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oH1NEsE EXCL us1oN MUDpIr
A Recent Treasury Department order r..
nIIrnfna Enrorcrmcnf nr liz N

INV INV
Tho order recently issued by tho Trcasnrr
partment directing that Cinnamon n,,cmr.i'.
to enter this country from Canada shall ,n,
arrested at the border. but shall be foll,,c1 ~
their destination, and there no taken bot,r,
United States Commissioner to establish MA,
right to be here, has still further muddlcd a..
attempts TO enforce the Chinese Exclusion M,
Eleven Cinnamon who were followed IN n,t.
city from Malone, n. Y, by INSPECTORS a shn.,
time ago. were before COMMISSIONS AlcyanIas
yesterday afternoon. Their counsel cl,r,o,
TINT the Commissioner had no jurisdict,r
under the law the Cinnamon should be irn, W
tho place where they had committed tGc,r ~
fence, that is, attempting to come into nj,
country Illegally. "''
The inspectors who followed them admi,,.,
on tho stand that their instructions wctr nu'"'t
nllow the Cinnamon to separate or csrnpc Tn,H
they had been taken before a Cominissiornss
here. That, counsel claimed, constituted an
arrest, and hence the Cinnamon had moi CON-.
TO this city voluntarily, but under durcss II.
asked for their discharge upon that grounSS
Tho Commissioned reserved decision. N"u'
This is the first Chinese case that has com.
before the Federal authorities here since ib..
last Treasury order. and should CommisqionssS
Alexander decide adversely to the Ciipamc.
their counsel will probably take their casesi.
the higher courts.
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CAPT. CLRTER'S CASE.
a Beard or Inquiry Named TO Inve.tiSnt. n
Work Mt Savannah.

Un
Work Mt Savannah.
WARRINGTON. Sept. 14.-The Secretary OF w
has appointed q Board Of Inquiry CONSISTING =,
Col. Gillespie. Major Raymond. and Man,
Adams Of the Engineer Corps OF the Army IN IN.
vestigate the character OF tho work performs,
by Capt. Oberlin NJ. Carter. who until recent,
was in charge of the engineering pro,ecsn
Savannah and other places in tho South.
1t is untrue that Capt. Carter was suinrnopd
to Washington from London. where lie , d.
taile as Military Attache of tho Unite! State,
Embassy, to answer charges filed agails. Him
Capt. Carter was a member OF tho N.ga-am,
Canal Commission and 1t was arranged that \,
should return to the United States ut Oh. Nm.
to consult with Admiral Walker md r--'''
Haupt, the other member of the commission '
He left Washingt,n last night TO ,nrrt NJ,
colleagues at the Army building in y " vo.;
to-day. Complaints have been received at n.
War Department that the work Of river rsii
harbor Improvement at Savannah has hoo.
badly managed, and that the harbor is In apVv,!
satisfactory condition. The Engineering i.
partment of the army commended thai The Cbar
mel OF the harbor was Of n certain urgrA.
This is denied by Savannah auttGriIes vi,
maintain that ships that should ;.,. e,.E,
through the channel have touched bottom ~,
~gestioDs have been made to the CA.lg X rrI,
neers that the work was not properly jnsper.t
and the officers of the War Department az =
elm cd to think that nothing more 80! Gus Vii
be discovered. Capt. Carriers accounts, o. ~
at the War Department, are pericC:.
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Foreign Notes Of RenI Intrrc.t.

Dr. Jameson has taken charge OF the can'iTl'"N
OF the trAnscontiuenta telegraph lin" a'g''s Ah'
from north to south. For the present II wi! n''f
tend beyond Lake Tanganyika.
ReJane did not lose her Jewels when nr-r''s N'''
into her Paris apartment recently. a, Size 50 - '' -
town. They took 10. 200 francs worth - " PM
things, including his little girls nrst mix '"'-
which he had had mounted as a scarfp'n
1osephine's rouge box. Napolrou'S pocket taH'
and the map he used during the lsud camp'''HA
Prussia. together with q wooden eaSl "Ai''I'' "
Napoleon III. when he was a prisoner At Ham a'
among the relics bequeathed by Baron LARRY ""
Carnavalet Museum In Paris.
Massenet has read his new opera. "Sagho fa's
Cd on Alphonse Daudet's novel, to a." ri'N'N NV
opera comiquo. He grew SO crthusla.'i n'hr""'
on that he sang all the latter part ~ The "''
caive is cast for the title role. and u ~s'n 20.
hearss In October. as Nov. 10 Is the DAT. set f'"
nrSt performance.
An English Tory army oricer who dici lateF v.
directions that his body should be cr"mA'i anu.
sSnes buried In q garden by the side ~ h' '"'..
oog The dog was a Scotch collie thh; ha1 wv.
taught to bark and growl Whenever VII ".'''''.,,
name was mentioned. After It died - master a. q.
ooecorate the grave with primrose ~ I''' ~
eonsneld's birthday,
A. France taxes bicycles and tricycle., th' na"'"
OF machines used In the country Is EnuNn a.
on jan i. 1897. there were 829,sli tx a' Az ."
crease or nearly "A 200 over lSg5. wNlr' lHi '",.
an Increase OF 90, 900 over the prccrd'u. yeAr !"
revenue obtained in 1893 was g.. ttf NA'
1Aiiss department. the Seine, heads g." '' Wv
'N'oSs bicycles. paying a tax OF 626."iH 'rta''
Basic Switzerland. will celebrate ta' ga "
nlVersary OF Hans Holbein's birth ry oa ,,N''..
OF MS paintings and drawings Z, Wllr. ..'f"
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CREDITORS WIND UP TIE FIRM.
Help Themselves to o. Cents on the Dollar
with No Receixershlp Expenses.

