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New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
PERSONAL.

DR. Edward s. Holden. director or the LICK Oo-
servatory Of the University of California mas re-
ceved the decoration of Knight OF the foyai o'ue.
OF the Danncbrog of Denmark This amciem, nrv dis
was founded I'm A. d. 1919. as marx Oh Hhtay " ror
tinction. but IL conferred I'm the present caSe '
service to science.
Alexandra Guilmant the French organist VINO
made u visit to this country a few years ago. any,
who Is we'll known as Il composer for the VI sa, no
been made professor Of this Instrument AZ nv WIZ
servatory OF Music in Paris. He succeeds NJ. W uoL
who has been appointed professor or compcsHi, si,n NJ
guished representative of the French schooi OF or
gan playing.
Philadelphia papers report that the project OF
erecting q bronze monument to the memory y.
Governor Andrew G. Curtin, which Is In charge oi
Ex-Governor Beaver has met with so much encour-
agement that the services Of Il sculptor nave % Desh
enlisted and he has prepared model OF ahe shan
The statue Is be erected In suitable open plac
at Belefonte the Governors home d m Is 70 s ooo
and enough OF this sum has been already secured m
TO encourage the hope that the securing OF the III"
amount will be a matter of no great difhcuity.
Heinrich Ritter Won Seyfred who recently died
IN Vienna al the age OF seventy-seven years. was
member of a well-known family OF the Austrian
capital that was prominent In the musical ana a me ne
atrcal circles Of the city IN rns n intimate friend
OF Mozart and beethoven and compose @ oscnt oe sy
n with his father and brother In the publ
OF Journal called The Wanderer r,u 'o''
years ago started its theatrical ucpaf'i"
T. f. Elert Of this city. has been elected ptesi-
dent OF the Luther League. at the convention whch
has lust been held in Chicago
Everybody who has visited Bayreuth knows or
Christian Sammet as the proprietor OF 'he .aie
sammct. where the artists engaged In the festiVa'
performances and most OF the visitors to them re-
sort He has just appeared In Bayreuth as as az. !,
actor paving the part of host In a iarce reecn,'y
hrn,ebt oout there He was enthusiastically re-
ceived and two great laurel wreaths were inInedi-
| oI, cd tp u m
| the celebrated friend Of Richard and Slegitied
Wagner
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

In everything except speculation. improvement
is almost entirely free from that excited and
sensational character which surely foreshad-
reaction. In nearly every branch the
sumption Of works has been on actual orders
amounted to many millions. and then other new
orders in large number which had been deferred
until the result known. This solid basis for
increased production has set at work. according
to the tebulaton OF The Journal Of Commerce"
392 manufacturing establishments since the
election. besides enabling 900 others to increase
their working force or OUTPUT. and II Is not sup
posed that the whole number Of assumptions
has been reported. Every one Of these changes
means larger consumption for hundreds Of
homes, that further increase Of orders
should result 1t Is not quite the favoring sea-
son for general replenishment OF stocks In most
branches and that feature OF the gain may be
more important after New Years. but there Is
already enough Of II to enlarge the volume Of
trade.
To many II seems astonishing that speculative
markets tend downward when substantial gains
appear in industries and trade, and when mon
etary conditions a.e favorable But II is the old
story; speculative prices largely anticipated the
election. that the earlier movement after 1t
was to be realizing profits by the traders
who make short turns and do not take the risk
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
THIS LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.

