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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
WIDOWS, PENSIONS.
A New Policy Announced By the Chairman or
the House Committee.

the House Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-In the proceedings of
the House Friday night last, Mr.. Ray of New
York, Chairman of the Committee on Invalid
Pensions. made an important declaration Of
the policy of the committee in dealing with ono
class OF claims, the consideration Of which has
led to probably more discussion in the House
than that of any other. A bill was before the
House to repension Mary =. Hart of Quincy.
Ind. a soldiers widow. who had remarked and
again become a widow.
MI. Crumpacker OF Indiana asked why q bill
granting pensions to all soldiers widows under
like conditions had not been reported from the
committee.
the committees report on the Hart bill. said:
point that the rema-riage OF soldiers widows o gat
iSs d th' ir pension on the deash Of the e iSond husband
leaving them In necessitous circumstances. The ar.
gumenI is that while remarked they re We The Gov
eminent from all ohisa:ion to contrib te to their
support, Q nd tina II The ndncement is held out that
when they aga n b ONE widows If viii encourage
s sna , FemH sars mo wn,e to a he ., Gorspnment h" Wi,hoS;
stopping to make further suggestions on this much
committee has arrived at the conclusion that IT will
not restore the pension OF a rrinarrled widow In any
Gao unless the following conditions exist and are
a She must have been the wife of a soldier during
the war, and the soldier must have died either while
in the service or after having received an honorable
discharge. from some wound or injury received or
disease contracted while he was in line OF duty in the
service.
(2l She must be a woman OF good character, in
nece1sitous circumstances and not . widow.
This rule OF action In these cases has also been
adopted by the Committee on Pensions in the Senate
OF the United States. II may be said that such a re-
married widow-a woman who was the wife Of q
soldier during the war-ought not to be left in her
old age q mere object of charity simply because OF
her remarriage. an act honorable in itself.
The onward march OF the sentiment that finds
expression in efforts to extend the pension roll
WAS illustrated In the introduction in the House
yesterday of a bill by Mr.. Brantley of Georgia.
He proposed in that measure to amend the law
pensions to survivors of the Indian
wars from 1882 to 1912, so as to make its pro-
visions apply TO marines. militia and all Others
who served thirty DAYS in any of those conflicts,
whether mustered into the service of the United
States or not.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
GENIUS.
The difference Between European Civilization
and Ours. Nr. Robertson says.

Inc DtueFencG Betweob EufOBe1u etvlttLAttOD
and Ours. Mr. Robertson says.
John NJ. Robertson of London, England. ad-
dressed the Brooklyn Philosophical Association
at the Long Island Business College yesterday
afternoon on Thomas Paine as n Pioneer"
Mr.. Robertson said that Thomas Paine, the
anniversary OF whose birth the association had
met to celebrate. was a pioneer IN the world of
modern thought, whose master note was abso-
lutte sincerity" He spoke Of those who dispar-
aged tho coarse Saxon" in the writings of
Paine. and said that his mother wit WAS moro
effective than the university acquired step
mother wit of his critics.
Had Paine's anti-slavery advice been acted
upon.'' said Mr.. Robertson, 1.-The United States
might have been spared the greatest strain 1t
has ever stood. It might even have been spared
what is TO come, for TO an outsider it is apparent
that the race problem in your country has not
yet been settled"
Paine's work as an inventor Mr.. Robertson
cited as a proof Of his adoption Of American
citizenship in its fullest sense.
1.-THE difference between American ~civiliza-
ton and that of Europe said the speaker. "is
in the development OF the inventive genius
here"
Comparing Paine with Burke, Mr.. Robertson
said the latter had known how to attain the great
est possible amount OF fame by q method since fol-
lowed BY Other stat aess nsa u, He Ta asa a retSrmer 3
became dangerous, he went over TO the conser-
vative side. It is the popular method for OBJ
tanning notoriety."
"In his Rights of Man." continued Mr.. Rob
ertson. Thomas Paine outlined what has be-
come a great movement In England to-day. tho
granting of old.aRe pensions. II is claimed by
the advocates OF the system that a man who has
served society during youth and maturity de-
serves TO be supported by society in his old age.
or course, we already have a large pension list
In the military, naval. and civil service, but we
want more. We think that a man serves his
country quite as well by making shoes as by do
liverinR letters. You must understand. too, that
the supporters of this measure are not by any
means Socialists, but men OF all political opin-
ions and from all ranks In society"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
wYOMISG'S GOLD FIELDS.
FEE eEBAr DIsooTFRTEs ON THB
gRlAD EEOlMPMBNT RIYER

