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BAY OF FUNDY PIRiTES.
How They Looted the Wreck OF the Allan
Zinc Steamship Castillian.

QUEBEC. June pa story Of wreckaGe and
piracy that comes from Dgby. Nova Scotia.
shows that the bold pirates Of the Gulf Of st.
Lawrence. who are the terrors Of shipping men
whose vessels are cast away and lost upon the
nhosptable shores OF Labrador. Anticosti or
Newfoundland arc not the only offenders OF
this kind resident In the Dominion. Several
weeks ago the Allan line steamship Castilian
was wrecked off the Nova Scotian coast. When
ii was evident that the vessel would prove total
loss. she was quickly surrounded by a fleet OF
fishing vessels hali to Digby, whose crews
took possession OF whatever they could lay
their hands on Some OF these craft reported
at Yarmouth and turned oyer to the authors
ties the property they had saved and upon
which they naturally claimed salvage, Some
fishing vessels made q pretence OF discharging
the cargoes OF merchandise saved from the
wreck, and of reporting those that were dutia:
BILE to the customs officials. but only landed
z part Of what they had saved. and other.
Dgby vessels after fishing for the last two
the authorities the other day on their return
home II was then found that. in addition to
the merchandise they had landed at Yarmouth.
they had CONCEALED q good deal more, including
salt pork hams. cheese. life .preservers and
other ships' stores, None Of the vessels has
been seized as yet but the affair is engaging
the attention OF the authorities at Ottawa.
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The subjoined remarks from the Ne,cburo

The subjoined remarks from the Ne,cbmg
Register Of Thursday derive additional interest
from the circumstance that the editor OF that
Democratic journal 10 close friend OF the
Hon. DAVID b. HILL:
IAN Omaha newspaper publishes an appeal for
funds for the use OF the Democratic National Com.
mittee in 1900. II the National Democratic Conven.
ton readopts the platform of 1895 the committee
will not have occasion to use = single dollar. Not
only that, but 1t will also relieve the Republican
party of the necessity Of expanding a cent The
Omaha paper in question might better its spare
energy in trying to influence those in control Of tho
Democratic organization to adopt platform which
will attract Democrats to its support instead of be.
ing bid for questionable Populistc assistance
Less Populsm and more Democracy three years ago
would have been Of bsnent to both party and coun.
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PAY OF NAVAL OFFICERS.
Assistant Comptroller Mitchell Interprets
the Navy Personnel Law.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-secretary Long
recently submitted to the COMPTROLLER Of the
Treasury about twenty questions regarding
the Navy Personnel act and asked for legal
opinion on each. The questions we're turned
over to Assistant Comptroller Mitchell. who
announced his decisions to-day. Nearly all;the
questions arose In connection with the
case OF William T. Gray. a past assist
ant paymaster. In order to prevent the
reduction OF salaries OF navy officers from what
they have received for years. the bill was made
to provide that officers OF the line and medical
and pay corps Of the navy are to receive the
same pay and allowances rs officers OF the
same rank In the army. except where the pres
ent pay would be reduced. in which case the
officers shall continue to receive pay under the
present law.
The Assistant Comptroller holds that tho
present pay" which the new law says must
not be reduced Is the pay which the officer was
receiving on June 80 1890. or when the change
In his place would otherwise take place and
for the purpose OF mparing his pay under the
old law and the new the officers allowances
his pay would be reduced under the new law
he will continue to receive nay under the old
law; and in addition thereto he will be entitled
sponding rank, but not to his allowances OF
commptatiops Of ,ratons while at sea
same Situation as army ocers 't ser ve ~ wtS
troops In tho field. and are not entitled to com
mutation for quarters: that the officers whose
IN service June 3d. 1852 or 'm ut the time may tbe be
provisions OF the law in their cases takes feet
and that naval officers, under the new la W. arc
certain mounted officers in the army
enlisted men in the navy to conform with the
usage in the army.
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To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sr: Your ed
itoral OF June 81 on e The Great Advantage OF
the South" commends itself to the thinking
people of tho nation. The view Of THE Sun
and OF DiTie as to this matter should be guide
post for all those who have an interest in tho
moral. physical and intellectual development
Of the white and black people OF the Southland.
There Is no other practical view to take Of the
matter.
When THE Sun says that 1.-The prime factor
in the development Of the South must be the
negro race. It takes into due consideration the
near and remote conditions. The negro race
certainly was the prime factor" in making
Southern raised cotton king" in It's day.
Then the South was agricultural and the
North manufacturing. Now. when the South
is being developed like the North by the estab-
lishment OF manufacturing Industries. she
naturally uses the material and labor at her
doors. This was the burden of Booker Wash
ingtons Atlanta Exposition speech. cast
down your buckets" Northern capital which
has been invested in the iron industries OF
Birmingham. Ala. is now putting up cot
ton mills. ear shops. &c. to turn out products
which compete with the North. and it ia hav-
ing and will have a bencfcent effect upon
both the Southern negro and the white man.
The two races are therefore nterdepen-
dent. The cheap colored labor OF the South
finds ready employment on the rice and cot
ton plantations. on the levees OF the Missis-
sippi. and In the coal and ore mines. and now
that, the negro Is heconling skilled In the
mechanical arts" will the South 60 elsewhere
for mechanical labor" when it has supply
at hand and in abundance that can be hired
for far less Then; again negro labor In the
white labor OF the North. The, c9lored man
nor wants that little long" He Is docile as q
workman and rarely strikes for, higher
years OF the negro as q laborer where he has
struck. That occurred few days ago. when a
gang OF negro laborers employed in laying
asphalt at Washington struck. but only be-
cause OF the presence wi tn them OF several
white laborers. who wanted moro pay VIII the
negro and white man work separately always
az Dirie asserts trow not. In Newark
Philadelphia and Washington gangs OF negro
lahorers can he seen working shoulder to
shoulder with white men. The separating
not the men. but the prejudices OF the women
OF both races.
The recent race troubles arc only natural
consequences characteristic of transitional
stage through which the two races OF the
South are passing. II Is a sort OF recon
structlon the passing away OF the old and
the advent Of a new industrial and social regime
in Dixie. As negroes we don't want nor do we
ask for social equality the "hohRobin" OF
the South, We woul ID rather associate with
shall surely get 10 a chance, to, work in all the
killed employments for which our fitness and
ability make us eligible. May The SUN and
DiJip and other powerful organs continue to
preach the s"of gospel as contained iq The
South" and the race, question will pass away
AS n watch in the night" 0PTIMUs
Troy. June n.
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PRIVATE MAILING CARDS.
Their Use Extended So as to Include tho
Foreign Mail Service.

