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Tho Shooting at Delmonico's.

A desire for public notoriety doubtless
has a good deal to do in causing such
crimes as that committed at DELMoN1Co's
on Thursday afternoon. Such offences
bring their perpetrators into great promi-
nence for the time being. and this distinc-
ton gratities the desire to be known and
talked about which is SO often found to ex-
list in the minds OF criminals Of this sort.
1t would seem to follow that an effective
antidote for this kind Of thing would be q
method OF treatment which should remove
the criminal from the public view just as
soon as possible. Instead Of getting noto-
riety he should get oblivion.
In the case Of this murderous stone-cut-
ter. whose own good fortune it is that he
did not kill five persons at DELMoNIco's
on Thursday. there is no sufficient reason
why he should not be indicted. tried. con-
victed. and sent to State prison within q
week. All Of the facts connected with the
offence are as well known as they ever will
be. the witnesses are numerous and access
sible. and whatever defence he has can be
presented just as well now as six months or
year hence. There would be no unfair
ness to him in an immediate trial, and
there would be great benefit to the COM
munity; for il he is dealt with swiftly and
sternly. by speedy removal into the dark
ness OF a long imprisonment. it will have a
wholesome tendency to prevent the com.
mission of similar crimes by others.
The absence Of logic in the mental consti-
tuition OF criminals has frequently been
the subject Of remark. This man set out
on his shooting excursion crying. Down
with the rich Down with the rich!" and
yet the majority Of the persons endan-
gered by his pistol shots were poor walters
and poor cab-drivers.
The poor. quite as. much as the rich. have
an interest in the prompt punishment Of
such fellows.
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PITTSBURGH. Nov: ,16;;m,'".I have kept NJ
promise to the dead" With this exclam at on
Jennie Mcdonnell; the fifteen, year.old daugh-
ter OF James Mcdonald OF IT'S South avenue.
Allegheny, fell unConscious tonight into the
was hastily summoned. He saw the girl was
istered an antidote. 1t had no effect. however.
and she died In less than thirty minutes.
Miss Mcdonald was the school .,chum" of
Mamie Hipple. the fifteen y ear old daughter of
DR.. Nipple who committed suicide on Tues
day by taking a dose OF acid because her
mother scolded her for playing truapt. In
stead OF being at school the two girls attend ed
the performance at museum.
While on her deathb bed Mamie expressed a
desire to see Jennie alone: The. girls had an
interview. Jennie refused to tell her parents
what 1t was about. They did not press her.
The funeral Of Mamie tool. place to-day.
Among the mourners were the Mcdonald FAM
lily. Upon their arrival home Mr.. Mcdonald
tried to learn the secret between his daughter
and the dead girl. She refused to divulge It.
saying she would die before giving 1t up. Her
father did not prcss the point
After supper Jennie said she would retire
early. and went to her ROOM. Instead OF going
10 bed she got out the bottle that had con-
tain ed the poison Mamie Nipple used TO Kill
herself ard which she had secreted and stol @
out OF tho house. Going to drug store she
had the vial refiled. on her way home she
drank quantity Of the stun. As she reached
the door OF her fathers house she sank uncon.
scious on the step. Her father is sure the So
cret the girl had was q solemn promise made
to her chum" to follow her in death.
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Every, few days We read about people being
crushed to death or rendered cripples for iie."
Every folding he'd can be easily fitted with
hooks or bolts that viii fasten into unobtru-
sive staples or sockets in the floor. and max a
1t impossible to CLOSE the bed without UNI
fastening them or PULL ing UP the floor. Every
one Of them should have some protection Of
this nature.
"A friend OF mine who travels a great deal
and often, stops at hotels whore folding beds
Ss uil Es t faaros ussa nokeed
dow weights. In his yalise. and at either
The chain is about slx, feet long, and takes
UP scarcely any room. When he strikes a hotel
with folding beds he let's tho bed down. screws
one of the screw eyes in the floor on one side
the frame and under the mattress to the Other
side. draws ths chain tnutt and sinks tho other
not ca good one 1 to use in eyeryday practice
adventure with. one. folding bed that nearly
cost him MS lie; Nobody should purchase a
folding bed that Is not provided with some at
tachment that will lock 1t SO that it cannot be
closed by accident, They are as dangerous as
unloaded guns"
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LETTER FROM A SMALL BOY AT SCHOOL.

