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I! : i i From SIcKlnlcy to Bryan.
j Tho following communication has tho
I j ', ' ;' quality of pertinence:
I , To th Eorron or Tn Sun Sir! No matter wha
) '. Tn Sen thinks thote Democrats who voted for sto-
' i S J ', Km.IT lut NoTcmber ought to do next fall, I am
j , , convinced from a careful Investigation of the faoU
f ' ;' that moet of them will T0t the Tammany ticket In
,- "' November next. The reason will be twofold! part of
(, I ; It the fault of the preient "reform" admlnlitratloa,
' . : but the larger part due to the lttialatlon at Albany
lj 1 i lut winter. Acourrci A. LsrrxT.
) New York. June 7.
U V. j j Wo must not expect that every Democrat
l 'M. ; . who voted for honest money in 1800 will
5 i ' ? be found upon tho same aid in 1807. The
J j ,- . 'e conviction under which soma chose the
fo j . :,; McKlnlev ticket rather than the Bryan
? ! '.' ' "" ticket were feeble at the best, and liable to
h f be overridden by the addition of any trivial
C . ,. dissatisfaction against the honest money
.' . v . party or against any division of It. Some
' were of the philosophy that would resent
li ' ; I the failure of nroanerltv to bloom before
II, i the passago of a single measure by the
HE' I . newly elected party. Doubtless the lm-
H Jl ' pulses of many are fitful and Incapable
j J , of lasting from one annual contest to
'. '. tho other. On tho other hand, there
t i ', will bo many voters for whom last
!il year the old Democratic ties were strong
r. ( s, enough to overpower tho feeling that tho
"I j fundamental principles of Democracy, as
Ik I. ' they had been handed down to them, had
II l t been snuffed out at Chicago, and upon the
"'" ,' next occasion these may bo expected to see
A W. :'. that their placo Is with tho Republicans
S i , v until the Chicago platform Is formally re-
b ' ranted. The year 1807 should tell us more
$ ', , than we know now as to how much of the
? - anti-populism vote of 1800 was solid and
i ; hnw much emotional and accidental. It
Mj- ; will devolve upon the stalwarts, who are
WKb , In the habit of picking their colors with
mr cure, and who then standby them unfllnch-
mm, ingly, to see that the next antl-repudlatlon
lip ' ; vote Is as powerful as it can be made.
If I Hut Sir. Levey gives an instructive ex-
K ; ' plnnation of the change which he prophe-
(stet hii friends will make from the party
j -( of McKiNLKYtothatofDnYAi. Theadmin-
Bfl i ij lit rat Ion of New York city will be responai-
HB ' n blc for a part of It, but the far greater cause
Urn . .' will be the Republican administration of
Bf ' f the Kmpirc State. The municipal question
HI S ,' doesn't affect Mr. Levey and his friends to
any great degree, and non-partisanship not
Hlf H : at all. Wo advise Mr. Levey that the great
H fj question for all voters here next fall will not
I j be 'er York city nor New York State, bnt
H j ' gold against silver, honest money against
H a repudiation, and against the virulent spirit
I j which animates the so-called Democratic
H ra, i platform of the day.
B J M '' The Herald Ice Fund.
H j ' Wo have observed from time to time In
jH if the columns of our esteemed and brilliant
'B it contemporary, the Herald, certain diffident
la , II and hesitating references to an Ice Fund.
JS ; '. I' Hcems that In our hot summer weather
i 9.' tho worthy Herald bestirs itself to dls-
H '- (I tribute Ice among the poor; and In Its edl-
HK (I tton of yesterday it says that it received
HB ji last year from the charitable public no less
HB I than ?1 5,000 for that purpose.
BB The Herald draws a very touching plc-
jBl ' tnre of the operations of this charity:
K v "The demand for thla Ice on the part of the poor
SK - waa wild and almost fierce, for thej were deeperaU.
' Hj ' f Thej had. many of them, alck children at home, and
jH I thej had no money. At each atatlon. and there were
SB j nltirnatatlons during the hottest period, three hun-
M I dred persona were dally supplied."
S, ' t ' In July and August last the Herald aays
U I that It distributed forty tons of ice per day,
MM p or two hundred and eighty tons each week,
IB I costing $2,800 for the full period of ten
Bj T.' ' weeks of the heated term. The Herald now
Bj E ' calls on the public to send in subscriptions
H , h to buy more lee for the approaching hot
Bl ' I weather, and It expresses the confident be-
Bl ,11, llet that the forthcoming donations will
K ft- largely exceed those of last year.
B :.f E; The powerful influence which the Herald
BM ' ! ' exerts upon the Ice Companies, beginning
flS . Eii at a regular date every spring, enables It to
Bj ' F. puichasu this ice for a dollar a ton. The
& , Herald, according to Its own statements,
BH it jh distributed In all about two thousand eight
HBj .' y. hundred tons last year, which at a dollar a
HB W, ton amounted to $2,800, leaving to be ac-
Bfl , y counted for, of tho $15,000 subscribed by
BBJ 1 the public, the sum of $12,200 remaining
Bg ' I in the hands of tho Herald, as the result of
BJ its philanthropic transaction.
BM Ii Now we would respectfully suggest to
B '' 1 8 Mr. .Tajiks Gohdon Bdnnctt of Paris, that
,BM g Ha in view of the very hot summer which Is
'BM i fi I predicted, he should arrange to distribute
jBM Ii I1 a Iittlo more ice. It would be graceful to
' BM ,' V, allow the quantity that reaches the poor to
, BM f display a less striking discrepancy with the
-jfll ij amount of money contributed by the chart-
-BM (.' table public. If he was buying the Ice out
'MJ ' ' ' his own pocket, it would be a different
iBji'.jjf thing. That would be a matter of personal
. !pMj '' W , and genu I no beneficence, but as he Is not
BJ i'jp , engaged in any pursuit of that kind, but la
, jBt 'lf( merely securing a free advertisement for
, 'jBJ :75i '' his paper through the donations of charito-
' BJ l blc people, we really think he ought to take
"' BJ J if a more liberal view of the situation.
i BJ J' It Is not as It he offered to defray the cost
' MJ dU' of distributing the Ice that good people are
'l MB $ I' , willing to pay for. It is something entirely
' BMjti different. He constitutes himself the self.
; Hj.S' appointed trustee of a fund which should be
; BBpBj ' sacred as the gift of charity. How much of
: jBBgK it docs ho finally keep as bis own profits f
'iWk I!
V 5 i , White Wings Furled.
B ' J ' Col. (ii:onoc E. WAniNo, Jr., is now fre-
BJ '. quently mentioned by the neophytes of non-
'Bf ij partisanship as tho most senseless and fit
BM ''J candidate for Mayor of New York on the
i MB Q (loose ticket. Col. Waiuno Is not a Goose,
j jME 'a 1 hut a Swan, and he swam out of the muddy
Wm I waters of reform more than two weeks ago.
