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tors, with III" aid Of the latest improved
wa"Eiu"rv drcs.cd and finished 10000 cubic
wards ot ~,oun
Working ~ this rate. which means work
lug every day in Ito wear except Sundayr
ana holidays, il viii take these forty men
ton years 10 dress and finish tho necessary
amount 81 Stone foe the choir's in, erior.
Ih" Stone workers began this long task n
f"v day. ago
Anpther big little thing will give some
'alut idea Of the almost incomprchensiblo
amount Of decoration that the cathedral will
require before II can T.. called finished.
IN the choir viii be nearly score of
immense Stone pillars many feet in diam
oi"r, roacl inG 20 The ceiling over 100 feet
IN 'n" air, AID Weighing ton on ton. The
I.h", jr eight Il these pillars viii afford
accommodation for so statutes each one
q which Is to be five foot in height.
IT iu-' eight pillars require all this decora-
''"r. what viii ho needed fui IT," rest OF the
ci"Ht And tho choir VIII be hardly one
tiurd tho cHtIrc .ilo Of the cathedral
IT." Belmont Chapel now nearing com.
rr'lou "a, far a. the stone work l. concerned.
Ms" aWly Illustrates rhe great masses Of
material and human energy that must bo
Wlll1cd before the final touch is placed on
~" cathedral
Ills chapel. the largest Of seven to be
used FIR holding religious services in foreign
tongues for the benefit of newcomers TO
America, presents dwarf-lihc proportions
when II, lines are compared with those Of
~" cathedral, of which il is the easternmost
pa"
- ffv.fvc feet of length is lost sight Of
H. 'h" cs'hodlal'~ grand l"nGth If $50 feet;
40 ne cathedral. at it, widest point, v i'll
u" 200 foot, 1t ten lines, loss four feet a-
wild" ~ the chapel. which il h"ing built 10y
MONEY furnished 10y August Brlmont a. a
memorial TO his wife
Yet his small portion Of III" cathedral
has consumed 1880 cubic yards Of tx.
t"'l"r and interior stone. and it, two small
wing, each only few feet wide and
about thirty feet in height. haNo required
mon" bricks for interior lining than are
us"d for >iX-story apartment hou".
And then consider the decorat ions essen
'iai 10 the proper ornamen,ation of This
chapel. There are m y-'wo inches for five
loot statues There arc hundreds uf OPP
p"ituniios for fret work. for bosses. for
carvings and ,oulpl uring Of all kinds.
G. {. Hamilton. the sculptor. has begun
b" task Of supplying the necessary stone
and marble decoration. Mr. Hamilt on lr
known in the art world as the man who has
more statues scattered about this cont inent
than any other living man. }, q. A. Ward
alone excepted.
We also Is kno~n widely by reason al
NAaA Uahy consider. his masterpiece. the
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UNCLE SANS BUSY POSTMEN.
TRAVEL D4l ND \TGHJ ~ RtII.
BOtT. (tNOE. moo TIiN.
The Earth Night, Srtss.trosscd WIN
the zines al lirc ~ the last
wall Strange Postal Routes Letters
DcMN cred Ear to the SOrihT ard.

