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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
SECRETARY ALGER'S REPORT.

Secretary Alger adopts the novel method for
his annual report of including the letters ana
recommendations Of the generals or the Army
in the text. instead Of using them as the raw
material for observations of his own. mat Is
a good idea. at once straightforward and courte-
Gus, and likely to be effective as bringing be-
fore members of Congress the direct ideas OF
the experts in military affairs. General Alger
has been at the head Of his Department for
ONLY part of the year which his report deals
with, and he frankly recognizes that the gen.
erals can give better testimony on many points
than he can. SO he gives them the chance
The Secretary and General Miles unite in call
inc for more artillery regiments. and their
reousiton should be honOred by Congress- we
are spending large sums on coast defences. and
the equipment Of them with costly modern guns.
Those guns are worthless if they are not prop
erly manned, and they cannot be properly
manned by recruits without training. General
Miles also asks for more infantry troops, and
points out that the present limit or 2oooo 70
the Army was never regarded as the proper
one. but that $4,000 was fixed upon by states
men and soldiers at the close OF the civil war
as the smallest number that could properly gar
rison the necessary Army posts. That number
was reduced solely from motives OF economy
when the Government was laborng under an
enormous debt, and General Miles holds that
there Is no reason for regarding $4,000 as
sacred number. which should not be departed
from.
The duties OF the Army are increasing. The
settlement of Alaska promises to make con-
siderable force there necessary, and the develop
ment of coast artillery makes an increase in
that direction imperative Secretary Alger ap-
pears TO make only reasonable requests for in
creased force and for appropriations. We want
no large standing army, nor any tremendous
outlay for forts, but prudence demands that we
make our coasts reasonably secure, and, having
embarked on the business Of fertilization. com
mon sense dictates that we complete the works
and make them effective, and that we hold in
service an adequate force for their care aud. If
need be, their operation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
RY Rail TO RTLTWAIO.

There are not many developments OF human
enterprise M the present time much more wor-
thy of passing notice than the railroad 10 buiu-
wayo which has just been opened for service
1t seems only yesterday that that place or
Slaughter" first became known to the general
public as the site Of the kraal of that most
savage of all Amazulu savages since IChaka
himself. the monster Lobcngula. IL was Mt
the Ultima Thule OF barbarism, 10 be reached
only by weary marchings through wlldcrncSScs
and deserts compared with which the Great
Karroo was Paradise, and 10 he approached
safely only by armed forces strong enough to
have made lsandua a victory, and when
reached was the very abomlnation OF blood
thirsty desolation But to-day ono rides thither
direct from Cape Town in a sumptuous palace
car. and finds II n pleasant. modern European
town. with wellpaved streets. theatre and
clubs, electric light, and one Of the best golf
links outside OF Scotland. And the age OF
miracles ia past Nevertheless. Mr.. Cecil Rhodes
seems able TO put up what in earlier years
would have been considered n fair imitation
thereof.
The building Of this line was ms interesting
in it's way though far different way. ms that
up the Nile. II was not so much n contrast
of the present with the past rs Of civilization
with savagery. It's engineering difficulties were
no less, and tho speed Of its progress was com
parable being q mile for every working day.
About two hundred white men and two thou
sand negroes have been employed upon II. nj
a cost Of 10000 month. That the venture
Will prove n paying one In n financial sense
seems 10 he assured In advance. The line must
earn 100000 n month 10 pay the interest on IFS
bonds Well, when less than 200 OF us 31I
miles were working it's net earnings were ST.
20J month. That fact not only promises well
for the road but II gives n most impressive
idea OF the development OF trade and the gen
cral progress Of civIlizatio in the region where
four years ago Lobengula rclgncd supreme
Nor Is this all Arrangements are already be
ing made for the further extension Of the line
norhward. TO Fort Salisbury and beyond. II
will there Join the line which Is now being rapid.
~ pushed up from Bcira. on the East Coast. and
will thus make n continuous route from Cape
Town to Belra, from the South Atlantic 10 the
Indian Ocean. Then. In course OF tlme-and not
so long time. ciihcr-it will be advanced TO
meet the road which Is now creeping In the
wake Of the AnglO-Egyptlan Army up the Nile
Valley. and thus 10 form one mighty highway
from the Delta 10 the Cape. II will be a strange
thing TO hear n railway conductor AT Alexandria
cry. "All aboard for the Mountains Of the Moon
Lake Nyassa and tho Cape" Yet that is what
we are getting within measurable distance of
in this tooth year Of Vasco da Cana.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
THE SHOW HORSES TAKEN AWAY.
PREPARING THE GARDEN FOR THE SALES
THIS WEEK-GRATIFYING SUCCESS
OF THE EXHIBITION

