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New-York tribune., 1897-08-20

RELIGIOUS LEADERS OF THE hfhr'
TRIBES OFFER TO SUBMIT
THE Raid MOBILIZATION OF BRITISH
EFFECTIVE ALL QUIET IN TIE

EFFECTIVE ALL QUIET IN TIE
SWAT VALLEY.
London. Aug Ca dispatch to The lii''S
from Chakdara says that the religious LEADERS VI
all the tribes n the Upper Swat \alle! nav
written to the Government off"fins '"'''P
submission on any terms proposed
Smla Aug 19-The rapid mobilization "a Wv
British troops in India and the ACTIVITY u Wv
military authorities in pushing foiwaru 10
forcemcnts are regarded assuring the s"''S
Of the Indian frontier. no matter no" "'
spread may he the rising against BRUSH '"'e'
The British forces the border now hu'''"e'
$1,000 men. -
The news from the frontier TO-DAY Is h,oiv ~. -.
assuring. All Is quiet at Shabkadr ana ,ne,e
are no signs ~ the Afrds in the khyber f,-. raHS
Up to a late hour last night the kurram a"e'
was also quiet. ,,,,
General Blood has advanced nine miles a'onS
the banks Of the river in the Swat valley All"
has not found any signs q the enemy. ,,,.
The Mianguls have submitted To the bf'"N"
authorities.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20

WASHINGTON, Aug l9.-The State Department has
received official information from Matanzas that
Mrs Domnquez has been released from jail where
she was held 'incommunicado." The United STAGES
Consul visited her and found that she suffering
from nervous prostration and was half-crazed by
the ordeal she had passed through. She has quite
a severe wound in her throat. and is in a constant
state OF alarm on account of her husband. VINO is
held a prisoner The State Department made
effort In behalf of these people. who are American
citizens some time and the release or the
woman was made on August 10.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20

Send Hope Five Dollars for a lot OF Bon Bons
Only store Nassau-st
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20
CARLJSTS PREPARING TO RISE.

Madrid Aug l9-Unconfrmed reports in
circulation at Valencia TO the effect that the Carl
lists in the District of Chelva preparing to rise.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20
CHrLALONGKORN NOT COMING OVER.
TIE sIAMEsE KING WILL. RE-EMBARK AT MAR
sEIII.Es AND RETURN HOME.

London Aug. 19-The King OF Siam. Chulaong-
korn l. will visit the United States. rs at first
proposed After his continental visits. Ills Majcsty y
viii re-embaik on his yacht at Marsrilles and viii
sail fol home.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20

Reynoldsville Penn. Aug. l9-At meeting OF
about one thousa nd miners and aborers OF the big
Soldier Spragde. Hamilton and Peoie mines near
here il was decided TO demand an advance IN
WAGES from, q 10 20 cents a ton for machine min
ing and from 30 TO ~ cents ton for pick mining;
other wages in proportion and satisfaction IN re-
gard 10 check weghmens pay. A committee was
APPOINTED 10 call on General Manager Roonsoh
"t ,ba demands Meanwhile, arrange
ments will be made to call meetings AT all me other
iron Comnany with a view of having the men de-
mand a similar advance and all possible lnnuence
will be used extend the strike into the 'earheu
County cOeries. -, ,,,.os
There are now one thousand FIVE hundred strikers
here Organizer Harris s confident that the men
viii win 4 six foot fence is being built around the
Jefferson and Garfield Coal and Iron Colnpah!
Big Soldier works. and IL Is reported that he" men
will be started 10 work.
New-York tribune., 1897-08-20

Tho child. seen AZ his home this noon. after n
had been lu.eted down. showed little signs .
his terrible adventure except insect bites N
the fa,c. His pockets We're nilcd with candy.
ard he said ne had slept In nice. 1T bed
As near, a. can be leatned from him. he VAS
picked up by Bake in Pear-St and driven -
AN old scnoolhouse Ne MAS kept there until
YESTERDAY when they went further into the
,,oods as the boy says. for "A drive" lie says
that only one man With him AT the time "
the drive hut he saw Others about IN the woods
Il is evident from the occurrences ~ ms after-
unnn and ~. ming that Hardy has made a clean
breast Of the Kidnapping to the police. and with
dulgent work his associates In the crime ought
To he brought TO justice IN snort iimc. fesier-
dav and even early this morning. when The
Marty who rescued the lad were out on their mis-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
LOWS TWO-F4CED BUSCO GAME.
GOOD Government" to the HoIier-Thau-
rhoua. Wide Opcnn to tho Gcrmnns.

