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The times., 1897-04-20
France and DiDgley.

Protests from foreign powers ami inter-
ests against the treaty violating or COM
merCe destroying features of the Dingley
bill continue TO pour into the State De
partment From thence they go TO the
Senate Committee on Finance and become
state secrets In this way il is expected
that the public can be kept in ignorance
of the facts until too late for useful oppo
sition Because OF this preliminary fca-
ture OF Republican fiscal policy, it is said
that NJ Hanotaux, the French foreign
minister, felt compelled to give his ideas
on the future of our trade relations with
his country, TO the press.
The French government view, as con-
veyed In n Hanotaux's s remarks on the
subject, amount to the simple proposition
that, If We arrange a prohibitive tariff
against France, the latter will construct
a scheme under which France willno longer
be a purchaser of American commodities
This, OF course, is only one OF a number
Of such pleasant prospects incident to
Dingleyism.
The times., 1897-04-20
LIST KEEPS on INCREASING.
Mondays Appeals to Secretary Gage
for Kind Official Favors.

Secretary Gage was con fronteG yesterday
by the following list Of Republicans who
would like to have their services in the last
flee:
W. s. Alexander. McConnellsburg Pa,
to be deputy auditor of the Interior at
Washington, D. c.; L. Brown, Wartrace, /,
Tennessee, to be register at Washington,
d. c.; John L. Doyle, Savannah, Ga, 10
he collector of customs at Savannah, Ga;
w. r. Curtis, juneau, Alaska; f. L. VIII
son, Cincinnati, Ohio, and NJ. II. Evans,
TuscoIa, III, to he collector of customs at
Sitka, Alaska; Thomas Ii. Silsbee, Thomas
b. Lamb, C. F. Henking and d ID .Clugston,
all of San Diego, Cal, to be collector of
customs at San Diego, Cal; II. G. Minor,
New Orleans, to be collector OF customs at
New Orleans; f. H. Bryant, Machias, Me,
to be collector of customs at AIachias;
Charles Gunstram, Orange, Texas, to be
collector of customs al Galveston, Tex; A
A. Spitzer, Richmond, Va, to be collector
of customs at Richmond; H. c. Griffin.
NatcheZ, MISS, to be collector OF customs
at Shieldsboro, Miss; f. Anderson, Pass
Christian, Miss, to be collector of GUS
toms at Shieldsboro, Miss; Charles A.
Dickinson, Rochester, " Y, to be collec-
tor OF customs at Rochester, \ Y; j. l..
Dcslattes, New Orleans, To be examiner
OF drugs at New Orleans; A p Miller,
Cley, Pa. To be collector of internal reve-
nue. at Lancaster, Pa; r. T.. Davis, Graf
ton, w Va. to be collector of internal
revenue at Parkersburg, w. Va.
The times., 1897-04-20
PRAYS FOR DIVORCE.
Drunken Husband, Mrs. Dhrden Says.
Makes Life IntOIe rable.

Goidie May Darden, by her attorney. Ed
mtmd French, filed a bill in equity y"ster-
day against her husband. Frederick Nj.
Dardcn, praying to be given decree of
divorce from him and the custody OF her
two children.
Mrs. narden keeps a clearinghouse at
No. 1919 l street northwest. She alleges
that she was married TO the defendant
at Elizabeth CITY, y. c., March %. 1891,
and that three children had been born to
them one having died in infancy. Her nus
baud. she says, has become an habitual
drum kard has no income. has failed 20 sup
port her, and is now in the Washington
ASYLUM by order of Police Judge Miller
awaiting recovery from Il spree, in order
to be arraigned for vagrancy.
The defendant has made her life intol-
erable. MIS-. Darden says, and has fire.
uuentIy entered her home, craZed with
drink. and broken up furniture, hric-a-brac,
and the windows in the house Besides not
supporting her, she says, Darden has pre-
vented her. by his conduct from maintain
ing herself and her children, and has
wasted her portion Of an estate derived
from her mother.
The times., 1897-04-20
VIII Filed for Probate.

