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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
THIRTY-FOUR PAGES
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-The Matabeles are massing IN
,oroa numbers within half an hours march OF
Huluwayo. - A plan is on foot by when the
pr,,;sb Government will send greater bodies or
,roops 70 South Africa than had at first been
thought necessary 10 suppress 'he ""'"0
- The Vienna Municipal Council mas again
elected DR. Luger, the Anti-Semi'e iea"''' ~ 'N
office of Burgomaster.
I,ONESTIC-Congressm Odell issued
.to,euant with regard 10 his opposition 10 the
c,roa,ar Naw-York bill - mass-meeting In
the interest of Mckinley for President was held
An Rochester - The racing season In the
Eas, was opened by the Washington Jockey
f>,rh an its track at Bennings 80 The battle
chin Massachusetts, left the Cramps's shipyard
for her official trial trip. - memorial ser
,.,ca ,or the late Governor Greenhalge was held
In Boston.
r>1Ty AND STBTRBAN.-The thermometer
reched 80 degrees at 3:25 p. r1 the hignest ten'-
narature for April ever recorded at the Wea'her
bureau. - The principals and school teachers
NJ the city appeared before Mayor Strong at the
last hearing on the Compromise School Dill 70 OPP
,,ose ,hA measure - a number OF members OF
,ha New-York State Bankers Association held
meeting at which Clearing House methods were
discussed The usual birthday dinner anc
rscent,on for Chauncey NJ. Depew took place at
tho Montauk Club House. in Brooklyn. -
Stocks were strong
CONGRESS- Senate was not In session.
- House: The General Deficiency Appropria-
t,on bill was reported: euloges on the late Repre-
sentative Cogswell were delivered
THE Observation-Disclosures for to-day: Fair
and slightly cooler. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 81 degrees lowest. So; average 1915.
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OF TIE MISUSE OF DRUGS.

The death Of several persons from the self
administration Of powerful medicines calls re-
newed attention to the danger attendant upon
such practices 1t IL common thing People
dislike to pay doctors fees unnecessarily. They
see this that and the other drug advertised. or
hear It recommended as a cure for the ailments
from which they are suffering Why, they ask.
should they not get 1t and take IL without the
expense Of consulting ply sician! They do 50.
In many eases the results may be satisfactory.
In many others they are not, either no good or
some actual harm being done In some. hap
oily few. the results are serious and even fatal
There are OF course, many medicines. both
proprietary compounds and simple drugs, that
may be taken freely and with impunlty by any
person who possesses common-sense But there
are many others which should not thus be used
and which, indeed, should seldom be used at ALL
except under the advice and observation Of a
physician. This lattcr rule applies in general to
the whole line Of recently discovered coal tar
derivatives" and similar drugs. 1t was one OF
theses ulphonal-w which caused death the other
day In most cases, perhaps. that drug may be
safely taken. But it. and phenacetInc, and tri-
onal, and antipyrlne, and all the rest Of them.
vary greatly in their action according to the
who take them. What may be a small and per-
fectly safe dose for one may have distressing
and even fatal effects upon another
The multiplication Of such drugs has doubt
less been Of benefit TO the medical profession
and 10 the human race. The popularizatlOn Of
them has not been. Men and women now buy
pills and powders as they would candy. They
carry bottles OF powerful drugs In their pockets
and dose themselves whenever they feel so in
clined. The hurry and rush and nervous strain
OF our business and social life dispose them to
these dangerous practices more and more espe-
cially TO the use Of the nervines, tOnics and
stimulants which have In late years been so
plentifully invented. 1t Is most unfortunate
Some are getting good. More are being injured
In one way o, another. They are taking drugs
unsuted to theii constitutions or In too large
or frequent doses; or they are forming drug
habits" from which they cannot free them
selves And now and then actual death Is
caused outright The tragic warning should be
needed. The human organism is too delicate
and intricate a machine for novices to try ex.
nariments upon. or for any one 70 deal with In
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PERSONAL.

D. +. Moody will conduct the evangelistic se,...
OF the Boston fremont TEMPLE dedication we,s 4
May T. On the evening OF May the Rev Dr. r
Macarthur. Of this city. will deliver an addrese
The Oldest physician In France. Dr. de Boz :.