Tssy Are nssa - - hneus the n.ehe-t ~
Tsis CeustrT-canrsrnta nests uer neeo
n-eers-A Rieh cspper strite n Hsutass
-ISs Petroieua nsd cesl Hlnus n Alassa.
WYOMING.
CHEYrSHK. Jan. 2S.-wyomine's newly dis
covered gold fields on the banks Of the Grand
Encampment River have just received . most
important Enforcement from the Black Hills
district OF South Dakota This Endorsement
comes in the form Of q report from the ~assaying
laboratories Of the EdRmont and Union Hill
smelting Company OF Galsna, 8. d. The re-
port IL made By Engineer Of Mining Noah Slew
O., who pronounce the gold and copper indi.
cations at Grand Encampmont 10 be richer
than those OF any other mineral belt in the
United States. He says in part:
Il secured from the different prospect holes
scattered over tho district a number Of samples
of ore which I brought home with me and I
have had them assayed By Mr.. c. c. GriEEs, as
payer In charge OF the Edgmont and Union Hin
Smelling Company laboratory. with the follow.
ing result:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
HsIa Up and Rssssa By q GrowIsr Gaur.

William Barry. a supplemented man, who
lives at SO Henderson street. Jersey City. went
into Dennis Fitzgibbons's saloon. 446 Hender-
son street, about IL p. NJ. on Saturday and
ordered a glass of beer. Three young men
asked him for money to buy beer and he re-
fused. The men dragged him out on the side.
walk. stood him, up, against the side of the
They also punched and kicked him. Barry re.
ported to the police. and George Murphy, 81
years old. OF las Ninth street; Thomas McCau-
ley. 10 years old. of l72 Seventh street. and
George Smith. ~ years old. OF A52 Henderson,
Barry - his assailAntA.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
SHE SAW A
Oniy . Cents aad Were 10, So She Bought
Ctgarettes-

perhaps Max Sordau was right when he
said that bargain hunting Is a disease and its
prevalence a sign of the degeneracy of the
race" said the Jersey City man. IT know my
self that the department store with it's bargain
counters has much to answer for. Wednesday
my wife visited a Brooklyn friend, and they
went shopping together. AT one Of those en-
poriums where they sell tobacco as well as dress
Cigarettes, 9 Gents. Were TO- She succumbed and
bought a package, That night. when ]. filled
those cigarettes go 10 waste, and she guessed
she'd try one. She did, aud then another. and
I'm blessed II there's one OF those coffin nails
left:
1.-THE worst G. 1t is. she wants me TO get her
some more, although she cautioned me when
she gave me the commission. Don't ever let on
they're for me. John You bet won't. for I
shRn't buy them"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
Mrs. Kap,aa Is Searching Tor Her Husband.

Mrs. Lena Kaplan OF Boston, Mass, visited
Police Headquarters In Brooklyn yesterday
afternoon and made inquiries for her husband.
Max Kaplan. % years old, who, she says, disap-
peared from Boston nine weeks ago. Thu KIP
lans were married eight months ago. Kaplan
WAS in the liquor business, and after he disAp-
place. She heard that he was in BROOKLYN. She
Il staying with friends at 100 Madison street.
this borough.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
LIttIe susle CarreIl Dl,s er Mer aara..

Susie Carroll. : years old. OF 272 Thirteenth
street. Jersey City, died in ST. Francis's Hospital
yesterday from the effect Of burns received on
Saturday. The child's clothing caught fire
while she was sitting in front Of the stove and
she ran out into the stree. with her clothing
a horse blanket around her and extinguished
the flames.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
Vrs.eh s,ea.sr Passenger Dis. q. Sea.

Mrs.. +. p. Lieval, a passenger on the French
line steamship La Bretaxne. which arrived yes.
terday. died during the voyage OF rheumatism.
The dead woman's son. Joseph LievAl, lives ~
81 West Houston street. Her body was re-
moved to 80 Carmine street
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31

The creditors OF the Chaplin Hail Lumber Com
pany will decide this week whether TO reorgsn.
iLe the company. abate the Chancery proceed
inEs for n receiver. and continue the business.
the settlement OF the $4,000 liabilities The
assets ale 0l7l, 500.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31
MsJor-GsB. merritt TO Review the Thirtseath
Regiment.

