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IRON WASHINGTON.
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Exclusively to The EUentng Telegraph
The Treaty of Washing gton,
an outline of which appears in this mornings
papers, meets with general approval, aud gentle
men in high official position feel confident, from
their information thus far, that 1t will be ratified
by the Senate. AS the members of the
Committee on foreign relations have
been furnished in confidence with copies of the
treaty, and, therefore, have had ample oppor-
tunity to examine and study all Its features,
it is thought that it would be promptly re-
ported back from that committee with favor
able recommendation that 1t be ratified. In
anticipation of this event
Minister Schenck and the British Conn
mtssiOners
have taken passage for Europe in the steamer
of the Oath instant. They will at all events
remain in the country until determination
Joint High Commission separated yesterday
they exchanged autographs, and also photo
graphs of imperial size.
Dangers of Revenue Collecting.
WASHINGTON, May 9.-Supervisor Perry, OF North
South Carolina, forwards to the Internal Reve-
nue. Onice copies of reports OF local officers in the
Seventh district, North Carolina, showing the great
danger to which they are exposted In their efforts to
enforce the law. The Sheriff OF Jackson county
writes that Deputy United states Marshal IL. @.
Cannon and Deputy Collector Denver, whle-
Tor violation of the Internal Revenue laws were
fired upon several. times. Bench warrants were
issued, and Intellectual attempts were made TO ar
rest the guilty parties. Sheriff Buchanan thinks
extremely hazardous for officers to travel that
county, without protection.
subscriptions to the New Loan
up to to-day, s3s, coo. Internal Revenue re-
ceipts, S52, ,251.
Naval Orders.
Passed Assistant Paymaster Henry Gerard is
detacht from the coast survey steamer Bibb and
ordered as storekeeper at Key West Florida reliev-
ing Theodore L. Honipoon, who is ordered to the
| Bibb
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Fire at Troy.
TROY, May 9-The MaPufacturers' Hail. on the
Rensselaer, County Fair GruDds was burned last
night. 1t was occupied paper-box factory by e.
Walters h Sons, whose loss is 5000; insured for
a90O0. The loss On building $1,000; insured.
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The Mace-C Oburn Fight.
ERIE, Pa, May GA large number of sport
ing men and roughs from New York are arriving
in this city in view of the approaching prize
fight. 1t is altogether probable that the battle
will take Mace in this Vicinity.
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Referee, Fred. P. Addicks, OF Vesper Club.
Starter, Mr.. Sharswood, OF Undine Club
The course was from Columbia Bridge to Tur-
tie Rock, distance of u mile and half, aud
was won by the Augusta, she having passed the
judges stand 43 seconds in advance of the
Echo, and making the time just nine minutes.
A large number of the friends of the university
lined the river banks, and greeted with applause
the first effort in this line of the young gentle
men.
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BURIED ALIVE.

Shocking Affair at Scranton-A Man SufTo-
Gated Beneath n Mass of Earth.
The Scranton Republican of yesterday has the
following:--
which is laid through Mead street, passes over
the abandoned mine of the old No. l shaft of
the Pennsylvania Coal Company. During Friday
night portion of the earth beneath this water
pipe sank, cracking the surface of the ground
for space some twelve rods in length and
nearly twenty in width. In settling, the water
main was broken, thus necessitating immediate !
repairs. At an early hour on Saturday Mr.. ID.
j. Smith ordered fourteen men of his force of
laboTers to commence work and dig a trench so
that the broken pipe could be fixed The
work was commenced with great vlgor, and,
after time, Mr.. Smith went to mis- home for his
breakfast Upon returning he found that three
of his men-Michael Walsh, and tive Germans
had moved away from the other men, and had
commenced digging upon ground that appa-
rently was perfectly solid. This was against
his orders, and he told them to return to the /.
place where he had first ordered them to work.
The Germans Immediately obeyed, but Walsh,
for some reason or other delayed for moment.
