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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
Drv0CPIcy,S yEW EXCISE nm.

The Excise bill which was introduced on Tues
day Ly a Democrat in Il Democratic Assembly
is Il shameless measure. Il might with entire
p%ropricty be entitled an act 10 2utaS0nlZc pub
lie morality and public progress by providing
for an increased sale If Intoxicating liquors and
the spread Of intcmpcrauCc. II is IN outrageous
attcmDt - serve the saloon interest Al the cX-
pcnsa Of The home to subordinate the general
welfare to that Of 4 ClasS-thc class which docs
50 much to recruit our iailS and pcnitontiarioS
and prisons, and. consequently. to Cypress the
taxpayers. We arc living in an age when pub
lie sentiment demands that the restrictions which
have been placed upon The drink evil shall be
increased rather thar diminished, But this hill
has for its n%ciariouS object 70 deal rational tenn
pcrancc reform u fatal blow by wrccking the
existing Excise laws.
Sec what its leading features are. II viii
permit the sale OF liquor u minors. II will
turn Sunday into a day Of carousing. II will
practicaly abolish the Civil Damage Act. II
will add greatly to the hCurS during which
LIQUOR NAV be sold. II viii prevent the dctcc-
tior Of those who sell liIiOr dining the pro-
hihitcd hourS. The Law - it stands prohibits
the sale of liquor p minors. This bill allows
it 10 be sold to them upon a written order o.!
parents. guardians or employers. The law as
il stands compclS the saloons 10 close on Sun
day. This bill allows them t. be open on sun
day from ! y. IN. until midnight. The law as
il stands Ghc Civil Damage Act gives a right
Of action to those injured in person, property or
means Of support by an intoxicated person
against the saloOnkceperS responsible for the
intoxication. This bill will abrogate such right
of action unless the saloonkeepcrS have received
" notice in writing not 10 sell liquor. The
present law not only keeps the saloons shut on
Sunday, but also. and very properly, from
/ a. N. until ; a. m. on weekdays. This bill, by
providing fer special licenses easy TO be OBJ
tanned, would render it easy for the saloons to
do business twenty -four hours in the day. The
law as it stands renders it difficult for the saloons
10 go undetected by the police if they sell dur
ing the prohibited hours. This bill, by making
it u misdemeanor FOR q policeman or other officer
of the law 70 enter 4 saloon for the purpose %
collecting evidence during the prohibited hours,
turns the salutary prohibition into a farce.
That is the sort of bill which the saloons
expect the Democratic Legislature to pass for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
TWELVE PAGES.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

Foreien.-Gencra da FOnseca has been elected
President of the United States of Brazil. -
Sir Richard Cartwright diSclaims responsibility
for the acts or statements of Mr.. Farrer. 49, Sir
Charles Dixie will run for Parliament. - The
police had a hot fight with evicted coal miners
near Durham, England. - A McCarthyite daily
paper is to he started in Dablin.
Congress.-Both branches in session. - The
Senate: After e~ulOsics by Messrs. German and
Spooner, the Senate adjourned out of respect to
the memory of Senator Wilson. =- The House
The Agricultural Appropriation bill was passed
the report of the Silver Pool Investigating Com
nlittce, finding that no pool existed. was presented.
Doncstic.-W. Barlow Dunlap rep was un-
\ seated in the Assembly at Albany by a party vote ;
u the Assembly Excise Committee has decided to re-
: port Mr.. Hildreths Onc-Day License bill. - Re
ports OF damage by foods on the Pacific Slope aud
In Arizona continu to come in; a tornado blew
down many buildings in Indiana. - Governor
Buckley sent a communication TO Governor I'LL
in regard TO the Pardon case. =- \ Florida
bulldozer was fined 81 900 and costs in q Federal
court. - \ lire If steamers will be put on
shortly between Baltimo., AMI Brazilian ports
- Woman outrage was discussed at TIC
Women's Tiiennial Council in Washington.
CITY and Suburban.-Thc r~esiduary legatecs OF
the Faycrwcather will agreed to give the immense
rsiddary sum in their hands to numerous college,
and charitable Institutions, practically replacing
tho will with another. == Interesting news ol
the revolution in Chill was received. - The
Bennington began her ~sca-trial. - The inquest
in the case of the Fourth-ave. tunnel disaster YVES
continued. - The trustees of the metropolitan
Museum of Art are raising q fund Of 100000 L
purchase casts of famous statuary. = SpecIaI
prizcs awarded at the Dog Show. - \ pDpo
sltion has been made 10 move the University OF
the City of Ncw-York uptown. - Stocks were
active, but considerably lower under free selling
of the Granger shares; ST. Paul and especially
Pacific Mail were exceptions.
The Weather Forecast for to-day Colder. will
a clearing tendency. preceded by clOudiness ana
possibly a little rain. Temperature yesterday
Highest, 81 degrees; lowest, 40; average, SO rs
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
THEATRICAL INCIDENTS.