;- BBJ ,vflJ ' Ou tho night of May 22 Good Government
MBj '' Q ,', Club C disported Itself at 077 Fifth avenue.
)Bj 'J.m Mr, John Jay Chapman was tho master of
ivjBMj ';) t . the revels, "and he exploded fun and epi-
JMMMJ ;' I gram," said our neolithic contemporary, the
jBM ' ' Xew York Times, the next day, "which
' IBM wcro echoed in roars of applause and
hMJMJ i J i lnughtcr, llko bunches of firecrackers."
I Hero Is one of his hunches of firecrackers :
. MJ I " When he said the only logical candidate of the
5 MMM ' I C!tl:cr.i' Union was Oeobox t. Wia:o, Col. Wanna,
MJ l I who was on his right, and only a few places away,
iflll ) I , looked serious, while a hundred men pounded on the
VlKa j two broad, damask-corered tables and stamped their
H'i t I lttt in spprori-"
' Ml "A great many people,' Mr. CoapuaK
bbbbbbM ST-f J . - .-5- j -- i
fMmth !firT7rT:Tr?rv'fc'-"'""' w fMM,..in m ii tmtmim
(BaanvJL? t . - - r 4cww tr v1 -aW w .1
went on to say, "would Ilka to see CoL
WAntNO try his hand at the balance of
tho Job." Txrad and long-continued ap
plause. An hour later Col. WAniNO was asked to
address the brethren :
" tie said be had no Idea when he came to the meet
ing of what was to be said. The fact that be aeemed
to be Included In the list of candidates put him In a
fUe position, and he had to becartf ul. Mam not a
candidate for Mayor and shall not be a candidate,' he
declared. The declaraUon was recelred with alienee.
ne said be had coma to New York for a specific pur
pose, lie had beUered and had determined to proTS
that the streets of this great dty could be cleaned)
that,the men who cleaned them could be cleaned,
and that the reputations of those men, which had
been anything but sarory, could also be made clean,
no knew If be was nominated for Mayor by the Cltl
sene Union that kevouM UUft. Ho hoped by ju
dicious conduct to be able to carry out his purposes.
" I wUI try to dodge along the hedgerows,' he said,
so that Tammany when It comes In will say: "Well,
thla fellow hasn't don anything very bad, and has
done some good, and we will let him bold on." I am
keeping out now for the sake of keeping In here
after."' It la clear from these remarks of Col.
Wahino that he Is satisfied to bo allowed
to clean the streets, and has no ambition to
clean the oxtonslve establishment which Is
technically called, for campaign purposes,
" tho Augean stables." Even If he want to
be Mayor, he knows that as a candidate for
thnt offlco under the management of the
impossible Citizens' Union, he or anybody
elso, born of woman, would ba "left."
Col. Waiuno Is not without his moments
of crankiness, but he is essentially a clear
headed and practical chap. Consequently
he appreciates thoroughly the futility of
the Cltlsens' Union.
Tho Even Temperature of Joe Blaok
bnrn. Ever since last summer the Hon. Joseph
Clay Stiles Blackuurn has been de
nouncing thoso Democrats who refused to
vote for Buy an last year. Mr. Blackburn
Is one of tho most gifted denouncers In
Kentucky, and his volume of denunciation
cannot be exceeded by any other producer
In the world. His vocabulary Is not re
markably large, but as he uses the whole of
It most of tho time, and as It Is always pip
ing hot, it effect In the way of roar and
sizzlo is out of proportion to its size. His
favorite remark about the Buckner and tho
McKlnley Democrats is that Sheol is full of
better men than they. There Is a sort of
theological air about this which makes It
specially acceptable to Mr. Blackburn,
and he has repeated It with unessential
modifications at various times. Indeed,
Col. Jack Cuinn, who is not without dis
tinction as a student of incandescent invec
tive, regards his chiefs comparison of the
inhabitants of Sheol with tho anti-Bryan
Democrats, to the disadvantage of the lat
ter, as a masterpleco of Indignant eloquence,
warming, grateful, and filling.
At the Kentucky Popocratic Convention
lost week Mr. Blackburn had a fine spasm
of language, and this time he left Sheol out,
andwarmedhlmselfby hlsown fires. Speak
ing of the gold Democrats, he said :
"The guulotlne and the gallows are the proper ret
ribntlon for the traitors to the party. "
Some persons regard these words as some
what rash and anarchical, but connoisseurs
and Joe Blackburn will see in them a
comforting evidence that political disap
pointment has not banked his fires. His
temperature Is even. He is not colder than
he was, and warmer he cannot be. The
way in which he ahot thoso two g's, guillo
tine and gallows, at the traitors must have
been tremendous. What must be tho pride
of the Kentucky Fopocrats In a statesman,
orator, and rare occasional thinker llko Joe
Blackburn 1 In bis own alliterative man
ner he may be described as speaking dirks,
drakes, and daggers, " minions, monkeys,
and murderers." And he Is always just so.
He never cools. Strange that In so gigantic
chambers of mind, tho heat should be so
evenly distributed.
The Showor of Stars.
The application of Gen. Mizner for re
tirement on the ground of length of ser
vice, thereby leaving a vacancy which will
doubtless be filled by the advancement of
Col. Merriam, Is tho latest, although we
will not yet say the last, step In an extraor
dinary series of promotions.
Tho nucleus out of which so many changes
have been evolved thus far was the retire
ment of Gen. Thomas II. Ruoer for age
about two months ago, thereby opening a
promotion of one Brigadier to be a Major
General and one Colonel to be a Brigadier.
It was well understood that the senior officer
in each of these grades would sooner or
later be advanced. But the opportunity
was seized to confer the stars also on many
other officers, under certain concerted ar
rangements. To begin with, Gen. Frank Wiieatow,
the second highest in the grade of Brlga-dler-Gcneral,
was to bo retired for age less
than six weeks after Gen. Ruoer, and so
most properly that excellent officer was
passed over the head of Gen. .Torra R.
Brooke, the senior In the grade, to the va
cancy of Major-Gcneral.
Then, when Gen. Wiieaton was retired
for age, on May 8, another worthy Briga
dier, Gen. James W. Forsyth, fourth on
tho list, was jumped over Gen. Brooke,
with the understanding that, as soon as he
was confirmed as Major-General, he would
apply for retirement; and this plan was
strictly carried out.
Next, on Gen. Forsyth's retirement, still
another Brigadier, Gon. Z. 11. Blisa, the
fifth on tho list, vaulted over the patient
Bhouldent of Gen. Brooke, under a like
understanding, and that, too, was faith
fully carried out, Gen. Bliss applying for
retirement under the law relating to forty
years' service, having had ono day on tho
active list as Major-General.
