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DESPERATE CANE ~ FRANCE

The latest move Of the Jew-baitors in France
Is their most desperate and most vicious.
Briefly stated. II Is 10 stir up n social war
The masses are 10 be arrayed against the
"clnsses.' Universal strikes are to be organ
iZcd Industry Is 10 be Frustrated Property
Is 10 he made insecure. The popuace is TO he
degraded TO the conduct and condition Of tho
mob. That will nPcesstatp the bringing for
ward of the army under n military dictator
ship to save society" The Jews will be pro-
scribcd. exiled. massacrcd and their property
viii be c0nfScated and divided among the Es-
terllazys and Du Paiy dc CLANS and their I'M
clean companions. Then the working peonlp
having thus been used 10 rake the chosnuts
from tho fire. will he sterny suppressed by
bayonetcd dcspotiSm. Such Is the plan of cam.
palgn of tho consprators. who now stricken
with CONSERVATION at the prospect Of revision
Of the Dreyfus case and exposure of their vii
lany. are stirring up strife in Paris and placing
that capital in virtual state Of siege
II is not 10 be believed that their abhorrent
scheme VIII succeed. First. for lack Of leader
ship There H. no one who commands tho con
hdoncc of both the army and the mob There
is no commanding parsonage who enjoys the
confidence OF either who would lend himself
TO such scheme The really competent gen
erals Of the army are loyal to tho Republic
The leaders OF III" mob Of the stripe Of Mcssrs
Guesde. Jaurcs. Drumont and tho rest are far
indeed, from being Dantons or RobespIcrres
AS for the monarchical pretrndcrs. they are no
more to be taken seriously than the Naun-
dOrffs, who profess 10 he descended from Louis
XVII There IL 10 man on horseback" on the
whole horizon.
Tho plot believe. Is doomed 10 failure
MISC for lack of any general grievance You
cannot now dip your finger In the dregs Of
wine and crawl blood" over all the fair face
Of France. Some here want higher wages.
some there want cheaper bread. These suffer
from the old Panama swindle. and those from
the rnvagcs Of phylloxera In tho vineyards
Eut There Is no dominant cause Of discomfort
prevailing throughout fhc nation. There is no
rallying cry that could he raised against the
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PERSONAL.

During his stay In Washington Henry slenkle-
wlcz the author OF QUO Vadis." will be the gues.
OF relatives.
The Rev. DR.. Frank W. Gunsaulus pastor Of tho
Plymouth Congregational Church. Of Chicago, says
that he will remain pastor II the church will give
him n good assistant and will broaden tho church
creed from theological to ethical standards. Il
would have Plymouth Church qpen door large
Nhra5tm Incni r however small he might be thee,
logically, ne says.
When I was In Concord last April" says a
Buffalo reader OF The Buffalo Commercial" "Sher-
man Hoar crazy to go 10 the war. He used to be
"A captain in the National Guard. and organized two
companies for this war in Concord. but his wife
made him promise not to go himself on account or
the four little children. the oldest being only ten
Sne coul nor KEEP nm Dack from the hoSpa d &c.
to die saving the lives of MASSACHUSETTS, soldiers
than killing Spaniards. but | am afraid he would
have preferred the other line OF duty / hope they
will put his name en- the Harvard memorial gate.
General Coppnaer. who has beon retired from
the Regular Army on account OF having reached the
age limit Is a relative Of the Duke OF Norfolk and
the representative Of On old Irish Catholic fam
lily is heir 10 the estate OF Ballynoum.
Senator Simon. Of Oregon will not be the first
Jew to hold a seat in the United States Senate.
three others having preceded him. The FIRST was
David l.. Yuee OF florida. whose fathers name
was Levy. He was elected a Representative in
1918 David Levy, bu; when his term expired he
mad MS name, name changed to David Levy iuIee; ne
Benjamin, OF Louisiana, and tho third was BenJa-
min Franklin Jonas. OF Louisiana.
Mrs. Amanda Purcell, OF Portsmouth, n H.. is
the only woman who hired a substitute TO fight I'm
the Civil War. At that time she widow and
her too small 10 fight. but she believed
she should send some one, and so she paid $3.50 10
her nephew to
The Rev DR.. Lewis Crebasa Browne. who has
just died at Honeoye Falls. ~ Y. was the oldest
Unlvcrsalist minister in the State. He Il fire.
quent contributor the periodical literature of tho
Universalist denomination. and for nineteen years
had been associate editor of The Christian
Leader" published in Boston He occasionally
wrote poetry. some OF his poems appearing IN The
Christian Leader" "Harpers Bazaar" and In
large octave volume entitled THE Poets OF New
HAMPSHIRE"
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3V.tp-a)tTls Daiip g,ia:sss
THURSDAY. OCTOBER IL. 1899.
TIE NEWS THIS NORNING.

