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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
FUNERAL OF J. M. CLANCY.

The funeral of ex-COngressman John NJ. Clancy
who died suddenly in Butte, Mont, on Saturday
last took place yesterday morning in ST. Ann
Church Gold and Front SITS, Brooklyn. His body
arrived from Montana Thursday. and since then
more than three thousand persons have visited ms
home at Gold and High SITS, to view the remains
The service was the solemn requiem mass. the
ceIebrant was the Rev. Father McGronan, pastor
of St AIMS The Rev. Richard Foley. of the
Church of Our Lady of Mercy, acted as deacon
and the Rev. Eugene Donnely, of st. Francis
xavier's as sub-deacon. The Rev. Fathers Moran
Donobue. Carroll, Hickey, Durack and Long as
sisted in the ceremony The Rev Father Metro
~ pronounced the eulogy. The altar was hned
I,,itb dora pieces the tributes or the many soce-
Is with which Mr.. Clancy had been identned
roone those present were W. BourKe COCHRAN,
111raS She[lip Patrick II MeCarren, Justices
SSomrt1ev Ready and Fitzgerald, eX-Congressnah
infisav ,JOhn /. Shea. Thomas 4: PearsaL ASSIST
aaH DiSfrict Attorney Courtney former Assembly
man CYRUS B. Gale. Thomas cullen Johh CTul-
foSIe + r Carn Thomas CaTlin former , Police bee
C65ruissioner Pyburn. Walter Thorn; former, 70.
nee commissioner James A Bell, John Morrlssseg
Graz, John McCiroaty. George Young James LIH!,
former Assenblyman John Douglas ,,I t3De['
Snitzer Judge Walsh. Alderman J. J. BIid6tes'
I6senh Kerrgan, DR.. Hurd Denis Winter, h1eL5-
frote O'ReiIly. Alderman Mcheown. AldeLII No.
David Stewart James A. Rooney, former + ire Ciei
Thomas r Nevihs and Frank NeVins.
The burial was in Holy Cross Cemetery
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
PLYMOUTH ROCK TRADITION.
How 1t Has Come Down from Generation
to Generation.

A fussy little man, with whiskers grayed
with age. sat for some time day two ago on
the terrace which overlooks Pilgrim Rock, at
Plymouth. Mass. Having been long time In
the world which likes to spoil Illusions. he was
inclined to be a doubter.
How do they know that is the rock on which
the Pilgrims Ianded?" he kept saying to himself.
as he frowned down upon the rock which is
sacred to New EngIanders. IT say, how do they
know
What is that you are saying?" demanded an
other old man. who had come up behind him.
I want to know how they know that Ply
mouth Rock is Plymouth Rookie" said the
doubter grufTiy.
You doubt the authenticity Of our most
priced relic of Pilgrim days." exclaimed the
other, man who can trace his ancestry back
to six Of the original MayhOwer colony. You
doubt that?'
Yes, do" snapped the fussy old man.
well. there is no reason for It. The story OF
the rock stands on well defined statements that
have come down from generation to generation.
There are dozens Of verifcations"
Let me hear one" demanded the doubter.
Let me hear one"
Deacon Ephraim Spooner told me himself of
something that happened in 1T41. when they
proposed to build wharf over the rock Elder
Thomas Faunce, born in 1647. then ninety-four
years old, was among those who sorrOwed be-
cause they thought the rock would be forever
lost. He had friends carry him in chair to the
spot and with tears in his eyes he bid an af-
fectionate farewell 10 the resting place Of the
Pilgrims.
He stated that his father. John Faunce. who
came over in the Ann in 1623. had repeatedly
told him the story Now this Thomas Faunce
was old enough TO have heard the story from
some of the Nayfiover passengers themselves
He was ten years old when Governor Bradford
died twenty-five years when John Howlaho
passed away and thirty when John Alden dieo-
He would have been likely TO have learned from
them whether the story Of his father was coz
rect or not"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
GAYNOR ACCUSES LAWYER.
Says He Neglected Interests of His Client
and Was Working for the Other Side.

