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iO THE NEW-TORK 'TBIES, SUNDAY, MAECH 11, 1894. TIIIELT WASHIHGTON TOPICS BUT SURELY THE TARIFF BILL PROORESSI5Q. tt Ought fHi4 Later Than th Lut Vtfk la Arll Tfc Vate Marshy Ull Ala firm mm rmwrlkla Amhi th Rearular Deaaaerat la th Senate Maau-fMttriat Iatrt tf HwYrlt aa rkllauelphta, Compare. WA8HINQTON, Maxell 10. In spit of ail th appeal that ar being systematically and loudly mad by Republican and Democratic protectionists to their friends In Waahlngton to atop the pro ress of the Tartir bill." the Tariff bill progresses, and although its profreaa la not ao rapid aa It might hare been, or aa It could have been If there was more confidence on the part of the Democrat In the support of the majority of the people In making; a low tariff meaaure.

the bill baa passed the House, and la In the way of passage by the Senate. Shout aa loudly aa its opponents' may, and dictatorial aa may be the men who are hoping against bop for the perpetuation of the detested McKlnley law, a tariff bill will bo passed; not. perhaps, as satisfactory In all respects as the advocates of reform would wish, but far better than any of the advocates of a McKlnley extension are willing to accept. It has taken the Finance Committee of the 8enat six weeks to make the chances la the Wilson bill demanded by the Derao-eratle opposition as the price of their support, and that Is out of all proportion to the time required by Mr. Wilson and his associates to frame the measure.

But much of (th time was really so much. Democratle discussion of the bllL That consumption of time in the committee may prove a savins; of Democratic argument in the Senate. From this time on until the bill comes to a vote, there should be small consumption of time, except by the Republicans. Not all of too Republicans can be relied upon to urge the reasons of the protected classes for higher duties. Some of the Republicans, whose fealty to the party is slackened In vonseqnenoe of the hostility of the Republicans to the free coinage of silver, may re-maln silent or rote with the Democrats on many amendments.

Others, facing elections In States where the Republican adhesion to high tariff has been only a party doctrine, may also be affected by a regard for what may happen to them In the near future. Not all the demoralisation of the day In Washington Is. found In the Democratic Party. The Republicans have troubles of loSkout for- before the elections In the Fall are over that party will "nteresL disorganisation and lack of If the Democratic managers of the Tariff. lll are reasonably successful In carrying ut their plans, as they are understood rrora the guarded statements of those gentlemen, the bill ought to be passed not later than the last week of April.

Allowance has been made, however, in reporting the bill to the Finance Committee, for greater delay, and the date of operation is Used for lune 30, or a month later than the Wilson kUl date. That will not be altogether unsatisfactory, for Its operation will be coln-sldent with the beginning of the fiscal year. By the time the bill comes to be voted on there will be some close calculating as to what Is to become of the forty-four Demurs ts, thirty-eight Republicans, and three Populists. The Senate lacks three of It full membership, and the bill must be passed by the existing members. The Democrats have an apparent advantage to be-'etfn with, for Kyle, one of the Populists, generally votes with them.

Allen has almost always voted with thenv and Peffer is likely to vote against the bill on sccount of free wool. So far as can be ascertained, the only two votes that are regarded as uncertain among the regular Democrats are those of Hill and Murphy. On the other hand, there are several Republican votes thst cannot be depended upon against the bill, and all of the silver-State Republicans, together with some Senators from States that will soon elect Senators and where there Is a strong; Republican tendency to go back on McKlnleylsm, may remain silent or vote for the bill. Now that the bill has been reported with too many concessions to suit any but those who desired a little special protection, the Jabber about the combination of ten Senators sounds sufficiently foolish. It was never believed by any one who had mads any careful inquiry.

It Is difficult to see how any such combination can be plausibly sprung until the bill has gone from the Senate and perhaps returned from the House with some of the careful conservative work undone. It Is inevitable that the House will stand by many of the figures It made by such large majorities that the opposition was unable to secure the yeas and nays for higher rates than were allowed. That will mean, of course, that the bill will wo to a conerenoe made up of three members of the House and three of the Senate. conference has always been an expensive ordeal for the consumer, and that on the Tariff bill will have to be In the hands safe men to prove different. The extra census bulletin No.

66, Just Issued by Census Superintendent Carroll D. carrying the manufacturing statistics of 165 cities having 30,000 population or over, presents in close company the statistics concerning New-Tork and Philadelphia, over which it was understood that Superintendent Porter labored for months In the hope to show that Philadelphia led the country In manufactures. Mr. Porter certainly struggled with a tough Job, If the figures produced by Mr. Wright are even approximately correct.

New-Tork bad. In 1800. 23,406 establishments to 18.166 In Philadelphia. The value of the property hired for manufacturing In New-Tork was S21i.827.80i while In Philadelphia It was fO4.li4.0TT. The ag ire gate capital employed In New-Tork was J426.118.272, while that employed in Philadelphia was $873,249,715.

