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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
TRiCr'S ABSURD PREDICTIONS.

On last Sunday Genera! Tracy and his friends
were engaged In mailing several thousand
copies Of letter skilfuy counterfeting the
appearance Of typewrting and an autograph
signature and really addressed in typewritlng
to each individual to whom It was sent The
person thus address vas expected to believe
that General Tracy had been spending his Sum
day In the careful preparation Of this earnest
appeal for his individual vote. Only one week
has elapsed. The General should read over his
counterfeted typewriter letter IN the cold light
Of n Sunday later. and reflect upon the opinion
the friends he addressed must cherish OF his
sagacty.
Dear Sir: ! have heard from some OF your
friends that you are opposed to Tammany Hall.
but that you have not as yet made up your mind
for which anti-Tammany candidate you will vote.
I desire to address to you earnest personal ap-
peal for your support the distinc. ground that
no other anti-Tammany candidate than | has
the smallest chance of success and that my chance,
the other hand, r. so excellent as to justify the
belief that shall win.
The most careful and searching canvasses ham
been made in every election district OF New-Yo.S
and Brooklyn. and nearly every one of the regis
tered voters has been personally seen. The results
OF these Canvasses enable me TO give TO you my
personal assurance that In any event my vo.s
viii be immensely larger than that OF any ind,-
pendent candidate. and probably twice as large.
! do not make this statement lightly nor In tho
mere effect to catch Il few votes more. make
It In the sincere belief created by abundant proofs
that my election is now almost II not fully as
sured and that with your support. and the support
OF "A few thousands Of voters who are hesitating,
shall certainly win. IL am elected IL will be ny
constant purpose and sincere effort to give to Il /,
affairs of noble city such an honest and ef..-
cient administration will satisfy every one ~
my supporters. Faithfully yours,
b. F. TRACY.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
Rre,i,res Sntltre
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-London newspapers crltlclse tne
utterances of Hannis Taylor. former Minister 10
Spain from the United states; II Is are
Madrid that II the Competitor prisoners are
condemned TO death again they Will he par
doned Ellaline Terriss. the actress, - -
critically i'll in London. - Great ni.a' ~,
&c declared will not stop pelagic sealing put
expects the United States TO buy out Canaua
interests = A soldier and several Deputies
insuted President Moraes OF bra2ll as an p ot,i
growth of the attempt To aSSdSSndte tHe fISSl
dent on FRIDAY ----- The Austrian, Minister OF
Finance warned the Reichsrath that the hun
parian Con1pror1se bill may be enforced by the
9;overnment without the aid OF Parliament
= cecil Rhodes announced that the ralirodu
to BuluwayO would he eNtcnded TO Ndii.,7
without delav ---- The Anglo Egyptian expe-
dition up the Nile has been abandoned; me brlt-
ish Foreign Office is active in opposing frehCh
aggression on the west coast of Africa
DOMESTIC The sealing treaty between the
United States and Russia and Japan was slsheo
at the state Department in Washington GO
Three court officials in Philadelphia were ar
rested on charges of issuing fraudulent natu-
valuation Dapars - The Carnegie ana Betn-
iehar, stool companjes are said TO have acquired
The new Krupp process of hardening armor
nIs+ns - Attorney General MCkenna or
dered that the mutneers on the schooner olive
Pecker be tried at Norfolk. Va - SeVerai
Appointments made by President Mckln-
lev - In the principal football games OF the
dav the University of Pennsylvania beat the
Carlisle Indians. Princeton beat Lafayette, and
Yale beat the Chicago Athletic Cup. - Inc
German Government has complained OF an al
legged violation OF treaty rights IN the 1alIure
of Sheriff Tamsen 10 inform the German Con-
sul-General of the serving of an attachment
on the steamship schleswig
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Rchard Croker
started South for rest -- dinner in honor
of Justice Joseph +. DAILY was given at the
Catholic Club. - Or. Nansen lectured at the
Metropolitan Opera House. - syndicate
has secured options on the business or many
milk dealers and proposes 10 consolidate ana
control the entire milk trade in the enlarged
city plan has been proposed for the
reorganization of the National Guard, with two
brigades in the boroughs OF Manhattan and Inc
Bronx and one division in the greater city.
- Stocks were. feverish but slightly higher
THE WEATHER.-Indicatons for to-day:
Fair; westerly winds Temperature yesterday:
Highest 60 degrees; lowest. 81: average, ol1s
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
HOME AGAIN,

