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jt WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1807.
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r If or frtnit soae favor us wllA mamuiirdlt for
pvoUeaUmvito haw rejected articles returned,
ft lArv tinl oil eaiee esrwt etampe or that purpote.
K" At the regular monthly meeting of tlio
I Trustees of Tub Sun Printing and Publish.
L Intc Association, held yesterday, Mr.
fc. Franklin Bartlett, Mr. Paul Dana,
r Mr. Tdomas Hitchcock, and Mr. Wil-
Liau M. IiAFrAN bolng present, Mr. Paul
f Dana was unanimously elected President
X of the association and editor of The Sun,
to succeed his father, Charles A. Dana,
deceased.
Fall In, All!
Be of good heart, Republicans 1 Keep
t, the line unwavering I Victory Ib yours of
. a, certainty If you keep solid your ranks.
Neither underrate nor exaggerate the
f strength of tho enemy, but never for a
; moment loso your confidence In whipping
i him. You can do It. Tils emissaries are
seeking in all ways, by lying and by bluff-
Ing, to weaken yonr determination and chill
! your spirit, but, of a verity, your chances of
; success, always good, are now certain If
you keep together.
And what a victory It will bel It will be
; far more than the capture of the Govern-
i ment of tho Greater New York. It will be
tho winning of tho flrat decisive battle In
Vv the campaign for tho Presidency In 1000.
i Let every man fall Into Una and bring
' along with him recruits to help In tho con-
test and to join in the jubilation over the
victory announced on Tuesday night 1
t The Campaign's End Close at Hand.
f After to-day there remain only three
I days moro for electioneering. All work of
I that sort will be brought to a close on Sat-
ft urday night; and on next Tuesday will oc-
E cur tho election.
B During these fow remaining days any
K Republicans) who may now bo thinking
B- of throwing away their votes to Low will
r have time enough to think seriously over
K tba nsatter.
K Nothing is now more evident than that It
E Is in tho power of the Republican party to
if elect Gen. Tract and obtain control of the
Greater New York for the next four years.
fe There are many doubtful elements in the
. campaign, but as to that matter thero Is no
doubt. It is not In human nature for Re-
I publicans to neglect such an opportunity to
strengthen their party and gain a prize for
which it has worked steadily for forty
years.
With the opposing vote split up by tho
rival candidacies of Van Wyck, Georoe,
Low, and Gleaso.v, the election of Gen.
Tract is an absolute certainty If he obtains
the normal Republican vote; and by nor
mal we mean only the steadfast Republican
vote after all tho Mugwump chaff is shaken
' out of it. It can be reduced even below its
abnormally low percentage in 1802, yet be
1 amply sufficient to elect Gen. Tracy.
During the last four years the Republican
vote has Increased proportionately with a
steady progress. For one thing, it Is now
sure to be honestly counted. It will also
be assisted by many Democratic allies next
Tuesday. The very fact that Gen Tract's
-I election is Inevitable If he retains the
; great mass of tho Republican vote, as
If manifestly he will do, will turn to him tho
jl outside support which desires only to help
!r elect the man surest to beat Bryanlsm and
Georgelsm.
5 The canvass of Low has proceeded with a
J loud blowing of trumpets, but there Is con-
vlncing evidence that it has made no in-
f roads into the Republican vote sufficient to
j. accomplish its purposo of preventing the
election of Gen. TnAcv. The Indications
I are rather that It Is drawing off from the
i Democrats much moro heavily, and thus
tending to Gen. Tract's advantage.
V George and Dayton are making a stir-
Y ring canvaHs, which will assuredly break in
. pieces the Tammany Bryanlto vote of last
year. Gleason will make a respectable
j show in tho returns.
Van Wyck Is an absurd candidate. He
j Is an easy-going fellow without a trace of
p qualification for the Mayoralty. No man
H who has any adequate conception of the se-
.': rious responsibilities of the ofllco at the in-
I Itiation of the experiment of the new mu-
nlcipality can think of voting for Van
P Wyck. Ills candidacy Insults the gravity
t of the public. It is farcical. You might as
jj well cast the low comedian for Hamlet.
Low Is an impossibility. His election
I would require a political revolution un-
. precedented In the history of American
f politics. Last year, when men were palo
y with fear because of the threatening can-
k dldacy of Bryan, there was a change of
,v about 50,000 votes only In New York.
!j Low must get more than three times that
number to bo elected. His election Is Im
possible, as every sensible man knows,
Every Republican vote cast for him will
be worse than wasted, for It will bo treach
erously taken from tho party candidate, a
far better and abler man.
The Indications of tho canvass of Henry
, Georoe are that ho will get many more
votes than Low, and no wise man can dis
miss from his calculations the possibility
J of his election. What would that mean to
the business community? How would the
i markets respond to tho election of Henry
Georoe, and whntsort of an advertisement
would It give to New York In the eyes of
i the stablo civilization of the world
5' Gen. Tracy needs only to get tho great
Ibody of tho Republican vote to bo elected,
and It Is now evident that ho is going to
get It. If tho outside conservative vote Is
concentrated on him he will be overwhelm-ia-t
Ingly successful. What will that mean to
i tho business community and to the mar-
j; kets? It will mean, as every Intelligent
man knows, renewed and greater confidence
J and buoyancy, and the enhancement of tho
t reputation of New York throughout the
f world for political and social sobriety,
lj fixity, and sanity. Gen. Tract is
jt not only the ablest man who was ever
j! Mayor of Now York, a foremost lawyer and
V jurist with exactly tho ability Imperatively
i required In starting the new municipality,
f but also be alone, of all the candidates, rep-
I' resents completely tho souud views of
I finance and government upon which the
t prosperity of this community depends.
f Tho sober sense of New York will elect
t
Gen. Tract as a necessary step In It 1
progress, and to manifest to tho whole
world In the most emphatlo way posslblo
that It Is a community still steadfast In Its
adherence to the principles of political In.
tegrlty for which It stood firm last year.
Mr. Sohroedor Sees All the Way
Through Both Low.
Snrn Low's private uncertainty as to
what ho really represents In this canvass
has been manifest ever slnco tho unifying
force Idea disappeared. As election day
geta nearer ho seems to bo settling down
upon the three-cents a slgnaturo Idea as
the principal basis of his solf-proclalmcd
public usefulness. In somo of his recent
speeches It has pleased Mr. Low to assert
that what he stands for, particularly and
peculiarly, Ib "the people's right to nomi
nate whom they want to and how they
want to." Tho grammar would hardly pass
at Mornlngsldo Heights, but Mr. Low's
meaning, is sufficiently clear.
This Idea now turns up In one form or
another whenever Mr. I.ow speaks. Ho Is
constantly referring to tho "peoplo's right
to vote for a man nominated by a petition
containing the signatures of over 100,000
men. as I havo been ;" and ho would like to
convince his fellow citizens that here Is
an Issue overshadowing all others, and de
manding urgently their votes.
