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Show yeas- - g araitv i V THENEWYOIiK CHIEF. FETCR CONLtN MADE SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, Fersonalttj' eflb Ma Wh Jdu Soo mttrd tilt Greatest Thief Tkrr the the Jitr H ibmI" as Obi - la of ETER COXLIN.the new thief of police of New York, ha, earned the distinction couferfed on him by prolonged an faithful service in the department, winch he joined Julv 29, 1869, when , he became patrolman in the fourth precinct Dec. 2, 1872, he was promoted to roundsman, and on duly 19, 1876, was advanced to the rank of sergeant. He became captain on Feb. 28, 1884, and on Vug 8, 1887, was made inspector, and though Inspector Wll'iame was appointed on the same day, the courts subsequently decided that Conlin wfas the senior. He became chief inspector on the retirement of Inspector Steers Oct. 1. 1892, and held that office until It was abolished In February, 1893. From that time until May 27 of this jear he had charge of the third inspection dis-tiiThen he was detailed as acting chief of police, succeeding Chief Byrnes, who was retired. lie deserved the promotion," observed President Roosevelt, of the board of police commissioners, commenting on the event. "I have a,x 1 Wl THE NEW CHAPLAIN. ! wiu I, Doing lh. Praying fur.lt r- - Ilftr- - 1'iiBrt a CMyrtt. Rev. H, H. Couden, of Port Huron, Mich., chaplain of tha-e- ew congress, lost bis eyesight in the service of the Union. He enlisted at the age of 18, when the first call for volunteers ma made, serving in the Sixth Ohio Infor three years fantry, and when his term was out. He was with McClellan in the West Virginia campaign, and took part In the battle of Shiloh. In February, 1863, he was transferred to the First Mississippi marine brigade. Near Austin, Miss., he received a charge of small shot In hia eC8, causing total blindness. After honorable discharge, Mr. Couden found there was no hope of recovering hie eyesight and entered Jhe blind l at Columbus, Ohio, taking a course of seven years. Afterward he entered the theological seminary at Canton, N. Y. Hla first pastorate was at Madrid, N. Y. Later he preached at Willoughby, Ohio, Chatham, Mass., and four years agoJM- moved to Port Huron, Mich. Mr. CoudeSf's pastorate work there - was hlghlytsjiccessful, the church member, -- V-hoo- - 7rY ct OF TH UNITED STATES SENATE. THE LATE DOORKEEPER Had Bm nt ta lit. Sri'U tear. APT. ISAAC BAS sett, whose deatl was recorded in the Washington other day, was for mere than three score ) ears connected with the United SuwWSctf- ate. He obtained his military title during the war, when he was chosen commanding otr fleer of a company of home guards organized at the capltoi. His was Arthur Pue Gorman, at present the senior senator from Maryland, and who has been couneeted with the senate ever since he started as a page, like Capt. Bassett. It was in 1831 that Capt. Bassett first attracted the attention of Daniel Webster, wbo took a great faney to tbe lad At that time the elder Bassett was one of the doorkeepers of the senate and little Isaac ubed to come to the building with his father. There was only one page In the United States senate those days S. P. Hanscom, who afterwards became one of the editors of the National Republic- - to 1 Empress Frederick as a Sculptress. The best likeness in marble of the late Emperor Frederick of Germany is said to have received Its most lifelike touches from the hands of bis wife. The empress commissioned Herr the sculptor, to model a color sal bust of her late husband. One day while the sculptor was at work the empress honored him with a visit and asked to be allowedjlo make a few sugTo his surprise be saw the gestions. clay assume a moat natural likeness under her skillful hands. When the sculptor expressed his admiration for her great talent she admitted having studied and practiced most diligently. She commissioned Uphues to do the bust in marble and In this way was created the most lifelike bust of Unser Frit. New York Herald. DR. HERMAN AHLWARDT. worlu. He promises sn exposition of the methods of the Jews, whatever that may mean. The doctor was born Dec. 21, 1846, and has been a rapmber of the reichstag for four years. He has been convicted of libeling Prussian officials and served sentences in the Floetzensee was' prison for the offense. The libel con-Desp- of mim, km i mu m 1 j. i m. yn coloniatforcestakiugpartintheex- peditlon. The men comprising it were recruited in the West Indies and Ja- maica and