.fls tin World Reooioes,.-
SAYINGS and DOINGS
tfatts Lincoln Die.
Dr. Charles Sabln Taft, who was
raised upon men's shoulders In Ford's
theater Into tho box when Abraham
Lincoln was assassinated, whoso hands
wcro on tho martyred president's brad
when ho breathed his last, died tho
other day nt his home, No. 39 South
Seventh avenue, Mt. Vernon. His
death leaves only thrco survivors of
those who were at Lincoln's deathbed.
Dr. Taft was G5 years old. Death wai
duo to cancer of tho throat Ho bad
been 111 for a year, although not until
last April was tho nature of his mal
ady known. Previously It had beon
DR. CHARLES S. TAFT.
thought ho was suffering from bron
chitis. Mcrriam and the Cabinet.
Director of tho Census Merrlam is a
candidate for secretary of tho Interior.
Ho entered tho lists as soon as he
learned Secretary Hitchcock had decid
ed to withdraw, and he and his friends
havo been pressing his caso at tho
whlto houso on every possible occa
sion. Their activity has been especial
ly noticeable slnco the death of the
lato Senator Cushman K. Davis. While
Davis lived Merrlam had llttlo chanco
to secure so high an office as secretary
of the Interior because it was reason
ably certain that Davis would fight his
confirmation In the Bonato. With Da
vis out of tho way, however, tho as
pect of affairs has changed so far as
Merrlam Is concerned. Ho has taken
tho ground that ho has earned higher
honors by his management of tho cen
sus bureau. If ho cannot get into tho
cabinet he will nt least mako an effort
to havo his present appointment con
tinued for a period of seven or eight
years, and perhaps until tho next con
bus Is taken. This has never been dono
liefore, but Merrlam says that tho tlmo
has arrived when congress ought to
mako a departure from tho old rule
and contlnuo tho bureau so that when
1901 comes around the machinery for
taking tho new census will bo In per
fect working order.
"Rooses)clt and Gardiner.
Gov. Roosevelt of New York, rcmov
cd Col. Asa Bird Gardiner, district at
torney of New York county, and ap
pointed in his placo
Eugeno A. Phllbin
of Now York city,
at present a mem
ber of tho stato
board of charities.
This is tho fourth
official Gov. Roose
velt has removed
upon chnrges, the
others being Coun
'Asa B. Gardiner.
ty Treasurer Hut
son of Chautauqua
county, Sheriff Hulet of Washington
county, and Dr. Peter M. Wlso, presi
dent of tho stato commission in lun
acy. All of theso were Republicans,
Col. Gardiner Is tho first Democrat to
be removed.
With his decision In the Gardiner
caso the governor riled a memorandum
In part as follows:
"Tho charge vitally affecting tho
conduct of the district attorney is that
which relates to his attitude at and
about election tlmo toward the Indict
ment of Chief of Police Dovory, after
tho latter had Issued a scandalously im
proper and seditious order to tho police
force under him."
i Great "Reformer.
Dr. Felix Adlcr, of New York, who
Is now engaged with Bishop Potter and
REV. DR. ADLER.
other nromlnent cltlzons In tho reform
movement in New York, has a wldo
reputation as a leader In educational
and philanthropic work, and has mado
a special study of tho ovlls resulting
from misrule, disorder, and vice In
largo cities. When the Society for
Ethical Culturo was founded In Now
York in 187C Dr. Adler. who was then
a professor at Cornell University, was
JVeto Government in Japan.
It is only about two months slnco
tho present Japaneso cabinet was form
ed, and already ono of its members,
Toru Hoshl, minister of communica
tion, has resigned. It is hinted also
that the resignation may hasten tho
overflow of tho cabinet as a whole,
though tho reasons for It seem to have
been personal rather than rolllical, tho
minister having become Involved In
certain financial scnuda's.
Japaneso cabinets never hnvo been
long-lived. There have been nine of
them slnco 18S5, with an average ten
ure of offlco of only twenty months.
