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The sun., 1893-10-04
PROF. PRoCroK,s SECOND BURIAL
Tho Aatronomer's Grave Now Marked BY
George w. Childs's Monument.

Tho Astronomer's Grave Now Marked By
George w. Childs's Monument.
The body OF Prof Richard Anthony Proctor.
the astronomer. who died at the Willard Par
ker Hospital on Sept r. 1889. was taken from
a grave in an obscure part OF Greenwood
Cemetery last Saturday and reinterred yester-
day In moro conspicuous place at the foot OF
a granite monument which George Washing
ton Childs of Philadelphia had erected.
Prof. Proctor was born in Cheyne row. Chel-
sea, England. on March 23 1887. In 1873 and
1874, he travelled through the United States.
delivering lectures on astronomy. In 1884 he
came to America again. and. after lecturing
142 nights In tho principal cities took UP his
residence in St Joseph. Mo. He also pur-
chased a winter residence at Orange Lake. Fla.
On Sept. 10. 1888. he came to New York and
the next morning he was taken ill with yellow
fellow. He died the next day. The physicians
who consulted upon his case were Drs. Z. S.
Janeway Abraham Jacobs T. Mitchell Prud-
den. Joseph D. Bryant. and Cyrus Edison. The
body was taken to North Brother Island. where
It was PLACED In METALLIC casket- 1t was
ReTes Rey In s Merlt Gsas bhs s
known Prof Proctor well. recently purchased
a as, site l9r t,a new new grave. and erected monu-
ligious service The Rev. DR.. T. Dewitt Tai
tor's'life. and the quartet Of tho Lafayette
Avenue Presbyterian Church OF Brooklyn
Among those present were Miss Mary Proc
tor. the eldest daughter OF the astronomer:
PF1 kdSdeP Ps Mss
ton. Prof. Lewis Swift of the Warner Obserya-
tory. Rochester. and Mr. and Mrs. VIII Carleton.
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BETTER NOT TRY IT AGAIN
The Income Tax Experiment OF the war
From N, Enfou Journal.

The Iacome Tax Experiment OF the war.
From ne Bnron Journal.
The threatened revival OF the income tax as
o means OF revenue to offset the reductions In
cident to a free trade tariff makes 1t pertinent
to recall the way In which tho income tax for
merly operated in this country and the atti-
tude OF the people toward it. This is the moro
important. because large proportion Of tho
men now active In business have had no prac-
tical experience with such tax. and others ap-
parenty have forgotten it. There was no tax
incident to the war OF the rebellion which was
more odious than this. 1t involved inQ uistoral
proceedings on the part OF the agents OF the
ton Which we're most annoying to the people,
and a disclosure OF the details OF business and
Rmsns The au,
was ever the occasion OF more perjury. During
the earlier years OF its imposition patriotic
conduct Of the war. and submitted with little
complaint to its eIactions, but in tho years
es ereasne e Snimosits anil so until It's ceecton became
scarcely more than farce:
pe.ed IN s7 M W Sothns but the sa Ma'
derstandinG that It would cease with the close
TIL, law Of 1881 placed place tax Of per cent
CO @ wfh per Cent
comes in excess Of So. 900 and not In excess of
$4,000 were taxed IN per cent. and those in
excess OF $4,000 10 per cent In 1865 the tax
on incomes above $4,000 was increased TO 10
to tax all incomes OF 81 900 and over at 5
per cent. but am endments were adopted prom
isLng that the tax should not be collected after
1870. The Forty first Congress extended the
time one year. but reduced the amount to o2i
per cent. The popular discomfort with tho tax
had by this time become too serious to be dis
regarded. and In 1871 it was repealed. Atthat
time Gen. Pleasonton. Com mmissioner OF In
tornal Revenue. sent to the House a letter in
which he said that the tax was one OF the
most obnoxious to tho people being in.
into public view an exposition OF the
most private pecuniary affairs. Such an un-
willing exposition can only be compusorily Of
fected through the maintenance OF the most
expensive machinery, and both the nature OF
the tax and the means necessarily employed
for Its enforcement appear to be regarded with
more disiayor from z year to year by the better
tax was repealed. and the people who had
been afflicted with it breathed more freely.
Unless public sentiment has changed mar
vellously during the past quarter of a century.
tho reim position OF this odious tax in times OF
peace will be received with cTecraton. The
party which undertakes 1t will be swept out Of
power by q cyclone Of popular wrath.
The sun., 1893-10-04

From the Daily Telrornp' of .Shd on. Pa.

