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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

Tae Democratic Club wae filed fuler than usual
las; evening Oh accOun; OF the meetings OF
m!ttees which will have something 10 DO with the
farewell reception TO Richard Croker next Sat-
urday evening. Seven committees In session
at one tine Tho Committee on Invitations decided
10 invite many PREPAYMENT Democrats from Wash.
ington, particularly members OF Congress. Resoli-
tons urging the freedom Of Cuba prepared.
A special committee consisting o; John Fox Perry
Belmont John +. Caro-. and Hugh J. Grant.
appointed for the purpose o! providing entertain
rncnt tor guests from cities. Another special
committee appointed TO look after the transfer
OF the painting o. Mr.. Croker from the artists
studio the clubhouse.
Mr.. Croker Will head a delegation from the club
10 Washington on next Wednesday. and the dele
cation Will attend the dinner OF the convention OF
National Democratic Clubs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
ASPHALTING EIGHTH-AVE. RAPIDLY.

The work OF paving Eight-ave with asphalt, from
Fisty-ninth-st. TO the Harlem River. is going for
ward brisky. In that part OF the avenue called
Central Park West the new pavement has been laid
nearly 10 Seven:y-second-st., and the work has
been completed also In that portion OF the avenue
between One hundred nd sixteenth and One hun
bred hirtyNfth SITS. In the office OF the Com
missioner OF Highways yesterday afternoon I, was
said that the avenue would have an asphalt pave
ment all the way TO the Harlem River within three
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
OTHER GAMES YESTERDAY.

At Cambridge Tufts. : Harvard
A. Proviienc" Brown. 70 Boston College
A. Lexington. Va-Lchish. TO- Virginia MilitarY
institute
A. Waterbury Drooklyr, .. Wa'erhury.o
A. Petersburg Richmond. 1. Boston.
st Raltlmcfe- T. ,ltimOre. IL. syracuse. !
A. Phnad"lTha -Philaceqhia. -. Toronto
~ Pitishurg- Plttshurg. - Indianapolis. )
A. Washington Montreal. II. Washington. 4
AZ Daubury- Dnnhury. 10. Springfield \
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

over portion OF these plains and then LED 70 the
village 81 Jericho ana over the Wheatley Hills TO
East Norwich, where the kill occurred
Several fences were broken and numoer o. .ne
they escaped uninjured.
Mrs James l.. Kernochan, who has not oeen
again In the saddle. and was among the hrst 70
GpIcb
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
LARGE FIELD AT DYKFR MFA DOW.

cup presented by II VI. Adams and Thomas A
Eddy was tho attraction at the Dyker Meadow
links yesterday Although moro than thirty play
ors took par, IN the tournament. the Handle
Committee had done iis work well that all
but three finished below the century mark As
seems TO be the rule I'm gonng handbags OF late
first placc resulted IN tie II Merritt ana
J Phillips. who were the top men. each mad" -
not though reckoning by ross figures Merritt vas
some Aucen strokes better than Phillips. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
A FAST TRAIN KILLS TWO PEOPLE.

kenton. Ohio. April "a Toledo and Ohio Gen.
tral fast train ran into the carriage OF Michael
Mccain to-day and killed his wife and daughter
that he will probably die
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
A LIVELY CROSS.COryTPy PRIV

The largest field that has been seen this season
attended the cross-country run. held yesterday
afternoon by the members OF the Meadow Brook
Hunt Club
The meet took place at $50 p. m, at the country
seat OF Ralph N. Ellis at Meadow Brook Park In
the centre OF the Hampstead Plains The run was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

There were hf'ecn starters IN tho class \ hanli-
cap nj tho Crescent Athletic Clubs INKS yesterday
but owing 10 IN" din ru'ies ~ The course. only
seven had the courage 20 post their scores. Of
This number Howard : Hovns first with the
cr,di'abic gross score Of 81 which. reduced by hts
summary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
ONE or BrFFiEO BILLS COWBOYS HURT.

