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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-06
THE BRIGHTON BEACH CONCERTS.

Another request programme VIII be given Il.
the Brighton Beach concert this afternoon ana
the fifth Wagner night Of the season has been set
for tonight The programmes for both concerts
are as follows
AFTERNOON.
Overture 'Tannhauser hsIe.
Ballet music cid ,.sif,is'
Dream Amer the ran
Prelude sni hnale Tristan and Isolde ssnsT
al Meditation
ob Mlnlet flute solo: stoeekert Beet
Wotan's Farewell and Magic Fire Scene. from ,,.
EVENING
.Ri.nzi" The Flying Duchman." 'Tsnntsuser over
"Iohenerfn Tristan and Isolde" Die Meislersinger
"Parlfs.' pIeudeA
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-06
WITRSTER-WILLIS VICTORY
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rop THE SELECTION OF JUDICIARY DELE
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FOR JtTSTICFSHIPS
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GiQHNCER9

n WELL KNOWN man-about-town OF
sporting proclfvities who has moved
almost everything visible to sup
press story OF which he was the victim has
at last given up the fight, and his friencl
are telling 4 me following tale:
When horses hoofs clattered and the hot
sun dried away the steam from the backs
or the rieeing animals on Old Virginia's
race courses over the river this young man
went across the Long bridge with only a
few 'doilars IN his pocket His lucky star
arose early that day and kept bustlDg till
tue sun was low. As a result the young
man carried back TO the Washington end
OF the bridge roll OF greenbacks whose
value aggregated 800. He sent out into
the byways and side streets and collected
his friends the same evening, and feast
followed. He stopped the drain-pipe OF
his eNciequer, however. several dollars
above tue 500 limit, and this sum he decided
to lay away for day when a blizzard
should come. He hid it under the edge of
the carpet In the sitting room at home, and
again started out, this time toward Cabin
Johns.
Before he had gone far he thought of
Ilie trouble he would be in if the house
should burn down. He thought again and
then turn back. He would never risk 1t.
Again he put the money In his pocket and
again started for Cabin Johns. When
he reached the Aqueduct Bridge the lights
from the gambling dens across the river
struck his eyes. 1t was too much.
As he walked back home over the bridge
the next morning with nothing but his
hands in his pockets he looked around for
his lucky stnr, but 1t was nowhere to be
seen.
Il guess this is her day off," and trudged
The evening times., 1896-04-02
MEETING THE DIFFICULTIES.
Measure to Protect Property in Greer
County, Ok.

The text OF the decree OF the Supreme
Court OF the United States in the famous
Greer county case, which was not in
cluded in the announcement of the judg
ment made by Justice Harlan fortnight
ago, has been made public. 1t reads as
follows:
''The territory east of the Tooth meridian
OF longitude, west and south of the river
now known as the north fork of Red River
and north of Il line following westward,
as prescribed by the treaty of 1919 te
tween the United States and Spain, the
course, and along The south bank, both
OF Red River and of the river now known
as the Prairie DOG town fork, or south
fork OF Red River until such line meets
the tooth meridian OF longitude, which
territory is sometimes called Greer county,
constitutes no part OF the territory prop
erly included within or rightly belonging
10 Texas at the tine of the admission of
that State into the Union, and : not within
the limits nor under the Jurisdiction or
that State, but il subject 10 The exclusive
Jurisdiction of the United States ofA Her.cl."
The decision Of the court left the affairs
of Greer county, now part OF Oklahoma
Terr itory, especially those rela ting to
judicial matters and titles to land. in a
condition which only legislai ion by Con
gress could remedy. To meet the require
ments, Representative CockrelI has in
troluced two bills. One is Intended to vail
date the Judgments of district courts in
Greer county heretofore rendered, and
provides, further, that all cases now pend
ing in the courts OF said county shall he
prosecuted to u final decision by the courts
of Oklahoma. under the laws OF Texas.
The evening times., 1896-04-02

