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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
population four times as large is also carrying
out the same policy with marked success.
ECONOMIES WITHOUT PROGRESS.

ECONOMIES WITHOUT PROGRESS.
In English and Scotch cities where the expert
ment of municipal operation has not been at
tempted complete control has ordinarily been
retained over the roadways by the construction
of the tramways at the expense of the local
government. Cities like Liverpool and Man
chester able to pay interest on the original
investment and to keep the tracks in repair
for something like per cent. and at the same
time to lease to tramway companies the privi-
leges OF operating the lines at something like
10 per cent Of the cost OF construction. Even
without municipal management the tramways
remain source of profit to the community.
The great drawback upon these English and
Scotch municipal methods OF dealing with the
tramway question is the conservatism OF the
town councils respecting systems OF traction.
Horses are generally in throughout the
United Kingdom for tramway service, although
electric railways in operation everywhere
in Germany and the United States. Where the
hills are steep as In the Yorkshire cities, steam
traction may be employed, but not the electric
system In the Introduction of electric railways
the municipal authorities everywhere III tne
United Kingdom have been hOpelessly benind
the times and markedly unprogressive.
London, with it's curious anomalies of vestry-
dom. liveried guilds and faction-rent municl-
pal parliament of inadequate powers, mas
neither converted its tramways into source OF
profit to the taxpayers nor solved the complex
problems of metropolitan transit. The two par
ties in the County Council have been unable TO
agree upon measures for the municipaHzation
Of the tramways, and new transit projects are
flung upon the Houses of Parliament by scores
at every session without any systematic or
rational attempt to meet the requirements OF
the er-growng metropolis. About forty tram
way and railway bills affecting Greater Lon9on
have already been filed for consideration curing
the approaching session. and probably only nan
a. dozen Of the less important schemes VIII De
authorized What London has needed Tor
generation is a rapid transit COMMISSION cap pa
6ia NJ working out this greatest and most diff
fcult Of metropolitan problems along the INES
of least resistance end largest public beneht.
aonaIIv backward and short sighted in its tran
sit system and traction schemes l. ~ r.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
MANUFACTURERS TO MEET HERE
THIRD ANNUAL CONVENTION OF The Ma
TIoNAL ASSOCIATION TO BE HELD
NEXT MONTH.

rAo .,,ra annual convention Of the National AS
sociation Of Manufacturers OF the United states
Will be held in this city on January 20 20 anu "
The business sessions will be held In the MasoiiN
Temple at Twenty-thrd-st and sxtn-aVe' NoN
mittee rooms for the accommodation OF inc '"''0u
sections have been secured at the ruin Avenue
Hotel. w -
Tho association was formed in January. 1882 IS
the result Of widely existing desire for strong
and well-baanced organization Nauohal III u.
character and equipped for the performance VI
any service which the manufacturers OF the uni'eu
States might require The association no" haS "
membership OF one thousand OF the largest manu-
occurring interests I'm the United States These
rnnresent every important industry and prominent
industrial centre in the country The district mem
bers OF the National Association have oeen III Sc
sion for the last two weeks arranging TOT inc Gu"
yention. v,x,.-
,umo- Thurman. Augustus G. Paine treasurer;
Cherries y Locke secretary and Pliny Jewell. BEN
iamin Atha Charles A. Scheren and Chsres ~
Moore vce-presldents. According 10 the pro
gramme outlined by the district memoers' 'he'e
will be- in addition to the regular business SEES
sions several entertainments Of social nature
The social headquarters Will be AT the "a'pot'
Astoria A bohemian smoker will be given TOT 'ne
visiting delegates on the night OF January 20 tne
details OF which have not yet been fuly se'ueu'
Tho annual banquet Of the association Will be on
the night Of January q Both the smoker ana pan
o,o, u,,II take place at the wadorfAstoria.
The committees that have charge OF the conven-
ton arrangements are as follows: Executive Com.
ynittee Charles A. Schieren, chairman: Finance
Committee Augustus @. Paine. chairman; Enter
tainment and Reception Committee Cha Ts n n
Moore chairman; Banquet Committee william
RrSokneld chairman: subcommittee on Toasu and
sneakers Warner Miller, chairman; subcommittee
az VohemIan smoker r. A. McAlpin. chairman.
and COMMITTEES on Badges. Frank sauier, chair
man. -. -. 1880,
nent men OF the country will appear among the
sneakers at the banquet, the committeeman IN
charge of that part OF the programme are making
extraordinary Efforts to obtain men OF well-known
"a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

