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IL. PairIck's Church

To 7HT EpIToE OF The SUN -Sir' read
with interest Mr. ORorke's letter on 81.
patrick's Church in this mornings SuS. |
think he nlsunderstands the nature and tho
scope or the work proposed. a. We'll as tho
intent that underles IL all
| write as member Of the congregation
and as one who would not consent to tho
taking away or dcfacng OF any part OF tho
grounds or building about which 50 many
old and tender associations gather. But
surely between taking away and augmeutnG
there il wide difference
The inscriptions on MANY Of tie stones in
the churchyard are no longer decipherable.
and the stone itself "a crumbliug away be-
cause Of exposure 70 the weather for so many
years. As a matter OF fact. the greater NUM-
Der OF graves cannot now be identified be-
cause OF this corrosion. 1t will not be very
many years before all alike suffer from the
leyelling hand OF time. unless means are taken
to preserve them
The right r. yereud rector Of 81 patritk's
Is not. ! aIn sure, committed absolutely 10
any specific plan Tor this preservation, bat
he does think that something ought 10 be
done TO make permanent the record OF these
interments. Far from any thought OF desc
Grafton the plan proposed was TO give lasting
honor 20 the dead aud perpetual remcm brance
IN The moItuarY rites OF the thllrch. may
say that Mgr hoarney would not in This mat
ter do any violence TO the wishes of tie living
representatives, OF the dead; but. on the cnu-
trary. before q stone Is turned to put the plan
proposed into execution or any other plan.
for that matter II will be with their full con-
sent Mr.. Okorke may perhaps he glad
70 learn that the proposals have been sub
mitted 10 the lynch family. and % a. many
other surviving relatives Of the dead buried
ia the yard as h was possible 20 ind.
am in hearty agreement with Nr. O'Rorke
IN his sentiments OF reverence for the past
We live in an age that is fanatic In it5 adora-
ton Of the new Everywhere we see the ruth
less despoilment OF the old. 1t would be
graceful concession to the past 20 rescue
some rclc here and there and keep IT az 4
memorial OF our earlier New York life let
US rescue st. Patrick's. The church has
never been really completed The unfinished
condition OF decoration in the front and rear
walls tells that. IL "a nothing unusual ~
the building Of our churches 20 leave soma
thing for future generations to do. and add-
lions, such. for instance. ~ a moTtuHry chapel,
have aesthetic eGemplars IN many parts OF
Europe STEPHEN j HANNIGAN
NTw YORK Feb IS
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New COnsuls.

4 wholesome note is sounded in tho
announcement that changes are TO be
made in the personnel of the consular
corps Immediately after March A. This
is good rs far IA it goes, but it would
have been better had that plgeonholed
Consular bill been brought to light dur
ing this session of Congress and sounder
and broader basis established for tho
changes in the corps.
There is even a suspicious little rift
in the present announcement. 1t APP
pears in the statement that nearly all
consuls who have served for two terms
will be ousted. That is not where the
evils Of the service lie. Length of SER
vice is not in itself an evidence of unfit
ness. Its argument would be quite TO
the contrary, and a removal made only
because man has served for two terms
would be no less pernicious than an un-
fit appointment. A purpose to remove
deadwood and install better quality of
consular timber is most commendable,
but il is BY no means certain that the
service needs ploughing up. 1t does
need vigorous wedding out. The mere
substitution of one set OF consuls for
another set of consuls is no guarantee
OF improvement.
Our present service. rs whole, is
fairly good. and there are those who
even think il excellent Commenting on
this question, the Canadian Manufacturer
recently said.
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QUADRANGLES AT CHICAGO.
The University 10 lie Divided into Groups
and Colleges, something Like Oxford.

