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Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-06-05
SPAIN DEFaNEs nER ATTITUDE

Spain through purchase Will now
see the folly Of that notion. "Spain,"
says Premier Canovas, 'is not a
nation of merchants, capable Of
selling it's honor" This ought to
end this purchase project. Several
times in the past Spanish officials
have either said in words what the
present Premier has said or have
revealed the same purpose even
more emphatically by refusing to-
consider a purchase proposition or
to express any opinion on it one
way or the other At one time the.
government in the old slavery days
$780, 100000 was Indirectly offered
for Cuba by representative Of the
administration, and "a few years
later the men who drew up what
was called the Ostend manifesto
Buchanan, Mason and Sonle--
thought that $120,0OO,0O0 would be.
fair figure to give, and that if
Spain refused to sell, the United
States ouid seize the island, but
nothing came of these propositions.
Within a very short time Spain
has clearly revealed her attitude on
the Cuban issue on every point in
which that question touches Amer
lean diplomacy. She will not ac-
cept meditation, she will resist in
PREVENTION or interference of any
sort, aud she will not sell. This
ought to make the situation plain
so far as it involves the United
States Government. 1t ought to
end the projects of all sorts for deals
or dickers between this country and
Spain. Appeals to SPANS human
ity or her cupidity by us are alike.
vain. The country wants to hear
of no more attempts by any Amer
lean administration to use its good
Offices" with Spain in, this Cuban
matter. Appeals to Spain on the
ground OF humanity, of course,
would have very little chance for
hearing under any circumstancesj'
and experience has shown that even
cupidity with her has to step aside
when confronted with territorial
pride. France, Mexico and Russia
have accepted money from the
United States for territory, and
Spain herself indirectly did this
when she transferred Florida to
the United States, bat she has often
said that money will not induce her
to part with Cuba to any nation.
The Cuban question, therefore,
becomes extremely simply. Spain
will deal directly with the insur-
gents, and on the basis of war in
stead Of diplomacy. Her terms to
them are, surrender first, and your
grievances will be attended to after
F ward. Necessarily a settlement on
80.
these conditions would be for
feiture ef1all the advantage which
war has gained for the insurgents,
for SPANS promises of reforms4now
would probably have as liltlein Au-
ence on her conduct as they had
after the war 1S6S-7S This II the
only settlement she will offer at
present, and this will not he accept
4 ed. Fhus the war will have To go
on, unless tile United States inter
fereS 10y force, until one or other of
the present combatants is beaten.
This is the situation, and the United
States Government will do we'll to
recognize it promptly The chances
seem to he in favor of the Cnbans,
and it is evident from the political
disturbances in Spain that this
truth is beginning to be grasped in
that quarter. Spain will probably
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1897-06-05
PRIMARY DEPARTMENT.

Number of boys enrolled, 81;
number of girls enrolled, 81; total,
AZ; percentage of attendance, "a.
Honor Roll-Harold Gignoux,
96; Harry Coffin, 95; Harry Ash,
95; Clark Guild, 95; Hazel Gates,
So; Evalyn Lothrop, so; Flora
Flaws, 80; Raymond Gignoux, So;
Jessie Ruby, So; Belle Gates, 95;
Nellie Ash, SO; Raymond Johnson,
80; Lauretta Cooper, 80; Clara
Flaws, 81; Mamie Conway, 81; Tom
Conway, 81; Leila Stevenson, "a;
Roy Bonham, SO; Angelic Scana-
vino, 92, Paul Lothrop, 81; Mag
II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
TVFORU1TION FOR EVERYRODY.

