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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-01-13
n1rl1 rrRsonNEL BILL.
Capt. Cr~owninshield Explains HIS Attitude
Regarding the Rank Of the staff.

Regarding the Rank OF the stan.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-There has been much
MISUNDERSTANDING. even among naval officers.
concerning the position OF Capt. A. S. Crown
inshield. Chief OF the Bureau OF Navigation.
in opposing that section OF the Naval Per-
sonnet bill providing that stan officers OF the
navy shall have rank" instead OF relative
rank" At the request OF q Sun reporter. Cart.
Crowninshield to-day prepared n statement
defining his attitude on the subject. The
statement follows:
"The reports which have been current during
the last few DAYS that opposition has devel-
oped 10 the so-called Personnel bill are due to
a misunderstanding In regard to the action
taken by myself ard other officers concerning
the final provision OF section z OF the bill in
question. which provides hat wherever in the
statutes fixing the rank. duties, &C.. Of stan
Officers. the words with the relative. rank of
oscur, they shall be stricken out and the words
with the rank OF substituted: There has
been no opposition whatever, so far rs ! know.
to making these changes; providing Il does no
rank Of q staff officer, The custom. OF the SER
vice. the understanding OF the department.
tive rank as giving the same standing in re.
gard to the precedence, duty on boards. and
l noes %Ith rank Nix" 2 Il Was feared, however. thai
the language of the proposed clause might be
Interpreted to give 70 stan officers the titIes
to line officers.
/ merely hope TO see some amendment TO
vision in the bill which will retain for those
and only those performing the duties OF line
officers the titles which rightly helong to them.
effect that no staff officer shall, by virtue Of
bis rank. be entitled TO ommand outside OF
resentatives of the Medical and Pay corps are
in accord with me in supporting the whole
bill with these notifications. and i under.
stand. furthar. that In was not tntende0 that
tho clause substituting rank for relative
rank should give to staff corps any. claim TO
the titles OF the line of the navy. j believe that
the bill has now the support of substantially
every branch OF the navy"
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A Jurors Remarkable Error.
From he Cincinnati Enquirer.

From NE Cincinnati Enquirer.
CHATTANOOGA. Jan. LOAN incident occurred
at the courthouse at McMinnville, Tenn, to-day
that is unique in the riminal annals OF the
State. William. Brown had been on trial for
wife. and yesterday afternoon the Jury returned
ayerdict Of guilty OF murder In the first degree.
which means hanging in this State. Just az
the Judge was about to pronounce sentence,
ono OF the jurymen stated that he had passed
was John. the brother Of the murdered woman,
who was on trial, and not the husband and
that he had viewed the testimony from an en-
done II he, had thoroughly understood the case.
This development necessltated setting tho ver-
diet aside. which the Judge did after some
rather pointed remarks at the sovereign who
had sat through five days OF an exciting crimi-
nal investigation and had not been able to learn
who was Oh trial.
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CONVICTED OF PROFANITY.
Interesting Prosecution Under the Law OF
Mississippi.
From ne Southern Reporter.

