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The times., 1898-01-10
NEW YORK NOMENCLATURE.
Citizens Of tie Mammoth CITY Don't
Know just What They Are

New York, Jan. 9.-It is a mistake TO
New York is wholly without justifics.
tion, and that there is no authority for
| employing 1t in designatin the vast
| city which has just come into being. OF
course, the new city is not Greater New
York legally; IL is simply the city of New
| York, hut the necessity of the criticised
term was recognized by the trainers Of
! the charter, for in the first section OF
! that instrument they said:
This act may be cited by the shorter
| title OF The Greater New York Charter" "
Furthermore, the official publication Of
| the session laws of S97 is contai ined in
| three volumes, one of which bearS on the
| back of the cover and also on tie title
page. the words The Greater New York
Charter, Officially Certified 1t is a
convenient and almost an indispensable
phrase, and saves many a clumsy circum-
| locution; and many people believe that it
| will continue 10 be used for a long time
Apart from this, the creation Of the new
city gives rise to a variety Of cumplics tions
more or less awkward. The word New
Yorker has long been an exceedingly
regarded as ruled ont of court, save as il
is applied 10 a resident OF the new city, the
resident OF College Point or Canarsie or
TotteDvi!le being as much of a New Yorker
now as the man who lives on Murray Hill
or in the West End. But what shall be
used as a substitute TO designate people
dwelling in the Borough of Manhattan?
Something will be- necessary at once. The
dweiiers in the Borough of BROOKLYN viii
still he BrooklyDiteS. and therein will have
an adVa nta ge over their fellow New York
ers in the other boroughs. 'Manhattaner''
and ''Manhatta mite are both Indifferent.
"Richaondite' is unthinkable. Staten
Islander viii doubtless survive. Bronx
lite and "Queensite" DO not fan trim
pngly from the tongue.
1t is to be feared that this point was
not considered when the names for the
several boroughs We're decided on by the
charter commission. II is a practical
question, however, for the people of the
greater city. The use Of the name Queens
for one OF the boroughs, by the way, will
cause confusion. since it is also the name
of county, Of which this borough forms
a part.
The times., 1898-01-10
SAGE'S CORNS BOTHER HIN
Buttering Them, He Compares This
Rain With the Deluge.
Never Sight Land. Says He-He
Did Not Start II.

The Weather sage stood on a table
that foated in the middle of his room.
There was trident thrown across one
shoulder and a cork jacket buckled on the
other. The family Bible was open at the
ma ira tive of the flood.
There was a look OF anguish on his
face.
He had his feet in poultce
DO your corns hurt you"' inquired
The Times man, as he lno3red his canoe to
the third story window and waded in.
Hurt me" cried the Sage, they give
me bigger pain than your weather stories.
am taking corn-saIve during, after, and
between meals. This is awful
Here he drank another quart of liniment,
cas- his eye on the rain gauge. looked at the
leaks in the roof, pumped out his gum boots,
raised his umbrella, aud waving his trident
al the clouds, ba de the deluge cease.
Il q give a weeks wages, remarked the
Sage, ne buttered another toe with
ointment, Ito know just which OF them
Sagelettes pulled the plug out Of those
clouds. 1t mas been my practice t. knock
the bung out of one cloud at a time but
never TO take the bottom out of the Celestial
tank at a single whack. 1t makes the
grass grow too fast. IL Old man Noah
had run into anything like this, he never
would have sighted land. No life-saving
crew could have got near him. The ark
would have been rocked in the cradle of
the deep, and the mendgerie would have
been beyond the reach of grapping hooks y
Kicking a mermaid under the fin, and
turning to the reporter, the Sage said
Are there many drownings on the
Avenue tonight?''
What are the weather indica tions?"
urged The Times man.
Pretty good for naviga tion. Steam
boats VIII probably be running on Ninth
street tomorrow, whales will build their
nests on Capitol Hill and you may pick
up shells along the bea ch at Mount Pleas
ant. Fish viii swim w here the swallows
roost. Monday viii be wet day."
The times., 1898-01-10
MIR. GREEN MAKES DENIAL.
No Wine or Beer Privilege Granted
at the Library.