GOOD Government" to the HoIier-Thau-
ThouH. Z" Wide Open" to tho Germans.
The Low orators on the east side are doing
their utmost TO capture German votes by rep
resenting that their candidates. in favor of a
liberal excise law. and will allow the saloons
to be open on Sundays and after the hours pre-.
scribed by law. Tho better element of tho
Gcrman the Ridderbund. have been taken In
by the declaration that Mr.. Low stands for
liberal government" and will not interfere
with their having all the beer they want in
their clubs and social meetings, or with tho
east siders who want to get their beer in n can
ON Sundays for madagascar" The Low ora.
tors. who realize that the only way to get
German votes is to spread this impression. are
using all their oratorical arts to do it. They
talk Of Mr.. Lows liberal ideas and point to The
fact that although all the saloons in New
York were shut tight on Sundays by the police
before the Raines law went into effect. never
in the history OF Brooklyn were tho Germans
over there prohibited from having their can of
beer on Sunday. Seth Low was Mayor Of
brooklyn for two terms, they argue, and the
saloons were not intcrfered with under his ad-
ministration.
The east side Germans arc rather skyptiCal
about this, however. and want some guarantee
rs TO the delivery of the goods They say
they were buncood into voting for Mayor Strong.
seth Lows friend, on the promise that they
would have a liberal enforcement, OF the excise
guess tho boys will have their beer" was all
they got. The orators are trying 10 Impress
upon the Germans that Low would profit 10y
StrongS experience and shut ono eye TO tho
opcmn, saloons on sunday.
There will he side doors just tho same ns
when Tanmany had control. only the police
viii not levy blackmail," was the halt which
one Of the Low orators threw out TO a meeting
OF m
The German newspapers, which are ndvo,
eating Lows election. are also trying 10 spread
he idcR that his liberal government" viii al
day and that beer will bo obtainnhlc nj All tho
picnic parks in tho outlying districts fire.,
qucnlcd by Germans. This argument II iciug
put forward IN the most harefaced manner hy
some Of the orators. and while Low l. preach.
ing, uptown about the good government" he
VIII seek 10 administer, his workers downtown
are dong their utmost to captur" German
votes with the '"wide-opcn' argument. Mr.,
Low may hopdwink his select audiences Of the
hotter element. with his liberal govern
mrni' dodgc, but the east side Germans are
not caught with chan. They want some more
definite declaration than the statements q
means Sunday beer.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29

Seth Low cannot defeat Tammany Hall. The
most he can do is shown in this he can
help elect Richard Cookers county ticker.
Henry George is knocking Tampany to flinders.
Seth Low is getting the free-trade Democratic
support that in times past has gone TO Tam
many Hall. Gen. Tracy, according to all Of the
polls in all the Assembly districts in Greater
New York, Is to be solidly supported by tho
great mass of Republican voters. The Itepub-
lican campaign managers in charge OF Gen.
Tracy's canvass cannot conceive for the life of
them how any Republican can vote for Low.
the man who deserted tho Republican
party and has never returned to 1t, and who
is now associated with Democratic organiza-
tions in a determined effort to split the Hepub.
lican party in behalf Of Mr.. Lows ambition to
be Governor OF New York and President of tho
United States. Seth Low cannot be elected. Tho
claims OF his managers are preposterous. The
fight is between Tracy, Van Wyck. and George.
Senator Malby OF st. Lawrence county passed
through New York yesterday, but he stopped
long enough to say: EVERY Republican who
votes for Seth Low will kick himself twenty.
four hours after election day. Mind what l tell
you. / believe no will not only kick himself. but
he will ask all Of his neighbors to kick him, too"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29

As Mayor OF Breokiyn He Gavc Away Fran
chises and the City Got Nothing.