Piled to love instead of economy II is quite
different in its other phases and dramatic
instead OF wholly humorous Ill development
The character drawing Is as Clever as
the best. The dialogue is witty without
being oifensively patent in its points or
STOPPING TO the cheap efficacy OF the trlte
cpigram. The Last Word is i play that
does one good To see, fut IT not only aGidse
but lifts up the spirit and warns the heart.
Ada Rehan spoke fascinating English 4 Ia
Russc, slightly chippcd, as IL were. Sue
made OF V era a woH:an OF beguiiing Chdrm--
who knew men well from her corner in the
north ard came upon them with personal
hypnotism that brought their lips TO her
hand indeed TO her lips had she permitted
in as short order as she desired Rchan
hasn't IN some tine given dramatic scene
so perfect ana pathetic "a her moving reel
tatiyr at the close or the last 1ct DiJ one
She looked magnificent in splendid gowns
and held her chin sufficiently high to
keep the wrinkles out OF evidence SybI
Carlisle. as the Secrctary's daughter Was
very charming and rescued the part from
enCCOd cnllg UathOS-
The gentlemen Were all well cast. ChlS-
Richmnn last night suggested Henry Miller
in appearance, though he Is or a more
heroic mold and has no mannerISms yet
He has the faculty OF conveying tue ln-
Prospective qualities OF character with
out IilIeT'S hardness, which Is not always
apologizei for correctly by repression. This
gentleman is certainly an crancst and
thoughtful student OF what he Is doing
and Stems 10 possess the intelligence 70
interpret correctly and the art 10 execute
effectively.
Edwin Varrey as the old professor helped
to make his part lovable. and James Lewis
did wonders in COMPRISING his sixty years
of wrinkles into smooth hoy : face IN his
twenties Ii was not only a triumph nf
ma ke-up but he made a conquest of run IN
a role which, as written, must have read
ridicuIously. George Clarke played the
secretary well and Frederic Truesdell was
seen to advantage in the first act To the
part Of Baron Stuyre he brought impressive
nprSnnality and CuDlblliIX lDT UDlIlE al
that was demanded cxceilently. He VIII
do longer and more important roles better.
ii is not always appreciated that shortest
roles are most unsatisfactory even in tbeIn-
selves. for they give an actor no opportunity
to develop and display his sympathetic
points
This evening an Interesting double blu
of old comedies is to be given. Mrs. Cow
ley's ..Bellc's Stratagem' and TobinS
..Honeymo"nr will he the vehicles for the
DAILY players talents
The evening times., 1896-04-02

The plea, made elsewhere in TINS ISSUE
of The Evening Times for the police
mems pension fund presents some fac's
that have been noted heretofore, but the
recapiluIatiOn of which is specially op-
portuue at this time, inasnuch as the Dis
trict appropriation bill is still pending
Heretofore Congress has always made soire
proyision for this fund when its ordinary
sources failed, either wholly. or i'll part.
hut this year the economical wave has
swept away the estimate made by The
Commissioners Yet, in all fairness and
Justice, the fund should not be allowed to
die or become SO attenuatcd rs to be prac-
tically useless.
1t should be remembered that there Is
law regulating the retirement of police
men aud also their pensioning, as well as
that of their widows and orphans. In that
Ia W the accumulation and maintenance of
the pension fund is provided for, but 1t
so happens that the sources from which
the fund is replcnished fail at times and the
deficiency must be supplied in some way,
or the pensioners will suffer. Last year
excursions were given and the men were
busy selling tickets all over town. 1t
was very clearly apparent to those in
authority that this was device not to be
The evening times., 1896-04-02
Pension Fund for Policemen.

encouraged and it is thought that this
method of adding to the fund will not be
rcsorted to hereafter.
In the event, therefore, of such deple-
ton of the fund as TO jeopardize the pen
sions of retired officers, or Of the widow
and orphans of the deceased, Congress must
step into the breach and authorize the
people of the District TO tax themselves for
the purpose of keeping the pensioners
from suffering unnecessary hardship. This
is what an appropriation amounts to, for
the money comes from the tax funds and
not from the general treasury-it being
always understood that the portion the
United States contributes to the District
cxchequer is given in lieu OF taxes. The
people of the District are more than will
ing to take this charge upon themselves,
for they feel that their policemen ought to
be no worse off in this respect at least
than are the policemen OF nearly every
large city.
There is yet opportunity to insert the ap-
appropriation for the police pension fund
in the District bill if the House feels so dis
posed. If, however, it is not done there, re-
lance is placed upon the Senate TO make
the desired provision. 1t would be a griev-
GUS wrong to neglect it.
The evening times., 1896-04-02