That Is not so bad, however, consider
ing thnt tho government has been nil
this tlmo an experiment nnd that po
litical parties are only Imperfectly de
veloped as yet. The principal forco
in the direction of affairs aside from
tho crown has been that of tho old
clan lenders, and tho opposition has
been generally represented by two sep
arate organizations, tho progressists
and the liberals. In 1898 they man
aged to overcomo their mutual distrust
so far as to form both a coalition and
a ministry, but tho latter was short
lived. It lasted Just four months, and
then thcro was n reaction which
brought In tho cabinet of tho Marquis
Yamagata, which continued In ofilco
until October of this year, or during
a term of twenty-two months.
The Chinese Indemnity.
Sir Robert Hart, director of tho
Chinese maritime customs, has writ
ten a letter to tho Pekln correspond
ent of tho Pari3 Temps pointing out
how difficult it will bo for China to
comply with demands for an enormous
Indemnity. According to tho terms of
tho Joint demnnd of tho powers China
will bo called upon to pay n money in
demnity to nil tho government, socle-
ties, companies, nnd individuals that
suffered losses in the Boxer riots
Though no deflnito total is named, Sir
Robert Hart estimates that when tho
multitudinous claims arc presented
they may easily amount to $250,000,'
000. Ho Justly remarks that It would
be difficult, If not impossible, to collect
such an Indemnity from China In its
present crippled and disorganized con
ditlon.
Weds Jtistc of A ctrcss.
Forbes Robertson, tho nctor-mana
gcr, and Mls3 Gertrude Elliott, sister
MRS. FORBES ROBERTSON.
of Maxlno Elliott, wcro married in
London the other afternoon at All
souls' church. Tno ceremony was
most quiet. There were no brides
maids, but tho brldo was supported by
Mrs. Madeline Rellly, tho playwright,
Norman Forbes was tho best man.
t Jury Must He Unanimous.
Colorado has a provision in its con
stitutlon allowing a Jury In a civil case
to consist of less than twelve men
Under this provision the last Icgisla
ture enacted a law declaring that nine
mon on a Jury of twelve would bo suffi
cient to render a verdict. The Colo
rado supremo court has now declared
this law to be unconstitutional and
void, and It is probablo that all cases
decided by Juries impaneled under this
law will havo to be retried. Tho point
made by the court Is that a Jury must
bo unanimous. When the constitution
placed no restriction on the power of
tho legislature to provide for Juries of
less than twelve mombers It did not
Jay aside tho old common law idea
thnt demands unanimity In a Jury's
verdict. Thus, while tho Colorado leg
lslaturo can constitutionally make nine
men sufficient for n Jury, It cannot au
thorlzo nlno members In a Jury of
twelve to render a verdict.
Missouri Rii)cr Commission
Tho decision of the Congressional
committee on rivers and harbors to
abolish the Missouri river commission
and by vlrtuo of that act to mako no
moro appropriations for tho Improve
ment of tho "Old Muddy" Is already
exciting violent protest from tho states
of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Mis
sourl. Tho peoplo of theso states can
not understand why congress should
fall to recognize the merits of the Mis
sourl, and why they should not havo
tho benefit of the hundreds of thou
sands that havo horetoforo beon, ex
pended annually in efforts to establish
permanent navlgablo channels.
Jfincty-&c)cn and at XOorK,
Sidney Cooper, R. A., tho famous
painter of cattlo, was 97 this year, and
is hnrd at work on n picture for nox
year's academy. Tho painting Is a five
foot canvas a picture of sheep. It
Is painted from studies mado by Mr,
Cooper In 1845. Tho nrtlst work3
from 9 till 12:30 overy day and says'
ho feels better than for tho last four
Cures by Votuer.
Mrs. Wcldon, of Texas not a name
of Itself to conjttro with, nor thnt of
society beauty. Merely that of a
mlddlc-ngcd wid
ow, bereft or her
ono child, who
heals human Ills
by tho laying on of
hands. To Mrs.
Wcldon como thou
sands of Aracrca'a
richest, seeking re
lict from their ali
ments. None, it
Is said, goes away
Mrs. Wcldon.
without relief. And
her only means of curing them lo by
tho laying on of her hnndB. No ono
has explained her phenomenal power
otherwise than ns sho has explained It
herself. Sho says thnt when her only
child died she begged that she, too,
might die. It was then that her mar
velous power was conferred upon her.
