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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
THE SAILORS LIFE ASHORE
PROVISIONS FOR HIS ENTERTAINMENT
AND SPIRITUAL WELFARE
THE FLOATING CHURCH IN THE EAST RIVER
READING ROOMS AND SAILORS HOMES

JACK TAR's BANKER.

JACK TARs BANKER
has received more attention at the hands Of the
American people than the present, and people
who were ignorant as TO the sailor mans habits
and mode OF life few months ago now know
all about the tar and are always anxious 10
learn more. This anxiety to know how The
sailor man fares when he cones ashore in New.
York has caused many people TO ask whI
provisions exist in the city for his entertain
ment. and has anything been done toward BIZ
spiritual welfare? Investigation shows thai
the New-York Port Society was organized abou!
eighty years ago for the purpose Of promoting
the Gospel among seamen in the Por, OF Nes'
York" and 1t has been active In the work eva
since its formation.
The pastor OF one OF the churches 10 which 10
society invites the mariner, when his vessel
IN the Port Of New-York, says in his last an
nual report, in speaking Of the sailor: "What
ever else he may be, he Is not an atheist ans
is rarely found among the criminal elass0
Coming in the majority Of instances from cou'
tries professedy Christian. he has rom chha'
hood known something Of the Gospel story pu1
those who dwell among the sublimIiies OF the
Alpine scenery become SO familiar with su0
surroundings as to have little or no apprecH
ton OF these privileges. so these men ito whom
the glorious truths of the Bible are as an on
repeated tale) have, as a rule. little intere"
In them"
RELIGIOUS INTEREST DOESN'T Run HIGH
The pastor confesses that there have been %
tidal waves OF religious interest" but many
a stranded soul has been rescued out OF Id
quicksands OF sim by the work Of the men
who are interested In the tars
The society has It's church in Caiharlhe-s'-
a branch In Westinghouse, and another "
No. 81 Atldntic-ave, Brooklyn. The misSiOn
houses are conSregating- places FOR sailors az.
there the toilers Of the sea write letters any
read, and there they receive letters from h''H'
when they return from n voyage.
One OF the practical institutions Tor the c.
tertainment OF sailors is the Sailors Home, -
Cherry-st. This is large, well-but sUu w.
ure, which is known in the neightorhood d. w
sailors boarding house. IL has accoHl'hou",
IN It's day more than seven hundred thouSan.
seamen Of all nationaties. and is arranged "
house about two hundred guests. 1t has isls'
reading room and smoking room ana ".
corporation which manages the place aims
give the sailor who makes II his nome al w.
can be had for the price which he pa!s-F
day
The man in charge OF the place said tha' ~
house rarely had less than seyenty-hv gues.-
but the man who goes there expecting
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
CUBAN COURTS IN A SNAIL.
SOME OF THE TANGLES THAT WILL
NEED TO BE STRENGTHENED OUT IN

=
DAYS ago quoted Premier Sagasta Of Spain as
6ccIarine, that the adjustment OF pending law
suits in cuba formed one Of the most vexatious
OF the problems that the Peace Commissioners
would have to settle. Here in NewYork, as
Joseph u Choate pointed out in recent much-
quoted address, the delays in bringing civil and
criminal suits 10 trial are frequently deplorabie
But in the lands where rules the Spaniard, with
his everlasting mariana" il well be imag-
ined that the methods OF legal procedure would
ba infinitely slower than in energetic, swiftly
moving America And il is a fact that in Cuba
there are lawsuits without end that have been
gradually piling up during the years when inc
majority OF SPANS official servants in the
Antilles have been waxing fat with corruption
and soth
There IS 40 calendar Of cases for tho courts in
Cuba as there is here, and no system FOR reach
ing each in It's due rotation. on the con-
,rary everything depends on the Judge. When
he is ready for any nc so signifies. and
then that case comes 20 trial. And naturally II
the Judges interest IN any particular case has
been secured bcfor, hand. through any method
that may have been convenient and comfortable
uat special case is the one to secure promptcst
attention Not infrcqucnty II is worth thou
lands u dollars 10 q litgdnt 10 secure n speedy
trial In his action and the fact that he is will
ing 20 spend n part Of those thousands OF dol
iTs In securing a quick trial IS. OF course. a
rrcatly contributing cause toward tho corrup-
lion Of the judiciary IN Cuba
SOME vIG0RoVs MEASURES NECESSARY.
Just what course OF procedure TIC American
Government may have TO adopt 20 untanGlo The
,,a-led ekcin IN tho Cpha, lav co,r,s IN The
- 10 n
rosition If eo,no ,o,nnorary ou,tori,v b., cnh,
Annot be said Uutitisurobanlc that nc radical
change would be made in ,hc system If iccal
nroc.s,,,o now fl, ,,o vi,h ,,,. ,.,-,. ,.,o., -,
rcn,ione. In ,,e c-,, ,ia, .o-r,,,.,,,., ,',,,, J.,
49,. ..,
" '''' ~ - '-'"'h
800, -
coa,,-o "a a., ,,.... 49,.
-, 49,. " 80 ''"
7,s,,.,,, ~. -. .....,
= -. l.-.
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., $500. ...,., ''' '"'
IN, Tor q rov.r,,,.,. ~, -. ....-
,o,co in IL, oo.tr, ,,.,.n
,odis,rrh,d ca ,o- -
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TIL, >..no,,-,,.,.
..
re,ert from, ina, - 80, I.,,,,on e., "- p''
received all It's law from snain ond ,,,,r,,,,,
has inherited with eo,,o .l,,ra,,.,,, a.. -.
1oloonir code uhicb ,ho u,,,, 49,. ..,.,
Nshed in Spain about the ,i,oo ,h., va ,,a,.
lqhcd Il IN Franco In ,,uha ,,,,, ,no,, f.. ,
,ivA code. a crirnina, or ncn,i c,d. md ,,sl
what is called the Ley De Eniu,ciaro,en,o Which
cmbodies code partly civil and party orin,ina,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
INTERIOR OF THE FREE EPISCOPAL, CHURCH FOR SEAMEN

