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New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
NEW-YORK CITY.

At St Marks Cha pei. Avenue a and Tenth-st
on next Sunday at r. service for the un-
yelling OF a newly erected memorial window will
be held. The rector of St. Marks parish. the Rev.
DR. /. w. Batten will preach at this service. which
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
BIG DOCK IMPROVEMENT.
DESCRIPTION OF THE WORK AUTHOR
IZFD BY THE KELSEY LAW.

The signing by Governor Odell on Tuesday Of
assemblyman Kelsey's bin authorizing the Dock
Deprrtment TO acquire The property along the
North River front between B.oomfeld ana west
rrventy-third sts. without making any attempt to
epree 7rith the owners upon price 10 be Paid for
any of the property rights has opened the way for
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
Sixth Avenue. 10th to 21st Street.
amusemeuis.
METR OPERA HOUSE,


Seats and Boxes Sale.
For the Farewell Performance Of Grand Opera,
under the direction OF Mr.. Maurice Grnu
MONDAY EVENING APRIL 21. AT I:f5.
I. CARMEN. Act l. Mines CalvA. Fritz schef.
2 DIE WALKURE. Act Miss Milka Ternina.
Messrs. Van DyCk BIspham Conductor. Mr. Damrosch.
3. LA FILE DU REGIMENT. Act II Mines. Sem
brch Van Cauteren. Messrs Salignac. Gilbert Dufriche
Vivan Conductor. Mr. FIon.
:. OTEI-IO Act ". Mines Emma Eames Louise
Homer Messrs Alvarez. Bars Journet. Dufriche. Scot
Conductor. Mr.. SepplH.
3. LAFRICAINE. Act Y. Miss Brevai.
Conductor Mr.. Flon
g FAUST. Act V Nine Emma Eames. Nsssrs. Al
Edouard de Reszke. Conductor. Mr.. SeppIli.
WEBER PIANOS USED.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
ANGLERS N THE C4TSEJLLS.

Kingston n. Y. April 16.-The trout season in
the Catskil Mountains opened to-day. Many
anglers from New-York and different parts of the
State came here TO take advantage of the first
davis fishing
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
M4RTNE INTELLIGENCE.
MINIATURE ALMANAC


Sunrise is Sunset 641 Moon a m 2:2T Moons age
HIGH WATER
AM-Sandy 3:17 He'll Gate 5:3s
PM.-Sandy Hook 3:5s Gov. Island 4:3Ol He'll Gate 619
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
OBITUARY..
JAMES HUMPHREY STEVENS.

HornelIsville y y. April 15.-James Humphrey
Stevens. one Of the best known LAWYERS IN west
ern Nev--York died here this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
ATRELIEN SCHOLL.

Paris. April 16.-Aur6lien Schon, the Wen k''o"h
author journalist and duellist, died mere tilS
n,nr7ing as a result of an operation.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17
Announcements a

f. e w.
Read our cards in street cars.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17

THEA. 41st st. & B'way- Eve. 8.
Next Matinee Saturday.
New-York tribune., 1902-04-17

Brings mail
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
RurnInu Iron Bridges.

''The new Williamson suspension bridge which is to span the East river between New York and Brooklyn was damaged by fire the other day to the extent of s25O. .O00." remarked q civil engineer. 'The bridge when completed is to be fire proof, being constructed entirely of steel and stone foundations for the piers. It may seem remarkable to one not accus- toned to construction work how a steel bridge can be damaged by fire to such a great extent, but the fact Is easily un- derstood when you consider that this bridge is in course of construction, and of temporary character which is used in building fire-proof bridges, just as there is much woodwork in the way of scaffolding, etc., used in building fire proof houses.
 "One advantage in constructing a sus- pension bridge Is the fact that no ground supports are necessary, the construction work being all done from overhead. In building stone bridge, for instance, a wooden arch has to be first constructed and on this the stone work is placed un- til the arch is perfected. when the tenn porary arch is removed. If this should take fire at any time before the stone arch Is complete the whole structure would collapse. and you might say that a stone bridge was destroyed by fire. As a stone bridge is constructed block by block a suspension bridge Is built wire by wire. When you look at the four enor- nous cables which support such bridge it Is interesting to know. that each of these Is made up of hundreds of little wires of hundreds of miles in length. Each wire is run across from pier to pier by travelling spider" and the work men who bind them together have wooden platform stretched across under the cable, making a plank walk from side to side. This Is hung from two big temporary cables which are the first ones strung across new bridge, It was this wooden walk which was destroyed by fire the other day on the big Williams burg bridge"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
A YeIIowhammer.

