The Late Mayor Strang,
William L. Strong was born In Ohio
In 1821 and wont to Now York wlidn n
young man. Ho found employment
with dlfforunt linns until January 1,
1870, when ho organized tho firm of
William L. Strong &. Co. Tho Arm
grow to bo ono of tho prominent buol
ncss houses In tho cltr. Ho also lnter
oated himself In banking matters and
was president of tho Central National
Bank. Mr. Strong took an actlvo ln
toreot In polltlcn, nnd wns ono of tho
loaders of tho reform movemont In
that city, and was elected mayor on
tho Itopulillcan-CItlzenft' Union ticket
In 1891. Ho was tho last mayor of
the old city of Now York heforo con
solidation with Ilrooklyn nnd the other
boroughs composing the present city of
New York.
At tho time of his death Mr. Strong
was a mombcr of a number of eocle
Hch, including tho Ohio Society, Amer
ican Flno Arts Society, American Mu
seum of Natural Malory, Metropolitan
Musoum Association and American Ge
ographical Society. At a mass meeting
In Madison Squnro Oardcn In 1891, n
non-partisan commltteo of soventy was
appointed to organlzo tho opposition
to Tammany Hall, to framo n platform
and select candidates for omco, nnd It
was ttlUa committee that solcctcd Mr.
Strong to run for mayor on tho roform
platform. Tho nomination was accept
ed nnd tho candidate cntored Into tho
campaign with vigor and determina
tion. Ills opponent was Hugh J. Grunt
"by
Windfall for an Actress.
Not until tho body of Asa Packer
Wllber had lulu for fifteen days in tho
Potter's Flold was it dUcovorcd that
ho was u nephew of tho Into Asa Pack
er of Pennsylvania nnd heir to $5,000,
000 of hla fortune. A search for rela
tives of tho supposed pauper revealed
but ono. It was a ulcce. Sho was
lmown to tho San Francisco stogo ns
the beautiful Vila Sayno. Sho la now
tho wife of Archie Ellis of Brooklyn
and a still vory beautiful woman.
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VILA SAYNB.
Stops will at onco be taken to obtain
her great Inheritance.
THE LATE W. It. STKONO.
and tho contest was n blttor ono. Tho
otttcomo was tho election of Mr, Strong
by a plurality of 47,187. Tho admlnls
trntlon of Mr. Strong was an oventful
one. It was ho who appointed Colonel
Waring commlnsionor of street clean
lng, and, in aplto of porlodu of strong
opposition within nnd outside tho par
ty, kept him in ofuro until the end of
tho mayoral term.
Tho affairs of tho pollco department
Air. Strong placed In the. hands of a
tionrd nt tho head of which was Theo
doro Roosevelt, whoso earUor confreres
wero Colonel Fred D. Grant, Major
Avery D. Androwa and Mr. Farhcr.
Tho mayor wan often accused ot want
lng money on Improvements, Ills In
variable reply wan that wherever ho
spout u dollar ho "had a dollar's worth
to show for It." Mr, Strong was avow
edly Independent In his views on city
ipolltlcH. In tho municipal campaign
ot 1897, which resulted In tho return
ot Tammany to power, ho took tho
Htump for Soth Low, as against Gen
eral Benjamin F. Tracy, tho rogulur
Ropuhltcan candidate. After this elec
tion ho virtually retired from active
politics on account ot falling health.
Ho upoko for Colonel Roosovolt, how
over, In 1803, and hod olnco been In
terested and lnlluontlnl In tho councils
ot tho ludopondont wlug ot tho Repub
J lam party of Kings county,
A Cantonese Hello,
China Is divided Into 'eighteen prov
inces, und tho dialects spoken In these
stntea vary to so great a degrco that
tho pcoplo of Can-
ton properly, ICu-ang-tung
entire
ly fall to compre
hend tho speech of
their brethren of
tho north or west.
Tho Cantoncso nro
puro Chinese; tho
ruling dynasty is
Mnnchu, or Tartar.