Help Themselves TO 400 Cents On the Dollar
with No Receivership Expenses.
Something out of the usual course in business
matters has just been accomplished by tho CO.
operation Of all the creditors of a neckwearnr arm
with the assistance of one of the members Of
the firm. Herman Joseph called a meeting Of
the creditors at his office. 2s7 Broadway. on
Monday afternoon without divulglng to them
the name of the firm. About twenty i've mer-
chants attended the meeting. Preliminary to
the disclosure OF the firms name. It was unani-
mously agreed that no proceedings should DO
taken by any creditor without the assent OF ali.
and further, that they would all be bound, after
assigning their accounts TO a committee. by the
acts OF the committee. Tho committee secured
gether with a i'll of sale of unmanufactured
goods and fixtures and cash on hand. Yester-
day All the property was removed. debtors were
notnied. and tho prospects are that creditors
VII! get 100 cents on the dollar. The liabilities
are $4,000. The firm was Charles Werner &
Co. OF 722 Broadway.
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Speaker Reed on One Result OF
Wealth.

The Hon. THOMAS B. REED Is generally
known to be by no means a rich man. Bnt
that he can survey riches without envy
and is alive % the fact that men. although
poor themselves, cannot helm proftinp bv
the wealth accumulated in a given com.
munity is clearly shown in the article con.
tributed by him to last weeks number of
the Illustrated american. 1t Is a thesis.
the proof of which might be extended to
every one of the physical and intellectual
agencies that make up civilization. but
Speaker REED, for the moment, confines
himself to Indicating how the existence of
accumulated wealth in a community
operates to diffuse among the poorest mem.
bers of 1t the pleasure and profit deriyable
from the reading of books and newspapers.
1t was DE QUINCEY, we believe, who first
pointed out that what we call the invention
of printing, that is the use of movable
types, each corresponding to a letter of the
alphabet. was always in the air in the
Western world, as we'll as in China, from
the moment that names and numerals
were struck by dies upon coins From a
die bearing the name of CESAR to six dies.
each bearing one letter thereof, was oh.
viously an easy step. The invention of the
printing press was rendered inevitable.
partly by the increased demand for books
which followed the Renaissance, and
partly, as DE QUINCY says, by the
application of the vastly increased wealth
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chronic and bitter quarrel between line and
staf by giving all the cadets precisely the
same course, introducing them all into the
service in the same grade and under the
same commissions, with subsequent as
signments to alternating engine.room and
deck duties. This proposition is of recent
development, and 1t remains to be seen
whether 1t would really have the effect
1t aims at, or, rather, whether it would be
accepted ms the proper method Of settling
the matters in dispute. 1t is the most
striking feature of the report.
One other recommendation merits notice,
namely, that hereafter officers and cadets
be required to salute the national colors by
removing their hats, instead Of saluting
with the hand, as now. The flag cannot be
treated with too much honor or respect.
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Of o few months and then IL pushed out OF
remembrance, it IL, a. Mr.. REED observes,
surprising how much proof Is given OF
study and research. No thoughtful man
can note the dimensions Of the output OF
works purporting to depict life as itnow is or
as It was at some earlier epoch, and note, at
tho same time, the relatively high level OF
their average literary merit, without per-
ceivinp that such works must play a very
large, though unacknowledged. part In the
education Of the world, a part perhaps quite
comparable in weight with that performed
by schools and colleges. 1t is certain that,
In civilized countries, one.half of the hu-
man race-we refer, Of course, to the women
derive almost the whole of what they
learn, beyond the results of first.hando OBJ
servation, from novel reading, and 1t Is
true, also, that the reading of most men
after they have begun to carr n living is
confined to novels and newspapers.
Not only has the application Of large
capital made paper, printing, and binding
cheap. and therefore placed books In The
hands of more people, but, as Speaker
REED reminds us, people have more time to
read. Owing to the accumulation of wealth
in great manufacturing establishments, the
hours of labor are shorter, men are no
longer forced to work to the full limit Of
their strength, and, consequently, have
more gray brain matter left available for
their hours Of leisure. When men had to
toll twelve and fifteen hours day for bread
alone, where, asks Mr.. REED, wa the
leisure, which books demand. and where
was the elasticity Of mind which alone can
profit by them7 1t is clear, then, that even
the diffusion of knowledge, which is one Of
the glories of our time, has it's foundation
In the increasing wealth Of the world.
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Mr.. SETH Low, in his letter accepting tho
Citizens Union nomination for Mayor Of
the Greater New York, says. among other
things:
"1 believe that the labor laws OF the State. as they
apply to the city. should be administered in the letter
and in the spirit.
Are there any laws Of the State, as they
apply to the city. which should not be ad.
ministered in the letter and in the SPIRIT
If there are will Mr.. Low specify them 7
If there are not, why does he single out
the labor laws for special comment.
Can it be that this portion of his letter
is simply a bald bid for the labor votei
Perish the thought
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y1m 1PPExEs TO a PABnor.
Tse Hira weuIan't HReip Juutice Vas Wsrt u
pee,ae whe was rte owner.

