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New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
PERSONAL.

The Rev Dr. Lewis ITalsey. OF Oswego. mas peei
appolnted by Governor Morton as one OF ne conn
,niseoners 10 reprcsent the State OF New OK az
the dfh National irrigation Congress. whch VIII
be held IN Phoenix Ariz. In Decemper h'A''
Mark Twain who Is now In London is preparing
his book relating 10 his recent tour arouhd the
world.
ut seems TO be generally believed, says ne
Boston Transcript" that the commission TOT 'i'e
equestrian statue OF General Hooker. TOT whch 'i''
Legislature has voted 10 appropriate $1,000. VIII be
given to Daniel g. French and Edward fot'er'
although no one can say exactly upon what grounds
this belief Is based Some Of the scupors VINO I'VE
I'm Boston have a decided feeling that there shouii
lie !. conp.tiiion before the question - sctti'n
They take the position that If the commission y
10 70 TO a New-York artist. II should only be att't
a chance shall have been given TO all 10 show what
they can do The bcst-known OF thr scupt99rS 9i ~ -
present living In Boston are Henry Hudson kiisoh.
Cairns. Samuel J. kitson. Anne Mhltnry' n. yruS
cobb Katherine r. Prescott. and AZ present absent
but Identified with Boston are the BartIet's brooKS'
Bella Pratt and {. r. DalIn
4 monument to the painter Vatican WAS dedi-
Gated I'm the Garden Of Luxembourg last week.
and many wcll-known artists were present on tns 1
occa sion Among those who took part we're ~ ana
Nm. Rambaud NJ Koujon director OF the B'auN-
Arts. Carous Duran and Emile Blsmon'
The Connecticut Humane Society has awarded a
medal 10 Eugene Walker. Of Hartford. lad sew
.n,..n wears old VINO At the risk Of his own life
saved 4 man from drowning last september.
Menclek the sef-styed Negus OF Abysslnia. has
given imperial recognition 70 members Of the
Red Cross whca properly accredited and has de-
clrd to establish a corps In his own army Upon
this decision of the Negus all Italian army sur
were al once liberated Lieutenant Surgeon Iarich
left IiarrAr yesterday with the Russian mission
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
THE ~ NBtR STRIKE GROWS.

TWELVE THOUSAND MEN IDrE-TOM MANN AR.
REsrED-LABORERS FROM ENGLAND.
London. Nov pa dispatch THE Central
News from Hamburg saws that the strike Is in
creasing. and that the number Of men who have
quit work IL twelve thousand. Nevertheless coal
steamers discharging their cargces and soma
other work along the docks Is proceeding There
has been disorder.
The dispatch adds that Tom Mann the English
labor ag.;ator. arrested while attempting 10
enter Hamburg territory and expelled. The police
placed heir prisoner on board the Noting.
ham, bound for irimsby.
Large numbers of dock laborers are leaving
Grimsby for Germany 10 take the places Of the
striking dock workers HAMBURG
Hamburg. Nov 26-The total number Of dock
laDorers strike here is sco and these have beea
joined by the iightcrmen Ships arriving from Eng.
land and sweden are bringing men tc replace the
strikers. All OF the port laborers in Bremen are
idle. and the dockmen at kiel will strike
1t IS expected that 1000 Italians will be lodged on
board the steamer Fuerst Bismarck which has
been fitted out 10 lodge who will take the
places OF strikers.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 81. 1896.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Thanksgivi dinners were heid
by the American colonies in LONDON, fars anu
Rerlin - Captain General Weyler or Cupa
issued two harsh DEGREES: Lopez Cooma was
executed in Havana. - The dock strike IN
Hamburg increased. there being l2VOVmeh luie
Tom Mann. the English agitator, was arresteu
while trying to enter Hamburg. - new
Cabinet has been formed in Chill: reports that
revolution is Imminent are denied. - Hayu
is reported as being ripe for revolt against the
Administration of President simon sam
DOMESTIC-President-e Mckinley ana
Mrs. Mckinley ate their Thanksgiving dinner
with relative In Canton. Ohio =-- Secretary
Lamont in his annual report calls especiai at
tention to the great progress recently maze on
the coast defences Of the country. - Ex-
Termination of the seal herd is favored in re-
port by the Commissioner Of Fish and Flsheres.
- University Of Pennsylvania defeated Cor
nell at football by a score of 81 to Io; many
other college games were played.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The steamboat
John T. Moore which had been hired for sail
by East Side fishermen. was wrecked on R0mer
Shoal: all passengers were saved - New
Workers observed THANKSGIVING Day largely IN
their homes services were conducted In the
principal churches. charitable organizations
gave dinners and number Of athletic contests
were held - Brown won the football game
with the Carlisle Indians on Manhattan Field
by the score of ~ to II. - larger attend
ance was present at the Live Stock Show at
Madison Square Garden than on all the preced-
ing days together.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and warm during the day; increased cloudiness
with showers. and lower temperature tonight.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, 90 de-
grees: lowest 80: average; 56ss.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
1 PIID DOOHED ~ FiILIEE.

