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All laforraatloa mP and doeu-oen- for pobtte m instaarJy tona jE, sated to thprv-- s of lhwhol country. & Maine the Defendant; Swfdm the Jnilffe and Jurj, jf The looseur. with which the Olner- - K- - Paunettote treaty has been drawn, and Its ji dlsrecard for reserved rights and Constltu- - & tfonal provisions, are strikingly Illustrated X In the esse here, supposed : it Suppose that subjects of Queen VICTORIA gf' living In New Brunswick hare elalmi If, against the State of Maine aggregating 9 $400,000 and all depending upon the same Kr question of law or set of facts. Suppose K that these claims become the subject of W diplomatic negotiation between London and S Washington. V If they were disputed at Washington, E under the proposed treaty thejr would go to ft. arbitration according to the provisions of V A nicies IT. and III ; as follows: fe ' AtTKl II.-- pecuniary claim or troop ot mp pecuniary claims, which do not In th ( irtiiu x- - A reed CI00.CO0 In amount, na which do not Involve 8r the determination of territorial rlslms. ihall b dealt Bf with and decided by ao arbitral trtbnnal, commuted , X:, aiprovtd-- d In the next following article. C, - artku III Each ot th'hlth contracting rattle IT thai) nominate one arbitrator who aball be a Jarlit of repute, and 1h9 two arbitrator to named shall W within to mnnthi of their nomination select an u tip re. Incase they shall fall to do au within th W, limit of time aboea mentioned, lb umpire thallb jk appointed by agreement between the mem- - tf. hen for the lima being of tha Supreme O, Coart of tha Cnlted rstatet and tha member! S lor tie tin- - being of thajodiclal commlttea of tha 5 Prlv) Council In Oreat Drllaln, each nominating body JB t actlnc b a majority In case they thall fall to agree. m. dpon an nraplra within threa month! of the data ot IT an aoplleailon made to mem In that behalf by tha t high contracting partlea. tha umpire ihall b leletrd w In the manner provided lor In Article X. R. Article X., here referred to, provides: Kj "If Inanrcaie the nominating eodlei designated t. In Artle'ei III and V. shall fall to agree upon an unv K rlra la accordance with tha proel.iona of said aril Cr e'ea. the umpire shall be appointed bj his Majeity tha i jfc King of Sweden and Norway." if And then Article III continues: "The person so selected shall ba tha President of t the tribunal, and tha award of tha majority of tha i membcre thereof eAallsa lUaf." I The umpire will be the tribunal, for bis jt' deteriulnlng rote will decide the claim of ft the subjects ot Queen Victoria living In F New Ilrunswlck against the State of Maine. V In the event contemplated br Article X. the K case we are supposing would be decided ' w finally for or against Maine by King Oscar w of Sweden, through his appointed represen- - ; v tatire In the tribunal. $1 It would be incredible that a treaty pre- - s pared and advocated by an American Secre- - 3 .& tary of State proposed to drag one of the ? States of this Union as a defendant before B f one of the monarchs of Europe, if Article R S VIII. were not clear as to that point: S jT "AancLs VHL In cases where tha qneatlon ln-- M W Toleed Is one vhlch ooaceras a pnrHeMlnrStait or Ter '8 jg riiorv cf Me VnUtd Halts, It shall be open to tha fi &l rrestdentof tha United States to appoint a judicial I 9L officer of such Stale or Territory to ba one of tha arbl- - 1 , ltators.nnder Article .MUor Article v., or Article VI. K1 Thus the State concerned is made n party I T to the proceedings, and the decision of jt " Sweden Is final, the United States becoming 1B responsible for the execution of the judg- - i y' meat. That this provision contemplates 1 the collection of British claims against a u T State of the Union is shown by the mention '5 i ' Article III., which, as will be seen above, 1 SK relates only to pecuniary claims. 1 S But the Eleventh Amendment of the W United States Constitution says : ' "Tha Judicial power of tha Cnlted States shall not B. beconstraad to aitend to any suit ot law or equity commenced or prosecuted against ona of tha Cnlted Btatee. by clttiens of another State, or by rtftrctu or II ft SHnJe rfs o nay forttanStati," J' Practically, therefore, and perhaps strict S ly and technically, the wonderful Olney- - fe-- Pauncefote treaty erects an extra-judici- ry and foreign tribunal, with jurisdiction over fi the rights and Interests ot the Individual j States of this Union; a jurisdiction which V( the Constitntion ot the United SUUs ex- - h f pressly denies even to the United States ;i Y( Courts themselves. A L Ko hurry about this treaty ; let the light C !;,. through it first I '1, f- - The Proposed. Arbitration Treaty. ,; it Several questions suggest themselves In ?' k connection with the general arbitration f 3. treaty, which, although signed by Mr. OLXET l and Sir Julian Pauxcetote, Is as yet, of j it course, merely inchoate. These questions r will hare to be answered to the satisfaction ;, t of the Senate and the country before the ? treaty Is confirmed. Meanwhile, ample i time undoubtedly will be afforded for their x thorough consideration. ' t In the first place, one Is prompted to In- - J' p quire why a treaty binding us to refer to jl V arbitration all controversies that may arise ft hereafter between the United States and fc Great Britain should be concluded at this f particular time 1 There Is now no subject J f of dispute between the two countries requlr-- & J: Ing an immediate settlement, as was the ; case In the matter of the Aiaonma claims, f I or In the difference regarding the seal fish- - V t ery in the Behrlng Sea. On neither of those ? j,, ' occasions did we deem It needful or expe- - r r dlent to commit ourselves to a general f K arbitration agreement; we were then of the j1 ' opinion that sufficient unto the day Is the '''. disposal thereof, and that a specific agree- - if.' ment to arbitrate ad hoo would answer our immediate purpose. How does It hap- pen, then, that our State Department should just now endeavor to fasten upon us a gen- eral arbitration agreement In the absence ot any pressing necessity 1 Can It be possible that our offer to submit to arbitration all our own future disputes with Great Britain was of the nature ot a bribe, tendered by Mr. OUTET to induce Lord Salub CRT to arbitrate England's controversy with Venezuela t It ao, the vaunted settlement of the Venezuela question, far from being a triumph ot American diplomacy, Is a gross piece ot de- ception practised upon the people ot the I United States. Touching this point. It should be remem- bered that Lord Saxububt was personally responsible for the persistence of the boun- dary quarrel between British Guiana and Venezuela. In May, 1886, Lord Gbajt-TlLL- E had pledged himself to allow the title to the whole ot the territory in dispute to be determined by arbitration; but Lord axububv, on his accession to power, "II - although ha declared la tha House ot Xorda that he would carry out his prede- cessor's agreements, broke the compact with Venezuela, for the reason, appar- ently, that the existence ot rich gold de- posit in the debatable land had been made known to the British Foreign Office. If, then, he had adhered to the refusal em- bodied In his well-know- n despatch to Mr. OL.XET, the refusal to refer to arbitration any of the territory east of the Schombnrgk line, the "hols responsibility for the war, which then would have been inevitable, would have rested on the shoulders of Lord Saxisburt. By such a contest England undoubtedly would hare lost British North America, and the statesman chargeable with such a sacrifice would have been pilloried in British history bjr the side ot Lord North. On the other hand, how could Lord SAX.IS-BCr.- T retreat completely from the ground taken In the despatch referred to without losing the respect of his own followers, who would say either that the ground was orig- inally taken without due deliberation, or that his complete retreat from It was a proof of pusillanimity. He seemed, there- fore, to be caught In n vise between two al- ternatives, neither of which could be em- braced with safety or honor. Is It not evident that Mr. OLXET, by offer- ing or accepting an agreement to couple with the Venezuela treaty a general arbi- tration treaty between the United States and England, furnished Lord Salubcrt a golden bridge across the yawning abyss which threatened to engulf his reputation t Will not an examination of the dates and tenor of the official despatches show that up to the time when Mr. 0L5ET evinced a disposition to sign a general arbitra- tion treaty between the United States and England, there was no indication ot a willingness on Lord SALISBURY'S part to swallow his previous words, and assent to a rightful and decent arrangement with a weak South American republic f We te that a careful review of the official correspondence, and of alt the circumstances antecedent and Incident thereto, will con- vince the Senate and the American people that Mr. Oiaf.Ts promlae to sign a gen- eral arbitration treaty between the United States and England was nothing more nor less than a bribe, and that, with- out the bribe, Iord SALI8BURT never would have consented to sign the spe- cific arbitration treaty with Venezuela. Now, who authorized Mr. Olset or his master, Mr. CLEVELAND, to bribe the British Goernment to perform an act of justice? When a deputation from the House ot Com- mons came to Washington in the winter of 1R01H5 to adtocate a general arbitration agreement between the United States and England, they were laughed out ot court by our House of Representatives. When, on Dec. 17. 1805, Mr. Clf.vf.LAXI sent to Con- gress his Venezuela message, there was not a word In that document about purchas- ing England'sconsent to recognize the rights of a South American republic by an agree- ment to refer all our own controversies with Great Britain to a tribunal wherein, in all Important matters, a European should have the casting vote. Had Mr. CLEVELAND'S message even hinted at such an extraordi- nary proposal, It would liave met with a very different reception from both houses of Congress. The I'nltcd States are not in the business of bribing other nations to do their duty. What Mr. Clevehsd said, and what Congress and the country re- peated with wonderful unanimity and em- phasis, was that it upon due inquiry Ven- ezuela seemed to us to have a prima facte claim to the disputed terri- tory, England either must allow the title to that territory to be determined by arbitra- tors or she muxt face a war with the United States. When tho President submitted his Venezuela message he practically asked Congress for instructions, nnd he got them. The purport of those instructions is written large and plain in tho resolutions pa.ed and In the debates thereon. In those reso- lutions and debates there Is not a syllable to warrant Messrs. Cl.KVF.LAKt and Olvkt In suborning the assent of England to an act of common decency. What, now, aro the dimensions ot the bribe with which Mr. OLXEV undertook to make a back-dow- n easy for Lord SALIS- BURY? The dimensions do not explicitly appear upon the face ot the treaty, but we may be certain that the Senate and the country will want to know precisely what they are before they consent to a confirma- tion ot the agreement. Does tho treaty bind us to refer the boundary ot Alaska, and the ownership of an extensive g region, to a tribunal whereon a European would have the casting vote 1 Does the treaty bind us to submit to such a tribunal the Monroe doctrine, or, in other words, our determination to defend every Latin - American republic against territorial dismemberment at the hands of any European monarchy ? Would it bind us, upon the pica that the Clayton-Bulws- r treaty is still valid, to allow such a tribunal to determine whether we have a right to construct and control a Nicaragua canal ? Does it bind us to let such a tribunal rettle the fisheries question, which still remains open between our- selves and the Dominion of Canada? Does it bind us to let n board ot arbitrators, constituted with a European majority, say whether or not we might wel- come with open arms some or all of the Canadian provinces, should these at some future day desire to become members ot the Union ? How far, in a word, havi Messrs. Cleveland and Olxet been willing to mortgage our present vital Interests and our splendid possibilities in order that they might hare the selfish satisfaction of finish- ing the Venezuelan business with a sem- blance of success ? These are questions which every patriotic: and American will expect to hear answered adequately; and in its own interest the Senate will do well to discuss matters of such moment In open session. Drooklyn's Political Importance. Brooklyn and Kings county, the political boundaries of which are now identical, gave a Republican majority of 10,000 in 1804, a Democratic majority of 7,000 in 1 80S, and a Republican majority on Governor ot .1,000 in 1800. This year, in addition to participation in the election of a Mayor and Comptroller for the Greater New York, Brooklyn will vote for a Sheriff to succeed William J Bcm.iso, for a Register to succeed Granville W. Haruax, and for a County Clerk to succeed Jacob Worth, ap- pointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy. Sundry local offices, provided for under the proposed Greater New York charter, are also to be filled. From present appearances Brooklyn will have an Important, It not decisive, Influence In the elections in the consolidated towns. The voting population of Kings has been growing rapidly of late years, and it is greater proportionately to the total popula- tion than is that of New York, probably because of the smaller relative numbers ot aliens and of transient Inhabitants. In, r taaBranktBatfeJeetJosa ot test ymcota Brooklyn, when Mr. CHlror was chosen Mayor by a plurality of lesa than 000 votes, the total vote ot that dry was 1 18.447, and the country towns, which then participated In the election of the county officers, but not ot the municipal officers, and since have been annexed to Brooklyn as wards. cast collectively 8,603 votes, bringing up the total of Kings county to 122.000, the total rote of New York city at the same election being 210,000. At the recent elec- tion the total rote of Brooklyn, or Kings county, was 104,000, and that of New York county 803,000, showing an increase In ten years ot 72,000 In Brooklyn, and 02,000 In New York. Proportionately, of course, the Increase in the voting population of Brook- lyn has bean much more rapid than In New York, and the returns of recent elections would seem to indicate that the Independent rote, which is not clearly or firmly attached to either political party, is relatively larger in Brooklyn than in New York. Brooklyn will hare an Important share In this year's municipal contest, and the political leaders of both parties have already brgun their preparations. The Good Name of Congreea. The Hon. WlLLIAy L. Wilson, who, aa the leader of the House of Representatives, chosen in 1 802 to perform the prom lsea of the CLEVELAND canvass, has been a choice sub- ject ot Mugwump flattery, has at last turned on his friends with deprecation of their persistent abuse of all publlo men except their own idols. He spoke a good word for Congress, at Albany on Tuesday, before the New York Bar Association. "It will not do," said Mr. Wilson, " for us to cen- sure too rashly those we have chosen to act for us In the two branchea of Congress." So far Mr. Wilson nerved himself to say the right thing, notwithstanding that at the moment the Mugwumps were in full bowl at everything political in this country, except, as usual, themselves and theirs. It was highly creditable for the speaker, who, for a few months at least, sits snug in a Cabinet place, to defend the national legislature against tha assaults of his fanatical friends, but he thereby revealed bis glaring failure to meet the situation with entire frankness, and to explain the par- ticular cause for Congress's discredit, with which he was personslly connected. The House ot Representatives, In which Mr. Wilsot was the leader of th Demo- cratic majority and the lieutenant ot President CLEVELAND, was pledged to the principle of a tariff for revenue only, but the first move under that promise was the intro- duction of a tariff bill steeled in protection, and unblushlngly defended as such by Chair- man Wilson's own voice. Such was the answer of the two most eminent Mugwump statesmen to the Democratio party's sol-em- u promise, and the great force of the Administration was next applied to drive this same tariff bill through Congress. On the top ot that President CLETEI.sXD turned down all records of political treachery Into oblivion by proposing the Populist plank for an income tax, and that, too, became a part of tb,e Demo- cratic programme. The Wilson bill made the Fifty-thir- d Congress dishonest and dis- graced, and much ot the toleration with which the public has endured the Mug- wump tirades Is due to that lamentable result. "It there is blame or weakness any- where," continued Mr. Wilson. " It Is with those who elect rather than with those who are elected." Mr. Wilson here slandered the people of the United States by way ot screening his own followers. It was the elect, not the electors, who did the deed ot shame in his case, and to the Con- gress of to-da- which U suffering in Its repnte for the sins of Its predecessor, Mr. Wilson owes the reparation of a full and formal confession ot the unparalleled dis- honesty In legislation for which he and Mr. Cleveland were directly responsible. Con- fession of the guilty is the final stage of vindication of the innocent. Tho Janitor of the Peninsulas. The two xnany-antlere- stags, persuasive- ly rampant, which hold up the sigillum of the State ot Michigan, are especially sig- nificant this year. They are the symbols of tho Hon Potato Pinrree, the double rose ot politics, the Mayor of Detroit and the Governor of Michigan. " Tiirhor," " I will take care of things," is the label. They In- clude other observations pertinent to the present state ot stags and men in t be Pin-ore- e reserres. They make. In Latin, a language unworthy ot the greatest of Governors and printed In more than doubtful type, remarks which seem to say In the vulgar tongue t "If you're pining for a nice little peninsula jxrnlruulam omocnam " won't you please to give Michigan the eye ?" (circtifiwrplce-)- . On the outside of a message sent by a practical statesman like Governor the Hon. Potato PlSOREE, this motto seems to lie too poeti- cal. But the first page ot