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The New Ships,

With the approach of the session of Con-
gress the progress made on the vessels still
under construction becomes of much in
terest. Chief Constructor HICHBoRN has
just taken an account of stock, and re-
ports, to begin with, that the Princeton,
the last of the six composite gunboats, will
have her preliminary trial next week.
That leaves five battleships and about
dozen torpedo boats to be finished. OF the
former, the big Kearsarge and Kentucky,
which are to have twostory turrets, are
nearly half ready, and will be launched in
January. For the other three no side or
turret armor has yet been provided, but
their hulls are coming along well, the ratio
of total completion being for the Alabama
20, for the Illinois % and for the Wiscon.
sin % per cent.
OF the torpedo boats the Rodgers and
Winslow, sister craft of the Foote, which
is now in service, are of course furthcst
along, the Winslow being down for her
trial in few days, while the Rodgers,
which met with an accident, will be ready
again in January. Next, on the Pacific
| coast, is the 26-knot boat Rowan, s6 per
| cent. ready, while it is noticeable that the
2O-knot Mackenzie, built by new competi-
tors, the Hillman Company, 70 per cent.
ready leads the group of ten contracted for
about thirteen months ago. The Talbot,
Gwyn, and Davis building by the HERREs.
HoFFs. follow with 62 per cent. each, tho
| two former being launched on Monday,
while the Mckee shows 81 per cent. OF
the 30-knot boats the big Farragut Is one
fifth completed, and the two Bath boats.
Dahlgren and Craven, 10 per cent. Tho
second trio of 30-knot boats are very little
advanced Finally, the Plunger, the sub
marine craft, is two-thirds done.
This is the last routine report of the sort
that will be made before the assembling of
Congress, but later ones may be ready be-
fore the naval bill Is drawn up. 1t is clear,
however, that the yards will be ready to
take up a new group of torpedo craft as
soon as authorized, while the settlement OF
the armor dispute is the only thing needed
to justify ordering more battleships.
The sun., 1897-11-23
An Unfinished Public Career.

The journalists who are arranging for the
Hon. THOMAS BRAoKETT REEDS retirement
from public life at the end of the present
Congress are probably losing their time and
wasting their ink. The Speaker has yet to
attain the prime of his political career, and
he is not a quitter.
What would American politics be in the
last years of the nineteenth century with
out Tom REED in the chair, or at least in
the very front row of seatsl
He has grown, in the estimation Of both
friends and focs moro rapidly during the
last ten years than any other statesman of
any party during the same period. He has
shown himself Hercules where q strong
man was needed. The record of his SER
vices in steering the uncertain, in suppress
ing the fools, and In promoting the serious
business of legislation generally, would
probably astonish the country If it were
candidly and fully written.
The circumstance that while everybody
admires the Hon. THOMAS BRACKET REED,
more or less, there has never been found
around him any particular sect or circle of
personal idolators, is not his least dis
tinguished claim upon public gratitude.
His sense of humor, as keen and as sane as
| any mans since ABRAHAM LINCOLN, has
| preserved him from that fate. He cannot
tolerate humbug, even humbug about him
| self. The people need him in a conspicu-
GUS place, if only as an object lesson.
Avaricious of wealth. That isnot Tom
REEDS character. Besides, what merely
professional income could compensate him
for the life which his own genius has ar
ranged for him, and in which he rejoices as
his muscles playa
Disappointed We don't believe It.
| Administrations come and Administrations
| go, but a reputation such as the Hon.
THOMAS B. REED has won on his own indi
vidual merits endures. Who would not
rather have been BLAINE or HENRY CLAY
| than r. B. HAYES2
And the Speaker has this advantage over
either CLAY or BLAINE, that Destiny has
not yet closed the account with him.
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,,.,,,.a N, great body Of the citizens who

