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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
,n,ry RU1E ron r ALAsKA..
r,,t. RAY. PIas Anticipnted by AIRer ana
Approred by Mckinley.

Approved by Mckinley.
WARRINGTON. Oct. 26.-The recommendation
NJ Can't. p. II. Ray of the Eighth Infantry, who
yeos sent TO Alaska by tho War Department,
that the northern part Of tho Territory receive q
semi.military form of government, had been
anticipated by Secretary Alger in the prepare
ton Of the annual report which no will sub
init to President Mckinley. Capt. Rays rec"
concentrations agreed in many respects with
the ideas which Secretary Alger had decided
TO place before the President for consideration.
Tho President and tho Secretary Of War read
tho report and, It Is understood, approve the
supqestfon that q military government should
prevail in the Yukon River country.
The plan IL to place that part OF tho Territory
under the control of army officers. during the
prevalence Of the excitement over the Klondiko
finds. Capt. Ray said In his report that some
Of the civil officers of the Government
even II they were, would be powerless
TO suppress tho lawlessnoss likely TO break
out at any time. Men familiar with present
conditions in Alaska have informed the War
Department that between 100000 and 2OO,0OO
persona will invade the Territory next spring,
and trouble IL expected. The details OF the
scheme will not be made public until the annual
report of Secretary .Alger is presented to the
President. This probably will advocate the
and tho creation of police inspectorships and
magiRtracies to DO filled by other officers Of the
army, with non-commissioned officers and prt
Yates of tho regular service performing police
duty. Congressional action will be necessary
TO mako the plan effective.
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We greet with a glad heart the return to
the tribune Of DR.. EMIL WTTzIG HoEBER, the
Giant CARGO. At several times and places this
week he will demonstrate to tho doubt Of all
that II the Lowish ticket is not elected.
the use OF umlauts will be prohibited and
genuine TernurUt and horseradish practically
disappear from use. DIR. HoEBER's style
of oratorv may be compared with that OF
DANIEL WEBSTER. DANIEL PRATT. and others,
but his masterl use Of emo language and an
eighth is all his own. Great results for the
great c,use are expected, now that the Giant
CARGO has appeared upon the scene and hurled
himself and other p cturlsQue figures at the foe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27

Routes on which the Metropolitan Company
Wants to Change the Motive Power.


The State Board of Railroad Commissioner
met yesterday at 81 Liberty street. Applica-
tions were received for pc mission to change
the motive power TO the underground trolley
on these portions OF tho Metropolitan Street
Railway system: On Eighty-sixth street. from
Second avenue to Madison avenue; on lO6th
street. between Columbus and Amsterdam
avenues; onsl25th street. from Amsterdam ave-
nue. to the Boulevard. then up tho Boulevard
to 13Oth street, and through l3oth street to tho
North River. No decision was, reached. APP
~plication was also madc and taken under ad.
visement for q similar change on Nincty-sixth
street, between First and Second avenues.
The application OF the Riverhead, Quogue and
Southampton Railroad Company for permission
to construct a line from Riverhead to West
hampton was discussed. 1t WAS denied that
there WAS any intention Of paralleling the Long
Island Railroad. which was represented in OPP
position t the application. The board took this
ma ter under advisement. A petition was pre-
scented on behalf Of the Lake Ontario and ri, err
ide Railway Company, OF oswcgo or, permits
sion TO extend its line through Mitchell street,
and to cross n track Of the New York. Ontario
and Western Railroad In order to reach st.
Paul's Cemetery.
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HumbuE Dossa't work.
From the Lebanon Daily Nsps.

FTom The LrbHHol DdHV NeHS.
Tho New York Tribune, which hitherto has laid
claims TO being one OF the leading Republican organs.
but now Is a bitter opponent Of the Republican
ticket. excuses itself upon the ground. as II claims,
that national Issues arc not involved in the contest.
This Is n himsy excuse coming from such a source. 1t
10 an admitted fact everywhere that II Van Wyck. the
Tammany candidate. or Henry George. the Socialist
Democrat. ia elected every Bryan club and paper in
the country will claim It - a victory for Mr.. Bryan
and ~ an indication that the country is not In gym
patty with the policy OF the Mckinley Administra-
ton. In spite OF this the Tribune would make ita
readers believe that the Issues involved In the New
York MAyoralty election are purely local. Happily
very few will be deceived by such specious argu
mentA,
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EXILED BIZ LESIAS.

