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win the Alaska Cou,mersiai comp.ny as
~, and Wsvy and WHIT

IL, and Hsw and WHIT
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir That the
act OF Congress approved July 1, 1870 ito pre.
vent the determination OF fur-bearinR animals
IN Alaska" was conceived IN sin and born
IN inlduity thero is no doubt Proof is
abundant. Judge Jeremiah &. Black OF Penn
syNania' Senator Matt W. Carpenter Of Wis
conein. and ]. o. Brondhead OF Missouri. three
great lawyers pronounced that act unconsti-
tutional. Their written opinions to that effect
are still In existence. Why and by whom they
were suppressed do not know.
Despite this incontrovertlble fact, the lease
was shamelessly let to the present oneflclaries,
although Mr. Boutwell,. thon Secretary Of the
treasury under President Grant suddenly fed
the city. Rather than sign the lease or con-
tract with tho Alaska Commercial Company.
ho turned over the act to his assistant Richard
son. to execute,
In proof OF Secretary Boutwel's precipitate
night from Washington to Boston, rather than
soil his fingers and reputation bv signing that
lease, Senator Dawes. in the United States
Senate, on the 18th OF the present month. used
this ominous language:
did what could to defeat 1t tthe aotl 1t
became the law. The then Secretary Of the
Treasury BOUTWELL,. happen to know. felt
very much as did upon 1t. He felt so intense
ly about 1t that he suffered 1t TO be carried out
by his subordlnates."
There was fusillade In tho Senate on the
18th instant about the fur-seal lease. and
senators Mcpherson OF Now Jersey made
the statement that the Alaska Company
had paid into the United States Treasury two
millions more than the United States had paid
lor Alaska This would be $9,200,000. as tho
sum paid to Russia for Alaska was $7,2O0.0O0.
~ AS matter OF fact the Alaska Commercial
$3l74 per skin TO the United States. For 10O,-
900 skins they would nay annually S3I7, 800;
and, In twenty years, the total OF $6.35O0OO
But as the company have not taken 100000
skins every year, the amount paid the Govern
ment is, In round numbers. nearly $6.00O,00O
instead of$9, 100000.
Senator Stewart OF Nevada made the same
error about the figures.
Secretary Window now calls for bids for n
new lease for twenty years. and gives only
thirty days for answers. It is impossible 10
and the conditions exclude tho people Of
Alaska. Why are they thus shut out from COM
petitionp Why. was not Secretary Windom's
adyertisement for proposals published in one
OF the Alaska papers the Free Press of Juneau,
Tor example? written protest against this
snap action OF the Secretary has gone to Presi-
dent Harrison. and perhaps we shall hear that
the time to make bids has been extended to
sixty or ninety days.
To those who understand the situation and
know the. ways Of the Alaska Commercial
Mr.. Windom's advertisement for thirty days
was In the interest OF that company.
w PACIFIC
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MIR JAcKsoN,s EXPEDITION.
Trying to Re-estnbiish European influence
North of Victoria NyahHa.

North Of Victoria NyanEa.
LONDON, Jan. 2O.-A cablegram from
Zanzibar on Saturday reported the receipt OF
letters from Mr.. +. J. Jackson. who sent them
In October last from point twelve days east
OF Victoria Nyanza. He was then on his way
to the lake. He has with him large caravan.
He is in the service OF the British East African
Company, and was sent out to gain better
knowledge Of the country between the sea and
Victoria Nyanza. and to establish trading sta
tions at Lakes Naivasha and Baringo. which
are far on the way TO the lake. After reaching
the Nyanza 1t was his intention TO send o
strong force north of the lake for the purpose.
II possible. OF entering into friendly relations
with Uganda and neighboring countries. He
has probably fully succeeded in this part OF his
mission. iii is true as reported that Mwanga
again occupies tho throne Of Uganda When
Awanga wrote TO Missionary Mackay while
ago. asking his assistance. Mackay advised
with the British Lost African Company
The m Material for n railroad forty miles long
10 now being sent out from England TO Nom:
basa. II will be the first link In the railroad
which the British East African Company in
tend to build from that port to Victoria NyAnza.
The company are also connecting all their
stations along the coast by telegraph and the
British India Steam Navigation Company are
about TO put q monthly line Of swift mall
basa, and other ports. No other African enter
prise now has more hopeful outlook or is
being more energetically pushed than that OF
the British East African Company
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Dn1rEorED sIaFs or rRorrsRa
n Student or the nrsedIne Problem In-
parss Interssting IhfOrmation.