Home at last, The old Tammany organ is
getting back from It's scouting trip into the Re
publican ranks A little late, 10 he sure very
footsore and weary. disappointed that il did
not get into camp In time to share the spells,
somewhat undecided whether the exigcncies Of
scouting require it still TO pretend TO be prls-
oner. or If it may throw off disguise and claim
of its fellows its share Of credit for the victory
It did so much to win. 1t is tantaliZing TO be
the spy who takes the risk and secretly opens
the gates of the city while pretending to guard
them, and then TO be showed aside by the rab-
BILE whose way is thus made smooth No won
der the faithful servant under the strain for
gets himself and shouts out his joy at the
trance Of his friends. No wonder he boasts
inOpportunely. No wonder MS soul longs for
place in the victorious circle where he can tell
Hdmiring comrades not TO forget how he helped
them win the day. SO "The NeW-Iork SUM- is
getting TO It's own again 1t has not yet put on
the old uniform, but 1t lounges about, saying
what nice people the cOnquerors are, remarking
that they really represent a bad political cause,
that their possession of the city must grieye
the country al large, but that NJ the same time
any gentleman may rejoice to entertain at his
house and lend his purse to enemies of such
engaging private character.
Yesterday The Sun" paid glowing tribute
to Mr.. Van Wyck Colonel Gardiner and their
associates which Is so evidently sincere and
cordial that II must more than remove any dis
trust aroused in those gentlemen by the two
or three sighting remarks 1t was forced To
make about them during the campaign. 1t Is
true that on October q THE Sun said "Thc
"rammany nominee for Mayor Van Wyck, is a
"travesty among candidates" But Judge Van
Wyck should not lay that up against 1t. Some
people had begun to clamor that 1.-The Sun
was really talking Tracy and meaning Tam
many, and ii had to deny It's master though
not vehemently or with oaths, it's energies in
that direction being employed against Seth
Low And now 1t comes out to make amends.
What could be more handsome than It's tribute
to Mr.. Van Wycks Dutch ancestry and It's char
acterzaton Of him-though the representative
Of revolutionists, OF Bryanites Of the dssatis-
fed, the hysterical, the destructive "a eau
"tious functionary In public Office, and not likely
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

WOlverhamptOn. England who was honored
with call TO Plymouth Church shortly after the
death of Mr.. Beecher There is a special pro-
prety in his discussing from this historic pulpit
the influence OF Mr. Bepchers addresses in Eng
land, for not the least of the many services rem
dered by the great preacher to his country was
the courage with which he faced bowling Brit
ish audiences. and in spite of opposition and
derlsion, implanted in English minds true con-
ceptons Of the principles for which the War
for the Union was being waged
1t is eminently appropriate that the semi-cen-
tennial Of the best-known church in America,
with It's plain walls of brick and its generally
severe aspect. should be Observed but Plymouth
Church Is not content with taking the backward
look. It's face Is resolutey set toward the
future. rs very name is synonyme of prog
ress, and Mr.. Beecher's successor in the pas
torate has noby carried forward the Plymouth
tradition There be those who look with grave
doubt on the series Of lectures given by Or. An
bolt on the theology o. an evOlutiOnlst. and the
later course on the modern view Of the Bible;
but there is ample evidence that the Plymouth
constituency is in hearty accord with the present
Plymouth pastor and the recent large additions
to the church attest that the progressive the
oogy proclaimed by DR. Abbott Is Of the es-
sence of the preaching required by the times
That Dr. ABBOTT has not separated himself, by
reason Of what some have termed his revou-
tionary course from the Congregational body
with which hc Is allied Is shown by the part
which will be taken in the present celebration
by men like Berry. Gordon. GLADDEN. and Tucker.
BY an interesting coincidence the Plymouth
Church ceicbration synchronzes closely with the
2JOth anniversary Of the Westminster Confess
sion which the Presbytnrans are to observe to-
morrow The contrast between the underlying
ideas in the two celebrations Is noteworthy. The
historic confession Of the Presbyterian body is
n type Of medieval theology imposed upon the
Church - n standard never 10 be changed
: Concregat ionasm. on the other hand. stands
for progress. and is not satisfied TO rest in the
faith once delivered 10 the saints Not only
does Congrega tionasm admit of greater free
dom and independence OF thought than Calvin
ism. if strictly interpreted and followed, but
from the beginning of its career Plymouth
Church has in peculiar sense been the eX
ponent Of the spirit Of progress. Although it
has been for n number Of years n downtown
church." II has suffered no decline under the
aggressive leadership Of Lyman Abbott Its
work was not done when Henry Ward Beecher
died: IT will enter on it's second half-century I'M
der the happieSt auspices and with no sug-
geStlon Of declining usefulness
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