A in which lawyer was declared by Jus
tice GaynOr to be acting in the interest of the
other side up in the Supreme Court Brook
lyn' yesterday On Thursday motion made
before Justice Gaynor confirm the report of the
referee in the divorce suit of Lulu E Moseman, by
her guardian, against her husband. Merritt W.
Moseman. J. Melville Knowles appeared for the
husband and asked that the report be confirmed
and that the husband have Judgment against his
wife.
When Justice Gaynor asked who appeared for
the plaintiff lawyer responded. but pale and
timid woman. who said she was the mother of the
wife. stepped forward and declared that the law
for the plaintiff, A. j. Adams, was neglecting
her daughters and that she was innocent.
She begged Justice GaynOr to read all the evidence
himself. and not depend upon the referee. Justice
Gaynor promised to read the evidence, and yester-
day rendered his decision.
The plaintiff married the defendant two years
ago, the age of seventeen, but left him few
months later and brought the present action for
divorce accusing him of improper intimacy with
his cousin, Abbe Covert. in their house. Her hus-
band the trial called several witnesses to prove
misconduct against her. The referee, David YER
planck filed the report that she had been guilty
of several acts of indelity. found her husband
innocent The husband is the son of a well do
farmer Of Somers, Westminster County.
Justice Gaynor said in is decision in part:
When this motion was called before me, the
mother appeared, and said he was negecting the
ms and n reodng 6 evenSe find that
he was several times absent from sessions before
the referee when The gravest testimony was intro
duced against this infant plaintiff. And though
l find in the bundle of papers brief for the de-
PENDANT this motion and another before the
referee brief is submitted by the plaintiff s
attorney. nor does any appear to have been sub
mitted by him to the referee. l sent for him TO
appear before me, but he has not done He is
plainly acting in the interest of the other side.
After a careful reading of all the evidence con
secutively. am satisfied that the plaintiff has
been Wronged
1t is strange. indeed, that court should be ex-
pected to pass as truthful credible the evidence
given before the referee in this case by the said
witnesses. The motion to confirm the report the
referee is denied, with costs and disbursements and
the order OF reference is vacated If these wit
nesses want to testify again, let them into
court and be seen publicly.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
TEARING DOWN OLD CONVENT.
New Home for the Female Institution of the
Visitation at Fort Hamilton.

The old convent at Clinton and WilIoughby aves
Brooklyn, which for nearly quarter of century
was the home of the Academy of the Visitation of
Holy Mary, is being torn down to make room for
palatial private homes. The Sisters however, in
the early fall will take possession Of their and
more commodious home. at Fort Hamilton, in Sec
ond-ave., Eighty-ninth to Ninety-first SITS
For the last four months the buildings, which
were formerly used a sanatorium, have been
undergoing repairs and alterations to fit them for
a convent and an academy. The Sisters went there
June % last. and two days later Bishop Nc
Donnell said the first and blassed the chapel
and house He assisted by Monsignor Barrett
his secretary, and the Rev. Father John Fitz-
gerald rector of ST. Patrick's parish.
In the old home there not room enough for
cOnventuaI and academic purposes. but around the
home there are half dozen acres of charm
ingly diversified scenery. The new location is
of the most attractive points on the bay Of New
York. 1t combines the advantages of both country
and city, and occupies elevated, healthful and
beautiful site in the western part of the borough
On high bluff stands the academy within
thousand feet Of the Narrows, commanding full
view Of the whole eastern shore of Staten Island
and the broad expanse of the Upper and Lower
bays dotted with sails representative of all nations
Enjoying a close proximity to the city, the situa
ton has all the advantages of that quiet and re-
tirenent so essential to study and Improvement,
There are groves of maple and Norwegian pine,
artificial lake in the centre and a unique rock
make landscape gardening interesting possibility
The convent acaOeIny Will De d SOItuuS l4lli
solitude. The institution will be open on Septem-
Der TO friends and benefaCtOrs.
The order of the Visitation of Holy Mary was
founded by St. Francis de Sales and st. Jane de
ChantaL at Annecy, France, in 1910. The first
American house was established at Georgetown
d. c., in 1893. In this city the institution was
founded from Baltimore on September a $3.50. by
BROOKLYN and in 1868 Incorporated by the
legislature under the title of the Female institu
ton of the Visitation"
The object of the institute is to offer pupils
course of study embracing all the branches of a
thorough English education, well the Ian
guages, music, drawing and painting. It is fur
reouistte in a modern course of study. A select
library affords every facility for reference. The
academic year begins September Is and ends
toward the middle of June, and is divided into two
terms Examinations oral and
written are held at different intervals during the
wear Gold medals certificates Of graduation are
awarded to those young women whose conduct has
given satisfaction, and who, having finished the
course of studies, pass creditable examination
Crowns of honor are awarded to those pupils VINO
have distinguished themselves by observance OF
rule and ladyIke department.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
BROOKLYN BUREAU OF CHARITIES.