WASHINGTON, June 23-By the terms OF an
order issued by the Postmaster General to-
day the regulations covering the use OF private
mailing cards" in this country are extended
so as to conform with those adopted by the In
ternatonal Union for the foreign mail SER
vice. This is done in accordance with an
act Of Congress approved May ~. 1898.
which provides. among other things. that
=" it shall be lawful to transmit by mall at
the postage rate of a cent apiece. payable by
stamps to be affixed BY the sender. and under
such regulations as the Postmaster General
may prescribe. written messages on private
mailing cards. such cards to be sent openly in
the mail. to be no larger than the size fixed by
the convention OF the Universal Postal Union.
and to be approximately OF the same form,
quality and weight az the stamped postal card
now in general use in the United States"
a. ndcr the new regulations, which are merely
a fuller statement Of the law given. postal
cards are to be not larger than 5As inches long
and 4 inches wide. The address may be either
written or printed on Me face. or printed on "a
gummed slip. not morA than 4 inch wide or
by q, inches long. and pasted. and the address
OF the sender. subject to similar restrictions.
may be gummed on the back II printed for
general sale. an ohlong space must be reserved
IN the upper, right, hand corner and marked
terfere with the address, printing or engraved
card.
AS these new cards are intended solely to
give American merchants an advertising
medium which has become popular abroad.
the postal card now in general use will be iS-
sued as heretofore.
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charbon-the Sixth Plague of Egypt.