From n. Daily Telegraph ef Shd or. Pa.
The Sun did an unusual thing the other day
An extensive dry goods house advertised for
sale the entire stock Of n Chicago firm. which
1t claimed had been bought at great sacrifice.
Naturally the sale attracted a rush OF custom
ers. and all went well until some OF the less
fortunate competitors OF the firm discovered
that, instead Of buying several hundred thou
sand dollars worth of goods as alleged the en-
tire Chicago purchase amounted to less than
seven hundred dollars. When this fact became
known The Sun devoted nearly half n column
OF it's editorial page in denunciation Of such
business methods. mentioning the firm and
scoring 1t numerically.
We do not believe another paper in New
York city would have had the courage to do
this 1t Is generally conceded that an adyer-
tiser buying space has the right to use that
space as he sees fit excluding always In
decent or immoral matter. The point OF mer-
camille honesty has never before been raised.
and 1t will remain for some paper like THE
SUN. which is sold on its merits more than any
other paper In the United States. to fight the
battle. Al any rate. a new issue has been
made. and one that may attract a great deal Of
attention within the next few years.
The sun., 1893-10-04

that assurance were now given. and were
made known to the French people. theout-
cry for q movement against Germany
would prove as irresistible as 1t was In the
summer Of 1870. That is why the conduct
of the Russian Ambassador at Paris and
the speeches OF other representatives OF the
Gar at the festivities given in honor OF the
Russian fleet will be watched with keen
anxietys In the present inflamed condition
OF the French public mind. 1t would only be
necessary for the Czar to lift finger to
cause an immediate onset OF the French
legions toward the Rhine. 1t is. therefore.
literally true that ALEXANDER III. is, and
for some time to come will be- the arbiter
Of peace or war in Europe.
The sun., 1893-10-04
The Ideas of Chairman Wilson.

Our readers will find in another column
aninteresting letter from Washington. re-
porting the news respecting the Tariff bill
which the Committee on Ways and Means
are now engaged in preparing. According
to this letter. Mr.. WILSON Of West Virginia.
the Chairman OF that committee. intends
that there shall be free list. and that in
this free list various raw materials Of man
ufacture shall be included .one Of them being
bftuminous coal. an article which is extern
sively produced in West Virginia. On this
coal the people OF that State desire that the
protective duty imposed by the MCKINLEY
tariff shoul be continued and Mr.. WILSON
is said to have replied to them that raw ma
terials must be free. and that coal must be
put on the free list.
1t Is difficult to understand how any logi-
cal and intelligent mind can think Of set
ting UP free list under the principle of the
Chicago platform. The only purpose OF a
free list Is to favor certain preferred classes
of people. and certain preferred industries.
Free raw materials are supposed to enable
the manufacturers. who consume those ma
teuals. to produce more profitably to them
selves the goods they manufacture. Thus
free list naturally belongs to the system Of
protection. 1t is entirely at home in the
MCKINLEY tariff. for instance: but when
we come to a system Of tariff imposts for
revenue only. in which there Is to be no
preferred class and no favoritism. there
can be no reason why coal imported
from foreign countries should not pay
its proper share OF the revenue Just
like everything else. The idea OF protect
ing manufacturers who use coal. or any
other sort of people who use it. is ruled out
at the beginning: and the only business Of
q faithful and well-informed legislator Is to
impose a proper revenue tax upon all coal
that is imported. as well as upon every
other article.
We do not vouch for the accuracy OF our
correspondents statement. Mr.. WILSON
has not expressed his intentions in any
public manner. and the other members OF
the Committee OF Ways and Means have
been equally discreet. But II they mean to
have a free list and II they mean to admit
coal free OF duty. or anything else free OF
duty. why then the public at large will say
that they are false to their platform. and
false to their professions. in short are moth
ing but protectionists in disguise.
The sun., 1893-10-04

A.a a.. rs... oS Cn.,r-.. w,,.o..