are armed with magazine rifles. They are a fearless lot of men. Inured to harlshlp, as evidenced by the services rendered by them in the recent Sofia expedition. Sir Francls is greatly encouraged by the reputation which these sturdy warriors have acquired, for the Housa Field For . of which he is inspector-genera- l, did not figure very creditably when fighting the Sofias, feeing entirely too fond of maneuvering under cover. The war officer is giving much attention to Lee-Mitfo- rd " K CAPT. ISAAfr BASSETT. an, published here 'until Its absorption Into the Washington. Post, Hanscom was principal. y occupied on the democratic side of the senate and it occurred to Webster one day that the whiga were being discriminated against In the matter of a page. Accordingly he made a fight for the ap- polntment of Isaac BasseU. then abcrat 12 years old. After considerable opposition the additional Vge was ordered. This marked the only stormy passage in the official career of Capt Bassett. 81nce the 30s bis lines have been cast in pleasant places among dignitaries who have seemed tireless in thetrefforts to do him honor. When he had completed his fiftieth year In their service a magnificent silver salver was prepared and presented to him. This ne prized the most of all his earthly possessions. At another time a magnificent gold snuff box was presented him because ofhis efforts in of the senate. behalf of the anuff-takeThis recalls the fact that Capt. Bassetts principal duty during the latter days of ihe nineteenth century came through his custodianship of the two black snuff boxes in the recesses at the right and left of tbe presiding officer of the sen-atIt is one of the traditions of the nenate that these boxes were established because of the persistency with which senators used to borrow snuff from cne of the early of the United States. Finally patience ceased to be a virtue, and hailing Capt, Bassett to hla alu tbe presiding officer directed that boxes of snuff be maintained at the public expense for tbe use of senators who like to take a little up their noses to make them feel easy. Capt Bassett waa for years tbe only snuff-takleft, but about $3 is annually Invested In this tickling article so that a supply is always on hand in case It la demanded. Capt. Bassett was never known to sesdivulge a secret of the executive sions. which ha-- al ways attended. He waa moitLlIke a Sphinx than anybody aronndthe capltoi. and when he passed away many secrets died with him. Particularly ta thia true of the location In the senate chamber of chairs and desks formerly occupied by distinguished Americans, among whom may, be included Jeff Davis. Nobody was ever able to learn from Capt Bassett where the head of the southern confederacy aat when he waa United States senator from Mississippi, although many attempts have been made by those who wanted tbe Jeff Davis chair and desk, Persons who visited the senate chamber as spectators alwaya noticed the old gentleman with pleasant-vlsage- d white hair and beard, the former curled carefully In a roll, who sat Usually at the left of tbe presiding offirer of the senate.' Whenever a message was received from the President of the United ra The Larcaa Vasul, the largest vessels ever placed the cotton trade between this country ts SIR FRANCIS SCOTT, the details of the expedition, thus manifesting the'doep cod fern which li felt In Its success. For Tkra Ceaeratloas. Michael Farrelly of Perry county, Indiana, has a pair of buckskin breeches and a waistcoat of the earn material which be brought from Ireland nearly fifty year a ago. They had been worn by his grandfather, and they are altogether too large for any of the descendants of the original owner. Tbe breeches buckle ar th knee and meainches at the walsL The sure forty-si- x waist-cola a square cut affair, reaching below tbh!ps and buttoning to It measures fifty-thrthe throat inches around the breast All the buttons are of horn, hand made. at ee At Leeds, England, overcoats are uttered in a speech in which he said German official life was corrupted by made of a fabric composed of pine and ppruce w ood pulp. Jewish influence. y One of t and Europe la the American, recently launched in Belfast Her total cubic capacity la 587,220 feet, making her easily the biggest ship ever coming to New Otleans. She le 8.200 gross tonnage, 675 feet long between perpendiculars. fifty-fiv- e feet, beam and depth of hole thirty-nin- e feet six inches. There are nine engines on hej and she is loaded