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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-08
DEATHS OF GREAT NEW
Long List OF Celebrated Persons str,cA.-
In the Last Nine Morths


This year has been remarkable for tho ,sro.
number Of deaths OF famous men and woman.
On Jan. 2. Alexander William Kinelakc. the
historian. died in London. Emma Abbott died
In Salt Lake City on Jan. 8 On Jan. - the
death OF Baron Georges Eugene Haussnann
at Paris was announced. Five days later
George Bancroft died In Washington at tho
age ofoO.
On Jan. 20 David Knlakaua. King OF tho
Sandwich Islands. passed away In San Fran.
cisco. Another ruler. Abdurrahman Khan.
hmeor OF Afghanistan. died on Jan. %. On
the following day William Window, Secretary
OF tho Treasury, was stricken at tho Chamber
OF Commerce dinner In this city. On Jan. 30
Charles Bradlaugh died. Meissonier died in
Paris on Jan. 81.
The list Tor February Is long ono. too. It
bears these names: Admiral David D. Porter
In Washington: Gen. William T. Sherman. in
this city; Gen. II. H. Sibley. Ex-Governor OF
Minnesota: United States Senator Ephraim X.
Wilson OF Maryland. and Senator George
Hearst OF California.
On March 3 Leonard Jerome died, and ON
March 10 John +. Swift, United States Minister
to japan. died in Toxic. On March II Prince
Sanolson Bo1aparte died in Rome. Lawrence
Barrett died hero on March 20: Gen. JosepR
= johnston Of the Confederacy. in Washing
kobinson Of New York, in Emira on March 5S:
the rev. H9Ward Crosby. in New York.
port: Among the Sthor deaths OF the month
this city Hear ADMIRAL Alfred Taylor Taylor: Fieid
Marshal v2n Moltke; in Berlin on April "a. at
the Car. In st. Petersburg on the following
DAY; INC VERY, Rcv. William Connor Magee,
Archbishop Of York and primate OF England.
died on May 5 at York: Nine Blayatsky. head
q Ihe Iheosonhists on May D in London: tho
Benson J. Losing. tho historian, and Sir
John Macdonald. Premier OF Canada, died Ia
June, Hannibal Hamlin. Vico:Prosident un.
der lincoln. passed away on July 1, Mt tho aga
Fl 81. .,, lanes T.. Russell lowell and George
Aug. IL On Sept, ii the Marquis dc o CHAM M
hrun died IN this city On Sept 70 Baimaceda,
suicide in Santiago. End on Sept. 10 Gen. Bou-
langcr took bis oyn life;
liam Henry Smith, England. First Lord Of the
Treasury died, To-day TUE Sun publishes
the news OF the death Of Charles Stewart Par
nell and sir John Pope Hennessy. NJ. p.
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THE SUN,
And the Growth Of the Sunday Newspaper.