WARRINGTON. Oct 3.-As the prospect Of .
genuine revenue tariff bill passing Congress-
improves, the fight for protective duties on
particular products OF particular States be-
comes flercer. Precisely what Chairman Will
sons committee Is up to is not known to out
siders. but II is known that he Is walking res
olutely up to FREQ coal. in the face Of the fact
that West Virginia virtually subsists off her
protected coal mines. Chairman Wilson Ia
patriot and possesses the courage OF his con-
victions; his patriotism lends him to give over
the selnshness that ompels a wide extent OF
country to buy the coal OF West Virginia In
preference to the cheap conl imported from
Nova Scotia and other parts. Protection might
benefit West Virginia. but 1t would be at tho
expense OF consume ere elsewhere. He is will
ing to make the sacrifice. and In turn expects
to educate the people OF that State up to the
revenue standard OF free raw material. while
revenue tax is put upon coffee. sugar. tea. and
go on. Chairman Wilson is an educator from
principle and by practice. and his hope is that
his people will possess the inte eligence to learn
as well as he can teach.
There are probably ut least q score OF States
like West Virginia that have some products
which people with false notions think should
be protected as coal in the present Tariff law
is protected, but in the end they will have to
come upon the patriotic ground which Chair
man Wilson, with Mr.. Cleveland's assistance.
expects to bring them. and. standing there.
give up their false notions.
From inside the committee room OF Ways
and Means come reports OF protests after the
fashion OF the Governor Of West Virginia
against the bill for revenue only. and demands
for the protection enjoyed under the Mckinley
law. Particularly. 1t Is said. certain parts OF
the South are rallying for protective duties on
iron which they have Just begun to mako at
home. in the hope Of making 1t still cheaper
under new processes which. as they allege.
protection Is bound to bring forth. Taking
the case all in all. Chairman Wilson Is having
hard struggle. The unreasonable coal owners
OF his own State are said to be giving him tho
greatest trouble though the senseless wool
producers OF Ohio and some other States are
almost as bad. The Jealous Chairman to all
those protests replies by asking what did
the country. particularly tho South. mean
when 1t went 80 earnestly and decisvely for
Cleveland and the Chicago platform In 1892
The sun., 1893-10-04

The Nebraska Democrats will hold their
State Convention at Lincoln to-day: and
the friends Of the Hon. WILLIAM JENNINGS
BRYAN. the Boy Orator Of tho Platte. have
been hustling with great vigor to make the
Convention triumph for him and free silver.
There has been a sharp contest between the
friends OF the Hon. JULIUS STERLING MORTON
and the BRYAN men. contest that is
sometimes called fight between Ad-
ministration and anti-Administration. The
BRYAN men want the Convention to declare
for free silver and the postponement Of the
repeal OF the purchase clause OF the SHERMAN
act until something better is offered in its
place." Mr.. MoRToN's friends don't propose to
tolerate any nonsense OF that sort. or put the
Nebraska Democrats in the attitude OF oppos-
ing the national platform. The Hon. TOBIAS
CASTOR. the Nebraska member OF the National
Committee. Is ton shrewd for that. The Bryan
ties should hold back their doughty cham pion.
He Is q fine young fellow. but he is asking too
much when he asks the Nebraska Democrats
to Jump Off the national platform.
The sun., 1893-10-04

Appeals under the present State Constitu-
tion hailed from skaneateles; what more
appropriate than that the last Judge TO be
elected to 1t, before the Constitution is
changed. should hail from Syracuse
Mr.. H1scooK is by no means devoid Of the
professional qualifications for Judge OF
this high court. The lack Of votes, and not
bis inability to render valuable judicial SER
vice to the people OF the State. would alone
bar his progress. He has been member Of
the Onondaga bar for thirty-eiRht years.
He was District Attorney in that county
from 1860 to 1868. He was a member OF Con-
gross before he was Senator. His aspect
is judicial. He would appear to great per-
sonal advantage In the becoming robes OF
Judge. His voice is melodious: his fine
hair, curling In waves. is abundant. In
stature he is only scven-eighshs OF an inch
shorter than THOMAS G. PLAT1, and four
flfths OF an inch taller than ChAUNCEY
MITCHELL DEPEw.
The accident OF politics which turned
down the Republican ex-senator in his party
primaries in Syracuse week or 30 ago. will
relieve him. positively. from the charge OF
seeking by his vote as n delegate to eDcom-
pass his own nomination as Judge. Be-
sides this. his candidature has another ad-
vantage. When our Republican friends
meet in Syracuse on Friday. they will find
the ex-senator on the premises. He may.
indeed be at the railway station to well
come the incoming delegates. No labors Of
q political character will detain him at any
headquarters within the city Of Syracuse.
and his hands will be free to salute those in
whose gift Is the honor Of this nomination..
Would the Mugwumps issue circulars
and send out postal cards in aid OF the can
didature Of the Syracuse statesman Per-
haps not; but he would get the solid Repub-
lican support. which is far more important.
and he would be. under political usage. en-
titled to 1t. as the last Republican Senator
OF the long line which began with SEWARD.
MORGAN. and CoNKLINa. but seems now
closed forever and two days.
The sun., 1893-10-04
PROJECTORS TO ACT As JUDoEA
Miss Putna Case Referred to Commit
tee ContaIning Two Of Her Accusers.

