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NEW YORK, SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, 18981 -COPYRIGHT. 1898. BY THE SUN PRINTING AND PUBLISHING ASSOCIATION. 1
AGRBATBLO WTO ENGLAND
i rAst ltAitx nose nr the uteikb
J (,r Tin: EsaiSEEnxsa trades.
jH Tjraatir ' I"" Ualon Queen Victoria
yi tlronsht I Term Mack BiatretM latBrevee
8 vrotin or IVoRdea RneB A Fastball
'.X competition Cnu In Baalish Paper.
a Lonpox, Jan. 21. It would bo dtmcult to ex-
f snrerate tho ImportAtico to the whole Industrial
" world of tho collapse of the engineering strike
!, n Great llrltnln this week. At the exponao of a
" demllr blow to ono of the greatest Inrt Mrlos of
Iho Ilrltlsh Kmplro tho stmplo truism has been
established that It Is impossible for manufao
,' turtrs hampered by hoavy burdens and restrio
' tlons to ilo business In the markets of the world
against tinhandlcappedcompetitors. It was not
tho strlko and lookout just closing whloh
proved this. It hnd boon demonstrated to tho
point of disaster by tbo very men who havobeon
outon strlko for tho past six months beforo this
final striigglo bcjian. The elttht hours' agitation,
as ono of the papers explains, fans beta a sham
from tho llrst. It was resorted to In the hopo o(
cecurlngpubllo sympathy and othor ad vantages.
The real aim from tho beginning was to carry
cut the general trades union policy in this coun
try of restricting output whtlo maintaining
wges.
It has boon this policy, enforced arbitrarily
and lnoxorably by tho strongest trades union in
the world, that has brought tho engineering in
dustrlcs of Great Britain to a disaster from
which they will never recover, and whlcn will
detract from national prosperity for generations
, toenmo. Tho offocts of it had been severely felt
i liy llrltlsh manufacturers long boforo tho pres
ent striigglo began, and the farseolng ones
among them alroady rcollzod that a llfo-and-death
test of endurance was inevitable. Dut
tho men, with a folly or blindness almost beyond
belief, refuiod to recognlzo tho situation, and
strovo Instead to put tho screws still tighter
upon their employers. Now tho battlo Is vir
tually ended and tho dofoat of the unionists is
complete and ovorwholmlng at every point.
It is doubtful oven It their union survives in
Its presont form. Its strongest bond of union,
an Immense fund. Is gone, and its loaders have
proved themselves utterly misguided and In
competent demagogues. Mr. Barnes, tho most
prominent officer of the men's organlzatlon.it
has been truly said, has done more to smash
tho unions than all tho employers put togethor.
It remains to bo seen how long the men will
contlnuo to put conddenco In him and his ilk.
It should bo barno In mind that thoro never
has been nny question of wagos in this dlsputo,
nor has tho mattcrof hours been a serious lssuo.
Tho real struggle has been over tho point
w hothor nn employer shall be master In his own
chop that is. shall ho bo permitted to run his
machinery at its full capacltv whtlo it Is in
operation. The trades unions havo arbitrarily
limited tho output of machlnory to from 25 to
CO per cent, of Its capacity in the past;
or, in other words, it has forbidden its
members to opcrato more than ono-quar-ter
to two-thirds tho machinery which
an American workman easily superin
tends. It has until now been impossible to
conrlnco tho British trades unionist that this
policy Is anything clso oxcept a beneficent ex
pedient for giving employment to threo or four
times moro men than would otherwise have
work. Perhaps ho Is only half con vincod oven now
that a largo proportion of tho British cngineer-
Ilng trade has gone abroad. But tho system has
received Its deathblow In this country, and
thero Is really no danger that It will ever' be
reestablished.
It Is now soma fifty years slnceQueen Victoria
and her husband purchased tho estate in the
Isle of Wight known all the world over as Os
borno House, and used as tho marine palace of
tho British sovereign. At tho time tho pur
chaso was negotiated they failed to secure tho
closing of a public road which ran right through
the property and to a considerable extent
spoiled Its privacy.
Repeated efforts were mndo from time to time
to get tho road closed, but without success,
ow Ing to certain stiff-necked members of the
local governing body. There was some thought
n little tlmo ngoot compelling tho local authori
ties to meet the Queen's wishes by a special act
of Parliament. But the idea, if It were ever
i seriously entertained, was abandoned, and the
more effectlvo measure wns takon of threaten
ing tint the Qucon would sell the property and
reaso residing in the Islo of Wight. This would
havo mount the general deterioration In vnluo
of property In tho Island, which naturally enjoys
vrry mato-Ial advantages from possessing a
royal rosldenco. The authorities, therefore,
came, to terms, and tbo bargain was consum
mate on Jan. 14.
Tho Queen has had to pay for her love of
privacy as smartly as any prlvnto Individual
would havo done. In roturn for closing the road
she lias had to give Iho town of Cowcaafour-tecn-acro
field to bo used as n public recreation
ground, and In oddltlon tho has made over a
valuable gravel pit, and undertaken to construct
a new road In another direction at considerable
expense. The affair Is credltoblo both to tho
sturdy Independence of tho local authorities
and to Queen Victoria's common sense.