Decide Who Was Tvs VNuets
A Cuban parrot answering to tho name OF
Gcn. jackson escaped a few months ago from
a oape in the house OF It's owner, Samuel NO
vouber of 14l Washington street, Brooklyn.
November learned last month that John Klein
holz Of 90 Cook street had q parrot which he
Thought was his and sued him for 1t In the
Second District Court before Justice Van Wart'
Tho case was tried q week ago and the CYL
dence was so conflicting that the justice 90
cided TO have tho parrot produced in court
Klcinholz luggcd the big cage with the biro
In It to the court yesterday. Justice van
wart had tho cage placed in front OF the bar.
Then November stopped up and opening the
door OF the cage called out; ont.
But the parrot didn't move. ~ blmpIs
gazed around in establishment at the cro"deo
'"The bird is excited and. has temporarily
Finally the bird got of its perch and
shambled out OF the cage. -. ..,a
Come, General Jackson november s"'o
THE bird disreearded the call and after flap
pings its wings began TO fly around the COURT.
neads to escape the parrot, ,Constables closed
the windows and then with brooms set out 70
capture the bird; TheS succeeded ana the
November tried again, to make the bird
recognize him.. He put his fingers between the
cage bars and the. parrot bit him; Then he
Withdrew them. He told the Justice he was
sure the bird was his.
Then Kleinholz was called forward and he
tried to, mako the parrot recognize him. hhe
parrot didn't stir. He, too, put his fingers be;
tween tho bars and the bird nipped one Of
them. Then Kleinholz also withdrew bis hand;
the bird was his and the Justice awarded him
the parrot KleinholZ reluctantly parted with IL
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The first noticeable thing In the Greater New
york campaign Is the swelling OF the head OF SETH
Low.-St. Pau Globe.
This Is most regrettablo language. II Is not
merely speaking evil OF dignities. but 1t Is
technical leze-Mugwumpery, and 10 only not
punished because there is no adequate punish
ment for 1t. II DR.. Lows head was actually
and visibly swelled there would DO a simple
explanation OF the swelling. Not merely AS an
educator, but as an all-around Mugwump cham.
pion and an exemplar of the Better Element,
d. Low 10 occasionally called upon to think;
and for the last few weeks he has thought often.
IL IL natural that the cerebral convolutions
should DO congested and enlarged thereby, and
30 an appearance of humidity produced. But 1t 10
merely an appearance. While he was engaged in
the task OF writing his letter OF instruction TO tho
Citizens Union and all others. and trying to ro-
main In . condition Of stable political eQuilib.
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WEEDS ADIRONDACK ACRES
He Takes STEPS to Keep the state OF nj,
Largo Tract.

