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OCTOBEE 24. 1904. TSM VMWB THIS MORyiXG. FOREIGN. Baltic squadron, according to dispatches from Hull, flred on the fishing fleet Cram that port, two hundred miles off Fpurn Head; one steam trawler was sunk, an other is reported dtstrojed, several were dam pced. two men were killed and many others of the crews were wounded; no motive for the at itck Is known, ass The Russian squadron was reported off Dover aiid Eastbourne; no torpedo • •oats were sighted there, but Lloyds reported lour of these craft off St Catherine's Point, ap parently boarding a steamer bound east. -',- i There is practically no change in the situation lit Northern Manchuria, advice* from Mouk den say that both armic* are intrenching, anil That sharp skirmishes along the front continue; 'here ie & rumor of a wide Russian turning overrent westward, but it lacks confirmation. c— — -r- A dispatch from Che-Foo reports the '-sptuie by the Japanese of trenches and a small Ml! near Rihlung-Hhan; a gener&i assault Is ex pected so©:. : Prince «'hing- has postponed 'he enter- *m' it or the Chinese trade mark ■Mr, In view of nanjr protests. := = Prince Fushlma, epe<ial imperial envoy to the St. I»uls Kxpofition. sailed for the United States from Yokohama; Minister Griscom and the legation Mart mm present at his departure. == Th*" Pope. It is said, attributes the action of the French Deputies in upholding M. Combes'a pol i -v to the influence of the Fn*e Masons: §ur jirise at the Premier's targe majority m ex ) Evesasd at tb* Vatican. DOMESTI'*'.— Dispatches intended for George F Parker, chief of the lite: an bureau of the National Democratic Committee, which hud ohm Into the hsnds of officials at Washington. .-ndicatftd that the agent <>t the commit!*-- se:.t to Panama to seek information had attempted j,t;>v<? violations of the laws of that country. :— — In * letter to Secretary T;ift. Governor Wnebi of the Philippic**, showed that Judge PaifcU had been greaclir misled in statements ■c. lir>« jr.ide Ir. regard to conditions m those lsl anclF. -T— The Rev. Dr. Edwari Oshonie was ■ '.nsvecrated Bishop Coadjutor of Springfield, 111 . a] Boston. v— li was said at Boston that Kistiop O'Connell. of Portland. Me., was likely ••• bcoorre ca-idjuior v. Ar. bbftbop Williams, of K. >t<n. 1 The jM^aii'^'' 1 tster at Wash ■ Eton declared that th« vii at Prtoee Pushtma sen planned last rprlng. and had no bear 'Mg on present OOndttSsna. Three men were UHWI in a head-on collision near Xat< hes. -i^_^_ Klpiito*i'. persona were hurt In n trolley <nr collision near Worcester, Mas* - ■ ■-— - It was learned In Albany that Mr? K. I', Oavit. teOBJb- Mr of Anthony N. Brady, had teal a :>ag eoo> •■Inlng Jewelry worth .SiT.Ooo In th* Grand On trsl Stat'Oii In this i i;.. 00 Friday. ClTY Andrew frmsif John Morley and British delegates in Mi<> Iron and Fteei Institute convention arrived on the Oltle; the Bessemer Rfilr! m*dal will be jriven to Andrew Carnegie at ♦*Ie opening 1 session of the Stefl and Iron In •■titute. •— ■ ■ The Democratic National Com mittee gave out v weak statement claiming the •lection, but giving 1 no figure*. :— ■ Republican leader* are delighted with the showing of the registrar ion figures. — r=n_ A woman wh<» left her home to be. married was found unconscious In Jerome -eve. : the man who was to be her husband was arrested. - Kugene V. Delia addressed a Socialist «nass meeting at the Academy cf Music. _ — . Superintendent Mer ge said that many men h:*<\ registered In the ikitiw of dead men. —^=^:= Three overdue At 'R!)tir liners reached port. — a— : A i ew i<onosias * as consecrated In th« Greek «'hurch Cathedral f. Nichols* by Bishop Tikhon. THE WEATHER.- 'or to-day: l%ir. The temperature yesterday: HißhepT, %4 degrees: lowest. 43. RVSBIAy AFMY nifUFFErrrnx. The Rusftiaa fov^rnment still puffers dis quiet and aaxk-ty, caused by the persistence ••f the revolutionary propaganda In tbe army. Some months ago it was made known thai revolutionary rlubs had been formed among hfth privates and officer* nnd that seditious prliits irere l^lnc widely circulated in th*» sricy, and various confidential circulars from the Minister of War urgexl upon commanding general* th« necessity of roost stringent m«>uK ares for tbe suppression of such menaces to ♦b« lotegrity of the service. Apparently the measure* employed Lave not been altogether ♦'SfectlTe, for the revolutionary tntrlgrj«»« are still In progress, or are supposed by the pov eminent still to be. Further oonfidentlsl circulars are said to hs»e been issued upon the subject. One of these) directs that an unrelAxltig watch he kepi upon all letters received by privates, and Bspe> •'l»]!y by Jews "The latter shall he forbid "den to receive letters written hi Hehrew. and "if any written In this language romp to hand "they are not to be Mfvcrai to those to whom "they are addressed. Any private* In whose "nofcceslon Mg€rs In the Hebrew l&ncuape. •"may be discovcrc-<l f-hell !