narrated the great body of the citizens who
put IL In power.
Mr.. Low came before the people as the
noliticol heir Of the Strong administration,
proposing to carry to astill greater extreme
its theory Of "non.p .partisanship.' Thus
he represented the very theory of which the
neonle had determined to rid their govern
ment. They wanted party government and
no more of non.partisan government. II the
Republican party had been held together on
It's strict party issues, 1t might have succeed
ed, In spite of the handicap put upon 1t by the
fact that Mayor STRONG was Republican in
national politics; but the diversion from
II caused by the Low movement was enough
to defeat the party. II the Republicans
could not succeed as party on strict party
issues, Tammany was bound to come In.
A great part of the Citizens Union voters
were content with the success Of Tammany
because it involved the defeat of the Repub-
lican party. The partisan spirit of even
Democrats who voted for Low was secretly
pratifed by the triumph of their party in
the person of Tammany. Every strict Re-
publican had rather have Tammany in
power than a political nondescript like
Low, for whose failure the Repub-
lican party would have been held re.
sponsible, though it would have been with
out influence with him. Nor can it be de-
MED that the run of the business commu-
nifty, the retail merchants, the real estate
interests, and the caterers to the entertain
ment and amusement of the public, prefer
Tammany government to the costly, intru-
sive, vexatious, amateur, and narrow
minded Strong administration.
Tammany has great task before It, and
doubtless its magnitude will impress the
triumphant organization with grave sense
of responsibility. And we'll it may, for on
Tammany's administration of the Govern
ment of the Greater New York during the
coming two years will depend the fate of
the Democratic party in this city and State
in the meanwhile, and, possibly, of the
Democratic party in the election for Presi-
dent in 1900.
The sun., 1897-11-23

From the London Truth.


When We are all railing at the monstrous American
system OF spoils think that little forget what
happens at home in own Parliamentary lights. 1t
Is true that have a permanent civil service
cruited by examinations, the Epoils extern
sve. Yet there spoils and they to the victors
There a number of welpaid court appointments
that distributed among the peers belonging to the
winning side. In the House of Commons. apart from
the heads OF departments, there not few we'll
paid posts that the prizes of the vctors To tho
victors go the vacancies the judicial bench for
these distributed among the lawyers OF the win
ming party. Magistrates OF counties and towns
selected from the party and there various other
crumbs which take the same road The party requires
n chest. How is 1t filled Various wealthy gentle
men are invited TO subscribe TO II, with the under
standing that the cash Is to be repaid In peerage.
baronetcy, or knighthood. The only difference,
therefore. between and the Americans is that there
each party insists upon good many of the rank and
file coming in for their share in the division OF tho
spos. while with the spoils so almost exclusively
to the upper crust OF the party pie.
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killed and the number seriously injured
during the present year from inability to
stop quickly should impress upon every
manufacturer the necessity OF fitting his
machines with a serviceable brake. AL
though the use Of that safeguard Is much
more general this year than 1t was last, the
cycling fraternity still contains q great
many anti.brakemen who honestly believe
that back pedalling answers the purpose of
metallic brake.
The foolish impression that q speed OF
eight miles an hour, at which one may law
fully ride in this city, is not fast enough to
require the use of brake is now enter
tained by very few. No one who has had
the misfortune to be struck by bicycle
stops to think how fast the wheel was
going; and the fact is that pace OF even
five miles an hour is almost as dangerous
as one of fifteen. In either case, the full
momentum of the wheel, driven by 15O'
pound person, would be great enough to
throw an unwary pedestrian off his feet
and perhaps crack his skull.
Hence, in order to make the coming bicycle
complete success and to relieve the mind
of every cyclist who appreciates the danger
of riding on crowded thoroughfarcs, the '9s
models should be provided with a brake as
strong and unfailing as the handle bar it.
self. Manufacturers would profit by the
addition, bicycles would be less Of a terror
to the timid, and non-wheelmen could &c
their way in comparative safety.
The sun., 1897-11-23
TIE WEDDING OF THE CITIES.
A Sure Enough Celebration Proposed for Next
Spring.