his message shows that ho combines business with poetry. " It remains within your power," he tells the legislators at Lansing, " to make the coming session of the Legislature on Ideal one." This ideality is to be at- tained "by the enactment ot a few laws which will meet the approval of all patri- otic citizens of this State and the com- mendation of every true member ot our great republic" How to secure this Ideal? Read the mes- sage. The non. Pot ATq.PiNOREE,whose com- manding position in the peninsulas which he clrcumspices is due entirely to his own merit, without help from any machine what- ever, except one or two, frankly recommends tho abolition ot party conventions. "Tha convention," he remarks with just indigna- tion, "has become the medium of trickery, bribery, and fraud. The higher criminal Is here developed." The Governor's modesty prevents him from saying that a good man can get the better ot this medium ot trick- ery, bribery, and fraud. Last year he him- self showed the way to bring trickery, brib- ery, and fraud to shame, and to prevent the development ot the higher criminal. Hav- ing succeeded, after several efforts, in being nominated by the Michigan Republi- can State Convention for Governor, on the gold platform, he kindly allowed gold and silver people to vote for him, and, after the cruel war was over, announced with charac- teristic boldness that he was still a silver man. We differ with regret from an original statesman like the Hon. Potato Pincuee, but is It necessary to abolish party conven- tions so long as a man can use the party machinery to get a nomination on the strength of the belief that he is for white, and, after he is elected, conveniently show that he is for black ? Mr. Plnoreb Is an altruist, and perhaps he is justified in Im- agining that political conventions will not be as good to others as they have been to him; but the Michigan Legislature has too much trust In htm to trust bis observations about the iniquity of political conventions. What does a renowned ecoaotaUt like the Hob. Potato Pnrssxx think about taxa- tion? "I reconimscJ," he Bays, 4that steps be takes. In tha form ot local or gen- eral taxation, to make cut potations bear their proper share ot taxation." These are the words ot a great political economist. It is a matter ot common observation that corporations pny too meagre taxes, and un- incorporated boot and shoe manufactories, for instance, excessive taxes. No great economist thinks long without thinking about railroads. Consequently the Hon. Potato Ptnorek recommends that " the Legislature take into considera- tion the question of passenger fares, at two cents a mile, for Michigan." It Is an im- portant subject, and doubtless a wise rec- ommendation. But the greatest good of the greatest number ought to be considered. More Michigan people wear boots and shoes than can possibly reach the Michigan rail- roads. Ought not the price ot boots and shoes to be fixed by the Legislature at a minimum rate of a dollar a pair ? "There is growing up In this country a system ot trusts and combinations which is becoming more and more impudent and extortionate." This has been said before, but has not been entirely believed until now. The Hon. Potato Pixcree says It, and It sinks deeply into a million minds. Perhaps the full iniquity of trusts was not evident until he took the trouble to remark that by trusts the " consuming power of the people is destroyed-- " But have they not still his messages to consume ? It is he who points out that " the employment of chil- dren in many lines of work" is "another ot the results of the concentration of cap- ital In trusts and monopolies." This is a novel view, but " the greed and avarice of those who thirst for wealth and power is so great that the weak and the helpless are forgotten, and those who have felt interested enough in the uplifting ot their fellow be- ings to consider these questions seriously must unite In combating the evils" to which the Governor has referred. Among these evils is the baneful Influence of public corporations upon the independ- ence ot the voter. Governor Pinoree ad- vises the Legislature to pass a law which will fix a penalty severe enongh to deter these corporations from "exerting undue influ- ence in elections." But who can tell what evil deed a corporation will do. " Incorpo- rated bodies," says the Governor, "walk Into the capital ot the State and almost openly pay for the privilege of escaping tax- ation." Their insolence must be bridled. For instance, telephone rates should be fixed by the local authorities in every town, and the right to regulate fares on street railways should be reserved. But this is not all, as Governor Pixgree well says: -- Permit me to irtre another Ulnstratlom. The amoist actually tareeiedln a plant is o&e raUlloa dollars. After tha rod Is completed tt la ssortgaged and boodad for two million. This could only ba dose by execuUng a mortgage upon tha license Itself. In other words, tba three men who formed tha company and their aseoela tea adeaaeed rallHoa dollars and ImmMlatelj thereafter placed a mortgage upon tha Industry and earnings of every Inhabitant of tha city for thirty years to eocne to tha amount of two and then when tha quesUoaof the fares la brought up the municipal autbortUea are met with tha blan4 statement that tha original owners hare transferred their vested nghte to Innocent pur- chasers, and la order to pay tha bonus of a mfUtoa dollars and tha tntereat upon It for thirty years, tha company cannot lira If the fare Is reduced. Thls system of Indirect taxation Is got a g on la every city In the Unltod Slate, and hundreds of mil- lions of dollars of fictitious valnea, which must rep- resent soma form of human labor, have been created for a few by the simple stroke of tha pen. and In or- der to pay theaa Immenaa asms tribute la laid apoa eTery man. woman, and child In tha country. It simply means that theaa hundmla of millions of douars are to ba tafcea froca tha ordinary cbaa-net- s ot legitimate trade to tho Injury of eTery mercantile and manufacturing and farming Industry la tha land, for no cme Interest can suffer without a correspoadlng tnjury to au. Is It not straaao that la the prreenoeof this Insidious but constant procaas of eoocentraUoa. learned financiers, wlee statesmen, and profound political scholars wonder why tha few be- come rich and tha many become poor r -- In order to preheat such accumulations a law should be pased which will prevent the execution of a mortgage upon tha license. Surely this is a simple way of preventing the many from becoming poor, and learned financiers, wise statesmen, and profound political economists from wasting on won- der what is meant for mankind. The Hon. Potato Pinorke' views of edu- cation are worthy ot his enlightened mind. He wishes well to the University of Michl gan. He desires that Its teachers shall bo foes of monopoly and emitters of improving thought: t "Its teachers should ba equal to any In the world and they should ba men of Independent thought, ready and willing to meat all great questions ot modern civilisation and adrancement with an Intelligent and enlightened public eptriL They should be qualified to aid In the preparation of wise measures of Oorem-me- and be wtuiag at all tlmea to glee counsel upon political, social and economic questions. They should be sohlghly respected and ao well compensated that II would not ba profitable, aa soon as they become effl dent, to ba asllad away to giro Instroctloo to soma great Institution! which bare been endowed by monopolists, who have acquired lens of millions of dollars at tha expessa of tens of thousands of their fellow men. This seems to be a decent but none the less powerful attack upon the Chicago Uni- versity. Monopolists who have acquired millions ot dollars at the expense ot their fellow men may continue to give money to that institution, but the Hon. Potato Pin-gre- e warns them away from Ann Arbor. His views are always Interesting, and his notions of education are doubly valuable because he shows the needot It In these golden sentences : "While It may not ba possible to greaUy extend your support. "Accurate and detailed reports of the exact condi- tion ot tha corporation and tha value ot Its assets should ba made at stated periods, and tha etatemente made by them to that behalf should be carefully ex- amined." " Oreat care should ba used In praranUag corporate bodies from coming Intoextstenca on values thai ara arttflclaL Tha prtoe for which Its Brat lane of stock shall ba sold might safely be fixed by law," "Many worthleaa corporations ara organised, elect- ing for Its president a person ot wall known financial strength." On the whole, it appears safe to sar that the first message ot Governor Pingree is worthy of the renown ot its author. His circumspection of the amene peninsula Is searching and complete. For the Medical Faculty. President Wilson ot the Health Depart- ment has Issued a pamphlet upon "The Legal Duties of Physicians, Undertakers, and Cemetery Keepers." Though these duties ought to be well known to all con- cerned, they are In many coses disregarded; and It Is most desirable that the health officers of the city should hereafter manifest more tlgilance in the enforcement of the laws relating to them. The first legal provision quoted In the pamphlet Is that " all physicians practising In New York city must be registered In the Health Department." Yet we have not a doubt that there are hundreds of unregis- tered practitioners In the city. They abound in the tenement quarters on the east side. Very often they do not possess medical diplomas that accord with the terms ot the law; they are sometimes chargeable with illegal practices; they use nostrums ot a baneful character; they deceive their patients; death doubtless is due often to their ignorance. It Is the duty ot tha SealQi DejsvrtJaent to earth out these rs ot both sexes ; and we trust that the publication ot Presi- dent Wilson's pamphlet may be regarded as a sign that more attention will this year be paid to this subject. Some years ago the County Medical Society rendered good ser- vice in securing the arrest of unlawful prac- titioners; but we fear that Its activity in this direction has come to an end. It may have been a difficult thing to catch and to handle the evil-dosr- The society yet, how- ever, can give help to the Health Depart- ment. It is the duty of an honorable phy- sician to make report at that department of any medical charlatans who may be known to him as such. Besides the statement of the legal duties ot the members of the medical faculty, the pamphlet contains the rule and regulations for their guidance in the case of certain maladies; and all physicians ought to be possessed of the Information thus famished. As the pamphlet can be obtained gratui- tously at the Health Department, every practitioner in the city ought to make him- self acquainted with its contents. Turret Tor Homer Shoals. The bill which Mr. Fijciter hss prepared for Congress, authorizing a Board of Army Engineers to report upon the feasibility and cost of placing armored turrets on Homer Shoals, In New York harbor. Is Intended to carry out a plan which has been contem- plated and discussed for many years. Homer Shoals lie in a line between Sandy Hook and Coney Island. At the ends of this line there will be combinations ot heavy guns and mortars which will do execution upon any hostile fleet which attempts to pass between them and go on to the Nar- rows, where it would have to run the second gauntlet of Forts Wadsworth and Hamil- ton. But in addition it has been proposed to construct three circular armored forts on the shoals, which would completely com- mand Gedney's Channel, the South Channel, . and the Main Channel, so rendering the defences of New York on that side practi- cally Impregnable. Should such turret be erected, presum- ably they would bo supplied with h guns. The type piece of this enormous calibre was provided for at the last session of Congress, and it mar here be added that the Endicott Board long ago put down 1 fl- inch guns among the needs of New York and a few other ports. It is, of course, to be supposed that the Engineer Corps would in any cace duly make an examination of the Rosier Shoals propoaal. It has long been before it, but has not been urgent while so much work was needed on sites already chosen. Still, the bill of Mr. FiscnER will direct renewed attention to the subject. The application ot Installment plan method! to Mayoralty meaaagea. prescribed by law tor formal comraonlcatlos to the Board of Alder- man, may ba lakl to have originated la this town with the lion. Antux Srrvzxs Hewitt. whose ability aj A letter writer and Aldermanlc meaaaca maker was put to a supreme test during bis two jesra aervlca aa Mayor. The first frag- ment, of the mrssaga ot Mayor Stroih. tha first serial la the chronicle of LTtoxa. made its appearance on Jan. 12, sad related to tba Flnacc and Law departments. The second fragment or serial appeared on Teeadsy, Jan. 19. one week later, sad referred to tba Health Department, tbe Board of City lUeord, sad tba Board of Education. There ara forty-eig- city departments, and tba appear- ance of aerial meauirsa, on successive Tuesdays, taking three departments las croup at a time, would ocenpr. by adhesion to the prevent ached-nl- e. twelve weeks or three months. Somo weeks, perhaps, before the last ot tbe serials tba Legislator In Albany will have acted on tbe Greater New Tort charter, doing away with tbe Hoard of Aldermen, as such, sod providing for a Mayor lo the territory which so longer recocalies tba Ea.'t River, tbe Bronx River, tha Newtown Creek, the Hudaon River, or Sow York Ray as points of political division. Toredays In January. FebmarT. and Marts will ba Aldermanlc "at borne this year for the reading of tba Mayor's mesaag. We are very well pleased to learn that the Prealdant of tbe black rernbllo of HsytLwho was elected to office In April last, ba made It manlfeat that ha Is mscb belter qualified for civil rule tbaa was bis predecoseor. Prrsident HirroMTE. whose government was largely of a military character. Haiti It catting alone verr well at this time, and its people ara peace- fully disposed, largely on account ot tbe dis- creet conduct of President Sax. Political ex- citement ran high at tha lima of his election. and there were apnrebenslon of tumult sad revolution: but all trouble! were averted. After be had taken hit place be granted a general amnesty, chose a Ministry of conciliation, the exiles at Jamaica to return borne, and want so far in bis eSorts to pacify all par-ti- e aa to make tbe exiled Hen. Mamoat Mlnliter to France. His rule it one of firmness not leas than of accommodation, and it t con- stitutional. In lis Important feature. We wltn well to our blact neighbor, and good luck to President Sixon.Sav. xbk rnorusED beer aruxnARD. Aa Araraeaeat That the Bortea BUI la T7a-Ja- al to ew Tors. Bnners. To mg Editor or The Sfs Sir Permit me to call your attention to tbe fact that la your let- ter from Albany on tha Morton bill, propotine an official bcr standard, a very Important point waa overlooked. Without going Into the merit of the bill aa it stands. It will ba seen at a clance that tba measure discriminate against tha New Vork brewing Industry in favor of the brewers In other States. This is of courte unintentional, but tt I a fact, nevertheless. Icavlng aside the question whether beer brewed in accordance with tbe regulation of the Horton bill would bn Hied by the public It Is certain that it would be much mora expen- sive. Thus the market our brewer bare built np In New Jersey, the New England States, and even more distant points in tbe interior, would be destroyed at one stroke. It would be utterly Impossible to compete with tbe breweries ot other State where no similar laws exist. Kor the same reason the steadily trowing export ot bottled bear would he gllled; the New York brewer would bo undersold by their comitelt-tor- a from other state and lose Important mar- ket where, after year of strenuous andcrtly (tort, they bare just begun to gain a foothold. Again, the proposed law would not prerrnt tbe sale of beer broned In other Mlate wbero such vigorous regulations du not edit. The brewer of Milwaukee. &t. tauls. Cincinnati, and elsewhere could not only continue to send their beer to New York, but would also drive our brewrrs out of the business. Tbe Stale of Now York ba not the power to prescribe how beer shall be brewed In Ohio or Illinois, nor can It b forbidden to bring beer brewed In another Htatelnlo the Htatx of New York. The Mate may prohibit tbe sale of beer, but if It permits It. It cannot shutout certain qualities of beer from other States. It would require a Federal law to protect tbe New York brewer from tbe ruinous competition of the brewer of other blates: but even If It were possible to prevent tbe sale of any beer not conforming to the proposed New York standard, bow could this be accomplished? All Western brewerlev use cereals and rice to produce their amber colored beers, and tbey do not deny it. I'ven If tbey deny It, who shall prove It? New York cannot tend Inspector Into the breweries In otber State, and the proposed teat or analysis does sot show what tbe beer Is made of. It shows tho percentage of water, alcohol, nl. bumen, sugar, Ac., but whether barley or corn baa been used no chemist In tba world can tell It I hardly neceasarr to go deeper Into the mattar. Any d man'wlll see that tho Horton bill would be an act of tbe grossest in- justice to tba brewara of our own btate. It would practically kill a flourishing industry and transfer It to other States without doing the people one bit of good. I la author ba evidently acted without sufficient knowledge of eslttlnc condition, and without regard to tba inevitable C05HnceT -- - C. T. Kiiltf. ! aassstewilMaiBsxeSaSxTi xnvm Mgjurixm er xmm xmmatt. Xataraattnat Oylatetaa sYsnai Aaaarteaaa) TVkevM Mr - To Tn Editor orTnsScx-Sl- r. How about Article VII. of the Otney treaty? Does It not practically aulborUe tbe European majority of tbe tribunals to override any protest that onr Government may make, and thereby empower the Europeans to decide what does and what do not affect tbe "national rights" ot the Cnlted States? This whole article In construction and crafti- ness resembles the article In the Washington treaty relative to the finding of the Halifax Commission, We supposed that as the word majority " was omitted from the article that a unanimous vote ot the commission would be necetsary to make the award binding, but Oreat Britain Insisted that, as " unanimity " was not required, a majority vote would decide, and we lost J5.000.000. or enough to build this country two new war vessels. 