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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

To THE EDIroR % TE sUN-Sir: VIII you kindly tell
me- who the Herbert Booth King who dlned Senator
Lexow on Tuesday night Is. Although I have been for
twenty years a close follower OF public men,
l never heard Of him before, nor Is this the nrst
time that this has happened. Frequently The Sun
refers 10 men % little or no renown as though they
thcy were well known. Possibly they may be % Ia
thtlr own circle, but the great majority III us are lay.
men and need tn be introduced To the several gentle
men who arg litcly posing 10 the public eye.
l am NOT iailtually a kicker, nor Is THE SUN often
Iemlss In this particular, but In this case | must asx,
Vas list los NIT de suN and who Is Herbert Booth King I
Yours Tor accuracy. L. A. BRAISERD.
bEoukLHN, Dec. II.
Mr, Herbert Booth King Is a most modest and
worthy gentleman VIII conducts an advertising
agency on Broadway. Modest as he is. and of
disposition shy and retiring, there is one yet
more bashful than he. In giving this dinner
MIR. King simply iRterposed his own personality
that another might do good by stealth and not
have to blush when the fame ensCed. Mr.. King
was THE self-sacriicing agent in the regular
way Of affairs, and we have no doubt he will
always be found at his place Of business ready
10 conduct a banquet for suitable consideration
and the regular commission.
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THE SUNS comments on the deed OF the
Americas Cup, printed on Tuesday, are fol-
lowed by this note from the Chairman Of the
committee of the New York Yacht Club:
To THE EDIroR OF THE suS-Sr: cannot refrain
from saying that your editorial of yesterday on yacht.
ing and the deed OF gift OF 1887 is excellent, and one
OF the best. IL not the very best, l have ever read on
these questions JAMES D. sMrH.
The conduct Of the New York Yacht Club
In these negotiations for a race with the
Royal Yacht Squadron must be approved by
all. Under the mutual agreement clause in
the deed, which allows yachtsmen 20
make any terms that suit them, Lord
DUSRAyEN and the New York Yacht Club
have agreed on certain terms for race. OF
course the deed sanctions these terms, to
Lord DUNRAyEH and all succeeding ~victors,
forever. II the mex owners prefer others
the deed will also sanction others. For
these particular terms, however, Lord Dun
and the Royal Yacht Squadron have
taken a liking and for the deed they have
taken a great disliking, and from some
impulse Of blindness or excitement they ask
to have the deed swept out of existence and
their own terms put in its place, the latter
70 survive as the rule for all future contests.
To call this plan preposterOus does not
fully describe il. The New York Yacht
has the same right 70 abolish the
existing deed Of gift a. IL has to melt
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Even though Mr.. JAMES pawn has ICON.
versed with many men Of letters upon spiritual
things" we cannot admit the accuracy Of the
opinion which he has expressed in the Cornhal
Magazine, that literary men are not, rs a rule,
churchgoers, and are unorthodox or something
more" At all events. his remarks cannot be
applied to lettered Americans. a. a rule. IRVING,
BANCROFT. SPARKS. LoSGFELJow, LOWELL,
BRYANT, wHIPPLE, TCCKERNAN, CURTIS, and
many OF our other deceased authors were church,
goers, as, we believe. are most OF our living
authors. A good proportion OF them, too, must
be set down as orthodox. or not further from IL
than Unitarianism.
IL Is a more interesting thing yet that . very
large proportion OF our Congressman and other
politicians are churchgoers, and we do not know
that many of them are unorthodox In their
faith. Lots of Senators. Representatives, and
lobbyists may be seen in the churches OF Wash
ington every Sunday. Even CLEVELAND pro-
fesses Prcsbyterianism. Our Judges and law
yers also are churclgoers, az. we guess. are
nearly all the onlceholders, Democratic and
Republican.
II is our opinion that Mr.. JAMES PAWS re-
marks are far too broad, even for England.
They could probably be applied in France to
men OF letters, as n rule, though the llveliest Of
them all, al. ZoLA, swcars that he 10 = good
churchman.
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The End OF tho Fur Seal.

