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Another Magnetic Healing Oplni %.

From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
JEFFERSON CITY. Mo. Nov % -Divtsion
No of the Missouri State Supreme Count
handed down q lar &c number Of opinions. but
the most interesting one was that In the casa
OF weltmer W.. Bishop Welfmer and hts
associates brought suit against c. n. Bishop
for his publication In the st Louis CArisfian
Advocate OF an article which they alleged WA
libellous Of their business. recovering judg.
ment for $3.50 The plaintihs claimed that
they we're engaged In the business OF mag
netic healing. and that large numbers OF per-
for disease hs and that the publication 81 an
article terminR them miserable ohsrlatsns.
was lioellous Of Their business Inc CAS- ;as
rendered; takes fall out OF the magnetic
healer He said In part:
Of Procedure re as a't 70 suTrender their own IN
imnossiSilty; they are no. REQUIRED e siys
" Ss', wi.nesses 'as sses
thai In the realm sps sssn9s mI mi. yie
f man 's system and shsIS trsst@egt Dtass
the tae, contest Continues with reason Il can-
not be aid that ha ss bssn
Rut II either school would convince us
that Il Is richt or even that It is entitled
appeaI TO our intellirence and discuss sub
jscts on a basis Of natural laws. II IL can
not be discussed on that basis there Is nothing
to be discussed II a man comes into court
claiming to possess supernatural powers
and bring with him witnesses that he has
nossibis. we are not required to believe such
evidence. II there was anythinH 10 the
nctic healing, that entitled It to the pro-
lection OF the law and which was not per-
ceptibie to the uninstructed,. the burden
was on them to show the rationale
Of il, and failing TO do so the court should
close its door asainst them The law Of
libel Is not DESIGNED 70 shield one n the
ness Of piaintiff, as shown BY heir own evil
dence Is OF such q character a. that Il
i not entitled to protection under thu
law OF libel"
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number, six, be eligible for promotion
each year. On this latter recommended
ton II is enough TO say that for twelve
commissions open TO enlisted men during
the past two years there were only four
applicants, Of whom three passed the
examinations. 1t is evident that no
such number Of enlisted men will be COM
missioned as to make the increase Of
places Of Importance.
On the shipbuilding programme Mr..
MooDY takes a stand favoring a con-
tinuance without interruption OF the in
crease Of ships. and suggests that at
least two battleships be among the num-
Der authorized. He asks for two am
bulance ships similar to the Solaoe.
An important recommendation deals
with the artisan employees, civilian
laborers. who receive good pay, but are
without remedy as against the Govern
ment if injured through the latter's fault.
II is a constant occurrence in the navy
yards that subscriptions are taken up
for employees who have been injured,
and whose families are in distress during
their period Of enforced idleness
An injury which DESTROYS or impairs the
capacity to work of a man who works
with his hands is an overwhelming calam-
ityto him and those dependent upon him
1t is but simple justice that
in this respect the Government artisan
should be placed upon an equality with
hrnf hnr in To lgtr,
This matter should be considered by
Congress. The cost of doing Justice to
the laborers will be small, the chief mat
ter being the enactment in law of the
principle of compensation for injuries
Taking up the routine work Of the
navy, Mr.. MOODY reaches that of the
Ordnance Bureau. The most interesting
event therein has been. he says. the
development of new shell having the
perforating power of an armor-piercing
projectie. with capacity for large
bursting charge. Many projectes of
the new type have been fired through
hard-faced armor calibre in thickness
that is, six-inch shells through six-inch
armor-remaining in condition for eff
fective bursting
The health of the navy has been good
during the year; the discipline has been
good, and the probationary system"
in which sentence on prisoners has been
suspended in certain cases. has worked
very satisfactorily The rccommenda-
tons for legislation refer chiefly TO de-
tails of office work
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The action begun last week in the Supreme
Court Of New York al Buffalo ia behalf Of the
Seneca Indians OF this State to compel the
Ogden Land Company 10 Justify its demand
for $500 600 in consideration of certain pre-
emption rights on Indian lands claimed by
II should have the effect Of blanketing the
Vreeland bill, which Is scheduled to come
before Congress again in December. The
courts will be called upon to settle two ques-
tons at issue: First, as to whether the Ogden
Land Company has a claim in law or equity
which would act as cloud on the title OF the
individual Indians lands were he TO receive
a patent from the United States in fee simple
on the allotment Of the lands in several,y,
as proposed by the Yreeland bill; and, sec
ondly, if such cloud is imminent does it
rise from any transaction which makes il
morally or legally incumbent upon the
Indians to remove II? In addition to pro-
viding for the allotment in severalty for the
Indian lands of this State, the Vreeland bill
furthermore gives to the Ogden Land Com
pany son 600 in consideration of these pre-
emption rights named by il. IL has been
held by the friends of the Indians that the
Ogden Land Company has no claim In equity
on these lands and very doubtful one in
law.