The presentation of a flag to the new
,ruck company on NJ street and the en-
,husiasm incident to the ceremony are
evidence OF the interest and pride taken by
the people OF the District in the fire depart
mcnt and all connected with it. 1t may 10
regarded as an admonition TO Congress
to revise the action OF the House Commit
tee on Appropriations which has ehureiy
ignored the recommendations of the Com
missioners and the pleas of everybody else
regarding the increase of the mems pay.
and has only partially provided Tor 'he
extension OF the service. Few cites Us
large as Washington but pay their hreneh
higher wages, and equally few those places
having as large an area as That or the
District but have more apparatus.
our people have never begrudged tue
outlay for the fire department, and as the
CITY expands they would like TO see this
important branch OF the municipal ma
The evening times., 1896-04-02
IN THE LAST WORD"
Miss Rehan In One of the Best of
Modern Plays.

1.-THE Last Word,' as presented last night
at the Lafayette Square Opera House by
the Daily company, proved itself one OF the
best if not the best, modern play, they have
had in their repertoire in many years. 1t
tells pretty story OF matcii-ma king in
diplomatic circles, and is agreeahly free
from the vulgar political clement which
many dramatists think necessary to a COR
rect portrait of any phase of Capital life.
There was one character, a Moses Mossop,
which came nearest TO this transgression,
and he could well be left out of the
scheme of the story.
A member of the Cabinet has in his family
a maria gea bic daughter, who isin love with
an attache of the Russian legation, and a
scholarly son, whose wall OF cynicism has
never met the beseiging power of just the
right woman, until Vera, the attaches sis
ter, cOnfronts him. The attache is in bad
repute with his government on account OF
some journalistic correspondents. and is
ordered home. Secretary RuthereiI's daugh-
ter, Faith, begs her father to use his infIu-
ence. He declines to interfere even for
his girl, SO ingrained In his nature is the
sense of justice as opposed TO the Ieniency
of love and sympathy She leaves her
father for her lovers sake. Through the
fascinating Vera, of the ancestry of schem-
ers tn father is made to receive his daugii-
terand approve the union. There is weet
and simple brother of the Secretary, q
music teacher. who loves his daughter for
loves m ke only. The antithesis is effec-
tive. To he sure, It In the scheme of
Sydney Grundy's Pair of Spcctacies'' ap-
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Only a Relief Fund.

they are the very ones who are most
pronounced in favor of the plan. In view
of this fact further opposition To the
bill would appear factious and should not
be countenanccd.
II is not at all strange that government
employees favor the proposition. None OF
them Will be seriously affected by the de-
duCtioa of Two or two and half per cent
from their monthly salaries, and the ag-
gregate will Increase SO rapidly by these
contributions of the thousands of govern
ment employees that fund for the relief
of supcrannuated clerks aud others will be
a reality in n year or two and probably
ample for all contingencies. The assur-
ance that the fund will yield them surfi-
cient to support them comfortably Will
make life much more easy while they are
yet able to work.
Another result of the proposed innova-
ton would probably be the continuance in
the government service of good and expe-
rienced men, who now seek other fields
of labor. because the larger remuneration
Offered there enables them to lay aside a
relief fund of their own. Under the new
dispen nsation, their old age being made
safe, they would be content to keep their
positions and the government would reap
the benefit OF their skill and experience.
The evening times., 1896-04-02
Our Fire Department.

chinery keep pace with the general growth.
In proportion to this growth the enlarge
mcnt of the department has been insuffi-
cient and the property OF the taxpayers is
not protected as it ought to be. There
ought to be more engines, Eore apparatus
OF every kind, more men nd more money.
As for the pay of the men, that, too,
ought to be increased in order that they
may be enabled TO carry out their long
cherished plan of creating fund from
which they may provide for comrades
disabled in the discharge of duty, or for
the widows and orphans of those who
perish while trying to save life or prop
erty. No speeches were made at the flag
presentation in which all these aspirations
were expressed, hut everyone there, in
common with all other District people,
feel that Congress should be more liberal
in dealing with the fire department.
The evening times., 1896-04-02
Contradicted by Weyler.

