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The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
G.. A. r.. ITEMS.

A. ii. Van Deusen, of Washington, d. c. is
at the Hotel Normandie, making arrangements
for quartering the Old Guard, of Washington,
at the national g. A. r. encampment next year.
-Detr0H journal, Sept l6. The Old Guard
having decided to attend the encampment of
the q. A. r. at Detroit next year, the members
are already at work making arrangements as
Will be seen from the above clipping The
grand ovation rendered them at Boston and the
encomiums showered upon the organization as
being the best appearing and marching body of
men in the grand parade have animated the vet
erans to begin an early campaign on the ques-
ton OF ways and means, in order that the Grand
Army of this dept. may have cause to feel proud
OF It's representation at Detroit. The promi-
nence gained and interest shown in the Organi-
zation by its honorary members and friends have
eXerted stimulating effect upon the member
snip, and they propose during the coming sea
son TO arrange for series Of entertainments
that will prove profitable to the organization
and entertaining to their friends. Co. drills
were resumed last Tuesday night,
At the meeting on Wednesday night of Han
cock Command, U. '. T., No. l, Dept. Poto-
mac, the following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Col, John Finn; 1t. col, r. A.
MaTcellus; maj, j. w. Hudnell chaplain j.
.. U Neil; surg, DIR. q. Y. Cook; officer of the
day, w, H. Maxwell; outside guard, g. w.
Lucas; G. NJ, Robert Sims.
The Phil Sheridan Command No. 3. L. V. T.,
at meeting Friday night, decided to withdraw
entirely from the order This action is the
outcome of an il-feeing which has been exist
ing in certain quarters in the order for some
time.
The following have been elected officers of
the John A. Logan Command, U. V. u, for
the ensuing year: William Irving Col; s. w.
Baxter, Lieut. Col; l.. w. Clifford, Mai; w
G. Talley, Surg; H. T. Cation, Chaplain; &. o.
Barker, Q. NJ; s. W. Baxter, OGicer of the
Day; Nicholas McGowan, Officer of the Guard;
>, b. Mcconnell, Trustee Cfor three years
This is Col. lrVnp's fifth term as leader of the
veterans.
technical error has been found in the report
OF the San Franeiseo's trial trip, and as this
necesstates the return of the report to San
Francisco, the acceptance Of that vessel will
probably be delayed until the middle of October.
Comdr f, NJ Barber, of the Navy, has lately
patented an invention which promises to be
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
THE NAVY AND MARINE CORPS.

The Enterprise is about ready for another
cruise, and Secretary Tracy has ordered Adm.
Braine to get her stores on board Immediately
The talk of the big leaks in the vessels hull was
shown to have very little foundation when she
was put back to the Navy Yard 1t is limited
that some of those connected with her didn't al
together like the prospect of a South American
cruise, and thought they might get out of it by
keeping her in the Navy Yard some weeks
longer. The failure Of the leaks to develop has
caused some little surprise
The San Francisco will probably be accepted
by the Dept. by the end of this month, and will
go into commission soon after The owners of
the Union Iron Works are encouraged by the
great success which met their efforts in the case
of the latest addition to our fast war ships, and
will make strong effort to get the contract for
the building of the new 22-knot cruiser. The
appropriation requires that the contract for
either the cruiser Of the battle-ships shall
go to the Pacific Coast. |. NJ. Scott, president
of the Union Iron Works, was in the city the
past week getting the plans and specifications
of the intended vessels,
Owing to the expiration Of the terms of en-
listment of the officers and seamen on both the
Omaha and Swatara, now on the Asiatic Sta
ton, both these vessels will probably leave that
station at an early date In all probability the
Baltimore will be ordered to proceed to China
upon her return from Sweden, and will act as
the flagship Of the squadron stationed in those
waters The Omaha is in need of extensive re-
pairs, and will probably proceed to the Mare
Island Navy Yard in January or February
The Swatara will be ordered 10 the Isthmus of
Panama, where she will receive complement
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
FASCINATED BY HEIGHT.
"A Son of Cyrus w. Field Has Experience
That is Not Uncommon.