Major-Gen. Wesley Merritt. U. 8. A., com
handing the Department OF the East. has nc
copied an Invitation to review the Thirteenth
Regiment AT it's armoTy on summer avenue,
Brooklyn. on Tuesday night, Feb. o. Gen, Mer.
ritt win be accompanied by the members Of his
stag.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31

smelling and Refining Company viii build a
6OU-Ion smelteF. Tho company has bought the
Gunnlson group Of mlAeral claims At Portland
b n'& d. C6mpahy owns . tract o. mineral
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-01-31

mlnlStratlOn VINO know now faltnIully
Which ruins Goth body and soul. But. With the
utmost desire to reclaim the erring and making
must be- Snderstood that a man cannot Re guilty
of repeated acts OF intoxication and continue In
this university II his offence is known to the au-
81 wish more particularly. however. to say, a
n,naly Wofa 70 those T moi are saE Snd ths ftSsr 70 o ~
basis Of that advice ! mus, hnd in the New Tes.
of society has reached the point or superseding
the Bible, cannot accept any conclusions Of
the so-called Christian consciousness that will
contradict or transcend the ethics OF Jesus aud
ST: Paul, - ,a,,,x,
morals where we recognize our duty as defined
by objective law. The difficulty emerRes when
the conscience must first issue the command
REQUIRED mot only the will to do what is seen to
be duty. but the clearness of vision necessary TO
the for ing OF u conscientious judgment. can
only hope for my advice that IT may help You TO
form a Conscientious judgment some OF you
WIN remember what liant SAC IN regard 70 the
the law. TO be moral, must be selflegislauve,
course, Kant carried this idea too far; but
which the conscience must be autonomous. 1t
Is precisely in respect 70 this very matter OF the
autonomy of the individual conscience that st.
Paul. writing under the influence OF inspira-
ton, makes his conspicuous contribution 70
Christian ethics o Y his 70 6 EFsat ut's Sii ~, III
meat while the world stanGeth.' This 10 the
language In which Paul enuncisteS his cOnsci-
entious purpose in respect TO q concrete matter
In the light, Of the principle OF Christian on,
pediency. This passage. taken In connection
as the Pauline doctrine respecting the autonomy
OF the individual conscience. According 10 this
G doc : ES;Sh then. there are S,s certain ,ninss regard ,Ss
fore, since there il no objective law defining
conduct ! am absolutely free in regard 2
s6sH % Tie criticism Of my fellow men 4 Ids
The Atlanta constitution., 1898-10-10

ment at Fort Smelling started for the north.
They will be there by morning, and viii be
placed by General Bacon where they can
protect the country. This Will make
400 regulars in and about Walker ana
LccCh Lake.
Reports from the scene of trouble tonight
indicate considerable uncertainty. Inc
dancing on Bear island is kept up. ana IS
looked on as one of the principal causes for
apprehension Many Indians have heen
seen going from other parts of the reSefVa-
ton toward the island. Whether they Will
ioin with the comparatively small number
of turbulcuts is not known. The Bear
islanders are gaining Indian sympathy in
their claims Of a victory over the soldiers,
which may bring them recruits.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
WEST NHN IN THE WORLD.

MAURICE CANNON, this city He heavyweight challenges nations where is his his Cannon while she looks a a fat  urenens lahudnly  chest development 40 a he calf
 Switzerland ago. His motheE normal sized while elder
  which The brother O could
 
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  Monday he weighed is pounds al he him quickly He rife athlete oneha weight dumbbes
 
 
 
 he inspector in could dinker 
 He landed in Francisco May
 
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  when tanor .narioon ona men @ a W er Cannon holds p hs hands in horror gne % U comes nd % @ at @ 1 dn not hpts m onre the ca e 5e away a, ana h Cannon ia self for this secluded life workingman the called physician always attracted I e attention v and number have called him Many attempted Perhaps
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
SHOUTED OUT THE ODDS.