Philadelphia had some buildings more valuable than New-Tork, but the value of the tools used In New-York exceeded that of the Implements employed In Philadelphia. For miscellaneous expenses. Including rent, taxes. Insurance, repairs, paid to contractors, and Interest paid on cash used in the business. New-Tork expended i58.eVl.710.

while Philadelphia spent 8au.61ft.47d. The average number of persons employed In New-York was 854.281. and la Philadelphia tt was 201.204, The total wages paid In the two cities were In New-York 0.12,lf17 and In Philadelphia Sltt.VlT.U2L New-York Kid 849 177.870 to 40.71 officers, firm mera-rs. and clerks, and Philadelphia paid to 23.378 ofilcers and clerks. Philadelphia employed 8.r7 children, while New-York appears to have employed only 1.718 children.

New-York had 44,010 plecework-- era. making S27.UM.8&1. while Philadelphia had 27,134 pieceworkers, who earned New-York used material valued at 8300.42.722. while Philadelphia, consumed material worth 8311.6C6.6o4. The total product of New-York was valued at while the product of Philadelphia was valued at 8577.234.44d.

The product of Chicago's manufactures exceeded In value that of Philadelphia, but not that of New-York. Washington has presented to the new cruiser Columbia, by the generosity of PC Washington Light Infantry, a handsome ship's bell, which has been on exhibition here for a few days and was a night or two ago transferred to Secretary Herbert, with some aloe little spserhmsafng on the part of the donors and the Nary Department. The bell was cast by Mofihane of Baltimore, is of bright metal, la appropriately engraved to set forth who are the givers, and Is Is the key of When It was proposed to make some gift to ths vessel, there were suggestions of a silver service for ths cabin and for other objects, but the happy Idea struck the movers that the gift of a bell would be ths best, for as soon as It wss hung up, and whenever the ship wss la commission. Its sound, beard every half hour daring the day aad Bight, would be a much more persistent reminder to the ship's company of the people of the District of Columbia than any other gift oould be. As Secretary Herbert said, la making 'his speech accepting the bell: "It wlU mark time for her: It Is te be la a measure her pue.

The sUa vU go wherever Amerv lean Interests are called, and the bell wlU ring round the world." No one who has not been aboard ship snd learned to appreciate the pleasure that is given by the recurrent tappings of the bell as It tells off the divisions of the watches ss they are noted by the sailor csn fully appreciate the usefulness of the present. The-tisn Francisco has a magnificent outfit of silver plate, to which all visitors are introduced where It Is set up magnificently In the cabins of the Admiral. Captain, and the wardroom's officers. Jscky has no pert -In that gift. He may sometimes look at It, and he can tell forecastle visitors of It.

but that In about all the good It does htm. The Philadelphia has a magnificent clock at the entrance to her Admiral's rsbln. but It does not go. The Columbia's bell will be enjoyed by even' body on the ship, and It cannot get out of order while the ship floats. The tariff Is not the most Interesting topic in the world to recur to in a letter hi which the writer supposed he had said all about It that he Intended to, but a conversation Just had with a visiting gentleman from the East, who knows something about the disposition of the manufacturers, will Justify Interpolation in this place.

This man. who lias been known as a Republican, and who lives In a community that ought to favor protection If It Is of any use to manufacturers, says that the manufacturers of the country are coming around to the opinion of the farmers, and for the very reasons that make the farmers low-tariff men. With wheat at 00 cents a bushel and more wheat coming along to keep It at 00 cents, the farmer knows that he is not likely to be able to buy goods manufactured at high-tariff rates, and the manufacturer knows that unless the farmers can buy the manufacturer cannot sell. Two years of high protection under the McKlnley law have tilled the storehouses of the manufacturers with goods they cannot sell at the rates they were encouraged to believe they could realise by high-tariff duties, and now they are beginning to wonder whether It would not be wiser to drop prices and stand a better chance of getting some of the patronage of the fanners, who may get a market abroad for their wheat If the foreigner has something of a chance of selling goods to those he has to buy of. This same man says that If Harrison had been elected the herd times upon us now would have come, and that they would have been attributed to McKlnley by everybody, and that the Republicans would have been compelled to Jake the back track on the tariff question.

I cannot see." said this gentleman. that there will ever be a return to the rates of the McKlnley law." E. Q. D. XA5T CITtt SEXYICX BILLS.

The Hoase Committee to Coaalder Them Thoroughly Boost. WASHINGTON. March are a number of Important bills before the House Committee on Civil Servlco Reform. It Is the purpose of the Chairman. Mr.

De Forrest of Connecticut, to get the committee together and remain practically In session until the more Important of these measures shall have been considered and acted upon. Permission has been given to sit during the sessions of the House. One of the bills to be considered was Introduced by Mr. Flthlan of Illinois, the purpose of which is to abcUsh the Civil Service Commlsslen. Another bill requires all persons who were appointed In the service prior to the creation of the Civil Service Commission to pass an examination, and if not successful to be dropped out of the service.

Mr. Everett of Massachusetts has a bill before the committee looking to the appointment of Postmasters by civil service methods. This bill divides the country Into postal districts, and provides for the appointment of a superintendent In each district. Applicants for Postmastershlps shall pass an examination, to be conducted under the auspices of the superintendent, who shall, in turn, certify three names from among the number to the Postmaster General, from which number one may be selected as Postmaster. Mr.