II YOU could take voyage around tine
earth with he flying night, 80 that when
ever YOU Gaaed down a the globe YOU
would find II in darkness, YOU would zoe
der,'hg lErs al light going cris--cIosS
over it IN every direction.
Whore the United States iee YOU would
see NOR" Of Hem than anywhere oi~n.
You would SEQ them gliding rn-tlessly from
the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Grea'
Lakes Ia the COL, Of MoSico. Giin,m, ring
lines vould Inc yisibl, IA van yrl,r, ,bn,. 90
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i'g and hur wing along everywhere on tho
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,,n.
10" V"Nh -" 'hom /" HIil'@. some
hitting along ~" shores Of the Indian Ocean.
some Speeding down toward the Cane of
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Sea
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all husilv weaving
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fastest Trans, 'l'r fastest shps, ih" fastest
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are used dav and NIGHT py,,,vv. hero. from
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tatheirais Of the Middle ACES.
Bishop Potter recently went up 10 Morn
iur.ide Heights TO inspect the work being
d-rr CT. "a" large-, cathedral that has been
undertaken In centuries He was accom-
panlai ny an ecclesiastical friend from
M. Wet. who. in the course Of the in
.p~c'ion said 70 him
I can begin to grasp the bigness Of
This cathedral of yours. For the last ten
wears I've been hearing about the record
breaking Dimensions of tho Cathedral Of
s. John the Divine. and have marvelled
tho-oa;
But now that I am here on the ground
NJ mind il howildered even more by what
nv oyrs have seen and my ears heard
s-arcelv csn comprehend the immensely
o. 'hc task
Nv dear brother" vas the Bishops
a. rn-you-e. were in tie same boat A."
Then he adied
and every time como UP here &c,
nov shoes haven't begun - think Of
tie cathedral a. a complete whole. EXCEPT
f. ,agn" way
T.ar's little too much to ask 81 any
man except the architects, and even they
az milking TO-, degree Bar what start!ps
ro continually : the tica"ss OF the little
ting If the Cathedral"
T. .- ou: through comprehension Of
lHn-. u.g little things that Bishop Potter
spoke ot that the average lay mind can
gra~p some idea Of the magnificent pro-
portions of the Cathedral of 81 John the
Dl"re and Of the intricate and delicate
architectural yroblems that its ustruction
b.. brought forward
y" such building has been projected
since the Middle Ages Then it was that
calhedIais were begun which were not
Compe,"d for hundreds of years
Now IN New York another such cathedral
h1- been building fur ten wears and in
To- ouuloN Of mon who know. this cathe-
oral certainly Will not be finished in the
liistms of the presen' generation, and
vn~naps not IN the lifetime Of the present
gsnera'inn's grandchildren
just ona tig little thing will give a fair
Impression of the vast task the cathedral =
builders have assumed
II j. tho intention 10 tegin work on tho
choir of he cathedral this fall The choir
W. b." "a feet long 81 feat wide and It,
r"Ilirg los feet ahoNo the floor f. will
have az ares Of G, iso square feet
on tho cathedral grounds Is a s25.oN
some mill, erected for tho exclusive use of
the cathedral. Last year forty STONE cut
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Tell Me Who Needs Help.
Just a Postal That is all. ..

No rno,cv j. vented from you nor from him | ask
only postal card, and ask it act OF humanity.
Then will DO this II will send the sick one
an oricr-gooi at any drug S1ore-ior six
bottles Dr.. Shops Restorative. He may take
it month at my risk. II it succeeds, the cost
is $50. If il fails, gVM pay the drugqist
myself. And the sick ones mere word shall
decide it.
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Could meet for minutes would forever
convince that have what these More
than that, they have for of them got
well without II.
But can meet only few. so take this
let you take month what do and
can pay, or | will pay. Just YOU decide.
have found the cured ones fair In the past years
have r' shea restorative hundreds of
tho and 80 of each 40 have paid gladly
because they cured. will pay just willingly if YOU
say ] have failed.
Ny Restorative is The result lifetimes work in learn
ing how to siren then the inside nerves.
don't doctor the organs but bring back the power
which alone every vital the weak organ
power to do is duty you would give weak engine
My never fails, when n cause.-The
impossible No difficult for have
tho remedy succeed IN the desperate that physicians
You know sick who would be well with my help
Won't YOU LOT me furnish that help?
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CATHEDRAL CENTURY'S TASK
UNIVERSITY or THE WORK on
NORNINGSIDE HEIGHTS.

The cathedral Of ~. John the Divine Has
Bccn Building for Ten Years, Vet Little
Apparent Progress Has Been Made
Facts That Make Its Vast Dimen.
sions Clearer-Eyen the Archit ects
Cannot Predict When u VIII he Fin.
t,hed - Win Rival the European
tathrirals of the Middle Ages
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T'v state which hoo Is wanted.
spd address Br. Sho0p No, -55, Racine.
w,
.~7s'
Mid cases. not chronic. are often cured
Restorative l. sold by all druggists.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
LOUBET REVIEWS TROOPS.
CHAR AND PRESIDENT EXCHANGE MORE
PLEDGES OF FRIENDSHIP

