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The herald., 1894-01-01
An $500 overcoat.

An overeoat that viii cost the tidy lit
tie fortune Of $500 is now being made for
a mysterious Individual by a Chestnut
street tailor. The taller does not know
who his lavish custeraer is, and never
set eyes cn him until he strolled into the
store one day recently and ordered the
garment, leaving deposit Of $500 as a.
guarantee of good ti1ish.
The coat is lined with sealskin and the
trimmings are Of the finest known to
the trade. II has huge collar and cuffs,
ESQ Of seSls&.,. aad the pockets are
Eaed with the ccss sin. The rich fur
is only alo;.t III eis.ssh OF en- inch long,
ard is entirely fsols. seal pops. Phiia-
dc2pAia Rseoss..
laa M '1gs i,ricsa b9sness property
N Los -4Nes ~ vssgts st about $1,000
= gAt ia tity-iooi rcaidence
lots, 1s iis he hpsiness canter,
can 30 eos-e IA fss 10 }1u0Q
Tue pefH Is esod slime 10 buy
pfapAgls, 4ss i've pys7m Ess hesn
1eached a:sa pre sre rlseaAv atsesn-
i4s. fsiess Mi @Ss~- " ls9el than
thay axe,now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14

famous lake to which the black soldiers OF
the Congo State have just now penetrated
for the first time.
This despatch from the mouth ~ the
Congo contains only ten words. but 10 those
who have kept track Of events on the upper
Congo. It is full Of significance. It means
that the Arab slavers who, while ago. were
all-powerful In the eastern third Of the
States domain, have been completely de-
tented and probably driven out OF the
Congo Governments territory.
The Sun has already told OF the exploits
OF Lieut.. DHANIs and his little army. In
a series Of hard-fought battles along the
upper Congo they captured one after an
other OF the Arab stronRholds. Atlast, Kas-
songo, the big town founded by TIPPU T1B.
fell into their hands. and the demorallzed
Arabs fed TO Lake Tangsnyika. There they
met RUMAL1zA. the powerful Arab chief OF
Ujiii. He told them that their country
must be reRalned. He gave them fresh
supplies OF ammunition, reinforced
them with 5000 armed men, and
led them back to Kassongo. Not
far from that town the most des-
perate battle OF the war was fought.
Heavy losses were inflicted upon the State
forces and several OF their white leaders
were killed or wounded. The Arabs. how
ever, were defeated as usual. and leaving
several hundred dead or wounded comrades
on the field. they fed toward TanRanyika.
As soon as possible. DHASIs started In pur-
suit with 1900 soldiers. thirty white officers.
and four cannon. He sent word home that
he intended to drive the enemy out OF the
State. The only tidings that have since
been received Of his movements are two
dispatches. the first announcing his prog
ress, and the second his arrival at the
great lake.
He has doubtless brought much needed
relief to Capt. JACQUES. who had been sent
from the east coast to put an end to the slave
traffic on Tanganyiks. InsufIiciently pro-
vided with soldiers and munitions. he had
for many months been In danger Of ami
hilation. and was hemmed in on all sides by
part Of RUMALIzA's forces.
AS far as we can now judge. the long and
hard-fought war with the Arab slave raid
ers in the Congo State is now practically
over. The vast territory OF the Congo
State is freed forever from their wicked
and murderous traffic.
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thss there would not b. time for ell 10 pre-
cure certificates undsr the facilities furnishsd.
In California We remember. IL was said thai
many rstufninR By steamer from China weuld
not be able to 20 through the process Of sx-
animation IN season.
It 10 true that there have been deaths and
departures from the couatry to reduce the
Chinese population since 1890. But unless
all the reports are sstray. there has also been
much smuggling Of Chlnamen into the coun-
try. Parties OF them have been arrested while
trying to make their war north from Mexico.
Some have come into Puget Sound By boats.
or have crossed the northern frontier atvarlous
points on foot or BY rail. This vsrJ rsGistra-
ton law ls founded on the theory OF Illegal i'm
portations not to be checked otherwise.
Perhaps close study Of the registration re-
turns By States or By revenue districts and
also OF local census statistics. might throw
more light on the problem Of the Chinese
enumeration. It 10 easy to surmise that soms
eluded the census taker who volu ntarily gave
their photographs to the Internal Revenue
Collector. When arrests begin under the
GEARY act and pleas are made to avoid depor-
tation. We may get further idea OF the ap-
proxlmste numbers Of our Mongolian fellow
residsnta
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14

