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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1894-01-07
Helena People On Wool and Lead Ore.
special Dispatch to the standard

HELENA, Jan. s.-A . conference Of
citizens At tho board Of trade rooms to-
night, It was decided 10 call Q general
meeting of citizens at the same place on
Monday night to discuss the proposed
changes in the tariff on wool and lead ore.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18

ted A. a State, bills for that purpose
having passed both houses by a majority Of
nearly three to one, yet with disagreement
as to details which was never settled. The
Territory has good resources, and Of late its
disputed land titles have been In process OF
settlement, through the action OF q new
Court Of Claims. Still, even New Mexico
had not In 1890 n population equal to the
Representative spportionment founded on
that census.
As to Arizona, how could she fail TO add
one more to the list Of rotten borough States 2
She had not at the last census even 30 large
a population as Wyoming. Why, then,
should not the Senate remove all grounds Of
doubt and ~reproach by arranging for the re-
union Of New Mexico and Arizona, which
were formerly n common tract, divided in
1888, and then admit them as one State'
1t is true that it's area would then exceed
285, 900 square miles, but Texas is larger
and not only would the combined popula-
ton far exceed the present census appor-
tionment for a Representative, but no fault
could justly be found with its possessing
two votes In the Senate II would be a fine
Southwestern State.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
THE 7. L. y. LAND AND CATTLE COM
PINY.
A Letter from the Hon. c. L. Benedict.

To THE EDITOR on The SUs-Sir: On re-
turn to the city my attention has been called
TO a special despatch from Omaha published by
you In your issue Of the l4th inst, referring to
litigation In which | have become involved
arising out OF my connection with n land and
cattle company whereof my son, George A. BEN
edict, was for some years manager.
This despatch was evidently prompted by a
defeated litigant. and I cannot but regret that It
should have been published without inquiry as
to the truth of its statements. Having been pub
lished without such Inquiry, IL seems proper for
me. In the absence OF my son, to state that there
Is no foundation whatever for any charge affect
ing the integrity OF either my son or OF any
ther my son nor any. other OF the Benedict
family" has been, guilty OF wrongdoing in the
management OF the company 10 which your de-
spatch refers. nor have / ever given. or been
asked TO give. countenance to such q course.
IL seems sufficient for the occasion TO request
you 10 give to this communication the same
publicity, that you gave 10 the malicious de-
NEW YoRK, Dec, II. CHks. L. BENEDICT.
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When Mr.. CHoATE chaffed the dry goods
men at their dinner the other evening about
the distractions with which they cover the
sidewalks in the district which Is the special
centre of their trade, he carried the joke so
far that his audience grew FESTIVE. In his
testing he was telling serious truths, more
serious, probably, than he knew, and the
inculpated merchants cried out to him hat
he had better switch off to some more
agreeable subject.
The municipal ordinances against the OBJ
struction Of the sidewalks are nowhere vio-
lated more outrageously and persistently
han in this dry goods district, and no one
knows hat such is the case better Than Col.
STRONG himself. They are d~isregardcd
solely for the profit Of the merchants. The
law is broken and the comfort and the con-
venience of pedestrians are intsrfered with
grossly by making the sidewalks storing
places for boxes and bales which are put
there solely for the advantage of the mer-
chants.
OF course, this violation OF the municipal
ordinances does not go on thus persistently
without corruption. In offending. mer-
chants m pay the police or use corrupt
influence of some sort TO obtain the forbid
den privilege. Hence, when the dry goods
men got orators TO come to their dinner to
celebrate their great contributions TO mu-
nicipal reform by furnishing the reform
candidate for Mayor, and by voting for
him almost universally, Mr., CHoATE
was far outside Of the programme
in calling attention to the circumstance
that really they are among the most fragrant
opponents OF reform In their own practice.
They have been steadily engaged in the very
corruption against which they are so indig-
nant in other people. They wanted Mr..
CHoATE TO denounce the wickedness OF tax
ing brides, not to expose to public view the
fact of their being bride givers themselves.
They are respectable dry goods men, and they
did not relish a suggestion OF the fact that
they are in the category Of bribers, along
with the ~disreputable green goods men.
1t is we'll understood that some Of those
large merchants In the dry goods district
whose offences against the municipal ordi-
nances are most conspicuous have used
political influences, backed by pscuniary
considerations, to escape from the just penal
ties for their infraction Of the law. They
nave thus encouraged the development
of the system of bride taking revealed
in the testimony before the LEXow
committee. II these eminent merchants,
vestrymen, elders, and deaeOns In churches,
are not prevented by their moral principles
from giving brides, IL they look on such cor
ruption as a means Of saving them a larger
expenditure justihable In the forum Of their
consciences, is it any wonder that humble
policemen and politicians, DESTROYS Of in
creasing their small Official incomes, should
look upon the taking Of brides as equally
excusable ? The ~eOrFuptsr Is worse than the
corrupted
Col SrEuNG said In "a dinner speech not
long ago that men Of business ability, dem
OnstTated In the successful management
Of their private Affairs. ought 70 come 70 his
asslstanes In tbs Naturalization q the 81
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
TEE MExPHIs LYNCHsRs.
Me. "a. y. wsns Presents ser view OF
the Case.