A Son of Cyrus W. Field Has an Experience
That is Not Uncommon.
From the New York Journal.
Take hold of me quick / can't stand it;
want to jump" George Field, the son of Cy-
rus w. Field was standing on the platform
that runs around the tower of the high Wash
ington building at the foot of Broadway.
Mr.. Field had never before been at the top of
his fathers magnificent building. 1t was dizzy
height to look from. One glance down and Mr.
Field was instantly seized with an uncontrolla-
BILE desire to leap into space. Fascinated as he
was, he had strength enough to call to Janitor
Servera.
"Another moment and | should have been
down there, john" said Mr.. Field, as he was
led away from the railing. The janitor said
that great many people were similarly affected
the instant they looked down. Janitor Thomas
Cleary says that many persons who go up to
the roof of the Equitable building hurry down
again because they are unable to remain and
resist the temptation to jump.
"A splendid opportunity is extended to the
public generally TO attend free lecture entitled
christian Science and Mind Cure" this evening,
at T. NJ, at Nationalist Club Hall, 900 + street
northwest.
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
DISTRICT MILITARY.

Sergt H. l.. Maddox, of Co. C, Sd Bait, was
elected lst 1t. OF his co. at the meeting on
Thursday night.
Sergt Harvey l.. Maddox, Co. c, Sd Bait,
has been elected 1st It,. same co.
Sergt J. T. Simpson, Co. B, 9th Bait, has
made application for transfer to Co. G, Sd Bait.
First Lieut.. Otto l.. Suess, Insp. of Rifle
Practice, will, in addition to his other duties,
have charge of the rifles in the armory gun
racks. He will see that they are kept clean,
and in case Of any becoming unserviceable will
see that they are repaired.
Upon the recommendation of his co. comdr.
Private Charles A. Russell, Co. d, Sd Bait, has
been appointed corp, to date Aug. 1, 1890.
At the annual elections in the Sd Bait. the
following civil officers were reelected: Re-
cording Secretary, w. j. Simmons; Financial
Secretary, Robert Seyboth; Treasurer, w. H.
Myers
The entire National Guard of the District
turned out on Monday night to welcome home
the victors of the rifle ematch at Creedmoor last
Saturday. Thousands of pedestrians lined the
Avenue, and almost stopped traffic by throng-
ing occasionally into the middle of that thorough
fare. The team arrived at S:45 O'Clock, and
marched up the Avenue to the headauar-
ters on Seventeenth street, where for
NAL reception was given the mem
bers by Gen. Ordway and his staff. The
Hilton trophy, valued at $1,000, is an inter
natiohal prize and competition for 1t being
open to all nations Of the world and all
branches of their armies and naves, the magni-
tude of the victory for the District team Is
little hard to realize. The men who composed
the team, as stated in last Sundays HERALD,
we're Maj. j. NJ. Pollard, Capt. w. L. Cash,
Capt. James E. Bell, Lieut.. F. L. Graham,
Corps. J; NJ. Stewart, Capt. Richard A. o'Brien,
Lieut.. George II. Harres, Lieut.. William B.
Johnstone, Lieut. W. p. Vale, Robert B.
smythe, Corpl. A. o. Hutterly, and w. F. Cash
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21
BEARS HAMMERED THE BULLS.
Downward Movement In Wall Street I'm
checked.

Downward Movement In Wall Street I'm
checked.
New YORK, Sept. 20.-The stock market to-
day was very quiet and heavy to weak from
the opening to the close, with the result
leaving almost everything traded in lower than
last evening. The strong tone which existed
last evening did not last over till this morning
and London especially was not inclined to buy,
while the arbitratage brokers were sellers at
the opening. The bears then went in to take
the market away from them, and, meeting prac-
tically no resistance, hammered the list all along
the line The downward movement met with
no cheek, and the opening prices are generally
the highest OF the day, while the closing are
the lowest. The industrial stocks received
most attention, but even Lackawanua was
prominent for losses, and these were followed
by the Changers. The dealings in the re-
mander of the list were devoid of special
feature, but they all felt the weakness aud
yielded slowly on very small volume of bust
ness. Missouri Pacific, however, was promi-
nent for its activity, but was remarkably well
held, and its final loss Is only per cent. The
OF the bears, and from the first transactions
they Yielded followed by st. Paul. 1t was not
until the last hour that Lackawanna became
prominent, but it declined rapidly and scored
material loss before the close The market
finally closed fairly active and weak at the low
est figures, Chicago Gas being down II, sugar
reineries IL, Lackawanna II, and Burlington
and st. Paul each l per cent. Railroad bonds
were quite active, the sales being 1896, 900, but
out of this amount the Texas Pacific incomes
furnished 100000. There was very little
movement in the market, and all the final
changes are insignificant except gain of II in
Kansas and Texas general Cps to 50
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21