many Hall IL Democratic organization.
Il is, in fact. the only Democratic orssnisa-
ton hereabouts. The prejudices. the ex-
clusiveness. the narrowness Of the Repub-
llcans ii New York In municipal AFFAIRS.
account sufficiently for the fact that the
Republican party has been for more than
thirty years the party Of the unprogressive
minority. New York lie a cosmopolitan as
well az Democratic city. and q political
organization which is not broad in its
policy and dlffused In Its membership can
never predominant here.
Another leader. and perhaps a leader In
ferior to him In political knowledge and
aptitude. will take RICHARD CRoKERs
place at the helm. This change. made elk
months In advance OF the next election. will
not impair the strength or stability OF
Tammany Hall. To its representative char
acter. and not to the accidents Of general-
ship, that organization owes its enduring.
though always threatened. supremacy In
the politics Of New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
1'ammAHy.

The popular strength of TSmmany Hall
In the politics OF New York city is not
mainly due TO its uneIeolled leadership. its
fine discipline. It's matehless system OF or
ganizatiOn. the answering loyalty OF its
members. or the prestige Of long-eontinu-
ing aud splendid success. though all these
causes have materially aided.
The popular strength Of TammSny Hall
Is due TO the fact that 1t represents con-
stAhtly. consistently. and effectively the
views. sentiments. and wishes OF majority
OF the people Of New York. That's what
makes TammAny powerful. Whenever In
the past 1t has sWerVed from the duty Of
representing . majority Of the New York
voters. skilled leadership. perfect discl-
plIne. thorough organization, loyalty. the
prestige Of past victories. and the highest
type OF political fighting qualities have
not aVailsd TO keep 1t In power.
New York ia Democratic city. Tam
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
THE OUTFLOW or GOLD
II Has Not O,iy ws.ke.ed the Gold Re
serve. hut Reduces the Circulation.

II Has Not O,iy weakened the Gold Re-
serve. hut Redueed the circulation.
WARRINGTON. May lathe heavy export
movement OF gold coin to Europe. aside from
weakening the gold reserve In the United
States Treasury. 10 reducing. to the extent Of
the EXPORT. the circulating medium OF this
country. 1t 10 estimated in official circles here
that more than S12O0OOO0 In gold has gone
out OF the United States since May /, OF which
upward OF s10000.O00 was taken out OF the
Treasury. Thus to the extent OF $1,000. 900
the circulation has been reduced. as. to secure
gold. legal tender notes must be withdrawn
from circulation and paid into the Treasury
for gold. This contraction Of the currency
makes money scarcer and. therefore, more
valuable.
since the repeal OF the Sherman law there
are but three ways OF increasing the ciroula-
tion Of money in the United States. viz. by
importing specie By issuing national bank
dueticn, Blu, since the money strinSs n yf Of
sssoy n.,on SsSs q that .
them: they have reduced the United States
s benz 40 deEosi,ed to seepJe circulation from
q their face value Is the limit allowed Tor
circulation upon bonds. but not more, perhaps.
S:n b:.n Scss ss q q the the
CURED daily In the Treasury where notes OF
ton are presented for REDEEM ption thirty and
forty years after the bank has closed.
Since July l last year. when there WAS In
ejaculation OF all classes of money 81. 5e3.-
l2o.4ll. the eigculstion had INCREASED up 20
the estimated population OF the United
State; e.. was e8s y. 9 ~ 400 and on May
and gold Imports ceased In large quantities in
January. 1884. since which time the clrcula-
on July ]. 1923, was 23s Il gradually in
creased up to Feb. !. 1894. when Il was % 50.
24.s3 The heavy gold exports and the reduo-
ton In bank circulation will make the per
stated figure for May when the June state
N nt 10 issued.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
To Make Paris . Seaport.
From, IL LOrdsr Daiiy Telegraph.

From hs LOndsu Daily Telegraph.
FARn. April 2T.-Ths project OF converting Parts
into seaport" to borrow expression current her. or
In other words OF enabling ships to FROM Iiaus
and Rousn to this metropolis through the utilization
OF the seine and the construction Of canal
points where that river winds considerably has mad.
great progress OF lAta The question 10 nov being
aminsd By special ommttse. and It Is thought thu,
the bill may be voted By Parliament At distant date
thus admitting Of the completion Of the work In time
for the opening of the great Exhibition of the
1900 One OF the principal advocates Of tho enterprise
says that the engineers Who look after the navigation
of the Seine Of the opinion that insurmountabIs
dfhcuty will be encountered. II the plan day BE-
eomes an accomplished fact vessels up to 1000
burden will make their way TO Paris from the sea
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
wLsTs ~, P.r.o. 4. Bos..

