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New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
THEIR" ROGTES' GALLERY.

Much Of the phenomenal success Of the So
calst and Anarchist party in Europe Is due
10 the elaborate system Of its organization and
10 the arrangements that have been devised
not only for the maintenance of discipline i'm its
ranks. but also for the cooperation and union
of its branches in the various countries OF the
Old World. Acquainted in a measure with
these methods through which Socialism and
Anarchy have developed during the last quar-
ter Of a century into one Of the great political
forces OF EurOpe-thcre are some who regard il
as the most important and powerful factor Of
all-neither the authorities nor the public were
altogether prepared for the discovery which
has just Deen made in the course of the raid of
the house of prominent German Anarchist nj
Copenhagen. Among his effects was found
complete collection Of photographs of the prin-
cipal detectives and secret police agents not
alone of Denmark, but also of every other
country In Europe. Each portrait was provided
with remarks on the character The capacities
and the nhteccdents OF the detective as well
as with data concerning his favorite methods
Of disguise and his modes OF operation. The
collection, which Is OF the most extensive and
complete character, constitutes. Il has since
been ascertained, merely one Of huge series,
Anarchist and Socialist headquarters In every
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
N;ttp9)crk Dailr Vribm,ts
FOUNDED BY HORACE GREELEY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 90. 1896.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Progressist papers In Germany
show that the Army Is oficered almost entlreiy
by members Of the nOblesse. =--- Sir Johh
Brown one of the first in Great Britain TO adVo-
cate the plating OF warships with armor, dled
in Brighton, England. =- General John Mere
,dth Read. the we-known American diploma
tist, died in Paris.
DOMESTIC.-A train went off bridge on the
birmingham Mineral Road in Alabama. causing
the death of twenty y-seven or more persons
1t is said that drawing room intrlgues III
Washington have led to waning of the CUBAN
sentiment Senator Chandler in an interview
takes issue with Secretary Olneys position on
the Cameron resolution =-= The annual report
of the State Superintendent of Banking is made
public. Otto WasmansdOrn. a Chicago
banker who failed last Monday. committed sui
eide.
CITY AND SUBCRBAN.-The home Of Dun
can Elliott. on the grounds of the Westchester
Country Club. Westchester Village, was
destroyed by fire. - The fiftieth anniversary
of the ordination of the priesthood of the Rev.
Dr. James Mulchahey was observed at ST. Pauls
Chapel - Hospital Sunday was observed in
the Protestant churches Of the city.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
temperature about zero in the morning but
much higher at night The temperature yester
day: Highest. 81 degrees; lowest. II; average
19i..
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

December have been As per cent smalier .na"
last year. and ia smaller than in le"z' Chi-
cago eastbound tonnage also decreasing ma
terially. Payments through cearing-houses la,
os ner cent below last year for the month"; anu
oOS below those of 1892 In neither case 10
the decline surprisingly large when the heaNy
decline in prices is noticed. Banking ia'iuie.
for the month will be heavy. but all commercia'
and manufacturing failures will apparently
mako but little larger liabilities than last year.
in manufactures nttle less. and In 'rao''s
about 81. 100000 more. The survey OF events
near the close of the year Is apt to miss 'ioSe
larger changes in public temoer ana III o''e
conditions which have most to do WIN snap
inc tho course OF business for the coming year.
Rut while full recovery Of business Is not 10 pe
exrected Immediately. no clear reason is visible
for believing that substantial gain may not
soon follow the opening Of the new year Oe'
tain it is that recent events have cleared away
some most important obstacles to such an 'm-
prOvement.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