through six hatches. Her water ballast Is J00tpns. She can carry 24,000 jbales of cotton. Ought ta Kill. la the Potasslqmorthodlnitrocresolate name of a new antiseptic discovered in Germany, but as it is intended to be n. used generally it la also called One part of the substance la from 1,500 to 2,000 parts of soapsuds, is destructive to all tbe common parasites Injurious to plants. Yeast used in brewing remains fresh for a long time when treated with it; it destroys all bacteria, and yeast can endure a solution as strong as 5 per cent of tbe substance. It is odorless and very cheap. anti-nounl- e. er as? t GrdkkBpUfiln'f half-broth- er uM ' m erected. Commander la Aihiatc. Sir Francis Scott, commander of the Ashantee expedition, has a thorough knowledge of the country as well as m Um ImundoubUtl ability w On will devolve which dutiea portant him. While the government has absolute faith in his judgmeht. It was nevertheless determined to give him a larger force than was first contemplated, and it Is possible that at least two regiments of British Infantry will be dispatched with the West India regiment, which will bear the brunt of the work. This regiment is probably the best ot the n. nt Up-hue- s, CHIEF PETER CONLIN. watched him carefully for five months and he has proved himself efficient and has done his duty well. The examination for the promotion was a rigid one, and though Mr. Conlin had no competitors for the position, he was required to establish a high standard to succeed. The subjects of the examination were police regulations, ordinances of the city, laws of the state and military tactics. The questions were presented in printed form and the enswers given In writing. After the examination, which occupied five hours, the commissioners held a meeting and made up the rating. It was announced that. he attained 93.03 per cent, 60 per cent of which was allowed for record and seniority and 33.03 per cent for the written answers. Ona of the answers has excited a deal of comment Asked what disposition he would make of troops called out to preserve prder In case of a general street car strike, supposing the center of the disturbance was at a stated point, Mr. Conlin answered categorically all the points and added, "only grape and This lscdhBtrued bT used. as indicating a very severe method of dealing with strikers and is variously condemned and approved accordingly as the people look upon the subject Mr. Conlin was born in New York In 1811. In 1861 he enlisted In the Twelfth regiment and with that command participated in the battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Gains' Mill, White Oak Swamp and Malvern Hill. - In that engagement he was seriously wounded disand honorably subsequently Upon recovery from his charged. the army as lieuwounds he tenant in the Sixty-nint- h regiment of the illustrious Irish brigade, and served until the close of hostilities. He Is a of the late famous actor, W. J. Florence, popularly known among his admirers as Billy Florence. Agatast th Jawa. Dr. Ahlwardt, the celebrated BerUai-ha- s arrl ved in this country. He expects to deliver .lectures. It is charged against him that he proposes to try to inaugurate a campaign against the Hebrews, his theory being that the amassing of wealth by this race is getting to be a menace to the general prosperity of the of th l.u.eri CMiitnuatty SlBc. 1 S30 Mad a Par by Daalal W abater ta tb REV. H. N. COUDEN. ship being Increased and a fine new edifice States or from the house of representatives It was the duty of Capt Bas- BOSTONS NEW MAYOR. sett to announce the fact to the senate. f Although in thCTierfarmance of this JOSHUA QUINCY CHOSEN CHIEF duty for years, whenever bn whs tom- - t EXECUTIVE. to make the customary in- - j pelled nouncemeat Capt. Bassett invariably j trade as mm h fuss over it as though it Had BafTerad lUtter Pfmt la .1 SO 4 at was his first offense.- '- His face would ' I ha Ilaatl o t It Ciuaaeaurut Caadl-dat- a turn scarlet, and as he dui'ked his head la, 1SS8 Sketch at Ml Buy . at the presiding officer there, was a Ufa quiver In his vo.ee as he spoke the stereotvped formula. This was gener-al- l) mayor Is the third of his Bayne accompanied by a hesitancy of and family ttY be speech, aa if uncertain whether his would fall upon appreciative and thus onory4 by ' .be people, 'of Boa-olistening ears No matter how hot the day might His grandfa-Iberjoida- h be Capt. Bassett never appeared. In Quincy, the senate chamber unless he was waa elected to the dressed with scrupulous neatness and mayoral chair in care in a suit of' black broadcloth. .223 and filled It With great credit to Even his necktie was of the name somber hue, with just a glimpse of white himself and advanshirt and collar visible above the tage to' the people, and In 1345 bis frock father, Joslah Quincy,, was chosen te cios"ly buttoned double-breaste- d coat. for three the office, add the fact that he had been as- - secutlve terma.