>• visited with se •*v«(<' penalties." The same prohibition hi dl rorted against letters In Polish, and. Indeed, !;; fcny language other than Russian. It is. of course, rwogrtilzed that there are multitudes of i.i»v;Mi subjects and of Russian soldiers who ais) no-; of Uussian Mood or Russian tongue. and whose cf»rre*pondeuce. therefore, must of TH>ceosiiy be in other tongues than Russian. To forbid such correspondence is therefore to forbid them to have any correspondence at sill. But precisely to that extent does this order go. Again, in order to detect forbidden literature, the army Is to be subjected to extraordinary espionage. At frequent but irregular and unex pected Internals the soldiers' quarters, their boxes, tneir clothes and their persoun are to be eenrched. Especially, says the circular, ore their feet to be examined, to see what letters they may hare hidden in their boots or in their ■lockings: >4n order to guard against secret •wrings of conspirators, and to prevent sol diers from going out of camp to meet revolu tionists elsewhere, sudden and unexpected nightly Inspections cf the «ol«Jer«' quarters ar© '.v be. made. Fewer passes to visit town* and market* are to be Issued, especially to Jewish *jMier»: at* Jeers are to be permitted to go to then- eynagogues only in companies or ■ipaasA cader strict csg.oaag«. Finally, ts)«d« moral suasion to the harsher measures of coin. pulsion, it Is ordered that on festival days of the Greek Church "conversations of a moral "and religious character with the privates shall "be instituted"! It Is to be assumed that the Russian military authorities think such measures are necessary. It is possible that they will, to some extent, be effective. But there Is only too much reason to think that some of them will have the effect of embittering the soldiers and of inciting them to still greater teal in the revolutionary propa ganda. Vhere are few things more grievous to a man than to outlaw his mother tongue. To compel a man to serve in the army, an* then to cut him off entirely from all communication with hi* family and friends, on tb*» ground that ■ft* language in non-Russian and therefore «ua pt>cte<t of sedition, is not to Inspire him with loyal affection toward the government. With such conditions prevailing in the army. Russian statesmen will have to inquire, "Quis cnsiodes lpsos eustodlet?" And a satisfactory answer will not bo easy to find. TWO DROMIOf:. Did Mr. Cleveland mean to pay a compliment to Judge Herrick or to cast a slur on Judge Parker in his Carnegie VMI speech when he congratulated the people of New-York -upon •tbe fact that what Alton B. Parker is and •what he represents in the nation P. Cady "Herrick is and represents In your State 7 Something, of course, is due to gratitude for favors past; and if be remembers that the un dented intimidation and ballot box stuffing prac tised by the Herrick Albany machine operated In hia behalf in 1888 and 1892 and that the first exhibition of Herrick in his dual role a.s Judse- Bom was to secure Mr. Cleveland^ third nomi nation, Mr. Cleveland could hardly fall at this time to whitewash his old follower. But. as suming thst Mr. Cleveland meant nothing un friendly to the Presidential candidate, he seemed to forget that if Judge Herrick li like Judge Parker. Judge Parker must also be like Judge Herrick. In that case, there Is a curious collection of Democratic pictures in existence which would pass for portraits of Judge Parker. There ie, for inatanee. that picture drawn by •The Brooklyn Eagle" when it said that, "under the D. Cady Herrick machine in Albany" elec tions had f^r a long time been "considerably "worse than they were under the John Y. Mc "Kane machine in Graresend." What would tbe people of Brooklyn think of havlug in the Whit* House a man who is that sort of boss and represents that sort of election? Yet what Hftrrick i» Parker is, according to Mr. Cleve land. Then there Is that portrait drawn by 'The New-York limes" when it Raid, even while aup porting him for Governor, that Herrick's ju dicial career had been an "impropriety" and a "scandal." That is a nice picture to send to the Parker Lawyers* Ctab, but as Parker and Her rick are alike as two Dromiou, aeoordiug to Mr. Cleveland, they "wtß doubtless find it a good likeness. There is also a Parker skstco drawn by a re porter of the leading .Uemoeratie paper, "The World," and published in its hews columns, of a judge who "was the master of a political or '•gnuization which knew no law l>ur the law of • ■seeeas.*' That sketch was labelled "Herrick," but such political reformers as may be in th» Democratic household will gladly accept it as a picture «>f Parker. Also 'Th<- Sun." whose actinic ray^are most potent in portraiture, ouce made v photograph of a juige who was "a disgrace to the bench" and would secure public reprobation "unless the "press had become as foul as Judge Herrlek's "court." That, as a picture of Parker, should be hung iv the rooms of the Constitution Club. Then there is a beautiful picture painted in IW«7 by the New Democracy of Albany. It was painted for the Democratic State Committee. •Thick was flbout to nominate a candidate for chi-f judge of the Court <>f Appeals, that it might see what manner of man one aspirant wns. That portrait showed. The < hlef reason for his present great un popularity is the notorious fact that he con threes. In defiance of all precedent and decency, to manipulate local politics, from the running of ward primaries to district conventions, city cor. ventions and county conventions. He dictates delegate*, dictates nominations, dictates the most Insignificant appointments, and woe be tide the lawyer practising at our bar who dares to disagree with him in any political move or suggestion. After looking at that portrait of Hrrrick, the iHiirnuitteo nominated Parker: but now It ap pears that it made no difference, for they ar* alike. Time sain<« Sow Democrats were Industrious artists. They also drew a picture of Judge Her rick ponding word to the Mayor through a fed eral officeholder and crony— he also the go between In Ilprricks telephone offer to Win lan N. Cohen, after threats of Impeachment proceedings?— that If a certain appointment was not made the judge's enmity must be counted on: and another sketch showed the judge ha bitually meeting and instructing his ward heel ers on Sunday morning in the judicial cham bers. Thai would do admirably for a picturr- Si the «iiMer«' Parker, srhoae sons., of judicial propriety forbade him to tell whether ])«• wax for silver or gold— til] after ho had bagged. Hie Bomtaiatfoo. Yet another Now Democrntic portrait shows a man "destitute- of political principle." who, in ]S!