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New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
PERSONAL.

The Rev. j. Ross Stevenson. who has just been
elected TO a professorship in the Mccormick Thco-
logical Seminary, Of Chicago, is said to be the
youngest theological professor in the Presbyterian
Church. having just entered his thrtieth year
John Washington Postell who has been appointed
steward OF the Western Lunatic Asylum OF Ken
lucky. is said to be the first colored man hold an
apponive office Of importance in that State. An.
other interesting appointment OF a colored to
office is that of DR.. Alan VI. Curtis. of Chicago
who has just been chosen member OF the County
Hospital Medical Board. He Is not yet thirty years
OF age. but has performed number Of operations
a surgeon. He is a native OF Raleigh, y. c.. where
he received his earlier education Later he attended
which institution he was graduated with high hon
ors In the class OF 'ss.
The original Of Rider Haggards Jess" is said to
be Mrs. Marks. formerly Miss Mile Prosch. OF Pre-
toria She married young man named Motto
Marks. who at the time Of the marriage quite
wealthy. Mrs. Marks was. however. forced TO leave
her husband. who is now roamer, picking up odd
newspaper Jobs in Johannesburg He went through
ali others OF his class, began to depend on his
wifes earnings. Mrs. Marks after leaving her hus-
band became member OF a South African opera
company, which failed
The Rev. DR.. d. Parker Morgan rector OF the
Epscopaan Church OF the Heavenly Rest in this
city, Is conduct series OF mission services next
week in st. Paus Episcopal Church. Cleveland.
General TAeophus Francis Rodenbough, whose
second term chief OF the Bureau OF Elections Of
New-York County expires to-day, is colonel OF
the Army. on the retired list. and receives salary
such OF g 35 year. in addition to MS salary OF
1900 chief OF the Bureau Of Elections. He was
retired In 1870 having lost his right arm in the bat
tie OF winchester, Va. while performing picket duty
I'm 1863 and 1854. in the Sheridan cavalry campaign.
He was brevet;ei br.gadcr-genera on March l3,
1866. and he has medal o. honor for distinguished
gallantry in action at Trevlian Station, Va, Juno
H. lGi where ne severely wounded while hand
ling his regiment with skill and vaor
Clarence s. Benen,. OF the Philadelphia firm OF
Bement. Miles e. Co.. has just received from the
Royal Academy OF Sciences. OF Munich. Germany.
the silver medal. "Bene Merenti." for his "untirng
ard distinguished services In advancing the science
of mneralogy." 1t is said that Mr.. Bement has the
finest private collection OF minerals IN the world.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
TILE RIPLD TRINNIT INQLIRf.

Once or twice in the course Of the rapid transit
inquiry before the Supreme Court ComLllssioh
crs il may have seemed TO persons listening 10
the testimony or reading imperfect reports Oh
II. that the opponents Of the proposed under
cround system were getting rather the better
of fine argument one witness, for example
cited the ease Of building put up by him whose
stability absolutely depended upon the prcserva-
ton of conditions beneath the surface which the
construction of a railroad tunnel would certainly
destroy. This appeared important until the inct
WAS made known that the conditions which the
witness deemed indispensable were no longer
what he had supposed them TO be. In the nature
of things an enumeration Of confidently described
obstacles is more impressive than an assurance
Of ability to overcome them. but positive proof
that identical difficulties have been already over
come IS. or ought to be- far more impressive
still The strongest Endorsement thus far gwen
To the plans Of the Rapid Transit Commssioh
and consequently. as we think, the best service
thus far rendered TO the community III con-
noc,ion with this matter Is the testimony OF the
chief engineer of the Baltimore ana ONO hali-
road. That expert witness has cohhrmeu MI
Parsons calculations, not by theoretlcal eS''-
mate Of what can be successfully accomplished
under Broadway but by a statement OF Wiit
h,. has himself actually accomplished in Balu-
more That is the sort Of testimony To carry con
viction 10 intelligent and impartial minds. We
have. no doubt that engineering skill Is capable
OF dons many things which have never YET
been attempted, but however that may be, II i
certain that what has been done once ran DE
done again.
II seems 10 us that the possibility ot executing
ia. Rapld Transit Commissions plans has been
established 50 far rs the mechanical problems
involved are concerned. The cost Is another
question: but IN respect 10 that. though man!
positive assertions have been made adverse I"
the cnginoc-'s calculations. We have not seen
ANYTHING NOR. convincing than m assertion
II j. u fact that Mr.. Parsons added 10 his dcii-
mite estimate a large amount for contingencies
AMI an even larger amount ~ concession -
IN. general tendency of great enterprises 10 cost
more thln they are expected 10 cost IhnN far
l. hl~ D. brri. embarrassed by his critics. bu'
l..~ come v,,l oi.' II the succ"~s.v" "rl"'lS 80
which hc lls been subjected. II there are sum
.i,nf reasons for di,'ru~'ing the plans which he
h1~ made and the Commission accepted. they
have n9, been brought 10 public knowledge.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

