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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-13
NEW AND. SUCCESSFUL DEVICE
FOR GOAlING SHIPS AIT SEA

course there is no reason why two
trolleys should not be working at the
same time, which would double the
rate. The fact, however, that this ap-
pliance was not adopted shows that
there was something lacking in it. and
it is probable that the low capacity of
the machine was what caused it to be
raicnfad
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-13

A new way of eoallng war craft at
sea has just been adopted by the
United States government. The battle
ship Massachusetts has been equipped
with the apparatus, and its first trial
has proved a distinct success.
The fact has been pointed out on
great many occasions, not only on this
side of the Atlantic, but also on the
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-02-13

The accompanying illustration OF a
horse and pig. reproduced from photo
graph, is an example of one of the most
remarkable tricks Of the camera yet re-
corded AS a rule, the eccentricity of a
camera is susceptible of explanation.
but in this instance neither the photo
graphers of England nor the United
States seem to be able To explain the
cause of so curious a picture.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
HOSPITAL SUNDAY.

The Hospital Saturday and Sunday Assocla'
ton once more makes It's just and strong appear
TO the whole community. The annual collcc-
ton. which we have no doubt was well begun
in the synagocues yesterday. should be gener-
ously continued in the churches to-day. 1T is
scarcely necessary TO remind the people OF New
York that the association. which now embraces
nearly twoscOrc hospitals of all varieties has
absolutely no sectarian or professional bias It's
general collection is divided among the insti;u-
tions belonging &c II I'm proportion 10 the free
work performed during the preceding year for
the suffering poor. Tho extent of that work IS
far more likely 10 be underestimaicd than cX-
acgcrated by persons having no direct knowl-
edge Of the facts. and il is done in the spirit oil
true devotion 20 The welfare of humanity.
The revival of prosperity is already recog-
nzcd Oh every hand. and all Indications point
30 bountiful year. Ii IS fitting that
charity should reflect these conditions in Il
prompt and liberal response to every well-ap-
proved demand. The cost Of the gratuitous
services rendered by the hospitals far exceeds
tie income derived from invested funds. pay
ing patients and the city treasury. Their only
resource for supplying the deficiency is bcnev-
Client public. 1t ought to be sure reliance.
especially At time like this when the cvi-
dcnces Of material woll-being are rapidly multi
plying and there is n cheering prospect of In
duStrial and commercial activity for years to
come. n happens that the annual collection in
the churches. appointed for The last Sunday In
the year falls on Christmas Day in this in
stance. The coincidence should and presuma
bly, will convey 10 many minds an unusually
strong suggestion Of duty. and lead to large
contributions for the relief of the afflicted
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
PERSONAL.

Professor alexander Graham Bell. the inventor
OF the telephone arrived I'm Japan on December ..
and II receiving many attentions from the Jaranese.
Or. Dvorak. tho composer. has Just received from
the Ausiro-Iungarian Emperor. on tho occasion ~
the Royal jubilee. the decoration For Arts and
Sciences" This order II seems la very rarely be-
slowed IN" last musician who received It being
Brahms himself
Many Yale mon both graduates and Undergrad
yates. will be pleased to hear that Colonel Norris
@. Osborn. Editor # "Thc Now-IIaven Register
has been suggested fo tho place in the Yale COR
poration made vacant by the ueath Of Edward g.
Mason. Colonel Osborn il unusually familiar with
the affairs or the University. from which he WA:
he has host OF friercs who arc convinced that
he would he highly useful member OF the cor
poration.
The Empress of Germany came back from her
Palestine Journey with several hundred pnoto-
graphs These he developed by court pho
tographor in Berlin. and after the proofs have been
submitted To the Emperor they Will be gathered in
on album, which. in a limited number OF copies Viii
he sold for The benefit Of tho charities in which the
Empress IS interested. The Emperor also Intends TO
hav" scyeral lectures given In one OF the royal the
aires. Illus rated by lantern sdcs. reproducing the
principal cpsodes OF his Journey
II short broad man." said Senator Vest the
other day. but enemies say my speeches arc
both long and narrow.
NJ charles Abel Rallif. founder and president OF
40 Touring CIub Of France. organization Of hi
cyclists, mas received The Cross OF tho Legion OF
Honor. lie formerly Deputy chief Of the
office OF the Project Of the Seine whore he served
tventy-one years. Since his retirement he has
worked on committees and commissions. and has
devoted himself zealously 10 the cause OF bicycling.
The srgest private library in the United States
Is said TO belong 70 Colonel Reuben r. Durrctt. of
Louisville Ky which contains over Asty thousand
volumes collected during sixty years Books on
the history Of the Wes. predominate and among
them Colonc, Roosevelt worked while preparing
his winning Of tho Vest
Nine. Patti. in a recent interview. said that she
intended to write her memoirs she had
definitely retired from the stage and concert-rooin.
but declared herself unable 10 when that would
be. Her dream OF the future Is n utilize her the
atrical experience In giving counsel TO young and
aspiring artists.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

