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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
THIRTY-FOUR PAGES.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The judges who sentenced Mrs.
Walter NJ Castle in the Clerkenwell Sessions in
London also signed a petition praying for her
release - Miss Emma Rollit only daughter
of Sir Albert Kaye Rolit. NJ. p, chairman or the
London Chamber of Commerce. was married 10
Captain Ellison in st. Pauls Church. knlgnts-
bridge England - The potato crop has failed
In Ireland owing to the floods. and depiorapie
condition of affairs is reported.
DOMESTIC-Majo- Mckinley received many
reviewed a night parade in his honor. -
Princeton beet Harvard at football; Yale beat
Brown and Pennsylvania defeated the carlisle
Indians Further reports of the great I'M
provement in business since the election were
received from many parts of the country. -
W. j Bryan sent greeting 10 Eastern Di-
metalsts. telling them to keep up the nght
- Senator Butler, chairman of the Popullst
National Committee. issued an address to the
people.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The flow of gold de-
posts into the bank continued. - Mayor
Strong issued appeal to all the clergymen or
the city asking that rooms in the churches be
thrown open for the use of children who cannot
find accommodations In the public schools. -
David Rlakely the manager of Souca's Bandded
suddenly in his offices in Carnegie Hall -
Isaac b. Potter was declared reelected chief
consul OF the New-York State Division OF the
League Of American Wheelmen. - Miss An
ME Corbin was married to Hallett Alsop Bor-
rowe - Stocks were active and higher.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day:
Threatening. light showers: cooler. Tenn
perature yesterday: Highest 80 degrees: low
est As: average. 337s
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EOOURY TO THE SLATE.

The door, Of the slate has been sounded. Time
was when Il was looked on as one OF the indis-
pensable accessories in the education Of youth.
What would the fathers have thought II any one
had suggested that the young idea could be
taught to shoot with the slightest expectation
OF hitting the bull s-eye were the slate and the
slate pencil to be done away with! Such
heretca. suggestion would have been received
with scorn and contempt In the days when the
three RS were looked on as the be-all and end
all of education. And when the present genera
ton OF men and women were In school states
were considered necessary as the arthmetics
that furnished the examples to be worked out
on them But that was before anything was
known OF germs and microbes and such IA thing
as the dissemination Of diseases By means Of
states was undreamcd OF. Times have changed
now and the edict OF science has condemned
the slate. Fortunately. 1t did not do. so until
the cheapness of paper made It possible to sub
stitute pads and lead-pencils for states without
adding seriously to school expenses.
The reform had ts beginning. II we are not
mistaken. in Boston year or two ago. and 1t has
spread rapidly over the country In this city the
slate has been put under the ban. with the gen
eraI understanding that the states in existence
should be used up. but that no new ones should
be supplied to the public schools. The same
idea has been adopted by some OF our neighbors
and In others the subject Of dispensing with the
slate IL now under consideration. There are old
fashioned folk, II Is not to be doubted, who look
upon this movement as a silly fad that will not
last long: they used states. we can hear them
say. and suffered any harm therefrom.
and there Is no reason why the slate. which has
proved its usefulness for uncounted generations
OF boys and girls. should be east as rubbish to
TIE void" But those who are wise. those who
keep informed about what is going on in the
world OF science. will take another view.
The slate is noisy compared with a pad and
lead pencil. and 1t is scarcely more difficult to
make corrections when doing sums with the
latter than the former. But the worst feature
OF the slate 10 the method Of cleaning It.: this 1t
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
THE CHICAGO CANAL.
coming:

