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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
THE NEW SHAH.

The attempts upon the life OF the new Shah
begin rather early. but he inherited the prospect
OF them with his crown. or the 2j3 Princes
Of the house Of Kajar, more than half have per-
ished by the assassire hand, and Il Is contrary
10 the genius of the Persian people to allow their
Sovercigns to lay aside the e.rb.e1s Of rule In
a commonplace manner. Their decorations.
which are very shining indeed, seem prepara-
tory to sacrifice and that being the destiny
which awaits many OF Them the new Sover-
eign had little else to expect.
The blows aimed at his father and himself
proceeded from the hands OF the same sectaries,
the Babists, an order about half century old,
which has In that time spread all over Persia
and become as powerful az those OF st. Domino
and ST. Francis We're in Chrstendom IN the
season Of their highest ascendency Its FOUNDER
was All Mahomet, known TO his followers as the
Bah. which means gate In those Eastern
tongues and. like the great Mahomet, he early
began to dream dreams and see visions. He was
the son OF a grocer Of ShraZ and was educated
al Kerbela. at the feet OF great Mahometan
doctor. who early discovered In his pupil indi-
cations Of mystic and supernatural endowment.
He began to prophecy. wandering to and
fro In the Empire. proclaining the coming or
the twelfth Imaum which he soon declared MINI
SELF TO De- an animation SO interesting 10 tllit
imaginative people that he presently had a
large following. and the number and Influence
of his sect has steadily increased till the pres
ent time, although he was slain early In his
minority He was shot In 1850 at Zenjan.
small city the road from Tabreez to Teheran
whose chief priest had esp0used his doctrines
and against whom the Government dispatched
a military expedition to stamp out the new
Knob far aaf fail otxva emrf
Ing up in the East, having generally short
life and being forgotten but Blbism, for
some reason. seems to possess an unusual meas
ure OF vitality. and has turned out about an
equal number OF saints and assassins. both Civ
ing testimony OF their faith by their works. and
watering their route In many cases with the blooi
Of their yrdom
II Is not here known why the sect Is so hostile
1, the rulens OF the country. but there Is PROB
ably some reason FOR 1t. which It's bowling der
wishes could explain II they would. and possibly
they do 10 those who Will listen to them. good
many efforts have been made to stamp ont
Babism, but they have only resulted In impart-
Ing to II an intense vitality and that Will prob
ably be the issue Of any new endeavor In the
same direction But n II were possible that 1t
could be wholly exlrpated and all It's assass'lns
destroyed their creed would reappear among
other sectarles and elsewhere, 81 that that part
OF the Shah's retinue and accompaniment should
never be wanting. lie has inherited seN -
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES.