door and one into his head. he had put into ht'.e
pocket OF his trunk with some olood-stalh'u nan
kerchiefs. Two of the bullets hreu 'n'ou I'd
,,oor had lodged in n post outside. and two MAD
rors through the width Of the loft and entered
the wall on the opposite side. -.
AS to whether he fired the hrst snot inlo i's
head and then repented. and fred the other TOUR
10 attract the attention OF the tenants OF 'he
building or whether he fired the four shots ps va.
OF practice. cannot yet be detern, III Nv iohn Ash
erman, employed with novelty company o on h he
No. IN, went direct 10 the Church-st. ponce sta'
op and told the sergeant OF his suspicion OF
suicide. ,,...d "a the place and
was Obliged TO low er himself down inc npron.eious
Ir u ,ha oflcer arrived An ambulance was suin-
moned the Hudson street TT H SaPthsrwood No
naan VIZ "a Known for the attempted suicide
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
THE CITY COLLEGE PLANS.

No decision has yet been reached BY the com.
mittee appointed by the trustees OF the College oe
the CITY of New-Yorl TO select one Of the eight
plans submitted for the new college building to b
erected on University Heights The decision Of tbs
Committee of which j. ]. Little Is chairman, will
when it is made, be reported to the trustees. AZ
next month the decision viii probably not be made
known to the public for some time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
IN SUCCFFD HUGO WESENDONCK.

Cornelius Doremus has been elected president OF
the C;ermania Life Insurance Company. to sue
coed Hugo Wesendonck. who has resigned. as re-
ported In The Tribune. After January l. when the
RESIGNATION takes effect, Mr.. Wescndonck will have
the ofice of consulting director The other officers
elected are Hubert ellis ce-president and secre
John Fuhrer actuary. and Carl Heye, assistant
secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
~ iU4TEUR BILLIARD TOURNAMENT

The amateur billiard tournament at the Sports
mons Show will be the first thar has been con-
Quoted under the auspices Of the Amateur Athletic
Union and Is sure to interest every wie!der OF the
cue. The headquarters OF the sportsmen's Associa-
m0 dsrne 70 avail themselves OF the privilege OF
ioining the association and securing a season ticket
10 Ihe chow.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

A seizure Of thirty pounds OF sumatra leaf tobacco
was made yesterday the Noordland from Ant
werp The tobacco belonged to a waiter who plays
the cello in the ships band. As tobacco Is dutiable
al 81 IS a pound the duty due 1t was s55 30.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

The asphalt surface Of the rotunda Of the Custom
House was taken up yesterday and is to be replaced
with hardwood flooring. In addition electric arc
lights have been placed In the rotunda and COM
piete telephone system has been installed through
out the building.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

The seat OF the late William II. Osgood on the
New-York Stock Exchange has been posted for
transfer to Hartwig y. Baruch. Mr.. Osgood's seat
was recently offered at public auction and was bid
in for his estate at $1,000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

The chief features OF the bank statement yester-
day were an increase OF $'S9l,Sp ~ deposits 10
ss7 900 and an increase Of $9ssl3o in loans TO
S607 7253OO The bank statement showed that the
deposits OF the National City Bank mad risen 10
sos O94 OOo and its loans TO s69l5o.4U
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
y,ysEy TO LECTURE AGAIN IN NEW-YORk.

So many regrets were expressed by those unable
10 hear DIR. Fridtjof Nansen. the Arc.,o ep'o 49,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12
WALL STREET AND EXCHANGES.

