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I f : THE SUN, -WEDXESDAT, MARCH 2, 1898.
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WEDNESDAY. MABCH 2. 1893.
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& Tim TTitsum 5. It. near Grand Hotel, ud
X -Dra-roe Saw 10. Boalev-rd dee Capacntra
'l XT w frUiUt wha fanr testa manmrifta fur
'Jj tljflim mt fa Aarr- rtyaerad artirUt -wc-v-a.
;S aaeaj mntt ii oil u ml itjmae or- faa jraryaee.
' Tie Men for the Gans.
jl Tceday and ttvrnorro ware set apart In the
;- pause fcr the Loud postal bill, bat Friday
, U private bill day, and 3tr. Hcll. the
Y Cbalimaa of the Military Commit'ee. will
;' try to hare the artillery measure passed on
j ihat day. Aided by the presence of friends
) pf the measnxe. he ought to dad no di21-
Y tulty la doln; this,
t The wisdom of the artillery bill is so ap-
parent that iu defeat would be surprising
v and deplorable. A difference of opinion
)fc between the Senate and the House as to the
if amount of money to be expended on the
f fora after July 1 can te understood, but
this bill provides for the care and handling
jf of guns now mounted or to be mounted be-
fore tha: time. Mr. Hawjet has pointed
j out that, under current contracts, there
$ should be moun'ed before July 1 nest
f 130 heavy guns and tt Lhterones, with
1232 mortars, making an a-Tesate of 37
pieces. The pending bill, which add
l.tilO men and 111 officers to the art.!
lery. and, at the President"! discretion, tis
more enlisted men at the utmost, or a pos
sible aggregate of noc OTer 1.700. is totaie
effect immediately, for the very reason that
this additional force is rei,nlred.
These artillerymen are needed on thou
sands of miles cf seaboard, from Portland
Hevl to Paget Sound. Most of them, of
;i course, ought to be raised and retained, for
is the present, en the Atlantic coast, because
I only there would there be any chance of at-
ll tack .n case of trouble with Spam. But n
It due time every State on the seaboard would
I, reap an advantage in ecurity from such an
J? addition to the artillery forces, while surely
jl the interior la concerned in the safety of
- the coasts.
,f Under the circumstances the argument
for this bill is so overwhelming tha: oppo-
' S litlon must be classed as unreasonable.
If '
g The Hon. Eucene Hale and Thurston's I
j? Masterpiece. j
W One day last week Senator Tirrasrox of
Nebraska Introduced In the Senate a smal.
k Joint resolution attached to cne of the moat 1
1 grandiloquent preambles which patriotic
; rhetoric and historical erudition combined I
5 have ever produced. Certain people want
j to erect a monument to LaraTXTTJ: in
f Paris. They want to raise money far that I
f purpose from the school children of Amer- 1
tea; and they want the collection cf the
Tp funds and the expenditure of th same to '
j be In chaxse of a commission appointed by J
ithe President. The resolution merely au- .
homes the creation of such a commission j
and Involves no appropriation. It is proper
encash, if unimportant ; but it was ushered f
Into the Senate by Mr. Ththstot at the
tall of a portentous and momentous pream- 1
ble, printed herewith In full as one of the
choice curiosities of the Government 3 pro
line printing press '
- Waai-vcta. Xc ia proposed Co flgnalUa the eelebra
tloo ot Calis 1 Stats Day as tie Paria Itzhleitlott o I
1000 by the nciliia aad dsdli scion on that day of a
tuuaameaa trim. ehe icttuols oC Xmtr'ca, ta Cs.
LailCT il
" wmi. Tae lo2ttac of Gcl Uriiim a?ca
ttu r4ul of cue war for iai2pailaac Hxi. ta ti
faoria maaaitr !ea rvoisalzu 1
t" By Cocifre wins. xgoa tins cxaaloa of ctla ! '
partara from thntt taurcs. la It-t. te 9xtal(t slat
nASuul firreU
i - Et Uw uim of VTT-JUa oit MArr!ait. wSea. In
toe m yer, tav Diut acs mjln 3tm sail h'm
1 ttr fjmver cltUwna f taeir wp.c.Tff cooiaica- j
wtiltlm. wtti ill tao riau of ta ariral Cura. I
f -By WiiaCTUTOf, wira utjaiCrilal 1 :clf of 1
v mAtloa ta an sileac Aail pamI ciwm a froiil7
puwtr h bruii XIX priKwUnacj. at pr!-acl7 a 1
Sroaall7 aJlr-4dil tau 2ai3rjr 3f raf ta
' taIf of tao rol.unieat of La&?xtts. taia aLit Jl '
orac ta tl. 1u34ooj af Unats I
3 Conjr. waa t vjut Mm a iworl ait
pau-U oaoaluous -v-tiluduci .ummentltatf aim ta '
ta hi jaeac p. Ml! wrmi to tad 1104 it -.uk
I -By TVAiarwi ia itritn nr'aculy ait taroua I
ear M'ntBMr ra Pwa M ia. k AaJ 3t.uats. t i-i ,
to rtlu of Uaitf L-k iTiTTS from la 3obpter- 1
TxtbitUAl of JCv.1 .iait la las lmlui tao cr ail
eusto ly of ar win. Oit mis TC tcTnM Uinn, f
aail la rrtla Vmwif oa rT jpportualtr sail 1
Qcruloa to iM aa aoao. L kTim
-B. ta.- o pcioa ft' a L-iJiTV-rt ipoa ta occ- t
too of M 4jicto am-ru m 'ii.-vasa tai- v j
Fr-Utatof t ie a fl'n i -..tla oa -Mtjrt of S.fJi)
etUajat. frtt aim fitt a 4t nt Tort o.irbor tail '
wttnjfj rd HQlertt btai Jo.it c ta t.rno tj j
t 1 1 roa Uit x r r jiTa aailnr t)r tn tao
urtJ. &a 1 a w i.l!i a .uioa v-oa ivaltav-s- (
ion. n't alai ia n l mMpc-oa in ta Hulf ta I
Kou. jf fUp e3n ativi4, a 1 1 1,3, joon tiirf ia '
occut n jf aui .uc jstt to Jaif iiii. ta P-nHiilac I
anil Cat(ac. r ta bota !toLne jf icj-fs (rn aiai j
a iXtati! tf lai iv-t aiuja ficne ial waa
a ta aicuii.ia :u.4. catt ripi rctfatlvt ia I
ta bons t ir tai aouor f r ta au r"?t ia
waa. flaUly t-ucif-ii pr 1 ici ami Ttcit 40 pprc- '
pr.ia.)a it lii'o ion irjwaiaip nf jal Dullt aait ,
saautt ta 1j b iqik -n n if 4- ta Dnatiy la
ai t t31orl tao a.n -i ai-n f jr au joaTyiai.a
aon
Aal ay tao wtti a of ta cooatr af Fraac.
