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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

phe SIN Has Twelve Children. Under her q,
HIronxvllle-Rathsr RitchIe NEitharnMa.

me Eth Has Twelve Children, Under liar m
+nronxviile-Fathsr Richie Withdrawn.
Although the girls industrial school at 81
West Twenty-second street, which was man.
aged BY the Society Of st. Martha, has gone out
Of existence. as stated In yesterdays Sun, q
school 10 stIl maintained at Bronxville, N. Y.
A two-story Queen Ammo house. which was
originally used as q branch OF tho New York
school. 10 now occupied by twelve girls under the
charge Of Miss Elizabeth Faitoute. or Mother
Elizabeth. The order Of St. Martha, Of which
che was Mother Superior, has ceased to exist.
Aiss Taitoute purchased the Bronxville prop
erty With her OWE means. and conducts the
school practically unatded. hiring the teachers
and servants who assist her. She said yester-
day that the stories Of il.treatment OF children
At the school were groundless.
haye spent from seventy TO eighty thou:
erest ehlldrenj Father FdtS6is Of 81. ieSatias
sSSesei was moved to z sr saS sGfts'Y because m q re &c
could not give Il his attention at such q distances
dated because ! could not not trust the teachers
and assistants " either one during my absence."'
Ac %a: seilfFf sss sFS t1 1sssIv iisS.ia q D siSiGIi Rss fnS
Is.tsrday. and looked as II they had had plenty
Father Nicholas, assistant rector or 81. Igna-
dgs's Church, said last evening",
fGo not 70 carry on, the work during the winter
IN the house which she owns AZ 81 West
Twenty second street. When the school was
second street house was closed. and is now for
sale or to, rent; Tho story that there was q
Rtrke In the school has, I believe, some slight
Foundation in fact, II my information DO cor
seSt one q the older girls became unruly last
Pchool., She was finally told to leave, as I
heard the story, and two or three other girls left
MIN her was chaplain OF the school for some
looked well nourished. and ! saw no indication
that they were impropcrlGt q eated. The school
has no CONNECTION whatever with this parish,
1t In any way" s EE -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
Dr.'PaEton breaches At the New York Freshly
terlnn Church. ..

The Rev. DIR. John r.. Paxton preached at the
New York Presbyterian Church. Seventh ave.
nue. and l2sth street. yesterday morning and
evening. There was not a seat unoccupied at
the morning service. DIR. Charles 8. Robinson.
who for fiye years has been the pastor OF the
church. will retire nov to devote his entire
time 70 h'er"Iy work. DIR. Paxton said yester.
[La! Ehat hb had been asked to MI the puipit
mill a new MAJ tor was selected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
Four Allerea Burglars Nabssa.

In the Essex Market Court yesterday four al.
legged burglars were remanded to Police Head.
quarters at the request of Central Office dc.
~teotives who arrested them Saturday night as
suspicious persons. Tho detectives said that
they had no charge to make against the mon.
and declined to give any further Information re-.
garding them.
The prisoners, who were all young men, dc.
geribed themselves as William Renfrew Of -
Market. street. William Hines of 333 East
Ninety.fourth street, Julius wellington of 200
Eldridge street., and William Brown Of sic
West Fifty-fourth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

Arriveo-SUNDAY. Dec. o.
So La Bretange. Rupe. Havre Nov. ~.
IS Trojan Prince. Dobson. Naples.
Is Panama. Queyedo. Havana.
Bs Pocahontas. James. Gibraltar.
IS Wennington Hall. Hostler. ALGEBRA
Ia viEcaina. Shoarer, Shields.
Be- Copcho. Kick. Havana.
81 Grenada, Mcmillan, Grenada.
IS Graigearn. Kirkwood. Dunkirk.
6s ~ Norte, Hawthorne. Now Orleans.
as Richmond. Glover. Richmond.
IS Princess Anne Hulphers. Norfolk.
Bark Amy Turner. Warland, Singapore.
tFor later arrivals see First Page.l
SAILED FROM FoRRIoN Forts.
80 Umorta, from Queenstown for New York.
bs Calico. from st. Lucia for New York,
BAILED IRON DOMESTIC PoRrs.
% Comal. from Galveston for New York.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
woman Injured In . Runaway.

