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In I.rnise OF william nnrrI.

To THE EDITOR or THE suS-sfr: The publication OF
tho name OF the Hon, william Berri. President OF the
Brooklyn Bridge. as an available candidate OF the Re.
pubi'cans for Mayor OF Greater New York possesses a
particular Significance. His Intelligent and far.seeing
lahors have made the bridge free TO passcng RS, A saw.
Ing OF several hundred thousand dollars annually to
the multitude that daily rides across this great artery.
From nNe to ten minutes each trip ia. in addition.
saved 10 every passenger. who win not have to wait
Tor connecting car lines or be Comp.lIed 10 ASCEND
OF the bridge.
The agreement by which the BROOKLYN transporta.
ZION companies are In carry their passengers over the
brIasr without extra fare or change az rnrh IA one
sure to he highly appreciated. a. IL brings about n
great economy II! tho aggregate OF two or the must
time and money. ""'''''
when the real work OF the campaign begins this
IA.t VIII nave an Important influence on non. partisan
voters. ana Is IN any event n monument NJ good done
FOR the public that will endure. NEW yopxpp
SEiT, IL, 1897. "
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Mr.. CHARLES STEWART SMITH of the Cit.

Mr.. CHARLES STEWART SMITH of the Cit
liens Union is reported in the Herald as tusti-
flying tho Low conspiracy on the ground that
1.-THE municipal beer and liquor questions" arc
apart from State politics. How can that be. Mr..
SMITH, when the beer and liquor questions be-
long to State politics exclusively The city 10
under the liquor law Of the State and can make
no liquor law Of Its own. Even II Low
were the only good and wise man in the world.
and he were elected Mayor by the unanimous
vote Of the sinful New York. he could not touch
the matter. 1t would DO none of his business.
There are no municipal beer and liquor ques-
tons" You must betray your non.partisanship
principles. Brother SMITH, and consort with the
wickedness OF State politics II you propose to go
into these questions in your Low campaign.
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The Gar and the Jews,

1t is an interesting circumstance that
since the present Gear of Russia assembled
the throne, about three years ago. hardly q
word of complaint has been heard from the
large Jewish population of the empire.
Not within the memory Of this generation
has there been any other period of time
when mankind were not asked to sympa-
thiZe with the Jewish millions living under
the sway of the Cars. Their complaints
have become familiar to us in this coun-
try, for the reason that so many hundreds
of thousands of them have come here dur
Ing the past twenty years.
There have been changes to their advan-
tage under NICHOLAS II. The special laws
to which they have always been subject,
bearing upon their places of abode, the in
dustries in which they may engage, the
taxation to which they are liable, the privi-
leges of travel, and those of the higher
education, may yet be in existence; but the
application of these laws in practice has
been 80 greatly modified that they are not
felt as formerly they were.
The policy of the Car toward his Jewish
subjects is one of federation and leniency; he
has granted not n few of the concessions
~ ~ ShSih representative UltH, NE
has voluntarily put an end to a number of
their grievances; and he has sought to as.
certain the causes of their complaints.
Large bodies of them have been encour.
aged to leave the unsatisfactory quarters
to which they have been confined for ages,
those "ghettos" of which so much has been
heard; their rights in trade and in prop.
erty have been enlarged, their freedom to
travel has been extended, their educational
privileges have been increased, some par.
ticular taxes lave been removed from them,
and provision has been made for the better
assertion of their lawful rights in the
courts. In truth, 1t may be said that the
Jewish subjects of the Gear are now in
possession of very nearly all the substantial
franchises that belong to the more favored
OF his other subjects. There have been
changes OF a desirable character for the
Jews of Russia since the accession of the
present Gar.
The Cars more liberal policy toward his
Jewish subjects has brought him a full
measure of gratitude. The rabbinats of
tne country have been foremost in their
grateful deliveraDces. At the time of the
Czars coronation last year the Jewish ex.
~ " 4osoipy 10 NICHOLAS III. were
OF the most marked character; and the
gracious manner in which the sovereign
received these expressions gave proof of
The sincerity Of his purpose.
we do not know how far the betterment
OF the condition of the Jewish people in
ltussia Is to be attributed to any decline in
the power of one of the Cars Committee of
Ministers, the Procurator-Genera of the
Holy Synod, PoBYEDoNosrsEFr, who. for
forty years, has been regarded by all Rus.
sian Jews as their most formidable and 70,
ientless adversary. BY reason of his ex.
Aited office in the Greek Catholic Church.
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1r11ED THOSE ANSWERS Of.
now . French Soldier Replied to the Question.
OF Frederick tho Great.