DEAR MAMA: We beat s.; Marks yesterday sh,. a.,
did not beat them more was, that they had one
OF the best teams that they have ever had. but
from here at about 20 minutes to eight and
we sent them Of with much cheering
We scored in the first minutes Ssss BY 1e nov
over, which y a trick Invented BY Mr.: A..
S S"n the The pey Hstk S ss
gives the signal. ENDS over" and then the
ss nd s to the The sps sn and saa ss
there are 3 men to the one oppoeing end.
and they simply. maui him and he can't do any.
w". goes way around the end and the men
drive the end int the tackle and the half
hef esar Is he
in school Tor he has record Of 10 As for q
hundred yards dash;
H kicked goal very easily. Then the next
touch down was made by j. j. we got
then Ben sent jerry through center s times in
lime and ina he &C.. s 81 line SSs
Then st. Marks got the ball fairly near our
sent sent jerry thrOush Center and Wills the crowd
was pushing and swaying, Jerry worked MS
H the the he q 81
snatched the ball out OF JerryS hands and
time to get to him to tackle him he had got
fifteen or twenty feet start Of every one and IS
their only touch down and that was only
fuke they kicked goal
In the second half neither side schored and
when we got the telegramme that we had won
there were fendish yelIs and shouts and
squeels and the bell rang:
and went down to the cellar and got barrels
and boxes and every old tub. or any thing
wooden that would burn. and took It out and
one ae' and some OF the boys Went into the
woods and got big pine tree. and stuck it up
In the miias and the pitch in 1T cracked and
with volunteers to beat the bass drum. and
barge with the team in it. and two boys had
tapers, boz. and put candles IN It, and tackled
fh bath ss e. Ed aIsn
outside the - -, gate. and when - came
pulled By six boys in white sweaters and drill
CAPS on, and the band went in front and
all the and T tbsn
It sounded fine, in rythm. "Groton 10. St.
and then they would change 1t to :" Groton
Hicks, 10 to T." and when We got to the school
the door. where they cheered Mr. $500 and
his sister. Miss -. Then I went over to
ing school for about half an hour. and then we
went out to the fire and marched around 1t.
and then we made circle around 1t. and then
we cheered all scores that we had lick ed st.
Marks by. and then we cheered the ca plains
OF all the eevens. and. last Of all. they cheered
me as captain of the seventh. and 1t made mo
feel very small.
I guess l have told you all the news that
can think Of With much love from your son.
P.S.-Can have some warm gloyes2
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Tho Mystifying Ballot Law.

Mr.. JAMES j. BELDEN Of Syracuse, Re-
publican Representative in Congress from
the Twenty-seventh district Of this State,
has been telling what he thinks the Repub-
lican Legislature ought to do this winter.
Mr.. BELpEN says that only bills unques-
tionably in the public interest should be
introduced and passed. Il think we have
sufficient wisdom" he says. Gin our Re-
publican majority in the two branches to
devise q new ballot law Of unobjectionable
character. which will give US the blanket
ballot and put an end to the present mysti-
flying system OF voting"
We can readily understand that there
should be Democratic criticism and COM
plant in regard to the workings Of the ex-
listing election law In this State. but it is
difficult to perceive. in view of the result
of the recent general election. why the Re-
publicans should be dissatisfied with it.
We quite agree with the Syracuse Con-
gresham that 1t is what he calls O mysti-
flying system of voting" We believe. how
ever. that it is just because the system Is
mystifying. 1t did SO much injury to
the Democrats and 80 much good to the
Republicans in the late election. The difl-
culties OF voting anything but straight
ticket were and are so great that thousands
of Democrats who found one Objectionable
name upon their regular State ticket re-
jected it all and voted the Republican
State ticket instead. This We believe
they would not have done under the
old system. which enabled the voter read
lily TO discriminate between tho candidates
who were satisfactory. and those who were
unsatisfactory. In his own party.
The Democratic minority In the Legisla-
ture Of 1894 will certainly not oppose any
well-considered legislative measure which
will really render the ballot law less mysti-
flying to the voter than 1t proved to be in
the election OF 1898.
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DkSoUNoEs an INCOME TAX.
Bourke Cochran SAY. II IL tlnrs LeRisi.-
tion OF the Worst Character.

