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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

The Democratic candidates for the Assembly
were successful at last years election in ~ Of
the 80 districts in town. In the other eight
districts the Repu bcans had substantial ma
Joritles in six and small majorities In two
namely. the Fifth and the Eighth. In no dist
riot OF New York County where q Democratic
candidate was elected was his majority so
small as to put the district in the doubtful list
on the same lines OF political division as existed
q year ago. the Republicans united on one
ticket and the Democrats on another. In the
twenty-sixth Assembly district the Democratic
lead was, ] 100 votes. No district carried by
Democratic candidates was closer than this.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

George G. Barrett was first chosen Justice Of
the supreme Court in the year 1871. when no
was the nominee Of the Republicans aud the
anti-Tammany Democrats. He was reelected
in 1885 with the unanimous support OF all po-
litical parties except the ProhiDitionsts. who
ran candidate against him. hut poed less than
1000 votes Judge Barrettis now IN the twenty
eighth year OF his service as II Supreme Court
Judge, He was previously Judge Of the Court
OF Common Pleas taking Office two years be
fore the election Of Joseph +. DAILY. who served
twenty-eght years on the bench OF the Com
mon feas and the supreme Court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-08-09

The provision OF tho New York Charter
which gives minority Of tho Board OF Alder
men control over the course of municipal lcgis-
lation. to the extent of holding the veto power
over sundry measures and ordinances. seems
likely to make the post of Alderman an oiIlco
to he fought for with more energy and fervor
than heretofore in Aldcrmanic elections in
New York. 1t is pointed out. too. by some per-
sons that the present salary Of an Alderman
$1,000 year, is manifcstly inadequate, ard
that Board OF Aldermen having Repu blican
or at least an ntI-Tammany majority. would
be moro likely TO secure favorable cousidera-
ton for raise from the next Legislature than
would n Tammany Board
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14

day enforces competition between rail-
ways, SO there is no other great nation
to-day which does not regulate and con-
troll railway rates. If this country is to
change its theory of railway regulation
it should adopt the new theory in its
entirety. Carriers ask authority to COM
blne in order to fix and maintain reaS-
enable rates. But who shall decide what
rates are unreasonable? Shall it be left
to the carriers to fix their own rates, or
should the people, who grant this eS-
traordinary privilege. reserve to them
selves the decision of this question? 1t
does not necessarily follow therefore,
that permission should be given to car
riers to make these commissions. The
evils attendant upon restricted compe-
tition might be greater than benefit de-
rived from it. The rate should be re-
movable as well as stable and uniform,
and hitherto competition has been main
ly relied upon for that purpose. Now, if
competition is to be removed. what is to
take the place of it? The conclusion of
the commission in reference to the
agreements of this sort and the degree
of control over rates which should be
exercised by public authority is sub
stantially as announced in its annual re-
port. If commissions in restraint of
competition are to be permitted, the fol-
ION iltS duuIllOHdl oDSGENalIOHS SHOulu
be borne in mind:
!, To permit only a limited and fee
bic restraint would be to doom the ex-
pertinent tc failure before it was tried;
but it might be well to provide that he
provision granting the privilege should
expire after a certain number of years
by its limitations.
?. The contract itself and everything
done under it should be open to public
inspection.
3. 1t would probably be to the ad-
vantage OF both the public and the
railways if the public had some voice
or representation in some organization
of the kind under consideration. If the
public appointed one or more of the
board of managers to whom the ship
per would feel free to submit his COM
plant, and who would bring the ship
per's views before the association, it
might do much to promote Just
conduct and harmonious relations be-
tween the railways and the public and
thus prove materially beneficial in
high degree. Whatever view may be
taken of this phase of the subject, the
necessity for thorough revision of the
act cannot be overstated. The princi-
pies of this law as set forth in it's first
three sections are conceded to be sound
and beneticent, but at present they
amount to little more than declaration
of sentiment. Some of the minor fea-
lures of the statute are fairly sufficient,
but the machinery for enforcing its
substantive provisions is fatally defect
i've. Until needful legislation is sup
piled, that demand must remain unsat-
isfied and the commission must con-
tinue to rest under the responsibility
of duty which it is powerless to dis
charge.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
A SOCIALIST PROTEST.
The Maintenance of Peace Depends on
the People.

