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New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

! tries The richest country in the world, where
individual fortunes We're OF astonishing magni-
tudc il was also the where the average
earnings of workers We're highest and the stand
ards Of everyday living and comfort Of the in
dustral classes superior to those known any
where else. American prosperity was the mar
vel of the world during the quarter Of a century
when Chairman Wilson declares that Protection
was demonstrating its own utter impotence as
an economic factor. lis entire compatibility
with pure government and honest administration
was shown by achievements Of debt-paying
which were unrvalled in the annals Of modern
finance.
1t suits the purposes Of an infatuated leader
of an unpatriotic party 10 face an English audi
and to misrcprcsent the facts about Amcri-
can prosperity. and 10 forecast period under
Free Trade when the manufacturing interests
of the Nation will excel those Of Great Britain.
The census Of 1890 would have informed him
that those interests as well as agricultural in
dustrics had attained under the Protective sys
TEN degree of growth and divcrscation I'M
known anywhere in Europe. The American
people when in 1892 they armed Chairman
Wilson and his party with absolute power to
reverse the economic policies prevailing for
thirty years. were not dissatisfied with the gen
cral results of Protection. They understood
fully the main cause and the extraordinary mag
nltudc Of Natlonil roSIcrty They had been
induced by false guides like President Cleveland
10 believe that there was something radically
unfair and unjust in the distribution OF that
prosperity: and for that reason they turned the
Republican party ont of power
But the people have learned much during the
transition period Of uncertainty. panic and hard
times. They perceive now the fatal colise-
qicnccs of their own folly in placing them
selves in an attitud" of antagoniSm 10 The Pro
Icctivc system and In authorizing its enemies Ia
destroy il as unconstitutional and II form Of
robbery. When they read The misrepresentation
and librls of Democratic leader like Chair /
man Wilson in addressing an English audience /
Of Free Traders they are inspired with rcso
lutte determinations To restore 70 power III" party
of Protection. which has been Identified with /
all the recent progress and prosperity known /
in America
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
PERSONAL.

Congressman Champ Clark. OF Missouri Ia about
to write a biography OF Stephen A. Douglas which
he modestly thinks will be a model for all future
bographers.
The valuable collection OF African curiosities
owned by the late Emin Pacha is to be exhibited
In Brussels
Philadelphia papers report the death of the Oldest
negro minstrel In the country with the possible ex-
cepton Of the veteran Sam" Sanford He was
Paul Berger. and dropsy the cause of his death
though he was sixty-seven years old In the early
hfties he formed minstrel troupe known as the
Masked serenaders which travelled from town to
town In stage coach Having served In the Mexi-
can War; Berger was one OF the first 10 en,ist when
Fort Sumter was fred on, and after the war wa.
over hs made h!s home IA Philadelphia. He played
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
SUNSHINE AND HEALTH.

After all. ancient traditions and old wives
tales are true In no respect are modern re-
searches Of science more marvellous than in
their yindication Of the Preachers saving
There Is no new thing under the sun Not
only are Natures secrets which we are now
discovering, old Mans knowledge of many Of
them is also old; Of how many. il would be rash
10 say. That knowledge has perhaps been
vague. unable to give for it's being:
the knowledge of today explains and cstab-
fishes It. And so the superstition Of the past
becomes the science of the present Once super
fetal sccptics scoff,d at the idea Of light before
creation of the sun and stars but the order
of the Biblical cosmogony is to-day verified.
Men smiled at llcrodotus's tales Of pygmy tribes
in Central Africa. but Mr.. Stanley discovered
just such beings in the very place And so
with less definite and less dlgnifcd traditions.
"Mi'lsummcr madness" the malehc power OF
the full moons rays. the poison which the toad
distills and ever the jewel IL wears i'm it's
head. the peopling of earth sea and air with
myriads Of invisible beings. good and evil. these
and vast array Of similar notions, once ranked
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
UILSONS ENGLISH LIBELS

