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IM Ml 'i, fasy Invtt n all COM4 Mild lomi for thatpurpott.
m av i.
J ji'l Sljrim of Improvement,
!jj( Tho indications of Improving business
r ' conditions begin to bo recognized by tho
jll1 'i mast conservative observers as unmlstak.
JjBl If ; able, and they aro appearing in all parts of
TM I J ,, tho country simultaneously.
iBlU'Jr i The moro hopeful outlook Is practically
jBlK ! dctnonatratcd In tho more confident tone of
Syr &' 'Wall street speculation. Tho Influences
1 Ih r- fa producing bear or bull markets there may
I U It f? seem to be capricious and ephemeral at tho
i Ml I' moment, but In the long run they are In-
D !' dlcatlvo of business conditions actually
! IK.ll I i" prevailing. Tho stock market docs not rise
i LI I t steadily from a low level or descend stead-
' Ijl I' i- ily from a high to a low lovol, unless thcro
IIM ; is lb such conditions a sufllclent reason for
ill L t0 changes.
1 ijllp Simply from a study of tho variations of
I jljjll 1 prices at tho Stock Exchange tho general ten-
iln dency of trade and Industry, whether toward
: Kill t prosperity or downward to adversity, can bo
lUll'l '. pretty accurately measured for considerable
I 111 ,' periods ot tlmo in tho past. Prices aro
, it III J. determined by something more than tho
, Hi I l hotvllngnnd thobustllngon thefloorof tho
' III '"' Stock Board. Tho brokers are only puppets
H.I movedaboutby forces operating overawldo
I Hi t flold, and reaching every department of
I fl h business and industry.
Jflfluf A Governor Flower and othor cool and
;Jjlj competent observers who havo travcllod
HI 1 1 J recently over the Union havo discovered
MM J ? evidences satisfying them that improve-
Jffl t raent has begun everywhere, slowly but
91 ; i actually. Tho increasing confldenco in a
1 , 4 speedy settlement of the tariff question,
II ,', not merely for this Congress, but also
'ml I probably for a long timo to come. Is giving
91 J a spur to business, which needs tho basis
11 of such a settlement on which to build sub
91 stantially.
II s Moreover, wo have now an Admlnlstra-
m ' tion which depends for Its justification on
1 A substantial prosperity for the country. For
WW ! a four years up to tho 4th of last March the
II J ?' whole spirit and tono ot the "White Uouso
jDi 'K was bearish. Everything was wrong with
I 1 I the republic, according to the Cleveland
H I Administration, because the people rcsontcd
fl !'- f- Its depressing Influence. It was a dead
I .' ',- weight upon tho country. That weight
MM I having been removed, there begins to be an
In j ; elastic upsprlnglng of every Industry which
lH'l - promises to become a bound in due time.
IIM f
39 it ' Slovenly LiCglslntlon.
SiEIrr f
THiii '" Toward tho close of tho session of the
:JJ)i) L i Legislature it was announced from Albany
'SfeS'r i" t5iat an 'mPortant reform bill had been
iHH. I passed regulating the appointment of rcf-
VRttr erees and receivers in Xew York and Brook-
SjffiScT lTn- TnIs btllt It was said, would effect a
'llfl i great improvement in methods of legal pro-
' ijJSj ' ceduro in these two cities, by prohibiting
jJI'r ' t'lc courts from appointing any clerk or
( jMI' - deputy clerk to bo a receiver or referee,
' m'' ' except where all the parties interested In
I J H , lhe litigation had consented to such ap-
11111 polntment. The meosuro became chapter
!(E!k $ 484 of tho laws of 1807. It proves to be
' Hill i , worthy of some attention.
ai' I "instead of being reform legislation, It is
tjIJIj a step backward. Instead of putting up the
' Hill 1 bars, it lets them down. It is in the form of
1 (Sii aa amcn(lmcnt to section 00 of the Code of
Jjj $ Civil Procedure. That section as it stood at
Bill I I ke e8'DnIng of tho present year read thus:
Mjllil "SicriotSO. Nojxnon holding the offlce or clerk.
'Jill , . deputy cleric, ipecla) deputy clerk, or aulttant la
'Nptjj J 't8e Clerk'e offlce, of a Court of Record or a Burro-
lIlElif ' ' Vte' Court, nor ujr person holding a ularted omce
iltilll fader the city or county goTtrament. or who recelTos
' J r 1 1 i money by virtue of an offlce which le a county charge,
i!j' within either the countlee of JStw Tork or Kings,
li'UI ! ahall hereafter bo appointed by any court or Jndgt, a
UtUk ( rferee. recelrer, or commlxtoner, except by tho
JkH, written content of all the partleato the action or
HnfH' ' , (pecltl proceeding other than partlea In default for
HC1 1'1 ' ,'tiVazm to appear or to plead."
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1H f ' i ,Here Is the section, In Its amended form,
' as now in force:
H8' ' ;'Sic. BO. Clerk In New York, or Kings, not to be
lHj). j- ryree, Ac No person holding the offlce of clerk,
Jnjll j .depnly clerk, special deputy cltrk, or assistant In
Wwj 1 'lf Clerk'a omce. of a court of record within the
MJUIII ? isotintyof New York, shall hereafter be appolntediby
Bkjr ' ' any court or Judge, a referee, receiver or oominl
Hlu ; sloner, except by tho written consrntof allthepar
Hlff lee to tbe action or special proceeding other than the
-fc Ififl,' partita In default for failure to appear to plead."
u.' I " Observe the changes. Although tho run
;J' Mm ' nlng title of the section refers to Kings
JT Bl I tirfunty as well aa New York, there Is not a
Hi " word about Kings county In tho prohibi
ts HI ; ,tlsm as it stands to-day. Kings county has
sbKI " Practically been stricken out of the section,
1 HI!' 'W)d the Code leaves the courts there at Ilb
? jH 11 ffy to make appointments which the
J; , i courts hero are forbidden to make. What
rJ' fl justification Is therefor thin distinction?
'& H il " '" ,nc3CPe4lent to permit court clerks
& H , 'io-actas referees In this county, why is It
V Ij I ,n'ot equally objectionable on tho other Bide
i, , m I ; ' if1 the rlverf Or, If it is all right there,
If I ' why Is It mado unlawful hero?
It Furthermore, why was the sub-heading
I of the section left In such a shape as to
1 "" '''cdnvey the Idea that Kings county still re
,, H J nntlns subject to the prohibition?
B I "It should also be observed that the amend-
VJR ., ment strikes out of tho section all that por-
-nty MM ;' .tlon which forbado tho appointment as
;" M referee or receiver of any person holding a
'-A Sfl salaried offlce uudcr tho city or county
tM't wM "government.
''la H So liollljt there are persons who could
fMjM i apswer these questions, but we do not sup-
HH pose they will.
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' v ff Franco nnd Her Fleet.