Berlin, Jan. l3.-In the reichstag to-
day the debate on the army bill intro
duced yesterday by Lieutenant General
Won Gossler. minister of war, was re-
sumed. Herr Bebel, the socialist leader,
declared that the maintenance of peace
did not depend entirely upon govern
ments, as the people of Europe earnest
~ desired peace. 1t was mockery, he
said, to express sympathy with the dis
armament manifesto of Emperor Mich
olas and at the same time to introduce
the bill under consideration. The pres
ident of the chamber called Herr Bebel
to order but amid cheers from the right
the socialist deputy continued:
Russia is forced to avoid war, owing
to her internal condition, while France
is not in a position and does not believe
herself in a position to go to war with
Germany until assisted. This measure
Is consequently unjusttied by the polit-
ical situation. In the struggle of compe-
tition the victor will be the nation pos
sessing the most intelligent workmen."
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14

and valuable document. The commits
tee reported a bill to remove certain
burdens on American shipping. framed
| by Mr.. Dingley. which passed the
house, but there was not time to recon
CHE d1sagreeing amendments between
the Two houses before the FORTY
seventh congress expired. While this
| bill was under consideration in the
mouse, ne made a speech on the 'Re-
| VlVal or American Shipping,' in reply
| to congressman Cox, which placed him
at once in the front ranks of congress-
men and gave him a national reputa-
| ton. In 1882 he was reelected as
| congressman at large. On the opening
| OF congress in December, 1884, Speaker
Carilsle appointed him at the head or
| the republican minority on both the
banking and currency committees ana
the select committee on American ship
ping and shipoWning interests. Mr.
DlnSley ar once reintroduced his snip
ping Dill, which was passed by the
house and sent to the senate. The lat
ter body amended it by adding pro-
vision for the encouragement of Amer
lean postal steamship lines, but subse-
quently the difference was adjusted in
conference and the bill was approved
py the president on June "a. 1884.
On Feb. Z. 1884, Mr.. Dingley reported
from the shipping committee his bill
to constitute a bureau of navigation
in the treasury department and later
in the month it was passed in the
house under suspension Of the rules.
Subsequently the Senate concurred ard
the bureau was organized, Mr.. Dinsley
was reelected to the 4ath congress
from the second Maine district in 1884.
AT the annual meeting of the congress
sonal temperance society in February,
1887. Mr. Dingley was elected president.
In June. 1885, Mr. Dingley was re-elect-
ed to the 50th congress and again to
the 51st in 1888, the Sind in 1890, the
53rd in 1892. the 54th in 1894 and the 10Th
in 1896 by large and increasing major1-
ties. In the Sind and 53rd congresses
he was an active member of the COM
mittee on appropriations. In forming
his cabinet prior to entering on the du-
ties of chief executive, March 4, 1897,
President Mckinley rendered the posi-
ton of the secretary of the treasury to
Mr. Dingley, but he declined the offer,
preferring to remain in his position as
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee and floor leader of the republic
can party of the majority Of the house.
Under his lead the house within 16 days
after the 55th congress was convened in
extraordinary session on the 9Th of
March, 1897, by President Mckinley,
passed a bill revising the tariff.
Mr.. Dingley was a Congregationalist
in religion. He was married June II,
1857, to Miss Salome Mckinney of Au-
burn, Me. They have six children, Hen
ry NJ, Charles l.. (deceased), Arthur,
Albert G., Chester d. and Edith Ding
lev
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
A Programme Submitted,

London, Jan. IA Vienna CORE
spondent of the Standard says A circu-
lar issued on Thursday to the powers
from st. Petersburg, stating that the
cars magnanimous idea having met
with general appreciation, the time has
arrived to submit to the cabinets a pro-
gramme to be considered at the proposed
conference, which must be regarded as
nothing more than a basis for the DELHI
erations. l understand this programme
does not mention disarmament. 1t re-
stricts itself to proposing a limitation of
the growth of ornaments, especially with
respect to new inventions. 1t does not
suggest any particular place of meeting
but proposes some other town than one of
the capitals of the great powers.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
A GIGANTIC COMBINE,
The Standard Oil Will Attempt to Revo.
lutionize Copper Mining.