We have pleasure in printing elsewhere IN this
ISSUE strong statement in favor of upholiing
and strengthening The clvil Service system. made
by one of the Civil Service Commissioner, of our
sister city When Mr.. Nis--n was appointed by
Mayor Wursirr last winter he had no intimate
knowledge Of Civn Service methods and lrlle
faith in their practical value. He frankly says
that he entered on his duties with serious mis-
givlngs and with the notion in his mind that
Civil Service Reform was more or less of "A hum
bug His experience H. one of the Commission
crS engaged in executing the law has wrought
complete change in his feelings. Ills mi>giv-
ings have vanished into thin air. and it l. safe
10 say that there is not in the State n more thor
ough believer in Civil Service ideas than this
Brooklyn official. who has learned by practical
experience what Civil Service actually means.
He is convinced. moreover. that no honest and
fairmindcd man can make n study Of the sub
jcc in all its bearings. such a he has made,
without reaching the same conclusion.
This valuable testimony Genes at a good time.
There are many rumors abroad Of in attack that
is 10 In made on the merit system al the next
session OF the Legislature by politicians who are
not satisfied. because they no longer have I'M
limited patronage at their disposal. II Is true
that the people Of the State have Incorporated
in their Constitution n most explicit provision
that appointments and promotions must be made
according TO merit and fitness, 10 be determined
by competitive examinations as far as practical
BILE Such examinations are now held under the
direction Of commissions from which politics
have been excluded To the greatest possible ex-
tent. and no one claims that they have not been
conducted fairly. Apparently one Of the things
that will be attempted this winter Is to have the
competitive examinations required by the Con
sttuiion held by the heads Of the various State
and municipal departments; and We are also led
10 believe that the schemcrs will strive to have
the law so changed that an appointing official
may choose the man or men he wishes 10 name.
not from the three standing highest on the cig-
BILE list. but from any part Of It, II Is easy TO SEQ
that either or both OF these things would to a
very large extent do away with the Civil Ser
vice system as it now exists, with the approval
of all except believers in the spoils doctrine
We have no fear that the raid To he made on
this system will succeed. The people have too
the statue-bOOk. In our National system near
" all the offices have now been placed in the
classified list and in this State the people have
set the stamp Of approval on Civil Service meth
ods in the most unmstakable way. This reform
will not 20 backward. But it behooves all who
believe in It to be on their guard against those
who are trying to destroy il.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27

For example. the Eleventh Census showed that
there were :S2J.OOO voters in Alabama OF whic"
III 900 were colorrd men: but in the late fres
identia election the total number OF votes cas'
was only I9J O0O. or about 100000 less thah 'he
total voting population in 1890. In Minnesota
the total voting population in 1S!W was ABOUT
,7f ooO: the total number Of votes returned this
veor WAS about :,41 900. or only 3JOOO less tiih
the total number of men Of voting age, according
IN thc last census. In other words. less thah
90 per cent Of Alabamas voting poulatlon look
mart in the election while over W per cent oi
Ninncsota's voters cast their ballots. Or the
total vote in Alabama Bryan received l3i.ooc'
a plurality Of 10000. or about 30 per cent OF the
total number of votes east: in Minnesota McNlh-
lev received about 19bOOO a plurality OF ABOUT
- 600 or less than IL per cent Of the total vot'S
cast. Thus. while Alabama's total popular
vote was 146.OUO or 10 per cent less than in Mil
ncsota. yet the plurality returned for Bryan IN
Alabama was o2,WO. or 10 per cent more thnh
McI<nlcy's plurality in Minnesota. And yet. in
the face of such figures the Bryanitcs have the
oudoclty to complain about coercion of voters
and thc ..nopular" voi" for their candidate.
Supnosc the III 900 coored Republican voters
Of Alabama had been permitted to exercise their
was allowed the 10000 Popocratic voters III
Minnesota: does any one doubt that Bryan wouin
have been rcpudiaicd there: The South Is the
stronghold of Popocracy as it was of bourp""
Democracy. only by that exercise or force IN"
lawlcssncss which has made elections III 'h'
Southern STATES a disgrace to the good name OF
the Nation.
The results in Mississippi. South Carolina ana
Louisiana are even more impressive than IN Ala-
bama and entirely justify the assertion 'ha'
where the great pluraliics for Bryan were not
manufactured outright as in Virginia ana len
ncssce. they have throughout the Sou'h pc"h
fal,ifcd in such manner as to make ever!
reputable follower of Bryan hang his head III
shame and confusion.
In the face of all these lying returns IN" pop
uIar vote in favor of the Republican candidates
is still over a million. With honest elec'ions III
every Southern State McKinlcys plurality would
have been double that number. The popular
uprising" in behalf of Bryan and fire." silver Is
n sham and drlll>ion. and is fully demonstrated
TO he 50 by the figures Of the election returns.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
4 NEW CABINET FORNED N Chilli.