Use Nnscs
To rHE EDITOR oY THE suN-sir: In your
leading columns to-day occurs the following;
The men under trial in Mcmphi. upon the charge
Of iynching have been acquitted by the Jury. t ISL
favorable sign for law and order in Memphis that the
accused we're arrested and brought TO trial. The trial
lasted for six weeks and was conducted according to
the most approved legal principles. with plenty OF
witnesses for the prosecution ns for the defence. Inc
fact that the ~lynching Of negroes can be punished IN
Tennessee. as In other Southern states. has been fully
proved this year.
This editorial begins by stating that the lynch
ers were acquitted, and the conclusion Is that
"thc fact that the lynching Of negroes can be
punished in Tennessee. rs In other southern
states, has been fully proved this year" Per-
init me 10 ask. IL ak men had been arrested In
the nelghborhood " New York for barnburn-
ing. handcufTed and driven into ambush, there
met by n mob and filled with shot, tho head OF
one severed from his body by bullets; IL the son
Of the sheriff had confessed to the Grand Jury
that lie had been invited to take ln,rt In the pre-
on trial; il the Sheriff himself was known, g
in his buggy and driven them through the com.
try, to, consult with their, friends after
Il h's IN the " eonpss of "' the "f Trial p'v the. ',ynrInci:,
pal witness for the prosecution should swear
lie was an inidel To avoid testifying against Iae
lynchers; II the assistant prosecuting attorney
Ind resigned from the case and gone on me
stand as witness to testify that he had been told
days before by one Of the prisoners that u Iynch-
ing was to take place. also that N charged with
his prediction he would deny having made 1t; u
the six widows and twenty.seven orphans Of
these murdered men and their clothing blood
stained and full OF bullet holes had been pro.
duced as evidence to show thev were sons of
toll g~uiltless of the crime (l OF barn burning.
II, after all this. their accused murderers should
be acquitted by the jury, would THE Sun con.
slider hi. proof that lynchers can be punished
In New York
This s%extnpie lynching makes eleven negroes
murdered in and around Memphis by mobs
since 1902. and Detective Richardson, one OF
the men Just acquitted" has figured in them
ALI. II the same thing had occurred In New
York would THE SUN's only verdict have been
practical agreement with, and acquiescence in,
this sort Of administration Of law and equity?
Al answer to all these questions will greatly
obllge IDA Is. WELLS.
B~looKLYN, Dec. 10,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18

One driblet from the Oriental war now
raging gives more Information about the be-
havior of modern guns and ships armor than all
other reports put together. We print here an
extract from the London Engineering:
THE heavy naval nshting In the far East has given
not a few opportunities OF gathering valuable infor.
nation about the behavior OF guns and armor. which
no doubt will be available at q later date. Il Is stated,
on what appears 10 be reliable authority. that the fate
OF the Chinese ironciad Ping Yuen WAS decided by one
round from a CAsEr 2.8Oinch gun, the heaviest
weapon In both fleets. The shell which sunk the Ping
Yuen weighed +6o kilogrammes, nearly 1000 pounds,
and was one OF HoLrzER make; II crashed through the
after part OF the vessels Armored deck, the ship shaking
by the stern almost Immediately"
One flash from a luckily pointed gun and
a 81. 900, 900 war ship goes down as worthless
as MCGINrY. Science beats all creation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
THE LINCOLN MONUMENT.
Efforts TO Get the State or Illinois to Take
Charge OF II.

