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The times., 1897-03-13
The Cooper Union Meeting.

1t was neither nice nor wise for Mr
Wauhope Lynn, one OF tie civil justices
of New York city, to endeavor to capture
the Cooper Union mass meeting called
for the purpose of indorsing the British
arbitration treaty, and turn it The other
Way.
Mr.. Seth Low, who presided, at the
meeting, very properly said that it had
convened for the single purpose of indors-
ing the arbitration treaty, and that OPP
poncnts OF the high purpose in view bad
not been expected to take part in the pro-
ceedings. He also said that il was quite
competent for citizens disappearing OF
the treaty TO hold meetings of their own,
In all OF these remarks Mr.. Low was em-
inentiy correct, and we cannot consider
the action of the dissidents present as any
thing better than an exhibition OF very
bad taste.
Having said that much, we are unable
to escape the conviction that the episode
dlscloses a condition of public opinion on
the question of the arbitration treaty
that has not appeared very prominently
before. Probably this is because interest
III the matter has taken some time 70 perco-
late to The level of the American masses
Whether the citizens who supported the
| dennnciations Of Judge Lynn were at
ToAt
newspaper accounts seem tc indicate that
| their number was as great as that of their
| pro- arbitration antagonists
We have heard very widely and per-
| sistently from the friends OF the PROPOSE
| ton, who, indeed, have seemed Historically
| anxious TO have il rushed through before
any opposing opinion could be formulated
and organized. Now that the first shot
| from the other side has been fired, the
wisdom of holding it up for very de
Ilberate analysis and discussion does not
seem to be weakened. 1t is grave mat
ter. The treaty would be good thing
| for Great Britain, and possibly might prove
so for US. after rather heroic amendment
| and excelsior, but it should not be ratified
| too hastily or carelessiy.
British interest in the premises is IL
lustTated in remarks OF the London sat
urday Review, which observes that disap
pointment over the defeat Of the treaty
would be keener in England than here
because, for one thing, our need is i'm
measurably greater than theirs" Then
the journal refer red to continues TO dis
cuss the great advantage that would &C
crue TO Great Britain if ali danger OF
menace or interference in her plans from
this direction could be averted for the
t next five years.
When we reflect upon such expressions
! in a leading English paper, and read its
/ further opinion that the desire of the
| Senate 10 insert amendments deClaratory
OF our determination TO abide by the
Monroe doctrine and TO control the Near
augua Canal, would reduce the treaty Il
"a ridiculous abstraction and destroy
| its value, again we are glad that the
subject is still open to investigation.
The times., 1897-03-13

An interesting piece Of news comes to
us from Western Pennsylvania. 1t is
well known that the two chief losses of
Allegheny county are anti-Quay men Ma
gee and Finn by name. They VIII be
expected by their followers 70 make many
Recommendation for appointment to Of
flee under the Federal Administration. and
doubtless they VIII make them, but it IS
announced with great Confidence-and this
is why the news is interesting-that Sen
ators Quay and Penlose will have TIE pI wi
leee tEens elves OF passing upon these rec
concentrations. That is, we not only have
the additional assurance that Mr.. Nc
Kinley intends to reCoPni2e the accredited
party authorities Of the State, but he is
also prepared to have It announced that
he doesn't care who knows it.
The times., 1897-03-13
TWO SPEEDY wARSHIPS.
Great Records Made by the New
York and San Francisco.

Gratifying reports have been received at
the Navy Department mt of the speed of two
ofthe finest flagships of the Navy, under
ordinary service conditions-the New York,
of the home station, and the San Fran
cisco. of the European squadron.
The san Francisco, after her recent
;iocking and cleaning at Genoa, accord
ing to a report transmitted by Admiral
Selfridge, had run in the Mediterranean
maintaining a speed slightly i'll excess of
eighteen knots for the unusually long
period of ten hours, the record speed of
the vessel for a four-hour burst having
been nineteen and one-half knSts, this
with picked coal and crew and extreme
forced draft.
The performance of the San Francisco
in covering over so knots in ten hours
under service conditi ons, with only a
slight air pressure, is most gratifying to
Engineer in Chief Melville, as is the re-
port from Capt. Scbley, of the New York,
which recited that the New York, on her
recent voyage from Hampton Roads to
New York, kept up an eighteen-knot gait
for four hours, between known points of
the Jersey coast. This was accomplished
wholly under natural draft and with q
foul hull, as shown blythe number of revo-
lutions Of the propellers and the fact
that the vessel had been SO long out OF
dock. Capt. Schley was very proud of the
run, and expresses conviction that the
New York can make twenty-one knots
over long distances whenever haste Is
required.
The times., 1897-03-13
Wills Filed for Probate.

