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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
L UNACY APPOINTMENTS.
A CORRESPONDENT UNDULY INDIGNANT
BECAUSE THE GOVERNOR HAS
TO CHANGE HIS MIND.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: The announcement in the newspapers
this morning that Governor Roosevelt has nom
mated Bradish Johnson to succeed Truman j.
Rackus as a member of the Board OF Managers
OF the Long Island State Hospital will be read
with establishment by many persons who have
believed that the Governor really meant his oft
repeated announcement at county fairs that no
officer would lack support from him in doing
his duty or need fear the revenge Of politicians
for having done it 1t has been known to those
familiar with the Lunacy Department for some
time that there opposition to the reappolnt-
lnent Of DR.. Backus, which he would not at
tempt TO combat, but it was not supposed that
the brave Colonel Roosevelt would yield to the
pressure. Indeed, Colonel Roosevelt did not
think he would himself, for only few days ago
he sent a letter to Alexander Z. Orr, also a
member of the Long Island State Hospital
Board. saying that he had determined TO reap
point DR. Backus. Those who remember how,
about a year ago the Governor made similar
statement that another officer in the Lunacy
Department would be kept and then in a few
days sent TO the Senate the name Of friend Of
Mr.. Odell who manifestly unfit that
he had to withdraw it in haste. may not be
much surprised at this oozng Of Colonel Roose-
yelts lighting blood.
Doubtless several ostensible reasons Will be
gwen for supplanting DR.. Backus, who has been
fepeatedly and unanimously elecced president Of
The Long Island Hospital Board. and has led in
lrlnginS order out Of the chaos Of the old Kings
County institution. The real reason. however,
Is probably not III Brooklyn, but in Western
New-Gork. The Hon John Raines is perhaps
having his revenge. DR. Backus active in
i-forming a scandalous condition of affairs
which once existed in the hospital, and in doing
- counter TO the interests of Senator Raines,
whose son-in-law then superintendent of
the hospital. He found il convenient to resign,
and perhaps il IS natural that Senator Raines
4fFF9faF
what shall be thought OF the Governor as the
sole living eXemplar of high and austere political
morality? or is this one Of the cases when il is
Necessary 10 be practical? | notice that Senator
tfaines was on he right side in voting 10 CON
ffIn superintendent Payn's successor. I wonder
II good hospital manager had to be thrown
overheard for the sake Of the Insurance De
paTtment.
A STUDENT OF PRACTICAL POLITICS
Brooklyn. Feb. >. 1900.
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MORE HARD WEATHER COMING.
THE GROUND HOG YESTERDAY RETURNED
TO HIS SLEEP DISCOURAGED.


TO HIS SLEEP DISCOURAGED.
II the people of Network are warned in time
what weather to expect for the rest of the winter
1t VIII not be through any efforts of the Park De-
partment II was learned yesterday with
prise that that inert body had made no preparation
whatever for the scientific observance of the con-
duct of the ground hog on the one day Of the
year In which his conduct Is significant There are
ground hogs in Central Park. and the Department
should have erected grandstands about their holes,
but 1t did not. On the contrary, when student
of meteorology went to the Park yesterday, and
asked d policeman where he could find ground
hog. the policeman answered: "Ah. go on! Dyer
tink I'm sausage factory2'
But The Tribune's special naturalist not I'M
prepared and he had Informed himself Of the
position OF the holes OF three four ground hogs.
He in the PARK before sunrise, and went at
the largest of the holes.
1t was only few minutes after the up
when the ground hog up also and out OF his
hole for the ground hog. though he sleeps for the
greater part of the winter. is early riser when
the time does come. He went only short way
from his hole and then looked anXiously about
him on the ground for his shadow lie soon found
lying little to the north of wes' OF him. This
was sign him OF the continuance of severe
weather. and in another second he was back in
his hole
The naturalist was fortunate enough arrive at
another hole before It's occupant was awake. As he
stood beside could hear gentle snoring, which
ceased. and the ground hog appeared and did
exactly as the other had done. The snoring
then resumed. The animal will now sleep tin the
severe weather foretod by the presence OF It's
shadow is past IT the shadow had rot been visible
that Is TO say If the weather had been bad-the
ground hogs would have stayed out OF their holes
in the assurance that the worst OF the winter was
over.
Yesterday the day called not only Ground
Hog Day. but also Candlemas. and It is IN the
Church the feast OF the Publication OF the Blessed
virgin a feast which, as usual corresponds to
some pagan festival Of about the same time. Inc
elief that the weather Of this day. or OF some
day not far 1t, IS the reverse Of the
weather TO be expected for the rest ~ the winter
is spread over many lands. The best explanation OF
such beliefs Is that the month OF February i
generally regarded, has been, as the month or
publication when the earth Is generally cleaned
up Of It's last years refuse and prepared for the
coming spring Therefore. II the cold and the
storms which are expected TO accomplish this come
promptly in February Il IS to be expected that the
weather thereafter will be good. but II February
proves to be Il gentle month then the purifying
storms are yet 10 come
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03

