THE WASHINGTON TQIES MONDAY AUGUST 10 19036
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MONDAY AUGUST 10 1903
Dailu Calendar of American History
August 101S14 Stonineton Conn bombarded by
fleet1S21 President Monroe proclaimed ad
mission of Missouri as twentyfourth State
1846 Act establishing the SmithsonianInstitution approved
1S61 Battle of Wilsons Creek in Mis-souri General Lyon killed
1S71 National Labor Congress met atSt Louis
1S87 Eighty persons killed and 250 injured at Chatsworth Ill in theworst accident known to Americanrailroad history
An Answer Required-
The Serious Charge of exAuditor PettyIgnored Up to Today
Commissioner West was quoted onJuly 2S as saying-
I find upon examination that it has beenthe custom for many years for some subordinateemployee of the District to buy for Districtwhen dod where it suited their pleasure paying retail prices for all their purchases nocompetition being The requisitions forthe articles thus Ejected have been approvedby the Auditor and the property clerk withoutquestion
To this very serious charge thelate Auditor of the District J TPetty entered picturesque poeticaland violent denial quoting Shakespeare and the Scriptures invokingDecalogue and Golden Rule and otherwise cavorting around the ring of themoral law toshow that he at leastwas not particeps criminis whateverminor officials might have done in thepast or were doing now to profit bythe lax methods in vogue in the Dis-
trict government But in addition tothis very thorough and as far as hewas concerned satisfactory disclaim-er he said-
I recall but one official answering to Com-
missioner Wests description whose name Iwithhold but width will be furnished if
and in whose case the efforts I made tokeep him in check are matters of comnwnknowledge both in my office and in that of theproperty clerk This man unlike those uponwhom the Tower of SUoum fell was indeed asinner above all men in tide respect and Ioften brauRht him to book That is I repried his misdoings o Commissioner Macfarland under whose supervision li came in thehope that latter would launch a prohibitiveorder against him and his practices but inevery case the Conunianoner while commend-ing my watchfulness condoned the offense and-
I retired front the field discomfited One wellremembered ease among a number of othersoccurs to me in which this refractory officialordered not far from a thousand dollars worthof work without the authority or knowledgeof either the property clerk or the Auditorwhich wls executed at prices largely in ex-cess of contract rates and when I reported the
to OaranitaiioRer Maefarland he compli-mented rae but if he punished the offender thefact has escaped the notice of the historian ofDistrict happenings
We are not aspiring to be amongthe historians of District happen-
ings Our ambition will be satisfiedif we are permitted to serve publit in a modest and unpretentious wayThis will be accomplished in part wethink by answering the fol-lowing questions-
Is Mr Pettys we re-
peat it is a serious onfacts
If so who is the man who violatedthe law
And if the law was violated theregulations issued by the Commissioners wore ignored whose was theinfluence that protected the wrong-doer
It seems to us that if Mr Petty istoo modest or too retiring to speakout some one else should
Let us have the facts gentlemen
American Citizenship
Admission of Ignorant Foreigners-
In refusing to grant naturalizationpapers to sixty applicants woreunable to speak the English languageJudge Gregor of the Albany N Ycounty court has established a prece-dent which should be followed byevery judge in the country beforewhom a foreignor appears seeking citizenship If after a residence of fiveyears in this country where English-is the prevailing tongue an alien hasfailed to master the language sufficiently to conduct an ordinary con-
versation aud make himself under-stood he is unfit to assume the dutiesof citizenship If he knows nothing
t i the language of the country hecan know little or nothing of its insti-tutions
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of solution but the problem of citi-
zenship is comparatively easy Itmay be impossible to shut our gatesagainst the great influx of aliens whoare annually pouring in from theslums of Europe but it is not im-
possible to put up the bars of citizenship and thereby prevent the charac-ter of the electorate from deteriorat-ing
Party bosses and party machines in thfe large cities are primari-ly responsible for the admission tocitizenship of persons who are notqualified to undertake its responsibili-ties but it is the duty of the courtsto protect the country from suchabuses The manner in which ignorant foreigners are transformed intoAmerican citizens every year imme-
diately preceding an election and aregiven the right to vote upon questionswhich they do not understand and inwhich they have absolutely no inter-est is a national disgrace It belittlesthe dignity of citizenship it makescitizenship merely a name instead ofan honor it becomes a source of posi-
tive perilThe time has come to cell a halt
