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DIPLOMACY AND POLITICS
The Row Over tho Appointment OF ste Hon.
j. j. Van Alien.

The Row Over tho appointment OF tho Hon.
j. j. Van Alien.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SuN--!Sr: I cannot
understand why all this rumpus should be
made over the appointment OF Jimmy Van
Allen to be Ambassador to Italy. unless
1t be revenge for some fanoied So
cial slight. Van Allen Is q quiet. unobtrusive
man. His disposition is retiring. There 10
nothing offensive about him. He may not be
. man to make strong friends, but neither does
he provoke enmity. He is asssiled rs an Anglo
maniac. but really he is only a Muewump.
He is very rich man. but he 10 not SO rich
for this time as washin Rton was for his period.
As compared with Waldorf Astor. who was
Republican Minister to Italy. he 10 In only mod
crate circumstances. As compared with the
average possessions OF the people, the more
salary OF an Ambassador makes q man rich.
Our political system bars out neither the rich
nor the poor from Office The poorest and
humblest Hungarian Jew may come here. get
rich. and be elected to Congress without viola
ton OF our political principles and practice.
1t is charged against Mr.. Van Allen that he
gets his appointment as O reward for liberal
contribution OF money for tho election OF Mr..
Cleveland; but even il this were true. would
there be anything extraordinary in it2 Mr..
Van Allen is not an orator. and he could not go
on the stump to advocate the election Of Mr..
Cleveland. He is not an intellectual man. and
he could not write In his behalf. He is not q
politician. and he could not serve his interests
in that capacity. II. then. he aided him with
money. did he not do the best he could2 Is
not money as requisite in campaign as
speeches and political machnes2 Or. rather,
how. could you get the speeches and keep the
machines in operation without money! Dur
ing the campaign for the election Of Mr..
Cleveland. public appeal was made BY
and every one favorable to the end was urged
to contribute proportionately to his means.
Mr.. Van Allen may have responded. and his
Offering may have been SO large as to attract
the attention OF Mr.. Cleveland. who thus had
him brought prominently to his memory.
II Mr. Van Allen was ready to further Mr..
Cleveland's desires. is # In any wise contrary
Mr.. Cleveland. after having obtained the place
sought. BY himself. should proceed to crafty
the ambition of Mr.. Van Allen to go to Italy as
AMBASSADOR 1t would be reprehensible II
Mr.. Van Allen were q VIGOROUSLY unit person
for the place: but he Is neither notorious nor
abilities. but entirely competent for post 90 90
for it. since he has money to spend In increas-
ing its social splendor. and l have no doubt
that he will make the outlay.
regard his appointment as entirely suita-
BILE and proper. What Is there that an Am
bassador to Italy has to do that Mr.. Van Alen
ties and his associations. He may. not be Q
Dem ocrat dyed in the wool. and only an
hour convert. but for that very rea-
him to remain in the true political fold2
NEWPORT, Sept. 25. RHODE ISLAND.
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Aldermen Donovan. Bannet and O'Brien.
majority OF the Committee Of the Board on
Lands and Places and Park Department. re-
ported yesterday In favor OF giving permits
sion to the Park Board to make contracts.
without advertising. for eGuippiug the new
wing Of the Metropolitan Museum Of Art at
the minority. recon m ended that all the orH
DO done by contract after the usual advertis-
Ing, excepting the constructing of show cases
OF the estimated cost OF $4,000. No reason
was given A communication was received
sion asked for be granted at once SO that there
might be no delay Is beginning the work. The
REPORTS were laid over under the rule.
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Sc,ibne,,,s for October opens WIN nn interest.

Scrfbner's for October opens with an interest-
ing account of the Canadian Northwest Mounted Po.
lice hybrid organization or deserved reputation tho
world over Shy Mr.. j. q. A. Creighton. who knows
tho police thoroughly: and Mr. Frederick Remington
provides his vigorous pictures Joel Chandler Harris
tells otthe Mystery Of tho Red Fox" Nr william Dean
Howslls dScourses of the Of letters as man OF
business There stories by Dune an Campbell Scot,
and j. X Bangs poems by Edith N. Thomas. Margaret
George aud Bliss Carmen and reminSconces of Sir
waiter by tho grandfather OF Robert Louis Stevenson
This enumeration does Eot exhaust the table of con.
tents or So iLat,s for October Tue number IL good
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JOHN BLAKE's PUBLIO REQUESTS
A Part or Hts SIOI 900 Estate Divided
Among COLLEGES and ReIlgIous SocieiI.s.