Stockdale of Mississippi Is the author of a bill to apportion the Government patronage among the States by Congressional districts. Mr. Stockdale believes that under the present system! all the appointees may be drawn from certain parts of a State, while other sections -are neglected -because the applicants from those sections may not have succeeded in passing a satisfactory examination, tlf the quota to which each State Is entitled Is filled, not from the State at large, but from several Congressional districts, thedivision of the patronage. In Mr. Stockdale's opinion, will be much more equitable.

Another bill establishes a term of office tatL. In the classified service of the Government hot exceeding four or six years. hi aQSZSacrjrr ktjst btahd. Mrs. Barnes Oaa llocelv Only fro mi Her Kosband's Estate.

NORWAIJC. March 10. A decision handed down yesterday by the Supreme Court of Errors In the celebrated Norwalk case of Lizzie T. Barnes against William H. Starr and others, reverses the finding of ex-Judge John M.

Hall, after holding ths case under advisement for more than six months, rendered Judgment for the plaintiff. The Supreme Court finds that Mrs. Barnes knowingly became a party to a contract latsnded to deceive others, and that, therefore, she has no standing In court. The Opinion was written by ChlefJustlce Charles B. Andrews.

The decision will also form a precedent, as no similar case was ever before tried out In the Connecticut courts. Samuel H. Barnes of Wilton, In August, 1886, at the age of seventy-five years, four months after his wife's death, decided to marry Miss Lizzie T. Cartwright of Norwalk, forty-five years old. Barnes, who was worth about $100,000, had no He bad, however, seven nephews, who objected to the marriage.

Previous to the marriage, Barnes showed his fiancee an anonymous letter, in which he was warned against marrying her. The letter represented that Miss Cartwright was marrying him for his money. At his request she signed an anie-nuptlal agreement wherein she, for a consideration of $3,000, waived all dower rights In Barnes's estate. The understanding was that after marriage the document was to be destroyed, and the plaintiff was to be thus restored to her full rights in her husband's estate. When, after her husband's death, his nephews confronted her with the ants-nuptial contract, she brought suit on the ground that she had been Induced to sign it through fraudulent representations.

Judge Hall, then of the Superior Court, so found, but the Supreme Court finds that her act was voluntary, and she must abide by the consequences. By signing this contract. Mrs. Barnes will probably lose uuo. By stopping further litigation she will receive the $5,000 and $1,000 left her by her husband In his Oae to Meet Little Rose.

pretty child, with long golden curls, was found crying In the waiting room at ths Grand Central Station on Friday evening by Policeman Fox. She said she was Rose McLaughlin, nine years old. a daughter of John McLaughlin of Oravesend. L. the horse trainer, and a niece of Jam.

McLaughlin, the Jockey. She had been vls- iVni. totr nd her rndmother at Hartford. since Christmas Her mother had written for her to return home and on Friday her grandmother had put her on board a train and had telegraphed to her mother. Through some mistake there was no one at the station to meet th.

child, and the police took cAai. of er She was In charge of Matron fravers Police Headquarters Friday night At.u. TVn to.th crnt of the little girl, and they sent a nurse for her. His Musi Charmed Hot the Coart. John Sullivan, forty-five years old, a blind flute player who earns a living by playing In saloons, was a prisoner In the Yorkvllle Police Court yesterday.

He was ejected from a saloon at 822 East Twenty- Friday, and he at once kicked In ths panel of the side door. When arrested he had $3 In his pockets, the fruit of his day's labors. While awaiting his turn In court he began to play upon his flute, thinking his music would have charms. What's that?" shouted the court. "Summon the disturber." Hulllvan was taken to the bar and was fined fs.

Co salsa lousr Daly Hosao Again. 5 Public Works Commissioner Daly returned yesterday from Hot Springs, whore he spent a month. He is much Improved In Eeallh, and will resume his duties to-mor-row PORTIAS IN PRACTICE WHAT rEOMIKENT LAWIEE3 THINK dF WOMEN ATTOBUEYS. Col. Robed G.

Ingersoll Champlaai Their fa use, James C. Carter Uoal- Idea Sots) of His Compliments, aad ei-Gsr, loauley Relates Ills Eipe- rl lenees Kie a. Tracy Also Gives Uls ud Chancellor MacCracken Tells of the Coarse la Law. If Shakesp -are's Portia suffered the pangs of Jealousy generally supposed to be a weakness ol the feminine mind and heart she would I ave undergone untold agonies had she wit lessed the gathering of modern Portias In I he Academy of Medicine, this city, last 'dnesday evening. The big sembly room was full of Portias, young i nd pretty, happy and gay, and they llstenel with interest while Mrs.

Phoebe Cou: Ins told them all about themselves, and i omethlng, too, about the Portia of old. Miss Cou told them, among other things, that they must have, the same privileges for ad ancement as men If they were to succeed 1 i the profession of law. They have it already, as far as studying Is concerned for the University of the City of New-Tor has hospitably opened Its doors to the n. and the law lectures for women offer a chance for more than mere superficial kno vledge. But wheth the modern Portia would be received aa Llndly by her legal brethren as was the Po tla of old Is perhaps an open question.

The Rev. Dr. Henry MacCracken, Chancellor of the University of the City of New-York, told reporter for The New-Tork Times how vomen came to be admitted to the unlversl which the only place In the State waere they may receive a -legal education at i degree. My own xurse as Chancellor," he said, has been i overned by a single fact. The State of w-York passed a law a few years ago a Imlttlng women to the practice of law.

