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Another Diamond Jubilee.

Preparations arc making for another
diamond Jubilee" says the Westminster
Gazette, which, Judging from the wide
spread popularity Of the man whose works
and memory are to be celebrated, will
throw the recent celebration of Queen VIo-
ToRIA into total eclipse. 1t will take place
during the present year, and Is to be In honor
Of Sir ISAAC PITMAN, who was known
throughout the shorthand world as the
Father Of Photography" and whose obit-
uary was printed a few months ago.
In 1887 he invented and introduced a
system Of shorthand writing, arranged In
accordance with the principles of pho
netics, and called the Pitman photography.
And ever since it's birth, that method Of
abbreviated writing has, to q great extent,
been used in every civilized country on the
globe. There are to-day many thousands of
Pitmanites, and the systems and so.called
systems of shorthand evolved from the
foundation laid by that inventor may be
counted by dozens.
1t is reported that the diamond jubi-
lee" or "s~exagenary," as some stenogra-
pliers prefer to call it. is awakening espe-
cial interest In England, Australia, New
Zealand, the Cape, India, Italy, Can
ada, and the United States. Persons
skilled in the art of forming "pen and
ink skyrockets" are busily organizing
committees In order that the affair may be
q genuine success. A shorthand congress is
soon to be held in London, at which papers
will be read on the scope, development,
and usefulness of the Pitman photography.
Unlike the Victoria jubilee, that of the
stenographers is expected to be celebrated
In several places. In many large cities
throughout the world the twisters of pot
hooks are likely to drop their pencils for a
day or two and express their views upon
the achievements of the Father Of Pho
biography"
TIL works of Sir ISAAC PITMAN merit all
the gratitude that his survivors In the
shorthand field can bestow, and the six
tieth anniversary Of photography should
be COMMUNICATED appropriately. For tho
benefit Of our English friends, however, it
may be we'll to suggest here that, pending
this diamond Jubilee" Americas ad.
mirers Of the veteran photographer would
prefer not to ave the enthusiasm cabled
In advance"
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way. Returned Italians became che emile
saries that caused the o~utpouring Of emil.
grants to the Argentine Republic and to
this country, temporarily augmented by
the victory Of King MENELEK's army over
the Italians last year.
The Slovaks, sometimes called Hunga
rians, who have gone back to their own
country, have made notable progress In
political idess, and in municipal affairs
have brought them into play. A story Is
told of a municipal election In a Slovak
village in Hungary where the Magyar OF.
hcal, ignorant, as most Of them are, Of any
language but his own, was conducting 1t
In the usual way. The people were sum
moned at an early hour Of the morning,
I'M the Magyar announced that he NOM
mated this one and that one, and that they
must vote for them. Among the assembled
peasants there happened to be q number
who had returned from this country after
working several years in the same gang
with n of themselves as foreman.
Having saved a little money, they
had gone back and taken up land
to farm, but they still retained their
knowledge Of the English, or, as
they called It, the American language,
which they had picked up. On the morn
Ing In question the foreman was among
those assembled. When the Magyar off,
cial had finished reading the names of the
men he had selected to be voted for, and
had instructed the assembly as to its duty,
the foreman turned to the crowd and called
out: "Boysl there is nothing for us to do
here this morning and we can go home"
On this they all filed out of the building,
leaving the bewildered official to himself.
In his report to the chief authority of his
district, saying that the election had not
taken place, he explained that one of the
men present had said something to the
meeting in a language he had never heard
before, and that thereupon they all marched
out Of the building.
Under the new influences carried back
from America, those Europeans are get
ting beyond the old-time control of
their Governments. 1t was the Ameri-
can idea Of liberty disseminated among
the Armenians of Turkey by returned
emigrants and the American schools
scattered through the country that at last
made the yoke Of the Turk unbearable.
And it was the teaching of the American
school at ~Constantinople that formed the
men who for the past twenty years have
governed and administered Bulgaria.
Busted with the affairs Of their everyday
life, the American people are mostly un.
conscious of the power Of their influence
over the world at large in ideals and in
practice, and it is just possible that when
the Emperor WILLIAM described the Amer.
lean Republic as the real danger to Europe
he may have meant it in a political as well
as an economic sense.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
Rainier or Tacoma?