CHICAGO, March 2.-Radical changes In
the plans for the future OF the University Of
Chicago, as outlined by President Harper,
have been decided upon by the Midway au-
thorities. according TO an announcement
made by Dean George Vincent of the junior
colleges.
Like Oxford, the Midway school Is to be
divided into small colleges, each 10 have a
separate name, but all TO be under one head
and one scheme of direction. Buildings will
be erected for the new groups in the various
quadrangles planned. In all something like
twelve to fifteen new structures will be
erected for that purpose. II il estimated
that from 5000, 600 TO SO eco 900 will be
needed TO carry out DR.. Harper's schemes
Thus far no gifts have been received 10
cover the cost of the buildings.
THE University Of Chicago Is to he n
combination OF the American style OF uni
versity and the Oxford system, said Prof
Vincent yesterday -In dividing the schools
up into small colleges we will get all the
benefits of the present large and small
American colleges at the same time Also,
we will get the benefits aocriing from the
English style OF university
Definite plans have been drawn m for
the women's quadrangle. The masculine
students OF the freshman and sophomore
classes arr TO have quadrangle The
divinity students already have their quad
rangie at the southwest end of the campus
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TROUBLES or THE SULTAN.
War News Causes CONSERVATION In the
Palace. Joy In the Slrcets

To THE EprroR or THE Sun Str II IA
reported from Constantlnople that the con-
sternation at the palace and in oflcinl circles
over the turn OF events In Russia passes all
description Backed by Russia, the Sultan
has been able 10 resist at all points the pres
sure OF the West. especially OF Great Britain
but now hc finds himself very much in the
condition OF a lobster without his shell. lie
is said TO have been particularly Affected by
the fall of Port Arthur. 70 which tho censor
ship allowed only the barest reference in the
press European papers oonta ming full de-
tails were selling at eXtravaRant prices where
they could be obtained and the reading Of
the accounts gA'> the livelest satisfaction
10 Turks Greeks and Armenians alike all
seeming to feel common satisfaction at the
success OF the Japanese. who are the heroes
OF the hour.
For the Sultan the change in the situation
Is serious. as he has already found in the att-
tude assumed by the French Ambassador in
the matter Of the loan for the purchase OF
artillery and other war material, and IN The
regulatory pressure brought TO bear on nm
tatvc who threatened 10 leave CONSTANT
nople unless a share OF the loan and OF the
order for gum was placed in Germany. A.
usual, there was compromise, and for the
present things have been smoothed over
A certain amount of relief also has come
ishment Of a good many the British Govern
me9t has suddenly shown disposition to
One incident was the arrest at Cairo by order
OF Lord Cromer OF the representative OF one
OF the Turkish political parties and manager
OF q newspaper for an, article against the
Sultan and the Khedive- The other wis
the threatening of the brother OF tho director
Of an Arab paper. khiidtdt published in Ion
don unless he modified the tone OF his artlcles
in IL. IL WAS only after the two had signed
an en- gagement In the sense required by Lord
Cromer that they were restored TO liberty.
From these Incidents and the curious back
ing down of the British Government from
the policy lately announced by Lord lans-
in Constantinople that the weakening OF
Russian influence there and the fear OF con-
nagration I'm the Mussuman world should
the Sultan's authority be attacked externally
and internally at the same time. have prompted
this change it II. however, held by some
that he British Government has ends in view
that cannot be advanta geously pushed for
the moment, or that developments are taking
place in connection with the troubles OF Rus
STA calling for caution. PERA,
NEW IOnk March T.
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To Thy EDITOR OF TIN SUS-Sir: The Mayors
opposition to and the subsequent apparent aban-
donment OF TIC Centre street loop plan for the
necton OF the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges
suggests an alternative plan which. for many
reasons. seems to me 70 be superior TO either the
Centre street or tho Baxter street plan. While have
watched with considerable attention and Interest
tho various Ideas brought forth for the reiief Of
the existing conditions a; the Brooklyn Bridge
have not yet noticed mention OF the suggestion
which ! purpose laying before you herewith. and
which believe to be at least worthy OF consld-
Grafton
In brief, the plan | propose calls simply FOR the
rebuilding OF the Third avenue elevated road from
the Brooklyn Bridge TO Delaney street 10 a double
deck structure, the lower deck to be occupied by
the Third avenue elevated and tho upper deck by
the loop railroad. presumably the brooklyn Rapid
Transit. Tho adoption Of this plan would obvlate
the necessity OF destroying the s,thctlc features OF
the architecture OF Centre street. would avoid
heavy damages and loss OF time In construction
which would be Incurred By the adoption or the
Baxter street and private properly route. and would
add only slightly TO ihc ugiincss OF PARK row and
the B0wcp. This plan OF milne should also give 10
the Third avenue elevated road a loop entrance
into the Tryon row terminal OF the Brooklyn Bridge
thus avoiding. In considerable measure. the con
Eestcd conditions which obtain tho prcscn, cry
Hall station OF that line such a double deckcd
structure would also provide. at Chatham Square.
for connection with the Manhattan Bridge when
iha, somewhat impapahle structure shall have
become physical fact.
l can conceive OF no reasonable objection which
the elevated road people might offer TO cooperation
with tho city. or with tho Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
In rebuilding this portion Of their uad. for II would
seem that they would have everything 70 gain by
such an improvement and nothing 10 lose.
DEooKLrS. March ?. FRANCIS 4. DIMoCE.
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With all due sympathy with the sorrow
or indignation Of tho Indian Bureau because
band of Sioux. beautiful of blanket gal
lery Of war paint, forest of feathers. has
come to Washington town without leave
asked. we must forgive a truancy so decora-
tive In its results. These unpermitted wan
derers are waved away from tho inaugural
parade by the Hon. FRANCIS +. LEuPP, Com
missioner OF Indian Affairs. He authorizes
and stamps as official six distinguished
Amerinds including our reformed friend
GERONIMO. the Hon, BUCKsK1N CHARLIE
and the Hon. Hollow Horn.
These gentlemen will be an honor 10 tho
procession. They are entitled 10 full faith
and credit from the spectators; and tho
Director Of the Bureau OF American Ethnol-
ogy should show them every attention.
Still. those forbidden Sioux might have a
kinder word than Commissioner LEUPP gives
them. Hear his reasons for laying them
under the ban:
They came unAskod and have no right to tx
poet places 10 the parade merely because they arc
Indians. Were TO grant the request Of this band
would naturally be forced act In tho same
ncr toward every Indian wishing TO participate in
tho ceremonies. The result would hc Indians
everywhere, oycrshadowing everything else. bath
In number and In bnIliancy OF costume
Are the Caucasans so afraid Of the SPLEEN
dor of their copper colored brethren? Why.
the Hon. SETH BULLOCK and his cowpunch-
ers can outsioux the Sioux. and the Israel
w Durham Marching Club Of Philadelphia,
with its ochre spats, can outdaz2le them.
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FAMOUS CONVENT TO MOVE.
The Sacred Heart Institution Is Going
Further Uptown.