Lemuel ~ Hunter. twenty-five years old. ons -
Buffalo Bins cowboys. thrown from DIS 80
Garden iast nigh, and had his leg injured ~
was taken TO Bellevue Hospital In cab.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

TIE ACT FOR TIE RELIEF OF JOHN RoAcrrs
HEIRS BECOMES Law

HEIRS BECOMES Law.
Washington. April 9-The President has approved
the act Of Congress apprOprilting $3.50 81 FOR the
heirs Of John Ronch. deceased. for labor and ma
teria dockage etc, for the gunboats Chicago. Eos-
and Atlanta; also the act incorporating the Ma
uonai Florence Crittcnton Mission, and the Joint
resolution granting permission for the erection Of
monument IN Washington city In honor OF the late
Albert Pike. for the head Of the Ancien,
and Accepted Scottish Rite OF Free Masonry for
The SOnthern Jnrisdlcilon OF The Lnltcd Sinica-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10
HANDICAP At MARINE AND FIELD

Tho members %; the Marine and Field club hcli
their usual gof hnndi 'np yesterday. tn which ten
complete cird- wcr" returned. - + Tarhel AMI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

MOUNT MGREGOR PROPERTY SOLD
Saratoga, April s-rhs historical Mount MOOT.
Gor property has been sold TO 4. ~ HopinsoH
Q. N. Rich, Of North A6aHA &Ases Sos wv
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-04-10

CANNERIES BOUGHT BY SYNDICATE
San Francisco. April "a syndicate has pur-
chased. for $4,000 cannerles controlled by the
California canneries companies The new company
has been capitalized at $1,000 and II will make
an effort 10 control the British market for Call
forntA canned fruits
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
BEEHIVE IN A CITY.
The HumminE HOney-Makers work
in Independence Square,
Philadelphia.

A beehive planted In the very heart
of great city? Impossible!
Not at all! The city is Philadelphia,
which makes difference.
Yes. the drowsy humming of the bees
at work is one of the adjuvants to
slumber which make Philadelphia
what it is. Their home is hive
perched upon broad window sill high
above a city square not far from In
dependence hall.
The bees regard the square just
across the way as their private park,
happy hunting ground planted IN
their interests.
What is a park for. anyhow. if It
isn't to gather honey in?" they want
to know. People who come to walk
or talk or rest on the benches of the
square are, the bees consider, tres
passing on private property.
In early spring there are the '.eavy
laden blossoms of the trees. horse-
chestnut flowers and the like, brim-
ming with honey, pollen and other
good things. Some Of the ornamental
shrubs and trees blossom well int the
summer.
Then there are the flower beds. Hya-
cinth follows crocus and crysanthe-
mum follows rose. Until the cold winds
of fall close down the bees industry al
together, there is always some deli
cious trifle. some cool, deep cup from
which to sip it,
The window where the hive stands
is always open, but the honey-m&kers
seldom penetrate into the room and
never to make themselves disagreea-
bic. They are model neighbors.-N.
Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
PIRACY IN THE EAST.
There Are Many Sea- Robbers Who
Still Ply Their Trade in Chi
nese Waters.

Piracy in some eastern waters is
more rife now than ever it was. So it
would appear from the latest report of
our consul at Canton. This is how the
robbers proceed: They have no armed
craft of their own with which 10 give
chase and run down their victims. The
usual plan is for band of half dozen
men to go on board a passenger launch
disguised as honest men. When a suit
able spot is reached they throw off all
disguise, overawe the crew and pas
sengers by t1ourishing revolvers, and
then half the party stand by ready to
shoot, whileriae restproceed to search
the passengers and their luggage, and
when they have taken all they want
they transfer themselves to another
boat or land near friendly village,
where division of the spoils takes
place.
These pirates, the consul points out,
are not devoid of Il certain chivalrous
Keeling. Cases have been known where,
after having robbed some rich passen-
gers and made good haul, they have
restored to the poorer passengers
what had already been taken from
them. On other occasions they have
overpowered the master and crew of
launch and borrowed" the use Of
the vessel for few hours. during
which they have overhauled a junk
known to have valuables on board.
Having pillaged the junk they have
steamed away to their own village, and
before landing they have offered to
pay the master for the time his launch
has been detained. This is quite in
Ralph the Rover e.-Westminster
Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27