The Rev Charles Brooke. the vicar Of Gren.
don. , small village near NorthAm pton, mas
sent the following letter to Mr. ]. l. Wright a
I1ImeS q the Parish In ansHsr 10 a petition.
EskinE him to resign the living: Your elreu-
l1r letter with slknatureA has reached me
thls morning by pOst from yelling borough.
lou may Inform those who signed the paper
that thsir sig natures will not have the slight
sst eHeet In Ina uelnR me TO resign the living.
II yOu do not Tx . the min strations from me hi
this parish yOu have the remedy 10 your Own
hands. ana can rent farm elsewhere You're
faithfully, lsignedl CHARLEs BRooKE. p. ST.
shAil SAD yon formal notice to quit my glsbs
lad The pstltion Uas the oute0ms Of :
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
Tho Second crul,. Of the Violet.

Under cover Of darkness and secrecy the
President OF the United States has again
seized u,on the lighthouse tender Violet
and converted that now celebrated vessel
to his priva'e use and convenience.
This ls n practical application OF the
principles anu doctrines OF com munsm. Re-
duced to the last analysis. 1t Is difficult to
see iu what manner the act OF President
CLEVELAND. aided and abet;ed by Secre-
tary CARLISLE and Fighting Bob EVANS.
differs from the seizure Of freight trains on
the Great Northern Railroad by the organ
lied Coxeyitcs. In the latter case. United
States troops were called out to prevent tho
outrage and to restore the property to the
control VI the Federal Government.
Morally aud legally 1t makes no differ
-uce whether the party taking possession
Of a freight train or n lighthouse tender,
and converting the same to It's personal
use. Is hound for Washington or for the
Dismal Swamp.
So jealously does the law guard against
tho misuse Of the public machinery for pri-
waite advantage that the penalty Is not less
than $500 for employing the Official envelope
OF one Of the departments - save two cents
on private correspondence.
The law Of July Il. 1882. contains the sub
Joined provision
Every person. his sd.r, sb.ttor, and eoun,.liors
who shall either In the day night break into and
sssr or no shsi In the night without break.
ing into any vessel canal boat other water craft
or any sailroad 10 the District OF Columbia with
intent to commit any msds msanor therein. shau be
tmprisOnsd not more than ten ysarL"
The last Democratic President before Mr..
CLEvELAND's time persistently refused to
employ Government vessels for his pleas
ure excursions by water. II he wanted
steamboat for q week or an afternoon. he
chartered one and paid for 1t. II JAMES
BUCHANAN were now President. he would
undoubtedly send gunboat down the Po-
tomac to capture and bring back the Violet
and restore hcr to the public uses for which
she Is maintained at the nations expense.
And II Fighting BOB should resist capture.
Fighting BOB would find himself. were
BUCHANAN alive and In office. In conflict
with the entire military and naval resources
Of tho United States.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
4 New Kiaa or Baby SHOW.
From q. Lo..Io. Daily N.v..

FSoS De LosIoa Daily N-Ss.
The -Bsby's Exhibition" to be held In Humphrsys
Hall. Knightsbridga during the month OF June wI
deal with exhibits bearing upon tue food clothing
medicine. furniture, and pleasures Of that very i'm
portAnt parsonage The show will be divided into eve
heads the nrst dealing with food. diststieL beverage
incidence and dislnfsetAntL The second clA's IN
eudss clsIhipK Of all sorts for infants uvsns' AMI
mothera The third 10 devoted to nursery furniture.
and Of comprehensive scope comprising val paper.
CRATES baths nltsrA Ao me fourth class vii he one
OF great interest 10 the youuEssrs thsmsslves-toa
EAmsL books. EymnAstie AppArstuG mail cars aAd
rocking horses being ranged under this head ASes-
lAnsous spseAtiss for household will occupy Cls
v. The scheme 10 calculated To embrace all that eau
possibly tend to alleviate the OF infancy and
hsnes the pleasures OF that period Of life Aroysd for
the most part With the troubles of testhins TIE
price OF admission 10 TO be nKsd at pues moisr
ate ~ to render the exhibition useful TO all elAsSsA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
The Geography OF Savings Banks.