I a cept It as a duty to respect the Government under which I live, and its laws, conseq lently I did not think It fair, as women had een given the privilege of practicing, to ke them from a legal education. I recommenc ed to the Executive Board that they be adr iltted to the university, and it was done In mediately. As to success, they have only had the prl rllege of studying law for the last three ars. Only a few women have been gradui ted. and there has not been time to hea: from them as far as the practice of law concerned.

I have not heard of any of tl men who have left the University with la so short a time. "And whi do I think personally of women taking ud law? As an a study for strengthening the thlnklm powers there is nothing like It. and the aw lectures, you must remember, are na intended to make lawyers. They are In ended to instruct women about their rights respecting persons and property. A lar proportion of those who attend are men of means, who wish to know their xact legal position." But wha is your personal opinion about women whe arc regular students of the "As to iat, I should answer in the words of At raham Lincoln, For those women who Ilk that kind of thinr tm i.

kind of a thing those women would i wouiuii make a hard and fast rule about it. Itlmust be aroverned br th. indi vidual and bkr environments the same as in medicine, painting, or sculpture. Many women might have the abilltv to he Uwer. but they arel better occupied.

There is no doubt in my mind that it will always be the exception, and not the rule, to hav women lawyers in the place of men. Shakesp are had only one Portia, and there Is Jusi one woman Judge and woman LL. D. in he Old Testament. The last chapter of 1 'roverbs certainly gives woman a great de .1 of business authority.

She buys and lis real estate and engages in manufacturl ag." There are not a dozen women lawyers In the city at the present time. Chancellor MacCracken believes, and they have not as yet made tl emselves prominent enough for the professl to even know of their existence. The onlj woman lawyer I ever saw in court." said ex-Gov. Hoadly of Ohio. was Mrs.

Bradv.Lll, the Chicago woman, in Washington so 1 don't know anything about them. It was Ura Bradwell to whom Chief Justice Dral said, Take off your hat. Sir! Don't you sow you are in the presence of the court? People ake a great row about her, but I don't see earthly reason why a woman shouldn't iractice law if she wants to. There are lome reasons why a woman might make a failure in law. It Is a very nervous pro esslon, but there are many different bran hen.

There do not seem to be as good reasons for their studying law as for their talking up the practice of Wom.tn have more ability than men In many ways and less in others. "This is (xperlmental. It is the place of the man to be the breadwinner and of the woman to ar children. I believe in giving women a dance in every vocation of life It Is a question how far she can leave her duties as a mother. Of cour: e.

where she makes a shlnlne success it different. It is not established that she wi .1 fail at the bar. Personally I haven't the slightest objection to her practicing, thoui I don't know about her pushing men out Don't I 1 hink It is necessity that usually causes a wc man to enter a profession7 No: I link It Is vanity with a great Uon." thCy t0 make a ensa- Judge Ho idly closed his remarks with some fsceti us sentiments about some old women," wl already adorn the bench Gen. Ben. amin F.

Tracy said: "If women want try the law I am "perfectly willing. Tfc pr are many branches in which they-eoald lo well." How wll I going out Into the world affect ner womanl mess? "Oh. tha will not do her any harm. It will not una ex her at all." Lawyer ames C. Carter delivered his views with i delightful vim and animation? and he doeaVt believe in women lawyers I have tie highest opinion of the capacity and ac of women." he said, but they had better let the law alone.

I th nk there are particular ilch nts of women are best qualifl. d. and that the practice of the law is not Lmong them. If she wilL whv then, let he go her own way" And you would not put any obstacles in her way If i he persisted? Well. I don't know about that.

I am Inclined to i hink a limitation which excluded women vould be expedient. "Cases night occur where a woman might becoi le a very useful lawyer but tn give full ac mission to the bar to one woman would tend to encourage a dozen, and most of th would be much better other, wise emploj ed. We mlg it give women permission to go Into maehln and blacksmith's shops said Mr. Carter, warming to his subject. The law Is, as well, essentially a masculine pursuit Mr.

Cart doesn't object to women in public life a certain extent. But don't like," he sid. "to see a woman everlastingly dlspla ring herself in public. It is their everlasting vanity, though I don't say the have more than men. Woman is full of Personality everything Is personal with Col.

Rob rt Ingersoll stsnds ready fla--uratlvely. i receive the modern Portia with open arms He made a graceful little speech aboi her. and here it is verbatim- Shakesiare ha. been critlcln.c-count of the trial scene In The Merchant of The critics pointed out that nothing cot Id be more absurd than a young fellow comng along and taking the place v. biiu uiwnu nr in rrv "All the oblections to Pnrrt have been I found to have na rin.r.H.11,..' At that tlr It was th cuHtAm r.

of tha are Law School at Padua to assist lfunv ft V. I legal Judgti nothing of trouble thJ "uus anew the law, and when In doubt or sent to Padua aaklna- that some one arned In the law might be sent in accordance with this custom presided at the trtsl. we had any women like Portia. And It was thst Portia Now. If they cert a I If we hadW men Ilk.

talnly would make better lawyers than we have. Poisla ht til ik w. SKlESSl f.5to iB nit either wal.aj UUf 4 JlHlr i to wo- yera. wwaia not un to irr msm asalnt them If they were handsome, and rf pec tally before an old Judge, old men being easily flattered; nor before a young Jury. It Is very hard to compete with a woman when she Is plaintiff or defendant, and It woulu be equally hard to defeat her as lawyer.