Mr. Smith and the two men had proceeded bat q
short distance when they heard noise accompa-
MED by shrek, and looking about saw that the
earth had given way and Walsh had sunk out OF
sight. Going to his relief, they found him in a
hole fifteen feet in depth and twelve feet in
diameter, and the water from the broken pipe
pouring in upon him. Something was at once
handed down to MIN, and he was called to catch
renty the water so confused the unfortunate
man that he lost his presence of mind, and
while his feet were sinking in the loose dirt he
violently fought with his hands the water from
the pipe, without any effort to grasp the prof \
fered assistance. While thus pleading with
Walsh to make an effort to save himself, a large
portion of the bank on the opposite side from
which the water was pouring through the}
pipe gave way, and buried the poor man be-
meath the mass of earth. Busy hands !
at once set at work to dig him out. The flow
Of water had to be stopped first, and then the,l
sides of the cavern sbored up by planks and +
timbefs, so as TO make 1t safe for men to work
in it. All this was done soon as possible, and
the work of exhuming commenced with the
greatest ygor Men shoyelled until they became
exhausted, and then Others took their places,
and thus the work went on for four hours when /
at last the lifeless body was reached. It was
lifted out of the pit and conveyed to friends,
who were awaiting in the greatest agony. Upon !
exarsination of the body but few bruises weret
found, showing conclusively that the unfortu.
nate mau had been suff0cated beneath the masa&
of earth that covered him.
Michael Walsh an Irishman sixty years
OF sge, and leaves a large number of persons
who were dependent upon him for support HeD
had been in the employ of tue Pennsylvania CoaIl
Company for the past twenty one years, aud
was always faithful and industrious mau.
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who were inspecting the eurIosities in thel
Academy of Natural Sciences, at Broad and|
Eansnm streets, stayed beyond the time forj
closing uP, and the jauitor, thinking that all theI
visitors had departed shut no the place andI
went hoine. The men went TO an upper storyj
widow. aud by dint of loud yelling attracted
tAt attention Of some Policemen, who procurJ
ing ladder, released ihe captiyes.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT - Yesterday mornino}
Nlllium Green, aged seventeen years aD EN-
plOye OF the glassworks of Messrs. Giilender le7
Some, Oxford aud Howard streets, was caughtI
in a portion of the machinery and suffered ai
fracture Of his left arm aud right leg He wasl
removed to St. Mary's Hospital. His residenceI
is al Palethorp and Dauphin streets.
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CITY INT x L1G n N q Is.
UNIVERSITY BOAT CLUB.

The University OF Pennsylvania Encou-
rages ROwIng-BOat Club Organtzed-
Race on the Schuylki11.
The University of Pennsylvania has deter
mined to encourage physical as well as mental
trainihg Following the lead of the old educa-
tiopal balls of Europe, and of Harvard and
Yale of this country, the managers decided to
allow the students to organize boating crew
for rowiug-On the Schuylkill. Yesterday after
noon a number of students organized into two
crews, and selecting the barges Augusta aud
Echo, proceeded to Columbia Bridge for con-
test. The following are the names OF the young
gentlemen composing the crews:-
CREW OF THE AUGUSTA.
No. 1. Horace Burt weight ...............la los
2 William Hopkins, weight t..........'.I 10y los
G. Arthur Burt, weight. ..................l5 $50 los
T. Jos. A. Hutchinson, Jr., weight. l4l los
g. Alfred Carver, weight. ........ .l5O IDS
g. VIM. II. Addicks, weight .........., l55 los
'CoxBwan Robert Smith, weight. ...........l25 los
Total weight. ht...................:,... $3.50 lbs
weight of crew without cOxswain. Sn lbs
CREW OF THE ECHO.
This crew belongs to the freshman class, and
is selected from the members of the Delta Psi
Society.
No. /. M. Robinson, weight. .126 lbs
4. T.. Bdule, weight. LOS ioS
3. N, TT0tter, weight. ........'..''''''' !so ios
4. W. P. Bidde, weight. lis los
8. l. Paul, weight ........,.....'''..''''t taS ios
6. s. TrOtter, weight. ..................l .lZo los
Coxswain, MIR. Harvey, weight. ............ So lbs
IOJdl weight. o40 lOs
Weight without coxswan. n.......,.........7 1853 los
rfaw. Daw1 T,r1f T.
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THRowN FROM WAGoE.--Car No 10 of the
Union Line Yesterday ran off the track at Ninth
and Spring Garden streets aud sided into the
wagon Of Mr.. Bayard Robinson The vehicle
was considerably broken, and Mr.. Robinson
thrown on the e0bble-stOnes. Fortunately he
was not hurt.