The English audience listening TO Chairman
Wilson's dcnunciations of Chinese Protection"
in America heard one Of those elastic general
Haiions in which Free Traders have taken de-
light from the time OF CObdcn. "Eever before Z"
he remarked has Projection been so tested as
TO It's principles and its tendencies as during
1.-THE last twenty-five years in the United States
"and never before in the history Of the world
has it so conspcuously demonstrated its own
utter impotence as an economical factor its
"incompatiblty with pure government and hon
"est administration greater libel upon the
prosperity Of the Nation under Protection could
not have been uttered
The highest stage Of material prosperity ever
reached in the United States was In 1892 at the
close Of twenty-five years Of experience Of the
Protective system. Two-thirds Of an enormous
National debt had been paid-a record without
parallel in history. The foreign trade. both in
exports and imports N volume AMI in value.
had surpassed i'll precedents. The United States
had attained the distinction Of being the great
est manufacturing nation in the world. both in
capital invested and workmen employed, and
also In value Of product and number Of indus.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

as idle fairy tales, are to-day matters OF scien-
tfc consideration and belief
When Florence Nightingale incredulously de-
manded. How Is night air different from any
other air?' one venerable superstition seemed
to have received its deathblow. Really, 1t did
seem absurd to regard the air as less wholesome
after dark than in the day. 1t was the same
air. And it was doubtless actually purer at
night, when the labors Of the day, which pol
luted it with dust and smoke and gases were
suspended Surely. this one old wives tale was
groundlcss. And yet within the last year Miss
Nightngale's question has been cOncusively an
swered. and the superstition about the noxious-
ness Of night air shown to be absolutely true.
1t Is simple matter. Harmful microbes espe-
cially those Of germ diseases. flourish In the
dark while sunlight kills them. The air at
night is filled with them the air by day is COM
paratively free from them. In one recent series
Of experiments typhoid baci swarmed to the
number Of 7.40O in cubic centmeter OF water
After one days exposure to dlffused daylight
not direct sun rays-thcre were only 5000; and
after second days exposure not one. Again.
another lot were placed IN direct sunlight, and
in six hours every one was destroyed. II such
be- the antseptic power Of sunlight when acting
through the medium of water, much more
marked is 1t when acting simply in the more
transparent air And the Oll-time prejudice
against night air is shown To be well founded:
and 50. too, that other legend. that vital powers
wancd lowest and death was more apt to come
in the hours just before the dawn. for II is eX-
actly at that time that deadly bacteria most
abound.
indeed. this same significant and most impor-
tant discovery vertes also another superstition.
of wider extent and greater age than that con
cerning the night air. and that is. the $ln myth.
which has some place in almost every religion
OF the world The sun. tradition has it, is the
source of life: the sun god is the type of health
and strength: light was the Ioroasirians SYM
bol Of divine influence rs darkness was Of the |
power of evil: Greek and Roman, NorScman ana |
Persian. all were imbucd with some phase Of |
the same idea. And to-day. in the most prac |
tical fashion. the chemist and biologist. toiling |
in their laboratories. demonstrate its truth. and !
tell the world that in sunlight there is life and /
in darkness there is death
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
THE AMERICAN BOARD MEETING.

The cighty-fifth ANIMAL session of the Amcri
can Board Of Commissioners of Foreign Mis-
sions begins to-day il Madison, Wis. The
I Board last met in the West fifteen years ago al
Milwaukee, and this Is the first session since the
settlement Of the vexdtious Andover contro
yersy. which for number Of years did so much
to retard work in the foreign field. 1t will be
remembered that this controversy grew out OF
the action Of the conservatives in the Board
headed by the Rev DR.. +. X. Alden, its secre-
tary. rejecting as missionaries all who believed
in probation after death The conservatives,
being In majority were able for time to en-
force this proscriptive policy; but the liberals,
headed by the Rev. DR.. Newman Smyth and
his brother Professor Egbcrt Smyth. Of An
dover Theological Seminary. entered upon Wig
oroIS fight to have the rule reScnded. During
the course Of the agitation that followed it was
seen that the Andovcr school Of liberals had
many influential supporters in the Congrega-
tiOnal churches: and. rs Il result. there was an
alarming decrease in the contributions for the
work Of the Board 1t WAS finally agreed that
a modification of The anti-probaton policy was
desirable: and So DR.. Alden. its chief supporter
resigned from the secrearyship. Slight as was
this concession on the part Of the conservatives
the liberals claim that II has already tended TO
restore harmony Last year the contributions
to he Board were $6192S6 while the books
are said to show that the figures for this year
are SS21 900
Nevertheless. the Board is not yet out Of its
troubles; for during the years Of controversy
It's expenditures largely exceeded its receipts,
until now the treasurer reports debt Of SIG,
2J1 .6 and also declares that unless the re-
cciptS are materially increased the Board will
have 10 curtail lis work in the mission field
The consideration of this matter is really the
only important question tO come before th"
present session of the Board. But as Will be-
seen. it is one of the greatest importance. and
one moreover which. from the nature of The
case may tend 10 keep alive The old partisan
animoStieS between the two schools Of thought
in the Board. The conservatives who cannot
be expected 10 view with rq,lanimity the growth
Of the liberals. may put the responsibility for
the financial deficit on the Andovcr men.
through whom tie question of probation after
death came into the arena Of ecclesiastical poll
tics: while the liberals will feel that If the
had quietly ignored the question.
on the ground that il simply Il matter of
opinion not within The purvicw of the Board
all would have been well. But however the
question Of responsibility may be- ultimately
decided. the fact Of the financial deficit stareS
the Board in The face: and II il 10 be hoped that
the necessity nf doing something about II Will
induce the members 10 sink pariSanshp and
TAX" such action ~ will again put the Board /
IN line with IL noble traditions Of The past.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