"Apropos of the Yellow Hammer flag presented to the veterans at Montgomery by Capt. Johseph F., Johnston" said an old soldier, 'it is fitting to recall that there was company in the Ninth Ala bama, which had its butternut colored uniforms trimmed with laurel dyed yel- low facings, from which the company was always called the Yellow Hammers General Cadmus Wilcox was colonel of the Ninth. afterwards brigadier general. then major general, and he always called the members of his old regiment and bri- gade. My people
 "At Five Forks just before the fall of Petersburg, a compact division of Sherl- dan's cavalry charged over Wilcox's bri- gade drawn out in thin line of skirmish- CTS.
 "A Federal trooper cut at the head of one of the Yellow Hammers. who was loading his gun which was without Q bayonet. After time the Confederate offered to surrender, but the trooper re- fused to accept 1t and kept chopp'pg away Yellow Hammer warded off the sword with his gun and jumped about among the saplings until his weapon was loaded and capped, when he raised it on the foe. who cried out, T surrender Yel- low Hammer said. No. d-n you, you won't and gave the dastard what he de- served"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
APpertalnine to thy young days, which we may nominate tender.
 Loves Labor Lost.
PaYinn State Witnesses.

The report of the grand jury con tains many suggestions. but perhaps no recommendation in 1t is of more importance than that relating to the payment of witnesses for the state, or rather to their non-payment. At pres ent witness pay and mileage is sim ply lien upon the fine and forfeiture fund. The witness receives, instead of pay. certificate which may be paid after the lapse of several years. These certificates are hawked about at discounts that are ridiculous. Some are sold at ten cents on the dollar, and few bring more than twenty-five cents to the dollar.
 These certificates of the county are not creditable to it, nor is their pur- chase by brokers at usurious rates a creditable proceeding. The grand jury proposes that the entire practice be changed--that whatever sum is to be paid to state witnesses shall be paid in cash at once and on the spot. The entire plan of payment should be changed for something straightforward and satisfactory. At present no one is satisfied with the plan except the purchasers of certificates, who make from 300 to 400 per cent from great county's delay in paying it's witnesses. A rich and populous county should rise above such backwoods methods, and the legislature would do well to heed the recommendations of the grand jury
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
CANNON AND TARIFF REVISION

From the Baltimore American.
 The election of Representative Cannon of Illinois to be speaker of the house of Representatives in the fifty eighth con- gress Is now practically assured. The to control the republican caucus. MT. Cannon now has eighty-two votes abso- lutely pledged to him.
 The one question of preponderating im- portance over which he may wield a most potent influence is that of tariff revision. and 1t is in this that the country is most interested. Protection has been one of MT. Cannon's cardinal principles, and he has ardently and intelligently supported it. There is. however. nothing in his record to induce the belief that he Is ultra-radical. Rather does 1t appear that he is reasonable and the conviction Is strong that he will favor revision at those points of tho existing law where revision can be shown to be necessary.
 Uncle Joe'' will owe this much to those who have made his victory certain. The revision sentiment Is strong in In- diana, Iowa and Illinois. and 1t was Bab- COCh OA W iSSOAlolhs hh0 PiOHCtA lCfAoihtA- ist, who swung that state delegation into line and clinched MT. Cannons success. To favor this sentiment and to permit 1t opportunity for exercise is, therefore, a duty he can hardly evade. That he de- sires to evade 1t we do not believe. But at this stage of the matter we would ask;
 How can MT. Cannon favor this sem timent and give 1t opportunity for ex- ercise more effectively than by making Representative Babcock of Wisconsin chairman of the committee on ways and means?
 MT. Babcock is a revisionist. and as such will be in touch with the sense of the next house. MT. Payne and Mir. Dal- zell are ultra-protec As between revisionist and an ultra~protectionlst 1t should not be difficult for Mir. Can non to decide. Revision must come, and the new speaker should bring his exper- fence, conservatism and ability to the task of oonsummating it, instead of blocking its path, as the present speaker has done.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
 JULIA MARLoWE's PUG NOSE.

