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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

The Brooklyn Common Council succeeded In
ovcrdrawing It's account for Centennial expenses
20 the amount Of sa,42s. Innsmuch as $4,000
WAS appropriated, and Brooklyns share In the re-
cent celebration WAS meagre, the Aldermen at the
other end OF the Bridge have shown unusual
capacity MS moncy-spendcrs. 1t is hoped TINT the
deficiency may be made good by the use OF some
unea pended balances now in the City Treasury
so that IL will not be necessary TO call on the
LEGISLATURE 20 get the Brooklyn officials out Of the
hole they have digged for Themselves. Il does
not appear TO have occurred 10 any one in that
aity TO suggest that't Aldermen compensate for
their extravaganza by making up the excess among
thsir own number.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

why Is H." THE Boston Transcript lnaulre,
that women who would not interrupt Duea"
Dalgetty or the Baron OF Bradwardine IN tue ora"'
ing.room, do not hesitate TO break in on business
conversation between saleSwoman ana GUS
toner, and never think Of apolosIzlngr we'll
the answer Is easy Such women don't know any
better Why doesn't :" The Transcript arrange
TO have O missionary sent among thcmT
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

Complete arrangements for the Observance Of
Decoration Day have now been made, and the
final orders for the parade were issued on Satur-
day night. The makeup VI the procession and
the route OF the parade are fully described in
smother column. Attention has already been
called by THE TRIBUNE to the fact that the
Hon. William Mckinley, Of Ohio is to deliver
the Grafton at the Metropolitan Opera House on
ThuisNay evening. He Is sure to have large
and attentive audience, but the Representative
from the XVIIith Ohio District deserves an
especially cordial welcome in New-York be-
cause of his sturdy and efficient advocacy Of
the principles which trumphed In the National
election last fall
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

The lost cause evidently is still in healthy con-
ditiou, so far as Sumter, s. g., Is concerned one
Anthony White delivered the address tnere on
Decoration Day. Here Is what The Chhries'oh
News and Courier" says about IT.
There was no fawnil, upon tho restored Union, nor
vain regrets for the past. Mr. White TOOK hlEh
ground, comparing our struggle for Hght ana HOert
With the memorable contests running through ancient
and modern history. Mr. White urged strongly inc
Importance Of reliable historic accounts OF the war
and called upon bis hearers 10 perform the sscre'l
duty 10 the memory OF our falon braves OF Keep.
ing their examples prominently before the coming
generation MIR white contend~d that our struggle
Rad not been in vain, and that tho principles Tor
which fought wcro mpcushable and immortal
Perhaps Mr. White labors under the impression
;hDt tits sort OF talk is calculated 70 inculcate
love for the Union. Or perhaps he has never
been reconstructed Or. perhaps-however, the
bloody shirt must mob be waved, not up North, at
least
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

new political party is 20 be manufactured TO
order at Chicago on the 18th Of June at 10 q. m
sharp Al! prisons who are yearning for new
party. and who would Hike 10 have their names 40
down tho corridors Of timo ~ among the
founders" Of this one are cordially invited % he
present without further invitation. The report
that the galleries Of the convention are to be
nacIed in the interest OF the old-lne Wings Is
denied.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

Ne,pIork Daily Gribnate
FOUNDED By HORACE GREELEY
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

Intelligence from Washington Is to the effect
that special session OF Congress Is extremely
likely to be called for the first Monday Of &C.
tober The advantages Of having an extra ses-
sion this year are obvious. In the first place,
The organization Ct the House bids fair TO be %
troublesome matter, since although the Repub-
lcans have . majority Of three according TO the
certificates the Democrats seem to have de-
terniiDed 10 resist the action Of the majority as
stubbornly and as long as possible. Then,
when that question Is Setsled, our correspondent
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27
9uors 10 ADVERTISEMENTS.
Busintss Nstlrss.