Isarskoe-Selo. Russia, May 21.-The Gar
President Loubet. the Czarina and the Dowager
Czarina attended great review of troops to-
day. His majesty on horseback. and NJ Loubet
the Czarina and Dowager Czartna and the
Grand Duchess Sergius in a carriage, passed
oown the front OF the troops. attended by brill
lant suites The imperial and Presidential party
were cheered by the large crowds of peopJe
which assembled 10 witness the military DISPLAY.
AT the luncheon after the review the Czar
offered the following toast:
Mr. President: The troops whose march past
You nave Just witnessed are happy to have been
privileged TO render honors to so highly es-
teemed a chief OF State friendly and allied
The lively sympathies felt by the Russian army
for the splendid army of France are we'll known
TO you. They constitute a real brotherhood OF
arms. which regard with all the greater
satisfaction because these imposing forces are
not destined 10 support one another aggres-
siVely. but on the contrary, to strengthen the
maintenance Of general peace. and safeguard re-
spect for those high principles which assure the
welloeing and conduce to the progress Of ma
tions. 1 raise my glass to the prosperity and
glory OF the grand army Of France
President Loubet replied:
Sire 1 thank your majesty for giving me the
extreme pleasure OF admiring the fine troops.
whose proud bearing martial step and precision
in maneuVring evidence that the Russian
army proudly maintains its high renown. Just
united the two peoples. so the noble brotherhood
or arms and reciprocal esteem strongly bind the
two armies. This imposing force menaces no
one but IL has furnished Russia and France
both a guarantee for the exercise of their rights
and agis under which they in all tran
quilty follow the fruitful labors which rem
dertng the two nations more prosperous and
augmenting their power and legitimate influence.
In the name OF the French army. which has not
forgotten the honor which your majesty paid 1t
in attending it's manPuvres, l drink 10 the pros
perity and glory OF the brave army OF Russia.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22

these Investments myself-yet there others left
appropriated some. that you cannot have, and
wished hundred times 1 had known twenty five
years ago what 1 learned half year ago; but 1
can take you TO many good. If you will
Miss Anna B. West, who went to Japan as a
missionary in 1888. and had a part in the re-
cent evangelistic uprising in Japan, made a
short address. and was followed by DR.. H. NJ
McCandliss, who went a missionary and
physician to China in 1885 He treated more
than five thousand patients in Hainan China,
in year.
Other speakers at the meeting were the Rev.
t. II. CandOr, who recently returned from mis-
sonary work in Bogota, Colombia: the Rev. DR..
II. q. Underwood. who went TO Corea mis-
sionary in the spring of 1885. and the Rev.
DR.. Arthur ]. Brown. secretary of the Board
of Home Missions who recently returned from
a tour of inspection in Asia.
The benediction pronounced by the Rev.
DR.. Samuel Jessup, who first went as a mis-
sionary to Syria in 1862, and returned from his
latest visit to that field two days ago.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
REYNOLDS MAY SUCCEED OGDEN.
THE COLONEL MAY NOT ACCEPT THE 5000
SALARY RECENTLY VOTED TO CIVIL
SERVICE PRESIDENT.

James B. Reynolds. secretary to the Mayor. may
be appointed president of the Municipal Civil Ser
vice Commission. If Colonel Willis L. Ogden re-
signs. Colonel Ogden accepted the presidency of
the commission when there was no salary attached
to the office. While he absent in Europe the
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment, at the
suggestion Of Mayor Low decided to reorganize
the commission and pay the president salary OF
5000 Colonel Ogden returned from Europe yes
terday on the Oceanic. He had luncheon with the
Mayor. and talked with him about retaining the
presidency of the commission
When seen by a Tribune reporter last night at his
home, No 73 Pierrepont-st, Brooklyn. he said that
he had only just learned on his arrival that the
Board of Estimate had attached an annual salary
of Sc 900 to his office. and not prepared to
whether not he would accept the salary. He
would not discuss his appointment TO succeed
Michael J. Dady leader of the Ist Assembly Dis
trict -
Give me a chance to get my bearings, said
Colonel Ogden. I'm not going TO tell about these
matters for two three days yet, want TO have
a talk with my partners and my friends first. Give
me time to get acquainted with my family"
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
ALARM AGAINST MORMONISlI
RESOLUTION OF DIR. MACLEOD EX
PECTED TO STIR UP ACTION
SANKEY SINGS.