wulca. batntf, CTniiuU -a alaaL of UiHrrt,
Liaae.1 1 j i luil JDO 1it- a.it ta r jirl to rt poy J
Diaas f tao rvtnty 4va oulllona w btv looaml
yon w orriT y ia aia tui Joan m t if: of finil
alp aait w n wtta t n f .in tar Han't prutprirj
joa oaa pay ta -'c wtaout iacir-it ' ia t
- tWmw aa ootajum an1 sr-wat itIf raarsfn
3i lanruin p.pltt may r.ipr" r ia coa"ia
stalHt a ra ia pnnriclon of tao Bartaolll
'' ' Stazua of Liberty ta v Y irt aanj, r aait a.'mn
nw tauir irwaliain ti t raai trwir uivn j-nt va
- , arailoa for ta c " ptcrt t it kJiftiiirn ja-
' t.aXTTr- aa pport . f Tiianiyart iimo fjr
I H oiaay yir. a ate 34 t.oiri ia 1 a itu-i plai tu t
I , Virii Ta rm tint if a I.i7iTXTTTt aor Ho
t bimbly tncr-t a tb 1 P pua metrry '.a Pirj,
r , marit.! jmy by aa tiap tnctiiit .raaitrt 4lib aait
trnriij ta 4poc ttoiu4 fjrut a in it prmil aa4
taly pll4rt-nairf for a. lovurl of Ibrty anil
1 1 rrtiu, rbo prupiwt aioa iaiac 4buunt b a
poacaaou otTvrtoif. omia4 nri.t tioiti bi!!-a
' aaatobooUof Aauini; t, ta t tba; at ib? r bMaruiif tio
' - xptta of cal wort wttnom aaiii!ia. a.it f-Mct tao
,' Covraaiat tb ff1't ma 0 if ta U iatt bant
to oar popla aa itoaun a &.n.iim aattwtti. ta
i auouaata of amortcaa riutlt bi tn nut Ditnotio anil
1 1 apli-ji parti.'t of ourjlat ry uibnloUdir'!"ri
v So tacroatluaal poiaca an t 'o itiiium tbir atrt
. tn tba frtac vncs of 1 1 larainv..-va:urr
1
Then followed the resolution
When this phismi of preambles ts dn
i j played m the Senate on Saturday !ass or
f i Mr. THrs3i;o of .Veh-isia, stupefact. m
, seized upon the other Senators there prea
j snt. Even Alles turned pal-. He knew
.' r hcou.dnot have done it UimseJ, he had
i never dreamed that bwSiol.eaue wu up to
; that sort of tbia-. As pencil after period
rolled forth Stn njui.y frou 'ue eaoptais
cf the rend.pg cierk, one Senator and taeu
. another partially recovered hia xrr.t3 and
K ttajsered to his feet and tied M the cloak
HB wail. Before the reader had reaehcil that
ninth parafrranh thSst. chamber wast I
empty of all except the presiding officer,
the Innocent little potrea, Mr. Spooxx ot
Wisconsin, who had a lame foot and could
not escape, Mr. EUue of Maine, who U the
most unemotional of statesmen, and Mr.
ThiTHSTOS himself, the proud and happy
author of the preamble.
About the time when the reading clerk
reached that point of the preamble which
describes the fete to La-JiTSTrB In this
j town In 1524 as " the grandest affair ever
' civen under cover In the world." the Hon.
I Ersicr-i Haut calmly arose, and. speaking
I across empty desks. Inquired of tha pre
siding officer :
- waal ranarkabl darwinians ta taaa wktea ta bataaj
rami"
Mr. Sroosxa. who could not gst away on
account of bis foot, protested against the
Interruption-
ttr Srornsa Tae sanatcr from Sfanw outfit bob
to stop that
- Jtr HaL Taat flow of aliMtttraea. t waa rrtn
to ak what remmltt Bad rvportd U. if It to tba ra
port of aeommltt
Mr Tcttro It baa Dn raportal y n attoet
Commltci oa tntirnaeotial Kapoattlotta.
Xr Hail ta taa Sacncary mdtnm: too rtport at
taa cummlcta '
Taa rramnt. pro tamper XI Is ta satraola
tion - a- Tmuimi-l eaa ttata ta a momant til pur
poan of ta .Mtnt r-aolaOom.
air ctl, t waa aot atrock wtta caas ao moaa ao
wita ca groaail aail rofty tamoltac of raotorte.
wbica amal to ba vary ramarkaBla. It dltl not ac
enrtomotaat te waa part of a btnorjotnl rtaolu-ecn.-
Mr. TtrcBSTOX stammered somsthlng
about the " recognition that has always
been accorded by the United States in va
rious wavs to the eminent ervlces of La
Tjltttzz," bat the pitiless HjlU of Maine
went on
I u3pit to taa Saaaror. wbo ta a maatar of ttl
rbetoro aat wbo tauwi wait tela, taat tbapr-aaibla
waji-b ti Some fat 9 trar!t oat. aait lot aa tak tan
joint rolu:lon ttaetf. t tbi.ii d aoc waat Co oonaent
tbat any praambUof tbas sintt abooJiS p taco taa
rcorl aa a part of a icataftory enactmnt.'
It wa. nowTHtrasToys rum to grow pale.
When the President, pro tempore, inquired j
if there was any objection to striking out
the toplottical preamble, the author of that I
j masterpiece was too much agitated to ob
ject. Mr. Spoowki, the only other person 1
who could possibly have saved the life of
the preamble, was In convulsions and
could not rind his voice. The Hon. Ecokvz 1
Hail atood imperturbable. The beautiful
preamble was doomed.
j And yet it was a symphony In words
which would have delighted tha ghost of
our generous ally of revered memory.
' M-sjira Jsx Part Josiph Kcchi Tv-hs
I GmssT dc McrtSE. Marquis de Latat
j ETT2. Let the children of America buiM
I him a monument, by all means : but when '
I the Hon. Joh imix THtrasTQ ci
! Omaha composed tha: wonderful preamble I
I he understood very well what sort of a
I tribute would have been most gratifying to
the Marquis's soul.
I
Indemnity Versus War.
Whether the time is near at hand when.
12 the interest of civilisation, our Govern
ment should reccgULie the Independence of
Cuba, and should Interpose by force to re
store pnace in the island. Is one question.
Whether it should forthwith declare war
against Spain, provided the Court of In
quiry shall ascribe the less of the Maine to I
an outside explosive, bus without attempt j
ing to Indicate the authors of the catastro- j
phe. Is a very different question. The two '
Inquiries should be kept apart and deals
with each upon t s m-rtts.
If the indmj of the Court of Inquiry
should be that the destruction of the Maine
was due, not to any internal accident, but
to an explosive applied from without by ,
some person or persons unknown, a certain '
measure of responsibility would undoubt
edly attach to the Sp.inish Government. I;
was the duty of the Spanish authorities a:
Havana to use more than ordinary diligence
rn protecring th Mane. both because she
was the war ship of a friendly power, en
titled to th ame treatment as in ambaj--ailor
might claim, and also because -he had
"-en ordir-d to anchor ataporticularspoc.
Spain can no more repudiate responsi
bility or refuse the payment of au indem
nity for tne loss of 1 fe and prope-ty under
uch conditions than our Federal Govern
ment could refusi- an indemnity to Italy
Jit the murder of I'alian subjects in a not
at Xew Or'eaus. From the moment tha: a
Gov-mmsnt fails either to safeguard he
abjects or citizens of a friendly State
ojoumtn in its territory, or else to
pimsh the perpetrators of assaults upon
them, a !j:k of dae dtl i-nce is pr-sum'-d
and a claim for indemnity attaches. We
do not believe that this position wou.d
be disputed at Madr.d. provided the Court
of Inquiry, while imputing the destruc
tion of the Maine to an outside agency,
should tind no cause for arraigning the
Spanish authorities a: Havana as acces
ories before or after the fact. We do not
believe that the Span jh Government would
refuse to cay a reasonable Indemnity for
the loss of life and property, provided It
were held, not to a direct and legal, but
cniy to an mdirsct and moral responsibility
Let us supoote. then for the sake of
argument, tha: the Maine will be ad
juired to have been blown up by some
person or persons unknown. In that event.
Spa.n must; be regarded, not certainly as
an accomplice, but as chargeable, at worst,
I with contributory negligence, .assuredly
' our practice 'n suchi-xses is not to declare
I wr forthwith, but to put forward a de
mand for an indemnity Such was the
course pursued by President Bsyjaitix
Hasr.sox, when sailors from an Amer
tcaa war ship wer attacked m the
streets of Valparaiso. Even where the re
sponsibility of a foreign Government for
I an act of agression was d.rect and unmis
, tak tble. we have refrained from a precipi-ttt--
re-tort to hostilities. In the case -f
the Virginia, .t wjj a, Span.sh man-of-war
wbieh cap-ured on the h U seas a
ve-vl riving the American ttag and tro
her nto 'he port of Santiago de Cuba,
where a lare number of her crew imi pos-
sner-. .ncludimr many American c-tuutu,
wer- . immaxilv hot. It was afterward a.