Then, at lost, Gen. Brooke came to the
front, and was made Major-General, as It
had been decided from tho start that he
should be. Thus four out of the six Briga
diers received promotions. And since Gen.
Forsyth's ago retirement was due next
year, and Gen. Bliss's year after next,
whereas Gen. Brooku'b does not come until
1002, neither would have had promotion In
prospect without that arrangement; for of
the two senior Major-Generals, Gen, Miles
does not retire for age until 1003, and Gen.
MEnnirr not until 1U00.
It was suggested and, Indeed, urged at
one time to take a fifth Brigadier into this
convenient arrangement, Gen. J. J. Cop.
pinoer; but It was pointed out that he
had received his star only about two years
ago, jumping a large number of Colonels at
that. So the mark was drawn there, al
though be retires in 1800, or before any of
his present seniors. As to Gen. E. S, Oris,
the remaining Brigadier of the six when
the movements began, he does not retire
until 1002, and, of course, has a chance at
the double star when Gen. Merritt retires.
So much for the Brigadiers ; and now let
us follow tho fortunes of the Colonels. The
senior, Col.W. H. Siiavter, First Infantry,
who had on several similar occasions lx.cn
passed by, waa Tatsed 'to 'tho original
vacancy among the Brigadiers caused by
tho first retirement, that of Gen. Ruoer,
with the resulting promotion of Gen.
Wiieaton. But the successive promotions
of Gens. Forsyth, Buss and Brooke
caused three other vacancies. Tho senior
Colonel was Cot IT. C. Merriam, Seventh
Infantry, and It was arranged to promote
also tho senior cavalry Colonel, Col. J. F.
Wade, Fifth Cavalry, and the senior artil
lery Colonel, Col.W. M. GnAnAU, Fifth Ar
tillery, thus giving ono star to each arm. Wo
set forth some time ago the special claims of
tho artillery to ono of the stars, and the
event shows that the considerations then
presented were well founded. But it was
determined that before Ool. Merriam, who
retires only In 1001, received his appoint
ment, the stars should first bo awarded to
Col. J. K. Mizner, Tonth Cavalry, who,
besides being fifth Colonel, we think, tn
relative rank, retires next year, or before
any of his seniors. Thus tho nominations
sent in proved to be those of Col. Wade,
Col. Mizner, and Col. Graham ; and then,
Immediately on hla confirmation, Gen.
Mizner applied for retirement, on account
of thirty years' service, so opening tho way
to the appointment of Col. Mkrriau as
Brigadier-General, which will undoubtedly
occur this weak.
Such Is the remarkable distribution of
stars which has already oooorred, and It la
worth reviewing as something quite sur
passing any precedent since the reorganiza
tion of the army after the civil war. In the
navy, a few years ago, an arrangement
somewhat analogous allowed several pro
motions to the grade of Rear-Admiral ; but
this army deal outdoes that. Yet everybody
seems to regard It with satisfaction, since
It has allowed several officers whoso
service during tho civil war was use
ful and conspicuous to retire with a
coveted hlshor nrado. whllo Impeding
only for a few days tho promotions of thoso
who wcro looked upon from the start to
perform permanently the active duties of
such grades. It is true that It would
hardly bo wise to uso every vacancy among
the general officers to make so liberal a dis
tribution of stars as that' just recorded.
But tho occasion was exceptional, and with
the rapidly diminishing number of officers
still on the active list who achieved great
national renown during the war, there is
little danger that tho precedent will bo fol
lowed too often.
Tho Burden of Clovclandlsm.
Two noted members of tho former Demo
cratic party, tho Hon. Henry Watterson
of Louisville and the-Hon. Hoke Smith of
Atlanta, have been discussing tho Hon.
Grover Cleveland as an actor in tho poll
tics of the day. Mr. Watterson has been In
times past far more of an admirer than a
critic of Mr. Cleveland's public perform
ances, and Mr. Smith was onco a member
of a Cleveland Cabinet. Two years ago
both of theso gentlemen were firm in their
advocacy of the Government's honorable
maintenance of Its historic gold standard
of money, Mr. Smith having defended
It with marked ability and impresslvo
evidenco of conviction In a memorable
debate between himself and the late
Speaker Crisp, who was on the other side.
To-day Mr. Watterson Is as he was In re
spect of the coinage question, whereas Mr.
Smith turned a year ago, when the Democ
racy turned, and Is now for the party plat
form of free silver. Together these gentle
men have been expressing opinions upon
the lost Democratic President as a candi
date for a third term, which, apart from
their relovancy or Irrelevancy to the possi
bilities of the future, may spread some use
ful understanding of Mr. Cleveland's
peculiar relation to public affairs.
Mr. Watterson has spoken with prompt
ness and well sustained vigor upon the re
cent Reform Clnb banquet in New York,
where ex-President Cleveland, still fresh
from having caused the wreck of the Na
tional Democracy, with tho attendant and
still continuing perils to tho financial
honor and social order of tho United States,
was shoved to the front as a guide for Dem
ocratic reorganization and Populist sup
pression. Mr. Watterson saw first and
last In that dinner and Its speech what he
has seen In every political affair with
which Mr. Cleveland has been connected,
namely, a scheme to get him nominated for
the Presidency, a Cleveland third-term
movement; and be declaimed against it like
a Democrat from whom the last taint of
cuckooism bad disappeared. He felt that
tho real purposo of tho dinner was to keep
Mr. Cleveland before the public, and that
beyond that there was no serious purpose.
He resented the Idea that tho gold Demo
crats, stalwart defenders of the national
honor and the hope of Democratic regene
ration, should be mode worse than useless
to both causes through belngsbackled to tho
inextinguishable, annually Intensified and
now publicly odious devotion of Mr. Cleve
land to his own fortunes. Mr. Watterson
knows, In common with other people, that
Cleveland's desire and effort for a third
term In 1800 drove a sullen but determined
Democracy Into tho arms of the Populists,
and precipitated upon the country the very
dangcragalnst which Mr. Cleveland posed
In opposition. Tho Courier-Journal will
bavo none of this again If It can help It.
Possibly the dinner members of the Re
form Club, professed supporters of the gold
standard, have thought that they had erred
in thus jerking Mr, Cleveland to his
legs after he had been ignominlously
but effectually prostrated. Possibly a
touch of shame at their utter Inability to
make any satisfactory explanation of
their gratuitous parade of him, led them
and their newspaper allies to try to ridicule
Mr. Watteiison for fantastic imagination
and far-fetched timidity. Their treat
ment of the situation has elicited an in
structive continuation of tho themo from
Mr. Watt erson, who hopes with the san
guine, confidence of a gallant spirit for tho
reorganization of the Democratic- party on
the old lines.