Ex-Mayor SonnoEDKR of Brooklyn has
almost contemptuously exposed tho hum
bug of Mr. Low's professions of solicitude
for the vindication of the people's " right to
nominate whom they want to and how
they want to," In this charming passage of
irony and common senso :
"If Mr. Low expects to be elroted he will be the
most astonished man In the world when the result ti
announced. lie will dticoTer that signatures, col
lected at the coat of three centa apiece, are not to be
relied upon, if they are, then I can ace no reason
why the tame methols ahould not be extended to the
State. We want a bnatnesa administration In the
Stats aa much aa we do In the cltr, and It Mr. Low
would expend only as much money as he has donated
to Columbia University. I see no reason why enough
signatures ahould not b? gathered to Justify him In
demanding the nomination for President of the
United States."
There is no reason. Ono million dollars,
judiciously expended under the direction
of Reynolds, would probably secure names
enough to an adroitly worded and non
committal petition to couvince Mr. Skth
Low that his services wero required In the
White House. Having secured this back
ing, he might proceed to erase all tho ifs
and conditions in the original petition,
and present himself as a candidate for
President representing " the right of the
pcoplo to nominate whom they want to
and how they want to."
This only amounts to saying that Mr.
Low's method of self-promotion in politics
is open alike to himself for any other office
which his ambition may covet, and to any
other political adventurer sufficiently pc
cunious and unscrupulous to operate that
form of bunco.
A Blind Leader of tho Blind.
Do Low's followers realize whither they
are led?
Such of Mr. Low's supporters as have
been, in the past, loyal to tho Republican
party undoubtedly supposed when they
signed tho petition inviting him to become
a candidate for Mayor that he would unify
and consolidate all the forces which a year
ago were enlisted in the cause of Republi
canism and sound money. Mr. Low him
self hoped at the outset that such might
be his function ; for he was at pains to pro
claim his opposition to the free coinage of
silver, and to announce that, after some ex
cursions, ho had returned to the Republican
fold. Assuredly he did not foresee that his
insatiable desire of office, and the fatal mis
direction consequent upon a first false step,
would Impel him to shabby compromises
and disgraceful coalitions, the inevitable
outcome of which, in the event of his per
sonal success, would be disastrous to the
cause of Republicanism and sound money,
not only in the new imperial city, but In
the State and throughout the Union. Much
less can those well-meaning men, who orig
inally subscribed their names to the Low
petition, have realized that they would bo
involved in one odious entanglement after
another, until they wero ultimately drawn
Into a position the opposite of that which
they expected to take, a position of active
and avowed complicity In the triumph of
free silver and Bryanisra.
Such, however, aro tho unpleasant facts.
Mr. Low bimBelf may dimly comprehend
the extent of his divergence from the stand
point occupied by him at the beginning of
tho canvass, for, whereas, In his letter ac
cepting the nomination of the Citizens'
Union, ho said, "lam a Republican," he
now refers rcmlnlscently to a time past and
gone, "When I was a Republican." Tho
day Is, Indeed, far distant when Setii
Low could be counted as a sturdy
upholder or even a listless well-wisher
of Republican principles and alms. Not
only has his Republicanism ovaporatcd
amid the heat of bis struggle for personal
advancement, but, concerning sound money
also, ho has maintained a sinister reticence
since the exigencies of the contest tempted
him to seek for Democratic help. Thero Is
not now even a pretence on tho part of Mr.
Low himself, or of his chief lieutenants,
that his elevation to tho office of Mayor
would Inure to the benefit of sound money
or of Republicanism.
Tho wheeling movement, by which Mr.
Low has gradually effected a conversion of
hia political position, began when he ac
cepted tho indorsement of the Purroy
Democracy, which, moro than any other or
ganized body In tho Greater Now York, had
been loud-mouthed and emphatlo In Its
professions of devotion to the free coinage
of sliver and all the other planks of the
Chicago platform. From that moment Mr.
Low was estopped from uttering a word
concerning tho momentous Issues which
wero at stake a year ago. A further step
toward the disavowal of tho principles
which he, at first, announced, and toward
an Irrevocable divorce from his former
Republican friends, was taken when he
insisted upon putting In tho Meld candidates
not only for tho three metropolitan posts,
but also for county offices, together with
nominees for all the scats in the Assembly
belonging to the boroughs of Manhattan
and the Bronx. It being obvious that none
of the Low nominees for the Assembly
could be elected If they relied solely upon a
fraction of tho Republican vote In their
respective districts, Mr. Low sanctioned
the bargain whereby the support of Mr.
GEOitriK'a followers was secured.
Thenceforth, It became doubly Impossible
for Mr. Low, the alleged Republican of
two months ago, todenounce, oreven depre
cate, the free coinage of sliver, or any other
plank of the Chicago platform. Tho sub
sequent acceptance of the Indorsement of
Mr. Low by tho Ship Democracy, which,
on the very same evening, Indorsed tho
county ticket of Tammany Hall, committed
the Citizens' Union still more thoroughly
to cooperation with tho representatives of
Bryanlto Ideas. Tho resolution said to I
havo been reached by the Low campaigners i
to lndorso Judge Parker, the Democratic
nomlnco forChlof Justice of tho Court of
Appeals, by betraying a wish to defeat tho
Republicans In the State as woll as In tho
metropolis, gavo the finishing stroke to tho
evolution of tho Citizens' Union from a
professed friend of Republicanism Into an
open ally nf Democracy.
If Mr. Low and his quondam Republi
can adherents arc not, by this time, fully
allvo to tho drift and lnovl table outcome of
their successlvo combinations, thoy aro
offering us tho spectacle of tho blind load.
Ing tho blind, and we may bo certain that
tho ditch of defeat and shame awaits them.
Moro Mockery of Homo Rule.
Tho Sngasta Government Is apparently
trying to stave off the independonco of Cuba
by another device of sham autonomy. Its
plan Is no doubt mora liberal than that of
tho Canovas Ministry, whlnh proved abso
lutely futile, yet Ib Is likely to provo a
wrotclicd makeshift that tho patriots can
not possibly accept.
Tho Canovas projoct retained all final
powers of real value at Madrid. Tho
now plan, as forecast or rumored at Wash
ington, would create a local legislature,
wholly elected by popular vote In tho
Island, and this body would make tho laws
and fix tho taxes. It docs not yet ap
pear, however, what final power of veto
Spain would proposa to retain over the
acts of tho proposed legislature; but
she would appoint the Governor-General
and control the courts, while It remains to
be seen wlmt tho proposed suffrage is.
We suppose that even such a system as Is
now talked of, ifputin forcothreo years ngo,
might have prevented, or at least postponed,
tho revolution. Rut now, as a concession
wrung from Spain by Cuban successes in
tho Hold, and brought out with a view to
avoid American interference, It Is a wholly
dilTcrent matter. Tho true home rule, for
Cuba Is independenco.
Two Tickets Good and Bad.