No Wine or Reer Privilege Granted
at the Library.
Neither shalt thou bring an abuminatioI
into thine iouse,'' was the text last night
of Rev. Or. Strickland, pastor of Hamiine
Church.
Dr. Strickland prefaced his discourse by
allu,iing to the resolutions passed at the
last preachers meeting, a. the request of
the W. {. I. l., protesting against a sale
OF intoxicating liqors in the restaurant of
the new Congressional Library, the visit
OF the ministers ID the Libra ana thetreat-
nenU received at the hands of Mr.. Green
He said that the librarian was very cordial
To the visiting Clergynen, taking each one
OF them by the hand. Mr. Green told the
callers that if liquors were sold in the
Library ib would be on the authority of
the law passed by Congress permitting the
sale OF wine and beer.
Ihis evening | was handed this letter -
SAID llr- strickland. 1t is from Mr.. Green
and is addressed TO Rev. William II. Chan
man. 1t reads
since my return from New York where
was compelled q To go on Thursday, | have
read more carefully the protest adopted
py your meeting of January 3, SSS pro-
testing against the sale of intoxicating
hquors IN the new Congressional Library
i ne placing on record Of the statements
contained in the prea mble make il neces-
sary, in justice TO myself, TO report that
no such permission. either directly or in
Directly, has ever been granted, and |
am at loss as TO where you got your
information
ir- strickland said that he did not know
what the exact Interpretation of intox-
lcating liquors would mean. whether il
would include wine and beer. or not. Mr.
Strickland said that the distinguished
gentlemen who occupied seats in the
United States Senate should be made To
understand that the Library OF Congress
cid not belong 10 them. but to the mil
mons "i people vino paid Ia xes and whose
servants they were. He " ent on tn saw
that the lefty sentiments inspired by the
maSnilicance and grandeur of the build.
ing should hot toe spoiled 10y miurlipc with
III The Deer Of the low dive. the beer of
the hideUus froth, the beer of the Tin can :,
tiidt there was no connection between
the pure and dreamy ID rble of the
Library and beer.
The times., 1898-01-10
THE NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY.
DR.. Walter Murphy Made President
in Place of Mr.. Coy

DR.. Walter C. Murphy was unanimously
elected president of the North Carolina
Society, at its annual meeting Saturday
night. He succeeds William r. Cox, who
declined reelection. MIS-. Butler. the
former vice president, declined a re-elec-
tion, out promised hearty cooperation with
the socIety's objects in the future. Hon.
]. r. LLOYD and Capt j. s. Tornlinson were
elected first and second vice presidents.
respectively. Mr.. Frank NJ Little was re-
elected secretary, and p B. Anderson
was ma de treasurer.
The dramatic, literary, and musical
features of the Program were w ell rem
dered. Miss Jeannie Ha " wood Miss Annie
Hester. Miss Alice Hillyer, Mr.. Frank
Hoydon, Miss Clifford, and Mrs. Mary
Manly Haywood contributed much To The
excellence of their respective assignments
An oyster supper will be the prInc;pa,
feature OF the next meeting., the mapare
OF large oyster farm on the coast of
North Carolina promising to send some of
dis finest product for the endowment of
the next meeting,
congressman slTowd, of North Carolina
was presented TO the society and he ami
Mrs. Stroud, with many Others, were made
members OF the society. The society de-
cided TO have the initiation fees to re.
main the same.
The times., 1898-01-10

disadvantage il it were TO be run by
Congress with its present views on the
sale OF liquor. He closed with an appe al
for continue tion of the fioht rlainst
The license system, the world over.
Rey. Dr. Clarke offered the following
Restitution:
resolved, That we, repre- senting tie
christian churches of Washington city,
in mass meeting assembled. respectfully
and earnestly petition the librarian of
Congress and the superintendent of the
Library building TO prohibit the sale of
intoxicating liquors, including wine and
beer, in that building
The resolutions Were passed on motion
of Dr. Wilson by rising vote.
Rev. Dr. Beiler was appointed a com
mittec 10 convey the action of the body
TO the librarian of Congress.
Letters OF approval were read from
Rev. Dr. Whitman, president of Column
man University; Bishop Satterlee, Rev. DR..
Muir. DIR. Luckett, Rev. George Steven
son, Rev. Dr. Butler, and Rev. Dr. Ma ylur
The Proceedings were closed with the
henediction by Rev. Dr. Clarke, of Foundry
Church.
The times., 1898-01-10
AMERICAN LABOR LAUDEG
An 0bseryant Englishman Gives
Results Of His Researches.
BETTER WORK PERFORMED
Alfred G. Yarrow, Representing
Big Iron and Steel Firm, Says
England Needs to Better Herself
to Overcome the Competition From
This Country.

