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New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
BLAI[ES THE NEWSPAPERS.
THE REV. c. NJ SHELDON SAYS THEY
ARE LARGELY RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE PESSINIISM OF THE DAY.

Some Temptations of Young Men in Modern
Life. and Ways to Overcome Them" the sub
ject of a lecture which attracted two thousand
to Carnegie Hall yesterday afternoon. Most of
these young from the West Side Young
Mems Christian Association, at Fifty-seventh-st
and Eighth-ave, under whose auspices the meeting
held. The Rev Charles NJ. Sheldon, author
Of In His Steps, who became widely known as
editor for one week OF THE Topeka Capital" gave
the address. Robert C. Ogden acted as chairman
and DR.. Carl E. Duff, Of the Marble Collegiate
Church, sang a barytone SOLO
: special feature of the afternoon was the chorus
of $50 voices. and women, under the direction
of Tall Esen Morgan.
After reading OF the Scriptures by Seth Low, Mr..
Sheldon began With these words:
There are seven temptations which the youth of to-
day must constantly resist, and these are impurty
sical pride, intellectual pride and pessmism. These
beset the youth of this land with constantly in
creasing force Nearly all these sins as old as
the world itself, and each has found its quota Of
victims. The desire for speedy wealth is sin
We see boys upon the sidewalks gambling, and we
are not surprised to hear Of them years later as
Mr.. Sheldon said he believed that newspapers
were largely responsible for the pessimism which
Haunted before the eye Immediately it opens from a
sweet sleep, he said. Murder rapine. blood and
pages These scenes are as Wildly presented as if
they were a panorama filed with living figures.
Bright CHEEKY tales of charity, Of loving kindness
and of years Of devotion have no place there. II
so they are lost in the perspective of high head
lines. Love lives and and accompshes
deeds each day, yet forget 1t in the recitals of
the unusual. of the mseries and of the weaknesses
OF Gods creatures. Let the papers breathe a purer
air across their columns Let them be charita BILE
Of mems failures. May they sometimes print the
good men have done. and not what they leave un-
done; throw light upon the myriad silent charities
and let the growing youth know that this world is
not place for pessmism and that Gods purpose
cannot be subverted.''
There were large crowds to greet the Rev.
Charles NJ. Sheldon, in Brooklyn Borough yester-
day. In the evening he spoke in the First Church
Of Christ Oisciples), Sterling Place. near Seventh
ave. Of which the Rev. NJ. E. Harlan. a personal
friend is pastor. In the morning Mr.. Sheldon
spoke in the Westminster Presbyterian Church,
Clinton-st. and First Place. His subject there was
What Would Jesus Do In Brooklyn"
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
SHIPPING NEWS.
PORT OF NETWORK. SUNDAY. OCT IS. 1900
ARRIVED