WAsHrNGToN. Nov. 1I-Mr. Bourke Cochran
OF New York spoke his mind with character
istic bluntness to- day to his fellow members
OF the Ways and Means Committee regarding
the proposed income tax. Mr.. Cochran came
down from New York this morning. lie was
at the Capitol bright and early. but tho an-
ticipted committee meeting was again post
poned. II may be held tomorrow or there
may be further delay until Monday. Mean
while. Mr.. Cochran employed his leisure
moments donouncing the proposition to tax
incomes. He referred to the statement that
the imposition OF such n tax would be gratify-
ing to the Populists and added sarcastically.
that where Democrats began chasing Popu-
lists some one always got left" and that
some one was usually the Democratic
party. Such tax. he said was vicious In
principle. 1t was class legislation of the worst
character. In this case It would array the rich
against the poor. and in such contest the rich
always came out ahead 1t would relieve the
laborng man of responsibility in maintaining
the Government and In tho end it will exclude
him from participation in t. II such tax
should be loyied. 1t eight then. In his judg:
me Who ID So that
duties as a seif;,resp.cting citizen. lust the
Politically no thoughtt would be fatal to the
Demoeeratic party, ene result would be to
raltar. a Republican ,entre for an indefinite
term Of years.
The extended hearing which the committee
gave Yesterday to the Alabama and Nirginis
delegations delayed tie work on the distinc-
lively tariff features Of the bill. which was all
but completed. with the exception OF certain
matters OF detail The Internal revenue sched-
ule is as stated YESTERDAY. in SO advanced a
state that the sub committees recommen da-
tions may be made to tn, full COMMITTEES within
thirty minutes after theyshall have been called
for. Whether there will be any increase on
whiskey. tobacco beer. or similar domestic
products will depend upo, the deficit made Nv
the bill. and whether tina deficit be offset in
whole or in part by an inome tax With this
knowledge in their possession the sub-con!-
mittee can Immediately .eport There Il 4
disposition on the part of some Of the mem.
bers to increase the tax N whiskey from -
cents to 81 gallon, thus Increasing the rev.
enues about $4,000. 900 perannum.
Mr.. McMilin. for example. Hoes not hesitate
to say that no differs from Ovid Wells in te-
lievng that tax Of 80 cents gallon on whis.
key is the utmost, limit. Of ta;ation that that
article can stand. 1t is probable. therefore,
that the whiskey tax II it is changed. will not
exceed 81 a gallon. although suggestions have
been made that it might with propriety con.
siderably exceed that figure.
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THE BEHRING SEA DECISION
Negotiations to Put Into ETcctthe Recon.
nepdntIons Of the TrIblanL