The report Of the Comptroller Of the Cur
rency for the year that ended Oct. 81, 1898.
contains some figures that have a direct
bearing upon the sectional genesis Of the
corporation income tax. The Comptroller
prints a table showing the aggregate saw
ings bank deposits. by States. the number
OF depositors. and the average amount duo
to each depositor In 1928:
Depc.il,r,. Amsvr. <s,roo..
New England state, 2.os2.osi stseSi,7ts saSpts
Middle ststs.."".. 2lb6.ooi 7eo.b1se5S soa Fl
Southern states..... TL.t06 17.oi1.s6T 16S21
western s,s,e,..... sos.oso so.A4Lil s2sl1
Pacific States and
T.rritori.. .......... aiats5 l4.to7oei eoi2a
California furnished SIS. ols. s74 Of the de-
posits Of the Pacific States and Territories.
The whole number OF savings bank depos-
itors In 1928 was 4.S9o.599. Of whom 4,237.-
622 were from the Eastern and Middle
States. The total amount OF deposits was
s1.7s5. 957. of which 81 .529. 49,. 1893 was In
the savings banks OF the Eastern and Mid
die States. Massachusetts had deposits Of
1898. o19. s62. being sl37. O9i 3O3 more than the
deposits Of the Southern and Western States
combined. New York had deposits OF $685.
85s. 274, t1lI5O7.158 more than twice the de-
posits Of the West and South combined.
There were II. 700 more savings bank depos-
itors In the comparatively poor and small
State of Vermont than In the whole South.
and the amount OF vermont's deposits was
moro than elk times those OF the whole
South. The little State OF Connecticut had
2S.055 more depositors and S9l. 299. 5sS more
deposits than the Western States. There
were more depositors in small Delaware
than In great Indiana.
These figures speak for themselves. 1t
is only necessary to add that true mutual
savings banks. that Is. savings banks in
which the whole net profits are distributed
to the depositor. are virtually unknown in
the West and South. There were only two
such banks in the South and ten In the
Western States in 1893. SO that 602 OF the
Ga mutual savings banks in the country In
1893 were in the Eastern and Middle States.
or the Ss1 stock savings banks. all but ~
were in Southern, Western. or Pacific
States and the Territories. while tho en-
tire deposits In mutual saving institu-
TONS" says the Comptroller. "are saw
ings.' the reports show that over 10 per
cent. OF the deposits In the other class are
not Of that nature. and the presumption Is
that the percentage Is much greater. as it
Is known that stock savings banks In GER
tain States make no classification OF depos-
Its. and yet transact q commercial as well
as q savings bank business"
Savings banks. then. OF the kind familiar
to the East and North scarcely exist at the
South; and the two per cent. tax on the net
profits Of such institutions Is tar to be
paid almost entirely by the North and East
To majority Of the Democrats In the pres
emit Congress taxation Is entirely matter
of geographical distribution.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14

The Democratic Convention Of Douglas
county. Georgia. passed these two resolutions
last week that are . study In the art OF letting
. man down gently:
- That We hereby pledge our tsAlty 10 the Demo
cratic party. both state and nATionAI that the
pie OF this country receive relief from any party
We believe that such relief Will come through the
Democratic party and none other
II That We express the utmost Conscience in the
patriotism. honesty, and ndsIy OF GROTEE cLEVELAsB
President Of the United states and in ths present Con
gTsss Of the United sIAIss'
The Douglas county Democrats pledge
themselves to be faithful to the Democrats
party. not TO Mr.. CLEVELAND and they give to
him q certificate OF general patriotism. hon.
ssty. and fidelity. purDossly left indefinite
They don't express any confidence at all in his
Administration or hnd anything In 1t TO praise.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
Let Us Have q Vote First.

Apology for the income tax is continued
by the Chicago Herald. with Would it not
be wise to accept the modified measure
while the opportunity Is presented2 Would
1t not be wise to submit cheerfully rather
than take the risk OF something more rad
ical and offensive than is now promised 2"
We recommend to our rabbit-hearted friend
OF the prairie Mr.. TILDENs saying. 1T
is never too lato to surrender" We are not
disposed to give our purse to threatening
road agent out Of fear that otherwise he
may rob our house.
But there Is another reason for opposing
the income tax absolutely conclusive and
final upon every true American. especially
every Democrat. The party Of Popullsm
and the income tax was defeated In
the last national election by vote In the
electoral college OF AL to 81 That ends
the income tax utterly. without compro-
mise and without debate. until at least the
Inauguration OF another President and an
other party. In 1897. The Democratic party.
under no circumstances now conceivable.
can permit the country intrusted to It's
management to DO ambushed by the So
cialist bushwhackers who were overwhelm-
ingly rejected at the last time of asking.
To do that would be official treachery on
q scale unknown In al y country boasting
even the name OF a ouular government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14