FOREIGN American Peace Commission
held session in Paris, tho Paris press says
there are grave difficulties in the way OF an
understanding by the joint Commission: In
Madrid the rumOr that the American Conrn's-
sion will not recognize the Cuban debt has
caused a painful impression. -=- Lord Rose
berry ex- Premier Of England, in speech al Ep-
SON. said the entire nation was behind Lord Sal
sburys policy on the Nile in relation TO the Fa-
and Empress of Germany left Berlin on the jour
ney 20 Palestine. - President Roca Of Argen-
tina was sworn into Office. - The Cape Colony
Ministry resigned. - Major s. 5. Bebee. ord
nance officer attached TO the American Military
Commission in Cuba. died from yellow fever at
Havana.
DoMESTIC.-The President made an ad-
dress at the Peace Jubilee exercises at
the Omaha Exposition. in which he spoke
OF the war and praised the heroism OF
officers and men. - number or men
cipitated by the importation OF negroes to take
the places Of strikers. troops were sent TO the
scene by Governor Tanner. - General
Graham testified again before the War De
partrnent Investigating Commission regarding
affairs at Camps Alger and Meade. - The
Pope has appointed Archbishop Chapelle Of
New Orleans Apostolic Delegate 10 Cuba -
A statue Of Austin Blair War Governor OF
Michigan. was unveiled in front of the Capitol
at Lansing. - Former State Treasurer Hay
wood Of Pennsylvania was helo for trial with
Senator Quay upon the charge Of msusnG
public funds - Results OF the leading foot
hall games yesterday were as follows: Harvard
IS. Amherst . Princeton "a. Lafayette o; Uni
versity Of Pennsylvania a. University of Nir-
ginia u.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. --
Winners az Morris Park: Governor Budd Mo-
mentum. Helen Thomas. George Keene. Prcsti-
dgitatrice and Continental - Ex-Justice
George p. Andrews Judge James Fitzgerald and
David Leventritt We're nominated by Tammany
for Justices of the Supreme Court, and Theodore
T. Hascall for Judge Of the City Court -
The Republican Congress district conventions
we're held. and Messrs. Quigg. Mitchell and Low
were rcnomina ted 1T John ID. Rockefeller
again the witness AZ the investigation OF
the Standard Oil Company by the Ohio Supreme
Courts Commissioner 60 The Staten Island
Electric Company failed TO keep Its engines run
ming. and the strikers gained an important
point - The battle ships Oregon and Iowa
sailed for Manila. - The American Line
steamer 81. Louis departed on its first transat-
laHtic trip since war with Spain was declared.
- The Brooklyn baseball team played the
last game Of the season on the home grounds
and was beaten by the Philadelphia team by
score Of 3 to 2
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, AZ de-
grees; lowest. 30 degrees; average. 66A degrees.
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DR1U4TTr NOTES.