And the Growth Of the Sunday Newspaper.
E,ps. tic PsHi.h~s Weekly.
One OF tho most remarkable signs OF the
growing reading capacity OF the American
people is given In the rapid development Of the
Sunday editions OF tho daily newspapers
From mere chronicles Of events those have
developed into vehicles Of contemporary Eng
llsh literature. and seem now anxious to as
sumo the functions Of the average quarterly
and monthly magazines. as we'll as those Of
the weekly paper. Starting with limited
amount Of syndicate matter" the leading
newspapers at least now devote their space
almost exclusively to original matter by the
best American and English writer's Of the day.
As an illustration. one Of these. THE SUNDAY
Sun. in addition to original papers on contem-
porary historical literature. on art and liter
AZURE. short stories and poetry. has re-
Gently been printing one Of the most
important and instructive series Of papers
on natural history. BY the celebrated
naturalist, St. George Mivart: also series
OF letters from the Southern Pacific, by
Robert Louis Stevenson. for which he WAS
paid $4,000. A few weeks ago The Sun pur-
chased from Mark Twain flor $12.0O0) his new
novel. It has also secured from tho same
author q series Of letters containing the fruit
Of his observations during his present tour Of
Europe, for each OF which he is to receive
$1,000. the highest sum. probably. that has
ever been paid for correspondence Of this kind.
The Sun has also acquired. at $4,000. from
William Dean Howells the right to his new
novel. The Quality OF Mercy" as we'll as a con-
tinued story from Joel Chandler Harris. This
represents possibly over $4,000 which one
newspaper alone is willing to pay for extra at
fractions that cannot possibly cover more than
four months issues. And there are at least
half dozen others In this country that spend
liberal sums Of money for the same purpose.
forming altogether formidable competition
to weaker magazines and journals.
The comfort to DO drawn by tho bookseller
from this condition Of things is that 1t helps to
cultivate readers. The supposition that tho
extra reading matter presented by the news
paper at the present day tends to reduce the
number Of book buyers Is one that Is probably
without foundation. For every one reader who
carefully preserves his Sunday paper and con-
scientiously reads all 1t contains, there are
eleven others who will read enough OF the
matter offered by his newspaper to gain the
desire to read It In q handler and more attrac-
tive shape. and so wait until the story. or
essays. or whatever the matter may be. is con-
cluded and published in book form. First issue
In o newspaper. instead Of hurting the sale Of
books, often pushes and advertises them.
Whether tho newspapers will make enough,
out Of this new departure to make It perma-
mont feature Is q matter concerning which
many doubts are entertained But then that
IL another story"
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Should IL BE Only Good Of tho Dead?

Should IL BE Only Good Of tho Dead?
The late WILLIAM H. KRMBLE Of Phils-
delphia served the cause Of public morality
during his lifetime by supplying to honest
men and honest newspapers q phrase which
became deadly weapon against rascals in
Office. The last part Of his life. after
he had been convicted of crime and SEN
fenced to the penitentiary. furnished an
object Lesson more impressive and useful
than hundreds OF essays or sermons. These
were KEMBLR's public services. and neither
service was rendered voluntarily by him.
Beyond that. his career had nothing to dis
tinguish 1t especially from the career Of any
scamp who dies rich and disgraced.
The newspapers Of Philadelphia. without
exception 30 far as our observation goes.
have treated the memory Of KEMBLR as II
his life illustrated some Of the highest OF
human virtues. In reading Col. MoCLURE's
editorial remarks In the Philadelphia Nmes.
for instances. stranger to tho truth about
KKSfBLR would get the impression that one
Of the most eminent and Justly respected
Of Philadelphia citizens had passed away.
Major SNaRR1Y. the political reiormer.
followed Mr.. KArBLn to the grave In
person, and In his Journal preserved the
strictest silence concerning tho only in
structive passages Of K1xB1I's life. It is
not necessary to discuss tho motives Of tho
Philadelphia editors. nor Of the Philadelphia
clorgymen who pronounced the disgusting
panegyrics at the funeral OF the master
professor Of addition. division. and silence.
and the convict Justly sentenced 10 the pen.
itentiary for an odious crime.
For editor or for minister Of the Gospel
desiring for any reason TO engage In this
sort Of misrepresentation. there IL ready at
hand the Latin phrase which has covered
such q multitude of sins.
What ts tho duty Of the honest newspaper
which has told the truth during the lifetime
Of tho thief In public place. the corrupter Of
public morals. the proved briber. the adul-
ferrous clergyman. tho convict In any line Of
rascality whom public interests require an
honest press to expose and denounce
Does tho accident Of death CLOSE the 40.
count, and wipe out the example from tho
sight Of men II %. history has no business
to write the record of human events.
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TIE $500. 900, 900 STEAL.
Eassett's Work-Speech Of the Hon. Chaun.
coy II. Dspew On the Worlds Fair.

