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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-04
Baseball.

The baseball season Is over. and. alas. the
goddess who presided over the game has
managed 1t unsatisfactory. She can pre-
sent no sufficient argument why the pen
nant should not have been assigned to
New York.
Here the battle had been fought most
vigorously for the preservation OF the ma
tiond game against the terribly damaging
disturbance brought upon 1t last year by
the misguided heads OF few vain agitators
in the professional ranks. After success was
attained in that difficulty. here had been col
lected an aggregation Of professional skill
such as any impartial and level-headed god
dess should have been delighted to recognize
by awarding the first place. The unprece-
denied and unaccountable blight which OF
and on afflicted the New Workers during
the great contest can be attributed to no
other origin than to the tickle and nl-advised
fortune that ruled them for the year 1891.
We have hearty congratulations for the
Bostonians. who have got the pennant.
They fought with strength and vigor from
the beginning. and there Is not room
for a suggestion OF any reason why
they have not won deservedly. Yet. II
New York was not to be preferred.
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MELBOURNE AND HIS RAIN TEST
Tho Citizens OF . Kansas Town UndocaAo
~ 70 the Results Of His Experiment.

Tho Citizens OF . Kansas Town UnaocaAoA
~ 20 the Results OF His Experiment.
GooDLAND. Kan. Oct 3.-Melbourne gave up
his rain experiment yesterday afternoon at the
suggestion Of the Citizens Committee which
had the matter in charge. It is understood
that II rain falls before now test Is made Mel
bourne Is not to have tho credit About IL
o'clock last night Goodland was wet with the
tail end Of rain storm. which deluged the
country from Philipsburg. 140 miles. to Jen.
nings. 800 miles east Melbourne is not salts
fed with his test, and will wait until tho winds
have fallen and the clouds. which the commit
tee agree are Of his making. have cleared away
before making a new test From the begin
ming to the end Of his experiments tho wind
has maintained a velocity Of from thirty-fve
to forty miles per hour.
Melbourne s satisfied that rain can DO pre-
cipitated while the wind maintains such
high velocity; Since the experiments began It
has rained all around Goodland, the heaviest
fall being north and east. in which directions
tho wind naturally have carried It. Whether or
oot there is anything in the experiments
for drought breaking. and before he leaves
Goodland his method will have Q thorough
test. Il the conditions are favorable the next
test will begin probably on Monday.
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HANr THE HEALTH BOARD 10 GET QUE.
Tho Police Department Serves Notios Tia
It Needs the Rooms ITSELF

Tho Police Department Serves Notioo that
It Needs the Rooms ITSELF
At "a special meeting Of the Police Board yes
terday Q resolution was passed directing the
chief clerk to call upon the Health Depart
ment to vacste two rooms which they now 90
cupy on the Mott street side OF the Police
Headquarters building. Mr.. voorhis. who
offered the resolution. said that the rooms
were lent to the Health Department In 1875 on
condition that they should be given up II tho
Police Department needed them at any time
The rooms are now used by Dr. John T. Maggie.
Deputy Register. and by the Bureau Of Vital
Statistics They are known as room So It is
likely there will be some trouble before the
Health Department gives them up. About ten
years ago similar request was made. The
Health Department falling to vacate the
Offices. Gen. Badly Smith, then President OF the
Police Board. took forcible possession. but not
for long. Counsel Of tho Board OF Health got
an injunction restraining the Police Depart
was then dropped. The rooms arc now desired
30 that offices can be fitted up In the first floor
for Inspectors Steers and Conlin, who are
down In tho basement. 1t is intended to put
the Bureau Of Information into the rooms now
occupied by DR.. Maggie and the Bureau OF Vital
Statistics. and bring Inspectors Steers and
Conlin up stairs where the Information Bureau
now is Inspector Steerss health has been
poor. and 1t Is laid to the damp basement
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Boulanger-A Last Word.

