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is said to have gone reluctantly to the rail-
way station to welcome his guest, and at tho
official reception given to King ALTON
SO on Sunday evening the Minister
Of War, Gen. THIDAUD1N, who affects
TO be o more uncompromising radi-
cal than any of his colleagues, was pro-
vented by convenient attack of gout from
being present. 1t is true that after the out
rage ON international comfy and common
dcccncy had been pcrpctrated. the President
and the Prime Minister were profuse in their
professions Of sympathy and good will. but
Spaniards will not unnaturally think that
the taking of scasonablc precautions against
Saturdays disgraceful outbreak would have
offered moro convincing proof of friendly
feeling and good faith than is afforded by
tardy and futile expressions of regret.
There are indications that Spanish public
opinion will not be satisfied with the per-
functory attempts at sclf-cxculpation on the
part of the French Ministers made by word
OF mouth during the reception ut the Elys6e
on Sunday evening. 1t Is reported that the
SAaAsTA Cabinet will exact OF the French
Government n public apology for the outrage
which 1t was either unwilling or unable
to avert. and that the demand will
be supported bya sharp admonition from
Berlin. What reason is there to suppose
that the lndgnitics inflicted on q sovereign
to-day may not DO offered to n sovercign's
representative tomorrow and has not BIS
MARcK here prctext for advising that Ger
many and the other great powers of central
Europe should refuse to hold any diplomatic
intercourse with France until that country
can manage to form a Government strong
enough TO shield ambassadors from insult?
Should Spain's demand for satisfaction be
firmly backed by Germany, the FERRY Cabl-
net must drink the cup Of humiliation to tho
dregs. But Frenchmen will never pardon it
for having placed them In such false and
abiect position; and the Legislature, Mt its
coming session, may be forced by public sem
timent to give the country Ministers better
qualified to avoid gratuitous complications
and to uphold the national scf-respcct.
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Here Is communication which we notice
with pleasure:
To rHx EDITOR OF The sus-sir: am a constant read.
OF THE suS. and Arm believer most Of the princi.
pies which It advocates. VIII you oblige by giving
some plain answers to some simple questionst
You claim to be independent Then why do you per.
sistenty dodge the tariff question: political party
may well be afraid Of it. but why should inde.
pendent Journal fear to discuss 1t freely, Surely the
subject which Won avoid does not lack Importance.
Again your greatest desire is to effect the overthrow
OF the Republican party, Well and good. But being
independent journal, why should your zeal to
plish your good purpose lead to uphold Buersm.
The things which BUTLER represents not those for
which you are striving Thousands upon thousands of
independent voters in our state believe with TnE SuS
that the affairs of the Republican should be wound
up and yet in State election they will not give their
votes to perpetuate Disgrace which their thoughtless
experiment has brought about. 1t has been proven
again and again that BUTLER is rank hyprocrite
ever disgraccd Gubernntora! chair Why weaken your
cause by cOuntenancing suchf JANEs MEASs.
BosTOS Sept. 30 1888.
We do not discuss the tariff because, as a
theoretical question: there is nothing new to
be said concerning it, while as practical
question there is nothing at all to be
said at present. The existing tariff has
got to stand in its main features until cxpe-
rience shows what it will produce. The idea
are demonstrated, is preposterous idea, and
we do not wish to waste time and labor
upon that which can have no consequence.
You wish to overthrow the Republican
party In Massachusetts, and how can you do
1t just now, except through BUTLER? Will
you wait till the twentieth century, or will
you do it now? We prefer to do 1t now.
BUTLER is not an ideal character by any
that great virtue cannot be in him; and
he appears also to have, unlike other men,
few personal defects which might be men
toned. But when we look at tho Repub-
iican managers OF Massachusetts,, ut Mr..
DAWES, Mr.. HoAR Mr.. ROBINSON, and the
rest Of them, BUTLER looms UP like an an
hQue hero in comparison.
Since ANDREW died, Massachusetts, has
not had Governor who has done so much
good as BUTLER Let him be tried again!
Perhaps new election may improve him.
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The Western Union Telegraph Case.

