The sun. [volume], October 20, 1897, Page 6, Image 6

About The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916

Image provided by: The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundation

                
Pj jf THE SUN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1897.
11 bsllllttti.
JJll ; WEDNESDAY, OCTOUKn 20, 1807.
JWB f Sabterlatlans by Mall PMl-Fald.
J8 ' i CULT, per Month, so so
B1?B7 DAlLV.perYear
fBUNDAT, per Year "
DAILY AHDSONDAT, per Year 00
fig DAILY AND SUMDAY. per Month 0
"fj 1 Postac to foreign countries added.
X ' Tna Beit, New York City.
3 PitnKiotqae Ho. IS, nsar Grand HoUl. asd
3 -J? Kloaeraa Ho. 10, Sonlerard dss Capuclnes.
'J i If mr Wrnett who favor with manweriofs fir
1 ' gmbUtoUon wUh fo have rtjected arttctn returmd.
I ' murtln all cntes ttnd statij or tnal purpose.
f,
M ,t Governor Black To-Nlght.
I I To-night Frank S. Dlack, Govcnior of
S ti, the State of Now York, mtido so by tlio He-
' ji publican party, will Illustrate, at the Lenox
r f Eyceum, the principles of American poll-
S 1 ties which Mr. Seth Low has been striving
7 desperately to overthrow, but which tlio
f 5 mass of American citizens hold In tholr
$ i hearts as vital to the perpetuation of tho
ft republic. Mr. Black, a citizen of Troy,
j comes not as Governor, but as a member of
5 the party that stands for the principles
ll If- embodied In the St. LouIb platform, to urgo
5 other members of that party and all voters
I ti Trho bellevo In that platform to support the
mm t Bepubllcan candldato for Mayor of New
P 0 York, tho Hon. Benjamin F. Tkaoy.
B .This Is what Mr. Low would have tho
if ,. New York voters look upon as an Intrusion,
ht U and as a violation of what ho andhlsllttlo
BU A clique of despots call " homo rule." Being
Kit' a self-made nomlneo without a party, and
Mh "-' boasting egotistically that his only plat
H; 'k form Is the simple Mayor's oath that all
tl' Mayors take, he seeks to deprive Gen.
; I Tbaoy of tho help of tho conservative sen
mil tlment throughout tho country, and greets
h "i Ita representatives who come here accord-
J Ins to the habit of tho nation, with Insults,
(-; and with sneers that they aro foreigners.
ji . He even compares their action with tho
IH ; British misrule or "Interference," a3 ho
' calls It, that drove the American colonics
I i Into revolution. A more monstrous propo-
II - altlon than Mr. Low's and a more selfish.
Hi discordant, and disintegrating sentiment
HI , than his has not beon manifested since the
HI j Attempted destruction of the Union.
H - We predict that the peoplo of New York
H ; will rebuke this Tory sentiment ottheCitl-
H icns' Union candidate by receiving Gov-
H ernor Black with a warmth of enthusiasm
H I that will moke his visit memorable in this
K town's history, and show that they aro
R still democrats, still believers in the repub-
H llcan system of party government, and
H- unshaken In their devotion to tho prln-
B' clples of St. Louis.
H There will be before Governor Black's
H eyes, as there has been before Mr. Low's at
H bis every effort to confine the campaign of
H the Citizens' Union to municipal Issues
Hi , only, tho evidence of the gross deception of
H the Low canvass. Wo refer to the Citizens'
H. Union's nomination of candidates for mem-
H bers of the State Legislature. This fraud
- upon their own pretensions shows that
R -even In their minds the politics of New
R ' York State and the politics of New York
R city are Inseparably bound together.
R, We welcome Governor Black as a patrl-
R otto American, and we join with him In
RL urging the election of Benjamin F. Tkacy
Rll ' as the representative of the best govern-
HU ment that con come to New York city, and
K j of the happiest political augury for the fit-
Rji ture that the election of 1807 can bring to
W the United States at large. This city, a
It; port of the State, and this State, a part of
III the nation, have common Interests; and,
II' before the campaign of 1800, never were
Kg. these Interests so overwhelming In their
II, Importance as they are to-day in the Great-
II,: er New York.
Ita
l! Union.
',! The Indignation manifesting Itself
against the division of tho anti-Bryan
I ': forces by the Low movement has caused its
IJ supporters to cry for " union."
IE I Union by all means, but for what t
If j In the face of advancing Bryantsm there
IS, Is but one idea In politics for the opposi-
H I' tion to unite upon, namely, the Idea of tho
l, St. Louis platform.
H I. The candidate of united ontl-Bryanlsm
Hi Is Benjamin F. Tracy, an honored cltl-
Hjfk sen, a veteran in public life, a true Amer-
Rji lean, and a leader who has already aroused
HjTti among his followers the enthusiasm that
HEf' brings victory.
HJ?,;: Tracy, Fiicn, and Appleton. Worthy
RTb j as these men are Individually, and fit as
H I j they are for the offices sought for them,
H I, they are as nothing compared to the im-
H ; measurable Importance of a victory In the
Rl' Greater Now York for tho party of honor
Hi In the national finances and stability In
H the national law.
H . If Mr. Low cannot appreciate tho harm
H ' , he does by trying to thwart the Bepubllcan
R defence against radicalism, leavo him to
H' ' his Infatuation and turn patriotically to
Hi the Bepubllcan standard!
H B' Uncommon Insolence.
H ft.'i The opinion of tbcMonroe doctrine which
I pv, a Lclpsic newspaper attributes to Prtnco
Rj p, Bismarck, namely, that It is "uncommon
H p Insolence toward the rest of tho world," Ii
Rj not creditable to the great Chancellor, if,
Hj-W Indeed, ho really expressed It in tho re-
Hji ported Interview.
Hji That was not the view of the doctrlno
R; t taken by eminent European statesmen
Hj three-quarters of a century ago, when it
Hi was announced. Lord Bkol'oham, then
Rf Mr. Brouuuam, spoke of It in tho
R House of Commons as "an event than
Hjj which nono has over dispersed greater
R Joy, exultation and gratitude over all tho
H freemen of Europe," Indeed, in nno sense
R. the doctrlno had even a Kuropeau origin;
R for Mr. Canning proposed to our Gocrn-
H) ment, In 182:i, that it should join Groat
I Britain in opposing tlio transfer of any of
R , the Spanish-American colonies to any for-
H eign power. President Monikii; did not
R adopt tho proposal for a joint declaration,
HJy but formulated and announced Instead tho
American declaration ever since main-
H tolncd. Yet Sir James MArKiNTOsii, not-
HH ' Ing Its coincidence with the Bngllsh dec-
laratlons already referred to, declared that
H this result "cannot ho contemplated with
H out tho utmost plcasuro by every enlight
H aneJ citizen of the earth."