It was said by the enemies OF Roman
Emperor who slew himself that nothing In
his life became him like the ending of 1t. In
these days, although men have ceased to be
swayed by the Stoio philosophy, there arc
still some who deem 1t not dishonorable to
die in what BACON called tho high Roman
fashion. The Paris Dsbols, for example,
ono OF Bou1ANaEn's implacable opponents.
which had no word of approval for
him living, cannot find It In its heart
to cast a slur upon his self.sought
grave. It evinces no. sympathy with
those who shudder at the sight of
q dentists chair, yet who, when thew hear
OF mans putting q pistol to his head, are
fond OF invoking with Snug complacency
1.-The Amighty's canon 'gainst self-slauoh-
ter" The Debats, on the contrary, ac-
knowledges that BouuANoEB died as he had
lived, like o man for whom death has no
terrors. And not unaptly does his friend
RocHKroRr recall the fact that the soldier
who has deliberately refused to outliye the
woman that loved him came out Of the war
with Prussia shot almost to pieces, and that
his most SCATTERING wound was received In
q gallant sortie from Paris, where some of
his present detractors were skulking In
cellars to escape the dreaded impsct of tho
enemy's shells.
It Is but Justice to 0 man who can now
have no interested defenders to recognize
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tence OF doing some shopping. they left her
to join the young men and accompany thom
to st. Marks Church. Their father was In
Europe. and he had asked that the one OF
them who had spoken to him on the subject
OF the marriage should give him further
timc to consider 1t. For some reason both
OF her parents hesitated to give their con-
sent to the union. II they did not actually
oppose and forbid It.. Hence the young
couples resorted to this deceit and this BE-
crecy. Tho men also were not willing to
wait to win over their brides parents, but
went ahead without regard to them.
In such precipitancy there Is nothing
surprising 80 far as they were concerned.
1t is an old story. But DR.. RYnANoR was In
no such case. He could be cool and DELHI
crate. and he could have used his influence
to restrain the impetuosity Of the young
people. so careless OF parental Judgment
and parental desire and solicitude. More
over. the young man for whom DR.. RY-
LANCE ofiiciated was known to him as one
Of his parishioners. and the young woman
is Of a family Of which he must have pos
sessed information. They were not
casual couple coming to him to be Joined In
wedlock by the rites and with the blessing
Of Tho Church. What he did not know about
them already he could easily have learned
by questioning them.
Their seeking secret marriage was In It.
self ground for suspicion and reason for in
vestigation. The brides mother was In
town; why was she not at the wedding
AS clergyman he teaches that by the COM
mandment OF COP parents must be hon.
ored. that tho parental authority must be
respected. and that the family must be
preserved as q divine institution. Yet he
countcnanced and encouraged these young
people in their disrespect and disobedienoe
of parental authority. He did not counsel
them as spiritual guide. He Allotted them
in their rebellion and made himself party
to their decitful game. He did not COM
municate with the parents or try to advise
with them. He performed tho solemn cerc-
mony. took his fee. and left the church at
once. being very busy. as he says. Then
his assistant accepted n fee for marry
ing the other pair. This was man
;festly marriage entered into with the
adventuresoms spirit of youth. probably
as sudden decision of a girl Of nineteen and
young fellow but lately out Of college. and
yet the clergyman performed the solemn
cereHlouy, KNOWING JnaC tno paTouto VI Cue
bride must be ignorant Of what she was
doing, 80 momentous in its consequences to
her. to her family. and to society. He treated
marriage as II it were trivial matter. q
sort of practical joke. and he gave the sano-
ton OF the Church to deceit practised on
parents and to Disregard Of their reasonable
wishes and precautions.
In other words. the Rev. DR.. RYIANoE and
his assistant have published abroad that
the Episcopal Church. 80 far as 1t is repre-
sented by them. is ready to abet clandestine
marriages. and that it recognizes no right
in parents to be consulted as to the mar
riage Of their children. and no duty to
parents on the part OF children.
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Tho Hon. jacob g. FAssErr's cattls-show
style seems to be most sweetly poeticsl.
Everywhere there has been an abundance u
no told the Wayne county farmers. from the
Gulf whore the cotton whitens every field TO the
North where the corn is green and the wheat
is yellow. rejoice with you in your prosper
ity. and have no other wish than that the sun
next year may be as bright, that tho showers
next tear may be as soft and that the yeo-
many Of America may continue to DO the most
enlightened. the most intelligent. and the
most prosperous generally under the wide
sweep Of the stars"
Mr.. FAssrrT needn't worry. THE SuN will
be as bright as ever: the showers will continue
to be rain water reasonably soft: bold yeo-
many. their country's pride. will do business
at the old stand: and the wide sweep Of the
stars sweep as widely as Of yore Mr.. FAssErT
must learn how to DO happy. though not Gov
ernor.
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1t will perhaps encourage the American
gentlemen who arc going to South Africa to
hunt for the Ophir OF the Old Testament to
know that two sculptured monkeys upon the
wall Of On Egyptian temple. and under them
IN inscription recording sea expedition on O
gold-hunting quest LOO years before the
Christian ora. have been accepted By learned
men as evidence that gold was sought further
south in Africa at that early day. Some peo-
pie have tried to show TINT Ophir was In India.
These stone monkeys. however. arc unmis-
takably African and not Indian animals, and
perhaps the evidence they afford is as substan-
tial as any the gentlemen will pick up In South
Africa
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NEW WALKING COSTUME ron WOMEN
The Dres. that 10 20 se Worn ny Mrs..
EVELYN q. Ingersoil on Rainy Days.

