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THE CATHEDRAL coRvER STOWE
To Ne Laid on dec. S1-More Than Eaough
Money Subscribed 10 Pay for the Site.

After the meeting OF the trustees OF tho pro-
jected Protestant Episcopal Cathedral OF st.
John the Divine at the See house. yesterday,
Bishop Potter said: Tho corner stone Of the
cathedral will be laid on Dec. 81. which Is the
day OF SC. John tho Evangelist
This announcement meant that the requisite
sum had been subscribed for the final pay
ment on the land. Whom the site for the
cathedral was selected IL was decided that
no work should be done until the whole
amount Of money necessary to pay for tho
ground had been secured. 1t has recently
been announced that 100000 has been given
10 the cathedral fund by one per son. Bishop
Potter would neither deny nor affirm this
rumor. He said:
The President OF the Board OF Trustees OF
the cathedral has recently received pledges.
subscriptions. or contributions toward the
cathedral fund from various individuals. but
has not IN any instance boon authorized to
he. No information In regard to these par
ticulnrS Is likely to he authorized before Jan.
!. Int full details will then DO furnished"
a. bishop Potter further said that nearly $780,.
Oo0 had been raid In. exclusive OF these recent
subscriptions.
q tho trustees Bishop Potter. the Rev. DIR.
Huntington. Cornelius Vanderbilt. samuel
Babcock. Dean Hoffman George Nee. Miller.
AMI j. Roosevelt Roosevelt.
inc eNnct location OF the cathedral has not
been determined. There will be special
meeting OF the trustees at the cathedral
grounds on Saturday afternoon for that pur-
pose,
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The Ono Per Cent. Faction.

The official count Of the vote in New
York city was not filed with the County
Clerk until Monday last. The figures vary
a little from those previously accepted as
correct, and this variation makes it neces-
sary to revise our census Of the anti-1am-
many Mugwumps.
Mr.. CLEVELAND received 175.267 votes for
President, and Mr.. G1LRoY received 1880
votes for Mayor. There we're. therefore.
moro than 297 citizens who voted for Mr..
CLEVELAND but did not support Tammanv
Hall. Tho number OF such is 1857.
The vote for President generally. II not
Invariably. runs beyond that for the mu-
nicipal ticket. Mr.. GILRoY fell behind Mr..
CLEVELAND in exactly the same proportion
as Mr. E1NsTErN fell behind Gen. HARRISON.
Ono per cent. OF tho citizens that voted for
CLEVELAND failed to vote for GILIoY. One
per cent. Of the citizens that voted for HAIR
R1soN failed to vote for E1NsTEIN.
But lot us omit this principle from con-
sideraton and assume that every'man Of
the 1857 was an anti-Tammany Mug
wump. directly influenced to vote for Mr..
CLEVELAND and to withhold his vote from
Mr.. GILRoY by the arguments and exhorta-
tions Of such educators OF public opinion as
the New York Reform Club propagandists
and Mr.. EDWIN l.. GoDKN Of the Evening
Post. Giving the Mugwump leaders credit
for every possible disciple and convert the
fact remains that they supplied only ono
per cent. OF the total vote for the Demo-
cratic national ticket.
1t is this one per cent. so helpless before
election and so unimportant on election
day. that becomes so obstreperous and
noisily conspicuous. and SO prolific OF adj
vice. suggestion. and attempted dictation.
as soon as tho Democracy has won its VIC
tory. It is this one per cent. that UNDER
takes to tell the ninety-nine per cent. how
the party should be managed. what it's
policy should be. and who should be its
candidates.
No One per Cent. dominationl No Mug
wumps at tho wheel
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USELESS PORTS OF ENTRY
And the Increase OF Smuggling Acros. a.
Canadian and Nc xicnn Rorders