presented TO the Government. signed by no less
than forty-two of the professors OF the unver-
sty 1t related TO what has long been nolorl-
ous that every year many of the best students
at that and other universities are arrested ana
sent into administrative exile That is TO
say. they are sent 10 Siberia ''by order OF the
Gar" without trial. without even being in
formed OF the cause of their condemnation. and
without right Of appeal The supposition Is. OF
course. that they are suspected Of revolutionary
tendencies. but 1t is by no means satisfactorily
widen, that all such suspicious are well FOUND
ed This petition begged the Government 10
take under con sderation the aboshment or az
least modification Of this system. which was
probably inhicting great grievances upon some
individuals and was a serious detrment to the
cause of higher education throughout the En-
pire.
The Government answered this address first
by formally censuring all the forty-two probes
sOrs who had signed II. Then il administered
n special and severe rcprimand to the four VINO
were supposed to have been foremost in getting
ND the offensive document one of these being
Professor Erismann. Finally. il informed Fro
fcssor EriSmann that his services were no longer
ton Of the chair of hygiene would be accepted
if presented by him within three days: the al
Tentative iniimated being. of course that he
would be summarily dismissed No reason was
expressed for this action, and no opportunity Tor
a hearing or appeal was afforded. There was
nothing for the Professor to do, therefore. hui
TO send in his resignation at once, which he ac-
cordingly did.
Now Russia IS. Of all civilized countries. most
scantily supplied with physicians. and most Ill
need of them and of the best medical ana ny
clenc instruction. Professor Erismann IS one
Of the foremost hygenists not only of Russia
but of the world. He is. then. one OF the yer!
men whom Russia most needs, and whose ser
vices would he of the greatest practical dement,
TO the Russian people. Yet Russia IS deprived
of his services. and he is practically driven INTO
exile not for any crime of his. so far as Is khowh
nor because Ire is even suspected OF revoi'''i"h-
ary tendencies. or of sympathiZing with sncli
tendencies in Others but simply because he vent
urcd TO ask the Government TO exercise lis I'LL
questioned authority with intelligence. dscrim-
nation and justice. II is a deporaDc iIclheh''
.nd most dcplorablc of all from the point "' we"
IF RuSsia's own tr,iest welfare.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
PERSONAL.

j. n. Myers. the inventor OF the ballot machine.
has written an open letter. complaining that he Is
having the usual hard luck OF Inventors The com
pany which manufactured the machine has recently
sold out to "A new concern. Mr.. Myers Is no longer
president. and his name has been dropped from the
company, which Is now known the American
Ballot Machine Company.
According 10 a Madrid paper. Major Crujeda
before whose column Maceo is said to have fallen.
has been made n colonel No less than four towns
in Spain have opened subscriptions in order to
raise funds To purchase swords of honor to be
presented to him.
Helen Keller. who Is obliged 10 do her writing
laborousy with pencil on a board specially pre-
pared for her use. received n welcome Christ
mas gift In the shape OF typewriter 1t will be of
great service 10 the remarkable blind girl
one Of the most famous Of the Sicillan bandti
has lately met his death at the hands OF the
gendarmes. and his band has been annihila ted al
most within sight OF Palermo He was the brgand
Cooti Ills brother and Cicero, his lieutenant
set. were captured In the same conflict.
Judge Stephen Neal. who wrote the Fourteenth
Amendment OF the Constitution Is a resident of
Lebanon Ind. He IL in his eightieth year Judge
Neal wrote the amendment In his Office In Lebanon
II submitted by Congressman Godlove s. Urth
TO the Congressional Committee which was discuss
ing measures OF reconstruction, and was afterwarI
adopted.
Louis Beroud. the French artist who Is paint
ing picture entitled "The Visit Of the Car and
Czarina to the Tomb Of Napoleon l." had President
Faure pose for him the other day. NJ Beroud
will shortly leave Paris for st. Petersburg. where
Their Imperial Ma1esics Will grant him n similar
favor. The picture will probably he completed in
time for exhibition at the Champs Eysees Salon
next May.
Senator elect Money. OF Mississippi whose term
az Congressman does not end until March l. and
who is member Of the House Foreign Affairs
Committee is going to visit Cuba this week to
ascertain for himself the true condition OF affairs
the island Colonel Money Intends to make n
trip Into the Interior and he Is deter mined to COM
municate with the Insurgents whether General
Weyler grants him permission to do so or not.
The journal Of Paris makes the authoritative
statement, the dictum OF the Figaro notwlth-
standing. that Sarah Bernhardt will not he deco
year
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
Amnsrmeuts.