Evelyn 9. Ingerson on Rainy Days.
Boston, Oct. 3.-Many paragraphs hive been
going tho rounds OF the press throughout the
country concerning O new departure In femi-
nine attire to BIO inaugurated In Boston on the
first rainy Saturday In October HID 1t rained
to-day two women-not 200 as had been said
would have donned dresses. tho like OF which
have never before been worn by civilized wo-
men. and sauntered across streets without
fear OF muddy skirts. But 1t did not rain to-
day, 30 those new dresses were not worn.
The alleged loader in the so-callcd Dress
reform movement is retiring woman. who
had little desire for such prominence as has
been forced upon her. Her name is Mrs. Evo-
Ign Shaw 1ngersoll. She announced to friend
that she had become tired OF travelling through
mud and slush with wet skirts trailing after
her. and she had determined to adopt a trim
suit, short enough in the skirts to DO comfort
able and yet clear the ground. In some man.
ner this declaration, made in private. got into
the papers. and presently Mrs. Ingersoll found.
to her great amusement, that she was being
s,Th!s IS Utterly absurd" said Mrs. 1neer-
to Way SeGf thnsn MORO a. Sssne
Ehss top sh sep ho xakWps S9 Ss T
OF Keeping 1t for rainy weather alone. as 1t will
be much too pretty. Ono Of my friends Is .hav-
Ing rnde suit like mine, but know Of no.
Tho new dress is not ct all radical. for women
who already discard corsets wear hyglenio
ENTERTAINMENTS. and dress with some degree
q regard to tho time. place. and occasion,
For thom y is simply dress Of waterproof
material. OF the best quality that the purse
allows, coming to the tops of tho boots. the
waist line being proportionntely shortened In
order to preserve harmony OF outline.
o close-itting REFER" and o neat
opp of the same material as the dreea
Much attention will be given to making the
ton Of economy will also be carefully consid-
cred. Tho greatest expense will be In the
although the wrinkled leather leGgings can be-
worn with the ordinary, walking. boot Tho
perfect freedom OF motion. and the foreshort-
ened effect which most women dread will be
obviated BY having tho waist line taken up to
its proper place. There will DO no strap, sus-
penders, bindings. or belts. the. suit being
made all IN one pioce and its weight equally
distributed over the body.
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we should have. wished that the prize
Of championship might finally have gone to
the city that Is managed by that most able
individual In his profession. tho player
ANsoN. There Is popular but shallow
notion here and there that ANsoN
best plays ball with his tongue, and
more against the umpire than against the
opposing nine. In fact. ANsoN is ono Of the
most genuine player upon the field. No
man can lick an awkward squad into the
shape demanded by the League standard or
keep his nine pegging away steadily
from one end Of season to the other
In comparison with him. Then. also.
1t must be remembered ANsoN never
ainched from defending the true inter-
eets OF the national game during the
time when THE Sun was upholding them
almost alone among journals. During
the disastrous turmoil Of 1890 ANsoN was
the most conspicuous and earnest OF the
great professionals standing for tho same
side. No mans real interest In the game can
be questioned either when. like ANsoN
last week, he brushes aside as Injurious to
the sport and as uniustinable in fact the
apparently inevitable attack OF unfairness
in the way his rivals won the champion
snip. Amid the outside congratulations to
the players Of Boston we venture to say
that there will be few which will not be 90
companied with certain sense Of regret
that the pennant should not have gone to
Chicago.
As to the future. there Is much to hope
for It was wonderful how o shattered in
terest such as stuck to baseball up to the
close Of tho season Of 1890 could have been
so terminated and spread as to produce
the great support that has followed the
struggle Of this season. Next year. when
the recollection Of past misfortunes shall
have disappeared altogether. we may hope
for enthusiasm and play that will surpass
anything over known,
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United States Marshal Jacobus Deputy Mar
shal Kennedy. and United States Commits
stoner Shields were busy from P. NJ until
nearly midnight on Friday qualifying and
swearing In Chief United States Deputy Mar
shals and Special Deputy Marshas to do duty
at the ensuing registration and election in the
districts whore Congressman are to be elected
The Chief Deputy Marshals sworn In were:
Eleventh sS Assembly distrIet james "; Anten:
Ealler:. Twentieth. John .Goode:- Eighteenth.
Hugh Coleman: Twenty first, L. J. Slater.
One man for each registration, and election
district and. sworn in. Only mon belonging to
the regularly organized Republican organiza-
tions In the districts named were chosen,
There are four days. OF registration. The Chief
Deputies get $40 day and the special Depu-
ties So.
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GEN. BUTLER SUED.
Ho 10 Accused OF Breaking . COntraet Tor
the Publication OF His Book.