WASHINGTON. Nov. 2a,AGent Tingle. IN nj.
report OF the operations OF the division q,
Special Agents OF tho Treasury Depnrtment
during the last fiscal year. saws that smug..
Cling OF dutiabe merchandise across tina "a.
madam and Mexican frontiers has largely in.
creased since the passage OF the tarifY ACT ~
1890. imposing high duties on all Agricultural
products. Horses and cattle. as vol A 70.
bacco and other merchandise, are smppuisaI
from Mexico. Public feeling is hosti. TO 40
enforcement OF the revenue laws Thsd
principal articles OF clandestine imnortsS
ton from Canada arc wool. clotbing
live animals. eggs. and opium. Ths
suggestion made last year IA r.nov-
ed: That the rate OF duty on opium ha ~.
duced to four or five dollars u pound No Snfv
whatever is now collected uron Canndian ,
opium. although n large proportion OF tho
product OF some thirteen or fourteen iactoriae
~ British Columbia finds its way into the
United States.
Mr. Tingle condemns the practice Of creat.
Ing new ports of entry in tho Interior OF the
country with" immediate TRANSPORTATION
privileges. Tho records show that .here Srs
twelve ports Of destination under tho i'm tae.
diate transportation acts. which did not re.
ceive single shipment Of merchandise LASH
year. The creation of these ports was not
needed nor justified from a odsincsS poipt Of
view During the year the expenses Of main
tanning nifty ports exceeded the money col.
lections therein.
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ton Of novelty for them. and feeling that
they are made secure against harm by the
armor OF good motives which they Dor.
row from PARKHuRsT. they will not be
afraid to tread in his footsteps. however
low down into hell they may tend. After
few months experience they will become
fitted to act as guides to all the vice In
their respective districts. and Will take
pride in their speciality.
The shadowing and blacklisting OF In.
habitnnts OF their districts will also acquire
great fascination for them. The wonder.
full tales OF detective exploits have long
been very attractive to boys, and many OF
them arc published. Their natural curl
osity, too. will be piqued. and 1t IL likely to
be especially strong In the sort OF young
fellows who will volunteer to enter into
PARKHuRsT's service as spies. They Will
glory in the secret consciousness OF know
ing moro about their nelghbors than any
body else. They will learn to hide in
corners. to dog the footsteps OF people
without being observed themselves. to
hold everybody under suspicion as a
possible victim for their net. and will
acquire the cynical distrust OF human
nature which marks the professional de-
tective. They will have their noses In the
dirt and filth so constantly that they will
get enjoyment from no other odors. even
become unable to distinguish between
purity and nastiness. They will grow to
think that sneaking is a kind Of cleverness
to be boosted OF. and a Christian duty we'll
performed. The more desplcable they are
tho prouder they will be Of themselves.
and the more valuable for the service for
which PARKHURsr engages them.
That is the sort OF education he proposes
to give to 1857 Christian young men in New
York. and that Is tho soft OF scrutiny to
which he intends to subject tho decent citl-
zens of the town. He means to set spies on
tho track OF the inhabitants OF every dis.
trict inflaming the youthful detectives to
fanntical zeal in the vile enterprise by tell
Ing them that thus they will gorify GoD.
Is 1t not time to hold another meeting OF
Christian ministers at the Cooper Union to
decide tho question whether PARKHURsT's
new scheme is as heroic as his original
method OF personally melting and viewing
shameless exhibitions for the purpose Of
promoting purity2 II tho decision is rs ia
vorab!e to him ns the first. every church
can be made nursery for spies. and the
force increased until there shall be several
on every block. If spying is Christian OBJ
legation. no Christian is exempt from it.
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charge Ave rounds in fourteen seconds:
at 6,000 yards range. five shells from 1t can

charge Ave rounds in fourteen seconds:
at 6.ooo yards range. FIVE shells from It can
be kept In the air together.
Here should also DO mentioned the pro-
curing OF n non-corrodible steel while In
eearch OF wire suitable for torpedo not
ting. few experimental gun barrels and
field piece will soon be made OF this steel.
It's success will have results reaching far
beyond naval uses into the broad domain Of
steel manufactures.
We must not forget the new vessel pro-
posed by Com modore FoLGER. under whom
the foregoing results have been developed.
Tho test OF the Ericsson submarine gun. a
few months ago. having shown that fairly
accurate range OF at least 600 feet can be OBJ.
tanned. he has submitted the design Of a
new ram. with curved nickel-steel decks
and submerged side armor. carrying puir
OF submarine guns. for the discharge OF
projectilcs containing 600 pounds OF high
explosives. while 1t will also have short
abovc-watcr mortars for projecules con-
tanning 200 pounds. Such vessel. novel
and effective. must attract widespread at
tention in other countries.
The great work OF our Naval Ordnance
Bureau during the last three years has
placed this country in the forefront OF ma
tons IN the construction OF appliances for
sea fighting. With liberal appropriations by
Congress our place can easily be main
tanned. and American prestige in this pnr-
ticular can be made still more conspicuous.
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students or the KeraInlc Arts.