Chicago, Jan. 13.-The Record to-mor-
row will say: A gigantic combination
in copper was recently effected in New
York. and with the reputed backing Of
the Standard Oil company. The Ameri-
can Copper company, in its combina-
ton of six great plants, expects to revo-
lutionize the copper mining industry of
the world. The Boston & Montana and
Butte & Boston companies, the Old Do
minion company of Arizona and the
Arcadian, Tamarack and Osceola Min
ing companies of Michigan are named
as the component parts Of the new or
ganization 1t is understood that the
Calumet Il Hecla company, the largest
producer in the Lake Superior region
declined to enter the combination.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
China's Integrity.

London. Jan. 1.-THE Standard prints
the following dispatch from Kobe ia
pan: Rear Admiral Lord Charles Ber-
esford arrived here to-day (Friday) and
was received with every mark of re-
spect by the Japanese officials. A dep
,utation representing the British colony
waited upon him with an address of
welcome, and in the course of his reply
he reverted to his scheme for an alli-
ance between Great Britain, the United
States, Germany and Japan. To main
tain the open door in China must be
the basis of China's integrity"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
GOMEZ PROGRAMME.
Cubans and Spaniards Should Unite for
Independence.

independence.
Havana, Jan. 13-Maximo Gomez.
who is still in the interior, continues to
keep his programme before the people.
I is this in substance:
First, the island is not yet independ-
emit; second, Cubans and Spaniards
should unite in making it so; third, all
the inhabitants of the islands should
give the United States full credit and
cooperate cheerfully for the present.
General Gomez has written to the
principal of the Cuban commanders,
instructing them to keep the Cubans,
soldiers and civilians, from committing
any outrages upon Spaniards and to aid
in the arrest and punishment of any
Cuban guilty of such an offense Gomez
is regarded by the United States mill
tary commission as scarcely suited to
any high civil office. He is considered
soldier of fortune: his manners are of
the camp, and he is deficient in educa-
ton.
Advices from Matanzas city say that
the last Spanish troops there embarked
on board the transport San Francisco
on Wednesday night. Captain General
Castellanos also boarded the transport
The city bells were rung, the band of
the 18th New York regiment played at
the palace and there was a fireworks
display. Cubans carried Pedro Betan-
court into the palace on their shoulders
and he addressed from the balcony the
crowd gathered in the plaza below
General Wilson, military governor of
the department of Matanzas, and Be
tancourt exchanged congratulations
The evacuation festivities included re-
ception at the palace and a ball.
Five thousand Havana clerks have
signed petition to General Brooke
asking to have the stores closed at 7
o'clock in the evening SO they may be
able to go to night schools.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
WILL LAST A WEEK.
The Cortes Will BE Convened to Ratify
the Peace Treaty.

Madrid, Jan. 13.-Senor Sagasta, the
premier. will convene the cortes for
Jan. % or 80, and will Immediately de-
mand a ratification of the peace treaty
The debate, it is expected, will last a
week.
Spain has again reminded the Wash
ington government of the undertaking
on the part of the United States peace
commissioners in regard to the Spanish
prisoners in the hands of the Flipinos,
and has asked a prompt reply.
The newspapers allege that the
Americans have requested the Span
iards not to withdraw the Spanish
troops from Mindanao, the southern
most island of the Philippines. before
the arrival of the Americans there, so
as to prevent an insurrection breaking
ont
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
Deadlock in West Yirainia.

