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BfROY ALBERT GRANT.
"Reminiscences of His Essay in London
,JDurnnlism.

"reminiscences of His Essay in London
journalism.
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN Sir: The an
nouncement OF the death OF Baron Albert Grant
brings up journalistic "reminiscences in my
mind, as 1t will undoub tedly do in the minds OF
other newspaper men In the Old Country II not
here. happened to be temporarily on tho edi-
todsl. or as We called II ub-edltorial. STAFF OF
tho EuerinS Echo at the time. over twenty years
ago. when it was bought by Baron Grant from
Cassel Potter Galpin and remained long
enough after the change Of ownership. to see
the new Morning Echo fairly started. Soon
after acquiring the property, the Baron
gave grand dinner to his employees 1t
took place somewhere UP the river
l think it was Ut Richmond. although
az present | cannot exactly recall the
lowed. | remem Der the Baron made delight
which the paper would be conducted. Nv
exact words am using. will, OF course. be-
at END e S rst then yours those
The, editorial charge OF the Morning Echo
vas PLACED nomtnally IN the hands OF George
Byron Curtis: an ef1cient snb-editor. after,
manager n,,,g Of the evening paper. But the real
put the stamp OF amateurishness upon it.
favorite freak Of his was to kill page or
vsrbati i'm report Of the meeting possibly held
week previously of some financial com pany
In which he was interested The newspaper
mon on the staf were OF cou 90 dsRusted, and
at All early period foretold tie disastrous end
Of the venture.
Still We were 4 merry crowd. and had much
fun tbasides doing serious work and drawing
fair salaries) while the eX. rimc lasted.
Among those connected with t. concern
writer Of biography and other works: David
Christie Murray. who has since made q name
for nj mself as q novelist: T. P. O'Connor tie
wei known and popular Irish nom Dor. then .
lanky youth with thread bare breeches; and
the late Evelyn Douglas Jerrold, a bright
grandson OF the famous wit
And poor Albert Grant-may we not call
even HIN poor when he is dead. especially IL
we have fed of his bounty and made merry
was. ! verify believe. q we'll leaning man: but
one OF THAI class OF well- m aiming m en- who are
prone to do wrong, quite un Willingly, to their
fellow men. SAMUEL, bennett.
BRooKLYN, Aug 30
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that supply the most valuable land furs
are being exterminated. just as the fur seal
in Antarctic waters utterly disappeared
before the Wholesale war waged upon him.
The once great fur catch OF northern Russia
was worth In 1896 only about $75, 900,
tho polar fox, ermine md other valu-
able animals having nearly disappeared
The Statistical Year Book OF Canada
gives little detailed information, but it's
statement Of the value OF the dressed and
undressed furs exported between 1888 and
1895 shows steady decline in the BUSH
ness. In Siberia the ermine catch has
fallen off largely within twenty years. On
the other hand, the figures OF the first half
Of the present decade Of years show that
tho catch Of sable, otter and red fox, as well
as that OF many other less valuable furs
and skins, has greatly increased
This means simply that Siberia has been
the least hunted Of the great fur fields.
With the increase OF population and means
OF transportation the product marketed is
growing larger, for the time has not yet
arrived when the field Is overhunted.
Thus Siberia is to-day the most important
of the land fur preserves
1t may be that Russia, needing the lesson
taught by the virtual extinction OF the fur
animals In her own northern forests, will
endeavor to prevent the same fate from
Detailing the Siberian fur trade.
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The Democratic Party For silver.

