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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The bill introduced into the Assembly by
Mr.. J. F. MAHAR for the appointment Of q
Labor Law Enforcement Inspector at n salary Of
$4,000 a year and divers Assistant Inspectors at
81. 200 q year Is brilliant and beautiful. Mr..
MAHAR doesn't show. however, why the labor
laws need Enforcement Inspectors any more
than other laws do. For the sake OF his
reputation 90 . logical lawmaker. he should
bring in an omnibus bill providing that
each statute on the book shall have its
Chief Enforcement Inspector and divers assist
ants. Then ho should introduce q bill providing
for the appointment Of Chief Inspectors and
divers assistants charged with the duty OF SEQ
ing that the Enforcement Inspectors well and
truly inspect and enforce. And so on ad in
Initu,r, or at least as long 40 tho State Treas.
ury continues open for business. Be logical,
Mr.. MAnAR, even IL the State has to 60 to the
poorhouse.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
sNoWFLAKEs As BIG As FOOTBALLS.
The oldest Kansas Inhabitant Never Saw any.
thing I'm 1t in All His Born Days.
Nros. che Kansas CITY Times.

tninE htko U IN All hhtb v hhSbs
Eros. che Kansas CITY Times.
SALIVA, Kan, Jan. 15.-According to q reporp
brought to this city this morning by 7. f. Keith.
superintendent of the county farm, seven miles
southwest OF here, the imps of the air must have
boen rolling snowballs over this section of the
State last night. He is authority sor the state
ment that during the snowstorm last night the
snow fell not In foathery flakes, as 1t is accus-
toned to do, but descended In balls and blocks,
leaving the ground dotted with spherical, and
rectangular heaps Of the beautiful. Tho balls
ranged In size from that OF a large. orange to
that OF a musk melon, and the blocks had the
dimensions Of 9 three.Eali3n water bucket r H1 l.
nomenal precipitation, which covered an areh
of two square miles, ranging from northeast
to southwest. about twelve acres of ths
melon patch to which a coating OF whitewash
had been administered.
took place. at about 8 o'clock, and said the at,
mosphere had the appearance Of being filled
with white footballs The balls and blocks OF
s 20 rstS Tere tb nSI h sSdp,e but aft mere sI SiSfhiitfilsn' ON h tha
ground. Tim Haynes farm, adjoining the coun-
ty:farm, was visited by the strange phenomenon
as were also two or three other farms in tho
Snow began falling in this vicinity, early
yesterday morning and continued at intervals
until II j. m aSn n tsd the imch total IETbe pre- hhsnd%sn amo Inst.
cd for a few minutes only, and was witnessed
by a number OF reliable persons, oil Of whom
sSss ever IN pr sa%' Tbss 4! i!o,d des sif nSnsBisans f!Sf Is
completely nonplussed and has racked his brain
in a vain endeavor to recall anything to COM
pare With Il: 80 far no satisfactory expliana.
though it has been the talk OF the city all day and
citizens and college professors have viod with
each other in characterizing it as one OF those
pen only in Kansas.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

At the reunion of the survivors of the Twelfth
Massachusetts, in this city Wednesday. Secre.
III am aware that it is a startling Statements
to make that the loss OF the Twelfth Massnchu-
sets at Antietam was the highest in percentage
Of any organization, Union or Confederate, in
any one battle of the civil war, and even tho
highest of any organization in the entire world,
in modern times, in civilized warfare. under
normal conditions. but is there not good reason
to believe 1t to be truei
"The fighting was terrific, as every one
knows. Let mo simply say that a letter which I
wrote to a friend on the 3Qth Of september,
1862, says my company (AD Ind % men killed
and wounded out Of so. and of the eight who
escaped unhurt five had missiles strike either
their clothing or equipments. Only thirty-two
marched off the field under the flag of the regi-
ment when relieved by troops of the Twelfth
Corps. One of tho Confederate regiments, the
First Texas, Hoods division, which we encoun-
tered in our advance through the cornield. and
which, afterward occupied a position a little to
our right. had 1876 killed and wounded out OF
226 taken into action-a percentage of loss
of S2.3
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The Hon. WILLIAM BRooKPIELD roam
ing about tho State as an ambassador Of the
Fffty.three and organizer Of Reorganization 10
an affecting spectacle. Albany, Rochester, the
onondaga Reservation, and all other points Of
interest visited by this romantic pilgrim from
Mugwumpin should give him heedful note. He
is the representative and agent of himself and
nfty.two other powers. Machines along his
route are requested to fall to pieces as soon
90 he appears. Bosses will please tremble.
40 a mark Of respect, and show this pensive
palmer the usual oourtesics. He would like to
DO o boss himself.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Address to the Bfagnates.

