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FILLING THE OFFICES.
Me-. Ceveispd's View OF His Powers ana
DuNes.

Ercr ne Philadelphia L,doa.
Mr.. Cleveland has a con science and he has
will He recognizes that his functions as
Executive. II they are to be inteiligently and
considerably performed. require that he shall
devote much Of his time to consultations with
his Cabinet officers and their principal assist
ants. to interviews with callers who have in
terast In or knowledge OF important public
questions. to the examination OF his volumi-
nous correspondence. and to study and refleo-
tion over the problems Of government which
daily present themselves. Hero is an abun.
dance OF hard work. even II the filling of places
made no demand upon his Attention whatever.
While tho respective State leaders are in
Warrington wranRllnR over the claims Of
preference OF office seekers. Mr.. Cleveland will
doubtless continue. In his philosophio way. to
give impartial confederation to their state
msnts. to weigh well their argum ents, and to
act as his judgment and high sense OF re-
eponsibility dictate. And. while tho President
10 not to be envied with respect to this burden.
II 10 well to remember that the political lead.
ers have their own trials. There is one way to
help. to some extent the President and tho
leaders-it is By the introduction Of the merit
system Into every office whore 1t will work
practically. by the amendment OF the law 30
that 1t will moro adequately protect incum-
oents. and BIZ the elevation OF public opinion
on the whole subject Of the civil service
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they were some eight hundred years ago.
when the best title Of HENRY 1. 10 the
affection OF his English subjects was
deemed to be his marriage to princess OF
the old Anglo-Saxon stock.
Why should not England welcome DUFF
dynasty In the person OF female sovereign
whose fathers family name is DUFF The
most powerful line OF sovereigns that ever
sat upon the English throne. the nne .,
TUDOR princes who exacted ana opt"neu
almost slavish obedience from tho Enghsh
people, drew Its homely patronymic from
simple Welsh gentleman who had the goou
luck to please lady that had been crowned
Queen OF England and OF France. IL DO
said that the founder Of the line. HENRY
VII. drew his best title from his marriage
with the Princess ELIZABETH OF YORK. the
fact remains that this Princess herself was.
on the mothers side, child OF ELIZABETH
WooDvIbLE. the daughter OF an EnRIsh
country gentleman. Again, was not Ed
WARD VI, the son OF JANE SEYMOUR. the
daughter OF family at that time by no
means distinguished: and was not the
mother OF Queen ELIZABETH lady much
moro conspicuous for attractiveness than
birth? The name Of DUFF Is quite as re-
spectsble as was that OF TUDOR. or WOOD
VILE, or SEYMOUR. or BoLEYN. Inc
chances are that 1t would signally I'M
provo the Hanoverian dynasty. both from
a physiological and sentimental point OF
view, to give 1t strong admixture OF Scot
fish and English blood.
The marriage OF the Duke OF YORK TO MS
third cousin. the Princess VICTORIA MARY
Of Teck. may be well enough In Its way. but
1t is foolish to advocate the union as
means OF averting the accession OF Lady
DUFF. Besides. who knows
but the Duchess OF FIFE may yet have
son. and then what would become OF the
Lady ALExANDRA's title2 1t Is well known
that In the line OF succession to the English
crown. male heirs take precedence OF their
sisters even when tho latter are older.
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An Ircres.e or s.ooo Above ths Normal,
Chieay Csu-ea By the Grip.


Chieny Csuped By the Grip.
ALBANY, Juno 1.-The bulletin OF the State
Board OF Health for the month OF April says
that the Increase In the mortality. which be-
gan In March. and was then estimated at
1000 above the normal for the month. has
continued. with q slightly greater increase In
April The average daily mortality fs $50.
which is about sixty moro than In January and
February. and eight more than In March; 1t 10
forty-two more than in April. 1892 Tho
relative proportion OF deaths from zymotio
diseases is unusually low. The deaths from
other. causes local diseased while GORE.
sponding very closely with the mortality OF
same period OF last year.
not less than. 1000 above the normal. and 70
TO be traced to a continuance Of the cpl
have caused a mortality slightly less than
this last month. =. The Increased NOR
greatest In the Maritime district. where the
organs and OF the nervous system has been
unusually large. or ordinary zymotio dis
eases all show an actual as well as relative
decrease except cerebro spinal fever the In;
Sfiefiy In the %apitims District ""''" '''1''
or the twenty three deaths from smallpox.
one occurred in Callicoon. sullivan county: an
outbreak is prevalent at College Point. and
cases have occurred at Jamaica and in the
In the larger mortality in oil diseases OF the
or the II .S35 deaths occurring during the
month. 9.7S3 were reported from 148 clties,
death rate Of which was 24.S3 per 1.G05 popu.
lation.