OFFICE FURNITURE
IN slfest Variety, man ufnctared ~
re. SELLBw,
III Fultop.st, New YORK.
Desks, Library Tables. &e-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-27

Signs continue 70 multiply that the old order Is
changing, giving place 20 new Now IL Is an
nounced that the land Of the Persans is TO be
modernzed By the introduction Of railroads, electric
lights, a national hank and art"siln wells. The
railroad will not he an entire novelty in that
country, since o line ten miles long WAS opened on
June 90 OF last year. The Pprsians can no longer
be counted, as of old, among those whose laws
and customs cnange not, but they have a long
road 20 travel before they get IN step With
the cnterprising and progressive Western world
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

ment till further light may be mad upon
its pedigree.
Should the Columbus quadri-centennia
exposition be held in the capital city,
visitors will here find the career Of the
discoverer epitomized in a most curious,
most admirable and most enduring form.
1t is a bronze door-the great bronze
door which hangs at the eastern entrance
to the rotunda-the door through which
a score of presidents have passed on their
way to take the oath of office. This door
is justly considered one of the attractions
of the Capitol. Visitors long linger over
it, interested by the novel effect Of the
pictures made of lines raised from Fat
surface, pleased with the graphic por-
trayal of the life of Columbus, to be COM
pretended at glance, and sometimes
little startled on seeing mere child take
one of the ponderous doors in each hand
and swing them to and fro. The weight
of the two doors is 10000 pounds. With
their casing, also of bronze, and superbly
carved, they measure nine feet by nine
teen. They were modelled in Rome, in
1853, by an American, Randolph Rogers,
and were cast in bronze at Munich in
1860. The cost to the government was
$4,000
1t is a work of art, which must be not
only seen but studied to be appreciated.
There are nine panels, four in each leaf
of the door and one in the transom, rep
resenting in alto relieve the leading
events in the career of Columbus. First,
the enthusiast is examined before the
council of Salamanca respecting his
theory of the globe, which is rejected.
Next comes his departure for the Span
ish court from the convent near Palos,
and in succession his audience at the
throne of Ferdinand and Isabella, his
departure on his first voyage, landing on
the island of San Salvador and taking
possession in the name of his sovereign,
an encounter with the natives, trium-
phal entry into Barcelona on his return
to Spain, Columbus in chains, and final
", Columbus on his deathbed. Embel-
fishing the borders are sixteen statuettteesS
Of patrons and contemporaries Of the
admiral. Among these are Pope Alex
ander VI, Ferdinand, Isabella, the arch
bishop Of Toledo, an early patron of Co
lumbus; Charles VIII of France, friend
to all maritime enterprises; Lady Boba-
dilla, friend of the admiral's Qikeness
of Mrs. Rogers, wife Of the sculptor);
Pinzon, commander of the Pinta, second
vessel in the first fleet to cross the ocean;
Columbus brother, Bartholomew; Bal
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
Couldn't Part with That.

A few of us had arrived early at Sun
day evening services in church in an
Ohio town, when the minister was taken
with a tickling in the throat. After
coughing for several minutes he asked if
any of us had troche. a young fellow
and his girl occupied close quarters in
one of the seats, and his thumb and
finger went down into his vest pocket at
the request.
"Ah! Thomas, | shall be greatly
obliged, said the good man as he ad-
vanced
Thomas flshed up lozenge with some
red letters on it, started to hand it to the
minister, but changed his mind and
dropped it back into his pocket.
"Well?'
"You see, sir" whispered Thomas, as
he rose up, I've only got one, and 1
can't part with that 1t says I love
you on it, and I'm going to slip it to
Sarah as soon as you folks stop looking"
New York Sun.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29


boa, discoveror of the Pacific ocean;
Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico; Pizar-
70, conqueror of Peru, and Amerigo
Vespucci, the voyager from whom our
continent derives its name.
Just outside the bronze door, on the
eastern portico of the Capitol, is the only
statue of Columbus in the United States.
1t is a semi-colossal group, representing
the discovery of America. Columbus
holds aloft a small globe, on the top of
which is inscribed America. At his
side crouches an astonished and owe
stricken Indian maiden looking up into
the face of the admiral. 1t is said the
armor which the figure of Colun bus
wears is true to a rivet, having been
copied from a suit in the palace Of the
discoverer's descendants at Genoa.
But these are by no means all thc Co
lumbus memorials of which the rotunda
boasts. Conspicuous among the eight
huge paintings adorning the walls is the
Landing of Columbus at San Salvador"
Oct 70, 1892. John Vanderlyn, of New
York, was the artist, and the govern
ment paid him $40 900 for his work. Iii
the foreground is Columbus, planting IL
the sand the royal standard Of whici
fragments are said to be in the National
Museum. Behind him are his officers,
the two Pinzons, Escobedo, the notary;
Sanchez, the government Inspector; a
mutineer, now in suppliant attitude; a
cabin boy llneeling, a friar bearing a
crucifx, sailor kneeling in veneration
for the admiral, and on the shore
other sailors giving expression to their
joy on reaching land, or contending for
glittering particles in the sand. From
behind trees and bushes the natives are
looking out with awe stricken faces.
The chains which bound Columbus,
the armor worn by him, the signatures
which he made, still exist. How un-
fortunate it is that no likeness of his face
has survived may be judged by look at
these figures in bronze, plaster, marble
and canvas. The Columbus who lands
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
DOOR.

