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New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
PROSPERITY. INSTEAD or CHEAP MONEY.

NO prosperity can come uniil silver has been
restored.' Mir Bryan shouted several hundred
times last year. Following him many thousand
other shooters told the people that their welfare
depended upon restoring the use and putting
M the price of silver Some millions Of people
believed the tale. But a greater number by
nearly a million looked straight To the fact that
prosperity depends upon work and wages, and
voted for Mckinley. They have their reward.
and are not sorry that the victims of the silver
fraud can share it. For every day brings tidinss
of more works opened thousands of more hands
employed. and better wages for many. AT the
same time almost every day brings word Of a
new low record for silver. caused by the sales
Of American mines and spectators.
The price has now gone below ~ pence, only
23.s7 pence being onoted Tuesday at London
and u > cents at New-York. 4 month ago 80
pence was the London price and 59.2l cents
the New-I York price. on the day the new tarff
was passed and 4 real prosperity secured. IN
March .931 pence was the London and ,d.2'
cents the New-York price on the day President
Mckinley was naugurated. In November 10
pence was the London and G52J cents was the
\ew-Y York price on the Saturday before Mex IN
lev was elected The dawn Of prosperity was
resisted 10 me utmost DN the SILVER producers
and SPECTATORS and for them it Is coming but
slowly Their metal has lost over 20 per cent
of its price since the election. Wheat has gained
- per cent. corn about 10 per cent lard about
per cent, pork IL per cent and live hogs "a
per cent. The people who believed in getting
their living by compelling labor TO get its wages
and farmers their paw in J0-cent dollars are
now getting less than 40 cents for the silver
which they wanted TO sell for dollar. But the
people who believed in work and employment
| for American instead of foreign labor are be
| ginning 10 get their returns
| Money was going TO be scarce and dear. ac-
| cording to the calamity howers last year. II
"the cause OF silver was defeated that would
give the gold monopoly chance to turn the
screw once more, and depress the value OF every
| thing else, making money so scarce that nobody
could &c. enough for his needs. Silver was de-
feateo. and deposits in National banks have in
| creased 500 VJ0 900. the lawful reserve has in
| creased S63,Uo0,O00. and the money in the hands
| Of the people outside The Treasury has in
| creased since last October i.00o.UO0. over $40.
| 1000 Of Ii in gold coin Since March the loans
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
PERSONAL.