But I hardly think the nature of woman Is very well adapted to the practice of law. It does not call Into play the higher and better faculties. There Is a good desl of cunning and pretense, a good desl that Is along the lower lines of conduct: not much opportunity for generosity or nobility. "Of course there are exceptions, but the trouble Is that they irre eiceptlons. I think woman has plenty of ability to understand and practice law, but I really think the profession 'would run a leetle across her grain, i I think "she Is better qualified for medicine, and, after all Is said and done, there Is not a nobler profession than the medical.

A doctor is In partnership with nature. He lessens pain and advances the happiness of human life, and, to do these things Is In exact accordance with the nature of woman. I have always thought that woman was the equal of man Intellectually, providing she had the same or something the same opportunities. "cnc' th Mways ahead of the boys. They were always smart, and cer-lu nJ y.

remain so, except- for the fact that: they get married, stop studying, and errm.Virwneimd wnetlc irudg-f7thM ffii themselves to their fate, and let intellectual questions be settled by their husbands and sons Inany men this country Imagine that women are Inferior but we i.a?.yiyroduced no wrter of fiction in the United States the equal of George Eliot or of Georges Sand, or a poet equal to Mrs! Browning, and It would troublous to name mjjjjy Politicians the equals of Harriet Mar! "So I Insist that men and women, given r5 "ubstantlali; equal in the Intellectual world. And I want every avenue opened to women that leads to wealth, success, and liberty. And I do hope that some time I may have the pleasure of Portia acualntd with a modern The reporter had interrupted once and Inquired: Then you thmk woman has a Judicial iiofili'fc1 Co1' Ingersoll. Good heavens! What dees she want of a judicial mind to practice law? It is the yery last thing she wants, unless she is going to be a Judge." Woman la always supposed to be the better half." said United States District Attorney Henry C. Piatt, "and I don't know but she might make the best lawyer." Women are, intellectually, the equals of men In most any branch they undertake, and! I don't see why they might not fit themselves for legal counsel.

Whether they would be able to impress courts and juries would be a of doubt at least until the existing prejudice on that subject disappears. They certainly ought to know something of law to protect themselves and their property. No, I have no objections to their practicing. As to the effect of public life upon them, any pursuit that requires contest, mental cr physical, does not tend to refine women. If women are well fitted for law.

there Is certainly nothing disagreeable about it, provided they can only train themselves not to assume facts. Women sometimes take their own opinions for facts and some men also and; in the legal profession we cannot assume anything." I was the first man In New-York to Introduce a woman Into public offices as a typewriter," said Robert Sewall. in connection with his remarks upon women in public life. And," he continued, I don't know whether I deserve credit for It or whether I should be hanged. I don't know why women shouldn't have the (opportunity to practice law," said Mr.

Sewall. There Is a very large domain, and I think woman lawyers might have a very useful sphere. I don't see any reason why women couldn't search titles as well as a man, and there are various things connected with conveyancing, which is now a much broader term than drawing deeds, and the office duties of a lawyer are often more Important than those in court. Women might, like Portia, develop- a talent for pleading, but the feminine frame would be severely taxed bv the exhaustion which results from the trial of a case before a Jury, the constant attention of the mind and nerve force, and the complete collapse of both at the end. I think women could not stand it long.

Most men cannot ctand it. and. after some years of experience, you see prominent men more chary of their presence in court, and, as they advance in years, they do not go into cases for the pleasure of contention, as they did at first. I should be very much pleased If all women took up the study of law. They are very deficient in that side of education which teaches them practical common sense, and I don't know anything that would so well supply the desideratum.

A woman coming Into money becomes the: dupe of sharpers, and enters Into destructive contracts and speculations. They have not the necessary knowledg-e to withstand the wiles of the wicked. A little law and a little arithmetic would be a good thing, whether a woman was going to practice or not." "I do not advise women to undertake the study of law," said Dr. Austin Abbott, the Dean of the Faculty of the University of the i City of Jvew-York. He even went further, and said That if his own wife or daughters took up a public profession he should speak gently and even firmly against It- I I have no doubt," he went on.

that there are some cases where, by reason of peculiar circumstances, women have been very useful without the greater sacrifice which their undertaking such an avocation appears to me generally to involve. However, there should be no discrimination made against their studying law, and they should have the same facilities, same freedom, that men have. It appears to me that the great value of the study df law for women Is In Its preparation for taking care of their affairs, management of property, and understanding of investments, enabling them to know when they need professional advice, and. to appreciate what is useful advice. Some study of the law Is of prime Importance in the complete education of every human being.

The mental discipline, in a thorough study of legal practice Is un-equaled. It tends to make the mind more reasonable, consistent, logical, and well balanced In Its conclusions. These qualities are as useful to women as to men, whether they apply the knowledge to the practice law or to any other vocation." I For nibs a Ram Broke. $SO. POUGHKEEPSIE.

