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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
SOME OF THE VICTORIES" OF PEACE.
FACTS IN HISTORY BROUGHT Up APRoPoS OF
THE ARBITRATION TREATY.
To the Editor OF The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: The finances and some other matters being
on tho way 10 settlement, the arbitration treaty
comes next for consideration. As my forebears were
cutivatng the rocky soil OF Connecticut one hun
dred and forty years before Uncle Sam was born
and their descendants are multtudnously doing
the same thing now. feel sort Of srandfathery
interest in the welfare OF that amiable and too
generous young parsonage
Peace hath her victor,es-ard among them have
seen the former north apex OF the State OF Maine
assume the present appearance OF a truncated cone
The steamer Carolire cut out in IN American
mort and with her living freight sent over Niagara
Falls. One OF the murderers, being arrested on
American soil was set free by what the English
newspapers called "a jury OF Quakers' Peace took
hold Of Fifty four forty fight, and VIGOROUSLY
collapsed Il TO 10 degrees. The Clayton-B ulwer
treaty was observed by party In good faith by
the other party only when it suited their conven-
fence. AS a treaty is such a little thing between
friends Peace had occasion 10 say anything.
The Alabama treaty resulted this way: TWO evenly
matched rivals were engaged in business. One Of
them DESTROYED the commercial machinery OF the
other and took the whole trade. On being brought
70 book Peace decided that only the machinery de-
stroved must be paid for | wonder how many
hundred millions Uncle Sam has PAID 1T 1relSht
and passage to the wronsdoer in consequences OF
Natve-born American seals marked marked b. nature as
exclusive property or the JNlted states poN-
ernmert as visibly a. A branded army mule, going
out TO pasture and returning 70 nurse tneir naive
America yolnc-T am unable 10 express in my
mother tongue the result OF this victory OF Peace
I am Obliged TO say "Ilium fuit': and Uncle Sam
owes $4,000 for daring even TO attempt 10 save his
prouertv from destruction
In the economy OF the universe II seems appro-
pirate for Right TO be always on the scaffold
WHOM I listen 10 the accents Of cur great orators
charminr never so wisely. in favor OF more vic
tories of Peace In the next 1--WE years | am re-
r7indad Of The saying Of the sacred writer Of the
sneech Of Caaphas that he spake not OF himself"
u il eNUcdent for that one man should die
for The reope" and Peace has evidently selected
t-rcle Sam for the victim He will take hold OF his
hot end of the poker good-naturedly. he did
when he paid $3.50 010 for fictitious damages on
pro1erty not worth 100000 in fee simple
E,ustis Fla March 49, 1897. s. II. MEAD.
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THE SALVATION ARHTS ANNIVERSARY.

EXERCISES At HEADQUARTERS TO CELEBRATE
The LANDING or IT'S FIRST SOLDIERS HERE.
The onerirg meeting Of three-days' celebration
Of the seventeenth anniversary Of the Landing OF
the Salvation Army in tAis country was held last
night AT the army headquarters. in West four-
teenth-st Commissioner RailtOn and seven SaINa-
ton Army soldiers came 10 New-York from Eng
land seventeen years ago and began the "orh
which has since grown 50 rapidly
The meeting last night was in the nature or a
preliminary one The principa, meeting, VIII ne
held tomorrow evening Commando booth l1ick-
~ was not present last night and AdJutanl isuu-
20 led the exercises which consisted Of Inc sing
Ing OF HYMNS and the giving Of short testimonies
Nv those who had been converted through inc
errorts OF the Salvation Army ,,a ~
Adiutant Ludgate sad that when ne Jolnen ne
800 ot,er eIree.ed with revolver shots in the
streets Now that changed.
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President Stevens institute Of Technology
March Il. 1897.
THE PROPOSED TARIFF ON BOOKS.