II is made known that Mr.. w. II. Crane has 40
cepted and will produce a comedy lately written oy
Mr.. Clinton Stuart. This piece is in four acts ana u
presents dramatic pictures OF American life. .
Particular attention Is directed to the series Oh
poetic recitais that Mr.. sidney Woollett VIII begin To-
day. at the Lyceum Theatre. for the bcneht Oh ue
Wilson Industrial School for Girls. Inc cnarm Oh ar'
Woouett's elocutionary and representative art has often
been felt and recognized by this public. whoever
listens once TO Mr.. Woollett wishes to hear him again.
His recitals are a delight when passing and a pleasure
when remembered. The excellent cause for winch ns
la5ors should also be considered. An easy way oi
doing good is placed at the public disposal, ana surely
Il ought 10 be improved.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

The sentence Of two more murdcrcrs to die by
electricity has been affirmed by the Court of APP
meals. It is not encouraging 10 think that this
NAV mean two more series Of appeals to the SUI
p,cmc Court of the United States and prolonged
delay in the execution Of the men. The law 5
delays are coming to have Il meaning that Shakes
pcarc never dreamed Of.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

call himself an "Indocrat." The idea is capable
of various application. The next man VINO
wishes to r~epudiate the old parties may see ut to
term himself an " Indublican,' or a "Demodent'
or an " Indopublican," or u " Democan, or u " Re
PENDENT or any one of several other combinations
that can be made out of the three words. IL Is
casv TO start new partics-of one-in that way.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

handed over to the fool-killer." 1t is interesting
to note that this remark of Mr.. Tyler's is re-
produced in Governor Hills Albany organ. "The
| Times" without a word of dissent. Can it he
that Senator Browns harmony dinner was given
i'm vain?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

"Thc Albany Argus is Il journal whose Democ-
racy will not bc called in question in any in
tclligcnt quarter, but its partisanship is not 50
intense as to induce it to defend the cNtrava-
gance which is charactcrizing the course of the
present Democratic Assembly. For example, il
dcnounccs the pending bill, which was introduced
by a prominent Democratic AsScmblyman, provid
ing for Il State printing Office and appropriating
81 900 to establish it. IL argues that the
measure is radically wrong in principle and
cmincntly unfair to the taxpayers"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

An unfortunate orator, who delivered 200
speeches in Kansas last autumn for the Farmers
Alliance, has been adjudged insane. II is not
known whether it was a lunatic that made the
speeches or the speeches that made a lunatlc.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
SALE OF 4 SlRATOGA HOTEL.

Troy. y. y, Feb. :5.-John J. Wardell has pur.
chased Of Horace Ripley, OF Brooklyn, the Commcr'i~
Hotel, at Saratoga, Of which Wardell has been PRIV
prietOr a pp'Nber Of years.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

Another victim Of tobacco! To wit, a Canadian
woman, aged lOj years, who insisted on taking a
nine 10 bed with her. Shall these dreadful
warnings forever 20 unhcedcd?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

