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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIBUNE.
"REMINISCENCES OF A WING CAUCUS IN ALBANY
TO WHICH Mr.. GREELEY UNFoLDED HIS
Plan FOR A NEWSPAPER


TO WHICH Mr.. GREELEY UNFoLDED HIS
PLAN FOR NEWSPAPER.
TO the Editor OF Tho Tribune
Sir: The wild speculatons OF 193536 brought about
the failure of many banks in the country and the
pension Of specie payment by all This crisis induced
Martin Van Buren, then President OF the United States,
to urge upon Congress the Sub Treasury act which was
passed by the two houses and became the law Of the
land. This however caused great excitement and re-
suited IN the election in 1887 Of 100 Wings 10 the
Assembly Of New-York state, instead OF thirty, In
the year prcsious, to the election of Seward as Gov
ernor in 1883, and OF William Henry Harrison az
President in 1s40 The Sub-ITeasury act, neverthe-
less, having become deservedly popular stu remains
the established law Of the land. as also the Mckinley
bill undoubtedly will This is, indeed rapidly emerging
from the dsavor aroused by opposing parties as 1t Is
rightly understood.
Being a member from oneida County OF this House,
which began Its sessions January, 1885, with most OF
the 100 Wings, attended caucus held at the Eaglo
Hotel Albany, through the influence Of Thurlow Weed
and Others, the object OF which was TO hear Horace
Greeley appeal for money to aid In establishing Wing
campaign paper in New-York City. know Of only
one man living, besides myself, who attended that
caucus.
Mr. Greeley wished to give the paper the name "The
Jefersonian' but, owing 10 objections TO this name
on the part Of influential friends in NewYork, IL was
called "The Log-Cabin.' 1t bore that name until
Il
Tribune. 1t had, as The Log-Cabin,' served good
j purpose In the campaign Of "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too'
| AT the caucus in the Eagle Hotel II was resolved
that each member should contribute given sum Of
money toward the enterprise. Those being the days
Of small things compared with tho present, the amount
collected thus about 81 900. To this Lewis
Benedict, of Albany, prosperous merchant and .
large hearted Wing, added a sum somewhat larger.
| This gave its start to "The LogCabn."
can recall the looks OF Mr. Greeley he stood be-
fore at the Eagle Hotel pleading the cause of his
paper. He a spare, ungainly looking young man,
topped with white hair and appearing as he stood
there II looking tied together The future wonderful
man was nevertheless. apparent under this exterior.
With the Increase of flesh and the face matred by fine
thought, and benevolent feeling OF his after lfe Mr.
Greeley became the 1nelOokiIg of his pictures.
But even the power apparent In the young Greeley
did not lead us to foresee the broad and salutary
influence to be welded by his paper for halfcentury
| shall not say for centurles3
| J. S. 7. STRANAHAN.
Brooklyn, April IL, 1891.
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TO the Editor Of The Tribune.