*;. directed the Albany machine to indorse Bryan and the Chicago platform srbih firing Itn jnenjl.op, permission individually to betray their candidate. Probably tLe gold Democrats would like that, for it bears a close resemblance to Parker as he looked when he voted for Bryan while, as It would now appear, disbelieving in whnt Bryan stood for. There are a sreat many other portraits which Judge Parker's followers might hang out on their banners, if Mr Cleveland Is right; and we hope they will not fall to placard the State wiih them. Parker ha* been something of a mystery, and It throws a great light on the situ atloji to know that what Herri.-k is and what he represents in the State Parker is and rep resents in the nation. Hi* UEBBtCK VOST nts SBSSPSf It is no wonder that Democratic newspapers in general have preferred to suppress that part of Mr. D. Cady Derrick's speech at Plattsborg last Wodnoadav owning in which he virtually charged PwMmH BooMrett wiih pursuing Deverv BWtboda in th HeettotJ of campaign funds and gave warning that he wanted no body who was capable of voting for such a candidate to vote fur him for Governor. No fact it. the history of New York is more notorious than the fact that for years after he bourne a justice of the Supreme Court nnd until he was overthrown llerrlck was the absolute and despotic master of a corrupt and violent political machine. But it has been com monly admitted that, though he was perfectly willing to befoul bis ermine, he was an able «nd astute political manager. IIIh intelligent supporters must now shudder as they think of the monstrous folly O f his performance at Plattsburg. They know that there were any persons In the audience who felt strongly iu clin^i to rebuke there and then his indecent attack on the President of the I'nlted Slates and to demand that he take back his words with an apology. They know he would run a great risk of having precisely that happen to him if lie should repe at the outrage. But. even If they failed to appreciate the danger of such a tragical Interruption, they could not possibly forget that bl* o*4y conceivable chance of suc cess depends oii.hu. securing the support of a large number «f men who will vote for noose vest aud whom be i, now eager to affront. It looks as If Herrtek had been to shaken by the Wvofi which he tLnda avory where that the ceo !nCVy-vokk daily vrvinrxE. monday. October 24. inf»4. pie are resolved to punish htm for debasing hia high Judicial office that he is no longer fit to be trusted on tbe stump. COTTON GIXS AND THE BOLL WEEVIL. The publication of Bulletin 200 hy the De partment of Agriculture within the last few days is particularly opportune. The document is devoted to a possible method of controlling the cotton boll weevil, and tbe season when Uk recouimendfltiona can best be carried into affect Is now at its height. It is too late to apply them to tbe whole crop of 1904. perhaps, but there ia no reason why an extensive trial of the plan outlined by the department ahouM not be made during the next few weeks. Enough might thus be learned to inspire a more general campaign next year— a consummation in which both the planter and buyer of cotton have a lively interest. The depredations of the weevil are confined to a portion of the cotton, belt, and some of the stories told regarding them may have been exaggerated. Neverthe less, it ia eminently desirable to prevent tbe further spread of this mischief maker, and to diminish Its activity in the afflicted regions. W. D. Hunter, a special agent of the depart ment shows that It is in the power of the gin nerg to exercise a potent Influence. - A eottou gin is liable to prove a formidable disseminator of the pest. The product of a plantation must be brought to such an establishment for treat ment before it is in a marketable condition, and there is a chance that cotton which is Infested and cotton which is clean may come to the same gin. Tbe seed from both would naturall7 he stored in tbe same place, and the contamina tion might thus spread from one lot to the other. Such seed as was reserved for the next year's planting, therefore, might easily carry the weevil to localities which had never be fore been invaded, and that is a possibility against which Mr. Hunter advises the ginnera to guard scrupulously. Two measures are proposed for the execution of this policy. (The is to store the seed In a separate building from that in which unglnned cotton is temporarily deposited. The other ex pedient is to kill the weevil associated with the seed before the latter is disposed of. One form of cleaner that Is employed in preparing cotton for the gin will crush all the Insects which the fibre may contain, but that kind of apparatus Is not used generally. The ordinary gin will do little harm. The only remaining method of attack seems to be fumigation. After trying a variety of agents for this pur pose. Mr. Hunter became satisfied that the best is carbon bisulphide, which is both cheap and efficient. He declares that if tbe seed be put into sacks holding 100 pounds, and be exposed for forty hours to the vapor of tbe bisulphide, all life will be extinguished with certainty, at a cost of from one to one and a half cents a sack. The apparatus needed is apparently inexpen sive, and the operation is said to be harmless to the person who conducts it. These suggestions should receive the careful consideration of the owners of the gins. It Is for their interest to rid the country of the weevil. The larger and better the crop the more business will the gln« receive. Moreover, if the cotton grower is able to exercise a choice between two different establishments, he will naturally bestow his patronage on tbe one which gives him the best assurance of Innocu ous seed. Eventually the shrewd and