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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
F1RB-BREEDINe CHIMNEY
AIR Power Coucern's Plant Visited b, H,.,,
Inspector

The chimney Of the American Air Power IN,
pany's building at 12eth street and the por,.
ward, which has caused six fres in tho n.,,s
borhood. was Investigated by Health Inspec,o,,
yesterday. The plant was equipped for the nm,
pose of giving tho Third Avenue Railroad cor.
pany q chance to test the advantages OF . cor
pressed air motor. Two cars are being RIM =,
the 125th street branch OF the road. Tn. al,
tanks used in the cars are reflled at the sbon !,
regular intervals. and the plant is kept busy
While the new motor is apparently gtvtr,
satisfaction the new chimney has been snre,s,
ing fro and CONSERVATION about the neiybbo,.
hood Of the plant. As long ago as last fail
sparks from the chimney kindled a blaze on m,
roof Of 62s West 130th street. The fire was AZ.
tinguished, with q loss Of $50. Last Mond,,
the chimney resumes It's eruptive tendenci.,
and showered tho surrounding territory with
cinders and sparks.
The sparks set hro to the roof Of a yscan,
house at Twelfth avenue and 13oth street and
on Tuesday they kindled a second blaze in tina
same spot. The %neighbors put out the second
IRE with buckets Of water. On Wednesday thu
roof OF $50 West 13oth street was set ahre BY
sparks from tho chimney, and SIS damage wa,
done.
Joseph Bellew, who lives there. began to .,s
u no1BuuOED WnAC COulQ % Qone ABOUT II. They
were all asking the same question, and began to
take notes. They report thai the chimney Art,
ordinarily Ike an the chimneys they have been
used to. but at intervals 1t sends out a display OF
cinders and hrebrands, very pretty TO look Al.
but diflcult to dodge and dangerous among
frame buildings. They watched the plant and
saw loads Of shavings carried into the building.
The bigger, the loads of shavings the larger has
been the shower OF sparks, so they concluded
that the company's employees feed the furnace
ytth ~.shavtngs whom they want. to hurry the
ArA CIV NhA- Af-AI - 49, Ff--1I
Board. and yesterdays visit of inspectors wai
On Thursday there wal another shower Of
sparks. and the Ffre Department was called on.
to ~eItfnguish 9 blaze on the roof at $50 West
figures his loss. at S76. Battalion Chief Short
who attended the fire, declared the %chimneyG
nuisance. 1t was suggested to the company To
add Q spark-catching contrivance to the chin.
ney. but yesterday the chimney was still left to
its destructive ways, and tho roof at $50 wu
ahlaIe again. The ,fremen put Il out befoS
much damage had been done. The motor com.
pany people say they do not feed the furnna
hres with either shavtngs or soft coal.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
" ID SCHOOL PARADE
90, o Brooklyn Chlaren Take Part-nsyorS
stronG, wurster, and Gleason Look On.

90, 900 Brooklyn Children Take
stronG. wurster, ana Gleason Look On.
The sixty eighth anniversary Of the Brooklyn
Sunday School Union was celebrated yesterday
and $4,000 teachers and pupils, representing 1877
schools, participated In the parades. Tho schools
were arranged in fifteen divisions and each
division paraded by itself and in its own part Of
Brooklyn. These arc the divisions and the mum
Der Of participants In each:
Bushwick avenue, 14,so0; Prospect Park,
1880; Clinton avenue. 5000; Stuyvesant
Heights, $500; Hancock, 1000; Heights. 5000;
Tompkins Park. <.75o; Arlington. 5000; Car
roll Park, 5000; South Brooklyn, $500; Bed
ford. $500; Ocean Hill. 1000; Flatbush, 1.5oo;
St Marks, 1880; Bay Ridge, $50.
TIL Prospect Park division excited the most
interest, and probably $4,000 spectators were on
hand to view the picturesque evolutions of the
1880 children. with their music and banners,
on the wide meadow in the Park. Preceding the
Hiu. where they Joined In q grand chorus in
M Msys9si s alo1s % " rs .' snd Gleason. :eand 1d sate
S0s; Moodr Td5 the venerable James g; 7:
B StaafA and scores ore: Of ar other leading III S Citizens "il'Am
ruiz drag sS' WITH Mt: Woodrns Sinseif holding ding
ford Cub By Mt .1 BeSri. = M iSase's Strong M .n W 1r.
exercises at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian
Church. and each made Q brief address.
On Coney Island, at Parkville, and in other
suburban districts there were Sunday school
celebrations. The Williamsburg schools will pa
rade next month.
In Jersey City there wero two Sunday school
parades on the Hill, and one in tho lower part
OF the city. 1t is estimated that 10000 children
and oolored ribbons. A band or drum and hfo
corps headed each division. Union services
were held in several churches, and after the
parade the children were provided with re-
All the public schools were dis
missed at noon to enable tho children to take
part in the parade.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
Tho Confession Of tho Political In.
capables.