From Frank Leslie's Monthly.
 While rehearsing prior to her first New York appearance Julia Marlowe encoun- tered Henry D. Dixey as she left Broad way house one day. At the moment Dixey was "the rage" "Adonis'' was in the height of its remarkable prosperity and Mir. Dixey was parsonage to more per- sons than a few matinee girls. The come dian had met Miss Marlowe often going to and from the theatre. Cheerfully he asked her how she was progressing. She replied that everything was going very nicely indeed.to which he made rejoinder: Well. what's the end of 1t all going to be? Whats your ambltion?' T want to be @ tragedienne." Miss Marlowe an- swered. You" Dixey replied; ''you, with that pug nosei"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
Fine Fall Weather.

For some reason all the cold air currents from the Rock mountains or beyond are shunted northwards into the wastes of Canada, and this country is enjoying unusually mild weather. The entire month of No vember thus far has been made up of pleasant weather-weather so mild that roses and other blossoms are as numerous and fine as they ordinarily are in midsummer. There is scarcely a block in this town outside of the business district that does not contain today beautiful blossoms untouched in any manner by the hand of winter.
 So great is the change that the mer- chants who have winter goods on hand are complaining. The stove mer- chants cannot sell stoves for heating purposes, and the clothing merchants cannot sell thick wear while tho weather remains warm and summery. This clogs trade to some extent, but 1t can scarcely be said to add to the sum of general discomfort.
 The weather-wise are unable to say why the cold air currents are defiected from Medicine Hat and other breed- ing places of cold waves northward, but 1t is plain something is turning them aside. No doubt there are the customary number of currents in cir culation, for the sun-heated air con tinues to rise at or near the equator, and cold air rushes in to take it's place. This operation is modified by mountains. plains and sea. desert and forest, but it goes on under varying circumstances, and there is no reason to doubt that the prevailing air cur. rents of this country are in good sup ply this year as in all previous years, but out of some unexplained reason they are turned over to the Dominion, and we are left to bask in the pleas antest fall weather within the mem ory of the oldest inhabitant.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26

and they VIII keep in close touch with the nrohlen until a a.saieahle asssseen range se- ment Is secured. They will try to bring out of the long struggle an en- during peace. AS Judge Gray ex- pressed the situation. the commission is endeavoring to induce the parties to the controversy to approach 1t fin a proper spirit and with the purpose of fairly adjusting It."
 The value of the commissions work now consists in the permanence of what can be accomplished in settle ment. This calls for guarantees on either side. and for delicate adjust ments all around, and the commission will deserve we'll of the country if 1t conducts the negotiations to a satis- factory conclusion.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
CHANGE IN NEGRoEs' FEET.