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WAYS OF enunolsting Latin. and each OF them 10
different In several respects from CrcEh0f way
We cannot say that CICERO would understand
any one OF his own orations. II he shoulo
listen to a rehearsal OF 1t by Judge ANDREWS
or even by DR.. SETH Low. the energetic Presi-
dent OF Columbia College.
The same thing about Hebrew. Chief Rabbi
JACOB JOSEPH can read tho Tables OF the Law
as they were written out By MOSES. but We do
not believe that MOSES would understand the
Chief Rabbi's Hebrew nc he speaks 1t. and We
are very sure that neither the Rev. DR.. BRIoos
nor Chancellor McCosH would understand
MOSES Hebrew II he were to speak to them
as he spoke with AARON.
What's the odds whether the moderns who
know the tongues Of the ancients could hold
coloouy with the anoients In those tongues
We have tho wisdom Of the anclents In their
books which can be read as properly now as
they were read by the enclents themselves.
That's the main thing.
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TRUTH Or is It demonstrably book con-
tanning human error. perversion. false pre-
tence. and weakness That is tho question
which stirs the public. not tho question
whether DR.. BRIoGs's conclusions jibe with
the Westminster Confession.
The controversy. then, has only begun.
and 1t must go on until 1t is settled In ac-
cordance with the truth, and not merely by
the vote OF General Assembly whose very
existence depends on crushing out the in
qulryin the Church 1t represents. The great
question now before orthodox Protestant
ism is the validity OF the charter which 1t
roveres as from heaven. For the first time
In It's history, 1t Is challenged TO show that
in the Bible 1t has Divine authority. and not
the mere authority OF man.
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We offer =" engagement to the Society Of
American Ne, tors. tho forming OF which has
been begun. We must hope that 1t will bs Of
good shape. Of full life size. and OF tho best
msterial. credit to the ancient art to which
Its members are devoted. There arc excel
lent artists among its founders. and We are
assured that they will welcome the assistance
OF others OF their kind In advancing tho In
terests OF American sculptors. aiding In the
creation Of good works OF sculpture. and pro-
noting popular knowledge OF that branch Of
tho hne arts. We have not any masterpieces
OF sculpture In this city: We have number Of
meritorious pieces: we have more than . few
very bad pieces Of statuary on display In pub
lie places We ought to be able to get few
frst-class things In this line: We ought to put
the bad things out OF sight We trust that tho
new Society Of American Sculptors will strive
successfully to carry out the objects In which
Its organizers arc interested.
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We are sure that the whole medical
faculty OF the city will commend the act OF the
Board OF Health In appointing Dr. GEORGE Il.
SHRADY TO the office OF Consulting Physician
in-Chiof to tho hospitals under the Boards
control DR.. sHRADY has high reputation In
the profession: he has had long and largo ex-
perience Ms practitioner: he 10 eminent as Q
scientist: he 10 . man OF executive ability;
and he was for years q valuable functionary In
another branch OF the municipal service. In
the office upon which he now enters. he is
under the gravest Of responsibilities. which
may become OF even more than ordinary
gravity this year. but there 10 not doubt In
the minds OF his professional brethren that he
will bear himself under them In way worthy
OF his reputation.
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DrusroNs UNDnn TEE RoEscH LAW
AZ No Person Has = Right 10 Demand n
License the Courts Cannot Interfere.

A. No Person Has = Right TO Demand F.
license the Courts Cannot Interfere.
KINGSTON June THE first decisions under
the Roesch law. giving the right to certiorari
in cases whore licenses to sell liquor have
been refused. were handed down by Judge
Alton b Parker to-day.