Charleston, w. Va, Jan 13.--Everything
is quiet tonight in the West Virginia leg
islatnre. owing to the house failing to
complete its organization. New candf-
dates are springing up and q deadlock
seems probable. owing to the republican
division among the numerous candidates
IN tn" meantime. Senator Elkins is keep
Ing out of the struggle by remaining
away, Hon John T. McGraw, the lead
ing democratic aspirant expects to hold
the balance of power and dictate the nom
nation.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
Can't Choose a Senator,

Bismarck. n. D., Jan. l3.-The dead
lock continues in the senatorial caucus.
Two ballots were taken tonight with
out change and the caucus adjourned,
subject to the call of the caucus COM
nittee. The vote on the 18th and last
ballot stood: Johnson, %; Marshall. IL;
Little, 9; Lamoure, s; McCumber, s;
Hanna. 6, and Cooper. L. There is no
likelihood now that a senator will be
chosen in caucus.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
An Insurgeut Victory,

Lima, Peru, via Galveston, Jan. 10
Gable adyices received here to-day from
General Rivadeneyra. in command of
the insurgent forces in Ecuador says:
81 am with victorious army at
Ibarra $50 miles north of Quito The
forces of Alfaro tpresident of Ecuador)
tried TO retake the town, but were de-
feated, and l am now about to pursue
them"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14

Madrid. Jan. 13.-The government has
received the following official dispatch
from Manila: THE American troops
here which were ordered to noilo
mutinied and refused to start. General
Miller has been ordered to abandon
Iloilo and return to Manila. All the
American troops have been ordered to
concentrate here. the situation being of
the graVest character"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
A Gentle Reminder.

From the New York World.
Father calling from the head of the
stairs at 1:3O a. m.)-Fannie!
Fanne-Yes, papa: what is it?
Father-L wish you would ask that
young man where he would like to have
his trunk put when it comes.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
Bank Clearings.

New York. JAM lS-The following table,
compiled by Bradstreet, shows the bank
clearings at principal cities for the week
ended Thursday, January u. with the per-
centage of increase and decrease as COM
pared with the corresponding week last
year:
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
Couldn't Raise Funds.

San Juan de Porto Rico, Jan. 13.--The
mayor and the entire city council have
resigned. This action, they assert, was
taken because of their inability to raise
sufficient funds under the present tariff
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-14
Mutually Entertained.

From Puck.
Terwiliger--I wonder why Jones and
Smith are SO fond of arguing with each
other.
Peterson-As near as I can find out each
one thinks the other is a fool.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04

of domestic matters will not make
family happy in whom the love and
spirit of home do not dwell. Home
not only a place to eat and sleep and
work in, but place to be happy in,
place to rest in and TO I've soothed,
place in which to love I'd be loved, a
place for condolences, AM counsel, and
strengthening words, anil hope, and
heartening. 1t is q good thing, and
noble thing, and satisfying thing to
be good housekeeper; there is no
profession of which and in which
woman can be so proud, and when so
blessed in head and heart and hand as
to be able to make and keep one of
those real homes which is a little
sunny spot of green in the great desert
of the world'-if there is anything bet
ter than this in life I have not yet
found it."
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04
An Unnamed Hero.

Among the melancholy applications
for ''leave to presume death" in the
Stella disaster, off the coast of Eng
land, was one touching in its revela-
ton of deed of heroism. The ap.
plicant was Miss Baker, whose
father, a major, had gone down with
the vessel. Both were about to perish
when the father made piteous ap-
peal to boatload of passengers, who
were leaving the side, to find room
for his daughter. One man, of whose
identity there is absolutely no trace,
instantly stepped back to the ship,
and allowed the lady to take his place.
AS the boat cleared the side, the yes.
sci went down, carrying with it the
girls father and her unknown rescuer.
How beautiful how unutterably sadl
His anonymity seems somehow to en-
hance the heroic grandeur of his death.
Nothing would have been gained by
knowing his name. A man capable
of such q deed wants no mortuary
honors, nor the local habitation of a
monument. He belongs to the in
finite of greatness, and his fitting
grave is the sea.-London Daily News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04
The Summer Hatpin.