Interest In the national game and under
standing Of what 1t needs and how to get it
are expressed by the Wilkesbarre Ne,Ds.
Dealer in a manner to clear the mind Of
any one engaged In the business whose
head Is still muddled:
"Tho baseball magnates have plenty Of time to
reach a unanimous conclusion TO the eject that dur
ing the coming season tho umpires must be absolute.
II the players are permitted to kick and rave a. In
the past, baseball enthusiasts predict that the great
national game will fall still lower in the estimation
Of good s~portsmen."
Hope for the abolition of %rowdyism
on the ball field rests on the fact that the
few Presidents who have bought ball clubs
as pure business speculations, having
themselves neither the instinct of sport
nor interest in fairness and decency Of
play, have absolutely no excuse to offer for
permitting their players to be disorderly.
When pressed for explanation they pro-
test themselves to be In favor of "clean ball
playing" to be opposed to "foullanguage,"
and even to have instructed their players
not to be disorderly. None dares defend
the evil complained of.
Baseball magnates of more personal SYM
pathy with the game other than that abid.
ing in their certificates OF stock, must see
to it that they take the first step for the
regeneration of professional baseball firmly
and Enthusiastically, and that they make the
umpire the umpire again by f~orbidding
players to dispute his decisions. 1t is a
are necessary; but so it is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

a new order 81 nnishts Proposed ~ . sareas-
tie Csrr~enpandent.

= WV
tic Csrrespenaent.
To TIE Eprron or TEE suN-Sfr. Az . re-
suit Of reading In your columns to-day Of the
organization in Philadelphia last Saturday of .
new and admirably aristocratio class entitled
"Tho Noble Order of the Barons OF the Runny-
mede,' q society 10 which the descendants OF
the noblemen who fought for the concession OF
the Magma Charta are TO DO admitted, 1 am
moved to beg the favor Of . few lines wherein
to sketch the salient features Of still another
society, each and every member of which IL to
be entitled Barren Of Common Sonse." Al
though this organization expects to locate chap
ters In every State Of the Union. It is conceded
by competent judges Of the tendencies OF tho
human mind that q majority Of its members
will DO initiated from New England and the At
lantic States. and especially from the great
cities along our soaboard.
We shall welcome any one who may DO able
TO prove his capacity for wearing tho honorable
title Of our order, be no or she Baron OF Runny-
mede, Queen, Lady. or Knight Of the Holland
Danes, Son or Daughter Of the Colonial or Row
olutionary Wars, &C., and we shall be happy
to receive applications for membership, not
only from the membcrs Of these and q dozen
kindred circles. but also from the many nun
drods Of aspirants for class distinction. who to
their great disappointment and because Of .
certain familiarity with our statutes as relating
70 perjury, have as yet been unable to ~disprove
tSe republic o q * Unite United Is Staten stnpt Of America.
In short, We shall extend the band Of fellowship
70 all who place family tradition above eyery
who have Q family. to worship and those who
through no fault of their own have nothing bot
ter than their Individual merits to fall back
upon.
b composed as follows, An Emperor, three
Arch Treasurer, and n Farmer-Gencral Of the
dues and initiation foes. At the supreme head
Of the national organization there shall be q
Gar. and to this exalted parsonage shall be In
trusted the power to create at large 400 Princes
and Princesses, 300 Dukes and Duchesses. and
he shall deem necessary and adequate for tho
support OF his august dignity.
There shall. be two intellectual qualifications
for membership: every candidate must mako
oath or affirm that his or her knowledge of and in
terest In current affairs Of Stateis nil: and every
to refrain. now and forever moro, from taking
the slightest notice of tho history of the world
subsequent to the surrender Of Lord CORVALLIS
at Yorktown. Members who are discovered to
possess n clear idea of the Importance to human
iy Of recent industrial changes. or members
and economic questions which have arisen since
the formation of our Government, shall he con-
Bidered to have resigned and accordingly shall
forfeited.
All correspondence concerning the dues,
for the present DO obtained from tho under
signed. FRANK CANpD,
Emperor pro tenn. for N. Y.
New YORK, Jan. 10.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
FIRST REvo1 UTIoNARY MARTYR.
what's the Matter with Col. John Asho OF
with Capt. Few1

