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FoRTs IRE THEIR PORTE
onesr Fcrtiacations with which tho sp.nisra,
Have Dotted the rsiand or Cuba.

FROM inc NJ. Jous GLOBE Democrat.
BEJucAL, April 9.-The forte of tho Spaniard
II fort building. Cuba is the scene OF his great.
est aud most varied endeavor in that art OF war.
From tho hour that the arriving steamer passe.
under the frowning front OF MORO Castle at IN.
mouth of tho Havana harhor until departure
from the island, one Is never out q: sight OF
some klnd of n fertilization. The Spanish army
has not done much fighting In this war, lie.
cause. perhaps Il has not been possible 20 bri,v
the Insurgents TO cattle. but these little Eel.
lows from the farms anionR the Pyrenees haye
fortified with amazing industry.
From Pinar del Rio TO Santiago de Cubn tho
defences are conspicuous everywhere. Some.
thing TO turn n bulleS Ia the end in view. With
OF o9'S eo aEss aoS S0 SnIi play. n"y %h s'Yoa thu ingenuity % n =
over not the least of Cuba's nttrn ctiuns for tho
visitor Will be .he forts. They number not
some kind In Cuba for every ten insurgents
under arms, And the building still goes on,
went out to the suburbs Of the CITY TO wiz VIZ
Deas the dedication OF n new fort. as a SINH
lar party might have gone from an American
some new industry. The new for. was fin.
ished in q style %behtting its prox Unity to to
The ceremonies OF the formal opening of the fort
for business were duly reported in the rapers.
The forces of the revolution number so, 900
by the claims OF tho leaders. and sc. 900 BY tho
admissions OF the Spanish Government. The
supply of ammunition 10 80 scanty that tbe
general instruction TO the soldiers lie, Not n
single cartridge may be wasted. Against
such an enemy. the Spaniards have dotted the
island with these thousands or forts. Much
OF this Certifying 10 voluntary work. Tho
Spanish soldier seems to have an inbNn liking
for t. He will fight in the open II he must,
There 10 no doubt of the Spaniard's valor. Bus
having hunted IN vain for the enemy. and be-
Ing given the duty'of defending some partlcu.
lar place against the hidden foe. the Spanish
soldier. without being told. proceeds to make
himself as safe from possible harm as convent.
ent:material will permit. He is q natural for.
tiner.
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where xobleman ana Bersar Fare Alike.

~ Ltttt IN SHtcuVO heCOTu-
German Justice is Draconian for many crimeo
and misdemeanors. but the principle OF even.
handedness is, at least, existing to a much
higher degree here than is the case in most
other countries. The nobleman and the beggar
are treated alike. A striking illustration OF
that was the trial, a few days ago. of a number
OF high-born spectators, who for dishonest pur.
poses had set afoot a great, bloated financial
scheme-the funding Of the so-called Kaiser.
Bazaar, by which outsiders were mulcted TO the
tune OF 4.543. 600 marks. The defence was a Gun.
ming and able ono in court, and the evidence
was rather conflicting, but the Judges dis.
cerned clearly. through the haze Of tangled
proof, who were the culprits, and the principal
one. an cx-army officer. Baron Won wostern.
hagen. was sentenced to six months in Jail and
5000 marks fine, and his noble compeers Jared
hardly better. No influence from the outside
could save them. There is sturdy Prussian
Justice for you'll
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Foreign xotes OF Real Iatere.t.

Walter Besant Is anxious to have established q gen.
erai holiday for the Erglish.speAkinG race. and tas.
gests April rs. which Is Shakespsare's birthday
as well as 81. Georges day.
DR.. Won stephan's Cthe German Postmaster Gen.
crab death was due to his cutting q corn some time
ago; he was obliged to have nrst the toe and then
the leg amputated. but too late 10 save him.
Paris museums are TO be kept open for an hour
longer each day in winter and an hour and q half IN
summer. The Louvre and Luxembourg are now
open from o TO 5. cIuny and Versailles from II 10
8. and savres and the Gobellns from noon 10 8.
The collection OF the late Baron Jerome PIchos
is to be sold al auction in Paris beginning on April
%. The collection consists IN a sreat variety Of
jewelry. medals ana coins belonging TO the an.
tiQuity. medieval. and renaissance periods II
had a great reputation in Paris.
