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New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
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POUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY.
THURSDAY. DECEMBER "a, 1896.
THE NEWS THIS uORNING.

FOREIGN-The Ambassadors or the ROVE. .
in Constantinople have been instructed ~ suu
init fresh demands for reforms In the Iurkish
Empire and to enforce them by means oi ooe'
cjon II necessary. - Queen Victoria Is goihs
10 write an autobiography. - Inc nome vi
Earl Russell was burned by incendiar1es
An extensive plan of campaign IN Cupa is a.
tributed to Weyler .
DONESTIC-President Cleveland formaN!
recognized and entered into diplomatic reiatiohS
with the new Greater Republic OF central Amer
lea - Major Mckinley arrived In canton
he found his home full of callers waiting 10 taiK
with him - Three failures OF individuals
and firms in Chicago and one bank faiure IN
Wisconsin were announced. - the conouc-
tors and motormen Of the Boston street-raiWay
system decided to strike
CITY AND SUBCRBAN.-A mass meeting or
Republican citizens was held in Carnegie Han
10 urge the election of Joseph II. Choate 10 the
Senate: the speakers were Edmund Wetmore.
William q. Guthrie. Elihu Root and Generai
Svayne The testimony in the Zucker
arson trial was closed before Justice Furman
in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court
- Cornelius Vanderbilt was at his ofhce at
the Grand Central Station for the 1rst Ime
since his severe illness. == DR.. Charles But
Ter the venerable member of the Board or Irus-
tees of the New-YOrk University, Is Ill WIN
pneumonia at his home - Elias 5. Ward, a
prominent business man and politician OF New
Jersey. died al his home in Newark. - Stocks
were dull and strong
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Cold and cloudy. Temperature yesterday High
est 30 degrees: lowest, II; average. ~.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

OF the provision of Federal law which we nav ",
ouoted. or such n modification Of 1t as VIII
make it inapplicable to county seats ineiua.u
within the boundaries Of a city. This wouiu pe
n simple matter and as the present Congress l.
RESPONSIBLE for this proviso 1t should take Steps
to remove the obstacle which 1t has unwittlhs'!
offered TO what will doubtless soon become oe-
sirablp consummatIon. Beyond this no action
by Congress will be needed to effect the union
Of the postofiiccs In the coming city For 'n"'
tbc Postmaster-(;cneral has ample power uhder
existing laws. The advantages of such UNION
have recently been pointed out by the posi-
masters of New-York and Brooklyn. and WIN
the emphatic opinions on the subject whicn
they have expressed the community In gcher"'
has no cause for disagreeing.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
UNITING THE POSTOFFICES.

The consolidation OF the governments or the
several cities and villages Included III the
scheme Of Greater New-York does not neces-
sarily imply the immediate union Of the post
offices in this territory. AT first glance there
may be a seeming anomaly In the idea OF Il
number Of postofices within the limits OF 4
single city, but, as n matter of fact such state
Of things has existed many times: perhaps never
more cOnsplcuOusly than in the maintenance or
a separate pOstofiice for Williamsburg for years
after that city was annexed to Brooklyn. No
one can question the desirabillty OF cOnsolidat-
Ing the postoffices OF the greater city probably
soon to be established here. with the design OF
giving all parts Of ii the best possible service
and treating the municipality as a unit from the
postal point Of view
1t appears, however that there Is a law on the
statute-book thnt will interfere with this dcsir-
able conslImmatiOn, unless Ii be repealed or
modified. 1t provides that mo postoice estab-
'lshed at any county seat shall be abolished or
discontinued by reason Of any consolidation Of
"postofiices made by the Postmaster-t;eneral
'under existing law" Now. in Greater New
York there will be not less than four county
seats-to w.t. New-Yorls. Brooklyn, Long Island
City and Rchmond-and II is obvious that by
this law n separate postofiice must be main
tanned in each. The provision quoted Is TO be
found in the Postal Appropriation bill passed
at the first session Of the present Congress. 1t
was In no sense intended TO apply TO such a
case as would be brought about by the estab-
lishment Of Greater NewYork. but to meet a
totally different situation In another State.
But 80 long as 1t remains a law it will block
the union Of postOffices in this neighborhood.
desirable as that unquestionably will be. Such
union could, 1t Is true, be accomplished In one
other way-that Is by the abolition Of the pres
ent county lines, which would require an
amendment to the State Constitution. Such an
amendment cannot be adopted at once.
The solution Of the problem lies In the repeal
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
WELFARE BEFORE WAR.