As soon as a satisfactory site further
uptown can be secured the convent school
which the Ladies Of the Sacred Heart have
had 80 long in West Seventeenth street.
near Sixth avenue, will be closed In their
academy many Catholic and non-Catholio
women Of social prominence have been
educated In its chapel many noted con-
verts have been baptized and confirmed
and as the meeting place Of the contractor
nifty OF the Children OF Mary and the Taber-
nacle Society it has seen many memorable
gatherings.
The teaching order Of the Ladies Of the
Sacred Heart came to New York in 1871,
Nine. Eliza beth Gallitzin. They settled in
Houston street near Mulberry, and some
time afterward moved to Blocker street,
where n school was opened and at once
enjoyed fashionable patronage
Needing more extensive quarters the
establishment was taken TO Astoria, l.. l.,
ia 1874 and remained there for two years
in one OF the old fashioned country resi-
dences which then dotted the shore of tho
Sound. The Lorillard family mansion at
Manhattanville being offered for sale at
that time, the convent was again moved
back to New York, and settling there has
since remained, becoming the most famous
boa riding school of the order in the United
States.
In 1858 the school in West Seventeenth
street was opened to accommodate day
pupils in the then fashionable residential
section of the city. The character Of the
neighborhood having greatly changed,
it has been determined TO move the school
to more convenient and attractive site
further uptown. No details have been
fixed upon yet.
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SUMO I'VE SNOW coNrRAoroR.
Legal Aid society Takes Up Cases Of
Alleged Underpayment.