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 Speaking of the changes which have taken place in the negro reminds me of a rather striking fact in this connection" said a man who keeps up with matters of this sort. My experience in the shoe business has given mo splendid oppor- tunity to observe the changes which have taken place In the size and form of the negro's foot. It would surprise you to know the extent of this change. In the first place, the negro foot is not as large as 1t was at one time. Of course. we sometimes find negro man or woman with an extraordinarily large foot. But. as a rule, the feet are several numbers below the old average. This is not how ever, the most remarkable change to be noted in connection with the foot of the black man or black woman. The shape of the foot has changed. In slavery time, and long after the war. for that matter. the members of the black race wero noted for a rather singularly shaped foot. the chief and more striking characteris- tics of which were the Jay-bird heel and a hollow in the ball of the foot, The hollow has almost disappeared entirely in the foot of the negro, and as for the
 iay-bird heer, we never see them at all The fact is that the negro's foot Is now as we'll shaped as the average white persons foot. The reason is not difficult to find. The black man does not live now as he did before and just after the war. His whole manner of life is differ ent Change in his habits and methods of life has resulted in certain structural changes, and quite naturally the feet have come in for fair share of the change. Wearing shoes steadily has grad ually given the foot the shape 1t now hasa shape, after all. that is not the normal shape. The curiously shaped heel of the old ante-bellum negro was nat ural heel. It was perhaps more like the monkeys heel. but you know what science claims with reference to the origin of the human family. The same thing may be said of the hollow In the negros foot. It was a natural sort of thing. But this, too, has disappeared un- der the newer way of living. Time was when 1t was indeed rare to see black man with shoes on his feet. Now 1t is the | rule ana not tnc eACeptioh <ncH uho
 women, except in the more rural sec- tions of the country, rarely go unshod.
 even in the smreumomhtn uujgrenhew even in the summer time. Of course, you can stin find the barefoot negro. but he is rather scarce now. Even negro chill dren begin to wear shoes now much ear- Her than they did in the oldcn time We | can readily see that tho facts mentioned
 are responsible for the cnanges which
 have taken place In the size and shape of the negro's foot"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
| WESTERN MAN IN NEW YORK.
Citizens of Gotham Permit Themselves to Be Drlven---It Is Different.
 In the West.
Harry Reardsley in LeslIe's.

Harry Beardsley In Leslies.
 'Step up livelyl" he commanded to those outside. Move forward. there, pleaser' he shouted in domfneering tone to the herd within. The westerner braced himself stubbornly to stand exactly where he was. when he observed a most surprising thing To his astonishment the people about him, without even pro- test. were endeavoring to pack them selves closer together with general movement toward the front of the car. The stranger recalled at once how in his western home street car conductors In gentle tones were obliged to coax and plead with their passengers to induce them to make room for others. The west ern street car crowd was moved by per- suasion, but these New Workers. it seemed, permitted themselves to be driven.
 And in this conduct of the people the stranger saw that they had no time for stubbornness no time to spend in resent Ing the domneering air of the conductor, no moments to be lost in protest or ex- postulation. A great common and com
 trolling spirit was apparent. It was shown in this willingness to be driven. Then and there the westerner encoun- tered for the first time that constant, ir- fesistible, dominant force which pervades this spot where nearly 100000 people are heaped together-nearly 100000 individu- als struggling always to reach the top of
 the heap. And this persistent, powerful influence that carries men and women blindly onward, making them disregard the rights of the weak causing them to | lose sight sometimes of the common laws of conduct--this influence could be seen l in the action of every man and woman.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
STEEL PLANT FOR INDIA.
Wealthy Bombay Manufacturer Ar.
 ranging to Erect One.

 Pittsburg Special to The Times-Demo-
 crat.
 Resultant largely from his recent visit to Pittsburg James N. Tata, the wealthy manufacturer of Bombay, has arranged to go ahead with an iron and steel de- velopment company in the Chanda dis trict, central provinces of India, which will involve an expenditure of upward of SIP, 900, 000
 Julian Kennedy, the blast furnace ex- pert Is acting as consulting engineer for the enterprise, and MT. Helm once with the Carnegie Steel company, will sail for India for the purpose of taking up the preliminary work. It is planned to start the erection of plants within three months. Three modern blast furnaces of GOO tons daily capacity each will be erected, besides steel works rail and rod and other finishing mills. Arrangements have already been made to market 15.0o0 tons of the daily output.
 Mir Tata anticipates that India will in the near future be independent of the world for supplies of iron and steel. Much of the 5000 miles of railroad in India is laid with iron rails, and within two years these will be displaced by steel. The development of the Canada iron ore deposits most of which are very rich, will, through the initiative of MT. Tata, lead to the springing up of car shops, foundries and a large variety of iron and steel industries, many of which will have to turn to America for their machinery
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
THROUGH THE MEADOW,

