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The Wind Trust.

Perhaps the queerest Of the queer con-
| crosses and conventions to be held in Chi.
cage during the Fair will be the Antitrust
Convention. which Is to meet on June 4.
At the bidding OF tho Legislature Of Min
nesota. the Hon. KNUTE NELSON. Governor
OF that State, has asked the Governors of
other States to appoint ten commissioners
apiece. and to 60 themselves. to a conference
upon the coal combine" and other trusts
and m%onopolies. Measures for abating
these trusts and m%onopolies are to be con-
sidered and determined upon. and means
for their abatement are to be submitted to
the various Legislatures and to Congress.
Further. the conference will take all other
steps which they may deem wise and
proper for the prosecution Of the members
Of said unlawful combinations in their re-
spective States"
II Governor NELSON'S private secretary is
good ut addition. twenty-si1 Governors
nave said that they will have much pleas
ure In accepting Governor NELSON'S kind
invitation, and more Yeses ars looked for.
It Is thought that June will be tho best
month In which to SEQ the Fair. II Gov
ernor NELSON had called for 1000 commits
sioners from each State. the response would
have been as sincere and hearty. Governor
FLOWER and Governor MATTHEWS OF Indi-
ana have declined. with thanks. The Chi
cago Inter- Ocean. which has abolished trusts
many times. laments that the Governor OF
Indiana SHOULD DO so untrue to the popu-
lar sentiment as to put himself In line with
the promoters OF trusts. instead Of thor
d~estroyers." Possibly tho Governor Of
Indiana thinks that J~avanese dancers.
Esquimaux beauties. and 30 on. will
form an environment in which the
Governors and commissioners may find
1t dihicult to give their undivided thought
to trustbusting. at Is no cause of sur
prise" to the Inter- Ocean that Governor
FLOWER should decline. He is a combination
OF Wall street and Tammany Hall. neither
OF which has any sympathy with the anti
trust movement"
Humph! We take 1t that Governor
FLOWER Is somewhat Of q humorist as well
as a man OF sense. The plan Of having q
roundup OF Governors and delegates at
Chicago for the purpose Of a sociable junket.
i~nterspersed with defamation against
trusts. Is amusing enough. To consider the
Chicago conference seriously. you must for
get that tho laws against trusts are virtu-
ally n dead letter. Existing laws not having
been enforced. Governor WILSON'S collec-
ton OF Governors will. doubtless. propose
q few more law also not to be enforced.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19
NEW COURSE OF STUDY,
The Board or Education Changes the Work
OF Grammar Grades.

Tho Board or Education Changes the Work
OF Grades.
Superintendent Jasper OF the public schools
OF this city has prepared the following circular,
which will BIO sent to the parents OF pupils In
the grammar schools within tho next few days.
1t provides for O change in the course OF study
which has been LONG in contemplation. and
Is In line with the tendency to specialize all
instruction:
The Board OF Education has amended TIE course Of
Instruction for grammar grades by creating twu dis
tihct courses OF study for the Lrst graLc-0ne contin-
uiux through u single year preparatory for tho admis-
sion to tho Coleg 10 of the IiIy OF ksw York and the
Normal College. and the other. extending through two
years. more particularly preparatory Tor businesa
The course preparatory for the colleges EN- brace tho
following subjects English Geadlng. elocution. words.
cUnposlti0n. and grammarl. Arithmetic. penn an shin.
history OF the United states. geography. drawing
freehAnd.
The other courses embrace the following subjects,
First ysar-Engiish rsadlnx. elonuiion, words. c0mpo-
sitlon, aud grammar. arithmetic. bookkeeping. geoin.
stry. ciyics, commercial geography. history o. tho
United States dIas.nx-ireshsn md mechanical
Second year-Engl!sh bookkeeping, md drawing and
Eeom-iry eont.nued; genera! history. pnonography.
German or French.
Please consider tho matter carefully and notify the
Principal OF your decision AS " tho course you wish
-FOUR child ~ pursue.
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The PlnnIped Of the Evening Post.