All the proceedings OF the Ohio conven-
ton OF Wednesday, from beginning to end
the enthusiasm manifested so boistcrously
and the declarations OF its plGtform--ndi.
cato with piainness that is unmistakable
the denomination OF BRYAN and the reaf-
hrmation OF the Chicago platform. Only
by throwing himself in the current Of that
torrent was MCLEAN able to grasp the
nomination for Governor for which he had
struggled 80 long
Previously to the Convention, it is re-
ported, MCLEAN had drafted resolutions
for the platform which were not sufficiently
outspoken to satisfy the committee on the
subject. Accordingly, they substituted a
declaration which heartily reaf1irmed the
entire Chicago platform Of 800, demanded
''the FREQ and unlimited coinage OF silver
and gold as equal in primary money at the
rate of 10 to !, independent OF all other
nations Of the world, and called for the
denomination of BRYAN in 1900.
MIR. BRYAN, speaking in Nevada on
the day OF the Ohio Convention. said:
II dount whether any opposition ut all to
tho rcaIlrmation OF the Chicago platform
in it's entirety will manifest itself" in the
Democratic National Convention OF next
year, and all the Indications Justify his
forecast. A despatch to the Ne,c York
Times from Richmond, in Virginia, also on
that day. gives the Information that every
county in the State has declared for free
silver" Nowhere - North, South, East
or VESTS there any different story
from the Democracy. Nowhere is it for
gold. 1t il for free silver everywhere. and
at no time since BRYAN's defeat in 1896 was
his denomination 40 obvious as it ia now.
What does this mean? 1t means that
nothing can prevent the Democratic party
from repeating in 1900 the issue OF 1896.
Any superfluous effort by Republicans to re-
enact the gold standard already established
by the Act Of 1873 will only the more
assure that result and incite the Democratic
party to even wilder efforts to substitute
the silver standard. 1t is folly to turn away
from this certainty; wisdom can only look
1t squarely in the face.
In 1900 the Republican party will be for
gold and the Democratic party will be for |
silver. Take your places accordingly!
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Alabama and Kearsarnn

The preliminary trial of the KearsnrRe.
set down for next week, following closely
as 1t does upon this weeks trial OF the Ala
bama, associates the two vessels in public
attention, and perhaps tends to make them
both seem like namcsakes OF the two
wooden craft that fought the ever-mem-
oraplo duel off Cherbourg. But in reality.
while the K"Hrsarge is expressly intended,
by act ot Congress, to perpetuate the name
OF the victor in that great fight, there il no
corresponding purpose in tho case of the
now Alabama. The latter does not oven
belong to the same group as the KrsrsarCo,
having been authorized at a SUBSEQUENT
session OF Congress and being now not 40
far advanced toward completion, and its
name comes from tho State, in accordance
with the law, and not from the Confederate
cruiser of that ilk.
The Alabama and the KearsarSe are, in
their main dimensions, of the same type.
They have the same longth on tho load
water line, 36S feet the same extrem,
breadth, ~ feet inches; tho same mean
draught, 23H feet, and the samo displace-
ment at this drauSht. l1,525 tons. They
have the same types Of engine and are under
the same speed guarantees OF 10 knots.
Bat when we come to the armament, an
essential differenceis seen. While themain
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Some Features of the Fur Trade.

The Report Of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial Museum concerning Siberia saws that
on an average million squirrel skins are
taken every year. Probably as many more
hare skins are brought to the local markets
they are of little value, and are mostly con-
sumed in Siberia. But the fur OF the ST.
berian squirrel, pale gray in color, is in
much demand in other countries and sup
plies a great part Of the squirrel fur
used in lining cloaks,
For years past no part Of the world has
been exporting so many skins as Austria
lasia but most OF them are rabbit skins
bringing only small prices. In twenty-five
years New Zealand has exported over 200
OOO,O 900 rabbit skins. For five years that
country has been turning the pest to further
good account by canning rabbit meat for
European consumption, and the trade is
growing. The world would not greatly
miss the rabbit skins from the South Sea
countries, but the skins ofthe kangaroo and
some other marsupials, collected in Aus
tralia, are highly priced.
The COStlier furs come from the temper-
ate and cold parts OF the earth, and
the most expensive, as a rule, arc tho
product of tho sub-Arctic and Arctic re-
gions where Nature protects animal life
with tho thickcst and warmest coverings.
A few kinds of monkey skins, together
with the skins Of lions, tigers and other
large carnivora, are about the only contri-
buttons OF sub-tropical and tropical coun-
tries to the fur and skin trade. Fur MGR
chants look to Canada and Siberia to
supply the larger part of the most es-
teemed furs derived from land animals.
There have been marked indications for
years that unless protection can be pro-
vided for fur animals against overkillinR
they will become extinct. The animals
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HAZIHG DEPENDED.
IL 1t n Necessary Part OF y Military Edu-
cation