Itf-rcu, udeeii -hit the papers of the V.r
i.aius were decisions, but, of course, the
punish war ship was not justified .a de
ciditw: arbitrarily that rhis was the case.
The puint to which we would draw atten
tion .s teat th.s wu aa eiample, not of
contributory negligence and of cuuscrue-tiv-
respons.01.it, but of pcs.tive and
t!agrant guilt, the Span sh war ship being
tne Glacial agent of the Madrid Govern
ment. Never-ho.ess, we did not go to war
I ahout tde Virgm.u-s but. after nevptia
t.ons had een prjlonged about two years,
t accepted aa apOiOgy rrata Spaia, toaether
I with the retura of the captured vaael and
a small rran ary Indemnity.
, This was not the oxi.t memorable ia
stance, when we have accepted aa tadeav
!mty in piace of making war. During the
irst decade of this cantury, when the United
Statea sad GrtaS Britain were as peace.
I
. the Captain ot British frigate assisted
npon searching the American frigate Chesa.
' pcake on the ground that certain British
subjects were among the Iattet's seamen.
The demand being repelled, the British
frigate Hredon the American, which was en
tirely unprepared, and kept on firing until
a great lows of life was incurred on the de
fenceless vessel, and the Stars and Stripes
were palled down. If sver an Immediate
outbreak of hostilities were Justlned by
public wrong, unquestionably it would
have been justified by the treatment of
the Chesapeake. Nevertheless, our Govern
meat did not resort to war, but bore the
outrage with meekness, aa It did many
other Injuries and Insults received from
England la the years preceding 1S1-.
But few Americans will desire their
Government to bear again what It bore
from England In the case of the Ches
apeake, nor are there many, we Imagine,
who regard with complacency the outcome
of the Virginius affair. We have mea
tioned these Incidents, because In them
the responsibility of a foreign Government
for the wrong experienced was direct, gross.
and undeniable. Of a different kind and
weight in the ethical scale, and la the forum
of International law, is the responsibility
imposed by contributory negligence, the
only kind ot responsibility which could
attach to Spain, should the Court of In
quiry fail to connect the destruction of
our battleship with the Spanish authori
ties at Havana.
A Proposition for Municipal States.
A plan for creating three " municipal
States " Is proposed and defended by Mr.
Joseph H. IrwtN tn the CAtcacx) .Vtcs.
The increasing tendency of population to
concentrate tn cities Is the basis ot hi
argument. At the time ot the nrt national
tensus in lT'.-O less than 4. per cent, of tro
population lived in thecittes. inliSOlthad
increased to nearly 30 per cent. . and in
19"J0. Mr. Ibwix estimates, fully one-half
will be urban. Already t3" per cent, of the
population of New York is la tSti cities and
towns of 3,000 inhabitants and aver; 45
per cent, in Pennsylvania is in 67 towns,
and 41 per cent, in Illinois Is la 37 towns.
Mr. iRtvc estimates that at the next cen
sus the-e three States will have Joiatly a
ratio of about t)3 per ccat. la cities aad
only 35 per cent, la the " rural districts."
The three municipal States for whese
creation Mr. iRtsrx argues are the three
cities of the Caion having over one million
inhabitants, or New York, with 3,600,000
in 190O, Chicago, with the somewhat
exuberant estimate of 2.100,000, and Phila
delphia, with l,400,0i)0. Ee would have
each take ia adjoialagcooatiesto "ftiruh
sufficient territory to form a State and pro
tect its maritime interests." thus increas
ing their population tn 1900 to 4.000,0(0.
2.350,000, and 2,130,000 respectively, and
thinks that there " should be no difficulty
in obtaining the approval of the States con
cemeilandtheconsentot Congress." Final
ly, he would have the new "municipal
States" cutoff in time to participate as
such tn the next Presidential election.
Mr. Irwtx Is evidently a saagu ne man.
Even if there ought to le "no difficulty"
about the matter, actually there wuuld be
great and probably Insormountable diffi-
1 culty. No State would willingly cut off
from Its dominion the centre of its wealth
; and population : nor Ls there any Indica
tion that the cities themselves would be
prepared to advocate such aa excslon.
Here m New York, for instance, querulous
objection has been made at times to " hay.
seed legislation." but it has not been ac
companied by any proof, if, Injeeii, any as
sert.on. that purely urban legislation wouid
te better. The rharter of New York already
1 gives to this city the fullest measure of
" home ruie" ever granted to a muncipal
tty, and the -tispiie :ion of the people is to
wait to see how it wi-rks before boasting
; of superior itnea for legislation.
' On general principles, Mr. Ib.wt 3 prop
osition is unsound and vicious. The sepa
ration of States Into municipal States and
rural States is m.t desirable.
The War of Pronunciations.
From Ohio, but noc from Ohio alone,
comes the thunder of a nerce war of conso
' nants and vowels and pronunciations. Our
I esteemed contemporary, the .Wej .Wif-i,
avers that the name of the author ot ' tjuo
Vadis" is pronounced Chenkayveect."
I with the -eh" as in " child." Our equally
esteemed contemporary, the Youngntoim
I rtUijTtim, is equally sure that "Chenkay
I veect" will never be accepted in Youngs
1 town, howe-er much approved by N.ies.
For the Youn.rst lira literati have not time
, to learn that Tt of pronunciation. The
1 American version, pronounced Sinky
1 wits," is about all they can accompl.sh.
' It will not be admitted that Youngstowa
Is the Ch.ted States. " Smkiewicx" would
be the appur it pronunciation in English,
giving each lecter its face value aad acceat
j ing the antepeaultimate. it being the tec
j dency of Enxli-'h to throw back she accent.
1 How is the name of the gr-at ilicsxsrxicz
pronounced tn Younjtownl Surely noc
I Jlickiewits " but " Mickiewics."
I Father B uias3a. a learned Baltimore
J Pole, was probably misunderstood by 1 re
I porter ot the Siirtntor Sun, who dgurss
his prouuncUtion of the Polish novelist s
I name as Chen-kay-veetch," with the "ch"
as ia child. We are Informed by Prof. Jag
tows:rr, a yjung Lithuanian scholar la
Co.umbus avenue, that the correct pro
nunciation is - Shayn-kay-veetcn," accent
on the middle syllable, but you doa : have
to put both vour feet ou it: drst syllable
I exactly like the surname of a well-known
! Eepubllcan of West Forty-second street,
1 Mr C C. Sbvtttsc; "kiy." as ia the last
svllableof "decay ' although a Pole would
s ty ' ke-ay," running the two sounds into
cne. Aa Engljh ear would catch only
one sound, the ay."
We hope that both Youngstowa and
Warsaw will ratify this pronunciation,
but we have no objections to anybody pro
nouncing the ward according to his own
sweet wiiL
The Til'do Bte sets forth another diffi
culty which the remarkable popularity
of one of the least important of Mr
snit xa.t vtsri h's boots has caused
HiT you reail - Xvo Tawa" aak4 bar
aaijtanur aa toa frlet ba la in ur at anil ailiaatait
ber la
tb itar irt bluaaait aa 1 lnol aa IT ana bat
cucmuu't a tfrunrf
- Ti tell ta tnca, istnTacaa. I Jut Una t bat.
t.ma vi v j.jc a mpy at too boiiM. bat Tv baa
o buy rotaj to ta Irtsamaaar' aoa all taas taat t
aaTva t tarta e vac HiT joo,
1 - : .anuiit aay I aaa .-pi:t taa aodacy j-rl waa
j a tnulo of tr uaipo. T a unit to rtaa tt pat off.
EaaT STrybily w ta.)tltu; aauut tt.
I ' Sy tb way uiaractja, taiil Emiurr wbo
1 wroca - lo Vaiua aa4 Sumrt UJotia arooaa Jaat
too 4wi tor aay xooU aao
1 Whereupon the ptuxled youaj woman
I remarks with truth and frankness that the
Ibook was written by What's his nine.
Our compliments to her. and tf she likes
she cam taki; our craattnclatlaaof the for
taidable name. Aa to "Quo Vadls, the
simple old-fashioned pronunciation "quo"'
aa in quoratn,"" Ta" sa in erade." " dis
aa in "disturb." is good enough for us.