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OUR SCHOOLS.

Annual Report Of the President of the
Board OF Public Education, NJ. Hall
stanton-The Growth and Necessities of
Our School System.
This afternoon, at the regular meeting of the
Board of Public Education, President M. Hall
Stanton read his annual report from which we
take the follow ng;-
In submitting the accompanying annual report for
the year ending 9ist Of December 1910. the Presi-
dent desires to thank the board for the favorable
consideration with which the suggestions thrown
out and measures recon mended by MIN in a former
annual report we're received by his colleagues, and
invite their attention TO review OF the work and
the progress Of the pubic school system dur
ing 1870
THE SCHOOLS AND NUMBER OF PUPILS IN AT
TENDANCE.
The public schools OF Philadelphia had
In attendance on slst of December, 1870 s3'sSI 'sI
Increase. ..........................,... l60s
Total number OF public schools ........... $50
Total number Of public school teachers .... 1888
AMOUNT APPROPRIATED BY CITY COUNCILS AND
THE EXPENDITURES FOR THE SUPPORT OF THE PUB
Lie SCHOOLS DURING 1870.
Appropriated by Councils. 81, ,23l, ,024'07
hxpended as folows:-
In salaries or teachers T43,11lO O2
In rents OF school houses. ........... 3d. 495'25
In repairs and additions ............... 53446'O
In furnaces and stoves ,............... l3,20l 81
In house keepers wages. 79,223 29
In furniture ................. 32,3J155
In printing ana petty eSpenses.......... e,l0l' 10
In clerk hire ............... ............ S900 90
In ground rents 36,893 IS
In fuel. 50,66O11
in books and stationery. y.............. 99,920 oil
In night schools ls.....,.,.............. 6,626 90
In music ......... ................... 9,3I4 "a
In general expenses. es................... 29,50l57
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FOURTH EDITION
COLLECTING THE REVENUE.
Assaults on United States Officers
Fire at Troy, New York.
The Treaty Of Washington.
Movements Of the Commission.
Etc, Etc, ETC., ETC.. ETC.. Etc
Fire at Troy, New York.
The Treaty of Washington.
Movements of the Commission.

Etc, Etc, Etc.. ETC.. Etc.. Etc
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PETTY Theft Alderman Dallas has sent to
prison one Robert Curry, who was arrested on
South Thirteenth street yesterday for stealing a
shovel worth about three dollars
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A PAIR OF RowDIEs.-John Kirk and James
Nixon are reported TO be ''the worst kind of
corper-lOungers." They, with others, have for
some time past been in the habit of planting
themselves on the corner of Dauphin and Amber
streets, aud making night riotous by their yul-
garites. A lady passing that point is sure to be
insulted asst night a sally was made upon the
gang, and the pair mentioned above we're taken
in custody. Alderman Helms held each in bail.
BURGLARY on PINE sTREEr.-A watchman
who had been employed to guard the dwelling
of exPostmaster Hall, at the corner Of Forty
first and Pine slreete, last night about o'clock
found that the house had been entered by thieves,
who gave the place thorough ransacklng from
cellar to roof Mr.. Hall left with his family for
The country only yesterday. What goods were
carried of is not known.
For CITY SOLICITOR. The Republican mem
6ers OF the bar, headed byWilliam NJ. Meredith,
I'll X. Price, David Paul Brown, and +. Car
roll Brewster, are recommending General Coils
for this Office.
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LARCENY OF SILvERwARE. "A man named
William Menger was arrested yesterday morn
ing endeavoring to steal lot ofsilverware from
the residence of William Hacker No 161 Wis
tar street, Germantown. Mrs Hacker heard the
accused enter the house about IL o'clock in the
morning, and going down stairs sa the fellow
emerging with basket of silverware. She had
him arrested and handed over to the custody of
a police officer, who took him before Alderman
Thomas. The defendant was held in $1,000 bail.
He was sent to this city last night, the authon-
from the old tumble-down cells in the Town
Hall
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COttgI OF COHtAtOJb FteuS--dttSOH, a. j.
The verdict ia this divorce case was for the lii
liant, granting the husband his divorce.