REPORT THAT REVOLUTION Is IMMINENT DE-
MED RY THE MINISTER IN WASHINGTON.
Washington. Nov. 2s-The report that revolu.
tion is probable In Chill and that internal troubles
have been anticipated for several weeks is denied
AT the Chilian Legation Minister Cana is In con.
stant communication with his Government. ard his
Cniy information from Santiago Is that affairs IN
tho Republic are in a satisfactory condition. There
has been no greater friction growing out OF tho
tariff question in Chill than would naturally result
from n discussion OF that subject between the TWO
opposing parties in the National Congress-nothng
that would justify any suggestion Of revolt Inc
recent election for President passed OF quietly
en- September IS and resulted in victory for Fred
crco Errazuris.
To-day telegram was received by Minister Cana
from the Chilian Legation At Paris which an
nounced that President Errazuris lad formed
Cabinet consisting OF the following Minister Oh
the Interior Carlos Antunez: Minister Of Foreign
Relations. Carlos Morla: Minister % Justice ana
Public Instruction. Puga Barris: Minister ot
Finance. Soto Mayor: Minister of war ana Navy,
Elias Fernandez ALBANIA; Minister OF Public WORKS
and Industry. Francisco Borja Naldes tueNas
No mention made I'm the dispatch OF exisunS
or anticipated trouble. would. the Legation om'
Gals say, have been done were that the fact'
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
LOOKING AHEAD.

There is nothing QuiXotc about Mr.. Richard
Croker. He is no scntimentaliSt with a taste
for lost causes. He manages politics just as ne
manages horscs-with view 10 business results
If a colt promises well he buys 1t. If cam
paicn is hopeful he takes hold of II. He does
not let friendship warp his Judgment of animals
nor devotion tie him down 10 the support Of an
improbable cause.
Mr. Croker has returned from Europe to find
tho WjgWam in an exceedingly bad condition.
Unable 10 plunder the city government for the
last two wears the boys have had hard time
and the attempt Of the organization to run c"uh-
for to the overwhelming sound-money sentiment
of this community has cost il the support OF thou
sands who never before could be convinced oi
IFS inero1jcablv evil tendencies. What il left OF
Tammany is spill, up into factions each threat
eninp revolt against leadership by the other
The only things which all are agreed upon are
that they want spoils and that they will work
together under Crokcr's personal leadership.
The oues,ion now before Croker is whether
there is sufficient hope for The patients recovery
10 warrant his undertaking the case. or II II j.
best 10 follow the example of the harl-hear'cd
private hospital manager who ships dying pa
tien,s TO the public institutions to keep down his
~
ported to have said. There speaks the Croker
of old-the Croker who left Tammany To he
ridLled by Goff and beaten by Strong. We nave
here no nonsense about fighting for political
principle no pretcnce Of serving in adversely the
organization in whose leadership he became rich
The simple question is: Shall Croker HEAD
wba, he thinks will be n victorious movement
and profit by it. or leave Tammany To defeat
and save himself?
gests the counter inquiry. What are those VINO
oppose him going TO do in case he decides
that the fight Is not against a windmill. but
against a town worth plundering: lf II Is not
too early for Tammany TO plan for the next
campaign. il Is not too early for Nformers to
prepare TO defeat it. Tammany today Is de-
moralized but for all that ii east over l4OVo
votes. or more than half as many as were pollcd
by all parties in the election Of 1894. That vote
would carry the city in any election in which
the friends Of good government were not thor
oucbly united and aroused 10 display their ful
strength If all the good which has been ac
complished by the overthrow of Tammany Is not
to be undonc. if are not 10 go back to the
old times Of filthy streets. paving scandals. dock
scandals and systematlzcd extortion and black
mail. we must begin now 10 plan resistance TO
the assault upon the city which Will be made by
the hungry spoilsmen next year. We may rea
sonably hope to beat Tammany, but we shall
not do it unless petty interests are forgotten in
q determined effort TO hold on 10 the good things
gained.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
THE TRJiL or LADY SCOTT.