PORT OF NEw-YORK. SUNDAY. OCT 2s 1900
ARRIVED.
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port Co Arrived d at fhe Bar an SIS m m 'anue 1ranS
ia m. ~ -
Christiania u Chrstansand 1s ndse 81 cabin
Tyed at the seE BaT at s5 m 10 fun'h ye Co. Ar
Psafoeap s sobaIa % Ps6anp' S9ana august
49, Port Said Is Gibraltar october and Delaware Break
Vessel to simpson Spence & Young. Arrived the Bar
steamer ga @ XnSsnz9 FIoFi9 GsD. Montana
age passengers Hirzel. Fetmann Arrived at the
steamer Polycarrp CRr, James Para October 1s with
rubber TO Booth Co. Arrived at the Bar $50 m
steamer PrIns Magr5s . Dutch; Nisman PaIamarDo
and % Ggana T. La & Guayre 30 A. Porto cabelo IS
mdse and passengers TO Kunhardt Co Arrived at the
Steamer iampasas Barstow Galveston October % with
mdse and passengers to G II Mallory & Co.
and Charleston 26 with mdse and passengers William
Steamer Tallahassee AskiPs Savannah October 2e with
steamer JefsTsoq Jet , Dole Norfolk, with and pas
Steamer city Of Birmingham. Burg Savannah October
"a, with mdse to the Ocean @ IS co,
moderate breeze; raining: thick oshoTe '"u
SAILED
ss r LgTs9an B5 BF Gc for 9- Moys
astoria oh Moye and GLASGOW; JessiGa Cr Norfolk
BD, London; Burgemeister Petersen Ger. Flushing
THE MOVEMENTS OF STEAMSHIPS.
FOREIGN PORTS.
& 9refIs%wp msRsT ,2S 2S Is 1.osn s45
Deaschiand e ' A6ss rom H5mSp1 aed
and New-York. 0''0'NOu4 .
Dover Oct 2s-Passed steamer British Prince CBr,.
Antwerp. Oct 2sArrived. steamer westernland CBes,
Ehoff New-York N-04s''
SantelIi New-York. - '-'1 NE'
wPam R2nfn Fa3 4ef for 5rs Steam steamer AIs
Suez, oct Arrived, steamer Genesk (Br Rafferty
Nagasik. Shanghai and Singapore for New-York ~ -
Malta, oct 2S-Passed. steamer Afridi CBrl Golsinq
for New-York. ~ S'"e~PO'e
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
MONKEYS OVERRUN A SHIP.
THE INDRAVELLI BRINGS TWENTY
EIGHT FROM SINGAPORE AS WELL
AS COLORED SQUIRRELS.

The steamer Indravelli from Singapore, Sep
tember s. arrived in port yesterday with an
unusual cargo on board. The cargo, or part of
it, consists of ten brilliantly colored squirrels,
one python, twenty-six feet and nine inches
long, one Japanese dog and twenty-eight mon
keys two of which have no tails and the rest
very short ones, indeed.
Two days out from Singapore the bottom Of
the monkey cage dropped out, and the monkeys
at liberty about the ship. One Of them,
called Frank, the Cop" was used to help the
sailors corral the others, but it was ten days
before this could be done In the mean time one
Of the monkeys had climbed up the funnel and
while gazing down, fell and was cremated in
the furnace below; another was scalded by hot
steam and died the next day, and two were
lost overheard, where they jumped TO escape the
sailors. While at liberty, the animals invaded
all parts of the Indraveli the pantry and
kitchen in particular
When at last they had all been penned up
again there not sailor on board who had
not been more or less severely bitten and
scratched. After that the monkeys continued
quiet and caused no more trouble. The python,
which is said to be worth S400, was kept in the
engine ROOM and remained asleep throughout
the entire voyage.
The animals are the property of Chief Engi-
neer John Drew, who hopes to dispose of them
TO some Snowman or museum keeper.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
WESTCHESTER COUNTY.
MOUNT VERNON.

The committee IN charge of the Honest Money
parade to be held in this city next Thursday
night has received applications for positions from
enough uniformed campaign clubs to justify 1t in
making the statement that from four to FIVE thou
sand will be in line. The city will be ablaze
with fireworks, and many of the houses and stores
along the line of march will be Illuminated in honor
of the Republican candidates. William Wilson jr.,
grand marshal has issued order directing the
marchers form at 80 o'clock in Stevens-ave.
and fall in line follows: Mounted escort, under
command of eX-Nlayor Edison Lewis; Otis Horse
Guards of Yonkers; Mckinley and Roosevelt
Honest Money Battalion, of Mount Vernon; Mount
Vernon Italian Republican clubs: New-Rochelle
Mckinley and Roosevelt Club; the Russell. Birdsall
and Ward Battery; the William L: Ward Battery
and the J. S. Merritt Marching Club, of Port Ches-
ter, each with mounted brass piece; the Rye Bat
terry; business men of Port Chester; Mckinley and
Roosevelt marching clubs OF Larchmont, Yonkers
and Tarrytown, carrying coored Klondlke lanterns;
Republican ward associations of Mount Vernon and
citizens unattached. There be a half dozen
bands and drum corps in the parade and
Der Of suggestive banners and floats. among the
latter an immense full dinner pail and a Filipino
oxcart containing Bryan and Aguinaldo. The line
will be reviewed by the grand marshal and promi-
nent Republicans at the point of dsbanding, Stew
ens-ave. and Wilson Place, after which receptions
and dinners will be given 70 visitors in Lincoln
Hall and the Field Building, each of which is
capable OF accommodating fifteen hundred guests
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
FOUND DEAD IN HIS OWN STORE
POLICE THINK a HARLEM HARDWARE MER
CHANT ENDED HIS LIFE