While there can be no possible validobjection to conferring citizenshipupon intelligent persons born uponforeign soil and desirous of makingtheir homes in America there is everyreason why those who are ignorant ofour language and of the spirit of ourinstitutions should be debarred fromits privileges The renunciation ofallegiance to their native land meansnothing to them and the act of
a naturalized American meansstill less
It is well also to call attention ashas been done frequently heretofore-to the fact that the term of residence-in this country required in order toacquire naturalization papers is altogether too short The percentage offdreigners who are able within fiveyears to gain a knowledge of our pub-
lic affairs sufficient to warrant theirparticipation in saying who shallmake our laws and what those lawsshall be is small when compared withthose who never familiarize them-
selves with public questions The native American youth must attain theage of twentyone years before hecomes into possession of those rightsand privileges which are conferredupon ignorant foreign adults in thebrief period of five years Ten yearsis none too short a time for a for-eigner to be among us before we admit him to citizenship
With Us to Stay
Why Should the Irish in This CountryWish to Return to Ireland
An unnamed proprietor of an em-
ployment agency in Boston is quotedas saying that the number of Irishimmigrants to this country isdropping off and that New Englandresidents of Irish birth are preparingtc return to Ireland
Nothing more improbable than thelatter statement could be imaginedThe fact that a large number of welltodo IrishAmericans visit their oldhomes every summer is no evidencethat they are buying excursion ticketsfor the sake of remaining on the other
sideTheIrish land bill is expected to do
a great deal for Ireland but as yetthere is nothing but expectation TheIrish in this country have no desiretf return to Ireland and not one in athousand of them would live there nomatter what England might do in Ire-lands behalf
The Irish in this country have cometo stay The are among the most intense Americans and they are amongthe most active in public affairsWhile they retain in their hearts asentimental love for the old countryund while in the past they have contributed largely of their means forhome rule and other remedial meas-
ures they are perfectly contentedwith their lot and they know that itcannot be bettered in Ireland at thepresent time or in the future
It is undoubtedly true that Irishimmigration is falling off at this timeHope is higher in Ireland than it hasbeen before for a long time KingEdward has distributed kind wordsand alms from one end of the islandto the other There is general beliefthat better times are coming but theyhave not tome aud they nre not in-
sightAmorica is good enough for the
Irish who are already here More andmore of them will journey every sum-
mer to the scenes of their childhoodand renew old ties of relationship andfriendship but they will return withhere und there an exception just nsthoroughly Americanized as they werewhen they went away and still moreappreciative of the country in whichthey have made their homes and arerutting their families
The Sultan of Sulu thinks of makingHongkong the Oyster Bay of his ad-
ministration
The Hon William Verbose Allenshould hasten to send his former Sena
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tonal associate the Hon Benjamin H-
Tlllman a pass over the new railroadhe is building
All visitors to Commissioner Macfarlands office have read the motto overhis deskExcept the Lord keep the city the Watchman
waketh in vainThis seems to have peen interpreted
If the Lord is watching whats the usebothering about anything except orations
Those clergymen who will suffer fromthe defalcations of the abscondlugtreasurer of the Preachers Aid Societywill find how difficult It is to live byfaith alone
The Peoples Forum
The EndSeat HogTo the Editor of The Washington Times-
I want to soy a word in defense of thathuman specie whom the street car travelingpublic refer to us the endseat hog I donot believe that all the criticism upon himand by him I mean her as well is justand merited The person who occupies an endseat in a street car is entitled to it by rightof priority Those who board a street carafter the end sect is taken sometimes suiTorfrom an inconvenience but that cannot al-
ways be avoided All the seats on a car can-
not end seats any more than every seat inan opera house can be on the front row
In a theater should the stole seat occupant-be obliged to move up in order to accommo-date the late arrivals Is there anythingmore annoying to the average theatergoerthan to have persons constantly going out andcoming In between the acts and to be obliged-to get HP half a dozen times during a performance In order to permit middleseat hogsto pass This the aisleseat hog Is required-to do Why not request him to move upevery time some one wishes to take a seat Inthe row It would be just as reasonable as tbrequire a passenger to move up every timeanother passenger boards a cur