Havre celebrated. the other day. the lo5th ans,,'
sary OF his birth. Recently ne has been conAss6 !.
his room for I e first time In twenty-esht -
His father lived 10 be l0s years old and N. -
says ne expects to attain the same age 4. q
wonderfully wei preserved. and Is an entertss.s
companion
Ex-Governor J. @. q. Bracket. who has Au.s :.
turned to Boston from the South. where ne ssS =.
family have been for two months, says thai ~
health Is completely restored.
J. sima, OF Praha. Tex. now one OF the wealtA...
men In the S...e is \ good illustration Of vhss
foreigner can do In the United States. lie cana !.
this country from Bohemia In ISL. unable to spssh
word of English, and secured work as a com..
laborer In Chicago. He finally drifted to Tp.ss
where, by hard work and intelligence. ne has -
come a wealthy and influential citizen. IA =
helped many OF his countrymen 10 get on Their ~
and through the encouragement thus offered 49,
porous Bohemian colony has grown up In PfsSs
which looks up TO Mr. S!ma as Its father and 49,
The Rev. Harvey Graeme Furbay. pastor Of A.
First Presbyterian Church. Of Tyrone. Penn -
been called to the passionate OF the oxford Pre-
terian Church. OF Philadelphia. Mr.. Furbay. -.
is not vet thirty years Cd is considered one a. ~
rising men In the Presbyterian Church.
The election of Professor PeIrce to the presidssr,
of Kenyon College has been received with m.
satisfaction. not only In Gambia but by all srie.x
OF Kenyon. He was waited upon a few days ~
BY the Executive Committee OF the Tfustess q
Delano. the Rev. George +. Snytae charlts
Burr and T. p. Linn. and officially Informed Of n
election. While he will probably not return Z TO-
NAL answer for a week or so. II Is considered pSe
ticaliy certain that he will accept He Is grsAs
ate Of Amherst and only twenty -eignt year, IL
having been born at chicopee Falls. Mass. Isk
ruary a. 1863 In January OF 1897 he wen, to d
Ohio State University as substitute for the Hs
lessor OF psychology and pedagogy. His work ~
so acceptable that the chair OF philosophy Il
ethics was created for him.
The Rev DR.. Elon Foster. OF Brooklyn. wNsb
known as the author OF the New cyclopedA d
Prose and Poetical Illustrations" was placed 4
the superannuated relation. because OF seriously ID
paired health by the New-York Conference Of T.
Methodist Episcopal Church. Of which Is nembs
at its session last week
Edward Green and his wife. OF Shutesbury. Ma
celebrated the sixty-ffth anniversary Of their ~
riage last week.
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tho members would actually realize; ana ny
bringing suit after suit in the courts they de-
laved final distribution Of the assets until many
members got tired of waiting and were Wiling
TO sell to them They also did vast amount Oh
deliberate living. and thus deluded other men,
hers into bargaining with them. And all TINS
was done by men who had taken solemn o"'"''
in the Name Of the Almighty, to be true Dre'"'
rem and benefactors to the very men they were
now fleeing.
That was the way In which one concern was
managed similar story might be told Oh rioS'
or all the rest There Is no more depressing
and disgusting portrayal Of mingled Dlasphem!'
crcdulity and greed than Is to he found IN the
record of these now happily defunct "fraternai
bonevolcnt associations" There are. OF course,
plenty Of organizations OF a social or iraIrhai
and at the same time prOvdent and DeneVoieht
character which are entitled to the highest re-
spect and confidence. They are doing popie
work They are conducted on sound business
principles. they fulfil all their obligations, anu
they grow stronger and more prosperous with
the fight Of years. The names or uo%en Oh
those will readily occur to every reader. Their
badges are 10 be seen by thousands on every
hand and their meetings and conventions are
occurrences OF wide public interest. But they
have nothing In common with these speculative
fy-by-night concerns which nave stolen sone'
thing OF their form as bait for swlndiing trap
1t Is TO be hoped that we have now heard 'hc
last Of such schemes. and that II men henceforth
must rob and cheat their fellows. they Will do
It in a less repusive manner than under the
mask Of bcnevolence and fraternity.