horse drawing a hanson cab in which Mrs.
Berbeck of 1876 West Sixty-third street was
driving ran away yesterday afternoon on the
street. At 1oSth street tho cab upset. Mrs.
Berbeck,s head was badly bruised. The driver,
Hosepn BROOKS: was also injured: A Park po.
Aceman caught the horse after a long chase,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
REV. DE. WIoK's QUESTIONS.
asa Correspondents Give Their OpinioBs 40 {
How Young Men Arc Ruined.

In the Wayne Street Reformed Church. Jersey
City. Last night, tho Rev. Robert Il. Wick made
public some of the answers he had received to
the second of the series of questions he recently
addressed to two hundred representative citi.
zens. The question was:
What influence in our community has the
most facilitating effect morally upon our young
men
Dr.. Wick said he had received 1871 replies to
the question. Some blame h~eredity. others lust,
others gambling. others bad literature. others
evil associations. others Sabbath dissertation.
others the drink traffic. and still Others the low
A reply from a citizen OF Brooklyn reads:
Ths influence OF . personal devil and carnal lust.
DR.. Wick referred to sensational newspapers
by stating that eleven OF his correspondents
exerted an evil influence upon the young.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
LAWYERS HoRsEWH1P EACH OTHER.
Davis Attacked Borders. who Wrestea a
Whip from Him and Retaliated.

DaNhn ATTACHED BORDERS, who WrestoA the
Whip from Him ana Retaliatea.
cHnIlcoTHE, Mo-, Dec. ga horsewhipping
In which the two participants used tho Same
whip occurred here in the public squar yester-
day. The trouble was between two lawyers
who had previously Quarrelled over o differ
ence arising from an arRument caused BY the
taking OF dispositions In q lawsuit in which the
lawyers are engaged on opposite sides.
Attorney NJ. W. Davis assaulted N. o. Borders
With g horsewhip.. Davis struck Borders with
the WHIP several times before bis adversary sue.
his grasp. Then Borders started to pay him
back In his own coin, but bystanders interfered
and separated tho two men before serious harm
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
sarLhurst Again in the Fuiplt.

The Rev. DR.. Charles IL. Parkhurst preached
In the Madison Square Presbyterian Church
Yesterday morning for the first since his return
from abroad. The church was crowded. Nearly
everybody expected that DIR. Parkhurst would
but those who'hah such expectations were dis.
S SSssa asSn m rhe c aisS9SEss ~ sS55tctly orthodox.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
NARINE INTELLIGENCE

IMMATURE ALMASAc-THIs DAT.
Sun rises.... 10 Sun sets. 4 88 Moon sets.. 4 "a
HOB WHARF.-THE DAY.
Sandy Hook. D 20 Coy. Isrd. b la He'll Gaia. A Oh
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
Church ChanEea I'd. nans.

soUTH ORANGE. N. j.. Dec. 5.-The congreEa.
tion OF the Maplewood Methodist Episcopal
Church voted this morning to change the nams
u tAA shureh 70 the Morrow Memorial Metho-
John 4 Morrow. q t5rmsr pSStSr." VIZ IN
recently IN Newark.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
Business.
Prom the Chicago KveHfH0 Post
u want my dnnRhteL2n

From the Chicago EveHfng Poss
$50 you want my dAughteT7"
"Ido."
"Have you any money P"
= "A little. How high do you quote herr"
Than they glATed At each other IN SlsncO for . min
uts: and y II By mutual eonSent ell rsfsFsAes 10
anAnclAl matters waS eliminated from thstr SoaySr
s1.teA efRE tAAA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