There are two sides to this question of streetcar etiquette Perhaps the endseat hog desires to leave the car at the next cornerShould he then move up and be obliged toclimb over the pedal extremities of otherpersons who have crowded him out of his seatAnother thing I have never heard any criticismpassed upon the endseat hog on a rainy dayXo one objects when the seat is wet to per-
mitting the endteat bog to occupy thatplace on the car everyone wants to be
middleseat hog on that day In short MrEditor are xve not all selfish and looking outafter our own interests and comforts rather thanthe convenience of others I think so
PASSENGER
Condemnation for Union Station-To the Editor of the Washington Times
In The Times of the 6th inst you say thatthe construction of the proposed union railroadstation provided for by the act of Congressapproved February 23 1903 is a national ratherthan a local project and that the ofColumbia ought not to be obliged to contribute-so largely toward it
Now I wish to say that if it is a nationalobject if the appropriation for that object canbe placed on the ground that it is to pay the
debts or provide for the common defense orgeneral welfare of the United nodirect taxes could be laid or collected in theDistrict to meet the appropriation unless theywere laid in conformity to the rule of apportionment established by clause 4 of the Othsection of Article I of the Constitution Foras Chief Justice Marshall declared in the oldcase of Loughborough agt Blake the prin-ciple of apportionment established in the Con-
stitution secures this District from any oppresBtve exercise of the power to lay and collectdirect taxes
acting as the municipal legislature-of the District may indeed lay direct taxeson the lands of the people of the District forDistrict purpoe purely without violating therule of apportionment so long as thom purposes are not in violation of any other port ofthd Constitution but it cannot lay such taxesfor the welfare of the United States
unless in proportion to the census providedfor in the clause of section 2 of the Arnearticle where it is also declared that representatives and direct taxes shall be apportionedamong the several States which may be in-
cluded within this Union according to theirrespective numbers
The latter clause does not exempt the Dis-
trict from direct taxation for national purposesprovided the taxes are laid on all parts of thecountry alike but the two clauses consideredtogether do exempt it from such taxation fornational purposes unless the States and Terri-tories are made to contribute their quotas pro-
portionately and according to the constitutionalprinciple of apportionment
The opinion of the Supreme Court of theUnited States in the income tax cases 157 U S
57 and 158 U S 001 also support my contention on this point
But there is another point involved in thiscontroversy Private property cannot be takenby taxation for any but a public governmentaluse and whether any particular use is such ornot is a judicial question The courts ofYork Iowa and WUjonain strongly uphold thisposition And since no legislature can do indirectly what it cannot do directly it follows
that money collected for public and governmental uses exclusively cannot be devoted toprivate or quasi public uses even though theright of eminent domain may be exercised infavor of quasi public uses Since the unionstation act devotes 1500000 of public moneyto the uses of private corporations it may wellbe doubted whether that act is constitutionalfor the provision respecting due process of lawhas been held to apply to the taking of privateproperty for such uses
JOSEPH HKADKIELDWashington Aug 8
In a Lighter Vein
Current ExpensesAdmiring Citizen Colonel OfTutt how can
you afford to give the electricity for the Il-
lumination of the city on BO many public occiisioni
Colonel Offutt Oh thats easy I just chargeit to surreal Baltimore Amer
Planning Too MuchShe I believe every man is the architect of
lib own fortuneHe Yen but the trouble is most men spend
10 tiiMch time on the plans that they havenone left for buHdinpKai City Journal
All the Difference You KnowMahoole Me wild woman is always tlllin me
to ocme straight homeClancy Bedad yes are lucky lie ould
woman is always tilliu me to come homettraiRht ChieuKO News
HighStella Theyre going to the post
officeRoll Im glad to hear it I gut only three
love from Jack today and Im surethere something wrong
A Good PointBachelor I dont understand why lie
to marry her Why she hasnt any mind atall
Hen peck So much the batter Then shecant be changing it every hour or o Phila-delphia Ledger
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CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIPFROM OLD WORLD CAPITALSS-
ome Interesting History Concerning Family Whose Scions
Are Prominent in America Baron Burian the New Austrian Min-
ister of Finance Sultans Prayer for Hassan Pasha
the Sapieha¬
Prince Sapiehas BereavementPrince John Sapieha who for some