He's . Candidate for Reelection and the Ops
position Has to Get Out OF Costa Ricn.
On the Atlas line steamship Allegheny. which
arrived yesterday from Port Limon, were six
Costa Rican exiles. Gen. Guiteras. Col. Saens.
Joaquin Hernandez. a priest; Andreas vengas,
joaquin Flores, and DR.. Juan J. Flores. They
were tho leaders of tho party opposed to the re-
that they had been guilty OF nothing except con-
stitutional agitation in favor of their party.
They said that many other Costa Ricans below
ing as they do were still in prison for melting
rebellion, but that they were guiltless. Presi-
dent Iglesias, they said. had declared himself
Nov. IA.
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spurns Low and Follows Tracy.

To THE EprroR OF THE suS-Sr: Previous to
the Citizens Union and Low juvenile machine becom-
ing disturbing forces instead OF unity ing. I was in
favor of Mr.. Low.
me. as they have many Others. and as the G. o. P. has
done nothing since November. 90. when all patriots
ran to Its support. to forfeit my confidence shall
rot only vote. but work with all my might and force
to elect the only real and worthy candidate In the
field. Gen. Tracy. Put me down for two converts and
as working on a third.
As a Brooklynite.a allow mo to say Tracy ia gaining
every day, while the Low machine 10 suffering from
punctured tires.
GEORGE TEA AND TRACY MATTHEWS.
nnnnrI ~ Oct D 4
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NEW YORK, Oct. 90.


WIZ GeerEo Has No Fear OF Being Counted Ont.
To THE EDITOR OF THE suS-.Sir: while Henry
George asserts that he was counted out when he ran
for Mayor in 1896. he has no fear that there will be n
repetition of fraud at tho polls. why7 That ques.
tiou may seem somewhat dirlcult to answer II one
Is not familiar with New York city politics. 1t 10
solely because Tammany Hall 10 not in full control
Of Affairs in New York At the present time, rs sho was
in 1885, when the vote was counted "a best suited
her wishes.
am told by q Tammany man, who was Chairman
OF the Election Board. and whose father was and Is .
somewhat conspicuous politician. that George was a.
surely elected Mayor of New York as thoro is a sun In
revised and given to Hewitt, and that the same thing
was done all over the city. In some instances the fact
having some under his personal observation. or. at
least. he having been Informed OF such action BY those
who were in control In their districts.
George knows that now II he receives %auf1cient
votes they will be counted honestly and ho viii be
declared the elected Mayor Of Now York. because
under Republican legislation such crooked work has
been rendered impossible. In other words. u Is this
difference between honest and dishonest methods In
the conduct Of the business of q great city. and speaks
volumes in behalf OF keeping In power the same party
that has in such a brief period brought about such q
wonderful transformation. But suppose the honest
count gives George the election. how will the solid
people in the Low ranks feel7
There is not the slightest question ss to who has
the bcst chance OF defeating George and the Tam.
many candidate. The man Is benjamin F. Tracy, and
he is indeed a man for whom every Republican can
be proud to cast his vote. JEROME Il. KrrcHAn.
HiuH BRIDGE, Oct. 25.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE suN-Sfr: Tho Republican
party represented the sound.moneyc cause in the last
campaign and is to-day the only political buiwark
against free silver. The election OF any OF the Mayor.
atty candidates other than Gen. Tracy will he re.
Rarded as a defeat OF the Republican party. which
Will encourage and stimulate the Bryanites all over
the country and correspondingly alarm and discour-
age business men and manufacturer, thereby reduc.
ing the volume OF business to the detriment Of wage
carriers and investors alike. Vote for Gen. Tracy and
good times. PRosprpIry
NEW YORK. Oct. 23.
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WANT TO TUNNEL UNDER Us.