- - The present mayor ftoeiated with senators the greater part was born lflQulney In 1859, in-his life Capt,. Bassett has never been heritlng little besides good health and h honored name. He graduated from accused of presumption, but waa always deferential and unassuming In his de-- Harvard college In 1890, and immedl-meano- r. Ever since he has been about ately began teaching In the Adams the senate he has born in mind that' academy of hla native town, of which speech Is silver, but silence is golden, Dr. William Everett was at the time and was apparently deaf, dumb and the head. A year later he went te Euhud to all that took place About him.' rope, and spent some time in travel, Although often importuned to write after which he took a law course at Harvard and was admitted to practice a volume embodying hla recollections, it waa the invariable reply 6f the good In 1884, His first act've participation old man that such a project rauBt await in politics was as a member ot the comhis convenience, when be'could spare mittee of one -- hundred, which led ta t'me awny from the cnpitol. independent movement for Cleveland against Blaine in 1884. In 1885 he waa elected to the iower bouae of the Massachusetts legislature ns a democrat and served for three years, declining the fourth nomination in order to make an ucsuccessfnl fight for congresa againat Elijah A. Morse In a atrong republican district In 1889 he was again sent to the legislature and was in 1890. That year he became secretary ot the democratic state committee, the next year chairman of the executive committee, and in 1892 he served as chairman of the full state committee, conducting a canvass of exceptional strength. la 1892 he was a delegate to the democratic national convention, and waa chosen by his colleagues to represent the state on the national committee. He waa subsequently made a member of the executive committee of that body and chairman of tbe commlt- - CAIT. ISAAC BASSETT . Th I.ata Alindf Dam a. JOSIAH QUINCY, tee on campaign literature. After the inauguration ot Cleveland in 1893 Mr. Quincy was tendered the position ot assistant secretary of state, which fee at first declined, but when It was shown to him that his acceptance would gratify the president and serve the party he yield'd so far as to enter the office temporally for the purpose ot consular service on the eas entertained In common by Cleveland and himsalf. The vlng been achieved at the end nths he resigned end turned tlon to business and profes terests. He is largely Inter wo important suburban elec ayi, to the management of which hlgives personal attention. He le unmajled. He was tbe democratic candldaf for .mayor n year ago, and defeated-bMr, Curtis, the ul candidate this year. be Pag th C'harrh Oat, The R! John Wharton of Stanmore, Westmoj nd, is vicar of one of the amallestind moat elevated churches of etSL Stephen nestles lihe mountains 953 feet above In summer the church is lied by tourists, but in wln-rcdrifts He In the valleys, s gratified when he has a a of three or four. One nlng, after a severe enow vicar, feeling assured that would be buried is enow, dawn, and started out for ith a spade on hie were fully real-urc- h was hidden under an ft. lie set to work, and, ours ateady labor, man-h- e door of theediflee. Mr. only tidies up the church, but rings Is own service bell, plays hla own llnonium, and. wheu rflres it, lights the church fires. SAID PASHA. r -- The haw rraildcpft of th Ta kuh Crak of Slat. Said Pasha, president of the Turkish council of State, has more than one fallen under the sultan's displeasure. In 1881, while occupying the offlre of grand vizier, be endeavored to obtain theeuRan's consent to a program ot reform which would rescue the administration from the degeneration resulting from the interference of the corrupt retainers ot the palace, restore the port to Its functions as the exponent of the Internal and foreign policy and regain the respect of Europe by a consistent external policy and progressive Internal. .Improvements, Including