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Fair pce, were obtained for the l52 lots OF Chinese
rorceaIns. which were Offered on the second days
sale OF the Robertson collection In the American Ar
Galleries Yesterday afternoon The best price PAID
was $1,000 a. which the firm Of Du Veen Brothers So
cured Hawthorne ginger Jar OF the pen'd OF hnans
no ,cG,,-ao This was from the collection of the Count
40 SemalIe and was well contested for. Another
similar far was secured by the same house for s5oS,
which was the next highest price OF the sale. A. D.
voree d CO.. of Hartford. secured hawthorn vase for
.st75. ard f. Bradley another, smaller, for $500.
4 large cylindrical vase Of the period OF Kienlong.
173Cl700 went to C. Palmer for 1925. and another to
E. Bradley for $780, c. Palmer paid s43 for small
rice grain bowl, $40 for eggshc bowl, and 800 for
an Imperial bowl OF the Yuhg .Cheug period. E. u.
Bacon secured tho companion OF the latter for ST.,
which the best price paid for any orc Of tho
hfty-two porcelain bowls which closed the DAYS
sale The total amount for the afternoon was $500.
The sale will he continued this afternoon, when lSo
cups, bowls and white porcelains win be offered.
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natural wcll.GcGncd parts Of Brooklyn. tho lover
wards. the Upper wards South Brooklyn ana thc
Eastern District The uptown growth OF Brook
lyn had given the WITH aud With districts uiS-
proportonatc population. This might easily nave
been corrected without materially changing u'c
politcal complexion oi the districts when nor
mally stood three Democratic and one Repnph-
can If Il fifth district was 10 he created, there
WAS no reason why one could not be blocked out
from among the rest which would have been
fairly dcbatabc and OF compact territory IN
stead Of this the old lid District, which was
Republican, has been broken up. and It's wards
distributed around rs parts Of four districts
Thus the Seventh and Twentieth warls on the iilil
arc made 10 connect by a narrow strip along the
wafer front with the Sixth Ward in South Brook
lyn wlrre "a Democratic majority OF 3,OOo neutral
izcs the Republican vote uptown. The Thirteenth
Ward is cut of, and put with the fonr'ccnth'
Fifteenth Sixteenth and Seventeenth where thcre
is M feasibility Of the Republicans accom-
nlishing ANYTHING between the With ana inc
nd Districts strip OF the Nth IL
,ccdced and the Republican majority III 'hc
Nineteenth Ward IL as far possible gotten iid o.
Here the gerrymandcrers fonnI 4 problem 'naC
vas almost too much for them, owing To inc
foct that the Eighteenth. Twcnty-ilrst. twenty
seventh and Twcnty-cigth wards the parties are
ohor, cv.nlv divided These wards had TO be
nm, somewhat They could not he tackled on u
S.rorc Democratic districts without making the
inequality of proportion even more Outrageous than
il j., With AT these difficulties. however, "A
district has been made which gave Flower 22j
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Cordova F. l.. Underwood, Isaac II. Bromley. George
Storm Charles siedler, Lowell ". Palmer and George
s. Scott OF New York Silas F. Miller. OF LOUISVILLE
Ky: W. II. Baldwin, OF Saginaw, Mich. James h'
Dooley and +. D. Christian OF Richmond. va; u. W.
F. Gnflths. Of Denver. COL; A. S. Durham, OF seattle
Wash; Samuel j. Hale. OF Cincinnati; j. H. DWIGHT u
Chicago and 7. NJ. Osborn, OF Auburn, N Y.
one OF The first requests which the committee made
10 the new president was that Theodore NJ Bants, tine
On shler who had been dismissed be reinstateo ana
one OF the new board OF trustees said yesterday MEL
noon that this had been arranged ana ta sUon
the election he would resume his place fresiurhe
Mccall was pleased grant the request az o,ce ,s
Insurance Department OF the State Is also saiisnen WIZ
ali The arrangements and plans OF the company we
hive ACCOMPLISHED a vas, amount OF work since We
organized. November D. leol," sau "eni'ef VI 'A'
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NETWORK CITY'e HEAVY BURDEN.
MORE TAMMAyY CONGREssMEN-REPUD
DIsFRANCHIsED.

MANI TAMMNNY CONGRESsMEN- BLlONNS
pIsFRANCuIsED.
r., cvcu,lifv the villanOus character OF the
nan uu,nbv-Cr Rocker Congress gerryma"der 80 LII
m t,is civ is concerned it is only necessary u"
,.Iocc before candid citizens the hgnreo sno"'n7
ho vote of tie parties in the scVerai u'''i'o''
,,ioh thc Democratic legislature has form a.