Quay has fully made mp his mind 10 ie, MI.
plat have the Pennsylvania delegation without
limitation or rcstriction-sO fond are these '"'
eminent mon of each other And then, most en-
couracing of ALL here comes "rhe Koches'er
ronocr,t and Chronicle" with long and ex-
trcmcly able article on THE Irresistible Morton
Room' closing with these stirring words: III
sis gathering recruits constantly ana raplui!'
"and has developed into movement whose
"formidablcncss can he accounted FOR only py
"suontancous and imperative uprising IN us
"hrhalf by the masses of the people. acting ac-
.cor,linr to their intelligent judgment ana thcir
"lnstinctivc knowledge Of what would De 10 'he
"advantacc of themselves and their country
They have Il very broad outlook from Rochester,
and these are most encouraging words To our
limited vision il may not be absolutely clear that
thc Morton boom Is n Spontaneous and impera-
tive UPRISING by the masses Of the people, Dut
if they see it in that way IN Rochester we shouId
be the merest churls not to feel uplifted anu
encouraged by it,
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

nossib!c restrictions upon the supply or native
labor and has done all he could 10 discourage
and imocJc the whole industry Apparently he
is If last convinced that he must give the Out
landcrs something like fair play even at the ri'i
of having the Boer oligarchy swamped by the
na,uralized clements Of the population.
II is indeed. natural that he should thus be
convinced. For there is no more confirmed
foto,Is in the world than the Doppcr Boer and
there is no more manifest destiny in the Trans
yaal than the ultimate dominance Of the out
Iondcrs. r . Outlaaders have settled there to
stay. OF hat Wy .lay be sure. II not. they
would not have built Johannesburg so subStan-
tally Of brick and stone, and they would not be
snend'ng hundreds Of thousands Of dollars Il
year on schools for their children Ihry are
evidently looking TO the future and making pro-
vision for it, in full expectation that they ana
their Children and their children's children for
uncounted generations. Will be residents ana
citizens of the Transyaal And they do well.
For after the last ounce or sold - taken from
the Rand there will remain some Of the most
fertile soil and one Of the most perfect CLIMATES
in the world. and every natural condition laVor-
able 10 the permanent existence of Il popuOus
and prospprons community. Bat it will not be
4 Poor community. The Anglo-SaXOnS, whether
from Britain or Australia or the United States
are already the vast majority. and are increaS-
uc not merely by immigration, but by birth
rate. far more rapidly than the BorrS. And that
latter fact is. perhaps. the most Significant ol
all II explains why Great Britain mas p''h
able to ovcriakc and outstrip her European
rivals in point Of home population, ana i'll 'he
same time 10 colonizc with her sons the utter
most ends of the earth Other races ana othcr
tongues had the start in North America; Dut
where are they now? IIopclcs'ly outnlmDerei'
and merged beyond recognition into the Eng
lsh-speaking food SO ii will be III South
Africa That race will finally be dominant
which makes the greatest Increase in numbers
and the greatest progress in the arts OF civiiiz-
ton: and that. beyond all question is the Eng
disappearing race.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
SIXTEEN PAGES
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-It is reported from Constantinople
that the slaughter OF Turks before Zei-
to.;n. which is held by the Armenians. has been
ra,1rmed -- \ dispatch from Rome says that
A great battle between the Italians and Abys-
slnians seems imminent =- Advices from Ha-
vana are to the effect that General Marin, the
acting Governor OF Cuba, has personally taken
the field against Gomez
CONGRESS.-BOth branches In session -
Senate: Discussion Of the free coinage SUBSTITUTE
for the House Bond bill continued. - House:
Tvs more OF the general appropriation bills were
reported and several minor measures were passed.
DOMESTIC.-Senator Pavey introduced a bill
I'm the LEGISLATURE to reorganize the New-fork
City Police Department. - The Chamber OF
Commerce Excise Committee had hearing in
. Albany. -- Three men were killed and twenty
four injured by the explosion Of boiler in roll
lng-mlll in Holdaysburg Penn. =-- William
II. English, who for Nice-President on the
Democratic ticket in $780, is seriously i'll at his
home I'm Indiana. The Yale Varsity crew
announced It's purpose TO 60 10 England and row
In the Henley Regatta. - The Rev. DIT. Will
lam H. Furness died in Philadelphia.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Republican
Committee Of Five Hundred engaged in the work
Of exposing the machine enrolment frauds met
and adopted a memorial addressed to the Re
publican State Committee. demanding that the
local organization be purged before the election
of delegates TO the State and National commit
tees speeches were made by Edward Mitchell,
Cornelius y. Bliss, General Wager Swayne
and others - Horrible stories Of brutality on
board the American ship Willie Rosenfeld We're
told at hearing before Deputy Shipping Com
missioner keenan,. - The celebration OF j. II.
Stoddarts sixty-third anniversary as an actor
was held at the Academy Of Music. - The
anthracite coal companies adopted plan for
dividing business. - The stock market was
active and generally strong.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and slightly cooler. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 45 degrees; lowest. So; average 1919.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
GmnSrments.