FROM the southern Reporter.
State vs.. Wiley. Supreme Court Of Mississippi
Dec. IL, 1891 Profane Swearing. The use of the
word damned" is profanity without being used in
connection with the name OF the Deity.
Appeal from Circuit Court, Union county; g. L.
James. Special Judge.
Tom Wiley was indicted for using profane Ian.
guase in q public place in the presence Of three or
more persons. He was tried and acquitted. On the
trial the evidence was in conflict as to whether de.
PENDANT called one Strap a damned rascal or liar, or
whether he called him a God damned rascal or liar.
The State asked the Court to instruct the jury that,
In either event. the defendant was guilty as charged,
but the Court struck ont the words you are a
damned rascal or a damned liar" To this action Of
the Court the State excepted and appealed from the
judgmcnt Of the Court discharging the defendant.
Reversed.
Wiley n. Nash, Acknowledgement. for the State.
Whitfield, J. The Court erred in striking ont the
words set out as having been stricken from the in
s%tructions for the State. Says the Court in Gaines
Judge Cooper: 1T is not absolutely necessary that
the name of the Deity should be used that in. to
constitute profanity. Any words importing an i'm
precation of divine vengeance. or implying divine
condemnation. SO used as to constitute a public
nuisance, would su~fice"-citing cases. See, to the
same effect. . Bish. New Or. Law. s 10 a.; and . Am,
and Eng. Enc. Law 1st Edo, p. aga, notes. where the
authorities are collated. The very words hore
stricken out were held to constitute profanity in
Holcomb VS.. Cornish, & Conn, 3T5. The Court, there
folc, erred in its holding as to what constituted pro-
family.
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This Growing Country.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: It costs moro
now to build q steel ship in this country than IL does
in England. but I believe that is largely because We
haven't got TO II yet. There are various tools and
implements OF American manufacture that. even
though they may cost a little more, delivered. than
the corresponding articles with which they como
into composition. are sold in increasing nun.
bers abroad because OF their superior adaptabiIity
TO their several uses. We excel here in the inven.
ton aud use of machines that not only practically
We have here the materials. and don't for a min.
ute doubt that We shall before long be building
ships. don't believe We begin even yet 10 realize
what is In store for this nation. which, though still
but a youth is already a Giapt among the greatest.
AAFuIrlG
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The six years Of EDWARD MURPHY, Jr.'s.
term az q Democratic Senator from New York
have left him the %undisputed nominee OF his
party for reelection an empty honor as it hap
pens. but. owing to the conduct of the Ma
tional Democracy during the last few years
the highest possible. and, therefore. graft
flying. As a good Christian also he should be
content at the loss to himself which gives to DR..
DEPEw. his successor, the happiest moment OF
his life. Few will grudge pleasure to either
of them. Tit exactions Of political partisan
ship being put out OF consideration, senator
MURPHY has been always n judiclous and stall
wart upholder Of the interests Of the Empire
State. Nothing loss Is expected Of DR.. DEPEw.
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THE REMAINS OF COLUuBUs.
Santo Domingo Says She Has Them In n
Sepulchre in That City.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 1.-THE Government Of
santo Domingo has taken measures to en-
phatically dispute the claim OF the Spanish
Government that the remains taken from Ha-
vana to Spain just before Spanish sovereignty
ceased in Cuba were those OF Christopher CO.
lumbus. In a despatch received by mail at the
State Department to-day. the United States
Consul-General at Santo Domingo City SAYS
that there has recently been erected In the
santa lglesia Cathedral there a monument or
pher Columbus. which lie intended to serve as a
final resting place for his remains. The Consult
General says that on Dec. ) the remains OF the
great discoverer were placed In the new sepul-
chre with aPpropriRte ceremonies.
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hold judicial authority may well regard as
a catastrophe.
II now remains TO be seen whether the
majority Of the members OF the criminal
section OF the Court OF Cessation will have
the courage OF their convictions and carry
out their reported intention Of declaring
DREYFUs innocent. II they do, the anti
Dreyfuslte masses, who have, at last, n ci-
william leader, as we'll as an army at their
back, may accomplish the coup dttdt. which,
according 10 rumor, has been long preparing
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British subjects. then why shouid The treatment
melted out 70 them in places out Of the borders OF
India be At variance with that accorded to others'
Why should there be restriction for free immiera.
ton, and why should indentured immigration be
encouraged Such questions with defined limits
and confines Of a British subject arc materially inn
portRnt, seriously touching our progress
What adds TO the embarrassment in
which the British Colonial onice finds
itself in dealing with the British Indian
question in Natal, is that the British
Indians in the Transvaal Republic are agi-
tatlng through their fellow countrymen in
India and England for the removal or nit
igation Of the disabilities they are suffering
under at the hands Of the Beers.
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Tammany and Montana.

From he Butte Daily Inter. Mountain.
The anaconda Standard gave It's support to Van
wyck for Mayor of Greater New York ON the grounds
that %rammany was all right on the silver question
and should be accorded the undivided support of
the free coinage States in its struggle with poor old
Henry George.
As a matter of fact, the only thing that Tammany
has ever done to reciprocate the Standards ardent
support Ia to give John NJ. Quinn. late editor OF the
Butte Ain.r. q job in tho Water Works Department OF
New York city, where his eloquence is said to have .
telling effect.
As . stratogist Mr.. Croker is a man Of phenomenal
resources.
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THE WAR on ROBERTS.
Connecticut Women and Massachusetts Leg
islators Against Seating the Mormon.