local enterprise Of much more than local in
terest Is that in which Chicago is now engaged
for the disposal Of the city's sewage. Hitherto
the latter has been emptied into the river and
lake That Is an easy way Of getting rid Of II,
but is open to objections The city draws from
the lake its supply Of water for drinking and
other purposes. and II Is not agreeable TO find
flowing in through the mains to-day the filth
which flowed out through the sewers ycster
dav. Accordingly the plan was devised Of max
ing the river flow away from instead Of into
the lake, by cutting a canal across country. to
connect 1t with the Illinois and Mississippi
rivers. This plan is now In course Of execution
indeed. is nearing completion. II will. when
finished. have cost the city some S20000,0O0.
and WILL its projectors profess to beleye. pro-
vide permanent and satisfactory channel for
the discharge Of the city's liquid refuse. The
new waterway thus formed will drain the Great
Lakes at that point in the chain. just as the 81.
Lawrence River does at the eastern end A
vast food will pour from Lake Michigan through
the canal to the Mississippi. bearing with it all
the sewage of the city, and leaving the water
OF the lake pure and potable. Moreover, the
canal may become a highway Of commerce as
WELL bringing shipping from the Mississippi
anu TIE uull StTdlRHt W tiit utiTt Oi HlPiHO.
Now all this. as stated. Is a matter Of more
than local concern. The proposition Is to send
vast current Of liquid filth. offensive to the
senses and menacing to health, flowing far
across the country, pouring into other rivers
and polluting their waters. The sewage of
Paterson has made the lower Passaic a loath-
some ditch What will the vastly greater vol
ume Of Chicago's sewage make OF the Illinois
What will be the effect upon the comfort and
health Of the people who live along ts banks
There Is n promise that the sewage will be 50
diluted with water from the lake that its pres
ence in the Illinois and Mississippi rivers will
not be noticeable. That is exceedingly doubtful
No matter how much the sewage may he di-
luted 1t will still be there. and no degree OF
dutlOn will destroy It's nervousness. You may
| put a spoonful Of typhoid germs into cupful
or into a hOgshead Of water. In each the es
| sentlal virulence OF the germs will remain the
| same. In common equity no city has a right
thus to send forth pollution to a thousand miles
+, OF public waterway
| Nor Is that the only consideration. If the flow
| Of water from the lake be large enough to
! dilute the sewage so as to keep the canal and
river In anything like tolerable condition. II
must have some effect upon the level of the
lake, upon the depth OF water In lake har
bors. and upon the volume Of water discharged
through the Niagara and the ST. Lawrence. The
diversion Of minute fraction Of the Niagara
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

current for manufacturing purposes PROVOKED
many anxious protests against what was 'e'reu
would cause some impairment OF inc src''
Falls What shall be said OF the taking Oh
vastly greater quantity for the flushing OF '.i'-
Cages sewers: SO the scheme threatens 10 IN
mischievous i'm both directions. The argument
that the canal will form a valuable highway oil
trade and travel may be valid But should S"ch
n highway be also an open sewer: Is II deslr-
able to have the commerce of Chicago oorhe
along a stream Of liquid filth? Is entrance 10
the city TO be had by way Of thousand Niles
of sewer:
The scheme appears. on the face OF H. a
vicious one. and there is reason TO Deie'e "
will in the end prove unsatisfactory even 7" 'he
city for whose selfish convenience II mas pee"
devised II is a radically false system, TINS
pouring sewage into streams. Ii wastes Inc
sewage. which Is valuable and it ruins the
streams. which are still more valuable. Sewage
is rich in fcrilizng elements. which should pe
returned to the soil from which they were
taken 1t is by means inconceivaDle that u!
persstently pouring all sewage AMI refuse mo
streams all the latter might become hopeiesS'!
polluted. and that. in the same way. all the iahh
might be transformed into a sterile desert.
These facts are fully recognized III Inc va
World. The Thames is kept pure and sweet III
all its upper reaches. and even "inky lrweii
and the Mersey are being clcansed and purhed'
The Seine and Spree are not made recep'acles
or channels for the sewage of Paris and Berlin.
On the contrary that sewage is all conveyed
away from the rivers to sewage farms ana reh-
dering works where every drop Is prof'api!
disposed Of. That is lesson American cities
have scarcely yet begun TO learn. But inc!
must learn 1t. some time or another. ana Inc
sooner they do so The better for them ana Tor
all the land.
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football record. exulting in both q II DE-. -
the academic laurels 1t distributes.
PERSONAL.

