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A Most Wicked Act.

On Sunday three men were hanged by
lynchers at Williamsport in the State of
North Dakota. Their names were HOLY
TRACK, IRELAND and CoUDoT, and they
were accused of the murder of the SPICER
family at Winona in the same State.
HoLYTRACK and IRELAND had confessed
to their own participation in the
crime and were the principal wit
nesses against CoUDoT, who %strenuously
asserted his innocence. Nevertheless,
CoUDoT was convicted. but the Supreme
Court recently reversed the judgment
against him and ordered a new trial on the
ground that he should not have been found
guilty upon the uncorroborated testimony
of two confessed participants in the muir
der, who in their first statements concern
ing the crime had not said a word indicat.
ing that CoUDoT had any nan in it.
Pending the new trial thus directed, all
three prisoners have been put to death by a
mob. OF this lawless act the Chief Justice
of North Dakota says: "HoLYTRACK and
IRELAND were sure to have expiated their
crime on the gallows, as there was no ques-
ton of their guilt, but the mob made no
distinction, and hanged the innocent with
the guilty. The lynching of CoUDoT is a
foul crime and q blot on the fair name OF
the State. and his murderers should not go
unpublished"
GUY C. Ii. CoRLIss, the able and upright
Judge who uttered these words, has been a
prominent figure in North Dakota ever
since it's organization as a State, and has
been a member of Che Supreme Court from
the beginning, occupying the position Of
Chief Justice o considerable portion of the
time. Before going to Dakota he was &
New York lawyer living at Poughkeepsie
and was chiefly known as a modest prac
titioner, OF studious habits, and a contribu
tor of scholarly papers on legal topicI
to the columns Of the Albany Lau
Journal. He has developed into a maj
of force and action In the West, anC
his emphatic declaration that an limo
cent person has been lynched in Nortl
Dakota ought to give pause to lynchinl
enterprises everywhere. For 1t Is to b
observed that this declaration is no hast,
comment by an ill.informed person, blu
the w~ell.considered opinion of a judicia
officer who has made a careful examination
of all the evidence against the victim O
the mob, and who, under the sanction o
his oath as q Judge, has pronounced 1t In
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One Cl,luen's Ideas or Foreign Diplomacy.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: 1t may be well.
after all, that the United States Senate has the power
of veto on foreign diplomacy. for no observer will
deny that our State Department has been fooled more
than once. and that, instead OF improving, 1t has
become weaker, for many years past. 1t is not sum.
ciently understood that foreign diplomats have been
playing their game here so as to erect an entangie-
ment to their future advantage. knowing that they
have everything TO gain and nothing to lose.
Our State Department does no plotting. not being
trained to It. and having no use for 1t. Yet In the
present pressure for treaties, II It is wide-awake. II
will see plotting on n scale never before attempted.
From the Jay treaty, in 1900, down to the Behring
Sea capitulation. the diplomatic sharks have been In
our wake. eager for their prey. b.
NEW YORK, Nov. II.
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Representative Eddy of Minnesota has the
cleanest meerschaum pipe in Washington. He
Is IL man who makes a friend of his pipe. 1t is
his companion when alone. He dreams over 1t,
PHILOSOPHERS over il. and it is a sort of condi-
mcnt to aid In the digestion Of the books he
reads. For twenty years or more he has had
one favoritc mcerschaum pipe. 1t has been his
pride and the comfort OF his quiet hours. 1t
was a beautiful and expensive pipe when he got
en- cnm aeI u Goari t. tt. until Se It g Ieep to be- ssc9 3nst a 2t Sf' Ss
perfect in every respect as a meerschaum, can
be. A few days ago the amber stem got broken.
Mr.. Eddy. took 1t to u foreigner who has a shop
on a side street in this city and who was recon-.
mended as q rcpairer of broken novelties. The
next day the mcnder of novelties appeared with
the pipe carefully done up In a cloth.
"Ah!" he said, II dona a beautiful repair.
1t Is, ah. so beautiful lika new" and as he un.
wound the cloth a proud smile played across his
dark face. Then he held the pipe up to its own
er's eyes. A new amber replaced the broken
stem and the pipe was white and new looking.
1T was. oh. so dirty. l thought I cleana It,
With alcohol and %sandpaper, very fine sand
paper. I cleana it bea-u-tifully."
The pipe had been carefully sandpapered-
very carefully sandpapered.
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JEREMIAH KENNEFICK's SUCCESS.
The Interest OF the Two Carolinna In Greater
New Works Election.