Tho Confession OF the Political In.
capables.
Some Of the select citizens of the Citizens
Union are now giving fresh illustration of
the propriety of their taste and of their
natural and acquired gift for politics by
berating the administration of Mayor
STRONG. In 1894 these same select citi-
zens were urging everybody to vote for
Mr.. STRONG and the miscellaneous reform
ers on the fusion ticket.
Whatever of good or bad ought to DO
said of Mayor STRoNe's administration, it
Is clear that the men who were the
noisiest trumpeters Of the virtues Of
the heterogeneous reform ticket must lose
their reputation for sound judgment, If
they have had any to lose, by attacking
the administration which they were so
eager to bring into power. In 1894 they
beloved for reform and q nondescript
ticket. In 1897 they proclaim that re-
form has been a failure. and in the same
breath propose another reform ticket, o
nondescript ticket of their W compost
ton. They confess that they were mis-
taken in 1894, and yet they abate nothing
of their preposterous air of superiority as
they again invite the public to step up and
be buncoed.
1--WE were mistaken and helped delude
the community in 1894. Therefore, we ask
the community to confde in us in 1897"
That is what the select citizens are really
saying when they flock around the Renais.
sance whiskers of the Hon. FUSION STRONG.
An absurder anserine trust than the Citi-
Gems Union never waddled into politics.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
sr11r ooLnrorOas FzorEsr
TSsy say tire stas.ps necessity seissa Wsrs
es1a by Gsvernn,ent OmeiaiaL