1t is agreeable news that dinner Is to be
given tomorrow evening by way OF hospitaDle
preliminary to the organization of movement
for the construction of a new Registers once.
or Hall of Records in this city. 1t Is possible 10
hope and perhaps it Is not rash to expect, 'hat
by this means the lethargy which has so long
and so discreditably prevailed against the ac-
knOwledgcd necessity OF a new pnDlic DuiluihS
for the purpose designated will at last be over
come The REGISTERS Office has been condemned
times without number. officially and unofficially.
II has been this very year the subject OF a vgor-
ons prcsentment by the Grand Jury Ex-Regis-
ter Levy has repeated in the press the PLAIN
story of its incnrablc defects and the danger
which they involve and many others have pun
lcly and privately confirmed all that has been
said by him against il. The building contains
records of inestmable value. the loss OF which
would be genuine calamity; and yet scarcely
any accident is more likely to occur than the
destruction of these records by fire. The build
ing is not only extremely unsafe. but remarkably
nconvenient and unhcalthful. 1t is plague to
everybody employed in 1t, and TO all whose busi-
ness takes them there.
These facts are perfectly we'll known. ana
have been for many years 1t is a rather un-
ton of piece of public property. Nobody even
pretendS that there is anything 10 be said on the
other sdc and yet nothing IS DONE and an occi-
sional spurt of public alarm quickly dies away
in forgctfnlness. 1t is the purpose of the organ
zaton now forming to create a stronger feeling
of anxiety and obligation with reference to ms
condition of things to keep that interest alive,
and to formulate for presentation TO the LegiS-
lature a plan of improvement of which pubic
sentiment so aroused will require the prompt
fulfilment 1t is wellntended movement. ana
one well calculated. we think. to accomplish It's
object 1t is not idle recognition OF the facts.
but action. that counts in such cases. What Is
evcrybody's business Is too often nobodys busl-
ness. The members Of the proposed organiza-
tion including many lawyers and others closely
concerned in the matter. mefn to make it their
special business to put this undertaking through
We sincerely hope they will succeed. If they
do. they will have performed a great public ser
vice. and a longstandng reproach will be re-
moved. or at least forgotten.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

the lack of cohesion among the people ana their
predominant commercial character nave teh"-
cd TO assimjlate the students To the rest OF the
population, or rathpT to check any dHereh'i"-
tiou With the removal Of Columbia 10 the new
site the tendency 10 dispersion must DE III
tensiticd 10 n degree which would Affect not
only college spirit, but make college work dilli-
cult. Consequently the remedy has to De pro-
yiled The distance from the centre OF popuii-
ton would diminish the time which students
| could spend together leave them to spend their
| free hours further from the college buildings.
and also make ipconvenient rccations scat.
| tered through the whole day and make 1t nee
essary TO concentrate all classroom and laDora-
| tory work into few hours.
| Dormitorics will bring great change fron-
| ably the bulk Of the students VIII continue 10
| live I'm CITY homes but those who do dwell on
| thp camplIs will be the centre OF new coile2e
life that will infect all the others They them
| selves will benefit by more than enthusiasm
| and Identification with college interests. lhey
will gain comfortable quarters nj rcasonable
rates No town could offer more dreary ac-
! commodaion 10 undergraduates from abroad
than the rooms IN \ewYOrk b0arding-l0uses
which most of them can afford to occupy. NO
| wonder they have not sought our schools III
| large numbers The attendants ut the proies-
| sional schools are also victims OF New-lorK
| high rents and hOmclessness If they are 10 DO
provided for the popularity of Columbias I'M
versity courses must be increased. such gain
cring of the men in the different schools wouiu
still further concentrate the strength OF the III
stitution in the direction aimed mt by the closer
| union among them developed in the last few
| XcHrS.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
UOND- CRITTERS NAY CONE.