There were again substantial gains IN STOCKS inc
last week. Some OF the net advances. comparing
The closing prices yesterday with those OF the pre-
ceding Saturday. were: American Sugar. $'s; Amer-
can Tobacco, Al Colorado Fuel and Iron ~ Ill
nois Steel ga; Louisville and Nashville, "a: Nan
hettan "a, Missouri Pacific 3A; Mobile and Ohio.
s: Northern Pacific preferred. 2as; Southern Railway
preferred, 3i4.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

Elverton r. Chapman treasurer 81 the American
Mating Company, said yesterday that story that
the company buy breweres In Chicago and
elsewhere In the West was untrue.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

petition circulated yesterday on the floor
of the Produce Exchange for the closing OF the
Exchange Friday December "a, the day before
Christmas. II WIFI probably not be granted by the
Board OF Managers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-12

Your special attention is asked to
two special lots of Rhine Wine
81 Glasses, which are extra good value.
One lot has been reduced to the uni
form price OF $500 dozen. Another
lot, more expensive, magnificently dec
Grated choice. S24 90 a dozen. We
then have quite good many in odd
lots, some 6, some II only. OF these
YOU can make your selection and take
1-3 off OF the regular price.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
THE KAISER AND Mr.. FIRTH.
Small Princes First Attempt ~
Painting Was Disastrous.

Although Prof. Knackfuss is usually
credited with assisting the kaiser in
the production of his surprising pic
lures, the German monarch owes his
earliest introduction TO the mysteries
of art to an English painter, says the
London Chronicle. The first time the
kaiser handled brush was at Wind
sor, when Mr.. Firth was painting the
picture of the prince of Wales mar
riage for the queen. All the royal per-
sonages gave sittings to the artist and
the kaiser, then a little four-year-old
prince, spent several mornings in the
room where the picture was being
painted. To keep the child quiet Mr.
FIRTH gave him some paints and brushes
and allowed him TO dabble on one of the
unfinished corners of the canvas.
AS a natural result of this very in
judicious proceeding the princes face
was in very few minutes covered with
streaks of green, blue and vermilion.
The sight of his smeared face terrified
his governess, who begged the artist
TO remove the colors; and Mr.. Firth,
armed with rags and turpentine, had
nearly completed his task when the
pungent spirit found it's way into a
scratch upon the child's cheek. The
future kaiser screamed with pain, as
saulted the eminent painter with his
fists and hid himself under large
table, where he yelled until he was
tired. Mr.. Firth declares in his "Rem-
iniscences" that the little prince
showed a most unforgiving spirit and
revenged himself afterward by sitting
SO badly that the painter failed alto
gether to produce a satisfactory like
ness
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

Some people can be fooled once or
twice, but very few more than that
Mr.. Bryan in his speeches last fall
asserted that the 10 million dollars nee
essary to keep pace with the growth of
population in the United States could
not be produced since the suspension
of free coinage of silver, and quoted
Senator Sherman in support of his theory
-ttttt this amount NttS necessary "a betta
ded TO the currency of the country each
year. He vas undoubtedly right in his
quotation of Senator sherman, but both
inaccurate and misleading i'll assuming
that this amount of currency cannot he
and is not added TO the circulating med
ium Of the country by means of its pre-
sent facilities. The coinage of the mints
of the country in the year which ends
with the present month will be, in round
numbers, 100 million dollars, three
fourthS of it gold, while that of the cal
endar year 1896 was 90 million dollars.
Add 10 this the fact that the money in
circulation to-day is $l3S, 00O,00 more
than It was a year ago and it will be seen
that Mr. Bryan statements III this, as
well as in many other things, We're, to
say the least, misleading.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
Lake and Rail to Chicago
and Milwaukee.
Graham ( Morton Transportation Gu

Steamer Lines from Benton Harbor
and 81 Joseph, Mich 10 Chicago and
Milwaukee. connecting at 1t. Joseph
with the Chicago d West Michigan Ry.
Thi, line operates the first class side
wheel steamers CITY OF Chicago and
city Of Milwaukee, and the propellers
City OF Louisville and Woods, y
making trips twice daily 10 Chicago
during Juno, July, August and Septem-
Der, daily trips remainder of season,
and tri-wccklv trips 10 and from Mil
waulce Service first class fare lower
than all rail- routes. Docks, Chicago,
foot of Wabash Ave. Milwaukee. foot
of broadway For further information
address.
j. II. GRAHAM, President,
BENTON HARBOR, Mich
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
Tobacco and Rice in Maryland.