v......,. ~u,-. s..... - A., ry. ~.
v.N,.,.
"
NOW. telow eitisens what 10 ~ staksf Ths worlds
FAR Ct Chicago mesn. on the negative SIDE the per
mansns 70 tnas city Of many branches OF bus
ness when arc now Done IN new YORK win tho conss
auent loss OF capital and On tho an1rmA-
Two side what have wet sixty'hys millions OF people
In 'ns United 0'A'ss WE'VE niihons In AeSico. and
-FOUR millions IN CANADA. tributary to New York. fur.
nsh ON account OF their better condition and larger In
comes. very muoh stronger eonstisuency Tor New
YORK snan Europe iurnshed Tor Paris There was car
rsd to fArs three hundred millions from the outslde
certehiy more snah mat wil' come 70 New YORK The
nns settlement In our state was made In 1900 In
swo hundred ana esh'yono years according to the re-
pof OF tue s'ass Assessors new YORK state ms no.
cumu'a1eo 'hnyiour handfsu mhions OF COLLARS
InIss hundred minlons Drought nero to the worlds
Fair gives IN sx months an sdot'onal wealth equal to
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8UNBEAMS.

The FIRST number Of tho Danish. Norwegian paper.
Eordiv published In Now York and circulated In all
the Scandinavian settlements shows the extent Of ths
immigration BY these people, They arc among the
most prosperous and active people In the Northwest
Dr. Alexander. Bishop Of Derry. In the north OF Ire
land has accepted the trustees invitation to deliver
course Of Lenten lectures At Columbia College next
year. en- tho Evidences OF Christianity" Tho Bishop
IL one Of the best known prelates Of the Established
Church. and this will be his FIRST visit to this country
Some immigrants carry tin trunks. It 10 easy 70
imagine what happens to tin trunk when an ordinary
trunk falls on 10. why anybody should make a tin
trunk" baggage master says. lis more than can
understand. They may be good enough to stand ina
house to put things In. but they are worthless for
travelling"
There Is . tradition at various points along Lake
Chsmplsn that tho lake Is dangerous for sailing ern
by reason Of the uncertainty and stiffness or WINDS
AZ Wsstport n r. for example, there are not more
two or three saliboats owned. although tho region
much frequented by summer visitors. and 1t 10 rare
thing to see sail on the lake.
1t was an old tradition on the eastern shore OF
Maryland that slaves should have half holiday on SAT
urday and that only absolutely necessary work should
be done In Christmas week The custom spread TO the
whlteA and It by tho blacks after
they freed. Tho consequence Is that Thousands
are Idle Saturday afternoon and the Christmas les
tiytties last all through the week between Christmas
and New Years
Members Of tho american Society OF ELECTRICIANS
wear . small badge bearing this equation: CT. It
means Current equals electric force divided by resist
ance" Tho badge 10 highly characteristic OF the pro-
fession for electricians above almost any Other
class Of men, enthusasio touching their work. Tho
profession full OF successful young and the note
Of hope 10 marked characteristic OF electricians In all
walks Of tho profession. They talk shop great deal
among themselves and nothing 10 moro disadvantages
the outsider than such shop talt.
Club servants are constantr shifting class In New
York. Tho man that belongs to half dozen CLUBS -
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Grants MONUMENT IN CHICAGO
Huusrea rAsusssa People wItsess the
Uuveslinr-Judre Ssreshssa's Orntion.

A Hv,srea TAsussnA People wlt.ess the
Urveiiine-Judee Greshsn's Ornticn.
CHICAGO, Oct 1.-THE bronze statue Of Gen.
Grant was unveiled to-day in Lincoln Park In
the presence OF nearly 100000 people. Whom
the orator OF the day. Judge Waltor q.
Gresham. stepped to the edge OF the temporary
platform erected at tho base OF tho monument
there were assembled on either side In tho
seats arranged for them about 500 distin-
euished guests. Among them was Mrs Grant.
the Generals widow. Massod In front OF the
platform and to the immediate right and left
in solid square were nearly 10000 uniformed
men. infantry. cavalry, and artillery. regulars
and militia, veterans Of the Grand Army OF the
Republic, Knights Of Pythia.. and many civic VI,
one side, By the Marcy regatta c Sn re-
ehSppy waves. WINS dotilia OF nearly 200 YES
The street. parade was one OF the finest ever
seen here. II was led by Gen. Miles, with Gen;
lake shore drive. AT the. house q Potter Pal
mgr Mrs. Grant reviewed tho parade r
osrsa the %1n aSosssIon. ' eSf E.a.a fsysr
made tho presentation on bchnlf Of tho Monu.
nsoa sr ana q ssS q sn
that ooaesalsd ths statue. After ths salute St
Acceptance. and Mayor NashbSrne accepted
hGnSo gsso s Pn 90 ns
and s oSs ths
country. which is indifferent. about any show
spsced Was ts sort ts as q M
that was personifod In Grant"
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Frock Goa. and Shirt Sleeves.

