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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
PERSONAL.

Henry Burns, one Of the prominent citizens Of
Frankford. Penn, who has just died. enlisted n
the United States Navy at the breaking out OF the
Civil War, and Of the thirteen survivors
Of the Inflated Harriet Lane, which was sunk in
Galveston Harbor by rebel ram after most
desperate engagement. He was sent prisoner to
Andersonylle. and afterward exchanged After the
Navy, and was for time on the Asatic station.
@ anS was S"e m ne F2ankord aurnr S
Harrison Administration.
Edward Marsden a student in Lane Theological
Seminary. at Cincinnati. Is said to be the first
native Alaskan TO receive a legal. theological and
business education In America. He has also &C.
qured mechanical engineering and the trades Of
carpenter, bricklayer. house painter nsmith piano
tuner clock repairing bookkeeping and typewrt-
ing.
When Mr.. Gladstone about TO depart on his
recent trip to France some asked him IL he did
not think that his continual reading and study had
a bad effect his nerves my dear SIR" said Mr..
Gladstone. can you imagine what would be the
condition OF my nerves II 1 were compelled to do
nothing|
Lord Rosyn announces that he will soon appear
on the stage in one of Mr.. Pineros rev plays.
Miss Virginia Montgomery. OF New-Oreans, 10
the designer Of the Confederate monument 10 be
erected at San Antonio Tex.
few days ago. ir a stoneyard in the Rue d'Au-
bervilliers Paris. in the presence OF the sculptor.
Pierre Granet. and the architect. Roussi. the bronze
bust Of the famous French comedian Frederic
Lemaitre, was fastened TO its stone base. The mon
ument, which will soon be placed upon the actors
tomb is composed of horizontal stone, surrounded
by an iron grating and surmounted al end by
a vertical stone Upon the top OF this Is the bust.
a bronze palm branch runs along the length OF
this stone. 1t is arranged to show clearly the
Following Inscription: ITO Frederick Lemaitre. His
friends and admirers" Lemsitre is also TO have
another monument TO be placed in square ~hich
will be named after him. This monument will be
simple column. upon which will be set marble
bust OF the actor
The late Admiral de Sterneck. OF Austria. left .
will in which he requested that his corpse should
be wrapped in the imperial war standard He also
directed that his heart should lie in the church OF
Krazlowitz and his body In the maritime town or
Pola, the Adriatic.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
Iru21ork daily @ibm,1e
MONDAY. DECEMBER 27. 1897.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING..

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in Madrid call for an
increase in the Spanish fleet in View OF the iaIss
communication from the United STATES III 1d
vana Captain General Blanco gave Danquee -
the officers OF the German corvette stein -
The Japanese Die. was dissolved before me
lower house could start the discussion OF woe
OF mo confidence" in the Cabinet; Minis,ei ,iaI
changes ure expected - woman anu nei
nine children were burned 10 death In LONDON
- 1t IS believed that the engineers uilio i
In Great Britain will vote against acceptihs tne
proposed compromise with the employers. =
The British steamship Lamberts Point from
Norfolk for Liverpool. put into Halifax Win hre
in her cotton cargo
DOMESTIC-Only one life lost at the
burning of the Coliseum building In Chicago, the
other missing persons having turned UP saIei!;
- Twenty nine bills relating TO the ClNi.
Service have been introduced III the House "i
Representatives at the special session ana tlie
present session. - There are fully dozen
candidates and dark horses for the Maryland
Senatorship: Governor Lowndes appears 10 ne III
the lead - The pilot boat Some.s ~ smith.
which is at Mobile. is suspected or being en-
Caged in fbus:ering. and is being watched ny
Government officers - The salvation Army
he's abandoned its Prison Gate Home ,or the
reformation Of ex-conviC,a, IN Contra Costa
County. Cal. - State Engineer Adams issued
a statement showing why 1t VIII cost SlOOoO'uoo
TO complete the cana. improvement = FL
forts being made to induce the steel oiiie,
makers to ally themselves with the proposed
Wire Trust - The chairman OF the Uni
yersty Of Pennsylvania Track Committee denies
that a team from that institution Is going aoroad
and says that IL one 10 sent 1t will be composed
Of representatives Of all the American colleges
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-Plans for making
the Democratic Club the social headquarters of
the party were advanced - The funeral OF
George S. Croker was held on Staten Island.
81 George F. Boulard the New-Iork Cen
trail civil engineer, who MAO been missing since
December H. returned to his home.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair
and colder The temperature yesterday: High
est "a degrees; lowest, 30: average. 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
Amusemenis.