POLICE THINK \ HARLEM HARDWARE MFR
CHANT ENDED HIS LIFE
Alexander Stern. forty-two years old. of No "a
West Observation-Disclosures was found dead
in closet of the hardware store of Baum & Son of
which firm he member last night under cir
cuHstances which lead the police suspect that
he committed suicide. The store is at No 1912
Third-ave. Stern lived with his wife. He told her
about 10 o'clock last night that he was going ont
for walk. He did not return. His brother-ln-law
Morris Fendenberg. of No. 70 East One-hundred-
and-seventh-st., passed the store in Third-ave
early this morning. when he noticed light in the
rear The paddock missing, though the door
was locked He told the police of the East One
hundred-and-fourth-st. station, who sent two no.
lcemen. They forced the door and in a closet
Sterns body found on the floor. An ambulance
was summoned from Harlem Hospital but tho
surgeon said the man had been dead for several
hours. ~ Ni"i
peared to have been burned or scared and tbPp+
there was odor of carbolic acid about the hoiI,
They also said they had discovered two or t6TsSe
streaks of some liquid on the mans black vest
Mrs. Stern and Fendenberg said business ba ,
been bad for some time and that Mr. stern had
worried about II. but he had not al anv +i,1a
threatened suicide. They knew of no rea son Fnr
suicide. No letter had been left by him at either
house store. N 'i'e'
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
BOARD MAY ANNUL CONTRACT.
LATIONs OF PREVAILING RATE LAW
IN EAST RIVER BRIDGE WORK

IN EAST RIVER BRIDGE WORK.
Corporation Counsel WhaIen has sent to Lewis
Nixon. president OF the New East River Bridge
Commission, opinion TO the effect that the
Commission annul the contract of Shanly &
Ryan. who making the Manhattan anchorage
Of the bridge, If it has information that the pre-
vailing rate of wages has not been paid granite
workers. as was alleged by the Central Federated
Union in complaint to the Commission
In his request for advice President Nixon said
that at a hearing it found that the prevailing
rate during the time named in the complaint was
81 a day. and that the contractors paid much less.
There is nothing in the contract of ShanIy &
Ryan which distinctly says that the prevailing rate
shall be paid and that eight hours shall constitute
days work. although the Labor law of 1897 states
that:
The wages for such public work shall be not less
than the prevailing rate for legal days work in
work is performed, Every contract for the con
strucuon of public work shall contain a pro-
unless such rate is paid by the contractor TO his
employees.
AS this Mr.. Whalen writes:
While the contract OF shanIy s. Ryan does not
contain provision that the same shall be void and
OF effect unless such rate is paid by the con-
nro2d 10 s ePoyeb fet YES S see9n OF the con
class OF labor which shall be employed shall be in
York and therefore the contractors had notice OF
the Labor law, and they We're bound by its pro-
visions
It was alleged by the Central Federated Union
among other things that Mr.. Ryan of Shanly G.
Ryan publicly declared that he did not care for
the labor laws and that he paid his 81 a day
amogns @ o bid ana eItFss the pes
named for granite work being $4,000.
NiIlIam J. O,Brien. delegate Of the Granite Cut
tiers Union, at the meeting OF the Central Fed
Grated Union yesterday read Corporation Counsel
The secretary was instructed to write to the
brloge commissioners asking them to compel the
contract.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
OUTGOING STEAMERS.