Louis Philippe S manuscript Iotes on p.277 sen
fences of death delivered by the courts during lis
reign and sent 70 him for his signature. have heea
presented 10 the French Academy by the Duo g. Az
male. They show the Kings reluctance TO have tao
death sentence carried out even in extreme cases,
Tho siightes; prstexts being used TO commute the
sAntccces.
Trained bears. having been declared to be Jcrr M
turU by the Court OF Queens Bench. may I've treat
cd cruelty in England with lmpunity; 50 the 5. 7.
c. A. cannot Interfere. Mr.. Justice Cave IN ron
dsrinR Judgment said. ~ am clearly OF opinion
that a beas moro nearly resembles a lion that a Ia
$500
mnsticated animals.
Italy broke its record OF emigration In 1898, the
number o: persons leaving The country being
500. O93. threc.nnhs OF the number Intending 10
stay away permanently. sixty eight thousand per-
sou. s-.SJ to the Jnited States. 7o.o2t went - a.
gentina, the others went chiefly 10 Uruguay ana
IraEii. For the. nrst time the number OF italian eiA''
grants exceeds that sent out by any other Euro
pean country during the year.
r-.t-Imous punt ,nment Is to be indicted on mo
murdcTers Of the late queen or Corea. The '"o
Ministers who Issued tho decree reducing her TO tho
rank OF ordinary people and who made the KinG Gus
on his top knot, were put to death when the XII!
took refuge with the Russian Legation at Seoul AH'
their bodies were horribly mutilated. The La" Ir'
partment has now been directed 10 take the pF"reF
procedure whereby the ''eT1reinc penalty" may 10
administered TO tue two dead traitors.
rsris'S smart set hav" devised n now pleasure
Funeral mulsc rendered In the catacoint' al ma
night. Chopin's Funeral March. BcctHo'""
Funeral March from the Heroic symphony ana
Saint sacns DanIe NAcabrs were In the programme
as well as poems written for the occasion an re-
cited by the authors. The audience sal In the corn
doris. surrounded by skulls ana bones ami lISh'''
by tAllow dips. Palms were taken TO prevent po'cs
Interference. since the use OF the cataeom0s ~
such . purpose was illegal
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Will There Be Any Derby Betting,
Prom the 81. james, Gazette.

Prom the ST. James, Gazette.
Whether or not the Derby will have TO be run a
Epsom this year without any shouting of the odds or
any bookmaking in the Enclosures IL still uncertain.
The Home Secretary. whose police Jurisdiction ex.
tends TO EPSON. is still understood TO be consulting
with his advisers on the point. But from Lancashire
news comes that the county police have enforced Mr..
Justice Hawkins Judgment At q meeting Of the
Bury Trotting Club. SO many constables were draft
ed into the Enclosure that betting was practically
suspended" II had been announced beforehand that.
in consequence OF the decision OF the High Court. bet
ting could not be allowed; and presumably In this
case the propretors OF the race course had accepted
their responsibility. How far Is their action TO be fol.
lowed? We are certainly at Q loss TO know how the
stewards OF the Jockey Club propose to maintain Q
purely negative attitude.
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taken away from him altogether. II Ia not
popular to be rich. It is regarded as wrong.
MIR. CooaEsHALL and Mr.. LExow, for ex-
ample, would not be rich II they could.
They prefer to stand up in the sight Of ma
ions and leyislate for the interests Of the
"poor man,"
What is most to be admired In the zeal
Gus ruralists at Albany who are engaged In
making wealth odious is not their orotun-
dity of defamation, but the fact that they
are able to look one another In the face
without guffawing.
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There Is not the least danger that a
Chinese invasion " will be the result Of admit
ting the small band Of Chinese merchants and
artisans who are bound for Tennessee to take
charge of the Chinese exhibit at the Centennial
Exposition. In this case the anti Chinese fanatics
of the Pacific slope are unnecessarily alarmed.
rushing to tho United States, in contravention
Of the Exclusion law, and ovcrrunning the whole
country. and doing all the work which white
Caucasians are anxious TO get hold OF. There 10
terror at the prospect among the belligercnt and
blatant Caucasians Of California.