The will Of the late Ellen f. Cults was
filed for probate yesterday. 1t names her
daughter, Adile Cults, sole beneficiary and
executrix OF the estate. The paper bears
date of August pa, 1895
By the late Hugh McCaffrey's Will, filed
for probate yesterday, John E. Herrell and
Patrick Mahoney are made executors
Mary A. QUigley, daughter, is given
houses No. 301 Eleventh street southeast,
Nos. 3 and 5 Sixth street outhcast, and
the money he left in bank at his death.
James B. McCaffrey, a son, is given house
No. 6O2 East Capitol street William H.
McCaffrey, son, is given The adjoining
house, No. 6O4 East Capitol street, while
the house at No. 423 Corcoran street, is
left to Lizzie Manogue. q daughter. Francis
T. McCaffrey, a son, gets the house at No.
519 East Capitol street, Frank Foley. a
grandson, is left house No. 121 Eleventh
street southeast
The times., 1897-03-13
save the Forests.

II the sundry civil biIl had become a
law in the condition in which it was
sent 10 the Executive, the orders creating
twcnty-one million acres OF new forest
reservation would have been annuIled
As the bill did not become law the
ORDERS are in full force and effect and
should be allowed to remain so, unless
treiter reasons for defeating them can be
sdduced than we have so far seen.
II is not TO be doubted that vigorous
effort will be made by persons and inter-
ests opposed TO the reservations TO have
them restored 10 the public domain and
hence TO the tender mercies OF the logger
and Iumbernan. 1t may be, as alleged,
that some OF the area included does not
carry available forests Of merchantable
timber, but it is doubtless true that the
real contention is to prevent the preser-
walton of those areas which do.
1t seems rather strange, at a time when
State executives and legislatures East,
North and West, are moving strenuously
and with alarm to conserve what forest
cover the ruthless ak of man, and fires
have left to them, and when it begins To
dawn upon the people that they must pro-
tect their stream heads and watersheds
II they would have water, that there
should be such Willingness among national
legislators TO continue the old and savage
policy OF needless deforestation.
The movement against the thirteen new
reservations is robbed OF what excuse it
otherwise might have, since it is not pro-
posed TO close the included forest area
to development. That, we understand,
is TO be provided for upon a scale Of
liberality, only halting within the line
OF ultimate extinction.
The protection OF the headwaters of
The times., 1897-03-13
The Meaning of Democracy.


1t is a not uncommon thing to hear the
new Administration spoken Of as a great
success, and 10y Adninistr tration is usually
meant Mr.. Mckinley himself. 1t seems to
be for the reason that ne is approaching the
heavy tasks of his great office with sUffi-
cient seriousness; but chiefly, perhaps, that
his sympathies are democratic.
II one looks little deeply into the mat
ter, it is not hard 10 guess why these same
democratic sympathies of Mr.. Mckinley
strike the people SO Importantly, perhaps,
without their knowing the reason why. If
President receives the people freely, if
he sends their threatening police officers
away, if he takes the time To visit friend
in the hospital, if he walks down the
Avenue like anybody else, il denotes not
simply tnat a man considers himself much
as others, but rather that his educa ton,
his habits and his inbred purposes are es
sentially democratic and popular. He
probably does these things naturally; not
lOI tue tiitsp purpose Oh NlltitiiS Il uhollltn
tary approval, but because he actually
feels rs ne acts. He might not say that he
was the servant of the dear people, but he
would probably feel that he was, possibly
without realizing it fully. More than that,
having these natural sympathes, he ough [
TO Toe able TO address himself to the public
tasks before him with complete popular
appreciation and determination To do the
right and true and patriotic thing for all.
These remarks seem to apply especially
TO AIR. Mckinley. They merely happen to
do So They would be true of any man who
really feels, as the matchless Lincoln felt,
tie pulse OF the plain people, of whom lac
is one, and TO whom his powerful efforts
are naturally by the very force of his
nature dedicated unselfishIy.
The times., 1897-03-13
The RraYe EeIIenes.