II Is n good thing for the United States Gov
ernmcnt TO guard our labor markets from the
ncursions of foreign wOrkmen. One or the
most effective measures in this direction Is the
Contract Labor law. which closes the door
against attempts Of employers to make them
selves independent of their laborers by going
abroad and bringing new men here under con-
tract 1t is entirely just that our citizens
should not he subject to competition from men
who come here not of their own independent
motion--for to them the country is freely open
but who are simply bought here to do WORK
under conditions not tolerated by American
workmcn, nor approved by American public
opinion.
There has been some danger. however. or car
rying this exclusion too far. and by narrow ana
technical Interpretation Of the law to Interfere
seriously with the progress OF Industries and the
advancement Of the arts. Some years ago ef
forts were made to exclude clergyman who
was called from England to take pastorate
In this city. That attempt failed. and now the
courts have Overrued the decision OF the Sec
rotary of the Treasury that the bringing OF
diamond-cutters from Europe Is violation OF
law. This decision will have a libcralizing cf-
feet on the construction Of the law from the pc
culiar facts on which il is based. The diamond
cutter is not, like a clergyman, one to whom II
can be said the law was not mefnt TO apply.
Neither Is the industry entirely new here.
There are diamondcutters in this country and
there is a tariff on cut stones imposed to en-
courage cutting here. One firm carries on the
business exclusively. and some others have
lapidaries who. in connection with n general
jewclry business. repair and recut stones.
+ The importers Of the European lapidares
found for all this. that they could not secure
competent workmen sufficient to their needs,
and accordingly they hired them abroad. This,
the court says. they had right to do. There
were less than fourscore skilled lapidarics
| in the country, and it would have been mani
festly unjust to manufacturers to hold all their
| work for them or educate green hands. The
| court interprcts the law in a reasonable way
| and gives opportunity for building up to large
proportions industries which now exist only in
a small way. while narrow construction might
have left them crippled. Thus the diamond
cutters dwell mostly in Holland and are slow
| to take up new ideas. so, though the tariff has
been in operation some fifteen years few Of
them of their own motion have come here, and
our gem cutting has been done In Europe. Now
that It is settled that they may be brought
here under contract there is reason to hope that
! a considerable business in diamOnd-cutting may
be built up; which through the Dutchmcns S
teaching may in time become acclimated.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

10 st,, as rugged and clumsy a spud as 1t was IN
,ha dovs ~ Rurik. Russia wants better farm
tool. ~ all sorts and petitions from all parts OF
the Empire are pouring in to nave the p'oi.o.'''
duties on them removed. WIN al ou'"'
American implements in place Of those he has
been in the habit of using, the farmer will make
.,,,;oa a. much money with half the labor, thus
increasing his immediate prosperity and COM
,ort and having the way for his political and So
ella, enhancement He is still rather stupid,
which ,s natural enough, having been oppressed
and trodden under foot for ages but he knows
more than he used to. token thereoi oen.e
that he wants better instruments 10 worh "i'''
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
DORMITORIES AT COLUMBIA.


The decision of the trustees of Columbia Uni
versity to push forward Immediately the
project for dormtorIes on University Heights
promises for the institution transformation In
its character as school Of liberal arts. The
student life of the old Columbia College was
largely conditioned by the absence of dorml-
tories and the fact that the undergraduates
were swallowed up in the community about
them. each having his own family ties The
opponents of the dOrmitory system have pro-
claimed this as an advantage. and declared that
young men should not be set apart for life
of their own. even for four years. and relieved
of their relations and responsibilities TO general
society. Nevertheless. experience teaches that
students without this separate college life never
net together whether for work or play. with
the same enthusiasm that the boys who live
together manifest. This enthusiasm is a po-
tent factor In an institutions popularity and
reputation. and consequently the tendency to
develop it In all reasonable ways is strong
among teachers.
Columbia stands peculiarly in need Of dormi-
tories almost in proportion to the force OF cir
cumstances which In former years would seem
to have forbidden them The students In the
ordinary undergraduate courses. who for the
most part give college life Its tone, have gen.
orally been NEWCOMERS for whom no resi-
dence had to be provided. The college, there
fore. developed as a day school. far behind
other institutions Of the same standing In that
sometimes foolish. generally extravagant, but
exceedingly useful thing, college spirit" This
lack was intensified beyond what 1t might have
been in non-dormitory college elsewhere by
the peculiar conditions Of New-York society.
The size Of the city, the intensity Of life here,
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

are in the course Of preparation and will be Of
fered for consideration early in the session.
There is no more important work for the
friends of political reform TO engage In at
present. The need for it Is imperative. Under
the new ballot law the voter has absolute free
dom of choice at the general election; he should
have the same freedom in his party caucus; and
when this is done the end Of bosssm and ma
chine rule is at hand
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
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x,vc,s DAUGHTERS AND SONS