progres sive planter may deem it wise to resort to fu migation himself if he cannot have it provided at the gin, but the latter seems to be the best place for conducting the process. When such things are done oc a large scale the cost !s greatly reduced. CURING CANCER. So many announcements of the discovery of a successful method of treating malignant tumors have proved erroneous and disappointing that every fresh one Is received by medical men with great caution. Such is the attitude which the profession has assumed in regard to Dr. Doyen, who talked about his own system to the Paris Academy of Medicine last week. Owing to the apparent Increase in the prevalence of cancer in tin* United States and Europe, any real im provement in coping with the evil Is not likely to be ignored; but every new remedy must be judged by Its results. Now. no one is In a bet ter position to put Dr. Doyen's work in a favor able light than the man himself, and the sta tistics which he is able to present can hardly be called encouraging. Out of *Jl*S cases which be has treated he protends to have effected cures in only 42. He pronounces 128 of them failures, and the other 4»> are still under obser vation. A proposition was made to his hearers by Dr. Doyen which certainly ought to throw more light on the subject. He ask* to have his serum tested, either in hospitals or private practice, by other physicians, and the appointment of a committee to conduct the experiments has been authorized. Perhaps his own claims, which are extremely modest, will be. confirmed, and per haps they will not. A somewhat similar trial was given in England last winter to the anti toxin of a German specialist. Dr. Otto Schmidt. Tbe latter had declared that in almost every one of twenty-nine cases In which his remedy was employed the condition of the patient was materially bettered. An English physician, Johnson, had some faith in the gerum, in con sequence of watching two of these cases, hut another one, named Power, also tried it In three capes, and declared that It proved of no service whatever. Schmidt was still further discredited a few months later by tbe expert? for whose work provision is made by the Brit ish Cancer Research Fund. They can rind no evidence that there Is a special parasite of can cer, though the German acts on the supposition that there is one and that he has been able to find it. Whether J>r. Doyens antitoxin Is man ufactured on the Same plan is not clear; nor Is It evident that the English investigators In tended to disparage him. Nevertheless, until he can obtain corroborative testimony from his fellow countrymen -as be may possibly do with in a year It would he foolish to base much hope on his representation*. MONEY AXD BUSINESS. M " riS new high records for the year bave heen rptablished iti the stock market, and It is neces sary to go back still further to find 'heavier transactions; hut nrires have ceased to ripe with the uninterrupted regularity that has been peculiar to this movement. There was no news upon which to explain the reactions, any more than there was definite warrant for the frequent and violent advances. It Is obviously hopeless to attempt any logical explanation of fluctua tions In a market so thoroughly professional. One tangible result of the recent activity was an advance In the market value of Stock Exchange memberships to $80,000. If prices of securities had not already recovered more than half the decline from the top point two years ago, it would be possible to find many reasons for strength in current events. Election results are practically assured; crops are abundant. w it a the single exception of wheat; railway earnings ore much heavier than on the corresponding date in any preceding year; labor controversies are not alarming; activity is returning i n the leading branches of manufacture, and retail dis tribution of merchandise is more satisfactory than at any recent date. Nothing seems to disturb the even tenor of the money market. Averages of the associated banks are ' rendered valueless by the sudden withdrawal of trust company deposits, and ex pected balances at the Bub-Treasury failed to materialize, while enormous borrowing on Wail Street collateral is known to have occurred; yet call money rules at '_' per cent, and any amount of time accommodation can be had at 3i£ per cent. Dally operations of the Federal Treasury °* v « failed to show the sspect*d favorable bal ance, and the deficit tor the fiscal year has in creased during October thus far. Tot deposit! of gold in exchange tor small notes to be osefl in handling the crops lifted the cross gold hold ings to a new. high record each day. and they now stand at about f720.000.0nft. Rates of for eign exchange have altered very little, cotton ex porta and sales of securities by Ixmdon o*set ting each other, while Continental rates on L*m donfhave declined so far that a further advance in «ie price of gold in England was necessary in order to prevent exports. Far from there being any Immediate prospect of gold engagements for New-Tork. the various rates of exchange sug gest that there would be less loss In a shipment from New-Tork to Parla on a triangular opera tion. There was much wisdom in the address of Mr. Vanderllp. not only In describing current condi tions, but as advice regarding the future. Events have demonstrated that Mr. Vanderllp s speech two years ago was truly prophetic, and It is probable that his advice will be followed more closely this time. He agrees with other luthorities that business conditions are gradu ally Improving and that prospects are bright for 19p5, but hs warns bankers against encour aging; any artificial inflation or boom. If there is not another commercial orgy, in which facili ties are expanded far beyond requirements, there Is no reason why gradual and