II is a condition-not a theory-that confronts
Governor Hill. lie has only a few days more in
which to determine whether he shall resign tho
Governorship at the time when his term as SEN
ator begins. lie is said to be taking counsel of
his friends and the Democratic leaders of the State
as to the wiscst course for him to pursue under
circumstances that are probably without prec-
edent. Now and then the hint comes from Al
bany that after all he may resign the Senator
ship, or, rather, that he may not accept it, for it
is affirmed that he has not yet been heard to say
TO any one that he would accept it. Naturally
he would like to test public opinion on this ques-
ton just as he did in regard 10 the ACCESSIBILITY
Of his trying for a third term for Governor. His
position is not an cnviable one. How he must
wish that the Presidential nomination were to he
made this year instead OF next. Now he has the
machine thoroughly in hand but who can tell
what one short year may bring forth?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

we have thirty cities in this State, said
Senator Fassctt, in Il recent speech at Rochester.
"and twenty nine are badly governed Now it
is ten 10 one that Buffalo, instead Of allowing
Rochester to appropriate this delicate compliment,
will he sending the Senator a vote Of thanks.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

Lieutcnant-GovcrnOr Tyler, Of Virginia, nc
cording to The Richmond Dispatch, is so dis
gusted with Mr.. Clcveland's silver letter that, i'll
view Of it and his tariff message, he is moved 10
eAclaim Il think he cleveland ought to be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

why should not the contest end just where it
is and the wishes of the rich merchant be trans
muted into actu1litics without delay?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-02-26

Governor II;rs cOmplaiSant henchmcn in the
Assembly have carried out his will in the first
of the contested election cases, and Mr.. Dunlap,
of Montgomery County, is unscated. There IS
a pretence, and only a preteDce, that the case
was decided on its merits. The plain fact is
that the Democrats had the power to lOust a
Republican elected by only a small majority,
and they have unscrupulouSly exercised il, under
orders. From one learn all. After this exhibi-
ton of partisanship, a similar decision in each
of the other contested cases is TO be expected.
Light upon the tunnel accident is coming III
abundance. The CorOner'S jury paid a visit to
the scene of the wreck yesterday and carefully
examined the system of signalling. To their
surprise-and we think it will be to the surprise
of the public, t%oo-they found that for five or
ten minutes after the passing of a train there
was so much smoke and steam in the tunnel that
even when the red danger signals were set
it was impossible to see them at a distance Of
twenty feet. This is an alarming state OF
things, and calls for a most searching remedy.
-
An unexpected and most important turn was
given 10 the Fayerweather will contest ycstcr-
day. The will itself, minus the codicils, was
admitted to probate by the Surrogate. There
upon the announcement was made that the
executors, who were made residualy legateeS
by one of the codicils, had executed a deed Of
gift whereby the entire r~esidualy estate
amounting TO several millions-iS to be devoted
to educational and charitable purposes. Not
only are the institutions named in the will to
receive a due proportion of it, but to a large
number OF Others will be allotted greater or
smaller shares. II this stipulation is carried
out, at will be The most important benefaction
of the kind in the history of the country. Now,
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
Fog Chase.

One of the diversions of Christmas
with sportsmen was q fox chase. In
fact, there seems to have been two or
three, though the fog that had turned
to a partial drizzle made it exceedingly
wet and heavy for the animals. The
start of the first was witnessed by a
hundred or two of our towns people.
1t had been dug out of hole at the
Brick Store Landing. down the Creek.
As starter, it was carried through
the town in bag, and turned out over
the mill pond, the bag being dragged
back up Main street TO where the
hounds were cOralled.
The excited animals were not slow
in catching the scent and with wag-
cling tails and the familiar yelp were
speedily in hot pursuit. 1t was hardly
fair for the fox to let him out on
unfamiliar ground with a mill pond
between him and his former haunts.
Instinct taught him that to the north
lay his home, and so he had encircled
the mill pond and had reached Main
street in his effort co proceed on down
towards the Landing, when he was
headed off by some boys, Poor Rey-
nard doubtless thought it was cruel of
them in turning him back on his pur-
suers, but he struck up by Main and
across by Frazier street witnessed by a
number of people from their homes,
back by the head of the pond, his wet
and bedragled tail impeding his pro-
gress, the hounds all the time gaining
on him until he took refuge in a rick
of straw in the stack yard of James X.
Orrell, near Brenford. Two of the
hunters were on the spot Simultaneous
with the dogs, secured the fox and
bagging him before he was hurt, tax
ing him nearer his home after night
aud giving him his liberty. The
sportsmen differ with the dogs in the
matter of killing.
The same morning DIR. TOmlinsor
(who resides ia Philadelphia but has
been boarding a mile or two north o.
this town for some months to improve
his health by the chase and other out
door exercises started out with his pack
Of hounds accompanied by others. A
fox It Is stated, was started and over
taken and killed by the hounds on the
farm Of John +. Goldsborough, vest o
/ CLAYTON. There was still another
party of fox hunters down the Neck
but they didn't succeed we think 10
starting fox.
1t is stated that another fox will b.
let lose New Years morning.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
Cummins Win Case Postponed