We print q letter written TO Congressman
DINGLEY, at his request, by Mr.. HENRY w.
ELLIOTT Of Cleveland. The letter was read
IN the House of Representatives on Tues
day, when Q resolution passed asking the
Secretary of the Treasury for information
concerning the destruction of the Alaska
fur seals. Mr.. ELLIOTT Is the foremost au-
thority on all that concerns seal life in
Boring Sea and the North Pacific. His ex-
pert knowledge Of the subject, his practical
experience at the Pribylov Islands, and his
dislnterested enthusiasm for the preserva-
tion Of this interesting and useful creature
against determination by the pelsgic hunt
srs, give extraordinary Importance &c what
he has TO say.
Mr.. ELLIOIT's conclusions are inevitable
from the known facts of the situation, and
they are expressed with frank
ness. The result OF the Paris tribunals
Wanted scheme to protect and preserve the
seals is " a fat and wretched failure" In
DIES the operation of the articles agreed
upon at Paris, the pelagic catch, mostly by
Canadian hunters, was in round figures
90, 900 skins in 1894, as against about
30, 900 in 1893 and 25, 900 in 1899. In two
years, therefore, the Paris regulations have
AUOuL uOuDNcu luc DTulhlt lnllSCElnlnaIe,
and mercenary destruction which 1t was de-
signed to prevent.
While the pelagio slaughter of females
and males alike reached last year the num-
Der OF $4,000, the American take on land,
under the proper and lawful restrictions,
was only 10000 young males fit for the mar
kst. Mr.. ELLIoTT's estimate of the surviving
population of the herd is 80, 900 or so, 900
males and 800, 900 females, the lat
YER worth TO US in cash at least $1,000, 900,
or just what we paid Russia for Alaska.
Mr.. ELLIOTT predicts that five OF six more
seasons OF the ndiscriminate pelagic butch
cry now in progress, under the Paris regu-
lations, will wipe out the entire herd. He
thinks that if this is 20 go on. We might as
well turn 70 and kill on and sell the females
frequsnting the PribylOy Islands, and turn
the proceeds into the Treasury, as TO permit
she Canadian hunters to exterminats the
EaE scala 10 thar own profit.
ia chapter Of PEessnti0us diplomacy
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
The Mediterranean a. a British Sea

Tho Mediterranean as = British Sea.
The Spanish Government and the Madrid
newspapers are said to have been agitated
over n rumor that Morocco had coded
Peregil tn England for a coaling station.
As the little island lies near the Spanish
fortified town of Ceuta, just opposite Glib
raltar, the reason for this excitement in
Madrid can be appreciated.
Gibraltar and Ceuta were the ancient
Calpe and Abyla, the Pillars of Hercules,
so that the spectre Of JOHN BULL bestriding
the straits like n colossus, would naturally
disturb the dreams Of Spanish statesmen.
Nor could the spectacle be agreeable TO
France or Russia or even to Italy and Aus
tria; for the right 10 a coaling station
on Peregil Island might carry Herewith
the right TO fortify It. The distance between
Europa Point and Cape Ceuta is about IF
teen miles; and with the range of modern
artillery 1t may he conceived what an adj
vantage would be had by England with her
cannon planted on both sides of the straits,
or even with anchorage and coaling and re-
pair stations for her fleets on both sides.
That England has long coveted a foothold
on the African shore is we'll known. On the
OIh'T nunu, Cpdnisn ueSlres iOr OeTTlUOTlhl
extension in Morocco lave been thought to
he partly based On the hope Of exchanging
acquisitions there for the possession OF Glib
raltar. A well-known English naval critic,
w. LAIRD CLOVES, recently advised exchang-
ing Gibraltar for some Spanish possession
in Morocco, or the ground of the damage
which Spanish land batteries mounted near
Gibraltar could do to a British fleet there,
and the freedom from such a disadvantage
on the African side. But to hold Gibraltar
and also to gain a footing in Morocco, and
this without consulting Spain or giving her
guarantees, would be quite another thing.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

Honor to FRANKLIN BARTLETT, and TO
BoURKE COCHRAN, and to the Democrats
who stood with them on Wednesday, in their
gallant attempt to strangle the income tax
here and nowl
This urgent deficiency appropriation TO
enable an iniquity has passed the House
simply because the Republican managers do
not intend to let the Democracy escape
any of the consequences of its shame
full surrender to Populism. Scarcely a
quorum of the House voted on the
question. The Republican leaders made
NO secret Of their motive in Withholding
votes, which unquestionably would have
gone against the Populist tax had the
proposition been a Republican proposition
10 repeal the same. This may be shrewd
politics, but IL is scrubby patriotism.
The first duty of good citizenship is to kill
the snake with any club that offers, and re-
Rardless of the direction in which 1t seems
30 be crawling.
This opportunity to rise above petty parti-
ssnship our Republican friends in the House
have missed.
Let the same Tight be made in the Senate
when the urgent deficiency bill prepared
and reported by tho unspeakable BREcK1N-
RIDGE reaches that body.
Democrats in the Senate who are opposed
60 tho Populist income tax: Senator HILL,
Senator SMITH, Senator GoRMAN, Senator
BRIcs, and tho others; yes, even Senator
MCPHERSON of New Jersey, will have work
to do when the urgent deficiency bill comes
before them.
The case is urgent. not for the appropria-
ton, but for its defeat Who can say that
Q determined stand in the Senate against
the Populistio and Socialistio f~orerunner.
may not find the needed Republican help
which It has failed Of in the Houser
The fight Is not over. The fight will not
be over while this hateful measure Of oppres-
sion and confscation remains in the statutes
to the disgrace of the American Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
PARKHURST THE DETECTIVE, NOT
THE DIVINE.