W. cor.cut with forcing ten districts ih'o tl''
,rar,,no,,-rulpd city. with the addition OF Klch-
,,o,d and Wcstchc;tcr counties. most uhelu''
n;,.;sion to accomplish which an AVERAGE pop"i"-
tior If lGo. 900 in Ncw-lorlS City gets CONGRESS,
,.r, yylilr in the Republican interior as hlgh
-, 81, 400 inhabitants are required 10 compose
- cor,,rcss district The city districts are so gerry
dcrcrI tnat tie election of kcpu"ilc'"
',,, ,, ono of them is utterly hopelesS
r.o lowest Democratic majority Il IN t'c
vth Congress Di4,rict-4 COZ according 10 ,Ic
,,a,, Cor Covcrnor las: fall The highest majority
= :, tho IXth Congress District ana Is S,44"
0f tbc other EIGHT districts. in only TWO OF 'heh'
A. y,h and XVIth, is the Democratic majority
,aIo,,, 600: in all the rest it is above 6,o0o' III
a., vvtb H. IL nearly 1900 and IN the IAtl'
aI,oodr mentioned il is almost l,OOO more. All
,Lo rotrrolIy Republican Assembly DISTRICTS are
,a.,,n.sod M with heavy Democratic districts, or
di.i,od so that the Republican vote is wholly
ororcome. Tie Republican mist Is cut mo
r,roo uarts divided among the Aillth' Aivh
and XVIII Congress Districts. Inc AAlld Dis-
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Kings County five Representatives; that II Wv
for each l66.2Oj persons, while the average ia'io
for the State as q whole is l73,4GG lh'S -
more outrageous even than the apportonment Ill
Ncw-York of one member 10 1916 people "Ic"
some country districts have from l9o,ooo 10 -'''
900 people in them .,.
Tn 1891 the Democrats carried Kings county
for State officers by the largest majority si"o'
1890. vet the Republicans polled about ~ p,'
cont NJ the vote cast If five Congress di'trio,'
400 IN be crowded into the county, the hep"""-
ENC are entitled TO two Of them The preS'"'
,orr,mandcr however by carving ont dl''r''' %
s.I,;cb would rival Elbridgc Gerrys original S''
a,aorn in Massachusetts. makes all I'VE US
.r;o,s Democratic on the basis of the vo'c OF
T.. only ono Of these is there pare "R"''""
chance for the Republicans. .,,ino.
rofercrce TO the map will show thc o"''' ''
~, .,o districts carved out by partisan lh'e""'''
Vi Wv balance every growing Republican war"
90 .orc ward along the water 'front.'. ""'''
wiz" nomocrotic heecrs hold undspu'ed S"aJ
'"e .o able 70 roll up almost any ndJoi''S
desired. ,..,,., Vipcs COUNTY
"' oo,nnact districts Reference to the "'19
''' a.. following table shows TINS o.,..,
ana .,,n NInth. Twelfth Twenty second I%i NY
IL fHFmcntv nth and Twenty sixth Mhiua. anu '
fourth atlsnd. traveseud and New-l ,lccn; twentieth
seventh ma TM9h;y liza MaTds' ' s,,,,
I~en's rirSt Second Third, FOURTH f"'"' '
18th and Eleventh Wards. ,,.h eeventeenth
W vr,ch,centh Cnow Eighteenth Twenty seVeh'" anu
T1gent, Ell hth) Wards ..i.l, tho
This division corrcsponded roughly WIN INT
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EX-PRESIDENr BEERS PENSION.
TRUSTEES WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HIN TO DE
ELECTED TO-DAY.

TRUSTEES WHO ARE OPPOSED TO HIN TO DE
ELECTED TODAY.
rvrrcsIdent ". H. Beers OF the NcwYork Life
Insurance Company will to-day find hiin9cs further
than ever from the S37 900 pension for life which he
ras to receive as a condition OF his reSgnanon'
Tho annual meeting for the election OF trustees VIII
take placc today aud the polls will be open az inc
office OF tho company from 10 O'Clock until "'locA'
Mr. Beers term OF office rs n trustee HTS ca
,,od and he Is not named the only ticket when
Win lie voted The Pohcyhoiders' Oo"'''''
,o. has thus far secured the resignation
Of Mr. Beers, and the election OF hNo
mos. onrosoa 70 him %, trustees. They are
W. . whitney. ex.scrctary OF the Navy; L. ID.
ponaoph president OF the Continental Bank Charles
. ro,rchId president OF the Ncw-YorlS Security and
Trust company; Woodbury. Langdon, and Colonel
A. G.. Paine.
The five men Endorsed by the committee OF policy
,o,dor who win he elected trustees to-day are H. G..
