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The sun., 1890-02-21
A LAUNDERING BIO SCHEME
The Peoples Rapid Transit Company Pro-
poses to Buy Its Way.

The application OF the Peoples Rapid
Transit Company for the appointment Of COM
mssioncrs to condemn property. was made
yesterday to Justice Patterson in the supreme
Court At tho opening Assistant CORPORATION
Counsel Dean requested that the city he eN-
cluded from the proceeding, saying that ms it
affected only private property the city was not
interested. If the city continued to he party
the circumstance might lie construed as bar
to any further objection that might be brought
on ts behalf. The city was excused.
Albert Stickney outlined the comnanys
scheme to build Il four-track railroad on Via
duct from the Ea;tery to Spuyten Duyvil.
thence on high ground to Tarrytown. with II
line, it is proposes. shnll be built upon private
property. which the company ClHi in!S The right
to HcGnirS nndrr the Gen1Iai &c haiIT2a4 aet; .,o
enterprise, and said 1t WAS simply question
oiengineering. he rapid transit problem hnd
COMPANY stood ready to provide needed facili-
ties. and had taken the usual rellminary
rapid transit were desired, The elevated roads
now in existence were wholly inadequate to
acSommodate tpGitic and tnSiG m Hngnes ts were
tracks run trains at rate.of speed approach
Ing fifty miles an hour o,
tain property owners. opposed the application,
saving that 1t was irreGulqr and without sTg3 Tlo
was enacted at a timo when elevated transit
was unthGuGht Of md the irGmers OF that act
had not tho slightest conception OF elevated
roads in cities The proposal of the company
TO do a general real estate business in five and
six story buildings, which should he erected
between the tracks and the surface. the speak
er contended. was fatal to it's claim OF eminent
domain under til act OF 1880: That act gave
railroads the right TO acquire property only
for railroad purposes,
Justice Patterson observed that the question
was one OF grave importar ce. and he ask cd for
briefs. TO be. submitted on March l. lie said
that he would attempt to decide the question
by the latter end Of the month.
The sun., 1890-02-21
"INCREASE AND 8rULTIPLK."
The Patrinrchnl Family Bill or Premier
Merci-r for Regulating Quebec.

OTTAWA, Feb. 2O.-The hill OF the Quebec
LEGISLATURE to grant 100 acres Of land TO farm
ers having twelve living children Is creating
considerable comment throughout the prov
ince and every one il Ggur!ng up in the glorious
expectation Of claiming the rich prize offered
and bonus given for proliicness. Louis XIV.
louis the Great offered rremium on fam
lilies OF ten and twelve children, and. following
his good example. Premier MERCER proposed
the measure. which was adopted by the Quebec
Legislature. The efr"ct Up, the community,
ly to encourngr domestic habits hut 10 enRen-
dor and cement feeling Of Iaterpal regard
between the two noble races Of which tho pop
ulation is COMPOSED. Several applications have
alrcndy been made. one in particular which
and intelligent industry Mr. Leon Phenses
0f ST. Isidore was the applicant: He Is only 3S
old, and has twelve childrcn He started with
out capital. and has now IL farm worth $4,000
The sun., 1890-02-21
DTsGUsTED WITH HARRISON
Indiana Republican Editors have Ne Far
tIcular Use for Him.

INDIANAPOLIS, Feb. 20.--The Republican
State Editorial Convention met hero to-day
All the undercurrent was anti- Harrison. That
element rnn the entire concern. and the few
pronounced Harrison men IN the Convention
did not know 1t until too late to counteract its
effect. Gen. Packard wns elected Chairman
simply because he Is all broke up over the dis
appointment OF missing the Revenue Collector
ship OF his district. He has been very sore.
and this was intended direct slap at tho
Administration. as explained by member OF
the Convention, who said: " You have no idea
OF the force Of sentiment against Harrison,
He could not to- day carry Indiana for anything.
He Is completely played out. he has gone BACK
on many Of his best trionds. because he is AFRAID
OF the criticisms that may follow i he gives
them anything. One man in this Convention
to-day has two or three letters now In his
pocket from Harrison. written him on occa-
sons when tho editor had done him ,pro-
nouncod favors. thanking HIM and telling him,
when tho tmr came. he should DO remembered
with something substantial And now the time
has come and that man cannot get Harrison
TO do thing for him.
The Committee on Resolutions Ia being la
bored with tonight to endorse the Administra-
tion. or at least say something complimentary
OF Harrison. This was not done dur ng the
day session. and the effort Is being made TO do
It after the addresses now In progress have
been finished,
The sun., 1890-02-21
THEIR MAJESTIAs CONFER.
Guardians of the State. whose Eyes No
Even n Janitor May Escape.