In the first place we doubt whether as many
as 200 Chinese will seek admission on account
OF the Tennessee Exposition. In The next place
they are entitled to admission under a joint
resolution adopted by Congress n year ago. In
the last place. the Secretary Of tho Treasury has
given orders that only those Chinese who have
n right to admission under the terms prescribed
by Congress shall enter the country. Every
man Of them will be inspected" by special
agents and customs collectors; each one Of
them will be required to furnish evidence Of his
identity. and that he is in tho service of q
merchant who holds a concession for a Chinese
exhibit at Nashville. We don't see how a single
heather from China is to get in unless he fulfls
the conditions established by law.
There is too much fuss in some parts OF the
country about the Monaghan hordes." We
suppose that a few hundred Chinese worm their
way into this country every year from British
Columbia, where they arrive by steamship from
Hong Kong: but not moro than a few hundred.
There can be no Chinese invasion while the Ex-
clusion law stands.
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Monuments 10 William !. arc now sprouting
like mushrooms all over the empire, and the day
is not distant when not 10 have a stone monu,
mcnt Will be an exception in German towns
and cities. In Schoencberg, n suburb OF Berlin,
though, u curious wranglc has cnsued in conso.
quence of such a monument project, sone OF the
Town Council are in favor OF erecting II to Fun
peror Frederick. others to Emperor William.
The money is there, but the warning factions
cannot reach an agreement. and SO things have
been In allegiance for months past.
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Col. Henry walker Of the Aucisn, and Honorable ArtriS
sriing with queen victot. during the visit Of ths Boston
to England but the following incident did not appear
10 Colonsls TemArks, for obvious reasons
The Queen sat In her carriage grand.
The people. they stood ueAr.
30 that, perchanco. II sho did talk.
They might the better hear.
Tho Queen. she looked to right and left,
And presently her eyes
Did rest upon q pleasing sight,
Which gave her no surprise.
For well know she which in the group
or beauteous men who make
Tho A. and II. A. G. so nne
Does always take the cake.
Then did the Queen uplift her land
And beckon to the ono
Sho wished to see. and Walker. quick,
Came TO her ON the run.
The Colonel. no with martial step
STROBE TO the Queens right side.
And. bowling to the ground. no said
He gazed on her with pride.
And not himself alone did gaze
Thus on Her Majestic,
But each and every OF his troop.
The A. and II. A. c.
And likewise thus che whole U. 8.
Through him did also gaze.
While Boston. he was pleased to state.
Found much In her to praise.
Tho Queen. she stammered out her thanks.
81 hope ] do not err
She said. concerning Boston; but
Amt that in Texas. sir P"
The Colonel. he is known to be
Avery martinez
On discipline, aud likewise ho
Is SO on etiquette.
He knows full wen the royal rules,
To wit: One must express
Agreement with the queen and so
He had TO answer. "Yesr"
Alack alas no wonder that
The Colonel cannot tell
The painful tale OF monstrouS woo
Whieh him and his befen. WILL
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1t was a singular resolution that was
introduced into the East New York Conference
of the Methodist Episcopal Church last week by
the Committee on Temperance. commencing
Queen VICTORIA for her devotion to the cause of
total abstinence. We suppose that the members
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Tho Greatest Manufacturing Town.

The Greatest misunderstanding Town.
The Democrat and Chronicle of Roches-
ter prints the statement that Philadelphia
is to-day the greatest manufacturing city
in the United States, although only third
In population. Our esteemed contemporary
seems to have derived this information
from the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is
sadly misinformed on the subject, IL 1t
entertains any such idea.
1t may have been true twenty or twenty
five years ago that Philadelphia led the
country in the size and Importance Of her
manufacturing interests, but 1t ceased to be
true long before the tenth census was
taken; while the eleventh census, that Of
1890, exhibited New York as far ahead.
The superiority of New York
in this respect appears In the subjoined
comparison, and 1t is manifest In every par
ticular by which statisticians measure q
towns manufacturing industries:
Ne,O York. Philadelphia.