31 i AlltaaM with Eaateaa. To tux Editor or Tn 8CN Str: Tbe timely remarks of "An American Admiral" la Thurs- day' Issue of your thoroughly American paper on the Cbamberlaln-Olne- y treaty should causa Senators to weigh well and feel tbe pall of the citizen ot the Cnlted States before awarding the "meat and marrow In England" and tbe bone to America by ratification. Tbe ratifica- tion of this alliance, for that is what Ihl treaty will signify, makes up for England' Isolation la Europe and strengthens ber position and prestige almost to tbe foil extent of ber desire, and must In proportion weaken that of the United State.whleh commanded tbe admiration and rood will of all nations, but can no longer If this alliance Is ratified. We give strength and Influence to our old and natural enemy by thl alllsnee and es- trange tbe good will of many otoer nation oa general principles. Some European statesman may be Induced by sensational American or newspaper to cable their approval and extol tbe treaty. But If thoa newspaper will take the vote of the mate of American cltiten Instead of a few European statesmen and Jlogwumoa of tbe Bayard (tripe In tbt country they will find a very different spirit. They will find the American people will cot be satisfied with the bones while England get all tbe Cesh in tbe treaty. Bat ther must rush It through before the Mugwump Adminis- tration leaves Washington or there may ba dan- ger of failure. Moreover, this 1 a cosmopolitan nation. Millions of it citizens are of foreign extraction, hostile to the very powar to which wa ara to ba allied, and In becoming dtixen ot this republic tby also become, to avune extent, dtlaetKof Ena-lasd- . Wo have nothing to gain by thl alliance, but much to lce. It I a violation of the Monro doctrine. It would cause Washington and Jef- ferson to turn In their graves. No alliance with tbe Tory Chamberlain and Salisbury Oflvammeot. with their bands stained fresb from ttelr attrmot to break up tbe Boer republic or South Africa,: I hope TnsSrj will turn It ea.rchlla'ht on tbls uncalled-fo- r alliance of tbe Hon with tbe lamb. J. n. M-- Nxw Yobx. Jan. 19. 1S97. Tke TCaaltah ef lis Trty. To tux Editor or Tbb Scn Sir: There 1 nothing better known bv persons who ara familiar with the inside working of statecraft In Washington than that the Paacce-fote-Oln- ey treaty wa written try accomplished diplomat of Great Britain. From the day wbea Jenklaios. tbe infamous author of tbe Stamp act. drew np the treaty of peace which ended the war of tbe Revolution and tricked Franklin Into signing It, oar cation ha been uniformly hoodwinked asd swindled by means of treaties mad wilb Gret Brttala. not noeMlrr. tbe treaty cerotlatrd br tbe Hon. Daniel Webster and tba Right Hon. WU-Ha- m Rlagbao, afterward Ird Asbbartoa, which wa believed at tbe time to be a clear cam of cmtwittlar tbe British. Every line of tba aVeced Otney-Paune-f- draft for the -d treaty ehowe clearly that it Is toe wiv-- k of men educated In Eugllb choal. It could not bare n written by a New Enclander unle-a- Ilk Dr. William Everett, be rad been educated In English ichoola. bocaute there are mar of tba peculiarly constructed sentence or smrds used in a sense never used by Eneilsh writer which abound tn tbe writing of New Enrlaad-e- r and which are absent from the Pannrcfota-Olse- y treaty, which, thank be to God, will never b adopted by our nation. NcwYoax.Jaa IS. O. Wiixnin PtAttcx. ArMtraUea-raeee- sl uS TTaeealrmtsla. To Tmt Editor or Tna Sen 5r VTtr should arbitration between cation ba any xaare uceeaaful than arbitration between Individu- als? In tbe latter ease th settling cf dlstrute Is usually very unsatisfactory. Oa 1U f aca. to tbe man wbo ba never given tie matter thought, arbitration seem lobe particularly fair way to settle dispute. It is believed that tt will save expense of lawyer and court fees to -t a mooted legal question to three "dMatarated" men to decide. Bat are tbey ever disinterest re? " A" and " B" decide to arbitrate. let c say. What does "A"do? Pick out the brightest aad martett man of bt acquaintance, nn who will be thoroughly leva! to him. and stand by blra at every point. "B" doe-st- unr tMnr. Here we start off with two "dllatereted" men wbo are bitter partisan. Possibly tba third maa may be dUlntereeted. but he is selected try tb two Interested arbitrator, and tt become a contest of wlta between thee two men to rek nut a third who can ba easily taCcence-1- . Tb keenest of th first two arbitrator wins tb flrht on tbe elan before aaytMng is doe. In point of fact, even If It should bar-pe- a car tna while that a thoroughly dtsIaterNted and fair third arbitrator 1 tVacted, lestaad of tearing tb ee tn three d!s'nte.Tte! ees. St Is left lonrterilslntrr-t- d maa. a th arbitrators of "A"and B" are really r attorneys, as far a their lecal knowledge will permit It Is a creat deal safer to leave your ra.e Is twelve dlsatrrted men In the Jury box tbaa 13 one disinterested man who acta a aa arbtt-t- or and then If the case should gn aralal you tier l an ortortunlty for appeal, hut in ear f arbitration the parties lnteretel generally s a contract to abide by the deettlca of tb arbi- trators without appeal. Tbl I tbw-a- arH-tratlo- n works practically in private Ufa. VTy shouldn't tt work tb same way between rat- ions ? Perhaps Secretary Olney achlvtst in brintrlcg about an arbitration treaty btwri Great Britain and th United State may not b oca a great feat after all. New York, Jan. IS. As Ot-t- i Rxadxs. Cava W Trast tars-Ms- s Artsttt-alee-- To tiix Editor or The he Sir: nave w not suffered enough from relying upon tbe fair-ne- of European arbitrator ? The Belgian umpire, Delfcosc, robbed us of $4,000,000 In IS TO. and the Behrlng Sea tribu- nal deprived tis of a revenue ot over SAM.000 a year, and in addition authorized British sealers (odrlroy with impunity th valuable herd ot far teals which bad been our exclusive property without dispute for almot twenty year. Are we now so forgetful and ao foolish a to open our atlnnal and Stat trauri to every claim Indorsed by th Kinc of ? If ueh indeed should prove to bo tbe rase wa ought, aa a r.tllnc climax to our folly, submit our tariff and navigation lw to Lord Salisbury for re- vision, abandon th Monro doctrine, and annul the Declaration of Independence. P. M. o. Pittl.ADEl.rniA. Jan. CO. Xoarrila Death. To TRi Enrroa o Tnr Rt-- - .sir- - In Tmt Srv ef Jan. 1 A R corrects Mr p VIto's statement eon cr rnlar the doth of the Trench tenor ourr!L A R says -- Itwurny fortune to t present In tbe San Carlo Theatre at Naplei In IM0. at the performance of ilrrcadante s ' II C.lursmrnto.' which was followed thai sane nljht by Nounit's sulcMe. Nourrlt'swon derful tolce at times felled him on that nlgnt It was said that be was not well the crlt cat and mercllets Kan Carlo atnl.rnre was not !aiwn1 with his s!ntnr and some hli wre heard. Tee artist went tome tn res.t u'tlon. r.el orer wcat n4 happened. ant during the n fill threw Mint-- lf r fell out of H. IU'Ior and wai picked up dead tn the court yard llct HOlLrmento,wa no: ct'n si a who' ti met-- of ourrst iiulctte. Th performance March 7. lSJP wai ptiticcl for th teneflt of a plsj actor SalTetil Nourrtt was put down ortctnallr for aa air and a duet from Norma with Ml., (tranchl He added an air from "II Olcraraento" for hliown ad vsntaae Kor l! It an eitahllthe.1 fact that Xoorrlt ai hlited that nltbt II did not ipeatc of any im a diur-i- to hi! wife after th concert and ib. mm no h stinr Members of the orrhetira iwore that the aileted h'n Ing was a vinutl of a stato hand, rrinds In the audience denlrt that Nourrlt wi hlu.1 Thli allred disturbance wai after the duet from "Norma.- - titer thl! tluturlance he nr.j the ara from 'II Olura nierto"ant ii app'auded vehemently Between 3 aotooco-l- c of tbe ..next morning he threw himself Into the court of the llnte'lurtsla. The melancholia o Sotirrlt had been for some tlm hfor Ms miiiii a sour.- - of llIy apprehension to hl faml.y and friends RTirptotni of marine, were t.n.aouncl at iarw!llr In HJ7, Paul Iemarte lum-r.e- d upth matter at follow. Folted br ex ailed retlcloui tdeai by homeiirkncai br regret fir a lei; ipnnareliy .Sourrlt wai finally a madman " A 11 will rind Interesting rartlcu art or the tenors traelc endlne In monumental -- Artolphe Sourrlt. savi son talent" (Paris, IHJ' toL I, pnif&C0 Vol 111., io ttt. I'murllaix. Bostoi, Jau IS Foot I.arrj Cbueka It, frue e rrrnfna Jwf, Th general Impresiloa emenj Intelligent persons today Is that th- -r Is not much um In further argu- ment with th persons In power In this Bute: that they are governed by a class of considerations which easuol be publicly revealed or publicly discussed, so that th work of any eritio ot pubtio aaalr. a far as . regard them. has. for practical purees, add( iiViiia'miiii ''mi Miiamaai iU ' ' T ' BXAM0MBM TIT TUB TABITK I A4t af ss BTalat Catter an Rvaa B ad rroteetlaa. H To Tna Editor or Tnx Scx-A- r- A won I at tbl opportune moment, when we are ajai, H acltatlo-th- e tariff question regarding the d;. I mood Industry, possibly a word from on whb, In trolte of the many claimants for tbe distlse. I Uon of being th pioneers ot diamond cutUr. r (, this country. Is certainly not one of the las, ta) I one that th Wilson bill ha transferred froa I the top of the laddr(for we have cat for asge,,) I to ths betters rase, by tmlog rough dlsassJt, It seems to me that tbe lmportanto.uest.oi for onr Government to decide relative to our itdnt. try Is which 1 most Important, lo protect aai foster the diamond cutting Industry and ths American mechanic, or to obtain a revesueby taxing diamonds, an article of luxury thtt ce- rtainly shonld be of vast revenue to our Cetera. ment. If. I tr. It were collectible. Why it exa. not be collected any Importer will answer stf any Importer will verify the bold statement that half ot our smaller goods are smuggled Is tner aa Imtxirter y that can hor.eitly pay hla duties to thl Government aid ttahtt tbe competition of having good tbraM cr.ser hi noaa 25 tr cent. lea Uiaa be eaa land thta for? Smuggled, smuggled, bow, wtta, or where, he know not, but In his knowledge of hi butlness ha 1 positively correct. Is he t, for bis own protection, tempted nr fortxi to trey theaa good, or let bt competitor get then! Where, then, i the revenue for the Govern- ment, and bow mucb for the protect.on of cur cltiten mechanic whose Government . aa. wered htm on hi clamoring for rrotrctDa In word to thl effect : W will rive joa by charging 35 per doty on ml'saes diamonds and give yoa only tbe smuggler t compete against, and. to make It all theeu'er, we will charge 10 per cant, duty on roujh dia- mond (for we mast bsv revenue'." loiter sight. In their Ignorance of tbe fact that a dia- mond loee SO per cent, to CO per cent, la cutting. Tbe solution must be offered by brighter cs tbaa I. but with tbe of such as 1, wbo have unfortunately been brought up Is thit art (for isn't diamond cuttl eg an art, tfcos g is truth w bav aeveral wbo bave degenerated onr craft?). But let m bint what eotstsoi sense srgrwti tn m. and see If tbrr art hot others wno coincide with me. First, give cs fr rough, and for revenue or protection cut a 29 per cent, nr a IS per rant, duty on polished dia- monds. It Is an acknowledged fact that we, with cur mudera Idea and American Ingenuity, can cut as cheaply aa tbey do in Esrvp. af a- -t that even our new diamond cutter aad expr.-meat- rs will testify to. a fact that any a. ckaalc will verify. Will tbl uot at oat is away with emsrgling? If we produe fcer as article at tbe saoi price a I, eaa baprodseM la Europe. Is not tb smuggler's vocation go: t Tboea wfcoDreferto Import make revenue fn Government until thalr eyas are opeced by tv catter showing them their pro4ecta at tb same price aa tb importers Lad to pay la Europe, aad without tbe Journey, toes of ttste. aad expense. There 1 reveau for tbe Coverameat. for h would be oa time before oar enters co-i- ll produce all seeded br onr merchant. There Is protection for tba importer, who wQ not b abject to tba dUhoaormb' competici of tb smotrxler. Tber I protection for the cutter, who br hi good oa aa erjoal footing with his European competitor, find a ready market, is able to pay his mechanic a better wag br tb protection afforded him by tbe duty oa poUihed diamond: aad there Is protection for bis Amer- ican mechanic try ateady employment at good waxes, for bis employer. Ondlng a ready xrirt for bis production, ran well afford to keep wort. Ben steadily employed. T rciting that yon will give this letter space I: year valuable paper, ao that oor CooxreriiccjJ reureatatatlv asd brother la trade may read and discus this rraearuea. 1 . IX. Dx BntJL XI EX DLL SI if aide lawk, New Yobc Jaa. IS. JI rUTSICZJLXS UXD OTBEn. Aa Oraclal Stale a rs-a- tna Bealtk D. oae-taae- r US City. Coder tbe title ot "Lecsl Duties ef Pir. rlr'ans. Caderukar. asd Cemetery Keeper?, with RegnlaUoa of th Bealta Departateit Relating to tbe Same," aa ofrr! pamphlet bu bcea bused bearing tha sigasfcre ot Ccarlr G. Wfisoa. Prrsideat. lu paces are of direct to the parties spoken ct la th title, aii a summary of it contests may ba cef. All physldaas practising- - la this city tact: b registered at th Health Department. A:il-tendlr- .c physician m-i- st famish a ccrtra- - cf death within thirty-si- x hours after th deou. of th patient, or. la the ease of a ooataxlosA cr Infectious diaeasa. within tweaty-foc- r bosrs. If a Dcrea die frera criminal violence, cr by a casualty, or saddealy when la apparent MV or when by a phraiciaa. ar Is priroa. or tn aay sjptdoss or retrial taaaaar. the case most ba referred to a Coroeer. Physicians nut report within twesty-fou- r hours after maiiig a tUag-aoai- a eTery cat cf cholera, yellow fever, imailpox. chlckea pot. diphtheria including; membraaeoca croa;. measles, aad typics. typhoid, reiapilix. aid scarlet !vr. oeearrtarts their practice. Physi-cia- a mat report birth on Hilar la their prac- tice withJa five days after lie eve-al- , aad must prvaerv a duplicate record of every death aid birth so reported. Th rieiaUoo of aay of the rules ts a mladerr-eaao- If any oaeof slxteea maladies named la the cCcial pamphlet ts ctvea as th toi cause ct death, there must ba remark ef aa xpiaaate-- y character. Th department will tot accept aay certiorate which give as tb casta of death a mere symptom, such aa "bean fatltre." de- bility." or " asphyxia." sale accoapaa'ed tv a satisfactory wnuea explanation. PhytJelaai ar rraueswd to mate report f--u aad accurate, so that the drtartmeat books mar be of sciea-U- Sc aad statistical rain. There Is a pace oa "The Legal Duties of ." with the role aad recalatloa arril-ca- to them. Every undertaker must b registered, aad 'VMiLHf9 hzTU1 "tout Permit trv tke Depairaeat, A burial rauit tail rxwa wttiia four day after death, ualrs a per-p- it pirevvi-t- : otherwla ,hil h, peocsrvl. sxat. ta ao public or church funeral cf axv pertea who may die of smaltrux. dtph-Ji-w-- a, Asiatic cholera, trohus. scarlet, erve.-- . fene- -; aad t3 ea ot eueh dlaeaaes, or frem ueu.'h tar mist be dislofrctioa. TTt nl-- n for undertaker are rigid aad co- res. No M-- ta hartals are allowed below ISOth street. Nl vault below that atreel shall ba eceaed fjr a faaerai without tb approval of the Jstilxary apertu.aJat, Transit permit for th rtuer-il- s of per-o- as who dt ootsldaof lb iv aaj T issued epos th cosdltroas ofSciallv ycvucrtVd ta. tae pamphlet. Ther 1 also a rj. irluaMe to reraitt for disinterment. VTw mf'ilauvas for eitor.s aad cemetery keepe- r-- a,- - gtvva at the close of the pamphlet. TS strict earr-n.-o- ot each of the rale a4 rciUt-- a prete-IN- rl by law is of Impor-U- 3 Mr th nuecttpaof the public health. I BaJ S.vl.ca Tt.ak mil, T" T.x Svctvs or Thi S- -- ir Among th bin ltriiot is Ue lf mature ther ts th old mo-t- r -- rv.;u-'ii utit,- - bants annua. ly to notify !eiM.i.-- soatlof all calanrea Handing lothslr credit. l stnt the utu;i bankt. IVuxd tke ait oal of tt ai you did before, Secrtvy ts tie loa'u coss.deratlon to a u vines bank depositor after safety aad many a poor mother with brutal cki'i-v- a would be harassed outer her lit by their drtnaedt did they but know the bad a fe- - dollars laliawiv Trer li u,Mh nc a depositor cannot learn from t bant by the astiac aaa very few there ar wbo cast te.l within cue rnmut how much they have In in task The ether Mil ti for the trial rat ot Interest to be Spercenu Waal for Our mcary lieicrs would t glad to ret 41 per cent, safely tt-j- rrreotaiiie have bea-u- early Let us wat-- a the-- Ihetiarneact tt gentier&en Introducing ta above bill are. respectively, atyer and eunrr A B. &XTTSL 143 Ilsoapwav, Nxw Yctx. Jan. 13. VTby TV Isaort ITnallea CI tha. To tub retro cv Srs-S- ir reratt m t gtv one sufficient reaaan way w tmporl woollen cloths. The Imported woollen cloths ar suprlor to Arseri can made In one respect only, and that li la the fast color. The American manufacturer Is In too great hurry to market his pr'.u:t. bene he dos not aivs tt cloths the proper and neoesaary treatment I" compete with Furvpean e'otaa, Custom tailors will guarantee imported woollens as to fait colors. br.t win pnt the domettlc. consequently there ts and wttl te a demsnd for ltutoned woollens until tba Ameri- can manufacturer give bis goods tbe proper trest m'nt Tattoa. .Siw Toac, Jan is. rrosperoua 4Ytera rarairs, Irom lf . Iikl IVrr.fTes. Labor Commissioner Tower ot tbls State has trait a thorouch InveitlgaUoa of the subject of farm rocrV gates. The facts broifht to lift! completely over- turn many of th ltaitcg assumptions of the Pp lltti and free illverltes. ilr powers established that the farmers of lHnneot and ot all the ten central Slate ot ths Mlsslialn.i valley have been receiving larger aver re net return for all their staple product thaa at any lime previoti to l?3, and that they have been doing thli even u lug thelatt fouryeara of sever bU'lnesi depress' 'X inprevloui report! ho had ihon that the mortni Indebtedness of farmers In this State. Inn.adof ha' Ing enoruously Increased aa represented by tte . bad greatly decreased relatively to th po"u i t on and to the value of farms lhat In the older se Uont of the State a lirje proportion of the farm ro V gsges had bem paid off and were in ripid prvei "f belngdiarbsrje.1. and that it waioulv lu the neon and mently opened sections of the Stat lhattse- - Lad been an Increas In farm tnorttages The facta, slated without any reference to peadtai political Issues, knocked the wind complsutyeatef roptiliit and tn sUvsr oratory la this Stat