A Sure Enough Celebration Proposed for Next
Spring.
To THE EDITOR OF The SUN-Sir. In regard to
the marriage of the two cities suggested by
your correspondents Cinquecento" and re.
iuissance," would say that the time and place
named by them for holding such a ceremony are
absolutely inappropriate. There can bc no mill
tary parade on the 1st of January because tho
weather is too inclement at that season. and to
have q celebration on the bridge would be
simply inviting another catastrophe similar to
that which occurred at the time of its opening
The consolidation should bo celebrated by an
entertainment lasting for several days, or per-
haps week, and the militia of all the States
should be asked to participate. 1t should be
planned for the late spring, when the weather is
generally suitable for outdoor parades and
night displays.
Last spring tho writer suggested to q number
OF prominent citizens the propriety of forming
. committee for this purpose, and an advisory
committee was organized by the election of n
Chairman and secretary. Several meetings of
this committee were held. 1t was deemed ad-
visable. however, to postpone tho formation Of
the large committee until after the election.
Tho advisory committee will be asked in a
few days to take the matter up, and with the
aid Of Mayor-elect Van Wyck to bring about a
celebration that will fittingly signalize tho con-
solidation and progress of the greatest city OF
the continent and the second of the world.
NEW YORK, Nov. 81. JOHN J. GARNErr.
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spect. LEE's repulse At Gettysburg was Of
enormous importance to the Union cause,
yet no feature OF tho three days struggle
will ever eclipse, in history, PIcKErT's final
charge. Antietam, in like manner, though
it put an end to LEES invasion Of Mary
land, was tactically so nearly drawn battle
that he retired in his own way, still ready
and able to fight. At Shiloh the advantage
on the first day went to the Confederate
forces, while on the second day, with the
Union reinforcementst there, the final victory
was GRANTS. Chickamauga was Con.
fedcrate triumph Of the first order, but
Chattanooga, which followed it in the same
series of operations, far more than won
back all the ground that had been lost.
Thus 1t turns out that these commemora-
tive projects go on with the hearty CO.
operation Of those who were once arrayed in
hostility. Even the value of these fields as
object lessons for the military study of
future generations is less striking than the
mutual and friendly desire of victors and
vanquished to keep them as hallowed spots.
The sun., 1897-11-23
The Military Parks.

Four great battlefields of the civil war,
Gettysburg and Antetam at the East,
Chickamauga and Shiloh at the West, have
been set apart for historic preservation by
acts of Congress. The work on each field
is now carried on by commissions, and the
reports of these bodies for the past year are
interesting.
The Gettysburg Commission asks for
$l5O,00O from Congress for the coming
year. Upon the memorial features of the
greatest battle ever fought on this conti-
nent, the money bestowed by the General
Government, the States, the regimental
and other associations, and by individuals,
has mounted probably into the millions
Yet, as we see, the expenditures go on, and
In all the world there is no counterpart of
this wonderful battle scene.
AT the Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Park, n far more recent establishment,
the work has gone on with great rapidity,
and the expenditures there must be well
along toward the million mark. During
the last year, as Gen. BoYNToN, the Chair
man of the commission, shows, the Look
out Mountain battlefield has been added to
the park. The annual appropriation for
this sum is asked for next year.
Shiloh is a less extensive park, and also
less costly, only $135, 900 having thus far
been appropriated for it by Congress, while
$685. is the amount asked for this year.
Antietam, though classed with the other
three, is not properly military park, the
work there, which has been practically fin.
ished during the present year, consisting
mostly in marking the battle lines of the
two armies. the erection of iron tablets
bearing brief descriptions, and of a masonry
lookout tower, the preparation of maps
and the placing of few monuments by
military organizations. OF these last a
dozen have already been constructed, and
others are in prospect.
The extraordinary fact in these under
takings, next to the muniflcence with
which they have been carried out is that
before n generation had passed, and while
so many of the surviving combatants were
still in active life, these old foes were unit
Ing in trying to perpetuate the events O.
their greatest and most typical conflicts
To bring together as friends those who wer,
once enemies, avoiding points of differenc,
and ignoring unpleasant reminders O
strife, is familiar enough; but in thes,
instances of ours the old combatants actu
ally join in preserving the memories o
their tlercest death grapples, walking owe
the fields arm in arm TO see that no trac
of the bloodiest carnage is missed or al
lowed to lapse into oblivion.
The truth is that, in the military sense
these battles were honorable to the victor
and vanquished. And it may be added tha
. the four fields thus commemorated wer
strikfIIgly adapted TO their uses in this re
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nranoe nrArs PnoMorEp.
Another Compreraiss in the Race Rsw -
IOr,ainnn Cath oilcs.