The will of Elizabeth Jane Cryer. late
of this city, was filed for probate yes
terday. The instrument is dated August
13, 1895, and names Mary Annie Davis
as executrix. 1t is provided that the
home of the testatrix shall be sold and
the proceeds divided among beneficiaries,
as follows: To Jane Frances Lacey, S400;
to Connie V BratltD, $500; to William II.
Cryer, $500; the three named being her
children; to Clarence Cryer, a grandson,
$500, and the remainder, wha tever it may
be, to Mary Annie Davis. her daughter
and the executriX.
The times., 1897-04-20
Autocracy in Danger.

We do not know what personal resources
fn the way of musical ability Mr.. Reed
may have He may play on the flute, the
cello or something OF that sort, or he
may he lacking in instrumental accomplish
mentS. and have To take it out Of comb
and curl paper when harmonioGsly in
clined But some such gentle diversion
might come in handy, in the case OF an
Autocrat. who is going to see lots oftrouble
unless he gives in and condesoends TO
rcsurrect and obey the Constitution OF his
country, which he is persiStently and will
fully violating. Nero had a viGlin 70 fall
back upon when despotisn wearied. and
Marc Antony's proficiency with his flute
afforded him recreation, when storms OF
public wrath were beating without Our
own Autocrat should cultivate musical or
mental resources of some sort, because the
tide OF Indignation at his course is fast
rising, and there are breakers aEead.
1t is not only the democratic minority
OF the suppressed House that today is
Imbued with opposition. Republican mem
bers are hearing ominous muttcrings from
their constituencies, and nothing but the
fear OF punishment, in being deprived cf
good committee assignments, would be
sufficient to keep them quiet. That fear
i5likely soon to be overcome by the greater
one, tLat the people at home viii punish
them still more severely, if they DO not
make an effort 10 place themselves on
record in defense of the liberties Of Con-
eress
The people at large are but just begin
ming to appreciate the gravity OF the con-
stituhonal revolution effected by the
Autocrat, ia extnguishing the popular
branch of the national legislature, They
are only now coming to realize that the
ofrenSe is what Senator Morgan describes
it. THE most audacious blow at the
peoples right OF self-government under
the Constitution ever before attempted"
Representatives sent here by the people
will have to explain how ii is that they
have consented and submitted TO such an
outrage, and there win be no end of
trouble.
Probably there might be more active Re
publican opposition but for the rumor that
the Autucrat has half made up his power-
fuI mind to head off the coming revolt
in his own party by sunendering grace
fully to the inevitable, and appointing the
cpnluittecs Members who believe in a
political hereafter should not wait for
that to occur. They would do better 10
get up ana say something for the Consti-
tution and the usurped rights of the House.
Then they might claim little share in
the victory Evidently that is their only
course They do not dare TO plead phi
yately with their master. lie would tell
them To go to Texas lust as formerly he
did the Democrats They might go there
and not come back to the charge as speedily
and unanimously as the Democrats did
But they had best do something.
The times., 1897-04-20

According to Mr.. P. B. Weare, who is
better government for Alaska, a decidedly
uncomfortable state of things for law abid-
ing settlers prevails in that region. Away
up In the center of the territory, on the
Yukon River, there is a thicNy settling
section, OF which Circle City is the Chief
town. just opposite, on the British side of
the boundary, is Fort Cudahy. and the two
towns are sort of happy hunting ground
for all the bad men OF the region. When a
tough commits "a crime in the British town
ali he has TO do is to come over to Circle
City. The miners of this growing mining
town number some three or four thousand;
and scattered aboutin the vicinity are about
ten times as many natives, who, as is fre-
auontly the case with natives, could be
trusted to behave themselves il 1T were
not for the corrupting influence CT the
Angio-SaXon bad man" There Is no court
nearer than Juneau, nearly five thousand
miles away by the river route, the only one
practicable. Consequently this part Of
Alaska is governed by mininglaw aud lynch
law. Mr.. .Wearerepresentsth the North Ameri-
can Trading and Transportation Company;
aud he says that the miners Of the West
are deserting the silver States for the
Yukon country, and that this great terri
than the people of the United States have
ever realized. with long handled shovel,
pair Of gum boots, and a tin can, he says,
The times., 1897-04-20
HouseCleaning
Requisites.