$ R , Tho prodigious outlnys of England on her
Wit U' navy ore responded to without hesitation
I B' France llI1(1 ItU!"lft. although they havo
M D1 a'80 Taat '"'u' 'orccs to maintain.
k- H '10 'ncht proposal of M. I.ooKnor, cost-
, ,r. B lythoiiKh It Is, has secured tho approval of
tA. Hi "le 'ttva' Committee. It calls for tho
I'fjHLffl enormous num of about 512,000,000, of
jln which $4,000,000 will go to repairs for
- ' warships, ij!81000l000 to harbors of refuge,
jiA M( and .-110,000,000 to now warships.
if I ,' In this last item tbcru Is ono very slgnlfl-
I' j' ' cant feature, namely, tlint it Ii for rrulscrs
rV j it AJidnothlngof Itfgrbattjeships. Thatlsiu-
f ydced a xow departure. While battleships
. ". 1 I tniay servo either for defence or aggression,
' u'crulscrs, when supplied iu such numbers,
' 'suggest nso against the commerce of an
I J L'enemy. It Is hartlly a matter of doubt that
i I r-the vulnorablo mercantile marine ot Eng-
flandbegreatestlnthoworldsalincdatby
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this now measure, although It would apply,
also, of course, to Germany or any othor
commercial enemy of Erancc.
M. Lockiioy, In fact, has long been tho
most conspicuous advocate of building
cruisers instead of battleships. Before
ho had boon raised to ofllco ho mado
a sensation by denouncing sundry mod
ern French nrmor-clads. Ills bitter at
tack, at that tlmo, took also tho broader
ground of urging tho construction of
Bwlft cruisers instead of heavy battle
ships. It was Boinotlmcs said that ho
spoke In tho Interest of a famous Arm ot
shipbuilders that mado a specialty of
cruisers. Bo that as It may, during his not
very long term as Minister ot Marino ho
maintained his views, and tho current re
port Is a striking enforcement nf them.
Whether Franco will consent to lay out
no vast a Bum on cruisers remains to bo
seen; but if sho docs, wo need not bo sur
prised to find an echo of tho result In Eng
land's next naval programme.
Tho Hawaiian Annexation Treaty.
Tho treaty negotiated by President Me
Kinixy, whereby tho Hawaiian Islands be
como a Territory of tho United States, Is In
Bomo particulars an Improvement upon that
submitted byJPresIdent IlAnmsoN to tho
Senate. Tho Chief Magistrate deserves
tho more credit for tho skill and caution
with which this document is drawn
for the reason that ho Is understood to havo
received no assistance, but rather obstruc
tion, from tho nominal Secretary ot State.
Secretary Sherman's views of foreign pol
icy seem to vary from day to day, and tho
latest utterance regarding Hawaii imputed
to him agrees with his acknowledged dec
laration concerning Cuba, " that ho would
not take it for a gift."
It was high time, In view of a Japancso
warship In Hawaiian waters, and of a some
what peremptory demand mado by Japan
upon tho feeble Honolulu Government, that
tho status of Japancso laborers In Hawaii
and the conditions on which they shall
hereafter havo access to tho islands should
bo definitely fixed by treaty. In 1884 thcro
were just 110 Japancso in Hawaii; six
years later thcro were 12,300. They
havo since gono on increasing at
a rata which has threatened toon
to mako them tho dominant clement
in the population. During tho last four
years, In which, owing to Mr. Cleveland's
unwiso and lll-tompcred withdrawal of tho
Harrison annexation treaty, wo have been
obliged to leave tbo Hawaltans to their
fate, a process of absorption by immigra
tion has been quietly promoted by tho
Mikado's empire. That Is a scheme which
might work well enough in tho Philippines,
but which was certain to miscarry in an In
sular group mainly indebted to our
missionary efforts for Its civilization,
and closely bound to us by commercial
and industrial interests, and over which
for some sixty years we havo asserted a
moral suzerainty.
By tho third article of tho treaty,
signed on Juno 10, due notice is served
upon Japan that the existing treaties
of the Hawaiian Islands with foreign
nations will forthwith cease and deter
mine, being replaced by such treaties as
may exist or may be hereafter concluded
between tho United States and such foreign
nations. It follows from this notice that
the municipal legislation of the Hawaiian
Islands, enacted merely for the fulfilment
of their emigration treaty with Japan, will
also be extinguished by the fact of annexa
tion. The legal rights of Japanese laborers
In tho new Territory of Hawaii can bo set
tled at some future date by tho Govern
ments of Washington and Toklo.
What Is true of tho Japanese in true also
of the Portuguese. One effect of the reci
procity treaty concluded between tho
United States and Hawaii in 1875 was to
create a pressing demand for labor to carry
out the many new agricultural and indus
trial enterprises projected. Through tho
agency of Br. Hillebrand, who was re
siding In the Island of Madeira In 1877,
arrangements were mado for the emigra
tion of Portuguese from the Azores and
Madeira. A pioneer company of 180 Portu
guese arrived In September, 1878, from
Funchal, and since then over 10,000 more
have been added to the population of the
island. Their status, also, in the new Ter
ritory will bo regulated by treaty between
the United States and Portugal. With re
gard to the Chinese, of whom in 1800 there
wero 15,301 in Hawaii, Articlo V. of the
treaty very properly provides that there shall
bo no further Immigration of Chtncso In
to the Islands except upon such conditions
as ore now, or may hereafter be, allowed by
tho laws of tho United States. Moreover,
and this is a precaution of great Impor
tance In tho eyes of our citizens on the Pa
cific slope, " no Chinese by reason of any
thing herein contained shall be allowed to
enter the United States from the Hawaiian
Islands."
So much for the satisfactory purport of
tho treaty itself. Now for Its International
aspects. Wo may say at onco that the
notion that any European or Asiatic power
will protest against our annexation of the
islands may be dismissed as preposterous.
It is true that the London Globe, a news
paper which distinguished Itself by de
scribing the SchomburgU lino as the sacro
sanct boundary of British Guiana on tho
west, asserts that tho United States havo
no right to conclude an annexation treaty
without obtaining tho assent of England
and France. Tbo editor should try to re
plenish his knowledge with tbo aid of a
minor clerk in tho Foreign Ofilce. We will,
however, save him the trouble.
In 1843 tho two Governments, Franco
aud England, united In a joint declara
tion to the effect that " her Majesty, tho
Queen ot tho United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and his Majesty, tho
King of tho French, taking Into considera
tion tho existence In tho Sandwich Islands
of a Government capablo of providing for
tho regularity of Its relations with foreign
nations, havo thought It right to engage
reciprocally to consider the Sandwich Isl
ands us an Independent State, and never
to take possebslon, cither directly or under
tho tltlu of a protectorate or uudcr any
other form, of any part of the territory
ot which they are compoHcd." There is
no doubt that by this engagement both
France and Great Britain wero precluded
from acquiring Hawaii either by annexa
tion or under tho guise of a protectorate.