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SB. Pass U l tt to n Ana stre-e-t. All laforraatloamP and doeu-oen- for pobtte m instaarJy tonajE, sated to thprv-- s of lhwhol country.

& Maine the Defendant; Swfdm theJnilffe and Jurj,

jf The looseur. with which the Olner- -

K-- Paunettote treaty has been drawn, and Itsji dlsrecard for reserved rights and Constltu- -

& tfonal provisions, are strikingly IllustratedX In the esse here, supposed :

it Suppose that subjects of Queen VICTORIAgf' living In New Brunswick hare elalmiIf, against the State of Maine aggregating9 $400,000 and all depending upon the sameKr question of law or set of facts. SupposeK that these claims become the subject ofW diplomatic negotiation between London andS Washington.V If they were disputed at Washington,

E under the proposed treaty thejr would go toft. arbitration according to the provisions ofV A nicies IT. and III ; as follows:fe ' AtTKl II.-- pecuniary claim or troop otmp pecuniary claims, which do not In th (irtiiu x- -

A reed CI00.CO0 In amount, na which do not Involve8r the determination of territorial rlslms. ihall b dealtBf with and decided by ao arbitral trtbnnal, commuted

, X:, aiprovtd-- d In the next following article.C, - artku III Each ot th'hlth contracting rattleIT thai) nominate one arbitrator who aball be a Jarlit of

repute, and 1h9 two arbitrator to named shallW within to mnnthi of their nomination select an

u tip re. Incase they shall fall to do au within thW, limit of time aboea mentioned, lb umpire thallbjk appointed by agreement between the mem- -

tf. hen for the lima being of tha SupremeO, Coart of tha Cnlted rstatet and tha member!S lor tie tin-- being of thajodiclal commlttea of tha5 Prlv) Council In Oreat Drllaln, each nominating body

JB t actlnc b a majority In case they thall fall to agree.m. dpon an nraplra within threa month! of the data otIT an aoplleailon made to mem In that behalf by that high contracting partlea. tha umpire ihall b leletrdw In the manner provided lor In Article X.