The Interrogation point IS overworked. Men,
women and children are continually asking ques
,ions on all possible manner OF topics. These
are largely about incidents in current history
which is the most important and interesting Of
all history and the most difficult to master
You can find out from your encyclopedia or
her books TIE date of Columbuss discovery OF
America or of the battle OF Bunker Hill. But
on what day last year was Mckinley nominated
for the Presidency When did ii Hung Chang
arrive in this country. and when did he leave It.?
or when did Smith die, when was Jones mar
RED and when was Koblnsons lawsuit begun?
To find out. these things, and uncounted thou
sfnds Of similar things. is the problem. They
were all in the newspapers. OF course. But you
have not kept a file, or, II YOU have. II would
be an ntermina6le job to search through II for
the Items in question. The common resort then.
OF inquisitive and despairin8 humanity Is to ask
the editor In person or by letter thousands Of
people ask such questions at the editorial
sanctum every year. and expect prompt and
accurate replies.
Well, they can get such replies at The Tribune
Office and they can do so without bothering the
editor n single moment. The Tribune makes a
special business OF answering all such questions
in advance. before they are asked 1t does 80 at
great expense. but to the great convenience Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
House will feel more free to urge such changes
rs II deems necessary for the public welfare.
TO COMPLETE TIE ARCH.

The formal approval Of the accounts Of Mr.
William T. Stewart, treasurer of the Washing
ton Arch Committee. completes the main hut
not the final stage of an honorable and excel
lent undertaking. The original suggestion was
not more attractive than many proposal FOR
the establishment oc the metropolis has been
but fortunately 1t aroused the interest of men
who knew how to make their own enthusiasm
cont gious. The actual work. begun while the
idea was still a novelty, was carried forward
with remarkable celebrity and in just the right
spirit. and the conception was realized before
there had been time for anybody 10 grow tired
Of the project TO Mr.. Stewart is largely. if
not chiefly. due the credit for this unusual
achievement. ard in the committees recognition
of his services the community Is glad to join
Since it's practical completion the Arch has
been an object Of constant admiration but
fresh interest in il should now he stimulated by
the committees decision to place groups OF stat
nary on The vacant pcdestalS Mr.. Mac MonnieSs
designs have been approved and the public is
desired TO contribute the funds necessary for
their execution in marble or bronze. the tral
choice Of material rot having yet been made. y
formal appeal for subscriptions may moi he is
sued until next fall. but in the mean time con
,rbu1ions will be entirely acceptable. We hope
that they NAV begin 10 flow into the trcasurcrS
hands at once Such prompt response To the
committees resolution would he an appropriate
mark of public approval
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
CPOSSING THE EAST RIVER.

II is now settled that New-York Brooklyn,
Long Island City and the region around ABOUT
will be bound to Manhattan Island in one mu-
niclpal system next January. Staten Island Is
also 10 become a part of the magnificent me-
tropolis of the future. 1t is therefore matter
of urgent importance that the means for trans
porting passengers between Manhattan Island
and Long Island and between Manhattan Island
and Staten Island shall be developed and i'm
proved as rapidly as possible. We nave now
ONLY one bridge over the East River Al least
half n dozen are needed to give sufficient facl-
ties for travel across that arm of the sea. The
single structure now in use Is frightfully over
crowded and overtaXod in the morning and even
ing hours six DAYS in the week The legal au-
thOrity has been given for the construction Of
another bridge and the Commission which has
charge of that matter is holding frequent ses-
sions in order 10 arrange the details. Every
member Of that Commission and every person
connected in any way with the second East
River bridge which is TO be set up. ought TO be
impressed with the responsibility now weighing
heavily upon him. and with the urgent ncces-
sity that all possible speed shall be made in
entering upon the actua; task of building a new
bridge The people on both sides Of the East
enterprise should be pushed with energy.
When this second bridge is completed the ar
ranoements for travel over the East River will
still be far too meaGrc. The plan Of a bridge
from the neighborhood of Wallst to Brooklyn
Heights has much 10 commend it, Many praC-
teal business men are making preparations for
the digging Of tunnel between the lower part
of this island and the Heights region in Brook
lyn 1t is likely that this plan Of a tunnel will
be carried out Capitalists OF influence and Of
large resources seem TO be favoraby impressed
with this scheme. When general business pros
perity returns to this country 1t ought not to be
difficult 10 raise money enough for the digging
of the tunnel, but all the taxpayers living with
in the borders of this State and within thirty
miles of the City Hall ought to feel that plenty
of bridges extending eastward from Manhattan
Island will he of enormous Importance and
value 10 The development OF the superb New
York Of the future and that the building Of
several additional bridges should be taken up
at an early date The Blackwelrs Island
Bridge. on which some work has already been
done will be an improvement OF extensive use
fulness Upon Long Island there are broad
stretches Of level land 10 the east Of Brooklyn
and Long Island City which are well adapted
for homes for hundreds Of thousands of peo-
pie who are now packed into the narrow spaces
IL intended 10 provide an efficient railroad sys-
TEN which will make 1t easy and convenient
for passengers to take trains at the Grand Cen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
PERSONAL.