with all the famous minstrel troupes, and -.
time interlocutor for the Carncross and 49,
company. Though he made lots Of money rovn..y
overlook him. Berger had a powerful bass voss.V
and was one Of the most popular members Of n:
profession. az
reproduction In lasting material Of the h,~..
OF the late Professor Won Helmholtz has been ma.
by DR.. Berliner OF Berlin The physician. -.
examined the brain considered IL one of the rsIno -no
remarkable they had ever seen or heard Of s''
Colonel Michael r. Morgan. who was appo,,...
by the President op Monday as Commissary Gene,
OF Subsistence to succeed General Hawkins retl,.S
was classmate In 1854. at the Military Acad.m,
OF Major-General o. o. Howard. He now get. -.
promotion to be brgadiergeneral He served in m.
Artillery and the llth Infantry until the Civil W..
began. when be was transferred to the comm,.s.
department. In which department he has sessTy
continuously since that time with the excentio, Z:
ABOUT SIX months in 1864. when he was chisS y
stan or the Tenth Army Corps In 1859 he ~ ~
conspicuous In the Harper's Ferry expeditio," - -
suppress John Browns raid. During the W.
w ar ne was In various engagements, the ~. ~
conspicuous OF which was that OF 1854 when ~
was chief conmssary OF subsistence on the s,ss Ss
OF General Grant, which terminated in the r,rsn,! .n
OF the lnsurgent army under General Robert ~
Lee ana It's surrender For gallant and mertor,osn
services IN this campaign he brevetied coorsSi
Tie was born In Nova Scotia. January ls ls3a st ~
nehce VIII reach the age Of retirement on Janus
Is, 1897. " 'a"usSy
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
Netu71ork DAILY Gribn,,e
BOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1894.
FOURTEEN PAGES.
THE NEUS THIS MORNING.

Foregn-There report in Yokohama
tia. the japanese had captured Che-Foo: a sec
ond japanese army is said TO be advancing
upon Moukden Leading German sugar
dealers think that customs war between Ger
many and the United States may be caused by
the sugar schedule of the Tariff bill ---
Professor Leyden. Of Berlin. said that the Car
might possibly recover in favorable climate.
- Earl Grey, one of the Oldest peers OF Eng
land died
Domestic.-Five lost their lives in fire
in the Luke Fidler coll!ery. near Shamokin'
Penn == The twenty-thrd anniversary Of the
great fire was celebrated in Chicago. -= The
cornerstone of the Commercial Travellers Home
at Bnghamton was laid ====- There ac-
cdents on three railways three men being killed
In freight wreck the Rock Island. ==
The State Convention Of the V P 5. c. f.
orened in Albany. - Beuzetta won the rich
Kentucky Futurity Stakes for three-year-old
trotters at Lexington == The New-York pro-
fessonal football team defeated the Philadelphia
eleven.
City and Suburban-The State Democracy in
dorsed the city ticket Of the Committee OF
Seventy. including Strong and Goff with the
ception of Otto Kempner for Sheriff for whom
f. j. H. Tamsen was substituted -= Everett
p Wheeler was nominated for Governor by the
Independent Democrats. the rest Of the regular
Democratic State ticket being approved. -=
A policeman named De Gam testified before the
Lexow Committee that because he refused to pay
TO Captain Schmittberger all. instead of half. Of
the money he got for working overtime. he was
transferred to another post. go Winners at
Morris Park: Maid Marian. Sufficient, Magian,
Black Hawk. Live Oak and Setauket. 80 The
stock market was weak Prices moved irregu
lary. Foreign exchange strong; possibility
of gold shipments.
The Weather.-Forecast for to-day: Cloudy
and windy Temperature yesterday: Lowest
IS degrees: highest. 6z; average. 5Sl2.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
IDTICE WORTH LISTENING TO.