: Ira D. Sankey's we'll known melodeon was on
the platform when the Presbyterian General AS
sembly began its devotional exercises in the
Fifth Avenue Church yesterday morning and
the singing evangelist" took part in the exer-
cises He sang two of his own hymns. one Of
them the familiar Ninety and Nine" and he
made short address. The exercises were led
nv the Rev. DR.. Howard Dufied. who pleaded
fbe cause of 1.-The old fashioned Gospel"
Before the committee bills and overtures
made its customary morning report the Rev
DR. Donald c. Macleod, of Washington, D. C..
presented resolution which sounded an alarm
against the spread of Mormonism and com
rnended the Westminster College of Salt Lake
Citv. as an institution deserving OF support as
a place for the training of workers IN the Nor
mon field. "and for the emancipation of the
MANY victims of that cruel and blighting sys-
tenn of false doctrine" Action on the resolu-
tion was deferred 10 another time. but it was
evident that the spirit of the General Assembly
&c IN he aroused against Mormonism
The General Assembly devoted most Of its
time at the morning session to foreign missions
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
BUYS INCHES OF LAND.
J. CLARENCE DAVIES PAYS 500 FOR TRI-
ANGULAR PARCEL IN THE BRONX

J. Clarence Davies has bought for 5000 a tri-
angular strip OF land II inches by inches. and
comprising 40 square inches. at the northeast cor
of and-fOrty- -ninth-st, and Third
ave This would make the price square foot s72O
or 81 100000 for ordinary city lot II is the
highest price paid for real estate in The
Bronx any other part of the city. according to
the real estate record.
The price square foot for part of the site of
the present Drexel Building. paid by Anthony ].
Drexel, in 1872. was S34s 81.
parcel at the northwest corner OF Thirty
fourth-st and Broadway sold some months ago
for about 1924 square foot. and the property No 10
Wal-st is record having been sold for about
1890 a square foot. These the high prices
record prices square foot for property in this city
The most interesting feature of Mr.. Daviess pur-
chase apart from the price, IS the use he expects
to make of the plot, by which he will derive in
come of about loco year from an investment OF
$500 little AS the parcel is a corner one,
its has the right to occupy the sidewalk to
the stoop line. which would give him space
inches by feet fronting in Third-ave and IA
inches by feet in Onehundred -and-rorty ntnth-st.
Mr. Davies also get the right TO build vault
under the sidewalk, and the size of this vault
could be 20 by 20 feet, 400 square feet He
use the vault a Subterranean store. The tri-
angular plot made by widening Third-ave. and
G. Walker executor. II is said that stood
on the plot for three nights some months ago
that no could build on II. He covered the
plot almost with one foot.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
CUBA's FINANCES AT Low EBB.
PRESIDENT PALMA MAY BE CONFRONTED
WITH A CRISIS SOON.

Havana. May 21.-The immediate financial
future of Cuba is matter of concern as the
customs receipts have fallen off appreciably dur
ing the last few weeks. and the aid Of the
wealthy classes may be essential to tide Cuba
over a crisis. Should one come with the small
surplus turned over to the republic and the
present rate of receipts. against the increase in
expenditure on account of Congress and the new
salaries. the treasury might be in difficulties
before next fall. For this reason President
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22

Palma insists upon the lowest possible salaries
and the most rigid economy. He is determined
that the island shall live within us lhcoile-
The new government will give this matter I'M
mediate attention, and, If IL should De doso-
lutely necessary. the expenses will De curtaueo.
or some changes may be made IN the antsrnA
revenue taxes, to increase the revenues Inc
latter STEP however the new government VIII
be lOathe to take because OF its bad oral ellsce.
The chief hope lies in the immediate negotiation
of a reciprocity treaty with the United states, 10
permit OF the marketing of the islands sugar
The sale of this product. il is believed, would
stimulate impOrtations by distributing money
and increasing consumption
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
GERMANIZING POLISH PROVINCES.