GREENWICH. Conn. Jan. 1.-THE Rev. Josiah
Strong. D. D.. formerly President Of the Evan
gelical Alliance OF the United States. is soon
to present a remonstranOe TO Representa-
tive +. j. Hill of this Congress district,
signed by the e:ghty-Hve members OF the
local W. g. IT,, against the seating of Roberts,
the polygamist, OF Utah, in Congress. A meet
terday. and n resolution was passed dcprecating
the election OF Roberts. Mrs. Josiah Strong
husband personally.
BosToN, Jan. 12:-Pesolutions were intro
duced in the Legislature to-day protesting
against the seating OF Congressman elect Brig
ham ii. Roberts Of Utah.
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NATIONAL B1SK REPORTS.
Increase in Resources from Sept. 20 t
Dec. 1 of $500. 1888, 475.


WASHINGTON. Jan. 12.-Charles G. Dawes.
Comptroller of the Currency. in commenting
upon the abstract OF reports OF national banks
under the call of Dec. l. 1893. said that it was
the most notable statement made in the history
Of the national banking system. The total
resources shown by the reports Of Sept. 20.
1883. were $4.O03.511 .O44, which was the
tenn mp to that time. The total resources shown
by the. reports. of Dec. l, lSJS. were S4,3l3 =
The increase in individual deposits over the
Sept. 20 statement is Sl93.Sl5.272 and they
reach a total OF $2.225. 2D9.Sl3 In loans ami
discounts the increase is 5S.433, 2lO. and their
aggregate $2.2l4,394, 1874. The cash in hanks
shows an increase, while notes and bills ret!is-
counted and bills payable show u decrease H5
com pared with the September statement.
These are some Of the figures from the re.
lawful money reserve. .s464. 35l. 413. including
$~32S.60O,71l In specie and $l3S.6rD.7Il in
circulation. S2l3. 5Sl. :jSJ.
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The Massachusetts Democratic State
Committee "reaffirm their allegiance to the
great principles OF Democracy as enunciated in
the rarty's national platform adopted at Chi
cago in 1896 and the last State Convention at
Worcester. and take special pleasure in record
ing their appreciation and Endorsement of the
splendid campaign waged in behalf of the
peoples rights by their intrepid champion. who
ranks in merit and esteem with the historic
leaders OF the Democracy. Col. W. j.. BRYAN"
The Hon. RICHARD CROKER please copy.
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A Black Fox In Maine.


From NE LsroitiOn EU,nino Journal.
LISBON. Me. Jan. 10.-Tho most exciting
thing IN Lisbon this. week was the advent ola
hard TO find, Moreover. when the peit Is prime
II Il worth anywhere from 500 to S125. No
wonder then that when Bert Coombs came
exciting chase, through nurrles Of snow and
over brush and through thlckets, Of a lively
a crowd OF eHpectant men it was that started
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In the House yesterday Mr.. L. W. CAR
MACK. a native OF Castalian Springs. Tenn.
made a speech in which he read the hand OF
the future and foretold lnnumerable woes IF
we do not pause ere 1t Is too late" The trouble
with the present Democratic party is that II is
always too late and is continually pausing
while the rest Of the country goes on.
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Mr.. JUDsoN HARMON or HARMON JUDsoN
OF Cincinnati says that annexation puts the
countrymen OF GEORGE WASHINGTON in a very
unenvlable light in the eyes OF the nations"
JUDsoS HARMON. HARMON JUpsoE These
names seem to bring the light OF other days
around us. We have certainly heard them
before;somewhere. Some time, but where and
when we cannot now recall.
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The First Dollar Note,