Professors Josiah Royce. Of Harvard, has been
invited to deliver the Clifford lectures IN the Uni
versity Of Aberdeen next year.
The friends OF Mrs Mary A. Lvermore think
that she may be elected dean Of the fine arts de-
partment OF the University OF Syracuse.
Judge Frederick Gates. of New-Ibera, La, who
died the Other day, Ned the Democracy in South
west Louisiana in tho campaign OF 1884, and was
chiefly instrumental In overwhelming the Repub-
l,cans., who held or longer there than anywhere
else In the. State. He was elected District Judge
in 1854 and reelected In ISIS: in 1892 he elected
Constitutional Commission engaged I'm framing a
new Constitution for Louisiana. He was one CT
the ceverest political campaigners In Louisiana.
Ex-Governor Boies of Iowa has written a letter
saying that he could not accept nomination for
Governor on the fusion ticket II 1t was rendered
TO him.
President Capen OF Tufts College spoke on Tues
day before the Playgoers Club OF Boston on THE
Influence OF the Drama" and said that "the writer's
OF the modern drama, compared with the writer's
OF the Elizabethan age. are as water unto wine.
The fountain rises no higher than Its source and
the source Is the public. which buys the tickets
and gets only what 1t wants and Graves"
Chicago firm that deals In farm mortgages
came into possession the other day OF a deed to
Abraham Lincoln from his father and mother. ard
another deed from Abraham Lincoln TO John D..
Johnson. The deeds were made out In ls4l. and the
lard transferred was the homestead OF Thomas
Lincoln-a tract OF forty In Coles County Ill.
A member OF the Arm owning these deeds
says "A great many abstracts from counties In
that section of the State recall the famous men of
OF land in Edgar County known as the Clay Prairie
II was once the possession OF Henry Clay We get
+. Llnder as an owner: Poor fellow! He died
years ago In very poor circumstances. His daugh.
days 4 Tho san Ss hdn S's Old 90
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
Netp9lorls Dailn Q.ribnone
FOUNDED BY HORACE C GREELEY
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SATURDAY, MAY 90. 1897.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-Four Irish Members of Parliament
were suspended for perssting in an irregular
discussion Of the financial relations or England
and Ireland: the Irish Parliamentary party de-
cded TO take no part in the Jubilee celeDratlon'
-: John W. Foster United States Seal Com
missioner left London for st. Petersburg. -
The prospectus for a new japanese loan has been
issued i'm London - Mr.. Labouchere said
that he would prove all he had charged against
Alfred Belt, former director OF the British
South Africa Chartered Company and refused
to retract.
CONGRESS-In the Senate Mr.. Tillman intro
duced q resolution calling for another sugar
Trust investigation. and made violent attack
on the Finance Committee. TO which Mir. Aldrlch
renliad. GOOD progress was made in the consider
ation ~ the Tariff bill - The House was not
In session.
DONESTIC-Lyman ]. Gage, Secretary OF the
Treasury discussed the tariff ana hnanclal re-
forms i'm an address before the Commercial CluD
In Cincinnati The Presbyterian Assembly
discussed the use OF VINE at the sesquioee
NAL celebration at Princeton University -
The State Department has received a protest
from the Sultan against the appointment or MT:
Angel as Minister to Turkey. - the trlai Oh
John r. Searles for contempt OF the Senate sugar
Trust Investigating Committee was pesun ~
the Criminal Court Of the Dlstrlct OF Coiuiiioi"'
CITy-General y. r. Tracy announced that
he could not be considered a candidate for Mayor
~ Greater NeW-YOrk - dinner was gwen
M the Waldorf in honor Of the Marquis ITO py
J1panese merchants of this city. - AT d
conference between District Attorney Olcott ana
Chief Conlin IL was decided to ask the Attorney
General to revoke the charters OF bogus oiu''
- Stocks were dull ana strong.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day;
rbreatening with showers; cooler. The temper
otmra Yesterday: Highest. 70 degrees; lowest, oil;
average COS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29