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AMERICAN THEATEE-S-linrmah
ARBEYS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lecouvreur.
ACADEMY OF MIISIC-s-The Sporting Duchess.
OI-S:l5-Genileman Joe.
BROADWAY THEATRE-s-An Artists Model
CASINO-S:1l Wizard Of the Nile.
CASINO CHAMBERS S-2-s-Cabaret du Meant
COIJMBI-S THFATRE-s:l5-In Sight Of St Pauls
pALY's THEATRE S:15-The Countess Gucki
EDEN MIsTE---Conoert
EMPIRE THEATRE-s:15--A Woman's Reason
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-SI5-The Governor OF
kentucNy.
GARDEN -S:15-Ch.mmie Fadden
GARElCK THEATRE-S:31-Mrs. PcrGerhury's Past
GRAND OPERA HOUsE-S-P Primrose & Vests Min
srcls.
HARLEM OPERA HOusE-s:l5-Mme Sans Gene.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s:10-The Heart OF
Maryland.
HOYT'S THEATRE-s;3o-A Black Sheep
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-S:l5-Romeoa and Juliet
ROSTER & EIAL.S-S: :l5-Vaudevile.
LyCEUM THEATRE-S:i3-rhe BENEFIT % the DOUBT
MADISON sol ARE GARDEN-Masquerade Ball
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-S-Fastah
OLYMPIA THEATRE-S:i5-N Vaudeville
VAIMER'S THEATRE -si0-The Squire OF Danes
NSTORS-l2 30 til II p. m.-Vaudevile.
fOCTORS PLEASURE PALAcE-VaudeviEe
sANDAEp THEATRE sl5-The Strange Adventures OF
Mss Brown.
STR THEATRE-s-S Shaun Rhue.
HN STREET THEATRES :l0-Mavourneen.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31
UOVEUENTS ~ South AFRJCi

The Transvaal troubles have assumed n new
phase The mining companies are proposing
to stop work That they undoubtedly have a
right to do They can afford to do II. But such
action would prove rulnous to the country. More
than threefourths Of the white population Of
the Republic depend upon the mines for en-
ployment business and support. With the
closing Of the mines their occupation would be
gone. Many Of them might turn their atten-
ton to agriculture and remain where they are.
The ajority Of them would probably leave the
country altogether, reducing its white popula-
ton TO less than onehaf its present numbers.
Worse still, from the BGer point Of view, the
revenues Of the State would suffer. Nine-tcnths
Of them now come from the mines. If the lat
ter were closed, the treasury would soon be
empty and the Government bankrupt. No won
der President Kriigcr Is seriously concerned
about the matter.
The motives Of the miners are not yet dis
mean merely to embarrass and TO injure the
State as much as possible. That seems hardly
credible. Men do not, as a rule. abandon for
sheer spite business that yields SlOOOO'OOO
profits a year. The more reasonable explanation
Is that they simply want To force the Govern
ment TO remove some Of It's annoying reStrlc-
tions. and to let them conduct Their business
on q free and equitable basis. This Is, indeed
indicated by President Kruger himself, III MS
promise henceforth TO promote the supply OF
native labor and 10 protect and develop the
mining Industry as far as can he done by Gov
ernmental action Hitherto his policy has been
1,st tbo rovorsa of that He has nIar0i AL
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