T o the Editor OF I h TIL ID III Q.
Sir: With reference to the reason why Michael
Angelo placed horns on the head of his Noses" per-
nit me briefly to offer another explanation than that
made by The Tribune. 1t is this: The Bible avail
able to Italians in Angeles time the Vulgate.
Jeromes Latin translation. In that version EXODUS
xxxiv, 20, reads: "Cumque descenderet Moyses dc
Monte Sinai tenebat duas tabulas toStihoni ct gnora
bat quOd cOrnuat esset facies that Isl Ills face sent
forth beams rays, protuberances, horns; the mean
ing being his face shone by beams or rays OF light
radlatlng from or playing upon it, Angelo seems 10
have translated the passage literally "horns"-it was
liable to that lnterpretation-and so, to conform to
Scripture as he supposed, placed horns ON Moses ;
head which however, should not have been placed
there The explanation is not original with me; III
deed, had supposed 1t the generally accepted one as
accounting for the horns on the statue l.. o,-
Permit one word more with reverence W Sous.
association Of the horns With something classic ana
symbolic. The old artists, Is known, placed tne
symbol Of their statue on some part OF ther %ork gu
the statue, the plinth, some other part Inc horn
was the symbol Of IAN; and In view OF Angelo's pro
nounced fervd Christian character it scarcely seems
probable that he would have purposely affixed to his
work symbol carrying distinctly Pagan interpTe's
tion' MARSHALL II. BRIGHT.
Tarrvtown on Hudson. April 49, 1901.
TO what Is said upon the letter Of 81. D. L.
il NAV be added, since it is here called up, that
the strongest single element in the renaissance
was its reversion to classical forms in speech. in
writing-whether prose or verse-and in art lhe
traditions of Angelo as artist would have KEPT
him from following the error of the Vulgate, Il
the horned head Of Jove had not given him G
warrant which every Roman could understand
as we'll as himself.-Ed.)
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THE HORNS ON THE HEAD OF MOSES.
REFERENCE TO THE ERROR IN THE YULGATE
WHICH WARRANTED MICHAEL AN
GELo's CONCEPTION.
TO the Editor ofThe Tribune.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune Of April IL "Old subscriber
asks why the statue Of Moses had horns. The true
answer is this In Exodus xxxv, 20-30, Authorized
Version, we read "And 1t came to pass, when Moses
came down from Mount Sinai with the two tables
Of testimony in Moses hand, when he came down from
the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin Of his
face shone while he talked with him. And when
Aaron and all the children OF Israel Moses. behold
the skin Of his face shonc; and they were afraid to
come nigh him.
Now the Hebrew word translated shine In these
verses is "qaran." The verb primarily means TO
push. 1t Is the root that is found in the noun
mean shine from the fact that the rays OF ght when
luminous object emits push or shoot out Ike horns
version of the Scriptures, and the Hebrew "qar1n ,
and context there rendered. Ell ignorabat quod
cornuta- esset facieS su3 ex consortls sermons
face was horned by Of his participation In con.
yersaton with the Lord c., horned with rSs Of
light, g. the rising j. ID. L..
New York, April IL, 1891.
While all this is true it does not explain the
artistic purpose in the mind OF Michael Angelo.
1t is q pretty we'll settled principle that when an
artist adopts device previously used he does so
because its effectiveness has already been demon
strated II the Roman world of the renaissance
had not already been accustomed TO grand hui
man head with horns, the sculptor would have
been ridicued. not praised, for his work. Fortu-
nately for him, the highest ideal of classic wor-
ship was adapted. as if by divine purpose.
to the most important event in the life OF Moses.
Even the notion that the horns represented beams
of light was familiar in ancient times, as Is shown
by the remark of Servius. the Virglian commen-
tator, that the horns on Pans head were supposed
to symbolic the suns rays. Compare with this
the doppio raggio in fronte-the twin-beamS that
from his temple dart" of the poet Zappi, If you
would see how beautifully the classic and Chris
tian conceptions were blended in this Incompatible
| statue.-EdD
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A MUNICIPAL BUILDING AND THE BRIDGE.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: Please urge upon the Committee on sue ioF
Municipal Building to examine carefully the sug-
ueson made by some time ago of using the Bridse
terminus for that purpose Here all the space necded
could be had and opportunity offered Tor archi.
tectural display in harmony with the mashcehos VI
,n p,se Itself The two lower stories part Of the
tho buiIdng would satisfy all Bridge requirements, and
The balance the citys needs and the centring there
Of the different lines OF travel would make the location
exceedingly convenient II the triangular plot bounded
by the Bridge, North wlllamst, and Chatham-st' Dc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
,,,,,r, r,v,s ~ PLACE OF WASHINGTON.

TO the Editor Of The tribune
Sir: Considering the controversy which has been
raised throughout the country becanse portrait OF
Jefferson Davis displaced that OF George washington
above the Speakers chair in the House Oh Representa-
tives. | wish to offer a word Of explanation Inc
motive of the change was simply this; Inc new pict
nre was the work OF a talented young lay Oh Li'uo
Rock and was larger and superior in every way to all
others in the hall Naturally II Outlined central
place The action Of the House may nave Dcen in ~,
discreet but IL natural and not ueeerNi w W
oensure The leader Of the Lost Cause ana al "lo
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AN AQUARIUM IN CASTLE GARDEN.

70 the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: some years ago there was a respectable aqua
rium at the corner OF Thirty hfth.st and broadway
Al the present time not aware that there Is any
nubc aquarium in the city, hence hail with great
deal Of pleasure the proposition to transform INC
Castle Garden into one Certainly 1t Is In mos'
convenient location such institution ana lew
Vork shonld have something Of that kind as goov -
there is in the world and hope the proJect VIII ~
carried ont predict that It would be most ~, iu''S
esting place OF resort. Yours, H. IL DHA
brooklyn, April o. 1ssla
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taken for bridge purposes etc. as suggested by tne
Board OF Bridge Experts the utmost possible extent
Of the cys requirements would be provided Tor, VITA
light and air, all that could be desired. .
The whole front in Chatham.st, and PARK How woold
he about 800 feet, and the building could go even
farther than North William-st IL necessary. IL COULD
be extended over that street to Wiuamst. A building
large enough to accommodate all the departments now
hiring premises could be erected and Others besides
In fact, one that would be sufficient TO bring under
one roof all the business of the city in which the
citizen Is daily interested SENTINEL.
New-York, April o, 1901.
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DROWNED IN THE CsAGE RIVER.

