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" "soOIAL soIENCE"IN CITY AFFA IRIS.
what Il H.. Cost in rh,i.delph,..

"sOCIAL sOIENCEoIN CITY lFFA IRIS.
| what II Has Cost in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. Give are now ap-
| preaching the end of the tenth year under the
| Reform Charter known US tho "Bullitt Bill" A
| brief reference thereto may not be out Of place
as a sort Of lngerboard to indicate to tho public
the cost Of socially scientific city government In
| comparison with the old partisan system.
In paper read before tho Social Science Asso-
ciation, Mr.. John G. Bullitt, author OF the pres
ent system Of government In Philadelphia, said:
Thero is but one method of extrcatins city govern
ment from the grasp Of ring rulers. and that by re-
mittng the power Of appointment TO the Mayor.
There is force In public sentiment which. when 10
Is properly utilized. man resist. II IL that
which controls the actions Of mon in responsible pub
lie positions more than all things else.
When Mr.. Bullitt read that paper tho "ward
Combine" OF Philadelphia had not been invented
by the Hon. David Martin.
Continuing his remarks to the Social scien-
lists, the Hon. John C. Bullitt. himself tho
orctical social scientist and civil service re-
former, said:
caro- not how bold, how reckless, how defiant q
may be. let him be placed in tho chief executive
onlce of Government. where public sentiment
be concentrated upon him. and he be held up to
the and of his fellow citizens he do
parts from tho path Of rcctitude, and he win quail
under its rebuke.
No who has ever attained to high once in this
country has had the hardihood to brave It,
Ought to observe here, in justice to tho Hon.
John c. Bullitt scientist in civil service reform,
that ho made that declaration before Mr. Clcve-
land became President.
The Civil Service Reform Association of Penn.
sylvania on March 80. 1885, while tho Bullitt
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One OF the provisions Of the Bullitt bill was
that the term OF the Mayor should be extended
from three to four years and that he could not
succeed himself. Cnder II Edwin y. Stuart be-
came Filters successor as Mayor, and the cost
OF the city depArtments Wns nS folloMs.
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Washington Noies.

WASHINGTON, June 10. Major Horatio p.
Lowry. Quartermaster OF the Marine Corps. was
retired to-day, after thirty.six years service.
For eleven years he has filed tho place he now
vacates. He served throughout tho war with
distinction, and WAS brevetcd q Captain for
gallant and mcritorious conduct At tho night
attack on Fort Sumpter in 1863.
John 5. Mosby Of Virginia, tho famous Con.
federate guerrilla, was At the White House to-
day In company with Senator Proctor. Col.
MOsby Is an applicant for II consulship and has
u good chance OF appointment.
Tho published statement that President Nc
Kinicy will visit Chicago on July -. to witness
the unwilling OF the John A. Logan statue, is
premature. 1t IL not at all certain that he viii
attend, although his inclinations arc in that
direction.
The Senate Committee on Territories to-day
examined Indian Inspector Gardner, who had
charged Mvron McCord. nominated for Governor
OF Arizona. with attempted bribery in connrc-
ton with the location of an Indian school. Nc
Cord was also examined, and denied the charge.
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FILLING THE COSsULATES.
Three CouauIs = General and Three Cousuis
Nominated by the President

Three CouauIs = General and Thrce CousuIs
Nominated by the President.
WASHINGTON, June l9.-The President to-day
sent 10 the Senate the following nominations:
Consuls. G~eueral-ChArles L. Cole OF Pennsylvania,
at Dresden. Saxony; Charles Z, Turner OF Connecticut.
at Ottawa, Canada; Hector De Castro OF New York,
at Rome. Italy.
C~onsuls-Hilary S. Brunot OF Pennsylvania. at st.
Etlenne. France; George F, Lincoln OF Connecticut ut
Antwerp. Belgium; Walter schumann OF New York. at
Mayencc. Germany.
Addison Davis James. United States Marshal for
the district OF Kentucky.
Albert b. white. Collector OF Internal Revenue for
the district Of West Virginia.
philip GallinRcr OF Washington. Commissioner in
and for the district OF Alaska.
Thomas A. Ro,eberry. Register OF the Land once.
and Alfred II. Taylor Receiver OF Public Moneys at
SusauvIllc, Cal.
Ensign Edward Moale. Jr,. to be Lieutenant Junior
grade in the navy.
Hector dc Castro Is a brother-in-law of John
G. Moore, the banker.
Walter Schumann Is n prominent German.
American OF Brooklyn, and had tho indorse.
mcnt of several Gcrinan-Anerican associations,
IA well as those Of Representative Hurley and
Senator Plat,
George II. Lincoln is a graduate OF Yale and
81. Eticnne, ~AiX-R.Chapelle, and Antwerp un.
der former Republican administrations. His
appointment was urged by Senators Hawley
and Plat, as was also that of Charles +. Tur-
ner. The latter IL Il merchant OF Waterbury,
and has not before held office.
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CITIL SERVICE INTERROGATION.
Printers want tho Government Printing Omco
Relieved from Civil Service Rules.

