? Herr Seh.tlk, however, devolve? mi'' of
the burden of falling to put the performance en a
? ane to mingle ?with New-York's most rhertehed
memories of "Tristan und Isolde." He nn? ? more
showed himself the accomplished, experienced,
thoroughly trained routiniere, ?pilte familiar with
the scoro, conversant In tho main with Wagner'a
Intentions, but noi swayed by the passionai? power
of th?? music to the extent of Inspiring it with the
pulsing vitality that Is Its chief ossone? He
brought out the climaxes, he male carefully studied
modifications of the tempo, but he did not alway?
elucidate the prismatic and ever-changing ? ? f
themes In th? "?core, H- dui not always find the
?nie? ???? to the situation at ??_.-?. moaaent. T'i*re
were moments of tine power in the orchestra In
which it took it? proper placo a? a potent and
controlling f.i.-tor. but there wore too miny In
which it was a mere accompaniment. He did n*>?
? ? relee the function of highest eloquence th?r he
had at his command to ex? rc.se if he but wer? g
genlua So accomplished a musician ?? Horr
Behalk can accompllab many thlnns: ?,u? h
not li.ierpro? "Tristan und Isolde" fi? New-York
has heard ir Interpretad
THE CHRIf?TMASTIDE ORATORIO
The annual performance? nf Handel's "Messiah*1
long .a?pi Iropped Into tho category of thing? which
do not call for discussion. "A f.ilr choir ?or ?
good!); a capable quartet: e so-so or' .,???.?, a
big crowd!"?what moro l? th.-ro to say? Sim??
timos the performere (and then of course, the ?Var
frsi receive a special dispensation of rmthuetaeaa,
Inspiration, joyotianeaa or whatever one choose? t-,
call it. and than the reviewer saya tha? things
went Letter than usual, and the familiar oratorio
did not seem so tiresome as it might. Put rhit I?
?.aloni of an afternoon, when business duties dad?
mate the chorus an 1 tho prevailing armosphere 1?
one of such staid primness and ?lu.isi-rell?loiis-'.e??
ia! even the devotee of duty is foroed to cafes.
t iat th.re is much holloaueas In the annual fune?
tlon. and to wish ihat som-thlng might he dons
to vitalize the oecaalOB and k>rep Hand?, s mist
admired oratorio warm In the hearts of those wl o
love music for music's sake ani are not altogether
given over to the dramatic dromon In th* ar? or
-?, t.tinif titality. All that made yesterday after?
noon's performance by lhe oratori?? society pardon?
able was the conventlonalltiee of the occasion No
experienced person could have expected the chorus
to bo adequate, but the concert-room was crowded
nevertheless: the orchestra played poorly, and
Frank Damroaeb evidently feared monot?sny ?-?
boredom so much that he whipped up the temp!
until the music cried out for sympathy. Ver the
people went away nt the end as If they had en?
?Joyed a araenn of spiritual and artistic refresh?
ment. And untler "Rich circumstance? who emttd
be BO churlish ns ta complain the le?s since Mr.
Damroaeb has pathere.i tog.'tiior an unusually
capable sol?? quartet In Miss Sara An lor?..? mho
must look after her manner of tono production If
she would meet tho expectations expressed in th?.??
columns). Mrs. Katherine Flske Whitney Mock*
ridge and David Biapham. To-night, no d-.ust,
there will t>e a brilliant performance.
-1?e
MUSIC FOE XEW TEARS FVF.
BUborate music win be the distinctive fea?,;:? of
the New Year's Kvo services at St. Patrick's Cathe?
dral at S O'clock tills evening. A Miserere by
nhlneberger an?! a ?3?ned!?etua from the ?Ratine
Chapel Collection will bo ????? by th? Cathedr.il
quartet and full eh rrua Mis? mike will .-'.r.s- "The
iiuiy Night." by Adam, and Mis? Clary arili ?mg
Bhetley'a "Chrleteasa Song " Silo's "Tantum Ergo"
will 1.?? s? ?.? by Mr. Kais r and chorus.
?. Meislahn. Jr , grill play the following pro?
gramme on Trinity Church chimes, beginning st
11 .?> ? o'clock tonight. Muglili- the changes on eight
bella "??ur Flasr Is There," "1'nfurl the tMortUtt
Banner," "all Country'a Flag of stars." "Hall, Cm?
lumbla." "Yankee Doodle," "The Old Volunteer
Kii in? n." "Happy Sew Tear to Thee,?? -Sui lay
Morning Bells." "Grand Millennium." "Mi Ba??;
bath Home." "Adeete F?lele?," "Old HundrodtB
and "Hom?? BWiel Home."
The s.gulii Chime of St. Andrews Church ?''?*,
hundred-and-twenty-aeventh-et. and Fifth ?\??. win
ring out the old year, beginning nt nr? tl ?'"?'? ????
urdiiv ni?;ht.
THE SUHHESDEE OF Il.nu.n.
THK PROBLEM COMFI.I'ATKP
From Tho New-York Times.
There ?? no denying thai the eueren 1er of r.oiio try
the Spaniards to the Filipino Insurgente, apparent.?
without titilli; .? -n ?t. ? lise? .? tr? ? leeom? ?? ?cstloB
,r ? mpll .?ics tii?? et -bien) of th?> Philippin?*?.
ACTS <)F WAR N'?W AGAINST THIS ?'?G????.
l"r,i(i. Tin? Ko, h-ste?? P,,s(- Kxpr.'sS.
The sovereignty Of Ihe Philippin?'? does not rest In
Spain, but In the I'nlted States If the Filipino? ??
noi ????.???? ?.iKiiig wai .?? ?.?? Spanlarde, with whj**a
w.? are al peace, they will so?*n discover thai i*iey
ar.? waging war against the United St.it???
DIPLOMACY I.IKF. ??fwky s nff.pko.
From Th.? li..stMi H? r.?!?l.
? he condition of affaira In th? Philippine IsI_b<Ib
calla fot lhe employment of the highest dtp:,?m?<*v.
vv. hav? apparently had In Admiral Damns not only
a hliihli effleleni naval ofllor but els?? an e?.*eed
Ingly well-polled man and if ?h?? general caatroj of
affaira on laud aa ?refi ?? on sea were intrusted t"
Mm u.? are Inclined to belter? that a ??tisi.i.-ti-ry
???indoli to existing trouble? could be confidently ex?
pet,,I.
NOT INDICATIVE OF THEIR WEKHYHFTH.
From Tb?? l'ro\ I l.nce Journal.
Tbe Hello rebel? owe their success to the fs'*t thS'
we overthrew lhe Spanish power la the North and
?,? kept tn?? ? ici ernor-Oeneral from coming 10 '?*??'
relief ..f the loyalist garrison In Panay It Is no? ?
boiii.-tlde insurK.'til 11,-tory, therefore, and Ut ar?
under m. auch obligation to regard It ?o ?? *?f
should be If ?he rebels had compelled the surrender
of the town without ani e\tr*n__u? a??l?tanc? ev"?*-1*
sa w? practically cave them.
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