ell that the Siamese Government snail 'ake i"'o
lis eInploymcnt in its administrative oiice'
large number Of Freedmen. so that the KING
dom will be governed rs we'll rs oWheu py
France. -,
All this seems hard. from Il purely phlio-
sopbicaI point of view. But from the pracu-
cal poin, of view 1t is only the common lot OF
the weaker nations of the world. siam IS not
the first to suffer thus. and will not he the last
Nor Is there the slightest room for other HI
lions to reproach France for thus dealing Win
her. They have MI done il. England In lhdla'
Prussia in Poland and Hanover. Russia III III
land and Central Asia, Italy unsllccessiuliy III
AbysSnia ard the United States III Mexico anu
I'm cudntlrSS dealings with tn" Indians. nav" III
debarrcd themselves from casting even inc
smallest pebble at France. In some cases aS
conspcuously in the British occupation OF lhd'h
and Egypt. such conquest has resulted III 'hoch
practical good and thus the violation Oh ha'i'c
rights is in Il measure justified " may r"aSoh
ably bc hoped that such Will p" the case IN
siam. But the responsibility o' thps vlnhi'a'-
Ing course of arbitrary conquest IS nor hsht
one tO assume
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liberation in considering the adoption of that
measure.
The suggestion is now and then made that the
Sponish Government is DESTROYS of picking
ouarreI with this country as means OF getting
ont Of its Cuban difficulty. If it is beaten by
tho Cubans alone, and forced 10 grant them
independence it will be Inundated and perhaps
turned out of office by the indignant people, put
II II is beaten in a war with the United States
and compelled to give mp Cuba. il can WITHOUT
disbonor yield to so superior Power. mat Is
the argument But. In the first place, IL Is HOT
vet to he believed that the Spanish Government
Is animated by any such motive. No srlliclen'
nroof is forthcoming 10 warrant the crediting OF
ca unworthy charge against friendly ROVER.
And in the second place, If ii We're true II
would merely furnish an additional reason why
the United States should scrupnlouSly aVoid
giving even the slightest unnecessary cause OF
offence. If such were SPANS plan, TINS couh-
try should certainly not aid in It's fultilmen';
declining so 10 do not through fear. but through
proper prde-a pride that would not lei IL De
made the tool of any Power. But ms theory
will doubtless be dssipaled into thin air, as
innumerablc stories of ultimatuns ana war
scares have been before It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
THE PASSING or SIAM.

II Is quite safe to say that not for many years
has any monarch made n tour Of Europe who
has produced more favorable impression than
ChulalOngkOrn Of Siam. His amiability Of dis
position, his cultivated manners his shrcwd
but kindly wit and his wide and varied infor-
nation have all made him n welcome gucSt
wherever he has gone. In view Of This If is
disappointing 10 have 10 record that his visit
was an entire failure in respect TO its prime OH
jcct, but such is unhappy the fact He visited
Europe In hope of enlisting European sympathy
IN his behalf that might aid in preserving his
realm from Spoliation. That hope has not been
realized and lac goes back 10 Siam with the de-
pressing Consciousness that he is left to stand
alone against an overwhelming force. which
Will presently swallow up the meagre remnant
of his kingdom which is now left 10 him. \
few years ago France seized large share of
Siam. She is now about to take the bulk of
what is left, while Great Britain may crcdi-
bly, be expected to assume control Of all the re-
mainder.
The French annexed, it will be remembered
the whole east bank of the Mekonc. and COM
PEELED the Siamese TO agree not TO fortify any
place within twenty kilometres of the west
bank. Now they demand that the unfortiiicd
zone shall be indefinitely extended at their
pleasure: In brief, that Siam shall not construct
any Notifications anywhere without French per
mission. That is n pretty hard condition 10
Impose upon sovereign State. II destroys its
sovereignty, and reduces il TO the rank of n
vassal. Nor Is that all. The further demand
* made that French authority shall he para
mount wherever there are French proteges. not
alone Frenchmen but any natives who have
embraced Christianity according to the crceds
Of France. AS such may he found scattered
ell over Sinm, the effect OF this demand. If en-
forced. would evidently be French sovereignty
over the whole country. Finally, II Is demand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
PERSONAL.