Henry o. Tanner the negro artist one oi "io''
paintings has been purchased by the Frehch "o,-
ernm. mt for the Luxembourg Gallery, vas porh III
Philadelphia about thirty-fve years ago. lie Is
the son OF Bishop Tanner formerly OF fhao''
phio but now of Kansas city. Mo. When young
Tanner was still in the twentes, he became draw
ing instructor I'm Fisk University. Nashville Tenn
Later he went to Paris. and there became puph
Of BENJAMIN Constant. He exhibited IN the oaiohS
OF 1895 and 1896 his pictures then attracting iavor
obio criticism and his Daniel In the Lion Den
receiv,np th" coveted mention honorable" AS
already announced In The tribune IL is hIs Euxam
Raising OF Lazarus fhat is 10 hans III '"e '"N''''
bolug.
Mrs Lillian Small OF Cape Cod Mass. lives In
q little cottage under the shadow OF the great
Highland Light, and there she spends most OF INC
time looking through telescope for passing Snip'
and teographing her observations to Boston ono
learned 10 do this when child from her id'hcr'
who occupied the post OF signal-master AFTER re-
turning from boarding-school she became @ @her
fathers assistant. Often days go by In when sne
sees no one save the families OF the lighthouse
keepers. She is an expert duck Snot
cur,cv Chief. one Of the bestknown OF the
p,v,noe Indians near Perry Okla. who died the
o,hor dav was said TO be more than one huhdr'u
years old He took part in most OF the ihdiat
wars and was the leader OF his tripe III mall 81
lis battles with the Osages. This war was waEe',
haIf a century ago. The two tribes are separated
by the Kansas Rlver
Captain Lucian NJ. Clemons. who recently re-
tired a. kccper Of the lifesaving station at Marble
head Point Ohio. Lake Erie. and ms TWO
brothers were the first persons 10 receive the me-
saving medal OF the first class awarded by the
United States The brothers displayed heroic pray
cry and daring In rescung two sailors from We
schooner Consuelo which wrecked near
Marblehcad on April 3O 1875 The action OF the
brothers was brought the attention OF the Gov
ornment and on June co. 1876, they received lnel
recognition under the act OF congress aPP.onc"
June 20 1874 The Captain is still hale and hearty
Samuel r. Galloway who has been elected presi-
dent Of the Lake Shore and Michigan southern
Railroad began his railroad career as junior
clerk in the auditors Office Of the Grand Trunk III
1863 remaining with the financial department OF
The road until 1869. In the latter year he entereh
tho onnIov of rho Great Western. Of Canada. az
chief clerk to the general superintendent; In lssi
he was elected second vice-president or the unoli
Pacific system having in the time occupied
a number of important places Recently he has
been president Of the Nickel Plate
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-President Borda of Uruguay was
shot and killed by assassin as ne was @ ieaN
Ing the Cathedral in Montevideo; the murdeler
was arrested - Fort All -MusJid IN the hhy.
her Pass was captured and burned by the reoel
tribesmen Of the Indian frontier; the entire pass
is now in possession of the rebels. --- Iweh'!
women were killed al Moncada. Spain, OWING u
an accident TO apparatus used in raising water
- President Faure and the Car ana CZarlhd
reviewed fifty thousand troops anu a''eHueu q
state BANQUET -== 1t is said that the prisons
of Constantinople are crowded with Armehlans
and Liberal Turks: Turkish crueltes in ARMENIA
continue ==-= The British Association ior 'ne ne
Advancement Of Science closed It's meeting III
Toronto == In speech before the NoiNsiaau
or tho South African Republic President Kruger
repudiated British suzerainty Of the Transvaal.
- Canada extended the beneht OF her prefer
ential tariff to eleven more nations.
ESTIC-President Mckinley reviewed
,bn narade of the Grand Army in Buffalo, after
riding at its head over the line of march =
TIL annual meeting of the American bar Asso-
citation began in Cleveland FIesioene 49,, -,
worth read his address. - An outpieah VI
race troubles and lynchings occurred in ArKan-
sas - Justice Alton b. Parker, SAID that,
while not candidate for the Court OF appears
Iudeeship he would not decline a nomination.
The Rehring Sea Commission held pre-
lminary meeting in Halifax - The steamer
Willamette arrived at Seattle bringing the latest
news from the gOldseekers in Alaska -
There were indications of a change OF 'front.' IN
some of the coal operators in the Plttsburg as
trict but a number Of the largest INSISTED thal
they would resume WOrK III tNeli HiliicS az 'iNN'
CITY AND SCBURBAN.-The Police Board
retired Chief Conn at his own request on
pension Of $1,000 year, and appointed Acuns
Inspector McCullagh 10 fill the vacancy; the
CORPORATION Counsel was asked for an opinion
as 10 whether not the new Chief would nave
to take a Civil Service examination - Presl-
dent Quigg Of the Republican County commit
tee announced that if the Citizens Union nomi-
mated Seth Low before the Republican conVen-
ton some other man would be named by the
Republicans - a big Swiss firm is TO estaD-
lish a silk mill here in consequence of the Ding
ley law. The valuable plot of land at
Broadway and Thirty -ninth-st.. on which IL was
intended to build the Herald Square Hotel. was
traded by julien It. Davies TO Edward H. Van
Ingen for the Bancroft Building and sum or
money - Pacido Saitta. who was arrested
in connection with the death Of Mrs Ottllle
Kiraly in Brooklyn. discharged. -= The
Vencedor outsliled the Jessica in the special re-
gatta of the Corinthian fleet of New-Rochelle.
- The Cleveland baseball team failed to
score against the New-York men; Brooklyn de-
feat d Pttsburg. -= Stocks were dull and
trhe lower.
THr<WEATHER.-Forec for to-day: Fai.
and cooler The temperature yesterday: High
est ~ degrees: lowest. IS; average IJ$s.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
SLAUGHTER or THE SEALS.