Honest-money Democrats who would
welcome a chance to return conscientiously
to the banner of Tammany Hall must not
sneak behind the Mugwump comparison of
the Republican organization with Tam
many, Platt and Choker, as they call
them, and say, If they are balanced thus,
we'll take our old associates and vote for
Van Wyck. Between the Republican
ticket and tho Tammany ticket there is no
comparison.
Tho Republican candidates themselves
are invltatious that every fair-minded voter
of whatever party will find It difficult to
decline. The Tammany ticket in its amaz
ing selections scarcely deserves the dignity
of consideration.
If the Republicans had gone beyond their
party fences and had sought the citizen in
mind, character, and training best qualified
to be Mayor of New York, they could havo
found no superior to Gen. Tract. The
Tammany nominee for Mayor, Van Wyck,
Is a travesty among candidates.
The Republican choice for Comptroller,
Ashrei. P. FlTcn, is a gilt-edged bond that
under Republican administration of the
Greater New York the management of the
city's finances shall be tho best humanly
possible. The Tammany man for Comp
troller isan insigniflcantand inexperienced
advocate of William Jennings Bryan
and dishonest dollars. Enough said.
The Republican candidate for District
Attorney, W. M. K. Olcott, deserves re
election If thero is any reward for faithful
and efficient public service. Tho Tammany
candidate for District Attorney is Asa
Bird Gardiner. Well, look at him! Take
him if you like him.
Next Tuesday voters for Tracy and his
associates will mark their ballots with the
pleasing conviction that in doing so they
arc rendering to their city the most benefi
cial service for which the day gives them
the opportunity. Put. a cross over the
column of names beginning with that of
William J. Wallace, the standard bearer
of Republicanism in thoEmpirc State; then
fold your ballot and retire. That will also
give a vote to Tract. Tract is the man;
tho man of the St. Louis platform; the man
uf success to those who desire Bryanlsm's
defeat in tho greatest city of the United
States.
We greet with a glad heart the return to
the tribune of Dr. Emu. Wrrzio HoEntn, the
Giant C.aroo. At several times and places this
week he will demonstrate to tlio doubt of all
that if the Lovilah ticket is not elected,
the use of umlauts will be prohibited and
(renuinc I'ernuitft and horseradish practically
disappear from use. Dr. Hokiikr'h style
of oratorv muy bo compared with that of
Danikl Vt'EnsTitR, Daniel Pratt, and others,
but his master! uso of ino Inngunite and an
eighth Is all Ms own. Great results for the
great ouisonre expected, now that the Riant
Oaroo has appeared upon the sccno and hurled
himself and other p ctur.squetlBUres at tho foe.
The London Times need havo no anxiety
that tho United States will "precipitate a
crisis" In tho caso of Spain. This Oovornmont
docs not seek a quarrel with tbo Spanish Oov
ornmont. It has tried to cot r.lonif peaceably
with Spain. Klius borne a great deal from her
for tho sake of remalnlne at pcaco with her.
When she has violated the rlffhts uf American
citizens in Cuba, we hare merely asked hor to
live up to her treaty obligations. When, under
her authority, Weylkr has perpetrated dcods
forblddon by tho laws of civilized warfare, ho
havo not even niado such a remonetrnnco ns
it was our duty to make. When oho
has talked angrily, tho roply has been In
placatory terms. When she has complained that
nrtns-boaring ships bound for Cub havo escaped
from American ports, our naval forces have been
ordered to pursue these ships, and the pursuit
has In most cases been successful. When sho
has spoken upon any subjoct to this Govern
ment it has nlways given beed to her words.
When hor Minister at Washington has had any
request to mako the doors of tbo Htate Depart
ment havo stood open for him. In our diplo
matic relations with Spain the policy of con
ciliation has always been followed by this Gov
ernment. The United States havo steadily refrained
from doing unytblng at which Spain could take
otlcnco, if sho wero ruled by reason. The Gov
ernment has done nothing that could be con
strued as favorlnc the Cuban cause. It has not
granted to the Cubans belligerent rights, It has
not acknowledged tho Independcnceof tho Cuban
republic It has invariably demeaned itself as
If it were over-apprehensive of the danger of
displeasing Sp in.
Should thero nt any time be a crisis in our re
lations with Spain It will not be the American
Government that can be held responsible for It,
It will bo that Government which, for so long a
time, has failed In its efforts to put an end to
the Cuban revolution.
Dr. Emil IIolur, the African explorer,
celcbratod his nftloth birthday on Oot. 7 at his
home In Vienna. Many learned societies and
prominent persons throughout Austria-Hungary
sent their congratulations and presents to
tho distinguished naturalist. U would be
strange Indeed if Dr. Hoi.ub woro not appreci
ated among bis own people, whose museums ho
has enriched by the most liberal donations from
the largest collections of natural history ever
brought from Africa. Nearly every museum In
Europe, from ScandinnTlu to Italy, has profited
by tho liberality wllh which Dr. IIoLUn has
scattered bis scores of thousands of specimens,
and tho museums of his own country havo bene
fited most of all. Puro love ot sclonce seems to
bo tho only Incentive of this unique goneroslty,
for Dr. Hot.vn Is not a rich man; and tho largo
sums of money ho has earnod on tho lecture
platform have been dovotcd far years to the
proparallan and mosutlng of his collections,
which he has refused to soil, but has freely be
stowed wbcrovor be thought they would facili
tate the spread of knowledge.
At the ago of SO, in tbo prime of life, honored
by his own countrymen and by nearly every
Oovornmcnt of Europe with special marks of
distinction. Dr. Iloi.vn snya to tho Vienna re
porters: "I am going to Africa again, for my
work there Is not yet done."
Genius cannot bo hidden long. What
true man's heart docs not beat faster becauso
the Hon. Fulton McMahon of august memory
Is going to deliver a lecture In tho Citizens'
Union rourso to-day ? Asbeflts n superior body,
tho C. V, Is always lecturing tho more Ignorant
part of tho community, a1 d whero tould a
better rftnrentntlrn nf the lecturinc: Citi
zen thnn the Hon. Fci.TON MoMaiion be
found! In tho days of tho P. M. L-, tho
Hon. Fcltov McMaiion endeared himself
to all. Ito thought or spoke continually for
roform. Reform did not come then. Itcform
will not come now. No matter. Whllo New
York has thinkers like tho Hon. Fulton Mc
Maiion nnd bis brethren In upper political cogi
tation, New York can wait. Tho Influonco of
such men may bo foil slowly, but their tlmo
mustcoine. If not now, In tbo coursoof twoor
threo millions of years. Wo bid Mr. McMaiiok
and Mr. Low not to despair.
It would certainly be a very groat relief
for Spain If she wero to throw off Cuba. Tho
life of her people, and her treasure, and hor re
sources aro wasted there. She has suffered
humiliation there; eho has brought dishonor
upon herself; sho has stirred up the hatred of
tho Cuban people; sheboslopt the favor of the
Unltod States by her conduct there. It is time
for her to relinquish Cuba.