Guardians of the State. whose Eyes Not
Even JaAitor May Escape.
Tho State Bonrd of Civil Service Commits
sloners met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yester
day and did two or three things.
1t laid over communications from the Super
intendent OF Insurance and the State Comp
troller asking that certain clerks. who must be
experts and responsible men and ought to be
selected by the heads OF tho departments. be
takon out Of the competitive list
1t informed Henry Alexander, stenographer
TO the Board OF Coroners, that it could not help
him got his salary. The Comptro!lcr won pay
the salary because he IL not certltlcated.
1t refused request from Civil Justice Peter
Mitchell samson Lachman. John Jetolonan,
and Joseph Z. fallon that Janitors be exempted
from civil service examination.
The Board adjourned until a week from next
Wednesday, when 1t Is proposed TO make an
oficial and advisory visit 70 The city Board 10
and give suggestions This will be the llrst OF
q series OF similar visits TO be made TO al the
principal cities IN the State The Commis-
sioners are President 4. c, Eustnce Of ,Emira,
W. L. Porte. and John A. sleicher. q. l.. Angel
ia Secretary,
The sun., 1890-02-21
I.it Rlnn on Roth sIdess

Emigration Commissioner Stephenson says
that as the Government will cease April IL TO pay
the state for the mAinLenauco OF tho immigrants on
Wards Island and as tho Commissioners haven't any
money, the Immigrants viii be turned over TO the Col
ector IN a body on that day Mr. Stephenson says ne
will head procession down RroAdWAy composed OF all
the sick immigrants who able 10 walk aud will Ie Ad
them TO tho Custom House Those who cannot walk
Will bo carried on HretchsrL Among tho 2uS unfOrtu
mates are Y insane men, II women and 10 hAbisE,
All Of the lOt employees NJ tho Board OF Emigration at
wards Island aud AStle Garden VIII bO dSc red by
the Commiss0nerS on April ~ They drew $1,000
clAres that Government merely trying blnn tho
city into giving up Castle Garden ls says Il Ia i'm.
possible for the Government 10 get BedloWs Island
ready TO receive and distribute Immigrants before sig
monthR
The sun., 1890-02-21
Blair's Blast Against the Press.

Mr. HENRY w. BLAIR, @ Senator OF the
United States from New Hampshire, Gotin
a condition Of anger in the Senate chamber
on Wednesday, during which what sense he
has was badly shattered Mr.. BLAIR is the
author and the persistent and wearisome ad-
vocate of the measure known as BLAIRs
Education BILL which has been before Con-
xress for many years. 1t provides for a
vast expenditure OF the public moneys OF the
United States for the benefit OF schools in
the South, and is exceedingly Objectionable
not only in principle. but on account OF Its
probable effects. MIR. BLA1R's long con-
tinued and unsuccessful efforts to have 1t
made law have apparently greatly embit-
tered his spirit, and he vented his rage on
Wednesday In a fierce oratorical attack upon
tho American press generally.
Senator BLAIR finds fault with the news
papers OF the United States because they do
not print his speeches. He has been talking
in the Senate great deal lately on the pro-
visions OF his Education bill, much Of the
time to many empty seats on the floor. His
few brief remarks on the subject fill sixty
seven pages OF the Congressional Record.
which is the official printed report Of the
proceedings of Congress-. Very little of this
material has found Its way into the public
Journals OF the day. 81 have noticed In the
press of this country" said Mr.. BLAIR, tho
report OF scarcely single fact that has been
put In hero during the three or four days
that have laid this most startling matter
before the Senate. One would think that the
press Of this country was under bonds to
keep silent or to spread falSehood. Certainly
It does both with reference to this bill" And
warming up as he went on. the New Hamp-
shire Senator proceeded with his further In
dictment of the newspapers as follows:
Mr. President that this fAithlesSnsss Oh the
part of the American press indicates corruption and
danger to the people this country OF the deepest dye
and believe day AS stand here In my place In tie
BSnAte. that the corruption fraud Anc miScrsAncy
thar are Characteristic OF the American press be-
token OF more danger and ruin to American nSttu
tions any other thing that can 10 designated
IbsieVe that in league corrupt league largely
70 prevent the consideration the spread OF the fActl
which give TO the that the people OF this cOun
try may nformed and am not without evidence tG
Justify my belief that there are agencies In tina country
ct the bottom OF tho fell and Internal work"
II Mr.. BLAIR knows of any sort OF Con
Rresslonal writ OF mandamus or other meth
cd OF compulsion which will induce the
newspapers to print stupid speeches
whether made at Washington or elsewhere
he had better take out . patent for tho proc
Oss and put tho method into practical op
Grafton at once. There Is no other way II
which he can get his WeArisome arguments
and platitudeS relating to his Education bill
laid before the country In the newspapers
There is one fundamental principle In thu
Oondu6G OF . Newspaper which 10 generally
OAO0rVSd throughout the land, and that Il
The sun., 1890-02-21
nsr Gown VIII weigh Three Ounces.