Tho United States, however, are bound by
no such engagement. Urged at the t line to
concur la tho declaration made by England
nnd Franco, John C. Cai.uoun, then
Secretary of State, ro piled on July
0, 1S14, that tho President regarded
tho statement made by Daniel Weu
kteii on Dec. 10, 181'J, us a sufllclent
announcement of tho attitude ot the Wash
ington Government and as a full recogni
tion on tho part of the United States of tho
ludcpcndenca of Hawaii. Tho statement
referred to occurs In an official letter ad
dressed by Daniel Websteh, then Secre-
f
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,ll.'.'il3J.i!?J ', ' '.1..-'"- 'L"-L-LJ.1JL '.:?',
tnry of State, to tho Hawaiian Commission
ers, Messrs, BiciiAitDS and Hualil'io. It
will bo observed that, whllo repudiating
tho idea ot conquest or of absorption
through colonization, ho says not a word
about rejecting a voluntary request of tho
Islanders for annoxatlon. Tho letter In ques
tion, after recognizing tho Independence of
tho Hawaiian kingdom, declares "as tho
senso of tho Government of tho Unttcd
States, that tho Government of tho Sand
wich Islands ought to bo respected ; that no
power ought to tako possession of tho
Islands either as a conquest or for tho pur
poso of colonization ; and that no power
ought to seek for any undue control over
tho existing Government or any cxcluslvo
privileges or preferences in matters of
commerce." To much tho samo effect
spoko President Tyler a few days later
in his message, to Congress, dated Dec.
HO, 184S. Whllo declaring that for
the tlmo being tho Government of tho
United States soucht no exclusive control
over Hawaii, ho averred that Its relatively
" near approach to this continent and tho
Intercourse which American vessels havo
with It, such vessels constituting five
sixths ot all that annually visit It, could
not but create, dissatisfaction on tho part
of tho United States at any attempt by
another power, should such attempt bo
threatened or feared, to tako possession ot
tho Islands, colonize, them, and subvert tho
native Government."
Tho Globe's additional assertion that " the
American navy Is absolutely unfit to pro
tct tho Islands from Spanish warships"
will bo received with n guffaw. As to
Japan's sea power, it is truo that thls'ls for
tho moment superior to that of the United
States In tho Pacific, but ours could bo
rapidly and Immeasurably Increased it wo
had any reason to apprehend a quarrel with
tho Mikado's empire. Of such a quarrel,
however, thcro Is scarcely a possibility.
Its Real Purpose.
It becomes moro and more evident every
day that tbo real purposo of tho Citizens'
Union Intriguing Is not tho defeat of Tam
many Hall, but to beat and destroy tho Re
publican party as organized In New York.
That self-appointed committee Is ani
mated by tho bitterest malignity toward
tho Republican organization, whoso over
throw is Its first and most determined aim.
Tho movement is not primarily to elect Mr.
Low, but to subjugato that organization,
even If tho surrender of New York to Bry
anlsm Is tho consequence.
Hence this so-called Citizens' Union Is
opposed to all tho conscrvatlvo interests ot
New York, nnd if Mr. Low consents to bo
the agent through whom It vents Its malig
nity, every citizen who wants to keep Now
York from tho domination of tho Bryan
Ized Tammany Hall must refuse to tol
erate his candidacy.
As it Is now, the Republican party Is the
only political party standing between
American society and the enemies of civili
zation, and its organization must bo pre
served in the interests of gcnulno Demo
crats no less than those of Republicans
themselves.
A Useless Bargain.
It will make no difference with tho course
and character of tho municipal campaign in
New York, whatever may have been the
bargain made by Tammany Hall with Mr.
Bryan; but It will make very much dif
ference with the opinion of Mr. Bryan's
character which has been held by his sup
porters In all parts of tho Union if ho has
allowed himself to bo used by Tammany in
a game to play fast ond loose with the cause
for which he stands.
If Its leaders had notified Mr. Bryan
during his brief visit to New York that
their purpose was to disclaim the revolu
tionary doctrines proclaimed nt Chicago
and to appeal for justification to tho old
time and honest Democracy of New York
which spurned them lost year, the political
situation here would havo been simplified
and the restoration of Tammany Hall to
Democratic confidence would havo been
assured. But nothing Of the sort was sug
gested or intended. The assurances of Tam
many Hall to Mr. Bryan wero that It
would continue to stand by tho Chicago
platform nnd by him, but it risked that ho
should assist it in an effort to pull tho
wool over tho eyes of tho people by pre
tending to put aside that body of revolution
ary doctrine, with a view to getting votes
on "local Issues," fabricated as a means
of deceiving gold Democrats into helping
to strengthen tho Bryan machine In New
York for the campaigns of 1808 and 1000.
So far as Mr. Bryan yielded to such
solicitations, he has injured himself In tho
cstlmotlon of his followers here and every
where else in theUnion. Tho supporters of
tho Chicago platform last year aro now de
manding and securing the unreserved re
affirmation of Its doctrines by all Demo
cratic State Conventions. They aro refus
ing to mako any concessions or com
promises, on tho ground that any yielding
whatever would bring ruin and downfall
for them as party leaders. Without tbo
Issuo of Bryanlsm, straight-out and clean
cut, their power and lnflucnco In tho party
Is gone Irreparably.
How, then, can they make In New York
an exception to their uniform policy olse
whore? It would bo tho beginning of tho
end of their desperate movement. Mr.
Bryan would fall Into contempt as hav
ing himself made tho ruinous bargain with
Tammany, and Tammany would go down
wlthhlm. Tho vast body of Its followers who
voted squarely for him lost year. In tho face
of tho opposition of every conservative and
civilized influence In New York, would be
Indignant, and would pass beyond Its con
trol Irrevocably. Thoy would regard them
selves as sold out by tho treacherous Tarn
many, nnd ull of them who aro really sin
cere would refuso to glvo their support to a
ticket nominated In pursuance of the mis
erable bargain. On tho other hand, no
opponent of tho Chicago platform would
trust an organization which undertook
thus to hide Its ultimata purpose of assist
ing the Chicago revolution.
Tammany would bo obliged to conduct a
defensive campaign, when Its chances of
success depend solely on its assuming tho
aggresslvo with great fire and vigor. It
would havo to expend Its efforts rather In
concealing Its duplicity than In pushing
tho "locnl issues," on which it pretended to
be making the contest; for, In truth, there
are no distinctively local Issues which can
be mado by Tammany Hall. It expects to
get much political capital out of opposi
tion to the Raines law, but that Is a
State issue and not a local Issue; and In
uny event, this votes It could attract thereby
would bo chiefly thoso which Tammany got
last year, aud would got again next Novem
ber on tho Issue of Bryanlsm, and which
would be lost to It In great part If It under
took to drop Bryanlsm. Tho llquorqucstlon
is swallowed up In the question of the Chi
cogo platform; all other questions are swal
lowed up In that. As to the " local Issues"
.y '.." '' ''" ""'"" '" ''", "
specifically which Tammany will make,
they will not really bo issues at all, for thoy
will not In themselves bo contested poli
cies. Tbo Citizens' Union socms already
to havo preempted them as Its own.