Wo printed yesterday adrspatch from Madrid
to tho London Timtx which spoko of tho doom
that exists In Spain; "tho situation," said tho
correspondent, "is one of nlmosl unrellcrod
gloom." It Is all because of Spain's losses and
sufferings In Cuba, which have been of a char
acter fitted to make any country gloomy.
Cuba can never again be to Spain what It has
beon in past times. Tbo only hope for Cuba lies
In freedom. If Sp-iln were to withdraw her
army from Cuba the gloom which she suffers
would vanish nnd tho light of better times
would fill her skies. T epeoplo of Spain should
compel their Government to cut oft Cuba and
let It take care of Itself.
to ci.KAit jtAjr.ir.tr citossixas.
An Order from the Mint Railway Commie
Inn Id Ylrw or the Tally-IIo Accident.
Al.nANY, Oct. "0. Asa result of tho tally-ho
disaster at the Merrick road crossing of tho
Long Island Itailroad on Memorial Day tho
State Railroad Commission has taken measures
to prevent such accidents in the futuro. The
commission to-day sent a clrculur letter to all
stoam railroad companies and H'ghway Com
missioners throughout tbe State, sa ing that
Its attention hnd been directed to tho fact that
in many Instances the railroad companies fall
to keep their right of way free from gross,
weeds, and ' mlcrbrush, as required by law, par
ticularly at points where tbe tracks of a railroad
aro crossed by hiithnuyH nt grade: nlso, that
tbe e is non-compllanco with the Ilighnnr law
on the part of Highway Commissioners and over
sceis of hlghnajs In tho mattcrof ke ping high
wuja frco from similar growth at railroad cross
ings Tho board is convinced that compliance
with the provisions of law would lncreatti-tho
distance ut which trains approaching a hluh
way could be seen from the hluliway. The
board suggests that tho Hlgbway Commission
ers and overseers of highways throughout the
Stale cause nil obstructions to bu removed from
highways at railroad grade crossings.
Tbo commission also recommends that where
thero arc obstructions on a highway oronprt
vnle properly which intcrfero with a proper
viow of a crossing, and tho co-operation of the
Highway Commissioner cannot be secured, lbs
railroad company take Hteps to acquire the
right to remove such obstructions.
against irtrriAL HOTIOXS.
Tn Camrt r Appeals Vires Admanltton to the
liar.
Albany, Oct. 20. The Court of Appeals to
day denied a motion to dismiss tho nppeal iu tho
case of Samuel llachraeh against the Manhattan
Elevated Railway Company and another, appel
lants. In denying tho motion the Court bad
Itnnrlmt rlnun I li f tr Int Iniv niamnrnnilnm no
curiam:
"This is amotion by the plaintiff to dismiss
tho appeal upon tbo ground that tho Judgment
below bas been unanimously alllrmed by tho
Appellate Division as to tho facts, and that tho
txreptions tn tho ciiso aro frivolous. This
motion Is ono cf a large class imposing much
labor on the court and that ought i ot In bo
made. In this case lirl fs aro submit cd citing
nil horities to mipport Iho, opposing views. Tbe
fuct that such a course is necessary is ronel..bio
cvidoucc that tho motion sh uld bo denied. An
examination nf thin record discloses a number
of exceptions that ran onh be disposed of nftrr
argument of tho appeal. Tho rule In motions of
this character Is similar lo that applied to a
party asking judgment on a frlvo ous pleading.
This memorandum la handed own in order that
the bar may understand tlio strictness ot this
rule. Motion uenled with $10 costs."
more vxnvnanovsn trolley
neutes an Whtrh ttw Metropolitan Compaaj
Waatato Cbanse the Motive Power.
Tho Stato Hoard nf Railroad Commissioners
met yesterday at 1- Lilerty street. Applica
tions wero received for pe mission to change
tho motlvo power to tbo underground trolley
on these portions of tho Metropolitan Stroct
Hallway u) stem: On Eighty-sixth street, from
Second avenue to Madison nvenuo; on 1011th
street, holwecn Columbus nnd Amsterdam
avenues; onJl'JSth atreot, from Amsterdam ave
nue lo tho Houlevard. then up tho Doulevard
to 130th street, and through lUOIti strost to tbo
North Hirer. No decision was reached, Ap
plli atlon was also ado and taken under ad
visement for a similar rhango on Ninety-sixth
street, between First and Second avenue".
The application nf the Hlverhead, tjuoguo nnd
Southampton Hnllroau Company for permission
to construct a lino from Hlverhead to Wnst
hamptou was dlsciissod. It was dcnlod that
there was any Intention of paralleling the Ixing
iHlnnd Itailroad, which wns represented in op
position 1 1 tho application. Tho board look this
ma tor under advisement. A petition wns pre
sented on behalf of the Like Ontario nnd Hlicr-
Ide Hallwnv Company of Oswego or permis
sion to extend Its line through Mitchell street,
and to cross n track of tho Now York. Ontario
and Western Itailroad In order to reach 3U
Paul's Cemetery.
llurabur Iinrsa'C Work.
From the Lrtwnnrt Mill .Wtr.
The New York Tribune, wblch hitherto baa laid
rlalma touting one of the leading Republican organs,
but now Is a bitter opponent of the Republican
ticket, excuses itself upon the ground, as It claims,
that national Itiura are not Involved In the contest.
This Is a flimsy cxnisn tnmlng from such a source. It
Is an, admitted fait t cr) whero that If Van Wyck, the
Tammany candidate, or Henry Grorge, the Socialist
Democrat, Is elected nery Ilryan club and paper In
th country will claim It as a victory for Mr. Dryan
and as an Indication that the country la not In sym
pathy with the pulley of the McKlulcv Administra
tion. In spite ot tins the Tribune would make its
readers believe that tlio Issues Involved In the New
York Mayoralty eleellou are purely local. Happily
very few will be deceived by such specloua arguments.
rallure or Municipal Ownership.
JVom the Ttteoma Uduer,
The experiment In this country of municipal owner
ship of gas and water works has not proved success
ful In the few (ustann-s whero It haa Ix-entrlfd.
There are exceptions tu tbu rule, but the ratio of fail
ures and successes has been largely un tbe side of the
failures, wblcb were expensive and many times
scandalous as well.
The Original Het Time In tho Old Town.
From the inilrskarr htadtr.
Sodom was the old town wblcb enjoyed the first
hot Urn.
4
xjib maronr op "nosa" z,otr.
Mia Career as a, Doalnna Man, Palltlrlan. nnd
College President,
To Tnn EniTon of Tiik Sun Sirs Con
sidering that Mr. Both Low does not like
machino methods, it is rather strango that both
he and his managers bo closely Imitate and pur
suo them. Who evor beforo heard of any candi
date having his portrait sent frco by tho thou
sand to the residences of the citizens of Brook
lyn for exhibition in their w Indous I
This snlf-sntistlod young man was made, polltl
cMly, by tho very men ho Is now, with his wor
shippers, so bitterly assailing, Frederick A.