The Court is now engaged with the case OF Nj
thew Corr vs. Mary Ann Corr, In which che huSoa
applies fer divorce on the ground that his wife
bin without cause, aud remained away over t
years.
Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-12-12
AN EXPLODED FALsKHOOD RE.
VIVED.

John Johnson's reputation esnnot be
blasted by whispers and insinuated false
hoods. The first experiment to destroy
Nj. johnson by SANDER having met with
a signal failure, 1t wss supposed the st.
tempt would not be renewed. But it
seems be is 70 be pursued and perst cuted
with 3 m~alevOlenee as bitter as it Is IN
cessing, 1t is sgaiu intlmsted that Mayor
johnson had some connection with the
Harrington, Pennsbaksr imbroglio in re-
gard to the coupons, and that a~dsmaging
exposure Is about to be made. Mayor
johnson ard his friends bid defiance 70
the ssssssins who are stsbbing him IN the
dark striving TO revive an exploded cal
umny. The people Of Memphis have
borne these ISLANDERS against an honest
and incOrruptible man with too much
patience. II they cannot silence the
vile tongues Of these defamers Of an.
honest man, they can, by their votes, on
the 4th Of January brand the libelers and
yindicate the man 80 unjustly assaulted.
John johnson viii not suffer from the
charges once boldly made but now whis-
pered against his Integrity. On the con-
trsry, he win gain much by his triumph
ant ~vindicstion BY the cordial support Of
3 people ever ready to protect an honest
man wrOngfully trsduced. The enemies
Of Mayor Johnson who are so industrious
" and unscrupulously ~endesvoring to
.ImpTegnste the atmosphere with false
against the object Of their malg-
atty, win learn after the approaching
that there is really a gun which
@-Whena aimed at luck or plover,
Bears wide and kicks the owner over"
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Il viii be seen by reference to III con-
gressional reports that General Morgan,
Of Ohio, introduced 8 bill yesterday con-
templsting the amendment of the consti-
tuition making foTeign-born citizens eligi-
BILE to the Offices Of president End vice
president. The APPEAL has long sdvo-
GATED such an GddendNHs to organic Law.
Another scheme, often discussed in these
pages, was yesterday brought before the
house. It involves, first, the connection
of Lake Michigan with the Mississippi by
a ship canal. Then let the west have
the Missouri snd Arkansas rivers con-
nected in the same manner, and locks
and dams may be made 20 regulate
at viii the hood-tide of the Mississippi.
But these great works sre begun at the
wrong end Of the msp. The primary want
Of the west is the accessibility of New Or
leans 10 Great Essterns from the sea, that
grain may be transferred at New Orleans
to ocean Steamships. Another Suez canal
from NsW Orleans to Bsrstsris bay is
most wanted. Tbs augmented value Of
western wheat crops in a single year
would pay the cost Of such q canal.
Sympathy fer Chicago sticks down
a spade which viii never cease
to move til this is made the
and most densely populated
country on the globe. Canals. in the low
lands, will aupplsnt railways. The Mis-
souri, VIII how, when SHOWS melt and
dood the slow country" through locks
and dsms-snother Erie esnal-into the
Arkansas; this river into the Red, and
this intothe Atehsfslsys and the sea. Thus
viii two great Mississippi rivers enrich
States. 1t is well that this sub
set must now be considered by congress.
sympathy for Chicago opens the eyes,
through tears, Of slatemsnship.
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HE POSTAL -TELEGRAPHY.

The proposition to take possession Of
the various telegraph lines OF the country
by the general government is wild snd
imprscticsble. The government can build
postal telegTsphs OF its own, but 1t hss no
more right TO seize the various telegraph
llaes than it has to take possession of the
various railroads. There is no difference
of opinion with regard TO two points.
The rates Of The telegraph companies are
exorbltsnt. An honest showing would
probably lay bare the fact that, In proper.
ton to the amount of cspital expended,
our telegraph companies stand foremost
among corporations of al kinds in the
country in ability TO declare enormous
dividends. SucL may not have been de-
elsred. In this, as in many other kinds
Of business, stockholders may have been
kept in the dark, but 1t is easy to calculate
the cost Of posts and wires for telegraph
ing between any points named, and the
entire expense Of conducting the bust
ness. There Is nothing complicated about
1t.