H I That was tho way tho Monroe, doctrlno
R I appeared heforo l'rlnco Bismarck's day,
Ri ' and boforo Germany had anv colonial pro-
H,I tensions In America or elsewhere. It was
H'"l not a ono-Hidcd, but a glvc-nnd-taUo doc-
HiF ' trine, as Indicated by Jwi'I.hso.n'h reply to
H;: & Presldrut Moniku:, wlivn tlio latter laid
HH' heforo him a statement of hhjiruposcd un-
Hilt pounreincnt ; "Our first and fundamental
HjHl' rnailm should lie, never to entangle cnir-
) flares lu tho broils of Km ope; our sec-
'' eaflVnercr to suffer Europe to Inter-
t
KfcatMfJ. n ft m f -.- A . . 1 1 '-r-f'
meddlo with cls-Atlantlo affairs." It
was n doctrlno, too, that rested not
on arroganco, but un the profoundest princi
ples of American policy. Our purpose was,
ns Jr.rFnnsoN expressed It, " to make our
hcmlsphcro that of freedom;" and, In ad
dition, wo had resolved not to bo over
burdened with a tremendous army and
navy, Buch as wo might hnvo had to main
tain in admitting that these continents
were open to tho extension of European
control over them. " I nope no American,"
said Jefferson, " will ever loso sight of
tho essential policy of Interdicting In tho
seas and territories of both Americas the
ferocious and sanguinary contests of
Europe"
The notion that there Is Insolence In the
Monroo doctrlno Is modern and preposter
ous. But whatever tho view taken of It In
Germany or elsewhere. It Is vital to our na
tional Becurlty and happiness and will bo
maintained. Wc supported It ngalunt Franco
when Maximilian Invaded Mexico, and
against England In the Venezuelan boun
dary dispute. It Is a matter of minor con
sequence to us whether tho publicists ac
cept it as International law.
Tho Samo Fight.
In a speech at tho ratification meeting of
tho Massachusetts Republicans In the Bos
ton Muslo Hall, Senator Henry Cabot
Lodge set forth plainly tho continuing
necessity of Bepubllcan success at the No
vember elections :
"There la sot a man, Democrat If he be, or Republi
can, who. It he knew that In every election now pend
ing In thU country, from Ohio to Maachuietti, the
Republican candidate! were absolutely aure of elec
tion, would not (eel ltwaa abiolutely all right a far
aa builneas waa concerned. In other wordi, the dread
of lait year It itlll atronc upon the publto mind, and
the publto mind la quite right. Laat yearwe faced the
greatest danger, not merely to good butlnesi, but to
the orderly and elTiclent conduct of OOTernraent, that
we hare c er faced at an election In our history. All
the patriotic, conservative elemente of the communi
ty rallied under the standard of the Republican party
to prevent these great dangerswhlch theysaw threat
ening our business and our honor aa a nation. Wo
won on that line. It la Just aa Important this year aa
It waa lost year. This Is no time for disunion or for
quarrel among the people who desire the same thing,
who want sound money and an ample revenue and a
well conducted Oovernment. In order to have those
things, and In order to have continued good business,
we muM standby the same organlcatlon which offered
the only standard for all those forces laat year, and
that was the Republican party."
If there aro any Now York business men
who imagine that they can afford to endan
ger Bepubllcan success In the municipal
election, they aro not well ndvlsed as to
their own interests and those of the coun
try In general. If they are not working for
Gen. Tracy, they aro contributing directly
to a sensational reversal of the victory of
1800 and to making business prospects un
certain and shaky once more.
Both patriotic and selfish considerations
render It necessary for nil the business men
and their employees who voted for the Be
publlcan national ticket to vote for it again,
to vote to Bustaln tho Administration and
keep business secure by voting for the Be
publlcan local ticket.
Good government and good money and
good order were not put beyond the reach
of successful attack by the election cf 1800.
They must be defended as long as they aro
attacked. Here in the business capital of
the United States they are attacked vigor
ously and dangerously. The attack must
be repelled. The Bepubllcan ticket must
be elected. It is the same fight.
Cotton.
By for the most interesting and impor
tant problem of our present commercial
situation Is the sum of money which is
likely to be realized this year from the
sale of what is usually our most valuablo
article of export, cotton.
Alone among the great staples cotton bos
not advanced In price. Its value, on tho
contrary, has declined continuously, the
downward movement having prevailed for
a longer time without reaction than ever
before, and the prlco of tho article now
resting within three-quarters of a cent
a pound of the lowest figure recorded.
Lower prices than the present price
have been known but once in tho
history of cotton growing, and this de
spite tho fact that tho outlook for tho
business of cotton manufacturing In this
country is excellent, that the stocks of cot
ton goods on hand have been greatly re
duced and that what is known as the sta
tistical position of cotton is very strong.
Tho world's visible, supply of cotton, as
compiled last week by the Financial
Chronicle, was 703,070 bales less than on
the same week In October, 1800; 00-1,040
bales less than on the corresponding date
In 1805, and 807,070 bales less than in
1804. As the United States produces
nearly all the cotton In tho world, about
six-sevenths of this deficiency Is to be cred
ited to tho American stocks.
Tho decline In the prico of cotton has
been caused primarily by tho belief that
the crop which will come Into sight during
tho cotton year, begun on Sept. 1, will bo
nn enormous one. It Is known that the
land devoted to cotton growing in this
country this year Is 21,000,000 acres,
an Increaso of 1,000,000 acres over last
year. Whllo tho weather conditions havo
not been entirely favorable during tho
season, they havo been generally so.
Nearly three-fourths of tho crop has
been picked, tho operation having been
facilitated by the unusunl warmth and
dryness of tho fall months, and thero Is no
doubt whatever that n very largo amount
of cotton will como upon tho market before
the first of September, 1808. The estimate
of Its quantity now having the greatest
Influence, upon tho trade is that of Mr.
Henry Ni:ill, the head of a prominent
cotton exporting firm In Liverpool, who
has been remarkably fortunate In his crop
estimates for the lost two or three years.
Mr. Neii.l's houso Is an English one, hav
ing branches In LUerpool and London, and
his estimates havo weight with Eng
lish buyers of cotton. He declares that
this year's cotton crop will bo at
least lO.HOO.OOO bales and may run
Into something like 11,300,000 bales. If
any such unprecedented figures aro to bo
reall7cd, the present low prico of cotton is
reasonable. Another depressing Influunco
equally as great is the hard times that have
come upon the English spinners, this being
duo to tho plague, famine, and financial
troubles lu India and other countries whero
tho product of tho English looms is sold.
As two-thlrd3 of tho American cotton Is
sent to Europe, tho condition of business
theio has a much moro important bearing
011 the prico of cotton than does tho condi
tion of business here.
On tho other hand, whllo It Is certain
that tho crop will bo a largo one, conserva
tive men In tho cotton trado aro skeptical
about its reaching any such vast quantity
as Mr. Ni:ili. predicts. The amount of cot
ton that can be raised from a given
quantity of land varies with the character
of tho hoII. In some bottom lands of cx
cuutlouaiVertlllty In Louisiana and Texas
ft balo of cotton to tho acre can bo grown.