trail Station, in Forty -second-st. ara 10 reach
the Long Island plains in few minutes. lhis
Is an enterprise the merits OF which TX wouiu oe
difficult 10 exaggerate 1t has been DeaV!
hardship 10 the wage earners of this city whose
incomes are small that II mas been so dlinculi
for them TO get pleasant homes In the supufps'
such rs those which may he seen in great num-
hers in the suburbs Of Philadelphia and Boston
Tho shane of this city and the delay In construct
ing lines 10 provide genuine rapid transit nave
modo II dlfiicuIt for the multltudeS who now oc
c,,nv orr tenement houses to find homes above
tho Harlem River. but such n system of subur-
ban service rs can be provided between the
Grand Central Station and the Long Island
Mains. when the Blackwells Island Bridge Is
Gpished would do n great deal to relieve the
excessive congestion OF tenement quarters IN
\ow-YorE No doubt this BlackwelTs Island
Bridge would have been in operation long ago
but for the years of business depression wmch
have discouraged the investment or capital
With the revival of American industries, wh'ch
NAV be confidently expected to occur within
reasonable time. the millions OF doiiars heceS
sory TO complete this bridge and to provide for
the running Of an ample number OF trains 10
the level districts of Long Island will be raised
al no distant day.
II will be an exceedingly troublesome unuer-
taking to secure the huge sums when VIII pe
necessary for the building Of a bridge over tie
North River: and It must be considered a ma''er
omen 10 question whether so costly an enterprise
rs 2 North River bridge can be expected I'D
return fair profit on the amounts ihVeSteu
for many years to come. But it can haraiy De
doubted that private capital invested IN 'he
bridges and tunnels between the two shores Oh
the East River will bring in handsome returns.
The various parts Of the Greater New-fofk must
be knit together by many lines of transportation
The huge increase In the quantity OF travei over
the Brooklyn Bridge gives some indication oil
the demands Of the people in the early years Oh
the coming century for rapid transit between
Manhattan Island and Lcng Island. The fer
rios are far too slow although the ferry service
can be developed and improved great DEAL ana
ought TO be with the least delay practicable. Inc
citizens of the second city Of the world VIII nave
many great problems TO solve. One OF the most
momentous of these problems Will be that OF
Transporting mutitudcs Of people over or under
the East River as swiftly and as comfortably
as can he done with the exercise OF all the re-
sources of human ingenuity and skill.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
NINE. EANES WANTS TO KNOW.

Nine. Emma Eames appears to he getting anx-
ious about what is to happen TO her next
season. She had-and hasa contract to sing at
the Metropolitan Opera House, under the direction
of Abbey Schoeffel & Grau and. from all accounts
that firm is never to give any opera any more.
Therefore her business representative has written
to Robert Dunlap the president OF Abbey, Schoef-
fol e. Grau. to ask him what is to be done IL
seems that Mime. Eames chooses not to remember
that II II had not been for her sickness and
absence from the company last winter when she
was more needed than she ever was anywhere be-
fore in her life. the company might be in the opera
business to-day and making preparations for a
glorious season next winter. Perhaps however,
her intentions In her inquiry to what MIR. Dun
lap is going to do may he OF the very mildest, and
when she finds that II Is utterly impossible for tho
company to do anything at all she may conclude
to do nothing at all herself
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-29
TILE STATE OF GREECE.