WASHINGTON. Nov. Ex-senator forRan. who
was one OF the arbitrators on theoart OF the
United States in the Behring Se,matter. ia
preparing his report upon the proceedings OF
the tribunal He has been In confernce with
Secretary Gresham. and yesterday ,as with
him at the State Department from II, p M.
discussing Behring Sea affairs exclusivSy. Ne-
gotiations are progressing between he two
Governments with view to putting inteeffect
the regulations governing the protection and
killing OF seals recommended by the tribunal
OF arbitration. Mr.. Bayard 10 laboring With
Lord Rosebery on this point in London. willie
the Department. Of State is arranging to sec 70
the formal acceptance by the Governments,f
Russia. China. Japan. and Corea Of the terms
the finding Of the tribunal. SO far as the citizen
Of those countries are concerned. with vie,
sible.
The regulations may be enforced by either
Executive order or legislation. The latte
method will probably be adopted. In tn,
Presid emit and Of the British Council may H
made to carry out the proposals Of the trS
bunaL The nodus uirendi last agreed upon b@
tween the United States and Great Britain I'd
mains In force until terminated by joint actioi
Seh the g: ss ssd R RS wa Rp1s or 9n
rent Legislative action. its provisions. It lie
su9iase over which Closed perioa !. z to be
maintained by Executive order. part of thy
81 tat 81 IN. Of
Washin eton that Great Britain win join with
set out in tho decision rendered at Paris.
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To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Si-: The cleo.
ton 10 over. and in New York the Republican
have won great victory. 1t is now for the
Democratic leaders to take counsel together
and learn the causes Of this unexpected land
slide. We must pluck victory from this mo-
mentary defeat.
Taking the returns OF the election as printed
in THE Sun of Nov. and comparing the plu-
ralities for Secretary OF State with the plurall-
ties for Governor In 1891 We find some inter-
esting facts
The counties that were Democratic in 1891
and are still In the Democratic column are
Albany. ChemunG. Columbia. Greene. New
York. Queens. Rensselaer,. Richmond. Rock
land. Schenectady. schoharie. Seneca. and
Westchester. The Democratic gains in these
counties amount to 8.846 In pluralities. while
the losses were 500. leaving a net gain OF
2.O76. 1t is interesting to note that Chemung
county. the old home OF Senator David B. Hill.
Increased It's plurality from 100 to LAG. New
IN to- ior s from
but which were carried this year BY the Repub.
cry. Niagara, and Ulster The losses n to the The
Democrats in pluralties In these counties
sounsR to sss3 1880 6 h snS Iss
5:40i. the two together losing Is. eai. Outside
Of Kings ana Erie counties only 174 votes ere
It was the detection OF Erie and Kings counties
that caused the defeat OF the Democratic tick ct.
Both OF these counties ought to be Demo-
cratic. A mistake was made By the leaders
there which ought not to occur again. 1t Was
different In the case OF Judge Maynard. Al
though his nomination seems to have been o
political error his defeat was uncalled for and
was caused by the howlings Of a Mugwump
presa Judge Maynard deserves well Of the
Democrats OF New York.
The Republican counties. forty In all. made
enormous gains. gaining In pluraitiss the
large number Of 33.6l7, The Republicans
were undoubtedly united. 1t was also EVIL
IDENTITY fair weather" in the interior,
Democracy need have no fear Of tho future
a panic Ike that Of the last few months its
effect could net but be felt The sherman law
regular session C9ngress,a Democratic Com
and the Ubiquitous Mckinley tariff. Our pledges
to the people viii be redeemsd. notwithstand;
stalwart Democracy OF New York will be led
to many q glorious victory by its gallant lead
er, David Bennett Hill HOWARD j. HERRICK
WILLIAMSON, N. g.
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What Has Been Done.

The people Of the United States find them
gelves In novel and unpleasant situation.
They are but partially appraised OF foreign
complication Of which the portion that the
Administration has concluded to expose
shows the design to limit the publc's
Information in way to keep 1t always
one helpless step behind at every i'm
portant move. The curt dismissal of
Congress on the eve of setting into
operation an astounding programme for
dealing with Hawaii; the apparent reg
ulation OF Minister WILLIs's actions and
the time for revealing the Administra-
TONS policy by the dates OF the Honolulu
mails: the apology unofficially put forth
that the sensational proposition of setting
LILIUoKALANI on her throne is to be justl-
fled by tho publication OF some startling
secret still held back. show disposition to
deal with the American public with the
cunning and concealment habitual to affairs
between conflicting governments.
There Is no definite information about
Minister WILLIs's instructions. There Is
no knowledge as to what he has done
in Hawaii, since the arrival OF the last
steamer told us that he had done nothing.
Perhaps he has done nothing since then.
His plans may have miscarried. The United
States may have been spared the inconceiv-
able disgrace OF having fired its guns at
the people Of an established republic.
In a crazy impulse to reestablish bar
barous throne. All Of Importance that Is
positively certain about the business. all
possibly that is done beyond rectifcation. Is
that President and Cabinet OF the United
States have heard and Issued with their ap-
proval resolution to strike down foreign
friendly and republican government. and
restore in its place degraded despotlsm
by the forces OF the United States navy.
To restore Is to restore. The Administra-
ton has sat in secret Judgment upon Ha-
wall. and has decided not for neutrality.
but for the Queens restoration. Anything
short OF that will not satisfy the demands
Of justice" reports Secretary GRESHAM to
the mute and craven assemblage Of off,
clals in the White House. The order to do
q thing sanctions all known means Of doing
It; and the guns are at hand.
This Is the first page Of the open record.
What will the next bef
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Mr.. Gladstone Beaten on the Parish
Councils Bill.

