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dividends not exceeding Ave per cent, the
balance Of It's net earnings, II any, going into
the sinking fund, which Is also to receive
any dividends payable on the stock held by
the United States. The canal is to he built
under the supervision and according to the
plans Of the army engineers On certain
specified terms.
The chief trouble with this measure Is
that It Is premature. 1t might even be
harmful if its consideration should take the
place of the real Legislation due from Con
gress at its present session. A little over a
year ago, this body provided for sending
down an Engineer Commission to ascertain
and report upon the condition and feasibil-
ity OF the canal enterprise. The Commits
sion performed its work and has made its
report. One important point in the report
was that the canal instead Of costing $780,
100000 would probably cost one-third
more. Thus, at the start, the bill agreed
upon by the House subcommittee assumes
an amount not justified by the report Of the
very experts that were sent down to mako
an estimate for its guidance.
a second serious objection Is that the
Commission reported that further i~uvesti-
CATION WINS needed to show whether the
canal, on its present plans, was practicable
at all. 1t gave in detail the amount that
should be provided for this fuller investiga-
ton and the time required. Here, then, is
laid out the true, immediate work of Con
gress, and the mere fact that the pending
bill provides that the canal shall be built
by army engineers on their own plans, does
not at all take the place Of the Commissioner
suggestions.
Apparently the bonds should not be is
sued, and the people invited to subscribe
for them, until the investigation has been
made and final plans approved. The
very bill which the committee has agreed
upon proposes that these plans shall he pre-
pared by the army engineers, which is equiv
alent to saying that they are not yet decided
upon. The Engineer Commission Of last
year, composed Of an army officer, n navy
officer, and a civilian, does not ask to be sent
down again. bat says that some body OF en-
gineers should go there, with the facilities
for making a thorough study. Last years
Commission was provided for rs early as
March 4, and it had far fewer preparations
to make than its successor will have.
1t seems to us that instead of wasting time
on such bills us the one now drawn, not a
day should be lost needlessly in providing
instead for the new Engineer Board, because
the sooner its Investigations are completed
the sooner the time will come at which the
Government properly can assume the enter
prise, should the report be what we may
fairly hope, and the sooner thereafter we
shall have the canal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK.
Washington n Memb-r-The Society in the
Revolution.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Str: noticed
In The Sun Of the 10th inst. Mayor Strong's re-
ceipt OF a letter from a member of the A. u. A.
scoring him for his speech at the banquet given
by the Friendly Sons OF st. Patrick. and also
for allowing his son to wear the green. BY so
doing the Mayor did no more than did the
father OF our country.
The F. S. of st. p. was organized in Pbiladel-
phia In September. 1771. AT It's first banquet
stephen Moylan, afterward a General in the
Continental army, presided. In June. 1880.
ntnety-three PHILADELPHIA merchants subscribed
q 900. 900, to save Washington's army from
famine and disaster.
or these 93 there were 81 members of the
+. $. OF st. p. who subscribed $4,000 or more
than one-third OF the whole amount.
Washington was made an honorary member
sent HIM OF his election. accompanied by a gold
medal made In the form OF the ensign of the
society. to which Washington replied as
SIR; l accept with singular pleasure tho ensign of
so worthy a fraternity as that OF the F. S. of st. +. in
this city. a society disting ushed for the arm adher.
ence OF Its members to the glorious cause In which
we are embarked. Give me leave to assure you.
sir. that l shall never cast my eyes upon the
badge with which l am honored but with a CRATE
fui remembrance of the polite and anectionate man.
nor In which It was presented. l am, with respect
and esteem, sir, your obedient servant.
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
The society gave a dinner in washington's
which there were twenty other guests, inciud..
ing the most distinguished officers of his own
OF ah rne f la,t csD, troops; The most sa,ist9etory
when the British we're driven out of Boston.
the ranks of his army by giving out St. Patrick
as the counterslgn and naming Gen. sullivan.
Tue son OF the famous Limerick schOOlmaster.
as Rrigadier Of the day. J. II. CRAWFORD, 3I0
St Pauls avenue, Jersey City.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