cation?
To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-!Sir: By whom
isthe hazinR at West Point kept up. II not by
those cadets who as "plebes " now complain of
1t? In your article published last Sunday, 1
looked in vain for some mention OF the pun ish-
ments inflicted by the officers In charge of the
cadets- From what have been told. they arc
out OF all proportion to the ofrenses committed
As like to hear both sides Of a question SUD-
pose you ask your cadet correspondent to tell
you what it means to be put in the guard
house. and then let him give us the pu nish:
ment that cadet received for making a plebe
turn down his bed q half an hour too early.
and also the punishment OF that patriotic
cadet who tried to make a plebe
STAND on his head while the band played the
Star-SpanEled Banner" II the mother OF one
OF those unfortunate forty" was nor misin-
formed when she said her son would have to do
extra guard duty. that is. walk for three hours
cadets free timel, from the day OF the ARE ct
unit! November. think this savors quite az
much OF hazinG as anything have heard OF the
cadets doing. To keep over two hundred bright,
healthy young men cooped up in q little stufy
camp for two months and expect them to sit
and twitl he thum bs 10 ridiculous: give them
a six weeks outing. marching to different
places. on condition that there shall be no
hazinG See If that does not stop hazpg more
quickly than unnecessarily severe punish
ment.
have yet to meet a military man who does
not admit that little hazing is necessary, and
l think the cadets are the best Judges OF the
amount needed. FAIR PLAY
WASHINGTON, Aug. %.
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Sad Report from Herr ottendorfer

Herr OTTENDoRFER has been revisiting
the land of the front end Of his hyphen. He
now brings back to this end Of the hyphen
the subjoined report, which he renders with
sadness:
In Europe the United States Is regarded AZ q
nation Of landgr,bbera This country is no longer
tho ideal America to Europeans that it WAS
When an individual observer like Herr
OTTENDORFER pretends to report the opin-
ion Of Europe" he is generally either
trying to humbug his hearers or deceiving
himself by unconsciously attributing to
Europe" the thoughts and ideas of his
own little private intellectuals-
But surprising Herr OTTEnDoRFER were
right. What an awful thing thatthis Nation
should BIO regarded as an cxpansionist
nation by France, or by Russia, or by
Great Britain, or by Germany!
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BY Car, Cab and Railroad in His Sleep.
From he Auanta Consi,ttIt,or.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn, Aug. 3I.-A fourte en- year
old boy named HitZneld, who resides in ono Of tho
suburbs, went to bed at his homo last night about
o'clock not feeling we'll About v O'Clock no arose
from his bed put on his clothes. took electric car
for thu city and went to the depot where he pur.
chased ticket to Rome Ga. Reaching Rome he
took cab for ono of the hotels. where he retired
All this was done while he sound asleep When
h awofe this morning he could hardly be made to
believe that he va" not at home. He returned to
this city on the FIRST train He is suffering from
brain fever. The doctors here puzzled over the
case, and say that II ia Of the most remarkable
they have ever known in their experience The boy
isvery exemplary And no one doubts the story OF
his eXpeienCe
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=, The voters OF Ohio deserve the commisera-
non or the Nation. They have to choose between
ticket named by the Republican boss upon a plat
form which commsnds tho President for his recent
assault upon civilservice reform. ticket headed by
the Democratic boss and an Independent candidate
who 10 crank. II will not he surprising IL a good
many OF them take to the woods Election bay
With any other candidate than Mclean the Demo
Gratis had fair chance Of carrying the State. but
they have thrown that chance away.-Eoentn0 Post
But they will not have thrown it away If a
good many" Of the voters OF Ohio take to the
woods on Election Day" Ifthere ever was an
election where no honest and Intelligent man
should run away from his duty OF voting It
will be that In Ohio this year. with its square
issue between gold and silver so shortly before
the Presidential campaign OF 1900. We are
astonished that any newspaper Of New York,
conscious OF tho gravity OF the silver issue
made by the Democrats Of Ohio. could suggest
such reereancy. Suppose Mclean should be
elected, what would be the consequence to
business and finance in New York; Think for
a moment over that possibility.
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A Platform OF F1ubdnb.