The Rev. DR.. T. f. Vassar has resigned thu r.~
torate Of the First Baptist Church of Kansas fs,v
account Of failing health and will spend h,e ~
naming years In Newark N. j., his old home
Many English people apparently delight in smsu
rate. English journals think So THE Wind.o,
Baltour does before and after breakfast. and VIA,
he usually eats at that meal and gives minute a.
tails of his daily ride on his bicycle Lord sal,.
bury Is described as 'prowling around his house
though his object In doing so Is not disclosed M
Gladstones gentle breather' up Ludgate Hi
some years ago Is dug up as valuable Journalistic
fnd and Mr.. Chamberlains method OF going nm
stairs to bed is faithfully described Yet SThee sst.
urday Review" maintains that trivial journalhnr
exists only in this country
Chester A. Arthur a son OF President Arthur. Il
making a tour Of the Far West. with his sister
Miss Nellie Arthur.
Christania National Theatre. has been sent to Der.
lin to be cast. He is represented in long closely
buttoned coat. with his hands behind his bach.
ognze him. for the sculptor has represented him
without the spectacles which he always wears.
There Is a companion statue of Bjornsen.
reception in honor of Professor Wilhelm Dorp-
field was given by the University Of Pennsylvania
on Friday evening in the reading-room Of the Uni.
versty Library.
The rumor IL revived that Canon Malcolm Mac.
Coll, the well-known Anglican clergyman IL on the
point of surrendering his clerical dignities and re-
sponsbties In order to devote himself entirely "a
political pursuits. He has long been credited with
a desire to figure as an authority on the Eastern
question In the House Of Commons.
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,,a host ia ANYTHING but good. while at the worst

the hest is anything but good. while at the worst
on,. orc aware from personal observation,
it is very. very bad The abolition Of the slate s
is a good thing. and the sooner 1t disappears
from the schools Of the country the oetter'
though probably it will take some time ior 'Ne
idea that the slate is a minor good II not al
actual evil to penetrate the mnos Oh 'u r, o.
school trustees and village pedagosues'
have not heard that the makers VI s'a 80
,",a s,oao ~ school boards and besought them
80 STOW Tho nropress of the reform that has set
in They may wisely refrain from such a course
ponu,ar opnion. 50 far as 1t is intelligent ana 80
far as it has considered this matter, indorses ','e
verdict Of science and condemns the STATE AZ
any rate. for the sellers Of school supplies NV
thing is as broad as it is long; II the sa'e -
states disappears the sale Of leap-pehc's anu
paper pads Increases. Let the slate go
he few who will mourn at its departure
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
TIE SAMOAN QUESTION.

Samoa Is long way off. and Is very small
kingdom. and few Americans hav" any direct
interests there Nevertheless. there IS Il Samoan
question for this Govornmen; 10 deal with OF
not little importance Briefly stated. it Is this
Whether the Berlin Treaty OF 1889 shall be main
tanned or shall be. with everything accom-
plished under it, abandoned! and destroyed. Upon
the determination Of that question will also de-
pend whether or no: Samoa Is To remain an in
dependent kingdom under the triple guarantee.
whether or not the United States Is To have there
an ADEQUATE and much needed cOaling station.
and whether or not commerce between this coiin-
try ana Samoa s TO In encouraged ana devel-
oped.
At present the drift of affairs seems 10 be
toward negative answer TO all these questions.
American influence in Samoa is steadily declin-
ing American commerce with the islands il
approaching the vanishing point. The spirit.
If not the letter, Of the Treaty of ISIS? Is
being more and more dsrcgarled by the other
two Powers. Germany is evidently endeavor-
ing 10 freeze ont" America altogether, and
Great Britain Is conserving 10 the proc
ess A German is kept at the head Of
the Government TO the grea. disgust Of the
natives and 10 the disadvantage OF settlers and
traders OF all OtllPT HIlIoEilllW>. iH' bIHl>u
are seeking 10 acquire land At Page Pago ad-
Joining the American coallng station and mr.
gently needed by this Government for the IN.
,argemcn; and protection Of IN" station. II they
do get possession %! II. either it will hav" Ia be
repurchased by this Government ~ a consid-
crable advance, or the value OF the station Will
be impaired and It's safety mcnaced
1t seems time for some straightforward and
consistent policy To b" adopted IN the matter. II
the United States Government deem II best 10
abroga:e the Treaty OF 1852. abandon al that
has been earnestly cori"iide 4 for and with
draw from the islands altogether well and good.
Such a course would IN, definite AMI comprc-
hcnsbe If. however. the Government deem II
best 10 maintain the treaty and 10 uphold its
rights and interests in the islands. II should do
so in a vigorous and unmISfakabl' manner. The
policy Of drift is neither honorable nor profit
able.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
REPUBLICAN, UTSSENSIONS.