Whnpe the Matter WITH Col. John Aoh0 or
with Capt. Few1
To THE EDITOR OF THE sUN-Sir: I notice
in THE Sun of the 18th inst. an account of the
tablet set up in tho general Post Office building of
New York city to commemorate the first blood"
shed in the cause Of liberty in the period of the
Revolutionary war, and as the name Of the she'd
der Is not attached and no fatalities are men
toned, I take 1t for granted that some son of q
Tory must have punched the nose of some son
of liberty. or vice versa, and thus produced tho
sanguinary flood which has eventually pro-
voked the setting up of this tablet.
II this surmise Is correct (and there Is certainly
nothing in the inscription on the tablet, as given
by The Sun, to indicate O different state of
factsl, then New York must prepare to take
second place in the race for first blood" 1t is
q matter OF proper record In North Carolina that
when the British Government attempted to
land the odious stamps in that State in 1898.
Col. John Ashe called out the State militia and
PEELED hin to take an oath never to bring the
IF fsei ths sd Sf Se, e E sss.s! s snt p %Siis WAS ms lsRdss
town 'wh ii then then ' answered ID as. as the capital fGai't q
the nieht-it is related, BY tradition that Col.
John Ashe skinned his knee on a stump in the
In capturing Houston's small boat, in which he
came ashore, and loading 1t upon q mud wagon,
on which 1t was hauled In triumpha procession
about the town, one member of the Tarheel mill
Tia had a thumb mashed and another stubbed
his toe severely. Mr.. Houston, the stamp agent,
also had his feelings hurt. These are the only
casualties reported. but the incident clearly es;
have TO suggest that the Society of Daughters
of the American Revolution reverse themselves
and set up a tablet on some big cypress tree at
the proper spot in North Caroline showing
where first blood" was actually shed.
While on this patriotic subject, and without
Wishing to detract from the previousness of
Boston and Crispus Attacks, l beg to ask IL THE
Sun land Its readersl does not think it is almost
time to remember the band Of revolutionists
defeated and slaughtered by British forces at
Alamance. n. O., in May. 177l: and to allow
Capt. Few, VINO was captured and hanged to the
limb of q tree. without trial, to have the just
honor Of being the first martyr OF the American
Revolution If some sort of tardy justice
should be done the venturesome band of Regu-
lators from western North Carolina, who really
launched the American Revolution in 1771.
Boston could still console herself that she ALSO
ran" TARHEEL.
MOBILE, Ala. Jan. IL
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
1t is the Hon. POTATO PINGREE, and he
Is talking to the Independent Club of Buffalo;

10 N " II AhuOpShuOht SAuo DuhdlOs
To-day all the trusts aud monopolies which are
bleeding the country have taken refuge under the
wing Of the Republican party, because they fear the
Democratic party. which has kicked them out. In
my own State the railroads, which have never paid
their just share OF the taxes. have been a faithful
ally of the Republican party"
The Hon. POTATO PINGREE was elected Gov
ernor Of Michigan on the Republican ticket,
and he is a candidate for reelection. In Kansas
he would be considered o white-hot Populist.
In Michigan he calmly kicks tho Republican
platform away, abuses the Republican party,
and reads out of the party Republicans who
don't share in his enthusiasm for silver
and his red-eyed rant against railroads and
trusts. II am going to fight it out on LINcoLN's
PLATFORM" he modestly told the Independent
Club, mo matter what they call me-"
The Hon. POTATO PINGREE leaves the world
In suspense. What do they" 1. e., the
Ubiquitous defenders of corporations and the
rights of property. call him 2 Surely not "fakirl q
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
nerelrn No,es Of neal 1n,sr..,.