8. Asbjornsen. a sculptor OF Chicago. has just
completed bust OF the late Professor Fl. II.
Boyesen. Of this city.
Karl Sonntag. formerly OF the bestknown
German actors and brother of the famous singer
Henrietta Sonntag, Is living In close retirement
in Dresden, where he recently celebrated his
seventeen birthday. He began his career In Han
over IA "a comedian. and was II lifelong friend OF
Iaube. He has written Il volume OF memories and
ono on matters connected with the stage that have
been highly praised
During Dr. Nansen's recent visit to New Haven
where he lectured on November .. he manifested
special Interest In the Yale Museum. and in the
collection of vertebrate fossils from the West there
exhibited. One reason tor this interest was
planned at n breakfast given TO him the next day
by Professor Marsh, who invited "A number of Yale
seientine men 20 meet him. It seems that about
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nlleen years ago. when Professor Marsh's exnior..
ions N the Rocky Mountains were in full swing ~
seaty needed competent assistants to aid h,r, 4.
MS researches especially to take charge OF bis
various parties engaged in field work Just thar
some Ensish friends travelling in Norway ca,,ed
HIS attention to young naturalist who had
SHOWN great daring and ability In collecting IN.
sheie'ons OF whales along the coast Of Norway
ana had brought them together In the museum AZ
bergen "here he was an assistant with small pav
ana little hope of advancement. The suggestion
that he should go to America and aid Professor
Marsh In his Rocky Mountain work fired the inn
agination or this young beginner In science and n.
was enthusiastic 10 start ~ giving up tina
study OF recent whales TO dig cut the bones a.
their ancestors and other strange beasts in tbs
TAR West. Before arrangements for his denarturs
could be concluded. however, received such pro-
70 remain in his fatherand and pursue the ca reer
that his Viking ancestry had marked out for him
Jhls young naturalist WAS Nansen then about
twenty years Of age Had he gone to the New
World he would doubtless have added Important
chapters TO the history Of American palaeontoloey
would have lost the great discoveries which he has
since made IN The far North
Tolstoi is suffering from an affiictlon that mak4s
surgical operation Immediately necessary There
IL swelling his right check that must be cut
away. ms general health, however, gives no cause
for anxiety
Tn. Rev. Dr.. ". H. P Faunce pastor Of the
Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, in this city will
serve this year one Of the preachers 10 Harvard
University. This involves a residence OF three
weeks at Harvard In the autumn and three weeks
in the spring. Dr. Faunce will begin his first term
of office tomorrow. During his absence his pulpit
VIII he occupied by tho assistant minister. the Rev
!. W. Richardson. Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall and
Dr.. Wayland Hoyt.
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"to fire by his eloquence or infame by hyster-
zeal APPEALS any body of voters 10 disregard
either the rights or interests of others or the
claws made for the protection Of all? Is there
no fear of Organism here then? Was that talk
about anarchy which must be put down Ill Il
bluff? II looks when these anarchists of
October are praised thus in November as the
savlors Of the city and the rcstorers Of good
government:
So far as the county officers Of New-York are
concerned there Is likely to be an Improvement
in their administration rather than a Geterlora-
ton after January l.
And again hear In, glad refrain repeated:
4 responsible municipal administration In the
City Hall in city and county departments after
January | will be beneficial no doubt. 10 the
material interests Of all the people Of the city,
and an improvement, in every particular. over
the present style Of municipal management.
Gardiner furnished the campaign cry: "To
hell with reform" The Sun pays him. too "A
gracious tribute and echoes his sentiments,
Away with Warning and clean streets. Away
with the Health Board and low death rate
Away with police restriction on open vice. Hail
the new improvements Of its friends. the Bry
antics "on the present style of municipal man
agcmcnt"'
What happy homecoming IT must he to the
old hearth where Tweed gathered choice spirits
around him. where Croker came TO rest. where
Wissg chccrcd the heart with RahclaiSan
hUmor. where Scannci told Of his prowcSs ana
his trials. where Hill came to plan campaigns
where Platt came to trade, Happy the home
coming. And yet sad. For
There is no fresde, howsoe'er defended,
But has ore vacant chair.
Tweed is no longer by the hcarthstone. Ana
there is no statue to pcrpetuate his memory II
is cherished only in the affections OF "'The sun
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07
PLrNOfTH CHTRCHS SEUJ-CENTENNI4L