Yankee ships are getting a bad reputation. and,
Judging by the testimony regarding one OF them
given before the Deputy Shipping Commission
er in this city yesterday, they deserve it. The
crew of the Willie Roscnfeld were a unit in de-
nouncins the skipper for his brutal and inhu-
man conduct This in itself is a rare occur
renee. and goes far to confirm the stories which
they told Of violence and abuse This vessel has
a bad name. and the captain is regarded as an
exceedingly hard master What looks like Il clear
case has now been made out against him, and 1t
Is not possible that his energetic denials will
be accepted against the combined testimony Of
fourteen men. one of whom carries on his head
an ugly wound which received no medical at
tention for five months.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

value Of land in all Western and Southern STATES
have been constructed and maintained. STOCK
spectators, grain and cotton SPECTATORS eN's.
in New-York as in other cities, but they are no'
the men to whom the whole Nation intrusts lts
last reserve Wall Street Is trusted because ]"
is trustworthy and makes money only because
II performs for the whole Nation service more
safely. cheaply and profitably than anybody else
could perform il
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

Acting on the suggestion contained i'll the lct-
ter of Corporation Counsel Scott made public
last week. Senator Paycy yesterday intrOulicci
Il resolution intended TO obtain full information
as to the financial condition Of the several cities
and towns which il is proposed to include in the
Greater NeW-Y0rk. Nothing could have bcen
more appropriate or timely. The Information
sought would certainly be Of great value in
enabling the Legislature TO set intclliSently on
thc question of consolidation. But the moment
the resolution was read Lc7ow fared up ana
declared that il was an intrusion and an alfront
10 him and h.S committee. ana h" even objected
T. having the Committee OH Cities requested 10
obtain this information The PlattTammany
alliance came out strong. and the result was the
reference Of the matter 10 the Cities Committee;
which doubtless means that 1t will never be
heard of again This is tie way in which con-
Solidation in tie dark is to be forced through.
despite the wishes of the people most deeply IN
tcrcStcd. Can such a plan succeed?
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

socletv's official letter paper without obtaining
formal permission TO use it, Thereupon the
,;jsc.plcs Of war and red tape passed resolutions
de daring that the address was not ofiicial nut
represented the individual opinions OF the sign
crs As this was all the address pretended 10
do quiet and harmony once more reign III 'he
camp of the society and another war episode IS
apparently ended
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

The Rev Or Storrs. who Is stoutly opposed 10
snap consolidation. says tnat he does not resaru
himself as an old man yet. Evidently the iouh-
tain os youth must be somewhere on brooA'S"
Heights these days. Dr.. Storrs Is nearing ms
seventy-hfth birthday. and next fall he VIII coi'-
piete pGstorate 4 hfty years IN MS brooh'S" "
church And yet he does not regard hiihseil DIS
an old man, Certainly his loyalty 10 Brooklyn Is
we'll based and he is abundantly able 10 give
reasons for the faith that Is In him that brooklyn
sh,ulA not surrender It's autonomy and sink its
Individuality. at least not on the strength or the
,rjolng and insignificant majority cast in favor OF
consolidation In 1894 when II was generally un-
,rs,o,5 ,ha, the vote was a mere expression or
oniuion and would have no binding force
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

that he takes to perjury as duck takes to water.
and that the idea of his being tried for murder on
the basis Of his own confession Is a good joke to
be laughed over most heartily Not by such
creatures should Now-York State justice be de.
feated.
Java is a comparatively small island In which
to float fifteen million dollars worth OF forged
banknotes but 1t perhaps for the purposes
OF regulating and at the same time expanding
the local currency, and Il simpler and di-
recter expedient to that end than some which
have been recommended applicable to our
own. being likewise not much inferior to then,
in moral quality. The Chinese fnanciers who
engineered the issue showed more talent than
those at the head OF the fiscal concerns of the
Empire, but the other Chinese fnanciers on
whom they unloaded did not show so much and
now squealing with the emphasis Of pig
under gate. Java should have no cause to
complain of tight money for the present unless
1t is particular about the kind. II 1t Is. We could
send over any number of loud-braying, Popu-
list and free-silver donkeys, who would assure
the islanders that one kind Is as good as an.
other, If they will only think so. the main thing
being to have plenty Of 1t.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