II any one thinks that the silver craze
possesses the land west of the Rocky Mountains,
let him read the opinions of the Portland
OrfUouidn:
"rhe chief enemy of industry and paralyser Of
business Is the member OF Congress who proposes to
shift the basis OF money from the gold standard to
the silver standard. These men are entitled to no
quarter. The highest duty Of citizenship is to oppose
and defeat them There will he no revival of Industry
and business Till they are put down. Do VIZ want
= storation OF prosperity Do We wish to make It
possible for mon to invest money In bus ness and in.
dustry Down, then. with the %hfty.cent statesmen.
whose policy threatens values and compels every prl.
dent man TO Withhold Investments. Tho business Of
the country Is throttled by the cheat. money craze.
No man who can command money is such "A fool as To
invest so long as 1t Is uncertain what II may b. worth
next year. He simply sits stu and waits for the craze
TO blow over. This Is the chief thing that prolougs
hard times and impoVerishes the country. The silver
man In Congress Is the archenemy Of the country's
prosperity"
Our esteemed Portland contemporary is a
credit to the State of Oregon.
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The Hon. BATH HOUSE JOHN, the most
famous statesman In the First ward OF Chicago.
says or Is the cause Of many words OF pith. IL
was he who inspired the Hon. Ions Powers to
utter that memorable remark JOINS. II | had
your courage ! could break into the First Ma
tional Bank" II was he who, thanking his con-
stituents the other night for the honor OF an
unanimous denomination, made this impressive
declaration:
~ believe In base hits and competition. Thank
you. VIII you Join me ;"
To change the Hon. JoHS FALsTAFF's phrase
q little, the Hon. BATH HOUSE JoHN Is not only
wise himself. but is tho cause Of wisdom in
other men,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

Some Of the st. Louis statisticians are
predicting that their city will have q million
inhabitants by 1906. Why this lukewarmness
of the powers of calculation? st. Louis will
have a million inhabitants by next June:
more than n million, several millions. Ohio
alone will send a round million, and Iowa a
square million more; and Missouri itself will be
on hand with a million and the Hon. CHAuNCEY
IVES FILLEY. which make three million and a
half more. Where are they all going to sleep ?
They arc not going to sleep. They are going to
sit up and nurse the booms and listen to tho
bands and make the states for the next day.
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Doubtless the brilliancc Of the legislative
aureolo of the Hon. ~ RAiNEs OF Canaan
daigua makes the dark chamber too light and
prevents his perfect and most gracious sem
blance from being fixed upon paper for the
wonder and delight OF his fellow citizens.
At any rate. several serious accidents are
reported. where horses have taken fright
from seeing the wretched pictures OF him
published In some of tho rural news
papers and posted upon schoolhouses and
church sheds; and in Canandaigua all the
clocks have stopped working. These things are
most unfortunate. a great statesman deserves
to be portrayed as he Is. The Hon. JonN
RArNEs Is entitled to have his portrait painted
at his own expense by a competent artist and
exhibited in every county and town in the state
for a small fee. He looks better than his worst
pictures.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

The Hon. JONI RINALDo TANNER, pro-
cseding rs lively AZ the lightning but as gentle
as moonbeam upon his comparatively triumph
al journey in quest Of the REPUBLICAN nomination
for Governor OF Illinois, has found that tho
conditions OF time and space prevent him from
shaking more than u thousandth part as many
Republican hands as he would like To SHAKE,
although his Industry Is great and his record as
a shaker not soon to be excelled. lilo has
therefore Invented an automatic electric
hRndshAker, = lay ngure full OF hands and
mounted on wheels. These figures are driven
through every county by trusty men. The
pressure OF their hands Il dCsvribed Is warm,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

Those who think four battle ships and Rf-
teen torpedo boats an extravaGRnt naval pro-
gramme for Congress to undertake may feel
easier on learning that England's list Tor this
year Is five battle ships, larger than ours; thir-
teen cruisers, of which four are first class. and
twenty'eight torpedo boat destroyers, which
are faster and cost more than torpedo boats
proper. This work comes after enormous build
ing programmes for the last Ave years. What
joins Bull does is not the law for us. yet his
readiness to lay out whatever the defence OF his
coasts and his demands is crsditable
to him and a hint to other people.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

HIrpcr's for April Is interesting. The "per-
sonal Recolle, lions OF Joan NJ Are rud parhrt,r,Iy
with the execution ~ the Maid ~ Orleans: Mrs Jnnn
W. Alexander tolls = capita story. which Mr AlrKan.
der illustrates effectively, Mr. Henry T. Fowler lie.
scr'hes the growth o. the Young Mems Christian Asso-
citation In the colleges. there arr the regular ana sx.
peeted contributions from Caspar Whitney. William
Black aud Pouitney higelow; ana ar tcles by George
W. smAlleJ Theodore Roosevelt, aud Others, together
with an Easter poem by Katrina TraLk-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