The somewhat profane advice ito raise
more hogs and less hell" first given to a turbu-
lent Southern community. has often been re-
peated but never with more pertincnce that at
the present time. 1t is now to be applied not
10 n single community nor State, but to two
great nations: or to considerable elements
thereof. TO read some prints and to hear some
speeches In both Spain and the United States
one might imagine that the two nations were
literally ""spoiling for fight" just for the sake
Of finding a way to expend their surplus energy
and cash. There is. of course. no just cause on
either side for war; nor indeed any desire for 1t
among serious and responsible men. Yet since
"the shallow murmur. but the deep are dumb
war talk widely prevails on both continents.
and the world IL half persuaded that open hos
t:lities are about to begin
What a spectacle II Is. for gods and men. for
two nations TO BE- thus clustering and threat
ening unimaginable things, when neither OF
them is making enough money to pay its daily
bills. For that Is literally the fact. The strait
cned state Of Spanish finances is notorious. The
resources Of the Kingdom have been mOrtgaged.
and the patriotism Of the people appealed TO.
for loans on harl terms to the Government, and
yet deficits and bankruptcy loom menacefully
lust ahead. Over these facts the American foes
of Spain exult. But what is this Nations own
condition? Better than that OF Spain, no doubt;
yet surely not such as to Invite war for sheer
love of fighting and Its costs. This country has
had three years Of depression and disaster.
Business has been prostrated. Industries para
lived. Even the rich have been forced TO ecOnO-
mize. while people Of moderate means have felt
the hand of want. and the poor have been
driven TO beggary. The Federal Government
has not had enough revenue to meet It's fixed
expenses. but has had 10 borrow money, and
thus vastly increase the National debt. 1t Is
living on borrowed money to-day. And now.
Just as the times are beginning TO improve and
the Nation IL getting upon It's financial feet
again. men are clamoring for foreign war! Is
It farce. or crime?
What the United States needs Is peace, pros
perity, restoration of business confidence, re-
opening Of mills and factories, revival Of indus
try and increase Of wages TO the laborer, Of
profits to the employer. and Of revenue to the
Government. II Congress wants business to
transact. 1t will find enough Of IL in the promo
ti0n Of such causes. They do not serve their
country well who with a deficit In the Treas
ury, speak for war instead OF for an increase
Of revenue. This Nation has never failed to
take care Of itself IN war; when war has been
forced upon It. nor will II ever fail to do SO.
There need be no anxiety about that. But 1t
has failed to take care Of its own interests in
times Of peace, and has suffered sorely from
disturbed circulation, depressed Industries.
financial panics, and depleted Treasury 1t is
thus suffering to-day That is the condition.
and' not need Of foreign WAL which confronts
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

summer is altogether probable. although tne
work of the Committee on Draft has been wei
guarded. and only some vague and general no
tions regarding the result Of Its deliberations
have leaked out Inasmuch as this committee
comprises nearly half the members OF the Com
mission. 1t is safe to assume that the document
now nearly completed will not undergo many
changes before it is presented to the Legislature
month after the session begins. Something Is
said about public hearings on the various chap
ters OF the charter, but 1t IS evident that there
will be scant time for anything Of that sort, for
the Commission is obliged to make Its report
by February /. and will by law cease to exist at
the beginning OF March.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
PERSONAL.