Osborne does not, as many suppose, belong to
the State, but Is the Queen's private property,
bought tilth tho savings of her enrly years,
snd tbcro has nlwnys been curiosity ns to its
future ownership. Recently thero have been
tumors that sho Intendod leaving It to ber third
son, the Dukoof Connnught, who Is nonetoo
well endowed with wordly goods for n Prince of
tho roral house of Britain, Tho general belief
is,lioHocr. that tho property will bo entailed,
o that whllo remaining prlvato property it
shall bo forovor tho marlno resldcnco of the
reigning sovereign. Tho Queen's other landed
"talc, Balmoral, In Scotland, Hill probably bo
soli nfior her doath, for though she Is oxtremoly
rich, the has nn enormous numbor of moro or
lets poor relations for whom to provide.
Hitter Indeed Is the penalty that the peoplo of
jlrecco are paying for their misfortunes in tho
late war. From all parts, Eubcea, Thessaly,
Athens, and Crcto como piteous tales of dis
tress. Tho Island of Kubooa Is full of Thcssallan
refugees whose sufferings havo been, and still
ro. of a terrible description. To starvation and
dlsosss havo been added the evils of eovcre
winter cold. Though thero have been few If
) deaths from actual starvation, the mor
tality from diseases which havo been aggra
vated by Insufficient nourishment has been very
Breat. n i, gratifying, however, to learn
that great numbors havo been saved from cer
tain death by tho efforts of tho charltablo.
Bomo ,1,000 blankets, provided from funds re
ceived at tho British Legation, as woll as a con
siderable amount of clothing, have been dis
tributed lu tIl0 refu?cogi arcat BUTerinir pre.
. lsHAIdlpsos. whoro a new soup kitchen has
been opened under tho direction of Mr. Noel,
m who ulso superintends those at Chalcls anil
oUiorl. At Aldipsos 600 persons aro fod
m oally, at Chalcls 3,500. and at Xerokhorl 1,600.
m inlhessnly tho stato of affairs Is even more
m "meutablc. Many of the refugocs who bad ro
ll ;nrnei' 'o that country In tho hopo of proceeding
W K their homes have been compelled by the
J,urkl,h authorities to rcmalu at Volo, and
I "ousands aro encamped In tho outskirts of tho
town. Many havo returned in despalrto Greece.
I .lor Is tho misery In Thossaly confined to tho
I TonquLhcd. Tbo Turkish soldiers, who havo
I oen Insufficiently supplied with clothing and
I uei, are sufferoly sovcrely from the cold, and
"c "'ortallty prevails among them. Their
. "'xmionisdoscrlbodns hardly loss miserable
""l ni".? ' of t,1B refugees, and their efforts to
I ?, ,Mn lUo ovll of their fate promise to In-
1 h,U"rt,lcrPunlshmont upon tho hapless
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THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
Of NEW YORK
RICHARD A. McCURDY Pntsiotnr
Statement for the Year ending December 3ist i8o7
Aceentleg to tbt Sttadari of (A latunace Dtpartmtat of the Sittt of Nw York
INCOME
Received for Premiums $48,603,801 90
From all other Sources) 11,400.400 8
DISBURSEMENTS $54.108.008 88
To Policy-holders for Claims: by Death 813,870.680 88
To Policyholders: for Endowments, Dividends, etc... 18,718,484 78
For all other Accounts 10,188.005 B7
ASSETS $30.184,000 00
United States Bonds and other Securities 8188,017,841 40
First Lion Loans on Bond and Mortgage 00,483,037 81
Loans on Stocks and Bonds 18,880,808 00
Real Estate ... ... 81,018,454 88
Cash in Banks and Trust Comnanios 11,705,100 88
Accrued Interest, Not Deferred Premiums, etc. ... ... 0,141.800 80
8803,783.487 00
Reserve for Policies aad othor Liabilities 818.878.843 07
Surplus 835,508,104 80
Insurance and Annuities to force $030,084,406 08
I have carefully examined the foregoing Statement and find the Mote to be correct liabilities
calculated by the Insurance Department CHARLES A. PRELLBR Auditor
From tht Surplus a dividend win be tpportloned is usual
Report of the Examining Committee
Office of Tbt Mutual Life latunnct Company of New York
To Tut HoMOSASts, Tits Dotsn op TtusTtis or
THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK
The undersigned, a Committee appointed by your honorable body, on the twenty-second day
ol December, 1807, to examine the Annual Statement ol the Company, and to verify the same,
respectfully
REPORT
Thit, pursuant.to tht power sad authority thereby conferred, the Committee have, at various dites
bttwttn the dsts of the uld reference and the date of this Report, attended st the office of the Compuny, snd
htve been waited on by the Treaiurer, the Comptroller, the Auditor, snd the Cashier, together llh the respective
assistants ot such officers, and have carefully gone over all the items contained in the said Statement, and have
found the same to be correct. Thev have examined and counted every certificate of stock, bond and other
obligation held by the Company, and compared the prices at which the same are canted in said Statement with
the market quotations, and Tina the same not exceeding such quotations in fact. In many casts below them.
