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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-31

TUESDAY. Aug. 30.-GRAIN-Wheat-Spot was
hrm and rather more active. The sales were
249.OO0 BUSH. all for export. including 10000
No. 2 hard winter. 10000 spring wheat, $4,000
No I hard spring here. and 166. 900 at the out
ports free on board afoat for export. Free ON
board ahoat: No. 2 red. Zoe: No. / northern
spring. Duluth. 76Kc. No. 2 red in elevator,
zoo. Minneapolis received to-day IA, 200
BUSH. against 241.400 last year; Duluth. 247.-
1893. against 68.027; Chicago. 167.e5O. against
208.026; Milwaukee. $4,000. against 1890; st.
Louis. $4,000. against 1898; Toledo. 118.06a
against 1o3.357: Kansas City. 116.60O. against
143.400. Futures declined No. to Kc., but re-
covered 1t and advanced No. to No. then re-
fstsd; and and. e a8s SnG unchanged siS e 70. lower.
Opening: Ri0Assh LOes.t. Clostns. RioIt
RRss:assf go ~ 80 So
Barley-Was weak. New feeding, 82088c.. cost and
6o1zc.. free ON board anoat. oorn-spot was IN faif
demand and steady. The seles were 100000 bush.,
DO. here. and $4,000 a. hs outports on pivats LcfmS
Tor export. No. 2 white $4,000 81 9TAo. In elevator;
10. 2 mixed In elevator s5ssc. Futures advanced
Nc. to No Future sAles $4,000 bush. As follows
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Real Estate Auction snloa,


In the Broadway Auction Rooms yesterday L. J.
PHILIPPE 4 Go. disposed of the single offering Bched-
uled, two hve-etpry brick tenement houses, Nos.
17o9 and 1766 Thisd avenue. on plot 5oxs3. 8 at the
southwest corner Of Ninety eighth street to George j.
johnson. in foreclosure, for 10000.
N BRooKLYN.
AtNo. 0 wfllouehby street, Brooklyn. yesterday
Thomas 4. Kerrigan sold in partition and foreclo-
sure q lot Of small dwelling properties.
No. 2S< Hancock street, o hr.ck and stone dwelling
on lot 2ox1oo. went to the plaintiff for 81. 500 over
mortgage, %interest, and costs; the two-story franc
dwelling No. S03 Belmont avenue, plot 40xgo, to the
plaintiff for 2 $1,000; No. 251 Montauk. avenue. . two
story frame dwelling, lot 2ox1o0, to the plaintiff for
$500; No. 219 Milford street y two.story frame
dwelling. lot 2ox1o0, to the plaintiff for 81, 1000; q
three story frame tenement house and store with o
small iTEeGular plot. on the north side Of
metropolitan avenue. 100 feet east of briggs
syenge. to the plaintif for S2.6oo; the brick
building on the northwest corner Of Third place
$4,000; No: 1T Park place, . brick and stone dwell.
ing, on lot 21I131. to Ella Y. Cohen for 5000, and
the brick dwelling, on lot 29. 2x74.11, at No. 4sS Bed
ford avenue; the three-story brick dwelling, No. ia
South Second street, lot 26xe0, and the bhok build
ing, and plot 45x1e. on the north side OF South
Eighth street, 1855 feet east OF briggs avenue, to I. e.
Green for 928.675.
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Zeal estate Scr SaIG-8rooklyu.
Seal estate sOr 3 als-gon0 asIaui
Real @stats aVnntfa.

WANTED - Dock property, this
city, lease; East River and improved
preferred. Address T. A. THORNRS
Sun uptown Office. 1905 Broadway ,
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aVestrhFster Go. gruptrtp gOr Sale.

NEW YORK SUN OFFICE, NEWARK. N. j.
70A o ST. ADVERTISERS MAY LEAvD
THEIR ORDERS AT THIS ADDRESS, WHERE THA
SAME CARE AND WILL BE SHOWN
Al AT MAIN OFFICE.
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UNITED STATES AND STATE BONDS I'm S1.oooSl
400 Uses, wi UgA q. G. 1o3s.Ip7
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Us q. o. 1ooT.111
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were 10000. % which 100000 hsAvy Whils vas for
3. ! a.. sSsi Sa svhiis s5sss5 Id:sss1 shis.
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AirtaEnas ana auterear.


SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
Coupons due Sept. 1, 1898, from Southern Rail-
WAY East Tennessee reorganization 6 per cent. Bonds
mond and Danville z. Z. 90. Sinking Fund Equip.
mept 8 per cent. Bonds by J; T. Morgan & Co. New
York, and j.. 8. Morgan q Co., London, England;
Virginia Midland Railway Co. Serial Bonds BY the
Bafe Deposit and Trust Co.. Baltimore Nd.
q. @. ANSLEY, Treaaurer.
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% att far anaintsa Ratpuaes.

A PARLoR FLOOR. 25xTo. store front; 81 clinto
IA place, near University place; $50 month.
RULAND AZ WHITING. 3 Beekman "A
The age-herald., 1898-07-22


 come. This question will be one of the most important and difficult that will con- front congress next winter as a part of the new policy upon which this country has entered
 There is much interest and more indig- nation felt over the action of Sylvester Scovel in skipping the face of Gen. Shafter The correspondents who have met Schovel describe him as half-brained fellow who fs not in the news paper business for any thing save to gratify his desire for noto- riety. 1t is not likely that he could have remained on any other paper that the New York World a. month. The question as to how far he is amenable to law for his action is exciting much interest. Many ex- press the regret that one of Gen. Shafter aides did not shoot him down when he attacked the commanding general. It seems now, however, that since no decisive ac- ton was taken then there is no law by which he can be punished He can be eX- pelled from the lines in disgrace but this is doubtless what Schoval wants, as it ful- fills his dearest wish to be mentioned in other papers besides the New York World. But for the war Washington would be Q dull place these days. It is very not place and old stagers say it is the hottest summer since the last war. But then ola stagers always say that it is the hottest summer or the coldest winter that they have ever seen.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
The State Election.
Editor
EySEXER

Overconfidence is the sole danger of the coming election. The very excellence and economy of the state government have a tendency to increase to dangerous degree public confidence in the result, and to in- duce many worthy citizens, ever too care less in their public duties, to stay the work of education and even to stay away from the polls.
 The situation is not so secure as to jus tify any such action. No situation for that matter does It Is the duty of every man to attend to the public business. When the agents who are to transact this busl- ness are to be newly selected, it is his in terest and his duty, to give time and thought to it. The man who does not do this is not a good citizen. The man who does not do this has not done his plain and unmistakable duty-a duty that the good of the state and the safety of the republic rest upon.
 But the present situation is the matter desired to be presented. It is not free from dangers. It is not a walkover It should be, but 1t is not. The business-hke showing that Governor Johnston and his associates make should give them a walk over, but the democrats of Alabama are much mistaken if they think their oppon- ents are idle-if they think they have prac- tically abandoned the contest. They are working like beavers, out of sight. They tpfn by the republicans, the populists really hope to carry the state. and they are quiet ly working to that end. They base their hopes upon the over-confdence they know, as all know, exists in the democratic ranks
 No matter how closely and how excel lently the resources of the state have been husbanded; no matter hew unassailable the record of the demoefatic candidates be; mo matter nuvs- much the state needs peace and prosperity and a careful supervision of it's varied affairs; no matter how strong the feeling be that Governor Johnston is the right man in the right place, yet suc- cess at the polls can only come through
 work before the election day, and full vote on that day. The people of every county should remember this. There is a great deal at stake. The defeat of the democratic ticket means much more than the defeat of a given number of men-it means turmoil, an. unrest, and actual dam- age to every material interest in the state. The opposition to a peaceful broad busi- ness-like conduct of the states affairs is united as it perhaps never was before. There is no occasion for the overconfidence that exists in the democratic ranks. It is full of danger to the state.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
THE BRITIsHER ARE HERE

From the Nashville American.
 The solid character of investment in southern enterprises is shown by the fact that the most conservative and cautious investors are the ones who are putting their money in this part of the country. The English, whose traditional conserva- tism and sound sense are among their most eminent qualities, are now investing heavily in southern industries. The pur- chase of the East Tennessee and southern Kentucky coal fields at a cost of S5,O00,000 was made with English capital and a large portion of the money which is to build the great steel plant at Ensley, Ala, comes from the other side. It is reported that one of the largest wagon companies in the world, located in a neighboring staEe, will soon fall into the hands of English in vestors. These are indications of the de- sirability of southern investments. The Britishers are buying up our properties quietly so as not to bull the market. In the meantime our home capitalists should turn an attentive eye toward developing home industry.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
The Birmingham Amendment.