The BROOKLYN Bureau of Charities appeals Tor 20
with which TO help widow with two chlidFeh.
The woman has had operation performed IN d
hospital and is now convalescent- she previously
has been able to support childen by sewing, and
he baen industrious and devoted to them. The
bureau is anxious to pay rent and storage on her
furniture in order that she may be started again
in her new home. when Il is hoped that she VIII
be able to support herself Contributions should De
rt ~ tho central office Of the bureau No. 90
scbermerhorn-st. The bureau desires TO acknowl-
edge the following responses to It's recent appeals:
the Rev R. F. AlsoP. SO; St AIMS Church $40:
..dontcIsir 3D." $40; William q. Low, $50. Cash"
A.: 81 x" 81; Mrs. J. NJ T.s 81 seth Low Soos
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
LETTER MANY YEARS UNpELIvERED.

Postmaster Roberts, in Brooklyn, yesterday re-
ceived letter which had been returned to him to
give to the sender mailed in the Brooklyn Posto1ce
on February 16, 1888, addressed to Thomas Stoll-
gard. Sailors Home. Cherry-st., New-York. In the
upper left hand corner of the envelope was writ
ten, IF not delivered in ten days return to NJ
Fenhenheike, L. S. R. S. Colorado Navy Yard,
n. Y"
On the arrival of the letter at the Sailors Home
twenty years ago, the clerk. not finding the man
whom II was addressed, stuck it in a rack on the
wall II had been there since. unnoticed until
FRIDAY In cleaning house 1t seen and taken
Gown. ana handed to the first postman who
an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-02
p r. T. INSPECTOR MISSING.
Former Girl Acquaintance Also Is Zone
He Is Married.

The police of the Atlantic-ave s. ation broohIyli
49, beor informed of the disappearance since Mon
-. - rap,es Anderson, thirty years old, an IN
sr1ec+or empIoved by the Brooklyn Rapid transit
Ct,or1, from his home No. 105 Cuca-ave.'
T7rookIvn He lived there with his Wife ana eiiliu'
aura five wears old. Miss Daisy Bishop seven
+een wears old formerly hello girl III the mann
telephone Office in Willoughby-st ana the uAue,
ter OF a barber, living at No % Rela-aVe' DIo'N
lvn also has been missing since Monday.
Anderson has been married eight years, and II
~, tu,o months ago when his wife first suspected
thar he was paying attention to another woman
ne had been acquainted with Daisy Blsnop ever
sIrce she was a little girl. Several letters that
nassed between Anderson and Miss Bishop came
into Mrs Anderson's possession among them the
following:
- Izli Consider us strangers 10 one another from
This time on love my wife and cannoI rove E9t;
80 ,ntend 10 be devoted my dear VIE ana niue
one from now on. ] will say WiiIuly ! naer e
v-roneed you by accepting your aIeGtloIis anu PteS
hat You may find another upon wholn 10 p9 9H
your love and devotion Your GEAR 9Ir
receive very great consideration; also your uea
- tSnr IN dealing with as they nave ! hoIs We
nav never meet again Try ana IoEset iii S1i1e
3ax Won may mother ana theh You W. ~ ~
=. 4nnine YOU may find side partner 10 DdttIe
the world with would say so s9lS tsNnTPs0V
truly,
Mrs Anderson says she forgot AND forgaVe' On
,tnrde1 her husband invited her 10 go out to
S- neal with him She accepted. but when
60. sacbed the restaurant Anderson said he had
for9otten 10 put his cuffs, and asked ileI II SIC
would wait TIL . he seh eogmethng was wrong
HJrrying home, she found that hsI ntsoanu We
not home and his el9aa,ns ai Thai he drew his
money from the railroad and tnen as P{1 f
AZ the home of the Bishops she found the en- too
4 eausTsainr aid sualasT In EA<i EEsintxsa Mass
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
THE BIRTH-RATE IN FICTION
Popular Science Monthly