R. Article X., here referred to, provides:Kj "If Inanrcaie the nominating eodlei designated

t. In Artle'ei III and V. shall fall to agree upon an unvK rlra la accordance with tha proel.iona of said arilCr e'ea. the umpire shall be appointed bj his Majeity tha

i jfc King of Sweden and Norway."

if And then Article III continues:"The person so selected shall ba tha President oft the tribunal, and tha award of tha majority of thai membcre thereof eAallsa lUaf."

I The umpire will be the tribunal, for bisjt' deteriulnlng rote will decide the claim offt the subjects ot Queen Victoria living In

F New Ilrunswlck against the State of Maine.V In the event contemplated br Article X. theK case we are supposing would be decided

'w finally for or against Maine by King Oscarw of Sweden, through his appointed represen- -

; v tatire In the tribunal.$1 It would be incredible that a treaty pre- -

s pared and advocated by an American Secre--3 .& tary of State proposed to drag one of the? States of this Union as a defendant beforeB f one of the monarchs of Europe, if Article

R S VIII. were not clear as to that point:S jT "AancLs VHL In cases where tha qneatlon ln--

M W Toleed Is one vhlch ooaceras a pnrHeMlnrStait or Ter'8 jg riiorv cf Me VnUtd Halts, It shall be open to thafi &l rrestdentof tha United States to appoint a judicialI 9L officer of such Stale or Territory to ba one of tha arbl- -

1 , ltators.nnder Article .MUor Article v., or Article VI.

K1 Thus the State concerned is made n partyI T to the proceedings, and the decision of

jt "Sweden Is final, the United States becoming

1 B responsible for the execution of the judg- -

i y' meat. That this provision contemplates1 the collection of British claims against au T State of the Union is shown by the mention'5 i ' Article III., which, as will be seen above,1 SK relates only to pecuniary claims.1 S But the Eleventh Amendment of the

W United States Constitution says :

' "Tha Judicial power of tha Cnlted States shall notB. beconstraad to aitend to any suit ot law or equity

commenced or prosecuted against ona of tha CnltedBtatee. by clttiens of another State, or by rtftrctu or

II ft SHnJe rfs o nay forttanStati,"

J' Practically, therefore, and perhaps strictS ly and technically, the wonderful Olney- -fe-- Pauncefote treaty erects an extra-judici-

ry and foreign tribunal, with jurisdiction overfi the rights and Interests ot the Individualj States of this Union; a jurisdiction which

V( the Constitntion ot the United SUUs ex- -

h f pressly denies even to the United States;i Y( Courts themselves.A L Ko hurry about this treaty ; let the lightC !;,. through it first I

'1, f-- The Proposed. Arbitration Treaty.,; it Several questions suggest themselves In?' k connection with the general arbitrationf 3. treaty, which, although signed by Mr. OLXET

l and Sir Julian Pauxcetote, Is as yet, ofj it course, merely inchoate. These questions

r will hare to be answered to the satisfaction;, t of the Senate and the country before the

? treaty Is confirmed. Meanwhile, amplei time undoubtedly will be afforded for their

x thorough consideration. 't In the first place, one Is prompted to In- -

J' p quire why a treaty binding us to refer tojl V arbitration all controversies that may ariseft hereafter between the United States and

fc Great Britain should be concluded at thisf particular time 1 There Is now no subject

J f of dispute between the two countries requlr--& J: Ing an immediate settlement, as was the

; case In the matter of the Aiaonma claims,f I or In the difference regarding the seal fish- -V t ery in the Behrlng Sea. On neither of those? j,,

' occasions did we deem It needful or expe--

r r dlent to commit ourselves to a generalf K arbitration agreement; we were then of thej1 ' opinion that sufficient unto the day Is the

'''. disposal thereof, and that a specific agree- -if.' ment to arbitrate ad hoo would answer

our immediate purpose. How does It hap-pen, then, that our State Department shouldjust now endeavor to fasten upon us a gen-

eral arbitration agreement In the absence otany pressing necessity 1 Can It be possiblethat our offer to submit to arbitration allour own future disputes with Great Britainwas of the nature ot a bribe, tendered by Mr.OUTET to induce Lord Salub CRT to arbitrateEngland's controversy with Venezuela t Itao, the vaunted settlement of the Venezuelaquestion, far from being a triumph otAmerican diplomacy, Is a gross piece ot de-

ception practised upon the people ot theI United States.Touching this point. It should be remem-

bered that Lord Saxububt was personallyresponsible for the persistence of the boun-dary quarrel between British Guiana andVenezuela. In May, 1886, Lord Gbajt-TlLL- E

had pledged himself to allow the titleto the whole ot the territory in dispute tobe determined by arbitration; but Lord

axububv, on his accession to power,

"II -

although ha declared la tha House otXorda that he would carry out his prede-cessor's agreements, broke the compactwith Venezuela, for the reason, appar-ently, that the existence ot rich gold de-

posit in the debatable land had beenmade known to the British Foreign Office.If, then, he had adhered to the refusal em-

bodied In his well-know- n despatch to Mr.OL.XET, the refusal to refer to arbitrationany of the territory east of the Schombnrgkline, the "hols responsibility for the war,which then would have been inevitable,would have rested on the shoulders of LordSaxisburt. By such a contest Englandundoubtedly would hare lost British NorthAmerica, and the statesman chargeable withsuch a sacrifice would have been pilloried inBritish history bjr the side ot Lord North.On the other hand, how could Lord SAX.IS-BCr.- T

retreat completely from the groundtaken In the despatch referred to withoutlosing the respect of his own followers, whowould say either that the ground was orig-inally taken without due deliberation, orthat his complete retreat from It was aproof of pusillanimity. He seemed, there-fore, to be caught In n vise between two al-

ternatives, neither of which could be em-

braced with safety or honor.Is It not evident that Mr. OLXET, by offer-

ing or accepting an agreement to couplewith the Venezuela treaty a general arbi-tration treaty between the United Statesand England, furnished Lord Salubcrt agolden bridge across the yawning abysswhich threatened to engulf his reputation tWill not an examination of the dates andtenor of the official despatches show thatup to the time when Mr. 0L5ET evinceda disposition to sign a general arbitra-tion treaty between the United States andEngland, there was no indication ot awillingness on Lord SALISBURY'S part toswallow his previous words, and assent toa rightful and decent arrangement with aweak South American republic f We te

that a careful review of the officialcorrespondence, and of alt the circumstancesantecedent and Incident thereto, will con-

vince the Senate and the American peoplethat Mr. Oiaf.Ts promlae to sign a gen-

eral arbitration treaty between the UnitedStates and England was nothing morenor less than a bribe, and that, with-out the bribe, Iord SALI8BURT neverwould have consented to sign the spe-

cific arbitration treaty with Venezuela.Now, who authorized Mr. Olset or hismaster, Mr. CLEVELAND, to bribe the BritishGoernment to perform an act of justice?When a deputation from the House ot Com-

mons came to Washington in the winter of1R01H5 to adtocate a general arbitrationagreement between the United States andEngland, they were laughed out ot court byour House of Representatives. When, onDec. 17. 1805, Mr. Clf.vf.LAXI sent to Con-

gress his Venezuela message, there wasnot a word In that document about purchas-ing England'sconsent to recognize the rightsof a South American republic by an agree-ment to refer all our own controversies withGreat Britain to a tribunal wherein, in allImportant matters, a European should havethe casting vote. Had Mr. CLEVELAND'Smessage even hinted at such an extraordi-nary proposal, It would liave met with avery different reception from both housesof Congress. The I'nltcd States are not inthe business of bribing other nations to dotheir duty. What Mr. Clevehsd said,and what Congress and the country re-

peated with wonderful unanimity and em-

phasis, was that it upon due inquiry Ven-ezuela seemed to us to have a primafacte claim to the disputed terri-tory, England either must allow the title tothat territory to be determined by arbitra-tors or she muxt face a war with the UnitedStates. When tho President submitted hisVenezuela message he practically askedCongress for instructions, nnd he got them.The purport of those instructions is writtenlarge and plain in tho resolutions pa.edand In the debates thereon. In those reso-

lutions and debates there Is not a syllableto warrant Messrs. Cl.KVF.LAKt and OlvktIn suborning the assent of England to anact of common decency.

What, now, aro the dimensions ot thebribe with which Mr. OLXEV undertook tomake a back-dow- n easy for Lord SALIS-

BURY? The dimensions do not explicitlyappear upon the face ot the treaty, but wemay be certain that the Senate and thecountry will want to know precisely whatthey are before they consent to a confirma-tion ot the agreement. Does tho treatybind us to refer the boundary ot Alaska,and the ownership of an extensive g

region, to a tribunal whereon aEuropean would have the casting vote 1

Does the treaty bind us to submit tosuch a tribunal the Monroe doctrine,or, in other words, our determination todefend every Latin - American republicagainst territorial dismemberment at thehands of any European monarchy ? Wouldit bind us, upon the pica that the Clayton-Bulws- r

treaty is still valid, to allow sucha tribunal to determine whether we have aright to construct and control a Nicaraguacanal ? Does it bind us to let such atribunal rettle the fisheries question,which still remains open between our-selves and the Dominion of Canada?Does it bind us to let n board otarbitrators, constituted with a Europeanmajority, say whether or not we might wel-

come with open arms some or all of theCanadian provinces, should these at somefuture day desire to become members ot theUnion ? How far, in a word, havi Messrs.Cleveland and Olxet been willing tomortgage our present vital Interests andour splendid possibilities in order that theymight hare the selfish satisfaction of finish-ing the Venezuelan business with a sem-

blance of success ?

These are questions which every patriotic:and American will expect tohear answered adequately; and in its owninterest the Senate will do well to discussmatters of such moment In open session.

Drooklyn's Political Importance.Brooklyn and Kings county, the political

boundaries of which are now identical, gavea Republican majority of 10,000 in 1804, aDemocratic majority of 7,000 in 1 80S, anda Republican majority on Governor ot

.1,000 in 1800. This year, in addition toparticipation in the election of a Mayor andComptroller for the Greater New York,Brooklyn will vote for a Sheriff to succeedWilliam J Bcm.iso, for a Register tosucceed Granville W. Haruax, and for aCounty Clerk to succeed Jacob Worth, ap-pointed by the Governor to fill a vacancy.Sundry local offices, provided for under theproposed Greater New York charter, arealso to be filled.

From present appearances Brooklyn willhave an Important, It not decisive, InfluenceIn the elections in the consolidated towns.The voting population of Kings has beengrowing rapidly of late years, and it isgreater proportionately to the total popula-tion than is that of New York, probablybecause of the smaller relative numbers otaliens and of transient Inhabitants. In,

r

taaBranktBatfeJeetJosa ot test ymcotaBrooklyn, when Mr. CHlror was chosenMayor by a plurality of lesa than 000 votes,the total vote ot that dry was 1 18.447, andthe country towns, which then participatedIn the election of the county officers, butnot ot the municipal officers, and sincehave been annexed to Brooklyn as wards.cast collectively 8,603 votes, bringing upthe total of Kings county to 122.000, thetotal rote of New York city at the sameelection being 210,000. At the recent elec-

tion the total rote of Brooklyn, or Kingscounty, was 104,000, and that of New Yorkcounty 803,000, showing an increase In tenyears ot 72,000 In Brooklyn, and 02,000 InNew York. Proportionately, of course, theIncrease in the voting population of Brook-lyn has bean much more rapid than In NewYork, and the returns of recent electionswould seem to indicate that the Independentrote, which is not clearly or firmly attachedto either political party, is relatively largerin Brooklyn than in New York.

Brooklyn will hare an Important shareIn this year's municipal contest, and thepolitical leaders of both parties have alreadybrgun their preparations.

The Good Name of Congreea.

The Hon. WlLLIAy L. Wilson, who, aathe leader of the House of Representatives,chosen in 1 802 to perform the prom lsea of theCLEVELAND canvass, has been a choice sub-ject ot Mugwump flattery, has at last turnedon his friends with deprecation of theirpersistent abuse of all publlo men excepttheir own idols. He spoke a good wordfor Congress, at Albany on Tuesday, beforethe New York Bar Association. "It willnot do," said Mr. Wilson, " for us to cen-

sure too rashly those we have chosen toact for us In the two branchea of Congress."