CHICAGO, Dec. 17.-At a meeting of delegates
from clubs and other organizations interested,
held In this city this afternoon, a resolution was
adopted that the delegates pledge themselves to
do all In their power to induce the state to take
the Lincoln monument out of the hands Of the
monument association, which now has control
OF 1t, and turn 1t over TO the control OF the
State authorities. The resolution. which was Of
fered by c. ]. Hammond also contemplates max
ing admission tn the monument free, and get
ting an appropriation from the next Legislature
ment. The monument, beneath which rest the
remains of Lincoln, has been mutilated by van
ed to call a mass meeting some time before
Jan. / in this city to demand that the appropri-
alton be made OF once. Many Assembly candi-
dates were elected on this pledg e. and the feel
ing in the state is intense. Although the Gar
field monument cost $50 600 less. IL Is much bet
ter kept than that Of Lincoln.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18

W~AsHINGIoN, Dec. l7.-Secretary Lamont
has discharged twelve more Indians from the
cavalry arm Of the service, and with the excep-
ton OF the two small companies at Fort sin,
where the neighboring settlements do not affect
their usefulness, II il expected that soon after
the first of the year the United States Army will
he composed exclusively of white men and ne
groes. The latest discharges are from Troop l.,
men at that post. The braves that return to
their families are Sergeants Cold Wind and
S Sier cSssiev Mort DAVIS, WAGNER Ji mr. Ears
and PrivaLes Bull Dog, George Hart Thomas,
On-the- Edge, On-1op-of-the- Tepee, Runs-in-
Among Them, Stone Bull. and Two Men.
There remain only lao in the service. of which
thirty-seven are at Fort KeOgh and sixteen at
men at Omaha.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
Capt. oreeden's Manifest Act.

We do not agree with our esteemed con-
temporary, the Tribune, in the opinion ex-
pressed In the paragraph subjoined:
mo singh. act in Capt. crEEpEx's long and hon.
CRADLE record a. soldier and policeman, was more
heroic than his manly exposure OF the whole Infamous
system Of barter and sale Of which he was made the
victim in his dealings with the corruptionists and
edscs brokers. No inner exhibition OF high moral
courage has been presented in any OF the dramatic
revelations. which have been brought sbeut by the
Lsxow committee"
This Is q curious and deplorable inversion
of moral ideas. The confession by Capt.
CREEpEN of his triform criminality, his
bride giving, his bride taking, and his per
Jury, is of great value to the community
and an immense convenience to those en-
gagged in exposing the whole system OF vii
iainy; but It Is not therefore necessarily a
splendid illustration Of personal virtue on
C%REEpEN's part, OF a fine exhibition OF
moral courage.
The unfortunate Captain himself does not
take Just that view of the exalted heroism
Of his performance. His chief anxiety seems
70 be lest he shall be detested In police cir
cles as an "informer." He Is reported by
the NetD York Recorder as saying, on Satur-
day ~ don't want to be called an informer.
I am nothing Of the kind. AS l sat In the
witness chair I sdtU four men tOhon l kneto
10 be In a position 10 tell my storpU 1 did
not tell IL myself"
Apparently the screws were on the Captain
when he confessed. He made the best Of the
situation, and he is a proper object for that
profound pity which is bestowed on an intel
ligent criminal, rather than for hysterical
admiration.
The manifest act In Capt. CREEDEN's
long and previously honorable career as a
soldier and policeman, was not when he con-
fessed, under pressure Of certain exposure,
that he paid $4,000 for his Captaincy and
recovered the money within two years by
blackmail.
His manifest single act, his finest exhibit
ton of high moral courage. was in 1887,
when he refused the Captaincy that might
have been his for n bride Of $4,000, and
denounced the corrupt transaction then
proposed to him.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
BANKING DIDN'T PAY.
The Federal Bank or Third Avenue Il Goini
Out OF Business.

Out OF Business.
The President and Board OF Directors OF the
Federal Bank, a State institution at 504 Third
avenue, have sent out notices TO the sharehold-
ers and depositors OF the bank that IL will go
into voluntary liquidation and retire from bust
ness. The reason given in the circulars is that
the bank has never paid expenses. 1t has met
with no losses on its Investments, but as the
necessary expenses are In excess of It's earning
power and with the prospective low interest
rates this condition Is likely TO continue. the
directors, at a meeting held Dec. ~. resolved to
quit. The bank will cease doing business on
Dec. 30. The depositOrs are requested 70 with
draw the amounts standing 10 their credits by
Jan. l5.
The bank was organized in January, 1893.
Just before the panic, Albert ii. LesZynski, one
OF It's organizers, was made President, but on
account of some difficulty in getting a Clearing
House agent he resigned and withdrew from the
bank altogether. Irving c. Gaylord was elected
President in his stead. and the Merchants Ma
tlonal Bank became the Clearing House agent.
The bank was organized with a capital of $780,
600 and q surplus fund OF S25. 600. The business
has been small, but the capital is still intact
and there Is a surplus fund OF about $4,000.
The directors are Charles IL. Flint, John q.
Mccullough, Willard Brown, Charles +. Han
sett, Aug. Roesler, Clarence II. Wildes, w. w.
hadd, Jr- and George j. Roberta. William II.
Bayles Is the cashier.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
PAID HER FARE Nv STAMPS.
o.. woman VIII Certainly Dis Not Ipters
TO Best Her Way.

