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gaining access to the Sound. ravnging the
towns along its shores, and uNng Its shell
tered winters as base for final operations
against New York and Brooklyn. Connected
with this Is tho defence OF Now London,
which has good site for works, and might
play an important part In the protection OF
the eastern entrance TO the Sound, its do
fensive line running between the mouth OF
the Thames River and Fishers Island.
1t Is certainly reassurng to find that the
Engineer Corps havo very clear ideas OF ex-
actly what Is required for the defcnco OF
New York harbor. and nre confident that
these plans will make tho city impregnable
against a sea attack. Yot with tho greatest
Industry In tho manufacture OF guns and
mortars, both by public factories and by
contract with private works. 1t will takc
years to construct and mount the nec-
essary guns and mOrtars. For 1t must be
remembered that Boston. Philadelphia, Bal
timore. Hampton Roads Washington, Now
Orleans, San Francisco, and other cities ex-
posed to naval attack must have their share
OF the guns and mortars rs they are turned
out; and yet at New York alone there would
be needed for absolute protection, according
to existing plans, eighteen l25.ton gums.
forty 52-ton, twenty 27-ton. and fifteen
13.ton guns. besides 14i 12.inch mortars.
The Billion Con zress should have mado
provision for great part OF this work, but
the Fifty-second will repair some OF tho
neglect OF its predecessor.
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The Louisiana judiciary.

1t has been feared that one result OF tho
massacre OF tho Sciians at New Orleans
last spring would be to intimldate jurors,
and lead them to convict accused persons
against whom there was strong popular
feeling, whether the proof justified such
conviction OF not.
Whatever effect may thus be produced
upon juries In Louisiana. 1t is satisfac actory to
know that the judiciary OF that State shows
no sign OF being influenced to do that which
is weak or wrong by reason Of popular SEN
timent
On Tuesday q man named EDWARD
WHITE was tried In criminal court In New
Orleans for attempting to induce witness
not to testify In the HENNEssEY murder
case. At the conclusion OF the evidence for
tho prosecution, Judge BAKER, the presid-
ing Justice. declared that the State had not
proved enough to sustain con?iction.
The only evidence against the defendant
was that of the prosecuting witness,
and his testimony and reputation were
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A FarcicaI District Attorney.

The result OF the trial OF the New Haven
Railroad directors yesterday will surprise
nobody possessed OF ordinary common
sense. As Judge VAN BBuNr pithily told
The Jury, no man can vicafiously commit n
crime; and the Judges perenptory order
for tho acquittal Of all the defendants ex-
cept the one who might m -sibly have par
ticipnted actively in violating the law, but
who wns afterward acquitted by the decision
OF the jury itself, was just what ought to
have been expected.
Tho criminal really condemned by the
Court Is District Attorney NICoLL. He
stands convicted either Of ignorance of the
law, or OF dcmagogcal effort to gain
notoriety ut the expense OF Justice. He has
put number Of innocent men TO great ex-
pensc and annoyance merely to mako peo.
pic believe him Jealous champion OF the
public interests. 1t is not possible that he
Is SO great fool as not to have foreseen the
result OF his farcical proceedings; we must
therefore conclude that he is insinccrc and
dishonest
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FACTS hBoUr THIS cTTT.


The population OF this city Increases at the
rae OF 40 per cent every ten years. and the
voting POPULATION OF tho city increases at the
rate OF 80 per cent every ton years. The dif-
ference between the two represents the influx
OF new citizens made such by naturalization.
No other city OF similar sizo and i'm portnnce in
any country shows steadily n greater ratio OF
increase fn citizens over Inhabitants. In 1865
there were $4,000 more naturalized than native
voters In this city in 1875 there were 60 600:
In 1885 there wero 72.0O0. The population o;
tho city. which was 042 292 in 1870. reached
l,2O6,577 In 1880. and 1.710,7l5 In 1890. II has
Increased over 80 per cont. In twenty years In
'he same period tho number OF voters has in
creased over 100 per cent.
The two chicf sources of inc ease In the pop
niation OF large city are: Firs.. the excess OF
The birth rate over the d. nth rato-never con-
siderable where the population ia compnc ed |;
and second. emigration from abroad. or from
Tho surrounding territory. In tho case OF New
York hero is no appreciable increase from the
country distrlcts what IL gained from this
source hcinE more than Offset by tho losses
to the Western States and to the vicinity
Brooklyn. Jersey City. Wes,chester. and Long
Island. From anv excess Of birth ratio
there IA no gan whatoyer those given below
being the figures for the pas, ten years. As
Will be seen. they show steady and substun.
tiai imp ovement OF sanitary conditions
moro births and fcwer deaths TO the whole
population per C()O.
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HIS Ealn Machine Needs u Brake.