To THE EDITOR or The SuN-Sir: Your ar
ticle of this morning under the heading, 1.-THE
Presbytery and DR.. Parkhurst," has begotten in
me a flood of thanks and admiration, which ir-
resistibly forces me TO expression.
know that the article was not produced for
my sake. but for that OF the public. OF which l
ar a very humble integer. Yet my reasons for
gratitude arc peculiarly strong. and you will not
laugh at me because | write to tell you that ! am
delighted by your mastery exposition OF the
case, in which I tried TO discharge my con-
science, while well knowing the danger OF being
misunderstood and misrepTesentcd in the per-
Torrance OF the simple duty involved.
The sun has long been a prime means TO me
and my family (Which includes two LAWYERS and
n physician, all regularly graduated, both in lit
children well advanced in polite leRrningl, not
only or political and general secular infOrma.
ton, but of linguistic and theoretical pleasure
ana, advantage: Your. articles arc the best
models of practical logic clothed in pure, terse.
and apt words, forming lucid, gracefully knit,
ana powerful sentences. But nothing Is 80 won
OF versatility. The subjects treated Of in them
pertain to every department Of knowledge, and
In. all mastery is manifested,
In no one, | am sure, is THE SUS more excel
lent than In that which IL the preachers special
department. What may be called It's ecclesiasti-
cal articles, during the late memorable ques.
tions OF debate in the Presbyterian Church.
could have been written only by a profound
student OF theology and church history. So the
article which prompts these lines eVtnces not
only the power 10 distinguish well and Ia pre-
sent thought. in the clearest light, but also q
OF the nature ard functions OF the
church very rarely shown in religious periOdi-
Gals. and never elsewhere, as far as | know. in
the political aud secular press. Thanks, thanks,
most cordially. Your fellow citizen.
FRANCIS Il, MCLLALLY.
O2 WEST NINETY-THIRD STREET. Dec. IL.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
CHASED BY An AMBULANCE.
The I.unatic WIZ Escaped From It boarded
Two Cars In Trying to Get Away.

AS the ambulance in which he was being
taken 10 Bellevue Hospital to be examined as u
his sanity passed Sixteenth street on its way up
Fifth avenue yesterday. Augustine Donnelly
threw DR.. kilroe, the surgeon in charge. to one
side, and, jumping out of the rear. ran toward
Broadway. DR.. kilroe shouted to the driver:
My patient has escaped. Drive after him
for all you arc worth"
The driver whipped up his horse, and the am
bulance went laundering after the lunatlc at a
furious gait. A crowd was attracted by the I'M
usual sight, and many joined in tho chase after
Donnclly.
stop him." yelled DR.. Kilroe. he is crazy,
and he will surely hurt some one"
On sped Donnelly. and the pursuing crowd in
creased at every step. At Broadway Donnelly,
who had lost his Int in the flight, stopped for a
moment and glanced around, He saw the crowd
and the ambulance at full speed coming after
him. A cable car was just rounding the curve
at Union square. Suddenly the crazy man
darted into the middle of the street, and grasp
ing the closed gate on the side toward him OF
the forward platform OF the cable car he swung
himself on the edge NJ the step.
Tho grlpmand did not see him at first. but when
he turned and beheld u hatlcss. breathless man
ciinging to the car. the ambulance, with the
changing gong, following closely behind. while
q shouting crowd brought up the rear. he
thought something must be wrong. lie ordered
DOnnelly off the car. but he refused to Dudge.
BY the time the car reached Seventeenth street,
Union square was in an uproar. The crowd
following the ambulance increased. and cries OF
stop thief ~ Look out for him. he's crazy -
AMI Don't let him get away" were heard on all
Across-town car had just crossed Broadway
on its way east through Seventeenth street.
D0nnelly, who had regained his breath, dropped
OF the cable car. and running, caught up with
the seventeenth street car, He jumped on the
rear platlnrin, and darting inside sank down
IN a seat. There were "A dozen passengers aboard
and most OF them were women. Dunnelly's adj
vent created n decided sensation. The women
screamed and two of them rushed out on the
'front.' platform. BY the time the car reached
Fourth avenue the ambulance and the crowd
following were close AT Land. Donnei.y ran out
ON the platform and jumped OFT.
stop him. shouted DR.. Kilroe again. ala
Is crazy, and he will hurt some one for sure"
DOnnelly ran up Fourth avenue. DIR. Kilroe
Jumped down from the Ambulance and ran
after him. He overlook, the crazy man. who
was now exhausted, within u few feet OF the
corner. OF Thirteenth street. After a feeble
DOnnelly was subducd and hustled
into the ambulancc. The rest OF the trip to
was made without incident, and Don
nelly was placed in the insane pavilion.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