A woman who got on a Lee and No,trand av-
enue car in wnliamsburgh yesterday afternoon
TO 10 shopping discovered when the conductor
came for his fare that she had nothing less than
SIS and $40 notes.
II can't change any Of those bills" said the
conductor, who looked very Disguised. I've
rune you up now. and II you get of I'll be out .
nickel anyhow. You may as well stay. and
maybe you'll remember the hve cents you "
when you see me again"
The woman looked through her pocketbook
and came across some two-cent hostage, stamps.
She called the conductor and handed him three
OF them. The conductor offered her a penny
in change. but she refused. to accept u;
IF every woman was like her" said the con-
ductor to a SUN reporter, we wouldn't be out
as much money as we sometimes are. There II
a class of women who get on the cars ana pur-
posely have nothing less than a big bill. They
know that the conductor emit change IL and
that they get a free ride. What's the use OF
putting them Oft after the fare has been rung
up. We're out the nickel. That's the first time
/ ever got postage stamps FOR rare. That woman
Is honest anyway"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
MEr. O'CoaAsn Iavsstsa with His New
Robes.

The Rev. DIR. o'Connell, rector OF st. Mary's
Star of the Sea parish in Brooklyn. was ysster-
day morning formally invested with the robes
of a monsignor OF the first degree. which he
was recently made by the Pope. The ceremony
was performed by Bishop Mcdonnell in the
presence OF a large congregation.
The Rev. Father Mitchell, the Chancellor OF
the diocese, read the brief which had been re-
ceived from the Pope comforting the title OF
mOnslgnOr on DIR. O'ConneL. Bishop Mcdonnell
then invested the new monslgnOr with the rich
robes OF his ONCE. Mgr. O'Connell celebrated
the mass, using the gold and silver chalice
which had been sent 10 him by the Pope. The
sermon was preached By Chancellor Mitchell.
Al the close OF the services q banquet Was held
st the Young Mems Lyceum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
NEW TRIAL FOR Asa p. POTTER.
j OF the Lower Court Reversed
by the Supre me Court.

by the me Court.
wAsHINGToN, Dec. 1.-THE judgment OF the
United states Court for the Distric- OF Massa-
chusetts In the case of Asa p. Potter, President
of the Maverick National Bank of Boston. was
reversed by the Supreme Court to-day In an
opinion read by Mr.. Justice Brewer. Potter was
convicted Of certifying the checks of Evans q
Co. upon the bank, at times when, 1t was al
legged. they had no funds on deposit, or at least
not sufficient to meet the checks, and he was
sentenced to sixty days Imprisonment and to
pay a fine OF 81 1000. The defence sought To be
interposed was that Evans d Co. had arranged
with the bank to overdrnw their ac-
count to the extent OF 5000. 900. the over
draft to be treated as a loan. protected by the
deposit of collateral, and interest charged on
the daily adverse balance. The. court below,
however, declined to admit evidence OF this
agreement as tending to show that Potter be-
lieved he was not violating the law. In its
opinion the Supreme Court said the jury was
entitled to have this evidence before IL In order
to determine the question OF intent or wilful-
ness. on the part of Potter, and the withhold
ing q was an error sufficient to reverse the
jud gnient. The case was. therefore. remanded,
with instructions to award a new trial.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
The Merchant Navies or the World.

Mr.. M. G.. MULHALL, a well-knOwn Stats
tician, has compiled for the December num
Der Of the Contemporary RepteW some in
structive data about the worlds carrying
trade, combining himself to seagoing. and
excluding coasting vessels. The subject is
one OF peculiar interest to Americans, who
remember hat . few years before our civil
war We competed for this trade with Eng
land upon equal terms.
The principal conclusions to which the
facts brought out by Mr., MULHALL point
are these: That Great Britain Possesses
90 per cent. Of the carrying power Of
the world; that the trade between Great
Britain and her colonies is growing much
more rapidly than the general seagoing
trade OF the world; hat the seamen OF Great
Britain carry more merchandise IeT man
than those Of other nations, and four times
as much n British ssaIneH carried in lsGO
and, lastly, that Great Britain's annual loss
Of tonnage by shiPwreck, A. compared With
tonnage ahOAt, Is only half the annual loss
Of other nations
Not only does tbs British nAs nov hold
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
New MeIiOO and AriIOna.