WASHINGTON, Juno 19.-The Senate Com
mittee on Civil Service resumed Its inquiry to-
day into the workings Of the classified service.
A letter from w. B.. Prescott. President Of the
International Typographical Union, was read In
denial Of the reported statement that the union
favored the continuance Of the civil service
rules at the Government printing office.
at Ia not the unions province or purpose
to ~criticise or comment on the civil service
system generally" the letter says, "but 1t
is OF opinion that the system Is not suitable for
application to great productive concerns like the
Government Printing Office. 1t is not necessary
to discharge old and faithful employees in order
to maintain a high standard OF skill. Such is
not the purpose Of our organization, but 1t is i'm
~perative that new situations and vacancies DO
filled with the best workmen procurable. They
bring to the office fresh ideas rs to methods and
results, and their presence and work will act as
a stimulus, which will be profitable alike to
their fellow workmcn and the Government.
The typographical union, after over a years ex-
perience under civil service rules, and under
which l 900 or 200 OF It's members have been
employed. is not OF opinion that the peoples inter
the Government Printing Office. Therefore it
will use its influence to secure their abroSation
and have the office, placed upon the same basis as
the most successful private offices.
briefly, the union Is of opinion that better
results would be obtained by making foremen
Responsible lOT tuc uuai!ly, ahu uhhitiIS VI ~
output OF the respective departments. invest.
ing them with authority to employ help at will
and to discharge employees, 10 decrease the
force for incompctency. tor, neglect OF duty. for
violation OF Office rules. Sc"
p, Rhodes. an employee OF the printing office,
testified that the civil service examinations
were not practical and covered branches
foreign to the qualifications OF a printer.
He said he could take a high school hoy. coach
him for n week on the proofreading %instruc-
tions found in the dictionaries, and the boy
could pas the examinations, though he might
never set n foot in n printing Office.
Auditor Castle OF the Post Office Department
said that the civil service system had been hon
estly administered in the Post Offices throughout
tho country, and ii would not be possible to
maintain the present efficiency OF the scrvicc
under any other system. AS regards the torro
of the bureau over which he presided, he was
had been very bad. The employees depended
too much on political influences and not enough
on personal efficiency.
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JOTTISGs ABOUT TOWN.

William Frank. y years old, Of 80 Fifteenth street.
Brooklyn, while playing on n raft az the fsot Of Gin.
ton street yesterday AFT 'TnoOn fell into the water and
was drowned. HIS body was recovered.
A tan.colorcd fawn was born IN Van Cortlandt Park
yestC rday. being the first birth among tho herd OF
twelve fallOw deer that were transferred TO that
place from Central Park n year ago.
A Jury in tho Supreme Court save a verdict OF
$4,000 In favor OF Mrs. Julia a. II ct against tho
brooklyn Heights Railroad Comp ny Yesterday. VI =.
Blot sued for damages Tor the loss uf her husband,
Joseph Blot, who was killed on the defendauts road
on June 20. 1880,
Commenting this morning and continuing every
Sunday uutll oct. 3 the Long Island News Company
will run a special newspaper tram to Grtruport. leav.
ing Long Isl nj CITY ut , O'Clock. covering points on
the east end ~ the island aud arriving AT GrcCup0rt
ut X A.. NJ. such an early train has never b. en- al.
tempted before, and by II the Long Island News Com.
pany expects 10 place the New York and Brooklyn
sunday papers before It's customers while still damp
from the pRss.
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KILLED By NAPHTHA GAS.
A HounE Sailor Bunocated in the Hold or the
Bark Marie.