Our lllu3trntlon
ropresonts a Can
toncso girl, comely
enough oyon from
an Amorlcan point
of vlow. Tho dress
of tho Chncso women Is always Bobor
In hue, though rich In texturo and
hnrmonlously blondod an to color. It
'Is cloboratoly embroidered In charac
teristic designs. Chinese women of
tho lower classes put tholr savings
mostly Into expensive garments, furs
and Jewelry, and when evil days full
rocourso Is had to tho pawnbroker,
who la n very Important merabor of
tho business world In tho Mlddlo
Kingdom. Tho headdress of the Chi
nese woman is always elaborate, and
nono are too poor to Indulge In orna-
mcnte for their cars and hair. Natural
llowors are aluo an Important fcaluro
In tho adornment ot tho hnlr. Hats
and bonnets uro unknown. Long fin
ger nulls urn regarded as a mark ot
mAw
I 7 r rl
Bcllo ot
Canton.
breeding nnd wealth.
By thu will of Mrs. Indlnna Wil
liams, who djed not long ugo In Am-
norst county, va., tho bulk of her es
tato ot 9500,000 Is hoquoathed for tho
establishment of an institute at Sweet
Brlor, hor home; for the education ot
whlto girls.
Holdt your Coat for you.
Wo- illustrate below a novol device
which might be thu means ot saving
tho price ot a Up tor tho owner ot tho
coat, provided tho ownor ot tho res
taurant or other publto place should
see fit to placo It In position for use,
The inventor's intention Is to provldo
a dovlto which will hold a man'H ovor
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t:ul, ill jxjoimm nuiiu mu "una niu
Inserted and tho' coat adjusted to Its
proper position. Heavy spring wlro Is
Tho Into Lord Buto wns one of tho
moat ardent opponents of vlvlsoctlon,
and at ono tlmo ho consented to sign
u transfer of an Infirmary to tho Unl-
vorslty Collcgo at Cardiff ns a truRtoo
only on condition that vivisection
should uovor bo practlcod.
'I
XtilizIng Water Totutr.
Tho technical press of Kurope Ju
now ubounds In descriptions ot tho
exploitation of water power. Franco,
Italy and Switzerland aro Jut dlscov-i
orlng tho amount ot energy that goes
to waste on their water ohods. Costly
tolack coal la to bo replaced with the
Aheap "white coal," a the Biiow and
glaciers ot tho Alps have beon culled
An advantago of the white fuel In that
it Is constantly ronowed by tho energy
of the sun, whereas the black product
of tho same energy stowed In the earth
Is subjoct to exhaustion.
The late Charles Dudloy Warner,
while sitting o& tho 'balcony ot a club
la New York three yoara ago, mado a
piftdletlon about something ten yearn
from then and. quickly continued wit
tfcwe words: "iioiu oni no, i snan t
M-1 jAnll M
SAYIMS id DOINGS
JVeed JVot rear Her TJooK.
With the namironco from Mrs.
Crownlnshleld, wife of tho chief of tho
bureau of navigation of tho navy, that
her forthcoming book, "The Archbish
op and tho Lady," docs not deal with
cither odlcinl or social folks in Wash
ington, cotneH genuine relief, especially
In official chcles.whero it was expoctod
she would make It lively for somo ot
the leaders nnd their families. Mrs.
GEJSERA.L IJV&E1ZES&.
MItS. A. S. CROWNINSHIELD.
(WIfo of the Admiral, Author and
Composer, Talks of Hor Latest
Work.)
Crownlnshleld says that her book doeu
not deal with American characters at
all, and, In fact, the plot Is laid in
France, the exact spot holng an old
chateau near Paris which was built in
11 B0 and is now owned by Mmo. Juliet
AdamB. Tho Crownlnshlolda wero tho
guests of Mmo, Adams for somo time
over a year ago, and while thero wero
glvon nn elaborate house party. It
wns on this occasion, while wandering
through tho grand old place, with all
Its historic memories being rehearsed
to hor, that tho Idea ot writing a book
with tho old chuteau as tho scene was
suggested to her. The chateau was an
abbey until tho fifteenth contury, when
It lapsed Into a secular establishment
H. C. Townsend.
Head Ticket Agent.