No serious results are likely to follow the
defeat of the British Ministry on the
womans suffrage amendment TO the Parish
Councils bill. This amendment provides
that all women who. II they were men. would
DO entitled 10 vote in Local Government
and Parliamentary elections. shall also be
entitled to vote for parish councils. 1t was
moved by one OF the Governments adhe-
rents and supported by some OF Mr.. GLAD
STONES strongest friends. every one OF
whom would join in averting resignation
Of the Cabinet by passing vote OF con-
fidence. But there Is no reason why the
Government should even threaten to resign.
When Dir. FOWLER introduced the bill no
did not Insist on passing it In Its original
form. but avowcdly loft 1t to receive def
finite shape from the House. 1t Is not what
Is termed controversial measure; no
measure of that kind could be proposed
unSer the agreement made by MIR. GLAD
VroaE with the leaders Of the Opposition
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TIE POLICY OF INFANT,
And ,h, U,,n,m,,y or IN. Cabinet

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-THE reported una
nimity In the Cabinet In favor Of President
Clevelands Hawaiian Policy OF 1nfamy en-
cages the public mind. There In the best rea-
son for saying there was unanimty only in 40
far as there was no actual outspoken dissent
on the part OF any member. There was ac-
ouiescence only. and this was virtually forced.
No one wanted to fight Cleveland on the spot.
But were the question to come before the Cab
met to-day. ncQuiescence would be out OF the
question. Public opinion has affected the
minds OF the Cabinet to this extent 1t is the
belief OF many OF Mr.. Cleveland's friends that
even he would not do the thing over again:
and it follows. as n matter OF course. Gresham
would not. For once, at least public opin-
ion has reached Mr.. Cleveland He feels
It's power. 1t has taught him q lesson.
Judge Gresham felt the lesson before his
master did, and 1t Is no random assertion that
he would II he could take tho back track:
rather would rub out what has been done. He
knows and appreciates the American senti-
ment though for reasons that blinded him at
the moment he acted In manner that has
reused It to the highest pitch against him.
Cleveland was not SO easily moved but he has
been in his own breast. He foars the Senate
when 1t comes to act responsive to right and
public opinion. What persons on whom he
counted confidently for support have said.
some speaking face to face. others through
channels that render what they say all the more
forcible has brought him to his senses. But.
Cleveland-like. he will brave it all: and
Gresham will not relent. for he cannot except
by resigning. and that he has not screwed
himself up to- He is irrltated greatly. not
solely BY criticism which he thinks is unjust.
but by criticism that has made him see that
the act OF the Administration 10 worse than
mistake. His training as q lawyer. his expert
ence as Judge. have convicted him in his own
mind since the folly OF his blindness has been
shown to him and to the public. What those
members OF the Cabinet who only acouiesced
but would have protested had they dared. or
had they stopped to think. as they have since
been made to think. will yet do is uncertain.
Some have got SO far as to say privately that
they wish they had acted differently.
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WASHINGTON Nov Ia-when Congress assemblies In
regular session It lksy that Senator voorhees, will
play role different from tho one he appeared In 1t the
special session when acting A. Chairman OF the Com
nittce Finance. when he WAS preparing his silver
repeal speech the Senator intended to pay attention TO
MIR clsvelsnds policy regarding pensions. which he
meant to eritIcss in tho panest terms. This he was
dissuaded from dsng the ground thaI II would no
inappropriate But having been reinforced with
msuy facts and In his original purpose no
wll now present his indictment OF the Administration
In speech upon that subject alone. lie means TO put
himself right before the people OF Indiana and TO spare
nobody Il 10 not improbable that he will incidentally
refer 20 other questions not ess interesting at the
present time and review acts OF the Administration IN
Language that will not be apologstic.
In this purpose senator voorhees, Is supported BY
other Democratic Senator from the part OF the
Union all OF whom are possessed Of fAe OF an equally
damaging description.
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Co.e EDUCATIONAL Rudeness.


TOPEKA. Nov. 1a-The young ladies' at Wash
are required to dress in Turkish costume
using h long skirt to conceal their costumes
while going to and from the gymnasium. Last
ercises one Of the boys at the college removed
their skirts from the dressing room. and it
their rooms without running the gauntlet Of
the male students. The facts were reported to
named Charles Paddock was found to he re-
sponsible for the caper. and it was decided to
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WAsH1NGToS. Nov. lit Is related OF Hoke
Smith that when Cleveland fret opened his
Hawaiian budget to the Cabinet. he felt like
the green soldier when first under FIRE. He
would have run had any one set the example
Hoke now admits, indeed he wishes it to be un-
derstood. that had Morton. Herbert or any
ono objected he would have followed suit
But he was afraid to say anything. He dared
not say his soul was his own. And this is the
way the Policy Of Infamy was carried through
the Cabinet