time past has his home in thiscountry and is in the bank-ing business devoting his attentionmore especially to the financial interests of the Poles who have immigrated-to various portions of the United Statesespecially the mining districts from thePolish provinces of Austria Russia andGermany has just lost his father PrinceAdam Sapieha who was one of tho mostpicturesque and romantic figures of thoold Polish aristocracy Prince John willtherefore like the Roman prince DelDrngo who also makes his home In theUnited States and who has Just lost hismother bo prevented by mourning fromtaking any active share in the gayetiesof Now York society next winter
The old Prince Sapieba was but a fiveyearold child when his father andmother who had taken a very prominent port In tho insurrection of 1831
against Russia were forced to flee fortheir lives the princess in particularand her young child experiencing themost extraordinary adventures beforefinding refuge in London where the boywas educated Thirty years later PrinceAdam who had meanwhile become amuch traveled man of the world figuredas one of the leaders of the 1863 Polishrevolt against the Czar was capturedand while In prison awaiting trial andprobable execution managed to effecthis escape disguised as a woman and toreach Paris where he was received as awelcome guest at the Tullleries and en-
joyed for a time the particular favor ofXapoleon III who believed that by fo-
menting Polish nationalist aspirationsIn the Western provinces of the Czar hecould exercise pressure upon the Russian government
The prince however finding that Na-
poleon had no real intention of helping the Poles and that he was indiffer-ent to their aspirations savo so far asthey could be used in furthering the in-
terests of French diplomacy quittedParis and settled in the Polish provInces of Austria where he owned verylarge estates and became in course oftime a member of the German diet aswell as of the Austrian house of lordsbesides which Emperor Francis Josephconferred upon him the order of thoGolden Fleece and the dignity of a privycouncilor
Tho princo lost a portion of his fortune some years ago through the col-
lapse of the socalled Credit Bank ofGallcia at Cracow and as he bad noless than seven children it is not astonishing that his son Prince John whois unmarried and the youngest but oneshould seek his in the UnitedStates where of course the name whichho bears Is of some Use to the bonkinginstitution with which he Is connectedenjoying as he does oldtime prestigeand honor among the Polish emigrants-in
who traco back theirdescent in an unbroken line to the fourteenth century and who became Polishprinces in 1760 have now had their titleas such recognized both by the Austrianand the Russian thebranch to whichforming part of the Austrian aristocracy while there are two other branchesthat ore enrolled among the nobility ofRussia
Baron Burians AppointmentBaron Burian who has just been ap
pointed by Emperor Francis Joseph tothe post of minister of finance of thedual empire in succession to the lateBaron von Kallay and who like thelatter Is to have the control of theprovinces of Herzegovina and Bosniais a Hungarian hailing from tho Slovacdistricts of the Magyar kingdom andis the only one of the socalled jointministers that is ministers for bothsections of the possesses-a mastery of the Hungarian language
His career until now has been entirely diplomatic and consular and formany years he has represented theAustroHungarlan at Sophia a most position He Is a soninlaw of old generalFejervary who has just vacated thepost of Hungarian minister of nationaldefense and who Is renowned for thenumber of his duels the last one hav-ing been fought two months ago withswords the old general who is consid-erably over seventy but as fiery tem-pered as ever receiving a severo woundBaron Burians appointmnt is an ex-cellent one and gives universal satis-faction both at home and abroad
ARIIMAHINIHINI POMARAARRIVES IN AMERICA-
SAN FRANCISCO Aug 10 PrincessArllmahiuihini Pomara daughter of tholate King Pomara of Tahiti has arrivedin this city on the steamship MariposaShe is accompanied by her aunt MrsDoronce Atwater whose husband hasboon a planter in the Islands for the lastthirty years but who intends again tomako his homo In America
Miss Pomara is tho younger of KingPomaras two daughters She Is aboutsixteen years old tall and attractiveHer father was the last of a long lineof rulers
BARON VON STERNBURGLEAVES OYSTER BAY
OYSTER BAY Aug 10 Baron SpeckVon Sternburg the German ambassadorwho has been President Rooseveltsguest since Friday left Oyster Bay thismore n-
JCo guests were entertained at Sagamoro Hill today and the President I penthis time in alternate intervals of workand recreation In the forenoon hotook a short ride with MrsRoosevelt and two of the children
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Death of Hassan PashaWhile we are officially informed from
Constantinople that the Sultan wasmuch affected by the death of Hassan
Pasha the minister of the marine andthat his majesty offered up a shortprayer for the repose of the late pashassoul and Invoked the intercession of