Hcnco Tammany Hall's bargaining with
Mr. Bryan to get his assistance in hum
bugging tho people in tho municipal cam
paign, will como to naught. But his
connivance nt It will damage his reputation
and may defeat tho plan ho Is so Industri
ously working at In his present political
journey through tho Union : tho plan of
making himself tho logical candidate of
tho Chicago Democracy In 1000.
That Is not a result to bo lamonted. It
would oven bo altogether dcslrablo, if it
involved nlso tho defeat ot tho revolution
ary prograramo represented by him last
year; but Bryanlsm will continue oven it
Bryan himself Is kicked out as Its repre
sentative ; and apparently thcro is no
chance of beating It aud driving it out of
tho Democratic party, except by voting it
down from now on to tho election of 1000.
It is encouraging to honest Democrats, how
ever, to discover from his bargain with Tam
many Hall of what poor and weak timber
Bryan Is as a leader.
Whoever else, Bryan, Tammany Hall,
or Mugwumps, may try to keep tho Chi
cago platform out of tho municipal cam
paign, all stalwart and sincere opponents
of repudiation and tho Chicago deviltry
will hold tholr eyes open to tho fact that
It Is thcro beyond removal short ot square
repudiation.
In Now Jorsoy.
Tho Democratic State Committee ot Now
Jersey has mado a whimsical exhibition of
itself In Its endeavor to cover up tho Chi
cago platform and display nothing but
local issues. It is afraid to offer that plat
form to tho voters of New Jersey again at
present, and proposes that tho canvass In
that State next fall shall bo conducted on
State Issues only.
Tho commltteo which thus seeks to keep
national issues out ot the campaign seeks
at tho samo tlmo to mako tho right of
taking part in tho Democratic primaries
this year depend upon loyalty to tho Chi
cago platform last year. It recommends
that only thoso persons who voted for
Bryan shall be admitted to tho primaries.
Fortho purposo of nominating candidates,
only national Issues aro to bo regarded.
For tho purposo of electing candidates, only
local Issues are to bo regarded. Such Is the
absurdity Into which the Now Jersey State
Commltteo has fallen in its attempt to fool
tho voter without losing its hold upon tho
machine.
Thoso Popocratic leaders in tho East who
aro trying to skulk out of their party's na
t ional issues unrcpud latcd and to bamboozlo
tho peoplo Into strengthening the local Pop
ocratic machines for national effect in 1808
and 1000, must bo as remarkable a lot of
joltheads as they suppose tho people to be.
Successors to tho American Rail
way Union.
Tho American Railway Union, that labor
trust which, under the statesmanlike direc
tion of Mr. Eugene V. Der-s, constituted It
self tho de facto government over consider
able stretches of territory In 1804, and pro
duced a very acute state of war which hed to
be ended by tho United States Government,
Is about to bo reorganized and greatly en
larged. Of whatfurthcrrcorgantzation and
enlargement is It capable? In 1800 the so
styled Democratic National Convention
adopted as Its own the main principles of
the American Railway Union's freedom of
riot and government by mobs. The neces
sity for the separate existence of the Ameri
can Railway Union ceased then. It should
havo been absorbed Into tho larger body.
Tho principles Illustrated at Chicago In
1804 ond enunciated at Chicago In 1800
still control tho so-called Democratic party.
Whoever supports a Bryanlte ticket any
where, supports, willy nllly, tho principles
of tho American Railway Union and tho
Debs rebellion of 1804.
Tho rioters of 1894 and tholr apologists
and advocates in 1800 havo left too strong
an impression of disgust upon tho minds
of law-abiding and thrifty men for tho
latter to forget them, or to fall to recognize
them In any guise.
A New Measure of McKlnley.
When the McKlnley Cabinet was mads
up the member most dlfllcult of explana
tion was tho Hon. John Sherman. Mr.
SliKiutAN was an Ohio man, It Is true,
distinguished, experienced, and successful
as a Cabinet officer In a preceding Admin
istration; but upon the great question of
the territorial future of the United States,
certain to bo extraordinarily prominent
during tho four years to follow, Siikhman
was nt odds with tho national traditions,
with which McKinley was supposed to bo
fully and ardently in hurmony.
" If my life is prolonged," tho Secretary
of State had written In his "Recollec
tions," "I will do all I can to add to tho
strength and prosperity of the United
States, but nothing to extend Its limits or
add now dangers by tho acquisition of
foreign territory."
Tho statesman who thought this when
the Sherman volumo was published would
havo thought the samo when Jefferson
bought Louisiana. Tho United States havo
not culminated In 1807 any more than they
had In 1803. However, notwithstanding
tho leading place In tho Cabinet was be
stowed upon a public man of this way of
feeling, tho President has shown, through
the Hawaiian treaty, that tho dominating
spirit, in tho Administration Is that of tho
William McKinley whom tho peoplo
knew as nn American Inspired with tho
sentiments and purposes expressed by tho
leading American statesmen from JcrFEit
son to Blaine. Tho President sees moro
than tho petty flaws picked in Hawaii by
tho old defenders of tho policy of Infamy,
and recognizes tho Irresistible arguments
for that Island's annexation.
Tho American public like John Sherman
well, and praise hlra for excepting tho
Sandwich Islands from the rule laid down
In his "Recollections"; but to-day they
have cause, for profound satisfaction that
McKinley Is President.
It wo snnox Hawaii wo will be compelled to
maintain a Hetit In tueFaclilc Atlanta Journal, antt
anntxattontit. Thought like a statesman. We must maintain
a 1'aclllo licet of course; but with Hawaii ours It
"111 not have to be so big as it would bo otherwise.
Tho Hon. Geokhe Graham Vest, pour
Inn lila tears Into the tldcr muc ond iicrorntlui;
sweetly over "tho liquor of our bojhood, the
bocniL'ohlcli cheers, but not Inebriates; which
sparkles In every Now Kngland festival nnd In
tho West nnd tho riouth, wherever the apple Is
raised and used," was truly affoctlng, although
In tho fury ot bis speech he forgot to say
anything about dried apples, whhh aro liUu
wlso known wherever tho npplo is raised,
nnd constitute not tho loast romarkablo
of fruits. Cider U not precisely tho liquor of
; : : 5 '
boyhood, but Mr. Vest is a post nnd has his
license. Whon In the bourse of this same elder
speech In tho Horiato'he said that "free salt,
fren lumber, freo wool, and tho Income tax wero
tho fenturwwhlch reconciled him to tho Wilson
1 bill," ho showed thst ho was moro than a poet;
that ho was an economist of tho truo tariff -for-anything-
but- rovonue- and- sock -It-to-tho-rlch
school. Ills attachment to freo salt seems en
tirely natural.