March 10. A bad ram was responsible for a case tried In Circuit Court in Poughkeepsie this week. The ram In question was a big and powerful fellow, of vicious disposition, and he wandered at will up and down the road In the hamlet of Clove, master of any spot at which he chanced to be. On Sept. 21.

1893. Mrs. Lucy J. Gregory, a farmer's wife, past middle age(. was walking along the road when she was attacked by the ram, which knocked her down three times.

Finally getting upon her feet, Mrs. Gregory jumted upon a stone wall. The ram bucked her from her perch and knocked her down an embankment on the other side. As a result of the encounter and fall, Mrs. Gregory had two ribs broken.

She sued Phebe Lasher the owner- of the ram, to recover $1 (KX damages, but the Jury only gave her $50. i Domlnoi Told Him Her Xo." MIDDLETOWN. X. March Mid-dletown young man, who Is much enamored of a Mlddletown young woman, while en-Joying a game of domlnos with her recently, with a profusion of blushes, asked his; partner when he might claim her as his own. reply was: "When we two can make all the combinations possible with these domlnos.

working ten hours a day and making four moves a minute. Then my hand Is yours." The sighing swain went Joyfully home, and began working at the problem, to see how long it would take. After careful calculation he found that. 21S.A2M.211.M0 combinations could be made, and at the contract rate the haonv day would arrive 118.000 years hence. She Blew a Foghorn.

GUEEPORT. L. March 10. A burglar attempted to break into the house of Mrs. Anna Robinson early this morning.

Mrs. Robinson heard him working at a lower window. She aroused her daughter, and they approached an upper window and warned the burglar off. Instead of retreating, he threw stones at the window. Fearing he would force his way Into the house Mrs.

Robinson hunted up an old foghorn used many years ago by her husband, and blew an alarm. The horn aroused John L. Terry, a neighbor, and he hurried out. but the burglar had gone. Her Plea Gave Him Indigestion.

Meyer Pine, a tailor at 1,105 Park Avenue, was charged in the Essex Market Polloe Court yesterday with abandoning his wife Dora, who lives at 97 Orchard Street. She says he left her six months ago for no "'on whatever. Pine told Justice Koch that he was passionately fond of good pastry, but his wife's pies always gave him Indigestion. Because of thU he and hU wife had frequent quarrels, and they de- hiwlX 11 Paawk, 0nlere1 t0 OVER A oain or in ONE Year. New York, March 3d, 1894.

1 'After thorough examination of the circulation 'books, press-room reports, mail-room reports, paper 'companies bills for amount of paper furnished, orders "from news companies and newsdealers, we find that the 'circulation of THE WORLD (morning and evening editions) "for the months of January and February, 1894, averaged "433, 167 copies per day, and so certify. On Saturday, March 3, a committee of well-known financiers, comprising Messrw. J. Edward Sacvo, President Fourth National Bank and ex -President of the Stock Exchange Thomas L. Jans, President Lincoln Rational Bank and ex -Postmaster -General of the United States; A.

B. Hepbcrx, President Third National Bank, ex -Comptroller: of the United States Currency, ex -Bank Examiner of the Unite States and ex-Superintendent of State Banks; E. W. BLOoaoxoDALK. of the dry-goods house of Bloomingdale Bros.

Hfcnrr Cxaws, of the banking boose of Henry Clews A and Charles W. Dayton, Postmaster of the city of New York, after spending over two hours carefully investigating The World's circulation books, press-room reports, mail -room reports, paper companjes' bills for amount of paper furnished, receipts of said bills, orders from news companies and other records, and plyinr 1 ne FRESH ALARM IN HONOLULU AH) TOR THE EOTALISTS THOUGHT TO HAVE ARRIVED. A Force of Mralprioni Canadians Hu Invaded Hawaii Tbonaht to be Men Kallsted br Sansome la Vanroaver The Government Taking; Active Measures to Prevent a. Surprise-Minister Willis Very Friendly with the Authorities. Copyrle-ht, 1894.

by the United Prcsa SAN FRAXCISCO. March 10. The steamer Australia arrived from Honolulu at 7:30 o'clock this morning, bringing; advices to the 3d lnst. Since the last dispatch, per Transit, Feb. 20, Important movements have been developed.

The observation of Washington's Birthday was general among Americana Minister Willis invited the officials of the Government to notice the day, which request they cordially complied with by closing public offices for the afternoon. The celebration was arranged nominally by the American League. Salutes were fired by the Philadelphia, the Kanlwa, and the Champion. Public exercises were held In the drill shed at 3 P. M.

Dr. McGrew presided. The American Minister -sat with President Dole. Prayer was offered by S. F.

Bishop. Chaplain of the day. C. L. Carter, Walter G.

Smith, and M. M. Scott discoursed on the eminence of Washington aa a warrior, statesman, and patriot. At the close Minister Willis was marked In his attentions to the speakers, especially to the outspoken critic. Smith.

His cordial manner to the provisional Minister was also marked. The exercises opened with a sharp crackle of thunder, when lightning struck the wires of the electric works, 1.800 feet distant. A deluging rain followed, dashing on the corrugated roof with such violence as to make the voices of the speakers Inaudible several timea Mr. Willis has recently manifested much cordiality toward Ministers, the other day meeting President Dole and strolling with him to the President's office for half an hour's chat: The most serious alarm has been taken by the Government at the fact of a very large number of arrivals of steerage passen- gers from Victoria and San Francisco during January and February, more than 100 in excess of what might have been expected. About that number are evidently Canadians and Englishmen, corresponding to the class reported to have been enlisted at Vancouver by Sansome.