From The Memphis Errning .Scimstdr
DR.. Sidney I. Theard. Sanitary Oficer of the New
Orleans Board OF Health has made a study of
charbon. the disease which has killed SO many
mules. horses and cattle In Louisiana and southern
Mississippi during the spring Just past and which
still prevails there to an alarming extent He has
reached the conclusion that incubation with the
serum or an immuniZed animal IL absolute safe.
guard against the disease, He also states that all
parts OF the bodies OF animals that have died OF
Charlton are actually poisonous, and says crema.
ton Of the bodies is imperative.
Great must be exercised in handling AMI in. ia
suffering from the disease. as there are number Of
instances OF human beings Contractiu in that WAY
Only yesterday q man died Of the poison in the
Charity Hospital at New Orleans and several o. lcrs
similarly afflicted have been ,sfuIy treated
there this season.
Nor 10 the disease confined TO the South II has
made its appeArShce near Chicago within the last
two months and report says it il prevalent among
he cattle in parts Of Iowa and Wisconsin and in
central Illinois.
Charlton has been known under various names
from the earliest ages, and one authority declares
that 1t was the sixth plague sent upon Egypt as a
punishment for the obStinacy Of Pharaoh in holding
the children Of Israel in bondage after he had been
commanded by God to let them 20. It is described
by Homer in the hIt book OF the Had and Ovid
gives minute description Of 1t in the ninth book Of
his MetAmorphoses
In the majority OF cases chArbon is Of miasmatic
origin; that is the spores Of Charlton exist in thu
soil. The transmission from soil to animal may
occur by cutaneous incubation, and In few hours
the germs have multiplied so rapidly as to throw
the afflicted animal into violent fever. II begins
as small dark rcd spot on which soon appears a
pustule or vescle. ltsloughs and spreads rapidly.
causing violent fever and speedy death.
The ravages Of the disease in Louisiana espeoially
have been very disastrous. Large plantations have
been stripped Of every horse and mule within dav
or two. and the pronts OF years swept away. wbiI.
small farmers have been ruined.
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ARMY WEDDING At MANILA.
A St. Louis Girl Takes the Long Journey to
Marry lieut.. MhitMOrth.

WASHINGTON. June 23-Ietters received By
army officers here from friends In st. Louis
tell OF the return from Manila Of Mrs. Gilbert
Smith. tho wife OF the Chief Quartermaster at
the ST. Louis depot after having participated
in the elimination Of an army romance at
Manila The daughter Of Col. and Mrs. Smith
was engaged to Second Lieut.. Pegram Whit
worth of the Eighteenth Infantry. Lieut. Whit
worth received orders some time ago to Join his
regiment In the Philippines without delay. and
the orders came 80 suddenly that no time was
permitted to arrange for the wedding which
would otherwise have taken place. After his
arrival In Manila Lieut.. Whtworth realized
that he was likely to be there long time. and
as there was, no tel ing when he would be
able to get home the young officer made
bold to ask Miss smith to come out to
Manila, and marry him there; There were
many difllcultie! ~ the way of the accomplish
Smith overcame these by securing the neces-
ment and taking her daughter all the way to
Manila New difficulties arose when they
reached Hong Kong. for. In accordance with
the objection OF Major-Gen Otis to having any
more American women at Manila while the
fighting was going on. all the women on the
transports were landed there. All the world
loves n lover" and Gen. Otis was not ifferent
from the rest OF mankind. After a little walt
ing the necessary permission for Mrs. smith
and her daughter to 20 to Manila from Hong
Kong was secured. Lieut.. WhitwOrth was on
hand to receive his bride. and the wedding
occurred without delay.
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FARM CONDITIONS IN NEW JERSEY.
Prices for Farm Products Lower Than
FormerIN and Wages of Labor Higher.