SPRINGFIELD. O.. June ~ -Cant0n aud no thsrn c.r
trail ho were visited Friday niyht ly tho most d,,a.
trous storm ever known thers The metcorooRic Al
bureau observer sates that the rainfall in one hours
time MAS ov'r three inches Hundreds OF cclars and
hasemenisof of business blocks were filed with wat.,
portion OF tho manufacturing district was iuund
and fly ~hee . In mSny shops worked In water
Frank Melbourne, an Australian, who has made ,bi.
place h"me claims tho credit OF bringing the a.
Melbourne Is the brother Of prominent citizen aud ia
hero for The purpose Of carrying on esp-rimen
with a machine which hs says he has cat.
snted. to bring rain whenever desired lie has
been hors over = month. aud - strange coin.
cid nee Ia that ever since he pretended 10
his experiments heavy rain has fallen on sn average Of
once . day The rains have been uccompsned nv
severe electric ! disturbance. much damage having
been done and several fatal cnses have been renor,
IN this vicinity. Mr. Melbourne not only states th,, h
brought tho ,torm. but that II no had shut off M,
machine one day earlier the disaster would not hy.
happened.
lie claims tina. shortly sftcr his arrival hers IN,
Weather bureau at Kansas iei-graphed Washing ON
that crops were dying Tor want OF rain Two day.
after he sayA brought rain In Kansas That was on
May 10 Tho was three inches He announce, tina,
he can cause rain to fall In area Of $50 square mo.
All EFFORT to learn the exact OF his invention h..
proven futils.
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THEIR CHOICE DEEExDEn
The Womnu'ss Memorial Fund VIII Not
Give Up its Typical PhiIanthropIst.

Tho Womnn's' Memorial Fund VIII Not
Give Up Its Typical Phiianthropist.
The Woman's Memorial Fund which has for
its object the completion Of two pieces OF
sculpture to honor woman as tho philanthro-
mist and woman rs the reformer. which will bO
shown at tho Worlds Fair. announces that
Mrs Elizabeth Thompson's health will not
permit her to act as President An election Of
officers will be held on the FIRST Monday In No.
vember.
The organization comes out with this card
to the public in which is quoted Mrs. Thomp.
sons letter accepting the Presidency. In 70.
ard to tue opposition which the Schuyler fam.
ily has shown 10 the selection OF q typ cal
woman philanthropist. tue committees card
says;
and 1t became known that we he'd selected
Mary M. Hamilton rs our tyne OF an American
phiianthrOpist. we have learned that q stepson
Of the late Mary N. Hamilton-Schuyler is not
in accord with our enterprise. We look upon
our work not as e family. but as Q public
affair As far as Mary nj. Ha, ,iiton's phil
n;hroptc work was concerned. she was pub
JIG character and belonged to the nation. In
honoring her We mean to honor the highest
type OF womanhOod. and therefore We asked
for contributions from American women. None
OF those eugaged IN our work have entered
into it from selfish motives, and any slnrs
Of impure minds must react only on those who
try to poison the public mind against u.s."
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Fam The Chicago Tribune
mo matter what either party does about silver thu
Democrats Will not carry state OF the Mississippi
River at tn, next national election" Tn rom Col
William b Morrison OF Illinois who has been Demo.
cra ever snce he old enough 10 think OF politics
and whore friends are stirring rather pro
Presidential boom TOR him lie just returned from
10 the racihc coast with the Interstate Com.
merco Commission. o which he Is acting Chairman
lie IN stopping at the Amer House. Here ,ofor. he has
declined to talk politics. claiming that his duties on the
commission kept hun 40 busy leave him no limo
TO devote tn any Other sublcc but yesterday lie Ell
freely about the probabilities in lSga
81 do not agree with He,ry Watterson when no ,ays
that tae Republican party VIII carry only four States
during the next cnmrat m" continued 60. Morrison
Neither does Col Morrison agree with tho Star cred
Goddess "f Kentucky that the Democratic party can
get along without New York and Q .uccess.uL
New York will dictate at the next convention tho
Republican as well AS Tho Democrats nomination"
said inc Co'ono' "Ani nomination will not be made
unless the Empire State iavors IT,"
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The Twentieth Century Bows.