wholesome prog ress should not be continued for many Tears. Dispatches from leading cities throughout the country are almost unanimous in telling of the better demand fpr wearing apparel and other seasonable products, and as the crops are se cured money will be put Into circulation still more freely and mercantile collections will be come more prompt, while Insolvencies should diminish, both in number and amount of liabil ities. This is the natural tendency at the pres ent time. Interrupted only by such temporary factcrs as unseasonable weather at some points, and in the long run will fulfil optimistic predic tions, provided excesses are avoided. Whenever the price of cotton gets down to about 10 cents there is speculative support at the exchanges, and also on tbe plantations, where growers become reluctant to sell. Port re ceipts continue heavy, but exports are not keep ing up tbe abnormal records recently attained, and it is probable that October will not make the gratifying comparison • with last year that was recorded in September, for the double reason that the current crop was abnormally early and last year's movement did not get fairly under way unttl October. Wheat continues to arrive at primary markets in large bulk, but miners claim that it Is not grading satisfactorily, and In many cases high prices are quoted for gram that would have been rejected by the flour mills in previous years. Exports have fallen to Insig nificant figures on the Atlantic Coast, hut there is still a fair outgo from Pacific ports. The corn market seems to gain strength from the leading cereal rather than from any virtue of its own. Hog packing at tbe West continues to av erage about one hundred thousand larger than in the same week last year, and prices of pork products are slightly depressed. There is more unanimity in the reports from leading branches of manufacture. Improve ment Is no longer confined to one or two lines, but is well distributed throughout the list. Woollen mills are still actively engaged, and are constantly In the market for raw wool, but find it held at very high prices. The other leading textile branch is In a little better position, and tt Is particularly Interesting to note that buyers of cotton goods at first hands are placing orders4lt unchanged prices, although the raw material seems to be tending downward. These buyers have held out on the theory that cheaper raw cotton would give cheaper goods; but their needs have now evidently become so urgent that or ders bad to be placed. Shipments of footwear from Boston continue to fall short of last year's figure?, but the factories report that spring business is coming into sight and there is less danger of having to shut down part of the ma chinery when the fall rush Is over. IMspatches from Iron and steel centres are Increasingly hopeful, although there are some who claim that the strength in pig Iron is entirely due to the strike at Southern bituminous coal mines, and consequently the gain is only temporary. The vital fact is that th* railways are placing tardy orders for equipment. Within the limits defined by the national Constitution the national administration has sought to secure to each man the full enjoy ment of his right to live his life and dispose of his property snd his labor as he deems best, so long as he wrongs no one else. . . . This government is based upon the fundamental idea that eacb man, no matter what his occupa tion, his race or his religious belief, is entitled to be treated on his worth as s man, and neither favored nor discriminated against because of any accident in his position.— (President Roosevelt. Mr. Bryan's "whirlwind campaign" in Indiana may cause some of the silver Democrats to vote for Farker, but the fact that the great cham pion of "1»» to 1" is now to th<» for«> In the Demo cratic- ranks has given gold Democrats a timely warning ;is to the present tendencirs In th*» Democratic party, and It i? not strange th;it President Eliot of Harvird, a gold Democrat, has come out for Roosevelt. The independents and gold Democrats *v-»rywb.ere are doing some thinking: and the more they think, the l»«s likely they are to vote for Parker. The announcement that motors built for desert travelling will shortly arrive at Khartoum sug gests that at last a place has been found where motor races would be unobjectionable. Let the next race be scheduled for the Desert of Sahara. Even the drivers need not have "sand" for such a race; the desert will supply all that is neces sary. Ex-Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, thinks the United States should say "cease" to Russia and Japan, "whether they like It or not." Yet the Vermont statesman complains, just like an ordi nary Democrat, of the alleged tendency of the, President to Interfere In quarrels between other nations — to 'butt in." as one of th« speaker;* at the Madison .Square Garden meeting elegantly put it. With formaldehyde making a glass of milk dangerous, wood alcohol poison In whisk*? and arsenic in beer, the time honored question. "What will you have?" becomes a difficult one to answer. In view of the Sheehan*. Hills. Danforths. et Id omne genus, hy whom Parker is sur rounded, ex-tJovernor Hoggs phrase, "Parker and his Kant;.' coming ah it does from an un disputed Democratic source, seems to have a cer tain fitness, even though Republicans themselves are not Inclined to adopt it. VERSOS A I. Th« Democrats of El Paso- County. <>1.. hava nominated "Andy" Adams, the author of cowboy stories, for Sheriff. He has been Went Hied with the range and mining camp all his life, and Is a picturesque character. Dr. George 11. Simmons, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Pcorla. 