c.sorr carr, weight The disconnected liugant
may. however make SIN one more appeal TO
justice AID .u tha: event he carries his case 20
the Surrcmc coar. - Sra.u sitting a; Madrid
MhNy POLITICAL PRISONERS
IN cr.m,ua! matters ;h.re IS more expedition
In bringing cases 60 trial ;han has been reported
Tho pr.sons are not. Mr Olcou declared as full
q uuifi.d criminals as they have been reported
20 BE- BIZ; J., IS true that there is an extremely
large number q political prisoners who have
languishcd "a duranee vile for years. perhaps,
without even tho scmnlance Of a trial SPANS
treatment Of her political prisoners has never
been liberal and in cuba her policy has been
even harshcr. The question Of the ultimate des-
tiny Of these political suspects who are anguish
ing in cuban dungeons Will. of course. have to
be decided by tho Commissioners.
As has been said the trial Of purely Grim
inai cases Is fairly prompt. The more seri-
Gus criminal cases Ia cuba. such as muir
der. arc generally taken 20 a Judge Of the MI
ncipal Court and thence referred TO branch
Of the Court Of First Instance. which. as has
been described also looks GU; for the more
serious civil cases. There is. OF course. capital
punishment. In fact in cuba nobody has yet
begun 70 dream Of aboishlng the death penalty
,or murder And the form OF execution is in
yariably the Garrote. which IS hideously re-
pulsi,c instrument, but tairls merciful, i; is
aaid toward - victims
For all minor criminal offences. such as the
CITY Magistrates look out for in New York, The
hlcalde or Mayor, IN each city Yields sway.
lie Il is who decides whether this or tina; stun
hing brother is entitled 20 ten dollars or ten
DAYS" The Alcalde can hardly be called part
81 the judicial system Of cuba, a. his functions
are 50 largely identified WIKI he purely police
end ii affairs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-09-04
vTrERLY INADEQUATE RECORDS.

The system Of courts that has Gus; been
roughly described sound simple enough ana Tar
less cumbersome than many other legal sys-
tens ANA T. justice were only administered
st,adny and unln'crruptodiy along the lines
that have b"cl established the whole fabric
would probably answer very wen for Cuba For
a population such as Cuba's. a written code of
laws like the NapOlconic, generally works well
and, IN fact the code is in use 30 COOL advantage
In all the Spanish American republics in South
America But the trouble in cuba Is that off
Gals are SO utterly careless that the system
goes pretty badly TO pieces. For instance,
there l. no rrctcnce made OF keeping an AIDE
quatc record Of cases. Consequently, il is prac-
tically impossible TO refer back with intelligence
70 many old cases. The records, what there are
Of them. are In fearfully tangled state
Imagine, II you can, no decent system for pre-
serving the records OF the courts IN New York
City. Why, here taxpayers we'll as lawyers
look upon a new Hall Of Records as the building
that NewYO reeds more than any other
EVERY OFFICIAL ION TIE MAKE"
With the honorable judges only there and
there" il could hardly be expected that the
lesser officials OF the courts should be overnice
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
Another Candidate Whhdraws.