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a manner the result OF which is not, as rar az
possible, assured.
4 CRISIS IN VIENNA.

The mob of Vienna Is stubborn ana dehaht.
For the third time 1t has made the notorious
Lucger the Chief Burgomaster OF the city. Oh
the two previous occasions the Emperor wisely
refused TO sanction such election. That ne VIII
sanction It now Is not 70 be believed. lie VIII
nrobably annul the choice Of the Town Counch
for the third time and. In addition. appoint
Chief Burgomaster Of his own selection. Inc
Town Council and the mob will rage against
him but in vain The best sentiment OF AUS
tria and of all Europe will approve his action
and support him in it. There may be some at
tennis Mt rioting and insurrection. Lucger and
his followers are much inclined toward that
sort OF work But they will make little head
way. Law and order in Austria are not 10 DE
oyerthrown by the hoodlums Of Vienna
I.ueger Is a fellow OF much the same kidney
os Ahlwardt, who has lately been vaporng In
this country, but worse. He is so-called Anti
Semitic. or Jew-baiter. His bgoted reactionism
is not directed against the Jews alone, however
but against Protestants as well. ana against
everybody who does not agree with his own
narrow sectarian views He is against Liberal
ism in notifies He Is against progress and re-
form. He is against freedom ITSELF In TINS ue-
tcstablc campaign he Ia backed partly by 'he
mob OF tramps and criminals IOuhd III ever!
large city. partly by some fanatlcal religlonists
and partly by a member OF the Old noDility
whose name has long been synonyme FOR all
that is most unprincipled and most unscrnpu-
lous In political affairs.
1t Is not common experience to ind an I'M
pcrlal Government in Europe championlng the
cause OF Liberalism Yet such Is the case mt
present in Vienna, and every friend OF human
ity must wish the Emperor success In hls con-
test with this 1isIoyal and pestlferous dema-
gogue II the Emperor does again reject Lueger
and annul the decree of the Vienna Town Coun-
ell he will be serving the cause OF feedom or
speech. Of conscience. and Of worship, OF pop
ular education. and Of the rights Of man. Sue
cess to him In this perhaps his last. struggle
with the "pythons and mud-demons" OF the
Vienna slums.
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THE END or A SORRY CHAPTER.

The news that another "fraternal benevolent
association" Of the shOrt-term and big-profts
kind has been declared insOlven. IL an unpleas-
ant surprise We had supposed all such con-
Germs had already collapsed. Two or three years
ago there was regular epidemic Of them under
high-sOundng names. There were Orders and
Leagues and Circles galore. There was an
equally extensive epidemic of failures, too. every
days news telling Of the collapse Of one or more
Of them, to the great grief and considerable loss
Of the victims. That one Of them has fingered
on to this late date Is a disagreeable reminder
Of singularly discredtable chapter In the re.
cent social and industrial, history Of this coun-
try. 1t Is to be hoped that this. at any rate, Is
positively the last Of them. and that the nOxiocs
tribe Is now extinct
The character Of these concerns Is revealed In
the history Of one Of the largest and best known
Of them all. 1t was organized some years ago
with an imposing name and motto. Religion,
friendship and thrift were mingled In Its faith
and practice Prayers and hymns abOunded In
Its ritual and It's promoters talked glibly OF the
brotherhood OF man and the FatherhOOd OF
God. Its financial scheme involved the pay
ment Of assessments at intervals of few weeks,
and the repayment to each member Of a con-
siderable lump sum at the end Of term of
years Each member was to get boAus at the
end Of the term Of two or three times the SUM
OF all the assessments he had paid In; and there
were plentiful demonstrations Of how this could
be done Naturally enough, many thousands
Joined it. Some were simply guled by the
plausible sophistry Of the promoters, and though,
It really good, sound, permanent concern
Others Joined who knew 1t could not last, but
who hoped to get their money and profits Out
Of 1t before 1t collapsed
1t lasted something more than the specified
term OF years The founders Of 1t therefore got
their money back with big profits. Their
bonds were paid publicly. with n great flour
ish Of trumpets and many new victims were
lured into the trap thereby Then, when every
one In the ring had got his bonus out Of 1t. In
return for the comparatively small sum he had
| paid In, the crash came The Order was de
clared insovent and 1t was found that the as
sets were sufficient to repay the members only
a small proportion of their Investments. But
the worst was still to come. The founders and
promoters, who had already made large profits
now set to work to grab what remained They
| opened brokers Offices" for the purchase o.
| members claims against the defunct concern
Offering. Of course. only small fraction Of wha
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IN THE MATTER or CAPITOLS.