Ao 10 Accused OF Breaking Q Contract for
the Publication OF His Book.
Boston. Oct Seen. Benjamin F. Butler will
soon have an interesting suit on his hands. in
which he will figure as defendant as well as
counsel He is charged with breaking o con-
tract with the Q. F. Jewett Publishing Com
pany and giving to rival firm. A. N. Thayer &
Co.. the publication Of his autobiography. The
Jewett company asks that an Injunction be
placed upon the issuance Of the new work
BY Thayer Co. They allege that
Gen. Butler contracted to have the book
published by them. By the terms Of tho agree
ment Gen. Butler was to receive rs cents for
each book printed. and 37K cents additional for
each book sold. On his part Gen. Butler was
to furnish them with manuscript aggregatin9
two pages Of printed matter per day. They
allege that he supplied them with enough ma
terial for si1ty-three pages and then in May
asaesa o WITH ths a out the terms OF tho
Se0 sSt SssRssn asn
s Shh eS hs part Ss ne
q printed matter except IL case Of ssE ness Of
Sas IN s q tSs ssash By
am aaRRy s SSnsaS hf
Is the person whom he wished 70 finish tho
finished the Generals estate was exempted
from liability he. however. agreed 70 defend
publishing tho work. on account Of any state
ments contained therein. The firm was to sell
t sary steps toward advertising 1t throughout
document was filed In the Superior Court and
fused to mako any statement until the matter
hsd been brought before him .oflcially. Mr.
said * had haa aSe With
Gen: RutleT, and that the General
ally made the contract. and who subsequently,
get Into financial difficulties. had broken faith
with him. and that that was the reason why he
had taken the publication out Of the FIRMS
hands. The firm, on the other hand. allegs
thing that may have hApBened to Mr.. Jewett.
and that 1t is perfectly. willing to carry on the
work according to the original agreement
Judge Lathrop has aIed Tuesday. Oct. 20. as
the date for hearing the application for an In
junction.
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1S,ees,07o Pupils Enrolled In Our Public
6chools,

WASHINGTON. Oct. SIN his report to the
Secretary OF the Interior. Commissioner Harris
of tho Bureau Of Education says that there
were enrolled during tho fiscal yoar 1882 1890
in the public schools OF elementary and second
airy grade 12.6s6.973 pupils. as against
e.867.505 In 1880. The enrolment formed
2027 per cent OF the population Of 1890. Tho
average daily attendance Of pupils on each
school day In 1890 was 8.1l4.O3a The total
amount expended during the last fscal. year
a9T IN | Tbe
per capita OF population In 1880 was Sl.5B and
In 1900 1t was 1924. The total value Of grounds,
buildings and apparatus of educational insti.
buttons In 1881 was So. 1874. 100.
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Shouldn't Fay Senator B,rketv Hills.

The Kings county Grand Jury brought in q
presentment in tho Court Of Sessions. Brook
Ign. yesterday. endorsing the action OF pre-
vious Grand Juries in condemning abuses In
the management Of the county farm at st.
Johnland. and especially the alleged failure
Of Senator James W. Birkett the contractor for
the heating apparatus and conduit to perform
the work according to the specncations. Tho
Auditor refuse to audit and the County Treas.
urer refuse to pay Senator Birkett's bills until
no carries out his contract. II also reoom-
mends the dismissal of James +. Casey. the
supervising engineer.
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Mr.. Flower ~ tho Friend Of the Union
soldier.

