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The advocate., 1897-07-14

The export bounty proposition is not
new, for It's progenltOr, David Lubin
of Sacramento, Cal, has been actively
advocating it a long time-prObably
ten years. He has CorTesponded with
agricultural papers in all parts Of the
country, has delivered public addresses
before bodies Of organized farmers,
and has several times appeared before
committees of Congress to explain his
views and urge their incorporation In
our tariff legislation, While he sue.
Ceeded In convincing a great many
farmers that his plan is feasible and
chat 1t will even up the farmer with
the protected manufacturer, no such
scheme has been proposed ss part Of
our tariff system until the present ses-
sion Of Congress, when Senator Cannon
Of Utah proposed the following amend
ment
"And from and after sixty days from
the passage Of this act there shall be
paid, out of any moneys In the treasury
of the United States not otherwise ap.
propriated, to any exporter Of wheat or
wheat -four, rye or rye flour, corn
(ground or ungrOund), cotton, hops or
tobacco produced wholly In the United
States and exported by sea from any
port In the United States to any port
of any other country, the following ex.
port bounty, by way of an equalization
to agriculture of the benefits Of this act
to encourage the industries of the
United States, to-wlt: Ten cents per
bushel on wheat; so cents per barrel
on wheat flour; 10 cents per bushel on
rye; 30 cents per barrel on rye flour; 5
cents per bushel on corn; 10 cents per
GENITAL on corn, ground; cent per
pound on cotton; cents per pound on
hops; cents per pound on tobacco.
And all payments of bounty under this
act shall be. made upon negotiable
vouchers, issued by the collector Of
customs at the port Of clearance, upon
presentation at the treasury or any
sub. treasury Of the United States; and
the Secretary Of the Treasury is hereby
charged with making and enforcing
such regulations as may be necessary
for the full protection of the exporters
and Of the Government according to
the true intent and meaning of this
law"
In order that we may proceed intel
ligently with the explanation and dis
cussion of the subject, lot us first un-
derst and why IL is proposed. In the
first place, our Congress has adopted
and pursued a protective tariff policy,
but because our farmers produce a
great deal more than is required for
consumption in their own country and
therefore are bound to ship the surplus
TO other markets where it comes in
competition with the products Of other
countries and where prices for the
world are regulated, our farmers get
no benefit from tariff duties on farm
produce while manufacturers reap a
continual harvest. The export bounty
ia proposed In order that the farmer
may get a fair share Of whatever bene-
ilts dow from Che protective system
The advocate., 1897-07-14

When strawberries are planted in
August or September, If the fall is fG-
vorsble, will give you fair crop of
berries the following spring, and the
next year full crop, If they are prop.
erly taken care Of and kept clean from
weeds and grass.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07

A sample Ono May ne Runnius on the west
side within Ten Days.

The American Air Power Company, which IL
getting ready to put a Hardio compressed air
locomotive into use on tho Sixth avenue ele-
waited railroad, got one step nearer TO the accom-
plishmcnt Of this object yesterday afternoon
through the action of the Board of Aldermen and
the Mayor, who passed and signed a resolution
giving the company tho right to carry a 3ia.inch
pipe from 100 Greenwich street to the elevated
railroad structure and thence to the water sta
tton Just below the Rector street station. This
pipe Is to convoy the compressed air with which
the motor is TO be charged. 1t will be about 700
feet long. Tho laying and connecting of this Is
about all the work which now remains TO be
done before the new motor cnn be put into prao-
teal use.
Up at the Rome, N. V. Locomotive and Ma
chine works the motor is ready, and in the build.
COMPRISING the air Is all in place, II nothing
unexpected happens, tho new motor win prob
ably DO hauling trains in about ten days.
That 1t Will do tho work there IL little reason
to doubt, for two street car motors of the same
type have been running on tho 12bth street line
OF the Third Avenue Railroad Company's line
since last August, and they have just finished
$4,000 miles of travel. The great question to
be settled Is the one of economy.
The new air motor was built upon the lines
already fixed for the present steam motors. and
III them, except that IL has no smoke
stack and no coal box or wnter tank. The drfv-
ing cylinders are under tho cab instead of at the
other end, and there is a hot-watcr tank, not
unlike II kitchen boiler. right in the middle of
the cab. This contains hot water under pres
sure. which serves to heat the compressed air
before the air reaches the engines. Tho. boiler
ike compartment contains powerful stoel tubes,
in which the air Is stored that drives the motor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
DAMRosCH,s NEW PARTNER.
scope or tho Opera Company 70 Ne Greatly En
1nrEed Tor the Next Season.