This Is practically tho maximum amount
per acre, the minimum being very re
moto from this. It Is established that
tho average growth throughout tho
wholo of our cotton belt Tarlcs between
n balo to two and four-tenths acres and
a balo to three acres of laud, tho first-named
flguro being that of a year when tho weather
conditions wcro uniformly favorable. As
suming that tho average rate of production
this year will bo tho highest on record, a
crop would bo gathered of barely 1 0,000,000
bales. Ellison, a Liverpool statistician
of great prestige, who Is a leading au
thority on tho consumption of cotton and
tho world's cotton stocks, estimates tho
American crop this year at 0,410,000
bales, other estimates on this side of
tho water being from 8,000,000 to
10,000,000 bales. If tho crop meets
Mr. Neii.l's expectations It will not
only bo tho greatest of cotton crops,
but will havo been produced with a
far greater avcra go yield to tho aero than
has been shown In tho past. It must
bo said, also, that tho amount of cotton
which has como Into sight during tho
present year thus far docs not justify
tho prophecy of a yield of from 10,000,000
to 11,000,000 bales. Since the bcginnlngof
tho cotton year 025,000 fewer bales of cot
ton havo como Into sight than last year
in tho samo period, when tho whole
year's crop reached but 8,750,000 bales;
though It should bo added that tho
early movement Is often deceptive, and
that tho movement of this year Is about
equal to that of 1801, when 0,000,000
bales of cotton, the record crop, was grown.
There Is no doubt that the movement has
been retarded by tho yellow fever quaran
tining at New Orleans and In many other
Southern cities. Frosts will probably end
the yellow fever, however, within a month
from now, and then If tho amount of cotton
coming forward docs not Increase consid
erably and remain increased, wc believe
that there will bo general discredit of Mr.
Neill's estimate. Sooner or later the
lucky crop guesscrs at tho beginning of
tho harvest, whether of cotton, wheat,
corn, or of any other staple, whatever their
conservatism or however good their means
of forming nn opinion, meet their Water
loo. Tho Financial Chronicle, our most
accurate and trustworthy commercial pub
lication, was In the habit for many years
of estimating tho cotton crop nt the begin
ning of the season and had a fine record of
successes In this regard. But the timo
came when its annual prediction turned
out to bo extremely Incorrect, and, very
wisely. It stopped committing Itself to
such early estimates.
Whatever be the state of tho cotton man
ufacturing business abroad, foreigners are
taking as much of our cotton this year as
they did last, and the English spinners aro
really taking more, the exports up to the
end of last week amounting to 700,028
bales, as against 710,400 bales in the same
period in 1800, of which381,781 bales went
to England, as compared with 370,702
bales in tho former year. It is conceded
generally that the minimum amount of
American cotton which the world will con
sume In the coming year Is 0,300,000
bales. To meet this consumption and to
make up the deficiency in tho world's
normal reserve stocks of cotton will re
quire, obviously, an American crop this
year of not less than 10,000,000
bales. Assuming that tho crop reaches
that figure, holders of cotton ought to con
sider whether the price at which cotton is
now selling Is not pretty low for a situa
tion In which demand and supply will be
evenly balanced, with tho hazards of tho
now crop year yet to encounter, and with
tho well-known law In operation of the
strong influenco of low prices toward an
increased consumption of so commonly used
a staple. Indeed, the question may be raised
most seriously, whether the prevailing
price does not discount a much larger crop
than the figure named. Thero is now no
reason such as thero was in tho panic of
1804, why growers of cotton should rush
their product to market, selling it for what
ever it would bring and selling so much of
it at so low a flguro that in the latter part
of the cotton year tho prico increased moro
than two cents a pound, even with tlio
largest crop on record and before tho pros
pects of another crop were known. As the
succeeding crop ncared its harvest it was
seen to be a fihort one, and another two
cent rise occurred.
Thero is much matter hero for cotton
planters' thinking.
The Proper Color for Warships.
The order just issued by Secretary Lono
to glvo Commander Kimrai.l's flotilla
coats of bottle green Is the result of ex
periments lasting through years.
The proper color for warships is a matter
as Important In Its way ns that of tho
uniforms of soldiers. As scarlet and other
brilliant hues havo been found to mako
troops conspicuous targets, compared, for
example, with dark blue, or with tho gray
and tho butternut that tho Confedcrato
armies wore, ho oxpcrlenco shows that
there Is adecldcd preference as to the colors
for vessels, when tho object Is that of es
caping an enemy's attention.
Germany, after cxhaustlvo experiments,
adopted bluish gray for her coast defenco
ships and torpedo boats, although yellow
ish brown was also at ono timo much fa
vored, as being not conspicuous ; but tho
bluish gray was the least distinguishable
under electric light. Tlio French long ago
chose for their coast guard ships n lead
color, with a slight tlngo of giccn; and
this had an excellent service tent in tho
Chilian war on tho torpedo boats Lynch
and Condcll, which entered Iquiquo and
Coqulmbo harbors, and were Fcarccly visi
ble after dark a few hundred feet away.
Tho blockado runners In our civil war were
painted a lead color, and the Cashing has
worn that among the other coats of various
hues to which sho has been subjected.
But, on the whole, while tho French gray,
tho reddish brown, and other colors liavo
shown good rcsultn In practice, it has been
decided that for our coasts, keeping in
mind, also, other advantages of tho color,
bottlo green is best.
Will tho big craft follow tho lead of tho
llttlo fellows In this matter? Not neces
sarily, just now. When, after our flint
modern cruisers appeared, tho Navy De
partment ordered that nil Iron and steel
vessels, nbandoningthotiino-houoicd black,
should como out In white suits, with trim
mings of straw jellow fur jards, funnels,
and so on, tho tianuformntlon wus very
popular, and the new phrase, " tho white
squadron," has lasted to this day. Tho
ships, too, were cooler and healthier, on
tropical stations, for their light-colored
raiment. But presently canio an objection
on account of tho difficulty of keeping them
clean, especially when coaling was fre
quent, aud the cost of repainting was con
siderable. Of course, too, the objection that white U
too conspicuous must bo considered. Still,
wo shall probably bco tho favorlto whlto
continued for n timo on battleships ond
cruisers, It being assumed that, when hos
tilities threaten, theso vcssols can easily
slip on a war paint of neutral tint. But
meanwhile It seems settled that nil our tor
pedo boats shall bo clad In bottlo green.
Tho Peoplo nntl Their Servants.
At a meeting of tho Congregational Club
on Monday evening, Mr. Horace E. Ukm
ino made a speech In favor of Low, In
which, referring to tho largo powers con
ferred on the Mayor by tho new charter, ho
used this language:
"This Is the most stupendous experiment which haa
ever been made anynhero at any time by any people.
Shall we make It by electing a Mayor responsible pri
marily to a political organization? Or shall we make
It by electing a Mayor responsible primarily to his
conscience,?"
Mr. Dkmino, wo bcllovo, is a lawyer, and
his legal training Bhould have prevented
his talking lu that looso way.