A TounE Sailor sunocatod In the Hold OF the
Bark Marie.
Diedrich Bottle, II years old. q sailor on the
German bark Marie, was asphyxiated by naphtha
fumes in the hold of that vessel yesterday morn.
ing. and another sailor nearly lost his life in at
tempting to recover the body. Tho Marie is
commanded by Capt. Buhling. She is loaded
with naphtha in barrels, and Is anchored Off
Stapleton, 8. l., awaiting her clearance papers
for London. At $50 yesterday morning Bottle
was sent below to screw the top on a water tank
between decks. The matches are all tightly bat.
tened down. and he entered the hold by q small
manhole.
Half an hour later It was noticed that Bottle
had not returned on deck, and another sailor
was sent below to see what detained him. He
went to the bottom of the ladder, but quickly
returned to the deck gasping for breath. The
air in the hold was heavy with the suffocating
fumes of the naphtha. Volunteers were called
for and a second sailor went down the ladder
and started toward the place where the water
tank is located. He had gone but a short dis
tanee when the watchers at the man hole saw
him fall unconscious. Two men with ropes
fastened about their waists entered the hold
and succeeded in hauling their unconscious
comrade on deck. 1t required hard work for
nearly half an hour to resuscitate him.
Last evening Bothe's body was recovered by
ono Of the divers Of the Merritt-C Chapman
Wrecking Company. 1t was taken to Coroner
Oates's Morgue at Stapleton and will be buried
to-day.
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TELLER vIs1rs THE WHITE house.
ne Called simply to Pay His Respects. but
Many Senators RHnrvelIed Mt his Presence.

F-
WASHINGTON, June Ex-senator Henry M.
Teller Of Colorado, bent slightly under the
weight of 81 years, slowly walked into the
White House this morning with a bashful air.
like a lost sheep returning to the fold. He was
dressed in a Prince Albert coat-the same style
coat, in fact, that he wore on June II, 1896.
when no made his dramatic exit from the st.
Louis Con vention-dark trousers, colfskin shocs,
and plug hat, and carried q cano. 1t has been
many n long day since Senator Teller entered
the White House, and to-day ho walked as eau
tiously as though no were treading on broken
glass or century eggs. Every old attache OF tho
White House recognized the Colorado Senator
as he ambled through the corridor on his way to
the main stairway. At the foot Of the stairs he
met several Senators who gazed at him In as.
constituent and mtrvelled at his presence in the
White House. True, they said, Mr.. Teller has
the same right to visit tho White House as any
tfeS,oo or ssS A bien in tSio p on.n \, sest smn strange 70
1t is only two days over a twelyemonth that
Mr.. Teller was on the w%arpath; The OCCASION
tons OF. tho st. Louis. Republican Convcn ion.
Mr.. Teller was n member of the committees. 1t
was well known that he favored the free coinage
OF silver, and, therefore, when he made the fol-
lowing remark it was not surprising:
,eav !n the e,R Rep "i5 SG%I party %HSn il f It declares Ia a SSi for the
From that day to this Mr.. Teller has been a
BOllllNdl NuuIltItI vi ~ lhCC " liIO thllI. TX
Senators who met Mr.. Teller at the foot Of tho
White House stairs to-day were all present, at
tho st. Louis Convention, and the action OF. Mr..
Teller and his colleagues, Cannon, Dubois, Hart
man OF al, was fresh in their memories. They
pictured in their minds eye the Colorado Sena-
tor. with flushed face. grizzly beard. and husky
voice, standing. on the Speakers rostruln In
for the adoption for the frec-coinage clause in
the platform. They could sec the man who
had been conspicuous in, Republican, counsels
for a third OF a century slowly descend into tho
body Of the convention. and, amid Kisses and cat.
calls, file down the main aisle and out of the con-
~vention. followed by men of his ilk. never to
return.
1t is not astonishing, therefore. that the SEN
to-day wondered at his presence. He said he
had left the Republican party. for all time to
come, and would never again be caught in the
Republican fold. But Mr.. Teller went into the
White House to-day with a ciear, conscience.
He did not come to mako war with the Prcsi-
dent. He simply called to pay his respects.
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MELhA,s RrAppEhRANor.
what tho London Critics say About the Great
siREer-Her Recovery Complete.