"Waiving for tho moment," says the
Courier-Journal, " Mr. Cleveland's ante
cedents and the odium that attaches Itself
to his name with tho overwhelming ma
jority of Democrats In the West and South,
his reappearance upon the scene would at
once chango the Issue from one of sound
economics to that of a third term of the
Presidency, a fatal transfer on tho very
threshold. Our whole purpose," continues
the Courier-Journal, "Is to warn sound
money Democrats, particularly In the West
and South, against the schemes of a small
body of persons, who, however unimportant
in themselves, may have it In their power
to so muddle and distort a noble cause, and
to so bend a great movement to Ignoble and
Bclflah Issues, represented In the person of
Mr. Cleveland, as In the end actually to
play Into the hands of the free sllverltes."
While the Mugwumps endeavor to
squelch the Kentucklan with levity, the
Atlanta Journal, the Hon. Hokb Smith's
j organ, which speaks now for the millions
III' ' ,- -- , -, - j, , Ill''
aMaMMiMriiaMaMB
who followed the Chicago platform, replies
calmly and seriously. Notwithstanding It
styles Mr. Cleveland's ncf orm Club effort a
" twenty-ton speech," It agrees that tho ban
quet meant Cleveland more than It meant
honest money ; but it laughs at our contem
porary's longing for an honest-money De
mocracy not In Cleveland's Interest:
"So far aa Mr. Warrxasoifa Interpretation of the
significance of the Reform Club banqnet la concerned.
It Is entirely justified by the character of the men
who fawn on CUtTxuitD.by their Intellectual calibre,
and by other circumstances not necessary to menUon.
We are of the opinion that those who treat the matter
flippantly are of one mind with respect to the schema
the Reform Club U hatching, for there can be no sort
of donbt as to the Intentions of the satellites.
"Only Clkykuucd can represent CleTelandlsm.
With the ex-rrcsldent attre and out of offloe, be Is the
only possible or arallable candidate of the men who
nominated Pilmu and Rrcxraa and then deserted
their candidates for McKixlxt. The bolters Instlnc
tlrely felt that PiLacn and Bccxxn, running on a
cut-and-drled platform, oonld nerer represent CleTe
landlsm. The political 'nondescripts' and 'nin
compoops' the terms are applied by Mr. Warrxitsoii
who compose the Clereland party, lo not ask htm to
declare himself on any question. They simply Indorse
In adranoe orerythlng that he does, ererythlng that
he says, and ererythlng that ho thinks.
" Mr. WaTTtRsoK Is the only man of any reputation
or Influence among the bolters who baa denounoed
the third-term scheme and protested against the
logical result nf ClOTelandtim. It Is hardly possible
that Mr. Wattkmox's defection from the glorious
band of -nondescripts- and 'nincompoop' wlU
hare the effect of disarranging the programme which
the gold syndlcste has In hand. A part of this pro
gramme la to put CLXTxujro up for a third term and
a fourth candidacy. That programme will ba carried
out, and. Indeed, we should be sorry to see It fall. We
need Just such a performance aa that to conrlnce a
number of people in this country of the ultimate aim
and purpose of those who desire to see the patriotism
aa weU aa the prosperity of the people of thla ooun
try destroyed by mean of the single gold standard."
So Hokb thinks. It there be anywhere
failure to appreciate his argument, a pe
rusal of tho extraordinary plank In tho Chi
cago platform condemning the third term
will justify It, Tho Chicago Convention,
and the more than six million voters who
cast their votes for Bryan a little over six
months ago, felt that in rejecting Cleve
land they at least saved the Democratic
party from tho disgrace of a third-term
canvass. That was consolation and support
to thousands who remembered with shame
that thoy had sold themselves to the fraud
of free silver. Cleveland and his bonds,
issued to make good tho deficit under the
pretence of defending tho gold standard,
filled the popullzed Democracy with the
passion of a holy war. First he drove the
Democratic party into Populism, and then
his bond-Issuing slander of honest money
nearly delivered tho United States to
Bryonlsm and free silver. Any political
.activity with which he Is associated to-day
becomes an object of hostile suspicion to
tho vast majority of tho people of the
United States. Henry Watterson, a
whole-hearted bulwark of honest money,
and Hoki: Smith, a silver man, agree that
the ex-President and his friends are at
bottom still agents of Clevelandlsm, and
that Clevelandlsm is n millstone about the
neck of the gold standard.
It would be a public blessing If Grover
Cleveland should expatriate himself with
all technical formality, and go and live
somewhere else.
The Memory of the Signers.
In the city of Lancaster, Pa., tn which
for a short time during the Revolutionary
war the Continental Congress held Its
sessions, and which for thirteen years
was tho capital of the State of Pennsyl
vania, there was unveiled on Friday last
(Juno 4), a monument to the memory of
George Ross, a signer of the Declaration
of Independence. It Is erected on tho site
of his homestead by tho County Historical
Society. The formal presentation was made
by John A. Coyle, and the speech of ac
ceptance by W. U. Hensel, formerly Penn
sylvania's Attorney-General. The dedica
tory oration was delivered by the Hon.
Marriott Brosius, Representative of the
Tenth Congress district.
George Ross was a lawyer, and the num
ber of lawyers In legislative bodies In tho
early history of tho republic was much
smaller, proportionately, than It Is In
these times. There were fifty-six signers
of the Declaration of Independence and
twenty-four of them, or less than one-half,
wcro members of the bar. In the last Con
gress of 330 members, 228, or nearly two
thirds of the total number, wcro members
of the bar. Among the Senators in tho same
Congress the lawyers were fifty-seven.
In the First Congress the proportion of
farmers was materially larger than is the
caso now, and in the early stages of the
republic physicians took a very activo part.
There wero several among the original
signers of the Declaration. Two of tho
most noted men of the fifty-six, Benjamin
Franklin of Pennsylvania and Roger
Sherman of Connecticut, described them
selves respectively as a "printer" and a
"shoemaker."
George Ross, whoso services have been
honored by the peoploof Lancaster, did not
enjoy the longevity characteristic of many
of his distinguished associates. The con
cluding clause of the Declaration of Inde
pendence pledged each of the signers to the
others for " life, fortune, and sacred honor,"
but mora than half n century passed before
tho last obligation ceased. John Adams
when ho died was 01 years of ago, Robert
Treat Paine of Massachusetts 83, tho
Illustrious Thomas Jefferson 83, Thomas
McKkan of Delaware 81, William Floyd
of New York 87, the Illustrious Benjamin
Franklin 84, William Ellery of Rhode
Island 03, George Wythe of Virginia 80,
Dr. Matthew Thornton of New Hamp
shire 80, Samuel Adams 81, Francis
Lewis, a Welshman, whoso home when he
signed was in New York, 00, and Charles
Carroll, the last to die, OS, John Adams
and Jefferson died on tho fiftieth anni
versary of the promulgation.