To TIRE EDITOR or THE sUS-Sir; On June I2, 1894.
you published a statement relative to Continental
money. the eArliest issue OF which was dated Jan. /,
1910, the colony or State not being given. The de.
nomination OF this note was In sterling - namely,
10 pence" Ihave since seen q Continental note
dated IpAwich, Mass, Sept. 2. 1879. the denomina-
ton OF which ia IN dollars" Can any of your mil.
lion readers recall an earlier use Of this denomina-
tion upon a Continental tor q ColoniAll notef
NEW YORK, Jan. II. ALEX. DEL MAR.
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1T will be noticed says the New Orleans piea-
pHns. commenting on these figures, that the great.
est number Of the executions were in the Southern
States. This does not show by any means that the
creates: number Of the crimes that merit death
were committed in the Sonth. but that the
course OF justice ia more swift and sure"
1t is not so much to the credit of the South
that II Furnishes certain crimes Just as promptly,
but by what is known as the administration
of popular Justice. This is applied in the shape
OF lynchings. and II the TribuneS report can be
taken as correct, the record for 1879 ia:
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Mnssachusstts,Au Right.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: think that you
ovorestimats the number OF the anti-imperialists In
this State. come In contact with hundreds of the
bone and sinew II. these parts. and have Us yet TO
hnd one who ia II. favor Of giving up what we have
gained in our lat, war. We look on these "antis"
as a lot OF harmless old women, who have the art Of
keeping themselves always in evidence.
WAKEFIELD, Mass. JOHN Fl. G. ALLEN.
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The Hon. ALEXANDER MONROE DocKERY
OF Missouri is celebrating the flag end Of his
last term in Congress by shouting: Military
despotism !" Mr., DocRERY is the creative Dem
ocratic statesman who frankly admits that he
doesn't know what to do with the Philippines,
" goll dern EN-" The COLL dern school OF states
manship is very active Just now.
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One Of Senator MAsoN's reasons for OBJ
jecting to the annexation Of the Philippines is
his belief that he couldn't live in their climate.
Surely n gentleman who has been gracefully
rounded in the climate OF Chicago can live
anywhere else beneath the tester Of heaven.
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w, learn from the Providence Journal that
the Hon. ALADDIN ATKISsoN's little master
pieces. THE Cost OF a Crime " and The He'll
OF War" have reached a circulation OF $4,000
copies. Every Anti-imperialist must have
taken ten copies.
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Several hundred Bostonlans are now call
ing on mankind to admire tho biggest car
sheds in the country. with the exception OF
those OF 81. Louis; but these same citizens are
maddened by the proposition TO enlarge the
United States. Curious that the instinct OF OK
pansion should be 30 irregular In it's nantes
tations.
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Forest and His Friend.

From tie ChilIeOthe NeDI.
Mr.. Forest Pancake returned yesterday from Canal
Dover, o.. where he purchased a hvs.yeAr-old roam
gelding with a trotting mark OF 2:25. Nj. George
HoSom accompanied Mr.. Pancake.
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What They Said.

From he Melbourne Times.
Mistress. 10 se~rVantl-Did you tell those ladies a
the door that l was not at homer
3 ryAnt-Yis, mum.
Mistress-What did they sayl
BeryRnt-HoW fortiniL
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From ne Boston Herald.

FFVW " UVsTVW HrTUTV'
IsLIP, L. l., Jan. 1o.-It can be positively announced
that Capt. Hank C. Half will not be the skipper Of tho
cup defender. Capt. Hal has not been asked by
Mr.. Iselin to sail the defender. the latter saying that
he wants n younger man.
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Sky Initiated.

To THE EDIToR OF The sUS-Sir Is the Hon
Sky Odds eligible or has he already been introduced
He is q prominent politician OF this State.
MICHIGAN ISeUIRER.
MDDLEyILLE Mich, Jan. 10.
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Executions and LynchinGS in 1898.

The Chicago Tribune's returnB Of legal executions
in 1898 were 100. as compared with 1913 in 1897,
1872 in 1896, 1872 in 1897, 1872 in 1894, 128 in 1893
and lO7 in 1892. The executions in the several
States and Territories were as follows:
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5 correct. the record for lsps Is:

ofthese lynchings 11s occurred In tho South and
o in the North. OF tho total number lo2 were
negroes, % whites and ? Indians.
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The new State Superintendent of Public
Works. JOHN NJ. PARTRIDGE. must be in Gov.
RoosEvELT's judgment the best man to be got.
1t is to be hoped that that is good enough.
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P~Aprs-Kiusque No. ~. near Grand Hotel. and
No. 10. Boulevard des Capucines.
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Fottaee TO foreign Countries added.
THE suS. New Yorh City.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-04
OFFICE IHEATEsENr

In every case where 1t is possible for vo, :.
80 much more satisfactory to you and =, II is
doctor to have personal consultationoo ~ IN .ne
examination. You then see and taiL ana
no old fnctar loih With
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-04
TRAIN HELD UP.
Robbers Said to Have Secured All
Cash in Express Car.