111., has organised the Interstate Bank and Trust Company, with a capi talisation of $300.00©. It is to be a savings bank {or the poorer classes, and the profits will be devoted to the erection of homes for the poor. Dr. E. O. d'Krf Browne, explorer in the Orient for the British Natural History Society, has been visiting the St. LssSJ KVlr. whtre he caused great commotion among the Asiatics connected with the Miovktt »u;.l miluMirlul exhlltlttt. Dr. Browne speaks twelve Oriental Ungunnes. besides a* mMV dialects, and whenever he appeared in the fair grounds he whs received with noisy «j«inonstra tloui of welcome. One day, vh» surround** b >* >. crowd of Asiatics, he. spoke a dozen *5?' cn * dialects hi TrninT mlm tes in reply to aftX-tton at? greetings. Emperor William has delegated Lieutenant Gen eral yon LowsnfeMt. of his majesty's military staff, and Imperial Adjutant Oeneral v»n Schmettow to represent him at the unyelHng #f the statue oi Frederick the Great at Washington. November!* Both delegates ar« descendants of onlcet? of Fred erick the Great. On one occasion Wayne MacVeagh succeeded In adjourning the Supreme Court of 'be United States before the usual hour. Mr. MacVeaich never remained in Washington overnight If he could help it, and on this occasion he greatly de sired to take the 4 o'clock train for Philadelphia. Although talking to the court, he kept his eye on the clock, and at 3:43. aivhtff himself Just onough time to reach the station, he ceased hi* ar gument and said: "May it please your honors. I move that tb« court do now adjourn. I want to catch the 4 o'clock train for home." The cool audacity of the request seemed to paralyze the justices but th* Chief Justice, made the customary order without a protest, and Mr. MacVeagh got his train. Tbe Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, author^of "In His Steps," will read a series or short stories to his congregation In Topeka this fall and winter. It has been his custom to begin reading an original serial story In the fall and close It before the *nd of *«« year. He believes the short story will be more popular. THE TALK OF THE DAT. ■ays "The Ravenswood (Mo.) Gaiette •. 'Smith At Smith, editor and wife of this sheet, departed Saturday night for Minneapolis. St. Paul. Chicago and a few other way stations up north. If this paper contains anything that make* you feel fussy bear In mind the devil is too busy to attend to your case this week, and hold oft until next Friday. Smith Is pledged to be back by then. " As Indicated.— "Say. mister." queried the tramp as be paused In front of the house, "hey you*e got a ole pair uv pants wot youae could gimme?" "1 don't know." replied the man on the front porch. "I'll ask my wife.* "Don't trouble yerself, mister," said the hobo, as he started to move on. *"Rf youse hey got lat kind uv a wife I reckon sh«'s got use fer em herself."— (Chicago News. The Inhabitants of Swindon. England, are ner vous and uneasy. The hoys of the town, according to "Th© London Glotee." have formed themselves , Into an organization which ir.slsts on honesty, kind ness to dumb animals, obedience to parents, keep ing the commandments, no fighting, not acting in a cowardly manner or robbing birds' nests. The grown up members of the community feel that their juniors must have bit upon some brand new and hitherto undreamed of form of Jeviltry. if they axe tired of all their other pleasurr* FOOTBALL. L.TBIC9. THE CENTRE gCsi The centre is a powerful man. Whose anger it Is fun to fan: At least, opponents think It so. As o'er the bull he bendeth low. They »ay thin; quite unlike a prayer. And pull out handfula of his hair; They know he cannot well resent it. Though he replies a* if he meant it. THE GUARP. This object ha* the guard, it seems. To send into the land of dreams The. fellow who opposes him. He acts with eagerness and vim And lands full many a vicious punch Where rests his rival's frugal taken. THE end RUSH. He stands alone upon the wing. And crouches like a cat to spring Upon the man who tries to co Around his end. He tackles low And ruts the runner in the dirt. Depriving him of half his shirt. Look out! Don't fumble when you fall. Or he will drop upon the ball. THE QUARTERBACK. Although diminutive In size. In him the combination lies That guides his team hi its at lack And drives the other side 'way back. He stands behind the husky line And shouts a cabalistic sign. His team I* pretty sure to score When he yells "Slx-eieven-fourr" THE COACH. The freshrr-ip thinks he is a god. And oven seniors oft are awed When he throws out his giant chest And tells the players what Is best; 'Tls he invents th*> box of tricks That put opponents in a fix. And when the whistle calls to play He rages like a wolf at bay. Well players kn>w that nothing 1 worse is Than being targets for bis curses —{Cincinnati Commercial Tribune, American tourists returning' from Rvrope bring back stories of the paternal watch which is kept upon them in Germany. One woman was requested by a policeman to hold up hat gown, which was a trailing, elaborate affair of lace and chiffon. It was after dinner, and she was taking a stroll with her husband through a park whose immaculate walks seemed to offer no barm to its delicacy, so she let it hang:. The policeman was polite enough. He Informed her gravely that any dress that was allowed to trail wus liable to colle~- undesirable matter and prove, injurious to health, and he re minded her that one time a law was under con sideration to make the wearing of such skirts a misdemeanor. A Slight Change.— Ho.-nagan— And Jlngley '. What's berome of him? There- was a big hearted, generous fellow. Holmes— Oh. he's married now, and all that's changed. Humagan— W!<y ( when I knew him only a few years ago he could always be depended upon to share his last dollar with you. Holmes— Well, now you caa depend upon Mm to share, your la?t dollar with him.