A window in memory of Edgar Forman was
unveiled in the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church in Brooklyn yesterday morning. Mr..
Forman had been connected with the church
since 1867. He was a deacon Of the church for
twenty years, He was q sOn-in.law OF A. D..
Matthews. the Fulton street dry goods mer.
chant. The window represents ct. Luke the
was designed and executed by benjamin Sellers
OF this city: The window was presented to the
church by MI. Forman's friends In the Sunday
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

FFom the Chicago Daily TrfbuRs.
Suffering LoyeF-A-m mildred. 10 th-th-thsFs any
obstAnlS has statskStststands b-b.b-b-betWosn ~ q"
DsnurS Misunderstanding. Harold, bus the imDSdt
Asas In yeaE yUsseAs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06

Trstram Shandy,' "sentimental
AZ Journey" "Joseph Andrews" "AmeIis."
Humphrey Clinker." koderict Random" PETER
WILKINS" FRIARS." i6l 9th av.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-06
IIlustrnted Rluaio Books
for Children and HounE People
C. H. DTTSON& co. :
867 Broadway U8th ST..

pERGKR's French Method presented ladies attend.
ID Ing free lecture to. morrow o o'clock,
FRENCH ACADEMY. 500 BROADWAY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21

A Jerseyman of discerning mind has
reached a high pitch of establishment upon
discovering the number of persons in New
Jersey within a few minutes ride of the
ferry who have never been in New Y ork
and has laid the results of certain inves-
LEGATIONS upon the subject before the New
York Sun.
TT was first suggested to me by my
wife, says the Jerseyman, who found
the maid getting ready for a trip. She
asked for two days off, and when Mrs.
II. asked where she was going the girl
said that she had always wanted to go
to New York, and now she had the chance
as friends of hers had invited her to stay
over Sunday with them. She followed this
up with a hundred questions as to how
she should get to New York. This was
sufficiently amazing, as the girl had been
born and brought up within ten miles of
Jersey City. This was some time ago.
Since that time, of six servants whom we
have had at various times, all Jersey born
or Jersey bred, three had never been in
New York, two had been there only once,
and one had made the passage of the fer
~ four times. The subject interested me,
in view of the fact that New York is the
objective point of interest for travellers
from all points of the 5000 miles of width
of this country. Inquiry among my
tIlehdS IN New Jersey brought out the
fact that their servants never went to
New York and a. man who employs sew
enty or eighty girls in the dollhouse bust
ness within fifteen miles of New York told
me that not half of them had ever seen
the metropolis until he organized an ex-
cursion there on a holiday. His explana-
ton was that in the first place the Jersey
girls regard New York with a sort of SUI
perstitious dread, and in the second place
they find their amusementS in country
dances near home, and have no time for
riouS preparation"
In line with this experience of the Jer-
seyman is that of a Brooklyn woman who
while waiting for a parcel in one of the
large Brooklyn stores, fell to chatting
with the clerk, an neutrality-suspicious.
girl. The girl said that although she haC
lived her whole life of twenty-five years
in Brooklyn she had never been in New
York. To a query of how that happened
she replied:
"Oh. don't know. I've always gone tC
| Coney Island"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
WoIcott's Mission.

Senator Wolcott is having a very good
time In Europe, but there is no report
from him that indicates that he is max
ing any progress in the direction of an in
ternational agreement in respect to blmet-
al;ism In England he gets no encourage
ment at all. In France he is told that all
Frenchmen favor bimetallism. but the
French premier says France can do moth
ing without 1.-THE preliminary agreement OF
the principal gold standard countries" In
Germany he finds nothing that is cncour-
aging Herr Areudt. whom the silverites
quoted with so much satisfaction during
the presidential campaign, says that at
present there IS no probability that Ger
many will take part In an international
monetary agreement except jointly with
England, and It is admitted that England
has no intention Of doing anything for
bimetallsm. When Senator Wolcott re-
turns to this country he will he just about
as wise as far as solution OF the silver
question is concerned as when he left It.
The real solution of the silver question Is
in the Increased output Of gold and the de-
creased output of silver. The output Of
god is slowly increasing and the output
Of silver is steadily decreasing. In the
course of a few years the bullion value Of
a gold dollar and that OF a silver dollar
will be so near together that nobody will
care whether the coinage OF silver is made
free and unlimited or not.
In this country there is increased activ-
ity IN gold mining. There is no doubt that
the production Of our mines Will be consid-
erably greater this year that It was last
Mr.. John Hays Hammond, the American
mining expert, who is SO well known in
the gold mining district Of South Africa.
says that the Wltwatersrand gold mining
district alone win yield S3.0U.oo0mO. The
present value OF the worlds gold output
is about S22OOO0,OOO a year Last year the
.Witwateraand district yielded $4,000 900.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
Human water Rats.