Scope or tho Opera Company 70 ne Greatly En-
lnrEed Tor the Next Season.
Walter Damrosch and Charles A d. Ellis, wcll
known as the manager Of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra, Nine. Melba and tho Nordicn con-
certs, will hereafter DO equal partners in tho
management Of tho Damrosch Opera Company.
Next years season will be four or 1--WE months
long, and will include dates In Boston, Philadel.
phia, Chicago, and possibly cities further West.
Mr.. Danrosch has been looking for n partner
Tor some time, as tho entire management of tho
company entailod q larger amount Of work than
he could devote toit. The new arrangement will
enable him to devote himself exclusively 10 tho
artistic side Of the productions, as Mr.. Ellis will
have absolute control OF the business part.
MIR. Damrosch sails on the Fuerst Bismarck on
Thursday for Europe, and expects to have tho
strongest list Of artists yet presented by tho
Dalnrosch Opera Company, under which namo
the organization will continue to be known. The
future plan OF the organization, is, however,
much more comprehensive than hitherto. as 1t
will by no, means, be confined TO tho works OF
Wagner. but will also present the great works
Of tho French and Italian schools, given by great
French and Italian artists.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
A CRACK AT A BUTTERFLY.
SPRINGER o LEAVE TO TAKE ONE
AND HE TOOK IT.

Tho rutter1y was Perchod on BerGer's Toe.
ana the Crack that Springer Took Was
Taken with a Toy Pistoi-The Bullet Lodged
In 1IerEer'a y Damage Suit.
A butterfly was the primary cause of n suit
for 5000 damages brought before Justice
Dickey In the Supreme Court in Long Island
City yesterday. On July 8, 1895, Charles Berger
sat on the stoop OF his parents house at Stein
way avenue and the Shore road. He was chat
ting with Freddy Sprague, a youngster in tho
ncighborhood. The day was dcliciously warm,
and Berger stretched his legs at full length and
contemplated the bright blue sky. The butterfly
here entered upon the scene. 1t had piled its
brilliant wings for fifteen minutes among the
tall weeds Of an adjoining lot. And now, thor
ouehly tired, 1t fiuttercd about seeking a resting
place. The toe OF Bergcr's boot looked inviting,
and there the butterfly settled.
At this %juncture Henry Springer. the eighteen
year-old son of Rudolph Springer, came up. He
had a toy pistol. Springer eyed the butterfly
critically, and said to Berger:
Say, can ] have n crack at thatf'
Sure" replied Berger yawning. He thought
Springer meant to whisk 1t Off with his hand.
Instead the boy whipped out tho pistol and
pulled the trigger. Here the butterfly disap-
pears from the story. The little bullet found a
resting place in Bergcr's big toe. Berger ran to
u nclRnDorlnB uruB stOrb unu nhu us ioot
bandaged.
In court yesterday Berger told how much pain
the injured toe had given him and swore that
he had been untitled thereby for his work as a
driver. and that the best he could do now was to
work at odd Jobs. He was sure Springer didn't
have the pistol in his hand when he made the
request to have a crack at It," Berger was
very indignant to think that Lawyer Hsnneman.
ing such a fool Us to give his consent to be shot.
Springer, a bright youth. WHO said with lordly
decentralization, Il was only sixteen then.''
was sure that Berger saw the pistol in his hand.
us this the pistol = queried Lawyer Hannc-
man, handing up 2 small weapon.
1t TO the witness : said Justice Dickey.
oh" replied the attorney. Its immaterial,
anyway, whether it's loaded or not now"
1t Is. very material, indeed" returned his
Honor. rising. Sec that that thing isn't loaded
before handing 1t to this Witness"
identified it. Freddy Spraaue was next called.
Now" said Lawyer H~anneman, tell just
what happened, and tell II briefly"
Henry Springer shot Charles Berger in the
toe, /" said Master Sprague.
This being u little too brief, he was asked for a
that the pistol was out Of sight when Springer
asked II he might have "a crack at it."
He aimed at the butterfly, didn't her asked
Lawyer Zimmerman.
Yes" said the boy.
And he didn't hit 1t, did he u interjected
Lawyer Dussler, with a laugh.
fly was smashed TO bits
The case was then given to the jury, but one
OF them, Henry Spellman. was taken Ill and had
to be sent home in a coach. A sealed verdict
will be handed in tomorrow.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
HENRY G. TALES DISPUTED WILL,
An Examination To-day 10 See II Il Was Reg
uiarIy Executed.