From Hnrper's Round Table.
whenever n new soldier appeared IN In.
guards OF Frederick the Great OF Prussia It wa,
the habit OF tho King to ask him the three FOL.
lowing qucstions: How old are youi How
long have you been in my ~servicol Are Won
satisfied with your pay and treatment r. l,
once happened that a young French soldier, who
had served in his own country, expressed q wish
to Join the Prussian army. and because Of hs
splendid physical development he wa,
at once accepted. Ho was unable 10
language. but his Captain told HIM,
that the King was certain TO ask him question:
in that language the first time he saw MIN, and
he advised him, therefore,, to learn by heart tho
proper replies to the usual three questions OF
his Majesty. The soldier lost no time in learn.
ing them, and on the first day that he made his
interrogoIe him.. 1t so happened, however,
that the King began with the second question
first. and asked him:
"Twcnty-one years. answered the young
man.
not carried a gun for any such length Of time no
that. and his Majesty, greatly astonished, saidi
How old ore you T.
TSG R yeSri AIN fn,t t pIfSSsG y SmGz MgHj ss,,n.,.
senses !"
question, and glad that the ordeal was over 80
easily, replied:
"Roth, ant please your Majesty I"
This IL the first time l was ever treated an n
mailman at the head OF my army" replied Fred.
eriGk. greatly puzzled.
The Frcnchman. whose stock Of German was
now used up. stood quiet. Presently the King
blurted out in French that he did not understand
a single word of German. The King, who had
been much annoyed. was now greatly amused,
and after urging upon him the necessity OF doing
his duty, left him.
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In Brooklyn Tonight.

A very curious freak in politics Is to be
seen tonight over in Brooklyn. Mr.. JACOB
WORTH, hitherto known as a Republican
politician, and on the strength of his repu-
tation as such the recipient of considerable
trust and reward at the hands of the Re-
publican party, will try to induce the
Brooklyn Republicans to take as their can
didate a man nominated in direct opposl.
ton to them, on a hostile platform, by an
organization formed avowedly to destroy
their party.
Neither Mr.. WORTH nor the object Of his
eccentric allegiance, Mr.. SETH Low, is q
tyre in politics or unable to understand the
nature or the results of their enterprise.
Mr.. WORTH is a politician by profession
and Mr.. SETH Low Is q politician by ire.
sistible inclination and persistent practice,
engaged now in playing the politics Of his
life. They know as we'll as others that IL
their scheme can succeed in New York, the
bottom Of the Republican organization
will be knocked out everywhere and tho
party spirit chilled. II simple treachery
can deliver a party organization to its enc
mics In Brooklyn, it can deliver it in other
cities and in States. n no party 80 living
ton oa9 W uay ouly, COulu survive as u
permanent power.
The alleged goodness and uprightness and
disinterestedness of Mr.. Low are not to be
weighed in the balance against the stabil-
ity and enthusiasm Of the organization
which to-day represents protection against
Organism throughout the United States.
Whoever votes to sustain Mr.. WORTH in
Brooklyn tonight votes in effect against
the Republican party.
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Conc Back.

We have to report n change In politics or
the part Of two conspicuous journals which
last year refused to remain Democratic
after Democracy had become the Chicago
platform, and as Gold Democrats supported
the Republican candidate Of law and hon.
csty. Tho Richmond Times and the Phil.
adelphia Record have rcjoined the Demo.
cratic party by the door known as estate
issues" In Virginia the Democrats have
reafirmed the Chicago platform without
qualification, and in Pennsylvania the
Democrats have proclaimed it again with
enthusiasm, kicking out Of their company
as a suspect the Pennsylvania member of
tho National Committee, Mr.. HARRlTY.
To be thus swallowed by Organism after
an apparently heroic and successful effort to
resist it means hat these two newspapers
and others like them have r~e-examined
themselves, and found that their aversion
to dishonest money and general disorder is
not so strong as they had imagined it to be,
and that the fetish-like worship of the old
name Of Democrat is stronger.
On the other hand, the DoyleStoUn Demo
crdt spurns the ticket nominated ut Read.
ing in a manner to show that the feeling of
its revolt in 1896 was neither sham nor
self-deception. Twill intelligent men who
last year refused to support BRYAN on a
platform Of reputation and revolution,
support the Democratic ticket7' it asks.
Our faithful contemporaries question needs
no answer.
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"There is a day coming" says the
Louisville Dispatch in tho approved ancient
phrase Of melodrama. when the overshadow-
ing issue in this country will be tho wealth
producers against the robbers, who in the name
OF Government and under the sanctions of law,
tako and appropriate to private use the
earnings Of honest toll" II the overshadow-
ing issue is not settled by "a successful
peaceful revolt then there will DO 1.-THE
Sloodiest revolution ever recorded in the
annals of war" Hot language for hot weather.
and in the true King Cambyses vein; and
yet there may BIO ways of inducing tho
revolution to postpone its appearance. We sus.
pect from complaints that have been made by
the Louisville Dispatch, which was founded to
boost Organism, that the robbers don't adver-
tise In it. They are imprudcnt and neglect this
struggling heroic word. producer.
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Foreign No,es or Real Interes,.