tongue in which they communicates ideas out at the coursing park.
 These downstairs women are perfectly unconscious of any and of every thing market. Those flying punches out in the field, now shooting swiftly ahead, now bounding over the ground in the last muscle -straining effort to escape, might be suffering the most exquisite of tortures and these women would continue to bet their sesterces on their blood. They simply become so one idead that when you attempt to turn their minds on the Eare question they look at you almost uncomprehendingly for moment be ore they become im- patiently conscious that this has noth- ing to do with the business of the day.
 Upstairs, believe, the women would as willingly watch mechanical toys scuttling over the sward, with the hounds tearing after them, if nature had endowed greyhounds with as keen a distaste of flying automata, as they have for bunched-up, quivering, doub- ling, panic-stricken, flying hares.
 From the two pretty girls, violet~ bedecked, who walk up and down in their light-gray jackets, dark skirts and premature white sailors, to the old woman in the sealette cloak, whose face is wrinl-led mask; from the cold eyed, red-faced, husky-voiced Hover of sport 10 the SpOlleQ, ndXen- -la1Ted three-year- old, who shrieks and stamps till his worthy mamma lifts him to his old position, his arms and chubby legs curled about a post above the fence inn mediately surrounding the course. there is-not a deliberate cruelty, but a complete unconsciousness that the thing is cruel. They will tell you out at the coursing park that there is no more speedy no more merc.eul death than that the hounds infiict.
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
A Character Study.

way, then in the name of all that's su- perstitious and miraculous, on the other.
 They take defeat philosophically, though All except the old Irish wo- man, who turned pugnaciously to her neighbor and demanded:
 Didn't ye see that Van Ccie got it? He did, I tell ye. An that judges crooked or I can't see straight"
 As she possibly can't with such eyes as hers, one must conclude that Judge Bull, mounted on his pretty brown steed, brave in his pink coat and tight white, short trousers, his jaunty high hunting boots and scarlet cap is as fair, as honest a Judge as ever graced the center of a coursing sward.
 But the tragedies of the Coursing Park succeeded each other so closely that the woman who bets hasn't time to dry her tears-her figurative tears, for though her face becomes lined and set, she is good gambler enough never to break down over one loss before she must nerve herself to face another probably
 Here's a white-h haired woman, angu- lar, tall, with a parchment-like face. Her bonnet is Sold-fashioned and old, her coat of sealette is too narrow across the shoulders and in it's dead dinginess looks a protest against being still com
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

pelled to live a coats life, instead of being consigned to the repose Of the old-clothes cemetery, or the honorable oblivion of the ragbag ,creIhatory. Her poor, old trembling hands are covered With cloth gloves, and Just now they are counting out money enough into a tout's outstretched palm to partly re- habilitate her dingy wardrobe.
 Yes" she says, in answer to an in- quiring glance. There are no social barriers out at the Coursing Park One touch of nature-the soaring brand Yes, 1 lost again. I don't see how I really don't sec" she shakes her miserable old head stupidly, "how I didn't win"
 Why the race was the Bucks hands down." said redfaced, husky-voiced that"
 But she didn't-that, or anything else. And when the book makers be- gan again to shout hoarsely, they kept wise, wary eye over to the corner Where the women were congregated in desperate knots, knowing that here were fish that would rise to the scant- fest bait, the most apparent of hooks
 "Tod-Tod-Tod,' woman was moaning, rising ecstatically upon her toes and falling back again upon her heels. praying if ever human creature prayed with mind and body intent upon one thing.
 But Tod was beaten and she slipped out of the crowd, determinedly making her way to the betting stand again.
 But now the Plunger had joined the crowd; the woman in half-masculine attire and wholly masculine uncon- sciousness of embarrassment or lack of ease in the bowling crowd of betting men.
 ic r1n t1on. These women meet week after week at one track or the other
 Let me see," she says, reaching out plump white hand; she has removed her gloves and tipped her mannish hat back from pretty forehead marked with red rim. Let me see how they stand. I've lost mine''
 | With a practiced eye she elancas over the carefully kept book. where second ties and third ties and fourth l ties are religiously noted down, mark ing the gradual elimination of tha beaten hounds. She hands it hack with a sigh.
 "Ain't you betting?" they ask her.
 Why, she says pouting. T lost s2o 1 "Ye shouldn't bet so much Va shouldn't bet $20 on wan race. 'Tain,t right said the Irish woman. folding | her hands with disapproving gravity under her gray shawl.
 But you can afford it." said the Whlte-hatred woman enviously. her shaking hands fumbling in her black 1 bag.
 The Plunger liked this. The envy of other women. even of old battered women such as this one, was welcome to her. She smiled saucily. She wouldn't for the world have denied what her well-made clothes said so | plainly.
 But, you see." she said, 'I lost the other twenty, too. That makes forty to-day. A friend of/mine's looking for some one now to cash a check for me. | If it was out at Ingleside, now, they 1 all know me there-but here-I can't | get a check cashed"
 She moved away, walking along con- | fident, the light of business solely in her eye She was thinking as she left | the crowd of bettors regretfully of the 1 chance to bet and the difficulty of get l ting credit when one is unknown. The other women looked after her, signing
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
THE WOMEN IN HE BETTING RING AT THE C0URSWq MATCHES
BY MIRIAM NICHELSON.