Many a helpful accessory to
spring house cleaning can be
found at little prices in our COM
plete Housefurnishing stock.
Everything new with merit and
only the best makes.
Painted Cedar Scrub Buckets, each-.12o
Palmetto Fiber Scrub Brushes, each. 100
Chamois sponges, for cleaning win
dows, each. .---..-....'...'...----- 90
Ready Mixed Paints, assorted cOlors,
per can ........--....-..'-----' ----------I IOo
Fine Four-string Brooms. each.--...20o
Sixteen degree Ammonia, per bottle SO
..Dead Stuck for bugs. per bottle 19c
Fancy Bordered Shelf Paper. per 10
5-ft. Strong Step Ladders. each-.....55o
Scrub Cloths, each........-.......-... 10
Butchers Floor Polish, per To- can. SOC
New Patent Mop Handles, each......1Oo
ualf-coYered Dust Pans. japanned,
each NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. --------IOo
Wire-drawn Dust Brushes, each.-....1OO
New Patent Concaye Wash Boards,
each Observation-Disclosures. ----.-......Z0o
Galvanized Pals, each. ch.-..............GOo
New Patent Sink Cleaners, each-..- so
2-ineh PANT Brushes. each
whitewash Brushes, each.
5+h floor
The times., 1897-04-20
Minister Terrell,s fears regarding Am

ican interests no doubt refer 10 the Roberts
College and other educational institutions as
well as to missionary stations. These should
not he in danger, except In the event OF q
Moslem uprising, having for its object u
general massacre Of Christians. Such a
movement is not impossible. If it should
happen on the Bosporus, it might furnish
tie required pretext for Russian occupation
of Constautinople a big Russian fleet is
not many hours distant from the scene.
The times., 1897-04-20
An Excellent Easter Program.

The Easter program of the ASbury NJ. Z.
Church choir, which was rendered at the
morning and evening service, wns highly
Cre[litable The choir was assisted by
Mr.. Alexander r. Taylor, violinist, who
gave several solos in very artistic man
ner. The program for the morning and
evening services included the following:
Offertory, Mrs. E NJ. Jarvis; invocation,
Or. L L Thomas; chorus, "The open
Door, baritone solo, Mr.. X. W. johnson;
cIorus, Christ Our Passover (Whea0;
tenor solo, Easter Day Mr. Rocker;
soprano solo, Miss Hamilton: chorus,
"Sanctus tSt, Cecilia maSsl: alto solo,
Christ the Lord Is Risen Today bis
hoof); chorus, "Hallelujah' Hayden). This
last number was rendered by special re-
quest a second time and was received with
great enthusiasm. The choir is directed by
Mr. j Henry lie wis, and Mrs EsteileN. Jar
Wis s. the organist.
The times., 1897-04-20
OFFICE OF o. s. TREASURER.
Mr.. Roberts for Washington and Mr
Jordan for New York.

There was report in circulation about
the Treasury building yesterday which
appears to have been well grounded, to the
effect that Ellis H. Roberts would be ap-
polluted United States Treasurer, to sue
ceed d. n Morgan, and that Conrad Jordan
would be reappointed Assistant Treasurer
at New York. It was said that Senator
PIatt, Mr. Roberts and Secretary Gage
were all satisfied with this arrangement,
and that the threatened strained relations
between Mr.. Platt and the President would
in this wise be ayerted.
Mr. Roberts was Assistant Treasurer
at New York during the Administration
of President Harrison He $ president Of
Franklin National Bank OF New York and
a close friend of Senator Platt.
The times., 1897-04-20
DULY INSTALLED IN OFFICE.
Mr.. Roosevelt Receives ConGratuia-
tions and Heavy Mail.