The Carrollton Alliance News is greatly mistaken when it says that the Birming- ham amendment is "scheme of the John- sten democracy" It is a scheme of the people of Birmingham, who desire to pay their own debts and to sustain their own institutions. They want no more power of taxation than Montgomery or Mobile pos sesses, no more than any considerable town needs.
 The Alliance News can readily ascertain the situation by consulting any populist in this city. It is indeed doubtful if populist can be found in this city who does not favor the adoption of the amendment. The Age-Herald does not know of one who does not. No other populist paper in the state opposes the amendment. The scheme is one of Birmingham's united population, be they democrats, populists or republic ans. The amendment is wholly outside of political lines. It is no more the scheme of the Johnston democracy than it is of the Deans popuiists or the Vaughn or Walker republicans.
 Farther on the Alliance News says: "Ev- cry citizen in Alabama is interested in preventing this proposed amendment act of the legislature being established as precedent in this state It is difficult to see through this objection or to size it up, or to understand it. The people of Birmingham desire power to raise money enough within a reasonable limit named to carry on good local government. It ap- plies to Birmingham only. It opens the gate to nothing whatever. If any one other town in the state desires like power, it must seek it from the legislature and the people. Each case would stand or fall on the facts presented. But there will be no other case, at least not very soon. How then can the amendment be regarded as a precedent?
 It is not Ia new constitution without re- gard to the wish of the people," If the amendment be adopted it must receive a clear majority of the votes cast. The plan | adopted gives the voter the least possible inconvenience If he is willing to let Bir- mingham double her tax rate, if need be, the official ballot is ready at his hand If not, he can mark out the three words re- lating to the amendment on the ballot. No simpler or plainer plan could be devised none that will give the voter less trou- ble. ..r
 We trust that when the News has care fully looked the matter over it will be willing to respond generously to the wishes
 of the people of this city. At present Montgomery and Mobile possess powers of | taxation that Birmingham does not. The revenue of this city is insufficient. Why should the people of Carrollton or of Pick ems county object to measure that brings needful relief to a town one hundred miles away?
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
The Germans at Manila.

If Germany wants to know how the Span- ish-American war will be settled, she can read it in her action at the close of her own war with France. she did not consult any other nation as to the terms she should make with France She did not permit any of the settlement. She toOk the territory she wanted; she demanded the indemnity she thought she ought to have, and the whole affair was very properly conclude by and between the two nations alone. No interference of any kind was permitted.
 That is exactly what will take place in the present war. Germany Is attempting at Manila to dictate to us what we shall do O: shall not do; but when General Merritt and his forces are on the spot, the control Of Manila and therefore of the Philippines will he determined by the spanards under Au- gusti on the one side, and by the insurgents and the Americans on the other. German fussiness will be ended then and there. It may have served to encourage the Spanish forces and to that extent nave injured us. If it operates in that way to create unnecessary bloodshed, Germany will In one way or another have to answer for it.
 The affairs of this country in the Philip pines are in competent hands. Admiral Dewey and General Merritt are both men of wide experience and high capacity, and there is no question that has arisen or will arise that they do not understand. Manila will be captured even If Its destruction by the guns of the fleet he involved, and the authority of the United States over every one of th islands will be asserted and fully maintained, and Admiral Won Diedrichs will not be consulted at any stage of the pro. ceedings.
 The action, or rather fusiness, of Ger. many at Manila is based upon the belief that we can be bulldozed--that we are an. other Turkey or Greece or Japan. This will be found to be a mistake. We stand in Germany's shoes when she was laundering at the gates of Paris. and we will act just as she acaed-that is, we will do as to ua
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
American Rule in Santiago.