THE, PROPOSED TARIFF ON BOOKS.
GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM OPPOSES THE cHANGES
MADE BY THE pINGLEY BILL.
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: I trust that the citizens who have at near
the literary and art interests OF the country can
denend tpon the co-opera ton OF The Tribune in
opnosing certain changes in the tariff which are
now proposed under the Dingley bill changes
which VIII bring very serious burdens upon libra
rians instructors. students and the book-readlng
and art-loving public generally.
For generation or more. since the framing Of
the tariff act Of 1867 the libraries OF the country
which were daily incorporated for public purposes.
and the libraries Of incorporated institutions. such
as colleges have ben liberty 10 import free OF
duty. books required for the use Of their readers
This privilege f. IS now proposed to cancel. and II
the Dingley bill becomes law the libraries are TO
paw duty at the rate OF % per cent all publica
lions imported by them.
II is also ;he case that Mr.. Dngleys bill pro-
poses 20 place duty upon all books printed more
than twenty years back. class Of publica lions
which has for a generation or more been excepted
from duty.
The ground for such exception, from protection
lists point view has been the fact that the sale
OF the books could IN no way interfere with or
compete with the interests q American manu-
facturers or of American worblngmen. IL mas been
assumed that It was to the interest OF the com
Of rare books and Of books having higher educa-
tonal value, and that American producers
could be Interested In having tax OF % per cent
imposed upon the Importation FOR instance. OF a
1873 folio shakespeare.
ON the same general ground that there could be
material interference with American industries
II decided in the Wilson BIZ TO except from
duty books printed In foreign languages Including
OF course, the texts Of the classics This exceiI-
lion has proved or material service TO the scholars
and the instructors OF the country.
II is difficult to understand what class OF citizens
has been Interested In planning FOR the special
taxation now proposed. The publishers book
sellers authors. artists and others interested in
literature and art certainly opposed any such
change The gain 10 the Treasury of the Nation
can De slight compared with the very serious
burdens placed upon the higher education inter
ests OF the community.
The publishers are doing what may be practical
HE TO bring TO the attention OF Congress and OF
the general public the nature OF the change now
nroposed and the librarians are also preparing
similar protests. We trust that In these efforts we
can RELY upon the cooperation or "A paper like
THE Tribune whose interest In literature and in
ari has always been so important and whose innu-
ence upon the counses OF the Republican party Is
an this time so considerable.
- GEORGE HAVEN PUTNAM.
New-York March -. 1897.
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ma WGR4W SAFE AT HOME.

Ida McGraw the fifteen year-old girl who mys
teriously disappeared from East Orange last Sun
day ard who was supposed to have gone away
with < carl Downs. Of No. 1919 VILLA st. East
Orange has returned home. She with friends
living n short distance out OF Paterson. and she
corroborated Downss story in all particulars. She
saws that he took her 10 the Erie station in New
ark gave her s. and put her on train for Pater-
sor When her friends with whom she was visit
ing saw in the papers that she supposed TO have
gone away with Downs. they urged her 10 20 nome
~ once hut for some days she refused To do so.
AZ last she Welded TO their wishes and went home
on Friday night. Downs also returned on rrlday
nj
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c,RF1r1D's POSTMASTER GENERAL.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
In that admirable supplement OF March you
ouote Timothy O. Howe Garhed's Postmaster
General Instead Of Thomas l." James. Howe was
Amounted by President Arthur to succeed James
who had resigned upon the death OF Garfield.
IA an old neighbor and great admr-r Of the
martyred President. and now resident OK that
little Jersey borough OF which the distinguished
eX- Postmaster-General IL Mayor. and where he
presides chief magistrate with that same ami
able dignity and ability the Posto.fice De-
partment at Washington. | venture 10 correct this
little omission. which could only have been made
inadvertently. Is. 3. BROWN.
Brooklyn, y. Y, March ls, 1897.
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TO WATCH BRIDGE CAR AALLS.
TWO BREAKS IN ONE DAY MAKE THE TRuS-
TEES ANXIOUS ABOUT THE OTHERS