porto AnterosttnG AhhpFmbtASas
To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: In q
late number Of TIE Sun saw lettsrfrom Mr.
O. J. Hamlin OF Buffalo, In which he gives the
names Of some OF the fast performers OF the
past season, which, In his opinion. 90 to prove
the superiority Of undeveloped horses as sires
OF trotters. am only n student OF the breed
ing problem. but the performances Of the past
season have convinced me that the colts that
were sired by developed sireB have more than
held their own. II ls true that number OF un-
developed sires hRvo boon very successful In
string fast performers, but as rule they be-
long to an older generation than the developed
ones. and consequently have more and older
colts to represent them. II development In the
sire tends to reduce his chances rs R,sire, why
his horse Chimep-tfat was trained almost
continually from his yenrllng TO his three;yeaT-
Spea horse KSr ahd that his
great old campaiRner. Prince Regent,
2:9l Z. St q higher price than that Of his Ynde,
out Midnight 2lsS, as he was bred by f, ].
sired ma " colts before he got Midnight, while
TIE fret colt that Gen, Tracys deyeopeyd y1 horse
Evans, that got a iour-ySar.o record OF 2:24
last season: Prince Regent is certainly a great
colt but before making h claim tina. he Is The
should look over the psrfornances Of Direct
2:lSh. the iour-year-old son OF the deyeloped
and campRigned horse Director. 2:17. that was
also the sire Of the great three -yeat-old Mar.
Rerot 4, 2:l0A while PRINCE Regent has not
won heat as fast as 2;20 Direct has won nine
faster than that. and in at least two OF his
reces-which he won-he trotted overg heat
faster than 2:20.
have arranged table, which 1 append.
showing some Of the colts OF different ages,
and OF some of the aged horses. that made
new records or reduced their record the past
season. and that we're sired by developed sires.
and any candid person will confess that. al
though for the greater part the developed sires
showing.
The sun., 1890-01-21
Civilization in New York.

The people Of the city Of New York profess
to be civilized community. Many Of them
live In luxury, and hundreds OF thousands
Of them live in comfort. They spend mil
lions of dollars upon their houses and homes.
for their parks, in hospitals and other chari-
ties and for governmental purposes. Some
O.. this money is doubtless wasted, but most
of it is effectively applied to the objects
sought to be attained. Among other objects
to which large expenditures are devoted
may be mentioned the preservation Of the
general health and tho cleaning Of our
streets, avenues. and public places. Our
readiness to spend money for all these pur-
poses may justly be looked upon as EVIL
dence of the attainment Of high degree Of
civilization.
But to appreciate how civilized we really
are, reference should be made to very in
teresting and suggestive report just issued
by the Woman's Prison Association Of New
York. 1t used to be said Of celebrated
prison In Edinburgh that 1t was the healthiest
place In all Scotland, as 1t enjoyed the small
est death rate; but no such opinion could
well be expressed in reference to the New
York prison which we find thus described in
the report which we have mentioned:
1--WE Sorry report that Essex Market prison is
practically in the overcrowded, unsanitaTy cond
tion as reported last year. The prison is old dirty aud
filled with vermiu and requires remodsDg or tearing
down and entire structure built Tho prison is
In the crowded tenementhonSe district in tho city
the population almost entirely foreign, and but little
more can be done 70 improve tho condition with the
present structure Every morning at least two bucket
fub of carried to each cell by the working
women; never less than fifty bucketfus are uSed to
flush the closets Al this can only be done once in
twentyfour hours the cells at all times nauSsatng"
This is a dreadful picture Of neglect in
prison management, discreditable alike to
the Government Of the city and the Govern
ment OF the State. Such condition Of
things should not be allowed to endure after
the attention Of the public authorities who
possess the power to effect change has
once been called to It, To house prisoners
In den Of filth and nastiness as the Essex
Market prison is shown to be by this report
is simply barbarous; and some of those leg
islators at Albany who want to spend
$4,000 or 100000 OF the public money In
putting the American flag on every common
school. would do well to spend something
first for the purpose Of preventing New
York prisons from becoming pest houses.
The sun., 1890-01-21
A Bad Boy and a Foolish Grandfather.
From Me wep York Herald.