In every speech that Seth Low has made no
has declared that for years the people have been
robbed by the giving away of the public fran
chises. One Of the planks Of the Citizens Union
sets forth this robbery in emphatic terms.
Seth Low stands on that plank and declares ii
is the best plank in the whole platform. lie
minccs no words in his dcnunciation OF officials
who will give away the peoples rights.> He de-
clarcs that not Il single franchise should ever be
sold; the most that should he done is to lease
them. His enthusiasm over this plank knows
no bounds.
When Seth Low was Mayor OF the city of
Brooklyn his Office was the camping ground of
franchise Grabbcrs. lie had the office then and
he wasn't looking for votes. The record shows
that while he was Mayor every single valuable
franchise that was asked OF him was given.
Tho most notorious OF these gifts were tho
four franchises given to electric lighting com.
panies. There was no question of price about
the matter. Seth Low, the Mayor. did not de.
mand that the people who asked for tho fran.
chises should pay a cent for them; ho did not in.
sist that they should get them only for a term
OF years; but he agreed that they should have
them in perpetuity. and that without ono soil.
tary penny's return to the city Government.
As Mayor OF the city OF Brooklyn he did all that
lie could to aid the franchise grabbers who
camped in his Office.
But 1t was not only the electric light fran
chisc %grabbcrs who had Seth Lows assistance.
though they were the ones who benefited by 1t
principally. Sctn Lows grand scheme was to
aid the railroad franchise grabbcrs. The record
shows that he demanded the opening OF Flat
bush avenue from Atlantic avenue to tho
bridge. The only people who wanted Flatbush
avenue opened from Atlantic avenue to the
bridge were the railroad companies.
Seth Low wanted to open II and to turn IL over
TO those companies. practically for their exclu.
sivc use. lie wanted to have all the railroads
use it, 1t would have cost the city of Brookly n
more than 10000 900. 1t would have been n
fine gift to the franchise grabbers; but the pco-
pie wouldn't stand IL.
AS stated before. Seth Low at that time was
not looking for votes, as he is now.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
Low CALLED TANNER DOWN.
He Objected TO tho Corporni's Playing Cards
when flo Was Tax CoIIcctor.

When Mayor OF Brooklyn Seth Low not only
shove his dictatorial disposition by compelling
the heads Of the various departments TO plncc
their designations in his hands, but also by in
tcrdicting them from some ways of amusing
themselves in their leisure hours. lie almost
had n fit one morning at the city Hall when one
of his sycophants told him that Corporal James
Tanner, the gallant Union soldier, who left both
legs on the battlofeld. and who was then Tax
Collector. occasionally INDUCED in the great
American game of draw poker. Mr.. Low scnt
in hot haste for Corporal Tanner, ana on his
arrival this colloquoy cnslcd:
Mr.. LOw--I understand, Mr.. Tanner. that you
play cards about the City Hall. don't approve
OF that.
Corporal Tanner-Hello. Low, do you want me
to play baseballi
Later on. it Is said. VIII N Mr., Low learned
that Corporal Tanner continued to ma u niue
amusement in cards and h%liliards. although II
member In good standing in The Hanson race
Methodist Church, he came near olSting Cor
pOral Tanner from his place ana would. nave
done so had no not feared the wrath Of MS Noi-
Gran comrades. No man in brooklyn has had y
better opportunity OF taking the ,ull measure OF
Seth Low than Corporal James Tanner. ana no
one il surprised that he has come on rom his
home In washington 10 all IN the election OF
that gallant soldier and distinguished states
man, Gen. Benjamin F. Tracy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
Low IN C4HoOTs WITH CROKER.
Parker. Bryanitei Low. Lowite. and Bad Tom
Dunn. Tam, All on One Ticket.

Parker. Bryanite, Low. Lowite. and BAD Tom
Dunn. Tam, All on One Ticket.
Seth Low and his campaign managers are at
tempting TO convince Republicans that he Is the
only man who can beat Tammany Hall in the
present contest. This Is a statement which has
no foundation in fact. Gen. Tracy has behind
him the vast majority of the 300, 900 Republi-
cans Of Greater New York who voted in the
Presidential campaign last year. Seth Low has
for supporters the free-trade Democrats and the
camp followers OF tho Ship Democracy, the
CARGO Democracy, the Purroy Democracy, and
the Steckler Democracy. Every Republican
who votes for Seth Low will regret it with
chaGrin and shame. Low is a frec-trade Demo
crat and deserted the Republican party long
ago. He cannot hope to be elected. Never for
an instant have his managers intimated that he
did.
Besides. all Republicans are warned that Seth
Low and his campaign managers have engaged
in this movement as a conspiracy against the
Republican party, first in Greater New York,
then in New York State. and eventually in the
United States. McCook, one OF Lows chief
camp followers, denies that Seth Low is inter.
ested in defeating United States Circuit Court
Judge William J. Wallace. the Republican can.
didate for Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals.
THE Sun printed yesterday a reproduction OF
the ballot which demonstrates the falsity OF Nc
Cooks uttcrance. The Sun now prints a repro
duction OF tho ballot which demonstrates not
only that Seth Low is Interested in ~elccting
Supreme Court Justice Alton b.. Parker. the
Democratic candidate for Judge Of the Court of
Appeals, but he is also interested in e%lecting
Richard Cookers Tammany Hall county ticket
headed by Tom Dunn for Sheriff. Here is an
exact reproduction OF the Parker.Seth Low
Richard Croker ticket.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29

Saloon Keepers He'd by the Brooklyn Excise
Dcpnrtment When He Was Mayor.