WASHINGTON. June 23.-Richman Coles OF
Woodstown. N. j.. a farmer and dairyman. an
peared before the Industrial Commission this
morning and gave testimony concerning farm
ing conditions in his State. He said that gem
eral agricultural conditions were not as good
as formerly. The prices to be obtained FOR
farm products are lower and the wages OF Ia
Dor are higher. The cultivation of cereals is
not as profitable as in years pnst. owing to the
competition OF the Western grain growing
States. The truck farmer has suffered from
the competition OF the Southern States. and
within recent years the dairymen have been
forced to compete in the Philadelphia market
with those in more distant sections OF the
country. Milk is shipped into Philadelphia
from distance OF 200 miles at a cost for trans
portation OF about the same as Is charged for
carrying It % miles
The witness thought the only remedy left to
the farmer Is n careful study OF cheapcning the
cost OF production. He also expressed the be-
lief that high tariff law on oil products which
can be grown In this country would remedy the
situation. Mr. Coles believed that IL high pro-
tective tariffs were placed on wool and other
products which might be raised in New Jersey
the farmers OF the State would he much benc-
tlted New jersey is peculiarly adapted to
sheep raising. he said. and should a high
cHOupH tuTlH De Huctu on s!lttp IlOuiN'e,' u
prosperous industry could be built up He also
thought that fbrous plants could be grown
with success.
Mr.. James b. Ketchum OF New Jersey went
on the stand at the afternoon session. =, lie
thought the amount OF labor employed In New
Jersey to-day Is about the same as thirty or
being put under cultivation and more intensi-
fed farming. These causes had onerated to
employ as many men as were displaced by i'm.
proved farm implements. .Three-fourths OF
the farm labor they emnloy IL engaged during
the entire year. Mr.. Ketchum said he was not
instruction In agriculture IN the public schools.
as many, OF the children are In villages where
In New Jersey. he said. the valuation OF farm
lands lie placed higher than property in the
cities for the nurpose OF taxation
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SMOKELESs POWDER IN WAR.
War Department to Test Inventions De-
signed to Locate the Flash.

WASHINGTON. June CAN investigation is
being conducted by officers OF the War Depart
ment with a Wow to the adoption Of some in
vention by which II is hoped to locate the fla h
OF smok eless powder in warfare. The depart
ment has been informed that Prof Reginald
A. Fessenden OF the Western University Of
Pennsylvania has invented telescope which
lessons the effect OF smok eless powder by max
ing it possible to locate the fash when the gun
is discharged. This IL not the only invention
now before the department. Several days ago
Mr. Alexander Guiterman wrote to the War
Department suggesting the adoption Of
a specially constructed pair OF spectacles.
made Of blue glass. by the use OF
which he thinks the wearer will be able
to locate the fash OF smokeess powder 1t IA
a scientific fact that the flash from lighted
potash is much more perceptibe when OBJ
served through blue glasses. and Mr.. Gutter
mans letter was referred by Acting Secretary
Meiklejohn to Col. Smart OF the Medical De-
partment for investigation.
Col. Smart procured from the Bureau OF
Ordnance q quantity OF smokeess powder
take from Mauser cartridges and conducted
to-day several experiments at the Army Medi-
cal Museum to determine the value Of the blue,
glass idea The Investigation led t. several
be OF value in the perfecting Of an invention to
be used in locating the powder fash, The
essery to darken the reflection from the
field itself to detect the faint light
fash. The experiments with blue and colored
glass proved very satisfactory in producing a
dark field. but Col. Smart was unable to pro
cure the proper material for a complete TEST.
He believes. however. that. wit the proper
Held giasses. a dark LIGHT viii enter the ihcid
glasses and enable the observer to detect the
flash OF white light In the foreground 1t is
proposed to continue the experiment. until an
| Invention Ia perfected which II is hoped by the
War Department will enable officers in the field
to detect the fash from tho enemy's guns.
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The Earliest Bird.


An ornith0 logist, having investigated tho
question Of A. what hour in summer the com
mOneSt small birds wake ny and sing states
pines az early as half past in the morning.
the backcnp beginning al half past . II Is
horizon before the first real sOngstcr appears
in the person 81 the black bird, He Is heard
half al hour b"inr" the thrush and the chirp
time before that OF the wren, Finally. the
house sparrow and the tomtit occupy the last
place on the list. The investigation has alto
gether ruined III" nrks reputation for early
rising, That much celebrated bird Is quite a
siuggard. as i does not Sc until long after tho
chanlnches, iinncts and number OF hedge
row birds have boon UP and about
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-24
CONTRACT FOR ORDNANCE REpokED.
Tho briggs Company Behindhand on =
Former Contract.