So far Mr. Wilson nerved himself to saythe right thing, notwithstanding that atthe moment the Mugwumps were in fullbowl at everything political in this country,except, as usual, themselves and theirs. Itwas highly creditable for the speaker, who,for a few months at least, sits snugin a Cabinet place, to defend the nationallegislature against tha assaults of hisfanatical friends, but he thereby revealed bisglaring failure to meet the situation withentire frankness, and to explain the par-ticular cause for Congress's discredit, withwhich he was personslly connected. TheHouse ot Representatives, In which Mr.Wilsot was the leader of th Demo-cratic majority and the lieutenant otPresident CLEVELAND, was pledged to theprinciple of a tariff for revenue only, but thefirst move under that promise was the intro-duction of a tariff bill steeled in protection,and unblushlngly defended as such by Chair-man Wilson's own voice. Such was theanswer of the two most eminent Mugwumpstatesmen to the Democratio party's sol-em- u

promise, and the great force ofthe Administration was next applied todrive this same tariff bill through Congress.On the top ot that President CLETEI.sXDturned down all records of politicaltreachery Into oblivion by proposing thePopulist plank for an income tax, andthat, too, became a part of tb,e Demo-cratic programme. The Wilson bill madethe Fifty-thir- d Congress dishonest and dis-graced, and much ot the toleration withwhich the public has endured the Mug-wump tirades Is due to that lamentableresult.

"It there is blame or weakness any-where," continued Mr. Wilson. " It Is withthose who elect rather than with those whoare elected." Mr. Wilson here slanderedthe people of the United States by way otscreening his own followers. It was theelect, not the electors, who did the deedot shame in his case, and to the Con-

gress of to-da- which U suffering in Itsrepnte for the sins of Its predecessor, Mr.Wilson owes the reparation of a full andformal confession ot the unparalleled dis-

honesty In legislation for which he and Mr.Cleveland were directly responsible. Con-

fession of the guilty is the final stage ofvindication of the innocent.

Tho Janitor of the Peninsulas.The two xnany-antlere- stags, persuasive-

ly rampant, which hold up the sigillum ofthe State ot Michigan, are especially sig-

nificant this year. They are the symbols oftho Hon Potato Pinrree, the double roseot politics, the Mayor of Detroit and theGovernor of Michigan. " Tiirhor," " I willtake care of things," is the label. They In-

clude other observations pertinent to thepresent state ot stags and men in t be Pin-ore- e

reserres. They make. In Latin, alanguage unworthy ot the greatest ofGovernors and printed In more thandoubtful type, remarks which seem to sayIn the vulgar tongue t "If you're piningfor a nice little peninsula jxrnlruulamomocnam " won't you please to giveMichigan the eye ?" (circtifiwrplce-)- . On theoutside of a message sent by a practicalstatesman like Governor the Hon. PotatoPlSOREE, this motto seems to lie too poeti-cal. But the first page ot his messageshows that ho combines business withpoetry. " It remains within your power,"he tells the legislators at Lansing, " tomake the coming session of the Legislatureon Ideal one." This ideality is to be at-

tained "by the enactment ot a few lawswhich will meet the approval of all patri-otic citizens of this State and the com-mendation of every true member ot ourgreat republic"

How to secure this Ideal? Read the mes-sage. The non. PotATq.PiNOREE,whose com-manding position in the peninsulas whichhe clrcumspices is due entirely to his ownmerit, without help from any machine what-ever, except one or two, frankly recommendstho abolition ot party conventions. "Thaconvention," he remarks with just indigna-tion, "has become the medium of trickery,bribery, and fraud. The higher criminal Ishere developed." The Governor's modestyprevents him from saying that a good mancan get the better ot this medium ot trick-ery, bribery, and fraud. Last year he him-self showed the way to bring trickery, brib-ery, and fraud to shame, and to prevent thedevelopment ot the higher criminal. Hav-ing succeeded, after several efforts, inbeing nominated by the Michigan Republi-can State Convention for Governor, on thegold platform, he kindly allowed gold andsilver people to vote for him, and, after thecruel war was over, announced with charac-teristic boldness that he was still a silverman. We differ with regret from an originalstatesman like the Hon. Potato Pincuee,but is It necessary to abolish party conven-tions so long as a man can use the partymachinery to get a nomination on thestrength of the belief that he is for white,and, after he is elected, conveniently showthat he is for black ? Mr. Plnoreb Is analtruist, and perhaps he is justified in Im-

agining that political conventions will not beas good to others as they have been to him;but the Michigan Legislature has too muchtrust In htm to trust bis observations aboutthe iniquity of political conventions.

What does a renowned ecoaotaUt like the

Hob. Potato Pnrssxx think about taxa-tion? "I reconimscJ," he Bays, 4thatsteps be takes. In tha form ot local or gen-

eral taxation, to make cut potations beartheir proper share ot taxation." These arethe words ot a great political economist. Itis a matter ot common observation thatcorporations pny too meagre taxes, and un-

incorporated boot and shoe manufactories,for instance, excessive taxes.

No great economist thinks long withoutthinking about railroads. Consequentlythe Hon. Potato Ptnorek recommendsthat " the Legislature take into considera-tion the question of passenger fares, at twocents a mile, for Michigan." It Is an im-

portant subject, and doubtless a wise rec-

ommendation. But the greatest good ofthe greatest number ought to be considered.More Michigan people wear boots and shoesthan can possibly reach the Michigan rail-roads. Ought not the price ot boots andshoes to be fixed by the Legislature at aminimum rate of a dollar a pair ?

"There is growing up In this country asystem ot trusts and combinations which isbecoming more and more impudent andextortionate." This has been said before,but has not been entirely believed untilnow. The Hon. Potato Pixcree says It,and It sinks deeply into a million minds.Perhaps the full iniquity of trusts was notevident until he took the trouble to remarkthat by trusts the " consuming power ofthe people is destroyed-- " But have they notstill his messages to consume ? It is he whopoints out that " the employment of chil-dren in many lines of work" is "anotherot the results of the concentration of cap-

ital In trusts and monopolies." This is anovel view, but " the greed and avarice ofthose who thirst for wealth and power is sogreat that the weak and the helpless areforgotten, and those who have felt interestedenough in the uplifting ot their fellow be-

ings to consider these questions seriouslymust unite In combating the evils" towhich the Governor has referred.

Among these evils is the baneful Influenceof public corporations upon the independ-ence ot the voter. Governor Pinoree ad-

vises the Legislature to pass a law whichwill fix a penalty severe enongh to deter thesecorporations from "exerting undue influ-ence in elections." But who can tell whatevil deed a corporation will do. " Incorpo-rated bodies," says the Governor, "walkInto the capital ot the State and almostopenly pay for the privilege of escaping tax-ation." Their insolence must be bridled.For instance, telephone rates should be fixedby the local authorities in every town, andthe right to regulate fares on street railwaysshould be reserved. But this is not all, asGovernor Pixgree well says:

-- Permit me to irtre another Ulnstratlom. The amoistactually tareeiedln a plant is o&e raUlloa dollars.After tha rod Is completed tt la ssortgaged andboodad for two million. This could only ba dose byexecuUng a mortgage upon tha license Itself. Inother words, tba three men who formed tha companyand their aseoela tea adeaaeed rallHoa dollars andImmMlatelj thereafter placed a mortgage upon thaIndustry and earnings of every Inhabitant of tha cityfor thirty years to eocne to tha amount of two

and then when tha quesUoaof thefares la brought up the municipal autbortUea are metwith tha blan4 statement that tha original ownershare transferred their vested nghte to Innocent pur-chasers, and la order to pay tha bonus of a mfUtoadollars and tha tntereat upon It for thirty years, thacompany cannot lira If the fare Is reduced.

Thls system of Indirect taxation Is got a g on laevery city In the Unltod Slate, and hundreds of mil-

lions of dollars of fictitious valnea, which must rep-resent soma form of human labor, have been createdfor a few by the simple stroke of tha pen. and In or-

der to pay theaa Immenaa asms tribute la laid apoaeTery man. woman, and child In tha country.It simply means that theaa hundmla of millions ofdouars are to ba tafcea froca tha ordinary cbaa-net- s

ot legitimate trade to tho Injury of eTerymercantile and manufacturing and farming Industryla tha land, for no cme Interest can suffer without acorrespoadlng tnjury to au. Is It not straaao that lathe prreenoeof this Insidious but constant procaas ofeoocentraUoa. learned financiers, wlee statesmen, andprofound political scholars wonder why tha few be-

come rich and tha many become poor r-- In order to preheat such accumulations a law

should be pased which will prevent the execution ofa mortgage upon tha license.

Surely this is a simple way of preventingthe many from becoming poor, and learnedfinanciers, wise statesmen, and profoundpolitical economists from wasting on won-der what is meant for mankind.

The Hon. Potato Pinorke' views of edu-

cation are worthy ot his enlightened mind.He wishes well to the University of Michlgan. He desires that Its teachers shall bofoes of monopoly and emitters of improvingthought: t

"Its teachers should ba equal to any In the worldand they should ba men of Independent thought, readyand willing to meat all great questions ot moderncivilisation and adrancement with an Intelligent andenlightened public eptriL They should be qualified toaid In the preparation of wise measures of Oorem-me-

and be wtuiag at all tlmea to glee counsel uponpolitical, social and economic questions. They shouldbe sohlghly respected and ao well compensated that IIwould not ba profitable, aa soon as they become effldent, to ba asllad away to giro Instroctloo to somagreat Institution! which bare been endowed bymonopolists, who have acquired lens of millions ofdollars at tha expessa of tens of thousands of theirfellow men.

This seems to be a decent but none theless powerful attack upon the Chicago Uni-versity. Monopolists who have acquiredmillions ot dollars at the expense ot theirfellow men may continue to give money tothat institution, but the Hon. Potato Pin-gre- e

warns them away from Ann Arbor.His views are always Interesting, and hisnotions of education are doubly valuablebecause he shows the needot It In thesegolden sentences :

"While It may not ba possible to greaUy extendyour support.

"Accurate and detailed reports of the exact condi-tion ot tha corporation and tha value ot Its assetsshould ba made at stated periods, and tha etatementemade by them to that behalf should be carefully ex-

amined."" Oreat care should ba used In praranUag corporate

bodies from coming Intoextstenca on values thai araarttflclaL Tha prtoe for which Its Brat lane of stockshall ba sold might safely be fixed by law,"

"Many worthleaa corporations ara organised, elect-ing for Its president a person ot wall known financialstrength."

On the whole, it appears safe to sar thatthe first message ot Governor Pingree isworthy of the renown ot its author. Hiscircumspection of the amene peninsula Issearching and complete.

For the Medical Faculty.President Wilson ot the Health Depart-

ment has Issued a pamphlet upon "TheLegal Duties of Physicians, Undertakers,and Cemetery Keepers." Though theseduties ought to be well known to all con-

cerned, they are In many coses disregarded;and It Is most desirable that the healthofficers of the city should hereafter manifestmore tlgilance in the enforcement of thelaws relating to them.

The first legal provision quoted In thepamphlet Is that " all physicians practisingIn New York city must be registered In theHealth Department." Yet we have not adoubt that there are hundreds of unregis-tered practitioners In the city. Theyabound in the tenement quarters on theeast side. Very often they do not possessmedical diplomas that accord with theterms ot the law; they are sometimeschargeable with illegal practices; they usenostrums ot a baneful character; theydeceive their patients; death doubtlessis due often to their ignorance. It Is

the duty ot tha SealQi DejsvrtJaent toearth out these rs ot both sexes ;

and we trust that the publication ot Presi-dent Wilson's pamphlet may be regardedas a sign that more attention will this yearbe paid to this subject. Some years ago theCounty Medical Society rendered good ser-vice in securing the arrest of unlawful prac-titioners; but we fear that Its activity inthis direction has come to an end. It mayhave been a difficult thing to catch and tohandle the evil-dosr- The society yet, how-ever, can give help to the Health Depart-

ment. It is the duty of an honorable phy-

sician to make report at that department ofany medical charlatans who may be knownto him as such.

Besides the statement of the legal dutiesot the members of the medical faculty, thepamphlet contains the rule and regulationsfor their guidance in the case of certainmaladies; and all physicians ought to bepossessed of the Information thus famished.

As the pamphlet can be obtained gratui-tously at the Health Department, everypractitioner in the city ought to make him-self acquainted with its contents.

Turret Tor Homer Shoals.The bill which Mr. Fijciter hss prepared

for Congress, authorizing a Board of ArmyEngineers to report upon the feasibility andcost of placing armored turrets on HomerShoals, In New York harbor. Is Intended tocarry out a plan which has been contem-plated and discussed for many years.

Homer Shoals lie in a line between SandyHook and Coney Island. At the ends of thisline there will be combinations ot heavyguns and mortars which will do executionupon any hostile fleet which attempts topass between them and go on to the Nar-rows, where it would have to run the secondgauntlet of Forts Wadsworth and Hamil-ton. But in addition it has been proposedto construct three circular armored forts onthe shoals, which would completely com-

mand Gedney's Channel, the South Channel, .and the Main Channel, so rendering thedefences of New York on that side practi-cally Impregnable.