rvvO FREAKS IN ONE DAY MAKE THE TRCS-
TEES ANXIOUS ABOUT THE OTHERS
T. & likely that the Pullman Palace Car Cornpa"!
, he called upon to make plain 10 the Trustees OF
,h prookvn Bridge that the axles useo IN me cars
,,,cr ,nev have furnished tho Bridge are VIA
,,. .e-e represented 10 be. namely. the best aSles
L. ITO world President Berri and CHIEF Engineer
,ar,in had their attentiol called 10 tho posSpe III
,r,oritv Of these axles by the brace OF dc'i''i.'
H., boroened within twenty -four hours u WHICH
no hr.aki,r OF axles seriously blocked tralhc MI
De- ree.rds # az rather significant that Inc a''''
80 shcuid have been almost exactly similar IT
,,.-.r the axIos breaking off close 10 the wheels
W., tho Pullman Company furnished the axes
,.. s,td thew were the best ob;ainaDle ana maui
W. PERI thinks by the Cambria Iron "o'NS'
~. are of steel and hitherto there has been TO
,a.,s for su.picion that poor judgment had nerh
80 In using This style Of an xxi" 30" III" S'"'
receive q scare ll4b 4N he
,ras suggested Mr. Berll yesleI ueg ~ va,
u Nc. Sfns brok. the forward trucks o. W
Ia ,hroI%h which the electricity ~ apPiiei ri w..
car rov;er TO- switching the trains wa ctllT
NJ. ~ adduiorsl strain imposed ny il' 'Dr 80
that tle az lie axles MAY have mad sonnet llht 20
a" v;jth the breakns o. Inc - ;o,e.tiqatiou
~ ,ae,inn will also have riga
w, ~, w prooklvn trustees having N hahu u% -
,in ~ compensation 10 be "Atct'1 ri,a,,o ~
tol % ~ trollrv conpanies for me pilsheSe. ~
Na.fu ,he Bridge met in specia me, tIn,s = -
crossns ' -, he CIV Hall. President hrrrl nan no
day noon AZ W ernrc adequate data with retcrtos
oeeh a., ,ranv additional hands woua ne iI It,T
10 nov - nr6noeed new scheme. ana II W. ~ 49,,
uliued as ~ The meeting until io-Hoi'V" 90 '
"a me time and place.
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To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir | desire TO suggest. az substitute Tor the
proposed duty OF % per cent ad valorem imposed
NV the Dlngley Tariff bill oil and water-color
,a,nt,nps n specific duty OF 800 oil paintings and
"a on water-coior paintings. The argument In
favor Of this change may be briefly stated thus:
specinc duty would at once exclude from this mar
k,t the avalanche Of fraudulent and trashy works
with which this country has been deiuged. to the
detrnent OF our own art and artists IL would not
exclude "A single picture OF any educational value.
I'M, on the contrary Il would furnish certain
guarantee OF the actual value OF imported pictures.
The mass Of pictures under the new law VIII be
invoced go low that the imposition Of duty OF =
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The Lotos Club. March 90 1897
COMPASSIONATE MOTORS.
THE CITIZENS INTEREST ~ THEM AZ SYSTEM
OF TRACTION

OF TRACTION
To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: Referring TO your interesting article OF yes
,erday on compressed-air motors. Ike the vast ma
jority I presume OF our citizens. have no inter-
est in the stock OF the entorprising company which
has so successfully experimental with them; but
what traveller land AL Americans are travellers
has not personal Interest apart from financial
one in the Triumphant outcome Of a system OF
traction which will do away with the various evils
you enur,eratc as inseparable from the cable and
trolley ESPECIALLY the underground trolley, and
Will at the same time end the cruelty to animals
so frequently involved In the OF the horse car,
as We as uttery abolish the steam locomotives
grny sitting clouds OF smoke and SCOT and the
fiery particles which, getting into the eye, cause
50 much suffering and times, entail blindness?
And what obscrvant resident OF NewYorl1 has
not a commanding interest in methods that Will
relegate to the limbo OF outrun past the sub
stitutior wherever subsursace work Is done, OF n
stilted If not crazy. plank platform for the side
walk and the successive pitfalls, between the curb
stones on each side. which constantly impede
and menace the pedestrian and the driver? This
condition OF affairs inevitably results from our
present modes Of traction. and IL Is UNDERSTOOD
would be greatly intensified, and, in fact, become
subway trolley should be adopted as widespread
and permanent institution.
sanitation tell us. would result from the constant
excavation in our streets Sttendant en- Inc r hn
Of no ,ibsn woid he so Great as to breed malaria
md typhoid other fevers 20 a degree very dan
gcrous 10 the community 49,
Everv resident OF our crowded city s. willy
nily. cOr<erned in Il system OF traction which
places the propel.ing power Of the vehicles EN-
bowed IN IL ntirelv above the ground surface. and
furthermore assigns each vehicle .ts own store OF
power thus preventing tho ex1sperating bocks-so
fatal 10 many an important Observation-Disclosures
to all other surface systems. It is devouty TO be
hoped then. that the question Of comparative cost
of plant and maintenance may be demonstrated IN
favor Of this most desirable new agency IN travel,
and that the compressed air motor be adopted on
oil our roads-particularly our daily and hourly
used urban and suburban ones-and It's promoters
on every ground Of public and personal interest.
should have the benefit of all the influence that
can he oxerted IN their behalf. A. j. BLOOR.
New-York March Il, 1897.
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CONGRATULATIONS FROM A SPECIALIST