Miss Blanche Bates. who reappeared in San Fran
cisco September %, welcomed there with great
cordlality.
Miss Maude Adams has been received with IN
common favor in Boston.
Julia Marlowe is acting in Chicago. Nine. MOO
teska Will appear there next week.
Miss Julia Arthur is acting this week. In ci'ies
of Canada
Mr. Charles Coghlan will appear IN Baltimore. Oc-
tober Il.
Mr. Crane Mr. James *. Hackett. and Mr. Stuart
Robson are lust now providing theatrical entertain
ment for the people OF Brooklyn. Mr. Sol Smith
Russell will act IN that city next week
Mrs Fiske Will appear October Il In Pits
burg
Mr. Ma. Goodwin Is IN ST. Louis: Mr. James
ONeil! is In Providence: Nj Creson Clarke Is act
ing in towns OF Pennsylvania; and the James ana
Warde combination Is In Baltimore.
Mr. William Gillette. acting in his play OF 'secre'
Service" has met with great success In Chicago
Nine Janauschek will act at the Pleasure Palace
next week. presenting her weil-known specially.
the one-act drama. entitled Come Here" adapted
from the German by Augustin DAILY.
Visitors at the Murray Hill Theatre this week
may see a smooth representation OF the nelodrama
called Mr.. Barnes OF New-York."
A change OF bill will BIZ made al the Madison
Square Theatre mex; Monday, when play eaHeu
ION and on will be presented by STOCK conn
George Alexander has announced a new piece. BY
j. NJ Barrie entitled Two Kinds OF Women 70
be produced tor series of morning perform ahcss'
at the ST. James's Theatre. London MI AtSan.,
der revives The Ambassador NJ that theatre. ana
promises a production of Shakespeare H"nry y,
il was formerly thought that one element ..
dramatic authorship IL the element OF invention ara
that the person who takes the scheme and sup,
stance OF foreign pay-that is 10 say, us man
idea and It's central and pivotal situation anu;
without acknowledgment OF any KIND, preseh.ss
them TO the public his own. commits an oHenV,
aga!nst morality. But this notion, II appears, 70
obsolete. II has been superseded ny NV 10
trine according to which any scrihhler may tan.
the property Of a foreign writer and use II az ~.
own and get money and applause for II, WITHOUT
the slightest heed 10 honor or honesty, II onlE, "a
the commission of his conveyance ne VIII plo.
duce few yards OF insipid pratte Such Is u'a'
matte 'aut horship" as now understood
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Texas. and Mr.. Simpson. Of Kansas, d;i;! .nclr
followers public opinion or anything else would
have mpcllcd or compelled it to sustain and
approve the recommendations of President Nc
Kinlry or TO protect the National credit and
honor while furnishing means to carry on the
war against Spain: Nay. does anybody imng-
inc that that body would not have brought the
Nation into contempt Ivy forcing the recognition
Of the independence OF the so-calIcd Cuban rc-
public? These and other like questions, OF
course answer themselves
The LvIth Congress will bc required to deal.
a. tho LVth has been. with grave ard serious
problems arising oft Of the war They can
not be. and should not be- disposed Of With
on. the active and friendly aid and cooperation
Of Congress. Experience too vivid and TOO re-
cent TO have been forgotten has shown that, so
far as the House Of Representatives. Mt least.
Is concerned. such aid and cooperation could
not only not DO expected. but would hc denied
ny hostile ma iority under the leadership or
the Bai,cys and the Simpsons. And yet that
is the very calamity which may overtake the
country unless Republicans everywhere shake
OF their lethargy and do their duty. ms they
did in 1894 and 1896 Efforts In Iowa or Ohio
will be Of no avail unless seconded in Indiana
and Pennsylvania and California. The effort
must no AS wide MS the continent.
The excuse that II doesn't make any differ
once how tho elections go this year. so far rs
the money question is concerned. Is shallow
one or course, President Mex inley would
veto n Free Silver bill. Everybody knows that
But that isn't the question which Is. What
would he the effect Of frce-Svcr House OF
Representatives on the permancncy OF the YER
dict Of 1896? Anybody can answer that ques
ton Everybody knows It would revive and
cncrglze the Free Silver party rs nothing else
could. and that the battle Of 1896 would have
to be fought over again IN 1000. In fact. II Is
about the only remaining hope OF the free
silver advocates.
There is still another reason. II more were
needed why the country should he spared Re-
publican defeat in tho Congress elections Of 1898
Such a defeat might not prevent the election
of sufficient number OF new Republican
'nicd States Senators TO give the Oundnoney
men undisputed control of that body. but it
certainly would weaken and to some extent I'M
peril that result This is matter in which
hundreds OF thousands OF patriotic men through
out tho country who do not call themselves
Republicans feel lively and profound inter
est. and we commend Il TO their candid and
thoughtful consideration. Duty may and does
demand that they. we'll ms Republicans work
sentatives TO the LVIth Congress.
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PLATINUM ~ NETEOPITES.
INTERESTING DISCOVERY By MR DAWSON ~
THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER

INTERESTING DISCOVERY By Mr.. DAWSON, ~
THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER.
Rochester. y. Y. oct 70 (SpecioD.-At a meeting
NJ the Rochester Academy of Science last night
John Dawson. who has been making experiments IN
chemical work IN the University laboratory an
rounced the discovery of an element In meteorit's
hitherto supposed by science 10 he non-eXstent'
The element found by Mr.. Dawson Ia platinum
Gold has been discovered In meteoric substances
Platinum however was supposed TO m totally 40
sent KShn. In an extended work on meieoric
metals makes 10 mention 81 Its existence ana
seems 10 consider that It has no place among ms
elements hitherto found. Mr.. Dawson has been al
him TO think that platinum was perhaps 'Nslrns
I'm meteoric substances WIS due 10 a chSntf So,,'t
test OF platinum IN analysing small section OF q
stone. .,..,.
Mr. Dawson thought at first that the reaction was
due 10 the use of platinum vessels in the expert
mcnt Dscarding them he continued hS ekp"i-
ments To his surprise he got the same tesst-
again He then began a careful analysis 81 meteor
stones His work was greatly lmpehed ny Us
difficulty in obtaining necessary specimens w,
Dawson secured portions OF two meteor-. ono
was the Coahuila stone. the other the l0u,a A.
both Of which fell in the far Southwest Mr.. paw
son succeeded in finding the metal he supposed WIS
there II WAS platinum. but in combination MIN
iron. The difficulty lay In getting II separate
The use OF acids. OF course. made me FISK OF ~
solving the small amount OF pa num hlloNeu IN Wv
iron extremely imminent. While the discovery asS
no practical value it's importance from SclehlHe
In the chain OF similarity connecting the structure
OF meteorltes with that OF the earth. and ags
nrmer Foundation for hypothesis concerning tho
origin and uniformity OF the solar system.
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MILITARY ORDER or FOREIGN WARS.