Fame hesitates to crown some strange British names
in India. Sir Bindon Blood is fighting the Swatih
while Gen. Yeatman Biggs is about to strike towa
the OrakEais.
Organ grinding has been taken up by a FeliSstovs.
England, curate to obtain money for hs church buNi.
ing fund. He pays $40 a month for the hire * The
barrel organ. and in three weeks has collected s75
Panurge's muttons have been initiated ~ sons
Grenoblc sheep. They were frightened 10y dos, and
gag OF them followed their leader over a licc'iio
$50 feet high. Their owners were unable TO recover
the meat.
Twelve young Abyssinians selected by the Sesus
are on their way to st. Petersburg to lie c:Urat.i.
Four will enter the Techni al School and c;sai a
military academy. The Russian Government hi
offered them all free tuition.
Tommaso Vallauri. professor OF Latin M the rns'
versity OF Turin and an Italian Senator. died recently
at the age Of 92 years. He edited plautus aud Other
classics, wrote histories OF Latin and Italian i'tcri-
ture and sercra! books on Italian history.
Miss Perceval, the last survivor OF twelve children
OF Spencer PercevGl. who was assassInated wNi.s
Prime Minister In 1900. has just passed her ninety
second birthday in full possession OF all her faculties
Six Of her brothers and sisters lived 10 be over 10
years OF age.
Experiments are being ma lie a, Portsmouth, Fns'
land. with cordite AS ammunition for qUirk rtiNg
guns for the purpose OF determining the Visibility u
the fash at night and how far It would guide an
en- my's lire. Cordite Is said TO give u much smaller
fash than powder.
Pcnlnarch lighthouse. on the Brittany coast. whist
O,OOO,OOO'candi power electric light, lNo i"e'
above sea level and visible sixty miles awhT,!'s
monument to Marshal Davoust. Duke -: A~Urr'tIit'
his daughter having given tho French Government
SOC. 600 for the purpose.
A Mrs. Kaye, who has just died near i'"i' M
vented the metal boxes In which fares are s'!l 10
posted by passengers on omnibuScS uri h"r-r r'''
In Brian and her provinces. Before tncU tn'H-iN'
were used In enterlng cars, aud Mr.. Nay .r' .'
conVenienced by them. as she wor" a ci.nn'n'. ~
her wits TO work and devised the hoN.
kais r Wilhclm's Russian Earsoi nuuiii .-1vri-H l
third'ciAss railroad carriage with au aIrrr."n' ga
tickets being bought for him.. as LrvNl Def a.
baggage car and objects &" stranger, u uH
from a train going at fun SIerd, lui wa, .,IH !
peasant found him and took care of lin .I hr 'F
covered the owner AMI that the Kaiser "a. ! 10
dog nj $4,000. He then returned tine l"- o. 'h" !"
for $500, the nnderG legal 10 per ceut 14s 1919
0ut the bill dOwh 70 Sso.
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and also dSSStiaP. reason Of his talents,