Bchroedcr and' others ot our best Hcpubllcnns,
including Ilcnjamln K. Tracy, all strict party
men, oponod tho way for Soth Low to tho
Mayoralty, and had dono all tbe hardest work
before ho becamon possibility or was thought
of. Uonjamln P. Traoy later on withdrew,
after being nominated, in ngrerment with Mr.
ltlpley Hopes, for tho purposo of permitting Mr.
Ixiw's nomination and election. Mr. Low
thought ho would do the same again and has
found his mistake nnd he will now rcallxo the
difference It Is to bo hoped that tho result of
tho coming election will settle Mr. Low's party
smashing Ideas for onco and all.
Mr. Low profosses to bo very much opposed to
so-callod "bosses," but ho has no objection to
ucing uosa uiuiscn. jh iuci, cver iuuvu uo
has ovor made, shows that ho Is only opposed lo
somo one, or any ono else, except himself being
"boss." He intends to bo responsible only to
hlras If. Pretending to represent tho pcoplo ns
he docs, v ho will hold him responsible, or up to
his promises! Ho has no party, and "the
people" Is too vague an expression nnd Is too
commonly used to signify anything definite, or
with any power to hold him or any ono to pre
election promlso. lie was a "boss" in every
senso when ho was Mayor of Hrookljn nnd
made cvorynno accountable to hi , and hi -nelf
accountable tonobodr. He was Independent
of the party electing him then; what will he ho
now if elected by no party, hut by tbo " pcoplo"
of all partiis I
To jmlgo what ho may do, let us not forgot
what hu did before. Ho Insulted and rlcloualy
opposed Mr. J. S. T. Str.iiiahnn, who was by
umtuonioii ent made "flrat illlzcn of llrook
lyn" not long after, nnd who Is probably tho
only man living lo co his own Rtatuo ert-elc.l by
his grateful fellow citizens. How did he treat
Col. Itoebllng, the englneirof iho bridge, whlih
was then une of tho wonucrsof iho world J How
did he treat others whoweioisfar his superiors
asposilhlc, whenlio was In power 1 Hudestiojed
his party in ltrooklvn.to that thu Democrats
succeeded him. nnd it look us many jears to re
gain Iho position which he destroyed. His
'business principles" fur city government
pruved lo be mainly "talk," and wero only
shown in carrying out what hail bicu estab
lished or planned by others boforo ho camo In
sight. As a rial man of business ho wns an
acknowUged failure, though "born wllh u gold
tpoonlii his mouth," and, slice ecdli.g to a busi
ness already nindo for him by his father and
backed by millions of capital, he soon had to
give It up. Ho was. as a graduate of Columbia
College, not specially remarkable, and after his
business fiasco, ho sought and, with tho aid of
the millions ho n presented, obtained tho Presi
dency ot that college. And It never had ho ex
pensdvu a President. That college was rich; it
it Is now loaded with a debt of 3.000,000. And
what has ho la-en there hut a "boas?" How
has he treated nome professors whom ho found
there before ho carnal And is not the former
law professor now bcutlug the college In every
wav I ,
Hy whom is he now urged upon our pcoplo for
tbe Mayoralty f Now 'S. ork J Is It not largely
by a mutual admiration society," composed of
such former v ieious Coppcrheitds as Mr. Joe l.a
rneqiic and such disgruntled Hepiihllcausas Mr.
Joe Choatc, und such disappointed men as Mr.
William U. Strong, who onto said that Low
could not he elected I Then Strong thought thut
he might get the Itepiihllean nomination him
self, and become that " nnif Ing force" of w hich
Mr. Low onco wrote so wisely. Hut ns neither
of them has proved so to be. they do not intend
that any other HoDUbllcan shall be. but ruber
that St. Tammany sh ill ngaln rule us. for
they wull know that St. Selh cannot succeed
by any possibility.
Ilini-'lit nerhans imnrove Mr. Lows chances
if he or someof his worshippers would fin or tho
public with somo reasonablo explanation uf
somo of his acts In his tyrannical and verv per
sonal administration of the Maioraltynf Brook
lyn, nnd his remarkable Kecking of votes among
saloon keepers, browers, &r. What wcio the
causes, if nnv, for his contemptible treatment of
Mr. Stranahan and Col. Itoebllng und others I
What was the reason for his setting aside of
educated men In the Hoard of Kducation and
appointing men who hotboughtcontrolled moro
votes, and for his general bad treatment nnd
contempt for the advice of those who clcctod
blm t Now be li-tsa chance to let us havo tho
UltOOKLYN Hkigiits. Oct. "J5. Tkutii.
TO TIIIS COLORED VOTERS.
A Call Ob Then lo Stand Firm br the repub
lican and lote for Tracy.
To tiif. Editor of- Tiik Srs Si'r.- Beforo
colored men allow themselves to be led away
from the Republican party simply because tbey
think that party has failed to give them their
share of the oftlecs, let them slop nnd think.
The municipal campaign this venr Is tho im
portant skirmish beforo the great struggle of
11)00. To help defeat Gen. II. F.Trncj next
w cek Is helping to carry tho Stato for the Demo
crats in moo.
If my peoplo havo nothing else at stako but
the obtaining olllco for one or two men, why.
then It is wciicuougn to neipiicn. Alison ii. mc
Cook to defeat tho Itepublican parly. If tho
question, narrowed down, Is simply to giro
olllco to two colored inon on ono side against tho
Interest of tbo whole colored race on tho other,
why, it ought to take the Intelligent and pa
triotic colored voter a mighty short tlmo to
niakouphls mind to stand by the regular He
publican party and tho highest lnlerost of his
own people.
Tho peanut politicians who hao for sercral
weeks been posing as lenders of tho colored
voters nnd by their stupidity or knavcrv eft ec
tually destroyed any chanro of securing the
nomination of a colored man by tho regular
party for a placo on tho ticket, aro scuttling the
ship which they have piloted among tho reefs
and hroakers. In clvlllred warfare they would
be shot. In tbo bush they would bo called bush
whackers and hanged. Among tho Indians
they would bo called two-faced, made to run
the gantlet and burned at tbo stako. On
the high Beas they would bo dreaded by
all shipmates. Their black fl.ig. ghast
ly with Bkull and crossboncs, preying upon
the Ignorant would call down tho execrations of
bravo men, nnd they would bo triced up to tho
yardarm without formality und without pity,
lint why J nines I). Carr and snmenf tho preach
ers are advocating tbo election of Seth Low is a
niizzlo to mo. These tuen wanted recognition
for Uarr in tho lliatrli t Attornej's olllco; hut
why the District Attorney's nlllce. and why a
colored man for this olllco moro than for any
othort
Lawyer Carr Is, doubtless, n very excellent
man, hut In what way has ho demonstrated his
peculiar Illness for tho position that was de
manded forhiui 1 There is no moro teniihlo rea
pou that ho should be appointed Assistant Ills
trlttlhstrlct Attorney btcuusoof his color than
thero is that ho should bo refuse. I ho plain ill
this lino ground. Mr. C.irr's prraclicr friends
nro somewhat thoughtless In usking that .tail
ored clttccn should bn put forwanl ns tho As
sistant District Attorney simply because lie Is a
colored citizen. If tlio argument of color is to
prevail as a testimony to cltlcleucy, Iho olllco of
District Attorney might ho claimed on thosainu
Kruuim. James u. iurr may no wuoiiy unr
quato to all demands that tho ullko might
havo made on him, but ho Is not known
and tho only recommendation his friends give
him is his color.