Under our system of government, In all
Its branches and divisions, tho peopla put
no trust In tho mcro consciences of their
servants In office. They rcquiro of them
an oath of fidelity. The? surround them
with tho commands and prohibitions of
law in every direction, and If they dare to
transgress any, no matter to how small a
degree, they hold them to tho severest ac
countability for the dereliction and dis
obedience. Tho people elect no man to offico leaving
him to bo " responsible primarily to his
conscience." They hold him responsible
primarily to their will and conscience as
expressed In posltlvo law. Tho oath of
offico tho first Mayor of New York will bo
required to take is laid down prcclsoly by
tho people, and whichovcr candldato may
be elected, it will bo the same.
The charter of the Greater Now York, un
doubtedly, gives to the Mayor a wldo range
of discretion in tho appointment and re
moval of subordinate officers and In the
veto of ordinances and resolutions passed
by the Municipal Assembly, subject to the
power of that body to override his veto by
a two-thirds vote. This discretion docs not
call for a simple exercise of conscience.
The world has been drenched with blood
because men have held themselves "re
sponsible primarily to their consciences."
Nothing is more dangerous than to "put
faith in princes," to Intrust tho popular
wclfaro to any man'H conscience.
In order that the exercise of this limited
discretion allowed the Mayor shill bo
beneficial and not harmful to the people, It
must be used with wise discrimination,
sagacity, and Intelligent judgment of men
and measures. Folly, blindness of percep
tion, natural deficiency of judgment, nar
rowness of view, and an absence of common
sense may be consistent with, the most sensi
tive conscientiousness.
All that is elementary, obvious. Ac
cordingly, tho question which Mr. Low's
advocates nro called upon by the people to
ansn er does not concern his secret and un
fathomable conscience, but his qualifications
to exerciso wisely and for their advantage
the discretion they commit to the Mayor.
Facts of the history of Mr. Low's business
career, lately narrated by The Sun, would
not commend him to any private corpora
tion or business as a man of sound 1udcr-
ment nnd of practical sagacity. Nor have
wc any precise evidence adduced and pre
sented to prove that In any situation ho
has manifested those qualities in any great
or even considerable measure. It is true
thatMr. Low was Mayorof Brooklyn about
fifteen years ago when It was a rather pro
vincial place, nnd ho did very well; but
Mayors of Brooklyn who havo succeeded
him have done better, with a far larger and
moro extensive municipal Government to
administer.
The election of Gen. Tracy Is not advo
cated on the ground that he would be "re
sponsible primarily to his conscience."
The question of hi, conscientiousness Is
not raised by any person of intelligence.
Of course, he would obey his oath In the
letter and tho spirit. His long record in
mnny and responsible offices, civil and
military, afTords sufficient testimony as to
that. No one of even his bitterest political
enemies has any honest doubt of him on
that score. His election is advocated, pri
marily, becauso he holds and represents
political principles necessary to the wel
fare of society, nnd for his maintenance of
which a great party behind him can bo held
accountable. Ills general and particular
qualifications for tho office consist In his
great Intellectual strength and his superior
administrative ability, already demon
strated to the wholo Union.
Mr. Uemino makes It a ground of re
proach to a man elected as Mayor that he
should be "responsible primarily to a po
litical organization." President McKin
i.ky is responsible primarily to tho Bepub
llcan party, and that party is responsible
for him. If ho falls, tho people will hold
his party accountnblo and punish it ac
cordingly. That Is tho advantage, the ne
cessity in a party Government like ours, of
putting in office tho representative of a
party. Ho stands for n party and not for
himself alone. Who would be resnanslhln
for Mr. Low? No party would havo any
responsibility for him, and ho would bo
without a strong conservative and a salu
tary restraining influence.
Hence we do not put our trust In men In
this republic; we put parties in power, ond
hold them to a sharp accountability for tho
exercise of it.
Talk like Mr. Dkmino's Is vicious heresy
In America.
Tho Why.
" Why," asks our esteemed contemporary,
tho New York Times, "should Republicans
In Greater Now York vote for Tracy?"
Because ho Is the Bepubllcan candldato
for Mayor.
Because he Is the ablest and best equipped
candidate for Mayor.
Third, but not last, because ho Is tho can
dldato of the party whose success means
tho continuing prosperity of New York and
tho icst of tho United States.
Why enough, und to spare.
Tho fighting blood of the .Republicans Is
up. Treachery In their ronks only mnkon it boll
the butter. It I" ns it was In tlio days of the
MuKMimip retolt against Hi.ai.sk, nben tho
Republicans rallied to their standard in stronger
fore 0 tlmn over. It Is the onmo old story; Mug.
wumpcry has nasuracil a little different color,
but Its nature Is tlio samo and it is plnylne
niraln its old tricks.
Tho Lcaguo player who made tho most
runs in tlio regular season of 1807 was HiMiir
TON of lloston, with 1S3 for only 1S3 Kumcs.
Hunio of hla micccBrt w.i duo to his licarttne tlio
bnUitiK ordtrof his club, mIIIi eood lilttonfol
owIiir to holp hhn around tho diamond; buta
part of the reason may bo found In his combina
tion of n good batting avcrsiro with the blithest
record aave ono In stealing bases. In Kkui.er
of llaltlnioro, mho follom with 147 rum for
armaria nnnu.wamil 1 1 1 nefmtmawmtiamaammmtyauw
128 games, tho useful combination Is really
more remarkable Ko IcadB tho batting list
with tho brilliant pencntiiKO of .4.T.J, and hns
213 base hits against Hamilton's 171, with C3
stolen bases against 70 for tin Dostotilan.
Desertion from the Republican party now
is desertion in tho fate of the enemy. It is
worso; it Is colnc; at or to the enemy at a timo
when victory for tho Republican party is in
evitable, unless It bo defeated because, of such
desertion. It can bo beaten only by troachorr.
zxritosr is 7111s cuustiit.
Varying Views or I'hialclnna as to the Dancer
rcontnelon.
To tub EniTon of Tin: SvxStr: The con
clusions of tho International Leprosy Confer
ence, which has Just closed Its sessions at Ilor
ltn, aro not in accord with the rcporL of Dr.
Fovtlor's commlttco of tho New York County
Medical Society, which jou quoto In full In to
da'slssuo. If the International Leprosy Con
ference Is right there is n danger to tho com
munity In the lotting loose of oen four lepers,
whether theso men worn allowed to cscapo lust
Thursday night or last spring,
Tho report on loprosy of the County Medical
Society of Now York Is dated Dec, 'JS, 18U0, and
I havo tho highest authority for tho statement
that tho lepers wero let looso shortly after that
report wns made. It was sinned by throe dcr
matolocl8ts. a prominent physician, and not
one loproloulst. At any rate, that report hid
for its real object to back up the Health Com
missioner in his desire to rid himself of theso
burdonsomo boarders.