The amateur interest in what is called china
painting will find much qualification Just now
in the first exhibition Of the New York Society
OF kcramc Arts at their rooms at 557 Fifth
avenue. 1t will remain on view throughout
this week. and probably will MI not a few
dabblers in mineral painting with q sense
Of the hopelessncss OF their own untaught
ambitions. for hero are a great many pieces
in which the technical difficulties Of the art
have been pretty well overcome and in which
graceful and delicate results have been
achieved. such. indeed: rs do not often reward
In so much that is worthy in motive 1t
would be invidious to particuarize too closely:
but among the exhibitors whose work will
command and deserve favorable notice it is
proper to mention Mr. Maene Of PHILADELPHIA
and Miss Wiilauer. two Of his pupils and Miss
Minnie T. Dwight. The figure pieces done by
Miss .Dwiehts plates. though suffering per-
hans from inappropriate hanglngs and color
surroundings. are cleverly and artistically
hundled.
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Outrage by the Post Office.

A trade publication in New York city,
while maintaining n struggle for life with
the authorities OF the Post Office Depart
ment for nearly year. has discovered and
made public Il condition OF affairs Of which
few persons had any previous idea. 1t has
demonstrated that clerks in the depart
ment Mt Washington are in the habit OF en-
Guiding newspapers from tho privilege OF
being carried in the mails as second-cl class
matter without previous notice to the pub
Usher that such action Is intended. and re-
Installing the unfortunate periodical with
out requiring any change in it's business
methods just as soon as sufficient influence
is brought to bear to make such action
seem desirable. 1t has discovered
that there are persons residing at
the national capital who will at
tempt tho adjustment OF difficulties OF
this sort for n money consideration. and
seek employment on the score OF influence
possessed with persons occupying respon-
sible positions. Without influence it has
been made apparent that it Is i'm
possible for publisher to obtain
redress unless tho department clerk
will relent: because it is tho practice
OF the United States courts to decline to
interfere with any question OF fact with
which department Of tho Government Is
concerned. Tho Postmaster-General Is
prosecutor. jury. Judge. and executioner.
so far as publisher rights are concerned.
and his power passes down through tho
first. second, third. fourth. and other as
sistants ad minimum: consequently vic
tim OF error or malice must beg or buy his
way through difficulty. OF allow his news
paper to DO swampcd by having his rate OF
postage increased tcnfold.
The ostensible reason for Interference
with the distribution OF trade Journals Is n
desire to keep the mails from being loaded
down with advertising matter for which the
people have not subscribed yet during the
months that preceded the election MANY
million campaign documents were carried
in the mails at rates not allowed to publi
cations issued for business purposes or in
tie interest of such causes as TEMPERANCE
On religion. The saving effected in this way
to the campaign committees amounted to
many thousand dollars weekly. for II period
extending over several months.
1t has also been made to apDear Tn at men
holding important Offices under the Admin
istration have received the same priyi-
leges permitted to campaign committees,
but pronounced illegal when ordinary citi-
zens would seek for them. The Postmaster
General and the Superintendent OF the
Census have each taken personal advantage
OF the opportunity to use tho mails in u
manner that tho department. pronounccs
illegal for other citizens.
1t has been demonstrated that it is futile
for citizen to apply to the department for
such information as will enable him to con-
duet his business operations IN conformity
TO law, the practice in such cases being To
decline conveying any information.
When citizen. cropping in the dark. is SO
unfortunate as to attract the attention of a
department clerk. and 10 punished therefor.
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DISCUSSING CiLTINISN,
Chicago Presbyterian. Disnpprove or the
Revised Confession.