Mortimer C. c. Baldwin, Walter c. Lewis, Hiram Il.
e.,a,o and " II. Grace The first three men are
o,ro,dv ON the bonrd. At the Office Of the Policy
hn,,ers, Committee No. 40 Walst., II WINS learned
yesterday afternoon that the committee itself was
h,rmonlous and that the ticket for today's election
had b.en agreed upon conference ut which PreSi-
aont Mccall had been present and expressed his salts
foc,,on There Is harmony between the committee
and the new president. whose administration has
already been Endorsed By them. President Mccall
and n subcommittee consisting OF General Henry W.
sIocum Thompson Dean. Charles i. huntington,
Edwin H. Abbott OF Boston, Mass, and Frederick
Harris Of Springfield Mass. hold su,icicnt number
~ nroxes 10 secure the election OF the ticket which
they have chosen The other members Of the COM
mittee are Henry NJ. Sanders, Frank DlcEerson, c. De
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trict is divided between the XlVth ana A',"
Congress Districts As the case now Status
Ol 400 electors who last year cast their votes iot
Mr. Fassett for Governor are disiranchised' ana
left practically without representation In TIE pop
uar branch Of Congress.
The vote of the ten Congress districts OF 'his
city ut the election for Governor last year, was
follows
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gresham. while the citizens OF Binchamton ana
other places in the XXVlth District Is one OF
81 ,652 persons, who represented by single
member The Ontario district contains oo'ooo
votes a..o 90, .-..-
The ten districts in Ncw-YOr< cast 3l4. SGD votes
in 1855 There 81 ,is6 voters make mp m aver
a,,c district on the basis of lssS. But look l2r
n moment at the districts as they stand with an
tho advantages of the vote of lsol ne N M
has 2O2I6 voters, the With 29,GOl, The INN
% 49, the Xth 20 s"7, the Nth 22,j2j. tha Allih
2l,43o, the XIIIth 25,Gl2, the Myth $l'42o' ,hc
XVtb $3.50. the XNIth 3s,433: This Is the
fair apporsionment which commits the outrasc
of making II 43O voters IN one district OF NG ,5
York City equal TO 1852 mp in country le-
nnbIican district II is about as bad IN broo"-
iyn Last fall the largest vote ever cast IN hinI'
Gonntv was polcd. Yet the total vote was only
153IS5. making an average Of $685. votes 10
each district This takes into account the mar
venons Growth Of Brooklyn which was cited -
Give a reason for giving Kings County morc Dis
,ricts Yet letting the countrymen resi- on we
cote which they cast in 1888, and giving Tie
BTookiyn voters the bcreit Of the latest growth,
,hc GG,res show that the With District contains
tnS "a ae coz ,oters That is exceedingly fair .
70 The 57,652 voters OF the ANVlth District.
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plurality last fall. This is The OILY "l'V., 49,
is at all dcbatable and it IS normaiP DeH''
cratic. ,...
Tho most outrageous feature Oh uhiS i"ucS'
nortition Of Poland" is the disposition OF "'
Twcnty-third Ward, 1t is made part OF II diS'ii''
Nth which il has only theoretical connection
I, ,yould Inc impossiblc for Il 1wcnty-third Ward
resident 10 90 into another ward oil Tue S'''o
district in n carriage, or even WIN ""'',
barrow. without going out OF tc "'s"iu'' =
sliobt PROJECTION in the boundary OF the twenty
,lird Ward one block wide lies nj the corner %
,,yo strcc,s diagonaIly opposite to the Nihlh
Word which is in the same district. In the
middle Of one Of the streets over the poihU
where the wards theoretically touch, passes 'h'
fcnccd track of the Long Island kailroao
IT., rolotion OF the Fourth Ward to the same
i;s,rio, !. almost as bad. This whole district
eccps 70 have been carved up Tor thr spec'ai p.i-
ros,. If uniting some of the most prominent l'-
nrblicon leaders where they could have no votes
10 back their e, =.
Tho ryth District il something wonderful 10
oo,tomnl,te Ona can imagine the Democ'a'ic
u,o. l,iro ON his back, lashing his Concy lsiihi
,au cIip,hinc his Twelfth Ward claw, and closlnS
10 ,r,yo,tv-fourth and Twenty-hfth Ward Jaws
'nor tho moor Republicans of the Twcnty-thrd'
rio ryclfth Ward is absolutely unconnectcd WIN
,hc rest Of the district The district last wear
oove . GA plurality for Flower. Then the Mchahc
nomocrat, Of Grlvcscnd. voted for faese'"
uu,oo they are with the Democracy the plurailty
,,opd he 5000 greater.