Two cases were before Judge Parker. one
being proceeding by oortiorari to review the
action Of the Excise Commissioners OF tho
town OF shandakeu in refusing to grant the
application OF william Martin for hotel IL
cense. The Board refused to grant licenses.
giving a. q reason that n majority OF the
Board had been elected for the purpose OF re-
fusinC to grant licenses. 1t being supposed that
such determination was In accordance with
some statute providing for local option. The
Judge decides that nothing exists in the
statutes relating to local option. an act OF that
character having been repealed by chapter
274 Of the Laws Of lstL Judge PARKER in his
"no license" Commissioners OF Shandaken:
The ballot. were not Gas. fsy9r Of oGs! prohibition
The conclusion thsreors reached that ne Hoard Of
Ensiss erTs s. IN rom sonsaerns and aeternb pre-
Es aS is:a;s. :sss,o = ss.ss 70
ss. error e. which !: iPsiy
ns sppes ~ from The return EIc.s
ad the SsH 70 Of The he Iss1 %gon
Be :. bach e ,o Gs n and
The second case decided is one in which
Albert Decker. . hotel keeper at saugserties.
sought to review the action Of the Excise
for senss TRs me%bsrs
Excise. py their return. set forth the proeeed-
.ss tn 6sy u Sss by ysfn esnss:
realtors apple cation and rejected 1t. giving as
srd.1S and that DeEer had sold
liquor on Sundays Judge Parker says:
in . legal sense. to demand license. Tue statats
5 o %In pr.
ss ss a hi f.sd
4 S' n.s s:.r "a
Or ' duty which can Be- and oash! to be performed.
s $3.50 rss. . ssn:. asn, 70
81 a e WSsS IN h. "
%Sn st ,I rnS a BY for Ss
FOL ss raid
question: q which the Board Of Excise should be ths
sna RI;
sosrd: sas .noaia pas. aron appncaiio" j. he
hs az s se s0s S,, Es
oiicial TO exercise tho discretion permitted BY the
ss sssi
saRIs Than 1 ana be
snsusEs employed capable OF the other inssrpeta.
ton.
After extended quotations OF the law in rela-
tion to powers OF the Supreme Court. Judge
Parker says: III the views SO far expressed
are we'll founded. It follows that the proceed.
ings must he dismissed"
ROCHESTER,. juno 1.-The certiorari proceed.
ings By which Messrs- Quinn Mccarthy seek
to compel tho Excse Com m ssionerR Of the
town OF Owasco O suburb OF Auburn. to grant
the m license, came up before Judge Bradley.
Tho Excise Com missioners made a return
that the petitioners had never asked them for
o license. and that In any case they should b
opposed to granting one on the ground that
the applicants were not persons Of good moral
Judge Bradley dismissed the writ
on the gTouna that was oahsiosivs upon IN
not take testimony on proceedings OF this sort
unless 1t was distinctly provided in tho statute
60 behind the return. II It was false. the
remedy for the petitioners was by an action
com posing that Board.
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The Board Of Health has improved upon
its recent order for the vacating OF twenty one
unsanitary tsnements by giving orders for the
vacRtlng of twenty.on moro OF Thorn. The
Board never before rendered any public ser
vice that was more thoroughly approved OF
by tho community. Those tenement owners
who disregard the laws which the Board Is
empowered to enforce. and who thereby on
danger the public health. must bs taught 0
lesson. and this lesson must DO repeated Just
as often as may be necessary. without fear or
favor. The punishment Of lawbreakers is tho
best means OF enforcing respect for law; and
1t must be respected By landlords % well a.
by other people
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Very grievous are the reports We have
been getting for some days past from those
regions Of tho Mississippi which are under
food. We cannot count all the crevasses in
the long stretch between tho mouth Of the
Arkansas and Lake Pontchsrtrain. but We
know Of three or four Of them through which
large areas OF country have been devastated.
hundreds OF cotton plantations injured. and
hundreds OF houses wrecked. As 1t was In the
case OF the trsm sndous hurricanes beyond the
Mississippi few weeks ago. 80 1t is in tho
case OF the floods. as regards the fewness Of
the lives lost. At the time OF the hurricane
the sufferers received prompt assistance from
tho people who were In safety. and at this
time tho sufferers By food receive such aid
% can DO given.
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The Duke OF York's Betrothal.