WASHINGTON. June 23-By direction Of Act
ing Secretary Meklcjohn. the Bureau OF
Ordnance has revoked the contract awarded
several weeks ago to the briggs Seabury Gun
and Ammunition Company for the construc-
ton Of forty G-poundcr and forty 15-
FOUNDER rapid-1rc guns. 1t has been deter
mined to readvertiAc 'or bids for these guns.
this action being taken because of the dis
covery by the department that the company
mentioned is already behind time in the dee
livery OF guns Of n similar type under "A con.
tract awarded In April. lSS. At that time the
briggs company had contract for eighty
l5-pounders and twenty O-poundcrs. Work
was Immediately begun ut the company's fac:
tory in Derby. Conn. but II had not progressed
Specifications Of the department calling for q
certain comrosition OF bronze in the gun carr
riages. II was impossible to procure his COM
position Of bronze and have II give the requis
site tensile strength
II was only few months ago that the Ord-
nance Bureau determined to change the spcci-
hcations by waving those relating to the COM
position OF bronze. Since then the work on
the guns has progressed rapidly. and now
twenty OF the b-pounders are nearly ready
for delivery. or the l5-pounders. thirty are
final tcst at Sandy Hook within few weeks.
The final test of the first Of the 8-pounders
was held at Sandy Hook this week and proved
very satisfactory. Under the contract with the
Government. however the briggs Company
will be compelled to pay the department pen.
atty Of several hundred dollars a day until the
completion Of the order
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Thief Caught by Chemical Preparation.


TTTITT T0' IsVHT0W TstTTrT.
A rich American, residing in the st. Georges
quarter here had been for some little time pa st
and money not left under lock and key disap-
pcarcd regularly, NJ. Corvette, the Commits
SSaary OF Police, was Informed Of the. ropheries
effective watch on the bedroom where the
thetts occurred. but he adopted n stratagem
containing a mixture Of picric acid and fuschino
was placed IN a metal case for holding gold.
order to get out the gold the metal case had
to he held upside down. and then. OF course,
the chemical preparation would run out and
yellow, Az soon as some Of the gold was
missed NJ. COrnetto summoned all the servants
TO his presence. The Wallets fingers betrayed
him. Realizing the usclcssncss OF denying
when caught yellow handed he confessed. and
was duly locked up,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-06-24
Wind Couldn't stop This watch.
From u, 81. Paul Dispatch.

From re n, I1W DlJpdtck.
There is q singular but an absolutely true
story OF watch which went through the cy-
clone. -
The timepece, which has been under fire
and is now veteran. was an old ono % strong
build. When the storm struck. the owner.
whose name Is Bryant, forgot all about his val
uanlos in the hustle for safety The watch was
in the drawer OF bureau Alter the blow was
over Mr. Bryant found himself almost without
ascratch and went back to view the house
He found nothing but landscape. He began
to search about the ruins early the next norm
ing. and here comes the funny but true part OF
II. In the bottom OF an unbroken pickle lar
were the works Of the watch. ticking awaT.
while the silver case could not be found.
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The KIondike in Central Park.

To THE EpIroR or THE sUS-Sir; The railroad
erected in Central Park between Ioeth street and
10th street. should not be considered novelty
for the children but Klondike for the owners
The outrage Of charging i've cents for trip OF three
minutes has become the talk OF the mothers and a
disgrace TO the Park. By O'Clock the afternoon
tickets for ride were sold with tho condition TO
come next day as thousands were III waiting line
Why not telegraph Croker to cancel his races
abroad and come TO New York to take control of the
new Klondike at one cent fare He could make a
IN llion this season. ~ ZIppyHT
NKw YoRK, June lo.
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The fact that Comptroller CoLER has
been compelled to apply to the Corporation
Counsel for help In inducing the Assent bly, to
formally issue the bonds required to pay for
lands already legally condemned in the Croton
watershed for the protection Of the citys water
supply, shows how arbitrary and without iusti-
fable foundation is the attitude taken by the
Assembly in the matter OF appropriations.
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The StRr-Eyed Goddess Smiling Toward
Protection,
From The Loui.viIls courr.JournaI.

Louisville's only cotton mill declared last
cent and ar extra dividend OF per cent This
enterprise has made 4 per cent through bad
has greatly improved and enlarged its plant out
OF its earnings, and Is in better condition 10
make money now than ever. Only 10 per cent
In the United States. the remainder being sent
abroad to support the laborers and enrich the
manufacturers OF Europe.