Henry C. Townsend, general pas
senger and ticket agent of tho Mis
souri Pacific Iron Mountain, has been
elected president
of tho Amorlcan
A s s o c la tlon ot
General Passen
ger and Ticket
Agents. Ho Avns
bom at Pittsburg,
Pa in August,
1847. He entered
railway service In
18G3 as a clerk In
the auditor's ofllco
of tho Dellofon-
tnlno road. In 1S(4
he was appointed
a clerk In the freight olltco of tho
Philadelphia. Wilmington and Baltl-
moro railroad. In tho following year
ho was glvon a position In tho general
advertising department of the Penn
sylvania railroad. In Dccembor, 1871,
ho was appointed general passenger
nnd tlnket ngent ot tho Toledo, Peoria
and Western, nnd at that tlmo ho was
the youngest gonoral passenger agent
In tho United States. Ho hold that
position for six years, and left Peoria
Juno 1, 1877 to accept tho genoral
passenger agency nt thu Wabach at
Toledo. From November. 1879, to
May, 1883, ho filled tho omco ot gt-
cral pattsonger and ticket agent ot tha
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific, with
headquarters In St. Louis. At tho lat
ter date ho was appointed general pas-
songer agent ot tho Missouri Pacific
and Wabash lines, und In July, '84, he
was appolutod gonoral passenger aod
ticket agent ot the Missouri Pacific
nyBtem.
Though Bryn Mawr college Is oarjr
sixteen years old four of Its graduate
hnvo beon heads ot other colleges. Mhw
A. C. Emory In dean of tho women'
dopnrtment of Brown university, Mr.
O. H. Putnam Is dean ot Barnard, Mm.
A. P. Saundors was recently tho hoad
of Sago college, Cornell university, and
Miss Helen Bartlctt Is dean of tho
women at Bradloy Polytechnic Insti
tute.
HOLDER REQUIRES NO TIP.
used for Its construction and tho nrms
are formed to spread tho coat out nnd
oxposo tho nrmholoo, holding tho coat
In this position us long as tho pres
sure Ib downwnrd, but folding together
und withdrawing thcniBolvea from tho
buck as Boon us tho wearer ot tho coat
ntralghtuns hlnwnlf up nnd rolleves
tho weight on tho spring arms. Tho
mechanism Is very ulmplo and as tho
arms nro pivoted on the wall uupport
tho device can bo folded ngnlnBt tho
wall when In use and enn also bo usod
as an ordinary coat and hut rack.
George Dolby, the prlvt.to secretary
ot Charles Dickens, died In a London
Infirmary a tow days ago, penniless,
i' dlrty, emaciate unkectft and almost
a tramp, in m tun-i u
bea supported by charity.
Spain Hoy a. I Pretender.
that though science and skill havo
minimized tho perils of tho sea thero
Is still no absolute security against tho
dangers of the deep. Tho modern
ocean lovlatbnn is' as secure as money,
brains nnd brawn could mako It, but
In tho end those that BP down, to tho
sea In It have but n plank between
them and eternity just as In tho days
of shallops, barges and galleys. A
ship, llko n chain, Is no stronger than
Its weakest point. Watertight com
partments, ntcam pumps and similar
modern devices nro Ineffective once
the sea finds a weak, spot In the ship's
armor. Fortunately tho accident to
tho Paul Btoppcd short of disaster,
but we can rcndlly concolvo how it
might have becomo a horror. A few,
seconds' delny In turning off tho steam
from tho "racing" engines tho dls-;
ability of an engineer, the Jamming of
a valvo and tho whirling, broken ma
chinery would havo pounded tho bot
tom out of .tho ship. What -avail,
then, tho watertight oompartmonts7
Of what use tho mighty pumps?