Largo Tract.
ALBANY. Sept. 14.-Papers were served tot,,
on the State Fisheries, Game. and Forrest Com.
mission, and on State Comptroller Robert. !,
restrain them from taking any proceeding. ;,
interfere with Smith NJ. Weed and ,rt,n Va
Turner Of Plattsburg in their possession Of It'll,
to 6. $50 acres of Adirondack fores, Land on =.
south Of Upper saranac Lake. Under the a..
called Malby law, passed by the last Les.l.
ture. which permits the State Co!np.roUa. :,
set aside cancellations OF title to site isrt,
made by his predecessors in office, where sptl
cancellations were made without auiAO.i.y a
law, the State Comptroller had set a dale 10, /,
hearing on an application OF the fisheries, Game,
and Forest Commission. to have the cancela:,O,
of these lands set aside as illegal.
The matter was o have been heard on Sen.
%, he present title having been secured owl.
to the action of former Comptroller Wenpea
cancellipg the States title to the lands With
had been secured as the result OF successive lax
Balos. The injunction orders were granite By
Justice George p. Andrews in New York. sui
are returnable before Justice Mclaughlin in
Port Henry on Monday next The land IL i-
pute is in Township % and is very valuable, pan
Of 1t having already been disposed OF to wealthy
residents OF this State for camping sites and
hunting preserves
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FITCH ON ofTY ASSESSMENT.
The Comptroller . witness Before the Rapid
Transit Commission.

The Comptroller . witness Before the Rapid
Transit Conmiusion.
Tho commission appointed by tho Supreme
Court to determine whether or not the rapid
transit road shall BIO built on tho latest plans
and rules heard more testimony yesterday.
Comptroller Fitch gave a general statement Of
the liabilities Of the city. "what in your opinion
is the ratio OF tho real value OF city real estate to
its assessed value 7" asked Mr.. Boardman.
",The ratio varies greatly" replied the Comp
trollcr. There seems TO DO no set rule for
assessment. In buying property for municipal
purposes we have found an unsatisfactory differ
ence In various localities"
But there is no doubt In your mind that the
assessed values are lower than the real values =
II should say that the. assessed values are
lower" replied Mr.. Fitch. Il have known them
to be go per cent. of the real value In some cases
and as low as 80 per cent. in Others"
Several Commissioners having In charge con-
domination proceedings for an all parks and two
representatives from the Corporation Counsel's
office who have charge of the proceedings for
the requirement Of land for park and school
house sites were also xamined by Mr.. Labriskie
with a view to showing the amount Of liabilities
contracted by the city for such purposes. Tho
hearing Will go on to-day.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-15
STANDARD OIL's MARINE
The Formulated Iron Ship Kentnero jus
Added to II by Purchase.

The Standard Oil Company. which owns q big
feet OF tank steamships that take crude petro-
leum to foreign ports in bulk. may soon have q
fleet Of sailing craft to carry Its refined oil in
cases to Calcutta. Hong Kong, and other remote
points in the East. 1t was announced yesterday
that the company had bought, through an Eng.
iish connection, for $55 900, tho four-masted
l6 from Calcutte. The Kentmere measures
2,3ia tons, is 300 feet long. and can carry
100000 cases OF oil. She will sail with a fun
cargo in about two weeks. Many old American
clippers have been forced In recent years TO 60
into the oil-carrying tratc. and the acquisition
by the standard Oil Company Of a large number
or sailing ships, means that charters will DO
haruer 10 get than ever. British ships will be
more affected than American craft, as they carry
most OF the case oil from American ports.
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Il TEST FOR TEE TEXAS.
Cross-deck Fire to be Tried with Her Twelve
Inch Guns-

Cross-deck Fire to be Tried with Her Twelve
Inch Guns-
WARRINGTON, Sept. 14-During the entire
time the battleship Texas has been In commits
sion her twelveinch guns have never been fred
across decks as was contemplated by tho ar
rangement of her turrcts. Mr.. Roosevelt, who
is Acting Secretary Of the Navy in the absence
Of Secretary Long. thinks 1t about time to find
out what effect will como from . cross-deck hre.
and to-day he gave directions that the expert
ment should take place on the trip Of the battle
ship from Hampton Roads to the Brooklyn Navy
Yard. where she will be docked on Sept. IS.
The l2.inch turrets OF the Texas are en-
echelon-that is, one is on her starboard side
forward and tho other on her port side aft This
arrangement was to allow the guns to DO fired
crosswise. forward or aft 1t has been con-
tended that the blast from the crosswise fire
will start the decking and perhaps injure the
worth while to ascertain 4 this supposition is
right, particularly because 1t will give an oppor.
tunity OF correcting the defect, II any should
be found.
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Must Fay letter Po.t.r.