OFFICERS IN THE SPANISH AMERICAS WAR
MADE ELIGIBLE To COMPREHENSIVE.
Al n special meeting Of tho National Com
r,,pder,, Of tho Military order ~ Foreign Wars
of the United s ates. held last night In m" Rre-
wort House. the vote taken recently by the Ve'-
Gran and Hereditary companions ~ me order
THROUGHOUT the country upon tho question ~ mo
eligibility to companionshP NJ all commissioned
officers Of the Army and Navy who served during
the recent war with Spain WAS unanimously
affirmed 49,, ...,.,, mana ,,o can,
mander-generaL Mator-(ieneral Alexander y Neho
iTnited States Army GctiredD; the ylce-oommander,
general Rear Admiral Bancroft 'iherafdl. lnuai
States Navy (retiredD Grigadier- Genera W. ". II.
Dsvjs Tinted states Volunteers, Of Pennsylyans;
the treasurer general General Edward ;. ssyIes'
philsdelphia: the secretary-gcneral, James n MN'-
gan of New York: the regmental general henry
Il WAYNE of Connecticut: Judge Adyocate-ien-
er,i frank NJ Avery Of New-Yorh, and tho CHAP.
lain general the Rev pr. g EMS stevens OF
Philadelphia 49,. H. All.
Charters were granted 10 commandehes II OHIO
ard i'm Missouri. Al the close or inc meernS sup'
per was served In the banquet-room
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VOOLLEV TROUBLES md IMPORTS

There are signs that tho depressed condition of
the wOollen manufacture which has lasted for
some months Is near an end Several mills which
have boon waiting for good while in idlcncss
for orders sufficient 10 Justify starting have rc-
Gently resumed operations. dispatches from
Plttsfcld. Mass. mentioning some. while others
arc mentioned by exchanges. a somewhat bet
ter demand has been noticed by some Of the
agents here, partly because the season is ap-
preaching nj which buying for manufacture can
not he longer delayed. and partly because there
has been little yielding in prices asked months
ago for wool and woollens. Wool has yielded
about two cents. or 10 per cent since February,
and the general range Of prices for woollen
goods about per cent since the latter part of
May Clay mixtures about II per cent Clay
worstcds about 10 per cent, soft wool dress
goods about II per cent, ladies' cloths per cent.
cashmere cotton warps about per cent, and
scrgcs little. AS the wages Of labor do not de-
cline and constitute a large but varying proper
ton Of the cost of different kinds of cloth.
prices cannot generally be reduced in harmony
with any reduction in wool, but in some cases
have been reduced more.
The depression has been real and has resulted
in some considerable failures. though the more
!
mills and Tradcsmcn's Bank-arc mainly due to
outside operations. rather than 10 the state Of
the manufacture. But ii has served to encour-
age those who have no hopes for the future
save in National disaster. The explanations
which they give of the DEPRESSION however. arc
both contradictory and absurdly untrue. One
set asserts that domestic wool has been put so
high that none can be imported, whereas In
fact over eight million pounds We're imported in
the eight months ending with August. The
other asserts that the tariff defeats itself, the
cost Of producing goods being made so great
that foreigners send in their products, which
are now imported as largely rs ever. This as
scrtion is evidently made by persons who take
care mover 10 lcol, AZ records.
In eight months ending with August the last
month for which full returns have been made
public imports Of woollen goods were in value
Sl1.GSG, 1863, .ast year S37.714479, in 1896 500
.i4 .0ai and In 1875 $40 go 13j As the quality
Of goods imported has somewhat changed it is
necdfu TO add the quantities OF the important
products:
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Am uSemfnfe,