II is well that the Indians have come TO-
gether and demanded that the court should
pass upon this question 80 long in dispute;
and pending such action the VreelaId bill
should be held in allowance.
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Dismissal OF the Fire Chief.

The dismissal of EDWARD F. CROKER,
Chief of the Fire Department, became
necessary when some of the grave
charges on whtch he was tried before
Commissioner SrURGIs were proved.
No honest difference of opinion can exist
as to the fact that they have been proved.
On that point the well-mltured memo
randum filed by the Commissioner is
convincing
on the general charge of incompetency
in the management of great fires, but
il was shown that he suspended the in
spections of the Park Avenue Hotel,
which were required by law, and that he
neglected to take obvious precautions
to protect the hotel from the fire which
consumed il on the night of tho burning
Of the Scvcnty-Nrst Regiment Armory,
causing the loss of several lives The
energy Of Chief CRokER on that occasion
was not disputed at the trial but it was
misdirected energy, and he must stand
the consequences OF his errors of judg-
ment.
" was also shown that he was guilty
of INSTRUMENTATION and of conduct pref
judicial 10 discipline, in that, rs regards
inSub dnatlon, he reScinded an order
of the Commissioner and refused 10 re-
call il and as regards the other charge,
that he made transfers arbitrarily which
impaired the usefulness of the rank and
file, and in making promotions disre-
Garded the standing of men on the eligi-
BILE LIST. Minor charges on which the
Fire Chief was found guilty were that
he partially converted property OF the
department TO his own uses. and allowed
other property to be used by citizens 80
that it became alienated and possession
practically passed II them.
Chief CROKER has been removed for the
good of the service and the better Sc
curty of property owners. Commits
sloner STURGIs has done his duty as he
saw it. and he will be upheld by fair
minded men. The fact that the trial
proceedings were not always decorous
has no bearing on the question whether
the dismissal of CROKER was just.
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consisting Of the county ofA New York;,
and Of five Justices in each OF the oh r
departments. The Governor desigi,ates
from all the Justices Of the Supreme ourt
those who shall constitute the Apps Hate
DIVISION in each department. and such
designations last for terms OF five years.
In the Second Department. which embraces
the whole of Long bland and all the lower
counties of the State. the terms Ct " o
Judges Of the App, late Division, WILLARD
BARTLETT and JoHS WOODWARD. will ex-
pire on Dec. 81.
Last Friday the Brooklyn Bar Associa-
ton unanimously adopted a resolution ask
ing Governor ODtLL TO reappoint Judge
BARTLETT and Judge WOODWARD as their
own successors upon the Appellate Di-
vision in these terms:
Their lllustrious Judicial careers displayed
patience In temperament. diligence In rsearch
a learning In the history and precedent OF the law
an original grasp OF Its fundamental principles.
perfect judicial courage In applying them TO rev
and complicated questions. and above all have
displayed that order and quality of justice and
powerful common sense 80 essential TO fitness for
that exalted station"
The New York press may be called unani
nous ia recognizing in these two Judges
the qualities that led the Brooklyn Ban
Association to express Of them tho views
above recorded.
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Whatever basis there NAY have been for
the reports circulated from time TO time in
the pas; that horses Oh the METROPOLITAN
racetracks have been doped," the fact
that the racing authorities are preparing
to guard against the practice in the future
suggests that II has not been altogether
imaginary. Among the proposed ameId-
nents TO the rules Of racing which are soon
to be officially acted upon by the Jock, y
Club appears the following. drawn up by
two OF tho clubs members:
Any person who shall he proved TO have affected
the speed OF horse By the use of drugs or stimu.