Itlslmposslblo to shut one's eyes to tho f set
that tho dermatologists, as a class, nro not tho
fittest men to Judgo of tho contagion or non
contagion of leprosy. They see ono or two
cases a year, superficially, norfunctorlly. Tho
lcproloftlst, on tho contrnrv that Is, men ltvlne
or having lived In leper nsvlums. In leper coun
tries, such men as Havolburf; of llrari), Arnlnir
of Hamburg. Hansen of Norway, Sedcrholmof
Sweden, Alt nrer and Mourltz of Haw-all, Smith
of Canada, and a host of others affirm that tho
disease is contagious und Isolation absolutely
nccossary.
Tho four lepers let looso by tho New York
Ijoard of Health may not contaminate niiyof
Now York's Inhabitants at omo, but InolRht to
twenty sears tho harvest which they havo town
will certainly be reined.
It lsowlne to this looicness of local control of
lepers that Dr. Goldschmldt of Paris and I havo
advocated the formation of an nuthorltntho
central International body to pre cut tho Inocu
lation of leprosy from 0110 country to another
and sowing the seed of the dlsenso in i lrgln eoll.
All tho lepers who toino to New York uro
foreigners. If tho United States Goernment
could be Induced bv the decisions of some Inter
national body to tnko rhareo of the lepers In tho
different States, tho w hole business of tho local
Hoard of Heiltb would bo to hand otcr tho lep
ers to tho general Got eminent.
Key West. Fla., Is at this moment Inoculated
from tho Uahnma Islands. Thero are thoro now
seven to ten lepers. There used to bo only 0110
pr two. Recently four Icelandic lepers have
iM-cn captured In Manitoba. One month ngoa
leper wns captured lu Maine who had escaped
from Canada. Two lepers wore recently found
In North Dakota: these wero Swedes. A leper
was discovered last fall In Tcs.h nnd taken to
an as)lum In San Francisco. I know many
moro Instances showing tho possibility of tho
spread of the dlieso in this country.
I hnvo rlscw hero advocated the setting apart
of a portion of tho Yellowstone I'arK for a na
tional leper asylum in this countrv. The climate
there, being dr, is ontrnryto the multiplica
tion of the bacilli nnd their act lItv.
Until Congress enacts a law for tho control of
lepers In tho United Stntos there will dp some,
If not much, danger of tho spread of leprosy
from foreign emigration in the moist climates of
tho Atlantic and l'aelrlc coast'.
At I1UKT S. ASHMEAD, M. D.
New YoitK, Oct. 18.
TJIOLLET CARS AXD THE BRIDGE.
The DlOlculty Pxperlencrrt In ProTMInc Tar
tho Csresa or the Cant.
Tho work of laying trolley car tracks on tho
Brooklyn Bridge, which was begun by tho
Drookljn trolley companies on Wcdnc3du last.
Is progressing rapidly, and when tho men quit
work lust night tho rails wcro ccmplcte on tho
north roadway from Sands ttnet in Hrookljn
to tho western edgo of tho Brooklyn anchorage,
where thobuspendid btructurc bccinVnnd about
halt of this distance was already repuved and
ready for use.
On this sldo of tho bridge work has alio been
begun on the north roadway. The work thero
has been taken up at tho outer edgo of the
New York anchorage, and tho rails aro being
laid toward the terminal station. Nothing his
yet been dnno toward tho lajlng of rulls in tho
couth roadway. On ull of tho build part of the
brldgo approaches the rutU used aro of the deep
girder kind now used in paved otri-ets. On tho
suspended part of tho brldgo they will bo, of
different farm and as nearly fiat a possible,
so as not to impede wagon and other chiciilar
traffic. About tho timo this work got under
way President Bcrrl of tho Bridgo Trustees ro
ceied a letter from Lawyers Morris & Whito
houso of 104 Montague street protesting against
tho tmsteos granting any rirlitH to the trolley
compimioj, iltlii'r to cross the plazu with their
trucks or to run up Liberty Mrcct. 'I his pro
test is Ukd) to embarrass tho trust es ettn
moro than llicy aro now troubled in soh ing tho
problem of getting the trolley cars off the brldgo
ai'd away without Interfering with tho s cir
cular trnttle. (letting the ours upon the brldgo
front Washington street Is simple, for that strict
has llttlo use, txeept by t,he street curs 'Iho
greater number of trucks and carriages either
approach tho bridge from Guilds Mrerl on tho
north or from rullnn stmt. Trolley cars
block Fulton strrcl, and In make nn open way
for carriages Liberty street was widened, and
now offers a ileur road from Hilary street to
tho plaza.
If, lionet er, the trolley cars leave the south
ern roadway from Iho tracks on tho lnsldo of
that road, nnd go at onto ai rous tho roadwuy
to tho jouth toward Fulton strict, thnuim will
entirely close, thn roadway to wagons In ruse of
any blockade. To remcd this It has been pro
posed to build thn trollv) Iraiks almost straight
across the plaza and up through Liberty Mrrct,
and this pluu Is fatond bj Knrlncer Martin of
tho bridgo.
This matter must bosettlod soon, as tho re
arrangement of the courses of t-o eral linos of
iors depends upon It. 'Iho Mibjeil will romo
up nt tho next meeting ot the Bridge Triistcis.
Tho protest sent to l'rosldent Bcrrl giwnriso
to a report that nn Injuni tion had Ixcu i-siied
stopping work on tho irai ks on the bridge.
Mr. hlU house, in Htienking of tho matter
yesterday, sold that ho dad 110 thought of iippl)
Ing for such nn Injunction, as the work on Iho
bridgo it us clcurly within Iho rights of tho
trustees.
"1 am acting," he said, "for Vol Srhmttt, a
hntclkeeoer, who Ins a vnrv valuable prnpert)
on tho phi'a bctwicn Liberty nnd Fulton
streets nnd fating both strrcl h. Wrnssul that
thn purchase) of tho plaa and tho widening of
Liberty Btrcet wetr riono under an art of the
Legi'daturfl in 1HII1, the purpose nf which was
to have Liberty street eutlrel fren from nil
road tracks, Minuld it now bo ghrn nor to
tho railroads, it would 1m unfair und inhirlnus
to my rlluiit. If Mich nn attempt is made, then
wo may apply to tho courts tu stop It."
OITT COVRT CM.VT Jll.AME COLI.IS.
Mayor Aaanmea Tivo-llilrrli or tbe lllame ror
Ita Kilcllnn.
Mayor Strong said yesterday that Gen. Callls
was In no way toblamo for tlio dels; in sc curin
quarters for tho Clt Court. 'I lie spitlnl Un
pnssod Inst winter provides that tho Board of
Kstlmato shall 11ml quarters for tho court. A
committee of tho board decided on tho blown
stone building facing on Chambers sticet, but
tho Sinking Fund Commission, which bus ch ir.-o
of making all lcabes, was dilatory In lilting
quurlcrB for bhorlff Diniscn's ol'lre, Justice
Lj nil's Civil Court, i.nd Iho Stuot Clcanln- Do
partment, which nre now in that building. In
tho meantime tho 1 ontrac t foi altering tho in
terior of tliuCil) Hull w. is let, and tho contrac
tor was obliged 10 Login llm work nt oun ,
"I think nbout three nuns or ilia uiauio mr
this condition nt nIT ilrs bhould Inll oil inc." said
I he Major; "the rest should bo dimltil In. I neon
tho Sinking Fund Commission aud the Uo.ird of
Estimate."