We have watched with interest the prog
rees Of an amusing controversy between
the Nep York Tribune and the Evening fosf
concerning the extent TO which the late
JAMES @. BLAINE committed this Govern
ment to the doctrine Of mare ciausum and
exclusive American jurisdiction over the 30
called American part OF Behring Sea.
When we say an amusing controversy. we
mean that It is amusing to all mortals and
immortals except the editor Of the Evening
Post. The profound remarks Of that great
jurist aud journalist on the pending inter-
national question have been based on the
snpposition that Mr.. BLAINE. when he
had charge OF the American case. openly
asserted and stoutly maintained the
claim OF the United States to exclu-
| sive jurisdiction: in other words. That Mr..
BLAINE committed the enormous FOLLY
| OF putting the mare cidustsn argument to
the front rs the mainstay and support OF
our side of.the question. Everybody but the
| editor OF tho Evening Post knows that Mr..
blaine. far from attaching Importance to
the mare clausam idea. perceived very early
that it was OF no avail for use before the
Paris tribunal. md did everything he could
to steer the American case into other and
more promising lines Of argument. To
convict the Evening Post either OF dense
ignorance where 1t affects the tone Of pro-
found wisdom. or Of deliberate mis-
representation for the purpose OF injuring
MIR. BLAISE's fame. the Tribune had only
to cite from the late Secretary's dispatches
to Lord SALISBURY the passage In which he
said: Tho repeated assertions that the
Government OF the United States demands
that Behring Sea shall be pronounced marc
ciausum are without foundation. Thu Gov
eminent has never claimed 1t and never de-
sired 1t. 1t expressly dlsavows It."
This would be enough to make most con.
troversialists retract and apologize. Not
so with the international jurist OF the
Evening Post. Since that time he has been
running around. II we may use the express
sion without d~isrespect. like q chicken with
Its head chopped Off. One day he lodges and
twists and squirms in the fashion character
istic Of the Evening Post when detected In o
false statement Of facts the next day hede-
clines with great dignity to hold any fur
Their conversation on the subject with q
newspaper 30 ill-informcd and ungentle-
manly as tho Tribune; tho next day he re-
turns to the subject like a moth to the
candle. The spectacle Is one Of the most
diverting which the Evening Post has az
forded since the JENKINS outrage.
The Erenino Posts learned and able dis
QUESTIONS on questions OF international
law enjoy q well-merited celebrity. A few
years ago. it may be remembered. thes same
authority took q hand in the in-shore mack
erel fishery controversy with Canada and
Great Britain. and wrote column after col
umn OF elaborate argument based on the
ingenious. though mistaken. beliefthat tho
row was all about the Goldfish on tho New
foundland banks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19
DOROTHY ANNAN,s GU4RD1ANsu1p.
Will 10 he Iutrusted to Her Catholic or
Episcopaiian Relntlvesg

VIII 10 he Iutrusted to Her Catholic or
E~piscopaiian RelntivesS
The question OF selecting o guardian for
Dorothy Amman. the two-year-old daughter OF
the late Edward AMMAN. Jr.. came UP yester-
day before Surrogate Abbott In Brooklyn.
Mrs. AMMAN. whose death preceded that OF her
husband. was the daughter OF Eugene N.
Earle. and q Catholic. There WAS an anti
nuptial agreement that she should BIO allowed
to follow the observances Of her own religion,
aud that the children should DO trained In
the Catholic faith. Mr.. Amman made two Wills.
BY tho first. Mrs. Richardson. his sister.
who is an Episcopallan.. was made tho guar.
dian Of the infant Dorothy. but in the second
reference to the guardianship Of the child was
made. Since the death Of her father Dorothy
has been under the care OF Millionaire Edward
Amman. ST., her paternal grandfather, ana his
before the Surrogate were Instituted BY Eugene
NJ. Earle, the maternal grandfather. and his
wife. Catherine Earle. who want to be an
pointed as guardians. so that tho child may TO
Brought up In the Catholic faith.
Mrs, hishardson said that her brother had
had done SO. ana she mover intended to inter-
fers with her religious faith. Dorothy WAS
baptized rs a Catholic. and she is provided with
a Catholio nurse. Mrs. Richardson said She
W wlliIng that Dorothy should be brought
Mr.. AMMAN gave similar testimony.
Mr.. Earle said he join ed the Baptist Church
when - years old. lett 1t when he was III. and
became 2 Catholic ten years ago.
Mrs; Earle said she was a Catholic, and
faith II she were made her guardian. Decision
was reserved.
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q personal Con. II the soul Of man be
immortal. II there DO eternal rewards and
punishments. man con only know Of them
rs facts through inspiration coming from
| GoD Himself. He must be told Of them by
Divine authority. for OF himself he cannot
find them out. They are questions which
human science Is powerlsss to solve. II.
then. tho Bible be Of human and not Divine
authorship. man is left In the dark as to his
future state; he Is Ignorant whether he has
any future state at all. He becomes. per-
force, an agnostic: for when the inspira-
ton OF the Bible Is denied. the main pillar
on which approximation rests is re-
jected. All theology must rely upon In
spiration as its foundation. whether 1t
accepts only the Bible rs the inspired
source. or includes also Church tradition
aud declaration. At the bottom Is the Bible.
The debate on the doctrines Of DR.. BRIaGs
respecting the Bible, which will proceed In
the General Assembly at Washington. will
involve substantially the same question
rs that discussed by the students OF st.
Francis Xavicr's College ut the Hotel de
Logerot. II there be no Biblical inspira-
ton. II the Bible is q merely human pro-
ductiou. faulty and In parts absolutely
fictitious and spurious. the theory Of the
immortality OF the soul Is baseless. except
as a mere p~hilosophic speculation.
BY leaving this question in doubt the
Presbyterian Church. which has no other
foundation than the Bible. Is making
itself n party to tho current skepticism
touching the Immortality Of the soul. By
paltering with the question whether the
Bible is OF Gop or OF man. 1t Is stimulating
the question whether there is n personal
COP. which means whether there Is any
Con ut all.
In essence. DR.. BRroas and all his school
are agnostics. yet they remain In the
Presbyterian Church. Why? Is It not
because ngnosticlsm has become 30
powerful in Presbyterianism. and more
particularly in its pulpits md thco-
seminaries. hat 1t Is enabled to
command consideration II doubt Of the
Immortality Of the soul. and consequently
Of the personality Of Cop. were not per-
vaslve. would the New York Presbytery
have tolerated the teachings Of DR.. BRIGGs
MS an innocent exercise OF individual liberty
OF opinion How would 1t hav been TWEEN
ty years ago. when the Presbyterinns Of
New York really believed In the Bible. In
Cop. and in the Immortality VI the soul2
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The Immortality Of the Soul.