London Nov as.-The trial OF Lady Scout 80.
Cockerton. Frederick Kast and William A!o'
crimnally libelling Earl Russell Lazy ooos
in-law. was continued In the Centrai Is IN
,,s'., o,d pouev to-day. Earl Russell. who was On
,,a u,,,ress stand when the case was ad)ouIne.
,ss,.rdav resumed his testimony. He lett oAioS'
hs said in 1885, He visited Professor Jowett 10 o
and Jowett came to his wedding Professor 'o~ .,.s
be said had not seen the letter. for writing =,
the witness was sent down from the uniVe'''" ''
oxford. - :, . tho prosecutiouL
reexamned Earl Russell who In answ ans,scted to the
tons said that Lady Scott had nov ritten to her.
Counsel proceeded to read number OF iehcS were
t.n 70 Earl Russell by Lady Scott an OF s,sr vhio
omcSed ", i'm the most afYectionate terms a''e'
,naVuil ,na trial VAS adjourned until tomorrow
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
BRYAN'S "POPTLiR" STppOPT

Political pesslmists-and they are not con
fined to Wall Street-who are murmuring be-
cause Bryan's popular vote was so large will do
well to ponder the article Of our Washington
correspondent on this subject In The Tribune Of
Tuesday. No more interesting analysis OF the
election returns has yet been set forth. 1t is a
powerful battery Of facts and figures. and one
that makes sad havoc Of Bryan's claims Of over
whelming popular support for free silver and
Anarchy.
The examination made was for the purpose Of
ascertaining the actual character OF the founda-
ton upon which rests the Popocrntic contention
that the masses Of the people were really with
Bryan in the late election. To this end n COM
parlson has been made between the official cleo
ton returns that have been received thus far
from Southern States with the census figures
from those same States and the result con-
trasted with a similar result In Northern States.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
Amnecments.


ACADEMY OF MuSlC-S-Two Little Nagtan,.s. gran,
AMIiI{ICAN TliEATRT,-s-T Broken Meiou''
BROADWAY THEATRES 10 brian iDru, u
HIJDIj THEATRE-S:3O- Friend from i"u'"
CASING -s:iH-Jack ard the I,eanstalk s.,.
COLUMBUS THl1ATItE s:l5 The Last S,,a sa,sba
DALY'S THEATRi-As You Like It-S Inc "'''
EDEN Mt'SEE- WaxSorks and concert
EMPIRE TlIEATRE,-S:N Rosemary, ,,.,ro.. Father
ITI~rII AVENUE T1IEATRE-S:lo- Ills Whes
GARDEN TIIEATI,i.-S-King Richard IL
GARRICK THEATRE -S:13-Secret service ,,....
GRAND OPERA nOrsE.soThe Power r.,!ns ., e"e r'e''
HI;Rhip SQUARE THEATRES The Manlarm,
HOy1"s THEATtE- -s:3o-A Florida Enchan.,nnn" .nyn
IRyrNe; PLACE THEATRE Educated fe,pie. 49,,
KNIe-k ETiICs Err T1IEATRE-s:io-The Sish VI VI"
KCSJJ-R a III ,I,S-S-v Vaudeville. <,,o
I.YCFJ'M THEATRE The courslp on i1em n IN
MaIis0\ sol ARE GARDEN iO:3O a IN. TO lo'" y. IN
- Live Stock Show. ,
NI'RRNY HILL, THEATRE-S-On broadway, .r,,, -
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESlGN-pdy ANU e'e
Autumn Exhibition. .o,.e,, ,o,.ngrn
OLYMPIA THEATRE -s-Ssnta marin q r.,
PAI,MER'S THEATRES Roaring DICK q ~
TONY pA.TOR'S-12.3 30 10 II r. m au'' ,,,.rs
I4TII STREET TIfEATRFt-S-Th~ Cherry IVNr.r.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27