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ACADEMY or MUsIc-S:l5-Two Little Nasran's
AMERICAN THEATRE-s-A Man or fTcbof'
RIJOt'- S3o-courted Into Court.
BROADWAY ATRE-s:lJ-Brian B1fu
s'ASINO-S:i5-An American Beauty.
CARNEGIE HAI.I<-?-The Messiah
COLUMBUS THEATRE -S:l3-A Paror Match
DAT.YS THEATRE-sl sl5-The Geisha
EDEN MISEE-s-WaxwOrks and Concert
EMPIRE THEATRES % nder the Red HoDe
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRES s:l5-A Fool Of Fortune
GARDEN TTIEATRE-S:3O 3O-Merchant Of Venice
t;ARRICK THEATRE-s:l5-Secret Service
GRAND OPERA HOUSE-S-Superba. ,..-..
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE-s:l5-The Sporting DuchesS.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-sl5-The "ri ""'"
Paris ,,,
HoYT's THEATRE-s;3o-My Friend from Ini"'
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s-The Spendthrift
KNICK ERBOC X ER--s-A Bunch OF Niole,s
ROSTER a. BIALS-S-Vaudeville.
MURRAY HILL. THEATRE-s-A Texas steer. a..
NEW METROPOLITAN OPERA Hotsh-s'i'-"e"s
tofele. $50 ,,., ,.
OIYMPiA MUSIC HAIL.-s:i5-Va Vaudeville Winter Gar
den, Bal Champetre. II.
PASTOR'S-l23 80 10 1l-Naudevne
STAR THEATRE-2-S-Merry Tramps
WAI,I.ACK S-s:i5-In Gay New York.
IITH STREET THEATRE-s:lj-The Cherry ficke's
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

II. haply Spain should not whip US IN 'he
conflict possibly but not probably impeho"s
II will not he for lack of information concern
ing our vulnerable points. coastwise ana lh""u
Pamphlets and Typographical maps SHOWING
them up are to be copously distributed among
army and navy officers there. the war oi'ice
having the matter in charge. We are III parious
case If war really does break out can the
thing he compromised? We must preserve our
autonomy in some way. and where would 1t be
n Spain once got n whack at u.s.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28
LEARNING AND POLITICS N RUssJi

The way In which the Russian system of arbi-
trary political censorship sometimes initiates
against the best interests Of Russia itself-that
II. against the practical welfare OF the people
Of the Empires strlkIngiy shown In the case
IT Professor Erismann who recently resigned
tile chair Of hygiene In the University Of Mos
COW, some time ago respectful petition was
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

The appointment of a Republican Distric'-N'
tornev inficts a grievous wound upon Hiiis po-
liticaI sensibilIties but with caiefui hurs'"s Nv
ought to get over il. He is going back into pr
yate life pr, sently and should clear ms MIN" VI
all political anxieties az the public mas c'ea'e"
Kim Of all political obligations the ad"'ih's-
tration of Wolfert's Roost will afford nm iieh'
and healthy occupation during the rest Oh HIS
career. and Is entitled to his exclusive atteh''o"
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

As District-Attorney. Olcott will not discover
that primrose path spreads before HIM ii
will find it rugged enough. though. like another
wcll-known causeway. II tas been paved with
good intentions by some of his predecessors.
His chance to make n record upon It. however.
is better than II II were smoother. He Is ex-
pccted to bind on his sandals. over the splendor
and speed Of his feet. and he off with rush like
a sprintcr for the Olympic prize Everybody
knows the difficulties before him. and II he does
even moderately well he will do better than
many who have preceded him. and will not lack
plaudits.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

| coneressmau Loud made the remarkable
| .,a,sment in his recent report on rates Of
postage 70 the House of Representatives. tha'
| 81 long-suffering people a'e taxed from S''oVoo'-
coo to S4OWOWW year, more than IL costs 10
| transmit by mail their letters. newspapers anu
packages solely that few thousand persons
| NAV be INDUCED in the luxury ot pruning
| newspapers Mr. Loud wonders why 0o""""o
people have remained silent 90 long ap"ut d
matter, the mere contemplation "f winch
makes him hot. AZ an ascertained lac' 'ne
actual deficit in the postal revenues averages
about S1.WDOOO year mot thirty or for|
milons,. IT GO.WO.W0 people pay that much
more than they ought to for the carriage OF
their letters newspapers and packages, ana
have remained oppressively silent about 1t all
these years 1t IL because. In the first place.
there is under present rates. an immense saw
ing To- them In the cost T postage on their let
ters: and secondly. because reduced rates OF
newspaper postage are one Of the iinportan'
factors in saving to the people. in reduced sub
scrlption price Of their newspapers more than
the $1,000 .oOO or siOOO0OOO year which Mr.
Ioud talks about; Mr. Loud decams against
special privileges for few and against the
annual postal deficit Yet he proposes TO let
the entire local issues ~ IL OOD country weekly
NEWSPAPERS continue To he circulated at Gov
eminent expense absolutely free OF charge for
postage an arrangement which taxes the peo-
rle about Sg.HUWU year. or about a third
of the annual deficit. How large n part OF the
annual deficit Is due To the franking privilege
Mr. Loud probably knows. II there is TO be
equity II there are TO be special privileges,
why not cut of the dead-head postage list? The
Tribune does not ask Congress to legisate In
amy measure against country weeklies: but In
View OF Mr.. Louds excited declamaticns against
special privileges. II seems proper 10 ask him
why he ignores the frankng privilege and the
dead -hcad list.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