II huilt the Canadian Pacific Railroad and 1t
bu,lt and Is improving the Welland and st.
Lawrence canals TO compete with 1t. And the
wisdom Of Its course is fully cxemplifed In the
rcsu,,s thereof Every year the business Of tho
railroads increases. and so does that of the ca
nails while the general prosperity OF the nn'ion
commcnsurately grows and it's export trade
.tc,di,v cuts into ours II it pays Canada to
mako n fourteen.foot canal from the lakes TO the
ocean. how capacious "A canal will II pay the
United States to make and TO maintain! III vi"
en)orcnr Of Canadian canals Is followed by m
expansion OF Caradian commerce at the expense
OF ours is II not reasonable 10 suppose that sim
liar enlargement of our canals and Improvement
of our facilities would restore and save our
commerce? We reckon that foreign commerce
Is no exception 10 the law of cause ana cncct.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
PTCICIE PT NCTI RES.

W. h.ro hitherto remarked upon the fOrma-
tlon Of bubble companies and the pupnieHhe
overcxpansion Of originally honest concerns as
the chief evil Of what has come 10 pe hho" '''
Uoolcvism The oily trickster whose name "'S
fins given new term Of opprohriun 10 our V"-
cahu,ory did harm enough by his brlb'ries ana
subsidizincs and purchases of coroncted h2ure-
bo,ds to serve as lures for iniudicious sufferers
from, the "Auri sacra flames. l'nt those 90
jnrs were mere incidents and hyplay. me
fundamental and essential evil was IN 'promot-
ing" companies that had no honest nor valid eN-
crsc for existence promoting for promo'iligs
sake. II is a great good to create new enter
rrscs. if they be honest and valid. II Is
proater wrong TO create one that Is merely
spcci0us fraud.
one Of the chief fields Of Hoocy's ncfarious
oncrations was the bicycle trade. lie pro-
mo;cd" some great pncuma'ic-tirc trusts, lever
chain concerns and what not. and by bis deal
ings affected and gave his own peculiar tone 10
the whole industry in the United Kingdom Inc
field was a promising ore. The legitimate IN
crease IN the demand for wheels. and conSe
oucntly in the supply OF them has been enor-
mons. But still moro enormous has been the
Gctitious-we might say sem-criminal overcX-
mansion Of the business. To-day reaction has
come Dividends have ceased. investments
hovc shr,Ink 10 fraction OF their former value
pcople are ruined. factories are closed. work
men are Idle. aId towns and cities that were
the centres Of n "booming' trade are now in
dustrial wi.dernosScS
Before us lies list Of one hundred English
concerns organized for the manufacture of bi-
cycles tires. tubes or other component parts of
bicyc,es with statements OF their earnings and
dividends in 1897 and 1895. The contrast he
tween the two years reports is literally appall-
ing In 1891 nearly all the concerns paid divi-
dcnds many Of them above 20 per cent and
obout half OF them as much as 10 per cent In
1895 the number Of those paying at all was
greatly reduced only two paid az much * -
per cent and few paid more than > or 6. Here
arc n few samples: The Humber Company
had in 1867 profits Of S313Soo and paid 10 per
cent: In 1898 It's profits only S100I15 AMI
It's dividend was IA per cent Singers profits
fell from s3S05o0 to S133.265 and dividends
from 10 to 4 per cent. Coventry Cross profits
were $751; and dividends 90 per cent H. 1897;
in 1895 profits were So 100 and dividends moth
ing Elsvirk dividends fell from pcr cent 10
nothing. Lloyd's Fittings from f. to 81, New
Hudson from 90 10 nothing. ,Ormonde from ~,
70 nothing Presto from 10 10 nothing Star from
l7i1 10 3. Sydney Lee & CO. from 22ls to moth
ing, Rose Tube from 80 to nothing, and SO on
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