Dr. Jordan. president of Leland Stanford | nj
vcrsIty. has made n brief forecast of the report
on the Rchring Sea seals which he is about TO
present 10 the Government 1t is explicit ana
emphatic The seals are vanishing. They num-
Der. at the Pribylof Islands, less than one-1fth
as many as in 1883. or this decrease there Is
only one cause-namcly. pelagic sealing. with lis
inevitable and indiscriminate slaughter OF fe-
male seals For il there is only one remedy.
prohibition of pclagic sealing. Those are MS
conclusions. uneouivocay expressed. and backed
IN bv the authority Of observation and knowl-
edge
The Pribylof Islands are not. however. the only
seal rookcries There are others on the Command
or Islands. which belong 10 Russia. What is
the state OF affairs there? Almost smuane-
ouslv with Dr. Jordans report comes an answer
to that question in an official report of Mr..
I.eonhard Stcjneger of the United States Ma
tlonal Museum. On the Russian Islands II"
saws. the seals have in late years been rapidly
decreasing in numbers. and the herds VIII soon
disappear altogether if present conditions con-
Time. The blame for this decrease he places
with irresistible logic upon pelagc sealing. and
upon pelagic sealing alone" The remedy Is OF
course. obvons. He recommends absolute pro
wears. and thereafter permanently within IL"
knots from the islands; total prohibition OF Kill
Ing on land for one year, and thereafter killing
of bachelor seals" only and not later than An
gust I.
If n report were 10 be obtained concerning me
seal islands belonging TO Japan it would I'M
ouesionably be TO rilc same effect and would
suggest the same remedial measures. These
three nations have proprietary interest III me
seal rookeries fourth. Great Britain. has me
chief interest in peagic sealing. Certainly the
four ought. at the coming conference. to hnd a
way TO preserve the herds from eXiermnaflon
and 10 preserve from ruin a most profitable IN
dustry In this the nation that most prac'isrS
pclagic sealing is as much concerned aS those
that own the rOOkeries. because pelagic sealing
is declining about as rapidly as land-killng As
Mr.. Stejncger says. there will soon be no seals
for the pelagic sealers to kill. Both reason ana
self-interest demand some scheme Of protection
which shall be both equitable and effrctivr. That
the present scheme is neither Is entirely appar
cnt That such a one can be devised Is not 10
| bp dOubtpl
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
APPLES FOR NEW-YORK's POOR.
MR. MOODY GETS HIS YOUNG FOLK TO P1cx
FRUIT AT NoRThFIELD.