To the Editor Of TIE Tribune
Sir: That history OF parties in your Inauguration
Number was a fine piece OF work. This Is espe
cally true OF the period from Pierces Adminsua-
ton onward. | have gone over this ground severa
times IN one connection and another. and know its
difficulties In my History Of the Republican
Party" printed in n sort OF de luxe style by a 81,
Louis publisher last summer. I went over the
ground for last forty or forty-fve years ana IN
n History OF American Political Parties, which
X virtually finished now | traverse the entire
political Geld from 1859 10 1897. Having some sx-
nerience In this line In this way, and In my weekly
signed articles on historical subjects in The sun
dav Globe Democrat" | can appreciate the labor
rat,,iate hin, CHARLES NJ HARVEY.
Globe Democrat" Office. St. Louis, Mo. March II.
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THE BONDS TO BE REFUNDED

The syndicate which J. P.erpont Morgan Is organ
,v,g 70 refund the New-York Central and Hudson
River Railroad bonds is understood TO be practical
w completed II will include all The leading anan-
c,al houses here and several in Europe. The total
Of New-York Central bonds maturing up to 1905 b
x5 os, sss Of which all bear per cent except Sk2-
"a. bearing 6 per cent and sllcn.oo bearing per
cent. There are also si2.oo0coo New-York and Hsr-
-, paurosd 7 per cent boads maturing IN 800.
uht,h hr,ng the total up 20 s6,0sl 81 II these
Snnds can be refunded al 81 per cent The annual
saving will be about s2oco'cW
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urrEs DROPPED. 1T rs REPORTED.

The quarterly meeting OF the AsOufy Mctnoui9'
Episcopal Church. IN HacKehsach was "c'u
,,,a T, &c said that the church trustees dis
cpsael the disappearance Of the formef superin-
,andent of the Sunday-sChool Nelson NJ Weeks.
The latter was a trustee Of the church, MS name
80 bacn mentioned in cOnnecuonei WIN me
strange death Of Aimee Smith In Thirc ave. no.
tel II Is reported that Nj Weeks was drOpPet
~. trustee last evening. and that new trustee
aili ne present at the meeting OF the Board 10
n,o
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
R,sHop POTTER SOUGHT AS ARBITRATOR

Bishop Potter has been requested oy inc Anal
xau,,,.. Association Of Plumbers and Gasht,ers
% arhitrats the trouble between the association
and the steamftters in relation TO the control Of
tho ,hermostatic work In buildings. The councA
Of Mediation. OF which Bishop Potter Is chairman.
will meet at the Bishops house some evening this
wask The plumbers and gashtters Endorsed
IN their stand BY the Board Of Walking Delegates,
while the Mason Builders Association has dec Area
nat k believes that the gashtsers AZ right
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21
JOHN BROWNS DAUGHTER.
4, the Editor az The Tribune

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: on a lonely mountain in Northern Califor-
MA lives a hero's daughter. struggling with adver-
sity. Recently the house OF Mrs. Anna Brown
Adams. whose father gave his life for freedom At
Harpers Ferry. destroyed by IRE. with all its
contents. Mrs Adams. who Is a widow with :
family OF growing children. Is In sore need wiz
not some OF the thousands who hold John Browns
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IT APPEALS TO PROGRESSIVE woHEN

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
sir AS am in hearty sympathy With woman's
work In all its branches. have taken the keenest
interest IN The Woman's Page OF The Tribune and
wish TO extend my sincere congra tulations TO Its
editor FOR the clear and able way in which woman's
work IL presented. The excellence OF this page
commends il to all intelligent and progressive
women. MRS. J. CLARENCE BURNS
President Woman's West End Republican Asso-
citation.
New-York, March Is. 1897
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THE ATTITUDE or The POWERS"

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: Permit to express my appreciation o.
the brief but Discriminating editorial IN your paper
OF this morning on "The Attitude Of the Powers"
The distinction you make In the ruling IDEAS OF the
governments and nations IL worthy OF thorough
consideration and propagation. Ny best wishes IA
abundant success In the attitude 81 The Tribune
). J. ARTHUR
Pttston, Penn. March 10. 1851
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lake cHAMPLAIN ROAD IL NEW HANDS

Opdensburg ~ Y. March 9-rhe Ogdensburs
and Lake Champaign Railroad Will pass to-morrow
from the control OF the Central Vermont Railroad,
which has held Il under a lease for eleven years,
49, ,ha hands of Charles Parsons. receiver.
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name In grateful memory be moved TO help h's
daughter for his sake2
Mrs Adamss postoffice address is Petrolia, Hum
boldt County. Cal. NARY SCHUYLER.
New-York, March is 1897
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-21