Many distinguished LatlnlsU who are just
beginning the Latin Reader will have a rlt
at the notion of not saying " Walt-dees."
or whatever the proper barbaric sound Is
supposed to be ; and it is not in oar hearts
to rob aay good boy or aay revered Instruc
tor of his prerogatives and enjoyment-.
Still, it seems a little queer that if the
ancient Italians Joyously changed their
t's into w's. the modern Italians haven't a
native w" sound In their lanruage.
Street Names and Number.
The proposed " comprehensive rearrange
ment ot the street names and street num
bers within the enlarged New Yorfc. to do
away with the chances of confusion, so far
as Is possible. Is said to include the abolition
of all names of " places " used as designa
tions for numbered streets.
Ic was a custom In old New York tor the
Inhabitants of a block of houses reserved
from the encroachments of tenements,
stores, factories, or public buildings, to
secure for It the official designation ot
" place." as a substitute for street, and
thereby establish for tt the distinction ot
being what was called a "residential
block." Some such " places " are Spencer
place, a part of West Fourth street : Clinton
place, ot West Eighth street ; Columbia
place, of East Eighth street; Mitchell
place, of East Forty-ninth street , Nellson
place, ot Mercer street; St. Clement's
place, in Macdougal street; St. Luke's
place. In Leroy street , Vannest place. In
Charles street ; Varick place. Ia Sulltvaa
street , Rutgers place, Bosljn place, Ludlow
place, Liaden place, and o on. "
Whea the city was smaller aad the op
portunities of confusion were fewer than
they are a: present, the objection to such
1 designations of New York streets, some of
) them being duplicated la Brooklyn, was
I less serious than It Is now, aad to avoid the
confusion ot a duplex set ot numbers it
is probable that the " places " will go.
The Ellsworth Bill.
Happy in his understanding ot the larger
public questions, the Hnu. Davtd Be-nmti:
Hum. again steps to the front of New York '
politics in denunciation ot the Ellsworth j
bill. Yet Mr. Hll.t.4 description of the
measure as "unnecessary and 111 advised" j
shows that he has not yec sounded the
depths of ia abominable character. I
! Ill advised ' It would create a machine
fcr the arbitrary oppression of the press
; and the men connected with 1: for which
there is no p irallel In American law. I
I The Ellsworth bill is being driven for
. ward by a phase of insanity which It is
I unnecessary to analyze here. But its pro
1 rooters must come to understand before
long the hollowness ot their plea that It Is
intended to deal only wtth yeUow joumal
I Ism, anl that other newspapers have no
1 cause for resentment. The bill is a reck- '
lessly devLed instrument of general op
' preaion of newspapers as a body, and the
journal failing to condemn it because of
confidence ia the safety ot its own skin i
would be fale to the principles as the
foundation of a free press, a traitor to its
colleagues, a coward, and a fooL
The political leadership which is capable
of saddling the party m power with a
scheme so repulsive must be moved bv
Inconceivable folly, and the just blame for
Its action will be in proportion to the
magnitude of the trust which it Imperils.
Who will be the drst Republican in the
Empire State to answer the Democrtr.
1 Kill, by denouncing the Ellsworth bi 1
with tea times Hill 5 vehemence and de
termination to bring tha infatuated an
j thors of it to reason I
I We trust that it is not tco soon after the
rei.ea: tctr.dea: at k-n 'o conratulato the
Han. tVnxiAji C. WarrvxT.
The Hon. John MATrA2ia Ha.rl.ot. the
j yooaj r-forcaer aad statesman who was aat
j electeii JIarac 0 Chicago, and who beLeves in
aiiomja limytioifts with aaaireii foes of re
tarni. ilescenceti aeon the Bioody Nineteenth
w i-i of au towa the other aijhz. and hurled a
coaHuierihiei.ciIei.tionof woria it the Hon. Jonx
Pow3B3. the rnow3l Aiiiertoan of that re
1 aowae-l ijatr ot One of llr HaIUaj' acec
.otes showeii him conversing wth Mr. Powsss
' ia that reit ai ia s dnaj; saloon. Mr. Har
La ti i that Jtr Powrtts " ha.1 jhown him
t seif triiy hospitable by oniarinjr aa appro
priate beven1. ' A man m the audience
demanded at oa.e taat the same of the appro
;mu berero bo diclaised. - Whiskey. " a
serd Mr. H iHLav. "and it waa .raoii enough
to drtna: without water ' 31- HtHi-af is aa
impetuous, ami even an Imiiscreet, reformer.
Does he xjjei.c to pr".udice the Nineteenth
ward Jirtiaac 3Xr Powias by accusiair him of
setua jtjoiI wiuWey I
The P'ulailtlphia Prjt asks "why it is
tha: tho fruiaates of English collmr-s, where
' there Is 00 time liven to EajUao. w tesomach
better En.j'.sa th in the radtiates of our eol
leues. where jrofeaiors are tryuiir so hard -o
teach how to wte. Bofors viax much tune
or thought ro devising the corr"t.t answer to this
I'stion. it is idwsablo to cunsider if the as
sertion apun whu-b it r-scs or lies tmeitsy Is a
I face Do tie itaduates of the EaLsh colletfea
1 wnto better Eatc'ish th-aa tha nduars of the
American tfoileires What statistics has our
1 Philadelphia contemporary ta sappnrt of Its
prupiaitlua I
j The list of " latest new poets" grows In
dustriously and must be Ianex already than
, the Philological Soi-iety s Dictionary The
' Litest and the aiuat or giaal is said t.s
come from Oneida. Can., but his name
is ant known .r, these oarta. The Saa
! '"1' Jcuriit! notices with deserved
1 praise some of his prediction. These lines are
sitd to come f-um 'Lovus Truaiph. which
1 tolls how " the farmer 1 boy. zulng out to bring
the eows home, metiu a rural maid, and falls
stricken by lova s sharp, singing arrow
- Ca t u.a a oio,.! b aears taa 3 lek.
aad tnro taoir n.di bo 31nga aruk,
Y4t 3iit a beail waa ra-ed. throuaa ibaaia.
r aara from wbeacn cba oilaalla oama.
But talaly -attn.il bars aad taara.
ray anl. -aaa m wirhims a teara
In Vila be waaders to aad trl.
Jtinir ' 1 -Ulm taetr itraarloa. to
Tbat b aiiii'tt rguad tbaai tp aad than
AJTvt a aioctua boma aga.n.
But ao
Now axicly auiisbe, aoh ona, to ital
Tha 4aacla a jf aa nlag auai.
Taj ls tho true poatoril via. Sac Tasnciu
res ar Bamres of Dorsetshire wrote anything
that doaorves lo bo sut by the side of this. The
I noiJt of 'atast naw poets U not gr-aja on with
out a scare. The Onuul a eciogia writer " Into
their midst ' has sung " roi i '
All admirers of gea.us and valor will
I hope that the truth 14 noc in the reports sent
I f-um Fraatforc of jnpemljng war between the
Hon. CH iaii3 J BaoisTO"r of tha Kantucky
sanato and the Hon. Jacar Cbctx. the muse
eminent of BTentucky Democrats and cates-
t men. air Bboistom is said to have called Col.
Cau, by tncaaudo. "the MiPHiroriiixjta
of the General Assembly This remark Is to-
tsmreted by maddleaome camnxantatars a re
tarriactoCuLCnrra-.aadit iaprsotctad that a
cerionil fgmhttt tnaat tolIqiT. Nabod y coald or
wottld eetnpare CbLCmrx to UsncSTorRiXKSk.
altbeogh tha latur was a most lnawniou,
witty gwntlemaa. Preaomablr JXirnisiuiu
kixs has no friends tn the Kentucky
Senate, or If he has any. they are pluto
crats and unworthy ot belag beard, but Cot.