Washington, D. c., in February, 1898,
under the auspices of the Nationa!
Suffrage association, was the crown
ing effort of her executive genius.
There were 40 official delegates to that
council, representing SO different ma
tional organizations from seven dis
tinct nations. The expenses of this
meeting made a grand total of $4,000,
the financial risk being assumed by
Miss Anthony and Miss Avery.
When about II years of age she be-
gan to write for the newspapers, fur
nishing letters weekly from Califor-
MIA and laterfrom Europe to the Pitts
burgh Leader. She has travelled ex-
tensively in Europe with her mother
and sister, studying political econo-
my in the University of Zurich. In
1898 she visited Europe with Miss An
thony, when, with her superior lin
euistic attainm ents, she served as ears
and tongue for her companion in their
iourneyings through France, Italy,
Switzerland and Germany.
Mrs. Avery became actively inter-
ested in the National Suffrage associ-
alton in 1879, and since that time has
held high official positions in that asso-
citation, accomplishing an overwhelm-
ing amount of work. She planned the
series of conventions held in all the
principal cities of the west during the
summer of 1880, including the great
Farwell hall meeting in Chicago dur
ing the week of the republican ma
tioual nominating convention also the
gathering in Cincinnati at the time
of the democratic nominating conven-
tion. In the spring of 1881 she planned
the series of conventions held in the
New England states. In 1882 she con.
Quoted the Nebraska amendment cam
paigp, with headquarters at Omaha,
making all the appointments for the
~ speakers employed by the national
association.
While Mrs. Avery is firm believer in
clubs for women, and that they are
unwittingly making over a great many
conservative women into suffragists,
she Is nevertheless a firm believer in
the cooperation of men and women.
She says that it is the anti-suf
fragists who wish to separate the
interests of men and women, not
the women suffragists; "the for
mer draw an imaginary line be-
tween the lives of men and women, lest
their Influence upon each other should
be for evil and not for good. The equal
suffragists have faith to believe that
the Creator made men and women 20
be together in all walks of life, to have
reeiprocally good influence upon
each other, that they should work to-
gether in the government as well as in
the home and church"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
W03sAN'S SUFFRAGE.
One d Its Ablest Advocates Is
4 Efs. Rachel Foster Avery.
What She HISS Done for the Cause
4 Which in Her Opinion Is of Para
d mount Importance to the Well
fare of the Nation.

girs. Rachel Foster Avery, of Phila-
|delphia, corresponding secretary of
nine National Suffrage association, is
not only suffragist, but philanthro-
ipist, humanitarian and reformer, in
tthe full sense of the word in fact, she
lis everything that tends to make the
|.world better.
II Mrs. Avery possesses rare executive
ability, and in her enthusiasm for hui
nanity she uses both her abilities and
|iprivate fortune most literally. While
Der best energies are used in the suf-
frage cause, she does not confine her
self to that one channel, believing all
2ther reforms to be stepping stones to
the full REIMBURSEMENT of women.
She is deeply interested in the moth
erf' congress and is vice president of
thk local auxiliary in Philadelphia.
ShefJdys these mothers are just be-
ginning to understand that the world
is made up of homes, and that to be a
good world it must be good repre-
sentative of the best in the home.
They have begun to ask for legislat ton,
and very soon will find that some thing
more than the asking is necessary;
that the right to voice in selecting
the men who make and execute the
laws under which they live is essential.
Mrs. Avery was corresponding sec
rotary of the committee of arrange
ments for the Worlds Congress of
Representative Women, the National
and International Council of Women
and National Suffrage association, all
of which held such successful meetings
in Chicago during the worlds fair.
She was also corresponding secretary
Of the National Council of Women,
held in Washington in 1895.
Mrs. Avery's management of the In
ternational Council of Women. held in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
OLD BRICK MANSION.
It Was Used as the First State
House of Illinois.
still Stands in the Old Town of Kas.
kasLia Which, In It's Day, Was
the Metropolis of the
Great West.

