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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

49,. and covornor Black have refused to inter-
fore with the course Of justice
,fcKane,s term of imprisonment Will emo next
Anr,, He will suffer no great hardship IN sing
Sing before that time. If he had still iohs
sentence TO serve, plty-if special reason lor
n,tv could be shown-might be thought 10 ou'-
weigh regard for the majesty or law. bu'
whom pardon will really save the convict
LITTLE suffering, but only serve to Dreak the
force of the laws condemnation of pecuhariy
DANGEROUS crime there can be no excuse Tor
Executive clemency The effort of Mchanes
friends is not directed to relieving him from
IMPRISONMENT. but to rehabiitating him in pup
liz estimation and restoring to him pohtlcai
rights which he forfeited by his crimes and
cannot recover except by affirmative action OF
the Governor For just that reason they should
not be successful The general puolic mas no
personal hard feeling toward Mckane, ana
would as soon see him enjoying 1reeuoii as
any other convict. But it has decided interest
in not having the Government announce mat
he who commits crime against the suffrage Is
more TO be considered than the burglar or
horsethief. Nobody will pretend that any or
binary criminal would have his term shortened
without more reason than can be pleaded IN
the case of McKane, and therefore clemency
10 him would he leniency to his offence.
ANY restoration to citizenship in this case
wou,d be particularly unfortunate. The forger
who commits a crime against an Individual
might plead with some show of reason tnat'
having squared accounts with the STATE anu
started out to lead an homes: life. he should
he permitted voice in the government But
the man who attacks the Government Itself
through the ballot-box should forever be ex-
cluded from participation in the trust which ne
has betrayed An attack upon the purity Oh
the ballot is moral treason, for it strikes at the
Government itself, and the traitor should never
again be put on guard or admitted to the coun'
Gil chamber Of his country. Mckane has no
claim to clemency. His conviction was just
his sentence was not too severe for his crime.
He did not fall unwarly into the clutches OF
the law, but for years followed deliberately
criminal course, and finally dared to defy the
processes OF courts Nor was he man or gOod
intentions, whose crimes may be classed as
political" He has been shown to have been
false to money trusts. both public and private
His pardon now In response to mistaken sym
pathy or political pull" would be stumbling
block in the way of all efforts TO preserve an
honest ballot Let 1t not be said that those
who offend against election laws are treated
hettcr than other criminals.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
THE TALK or THE DAY.

pr,ss,ap officer In the German Army has been
In tho habit OF questioning recruits on simple
matters Of national history. Here are ie" TO
niles TO his question. Who Is bismarck? bismarck
was Emperor OF the French bismarck Is dead
bismarck Is pensioner and lives In Paris
"Rlsmarck took part in the campaign or 1870 ana
received a medal for good conduct" bismarck
descends from the IIohenzoerns and was born on
Apru T." OF sixty-sx recruits whom the ofilcer
had 10 instruct twenty-one had never In their III,
heard the name OF the Iron Chancellor
It was negligence case, and a good-humored
Irshman was a witness. The Judge, lawyers ana
everybody else were trying their best TO extract
rom him something about the speed of train
Was it going FAST? asked me judge
"Aw Wis II were" answered the witness.
"hw' purity fast. yer Honor"
wei, how fast.
"Aw purity fast - r.
Was as as ;n as r mhn enn sad that the basis
for an analogy was supplied AS iast as TWO mi"
kin run (5uXao Express
This Is the truly eloquent way in which Alder
man Moloney OF Melbourne. Australia talks:
..Wben under tho glowing sunshine or federation
tho CONCEALED springs OF our national actlvity ana
IN. frosted over rvulets OF national industry
shall have thawed they will come leaping down
from the hills to water and fertze and make green
and gracious the plains and the meadows smiiins
below: and am persuaded that after that day we
shall have a restored prosperity the like OF which
these separate colonies have never known
Photographer--There goes hummer. cohiouhu
himi Ue owes me for dozen pictures. ,
AdvIser-Why don't you get square WIN MN py
posting up one OF his photos. labelled. NOT paiu
for? ,,.. 49,. ILL.,, .r,,
Photographer-Hm, that wouldn't hurt him any
The pictures don't look a bit ike him-tbostoh
Transcript.
The p,ague continues to spread in India, in spite
Of all sanitary efforts for It's extirpaton It's prog
ross Is slow In comparison with most epdemcs
but It Is the hardest of them all to uproot entirely
II ia several years since the present maady started
on It's course from China, and the history OF pre-
vious yisitations justhes the conjecture that IL
NAV vet have a long road to travel. Russia's
pague OF 1878 lowered about the countries OF west
ern Asia for a decade before 1t advanced north
ward In 1867 II appeared at Bagdad; In 1870 Il
Kurdistan was invaded and In 1873 Bagdad sur
fered anew. In 1877 It appeared at Recht an I'm.
portsnt city Of Northern Persia near the port OF
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Nrtu2lork Dailp @sibn''s
SUNDAY. NOVEMBER q. 1897
THE NEWS THIS AORNINu'

