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The times., 1897-03-29
The Free List.

While we are ConsCentiousiy severe upon
monopolIsts, who would rob the people
unmercifully that a few individuals, cor
porations and combinations in restraint
of trade may be benefited to the extent
of unnumbered millions, it is but Just to
give them credit for whatever may be
good in the course OF their wicked career.
That we may never have cause to reflect
that we have failed TO do so, the Ding
ley tariff free list is subjoined. 1t repre-
Sents the few things, from the obstetrCal
instrument to the tombstone, in use by
the people in the course of their progress
from the beginning of their lives to the
silent grave, that their taskmasters are
willing they should enjoy without paying
a hundred or two per cent tribute for the
privilege.
Acorns; Apatite; Art educational stops
composed of glass and metal, and val
ued at not more than s cents per gross.
Balm of Gilead; Bladders, crude or
salted for pres ervatiOn only and not
COR; Cudbear; Clutch.
Dandelion roots; Divi-Divi; Dragons
blood
FIshskins
Gambler.
Human hair, raw, uncleaned. and not
drawn; Hoofs, unmanufacture
Junk, old
LeecheS
Munjeef; Marrow, crude; Myrobolan.
PuIu.
Salep or Saloup; st. Johns bread: spunk;
StoraX or StyraX.
Teeth, natural or unmanufactured.
Waste shavings.
Zaffer, etc, eto-
The free list speaks for itself Probably
it Will be much changed and shortened
after 1T reaches its committee stage In
the Senate. For instance, 1t is hardly
probable that the lumber interest viii
permit acorns to remain init They might
settle here and become trees, which would
not be fair to American acorn growers;
or they might be fed to hogs and so
compete with native hog feed Apatite
doubtless will stand.
Unless some recent combine has un-
dertaken to corner Balm of Gilead, bIad-
ders. blood and bones. those succulent
vegetables will not be inteffered with
The things under the letter &c" are safe
enough, and perhaps dandelion roots, Trusts
and other Republicans who always de-
nounced, and succeeded in destroying, the
income tax, safely may be counted upon
to keep everything like ''Divi-Divi'' on
the free list
About hoofs and raw, uncleancd human
hair, us well as natural teeth, there may
be doubt If the last named are likely
TO compete with a domestic manufactured
article, they go. Leeches will come in
free, Of course. as delicate compliment
to the gold and bond syndicates, and st
johns bread Will be undisturbed unless
it should appear that 1t Is an article that
can be taken out of the mouth of some
body. Should that prove to be fact, it
The times., 1897-03-29
POINTS FOR PLACE HUNTERS.
Civil Service Provisions Set Forth
in q New Book.


A Congressional document, designed to
answer all queries about the civil service,
has been issued by the Government Print
ing office. Offieeseekers, who are in the
city, are eagerly seeking it, but it gives
them little consolation, as it shows that
the extensions that have been made of the
classified service under the civil service
law leave little patronage at the disposal
Of the President and the heads of depart
ments.
Exclusive of the diplomatic aud consular
service, which are not included In the docu-
nlent, there are in the entire civil service
of the United States 1871 appoint
ments, with salaries aggreGating 500, $50,
S27.2 Before the enactment Of the
civil service practically all these places
were at the disposal or each new Admins
tration. By the gradual extensions of the
CLASSIFIED service the number OF places left
open to the effieeseekers has been cut
down to 81 ,609.
Many of these places are so hedged about
by special la VS. or regulations relating TO
their appointment as to be practically shut
off from the ofrieeseekers. Among them
are 2,061 subordinate places in the Indian
service filled by Indians, and Sill are
places OF IaDOrcrS ana WOTkIneH WHO are
below classification. The largest class Of
unclass:fied places takes in the fourth class
postmasters receiving less than 81 900 a
year. There are 66,T25 of these.
The Presidential appointments, outside
OF the diplomatic and consular service, are
limited to 26 which 90 not require CON
firmation by the Senate, and 4,S18 re-
quiring confirmation. Even this small
number is practically much reduced by
the fact that il includes 1873 commissioned
officers in the revenue cutter service, and
60 surgeons in the Marine Hospital service,
to both of which services new appoint
ments are made only by competitive eX-
animation when vacancies occur.
There are IN the departmental service
IN Washington only 904 Presidential APP
pointments, including the members Of the
Cabinet, and this includes the revenue
cutter officers and the Marine Hospital
surgeons above referred to.
The best places at the disposal Of the
President, outside OF Washington, are the
assistant tTeasuTers. the collectors Of Gus
toms, the collectors OF internal revenue,
and the 3,625 Presidential postmasters,
receiving salaries ranging from 81 COO to
SS 900.
The times., 1897-03-29
THE OLDEST oFFICEsEEKER.
An OetogenariaD. and Still Hale
and Hearty.