Last sunday the baccaiaurcate sermons.
or sermons to the graduating classes. were
delivered In many colleges by ccrgymen Of
distinction. The keynote of them all was
that as these young bachelors arc to le
men OF the twentieth century. they will bo
called upon to grapplo with social and relig-
ious problems OF tremendous Importance
to mankind.
Something like that has always been said
by the baccalaureate preachers, whose OBJ
ject is to stimulate tho young men to strenu-
GUS effort to make tho most OF what they
have learned at college; but this year tho
cxhortation was more than ever solemn,
Bishop POTTER at Trinity. Bishop HUNTING
TON at Amherst. Pre- sident DWIGHT at Yale
President SEELYE at Smith. President BART
LETT at Dartmouth, and President CARTER
ut Williams united in describing this as a
time Of social and religious cha nges revolu.
tionary in their character. Every science.
every philosophy, every theology" said the
Rev. DR.. GCLLIvER at Phillips Academy.
lis to enter tho twentieth century regener-
ated and reconstructed"
Undoubtedly the young men who are now
coming out OF college are entering upon
their careers ut very interesting period.
They are fortunate in their generation.
The next century may not surpass the
present in the mechanical and engineering
trumphs that separate this era broadly
from all tho past. but 1t will have at Its
command tho whole treasury OF invention
which has been gathered during the last
fifty years, and Its progress will be facll-
tated by the clearing Of the path to ad-
vancement which has been accomplished
by the intellectual struggle and scientific
achievement OF this generation. It will have
a more unobstructed field In which to work.
1t can go ahead with fewer restraints upon
its liberty OF thought and freedom OF initi.
ativc. 1t has only to follow the signboards
erected by this generation to get far In ad-
vance OF us.
Therefore the college preachers had no
reason for the gloomy tone which marked
the addresses OF so many OF them. as II the
educated young men Of this day were living
In time OF moral and intellectual peril, In
stead Of a period SO glorious In its opportu-
mites. They start out In life much better
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Tho Alliance in tho Ohio Legislature.

= In an Interview printed in tho Ne,o York
Times Governor JAMES L. CAMPBELL OF Ohio
makes this remarkable assertion about the
bly, to be elected next FALL:
"fhat body will contain enough Of both Democrats
and Republicans elected SUCH but who are stanch
members Of the Farmers Alliance to prevent any
iesisAton supposed be against tho interests OF the
farmers and to prevent the election Of the
United states Senate who 10 stas'sf to that ole
mont Understand me. tho Alliance itself viii not
elect any person TO the General Assembly. pcrhap.
bot number OF the counties will send tave
equally dis,rbuted between the two great partes who
active members Of tho Alliance and who will
submit to any caucus decree which looks TO the cleo.
tion Of Senator suppossd to bs antaeonic to their
iatsrssa This applies with equal imparaity to both
partiea in my Judgment
II Governor CAMPBELL Is not mistaken,
both parties In Ohio Will occupy an undig-
nified position in the election OF Senator In
Congress to succeed Mr.. SHERMAN. They
will have intrusted to third body not Or
ganized as political party, and not repre-
sentcd by name in the Legislature. tho
power OF vetoing the nomination made by
the party caucuses. Whether the Legisla-
ture is Republican or Democratic, the Sena-
tor elected will have to be approved by the
Alliance Republicans and the Alliance DEM
ocrats. Both parties will be fettered In
their choice. and the victory will belong to
neither. but to the Alliance.
We don't know or care how many votes
the Alliance can contribute to Democratic
or Republican candidates in the Ohio Legis-
lative districts. A support which imposes
conditions SO humiliatng will be clearly
bought. II the Alliance can elect represen-
tatives, 1t has tho privilege OF doing so. but
an Alliance Republican Is not Republican
nor Is an Alliance Democrat Democrat II
he postpones the wishes and the interests
OF the Republican party or OF the Demo-
cratic party to those of the Alliance.
The Ohio Alliance scheme is great
scheme for the Alliance. but a dangerous one
for the genuine Democrats nnd Republicans.
The principles and the purposes OF the Al
Msnce are not and cannot be those OF the Re-
publicans or the Democrats.
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Tho dcsnatch from Bombay on Monday
night aun"unc;n. that Tho, monsoon has
burt was a of good rews 10 the people Of
India. whether or rot any body else unie. stood
1t. The farmers "f western India ha>e bern
] okins with ANXIETY for IL month for the i!a-
10 mons,o as tho SUE cess of this years
'r"ps in II large area del,.nus upon tie al
rival OF The rains which tue, southwest mon
soon aiwnvs br ngs. 1t was nnnounced last
week that whcnt shirmentg from India ha
been largely suspended on ncconnt Of lie feur
that all the wheat would be needed at homo.
But tho mon -oon Las IursA" ut last, and In
dian harves's will q; obabk 10 prolific
EeirncEe' CONS iro ,,ieinly from Oriental
countries without any exrianntory matter to
show their importance. The famous d., n ten
from India. Ito Ahkoond af Swnt is dead"
excited much hilari,y among newspaper hui
morists Few years RGp Poem were written
in his honor by poets who never heard of him
before. and shot wide OF the mark in their
comments up"n the lame.uet Ahkoond. A
good many Ensshmen howavpr. 10 DICED
when they hoard tho news fer the Ahkoond Ct
Swat was at the hoad Of ihe,reli:ious word OF
Afghanistan and tho fact that he had euor-
nous influence and wns ~ tnveterate ha err OF
the English rnce mada him a,thnrh in the flesh
OF all English enterprises in that rart OF the
world. There was plenty of news in tho one
line item for all who understood It
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Mrs. MARY FREEMAN. the wife o, respect.