The Interest OF tho Two Cnrolinna in Greater
New Works Election.
To THE EDITOR OF TIE SUN-Sir: Among
the aftermath of Greater New York's great
election comes the news of Jerry's success.
Jerry who r. Is the natural question. / hasten
to relieve the anxiety by saying jeremiah
Kcnnefck, whom the citizens of the first As
sembly district have raised to the honorable
post of Alderman. To the people of Charlotte
this is interesting because 1t is claimed that his
political sagacity was matured here while the
Hon. Jerry graded cotton a few years ago for
one of its largest houses. Lesser New York also
recognized his talents, SO that. rs q fact, he is
only reelected by that constituency who admire
the plcnitude OF reticence.
With this recognition OF the South In the new
Government of tn" aggregated cities, the Caro-
iinas feel themselves honored. Until a few
days ago, when some hcartlcss writer exploded
Wyck was a South Carolinian, and of course a
man of untold brain matter and bravery TO
spare. Tho Columbia state had the town, the
first saw light; il was in the Palmetto State.
little Bob" They also testified as to tho evi.
dence he gave at the age Of y years Of his
They knew he would be n lawyer. a Judge, and
consequently q great man. The bottom fell out
Of this little biography, and. rs The SUN first
of.fact Sortherner, born in New York State.
But no ic0nOclast can take AWAY the honor of
Charlotte in relation to the Hon. jeremiah Ken
nelck. He once trod Chnrlottes streets and
drank her "potcep,' and with his remarkable
dual voice called for help on one occasion from
a cellar into which he had fallen. First his
bass, then his soprano appealed to passers by.
who supposed that two were in the dilemma.
The unfortnnatcsw were told to help themselves
out. But this does not darken the lustre thrown
oyer the North state by the Hon. Jeremiah's
' cnARL OF 4. e.. Nov. IS. 1885,. 0NADNA'
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Foreign Notes or Real Interest.

Continuous are forbidden in Japanese
theatres. as the law requires that no play shall lase
more than eight hours.
A bridge is to he built across the lower Danube, be.
tween Turn seN erin. on the Roumanian side. and Klar
dowa on the servisn bank, at q cost OF $4,000. 900.
Following chewing gum. the button craze has
struck London. They have also Just found out there
that toasting the crackers eaten with cheese is an i'm
provement.
asate museum to which the violinist has given all the
presents and jewelry he has received from royal Per,
sonages during his career.
In a thicket in the upper Harz Mountains q granite
monument has been found with the inscription
'Here In the year l747 tho nrst trials were made
with the cultivation Of the potato"
A tunnel ten miles long. which will be the longesl
in England. is to DO cut through shap Fells by the
London and Railroad. in order 10
shorten the west coast route TO Scotland.
Frances Gar'ie Republicaine band has received per
band OF the Russian Proobrajensky regiment viii
giveconcerts in Paris and the large cities Of France.
Emile Zola recently made up his mind to become Z
candidate for the Chamber OF Deputies. Havia4
doubts as TO his OratoTicsI powers he decided nrst ID
try impromptu speaking and made such n mess OF u
that he gave up his political ambitions.
French song writing Is dcspaircd of by tho Acad,
oHho FrhhSabe' lne HrSt q songs sent IN Tor the
prize established by NJ. Montariol two years ago was
so bad that the academy has decided to turn over tho
bequcst u 10000 francs to the founders heirs.
Vienna is threatened with a beer famine. as the
price has been raised by the brewers SO much that thu
retailers cannot sell beer %prortably at the established
price. The reStAurant keepers threaten TO buy nc
more beer in casks, but only the deaTer bottled beer.
A London watorcolor painter who ordered soda
water AT a bar. and was hit In the eye 10y tho cork
| M A Ia n N ma nWNnuaN Aha .taI. 80.
$1,000 damages from the proprietor OF tho reBtau.
rant. though no structural injury a donc to tho ego,
There Ia = split In the Champ de Mars Salon In Paris,
all the architects belonging TO It having resigned DO
cause the contract for the new building 90 DO erected
In the Dolls do BoulognO was given to an arcbItec,
belonging to the rival Champs ElySeeS Salon, who We
believed to have enough influence with the municipa,
] council to make IL accept the committeS's DlAnA
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sheehan, Contractor and Diplomat,