Public honors paid to tho memory of
theso devoted men arc, of course, lim
ited to those States which were repre
sented In tho original Union ; and It Is to
tho credit of tho patriotic people of Penn
sylvania that they have always been prompt
and activo In such measures of recognition
aa are incident to the observance of patri
otic anniversaries.
The Reinstatement of Canovas.
Although tho Queen Regent's decision to
retain Canovas in power may put an end
to one hope entertained by President 51c
Kinlky, yet It should really accelerate
rather than retard bis own programme In
regard to Spain.
Had Saoasta, for example, succeeded
Canovas, and had Weyler given way, if
not to Martinez Campos, at least to some
soldier whoso military methods would be
dominated by the views of the fonner Captain-General,
it might have seemed almost
necessary for tho Administration at Wash
ington to delay Ita own plans. It might
have been desirable to wait for the new
Ministry to study the situation and an
nounce Its policy. But, as the case stands,
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there Is no reason now for postponing thoso
negotiations with Spain, which are based on
tho report of Commissioner Calhoun, and,
in a broader way, on tho sentiment of Con
gress and the American people
Whether, In the mean time, Spain has
acted wisely, or has missed n great oppor
tunity, only tho result will show. Among
somo European onlookers there Is frankly
expressed astonishment that the Crown
should not have seized tho occasion of the
voluntary resignation of Canovas, due to
the Totuan incident and to tho growing
opposition of tho Liberals, for trying a
change of policy. But the dread of swap
ping horses tn crossing a stream seems
to have been more potent than any other
dread, and to this samo fear wo must prob
ably ascribe tho retention of Weyler, If he
really should bo retained, which last Is a
point by no means settled. For It seems
clear that It the Qucon Regent took Into
her councils men llko Saoasta and Mar
tinez Campos, and thoy assented to tho re
sumption of authority by Canovas, at
least somo respect must have been paid to
their general views of tho proper mode of
carrying on tho war.
At all events, with the crisis at Madrid
ended, It seems hardly worth whllo for our
Government to count any further on aid for
Its plans from that source. Tho breach be
tween tho Liberals and Conservatives may
prove to bo as wldo as over, and another
crisis may come, but It is now necessary to
put forth efforts to secure peace for Cuba
on tho basis of Independonoe ; and this
should be done at onco In order to derive
any needed aid from Congress while that
body Is still In session.
Mr. Foster's Errand.
The silence preserved In regard to ex
Secretary Foster's visit to London may
safely bo Interpreted as a token that this
part of his mission has proved fruitless.
But ho proposed to deal with Russia and
Japan as well as with England In regard to
tho suspension of scaling, under a joint
agreement, in Behrlng Sea. He has there
fore continued bis journey to St. Peters
burg, and there is ground to believe that
there he may be able to secure such a modus
Vivendi as wo require. Then, with Japan
joining In, as she Is expected to do, a pres
sure may be oxcrted on England.
Yet It Is useless, apparently, to look for
any agreement which will apply to tho
present year. On Aug. 1 sealing again be
comes lawful In Retiring Sea, and there
would not bo time to notify the sealers,
even supposing that the adhesion of Russia
and Japan to the desired agreement could
bo had very soon, and that then Great
Britain would join. Thus the errand of
Mr. Foster Is robbed of much of its hoped
for results, lecouse the purpose of appoint
ing a Special Commissioner seems to have
been to secure an arrangement for tho
present season, rather than to trust to the
slow processes of ordinary diplomatic notes
between the Governments concerned.
Another season of pelagic slaughter in
Bebring Sea may therefore be considered as
assured, and at Its end we shall be able to
see how much of tho seal herd is left for
protection next year.
Weyler's Terror.
On Friday last we spoke of the circum
stance that so long as President McKin
ley's Special Commissioner stayed at Ha
vana, performing the duty for which he was
sent there, Captain-General Weyler re
mained away from the city, only a short dis
tance away from it. As soon, however,
as Commissioner Calhoun had left the city
and taken ship for this country, Weyler
hastened to Havana. The Commissioner
sailed from Havana on Thursday lost, and
tho next day Weyler took a steamer for
Havana, where he arrived on Saturday.
The Captain-General had kept out of the
reach of the Commissionerduring all of the
three weeks in which the latter was at the
Cuban capital, desirous of conferring with
the official to whom ho was accredited by
tho President of tho United States.
Weyler was guilty of bad manners in
avoiding for so long a time the President's
representative. He Ignored the President
from first to last. Weti.kii ought to have
been ashamed to rush back to Havana the
day ho ascertained that Mr. Calhoun had
left it. He was afraid to meet Calhoun.
He was in dread of the questions that Cal
houn would put to him. It is now mani
fest that this creature Weyler Is a pol
troon and a sneak, as well as a butcher, a
wanton destructlontst and a malefactor.
Tho Herald t exclusive publication yesterday
of the circular of the American Protectee Tariff
League, of which Corkemvb N. llUbS. becretary of the
Interior, la still President, became his resignation of
the ofllce has not been acted on. aroused au Immense
amount of continent anion merchants who are fa
miliar with all aspects of trade. .Vcic York Ilfrald.
The circular referred to was printed in full In
a conspicuous place In Tiik SUN ono week ago.
Under tho present law, however, when the
United States pars any of Its notes, the Secretary of
the Treasury la obliged to put them Into circulation
again forthwith. Sound JfoMy.
How does It happen, then, that of the
$11,000,000 of United States notes redeemed
since April 'Jl not a dollar has yet been put
again Into circulation J How Is tho Secretary
"obliged" to do anything with them except
keep them until they aro wanted! Tb.orels.ln
deod. nn act of Congress which says that they
" shall " be reissued, but it tlocs not say when,
by whom, or bow this shall lie done, nor can
anybody be punished for not reissuing them.
For the sake of tho cause of antl-Repudl-atlon,
we advise tho National Sound-Money
League to change Its name to that of Ore enbaek
Abolition or Bank-Currency League, ublch
seems to be Its actual purpose; and then, befora
Issuing Its paper, Sound Money, to think a little
more. Tho leading artlolo of tho third number
of that publication Informs Its readers that
"the Greenbacks and Treasury notes are
not Intrinsically sound money becauoo their
redemption depends upon tho Government
having in Its Treasury a sufficient amount
of gold to mcot such notes as are prosentcd for
redemption." On tho other hand, " the S233,
000,000 of bank notes ore sound money because
the Government money In which they uro re
deemable is Itself redeemable In gold," The
ropu holding up tbo car Is weak, but tho occu
pants of the car aro safe, because tho car's at
tachment to tbo ropo Is unexceptionable. In
spite of the shallowness of Its reasoning, our
contemporary, .Soum! Monty, may still do a
great deal of harm to tbo cause which It assumes
to champion.