it is impossible to refrain frontthat Hassans departure for
another world is a distinct gain notonly to Turkey but likewise to civili-zation Of all the evil gang by whichthe Sultan has been surrounded for thepast twenty years Hassan Pasha has
far and awny the most Infamouswas the principal opponent to every
project of reform and enlightenmentplayed a most discreditable and treacher-ous role in bringing about the deposition-of Sultan Murad Is justly regarded aschiefly responsible for most of the actsof cruelty and barbarism that have beenperpetrated in the present Sultansname and during the thirty years thatho has held the office of minister of ma-
rine pocketed the major portion of theassigned for the maintenance
of public service confided to his care with the result thatthe Turkish navy which at one timeoccupied a prominent position amongthe fleets of Europe Is now inferior evento those of Greece and Portugal andthe laughing stock of tho civilizedworld
An Obstacle to Good GovernmentEvery honest grand vlzlr that has as
sumed office since the accession to thethrone of the present Sultan has stipu-lated for the dismissal of this
on the ground that he constituted-an obstacle to good and efficient govrnment But in spite of all this andnotwithstanding tho duly substantiatescharges of disgraceful cowardice In theRussian war of 187671 brought againsthis by the Sultans English naval A DC Admiral Woods Pasha he managed-to retain his place thanks to the factthat he practically controlled by meansof bribery and by fear tho clique ofminor officials menials and eunuchs bywhom the Sultan Is always surrounded
Then too Hassan with the remainderof the socalled palace gang wereforever working upon the chief defect inthe Sultans character namely his intense nervousness which his enemiesstigmatize as cowardice Abdul Hamldduring the course of his life has beenthe witness of so many conspiracies andtragedies that he is In perpetual fear of
against his life and against hisand Is ready to adopt the most
extraordinary measures to defend himself against it
Hassans Weakness-It is upon this weakness
perhaps attributable to harem training-as well as to the study of all the manysanguinary pages of Turkish historythat Hassan and his crew have tradedduring the last quarter of a century toremove from their path all those whowore in any way a menace to theircourse of dishonesty embezzlement andcorruption-
It was only necessary to furnish Ab-dul Hamid with fictitious proofs thatthis or that official was plotting againsthim In order to secure his Ottoman majestys permission for the punishmentof the alleged culprit In the mannerthat seemed most suitable to the accus-ers Hundreds nay even thousandshave been thus put out of the way someby drowning In the swift flowing watersof Bosphorua others by exile to choleraand fever Infected regions of Arabia andTripoli while others again have beendone to death In the prisons of Stamboul and In nearly every case theirfate may be laid at the door of thatHassan Pasha for the repose of whosesoul the Sultan is officially reported tohave offered up prayers
Looking ForwardRoumanian pretty crown princess is
expecting these days a further additionto her family and indeed the littlestranger may have already arrived orethis letter appears In print The crownprincess who Is the only princess ofGreat Britain slnco the days of Charles-II to wed a Roman Catholic and therebyforfeit her constitutional rights to thosuccession of tho throne of England isat her country chateau of Pelesch In theRoumanian highlands and has her favor-ite sister the divorced grand duchess ofHesae staying with her The crownprincess has already a tenyearold boyand two little girls
KING PETERS CHILDRENGIVEN GREAT RECEPTION
BELGRADE Aug Petersthree children Princess Helen and thePrinces George and Alexander arrivedhero today and were accorded an en-thusiastic reception The city was decorated profusely with tho national colorsand will be illuminated In an elaboratemanner this evening The day Is observed an a holiday and one of rejoicing by the populace
SUCCESSFUL BUSHMEETING IN VIRGINIA
FURCELLVILLE Va Aug 10 Thebush meeting of the Prohibition andEvangelical Association ended yesterdayevening This the twentysixth year ofthe organization was possibly the moatsuccessful of any both from the stand-point of the association and of theaudiences The speakers and the talentengaged were exceptional both In abilityand numbers among the foremost ofwhom were the Rev George R Stewartthe evangelist of Tennessee and N FFcatherstoti the musical entertainer ofWashington D C The new auditoriumwhich is 80 by 160 feet is excellentlyarranged and unusually fineacoustic properties
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SEEN SAID AND HEARDv uii IN THE POLITICAL FIELD
Topics of Local and National InterestTinTo Revive Olney
The Olney boon is to be given asolution to prolong its life andfriends hope that it will yet sur-vive and soon be able to take nourish-ment For several months the boom hasbeen in a comatose condition and it wasgenerally believed to be dead Nowcomes the information that the boom isto be revived Friends of the exSecratary are again active and some of themthink there Is still hope