from He Neu Ork bcTdH.
Baby Mckee is daily proving himself the in
fant terrible Of the Executive Mansion distinguished
New Yorker who dined IN Jamtue at the White House
Afew days ago relates incident which proves tho
correctness Of this declaration.
Tho young man during the interval which followed
the serving Of the soup leaned forward in his high
chair and amused himself by pounding the table 30
aKely with both fists that the winegAsses in his mme
diAte vicinity danced merry refrain. The noise
deAfening. the New Yorker said, that you could
scarcely hear yourself talk.
Tho President who sat beside Bennie. laid his hand
the youngsters aud mildly requested cessation
of the noise The young the Chief Magistrate
defiant look and proceeded forthwith to outdo Ills
vious performance by up In his chair and
laying both heels the festive board Calmly and de-
hberaely tho terror of the White House lifted frat
foot and then the other bringing them down alternate
Iy with the inevitable dull tbud the Presidential
mahogany. Meanwhile the family sat watching the
operation with undiSgused admiration
Finally tho President broke tho silence by turning in
the direction OF his guest and calculating Isn't ho
cunninRt See how he minds mel"
The sun., 1890-01-21
4 NEW zRANsCoN11NENrAL LINE.
The Oceans to be Joined by q Railroad
Across Costa Rica.

The Oceans to no Joined by q Railroad
Across Costa Rica.
SAN JOSE Jan. 10-A congress eXtraordi-
nary has been called and Is in session for tho
purpose Of considering the granting Of con-
cession to the Messrs. Smith & Cooper for a
railroad from Punta Arenas on the Pacific to Ala
juela, twelve miles from this capital. There is
at present branch from Punta Arenas inland to
Esparta, some twenty miles; but the rest Of tho
way up to Aajuela is as yet a rather tedious
two days journey in the saddle. From Alaiue-
la to San Jose there is the railroad built by
English capitalists. OF this system the new
branch between Cartago and point consider
ably below Carrillo is nearing completion. II
Messrs. Smith Il Cooper are successful In
building the line they desire on tho Pacific
slope. We shall have before long an intcroccan
railroad. The fact OF the special calling Of
Congress- points to the probable success of the
enterprise. President Duran and his progress
sive Cabinet appear to recognize fully tho
importance Of the undertaking. and to desire
taken. Messrs Smith & Cooper represent ex-
tensiye English capital. and are men Of high
The country is very quiet now and peace reigns
In all quarters except IN the little city Of Here
dia,eight miles from this capital. There 1t seems
that serious little dramas are being enacted
between the Rodriguistas and Esquiyelistas.
The trouble has eliminated In q memorial ad-
persecuIion. Tho President has promised to
take such steps as may be necessary to pre-
serve order and assure the petitioners OF JUS
The reduction Of public expenses still goes
on. The present Administration Is praised by
every one. DIR. Duran's policy Is one OF justice
and prudence, and. ne Is ably supported In his
Alyarado and the pro6ity Of Senior Jimenez.
News from San Salvador Is that Rivas was
put to rout and Menendez had come again into
power
Capt. Pratt, who lately arrived hero to or
ganize tho police force, reports some amusing
experiences. Tho Costa Rica policemen are
mostly slender striplings OF 1S or 10 years old.
There are a few older men among them. but
strength. This, however, is no serious objec-
tion when the peaceful character of the inhab-
itapts Is considered: red CAP Cant; PrStt says: with
sGkest sHra e S c There II 9deE IS TarS & he
theft and the few cases Of drunkenness
depredations arc. committed are the acts Of
foreigners, Unfortunately the. strangers
are the Objectionable people. The jamaica
Yeritabie trsmps who got their e passage EDO down N
from New York ostensibly as employees Of the
railroad company; but who, having once ar
rived, turn their backs on honest labor and
way on, the goodness and generosity Of the
Costarricense. A tramps lilo Is very pleasant
in a country where there Is no cold woather to
bother him. and where he need only ask in
police will probably have some effect upon the
temaia and Salvador render him eminently
tsEs kndy 10 6s dscI Sere IS in aS SvofS
Costarricense. from the highest TO the lowest
grade, a magnificent sort OF pride.
The sun., 1890-01-21
1NGERsoLL ON THE ADM1NIsrRA T1oM
He Tells the President What He Thinks
OF His Way OF Running Things.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The clubs here are
laughing over q remark attributed to Col Bob
Ingersvll that this Administration reminded
him OF a dispute between q man and his wife
as to what they would have for their Christmas
dinner. The man wanted turkey and the
woman demanded duck, SO they compromised
on cabbage.
- / told Mr.. Harrison the other day." the
Colonel Is quoted AS saving, what thought
OF his way OF running things He has been
wasting the peoples time in examining into
the claims OF every applicant for place from
Cabinet Secretaries down to doorkeepers. He
has been in the office more than ten months
now, and he is still worrying over some OF
those cases that were laid before him the
day he entered tho White House The
longer he waits the more applicants arise, and
when there are twenty applicants for one place
the OBJECT of his final decision is to make nine
teen enemies and enc friend. And what a
friend that ono is Why. neighbor of mine
who was among the first applicants for GER
tain oflc was kept waiting 30 long that he
finally forgot all about it. The other morning
Imet him on the street, and he called out:
What news do you suppose l got to-day2
That d fool Harrison has appointed me-
When told that story to tho President he in
quired solemny: Col Ingersol who was that
mani Mr.. President / replied, you don't
need to have mo tell you. You've appointed q
couple Of thousand men. more or less to ONCE.
Just think them over and make q guesS-you
can't fail to hit the right one.'"
The sun., 1890-01-21
5000 Damages for being HngEed by q bear.
From Lh1 Toronto Globs