In speaking freely, like an honest and
fearless man. In condemnation of the scoundrel-
ism Of the New York World, the Hon. THEODORE
ROOSEVELT has furnished an example which
several prominent citizens OF aspirations to tho
general respect should have sot for themselves
long before the appearance of Mr.. ROOSEVELT.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

impulsive, and arm, totally unlike the ordinary
candidate shake and much more gratifying 10
the shakee. They never give out as long as the
battery has enough to eat, and they can cover a
big stretch Of territory In a day. Mr.. TANNERS
rights will be fully protected by patent.
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Literary Intelligence.

From ne Chi'Hgo Rrcord.
whats the difference between a poet and a po.t
laureAte?'
THE poet laureate gets paid for his poetry"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

Since the last silver vote in the United
States Senate. nothing has been calculated to
disturb and check business so much as the
wretched silver platform adopted by the Re-
publicans OF Ohio.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22
Presence OF Mad In Chicago.

Prom me Chicago Rrcord.
Roses marriage Ia on"
How embarrassing Her wedding invitations were
out"
Yes, but sho Just called them In and made IL a 5
o'clock tea"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-03-22

NfN NNfS'Aes N'aaSAS "a 80 - 4@A
den ltobb on Park avenue.
Subsequent marriages will be Miss Helen
King-land's to Mr.. Newbold Morris, at st. Bar
Church, on the Thursday after
Easter: Miss Geraldine FitZgerald's to Mr..
Ernest Adee. and several Others before the 2Sth
Of April, when the wedding OF Miss Emily
Lorillard Morris to Mr.. Rolaz Horace Gelatin
will take place in Trinity Chapel.
Newport cottages are said to be renting rap
idly, but the season promises to be later than
ever this year, and there viii be many changes
In the cottage colony. Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Sloane are going abroad for the summer, hav-
Ing rented their cottage to Mrs. Goddard, and II
they come to Newport ut all it will not be until
the early autumn. MIR. and Mrs. Whitney
Warren will also he among the absent ones, and
Mrs. II. Mortimer Brooks, who sails very shortly
for the other side. will not be In Newport until
the summer is well advanced. Marble House
will probably be- closed, as Mrs. O. Ii. p. Bel
mont is credited with having given it TO her
elder son, but, even II this be true. he is hardly
OF an age to keep bachelors hall in IL. II is I'M
certain whether Mr.. aud Mrs. Ogden Goelnt
Will open their sumptuous chateau before Au-
gust, Mrs. Astor aud Mrs. j. j. Aston are all
ways among the late corners, and MIR. Frederick
vanderbilt is engrossed with alterations and
improvements at his new place on the Hudson.
The new Polo ground, which is near the Golf
H'N'' 49, l"y 49, = NH''A'
and the Newport Horse show, which, under tho
direction Of the leading society aud sporting
men OF the day, Is to take place in August, will
make the city by the sea "A sporting centre, and
may possibly drtTRct somewhat from its social
charms. AT any rate, II Is pretty sure to make
the soa,oG for dancing shorter and the sporting
season longer, and the women who cannot sail
boats, drive n fOur-in.haud shoot at a maIk, or
via u golf or tennis tournament are liEely to
drin apart from husbands, lovers, and friends.
Tickets at 81 each are Row for sale at Sherry's
nd EreGtauu's for the exhibition OF tableauT
Vivants to be given on Easter Monday. and tho
proceeds OF which aTetu 30 toward the improve
nsent ami prrseTN alton ~ Washiugtou's home.
Miss Amy Townsend, who Is Regent ~ the
Mount Vernon Suciety for the State Of New
York, has given much time and thought TO the
arrangements, and there can be- uu doubt that
the display will be- well worth seeing. Mr.
MunlIg Mr.. Breeze, Mrs, leslin Cotton, Mas
l}dta richmond, and other weli-knOYn artists
have each a taOleau OF their own choosing 70
design and ARRANGE, and Mr.. Peter Marie also e
u give his artistic taste and experiences " -
production u one OF the pictures
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MANITOBA SCHOOL QUESTION.
|. |. Now Fixed .e .As sa.l.f.s.lsa sf
 the FacdonA