Saloon Keepers He'd by the Brooklyn Excise
Department when He Was Mayor.
A search of Seth Lows record as Mayor OF
Brooklyn, made recently, brought to light the
fact that Seth Low was responsible for the most
scandalous Excise Department that has ever
existed in the city of Brooklyn. There were
men in the Excise Department when Seth Low
was Mayor who were VIGOROUSLY corrupt. They
blod the saloon keepers. A Brooklyn man. in
conversation with q Sun reporter yesterday. re-
called two instances where he himself had seen
money given to men in Seth Lows Excise De-
partment by saloon keepers.
The Excise law was violated continually in
the city of Brooklyn while Seth Low was Mayor.
But the men who violated it had to pay men for
whose employ Seth Low was responsible. in
order to avoid trouble. When Seth Low was
running for Mayor tho second time the record
shows that the men In his Excise Department
rounded up the saloon keepers for him with the
aid OF threats.
Under his administration. in order to get a
license it was necessary TO see somebody and
the somebody was one OF tho appointees Of Mr..
Low or of Mr.. Lows tools.
Seth Low himself was responsible for all this.
because he made no secret OF tho fact that every
man who was appointed by him was obliged,
before he got his appointment, to give to Low
his resignation in writing TO BIO used Whenever
Low saw nit. He made no secret OF the fact,
either, that no himself personally dictated the
nomination of the chief subordinates OF his
heads OF departments.
1t was notorious at the time that men In his
Excise Department were corrupt. Having the
resignation Of the chief OF tho department, he
could at any time have forced the cleaning out
OF the corrupt men. The record shows that he
did not enforce the resignation OF any OF theAs
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29

That's what business methods cost-Seth
Lows business methods; and the city got abso-
lutely nothing for 1t except a government as
bad as or worse than any government 1t had
ever had.
In addition to this enormous increase In tho
tax rate. in tho assessed valuation OF the prop.
erty. aud in the amount required to run the
city Government, Seth Low cost the city
by his lack Of foresight more than
$3,ooo,O 900 in just ono item. The expert.
enced men who were building the Brook
Ign Bridge had planned sufficient terminal
facilities. The land required to make these
sufficient facilities would nave cost at that time
less than 81. 100000 Seth Low, the moment he
got In office, began n crusade against the bridge
trustees, the purpose OF which was to force them
to complete the bridge. whether terminal facili-
ties!were sufficient or not. They warned him they
argued with him; they pointed out what q mis-
take 1t would be to erect the disgraceful terml.
mails that he insisted upon and that were erected
and that stood until last year, a monument to
Seth Lows ignorance and want OF foresight.
Seth Low the boss, had his way.
Since the bridge was opened the trustees have
been compelled to purchase the land they con-
templated purchasing before they opened tho
bridge, and they have been compelled to pay for
it more than SIS. oo0, 900. the difference repre-
senting a loss to the city of more than S.. o00.-
900. All because of Seth Lows business
principles.
Seth Lows business principles have cost Co
lumbia University q fortune. He took the Presi-
dency when the institution was free of debt; to-
day it is So 200, 900 in debt.
The only great improvement that Seth Low
suggested when he was Mayor Of the city of
Brooklyn was the opening of Flatbush avenue
from Atlantic avenue to the bridge. Tho extern
sion would have passed through one of the most
valuable parts OF the city Of Brooklyn. 1t
would have cost the city ten millions Of dollars,
il not more, and it would have benefited no.
body except the railroad companies.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
IRISHMES REMEMBER Low.
wouldn't Preside mt an Emmett Meeting Whom
He Was Mayor OF Brooklyn.