They have examined and counted the bonds and mortgages on real property held by the Company, and And
the same to be as stated. They have also verified the valuations of the Company's holdings of real estate and
have verified the deposits of money in the Various banks and trust companies, and nave counted the cash on hand
held by the Cashier.
And the Committee certify that all the books, papers, documents, and evidences of title of every
description necessary in such examination have been freely submitted to the Committee by the uld officers
and their assistants, snd thit the same are accurate. In good order, and well kept ,
And the Committee further certify that the investments of the Company are of a high order, and that
the system and methods sdopted by the Company In recording Its transactions and caring for the assets are
entitled to commendation.
AH of which Is respectfully submitted. Chas. R. Hikdiisom Eibiidcs T. Guar A. N. Watmhouss
Nsw Yout, January ai, 185S. S.V. R. Ciucsa J. Hosast tissues: Jamss C Hotnsu
BOARD OK TRUSTS K S
Samuel D. Dascock Julum T, Davus Thsodobb Mosroso Gsosos S. Bowoom
RiciiABD A. McCusdy S. V. R. Csucia Wiliiam Dabcocx Wiiiiak C. WmTtiBY
Jambs C. Holdem Chabiss R. Hsndbbsom SruvvsSAMT Fish William Roc if tuts
litBMANM C. vox Post Rufus W. Peckham Augustus D. Juiluasd Janes N. Jabvis
OlIVEB HabBIMAM I. HOSABT liSBBICX ClIABLES E. MlUSB ClIAS. D. UlCXBT, Js.
Rosebt OlYHIAKT Wm. I'. Dixon Waiteb R. Giustts Elsbidcs T. Gebbv
Geobcs F. Dakeb Rosibt A. Gbahkiss li. Waiteb Wibs Wiu iam J. Sbwsu.
Dudley Oicott Hskby H. Rocebs Geobcs G Havbi A. N. Watebuouss
FasDSEic Cbomwell Jxo. W. AucHixctoss Adbiam Iseiix, Js. Jajbss SrEYK
ROBERT A. ORANNISS VicE-Pwt.iotMT
WALTER R. GILLETTE General Manager
ISAAC r. LLOYD sd Vice-President DUER du-P. BREf.K Corresponding Secretary
WILLIAM J. EASTON Secretary ALBERT KLAMROTH Assistant Secretary
FREDERIC CROMWELL Treasurer
JOHN A. FONDA Assistant Treasurer JAMES TIMPSON ?d Assistant Treasurer
WILLIAM P. SANDS CiMer EDWARD P. HOLDEN Assistant Cashier
EMORY McCLINTOCK Actuary
JOHN TATLOCK Js. Assistant Actuary
CHARLES A. PRELLER Auditor WILLIAM W. RICHARDS Comptroller
C CLIFFORD GRhTSINGHR Assistant Auditor HENRY S. BROWN Assistant Comptroller
IOHN C. ELLIOTT Superintendent of Domestic Agencies
EDWARD LYMAN SHORT General Solicitor
Medical Dibectobs :
CLIAS J. MARSH M D. GRANVILLE M. WHITE M.D.
G. S. V INSTON M.D. Consulting
Is thus belntr devastated. It Is earnestly hoped
'that the conclusion of the financial negotiations,
vrbtch will rendor possible the evacuation of
Thessaly, may soon be arrived at. Unless tho
refugees can bo reinstated in tholr homes beforo
tho end ot March this year's harvest villi Inevi
tably bo lost
At Athens, too, the distress is very great, for,
in addition 10 the Thesaallans who havo taken
refuKO thero, soma 20,000 Cretan refugees aro
assembled in the city nnd at PIresus. Tho bread
supplied by tho Government Is stated to bo very
Inferior both in Quality and quantity. Tbo
Queen and tho Crown Princess continually
distribute relief and show the greatest sympathy
with tho unfortunate victims of the war. Lady
Egerton,who has been indefatigable in her efforts
to relieve the distress, has opeued a school of
embroidery In which upward of eighty children
are now cmployed.whllo others are supplied with
work in their homes. 8ne has also organized a
weaving industry, which she personally superin
tends; forty-threo looms ore now nt work, and
upward of sixty persons are employed, A soup
kitchen Is combined with Ibo establishment,
which, it Is boped,may be considerably enlarged,
ns numerous orders for textile fabrics have been
received from England. Three other soup
kitchens nre under tho direction of Greek ladles.
As might be oxpocted, mendicancy has greatly
Increased at Athens, and the crowds of persons
asking for alms which throngod the Christmas
markota furnished n distressing spectacle.
Every steamer brlnrs a contingent of refugees
from Crete, whore tho severity of tho winter
has greatly increased the sufferings of tho pens
ants In tho Interior.