Terminal Railroad Company FORMALLY Applies
to the Aldermen.
The Brooklyn, New York and Jersey City Tor
minal Railway Company through its President.
W. H. Baldwin, Jr.. asked the Aldermen yester-
day for permission to build a tunnel under South
street, Maiden lane. Broadway. Cortlandt. and
West streets. The proposed building of this
tunnel is a part OF the scheme to extend tho
Long Island Railroad from its terminus in Flat
bush avenue. Brooklyn, to the Jersey shore by
Ign, under the East River. Manhattan Island,
and the North River. The application was re-
ferred TO the Committee on Bridges and Tun-
nels, and a public hearing will DO held on the
subject on Nov. 20.
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At the regular monthly meeting OF the
Trustees of The SUN Printing and Publish.
ing Association, held yesterday, Mr..
FRANKLIN BARTLETT, Mr.. PAUL DANA,
Mr.. THOMAS HITCHcooK, and Mr.. VIII.
LIAM NJ. LAFFAN being present. Mr.. PAUL
DANA wal unanimously elected President
of the association and editor Of The Sun,
to succeed his father, CHARLES A. DANA,
deranaed-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
THE AQUARIUM COMPLETED.
ITS Gallery Tier Finished and to he Opened -
the Public To-day.

w.
the Public To-day.
The gallery tier of the Aquarium is finished
and its tanks are stocked, and 1t will DO opened
to the public to-day. Tho Aquarium is now
practically completed.
The tanks on the gallery tier are smaller than
those on the ground tier; they are intended for
smaller fishes; but there are moro of them and
they occupy the same space. There are also ON
the gallery tier a number of tanks for turtles.
In the gallery tanks, as in those Of the ground
tier, the rock work ia very simple, its chief pur-
pose being to afford some refuge for the fshes
without a material reduction in the volume OF
water in the tanks, and 80 without materially
reducing their sustaining power.
In the gallery tanks. however, some use has
been made of aquatic plants, which are not
found in tho tanks of the ground floor, where
the light is less favorable to plant growth, In
the north side are devoted to fresh water fishes
and those on the south side to salt water hsacs.
The Aquarium is open from 10 A. M. to 4 z.
NJ. daily, excepting Mondays and Tuesdays.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27

DIR. EMIL HoLUB. the African explorer.
celebrated his hfticth birthday on Dot. 7 at his
home In Vienna. Many learned societies and
prominent persons throughout Australia Hun
gary sent their congratulations and presents to
the distinguished naturalist. 1t would be
strange indeed II DR.. HoLuB were not appreci'
Sted among his own people, whose museums he
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
No NIuEMumnery.

To tue EDITOR or THE suE-Sir: Any Republican
who doesn't vote for Benjamin F. Tracy. a good and
tried man and nominated by tho great party which
has done Its very best to make our industries great
and has restored business confidence. must have =
short memory; he must be blind to The battle that is
TO he fought within three years. Mugwumpism and
American patriotism cannot possibly get along to-
gether. EDWARD BARRY.
NEW YoRK. Oct. 80.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
BAD1r HURT ON THE STAGE.
Richard HI. Wounds Richnona in tho Sword
Fight on Bosw orth Field.

Fight on orth Field.
BUTTE. Mont, o t. 26.-During Q performance
Of Richard ILL.," at McGuire's Opera House
last night, John Fay Palmer. who plays Rich.
mond. had a narrow escape from fatal injury al
the hands Of John Griffith. who attempted to
play Richard. In the sword fight on Bosworth
Field Palmer accidentally drew blood from
Griftith's hand. and suggested that the curtain
be rung down, but Griffith told him to continue
the fight. He did 50, and a moment later Grit;
caught Palmer across the face. cutting a cash
from the right eyebrow over the nose, breaking
the bone. The curtain was rung down and
Palmer was removed to q doctors office, where
q piece Of bono was removed and the wound
sewed up.
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Gen. TRACY a. q necessary step in tie
progress, and to manifest to the whole
world in the most emphatic way possible
that 1t is a community still stcadfast in ita
adherence to the principles Of political in.
tegrity for which It stood firm last year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-10-27
JUST Il ooINCIDE NCE IN BANKING.
The National City Banks Credit Bnlauoo VI
SO, az COZ. 88 q Surprise.