Previous to Mr.. McKinleys nomination and
for some time afcrward there WIS considerable
dlscord among the Republicans. of this State
Many worthy people were greatly exercised be-
cause Of II. They feared bad results would fol
low: some Of them actually predicted the loss
Of the State. and there were many dire fore
holdings and gloomy reflections which we II will
be remembered. did not share.
II pointed out in these columns that party
dssensions did not necessarily involve party
defeat, but the contrary. so far as the teachings
OF Republican history in this State might he OF.
fered in evidence. The result of the Conklpy
Fenton feud was nsfanced. and also the more
recent experience of the party when Colonel
Strong ran for Mayor and Mr. Morton for Gov
ernor. Republicans were divided in each In.
stance into hostile camps The war between the
Ant-Machine forces and the Committee of Thirty
was bltter-as uncompromisng in Its way as
that between the famous chieftans OF the earlier
times. Timid folk predicted disaster but when
the votes were counted Mr.. Morton had the
largest majority ever cast for Republican Gov.
ernor up to that time. Republican was Mayor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
CiPRt ).

A pretty little story about Cyprus was print
ed the other day in the more or less humorous
paper which Mr. Laboucherc. with delightful
lIeterophemy. calls "Truth.' II was TO the ef
feet that Great Britain was about 10 restore the
administration of that island to the Sublime
Porte on the ground that the conventions Of
1878 being in other respects unfuhllcd. II
would be- only proper TO undo this accomplished
detail The story is now auihorl,aiively con
tradcted. as everybody knew it would be-pro-
vlded the authorities took any notice at all Of IT,.
Talk about the abandonment. or restoration. Of
Cyprus is essentially idlc for many reasons
notably for two, either OF which would be all
sufficient.
one IS tina. Great Britain IS under not the
slightest moral or other obligation to do 80.
On the contrary. she Is bound not to do So She
exactcd her authority in Cyprus from the Porte
as a counterbalancc to Russias occupation or
anncxation-of Northeastern Armenia. The
terms Of the convention were that Great Brit
ain was to occupy Cyprus as long as Russia
occupied Kars. Batoum and Erzeroum. Tie
world has not been informed Of Russia's inten-
ton Of renquiShlng those places. Until it Is. it
may well be scepticol on the subject q Great
Brans relinquishing Cyprus
The second reason Is that Cyprus has proved
to he n good thing TO own. 1t is 10 longer a
charge upon but rather profit to the Treas
ury. Its own budget now provides for all costs
of administration and for the tribute to Turkey
which is paid chiefly to French bondholdcrs-
and shows in addition Il surplus TO the good.
The island IS, in brief. n profitable possession.
| apart from any strategic value it may have.
That is not the kind Of possession Great Brit
an-except when Mr.. Gladstone was In power
| or under irresistible compusion-has been In the
habit Of relinquishing. At the present time Mr.
| Gladstone Is not In power, and there is in sight
no compulsion adequate TO the production OF
| such q result
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08
WHERE1

Oh. where IL Willie Boy?
And Jones and Altgeld. where?
And the claims they made.
And the lungs they frayed,
And their Presidential chairf
Oh. where is Henry George?
And Julian Hawthorne. wheref
And the pens they sold.
And the tales they told.
And the bosoms they laid baref
Where Is 1.-THE London Times?
And Moreton Frewen. wheref
And their ominous rot.
And their cables hot.
And their most superior air?
Where are the rabbits feet?
And the moonless graveyards. whereE
And the egg that bore
Financial lore.
And the fool who put It there?
All gone like the morning fog.
When the sun shines warm and bright:
All vanished away
For many day.
Away in the Ewigkeit
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