lans admniste red internally who shall have used
appliances. electrical or mechanical. other than the
ordinary whip and spur, shall be ruled on"
Does this mean that We shall hear less of
100 to shots next year than We have b. ara
during the past season. Anyhow the
gmel .dueIt will be good as a precautionary
measure, If hothiug more,
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the Late william Il. Fuller.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE SrH-Sw: Many
will have felt the shock Of personal loss in
the sudden death OF Mr.. william II. Fuller
To say that he began by collecting American
pictures then became possessed OF a small
but exceedingly choice collection OF works
bv the early Enoli-h and Barbizon schools.
and ended with an exclusive preference for
pictures nv Monet. Is to give but the skeleton
OF his motives. What clio thed II with muscles
and flesh and gave IL vitality was the spirit
and character Of his collecting II was not
acquisition but possession that attracted
him: and posse >sion with him was not a one
sided affair While he possessed the picture
he needed that the picture should possess
him He yearned for companionship In his
treasures and il was not until the picture
had succeeded in establishing the assurance
that II would prove a sympathetic companion,
one with which day IN and day out he could
live and from which he could draw perpetual
refre- hnent. that he purchased II. j his
at lea,t wa, distinctly true Of the many later
wears OF his collecting lhe bias OF his
choice was undoubtedly toward the emo
tional suggestion of picture: but, whether
a canvas pleased him or not. In each case he
searched the reason home TO It's technical
an unusual de gree the sense of the con-
noi-serr. a. -hrewdly penetra'ing as It was
vide snd tolerant Apd here It was TIA!
collectors
lie kept his many friends in mind and the
respective Ntlut0CleA ol tHfu tt- -, una II
he Jaw in a gallery a picture that lie could
recommend be would spare no trouble TO
seek ont the individual for whose collection
II seemed fitted and advise him 20 acquire it,
Thus he became the one on whom many
Learned to depsnd for sdyGe and many
discernment Moreover he communicated
TO others his own ideals Of collecting and In
creased the number OF those into whose life
their pictures enter
The last abiding conviction Of his life was
a love OF Nonet= pictures
| met him last as recently as two days be-
fore his death and We talked OF his pictures
He was pleased that | ~hared his affection
for the Antilles" now being exhibited at
Pntsburg II was his favorite, he said and
he spoke OF II a. man mi hit speak to a
sympathetic ear OF his best loved dauchter
not without loving alluSiou to his other chill
dren also and wit tender discrimination
OF their different traits In conversation
such "a this he impressed one a. much by
the penetrative analysis OF his thinking as
nv the sweet simpli, Ivy and depth OF his arec-
tons leayin behind a sense OF refreshment
and illumination, CHARLES II CAFFIN.
MAMAEoNECk, y. Y,
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The Navy Department Rrport.

The annual report Of the Secretary OF
the Navy is comprehensive and detailed
A remark in an early paragraph indicates
how Mr. MOODY has prepared il. a
statement of the operations Of the fleet
he writes, may be found in
the report Of the Chief OF the Bureau of
Navigation, and will not be repeated in
this report. That is. the report is that
of the Secretary Of the Navy, not that of
each of his chiefs of bureaus linked by
his own comments.
The work Of training the personnel
OF the navy is the principal task of the
Navy Department. and the heads of
bureaus, fleet, squadron and ship COM
inandnFs are all paving tho greatest
attention TO II. To perform the work
schools Of instruction have been estab-
lished wherever practicable, among
them the schools for petty officers of the
seaman branch at Newport, and those
for the artiicer branch at Portsmouth.
Va, and this city; the school at the Med
cal Museum, Washington, and the tor
pedo school at Newport. The Naval War
College, for officers, has also received
increased attention
The question of the shortage of officers
and that of the naval programme of
shipbuilding are considered at length
by Mr.. Moody. On the former matter
he recommends that the number of mid
shipmen at the Naval Academy, which
must remain the chief source of supply
OF officers, be increased at once, and that
twelve enlisted men. instead OF the present
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Judas IscariOt LibeiIcd.