Onco more tho Hon. Richaud Fjianklin
P'kttiorkw, Senator In Conprcsj from South
Dakota, Hops upon tho ptnnaclo of tho Capitol
and crows. Ho announces that ho Is ready to
stand by Senator White of California and stay
In Washington all summer. If necessary, to pro
vent tho ratification ot tho Hawaiian treaty.
Washington would bo fortunnto if It could do
pond upon having n mind like Mr, Pkttioukw's
in tho vicinity nil suimnor. hut Washington will
not bo fortunnto. South Dakota will not con
sent to oxist all summer without tho cheering
prosenco of tho unlquo statesman who wants
to add forty members to tho Cabinet nnd to
cct up tho Government in tho land mortgnuo
. and agricultural pawnbroklng business.
Providence has been highly blessed. Tho
. First Light Infantry has entorUlnod and been
cntortaincd by tho Putnam 1'hslanx of Hart
I ford, and somo select specimens of tho Worcostor
' Contlnontals wero also exhibited nt the feast.
i Tho Putnam Phalanx returned to Hartford, full
'. of honors and clams. It Is one of tho gTcat visit
ing and banqueting corps of tho world, and tho
military authorities of all foreign countries havo
studlod with amazo its commissariat triumphs.
Major Vox Fressenbaus of tho Bavarian army
gives this comparative cstlmnto of some of the
most famous American military companies
(" Subslstencc-and-DIgestlon Problems In Ameri
ca." Vol. I., 289.) Tho scale Is 100:
Putnam Pnalanx, 97) First Light Infantry of Prort
denoe, 95.78 1 Old Guard ot New York, US; Worcester
, Continentals, OB.MIOl Boston Lancers, 80.000 An
J clent and Uonorabla ArtlUerr Company, 100.
, Dut Von Frxsseksaus has never been in
Hartford.
Many powerful amendments havo been
cast at tho octopuses by divers Senators, among
whom tho Hon. Horace Cuilton of Toxas do
eerres honorablo mention. Mr. Chilton's
amendment pro fides that If any manufacturer,
; dealer, or other person, " know Ing that say hi
I tlcle or articlo of llko character to those upon
I which duties aro levied under this act aro miin
I factured or their snlo controlled or their price
affected by a trust or combination, shall send
or transmit any such articles from ono
i Stato to another," such manufacturer nnd so
I on shall. If convicted before a Federal Circuit
I Court, bo punished by Imprisonment for not
, moro than threo years. So, If Mr. CniLTON had
his way he might bo Imprisoned for threo years
for sending a plug of tobacco to tho Hon. JonN
C. SnEErtAN", or a lump of sugar to the Reform
Club. Ills anti-trust admirers hero could not
send him a leatbor medal without making them
selves liable to a dungeon coll. Othor anti-trust
amendments are not less wise than his Is.
Apparently tbo Citizens' Unionists are
trying to mako of Mr. Beth Low a second
Grover Cleveland. They want some ono to
love.
The last day of tho special session of tho
Arkansas Legislature seems to havo been full ot
that wild ascending blare to which the curtain
Is lowered In tho last act of a comic opera. A
railroad bill was under consideration In tho
House A railroad bill soldom falls to ralso a
hurlburlyln a Southwestern Legislature. Tho
Arkansas legislators ross to tho occasion; In
fact, they hoppod upon their desks to rise to It.
Thcr howled llko bedlams. Various statesmen
tried to fight, and one statesman invited tho
Speaker to como on to tho floor and be licked.
Adjourned, without day and without gore.
-VE.X PAJIKS ASD WIDER STHEETS.
Small Park at 8eenly-nth street and East
nirer Ann street Vi ldenlni;31aTiT1irouab.
Several applications for small parks wero
made yesterdny to tho Board of Street Opening.
A number of clergymen of tho west sldo asked
for a park along the Hudson Rlvor somewhere
between Forty-eighth and Sixty-first streets.
I Tho request was refused. Tho Harlem Regatta
Association naked for a small park on tho south
bank of tho Harlem River, near tho new Third
nvcnuo bridge. This property Is under tho jur
isdiction of tho Dock Board, ond permission for
tho park will havo to como from that body. It
was decided to establish a small parkatSoventy-
I sixth stroet nnd tbo East River, one-quarter of
1 tho cost ot which will beasscssodon tho neigh-
I boring property.
I Several citizens of Morrlsnnla asked tbo board
to condemn tho old Bensonla cemetery, near tho
Morrlsnnla Town Hall, and turn It Into a small
nark. The petitioners Btaled that tho cemotery
had bocouie a resort for irauijx and disordorlv
persons. No Interments havo been mado In it
lor years. Tho owners aro bound by the terms
of tho deed not to sell tho ground except for a
cometcry. but tho city can condemn It. The
matter was referred to President McMillan or
the Park Board. Tho latter mibuilltcrt u propo
sition to widen 110th street from Fifth avenue
toSovcnth. He was asked to submit a plan.
It was Bald nftcr tho mooting that a majority
of tho commltteo nppolutod to consider tho
proposition to widen Ann street from l'nrk row
' to flold street wero going to report In faorof
the scheme at tho next mortlng. Tdo improve
ment will cost from fg.OOO.OOO to $6,000,000,
, and It has boon advocated lor a long time by a
1 number of taxpayers who own property on tho
south side of tho street, nnd who want tho north
side set back. Tito commltteo Is composed of
Comptroller Fitch, Gon. Collls nnd President
McMillan of tho Park Board. Tho Comptroller
has always opposed tho schemo ou account of Its
cost.
TUB liAIIt OP TUB CEXTUltT.
Baa-lana's Deafens on the Uoer Itepnbllo, and
tbo Reasons for It.
From the Shan Van I'ooAf.
Steadily the evidence accumulates of foe determi
nation of the English Government to sual! the repub
lican freedom of the Transvaal as soon after the royal
jubilee ecstasies as the state of European politics will
Iermll. Nothing but tbe possible Intervention of
some combination of Continental powers will save
tbs brave boutb African republlo from a filibustering
raid, conducted by the avowod direction of the Drltlsb
authorities this time, and numbering over sixty thou
sand men, English and Colonial, together with a for
midable train of artillery. England Is preparing
moro extensively than at the time of the Crimean
war for theconnlet which she Is resolved to pro oka
with the sturdy cltliens whom President KrOger has
so long led with statesmanship and courage, but who
i must soon put their trust In their own stout hearts
and unerring rifles against the most shameless ag
gression of the closing century.