According to the Baltimore News the
farmers Of Maryland are becoming in
terested in the movement for a general
cultivation Of tobacco and for the intro
duction of the raising of rice. In earlier
days tobacco was grown throughout
the state, but for the last half century
1t has been confined to the counties Of
southern Maryland. Rice has never
been grown in the state, but the recent
success with this crop in lower New
Jersey has led many to think that it can
be proftably taken up in Delaware and
Mary land. The yield of rice is from
IS to 60 bushels an acre, and the net
profit is said to be from $50 to $45 an
acre.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
CYCLISTS AND COLD BATHS.
A Physicians View as tn the Proper
Time 10 Indulge.

A physician, who is himself a wheel
man of several years experience and
who has also devoted great attention
To other athletics, lays down this gen
eral propositions: "Never take a cold
bath when you are tired" He points
out that the greater the exercise the
more poisonous waste material Is Gre
ated, and that cold bath does not as
sist the skin in getting rid Of this prod
uct, whereas warm bath does. The
doctor adds
"When you take cold bath you de-
pend upon the heart TO bring about re-
action. If this heart be already tired
by the long ride it may not be strong
enough to bring about reaction, and
the blood AID its waste material may
not be brought to the surface. Inter
nal congestions may follow, and, as /
have seen in two cases, death may en-
sue. 1t matters not how hot you may
be, how much you may be perspiring,
the cold bath is harmless provided al
ways the heart be not tired. A simple
rule for the bicyclist, whereby he may
know whether the heart 'be tired is
simply to count the pulse, having In n
previous quiescent state ascertained
what his individual pulse rate per min
ute is. When, after long ride, his
Pulse rate is normal he may with safe
w use the cold bath. He should, there
fore, rest after a tiresome journey un-
I'll the pulse is normal or whereabouts,
say even ten beats per minute faster
than normal, or what is far better, get
into tepid bath, one neither very hot
nor very cold. When he has remained
in the warm water long enough for the
pulse rate to be about normal, he can
then, with perfect safety, plunge Into
cold water, and these two procedures
form the ideal way of using water on
the surface after fatigue"
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

Populist leaders are advising against
Il continuance of the fusion of last fall
between their party and the Democrats.
The uncertain attitude TO the Democratic
party on the two great questions, pro-
lection and silver, causes the unwill-
ingness to continue the unholy alliance
of last year. This fact that large num-
bers of Democrats in every state where
campaigns are to take place this fall are
refusing to support the free coinage of
silver, and that many members of that
party III Congress and elsewhere are
abandoning free trade and supporting
high protection, has rendered a further
alliance of the two parties improbable
Mir T. b Rankin, prominent member
Of The Popuhst party in Ohio, i'll recent
interview, said: The object of the on
gauizatiJn OF the Populist party was to
secure needed reforms, not to stab the
Democratic or Republican parties.
was opposed to fusion last year, and am
still more opposed to it now.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

Senators Jones, Vest, and Mills didn {
know IT was loaded, They began shout
ing about "A small advance of about per
cent. in the value Of sugar trust stocks
simultaneously with settlement Of the
sugar schedule by the final action upon
IL in the Senate caucus, but had evident
ly forgotten that when the tariff bill
was in their own charge. in 1894, stocks
of this same sugar trust advanced 90
per cent. in value during sheir manip-
ulation Of the bill.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

A. H. Paiter with +. G. Atkins & Co.
indianapolis, Ind, writes: Il have
never before given testimonial III my
life. But | will say tn for three years
we have never cen without Chamber
lain's Collie. Che lera arc Diarrhpa Rem
edy in the house, an my wife would a.
soon think of being without flour as a
bottle of this Remedy in the summer sea
son. We have used it with all three OF
our children and il has never fai ed 10
cure--not simply stop PAIN, bat ire D.
solutely 1t is all right, and anyone
who II les il viii find so. For sale by
Bivin d Rhodes.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

The fear that the conference over the
disagreement between the House and
Senate on the tariff bill would be long
one is being very materially reduced by
the Senate has rejected the most import
ant of the changes made by the Finance
Committee, and returned TO practically
the House rates on nearly al of the items
where the changes have created much
discussion. The only important sched-
ule now remaining is that which relates
TO wool, and there is reason 60 believe
that the House rates Will be restored in
THIS.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
FINAL "a" BAD FOR SHIPS.
some Recent Wrecks Were Guilty OF
What Lack of Foresight.