BENNINGTON, VT. Sept. 26,-The will OF tho
Rev. John Blake. who died In New York last
July has been filed for probate in Mddlebury.
He left an estate valued at 100000. Ofths
Mddlebury College receives $1,000. the Amer
lean College and Educational Society OF Bos-
ton SO 900, the Presbyterian Educational SO,
ciety OF lhiladelphia $4,000. and the Dlocesal
Fund o. the Episcopal diocese of Maine go
York Protestant Episcopal Mission Societ
House Of Mercy and the funds for the relief ="
the widows and orphans OF cergymen an
aged and inhrm clergymen OF the Protestaut
Episconal Church. A bequest OF so. 900 to -
will WAS revoked by codicil.
Mr. Blake was for many years chaplain IN
the United States Navy.
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Opposed to n Hudson River bridge.

The Pilot Commissioners received yesterday
from the Maritime Association a communica-
ton requesting the Commissioners aid in op-
posing the project TO construct bridge across
ne Hudson River with piers outside the estab-
tion will oppose the granting OF the n ecessary
permission before tho Senate Commerce Com
postponed. ""e
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Houored for Gallnn,ry ut Wounded Ku..

WASHINGTON. Sept. 26.-The Secretary Of
War has awarded medal OF honor TO Can't.
Ernest a. Darlington Of the Seventh Cavalry
for distinguished gallantry at Wounded
Knee Creek s. D 4, during the sioux war Of the
badly wounded 10 the battle. His reeim grs
the Seventh. was nearly wiped out In the
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dsspseated cough cruelty tries the lungs ana
wastes the general strength prudent resort Tor =
afflicted Is to DR. ID JAynos EkpectoTAnt remedy tor
all troubled WITH Asthma Bronchity OF any ppla9lk
~ AnecIl0u. - 80
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Emma Golamau'. Trial Duo To-day.

The trial OF Emma Goldman, Anarchist. will
be moved in the General Sessions before Judge
MARITIME to-day. 1t was set down for trial hr.
fore Recorder Smyth. but he is now engage 1
in the trial OF Frank Ellison.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-12-10