The counter proposition of Greece to
Greece has been contending for, and very
nttie that her mentors want. Therefore it
VIII he received with a very bad grace;
hui Il may be accepted with nominal modi-
fications, because it has justice and right
To recommend ii, and that fact viii APP
peal to public sentiment in Western Eu-
rope IN a way that England and France
al least probably viii not ignore.
one uf the most Interesting features of
tie Greclsn trouble has been the mani
festation Of this widespread sentiment VI
Western Christianity and humanity, and
the evident power it has directly exer-
cised over the councils OF state. 1t has
l'een strong enough to modify, if not TO
change, the policies and programs OF
two great governments. 1t is an illus
trati0n Of what an enlightened and honest
public opinion can accomplish in consti-
tutional countries, where the representa-
tive organization is subject TO sutlden rev
oiution whenever national sentiment de
mands IL. Under similar circumstances
in this country public opinion might rage
until it was black in the face, without
avail As against the policy or conduct of
aH administration and u Congress indie
pendent OF constituencies during fix ed
term.
1t is possible after all that our institu-
tions may not be as nearly perfect as they
might ne. if the United States in future
is to 5e seriously regarded as a govern
nent uf the people, by and for the people.
or late years the people have had very
little influence in its affairs. beyond ac-
cepunc promises of politicians and there
upon electing irresponsible masters at
given intervals.
It's rather notifying to American pride
t. think that strong, centralized govern
ments like those OF Great Britain and
France dare not disobey the mandates OF n
public sentiment, that MIR. Cleveland and
Mr.. Oiney would have laughed at.
The times., 1897-03-13
PRESIDENT kRUGER'S HOPE.
Expects to See Union OF the
Whole OF Africa.

London, March ia dispatch from
Bloemfontein, the capital OF the Orange
Free State, says that President Kruger is
visiting that place, with a view to the ar
rangemcnt OF closer union with the Trans
vaal. At a luncheon, at which he was
entertained, the Boer president, reply
ing to n toast by President Stein, said he
was not there TO controvert the queens
rights. Time, he said. would show that he
had always defended her majesty, and lie
had told the people TO respect her.
He expressed hope that the two republics
would form indissoluble ties, but he fever
entertained any idea OF the Free State be-
ing absorbed by the Transvaal. The Boer
president said he was aware that he must
abide by the London convention; but the
queen was a troublesome woman, and it
was, consequently, necessary to deal with
the question of union very cautiously.
He concluded by a pressing hope that
some day he would see union OF the
whole OF Africa
The times., 1897-03-13
Living on a Salary.

When men and women who have stated
salaries howl about hard times and put
the shopkeepers off with the plea that
money is scarce. these persons are living
too fast The only way to live happily Is
TO size up ones means, and live within
them.
Going in debt for things that can be
gotten along without; trying to make q
So 900 salary do the work of $4,000, is
what ruins tempers, brings gray hairs
about the temples, fills suicides graves,
and breaks up homes. The tendency OF
the time is to initiation: happiness lies in
the other direction, and the women OF the
home can have a wholesome Influence in
the right direction il they but eX ert them
selves.
Many man is started on the unsafe
path by the demands OF selfish wife for
more than he can honestly furnish her in
the way of house and personal adornment.
No man will go very far wrong whose wife
ex erts the right Influence over him.-Phila
delphia Press.
The times., 1897-03-13
What Mr.. Gage Expects.

They say that people die in this office =
said Mr.. Gage the other day. They say
that the work and responsibilities here
killed Daniel Aannin gand Judge Folger, and
/ shall take warning by their example.
propose to run this Department ON busf
ness principles. / do not intend TO do all
the work myself. l want competent aud
faithful assistants, and shall hold them re-
sponsble for their several departments.
do not expect to do more than direct the
policy and exercise general oversight
over affairs. If anybody has got to die
here during this administration we viii
kill off the Assistant Secretaries" s."-ChicagO
Record.
The times., 1897-03-13
BURIAL OF ArToRNkY JOHNSON.
The Funeral Services Were Held
at Oak Hill Chapel.