New ORLEANS, La., Nov. 22.-It is announced
here officially to-day that Bishop Macs OF Gov
inpton, KY. has been appointed to the vacant
Catholic Archbshoprlc OF New Orleans, This
ends warm racial contest, which has been
going on in the diocese for somo time. A ma
jority of tho Catholics in New Orleans and
Ioui siana arc French.spoaking or OF French
origin, and the Archbishop always has been ap.
pointod from among the French clergy. When
tho place wns filled last tho Irish. German, and
other Catholic elements asked q recognition.
The French and creoles objected, ana to placate
all sides n compromise was reached, and Jams.
sens. native OF Holland, was appointed Arch
bishop.
At his death some months ago the old race quos-
tion came up again. The priests OF the diocese
selected Bishop Chapole. a Fronchman. as the
most worthy to fll tho place, and the Bishops
urged the appointment OF eithor Bishop Kono.
New Orleans. not satisfied with this, met and
declared that 1t was absolutely nec ssary that
French or hrohblsnSop m tS Se sps sps
addressed to Rome. II was forwarded instead
to President Faure of France, with tho request
French. Archbishop, SO as to assure the continp.
ance Of tho French influence and language IN
boais.ns The ~ pr.iSn pSd nns was oy
These facts having leaked out, Bishop Fits
gerald, the presiding Bishop of the diocese.
petition as traitors to this country and to the
American flag in seeking foreign MD IN the mat. mat
ter of sTss en- Father
met that he on the infallshiiity III Of
appointed to the Archbishoprio. The selection
of Bishop Macs, who is q Belgian, is undorstood
ssp S eens the OF sse
Irish, and American Catholics Of tho diocese.
The sun., 1897-11-23
ONE DAY IN VIDE OPEN CHICAGO.
MiEhwaymon nud Footpnds OF Roth soxes
Carry or Nino Jobs successrllIy.


CHICAGO. ILL.,. Nov. 22.-Nine victims of store
and saloon hold-ups, highwaymen and footpads
of both sexes reported their losses to the police
yesterday and laet night. Three masked men
showed revolvers into tho face of Albert Misek
in his saloon at West Twenty-third street and
Sawyer avenue at 5 o'clock yesterday morning
and demanded his money. Misek cleared the
bar at bound and ran for the door. the robbers
firing two shots after him without effect and
then giving chase, They caught him and beat
him into insensibility, after which they robbed
him Of his money and gold watch.
Saloon keeper Joseph Neuberg. assisted BY his
wife and Il huge dog. successfully resisted an at
tempt by two masked men to loot his place on
Clybourn avenue.
NJ. ID. Morris. a travelling salesman, stopping
at the Leland, was held up by two " strong arm
women and robbed of 1926 near " Hinly Dink's'
saloon, on Van Buren street. Stella Temple
and Alice Scott were arrested for tho robbery
and identified by Morris.
Two men sprang from an alley near Michigan
avenue and Twenty eighth street and seizinG
Mrs. A. c. Danzel OF 2720 Michigan avenue by
the throat robbed her Of her purse containing
$55.
Two small saloon hold-ups and three street
robberies were also reported.
The sun., 1897-11-23

Mr.. JAMES GORDON BENNETT having very
frankly confessed the failure of his Evening Tele-
gram and stopped its publication, though pro-
posing no reparation to tho advertisers and
readers upon whom 1t had inflicted loss and suf-
fering, who is the impostor that SO promptly
steals the name and image of the defunct jour-
nal and by putting forth a spurious Erening
Telegram seeks to continue the swindle to his
own proftf Who procured tho insertion In the
next days Herald Of q reading notice" an.
nouncing that. Notwithstanding Mr.. BENEFITS g
decision to stop foolinp the people, the favorite
evening paper Of Greater New York" would
continue to appear. "as usual. with all tho news
and numerous bright featuresY
Can it be another enterprise Of tho man who
first perceived the tremendous possibilities OF
gain in the Free Ice FUND.-
The sun., 1897-11-23

From the Topeka Daily Capital.
EMPoRIA. Kan. Nov 17.-E. s. Tucker. commercial
agent for kansas for the Trans Mississippi and inter-
national Exposition at Omaha next fall. was In EN-
poria to-day working up exhibit from this county.
In interview with the officers OF the Com;ne
Club the Secretary OF the club suggested that spen-
did exhibit for Kansas. and one that would not only
attract much attention but would also be ineSpen.
sive would be collect a OF cancelled mortgages
throughout the State and take them to the Exposi-
ton These tokens OF cancelled Indebtedness or
vouchers OF present prosperity might be arranged in
some artistic manner by a committee to be appointed
by GOV. Lecdy. Tho suggestion met with spproba'
tlon here, and should the Governor call special
sion OF the Legislature bill will probably be intro
duced making an appropriation for this purpose.
The sun., 1897-11-23
The New Wheels Should Have Brakes

1t is already known regarding the bicycles
of 1898 that there will be plenty of de-
sirable models from which wheelmen and
wheelwomen may select. Therefore the
demand for originality and attractiveness
in wheel construction, which great many
riders have prayed for, will be entirely sat
istied. Now comes a question of still greater
Importance: Will the new wheels be as
safe as they ought to bel In other words,
will they be equipped with strong and
trustworthy brakesl
The number of wheelmen who have been
The sun., 1897-11-23
The renort that Emneror WILLIAM. In a