At. Louis Mo-. Nov 2-The intehs'v"" ~" oonyenr
Of Kings Daughters and Sons openeu ~ uc,toma
ton here Yesterday '. WV" NJ The convention will b
the president IN .ne cns ns v,,i be devoted to ad'
dresses and such services as VIII su,v national
siasm In the work Of the order tome sns
ofiicers attending are Mrs bottomeak eak"nding 6oo6e
Mrs Isabella Charles Daviss coSteY
tary. both Of New-York.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

The principle which declares that America Is
for Americans and that foreign Intervention
I'm the concerns Of any OF its nationaties Is not
needed and will not be admitted. practically
accepted by England in the settlement Of the
Venezuelan case. does not find unanimous favor
I'm France or Germany. but that fact is OF no
practical consequence to us. 1t might become
80 If at any time they were moved to the cx-
pertinent OF translating their theories into ac-
tion There Is not much prospect OF this at
present. their hands being quite full at home,
and a mere declaration OF dissent Is likely to
content them. The reasons why they should
not interfere or advance the right to do so In
crease In cogency az the years advance whether
they are willing to recognize them or not.
The communities living on this side OF the
ocean are capable OF regulating their own con-
Germs. and have as much a common motive to
harmonious action as they have In repelllng
any foreign interference. and rejecting any as
sumptIons OF a right to interfere.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

Electricity Is now being conveyed from Nj
agara Falls to Buffalo with entire success.
The results OF this experiment stimulate specu-
lation as TO how much will be accomplished
by this tremendous water power In the future.
and how far II will be found practicable TO
convey the current generated there.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23
REvULsION OF FEELING AT ST. PErERsBrynn
ALLEGED RENEWAL OF RUsso-cERx.v
AGREEMENT - FOREIGN PROTESTANT
MISSIONARIES TO BE BARRED
FROM FRENCH COLONIES
BE1GIUMs MINIS
TERIAL CRISIS.

Major Won Wissmann has been elected president
of the Geographical Society Of Germany and aban.
donng all idea Of returning to Africa as Governor.
General OF Germany's colonies there. has settled
down at Berlin in the neIghborhood OF which he hs,
purchased country seat and an estate He r..
mains, however attached to the staff OF the Colonial
Department. where an office has been assigned to
him. He vii. preside at the forthcoming In,erna
tional Geographical Congress In Berlin.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

Bryans $4,000 lecture contract will make a
capitalist OF him and give him conservative
financial ideas. He will Invest the proceeds In
solid gold paying securities. and turn into n
gold bug before he knows IT, receiving with
his cash an increment OF sense which Will, per-
haps, operate benehcialiy on his political con-
siitutlon.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

After the Venezuelan boundary Is carefully
riyeted down so that 1t will stay In one place. 1t
will be time to mark out the Alaskan line so
that the British official can see It without spec
tacles At present he comes across 1t. where
there are any valuable mineral deposits. and
levIes a tax on our miners before he Will allow
them to pick up the gold which lies around on
their own territory. 1t is obvious enough that
the frontier, in spots. at least. requires more
visible and precise definition than the Boundary
Commission has given to 1t. We have as yet no
occasion to join the VOLTS long howl on Oon-
aiaska's shore in resentment Of anything which
our neIghbors have done. and probably VIII not
have. but the line ought to be bazed anew when
Il runs through or near territory with anything
valuable on 1t.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

II is a token OF progress sisnifyng dawn OF
agricultural enlightenment that Russia mas at
last discovered what miserable article OF plough
she has always been in the habit Of using The
native instrument employed among the peasants
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