Im0W ~ - HNAoN =
sola ~ Gevernraent Omeiaia
.Joseph q Rich. Secretary Of the National
Phiiatelical Society sent out the following pro
test yesterday:
"Whereas. The National Philatelical Society
has heard of the seizure Of certain United
States Periodical Stamps from The Walter 3
Scott Stamp Company by certain officials OF
tho Post Ohice Department this day on the
ground that said stamps wero stolen, ernbezxied
and purloined from the Government, that thoy
were prepared and printed for the Govern
mont, and were and have ever since tho time
they were printed continued to DO the property
Of the Government, and 1t has never lawfully
and voluntarily parted with the possession
thereof, nor have any Of its officers, employees,
or agents had lawful authority to part with title
and possession thereto and
"Whercds. 1t il we'll known that large guam
titles of said stamps were openly sold by the
Government to the public for about ten years,
notably under the terms Of a circular issued by
tho Post ONCE Department, and dated March
81, 1875, and that the Third Assistant Post.
mRster-Gcneral gave receipts for money paid
Whereas, Over seven hundred sets. of theso
stamps were Furnished to the officials OF the
Universal Postal Union at Bernie. Switzerland.
most Of which have long since passed into tho
hands Of collectors; therefore be II
"Resotred, That this society most earnestly
proteSt hyhinsL tnin UNJUST, oPpHoSoh'Os e"0 UA
lawful proceeding"
The seizure OF these stamps was made BY Dep
uty United States Marshal Morris at the In
stance Of Assistant United States District Attor.
ney Max Kohler, and IL has caused n great deal
Of excitement and Indignation among stamp col
lectors. The stamps In question. comprise six
teen lots OF newspaper stamps. all OF them I'M
used, and arc valued at H76. Tho Walter 8
Scott Stamp Company held an auction on We'd
nesday and Thursday evenings, and issued o cat:
alogue Of the sale. One of these catalogues fell
into the hands Of the local Post ONCE authorf-
ties, and the repleyin suit and consequent seiz-
Mr.. Scott said yesterday that he would fight
for the possession Of the stamps. He has as bis
defence q circular issued on March n. 1878, by
L. W. Barber. Third Assistant. Postmastor.Gen
eral, offering the stamps for sale and q receipt in
favor Of r. Il. BoEert OF this city, and signed BY
A. d. Hazen. Third Assistant Postmseter-Gen-
eral. dated April go, 1884. acknowleding pay;
ment for a part of the stamps. Mr.. Scott said
that similar stamps had been sold at overy auc.
ton for the last twenty years, and wero well
known to oil collectors.
Assistant United States District Attorney
Kohler said that he had Information that the
stamps had been unlawfully obtained from the
Government originally. but no suspicion Of
wrong doing attached to Mr.. Scott. He said
the stamps belonged to the United States Gov
eminent and he doubted II tho Third Assistant
Postmaster-General had any right to offer them
for sale or to sell them to collectors.
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Government In Furnishing the armor should
be reimbursed, and this loss would certain.
ly be an additional cost as compared with
the acceptance Of the limit OF $425.
It has been proposed by Senator CHAND-
Ike that the Government should conflscate
the Bethlehem and Carnegie plants and
operate them for the purpose of supplying
the needed armor, fully reimbursing their
owners for their use. That, however. seems
to us preposterous. Apart from the outrage
of such q procedure, and the grave prece-
dent IL would involve for times of peace,
It would prove q very serious thing for tho
Government, even as q business operation,
especially In view Of the high value tho
companies place upon their plants, based
upon the cost of land as well as buildings,
n the heavier cost Of construction pre-
vailing when they were put up. Equally
out Of the question is the proposal Of the
Illinois company in regard to building q
plant which the Government should run
the company furnishing the ingots at n
stipulated price.
Returning to the question Of price, while
$425 per ton is n great increase upon the
impracticable limit of $500 fixed by the
ANop ~ 10 phAy F~c Pei Noh ~ -
cess of what the Navy Department experts
originally proposed and the House agreed to.
The three battle ships now building will
require, IL we rightly remember, about
5000 tons, 30 that the increase Of $25
per ton represents only 5000, 600. This
sum is small compared with the outlay for
aGovernmentp plant, even dividing it among
half q dozen successive years, with tho
additional liability to contractors for de-
lays. 1t Is also q fair subject of c%onsidera-
tion that the Government has been paying
for reforged Harvey armor 1868 per ton,
and also the price Of the nickel, making a
total of 1858. Even assuming that de-
creases In the cost of manufacture might
have brought the price down to $3.50 per
ton had no limit been fixed, there would
still be q saving at the proposed $425 of
$125 per ton, or a round 81, 900, 900 in the
armor required for the three new ships.
1t seems to us that the saving thus effect
ed is sufficient to make the new proposal
acceptable even to some Of those who have
been the loudest in denouncing what they
have alleged to be extortionate demands.
1t has been suggested that the Government
might obtain its plates at q smaller price
from other sources han from the two great
armor plants by making it's heavier plates
In two or three layers, superposed. That
involves a technical question not yet, as we
understand, settled by experiment, while
there is no doubt that solid armor is better
thar laminated. Thus far we have had
from the Bethlehem and Carnegie works
armor justly famous throughout the world,
and We are not ready to substitute any
seriously inferior grade.
1t may be hoped, therefore, that Congress
will accept the recommendation Of Score
tary LONG, and that our great armor plants
will be set promptly at work in turning out
the plates for the latest trio of battle ships,
which, in any case, may be needed before
they can be made ready.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
SPANISH CONSUL 1xrEREsrED.
Ho Aduires Our Pire Department ana Asku
what the Apparatus Costs.