It Was N experience recently to be-
hold convention OF clergymen." AS
l looked from one face TO another1 was
puZZ ed to understand why these men
brought such unattractive and lugubri-
Gus countenaneeS into middle life and
old age. Almost TO a man were they
grim. gaunt-eyed and Neutrality-suspicious.
ing beings. 1t seems to me their minds
have become saturated with the gloom
OF the grave. rather than the glory OF
spiritual immortality.
l know WC l obliged to sit an hour
or two each week contemplating any
one of lose yiSages my souls develop
ment would be delayed.
| can no more gain wisdom or knowl-
edge through such source than one
could receive ght through a murky
window pane.
There Is surely something wrong with
the creed which can produce such an
effect. The really religious man must
crary hope, love and happiness in his
countenance; hope for the future, love
for humanity, happiness in the ability
to be a power for good. The face which
expresses this tensity Of emotion is the
reflection of ga religious heart, whether
the man in whose breast the heart beats
ever SutCIS q CAuICu OOOI VI hut.
The world has no longer any use for
the austere and sepUlehral-faced min
ister. Religion today meaBs hope, not
fear. Even spiritual advisers must bait
their hooks with smiles and looks of
cheer. or we are not to be caught. What
can be more CHASTITY than to face an
eternity in company with such a. mel
anehOly-looking crowd of beings as this
congregation OF clergymen appeared
10 be.
One who is firm in his faith OF future
life ought, as he approaches the grave,
10 show the reflection ON his face of the
light beyond. But l looked in vain ia
the faces of these men to see such a
light. ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
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BILT. up the cOllec-
ton. which he does at every morning
service. He is watched with eager in
terest- All eyes seem 10 De turned upon
him. If he be at all nervous he does not
shrink from public gaze. He recognizes
no one. He passes the silver platter in
the most perfunctorY way. His face is
cold, calm and solemn HIS short hair
Is turned I'D a la pompadour and his
dark clothing is well fitting but COM
monplace. As he goes TO the rear OF the
church and has passed the plate TO the
last pew holder he draws from his own
pocket bill, supposed TO be of large
dimensions. deposits it in the plate and
stands waiting for the music TO cease
before he approaches the chanceI with
the Offering.
After the service is over. MIR. Wander
bilt leads his family out 10 the carriage,
and they are Whisked OF to their home.
He probably had not spoken ten words
10 any person since the time he entered
the sacred edIice.
Sunday is day Of church going with
him and his family, and many OF the
old Puritan ways are still held sacred in
this rich mans home. Unlike many
other fashionable and wealthy people,
he has not turned Sunday-intO day OF
merryInaking and dinlergiying. Years
ago he used to teach Bible class of
boys in ST. Bartholomew church. Even
now he occasionally makes short ad-
dresses Sunday afternoons at young
mems clubs ana in the Christian asso-
citation rooms His family all take
after him. and each morning of the
week as we'll as Sunday they kneeI in
family prayer Mrs. Vanderbilt is ill.,
tenseIy religious. and has given more
than one fortune to helping the unfort-
innate In this big city, How much Mr..
Vanderbilt gives away yearly TO the
poor may only be conjectured.' 1t is
known that one Of the great trials of his
life is how TO dispose of his money so
that it may be of service TO deserving
people. FOSTER COATES.
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cavalry brigadier general under ". q.
z. Lee, and next to Logan in youth,
lives in North Carolina, and has been
state auditor for long time. Malone
is at Petersburg. Hunton lives at
Warrenton, Va. and is United States
senator. John &. Brown. the ablest
general officer from Tennessee, who was
the tirst De mocrat.c governor of that
state after the defeat of the reconstruc-
ton. policy there. was for long time
the solicitor general for the combined
Gould system Of railroads. He died
four years ago.
RANKS RAPIDLY THINNING OUT.
George ID. Johnston is member of
the civil service commission here. Gen.
Ferguson lives al GTeenville, Miss, and
Is member OF the Mississippi river
commission aud prosperous planter.
HoltZeiaw. who lives in Alabama, at
Selma. l believe, died a month or two
ago. Gen Buckner, who is worth ST.
000. 000, has just been governor OF
Kentucky. Lieut.. Gen. Kirby Smith
lived for many years in Sewanee- Tenn,
where he was president of the Z niver-
sity OF the South. He died last fall.
MeLaws is resident OF Augusta, Ga.
FeatherSton lives in Mississippi.
Slaughter, Gen. A. 5. JohDSton'S in
Spect0r general, afterward d general Of
ncer, was United States marshal Of
Northern Alabama, and just. returned
from Central America. Harry Heth is
here in government military employ
ment. E Porter Alexander is vice
president of the Georgia Central rail-
road. A. Il. Wright, of Georgia. is dead.
| Pierce n. B. Young lives al Carterville.
] Ca, and is now United States minister
| TO the Central American states. George
ID. Crosby, who was adjutant general OF
California under SLOVENIAN. lives in
| that state. Morgan is United States
senator from Alabama.
kershaW is ajudge in South Carolina.
| Connor has been attorney general of
| South Carolina and is now a judge !; and
Chestnut, BonhaIn and Y0umans are
living in that state. Walter Taylor.
Gen. Lees adjatanI general, lives at
| NoTTork. Corley. the ouartermaSter
| OF the army of Northern Virginia, shot
| himself many years ago. Charles II.
| Marshall, the aide-de-camp who was
with Gen. Lee when he surrendered. is
! a leading lawyer in Baltimore l could
name others. but believe 1 have men
| toned the greater number of those who
| are best known to the public, North or
South. Taking them ali in all. the late
| officers of the Confederacy have steered
remarkably clear of poverty, and are
| generally very ayerSe TO having any
| thing to do with politics. and their in
| auence have always been in favor of
! law and order. There are many named
Ii this list who were not in the regu-
! lar army before the war, but the in
| formation / was endeavoring TO furnish
| would not be complete without mention
! OF them.
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champions of the respective parties
SaiYinI, alter few passes. aimed tre-
mendous blow with his clenched fist al
his adversary's head; the latter at the
same moment struck upward with the
murderouS steel The weapon. needle
pointed, passed clean through Salyini,s
wrist, and stuck irremovably in bone
ana muscle. But this did not seem TO
stop the downward sweep OF the young
ster's arm The mighty fist descended.