The Massachusetts State conventionis soon to be held and an effort will bemade to have that body indorse MrOlney for the nomination forThis will not be accomplishedwithout some opposition and the projectmay be defeated after all The George
Williams faction has no sympathythe Olney Presidential aspirations
and its Influence will doubtless bo usedagainst committing the MassachusettsDemocracy to Mr Olney Even Statepride may not be sufficient to cause MrWilliams and his followers to forgettemporarily their personal enmity toward Mr Olney and allow the conven-tion to pass a resolution approving thecandidacy of the exSecretary of State
Williams MayHowever convention Is
held for the sake of harmony the Witcrowd may decide not to oppose
action believing that the Olneyboom will never grow beyond State dimensions and will never gather anystrength outside of New England MrWilliams Is one of the most ardent admirers of Mr Bryan and his attitudewould Indicate that Bryan would opposeMr Onley although Bryans remarksconcerning the Massachusetts statesmanhave been more temperate than towardanyone else connected with the Cleveland Administrations-
The Massachusetts Democracy Is saidto be in better condition this yearthan It has been before for a decade andif harmony can be established betweenthe followers of Olney and the WilliamsItes the leaders declare that they willbe able to give the Republicans a hardfight this fall although their chancesof success are very remote
Bryan Indorses Garvin
Governor Garvin the Democratic er-
ecutlve of Rhode Island has been addedto Mr Bryans list of suitable candi-dates for the Democratic nomination for
A recent Issue of the Coma biographical sketch
of the chief executive of Little Rhodyand commends him to the consideration-of the national Democracy Mr Bryanhas heretofore had many complimen-tary things to say regarding GovernorGarvin who has also gained much notoriety first because he is the only
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HISTORIC BALLOON ASCENTSEVEN MILES ABOVE EARTH
Corrected Account of the Achievement of James Glaisher in 1862 Im-
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The wellknown meteorologist JamesGlaisher who died In England last winter has left a full and corrected account of his historic balloon ascentmade in 1862 when he reached the high-est altitude ever attained by man Hisfirst ascent with Cozwell was made fromWolverhampton on July 17 1862 Theyrose to a height of five miles traveledsixty miles In two hours and descendedJust in time to avoid a dip In the WashTwo Important things were learned onthe excursion First they passedthrough a cloud 8000 feet in thicknessand so dense that the balloon was In-
visible from the car and second theydropped 3900 16300 feet to12400 feet in one minute But thegreat historic ascent made from Wolverhampton took place on September 5
1862 when the highest point ever at-
tained by men who survived to tell thetale was reached Mr Glaiaber relates
Difficult to Read
At 151 the barometer read 108 Inches About 152 or later I read the drybulb thermometer as minus 5 degreesafter this I could not see the column ofmercury nor the hands of the watchnor the fine divisions on any instru-ment I askod Mr Coxwell to help moread the Instruments In consequencehowever of the rotatory motion theballoon which had continued withoutceasing since we left the earth thevalve line had become entangled and hehad to leave the car and mount Into thering to readjust It I then looked at thobarometer and found its reading to 9
Inches still decreasing fast Implying aheight exceeding 29000 feet Shortly af-
ter I laid my arm upon the table pos-
sessed of Its full vigor but on being de-
sirous of using It I found It powerlessTrying to move the other arm I found tpowerless also Then I tried to shakomyself and succeeded but seemed tohave no limbs In looking at the ba-
rometer my head foil over my leftshoulder
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I struggled and shook my body againbut could not move my arms Gettingmy head upright for an instant only itfell on my right shoulder then I fellbackward my back resting against theside of the car and my head on its edgeIn this position my eyes were directed-to Mr Coxwell in the ring When Ishook my body I seemed to have fullpower over the muscles of back andconsiderably so over those of the neckbut nono over either my arms or mylegs As In the case of the arms so allmuscular power was lost In an Instantfrom my back and neck I dimly sawMr Coxwell and endeavored tobut could not In an Instantdarkness overcame me so that the opticnerve had suddenly lost power
While powerless I heard the wordstemperature and observation and I
knew Mr Coxwell was in the car speak
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Democratic governor the State haschosen for a decade or more and sec-ondly because of his fight against cor-ruption bribery and votebuying InRhode Island which has attracted at-