Z Tho friends Of Major MCKINLEY seem con-
fldont Of his SUCCESS In Ohio ia spite OF tho
tnct that ho has invoked Mr.. CLEVELAND.
Tho friends OF Governor CAMPBELL seem
equally confident that no will he reelected
In spite Of tho assistance OF Mr.. RoGEn @.
Minis. A reading Of tho campaign speeches
of tho two candidates gives tho impression
that Major MCKINNEY makes academic.
finished. aud solid orations. Governor
CAxPBK11 has certain ease In striking tho
level OF his audience. plain. familiar style
Of speech. and quickness in making good
natured repartee.
The two men differ in their manner
u speech just about as they differ
I'll their style Of dress. Major McKN-
KRIS ATTITUDES on the platform" writes
Q correspondent OF the Washington Post.
!" are dramatic and graceful. and he would
not think Of appearing without the frock
coat which lie 80 familiar to the galleries OF
the House OF Representatives" Governor
CAHrBELL. on the other hand, wears a
gray sack coat with trousers to match. and
On very warm days he has very clever
manner OF asking the indulgence Of the au-
dience and removing his coat This never
falls to please. and tho spectacle OF the Gov
ernor of the great State Of Ohio In his shirt
sleeves addressing the people on the polit-
ipal topics Of the day must be witnessed to
b fully appreciated"
II will be seen. therefore. that the voters
Of Ohio will be called upon to give their
opinion as to other questions than the tariff
end silver. They will be called upon to de-
ode whether the solemn and conventional
frock coat or the unpretending sack
coat, with Its underlying shirt, is
more becoming to popular orator. The
West Is less bound by traditions in the mat
ter Of raiment than the East. and 30 the
advantage would seem to be with Governor
OAMPB11L. for whenever the weather per-
snits he appears before the people in the
simplicity and strength OF shirt sleeves.
What dignity and grace Of mere speech can
SQual in effect the dcvil-may-care good
Aumor indicated by . resort to tho shirt
Aseves argument?
II October Is q warm month Governor
0All1D1nn ought TO be reelected.
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LET OTHERS RUN TIE OFFICE
A Shortage OF 095 900 In the Accounts OF an
ex-Treasurer or baltimore County.

A Shortage OF SIS 900 In the Accounts OF an
ex-Treasurer or baltimore County.
BALTIMORE. Oct latter an investigation Of
six months. W. F. Roger. tho expert account
ant engaged on tho books Of George W. Nor
gan. late Treasurer OF Baltimore county. has
submitted o report that he has found do
fciency OF nearly $4,000. Tho present Treas
urer. George W. Gellott claimed that he was
that the safe was tanpersd with over night BY
some one IN authority In the Court House. He
MAZE good OF Sl9H ana thSn In
Predecessors books.
Mr.. Morgan. who was an easy. going sort OF
man, Is believed to DO innocent OF wrong do
Ing. He allowed his subordinates to RIM the
office. and It Is thoug ho was robbed. as was
the Grand Jury to-day and suit begun against
Mr.. Morgan's bondsmen.
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Farewell. Pnrnelli