Hon. Frank Plumley of Mortified,
who has been prominently mentioned
az a candidate for Congress in the sec
ond district, announces that he is not a
candidate. This is a good year for the
withdrawal of candidates and every
thing tends towards perfect harmony
in the ranks of the republican party in
This state. Mr.. Plumley has many
friends in this district who would glad
" have given him their support had he
continued as a candidate and If elected
he would certainly have made his dis
trict an able representative. His with
drawal leaves w. W. GrOut, the pres
ent incumbent, and Judge l.. M. Read
of Bellows Falls the only candidates
for Congressional hOnOrs in this dis
trict. In commenting on Mr. Plum
lev's withdrawal the Mortified News
saws:
Although his candidacy has never been
formally announced, it has been generally
understood that he would probably enter
the field. In fact, Mr.. Plumley expressed
that intention at the time Judge ReaC
was formally brought out by the Bellows
Falls Times Mr.. Plumley has made nc
canvass, although he has had considerable
voluntary assurances of support from dit
ferpnt sections of the state for which he
is personally grateful. What seems tC
him sufficient personal, professional anC
nOlitical reasons have induced him to re
consider his earlier intentions and he re
tires from the field this year M. Plum
lev has many warm personal and pOlitlca
friends who will regret his decision.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
A Much Esteemed Director.

At meeting of the of the board OF
directors of the National Life 1nsur-
ance Co. of Montpelier last week the
following resolutions were adopted:
Resolved, Thatin the death of W.. q.
Veazey, for long series of years direc-
tor of this corporation, Vermont loses
one of her most esteemed and distln7;
guished citizens; one who distinguished
himself both in war and peace and whose
achievements in both were an honor TO
him. to the state and to the country.
Resolved, That in his death this corpor-
alton loses one of its strongest and most
trusted directors and the members of this
board an associate and friend who was
always helpful, generous and true.
Resolved, That these resolutions De
spread upon the records of this corpora
ton and that copy of the same be sent
to the family of the deceased.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
BLACK NAPOLEONS.
Zulu Kings Who Have Been Condemned
to Exile on st. Helena.


B.. Once again st. Helena has become
the prison of Great Britain. Seventy
two years ago Napoleon entered on his
six years exile there, fretting and tu-
ming in his superb loneliness, with
nothing to survey but those seven and
forty square miles which the little IS
land is composed Of Today three king
lets live in exile there-namely, DIM
zulu, the son Ndabuko, and Tshlngana,
the brother and half brother Of the great
Zulu, Cetewayo. 1t is not the mere TACT
of St. Helena being the prison that
makes me speak of the exiled chiefs as
"Black Napoleons, " for the Zulu, since
the beginning of the century, had been
the greatest warrior in South Africa
When the English first landed at Port
Natal, Chaka, the chief, dominated the
whole of the southeastern seaboard,
from the Limpopo to Cape Colony.
Chaka was killed by his brother III 1928,
and succeeded by another, called Din
gaan, who warred against the Beers
and was defeated by them in 1888. The
Cape government took military posses
sion of the country in 1S41 and felt
bound to blot out the Zulus under Cete-
wayo in 1884 When the great chief
died, or was poisoned, in 1884, the quar-
rel was continued by his son, DinlzuIu,
and in 1888 he and his uncles were
banished to st. Helena.
All the exiled chiefs are married, Di-
nizulu having actually two wives. The
wives of the elder chiefs have their hair
dressed in the cone which is the proper
couture of Zulu married women. This,
however, cannot lawfully be done till
all the marriage rites are duly COM
pleted, and as this was impossible III
Dinizulu's case, his marriage having
taken place only during his exile, the
brides had to be contented with par
tial ceremony and will only be able to
dress their hair on their return home,
after the remaining observances have
been gone through with.
With the chiefs in exile there is an
old man, Paul Mtimkulu, a catechist
from Cape Town, who was invited by
Cetewayo many years ago to settle IL
Zululand and teach his people. When
the chiefs were exiled, "Dr. Paul, al
the Zulus call him, accompanied then
of his own accord and has since married
st. Helena woman. 1t may be men
toned that Dinizulu writes an excellent
hand and can speak and read English
with facility and write it telerably
well. The Zulu attendants who &C
companied the party Cor were sent GU
later by the government) all came O.
their own free will. Those who have
advocated the release of the chiefs ar
que that they will be welcomed by TIT
whole Zulu people, who have nevel
ceased to sorrow for the woes of thei
royal house. 1t will have the effect o
convincing them-a conviction they ar
by no means slow to accept-that tn
queen S government means to deal falrl.
by them. AS Mr.. Escombe said som
years ago, "There is not in the Who'll
of her majesty's possessions race NOR
loyal and more wronged than the
Zulus ''-Slxatch
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
A MANLY and Patriotic Letter.