Miss Putin ans Case Referred to = Commit
tee Containing Two Of Her Accusers.
At the meeting OF the Brooklyn Board OF Ed
ucation yesterday the resolutions recently
adopted at meeting OF coored citizens in the
Fleet Street Church. protesting against the
suspension OF Miss G. F. Putnam as head OF
department of school No 49, were received
and referred to the Teachers Committee with
out any discussion.
The charges OF insubordination made
against Miss Putnam by the local committee
q nt school No. sS ere to be inyestigaied by the
Miss Putnam will object to Messrs. Sims
and Clark serving on the Teachers Committee.
as they had Joined with Mr. II McCants stew
art in ordering her suspension and also in
formulating the charges against hor Sine
thinks 1t would he manifeBtly unfair that her
prosecutors should also act as judges.
The sun., 1893-10-04

To rHv EDITOR or The suS-Sfrs The just reprimand
given in todays issue Of Tax suS the rm who co IN.
mitted tho vulgar imposture Is the talk OF a com.
munity OF advertisers whose business solicit and
they all applaud THg SUs You have set All example
worthy OF emulation by other Journals lottery ad"
vulgar medical "Ad is ieRA. and not allow ed in
print. Fraudulent advertising distortion of fnrtx
should come under the same heading. Tmg SrS has
acted feArlessiy and unselnshly In this matter What
it lnses by refusing TO help dec-iye tho public ID
amply made uP by tho support It receives thou.
sands OF new readers who applaud this exposure az
does tho writer. Very respectfully. HlNNEsBr
The sun., 1893-10-04

The anti-HIPPoLYTE party Of Hayti are
trying to restrain their revolutionary ardor
until the coffee crop is harvested. marketed.
and paid for They need the money to over
throw tho tyrant. 1t is needed especially for
tho support OF the four warlke exiles. Pro-
PHETE 4 Co.. who must get cash in advance
II the coffee crop should prove to be failure.
there will be no revolution this year. Under
the circumstances. we cannot tell whether
President HIPpoLYTE ought to pray for boun-
tiful harvest in HaytL
The sun., 1893-10-04

TFO0I TNf " TT'IT8 UNIN- IFNIFaTuT.
wEsTcHEsrsR, Pa, Sept 29.-TodNy as a High street
electric la this place WAS making trip Conductor
otey noticed that his moiormsn. James McNames
failed 10 obey his summons Ia stop the car ard upon
going TO his side found him rzd at his post and
TO tree himself from ths lever OF tho motor The TROLLEY
was quickly pulled down and tho current shut on
when tho man was found TO have suffered q severe
shock from heavy charge o: electricity that su,
psrindRcsd By some defect In the mAehinery.
The sun., 1893-10-04
BROOKLYN PRESBYTERT.
A Briggs Resolution Tabled by Vote OF
20 to s-D-l-gates to the Synod.

At the regular session Of the Brooklyn Pres
bytery on Monday Prof. Gilmore offered .
resolution censuring the General Assembly
for its action in the Briggs case. 1t was
promptly tabled. by a vote Of 20 to x without
any discussion.
These ministerial delegates we're elected TO
tho New York Synod: The Revs Harlan q
Mendenhall. /. Foote. n. W. Wells. Il j.
alternates are tho Revs. John Fox. A. b. Pricn-
ard A, II; Moment. A, W. Fismcr. b. Lexis
Eaton. % g.. ~. Southsrd.' 'fSt"' II. H. Amman HiH N V
Morse. l.. It. James and ]. n. Ham.
The sun., 1893-10-04

The staten mt tslegraphsd from Chicago and printed
In the New York newspapers on Monday to the effect
that trial Of speed had been arranged between loco
motive No 100 of the New York Central Railroad and
the British locomotive QuseEmpress the property OF
the London and North Western Company now on XIII.
biion at the Worlds Columbian Exposition, Chicago
turns out to be untrue No such trial Is even under
co tem IN Alton
The sun., 1893-10-04

TIOIH sNTTITHFTEs
Richard McGregor sends us this interesting note:
June while returning home at midnight In the out.
skirs OF Denver WAS surprised to hear lark bunting
toIIdmo.JEI m,dR"oryD sing II WAS the beautiful soar
ing song so familiar in May aud June Al which time
he females are nesting Tho only other bird ever
heard talk in his sleep WAS Western meAdOwlArk.
The sun., 1893-10-04
Work OF the City M,..ion.