The little black boat covered with tar
paulin often found hidden in the byways
of big English rivers or in the crooked
winding creeks of estuaries is the bur-
row OF the river thief, or "water-rat, as
The river thief is a waterman who lives
by stealing from vessels in harbors and
estuaries and he is dreaded and hated by
every one who trades or cruises along
the coast. His movable residence in nis
"dingey,' or small boat and his stock IN
trade consists of a tarpaulin and a heavy
Jack-knife; all day he sleeps in his din
gey ana after dark pulls quietly out, with
lock.
Under cover of the darkness the rat"
souls quietly to the side of some newly
ancho' ed vessel and watches to see wheth-
er the crew goes ashore. Strange yachts
ana trading ships are often left for time
without even a Waterman. When the
thlet has made sure that a vessel Is
thus protected he makes fast his boat AMI
climbs aboard He first looks for rope,
and with d few slashes of his knife will
secure many coils of valuable manila
rope Then he turns his attention to the
cabins and II undisturbed rifles them of
everything portable, forcing locks if nee
ess2ry with his jimmy and skeleton keys.
The "swag" safely aboard, the rat
rows quickly back to his hiding place and
lands his booty, perhaps spending the rest
of the night at the fishing grounds which
he knows well, and if there are no watch
crS about Ruling up the set lines ana
nets and turning the hauls into his boat.
If he encounters a Waterman, the rat
usually fights viciously, and many men
have been murdered by water thieves on
the lonely Cstuares.
Al earliest dawn the water rat slips off
quietly 70 the M Arrest big town with his
ill-gCtteu gains which he lands and dis
poses Of to one Of the fences or recsiv-
ers of stolen goods. His hemp rope will
bring linn IN cents per yard and manila
cents. Taking good nights with bad a
water rat is said to average 81 or IS a
week, though sometimes for weeks to-
gether he may get Tothing but a stray
coil of rope. When out of luck he keeps
himself alive by fishing or stealing other
mems fish for food. He always carries
gun and frequently shoots his brea6-
fast and dinner. 1t is stated that the
fences" clear a heavy profit on the sale
OF the water rats goods, but the living
of the original thief is the safer one, as
he, can usually manage to dodge the river
police
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21

Mr.. Cleveland's enemies suu pursue
him. Every opportunity that presents it.
self to beltue him and discredit him with
the people is eagerly seized upon by them
They are now trying to make it appear
that the granting of patents for a large
tract OF land in Florida to the heirs of Dr.
Henry Perrine by the Secretary Of the In
terror. amounts 20 public scandal, be-
cause one OF the Perrine heirs is the step
father OF Mrs. Cleveland
IT Is not claimed that the patents were
not rightfully issued. In the opinion Of
these enemies Of Mr.. Cleveland the simple
fact that the patents were issued during
his administration is sufficient to cloud
his administration with a scandal. Could
anything be more unjust?
II the Perrine heirs are entitled 70 the
lands It Is scandalous that they haven't
been given possession of them long before
this, and IL is TO Mr.. Cleveland's credit
that he had the courage to do simple
act OF Justice. II they are not entitled
10 them then there is ground for attack
ing Mr.. Cleveland and his Secretary OF the
interior, not because of Mrs. Clevoland's
relationship to one OF the Perrlne heirs.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
An Industrial RevoIution.