asst. Q, NJ; ID 1t. H. G. Hodges Jr., 22d Inf,
to be LIST It., vice Smith, appointed c. s.; 1st 1t
w. H. w. James, Oath inf, to be capt, vice
Gilmore, appointed asst adjt. gen.. I'd 1t. j. B.
James, promoted; I'd 1t. George Barnett
Marine Corps, to be 1st It,. vice Turner, de-
ceased
The Sunday herald and weekly national intelligencer., 1890-09-21

quite effective in floating stranded vessels. The
idea is to give the3vessel sudden jar by the,ex-
plosion of torpedoes on the bottom, near the
vessel. at the same time as force is used to draw
her off
The sun., 1890-01-15
Senator Blaehburu.. Nightmare.

LOUISVILLE, Jan. u.-Joe Blackburn has
Just been reelected to the United States Senate.
While he was out in the State visiting the
Legislators he arrived one evening at small
village with ouly one hotel. 1t was n railroad
town. and most OF the rooms in the hotel were
occupied by railroad men, There was only ono
vacant apartment, and that was to be occupied
by an engineer who might come ut any time.
Blackburn was tired and sleepy. and said he
would occupy the room and take the chances
Some time in the night the Senator was
awakened by the thrustinG OF bright lantern
into his face. Somebody seized him by the
shoulders, gave him q tremendous shake, and
coarse. grufT voice exclaimed:
Get uD. Lanky, you've got to go out on No.
O. SKinny's already gone on No. 7, and the Or
der is for you to follow. Shorty's Goin' to make
the power for you, and Sandy Jim is goin' to
do the iiGurin In the back end"
he concluded it must be a nightmare. turned
over. and was dropping oil,to sleep again when
ne WnS shaken two or three times, dragged out
Of bed, and dropped OH the floor.
No you don'tP exclaimed the intruder;
,ot that won't wash. IaqSy: I'm not going e
go back to bed. thinking yoH'n only snooae
minute, and OF courte you'll get loft. Then
amt no use 10 kick. Put, on Your clothes and
come un.,, hear old No. growing now.
or care about No. Q ?@ exclaimed the Senator.
1"What are ye Eivlu me I" answered the in
truder. "Pye had EN- tell me that before
whom they were sleepy and didn't want to 10"
Then Tho night watchmun. ior it was he. and
he had taken tho Senator for the engineer
whom Ie was o awake. thrust the lantern into
Mr. Backburn's ince, He rccogni2e1 his mis-
take and knew the Senator. and WAS for mo-
ment qGhast. lie quickly recovered him
self and said:
The only apology have to offer is this"
flask ard handed 1t to the Senator. The latter
took a draught smiled Htlanly. said the apolo-
Gy was sufficient and went back TO slulnber.
The sun., 1890-01-15

ALBANY, Jan, 1l.--Thc Court Of Appeals
has reversed the decision Of the General Term
in tho action Of the Church OF st. Monica
against tho city OF Now York, appellant. Tho
lower courts ordered the cancellation OF an
assessment upon the pronerty 30i East
Sevcnty-elghth street, held In tho namo of
Father DougEorty, pastor of tho church. and
used by the church rs parish school holding
that tho Irope:iy was part OF tic church
property
In tho case OF the People or rel, Cornell Uni
versIty agt. Ira Davcnport. as I0mltruler.
Which mas been OIL tie court Calerdar Siuce
1s-3. aua IN which the University cinrrns tho
entire Income, from He College Land Scnp
Fund, established BY the GOyrTnr Ont grant OF
1862, tho Comptroller is directed 20 issue his
warrant for tho payment 10 tho University OF
al! interest from the Investment remaining In
his hands NJ to tho amount OF sou appro-
priated oach year respec' lively since 1881.
The court disriitsas tho appoal Of John A.
Roebling'S sons Company from tho order OF
tho ,Gcncra Term denying their pctilion tg set
inside tho iOreclo-Ir sale of the assets uf tho
Baukers' at1 Merchants lc'cgrrrh Company
by tho Farmers lytnauu TrusI COMPANY The
buyerWan Edward =. tukes. who 1-riGGe! his
bid to The United states Telegraph Company.
The sun., 1890-01-15