In the case OF WILLIAM S. WILLIAMS
against the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany the Court OF Appeals yesterday rem
dered decision in favor of the defendant.
The suit involved three transactions. The
first was the purchase by the Western Union
OF all the lines and property of the Atlantic
and Pacific Telegraph Company for $4,000
shares OF Western Union stock. The second
was the purchase of the lines and property
OF tho American Union Telegraph Company
for 10000 shares OF Western Union stock.
The third was an increase OF SIS, ,526, 500 in the
capital stock Of the Western Union Company
ITSELF distributed among the shareholders of
that corporation, the same being to repre-
sent its investment Of earnings In the fran
chise. construction, and equipment OF addl-
honal lines, wires, and general plant since
the first day of July, 1866"
These transactions were provided for in
An agreement between the three telegraph
companies, entered into on Jan. 10, 1881, and
ratified at meeting Of the Western Union
Stockholders u few weeks later.
The plaintiff purchased stock OF the West
ern Union Company three days after the
date OF the agreement and thcrcuDon brought
tho present suit to have the agreement ad-
judged void Tho action was instituted in
the Superior Court Of this city, and on the
trial mt Special Term before Judge TRUAx
Judgment was rendered in favor OF the de-
fcndant, and the complaint was dismissed.
An appeal was taken to the General Term
by the plaintiff, and was decided in Novem-
ber, 1882, by Judges FREEDMAN, RUSSELL,
and ARMOUR. Tho Court held that the issue
OF the stock to tho other companies in paw
ment for their lines was lawful, but that tho
Western Union had no power to increase its
own stock on account OF earnings in tho
manner already stated. A new trial was
therefore ordered by the General Term
From this order tho defendant appealed
to tho Court of Appeals, and that tribunal
has reversed the decision OF the General
Term and sustained tho judgment OF the
trial court.
Judge FREEDMAN who wrote the principal
opinion at General Term, held that the stock
dividend OF fifteen millions was forbidden by
a section OF the Revised Statutes which pro-
hlbits any dividends excepting from the sur
plus profits arising from the business of
corporation. Tho Court of Appeals takes n
different view of this prohibition. 1t was
only intended. says Judge EARL, toprevcnt
the division. distribution. withdrawal, and
reduction Of tho property Of corporation
below the sum limited In its charter, but not
to prevent its increase above that sum"
Stock dividends, as no points out never d-
minish the property OF a corporation, and
hence do not fall within the scope Of this see
tion, which was simply and solely designed
to prevent the depletion Of the capital OF i'll
corporated companies.
n.,t ha ~ n
that a prohibition of stock dividends could
be found in any other New York statute,
But was the dividend under consideration
contrary to public policy, and therefore 10
bs condemned by the courts? Judge EARL
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The Ferry Cabinet in Danger.

1t begins to look as If questions of foreign
rather than domestic policy We're tho reefs
on which each successive French Ministry
under the present republican regime is
doomed to suffer shipwreck. The Egyptian
difficulty proved fatal to NJ. DE FREYcINET,
and II NJ. JULES FERRY had no harder task
than to justify the action OF the existing
Cabinet in the Tonquin affair." he might still
look forward with misgving to the impend-
ing session OF the Chamber OF Deputies. Far
more serious will be his predcament il his
failure to protect King ALFONSO from insult
shall call forth such stern rcproof from Ma
drid and Berlin as shall force him to humble
the pride of France in the dust, and to sue
for pardon to power which for upward of
two centuries his countrymen have looked
upon with pity and disdain.
1t will not be easy for the FERRY Cabinet
to cvade responsibility for the scandalous
incident which Spaniards of all parties not
unreasonably regard as an offence to their
nation. III the Government, with all the
civil and military power Of France in its
hands, felt itself incapable OF ayertipg n
shameful demonstration, it should have no.
titled the expected guest OF its impotence
before he crossed the frontier. There was
ample time on Saturday morning to read the
Paris newspapers and forecast the re.
suit OF their truculent outgivings before
the King left Brussels, Not only, how
ever, was no official rebuke administered
to the journals that clamorously urged n
breach OF hospitality but in their treatment
of tho royal visitor some OF the prominent
members Of tho eGovernment betrayed luke
warmness and indifference that seemed to
countenancc the rude aud offensive behavior
OF the PaliSians. President GREvY himself
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Father, what means this big parade.
This wonderful array,
why do the people rush along
And crowd the streets today
What means the blare OF brazcn bands
That sound triumphant notes.
And all the hoarse and frantic yells
From many thousand throstst
Why isthe city decked with flags
or colors gay and brightf
And why does every window blaze
with such unusual lightt
why do our greatest, highest men
Hasten to meet the traini
Father, sthis the glorious Fourth
Already come agains
No, no, my son; a bigger thing
Has Philadelphia found,
And all tile people madly run
To catch 1t on the bound.
'Iis Philadelphia base ball club
That many Thousands cheer,
Because the high.priced players bring
rhe champion's pennant here.
Father, may grow up to be
A base ball player, too,
And draw a splendid salary,
As many players dor
Then let me put my tasks aside.
Ny school and books and ALL
NY youthful days dsvoting 10
The noble game Of ball.
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THE RIVAL TOWNS OF OREGON AND
WASHING TON