Cncrs's friends should have denied expressly
that titer could Im igiae mar resemblance be
tween Jtirn and Jack. The latter warrior
may be likaned to ALaxasDca. the Great. '
Trrucrtx. rscCMSzn. and Jacc the Giant
KUlar, but he has no likeness to any devil or
emissary of the devil, and ls now flzhtlnir bis
hardest against the money devil, tha vary devil
of all devils, and positively the worst tn the
business.
A business man ot Cincinnati asserts tn
the Commercuia' rVtbifiathafitlsafaetwhlch
no one can dlsoute that the railroads cannot I
operate aa many trsins. nnr emolay 13 many
man. nor pay as good wages. It the two-eent
mile bill becomes a law ' The business man
doesn't understand the trie grandeur of
the advocates of a reduction of railroad
rates. These wide and dsep philosophers 1
and political economists hold that the r-iUronds
can and at rivat should opcrfe mora trains,
employ more men aad pay better -race In eon
tcijuente of a -edticf on of rites. The 'aas money
comas In tho more there will be to pay out. This
Is a thaorr whu.li they esteem to be like Tan
ana's ar Atlas nnremovad. Besides, can't the
Lesislatnre. which puts down rates, put up
wagnl Is there anything that a Legislature
caa't da I
BLOW TO lySCBJiyCE COJfPAXIKX.
PawtaSaaa an last taa laaiaaaaiwl Ovsutaa
tlaa ay Ontaa 9nm Cawrr.
CotcxaCs. O. March L A decision was
announced by the Supreme Court to-day which
Is of great tmsurtani.e to the insurance world.
It was in the mandamus proeeedings brought
by the Home Mutual Life Insurance Company
of Detroit to compel superintendent ot Insur
ance Matthews to !sue to It a license to do
business la Ohio. The decision was adverse to
the company The grounds upon which the
opinion is biued are not known a; this time, but
the syllabus wul be handed down within a very
few dav
The Detroit eomciny does an assessment
Dullness and the vist.ou raised involved the
right ot aUcampan.es of rhis iharacter to do
business in tie tare. cc ice Superintendent of
Insurance Mitthow. as cum n as ij'ir ago. '
begin to er.tert.un doubts as to the rights of
these coinsiimes to vollett advance premturrs
to pity deitnite sums and tsune. en iowtneut poll- 1
ties under Lao existing laws of Ouio. He ques
tioned thair rtgb :o do business on the plan of
the )ld line compumes without complying with
the laws requiring the deponit of seenntiea. -he
maintenance t 'e-al reserve for the protec
tion of the policy holders and subjecting thcru
to taxac.oc
I. the decision is ai s-veepin: as it seems to
iad.i-ate t will opente tn the revoi anon of the
llcen'ei af about thirty companies, lootl and
! foreign, now .toiug business n the State and
whitii a tve nijlities m fon e at the present time
I ar-ej-iring ibiiut f 100 Ci o 'KM.
T'le decision does not mean rait these out
stimiing tmllcies wt I be tnv alid itail. but und-r
tt thei.uuip.uues wi.I no onrer be permitted to
aolieit new business tn the state Accont.ng to
the Li.t annua. - -nor ot the Insu-aace Depart
ment ther- are :rr"-dvecoipecativeecmDanieH
dmnz business n Ohio, b it the di tslon onlv
affects chooe which colWt adv ince premiums
and place a va.ue on policies.. Insurance Com
missioner M atthews rvrvsed to give out the list
until he had separated them
X.n aa a Caart af rttrmtlQ.
To ras Encraa or Tna itr r- rs country ia jn- i
faoaitly agitated because ia4 -nea hari bea bl lwa i
lata tra.ty and a nocle salp has been w-aelcai.
Zvary aiaa with the s laatest tpark of bumaalry ta
hia heart mass mourn far taa lcw of lira aad for u
arrow walLh baa conn to the naochen. willow?
tweacaearta. fisCrfrs. aad aogbwrs of tbcao brae
man wbo met dach so wtftly E-arr ataa wtth aay
claim to aiaaboiHl most be lad'gaaat. aad j astly so.
tf aha xpIoloa was aoc aa accideac
But 's war tha rnedy
May I bo paralleled to mate this siirgescta1
If tbrt Aniertcaa j-i'-mwne aada tt baa a ;ust
eaa for daatags J.r.aac tha spaoiah 0.ivraaieac.
would tt ni.c b -raimiat to the majesty of taia
country to ay Co Spain - tVa ejoslder you rsponst.
bla for taa 2tain- aendear. ind wa aSr yoa tius
proposltloa Thar w submit oor clatra to a courcof
arbtcraaoo. aad you ttiumis to lea declalaa. whatever
taat 1-ilslou 6a.l be
1 The persenatfl of tb Is court of artitraroa ta amavc
tr 3r seruij ni.deratlon. Perbapa the prof wai.rs
of mtenatioaal la a the n!nf xalversiuea af ai.h
aac. a vSn -ber bare snea a -ha.r vanM te latia
factory - ouro if a-bicration mti aait of aiooar-aa
' :r piilttval poreatacca arv ape to b biaae.1 by prat
' er r-mou pntl-li al eoaiidraciims la ca e-a f tha
' ,rn--al pui.ll. -vblca ia jsually aeither Jusc nor
I jenerms
, Aa a Jew I boo tie dire, wulci me wben aa in
1 teraar oaal Conrc of Artrraclon w'll fc a-aai'ahed
, la .iiu. ante- tbe aisylcvs if the r-baoiaialed
I Jew ah aaron the oniT oac na wtta 30 policiual aa
j piratiooa beyond tts borlers. aad taerfors a.ways
abi to 1 aa labiaeed wrl rt
1 Ueartag fa niia 1 tie int f war and war prepara
ta, as. tae -urws if -ooM-r-ptiua aad pensioa abuse
' the fao taat aiiiic !a aoc a ways ranc Jio diacu-f
aai.e if economic ili.brtum. loss rata, ilnenaa aad
ddata. cears aa 1 bitgaci d h"s ail suaimeu ap tn taa
jaa woni war is a a jaesnoa wbota-r it waul t
aoc be cheaper Car the rrat aacioas to oarcaa
Faleadne ! ap and .ruaraat a aeurral aacloa
chrain. aad aJnc tt4 pollcti xX rolo aa arbitraMr
It w ntlit aieaa the ftililllmeac of the Ziiialsc'i
drama aaiferitrr wboe lamlnare woulil mean
, nbceoua d- tstoo.- fir tbo voriii. a ilailmeat jf ci
old bop and orar - aait many peoplus shall ji
aat (ay i' mw " and etna go tip to ta aiiiunta.n
! of the Lori to tha boilso f tba Lori of Jai nil taac
f He atay C3ai.n u it 3'h ways and ve may walk a Hia
part fir ouc of Zion ioall a torch law and taa Word
of the Lcrt ii.t of Jrisalin.
I "Aail Kawttjudg t-wa the aar.ons aad d
eldo Mr many popl. aad -hay ia all beae theT
aworis at 1 c loiuaaaar- aad taeir paars into praa
I tag kalvn oaoa iha.1 not llrj op worl Malaat
I aatlun. aad tbey (ball aoc taara ary amp war
! H Psaiina Icni
1
. rap the Lot BUI.
j The sr-i baa m.iYed tha jubimed lacter of apoaai
In behalf of .ae macg-aciiia bill ia Coagresa
1 To c'l U'jrlnaomn oamT-icil.
sut t bave ao luubc tc baa bei-omo veryavtdenc to
aiaay if von chat for a aumbar of years paat the
aiatnbtfri of our ,tato Leirlalacure aad cha taanuen
of the Bnilio if HapmaencaUveg bava ba playing
pitch aad cari a with nnai all th ulllawbiin bava
enme tf in taeaa directly tn the Interusc of tn
working people if Aaierj.a. How jaa w a worilng
men overoonie thia tnfldaUty which has berutna s.)