for the absence OF the navy the Cuban fn-
surgents do not stand alone. The Swiss
government has none. neither have sew
eral Of the South American republics.
Yet on that account the United States
has not refused to recognize any or all
OF them as independent governments.
If the Cubans have no seaport, neither
have the Swiss nor some OF the Central
and South American republics. Their
army is organized well enough to give the
Spaniards all the work they can do, aud
even little more, and with few more
expeditions landed especially few big
guns, with the requisite ammunition, they
will he In shape to make it still more lively
for their foes. AS to their inability to
execute civil writs, they are no worse than
the Spaniards themselves, for the city OF
Havana is about the only place where the
latter are in a condition to operate the
civil machinery of government. To sum
up, therefore, the Cuban insurgents have
a capital; their army is organized and in
pretty good fighting trim; no navy and no
scaports are not essentials in the Gues-
tion of recognition, and in the civil wits
matter Spaniards and Cuba us seem 10 be
tarrcd with the same stick.
And right here may be venturcd a pre-
diclion: The insurgents are a good deal
nearer to Havana than the Spanards Will
ever be to Cubitas
The evening times., 1896-04-02
GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Senmmn Schmig VIII Now BE Tried by
Couri-Martial

Henry B. Scilnig, the United states sea
man who gained nOtOriety last Dece'fber
by eloping from Washington with the wife
aud TWO children OF Mr.. Gus e. Frey.
petty naval Officer. Is III durauce vile.
The elopcncnt and consequent finding or
Ms. Frey in Brooklyn iu destitute CIR
cumstances have been fully described in
the Times. Since the return of tue erring
wife Schnig has been living in Brooklyn.
No efforts were apparently made To cap
ture him, and he could probably have en-
loved freedom for an indefinite period.
Bat for some unknown reason he surren-
dered 10 the New York authorities lew
days ago. and yesterday afternoon was
brought to this city. II. is now confined
at the navy yard. A court-martiai will be
ordered IN ii lew days 10 try him. The
charge on which he viii be arralgned
VIII probably be that OF desertion, al
though an additional one of larceny may
be- preferred. For the first crime he IS
Liable 10 be- sentenced to two years con-
finemcnt iu the naval penitcnt iary at
Boston.
The evening times., 1896-04-02

Objection is made in some quarters gainst
the bill authorizing the creation or Iuna
from which government employees, after
certain period of service, or when pcrIna-
nently disabled for work, may draw Il suf-
flcient amount to keep them and their
families from want; or, if they have been
otherwise proyident, to maintain them III
comfort. Those who antagonze this meas
ure evidently miSapprehend its scope and
method, for they base their opposition
upon the popular prejudice against civil
pension list. AS a matter of fact, however,
no pension list is contemplated-in this case,
and the government will not be called upon
for a cent, for even the clerical labor in
volvcd in the management OF the fund can
be paid from the fund itself and need not
be charge upon the government.
There is a great difference between a
pension fund, such as objection Is prop
erly made to, and Il relief fund, such as is
contemplated by the bill in question. The
former would be tax upon the people;
the latter will be created by the contribu-
tions of those who may, at some time IN
the future become beneficiaries of 1t.
1t would seem, therefore, that no one mas
a right to object save those from whose
salaries a certain per cent would De
deducted every month for the purposes or
this fund, and. so far as can be learned,
The evening times., 1896-04-02
Pension to Retired Policemen.

Editor Times: AS beneficiary under the
law providing for the pensioning of retired
policemen, their widows and orphans, ]
desire to call attention to the pensions
received by this class. When Officers are
retired il is with the understanding that
they shall receive a certain pension. some
$50 n month, others $40, others $50 and
a few not more than S25. Widows are
rated from Sl5 to $50, and children of de-
ceased policemen about so. For more
than II year these people have been re-
ceiving only three-fifths of said amounts
and would not have gotten that pitiful sum
had il not been for ball and an eX-
cursion which brought several thousand
An additional $4,000 was also raised,
principally through the efforts OF Mr..
Richard sylvester, chief clerk of the po-
lice department, with the sanction of
Ma ior Moore. chief of Toice. Last year
an Appropriation of $4,000 was made by
Congress. This, together with the above
amounts and an assessment OF 81 from
each policeman, is all the pensioners have
todepend upon. with the exception of fines
imposed upon Officers for violation OF the
rules, aud small amount derived from
the sale of stolen and abandoned property.
This does not reach more than S75 or
500 a month. The House of Representa-
tiycs left the rolice pension fund out OF
the appropriation bill entirely and our
only hope now is that the chief OF IolIce
and the Commissioners Will succeed in.
getting the Senate to provide for it.
FRIEND TO THE PENSIONER.
The evening times., 1896-04-02
ALL NET REED.
Shook Hands With the Spea ker as He
stood in His Room.