The platform on which the Hon JOHN R
MCLEAN, OF the District Of Columbia,
stands perhaps mono too steadily Ia really
amusing. 1t reaff1rms the entire Chicago
platform, dwelling with the most fond
ness on tho sacred ratio OF 10 to
1. Out Of kindness to the candi-
date, 1t does not linger lovingly over the
income tax plank, which has never moved
Mr.. MCLEAN to admiration The renom-
nation OF Col BRYAN is demanded, which
is very kind, as Mr.. MCLEAN was thought
at one time to be somewhat OF a candidate
himself.
OF course the Ohio Democrats "are radi-
cally and unalterably opposed to imperial
ism, and they stand In limo with VASE
INGToN, JEFFERSON, JACKSON, LINCOLN,
GRANT and all other American patriots,
living and dead, In desiring the perpetuity
Of our Republic"
Is there any wretch In Ohio or elsewhere
who doesn't desire the perpetuity OF the
Republic? II 80. let him be condemned to
listen to the silver speeches OF Gen.
ADoNIRAM JUDsoN WARNER forever and
two days
Mr.. MCLEAN's admirers praise our
soldiers and sailors, but profoundly
regret that American soldiers are being
unlawfully used in the name Of lib
erty to crush and destroy dawning Re
publicanism in the Orient, and denounce
the secret and vicious alliance now in evil
dence between England and the Republican
Administration whereby this Nation may
become involved in war with foreign ma
tions."
Who revealed to the Committee on Plat
form the existence OF this secret and
vicious alliance II it is secret, how did the
committee find 1t OUT Who opened the
prison house2 Was it JOE BAILEY, or did
the tip come from Judge W. P MOONEY,
temporary Chairman of the Conven-
ton, who charged that the Republican
party Stands for, II indeed It has not
already entered into, an Anglo-American
alliance ?" The COMMITTEES on Resolutions
was more positive, and we trust that the
dnmning facts will be unveiled during the
campaign But to return to this flower of
platforms.
Wehad believed that the Republican party
had done good deal for the merchant ma
rine, but the Ohio Democrats denounce that
subserviency to the shipping interests Of
Great Britain" and the Ohio Demo
Gratis ought to know. They say that
"a large standing army"-they fail to
say how large-'in our Republic is a
menace to liberty" and that call unlawful
combinations OF capital are the legitimate
fruits of gold standard and other corrupt
Republican Legislation on questions Of tho
tariff and they denounce the Hon. JOHN
W. GRIGGs, Attorney General from New
Jersey, the home OF trusts" because he
did not institute against those atrocities
prosecutions which, as a lawyer, he knew
would fall through
One more little gem:
Political bosses are to be detested and arc mimi
cal to our form OF government"
Mr.. MCLEAN is an accomplished boss
himself and speaks with authority
Either its platform or its candidate is
enough to beat the Ohio Democracy.
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A Novel Su1eeGtIon

To Tx EDIroR OF The suS-Sir: There appears
70 be great desire to name something portance
after Dewey and great desire also IN confer better
name on the automobile. Gail 1t Dewey Honor the
man and glorify tho thing by giving it his namei
And why not formal public christening az part of
the Dewey celebration? r.
JERSEY CITY. Aug 80.
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From TIE DsI hOiRsI Leader.
An ottumwG young woman has mania for riding
on engines. and every time train comes along she
tries to Jump oil.
From the Mie6slirI, Ind,S
There will be no issue OF tho IldsB this week. AZ
the editor 10 going back to Ohio to SOC hls ma"
From The Si0ourHsV New.
There is one pleasant feature in Whiting a CANA
terry. You do not see any tombstonss engraved
MAJ" oF"KAthryns."
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From IL. Nashyill, Banne,

HUNTSVILLE. Ala. Aug. 3l-W. T. Hassin ger
and Clarence Hassinger left Yesterday for Cali
forhia in two-horse wagon. and expect to
take two years to make the trip. The two msn
built their own wagon and provided it with the
comforts OF Pullman car. They will make
the trip in a lesurely manner and stop at
several cities to view the siR hts
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Mrs. Amos Cripe. wife OF a Well-to- do farmer
near hiiddebury. Ind. lis obeyinR the Biblical in
junction TO increase and multiply. Though hut
little oeyond thirty she Is the mother OF nine
pair having been born this week. All the chill
dren and the mother are robust and give
promise Of long life. Physicians say this
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Col. NOSE WKTMoRE Of at. Louis. who won
deep admiration from tho Octopus classes By
selling his tobacco plant to the Tobacco Trust
at much higher price than 1t was worth and
then retiring with a spirited protest. il still
addressing tho Democratic hosts. II don't
care" he Is reported as saying, what BRYAN
says or thinks about 1t, the people will make
Trusts the issue" And II they dom COL MosK
WETMoRE will Unless he Is nominated for
Viee-President the sincerity al the great Demo-
cratic uprising aud outpouring against tho
Trusts will be questioned by the wicked.
From the special reporter OF the SPRINGFIELD
Republican in Boston. We learn that fresh
features OF activity through the Anti-imperial-
istic League are to be noted almost daily"
Among tho freshest of those features are
10000 little broadsides against imperialism.
These are to be scattered through Texas.
Rather small edition for so large a State. but
destined. no doubt. to make deep impression.
Another fresh feature will be the publication
OF the booklet Of the views OF JAMES J.
DooIING against imperialism" Still another
fresh feature is the proposed importation OF
tho Hon. GAMALIEL BRADFoRD into Brooklyn
30 the grand work CLOVIS and burns.
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POLIfICAL NOTES.