TO-DAY.
Vessel. For Line close Vessel sa.ls.
Carib. Charleston, Clyde. ...-.-.-...... 100 m
jamestown, Norfolk, Old Dominion 300 m
Algonquin, Charleston, CLYDE. ........ 300 D m
Lampasas Galveston Mallory. 800
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 30
K W der Crosse. Bremen, G Lloyd. 700 1000 m
Cymric, Liverpool. White Star. 1000 a m
Advance, Colon, Panama r $50 100 m
Ell Norte, New-Orleans, Morgan....... 800 m
Jefferson. Norfolk Old Dominion. 300 m
Cherokee, San Domingo Clyde. 100 800 m
WEDNESDAY. OCTOBER 81
Oceanic Liverpool White m :OO m
New-YorS, Southampton, American. a m 1000 m
Kensngton Antwerp, 1880 m m
NiEtlanCia, Havana, & Cuba 100 p m m
Ithaka, Tampico n & Cuba. 100 800 m
Grenada Grenada Trinidad 1000 m 1900 m
Silvia. Newfoundland Red m 1900 m
Comanche, Charleston. Clyde, 300 m
Ciuyandotte, Norfolk, Old Dominion. 800 m
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
FOUR FIRES NEXT TO A THEATRE.
CHIEF CROKER REGARDS BLAZE IN THE
BOWERY WITH SUSPICION

The frenen put q fire at No 300 Bowery last
night which Chief Croker regards suspicious.
having noticed the smell Of naphtha in the build
ing and discovered four fires the third floor
when be reached II. The Fire Marshal will look
into tbs matter to-day. The building is occupied
by Samuel Bierman, a maker of looking glasses.
An engineer OF the elevated road discovered the
FIRE he passing, and he footed his whistle
inform the police. The hremen found four fires
the third floor besides noticing the smell OF
naphtha. They could not find the origin of the
flames however. The hremen got the fire out with
Z loss OF 500.
When the hre was discovered Policeman Duffy
Of the EdTidge-st. station, into the lobby of
the Windsor Theatre, which is next door and
where a performance was going on The doormen
closed the doors. shutting off all sounds from the
street, and the performance not interrupted.
The people inside did not know there had been a
hre Till they came out
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
HOME NEWS.
PROMINENT ARRIVALS AT THE HOTELS.

EVERETT-Captain P. H. HanIon T. S. n
FIFTH acknowledgements Serene Z. Payne,
OF Auburn GRAND-Commander J. Evans, Royal
Navy, Melbourne. Australia, and General ]. H.
Baker. of Mankato, MINI. GILSEY-Thomas W.
Crider, Third Assistant Secretary of State of
Washington. HOLLAND-Eustace Leoper of Lon
don; DR.. Duncan J. Reid Of Shanghai; Dr. ]. F.
Fryer, of London; Thomas Nelson Page Of Wash
ington, and William L. Elkins jr. of EIkins
". Va. IMPERIAL-COonel W. r. Brown of
Buffalo. PLAZA-William Ross Proctor of Pitts
burg. SAVOY-Dr. Charles R. King OF Anda-
lusia, Penn. WALDORF-Dr Brandon Roberts
of Eastbourne, England; Colonel Charlesworth of
England, and Captain F. kendall Bushe of n ew-
Haven.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
IARCHMONT,

Chief Mayhem w. Bronson OF the Larchmont
Volunteer Ftremen has just returned from the
annual convention Of the international Associa-
ton Of Fire Engineers. which in session at
Charleston, S. c. Chief Bronson received hand
some gold badge from the association.
The Larchmont Yacht Club has announced a
beefSteak dinner the clubhouse on election
night. In the evening the election returns will be
received over the clubs wires, and vaudeville per
formers will make merry
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
NEW-ROCHEIIF.

The VIII Of John LIE Count, who died recently
has been filed for probate. It dsposes Of an estate
valued at S5i.5OO The money is divided among
numerous relatives, the only other bequest being
$500 to Salem Baptist Church.
Congressman John G. Underhill. of this city, is
away on an extended tour through the South and
West. and it is likely that he will return home
in time to vote. 1t is said that he is not
registered. Mr. Underhill is Gold Democrat and,
It is reported, did not vote for Bryan in 1886. A
member of his family said yesterday that he
expected home either the first second week in
November,
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
WHAT is GOING ON TO-DAY.

