New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-12-10

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crre, % min him In the bud as it were, in that
abrupt fashion.
Al a Pennsylvania seminary the leader OF a
crowd Of hazers has been unmercifulIy thraSheu
nv the man who was hazed. This ought 10 pe
good way TO stop Of the most senseless anu
brutal OF college customs.
So william F. Sheeban has decided 70 come 10
New-York after all II ~ too late Tor MIN 10 eN-
meet To- make a fortune here as his brother mas
done through Tammany influence lie shou''
have started In eight or ten years ago New
York under reform administration Is no p'''e
for sheehans.
rbs Chamber Of Commerce continues 10 do
good service u the community by its dlsih'e'-
e.ted and patriotic interest in ahairs anectihg
I'm. welfare OF the city At It's meeting on Ihurs-
d,v ex.PresIdent Smith sounded note OF warn
ing that ought 10 be needed. He spoke OF the
danger Of a decline in public interest before I'M
nor;ant reforms have been secured, ana SAID
81 want I, TO go forth a. the expression OF TINS
"Chambers position that any man VINO places
himself I'm the way OF needed reforms must hi"'-
".ef appear az a criminal before the bar OF pup
.,,, oo,rio," That opinion Is not confined 10 the
Chamber OF Commerce. Every man VINO se'N
in the way OF necessary reforms must be treated
as a public enemy.
Andrews should be swept out OF his depart
men, by one Of hs own street-c.eanng ma
chimes.
Whom Rrjd,e President Howell said In his an
nual report that up to the present time .he
Bridge cars have been lighted with lamps OF
.uperior design" he must. az Arte"uS "''u
would say have spoke skarkastic thar Is Vi
course. II the object OF the superior ues'e"
n.s ~ cau.e the lamps TO give light. The day
,,., s,ac,r,cItv takes the place Of the lamps or
"sunsrior design will be welcome one 10 all
Bridge travellers.
Twenty-Five years have now elapsed since Tue
oneniug of the Suez Canal. and although AZ HTS
the sceptic.m with which II was regarueu "s
commercial venture was 80 great that NJ de Les
sens was unable 20 find any purchasers ioi 'he
900 900 shares which lie mad reserved FOR SUD-
script,on In Great Britain. vet 1t has turned out
- h. one ~ the most remunerative investments
I, is possible to imagine. Founders sharss' whch
n quarter Of century ago realized on the
market barely $3.50 apiece. now are quoted at
$3.50 900 each. a rise OF loo per cent Even
Kh.dtve Ismail's shares. which he sold to Eng
land a number OF years after the opening OF the
co,al and when Its financial success was already
assured have Increased more than hve-fold IN
,.lue although their dividends had been
bvnothecated by the spendthrift Egyptian ruler
tor y period Of twenty years now drawing to a
close.
Tho neopIe want TO know several things about
,,.noc,or Wil,iams's work. Why doesn't he 60
,o,ors tho Lexow Committee and get some vim
dcaton?
uow far European hnanciers trust in the states
manship Of Grover Cleveland IL SHOWN ny Tue
fact that az soon as his message utterances on
the currency question became known IN LONDON
scores Of the heavles, English investors In Amer
ican enterprises offered their securities Tor sale
The foreign idea Is that when the thinkers begin
>, Zoo, with the standards OF value 1t is good
time for holders Of American stocks and bonds TO
stand from under
I-ntiI now Il has always been taken for granted
I'm the constitutional countries or Europe that
the obligations OF parliamentary representation"
cancelled all other duties to the state even pris-
oners II elected as members OF Parliament. peihg
., once released and permitted to remain at
uhertv until the session was over BY vote OF
,a.riv 100 ma iority the French Chamber mas,
however decided that the duty OF representing
, constituency I'm the Legislature does not re-
,aosA any Of it, members from the obligation
~ compulsory military service to when every
French citizen is subject NJ Mirman. the Dep
u,v for Rheims was recently threatened with
arrest for desertion unless he Joined his regi-
ment for his regulation twenty"eight days OF
annual training II was oniy after his having
snent n week with the colors as a simple private.
and been punished for several infractions OF dis
ciplIne that "A commission % doctors pronounced
him to be physically unfit for any further mill
,arv service In consequence Of which he Is now
hack I'm his place at the Palais Bourbon.
striking Illustration OF the theory that France
moods better men to defend her soil than to
make her laws.
The economical Democratic Congress Is always
bowling for more millions to cover deficiencies.
This is a sort OF an economy that practical bust
ness men cannot understand
One has heard so much OF the constant growth
OF the standing armies e the Great Powers OF
Europe and the consequent increase OF taxation
that It is rather relief to learn from report
lust presented to the French Legislature by Its
Budget Committee that the Republic has during
the last four years been gradually decreasing
both the number Of troops and military expendi-
ture the estimates for that branch OF service
being now some s2O 00O. 900 less than what they
were in 1891. Inasmuch as France Is pretty gen.
orally considered - the nrsbrand Of the Old