Goyernor-elect George Wesley Atkinson or wheel
Ing, W. Va. is a strong Methodist with iei-
low-member," says THE Baltimore sum- ne a'-
tended n meeting at the Fourth Street Methodist
Church a few evenings ago. and during the servico
the minister appealed strongly for Christmas oHer-
ings to be delivered Wednesday evening. Mr..
A,kinson's friend remarked to him that he would
buy n dressed pig II the Governor would carry IL.
The latter accepted the banter; and Is now , con
fronted with the carcass OF dressed res, pis 70
carry the porker distance or more tnan squii
He says they cannot come TOO arge n ,or n; n;,hnr
that reached the &C-pound mark In MS younger
days
The personal property left by the late Archbishop
BENSON of Canterbury Is valued at N7o,o0
"Tbe Boston Transcript" says: "A movement
has been put on foot in all the large cities OF the
United States memorialize the twenty-httn ann
versary OF the reign Of King Oscar III In Sweden
hv making the monarch a gift that shall fttingy
show the high appreciation OF his long and prosper,
Gus Administrations Some OF the most i lnnueai,t, t
the purpose OF soliciting funds for this object ana
subscription lists have been opened ~ .an,bs ,ar,pa
R"Hs7. IS. is,7. "'
Princess Henry Of Pless has sent an appeal TO
every English woman married TO a German In the
German Empire The Princess wishes 10 cohec'
from her fellow-countrywomcn sum OF money l"
buy a handsome present to give to queen 'icto'ia
on the occasion of the close OF tne sNtietn year Va
her reign Hundreds Of Englishwomen nave re-
sponded 10 the appeal. and the sum collected Is
likely to be "A large one. More Englishwomeil arc
married to Germans than 10 members OF any other
foreign nation,
Sir Samuel Henry Strong. the Chief Justice OF
the Supreme Court OF Canada. has been appointed
a member OF the Judicial Committee OF the Privy
Council OF Great Britain.
The Rev l.. l.. Conrady who left the Umatilla
Indian Reservation in 1889 to take the place OF the
late Father Damien. in charge OF the MoloXai
GIawaD leper colony. is In Portland. Ore, as inc
guest OF Archbishop Cross. few months ago he
went to Japan to inspect the leper colony OF Co
tamba near Yokohama. What he witnessed there
impeed him to the belief that II was his duty TO
return to civilization and III himself as physician
and surgeon by n course OF study and he Is on his
way to place himself under the instruction or DIR:
Monnet Of Chicago. After finishing his course OF
medicine Father Conrady will return TO Molokai.
relieving Father Damien, a brother OF the dead
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
THE COMING HALL OF RECORDS.

The difference between a public movement
which has real vim behind 1t and one which
hasn't Is illustrated In the development Of the
plan for new Hall Of Records. For many
years the fact has been generally known, and at
frequent intervals emphatically proclaimed, that
the Registers Office Is not merely inconvenient
and unwhoesome, but verltable firetrap In
which documents Of incalculable value are con-
t!nually exposed to destruction. considerable
number Of persons have listened with anxious
interest to these successive descriptions OF
grave calamity overhanging the city, the news
papers have done their fair share OF protest and
admonlton, members Of the Legislature have
consented to take the matter under cOnsdera-
tion. and it has seemed more than once as II
something might be done about It, But the
slight alarm has always died away, the little
stir has ceased. and there has been absolutely
nothing to show for all the time and effort ex-
pended by so many earnest individuals. But
perhaps there has been in every case small
unobserved resduum Of interest and informa-
ton. and il may be that the present movement
ives much to that accumulating consciousness
of real public necessity.
At all events, a long ng-deferred hope Is appar-
emily about to be realized. IT is not many weeks
since a published letter from ex-Regster Levy
again directed attention to the subject and SEEM
ngy started an impulse which, unlike all SIM
liar indictments in years past, IS actually pro-
ducing practical results Just how to account
for the difference we do not know, but we sup
nose # is due TO the action Of a'number Of en-
ergetc citizens having large interests at stake
who formed an organization for the express pur-
pose Of attending to this important matter in
businesslike manner. The bill which the Cor
poratIon Counsel has drafted at their instance
and which Is all ready for presentation to the
Legislature, appears to be exactly adapted to the
purpose. and is especially notable for its pre-
cautions against needless delay. 1t provides for
the acquisition Of site near the County Court
house. but not in the City Hall Park, either by
private contract or condemnation proceedings
the city taking title in the latter case at the he
ginning Of the legal process instead Of at the
end Of 1t. The Board Of Estimate and Apportion-
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
no NEED FOR HASTE.