Nevada. Mo. April 19.-Two young women. dangh
ters Of Richard Kaufman. prominent farmer ana a
married woman whose name could not be learned
were drowned in the Usage River yesterday while out
in boat There were two men In the boat with them
when II capsized The men succeeded In saving them
selves,
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took part in that unfortunate struggle are and Will
always be admired IN the south though Northern
man, think deservedy So Nevertheless there Is no
state In the Union more loyal and patr1ouc Ihan
Arkansas FRED T. FISHER.
Little Rock, April 10, 1901.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
- r,,rnr LIMIT TO A WITNESS LIABMITYl

sir I wonder how many Of us mere unprotected GU
zens know that lawyer any lawyer-ior there are a
sors-mav summon any Of us or any or al Of our
,rt IN attend on any day and all day at any court
house and 50 on day after day, adjournment after ad
,orrnmept. without the least interference from the
iudee, or from anybody. This new form OF slavery,
iemered by so cents day have Just FOUND qlt , "
~ - No wonder witnesses are scarce BelhB
only on American my counsel tells me nave ,,,,,
York April l6, loOl. w h4ui'AS'
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KILLED By HER IXsANE MOTHER

Fort Wayne, Ind April 1s.-The wife OF DR.. George
Murphy this morning placed the muzze OF a revolver
against the head of her 6veyearod daughter who was
asleep and shot her through the brain, killing her III
stantly Mrs. Murphy, who Is violently insane then
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
SERMONS OFTHE DAY.
CHRISTIANITY ANITHE CEPPLE.
"A nrscouRsE UPON cHAlTY BY THE REV. DR..
GREER. OF ST. BARTDLoMEw's PRoTEs-
TANT EPIsOoTL CHURCH.

TANT EPIsCoTL CHURCH.
The large and wealthy aggregation Of st. Bartholo-
news Church listened withvden interest TO prac'
cal sermon delivered by thdsev. Dr. David H. Greer
,n. c,or of the church. Jpn charity yesterday morn
Inc This church has aIady done a great WORK
among the poor Of the city md DR.. Greers sermon VIII
aouhtless stimulate the nmbers TO new WORK anu
80 r.lds ~ activity TT text was from Acts i'll, O:
In the name Of Jesus Chst OF Nazareth nso up anu
walk" The sermon was substance 49,. 49,.
oo..ain moor man whohad been Il cripple from his
". 49, a, ,,o Cato the Beautiful OF the Hebrew
temple, for the purpose oaSking AIMS As tSo
$40 "a soo,auv he..or csses of the jewish community
e. ,ho hani, q, nass,r 10 say their prayers and pay
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
SUNDAY BASEBALL GAMES.
THE WEATHER BRINGS OUT GREAT CROWDS
CUBAN GIANTS OVERTHROW THE OLD INDIANS

CUBAN GIANTS OVERTHROW THE OLD INDIANS
SCORES.
The usual Sunday crowds witnessed the baseball
games at the various suburban grounds yesterday Tho
pleasant weather had excellent effect upon the play
ers, who worked with more vigor than usual. The
best contested game of the day took place at Recrea
ton Park between the Senators and Gorhams. The
Senators won by timely batting In the first three Inn
ings Dillon, Moorhcad and Bowes did the best work.
/ Gallo
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-04-20
GORHAAIS,
SENATORS.

errdT,mSenat5rs B. Germans Left basssIse7atoEs
Struck oaBy Reilly BY Mec 5 & folSa o Daily
Thce.base htA. Jackson TWo-base MSnrbcad
J. Baftcns i. Umpire-Hopkns. Tine OF game ~
The Metropolitan and Cuban Giants played an IN
terestng game at the Long Island grounds yesterday
before large crowd of spectators. The Cuban Giants
took the lead in the opening inning, and, holding
the advantage to the end, won by the appended
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The Leontines defeated the Orchards at Atlant

Twobase -Delmcre Stolen bsses,Kennsdy' hesen
= peiTioIyK eeSan Crane Wheeler, De!more Mulha!l,
Hecan struck out-By Carr To- oy Oiaic TO- 0iHpi'-
Higgins.
Tho Giants will play at Buffalo to-day. The Brook
lvns vii not play again until the opening Of the regu
I ~ hntmnionship season on Wednesday.
Id M III, of little Murphy, Iales shortstOp, In the
nc at Ia stern Park on Saturday, was about the
gao o az a1ioround exhibition given by college
niayer In this neghborhoOd'
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a. ,,a..a.oll.an and cnhan Giants played an in
CURAN GIANlS.
Nessepo3 g;sa,. ...: :s % 20