One might as safely haunt a red rag in
the face of u spirited bull as call the great
volcanic peak, southeast of Puget Sound,
Mount Tacoma, when a Seattle man is
near. On the other hand, If he refers to
the distinguished summit as Mount Raj
nicr, he is likely to DO the victim of per-
sonal violence II a Tacoma man is by.
1t is narrowing to be impaled on either
horn of the dilemma. Our advice to all
visitors to Puget Sound Is to do as the
Romans do when in Rome. Shout for Mount
Rainier in Seattle, hurrah for Mount Taco
ma in Tacoma, and II you really cannot
defer thus far to intense local ~prejudiceH,
gaze on the great peak, when the clouds
will let you, In rapt admiration, and keep
YOU mouth shut.
OF course THE Sun knew, when 1t per-
mitted Ito correspondent In Tacoma. on
Thursday morning, to allude in these col
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rency, those wants and demands are past
finding out. II they are dependent for
"such knowledge and observation" on a
rowing commission Of bankers appointed by
Mr.. GAGE, they must be without intelli-
gence and utterly unfit to DO in Congress,
to which they were sent especially to repre-.
sent their constituents convictions and
wishes as to that very subject. Is not this
a representative Government, and how can
the varying conditions" of the people Of
the republic be represented better thar by
the men they send to Congress1
Mr.. CAGES rowing commission could
gather nothing in tho way Of "sugges.
lions" which would be new or valuable to
Congress, and which would accordingly
command the most serious attention of
Congress-" Bankers conventions have al.
ready threshed out that subject. More
over, there is no "solid groundwork Of
facts on which a new currency system
might be based" obtainable by n com-
mission or by anybody. Our existing cur
rency system has a "solid groundwork"
The people do not want any radical
changes in our present financial scheme"
except the Organizes, who want spe-
officially and solely the free coinage Of
silver at 10 to l and even their delusion
Is vanishing under the influence of the
hard facts of the situation and of common
sense. Mr.. CAGES suggestion Of a new
currency system" and of radical changes"
Is not the outcome Of the mind of a states
man and a great flnancier, but an express
sion of the narrower views of a professional
banker. 1t is mischievous so far as its in
fuence extends, and fortunately that is not
far beyond the banking community, which
hopes to profit by it. 1t is not supported by
any wide popular favor, but would be re-
jected by the vast majority Of the people II
they had a chance to vote on it.
The people are sati6ed with their cur
rency rs it is. 1t is the best they have ever
had. Every dollar of every issue is as good
as gold. The money has the Government
stamp and the credit of the Government Is
behind It; they want no better. Certainly
they could get no better If Mr.. CAGES plan
of q bank currency as a substitute for 1t
was carried out. They would rather get a
far inferior currency.
Our advice to President MCKINLEY Is
that he suggest to his Secretary of the
Treasury that he let the money of the peo-
pie alone; stop talking about it, and reserve
his powers and his diligence for the man.
agement of the routine business of the Treas
ury. A banker and a statesman competent to
handle the large and complicated problems
of public finance are different characters.
Each may be distinguished in his appro-
pirate place and function, but rarely in his
tory have the two been joined to form a
great master of finance; and the outgiv-
ings Of Mr.. GAGE do not indicate that he
Is such an exception to the rule.
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Mr.. Fosters Errand.