About the wear 100 fair young bride In
the village now known rs New Haven wore
dainty costume OF white. The gown was cut
low in the neck and was sleeveless. The dres:
about three ounces 1t has been handed down
from generation to generation, until Il has at
last come into the possession OF 2 panbury
lady. who will wear 1t at the Red Mon s mas
querade. The dress is remarkably well pre-
served and is extremely valuable, both from
which II is covered. The design of the trim
ming is prettily worked In the coarse linen
thread so common in those days.
The sun., 1890-02-21
Their Island Submerged.


FT0Na M MO OTlTuNs IimesN>H07TUF
MOBILE, Feb. 1G.--.A letter was received
this afternoon from Louis Turner OF this city
swept over Sand lsland on tho 18th instant.
Turner. with ,joseph Allen and John Rodgers.
beach on the west end OF tho island. when
about 2 o'clock the wind shifted to due east:
the waters OF Mobile Bay and the Gulf OF
the island was Ave feet under water. They
were driven from one hill to another. and ut
the ground. TO which they olung until the
pca ubSdal
The sun., 1890-02-21
rat,, and tho l1.u,ous Cona,et.

DENVER Feb. 2O-Managcr Hanna OF tho
Metropolitan Theatre has had his hands full
for the last few days. fome months ago Han
Ions "Fantasma" was booked for @ weeks
engagement commencing next Monday. The
house was then under different management
On assuming control Mr. Hanna ignored a
number OF old contracts; and for next week
booked Adelinn Patti o The advance e sales have
people insist on holding the boards next week.
and as both sides are firm the outcome is
awaited with curiosity.
The sun., 1890-02-21
Taken Tor Granted.

Clara Van Strickland what did papa sayr
Alfred sslers sishinE)-he said. what Your Why.
I'll boot you down stAirs before III letyou marry my
dAughterW
Clara Van srssk (prActIcAN-And' OF course yen let
him-And now Am yours, Atty
The sun., 1890-02-21
No Longer Big CAleror the waywHyAudas.

Sheriff Flack. who has been President OF the
waywAyAndA Club for several years. refused TO run
again oce the annual election OF the club
Wednesday night and A, L AshmAn WAS elected, Tho
other officers are: Vice Presdonth Edward kearney
Martin \. Brown and James Mooney, Ie"nrsr
tees, A. l. AshmHn Edward KeArney, Martin hrorn
James J. Mooney George Jerreya Joseph ureyfus
names A. Flack' Conrad Jordan. Richard Hunt
Victor f.. RoumARO Frederick l.. Loud And Frederick
DpDsmku
The sun., 1890-02-21
The Mayor wouldn't slEn.

A warrant on the City Chamberlain for $500
In payment tho services OF sIAS'tSnt District A.
toruey Henry Allen In the FlAck divorce proceedings
fSied TO pass through the MAyors ooe yo9tsrdy The
voucher beArN the Signature OF District Attorney Eel
lows but Mayor Grant said he wanted TO make An in
vsStiGAtiOn before the money was paid eer.ne ate
from Dol PslIoWsB chief clerk htAtoA lhAt MI Aliens
nnr XLcaa oonniaIed Of naull Atonl.
The sun., 1890-02-21
They win soon Grow Pat.

The New Jersey mosquitoes have appeared
unSsAsOnAbly baI very plsntsOOsly In many pArl Of
HsssE And Bsss,n eSuAtsS Ihsy are S5SSSSa1inssy
q IoSSSS O1QaIo Screens ALREADY IN their pAeSA
The sun., 1890-02-21
Col. Fellows Goes to Hot sprIuss. Too.

District Attorney Fellows went TO the Hot
SPRING. Ark, Yesterday. for short VAcStion lie Gp
Peiqt9d AsSst4nI DtStret Attorney Bedford Acting DL
ttot AtoTnOy before ha dspaTtuEa inINSSlSF HVEnSa
10 o. H0t BDrngS on 1ix weeks leave.
The sun., 1890-02-21
Il. was the Biggest rL,uE There.

Hines-I read an interesting article In the
Matchiess Soap aud Cod Liver OIL Magazine ELL
skittles-ln the what You're Joking
Bine0-Well ! couldn't md any other name on II
The sun., 1890-02-21
Activity in PLIlAdelphls.