Recent experience must have shown
Congress the folly OF p~remAtursly admitting
Territories into the Union; but one Of the
items that seems 70 be marked out on the
ssnAts's programme for the present session
l. that Of eoncurring in the House bills for
admitting New Mexico and Arizona
New Mexico may say that she has grounds
for admission superior ca those that Nrya-
da, Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana pos
sessed when they came In. Ia 1880 she hfui
i53,O7B inhabitants, or more thAn Mon
tana, more than Idaho and Wyoming to
gsthar. and nGarly four times a. many "a
Nevada. A. long hgO ~ the FOTtytbiri
cORgross shs VA near being admit
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
GEN. PoRrER,s FUNERAL.
oacsr. or the Nstious, eus-s st the SER
cheshire BODY Takes 20 Cambridge.

O@cers or the National auars ~ sac Ssr
viees-The BODY Takes 20 Ceunbridge.
Funeral services were held over the body OF
AdIt-Gen. Josiah Porter yesterday afternoon
in 81. Andrews Episcopal Church, 18TH street
and Fifth avenue. BY request Of the Generais
family no display was made In front OF his resi-
dencc, SO West 124th street, and when At .
o'clock the body was carried 10 the church, only
the family and Gov. Flowers stan followed
Gen. Fitzgerald, who had charge OF the cere-
monies, had the military escort drawn up
around the church. The Rev. DR.. Van DO
Water, assisted by the Rev. Mr.. DunnelL CON
Quoted the services. The pail bearers were
Gems. James McLccr Of tho Second, Brigade'
Albany; Peter G.. Doyle Of the Firth BriEade'
Buffalo. and the senior stan officers, Gen. terIi-
nand =. Earle, Chief OF Artillery. Gen. y; N n
Narian, Chief OF Ordnance. and Gen. Joseph ~
Bryant, surgeons General. -
After the services Gen. Porter,s sword ana
hat were PLACED upon the coffin; t n n. .n srpp rSdi
Central station. II was led oy q squeo .
mounted policemen. under command OF, IN
spector Conlia' 100 POLICEMEN ns on f1 ,hs G hsar sn.
followed by Gov. Flower and his star IN car
riages. and Goycrnor-clect Morton''s star. Also IN
carriages. Behind them followed the Iwenty-
Camp. Then came Black Charlie, Gen. Porters
horse. Troop A followed under om,man OF
Capt. Roe, and the First Battery under capt.
Wendell. Then came the private carriages,
The line of march was down FlIth avenue 70
1"4th street, to Madison avenue, to lloth street
to Fifth avenue, to Forty-fourth street to the
station. There were large crowds of people al,
along the line Of march. The coffin was carried
e the private PRIV t.. car pilgrim Erin p fHli9wed wi pS S aen..
Porter's family aboard. was attached to the IL
o'clock train last night TO Boston. lnspector-
General McGrHth Sccomgsnied the 6G ~ No mne
Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18
wAIteIaw Reid's Health.

Certain Associated Press papers having pub
lished incorrect reports about the health Of Mr..
whitelAw Reid, the Tribune authorizes tho fol-
lowing statement;
"A letter was received to-day Monday in the
Tribune ONCE from Mr.. Whitelaw Reid under
date Of Nov. %. Mr.. Reid wrote that he was
then at Algiers and was Just starting on q trip
south 20 Biskra on the edge OF the Sahara. He
expected to sail from Alglers 10 Malta on Dec.
for Alexandria and expected TO spend his Christ
MAJ at Cairo. He wrote that he was greatly en-
much improved"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-12-18

fairs Of the people. But he could not
nave referred 10 the merchants Of the dry
goods district among whom especially his
acquaintance Is most intimate. What
would the police say Of the prctensions OF
municipal officers as reformers who came
from that district, distinguished among
them a. q centre Of bribery
II seems obvious that Mayor STRONG must
40 somewhere else than TO the dry goods
district in the search which he tells us he Is
going to make to find strictly honest men
for public Office.