,,o,r,cN demonstration in honor or
General Weyler has been arrahseu I,and his
steamer touches at Palma, MaJorca isIanu . az, ns
btrthnIace - The German con'hsen' .or
or 'n Hp,n amy of occupation has sailed 1oi
tbs var East on the cruiser Kaiserin Aug "
reinforce the marines occuPyins hon.,ar is
= William r. Foster. the eihpenHIe. -
lighting the efforts to secure ms ekuaulti1ii -,
t psn 20 America - Count GoluchowsKl
Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs. delenaea
the concert of Europe in a speech TO the Aus ,
Hungarian DELEGATIONS. - premier rnr,isnd
in the French Chamber Of Deputies. Pronnseu
10 introduce a bill for the relief OF agriculture al
distress - The Russian Government mace
demand on Turkey for payment OF arrears VI
the Russo Turkish War indemnity
DCMESTIC-Yale defeated Princeton In the
football game at New-Haven. to U; Pennsyl-
yania beat Harvard at Philadelphia. 10 10 D.
- Ii is announced that Lieutenant d. H.
Jarvis, executive officer or the Bear, VIII co ~
mand the overland expedition for the relief OF
the ice-imprsOned whalerS in the Arctlc' -
Deep snow has fallen on the mountain passes
leading from Skaguay to the Klondike gold
fields = Ex-State Senator Loren b. Sessions
died in Panama, ~ Y - combination Oh
enamelled ware manufacturers. with a capita
of S23.0000OO. is reported to have been formed,
- The floods in the State OF Washington
were checked by severe cold weather
Twenty-three people were injured three fatally,
In a railroad wreck near Brazil lnd
CITY AND SUBURBAN-The Horse Show
came to an end: the attendance for the week
was a trife above the average. - The tuner
al of the Rev. DR.. George H. Houghton was
held at the Church of the Transfiguration ana
he was buried in Trinity Cemetery Washington
Heights 80 Representatives OF part of the
congregation of the Free Will Baptist Churcn
began a suit against the pastor. president OF
the Board of Trustees and secretary or the
church. in which charges of msappropriation OF
church funds were made. - The results or
the vote in the recent election were announced
by the Board of Canvassers. - Magistrate
deuel. in Yorkvile Court discharged Assistant
District-Attorney Carpenter, who was arrested
Friday night for intoXcatOn and held the two
women whom Mr.. Carpenter charged with steal
ing his watch. - Benjamin f. Blair, OF the
Brooklyn Board of Elections, suggested some
changes which would facilitate the work OF
Election Day. =-= Stocks were dull and lower
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
Fair Temperature yesterday: Highest. Al de-
grecs; lowest 40 average, 42A.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
CONCERNING LEISt RE.