FRUIT AT NoRThFIELD.
Mortified, Mass Aug % speciaD-Dr. A. G.
Dixon preached this morning on Biblical Holt
ness" He had good deal TO say about offerings
sin offerings peace offerings. offerings.
pass offerings and whole burnt offerings. After he
had pronounced the benedction aad the people rose
to leave the church, Mr.. Moody left his seat and
said:
please sir down a minute. 7 want your help in
a matter needing immediate attention. Last year
our Seminary girls picked up lot OF apples ard
sent them to Boston. They won't he back for two
or three weeks yet and wart you to send some
apples to New-York this week. We have the APP
pies the railroads will carry tSem very cheaply-
three barrels for a doar-and want 20 have som"
OF these fine apples sent TO the people Of New ork
who cannot afford TO buy them. There arc a good
many young people in the town. a number OF yo|ns
ladies' from New-York among them. II they Will
all come to my house at o'clock we VIII have IN
apple bee. You pick up the apples. viii give them
and haul them to the station free. and we must
raise money enough to pay the freight"
Mr. Moody appointed a committee OF young men
Mr. Janeway OF Brunswick; Mr. Wood. OF
Philadelphia, and his son. Paul Moody-to colicci
asked the Rev John H. Dcvins. Of New York. 10
look after the distribution of tho apples after they
charitable society wishing Of tho appes. snich
will probably be In Ncw-York on Friday or ss,ur.
day. may ADDRESS MT De'inS' ~ ~ ~'' r''''
Fourth-st
Mr.. Moody and his little granddaughter, Emma
Ftt not yet two years old. were on hdnd 10 vel
come the fifty young people who responded 10 hs
call for helpers and soon between nfty and siYiy
bushels were ready TO he shipped II httle Emmi
did not pick up as many apples ~ any other grl.
she attracted more attention than all the rest -
she trudged along with her single apple ana put u
his A storm made the grass too wet TO continue
the bee long. and the young people are LOOKING io-
ward 10 another day of IL tomorrow
DR. Dixon extremely practcal to-,aE, ~
usual He said that one OF the needs OF ,hrlstla
neonle was to have more backbone. Another nceo
vas for them 10 have fresh religious experienced
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26

of tho banks have increased Si3,OOO0OO ana IN
the loans for the support Of industries ana
legitimate trade the increase has been rcla'lVe!
much greater. Prices are not shrlnKihs' hui
wages The thing shrinking is the pretehce
that 30 cents worth Of silver last fall, now not
40 cents worth constitutes an honest doiiar.
The American people have an opJcctessoh
which ought to last them some time III Is Oh
the nature Of prosperity how 1t was lost ana 'he
way to recover it. 1t was lost by taking WORK
from American and giving it to foreign iaoor
Recovery means nothing but restoration OF iapor
and its reward to American workers. II is the
uplifting OF the millions that makes things pe'-
ter The policy that would sacrifice everything
to enrich a few importers does not Deheht 'he
people The policy that would enrich q iew
score silver mne-owners by robbing all the
rest Of the people giving to the few S''oooWooV
a wear taken from the farmowncrs and the
wage-earners throughout the country. promised
no good but only great harm to the Millions
and they had sense enough to defeat II. Inc
policy which promises better protection FOR
American industries no more closing OF mills or
mines or discharging Of hands. and better wages
for workers. through securing for Americans the
opportunity 10 produce for their own needs
things for which S39J 900 600 was paid TO for
eicners in the five months ending with July, the
millions were able to understand and restored
by their votes Even the least sensible OF the
farming States which supported Bryan are now
permitted TO share in full measure the prosperity
resulting from their defeat
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26

memories which the Georgia prison pen recaiiS
that the mind naturally shrinks from the sue
ycstion that they be refreshed ana perpetu"'e"
through the establishment OF puDiic parn'
with monuments and inscriptions, on Ihe size
of Wirtz's unspeakable brutalities. H"ch
park. though it nigh draw closer atten',oh
10 the heroism patience and endurance or the
Union prisoners who suffered within It's former
confines. would at the same time commemorate
torbarItcs and inhumanities which, 1t Is hopcn.
,he American character has put behind II. anu
prolong memories Of sheer savagerv WHICH, III
the interest Of progress and civilization' might
we'll be allowed to sink into obsc'rIiy uhdis-
turbpI
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
THE talk or THE DAY