81 10 ner keg on nil mills sold by It's members,
from which all the expenses OF the colhplha'ioh
were TO be paid. and the balance returned 10 'he
producers Ii is stated that about Iour months
ago no less than 81 100000 was thus distributed
To the members of the conDinatlon Dut 'hat
liabilities considerably exceeding TINS amount
have since been incurred in the eiiort 10 Keep
the combination alive. The main diincuit!
seems 10 have been a want OF moderation ana
reason In the conduct Of the association IN
stead OF being content with a fair advance III
prices sufficient 10 insure to the producers Il
living profit. the association first lifted prices
suddenly from 81 cents to 81 10 in May and to
81 81 in June to 81 % in July ana 81 - sep
tcnber l. March / the price was raised 10
50 10, and May II was raised again 10 - 30
base price at Pitisburg. which under the terms
Of the peculiar nail card adopted meant any
where from So upward per keg.
The consequence was from the start a great
decrease in the demand jobbers refusing to buy
ms far as they could and openly advising con-
sumers throughout the country that it was prob
able that the combination would fail before long
Nevertheless il has continued in existence Tor
more than year. raising the price 200 per cent
from ~ cents to 81 ~ per keg. and in conse-
ouencc has seen its output reduced 10 insignlfi-
cant proportions. II Is stated that 'he ""'hS
in the combination have produced as much as
600 kegs in a single month. and the produc-
tion during the entire year 1895 averaged not far
from 800 OOO kegs per month. whereas the sales
in the month of August are said to have been
but 1000 and in July but 10000 kegs WIN
sales so restricted the concern was coinpeh'd
to pay on leases considerable sums 10 WORKS
which it had undertaken to keep id,e ana had'
moreover. incurred large expenses through It's
contracts with manufacturers OF nail machiheS'
in order tc prevent the selling OF machines 10
outside works. The recent decision AT 'hlcago'
holding that the company had no legal rlgh' mus
to prevent the supply of machines to those VINO
desired TO purchase them and that 1t was III
fact an unlawful combination, added to the DIM
cultcs of the trust
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
DIR. KOCHS MISSION.

DIR. KOch's mission TO South Africa. on which
he set out last week. is one Of exceptional in
terest and importance. Its interest lies In the
fact that the foremost living bacterologist Is
going TO try to discover and deal with the sup
posed germ Of one Of the most contagious an |
destructive of epizo0tic diseases. Its mpor-
tancc. already indicated. lies in this that the
malady with which he will try to cope Is ravag-
ing 0ne-third Of a continent. impovershing mill
ions of people, aud giving menace Of wars and
revolutions
The rinderpest. or cattle-plague. which Is now
raging from the Lakes to the Cape, is 10 new
thing. 1t has been known since the early part
Of the last century. and has more than once
made its appearance in the most highly civi-
ized countries Of Europe. There was great
outbreak of 1t in Great Britain in 1865. and, as
no remedy for it could be found, the Govern
ment issued an order for the unhesiating
slaughter Of all infected herds. BY this heroic
method the disease was promptly stamped ont.
and It has not since appeared In that country,
executing to a small extent In 1872. when it
was again. by the same method, quickly sup
pressed. The disease Is prevalent not only in
Africa, but In Asiatc Russia. Persia. China
and India, in some Of those regions being ac-
tuaIly enZOOtlc.
Little Is as yet known Of its ctiOlogy. When
It ragged In England in 1865 1t was studied by n
royal commission of which Sir Richard Quain
and Dr. Burden SandersOn were members
But that was before bacteriOlogy became a
science, and the inquiry resulted In little more
than to prove the intense contagiousness OF the
disease and the hopelessness Of all then known
methods Of treatment MurchisOn at first
thought the disease almost identical with small
pox. but the only marked point Of resemblance
between them seems to be the cutaneous erup-
tion. Sanderson found the contagiOn to be In the
blood and in the serum Of the blood. Beale
Smart and Semner discovered what seemed to
be bacteria. but did not demonstrate that they
were the cause Of the disease or the medium OF
infection. Dr. Koch will. Of course, investigate
the disease chiefly from the meteorological
point OF view. He will be assisted by his col
league. DIR. Kohlstock. and perhaps by DR.. Ed
ington, the eminent British bacteriologist, who
Is now at Cape Town, where he has been study
Ing the tsetse ny and the disease with which II
New-York tribune., 1896-11-27
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on THE FRENCH FIELD or HONo"'

A MARQUIS AND AN AMERICAN ENchNN"" ~
SHOTS WITHOUT INJURY TO EllhS"'
London Nov. pa dispatch 10 1.-The Te'es'aPA
says that the Marquis de Montmor' , anu ,n
American 7 A Hutchinson became involved IN
= violent d,snute a short time ago. which resu'teu
IN n challenge 10 fight a duel being sent an" ~.
cepted The duellists met to,iay al IA anxchanged
six shots from pistols at twenty-five P
NnIfh Of he tn1ureQ