The Presidents Special Commissioner on
the sealing question. Mr.. JOHN w. FOSTER,
has wound up his mission to Europe with a
partial success, which is not unlikely to
lead to a complete settlement.
The primary purpose of the Admins
tration was undoubtedly to secure Eng
lands consent to u modus vtrendt pro-
hibiting all sealing in Behring Sea this
year. and until an International conference
should be held, and new regulations agreed
upon. We did not succeed in procuring the
modus rirendi, and sharp complaint against
England's delays, making that result i'm
possible, followed in the famous despatch
to Mr.. HAY. But the conference is pro-
vided for. and to that extent Mr.. FosTER's
mission becomes u triumph.
There is good reason to hope, therefore,
that pelagic sealing in the year 1893 will
be carried out under greater restrictions,
and in that case we shall gain at least one
year upon the period for revision set in the
Paris award. Lord SALISBURY has in
sisted hitherto on taking the benefit
of the full five years before resorting to
these more stringent rules. Our country
has urged, and until now in vain, that as the
rules proved to be obviously inadequate for
their avowed purpose the first year they
were tried, they ought to be modified by
mutual consent as soon as possible.
Now, at last, Mr.. FOSTER comes back
with England's consent to hold n confer
ence at Washington in October, and Russia
and probably Japan will take part. OF
course, it is possible that this conference
may do nothing but compare notes but it
Is difficult to believe that 1t will adjourn
without definite recommendations to the
different Governments concerned, and, If 80,
those recommendations can easily be car
ried into effect early in mex year.
Thus the vigorous language of the recent
dispatches, which the London newspapers
and their few American imitators professed
to consider so ~unmannerly, has at least Sc
cured England's attention to o subject
hitherto shamefully neglected by her. Pc
lagic sealing has once more opened in Beh-
ring Sea, the prescribed date being Aug. 1,
but we may hope hat thisis the very last
season that it will be carried on under the
present wholly inadequate rules.
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The New Laws for Cyclists.

Now that the weather promises to be
kind to bicyclists for a time, an opportunity
will be afforded to test the efficiency of the
new road ordinances. bike cops" will have
their eyes wide open, and riders who are
u~nacquainted with the new law. Indifferent
to its commands, or overzealous in their
sport. will probably be called to account in
short order. The new rules are not difl.
cult to remember and are easy to obey.
In fact, cautious wheelmen have observed
them substantially for a long time back.
Every careful rider has carried a bell, and
has used 1t whenever necessary; he has
sounded 1t when passing other wheels from
behind, and, If among a lot of vehicles, has
also sounded 1t when turning corners. He
has refrained from coasting within the city
limits, and has kept his pace within eight
miles an hour. He has never whirled
around street corners rapidly, and has re.
spected the right Of pedestrians to the ex-
elusive use of the sidewalks.
1t is the riders who nave been unmind-
full Of their own and other peoples safety in
the past that will have to wake up now and
change their habits. Good evidence that
the wlld-eyed. monkey-backed scorcher still
thrives was furnished last Thursday night,
when In about five hours the bicycle squad
of this city broke all of their previous rec
ords by arresting twenty.four wheelmen for
scorching or riding without lights. BY way
Of advice to all cyclists alike, it should be
said that next to always having perfect con-
troll of the wheel it is a wise plan to make
frequent use of the bell.
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umns to mount Tacoma," that there
would soon be q storm In the air. The
first breath of II has arrived in the shape OF
a letter signed Seattle" and 1t contain
such expressions as "some insignificant
correspondent" "a astardly piece OF
monumental imagination"
When a Tacoma engineer sent to II
Sun the best map made, up to that time, OF
the great mountain, showing all its glaciers,
valleys, and streams, IL would have been
really indelicatc to outrage the tenderost
feelings Of the city where the char origin
ated by emitting 1t anything else than
"a Map Of Mount Tacoma" When Seattle
sends news to THE SUN, exclusive and
authentic, that the hoary old peak has
burst again into flame and smoke, 1t Is
highly probable that this newspaper Will
announce that Mount Rainier Is getting
frisky and IL both cities send interesting
details it may be proper to the
difficulty and burden the old volcano with
the hyphenated name, "Rainler.Tacoma.
1t is only fair to say that our Board on
Geographic Names, contrary to the prevail
ing usage in the Royal and other geographic
cal societies, which declare In favor OF re-
tanning aboriginal names, has adopted the
name mount Rainier" which also appears
in many of the best aliases. All honest
writers, however, will recognize the fact
that in daily, ordinary usage the mountain
goes under two distinct names. Our dis.
~tinguished g%eologist and g%eographer, Mr..
G. X. GILBERT, did his duty in this regard,
when he wrote, over a year ago.:
VANCOUVER, the navigator. who saw the peak from
Puget Sound in 1903, named II In honor Of Admiral
RAINIER OF the British Navy. More recently. Tacoma,
one OF its indian names, has been revived. and cur
rent usage Is divided"
Meanwhile the old mountain will remain
one Of the most splendid SUBMITS In Amer
lea; and the petty chickering's Of rival COM
munities over Its name can never disturb
the calmness of its majesty.
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Minister Hoshi and MARQUIS Ito.