The Itepublican party has Its faults as woll as
Its virtues, but, colored voter?, It stands nearer
to you to-day than any other political organiza
tion on tho globe. So in this (lay of Hecmlngnd
verslty yon must conic onieniorn to tho nirty's
rescue; you must tight lis foes and defend its.
principles. You of my ra'csland hj thti rtv
of Gen. Tracy now and through a united organi
zation you will compel thoiu.iiiliuud of l o party
to recognize ) on In u prattlca) wav if It hopes lo
win victories in the future. It will hn a calamity
to elect Soth Iw Muor, tho man who voted for
Grnver Cleveland, who as tho President of tho
United Slates proved himself Incauahlu ot keep
ing his word to in n, living or di ail, and w ho re
moved hundreds of colored men from Federal
nlllrcs during his Administrations. Every voto
Elvon to Sctb Low this uloetlnn daj will bo a
elp to Urornr Cleveland in 1000. The siicoclics
atCarnegia Hull the other night strength! n thu
suspicion that Mr. Low's campaign has been
fermentod by men who bear no good will to Iho
Itepublican parly; hla nomination Is prob
ably regarded bv them ua a clover stroke
of enterprise. They will find themselves
badly disappointed on election day. for
tho colored v lers of New York city will vu o
almost to a man for Gen, II iijamln F, Tracy.
Not from gratitude, not becuuso Lincoln and
Grant and Humner anil Dana were onco mem
bers nf It; pot liefaimo it saved the I nlnn, lib
erated and enfranchised toy people, will ho vote
the regular HepuUlcim tl kcl, hu heciuso it Is
it live, vigorous, progressive party to-duy, fully
nhrenat of tho tunes, tho stanch friend of th
laborer, the guardian of t o ballot box und tho
public school, nnd tho safest and most reliable
political party In the country.
It is the plain duty of thu colored voters to
vote for Oen, Tracy. This Is no time for experi
ments. We aro Fdessnd now wllh bountiful
crops, and everything betokens a period of pros
perity. That prosperity is coming uncheckod
under Itepublican auspices, A voto for Soth
Loir is a vote for a dangerous change, A voto
i
fof Beth tow means a voto to establish the Dem- I
ocratlc party In this State. Tho Citizens' Union
shriek against Senator Platt, who stands among '
honest tnpn, who look for npen-hatidcd, honost
dealing In politics ns In nil other rolnllons of
man and man. wboro courageous and cloan ou-
Eosltlon is nil nil red and respected. These don-le-deallng
deserters are appropriately termed
Colltlcal pit-files. They may tcalhor their nest,
utlhoy will not this venr of price succeed in
delivering tho colored voles lo Mr. Soth Low.
Al.llKllT MllOHElL,
. SOO West Fortieth street.
Nnw Youk, Oct. 'Jr..
IVbr Oearare llns.o Penr or Itelng Counted Ont.
To rn Eonoa or Tiik Sis Sir.- Whllo Henry
Oeorgo asserts that ho was counted nut whan he ran
for Mayor In 1HHU, ho has no fear that thero will be a
repetition of fraud at tho palls. Why? That ques
tion may seem somewhat difficult tu answer if one
Is not familiar with New York city politics. It Is
solely because Tammany Hall Is not in full control
of affairs In New York at the present time, as she was
in 1880, when tho vote was counted aa best suited
her wishes,
I am told by a Tammany man, who was Chairman
of tho F.lrctlon Doard, and whnse father was and la a
somewhat conspicuous pnlltlo'an, that George was aa
surely elected Mayor of New York as thero la aaunln
hrareni that the majority In hlsdlstrlct for Oeorgawaa
revised and given to Hewitt, and that thi sams thing
was done all over theclty. In some Instances the fact
having come under his personal observation, or, at
least, he having teen Informed of such action by those
ut.n b.m In n., , ml In thntriltal.le,.
aeorxe knows that now If he receives suftlolent
votes they wilt be counted honestly and he will be
declared the elected Mayor of New York, because
under Itepublican legislation such crooked work haa
been rendered Impossible. In other words. It Is this
difference between honest and dishonest methods In
tbe conduct of the business of a great city, and speaks
volumes In behalf of keeping In power the same party
that has In such a brief period brought about such a
wonderful transformation. Put suppose the honest
count gives Oeorge the election, how will the solid
people In the I.ow ranks feel?
There Is not the slightest question as to who haa
the best chance ot defeating Oeorge and the Tam
many candidate. The man la He nj am In F. Tracy, and
he Is Indeed a man for whom every Republican can
be proud to east his vote. Jcnom U. ErrcOAM.
Illull Bkidcie, Oct. S3.
Close Up tbe rtanks.
To the Eniroa or Tiik Scs Sir: The forces co
operating to secure the success of Tammany Flail at
the ensuing election tiro weakening every hour under
tho fire of your Just and aggressive criticism. Above
the selfish clamurs or the small body of men who
claim to represent all the citizens of New York, abvve
the absurd pretentions propounded by the adherents
of th-j leers rnn, shnve the deluslvo hopes held out
by Tatninuj, wo hear your voice urging us to oom
blue in faior of conservative government and social
order.
The battle of 18DC Is being fought over again t and a
few of the allies of tbe Itepublican party hare been
tried and fouud wanting. How can these Justify tbclr
eonduet? Lait year zealous workers against tbo
forees thac threatened to disintegrate society, they
aro now aiding and abetting tbe common enemy.
This Is a municipal contest and It matters not to them
that a free silver man be seated In the Comptroller's
chnlr or that tho Influence of America's greatest city
le thrown on the side that they opposed last year.
Ouly tlice men themselves believe that they can dis
band our Itepublican army and give over the city to
I tho enemy; and "they, like the birds, have developed
a third eelld which If It does not serve to shut out
all the light, serves to shut out all tbe light they do
not want to see." A. R.L.
New Yoni.-, Oct. 20.
"On the- nomeetretcb."
To the Editor or The So Mr: I am one of those
who In 1R72 tollowed the fortunes of Horace Oreeley
until he was laid with a broken heart In a restful
grave. That memorable campaign hail Its humors as
well as Its tragedies. The course ot the Tribune at
present recalls Its attitude then.
A few days before the election the leading editorial
tn the Tribune was entitled "We Are on the Home
stretch." Nast tcok his cue from this. and. In liar
ptr'e UYfiy, produced a cartoon representing poor
old Iiora?c on a stretcher, borne by two old farmers,
surrouu-led with pigs, chickens, and the usual ad
juncts if farm life, to hlsCbappaqua house, and be
neath tba picture waa the quotation, " We Are on the
Homestretch."