W r Stead in THE Review Of Reviews" gives
the following acknowledgment to women; Inc
reign Of Queen Victoria has produced no greater
novelist than George Eliot No better incarnation
Of organizing ability and divine tenderness thaH
Florence Nightingale. In Mrs. Barrett Browning
II has seen the greatest female singer since Sappho
In polftcal economy IL has given us Harriet slar-
tineau and Mrs Fawcett In the distinctive crea-
tive gift of inspiring enthusiasm. OF competing
conviction 1t would be difficult to name three men
who could be compared with Mrs. Butler Mrs.
Booth and Mrs. Besant
4 railroad man made the remark the other day
thai not one American in a hundred who spent his
si;rplms cash in making a summer tour of Europe
had ever visited some OF the most noted pldcts o.
many men SAID he. who have absolutely no
idea of the grandeur of the Yosemite valley OF
ever the splendors OF the Alps the Valley of the
Rhine Not one in hye hundred who become enthu-
sastic the lakes OF Switzerland ana ana La? M
have ever even our own grand inland seaS
often wonder how Americans feel when they go
10 Europe and are asked about the places Oh d., ,a
torest in this country that they know nothing
about | suppose. Amercanlike, they put up Il
bluff and answer the questions an TignL "a, IL IL
must make them feel queer. 1t Is all strange 70
for on hall of what IL costs Is to Pen haS ra
be visited want 10 see all there Is worth seeing
here first then ' will visit Europe -'Phiiadephia
Press
The famous Wallace collection Of paintings Is 10
remain at Hertford House. England if the recon-
mendations of the committee appointed TO con-
slider the matter are carried out. The purchase
OF the house and freehold with certain structural
alterations TO improve light and space VIII cost
the nation. It Is estimated about $4,000. Claude
Phillips art critic of The Daily Telegraph mas
been appointed keeper of the collection
handicapped man" remarked an admir-
ing friend has the faculty OF saying clearly in a
few words what others would require pages to eX-
press. .rt-,,, .,o,..r
%, along in politics: unless he learns to nll-
blster better than that."-(Washingto Evening
Star.
French statistics show that there are now 21jo
women in France vino earn their living as authors
| or writing for newspapers, while there are only
seven hundred painters and sculptors Of that
Among the writers 1000 noveliss. 200 lyric poets
and 10 who publish childrens stories and educa-
tiOnal works.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
DriTU or 4 THEATRICAL UiNAGfR.

,,orv.rse l. Graves dropped dead Yesterday
,,, t,s, as he was mounting the steps OF his
hoardlng-house. No l34 Fast Twalfth-st lie had
been stricken with apoplexy. Mr Graves was
sixty-dve years Old and was in his day WELL
known theatrical man. His most notable WORK.
PERHAPS was the production Of Sdrdous lheo'
dora" on an elaborate scale some eleven or twelve
Us seo Miss Lillian Olcott starred In that pro-
ductIon Twenty-Five years ago he was connected
win Tom Maguire's theatres In san frs,sisco.
"notber PRODUCTION OF his Was The soldier
rrusf" I'm which George I. Bon.thce starred
Graves had sisters living IN Portand. Me, anu ns
yIsIted Them about six weeks ago. lie was ~ sooo
health when he left them. He had brother IN
= EranclscO.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
WEDDINGS PAST AND 10 tOUh.