Ollneac am ing tansawbo are electeit to ft praa. ne
on Tbr j at present a bill bf ir oug-M watua
ta of tmportani-w to eury worslngaiaa la this euan
cry co-lay abdlwblL'h la doomed anZeaa chert la a
prime fnm you ui wbuao nteresc it aaa btt raue.1.
taa bill tstiea u tha Lodge ratmig-aaua bill. Y iu
all Jtaow what coo am n tmmig-acion baa it ne fir
tha wortlng-neii if amera-a.
I Who 1 1-1 tan aien th it in ul'e ta our iceeta to
day ' Loo fir yuurietf d you ia and that fmr
I artaa if them an bora aad ra-aed rght ara la mr
owaaty You who ar aaturaitaait aa well aa the
aatlve bnm. what jt going t.i beoume of y jut mna
wben they arow ip tf thla tlile o Immigration la aoc
iinroke.1 "ao you eapei-t thoM who were bringat
I up Ilka aieit to iima iowa co ta liiaTadatiu of
f taoaethaxa.e tuiipcd ja lur bor totay ledia
tn your power to Sas thla tadui acoppou. if you
wtah tc H ba tcugpait.
Let very voter a ea-a Awmoty itrj-t 1 ga a
(eatioa t cae -eprv.acauv if hia itatnee to paaa
torn acre of r-s..i it.oa lemaa t.ag our nani aat
Seaasartn vote la tie ater-at if the ain.i til. alao
Iga a aeutinn to the "ongrewaiaa if tlietr ttrttt
amt tecoand that ue aiao ,hall y iu a tae taer-se of
the bllL By (o tmng yon will en inle your pprint
atlvea to know waat you waat If ehey to not chea
do yuur bldllna, taea recn cheat ar the aezt 4lec
noa an t elect thoae chat w IL Thla iae.t on la ant a
Iiauaatliia of Eopubtiean Jr Demur-it x a a (Uesuua
cf whecber ou (hall have w irx witt giimt eun ir
wot at (carvacioa wages jr ao w irk it alL Whae are
you going to loao.iutit' rb remedy j in your baada.
tt ta fir yju to ace.pt or rsjeee it but rimamner
chat thara is danger in your lit cariineie tn eiiie
matter t Sop that tola m ly opea 1 1 ey if om
who iaam to cw aaiewp to taetr let larervsia
Xsw Toai. Fvb is aaaa.1 a.v w isxjsuxa-v
I The Onfiirv for II ink has as ts frontispiece
1 aa eugravtag if Cuultni's portrait if vrlL aow t a
de-m of maekrlana Jooa 1 ? r deaonhea the
j Mammoth Cave John SmneT 7iiih aat Z.)w arts,
lama iaacnba tho R.vr Trip aait the Hountala
Houta to the K usdiite Sara Y lieTeoaon Uesu-hee
Xex'can aoeiaty m Xaatmtlian tune 3fi-i Sortua
HarxtMa's and Cr. Wttr XitcbaU'a aertala coattnaa,
axul taara ara many other enatrtbuctima. anunc cheaa
oaa tzaan Gas. CI irk Km. dotalllng- tha clrcunueaacaa
. of Oca. GraaTs Datrolt aeach at M73.
ff
to czkassk jtAKamorm.
Tmm BinnS CI emit b rratewltv Aaawetatlejva
WOT Tak Tatw Mattar Caw
The Wotnan's nealth Protectiva Association
met at tha Academy of Medicine yesterday morts
Inir, Mrs. Ralph Trautman presidaH aad thev
members dropped for a while the customary
discission of matters pcrtalnintr to sanitation
to take up the question of the Main disaster.
-I feet," said Mrs. Trauttnaa. "that while it
Isnt in our line, we women of this association
should give some public expression of sympathy
for the toss of the brave man who went down
with the battleship Maine."
After malting some remarks on the snbjeet.
Mrs. Williams moved that resolutions embody
trur the sentiment of the association be adopted
and sent to the President, the Secretary of the
Navy, and o Cape Slgsbee. The motion was
carried. I
The subject ot public expectoration was I
then taken up. A year ago W J. Fraasioli.
manager of the Manhattan Elevated Railroad ,
. Company, issned a special notice relative to em
ployees of the eorapaay expectorating In the
cars and upon the structur and streets from j
the trains la violation of the coapany's orders j
and of the Sanitary Cod, aad warning them '
that in so doing they rendered themselves J
liable to arrest aad tine, as well aj to tavere dis
cipline by the company 'This notice was
iKsued In good faith.' said Mrs. Trautmnn.
"but little good baa come ot it. We mut en
deavor to get a large number of these noQtes
printed and see that a copy falls into the hands
of evey trainman employed on the elevated
roods. '
The member decided to hold a conference
with the surface and elevated railway otnclals
at an early date la order to secure their co
operation in abitting the spitting nuisance. A
letter was eead from the Rainy Day Club In
dorsing the aetioa of the association in this
matter and offering its hearty co-operation.
Bake shops ware considered neat. Mrs. Baker
reading a letur from Henrv U"eieraann. editor
of the t'ltitrif baceri Jmrnal. asking the asso
ciation to Indorse a bil' for better sanitary con
ditions of bike shops, which It is procoeed to in
troduce in the Legislature. The bill -aa -ead.
but there were a few minor points in tt that the
members did noc quite approve of As the bill
miist be sent to Albany at once in order to
come before tho preeent su-won. Mrs. Mar
garet RavenhiU suggested that 1c be left in the
hands of a committee, of wliii n Mrs. Triutmian
was made Chairman. The committee will meet
3tr Weisemaan and his eoufrr-s and get them
to clear up the knottv points in th bih before
the nssi.iatioti indorses tt.
"The bakery inspector'.' said 3trs. Traut
man. "have given us stu h vivid accounts of the
disginting and unwholesome londition exist-
j ing in most bukeshops that I feel very strongly
I on tan subject. Beeides our member. Mrs.
I Jnliii Mever has made inspections herself and
1 found things f tr worse even than the inenectars
r-poced. This ossoi lotion should indone this
bLU and wocic tooth and nail to gee i: through.
It means tniaruved suniUtry conditions la oiir
1 hukshi)ps. I an sure thit we c-iaa achieve
even greater results thin wo did with the
but her Yon all remember that the Health
Board told u then that -va were atta-i.itnr can.
tai amounting to ninety miHiacs of dollars, but ;
. we were saucevfai.
'Ir is ouly the bro, In shops down in Essex
trvec and such places that is axsuscd. ' said a
member.
'Imteed. that is a mistake." declared Mrs.
Trautman. "In many uptown shops bread is
kept expo-ed oa the counter Customers come
in. and aoc jniy handle it. but smell it as well.
something must be done and by the Legisla
tare. When we eat a slice of bought bread we
iit.le dr-tm of what we u- reallv eatiag. Your I
stomachs euuidn t stami it tf I should tell you " I
1 Mr. Morton moved that branches ot the
Health Protective Associatoia bo formed
throughout 'greater New Ycrt. and that re- '
port.s of the work be mmie at the rtralar month- I
iy meetinrs of the mother association. This was
1 carr-eti.
I 013 COiGSEGAXlOX REBKT.LSJK
! Bectar Crlsxali reaolo Befaaew ta Attcad Sai
ateva aad Crttleaae Btm.
1 Socth WrMa ait. Conn., March 1. There is
I a breach in the congregation at St, Mark s
t Episcopal (.hurch in My3tic The church ha a
I large congregation and was erected principally
by the a.d of Honry W Brooks, a wealthy New
I York man -a ho bos a summer residence there.
I For many years the Rev. D Joseph Hooper was
rector aad ae and Mr. Brooas were arm friends.
When the fomer accepted a. call at Durham he
was succeeded by the Rev Eugene Griggs.
"trouble began soon after, but the culm-natioa
, occurred last week, whea Mr. Brooks died at
his home in N w York. On account of tho close
1 relationship whicj had always ex'sted between
' him nd the former rector. Mr Hooper, it was
' the wish ot tne famltv ta it services be held at
1 the Mystic chu-i h and that Mr. Hooper con-
duct them, this j-so was the wish of Mr.
, Brinks.