One morning last week the following curious
advertisement appeared In tho Daily Chronicle:
CROSSINO SWEEPER. Pitch, with good will, In
the fashionable WMtKnd i held by pre ent owner
14 years 1 good opening for a respectable man. Ad
dress CHARLES E. COLLWS, Row ton Home, Vaux
balL S. V.
Thero Is no doubt that the value of such a
"pitch" Is considerably greater than (the sum
that a man In tho sweeping line of business
would bo likely to havo at his command. In
London tho "pitch" of a crossing sweeper,
newspaper seller, bootblack, pavement artist,
and so forth Is really the private property of
lta occupier. Mo Intruder thinks of ousting the
rightful owner by turning up an hour before
htm, and If the attempt were made, tho raider
would soon bo repulsed, finding every man's
band ngntnst htm. If you want to establish your
self ns a crossing sweeper or what not in Lon
don, you must peg out a claim in some hitherto
unoccupied spot, and then by careful attention
to business you may soon ncqulro squatter's
rights.
Mr. Collins, for surely a gentleman retiring
from active business to enjoy a well-earned
otium cum dignitalt deserves the prefix, wants
fOOOforhis pitch, which Is situated at the cor
ner of Upper lirook street, Qrosvenor Square.
Ho Is quite a celebrity among the crossing
sweoplng fraternity, and throe years ago wns
anxious to publish bis memoirs. Ho claims re
lationship with the family of nn earl. nnd ears
that he Is himself the grandson of an heiress.
From an interview It appears that during his
sixty-five years he has seen various sldos of life,
having been a footman, butler, stoward on a
Cunard boat, window clean or, mossenger, and
"mud pusher." He has been to Africa and
America. Ono Sunday in Now York he heard a.
sormon on the text " Fear them not," and if you
remind him of this he will laughingly tell you
that since that roornlngbe has never been afraid
of Americans.
When be first took up the pitch, some four
teen years ago, bis earnings wore very smoll.
However, they increased. Something seemed to
tell him to keep his heart up. Ono morning an
old friend of his, a coachman, met him at the
crossing nnd exclaimed, handing him a six
pence, "What, are you come to this!"
Collins has had an occasional holiday, but In
his own words ho says: "I am always glad to
got back to tbo crossing and lean up against my
old friend, the lamp-post, with broom by my
side. Xow and then I ralso my band, almost
touching my eyebrows, to the pasteraby, for, as
my father used to say, It costs uothlpg to bo
civil."
A dollar a day seems to be his average income.
The halfpenny ovenlngpapere here are now run
ning the "football competition" business for all It
Is worth to their 8aturlyljHUs. In theMldlinvU
and the North the game has a more complete
grip ot tho community than in London, and the
Birmingham, Sheffield, Mnnchoster, and Glas
gow papors are disposing of football coupons as
fast ns they can print them and to their own lm
menso profit, ns a llttlo mathematical calcula
tion shows. Somo matches were played during
tho New Year bolldnys to upward ot 40.000
spectators, and games with from 20,000 to 30,
000 are by no means unusunl. Xothlngllke this
Is over seen in cricket. A test match between Eng
land and Australia played in London will rarely
drnw more than from 12,000 to 15,000 people.
These phenomenal football crowds turning out
week after week bavn led to an eruption ot spec
ulation on the results of the games. Tho bank
In this Instance the nowspapor running tho
competition is a big winner every time. The
general Idea of tho speculation is that you are
Invited, In return fnr a rownrd If successful, to
foretell tho results of certain spociflod football
matches set forth in tho coupon. The Important
thing Is that there Is no limit to tho number ot
coupons nhlch may be sent In. You can buy as
many copies of tbo paper containing the coupons
and forwnrd as many tries an you please. In tbo
courso of evolution two varieties ot tho game
havo survived, with perhaps nn equal following.
In tho ono you aro invltod to foretoll the
actual nuuibcrot goals scored In from four to
six matches. In the other a larger number of
matches Is specified, nnd tho compotltorls asked
to Tmtno the winning sides. Looked at as a
mathematical problem It will bo seen that the
latter provides a good deal tho easier task.
Every match must have one ot three issues A
wins, or II wins, or they draw, Whoro tho
coupon is of tho variety which Invites tho re
sults of matches without reference to tho number
of goals. It usually contains the names of from
thirteen to eighteen matches. A morning paper,
not In tho coupon business, has worked out a
table showing tho possible combinations In such
oases; that is to say, if you sent in the number of
coupons specified ono ot them would be mathe
matically cortaln to bo correct:
So. of Matchli. routblt Combination!.