There aro two reasons for hurrying on tbe piratical
attack. In tbo first place, England fears that the
steady Incrvaso or the non-English population ot South
Africa and tho growing Interest of Franca and Ger
many la the development of the South African Freo
States may shortly produce a situation too strong for
English rapacity to overthrow. In tbe second place,
Ibore Is a stock-Jobbing Interest of the most pressing
urgency which Is driving no the ring of dukes, earls,
and company promoters, who stand to win or lose
scores of millions over their desperate gambling In
bouth African securities and Inseourltlrs. Every kind
of South African stock has been " Wared " for tbo
past eighteen months, and the aristocratic speculators
who havo followed tbe lead of royal personsges
In putting their Investments iuto Johannesburg and
Rhodesia are face to fsce with a colossal catas
trophe If somo means 11 not found of booming their
depreciated stock Into popularity and value. If the
English Government seizes the Transvaal, It Is calcu
lated that this step will nil the credulous puhllo In
England with such confidence In the undertakings
which will thus come under theortlrlal protection nf
England that an Imraenso rise. In sll torts of South
African stocks aud shsres will be the temporary result.
Thin will lie the tlmswhrn the royal aud noble stock
jobbers will bait en tu "unloid-'tlielrlotigdepreclated
shares on a rising market, The Chartered Company
rings which maud behind the Colonial Ofilce will uet
i scores of millions, and what care thi-y fur the future
when once they havo realised at a colossal profit ?
A bright llttlo periodical, certainly, Is tho
AAun Van Vocht, a monthly iiiagiluo published In
lirlfoit, Ireland, and edited by young women, lbs
iblef being Miss Alice L. Mllllcau. It Is principally
devoted to the preservation of the Gaelic tongue and
of the national spirit of the Celts. It Is well stocked
with weird old legends excellently t'ranslat.d and
with poetlo postry.
TUB atVltlCtPAT. OAStFAiaX.
A Demacrntle Arsmraent That tbs ttrpntillean
Party Mast It the "Unlrytng Karce."
To toe EniTon or The Bun Sfr. At tho
Republican County Commltteo meeting last
night Mr. Bid well, ono of tho Ropnbllcnii organi
zation leadors in town, offered a resolution
which was unanimously adopted, and which
contained among othor things this expression:
"Nor can any candidacy provo a unify
ing force among tho frlonds of good
government In this city which Is formally
presented prior to tho mooting ot tho
Republican City Convention, and without
its notion." The expression "n unifying force"
was borrowed from Mr. Both Low's letter to the
Citizens' Union commltteo regarding Ids candi
dacy, and, as il is a phrnso likely to be heard
many times during tho present canvass, It socms
to mo profltoblo to contrast tho conditions which
mado "a unifying force" absolutely Indls
ponsablo to success ngnlnst Tammany in tho
municipal canvass of 1894 with tho conditions
as thoy exist now.
In 1801 thoro wero seven or eight political
organizations differing from each othor nn
many, if not most, points antagonistic to tho
alms ot each other, and agreed only In common
opposition to Tammany Kail, then In political
power In Kew York, and then actually, but now
only nominally, a Democratic organization.
Thcso numerous hostllo organizations wero
Isolated political particles, and they could
only bo brought into fusion by tho unifying forco
of a candidato who would secure tho support
of all thooloments opposod to Tammany IlalL
Up to that tlmo, tho Republican party had never
carriod tho city ot Xow York in a State or na
tional election. Democrotlo candidates had
been uniformly successful, and the Democracy,
comentod by many years ot hard and successful
fighting and not weakened by excursions into
tho realm of Populism, was tho dominant party
hero. Tho battlo against Tammany Hall
was further complicated by the fact that thoro
was a Governor of Now York to bo voted
for on tho samo day that ths Mayor
was chosen. Moreover, tho representatives of
Tammany Hall wero then lntroncliod In power
and wore deemed by many persons to bo Invin
cible Tho error of that opinion was afterward
shown; tho necessity ot any "broad gaugo
union " did net appear so plainly when the votos
had been counted and the result of tho ballot
ing mas declared. The union of tho heterogene
ous elements hostllo to Tammany was brought
about by tho Commltteo of Seventy, which was
established primarily to perform that function.
This year theso conditions aro entirely
changed. Tho election to bo hold Is municipal
exclusively. The proportionate number of Re
publican voters In the enlarged Now York is
materially greater than it was in the city ot
Now York alono In tho municipal election ot
1801. Jast year, after a contest of great rigor
and intensity, tho Republicans, for the first
time In tbo history ot the party here
abotits, hod a majority not only for electors
on tho Presidential ticket, but also for
Governor and for tholr county nominee.
Thp Popullzcd. Bryanlzod Tammany Hall lost
its lltlo lo bo tho leader of tho Democratic
masses. Consequently, in tho territory which la
'tovoto for Mayor of Now York this year thero
was rolled up a majority of moro than 50,000
against Bryanlsm and everything in politics
representative of it. To bo exact, the McKlnley
majority in tho cnlargod Now York territory
was 56.000, and Gov. Black, tho Republican
candidato, carried the territory by 32,000. Tho
" unifying forco" necessary In last year's elec
tion was supplied in the determination of all
voters, Dcmocratlo and Republican, conserva
tive, law-abiding, nnd repudiation-forswearing
citizens to oppose defeat, and stamp out Bryan
lsm. May not that samo "unifying- forco" bs
equally strong this year f
That was necessary then; It is necessary now,
and tho RcDubllcan party, whiih camo out
of last year's successful light with that
decisive majority, must bo and will bo, nec
essarily and properly, tho leader of tbo
column In a battlo to bo waged under tbe samo
banner and In support of the same prlnclplis.
Tho " outside " organizations range themselves
upon ono sldo or tho other of tho groat issue.
It is essential, therefore, that ths candi
date nominated against Bryanlsm should have
a clear record in tho battlo of last year, and that
he should be put in nomination by the estab
lished organization which last year won tho
fight for honesty and the preservation ot civili
zation, j Democrat.
New York, Juno 18.
Br. Andrews to CoL Waring.
To thi Editob or Tb Sex Sfr .- In my letter pub
lished In Tnx Strv on the 13th. referring to astatement
by Col. Waring yon printed on the 1 1th Ins u. as to the
relative expenditure ot the Department of Street
Cleaning In 1604 and 1890, 1 said that the figures he
gave were not In accordance with those given In the
reports for those years published by him In the Citu
Jlteord. I have received a letter from CoL Waring In
which he says:
"You have evidently overlooked the fact that aside
from the amount of money spent from the appropria
tion, which you take from my report of the accounts
of your year, there was also $140,000 paid from ths
judgmrnt fund' for the Increased wages of your
men under an amendment to the law." He also cites
the sum of lo,830 for a duinf ectlag plant at RIker'a
Island, paid for with tho proceeds of bonds Issued for
that purpose.
Thoso amounts are not Included in tbe report of the
department for 18U, as published, from which. the
figures given by me were taken. In Col. Waring 'a re
port fo ISOd the amounts paid out of the proceeds
of bonds are Included In the total expenditure as
given, and for purposes of comps.-Uea suoh amounts
should, therefore, be added to the total for 1894.
They were so aaded by Col. Waring, together with
t00, a balauoe subsequently paid on account of rent
of a stable, to which he refers aa not Included In the
report of 184.