We are sure that we violate no conf
dence in stating that it is quietly under
stood that in case the construction of the
proposed system of underground rapid tran
sit in this city is actually begun within the
next four years, the contract for the largest
and most remunerative part Of the work is
likely to be handed to Mr.. JOHN c. SHEE-
HAN. Mr.. SHEEHAN is a shrewd and sue
cessful contractor of large experience with
public work in this city and Buffalo. He
would be on the most friendly terms with
the city authorities during the building of
the road, and there is no doubt that he and
his friends would not only reap a very
handsome financial profit from their under
taking, but tina the political organization
with which he is connected would find an
ample extension of its patronage among the
thousands of laborers whom Mr.. SHEEHAN
would employ.
Our own opinion on the subject of this
rapid transit scheme is well known. We
believe that irreparable damage would be
worked to the public convenience and the
financial credit of the city IL the scheme
goes through. But II it must go through
we extend our congratulations to Mr..
SuEEHAN that so great a financial and po-
litical plum is to fall into his hands, n
we are bound to express u admiration
over the dexterous way in which Mr..
SHEEHAN has led the angels and ministers
of grace in the Mugwump newspaper Of
fees to whoop up the whole underground
railway business and otherwise help him
in the Job.
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From the Alexandria GaEett

Postmaster K. T. Page of Redwater, Tex, will
be retained by this Administration, and all be-
cause of bankruptcies and twins in his family.
Eleven years ago he was given tho Post
Office. but when Gen. Clarkson became AS
sistant General In the Wanamaker
the with n candidate OF the Republic
can party. Many applications for the place
citing that his wife had just presented him with
bouncing, bankruptcies and that, twice before
case. Gen. Clarkson holding that that was suf-
icient for retention.
The case has now come up again and q num-
berof candidates have sought the place. But
Page has again protested that the successful
raising Of three Of the bankruptcies and two sets
OF twins entitled him to some consideration,
and, sent photographs of three of the quad.
ruplets. now almost young ladies. Assistant
Postmaster-Gencral Bristow conferred with
that there should be no change in that office.
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e

AT Tangent. Or. q steam plough has been devised
which the inventor thinks will plough fifteen ocroo
aday.
Though for nifty years o iumberman and much OF
tho time in the deer country. o Nachias, Nc. man
never shot Q deer until this season.
Mrs. J. p. Hostetter Of Suffolk, Va. was surprised
recently to md . night.blooming cereus flower wide
open at 1880 o'clock In the morning.
After letting q cut finger 60 uncared for for Q
couple Of days. q Calais. VT. man had to have 10 an
| putated. and then fell o victim to %tetanus.
-Pheasants, which hunters have protected In 70
| cent Year, since q blizzard almost exterminated them.
have been more plentiful this season in tho Cumber.
land region OF Maryland than ever before.
1t ia told OF . woman who lives midway between
Machias and whitneyville. Me-. places four mile1
apart, that she has not visited Machias for sixteen
yean, or whitneyville for eighteen years.
-ofncers found q speak easy in the top story Of q
building at Durham. N. O.. and discovered that the
patrons did not climb to II, but had their liquor lei
down by means Of strings to them on the ground
floor.
Ono of the athletic young women OF San Joss
CAL, when q footpad grabbed her the other evening
struck him q nst blow in the eye that took all ths
enterprise out Of him and enabled her to mako ha
escape.
The burial OF q colored veterans body in she spe
cial @. A. r. plot at Hiawatha. Kan, SO incensed thu
widow OF . white commander OF the post that sh
had her husbands body disinterred and reburied In
private plot.
After cleaning his w~aisteoat with gasoline. Q rail
road brakeman of Rutland. VT. struck q match h
light his pipe. and the corduroy garment caught nro
The conductor smothered the flames by throwing
coat about the brakeman.
in q Maine community where apples have beeE
scarce this season. and where normally the apple q
the staple refreshm'nt at card parties. raw carrot
were served at q whist party the other night and
were pronounced most delectable.
Bernard williamson. an Englishman. got himself
into trouble last week by trying to photograph thu
Notifications at Fort Monroe. He was Indignant
when he was escorted on the reservation. He though
he had been mistaken for q Spanish spy.
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nreme powers Of the state reside not in the
isolslature, but In the Crown. The ad-
mlnistration Of affairs IL still carried ON
unde the old bureaucratic system by GER
tain notables named by the Grown, who
call upon the phantom body known as the
Cortes to clotho their acts with the forms
OF legality.
In the light of these incontestable facts,
the profound purport Of which Mr.. TAYLoR
has been the first to indicate, IL is easy TO
understand why Spain cannot give to her
colony what she does not herself enjoy,
namely, popular government, rs that term
ia now understood throughout the world.
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rrr YorA,s rR111 4 sUoonsA
-. n,str..ssp Generally Inspected ana WeS
R.rtnen ana Guna Tested.