13 1,504.1)38
14 4,7SV,V0B
16 14,040,1)07
lfl 43,046,731
17 s 12U.140.103
18 U87,420,48U
Where the coupon Invitos a forecast of tho
goals the problem becomes a good deal more
alarming. Evon when one limits the goals to a
possible six, the figures work out so great as to
bo practically meaningless. It is remarkable
that evon In splto of these conditions it repeat
edly happens that the prlie 80, JtOO, 100
la won. Tho explanation Ilea In the enormous
number of competitors. For the bigger prises
several hundred thousand coupons are sent in
weekly. The doctrine of probability shows that
cno or two of these are likely to be correct as a
mcro matter of chance. But tho chances for
the Individual competitor aro enormously the
other way. A paper which gives a prlso of
100 Is believed to receive an average of about
800,000 coupons a week. At a penny each this
amounts to 1,230, an nmpie fund out of which
to pny tbo 100 prlzo (if it Is won) and Inci
dental expenses. The additional prize ot 1,000
Is offered to the competitor who wins the
smaller amount threo tlmos, and each time in
full that is, who does not tlo with any other
competitor on thoso occasions. The cbanros of
such n consummation are bo small that it may
safely be regarded as a negligible quantity.
If wo assumo that they bring In on the aver
age 1,000 a week, we get for the soason of six
teen weeks a sum of 10,000. Thus, oren If a
prlzo of 100 Is paid away weekly (which Is very
far from being the case) n total of 1,000 would
be required for the season on that score, leaving
n balance of 14,400. Out of this sum has to bo
mot tho expenses of the sorting start and smaller
Incidental oullujs. It Is probably within the
murktoaay that these churges can bo covered
for 1,000 for the soason. but, allowing an oven
considerably wider margin. It Beoius difficult to
reduce tbo not profit to less than 12,000 for
the eeuson. II. it. c
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be Is at the slrad or Her Proroaaion In tlin
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Reraro Parla Took Her to lis Heart De
crease nr Amerlran Interest In Inn nallet.
Pans is dlscussiner tho npproacblnpr retire
ment ot Itoslta Mauri, who has long been tho
leading dancer nt tho Grand Opdra thero, and
will, according to tbo present plans, leavo tho
theatre at tho close of this season atong nlth
Itose Caron, Subrn, nnd othors. Mile. Mauri,
through her position at tho hoad of tho Opera
ballet, ns well ns through her own talents, hns
been at the head of her profession In tho world.
No othor dancer is bo well known. Fraulcln
Doll 'Era, an Italian, who dances nt tho Iloynl
Opera, In Ilerlln, Is famous among' tho public
acquainted with tho performances nt tho opera
tbcro, and has won great pralso from special
ists In her art as well as from tho lierlln public,
with whom she Is Immensely popular; but her
appearances outside of Berlin bavo been fow.
She Is amuch vounger.woman than Mile. Mauri.
"La Mauri" was born In Ileus, noar Tarragon,
In 1850, and the fact that she Is at least -11 to
day has not diminished her popularity with
the Paris public. Her father was a dancer,
and sbu mado her debut when a child often.
She did then a Syrian dance, and was ablo to
attract uttontlon by her groco and talents. Hor
father continued to teach her until she was U
years old, and then took ber to Paris, where
she was placed under the tuition of Mme.
Domenlque, then a famous teacher. Sho was
soon ablo to make a contract for three seasons
at ttie opera In Barcelona, Her groat suc
cesses thero woro mado In the ballets "Tho
Oirl of Fire, The Spirit of tho Sea," and
"Brohme," When tho Theatro del Vcrmo was
opened at Milan Mauri was engaged, and sho
appeared tbcro first In 1874 In tho ballot "Tho
Vizier's Dream." Sho causod a great furore in
Italy, and even In Milan, supposed to bo tho
borne of tho ballet, thero was no dissenting noto
In the enthusiasm with which sho was ac
claimed. Leaving tho Del Vcrmo sho trav
elled through Italy, and beforo she was en
gaged for tbo Opera at Paris danced at tbo
royal opera houses In Berlin, Vienna, Trieste
Turin, and Home. Tben she waa askod to ro
turn to Milan to appear, not at tho new theatro
In which sho bad mado hor first Italian success
es, but at tho historic La Seals.
It was here that Oounod happened to see her.
No proof of tho fact that ho was ut tlmos high
ly susceptible to the charms of foreign femi
ninity is noeded, nnd Instills caso ho was struck
by the appearance and talents of tho young
dancer. Mo managed to transmit somo ofhia
enthusiasm to tbo director of the Opdrn when
he returned to Purls, nnd Muuri wus engaged
thoro. In 1B78. during tho Kastor liolldnjb,
sio made hor llrst appearance in Paris. Tho
preliminary rumors ot hor abilities had been
met by tho answer that she was good enough to
create a sensation In othor cities, hut could
muke no Impression in Paris. It wus in "Poly,
encte," as I'rnus, that sho was seen for tho
llrst time there. In splto of her success,
she returned to Milan, as ber engagemont In
Paris was only temporary. But during tho
following winter she was ongaged for tho Opera
and she lias remalued ever since at tho bejui of
the dancers. She succeeded Ititn Samralll,
who had boon tbe premiere. The hitter will be
remembered as the dancer who came to this
country under tho management of Jarrett ,Vs
Palmer to play In "Tbe Black Crook" at Nlblo's
Garden. Sho danced llrst in New York in
September, 1800, nnd later danced in tho origi
nal performances of "Humpty Dumpty" nt tlie
Olympic Theatre for moro than a year. Later
she danced with great success In London, where
the went during the Franco-Prussian war. The
opportunity to take the place of Fanny Cer
rito, then the 'premiere, at the Optra, tempted
i bar hack to Paxil, Mm, Cerrtto, who vu
French woman ot Itnllnn birth, had succeeded
Cnrlotta firlsl. Snnunlll supplanted her only
to clvo place to nnothcr foroiunir as tbo head
of tho ballot of tho National Ojdra Houso 3f
Frnnco.
