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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-02-28
Central Pacific First Mortgage Bonds
Series A, B, c, D, E, F, q, II, and |.
To the Holders of Certificates Of
Deposit issued under BondholderS'
Agreement dated August II, 1897:

Pursuant 70 IN. requirement Of the above mentioned
Bondholders Agreement holders OF above 'ef'l'a'e VI
Deposit are hereby notified that Plan o. Read)us'he'
dated February s. ls9e been formulated and tnat
the un-r,ed as pepositares under said Agreement OF
August a. 1897 adopted and approved such fan a.
authorized said Agreement Copies OF SAID Ian OF IKE
adjustment have lodged al the ofhces OF the uae
signed in the City New York and e. the once OF
sDaver Brohe-s in the city Of London; OF laz speyer
Euisser in City OF OF 4eHera
de Mattos Brothers in city o; Amsterdam and o. the
Deutsche Bank In the CITY OF Berlin. FOR inspec''oh ny
holders Of Certificates Of Deposit
As provided IN said Agreement Of August a. 1871 any
certificate asserting 10 such Plan may at any
time before April % 1893 withdraw the bonds represented
by such certificates upon surrender OF hf ceFaes pu'
holders who shan not within said time VIII
draw their shall be deemed 70 have assened 70
such Plan and the Readjustment Agreement dated
February s 1899. and shall be bound thereby Without
further ac notice and the Depositaes sha thereupon
use the bonds certificate hocers for the purpose
OF carrying out such pan and shall deposit euch bonds
Hereunder.
THE EXISTING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT ABOVE
MENTIONED WILL ENTITLB ASSUMING HOLDERS
TO NEW SECURITIES. AS PROVIDED IN THE PLAN
OF READJUsTMENT. ~ EXCHANGE FOR THEIR
PRESENT BONDS AS AND WHEN SUCH NEW Sc
CURITIEs ARE ISSUED WITHOUT OTHER GER
TIFICATE ISSUED BY THE READJUsTMENT NAN
Ayers.
IN ORDER TO ACCELERATE THE CARRY
ING OUT OF THIS PLAN, HOLDERS OF THE
EXISTING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
ABOVE MENTIONED SHOULD PRESENT
THEIR CERTIFICATES PROMPTLY AT THE
OFFICES OF THE UNDERSIGNED or ANY OF
THE REIMBURSEMENT MANAGERS TO BE
STAMPED AS ASSERTING TO THE PLAN OF
REIMBURSEMENT. ANY HOLDER DESIRING
TO ACCEPT CASH FOR HIS BOND RATHER
THAN THE NEW SECURITIES AS PROVIDED
IN THE PLAN MIST PRESENT HIS GER
TIFICATE OF DEPOSIT TO BE STAMPED
ACCORDINGLY. on OR BEFORE MARCH
%, 1899.
New York. February 20. 1896
SPEYER co., New York,
Depositnries.
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NurtbAmprirat1
rustCnmpang
NEW YORK, 100 BROADWAY.
London. % Gresham street.
Havana. % Cuba Street.
Santiago, 10 Marina Street.

~
CAPITAL PAID JP..........s1,O 600, 900
SURPLUS. ....... .......... S3oo.ooO
TRANSACTS general trust business
ALLOWS LIBERAL RATES OF interest de-
posts and trust funds.
ISSUES LETTERS OF CREDIT and Travellers
Circular Notes payable in dollars or in the money
OF any foreign country.
ACTS AS TRU STEE under mortgages tor railway
and other companies. and Agent for the Re-
gistraton OF the stock, and FOR the transfer Of
the shares Of incorporated companies.
QUALIFIED AND EMPOWERED 70 act as eI-
ecutor administrator. trustee. guardian. and as
signee and rs receiver and custodian Of funds
under orders 4 Court.
TIE NORTH AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY
has been designate "Fiscnl Agents of the
Government Of the United States" IN
Cuba aud has established Offices at SANTIAGO
and HAVANA, and is prepared 20 buy and sell
drafts on and 70 mako payments In Cuba. and 10
transact general banking business. The Company
IL also prepared to receive the deposits OF the
SOLDIERS and SAILORS now n CUBA and.
under their directions 20 make remittances 10
their families IN the UNITED STATES.
OFFICERS:
". L. TRENHOLM. .............,... PREslDENT
SAMUEL NJ JARNIS............ VICE
ROLAND Il. CONKLlN. PRESIDENTS
S. L. CONKLIN....... .......... SECItEIAhI
JAMES DUANE LIVINGSTON. TRUST OFFICER
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TO THE HOLDERS OF
THE CAPITAL STOCK OF THE
Contra! Pacific Railroad Co,
DepOsitnrfes