CHICAGO. Now 20.-"Wreck Calvnism. the
backbone Of the Presbyterian Church. the doc.
trine which in all time has given us character.
and shall be one OF many to refuse longer to
follow the fla. Of that Church."
That was DR.. Herrick Johnson's declaration
at the meeting OF Presbyterian ministers at the
close OF u three hours address upon the pro-
posed revision OF the Confession OF Faith. Dr.
johnson was member OF tho Committee on
Revision. aud only yielded to the few changes
made In answer to q general demand. Tho
meeting resolved itself into battle upon Call
vinism. In tho debate several admitted that
they were forced to preach that which their
consciences could not approve. and thereby
called forth the startled ,reproofs Of the ortho.
dox conservatives. At tho close Chicago Pres
byterians had placed themselves on record AS
disappearing all the changes made by the
General! Assembly OF the Church at Large. \
the General Assembly's committee was then
adopted by a vote Of 10 to IL. A supplemental
report was presented. asking the General
Assembly to appoint q new committee on re-
vision. Its consideration was postponed until
January.
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We are again to be bothered over the Chi
nese question. Our Chinese residents decline
to obey the law OF last May which requires
them to register their names with the Govern
ment under penalty OF expulsion from this
country next May. They number about 1OO.-
600 according to PoRTER's census. which. as
we now know, took in less than half of them
and only half dozen OF tho whole lot havo
registered up to this time. Must we. then.
ship our law-defying Chinese population back
to Asia within the next half year? 1t
must be understood that they are not required
to pay their own travelling expenses. which.
in fact. our Government must pay: and We
learn from Washington that. according to a
Treasury estimate. the big sum OF 100000
600 will be needed for this purpose. Hero ia
something that gives us pause. 1t Is possible
that II a few hundreds Of them were sent back
to China the rest might obey the registration
law but Secretary Foo. who speaks in their
behalf. declares that they will adhere to their
determination not to register even though
assured that the penalty OF expulsion will be
enforced against them.
1t Is evident that Congress will have to make
provision for meeting this emergency. 1t cam
not repeal the law Of last May on the ground
that the Chinese refuse to comply with it. and
1t cannot execute tho law without mourning n
heavy expense. or without great bother The
Chinese are as obstinate ms they are bland.
The question that the Chinese have raised
must be acted upon in some way at tho COM
Ing session OF Congress. Within tho next
thrce months we must determine how to deal
with the Chinese question which will be uron
us In May
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The cable announces that tho Russian
peasantry are again suffering for food. Tho
causes for the renewal o! the great hunger are
not far to seek. In tho first place. tho Govern
ment. which had undertaken to furnish seed
to the sorely stricken peasantry who survived
last years famine. sent grain for sowing that
was deficient both in quantity and quality. and.
worse still. 1t did not reach tho farmers until
n fortnight after it should have been under
ground. 1t would have been surprising II.
under these circumstances. n bounteous har-
vest had filled the Granarios; but from first to
last bad luck attended the farmers. and the
late sown crop was two-thirds destroyed in
largo districts by drought. searching winds.
and locusts.
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FTOW NC TNIodgn TfTdII
Director OF Decoration Mlst is folio wing after Leo
nartos footsteps While engaged in devising schemes
of loysiness for the adorn nent Of the buildings in
Jackson Park. Mr.. Millet has become an inventor
I'VE made an estimate" said Mr. Milet, "of the time
It would take 10 color those buildings with brush
We found 1t woui he impossible to do II that way
There OF ceilings to 10 painted We turned
the machine them"
The machine which Mr.. MiIets modesty prevents
him from svowing as his own device is a gas pipe II
foot .ong. fiat ut one end to leave opening
inch across and wide enough to insert sheet OF card
board This pipe is attached long piece OF ruhner
hose The other end OF the hose is dipped in bz:re
OF paint An electric motor does the rest. Tho pant
ng OF the Worlds Fair buildings now proceeds apare.
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MIR. A. n. KOopMANs PICTURES.