through the long list There are Few pFisnt
exceptions, but disastrous decline is the rule
The explanation Of it all is perfectly simple.
tits Hooleyism The bicycle is not a failure. IL
Is not 10 be discarded. The business is not to 10
abandoned But there has been enormous over
expansion. Too many wheels have been made
by bona fde companies. and too mnny. far too
many companies have been promoted for purely
speculative purposes. So oven the legitimate
trnde in England has been dcmoralIzcd. while
countless investors in speculative bubbles have
learned how the word ruin Is spelled. The over
inflated tire has been punciured and has col
larscd. II is an awkward incident. In such a
case scorcher may get thrown and have ms
face spoiled II not his neck broken. which woulh
be small loss. But the honest careful r'd"r
will halt. make repairs and go on again, with
more discretion but with no less certain prog
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
ROSWELL G. HORR APPRECIATED.

From The Gratiot County (Mithl Herald .
Oftentimes great public services appear IN ,ne,, ,y
true proportions only IN the retrospect tere o"s
Is their enduring character apparent; u wa, ~a,sns
with Lincoln How many who sound his pV"s,
to-day were. during his iife his most oit'e -,
tractors? The same * true OF Webster p's.v 90
Chandler and A host OF others. Among 'ne 49, ~,
truly great men whom Michigan has PRODUCED ~ ~
name Of Roswell q. Horr stands out among '''
most prominent. .rh.
In a recent er,cle written especially for tnr
Youths Companion" by Thomas Is. Reed. Speak~
OF the House OF Representatives Mr. Reed cvn
siGers Mr.. Horr worthy OF special mention lnonnaa
the great Congressional orators and Wits oi w W.
last forty years. After eXtollins his ability ana va
he says that he was an interchangeable worker s shsI
his absence from Congress "A distinct loss 10 "''
commonwealth. ,,,1
tho December number Of The Market Bulletin, -
Mr. Forr and his spcccnes form the leading ie''
urc The author says of Mr. Horn ,.,.,
1896 when MIR Horr died. The tSunsa,n,
spoke OF him a great protectionist and the mo
effective campaign orator Of the Republican pst'i
or his Congress career II said. He Was Al
Congress only three terms but made Nd'r,yn.y
reputation. His stories illustrations. nv.
drove home his arguments. lie spoke IN me-,
States than any other. and was worse dres",T
by champions ot the other side than any other
Mr.. Horr spoke in every Presidential campss' 4,
from Fremonts 10 MrKiney's. He campaigneo >,
tweniy-sx States OF the Cnion-from Maine "
Oregon ,,.,-
History Is writing the name Of Roswell g. ho..
among the foremost political orators Of the cents~
History Is doing him justice
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
STOP MAKING LTNATICS.

"rhc Brooklyn Eagle" reports that six CON
victs in the Kings County Penitcntary We're
removed to The insane asylum on Friday, hav-
Ing lost their minds because OF lack OF work
and occupation. That Journal rightly protests
aga inst the inhumanity Of keeping prisoners in
idlcness and calls on the politicians through
whom It says the labor az the prisoners was
stopped-to turn about and put an end 10 the
system that makes lunat!cs OF men put under
restraint for petty crimes. II declares that n
death sentence for a tllltapper would arouse
the community. and holds that II is worse than
n death sentence to condemn him 10 loss OF
reason
THE Eagles protest Is timely. and we hope
II Will do good. The surprising thing il that
IL should be necessary Last year the Kings
County authorities ceased TO manufacture
brooms. and hegan manufacturing Iunatics un-
Ill The Tribune took up the case Of the poor
wretcbes and urged that they be put at work
improving the East Side Lands It took much
agitation to induce the authorities 10 break
away from their timidlty and fear OF deina-
gogues and give work md health 10 the men
be mentally wrecked. But finally The Trih.
une. with the aid Of The Eagle" prevailed
the prisoners were set 20 work and the spectre
Of insanity vanished from the prison II might
have been supposed that one experience Of
that kind would have been enough for the
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Kings County officials. But 1t seems not To
have been. As soon as some outside interest
required the cessation ~ work, prison labor
stopped. and the procession Of convicts to the
insane asylum began
We do not know why the prisoners cannot
be kept M the usual industries when were
found sufficient for them after they finished
the work on the East Side Lands. when was
suggested merely rs temporary eSpeh'eht NJ
n time when The officials seemed unable 10
make arrangements for indoor WORK quickly
enough 10 meet the emergency. we Know OF
no change In the law which deprives the con
vcts of work which they had last WINTER but
II the ldleness is not due to politics, ms The
Eagle" suggests. and there Is any good reason
why indoor industries have been suspended. the
manifest duty of the authorities Is to ma some
other temporary occupation. rs they ala year
ago under the spur Of public Indignation on
the East Side Lands Heaven knows IN"
streets are foul enough. Let the convicts bc
SGT TO clean up Brooklyn Borough, since Me
Cartncy seems incompetent for The task Let
them bc set at something. anything, only stop
the borharous and criminal manufacture of
lunatics. Better turn the petty thieves at
large than lock them up to rob them OF their
minds
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
A,rtu91ork Dailp 0ribn1le
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.
SUNDAY. DECEMBER %. 1888.