enviously. She was what they would like to be.
 I looked in vain up stairs or down for a woman who would consider the case of the hares.
 The doggy woman differs from the horsey one in many respects. She IS not nearly so we'll dressed, for one thing. There is no style at Union Park, no f1auntir~ of fine feathers. She is maid in somebody's kitchen or she works in a shop very often. She brings the babies with her, too; an odd place for babies. The father of the family, becoming seized with the betting ma nia-and lacking that treasure or wives My old man" ssesses-elbows his way through the betting crowd, the latest flower cf the family perched u- on his shoulder, ard lays down his dollars upon the altar of Chance, while young Hopeful from his elevated perch is in position to see and be impressed by the edifying spectacle,
 The woman who knows about dogs looks not like a drone, not like a queen bee, either, but like a worker. But in her earnestness, in her devotion to the betting book, in her desire to overreach somebody, in her excited de- termination to win, sl- s own sister to the woman. wh oses batter about jockeys and horses corresponds to the foreign
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

effectual, absurd bets they make, know every motive that goes to make up the harmony of the coursing. For their knowledge of technical terms, for their discriminating critical appreciation of dog values one Is compelled to express admiration, the kind of admiration evoked by those wonderful puppies who perform unheard-of two-legged feats. who, by the way, are always just one step in advance in intelligence and in agreeableness of the two-legged creat- ure who directs their performance.
 There are two ways of looking at coursing-the upstairs point. of view and the downstairs.
 Upstairs, on the grand stand, 1t is rather family affair. Mothers, with
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05
CONGRESS OF HISTORY.

AN
 ~ tory will be held at The Hague A in the early part of September, 1 \ when the Netherlands celebrate
 the majority and the coronation of their young Queen.
 The congress is organized under the auspices of Her Majesty, and it will be presided over by His Excellency the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands, and by M. de Maui de la Claviere, general secretary of the .So- ciety of Diplomatic History of Paris.
 The congress, which will be opened on September 12, 1S9S,' will be composed of diplomatists, historians and men of let ters. Each nation may use it's own language in the discussions and in the papers presented. Ladies may become members. The subscription is fixed at twenty francs, or four dollars. The pa pers read before the congress will be printed and distributed to the members.
 Among those who are organizing the sections of the several countries are the following: In Holland, the local committee at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in France, the central com mittee, of which M. le Clay is secre- tary; in England, Professor Oscar in Belgium, Baron Jules d'Anethan; d in Servia, Professor Vesnitch; in Greece, M. Bikelas; in Switzerland, Professor de Crue de Stoutz; in Sweden, M. de Burenstam; in Spain, His Excellency M. de Villa Urrutia; in Turkey, His Ex- cellency Caratheodori- Effendi; in South Africa, His Excellency M. de Peralta-
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

Flows your luck?" asked a comedy, ark-haired woman, whose odd costume "a large black derby hat, coat and vest of manly cut and light box coat worn with an ordinary black skirt-would have made any other woman look like a fright
 The first woman did not answer. She tore pink ticket that she had held in two, savagely, resentfully. The pieces fiuttered to the floor, already covered with such scattered remnants of might have-beens, and the woman who had lost made her way again through the crowd of bettors to the stand where the alluring voice of the bookmaker shouted out the odds.
 These women, despite the foolish, in-
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-05

lunch baskets; children going about with half-devo red sandwiches; older boys and girls che ing gum. and the trail of sticky popcorn and empty pea nut shells is over it all. Upstairs you'd almost think that these thousands of people had spent from an hour to an hour and half reaching this their goal for the purpose of seeing a patent highly elastic, lightning-like forty or fifty pounds of dog overtake a small, fuzzy, bewildered bunch of hare.
 T like to come out here and look at