During August and September $4,000 free
meals were given by the New York Protestant
Episcopal City Mission Society ut the station
nj the society. 30D Mulberry street The Rey.
Brockholst Morgan. superlnt endent OF the 80.
ciety. said yesterday that these Agures e1-
ceeded by many thousands any previous
record OF tho society for similar period
This increase In the applicants for food T.
due. OF course, to the prevailing hard times
nr Morgan said II hay" noticed, also that
the class OF applicants is much more res peCia-
Bile than is usual with petitioners for charity.
In connection with the work of tho society.
IL IL proposed to open night mission flr
women in Mott street.
. An opportuns friend will be found In Or D. JAyues
EkpectoTant when fAcked by a severe cold and 80
many lung or throat affections whchiEometim fola"
THIS old remedy has mot the approval of two genrtb
sysr-AlA
The herald., 1893-01-20
HOW BUTCHER JOHN GREW RICH.

~ INfIN'N.
He Hnppened to Have Black Calf
which lie Played at she Right Tire.
Many years ago, long before the railroads
and telegraph poles and very long before
the civil war, when Reading, Pa. was only
quaint csentry town and it's one chief
summer resort was the old White House
hanging on the side Of the Neyersinb hsll
and overlooking the blue waters of the
Schuylkill river at its foot, Butcher Reif-
snyder-old Butcher John-came slowly
vending his own and his horse,s way
around the curve known as Lovers, I,ean. n
half mile farther down the mountaln road.
having in his wagon a solitary black calf
somewhere between 10 months and n vear
old. Veal was scarce and John WINS mad.
for no matter how small he cut thu n;ocos
he could not supply his customers. arnono
them some of the first families in
Reading. He was hungry, too, and what
was worse he was dry. The White Honse
door was open, and in the Office at a tphlc
sat Judge Cly-r, Lawyer Ric--, LAWYER
B--s and DR.. H-r.
Well, he drew rein in front of The old
tavern porch. 1t was midnight. Yhe
landlord, who knew his guests we'll, had
retired, leaving the house to darkness and
to them. No one heard the butcher; the
dust was knee deep on that much Travelled
country road. Reifsnyder stepped down
and surveyed the four men, all of whom he
well knew, and who came TO this, lonely
spot to play cards for money, aud a glitter
ing pile lay on the table, around which
these four gentlemen stood with drawn
pistols, whilc words hot and heavy were
hurled at each other across the pile of gold.
1t was Judge Cly-r who spoke now;
I, Of !, ;.
ponent. "You cheatedl | saw you do it,
and before you touch that money may tho
devil with horns and hoofs come in and
tear me in rs many pieces as there are dol
lars in that pilel'
No sooner said than done. Reifsnyder,
who had lifted bis calf off the wagon to
give it some water, now turned to the low
windows, wide open, and with u few vigor~
Gus thrusts and twists OF the tail the black
calf lit in their midst, believing us only a
black calf can. One moment of supreme
CONSERVATION; then, with blanched faces
and calls on the Almighty, the four gam
blers made for the door, leaving hsts
coats, money and all behind them in their
wild fight to the town.
Said old John: 81 hollered fer 'em to
stop that it was all fun; but it only made
them run the harder, thinking th9 devil
was after them sure l went in snd got
my calf. Thea seeing the money, and
knowing old Rightmeyer was in bed, /
stroked it into my hat and took it along
with me. Did l keep it? Well, you see l
was half afeard of what l had done after
the turn things took, so went to old Judge
Cly--r and tried to straighten it out like"
80 it wasn't the devil after abl?" he
said with genuine sigh Of relief mo.
John, keep that money for your share Of
the fun, but for the dear Lords sake keep
the story too"
Well, he only told few, but somehow
or other 1t leaked out, and now it is a story
that every Reading boy and girl has heard
grandpa or grandma relate, and wonder
how old Butcher John came to be rich SO
soon has long ago ceased to be u wonder.--
st. Louis Republic.