OF tho thirty.hve Republican district leaders in
tho boroughs Of Manhattan and the Bronx. twenty.
six in tho Federal. six In
the State and s1 in tho municipal service Nine OF
the Republican district leaders in these two
boroughs hold no once.
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Suffolk In the strongest Republican county Of New
York in the Southern part Of the state and thar,
seems TO no general disposition among tho Repub-
licans OF sufolk to avoid factiona differences IL IN
understood that John Sherry will receive n unnni
nous denomination for treasurer At tho county
convention Mr. Sherry Is said to be suro of ao,id
delegation from the HAmptons, and enough yo,as
from BrookhANen and the other eastern town. IN
insure his nomination, and his opponent IN,
nomination. Solomon Keteham- will be nominated
next year for County Clerk. Livingston Smith of
smithtoWn will have littlo opposition for tho nopi
nation for District Attorney and Sheridan Well. n,
Greerport will probably DO the nominee for
Sheriff Edward Kirke. OF PAtchogue and Eugene
Strong Of slip. in the neld dates for the
once OF superintendent Of Poor. and r. II. Guerney
OF Huntington, for Coroner. J. N. nallock OF
Southold. for member of Assembly in the Firat dis
trict and RoEtS H. Post. OF BAyport, in the Second
district. will be animated without opno.it,on
according to present political gossip by the Repub
lcAns. Democratic nominations for local ofaoe in
In SUFFOLK never counted for much, hut since 1909
they have counted for less than before.
There will be an election for Sheriff In Kip1.
County in November and tho present incumbent ~
that ONCE, Frank D. CreAmer. Is not eligible To ro
election under the terms of the constitution When
CHOSEN inti e"' he received as 900 votes against Ga
900 Tor the CitzenH Union candidate and a. 500 for
the regular Republican nominee. A capdidat. for
Sheriff the Democratic ticket this year ia ..a a.
be John L. shea, the present Commissioner OF
Bridges by appointment Of Mayor Van WICK and
the closest political friend in BROOKLYN Of
Comptroller Coler. Mr.. Shea has made no
announcement OF his candidAture however: and
IL thought by most politicians that in view OF the
existing complications between New York and Kings
county Democrats that Commissioner sban 4. ut,I.
likely to resign his present post even To run for a.
lucrative an once as that Of Sheriff of Kings countx
District Attorney IL TO be voted for in KIM,
county this year. and . prospective candidat. ,or
the Democratic nomination is John r. Clarke. wbo,s
past service in the District Attorneys ONCE a.
Assn ,' covers many years. having been an
assistant to Mr.. RidGway a. we'll As 10 M NJ
can Tho present District Attorney of Kinea a. :.
Republican. the appointes of Gov. Roosevelt. 10 An
vacancy caused blythe ELECTION Of Mr.. A.rs.. 40
the Supreme Court bsnoh.
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Massachusetts keeps At the head o. tho States of
the country In the precision, celebrity And accuracy
with which its election returns csnvassed and
the results msds known. There are p7o polling
places in the STATE. of which 1a1 are in Boston and
377 in the other ctles In New York stats the use
Of the voting chimes In aid TO quick and nocur-
ate counting. and last year Rochester was the hrst
city from which returns were obtained. Voting ma
chimes wero used In Rochester.
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PAnn-Kiosaus No. IL. near Grand Hotel and
Mosque No. 10. Boulevard de, Capucinss.
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The three offices to DO nlled by the voters of tho
State of Maryland this year Governor. Attorney
General and State Treasurer, and the Democrats
having already put their ticket in the field at the
Baltimore convention. the Republicans arc prepar-
ing to make up the strongest ticket possible LLOYD
Lowndes. the present Republican governor. will Il
Is believed by most Republicans be renominsted
for that office. and T. ]. shyrock will be renomi
mated for treasurer. but for the ONCE of Attorney
General now an important one in Maryland AID for
which the Democrats OF the State have nominated
one OF their strongest men. former Congressman
Isidor Rayner of Baltimore there Is talk of the RI.
publicans putting up former Congressman JyI
FindlAy.