The East Side branch Of the Legal Aid
Society has brought twenty suits against
William Bradley. the snow removal con
tractor, to recover wages alleged to have
been withheld from shovellers employed
10y him. These men are all Russians. Hun
garians and Austrians and few OF them
can speak any English. According to their
statements Mr.. Bradley foremen have not
given them credit on their cards for any
thing like the full amount due them. They
assert that sometimes they got paid for only
one days work out OF three and that here
tofore they have had the choice of accept.
ing what was offered to them or nothing NJ
all.
On the East Side Mr.. Bradley is looked
upon as person of first importance be-
cause in snowstorm periods he is in position
to give work to practically all who apply.
In the busy season he has as many as 1000
men working for him on the snow removal
contract. The pay for shoveers is sup
posed to be 20 cents an hour.
About forty men called on Mrs Mary
Grace Quackenbos the attorney for the
society, at her Office nd said that the "snow
commissioner, as Mr. Bradley ia called
over there, had not dealt fairly by them in
tne matter Oh wages IltH man Idu WIN
him a ticket upon which was punched the
number Of hours he was supposed TO have
worked. The men were credited with seven,
eight, and nine hours each. although some
of them said they had worked two and
three days.
Mrs. Quackenbos could do nothing then
but settle with MIR. Brndley's lawyers for
the face value Of the tickets. II was de
clnred that some of the tickets were couu-
terfeits although they are about as diff
cult to initiate az bank notes and most Of
the men holding them could neither read
nor write. Nevertheless those who held
the tickets said to lie bogus got no pay at all.
When more complaints were made 10
the society about Mr.. Bradley last month
it was decided to take the matter to tho
municipal courts and in the Last few dnvS
a batch of free summonses has been issued.
The men in every case have been instructed
not to accept any sum less than the full
amount due them The cases will come up
in the Fourth, Fifth and Thirteenth district
courts just as soou az Mr. Bradley can be
served According TO the process servers
Of the society il ia an extremely difficult
task to get at him. Mr. Bradley has p
dozen or more Offices in New York and he
il very busy man.
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A Few Redconts Let.

Comment il made that for the first
time in centuries the British soldier has
left our continent entirely to its own
military devices. The withdrawal Of
England soldiery from Halifax and
Esquimalt does not seem 10 be clearly
understood on our side Of the line.
Esqumalt. on the island of Vancouver,
has been a naval base rather than a
military garrison. As ships come and
60, and AZ Notifications of some kind
are desirable if not necessary parts of
naval bases. that station has been ocCu-
pied by Il small body Of artillerymen
and engineers, about 100 in all. There
England abandons the naval base for
the reason that her commerce in North
Pacific waters is not sufficient TO make
a local squadron either necessary or
desirable
Halifax has been occupied by bat
talon of infantry in addition to the ar
tillery and engineers. The infantry is
to be withdrawn Its place will probably
be taken by Canadian regiment, but
England's artillery and engineers will
still remain in charge Of the fortifica-
tons
With her post at Bermuda, England
sees no necessity for maintaining az
she has of late, 1000 men at Halifax. 1t
is not understood that the point is TO
be abandoned IA British naval base
There will still be few redcoats left on
I he continent
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tory OF that gigantic construction, whose
successful accomplishment made them
/ known throughout tho Union as the
Big Four. All of them became promi-
nent among the rich and powerful men
/ OF this country. OF the four STANFORD
was the best educated in the conven-
I tional sense. Before going to California
! he was lawyer in Wisconsin. He was
also the one OF the number who had
! largo political abilities and ambitions.
| He was a delegate TO the convention
/ which nominated LINCOLN in 1860; the
next year was elected Governor OF Cali
| fornia, and in Ss5 to the United States
Senate. In the last year also, he, to-
! gether with his wife. now dead. founded
I the Leland Stanford Junior University
at Palo Alto, Cal, in memory of their
son of that name who had died in 1884
at the age of II years They conveyed
to the university landed property rep
resenting an aggregate value OF many
millions, and Senator STANFORD when
he died left it a bequest of S2,5O0,0O0
Apparently in fulflment Of his wishes
Mrs. STANFORD turned over TO il prac-
tically the whole Of the estate, so that
the total endowment was toward 500
100000. The university is thus the most
magnificent memorial ever raised by
paternal and maternal love in pious mem
DRY OF dead son.
Mrs. STANFORD gave also the chief
thought and the most anxious solicitude
of her later years to the management
and development of the memorial uni
versity. She was practically the mas
ter spirit in the enterprise and as such
she did not escape criticism of her con-
ceptions of its educational needs and the
methods to be adopted in its administra-
ton and instruction II was complained
that the trustees of the university were
merely her subordnates and that she
herself was a woman of eccenuicities
which interfered with the wise scholastic
development OF the institution.
None of her critics, however, could
deny that she was n woman of remarkable
ability and strength Of character. Her
devotion to the university erected as
memorial to her only son was absolute
in its unselhshness.
Both Mrs STANFORD and her husband
were natives of Albany county in the
State of New York. and in age they were
only one year apart he having been
born in 1924 and she in 1925. Besides her
munifcent gifts to the Leland Stanford
University, she built and endowed n
childrens hospital at Albany and gave
a large sum to kindergarten schools in
San Francisco Maternal devotion was
thus a passion with her which no lapse |
of time after the death of her son, twenty |
one years ago. had served to cool, for |
practically all her benefactions were |
made "a a memorial TO him
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Mr.. Jane Lathrop stanford.