Mrs. MARY FREEMAN. the wife OF respect
ab!e workinCman OF this city. is dead as the
result Of her barbarous treatment By certain
hospital physicians The woman wns jolted to
dea'h Ivy being transferroi Rom one hospital
to another when she was in most dangerous
condition. and when there was no necessity for
her removal. The affair is an instance OF the
abuse agninstwhich the AL nthbrlties 81 Bellevue
havo 30 long complained that their hosnital
is made n dumping ground by the other public
hospitals in tho city Tor patients whose condi-
tton is deemed precarious: although in this
particular cnse the Superintendent OF the
hospital in which Mrs. FREEMAN was originally
placed says that her unnecessary removal was
ordered by certain young doctor out OF suite
r his supporters. The Coroner in whose off,
ttal routine lies tho task Of Investigating MARY
FREEMAN's death is Louis W. SCHuLrzE.
There Is altogether too much tnrelessness
in this treatment Of poor people BIZ young doc
tors in hospitals.
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Not an Improbable Story.

From the Chicnoo Tribune
whats the matter old manr he said a. they met
the morning after You look blue"
feel blue"
"But last night you tho toiest me smbsr Of til,
party"
II felt jolly"
"You nctsd lik boy Just let ont Of school,"
II felt like one"
foh aad your wife ad gone away for The nr,t Tina
In three years and there wasn't any to say w.ra
II you went home and kicked over tie nAntsi clock"
~ remember It"
You SAID that you stayed nnril O'Clock ihsrs
was no one to look at You is,roachuly and ,i, ana
make you feel mean"
Yea aud lstAysd out until O'Clock didntIr'
-you certainly did"
"And Tavsa an Indian war whoop on the door,t.p"
"is. aud you sang verse from . comic op.r. .anv
and you tried 10 dance clog"
"And my vile had missed the train. Nov 70 .v.x
and isAvs me- IwAat 70 kick myself q lttls NOR. NJ,
mos taking the prseAuton TO get an Adaytt from ths
conductor that abe went with the trAia."
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POLICE CO. COOPERATION Al sars
A Rule Intended TO Cover tho P,s.,h,.
Necessity OF stopping TraIei.

Necessity OF stopping Trsei
Tho Police Board met yesterday art aor,.s
| this rule. intended TO secure coopeiti,n h.-
tween the police and the nremen Mt lis
1T shall o the duty OF all officers Id man
OF tho Police Department to coapere win
the officers and men of tho Fire Depkmcnt
for the protection OF lile and property l,rss
III 1t shall appear at any time to thekncer
in command OF the police force at \nrs
or II he shall be notified by the off1k in
command OF the forces OF the FirdDs.
partment that by reason Of danger froAn
safe or falling walls. spread OF fire. explosAs.
or from any other cause. II Ia necessarykt
travel through any "f = ,iree,s adjaeeAp
to avert such danger. ~
In carrying out tbis rule care must be tak\
business interests in public travel nnd tram
shnl not he interiere'I with aud obstructed an !
hnp Mashssn snSy n Ss NEGATIVE
cory OF the rule was sent to the Fire board.
Four patrolmen were reported ne being per.
squad Com missioner Martin recommended
nson e. Bfs Ss he
members Of the Board BY. saving: - won {
SSa er ihs 81 Board tho
A discus sion followed and tho Commission.
Rtaiement OF tho Board oi Surgeons that Q
man wns disabled should be forthcoming. .lt
was deci led that hereafter report should be
submit ell giving oil the circumstances OF the
man illness and the causes that lod to his be-
coming physically disabled. Tho cases OF the
four pRtrolmen wei Q laid over.
Policeman Florence j. Sullivan Of tho patrol
boat who had BILE with Roundsman Egan
In front Of the Terrace Garden last winter, was
fined seven days pav.
pension: Maurice Finn of the Broadway
suund; Miles keon. Union Market: John Glen.
Michael Rooney. Third District Court, and
Michael rennan. East 126th street.
Observation-Disclosures, John. Fielding OF the
station Patrolman Mullin from Union Market
TO Mulberry street
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OHIO DEMOCRATS.
They will Hold Their State Convention n
Cleveland-Campbell to be Rsaamed.