The summer hatpin and the sailor
hat have arrived. The latter is very
rough as to straw, very narrow as to
brim and very low as to crown. 1t is
becoming to most faces. The summer
hatpins are of gold and silver in the
shape of oars, bearing the name of
ones favorite college in colored
enamel. Flag hatpins with the col
lege cry on the flagstaff are pretty.
The usual sporting pins, tennis
racquets, golf clubs, etc., are again
to the fore, and handsome enameled
plaques to match the enameled bell
buckles are used as hatpin heads.
They are about an inch square or
smaller and show a swimming girl, q
yachting girl in natty costume, q
Narragansett girl with parasol and
fowery hat or hunting girl in pink
coat taking fence ON her bay mare
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04
A Girls Way to Make n Living.

"What some New York girls won't
try to do to make a living isn't worth
trying" said a small boy, brother of
one of the New York girls who is try
in to make a livin'." She had told
him she was going to paint quills for
summer bats. Painted quilts are the
very latest touch, and the girl in ques-
tion is painting quills for so much q
dozen. For golf hats and all sorts of
sporting hats for women. and even
men, she has brown. blue, black, or
white quilts, and paints them in polka
dots of the same shade, in tennis
racquets or golf sticks crossed, hunts
mems horns or foxes tails, cricket
balls, etc.-any emblem which is or
dered or which su uggests itself to her
as appropriate. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04
Separate Waists in Vogue.

Separate waists almost might be
called that, because, unlike other
phases OF fashion, they do not pass
out of date. But that is fanciful
supposition, and the separate waist
continues to bs an engaging garment,
which may or may not be worn with a
particular skirt.
'"There are no two alike in the bet
ter grade of blouses," said the sales
woman, land no general description
gives any idea of their beauty. But
you might care to mention two in par
ticular which are made in the best
style. One is from taffeta the color of
ripe wheat, made with five over
tapping scallops, edged with white
satin cord. Vandykes of the wheat
colored taffeta are finished with Irish
point lace. And the same desirable
lace, made up with white Liberty
chiffon, is 1raped in tichu effect at the
corsage.
"Pastel pink taffeta, done with four
clusters of tucks in front, and vest
of the taffeta finely tucked is another
lovely blouse to slip on with pink
skirts or white ones, either, as you
fancy. Nothing is smarter than the
necktie which matches the waist,
whether silk or linen" Beach tulle
hats are favored with separate waists.
New York Press.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04
Wonderful Nerve.

Captain Evans, of the Iowa, in his
contribution to ''The Story Of the
Captains" for the Century. speaks of
the wonderful nerve and courage of a
boatswain' 's-mate named Trainor.
shown at the destructi IN of the
Vizcaya. The boat of which Trainor
was acting-coxswain was lying near
the stern of the burning cruiser, and
most of the Spanish sailors crowded
on her upper deck aft had been per-
suaded to jump overheard, and were
thus saved. Three remained, how
ever, holding on to the rail, with their
bodies hanging over the side of the
almost red-hot ship. Trainor was
heard to say, "We must save them
men somehow" and without orders
he jumped overheard, swan to the
side of the Vizcaya, clambered up to
the deck at the imminent risk of his
life, kicked the three men overheard,
took a header himself, and succeeded
in rescuing all three of them. The
water was full of sharks swapping and
tearing at the Spanish dead and
wounded. Trainor was afterward
promoted at the request of his captain.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1899-09-04

1t should not be forgotten that there
are likely to be two sides to Chinese
exploitation. China is undoubtedly
possessed of vast natural resources,
some of which have been worked for
ages, but with the careless or wasteful
methods of semicivilized peoples.
When these vast natural riches are
systematically developed by foreign
capital and engineers the other side
Of China's trade extension may become
perceptible. 1t is, for instance, claimed
that the iron and coal deposits of China
are the greatest in the known world;
the supply of labor is undoubtedly
vast one, and it needs but little pro-
phetic acumen to point out that some
day China will figure as a great COM
petitor in many lines of industries in
the markets of the world, says Brad
streets.