carrying with il the steel. and struck
the butcher so terrible blow that he
was knocked senseless. and had 10 be
carried 10 the hospital The trace OF
the wonnd can be seen i'll SalyInl'S
wrist Today.
Few men so widely known as SCR.
SalVinI are so simple and transformations
in their daily life. In Florence. is Is
true.h he maintains large establishment.
and his palace is one or the finest IN that
city or magnificent architecture. while
his country villa is on par with II, but
even those are kept up more for tie
sake of his family than on his own &C
count. and he himself lives as simply as
he does while away from home. In New
York he has quiet apartments at the
Everett house. and every morning has
served in his rooms light breakfast.
When that is over he StrollS down
] Broaa way to the Star theater. and for
! several hours assists his son, Alexander,
! 10 rehearse ana direct the latteT's COLL
DaHy. He takes the keenest interest IN
/ his sons affairs, and almost nightly Wit
neSSes his acting III some romantic part
/ He puts great faith in AleSsandro, as he
! calls him. and predicts great things for
him when time has matured and rip
! eBed MS art. EBEN CLAYTON.
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for an American 10 visit London ahd
mix at all in its society is TO learn, aIltr
a few weeks. how high and respected Is
the place he holds there.
The recent and rather disseminated
belief that he dislikes America Is ABOUT
as ridiculous as 10 state that he dishes
the Himalaya mountains Ut the cape OF
Good Hope. In other words, ne IS so
sane and logical. so free from all SHY
prejudices OF any sort, that II would lie
heavily on his conscience TO cherish
causeless antipathy. His wonderful
keensightedness may have made certain
faults OF American life and society clear
10 him. but no more than 1t has made
clear certain faults OF English life and
society. His American" frederick
Hudson, - and 1.-The Portrait OF Lady
are 10 my mind among the most Orllllant
and vigorous novels ever written by
citizen of our republic. They are Gas
sizes, as are not q few OF the shorter nov
elettrs which for several years nave
been signed with his name.
He lives in kenSingtOn, and IN one OF
Its most delightful parts. l remember
with sincerest pleasure leaving his
chambers in MS company on an August
afternoon. and walking from De We're
Gardens straight over 10 the Marble
arch in Oxford street. All the way his
talk was of the most Interesting anu
captivating kind. Personally he Is very
handsome. with dark eyes OF diamond
brightness, and a dark, close-cropped.
pointed beard. His manners are so
perfectly reposeful and elegant that you
forget To realize how admirably gentle
manlike they make him. He is full OF
warmth, enthusiasm and aTtlsuc svm-
pathy, but he expresses his feelings
with proper dignity, reserve ana Tree
dom from tasteless gush. and hence
certain detractors have denounced him
as cold. He is probably cold 70 the peo-
pie who bore and fatigue him. This
certainly is pardOnable in man Of his
emiHence. his genius, and his excellent
common sense.
His chambers are large, attractive,
though not sumptuOus. He has choice
library of the best books. When he
asks you 10 dine or lunch with him you
can't help feeling hOnored. He gives
YOU "hOnest talk and wholesome wine, :"
ana sends you away proud OF having
stretched your legs under his mahog-
any. II il be true that be is coming
here soon. hope that he may receive a
hearty welcome; for while every inch
man and gentleman. he is one of the
most powerful nOveliSts Gf not the most
powerful which our country has pro-
duced. EDGAR FAWCEET.
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ard Omega of his political faith. and so
il is not to be wondered at that he reads
in the late political upheaval an en-
phatic endorsement Of his own views
and policy. Still he has always
been a fair fighter and con-
siderate one. and is not one of those
curionsly constituted individuals who
can see no good in the man who does
not happen 10 think as they do. He is,
moreover, what Dick Croker would
term "a good man TO tie to-" He is
steadfast ana loyal in his friendships,
aud his friends always know where to
find him. In private life be is most
genial and pleasant companion. frank,
unaffer ted and manly. and a lover in
moderation of all the good things of
life.
One of the causes of Gov. McKinley's
popularity is. l think. the treatment he
accords the newspaper men. He never
deceives them, and always obliges them
when he can; and that is the sort of
man reporters like.
RTFT-S R WILSON,
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MADAME CALNE. like the proven
bal worn glove.
That poor little manufacturer of chest
protectors, How exceedingly miserable
he must have felt and with what splen-
did cause! Yet l could not help think
ing that some Of the people who had
left his wares at home. might. with more
justice 10 themselves. have worn them
at the opera. The scraggy necks, up-
shaped bOsoms. and speckled backs
thai l saw, suggested the necessity of
covering Of some sort. They were a
veritable dirge. singing the decadence
OF the present generation. Low bodices
are very risky things 10 wear today and
at the Memo lolitan Opera house il was
very evident that the ladies of this gen
Grafton are not the plump ana feminine
beauties that our mothers and grand
mothers knew.
II was q wonderfully ostentatious au-
dience that saw this much-advertised
opening performance. Men and women
looked comfortable. when they were
seated ard unwraDped. but what a sin
gularly uncomfortable place New York
is for such episodes OF fashion. Only
the extra wealthy can afford TO WreStle
with tie eXUTbiTant cabmen. a very
large proportion Of the diapbanous
danes in the stalls reached the Metro
infamous street car, or the tobacco
Teeking. station laboTer-tlled elevated
railroads. IN London and Paris-eyen
IN other cities OF the States-there are
cheap cabs, venicuiar privacy. and tenn
poTary escape from the democratic. But
in New IoTk-greedy. unloyely New
1ork-there Is nothing but the public
conveyance. owing 10 patent pavement
system thar renders cab-dTiYIDg q dan
gerous and costly affair.
In the Broadway cable ears I reached
the Metropolitan with a score of splen-
didly clad women. who chung TO straps
and tried TO save their gowns from the
eXpectOrating brute who has no respect
for anything but his own petty neces-
sites. Did they gTumble-tIlose splen-
didly clad women? Not "a bit Of If.
They were used TO il, but the gowns.
that in other cities could be worn for a
season. must IN New York, be cast aside
after a couple OF wearings.
You unconSciously thought of all this
as you looked at the magnificent spec
tacle in (which silks and satins PLAYED
30 conspicuous q part. You felt in
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M'kINLEY IN THE METROPO-
LIS.