The London newspapers are jubilant over
the official announcement of the betrothsl
Of the Duke Of YORK. the only surviving son
Of the Prince Of WALES. to the Princess VIo-
ToRIA MARY Of Teck. for whom the Saturday
RevieD invented the lackadaisical title Of
the Lady MAY. II we seek the grounds of
the rejoicing. we find them to be mainly
these. that the wife chosen for the young
Prince Is an equal In birth and is an English
woman. and that the marriage will proba-
bly, avert the succession OF the Lady ALEX
ANDRA DUFF. the little daughter Of the
Duchess Of FIFE, who would even ually be-
come Queen OF England. should the Duke of
YORK die childless. The idea Of a DUFF
dynasty seems obnoxious to the London
journals. although Englishmen In former
days we're glad enough to accept soveregns
from Anjou, from Wales. from Scotland.
and from Hanover.
As to the two parties to the approaching
marriage being equal In birth. the point. II
worth any attention. Is not we'll taken.
Both the parents Of the Duke OF YORK are
the children Of sovereigns. whereas the
Princess VICTORIA >MARY's claim to royal
lineage Is based exclusively upon the fact
that she Is the granddaughter OF the Duke
Of CAMBRIpeR. who himself is only the
grandson Of King. GEORGE III. As for
her father. the Duke Of TEoK. he Ia not even
O prince In the highly elastic sense which
the term bears In Germany; he is simply
an Impoverished noble. the subject of q
foreign sovereign. but largely dependent
for his means OF subsistence upon English
bounty. In the judgment OF up-to-date
social arbiters. for whom titles. whom un.
gilded. are mere trumpery. the sister OF the
Duke OF YORK made much better match
when she welded the affiuent Scottish
nobleman who was created Duke OF FIFE.
AS for the Princess VICTORIA MARY being
an English woman. she can be called so
only In the sense that her prospective hus-
band can be termed m Englishman. That
is to say. both she and the Duke of YORK
have been brought up In England. and pos
slbly can speak English without any trace
of the German accent. But to ind In the
veins of either bride or groom single
drop Of English blood. one would have to
go back nearly three centuries to the Prin-
cess ELIZABETH. the daughter OF JAMES l..
who married the Elector Palatine. Amid
tho multitude Of marriages encountered in
tracing the descent OF the present royal
family from the Princess ELIZABETH. not
the slightest additional infusion Of English
blood can be detected. II mere residence
In England. irrespective OF genealogy. 10
now held to constitute an EnglishmAn.
EnglisRmen are moro easily satisfied than
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It seems to US that We have this year an
inordinats number Of reports Of riotous and
obstreperous conduct on tho part Of students
in institutions Of learning. especially In col
leRes and academies. and even In seminariss
for young women. Making due allowance
for youthful frivolity. wo take occasion to say
that. at all hazards. order must be preserved
among the students and discipline enforced
by the faculty OF all educational institutions.
Whom students are suffered to override the
rules SGT up by the faculty. It 10 to their own
disadvantage: when professors fail to apply
these rules. It 10 evidence Of their inoomps-
tency: when an institution gets nams for
disorderliness. It 10 on tho road to ruin. The
freshman class Of the Polytechnic Institute in
Troy have been Justly suspended and otherwise
punished for daubing and damaging the walls,
cavorting about and defying the President
For the sake Of discipline. an example ought
to be made Of them.
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Telltales ON Railroads.

A telltale, In the parlance OF railroad
men. is q warning signal hung above the
track ut some distance from bridge over
the line, to inform brakemen who may be
on top Of freight trains that they are ap-
preaching place Of danger. It Is generally
constructed by putting up crossbar with
wires hanging down 30 as to strike any
brakeman who happens to be standing
on the roof Of car as the train
nears the bridge. The propriety OF
maintaining such signals Is manifest
50 long as there are low bridges over
railroads. and 80 long as 1t Is necessary to
keep brakemen on top Of freight trains to
attend to the brakes and see that the cars
do not part while In motion. Furthermore.
there is an express requirement OF law In
this State. that suitable warning signals
shall be maintained by every steam rail-
road. ut every low bridge or structure
which crosses the line above the track.
wherever such warning signals may be
necessary in order to protect employees on
top Of the cars from injury.