The funeral services OF the late John j.
johnson, the welI-known member of the
District bar, were held yesterday afternoon
at 4 clock at oak Hill Chapel.
Rev. y K. Stuart, pastor OF Christ Church,
Georgetown, officiated. There were many
beautiful floral offerings. one Of them be-
ing a handsome broken column from the
nicces of the deceased.
The pallbearers We're c. c. Willard, VIII
lam b Todd, DR.. w. ). McNairy. Hon Lemon
G Hine. w j. Miller, K. ] Meigs, j. Il. Cor
don ana S. l.. Phillips.
Interment was at OAK Hin Cemetery.
At special meeting called for the pur-
pose Yesterday at 2.3O p. IN, the District
Bar Association met and adopted the fol-
lowing resolutions:
The death Of John J. johnson brings
TO the members of the Bar Association OF
the District OF Columbia sense OF per
sonal as well as of professional loss. one
OF the few SURVIVORS of the bar OF the old
circuit court, his life was a connecting
link between the traditions OF past and
the events of our own generation His
professional isttainments were such as 70
attract attention and to demand respect.
But admirable as these were, we find to
day q keener sense OF loss when we realize
that his abundant sympathy, his never fan
ing kindness. his eyer-ready helpfulnesS to
the younger men OF the bar are now Cnly
tender recolIections. How sacred they
make his memory we desire to testify by
these last words of affection, es TEEN and
regret.
Therefore we request that the United
States Attorney for this district present
,hese proceedings TO the court OF appeals
and the supreme court OF this district, and
ask that they be recorded in their minutes.
That we attend the funeral OF our de-
ceased brother in body.
That a copy OF these resolutions be sent
to his family"
The resolutions were prepared by com
mittee, consisting OF K. Ross Perry. Ma
thaniel Wilson, William T. Mattingly,
Joseph Barnard, William j. Miller, and j.
H Gordon.
The times., 1897-03-13

II seems like pretty risky business some
times TO apply for office Ones record
is likely 20 he examined SO closely. Here
is the Assistant Secretaryship OF the Navy,
for example, for which it is said Mr..
the candidates who We're formerly in the
naval service are shown ny the records
of the Department to have been court
martialed, and one was sentenced to dis
missal from the service. Yet another was
suspended from duty for seventeen months
for non-payment OF his debts. Yet these
last three are making a very strong race
for the position, as il they expected that
they mad some chance
The times., 1897-03-13
Mountaineering in Switzerland.

Miss Annie S. Peck, A NJ, of Providence,
r. l., iectured under the auspices of the
National Geographic Society at Congrega-
tional Church last night. The large au.
dience represented Washington's most cui-
tured set, and that it appreciated the
artistic and literary value of the recital
was evidenced by frequent rounds OF ap-
plause. Mount aineering in the Tyrol aud
Switzerland, including an ascent of the
Matterhorn,' embodied q memory OF the
speakers own perilous journey up the
heights of the, earth's most inaccessible
peak. The story was told with forceful
simplicity and illustrated with realistic
views OF ayalanches, crevasses, chalets,
guides and snow-capped mountains that
gave the "Reminiscences an atmospheric
charm.
The times., 1897-03-13
COST OF ILLuMISATrNG GAS.
Interesting Contribution on the Sub
ject From Con sui fancy.


Consul J. b. Taney the United Statesrep-
resentative at Belfast, has made report
to the state Department upon the subject
of illuminating gas in that city, which is
Of local interest Mr.. Taney notes that d
reduction has been made in the price Of
illuminating gas 10 consumers from Sc
cents per 1000 feet to so cents.
Mr. Taney says the present discussion
in some OF the cities in the United states
OF the cost OF Illuminating gas has sug-
gested that it would be Of interest to learn
that the city COUNCIL, which controls the
gas works of Belfast, has reduced the
price to consumers beginning with the
current quarter.
This charge, he says, is subject TO dis
according TO the consumption above so, coo
cubic feet There was a net revenue
derived when gas cost SO cents per ! 900
feet, and that revenue was disposed OF in
the erection OF new works, Investments i'll
meters, contributions To the public library,
parks and other benefactions.
The cost OF the manufacture Mr.. fancy
says, has been very much reduced since the
use of cannel coal was displaced by the in
PRODUCTION OF carburetted water gas, which
is nearly one-third OF the output OF coal
gas. The latter yields sixteen candle
power, while the combination reaches eigh-
teen candle power.
The times., 1897-03-13
Try, Try Again.
For hiccoughs, small piece of ice
Or, a lump of sugar wet with vinegar