The Cummins will case was to have
been heard Monday in superior court,
but owing to the illness of Chief Jus.
tice COmegys and Judge Cullen, was
postponed.
The court met at 100 O'Clock and
adjourned until the next regular term,
the third week in April. Judge Grubb,
PrOthOnotary Belts ana the court crier
were present. The chief Justice was
not able to attend, but was consulted
He is still improving and will soon be
out.
The Cummins will case will have
precedence over all other business al
the April term Of court. 1t will proba.
bly, take ten days to hear it.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THIS Mexican outlaw, Cara, says an
exchange, whose exploits are the sub
iect of daily dispatches, must be classed
in high rank among the bandits of
Spanish-America. He has been on
the rampage for over three months,
bidding defiance to the military forces
of both Mexico and the United States,
rushing from one country to another at
his pleasure, plundering Mexican viii
lagos, fighting Mexican troops, and
enjoying at least two scrimmages with
detachments of our own troops. He
has had, and is having a truly lively
time of it, with all sorts of adventures
along 800 or 400 miles of the two banks
of the Rio Grande. In October last be
only had a small band under his com
mand, but recently we have heard o.
three or four of his bands, not one o.
which has been captured by the pur'
suing forces of the Mexican Govern
ments.
1t is pleasing to learn that the Mex
lean authorities have ordered severa
regiments of cavalry to take the delC
against the outlaw, and that
the body of American cavalr!
operating against him is to receive re
endorsements at once.
The news from the Rio Grande i
more and more warlike.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30
The B. M. s. Z. Racantion.

The annual reception of the above
named society of young ladies was the
society event of the holidays. 1t was
at the residence of Miss Beulah Jeffer.
son, one of the members, and attended
by 120 of the invited guests. The
weather was as charming without as
the young ladies were within, interior
ing with the movements of no one, and
could not have been more to their lik-
ing if they had had the ordering of it.
The house was dressed in the most
artistic style with evergreen, chiefly
holly and mistletoe. There seemed to
be no place where taste would suggest
decoration, that it had not been seen
and supplied by fair hands. A stran-
ger not knowing their designation,
might well have inferred in these sug.
gestive festive emblems that their name
was the Holly Club. A frequent re-
mark of the guests was, "hOw beauti-
full" The toilets were in harmony
with the surroundings, and the young
ladies were as attractive in looks as
they were watehful of the comforts Of
their guests. Noticeably in both the
parlOr and dining room Were neatly
formed letters B. NJ. S. e., in green on
a background of blue, designating the
clubs colOrs. The guests received by
the colored page were taken in charge
by the ushers. The most responsible
place was that of the six young ladies
who composed the reception committee
to whom each guest was presented by
| the introducing committee.
| Eram nine until after elavan O'clOck
| the guests were coming and going
presenting their compliments listening
to some fine music by members of the
club, chatting with friends or regaling
themselves in the dining room where
they were served by two trained col
ored walters with delicious creams,
water ice, cakes and bon bons, as they
might elect. The seats around thC
room were thus kept full for nearly
three hours.
The b. M. S. X, was instituted will
the high idea of promoting sOciability
whether they "builded wiser than they
knew" the end has been reached il
the most charming way, for fathers
and mothers as we'll as the younger il
all the gradations of age met ant
mingled and felt for once they belonged
to a common humanity that little
arbitrary divisions, more OF age anG
locality, had kept apart. Every CUES
we think today has a kind word fo
the B. NJ. s. K, aud viii carry in mem
DRY souvenir, for the next twelve
months. -
The following ommittees will Civ,
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