By William Dean Howell.
 The summer sun was soft and bland, As they went through the meadow land The little wind that hardly shook The silver of the sleeping brook Blew the gold hair about her eyes, A mystery of mysteriesl
 So he must often pause and stoop, And all the wanton ringlets loop Behind her dainty ear, emprise Of slow event and many signs. Across the stream was scarce 0 step, And yet she feared to try the leap; And he. to still her sweet alarm, Must lift her over on his arm. She could not keep the narrow way, For still the little feet would stray, And ever must he bend t undo The tangled grasses from her shoe From dainty rosebud lips in bout Must kiss the perfect flower out! Ahl little coquettel fair deceit! Some things are bitter that were sweet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
settIina the Hard Coal Strike.

The strike commission promises to become a conciliation commission, and if affairs go on as they have been started the operators and the miners will come to an agreement very soon. Such an agreement between the par ties at interest would certainly be more satisfactory and more enduring than an arbitrary decision at the hands of the commission.
 The basis of the new effort seems to be 10-per-cent increase in wages, a nine-hour-day, and agreements cs to future differences. Many points in- volved are as yet uncovered CT rather undisclosed. How far the ua'cn will be recognized is problem,
 The striko ccmnlissicn $ e-.ertine itself to the utmost to promote and Facilitate q just and reasonable settle ment by tito contestants themselves
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
THE RELATED ANGELS.

By J. B. L.. Soule.
 When Eden with its dewey bowers Was fragrant with unfading flowers, And thistle sting and steathy thorn No foot had pierced nor finger torn; When Adam and his helper meet Contented with the fruit they eat, Were filled with joy from morn to even, And earth was but a part of heaven, The angels with familiar feet
 Come oft the happy scene to greet, And dropping forth in shining pairs Went up and down on Jacobs stairs. But when in horrible disguise
 Guilt raised its head in paradise, Those heavenly guests in holy dread Quick yelled their eyes and upward fled: And, halting on the starry shore To count their frightened number OCT, Discovered with a sad surprise That two had failed to reach the skies. s For wandering from their sisted throng The fiowery scenes of earth along, The turing songs of brook and bird, The nameless pleasures seen and heard, The gloriea of world complete Had far beguiled their rambling feet; Till trembling at the shadow thrown On all that once in beauty shone, In swift retreat they hurried on And found, alas, the ladder gone! So lingering yet by vale and hlii' Those twin celestial sisters still
 Together through tbe earth do roam. Together sing their songs of home. And these belated angels be
 Sweet Music and sweet Poetry. j..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-11-26
vIrnInla,s New Constitution.

The effort to upset Virginias new constitution is. it is thought, to be pushed even more strongly than are the cases begun against the new con. stitution of North Carolina, Alabama and Louisiana. An additional point Is involved in the Virginia case. The enabling act of the legislature con- tained 8 provision requiring the work of the convention to be submitted to the people for ratification or rejection. The voters voted on that basis. They voted ia favor of a constitutional con- vention in the belief that the instru- ment would be submitted to them. It was not submitted to the people at all, The convention assumed that 1t represented the sovereignty of the people, and it disregarded the express terms of the legislative act, and pro- ceeded to proclaim the instrument it had prepared as the constitution of the state.
 Lawyers disagree over the question involved. The convention acted in bad faith and in the face of all morals, but disregard of legislative authority by a constitutional convention has never, it seems, been passed upon by the supreme court. It is this feature of the case that lends additional in- terest to the Virginia contest.
 If the supreme court should hold that the Virginia constitution should have been submitted to the people, and is void because it was not, there will be no occasion for discussing it's grandfather clause, for every part of 1t would go down, and the old consti- tuition would go into immediate eff feet. The lawyers who have been re- tained by the Negro Industrial Asso- citation of Virginia will, it is stated, press this point, and there will be at least a decision as to the powers of convention over the instrument 1t prepares.