"The busy modern public" Is Il familiar
phrase No other Is more often used in de-
scrbng present day conditions of social exist
ence No other is as often used as an apology
for social and even individual shortcomings.
Men do not observe the nccties Of dcpOri nent
toward women and toward each other, because
they too busy. They are slangy or careless
i'm their speech and letter writing. because they
are too busy 10 take pains or 10 employ the
slightly longer forms of diction required by
good taste and grammatical accuracy They
want nothing but trashy variety shows at the
theatres, because they are 80 busy all day that
they cannot endure the labor of witnessing u
serious performance at night. They must have
all their information put in the brielest and
most superficial form, because they are too
busy for long and thorough reading. The very
college courses must be made shorter and less
thorough, because young men cannot spare the
time in this busy age To acquire the scholarship
of former and less hurried generations. The
latest prophet to fake up this burden Is promi-
Dent British man of letters quoted by our Lon
don correspondent, who doubts the acceptablity
of serious literary criticism what the busy
modern public wants is not dOgmatic judg
"mcnts upon books, but summaries of what
'tnpN contain. nat Is tle ruIc everywhere.
In literature science, even religion. everything
must be summarized" which means made SUI
perHcial and probably inaccurate Men are too
busy to be accurate. Their minds and souls
must be fed, as are their bodies at the quick
lunch counter.
There appear to be those who are actually
proud Of this state of affairs They vaunt them
selves and this age and land upon 1t, as n GER
| tain mark OF superiority over the slOw-coach
methods of the past. Yet to the thoughtful
mind il must seem the most serious, not TO say
damning indictment Of nineteenth century civ
| lization II one wished TO argue that "our
| civilization Is a failure" he could wish no
stronger premise than this simple fact that the
| modern public is busy. For that means, as
invariably interpreted, that II Is busy with
purely material things. 1t Is so busy with the
things that pertain to the body that It has nc
time TO attend to the things that pertain to the
mind and soul. 1t u dsvoting itself to the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

Enseli from whence It was carried uorthvsrd N
caspian ships ana planted IN the popuioup buf
maiarious and unwholesome deltas OF the Volra
RUSSIA did not get rid OF 1t for q number OF years
ana stray cases Of II appeared in other European
countries. to which 1t has been periodical Visitor
since their history began. 1t may come again but
IL is not now aimed with its old terrors
- me ne lazy students Of the University Of Melbourne
most em1ancpated Of their kind They have formoS
Princess Id n'c c social organization called the
But the from the
has made formal complaint that he is snnoysd
ather nmfeBan ey he games Of
tons suggest th,msevss; How did the professor
eap-frog? And are the members Of the Prineesss
Lda Club {, disciples Of Lady Harberton' Psyns
London Chronicle
greatly exercised the minds Of the natives. II vss
at first put down variously as a grinding mill ana
circular saw. The owner, a Tansanyika mis-
sionary gives the people a treat when he dis
mounts a bearing, and allows them to examine the
bullets. they call the balls-an eloquent com
mentary on their education: and when they sec
him mounted and spinning along their excama.
ton is "Ko banda kasikolow which is alleged 10
be equivalent to Good gracousv'
Pressing the Question-"Mistuh Pinkley" ,.,s
the old coored man. might make so free as 10
ak you Whut you wah about when saw yer las
Why-er-uh. / wah gittn' ready ter feed soma
er Squiah Willliams's chickens"
pat reply is good fur as 1t goes But would n
strike you as a superfukeness on my paint ef I
EN- to?-tWashington Star.
The Prussan Railway Minister, Herr Won Thir.
len. has decided next year substitute electricity
for steam on the railway between Berlin ana Pots.
dan. In order TO test the adaptabty Of tho cleo.
trlcal locomotive for general railway trafhc The
engineers maintain that trafic conducted by elso.
trlclty VIII be both cheaper and faster than the
present system The line between Berlin and pots.
dam on account Of its many suburban stations n
ono OF the busiest In the whole OF Germany
Nature and Observation-Disclosures Mamie
friend. what want you to do is to throw your
whiskey bottle into the sea ''
Old Toper-I did that once but the waves nos "a
II back to me, and | said to myself IL the lawS
OF nature worked that way wasn't to blame Tor
'a Kda, me oottie again, and
away was empty. Throw II into the sea when the
bottle Is full of whskey and you'll find the la wa of
nature are all risht-tNew-York Weekly.
The shinge production Of the Pacific Coast u
taxing on important proportions the Northern Pa
cine Railroad having brought East from Washing
ton IN nine months of the present year 224 900 600
an increase OF about 4O.000,O0O over last year A
larger gain still is predicted for the year ensuing
uhder the Stimulus Of revival in the building traS.
"hich Is now felt generally throughout the country.
fraud A'i 'u"e-'eAeE - =
Yeast-What makes you think 40,
w ny, she advertised that she would ten ANY
ones age" '''' -"'
She wouldn't tell her own"-(Yonkers states-
man. 'A'e'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
SOON TO MOVE TO ITS NEW HOME
THE OLD GUARD TO GO TO BROADWAY AND
FoRTY-NINTH-sT. ON JANUARY ITO
PARADE NEXT THURSDAY