The friends Of James II. Young, VINO mas jus
been elected to Congress from the l'th lis
trict in Philadelphia. are rejoicing over MS ..e
mendous majority. His total vote Is d. w.
His majority over Mr.. Mark b. Cunningham" ''e
Democratic candidate Is 42,GIO. These hgures
are belle we'd TO be absolutely record breakers
His friends think that no Congressman eiec'eu
from a single district ever before received such
a majority Mr.. Young was long weli-Khow"
executive clerk Of the Senate. he Is the
brother of the Hon. John Russell Young ana
has himself had a piotracted service IN the
newspaper business. beginning In the washing
ton office Of The Tribune. He Is now an owner
and editor Of THE philadelphia STAR
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

The gossps in ard out of the newspapers a.
already making the Cabinet for the rres'ue"'
elect Why not give him few DAYS "''' ~
think about 1t himself? And now that the .ou"
try IS safe, isn't It good time to take '''''
rest from politics anyway?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

Tie 7tr5nue today consists Of 7i're Part' ecntain
inc Mi,t,.ony bagfs ana, in addihon, Colo,ed Snt
Element Of sirhfn pages. Srr r0W ncw5aralfy
snetlres 5on 1cihh a pr,tsrf eotr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

II II be true. as reported that a Mahometan
mosque Is 70 be established In Dublin. like the
one at Working. near London. and the one
proposed In Paris. the Islamitc population OF
the island must have increased considerably in
recent years The census OF 1871 reports only
a single Mussuman. and there was at the same
time sole representative OF numerous other
faiths and non faiths Of the East and else
where For example, there vas one Confucian.
one Buddhist, one pagan, one saint OF no sect,
one Idimlte. one Kelleyite. one Positivist. and
one Materialis, while there were ten Mormons,
seven Swedenborgians sixteen Deists. five
Aryans I'VE moralsts. four revivalsts, 1OI lrv-
ingites. and 30 through long and scatter
ing list OF sectaries many OF them never heard
OF elsewhere OF the 100000 population at
that time Is per cent were Catholics and the
proportion Is still substantially maintained.
Only n few OF the schismatcs possessed tenn
pies OF worship. performing their religious rites
II at al! in privacy and without the interven-
ton OF ministrants. If the mueZzln Is ready to
sound above the ancient and stately city by
the Liffey. II will b. a call to prayer OF un-
familiar cadence and II some OF the faithful
do not now and then take pot shot at the
minaret and its clamatory occupant II will be
a wonder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

The President elects felictous expression or
his feelings toward England may be accepted
by the latter as absolutely sincere. Devotion
TO home interests does not necessarily mean
malice toward foreign lands
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

Twenty years ago the Town Council Of Prince
ton drove forth the pioneer bicycle that appeared
then with a nice arrangement OF contumelous
epitaphs. but it came back In few weeks never
theless. touching the spirit OF the undergraduate
Of that time to this fine issue:
The bicycle that weeks agore
From Princetons streets was bounced.
When by our Council you knore,
That edict was pronounced,
Now glides as free Prnceton's streets
"A though that bounce were DER.
At the sequcentennial recently closed The
wheel outnumbered the gathered alumni. with all
the visiting professors. four times over The old
Town Council may have deemed itself wise In
its day and generation. and recognized In the
wheel an instrument Of the devil upon which
descent to his realms was accomplished with
too much facility But with other times have
come other manners and councils Princeton
10 now almost - proud Of IT, bicycling % ~
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

Hatfield. the outlaw. is captured at last ahc
in iail But will he he punished for his various
murders? VIII the State deliberately destroy
one of its greatest natural curiositles?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-11-08

The Brooklyn Board Of Education and all SIM
liar bodies will do we'll to exclude that prepos-
ferrous American Literature" book by Haw-
thorne and Lennon. from the schools. Boys
and girls learn enough mischief and falsehood
without being taught such stuff in school.