Col GeorgeV Lawrence. of Monongahela,
Pa. bears the distinction of being the
Oldest orficeseeker under this Admins
tration. He is here laying his fences for
the district attOrneyship for the Western
district of Pennsylvania.
Col Lawrence is in his eightieth year,
but is remarkably well preserved, and TO
all appearances as active as a man twenty
years younger For the last fifty-four
years he has served almost continuously
in Congress and the Pennsylvania legiS-
lature. and his career is an interesting
one.
When Col Lawrence first went to the
Statehouse in 1913, he made the trip
from his home in Harrisburg in a buggy
drawn by single horse. a distance of about
210 miles. through a sparsely populated
and mountainous district The trip was
an eyentfui one
In 1892 the State legislature, as com
plfment to the old gentleman. appropriated
u sum of money sufficient to purchase a
horse and buggy, which were presented
to Col Lawrence, he having expressed
desire to make the old trip again Thir-
ty-eight years after his first trip he made
second over exactly the same route,
only accompanied by friend.
He was received at every town on the
way by band, and many receptions
were given to MIN His Endorsements for
the attorneyship are considered the best
Among his supporters are the governor of
the State and many State officers, mem
bers of the legislature and members of the
Pennsylvania delegation.
The times., 1897-03-29
The Bear GrowIs,

The Russian mind appears TO be made
up on the issues presented in the Graeco
Turkish situation, and presumably inspired
newspaper utterances in st. Petersburg
are to the effect that severe measures must
lac applied by the powers to Greece, even
ifone of them should drop out Of the coan-
ton. OF course this refers TO England,
where the state of public opinion is that
of exasperation against the policy of the
government, and rapidly approaching
condition that would wreck the ministry
if any further cause of offense should he
given
The English press is fun of speculations
as to what may have happened at the
interview between Lord Salisbury and
NJ Hanataux in Paris the other day
Naturally, it is sunnised that the premier
may he looking for a closer understand
ing with France in view OF what may he
about to occur in the East Coincidenlty
very strong anti-Turksh sentiment is
developed in Germany, and appearances
indicate an intention in that quarter TO
keep out Of the mess Russia seems bent
on forcing the hand of Great Britain. and
possibly may be able TO do so before the
latter can take out desirable insurance
policy in Paris. In any case, something
Will drop soon. Prince Constantine is with
his troops in Thesssly by this time, and
the row ought to begin Immediately. if
there is going to he any.
The times., 1897-03-29
The Farmers Claim.

There is a good deal of sound argument
In the proposition of the Grangers, that
if American manufacturers are to be pro-
tected at the expense of the farmers, the
latter are entitled to equal protection for
their products, to be paid TO them in the
shape of bounties The Lubin memorial,
presented to the Senate. and published
as a public document, is strong and SEN
sible paper, from the farmers standpoint,
and, if the fiscal policy Of the United
States is to be strictly protective in prin-
ciple, its logic is unanswerable
1t reminds our tariff tinkerers that the
original American idea of protection was
that of q temporary means Of building I'D
new industries. In later years that notion
has been quite abandoned, and in its place
We have the trust and monopoly conceit
OF fiscal system designed to prohibit the
introduction Of foreign commodities, that
its beneffciaries may double prices at will,
and grow fat at the expense of the con-
sumers.
This kind of protection hurts the farmer
in two ways. First, it multipIies the cost
OF everything he must buy, and depresses
the market and reduces the price Of what
he has to dispose OF. This is not the
only country that has grain, flour, and
hogs TO sell to the world. A protective
tariff, like the one proposed, would greatly
reduce, If it did not destroy, our import
trade with countries now and formerly
taking a large quantity of our surplus
farm products Vessels that bring those
imports and carry back grain, meats, and
such things, simply would not come here
any more. but would load for Russia, Ar
gentin8, Australia, South Africa, or India,
and go home with agricultural products
of those countries. Thus, every dollar
OF tax laid upon imports is that much added
handicap in the struggle of competition
which our agriculture has been maintaining
for years in Europe, and latterly at great
disadvantage. a shortage of the worlds
wheat crop last year helped things a little.
but the improvement viii not be more than
temporary, under normal conditions. We
have no shipping Of our own, and if we
drive away that of other nations, which
is what the Dfngley bill would accomplish,
there will be a famine Of availa bic bottoms,
and the cost of ocean carriage win advance
materially.
The surplus Of American agriculture has
to be sold abroad at International prices,
which in turn fix home prices When
this is remembered, in connection with
other disadvantages already mentioned, il
must be plain that high protective tariff
The times., 1897-03-29
MGR. DEL VAL ARRIVES.
He Comes TO Settle the Canadian
school Question.