Here is letter from the pastor Of the most
influential church in South Baltimore, that every
truth-seeker should read carefully.
Every disheartened sick person and every man
or woman who has lost faith IN the remedies he
or she has tried because none Of them has done
any sood-every one who Is sick ought To be
cheered up and filed with new hope and deter
mination by the letter written by the Rev. VIII
lam T. Bailey. pastor Of the Curtis Bay Church.
the most influential church in South Baltimore.
on March 81. 1s9G. the Baltimore sun. under
display headlines. published the following news
OF Rev. Mr. Daileys affection:
Rev VIM. T. Bailey. pastor OF the curtis Bay
Baptist Church. was parayzed in the tongue
while preaching sunday night. ana los. tHH
power Of speech. The congregation was a. once
dismissed end DR.. was called. he cad III.
Bailey was suffering from sever attack q
nervous prostraton caused by hard study ana
overwork and that he must have rest ana quiet
The whole city shocked. The papers soon
began TO record an improvement
on April 13. 1896. the following open iett'r was
addressed TO the prOprietors OF PANE ce'eID
compound 8, ,ooc
Messrs Wells Richardson & Co.,
Gentlemen:-I was taken very III while pre@ch-
ing Easter SUNDAY night. Ny doctor could not
help NE. | discharged him and began 70 use
Paine's celery compound with crushing eHeC'-
will not hesitate 10 say that II is the pest Al"H-
Fraternally.
William I BAILEY.
Later in the year the proprietors OF this won
derful remedy received still another letter from
Dr. Bailey. as follows:
G.ntleuon:-I propose 10 do what can 70 lev
neonle know Of your Paines celery compound,
The medicine that has done me so mucn good
shall in nv own way. in speaking Of my rapid
a,-f e,raat io1nrovenrent from the pulpit. give, as
fs Justly due. tribute to Pane's celery compound
married. six years ago. Miss Lille B. Dunna-
want a lady we'll known in social ne the me-
e ca1+ pohert = Lewis L. :. navy. During
the whole six years she has been an invalid
suffering from hysteria laughing. crying ana
snraa,,jng 50 that she could be heard for
so,,aras had A great deal II trouble and *
nense Eighteen doctors have, first and last.
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Baltimore. May is. ]

Fraternally.
William 7. Bailey.
Baltimore. May IS, 1896.
Wells Richardson & Co.
Gentlemen:-It Is impossible for me 70 express
the emotions Of my heart on the great good Mrs:
Bailey and l have derived from the use or
Paine's celery compound. am new man.
We have taken together eight bottles. ana wish
10 continue It's use. The people Of my church
are very kind 10 the poor. and / nave given 70
some OF the Doo- money with which 10 purchase
Il . medicine. You may use my name II you
wish and will with pleasure answer all com
munications sent me. | believe the remedy i
Yours very truly
William T. Bailey.
Pastor Curtis Bay Baptist Church
few weeks ago there was published testi-
rnoniai Of the great virtue of Pane's celery COM
pound from Rev. Charles L. Thompson, D. D.:
IL. D.. the eminent PRESBYTERIAN preacher OF
New York City. Rev. Or. Meek. editor or the
Central Methodist recently wrote an open letter.
telling tina. Pane's celery compound had worked
a remarkable cure In his case And last month
the great temperance evangelist. Francis Muir
ply told the public how Pane's celery COM
pound had been a blessing in his family.
These are a few among thousands
Every one knows conscientious charitable per-
sons who are too busy. more often too procres-
fnatlng 70 save their health from going 10 pieces.
and find it ga ier TO help others than themselves
Such persons hl' up the army OF broken down
business men and sckly women.
Every one in this spring time needs To purify
the blood and regulate the nerves. Garry nome
to-da--nor bv ard by-a bottle Of Paine's celery
compound Cure nervousness. neuralgia. and
rheumatism tbs spring You can now put your
health on sound basis by means Of Paine's
celery compound.
Charity should row begin az home. Attend 10
your own health and that Of your family
Paine's celery compound is within the reach OF
every family where there IS n member afflicted
ny any stomach. liver or kidney trouble. II
cures permanently and rapidly.
l. must 5e distinguished from all other rene
Ser
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Hoods
Restore full regular action
OF the bowels do not irritate -
or indame. but leave all the ITO
delicate digestive organism
In perfect condition Try them. 25c. The oniy

in perfect condition. Try them. 25c. The ony
Fnls TO take with Hoods Sarsaparilia-