OBITUARY.
ISAAC ROsENWALn

Isaac ROsenwald, for many years president of the
Tobacco Board of Trade and of the first i'm
porters In this country OF Sumatra leaf tobacco,
died suddenly yesterday morning at his home in
this city, No. A East Sixtieth-st Mr.. Rosenwald
born in Bavaria April T. 1885, and came TO
this country when about twenty years old. lie
started tobacco business with his brother. Ed
ward, and later took two other brothers into the
firm. HI president of the Southern National
Bank. of the original members OF the Har-
monte Society. and was connected with numerous
charitable organizations He withdrew from active
business year ago on account OF Ill health.
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NAVAL COMMITTEE VISITS STEEL woRkS

Bethlehem Penn. Feb. (SpeciaD.-Acting Chair
man Foss and about twenty members of the Con-
gressionaI Naval Committee visited the BetbIabarn
Steel Companys ordnance works to-day The as
sembling of the l6 and is inch guns of the ARMY
plate for the new monitors interested the visitors
The manufacture of armor by the Krupp nrocass
explained in detail. well the forging Of
SO -
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MARRIED FOR SIXTr-FIVE YEARS.

Greenwich Conn Feb (SpecaD.-Mr, and Mrs.
Samuel B. Lockwood. of Sound Beach, tonight Gel
ebrated the sixty-hfth anniversary of their we'd
ding At the same time Mrs Lockwood celebrated
her eighty-nf birthday; Her husband four years
older He had five brothers and three sisters. and
two of the brothers still living Mr. Lockwood
is a fisherman and boatbuilder. fe has never had
q
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
JAMES VI. BURT.

James NJ. Burt formerly we'll known citizen Of
Brooklyn, died Thursday at the home Of his
daughter, Mrs. Thomas b. SteaTns in Denver, Col.
whittier he went four years ago for his health
He was born seventy-seven years ago, and was a
shoe merchant in this city. where he known
best connoisseur IN fine arts. He had fine
collection Of his own. possessing at one time
twenty Corots. He was Il member of the Rem
brandt club. of Brooklyn. The body Will be brought
to Brooklyn for burial In Greenwood Cemetery. and
the funeral will be held in the Strong Place Bap-
fist Church Of which Mr. Burt Il founder.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
EK-GOTERyOFs BROTHER SENTENCED

Philadelphia, Feb. Major William Henry Hast
ines, A brother OF former Governor Hastings who
on september % last pleaded guilty to three ndic
ments charging him with making bogus invoices
f0r goods and with obtaining s. 900 bv false me-
fences was to-day sentenced TO two years and ST.,
months from the date Of commitment 'rba 49, 9i1
has been in prison almost five months JOI
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-03
WILLIAM ROGERS GARDNER.

William Rogers Gardner. who for nearly twenty
five years was connected with the bookkeeping de-
partment OF Tiffany & Co, Union Square died sud
denly at his home No SO West Twelfth-st. on
Thursday night. Mr. Gardner born In Balti-
more fifty nine years ago. The burial will take
place at Baltimore Sunday.
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DIED..