! and also d6sbtldP, reason Of his talents,
he exercised, In religious matters, n con.
trolling influence upon tho mind Of the two
Cars who preceded NICHOLAS H.. and
he II Is who, TO his own satisfaction,
has always been held responsible for
the issuance of those anti.Jewish DEGREES
which were 30 long complained OF by
Israel in Russia. He Is yet in office /;
but there Is excellent reason for believing
that his influence with NICHOLAS III. is not
what 1t was with two previous Cars and
that his Jewish policy has received the con-
dernnation Of tho Crown. 1t has been re.
vcrsed, at all events, by the highest au-
thority within the past three years. The
Jews of Russia are now in the enjoyment
Of more privileges than ever before be-
lonRcd to them.
There has been a large decline In Russian.
Jewish immigration to this country during
the brief period of the present Cars reign;
and we suppose this decline Is partly due
to the better conditions that exist for them
in their native land. They are less DESTROYS
than they were formerly of leaving Russia
for the United States; they cannot be in
duced to go to the Jewish colonies In
Argentina; they have taken but little in
terest even in the "Zionism" which looks
toward Palestine. II the Russian Govern
ment shall continue to be as well disposed
toward them as 1t has been under the
broad-minded Car who now wears the
CROWN, they will doubtless stay in the
country to which many Of their ancestors
fled soon after the fall of Jerusalem.
1t is n most interesting man, one yet I'M
der thirty years of age, who now sits upon
the throne of the RoMANoFFs. There are re-
ports that he has plans for the broadening
of the political institutions of Russia. We
have had news within a week from st.
Petersburg that he has appointed a special
commission to provide for the introduction
into Russia of a system of universal and
compulsory education. With new things
such as these, with the Franco.Russian al
lance, with the extension of Russian power
in Eastern Asia, with the Trans Siberian
railroad, with the growth of Russian in
dustries, and shipping, great In
deed Is the advance of Russia in our times.
Life to Russia always our friend.
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THE SUN, TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER Ia, 1897

gerous. But hear the refreshed correspondent
usk questions of tho progressive young re.
former:
How IL It that the Hon. ROWLAND n. MAHAST, after
serving tho people two years, hns Just discovered the
rottenness and corruption in Legislatures and in Con.
gross? why has he not distinguished himself, like a
TutMAN or a BRYAN. while serving the people"
Twenty-Five years ago Mr.. MAHANy was
studying tho scionco of marbles and oliUarchies
did not bother him. In the last two years no
has been put to considerable pains by the ncccs-
sity OF squelching tho Hon. THoMAs BRACKET
REED and n few minor statesmen. He has had
no time to find out the iniquitics Of tho money
oligarchy. but, IL he has found thom out, there
will be wrecks. When the Hon. ROWLAND
BLENNERuAssETT MAuANY finds out anything
he finds 1t out hard and aloud.
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these were measures not Of provocation,
but rather of prevention, and for the con.
tinued preservation of peace"
We do not think, therefore, that tho gar.
rlsons Of Plattsburg, Ethan Allen. anil
Madison Barracks would be asleep when
hostile British gunboats undertook to pass
up the st. Lawrence. nor that any troops
of ours that should reach the Wellnnd
Canal would carefully refrain from injur.
ing it. Nevertheless, Lord CHELMsFoRp's
opinion may be of service to us. We must
see that our frontier garrisons can perform
the tasks assigned to them; that we have
reserve guns with which to At out mer-
chant vessels OF the lakes, and torpedo de-
fences Of various sorts also ready.
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In Pennsylvania Reform turns heaven
ward her pale gray eyes. adjusts her laurel
wreath with her loft hand. and with her right
spreads proudly the peacock-colored train OF her
robe. braided with triumphs. In Pennsylvania
reform is treading air at the proudest moment
of a proud life. Tho Hon. DANIEL II. HAST
IHGs. his imperial waving In tho winds OF
virtue. Is rebuking the Hon. MATTHEW STAN.
LEY QUAY. and could devise no better way of
making the rebuke stern and singing than TO
call tho Hon. DAVID MARTIN of Philadelphia TO
the post Of Secretary of the Commonwealth, q
poet which a wicked Quayite had been made TO
give up. Mr.. MARTIN himself feels tho sweet
inspiration OF Reform. He rode thirteen miles in
Harrisburg yesterday morning on a wheelless
carriage propelled BY his own irreprcssible white
wings.
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A correspondent of the Buffalo Times is
much refreshed by "the progressive senti-
ments expressed by the Hon. II. b. MAHANY
In his Labor Day speech" The refreshed
correspondent published a paper In Buffalo
twenty-five years ago and advocated the same
thlngs and was dubbed n visionary and a
crank outside the ranks of labor for doing
3d. He warned the people against the EN-.
eroachments of tho money oligarchy on
their liberties and was scofed at" So it
appears that tho Hon. ROWLAND BLENNFK
HAssEfr MAHANY has been warning Buffalo
against the encroachments of the money oil.
earchy. II is safe To say that nobody scoffed at
him. lie thinks too much. Such men are dan.
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The real and the only ques' ion to be decided by
the Democrats of kentucky In the coming November
election Is this: Shall the Democratic party bind
Itself hand aud foot TO the corpse of free silver and
commit Its future irrevOcably to the political for.
tunes OF Mr.. BRYAN OF Nebraska 2-Courier Journal.
That is, indeed. the true issue. and yet our
esteemed contemporary refuses to take part in
deciding 1t according to Its sympathies. Instead
Of attempting the only possible remedy for tho
Democratic party, namely. defeat, tho National
Democratic party is helping Organism to vic
tory by refusing aid to the only party that has
a chance to defeat it-the Republican party.
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The Hon. WILLIAM o'CoNNELL BRADLEY,