ma jorty az the above-naned stock having been de-
posted under and Agreement for the Readus
ment Central Pacific Railroad Company dated Feb
rary 1899 notice hereby given that The time for tho
further deposi: additional charge
has been limited and Il itlrs MARCH rs. 1899.
after which da-. deposite Will be accepted
II at al only upon 'sra.s as the undersigned
impose.
Dated February 81 1893
SPfYER & CO., New York
SPfffR BROTHERS, london.
LAZ SPtiER ELLISSEN,
frankfort on-Man.
TElkEiRA Dt MATT0S BROTHERS,
Amsterdam.
DtUTSCHEBANK, Berlin.
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Central Pacific Fifty-Year Five Per Cent
Mortgage Bonds,
To the Holders Of Certificates of De-
post issued under B0ndhOlderS
Agreement dated October I. 1897.
DUE APRIL 1, 1880.

Pun the requirement Of the Aforementioned
Bondholders Agreement holders Of above Certificates Of
Deposit hereby notified that Plan OF Readusment
dated February s. 1899 has been formulated. and that
the undersigned Dep,sarcs under said o:
October l. 1897 have adopted and approved Plan
authorized in said agreement Copies Of said Plan q
Readjustment have been lodged the Offices Of the
gned inspection BY holders OK Certificates Of
Deposit.
AS provided in said agreement Of October l. 1897 any
certificate holder asserting 70 such Plan may any
before March %. 1899 withdraw bonds repre-
sened by such certificates upon surrender OF his certh
but all certificate holders who shall within
said time withdraw their bonds shall be conclusv.y
deemed have TO- approved adopted such
Plan and tho REIMBURSEMENT Agreement dated February s.
1899 and shall be bound thereby without further
notice and the DePostares shal! thereupon and
transfer the bonds certificate holders for pur
pose OF carrying such plan and shall deposit such
bonds hereunder.
THE EXISTING CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT
ABOVE MENTIONED WILL ENTITIE ASSERTING
HOLDERS TO NEW SECURITIES as PROVIDED ~
THE PLAN or REIMBURSEMENT. IN EXCHANGE
SUCH NEW SECURITIES ARE ISSUED WITHOUT
OTHER CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE READ
JUSTAENT MANAGERS
ANY HOLDER OF SUCH CERTIFICATES OF
DEPOSIT DESIRING TO ACCEPT CASH FOR
HIS BONDS RATHER THAN THE NEW
SECURITIES As PROVIDED IN THE PLAN.
MUST PRESENT HIS CERTIFICATES OF DE-
POST TO BE STAMPED ACCORDINGLY ON
OR BEFORE MARCH %, 1899.
New York. February %. 1899.
SPl YER & COMPANY, New York.
TtNElRA Dt MATTOS BROTHERS,
Amsterdam.
DtUTSCHE BANK, Berlin.
Depositaries
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tlnanrlal.
CHICAGO January 81. 1899.
To the Stockholders Of the
Chicago s. Alton R. R. Co.:

,,..--,,r ., q circular Of this date BY Nj John J.
,.,.u n Chicago. We beg leave 70 say:
V. believe Notwithstanding TIE general advance IN
r. ~ railway shares. that TIE price offered nancy
,, ~ shae fo each share u che preferred and Sl7o per
~ ~ each snare q the common. is fsir price for
49, o.k and cha. the interest % the stockhod-
az Chicago * Alton Railroad company
=, Syost their s1cN under the agreement referred 10
VI nsrefoe recommend the acceptance by stockholders
,.,s. IMPOSITION mace therein.
u. have had under consideration FOR over two months
.l,, NJ ne purchase = the stock o. the Chicago
4 Alton Railroad Company.
r,,n the request of TIE President the Executive Com
... took I'D TIE pending negotiations. and the agree
o., -ov suhr-i:tol 20 sou was approved by them.
u. Chicago q alton Raiiroad Is without con-
,.,o.s .h.- East or subordinate 70 its own cor
p-ss control AZ points. Increasing coHlpetl-
80, already existing and threatened with the general
tendency 70 dsc-ease. o. transportation and 70 in
..,..s -ates o. taxation make 3; more and more dfcut
,,r N. road &, continue the earnings q the past THESE
a.. g, rr- oc .r constitute conditions affecting The
future O. tie property which viii exist and he felt not
,tAyand.ng tie bonded Indebtedness o. the company
rau - retundec IL addition the company Will in our
o2non he obliged eXpend large SUN for track e4e-
yttlo, Chcago and ior the purpose OF putting the
"a. and rs erpu-teuances IN condition. IN competition
VIII oAs- lu-s To- economically do the business which
shall b orsred 10 Il
FOR THESE AND OTHER REASONS WE
WILL FOR OURSELVES ACCEPT THE SAID
PROPOSITION AND FORTHWITH DEPOSIT
ORR OWN STOCK WITH THE UNITED
STATES TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK.
NDER THE AGREEMENT.
The purchasers % the stock q The Company are gen
tenen connected wh important railway interests trhis
Will enable them 70 the railway Of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad Company, acquired by
leu a virtual extension ~ their own systems, and
viii furnish 81 with . large amount o. through traac.
10 m q
Ianan q desire Of the gentlemen named 10 acquire
4 poset.e. the stoeA o. the Alton Company Very TO
Gsc;,.ly
MORRIS K. JESUP.
JOHN A STEWART.
JOHN J. MITCHELL. ST. Louis.
MARSHALL FIELD.
ALBERT A. sPRAGCE.
4. C. BARTLETT
CTIAs II. CHAPPELL
Directors
Referring 10 the above and 10 the offer
made TO purchase Mt
500 EACH SHARE OF THE PREFERRED
STOCK, and
H15 EACH SHARE or THE COMMON
STOCK
Of the Chicago and Alton Railroad, which
offer. by the unanimous order of the Board
Directors, communicated TO the
stockholders. attention is called TO the fact
TIE TIME FOR ACCEPTANCE OF THE
TERMS OFFERED WILL EXPIRE
on MARCH 1ST.
enting Shareholders should, therefore,
promptly deposit their stock with the United
Na'es Trust Company of New YORK from
which circulars acting forth the conditions
Of the offer I'm detail may be obtained upon
application.
John j. MITCHELL.
Chicago February 18th, 1899.
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PROPOSALS FOR SUBSISTENCE SUP

l. PLIEs-Orce Purchasing Connlssary L. s Army.
No ag Whitehall street New York city. ~ Y, Feb. ~.
lsgeaed proposals for furnishing and delivering sub
stenc. supplies in city for thirty days commencing
March 10 1880 will received al this ONCE until II
o'clock a m March o. 1890. Information furnished Cal
fabrication Envelopes containing bids should be marked
Proposals for Subsistence Supplies opened March ..
1890 and addressed 10 COL. e. A. WOODRUFF. A. G
G. g.
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TO CHICAGO AND ALTON stockholders

IN my communication addressed you. under
the 3lst OF January made certain statements
reference oner made by Mr j. J. Mitchell to
purchase your shares l wish TO supplement that
by advising you that in majority Of the
shares Of the company sold 70 the syndicate
represented by Mr.. Mitchell. shall advise that you
authorize the refunding Of the outstanding bonds OF the
company and the OF stock dividend 10 represent
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financial.
finanrial.
Central Pacific Railroad Company Readiustnent

CCI1dI dCT7C Td1IIUdu CUI17 pd7y 11CduJuSl1l1C7d
To the Holders of the following Bonds and Stock:
B F,G andL
B.
Mortgage Bonds, Series A and B.
Pacific Railroad
emf
Railroad Bonds
Compa
slrana nnunoa fr tn adjustment Central
10 re
nundrh Plan yersaw "
repstsof seurtmn b. Mus No 20 Bua Street
upuar unr a
Dep Europe
United Company wtis Of
Plan Agmen OF
Of O TIT une
Ta Fr4n
New ork.
BROTHERS, London
ELLISSEN, Frnnkfor Main
TFJXEIRA
DEUTSCHE BANK, berlin
oEadrH
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D. ". McwTLLIAMs.