Evidence comes from all quarters that the
Democracy is true to itself few days ago
there was just suggestion of suspicion that
there were some prominent men In the party
who had forgotten just what Democracy meant,
and were going to make an exhibition or them
selves by being squeamish about principles.
Some of them even went so far as 10 say Wlth
Mr. Whitney that it would be dishonoraDlo FOR
sound-money Democrats TO stand on free-coin-
age platform. and even to hint that they Thought
that honor took precedence to regularity. But
all that has passed now Mr.. Whitney and all
the others have SWING back to their mornings
and discovered that names rot principles. are
what demand their allegiance. and that 1t does
net matter what a man is or does so long as he
calls himself Democrat.
Tammany Hall men all declare that they are
firm as n rock for sound money, but that II
Orphcus Altgeld gets hold Of the party Tyre
they will dance for his playing Chairman
Harrity says he is a Democrat first and an
bopest-moncy man second. He believes in
Democratic doctrines no matter what they are,
and If the Democratic doctrine for the moment
happcns to be that dishonesty Is the best pol
icy. then dishonesty goes. All the other good
Democrats are Fastening TO get In line, but no
frankncss than State Senator DAILY. Of New
Jersey, one Of the delegates TO Chicago who
relrIllcs his fellow delegate. Allan J.. McDer
mott. for daring 10 have any principles that
cannot be changed with his collar, and says:
Il am not in favor of silver but am strong
enough party man to stand on any platform
they may make"
Good for DAILY. He has the essence Of De-
mocracy. Here Is an issue. not Of policy but Of
principle n difference of opinion to what Is
right and wrong. The silver man believes, and
honestly believes, that he Is fighting for the
right. and the gold man Is equally firm in the
conviction that he Is standing for point OF
morals The gold men won at st. Louis and
the extreme silver men in the Republican party
stood by their principles. and however mis-
taken they may be thought, they certainly COM
mand respect. But what shall be thought OF
the Democratic treatment Of a question of prn-
ciple? The same issue Is presented on which
the Democrats demanded that the Republicans
be firm. and every Democratic leader hastcns
to say that he has not principle that he Is not
willing 10 lay aside for the sake OF being reg
ular He will shout II am Democrat. just
the same whether Democracy means treason
or patriotism, gold or silver. honesty or dishon-
esty, freedom or slavery. II Is all one to him
II he can have chance Mt the spos when they
are going. And therein he Is true to his bring
ing up Democracy has been all things at all
times. No really good Democrat ever had any
opinions that he could not change on demand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
TRADE RELATIONS WITH CANADA.

There Is q diversity Of opinion concerning the
effect Of the Liberal victory In Canada upon
relations between the Dominion and the United
States. The traditional policy Of the Liberal
party has favored making them more intimate
and friendly. At the same time the Liberal
leader. who stands second only to Mr.. Laurer
and scarcely second even to him, Is one Of the
strongest fees of anything Ike union between
the two countries, and English papers are con-
fidently declaring that the Liberals are just as
loyal TO the Empire as are the Conservatives
However that may be- the Liberals can scarce
" avoid at least an attempt to make commerce
across the border more free. They promised
again and again in the electoral campaign to
do so. and the first after-electOn utterance OF
Mr. Iaurier Is to the same effect. We have
already shown that anything like actual Free
Trade will be rendered impractcable by the
Protectionist proclivities Of the French-Cana-
dams. upon whom the Liberal Government Is
dependent for It's majority The form Mr..
Lnuriers proposition is likely to take. therefore,
is that OF some kind Of reciprocity. 1t IL with
that view Of the case that Americans for the
present are chiefly concerned
Reciprocity Is good thing. 1t Is an Ameri-
can principle. But reciprocity is not charity,
but business. The first consideration is.
whether it will be profitable to us. 1t is diff
cult to see what scheme OF reciprocity could be
made Of benefit to this country, so far as Can
ada Is concerned. 1t would be easy enough to
devise one that would help American trade. but
which would be not at all acceptable to Canada
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03

right or not are particularly worked UP over
the possibilities Of bolt An outsider WIN
nerves not ln;lamcd and mind not on It's phi-
nn6c might naturally infer that Eastern DEM
ocrats would quietly say nothing ana 40 noun
ing. because doing nothing would be coIlsld-
crably more deadly to the Chicago ticket than
boiling They have notions about the 1uture
and dream OF a restored Democracy after there
IS nothing left Of the Chicago volcano except
bIock and cold and barren lava Having future
reconstruction In mind, they may naturally pre-
fer TO let the silver ticket die Of starvation than
to lft boiling hands to strike 1t down. Blu
the innamcd suspicion Of the silver men Is much
occupied ut present with the choice OF methods
TO secure the platform and the ticket they want
and vet TO prevent bolts and keep the gold men
in the party.
Altgcld looms up the strong man because
he has emancpatcd himself from fears and
dutlcs. from shame and from care for the opin
ion of decent men, His pardon Of the Anar-
chists was not an exceptional and contradictory
incident 1t was the natural outcome OF tenn
per which belongs In RUSSIA. and which any
Russian ruler would be justified In shipping
To Siberia for cooling and safety. Compared
with him the wornout weddings who lead the
Democracy of the West and South appear as
Invertebrates purposcless, destitute OF snap,
sloppy like jclyfsh, and as incapable of getting
anywhere In particular. Everywhere the man
who knows what he wants and how to get it
comes to be the King, for those who have
neither eyes nor will. So this same man, who
has done more than any other one. perhaps, TO
make Democracy disrcputable and to destroy 1t
Mt the West, towers above the rest who are
battling for silver because he has rid himself
of scruplcs. Of moral obligation and of care for
thc rpsnpct Of others.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
ORR ANARCHISTS