New York, Jan. 9.-Alfred F. Yarrow
of Yarrow & Co, Poplar, Eng, who
has been in this country since October
%. will sail for home on Saturday.
Though calling his trip vacation, Mr.
Yarrow has visited and inspected sew
eral of the largest iron and steel works
and plants in this country, and has
been greatly impressed by the Ameri-
can methods of works and their re-
suits. Some time ago he wrote to the
London Times that if the striking en-
gineers in England would select a COM
mittee of three or four men to visit
America, inspect the plants here and
make a report to the strikers, he would
gladly defray the expenses of the trip.
American iron and steel workers.,
he said today, ARE better paid than
English, but they dc fat more and
proportionately better work. They have
superior diligence, application and in
genuity, and take more interest in
their work. 1t seems to be the rule for
each man to do as much as he can.
while at home everyone is afraid Of in
juring fellow workmen and does no
more than he has to. One noticeable
thing in connection with this is the
tending of automatic machines. j have
seen one man in charge of several ma
chimes here, while at home it is against
the rules of the union for a man to
tend more than one. Consequently he
is idle a considerable part of the time.
When Il new machine is introduced into
an English shop, the union decides
the rating of man to tend it, instead
of allowing a man who is doing similar
work to take charge of the new tool
The lowered prices of raw material
in this country have put American en-
gineers into direct competition with
their English contemporaries. and i be-
lieve this competition Will continue and
grow keener- The materials, etc, for
the Central Railway in London are be-
ing supplied by Americans, who are
also shipping steel biIlets to England,
boiler-plates to Holland, and deck
beams 10 Belgium. These are all CEN
ters of the various Industries using
these materials and England formerly
supplied them. / foresee that America
will soon take the first place in the
world unless England bestirs herself
and shakes off the attitude of indiffer-
ence assumed thirty years ago, when
she was at the head in engineer indus
tries.
During my visit here ! have pur-
chased d quality of small machine tools
which are superior to the English
makes. With such tools the price is of
small moment. The best is wanted no
matter what the cost. The prices here
compare favorably with those at
hOnle.'
The times., 1898-01-10
SPEAK FOR DUMB ANIMALS
The Second of T. Y. z. S. Meetings
in Their Interest.
DIR. Power, Ore of the Speakers,
Makes Some Striking
Rema rks.

The second OF series of public meetings
10 be given under the auspices OF the Fed
Grafton OF Young Peoples Societies Of
Washington vas held last evening a the
Church of Our Father. The audience was
small, but those who braved the weather
were well repaid, by an excellent dis
cussion OF an interesting subject.
The meeting was opened with an organ
prelude by Miss Minke. and was conducted
by Miss Ida Curry, president of the Young
Peoples Society Of the Church OF Oar
Father. Rev. Leslie Moore, pastor Of
the Universalist congregation, extended a
duCed the subject for the evening. a nimaIs
and Birds In reference to the treatment
of animals and birds, Mr.. Moore 50 id that
all should remember that they are Gods
creatures, and to treat them 50 a not to
be ashamed to meet them face 70 ia Ce in
the hereafter.
The first speaker introduced was Mr..
Crammond Kennedy, who spoke chiefly OF
the work done and being done by the
Society for the Cruelty to Animals. The
purpose of preventing cruelty, he said was
not wholly with a view of stopping the
abuse of the dumb beasts, but especially
10 incuicate spirit of humanity in man
kind, particularly in children.
The Rev. DR.. Power, pastor of the Ver-
mont Avenue Church, who spoke next,
treated the subject chiefly from Scriptural
Standpoint. In discussing the matter from
a local standpoint of view, DIR. Power said
II The high stepDers which sp eed along the
streets and avenues, the Anacostfa street
car horses, or the animals used In ash
carts could speak what a woeruI tale they
would tell. IF there We're more of the love
for the. things Of God in the heart of
man, the millions of men in the standing
armies of Europe could be sent into the
fields OF industry to battle for a living in.
ste ad of being fed and groomed for
slaughter. He said, in conclusion if there
was more Of the spirit Of love and tender
ness in the people on the hill. instead of
appropriating millions for the construction
of war ships thare would be more hospitals
and colleg ges built throughout theIand
During the evening Mr.. William Kemba,l
sung Lift Up Thine Eyes, in splendid
voice.
The times., 1898-01-10
JERSEY JURY FIXERS-
Startling Charge by a Camden
County Official.