Should such turret be erected, presum-ably they would bo supplied with h

guns. The type piece of this enormouscalibre was provided for at the last sessionof Congress, and it mar here be added thatthe Endicott Board long ago put down 1 fl-

inch guns among the needs of New Yorkand a few other ports.

It is, of course, to be supposed that theEngineer Corps would in any cace dulymake an examination of the Rosier Shoalspropoaal. It has long been before it, buthas not been urgent while so much workwas needed on sites already chosen. Still,the bill of Mr. FiscnER will direct renewedattention to the subject.

The application ot Installment plan method!to Mayoralty meaaagea. prescribed by law torformal comraonlcatlos to the Board of Alder-man, may ba lakl to have originated la thistown with the lion. Antux Srrvzxs Hewitt.whose ability aj A letter writer and Aldermanlcmeaaaca maker was put to a supreme test duringbis two jesra aervlca aa Mayor. The first frag-ment, of the mrssaga ot Mayor Stroih. tha firstserial la the chronicle of LTtoxa. madeits appearance on Jan. 12, sad relatedto tba Flnacc and Law departments. Thesecond fragment or serial appeared onTeeadsy, Jan. 19. one week later, sad referredto tba Health Department, tbe Board of CitylUeord, sad tba Board of Education. There araforty-eig- city departments, and tba appear-ance of aerial meauirsa, on successive Tuesdays,taking three departments las croup at a time,would ocenpr. by adhesion to the prevent ached-nl- e.

twelve weeks or three months.Somo weeks, perhaps, before the last ot tbe

serials tba Legislator In Albany will haveacted on tbe Greater New Tort charter, doingaway with tbe Hoard of Aldermen, as such, sodproviding for a Mayor lo the territory which solonger recocalies tba Ea.'t River, tbe BronxRiver, tha Newtown Creek, the Hudaon River,or Sow York Ray as points of political division.

Toredays In January. FebmarT. and Martswill ba Aldermanlc "at borne this year forthe reading of tba Mayor's mesaag.

We are very well pleased to learn that thePrealdant of tbe black rernbllo of HsytLwhowas elected to office In April last, ba made Itmanlfeat that ha Is mscb belter qualified forcivil rule tbaa was bis predecoseor. PrrsidentHirroMTE. whose government was largely ofa military character. Haiti It catting aloneverr well at this time, and its people ara peace-fully disposed, largely on account ot tbe dis-

creet conduct of President Sax. Political ex-

citement ran high at tha lima of his election.and there were apnrebenslon of tumult sadrevolution: but all trouble! were averted. Afterbe had taken hit place be granted a generalamnesty, chose a Ministry of conciliation,

the exiles at Jamaica to return borne,and want so far in bis eSorts to pacify all par-ti- e

aa to make tbe exiled Hen. MamoatMlnliter to France. His rule it one of firmnessnot leas than of accommodation, and it t con-stitutional. In lis Important feature. We wltnwell to our blact neighbor, and good luck toPresident Sixon.Sav.

xbk rnorusED beer aruxnARD.Aa Araraeaeat That the Bortea BUI la T7a-Ja- al

to ew Tors. Bnners.To mg Editor or The Sfs Sir Permit me

to call your attention to tbe fact that la your let-ter from Albany on tha Morton bill, propotinean official bcr standard, a very Important pointwaa overlooked. Without going Into the meritof the bill aa it stands. It will ba seen at a clancethat tba measure discriminate against tha NewVork brewing Industry in favor of the brewersIn other States. This is of courte unintentional,but tt I a fact, nevertheless.

Icavlng aside the question whether beerbrewed in accordance with tbe regulation ofthe Horton bill would bn Hied by the public ItIs certain that it would be much mora expen-sive. Thus the market our brewer bare builtnp In New Jersey, the New England States, andeven more distant points in tbe interior, wouldbe destroyed at one stroke. It would be utterlyImpossible to compete with tbe breweries otother State where no similar laws exist. Korthe same reason the steadily trowing export otbottled bear would he gllled; the New Yorkbrewer would bo undersold by their comitelt-tor- a

from other state and lose Important mar-ket where, after year of strenuous andcrtly(tort, they bare just begun to gain a foothold.

Again, the proposed law would not prerrnttbe sale of beer broned In other Mlate wberosuch vigorous regulations du not edit. Thebrewer of Milwaukee. &t. tauls. Cincinnati,and elsewhere could not only continue to sendtheir beer to New York, but would also driveour brewrrs out of the business. Tbe Stale ofNow York ba not the power to prescribe howbeer shall be brewed In Ohio or Illinois, nor canIt b forbidden to bring beer brewed In anotherHtatelnlo the Htatx of New York. The Matemay prohibit tbe sale of beer, but if It permitsIt. It cannot shutout certain qualities of beerfrom other States. It would require a Federallaw to protect tbe New York brewer from tberuinous competition of the brewer of otherblates: but even If It were possible to preventtbe sale of any beer not conforming to theproposed New York standard, bow couldthis be accomplished? All Western brewerlevuse cereals and rice to produce their ambercolored beers, and tbey do not deny it. I'ven Iftbey deny It, who shall prove It? New Yorkcannot tend Inspector Into the breweries Inotber State, and the proposed teat or analysisdoes sot show what tbe beer Is made of. Itshows tho percentage of water, alcohol, nl.bumen, sugar, Ac., but whether barley or cornbaa been used no chemist In tba world can tell

It I hardly neceasarr to go deeper Into themattar. Any d man'wlll see that thoHorton bill would be an act of tbe grossest in-justice to tba brewara of our own btate. Itwould practically kill a flourishing industry andtransfer It to other States without doing thepeople one bit of good. I la author ba evidentlyacted without sufficient knowledge of eslttlnccondition, and without regard to tba inevitableC05HnceT -- - C. T. Kiiltf.

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To Tn Editor orTnsScx-Sl- r. How aboutArticle VII. of the Otney treaty? Does It notpractically aulborUe tbe European majority oftbe tribunals to override any protest that onrGovernment may make, and thereby empowerthe Europeans to decide what does and whatdo not affect tbe "national rights" ot theCnlted States?

This whole article In construction and crafti-ness resembles the article In the Washingtontreaty relative to the finding of the HalifaxCommission, We supposed that as the word

majority " was omitted from the article thata unanimous vote ot the commission would benecetsary to make the award binding, but OreatBritain Insisted that, as " unanimity " was notrequired, a majority vote would decide, and welost J5.000.000. or enough to build this countrytwo new war vessels. 31 i

AlltaaM with Eaateaa.To tux Editor or Tn 8CN Str: Tbe timely

remarks of "An American Admiral" la Thurs-day' Issue of your thoroughly American paperon the Cbamberlaln-Olne- y treaty should causaSenators to weigh well and feel tbe pall of thecitizen ot the Cnlted States before awardingthe "meat and marrow In England" and tbebone to America by ratification. Tbe ratifica-tion of this alliance, for that is what Ihl treatywill signify, makes up for England' Isolationla Europe and strengthens ber position andprestige almost to tbe foil extent of ber desire,and must In proportion weaken that of theUnited State.whleh commanded tbe admirationand rood will of all nations, but can no longerIf this alliance Is ratified.

We give strength and Influence to our oldand natural enemy by thl alllsnee and es-trange tbe good will of many otoer nation oageneral principles. Some European statesmanmay be Induced by sensational American or

newspaper to cable their approvaland extol tbe treaty. But If thoanewspaper will take the vote of the mateof American cltiten Instead of a few Europeanstatesmen and Jlogwumoa of tbe Bayard (tripeIn tbt country they will find a very differentspirit. They will find the American people willcot be satisfied with the bones while Englandget all tbe Cesh in tbe treaty. Bat ther mustrush It through before the Mugwump Adminis-tration leaves Washington or there may ba dan-ger of failure. Moreover, this 1 a cosmopolitannation. Millions of it citizens are of foreignextraction, hostile to the very powar to whichwa ara to ba allied, and In becoming dtixen otthis republic tby also become, to avune extent,dtlaetKof Ena-lasd-.

Wo have nothing to gain by thl alliance, butmuch to lce. It I a violation of the Monrodoctrine. It would cause Washington and Jef-ferson to turn In their graves.

No alliance with tbe Tory Chamberlain andSalisbury Oflvammeot. with their bands stainedfresb from ttelr attrmot to break up tbe Boerrepublic or South Africa,:

I hope TnsSrj will turn It ea.rchlla'ht ontbls uncalled-fo- r alliance of tbe Hon with tbelamb. J. n. M--

Nxw Yobx. Jan. 19. 1S97.

Tke TCaaltah ef lis Trty.To tux Editor or Tbb Scn Sir: There 1

nothing better known bv persons who arafamiliar with the inside working of statecraftIn Washington than that the Paacce-fote-Oln- ey

treaty wa written try accomplisheddiplomat of Great Britain.

From the day wbea Jenklaios. tbe infamousauthor of tbe Stamp act. drew np the treaty ofpeace which ended the war of tbe Revolutionand tricked Franklin Into signing It, oar cationha been uniformly hoodwinked asd swindledby means of treaties mad wilb Gret Brttala.not noeMlrr. tbe treaty cerotlatrd br tbe Hon.Daniel Webster and tba Right Hon. WU-Ha- m

Rlagbao, afterward Ird Asbbartoa,which wa believed at tbe time to be a clearcam of cmtwittlar tbe British. Every line oftba aVeced Otney-Paune-f- draft for the -d

treaty ehowe clearly that it Is toe wiv-- k ofmen educated In Eugllb choal. It could notbare n written by a New Enclander unle-a-Ilk Dr. William Everett, be rad been educatedIn English ichoola. bocaute there are mar oftba peculiarly constructed sentence or smrdsused in a sense never used by Eneilsh writerwhich abound tn tbe writing of New Enrlaad-e- r

and which are absent from the Pannrcfota-Olse- ytreaty, which, thank be to God, will

never b adopted by our nation.NcwYoax.Jaa IS. O. Wiixnin PtAttcx.

ArMtraUea-raeee- sl uS TTaeealrmtsla.To Tmt Editor or Tna Sen 5r VTtr

should arbitration between cation ba any xaareuceeaaful than arbitration between Individu-

als? In tbe latter ease th settling cf dlstrute Isusually very unsatisfactory. Oa 1U faca. to tbeman wbo ba never given tie matter thought,arbitration seem lobe particularly fair wayto settle dispute. It is believed that tt will saveexpense of lawyer and court fees to -t amooted legal question to three "dMatarated"men to decide. Bat are tbey ever disinterest re?" A" and " B" decide to arbitrate. let c say.What does "A"do? Pick out the brightest aadmartett man of bt acquaintance, nn who will

be thoroughly leva! to him. and stand by blra atevery point. "B" doe-st- unr tMnr. Herewe start off with two "dllatereted" men wboare bitter partisan. Possibly tba third maamay be dUlntereeted. but he is selected try tbtwo Interested arbitrator, and tt become acontest of wlta between thee two men to reknut a third who can ba easily taCcence-1- . Tbkeenest of th first two arbitrator wins tbflrht on tbe elan before aaytMng is doe.

In point of fact, even If It should bar-pe-a cartna while that a thoroughly dtsIaterNted andfair third arbitrator 1 tVacted, lestaad oftearing tb ee tn three d!s'nte.Tte! ees. St Isleft lonrterilslntrr-t- d maa. a th arbitratorsof "A"and B" are really r attorneys, asfar a their lecal knowledge will permit

It Is a creat deal safer to leave your ra.e Istwelve dlsatrrted men In the Jury box tbaa 13one disinterested man who acta a aa arbtt-t- or

and then If the case should gn aralal you tierl an ortortunlty for appeal, hut in ear farbitration the parties lnteretel generally s

a contract to abide by the deettlca of tb arbi-trators without appeal. Tbl I tbw-a- arH-tratlo- n

works practically in private Ufa. VTyshouldn't tt work tb same way between rat-ions ? Perhaps Secretary Olney achlvtstin brintrlcg about an arbitration treaty btwriGreat Britain and th United State may not boca a great feat after all.

New York, Jan. IS. As Ot-t-i Rxadxs.Cava W Trast tars-Ms-s Artsttt-alee--

To tiix Editor or The he Sir: nave wnot suffered enough from relying upon tbe fair-ne-

of European arbitrator ?

The Belgian umpire, Delfcosc, robbed us of$4,000,000 In IS TO. and the Behrlng Sea tribu-nal deprived tis of a revenue ot over SAM.000 ayear, and in addition authorized British sealers(odrlroy with impunity th valuable herd otfar teals which bad been our exclusive propertywithout dispute for almot twenty year.

Are we now so forgetful and ao foolish a toopen our atlnnal and Stat trauri to everyclaim Indorsed by th Kinc of ? If uehindeed should prove to bo tbe rase wa ought, aaa r.tllnc climax to our folly, submit our tariffand navigation lw to Lord Salisbury for re-vision, abandon th Monro doctrine, and annulthe Declaration of Independence.