The death Of Mrs LELAND STAMFORD
at Honolulu, apparently the result OF
a poison crimnally administered TO her,
brings up recolections Of the roman
tic and tragic history of California with
which this remarkable woman was so
prominently associated
LELAND STANFORD, her husband, who
died in 1893, was one of the early settlers
who were drawn TO California after the
discovery of gold in is4s He was not
among the "Argonauts" who rushed
thither in the following year, his arrival
having been three years later; but he
began his California career as a gold
miner At Sacramento there was al
ready settled COILS PORTER HUNTING
TON, who had been n "Fortv-niner.
though he had become prosperous as a
trader rather than as a hunter after gold
directly. Two years after the arrival OF
LELAND STANFORD, HUNTINGTON took as
partner in his business MARK HOPKINS
CHARLES CROKER, n Forty-niner, y
was another Of the traders of the town,
and LELAND STANFORD became still
dilONlltI- dNAdllitilAO Ailtl WIS "a lOukl
mining town, but busting with trade
with the mining camps, and all four of
these men prospered rapidly and greatly.
By the time Of the civil war they had
become the Big Four joined in push
ing forward the project for the building
of the Central Pacific Railroad, then re-
garded ms crazy scheme.
1t is said that of the four the need OF
such a railroad first occurred TO LRLAND
STANFORD when, in 1859, he saw a huge
freight wagon drawn by twenty mules
pull out from HUNTINGToN's store for
the Comstock mines at Virginia Citv,
though the practicability Of the route
over the Sierra Nevada had been vainlv
urged on California by THOMAS j. JUDAH,
a civil engineer Mr.. HUNTINGTON, i'm
pressed by the suggestion, at once gave
10 it the practical impulse OF his vigorous
enterprise and extraordinary genius
for execution. In July, 1862, the first
Pacific Railroad act was passed by Con-
gress, largely through his influence. For
the construction Of the railroad ono
section, the central. was given to the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, and
the western division TO the Central Pa
ciho Railroad Company. Al the organi-
cation Of the Central Pacific STANFORD
was elected president and HUNTINGTON
vice-president, and they, together with
CRocKER and HOPKINS, were the heaviest
holders Of the stock
1t is not necessary to follow the his
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Bailey on Pay and Hirelings.

In the Senate, Wednesday night, tho
Hon. JOSEPH weldon BAILEY put forth
two theories of great pith and moment
First Officers and men in the army
should be paid, as Senator's are paid,
exactly what their services are worth y
Mr. BAILEY admitted ingenuously that
some Senators are paid more than they
are worth and Others less
This is the application TO tho salaries
of public officers Of the principle guam
tum meruu. An impracticable applica-
ton, since no court IS equal to the high
and fine distinctions that would arise in
such cases of exact compensation.
Second: Mr. BAILEY, commenting on
the word "hireling, suggested a wide
and tolerant commensality:
viii say that perhaps that term b applied
for in the United states Army to-day ofloer VIII
not SIT down TO dine with his own brother II that
brother happens to be private -
We infer that if Mr. BAILRYs genius
had taken him into military life he
would have messed with his men But,
properly speaking, is not an officer, and
even Senator, as much Of a "hireling"
as a private soldier?