Berlin ohiVersity mas Tor the second time refused
TO estaolsh university extension lectures.
Kaiser Wilhelm ia still harping on his grandfather.
He has ordered a " KaIser wilhelm centenar'' medal
to be struck, and will distribute 1t to the SOC, 900
German veterans.
Prince vittorio OF Savoy, Count of Turin, who
fought tho duel with Prince Henry of Orleans. IA said
to be engaged to Princess Clara Of Bavaria, younger
sister Of the Duchess OF Genoa.
Franco has suceeedeI in placin, t,s Are, hon, ON
1ot. Tch,d Tn. March.,d .xnoa,,,o. - a." ~r
oIso cor,,ea n hoat the Gar ro,ah.rho IL, =.
,.ohoh,u oeo.,ouo IA
prIncs Ferdinand A. crox rrv.,. .
tho Pope. will soon be made a Cora,ns, -, ~. ,.
opest y, tbe Kin, n, m. no,,,ans .o,a.,,.u ~ -.
Jndependanes BeIoe. The Prince "a M vssra ., 40.
u' ""u AN n" ianeHia APP
&c = e'enS "ho nave become nat
a'He =" ''oh IN oo'h cases IL hau oeen sup
poH'1 - '"' u oeeh hade years
u'iou gentleman was IN VINO put this awkwardiJ
800 IL 1'mes' III the young
iauy u VIC Ii U very kihoiy heipeu Lord
. " Il ms NoSS ooiofo u'hher' at 'he oh'ted
oh iuesaA'' WIN Sehu MN their names
AN VI he WI "e n'uch oonged.'
SchanhAusen's monastery ball. the motto on which.
'Vivos voco. mortuos plango. fulgura FRANCO" led
Schiller to write the LIED Won der Glocke." 10 to DO
melted down. II was cas-. at Basel in 1855; a piece
hTnkA mi nYAF IA hin a Unara nDn and Iaas --.- {.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

BryaniSed Democracy q victory which viii
60 far to secure for them q national Fri.
umph In 1900. II can see nothing except
the "Platt machine" constructed by Its
wild mania. eff wc fail ourselves" 10
shouts, 1--WE will ruin the Plat machine
Such political lunacy, however, will only
destroy those afiicted with IL md those
who may attempt to cater to II. The inter
ests Of New York against which they are
arrayed are too enormous to be trusted to
the inmates Of such a political bedlam.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

cHU1R CLARK. CHuNP CLARK 10 proud Of
himself. But there Il q sullsn IRE In the eyes Of
another Missouri Representative. who has boon
hurting himself with q tremendous bang and
chatter for a number Of days. The Hon. DAVID
ABsALoM DE ARMoND csteems himself at least
tho equal OF tho Hon. CHuMP CLARK. He can
talk ne much. AZ often, and In rs high q koy.
Yet what has Fame been doing for hint All
over the West the malignant types have called
him ~"DEARMoND.' IL IL worth whilo to be q
p%uissant statesman when tho wage Of Glory is
paid In bad money!
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The guns enumerated are OF 10. II. 10. 10 and 81
centimatros calIbre. These ships also carry heavy
ornaments OF luick.nring and revolver guns.
In addition there are on the Cochin China and Ton.
quin stations ten other vessels. comprising gunboats
and other minor craft. carrying twenty'slx guns OF
various cAllbres. besides quick.hring and revolver
guns.
The Russian squadron is also to be augmented By
two heavy armed ships, =iz.;
Bdtticship. Buiif. Guns. Tons. II. p. Speed.
lmperator Nicholas I.lSso Il s,440 5000 10
ArmOred Cruiser.
Vladimir Monomach. 1882 10 1854 1000 II
These guns are of 10. go. 2s. and so centimetres
calibre.
on the arrival OF the ships now On the way out 10
the COAST OF China the Russian squadron will com.
prise l bA:tieship, o armored cruisers, ] protect.
Cd cruiser, two torpedo-boat Destroyer. and 2
~gunboats, with 9 ~SeS'going torpedo boats detached
from the Siberian notllA-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
AbIll has been introduced into the Boston

bill has been introduced into the Boston
Legislature to prohibit putting against the
name of any candidate for O city or town
office the name of any political party or any
designation. As some sort Of preparation
for non'partisan municipal elections, this nom
partisan ballot should be loved by the Boston
reformers. But they are too mild in their meas
ures. They will not accomplish anything OF i'm
portance. for all their wealth OF talk. until they
patch the Massachusetts Constitution with an
amendment abolishing and forever prohibiting
political parties.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
The Hon. CHump CLARK of Pike county

The Hon. CHuMP CLARK of Pike county,
Mo-. rose to his head yesterday, cracked tho
paint of the ceiling, broke a piece out of the
Speakers gayel by sheer force OF conclusion.
made the floor sag, walked up two spectators in
the gallery, thrilled himself and frightened q
page. When the Hon. CHUMP CLARK discharges
his full load of emotions the paint and wood
work Of tho House have to suffer. When the
Congressional Record reaches Pike county,
Mo-, there win DO swelling hearts and
hoarse throAts all through that capital
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Special Train to Carry n Bottle or Medicine.
Erorn tha Kanana cffu LonrnaL

All sorts of special trains have been run over
Kansas railroads. but the oldest one yet is re.
ported from Fort Scott. It ran over tho Katy"
from Parsons to Appleton City, Mo-. and con:
the seats OF the car. under the watchful eye OF
the brakeman, rested a small bottle. and it was
TO ruS Son Il se ems p that n sn aoct sne az sp1 %pnle etonn civ TtS
had broken his leg and lockjaw followed. x
certain kind of medicine was needed which
could not be procured nearer than Parsons, 100
miles away, and the special train was called to
go in quest OF 1t. The run was made ut o faster
rate than q mile q minute.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
Prosperous MIR. Rryan.
From the Chicago Record.