VICTORIA, b. O., Sept 17.-A neutral city In
British territory seems to be the appropriate
and. perhaps. the safest point from which to
survey the contest now waging among three
very interesting towns at the western end OF
the Northern Pacific line. We saw something
OF the same sort at tho other end OF tho rail-
road. as between Minneapolis and st. Paul.
That. however. was mild in comparison. and
tho chief question involved was one OF local
pride Here 1t is struggle In dead earnest
II not for existence itself at lenst for the rich
est prize that the future has for the Northwest
While not geographically correct. tho follow
ing diagram shows the strategic situation:
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From the Hour

It Is one Of the pecularities OF fashion that
driving n Central Park s the correct thing
point on the West side and then instead Of going on
Toward street to turn back and make exit
the object Of the drive is to the beauties OF the
rark The road on the west side In than
hat on the east so far as the landscape concerned
ns opJec OF the drive however H. TO see fashionable
retrace ones course Just as II 10 the fashion to do.
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A Amusements To-Day.

American Observation-Disclosures.
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Cssessyeiisss Theatre Equins Far,dos 40 sr "
DAILY. Theatre Dollar, aud Sense and sis =. ~
Grs~a Opera House-f.cts or His Little nstohet sr N.
Globe Dirne N.s- uu-eps Rowrry.
nsdisea Sqsar- Eh~ntr~-Ihe Rsjsh. $50 I'm.
Nihlo's G. Standardization, 2snis N,
reepis's Thostr--ftts in ireland srM
as. Ersroi-eo sri,.tr-is-sP. N.
spescer's Palace Music Hsii-vAriety. land ar. NJ.
star The stre-Frsncssca la RiminL ar. NJ
sts ssds rd rhestro-TLe Merry Duchess sisP.M
Theatre Coprique -Muiiisan Guard Picnic. sr,M.
7halia Thestre-Das spitrontuCh der kcenigiu. sP NJ
Tony Pastors Ihestr--vim. sr.
U.icu sqosre Ih-n,re-Plnk Dominos sP.M.
NSisdsor 1h~stte-H.arts Of OAK, aandsP.M.
Nvatia ck's The Masks and Faces SIN
IA Av. Thestre-.a sA,dsp.M.
Eth Az. The tr~-Boccscrio sndsF.M
aAth st. Th~str~-feaora $50 anis r. w.
e3A ~. Theatre-New Jane Eyre. err, N.
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From the SD. yanest Garett..

~ now sword Of state, meant to replace the
SG OF authority n siam has lust been completed for
WE'D and ad fifteen ~ inches long Toward
deyices the hgure Of Buddha being prominent on each
sidt, The handle, which has cross guard IL seven
inches In length and consists OF work studded
win diamons while the sheath is one eutre piece Of
wrought gold set with precious stones. ' "
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In all probability one Of these three places
vii some m day be the New York Of the West; in
Of New York as the Seattle Of the East TO which
town DOGS destiny point You are sure to get
three different answers II you pursue the In
vestigatlon. But think that II I were coming
west OF tho MISSOURI River to engage in. any
other business than agriculture. would not
EPM
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~ a black woman WAS brought before magls-
HIP IN and The Judge was delivering sreprand when
aparent 70 woofiess yeler boy like dat ar cub OF
mine, Never" calculated the Judge with great ye
hemence getting red In the face. Den don't talk
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tions of the past few months at the Academy