PLlNOi tn CHtRCHS SEHiCENTENNIAL.
Almost II full year has passed since the at
tention Of our neishbors IN Brooklyn was cen
tired on the series Of celebrations In honor Of the
completion OF DR.. Storrs's fifty years as pastor
OF the Church Of the Pilgrims Although the
younger man. Or Storrs entered on his ministry
in Brooklyn year earlier than Mr. Beecher
who was ordained as pastor of Plymouth Church
on November H. 1917. At the time OF his death
Mr.. Beccher had nearly completed ministry
OF forty years In the city with which the greater
part OF his illuStrl0us life was Identified The
celebration which will begin in Plymouth
Church to-day has double object: first, to
honor the memory Of Henry Ward Bcecher and
note IN fitting way the scmi-ccntcnary Of the
church which was the chief centre from which
his influence radiated; and. second to glance
ahead as well as behind. and consider the duties
Of the present and The immediate future.
The celebration OF the actual anniversary of
Mr.. Beechers ordination. next Thursday even
Ing, VIII be marked by addresses dealing with
the theological and social problems that are
pressing for solution The speakers on that 90
casion will he Dr. Gordon. Of Boston; DR.. Glad
den, of Columbus, Ohio, and President Tucker
OF Dartmouth College. The preacher in Ply
mouth Church today win be Dr.. Berry, of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

with apologies To- Frederick Louis
Here lies Quigg.
Whose head was once so big
II might have been his Master
Smashed In the same disaster,
But since It's only Quigg.
Why. no one cares a fig"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

BY n typographical error III" names of two OF
the members of the International Sealing Com
mission are interchanged IN the legend beneath
the group picture printed on page of the
Illustrated Supplement to-day. The member
represented standing on the extreme right OF the
picture is VI. dc Routkowsky. and the one sit
ting on the right cat General Fosters left hand
Is NJ de valiant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

The signing Of the sealing treaty between
Russia. Japan and the United states ~ an agree
able incident. But what pity 1t IS that Cana
dian obstreperousness kept Great Britain from
also being a party to It,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

So his election to one OF the most important
Offices in the world cost Mir. Van Wyck only
$l5S 10 That dirt cheap to be sure. Bat
some one must have spent n lot in his behalf.
who did 1t? And what does he expect to get
for IL?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

It was simply vile treachery. and was n result
for which the conspirators had worked from the
beginning. -(The New-York Sun.
Speaking OF treachery, who knitted Hancock?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

II ia ali well enough to send out n search expe-
dition for Andree, but the chances Of finding him
are almost hopele5sly remote. The Polar basin
is n big region. and there is no telling to what
part Of II his airship may have been blown.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-07

Sharp frosts in the South have warned Yellow
Jack that he is out Of season. and the people are
correspondirgly cheerful In that part Of the
country, though the bears of Wall Street still
appear to lie scared.
The Red Cloud chief., 1897-10-15
SALE OF LOTS and LANDS
WEBSTER COUNTY, NEBRASKA,
Delinquent Taxes.

The following described lands. city and village
lots, Webster county. Nebraska, on which the
taxes Tor 1896 have not been paid. will be offered
Tor sale ut the treas1rer's Office In said county ON
the nrst Monday in November, 1897. sale to con
;inue from day to day until all nre offered.
j. =. WHITE,
County Treasurer.