Tho alarm and unrcot that pervade all Spain ovor the spreading Carllst
movement was reflected at last week's cabinet councils. The queen, who pre
sided In person, was evidently unnorved at every session. Ono of tho sub
jects dlscussod with much uneasiness was tho report that Don Carlos had
landed in Catalonia to lead those who cspou3o hla cause, and that his
ngonts In consequence are showing greater activity. General Azcnrraga, Uio
premier, explained to tho eagerly listening queen nnd tho cabinet memborn
tho steps that had been taken against the Carllsts and announced that their
club in Mndrid had been closed. His statements, however, wero not reassur
ing. Tho government has ordered gunboats to patrol the coast In ordor
to provent the landing of munitions, and. although the authorities claim to
havo reassuring uows, an army of police la actlvo In forestalling attempts
at Insurrection, As yet tho Insurgents havo made only ono hostile move.
attacking tho garrison at Badalonn, near Barcelona. Numerous Carllst
bands have appeared in tho mountains, but to dato no activity In the largo
cities Is manifested. Marqula Villnilarias. tho principal reprnnentatlvo of
Don Carles In Spain, ha3 been arrested nt Madrid.
Australia's Constitution.
Though Australia is still a British
possession Australian federation
should provo qulto as Interesting to
tho people ot this country oh to tho
pooplo ot tho British Isles. For if tho
latter havo tho Interest of a closer of
ficial connection tho former should
have Uio Interest ot political parentage
the Australian federal union being tho
offspring of tho American federal
union.
Tho Houso of Representatives in
Australia, which Is chosen like our
own, will have much greater power
than ours. It has no such ch,cck cither
In the nrxocutlvo or In the senate. The
real executive will bo a partlsun min
istry of house leaders, so there will
bo no vetoes. And though the 3cnnto,
which is chosen directly by tho peo
ple, like tho houso, may take tho ini
tiative with the legislation excopt in J
the matter of revenue and taxation, it
may not even amend tax and revenuo
bills. Furthermore, whenever It Ib
inclined to bo obstructive a popular
assault will ho made upon It under tho
constitution. For If it falls to agreo
with tho House, nnd the lutter In
sists on Its own bills, and passes thorn
up again nftcr three months, a disso
lution may be forced, and if tho son
ato proves obutlnato again it may bo
compelled to vote In joint session,
where tho numerical superiority of
tho Houso is pretty sure to gain for
tho proponed legislature the bare ma
jority that is required.
by In-
May yohe Home Again.
Among tho many passengers to ar
rive on the Lucanla, In Now York,
Saturday, wore Lord and Lady Fran-
da Hope. Lady Hope Is better known
In tho United tSatcs by tho uamo ot
May Yoho. The actress and hor hits
7scful "Go-dernmcnt
junction.
A permanent Injunction has been
granted by a local judge In Cleveland
against tho oxecutlon by that city ot
a contract recently mado by ordor ot
tho council for tho construction ot a
now pollco signal system. Tho Judgo
grautad tho Injunction because evi
dence given in a recent investigation
tends strongly to ohow that tho coun
cil was Influenced by money to award
tho contract. Should this case bo ap
pealed, and should it bo shown to tho
satisfaction of tho higher court that
the contract was secured by corrupt
methods, doubtless the action of tho
lower court will bo alllnncd, us It
should bo. There nro cases whoro
"govornment by Injunction" Is legiti
mate and proper, nnd whero It Ih nec-
cssary for tho protection of tho citl-
i:ons that a court should sot aside tho
fraudulent ucta of the representatives
of those citizens.
young women physically unsultcd for
Its tasks. Most of them had como di
rectly from the lower public schools
and never had attended any other.
That excessive concentration of mind
with incidental lnsuniclent or erron
eous physical exercise, produces mor
bid conditions is so notorious that
physicians arc somewhat at fault for
not making a vigorous nnd persistent
demnnd for reducing tho number ot
studios In tho public schools and for
so arranging llfo during tho student
period as not to impair either mind or
body. Meanwhile from every sido
rises the demand for better spelling,
clearer writing, moro nnd practical
knowledge of grammar, greater accur
acy in the elements of mathematics.
Man and the Elements.
Accidents like that sustained by tho
American liner St. Paul demonstrate
Uhe Greatest of Monopolies.
The entire oil output of tho United
States, together with the numerous
plants, pipe lines and other appurten
ances connected with the vast Indus
try, belongs to tho Stnndard oil com
pany. It owns railroads, steamships,
coal mines, Iron mines and stock In
sov.crnl trusts and corporations. Tho
annual Incomo of Its president Is larg
er, perhaps, than that ot any ono man
on earth, with the possible exception
ot the Sultan ot Morocco.