uiarIy Executed.
Whether or not there will be n contest Of The
will OF the late Henry Clay Yale, tho wealthy
commission merchant, will depend on the result
OF the examination OF the two surviving wit
nesscs TO the paper. which will take place before
the probate clerk in the Surrogate's Office to-
day. II the will is declared void the estate OF
Mr.. Yale will be divided equally among his
three children, William Henry Yale of Spuyten
Duyvil, Nellie Yale Taylor, wife OF John
Stcadman Taylor OF 81 West Thirty-ninth
street. this city, and Fannie Burchard Yale
Mattress OF Kingsbridge. Mrs. TuyloI's hus-
band is a son of DIR. William NJ. Taylor, the late
pastor of the Broadway Tabernacle. II the will
stands. William Henry Yale gets the greater
part OF tho property. II was Mrs. Taylor who,
through her counsel. John Lindley, filed the OBJ
lection to the probate.
The exact amount Of Mr.. Yale's fortune is not
known. but. including his interest In the firm of
Townsend s. Yale, 1t Is probably about 300, 900.
IhS will 9iter "na for % R RTHi9,s,e 1 rs %ssR Md aS. IN his d
legal cap. No lawyer had any hand in making
4. tho three witnesses being employees Of the
Charles Dodd Of PIG South Third street, Brook
Ign; Charles Z, Atkinson Of 1879 East Hath
Dec. 20, 1888. The" will leaves to vii.
lhlsm n Liable, S saa lot pali a. ny @sa re West s'' Fol:
tieth street; also four acres OF ground at Far
Rockaway. all the real estate ] own or have an
interest in standing In the name of Townsend &
Yale and situated In. YOUNGSTOWN and Glovers-
Vile. Fulton county, \. V; also all my capital
and whatever ! have in money or interest or
as partner In the firm OF Townsend g. Yale. com.
mission merchants at 345 broadway, no To have
II AZ a partner with Edward NJ. Townsend, the
same ~ ! In my life; also all my personal jew
elry and NIL furniture, paintings, works OF art.
bric'a;hrac, &c, containedi In my residence at 81
West Thirly.ninths street"
The rest OF his property Mr.. Yale leaves 10 his
two daughters and 10 William Henry Yale, 10
son sole executor. Mr.. Yale is not supposed to
have been possessed OF much more liiun what he
has wIllcd TO his son.
Mrs. Taylor alleges that The will was not
duly and formally executed. published, or de-
Clarcd or altcsted as a last will and testament
according 10 the statute and that 1t Ia not the
last will and testament OF her father.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
HOSPITAL NO PLACE FOR Il BABY
They Die OF Observation-Disclosures. Bjork's Baby
Causes This Admission.

hhty bIb VI Hhooptth II AJothB ~
Causes This Admission.
Louise Bjork. a Swedish woman who boards
with Mrs. Knoll at o7s1 Eighth avenue, became
convinced recently that her four-months-old
baby had been badly treated at the Nursery and
Child's Hospital at Fifty-flrst street and Lexing.
ton avenue, TO which she took 1t for treatment.
After leaving the child three weeks in tho hos.
pital, she took it out in an apparently dying con.
dition with what looked like u wound In the
back Of the child's head. The child's body was
covered with a rash. Mrs. Knoll called the at
tention OF the police. to the case. and, through
them. the Bjork woman's complaint reached the
Gerry Society. DR.. W. F. Newman, the house
physician OF the hospital, denied that the child
had suffered through any neglect of the hos
pital authorities. On the contrary, he declared.
everything possible was done for 1t.
THE woman. who is unmarried, brought her
child here on March IL in a very uncleanly
state" said DIR. Newman yesterday. at was
suffering from seborrhoea capitis, an eczemic
affection. which caused the marks on the head,
and 1t also had cruptions on the body. II
weighed & pounds 1 ounces, or six pounds less
than the average weight OF a normally healthy
baby. Its principal cause OF complaint was
marasmus. i tried to discourage the woman
from allowing her child TO come into the hospi.
"It has been my experience, and. I think, II Is
the general experience among institutions OF
this sort. tnat hospitals are no places Tor INFANTS.
Despite all the care and attention which they re-.
ceive. they almost invariably die when under six
months old. The reason is perfectly clear. 1t is
there are so many children together. they are
subject to all sorts OF troubles. We have usually
from 200 to 225 infants under one year in the
hospital, and ii is impossible to have wet nurses
for all OF them. We get the best milk in the
market. 1t costs IS cents ii quart, but infants
brought up on the bottle arc always subject TO
marasmus.
This child gained IA little the second week 1t
was here, but lost two ounces the next week, so
that it was practically in the samc condition
when il was taken away AS when II came in. We
tell every mother who brings her child here that
II will probably die. so as TO dissuade them from
leaving them. as they can do more for their chill
dren than we can"
The Gerry Society was satisfied with the ex-
PLANTATION OF the doctor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07