To ruE EpGrra oF iHt S,H-sp. Let me enter
a public protest against fragrant case, recently
come to hight. OF "kickng the under dog" II has
always appeared mean to thump a man when he
was down and, although such Cowardy practice,
are not crurely unknown, thcy should be d.,
countenauccd by all lovers OF fair play. The case
In poin, To which rcfeichce Is made Is the unNar
ranted and Hoe iJus assault upon the character
OF the late Jt da' lscarlut. made by an unfceIlny
Teuton namcd Paul Heyse. In u meloirama now
being presented at "a New York playhouse This
man actually makes the public charge that the
said Judas iscariot was responsible for the down.
fall OF the late Mary OF Magdala. II Is directly
charged that the ruin OF TINS woman was brougn,
about ami Accomplished by this man lscarlol
We all know something OF the history OF Judas
lscariot, and Heaven knows he had enough sins
OF his own TO answer for without having this offence
OF Nbertinism placed al his dooT r,
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DR.. Mintons warning Against wemeu
Workers.
From n. Ph,iaieIphio Record.

TRENTON. n. J.. Nov, 81 The Rev. Dr.
Henry Collin Minton. Moderator Of the last
Presbyterian General Assembly. sounded .
warning TO the nation In his Thsnkssivins
sermon to-day.
Or. Minton's theme was Home. State and
Church." and in the course OF his remarks
said: The American home Ia at once the
pride he Joy and the hope OF our nation God
grant that IL may continue to be so But It u
not without It's perils. Conditions are COM
bininc to make the survival OF the homo a
more serious problem In our modern life Tho
young women OF to-day are filling q hundred
places our grandmothers never dreamed OF
hlliug Every one OF them Is robbina a homo
Of wife and mother-s household OF a mia
tress or a maid
The unmarried are In danger Of becoming
timid in the face OF the practical dirfculties OF
home-making. while the married are fockins
for refuge to the cruel. tender mercies OF
hotels and apartment houses I am saying
no hing pro or con abou womens rich = or
wron.'>, but do say that unless there - a
reaction from the tendency now prevailing
unless women will consent to leave a Larger
share for men TO do In the once. the store and
the factory the future Of the home L. Inn
perllled and the family circle l. Threatened
with forces that tend toward disinte grafton
aud decay"
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it must compel, a reapportionment Of
seats in the Rcichstag according to popu-
lation.
II, by means of the proposed revolu-
ton in parliamentary procedure. the
tariff bill should be passed forthwith
IN IT'S present form, the action of the
Imperial Government will be awaited
with keen interest Will Chancellor Won
BtLow proceed to kill the bill in the
Bundesrath, as he is credited with the
power of doing, although the Agrarans
at present dominate not only the Reichs-
tag, but, to greater or less degree, the
Diets Of Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden
and Saxony? Or. will he summarily
cut the knot by dissolving Parliament,
confident that the Agrarians will not
be all-powerful in the new Reichstag?
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LIVED WITH STARRED HEART.
"Details Of the Operation on the Heart OF
Pcnry Nygick.

From, he Nsu York Medical Record
Henry Myrick, negro. ~ years OF age. OF
rather delicate appearance, was stabbed az
o c,ock Sunday afternoon. sept IL. 100;
About 81, hours after the injury Drs Parker
and Wtkerson were called. and perceiving
the nature OF the case. advised that should
be sent for and uron my arrival urged an
Immediate operation. 10 this the parent
readily consented, and ! was assisted In the
operation BY Drs wilkerson. Parker. Michel.
r s Hin Robinson and Washington
The knife blade entered the NTH intercostA
space about a quarter OF a. inch TO the right OF
tho left nipple aud. penetrating the apex o.
the heart pa ,sed into the left ventricle. The
wound was about thIee-eiehths OF an tnch In
length, and fr0m it came stream OF blood
at every systd,e There vas no external
bleeding but his general CONDITION was very
u favorable The rsdial pulse was almost Inn.
rerceptiDie and the heart sounds were heard
with diriculty, ,Ihsrs va. IA tr tx,1nt
and was very restless His e1,Iemities wers
cold, as were his lips and nose When AROUSED.
h. an.M.r.d uestions In.e tell, T,rt ssousn
from hi, bed TO table az o'clock at niehsL
TO cleanse the field OF the operation and olAcs
the patient in as favorable condNi0l az my
SURROUNDINGS in the negro cabin would alteS:
Commencing an inCision about nve-eichthe
I carried it along the third rib for four inches.