IlODS anu al 11tdFy hdi.
A ssistaut Secretary Roosevelt took the
oath of office yesterday morning at tine
Navy Department The fOrmality was gone
through with in the presence Of cX-Assist-
ant Secretary McAdoo, Judge Advocate
General Lenly, Chief Clerk Hanna wiin ad-
ministered the oath, and the clerks in
the office.
After receiving the congratulations Of
those present, the new Assistant Secretary
took his seat at the old Mentor iesk and
made an energetic attack on his accunn
lated correspondence.
Ex-Secrctary McA Adoo bade the clerks and
Secretary Long goodbye and departed
from the building In few days he will
20 to New York and practice law
The Navy Department mas ordered Sur
geon d c. Lewis to report to Annapolis
as a member OF the medical examination
board. May II. Chief Engineer l. S X.
Reeves is detached frOt the Kat6hdin and
is hon. on waiting rders-
The times., 1897-04-20
CAPT. DAVIS WINS.

Judgment for $1,000 Against Nor
folk and Was 4 1t N Steamboat Go.
Capt Samuel Il. Davis yesterday recoV-
cred a Judgment for $4,000 in Il snit for
damages for alleged libel against the Nor
folk and Washington Steamboat Company.
the suit having been based on charges
made in letter written by General Super
intendent John Callahan. The plaintiff
was formerly in the employ OF the com
pany, but resigned his position, and not
long after hc left the service the alleged
IibeIous letter was written. Damages
were claimed in the sum OF $4,000 i'll
the original bill.
The case was tried I'm circuit court No
before Justice Cole Messrs. II. L. Davis
and d. w Baker appearing for the plain
tiff, and Messrs. Nathaniel Wilson and A.
b Brown for the defense.
The times., 1897-04-20
The New Chicago.
lFrom the Boston Herald

(From the Boston Herald.)
Chicago is lost city, Mayor Harrison
has bee n inaugurated, and now the people,
instead of being tyrannized over by their
betters, will be allowed the dangerous
privilege of doing as they please so long
as they do not interfere with the rights Of
others. A city governed on such prin-
cipie Is indeed spectacle To distress / (
not discourage every mannikin in politics.
The times., 1897-04-20
Filed In the Equity Court.

Vincent w Power, by c. C.. Tucker End
Henry E Davis, his attorneys, filed a bill
In the equity court yesterday, against
Michael Lawler, principal, and Thomas f.
Waggaman and John w. Piling, trustees,
for the sale of certain real estate belonging
to Lawler to satisfy Judgment in Powers
favor for S95O.47 In case the property
shall have been sold by the trustees prior
to the filing of Powers bill, the funds in
their hands after satisfying the prior trusts
are to be applied to the Judgment.
The times., 1897-04-20
STEAM YACHT LIBELED.
Chief Engineer Bailey Wants the
Back SALARY Due Him.

George II Bailey, OF New Haven, Conn i,
late chief engineer of the steam yacht
Nereid, entered libel yesterday against
the yacht and the boats tackle, apparel
aud furniture belonging to her, for the
collection of his wages such officer.
The yacht was formerly owned by Albert
j WISE. of New York. hut was purchased
March 20, 1897, hy Johnson Brothers, OF
this city, ald is now mOored at the Eleventh
street wharf.
The libelaut was employed July |, 1895,
ny Wise chief en- gineer, a5 a salary OF
$50 per month while in service, il being
part OF the a agreement that the position W as
nominal one, and that his salary should
continue during the period when the yacht
should he laid up for the winter. The
amount claimed To he due is at the rate of
$50 per mouth from October 90, 1896, TO
the goth day OF March, 1897, aggregating
$3.50.
The times., 1897-04-20
Issuance of building Permits.

Building permits were issued yesterday
as follows: To Charles W. King, Tor six
three story brick dwellings at Nos. 2l21
to 2131 N street northwest, $4,000;
william T Davis, dwelling, No. 1905
Fifteenth street northwest, S.. 800; Annie
B. Eowell, dwelling, Brookiand, 81 500;
J. A. Baker, store, No. 3047 X street
northwest, $3.50: Fred w. Piiling, addi-
tional story to No. 1536 Fifteenth street
northwest, $4,000: S. H. Kaufman, aGdi-
tfonal story to No. 1421 Massachusetts
avenue northwest, 81 500.
The times., 1897-04-20
a DASTARDLY DEED.
Attempt to Blow Up the Residence
of O. G.. jennings.