When Mauri returned to tho Opera penna
nentlv sho nppearcd as Vrdda, which Snn
gnlll hnd "created." Her flirt efforts wero dis
appointing. Paris decided that hho wus lltrht
and graceful to a remarkable degree, hut locked
tbe i,Toat qualities as a dancer which hor pro
dccesorn had possessed. When sho apprnrod
ns hrntlla In ''LnMuottcda Portlcl' and later
dancol nclng In pahots nn l'unneffrln "Korrl
frano" In tho following year, Paris took her to
Its heart without reservation and sho wan com
pared to KIlBlor'nnd.Tngllonl. Sincotlmt tlmo
Bhe hns main allied her plnco nnd is to-day as
popular as et or. No reason for her resignation
hnf been given. Sho has danced in most of the
operas and In tho lmllets writlen for Iho opera
houso. Whether Mio will contlnuo to dance or
retire altogether from tho Hinge Iiiih not been
ilocldod. Incnsa sho continues in her profes
sion It Is not likely that sho will ever bo seen in
tho I'nltcd States.
Mile. Mnurl's career calls attention to tho
llttlo reward that this country offers to ballet
dancers. Nono ot tho first In tho profession
la ever seen hero now. Yet It waalormcrly
customary frr tho best nf them to como here,
and they received nlmoxt as much ns tho
great prima donnas, riangalll, fnr instance,
travelled nil through tho country and mndo n
largo enough fortuno to retlro from tho stngu
whllo sho was a younc woman, and all of It was
mado In this country. Tbo dancers who rnmo
nnwroccira small salaries compared to thoso
fnrmcrlv paid, nnd most nf them find it moro
prnfltnblo to remain in Kuropc, whero thero Ik
agroatcr demand for their hcrvlcra nnd their
art Is much moro appreciated. Ballet dnnrlug
In this country, so far as It Isdono bvtliorank
nnd llle. is usually very poor. The dnnccrs
trained In this country aro neither skilful nor
graceful.
MAIXE'S ICE CHOP.
Operators TnUliior All Tliry Can Store, Itnrour
ngotl br tbo lludaon Iteports.
IUNonn, Jan. 20. Mnlno Ico operators nro
going In for all tho tec tbey can got this soason,
being encouraged by reports from tho Hudson to
look for another bonanza yoar. Thero wns n I lino
when failure on tho Hudson meant big money
for tho Ponobscot and Kennoboc, hut conditions
In tholco IradohaToso changed that thoprlco
seldom gets above 91 n ton nowadays, For
niorly tho business was conducted on n specula
tive basis, but now It Is a settled Industry, nnd a
man who owns n good Ico houso usually fills It,
whatever tho outlook on tbo Hudson, tnklnghls
chances, one season with another. In that way
it frequently happens that largo quantities of
ice aro carried over from ono season to another,
and shortngos thus made up from old Block.
Thoro are now In tho ICennrboo houses about
33(1.000 tons of 1807 Ice, nnd tho Penobscot has
24,000 tons. This year tbo Maine crop is of lino
quality, on tho Ponobscot exceptionally good,
and all tho houses will bo tilled to the enves.
Thuold-tnsblonod winter, long missing from
these parts, hasenmo luck this nur, nnd every
body rojolcos, Tho weather Is strmlily cold,
nnd I here have been frequent snowstorms. In
Bangor tho streets nro two and thrcu feet deep
In snow, and everybody joins in tho ilnlly
sleighing carnival. Tbo loggers aro jubilant
over tho return of the deep siioms, forit mnkus
their work easier and moro prolltublo, and al
though much snow makes great oxprnso foi tho
Ice oprrntors. It Is a godsend to tho Inlwrlng
men. who arn employed In clearing tho fields.
'Ihls year thero will bo cut on the Keuncbco
nbnut 800,000 tons of Ico mid on tho Ponobseot
300,000 tons. On llmKeiiiiehco 4.000 moil and
many horses will bn uuiplo) ed. on t ho I'onoturnt
1,'JOO men, and horses lu proportion. Wages nro
low, but living Is cheap and nobody complains.
When a Bangor laboring man can earn fU.'J.'i a
day In midwinter ho Is a long way from want,
and belter off than If ho wero earning tn Ico tho
mnnoy In alurgoclty. Probably stlO,ooo will bo
paid out horu during the Ico hurvost, unci next
summer It will cost moro than that to put tho
ice luto vcssols for shipment
There is a great dlirorcnco between n cake of
Penobacot ltlvor leu and tho averago block cut
from the Hudson. A shipmaster says "ono Ithn
Penobscot) Is clear and blue, the other black."