' Notices wer- sen: out accordingly The plan,
however wn aoc cirried out. but it was noc
uaui iosc -acunay that tie reason of tne change
was made tauiva. and since thon there has been
Indignation amung the members of the congre
gation. Tho reason tor the chanire was ca &c
1 count of the objec'iou ot Mr buggs. At the
1 last moment he rfusea the n-e of 'ae ch-jreu
for the lerv ces unless he was a-lowed to ct3
eiate. and he so informed the larmer rectcr.
, Wh-n the congregation learned this they de
cided to boycucr the pustor. At last auniiav s
serv ees nly two person-s were present, tbe
I organise and a man mpioyed by the rector. He
I went aa wtta tho services, however, as though
noth ug h id h ippenod. Members of the parish
aanoun e that tho condition of affairs wi.1 be
brought ro Jie attention of the highest Church
I authorities at once.
i JlTICK VBOY J. JII33IOX-LS.T.
I Details ar tae ytantaraaa Awaalt by Calacaa
rpaa lk Rev Tlr. Daeaayar.
1 Sax Fb-Ocix-o. March 1 The Canton corre
1 spendsnt of the shanghai J.ni gives the follow.
I tag account of the murdenus attack made by
the Chiaese upon the Rev W Hameyerot tho
I Berlin Missionary society while proceeding,
, from his stat.oa near N"aai Hung, in the north
j ot Kwangtung province, to the district city of
' Yaa fu. Karaeyer was saux the louraey on
foot and was accompanied by a servant who
' carr.ed hia baggage.
, Ou the night of Jan. II he reached the market
place, called Chi Hing There he spent the
I night, leaving early neat morning. He had not
I gone Jar when he was overtaken by thre Chi
ai so. They addressed Homeyer by his Chinese
naiiw and aled with him .a a famiLor butre-
s.ectfu manner
I suddenly one of the Chinese seized Hflmevr
by he neck a.id another actocged the oouewau
vas carry aj tan boggag. Homeyer was g-tt
ting the bet'er of the man who had artacged
h.m when the third Chinese ciamo to the as
sist aac of his f-iend. No aifc w as used, but
a bamtoo poie proved ju.ee an etfective weapon
hn aapued to the head of the forigner
Hcmer'er -eceiveil a deep cue over one eye and
1 ono of his egs wis ut Severn? Tho robbers
circled away his money and ciothes valued at
SJO Homover -enched nis st.it.un ami. though
biuiiy hurt, ts-ecoverlng. the nu morivs of
j the men cuuid h.arlly have been plunder. 14
Homeyer otter-d 'hern coin ro stop beating him.
1 The oeraiaa Consul at Canton is maging a
viguruus investigation.
sced roc nu rOLisa clothix.
I Laadaaj Tallara Baata seftaia tgaiaat J. A.
Caaiobell Vfaaaa af Baltlaiara.
BaLTUioiix. March I suit has been entered
by Davies Jt sou of T.') and it) Hanover striiec
Hanover so. tare. London, West, against Mr.
John A. Camabeil Mason, one of Baltimore s
leading society men ial a member of the Mary
land aad Elknilg-i clubs, for 1.?() iW far
cloches niv. fir Mr Mason by Davies it son.
The itemued bin tne ude every gimiotcait.
cruisers, wtutioiit ind wnac noc th at a worn
bv irntn if 'union rbuvwe-e lought beten
I MwJi ! tnd Ju y 23. I-'JJ. la all. nearly
I eighty separate artii lea are mentioned in the
btii. Mr llixra ls a grandson of ex-J nige
C inipfceil of the upreme Court, imt h is alw tys
heeu reg-inied as one t the best dressed men in
Ba.uniure.
1 -
VM'-1IIZ.E OCB.l.f BJCZ.
I Tae efelci Taeuaa a Beaialke suia laglaaa la tba
1 JiiMraay Srauo4 lb ar.
I Tiiiii,W ash . March I -The American b.p
I Ta.omt. Cape oanaey has arriveii.Sni.sa.ng
aid winning the W.WiO-mile race ftem Phiia
delphia w.ta tne ship Ind.ani. Cipr, ("oilev
' ovne! iy 11- Vr'hur sew ill. They sai.edtrjm
Phi' idelph'a Together on Vt 1J.
l'he Ticiim 1 s -.me wis 114 d ays for the voy
age va.i.3 waa " 0 mile- onger taan her
rm'i o -in F"taiisci) The Ctotm and
others unr-d orsiseribie niniier in tae -ace
before 'ao so ps tx od. and tne Tacuraa bad a
time iiown. e ! -ts nut needed, for tile ta
dan t J.u noc vet been reported.
tkaer wetalaley taa, La ta Car Lawagaa.
ASxspuLts. M . M irch I -Abner McKinley
brother otue Presi lent, was ta Jtanapuus 0
d y trying to get ov Lo amies to veto the
Eenueat bui whi h fecenuy pusaed the Legisla
ture, tie desired a private conference refusing
to make an trirumant in public Gov, Lowndes,
who will appruve tne ball, refused to canauier
tha quest-on an other than a public way. Them
tsfnniiiftrihlo fteilnar aver Uiamaasttja.
r m
CO WX'MAXXXJU. BAD TO ADJOVRr,
BarttaTaTmCavttacVAIItneaaeataTeuirT ttataat
Case, oaaartlw St. Carter.
The court martial which adjourned a ti,;
ago at Savannah, Ga-, after dvs w-es pa
there on the trial ot Capt. Oberlin M arer
resumed Its sessions at the Yrm; bu. 1. it
-bis city yesterday. Cape Carter beiongi -j..
Engineer Curps. and until reccn'ly h.til uirga
of the Improvements being made by ue 3.-,1
States tn the savannah River en wh. a aeafy
rr.UU).0OO has been spent tn the ..u: n f
twelve years. Ot thi. It is asserted, J , 4 , ,)
or more has been made away w nn thr i,h .
j regular methods, and that with he nni -aaca
of Capt, Carter and largely f ir has 1 vn -en..,
1 The Captain is accused of embcialerae , v0a
spiracy. and irregularities.
Although the testimony alreadv tagen -ca.
prises about a million words, tt -ites ur
' port of the charges, and the J uig- air icate-
General declares that bo has in egia tr
I case for the Government. The p Lrtose f j
' jouming the hearings and bnngi ig -V ,-j
here was to get the testimony if iae n
I tractors, and others who would hk g- -y.
vannoli to 'esttry It is iiiegst air 1 , .,
! dial of the crookedness charged w m. , .
I by means of contracts made w m - v a j
Contracting Company of Sayer r n v
' of which John r Gavnor I'emnrir 1 a
Conimitteemon. Is President, and B -..n
formerly a Captain .1 the Fnglnee- 1 u, J
Treasurer. The bunkers through whom a s
concern did business in this city ar inn ng
those whoee testimony is wanted.
The court opened yesterday forenoon a a
large room oa th' eighth flour cf the i.-iy
building. A number of ladies from the ga. sua
at Governor's Island were present, Eng tn.
Elwell S. Otis is President of the cour aad -ja
Judge-Advocate who U prjeecu lag the ie a
Col. Thomas F Barr assisted by Lieut. 1 J
W. Clous, Jnilge-Ad vocute of the Depurtment 'f
the East, who was originally assigned 0 on
dm t the cae. dipt- I E. Gi letre who tn
ceeded Capt. Carter and Ls the pnai iha, w aess
tin the Government, was present, u were a-t.
Carter and ha four lawyers.
When all seemed re nly for a rsumpcon if
the hearing". Col. Barr arose and Jei ir-d 'Sh
he muse ask an adjournment until to-da? a.i aa
hibl been unable to set ure the attendance jf
the unportanr witnesees whom f he 1 1." oat
come here to hear. He had spent -.ne - ,
aince the Last sitting of the court d ...gar
trying to prepare his evidence, out he .id -a-euuntered
unexpected dihicuitieii Theie
mid. arose from a remarkable and by no ncias
creditable backwardness on the part i persons
who were beLoved tc have ia.portar.t iaow -edge
of the case to come aad give estitnun.
some of these persons nod been warned hi i
testify by counsel other than thel- wn aad 5a
declared that this effort to suppress the truth
could be only temporarily successful, as tba
Governtnant was determined to get to the bi t
torn of tne case. A bill is now bef ire Congri,
he said, which will provide for aa mveat.-iii a
by a Congress committee having tae powr.
which the court-martial lacks, to 'compel w
nesies to testify.