tions Of the past few months at the Academy
are preposterous. There are now, in round
numbers. about 25O cadets In the institution.
In all probability, only 10 Of each class. or 40
In all, will be retained for the navy. II the
annual expense OF the Academy, including
the interest on it's foundation, should be put
oven at q quarter OF million dollars, these
ten officers would be rather costly products,
especially considering how little need there
is for them; yet n good many of the cadets
conduct themselves rs II they could not pos
sibly be spared. Last spring they diverted
themselves with mutny, for which some
were quartcred on tho Santee. Certain
changes. whether wise or unwlsc, in tho dis
ciplinc, and certain abrogations of old GUS
toms or privileges by the new Superlntcnd-
ont, Capt. RAMSAY, were next denounced rs
tyrannical, and made tho occasion OF insub-
ordination. Then came the hazing on the
Constellation, and now. to open the year, we
find a new series OF offences that barely es-
capc trial by court martial. The cadets seem
to be not only foolish, but incorrigiblc.
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hv mve attention A once to anything symptom.,c n,
cholera horbus darrh9a or auy bowel cnrnn.'.o ol
Son vii rSnns sxn,s nr Dl Jaynes Csnnntye Bssa and
iepnihhol of this medicine has iren esiniishsS h m
ard curative.-Aan ''''s"'~eu =" stand
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b.an ~, W Johns Manufacturing Co. New York h.v.
the Ams,aras Re nxer medal ali competors AT
iniibossd f"annS boiler coverings steam psckinas
goods.Aas &C. substantial victory Tor American
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Defect or E.tAeticism.
Philadelphla's j ubIIee,

From ne Rochester Democrat ana Chronicle
6, HstthetiGism will never take the place Of
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Col. W. E. BARnows, President and 90

Col. w. L. BARRows, President and Gen
eral Manager of the Willmantic Linen Com
pany. has resigned from that corporation in
order to take post In the Pullman Car Com
pany In Chicago. Col. BARRows is one OF the
aDlest. most original. and most practical men
among the chief Industrial managers Of this
country. Inc establishment which loses him
services makes corresponding gain.
The sun., 1883-10-03

Monday and yesterday were busy days for
many officials in many cities. In New York
the Tax Office was astir to meet the crowds OF
taxpayers anxious to secure their rebate by
paying their bills betimes: in the Mayors
Marshal's Office the owners OF carts and
wagons were applying to be relicensed: in
the Post once there was prolonged rush
for new stamps: in the Board of Education
the school teachers were making affidavit to
tho attendance In their respective schools !:
Monday also brought crowds OF lawyers.
clients. and jurors to the Court House for the
opening OF the October term OF the State civil
courts: at night all the evening schools re-
opened; in short. tho machinery OF the COM
munity was nearly all at work.
The sun., 1883-10-03

Men and women who make business Of
crime are apt to pursue it. Improbable as 1t
usually Is. and varied only by longer or shorter
terms OF Imprisonment. until they are nd
vanced in years or cut Off suddenly by some
mischnnce incidental to their precarious way
OF life. But it is not often that man upward
OF seventy years of age is arraigned at the bar
OF court. charged with an offence serious
enough to merit imprisonment for long term
Recorder SMYTu had before him yesterday a
man upward Of rs years Of ago. who slashed q
neighbor. woman. with n razor. The end OF
this obdurato old mans life will probably come
within prison walls. for he was sentenced for
long term.
The sun., 1883-10-03

The rascals who stole the contents OF the
safe in the Gloucester Post Office on Monday
night timed their burglary with shrewdness.
They doubtless relied on great sale OF stamps
and envelopes by the Postmaster on tho first
day OF the new rntes
The sun., 1883-10-03