Certainly It Is very desirable that We
should have cheaper communications by
telegraph. The reader Of the APPEAL
this morning expects to find In neWsl
columns a detail Of events Of general in
terest and Importance which occurred in
all parts of the world TO which c~ivilizs-
ton extends, on yesterday, and were the
leading public journals Of the country TO
publish the amounts paid by them for
news by telegraph, the sum would aston.
ish ths uninitiated.
There is no doubt,thst the general gov
eminent oouid Iring into practical work
ing = system Of postal telegraphy which
would greatly cheaper rates. and prove of
almost incalculable CONFLUENCE to the
people, but there are insuperable obiec-
lions to its meddIing with this business.
To take possession Of the property
OF the respective companies by
the ordinary process Of sp-
praisement and condemnation, would
be an act of tyranny which could not be
justified. Were congress TO pass a Law
providing for such action, the courts
would protect the companies. Such q Law !
could not be enforced. The proposition 4
that the general government shall acquire I
and work the lines now established, can I
only be carried out by 8 purchase of those
lines from the companies, and this would
Involve an expenditure which the tax
payers of the country are not now pre-
pared 70 NEST. 4
II we admit that there are spuses in our :
abroad, and express. snd telegraphie. and
Of our steamboat and stage compa- :
Mes, which Cypress the people and call J.
oudly Tor reform, does it follow that the =
government ought to grasp ard conduct :
business Of these corporstions9 :
It would be Al extension Of the power =
nd patronage of the government, and an :,
n~termeddling with that which DOES not .
ONE within lis province, which would
Id beyond computation to the official
ebauchment which now tsints the man q
1smeut OF ali our public business. 81
The Democratic party differs from all tt
her parties which have ever appeared "
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DECENCY.

The New York paper ndicules those
who sought to expel Summer, by denun-
citation, from the republican party. Itssys
they were unspsring in their denuncls-
tons, and attributed his course to every
mesh motive thSt could be invented.
Senssor Trumbull wa the object OF
equally bitter attacks when he exposed
the unconstitutionality Of the ku-klux
bin. Senator Schurz has been unmerci-
fully denounced as an ambitious faction
i& for his independent criticisms OF the
administration. Governor Brown, the
leader Of fhe Missouri liberal republicans,
has been shsmefully treated because he
has refused to follow the rings of Office
holders and monopOlists. General Cox
has for two years been the object Of most
UnwaTrsntable attacks because he differed
from the President and was in favor Of
prscticsl civil service reform. Governor
Palmer, of Illinois, has frequently been
called an unprincipled ''malcontent" be-
cause he has tried to uphold the constitu-
ton and maintain the right of civil
government against military usurpations
and special legislation.
These men have been called 'dems-
gogues," "fOols," "knsves' and ''sore-
heads" because they hold and express
opinions different from those of the presi-
dent Of of ruling politicians who control
the patronage. Now, all these men are
Republicans who represent the principles
OF the Republican party with remarkable
consistency. The politicians and editors,
who prove their own unWorthiness by de-
soending TO low personalities, cannot
show that thess leaders have even disre-
garded the platforms of the party, and the
msrcensry motives which are recklessly
charged upon them sIe too frivolous to
deserve notice.
Every Republican has the partisan right
to differ from the President or from any
other officer upon measures which were
not contemplated by the Chicago plat
form; he Will still be q true Republican
until q different platform Is made If the
President has q policy Of his own to en-
force against the via of the Republican
party, he has no right to exclude those
who differ nom him. It is equally true
that those who deserted the Democratic
platform, and forswore its creed of 1865,
have no right to assert the treason of those
who abhorred the new departure and pre-.
as the necessary consequences Of its
adoption ,the dissolution OF the Democrats
Psrtisans, SIS wsu as other people,
should be governed by rules of common
sense and common honesty.
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in this country, in its rigid adherence TO
the principles-ths silent idess-of the
federal constitution. Madison never
dreamed that congress could provide
for the management, by the general
government, of business which belongs
entirely to corporate and individual enter
prise. II the government msy take ex-
c!usivoly upon itself the control and con-
duct OF the telegrsphic business Of the
country, 1t may take possession Of the
railroads, and Gust the express companies
and condemn steamboats, and stage
coaches, and usurp wholly the common
carrier business within our boundaries.