More than ten of these men have been marked as wearing military badges of honor. Sixty such men are marked as lodging together at different housea They are hot In pursuit of employment, and evidently are supplied with means of subsistence. Their sympathies with the royalists are not concealed, as they are known to be in communication with them. From various sources of Information the police authorities are satisfied that these men are persons enlisted by Sansome, and that a decided move to get possession of the Executive Building with the aid of these men Is fully planned by the royalists, to.be executed within a few days. The danger, which Is believed to be Imminent, on account of the trained military character and tried courage of these Canadians, is more serious than any that has yet threatened the Government, except that during the period of Minister Willis's supposed hostile attitude to Honolulu.

Since the latter peril appeared to have passed wfjr.v.two.m,onth" fo' military activity and the vigilance of volunteer companies and citizens reserves havs been entirely and. furprlse had become a possibility, with this new reinforcement to the royalists. For a week paat the Marshal has been In active conference with the leaders of the clUsens' guards, and activity has been revived. The poltee. especially mounted men, have baen increased tn number, and a vigilant watch has been kept on all movements of suspected persona The general public are but partially aware of the above facta There Is as yet a prevailing disposition to disparage alarm.

Prominent men said on the 2tth that they thought there was nothing In this Canadian scara. that this was only the natural overflow of unemployed men from the coast. Ths Star fully er edits th alarm. The Ad 433,000 PER The World's Circulation Oreater Than That of Any Other Newspaper Printed -In the English Language. emmovees connected with the circulation department, signed the above certificate vertiser expresses doubt, and the royalist Bulletin pokes fun at It.

Sansome. at Vancouver, is taking pains to convey the Impression that there Is nothing in the rumors that he has been enlisting men for the Queen's service and has managed to get this word sent down here. Sansome has also written a letter to President Dole and T. H. Da vies, which the latter has published, declaring that Davles is In no way connected with the alleged movement.

His letters do not. however, deny the fact of his enlistments, as previously reported. Davles's denials, some time ago, of complicity with Sansome were heartily ac cepted by his many friends here, who have been accustomed to confide in his probity, but the most serious doubts are now revived. Information received by the authorities convinced some, at least, of them that Davles Is implicated. There is no reasonable doubt that Sansome enlisted men, and that they are now here In force.

The report that he was employed by Davles originated at Vancouver, where Davles remained for quite a time on his way to Honolulu. Sansome's work must have required a very large amount of money to move at least 100 men to Honolulu. Davles Is the only man who It can be conjectured has supplied funds. He is the only considerable capitalist among the cuite impecunious Royalists, except James Campbell, who Is not the man to have lavished funds In that way, and whose private agents here are on the other A sufficient probable motive for Davles making such, an outlay of money is attributed to him by very high authority as follows: Davles has always belonged to the lower middle class of tradesmen. He made a large fortune In Honolulu, and returned to England to reside, but found himself excluded from the higher circles of society on account of being a tradesman.

It has become his ardent hope and consuming ambition to enter the circles of the aristocracy by means of his connection with Princess Kaiulani as her guardian. If he can secure the restoration of the monarchy In Hawaii, Davles will at once be accredited as Hawaiian Ambassador to England. Such is the opinion expressed by competent authorities. Davles Is booked to leave for England by the Mariposa, on the 8th. In anticipation of his departure, he has Issued a long letter of friendly political counsel to the public and the Government.

He discriminates between revolution and annexation, strongly denouncing the latter. He insists that annexation is permanently defeated, and that the country Is left with no Constitution, no Legislature, no foundation for anything." He approves of a proposal to call a convention to make a new Constitution, but Insists that It can have no validity or permanence, or public respect, unless It is made by the Hawaiian people, who have votes under the Constitution of 1887. and such Constitution must be permanent in In. tentlon, not looking to annexation. It should be added that the previous report that a messenger from Sansome brought letters, to Davies a month ago has been confirmed, and It la positively known that he delivered the letter to Davles.

The movement of the Government, already reported, for a constitutional convention Is actively proceeding. The Union Party of the Hawaiian Islands has been organized for active campaign work In support of the Government. A strong organisation under the Union Party was carried into action on the 27th. in the first of the five districts of Honolulu, at a meeting attended by a large gathering of leading residents. Similar meetings are to follow tn the other districts.

At the regular session of the councils of the first the consideration of a proposed act to order a constitutional convention was postponed on account of the pressure of other business. It was also desired to confer further respecting its provisions with the. Judges There was also a probable willingness to defer action, awaiting further word from Washington. An act was passed to enable the Government to deal with and deport or Imprison strangers of suspicious character without employment, as well as to prevent such persons from landing here. This was aimed to cover the cases of the Sansome men.

SECRETARY HERBERTS DEFENSE. Precedents for tha Orders to Obey Commissioner Blount. WASHINGTON. March 10. Secretary Herbert to-day, sent to the House of Representatives his reply to th Boutell resolution calling for Information as to th authority by which the Secretary th Nsvy plscd th armed naval forces at Honolulu under the orders of Commissioner Blount.