For hiccoughs, small piece of ice
Or, ,aIump OF sugar wet with vinegar.
For the beginning of a felon, wrapping
cotton around the finger, wet in camphor
gum dissolved in alcohol.
For burn, wetting cloths in one small
teaspoonful of soda IN one pint OF equal
parts of hot water and milk.
For lime in the eye, a weak solution of
vinegar followed by olive oil dropped in
For choking, raising the right arm high.
TO stop bleeding, salt and flour, halt
and half.
For an abscess, n linseed poultice.
For torpiG liver, eating a lemon before
breakfast for Il weak.
Or drinking the juice of half a lemon
in cup of hot water before breakfast
For insomnia, rubbing the flesh at night
briskly with Il flesh brush.
For seal DIS or burns, baking soda
Philadelphia Record.
The times., 1897-03-13

1t is evidently going to be useless. as
has already been predicted with conf
dence in these columns, for the Repub-
hcan Senators to try to seat the appointed
Senators from Oregon and Kentucky. The
precedcnts are all against it, and even if
the Republican leaders were not afraid
to override precedent, as they might not
be under other circumstances, they have
not the votes with which to succeed. Mr.
Hanna has already laid his plans, how
ever, by which the governors of Oregon
and Kentucky are expected TO call special
sessions OF the State legislatures, and
these, it is believed, will elect Repub-
Iican Senators, who viii vote with the
Administration people for the much-vaunt-
ed new tariff bill. 1t cannot be certain,
The times., 1897-03-13
BENTON McMILLIN HONOR ED
Made Chairman of the Executive
Committee af Dempcratic Clubs.

Hon. Benton +. McMlliB, of Tennessee,
has been appointed chairman of the execu-
tive committee OF the Association of Demo
cratic Clubs. The other members of the
committee will he announced very shortly.
The former chairman was Hon. William L.
Wilson, but owing TO his position in the
last campaign he did not act, and Mr..
McMllin was named as chairman, render
ing excellent service as SUCH
Several other members OF the committee
failed u give their support TO the Demo
cratic candidates and platform, so Presi-
dent Black has declared il his intention
that no one will he upon the committee in
the future but those who will always
Loyalty support the Democratic platform
and candidates. Most OF the arrangements
for the coming celebration or Jefferson 5
birthday viii devolve upon the chairman OF
the executive committee, which is the
principal cause for announcing the ap-
pointment of Mr.. McMillin at this time.
Tie principal feature OF the anniversary
viii he the dinner at the Metropolitan Hotel,
on Tuesday, April 13 next, which will be
a. subscription affair, as was the first an
niyersary dinner, in 1880.
The times., 1897-03-13
MAINTAINS HER INNOCENCE.
Josephine Bragg May BE Released
and Sent TO Her Father.

Chicago, March ia new feature in
connection with the attempted murder of
Mrs. Catherine E Bragg presented itself
today, in the disappearance OF $4,000
worth Of diamonds, supposed to have been
concealed in the fiat at No. 211 Thirty
first street. where the mysterious shoot
ing occurred.
Josephine Rosso Bragg is the legitimate
daughter OF Ernest j. Parker, OF Lynn,
Mass, She was legally adopted by Mir
and Mrs. Bragg when she was but three
months old. Mrs. Bragg, it is said. has
requested that the rather be notified and
requested to again take charge OF his
Child, whom he has not seen III sixteen
years. According TO This it is expected
that Mrs Bragg will ask for the release
of Josephine by the police
Josephine still maintains her Innocence
She does not know that she has parent
living in Lynn, Mass. hut will probably be
apprsed Of the fact today.
The times., 1897-03-13
Voted to Admit Women.

Annapolis, Nd, March 12.-The third
days session of the Washington conference
was held today, Bishop Newman presid-
ing. A committee, headed by Rev. j. L.
Thomas, was appointed TO visit Mckinley
on Tuesday. The appointments will be an
nounceu on Monday. A vote of the con-
ference on the admission of women lis
delegates to the general conference re-
suited For, 1u7; against, 8. Equal lay
with ministerial representation: For, s.;
against la.
The times., 1897-03-13
IRON TRADE IMPROVED.
An Order for Fifty-nine Thousand
Tons of Steel Rails.

New York, March 12.-The Engineering
and Mining Journal viii report tomorrow
that Improvement in the iron trade is
manifest, and the activity in the steel
rail trade seems to he gradually extending
to other departments.
There isan increased dnovenlentin foundry
iron and more inquiry for structural and
bridge material, several large cuntrac cts for
the latter being on the markets. The only
heavy order fer steel rails reported for this
week is for SO 600 tons for the Atchison,
divided between the Illinois Steel and Car
negie companies at about $1s, Chicago de
livery.