bU,HHR,Uos. q HurpTIbe'
Attention was attracted in Wall street yester
day to the fact that the National City Bank had
the very large credit balance at the Clearing
House of SO, ia. 667.33 1t was at first thought
that this reflected somo operation connected
with the pending foreclosure sale Of the Union
Pacific road. This report was denied by an off,
Ger of the bank.
Tho large credit balance represents a coin
cidence in banking, that is all" he said. and
reflects not one large deposit, but a number of
deposits. 1t was as much Of n surprise to US
as to any one. We had no expectation of it,
Several banks showed large debit balances al
the Clearing House, notably the Chase National
Bank. with a debit OF 81. 756.00O and the I'm
porters and Traders National Bank, with o
debit OF 81, s0l 900. An officer of the first named
bank explained its large debit as due to the
bank having been a very heavy lender of money
on Monday. The debit Of the Importers and
Traders Bank was ascribed to some large
city payments. that bank being one Of tho de-
positaries Of the city's money.
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for Seth Low means a vote In establish tho Dom.
ocratic party In this State. The Citizens' Union
honest mon, who look for open.handod, honest
dealing in politics as in all other relations Of
man and man. whore courageous and cloan ,op-
blc.dealing deserters are Appropriately termed
political pirates. They may feather their most,
but they Will not this wear OF grace succeed In
delivering tho colorcd votes to Mir. Seth Low.
ALRERT MITCHELL,
800 West Fortioth street.
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Tracy IL the SIau.

To THE EDITOR oF THE sUS-Sr: There IL now in
the territory which will constitute the Greater New
York from Jan. l. 1903. a ~veritabis Mayors nest. l
believe "the gray marc IL the better horse" And Its
name Is Tracy. Ed p. AcKERMAN.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 30.
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u orr friends soho Javor us With manuscripts for
publication ,ct,h to haus rejected articles returned.
tAey u,vst On all oases ssnd stamps for that purpose.
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The Orlriual Not Time In tho Old Towa.

From the WiIkesbGrrs Leader.
sodom was the old town which enjoyed the nrst
hot time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-24
WOMAN OF THE MIDDLE WEST
[From Harper's Bazar.l

The woman of the west is the spirit
OF energy. 1t is an inheritance from
her immediate ancestors, who worked
increasingly as founders of states. She
mas not yet been seized with the weary
safety of GENERALIZATION, and feels a
JOY IN labor and its fruits. She pre-
fers activity, and if life offers her leis-
ure, she adopts child or a career and
works for her self-sought object
The double task of making a home
ana developing the country has been
through her so thoroughly accomplish
ed that, with all our vast territory, we
have scarcely a district that might
truly be spoken of as the frontier. This
achievement hberates for other uses
the energy of woman, and, true to the
spirit of the times, she casts about her
for a career other than a domestic
one
Even in the small towns of newly set
tied districts the daughters of the fam
lily do not settle down to an internin-
instead start out with their brothers
to their days work as stenographer,
type-setter, clerk or teacher. None
are idle or fill the position of lady of
leisure, for such would be companion
less
The women with genuine business
ability test it in a little boat near shore,
and meeting success, go further to ven
ture more. The woman with a talent
or voice migrateS to a city favorable
for its cultivation, and the old profess
sion of teaching has it's countless aspir-
ants, all eager to learn new methods.
Besides all these are the young wo-
men who could lead life of unevent-
full comfort at home in larger places,
but who prefer the hazards of self-sup-
port in the world to monotony in
smaller sphere; so there comes a day
when these, too, join the army thrOng
ing to the large cities.
The education of books and colleges
is of primary Importance in their mind
just now, but by and by they will re-
it wealth (and that means power) on
those who possess knowledge of men,
and an ability to recognize opportunity
when it is met, and to seize it before it
has fed.
Another lesson the girl of the plains
must learn is that manner and address
enhance what other claims to success
spised as evidence of decadence or eff
feteness. All honesty is not rude, and
a polished manner enables one to meet
any man on advantageous ground,
while a faulty manner is acceptable
only to those whose ways are equally
defective.
The effect of refinement and civiliza-
standards, is to reduce all to the same
mould. The woman of the west need
not fear that her rugged individuality
will be thus obliterated, for she lives
too near to natures heart. The free
dom of the plains, the large liberty of
her native land, have been infused into
her blood, and she will remain as she
is-a woman whose labor is the result
of thought whose opinions are the re-
suit of honest conviction, and whose
love of self is lost in love of mankind
and of country
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-24
WHAT MAY THE PEOPLE Dor