No friend OF ireland, aud no observer OF the
really great achievements OF our time. can
have heard tho nova OF Mr.. PARNEh1's
death without pang Of heartfelt sorrow.
One is oppressed % by tho spectacle Of some
Greek tragedy, when ono recalls how much
had been accomplished by this man. and In
how short period. md how suddenly and
irroparably no was to lose the fruit Of hls
excrtlons. Painful beyond expression must
have been tho deathbed recognition that
for him on earth there could be no rehabll-
itation. no rescue from tho ruin Of his hopes.
It sooms indeod deplorable that. II Mr..
PARNEIl were to die In the very prime OF
manhood. he might not have persisted
earlier. while he stlll stood before the eyes
Of men as the uncrowned King Of Ireland.
As It is. he has fallen In tho hour OF
his eclipse. whom tho sceptre had do
parted from him. and when his per-
sonal ambition seemed irrevocably d.
vorced from his oountry's cause. He
was fated by the irony OF destiny to die ut
conjuncturc whom single error and his
desperate. ill.tlmed struggle to retrieve 1t
had In the minds Of most OF his compatriots
outweighed oil his inestimable services.
OHARLIs STEWART PARNELL has passed be-
yond the sphere OF earthly aspiration and
cndcavor at the moment when tho Irish
Nationalist party. Into whiol, he breathed
the breath OF llfo. is ut last in full view Of
the promised land.
Yet we doubt not that from every quarter
OF the globe where Irshmen are domicilcd
there will now come the outburst Of SYM
pathy for which no yearned but yesterday,
but which can meet his car no moro. The
shadow which darkened the lost year Of his
life will be- forgotten. and his grateful
countrymon will remember only that
CHARLES STEWART PARNELb must. above
oil other men. be credited with the impos-
ing Dimensions and tho unparalleled CO.
herence Of the Irish Parliamentary party.
to which are due the achievements OF the
past and the assurance Of triumph In the
future.
1t may be that the fome OF this indisputa-
BILE patriot Is safer now than II he had been
forced to face another year Of fierce fac
donal dissension ending in almost inevita-
bic defeat. AS 1t Is. the good. and not the
evil. that he did will live after him. There
Is room for him In the mausoleum where
the martyrs Of 90 are buried. There Is q
place for him by O'CoNNkLI's side. Ay, the
name Of PARNKLL may yet stand foremost
on the roll OF those who through storm and
shipwreck bore aloft the standard Of their
country's rights, and whose memories will
be treasured as long as one Irish heart shall
beat,
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KILLED IN AN ELEHATOR.
An Aged Clergyman Loses HIS Lin IN -
Apartment House.

CINCINNATI. Oct THE Rev. Samuel Bene-
dict, for many years rector Of st. Paul's
Protestant Episcopal Church OF this city. lost
his life by an elevator accident at o'clock last
evening. He was visiting parishioner in the
Sun Rafael nats. a building on West Fourth
street. a short distance from the Grand Hotel
third floor to the ground floor. and was step
ping out, when. in IN uneccountable manner,
the elevator shot upward. He had stopped out
the elevator caught his right leg. near the hip.
between the car and the oaken girder Of the
next floor. The bones were crushed After
much trouble no was extricated after having
been suspended next to the coillng In terrible
agony for several minutes. Death relieved
70 years old.
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SOUTH AMrnrcAx prCrAroRs.
Meiodrnmss In which Daring Tyrants Have
Plotted for Great Empires.