The old Pape mansion OF the state
house, as it was afterward called, is
without doubt the oldest brick struc-
ture in the Mississippi valley. The old
building now stands in what is about
the center of the remains of the his
tCTic village of Old Kaskaskia, ILL.,, and
unless some action is taken against
the continual encroachments of the
Mississippi river the house will ere long
follow all the other old buildings in
their course and fall victim to the
relentless waters.
The date of the erection of the build
ing is yelled in uncertainty, but it was
built some time about the year 1880.
The material of which it is construct
ed, large square bricks, were brought
down the Ohio river from Pittsburgh,
and thence up the Mississippi to Kas-
kaskia in keel boats. They were the
first brick brought into the country
then known as the Illinois territory
and though more than 100 years have
elapsed since they were put into the
building they are still in a perfect
state of preservation. The old house
has been repaired from time to time
and at present the outer walls are COW
cred with a heavy coat of cement. The
building has a most remarkable his
tory.
1t was erected as a residence, but as
itneared completion, the various coun-
ellis which met at Kaskaskia having no
suitable building wherein they could
hold their sessions, and as the Pape
mansion was everything that could be
desired the citizens of the town pur-
chased the building and converted 1t
into a public hall. In 1909, when all
the territory lying west of the Wabash
river and north as far as the Dominion
of Canada line was organized into the
Illinois territory, Kaskaskia became
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27

ton of generosity. 1t is great point
with them-a kind of invaria BILE rule
of conduct-to be ready to share what
they have with others. This rule of
generosity does not, of course, save
them from doing cruel things occa-
sionally. They have not ordinarily a
very delicate sensibility to one an
others pain. They do not seem to
waste much pity on one another's
physical sufferings. They bear their
own without complaint, and sell
dom ask favors when they are suffer-
ing. But when it comes to grub or
shelter they will give a comrade, or
even a stranger, better than they have
themselves, if they possibly can. And
the work of an officer, even in the most
active and terrible campaigning,
seems to be easily consistent with the
finest manliness and most delicate
sympathy. And yet we should not
encourage war in the expectation of
cultivating fine sentiments any more
than we should invite yellow fever cpl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27

line. The woolly heads, gray with the
weight of years, are topped with gaudy
turbans; the bare feet are thrust into
slippers of white canvas, and when my
lady walks abroad she covers her
gaping back with a bedraggled white
silk shawl. Both women consider
themselves monuments of virtuous in
dustry in consenting to lend help
ing hand to las Americans, for could
they not, like all their neighbors, be
we'll fed without work so long as Gu
ban relief supplies hold out? But they
are not injuring their constitutions by
hard labor. When not sitting in tine
front windows smoking cigarettes and
gossiping with friends outside, their
aimless slipshod feet go slapping
about the marble floors, like The stars,
"unhasting yet unresting." The slow,
monotonous slap, slap, slap of those
heelless slippers so wears upon the
nerves that one INDUCES in strange
flights of fancy as to what might ac-
celerate their movements. Should
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27

The archaeological world.is thrown
into state of great perturbation over
the approaching visit of the emperor
OF Germany to Jerusalem. 1t would
seem that the sultan in his zeal to
make things agreeable for his august
guest threatens to pull down the
Jaffa gate and a part of the ancient
walls, so that the kaiser may make
his entry into the Holy City on horse
back. The Jaffa gate, although very
ancient and picturesque, is exceeding
ly morrow, and quite inadequate-at
least to the mind of the sultan FOR the
occasion in question.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Over 100000 persons are employed
in Italy rearing siIkworms.
Germany mas to-day 4O3 beet sugar
factories, of which Prussia alone has
312.
The statistical year book of Berlin
shows that fewer females die in their
twelfth year and fewer males in their
fifteenth year than in any other year
of their lives.
The percentage of profits on the
railways of India is on the average SAC,
as against $50 for Great Britain, 80
for the United States and 2.3A for the
Australian colonies.
Among the % competitors in a Ga
mile walking match in Berlin eight of
them were vegetarians. The distance,
had to be covered in IS hours Only six
of them accomplished the feat, and
they were all vegetarians.
A Chinese typewriter has been in
vented by DR.. Sheffield, of Jungsho,
China, which has wheel carrying over
1000 characters, arranged in 80 cir
cules. 1t is said to exceed so far the
speed of the swiftest Chinese writer
that its value is assured
A maE amused himself by calculat-
ing how much energy, water and coal
it would take to move the earth a foot,
supposing that it was subjected
throughout its mass to a force equiv
| alent to terrestrial gravitation. Start
ing with the fact shat the earth's mass
is about 6,1OO million million-million
tons, our statistician calculates that
we should require 10000 million years
for a 10000 horse power engine to
move our globe foot. The boiler that
should feed this engine would vaporize
a quantity of water that would cover
the whole face of the globe with a
layer 300 feet deep. The vaporiza ton
of this water would require 1000 mil
lion-million tons of coal. This coal,
carried in cars holding ten tons each,
and having a total length of 30 feet,
would require 400 million-miliion cars,
which would reach 80,000,000 times
around the earth.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
Spain's EXiIed Queen.