JOHN PEABODY Of Rhode Island submits
a question to which space allows us to answer
but partially:
" n reading Senator MoRRnL's list Of the astonish.
ingly absurd Senatorial bills presented to Congress. IL
occurred to me TO ask Of you what ought a member OF
Congress TO know Nobody is better able to answer
this question than THE SuS. John PEABODY.
WARWICK, r. l., Dec. 49,"
We will name three things which q statesman
must know, or he or somebody must pay dearly
for his Ignorance. First, the Constitution OF the
United States; secondly, the principles OF the
party he represents; thirdly, the Ten Command
ments. On this foundation n man can build up
all the political greatness his talents permit.
Without it he is sure to reach the ditch either
of obscurity or disgrace.
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why IIe Was Defeated.

Among the speakers at the banquet Of the shipbuIId.
ers'. ShlpownCrs', and U~nderwriters' Association AT
5s Pine street on Saturday night Vas Amos J. Cum,
minsH In ailuding 10 his defeat for reelection to Con,
gTcss he said.
"lcrawled from the debris on Nov. 7 very much in
appearance like the IrishmaR who had been az a wed.
dins' HIS friend met him on the street tho next day,
and fouad him in the condition ~ the man who had
been up at Oshkosh having a little fun with the boys
Why, Pat he said, In some astonishment at his
damaged exterior, 4" what's the matter Where have
yuI been -
!" "eddin, sure, was Tho reply. Something
happened there. sure there was a big Sheeny there
putin ON the hIgs 81 one " the Asthers. stud it as
long a, sud, anu thin, by gor. I whit up TO him and
axed him Who are sou, onny way =
I'm the bss man Gays he, and. by gor. 80 he
WAA'p
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down the Americas Cup and hold It as an
ingot Of silver.
We trust that within a week now this
latter incontestable fact will have dawned
upon the minds Of the British yachtsmen,
and that they will politely take cognizance
of il by Affirming Lord DUNRAvEN's chal-
lenge, either through the name Of the Royal
Yacht Squadron, or Of any other yacht club
he may choose to sail for.
Three cheers for Valkyrie I'LL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
THE ISTOR TRAMP.
There Seems to lie some Donbt what
Crime He Was Convicted ar

John Garvey, the tramp who was found asleep.
on the evening Of Nov. Il, in the room OF a
laundress in the attic of the house OF Mrs.
Caroline ID. Asto~, at Fifth avenue and Thirty
fourth street, and who was convicted Of unlaw-
fully entering a building with intent to commit
a crime therein. WAS arraigned Yesterday in the
General Sessions, before Judge Fitzgerald.
Lawyer William H.. StaytOn, counsel for
GarNey, said that the jury's verdict found
GaTNey guilty OF entering n building %unlawfully,
ana that this was not "A criminal act, and there
fore Judge Fitzgerald should grant Ciaryey a
new trial or discharge him. MIR. Siaytnn said
that lie could produce Afidayits az jurors 10 the
eHcGL that that was The verdict they in
tended 10 render, Judge Fitzgerald t0ld MIR.
Stuyt"n thst lac could submit a brief on the sub
Ject and the atiidavits OF any jurors this morn
ing. Assistant district Attorney Macedonia, who
Prosecuted Garyey, SAID that he would also sub
NIT a brief on the subject.
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PIAtutuds.