The supreme court of Wisconsin has
decided that the action of the state
board of health in requiring all chill
dren to be vaccinated is unconstitu-
tional. The supreme court of Texas
has just handed down an opinion that
the antitrust law of that state is in
contravention of the constitution. Con-
sidering the frequency and regularity
of such occurrences it seems only a
question of time until there will be no
laws left on the statute books of the
country.
If vaccination is a prophylactic it
would seem to be morally if not legally
right that the people should be permit
ted to protect themselves. If trusts
are inimical to the public welfare the
people should be permitted to suppress
them.
If the courts had ruled that small
pox is not harmful or that trusts are
in no way detrimental to the interests
of the people, it might appear all right,
but to say that bad as they both are
considered to be, the people must SUBJ
nit to them because the constitution
is their protection, does not seem to
meet the popular idea of what consti-
tutes government by the people This
view is of still greater force when it is
considered that it takes years to amend
the constitution.
In view of the situation it is little
wonder that a movement toward the
initiative and referendum should spring
up. Whatever objections there may
be to the Swiss system of legislation,
the brand of it proposed for Kansas
seems to possess the merit of permit
ting the people sometimes to get what
they want in spite of the courts and
the constitution.
1t is to say the least an anomalous
state of affairs when in a government
of the people, by the people and for
the people, the people can hardly ever
have their own way about anything. It
hardly seems just that a, few men elect
ed by the people or a written instru
ment framed anywhere from % to. 100
years ago should absolutely control the
actions of millions of the present gen.
Grafton.
Unless some other remedy shall ap-
pear shortly there will be other states
besides Kansas striving for the adop-
ton of the initiative and referendum,
regardless of how unwieldy or ex-
pensive it may be. There is no price
too high to pay for justice, right and
freedom.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-02-24
POL
[From the Chicago Tribune.1
freedom

From the Chicago Tribune.1
Poi as an article of food has just been
introduced into the United States, and
Chicago has been selected as the central
distributing point. Ten tons of the pow
dered root known as tarO which is a
native of the Hawaiian Islands, arrived
at San Francisco from Honolulu last
week and was consigned to Chicago.
This is the first shipment of the taro
root to the United tSates for general
use, and its Introduction has created no
small interest among the food producers
of the country. 1t has been carefully
prepared and is intended for the sick
and especially young children. 1t is
claimed that it is health food of the
most delicate quality and at the same
time possesses a great amount of nutri-
ton.
Poi has been used by two families of
Chicago and it is believed that it's con-
sumption has been confined to that
number. A dentist who once lived in
Honolulu, and who became acquainted
with the excellent qualities of poi as
food, has had small quantities shipped
to him regularly for several years past.
He cOnfided his discovery to a neWspa-
per friend and ordered a quantity for
him. The latter pronounces it to be one
of the most delightful of light and
nourishing foods and has used it ever
since. The flour made from the taro
| root is of a grayish-blue color, slightly
granulated, like cOrnmeal, and has a
pleasant taste.
In IFS native country II IS eaten raw,
or more generally mixed with water and
left to stand about "a hours, when it be-
comes slightly sour, and is greatly rel
ished by the natives. Foreigners use it
| as they do cornmeal or cornstarch, and
| it is to be found on the tables of the
| frst-class hotels and private houses of
Honolulu.
The manufacture of taro flour by the
| natives is a very simple matter. A large
stone is followed out in the shape of a
| bread trough and the root is then
| pounded fine with pestle made of hard
/ wood or iron. The consistency of the
/ flour depends entirely upon the appetite
| of the man at the end of the pestle
If he is not ravenous he pounds away
until he reduces the root to coarse
meal, but if he is short a dinner he is
| quite willing to stop operations when
| the mass has been reduced to a state of
| the size of peas. He then mixes this
| with a little cold water and makes a
sort of paste, which is eaten raw.