Shall tho Women Rouse Themselves or shall
They stick to Rest and Quistf

The women OF the Twelfth Night Club. which
has quarters in the Berkeley Lyceum build
ing, are just now plunged deep In club politics.
The issue Is, Shall the club remain an isolated
social and benevolent organization or branch
out as one Of the federation of women's clubs 7
Most of the members are actresses. When tho
club was founded the idea OF its originators was
to enable the actresses to meet each other So
cially once IA month, and once Il year to celebrate
Twelfth Night. Later a Philanthropic Commit
tee, to aid the sick and moody, was added ms an
outlet for superfiuous energy.
Now May Robson is running for President as
the representative OF the progressive party.
She and her friends believe that the club should
arouse itself ana produce plays with its own
and Miss Janet Lewis are candidates for Vice
President on This platform. Their ticket is
called the regular
The platform of the opposition is Rest and
Quiet! Viola Allen is the candidate OF this
party for President. Mrs. Elizabeth Harcourt,
the present President, and Mrs. Alice Fischer
are candidates for Vice President. Miss Olga
Nothersole fayors the opposition. The election
occurs on May 3.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
CRUsAD1NG FOR B1RD1Ess HATS.
Brookiyn's Civitas Club Adds q Benuet BHhibi-
tion to Its spring Rnthusinsms.

ton to Its Spring Rnthusinsms.
Birdless hats and bonnets are the special fea-
ture of the Civitas Clubs exhibit this spring at
its rooms, 100 Joralemon street, Brooklyn. Every
season the enthusiastic young women OF this
Brooklyn organization pick out some now scheme
to break the monotony of social amusements.
Sometimes 1t Is improved ash barrels; sometimes
municipal reform, and once the club all but split
on woman suffrage. The birdless hat effort
promises to be one of the most interesting cru
sades yet taken up; for it is q crusade aimed
against the use OF birds upon feminine headRear.
and the members of the club have gone into the
movement theoretically. That Is why the rooms
looked like a millinery shop in full bloom yes
terday.
There were hats enough there to all a theatre;
big hats and little hats, hats with ribbons and
streamers. and bows. and all kinds OF devices
for increasing beauty and expense; hats of blue
b bHa Of u these colors but not a a single hat for
which a bird had sacrificed its life and only a
I've want to prove By tlustratlon," said one
OF the young women In charge OF the display,
.. " that a l bonnet or . a h het can an be si jast o as PRETTY III and d
you've SGT SalIis o. some ! e them, end
ostrich SaIt lie rea Ih, n loo 90. r GE5ef1ea 2 VISITOR. You
"we haven't got any ostGriehos nor the birds
ostrie b. feathers f'1 don't count. They're Just tail
feathers. you know, and the ostrich sheds them.
ALL aaai ms Y FiIlin to S SG l. to tor e56i nts. about" sentiment
II don't believe the ostrich sheds them at all"
snid the ~objector. THE men come and pull
them out, and l dare say it's n very cruel pro-
cess. II / were an ostrich with u beautiful
bunch Of feathers like that. I'd rather be killed
mercifully than suffer the i~ndignity OF having
them pulled out"
ANY way. there aren't very, many ostrich
feathers here" was the final defence Of the
other.
Many women visited tho rooms and, admired
the hats and bonnets, and said the bird.preserv,
Inc tAaa uva Son humane " and - an aNynAt " and
that they would be SO glad TO join the moye-
ment ironly some one would persuade the MILL
their most stylish bonnets. The milliners, how
ever. wore not in evidence at the exhibition.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
TWO GIRLS REINSTATED.
BrookIyn Elevated Road Will Give Its women
Agents Another Chance.