Change the picture, tbe surroundings, and the date
and you will have what promises to be the outcome
of the contest on Turs Jar next, bearing to tbe home
stretch the Jrtbune'a candidate of boaetfulness and
treachery. A.
New Yobs. Oct. SB.
Spurns IjOw and Follows Tracy.
To mr Enrroa of Tise Scs Sir: Previous to
the Citizens' Unton and Low JnvenUe machine becom
ing disturbing forces Instead of unifying, I was in
fas or of Mr. Low.
Their Low methods and sham pretensions disgusted
me, as they have many othera. and as the O. O. P. haa
done nothing since Novemlier. 'lie, when all patriots
ran to Its support, to forfeit my confidence I shell
not only vote, hut work with all my might and force
to elect the onlr real and worthy candidate In tbo
field, Oen. Tracy. Put me down for two oonverta and
as working on a third.
As a Urooklynlte, allow mo to sav Tracv la ralnlnr
every day, while tho Low machine la suffering from
punctured tires.
Okokoe Tea axd Truer Matthews.
DnooKLT, Oct. 25.
The Interest In Indiana.
To thf rnrroa or The Scs Sir: I desire to com
mend TnE Scs for the vigorous fight It Is making at
this time for Oen. Tracy and the principles of tbe Re
publican party. In this part of the country the action
of Mr. Low and the Republicans who are supporting
his candidacy Is severely condemned by loyal Repub
licans without exception. If Van Wyck or George
sho-ild be elected, the responsibility will certainly He
wllh the Citizens' Union. Indiana Republicans hare
no sympathy with Pharlseelsm in national. State, or
municipal politics, believing that the best results la
government nf any character In thla country are al
ways to be reached through tbe administration of
tho Republican party. Bt.txsiuji.
l'gar, Ind Oct. SS.
Mr. Platt.
To mE F.nrrOR or The 8u.s sir: I do not know
Mr riatt personally, and icnuld criticise some things
attributed to hlnti but. If be has governed the Repub
lican parly In this Mate, It has been on the whole
well governed. Tbe rabid abuse of him should rally
every Republican to his side. Ills bold, wise, mas
terly Insistence on the gold plank last year shows
that be Is no trickster. It inarihalted all the Intelli
gent forces against llryanlsm, and the recollection of
this ahould Inj a great factor In strengthening his
leadership. As to the trumpeted assertion that he Is
responsible for the division of the antl-Tammany
forces uow, instead or Low and the Lowltes faughl
Everybody knowa better. Umiuias.
The War In Prosperity.
To the Eniron op The Sri Sir; The Republican
party represented the sound-money causa in the last
campaign and Is to-day the only political bulwark
against free silver, The election of any of the Mayor
alty candldatea other than Oen. Tracy will he re
garded as a defeat of tho Republican party, which
ii, rniu(Bm nun aiiniuiaie tne nryanttea all over
the country and correspondingly alarm and discour
age business men and manufacturers, thereby reduc
ing the volume of business to the detriment of wage
earners and Investors alike. Voto for Oen, Tracy and
good times, PnosrKniTT.
New York, Oct. 2fl.
Sweet Ca.ststenrr.
To TnsF.ntTonor The Hnt-r: One of the yellow
yellcrs gives two apostolic epistles from college Tree
Uents, nil to the effect that national polities have
nothing to do with thla city's election. Lo I on tbe
same page an editorial aaya of " Mr. McKlnly "t -Does
hn think that by electing a Ur) an Mayor of (Ireater
Now York, by building up llrran, by making Bryan's
nomination a certainly," Ac
O, w lse Illshops I o, moot learned college Presi
dents I O, sweet consistency I A Coixeoe Max.
New Yohk, Oct. 29.
Iso Mucwumpery.
To rnr. Editor or The Sua Sir: Any Republican
w ho doein't vote for Benjamin F.Traey, a good and
tried man and nominated by tbe great party which
has done Its very best to make our industries great
ami has restored business confidence, must have a
short memory! be must be blind to Iho battle that Is
to U fought within three years. Mugwumplsm and
American patriotism cannot possibly get along to
gether, Edwasu lunar.
New Your, Oct. SO.
Trari Is the Man.
To Tns r.nnoa ok The Hcs-.s.r: There Is now in
the territory which will constitute the Oreater New
York from Jan. 1, 180H. a veritable Mayor's nest. I
Ix-llern " the gray mare Is tbe belter burse." And IU
name Is Tracy, eb I, Aciis-a.
llROOELTS, Oct. S.
Aitxr nuzv ron ironrit alabka. A t
rapt. Ban' ri Anticipate T Alger and . I j
Approved by McKtnlei. if (j
WAflniNOTON, Oct, CO. The recommendation 'L
of Cnpt. P. H. Itnv of tho Eighth Infantry, who M
Was sent to Alaska by tho War Department, V
thnt tho northern patt of tho Territory receive a A
jcml-mllltary form of government, had been , R
anticipated by Secretary Alger In the prepara- II
tlon of tho nnnual report which he will auh- J?
uilt to President MrKInloy. Cnpt, ltay's r 11
ommcndntlons agreed in many respects with 1
tho Ideas which 3ccretary Alger had decided f
to piaco before the President for consideration. A
Tho President and tho Secretary of War read
tho report and, It Is understood, appro vo tho f I
suggestion that a military government should ,
pro all in the Yukon lllver country. ,
The plan is to placo that part of tho Territory
under tbo control of army olllccrs during tho I
prevalence of tbo excitement over tho Klondlka i
ilnds. Capt, Hay said in his report that somo i
of tho civil omcers of tho Oovcrnmont i '
wore not attondlng to their duties, and f
even if they were, would bo powerless 1
to suppress the lawlessness likely to break
out at any time. Mon familiar wlth'prcsont !
conditions in Alaska havo informed 'tho War
Department that between 100,000 and MOO.OOO i ,
persons will Invndo tho Territory next rprlng, '
and troublo la expected. Tho details of tlio
scbemo will not bo ruadopubllo until tho annual
report of Secretary Alger Is nrcsonted to tho
President, This probably will advocato tha
appointment nf an annv oflicor as Governor,
and tho creation of police inspectorships and
magistracies to bo tilled by other olllccrs of tho .
army, with non-comtntssloned officers and pri
vates of the regular servlco performing polloo
duty. Congressional action wlU be necessary
to make tho plan effoctlve. i.
THE AQUARIUM COMPLETED. V
Its Gallery Tier Finished, and tn Be Opened to II
tba Puhllo To-Dar. j
Tho gallery tier of tho Aquarium Is finished
and its tanks are stocked, and It will bo oponod
to tba publlo to-day. The Aquarium Is now
practically completed.
The tanks on tho gallery tier are smaller than I
thoso on tho ground tlor; thoy aro Intended for j
smaller fishes; but there are mora of them and I
thoy occupy tho samo space. Thero aro also on
tho gallery tier a number of tanks for turtles.