— (Philadelphia Press. REVOLTING A6AT9ST ABTJSE. Attacks on Odell Inspired by Private and Corporate Interests. From The New- York Herald. Is there a citizen with th« Winders of partisan ship off his eyes who will not think more highly of Mr. Herrick * because of this opinion of Grover Cleveland concerning his ability, his courage, hla Integrity and bis fitness to redeem the State gov ernment from the evil and shame of Odelllsm?— (New-York Sun. "Is there a citizen with the blinder* of parti sanship off his eyes" who. even although he ad mire Judge Her rick. Is not incited to revolt against the Incessant and under-the-belt abuse of the Governor, or who does not know that Mr. Cleveland, while praising the Democratic candi date. did not use the phrase, "the sh4m» and evil of Odelllsm"? * "The Herald" as an Independent newspaper has freely criticised the errors of Mr. Odell in the executive chair and given him credit for what was good. Veiled Insinuations of personal dishonesty made earlier in the campaign have been deprecated by the three independent Dem ocratic newspapers of this city— for Americans love fair play, and it was plain that the most malignant attacks were based not upon any thing the Governor had done against public in terest, but upon things done against private and corporate Interests. In defence of the home rule principle for this city he defied the powers of his own party when they tried to impose upnn It a State constabu lary. He incurred the enmity of Republicans by abolishing amateur trustees of public charitable institutions. and of Tammany Democrats by re moving the Insane from the hands of brutal ward ruffians to the rare of th»* State. Again. he incurred the hatred or powerful Republican corporate interests and of interior Republican counties by advocating the Improvement of the canals when this was demanded by the commer cial interests of the great Democratic cities of New- York and Buffalo. The. principles and policy cf his party and his own official acts are legitimate objects for criti cism and attack, but universal, indiscriminate and vague personal abuse is liable to thwart it» own ends by exciting the sympathy of fair minded citizen?. Irrespective of party, and mak ing thrm like him "fur th? enemies he has ra»dr."* ON THE DEFENSIVE. From The Troy Times. D. Cady llerrlik Is on the Uefeusi\e. He says"V« has been misunderstood. If the politician-Judge has been misunderstood the mlsimderstandintc has bt't-n as great in th« organs of his ova party aa anywhere. Nowhere has the denunciation «>f the. connection of Hi* Su preme Court Judge with nut. hint* politic* of the niost offensive type been more bitter than In in* columns of newspapers which are now anxious to conceal their back numbers. The peonlft of Albany County have never mi*un a-:st<Hid Jud>rn Herrtck's connection with politics in that county. The* knew how th« poli>-« font *<•» ni.inlpntatrd ami how th« election nm.-hiuery Wits :.uj..Tljit« 'Oiled Ask rr:«idfiit.>. of tValervitet "' <>f the MenanU'i* district <•» the Altmuv Koad m* to Democratic mathotU in thus* vicinities in pus*, elections and as to the responsibility therefor. and the answer "*' ll neither ■• «♦»* in coming oof ••atle when It cones. THK PARAMOUNT ISSUE To Maintain the Present Higtilcvd of Prosperity. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: tV to the present no on- ha-, o»sb able to find ont where the Democrats stand on the issues of the campaign. and the rtmousiL Journals have all b-«a squabbling about whai the paramount Issue of the campaign la. Tkfs very fact only show* their weakness, as seen seriously thinking person must know that tae paramount Issue of the campaign Is whether tbs ' present high ft***] of prosperity is to be ma tamed. Are we to recede ons jot. or to forwasgff That's the question. • Th- election of Jute Parker would immediately shatter confidence and cause the greatest financial convulsion tae country has known. Our markets are mer* closely than ever connected with those of Eu rope. Our present high financial standing baa made us a creditor nation. The powers of Eu rope ani Asia are coming to us for large loans. It concerns every business man In the Cnttea State*, and must be answered upon the tuda ment and conscience of all. It Is not a party question. The upheaval of our markets would convulse the bourses of London. Berlin. Paris and Vienna, which would react, and nothing must nor will be left to chance, or th- sweeping extent of the financial business and industrial calamity would be beyond corr.pufat'on. ITho ever attacks th» Integrity of American business must settle with the national character of America. A vote cast for Judge Parker is a vote cast In the dark, and tantamount to hoist ing the white flag: to sail out of the path ©f world-wide prosperity into the dead waters of Lake Asphaltftes; to pull down the noblest as pirations of patriotism, and to proc!at:vi our country a craven in the family of nations: ir» v.ar.t continued prosperity at hone, high pres tige abroad, and sound money, and. we will have them by electing President Roosevelt. EDWARD P. T. HAMM" NO. London, Oct. 14. 10* >4. WOES HARD FOB ROOSEVm. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: Tell all American people t> again work and vote for Roosevelt and th- Republican ticket, ram reading In German papers that the only hope for Europe Is the defeat of • Teddy." Can you see how the wind blows? Hold fast to Republican principles; they maie America waat it Is. Work hard for Rooseve^. If I had monr" I would send ■ letter Is every paper of th» Union. GEORGE C. FINCH. German- American iltliea Chemnitx. Saxony. Oct. 13. 19«>4. IN THE BERKSHIRES. [BT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBI V 2. | Lenox. Mas?.. Oct. 23.— Mr. and Mrs. Johr. £. Altai andre. the Misses Alexandre. Mr. and Mrs. J. Fred erick Schenck am! Mtss Aleid Scbeack went to ' New-Tork this afternoon for th-» wedding of >!!.