The Japanese Minister at Washington in
his formal rejoinder to Mr.. SHERMAN, and
the distinguished Japanese statesman now
travelling in Europe in his informal talks,
lave lately told US more regarding the atti-
tude of Japan toward the United States.
Japan. as we understand the case, does
not expect to prevent our annexation Of
Hawaii, but would like to have us agree in
advance to continue to her subjects there
all the privileges they now enjoy. We ob-
serve no threat from Japan, no intimation Of
the possibility of wal. Indeed Marquis Iro,
who is now out of power, and talks therefore
with freedom, scouts the notion that Japan
will go to war II we do not give her what
she wants and, If correctly reported, he
does not expect to see her objection to an
%nexation go beyond the stage of protest.
His mention of the encouragement and sup
port which modern Japan has received
from the United States far more than from
any European country, clearly indicates his
own spirit in this matter.
Minister HosHI is naturally more guard.
ed but his last communication is an ami
cable array of reasons why Japan would
rather have Hawaii Independent thar a
part of the United States. He exaggerates
the objections to this change. One of
them-that the few remaining independ-
ent groups, like Samoa, may be grabbed
by other powers under the revival of
a covetous spirit stimulated by our
annexation of Hawaii, land the last yes.
tige of native autonomy would disappear
is peculiar. He would have us refrain from
annexing Hawaii lest we stir up European
greed, and the remote concern of Japan is
that, If the remaining islands should be
seized, she might find her growing Pacific
interests curtailed.
OF course, however, his main arguments
are concerned directly with Hawaii, where
Mr.. HosHI thinks that Japan's trade will
be hurt by annexation. This is true posi-
bly,. But can it be seriously expected that,
If the Hawaiian Government applies for
admission to the American Union, aud we
consent, and both countries will be greatly
benefited thereby, both shall forego these
mutual benefits because Japan, a third
party, may find herself worse OFF,
We think that Mr.. HosHI's hypothetical
perils and losses of privileges will turn out
to be exaggerated. AS to the vested rights
of the Japanese In Hawaii, those, as Mr..
SHERMAN says, are secure. Arbitration
willdispose of a whole group of Mr.. HosuI's
objections, namely, those founded on the
delay to provide for certain claims. AS
to his assertion that the extension of our
customs and navigation laws to Hawaii
will hurt Japanese trade, we can only ex.
press our regret, while pointing out that
we can hardly be expected to give up an.
nexing Hawaii on that account. Our tariff
and ship laws give trouble to other nations
besides Japan, but we legislate for our.
selves, not for them.
That the laws which Congress may enact
relating to Hawaii will be liberal, and that
any vested rights the latter may have will
be scrupulously respected we may conf.
IDENTIFY expect. But these are matters that
follow the consummation of the treaty.
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No Peace for Them.