Bryan meeting, Academy of Music Brooklyn
evening.
Republican mass meeting Cedarhurst s p m
New-York Caledonian Club fair Seventh-ave
and Fifty-fourth-st., evening.
Presbyterian Union, Hotel Savoy evening
Republican mass meeting of university students
University Heights, evening.
West Side Republican Club mass meeting Diet
rich's Summer Garden. evening.
Board of Education free lectures: Public School
No. 3. Grove and Hudson SITS; Public School No
Sc. Ninety-sixth-st and Lexington-ave; Education
al Alliance, East Broadway and Jefferson-st, s
p. m.
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
NEW-YORK CITY

The choir of the Union Methodist Episcopal
Church is to give evening of sacred song
this evening in the Twenty-fOurth Street Methodist
Episcopal Church. between Eighth and Ninth aves
Included in the numbers will be the cantata
Ruth" by Alfred r. Gaul The admission will be
free to all
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
MARINE INTELLIGENCE
MINIATURE ALMANAC.

MINIATURE ALMANAC
Sunrise 6:27 6O1 Moon m s:54 Moons ss x
HIGH WATER
AAL-Sandy Hook 1887 Gov. Island IL 20 Hell Gate
p PMSandy Hook II % GOV. Island l He'll Gate .1s
INCOMING STEAMERS.
TO-DAY.
Vessel From. Lima
Alexander BiXio. HAvTe October I0...........-
EthelTed.. Jamaica. october 23,.......-
New-York tribune., 1900-10-29
HEBREW sHELTERING GUARDIAN SOCIETY

The annual meeting Of the directors of the He
brew Sheltering Guardian Society was held at the
ASYLUM. ne-hundred-and- -hftieth-st. and Broad
way, yesterday afternoon.
The directors re-elecLed Mr.. Levy president this
being his fifth term. Ely Bernays elected
treasurer The rest OF the offices were left open.
The Globe-republican., 1900-11-01
TWO CHINESE PRINCES DEAD.
One Killed Himself And The Other
is Believed to Have Done so.
TUAN EXPECTED TO FOLLOW.

Washington. Oct 2e--The Chinese
minister has received a dispatch sta
ting that Kang-Yi, a member of the
cabinet with Yung-Lu and one of the
intense anti-foreign leaders, whose
punishment was demanded by the
powers, died of illness on the 18th in
slant, also that Yu-Hsien. the late
governor of Shansi. who is said to have
been RESPONSE bic for the death of many
missionaries, has committed suicide by
swallowing gold leaf. Minister Wu
regards this act as the result of the
disfavor of which the high officials
have received from the throne.
The death of Kang-Yi is an impor-
tant event as he was one of the ring
leaders whose punishment was de-
manded by the powers
Minister Wu's advices also snow that
that Prince Tuan has been visited with
severe censure from the throne and to
such an extent that it would be no
surprise if he followed the course of
vented from accompanying the inn
perial court to Siang-Fu and remains
at Shansi, cut off from further infiu-
ence on the throne 1t is expected
that he will be banished. which to a
prince of the blood, is worse than de-
of propriety suicide is likely to be his
end. Minister WI laid his dispatches
before Secretary Hay
The Globe-republican., 1900-11-01

London. Oct 3o.-The Beers have
5000 men in the field, nearly half of
whom are in Orange River colony
These ere divided into commanders of
some 300 each. but are capable of COM
bination for large operations
Cape Town. Oct 3o.-The Beers have
captured Jacobsotal, south west of Kim
berley, after stubborn resistance
upon the part of the garrison. which
consisted of detachment of Cape
Town Highlanders. The latter suffer
ed severely, losing 34 out of 50 men
The Globe-republican., 1900-11-01
contempt Trial Law Attacked.