Tho wedding OF Miss Efle Sherwood Williams -
Reuben Finch Cory. OF William CORY re-
tired member Of tho firm Of Sou'A"rd' hop"r's'n
& Co. Of this city took place at O'Clock ''st
evening at tn, home or the brides mother Mrs' Z.
d Williams No SO Yves, Nnety-hfth-st. Tners
,yore only relatives and personal friends at the
ceremony which was performed hy the Kew
George C. Belts. OF St. Johns Churcn. "osh'h'
n v the godfather of the bride. Miss NliIidmss
gown was Of white satin with hounc"s ana ace
Her vo Of tulle was fastened with orange bios.
SONS Her maid OF honor. Miss Nan Mckee. o,
Charleston s g. wore costume Of corn-colorel
hrihdesn,aids or ushers The bridegroom's brother.
Charles Harris Phelps Cory. was best man las
trimmings Of white lace and each carried baske;
OF yellow roses Some 81 the gueSts Tfre , u, IN, sn.
rant: Mrs; j: A. Cartedfe Mrs. ,isi = 6 Groux' MIS-
The engagement has just been announced OF Mss
Maud stone :he youngest daughter Of William F.
Stone. of West Brighton. Staten Island. TO Harold
Waldo, Of this city.
A, rho marriage OF Miss Nathalie Dresser.
daughter or the late q. w Dresser. Of this city 20
John Nicholas Brown. which Is scheduled to take
place at Trinity Church. Newport. on September :.
Bishop Potter will perform the ceremony assisted
hv the Re-, George J. Magl. the rector OF the
friends of the bridegroom Miss Dresser Will have
no % a % be or Horsee 3 Bey Of Paris T
will he six ushers and A wedding reception VIII pe
held at the home OF tie brides aunt, MIS-. f.d"aro
King.
Miss Mercedes de Armas. the adopted daughter
OF General Julio Sanguily. the Cuban patriot was
married to William Wallace I.awtOn. CT Havana,
Cuba at o'clock last evening. in the rcciory o'
the Church of ST. Paul the Apostle. Ninth-ave. end
Fifty-nnth-st The ceremony was performed by
the Rev John Hughes. and it followed by
small reception at the home of General and Mrs
Sanguily No. 6s West Ninetyhrst-st. The bride,
who was given away by General Sangully. wore
gown of white satin brocade and veil OF tulle
caught up with white roses and lilies OF the val
ley. Her bridesmaids. in gowns of white SIX
muslin trimmed with lace were the bridegroom
sister Miss Maria LawtOn. and Miss ArIarep.
The best man was the bridegrooms broIner. ltonrF
Lawton of Hudson, \. Y. The ushers were james
Iawton and George l.awton or HUDSON. nroth'ts
of the bridegroom: Sidney Lawton. OF iarrytoWn u,
his cousin, and John Grannis or sing sing. Attcr
a trip Mr. Iawton will take mis- bride 10 HAVANA
cuba where they will make their home.
Miss Martha Norton the playwright. was may
ried to Herman Conheim. OF this city, at the home
Of the brides mother No. l65 Unon-ave., Saratoga
yesterday afternoon. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev DR. Harris. of this city in the presence
of the relatives of the bride and bridegroom. M
and Mrs Conheim started for the AdirondacHs
turn TO this city i'm time 10 be- present AT the nrst
nights performance of her new play. entitled 4
Bachelors Romance" on September y. The coupe
vii live I'm this city.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
Az IRISH PRELITE HERE.

Bishop John J. Clancy. of the Diocese OF ElDhln
County sligo. Ireland was one OF the passengers
who arrived on the White Star steamship Majestic
yesterday. lie was met at the pier by number
OF friends who had known him in Ireland.
Bishop Clancy is the youngest bishop In Ireland
lie said that ne had great admiration for America
and WAS glad Of the opportunity come here. He
declared that the principal object OF his visit was
lie will also irv 10 see as much OF the country as
rossible He will call on Archbishop Corrigan and
other clerical friends here and on Cardinal Glib
bons in Baltimore. ,,.-,
Asked the condition OF fairs in Ireland. Bishop
Clancy said THAI business Was dan in Sligo, ana
rhe mills and factories were running only four days
A
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26

The journeylng veteran on his way 10 buHaio
streamed forth in such unnumbered fhuitituoe
as to cause quite a boom In transportation ana
pour a wealth OF tribute into the various Nor'H-
ern and Western railroad treasures ne '"uS
assisted In reviving the prosperity Oh ,he co""-
try which he once 80 valiantiy assisted u saw
I'm peace and war deserving well OF MS OWL HIS
native land. Buffalo booms WIN MIN III ue
gree unwonted and in fact so far as ns o""
experience is concerned. unparalleled.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-26
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