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iYcF,t;M THEATRE-S-The Princess ana the pu''e'''
MANHATTAN THEATRE-e:l3-Ihe baile' Jill
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ppOCTOR' So a. m. 10 IL p. ny audeNlns,
WAII,ACK'S THEATRE-s:l5-A Ward OF frah ,s.ou.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27
SEVEN MONTHS ~ CRETE.


There has been recrudescence OF conflicts
between Christians and Mussulmans in Crete,
and two French warships have been placed in
readiness TO proceed thlther at a moments no
tce That IS the days news 1t recalls strange
memories OF few months ago. and suggests
the inquiry what has been accomplished by the
much-vaunted Concert OF the Powers" which
has for the best part OF year ostensby eXer-
cised control over the progress OF affairs in that
island The story Is n simple one. easily told
and as easily understood.
Let us begin at the middle OF May. when the
Greek "army 0! occupation was warned TO get
out Of Crete as cXpcditously rs possible The
admirals in command OF the blockadlng fleet
then Informed the Powers that they deemed Il
necessary that the new Governor whom the
Powers meant 10 appoint should arrive in the
island and assume authority directly after the
departure Of the Greek troops. At the end Of
that month the French Prime Minister proposed
to the Powers the immediate appointment OF n
Civil Provisional Governor from some neutral
State proclamation OF autonomy and neutralIza-
ton Of the island recall Of the Turkish troops
and various other reforms. In n few days-tO
be precise by June 2-all the Powers except
Germany signihed their acceptance Of the pro-
posals with some slight notifications. So on
June 10 NJ. Hanotaux was able to resubmit his
scheme in its amended form, and he added
thereto the nomination OF NJ. Numa Droz. Of
Switzerland. for the Governorshlp. This was
an ideal nomination, NJ. Droz having been Pres
idcnt Of Switzerland. and possessing practically
every desirable qualification for the place All
the Powers except Germany at once agreed to
the suggestion, and even Germany was prevailed
upon TO do so after n weeks delay. Unhappy
the Ill-health OF his wife constrained NJ Droz
to decline the appointment and new candidate
had to be sought.
This delay was the Sultan's opportunity He
protested against the plans of the Powers. and
put forward a counterscheme of his own, the
salient points Of which were that the Governor
should be one OF his subjects, that the Turkish
garrlsons in the island should remain, and that
a yearly tribute should be paid by Crete to the
Imperial Treasury. The Powers took this into
consideration, but did nothing moro until the
end Of September. when NJ. uanotauy again
took the initiative. That is to say he ursed
upon the Powers the dcsirabllity nf settling The
Crctan business at once, but, rs his former pro-
posals had not been adopted and his candidate
for the Governorship had been withdrawn. /;
would not, In his opinion. comport with his
dignity for him to put forward any other plan
or candidate The answer Of the Powers to this
reasonable uttcrance was to continue their pol
icy Of inactivity. though there was some I'M
official talk Of nominating Colonel Shncfer OF
Luxembourg. for the Governorship.
The next positive step was taken or proposed,
by the Sultan He announced on October II
his intention-of course, with the permission of
the Powers-of marching an army through the
island to complete Its pacfcation. Then he
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