NNii-NiNIH-ST ON JANUARY ITO
PARADE NEXT THURSDAY
AS has been known for some time the organixa.
ton OF the Old Guard which has occupied part Of
the northwest corner Of Fifth-ave. and Four.
feminist for fifteen years, will move uptown on
the expiration OF its lease on January l. The
members Of the battalion have been searching for
several months for suitable location for the new
armory, and the choice finally made last
TUESDAY The new quarters will be In the build.
Ing OF the Broadway Cycle Academy at Broad
way and Forty -ninth-st. and WILL besides having
more central location. be more spacious and more
suitable Tor the purposes Of the organiza ton.
The plans for the furnishing and arrangement Of
the new armory are yet undecided. IL is expected
that the expenses Will be largely met by the re-
ceipts from the annual Old Guard ball. which VIII
take place on January Is. at the Metropolitan
Opera House.
The last important affair that will take place n
the old armory will be on Thursday next, the an
niyersary OF the evacuation OF New-YOrk by the
British. when, In continuance of time-honored
custom. the Old Guard will parade, In fun unit
form. The assembly will be at a. m. The
parade Will take place In the morning. account
OF the coincidence OF the date with THANKSGIVING
Day. The usual downtown line OF march will be
taken and at the Battery the American colors will
be raised. and the flag saluted by a battery Of
United States artillery, delegated by the Govern
ment In recognition Of the veterans patriotism In
celebrating the day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

or put down. Like the whiskey. cordage ana
other trusts, It broke In pieces from its own
weight and weakness, as 1t we'll deserved 10 90.
In most countries popular illlteracy Is re-
garded as an evil, but In Germany at ied''
by the ruling classes" the reverse Is true
Serious alarm is now expressed at the extent
to which the people are becoming educated es-
pecially at the increasing numbers OF those VINO
are getting university education. IL Is pointed
out that since the foundation of the Empire the
number Of university students in Prussia has
increased by 100 per cent. In 1SlO-Il 1t was
only 1864. In 1886 1t was 14142 Accord
ingly the proposed new university at Dantzis
has been abandoned, and measures for discour-
aging attendance at universities are actually
under consideration. A university-bred proie-
tariat is a startling thing to contemplate ana
Germany shrinks from the responsibility OF be-
ing the first to deal with 1t.
Honor to the citizen Of this State who used the
influence Of blameless and useful life to dis
suade his neighbors from lynching scoundrel
who had done him an abominable wrong! Pub
lie security is not weaker but stronger for that
act of devotion to the law.
The discovery Of new gold fields In Australia
"a a reminder Of the interesting fact that there
are vast regions In the interior OF that strange,
topsy-turvy continent scarcely better known
to civilized man to-day than they were centuries
ago There is a lot OF work yet 10 be done
by explorers in more than one quarter OF the
world.
The announcement is made that Princess
Maud OF Wales, who is married to Prince Carl
OF Denmark. is In good health. and Is living
happily and contentedly at Berrstorf and Anal
ienborg. That dsposcs OF the stories that she
was to go back to England for the good OF her
health, and that she had quarreed with her
father-in-law over his refusal to let her do so.
or to let her husband accompany her. The
fact seems to be that the Prince OF Wales did
suggest to the King of Denmark that it would
be agreeable TO have her return to England
and 10 have her husband settle there as an
officer in the British navy: but His Majesty
did not view the case in that light. but deemed
q place in the Danish service just worthy
OF his son in the British So the young
people will stay in Denmark. where they both
seem to be as we'll and happy as they could be
anywhere.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
SOCIAL REFORM CLUBS ANNIVERSARY.