D. W MowILLIAMs.
80 w.
GEORGE J GOULD.
RUSSTLL SAGE,
SAMUEL. SLOAN.
DONALD MAGKAY.
ROB NJ GALLOWAY.
ALFRED SfITT a majority
p MOKOsTNI OK the
THOMAS r ECKERT. Directors
EDWIN GOULD.
NARCEI.IIS HARTLEY.
JOHN 7. TERRY.
HOWARD GOULD.
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gfrursions.
Noiire Go Greollors.

NOTICE TO REDITORS.-NICOLL. SAM
~ UEI. B.-In pursuance Of order Of Hon. Nathan
d Petty Surrogate u the County OF Suffolk. made and
entered the 27h day OF February. 1879. notice is
hereb whereas the undersigned intends 10
apply 10 the surrogaes Of the County OF Suffolk
FOR Letters OF Administration the estate OF samuel b.
Nicol late Shelter Island Suffolk County, y. y de-
ceased be issued 10 her and 70 Matthias Nicoll IN
conjunction with her and 10 nave the penalty OF the
bond required By granting such letters reduced
In pursuance OF Section 2664 II the Code Of Civil Pro
cedure OF the State OF New York.
All persons having claims against the estate Of the
Samuel b. Nico. deceased are hereby notified 10
present the O the Surrogate OF the County OF
SUFFOLK his Office In Rlyerhead. SUFFOLK County. ~ Y.
on or before the 10Th day Of April. 1899.
Dated February q. 1890
TIMOTHY NJ. GRIFFING.
Atty for Petitioner,
RIverhenh Suffolk County y. y.
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financial elections.

New York. February 9Th 1900
THE ANNUAL MEETING OF the stockholders
q, the American Manufacturing Company for the
election ~ Trustees Will bee held az The once q the Com
go 70, West Both street the City Of New York on
Tlesdsy March l4h. 1899 a. one ocloek NJ BY order
' THEO A. MEYER Secretary.
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
ItOT-DO\S dino March 1899. from SOulDe

- Railway Company East Tennessee REORGANIZATION
r., Bonds will be paid BY J. p. Morgan a CO. New
York Richmond & Danylls R R Co. SINGING T YGna
and ] $ Morgan & CO.. London. England; virginia Md
land Ry Co Serial bonds by safe Deposit Trust Co.
Baltimore. Nd. H. c. ANSLbi' 4leaSN'e''
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financial Hlectlngs.
NOTICE OF MEE1lND TO INCREASE CAPT.


NOTICE OF MEETING TO INCREASE CAPT.
TAI sIOCk.
Once ~ the Manhattan Railway Company,
No 100 Broadway. Borough OF Manhattan.
city Of New York.
NOTICE IL hereby given. pursuant TO law
~ and e. the bylaws of The Manhattan Railway
cor,rarv that special meeting OF the stockholders
he COMPANY been duly called ana appointed by rs
Board of Directors and Will be nef a' the ONCE oi the
= ,n,,,y Room 20 no 1915 Broadway Borough ~ Man
fat.8u C!fy ~ Sew York OF Tuesday the 18th day or
ieh~ar, ls9a ~ l. The object or business
sad SPECIAL meeting s T. submit 10 the Htockhoders
Of the Comp~n n.y. To- tteir san' ana appova. p,pD
s,ior a. Increase the capital stock ~ the Company rom
$40 400 00O consisting Of 10000 shares OF the par value
- sin. zach n 600 100 q consist ~ 10000 shares
~ The mar value 500 each The purpose % so increas
80, canlfal stock 4 Company H. O. provide funds
80. H. sThs,t,uou " electricity other motive power
f. the place 81 stem the motive power on the rail-
80 re C-r.pauv and for the cost ~ new plant
uiuent and other necessary requirements Tor the con
tructlon maintenance and operation or the raH"ays OF
The trans Yer books ~ The company Will be
closed on MONDAY the 20th dav n February. 1888 at
O'clock 7 NJ and will he re-opened on wednesday, the
Isl day OF March isaa, al 10 o'clock = ~
rsted New York February Srd. 1913.
D' o'" " GEORGE J. GOULD.
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Connlrp Boaro.