What promised to be spirited and per
haps bitter contest for governor, OF er-
mont has been terminated by the with
-drawai from the field of Gen J. G.. Nc
Cullough, who has written most manly
and patriotic letter The differences
among republicans in Vermont were pure
ly personal, and Gen. Mccullough, in de-
Ginning to make fight for the nominal
fion. was abandoning no principle, sacri'
fcinp no movement for reform from self
interest, but was putting aside his own
ambition to avoid the possibility of dis
sensions which might injure the party
In the present grave condition of affairs
he wants Vermont to lead the. Union in
emphatic support of the president, and
republican policy. Therefore he thinks
the ordinary scramble for nominations
should not take place, and is himself the
first to practice his doctrine. HIS patrl
ofic course, while disappointing the ,eX
recitation of many VermOnters who hac
hoped for an opportunity to vote for him him
will enhance the deservedly hlgh est INA
zion in which he is generally held.-NeV
York Tribune.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
A Little Exaggerated.

Over in Vermont there are fOrty-seyen
candidates for the gubernatOrial nOmlna-
ton and three other men are expected TO
display Barkis is willin'" signs before
the end of the month.-Littleton, N. H.,
Republic Journal.
The Journal editor is only As candl-
dates out of the way. There is one re-
publican candidate, Col E. G. Smith,
and one democratic candidate. I. v.
Maloney. This exaggeration might 90
for New York yellow journalism but in
staid New Hampshire newspaper 1t is
somewhat surprising. If the Journal
editor would brush few cobwebs from
his office window and take an occasion,
al look across the river he might OBJ,
serve the progress of affairs in his
neighboring state a little more accu
rately,
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
For Stnte Auditor.

The retirement of Gen. }. q. McCul-
lough from the gubernatOrial contest
so changes the political situation that
greater interest will arise i'll the other
state offices. What more fitting, there
fore. could be done than to place upon
the ticket, without a contest OF any sort,
The name of Orion NJ. Barber of Airing
ton for state auditor? Mr.. Barber is a
GOOD republican. an able and learned gen.
fIeman. True, he has been one of Gen
McCulloughs hardest and most enthuSl-
astic supporters and workers. And for
this very reason he should receive SUP
stantial recognition in the coming cleo
ton. 1t can be stated on good authority
that the most earnest advocates OF Col.
Smith will endorse the candidacy OF Mr..
Barber. Bennington county must be rec
ognized on the state ticket and what bet
ter man is there for the office of state au-
ditor than Hon. O. Nj. Barber? lie has
the qualification. is young man of sterl-
ing integrity and popular all over the
state.
Mr.. Barber was born in Jamaica in
1857. He is q lawyer and good one. lie
located in Arlington in 1880. He was a
member of the house of representatives
in 1892 and of the Senate in 1894. He has
held the office of lister and superinten
dent of schools. He was states attorney
of Bennington county in lSSS-9O and was
one of the committee to revise the laws
of Vermont in 1894. He was appointed OF
the board of railroad commissioners IL
1894 All of the duties of these offices
have been efficiently and faithfully dis
charged by Mr.. Barber.-EsseX Record
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
How to wheed1e a Librarian.

note that an Oxford scholar OF my
acquaintance, if he wished valuable
book to be taken from the Bodlelan
library into the Radcliffe reading room
that he might continue reading 1T after
the library was closed, used to begin by
asking leave for some unique manu-
script. and when that was refused a
book somewhat less valuable, coming
gradually down a scale and being re-
fused with less emphasis, until he
reached the book which alone he want
ed, when he would say, cat least you
can have no objection to my taking
this. "-Cornhill Magazine.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
T.. G. smith for Governor.