AS the question of the size of the family
appears to be much discussed just now
l should like to call attention to the low
b1rth-rate1 in novels and plays, which,
united as it is with a high death-rate, will
inevitably lead to the rapid determination.
of the hero and heroine. I am under the
impression also that the birth-rate is
decreasing, and while families of re-
spectacle size may be found occasionally
in Thackeray and Dickens, they scarcely
exist In Meredith, Hardy, and James. AL
tho, so far as am aware attention has
never been called to the alarming condi-
lions, their existence will be recognized
readily by readers of novels and play
goers. - It will suffice to refer to two
novels, which think are fairly typical
VANITY j Fair and : "Beauehamp,s
Career.'' ='tr<@s .,.5 ,ss.
Becky Sharp was an only child, nor do
we hear of uncles or aunts. Vanity Fair
Is novel without a hero. i Sir Pitt
Crawley, twice married 4 has four chill
dren, his brother Ave. and his sister
none; so there is an average family of
three, just sufficient to maintain that
questionable line. Osborne and Dobbin
each. have two sisters, and we have
again the family required for a station
airy population. The Sedley family con-
sists Of brother and sister. In the next
generation, however, things are worse.
Amelia has two husbands and two chill
dren, Becky one child, Sir Pitt one, and
Josh none. This is apparently an average
family Of 1888, which is almost exactly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26

beautiful MANIFESTATION in this display O
Christian chaFitya Il i: II

Il William H. Eustis has run out Of in
teresting ding matter lie might, sub.
scribe for the country papers. There is
q good deal in them these dayss about VIII
]. liam Ian Henry He has n done something
which makes ia It IS such an unusual
+ thing for man to- mani festSthe sindiffer-s
enS,e CHI federal
office thatshis Z: q honse and Gaston act ali
by himself B has produced much comment.
It is generally very COMPILING htary to the
' e mayor Any man who can turn down
a.s$7, 600 job, sor what arm UNITS to turning;
down, possesses peculiar terest 4 for
the country litieiar and the country
editor. ASyieW Of the mat ter ntertained
by y most Of the ountry paperssis that
while the se1eetio of a member Of the
board nc OF appraisers may haReFtaken one
candidate out OF Mr.: Fletcher way; it has
thrust lr in another who is certainly mo less
dangerous a before the primaries. Mr..
Eustis did not net get the but he can
enjoy the@nice things that are said about
him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26

that of the Harvard graduates, according
to President Eliot.
In .'Beauchamps Career" Nevil is
an only child and leaves a child
to survive him; Everard Romfrey,
marrying sclildless Mrs Cul1ing, has
one child who dies in infancy;
his brother has none; old Mrs.
Beauchamp has none. Austin, Baskerlett,
Lydard, and DR.. Shrapnel leave no pos
terty. Of the three heroines, Jenny and
Cecilia are only children; Renee is of the
typical French family of two, but has her
I self no children. This is obviously very
bad state of affairs-an average family
of one-half child and a net fertility of only
DAB. AS these statistics have been COLI
lected in large. measure, from a fallible
memory, they may not be exactly correct,
and they may not, be- entirely represent
tative, but T am confident that they
would be- substantially confirmed rby
more accurate and extensive data. They
certainly foreten the rapid aeXterminati ton
of the population of the novel. - -
The conditions appear to be still worse
in the drama 1t is true that here the
marriage ate is high, and something
may be left to the Imagination. But
Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, and Romeo
have no lines of descent, nor does Lear,
tho he has three. daughters. In the cur
rent play the woman with past may
occasionally have a child; she certainly
never has the average family of four to
five; but her determination is not SO
deplorable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
Lippincott's MAGAZINE

L1pp1ncOtt's Magazine
He was a. nondescript writer Of verses
and stories for the Sunday papers. She
was clerk In department store. They
boarded at the same place.
A pretty little blonde, with light, wavy
golden hair, bright blue eyes, and sunny
cheeks, ought to be enough to tempt any
man. Buttsomehow he seemed indiffer-
ent to her charms.
He had the great advantage of being
tall and handsome, with black. hair, black
eyes and eyebrows, and mustache about
which the women all raved The cast
of his countenance was leonine. His
brows, highly arched and bushy, met in
a point above a nose that was Roman in
its contour. His lashes were long and
bristling. There was a wave Of hair at
his nape resembling name.
It became evident from the first that
she had set her cap at him. For him
were her sweetest smiles, her softest
glances, her most winning ways. In her
intercourse with him she ran the gamut
Of all the feminine roles in a melodrama,
from the airiness of the soubrette, when
she called him "jackanapes" and "booby, :"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
Respect for a Uniform.