This Is the season I'm watch the gas monopo-
list becomes explanatory and prociamatory and
testinos aloud 10 the philanthropy underlying
his efforts and intentions. But he addresses
a stiff nccked and perverse generation familiar
with gas bills and therefore of little faith in
the benevolent prctensions OF his kind
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

The State Railroad Commissioners have de-
cded that a tunnel between New-York and
Brooklyn Is necessary. Now let the company
which has been talking about building the tunnel
give evidence that IL means business
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

Mr.. Raines has reached the conclusion that II
will be necessary to amend his Excise law In
some respects. We all knew that before he be-
gan his investigation
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

Considt rabe excitement has peeh oau' =,
Athens nv the publication in the official Gazette
of a proclamation calling out the reserves ana de-
oreclng the immediate formation OF camp OF eH
ercIse and instruction. The conviction Is gene,a.. r
mrnad from Vienna woull not have done this had
he not acquired there the knowledge INA. grave
eycnis are imminent In the soutl east on r.uroPe.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

A sentence Of divorce has just been prohouhceu a'
Munich against the Empress OF Austrias niece
Countess George Iarsch. who played so prominent
and so questionable role in the scandal that cui-
minated I'm the tragic death OF Crown Prince hu-
dolph at Meyerlng. The trial TOOK pace IN o,,nh ca
ora but n Is generally understood that the srounds
upon which the Count based his demand tor ans y,
soution of the marriage rested on the behaVior y!
pa tountrss i'm connection with the affair. which, II
NAV be- remembered resulted In her Punishment
from
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

In reading the dispatches and letters from Ber-
lin regarding the Tausch- -Euenburg- Liitzow scan
day. in progress. and which has thus far
lead to the imprisonment OF Emperor Williams
chief of secret service police. Baron Won Tausch.
to bear in mind that the correspondents intend to
convey a lot more than they are able to telegraph
or write They watched very closely and
their existence Is pcnt In devIsing means of say
ing what they wish say without giving any
offence the Authorities. which might lead to
their expulsion imprisonment.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

The agitation which has recently taken place Il.
France regarding ex-Captan Dreyfus. condemned
to irnprsonment for life for betrayal OF military
ct, secre,s has had the effect of causing the Gov
,rnment TO institute additional measures for the
prevention of any escape of the captive. According
10 circular Just issued By the Minister OF we -
,es ~ paris the C;overnOr OF Guiana is ordered TO
change every three months the guards charS'n WIN
the duty of keeping watch ON Dr'ylus OH '''e i'o
du Dia bic where he Il confined
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

The report OF the Russian Prisons department
has lust appeared I'm ST. Petersburg ana contains
some remarkable statistics. II appears that 'here
are SO prisons In Asiatlc aud European Russia WIN
the total number Of loo93 prisoners The mainte-
nance OF this vast army Of criminals. many OF
ubom arc merely politisal offenders. involves an
enormous cost for which adequate provision ls NOT
made by the State. The consequence Is tlat IN tne M
ma iority Of cases the inmates OF the prison ve ~
endure the worst conceivable sanitary conditions
and the official figures. which are invaraDly, op-
tmisfic show that less than ~ per cent OF 'n'
prison population suffer during the year from
typhoid fever and kindred epidemcs.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