An interesting case arising out OF the
neglect OF the Central Vermont Railroad
Company to keep one Of these telltales In
order has Just been decided by the Court
Of Appeals at Albany. The complainant
was Q brakeman In the employ Of
that corporation. and was severely hurt
in consequence Of being hit by low
bridge while performing his duties Oh top
of q moving freight train. There was a
telltale. fifty-one feet from the bridge. but
some of tho wires. instead Of hanging down.
were wound around the crossbar to which
they were attached. 80 that 1t was possible
for brakeman standing erect upon the
roof Of o car to pass under the telltale
without being touched by any portion Of 1t.
The Court Of Appeals holds that upon
these facts q jury might well find that the
railroad company was negligent in two re-
spects: First. in not having the telltale
further from the bridge: and. secondly.
In not keeping 1t in order. The statute
prescribes the maintenance Of Q suitable
warning signal. which means that cit
should be placed so far from the bridge that
the brakeman on top Of the train to avoid
the danger" Again. the simple erection Of
the telltales does not fulfil the whole duty
OF the railroad company. After they are
put up. the company must use reasonable
care to keep them in order.
This Interpretation Of the meaning and
effect Of the statutory requirement is man
ifestly necessary in order to carry out the
protective purpose Of the law. and we do
not think 1t imposes tho onerous an obllga-
ton upon the railroads. 1t would certainly
be lido to compel them to provide warning
signals II they were not bound to keep the
signals In good condition afterward.
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Tho Reginning Of Controversy.

Tho condemnation Of tho teachings Of
Or. BRIdos by moro than three-quarters Of
the General Assembly settles nothing. ex-
oept that they are doctrines which outrage
the prevailing Presbyterian sentiment. In
stesd Of the end Of the battle over the Bible.
10 10 only the beginning.
Obviously the view that the Bible is as
liable to error In It's statements of fact as
any other book. that 1t 10 human In Its mis-
conceptions and Divine only In It's truth. is
Ccufession and with the standard belief Of
al orthodox Professionalism; and hence tho
dsoision Of the General Assembly was
logically inevitable. II that body had not
condemned the teaching. 1t would have
stultided itself. unless It had been ready to
throw Overt its ancient creed and constructs
new confession on Q radically different
foundation. It's vote on Wednesday simply
expresses Ito determination to stand by its
old faith: and as tho election Of the members
az the body had already made It certain that
such would be the decision. DR.. BRIoos and
his friends cannot be surprised at the re-
suit. They went into the General Assem-
bly, expecting to DO beaten: but because
they arc beaten. they have not changed
their opinions.
The condemnation of DR.. BRIaGs. accord
iugly, Affects only his personal relations
with the Presbyterian Church and tho like
relations Of any Of his followers who may
b willing to share his fate with him. It
doee not affect the soundness Of his doc
trtno 40 tested by tho truth Of scientific
scholarship. 1t does not mako NOSES the
author Of the Pentateuch. and ISAIAH the
author OF the whole of tho book bear
ing his name. It does not mako the
bible free from errors. and Justify the old
ballet In predictive prophecy. 1t does not
restore the Bible to Its place as the sbso-
lutely perfect corner stone OF Protestant
ism. II leaves the main issue between faith
and inddellty where 1t was before. and only
draws more sharply the lines between the
contending parties. On the one side
10 faith. on the other Is the modern
spirit OF inquiry and the demonstration OF
scientific criticism. DR.. BRIoas 10 not up
set by an ecclesiastical declaration that he
10 wrong. Probably he has the contempt
tor 1t which science generally has for I'M
Enlightened prejudice. He presents what
ae regards as proofs. and demands that
they shall be met by proofs. not by the de-
nunciations o mere sentiment.
That is the situation as 1t is left by the
decision OF the General Assembly. DR..
Briggs is nothing. his argument Is every
thing: and that argument cannot be set
aside. simply by setting him aside. 1t must
be dealt with on It's merits and over
thrown by his enemies. His long trial
has only served to bring 1t the
more clearly before the world. and
the world will be his jury. not
the convention OF Presbyterian ministers
and elders at Washington. 10 the Bible tho
tnfAllibis Word Of Con. absolute In its