That Gov. Mckinley is just now the
most conspicuous man in his party was
strikingly shown during his recent visit
to New York. His apartments at the
Windsor were constantly crowded with
all sorts and conditions of men. and the
amount of hattering attention he re-
ceIved would have completely turned
The head Of 4 weaker man. But Gov.
Mckinley is of the sort that does not
spoil easily. lie is clear-headed,
possesses an abundant stock of
sound common sense. and IS self
reliant without being vain. Indiscreet
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ally. a constant warfare waged between
the studentssand the to8nspeopIe. At one
time the lads had arrayed against them,
on account Of some real or fancied in
suit. all the butchers and butcher lads
OF the place. The latter were not al
lowed by the authorities to carry knives
or stilettos, so they sharpened their
whetting steels at the point until they
made OF them most formidable weapons.
Armed with these they one evening
attacked a body of students. among
whom was the vyuthfRl Salyini, who
did yeoman's Work for his comrades,
and bowied over with his fists one
butcher lad after another.
Al length be found himself face to
face with the leader. and the others
paused a moment 10 watch the result of
what was in reality a duel between the
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CoRNELIUs VANDERBILT.

Cornelius Vanderbilt is one of the
official board of ST. Bartholomew
church in this city. He is very atten
tive church goer. He always leads his
family down the center aisle of St.
Bartholomew a few minutes before
the sarvice begins. He drives from his
home TO the church in a comfortable
family carriage drawn by sleek horses
and with the most English looking
driver and foOtnan on the box His
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UNMUsICAL THOUGHTS.

Amid the tinsel scintillation aud the
diamantine yulgarity Of the swagger
throng at the Metropolitan opera house
on the opening night Of the Italian
opera. I deserted a little man in a little
ul-ftting dress suit, who wandered
around aimlessIy, looking perdu-as
Laura Jean used 10 say. He would
gaze at the boxes and sigh. Then he
would allow his eyes 10 roam around
tie stalls with an equally melancholy
result. l knew him. and he recognized
me. Years ago he had been introduced
TO me as a manufacturer OF chest pro-
tectOrS.
Look he cried gIoomily, as he put
q Fat thumb through my buttOnhoie,
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BACK NUMBERS.

Parts one, two, three, four and five have already
had coupons printed for one week EACH They are
now ''baek numbers If you have saved or can
lind three coupons for either or all of these parts,
we will still accept them with ten cents and send
the parts at that price. But if you not obtain
these coupons, you can send is cents for each
Of the parts or rs cents for the entire five.
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THE sALVINIs.

Tommaso SaIyinl, the great Italian
actor, seems to be keenly enjoying his
present visit to America, " hich was
prompted by a very natural desire to
witness the marriage of his son Alexan-
der, whose future on our stage seems so
full of promise. Though he will proba-
bly, never act again he hnds his memory
still green in the minds OF lovers OF the
stage. and ne is the recipient of social
attentions as numerous as they are de-
hghtful.
One of the striking impressions Sig
nor Sa!Yini makes on those who meet