on the investment. Perhaps they are
not too sangulne. 1t is a remarkable fact
that the ans-Caspian road, in the first year
after It's completion to Samarcand, paid oil
its running expenses and wear and tear, and
then had over 100000 left in It's treasury.
But the great interest OF the Siberian rail-
road for the world at large will be the fact
that It will vastly shorten the time between
the Asiatic shores Of the Pacific and the
Western nations. 1t tnow requires forty days
or q little more to travel from London to
Peking by way Of Brindlsl and Suez. When
this great Siberian line is completed we may,
II Gen. ANNENKoFF's time table is accurate,
reach Pelsing from New York in twenty-five
days: seven days to London, fifteen to Vlad-
livestock, and three thence to Peking
Perhaps however, the next few years will
witness even greater feat Of railroad build
ing, line from the Mexican roads cutting
through Central America and skirting the
Cordilleras until it joins the lines from
Buenos Ayres, which are pushing north. This
project was once laughed at, but now 1t is at
tracing the serious attention Of sensible
men.
The sun., 1890-01-15
Frederick Douglass in Haytl.



As to the objections Of the Haytjans to Min
ister Douglass Prof LanRston said: "I don't think
there be any objection raised him that ground
nor on the ground of his having white wife. Not
few Of tho most noted people Of the island blacks
who have white wiveR and this the OF the late
President salomon. I heard salomon make q
speech defending himself against the charge that he
was opposed to the mulattoeS He said: i am black
man myself and my wife ia q white French woman and
my vcePresidont is = HAytian white as any Cau-
casan. / challenge anybody 10 say that have any
feeling against any one on account Of his color
Il don't know that Minister Douglass Is unpopular in
Hava" continued Minister LanEston. "but IL he is 80
is because the Haytans very Jealous In regard
the annexation sale Of any part of their island the
United States and they associate Douglass with
such schemeG He was sent to santo Domingo with
Ben Wade and other American statesmen to report as
70 the advisAby Of Its annexation He goes back
to the country war veasoi and his secretary, Mr..
Basse Consul At Now York in the pay of the party
which is out of power Hayt II may be that the
Haytians fear Douglass; do not know"
The sun., 1890-01-15
Police Discipline in New York.

1t is n little difficult to understand the
principles upon which the Board of Police
endcavor to maintain the discipline
of the police force In this city. They
appear TO alternate between extreme
severity and remarkable laxitv. One
patrolman will be absolutely dismissed
from the service for having on single occa-
sion been found to be under the influence Of
liquor although no traces of ntoxication be
observable half an hour after the time
specified in the charge, while another patrol
man will be retained in active duty for
weeks after he has been charged in a GRIM
inal action with an unprovOlied assault upon
q peaceable citizen.
Patrolman FRANK j. STRAUB Of the Ninth
Precinct got into difficulty on Sunday even
ing with man and woman who were quar-
reling at the corner of Sixth avenue and
Thirteenth street. According to his account
of what happened, he found that the woman
had knocked the man down, and when he
endeavored 10 aid the fallen mGn the woman
assaulted him, whereupon he arrested her.
Other witnesses Of the occurrence,
however, accuse the olicer of most
brutal conduct. They say that the
ference in the quarrel between him and the
woman, whereupon the officer knocked the
man down into the gutter, breaking his leg
in the fall, and then turned and beat the
woman in such way as to excite the active
rcmonstranco Of a large crowd which had
gathered at the scene.
The officer was in civilian dress at the
time, having been assigned TO detective ex-
else duty The ErenbI0 Post states that
charge OF assault and battery upon II woman
was made against him last November and is
still pending in the Cburt OF Special Sessions.
If this be true 1t seems strange that he
should be selected for any duty involv-
ing exceptional responsibility until he
had been tried and acquitted. The
law, of course, presumes every man
charged with crime to he innocent until
he Is proven to lie guilty; but certainly a
police officer who is accused OF assault and
battery ought to meet the accusation
promptly, and, until it is disposed OF, the
Police Commissioners would only exercise'a
wise discretion In giving him employment
directly under the eye OF his superlors. In
deed. the proper practice would seem to be
to suspend officers from duty temporarily
under circumstances which indicate strong
probability OF guilt.
In making these observations we express
no opinion whatever as to the merits OF the
charge against Patrolman STRAUB growing
.nlii 0f shisg .tondnot on Sunday 0ROns
The sun., 1890-01-15
THE STATUE OF HORACE GREELEY.
Tho Hon. VhiteInw Reid Makes nm I'M
portnnt Statement.