We have always been an ardent admlrer
of ,TOhn G Mccullough, but never as
much as today. We have believed that
in view of the complications growing out
of troubles with Spain it was the duty. OF
Vermont to select as her chief executive
for 1898 the brainiest, broadcast, strongest
man within her bOarderS and we state
what even Col. Smiths Warmest friends
confess to be true, that in ripe experience
and all those qualities which go to make
M a broad and cultured craftsmanship
Gen. Mccullough ranks alongside Ed
mundS, Proctor and Morrill, Ills letter
declining the nomination shows that he is
not only man OF brains, but of heart,
possessing measure of love, respect and
LOYALTY for Vermont which will not per-
nit him to contribute to any contest
which shall reflect upon the fair name OF
the state. If any have had occasion to
doubt his respect and love for the, state
of his adoption heretofore, those doubts
will no longer exist. He has preferred to
be right rather than to be governor.
Col e. G. Smith will be nominated by
acclamation and will give the state good
administration. He is gentleman OF
ripe scholarship, having graduated at
Yale and then supplemented tins
by the study and practice OF law. lie IS a
liberal-minded philosophical citizen
He is in the prime and vigOr of his man
hood. He has had an experience, not
only in business but political lie, that IL
is the privilege of few men OF his years TO
enjoy. He has the reputation of an hon
Ored ancestry to maintain. On the moth
er's side he comes from a stock which has
occupied a seat in the United States Sen
ate. His father was the grand old war
governor of Vermont. His uncle and
grandfather were members of Congress.
If ever a young man had Incentives
prompting to good work, that man is Ed
ward Curtis Smith. He will come into
office with a united party behind him.
Morrisville News and Citizen.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
DEVILS ISLAND.
The Barren Rock on Which DreyfuS Is
Spending His Exile.

The Rarren Rock on Which DreyfuS Is
Spending His Exile.
am sure that when the north pole IS
discovered and with it the proverblal
Scotsman he will be found to be accom-
panied by an Italian. Italians are the
most ubiquitous race in the world. Here
in Rome, for instance, 1 have found one
who was imprisoned for ID years on
DEVILS island, where Dreyfus, innocent
or guilty, now languishes. A distin-
guished personality, "a years old, who
has fought all his life in Italy and
France for the liberty of the people, is
General Paolo Tibaldi of Piacenza. His
family was originally Florentlne, and
among his ancestors another Paolo IL
baldi, the we'll known painter, was
master of Michael Angelo. The. general
is still strong, we'll built man, with
flowing white beard.
When l called on him, he entered
with admirable quickness of memory in
to the past, recalling all the details OF
his adventurous life. "Oh, DEVILS is
land" he exclaimed, with twinkle in
his eve, els devil of a place to live IN.
[ was landed there on the bare rock,
without tree, grass or other Vegeta-
ton. Fortunately all the other conVlcts
in the island had been condemned, like
myself, for political reasons. They greet
ed me with warm sympathy, and one OF
them shared with me his hut until L
!. ssaiIt my own, which was 28 feet by 8
feet, with thatch for a roof and beaten
earth for a floor. The furniture consist.
ed of a camp bed without mattress, q
handful of straw for pillow and two
big stones for chair and writing desk.
MY life was spent with / l others, each
taking his part of the hard work of try
ing to cultivate the portions of the Is
land that seemed the least sterile, catch
| ing birds without firearms and fishing
from the shores. The government pro
! visions, sent daily from the adjacen
Royal island, consisted of a pound ant
half of the worst bread for each con
Wet a piece of old meal or salt fat
beans or rice, little oil and six cent?
Iiters of tafia, kind of spirit. We tool
turns as cook, and gained quite rep
utation for preparing Italian dishe
which | had learned to make when
volunteer in the Italian war of lS4'
against Austria.
cit is impossible to describe the sui
ferings to which we were subjected b.
our cruel keepers. According to thel
caprice, we were chained and kept TO
months on bread and water or beatel
almost to death with ropes, and ST
obliged to remain in bed for weeks at {
time, suffering horribly. Mazzini ant
Campanella, the philosopher, had been
although absent from France, condemn
ed with me to deportation for life OF
the charge of having conspired agalns
the life of Napoleon Ill. In 1857 Ledru
Rollin gave General Nino BiXlo FL, OO'
to organize an expedition to rescue me
but several attempts of the kind only
served to make my situation worse
Contemporaneously, however, the pres
and public opinion in France claimed
my liberation, which l obtained at last
arriving in time to fight for the trencl
republic and to have the sad privilege
of signing with Trochu the capitulatlol
of Paris to the Germans. "-Rome Cor
:. Westminster Gazette.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1898-04-15
ReantifnI sea shells.

Every one admires them. Since com
EMO south / have received numerous in
nuiries from northern people for sea
s6ells. for have made quite collection
of lovely shells, both from our oayn coast,
the coral reefs and some beautl1qil, ones ones
q dozen or more different kinds, no two
a1ike 10 any one who sends stamp for
s,ogtage Mrs. +. A. Warner,
jacksonville, Fla.