Mime. Melba recently made her first public APP
pearance since the Illness which compelled her
temporary retirement last spring, and, Judging
by the London reports Of her concert there, she
has been restored by her vacation TO the CON-
pleto possession Of her powers. When she made
her appearance in concert in London IL was an.
nounced that she would not be heard in opera,
and since that time, as the cable has told. she
has decided to sing during the jubilee week.
There 10 no disagreement In the enthusiasm with
which her temperance was received.
"Shc was never in better voice, - says tho Pail
Mall Budget. THAT unrivalled facility and
elegant vocal case Of manner which have al.
ways distinguished her great singing remain
with her in unclouded splendor. and the sweet
ness, the tenderness, the sincerity OF her note,
her accent and her power are as potent as ever.
The mad scene from "Lucia" Is, of course, ono
OF her best known achievements in purely norid
music. We have heard her sing 1t finely at
Covent Garden. but never, we think, quite as
remains that for pure vocal beauty, for a capac-
Ivy 70 use the voice with limitlcss skill and dar-
IN" FfihSs 6aflT Hs Me ppo SrIts. NO a liginS E5 r.y "a c,,,,,,r,
voice, and particularly In the mad music from
Lucia, the only genuinely. operate solo she at.
music was as great as ever"
her renppearance the London Telegraph
writes as follows: Critical remarks upon Nine.
Melba's singing are scarcely demanded. She is
not one of the artists who are creatures of mood,
and vary according to the humor of the moment.
As she renders any given piece on one occasion
80 she may DO trusted to give. It on every other.
provided, OF course, no physical disability inter-
yenes. Enough, then, that Mime. Melba again
exemplihed the qualities which have raised her
80 high and given Australia n name In art Of
proud"
Only the Times referred to her breakdown
here, and 1t did SO In & csc words: considering
that the PROVIDED concert given yesterday after
noon was announced. as Nine. Melba's only ap-
pearanco in London this season, 1t was the more
to be regretted that she elected to sing nothing
Of any appreciable musical value, and nothing
In any respect worthy Of her exquisite voice.
But perhaps the circumstance Is to be accounted
Tor by the serious consequences OF her recent
attempt to sing the part of Brinnhiide in the
United states, which may well have wrought q
reaction, for the ime. being, in favor of tho safer
vocal exercises In which she has no rival"
Without making. any reference to the condi.
ton ( her voice. the Standard said that she
had never appeared to better advantage on the
concert stage. All Of the accounts expressed
the regret that she was not to be heard in opera
an event not assured at that time.
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There was a depression forming in southern
Nebraska yesterday. drawing excessively warm
weather up from the Southern States into that 500
tion and drawing colder weather down from tho
North. This made favorable conditions for severe
local storms In that section yesterday.
IL was slightly warmer in the Middle Atlantic
States.
In this city tho day was fair: highest orlcial TEN.
perarure 10. lowest B2'; average humidity 81 per
ent wind south, average velocity b miles an hour;
barometer, corrected TO read TO sea level. at A.
II. 9O.Os. q T. 81. 1901
The Thermometer at tho United States Weather Bu.
rsau registered the temperature yesterday rs follows;
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REGISTERED LETTERS STOLEN.
A Pouch from New York to sweden Rined in
the Latter Country.

Boston, June 19.-The Post Office inspectors
in Malmo, Sweden. arc investigating a robbery
Of the registered mail from the United States to
Sweden. The sack Of mail left the United States
by the steamer Saale from New York on May lS
for Bremen. The sack was taken from there by
way of Copenhagen to Malmo, on the steamer
Saltholmen. The letters were put in a double
bag that had been cut and sewed together again
by some person accustomed to handling a
needle. The unregistered mail in other bags
was not touched.
The bag was addressed from New York di.
rectly. and contained ninety-ive registered let
tiers TO various parts of Sweden. Among the
missing registered letters. according to the New
York mail list, are two from Aston. Mass. three
from Boston, one from Providence, r. l., and
the rest mostly from Chicago. The post officials
are Investigating. According to the rules OF the
International Postal Union a compensation of
fifty francs must be paid for each letter by the
took place.
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Dennis Duffy. l6 years old. OF 222 East Sixty
fifth street. went to the Grcnoblc Hotel, at
Seventh avenue and Fifty.sixth street, yester.
day afternoon to deliver IL package for his EN-.
ploycr. Mrs. McNulty. a tailoress at l0i West
Forty.ninth street. He got into the freight ele-
vatOr, the attendant OF which had left his post
for a moment, and tried to take himself to tho
top OF the building.
No one saw him start tho car. but the head
waiter. hearing gronns from the elevator shaft,
found that tho car had stopped just below the
second floor. He ran it down and Duffy fell into
his arms, unconscious, He was carried to
Roosevelt Hospital, where he died an hour la
ter. Philip Clark OF 9i5 Sixth avenue, the ele-
vator attendant, was arrested.
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PROTEST AGAINST TIL BILL.
Japan Intimntes That 1t Contains Unrriendiy
Discrimination Against Her Products.