Prom n, philadelphia Record
The wooden Indian is disappearing
The sun., 1890-02-21

An enthusiastic follower OF bIlards remarked yeS-
terdRy that eBer had tho roT nerve OF some OF the
other players he would make very good showing At
the tail end Of tho tournament
''He plays q good game" the amateur remarked.
but he is apt to getratted, sd when man gets rat
tied in billiards his chances lropin fashion that ro-
calls tho perpendicular Achievements or tho late Ia
mented McGinty. Billiards one OF the greatest games
in tho world and 1t mIhty good thing that public
attention Ia again being cled TO the crack players by
championship tournAmdL There are number OF
good men coming up Gyong the crack players and tho
that they get chance to show what they arc
made of the better It vii be for tho itself Ives
who IN almost boy years is ono OF tho best PLAYERS
in the country and vop,e will watch his work, a. well
a. that OF tho oths young Westerner Cation with
good deal OF luteref'
A traveller OF sQnn renown recently bought place
out In Jersey andSeted down to the serious work OF
writing book. He claims now that hh time Is AL oo
pied in observif Jersey people
They are aRntirey different from New Yorkera"
he said as ~ spaniards from the natives OF Ice
land They ever stand up straight and they to
babies in pshion that is startling. Every railroad car
In New Jerey consists OF six teuths babies in arms and
three TENTS boys in breecheH Tho last tenth IL
made up adult humanity. There Is Yo ling EQueAlinE,
and yelpg all along the limo OF the railroads between
New Yok and Philadelphia. do not know why poo.
pe y on Jersey except that II is that they cannot help
It One man goes cut there the entire heA!ihfulness
ana uFOHNentiOnAly OF lIo FORM an ATTRACTION tnAl ~
mpoSi0e to resist Nobody ever bothers to stand up
strAiat wear good clothes shave more than once
Wsekout in Jersey II fhs did lie won!d be held up 70
the trIIon aud contempt of his ueighbors"
Some OF Ihe old rookeres that still disgrace tho New
Yoh streets watched warily by tile officials Q; tho
Fin Department IL Is curious thing that these old
houses ana ihaLtes allowed To stand % long and
crowd so close to magnificent new buildings for they
Of menace and danger in every way. There
oftumbedown old houses and huts at the south
east corne Of Fifty seventh street and Broad which,
At the tou6h OF match would form mighty blaze Eight
nine Of the old buidnKr with their roofs soak with
tar and tie unnberS dried by the nestled among
threo OF Tho moat expensive and pretenous apartment
houses IL tho city. ere would threaten millions OF
dollars Worth OF property with danger. to say nothing
OF the risk human life There Is no excuse for the
presence Of these buildings since the land is nearly Al
ways owned By people Of wealth ThSy exact
very seed from the tenants though the hHS DSS
OSatSasA nAsrGSlS 0p1sGESROA
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SNOW AND SLEET.
Heavy Storms ali Over The
United States.
Poor Prospects for q IL Crop on the
Hudson nIeP.


PIrrsBrRe, Pa, Feb. THE worst
storm in years has been raging throughout
western PeDnsylvanis since noon today.
Snow. hail, rain and wind have been play
ing havoc In this city 90 dam.ge vas
ione by wind, but the snov and slush
bloekaded the streets and stopped street car
traffic, telegraph and telephone ling, break
ing under the heavy weigh, Of tee. la the
mountains the storm il raging With terrific
fury. Reports are coming in Of serious dam-
age to property.
At Uniontown. Pa. the roof vas blown
oh the Methodist Episcopal chnrch. part
ali. hting on the house of John Broom.
crushing Is TO pieces. The roof of the new
large building lately erected BY the Pennsyl
vania Construction Con pany was also blown
OF. No one seriously hurt he houses Of
Postmaster Baker, James FrAnkenberry and
John Wringer were ievelied to the ground
None Of the coke ~ofks are running south
Of Un;onto~n. The Redstone Coke Cos
ofices at Brownneld are entirely demol
ished. The Warren Glass WORKS 10 q
wreck The roof Of the Luthern chu ch
vas blown of. The loss At Uaioutown will
reach sl0, 600.
In ,his section the lose will reach over
10000 The Catholic church is in dan
serous condition and number Of houses
IN the town are wrecked. AT Dunbar the
K 1ights of Labor Hail vas entirely blown
away. A report from Leisenr,ng says that
all the large shafts Of the II. c. Fnck
Coke Company are down. No fatalities 90
far have been reported in this region.
Dispatches from Johnstown, Tyrone,
and other places, report =
severe wind and snow storm, but no seri-
Gus damage. The snow fall is from 6 TO
10 inches In depth.
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Husinsss 0atiook a. Given by the
Mercantile Agsnciss-