Bridgeport, Conn, April ia dastardly
attempt was made early yesterday morn
ing to blow up the residence of oliver Il.
Jennings, In Fairfield. Dynamite was
used and the force of the explosion was
downward, but three OF the large doriC
columns, holding up the north end or the
roof, were blown away and the timbers
underneath shattered. while every window
IN the house was broken. The explosion
was caused by inserting a stick OF dyna-
mite in a hole bored in the wood ana then
iguiting the fuse.
The Jennings residence will be COM
pleted in about month. 1t will cost,
when Completed, 500, 900 The owner
is the son of the late Oliver b. Jennings,
tile STANDARD OIL magnate The police,
after an investigation, became convinced
that the explosion was the result Of spite
and was done by discharged employe
for revenge. The damage will amount to
about 1900
The times., 1897-04-20

The power of such man is something
frightful His VIII for good or for evil Is
unlimited His silence appHls like the over
topping shadow or a precipice. His ourse
has been something Ike mat OF Il &ugE er-
naut. for n his triunphal passage ne hds wet
the Soes or his hoes with fiiood, jn,l ne has
heard SCrea TnS and lnodns OF despair.-Chlca-
go Ilnes-H Herald.
This paragraph met the horror-stricken
eyes of the exchange editor of The Times
the other day They were part Of q column
and half of similar soul-chilliug rhetoric.
The mind. on Icing charged with such
thoughts, seeks instinctively to know tue
source of the danger II thereis any such
terrible man in existence IL bchooves us to
know on which side of the world he IS.
1t cannot refer 10 any of the powers of
Europe, for whatever they are they are not
silent nor re,icent 1t is hardly the Sick
man OF Turkey for his career, though soiae-
what sanguinary, has not been exactly
trumphal Our thoughts turn I" our own
land. Thomas b Reed is autocrat enough.
However, he has not been known to wetthe
soles of his feet in blood, even when he had
his rubbers on. He rides no juggernautic
bicycle over the bodies of his constituents.
He has not heard many screams and moa ms
OF despair. for the House OF Representatives
does nearly all of its bowling outside his
presence. 1t is not Reed.
After searching the exchange list of two
continents and the whole of conternpora-
neous history for the man to fit this
description, we happened to glance again
at the article. At the foot OF the column
appeared the name of the monster. He was
and is a Chicago alderman
The times., 1897-04-20
The New Sugar Refinery.

New York April ia start was made
in earnest today to erect in Long Island
City the buildings of the New York Sugar
Refining Company, which is mainly backed
by Claus Doscher. The new concern will
operate in opposition to the trust. One
hundred and fifty men went to work on the
buildings today. The principal buildings
will have frontage of about 800 feet and
a depth Of about 500 feet. The plant will
have capacity for an output OF 5000
barrels day.
The times., 1897-04-20

1t, therefore, Will be seen that, among
the many campaign debts contracted III
the successful effort to place Mr.. Me
Kinley in the White House, the books of
account do not show that there is eny
paper ont in favor OF the Palmer Buc kner
Bashi-Bazouks. For which blessing we are
sure that the President is piouSly thankful.
The times., 1897-04-20

Senator Morgan desires The Times to
correct the report OF an interview with
him, published last Sunday, in which, IN
advertcntly, he was made 10 state that he
forced the preliminary Dingley bill before
fact, called up by Senator Allen, with the
assistance of Senator Morgan and others.
In all other respects Senator Morgan in
dorSes the published account OF The Inter
view as correct.
The times., 1897-04-20
Two Divorce DEGREES Granted.

Justice Hagner, presiding in equity court,
No 2, yesterday authorized decree OF
divorce In each Of two cases. Mrs. Nellie
E. Cation was separated from her husband,
George w. catonupon the charge OF adultery
upon his part, and was permitted 10 re-
sumo her rnaidennaIne OF Morrison and was
given the custody OF her child.
The other case was that of Mrs. Bessie
Blackburn, who was divorced from her hus-
band, George NJ. Blackburn. on account OF
alleged desertlon. She was permitted
to resume her maiden name OF Calvin
The times., 1897-04-20
YOUNG PEOPLE KILLED.
Their Horse Ran in Front of
Passenger Train.