Mr.. Flower ~ tho Friend OF the Union
soldier.
The kind heart Of the Hon. ROSWELL p.
FLOWER has led him much further In the
matter Of voting pensions than THE Sun
can follow him with approval. During his
two terms in Congress he has not only been
assiduous in procuring tho passage Of PEN
sion bills in individual casee where his own
constituents and people in other New York
districts were Interested. but he has also
steadily advocated policy Of nberality in
the general pension legislation. no matter
at what cost to tho Government.
In this direction. we think. Mr.. F1owEn
went too far while In Congress.
As ON Illustration Of Mr.. Fnowm's posi-
ton with regard to pensions. and also Of his
readiness in debate. we quote an interesting
passage from the Congressional Record Of
March 81. 1890. Mr.. KERR OF Iowa had re-
peated the ancient fiction that the armies Of
the Union were mainly composed OF Repub-
lican soldiers. Mr.. FLOWER was promptly
on his legs, and then the subjoined dialogue
occurred:
"Mr FLovr.-Nr. Chairman. the gsntlsmAn from
Iowa has been reading. presume. from NJ. 0antsYs
Almanac when he states that only onefourth Of the
srs.. INV ''1sA' NV ''' ~ VIZ 'A''H "''' A'H''-
"Axxx,u,-r, not tina. rood authority,
"Mr. rIow,a-Yea and want to quote from that Au-
thorisy on another point You win nnd u stated that
Ahasa. Lsoot. N iS s s ,sosssea sseoS s0.es
year hs wen, to vsr. and from sns. TIM. until lsss
900 soldiers were enlisted to night in that battle
linz Of 5000 mile. 600 moro than there were r.
pubucans all told In 1880 Now. say to the gentleman
from Iowa that the Republican party carried every
Nnr4h dkskA tNnl rAI Ma
-Mr K.s. Of Iowa-Doss not the gentleman know
sh. 90 cent Of those who enlisted were under the
voting ssst
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Minneapolis. Omaha, and Tacoma are
already striving for an advertisement and the
Republican National Convention. Representa-
tives of these enterprising towns ought to con.
suit tho Hon. BENJAMIN HARR1soN The con-
viction must BIO growing in his mind that the
next Republican National Convention will be
held In Augusta, Ne.
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Another Comet Discoveries.

LICK OBSERVATORY. Mt. HAMILTON. Cal. Oct
"a new comet was discovered by Prof T..
Barnard at Lick Observatory this morning at
minutes of o'clock the comet right asc { nsion
IL 7hoursa and 81 minutes. south declination 28
degrees. The comet is not very bright and
has no tall or nucleus. 1t 10 moving rapidly
toward the southeast
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be 80 ill-advised as to try to thwart the will
OF the nation. he. Mr.. GLADSTONE. would
then tell the Liberals that the question OF
the abolition Of tho upper House should
have precedence over every other, because
then upon that alone would hinge the
fundamental question whether the British
people are self-governing. or whether there
be another power thrust between the people
and the throne and able to block the action
Of tho constitutional machine.
To the friends OF ireland. while they
recognize the propriety Of placing British
reform In the foreground OF speech adj
dressed to British electors, 1t may seem
that Mr.. GLADSTONE kept the good wine for
the last. But while the solemn reiterstion
OF his promise to restore home rule to Ire
land was reserved for the close Of this great
speech. he by no means meant his auditors
to infer that It would come latest In the
Legislative programme Of the next Liberal
Government. On the contrary. he pro-
claimed that first OF all tho obligations
resting on tho British Liberals was the
duty OF rendering justice to their Irish
brethren. Never. he said. would tho House
Of Commons overtake the arrears In public
business until the Irish question had been
put out Of the way forever. The approach
ing verdict OF the nation could. he said. be
forecast from tho outcome Of nearly hum
bred by-elections. in which great majority
Of the electors voting had expressed tho de-
liberate conviction that just and gener-
GUS treatment OF their fellow subjects in
Ireland was imposed upon them alike by
their honor. their interest, and their duty
before COP and man.
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g. hope all my friends will give loyal and
energetic support TO the ticket" Such is the
message Of DR.. WARNER M1LLEl from over the
sea- DR.. WARNER MILLER has hoped q good
many hopes in politics. but his hopes usually
fail to connect It is our firm belief that Dr..
MI.LER is q gaxelle-nurser.
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Cruel Law In Massachusetts.

NoM u boslo" zVeatN9 1VaNsdS4I
good idea Of the money value Of the fourteen night
ing roosters which killed BY the police Of Division
BY order Of the Court Il gained from the fact that
Havsrtl man called At the station house to-day and
offered 500 of them OF the offer was ro
jsctsd for the Court had passed the death sentence
upon those cocks because hard.hssrtsd had made
them nRht