A proposition which has veXcl the Common
wealth of Massachusetts ut intervals for many
years has lately taken form in bill now befor"
the Legislature to tear down the State House
and build in its place new Capitol ut Il cost of
$1,5OOOOO. Against this project OF vandalism.
as its opponents call It, many eminent citizens
of the State have revOlted and are about to liff
up their voices in protest ut Il mass-mcctlng In
Faneu Hall They assert that this building.
which preserves the memories Of an heroic age
and enShrnes the venerable though rejuvcnatcG
Goldfish. is additionally entitled to respect and
protection on account Of it's architectural merits.
in which opinion they are supported by the Fine
Arts Federation OF this city and other kindred
societies 1t Is furthermore represented. pre-
sumably as a concession to the utitarian spirit
of the age rather than rs a convincing argu-
ment that the enterprise against which they
are enlisted involves scandalous waste Of pub
lie money. inasmuch as the State House can be
restored to Il condition Of stability and made
freproof for one quarter Of the sum which
modern capitol would cost
We note with sympathct' interest this PEI.
turbaton in the Bay State, and we do not hest
tate 20 say that hope the State House Will
be preserved. But at the same time the incdcn.
Elections concerning ouI own majc>ti' Common
wealth and excites n pang OF enyr. Massiclu.
sets must be esteemed comparatively happ%.
however this controversy Is settled; for NJ the
hes. she will keep an interesting and comely
relic Of the past. where Tim hath leant his
hand bur broke his Soy the" while al the worst
the triumph Of the iconoclasts will cost her only
the trihing sum Of a million and half The
experience OF New-York has been different We
never had an old State House worth preserving.
and the new ono. which may possibly be fir
ished before the end Of the century. has already
absorbed more money for rectlfcation and re-
pairs than the Massachusetts vandals near TO
spend as q maximum. and will stand us in
about $2J 100000 before we are through with
it, The present outlook Is indicated by the
familiar announcement that the appropriation
has been exhausted and work stopped. The
number Of appropriations which have been ex-
hausted since the cornerstone was laid one sweet
day in June twenty-five years ago is beyond
! computation. and we should not be surprised
| il Macaulay's New-Zeaander having completed
his sketch Of the ruins Of ST. Paul's should think
| it worth his while to step across the Atlantic
| and take look at the debris Of New Capitol
| that was never finished
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Weather like that OF the last few days In
>he despair OF those who wish TO dress dis
.rectly and run as little risk as possible OF TAX
ing colds The climate OF New-fork has long
been nckle but Its hckleness has never before
brought MS 10 the pass OF having section OF
June dropped into the middle OF Apri. we
could stand that. perhaps. but we must De pre-
pared also for a drop at any time OF ~ or oo
degrees. possibly with only Few hcurs notice.
or none at all.
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ticnal currency. and with >its perish,ne -:
invoking National calamity only secses, 4.
that OF the Civil War. which was the fruit = :.
older policy. Such an end would approsuss.~s
round out its history. and is now rapidlv a,
pairing for It. unless all political weather -
are at fault.
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its forces now in South Africa being inadequate
to cope with the situation. But this Is exciting
the Ire of the Beers who threaten to break Off
all negotiations with the British Government,
and even to regard as casus belli the arrival
of any more English troops N South Africa.
Lord Salisbury and his colleagues therefore APP
pear to be placed between the disagreeable al
tentative of permitting their fellow countrymen
and countrywomen to be mastered without
protest by the Matabeles in Rhodesia. or of en-
barking in another long and costly war with the
Beers.
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Mayor Strong does not believe In referendum
as respects the charter of Greater New-iorK
But his reasons for opposing the present Greater
New-York bill are not the less SOUND ana cogeht
on that account.