Xney Will 1hOIG Ine1r state Convention IN
Cleveland-CampbeN to bo Renamed.
COLUMBUS. June 24.-The Democratic State
Central Committee this evening fixed Tues.
day and Wednesday. July IA and Is. 40 tho
lime for holding the Democratic State Con-
vention. and Cleveland rs the place The Camp
hell men on the committee were in favor Of
giving one delegate for every 500 votes cast for
Cromley tDemocrat) for Secretary Of State last
year. while the Neal men on the committee
wanted the apportionment made on Camp
bells vote Q, 1889. 70 that they could get
Of lIfty-nfne The Campbell mSh won. how.
ever. and AN apportionment on the vote Of 1890
was ml ie
The Convention promises to b the storm!est
CampheIl will get the denomination for Gov.
ernor two to one; Clnctnnati has already
have HAY, fltty:niue votes only: Allen ": Thurman
Hon. Thomas J. Cogan, OF Cincinnati secre-
tnry. Both are Campbell men.
sneech presenting Coy. Campbell for re-
rheumatism" will allow him to do so.
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Big Gun. for Coa.. Defence.

WAsHINGToS. Juno 24.-Acting Secretary
Grant has Just approved the recommend ations
made by the Fertilization Board at its recent
meeting in New York. The most important
reconpendation which is approved 10 that tho
Chief OF Ordnance be authorized to construct
some OF the new tweire.inch rities OF forty cal.
ibres length. The ext eme length OF these
heavy guns so far designed In the United
States has been about thirty-six feet. but some
of the Europenn gunmtkers have constructed
guns Of this caibre iiity ieet long. 1t is he
lisred that 'he results 70 attained will Justify
the extension Of our twelve linen guns to o
mendation that the ON eIinirnt be tried has
secured the assent Of tho department.
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"FLOGGIN' DEAD HOSS"
The Present Pastime or the More Progress.
sive Democrats of ~ ovth Carolina.


From the Reid, rtite iauier.
Mr. Clevelands adventurous and over connd mt
Flemish In their Presidential calculation ranno. count
with certainty upon their candidate carrying his own
State This weakness in their favoritv s serious de.
lection. The fa't alone would not only dampen the
nrdor Of Democrats all the country and thereby
lose votes, but the removal OF New Yorks e.ecto al
strength from the Democratic co umn will insure tho
pariys defeat New York is and Will be Tor many
years Indispensable In the result
Why is the President unpopular in hts native state
The reasons arc well worth asking from every serious
democrat who values party succesa Born and raised
III New York under ordinary circpmsta he ought
I" be able to carry against outsde opponent be-
ing. ns it is naturally Democratic STATE Continued
public service in his should bavs more closely en-
deared him 10 popular sympathy
From the beginning OF his pOical career Il has been
clear that Mr. tlevelands success was mainly due To
causes other than strong hold upon the popular
heart His cold ciamuiy nrespdhsve personality has
not brought him within touch OF the people lIs has
been unfor beteft OF tho broader impu ses Of
humanity which. like touch OF nature intutirely
make the who o word kin As an orator he fai's of
tho inner charms OF personal magnetism. As ,tntes
man his b!unders have rassed into proverba, history
As pubiicst his utttrances have been prolix pia.L
tudes Ills eloquenco is ithoL His humor Is flat and
vaIid. Ills erudition is altogether enoy yclopedc Il
would be difcalt TO nnd among the public of 9th
parties one inflated individuality containing few es
sentia attractions His popularity has OF fetish
worship. He mas ooen n MumD0JumbO before whom
politicians have fallen down In fear Ills isolation and
exclus,yeness from them have iiled tho people more
with awe than admiration. As tribune OF the people
ready At AMI all times to inspire his 70 lowers with
the enthusiasm OF which success 10 born. Mr. Cleveland
Is and always will bo \ lamentabls failure. 80,
Cleveland cannot carry his own state. He has been
defeated. lie lAckst he quAtes ot leader lis nom
inf on viii be at the protest OF Thousands OF Demo-
cratic rank and le Oar brethren Of tho Farmers Al.
lance have ssr'ed oicAi notice upon that they Will
rot support i'm,
Why then should any far seeing well.wishing Demo.
crat desire to set him up to 10 knocked down, It's
folly.