The answer Is of considerable length, and gives seven precedents where the forces of th United States wer similarly placed under the control of special agents of th President. Th Secretary says th flag of the Unitxi 8tates was over th public buildings of a country with which we wer at peace, and tn navat rorces naa been landed. Under th clrcumstane. In view of th remot. ness of th Hawatlan Islands, It was essential that no conflict of authority should arise, and that th force should be env.

ployed In harmony wtth' and. in support of the policy of th diplomatic branch of this Government. Therefore, Admiral Skerrett was uirsctea to consult freely with Mr. DAY. A CAIN OF 125,020 in THREE Yean.

Blount and to carry out bis Instructions, The Secretary continues: I deem It to be at an tunas ths duty of the naval forces of tb United States la matters affecting our foreign relations to act In bordlna-tlon to and In the fullest co-operation tbf policy of the civil branch of the Government, and not to take the Initiative tn such matters, unless In accordance with the letter and spirit of such a-eneral or special orders aa may be Issued to tbcm by the Secretary of the Nary, or when required to do eo In cases of special exia-ency br circumstances of such sraritr and arcsace as to admit of no delay. If th observance this senerai principle is incumbent upon the naral forces of the United States In their relations with our dlplomatlo representatives In forein countries under ordinary circumstances, it be- pamcuiariy important upon occasions when a direct representative of the President, charged with duties of a comprehensive. deUcata, and confidential character. Is sent abroad. Believing tha'.

the action taken by the department In Its order of March 11. 1S6S, was not only proper and necessary In order to preclude th possibility of any misunderstanding or conflict of authority, which might have resulted la serious embarrassment to American Interests, and. farther, that such action was In harmony with established precedent. I have to state In response to ths direct inquiry contained In th resolution of the House aa to my authority for tasulnr the order In question that said order was Issued br authority of the President, who by constitutional provision Is anade Cotrmander In Chief of tb army and nary of the United States. The seven precedents mentioned br Sec retary Herbert are orders issued by hlr predecessors.

'The first, dated April 8. Vf was to John Gallagher, commanding th United States brig Enterprise, directing ana to proceed to Puerto Rico to protect American vessels aad citizens from lllecal seizure by Spanish mariners under whatever flag, and to regulat his operation by the advice of Thomas Randall, agent of th Government, who was to be taken on board th Enterprise at New-Tork and landed at Puerto Rico. Another letter, dated atxtees days later. Instructed th commander, under the ad vie and approbation of Mr. Randall, to carry Into effect the views expressed by John Quincy Adams, then Secretary of State.

The third Is to Commander Perry, advising him that th President had directed Nicholas T. Trist, of the Stat Department, to DroeeoJ tn tha hMrinmrtM of the army, or to th squadron, as "bs nouiu aeem most convenient that Mr, Trist was "clothed with such dltlomatto power as to authorize him to enter into ar rangements with the Mexican Government for the mutual suspension of hostilities, and adding: Tou win not relax the vigor of your operations while he may remain la iifiiro, umess ne oirecta you to suspend them." The fourth Is from Commander Perrr. re porting compllanc with th order. No. 8.

dated May 8, 1M7, which directs Capt. a b. Hatch to receive on board the Albany Gen. Babcock. who would have cestaia orders from th President of the United btatea." to conform to all Gen.

BabcocKS wishes and orders, and to convey him to such points as might desire to visit; aad when he had accomplished the duty oa which he was sent, to return with him to the United States, if he so desired. The next is to Lieut. Commander F. M. Bunce, Jan.

11. 1S70, and Is of a similar tenor, and th last one Is dated Dec 2, to Rear Admiral G. B. Balch. commandlar the naval fore on th Pacific, advising him of the appointment of WUllam Hearr Prescott of the Department of Bute as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Impotent lary, with Instructions to proceed to Chile, and directing Rear Admiral Balch to be governed, as far aa practicable, by si wishes.

Th communication was referred to tn Committee on Naval Affairs without further action. His Body Was Turned Stoa. BROWNSVILLE. March 10.X markabl cas of petrification was discovered when th body of Solomon KrepP was exhumed th other day. In Taytoft Cemetery, near this town, for removal another' graveyard.

The grave was near th fenc which separates th meter? from th National Pike, and It Is suppo that water, percolating through th limestone roadbed, had kept th body with a calcareous solution. Th dotaici was found wH preserved, although th burial took plac eight years ago. The na.f and beard were crisp, and felt like threap of glass. Th body was entirely turned to ton, and so hard that powerful blow wi.a a pick and shovel mad no Impression, Fuural Rufu t. Frost CHELSEA.

Mass. March 10, All th flag on th public building of this city, as wJ as on th 8t. Rom parochial school. displayed at naif mast to-day In memory cf RufU a Frost, and during his funeral th! afternoon place of business were do4 and traffle generally suspended. The service tn th First Congregational Chur was attended by all classes of people.

City of Chelsea wss represent! by M1 Geurg H. Carter, member of tha Boart -Aldermen and City Council, and other otnoiala All th bells of tha city tolled whtl th corteg proceeded vve lawn Cmtery..