Chicago sends little news yet. The wild
boastng aud threats Of the silver fanatics
would naturally inspire belief that they have
nothing but wind to offer. were there not ample
evidence that nearly twothirds OF the delegates
In convention have been instructed to vote for
free coinage Of silver ut the ratio Of 16 to l. and
1t would not mean happiness for any delegate,
however compelling or worthy his motive, TO
prove false to such instruction II is not strange
that the gold Democrats at Chicago see no
chance of defeating the platform proposed, or
the candidate preferred, by the extremists.
Persuasion may count for something, and sound
argument and the certainty Of losing all East
ern States will count for much and the pros
pect Of having National campaign to run with
out any money But the passionate demands
of constituents at home whose instructions
once accepted are n solemn pledge by the dele
gate. will not be easily defeated
The silver fanatics act as If they were scared
half to DEATH but that really proves nothing.
Most of them resemble the half-crazed French
revolutonIsts Of the last century, whose power
was Irresistible but whose frenzicd suspicion
made them fancy that everything was plot
against them Somehow the Chicago revolution
lists imagine that dreadful man Whltncy-whO
Is a millionaire and the friend OF milliOnaires,
and who, one man sagely observed. needs to be
looked after closely when he purrs-mny hyp-
notize Western and Southern delegates twist
them TO do Just what they have been sent not
to do, and pull out another victory for 1.-THE
money power" as Dickinson did In Michigan.
When men have worked themselves Into that
state Of mind they are desperately afraid even
OF their own shadows
Perhaps 1t is the queerest feature OF tie case
that the silver men. who proclaim so loudly
that the East cannot give them one electoral
vote and they do not care whether 1t bolts out
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
DTSPOSTNG or TIE DEAD.

Sir Seymour Haden. surgeon and etcher, emil
nent in both pursuits, the former being profess
sonal and the latter recreative, Is also and has
been for many years a student OF tho best way
Of disposing Of the dead. his conclusion being
that shallow burial IL the true theory, and that
this Is the way to work with nature In accom-
plishng the rapid dissolution Of the BODY ana
It's conversion without injury to the living into
Its native elements. He has found by repeated
experiments that. buried at depth OF four ana
a half feet, the depth which the Government
regulations prescribe for human burial, an IN
terval Of from three to four years was required
for the complete resolution Of the body; whereas
buried at the depth Of one foot year or
year and half sufliced to accomplish the decay
and disappearance Of the entire structure except
the bones which possess an undetermined ana
variable duration, dependent on local conditions
With shallow burial 1t is asserted the earth IS
speedily prepared for new occupants so that
single acre OF ground would make sufficient
burial place in perpetuity for community OF
ten thousand people.
AS all that tread the earth are but hand-
full TO the tribes that sumber in Its bosom
and as the earth can sustain but one genera
ton of the living. while 1t must hoid IN
Its bosom the myriad generations of the dead
the problem OF pro'iuins io' ''e W w ~
they shall neither crowd the living nor each
other Is one OF the most urgent that can be
imagined, justifying the careful and systematic
attention which the accomplished medical and
artistic baronet has bestowed upon It, Burial
a foot deep seems to the lay mind rather TOO
shallow for safety. and to present irresistible
temptations to dogs, jackals and body snatchers;
but for the former. Sir Seymour says 1t Is per-
fectly eafe and for the latter suitable means OF
protection might easily be found The subject.
which Is Of manifest importance, increasing
with the waxing population OF modern cltiea
and towns, comes up for discussion every now
and then, but practically burial customs nave
80 far been little influenced by them, ana may
not be by this or any other Ill the necessi-
ties Of the case become as crowding anc impera-
tive as they did In Egypt and Rome.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
PERSONAL.