Camden, y. j., Jan 9.-WilIiam H. Car
son, assistant prosecutor of the pleas of
Camden county. made some surprising and
sensational statements in regard to Jury
fixing in the Shaw murder trial in an
interview.
Mr. Carson is a Republican. He was ap-
pointed by Prosecutor Wilson H. jenkins,
who is Democrat, in pursuance OF an
agreement with Senator Rogers, whose op-
position stood i'll the way OF PROSECUTOR
Jenkins's reappointment in SS5. This op-
position was withdrawn when Mr. jenkins
agreed to dismiss his Democratic assistant
and appoint Republican.
The assistant prosecutor is an energetic
young man, and his prosecu OF viola ators
of the law, especially the gamblers. has
been very energetic. He was asked to tell
the cause of the Sha w Inistrial, but he
said he was under pledge OF secrecy.
Then he said: ''Spea King outside of the
Shaw case / will say that matters have
been very corrupt about the courthouse Tor
several years past. Embracery has been
o common practice, and there are men
who make regular business of it. The
prosecutors office has informa tiOn-yes,
positive evidence--that this has been the
cause Of the miscarriage of justice in a
number Of cases.
Il know, and so does Prosecutor Jenkins
know, of at least a half dozen men who
make a regular business of fixing juries
for q consideration.
docs the prosecutor propose to take any
action against these professional jury fix
ers?' ~
He will, if he listens to me- replied
ssistant Prosecutor Carson; then he hesi-
tated before proceeding.
Just what course he will pursue l
cannot state at present III tell you
frankly that / think the practice should
be broken up and the jury fiXers sent
to State prison for long terms 1t costs
the country from $50, 900 to $1OO, 900
a year to run the courts. If the prac-
tice Of tampering with iuries is to con-
tinue. the courts might just as well be
abolished
1t was one of these jury fiXers who
substituted water for coal Oil in can
during the trial of ensational arson
case few years ago.
The times., 1898-01-10
INANCIAL. .

Your Ladyship, and am. Madame, Your
Most Obeut. Humble Servt.
Our J ii Asks the fav'r that Mr. Harri-
son VIII please To get iIIade Il sent him 1
neatt Bag wiz and | neat Bob wig. Fa sh-
lonable of light colour the size of Mr.
BarnardS viii nearly suit the Tie wig
Mr.. Birch made when j II Brought with
him fitted very We'll. The cost of them
.Mr. Harrison W III charge in his little accott
with J II.
A letter of November 20, 1163, to the
London agents, reads:
what or Your Goods 10y Blake that are on
shore Il opened, turn ont well, except the
single piece of scarlet Whitney we wrote
Tor, which as we linited no Price & lHeD-
Toned it was solely for I H & familys use
this Winter, we Judg'd YOU would la -, been
q Iittle attentive 10 send il of the very
Dest, had the expense been twice as fuuch
instead or that YOU have sent a corntuoD
colchester Baise or a bad colour & 20 inn
moderately Coarse that it is entirely use
less 4 some Disappointment TO + II &
VIII haTdly answer for common sale at the
price. We are not apt to Fault You but this
we could not help mentioning & have to
desire In Future that you will please TO.
when any Article is wrote for Family
iise, send IL OF the very best Kind, cost " hat
II viii
The times., 1898-01-10
MULE sPINSERs MAY STRIKE
Official Authority Given the Unions
TO Resist Wage Reductions

Official Authority Given the Unions
to Resist Wage Reductions.
Boston, Jan. 9.-The national executive
board of the Association Of Mule Spinners
met here today, and, after a very ex-
cited session, il was unanimously voted
that the unions in New Bedford nd Lowell
have the national associations authority
to strike, and if they do so the associa-
tion will back them up with $500 weekly,
and also assess each member of the as
sociation in all parts Of the country 25
cents weekly.
The back boys and doffers will be paid
So per week In case they go out with the
mule spinners.
The Lowell union will vote on the oues-
tion of striking Monday night, and the
New Bedford union Wednesda night. Gen
eral Secretary Howard, whose home is in
New Bedford, said that a strike is certain
at that place.
The situation at Fall River was dis
cussed, and each committeeman present
took his turn at scoring the union there
for not striking, and asserted that the
executive board would back up with funds
any striking unions in any part of the
country.
The times., 1898-01-10
JOHN HANCoCk,s LETTER BooK
Quaint and Interesting Correspond
ence Disclosed in Rnstnn