British critics have called the German En-
peror mailman. They must now think there Is
q good deal OF method in his madness. He Is
not merely pushing German goods into markets
hitherto monopozed by the British. but he has
begun to play Britain's game OF territorial
QUESTION with consummate skill. Whether the
Germans will develop the genius for colonization
and for government OF subject races that the
British have is an interesting question. yet
unanswered. But william II is graphing with
It in a truly imperial spirit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

The killing Of two more ENJOYS OF peace Is
reported from Cuba. This would be incredible
were 1t not for the apparently established facts
In the Ruiz case and the brazen cynicism with
which that hdeous tragedy is defended and
even applauded by certain class os Cuban
sympathizers. II the Cuban insurgents
actually going to execute the alleged decree OF
Noeember 20. providing for the killing OF all
ENJOYS OF peace. the dictionaries will have TO
be revised 10 make Cuban" synonymous
with Thug" But not yet is It to be believed
that the islanders have thus relapsed into the
worst OF barbarism.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

The Fifth Avenue Democratic Club was near
bankruptcy a little while ago. but II Croker
makes II his headquarters as he intends 10 do.
perhaps becoming It's president. IT will be solvent
enough while Tammany remains in power and
may become a formidable rival OF the older
Manhattan which has not been content 10 be
merely the tail OF the Tammany kite. as its COM
petitor will certainly and avowedly be.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

The experience OF Hot Springs In having its
water supply shut off BY the company that owns
the works. is another argument in favor OF mu
nicipal ownership OF that essential part Of the
social machine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

The proposal TO move the State Camp from
Peekskill 10 the Thousand Islands Is one OF the
best tina, could be made-to throw into the
waste-paper basket.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

dent relish day after day the fact tRa, the vote 1s
in this State. showed falling of from previous
Republican votes. What 1t Is trying to accomplish
body knew the day after election We unable to
perceive L seems TO think It Is making point
heaven had he to DO with It more than any other
RepublIcan?-Crhe Poughkeepsie Eagle.
II every body knew It the day after election"
why did Thomas c. Plat many days after cleo
ton issue a statement declaring: I'm the State
"above the Harlem River the Republican ma
"jorlties all that could be desired? Didn't
he know what ne was talking about. he
trying to fool people?
II so many people were killed and injured In
the Chicago Coliseum fire. though 1t occurred
when the building was nearly empty magma
ton shudders at the thought OF what would
have been the result of fire when the big build
ing was crowded.
The season OF railroad disasters to sleghinC
parties begins with ominous promptness and
deadlness. Like skating on thin ice. rocking
boats. and blowing down gun barrels. driving
across railroad tracks In front OF approaching
trains seems to exert an irresistible fascination
over many people, and when done In winter
with snow on the ground the practice Is doubly
hazardous and therefore treby attractive. To
say Served them right" is brutal though In
the majority OF cases It may be true. STILL 1t is
not creditable to civilization to have the annual
slaughter Of the careless and foolhardy go on
indefinitely. The abolition OF grade crossings
would end 1t as we'll as numerous other evils.
A singularly interesting announcement Is that
Mr.. Jackson. the intrepid and accomplished
plorcr Of Franz Josef Land means to make an
attempt to reach the North Pole by way OF
Grinnel Land. He at first planned to go up the
east coast OF Greenland and strike poleward
from the north Of that island. but abandoned
that ronts when he found that " was already
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-27

The Saxon Government sent It's soldiers to aid
Its subjects who were suffering from floods. and
now sends in to the sufferers bill for services.
That entities 1t to the championship for utter
meanness.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20
The w. C. T. u. Idea.
To the Editor of the Press:


What women can, what Christians
should, what temperance needs and union
ena bles to be done, nothing less-is til a
end, motive and method of the Woman s
Christian Temperance Union.
The first leader little knew whsn she
| took from her daughters hand the mes
sage to "turn the way Of the wicked up
side down." to what a host of evil doors
her effort was to raeoh. Had she dresmt
how tough and thick was the network OF
her hindering ways over the blinded eyes
of the race, she might we'll have been
| appalled, at tine inadequacy of any wom-
| an s single talent to the task. But she
| did her appointed share. 1t is for US
every woman alive-to do the rest.
| The work of 90 years has been evolu-
| ton and revelation. its end, revolution
anu revelation.
!. That all hut unorganized and unpre-
medlated effort of a few, has evolved in
| to one of the most efficient social organi-
cations of the century, the largest socie-
| ty conducted by women.
From that effort has evolved the pa
tienv, studious all-sided attack upon
the world wide drinking system, and
immutable hostility to every form of
governmental sanction to iniqutiy. The
search light has been turned upon the
horny error, and the hidings of its pow er
dlscerned in law and politics, in fashion
and pssudoc- science In, the am bition of
man. the unwarned Ignorance Of child
hood. and the cropping and unskillful
motherhood, which in spite Of deathless
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20

love, SO often fails to open the path Of
safety and life.
The missionaries of the ". G. II. U.
have gone to every land, sand in nearly
all the society is organized. In all coun
tries they have found the drink. man
ufac u lad or Imported and i'll none is it
other than a-tcurss. They confirm our
contention that alcoholic drink is a
barbarism, that in all counties it is the
lowest live, that ara subject to this and
this otler narGot .sahits, and the finest
souls and boiies uaat rise above the de-
grating and barbaric custom. In the
darkest continent rum is king and wom
an is a slave, while our own, the most
highly civilized and abs.aining land,
leads all the Others III the number OF
women enlisted for its destruction.
Ths developing work has revealed also
the.unity of all the brain poisons in their
work of degYadation-all the popular
narcotics of the different races, alcohol,
tobacco, opium and the others, serving
in the same way, firststo please, then to
madden or kill.
The close kinship of the several sins OF
sense has bean discerned and the reforms
OF hygiene and purity hare taken their
place as temperance work.
Ii the eolidity of the liquor power has
been revelation, SO has power CT union
against it, and by instinct the mother
heart takes up arms against such foe
Co home. Organized Mother-love,
our leader has well defined the W. 9. L.
T., and "to make the whole world home
like, its purpose. Especially does it
stand for the extinction OF the drink
traffic through total abstinence for the
individual and prohibition for the state
and nation
Its members are loynlsto their beloved
and trusted leader. honoring her opinions
which are always educational, by
thoughtful consideration; but mainsin-
Ing the right to express either ngree-
ment or difference there with, while
hound to her aud each other in the con-
scinetious observance of the solemn
pledges their union enjoys. M.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20

The, Supreme court of the United
States has just rendered decisi ons affirm
ing the power of States to tax the fran
chises of corporations, such as express,
telegraph and railroad companies. Two
Kentucky cases, involving the constitu-
tionality of the Stata law of 1899, one
affecting the Henderson Bridge and the
other the Adams Express Company, were
both decided in favor of the State. A
general review of the. right of States
to enact laws Of this character was pro-
mulgated through Justics Brewer in an
opinion denying @ petition by various
telegraph and express companies for re-
hearing in the cases in which the tax
acts of the legislatures of Ohio and In.
diana we're involved, the law having
been sustained by the decisions In these
cases rendered at a former sitting. In
the case of the Henderson Bridge Com
pany the law was attacked on the ground
that it was In confiict with the Federal
| constitution, giving to Congress the
power to regulate inters tate cree,
| the bridge crossing the Ohio River from
Hen derson, KY, into the State of Indi
ana. 1t was also claimed that it was az
| interference with the United Statss postal
regulations, and it WAS set forth that i,
was not in accord with the spirit of jus
| tice to permit the taxation of intangible
property. All of the objections were
treated as immaterial OF unfounded. II
| is predicted that these decisions will bs
far reaching in their effects.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20
The Publication of Prize Fights.
To the Editor of the Press:

= " VIZ i1NteO W eftO ooos
Dear Sir-In Fridays issue of your
paper letter WAS printed from DR..
Blanchard protesting against the publ
cation of the details of Carson's prize
fight. 1t goes without slying, that am
as much opposed to prize fights as any
ono. Yet on the whole | am glad that
the papers have given US all the partiou
lars of the fight
We have been told that as matter Of
fact, prize fighting was very harmless
sport and conducted Oh purely scientific
principles, Concerning the truthfulness
of these statements the public can now
judge because the newspaper reports of
the fight are full and completes. The
only way to judge of an evil is to sse the
thing as 1t really is l for one ain great
ly obliged to the papers for the accounts
they have given US of this exhibition of
murderous brutality. / am thankful
that not an item of fact is wanting.
The picture of two men with murder
in their hearts lighting like beasts for a
fortune, is one the American peop le
ought to have a chancs to carefully
study. AS part of the show, let it be
remembered that a woman, the wife of
one of the fighters sat near the ring, and
actually coached her husband as to what
he should do in the battle. Then when
the fight is over, in which the defeated
man came within hairs beadth of be-
ing killed, let usInot forget that when
Cobett wanted another fight arranged
and Eitzsimmons refused, Corbett
said he would attack him on the street,
Fitzsim mons ooolly told him he would
kill him.
The fight itself was bad enough, hut
the carnival of brutality is just begun.
Sullivan and other noted pugilists are
ready to try battle with the winner.
Since a place has been found where prize
fights are legal, men Will be found will
ing to engage in them. Whn are tho
American people going to do about it?
believe that they will devise measures
to abolish the evil. Let us begin right
here in Maine. Let petition be clrou-
lated and signed by the good people Of
Maine, asking our representatives to
present a bill to Congress making it a
crime to be party to prize fight in the
United States.
JOS. BATTELL SHEPHERD.
IThe only trouble with Mr.. Shepherd g
remedy for prize fights Is that the ma
tional government has. under the con-
stitution, no authority over the inter-
nal affairs Of the state. 1t could not
pass valid law forbidding prize fights
in the states. The states themselves
must do that. The national govern
ment can pass law against prize fight.
ing in the territories and the District
of Columbia, and it has already done SO.
Before Mr.. Shepherds plan can become
effective there must be an amendment
to the constitution of the United States |
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20

Appare ntly reform is needed in the in
ternal revenue laws of the government as
well as in the customs laws Alcohol no
matter for what purpose used now pays
tax equal TO nearly two thousand per
cent. Costing from 10 to IA cents per
gallon to man ufacture, by reason of the
tax the consumer has to pay over s2.0O
per gallon. This is we'll enough so long
as the alcohol is used in the ooncoc ton
OF Intoxicating beverages, and upon al
cohol used for that purpose the tax
should not be reduced. But large per
cent Of the alcohol manufactured is en-
ployed in the arts and the compromising
of medicines 1t Is unfair and a severe
hardship n many cases that alcohol
used for these purposes should pay such
an enormous tax. 1t is suggested that
there would he great difficulty in dis
tinguishing between alcohol used in the
arts and Tor medicinal purposes and that
used il beverages, and thus the govern
ment wculo be frequently cheated. But
it is said on the other hand that foreign
countries manage to make this distinc-
tinn without any serious difficulty
After the customs duties are settled
Congress should give its attention to.this
feature of the internal revenue law, and
try and devise some measure to correct
what is rank injustice and in many
cases severe oppression.
The Portland daily press., 1897-03-20

Among the suggestions made in connec-
ton with the commemoration of Queen
Vicoria's "diamond jubilee is one by
DR.. McNurtrie of Belfast, that the
people he given the power TO prohibit
the drink traffic. and tnat the Queen.
the royal family and the court generally
become tsetotalers. The Doctors inten-
tions are douhtleEs of the very best, but
the day which shall usher in the mil
lennium of sobriety is, probably, not quite
80 near at hand as he and many others
would fervently wish.