cies he would be on coming upon q per-
sonal relic of Adam or Moses. Yet here
is little bolt of rusty iron which held
the chain which bound Columbus pris-
oner in San Domingo. There is some
thing startling in the thought of laying
hand upon physical object which has
felt the touch of the flesh of Columbus,
but there is little cause to doubt the au-
thority of the relic. The bolt was OBJ
tanned by Robert Moore, purser in the
navy in 1874, and he guaranteed its gem
uineness. Corroborative evidence is
found in the little bottle lying close by.
1t contains small fragments wood, and
is marked:
"Wood from the mortised beam in the
wall of the dungeon called the dungeon
of the prophets, in the city of San Do
mingo. To this beam was attached the
ring from which hung the chain that
held Admiral Christopher Columbus
during his imprisonment by order of
Francisco de Bobadilla in 1900"
Not far away stands a cross which ap-
peals strongly to the imagination Of the
average AlnCrlCIu. IL IS SillDle piece
of wood which flashes history before
him like a fash of fire, which carries
the mind instantly back TO the most dra-
matte moment of the career of u conti-
nent. Think of holding in one's hand
the staff which Columbus held, and
which Haunted the flag Of Spain when
the discoverer first planted his foot on
western soil and took possession in the
name of Ferdinand and Isabella. Yet
that is what this cross purports to be
made of. Unfortunately, there are some
doubts of its genuineness, and the mu
scum authorities not wishing to display
a parallel to the skin Of the serpent
which tempted Mother Eve, which may
be seen in a Chicago museum, nor to
the historic pair of Shakespeare skulls
lone of Shakespeare the boy, and the
other of Shakespeare the man"-said to
be on exhibition at Standardization,
have ordered the cross sent into retire
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

the name of Christopher Columbus is to
be intimately associated with a great
public event in the chief nation of the
world which he discovered. The Co.
lumbus fair of 1892 will make the voy-
ayers name a household word His
struggles and triumphs will be recited
in the ears of millions of human beings.
The nations Of the Old World will gather
with those of the new to do him honor.
All the public memorials of Columbus
which this country has erected are clus-
tered about the rotunda of the capital
1t is matter of proper pride with Amer
leans that, though Columbus spoke not
the English tongue, and though he never
set foot on the soil of the present terri
tory of the United States, this country
has not been slow to honor his name and
his deeds in monuments Of bronze and
marble.
This plaster head is one of the saddest
things I have seen in the Capitol. Sad
because it is bogus Columbus. Pity
that the head of the real Columbus
of the Columbus who lived in land of
painting and sculpture - should have
been lost in the mists of the past. Sad
because it reminds one of the great man
journeying back to the Old World, from
the New World which he had discovered,
in chains. Sad because it brings to mind
the death of Columbus in ignorance of
the magnitude of his discovery, in ignor-
ance of the fact that he had brought a
new world under the domain Of civiliza-
tion.
There is much that is pathetic in the
career of Columbus, and of one of the
saddest incidents of his life we find pc
culiar souvenir in the National museum.
1t is well known that this institution
contains personal relics of nearly all the
great men whose names appear in the
history of North America, and yet one
is surprised to find something that was
associated with the person of the very
first European whose feet touched these
shores. At first thought one is impress
ed in much the same manner as he fan
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