Great Indignation has been aroused on all sides 4,
England by the disclosure OF the fact that shortly
before the close Of the war between Japan ANA
China the latter made unconditional offer Of tina
island OF Formosa to England in order to prevent
It's falling into the hands Of her antagonist and thai
Lord Rosebery declined to accept It. It IL needles.
to poln, OH, the immense strategica and commercial
value Of the possession of this island 10 Great
Britain. and under the circumstances Lord Rose
bery's conduct appears inexplicable. and is to CON-
stl;ute the subject Of discussion the meeting of
Parliament a few weeks hence.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

Although King Leopold is so far rs his own SUBJ
jecs concerned, probably the least popular mon
arch of Europe. yet the prosperity Of Belgium has
increased in altogether phenomenal degree durins
his reign. In the great mining and industrial belt
of which Liege is the centre the values Of plant and
output have been quadrupled since he ascended the
throne, while the commerce and trade OF the great
seaport OF Antwerp have augmented more tn an ten.
fold. All this is In a great measure attributable IA
the personal efforts Of the shrewd and long-headed
Belgian monarch.
New-York tribune., 1896-11-23

Twice within the present year has The Leeds
Mercury" CT the most influential and widely
circulated OF the provincial newspapers OF Great
Britain. been deprived by death of its editor Last
summer VI. Herber; Baines died al sea after only
two days Illness, while the other day W.
was found life,ess In his editorial chair
The Newtown bee., 1896-12-11

was that appointed by Governor Brad ford, of Massachusetts, in 1923. This is
 the year l89G Sometimes we, learp very
 much by contrast; if you want to be-
 gin to realize some of the ''creature
 comforts" that you now enjoy, let us con-
 trast what we have now with what the
 world had on that idrst Thanksgiving
 day. am only sorry that 1 IhayR not
 time to draw out this contrast at greater length. How much better housed and
 clothed and fed are we than our Puritan fcrefathers were When we see what
 they had I sometimes wonder that they could be thankful at allI The Puritan
 movement came out of the time of Henry VIII, king of England Henry VIII was king, he was sentipledl by reason of his
 kingship to all the comforts and luxuries
 which the world could supply; but Htn- " VIII was upbraided for wanton ex. | travagance in having the mattress of his l bed stuffed with feathers, There is many ! 8 poor man to-day who not only rej0ices
 in that wanton extravaganCe, bat cOnsid" era it no extravaganza at all l go out on the Western prairie. and find some very poor homes. The barns are good, foT. the l Westerner wants good, quarters for his cattle and his crops;s but the hoaseis\ of Isuch poor quality that it fills he with longing for my old New England home land yet it'is indeed d poor house th66| I find which has no fgor except floor of
 t& OFt
 Miles Standish and John Carver sek theF
 feet on Plymouth Rock, it was int 1s69,
 that saw mills enabled co mmon people tb
 have wooden floors in their homes. What s luxury it must have been to have heard
 the thud of the Pilgrims cIod boot for
 the first time upon the wooden floor, and .I for the Pilgrim go IhaHe kno@h that it
 was all his own I ride to-day through
 the famous Lehigh Valley. of Pennsylva-
 mia, and see.- not hillocks, but mountains,
 of coal dust, and watch with interest
 trains of coal fears that bend and wind their'%ay along the tt8tk which follows
 the bed of the tortuous Lehigh river, and
 1 say, Here is luxury that goes to the ? pboEman's hut and tne rich mans pal I aceI By the rich glow th bat the burning
 coal sheds forth. the ,WQrk kman warns his
 hands in the. cheerless winter; twilight , when the busy day5is. done, and the n19r- Echapr prince. gathers costly with bis fam lily in the sumptuous librhr abound the l bright grate Are fire sTAere is enough coal
 for all, and itfsaacryiDgI shame that the
 Coal Trust has the power to go to very ] fgeside in the a4l land and ,qpd say, "Give us another dollars tax on every ton of coaI;" and we common people meekly
 pay the bill or go without the coal.