The government at Santiago is a military government It is a government by the con- querors, who are Americans, not Cubans. Gen. Garcia and his men seem to think that they conquered Santiago, but Gen. Shafter and President Mckinley thought differently. The Cuban junta have con- cluded to think as Gen. Shafter and Presi- dent Mckinley do, and have instructed the Cubans at Santiago to think so too. The Cubans will not be apt to give further trouble Their chief desire relates to ra- tions. They would like to loot whatever the Americans conquer, but this desire will not be gratified. The presidents proclama- tion very distinctly points to local order and peace. As city after city comes into our possession military governors will be appointed, and military rule established, although local civil rule will be retained. This will go on to the end of the war at least. The military governors will, of course be Americans. America will rule the conauored territory through military governors the chief of whom, let us hope, will be Fitzhugh Lee.
 A war tariff has been established at San tiago that is equally significant of what is to come This tariff is substantially the privileged rates heretofore accorded to spain. but the United States does not step into Spains shoes simply-she gives all the world the benefit of Spain's rates. Dis criminating rates, in other words, are abol- ished and all the nations can trade with Santiago on terms equally advantageous. This will be relief to the population of eastern Cuba, and it will show the world that where the stars and stripes go there goes fairness, if not freedom, of trade. Neutral vessels have already cleared for Santiago. and the city will soon be the cen- fer of trade and activity. But it is no longer & Spanish or Cuban port. It is an American port, having American tariff schedules and governed by an Aerican mill ,tarv governor. All these are acts of sov- erneignty and Santiago is as much an Am erican city today-as much part of Amer ica-as Mobile or Pensacola is. This must 20 on under the laws of war unti the war is ended. What congress will provide then | no man can foresee.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
TROUBLE AHEAD FOR REED

From the Washington Post.
 The democrats of Speaker Reeds district have arranged for him to engage in pie turesque canvass for reelection. They have named as their leader and candidate for congress no less a parsonage than Rev. Luther Franklin McKenney, a native of Ohio many years minister of the church. and subsequently for two terms a mem Der of congress from the state of New Hampshire. Official Washington remem- bers well the vigorous characteristics of Mr. McKenney. He entered into Granite State politics with all the zeal of his rug ged soul. He did not become resident of New Hampshire until 1873, after he had in turn served two years as a sergeant in a company of Ohio cavalry, spent two years in farming and teaching in Iowa, taken course in theology in New York institution, and preached the gospel in the state of Maine. He became a candidate for congress in 1884, but did not secure an election till 1SS6 It was then nip and tuck between the democrats and republicans or New Hampshire, and MT. McKenney was defeated at the next election, only to win out again in 1S9O which made him mem Der of the Fifty-first congress, which brought Mr. Reed out as speaker.
 President Cleveland made MT. McKenney minister to the Republic of Colombia and he came home about a year ago, taking up his residence in Bridgton, few miles out of Portland. At the democratic convention recently MT. McKenney promised ito take the stump at once" and his speech in dicated a determination to stir things up generally in the First Maine district.
 Speaker Reed, following his custom for many years, will make two three speeches in the district during the cam paign.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
POINTED PARAGRAPHS

From the Chicago News.
 Uneasy lies the head that wears no hair in fly time.
 make man fly.
 Women will never love each other as they do their fellow-men.
 It's easy to get on to the curves of a bow-legged ball pitcher.
 The musician on the stage looks down on the one in the orchestra
 The woman of the hour is the one who says she'll be ready in a minute.
 Bright children don't all develop into smart men: some develop into women.
 But few women ever see their ideal of feminine perfection outside of a mirror.
 Twenty usually constitute score. but sometimes it's to in the ninth inning. There's absolutely nothing new. Elijah of biblical fame rode in @ horseless chariot
 Every single thing on earth has its use and it is probably just as well that we don't know about some things.
 Notwithstanding all the arguments that have taken place, but few debatable ques- tions have ever been settled.
 The boy who thinks his father is a fool may kick about the quality of the grub served in the penitentiary in after years.
 A philosopher says that man has to be in business with man or in love with a woman in order to know that he doesn't know them.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
THE TIN SOLDIER