II will doubtless be news 10 many pt'P'e W '
that whereas all work has been stopped for a con-
siderable time past the Nicaragua canal !, -
in full operation upon that of Panama. Accoro,"s
to the report read at the annual genera n'ee.'"7
of the new Panama Canal Company' Jus' "e"s =.
paris moro than two thousand workmen were en-
Moved in pushing forward the excavation, OH 'ne
t,mperado and the Culebra. In the year 1870 VIII. Witt
during the present year the force mas Deen az. dT a.
rectors advance In the accomplishment OF % .ls ,"sn
they undertook the more their confidence l"c'ea'eS
I'm the final result.
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

Ex-CabInet Minister Baihaut recently liberated
at the conclusion OF the term OF imprisonment for
which he was sentenced fer fraud and corruption.
OF which he had while Minister OF Public Works
rendered himself guilty in connection with the de-
funct Panama company. has. to the astonshment
of everybody just been rearrested. II appears
that he is still liable to the Government to the eX
tent OF S9l 900 francs for fines. and legal
expenses. The courts recently decided that the un-
fortunate man. who Is completely ruined. should
either pay this sum At once or be imprisoned for
another year. Naturally he chose the latter. and
roughly speaking, about three cents of his debt
to the state
New-York tribune., 1896-12-28

Tho English Government has Just established
sanctuary for the African elephant In the coast
OF Somaliland Within the reserve shoot =
ing of elephants is strictly forbidden. and the OBJ
servancc this rule ,vill be essential condition
10 shoot other animals within the prescribed area.
The reserve In question extends from the Sheik
Pass the east to the Abyssinlan frontier on
the west. while the northern boundary is the edge
of the Haud. Altogether the reserve is about
200 miles long by 20 wide At present elephant
herds abound within the district.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
OMAUA'S WATER WORKS.
How the Reynolds system of Clarity
Ing Water Is Used.
Prov TUeuc.s ,IOurynl

Much has been claimed for the Reynolds
system OF clarifying water, and its intro
duction for the public works of omaha has,
it seems. proved a notable success. There
is a chain of seven basins with a capacity
OF 80 600, 900 gallons, ample for sup
plying population of 200 900, the cost of
these basins being about 81 % 900, while
the cost of maintenance is small, and covers
the total outlay for filtration, So-Caled.
The water is pumped from the river into
the basin which is most elevated, in which
some so per cent of the sediment Is deposited;
between that and the next basin, whose
elevation is few feet lower, there is an
Inclined table, of weir. about eighteen feet
wide, over which thil sheet OF water
constantly flows from the higher TO the
lower basin. This is technically called
the area te process a nd it constantly exposes
the water to the air and frees ii from gases,
and there are weirS between all the basins
BY the time the water reaches the third
basin it is almost pure, and it runs into
the seventh basin absolutely free from sedi-
ment or impurity. 1t is also claimed for
this process that it restores the natural color
of the water and destroys the milky ap-
pcaranCc which is given river water by
the limestone in the bed of the stream.
The morning times., 1896-01-19
AMONG THE LOCALS.

The semi monthly meeting of the Douglass
Progressive Association OF Steam Engi-
nccrs was held last night at the hail. G09
+ street, with Master Workman 4. II. Ran
som I'm the chair. The first business OF the
meeting was the election of Officers, which
resulted as follows Master workman,
John b. Rnrfin; worthy foreman, W. ii.
Young; recording and press secretary,
Charles II. Mcdowell; financial secretary
Lincoln Bowie: worthy guide, A l.. John
son; almoncr Parker Morton; outside es-
quirc, John W. Washington; delegates TO
the District Assembly, A. II. Ransom, W.
II. Young and Lincoln Bowie; delegates to
the Federation of Labor, Messrs. Ransom,
Young. Euffin, Bowie and Fourman.
The members were entertained by visiting
delegates from the Brewers Assembly,
who made brief addresses on existing trou-
bles, after which the assembly passed
series Of resolutions pIedginE support to
the brewer and fixing a penalty of twenty
dollars ON any member caught drinking
unfair beer. The Officers will he installed
at the next meeting, and the District or
ganizcr was unanimously requested TO
perform that ceremony.
W. ii. Young then addressed the meeting
on the prospects of the A ssembly and what it
District of Columbia. The remarks OF the
speaker were thoroughly appreciated and
repeatedly applauded.