He Comes to Settle the Canadian
school Question.
New York. March 2s Mgr Merry Del Val,
papai delegate to Canada, arrived here
this morning on the Cmard Line steam
ship Umbria, en- route TO Montreal and
Manitoba, where he will act rs arbitrator,
it is said, on the complicated question that
exists there between the bishops Of the
Catholic Church aud the premiers of Canada
and Manitoba ON the parochial schools.
Mgr Del Val was met at the pier by Arch
bishop CorTigan and Il party Of Catholic
ciergymcn, who escorted him 10 the arehi-
episcopal residence.
Later in the day, when called upon by
"A reporter, he refused to be interviewed,
statiag that he preferred To rest until to-
morrow before he talked on the subject
that had brought him TO this country.
1t is said that Mgr Del Var comes here
with the fullest ecclesiastical authority,
the Catholic Church who refuse to accept
any decision he might make in the Catholic
school question, which is now asitating
Manitoba and Canada.
At the residence OF Archbishop Corrigan
today u was said that Mgr. Del Var would
hardly leave for Canada until tomorrow
or Tuesday morning BIs lt is known that
the time at his disposal for the adjust
uent of even such aHimPortant question as
the Canadian school proposition is limited.
as he i ; said to be the pope's personal
representative in London at the Diamond
Jubilee of Queen Victoria, which occurs
in June.
The times., 1897-03-29
PRINTING AT SING SING.
Only State Work 10 BE Done There
Hereafter.

Albany, March 2S.-when the State
prison commission some time ago assigned
to the superintendent of prisons the in
duStries that were to be carried on in the
penal institutions printing was included
among them. The prison superintendent
prepared requisition blanks for printing
supplies and sent them not only to the
State departments and institutions, hut
also to county, city and town clerks
These officials were expected to send
to the superintendent acquisitions for neCes
sary printing supplies. The superintendent
had arranged TO furnish only such articles
as blank forms and envelopes At once
large numbers of acquisitions began pour
ing in, until the printers Of the State made
protest to the prison commission. The
prison commission last week adopted
resolution stating to the superintendent
that it was not contemplated TO furnish
printing supplies to the political subdivis-
ions OF the State
Superintendent Lathrop, therefore, has
discontinued the printing Of supplies for
any but State departments and State III
stitUtions. This was the most important
industry in the prisons. 1t was to have
been carried on at Sing Sing.
The times., 1897-03-29
BaIIadc OF Primitive Man.

He lived in a cave by the seas,
He lived upon oysters and foes,
But his list of forbidden degrees
An extensive morality shows.
Geological evidence goes
To prove lie had never apan,
But he shaved with a,shell when he chose,
Twas the manner of Primitive Mani
He worshiped the rain and the breeze
He worshiped the river that flows,
And the Dawn, and the Moon and the trees
And bogies, and serpents, and crows;
He buried his dead with their toes
Tucked up, an original plan,
Till their knees came right under their
nose,
Twas the manner of Primitive Man!
His communal wives, at his ease.
He would curb with occasional blows:
Or his State had queen like the bees,
As another philosopher trows;
When he spoke it was neverin prose,
But he sangin strain that would scan,
For, to doubtit, perchance, were morose,
Twas the manner of Primitive Mani
ENVOY
Max, proudly your Aryans pose,
But their rigs they undoubtedly ran,
For, as every Darwinian knows,
Twas the manner of Primitive Mani
ANDREW LANG
The times., 1897-03-29
LARGE CROWD HEARD IRELAND.
An Eloquent Sermon Preached by
the ArchbishoD,