(ion. Collls reqitcstrl the Bosrd of Aldermen
yesterday to allow him to let wiihuut udti'ills
Ing the c ontrac t for tlio rcmo telling of iho In
terior of the hrnwiiMono hi.ildlug In suit tho
needs of tho fit) Court. II111 iiuitli'i wns in
ferrod tothuCotnoillteoon Counlj AIT.ilr Col.
Wnrlns began ycstirdHi 10 mine his o'llcociut
of the hruwiistouobullillngaud iulnthoqu irti rs
provided for him In tin- New York l.llc building,
at Leonard street aud Broadway.
Another Knat lllli-r llrldzn (ulssoii,
Tho first cnlsson for tho piir foundation of
tho new Kftut HUcr ltrldge.onthe Williamsburg
sldo, was launched jeslinbi) afternoon from
Iho foot of South Fifth street The caisson 11
not jot computed. Whin It Is Its total weight
will bo 'J, HO tons. It measure h TUfrit hj l
feot, und has un dotation of oil feet. When
completed it will contain fU,lHK cubic fret of
(Jet; jgla pine. Tho aticond cccls.cm is ill cour.su
of construction iu thu samo place.
ItSPVltKICtXa LOOK TO TRAOT,
Con. Thomas W. Iljde or Maine an tho Dallls
In ew lorlt.
To Tim KntTon ok TiiKbi's Sirs Tho most
Important municipal election ever hold In the
Unite! Stntos cannot fall to enchain tho Interest
of those of us who, slnco Sum er was fired on,
havolookod to tho Republican party for part of
our rollglon. Scare oly has the country been
savod from tho dlro ctils of dishonest money
nnd Its salvation beon duo largelj to tho stead
fast fight of tho Itopubllcans nnd gold Demo
crats of Now York, when It ncems tousoutslda
that n resurrection of tho Mugwump threatens
to give tho sitter heresy a new leno at Ufa by
making It posslblo for its adherents to nitmo tho
Major of Greater New York, lbs Itcpubllcan
parly throughout tho rountrj has a vital Inter
est In tlirs fight, and it is of Interest to every
citizen how our greatest city, our centre or ex
chtnecs, commerce, and progroo, Is governed.
Tho magnificent organization tint did so much
for us last fall cannot ho slichcd or forgotton,
nor can the great Itcpubllcan who led It to lc
tory bo Ignored.
" Under which King t" Tho Republican party
has put up a candldato whom It Is illlllcult to
find sufficient words to praise; a great lawyer,
a business man of tho finest temper and quality,
ono to whom it is nn Insult to any he is any
man's man, a soldier and a (statesman with few
living peers In shore, an Idoal Mj or for Great
er Now York.
It seems ct this dlstanco thai tho patriotic
Republican masses who rolled up tho grand
victory In Now York last fall must rcullze this
full well, and will rally to his support in un
wavering columns. Itwould notsurprlso us If
many Democrats should como to the support of
Gen. Tracy. Wc can remember how so many
Now York Democrats strongly supported and
wont to the war, nnd how gallantly they rallied
for honest mouev n llttlo while ncro. Mnnr nen-
plo nro fatuous enough to think that parties do
not need leaders, and that leaders aro alwnjs
n sUnillng mark for detraction; the more
omlnont tholr services tho more the detraction.
Witness Mr. Blalno; witness Mr. I'lnttl Had
ho no other claim to tho gratitude of his parly
nnd his country, the cnndldncy of Gen. Tracy In
tho crucial election of his city would entltlo
him to tho thanks ot all good citizens.
From this distance It looks as If a conspiracy
to slnucht r the Bepubllcan party In Its con
servative stronghold was on foot, which can
succeed only If the citizens who made tho noblo
fight against Uryanlsm fail to realize It.
On tho ono sldo are Tnmmany, Boclallsm,
and tho Mugwumps, with a Bllvor background;
on tho other, all the forces that ore and have
been keoplnc tho country in tho front of tho
world's march toward what Is better. Gen.
Tracy knows how to decide quickly, how to do
cldo rightly; nnd bo, we bellore heroin Maine,
does New York. Thomas W. Hyde.
Bath, Mc, Oct 18.
FROM ANOTHER it) IT SIOXER.
There Will De Thoiisauda or Caara Like This.
To the Editoii or The Sun Sir: I was
among those beset on streot corners and else
w here last summer to sign tho Low petition, nnd
did so to get rid of Importunity. I believed Mr.
Low to be the man whoso nomination would be
acceptablo to tho Republican party. As thiaga
havo turned it Is clear that tho attempt ot
tho Cits to make "tho tall wag the
dog" was too previous ond premature. They
should have waited for a Joint deal with the
Itopubllcans. With political cxperlcneo since
tho timo of Fremont, nnd with all respect for
Mr. Low's ability. I nm confident he stands no
chance of election whatever in the present con
test. Tho only result of his candidacy will bo
to cut down (Jen. Tracj's vote and help turn the
coming government of our imperial cltv into
tho hands of Ilryanitcs or Socialists, for tho real
fight will centre on Tracy, Van Wyck, and
Henrj- George.
Tho old Mugwump element appears strong
in tho nnmes on tho Cits' Governing Committee.
Tho last term of Mr. Cleveland ought to bate
cured them of their Mugwumpcry. It cured niol
The end of tho Harrison Administration left the
country highly prosperous. Tho charge of ad
ministration plunged business Into dooression
and laigsly Increased the national debt. Less
than eight months with President McKinlcy at
tho helm has brought returning prosperity and
hopefulness.
These things nro patent to everybody. Tho
only cloud on tho welfare of tho Greater New
York is tho danger of its government falling
into tho hands of tho Bryanites or Socialists,
whoso horosles wcro temporarily drowned out
in the national contest last year.
Gen. Trncy stands unequivocally on tho samo
platform as McKinley lor sound money prin
ciples, good government, and prosperous times
for all men irrespective of party; therefore I
shall voto for him, and I knowothers who signed
the Low petition who exprosB the same deter
mination. M. Smith.
Wlst 117m btiiket, NewY'oiik, Oct, 18.
Aa Obserrpd In Tenneasno.
To TnBKnrron or Tnr. Sis Sir- I like the fight
you are making against Anarchy and Hryanlsm In the
Jtayoralty crnt-st In your great city. I hare felt a
lively Interest la the election from the beginning-, and
was of opinion that Seth Low was the best man for
tho antl Tnmmany forces until he and his immediate
followers and managers demonstrated that they did
noj want to win a victory oyer Tammany at all un
lrM It could be won with Low aa the candidate.
Ilrpiibllcans all orer the country are Interested In
the election of the nrst Mayor or Greater New York.