n Most people have great respect for a
uniform They may not think SO but
they do. Let the governors staff march
down the street together in ordinary citi-
zen's dress and they attract no atten-
ton; but let them repeat the operation,
decorated in their gold lace and every
one pausess to sobserve,:sif not tos admire:
In Havana they have a. fire COMPANY
whose uniform fs5the prideFof the island
and on festal occasions this organization
leads the procession; but not. only do. the
firemen wear.auniform for purposes ,.ef
display, but. when the fire, alarm. Bell
sounds. they rush shome to put; on their
uniforms before they go TO the e fire.
Whether the uniform has any effect upon
the fire issrot said but it gives thessfire-
men greater freedom of action.
1t is related that some years ago when
Pennsylvania was, having. trouble with a
coal miners strike number of igno-
rant. foreigners! among the, miners We're
unable to realize that there.@was any
power behind the sheriff S posse because
he and his deputies wore. no uniforms.
They came from countries where the uni
form was an emblem of authority.
Why is it that the supreme court Of the
United States inspires SO; much, more
awe than any other courts? Probably not
alone Because it is the highest court OF
the land. but because it's. sdignifed mem
bers are made much more imposing, by
their flowing robes. d. =: -.
A good deal Of criticism is often in
dulged in over the scarlet coats of the
British soldiery Scarlet coats undoubt-
eddy make fine target and in these days
Of expert craftsmanship, cultivated to a
high degree in the common soldier, the
red coat is probably a military mistake,
but there are places where the red coat
undoubtedly exertsya. wholesome influence
and serves the purpose better than blue
one or a coat Of any other color. The
towns of the British Yukon are patrolled
by members Of; sthe gNorthwest Mounted
Police.5 While doingJ]s service sthese
police Wear Wear atke fseariet ieoaY.lsf This coat
is the ioudest thing ~ {o " IT. can be
heard heard fog blocks. End undoubtedly its
brilliant'o hsae ii "a ttfaat,ngi tfies ;,eye $50
quickly as ibedoes, fanh keeping $50 prom
inently III sfsvidencs The presence of the
law, ,esxerts most Wholesome inAuence,
and a more effective some than if the Of
ficer were dressed as a citizen or5even
ina less conspicuous uniform. It may
be childish to pay such respect to the
spectacular in official dress, and yet we
are all "only children a little larger
grown and undoubtedly influenced, by
such considerations. We might as well
concede the fact and make the most of
it. Undoubtedly, our civil officers with
semi-military duties to perform, as for
instance the sheriff. and his deputies,
would be assisted materially by the adop-
ton of an appropriate and yet distinct
i've uniform. -J-.,s.es, So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-26
Civil Service in Manila.

Manila has a. splendid. civil . service
system. Politicssis excluded from the adj
ministration Of municipal affairs and the
only basis of appointment or promotion
is efficiency The principles of civil
service reform have been so thoroly
applied and the chances of promotion on
merit so clearly established that there is
no difficulty in getting capable men to
take inferior positions at the start, know
ing that as fast as vacancies occur there
will be advancement and promotion from
the lower grades.
The two features Of the Philippine civil
service act under which Manila operates
and which distinguish it most from the
federal actsare az it's broad scope, en-
bracing not only thesofficers of the gem
eral and central government, but also
those in the executive sbranch of the pro-,
vincial and municipal governments, and.
ultimately including every officer and
employee, from the heads Of departments
down to unskilled aaborers and (2) its
provisions regarding promotions to be
made upon eompetitiNeeex examination from
the lower to the higher ranks, including
all positions except theoheads of depart.
ments and private secretaries and mem
bers of the Philippine commission, and in
the case Of heads Of departments pro-
viding that they shall be selected by pro-
motion from a class to be composed Of
the first, second and third assistants to
the heads Of departments. y
The natives OF the island are given
every possible opportunity to share in the
administration Of their governmental af-
fairs, and one thing that discriminates in
their favor Is that the salaries are not
sufficient to attract Americans to the
minor positions. while from these minor
positions, as already stated, the door is
open to- still better ones thru thee en-
fcouraging system of promotion in vogue.