It Ia Now Fixed te shp sstisfaotisR sf
 the FacMons
 NEW YORK, Nov. 19--A special to The World from Ottawa says Clifford Sifeoa of the Manitoba government has bces sworn in as minister of the interior. Mr. Sifton then left for Manitoba to prepare for his election on Dec 1. This prac- ticaliy disposes of the Manitoba school question. The text Of the promised set clement will be officially announced by the government on Friday.
 The Manitoba government has soR- sented to modify it's pablie school act se AS t0 meet, as far possible, ths demands of the Catholic minority. The schools are to be under provincial eoRtrol. sRs. iect to inspection In all schools the same textbooks are to be used, and all teachers will be required to qualify upon the present standard of provincial ex&ua- nations In the last half hour Of eaoh school day representatives of any rslig- ions denomination may eome in and in struct the children belonging to its own denomination. The work viii be pure. ly secular in character, religious train ing to be with the consent of the psr. cuts only. The principle of local eptioa will be recognized throughout.
 The most advanced step towards meet ing the views of the Catholic minoEisy is the provision which allows any dis. sriet having an average attendance Of 90 Catholic children to employ teach ST of that denomination. In districts where the children speak French wholly they are to have teacher speaking French and English so tilat they may learn the English language as web aa the French.
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Airs. nroeks' Will

BuEEALo. Nov ls-The will of the lase Mrs. Julia Brooks. ef Dankirk, N. Y, has been files st Aayvalle. It dis. poses Of her interest ill the Brooks Lo. cometiye Works, which is estimated to bs worth over $i.600, 600. The ehief beaefciaries gre Mrs. Hatpie Brooks Stevens of Raffalo aHa Mrs. Afford Soisao Of Los Angles. Gal, each of whom are given a47 shares of she loco. motive works stock valued st $3e0. eco.
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RAISED THE REQUIRED SUM.
Government Applied For by Prssadsn,
 Wntties

Government Applied Nor by President
 Wattles.
 0AAnA, Nov. 19.--President Wattlea of the Transmississippi and InternAtion- sl Exposition association, has addressed to the secretary Of the treasury of the United States, a document netifyiag z thas official that the conditions sur rounding ths appropriation of sa00. .060 by thc government for building aad exhibit at the expedition have bsen eoa- piled with. The condition specified in the act passed at the last session. of con. grsss was that the exposition associas tion should secure subscriptions of stock amounting to at least s250, 600 before an appropriation would be made by con. gress and pledging an appropriation of S200, ,00o in case the amount named was subscribed
 Gold in the United States treasury snaounts to SPA. $50. .750.
 The Santa Fe railroad is preparing ss erect a handsome depst at Dallas, Tex.
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auaes Gsta ths ararklsh..a.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1S.-Admird Bunces fleet will be augmented at aa early day by cruiser Aarblehead, whieh IS st Be1muda oa her way te this coun . sry. Ths Marblehead WAS in ths Medi. serraneaa near the ssat Of the Turkish troubles, ap to two months ago, whsR her place was taken by the CinoiRnati.
 It was determined at that time that the Marblehesd should join Admiral Bunee's fleet on arriving here. and ga tsis was before the recent reported naval activity over the Spanish. Cuban affairs, 10 significance oan be drawn from the addition Of the Msrblekead ss the Heet. s t
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Pine Bluff is about to discard the old horse car system, and put in an electric street railway line. We are truly glad to note this evidence of prosperity Aek;aasas Democrat.
 The old mule car lire has been dis carded, brother; but when we will get an electric line as a substitute yet remains to be seen. The fran. chise of the system is hanging out, ready for taker; as is. also con- tract for the lighting of the city by electricity. Here is, indeed, a magnificent chance for good pay ing investment, and we are very sorry that the dull season has pre-. vented us from putting our earnings into such a good thing. but as it is, We are now kept busy ''hustlingh to keep our printers in the neeessaries of life.
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THE question as to who will sue ceed the lamented Isaac c. Parker as Judge of the United States Court for the Western District of Arkansas, is now agitating the minds of the people of this section. The GRAPHIC respectfully suggests Judge J. H. Rogers, of Sebastian county, for the position. He is an able lrist and an honorable gen. tleman, and a more worthy man could not be found.
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INDICATES BAD NEWS.
No I'idings From the Move
 mentS of Weyier.
NUMEROUS REPORTS CIRCULATED