In a vision sin was given tho power
to heal. Two continents havo rung
with her wondrous works. Princes,
royalty Itself, men and women of high
estate, havo been her anxious pntlcnts.
At Paris during tho Exposition her suc
cesses wcro n topic equaled by noth
ing tho Exposition had to offer. Men
of tho world, scoffers at the super-natural,
came, doubted, were healed and
becamo converts.
JVcto Minister to Turkey.
J. A. G. Lelshmnn has been named
by tho president ns minister to Tur
key. Ho succeeds Mr. Strauss, who
J. A. G. LEISHMAN.
camo homo somo time ago for a short
visit and later declined to roturn.
Author of Hca-Ocnly Ttvins.
Miss Beatrice Hurraden, who sus
tained a scvero nccldcnt whilo moun
talncc.lng In Norway last autumn, Is
recovering nnd has returned to her
homo nt Hamp3tcad, England. Sho
slipped from her, pony, seriously in
juring her nnklo nnd foot. Whllo in
Norway sho received a startling reve
lation of tho free-and-easy ways of
tho translator. Her "Ships that Pass
In the Night" has been rendered into
Norwegian. Examining It, sho found
the last chapter had been omitted. On
remonstrntlng with the translator that
worthy replied that in her Judgment
tho story was greatly improved by tho
omission.
First S"afc of Mormon Church.
An interesting relic of the early days
of Mormonlsm, when Ohio was tho
home of tho prophet Joseph Smith, has
Just been presented
to the Western Re
servo Historical so
ciety. It consists
of a masslvo iron,
fire-proof safe,
which has held
hundreds of thou
sands of dollars In
money and valua
bles. For a num
ber of yearB It waB
the depository of
all tho money in the Mormon church,
Deeds of property, valuable diamonds
and other gems belonging to tho
church wcro also stored In this little
relic of bygone days.
Like all Iron safes of tho real old-
fashioned typo, this Mormon safo has
hidden springs in sufficient number to
tnx tho ingenuity of tho person not
acquainted with their locntlon. Ono of
tho springs covers tho keyhole. It
works from without nnd Is simple in
construction. By pressing one's thumb
on the iron stud nearest the keyhole
tho holo Is Immediately closod, giving
tho same appearance of having no
keyhole whatever.
Rev. Frank A. Gregory, a son of tho
dean of St. Paul's and tho oldest mis
sionary of the S. P. G. in Madagascar,
In tho recipient of tho cross of tho Lc
glon of Honor for his services not only
to natives, but to tho French soldiers
In that island. This graceful action
evidences tho harmonious relations bo
tween tho French nnd English mis
slons, Mr. Gregory has been working
in Madagascar for tho last twonty-slx
years.
Plans arc about completo for tho
building In Pittsburg of a monument
to tho memory of Col. A. L. Hawkins
who led tho Tenth Pennsylvania regl
ment In tho Philippines and died on
tho ocean transport which was bring
ing tho regiment homo.
Mme. Jean Pommerol, a French nu
thoress and oxplorer, Is about to start
on a new expedition Into tho heart of
Africa, Her object Is to study tho
manners and customs of tho natives In
tho Sahara and embody her expert
Ipoooo..o0c
ML0 O'O'd9'0 c
If tho plans of Thomas W. Lnwson
to have Boston represented In tho trial
racca to pick a defender for tho Amer
ica's Cup arc successful, and If tho Bos
ton boat Is selected for tho honor, It
will bd Tom of Boston ngalnBt Tom of
London; copper against tea; Boston
brains and New Englnnd Benmanshlp
against similar British products.
Although ho docs not say so in so
many words Mr. Lnwson hints that ho
will havo tho assistance and advlco of
that successful veteran of cup dofenso
history, General CharleB J. Paine, of
Boston, owner in wholo or In part
of the Purita'n, Mayflower and Volun
teer.
Tho mako-up of tho crew has not
been Bottled beyond tho skipper, nnd
Mr. Lnwson hints that notable college
athletes will havo places in tho crew,
out tuls may bo chnnged ns tho pro
gramme evolves. Mr. Lawson's desire
to have tho yacht Balled by Now Eng
enders, from Watson down, with a
sprinkling of amateurs, Is In lino with
his dcslro to mako 'tho boat thoroughly
representative of that section of tho
country that has led tho world In
yachting for years.