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Attention is drawn in Paris letter printed
in The Tribune to-day to the extraordinary out
break Of mysticism on the banks Of the Seine
which appears to be affecting nearly every
walk In French life. One Ct the most astonish-
ing features thereof is the Importance accorded
even by the most highly educated and under
ordinary circumstances sceptical classes OF the
population to the predictions Of young clair
voyante, who claims that her sOmnambulistic
utterances are inspired by the Archangel Ga
briel, and who differs from most Cassandras OF
her kind in that she declines to accept pecrniary
remuneration for her readings Of the future.
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MUTUAL ENVY.


Boy, he say II wisht was
Err man dat's done growed up;
Mebbe. den I'd drive er boss
FIR own er yaller pup.
I'd stay out late. an I'd be free
Fun lickin's when Is bad
oh, goy. how I'd like ter be
Err growed up man, like dad.
Man. he say. II wisht was
Err little Teller. now. -.
Dab wouldn' be much mo- time Ios
A-follerin' dishere plough
Dah's no mo- gon' on de sly
Ter hunt er FISH er SWIM
Oh. goyl how I wish dat
""' ""'' -(washinston star
1T would not at all surprise me. sa,s ~.
fornia man In "The Washington Times 70 -
California added TO the list OF woman's su"'ess
States inside the next year. perfec'y oss...
campaign has Just been opened to secure W. ..s,
ton of an amendment to the State cons'i'u'o ,,.~
fall, giving women the right to Vo'e anu .,. a
ability 10 read and write one OF the reau"e' al
a voter. Work along this line was pes"" r."s.see
earnest last summer when the Womahs .o"s.S
x.. held in San Francisco A careful canvas -
made OF the counties Of the State. hfty-two IN -
ber and the dissemination OF literature anu 49,
making has been going on ever since .A". s~sx.
has always shown a liberal spirit 'owa'u -
and they have now almost every right TINS
have. save the right OF suffrage
Tn. recent incident in New-York recalls ss,ccsis
Of a ciersymsn who Was In the habit OF Vii WI q
from various sermons without eivns ~" 20 ueoVo1e
the the 1s Of onS Of RI Op
Sunday a quotation was maze " "A aid '1fate
Rsrishioner rose from i nIs s secr followed sy
Fuller i Sill another theft. That's 3. . csAs
said the scc1s. a. n nn sFV snst Tina man out
s sSs e: ssse p!s S sF,ss
critic-'ThatS his ewn."-tbosseo q Fl
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The Inauguration Of the new premises Of the
Commercial Club In the Gerken Building yes
terday afternoon serves to draw attention to
the growing number Of business mems clubs In
New-York. These clubs are for the most part
situated downtown in the heart Of the business
centres. and furnish an opportunity for men
belonging to the same branches Of industry.
commerce and professional calling to come In
personal contact with one another. Although
the object of these clubs Is primarily social. yet
it cannot be denied that they tend TO promote
the development and extension OF business.
since it is inevitable that men thus meeting one
another should discuss the subjects which
they have most ut heart and in common-name-
ly. their calling They constitute a relatively
new feature Of New-YOrk life and 1t Is not i'm
possible that they may ultimately become an
important factor in the solution OF the labor
DrOhlpm.
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unselfishly he will have the supreme happiness
81 knowing that he has done something to make
the world better, sweetcr and purer than IT was
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Dr. Scheele who Is q competent chemical ex-
pert and ought to know what he Is talking about
says that 30 per cent OF the beer brewed in New
York would come TO the test prescribed
by the German Government. which Is not Sc
we're one. only insisting that pure beer shall
be brewcd and fixing severe penalties for the
production OF any other kind. 1t Is an open
secret that American brewers do very much as
they please. putting all sorts OF Illicit stun in
their connections. SO far they have been able to
ward OF any troublesome legislation but 1t is
time that their product was subjected to
strict and uniform official supervision as 1t IL
In Germany. France. Brazil and most other beer
consuming countries 1t is question OF the
public health and well-being though the brew
ers In general seem to regard II as one which
ought to be considered only from the point Of
view OF their own private interests