P. M. o.Pittl.ADEl.rniA. Jan. CO.

Xoarrila Death.To TRi Enrroa o Tnr Rt-- - .sir- - In Tmt Srv ef

Jan. 1 A R corrects Mr p VIto's statement eoncr rnlar the doth of the Trench tenor ourr!L A Rsays -- Itwurny fortune to t present In tbe SanCarlo Theatre at Naplei In IM0. at the performanceof ilrrcadante s ' II C.lursmrnto.' which was followedthai sane nljht by Nounit's sulcMe. Nourrlt'swonderful tolce at times felled him on that nlgnt It wassaid that be was not well the crlt cat and merclletsKan Carlo atnl.rnre was not !aiwn1 with his s!ntnrand some hli wre heard. Tee artist went tome tnres.t u'tlon. r.el orer wcat n4 happened. antduring the n fill threw Mint-- lf r fell out of H.IU'Ior and wai picked up dead tn the court yard

llct HOlLrmento,wa no: ct'n si a who' timet-- of ourrst iiulctte. Th performance March 7.lSJP wai ptiticcl for th teneflt of a plsj actorSalTetil Nourrtt was put down ortctnallr for aa airand a duet from Norma with Ml., (tranchl Headded an air from "II Olcraraento" for hliown advsntaae

Kor l! It an eitahllthe.1 fact that Xoorrlt ai hlitedthat nltbt II did not ipeatc of any im a diur-i- tohi! wife after th concert and ib. mm no h stinrMembers of the orrhetira iwore that the aileted h'nIng was a vinutl of a stato hand, rrinds In theaudience denlrt that Nourrlt wi hlu.1 Thli allreddisturbance wai after the duet from "Norma.- - titerthl! tluturlance he nr.j the ara from 'II Oluranierto"ant ii app'auded vehemently Between 3aotooco-l- c of tbe ..next morning he threw himselfInto the court of the llnte'lurtsla.

The melancholia o Sotirrlt had been for some tlmhfor Ms miiiii a sour.-- of llIy apprehension tohl faml.y and friends RTirptotni of marine, weret.n.aouncl at iarw!llr In HJ7, Paul Iemartelum-r.e- d upth matter at follow. Folted br exailed retlcloui tdeai by homeiirkncai br regret fira lei; ipnnareliy .Sourrlt wai finally a madman "

A 11 will rind Interesting rartlcu art or the tenorstraelc endlne In monumental -- ArtolpheSourrlt. savi son talent" (Paris, IHJ' toL I,pnif&C0 Vol 111., io ttt. I'murllaix.Bostoi, Jau IS

Foot I.arrj Cbueka It,frue e rrrnfna Jwf,

Th general Impresiloa emenj Intelligent personstoday Is that th- -r Is not much um In further argu-ment with th persons In power In this Bute: thatthey are governed by a class of considerations whicheasuol be publicly revealed or publicly discussed, sothat th work of any eritio ot pubtio aaalr. a far as

. regard them. has. for practical purees, add(

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BXAM0MBM TIT TUB TABITK IA4t af ss BTalat Catter an Rvaa B

ad rroteetlaa. HTo Tna Editor or Tnx Scx-A- r- A won Iat tbl opportune moment, when we are ajai, H

acltatlo-th- e tariff question regarding the d;. Imood Industry, possibly a word from on whb,In trolte of the many claimants for tbe distlse. IUon of being th pioneers ot diamond cutUr. r (,this country. Is certainly not one of the las, ta) Ione that th Wilson bill ha transferred froa Ithe top of the laddr(for we have cat for asge,,) Ito ths betters rase, by tmlog rough dlsassJt,

It seems to me that tbe lmportanto.uest.oi foronr Government to decide relative to our itdnt.try Is which 1 most Important, lo protect aaifoster the diamond cutting Industry and thsAmerican mechanic, or to obtain a revesuebytaxing diamonds, an article of luxury thtt ce-rtainly shonld be of vast revenue to our Cetera.ment. If. I tr. It were collectible. Why it exa.not be collected any Importer will answer stfany Importer will verify the bold statement thathalf ot our smaller goods are smuggled Istner aa Imtxirter y that can hor.eitlypay hla duties to thl Government aid ttahtttbe competition of having good tbraM cr.serhi noaa 25 tr cent. lea Uiaa be eaa land thtafor? Smuggled, smuggled, bow, wtta, orwhere, he know not, but In his knowledge ofhi butlness ha 1 positively correct. Is he t,

for bis own protection, tempted nr fortxi to treytheaa good, or let bt competitor get then!Where, then, i the revenue for the Govern-ment, and bow mucb for the protect.on of curcltiten mechanic whose Government . aa.

wered htm on hi clamoring for rrotrctDaIn word to thl effect : W will rive joa

by charging 35 per doty on ml'saesdiamonds and give yoa only tbe smuggler tcompete against, and. to make It all theeu'er,we will charge 10 per cant, duty on roujh dia-mond (for we mast bsv revenue'." loitersight. In their Ignorance of tbe fact that a dia-mond loee SO per cent, to CO per cent, la cutting.

Tbe solution must be offered by brighter cstbaa I. but with tbe of such as 1,wbo have unfortunately been brought up Is thitart (for isn't diamond cuttl eg an art, tfcos g istruth w bav aeveral wbo bave degeneratedonr craft?). But let m bint what eotstsoisense srgrwti tn m. and see If tbrr art hotothers wno coincide with me. First, give cs frrough, and for revenue or protection cut a 29per cent, nr a IS per rant, duty on polished dia-monds. It Is an acknowledged fact that we,with cur mudera Idea and American Ingenuity,can cut as cheaply aa tbey do in Esrvp. a fa- -t

that even our new diamond cutter aad expr.-meat- rs

will testify to. a fact that any a.ckaalc will verify. Will tbl uot at oat isaway with emsrgling? If we produe fcer asarticle at tbe saoi price a I, eaa baprodseMla Europe. Is not tb smuggler's vocation go: tTboea wfcoDreferto Import make revenue fnGovernment until thalr eyas are opeced by tvcatter showing them their pro4ecta at tbsame price aa tb importers Lad to pay laEurope, aad without tbe Journey, toes of ttste.aad expense.

There 1 reveau for tbe Coverameat. for hwould be oa time before oar enters co-i-ll

produce all seeded br onr merchant.There Is protection for tba importer, who wQ

not b abject to tba dUhoaormb' competiciof tb smotrxler.

Tber I protection for the cutter, who brhi good oa aa erjoal footing with his

European competitor, find a ready market, isable to pay his mechanic a better wag br tbprotection afforded him by tbe duty oa poUiheddiamond: aad there Is protection for bis Amer-ican mechanic try ateady employment at goodwaxes, for bis employer. Ondlng a ready xrirtfor bis production, ran well afford to keep wort.Ben steadily employed.

T rciting that yon will give this letter space I:year valuable paper, ao that oor CooxreriiccjJreureatatatlv asd brother la trade may readand discus this rraearuea. 1 .

IX. Dx BntJL XI EX DLLSI ifaide lawk, New Yobc Jaa. IS.

JI rUTSICZJLXS UXD OTBEn.Aa Oraclal Stale a rs-a- tna Bealtk D.

oae-taae- r US City.Coder tbe title ot "Lecsl Duties ef Pir.

rlr'ans. Caderukar. asd Cemetery Keeper?,with RegnlaUoa of th Bealta DepartateitRelating to tbe Same," aa ofrr! pamphlet bubcea bused bearing tha sigasfcre ot Ccarlr G.Wfisoa. Prrsideat. lu paces are of direct

to the parties spoken ct la th title, aii asummary of it contests may ba cef.

All physldaas practising- - la this city tact: bregistered at th Health Department. A:il-tendlr- .c

physician m-i- st famish a ccrtra- - cfdeath within thirty-si- x hours after th deou.of th patient, or. la the ease of a ooataxlosA crInfectious diaeasa. within tweaty-foc- r bosrs.If a Dcrea die frera criminal violence, cr by acasualty, or saddealy when la apparent MVor when by a phraiciaa. ar Ispriroa. or tn aay sjptdoss or retrialtaaaaar. the case most ba referred to aCoroeer. Physicians nut report within twesty-fou- r

hours after maiiig a tUag-aoai- a eTery catcf cholera, yellow fever, imailpox. chlckea pot.diphtheria including; membraaeoca croa;.measles, aad typics. typhoid, reiapilix. aidscarlet !vr. oeearrtarts their practice. Physi-cia- a

mat report birth on Hilar la their prac-tice withJa five days after lie eve-al- , aad mustprvaerv a duplicate record of every death aidbirth so reported. Th rieiaUoo of aay of therules ts a mladerr-eaao-

If any oaeof slxteea maladies named la thecCcial pamphlet ts ctvea as th toi cause ctdeath, there must ba remark ef aa xpiaaate-- ycharacter. Th department will tot accept aaycertiorate which give as tb casta of death amere symptom, such aa "bean fatltre." de-bility." or " asphyxia." sale accoapaa'ed tva satisfactory wnuea explanation. PhytJelaaiar rraueswd to mate report f--u aad accurate,so that the drtartmeat books mar be of sciea-U- Sc

aad statistical rain.There Is a pace oa "The Legal Duties of ."

with the role aad recalatloa arril-ca-to them.

Every undertaker must b registered, aad'VMiLHf9 hzTU1 "tout Permit trvtke Depairaeat, A burial rauit tailrxwa wttiia four day after death, ualrs a per-p- it

pirevvi-t- : otherwla ,hil h, peocsrvl.sxat. ta ao public or church funeral cfaxv pertea who may die of smaltrux. dtph-Ji-w-- a,

Asiatic cholera, trohus. scarlet, erve.-- .fene- -; aad t3 ea ot eueh dlaeaaes, or fremueu.'h tar mist be dislofrctioa.

TTt nl-- n for undertaker are rigid aad co-res. No M-- ta hartals are allowed below ISOthstreet. Nl vault below that atreel shall baeceaed fjr a faaerai without tb approval of theJstilxary apertu.aJat, Transit permit forth rtuer-il- s of per-o- as who dt ootsldaof lbiv aaj T issued epos th cosdltroas ofSciallvycvucrtVd ta. tae pamphlet. Ther 1 also a

rj. irluaMe to reraitt for disinterment.VTw mf'ilauvas for eitor.s aad cemetery keepe-r-- a,-- gtvva at the close of the pamphlet.

TS strict earr-n.-o- ot each of the ralea4 rciUt-- a prete-IN- rl by law is of Impor-U-3

Mr th nuecttpaof the public health.

I BaJ S.vl.ca Tt.ak mil,T" T.x Svctvs or Thi S- -- ir Among th bin

ltriiot is Ue lfmature ther ts th old mo-t- r-- rv.;u-'ii utit,-- bants annua. ly to notify

!eiM.i.-- soatlof all calanrea Handing lothslrcredit. l stnt the utu;i bankt.

IVuxd tke ait oal of tt ai you did before,Secrtvy ts tie loa'u coss.deratlon to a uvines bank

depositor after safety aad many a poor mother withbrutal cki'i-v- a would be harassed outer her lit bytheir drtnaedt did they but know the bad a fe- -

dollars laliawivTrer li u,Mh nc a depositor cannot learn from t

bant by the astiac aaa very few there ar wbo castte.l within cue rnmut how much they have In intask

The ether Mil ti for the trial rat ot Interest to beSpercenu Waal for Our mcary lieicrs would tglad to ret 41 per cent, safely

tt-j- rrreotaiiie have bea-u- early Let us wat-- a

the-- Ihetiarneact tt gentier&en Introducing taabove bill are. respectively, atyer and eunrr

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143 Ilsoapwav, Nxw Yctx. Jan. 13.

VTby TV Isaort ITnallea CI tha.To tub retro cv Srs-S- ir reratt m t gtv

one sufficient reaaan way w tmporl woollen cloths.The Imported woollen cloths ar suprlor to Arserican made In one respect only, and that li la the fastcolor. The American manufacturer Is In too greathurry to market his pr'.u:t. bene he dos not aivstt cloths the proper and neoesaary treatment I"compete with Furvpean e'otaa, Custom tailors willguarantee imported woollens as to fait colors. br.twin pnt the domettlc. consequently there ts and wttlte a demsnd for ltutoned woollens until tba Ameri-can manufacturer give bis goods tbe proper trestm'nt Tattoa.

.Siw Toac, Jan is.

rrosperoua 4Ytera rarairs,Irom lf . Iikl IVrr.fTes.

Labor Commissioner Tower ot tbls State has traita thorouch InveitlgaUoa of the subject of farm rocrVgates. The facts broifht to lift! completely over-

turn many of th ltaitcg assumptions of the Pplltti and free illverltes. ilr powers established

that the farmers of lHnneotand ot all the ten central Slate ot ths Mlsslialn.ivalley have been receiving larger aver re net returnfor all their staple product thaa at any lime previotito l?3, and that they have been doing thli even ulug thelatt fouryeara of sever bU'lnesi depress' 'Xinprevloui report! ho had ihon that the mortniIndebtedness of farmers In this State. Inn.adof ha'Ing enoruously Increased aa represented by tte .

bad greatly decreased relatively to th po"u it on and to the value of farms lhat In the older se

Uont of the State a lirje proportion of the farm ro Vgsges had bem paid off and were in ripid prvei "fbelngdiarbsrje.1. and that it waioulv lu the neonand mently opened sections of the Stat lhattse- -

Lad been an Increas In farm tnorttagesThe facta, slated without any reference to peadtai

political Issues, knocked the wind complsutyeatefroptiliit and tn sUvsr oratory la this Stat