-<• Louise De Peyster Webb and John W, Wudaworth at RlverdaJe-on-the-Hudson on Tuesday. Mr. ami Mrs. Sch»nck wUI be guests of Mrs. hard Trwl?;. ami Mr. and Mrs. Alexandra wil! be the guests o: General Webb, Mrs. Alexandra's father Mr. and Mrs. William D. Sioane win lean Lerjoa . on Tuesday for St. Louis, where they wi'i spepd a week at the exposition before opening rheir town bouse. George Hall Morgan. George H. Wanes »rwi George R. SchleffeKn, of New -York, arrived ta Lenox yesterday Mr. and Mrs. Charles Astor Bri»f.>d ar.l tUOOS have arrived from Newport. They will occupy their cottage. Lakeside, on November I. Cortlandt Field Bishop has Her.rv 5. Taylor of New-York, and W. S. Hollls. of Baltimore, an fth guests. In returning from a 130-m::<» run in an auto* mobile on Saturday. Mr. Blsncp's sjsbmbbMsi *■ came mired in Becket Mountain and tlie partr «a< ■letained for two hours until hones were obtained la haul out tbe heavy car. Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Fairfax will sail on th« Celtic Friday for Franc*, where they wiU spe-irl t'.» winter. Mrs. W. H. Bradford will tSßsata i:i I#B*S. until the end of November. wh»n s^e will Joy.i M-. and Mrs. Fairfax la Parts. Mr. and Mrs. John lUnom wQ] SWM Lw>x ss November 2 for New-V rk. The marriage si Will tarn Sloane. their el>!e<t son. to ■*■ fsTgeesi Cioekcr, daughter si Mr. and Mrs. George Crnck-r. of New- York, will take p!ac» in >r BMUWSS— 'S Church, New-York, on iCorenber ZZ Lieutenant Alexander Martin. attacb# of tJw Gt*< man Embassy. left Lenox this afternoon ts* Wash ington. The marriage of Mis* Marion Simmons, of Boston, and Edward Owens, of otacßßridg« win take pace in St. Paul* Episcopal Chu» fa Siockbrtdge on Tuesday. November C 9. Miss Simmons and Mr. Owen are now abroad, but are expected in B*acs> bridge early next month Mrs. Francis P. Kinni'-i:" i:'.d hers<'-. <V B SJ* nicutt, b#ve arrived in Lenox. ■ MRS. STEVENS OUT OF DANGER. A', th.- Fordham Hospital last evening H SW said that Mr?, riuwdcn Ms«Sß* ■!• • ' Cft*W»J-n Stevens, principal of FDUIr S.-ho.>! N- *> West Fiirms. \*h«« was injured wMIe rlAng bet on Saturduy atghf. was asaes mtpt •'■'■■■ of danger. JUDGE PARKERS LOGIC. From The Chicago Tritar*. Judge Pnrkor thtska ittaS r r >litlc3 il a - t -•*• It isn't. It Is an ;vr - . , ._ a Becaus» Jmlse Parker Ibmka that r*i:t.-v •■- * ,rt M re h" tries tn develop it^. rrincipl-s oy log» He «ay» "In New-\orfc the gwrernnwnt *^rlTes a* powers from th- eeosenl »i th» gnverrred. I twrr fora to govern I.iuon without it? consent 13 wro«* The unit in Judge Parker's Mirars of polir' ■ ■« man any man He admit no dMTerencea ta «» pacltv or in development. If an VWMlaiaul W>J had "a certain result w'.-h a New-Y,,rKer. • *_' have the -am.> result with a F:i;ptrv>. If S ><?*- Yorker .-an govern himself. a nhpino can. Wtt No easier game than this P.-i^nc* ef r;>lr:> «■** ever devised. A Child could play ir. Vv; taKfl ■ principle wbsrH is obvious in yo':r own *r.-;'.ror ment. and you sit down in your library and *VW •t to every other environment In the wor 1 -y investigation of other environment.-. N re-lußja v 0v 0 study of th.it most subtle, an.l elusive ••;■-*• in the wr»rlJ. human nature, is needed. No r* searches Into the stages of aoctal development »■• the various regions of the world are necewar: * government must have the consent >< tba ■•»• "rned Therefore, tae United states must stare from th« Philippines. Therefore. nfso. the T'r.ited Mm BBS*! -■ -• from P<>rT.» Rm* If r.ot. why no* . HERRtCK'S APOLOGIES. From Th» Buffalo Esipr«s» ••Th-«* who SSSisvs that I *"••s••■ M* trtojote* wire- ,illlng. •cr.mbllrg. flggu *>mj to their rollt.ral sgttsg, ■"■■■""■'■«^g.*SrS nation and be brought , What N-.*s "\. who -It.! not descrih* his «««• - KSJ/ a nd consulting with hs WWW H- * put aside with a single oamv^'i TT**^ iverfs rf ration whit-n BOS been «hr* ROB -' • ' " •f " " th« last thirteen yaars. CULBERSON'B CLAPTRAP. ?■>,,!„ The Xew-Tork Journal ■■' O— BWK* The contribution of Senator r x.Wr son at am« tns in '"arnenle Hall in reading a I**T* l ( gcWb«r ( Pretidrnt Roosev.lt «rttteaaarly U«* %*££ and published with the exception of on* s?ww "^ months »so. partakes, under the a .sheer claptrap. Th« Utter was written r v^_ £ to a ret|iiest from the Editor or V litttSSi** Reviews 1 - for a statement r»-<c.irair* tn *J~ i< that time, some thr»« weeks M**** ' Mh^iy i: i -evolt of Panama. That this revolt was "^j^ net inevitable. was then a matter knowledge, and it was one of the tn |B f?, >,# to in th* letter in which the President «*• «JJ '. ■ , ssl aside th« oroposlUon mad* *« £**£ rh f,>ni«nt the secession of Panam*. . r\y\ .-^ion fnited States could not so into ur:nf w« . min4 ■by rich underhand means; 1 but he '"'.,',,. ft* •titl»sj •■privately" to the crtrrespoßi.ent V; l j, nt Si d be "delighted if Panama were ati ls<siy.lil « tlt , or If It made itself to at th* "' 'rL on livush he could not aay so publicly MSB " • amouiu to an instigation of a revolt Ml 11 ,« -vldent enough that h« could »"«*?. »y ao publicly, and It w*-i judicious ' ar^rdcJ •* %> prtvstAy. aven In » I.tttr that he r«P»«^j,,. "onflJenllal. but he only •»pra»aed l* *g~nrs^ was natural and that w»s -hared bjr * f th , sssJortt9 •! th« people wno were *»»" nt w.i;. Stuation. There I« nothing in it lncon*wtr n : Mm " ' v Uurunces «iv*n by the Preaiaent at ta*« or nir.oe. or anything dfsoreditablo to him. »TT I' ,..i!> ' delighted" to have »•■«■•%, its>U tattepmiMU and crests I problem- U wblcu «r*asat*d v sototloa 0* the canal P'<> bl » m : hh W be-. - KrtSahU perversely toe Oimcuit. It *«**SLrai" ■olution that could have been devised.andJJJ-E '"'„"„ make capital a*r*lnst t!*» attasinJtr»iw» fsfavatttsff of it Is posrlSfsJttsss.