Dirty lee Is almost unknown hero, and it is
never cut. The poorest family in Bangor would
turn up their noses at Ico that sells readily lu
iNtw York they tut only the best, and lots ot It,
StAPH UP TUE PAXA3IA CANAL.
Tbe Vlalonarv Protect nr M. de I.eairpa and
iVIint In How Proposed.
Hero nro two llttlo maps, tho upper showing
by a heavy broken lino tho routo of tho Panama
j Canal ncrocs tho Isthmus from Colon to Panama,
I and tho lower show ing n cross section of tho coun
try through which tho canal passes. Tbo other
day Tin: Hex printed a lcttor from Panama say
ing that American cnginocrs who had gono thoro
' tolnspoct tho works had cxpicsscd their convlc
i Hon thnt tho canal could bo complotod within a
I prnctlcahlo limit of expense. They added that
1 most of tho work nt present Is centred nt tho
Culcbra cut, tho highest point on tho route,
with tho design to cut It down within 140 feet
of sen lord, so ns to mako It moro feasible to
complete the canal with n system of ten or
twelvo locks, as is now proposed.
gfe fa '
THE PANAMA CAXAI.
M. do Lcsscps's ldoi was that n sen level
canal must bo built nt nil events nnd atony
cost. Ho argued that unless tho Atlantic and
Pacific could be united by n sea lovel canal It
would fall as n commercial enterprise, because
a canal with locks could not pnss tho traffic that
would wish to go through; and also becauso It
wns uncertain that thoro would bo eufllclcnt
water to supply tho lockago and evaporations.
A glanco at tho cross soctlon on tho man will
show what nn enormous undertaking ho pro
posed to carry out. Sea levol Is the basoof Iho
cross soctlon. Two parallel lines show how
high tho region to bo excavated rises nbnro sea
lovel. They aro drann ntSOand 100 metres,
or JOt and 328 foet nbovo set level, nnd the
map slums that tho highest point, the Culcbra
or Cordillera, rises nbout 3S0 feet above tho
lovel of tho ocean, while tho creator pirt of tho
country Is nlwut ISO feet above tbo sen. Tho
cubo therefore, that M, do Lesscps prnpnsod to
oxcnviiln wns to no of colossal dimensions. At
IheCnlelira cut nlnnu It would bo nicossary lo
take out 00,000,000 cubic yards, mostly soft
schistous roc);.
The lino of the cnnnl crosses tho CliHgres
Itlver no less than twenty-sorcii times, and De
IjCssods's engineers never drenmod of thu diffi
cult problem bi'fnro them of how to protect tbo
(mini ngalnntthoChiigri's Hoods until they were
brought In n rcnlbliig scneo of it one day in
Juno. ISHXwlifii Dm noil, nn tho mnnl hail
udv.inrrd so far that they thought It Impossible
to holect nn enMrely new llnenf country. On
that day tho Clwigres rose forty-four feet in
four hours at Han P bio, half wny botween
Panama anil Colon. The engineers wero greatly
perplexed for a while, but it was dually dec I clod
to build a great rcmruilr Unit would impound
nt least Iwlro Iho groat est Hood that had ever
been known In Ibo Chagrea Hirer,
Tho utter collapsoof llinllo Lcseps projert
left these tnn problcmx to bo tlgurod out by
Ilia succeiHors If nnv appeared. Thoy did
npponr, nnd it Id well knnun ll.nl the new com
pany mm been lining only enough work on the
canal to bold its concession from (he Columbian
Government; und, iiio,uiulill. It is hoping for
bettor times. At present 3.100 laborers nro I
employed on tho cnnnl. Tho plan hns been I
changed from n sen level lo aciuial with locks,
nnd II Is proposed to turn the middle valley of
tbo Chngrcs Into h vast lake for tho storage of ,
tlioChagios Hood waters. Thecunipunvlicllcvej
that It has solid Iho two gro.it difficulties
tho cutting through tho ciitr.il ridge and tho j
etnragu of Iho Chnvros freshets. I
Tho ilevelopiiieiils of tho next fow months
will probably docldo iho falo of tho Panama
enterprise. Tho French Oovernmelit Commis
sion Is expected to carry out a i cry thorough
Investigation of tho present phases of tho work,
and its report will be read vritb much interest.