The RsIief Is Tlas She Captain General
 Has Not Met With fhe success He Antieipatsd-InsnFgen Have Captured
 the Two 1mportans Towns of essesr-
 TO and Guai4nara.
 HAVANA, NsY 19.-There is no news, official or otherwise. ebtainable hers concerning the movements of Captain General Weyler and hiz army. which is supposed to be in pursuit of the insur- gent forces under Antonio Maceo ah the province of Pinar del Rio No news from & Spanish force iR the field, as 3 rule. means bad neS,s, and the insur- gents are making the most Of the situa- ton by circulating reports of Spanish defeats. In truth. however. there seeans to be grounds for the belief that the captain general has not met with the success he anticipated, and while he is reported to be moving along the northern part Of Plnar del Rio. Antonio Maceo is said to be south of hipa and not far from the troeha. or military line. whioh would indicate the possibility of the insurgents turning the Spanish fiank and making it difficult for the conject- ure.
 From private source it is ssid that Macao, hitherto was understood to be occupying position between Candalar1s and Artemisa but had moved south ward, thence g0iug westward towards the mountains of Guane. Another ramor has it that he haas stroag force in the sWamps south of the trocha Both reports are given for what they are worth
 On the other hand 1t is no longer ds. nied that the insurgents have captared two important. towns of Oasoorro and Guaimara, in Puerto Principe, in spite Of official denials to the contrary, and there is no doubt that an iRsurgans army Of about l0,600 men iz advancing on the city Of Puerto Principe. the capi- tal Of the province Of that name.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-11-19

HE Republicans generally favor a vigorous foreign policy. This being the ease. perhaps when Mckinley goes into office steps will at once be taken to have the United States recognize that war exists in Cuba and declare that the Cubans should be given the rights of bellgerents. We trust so, at least.
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Eishtias wlta the guhsas

LAwREscE, Kan, Nov. ls.-A lstser has .been rscieyed hsre frem Frank Fan ssea, son of ex-Oongressman E. H. Fun. ssoR, who departed for Cuba several
 months since. The young man Yxisea that he is new aa artillery captaia in tas insargeas army and tells of several hot engagements with the spaniards ia Puerto Principe previous to Oct. i8, the date of his letter There arc 8 number sf Americans, hs says, ia his company.
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I've Killed h . EifAt,

TAHLEQUAH, I. T., Nov. Is. --In . guar. rel oyer local pslitioa 4. K. Avery, sec. setsry of the schocleoArd. shot and killed Town Marshal Buff WyMs and Wyiie's brother, 8 deputy marshal, shst and killed Avery. The cemaAsaass had all been drinking. The Wylies are ssas ef the attorney general ef the Cherokee nation. Avery has been prominent in local politics.
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TnE thirteenth annual session of the Tri-State Medical Association began its labors at Memphis Tues day, with many physicians from the States of Tennessee, Arkansas and Mississippi present.. "The Light of Medicine" was the subject of President MeNeal's address.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-11-19

SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, in his interview at Washington Wednesday said that he was confident the Ding
 ley Bill, nor any other tariff measure, could be passed by the next Senate.
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THE conference between Mark Hanna and Mckinley, held at Can ton yesterday, will result in the selection of members of the latter's cabinet. A epie. hunter" these days who stands in with Mark is all right.
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STATEMENT FROM SENIOR cAsTlLlo
Relieves sAe United State. VIII Not
 Change Its Cuban Policy.

NA&~ ANa 0A@@& k @AASys
 PARIS, Nsv. lg.-A dispssoh to The Journal from Madrid gives the sub- stance Of an interview with the Span ish premier. Senor Oaaoyas dea Oaaallo, in which he is quoted as making the following statement ',The Unissd States has always observed the oorrset attitude. and ir is to be hoped that she will never cease to respect the rights sS Spain, fer which country the Cuban question is one of internal politics. I believe the United States will nos ohasgsiss policy for the sake of Cuban negroes, bat in the exsat shs did so. Spain will cause her aghts to be rs- speeted. So long as resaain ia psyex Twill not make any concessions or yisld to aaaYbxsaY ,,
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IT was graceful act which prompt cd King Oscar II, of Sweden, to have a monument erected on the spot where two Ame rieans were killed in his country by an aeeldent.
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IT now appears that the German officer who ran his sword through . laborer because the latter accident ly brushed against him, will finally be awarded medal for having done an heroic act.