Wednesday evenings debato on the i'm
mortality OF the soul. conducted by STU
dents Of st. Francis Xavier's College, was
interesting because Of the supreme i'm
portance OF the theme discussed. and Incl
dsrtaily because the Latin language was
used In the disputation.
In common speech this language Is called
dead, but really it Is living. 1t is preserved
by the Church. by science, and by law. in
tho schools OF education in every country
OF the Western world. and by direct or in
direct transfer to many Of the spoken and
vernncular languages OF civilization. Even
up to the last century Latin was still used
In works on science and philosophy appeal
ing TO the learned Of every country: and
emily In the century before. had 1t
prActically ceased to be q language OF
general literature. In l7G0 LINNEUs
wrote his Systema Nature In Latin: in 1889
NEWTON his Principia, and the great phi
lOsopber LEIBNITy. their contemporary,
wrote usually in Latin. Ever to-day q man
BY speaking Latin can best bring himself
into communication with the best educated
pcople OF all civilized countries. 1t still re-
mains the most universal language Of the
learned. and only within comparatively
recent years have institutions OF learning
paid much attention to any other foreign
languages than Latin and Greek.
The d~lsputation conducted in Latin on
Wednesday evening at the Hotel dc Logerot
was accordingly a valuable practical excr-
ciss for the young men. and 1t is highly cred
tablet eirinstructlon that they acquitted
themselves 80 well In the difficult task. We
question whether there is another college
In the Union which would have dared to
submit Its students to such q test; but
the example thus offered by st. Francis
Navier's Is likely to stir up the emulation of
the rest. with the result. perhaps. that hero
after wo may have intercollegiate disputa-
lions In Latin.
No theme for debate Of ~profounder In.
terest than the Immortality of the soul
could have been chosen. 1t is really doubt
~ TO this immortality which lies at the
bottom Of the current religious disturbance.
II there were no such doubt. tho General
Assembly Of the Presbyterlans would not
now DO discussing the revision OF the
Westminster Confession. and the in
ysigbliity Of the nBiLlc. II there he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19
ssAes aErosr rur erAnr IAw