UrooKc Still Lives.
Colonel John M. Brooke, who de
signed the ram Mcrrlmac and thus
revolutionized marine warfare, Is still
living at Lexington, professor emeri
tus ot physics In tho Virginia Military
Institute. Ho is now 79 years old, but
is still vigorous, and walks from his
residence on tho outskirts of tho city
to tho postofflce at the same hour every
morning.
A Witty Magistrate.
Mr. Plowden, tho Metropolitan po
llco magistrate ot London, completed
his fifty-sixth year recently, having
been born nt Mcerut, India, where tho
mutiny first broke out. Ho la one of
tho most amuBlng magistrates, on tho
bench and his witticisms aro much ap
preciated in tho public galleries.
Friend of the Ttccs.
Much ot the Maeterlinck's sparo
time is passed among tho beehives,
which occupy a prominent placo in
his garden. Ho is fond of watching
and studying them, and it is said ho
has introduced tho llfo ot bees in a
poetical and myBtlcal way Into tho
new drama ho Is writing.
Tho old homo of Stonewall Jackson
in Lexington, Va., Is now a tenement-'
house, and tho house which onco shel
tered ono family comfortably now
swarms with a largo number ot fami
lies crowded in uncomfortably. The
famous Sunday school In which ho
taught negroes Is still flourishing.
Vc&cKed Freshman in a Hoje.
A Wise "Philanthropist.
Frank Williams ot Johnstown, Pa.,
left nenrly J300.000 In his will to Le
high university, where ho had been a
student. Tho fund Is to bo named
nftor him, and Us Income Is to bo loan
ed to poor anil deserving students,
who shall glvo their Individual notes.
Nono of tho notes nro to run longer
than ten years, and whon paid tho
mouoy Is to. bo returned to the fund,
thus making it constantly Increase
MAY YOHE.
band are travoltng under assumed
uamou and are proceeding to fulfill
their theatrical engagements la th
United States.
Too Many Studies in Schools.
At last tho medical societies aro
awaking to tholr duty lu rolatlou to
thu health ot school children as affect
ed by tho excess of subjects to bo stud-
led In tho public schools. Tho homeo
pathic Is the first to arouse public
opinion upon a question of profound
importance to' every household. That
society protests against compelling
chlldrou to undertake so much mental
labor In so short a term ot years.
The physlclnns who rccontly exam
tned caudldatea for admleslon to the
normal school found many ot the
B. F. Shlvlcr, tho young freshman at Rutgers college, Now Brunswick,
N. J who recently was boxed by prankish sophomores, packed In excelsior
and delivered at the door of tho roaldonce of Uio young woman upon whom
ho wished to call, has stood a lot ot guying from ,tho sophomores. Ho has
tho sympathy of his classmates, who say ho was overpoworcd by force of
numbers, a crowd of over twenty sophomores being concerned In tho box
ing. Tho freshmen say" they will get Bquaro with tho sophomores. Shlv
lcr Is game and ictuses to glvo the names of any of tho men concemod in
tho attack, which was carefully planned, Bays tho New York Herald. Ho
will glvo tho faculty no asslstunco in the effort it is making to discover
ami punish tho men guilty of tho hazing. Prepared for Shlvler was a
packing case that had been U3cd for books. It was about six feet long and
three feet high. It wns as wldo as it was high. Dressed In a Btago tramp
suit, with excBlslor whlikors glued to his face, Shlvlor was laid In tho box
upon a layer of excelsior. To provont him from making too much nolao
with his feet his legs wero tlod to tho bottom of tho box by cords that
passed through holes in the Bides ot tho box over his legs and were knotted
underneath tho box on tho outside. Ho wos gagged w(th his own handker
chief. Moro oxcolelor was piled In on him and wadded so tightly that he
could hardly move. Hla hoad and shoulders wero loft clear, so that ho
might breathe. Tho top boards wero hon nailed on, ono board being left
oft Just at tho top ot the box, ovor his face, so that he might got air. Thus
packed ho was carried to the residence whero ho hnd planned to spend tho
evening and loft upon tho front Btoop, after the, hazers had rung the door
bell. V l