Earned neutrality-suspicious. /. Cuban Gent; l. liIst
base on crors-Me:ropolitans .. Cuban Giants Lft on
Jackson TwO6ase ht-Beadle Moran RdF5y y St2yn
Struck out-Doc Kennedy. Howe. Moran. Lever, B4lS
White O.. Nelson. Sacrifice h;-O,EouT%e; T.: h ad
Frye First base Psllsor barry 4 of Nelson + NJ
Wud pi:ches-Barry /. Nelson l. UmDre-FTank Time
:36.
The Leontines defeated the Orchards at Atlantic
Park rather easily. Clare pitched good game ana
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turned on other members OF the family, but she was
overpowored and dls2rmed
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BREyITIES.

knight Templars meet tonight.
Three cash entries were filed In the United
States land Office yesterday.
Friendship Social Society will give one OF
their social dances This evening at Odd Fellows
hall.
One of the horses which have been on engine
No B was transferred 10 hose cart No at the
freboat yesterday.
The members of hook and ladder company
No ?, at headquarters, are constructing a
twenty-six-foot ladder to be placed on the
truck
building permit was issued yesterday to
George A White for a one-story frame cottage
on lot I, block 40. Yesler's second supplement
tary, TO cost 1000.
There was a sale of school bonds at the new
courthouse yesterday for school district No. IA
The county treasurer sold 81 COS worth OF ! per
cent, bonds to :. f. Rathbun.
4 pla. OF Railroad subdivision to the city OF
Seattle was filed in the auditors office Yesterday
by l. II. Griffith, president, and j. F. Haley,
secretary Of the l. II. Griffith Realty ana Invest
ment Company.
J. ". Smart, living at Pajge's ranch al Black
river. dls,ocated his thumb al the second Joint
yesterday while nxiug the lock q door. He
came 10 the city where DR.. George n. Horton
attended 10 the Injury.
Articles incorporating the First Methodist
county auditor yesterday by F. NJ Avoid J. w
CLARK. j. A. Cavsnaugh, Albert F. Smith and
J. T. Ralph, all OF Kent
Licenses % wed were issued Yesterday for J.
Burrows and Maggie f. Fisher. of Seattle; C.
Qniuneson and Martha c. Carueison, OF Seattle;
Joha A. Mguter AMI Mary kerk, OF Seattle; Nike
hrrneT and Clara Balcken, of Seattle
The Ccriray management requires City young
ladies' 10 assist ia the production OF Eighty
Days Around the World" Those wishing TO
engage should call st the business Office, Cord.
raF t'eater. At II O'Clock this morning
Detective George Cave arrested two suspiejous
looking individuals last evening upon chargs
OF stealing an overcast which il is said thew
ware endesyoring 70 pawn. The suspects gave
tAe4F haInes AZ police headquarters as Thomas
Burns and ALLAN stanton
Residents OF King county outside of sehaol
district No are coming in daily and are paving
thelr taxes 10 the county treasurer The 6r.t
man 70 hay his lakes was County Commissioners
ii ". Taylor, OF snoqualmie valley. He re-
eeiyed receipt No.
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Alaska trip Friday evening or saturday. Today
the local inspectors go TO Beliingham bay, ana
they expect TO meet the Topeka at Port Townsend
tomorrow and inspect her.
Steamship City of Puebla came back last
evening from Anaeortes, where she had been
after partial cargo Of grain. She loads 800 tons
of coal here besides her fuel
Weather forecast for twenty-four hours from
o'clock last evening for Oregon and Washing
ton: Fair except scattering light rains on the
immediate coast; slightly warmer.
George 6. Bush, formerly chief deputy col-
lector OF customs under Bradshaw, at Port
Townsend, has been appointed customs agent
Tor the Union Pacific Company at Seattle
The crew of the steamer Flyer claimed to have
beaten the Mnltnomah fully twenty-five min
utes on the trip from Tacoma last evening. The
time claimed from buoy to buoy was one hour
and twenty minutes.
Steamer w. f. Munroe came in with thirty
five tons Of hay and oats AMI left with forty
tons of general freight on the SSagit river route;
the Buckeye had IL tons out for Richmond
beach and Edfnonds: the L. J. Perry came III
with loo SACKS OF oats from Skagit river and
left for Shelton with 50 tons OF feed and hay,
and the Cascade lett on the Stanwood run with
III tons OF general freight.
The ship Spartan, Captain Polite arrived in
port yesterday from San Francisco to load
cargo OF Black Diamond coal. she
was towed in by tug Tacoma Relative
to the condition of the coal market in san
Francisco, Captain Polite said he never before
saw SO many ships in san Francisco harbor all
loaded with coal which they brought over az
ballast from foreign ports.
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THE TABLES TURNED.
Spring Is Acquitted and His
Accuser Under Fire.
THE CHARGES ARE UNFouNDED
Central Labor Union Trial Over-Comax
May Be Expelled-Paying Or
the Debts.