There Is a collection OF some three dozen
paintings. studies. and sketches by Mr.. A. b.
koopman, now on exhibition ut tho American
Art Galleries In Madison square. that is more
than interesting. Some of tho canyaees are
really beautiful. Mr.. koopman Is n pupil OF
Bouruercnu. Fleury. and BENJAMIN Constant.
but that has nothing to do with the fact that
his work Is capable and in sense original.
Tho chief picture OF tho present collection Ia
lie Benedtclte.' which was shown in the
Paris Salon OF 1892. 1t is nm i'm pressiye md
poetic tableau OF an inHrm old man. his
hands supported by his granddaughter,
while the members OF his family sit about
the scanty board. In attitudes OF devotion.
Willie he invokes blessing upon their bread.
Inc orphan" another subject found in Brit
tany. represents young girl resting in tho
shade OF tree. while n great patch OF sun.
iight falls on tho meadow ut her feet and illu.
mines the garden in the background. In
Dreaming OF One Ainr" the artist has pic
tureu young woman leaning on her seaweed
rake on the beach and looking wistfuly across
a sea In which are blended tho hues OF tho
rose. In the painting called From tho
kiva schiavoni" the wator ia OF tho
luminous. hazy green OF jade. THE Toilers
OF tho Deep is a large canvas in which
number OF women arc represented at work
raRing seaweed upon the beach OF n sea that
Is wonderful in its color and poetic haze.
There nre n number OF studies OF heads OF
Old mon that are full OF character. notably a
" Head OF Peasant In Sunlight" in which the
glow Of illumination is remarkably we'll rep.
resented. and "Flickcrlnr-Almost Out"
which represents very old NAM whose eyesand
senses are plainly dimmej with age. Tho two
or three portraits in tho collection are not SO
agreeable In arrangement,
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THE DEIKIS SHE.
Oriental I.aciucr-. Porceinin-, am! B'OnHes
Knocked Down at Low Figures.

Knocked BoNh at Low Figures.
Yesterday 5 session Of the sale OF the Deakin
collection of japanese and Chinese art objects
at the rooms Of the American Art Association
was well attended in spite OF the storm. bat
low prlces ruled. The offerings included
many small pieces OF porcelain aud enamel.
carved and lacquered masks. collection Of
shriues. some japanese bronzes and clocks.
and variety OF fonts. vases. and incense
shown in anyof the offerings except the .abi-
net pieces. The masks and shrines went for
next to nothing. ami the old bronzes averaged
scarcely - each.
Oliver Amc' was n free Luyer o! cnamels.
He paid $40 lor u lair Of long ncrked vases
and $50 Tor a lair OF light blue vases Nv Nori-
moto. 4 Japanese souvenir album containing
photograph went 10 Mrs Hudson for sou a..
T. flush paid 800 for m enamel plaque Of fine
color and worn mansiip, and SAL i,or,n porcelain
vase in limitation Of Old china. William Ames
paid sS2 for ~ inIr o. soft gray eralncl vases
by MorimotO. large pair ~ superb enamel
vases we're pa sed for lack OF an offer. and n
other pair in crushed strawberry enamel. SUI
perbly decorated with wisteria ,and buds.
closed the sale, These vases brought $500.
The sale continues to-day.
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GEN. SHELBY WANTS An OFFICE
He Hns Changed His Mind since He I.crs
This Bcautirhl Land Forever.

ST. LOUIS. Nov 2o.-Gen. Joe Shelby OF Con-
federate fame In 1865 led the "Irreconcila-
blcs " across the Rio Grande into Mexico with
the declaration that he would never live under
n Government against which he had fought.
He kept his word until after Macmillan was
shot and the empire went to pieces. and then
he came back to Missouri and accepted tho
situation as best he could. movement has
begun in west and southwest Missouri to Sc
cure tho appointment of Gen. Shelby as
United States Marshal for the West
ern, district. lie has not been. farine
we'll for years past. He has
farm IN Bates county. and friends say It is
pastered with mortgages. Tho plan Is to get
up an immense petition for Senators Vest and
Cock rell and Missouri's Congressman 10 take
in hand, The Narshaship is worth $4,000 u
year and has fair patronage. The Generals
by-gones. shake hands with the American
eagle. salute the Stars and Stripes. and be-
como personal part OF the greatest Govorn-
ment on earth.