- ADAI
what the Apparatus Costs.
A communication from A. Baldasano, tho
Spanish Consul-General to this city, was read at
the meeting Of the Fire Commissioner yester-
day. Tho Consul-General wrote that no was
greatly impressed by tho fine showing made by
the Fire Department during last Wednesday,
review. and proposed to communicate to his
Government the excellent results achieved with
tho IRE apparatus used in this city. He asked
to be informed Of the cost of a water tower and
Of q hook and ladder truck. The Secretary was
instructed to forward the desired information.
DR.. q. ii. Calman Of l15 East EiRhty-eixth
street wrote to the board demanding $40 for the
by the water that fell upon him at Union so Us
PMednesday during the remen's exhibition.
write to the Doctor that the board had lots of
sympathy, bat no money for him.
ohieI OF Police Conlin requested the Commits
s siSfsrs sbs to Do detail Il some competent hremen TO
q the Bowery. TO SEQ II they contsined material
liable TO cause fire. Ono OF tho buildings men.
saloon. The request was granted.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
EHe1DH STEEL sYHD1oArB H1RA
10 osatrel Hest q Aneviea&s 01f11s Of Cole
Drawn Steel Tuhing.

To 0ontrol Moat q Anevteass Olfpas Of Cole
Drawn Steel Tuhang.
TOLEDO. O., May 2e.-When Arthur Pilk1ns
ton, tho Enghsh tube king. accompanied By
other capitalists. visited Toledo Q few weeks
ago the information leaked out that he wa
seeking 10 acquire the controlling interest ia
the American Weldless Steel Tubs Company, .
large portion Of whose stock Is already held in
England. Soon afterward It was learned tina,
the Elwood City and Greenville, Pa, plants
were also in the deal. but all persons concerned
were 90 reticent that NO credence was given tho
report
Additional details have come to light to-day
and the deal turns out to DO much greater than
was at frst supposed. 1t win practically place
every steel tube mill In America under British
control. In addition to those already named the
plan will include the mill at Shelby, O., which
was the foremost. In America, and the mill at
Ssw AlSSeR G[n IND. owned b the bicycle 3S mag;
4. Loxier: Samuel Smell Of this City Is
the ruling spirit OF the American Weld.
Less and these two gentlemen, together
with ". E. Miller of the Shelby concern and
Philip Gormully, arc now on tho ocean on their
way to complete the deal. The syndicate will
control seyen-eighths OF the American cold.
drawn steel tube output, together with the To-
nous Steifel patents, which have given the
American mills o decided advantage over tho
English factories.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29

JEFFERSON CITY. May as.-Under the new rule con,
vtcts OF Missouri will have trouble to break into the
penitentiary. In compliance with an order of the
State Board of Health In regard to quarantine at the
penitent.ary' all Officers who bring prisoners to the
penitentiary must carry with them Q certificate Of
health signed oy a local physician and eountersigned
by the Secretary OF tho State Board of Health. Witch
certificate must state that the. prisoner has not
been exposed TO any contagious disease for thirty
days prior to his transfer to the penitentAry. This
certificate must be approved by DR.. Paul Paquin. Sec.
rotary OF the State Board OF Health At st, Louis.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
Earthquakes Transatlantic Pas.cnEer.

Tho Hon. Andrew d. White. United states
Ambassador to Germany. and Werner 'on Ser
gen. tho German Minister to Guatemala WIZ
sail to-day on the North German steamship SpFec..
Tho Duke and Duchess de Morny are passenger
on the French liner La Gascogne, ANON me
arrivals on the neutrality-suspicious. STEAMSHIP
Charles IL. Steinway and ". A, Die-ciior'' an
Paui Filling, directors OF the HAMBURG 'n'T'
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
SMALL BULLET VERSUS BIG.
Kxperineas with the view Ar11
Gun.