NEW YeRk, Feb. THE Weekly Re-
view of Trade, issued by r. G, Dun 4 Co.
Of the mercsntile agency, says; Rarely ii
happens the situation in business 10 - per-
picking a. nov appears With many
causes Of apprehension removed there 10
still lack Of expected activity. and not
wi'hs'anding the perceptble improvement
here within the past few days, the general
tenor of reports are less encouraging. yet
in every quarter is seen q strong confidence
IN the future Of business and such react on
as appears is generally believed temporary
The monetsy prospect has cezriy i'm
proved.
The build nz trades are more active than
ever before this season. The interior grain
movement is large but with little increase
or some decrease compared with last year
IN important manufactures a. respects the
actual sales since January |. The foreign
trade Of the country see ms TO shrink . little,
a. natural after the enormous movement
of last year The exports snd imports 1T
New York both show some decline in com
parison with year ago, the returns ~ usual
including no spscie but merchan iise ooly
The business failures of the last seven
.ays, as reported to the Dun & Russell
agencies, number for the United states
2to; corresponding week last year. 273 IN
the Coited states. The failures reported
to BrAds reefs are declining in number. 259
in the United States this week. against 265
this week last year.
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EDUCATIONAL

Bids for the new building for Hebron
Academy we're opened on Saturday at the
ofiice of Stevens & Cobb. architects, Port
land The lowest bidders were John W.
Burroves, carpenter. and Blackstone 4
Smith, masons, oil Of Portland. whose offer
vas SEQ 700. They we're awarded the con-
tract. and work will commence st once.
The citizens Of South Berwick are al
ready taking the preliminary steps for the
celebration of the completion Of the first
century's existence of Berwick Academy,
which will occur the coming year, and
promises to be the most notable event
known in the history of that town. I,
sill be participated in by large numbers
of the alumni no. livif in nesfly all the
States of the Union. This institution vaa
incorporated by the Massachu.etts Lesisla-
,ure, March IL, 1871, and he act Of incor-
porafion bears the signature Of the disdns.
uished patriot of be Revolutionary period
John Hancock, Governor Of that Common
wealth.
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Knights Of Labor ". New England
Cutters Union.

HAvERHILL, FEB. 7-Chsrles A. Max.
we'll, President Of the New England Shoe
Cutters Union. today accepted . situation
as cutter in W. W. Spaulding's shoe manu-
ia tory, there by giving onense to Knights
OF Labor cutters. This 10 the beginning of
. conflict between the two organizations.
Maxwell claims hs has not violated any
rules of tn Cutters Union in taking ths
place Of the striking cutter and Knights Of
Laoor cutters claim he has.
Maxwell has been acting as evening
clerk for Quimby { Whittier, dealers 10
gents furnishing goods. from which pos
ition he was discharged, it is said, by re-
quest of X. of l. officials The X. of l.
cutters are using all possible means to pre-
vent Spaulding from obtaining men to take
the places Of the strikers, but he 10 gaining
ground and will probably secure a full
com plement in the near future, at SIG per
week, 81 per week less than the price de-
manded by the X. Of l.. cutters. He had
l5 cutters at work today and expects 10
more tomorrow. The result of this contest
will decide the price for cutting in all the
factories in town.
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OVER THE STALE.

The First Congre gationalist church of
Brewer is to be lighted by electricity.
Tbs frs. conference Of the Young Men'-
Christian Association will be held in Cd
townnext Saturday and Sunday. STATE
Secreta-y + A. Lawrence and delega,io; a
from Portland, Bangor and Lewiston viii
probably attend.
The prospective cut of the Cherry field
lumbermen for the p esent season is figure
at / 800 600, which includes 4, 800, ,n0o
peeled heDiock already on tue skiis Iht
total force will be tuo hundred and fort,
men, one hundred and seven horses ano
fifty oxen.
Joseph c. Steadman. Jr., aged 23, en-
ployed as farm hand by Asa kmbsll.
Rocks Village, HsverhiIl, Mass, commit.
ted suicide BY shooting bimself in the hesc
with revolver. He WAS a sober, industri
ous man and no reason can b. obtained for
the act. He belonged in Gniiford, Me.
and was unmarried.
Mr.. Luce. who is connected with Mr..
Sargent in the granite business in Belfast
says his firm wants 800 men. They have q
contract for 900 900 pavings from New
York and want to ship 500 900 a. soon a.
possible. About 81 600 have already been
shipped this winter. fhe firm 10 working
about sixty men at present,