The Hon. WILLIAM O'CoNNELL BRADLEY,
Governor of Kentucky, must have hesitated
long between duty and the promptings of the
imagination and the heart before he refused to
pardon the Hon. NIMRoD WATKINS of Lyon coun-
ty, sentenced to ten days imprisonment and to
pay a fine of $25 for carrying concealed weapons.
There must have been strong pleadings in
Mr.. WATKINs's nobly sportsmanlike name.
What should a man Of the name OF NIMRoD do
but carry weaponsf Why should he not conceal
them SO that fowls of the air and beasts of the
field might take no fright thercati II NIMRoD
can't carry a gun" in Kentucky, that State
should now order her ascension robes.
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States would not permit them to allow
a desolating war to be carried on In Cuba.
Great as was our business with Havana
then, II was, as Mr.. MONEY says, a baga-
telle compared to the amount OF our com
merce with her at the beginning of the
present Cuban struggle. The principle,
therefore, laid down by CLAY affords con.
elusive justification for a declaration OIL
the part of the Mckinley Administration
that the present d~esolating war must stop.
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THE DRETS IN COHOES.
Frank Drew Tells or an Improbable Engaro-
ment In That Town.

From the Troy Daily Press.
While Mr.. Drew was in town last week he r-
lated one OF the funniest of his old .time expert.
in Troy the company had an evening of here
for some cause or other. and the manager do.
cided to send 1t to Cohoes for an experiment
He hired n hall, advertised the attraction.
placed seats on sale at the usual place, and
sent a young man there to take up the tickets
at the door. As he was unable 10 go person.
ally. he told Frank to look after matters and
see that everything was all right. A little after
z o'clock Frank went TO the hall and asked tho
doortender II any body had gone in yet.
yes was the reply; there are fifty or
sixty inside"
But where are the tickets T. asked Frank.
They didn't give me any was the reply,
Each one came to the door, said Cataract
and walked past me. 1t must be raining dread
fully outside"
Raining" replied Frank; its not raining
at all. What does this mean T.
AS he was talking a young mar walked up 10
the door. looked at MI. Drew. exclaimed Gaia.
ract!" walked in. and took a seat. Neither a
as though there would be a good house Il the
cataract" expedicnt continued. Mr.. Drew
stepped inside and said to the audience:
Gentlemen, you must excuse my ignorance,
as ! am a stranger in town, but will somebody
inform me what is the meaning of the word
cataract which you have all used here To-
night
somebody spoke up.
"Oh." said Mr.. Drew, " see now. ] am sorry
but cataracts,' there will be no show tonight,
Good evening"
And the company returned to Troy without
any cash for the manager.
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From the 81. Petersburg Mirovvs ofooroskt.
why should not Russia interfere in Indian internal
anairsF England created by her intrigue the Jewish
riots In Russia and Armenian disturbances I'm rpr.
key. and then assumed the role OF mediator. Quite
recently. after she had succeeded in exciting the pub
lie feeling In Greece. she put herself forth as the pro.
tectreSs OF Greek interests. Russia and Turkey must
exercise their right to interfere. and put q stop to the
present UNDESIRABLE state of things.
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ITUW TIC CitteIuNu IEuIH Utu'cT,
~BELLEFoNTAINE, Sept GA shooting ARRAY
took place on n freight train on the SVnGusky
division Of tho Big Four between This city and
kenton last night. A brakeman ATTEMPTED %
pulled a revolver and fired at the hrakcman.
There were several men in the car stcal!u. !
ride, among them Charley Chuck, u onc.!ecEcl
man from Dayton. He was standing back ~ no
brakeman, The bullet took effect in his stump
log and. taking an upward range. lodged IN lie
vital parts. Chuck was taken to Dayton, where
1t Is thought he will die.