Inntmea nue Aunh hNSF
The United States battleship Iowa returned'
vesterday from her final acceptance trial trip.
In tho opinion Of tho ships officers 1t was sue
oesuful in ovcry respect, and 1t Is expected that
the Board OF Inspection will so report officially.
The Iowa left Tompkinsvillo, s. l., on Nom
day morning, having on board these members Of
tbe Board OF Inspection: Commodore George
Dewey, Capt. w. II. Brownson. Commander W.
II. Emory. Chief Engineer Rocker, Naval Com
atructor Hanscom and Lieut.. Sargent She
,tenmed southwark at the rate Of nine knots an
hour. The hrst day was spent in an inspection
Of all of the ships departments. On Tuesday
r,orninp occurred the full-power trial of the on:
zines at natural draught The test lasted
Two hours, ono hour with the wind and one hour
against 1t. The average speed maintalned i0t
lie two hours was Is Clio knots an hour. which
| wus considered very satisfactory onsldGrinG Lno
| conditions. Very ordinary coal was used. There
| SSaa a green nreroom force, and the chip, NOS
having been in dock for seven or eight montns'
q her frst trial with the best coal that could
he obtained and n double. hreroom forcc, she
| mado IA knots when pushed,
ON reaching n latitude of the vtrginia capos
Tuesday afternoon all the guns were nrod ae
their extreme elevation, but not q screw
WAS loosened. Excellent .wohther was en-
countercd until Tuesday night, when q gale
\ blew up, accompanied by q fierce SnoMsLoIm
The yossel arrived at the Brooklyn Navy YARD
at noon Yesterday. Capt. w. T., sampson Waa
Very much pleased with the whole trip.
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sufaclcnt . warrant the condemnation Of

sufaclent to warrant the condemnation Of
the man.
A more wicked act than the lynching Of
an Innocent man II is difficult to Imagine;
but wherever lynching takes the place Of
legal procedure there is always the great
est danger that the innocent will suffer
instead of the guilty. AS long as such in
fernal practices prevail in this country it
seems a misdirected energy for us to send
missionaries to other lands to teach their
people the advantages ola Christian civil.
~ization. We need a great deal more Chris
tian civilization ourselves.
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Bishop DoANE of Albany delivered an
address to the clergy Of his diocese on Tuesday.
and we quote one typical paragraph:
"The more mindful men in England look with
amazement and establishment on what sometimes
seems to them the unbridled violence OF our partisan
newspapers, the feeling OF hatred and dislike OF
England In America. / am sure OF tho absence OF all
such feeling among thoughtful people 1T home. With
these extreme expressions OF violence. the English
Government, the English people. and the English
press have been most patient"
For every unkind and untrue word uttered
against England in American journals with.
In the last ten years, we can show a hundred
English pages jammed with ignorance and bitter
hated OF the men. women. manners. institutions,
and laws Of our own land. 1t is something moro
than a century since a Bishop of the Episcopal
Church In America, addressing q congregation of
American gentlemen has v~entured to character
izo the prejudice, misinformation and insolence
which nRbitually pervades the comments of Eng
lish newspapers on America as the patience"
OF Englishmen with the American people.
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IL Money the DevuI

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-Sir: Yesterday even.
ing a st.eet preacher at Twenty-third street spoke
earnestly in his sermon against money. and finally
said: al despise money Friends. l tell you money
is the devil himself -
About twenty minutes later. when conclud ing his
sermon. he stated that no was not going to COLLECT
any money. hut that two friends OF his, who were
preaching separately up on Twenty,nfth street, In
tended to let tho hat 20 around.
AFTER all, It does not seem TO be SO easy to get along
the path OF life entirely without tho devil. But what
/ was going 10 ask; Is tails what Americans call to
raise the deuce'p A FORElUNER.
NEW YORK, Nov. II.
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which may be able to check the rayages Of
pelagic hunting. But Il IL said that Can
ada is holding out for concessions on wholly
different matters. In justice to us, and
even for the sake Of her pelagic indus
try, already reduced almost to the I'M
profitable point, she ought to assent to the
needed changes, but she appears to be bent
on driving q bargain instead.
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WAR ON TIE MARINE BAND.
Labor uniens Protest AEainst Competitio
with Uniop Musicians.