Hundreds OF people were unable to secure
even standing roomin st. Patrick Church
last night such was the Immense cro&d
that attended the church to hear the SER
mon preached by Arch bishop Ireland,
who took for his theme the Interchangeable
ness OF the Catholic Church and her coop
Grafton with every movement that tends
tothe progress of the world and the better
nent OF man.
'4The Catholic Church. said the speaker
in part, lis Interchangeable in her defined
constitution and principles of faith and
morals She is Interchangeable because she
was bulded by Christ and what Christ built
will last for all time Sheis the salvation
of the world today as she was the saliva
tion OF the world nearly 1000 years ago.
and viii be the salvation OF the world for
all ages to come.
''Tlere can be no divisions in the Aneri-
can Catholic Church If all Catholics are
loyal 20 the sovereign pontirf, Leo
They who invoke their nationality to
cover their opposition To Leo are not
loyal sons Of the church. The Catholic
Church of America recognizes no differ
ence III nationality, no difference OF race,
no difference OF language She is all,
and only, for the glory Of God and the
betterment OF the human race. The proof
that the Catholic Church is American as
well "a Roman Is to be found in the
words and actions of Leo XIII
HE is recognized by the nations Of the
world of non-Catholics, as well rs Catholics.
as the man of the age, and the age has
nothing To fear from Leo. He encourages
every movement of social elevation. and
that he has a special and loving interest
in this country the whole world has reason
to know. He declares that among the
surGing masses of humanity there are men
less qualified than others, men less ener-
getic than others, and that 90 a natural
result there must be differences i'll the con-
ditions Of men, but that what belongs to
one cannot be taken from lin without
crime.
This is the age of material wants. All
that is good COMES from God. who made
earth for man as well as heaven. and all
that gives coIufort TO man and splendOr To
the world the church approves of and eli
as she has always done and VIII
always continue TO do until the end Of
time
The times., 1897-03-29

In the view of London newspaper men,
Mr.. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary,
is working up war feeling in connection
with affairs in the Transvaal, and seems
deteremined to make the present friction
with President Kruger an excuse for an
expedition It is probable that nothing
but EngIands entanglements in Europe
has served TO keep her hands off the
Beers for some time past.
The times., 1897-03-29
SUFFOCATED by GAS.
Two Men Found Dead in a Brook
1yD shop.

Brooklyn, n. Y, March 2s.- Michael
Smith, aged nineteen, and Samuel W.
Richardson, fifty years. whose home was
at Babylon L. T., were found dead in be d
this morning in the rear room of n black
smith shop, at No. 1145 DeKalb avenue
where they had been suffocated by gas
some time during the night In the room
was a small gas stove used for heating
the apartments. and the rubber tube at
taching to the gas jet, it was found,
had become detached, allowing the vapor
to escape.
There was no intimation or cause to sus-
pect suicide, and 1t is supposed that the
death Of the unfortunate men was due to
accident,
The times., 1897-03-29
500
Muslin
Underwear.

While especially particular
that everything of the best quail
ity and latest style is obtainable
in this line, we are also very de-
termined in keeping the prices
at the lowest possible limit. We
quote some especially good wall
ueS:
Cambria Chemises, Cambric ruffle on neck
and arn1hoIes. feIled seams. Each..-.&5C
Cambria Drawers, umbrella shape. ruffIs
of fine embroidery. Pair. SOC
Muslin Gowns, empire style. broad square
collar, ruffle of embroidery and two rows
or insertion across front, embroidery on
collar and sleeves. Each ............69c
Muslin or Cambria Gowns, Hubbard style,
neck, double yoke in back. tucks and in
sertion in front, Tuffle OF embroidery On
neck and sleeves. T5c
I'd TIooT.
The times., 1897-03-29
Roth Guilty of Murder.

Chicago, March 2s.-A jury in Judge
Payne's court yesterday rendered a yer
dict of guilty in the case of John Latti-
more and Henry Rueker, colorcd, accused
OF numbering Louis Marvic on the towpath
Of the drainage canal last November, and
fixed the punishment at death for Lattf-
more and twenty-five years for Rucker.
The times., 1897-03-29
Preferred Death to the Knife.

Milwaukee, Wis, March 2s.-Charles A
Koeffler, q prominent and wealthy mer-
chant Of this city, aged sixty-nine years
shot himself through the head last night
at his residence, No. 4S5 Marshall street
He was suffering from a complication of
diseases, and, fearing surgical operation
on next Tuesday, preferred death to the
G.
The times., 1897-03-29
Father Shot His Son.

Detroit, Mich, March 2s.-William Holz,
jr.. aged twenty-one, was slain last evening
by his father at their home on Catherine
street Father and son quarreled and Holz
orderedthe boyout ofthe house. Thelatter
refused and the old man, 1T is said. seized u
rifle and fired several shots Holz is under
arrest
The times., 1897-03-29
A NEW COUNTRY TO BE OPENED.
wichita Indian Lands Almost Ready
for Settlers.