4 second Incl sion was started At the same an
lance from the sternum and carried along the
sixth rib for four inches. vertical incisipn
slons The exterior asiisrX I'm, ,",, vas s,a Az
ribs were cut through with the pleura APE
musculO-osseous flap was raised. WIN She
cartilages of the ribs acting rs the hinges;
There was no blood in the plcursl CAVITY, pvt
the pericsrdium was enormously di.teboeo
ENLARGED the opening In the pef'cnrolsm 70 "a
distance OF two and one-hali inchss APE
evacuated about ten ounces OF plood 10
pulra Immediately improved. ana was COM
mertei upon bv Or l. d Robinson, VINO 70
successfully and skilfullv administered s9e
chloroform l had nv brother. DR.
Hill to pnss his hand Ito the rericaidial sac
and brinr the heart upward, and. at the same
cateut -uture through the centre OF the
wound in the heart and control the hemor.
image cleanssd the pericardial sac with the
saline solution, and closed the opening IN u
with seven interrupted catgut sutures. The
plural cavity was also cleans"d with saline
solution. and drained with iodoiorm eauza.
The musculo-osseous Zap was brought Gown
and stitched in position Inc operseion
lasted fortv-fve minutes
The patients pulls on reaching his bed va
strychnine hvpodermicallv and employs
following morning. Sept Is the boy.s pulse
was 100 degrees and temper ature 100 deRYesA.
and he was slightly deluious On Sept 10
there was but slight change in the tempera-
ture and pulse though the delftum vas much
worse On Sept. II he COMMENCED to I'm.
iupt.d ] allowed him 70 II up Sp the A.
A N Surgeon to the Hui Infrmary.
MONTGOMERY Ala
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The trotting-track men who met day
before yesterday did not form a new asso-
citation. as was expected, TO enforce track
rules, but they indicated Enthusiastically that
enforcement is n very distinct feature Of
their programme. Certainly up TO to-day
too few trotting- horse lovers have realized
how scandal has been tolerated and ndi-
rectly encouraged on our trotting tracks
We believe that not a single prominent
driver who was party to any great fraud
has ever permanently lost the right to
drive. They were all taken back. and the
&, neral enforcement Of rules has been cor
respondingly feeble.
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College. and Capitalists Of the south.

FFOfn NJ EUlVI CONSTITUTION.
Mr.. James Stillman. president Of the City National
Bank of New York. and himself one OF the great
multlmilionalres OF the nation has given slOo 0eo
to Harvard University to aid In &c rain anaton ical
Investigations The Incident would. therefore. he
commonplace but for one thing, Mr. StlrnAu ia
a Southern man, The strange thing TO US Is that
gentlemen ukO Mr., Stillman and others OF Soutbe I'm
birth, but now bniylicd In the East, ind n so
easy TO ignore the necessities OF their kindred in
the South and SO satisfying to make their lays,
charitable and educational contributions TO the
already opu.cnt Institutions OF the North and East
Why should the poverty OF our Southern colleges
bar them from the help OF the wealthy and yen, rous
men who have gone from the south to the NOM,
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Gen. Smith.


From the MObae Daily RsofGsv.
Our opinion expressed In regard to the case OF
Gen, jacob Smith. that the best course 10 be Dur.
sued by soldier was the one OF absolute silence
pursued by him, Is confirmed by the fact that he
has risen steadily In public esteem. and now the
widely read and influential Washington Pos comes
out with the request that he be rcins ated In Ii.
army. The Posi- says: "Hc has organised 10.
political caoal 70 agitate his grievances, nor yet
posed as martyr TO catch the popular eye Hs
has. on the contrary, conducted himself with a
simple and seif-contained dignity which ent,l<s
him to all praise. We doubt whether among ali
The Generals who have won fame aaa r~ceiyed
reward IN connection with the Philippines, there
Is any who really deserves more sym PATTY ana
admiration than Gen. Smith. The Prte,dent
could do nothing more Just or gracious than tbs
act we have suggested
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Often picture sque iaLcy IL displayed
in names Of American societies Some
thing rich and large, often something orig
nal or devil-nay- care. appaT in naiy
OF these titles. The Grad ,ohcat, nateo
Order Of Hoo-Hoos il a well-known sp,ci-
men of this embroidery of appellation. In
st. Louis the other night vas hcld he thir
tieth annual celebration of the Knights Of
the Golden kLocker. Brooklyn contains
the only other society with this admirable
tame. used, it viii I've noticed. in ito proper
ser.se and With no connotation OF fault
finding carpiug and 30 on AZ in the living
present words ito knock" knocking
. knockcr"