tention outside of Rhode IslandRhode Island like Massachusetts
elects a governor year and overnor Garvin will of course be a can-
didate to succeed himself and as hisadministration has been as successful ashe could make it with the opposingparty In power In the Legislature hischances of reelection are good although tnere Is little reason why thoDemocrats of the country should con-sider him as of Presidential size Rigmajority last year was approximately6000 but hla success la sold to haveboon due to unsettled labor con-ditions questions figured littleIf at all In the contest and wilt notthis year
Governor has been a loader ofthe Rhode Democracy for manyyears and has been fighting against cor-ruption in the for long time Hisreeloction as governor this fall willdoubtless bring him Into more nationsprominence but It will scarce cause himto be seriously considered by the Demo-cratic National Convention unless per-haps for Vice President
Predicts Clevelands ElectionA Michigan astrologer one Prof
H H Allen by name Is commandingpassing notice by a prediction that Grover Cleveland will be nominated andelected to the Presidency by the Demo-crats next year Attention Is directed-to the Wolverine star gazer chiefly bythe character of his prediction althoughIt Is asserted that he prophesied thoassassination of President McKinley thedeath of Pope Leo XIII and the recentslump in the stock market all of whichwas told to him by the heavenly orbsthat twinkle by night
Prof Allen has compiled an ex-
tensive horoscope of Mr Clevelandwhich he Intends to send to him andanother of Mr Roosevelt from whichthe President will be able to read thecheerful news that he is to be nominatedonly to defeated because the starssay so Prof Allen is more optimisticthan the Hon W Bourke Cockran whosays that Cleveland will be elected If heIs nominated The professor goes himone better and declares that Clevelandwill be nominated and Thisought to relieve Mr ashis only anxiety has been over the ques-
tion of nomination That disposed ofMr Cleveland might at any time beginpacking his trunk preparatory to takingup his residence for another term offour years at the renovated WhiteHouse
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Ing to and endeavoring to raise metherefore consciousness and hearing hadreturned I then heard him speakingmore emphatically but could not seespeak or move I heard him say againDo try now do Then the Instruments
became dimly visible and Mr Coxwelland very shortly I saw clearly I saidto Mr Coxwell I have been insensiblehe said You have and I too very nearly He told me he had lost the use oihis hands which were black and I poured brandy over them Mr Coxwell toldme that while in the ring he felt itpiercingly cold and that on attemptingto leave the ring he found his handsfrozen He had therefore to place hisarms on the ring and drop down Hewished to approach me but could notand when he felt insensibility comingover him too he became anxious toopen the valve But in consequence ofhaving lost the use of his hands hecould not do this ultimately he suc-
ceeded by seizing the cord with his teethund dipping his head two or three timesuntil the balloon took a decided turndownward The tookplace at Cold Weston seven onehalf miles from Ludlow
Thus one of the aeronauts wasand the other had only the use of
his teeth left with which to open thevalve and on that their safety depend-ed The height to which they bad at-
tained Is without parallel Mr Glaisher
saysMy last observation was made at aheight of 29000 feet at 154 when wewere ascending 1000 feet per minuteand when I resumed observations wawere descending 2000 feet per minuteThese two positions must be connectedtaking Into account the Interval be-tween them thirteen minutes And onthese considerations the balloon musthave Attained an altitude of 36000 or37000 feet Mr Coxwell on comIngfrom the ring noticed that the centerof the aneroid barometer Its blue handand a rope attached to the oar were allon the same straight line and this gaea reading of seven inches and leads tothe same result Therefore these Inde-pendent means all come to about thesame elevatlonlully seven miles
Coxwell has given his own account ofthis adventure Never he saysshall I forget thoso painful moments
of doubt and suspense as to Mr Glalshers state when no response came to myquestions I began to fear that howould never take any moreIn the descent tho aeronautthey fell 19000 feet In a quarter of anhour It is pleasant to note that thesetwo bravo men lived so many yearsafter their narrow escape At themooting of the British association atNewcastle In 1S63 Sir Richard Owen observed that physiologists were allagreed that one condition of longevitywas the capacity of tho chest He hopedthe Increased breathing capacity acquir-ed by Messrs Glaisher and Coxwellwould tend to the prolongation of theirlives That hopo was prophetic Coxwell survived until January 5 1900 hav-ing nearly completed his eightiethand Glaisher was almost ninetyfourLondon Telegraph
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