Esforeemert-A Perpie King Question.
WASHINGTON. May lathe Administration
is cornered on tho Chinese question. There
was no thought that tho Expulsion law would
stand. and there begins to be talk how ~ Will
be when Justice Harlan. who 10 abroad on
the Behring Sea business. gets homo and the
case Ia brought up some day for n rehearing.
Some talk as though the decision might have
been different had It been supposed there was
any danger.
or course there can DO no foundation for
saying anything that implies that tho Supreme
Court could be inluenced.n MS Congress Is said to
be sometimes. Chief Justice Fuller. as soon as
possible after the decision. hastened to tho
White House to explain. rs Il Ia alleged. He
did his best to have 1t otherwise. as did 9TH
ers. Justice Field was little less than insolent
In his manner. II not his language. In deliver
Ing his opinion against the law. as Justice
Gray and those who agreed with him must
have mentally. II not physically, WINGED.
What to do lie now tho question. Mr.. Carlisle.
on whom the responsibility d~evolves OF exc
cutting tho law. declares he can do nothing
He hasn't the money to pay the cost Of send.
ing the Chinese home. and privately. II is said.
would do II had he the. means. II 10 under
stood Gresham agrees with him. while Glove
ton. 1t is not the Chinese. in America that
trouble him so much as the Government In
China. what It will do. and the co%pseauenees
thereof He perceives. II Is said. q revolution
Of sentiment s rolling over tho country. Riaht
or wrong he will have to deal with Il. and 1t ts
liable to throw obstacles. in the way. of his
policy IN creating, new tssues and distract-
Ing motives for action In Congress-
It Is not the fact tn ut six millions will not DO
more than enough to execute the courts de-
cision. but the consequential damages to
manufactures. commerce. and the Treasury.
Guiding foreign missiona. In which Cleveland
Is understood to be deeply interested. have
thrust upon the Administration Unexpectedly
o momentous question.
why doesn't Cleveland look to II. as Grant
did. when the legal tender question was before
the court2" said q man. who added: " II one 10
do TT"
The Chinese decision. along with others Just
made. will. II Is said. take out of the Treasury
not less than s2O.0OO.OOO or $50. 900. 700 which
Carlisle has not got, but which Congress- will
have to, provide-jus SO much added to the
nnaneiai problem. mTha S iIn : I, Court IL
spoke what is distinctly IN the minds Of the
Executive branch OF the Government, though
1t Is not SO plumply spoken.
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Consecrated by Bishops Potter. Littlejohs,
and Hamilton.

Consecrated by Bishops Potter, Littlejohs,
and Hamilton.
The Protestant Episcopal Church Of the
Heavenly Rest. at Forty-ffth street and Fifth
avenue. having been relieved OF its debt OF
over SS7. 900 since last December. was conss-
Grated yesterday morning By Bishop Potter.
assisted by Bishop A. N. Littlejohn Of tho do
Hamilton Of Ontario. Lord Bishop of Niagara:
forty clergymen Of the diocese Of New York.
and the vestrymen and chancel choir OF the
church.
Previous to tho conservation ceremonies
tho unwilling OF q bronze tablet which had
been erected in the vestibule Of tho church
took place This tablet bore on It's upper half
the names OF the rector. warden. and vestry-
men at the time tho church was organized.
and on the lower half the named Of those who
A. ah present ,.s'.t G ws. Mnts,, ts' h ShgMFG f!. eHf:S1tiys
daughter Of the lato Rev: DR., Rowland. frSt
RsstiSr f 3, tss f &Srssu .; sss 1ss,d By s sns f. hsyi h p:
Arthur H. Judge. the assistant rector.
eh Msii g. bay hSu +. ] bssEs the 5o gsstt JylnsFso Of tn, tne
STOKES. Richard Brown Charles De iay ToaPps
ssesiistTy and MARCHED down The centre aisle.
While the congregation stood. The vestrymen
S Tsts @H shs 81 s s.: aSSF I, b S,s sTsnt' b0's Of the
These were followed by the clergymen and
tho Church wardens. +. Il Roy Ferry and DR.;
up in single nle on either side OF the centre
9isis while Bishop Potter. followed BY Bishops
two lines and walked to the communion table.
A. he did so the twsnty.fourth Psalm was
verse and the clergy another.
The Rev. DR.. I. Landon Humphreys. the
son Of Frederick Humphreys. the. junior war.
pr. Conrad Of Wayne. Pa. q membsr Of the
first yestry. read the first lesson. and the Rev.
II q WAcfnn nj fhiQ aifv fhA nannnd tAaoN~
The Rev. DR.. u. Parker Morgan. the rector Of
the ohpprsch, read the sentences Of eonsecra:
New York. read the Epistle. and the RightR Rev.
DR.. Charles Hamilton. Lord Bishop Of Niagara.
rend the Gospel. The Right Rev. DR.. HenryU
sermon.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19