Berlin May 21--A bill providing for strengthening
the German element in the Polish provinces of
Prussia was introduced in the Diet to-day. 1t in
creases the amount of the funds at the disposal OF
the government for establishing settlements in
West Prussia and Posen from 10000, 600 marks to
aO 600 900 marks and assigns additional 100000 900
marks for the purchase Of more estates in those
Drovinces suitable for peasant settlements etc.
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
BENNETT BURLEIGH COMING HOME.

London May 22.-Bennet Burleigh the cor
respondent at Pretoria of THE Daily Tele-
graph" has cabled his friends here that he is
about to return home. The Telegraph" inter-
prets this action the part of it's correspondent
as circuitous intimation that peace has been
arranged in South Africa, and that owing to
the censorship, Mr.. Burleigh was unable to COM
municate this fact to his paper
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
BOER DELEGATES IN PRETORIA
LODGED IN A HOUSE NEXT TO GENERAL
KITCHENER'S.

Pretoria. May 21.-In accordance with an ar
rangement made on April 6. the Boer delegates
who were chosen at the Vereeniging conference
arrived here on May is. They consist of four
representatives from the Transvaal and Orange
River governments, General De Wet and Cen
erai Delarey. and are accompanied by eight sec
retaries The party has been~lodged in a house
next door to the one occupied by Lord Kitch-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
THE SENATE CoNGRATULATEs CUBA.

Washington, May 2l--In the Senate to-day
Mr. Fairbanks. Of Indiana, called attention 10
what had happened yesterday in Cuba There
never he said had been an act of such splendid
Significance where a republic had been erected
under the auspices OF the United States. A
report of the historic incident was found In the
dispatches OF The Associated Press The re-
port was a temperate and graphic one. and.
he believed, ought to be Incorporated In the
records of the Senate. He asked that this dis
patch be made part OF the record and also
printed as a Senate document This was
agreed TO.
Mr. Hale OF Maine. offered a resolution de-
claring that the Senate of the United States
views with satisfaction and expresses its con-
graduation at the appearance OF the Cuban Re-
public among the nations OF the world The
resolution was adopted. and the Secretary OF
State was requested TO transmit a copy OF II 70
the President OF Cuba
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
NOT BOUGHT BY CUYARD LINE.

deny the report that they have purchased the
German steamer Kaiser Friedrich, for which they
were alleged to have paid A.6lO.Oo0-
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
OVERFLOW RALLY HELD.
MR. WANAMAKER SPEAKS A SECOND TINE.
URGING FRIENDS TO VISIT INDIA.

There a large attendance at the foreign
mission rally in the Central Presbyterian Church
last night The services opened with prayer by the
Rev Courtenay H. Fem. after which Robert E
Speer, secretary OF the Board of Foreign Mis-
sicns. who presided. introduced Mrs. b. c. Ha-
worth, missionary worker from Japan; the Rev.
Graham Lee, missionary from. Corea; the Rev.
Henry Forman from India. and Miss A A Brown,
who has charge of the Presbyterian mission schools
for children in India.
These church workers from foreign lands all
made addresses in which they spoke OF the work
that is being done in their respective eds or labor
IN the cause Of Christianity and appealed Tor con-
unued and increased financial support
Mr.. Wanamaker arrived from Carnegie Hall as
the last speaker finished. He introduced by
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22

Mr Speer. and spoke glowingly OF his visit 70 India
tecehtly, and urged his hearers to endeavor find
Iae @ TO visit that country a1d not wait until they
get as old as he before deciding to do so. He said
he believed the lack of interest in missionary work
was due in large measure the lack of
quaintance with IL
New-York tribune., 1902-05-22
CONGRATULATIONS FROM THE s A. n

AT the regular meeting OF the Empire state so
ciety sons OF the American Revolution, on Tues
day a resolution congratulating the RepuoilG 9k
Cuba was introduced by Edward Hasamah hAi-
adopted and telegraphed 20 Havana ~, .s..-
on or about May q this society Will ente,tAln
General Horace Porter and his French associates
whO are now on a visit to this country ror the pur-
nose or Attending the ceremonies connected with
the unwilling OF the monument 70 the Count de
90 Pavol,,fion This reception will probably be
held AZ the National Arts Club. In West Thirty
fourth-st