An ANALYSIS of the districts with view to inc
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There were l53, 80 votes cast in Kings county
las, wear There should therefore he 3",o3' voters
in Zach Of the five districts. AZ matter OF
fact. however. the districts vary from 49, 70
H. 1873 leaving ont Of consideration th' o,io'
scattering votes east. ,. ,..,
could have been DONE either in the way OF having
more compact districts. or those that should con
tain mora equitable division of the voters
mi. howcvcr is not the ease. Five districts M
il were decided that l66.2Oj BrooklymteN were
equal 10 2l3I49 Canandaiguansl couli have leen
made on the general lines Of tie old apportlon-
mcnt. which would have been ialrer: As an
illustration. the following lppoltionnent might
possibly have been made:
II. First. second. Third, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth
and Tenth wards. 49, . =, ,r,.. d.,
Eirhtccnth ana Twcuty-third ward.
H. Eicnh. Huth. Twelfth Twcntysecond ana
Twenty fourth ward, ard the county towns.
v Fifteenth. Eighteenth Twcity-ifih ana twenty
sixth wards. , .--,,
and Nineteenth wards.
Thi. is by no means an ideal apportionmcnt,
but il suggested just 10 show how easy IT wonld
hr 10 divide the county in some such way by
IT, thc voting population would De ABOUT as
fnlloWS
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STRIKING INSTANCES WHERE THE DLMoChAlS
ARE TO HAVE THE ADVANTAGE OVER
THE REPUBLICANS AS REGARDS THE
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CARVING UP KINGS COUNTY.
r,oprv.FoIJR PER CENT OF TIE POPULATION TO
- ....nrr, rrn OIL, REPRESENTATION.

RE DEPRIVED or REPRESENTATION
e,nlv NJ the map Of Kings County shows
,bo most remarkable ingenuity on the part OF
49, ,,amers of this 4" fair" measure 10 prevenN
,he Republicans there from having any rcprf' en-
, %, The population Of Kings County by the
49, % $500. upon which the apportlonment
80 Conrressmen is made, was S5s,54'' Inc pres
VI III, I'M FOR the sake of getting rs many congress
W.. in Democratic stronghods as possible gives
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Tic lld NH and WIN DI-tFlCIs WI" MT
Democratic by from 1000 to 5000; the iilu
Prnubican by 600 and tho With dcbaiable: Any
member Of othc Legislature with table OF yolcS
and population could, in the course Of an ho .i
innmv nan. which would be convenient and fair. but
i, WAS cft tor Governor Flower with his iair
npportonmcnt bill to make Kings County l9 Io
ike map of Central Europe during tne M W thc
voters of tie county of any representation WHAT
o'r in the National House of Representatives,
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In 1883 there were 1924 $40 votes casS b in
NewYork Statct On that basis there snoa ~ the
% o5e voters in each district glance d. o ;s
49, sboyws how unfair the apportionmehI 20
In the Buffalo districts 3o,959 votes eject No"
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voting population shows more plainly than the
gross population their inequality. The following
table shows the vote cast in 1891, leaving out OF
consideration the 3,476 scattering ballots cast:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-02-06
have rarely made use Of any smbalmins

processes. Instead, they have usually stored
the corpses away in caves, where, in. place Of
decaying. tAey have slowly dried up. Some
years ago DIR. Ball Of the Smithsonian Institu-
ton visited certain burial csverns in Alaska,
which were fairly packed with thousands upon
thousands Of mummies, each one swathed in
wrsppings and bound with cords into q COM
pact bundle. Some Of them he brought back
with him to Washington. They are not agree
able objects to look upon when their wrappings
are removed, the knees Of each individual being
drawn up under the chin and the faces being
horribly distorted.
CASTS OF CHINESE PrRArrs.
Not long ago the National Museum received
from the French government most interest
ing series Of casts. They were forty in number
and were taken from the heads Of as many
Chinese pirates recently captured. These pre-
datory persons were all of them decapitated.
and their heads were reproduced in plaster as
fast as they were cut off. Such q horrible
looking assemblage do they form that they
havebeen ranged on a long SHELF where they
are not exposed to public view. Not in any
civilized penal institution or colony can one
behold such frightfully ferocious types Of
criminal physiognomy.
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THE LEANING TOWER IN SPAIN.