FOREIGN The Russian Minister Of Finance
has rejected the offer OF a loan made pY MI
WINS representing an American syndicate
Ambassador Hitchcock. at 81. Petershnre' mar
been officially Informed that contract Tor
eighty thousand tons Of steel rails for the East
ern Chinese Railroad has been awarded 10 Inc
PENNSYLVANIA and Maryland companies =
The condition of Premier Saeasta was somewhat
better. and his physicians are more hopeiui OF
ste rccovcry - The Grand-duchess Nenia.
sis.er 70 the Car. hAs given birth 10 a son.
- The seven hundred Montenogrin soldiers
reported 70 have been frozen to death in Lara
Pass ESCAPED w safotv -.-- passenger suf-
Eas, Indian steamer at Plymouth. England
- \ parade Of United states troops 'hroush II
Havana will take place on January !. - me Inc
full ext Of the protest lodged ny AEonellio. 'ns
Filipino agent. with the Peace Commissioners At
Paris is made public =-- The advance OF
American trade abroad has called forth wide
spread commen; in England.
DOMESTIC Peace Commissioners de-
lIvsrod mo Graf- 80 The treaty Of peace 10
President Mckinley. 49, Mr. HUI, of Iowa
chairman of the House Military Commit
tee. submitted iis report on the Mil,ary
REORGANIZATION bill = Lieutenant hop-
eon sailed from san Francisco for the Philip
pines and had an enthusiastic send-oi -
An explosion II gas in coal mine at ShamoKh'
nrohah,- fatally ---- Dr. John 3. Hamilton,
forner Surgeon GO Cenerel of the United states
Marine Hospital service. died at iclsin III.
improved mail facilities between NeW-l olk an"
the Pacific Coast will result in considera bic saw
ing of time IN the delivery Of letters. -== Su-
perni endcn; skinner Of the state departments
Of Public Instruction decided that the Pough-
keepsio Board Of Education had no right 10 rent
school buildings from churches and empio!
teachers wearing the garb Of religious orders
CITY.-It was announced that Colonel Henry
Chauncsv ir would soon retire from the COM
nand Of tho Nth Regiment. ~ G.. y. ! -
C;overnor-elect Roosevelt announced that ne
would appoint James A. Blanchard 10 succeed
Judge Fitzgerald in General Sessions and
George W. Dawson 10 succeed William j.
Youngs AS Dstrict-Attorney OF queens county.
- Many Of tine charitable institutions of the
CITY and several Of the hospitals celebrated
Christmas Eve with appropriate festivities.
Colonel Roosevelt distributed Christmas
gifts at the school in Oyster Bay which his
children attend.
THE wEATHER.-Forecast for to-da~' Part
~ cloudy and colder. The temperature yester-
day: Highest. A degrees; lowest. 81; average.
Az
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Some Of the best residence streets in the best
part OF Brooklyn have not been cleaned. and not
the slightest attempt has been made to clean
them. since the first snowfall. They are now
covered from curb To curb with several inches
Of black. reekng fermentng stinking slime.
varegatcd here and there with mounds Of min
gled ice and garbage, and perhaps with n long
dcfunct cat or dog. Their atmosphere Is that Of
mn ill-draincd sewer. And grip and kindred dis
are raging as never before in the history
Of the city. But doubtless il Is all because Of
'the kind Of heat that oozes from the asphalt
pavement in hot weather"
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
GOvERNOR ROLLINS'S STAFF.