Thry want to sea a result that will sire no added
strf nsth to Dryanlsm, and that means they desire
Orn Tracy's election. Okorob W. Wivstbad.
Ksoiiiixic, Tenn , Oct. 10.
Klectlon by Subtraction.
To tub Knrron or Tna Sun Sir: In the pending
municipal election:
Henry George rcprosent what he can subtract
from Tammany, C r , from tbe forces ot silver, Bryan
Ism, lawlessness, ami illsorder.
ieth Low represents what he can subtract from
the Itcpubllcan party, I. cr., from the forces of gold,
good government, law , and ordrr.
That Is tbe case In a nutshell. W. W, Nbvis.
0 15AST TlllRTT secosd STnzET, Oct. 18.
Foreign s,ntea or Ileal Interest.
Fir JtorellMackenilo'a medical library Is to be sold
at auction In London,
Quren Victoria's chief cook Is dead. lie had cooked
for I er for fifty years.
Archangel, on ths White Eea, has Just been connect
ed by railroad with Vologda and Moscow.
Preston, Lancashire, paupers aro burled la cofflns
cenllciK from one penny to fourpence each.
Two Inch's of cloth from a dress oneo worn by
Flora Macdouald sold In Inverness lately for t.ia.
IleaumarK In Wales, has not ha I a death In three
months. Tl.elast two persons burled there ncro ocer
80 years of nice.
rrlncessl.lrlraof Pourhon hai turned up with her
lurr AtBt, Murlt'. In the Eugadlue She Is suing- D011
Carlos for her shars of her mother's fortune.
Kangaroo tails for soup have hren sent to London
from Australia. A shipment nf twenty flvo hundred
weight was anld at the rato of 1 a dozen tails Iu
Australia they aro considered a gieat delicacy.
TajhUrnd Is Ix-ln ravaged by malaria, which Is
more draJly tbcra than cholera It Ms ragfd there
for four jrars and leaves the turv Ivora unfit for
work The disease Is spreading thro ighout Musslan
Turkestan and Merr,
German doctors at theMuscowrnngresmsdethem
telres noticed and 1 npopularliy g citing tokether at
receptions and making an ornanliod rush for the
buffet, whero they stayed, not allotting any one elso
to get at tin refrcihmeuts.
Uoiiu'a town a ithnrltlcahaTe established a tax on
'the us' of the columns of olra'mtoths city streets "
A rroJcctdiK window or balcony pays VI marks a year
and ecrrj additional balcau) or projection orer It 23
murks,
Princess FcodoraofSaie-Melulni-en.QuecnVletorla's
eldest great zrun Ichllil, Leu lie, omo ru;aed to
Prince XXX of Ileum Sculrlu Koatiltz, a younger son
cf 11 far off branch of the family ruling over the
tiiiallesl principality n Cermany If tLe wedding
takes placo soon guten Victoria may yet seo the fifth
generation of hrr descendants.
Mile I'.e'chc nherr, tbe reterun Inifnuo of tbe
Coin'dl Irnnejalse, who Is now senior memlier of the
cm.ipaii), will retire after thlrlj jears of serWce iu
January next, hhe will appear In many of brr
famous pans, among them Aunts In "L'Ecoledea
Femmes," Aucl In "L'Ainl Frits" and .tonne In
"Le Monde oft I'on S'eanulo" before Isarlng tha
tag.
oxHLAuaiiT ox Moiritr.
Charleston's Tcnnrloua I'ostmnater Aeene f V
I Inliia" Ilia Clerics.
WABinrtoTOS, Oct. 10. Postmaster Mowry of
Charleston, S. C who has hold his office ever
slnco tho second jear of G rover Cleveland'"
first term, is undor flro again. This timo an
effort is bclnc mado to rcmovo him on tha
unique clmrgo thnl ho hn linpocd flnos on bli
subordinates ns punishment for dorcllctlon of
duty. A department inspector Is now Investi
gating tho charges. Mowry.wbo has a remark
nblo record ns nn olllccholdor. first got th
Fostmasteridilp as a consideration for not bolnu
appointed Collector. When Harrison was lnau
guratcd tho Republicans mado n rush for V"
Monrj's place, as It pajs moro than tlio Col-
lcctorshlp. They were committed to acolorod A
man, Br. Crum. but ho wns bo ohjoctionablo to B
the while patrons of tho ofllco that Mr. Wansv
maker allowed Mowry to remain.
When Mr. Cle eland was elected for a second
term tho friends of Mr. Mowry pointed to his
record and secured for him a reappointment.
Under his present commission, lie has about a
year moro to nervo. l)r. Cruin Is again tbe can- .
dldatcof tbe Hepubllcan organization, nnd ths
present Admlnlstrntlondoos not seemdlsposed to I
rcmovo Mr. Mowry until his term has expired. 1
Postmnster-Gonornl Gary has satd ob much on J
moro than ono occasion. Thoro aro sovorai r
other ospirants In tho fiold for the office, nnd
they aro trjing to Induce tho President to ro- (
movo Mow ry, notw Ithetandlne tho deslro of ths J
Poatmaster-Gcncrol that ho shall be allowed to H
acrro out his torni. Ono of tho loading colored
Itopubllcans of tlio Palmetto State, named Daas,
who is a candidate for tho placo" of Collector of
the Port of Charleston, has beon at tho Post Ofllcs W.
nnd tho Whlto Houso to-day exhibiting letter"
from porsons employed In tho Charleston Post
Onico setting forth tint from timo to timo fines
hat u been doduetcd from their salaries hv Post
master Mowry for such offences ns "failing to
register certain mnll pouchos, ' "carelessness
In distributing mail." "asleep on duty." tend
" tardiness In reporting for duty." It schargerj
that these lines have beon colloctod during all
tho oirsthntMr. Mow ry has presided ovortna
Chnilrston office, hut no mention of thorn has
nppenrcd In hisalllcinl rctiirnMo the audltorof
tho I'oslOIlIco Department. It i9 said that in
some Instances tho fines Imposed havo amounted
to '-0 n month. As I hero Is no law nuthnrliing
a PoKtmastcr to Impososiich ilncB. it is said that
tho sufferers purpose to instituto proceedings
against Mowry to recover the money ho has do
ducted from their salaries. I
' H
ALASKA MILITARY RESERVATION. J
It la to Un is I.nrze Trnrl. Including Bb B
Michael uud Much Mainland. Wj
Warhinotos, Oct. 10. Br direction of tho U
President an order will be Issued by the Sccro- H
tary of War to-morrow establishing St. Michael. U
Alaska, and n large part of tho nearby tcrrl-
tory. as a military reservation over which tha
United States will havo cclusivo jurisdiction. U
This step will bo taken to pel ml t Federal troops
to assumo complete chargo of tho malnte- H
nance ot law and order at St. Michael. Recent
reports from army officers nnd others havo cH
shown that there is a likelihood of troublo at H
St. Michael this winter. A company of twcntv-'6t Wm
flvo infnntrjnien from Fort O. A. Kuesell, " -H
Wvomlng, loft Scattlo a short timo ago toeni?NB
tahllah a nillltarj post there, and probably bav8,KMBJ
arrived by this tunc. It is tho intention of tha 'B
President and Secretary Alger to extend Btlll mm
further the boundaries of the reservation.