THE LEXow COMMITTEE URGED TO BEGrN PROD
ING AT THE TOP.
From The New-York Herald.
II Is to be hoped that the Lexow Committee w
not delay much longer its promised police prooH
at the top. 49,.
The value OF the results already accomplishs.'
by the investigation Is not to be underestimate
But the true mission OF the committee Is not =
much to show individual corruption or abuses q .
lay bare the system responsible for the evil II >.
not much to break captains 10 hnd ov
whether higher officials are equally guilty ana
to rid the department OF them. IL Is opvy,u,
that II the system Is vitated II must be overnauN
In order to reform the force. -
Investigation OF the administration OF the deP..nr,
ment must necessarily require much time. ana "
date when the committee must make It's report y
the Legislature is rapidly nearing. II is also Y
be remembered that the police courts as well ~ "
police force are TO be investigated a.
In-view OF all these considerations the sooner ~
committee begins with the Commissioners the ~
To-
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
IS THIS HIT AT A CONSPICUOUS DEMO


From The New-York Sun.
When the Hon. Russell Sage. distinguishes. ~ ~
opulent citizen OF this town. was canddaW A. ~
Congress some years ago in the Rensselaer, ~
trict. one Of his opponents made great sts,s au'x q
upon his charitable impulses: but the peoprs
Troy, who know a good man when they see NJ
took little stock In such arguments agalnW vi
Sage. and that gentleman was elected and reerssSs n
too. or how little efficacy are such appess" appss ~
these: Vote for Jones. the man who suppne. 49, -
free nails! Vote for Robinson. the man who. Sn.SE I'M
away buckwheat cakes at cost. Vote for sSH~sT
who makes no profit on his clans when . 60
date for election! ~
Nor was the position OF the voters OF Troy ~ ~
this ISSUE was put plainly before them In tps ~
Of the Hon. Russell Sage different from VIA \.
judgment OF the voters OF NewYork wouu vvox
would have been under similar circumstance 10
for James Harper. who sells books at Coz! ~
ever a candidate! Vote for Jacob Westervs..s.S
distributes shingles free at the dock lnsss.s lnis,s ~
selling them to the highest bidder as otne," -
Vote for Gideon Lee and get your ! shoes Vote q
Andrew Mckle. and get free tobacco, che.v M ~
clay pipes! Vote for De Witt Clinton tSnr ~
your law business attended to free! vos voss ~ n y
lam Brady, and every new hou,.sss houssksssR~ ~eSc1o
after olocuout $50.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
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New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

Chairman Wilson now declares that he went
abroad to forget American politics, and nobody
can read the Free-Trade speeches he delivered
in London without realizing that he succeeded
Considering what a painful subject politics has
become for statesmen Of the Wilson school, the
West Virginia leaders eagerness to forget Il.
even for little while is not wholly inexplicable,
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