Let authority bo given Immediately for a
monetary commission t determine what the United
mates wants to do on the money question, and then
lei us go after 11 and get It as promptly as possible,
John Wanamaktr,
No monetary commission can determine
what the United States wants to do on the
money question. At tho last Presidential elec
tion nearly one-half of tho voters voted for Uie
free coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1, and
a little more than half of them voted against it.
Thoso who votod for it demand an opportunity
to vote for it again, and in the meanwhile the
Administration, representing thoso who voted
against It, Is trying to negotlato with the great
commercial nations of Kuropo an agreement for
the free coinage of both gold and stiver at a
ratio yet to be fixed. On this point, too, the voters
of the nation will havo to be consulted, and a
commission cannot anticipate their doolilos,
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rom the naclnttrr iHmoernt and CAronWe.
From tho ltov. Newton M. Mann of Omaha
we havo rccolvcd a pamphlet containing nn
article by him, reprinted from Popular Astron
omy, on tho orbit of Slrlns. Tho nrtlclo give
tho results of Mr. Slnnn's latest calculations
and conclusions concerning tho path of Iho irreat
companion of 8lrlus discovered by Alvan Clark
in 1802.
Observations of nnglo nnd distance from 1P02
to October. 1800, Inclusive, are employed In tho
calculations. From 181)0 to 18P0 there wero no
observations, as the companion was apparently
o noar Its principal as to bo lost In tbo Intonso
light That is, tho orbit Is so Inclined that tho
companion In Its Jonrncy came nearly In liny
with tho planet and observers on the onrth ana
was therefore Invisible Six years wero required
for passage over nn angular distance sufficient
to get clear of the blazo of Slrius and becomu
visible to observers. ...
It Is apparent from the delineation by Mr.
Mann of an approximate orbit with tho positions
of the companion at the date of each observation,
nnd from tho text, that the work of calculation
was dlfllettlt. Kor no orbit could bo constructed
that ould touch tho companion except on cloven
dates out of forty-one. Tho angles and distances
given on thootherdatosof observation placed the
companion outside or tnstdo thedcllncntcd orbit.
It must be understood thnt this orbit, an ellipse,
was drawn after numerous trials to touch tho
companion at tho greatest posslblo number of
times. Tho work was done on a scale which
would render the thickness of a lino of great ac
count. Furthermore, It was the purposo to
draw tho orMtsoasto bring the companion at'
near as posslblo to the outside or Insldo of the
lino nt every observation. After many trials
Mr. Mann was forced to concludo that the wldo
divergence often noted could not be explained
by errors of observation, and that the com
panion suffered perturbation from the pull of a
second body revolving about Strlus and a giant
satellite yet unseen, lie concludes that the com
panion has a period of fiO.l'Jo years, and that It
passed Its principal or Slrius In 1804-03, and that
the distance of the stnr from tho centre Is 4 sec
onds nnd 20 hundredths.
Of a disturbing body or satellite Mr. Mann
writes: "A third memberof the system seems to
be Indicated, having a period of somo twenty
years, motion retrograde, the plane of whoso
orbit cuts that of tho one wo are considering at
obout thirty degress, whom tho disturber ap
pears to havo passed in 1880, at a distance from
Slrius of four or llveneconds. The disturbances
noted may also bo complicated by a massive
satellite of tho companion moving In an orbit
commcnsuratowlth this grandiose system. '
Tho ovldencc of perturbation Is sufficient to
warrant thee conclusions. It Is possible that
tho third member of the system may yet bo
sighted or so carefully traced by the matheraat I
clans as to bo precisely located. Mr. Mann's
work Is of great intorcst.
TIIE CHEEK EZ.EP1IAXT8.
Queer Feature or nn American Ctataa Aa-alst
Slam.
From tht Ran FrancUco CAronleJa.
WAsniNOTOX. May 29. A crisis seems to bs
at hand In the affairs of the Chcok estate. With
in a few weeks thcro must bo decided whether
nld will be given to the heirs of the deceased
Teak King, or the last hope of something being
gained In the suit against the Siamese Govern
ment abandoned.
Uut there Is one difficulty which confronts the
men who have thus far taken charge of the case
for the heirs of Dr. Marion A. Cheek. When the
Siamese Government. In behalf of its claim that
it should compel payment of tho Interest on Its
loan to Dr. Check, seized all of his property and
cotillscHtcd the main tortlon of iho assets, the
logs in the streams, it allowed to bo dissipated
this portion of tho estate. Lying In the streams
nwalting transportation to market were logs
to the value of bOO.tXK) ticnls, or nearly $500.
000, but thero was no cire taken to preserve
these assets of the American, sn when it came
to a settlement there was not enough to pay the
claims of the Government. As a result, the
Government at onic laid claim to the herd of
seventy-six elephants of Dr. Cheek.
Soon after this came the death of Dr. Cheek.
The ndminlstratorof the estate found himself In
a moM peculiar position B regards the principal
assets tn the hands of the representatne of the
dead lumberman, those seventy-six elephants.
An elephant Is not the least expensive of lux
uries when he Is purely one. The counter claim
of the Siamese Government, set up to prevent
the sale of tho elephants, operated at the same
tune to prevent the leasing or pawning of the
beasts. And thero they wcro being fed and
tended and literally "eating their heads off."
Now- It Is found that there Is not available
enough money to send counsel to prepare the
casu for final submission.
Unless the State Department will asrree to
have Minister Barrett hire an attorney, taking a
lien on any Judgment obtained for the expense,
there seems to be n hard road before tho estate
in its efforts to collect damages for what Is con
sidered a most outrageous confiscation of the
estate of an American citizen.
Past Speaker1 la CsasTio .
yrovxlh Washinoton fMf.
Fred S. Irluid, one of tho expert stenogra
phers of the House, talked interestingly yester
day regarding the speed with which Congress
men talk.
" It has been said in the newspapers," re
marked Mr. Irland, "that Representative
1Cis of Washington talks at the rate of 300
words a minute. He does not. No man could
speak in the House nt that speed and be re
ported. I doubt whether ho could bo under
stood. I mean, of course, such words as occur in
debates. Of totirse In Inking routine testimony,
where frequently recurring phrases, such as
what is your name V and 'where do you live?'
aro expressed by brief arbitrary signs, a stenog
rapher can w rite a fast as a man can think. It
is a very different matter when a Congressman
talks. Ho uses words with many Billables."
" What Is the fastest record In tbo House I"
"HepresentntlNo Johnson of Indiana once
talked for an hour and a half, when discussing
n contested election cose, at an average rale- of
220 words a minute. That Is rapid work. If a
man talks 2.M1 words n minute ho Is very BwlfL
I have noticed one thing," added Mr. Irland.