The addition or these sums brings the total for
1804 up to tbe amount stated by htm. As you pub
lUhed my first letter, I bop you will nnd space for
this acknowledgment that CoL Warlng's figures were
O""0'- Wuuix 8. AjtDBXWE.
Nzw Yoex. June 17, 1897.
Train on tbe Mntb Avenue Elevated Read.
To the Editor or Tux San sir: I would like to
know why the management of tbe "L" road don't
run more way trains on Its Ninth avenue division. I
think It Is an outrago tho way they treat people on
this road. Patrons using tbe way trains are com
pelled. In the rush hours, to wait five and ten minutes
h.',,,rhta.S. iThl." '' Particularly true In the evening,
when the i delay Is sometimes sickening. I have been
iHs'S ai,,.t fourteenth street station
around or. M. fifteen and even twenty mlnuts for a
5E2iU'!2iI,01V1i "' J1 ' lo see tho poor,
tired. worklnK girls and men crowded Into these cars
Ilka cattle bound for tne .laughter house. I hav" sV.u
the cars so qronded that the gates coild not bo
closed, .and one evening a policeman, who was using
hlsl-ojyas a guard In place ot the gate which ooulS
!icl0i,l1-w" fmo't thrown Into the street by
it.5I?w.'1 muh'n ,0 K" out between tbe Thirtieth
andThlrty.fourtlistreetstatlons.CimnotomethlngbS
m.D"t,.,ln,.?!?T" ,ul' ,UUl 0I awrsl- Employ, ten
K!m. ihV';i0I,lpn,r " flud"? the number of
trains right along JonI, ii0WiJ,o.
A Virginia Car for Cansnmptlon.
To the Editor or The Sex-sir: I am not a patent
medicine man nor a physician, only an old farmer,
nor am I expecting pecuniary tensnt for what I say (
but I ft el that we all owe It to humaulty to aid any
If lt0betv,au"i!eiEeCOmlOtO u o general stogk,
ho far as I know, no remedy It yet given a Diane In
ThV u .".W"1 0.f. """'' to cure coD.tm Juon"
TJfiF.l V.'rul' T,.uch r.01v h which wld cure
anyiasoof bronchial or lung trouble In the early
stages. I huje seen It done frequently; aud hav
nough confidence In It to write this to puhflSl, offo?
lo phystclaos who have such patients to sen I them
some of It If they will pay postage. J don't think u
will raise tbe dead, hut wl II reaTh and cure .U in?
cl. cut eases. Cau anything good comeout of "ill.
""" WlLLUK TOWMX.
Cu&cowuxa, Ta., June 17, 1807.
Paris Watering Carta and Bicyclist.
To the KDiTon or Trig Sux-Slr; Termlt me through
the coluraus of your paper, noted for Its justice, to
agitate a grievance. I am one of a number of women
blcj ttlsts who takes a morning spin through tbe Park.
Until u.ao A. M. one meet, very few carriages, but
throng, of wheelmen and wheelwotueu, notwltn
(tanning whkh tbe waterlug carts are busy not
sprinkling but;so plentifully wetting the paths aj?o
leave mud ami pudd es overyvberS Iu their wake
Thewlw.tlp.uple gc. down like nlnep ns, and there"
ore some vtry had falls lu couseoueiice i If thJ
would hut leave a narrow spaoeltlbj ', "M.
the steep him. A cosmirr Iieadeh.
Krumi Cult.
From tht Kantat cttu Tiniti.
In Columbus. Km, they, pell a Daisys, Nelly..
llollye, aad Bally. '
xo rozmes ix xisxxoo. H
R Tariff Tinkering, No orrire rinntlnr-j nfl
nnslne, and Plenty or It, Mm
From the tttxtcan Herald, Mm
Thero are, happily, no politics in Mejleai H
wrlto about. Partisanship lies dead; faction H
aro dumb; thopooplo aro all patriotic, and (fl
addressing, t lionise! res to Improving tucr
tunes. Nobody talks politics because, lutViv fl
Moxlco has nono to speak of. A biislaesMlk fl
administration Is attending strictly tobtisDJ; fl
and working for tho good of Slcxlcn and a; fl
Moxlco. Gen. Diaz takes an lmpmthl n. , H
In tho affairs of tho wholo country, it. , i" nti
said ho would llko to Uvo fifty jears to In, ,!
Moxlco of tho future Wo nlf wl.hih.Vk' H
i might, for It will bo his groat monument, n n,f H
ernltod.iirosporous, and contented nun,,,, """ V
Thcro being no olllco socking on a hugo' ri. Mm
here, no tinkering of tariffs, no mKtMtin,-,; Ml
fixed jlltlM, nowspapor men have to look tI H
something olso to write about public imnrVtZ
monts, now charters, tho growth uf the mi H
. nnd silver mining Industry, tho newf,rtnri H
tho transmission of tho energy of watt rfsli, , nti
distant points, and othrr prolluble nnd mi8 H
fortnulo themes. Wo do not linvo In (xrm .' Ml
spaco every day to toll how tho Hon, Mr iiujt H
wan with tho President two hours riier,l;
urging hla "claims" to tho nilnslou to llelir ,7 H
or tho Consulato Qenoralshln at YokuiTsn!. H
Thank hoavoti, tho President of Mexico hh X
something moro usof til nnd Important to do! M
ATTESDED VICTOUIA'S Wxnnixo. fl
A Nebraska Octngcnarlan Mho Was Coara t nfl
llouor at tbe Nuptial.. H
From tho 81, Loult Olobe-Democrat. LH
Lincoln, Nob., Juno in. Chaplain Henry Ms H
terman ot tbe Lincoln Orand Army post receive) Ifl
an invitation to-day to bocomo a member ot Ui nl
Victoria Diamond Jubilee Association, which t(
has boon organized in Omaha for tho endowment wm
of eleemosynary Institutions. Chaplain Muter, fl
roan is probably tho only man In America Uxlir fl
whoattendod tho wedding of Queen Victoria u
a guard of honor. Ho was Lance Corporal of II
the Sharpshooter Regiment. Second Hattallon. M
Jllflo Brigade commanded by Col. Sir Ueorrs H
Brown. Chaplain Mastorman was tho youncnt Ml
man In tho reglmont, just as ho wan the oldest Is M
tho Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers during ths H
war. He romombors tho event and speaks of IH
tho day ns ono of tho hottest ho ever expert. Ml
enccd. For Uvo hours tho regiment stood la ths H
broiling sun. Tho troops woro review id by ths WM
Queen nnd Prince Albert uftcr tho vcadlni MI
Chaplain Mastorman Is now m years of age tfi
Is heartier than many mon nt 70. Chaplain
Mastorman Is an Kngllshman by birth, but hu
lived lu America for noarly bait a century. I.
served throughout tho war of tho rebellion, h'l
eldest son being In tho samo regiment, lis li in
enthusiastic Qrnnd Army man and has for lean
been chaplain of the local post.