We feel sure that the fashionable society
OF New York will be benefited by q knowledge
OF Spanish etiquette. in tho study OF which It
Is now enRaged. There are no more polite
people In all the world than the spaniards.
Their manners are most engaging: their style
OF address Is decorous and dignitied. Tho
saracens. during the long period OF their
abode In Spain. did much to advance the forms
OF Spanish life. The Saracen!c genius. a finer
or Rrander than which never existed. Is still q
formative power In Spain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19

yroa H., Plr"i,yhh R,o,d

Investigation by the police Of the CHASTITY
iy-afth district. on Tuesday evening brings
out some odd facts. It appears that II IL not
bors 10 make eirt!ar discoveries In the dunn
at swanson and Mexican streets. No less than
three, weeks ago q skeleton was pulled out OF a
property of n medical student. The find OF
Tuesday evening Is accounted for In the same
were those Of a person fonliy dealt with. they
would not 10 aide TO trace the criminal ON
account OF the Eeneral ehnrRet0r Of tho retuEe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19

: poets heresbout have not male so much OF the
" nAsa, nts.ew q. they might have made during
Little drops OF water.
Little grainA OF sand,
Make Tho mighty ocean
And ths beAuteous land.
Little bits of poets.
With their ira Ian.
Could not add = cuJls
To the great review.
Little jAgs of glory.
Bet In rhythmic sheen.
Really woald have made
Something small AMI mean
Little pens and pencils.
scratching out I rhyme.
Couldn't comprehend the
Spectacle sublime.
Little bits OF poets,
Showed their great big ssnss
BY keeping their hands on
matter % Immense.
sofa BhzA,
THH sUy at timsss secs az TO state
We have no poets really great.
Bat say NOS 90 again. oh SUE.
They're great IN what they have not done.
PHSsI BUS
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Of deciding when the fscts. thus far held
back. shall be made kuown.
We may. therefore, take for granted that
n any fresh revelations OF iniquity con-
nected with the Panama affair arc 10 DO
made before the next general election. they
will be speedily forthcoming. Only about
four months at furthest can now elapse be-
fore tho appeal to the French people.
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From the beginning Of their service Com
m%issioners SPENCER and ISMAN have boon
RICH upon every question disputed before the
Rapid Transit Board. They and Commissions
SrErNwAY are right now on tho point OF COM
pensation to the city. 1t only needs a little
moro protraction. We suppose. Of general In
convenience and wrong for their views to pre-
vail as usual.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19

1t certainly Is absurd that two historic
and habitual antagonists like Harvard and
tale cant arrange 30 simple a little contest as
Q decisive game Of baseball.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19
The wrhisiIgIg OF Time,

Iron ne OmahG Tadd.Heruid.
II IT, q piece OF poetic justice that Frederick
Douglass should have bought a fine home In
Talbot county. whore be was once Q slave
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-05-19

Half Of these claims represent interest on
the original claim. Lawyer O'Srien was In
ment Of his claima The city Is allowed to de-
lay the payment until q year from tho. date OF
the arguing of tho bill. All the claims are
based on the renort OF the Board OF Emigra-
ton made in 1880.
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Old CLAIMS AGAINST zaE STATE
Inserted In tse Bui for the Sale Of w.rd,s
Island 90 the CITY.

There Is . provision In the law authorizing
the purchase by the city Of the States interest
in Wards leland. the effect cf which has been
manifested in the Ming with Comptroller
Myers Of claims aggrecs,lng Sl2t.G3n which
IL IL demanded. TO paid out OF the purchase
m~oney-the 81. 100000 which the city lie to par
the State.
Whom tho bill was before the Legislature
the provision in question was inserted. and Is
to the effect that all claims against the Board
OF Emigration for the caro- OF pauper !nmi.
grants accrued prior to 1876. with interest
thereon. be paid out OF the Sl.Uon.0oO to TO
given for the States ~interest in tho Island.
Nobody seemed to know what this provision
really meant until the claims began to pour
into the ComptIoiler's ofiice. when Il was dis
the purchase price.
All OF tho claims were presented by John c.
O'Brien OF the law frm OF O'Rrien 4 l'aine Of
Rochester. and they are made. by various coun-
ties Of the State and by hospitals and asyiums
in all sections OF the Stnte. Some OF them are.
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The Impossible.

The poets heresbout have not made so much Of the
the IAst fortnight. -SpS,