1t 10 Feared That, Being Dangerous, 1t Will
Have to Come Down


Have to Come Down.
From the Brandon Buckssw
A committee appointed to report on the
famous Tore Nuova in the Plaza San Filipe. in
the capital Of Aragon, has issued a pessimistic
account 1t is feared that this clock tower-a
very fine example of the kind-will have to DO
pulled down. Excessive rains and floods have
caused a subsistence of soil and the structure is
deemed unsafe.
The construction Of this leaning tower was
begun in the fifteenth century. under the
direction OF two Spanish. one Jewish and two
Moorish architects. 1t is octagonal in form.
300 feet high, As in diameter and leans about 10
feet out of the perpendicular. Stone steps. 26O
in number lead inside to the top gallery,
whence a magnificent and beautiful view is OBJ
tained over the city itself. the fertile plains of
Aragon, watered by the rapid-fowing Ebro.
and away to the north where the Pyrenees are
seen.
The edifce, built of bricks, has at distance
a Moorish aspect. the face of the structure be-
ing diapered with brick work. but the design
and execution are much coarser than are gem
orally seen in purely Moorish buildings; the
various windows, galleries. battlements and
turrets, together with designs partly Byzan-
tine, partly Arabesque, demonstrates its mixed
architecture.
1t has been stated that the leaning of the
tower was due TO the caprice of the architects,
but an old crack IN its side and a careful xami-
nation OF the foundation led 10 the conclusion
that II was want OF care the part OF the build
ers. The Aragonese speak of the ancient crack
as an old wound in its side, of which the Tore
Nuova is now dying. This .'old wound was
fortunate relapse threatens to result in an en-
tire collapse.
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ALL LIVED IN GLASS HOUSES,
And SO Every One Saw the Improperly of
Throwing Stones.

Throwing Stones.
From the Youths Companion
In the days when firearms were part of the
personal outfit considered necessary in certain
very youthful and very active western towns.
one man could scarcely bear testimony against
another in this respect, since all were alike
guilty. The author of the military experiences
entitled ION the Border With Crook speaks of
an eccentric character named DufiielG, a man
who was one night persuaded, in a good-hu-
mored mood, to produce all the weapons with
which he was loaded.
He drew them from the armholes of his
waistcoat, from his boot legs, from his hip
pockets and the back of his neck; there thev
were. eleven weapons, mostly small Derringers
with one knife. Comment was useless for
none of those present thought it wi3e to
criticise
The next day, however. Judge Titus had DUFF
held arrested and brought before him on the
charge OF carrying concealed deadly weapons
The court room was packed with IL very orderly
crowd, listening to a long exordium from the
judge on the enOrmity of the practice of carry
ing concealed deadly weapons. When this very
sensible address was concluded he said
Call the first witness. Call Charles O.
Brown"
Mr.. Charles o. Brown under oath stated his
name. residence and occupation and was then
directed to show the judge and jury how the
prisoner had drawn his revolver the day pre-
vlOus.
We'll. jedge." said he. "the way he drawed
her was just this and. suitiug the action to the
word tins main witness for the prosecution
drew slx-shooter, fully cooked, from the
holster on his hip.
There was "a ripple of laughter through the
court room Every one saw at once the alb
surdity of holding one man responsible for the
misdemeanor OF whichra whole community
was guilty, and the trial proceeded no further
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SHE WON HER POINT.
And Her Husband Gave Her Carte Blanche
for Expenses.

And Her Husband Gave Her Carte Blanche
for Expenses.
From the Chicago Tribune.
MARY" he said, as he scowled at her over
the breakfast table.
John" she replied feaflessly
''Mary," he said, 'whst kind Of breakfast
do you call ths?
81 call it an excellent one," she returned
bravely.
'You do" he exclaimed. swell, don't, /
think little variety occasionally would be
good thing. Do you realize that this is the
third morning this week that We have had
corned-beef hashr'
Certainly, John"
"And that we had corned beef for dinner
yesterday and cold corned beef for supper"
"Of course. John. You wanted me to run
the house as economically as could"
Yes. but
You said that the amount Of meat consumed
in this house would bankrupt q bank presi-
dent"
II know: but l."
And that ought to plan with more regard
Certainly, certainly, Mary; but hang it
I've been following your instructions"
But L don't like corned beef,''
Il know 1t. john" she said, in business
like way. That's what makes it last SO long
1t keeps expenses down splendidly, and. if you
want"
II DON'T" he exclaimed. II don't, Let
them run up! You've got too good a busi-
ness head for anything outside of . boarding
house"