Hc Was Mayor OF Brooklyn.
The patriotic Irishmcn in Brooklyn have a
special grievance against Seth Low, and many
of them will revenge it next Tuesday by
marching to the polls and voting for Benjamin
+. Tracy. In his second race for Mayor, when
he was hard pressed by Joseph C. Hendrix, Mr..
Low among other things posed as a warm friend
Of the long-oppressed Irish race. and in
his stumping tours around tho city made
persistent efforts in this way to divert the
Irish vote from its accustomed Democratic
channel. Some months after his election, when
the birthday OF Robert Emmett, the Irish mar.
tyr, came around. a delegation. representing
several Irish societies. waited on Mr.. Low in the
City Hall and requested him to preside at the
accustomed annual tribute TO the memory Of
the young Irish patriot, whose life was sacri-
feed on the gallows. What transpired is here
given in the words of q member of tho dele
cation:
when we had stated tho object Of our visit
and explained TO Mr.. Low that 1. had been the
almost invariablc custom OF his predecessors to
preside Mt the recurring Emmett celebrations,
Mr.. Low remarked: Is it necessary that tho
Chairman OF the meeting should sympathize
with the object OF the celebrations Yes, Mr..
Mayor the spokesman of the delegation re-
piled; and is there n freeman who would
refuse to indorse the sentiment for which
Robert Emmett diedf Mr.. Low made no
response to this. but bowling us out
promised to give tho matter his consideration.
We did not hear from Mr.. Low further on the
subject, and OF cour . he did not preside at tho
meeting. If this incident had occurred during
Mayor Lows first term. tho couple of thousand
votes by which he defeated Mr.. Hendrix would
have been wiped out and Mr.. Lows political
career ended for good. We have good mem.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
Notes or tho Campaign.

There will be a mass meeting at Lyric Hall,
Forty second street and Sixth avenue. this
evening at 8 o'clock. under the auspices Of tho
Republican Campaign Committee Of the TWEEN.
ty-seventh Assembly district. Danforth Aims
worth. Mahlon Chance, Charles Halscy Moore.
Or. Ernest Lyon. and j. osgood Nichols will
speak.
citation OF the Thirtleth ward OF Brooklyn, at its
regular meeting on Tuesday. unanimously
adopted n resolution indorsing the entire Re
publican ticket and expressing The sense OF the
meeting that any member of tho association not
Its entirety shySld resign.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-29
mandod from his. appOintces was in writing and

Hhuuou hio'NPPShhNSUo Nhh IN WTlJlnk anu
read like this:
BRooKLYN. -, lss-.
To Hfs Honor The Mayor Of Brooklyn,
hereby tender my resignation as Commissioner Of
the Department OF --, the same to take eject
Immediately. ---.C Commissioner.
There were some men in office when Seth Low
became Mayor who possessed tho proper amount
OF self.rcspect and refused TO be licksplttles to
this young man. Among them was Col. Wash.
ington A. Rocbllng, tho chief engineer of tho
bridgc-tho man who had planned it and mado
1t possible. Another was the Hon. J. S. T. S;rnna.
han, ~ no had been prominent in Brooklyn public
works before Seth Low was born. Another was
James Jourdan.
Seth Low declared within ono week after no
had been inauguratcd rs Mayor that these pub-
lie servants must 60. He hadn't tho power to
remove them thon. He tried by disreputable
means TO get rid of Col. Rocbling, oven going to
tho extent OF inducing his father to try to in.
duce Col. Rocbling's vito to play the traitor TO
him. He dropped tho Hon. US /. r. Stranahnn
when he could do 1t legally. Tho answer of the
people OF Brooklyn to that outrageous act was
TO erect n monument to Mr.. Stranahan. which
stands to-day at the entrance of Prospect Park
tho only monument standing to-day in this
country to n man still living.
When Seth Low ceased to BIO Mayor and be.
came President of Columbia University he tc.
came the absolute boss and dictator of that in
stitution. There were men there who wero
strong minded too. and who would not become
his tools. One of them was Prof. Dwight, tho
founder OF the law school that made tho col.
lege famous. And although this school was pay
ing an enormous income to Columbia, Seth Low
rot rid Of Prot. Dwight tho moment he could.
He did 1t by heaping insults upon tho great edu-
Gator. Seth Lows bossism has cost Columbia
College, in the matter Of tho law school alone,
fully q million OF dollars, for the law school
he substituted for the ono that Prof. Dwight
was at the head of has cost the college. until
very recently. $50, 900 a year. and through the
loss of Prof. Dwight the college has lost $780, 900
additional a year.