The man who would have predicted ten
years ago that in this year of 1897 the steel
rail manufacturers of the United States
would be selling steel rails to English rail-
roads would have been regarded as fit
subject for the lunatic asylum. and yet
our dispatches yesterday announced that
the Carnegie company has just sold 100000
tons of steel rails in England 1t takes
little time to fully realize the Importance
and significance of this sale.
1t is evident that it was not made merely
for the sake of an advertisement. An adj
vertisement could have been secured by
the sale of a much less number of tons.
The rails were evidently sold at profit.
That means of course that this country
now commands the steel rail market of
the world, and II means also that for sew
eral years our steel rail factories are to
be run to their fullest capacity.
Railroad building is becoming active in
Russia, China, Japan and some of the
South American countries For these
roads this country will supply the rails
and the locomotive engines. That means
a vast amount of trade for our factories.
No longer will there be contention over
the duty on iron and steel products. These
products do not need protection. They can
take care of themselves. And 1t will not
be long before our manufacturers of cot
ton goods viii undersen those of all other
countries, While we are making such ire
mendous strides in manufacturing we
/
question. Give us a safe and satisfactory
financial system and free ships and it will
not be many years before we shall COM
mand the commerce of the world and do
our own carrying trade
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
A Rad Hnhit Rroken.

A mans peculiar habits, even the inuo-
cent ones, may often get him into peck
Of trouble. to say nothing of petty en-
barrassment, says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. There is a well-known young So
ciety man who always carries a silver
matchbox in his trousers pocket, and who
has fallen into the, unconscious practice
OF sticking his hands into his pocket and
swapping the lid, which operates with a
spring. He doesn't do it any more how
ever, and there's where the story comes
IN. a few evenings ago he was a guest
az dance given in Horticultural hall.
everything was moving smoothly toward
the cotllon when a yell which might nave
Done credit 10 a Comanche Indian sound
Ell from one corner of the hall. Imme-
clately there was the greatest consterna-
ton, and a feather Drained idiot shouted
rIrei His voice was, too weak, how
ever, TO start q stampede, and when the
excitement had subsidized it was dscov-
cred that the youth with the matchbox
had been INDUCING. in his unconscious
practice when the lid came down on the
head OF match, igniting the entire con-
tents. There was a puff of smoke, a mad
rush for the ante-room, and in few
minutes messenger was dispatched for
a change of trousers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
The story OF q Hand Rag.

Several weeks ago, says the New York
Sun, a man who is President Of a company
that has assets of many millions of dollars
went TO Albany on business and carried
with him in an ordinary leather handbag
securities which were as easily converti-
BILE into money as diamonds, and worth
half million dollars. He became inter-
ested in his newspaper. and when he
reached Albany he left the car and his
valuable bag behind Ten minutes later
he discovered his loss and hurried back
to the station. His car had left and it's
next stop was Utica. He sent a telegram
to that place and another to Syracuse
simply asking that his bag, If
found, be returned 10 him at once. He
thought it better to give no clue as to the
value of the bag. The hours that followed
We're of unusual length until a dispatch
from Syracuse reached him, saying that
the bag had been found and would be re-
turned by the next train. He consoled him
self with the thought that the bag was an
old one, and that IL wouldn't from its ap-
pearance be likely to tempt any one to
break II open. The next train from SYRIA
cuse brought II hack, and with its con-
tents intact. This particular president says
that hereafter when he carries securities
Ia that way he will neglect his newspaper
and give more attention TO his travelling
hau
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21

1t Is noticeable that some of the state
papers are already beginning to talk about
candidates for governor in this state, al
though a governor was but recently elect
ed. Would it not be wen to drop politics
for a few months? It will be time enough
next year to begin the discussion of the
question of the availability of candidates
for the governorship.
We have no doubt that Mayor Meldrim
has a great many friends-and they are
in all parts of the state-who are thinking
of him as the next candidate of the
democratic party for governor, and some
of them have expressed their preference
for him. 1t would not be great surprise
il he should be the next governor. Still,
we do not believe that it is advisable
TO begin a gubernatorial campaign now.
The people are entitled to a little rest
from politics.