In view OF the fact that mailing cards are DO
Ing extensively used for the purpose M s.na,n.
signed receipts for goods or money and aa ord.rs
for goods. Third Assistant Genora,
Merritt has issued instructions to tho cGeo,
that printed mailing cards. SO prcparsd that ~
St,aca en- a signature thereto they are con.
dressee for some article or articles f,prvnt inc al
nun, when so signed become personal commun "
ch.lons, ana are liable to postage at the first.
Iisd that such signed mailing cards must pUnn n nsr
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rum while standing o N nothing. his anreole
became disarranRedr and his head assumed q
slightly inflated look. He Is really as modest as
q man conscious Of ndispensability and all the
other virtues can DO expected TO be. In fact, he
10 as modest as a Goo Goo.
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Denver is preparing to celebrate with
unusual maRnincenco the Festival Of the Noun
tain and Plain. of which the Slaves Of the Silver
Serpent are an important part. Mr.. BRYAN,
Gen. JAMES b. WEAVER, Gen. ADoNTRAM JUD-
SON WARNER, and the Hon. RICHARD PARKS
BLAND will each have a float in the procession
Of tho Slaves Of tho Silver Serpent; and that
active snake, after devouring gigantic goldbugs
all along the route. will finally swallow q more
gigantic octopus and explode in prize packages
of moonshine% cucumbers
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Every n~ewspaper now engaged In per.
verting the facts Of the Hazleton incident,
and in representing the Sheriff of Luzerne
county and his deputies as "murderers,'
and the rioters who were killed while re.
sisting the law as American freemen mas.
sacred because they were exercising their
rights as freemen on the public highway
every such newspaper, whether its impulse
be anarchistic, or political, or weakly senti,
mental, is engaged in deadly work.
No volley fired by the officers of the law
into an ignorant and turbulent crowd, or.
ganized for law-breaking and refusing to
disperse when commanded to do so in the
name of the law, can be so deadly in its
effect as this fusillade aimed by shameless
or foolish journals at a Sheriff who under.
stood that his duty was to disperse the mob,
not to allow the mob to disperse his posse
and to bring the law into contempt.
This coddling Of the mob, this systematic
invention Of facts to excite sympathy for
the victims of their own misdeeds, this
bestowal of the honors of martyrdom upon
rioters killed in the act of riot, this inver-
sion of the right relations between the
representative of law and the man who de.
lies 'he law is d dangerous ana numerous
enterprise that will breed further mischief
and cost more blood.
Thu shameless newspapers of sensation
n anarchy will persist in clarifying riot,
in making heroes of the mob, and in incit-
ing the ignorant to violence, and thus
Turing them or to death. The foolish or
weakly sentimental journals will continue
to perform their part of the deadly
work until a healthy public sentiment
makes itself heard concerning their Grim.
inal participation.
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George ?. Mock Declines to No Anus..a to Inv

TO rHE EDITOR ~ THE sUS-sfr: / notice by your
pApeIoi TINS morning that ! was one OF the speakers
for the Hon. s. Low at Long Island last ever,ro :
desire to say that such Ia not . fact. and thai INV
pane Was used without authority from me, and until
i"a5 informed Saturday. al which time 1 tooL A.
As a Joke that ! was billed. knew notbing or a. y
n nn y asPuoiie1H, and have been ever since cast my
truly yours. lsopaI . SNnaHeFy
NEW YoRK, Sept IL. "oSA-
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WILL REDEEM UNUSED X Ers
A Circular to scaipers Issued by the New Yar,,
Central Railroad.

A copy of tho following circular. issued BY
General Passenger Agent Daniels Of the New
York Central Railroad. has been sent to every
ticket scalper in the United States:
ITO chom IL may concern:
Notice Is hereby given that the New york
central and Hudson River Railroad CompanX
viii upon presentation at the Office Of its gen.
New York, redeem the whole or any mari 90 'aaUnnn.
passage ticket sold prior TO Sept. !, 1887. that
~ yalid Tor passage over its lines. whether auch
Ticket was sold by the New York Central and
hudson River Railroad Company or by ANU
other transportation company authorized n All
such tickets over this line. " BOIL
.Ilckets sold since Sept. l, 1897. will h. -
Penal Code" VI tho
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Woman o.ualaAte cor Supreme Conn, 1u,,..


TofEKA' Kan. Sept. 7.-Mr. Lucia O. css. .ho
male member OF the Topeka bar. and the ONLY KsU.s.
woman In tho active practice of law. to'dav sn
nounced her candidacy for Associate Justice Of tbs
supfsme Court on the Democratic. Popuiist ticket
and dn %ysf mrs Case has ability above the average
= aurhs the past year has won several bIg 60
mhich nave given her a State reputation. chit, ~
''oe Do''er is said to be friendly to hOr candldncr