From the New York Sun. In the days of peace, of a peace now fled, On the hardened pavement of a city
 street, Ringing clear came the measured tread And the rhythmic swing of the marching
 feet, Swinging along in their brave array, While the cynic smiled his smile of gall- "Theyre babies out for holiday, They're only tin soldiers; that is all." From the lakes to the gulf the war drum
 beats,
 While the bugle sounds for the call to
 death, And men surge thick in the citys streets, While their cheeks burn hot with the war
 gods breath, For the blood mounts high in the feyered
 veins
 At the call to arms for a righteous blow: Though the field shows red where the war
 god reigns,
 Yet the same tin soldier is first to go. Tn the sullen roar of the cannonade. Mid bursting bombs and the shriek of
 shell, As gallant a charge as was ever made Through the f1ame-lit pit of fiaring helly Moved as the forest before the fire, The bulldog merged in his master. man. On with courage that cannot tire The alleged tin soldier is in the van. The ghostly beams of the moon shine down On ghastly heap of the mangled skin, And it lights Q face that Is strong and
 brown, And shattered form that held soul and
 brain And all that is left of that splendid whole. Touched by the moon in that midnight
 sky, Tells at the mornings muster roll That brave tin soldier knew how to oici
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

seems best. and we will not consult any one. Neither George Dewey nor Wesley Merritt are built that way. They do not want any assistance from Admiral von Diedrichs, and they will not permit any interference on his part German subjects will be treated fairly and justly but Ger man subjects will gain no advantage from the naval display that Germany is making in Manila bay.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
BIRMINGHAM AMENDMENT
he IIniontoWn Herali

The constitutional amendment for the Birmingham schools will come before the neople for consideration at the coming elec- ton. This amendment allows that portion of the country around Birmingham to be taxed for school purposes. Something is necessary to raise the money for educar ational purposes in the Magic City, and the people have decided upon a tax. As far as we are concerned, we think they should be allowed to raise the money, and consequently believe that our people ought to vote in favor of the amendment.
 The taxes affect only Birmingham, and it would hardly be proper to refuse the people of that city the privilege they re- quest,
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
Cornered
From the Chicago Post

From the Chicago Post.
 The Count became passionate in his pleading.
 "Be mne!' he cried. 'I have titles and landed estates I will give you position in the society in which royalty moves. Say that may hope for you!'
 She sighed, blushed and shook her head.
 "You got into the market too late. Count" she said in businessike way. Ut has already been cornered.'
 The next day her engagement to a young man on the board of trade was announced.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22
THE GRIT OF THE CUBANs

Allowance muct be made for men who have been hungry for three years and, who have been fighting like guerillas from the bush with poor arms and almost en- tirely unclothed. Such men may not be of a. very high type of soldiers, as compar. ed with those who are well fed and well armed; but it is impossible not admire the grit of the people who have kept the field and fought the best they could for inde- pendence under such adverse Conditions
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

Under the exercise of the police power a state, says the United States supreme court, may close barber shops on Sunday. This decision is broad enough to cover any reasonable regulation concerning Sunday observance.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

Applications have already been filed for authority to establish national banks at Honolulu, Manila and even San Juan. The blessings of liberty and capital are spread ing rapidly.
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

The men who look under the bed every night expecting to find an imperialist there forget that every foot of soil the republic has was wrested from some country. z
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

Coast lights have been extinguished along the coasts of Spain, but Uncle sam's sailors can hit the peninsula in the dark and with one hand tied
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

The Vesuvius should try the San Juan climate. That cough might not be bene- fitted there, but it would certainly be ben eficial
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

General Jose Toral was starved into sur render. and yet the idiotic Spanish govern ment proposes to eourtmartial him. He did all that commander could do in his circumsta nces
The age-herald., 1898-07-22

Dr. Cleveland will not receive any gov ernment bonds His bid was too plutocratic: He came in the debarred $1O,OOO class.