ACADEMY or MUSIC Sporting is.c.
AMERICAN THEATRES ;i3-Aiia
BIJuI THEATRE S:la-.The Matluis - Michigan.
BROADWAY THEATRk-S:i5-The lt;la Corporal
cASlNOs-C and Opera.
DAYS. THEATRE-S:lp-A Runaway chi
EDEN M St;a-Wax Works Grand Concert ana cine
mstocrsph.
EMPIRE THEATRES; 20-Ths Liars.
FIFTH ANENtE THEATRE S:i5-Ths Rivals
GARDEN THEATRE .4J--tytano ~ perserac.
GAnRICk THEATRE-s;ij-A Day and - Night.
GRAND OPERA HOi'SE-s-tions - he Races
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE h:2O-Way OWN East
HERA ~ SQUARE THEATRE s:i5- Hotel Torsy TuTrN
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-S:i5- The Golden Horse
shoe.
KrITHs Noon 20 II :. n..-Contnu0us performance
KNICK EEpnCkER THEATRE S:f5-The christian.
HOTTER s ntALs >In Gotham $50,
LYCElM THEATRE 2-s;3o -Tns Adventure az Lady
f'rsrls
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s:So-A Brace OF Par
MANSON SQUARE GARpnN-,o:so a. m. to 1890 p
MURRAY mt NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. Barnes Of
New YCrl
PASTORS - ~ II = in.--Nauisvlie
IAN 7. JACKS THRATEE-2 : Vaudeville
wNIr.ACE's THEATRE s;15The Forum" Teller.
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1905 1897 1896 lsoJ
Cloths pounds.... 39!032s :ls7iS5 laglt91 2itOlS22
prcsscoods yars % 75.7iS 5979l532 i7,S9S 7'0o9l
Carpets. yards..... 4'3GS 3llN55 36i,NS Cl@,G2i
Yarn. pounds...... 0s52l l4si.92i G0ii5 2M4G@
Shoddy etc. lbs. Sj:,3Oi 6,3n 76} 1.@l9i3 1851
Rags, nOils etc. lbs - 3s0 O0i s.Gl5Jl0 II ,9l6,3lS

Tie quantity 90 drcssgoods In 1895 was stated
In pounds. 2l,3S7,O0O. which at the rate Off
cially used in trans!atlng pounds into yards for
the Mex year would be about 100000 yards.
The assertion that goods are imported rs largely
rs ever IS obviously rs untrue a. any statement
can lc If meant TO refer to the month of Au-
gust OILY ii IS equally untrue, tho value this
year having been S1.137,540. against 5000 93
in 1S9l aud S6,14O,S43 In 1895. quantities Of
cloths having been 502,6S5 pounds this year,
1.6S9. 051 in 1896 and 8. I9S, 157 in 1895
The truth is that foreign imports Of woollen
goods have not 10 any appreciable extent af-
fccted the industry this year, and the home
market has been depressed almost exclusively
by two mistakes OF domestic origin. The first
was the crazy speculation In wool which was
based on the notion that, with about two years
supply In sight wool could be proiitably raised
last February more than 30 per cent above
prices obtained Il year earlier. The second was
the advance OF many woocn goods above
prices which consumers were prepared to pay.
on the theory that people would not believe that
wool could decline even after such an advance
and with great stock on hand. Most people
did believe II would decline. and held back or
dcrs for goods Both material and goods having
run away from the demand for consumption.
met inactive markets. and yielding In both was
necessary to prepare either the public or the
clothiers 10 buy with any freedom 1t was in
oyifablc that in time business would take the
place OF speculation.
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of the United States Supreme Court. so that II
would make Sociaiis:.c decisions: or course.
Mr. Van Wyck agrees with the Syracuse pat
FORM hut what kind of independence would
nc display rs Governor. and how far wouh hc
resist the rascals of the Democracy when they
tried to play their old tricks Mt Albany!
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The reported selection Of new Chinese En-
roror would seem to indicate that the unhappy
Kwang Su has actually been removed or at any
rate that his health Is so poor that the Dowager
Empress has no hope whatever OF his recovery.
His successor has been chosen not from later
generation, the laws provide. but from the
same generation. That Will create dssatisfac-
ton among the sticters for legality. and will b.
regarded as Of bad omen. II the now Emperor
does anything contrary to tho VIII OF the Dow
ager Empress HIS health will probably soon fail.
Picking seems to he an insalubrlous place. ex-
ceptlng for TIE friends OF Isl An.
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NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE THURSDAY OCTOBER 49, 1898

fore is likely to he marked with unrest and I'M
certainty. tho end Of which will have to be the
dissolution Of the Assembly and the election OF
another. in which one Of the parties VIII have a
more secure majority.