Friends from Lincoln. Neb.. report that William
Jennings Bryan has made a large sum Of money by
his lectures. and Is laying It up for a rainy day.
His largest receipts were realized at Wichita. Kan.
where he got 81, 400 for a single lecture, At a llttio
town In Missouri hr made ssTo. His regular charges
arc $500 for every appearance and one'haIf the net
receipts over aud above that sum.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
For the Chicago Platform In 1900.


The Democrats OF Indiana have held their district
conventions and Endorsed bimutallism and the Chi
cago platform without a dissenting vote. The West
can be relied upon to do Its duty next fall and In
InAn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

The Hon. L. e. MoCoMAs is an expert.
enced legislator. an able man. a citizen of Mary
land. and the choice for Senator OF more than
two-thirds Of the Republican members Of tho
Maryland Legislature. He ought to be elected.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21
A wssrerH View or Tammany.


The efforts OF Mr.. Richard Croker to take possession
OF the Democratic party and operate IL As lie operates
Tammany will receive little more than dsriSlon from
the Democracy NJ large.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

Tho old house OF Bradley q smith. brdsh manufAo-
turerA. 25l Pearl street. Is feeling tho eject Of the re-
yiyAl In business. Their factory Is now employlh1
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-21

u Pour yrIends tcAo Javor us tctih H'dWuscrtpts Jo'
publication wtsh TO harc r5ecfed articles returned
thsr ,,,,t n, oil cases send stamps for that purpose.
The record-union., 1898-11-17
National Tendencies.

NO successful attempt can be made
TO master the grave and far-reaching
questions OF national and international
policy that have been suddenly put be-
fore us through the results Of the re-
cent war, without a clear comprehen.
sion of the fact that that war was the
inevitable eHtepme of our national de-
yelopment, which has drawn after It,
as necessary consequence, vast and
rapid territorial expansion The en-
prizes who imagine that it is within
the power of political parties or of in
dividual statesmen, to check that ex-
pansion arbitrarily, are as vain as the
King who commanded the waves to
pause at his feet AS tree or vine
may be trained to grow in a certain
direction, SO we may hope, by political
means, to direct or to restrain to a
certain extent, perhaps, the national
tendency. But, in order to accomplish
even that much, we must clearly COM
prehend existing conditions, and deal
with pending questions in the light of
those conditions. The founders of the
Republic, with Washington at their
head, followed that simple and obvious
rule century ago, when the then in
fant Republic, with it's 100000 of in
habitants and it's 100000 square miles
of territory, stood to the European
world in a state Of isolation. They
did not attempt to look a century
ahead of them, in order to- lay down
rules for the guidance of statesmen
who were to be called upon to deal
with conditions Of which they had but
the faintest dream.-Hon. Hannis Tay-
lor late United States Minister to
Spain, in North American Review.
The record-union., 1898-11-17

The proprietor Of the San Francisco
Examiner who claims to preside
automatically over the administration
of that erratic paper, over his own sig
nature, in his own columns, said just
after the election: 1T is both right and
reasonable that the Administrator,
which, despite it's mistakes, carried this
glorious war to successful conclusion,
should receive vote Of confidence .
Is that so? Well, in the name of conf
mon decency, why did not this control
ling intelligence require the Exam
insr' to make the admission before the
election?~ The truth is that the paper
day in and day out denied the very
proposition which the proprietor of the
Examiner says is right and reason
able It is the high art of cheek TO be
able to deny ones own words without
q blush
The record-union., 1898-11-17

first and most prominent point present
ed is the need of some form of money
which the average citizen is likely to
have near at hand, and which can be
instantly transferred from negotiable
piece, into a piece of exchange payable
only to the payee,. whose name may be
written In ink by the sender We have
seen that the loss Of business under
the present method and the general
cause of complaint are because of the
trouble in obtaining safe money.-C. w.
Post, in North American Review.