"The fast talkers slow up after being In the
House a little while. Tho vastness of the air
space they have to Oil with their voices gradu
ally makes Its impression upon them, and they
rind, too. that they get mora attention when
they do not talk bo fast."
CTaalaed Ills Prlseaer ta a lYaaaa.
from (A PMtadtljthta Btcord.
BmuNOTtiN. June 0. A man giving his nams
as Charles Hoffman secured employment on tho
form of S.uuuel Sawyer of Delalr. When Saw
yer left the placo his now employee ransacked
the house In search of plunder, but all he got
was a pnlr of trousers and a silver watch. Con
stable Aaron N. Ill shop started In pursuit, and
Hoffman was overtaken. Delalr has no jail, but
this caused the constable no worry, lie took the
Erlsonrr to the wagon shed, and, putting a
envy log chain about his ankle, secured It with
a p.idloik. Tho othor end ho fastened to a
wagon In a similar manner. Then, with a re
mark that thu culprit was as safo there as he
would bo In heaven, tho constable withdrew and
left Hoffman to lie down or tug at the chain.
This morning Hoffman was brought to this city
and locked in the jail.
Business with the GoTernmeat la Baslaeas.
Prom (AS Morning OrtQonian.
Postmaster Protzman has received Instruc
tions from tho department that hereafter tho
deposit lobe madeou kejs to Post Office boxes
Is io be 20 cents Instead of 2ft cents, as hereto
fore. All holders of such box keys aro required
to band In their certificates between Juno 1 and
SO, and havu flvecents refunded to them. Thoso
who cannot tlnil their certificates must make
oath beforo the 1 'oat muster that they made a de
posit of 23 cents In order to get tho refund. Tho
m o cents due to parties who do not return their
ccrtltlcatca and get new ones or who fall to
mak the necessary affidavit will bo forfeited to
tho Government.
Kvldeacrs T Progress.
iVoiii tht Saiannah Prf4i,
Two Washington county boys were dodging
bullets at Sharpshurg, The bulls commenced tn
shave off tho bark of tho pine tree which they
wero using for shatter. Finally nu entlladlng
tiro began to chip on the other slilo of tho tree.
Ono of tho besieged Georgians remarked:
" Hill, don't you remember that Gen. Toombs
said in his speech at Uandcrsville that Yankees
couldn't shoot I"
" Yes, Tom," said tba other, " he certainly said
so."
" Well, Hill, they are learning damned fast,
aren't they I"
She Mas 171 Descendants.
Von th I'hihidtlphia Ittcvrd.
Du Pots, Pa., June 4. Seven hundred people at
tended the one hundredth birthday anniversary or
Mrs. Deck of Durntlde township, Clearfield county, on
Wednrsdsy, Bbe wu the mother of six children, and
liu thlrty-threo grsndcblldrrn, 180 Krrst-aTandcbll-dren,
and two great great (randihlldren llrlnf ,
Felt the earthquake lu Deep Sllues
Iron tht St. Louis 7'oo-f niocraf.
Bcttz, Hon , June 5. A violent earthquake shock,
which rocked till buildings, was felt here at Ss'.'Q
o'clock this morning. Minors' reports show that the
shock was felt distinctly 1,000 or 1,500 feet down In
the earth.
Maine Angleworms Strang Pull,
From th Lewitton Zvtning Journal,
AncUworma are palling up the young onions, Ii th
latest report.
"oniaiirAt package aqescikm, I
Beer front Otilaldn the State train taring Ssls
In South i'arnllnn.
OitKKNVil.U', H.C., Juno 7.- JiulcB Slmotiion't I -original
packago decision, declaring that th '
prohibition In tho Dispensary law ngMnt tit m
Importation of liquors in original puikicr Rnj Wl
their Bale by iigcnts Is contrary to tho 1:um 0 Qj'
Iiitorstnto ooruiiiorcc, hns tipit Gov. Kllcrbs jl
nnd tho Tlllmunllo pnrt. When thudn imoo
was tiled, on tho last tin of da.Gor. KUerht I
appeared dazed, nnd It whs scr!it two hourt
before he could ilcciJo not to call the Genera I
Assembly togothcr and to retain tho ft.rre ol I
whiskey spies or constables. Had thecotntabln I
been withdrawn. It would hao lucn ritiiralrn M
to abandoning efforts to enforco the IHspentarj Wr
law, for tho suppression of tho "tillnil liners K
depends almost entirely upon them. J
Gov. KUcrbo has nt last ntuioumccitli.it tht
dlspcnsnry will run nlong as before nt.u take Its I
chances In competition with tho "original pack. I
ago" agencies which arc nlrcndy Mug isub. I
llshcdln tho towns. Tho constables will doubt- I
less be able to hold the tigers in check not less I
than beforo tho decision, and the lipctiary ll
bo affected chiefly In loss of tr.ulc. 1h. Ion l
will not be great relatively, Inasmuch n well. f
to-do people havo novor purchased liquors frora Jf
the dispensary, but havo persistrnllr iiiiimrted it
It from beyond tho State, lu fait, this u u;on B
will In some measure strengthen the iliiinr try,
for, so long ns a cltlren can purchase from 'ilmnj
he chooses, and docs not feel that In- Tinte I
rights aro Invaded, there will bo a lo-icnm,: of I
that intense opposition by Influential rius.( I
which has been manifested by some tacit en- -,.
couragement of blind tigers. amn
Liquor men expect to map a harvest In the. W
salo of original packages. In this town an ex Wf
saloon keeper has already secured the agency of I j
ono of the great brewing companies, nnd is do
Ing a fine business In delivering beer in crates.
Tho dispensary law has probably been felt mora
keenly by beer consumers than bj-Hiiy othrr
class of drinkers. Tho prices of beer In tht
dispensaries wcro high, and there were no con
veniences for drinking it. Consequently It i in
the plenteous prosoncoof becrtliat the people
first rejoice in the realization of the effects of
Judge himonton's decision.
There Is general doubt In the State as tn whst
Is meant by "original package." ThcGocrnor
holds tnat under the definition whlike , for ex
ample, brought into South Carolina bottlid, bnt
in a box or case, cannot be sold by the agent by
the bottle. Others hold a contrary opinion, and
until thcro is some settlement of this point tht
original packago agents will be, cautiouv How.
ever. In this town of 12,030 people, bIx person! m
In addition to the beer agent will open original
packago agencies within the next few il) .
In tho absence of a rcvorsal of the Minontoa
decision by tho Supremo Court of the I'nlted
States or legislation by Congress affecting It,
tho dispensary system will probably b aban
doned when tho General Assembly meets in Jan
uary. ThoTlllmanites generally ndmit asniui-h.