AtIouFnmeH
Plotted for Great Empires.
The Balmaceda affair. brought 30 as pretty .
climax as novelist or playwright could have
made Is the latest OF o long and curious series
OF attempts OF daring South Americans to
realize dreams such as men dreamed In the
middle ages. but which are supposed to be out
OF date nowadays.
The peculiar social and political conditions
in the Central and South American republics
have given q chance to these men OF intolerant
and Arrogantspirit, and IL Is not easy for the
people OF the United States 10 understand con-
ditions 30 singular. These men. with aspira-
tons for Dictatorship. have set In motion
series Of remarkable conspiraoies. The man
at the head Of each conspiracy has had
double object-weslth and power. Some OF
the later conspirators. taking warning from
the fate OF those who went before. have passed
the first few months, or perhaps years. after
their accession to the Presidency Of republic.
In sonding out Of tho country large fortune
against the possible miscarriage OF their
plans. II tho conspiracy for absolute power
failed. then In some European capital they had
fortune and ease awaiting them.
ofthe South American "tyrants." rs they
are called. those most conspicuous In recent
years are Francia and Lopez in Paraguay.
Rosas in Buenos Ayres. La Tore and Santos
In Montevideo. Garcia Neureno In Ecuador.
and last but by no means greatest Balmaceds
in Chill. All had the same general characteris-
tics. oil Won their first sueeesses in the same
"YS bes and men WIZ
q and
oil have had, as an ultimate nm bition. the con-
solidation Of tho many South American States
Into II one great empire. ruled By an absolute
ambition. and carried Il out more successfully
han any 81 the 9ther ais dream was 70 is3
posed d that Para,Kuay should have no foreign
sS@ s oreD e
plan He got the idea tiat The most %
Guiding himself from his, subjects. He ec-
great gloomy palace IN the capital Az the
Ministers were allowed to enter the palace.
Els mmodiste only lis Els COOK and his
doomed from q tower Of the palace. The
Ss,ens what there
Front doors and blinds were closed. and the
Inhabitants withdrew to tho rear rooms Of
ssq The q
ton was current that any one who peeped al
the {ate Of the 'e Gentleman ' with the impioas
They say that Francias fsco was terrible. A
dsss Ssd e SSE ds ssns
along the hall This unhappy person % says yst that
knees knock edtopether and thu loud olackin0
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Now Then. John Browni

To rHs EprTrR or the suE-Sr. Could you let me know
II their 10 man living In New York city by the Of
John Brown native Of Irond aged about 90 years and
married the third wife about months ago having
childen tnl growne) one named John with light sandy
hair Light musthace OF coer foo. high wsith $50
lbs. Your suDcriber
woop Posr N. j., Aug ls
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TO the Epiron or TIE suS-Ssr. ] should not, on my
own account. answer Mr.. Dawsons furious letter in
your paper to-day But interest In the Justice Of the
case induces me to say that will humbly retrAot on
the production OF the prescription OF arsenic fog Ars
face OF such new evidence on . vital point Mrs. NAY
brick could b held day longer by Home Secretary
who. Mr. Dawson says has slready decided that "hsr
husband died natural death"(D
Ocr. T. NoNcURx D. CONWAY.
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States His formula gives this country $780,
100000 inhabitants In 1900, ana 40.s52.273.-
600 Inhabitants In tho year 1900. or about o
thousand years hence. According to the
PRrTcHxrr law Of growth. Chicago's popula-
ton In ten centuries will comprise not less
than dix hundred and elphty-three million
souls. prospect sufficiently encouraging to
warrant that town in paying for its Worlds
Fairs out Of It's own pocket, and quitting the
bunco business
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O.e or Horace oresisy's Last Letters.

But few days before BE- died received letter Of
ting ~ the shAdow af his great sorrow, briefly
sd THIS letter 70 before Us In the great journalistic own
Horace Greeley ever wrote aud the Tss for the nrst
time presents Il to tho public:
NEW YoRK Nov. 7. 1879.
Mr. pIAs otp ransp, thAnf YOU for your Kind let
ter. My wife lived too long. for her last years
years q great, unmixed .unerinE profoundly wish
had pleased God 70 call both Of away years ago.
fourS HoRAck GkxxLBY.
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The Rev. DR.. VAN DyKE writos as follows
to tho Nes Iork Tribune concerning the latc
Rev. DR.. SAMUEL D. BrRcHARp:
Living in the house Of his surrounded by every
comfort no might easily have been tempted to give
himself up to life Of wel-sarned repose."
Instead OF that. the excellcnt old gentleman
went into politics and made his name immortal.