In tbo gallery tanks, as In thosn of the ground I
tier, the rock work la very simple, its chief pur- ,,
poso being to afford some refuge for tho llshes
without a material reduction in tbo volume of
water In tbe tanks, and so without materially
toducliig their sustaining power. s
In tbo gallery tanks, howover, somo use has j
been tuado of aquatic plants, wblch aro not '
found In tbo tanks of tbo ground floor, v-hero
the light is less favorable to plant growth. In
the ftnllory, as on tho ground floor, tho tants on ...
the north side are devoted to fresh water tl thea
and thoso on tbe south side to salt water tls'jes.
Tho Aquarium is open from 10 A. M. to 4 P.
M. dally, excepting Mondays and Tuesdays.
JUST A COINCIDENCE IN BANKING.
Tba National Cltr Bank's Credit Balases or
00,114,007.00) a Nurprlse.
Attention was attracted In Wall street yester
day to tho fact that tho National City Dank had
the very large credit balance at the Clearing- .
House of 9 0,1U.G67.33. It was at first thought
that this reflected somo operation connected
with the pending foreclosure sale of the Union I
Pacific road. This report was denied by an ofll- 1
cer of tho bank. S
"The largo credit balance represents a coin- V,
cidence in banking, that is all," he said, "and Jt
reflects not one large doposlt, but a number of "
deposits. It was as much of n Burprlso to us 1
as to any one. We had no expectation of It." fl
Several banks showed large debit balances at ,. H
the Clearing House, notably the Chase National I
Bank, with a debit of $1.7flll.00o, and tbo Im-
porters and Traders' National Bank, with a I
debit of 91.801,000. An officer ot the first namod I
bank explained its large debit as due to tha H
bank having been a very heavy lender of money fl
on Monday. Tho dubit of the Importers and
Traders' Bank waa ascribed to soma largo I
city payments, that bank being one of the do- 1
puslurlcs ot the city's money. I
BADLY HURT ON THE STAGE.
Richard 111. VTaunda Richmond la tbe Sword
Fight en Iloenorth Field.
Buttk. Mont., O t. 211. During a performance
of "Richard III." ot McGulre's Opera Ftouso
last night, John Fay Palmer, who plays Rich
mond, had a narrow escape from fatal Injury at
the hands of John Griffith, who attempted to h
play Jtirhard. In the sword fight on Bosworth
Field Palmer accidentally drew blood from
Griffith's hand, and suggested that the curtain
be rung down, but Griffith told him tocontinuo
tho fight. Ho did so. and a moment later Grif
fith made a terrific downward thrust and
caught Palmer across the face, cutting a gash
from tho right eyebrow over the nose, breaking
the bone. Tbe curtain was rung down and
Palmer was removed to a doctor's office, hera
a pleco of bone was removed and tho wound
sewed up.
EXILED BT IOLESTAS.
He's a Candidal for ne-Eleetlon aad tbs Oa
posttlen Has to Cet Ont or Coata Rica.
On the Atlas line steamship Alleghany, which
arrived yesterday from Port Llmon, were sic
Costa Hlcan exiles. Gen. Gulteras, Col. Saens,
Joaquin Hernandez, a priest; Andreas Tengas,
Joaquin Flores, and Dr. Juan J. Flores. They
wero the leaders of the party opposed to tho re
election of President Igleslas. They declared y
that they had been guilty of nothing except con-
stitutlonal agitation in favor of their party.
They said that many other Costa Rlcans behov
ing as tbey do were still in prison for inciting
rebellion, but that thoy wore guiltless. Prcsi- I
dent Igleslas. they said, had declared himself
Dictator pending tbe election, which will bo oa
Nov. 14.
ITJvT TO TUNNEL UNJtEJt US.
Termlaal Raltraad Company Formally Apptloa
to tho Alderman.
The Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City Ter
minal Railway Company through Its President,
W. H. Baldwin, Jr., asked the Aldermen yester
day for permission to build a tunnel under South
street. Maiden lane, Broadway, Cortlandt, and
West streo'a. Tho proposed building of this
tunnel Is a part of tbo scheme to extend tha
Long Island Itailroad from Ha terminus In Flat
bush avenue. Brooklyn, to the Jersey shore by
building a tunnel from Atlantic avenue, Brook
lyn, under tho East Hlvor, Manhattan Island,
and the North Ither. Tbe application was re
ferred to tho Committee on Bridges and Tun
nels, and a publlo hearing will be hold on tho
subject on Nov. 110.
SUNBEAMS.
The excessive bast of the middle of the month
caused the closing of a steel mill at Muocle, Ind., tha
men being unable to work.
There are a dozen doctors and Just tbe number of
lawyers, who, If tbey were tailors, would make ono
man, to a population of 1,100 In Bad Axe, Mich.
Klve eats were boxed up by the patient possessor
of twenty-three, In Punta (lorda, Fla.. and expressed
to tho Mayor of Arcadia, and on the third day after
shipment each cat had come back,
Somebody in Columbia, Ky., baa sent out and
got printed In the West a story that tho Oreen River
at that place has been so low lately that awlne bare
taken to w allowing In It and catching and eating fish,
According to the experience of a Topeka clergy
man people out there will pay moro to be married A
than they will to hear the Dospel preached, lie says w
he makes more hy performing marriage ceremonies
than he does by preaching. f
There Is one Tennesseean, anyway, who will not fl
practice tbo habit of holding a lontnpieE tn hla I
mouth any more. A rnoeze 0iusit him to swallow ,4'
one the other day and ho U considerably exercised fl
over Its whereabouts and possible effcits, a
Onthsfloorof a private dining room InaMIn- J
neapolls rrstauraut a waiter found a 1100 bill one
night. The next day the proprietor or the place was 11
called to the long dlitame Irleplmno and a man told I
him of having lust itlUOhlil. The waiter who found I
the money Ideutlllod the man I y his voloe. I
fur an hour and a quarter a mine engineer near fl
Bourne, Or., was whirled around with tho fly. wbeol, R
Into which he hail fallen, but when he recovered eon. i
aclniKucss after the wheel waastopied, It waa found I
that he was not seriously hurt. Tbu wheel was a 1!0. N
foot one, and waa making U5 revolutions a minute. j
A rope h a loop In tho free end left dangling ''
over the street from a telephone w Ire In Kaalnn, Mil ,
caught a button on a carriage which w as belngilrli en
up the street and, wrenching tho top from the veld le,
threw out a woman who was riding In a. hhouus
severely Injured and dlad In the house to which l.o
waa taken.
Of an operation commonly looked upnu with
more resignation In this world of wlckei'ness aud
small woes, a Mlsslulppl paper eayss " home lit nd In
carnate, with the roaring funnies of hull staring
hlra in tbe face, entered the residence of John Jonos
Sunday nlgbt and stole the Prtsbyterlaa buadaf ...
sohool collection." T3