WARRINGTON, Nov. ia merry wal II On
betwoon tho Musical Union Of Washington and
tho United States Marine Band. because the
members Of tho band are permitted to play in tho
aires. at entertainments. and In street parades.
The Navy Department has been drawn into the
controversy. and is being dcluged with petitions
from labor organizations all over the country pro-
testing against the competition of Government
bandsmenv with union musicians. Secretary Long
ia considering the matter. and 1t is sal that Pres
ident Mckinley has given some attention TO II;
are rated as musicians. They get about $50 Q
month. The leader, also an enlisted man ma i6 Sods
they would be unable to support themselves and
their families II they were not permitted 70 and
They also say that the band could not secure
men II the restriG:ions asked by the 81, mnHioaI
part in the settlement Of tho dispute. as the
unions are bringing tho influence OF LABOR orr
CARNATIONS to bear on senators ana F'epro'
aantatiVAR.
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CANADA AND KL0NDIKE TRADE.
Tho Doninieu wants . share or Il ana 10
Studying How to Get It

the Dominion wnntn - shAr0 - "
studying How 70 Get II.
OTTAWA. Nov. 1.-THE Dominion Govern
mont IL considering what steps will divert the
Klondike trade from United States to Canadian
channels, and are devising means Of establish.
ing the Canadian market as the chief source OF
food supply for the Yukon.
An overland. all-Canadian route to the Klon-
dixie 10 said to DO tho ono solution of the prob
lem, and the Government will lend its energies
To open this I'D ut once. The route via Calgary
and Edmonton appears to be most favored al
present, yet the Stickeen River and Tesnn Lake
route would create an immediate market for
the cattle Of Alberta, which could be driven to
the Of the Yukon and thence dis,
tributed to tho camps scattered all along its
course. In tho winter nothing would 30
this way BY the unrolaxing frosts., 1t IL re.
garded as certain, however, that q large share
Of the Yukon trade will DO done by Americana
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Col. ..C.yots Brn,s" Busy Nay.

From the Spokane Spokesman n ReVisD.
K. r. Beeskoye, better known as "Col. Cayoto
Bill. !" killed a big mountain lion In the morning. then
descended the RatIlesnake River from his cabin In
the mountains at MissoulA and obtained q divorce
In the Afternoon.
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..sorEo Not Con,ldered.

From the LeTiston Evening Journal.
81 rode twenty miles on the tandem with George
yesterday. /" said an Auburn young lady one day this
week. 'and 1 wasn't a bit tired" She never said q
word about George.
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From the indianapolis Journal.
al don't know Just how would DO on the rush
line" said the mule. but there Is ono thing in the
game l couia do to perfection, the drop kick. Every
tlme / kIok . man he dropA"
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u our Jrfends tvho favor rs tvfth H'dntscrtpfs JoT
publication ,utsh to hate rejected articles returned
tAev must IN all cases send stamps for that purposs.
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The Ola Town Dict on Time.

From the Philadelphia Record.
CAtnsh and wafies are now interesting the bol
wants.
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To THE EDITOR OF TuE sun Sir: Allow me to say.
In reference to your inquiry (which Is Pingree ?" In
Tax sUE OF Tuesday. that the Chattanooga Tfn.es'S
portrait is that OF eX-GOv. samuel X. PinRree OF Yer
mont. Therefore the Chattanooga Times has been
imposed upon, aud THE Sun Is right. ~ ever.
RPRIA0FIELD, Vt, Nov. 10. frank w. brnkA
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TIN. Potato Piurree M~ystery.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-SiT: The PIngree put
forth pictorially in the columns OF the Chattanooga
Times is Samuel L, P!nsree, q lawyer. who lives in
the sawmin village known as White River. about a
mile north OF White River Junction. IN the state OF
Vermont. About a dozen years ago he obtained q
Republican nomination for the ONCE OF Governor.
1t must be he. / know him. ana the picture sug'
name Plngree In connection with the physiORnonIy.
The signs OF age are enaced In the cut. Mr.. Pingree
Is about 0S years old. Z,
BaDOKIYN. Nov. Ia.
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sub.cr,p,,sp BY Mail Festivals.

PAns-Kiosque No. 10, near Grand Hotel. and
Riosuue No. 10, Boulevard des Capucinos.