The material was a seal brown plush,
with the facing of moire of the same
shade, and down the front of the
skirt were three bands of mahogany
plush, and this same shade was also used
for facia to the revers of the directoire
collar tarre were caps to- the sleeves
of the Around the neck was worn
full nrchief Of crepe lisse, and
deep" the same material were at
the vi lie hat was large, of seal
brow with the crown completely
cover ostrich plumes, shaded
from through brown to cream
With carried Tosca parasol
Thia T. a.. right, but it is not every
body vito could make that rather stiff
looking costume appear part and par
eel of h cseif, and it is this which | wish
to impress upon the minds of my wo-
men frieads, that each one owes it to her
self tn study herself and her dress in re-
iNi;j to herself.
ny very pretty and individual effects
can ia .'ieved by the understanding
use oi .n vain little triAes in the illus
trati'.t o'!e hair can be arranged in
becC ia'.nler with some dainty little
pin. ..Fr,ylc adopted and continued
anti Of it is fixed in the mind
of e. older The new jewels are,
afl same old jewels reset, but
thI a;crfully pretty, and the
be; &c would be a desirable
aGa evening toilet. The hair
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
.SQUE Dh...saING.
HEREOF DESCRIBED BY
OLIVE HARPER.

How Who Has Not a Beautifm
Fac mage to Give Her Cos.ames
Indi Happy Effect Of the Use
of Ce:t. Tain Trifes
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
They Catch Right on.

1t doesn't take an American long to
catch on to any sort of situation. A De
troiter goes to Germany, remains two
weeks, and returns to report that there
will be no war in Europe for the next
five years. 1t would have taken any
other sort of man month to make up
his mind on a matter like hat.-Detroit
Free Press. b
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

on our shores in bronze has a beardless
face, while the Columbus of the painting
is bearded like patriarch. The Column
bus of the statue ON the east portico
bears small resemblance to the Colum-
bus of the medallion within the rotunda.
WALTER WELLMAN.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
Special Correspondsnce.l ]

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21.-In the great
rotunda of the Capitol is plaster me-
dallion portrait of a man who will be
much talked about during the next three
years. 1t is an imaginary portrait, for
the subject has been dead nearly four
centuries, and no authentic picture of
him is in existence. For the first time,
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29

Crusty-Be careful, waiter, your
thumb is in the soup.
Waiter-I don't mind it, sir; I'm used
to it.-Epoch.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
RELICS OF COLUMBUS.
THEY ARE SCARCE, BUT WASHING
TON HAS A FEW.

The Ideal Bust of the Dlscoverer-A Bolt
from His Prison-The Ring to Which He
Was Chained-The Bronze Doors of the
Capitol.
Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-11-29
iSpecial Correspondence.l

New YORK, Nov 2t.-You wouldn't
believe t'nat was real girl, and that she
looked il-t so if you hadn't really seen
her; hut ! assure you that l met this
picturesque person the other day, and
stared at her from behind a pile of dry
goods un:l every detail of her costume
was indelibly fixed upon my mind.
This person was not pretty woman,
she had a rather sallow complexion, she
was over 30, | know, and her dark eyes
were suul;en and had circles around
them that told of i'll health, or fearful
vigils, and the costume was daring yet
it was SO well adapted to the wearer,
somehow, that it all made up picture
to remember.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Fx-SgxAroR MALONE was unanimously
nominated for Governor by the virginia
State Republican convention at Sorfolk
on the I'D.
COMMANDER NJ. L. JOHNSON has been
ordered u command the Monocacy. At
Yokohama He will leave San Francisco
by the mail steamer on September 10.
LIEUTENANT I. A. Lyons was. on the
22d. appointed member os the Board 81
Inspection of Merchant Vessels at Now
York.
| ZA~rs r. WILBUR, perhaps the most
| important witness ia tbs Governments
suit against the Bell Telephone COM
pany. was found dead in his bed in Dem
yer. Col. on the 2si. The death esidentiy
resulted from hard drinking.
/ The English Scotch and American COZ
leges Ia Rome have united in sending 70
the Catholic University az washington =
marble bust OF st Thomas Aquinus.
TuE cornerstone OF magnificent
shaft. Ia rise sgj feet from tbs center ~
Circle Park. in indianapolis, as tribute
"a III ) fallen heroes OF the rebellion from
Indiana was laid with interesting anu az
fecting ceremonies on the I'll
TIE International American Congress
Will meet ut Washington at noon on Oc-
tober y. and will be attended by from
ATTY 10 sixty delegates. including some n
The most distinguished men in Central
and South America.
try United States steamer Dispatch.
with Secretary Tracy on board. sailed
from Boston for Newport on the 2si.
Two memorial brasses 81 the Washing
ton family have been stolen from thu
parish church OF Sulgrave, Northampton
shire, England.
: A TRAIN containing select party O
excursionists. composed % members 81
the City Council. the Board OF Public
! Works, representatives ~ the Chamber
I OF Commerce and the very Hover 81 IN
!, business and professional men % Klox.
! willie. Tenn. the guests Of the Knoxville
Cumberland Gap 4 Louisville Railroad
!, Company on the first train over thei
! newly completed road. went through !
!. trestie at Flat Gap creek, twenty three
I. miles from Knoxville, on the 22d, an'
= three os their number were killed ans
4 thirty eight seriously injured.
PRESIDENT HAIR Risov made n pntrioti
!. aud feeling speech AZ the dedication .
4 the soldiers monument al indianapolis
j Ind, on the 22d. Speech and speakc
y were enthusiastic Ally received by the as
sembled multitude.
(. Jomx O'CoyxCR, aged eighteen years
a porter on the propeller Chicago. fvl
i overheard at Buffalo, y. ~. on the 80
\. ana was drowned. lie was from Chicago
I where his step-father keeps cigar stvr
\. and Il said to b. wealthy.
X IHE description " the photomicro
u graph apparatus occupied the attention
/. of tile Microscopists' Convention, az Buff,
II -. N. ". on the - d. The working meet
I Ing o. the society was held in the after
noon.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-08-30
HOME AGAIN.
Arrival az the President In indianapolis
--iSl< Ola Fellow rownsmen Greet him
Enthusiastically.