WHY be- so PERCEPTIONS and bellicose just
now? The state Of affairs In Cuba Is pretty
Lad. no dorbt But 1t is no worse than 1t mas
heon for n yenr past. The death Of Maceo-if
hc br dead-is deplorable But So and just as
much So was the death OF Marti. Ihe one
calls for 10 more excitement and vengeance
than the other. Weyler's administration may
he cruel But Il Is no worse now than IL mas
been all along. Til, patriot cause may De
worthy one But Is 1t no worthier than II was.
and Is no more entitled 10 recognition than IL
was n year ago. In all the battles In CUBA
since this war began there have not been as
MANY men killed and wounded as In single
Lattle OF our Civil War. and all the cruelties OF
W,yler are not to be compared with the hor-
rors of Andersoavlle. Yet we would not have
tolerated thought OF foreign intervention
Why this mad rush for us to intervene In CUBA
now!
Some weeks ago the people Of this country
decided upon n change of Administration AT
Washington They elected new President by
the largest ajority on record. ana new Coh-
gress. They expressed most Enthusiastically their
desire that the foreign and domestic policy oi
the Nation should be committed to these new
hands That desire. that mandate, should be
rcsnected. If we have waited patiently through
nearly two years Of Cuban war. we can surely
wait two months longer. and let the question
be dealt with by those whom the people nave
chosen to deal with il. unembarrassed by any
rash policies initiated by a moribund Admins
tratlon and bcqueathed as legacy OF trouble
to its successor.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

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It's against the law to solicit funds Tor pohu-
cal PURPOSES In a Government building. The
custodian Of such building In Worcester. Mass
violated the law and in consequence his ser
vices have been dispensed with No fault Is 10
be found with this disposition of his case
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

the Government at Washington. and which de-
mands Its most immediate attention. AFTER we
have sct our own house In order there Will he
plenty Of time to regulate the affairs OF the rest
Of the world.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
3uArx IA Advertisements.
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Great Variety Of style and Price.
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No III Futonst.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24
Longer Office hours are to be the rule In the
District ttorneys office hereafter. we are glad
to say.

House-owners who fail to shovel the snow from
their sidewalks reminded that under re-
Gently enacted law the work may be done for
them by the city and the cost thereof made
lien on their property.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

The old reservoir at Forty -second-st. must go.
The decree went out against II some time since.
but there have been strenuous though mistaken
efforts to preserve IT, As a matter OF fact. 1t
cumbers a lot OF valuable land that can be put
to a much better use. There was time when
the reservoir served a good purpose. but all that
It now does can be better accomplished by the
new water mains running to the lower part OF
the city. The part Of Bryant Park which the
reservoir covers has been turned over to the con-
troll OF the Park Department. and the early
demolition OF u structure which has outllved Its
usefulness may be looked for. In It's place will
soon rise. we confidently expect, the stately
building that Will he the home Of the public
library resulting from the combining OF the
Astor. Lenox and Tllden foundations.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

Those who have followed the recent course OF
public events cannot be surprised to learn that In
the opinion OF Senator Hill the times terri
bly, out OF Joint.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

The final draft Of the proposed charter for
Greater New-York. or at least several chapters
Of It. will. we are told, be given to the public
tomorrow. SO that all interested may have the
opportunity OF reading It on Christmas Day.
This. It should be borne In mind Is the draft as
agreed on by a committee. and has not yet been
acted on by the Charter Commission as whole.
That It differs In many respects from the pre-
lmnary draft prepared by Q subcommittee last
New-York tribune., 1896-12-24

The convIcts In the State prisons are well
aware that idleness Will be the worst thing In
the world for them. Some Of them remember
the condition to which they were subjected
few years ago. and want no more Of 1t. HUI
manity and good order demand that work be
found for them.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-02
JACK SONS TRIAL.