DEBs, who was to the Chicago strike
whatM cLUcKIE was to Homestead, talks
this raving falsehood to the coal miners:
This is not q battle for more money or against
wages onlyi It is n battle against rags. Strikes are
regrettable. In this case Il was Unavoidable"
Now, Of course a man may strike as he
likes, provided he is no party to a contract
forbidding 1t; but DEBs's words would
have been more rational If they had not
been addressed to men upon whom every
moral influence within his power and all
violence that can get past the representa-
tires of the law are being exerted to force
them into the strike, although the most
earnest wish of many of them is that DEBs
and his agitators would leave them in peace
and labor.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-01
ware the Money Poweri


FT0m me DentsT Republioan.
IT'S quite possible that the price OF silver has been
forced downward in London for the purpose of pre-.
venting English participation In an international
bimetallic movement. II is certain that the Money
Power OF London is strongly opposed TO bImetalllsm
In any form.
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Permanently bumped.

Prom the Indianapolis Journal.
49,"
why did she do thGt2'
"NeArly all tho bosrdsn are Soorohsu.~
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u our friends uho favor US trfth manuscripts for
publication ,vfsh TO hare rejected articles returned,
thtp must In all cases send stdmps for that purpose.
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PARrs-Kiosquo No. 10, near Grand Hotel. and
Kiosque No. 10, Boulevard des Capucines.
The herald., 1897-04-04
AID ASKED
Cyclone Sufferers Make an Appeal
for Help

for Help
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 3.-The
Associated Press received by telegraph
tonight the following appeal from the
town of Chandler. oklahoma:
CHANDLER, o. T., April 3.-To
Whom it May Concern: Chandler has
been visited by an awful calamity, and
hundreds of people are now destitute of
food, clothing and shelter. and it is ne
cessary that we should have instant re-
lief or great suffering will follow Con-
tributions of money, supplies or clothing
should be sent to Glare Blunt. treasurer
of the relief committee, Chandler, O..
T." 1t is signed by William Schlagel,
president, and H. B. Gilstrap. secretary.
A KANSAS SCARE.
Topeka, Kas., April 3s-Topeka was
given a genuine cyclone scare this af-
ternoon. during which probably several
thousand persons scurried into their
cyclone cellars. At 1880 o'clock this af-
ternoon a funnel-shaped cloud came
from the western part Of the city. The
dwellings OF Samuel McLancie, Marion
Simpson, Stephen Parker and William
Riley were unroofed. and part OF the
roof OF small Methodist church was
also taken on.
The herald., 1897-04-04
WHAT IT COST
Considering the Quality, Legislation
Comes High

SANTA CRUZ, April 3-Lieutenant-
Governor Jeter. has received from the
assistant secretary Of the senate mem
orandum of the cost OF the legislature.
Tho expenditures are being figured up.
but will not be ready for publication for
several weeks.
According to the memorandum, which
compares the cost Of the legislature Of
1897 to that of 1895, the pay Of members Of
the senate of 1895. including per diem
and mileage. was $21, 1880; officers and
clerks, $6SS2; contingent expenses, $685.
900; total, sS3.22o.20. The total cost Of
the senate of 1897 was $75,6oo.4o. includ-
ing over $4,000 for contested election
cases. The senate Of 1895 had no contest
ed election cases. In 1895 the assembly
cost for members, SAL. .4Ss.2O; officers and
clerks, $3.50; contingent expenses, $62,-
1919; total, $111, 1,33S.39. The total cost
OF the last assembly was $110, ,177.40, being
$SS3s.0 Of more than the assembly OF 1895.
The herald., 1897-04-04

for permission to erect a stand in the
Greek park facing Piccadilly.
At the last ball of the Reform club ev-
cry candidate bearing a German name
was blackballed as a demonstration
against Emperor William.
1t is reported that the Jubilee peer
ages will include the grandson of Mr..
and Mrs. Gladstone.
The statement that President Faure
will visit England Is denied.
On Monday next President Faure will
receive the secretary Of the Peace So
ciety. who will present him with an in
ternational petition in favor Of arbitra-
tion 1t was written on velfum in ten
languages and Is signed by members of
religious bodies throughout Europe and
America.
DIR. Steinitz. the well-known chess
player, threatens to bring action for
damages against the United States con-
sui at Moscow and others concerned in
his detention in an asylum there.