Number establishments. 25,4oS 1890
Number employees. 3b4,291 o o.26%
Capital directly invested. $780, 1s. 979 es7b. sac. IT'S
Value hired property. 1887, so& et,14t.O77
Miscellaneous expenses. 1891. no 9e.olb.471
Total wages paid $50. 102,187 135.9l7,0e1
Cost materials used ...... SOC. 422, 1893 s11,845.s 04
Value of products 777.a22,721 b77.e34.440
That tells the whole story. The New
York figures are those Of the present city
of New York. II we measure the manu-
featuring interests Of the Greater New York,
including New York, Brooklyn, and Long
Island City, but not the remaining territory
of the new metropolis, we find that the
Greater New York, as compared with Phila-
delphia, has more han double the number
of manufacturing establishments, nearly
double the capital invested, nearly double
the employees, pays more than double
the wages, and turns out a manufactured
product of 81, O62, 667, 094, against Phila-
delphia's $577, 234,446.
Because New York is primarily the flnan-
cial and commercial metropolis Of this
country and this hemisphere, 1t is easy to
lose sight Of the fact that New York is
likewise the foremost manufacturing town
of this side of the world.
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According to a Topeka despatch In the
Kansas City Journal the Populists OF Kansas
arc awaro that they must find some new lure for
votes. or all the things which they promised to
do In the canvass last fall, thoir representatives
In the Legislature this year did scarcely ono.
What shall the programme DO the next time !
VIII will look most tempting to the gudgeons :
IAN agreement has been reached by the inner
circle, which is limited to less than half q dozen
Populists, that the next campaign must be made
on the anti-corporation issue. That will DO the
principal plank, and the campaign is to DO
waged on It." Apparently these Inner circle
Populists think their party has been too conser-
vativo and has not broathed sufficiently copious
fire and slaughter against corporations. There
is a very sharp competition to be met in this
business Of batting corporations. Tho Popu-
lists sock to establish n monopoly In It, but they
will fail. There are corporation baiters, and
very furious ones. in all parties, and for some
timc now they have been, or have pretended to
be, very forco in tho work. Tho Populists
should try and find some momentous issue
which they can have to themselves. Besides,
the st. Vitus dance Of demagogy cannot last.
Tho dancers will become exhausted. They are al
ready exhausting tho public. 1t Is not to DO OK
pected that anything in the line Of common sense
would appeal to tho Kansas Populists, but at
least they might try some new form Of folly.
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Of tho committee had not taken pains to pro-
cure information upon the subject Of the resolu-
ton. We approhend that her Majesty would
not have boon grateful for the commentator.
The Rov. DR.. BUCKLEY deserves credit for tho
defent of tho inapproprinta resolution.
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"TEsTAMENTs. TAR. AND TREACLE.
ODDLY BOOKS AND GIMLETs."

If the principle is wrong, 1t has always been
wrong; and II 1t is wrong. how would 1t do to
enact a law providing that NO person In the
United States shall keep a store In which more
than two kinds OF articles are offered for sale r.
BOSTON, April IL. 8.
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II our friends ,oho favor Us tcfth manuscript Jor
publication utah to haze rejected articles retHrneo'
fn,v mus, IN all oases send stamps for that purpose.
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We learn from President DIAz's message
to the Mexican Congress that his Government
has always been successful In securing the re-
lease Of Mexican citizens imprisoned in Cuba
under the charge of having been implicated in
the insurrection. This is a better record for
Mexico than We can claim for the United States.
It is to be presumed that President DIAz backed
up the Mexican Consul at Havana, to whom he
gives credit for the happy result Of which he
speaks. II tho man who was President OF tho
United States until a recent period had backed
up the American Consul at Havana, he might
have left office with one thing to be proud OF,
and worthy to be remembered.
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Department stores.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: This war
fare or howl against department stores. as IL
they were a recent development of commercial
enterprise. reminds me of n sign in a New Eng
land college town which read about like this. 1
am not sure about the monopolist's name:
JOHN JONES. HATS M GROCERIES,"
The department store is rs old as Now Eng.
land civilization. I'll warrant that the very first
store established by our Pilgrim forefathers was
n department store. There was an old New
England sign. or there was said to be one which
read thus:
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Col. Henry walker Of the Ancient ami Honorable ARTILLERY
Company ~ Teoton rscently dsiiNsrad . isoturs explaining his
meeting with queen Victoria during the visit Of the boston ia
yoTitea to England hut the following incident did not appear in
the Colousls remarks, for obvious reasons
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John Bulls DeCOY.