Gun.
DIR. Carl Beck. Visiting surgeon TO 81. Marks
Hospital. demonstrated to tho apparent salts
faction Of q number Of surgeons at his residence
last night that a generally accepted theory oil
the effect of small calibre bullets from the moi
ern rtne is wrong. Tho theory is that the Ions,
small bullet will bore q small. clean hole ana
not smash q bone 1t meets, and 80 will not DO 80
likely to disable q soldier as the heavier ana
slower bullets.
DIR. Beck had an experiment tried at Cover
nors Island upon a leg from the operating tao'''
Tho rihe used was the Krag-Jorgensen, hrtnga
30-caliore bullet with, smokeless powder lh'
distance was ffty yards.
Last night DR.. Beck showed a photograph
OF the Mounded bone taken with the Rontgrn
ray. Tho ,ubia was literally smashed. Ihere
was complete fracture. and there were ahoHs
twenty splinters. DIR. Beck said that Wlth q
similar wound a live soldier could rot NalRS
step after receiving the wound. The crecl o,
the bullet, he said. was more destruItiye l1""
liar riaes.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
EIGHTH AVENUE CASE APPEALED.

Sees rroH Justice Beach to the Appellate
DiVtHios Of the Supreme Court.
Charles Henry Butler. counsel for Eugene
chnord Potter. has filed notice Of appeal to tho
appellate Division OF this department from JUS
tice Beach's order denying to Potter an injunc-
tion to restrain Commissioner Collis and tn
city from permitting tho Eighth A venue RAN.
ROAD Company to change its motive power To
Slectrici6y. This is the taxpayers suit In which
Justice Beach decided that the city had lost any
right 10 acquire the railroad by paying the cost
OF tho property and 10 per cont. added.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29

DArSEN's partisan subordinates. straight
Republicans md straight Democrats. have
done the work intrusted to them, and there
has been little occasion for public complaint.
1t Is the non-psrtisans who have made the
Office Of the Landvogt ridiculous. They
have not made the Landvogt himself ridic.
ulous, however. In this the non.partisans
were forestalled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
TEE NEWPORT PASSES MrsrER.
Che EHeeoaea the Is-Knot Contract Speed On
Her Trial Trip

AeT THAI lriD-
BATH. Me-. May s.-The United States gun
boat Newport which was recently completed BY
the Bath Iron Works Company, had her official
speed trial over the course of this coast yester-
day. She left the dock at 6:4o o'clock in tho
morning, and. while the speed has not yet been
figured out, there Is but little doubt that the
twelve knots average required under the con-
tract was exceeded.
1t was ascertained by ten different trials over
Q measured mile that lao revolutions OF the
screw per minute would give the ship sbouta
tw~elve-knot speed. During the four hours
trial from Scquin Island TO Portland and return
An average slightly In excess OF llo revolutions
At no time during the run did the number OF
revolutions fall below 1879. and ii was generally
near 141. Tho average has not yet been figured.
but 1t will reach 40 and a fraction. During
the run the sea was comparatively smooth.
INC helm Test was tried several times, the snip
being speeded in close circles. and in every IN
stance she responded satisfactorily.
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The Hon. GEORGE GRAHAM VESTS argu-
ment against revision Of the tariff, on tho ground
that there is in the Treasury the sum of $780,
100000. is worthy Of GROVER CLEVELAND. This
$3.50. 900, 900 is the remains of $500. 900. 900 re-
Gently borrowed.
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To Ala Tammany and Hree silver.
From the Tribune.

Al = mass meeting of the Citizens Union Of the
Fourtesnth Assembly district . resolution was offered
calling for the appointment OF . committee to wait
upon the Executive Committee OF the union to do
mAnd that q full municipal ticket DO nominated on or
before June I5. The resolution was adopted BY a
unanimous vote.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-29
srOsLIya LAu. school AIuau, nsu.,...