Perry, o. T., March 2S.-Information
has been received here from Washington
that the wichita Indian country, own ed
and occupied by the Kiowa, Comanche,
and Apache Indians, will be opened by
May L The gold and silver excitement
in the Wichita Mountains has drawn hun.
dreGs TO the border of this new country,
and the opening is expected to be CT more
note than any opening of the Indian Ter
tory lands.
Miners are prospecting in the mountains
and not a day passes without conflict
between prospecuors and soldiers With
the exception of one range of mountains.
these reservations are the finest farming
country in the Indian Territory.
The times., 1897-03-29
The Bahy Knew.
CFrom the Baltimore Sun.

tErom the baltimore SUM-
Virginia Smith tells story about the
Cleveland children in this way: When the
daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland had
their bonncts on to go away from the White
House, Mr.. Cleveland, who was then Pres
ident. asked: Where are you going, chill
dren?'
We are going to Princeton they
replied.
Why are you going to Princeton?'
Mr.. Cleveland asked, and little Marion
spoke up and said: .MeTinley's tonlin;
McTinley's totnin.''' ~
The times., 1897-03-29
Brooklyn on Art.
(From the Brooklyn Eagle.

(Fron the Brooklyn Eagle.)
We do not want to drive foreign art
out of this country by a tariff. II it is TO
be made small. let us do it by proving the
superiority of our own pictures. The at
tempt to classify art with pig iron and raw
hemp does not deserve to succeed.
The times., 1897-03-29
Gen. clarkson on the Pacific slope

San Francisco, March 27.-Grand Army
Commander Gen. T. s. CIarkson, who
reached this city yesterday on a tour of
inspection of the Western pests, left this
evening for Portland, Seattle, and Ta-
coma, working his way Eastward from the
latter town.
The times., 1897-03-29
Its Rolling Stock Sold.

Louisville, KY, March 2s.-The Illinois
Central yesterday pureh ased ut foreclosure
sale the rolling stock of the Chesapeake,
Ohio and Southwestern. The price paid
was $272, 200.
The times., 1897-03-29
Reciprocity With Jamaica.

(Frorn the Chicago Times-Herald)
II reciprocity is good for anything it
ought to be able to score a hit by giving
Jamaica bromo seltzer and wateTmelons
in return for rum and ginger.
The times., 1897-03-29
weyler's Condition.

(From the Brooklyn Standard Union }
There is a. new story about Captain
General Weylcr. He has been very sick
SO sick, intact. that he had to ride out every
day to show that he was Well
The times., 1897-03-29

The glorious march of education is ex-
emplfied in the case of a red Indian
brother OF the TuscaTora tribe in New
York, who has written to a Senator, urg
ing that the new immigration bin ought
to be framed in a way to shut cut the
Indians OF Canada, who walk over the
boundary every summer, and sell beads and
baskets, the product OF foreign pauper In
dian labor, in competition with the abo-
riginaI products of the States.
The times., 1897-03-29

European dispatches announce risings
in Chios. Kos. and other islands in the
Aegean under Turkish rnle, resulting in
the expulsion OF the Mohammedan authori-
ties The Sultan will be in as bad a fix
as the Queen of Spain. between her Cuban
and Philippine revolutions,
The times., 1897-03-29
A Tip for the Weather Bureau.

'.Platt Runs Into Hanna announces
glarinR headlines this morning. Not until
now have these floods, thunderstorns and
general atmospherical riots been salts
factoriIy explained.
The times., 1897-03-29
Doubtless.

(From the Chicago Times-Herald)
Secretary Wilson already has received
several requests from his home constitu-
entsfor paokagesof macaroni seed for early
spring planting.
The times., 1897-03-29
Infants
Department

Is most thoroughly equipped
with outfittings for the little
ones. A vast array of the plain
er sorts and the most elegant
specimen of handmade goods Sc
ected abroad. Today attention
5 called to some excellent values
in practical 1ow-priced garments:
Infants Cambria and Nainsook Long
Snps. 5 styles gathered fun from neck;
yoke formed of cluster tUcks and insertion;
round yoke OF tuCks, finished with EN-
bTo1dery embroidery on neck and sleeves
Little Children's Cambria Dresses, 8
styles band of Insertion across front
forming yoke, gathered fuii from neck;
Hubbard style. with yoke OF tucks and in
serrIon embroidery on neck and sleeves
Each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ............6 SOC
Little Cbldren's Outing Flannel SaCques,
pink and blue stripes, narrow ribbon at
Little Children 5 Close-fitting China Silk
Caps. finished with two cords around the
face. broad ties. Each 500
"a floor.
The times., 1897-03-29
Can't Get 1t Off.

From the Philadelphia North American.)
1t has got so now that Senator Morgan
even sleeps In his war paint
The times., 1897-03-29
the stonewan Briga

Richmond, Va, March 2S. Gen. William
r. Terry died in Chesterfield this morning.
The deceased was one of the last command
ers of the Stonewall Brigade.