Concord " H. Dec "a -Covernor-elect Ko'ns
made the first public announcement Of the se'''
tion OF his stan this morning. follows
AUGUSTUS u AYIING Concord. Aiwani 1',ne,s'
FIRERT WHEELER Nashua Inspector. General Will
IAN r. spALnING Nashua. Quarermaster ,isns,si
HARRY H. DUDLEY. Concord comnissary ''eheia.'
WILLIAM =. CHADWICK. Exeter Judge Ai'oSs, 81
General; FrRDlNANp \ sTlCHlNGs. 'onc1rni II,,w
geon- General. WALTER r. PORTER keene. NtlALn
NARCOTIC. Manchester: EUGENE : HEAD HooS""
and CARLOS r DAY. Berlin, aids
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Union College. Its initiative followed by others
with prompt recognition of it's timeliness and
wisdom. encourages the education in our schools
Of all grades Of Cuban youth. and takes steps to
provide free scholarships for some OF them. It
IL q good idea and deserves oil help and further
nnc" Whatever the political future of their
island the United states. anchored M their
neighbor. is sure to he their ally and protector
In all time 10 come Of its chosen youth our
schools should certainly be the instructors, and
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
INCIDENTS ~ SOCIETY.

Nearly every one who has country house Will
have a party for New Years. and there are also
many parties arranged 70 stay over from saturday
until Tu. sday A. tho different country clubs IN inc
neigh borhood OF the city. The New Years festivities
will Doubtless draw a largo party 70 Tuxedo. on
New Years Eve Cissie Lotus 'Mrs Justin II ",
carthv) Will give her impersOnaions in the nal
room and later there will he dance. and Just be
fore the stroke OF midnight the new year, WI" he
us snered IN with egg-nog and Virginia reel
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
~rx.vopE DAILY TRJRJNE SUNDAY. DECEMBER 25 1898.

they the instructors Of their fellows. TO the end
that they may be qualified for the poitica'
freedom which We are cndeavorins to prepare
for them.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
Mr.. HILL GOES TO LAKEWOOD.
HE AND Mn CROKER EACH SAID 70 81 ''
cr1XrD TO BLAME THE OTHER FOR
YAK vYCt.S DEFEAT

Ex-senator David p. Hill who came - no ''N
on Friday evening 10 see some Of his frieh'S' w
70 Lakewood. ~ j.. yesterday. saving 'n'' ~
tended to spenL Christmas there II was ule "a"
among Democratic politicians thai Mr Hil o'n!"o
seek for an interview with Mr. Croker AZ MS tim'
and that the two leaders might not get t'se'"'
for some time TO come. Ii is said also 'hS' wv.
are inclined blame each other for aidns III Nv
eection Of the Republican State ticket ~ ne ne,
cent election Mr. Croker y said - hold me a.
picion that Mr. Hil,S friends in the country To-
iricis OF the State did not support AuSpSlus ,ha.
Wyck heartily. and Mr.. Hi Is said 20 heIeNs t, ,
the Democratic ticket might have Won II 81
Croker had talked so much in the cainpd's"'
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25
With Lord Iveagh giving S2oOo'ooo IN two
lumps for science and benefcencc. there really
must be reckoncd some virtue In Dublin stout

must be reckoncd some virtue In Dublin stout
An Ohio preacher has just lost his pulpit he-
cause he went Of 10 the late war as the chap
lain Of something or another. leaving nobody
TO dispense with the Gospel on behah OF ms
congregation. Investigation OF his record shows
that he did the same thing during the CIVIL war
and perhaps In the Revolution. IL is not IN inc
least likely that his congregation part with Aiih
on account Of his headstrong PATRIOTISM ready
Mt the first t.p OF the drum to liquify and run
like the blood az st. Januarius. but they M
doubt think that his long service entities him
to d rest which he certainly seems To have
earned several times over. Caresscd with the
warming pan Of their liberalty. it ought to be
made entirely comfortable to him. and viii he
II his long missionary work In their behalf has
not been thrown away.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

General Howard thinks the President should
he able 10 call on retired Army officers for ser
vice in time OF war. just as he can call on re-
tired Naval officers and most people will agree
with him
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Mrs " WASHINGTON Larendon and the Misses
Ierendon of No. 81 Riverside Drive, will give an
afternoon reception Saturday next December 81.
Aner the reception there will be dance ior ne
receiving party and some extra guests MIS- l>areh-
don and the Misses Larendon will be al home IN
formally on Mondays.
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Mrs Chare. f. Or,is. OF No. Al West Esnfy'
nrst-s, Manhattan Square will give Christmas
cotllon on Tuesday evening. December .. for her
daughters the Misses Storm. The cotilon MI 70
led bv = Raymond LeYerts. on THURSDAY after
noon he Misses Storm will give card party
New-York tribune., 1898-12-25

Mr. and Mr. George Ernest Fahys will open their
country place at Tillary. y. c.. for the holidays