REYNoLDS-Suddenly. Wednesday January ~ -
Charles II. Reynolds. in his SD year
Funeral service his late residence No SO Busnv3k-
Brooklyn. y. Y. Sunday. p
ROSENWALD-On Friday. February 2. Isaac Rossnvaid
beloved husband OF Rachel Rosenwad in his 65th year
Funeral Sunday February at 1890 from Temple
Emanuel, 5th-av and 43d
Please omit flowers
SLOANE-ThUrsday evening February I. 1900. az Port
Chester, y. y Grace Douglas Sloane. aged 10 years.
daughter OF Grace Swords aud the late Douglas sloane
Philadelphia and Baltimore papers please copy
STAFFORD-suidenly on February . Maria Brewer
widow OF Truman H. STAFFORD
Funeral services sunday 4th $50 her late
residence. No. rs Halsey-st.. Brooklyn
Cypress Hills Cemetery.
OFFICE 1 MADISON AVE. COR 23D ST. y Y.
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JOIN T. MTRRAN.

Lockport, y. Y. Feb. John 7. Murray Of
the Oldest practising attorneys in Western New
York died at his home I'm Pine-st., this morning.
He was eighty-four years old. Mr.. Murray was
afflicted with hiccoughs day or TWO ago and the
malady affected him that he died. Mr.. Murray
Assemblyman from this county in the fOrties
aud Surrogate OF the county in 1850 He had also
been Supervisor.
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LOWER EAST SIDE PARK FAVORED.
CONTROLLER coLER AND OTHERS SPEAK At
MEETING OF CITIZENS.

Several hundred property owners crowded INTO
the hall Of the University Settlement Building. No.
1874 Eldridge-st evening to listen to speeches
I'm favor of the establishment of the proposed new
park James Y Reynolds presided. and the first
speaker was Dr. j. e. Houpt, the school inspector
for the district. Assembiyman lsldor Conn also
spoke briefly. and said that Thursday next there
would be a session Of the cities Committee In Al
bany to hear arguments IN favor Of the park lie
urged that those in favor of the Improvement be
present.
public breathing places and advocated the esta6-
iishment OF a park the lower East Side. lie
thought it would be benefit 10 the residents Of
that portion OF the city.
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Tribune ONCE. Feb 3. / a. m.-The weather yesterday
was fair cold. The temperature ranged between
and 90 degrees, the G74) being "A degrees
higher of Thursday rs degrees than
that the corresponding date Of last year.
The weather 10 day VIII be fair.
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FORECAST FoR'To-DAY AND SUNDAY.

For England and Easerns New York, fair to-day
and probably Sunday; fresh westerly winds.
For District OF Columbia. Eastern Pennsylvania New
-say MARYLAND Delaware and Virginia fair to-day and
sunday. fresh westerly winds.
For West Virginia, Western New York and Western
MIA fair to-day. light fresh westerly winds
i,n-aasIng rloudness sunday
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LEMUEL O. BIGLOM.

BY a typographical error In the sketch OF the life
OF I.enlue q. Bigow of No 80 West One-hundred-
and thirtieth-st.. printed last Thursday in The
Tribune the word electrical was printed the
atrical" Mr. Biglow engaged iu the electrical
business not the theatrical lie left two brothers
al a sister
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4 g r4yDEPBTLT TO TAKE A COTTAGE.
PAIL A ANDREws's HOUSE AT NEWPORT
RENTED FOR THE SUMMER

Newport Feb. = OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES was
made to-day Of the taking by Alfred GWynne Van
,,orhu, for the coming season, OF the Paul A. An
drevrs cottage at Bellevue and Narragansett ayes
Mr. Vanderbilt was here for few days early this
week and it was understood then that he would
take a cottage for the summer. in view or the fact
that The Breakers will not be open untli iate III the
-, ~, account of the absence of Mrs. Cor
nalius Vanderbilt. Although Mr.. Vanderbilt is GO
ing abroad he expects TO return early in the sum
rner and to COM directly to Newport The cot
tace which Mr. Vanderbilt has taken Is an unpre-
tept;ous hut attractive stone house built more
49,, quarter Of a century ago by the late d. w
Holmes Recently it was purchased by Thomas
daugbfer Mrs. Andrews, who, with her family, oc-
cupied Il last summer
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uR PHELPS NO BETTER.