,C D'sCioseu III BOSTON.
Boston, Mass, Jan. 9.-Au Interesting
discovery has Just been made here i'm the
unearthing OF the long-lost letter iook of
John Hancock. 1t was at about the time
OF The return of John Hancock from Eng
land that the first letter appeared, telling
OF the partnership Of uncle and nephew,
as follows:
Boston, January l. 1888
GenJ's-I am to aCquaint YOU that ha We
at last Got my affairs into such Scitiiation
as that have this Day Taken my Nephew
Mr. John Hancock, into Partnership with
me, having had long experience of his Up-
rightness, Il great Abilities for Business,
as that l can heartily Recommend him to
Your friendship 4 Correspondence, which
wish may be long and happy.
John Hancock became partner of the
firm at a time when his uncle was Ill, and
the young man was burdened with great
responsibilities. Thomas Hancock was a
sufferer from gout, the same disease that
later on made life burden to his nephew
A letter of November 0. 1863, says:
Disorders & the Gout that am not able
70 Give that attention to Your affairs. w hich
they absolutely Require. Mrs. Hancock
Joins me in our Respectful, Complimts to
The times., 1898-01-10
Burglars in Mr.. Mins.s office

Thieves broke into the office OF Z. s.
Commissioner Mills, on Louisiana avenue.
Entrance was effected by breaking win
dow in the rear. Ii is supposed that the
object of the burglars was TO secure of.
ficial papers. Nothing was taken, how
ever. There are no clews.
The times., 1898-01-10

Your credit is good ar Lansburgh's Fur
Giturc House. 3th AMI + SIS. oc3.tf
The times., 1898-01-10

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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-09-07

THE democratic press Suggesting that
the soldiers who are now returning
home, owing to the extreme sutferings
and hardships many of them endured,
will vote against the republican nomi-
nees for congress in the elections this
fall Why vote against the republicans!
If the hospital corps is to blame for any
lack of care and nursing, why lay it to
the republicans? On May II, 1898,
in the house of representatives, Mr..
Boutelle of Maine, asked to have con
sidered bill, II. r. 1920 to organize a
hospital corps and define its duties,
when Mr.. Mcmillan of Tennessee, dem
ocrat, objected to its consideration.
Again, on May "a, Mr. Boutelle of Maine,
made an effort to have the same bill con
sidered, when Mr.. Underwood of Ala
bama, democrat, demanded the regular
order, which was equivalent to an objec-
ton. Now, if the hospital corps has not
been able to do all that this emergency
ueuldnueu, WHO II 10 Dldule' Iuc IcpuD-
licans proposed to organize a hospital
corps, and the democrats objected and
said no. This is but little of the his
tory of the democratic opposition, and
no good reason can be assigned why the
soldiers should prefer to vote for demo
cratic congressman in preference to are
publican, as every war measure proposed
and enacted into law during the inaugur-
alton of the war with Spain was the re
suit of party management on the part OF
the republicans.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-09-07
A CANADIANS QUEER CRAFT.
He Says the Government Could Carry
10000 Troops on IL To the
Cuban Coast.

Representative Kerr, of Ohio, has
introduced at the navy department
Mr.. +. A. Knapp, Of Ottawa, an inventor
of the roller boat, whose fame for his
ingenious and apparently practical
method of navigating the water is not
confined to the Dominion of Canada.
Mr.. Knapp has come to Washington to
ask the government to send q naval eX-
pert to Canada and inspect the large
rolling boat which he is now operating
successfully in Toronto harbor. Mr..
Knapp claims that he can build roller
boat 200 feet high In three months,
which would be an ideal troopship. He
would have it capable of carrying 3d.
900 men, and asserts that il would be
much faster than the ships that now
travel the ocean, says the Washington
Post.
Mr.. Knapp said of his proposed boat:
Drawing little water, such a boat
could get close in shore, and would
not need to eater any particular port,
but could land troops at any point on
the shores of Cuba. The boat, too,
would carry 10000 tons of freight, and
could be used as coal boat. With co.
900 tons of coal on board the roller
boat would be a moving coal station
for the fleet. Both ends of the boat
could be armed with guns so that an
enemy could not capture it,"
Mr.. Knapp is a trim-looking, neatly
dressed gentleman, who admits that
his proposition sounds peculiar to the
average man. He says all he asks in
vindication of his statements is the
wonderful record of his boat, already
in operation at Toronto.