Discrimination Against Her Products.
WASHINGTON, June l9.-The text OF q protest
mado against tho pending Tariff bill by the
japanese Government, which was sent to the
Senate Finance Committee by the State De-
partment, was made public to-day. II
deals with the silk. mating, hemp. tea.
and other schedules. and intimates that
the Tariff bill contains unfriendly discrimina,
ton against products distinctly Japanese. The
protest, which was written by Mr.. Toru Hoshi.
the japanese Minister In Washington, says
that while tho Imperial Government does
not share the general belief that this
legislation was intended to discriminate
against Japanese ii Is an unfortunate
coincidence that the. articles imported from
japan most injuriously affected are specialties
graph OF the report reads as follows:
LAS Ihave had the honor to state, the imperial
Government are far from sharing In a belief, for
which they find no warrant In the cordial at
titude always maintained by the United
States toward Japan. but nevertheless they
do not think it either wise or prudent to
ignore n sentiment which under certain
circumstances. might have a most unfortunate
effect upon the relations of tho Two countries.
They hope, moreover, that II will not be forgotten
thai this feeling may be attributed In some de.
gree 10 he fact that no article OF American impor-
tation TO Japan pays at present anything more
stance that the Legislature OF Japan has already
signifcd its intention OF hereafter levying only
the most moderate imports upon American COM
mprrp.'
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HEAVY TEA IMPORTS.
Dealers Laying In Largo stocks to Avoid the
Proposed Duty.

The proposition in the pending Tariff bill to
levy a duty OF 10 cents a pound on tea has re-
suited in heavy imports. The usual time for
heavy tea arrivals. usually new crop. at this
city is from October to January. Stored tea,
however. is being brought into the country in
great quantities. 1t is coming from the East on
the fastest steamships. and is reaching this city
via Vancouver and the Canadian Pacific Rail-
road in bond. coming in sealed cars.
1t is reported that IL. 200. 900 pounds are now
in transit. Figures prepared yesterday by
Statistician Liant of the Custom House show
data are obtainablc. 1897. 995 pounds OF tea, OF
a value of S43s. 1873. reached this city. This
was against a total in April. 1896. of 1,571,6s2
pounds valued at $165, TIT.
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BROORLH Nv.

The Baptist Bows BRIGADE. about 5000 strong. will
he reviewed by Mayor Wurster at Prospect Park next
Satur Jay ait rnOun, They VIII be In command OF
Gen. William kcrby.
The Joint Committ on Bridges OF the Aldermen
and the Suprrylsnrs OF queens CounE met yesterday
and award d a contract for constructing u pier for
the Bllssville fridge At Grrenpoint avenue To y. j.
Mara, whose Did was SEQ. 500
MAYOR Wurst"r yesterday appuintei as additional
directors for the Public Library Mrs. Charles u. II.
CraiEl", Mrs. T. =. h''Gh,nson, Mrs; Isaac II, Cary,
Aiyah q. Brown, Alfred I. White. George II. Souh,.
ard. Justice W. W. Goodrich. i. C. Brennan. Waller
b. Atterbury, and Joseph Z. HindG.
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Three WheeIwomen injured.

Miss Mabel Golf OF Brentwood. L. l., was So
verely injured while riding a wheel In Bay Shore
on Friday. In turning a corner she collided with
a wagon. She was thrown undcr the horses
hoofs and her head and legs We're injured. She
was taken to her home in a carriage.
Miss Helen johnson OF Sayville, L. l.. while
riding a bicycle in West Sayville on Friday, col
lided with, II boy. She was thrown from her
wheel and her left arm was broken.
Miss Annie p. Furnish OF ll8 Macon street,
Brooklyn, while riding n bicycle on Bedford ave.
nue., near ST. Marks avenue, last evening, col
lidod with "A carriage and her left arm was frac-
tured. she was taken home in an ambulance.
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Drunken Woman Falls Into tho River and
Dies OF shock.

Mary Schmidt. 45'years old. a homeless scrub
woman, who usually slept in the hallway at $50
West Seventeenth street, fell into the North
River from the pier at the foot of Seventeenth
street yesterday afternoon. She was intoxicated.
and became unconscious almost as soon as she
struck the water. Thomas Barrett, n longshorc-
man, who saw her fall. Jumped into the river
and dragged her ashore. she WAS carried to the
New York Hospital, where she died from the
shock last evening.
Barrett gave a false address when the police
pueStin1ni him