New-Haven Conn. Feb. 2.-There was no change
during the night in the CONDITION OF Edward J.
Phelps.
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5perial Noiires.
ssA.s

"a" GA
JAMES p. SILO. Auctioneer-
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of the
AUSTIN II. KING
COLLECTION OF
OIL PAINTINGS
PRIOR TO THEIR SALE AT ABSOLUTE AUCTION.
MONDAY EVENING NEXT.
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DIED.

In the beginning. a Cold Is easily checked with
little paIatable doses Of Jayne's Expectorant -.
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Bangs & CO.. 81 and 90 Fifth Avenue.

Bangs Il Co. 81 and 93 Fifth Avenue,
WILL. SELL. AT AUCTION MONDAY & TUESDAY,
afternoons al o'clock each day.
An interesting collection Of Valuable Standard Rare
Books. including many
from the LIBRARY OF
JOHN MURRAY UOndOnl
and comprising works departments OF English
Literature
WEDNESDAY following days. a collection OF
valuable BOOKS, consisting Of duplicates from the
LIBRARY OF
MR. HUBERT HOWE BANCROFT.
relating 70 California Central
America the Pacific Coast.
Sale OF Books afternoon excapr Saturday.
Expression restored by artificial teeth. DR.. Dsans
dentist. 45i Lexington 18th. Award Columbian
Exposition
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

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changes In indicated by The Trbunes SELF
according barometer. The dotted line shows tempera-
ttire as recorded at Perry's Pharmacy
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CHICKERING HALL.

Doors open at 7:45 p. NJ. Admission free.
Nh. SAM P AVERY JR-, viii assist the management
There IS not a picture. even a poor one In
the collection The that said about any
one example that is good and from that
gamut Of praise until stop breathess ESf0rs
the rich luminous cOloring OF Schreyers Bedouins
the March and softly murmur. magnificent
Every who these pictures must agree with
Ruskin that neither great fact. great nor
poem picture other great thing
fathomed bottom a moment Of time
Home Journal
In nearly every the canvasss are thoroughly
representative. which equivalent to saying they ara
admirable examples OF the painters art Few collections
years equaled the King pictures
In mert'-N. Y. Press
Almost picture in this notable collection Is worthy
OF mention. and the whole produces impression Of
decided merit ~. Y sun.
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-31
snow ISleas.

One OF the strangcst OF all specks on
snow is the snow fea-no mimic flea,
but an actual living and very lively
midget. whose swarms sometimes COW
er the snow in patches as black as ink
or convert large spaces of its surface
TO n dark gray color. They are crea-
lures of the thaw. / have seen patches,
says William Hamilton Gibson, two
feet In diameter moving like a dark
shadow across the meadow, and i re-
member once when a boy walking on
the snow crust over a field of several
acres that was everywhere peppered
with their millions.
The books tell us that the insects live
I'm moss and licbens and the rocks and
bark of trees, from which they emerge
for exercise in mild weather. This
theory Is probably warranted by the
facts. but Ii will be no easy task so to
convince many a rustic philosopher
whom know and 10 whom these feas
are as much a celestial shower as the
snow itself-Boston Transcript -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-31
We Are cleaner To-day.