th Armenian reform provided for in th of Berlin. ' Said's protest against the sultan's Irregular methods, in which he had before pliantly acquiesced, was provoked by the action of thp tultan in, the Russian indemnity negotiations in concluding arrangements with the Russian minister through a palace official without the participation Of the ports in any way. Said Pasha was subsequently called into consultation, when he offended the iuIUb fey protracting the negotiation At tbe beginning of ell k J 'ti. - V $m v Ft SAID PASHA. May Said was summarily dismissed from the premiership. The sultan felt that he had been restricted by the independence ot Judgment and decision of character of the first minister. He easily persuaded himself, when Said's firmness in defending the Interests of Turkey brought him into collision with the cabinets of Europe, that hla vigorous but simple minister was lacking la the right qualities, and that he could guide the foreign policy more ably himself. The aucceeding first minister, Abdurrahman Pasha, was known aa an efficient and honest provincial governor In Asia, but without experience in European diplomacy. During hla brief tenure of office the Intercourse was entirely between tbe embassies and tho palace through the roundabout channels to which Said Pasha had skillfully, accommodated himself without allow- Ing hla functions to be , superseded. When, after a few weeks, Abdurrahman asxoa to be relieved, the statesman t whom the sultan turned insisted upon Ihe (ciaaCfon of pal ace Interference, and he was finally constrained to recall Said PaBha, who was reappointed grand vizier In the second week of July, Ilia first step on resuming office was to advise with Europe for th purpose ot securing the settlement of the Egyptian difficulties in the hands of Turkey, Tbe sultan, under the Influence of tbe palace party, failed to follow the advice, but after it was too late endeavored to repair hla blunder, At tbe end of November a conspiracy to kill or depose Abdul Hamid was reported to him, and in the panic which ensued the ministry was dismissed, and for several days all the members of It held under suspicion. Achmet Vefyk, a former grand vizier, whom Said Pasha had a few weeka before dls- missed from the governorship of Brous-f- or disobedience, was appointed to succeed him as premier. But two days afterward Said was again recalled, and tbe former ministers, including Mahmud Nedim, minister of the interior. Said enemy, whose intrigues caused his dismissal both times, was reappointed. tee CngrMi EL Sereno forty-eight- Pays at Nw York. Payne, who served in the h, forty-nint- EnglaJ.-TheChur- fifty-firs- t. h, - C. j s. A' ' at shoul-pectatlo- CsiA V ns '.---a; h V occa-occasl- SERENO EL PAYNE, and fifty-thir- d congresses and was defeated for the nomination, for the fiftieth congresa by Newton W. Nutting, of Oswego, waa born at Hamilton, N. Y, June 26, 1843, graduated from the University at Rochester In 1864, was admitted to the bar in 1866, and baa since, except when occupied in official duties, practiced law at Auburn, of which city he was city clerk from 1868 to 1871, supervisor during 1871 and 1872, and president of the board ot education from 1879 to 1SS2. In 1873 be was elected district attorney of In 1876. Cayuga county and fifty-secon- d Ml Lk Last Thirties Day. The above is a portrait of Alexander No cat lMalue probably had more Dumas, the great French dramatist, need of heine lives than did one in s who lately passed away. He was the Ire last week and week bemost prolific writer of the century, and Monmouth oat-bi- n in the rear of has lent n lasting impression to fore. Thf-gFrench literature. bolding an even carload, lied, when tbe cai, chas-edown head first boZealand la Kw ll tions of the bln, eight The Zealanders have a singular burbeneath. There she ial custom and one that le essentially feet, to the same & that of the Parsees of the remained oi r head for thirteen deys, orienL Unlike the latter, they bury or, until, th te having bcn removed, their dead in the earth, but leave them she waa d vered. Tabby is now and just as cagr for there only long enough for the flesh to alive and eve decay. When nothing la left hut the mice as OX all lasses of porcelain now colbones, these are carefully cleaned and In some :s of Vermont there Is lected, old Chinese and Japanese enjoy laid away in natural caves or artificial . an cverprod on of potatoes. the greatest popularity, .' m tombs. nt thor , I . . t |