At the meeting of the Western Central Labor
Union last night the trial committee appointed
TO investigate the charges preferred against Abe
Spring by W. Comax, of the 'Longshoremen's
Union, alleging that Spring was Sullivan spy,
reported that there was nothing in the testi-
mony to sustain the charges, and recommended
that Spring De acquitted. The report was
unanimously adopted and on motion it was
voted to request the 'Longshoremens Union to
withdraw Comax as its delegate in the central
body.
The committees report was that beyond the
statements of one or two witnesses to the effect
that Spring had been seen talking to Sullivan,
no testimony had been introduced to sustain
the charges at all; that even these witnesses
who claimed to have seen him talking with
Sullivan, said they could not swear that he was
talking at the time, but that on the contrary it
was proven that Spring did not even know
Sullivan, much less talk with him. Comax is
not very popular in his own union, and it may
be that the affair Will not end with simply with
drawing him a delegate to the central body
The meeting last night was said to be the
largest and most intsres sting held in a long time
The union has been suffering from the financial
troubles in which 1t has been involved, but last
night the dues OF each subordinate union were
raised to 81 per mouth, and it is probable that in
short time the debt viii be paid up and the
union be left in position to carry on its work
free from such difficulties.
A committee was appointed to wait on the
unions not affiliated with the central body and
urge them to support the workingmen's library
and reading-room.
1t was announced that special meeting of the
Cooks and Walters Union. which has recently
been reorganiZed, would be held in the Western
Central hall tomorrow night for the adoption of
a constitution aud bylaws.
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ever a surgeon Jaw Collector of Customs g. If.
Bowel was at once notified. and when the cir
eunstances were explained to him 1t took but q
few minutes to have notice written out per-
emptorly ordering the ship and all on board
into quarantine at Albert point. Mayor Open
heiu,er. too, saw the flag, and hearing
what was the matter he sent down Gordon OF
police to keep any one and every one from land
ing or going on board. There is nothing very
surprising in the fact that ship, even one OF
the Canadian Pacific railroad line. should come
from foreign country with smallpox case OF !
board; but there does indeed seem to be some
thing very remarkable in the fact that all tn
other passengers should have been permitted
land without quarantine, thereby running gray
risk of carrying the disease ashore with them
The circumstances are these: ,
The Empress OF China arriving of Vics
toria yesterday evening was boarded by Gus
toms officials and Dr. McNaughton Jones, port
doctor for Victoria. The latter, after due ex-
animation as provided by law, granted the ship
q clean bill of health and when the Empress
arrived here this morning all that DIR. Robert
son had to do was to see that DR.. McNaughton
Jones' signature to the document was correct
The passengers, ETC., are landed, and suddenly
the alarming discovery 10 made that there Is
case OF smallpox The ships doctor says little.
Mrs Livingstone was taken sick q few days out
OF Yokohama was confined to her cabin, and
on Friday last the rash, which always accom-
panes smallpox, broke out.
1t cannot be possible that the doctor did not
know il was smallpox, and, if he did not, how
did he discover it soon after the other pas
sengers had landed? The government officials
here and the local health officers as well are
determined to have strict investigation to see
If the ships officers did not conceal the pres
ence of the malignant disease in order to land
their passengers without any fuss over quaran-
tine.
On the voyage from Yokohama Charles W.
Good, of Cincinnati, died of malarial fever and
was buried at sea. His brother, j. c. Good,
lives at 116 south Broadway, Cincinnati.
The Empress of China left Yokohama Novem-
Der 10, and had very stormy passage, with
head winds OF hurricane force and high seas.
When off the Aleutian islands wave stove in
a steel lifeboat and swept over the hurricane
deck, the water rushing down the tunnels and
grating, extipguishing the fires in some of the
furnaces. One of the boats was carried over the
spar on the ships deck by the force of the wind.
She weathered the storm bravely and reached
port on time a1d with only one boat slightly
damaged.