New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-06

srrcsop IN Thursday pronounced woman dead
from heart disease when she had really been
killed with n rife bullet. Their diagnosis was,
however. more accurate than they knew. The
bullet had pierced her heart
Pe,haps the Navy Of the United States ought
20 be Immediately enlarged and on new OASIS
There need not be increase OF hghtihg
ships or men, but there should be an ADDITION Oh
AZ least one vessel that can be used as private
Yacht by high officials and their families IL Is
reported that Secretary Herbert who Is anxious
to begin his yearly official Inspection OF 'ne
Northern navy yards. and also OF the ->a'a'
war school. at Newport is somewhat disguised
with the lesurely pace At which Assistant Seo'e-
tary McAdoo is moving with the Dolphin in pur-
ami, OF the Naval Reserves at the Northern sea-
side resorts. II is apparent that the Secretary
and the Assistant Secretary OF the Navy should
zach n. provided with a public ship In order to
carry on the necessary and important business
OF official inspection. so that no public interest
shall suffer.
TO, every self-respecting bcycle-rider discour-
ags tho Use OF that verbal monstrosity. bike"
A yiler travcsty upon word was never formed.
7, "a mood and encouraging thing TO see poll
,,o, and political contests eliminated from our
puh,c school systems on Monday Mr.. Robert
uocl,v was unanimously elected president OF the
Board Of Education In this city On TUESDAY MI
] Edward Swansirom was reelected PRESIDENT
~ the Board OF Education In Brooklyn without
oppostion These events should mark the De-
ginning Of better things for the schools In both
cities.
on Monday last Great Britain acquired 10y
nurchase from the British East Africa Company
a tract of land containing l,Ooo.0o0 square miles
The public at large does not seem to have taken
sufficient note OF what is not only one OF 'he
largest real-estate transactions on record. as We
might say. but furnishes. also. another charac-
ter,stlc Illustration OF the manner In which Eng
land extends her dom.nions in different parts or
the globe. Her traders spectators and mis-
sionaries are the advance guard who seize what
they can get without special reference to right
or enuity The Government follows, closing Its
sves IN tho manner In which the property was
acoulreJ ON the plea that II must protect Its
subiccts even II they robbers. In this way
India was absorbed In similar manner other
nossessions were acquired. In few instances only
has II been necessary to take the land from Its
original owners by force. We do not doubt that
humanity and civilization have been the gamers
ultimately by these operations. We only draw
attention to the superfluous cloak with which
bvpocrsy seeks to cover these transactions.
Another hlibustering expedition in the interest
OF Iiliuokalani, fitted out on the Pacific Coast,
Is on its way to the Sandwich Islands Can II be
that President Cleveand's proclamation warning
hts royastc friends against a violation Of our
neutrality laws was lost In the mails or has
otherwise gone astray?
Secretary Herbert In his Fourth of July lett n
to the Tammany braves had good deal to Say
about Those vital principles that have made
Democracy a living force since the days of
Jefferson" Very prudently the Secretary re-
Trains from mentioning what those principles
are II they have made Democracy a Giving
force" as ne says they have. II can be In the
sense only that a putrefying body IL a living
force. compelling a nauseated public TO bury both
I'm Qucklime.
The appointment Of five women as members
OF the Board Of Education In Brooklyn has been
speedily followed by the recommendation OF
President Swanstrom. who was reelected by "A
unanimous vote on Tuesday. that additional as
sistants to the superintendent Of Public In
struction be employed. at least two Of whom
should be women, though there Ii no necessary
connection between the two circumstances. In
New-York several women have lately been APP
pointed as school inspectors and give promise
OF doing useful work In that capacity. BY COM
mon consent women are well fitted to perform
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