The report that Emperor WILLIAM. in a
letter to a member OF the French Government.
gave his word OF honor and was ready. II neces-
sary. to give his word as an Emperor. that
Capt. DREyFUs did not divulge French secrets
to Germany, is burdened with too much i'm
probability to be received without suspicion.
Just why WILLIAM ii. should meddle with the
case it is difficult to see with tho little light
that so far has been shed upon it.
Mr.. SoHEURER KEsTSER has certainly sue
ceeded in starting big sensation and also in
throwing some suspicion upon the head of
Count EsTERHAzY. He says that he can estab-
lish tho innocence OF the ex-Captain, but that
for some little time his lips must be sealed, on
account of engagements which he Is bound to
The sun., 1897-11-23
Luck Follows Misfortune.
From The PhNadelphta Record.

That seeming misfortunes arc often blessings
in disguise was proven conclusively to one OF
the guests in IA Chestnut street hotel n few days
ago. He lost a valuable diamond stud in the
waste pipe of the bathtub in his suite Of apart
allowed the pipe to be taken up at tho expense
OF the loser A plumber did the job for $40. and
tho guest not only recovered his stud. but a so
found in the bend of the drain pipe diamond
ring. Being an honest man, nc gave the ring to
the proprie' who advertised tho find in several
newspapers. AS no one came 10 claim the ring
the proprietor. with an equally commcndable
sense of honesty. returned it to the finder Need
less TO say, the loser of the stud highly com
pensate ed for his trouble. as tho ring was valued
at VI 80 The fortunate man gave the plumber
crisp 500 note extra, as the brilliant find was
partly due to that worthy.
The sun., 1897-11-23
Foreign Notes or Real Interest.

Adelaide has been reached from London In twenty
seven days by the Peninsular and Oriental steamer
China.
Queen Victoria selected tho Jewish Chant of the
Dead as tho opening voluntary for the Duchess Of
Tecks funeral service.
English foxes tame that two Of them recent
ly hai fight on a mans lawn. and were separated
with dinlculty by the use Of stick.
Don Livio Borghese. second of the Roman
Prince Borghese, is about to marry Mile PorRaa
daughter of the rich Jew banker OF Paris.
Godstow, near oxford. with the ruins of the nun.
merry where Henry H. first saw Fair Rosamond ana
where queen ElInor put her to DEATH has Just been
sold at auction.
Spiders are tangling up the Japanese telegraph
lines. They start hoir webs the wires and are so
numerous as to cause a serious loss OF Insulation
sweeping the webs on does little good the spiders
begin all over again.
Count Teleki's volcano. at the south end of Lake
Rudolph. seems to have blown up Mr.. CavendIsh.
who has Just returned from that part of Africa re-
ports that no found the site OF volcano deep
rent In the ground. surrounded by heaps Stag and
broken lava.
Mont st Michel on the Breton coast. is likely to
be spoiled from artistic point tho depart
ment authorities are planning TO build q railroad to
the mount from Pontorson road RAINING over the
dyke and on the ramparts and the station being 40
the foot of the mouEs
Great Britain and Ireland have turned out 81 s22.
7oo gallons OF whskey In 1897. over 5000 900 gal.
Ions more than in tho previous year or this 32 1885,
23S gallons were consumed IN the United Kingdom
and ff9O.l lsl gallons exported. There are 1893 dis.
tieries al work In Scotland. twenty nine In Ireland
nine in England and one in Wales.
Hameln on the weser is to have a monument to !ts
Pied Piper whom Browning's poem has made "a.
NOUS. The monument Is the gift OF the Prussisn
Treasury which 0TectA IL tn
man colonial enterprise according to the form of
tho legend the children whom the Ratcatcher led into
the KopelberE turned up In Transylvan and estab
lished the Saxon settlement there.
FiVe-egged frogs. dead and stufrod, are worth s2I
apiece according 10 a Freuch courts decision. A
hSh vender OF Lucon found one and took it 10 the
druggiSts to be stuffed. While they were discussinV
the price OF the operation the druggists cat ran on
with the frog but her master found It later ana nr
sented Il TO the Nantes Museum. The nah ysnds,
thereupou sued the druggist for lchinR thu froS -
recovered loo francs dGmAEsa