Women Anxious to Catch n Glimpse OF
the Su$pecten Murderer.
Newport, Ky, May 1.-The proceedings
in the tria! of Scott Jackson today wer.
loss exciting than those Of yesterday. y J
interest IN 1t did not abate. nor did the
crowd of spectators diminish. Morning
noon and night as the prisoner passes be-
tween the court room and the jail, throngs
mostly women and children gather TO
catch n glimpse of him. Tonight there
were nearly 200 in the crowd. Including
half II dozen Infants in baby wagons.
lot of bareheadrd little girls, and of men
not over score.
The first witness called by the defense
was Undertaken William Abbott. <'ho EN-
balmed the body of Pearl Bryan He ties.
tilted that he drew a quart ana nan Oh
blood from the veins of Pearl Bryan,
The drift OF the testimony for the DC
fcnse disclosed purpose TO snow tiia'
Pearl Bryan. though hchcadcd in Ken
lucky, was first killed In CINCINNATI anu
then taken over to Kentucky ana peheou'
ed This, II successful would set the prs
oncr free, as he could not he tried for the
same offensc in Cincinnati.
Mauifest.y the theory of tho dciense Is
that Pearl bryan WAS chloro'orneh 10
death unintentionally in CINCINNATI ana
then taken to Kentucky ana hcheaied u
escape the penalty for such an accident
Most of the afternoon was taken up D,
reading the dispositions 10 prove that
George jackson. the colored driver. wa
in Cincinnati Friday night. January ~. an
until > o'clock February ]. the mornn.
of the murder and therefore could no
have driven the cab to the scene.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-02
THE SHAH MURDERED
Was Shot While Entering the Shrine
OF Abdul Aim.
HE ASSASSIN WAS A FANATIC.
Disguised Himself As o Woman To
'cc & 81, Accomplish the Decd.
s'sASsS
NO DISORDER ArpREnENDED
lie ASSASSIN WAS A FANATIC.
NO DISORDER ArrREHENDED
Heir VIII Succeed to Tho Throne with.
out Trouble. A Ii Was Not
Political Crime.

Teheran, May l.--C, p. m)--Thc shah of
Persia was shot 10y an assassin at o'clock
this afternoon and died soon after. The
assassin fired point blank at the men
arch's heart while lie was entering the
shrine of Shah ABDUL Aim.
Immediately after the shah was shot
he was carried TO his carriage and in 1t
conveyed 10 the palace In this city. There
he was attended by DR.. Thologen, his chief
physician, and other physicians who Were
hastily sent for. But In spite OF their
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-05-02
REASONS FOR tue CRIME.

Great Dissatisfaction Because q Corrup-
,ion oil Money.
London. Nav "a dispatch from To-
hornu to the Times regarding the situation
in Persia incident upon the assassination
says:
Much dscon'cn, has existed for soma
time through the decrease of pfovisiohs'
apuarcntly caused by the excessive issue
'copsidcrabie alarm prevails here sn.
prince Nalb Us Sultanch mira son OF
a.. 10 .hahj has retired 10 MS raIa'e
a, 40 :. a,irsi ot the governor.
An article In the Times on the ia,.
sbeh calls to mimi that At the besinnlhs
~ his reign he put 20 death ne inriiip,i !,
~ ,hc Rahi See. whose trusate asailhs
,he corruption of the public inohiss W
Persia was 30 popular as 10 pe-o''o
manage to the government.
rhe chief apprehcnssons that no" afiss,
-, ,i,, Times. are lest tho new shan !
's1nios, hrofher. N IIs sultan should ~ :
,n,,u, Ia dispute the accession tInt idie
lu,iLi' ia succoeIed 10y his second son no,
s .na NalGesl M rs Sultan IS governor "l
i.'nahan and was for a long Hn,vu ~
isp.,,at ,,,Isr Of Southern Persia, III me
", ~, shnh In 1880 greatly reduced ihs power
~ ,i.hnnded his regiments
Az c,oorgr n Curzon. under secre'ifS
cMi,,.,, Tor foreign affairs, wh9 is az
o. AGED authority on Persia; cuhhiu-
hho "u,oy,ffc I'd Din Mira Nahllaa M
- shnh. n man Of great intrihsenr', w,
~ No. been so secluded all h's iiie a. ~
heve no knowledge of inc anue" '"o.'"-
~, mon him as ruler OF Persia