A n INVALID may obtain board. With every care ana
"a comfort. in physicians family. the suburbs q
Eev-London. Conn. Address Box aOA
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is, and this trade amounts to much more
than $100,000,000 a year Upon nearly
every dollar of it we have to pay a per-
centage to the European steamships for
carrying the goods.
DISCRIMINATE AGAINST US.
They discriminate against us and work
in favor of their own countries. This is
so even with some of the foreigners
who operate with American capital down
here. / heard of a German house not
long ago which does a business of i'm
porting. 1t brings in about $1,000 pack
ages every month, its capital comes
from the United States, but it boasts
that 1t gets its imports almost exclusive
ly from Germany.
Indeed a number of foreign transporta-
ton companies have combined against
the United States to drive some of the
steamers on the other side of the Atlantic
out of the Brazilian market They form
ed g trust last year and reduced the
freight rates on coffee to about ten cents
bag. When they had succeeded and
had the field to themselves they raised
the rate to 80 cents a bag, at which 1t
stands at present.
This same combination charges a
higher rate on all shipments of goods
from New York to Brazil than it does
from the European ports to Brazil Some
OF the commission merchants of Rio Jan
GIRO find it more profitable to ship flour
from New York to Rio by way Of Ham
burg, taking it over 5000 miles of addi-
tional ocean travel and thereby getting
a lower freight.
Consul General Seeger says that one of
the leading agricultural houses of 500
Paulo is forced TO buy it's iron of Eu-
rope, although the prices offered by
American houses are lower. This is so
on account of the heavy freight rates
from New York. Flour carried from
New York to Rio pays a freight rate of
IS cents per BARREL while flour from
Hamburg to Rio pays less than 70 cents
a barrel This system is carried on as
to all sorts of importations. The Ger.
mans and the English fight US in every
possible way, and the Germans are by no
means scrupulous as to the honesty of
their methods.
SMART GERMAN TRADERS.
Today the Germans are the best traders
in South America. They are pushing their
way into every port, and their merchants
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arc to be found in every town. From Kali
ser Wilhelm down they are doing all they
can TO further the trade interests of their
country, and are succeeding. 1 have writ
ten how they have gobbled up the lowest
p1 ovince of Brazil. They own rubber
plantations up the Amazon, and have
their mercantile houses on the frontiers
of Ecuador and Bolivia.
They are doing quite a good deal in
banking. They have one bank in Brazil
which has capital of more than 81, 000,-
600, and another in the Argentine with
capital of s4.0O0,0OO, while there is a third
In Chile whose capital is equal to that
Of the Brazilian bank I am told that
they have been buying nitrate property
In Chile recently and that they have put
great deal Of money into railroads in
Venezuela.
There is no end of small German enter
prlses. You find coffee houses here rim
by them, they have breweries scattered
from one end of South Auertca to The
other, and there is a big tanning interest
in Southern Chile which is run by them
They are by far the best pushers with
regard to opening commercial houses in
new centers. I found them selling goods
Ia interior Bolivia and in the mountains
Of Peru, and 1 met the drummers of Ger
man houses every day. These drummers
arc usually good Portuguese or Spanish
America and know the people and trade
thoroughly. They take things easily
and are content with small profits They
give from six to nine months credit, and
ask no payments until after the receipt
Of the goods.
THINGS THAT WOULD PAY.
There are number of things down here
which are worth investigation. The mat
ter of an American bank is one Our
trade with Brazil last year amounted to
$136, 1000. Almost the whole of it was
done in European exchange. An Ameri-
can bank at Rio de Janeiro, with branch
es at Sac Paulo, Santos. Bahia, Pernam-
buco, Para and Manaos could make big
money. Interest rates here range from
10 per cent upward. You can get good
loans Of 1 per cent month, and ~ and
per cent are not uncommon. The banks
charge for everything, discount rates
are high, and all of the European banks.
as far as can learn, are making money.