The Brooklyn Latin School Alumni Associa.
ton held its fifth annual dinner and reunion in
the sch~ooihouse on Montague street last night,
place has been secured. The followine ILL.,,
Vas ELECTED: William H., Topper, President:
TT rssssr =: h0Pf; viee; Presidents; Henry Irwin,
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There win be music at 4 o'clock this afternoon
In these parks: st. Mary's, Van Cortland, Bronx
Crotona. ClAremont.A and Cedar.
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sIi..ouri Cenvlo,. Must Ne Health, or s,ay Our.

aovDEscE. May 2b.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-30
Del, Lacka. and Western,
Effect Monday, October 10, 1896.

Effect Monday, October 10, 1896.
Trains leave Scranton as follows: EX-
press for New York and all points East,
LAG. $50, 5.l5, 500 and 9.55 a. m; 1.10 and
3.33 p m.
Express for Easton, Trenton, Phiadel-
phia and the South. 5.l5, 500 and 9.55 a. m.
Ito and 1888 p. m.
Washington and way stations, 345 p. m.
Tobyhanna accommodation, 6.10 p. m.
Express for Binghamton, Oswego, Eli
mira, Corning, Bath, Dansville. Mount
Morris and Buffalo, 2.20, 2. 80 a. m, and 1.55
p. m, making close connections al Buffalo
10 all points in the West, Northwest and
Southwest
Bath accommodation, 9.15 a. m.
Binghamton and way stations 1.05 p. m.
Nicholson accommodation, sis p. m.
Binghamton and Elmira express. SIS
p. IN.
Express for Utica and Richfield Springs,
2.35 a. m. and l.55 p. m.
Ithaca 2.35 and Bath 9.15 a. m, and 1.55
p. m
For Northumberland, Pittston, Wilkes
Barre, Plymouth. Bloomsbury and Dam
Ville making close connection at North
umberland for Williamsport. Harrisburg.
Baltimore, Washington and the South.
Northumberland and intermediate sta
tions, 600, 9,55 a. m, and l.o5 ana 500 p. m.
Nanticoke and intermediate stations. sos
and ll.2O a m. Plymouth and intermediate
stations $40 and S.i7 p. m.
Pullman parlor and sleeping coaches on
all express trains.
For detailed Information, pocket time
tables, etc, apply to NJ. L. Smith. city
ticket office, 32S Lackawanna avenue. OF
depot ticket office.
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Central Railroad of New Jersey

Qehigh and Susquehanna Dlvision.)
Anthracite coal used exclusively iusur.
ing cleanliness and comfort.
TIME TABLE IN EFFECT Jan. %, 1897.
Trains leave Scranton for Pittston,
Wilkes-Barre etc, at $50. 9.l5, Il. 80 a. m,
u, 40. 200, 3.O5, 800, 10 p. m. Sundays 800
For Atlantic city, $50 a. m.
$50 (express) a. m, l2,45 express with Buff
day, 2,l5 p, m; Train leaving l2,!5 p, m.
al, 5,22 p, m, and New York 600 p. m.
For Mauch Chunk, Allentown, Bethle-
hem, Easton and Philadelphia, $50 a. M,
l2.45, 305, 800 Except Philadelphia) p. m.
Sunday, 2l5 p m.
For Long Branch, Ocean Grove, ETC., at
$50 a. m, and l245 2: m.
For Lakewood, $50 a. m.
For Reading, Lebanon and Harrisburg,
via Allentown, $50 a. M, l2.45. 800 p. m.
Sunday, 2 10 p. m.
For Pottsville. $50 a. m, 12.45 p. m.
Returning leave New York. foot of Lib
erty street. North River, at go (express)
a. m, 1.l0, l,30, 4.l5 (eXpress with Buffet
parlor carp p. m. Sunday, 430 a. m.
Leave Philadelphia, Reading Terminal
800 a. m, 200 and 430 p. m. Sunday, 62s
a. m.
Through tickets to all points at lowest
rates may be had on application in ad-
vance to the ticket agent at the station.
II. P. BALDWIN.
J. H, oLHAUsEN. Gen. supt.