Douglas Tilden, the deaf mute sculptor. OF San
Franc.gco was married the other day 10 Miss BexsN
Cole. who ~ also deaf mute.
Mrs. Ebenezer Humphrey has presented to the
town Of oxford, ~ H.. the original warrant issued
BY King James Of England for the collection OF the
town tax It was Issued 10 H. {. Gray King col.
iector and ia dated December 81 1911. IL VIII "
placed In the Public Library collection
Joshua Iever.ng OF Baltimore the Prohibition
candidate for the Presidency VIII receiSe me ''rA'
notification OF MS nomination On July %
Hiram 8. Maxim the inventor OF the Maxim gin.
who ,s now studying the subject Of a.rshlps writes
"a follows 10 The London Times: Il think am
safe in asserting that until very recent GATE ths
greater part Of the experTerters on hyins ma.
chimes have been little better than charla'ans ana
nountebanks. 1t Is only recently that men 0.
science have actually taken the matter IN nand ana
during the last six years great Geai OF va'uao.e
Information has been obtained not based upon ,a
theory but upon actual experiments zee. SUI?
that Il is now possible to make 2 successful ana
practical flying machins wnrn W and an sfensve
powers Of highly civilized nations VINO are ape ~
make and operate delicate ana complicated ''*
chinery
The University OF Virginia has conferred tne CO
gro. r. u d on ono OF its colcred graduates. Pro-
fessor Henderson, Of Straight Cnive9a-y' Ne"-or'
leans.
Senior Andrade. 1r. a con Of the Venezuelan MIN
lister IN Warrington. who has just returned rom
visit 10 Venezuela says accor1-ng TO The WASH
frgtcn Star" that the American colony at caracas
has grown Of late to large proportions ana tn.'ed
States capital Is being extensively invested ine
% nj nent in the inter,c- Is shown BY the detcr.
mlnation o. Governor A1drace, OF the state OF
Miranda to erect a column at the state CAPITA On
July in honor OF the Americans VINO a.ded en-.
ezle,a in 1906. The Governor IS brother OF tne
Wn.ster here and his acton IS IN Inc with that o.
the General Government, which VIII decicate
bronze column On July 1 to American heroes
brilliant reception in honor cs General Mics
was held on Tuesday evening in the City Hall OF
Bangor. Me- TIE General and his party were es-
cortei TO the hall from the residence CT General
j. s. Smith by process on which included Mayor
+. A. Robinson. Lieutenant, F. b. Cummings ana
Captain Sparks. mounted platoon 81 l9Nce;, tns
Bangor Band Hamin Rifles and Crosby Guard ana
the High School Cadets Many houses and 9 gqs;
ness blocks were decorated At the CITY hal!
MAYOR r D. Boaie welcomed General Miles. and
CONGRESSMAN Boutelle. in a eu.cgst:c sreech, pre-
serted General Miles, who made snort ADDRESS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
HEALTHIER NEWBORN.
A DECREASE IN THE DEATH RATE ATTIRE
UTED TO IMPROVED SANITARY
CONDITIONS