With regard TO all the refnenBents OF
habit conveyed in the words cleanli-
ness. sanitation and facility OF locomo-
ton the small shopkeeper, theimechan-
&c. the very peasant OF today.iis better
of than Were princes and noblemen 40
or so years ago. That little bathroom
of poor Queen Marie Antoinette at the
Trianon must have been almost as
much an object OF curiosity for its sin
gularity In her day as it is now for its
associations. and certain 1t is that in
all those vast piles of buildings at Ver-
sailles, with all their gorgeous magnifi-
cence, bathrooms were an unknown
quantity.
According to some authorities, Louis
NV never washed, a little cold cream
applied with a cambria handkerchief
serving instead. This let us hope was
a calumny. but in St. Simon's minute
and detailed account OF the monarch's
day, from the handing in of his peri
wig through the closed bed curtains in
the morning until several dukes and
marquises had handed the royal night
chemiSe to each other, the highest in
rank placing 1t on the royal shoulders,
and his chaplain, kneeling at prize
dieu at the foot of the bed. had said
his night prayers for him. no mention
is made of any ablutions, except that
he was shaved every other day.-Corn-
hill Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-31
Japanese COurteay.

DIR. Seaman is an authority on Japan,
and he tells this story of his last visit
to that country:
There was little incident happen
ed while we were in port that showed
the magnanimity of those people. A
United States soldier was out riding a
bicycle, and he was coasting down hill,
when he ran over man. They
promptly arrested him, and he was
taken before a magistrate. We all
went up from the transport to see how
things went with him. The magis-
trate heard the case and fined him So
for running over a blind man.
What said the soldier; was the
man blind? Here, give him S2o,' and
he pulled out $50 goldpiece and hand
ed it over to the magistrate.
And what do you think they did?
They were so pleased that they remit
ted the whole fine, or would have done
so, only the soldier would not take II
back. but insisted on it's being given TO
the blind man, and then they gave him
a diploma setting forth what he had
York Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-31
There Wa. Sorrow There.

The colonel halted his horse in front
of Dakota dugout and uttered a Wig.
orous Hello and after a minute a
towheaded girl of about 16 years of
age showed up and looked him over
and said:
"Now, then, what We whoopin fur
and who be yep =,
'Can get anything to eat here?" a
mot a thing" sff
"Any water for my horse?'
1.-THE springs gone dry" 4
"How far is 1t to the rIver?"
Dunno"
'Please ask your father to step out I"
Pops bin on n drink for a week."
"And your mother?'
"She's got the toothache. That's her
cryin."
Haven't you got brother?'
yep, but he got snake bit yesterday
and don't feel we'll"
well, what about you?" persisted
the colonel. You seem to be all right"
"Oh, but 1 amt" she replied as she
made ready to disappear. 81 was to
git married yesterday, but my Teller
got shot by an Injun, and it'll take two
weeks to ketch on to another. This ar
a house of sorrow, sir, and We will
please to ride on and not ask any more
fool questions"'-NewY York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-03-31
THE BABY'S LITTLE JOKE.
IL Worried the Fat Man. but He Tried
to Enjoy IL.

1t happened in one of the late trains.
Everybody was trying TO get to sleep,
and when the voice of n baby was sud-
denly lifted up In a robust wall 1t was
not met with expressions of joy. 1t
cried steadily from Spring Garden
street TO Columbia avenue. Then it
accidentally dropped n pasteboard box
it had. 4 very stout and, like his kind,
very affable man across the aisle
stooped heavily and picked it up.
The child stopped crying as it took
1t and promptly dropped it again. The
man, thinking it an accident, picked
it up once more. This time the baby
actually smiled, and as he threw it
down audibly cooed with delight. The
man looked distinctly uncomfortable
and became interested in something
outside the window. The child looked
at the box q moment. then at the man,
and. seeing nothing else. resumed his
wall, with much added wind. The
look OF despair resettled on the face of
the woman with the headache, and she
gave n convulsive shudder as she felt
her head beginning to jump.
She gave one awful glance at the
baby and then leaned over to the stout
man. back of whom she was sitting.
"My dear sir" said she, II have yio-
lent headache, and 1 am in misery.
Won't you please pick up that box
again?" And with n highly artificial
smile he complied. Out of pure cour-
tesy he became a box lifting autom-
atom. his piles of adipose making each
stoop come harder. But when he wip-
ad tho DerSDira tion from his brow and
staggered out OF the, car at German
town he got a grateful smile from the
afflicted woman, as well as every other
passenger, that he felt paid him.
Philadelphia Inquirer.