The agreeable news came to hand the other
day that instead of defaulting thereon. as she
had been expected to do Greece was prepared
to pay in full the June coupons OF her national
bonds That she should do so Immediately
after so exhaustirg and disastrous Il war indi-
Gates vitality ard financial resourcefulness with
which she has not been generally credited. II
will be interesting to consider her exact pres
cnt condition and the elements of stable pros
perity which she may possess.
Last years census shows the kingdom to have
population of 2.43OS07 pretty uniformly dis
tributed throughout all the provinces. Indeed.
the populations of the various provinces are
more nearly equal to each other than those Of
Congress districts in the United States. The
increase since 1889 was 2l3.399, or more than
II per cent in seven years. a creditabsc rate.
The increase was also pretty uniform. every
province reporting some gain. The smallest
gain was in the islands. the largest in Attica
and Trlkhala. The Pir;pus and Nolo. two OF the
chief ports. showed marked gain, while La
rissa declined in Importance. if not IN actual
population.
Despite political unrest. last year was fairly
PROSPEROUS one for Greece in industries and com
merce 1t Is TO be observed however, that since
1891 Greek exports TO her principal customers
have been declining, though 1896 showed small
gain over 1895 In 1891 all Greek exports were
valued at 500, OSS. 700: in 1895 at only Sl2,552,-
$50 and In 1896 at $40. 1890 Imports in 1893
were valued at S2,335,410 and in 1886 at So
go $50. The balance Of trade is therefore heav-
ly against Greece. The increase in exports is
chiefly in wheat, yarn. cloths. coal and timber.
Trade in both directions with Great Britain is
declining and with Germany increasing.
The Budget showed a surplus OF SS61, 132 In
1896 and Of 5000 275 in 1897 Revenues from d.
rect taxes, from monopolies, to wit, salt, pc
troleum, matches and playing cards, from sales
of State property from arrears of taxation ana
from repayment Of advances have decreased.
All others have increased, the largest proportion
Of increase being in municipal contributions for
police. which rose from $4,000 to S240OO0.
Expenditures for Parliament decreased largely
as did the cost Of collecting revenues, while
those for the Interior Department, the War De
partment, the Navy Department and the Depart
ment Of Religion and instruction Increased. All
others remained about stationary.
If there is nothing particularly inspiring III
these figures there Is nothing particularly dis
couraCng On the whole, we may reckon that
the condition of the little kingdom compares
not unfavorably with that Of her European
neighbors. There seems to be no valid reason
why. if she gets just treatment from the great
Powers. Greece should not enjoy in future n
fair measure of material prosperity.
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patrons It does so by printing and pupiishihg
each year perspicuous and comprehensive IN
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that 1t is almost equally useful as an index 10
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The Tribune Index for 1896. covering all the
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Ninian Edwards-many of the foremost men IN the
State and the Nation--owned Illinois Iana, an, un
their names figure in the chain OF title. But 'n''
OF Lincoln is unusually interesting
Speaking Of Mrs Julia Ward Howe, who ceie-
bratcd her seventy eighth birthday on Thursday,
THE Boston Transcript" says: 1T Is Interesting
to note that she is only three days younger Una"
Queen Victoria with whom alone she Ia compare
lent but for several years she has suffered az
times with lameness which binders her In g e.s,ns
about In spite Of all this. however, she eSpec,s
to keep her appointments tonight and dine al INC
Unitarian festival in Music Hall going on a euf
her speech TO the banquet OF the Womans om sui,
frage Association at the VenGome where she WIZ
also make an address"