Queen Isabella of Spain, the little
kings grandmother, has never visited
England, although many members of
the British colony are made welcome
in her beautifGl house, which was built
by herself some 20 years ago, in Paris.
Although Isabelle is an exile. she is
royalty lodged; even the stables are
among the finest in Paris. and a special
corner is set aside for the mules, which
have the honor of being driven only by
the queen herself. The queen, who will
be 6S on October 10 next, was only three
years old when she was proclaimed
queen, so she can never remember q
time when she was not styled Your
majesty" The members of her mod
est little court are devoted to her, and
yet their emolgments are small, for
when Isabella abdicated in favor of her
son she gave up her immense estates to
the nation, and not very long after her
retirement to Paris she found it nee
sary to send what she then described
as a whole roomful OF jewels to the
Hotel Drouet.-Ladies' Field
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27

CIhe Oldest Brick Structure In the Mis-
sissippi Valley)
the territorial seat of government and
the Pape mansion was converted into
the assembly house of the territorial
legislature. On June Is, 1909, the first
territorial legislature that ever met
west of the Wabash river convened in
this old building. The body was COM
posed of Gen. George Edwards, the ter
ritorial governor, and Judge Stuart
and Judge Sprigg, two of the three SUI
preme judges of the territory.
From June 16 until September Is the
counties of Madison, Gallatin and
Johnson were organized, making alto
gether, with St. Clair and Randolph,
five counties. One preventative from
each county was elected and on n"
vember 10 Gov. Edwards issued proc
lamation ordering the representatives.
to convene at the Pape mansion at
Kaskaskia, and here the first laws of
the territory of Illinois were enacted.
The large hall on the lower floor of the
building was used as the assembly
room and the rooms in the upper story
served as the offices of the governor
and the other executive officers. 1t
was in this building that the legisla-
ture incorporated the first bank in the
territory, which was located at Cairo.
Not only did the territorial legisla-
ture hold many sessions in this build
ing, but previous to this time numer-
Gus councils had been held in the as
sembly-rocm by the people of Kaskas-
kia and the Indian tribes.
In the year 1918 Illinois, owing to her
rapid progress, was admitted to the
union as state. The petition praying
for the admission of the state into the
union on an equal footing with the
other states is said to have been
framed in this old building. The legis-
lature was in session at Kaskaskia in
January of that year and the session
was held in this building.
The convention which was called by
congress to draft the constitution for
the state of Illinois assembled at Kas-
kaskia in July, 1918, and completed its
labors by signing the institution on
August &c following. Whether the ses-
sion was held in tho old state house or
in the new building is a question, as a
new state building was erected about
that time. 1t is generally believed,
however, that the convention was held
In this building and the cons titution
of the great state of Illinois was there
In drafted. Pierre Menard, who after
ward served as lieutenant-governo of
the state and who was the most re-
markable parsonage in the territory
and state during its early history, pre-
sided over many of the councils held
in this building, and some of the deeds
comforting some of the greatest land
grants made by the United States were
recorded there.
The interior of the house, says the
Chicago Chronicle, has now fallen to
decay and has long since been aban-
doned even by the present Inhabitants
OF Kaskaskia.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1898-10-27
SERVANTS IN SANTIAGO.
Elderly NeHresses who Provide for
Their Families Out of Their
Employer store.

Our servants match the kitchen to
I. they are elderly negresses, with
families of their own, and. like mother
birds, they nightly convey to the home
nest every morsel of food not carefully
locked up in the wardrobe, writes a
correspondent of the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. Their everyday costume
is distinctive, if not appropriate. 1t
consists of single voluminous white
skirt, very short in front and trail
ng far behind, with a low-necked
bodice and short, pulled sleeves, leav-
ing the skinny arms bare to the Shout
der. The front of the coarsage is
deliberately embroidered and secured
by string at the top, tied so loosely,
if tied at all, that a strip of bare bronze
back stands confessed to the waist