The Civil Assize Court yesterday was the
scene OF the termination OF the Parkdale bear
adventure. In the fall OF 1888 John Shaw, a
young man residing at 45 Foxley street, after
seeing lady home from church on Sunday
evening. started for home, and on tho way was
hngged by a bear belonging to Mr.. John Nc
MIR; Shaw didn't like The huGging-i fact he
had good cause TO remember it-for he had to
forego seeing his best girl for O good while on
account OF injuries received from the bear.
As aconse1uence, he sought to recover from
Mr. McCIeary $4,000 for the hugginR and his
iather. Mr. Matthew Shaw. asked $500 for
trouble In nursing him.
The evidence was OF curious nature, ono
witness testifying that In the dark the bear
looked Ike dog running. while another sWore
that he Thought the fight was between po-
llcenIan and man whom the former was
showing before him In the darkness. The ilg-
ure OF the policeman turned out to be the bear
On On Its hind legs In the act Of huRping Shaw
Then the brute knocked him down and wor-
piod him N !. The result Of the suit, which was
the family, as we'll as her husband, was that
dam damages , to ,he extent 0t 1900 were given to
non-sutt was RtVon as regards the wife
The sun., 1890-01-21

DATLS AHp suNpAr ~ esnta line ordinary advertis
hEi larEe type ~ cents and preferred positionS -
cents 70 s1-So according 70 classification
WHnELY, % cents a line, no extra charge for large
RpA RrstarTsd positions from IS cents v q
The sun., 1890-01-21

II the Hon. JOHN JAMES INGALLS, is in
sound body and voice this afternoon he will
speak speech worth hearing and worth read
ing Mr.. INGALLS, is often wrong. but he is al
ways brilliant; and his speeches are always a
treat to the Senate galleries because OF the
numerous brickbats that he heaves at things
and persona that fail to meet his appreciation.
The sun., 1890-01-21

Those figures show that the flow OF COM
merce between Canada and the United states
Is attaining the dimensions Of Hood, uespite
value OF products exchanged between Canada
and tho United States will probably reaen
800 OOO, 600 What Canadn sent Great Britain
and the United States last year. compared with
1883, is shown by the following table:
Grsdt Bvtdfn Untted Stdtes
The sun., 1890-01-21
Husband and Wife RsunItsd.
From ma LelelgIon Journal

Wifely devotion seems to have boon carried
altogether too far oy the bddeford woman who, when
promptly goI drunk herself for the sake Of being sent
up alter him
The sun., 1890-01-21

The Hon. JOHN j. O'BRIEN is never so
crushed to earth as not to rise again and dance
q Jig on his crushers.
The sun., 1890-01-21

The above table is not supposed to contain
all tho colts by developed sires that have made
fast records. and In the aged horses | have
only included those that have made records OF
2:20 or better: but have given enough to
show that developed sires are string trotters,
and trotters Of q very high class at that.
WILLINK. Jan. Is. 1890. ARGo.
The sun., 1890-01-21
Ontario. British Columbia and Prince Ed
ward Island shipped nearly the whole of their
exports to the United states. The provinces
paid customs duties as follows,


Importation OF trees. shrubs, and plants,
which were, recently placed on the reciprocal
list with the United States. has risen enor-
ported from the United States there were
5i209O. and pcach. pear. and plum trees almost
double in number. Green fruit was also on the
reciprocal Tree list with the United States. In
1888 there were l7.0uO barrels. OF apples i'm
barrels. With the duty in 1888 there wero
100000 pounds OF peuches brought in last year,
free. there were 3.327,000 pounds.
The sun., 1890-01-21

oOl. scorFs theories Of what IL best for the
American workingmanI
But Col BRIoR did his best. II was
not his fault that the obese candidate OF Col.
srNoERDY and Col. 6ooTF experienced the
historic and lrremediable disaster which
befell the Hon. HUMPTY-DUMPTY.
The sun., 1890-01-21
Not RIEhttuIIy HIS Owa.