Thero will bo no secrecy about tho
Boston boat. Sho will not bo built in
a tightly closed shed and launched In
"petticoats," as was tho Columbia.
Neither will it bo given out that she
is to bo built by ono firm, whllo nn
other Is secretly at work upon her.
Tho public will bo at liberty to Inspect
her at all stages, and lnvltntlons will
bo Issued to tho members of tho Byn
dlcato controlling tho New York boat
and to tho Hcrrcshoffs to attend tho
lnunchlng of tho Boston yacht.
From now on all those connected
with tho building of tho boat will
ONE OF MR. LAWSON'
hustle. Dcslgnor Crownlnshield gavo
an order last week for tho model, that
is tho llttlo woodon imago to exact
scale of tho now boat When this has
been passed upon by the Advisory
board It will be reduced to blue prints,
and tho work of drawing each framo
and part to scalo will bo begun.
Mr. Lawson 1b a New Englander by
birth and a Southerner by descent. Ho
Is in lino from John Lawson, first aur-veyor-general
of North Carolina In tho
province period, who came over from
Englnnd in or about 1700, roamed
about tho country in tho pursuit of his
calling, camo much In contact with tho
Indians and wrote a book on the Car
olinas, which was published In Lon
don. Threo of Mr. Lawson's unclea
were Eplscopnl clergymen, and bo was
reared In the Eplscopnl faith.
Mr. Lawson's lovo of flowora and
knowledge of them Is one of his nota
blo characteristics. Tho story of his
"130,000 pink" has traveled tho coun
try. For four years before this partic
ular carnation flower, Mr. LawBon wns
tho purchaser of all that wero grown,
buying for his wife first when she was
an Invalid. Upon her rccovory it was
used largely in dinner table decora
tions, and In vases in their several
homes. At length, out of compliment
to hlB wife, It was given her name
"tho Mrs. Thomnr W. Lnwaon pink."
Then the new flower won a silver cup,
im r-r-i r JT i "
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE COLUMBIA AND LAWSON'S DEFENDER THE SHADED HULL SHOWS
THE LINES OF THE COLUMBIA AND THE DOTTED OUTLINE SHOWS WHAT LiNES WILL BE FOlr
LOWED IN BUILDING LAWSON'S CUP DEFENDER. THE BOSTON BOAT WILL BE FIFTEEN, .FJBET
LONGER OVER ALL, WITH BEAM ABOUT THE SAME, POSSIBLY A L1TTWS wiuwk. aiuu wiioU mavis
A SHOALER BODY, WITH HER FORWARD OVERHANG CARRIED OUT FURTHER AND FULLER FOR-
WARiJ ON THE
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offered by Mr. Lawson himself, in com
petition in a Boston flower show. Then
vnrlous efforts wero made to capturo
It. An offer of JG.000 for a stock plant
was mado by Hlgglnbothnm, of Chi
cago. Then camo nn offer of ?1C,000
from n Now York Arm for ono half
tho product of tho greenhouse nt which
It was produced. Mr. Lawson rnlscd
Mr. Hlgglnbothnm's offer by $1,000, or
$7,000 for a slnglo plant, to bo given
to tho city of Boston for propagation
by the city forester, provided Its nnmo
bo not changed nnd the right to prop
ngato It bo given to no ono else. Then,
tho compotltlon wnxlng warm, he mado
his offer of $30,000 for tho wholo "out
put," or 8,000 plants. It was tho larg
est prlco over paid any variety of
mnrketablo flower.
Mr. Lawson Is said to be willing to
pay aB extravagant a prlco for u win
ning yacht.
"Bc-Oertde and the reaty.