MY name Is PlatL
And where I'm at
Is where no Mugwump Ia
I'm Merry, and
I've Eot the sand
To punch q Mugsump In the phIL
The Sp0ls we've gOt
Arc sm0king hOt
And all the boys aRdI
Are nov dead cot;
The mugs are not
To have = dagger In As plG
its quite well known
The WORKS our own.
And Ouns anal b hs fALasi
AZ any rate,
We're hare 70 STATE
M nass vers AsvsE a a. SsAA-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
An Exhaustive Report.

FROM me HdshulgflH lusf.
Clinton Furbsh has had framed ard hung on the wall
OF the Bureau OF American Republics. Of which he is al.
Toctor, the following from the American Consul 10
Curacao. West ladies:
- Report on ratea OF freight and passenger transpor.
s.90n sA4sSsd ~ railways a. instFucted In circular
ThsTs sns no HAil~sys IN lhis eonsulaF diseieLI
L sAIA pnited states c0nsll#
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Th.r LIZ III. sun

FSom the Haiiy BLIdc. Torfsmouth. n.
We have quoted So HLCrally from The NEW YoRk
srN during the year iust"lpsing that IL Is hardly necE4
saTy for Us 20 call attention 20 rs distinguished merit
as a newspaper. In It's plain spoGen English Il Is with.
out a peer IN this country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

which has produced these wonderful results
will not make pleasant reading for any
American after the fur zeal has disappeared
from the face of the globe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14
A. d. 1904. An ths ssn..

Prom ne AtuTfd Constitution.
M NcBac Or Arkansas wss making = sprcch In the
House today when he used the expression. In this
year ~ our Lord
Pleas don't shouted Asher Caruth across the
hall tNAsth syear 10 the Democratic party +"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

IocAt Hrwu-Ths CITY and Suburban New. Bureau of
the UErTED PpEss and NEw. ,YoRK ASSOCIATED. PREss
IL At 81 70 70 Ann street. All Information and docu.
ments for public use Instantly disseminated TO the
ptess Of the whole country.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

y sr- rferds ths Iavor us ,Cfh rrdrrscTtpts for
r-bncafto- ,ct.h 10 havs rejected article, rsturned,
kAsv mud n all cases send IN ps for that purpose.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-14

hHA BTSgS latter the Christmas diaasEl-wsu.
Boobae. have you hAd an you wAntl
BO6eis-IFsh sd an Ie0ald sAL
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utter as truth what can be proved to be
false by the evidence Of the facts as they
actually are.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-16
THE PASSING SHOW.
Brilliant "Americus," the Tri-City Event
of the Season.

Brilliant "Americus." the Tri-City Event
of the Season.
"Americus," the grand spectacu-
lar and pyrotechnic attraction at
Twin-City ball park, continues to act
as the magnet that draws the people
nightly from the three cities. Daven-
port and Moline uniting with Rock
Island in turning out its populace to
witness the great show. People who
went the first nights were so enrap-
tured that they miss no opportunity
to see the bewildcring spectacle
again and again. The dazzling ef-
fects Of the pyrotechnics seem to re-
veal new wonders each succeeding
night, while the ballets, the acrobaiic
features, the rare feats of various
kinds amaze and delight all. There
are but few nights more, and those
who neglect seeing the exhib-
ition will be sure to reproach them
selves after it is gone.
Dead Heads 60 Down.
A wood pile in an adjoining lot
which. like the housetop. has been
used as an amphitheatre for dead
heads, came down with a crash last
night, having been too heavily load
ed, while a tree outside the grounds
collapsed under it's heavy load of ir-
repressible kids, and a number of
boys were more or less bruised, but
none seriously, though all were badly
frightened.
Manager Harkinson ought to pro-
vide an elevator for the housetor
gods. 1t is an imposition that they
should be obliged to climb so many
flights of stairs and then witness the
show at such a decided disadvantage
This is Knights Templar night and
tomorrow night will be Knights o.
Pythias night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-08-16
July's Weather Record.

During the month of July the ILL
nois weather service reports the mean
atmospheric pressure to have been
30.035 inches; the mean temperature
76.3. which is o. degrees above the
normal of the past 10 years. The
maximum temperature. 10Y degrees.
was recorded at Olney on the 25th
the minimum temperature, IL de-
grees, was recorded at Bloomington
on the 21st. The highest monthly
mean was 500 at Mascoutah; the
lowest monthly mean was 72.4 at
Fort Sheridan. The monthly pre-
cipitation, LAG inches, is Lea inches
below the normal of the past Is years.
The greatest amount reported was
3.S4 inches at Nation; the least re-
ported was 0.15 inches at Dixon.