Thrss DaJs' Cos-s-or ,tton Or the Tw.nty.
Fifh Anaivsrsarys Of Hts Consesrauos

Three Days Co.~szor 'tion or the Tv,ctv.
Fifk Arntvsrsary Of His Consesrauou
The twenty-afth anniversary Of the cons..
Grafton Of Bishop Little ohm OF the Protestant
Episcopal diocese Of Long Island will be Ia
brsted By special services on Tuesday Wed.
nesdaJ. and Thursday Of this week. The do.
cesar Convention begins on Tuesday. and on
that day the anniversary services will beein
with q celebration Of tho holy commnni1n 10
the cathedral q. Garden CITY az u NJ
second celebration will be held at 10 O'clock.
At this service eight addresses. each Ave min.
utss long. will be delivered. DR.. Morgan pir
will speak for the standing committee of ths
mother diocese. John 4 Ring will srcak I've
ne Csthedrgi eorpotetion. and President Z
Regents Of the church University.
A pastoral stan, the gift ~ the clergy IN.
diocese. will then be presented to Rishop II.
clergy. visitors. and delegates to the Couyen,
ton. led BY the cadets Of ~. Paurs school viii
'sS the the hN1s s MsTrs Mr.. .n T
Ats o'clock IN the evening Of the same dav.
slab, Brooklyn. Bishop. Potter viii ieii,eT IAN an
address and Alexander +, Orr viii also sre,S.
viii he con,inusd with a musi al fes,iya' "a
~. Luks's Church. Brooklyn. The muse viii
he rendered by choir cont osed Of sele"tei
singers rom nearly all the Nestcd choils In
the diocese The celebration will b" con,innsi
on Thursday night with a reception t. the
Bishop In BROOKLYN by the Church. (iugoi tl,e
diocese. OF which Judge Augustus Van WyrkIs
In connection with the celrbration co,c,.
tion OF paintings will lie exhibited under the
direction Of Col Chapman. in the assembly
rooms and art gallery in the Academy On
tion. which Will last several days will 70 to the
Church Charity Foundation. The hurrh Cub
intends to have com me mT1ratIye silver medal
Bishop, and on the other will be his picture.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14

It was on this day thirty-one years ago
that the Federal army. under Gen. MCPHERSON.
captured Jackson. the capital OF Mississippi
MCPHERSON had been approaching the city
from Grand Gull. and entered Clinton. ten
miles west OF Jackson. at p. NJ, May 10.
while Gen. SHERMAN advanced on tho direct
road from Raymond to Jackson. MCPHERSON
resumed his march at 5 A. NJ, May Il. and at
9 A. NJ. was within Ave miles OF Jackson. Here
the Confederate pickets were driven In and
proceeding two miles further the main body Of
the Confederatss. under Gen. W. II. T. WALKER
was eneoun' cred. strongly posted In q position
to command the road While the Unionists
were making their preparations for q charge.
. tremendous storm came up which delayed
operations until IL A. NJ. At that time
the Union line. presided By skirmishsrs.
swept forward In magnificent battle array.
driving the Confedsrates out OF the ravine
which covered their front and up the hill on
which they had planted tkeir batteries The on
slauEht was Irresistible and the Contsdsrates
fed. hotly pursued for q mile and half The
Union troops were then halted. and the lines
were reformed for final charge on the outer
defsncss Of Jackson Before the charge could
be made. however. administers reported that
the city had been evacuated By the Confed-
crates At o'clock In the afternoon the
Federal colors were waving over the state
House About that time tho division under
Gen SHERMAN entered the city from the
southwest In this battle the Unionists had
thirty-ssvsn killed. and two hundred and
twenty eight were reported wounded or miss
ing. The Confedsrates had eight hundred
and forty-hys killed. wounded. or taken As
prisoners Seventeen pieces OF artillery fell
into the hands Of the Unionists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
Congo soldiers at TanganyikA.

A cable message received In Brussels the
other day announced that the soldiers Of
the Congo Free State had arrived at Lake
TanganyikA. DR., LIVEasrosE was living
on the shores OF this lake when STANLEY
found him. He WAS unable to send word Of
his welfare TO the millions Of people In q VII
lied lands who we're interested In his for
tunes- The news Just received. however.
was only ten weeks on the way from the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-05-14
G.ra..y'. Youthf-, C,,m,aar-.

JSo@ De Londa DuGs SsSA
German paper states that In consequence OF Tue
considerable increase in the number Of youthtu cruF
nails in Germany between twelve and eighteen years
OF the Imperial Ministry Of the Interior A. B'r
10 contemplating the reorganization OF the compulsory
sducAtian system The GoysTAmsnt has IN vies -
Imitation OF English Institutions All the German
laws, our Berlin correspondent points out have ~
great fAuT that the Interference OF the authorize
permitted only when a ehnd has COMMITTED s0~s
crime bat they give handle against morally dshAsei
children Who stiIl free crime The uursr Z
youthful criminals has risen from AZ gao 10 g. ios-
that iG 10 per cent IN one year.