Thore will ba an effort In tho General Asembly
to enact a rigorous prohibition measure to sup
plant It. and the likelihood Is that the effort
wlltnMP.ll Tt u-nuld .w.f.lnlv mmpnll If )K.
General Assembly should meet now, before tht
anger of the TUlmanltea over tbo decision has
disappeared. The Prohibitionists will be mi
with a proposition for high licensed retail whis
key stores or shops to bo governed by the sama vl
regulations as now apply to the dispensaries. Yj
In otber words, tho endeavor will bo to continut
the dispensary with the State monopoly feature
removed.
Under tho Constitution of 1893 liquors can
only be Bold between sunrise and sunset In this
State, In quantities not less than a half pint, and
they cannot be drunk on the premises of tht
seller. Therefore, there cannot be a return to
licensed bars without a constitutional amend
ment, which is Improbable. At present the
Prohibitionists appear to be masters of th Ty
situation, but It la predicted that should Senator W,
Tillman decide that the continuation of the dla- I
pensaryis Impossible, he will ally himself with
the high license proposition, in which event
its popularity will instantly expand.
XO PARK ESIIIAXCE AT S9TII ST.
Tna CamnUsatanera RTuae the Beneat ror Oaa
Aaoarinm la Be Open aa Holidays.
The petition of a number of citizens presented
several weeks ago to the Park Department for a
carriage entrance to Central Park at SeTenth H
avenue and Fifty-ninth street was finally denied
at yesterday's meeting of tho board. Superln- I
tendent Parson reported unfavorably on the
project on the ground that the entrance would H
spoil tho landscape effect In that vicinity, and 1
the report was unanimously adopted. The pa- I
tltlon of Cornelius O'Reilly and others for a re
modelling of the circle at 110th street and Fifth
avenue was referred to the Superintendent.
The Gas Commission was requested to place
three electric lights at the beginning and three
electric lights at the end of Commissioner Mo
llillan's bicycle path on Riverside Drive, and
Director Smith was ordered to sell at public ao
tion ou June 29 such of the Central Park sheep
as he chose.
Anderson Price, a lawyer of 80 Broadway,
sent a communication recommending that tna
stone front of tho old Tombs prison be erected
at the entrance to the Park at Seventy-second
street and Fifth avenue. All tho Commissioners
smiled when the letter was read. It was re
ferred to tho Fine Arts Committee.
On n motion of Commissioner Cruper It wsa
unanimously decided that on all legal holidays
hereafter tho Aquarium will be kept open to the
Subtle tho same number of hours aa on other
ays.
The Board of Estimate was requested to issue l
fS5,000 worth of bonds for the improvement of &?
t, John's Park, and S75.O00 for the Improve-
ment of Rlvcrsldo Park, for which $400,000 his
been appropriated by tho Legislature. It was
reported that the Overlook building in Mulberry
Bend Park was finished, and tho Commissioner
decided to open the park formnjlv on June 13.
There was only one bid for the (minting of th
Macomb's Dam bridge, that of Peter McCor
mlckforfO.800.and it was rejected. The bids
for painting the Madison avenue bridge ran all
tho way from S7.9O0 to 91.130. nnd the dis
crepancy was so great that no award was made.
The bids were referred to Commissioner 5Io
Mlllan for investigation.
jojix ir. poster's arrssxox.
Ue Goes to Kurop to .eerottate a Treaty with
Ituasta far tbo Prelection or the Seals.
WASiirxOTOX, Juno 7 The Hon. John W.
Foster's mission to Europe Is for the pun-1-'' of
securing concert of action with Russli for t lie .
protection of seals in tho North Pacta- them
and llohring Sea. In addition ton ir. i 'ih
Russia, tho Administration hopes to tuvxtisie
one with Japan, through the Minister v. aa
ington; and armed with these, it i' txi.eied
that Great Britain will be more eo n .lic
enced tongron toa modification of then-?.! 71
tinns established pursuant to the ritMinr" of
the Paris Tribunal of Arbitration, Dcipitc l'''i
Salisbury's reported refusal to consider n proi-o-sltlon
to reopen the subject previous to the ex
piration of tho pcriixl for which they wire
promulgated, correspondent e looking to a e
vision of tho regulations lainiimgrrx Ntwea
tho two Governments, and In further. inn ' t
Mr. Foster expect to meet Sir Julian l'ai n e
fate. British Ambassador, nt Urniion dunm: ''
latter's visit tn England this summer. Ihs
principal modlrtcntlon desired is the total re
striction of pelagic scaling for ii llxed term, it
having been shown thnt the sivty-mile rone
about the Pribylov Islands Is inelf ectuul to pre
term the seals, Tho most of the killing has al
ways been done outside that territory.
Foreign Heirs of Ileal Interest.
Novelette writing and the consequent nested of
her serrlce did not prevent a Stioredttch servant
girl, who declared that she irouM outTle Maria Cor
sill, from recorarlng a month's wscrs frora aa
employer who summarily dlsmlne d hsr on accoont
of bar literary pursuits. L
A cat buoy Is not a ship, according to the decliea
rf the House of L"rds. 8alrae was claimed on oae
that broke loose on the number threo ysars ate,
since which time the County Court, the Admiralty
Court, the Court of Apps&l, and now the House of
Lorda bate had to consider the question.
An extraordinarily severe eebtence was Impoied
recently on a lawyer convicted or forgery. rca
snlracy, and perjury at Mreipool by Mr. Juitlo
Wills. The man, who Is 30 years of age, was sen
tsneed to penal servitude for life. Ills frauds were
paril-ularlr heartless ones on poor people. '
A moving scslrraae for passengers, tn the shsre
of an endless leather belt transferring them front
ene story to another, It now In use la soins of lbs
great department stores of Paris. It Is called a
transporting carpet. Endless bells of canvai hare
been used for some time to convey parkscs from
plsce to place within ths stores,
Marasltlss's Mayor has created a sentallon la
France by Jilllilng the txll card In a rallrosd train.
nis speedy appearance at a certain village being
worth morctban the fine tu htm, he got on an e
press train, stopped It, paid his three dollars, ani
went about his bnslnris. The railroad suthorltlM
re putsllng over the means, of tieventlug hli n
ample from being Imitated. AL
Jaryra Jeryernkowna.in eljthtrra rear old propli M
etes of Dukonioa, has come locrlcf, she On tar I
that she died and wa burled four enri ago, inn I
aha wsut to heaven, and "as seut baca by Ood o
redeem mankind. Crowds or peasants followed hr I
from town to tonu In spite of me rsiuonttraures
of the prlssts, till the police arrested the prsphss.
, ass, at tht had a cruntaal rsoord for petty lsrcear,
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