The court was adjourned until to-oay
ut law omje a piuiek voos.
Tba Cbrtatlaa rrwm aaaaelalloa Pabllaklas
Casaaaaay Sned far Vlalaelaa at Ceatraet.
A case of interest to Roman Catholics i iowa
on tha calendar cf Part 1"V. of the "pecia. Tsrta
cf the Supreme Court for to-morrav Is is thj
of John Murphy at Co.. publishers, ot Ba-ricre.
against the Christian Press Association PubLsh
lng Company of 34 Barclay scr-ec and hmgss
on the price which shall be charged for aa ot3c ai
prayer book for the use of the laity at the Ha
man Catholic Charch. John Murphy .a.
claim SlO.iXW damages from the publishiae
company for breach of contract; in jeLing the
1 prayer book at a retail price of less than i 1.22
In La'-ia, tha American Bishops, in session 1
the ThiriPSenary Council at Balthnare. consld-
i ered the question ot an authorised version of
I the prayer took. Same of the -listing vers.aas
were published by irresponsible persons, 13d
I the matter of getting out an authorized vers.ua
I was put la the bands ot Cardinal Sibbaaa. Tha
1 Rev Cliarence E. Woodman arranged a "Cr-2.
. aad the proofs of tt were sent to tha Bishops ur
correction and approval. Father Wcodaaa
took out a copyrigat for th boos in l-"Ji. aad
I Cardinal Gibbons directed its asnignment to the
Ca'holic Publication Company of tais city They
' maiie d ve sets of plates for the work.
I Oa June . ). they sold to John Murphv
& Co. of Boitimare one sec af the plates, with
permission to use tha copyright, and eate d
into in a-rreement tha: neither should ;iiiji
f any edition of tha prayer boog to- bo so i a
Lews retail price than $13. The tvrreemeai. waa
adhered to until the Catholic Publica-on -o-ciaty
Company went into tha hands of a ceir-
1 er in Is'Jo
I Tien, at the itiractinn of the. Panai Delegate.
Cardinal satolli. the Rev. J. L. Meagher oa-
municiated with the Bishops to obtain thsir
opinions en 'he propriety of the formation of aa
association through, which Cathodes coed 10
tain gnmt literature at tha lowest prce. Stars
than attv Bishops anproved the Idea, aad as a
1 result prests m varous cities of the r a eii
States east of the Mississippi .oind togetaer
tn such aa as'octation. They bouga "he tisi
nes )f the t acholic Publication -oc-ery ''cm-
I pnny from tha receivers, aad staed m' 'or
' themselves under tne name of he hr-sc ia
Press Associiacon Publisii-g Compoa-- a: 4
B-trcLiy street.
I Part of the stock which rhey -nog over fnm
the defunct dm were th plates 1 id orjv tats
I of the authorized prayer book. The" began pu
I llshing an coition of the boog it a -eta. prce of
t and a wnolesoie price of 5n enj 1 i-op".
This was itrspleiulag to Jonn Mi-ncy i: c0
who in IstW brought the pending vu t.
In the answer to -he suit he 1 hr-sttan P ss
Association Publishing Conipaavsa7 tha: h
ccntract which they ars ailegd to aav- briasn s
in violation of the law regari Jig aionoco .es a
that ir 13 in restraint of trade and -irther3ors
that the price of SI i5 affords an aareasoaaaie
prottt.
tattle Trtekaarta .SI lad Datber Clever Faeala.
Fr'im t,ia Sprmtftul amn.
One of the moet cuous facta a -oaie. aa I
with ail big brain workers j taa tnev ire r-n I
erally to be doored cv-r son.e tr-v 1 tig I
which might be coanuerd by a " 1 f I
eight. For instance, one if ur ;r n I
dr writers confessed recency to ai ,ri-'-
ush reoorter th a: from as ir' es n
boil he has never been anie 1 1 o v
th ig in thr-). A 1 men-a. aieu 1 ns ia
maes either in twos or "inn ui v -re
encee -he greitesc dinlcu -y i rpea u j
. three-times mul'.plicacan tahle 1 1 "n
f memory A.mnst as eurnus s ae " f
' of a clever N"orh coon-rr ttllri' via
I cannoc d.sting'iieh betw -en s ai t . 1 1
1 eons'antly nupLu-es 'a-se ee ers a
writing a fatlinir whicn his nseu 1 1 '
I iong annoyance. Tvopubli. s .1001 --t 1 j i in
' failures Itst ye.tr were fue 'O -he wjri 1
, being spe'led fet.d. ind n Mra u'i "
discovennt th it the tnnbi.i y's spe ' a
' ttcal word had gone ag-iiust tha "h s jn 1 jil
every farmer examination
i . .
I Crao Bafara) BCaak.
Wjrit CA Kama Uti . lur-l I.
I Tors-ci. Feo. i.1 -Gov Leei'v c-lev e -sd
a letter 'rem a Jaact.on ("try man wl.i vi ia
1 enlist as a private in the Srs. Kansas t a. aay
formed to g-i to Cuuii.
" I see thit yuu say thitevr'brti,vsi.( !-
for a pi ice as Colonel. ' ivs ao 0 he s ir
" Now I ton t cars for iny 'iue . n nnns
a plain, everyday private ladg'v ne . "
rllleit with the righting brand c-f , , - 1
be tutistled.
Cava Caaeaa.
From tin rHtraour Cs irii
HauTTOim Srinov. o F'1 J" 1 ff
lonu-mg to '1. s. L.a.'avtte. wao es 1 1" '
swai.owed six sticks of dynim 1 ' '
have oeen used to n the 0.1 -u ' '
Hamilton Coul Comoany lie . g .
tied out in the woo, is to avi.t ieve. en. -
rawlani v itaa af Real later--sorway
preparing far a big aieorac 1 ' ,a
j drk Ib-wn aeTennath birth lay 1 irj' a 1 "
I xar n i'l
Thiiugh thy-ini h bouncy in ih ou d g 1 " J
i en i43 000 f jr a i Ooo con ihlp. an E-i i-n ,
iare rvf-iaing a.1 orlars aa an e if -be 1 1 -- '
launched thus far Save been iinstrii re. n -sear
Duriach tn Baden ca u mnac n 1
year 11 Soman veteran ha Seen 1j "" T
I rcted probably la tha ta.rt -eocir 1 - '
I to riaviua suraia by 11b ton aal let a-
' bemena
I Lori aahbiirauam 1 scow iiamwrpfa 1 s -"
I bougac ac privata 10.0 by ae Brtrun 1 '
. li'iZ 0110 utta taa eilieecoa v u '
Boo for HO JiJO by ta Ut lar niow '-ia.-
U ivaraaienc rsf laeil to bid.
iraic-ji.'Kim la art u given ci i is" - ' '
yar u Eaglan t aad a.as cbrnun -a e--of
soauca aad Art Thla. buwavsi- j i '
m tha elementary tcaoola wtth cneir 1 ' s
I at acoacof Sesd )() a year
I Cr Aag-ic Pottbaac .au 'jbraraa ' 1 "
. Oelctlltag tied nceaily It Ibe ifl if 1 s '
I was the author if ta Binitocne. ad 1 '
-Evt," ona if the Uric ami n ie ueei
acteaotlo it uty of the a.c. rv if -i H
A new aild.t.i a to cha Igaung 1 ag
Bntmh avy ta taat of tn darks m man u - T1
have aithano baaa a-ra-cumbaxaata iii.a ' I
ortar diraeta them to ba pas tariuga a cciirt f I
valvar, award, and rttte anU aad to ba cralaad I
iniaau.-ttriatboa. I