The Social Reform Club celebrated its third ami
versary in their rooms. AZ No IS East Fourth-st.
last night. There about one hundred mem.
bers and their friends present. among them being
Professor Van Buren, Densow Henry White, Mra
Josephine Shaw Lowell. Charles +. Wingate. Mrs..
Charlotte Perkins Stetson. Norway Williams, Miss
Ella Levin, Miss T.. V. Juler Miss Leonora y Reilly
and Miles NJ. Dawson. Notwithstanding the fact
that Charles Is. Spahr, the president OF the club.
was present, w. J. Ghent the vice-president, was
scheduled master OF ceremonies, and he opened
exercises OF the evening with short address. In
which he gave brief history OF the club which was
organized in November. 1894 and had Its first head.
quarters at No. Lafayette Place.
Those who took part in the programme were
Axe Mottet Miss Mary Chalmers. John Foote,
Clarence Ladd Davis. Miss Leonora OReilly ana
Robert Grove.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
CIVIL SERVICE AND THE CHARTER

A discovery Of uncommon interest and i'm
portancc at this time. which was announced in
The Tribune on Sunday, will be the cause OF
many anxious and painsaking examinations of
the new charter. especially Of the provisions re-
lsting TO the Civil Service. These provisions
and the whole charter In fact are to be read In
the light of Section 1611, which says that. with
the exception of those portions Of the instru
ment relating to elections, the charter Is to be
deemed to have been enacted on the first day Of
January, 1898. Hence there seems to be no
doubt that the provisions affecting the Civil Ser
vice supersede the Black Anti-Starch law, which
was enacted last May so far as the enlarged
city of New York IL concerned
The charter provides for n Municipal Civil
Service Commission, which Is directed to make
regulations for examinations ito ascertain the
fitness Of applicants for Office" 1t is an inter
esting circumstance that the word "fitness'
alone Is used here. especially In view of the at
tempt Of Governor Black to draw n distinction
between the words merit and "htness." both
Of which are used In the new Constitution. The
essence of the Black law is the placing Of ex-
aminatlons for fitness In the hands of the ap-
pointing authorities. BY the terms Of the char
ter, however, examinations to determine the fit
ness Of applicants for appointment In the Civil
Service Of the city are to be conducted by the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

Representative Johnson. OF North Dakota. Is
apparently suffused and stuffed with the east
and other wind OF his windy region. and gives
forth his stored-up afiiatus with the unsolicited
energy of Hppotades. He thinks the seal herds
ought all to be destroyed. and that negotiation
about them Is humbug Concerning the jack
rabbit the prairie dog Astounding In his To-
callty, his opinion might be OF some value. but
II he has any claim to rank as an authority
on the gentle ocean pinniped and It's relation to
commerce and diplomacy. the country has not
yet been made aware OF 1t. plug In his vocal
aperture would apparently be the round peg In
the right hole.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
MKANE AGAIN.

Another McKane petition has been filed with
Governor Black. 1t certainly cannot be said
that the ex Boss Of Gravesend is lacking in
friends or that his friends are lacking in per-
sistency This latest appeal for pardon Is said
to contain about three hundred signatures.
The application is also understood TO- have the
approval Of Mr.. Platt and Mr.. Quigg But
certainly there can be no more reason now for
granting pardon than there has been on any
~ q the other occasions when Governor Nor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

The malodorous Carl Peters Is writing a book
~ nrove that Solomon's Land of Ophir was alt
mated i'm South Africa That will be no novelty.
His book will not be as entertaining as Mr..
Rents nor as convincing as Mr.. Haggard s-both
to the same effect. A treatise from Peters ON
how TO dispose OF supcrnumerary wives" would
be more to the point
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21
AUGUSTIN FORGET SAILS AWAY.

Ausustln Forget, who was recently recalled from
MS post here as agent for the French Steamship
Company, by his home Office. In Paris sailed for
England yesterday on the Cunard Liner Umbria.
He was accompanied by his wife. He refused TO
talk about his plans for the future
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

Nothing In the whole career or the Whiteway
Government I'm Newfoundland was more char-
actcrlstc than ts manner OF leaving ONCE
trying 10 make a last desperate gran AT all 'he
snoils I'm sight
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-21

The negroes In the South seem to be learning
the lessons set before them by their white neigh
bors. In Texas they have just lynched negro
for killing another negro. Presently they will
begin to lynch white men for assaulting negroes