South Lyons, Mich, April 19.-- A Grand
Rapids and western passenger train to-
day instantly killed Harry Clark and Miss
Sarah Fisher, and painfully injured Miss
Ethel at a road crossing near this village.
They were out driving when the team ie-
came unnanageabie and ran directly in
front OF the engine.
Cisrk's body Landed on the engine pilot.
The other two were thrown fifty feet
away Miss Fishers body was terribly
mangled, both legs being cut off She
was student at the YpSilanti normal
school, and Clark was student at Ann
Arbor.
The times., 1897-04-20
Grnce Church Election.

At a meeting OF the members of Grace
Protestant Episcopal Church, the follow
ing officers were elected for the ensuing
term vestrymen, L. r. Riley. L. i.
Duyau. z. d. Blackiston. E H. Danill, II.
p West. C. L. Burch, A. Y. Gray,
Y. NJ. Jones; senior warden, A. Y. Gray;
Junior warden, H. p. West; treasurer. A.
Y Gray: registrar. II. Z. West; delegate
to diocesan convention, A. Y. Gray;
alternate, l.. f. Duvall.
The times., 1897-04-20

While Gen, Weyler occupies a pleasant
villa at Santa Clara, and is busy punsning
subordinates for the sin OF gambling, Gen.
Gomez is alert and active, and is prcpar-
ing for a rainy season campaign against
the Spaniards The latter are sending their
healthy soldiers hack to Spain, and Glti-
themselves
The times., 1897-04-20

The New England States have not been
sincethe days of the Pilgrim Fathers, which
leaves them quite free to attend 10 those
of their neghbors. But there is one in
Maine now. and of a peculiar sort. 1t
has soft of poetic Justice about II. Inc
remnant of the Penohscot Indians have
for many generations held tcnaciously 10
their reservation near Old Town They
were the tribe from which Baron Cahtlne,
Of St CaStine, French nobieman OF the
seventeenth century, chose Wife, ana
ever since that time there have been IN
stances of intcrmariiage with whites. Now
and then a white man OF woman las gone
to live with the Indians flom cloice, ana
sometimes, by the death of wife OF hus-
band, these white people have been left
ON the hands OF the tiibe. The Penobscot
tribe cf Indians has property amoun ting
to some ST4 COO. which is in tie Cale OF
the State. The income of this pays for
the support OF the poor in tie Indian island
The tribe lately decided that tie funds
accruing from this $4,000 would not
admit of additional white pensioners, ana
were none too much TO take care of the
full-i.luoded Indians. So they passed a
law, uusting the white people. There 3
considerable excitement over the affair
in Old Town, bit the Indians ale not
likely to be interfcred with. One of the
n,ime movers in this legislation was the
father of Sockalcxis. the right fielder of
the Cleveland baseball club.
The times., 1897-04-20
THE FATE OF GENTRY.
1t Is Now i'm the Hands of Boa I'd
of Pnrdons.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 19.-The fate of
James B. Gentry, the actor who killed
his sweetheart, Madge Yorke, in Phila-
delphia hotel, is now with the board Of
pardons, which heard his case .are this
afternoon and then adjourned until to-
morrow.
Opinion is about equally divided as to
the result of the applca ton FOR a rommu
tation of the death sentence TO life i'm
prisonment The strongest card for the
prisoner was letter written by District
Attorney Graham fayoring a change Of
the sentence to life imprisonment.
The times., 1897-04-20
En- Leaves for Washington.

San Francisco, April lew Ting Flu,
the new Chinese minister, left for Wash
inrton today Through his influence, the
war between the rival factions, the Sam
Yups and the See Yups, has been de-
clared off, and the obnoxious piacards
in Chinatown have been torn down The
quarrel is in process of amicable settle
Inent.