Olney's arbitration treaty is
arousing a great deal Of antago-
nism. Experience with the great
corporation attorneys diplo-
macy has justified the American
people IN looking with supicious
eyes upon anything that passes
his hands. And in this triumph
of his genius they are not likely
to be disappointed. Questions
of dollars and cents can very
properly be referred to arbitra-
ton. There are considerations
however, of infinitely vaster
Importance that should never be
imperilled even in the avoidance
of the most cruel and destructive
war. Even human life is not the
most sacred thing on earth. Far
above it are many of the ques-
tions that grow out ofhumanity's
inherent's rights, such as liberty,
national integrity and the de-
tense of the down-trodden and
suffering. Better oceans of
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by, necessitating taxation,
solves the problem.
In the west the farmers are
burning corn, in Pennsylvania
and other localities miners are
famishing for bread. There is
the supply and the demand.
The law is in force; it is i'm mu-
table and memorable. The want
is distribution. BY what
means? Transportation. Who
controls transportation? Private
corporations. They have it in
their power in a land of plenty
to inaugurate famine. They
can rob and starve. Who adj
vocates a remedy? Socialists.
They demand that the govern
ment shall control transporta-
ton. lhey believe IN cooper
alton. Why is it that the A.
F. of L. is not socialistic or
ganization? The answer is
that it needs more light.
Socialism works along lines
of rational reform. It deals in
unities, not vagaries. The strike
and the boycott have had their
day. A new area is dawning,
an era of higher and broader
thought in which there is re-
demption for the toiling masses.
Railway Times.
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The typographical union is
whetting to a razor-edge long
bladed knife for those aspiring
attorneys who send their brief
work to be printed out Of town.
In the printers ethical code, and
the commercial bodies of Duluth
have always shown a DISPOSE
ton to back them up in it, this
is the objectionable sin.
Congressman Towe in the SUM-
dry civil bill has secured an ap-
preparation of 100000 for the
Duluth Superior harbor, availa-
BILE under the continuous con-
tract system for theyear 1898.
The citizens Of Louisville, Ky,
are agitating for vestibuled
street cars and lower rate of
fare.
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blood than a single precedent
to enchain those strug
Cling for freedom, or to thwart
ever so small a portion Of the
race in it's efforts to rise to
higher grounds. Hence, SO long
as this treaty does not give
either nation the right to decide
for itself whether or not a SUBJ
ject of dispute is a proper one
for arbitration, it is both vicious
and retrogressive.
Whitfield down to fine point
the treaty means that disputes
between Great Britain and the
United States shall be referred to
King Oscar of Sweden. Is not
this going too far? What mon
arch, howsoever enlightened he
may be, is qualified to sit in
jud gment on republic?
A fixed board is also violation
of the fundamental principles of
justice. 1t might be tolerated in
matters ofdollars and cents if this
seventh arbitrator were the CON-
mon and free choice Of both
countries. This seventh man is
in reality the sole Judge, and any
plan that does not require him
to be a man fully acceptable to
both sides, and chosen with
special reference to the particular
dispute under consideration,
will prove not only a delusion,
but source of national humilia-
ton.
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Bridge Tolls.

DIlOXe lois.
The council Monday night dis
cussed bridge tolls. 1t will be
remembered that the bridge CON-
pany wants an extension of
time and there has been a gen.
eral demand, in which the Trades
Assembly has joined, that as a
condition of extension the bridge
be made free to foot passengers.
A conference between CON-
mittees representing the two
cities reported to their respective
city councils that congress be
urged to grant the extension,
provided that it was agreed:
1. First that pedestrians have
free passage.
2. That the Street Railway
company, after the bridge be-
comes the property of the two
cities, be required to pay toll
on their cars.
The philanthropist, Mr.. Hart
ley, was present and in no uncer-
tain terms denounced this in
famous attempt of the council
ITO tax the laboringmen who
ride in the street cars with their
dinner buckets under the seat.'
This makes us think that "Gil1'
goes home always before 6
o'clock; or else he either isn't
very familiar with Duluth
street cars, or has an awful bad
memory.
The facts are, in the first place,
that ellis cars don't have any
''under the seat" where a work.
ingman could put his dinner
bucket; in the second, about the
time the workingman wants to
use the cars the onl y seat avail
able is "standing ROOM"
Mr.. Hartley claimed that the
proposed change was an act of
bad faith with the company,
which it seems, isn't putting any
of it's own capital into the
scheme, but has pledged the tolls
to the holders of it's bonds. Of
course, it was an oversight that