Tho Adjutant-General of the urmv to-day to- !
eelvedn telegram from Capt. 1. II. Bay of tha HIJ
Eighth Infantry, who was sent to Alaska soma JnH
timo ago to select a sito for an army post at the jmm
nearest available placo. on the Amcrcan Bldo, to
Dawson City. Tho telegram wns dated Yukon
111 er. Sept. G, and It paid that tho stenmar
Hamilton, on which Cact. liny wns making tho
trip up the river, hid beon stopped at Fort I
Yukon br low water, and that no more supplies
could get to tho Klondike by that route this fall.
Capt. Hay said ho w ould proceed up tho rh er to (
Circle City in a whalcboat. WW
LESS HARDSHIP EOR JACK. TARS. wU
Capt. Lemly Saya Prisoner or a Certain Clan
Nhauld Have Full IUtlaaa. 99
WAsniN'aTov, Oct.19. Capt. Samuel C. Lemly, WM
Judge Ad ocato General of the navy. In an In- B
terestlng annual report to Secretary Long, tells mjM
of an Important chango made by his department jm
In sentences Imposed by summary court mar- tkfm
tlal. Hereafter, except in extreme cases, sum- WU
roary courts will not bo allowed to sentence of- jH
fenders to solitary confinement on bread and mjm
water. Full rations must bo given. Capt. HP
Lcmly wants legislation creating a retired list jW
for the enlisted men of tho navy, placing them on tfl)
the samn footing with tho enlisted men ot tbo HV
nrmy and the Marine Corps. Ho renews his M&V
recommendation of provious years that a law Mmt
be enacted compelling tho attendanco of civil- WW
Ian witnesses In naval courts. WW.
Cant. Lemly thinks that somo methods should HI!
bo devised by which tbo Government will so-
cure some sharo In patent rights granted nasal (
officers on useful Inventions nnd Improvements &"
which have been mado with facilities furnished. Wm
by tho Government. Many men who served as MB
sailors In the late war aro borno on tho rolls of 'Mm
tho Naty Department ns descrtors. They can Wm
havo tholr records corrected only by net of Con- flj
gress. Capt. Lcmly belleces this method works (H
frequent hardship, nnd ho asks for tho enact- Hj
ment of legi lalloii allowing tho Secretary of R
tho Navy to make tbo corrections. furS
VAY TOR CATC1IIXO DESERTERS. W
Ten Doltnr Head Too Little, Says tbe JudaTS
AdTocate-General. r
WASniNOTON, Oct. 19. Tho annual report ot
Brig.-Gen. G. Norman Llcbcr, Judgo Advocate
General of the army, shows that during tho
year which it reviews ono cadet and 1,370 en
listed men woro tried by court-martial, a de
crease of 102 from tho preceding joar. Ab
sence without Icaro wa9 tho most frocjuent
chargo against tha enlisted men. Only two
men were tried for drunkenness, their arrest
being by tho cl II authorities; fifly-flvo for
heinii drunk and disorderly, and 10.1 for plain
drunkenness. Gen. Llubcr directs nttentton to
the insulllcienc) of tho present reward for tho
npprehcnslon of eleseiters.
"Formerly," ho says, "tho amount of reward
wns not fixed by ftututo, but was left to the Sec
retary of Wnr iu regulate. For many j cars '30
was the amount designated, but this not being
considered uiilllc lent It waa Increased to $00. In
18111 tho powerof fixing tho amount wastnkon
nwny from tho Secrelnry of War bv Congress it
Bclf pitfccritiliiir uhul It should bo.'namedy, 810.
ho entirely insullklput is this amount that ids
little heller thin nnno at all. and, lu tha opinion I
nf manj whoniolnlho best position for judtr- 1
ing, it encourages deierllon. I think tbut tbe fl
ini plan would bo to return to tho former ays- 1
tun. when iho amount of tlio award wns rogu- 1
land by thu Secretary of War; but, Inanyoient. I
it bhould bo lurgoly increased." J
WITXESSrs FROST COSTA RICA. I
They Come Hero to Trwtirr In tbo Mllllan-Uol 1
Inr Cuiinlerrrlllug Case. 1
On Iho Atlas Lino steamship Adirondack, 1
which arrived from Port Llmon, Costa Rica, 1
jen'erday, thero wcro a number of persons who 1
aretoappear nawltnossos at tho trial of Fod- I
crico Morn, Iticardo do Ilequesons, and others,
who aro accused of having been coneemod In A
tho making and circulation of counterfeit notes al
of the Bank of Costa Itlca to tlio ninount of V
moro than a million dollars. Among Hit sn wife- T
ncsscs nro (Icrnidn Igleslac, n relntlv o of l'resl- I
dent ItJfni'l Iglcslns of Costa ltlca, and Tobias
uiilga, clilof lanhlorof tho Doiik of Cunt Illca. 1
rhcio. with either wllcnicH resilient in this '
city, will bo called to tell whnt thei know about
n eofa in which half a million In counterfeit .
notes whs rnnee-nled nnd nciu In S.in ,los Cost
ltlca. from this iltj, and lote-MIM regarding the
eleilngs of Do l'.eiiu sens nnd Mr". Kuginlii Koine
man, who accompanied him on n irip to Costa
ltlca lost March. 'Iho trial of Mora and tho
others hnB liecn not ilown peremptorily for to
morrow In thorilmlnal brunch of tho United
btutos Circuit Court.
RELIC OF THE HARTFVRD,
Figurehead or rarraiciip Famous Vlngtblp
rincrd In (oitnerflciit Capital,
Hahtfoiii), Conn., Oct. 10,-Tlio figurehead of
Admiral Farrugut's flagship Hartford, whlcU
wns presented to tho cily by Commodoro Hlili
born. Chief Constructor United Stales Nay, (
through Senator Joseph II. Hawlcy, wns placed
In tho Htalo Capitol this afternoon. Hartfotd
celebrated tho acquirement of tho relic b tl.o
ohscnamo of "Farragut day," Thero was a
milltar clisplny, tlio parado being divided Into
thieo elusions. 'Iho llgmeheae! wimtnnlnl un
n Imidoomely drinrntu'l float drawn by alK
hones ond gunidul by ux sillora under com.
maud eif I'api. Jlnlr, who naw sertlco on tho
dee ks of tho old flagship,
I'liLnwIuif tiiopmadu came tha literary oxer
clrus In frunt of 'the Capitol, (Ion, William B.
rrnnklln waa Chairman of tho day und Cant.
Casper 1. "oolrlch. U. H. N presented tho ,i
flguro to Iho cit). the gift being ncrepted by 1
Mayor Preston. Tho oration wns delivered b
Senator llawley, who reviewed the llfo ot ffss
ragul and the record of tho ship. ,
MiisHiiiirriTri nii" a nJ