portnnt Statement.
From The re,c FORK Herald
PARIS. Jan. 19.-I showed Mr.. Whltelaw Reid
cabled summary Of the NeW lorh ThssS story about
the funds In his hands for the Greeley statue and asked
him what II meant
81 can't guess" he answered iauRhinEy, unless It
s another OF the pleasantroS to which my friends Of
the typographical Union occasionally treat They
have recently appointed committee TO raise funds for
astatue TO Mr. Greeley. and this story be correct
they seem TO bo wanting to lay hands on the money
other people had raised long ago
Tho funds sent to to the Tribune for tho Gree.
lev statue have been kept at interest To of our
foremost American sculptors years ago given the
commission for tho statue He has tried 1t several
times but could not satisfy himself. and each time
abandoned his study and began again
when left Now York he had 8 study with which he
was satisfied and which seemed fine. have
heard since that he is making good progress and pre-
pairing for its casting in bronze It s 10 be larger
than life size. and win, / trust be thought worthy
memorial
There will be due consultation about the place for It
No site will bo chosen approved of by the bulk
OF tho subscribers The commission for this statue
given long before the existence Of the committee
at woyk. hope they will succeed. too"
The sun., 1890-01-15

when Yeu Apply Ht 60 Estimating the
Bulk Of MAterInln Yon CAn,t Mensnre.

Bulk OF Materials You cane Measure.
| The investigation of the charges against
Dock Commissioners Post and Matthews did
not get ahead much before Mayor Grant yes-
! terday. Surveyor Frederick T. Thompson told
how he computed the amount of materials
dredged. Mr.. Rollins asked Mr.. Thompson
about his guessing" on measurements. This
brought on a dissertation from Elihu Root, who
represents Commissioner Post upon the use OF
the word guess" by Yankees. lie said that
Mr.. Rollins, who was Nermonter himself, well
knew what tho word meant, and that, rs Yam
KEGS use h. IL was one Of the most definite
words In the language, being synonymous with
calculate" This exclamation Mr. Thompson
followed Ut with tho statement that he had
used the word guess in purely technical
sense. in his examination before the Commis-
sioners OF Accounts, meaning an estimate
based on certain measurements. and partly BY
experience, but not, at tho time, positively
proved.
Mayor Grant here said that such IN estimate.
done before any work was accomplished, and
undertaken fol, the purpose Of getting an idea
oil what was TO bo done, would be he thought
permissible.
When Mr.. Strahan asked Thompson why he
missioners OF Accounts OF statements which he
readily explained yesterday. Mr.. Root got in
Grant.
The Commissioners ot Accounts dIn not give him the
opportunity Thoy were not trying to get At the RcA
they had other motives view, and they tried do
was to bulIyraR and worry the witness.
=, Mr. Thompson explained that Corporation
Counsel Clark had lirod in his question: 80
fast ho couldn't collect himself. Mr.. CLARK had
made him angry, aud in consequence he did
not give Dlr. Clark any more Information than
he had to.
On ncross-eXamination Mr.. Root got Thomp-
son to say that he would recommend that the
system OF measurements in vogue in the Dock
Department be continued.
In fact" said Thompson, don't know
any other way OF measuring dredging. don't
believe there is any other way"
~ The next hearing will be at 10h o'clock
Thursday morning.
The sun., 1890-01-15
The County Dcmocracy's Primaries.

Tonight lin the various districts Of the
town the County Democrats will hold their
primary elections for the choice OF delegates
for 1890. The County Democrats, 30 far
from disbanding have perfected their ar
rangements to continue in active operation,
and to participate according to their num-
bers in the elections next November From
various sources, questions OF philosophical
character have been propounded respecting
the probable future OF the County Democracy
as political force, but there seems after
all to be only one question involved in the
whole matter, and that is whether the County
Democrats are in the future to concern
themselves with party questions yet to be
disposed of, or are resolutely and deliberate
ly to turn their eyes upon the irreclaimable
and unmanageable past.
II they are to become tho Bourbons Of our
city politics, engaging themselves in the ad-
vocacy Of idle and dscredited schemes,
cooperating with the Republicans against
Democratic principles, and mourning the re-
proach Of being opposed to universal suf-
frage and manhood voting, then, indeed,
thoy may as well turn their faces toward the
twilight, and join tho procession OF other
parties that have perished in attempting to
oppose the Judgment OF the people.
II, on the other hand the County Democ-
racy organization proposes to face the
future, and within Democratic lines, to op-
pose Tammany Hall, then the election Of
delegates tonight will not be in vain. 1t
will be source of renewed strength and
stability to the Democratic party in the State,
membership in which has never been con-
fined to a single local body Of Democrats in
this city.