Robbers Said to Have Secured All
Cash in Express Car.
MANSFIELD, Mo-, Jan. 3.-The ninth
and first successful attempt at train
robbery on the line of the Kansas CITY.
Fort Scott & Memphis route occurred
tonight at S:55 near Macomb. a small
station five miles east of this point.
Macomb being flag station, one of the
robbers got aboard the west-bolnd
train at Norwood, the first station east
of Macomb. paying his fare to Macomb
and compelling the train to stop there
1t was Immediately boarded by five or
six masked men who, covering all mem
bers of the train crew with Winches-
ters and revolvers, compelled the engi-
neer and fireman to cut loose from the
remainder of the train.
The mail, baggage and express cars
were then run up the line about two
miles and stopped in lonely cut where
engineer Calender was placed in front
of the robbers and forced to break
open the door of the express car, after
which he was placed in front of the
foremost robber and together they en-
tered the express car. covering South
ern Express Messenger Newton and
Baggagemaster Sieben with their pis-
tolls, forcing him to go outside of the
car. They then proceeded to dynamite
the through safe. two charges COM
pletely demolishing the express compa-
nys safe and playing havoc with the
car and it's contents. 1t is not known
now much money and valuables were
secured, as the safe blown open was a
through safe. being opened only at a
Few OF the most important towns along
the line between Memphis and Kansas
City. Everything was taken from it.
and 1t is safe to say they were well
paid for their trouble. The local safe
which contained the local money pick
ed up was not moiested
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-04
FAST NkAIL FLYERS.
Great Crowd Greeted Their Arrival
In Omaha.


OMAHA. Jan. 3.-The new fast mail trains
on the Burlington & Northern roads finished
their phenomenal runs from Chicago without
special incident, this morning The Bur-
lington pulled into the terminal station at
7:4b, eight minutes ahead of scheduled time.
Ine Northwestern arrived at 758 seventeen
minutes ahead of schedule. The trains had
a head wind oil the way, but In spite of this
the crews Of both trains are confident even
better time can be made If they are called
upon to do so. There was a large crowd pres
ent at the depots to witness the arrival Of the
trains. principally composed of railroad men,
pu. with a fair sprinkltng of outsiders desir-
Gus OF getting first look at the flyers. The
NEW Rock Island train does not start until
next Sunday
The runs of the rival fast mail trains have
been the universal topic Of conversation
among railroad men today. 1t Is the con-
sensus of opinion that so far as today's trip
is concerned, neither road has any important
advantage, and that the time can be material
~ reduced II 1t Is necessary. The engineers
VINO pulled the trains assert that an hour
can be clipped from the present fast schedule
and In the light of the run of the east-bound
burlington train last night, and the COMPARE
tive ease with which both the west bound
trains made the run, the beSt-posted operat-
ing men concede the engineers are correct.
Assistant Superintendent Storrs, OF the
Railway Mail service, accompanied the Bur
initial run. He was enthusiastic over the
fine showing made. He said;
The run was very good easy one II
was made smoothly and without exert:on 1t
was not race The Burlington merely made
the time we asked it to-"
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-04
GREAT WESTERN WINS.
VIII Be Admitted to the Heart os
Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Jan. 3.-Rv the ar
ton Of the city council tonight the
Illinois Central and the Chicago Great
western will be admitted to the heart
OF the city. A franchise was granted
the Omaha Bridge & Terminal com
pany to use certain streets for railroa n
tracks. This is the end of a long fieht
the roads mentioned being the power
pehlnd the terminal company. The lat
ter owns $2,000,00O bridge over the
Missouri river at this point, built sew
en- years ago. which has never been
used, all trains entering the city over
the Union Pacific bridge. The terminal
company also owns valuable terminals
on this side of the river.
The Illinois Central is now bufldins o.
line from Fort Dodge, To-, to Coun.
ell Bluffs. paralleling the Northwest
ern. Stlckney's road will enter bv a
line OF its own, or may secure a right
OF way over some other line. It is nm
derstood that the Port Arthur line viii,
also avail itself of the terminal com
pany's bridge and other facilities. It
now uses the Union Pacific bridge
Inc granting Of the franchise was
fought by the Chicago, st. Paul Min.
neapolis & Omaha road, which has
tracks on the streets concerned A
compromise was made satisfactory to
the latter.