"Is there any question more dlsagreeable to
you than where aid you get that hAtr"
WELL should hIIS like thunder TO bs asked where
got this umbrella"
The sun., 1890-01-21
Johnny
W'hnny,
Conndsnee DO the OId IIsro.

+" Did you ever run away In battle. grandpa?"
asked the litus girl Of the one legged veteran
"How foolish cried the little boy "of course grand.
pa never ran away Grandpa hoppsd away
The sun., 1890-01-21
o1rlD1s NArUR1E iflRKEE


OTTAWA, Jan. 9o-without doubt the most
important discussion that will come before the
Dominion Parliament this session Will be with
regard to CanadA's trade relations. past, pres
ent and prospective, with the United states
The trade and navigation returns for last year.
which have Just beon presented to ParllamehI
will form the basis OF debate on that question
According to this report Canadas aggregate
trade with Great Britain and the United States
aimee 1886 yns as follows:
The sun., 1890-01-21
Not transferable.
Prom The Hartford Timer.

At masquerade ball in Hartford q few years
ago the writer noticed All ingenious device OF the door
tender lie had small rubber stamp Nth initials and
date He stamped this on the palm OF the left hand OF
each man who passed out This WAS his check" for
tho evening, aud 1t couldn't bo transferred
The sun., 1890-01-21

From me Austin Staiesmah
Short haired women and lonR-haired man
are The great dangers of this country
The sun., 1890-01-21
A ProxoLInr Accident

Museum Fat Woman I'm horse car, TO con-
Suo.or-Win you please lift up the rAtnSi Ny huS-
band, the living skeleton. has fallen undsrnsatb, "a
The sun., 1890-01-21

To THE EDIToR OF The SUS-Sir: That
PHILADELPHIA conductor who informed your CORES pond
snt that the girls OF tho best families in the quaker
City call Postmaster. General WRnamaker's grand
depot Johnny" didn't know what he was talking
about Every Philade phian knows that the best fam.
lilies live In reotAn2ulAr pATAlloloRram bounded by
Spruce Walnut aud Thirteenth streets and the SchuyL
kill River The girls living there always speak OF tho
big bazaar as WannY'A" Occasionally they may drop
INTO poetry and bayi
Johnny
Whnny,
but not often Only girl living outside tho paraIelo
gram would think OF saying "JOhnnys" By the way
all tho employees in tie grand depot call Mr.. WAnA
maker General John nowadays
OLD PHILApELPHIAM
The sun., 1890-01-21
HIS Tribe Decreasing.


HAzLRToE, Jan. l7:-Abou Bon Adhem. an
Arab vas stabbed and fatally injured In drunken
row with three ramps at HGIis Creek bridge last night
The sun., 1890-01-21
Economy In the Matter or Birthday
FROM me ciaelnnGti ERqutre,

YIHCENREs, Ind. Jan. 16.-Policeman Gus
Robertsonh wfo yesterday presented him with pair
q nne bora Five years ago 70 the very day. hrL
ROBERTSON became the mother OF twin Rtrlh
The sun., 1890-01-21

An Important Addition to the Record OF
Congress.
Prom the IiloRtd C0nGtituitoH
Amos Cummings has at last placed on the
onciAl minutes of Congress tho weknoWn facts about
the election of Samuel J. Tiden.
The sun., 1890-01-21

For Chief Justice OF Samoa, under the new
treaty, when ratified: Herr BRANDE1s Of Null
The sun., 1890-01-21
Totals 2sI s1s 500 ssz s2a iol $50 4ta 9ss
The total export of e77. .904 OF Canadian
produce was made uD as follows:

All official returns present the very depress-
Ing fact that farmers are exporting less and
less every year. There was decrease last
year OF over s2,00O.000 In the value OF agricul-
turnl products exported. Tho average agri-
SIT ,4O4. .00O or $4,00Q000 more than last wear.
The average exports OF manufactures for the
past twenty years was S31Sl,O0o. Canada Ia
foundland, which, from 4.609: :001 in 1879; fell
to Sl.791.000 last year. Trade with the West
Indies was less last year than in 1878. Ontario
imported from Great Britain goods to the
value Of sl4, ,542, ,9S2. and from the United
the United States tl5, 444. 7SS, and from Great
Britain $l9,26S,9l5, The exports to Great
Britain and the United States In 1889 from the