We are glad TO see that the State Medical
Society is interesting itself in the question Of
the reorganization Of our Coroner system, and
that there is good prospect that a carefully
prepared bill will be presented at the present
session offthe Legislature. The State Bar AS
sociation has also promised to lend all the aid
In its power. The general principles on which
such a bill should be drawn are easily got at.
They are embodied in the law which Massachu-
sets has had on its statute-bOok for many years.
For the existing Coroners there should be sub
sfituted medical examiners, while the judicial
functions attaching 10 the office should be i'm
posed on the DistrictAttorneys or other suitable
officials 1t is to be hoped that the Legislature
will not fail to appreciate the importance OF
action on this important subject.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

Eddie" Murphy's wretched tool McGough, Is
not sure, after all, that he was the assassin OF
Robert Ross. All he does seem to be sure OF ~
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

The Commissioners Of the new bridge 70 De
bull, over the East River showed the lever cohui-
ton OF their heads when they decided tha'
bridge with six railroad tracks IS the sort oi
bridge they want 10 build.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

There have been several teapot tempests on
both sides of the Atlantic since President Cleve-
land sent TO Congress his famous message on
the Venezuelan boundary dispute, which in
themselves. aside from the seriousness OF the
main subject wear decidedly humorous aspect
None Of them have approached in magnitude the
miniature storm in the British Authors Society
aroused by Sir Walter Besants cOmmendable
effort TO let the American literary workers know
that their English brothers are not thirsting for
their blood. 1t appears now that the whole
trouble arose because the six hundred members
Of the society who signed Sir Walter Besants
"hdress ~ peaca and goodwill did 80 ON tha
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

Professor Skeat has put himself on record
against diphthongs. or at any rate against the
combined ae. II Is always pronounced g. so
why not spell 1t SO? Therefore, he favors such
spelIIng as "anemia," medieval" Why not.
II we have "prmevar' and celestial? AT the
same time he says, at Is quite impossible to regu
late spelling The one great principle In all cases
OF doubt and dispute is that every man shall
make his own laws"
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

The town o, Dole. Jura, has determined 10 erect
n monument to the memory OF Pasteur' whose
birthplace II Is NJ. Felix Faurc, the president OF
tho French Republic, is at the head OF the COM
,nittee. and contributions are 81 ''lted from All
the world The movement Is one that should IN
splre practical sympathy wherever the love OF
humanity exists.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

The perhdous tub which bore the hibuster-
ING Caesars and their fortunes was clearly un-
equal to It's freghtage. as any competent skip
per ought to have known beforehand. II the ad-
venturous patriots showed little sense in the
rest Of their plans they did In her selection.
their helpfulness In the cause of the beleagured
islanders would have been OF little avail. Such
OF them as escaped with their lives may account
themselves fortunate. and as all the hlibuster-
ing starch is most likely washed out of them,
there Is not much danger that any OF them Will
think OF trying the experiment anew with
their arms and ship and personal baggage at the
bottom Of the ocean, chill is naturally cast
upon their patriotic impulses. not to be warmed
by the salvage Of the two carpetbags full or
greenbacks which comprised part OF the outfit
Of the expedition unless the Junta in direction
here would divide them pro rata among the sur
vlvors After what they have suffered and lost.
that disposition OF the funds would seem to be
no more than fair.
New-York tribune., 1896-01-31

The artistic and chirographlc talents exhipi'en
by Johanna. the chimpanzec. at the Cehlrai
park. are remarkable in their way, ami there is
no telling what progress she may make IL her
schooling is properly looked after professor
Garner pretends to have discovered that apes
have a language Of their own. and II II Is Iouhu
that they are capable OF learning the ART Oh
writing they may in time fix 1t In gramuha'ica'
forms so that the philologist may study IL at
leisure and perhaps trace Its aftihi'y VIII" '"o
rudimentary tongues OF mankind Joha""a i'''
turn out to he the female Cadmus Of her genera
uon bcstowng on II the gift Of letters. ana open
,ry q WAY for its intellectual and moral develop
ment So far, however. her manuscript Is TOO
much like that of the late Rufus Choate To hoii
out much promise In the direction named, but her
artistic essays show that she has ALREADY
grasped the principles OF the impress'onist schoo'
and has a hopeful future before her.