New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-29

equally we'll, but they are not likely IN all caseS
to be so tall and rubicund and handsome nor
to spread so much style along the thorouehiare'
The dissolution Of the phalanx is eh'i'ieu ~
several toots upon the bugle norm oi oe'eo'
ton which will not be wanting out INC puo0
can get along quite we'll without H. i.s p'a.s
in history might be somewhat more e"','"s
II had not been proved that the orgah'za'io"
-, hitch - was q mart under such fellows as
sheehan and Williams and Murphy anu NJ
Laughln. and the rest or their hiN0'
most Infamous ever known.
?. ,s os,,,natsd that $4,000. 900 will be needed IN
N, rext three wears for new school sites anu
buildings II accommodations are to be suppl'eu
for all children entitled to them. PUBIC SEM
mont will approve the expenditure OF eve" '''''
large sum If less will not suffice
The Atlantic-ave problem is up In Broohlyn
once more-that u.s. the problem Of getting riu ~
the railroad tracks on its surface, whlc" "''
the city into two parts, are great ue'i'''''
property and constant source or annoy ai'o "
danger 1t Is now proposed TO pass Dill eiea"e
y Commission which shall examine the s"p'
49,, ,,ol,a ronort by the end OF the year. IL Is
,r,, whether much good will be accomplished
t., ,,i may All tho facts are now known. The SIM
nIe truth IS that the Long Island Railroad COM
pany will not go to the expense OF ioWerins
tracks and that the city of Brooklyn ca""''
ford 70 undertake the work. There Is TO use "a
having a Commission running up a Dill Oh expense
to learn this.
let us hone that all the results ana indica-
t,ons Of the Indana'e trial trip VIII prove sa's-
factory. If they do. we may confidently re'N'"
her tho roer of any battle-shlp aiioat.
Thu sacred and inalienable right Of the suourp-
an resident to carry parcels on the tram "h''N
whirIs him TO his home has been assaiieo ny ohe
Of tho railroads running out OF this CITY ->'
wonder that the suburbans as class are up III
arms. or that one OF them has made a martyr
Of himself so far as TO be elected ana mas ioi-
lowed I'D that by instituting a suit TOT S'V'V'"
against the company. The progress OF 'iS '''e
will be viewed with absorbing interest ny 'ne
large number Of persons who DO pushess III '"e
city and find it desirable for one reason or
another 10 dwell In suburban towns. Ihe right
Of the suburban resident to carry home an arm
full Of packages every day must be maintained,
or liberty may totter on its pedestal.
There are not many bigger public nuisances
than the man who In quiet residence street
scrapes the snow from the sidewalk with steer
shovel 1T o'clock In the morning
Apparently II Is n part Of the bargain between
Russia AMI Turkey that Russia should actiVeiy
use her influence toward ousting the BRUSH
from Egypt and placing the latter country once
more M Ter the rule Of the Porte. Then when
Russia forecloses her claim upon Turkey she
will have not only Constantinope and the
Straits. but Alexandria and the Suez Canal as
we'll II Is pretty scheme. but will probably
fail as II ought TO do. The salient facts In the
case are that the British now In Egypt, and
the Egyptians themselves want them to remain
there.
Retaliation against countries which discrlmi-
nate against America in trade may sometimes
be necessary as well just. But generally
speaking. friendly reciprocity IS better system.
Weyler is painted In such n great variety or COL
ors that his true portraure Is not easy 10 discern
From his own point OF view he seems a gentle
and placable archangel using reluctantly the
rod Of correction upon a perve-je ana oDstreper-
Gus generation From another, more generally
held he is a vindictive ana bloodthrsty savage.
with the cruelty and destroying hand OF Attila
ar Tanerane The truth about him may lie
somewhere between these opposing estimates.
and ia likely to come out during his present
campaign. which may reveal him as less terrible
than his enemies surmse and less innocent
than his own appraisal.
The question whether the colonies should be
taxed was a burning one before the revolution.
and IN the administration OF the Salvation Army
appears 10 be still incandeScent
Italy sends n new commander 10 Abyss!nia, as
Spain does to Cuba, with fair working pros
pect TINT both may be knocked out as their pred
ecessors were. They are both ministers OF OPP
preston. each trying 10 rivet handouts on a
brave and patriotic people. and ought to be
scourged out Of the lands they Invade. as they
are somewhat likely to be. Weyler may follow
Campos back TO Spain TO be Ike him stoned by
the malcontent populace there for not performing