1t would seem to me that a big fortune
might be made by a cold storage COM
pany, which would put up such plants in
the larger cities. None of the Brazilian
towns have cold storage houses, and meat
and other things cannot be kept from
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luck. hardship and privation, finally
struck it rich a few weeks ago in the vi
cinity of Flagstaff, and sold a half inter-
est in his prospect hole for $4,000 cash.
When the money was paid over to him
at the bank the cashier. who had known
him for a long time, remarked casually:
well. Bill. what are you goin to do to
make yourself comfortable and enjoy
life, now you've got plenty of money!"
Bill thought a minute in silence, and
then, as pleased expression frightened
up his rugged face, he answered:
Il reckon 1 won't eat nothin' but
canned stuff hereafter"
That was his idea of luxury He had
lived SO long on salt pork and heavy bis
cults of his own manufacture that canned
corn beef and tomatoes and salmon pre-
scented to him the highest luxuries that
life could afford.
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one day to another. Take Pernambuco,
city of 100000 people. The meat which
is sold in the market must be eaten the
day it is killed. 1t must be sold before
1t begins to spoil, or the market inspect
ors will condemn it,
The result is that the price changes
from hour to hour during the day When
the market opens you will see over each
butchers stall a little slate on which
is marked the price of meat. AS the day
goes on the butcher rubs out the figures
and changes the prices, so that meat
which is worth 8 cents pound at 7
O'Clock in the morning is offered for
cents pound at noon. Indeed, dried beef
in that market brings more per pound
than fresh meat. If there were a cold
storage plant the meat could be kept as
long as is desired, and vegetables, eggs
and fruits could be stored away to await
high prices.
MONEY IN ICE AND FRUITS.
I think there is money here in ice, vege-
tables and fruits The state of Sac Paulo
imports nearly everything 1t uses, and
onions and other vegetables are brought
from Portugal to be sold in the markets
of Brazil. I saw apples and grapes for
sale in Rio which had come from Spain,
and there are all sorts of tropical fruits
which could be easily raised here which
are imported. AS; to ice, that which is
sold is of an inferior order and 1t brings
high prices. An American ice plant in
Bahia would pay, and the same might
be said of other cities. There are a num-
Der of other opportunities here for the
investment of capital and good business
brains Brazil a country has hardly
been prospected, and there are vast re-
gions which are yet to be explored There
is only one thing that the investor must
consider, and that is that it is not safe
to make any investment IN a South
American country without himself or his
agent has been long enough on the
ground to study the conditions and judge
for himself Frank G. Carpenter
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ROME And DIVORCE
INSTANCES WHERE THE CATHOLIC
CHURCH SANCTIONS SEP
ARATIONS
MANY WISE PRECAUTIONS
Instances Where Misery Is Saved
and the Laws of the Land Obeyed
An Ex-Attache Talks About d.
vOrce Machinery How the
Church Once Baked q French
Adventures.

Chicago Tribune.
On both sides Of the Atlantic the ques-
ton of divorce appears to be the topic
of the hour, and while in this country
elaborate statistics are being published
in order to show the extraordinary in
crease in the number of marriages dis
solved during the last few years. both in
Great Britain and on the continent, the
European press, on the othere hand, is
making the most of recent notable case
in New York, where remarriage followed
the grant of divorce decree by only two
hours, with the object of illustrating the
abuse of the laws by which matrimonial
alliances are sundered in the United
States. Moreover, the Anglican church
in America, as well as in England, is
engaged in an acrimonious discussion as
to the attitude which should be observed
by its clergy with regard to divorced
persons seeking ecclesiastical consent to
remarriage. This being the case, it may
be of timely interest to devote a few
notes to the attitude of the Roman Cath
Ole church towards this exceedingly
thorny problem. This will naturally
convey no fresh news to the clergy Of
that denomination, but the ignorance
which prevails about the matter, not