Tbe Coquettish Maid or Pantucket.
From the SprlngJUld Republican.
Miss Mario Louiso Pclkcy, tho 17-j-eir-oM
miss who Is on record as having disappointed s
would-bo husband throe times just before tb.
hour for performing tho ceremony, has riturnsd
fo her homo in Paw tucket. Her latent aspirant
for matrimonial honors was Michael S,Uvns,ul
that ho tins no intention of pressing his sultvsi
evinced Tuesday when a friend of bis appears!
at tbe City Hull with the unused marriiji
license and wanted to know If ho could sol lean
it and get his money back. Ho waa told by Citr
Clerk Roberts that ho could leave It if bellied
but that no money would be refunded, as then
was no market for second-hand marriage U
censes. It will be recalled that on the occusloi
of Miss Pclkoy's latest disappointment the wej.
ding festivities. Including supper, music, aai
dancing, wont on just tbo same, even thee
pectant groom taking part.
m3
Boot ta tbs Lower Hon or Conrreaa.
From tho Waehlngton Poet,
When Representative Updegraff of lows
settled himself comfortably in tho barber's chslr
of the Houso yesterday and elevated bis feet II
was noticed that ho wore boots.
"You must bo tho only Congressman who
wears boots," said tho Pott man.
"No, ho Is not," Interrupted tho barber,
"Judgo Powers of Vermont wears boots. E
and Mr. Updegraff arc tho only ones."
"And why dn you stick to boots I" asked tit
Pott man of the Iowa member.
"Well," ho replied, "I do not know what res
son Powers can give, but I will tell you why I
wear boots. It is so much easier, when I aa
riding a bicycle, to tuck In my trousers than to
clip those llttlo bonds of steel around my ankles.
Victoria's Sharp Crandaea.
From the St. James'. Oatette.
Thero Is a good story going about Prince Al
exander, the son ot Princess Beatrice, who. tl fl
the early ago of 11 years, is giving evidence thil M
he ought to become n commercial man. Ho re N
eolved a present of ono soorelgn from hit H
mother, ond, having quickly spent it. applied M
for a second. He was gontly chlded for his ex
travagance, but. unabashed, wrote to his grnud
mamma. The Queen had probably been warned,
for she replica in tho samo strain ot remon
strance, whereupon tho young Prince responded
as under:
DaintsT ORUTDaMKifa: I received your letter, and
hope you will not think I was disappointed because
you conld not send me any money. It was very kloj
of you to give m good advloe. I sold your letter
for 4 10s.
Mr. Jerry S!mpona Improvement a tlnpasa
llaacb.
From the Topeia State Journal.
Medicine Ltjdqe, Juno 15. Mrs. Jerry Simp
son Is making somo nice Improvements on ths
Simpson ranch northeast of this city a few miles. V
There being no cellar under tho house ilrs.
Simpson built an addition In order to get ths
collar more than anything elso. A large water
tank was built over the addition; a not water
tank was added to the kitchen range: hot and
cold water pipes wore put In: a bathroom and
closets woro arrangod; and tho ranch house of
Jerry Simpson now has all the modern improvv
inents except electric lights.
Monument for the Maker or tb Flag.
From the Philadelphia Record.
A movement to erect a monument to Petiy
Ross, tho maker of tho national flag, and to ncr- d
chase tho bouse she lived in and place it in Falr
mount Park, was inaugurated at a meeting held
last evening under tho auspices of Mantes
Council, No. 83, Junior Order of United Ameri
can Mechanics. A permanent organization will
be formed and the different patriotic societies
askod to contributor unds to honor the memorr
ot Betsy Ross.
Foreign Net of Real latere!.
Ther will be no Jubilee lunches at Westmlnrtsf
Hall, aa many members of Parliament objected u
paying a guinea a head for the meal.
Ithlnometers are devices to measure the amount of 1
air a man breath, through his nose in rder ttsi
hi. doctor stay compare It to the amount he inotJJ
tat In that way.
Insanity Is Increasing In Ireland. English itsn
tlclans say that one serious cause of lunacy Is ths
abuse of tea, another an over Indulgence In alco
hol, a third the disappointment of having trisd
emigration and failed.
Polltloal proselytttm by th.atr play, seen) toes
the fs.hlon now In Paris, a piece glorlfjlar "
late dan. Boulanger, which fell absolutely est, us
been followed by a royalls play "Ton Droit, tat
Hot," at the Nouv.au Th.atr. It wa. equally us
ancoetsrul, though It created a row In the auJInN
"A, D. Invisible Elevator.," by which . tnsa
might ad, rour Inch, to his stature, was tt roust
by watch a London swindler started In lo rusts t:i '
fortune. Tb .levators wer pieces of cork si
Inoh thing put In the he.ls of shoe. which ers
bought at 08 centa a dosen pair, and .old for (1.9'
a pair. He had mad over (4,000 when .ne.t'd.
Either there ha. ben a great change of jnsaotn
In Norway during th last thirty years or .lie
Bjorostjerne Djornson has decided to shon that f
can out Ibsen his daughter's father-In Is, I
"llaguhlld" and "Oust," bis latest stories, tc un
pleasant realism I. carried to an extreme, an I ther
Is no trace or the Idylllo poet woo wrote "aids"
and "The nappy Boy,"
a .trance n.wspapr which many persons t'l M
alter to obtain had It. existence disclose fnr It
first Urn at the Von Tausch libel trial In ivtllu.
It seem, that certatn aristocrats at Kalier Wit
helm' court turn In tr gossip they hear to an edi
tor, who prima off a llmlt.d edition ot lbs a""
tbu. collected for tb contributor, and a vcr; ''"
ntoer pereona. To a.t at this ehronlqvt iroa-lal
use a member of the secret notlo rorgvd, "Uh full '
acquiescence from hit superiors, the nam. ot s
nobleman high in court circlet.
A aensatlonal exposure of Iielnrlcn li.lne's politi
cal duplicity, by tbo printing or "hitherto unpub
lished" Itttcrs of the poet In l'arls, seems to l '
pur Invention. The letters were printed In wools
o In part In Strodtmaan'a lire of Heine, thirty
y.ar. ago, and have been published wlitit""'
of hi. correspondence repeatedly since. II ,""
old story of bis being ready I o accent a !." i,!o
from the Duke of llrunswics while edltlnc niton
Cotta's newspaper In Munich In IU2S, me ''
coming from a disreputable adventurer. Wit ,D
Dorrlng. The Incident Is distinctly discredits!"
Heine, but It occurred berore the re'olull""" "'
1HII0 and Id4H, and oefore he had broken lin '
Oerman Governments. Ills Intimacy with Witt
was bad for hi. reputation In oth.r ways, too, out
the fact, are not now and hare beeo taten la"
consideration In forming an estlmat of Uslasl
character by all hit blotrapb.tr.
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