Speaker Reed found time from bis many
duties this morning to receive an excur-
sion party OF sixty-eight ladies and gentle
men from New England Some OF the Dum-
ber were citizens OF Maine. and the remain
der were principally from Massa cbusetts
and Connecticut. The Speaker received
them standing in lis cGnirIittee room.
To each he EXTENDED 4 pleasant greeting,
chatting for a moment with such Of the
party as he knew personally. The visitors
retired as speedily as they were prescntd.
and the whole affair lasted only a few
minutes.
The same excursiOnists were received
by Senator Frye OF Maine in the Senate
wing Of the Capitol, later in the day.
The evening times., 1896-04-02
whv Doors Were Closed.

A great many people who included st.
Patrick's Church Ill their Holy Thursday
pilgrimages today, expecting to see re-
pository decorations there were disap-
pointed. The church was closed imme-
mass, and workmen Were
engaged the rest OF the day In repairing the
main altar, and getting it ready for Easter
services. There was n continuous stream
of people trying TO get in the front door
all day long, and the inmates OF the par
sonage, next door, were kept busy ex-
planning why the church was closed.
The evening times., 1896-04-02
It wlm BE a continua alton OF trust Rule.

Ia w unless they had assurance OF being e4-
empted from prosecution, and the question
to be decided is whether or not the anti
trust la W is operative; also, If the Mckinley
movement is being engineered by trust con-
spirators. -.
Congress has mower to demand that some
action be taken to enforce the antitrust
law. Early in the present session resoiu-
tion was adopted by the House making IN
ouiry of the Attorney General as to what
had been done to put the law in operation,
but thus far no answer has been made. In
the face OF the coming election Congress
will probably not dare to force reply Ior
fear of offending the trust magnates, ana
it now looks as If both the succeeding ad-
ministra ton and incoming Congress would
be as completely in the power OF the "coth-
mum SIN of pelf' as are the Cleveland
autocracy and the do nothing scoid-
ing bee. 1t is a national disgrace that
government of the people should have beeh
converted into an organized conspiracy TO
perpetuatc the rule of trust barons, and
the supine submission of the public TO
this undemocratic yoke must also be ac-
cepted as evidence of national decay.
We are now knceling before an un-
throncd servant of capitalistic consplracics.
Must we be made to grOvei still morcmee KY
before asregency OF Mckinleyized trust
bandits?
The evening times., 1896-04-02
oualls BeforetheTrisl Board

The police trial board, compo scd of
Capt. Au stin and ueuts. Heffner and
SwindeIls. met n t the Sixth precinct station
house today. Only one case was brought
before them. that of Private Qualls. the
nea r. 81 GIFTED colored patrolman of the
Third precinct. He was reported by In-
spector Pearson for ueg glect of duty.
The findings in his case will be made pub
lie in q few DAYS.
The evening times., 1896-04-02

One of the chief objections raised by the
be.igerent rights to the Cuban insurgents
has been and is that they have no estab-
lishcd seat of government; that, in fact,
their capital Is in the saddle. This state
ment has been inspired, echoed, and elab-
grated by the Spanish minister and all
who sympathize with Spain in her ef-
fort to crush the insurrection. Singularly
enough, however, the contention has re-
ceived setback from no less a source
than Gen. Weylcr himself, for. 1t is re-
ported that he is organizing an expedition
against Cubtas, the capital of the insur-
gents, situated in the interior of the
island, on the summit of the mountain of
that name. Preparations for the enter
prise are said to he carried on with the
utmost secrecy, as Gen. weyler attaches
great Importance to it.
1t is not to be supposed that Gen. Weyier
would organize an expedition against
something that does not exist. Though
lie has made good many blundcrs, he is
not Quixotic idiot. His undertaking
knocks the pins from under the no cap
ital'' argument, and to that extent, at
least, removes one difficulty supposed TO
have stood in the Administrations way.
But there are others. The insurgents
have no navy they have no seaport. their
army lacks Organization, they can execute
no civil writs, and SO on and so forth. AS