regular hours. the company paid him SO a
week. Half Of this sum he turned over rcgll-
: larly TO the captain through his ward man; and
/ finally Captain Schmittberger demanded the
/ whole of this extra compensation De Gam
thcreupon the captain transferred him repeat
edly and gave him further chance 10 earn
extra money. This testimony throws most vau
cable light on police methods in this city: and
DE Gam as a witness presented most refresh
ing contrast 10 Mr.. Forget agent Of the French
line. who pcrsislently refused 10 remember what
was done with $500 which he dispensed at his
discretion. He admitted. however. that he had
been asked not to testify against Captain
Schmttbcrgcr.
The anti-IIill Democrats have AZ last put their
ticket in the field: at least they have nominated
a candidate against David Il. Hill Mr.. Fair
child having refused 10 stand, the choice Of the
Conference Committee there will be no State
convcntion-fcll upon Mr. Everett i. Wheeler. Il
lawyer of considerable reputation as Il rcformcr.
In nominating candidate for Governor and in
dorsing the nominations Of Lockwood and
Brown. the Reform Democrats have manifested
antpahy 10 Hill rather than strict regard for
moral consistency. They cannot vote for Hill;
but they do not hesitate 10 vote for men who
will not only vote for Hill but consent To run
on the same ticket with him.
United opposition 10 Tammany Hall now
seems assured. and the redemption of New York
at the coming election can be reasonably pre-
dicted The State Democracy AT its County
Convention last night ndorscd the nominations
Of Colonel Strong and Mr. GOn. The support
of the German voters of the city Is also conf
IDENTITY expected The situation. which was
doubtful twcnty-four hours ago, appears Ia be
satisfactorily clearing up. The people of New
York have the Tammany Tiger by the throat.
and their grip is powerful enough 10 throttle
him without mercy. The Wiswam leaders have
been in sore straits for several days. Their |
anxiety will be vastly increased hy the events |
of yesterday.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

The platform Of the Massachusetts Republicans
Is model In numerous respects. 1t Is usual
to make party platform elaborate and wordy.
and the result is that comparatively few people
read IT, The one adopted In Massachusetts on
Saturday 's SO condensed that II can be read In
a couple of minutes. 1t is a plain statement
force them.
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10
THE TALK or THE DAY.

1t Is said that the sum total Of the taxes paia =,
the Populst members of the Colorado State gov
ernment is s3'. Governor Waite pays no taxes
An amusing instance of German red tape I. -
corded BY the Berlin ''Neueste Nachrichten"T
Munich citizen came to the registrar OF births -
report an addition to his family. Being asked :.
To- to his reHgion. he declared himself Christian
The official looked over his list OF religions S~,
the man was neither a Catholic nor a mamhe, .
Protestant denomination. there was a great struv
gle-tSpringfeld Republican.
Professor W. $. Wyman. OF the University a,
Alabama. doubts the common explanation OF N.
letters o. r.. which IL TO the effect that they w.
President Andrew Jackson's abbrevia ton for can
correct" He thinks that Jackson borrowed N.
phrase from the Choctaw language. in which N.
word 'okeh' means "it is all right"
Exceptional Case.--"I told nv friend Emma "a.
der promise or the strictest secrecy, that am en-
gagged to the lieutenant and the spltefu thin
actually Kept the secret"-(F'egende Blaetter
Professor Hite who has just returned from ,M
exploration of Labrador. says: There is no popu.
lation in Labrador outside OF the few hsherm.,
scattered along the seacoast. but before leayins
Cape Charles invited to the Creates, a.
ciety event in the whole of Labrador last summ.,
1t wss dance given in fish house There wer,
three girls and two Esquimau bellies TO be distrh
uted as partners among more than fifty men, An
Esquimau with an old fiddle made the music Az
played the 'Arkansaw Traveller in very eYectiv,
style Regarding our collections. a splendid assort
ment of insect life was secured. found eight No,
butterflies which have not been de-crbed in N,
of Labrador The animal life is sub
Arctic as well as the fora. and is therefore raths,
scanty. In addition to the larger animals which
came under the head OF game. rare water
shrews were discovered. md a remarkably vared
collection OF toads peculiar TO Labrador Two nev
land birds were secured. and large collection -
water fowl"
New-York tribune., 1894-10-10

The interview with Mr. J. II. Manlcy which
we print this morning is worthy of the sober
attention of all Republicans. As chairman Of
the Republican National Executive Committee
Mr. Manley has exceptional opportunities for
studying the political situation in all quarters,
and the views which ne expresses are the opn
ions he has formed after calm and full delibcra
ton The general outlook for Republican sue
cess he describes as more than hopeful but he
wisely calls on Republicans not to Ovcresiimate
their own strength nor to underestimate that of
their opponents. This advice is needed There
is danger that Republicans may take their vic
tory for granted OvercOnfdence must be guard
ed against in this city. in this State and in all
other States where the prospects Of success
now seem so bright.