Arrival az the President In indianapolis
-isi~ Ola Fellow rownsmrn Greet Him
Enthusiastically.
lxpr<xArir.is. Ind. Aug. ?, The re-
eep,ion last night given 70 President
Harrison Oh his return home 70 take part
a. thc monument exercises after six
months absence. was rs enthusiastic as
were Tie parting congratulations when
ne left for Washington last February.
AT tie Union station there was great
crowd 10 greet him, and at nine o'clock.
when The train from Cincinnati rolled
Into the depot. the cheers were most cor
dial. AT the same timo battery from
fhr arsenal under command ~ Captain
Rpxford. u. =. A.. gave the usual salute
~ tMenty-one guns. IA less than twenty
minutes after Tile arrival 81 the train the
President aud his party were AZ
lie New Denison. the drive thrrc
being witnessed ~ throngs ~ cheering
reopie. Oh leaving the station, the Gov
ernor's Gaard % he state militia. pre-
cedel the carriage IN which We're Presl-
dent Havriann. Governor Eovcy and
Mayor Denny, hut III the interval came
hundred or more uf the survivors of the
Presidents ia regiment the SEVENTEEN
ludinMn. Faliuwing we're the carriages OK
Tho committee HAT wentto Cincinnati, aai
the committees likewise Of citizens .
meet Tie distinguished guests. The llne
was headed IS band. aud thus. With me
enthusiasm Of the populace giying ~
force 10 The reception, the march coaiih-
tel.
AZ the New Denison there was great
crowd blocking the streets AMI packing
the corridors. Alightiug. the President
was salntcd by the GOVERNOR Guards
which the President Acknowledged Is no
ala the welcome Of the people on the way
from the station. A. be passed into tho
hotel ,lae crowd clieercd. AMI the Presi-
dent thcn being escorted to the large par.
lors. was surrounded by tho committee.
~ The head OF which was Mr. t;cnrge w.
Tanner. president Of the Board q Trade.
Mr. Tanner in brief speech, welcomed
Tie President 20 his old home.
General j. r.. Carnahan then, on behalf
~ Inc Monument Commission. welcomed
The distinguished guest The President.
~ respousc. said he lid not know how 70
\ cxpress h,s feelings this return TO hi5
! homc. HI di, not expect TO be With old
4 friends so soon when he left 70 assume
| his oncrous duties. but he FELT mat ne
! could not be absent on an OCCASION ike
that 10 be observed on the morrow. lie
had always tax N deep interest ~ the
monument 10 he erected to tho soldiers,
! AMI hoped again 1, 10 with the people Of
Indianapolis when tho capstone ~ laid.
The President then held a short recep-
ton. To-day .ic will take part IN aging
TIA conversions ~ ITO monument