Fort Scott, Kas., Oct. 2e--B- j. Nc
Carger, a blacksmith of this city who
sold his business and contracted not to
re-engage in the trade here. was ar
rested for violating an order restrain
ing him from working at his trade.
He admits violation of the order, but
believes that under the new law giving
him right trial by jury he will not be
convicted of contempt by working for
the support of his family. The oppos-
ing counsel has attacked the constitu-
tiona1ity of the law allowing juries in
contempt cases
The Globe-republican., 1900-11-01
IRRIGATION DISCUSSED.
Shall The Federal Government
Construct Water Reservoirs.
RECLAMATION OF ARID LAND.

Chicago, Oct. 30.-At the banquet of
the Commercial Club at the Auditorium
the subject under discussion was
whether the federal government should
make appropriations for the construc-
ton of water storage reservoirs and
for the reclamation of the arid land.
Professor Elwood Mead. irrigation
expert of the department of agricul-
ture. described the conditions prevail
ing in the West.
Mr.. F. H. Newell, photographer of
the United States geological survey,
illustrated by stereopticon maps, views
and diagrams the magnitude of the
subject and the Importance of develop
ing the arid regions. He showed the
contrast between the desert and cult
vated land and explained the reasons
why irrigation is necessary throughout
one-third of the United States and
beneficial to at least tyvo-thirds of the
entire extent of the country.
George Fl. Maxwell, executive chair
man of the National Irrigation Asso-
citation, emphasized the fact that
further progress toward the utilization
of the vast tracts of arid land must be
made by the national government
the owner or custodian of these lands.
He described eloquently the posi- bill
ties of developing agriculture and
providing homes for millions of new
home builders the land and showed
that the areas now desert and unpro-
ductive could, If reclaimed by irriga-
ton under wise system, support not
only farming population, but also
through cheapening of food products
promote the development of the mining
industries.
The Globe-republican., 1900-11-01
GOOD FARMING WEATHER.
Iron And Steel Market Conditions
Pipe and Plates in Demand
WOOL PRICES SATISFACTORY

New York. Oct. 29.-R. c. Dun &
Cos Weekly Review of Trade says that
contracts for steel rails for the season
thus far are within so. 600 tons of last
years heavy bookings. and the conf
dence in an ultimate marked improve
ment is strong that all raw
materials are firm, and without any
speculative activity to stimulate them.
The weather a great part of the
country has been favorable for agri-
cultural operations, which pro-
crossing we'll, and in the West the
unreasonable temperatures have re-
tarded general trade comparatively
little. as there has been no great slim
illus yet this season
Conditions in the iron and steel mar
ket steadily improve: orders gradually
swell in volume and buyers make less
effort to secure concessions. In most
cases quotations are not altered, but
there is an advance to $50 at Philade1-
phia for biIlets, owing to the better
business IN rails Pig iron moves free
ly, especially at Chicago, where manu-
facturers have contracted heavily for
finished stuff in excess of raw material
hand. Cast iron pipe is in urgent
demand and new plans for ship build
ing will take plates. Bridge builders
are buying structural forms heavily.
cotton ShOWeu fecupefdtlNe
power after last weeks decline and
closed lower. The loss in price is
$3.50 bale since October 9, and ex-
porters are still holding off. Wheat
also continued its downward course.
owing to the good news here and
abroad, but an encouraging feature
was the accelerated foreign buying as
quotations declined. Atlantic exports
for the week We're 2,935, OPS bushels
| against 2.253, ,625 a year ago, and
Pacific shipments s1s.o43 bushels
against COS. .5s3 last year. Corn is
slightly weaker, while pork products
| have fallen sharply. Most other pro-
visions are heavy, but Iinseed oil rose
| sharply to 15c. The better tone of the
| boot and shoe market was sufficient
| explana ton for the advance in materi-
| ais New England shops are buster
| than for many months before. but thus
far manufactured goods have not ad-
| vanced with materials. Sales of wool
| at the three chief Eastern markets
i continue to increase, exceeding 5,O00,-
| 900 pounds last week Prices are not
! altered, and bids slightly below the
| markets are refused. Cotton goods
| move rather more freely as the price
comes nearer parity with raw material
! but wide sheetings are duh at the adj
| vance to 23c.