Two OF tho six female ticket agents who wero
discharged from the Brooklyn elevated railroad
on Monday for their alleged fondncss for gossip
ing with male passengers were reinstated yes.
terday. The others may DO as fortunate. Gen
eral Manager Barton decided 10 give the girls
another chance. Tho news OF their reinstate-
ment was passed from station to station on tho
East New York, Ridgewood, and Greenwood
lines, and the agents congratulated themselves.
The girls attribute the discharges TO a white
yelled woman who visited every station last
month. She usually carried a book. and stood
in the waiting room whenever she saw a passcn-
ger talking to the agent. They say she was n
"spOtter." One agent was found doing while
onduty. Another was caught cooking an omelet
over an oil stove. Another made potato salad.
They were reported. some time ago a female
agent was found drinking beer from IA can; she
was dismissed next day. One Of the girls said to
aSCS reporter yesterday:
Z" Passengers are often to blame II the agents
talk. Men stop at the windows and ask silly
questions. / have done everything TO stop
passengers from talking TO me. And. would you
believe II, married men arc the worst Once |
refused to answer u foolish question addressed
by a man. He reported me at the office for in
science. Explained the incident at the office.
and of course j was not punished. Don't you
think ii wrong TO condemn all of us girls II q few
may have violated the rules 7"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
WOMAN LAWYER WINS TWO CASES.
Both OF Miss Robinaon's Clients In Special SEES
sions Discharged.

Both OF Miss Robinson's Clients In Special ses-
sions Discharged.
Lawyer Nellie G.. Robinson Of 80 Broadway
had two cases in Special Sessions yesterday.
She removed her hat before she appeared in her
professional capacity. Her first client was Ed.
gar Brauer, who was charged with having stolen
thirty.nine boxes of Strawberries from Henry
Lewis, a fruit peddler living at 21s Delaney
street. Lewis took the stand and related how
three weeks ago he had given Brauer the straw
berries to sell. Brauer did not return with the
money, but got drunk on it.
Where did you give him the berries T. asked
Assistant District Attorney Matthews.
"On Myrtle avenue. Brooklyn" was the reply.
"Your Honors," said Miss Robinson, II think
my client Is entitled to a discharge, since the al
Legged offence was committed outside OF the juris-
dietion Of this court" "
"The point is we'll taken" replied Presiding
Justice Jerome. The prisoner Is discharged"
Miss Robinson,s other client was by this time
ready to plead; ,, She was Mrs; MARGARET limo
John. two weeks ago with a plate. John was
moved Miss Robinson. and the fact that the
injuries, were of such a slight character, l move
the s5 6isShbargs 1f the asiJ Rr JSsPise Jerome. and Mis-,
II was admitted to the practice Of law four
afterward p~ractised in Cincinnati. Ny first case
was when two old maids wanted TO have their
names changed. Their mother had married
three times and her last husbands name was
Graf. 1t was by that name that both the women
were known, although one was really Madeline
Judge Miles o. Wilson asked me II il was my
first case. and ! told him ii was. Then he said
he would change the names OF my clients, but
that ] should never ask him to change my own
name. told him when ! wanted TO do that I
would go to a minister"
In 1894 Miss Robinson applied for n license to
act as a Notary Public. but Gov. Mckinley re-
fused to grant 1t. She appealed, and the Cir
cult Court overruled the Governor and issued
the license. Afterward the supreme Court sus-
tanned the Governor, and then Miss Robinson
came to this city. She was admitted to the New
York bar last August.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
BRowNsrI1LE NEEDS WATER.
Only Five Houses In Three Hooks Connected
with tho s~Inin-I.SoO Persons suffering.

There Is n small water famine In Brooklyn.
the territory affected being the three long blocks
in Stone avenue between Suffer and Llvonia. In
tho heart OF the Brownsville district, or the
1866 houses on the three blocks only Ave have
had the regular supply since Saturday night.
Fully 1900 persons are suffering, AZ some OF tho
crowded tenements contain from six TO a dozen
families almost exclusively Polish. Russian,
Yiddish dialect. Brownsville as we'll as tho
entire Twcnty-sixth ward depends on tho
water. There Is a ll2.inch pipe, which was laid
ten years ago, running through Stone avenue
and also q 6-inch pipe which was put down two
years ago. Tho company has been trying to
have the people mako their water connections
with the large pipe, but in these three par.
tiCular blocks there are only five houses
which have tho 6.inch attachment and these are
the only ones not hurt by the present anime.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-04-07
BROOKLYN WATER VERY BAD.
The Springfield Feeder Polluted at Five Points
by sewage Inflow.

Health Commissioner Emery OF Brooklyn sent
a communications to Mayor Wurstor yesterday
in regard TO the pollution of the water supply at
Springfield. Ii. The water at that point, 1t Is
said. is subjected to "abhorrent contamination"
daily through the Nth from tho adjacent terri
tory flowing into the streams. DIR. Emery says:
with the approach of warmer weather, and
with the experience OF last summer fresh in our
minds, we cannot AFFORD 10 disregard the warn
ings which We have received from the results OF
the biological and chemical analysis Of tho
watershed laboratory, namely, that at at least
i've points of the watershed II 10 common To
and bacteria. which point To- sewage indoW."