8?V jaVt!tvay)lltjJ WsX t.yi
SEVEN DAYS TO DAWSON. J
JUST A WEEK FEOSr VAKCOTTTEn
APTEll TUE XAIEIWAB 18 UVILT. lag
w
Tbe none la to He Comolrled by September II fccy
Is Proposed In Cnnndn to Authorise ne f
Olber llallrond ror a tlumber of Tears. &
Preliminary Work to Drain Immediately. ill
Ottawa, Jan. 20. Tho railroad which Is to J
ho built from Iho Stlckecn Itlver In British Co fs
lumbla to Teslln Lake, 100 mllos, is expected M
to cost $5,000,000. It is stipulated that tho W
contractors shall open a good trail from tbo ;'
mouth of tho Stlckecn River to Teslln Lake, ,1p
providing stopping places at Jntorials of twenty tjf'
flvo miles, this road to bo ready for use within tij
six weeks, whllo tho railroad Is to bo in opera :jj
tlon by September noxt. Tho contractors T
must also establish steamboat sorvlco between ,ri
Teslln Lake nnd Dawson City. Mnny capital- "J,
lsts huvo sought tho franchlso for this road, j
but nearly nil, Including the Lnglish syndicate. 1Z
w ithdrcw when thoy learned nf tho difficulties ot ;3
such nn enterprise. The country is wild and M :
almost Impenetrable, nnd tho, Oovernment In'
sUted on rapid construction. Tbo work, as -f,
already announced, hns been undertaken by & ,
Mnckfir.io & Mann, who halo been highly sue- Jj
ccssf ul lu Canadian railway construction. Tbe . '
contractors deposit $200,000 as a guarantee of ,S '
good fullh.iuml, instead of receiving a cash sub- .
sidy, will securo what will amount to about J.
3.700,000 acres of mineral Innds. Tlicso lands Jt ,
nro to lio selected from the Klondike district ;
and from tliut region, known to bo rich In ';' 1
precious minerals, west of the Maclccnile and
J.I.trti rlvcrH nnd north or tho sixtieth parallel. .1
A royalty of ono por cent, is levied on mineral
produced from thnsci lamiu. Mining claims el- v
ready recorded wltbintbeho blocks of In nil are ex- ;
copted from tlio grnnt. Iho railway rates ore to Sj .
bo fixed by tho Uoiornor-lienerul in Council. .
subject to a reduction uftor four iuarsof23 J
por cent., nnd u similar reduction utter severs . j
years. i
Practically a monopoly Is granted tbo con. ,
tractors, as no lino of railroad from Lynn Canal, ii 1
or nny rolnt near tho international boundary j
between Canada and Alaska will ho authorized I
by Parllatn nt for flie years trom the let of i
September, r'.lH, undfor ten years these con- A i
tractors will haio tho preference In contrucl M
ing nny other lines of railroad from Stlckecn ;A 1
ltiver to nn ocean port. Subject to tho approval I
of Parliament, tJo contract virtually provides ,
a quick and oay routo to tho Yukon, and there 1
Is no doubt that tho monopoly clause will be ',
tho subject of hot controversy bctwe.cn the two j
lKilltlcal parties. . , , . '!
Upon tho completion of this lino the trip to j ?
Jiawton t. liy may no mono wirouguom oy raw
road und steamers. From Victoria, 11. C, ocean fjj'
steamers run to Fort Wrangoll. Hit or steam. jj
crs will ply up tbo Htlkcen from Fort Wrnn- ; j
gell to connocl wllli tho railroad to Lake Teslln. V i
und from Teslln to Dawson City the Yukon and V j
Its trdmtnrlos aro nuvlgablo. 'Hie distances
aro as follows: VancouvoCor Victoria to Fort h
Wriiiigi-U, 700 mllea; Fort Wrniigcll to Ulenora Q A
l'J.t miles; tllcnurn to Lnko Turllu, 1 15 miles; .
'IVbIIu to Fort Selkirk, 400 mllew; Fort Eel. w '
kliklu ritoiwirt ltlvtr. 103 miles; Stewart 'i
Itlver tn Dawson City, 07 miles. Total dls- i
tunce. 1..142 mllos. t J (
Fort Wrongc II Is In Alaska. AtFortWran- -fll
froll baggngunuil freight will bo transshipped In ;
Mind to river steamers. 'I he HtlLreii Is navl m
gablo for II t-bottom river ste amlioatj to Olen- "$
ora, anil when the water Is high they can reach fB j
Toli'graph Crock, twelve miles lurthor up j
stream. Tho trip from Wrungcl) tu Ulenora gi,
oie-upli-s thirty-six hours. rf,
Thero is clear navigation from the head of 4S I
Lako 'I'tklln tn Dawson, wllh hut one rapid Hj
that of Flvo Fingers ilong the cntlro distance. Age
and this, wlthlcarc. Is rcporteei; to bu easily is I
navigable on tho northern nr right-hand chan $&'
nel. Out of Toslln Hon h tho Teslln Itlier.wblch, it'
nfler being joined by tho Big Salmon Iltvcr, Is m :
known ns tho Lowes, ivhlch Is followed to Fort 'If
riolklrk, where, with the Pelly, It forms the TE l
Yukon, of which It it tbo principal source and 'ft
grc'itost fcoiler, M,i
The contractors will begin work within a few ?
weeks, getting In supplies by sledges. Tho right .A
of way will Ui cleared as soon us tbo snow als '
uppenrs, and a wugon trail will bo llxcd up to VI''
fucilltnto tho work of construction. A dully iR
fervlcu will be put on, It necessary, and paasott- a
gers, when everything Is well under way, aro to af.
be put Into Dawson City In seven days tress .,.
VaucouTcr. 'a;