According 10 a report which gained publicity yes
terday President Charles G. Wi-soD Of the Health
Board Is about 10 issue statement. int.mat;ng
that the death rate in NewYork Is decreasing, ana
attrbu;ing this inproverne.; In the public health
solely 70 the greater cleanliness prevailing in the
streets When seen ,asl night al his house. M l15
West E.chty-sever Isl. President Nilzon sad
with surprise that this was the first tine ne had
heard abou; such statement. and added that no
certainly did rot intend to issue anything OF the
kind He added:
at Is true that the death rate for the nrst SIX
months in 1885, ending Oh June 80 last. showed the
number OF deaths in that period to have been mucn
less than for any corresponding pe:iSi ioT sewers,
years plsc | am not In poS.tlon 10 give YOU NV
;ba exart figures regarding the death rate but
hone to have them ready either to-day or on MOT.
dar next While It Is true that this decrease -
due 10 some extent 10 the cleaner streets tnat We
rov have the cause docs not entirely Ee IN aniss
direction Comprehensively spec King TIE .mproH, r
sanitary conditions OF the CITY are lalay ~ III.
70 rcport Cleaner streets are. or course part OF
tScse conditions. The fac. that many tnorough-
fares on the East Side are now asphaltei enapIes
tae street cleaners 10 do their work better IN:
has the effect OF improvin~ the heath OF the cl'y'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03
CALLED TO 4 PRINCETON CHURCH.

Princeton ~ j. July CspeciaD THE Rev. Malt
land Alexander. pastor OF the Presbyterian Church
OF Long Branch. was called to-day by unanimous
OF the congregation OF the Second Presbyterian
Church. OF Princeton. 10 occupy the pulpit OF that
church. made vacant by the resignation OF the
Rev. Dr. Lewis Nudge. Mr. Alexander Is a son OF
Henry NJ. Alexander OF New-York City. a trustee
OF Princeton University The Alexanders have been
closely connected with Princeton and It's institu'
tons for many years. The Rev. DR.. Archibald Alex
ander was professor in Princeton Theological!
Seminary. and was chairman o. the meeting thaS
organized the Second Presbyterian ChuIeh' o.
Princeton In lA7. Archibald Alexander. ~, WIS
clerk OF the same meeting Maitland Alexander
was graduated from Princeton IN the class OF lsos
After graduation he pursued his theoogica. Nudies
Princeton Theological seminary, finishing shrss
In 1892 He was called TO the pulpit OF smS
Long Branch Presbyterian Church. and IN me tous
years ne has presided over that consrssauom ~.
church has grown from ninety esht 10 rs memueLs;
Mr. Alexandcr's success at Long branch III o.s ns
him prominently before Princeton peop.s re NJ
recently elected director OF Princeton Theologieai
Seminary Because Of the cose rsIauGI w me con.
Eregation Is hopeful that the call VIII ~ sSssPHS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-07-03

Similarly one could he devised that would be
of vast advantage to the Canadians, but IL
would afford this country no advantages, but
rather work II an injury. If any plan can he
drafted that will be of mutual advantage 1t
will doubtless be welcomed. But mt the present
time there seems little probability Of Its being
done. Commercial union without political union
Is dream that never will be realized. And so
far as political union Is concerned. there seems
little more TO hope from the Liberals than from
the Conservatives. There Is no more resolute
opponent Of 1t than Sir Oliver Mownt, who has
long been political master OF Ontario. and who
now makes his first appearance In Dominion
politics as the power behind Mr. Lauriers
throne.
In these circumstances the course of this Coy
ernmcnt Is clear. 1t Is not called upon To hcip
Canada out of her difficulties. 1t has only to
regard it's own best welfare assured that be-
fore long Canada will recognize the logic of the
situation and will find her own interests. po-
litical as we'll as commercial, TO be Identical
with those Of her greater neighbOr. "The ulti-
mate union Of all the Erglish-speaking part
"of the continent by the free consent of Its
inhabitants" is not impracticable. 1t Is not too
much to say 1t Is inevitable. And nothing Will
more facilitate its coming than for this country
to resclnd the special privileges thnt make con-
timed separation financially possible and even
profitable to Canada. Once let our Northern
neighbors be fully convinced that they can ex-
pect none Of the advantages Of the American
Union so long as they remain outside of that
Union. and the sentiment for Continental Union
will be UNNECESSARILY stimulated.