Says the New York Sun 1T is not
surprising that the Southern cotton
planters are alarmed on account of the
cotton prospects. The crop of the
staple this year has been greater than
the demand for it ; the price of it has
fallen and the planters find it difficult
to sell at paying rate the supply they
have on hand. They are thinking.
what Will they do next year if the
production again exceeds the demand
of the Worlds markets, and the ques-
ton is truly an important one. After
all it is probable that this years crop
will be prOfitably disposed of by Its
holders, but if the acreage of cotton
must be reduced, what other crop can
be raised by the landhOlders, who are
aware that the country is abundantly
supplied with corn and all kinds Of
grain? The Agricultural Commission
ers of the cotton states are to take
account of the situation at convention
to be held in Memphis, and with al
the facts before them they will surely
be able to agree upon some measures
for the guidance of cotton raisers il
the coming year.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

This was to have been expected, since
it had been plainly foreshadowed that
the new Speaker would turn his back
on precedent and make up the commit
tees to suit himself, without being con-
trOlled by considerations of previous
service or what may be called priority
of claim. His offer of a subordinate
place on the Ways and Means Com
mittee, was, besides being an advertise
ment of his intention to place the
craftsmanship of the Committee else
where, a tactical blunder, since it i'm
posed upon Mr.. Mills the unpleasant
ness of giving expression to the feeling
that he was not to be trusted by Mr..
Crisp to fill his old post.
The appointment of Mr.. Holman, the
champion economizer, to the chairman
ship of the appropriations committee,
gives the most general satisfaction.
The makeup of the coinage commit
tee with the somewhat fanatical Bland
at its head, and only four of the thir'
teen members known to be absolutely
sound on the question of honest money
is unfortunate, to say the least. The
composition of this committee goes
further than all else to warrant the ap'
prehensiOn that Speaker Crisp would
like to made the free coinage of silver {
dominant issue in the next campaign
Notwithstanding the recent condemna
ton of that issue by the Democrats o
Ohio, and the emphatic victory won il
! New York by the Democrats, standing
on a platform declaring unequivocall!
| for a n hnnocf 1nlIor that choI1 inf rne ii
cally be worth its face. If this issu
should be pressed as it will be if Mr.
Bland can have his way, it may prov,
fortunate for the country that Presi
dent Harrison can be depended on t.
veto free coinage bill, should such
bill reach him, but the endorsement G
such measure Ly a Democratic Con
gress, would be an invitation to defea
in 1892, from which it is doubtful
even tariff reform could save them.
Smyrna times., 1891-12-30

THE committee appointed by the
Ministerial Union, of Wilmington, to
wait upon Senators Gray and Higgins
Representative Causey, and the Della
ware National and State Worlds
Columbia and present the
resolut Inc sunday opening
of the fair, reported that they had Lecm
courteously received and were e';'n
pledges of support in the mOvem' NJ.
Commissioner George V. Macs VIA
conferred with by letter, and, in rtP.s,
said
It will give me great pleasure to
present these papers, as we'll as many
others of like character-which l am
holding for that purpOse-tO the Ma
tional Commission, when this most
important matter shall be brought up
for consideration and final determine
ton, and trust it is scarcely necessary
to say to you and your colleagues OF
the committee, that, having due ap-
probation of all that is involved in the
adjustment of this question, and feeling
the keenest solicitude that it shall be
determined in obedience to the man
date of the Divine Will, and to har'
monize with the we'll defined sentiment
of the better class of our people, who
are right in thinking that in no feature
will the exposition accomplish greater
or more lasting results than in thu
exhibition Of an American Sabbath.
Ishall on all proper occasions, by my
vote and voice. exert my best endeav
Ors to secure the adoption of such q
rule as will absolutely close the gates
on Sunday, so that our nations REGARD
for its Sabbath Day" may be so EN-
phasized upon the representatives o
other nations as to give them prope
impressions of the fruits to be gathered
from Sabbath Observances.