Tho popular error, that the national debt
OF Great Britain is irredeemable and perma-
nent. seems to be accepted as the truth by Mr.
WILLIAM DowD. President Of tho Bank Of
North America. In an interview recently
printed in tho Herald this eminent banker Is
represented as saying in reference to the
rapid extinction OF our debt. and the financial
arrangement likely to result therefrom:
my plan to obvate all difficulty is a simple one I
think the Government should declare ten or twelve
hundred millions of the debt to be permanent like the
debt Of England and should adjust its income that
condition of things"
If Mr.. DowD is correctly reported. he must
have spoken in forgetiuness of the fact that the
greater part OF the British debt is rcdeemable
on one years notice. ms our three pcr cents are
at pleasure: and that the British Government
is now engaged. under recent act of Parlia-
mcnt. in converting about $500 100000. out of
the total f700 00O 600 of lis debt. into annuities
which will expire in instaments spread over
tho next thirty years.
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Tho story told several weeks ago in regard
to tho death Of Lieut. GREEIY and one other
member OF his party now appears again through
the Upernavik correspondent OF Copenhagen
journal with the addition that he was MUIR
dered by mutinous crew. This last
particular. instead OF confirming the
former version. makes the whole ac-
count more improbable. No doubt 1t
creates an uneasy feeling to find these ru-
mors afoat. for the suggestion arises that they
may have some basis. On the other hand.
thore is the consoling reflection that the EsQui-
mau. as an inventor OF news. is ranked by COM
petont observers about with the " intelligent
contraband" and the reliable gentleman Just
from the front" OF our civil war
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A correspondent desires to know what
daily paper has tho largest circulation in the
world. 1t is the Petit Journal OF Paris. a small
sheet less than half the size OF THE sun. Its
circulation, which is more than half million
copies daily. extends all over France. The
amount Of news that 1t gives is very limited
and its editorial articles are mere paragraphs
and few at that: but they are pointed and
sensible 1t publishes daily n portion OF an
original romance. and ono is sure to find in its
pages complete report sent often by tele-
graph and at considerable expense. OF the most
interesting criminal trial that is going on in
the country.
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Tho British Consul at Scutari claims to
have been shot at while out on n shooting ex-
pedition. Albania is perhaps not tho safest
country for fold sports. rs the hunter is some-
what liable to be himself hunted; still. the
Consul Is certainly better of in having beon
missed by bad marksman who escapcd than
II. like some wanderers in Albania. he had been
CAPTURED BY brigands and held for ransom.
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The Ancient and Honorable Artillery Com
pany of Boston. which arrived in New York
yesterday. can make good its claim to anti
Guity. for it was chartered under Gov. WIN
THRoP OF Massachusetts on the 18th OF March.
1888. only seven years after the founding OF
Boston. and Is now. accordingly. more than 245
years old. The annual election OF its officers.
who are commissioned by the Governor
OF the State on the first Monday OF
every June. on Boston Common. is q custom
jealousy preserved. As the corps is largely
made up Of past officers Of Massachusetts
miIltia. who have the privilege Of wearing
their Respective uniforms. its parade. with
cavalry. artillery. and infantry. side by side in
the ranks. in yellow. red. and blue in plumes.
spikes. and pompons. chapeaus. kepis. and
helmets. produces n novel spectacle. which
may strike the observer as flne or funny. ac-
cording to his own frame OF mind.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01

Governor Cullom, of Illinois who will
take David Davis place in the Senate in
the next congress, is native of Ken
lucky, fifty-three years old, being born
Nov.22, 1895, and may be said to have spetn
his life, up to the present, IN the public
service. He was a member of the Leg
islature of Illinois for several terms,
twice before the capital of the state was
removed to Springfield, and he also
served as member of the State Senate
during the first session succeeding the
removal. He was an intimate friend of
Abraham Lincoln and John T. Stuart
and was prominant Wing. In 1855 he
was admitted to the bar; in 1856 he was
. presidential elector on the Fillmore
jcket and was also elected to the legis-
,c.ture. In 1860 he was reelected on the
REPUBLICAN ticket and became speaker of
tho house. He served in the thirty
ninth, fortieth, forty-first and forty sec
ond congresses. In 1870 he was elected
governor by q very large majority over
Lew Steward, greenback democrat, nd
in 1850 he defeated Lyman Trumb6ll
for the same Office. +
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-02-01
American Rich.

The Americans have accomplished
great things, but it cannot be said that
they have learned to grow rich grace
fully. Our families, in a pecuniary
sense, may be said to 60 up like rock
ct and come down like stick, aftera
great fzz ofpyrotechnics has been made
in the air. 1t is a good deal harder to
learn how to be rich properly than it is
to get rich, and not until the former art
is learned will the antagonism between
the so-called upper and lower classes
disappear. The wealth that is unobtru.
sive, that found libraries endows, COL
leges, sustains public charities, or means
OF cultivating the general taste and intel
ligence arouses no hostility. Wealth in
the hands of one who has consideration
for the self-respect of others, who does
not waste even if he be not liberal, does
not excite antagonism. When wealthy
parents generally acquire strength Of
mind enough to fit their children for the
responsibilities which will rest upon
them as owners of property, long step
will have been taken in the proper d.
rection.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.