fOres1knt.
Insurance underwriters look askance
at vessels which lave a final IA" in
their names. The first letter of the
alphabet is considered a hoodoo when
1t ends the name of a deep sea ship.
Many of the most serious wrecks of
the last year have been of vessels carry
ing the hoodoo letter.
One day lately, says the San Fran
cisco Examiner, the telegraph an
nounced that the British ship Androsa,
from that port for Liverpool with one
of the most valuable cargoes that was
ever carried out of that harbor, was
lost within few leagues of her desti-
nation. The next day word was re-
ceived that the Orealla, bound from Vic
toria for Liverpool, had been swept by
heavy seas and badly damaged. Her
mate and one sailor were drowned. The
wires told on the same day of the total
loss If the British ship Nillanta and the
drowning of her master near Free
mantle, and few days later the papers
gave the news of the loss Of the steamer
Wallapa and of the Bleaching of the
Dora in Alaska waters.
During the last two or three years
the most serious wrecks on the coast
were of vessels whose names ended with
the hoodoo letter The wreck of the
Colima was the most horrifying of all.
Then came the loss of the steamer CO.
lulnbia, and a few weeks later the pas
sCnger steamer Umatilla ran ashore and
narrowly escaped destruction.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

Disappointment follows disappoint-
ment among the Popocratic leaders. Not
only are they disappointed in the fact that
the Republicans have presented Il solid
front on the tariff question and failed to
quarrel among themselves upon curren-
cy, or any other question, but they are
even more distressed to find their own
party falling TO protection as well as sill
yer, since their vote against the protect
i've features of the tariff bill is growing
daily, while their arguments in behalf
of free silver are being disproven by
every weeks developments since the
election
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

Japan has sold 10 people of the United
ing to BIB million yen, the value OF the
yen being about equivalent to the dollar,
while She has bought from Us goods
valued at only IS million yen. This
simple fact uisposeS of all the humbug-
gerry which the free traders are indulg-
ing in about the alleged probability that
Japan viii retaliate upon the new tariff
bill by shutting out American goods
Her statesmen and fnancierS are too
wise to cut of one dollars worth of
market for American goods, when by
doing 50 they VIII destroy four dollars
worth of market for their own.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25

y currency commission which shall
frame plan for the general revision of
the currency system of the United States
seems likely TO be the next step of the
new Administration, after passage Of
the tariff bill, which will probably take
place before the end of the month. 1t
is understood in Washington that the
President will, as the tariff bill passes
the Senate. send special message to
Congress urging the creation of a COM
mission which shall devise plan for the
general revision of the currency system
of the country in time for consideration
by Con ercSs when it meets III its regular
session five months hence.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
SURE OF A FINE FUNERAL.
Men Of Lubec, Me-, Provide for Mortu-
airy Emergencies.


The town of Lubec, Me-, is one of the
go-ahead villages of the Pine Tree state,
and the one thing wanting 10 enable it
TO keep up with the procession is a
hearse. The citizens investigated the
condition of surrounding towns, and
learned that every one of them had a
hearse, and they considered it a burning
and municipal shame that Lubec should
be SO far behind the times. Therefore,
1t was resolved to have one, although,
according TO the rates of longevity in
Lubec, it was not considered likely there
would be much use for it, says the
Lewiston Journal.
mass meeting Of the citizens was
called to discuss the grave subject. The
enthusiasm was unbounded and il
was at once decided to purchase the We
hicle by voluntary subscriptions, max
ing n sort of Joint stock concern or
hearse corporation. EACH subscriber
Clipped in one dollar, but the wary and
thrifty Lubecker insisted upon pro-
viso whereby he is enabled To get a
show for his white ally. 1t was unan-
imously agreed that if any stakeholder
had use for the hearse within a certain
number of years from the date of his
subscription, he, the said subscriber
should be entitled to a rebate of the
sum paid in.
Now the Lubecker awaits the ap-
proach of the grim destroyer without
emotion. In. the event of his death.
he is assured of a frst-class funeral,
with plumes and all the outward trap
pings Of woe, and he gets his money
back besides
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-06-25
"A Howllng Success"

Wherever properly introduced DR..
Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin, as cure for
constipation, has met with phenome-
nal sale Many druggists cannot say
enough in praise of its merits, as well as
its great popularity with the people.
In lOc trial size and also in SOC and 81 90
sizes, of b. ). Webb.