Senator Bcvcrldgo of Indiana, be
came, temporarily nt least, a factor in
tho sennto during tho discussion of
S STEAM YACHTS.
tho Hay-Pauncefoto treaty. Ho had
original and logical ideas about that
instrument. Ho wns opposed to tho
original draft and mndo his opposition
felt both In and out of executive ses
sion. It would tako n long tlmo for
Boverldgo to ovorcome tho Impressions
bo created immediately after his first
adveut in Washington. Tho older sen
ators will hardly forglvo him for tho
course ho pursued during the first ses
sion of tho fifty-sixth congress. This
was Indicated about ten days ago when
the number of tho leaders of tho Re
publican majority got together ono
night for n conforenco on tho Hay
Paunccfoto treaty. They assembled at
a somewhat later hour than had been
originally fixed and Senator Frye was
the last mombor of tho conference to
arrive As ho entered the room whero
tho meeting was to bo held and glanced
around at his dignified n?soclntcs ho
caused a ripple of laughter by gravely
asking, "What, haB not tho lender of
tho senate arrived? Really, I can not
sco how we can proceed to transact
business.' Ho mentioned no nnmo,
but everybody understood who ho
meant.
Charles Rolllnson Lamb, tho archi
tect of tho Dowoy arch In Now York
city, Is n grandson of Charles Rollln
son, who was tho most prominent steel
engraver of his tlmo, nnd who, when
WATER LINE. IT IS ALSO LIKELY f'JIAT 1U5K .MAST Wllil- m'J BiiaiTiiu J'UUTlil'jK
the committee waited upon him to on
gravo tho act of gold buttons for tho
suit In which tho first president of tho
United States waB to tako hla'oath of;
office, did tho work and refused com
pen8atlon, saying that tho honor was
sufllclcnt.
Music and Plants.
Tho latest musical folly is that re
cently announced by Professor Hnna.'
Tlctgcn, a German musical savant. Haf
has discovered plants thnt aro eensl-i
tlve to music. He says ho haB a plnnt'
that unfolds Its leaves when somp ono
boglnB playing, but cloeeB them again.
If tho nuiBlc bocomea dissonant. Somo
plants, ho affirms, aro stlmulntcd byl
pleasant harmonics nnd n symphony'
will cxpcdlto tho blossoming of a ros?.
It Is to bo hoped Professor Tlctgcn will
follow up hla Investigations. If a Bln
glo plant Is amenablo to tho concord,
of sweet sounds a wholo garden of
plants Bhould manifest tho oamo pecu
liarity, provided thcro la music enough.
A brass band might bo uBofully cm
ployed In expediting the products of a'
MR. LAWSON'S TRAINING FARM,
truck farm, whllo a mandolin orchoa
tra could bo relied upon to Btlmulato
a flower garden much na It does a
"rosebud garden of girls." Somo dis
crimination Bhould bo used, however,
In tho miiBic played. No ono can 1m
nglno tho havoc which might bo cre
nted In a.cnbbago field or a celcryfarmi,
If a Strauss tono poem wcro lot loose.'
In nil Its noisy dissonance.
Europe's Industrial Crisis.
Tho stato department at Washington;
Is ndvlscd by Its consults nt somo on
tho Europcnn trado centers that an
Industrial and ilnanclnl crisis is Inw
pending there, If indeed it hnB not ac
tually begun. From Germany comes'
tho assertion that "tho wave of Indus
trial prosperity In Europo, which barf
steadily rlson slnco 1895, bns taken nj
turn nnd begun to recede;" that all
signs point to a crisis In Industrial
lines beforo two years havo passed, and
that any political disturbance might
bring on tho Inevitable crash with ox
tremo suddenness. In verification of
thoso discouraging predictions It la
pointed out that houso rents nnd in
dustrial stocks havo begun to decllno,
that factories aro closing and that tno'
shipping Interests and water material'
Industries nro making tho most of tho
South African and Chlneso disturb
ances. German students of cconomlca
annlyzo tho situation as being tho ro-
suit of overproduction.
octogonnrlan president. Sir William
Mulr, who Is 81, will retlro boforo tho1
new century Is mnny months old. Hi
public sorvlco goes back to tho Indian
mutiny, through which ho wna In'
chargo of tho Intollgonco department'
at Agra.
Dr. Jameson, tho leader of tho fa
mous raid on tho Transvaal, left for
South Africa today with' tho Intention'
of urging Cecil Rhodes to push hla
schomo for tho federation and pnclll-.
cation of South Africa, i
called to bo Its head.
yo&ra
ences In a new book.
COP-WARD.