Madison Square Garden bore little resemblance
yesterday TO its appearance during the week just
past. Instead OF the glare Of the myriads of cleo
trio lamps and the bare OF the band far up under
the roof there were only gloom and the sounds or
the workmen transforming the arena into the shape
Il will wear thi. week at the big horse sales that
always follow the annual show BY last evening
nearly every one OF the show horses except those
that are TO be sold had been taken away from the
Garden. Some Of them left the building after the
show had finished on Saturday night. and the others
began 10 migrate early yesterday morning. The
streets surrounding the Garden full OF horses
during the morning hours the ponies making the
high walls ring with the sounds Of their snortings
and whinneyings
There are few features OF the big show TINS year
that can be looked upon With any feehnss save
those Of satisfaction. The horses themselves were
more numerous than ever before. and experts nave
agreed that their quality for the most part
SUPERIOR 10 anything that has been shown at the
annual horse festival In some years This did not
hold true OF some classes. but as general thing
the quality was improved. The officials OF the
show say that the public showed more interest," III
the horses this year than before. and they ex-
press pleasure at that fact probably because they
hold the opinion that IL the show horse gers hrm
hold on the affections OF the public the Horse sho"
will continue to be financial success for that rea-
son alone, outside the support II may receive iroi"
any small but influential class OF people. AS
financial success this years show viii come close TO
being record. breaker although It is too early yet
~ saw lust what the profits will be- 1t Is believed
that they will exceed those OF recent years con-
sideraby. -, -. tIors. chov
has seldom been a greater success The faSnlo9n.
aha neople OF New-York and OF nearly every ,City
a. "a Uho,e country were largely represented on
every day OF the show. They did not put tne m
solves forward so prominently 10 the gaze or tne
noroi ouhiic as heretofore and comparatively rev
~ them occupied boxes but they were present. ana
gave the desired tone TO the whole tuhcuon 5 h.v
so,hor tho Horse Show OF 1897 must be written down
rs a great success from every point or view ana
the hest of 1t is that the success was IN every "H'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22

cality. leaving a hole Of undetermined depth

caity, leaving a hole Of undetermined depth
and about an acre and half in extent. The
currence, although rare, is not unparalleled. 1t
happens once In while In various quarters of
the world. and few years ago in Meade County
OF the same State like section disappeared,
the resulting hole still remaining and showing
signs or permanence Theories Of the cause Of
THESE occurrences will have to be left to science.
ana that, as usual. may present lot OF con-
Trajectory ones; but 1t is obvious that the under
pnning Of some portions OF that commonwealth
Is particularly insecure. II it be true, according
TO some conjectures, that rivers and seas there
flow underground with only film Of soil over
them ready TO br.ak through any time. the
situation OF the inhabitants is certainly precari-
GUS. But it is probably not so bad as that and
the worst to be feared is an occasional hole in
the ground. followed by the invasion Of an army
OF scientists. whose ultimately rejected hypoth-
eses might be used to fill up the holes.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
RAPID TRANSIT.

Are there more patient people anywhere than
they whose homes are on Manhattan Island and
in the district north Of The Harlem River? Is
there any corporation anywhere which Is less
mindful Of public censure than the company
which msmanages the elevated roads? All the
doctors say that violent outbursts Of rage short
en- life. 1t Is amazing that the death rate In
this city Is so low when IL Is considered that
the number Of passengers in the elevated trains
is so large. When people try to get TO the cars
at the upstairs City Hall station In the rush
hours they experience panGs almost approach
ing the agonies OF the hldeous torture which was
inflicted centuries ago upon prisoners who re-
fused to acknowledge the jurisdiction OF the
English courts by pleading guilty or not guilty.
Heavy weights were heaped upon the bodies OF
the recalcitrant defendants. and they were slow
~ pressed to DEATH suffering In their lingering
torrents the EXTREMIST anguish which the hu
man frame can endure. The appalling story Of
the Iron Shroud was published in "Blackwood's
Magazine" long before railways on stills were
thought Of. In that tale Of frlgh,ful pain the
captive Of an italian tyrant was crushed into
shapeless lump by the metal walls Of dun
geon which were moved inward by machinery
The method Of the elevated railroad manage
ment at the City Hall station and at other sta
tons is similar to that of the Italian tor
mentor The Manhattan company steadily per
sists in its course of nfctng upon New-York
ers and visitors TO New-York a constant series
of wrongs. which II would be difficult TO match
In any land.
The growth OF travel between the Battery on
the south and YOnkers and other parts OF West
chester County on the north is swift and nccs
SAINT Nothing can be palmer than that the
owners OF the elevated roads have no mind TO
treat their passengers any better in the future
than they have been treating them in the past
No intelligent person who is not directly or in
directly in the pay OF the elevated roads vent
ures to offer an apology for the misrule and the
misdeeds Of the Manhattan corporation, or for
the manner in which the people who Journey In
the air In this town are invariably mlsuscd.
The only hope OF relief lies In the plan which
the Rapid Transit Commission has prepared.
"The New-York Sun" has made a practice OF
publishing fantastic falsehOods in regard to
this enterprise. It's latest is to the effect that
the undertaking as set forth by the Commission
cannot be carried out without crossing the con-
stitutional bar against mourning city debt ex-
ceeding 10 per cent Of the taxable valuation. II
you see it in "The Sun" Of course it isn't So Far
ADLER men than any who now write for 1.-THE
Sum- and more truthful, have studied this sub
ject with painstaking care, and pledge their
faith that the completion Of this rapd-transit
project will not increase the city debt to n total
which will exceed the constitutional limit.
New-York is without rapid transit now. 1t
must have It. And every one who opposes II is
a public enemy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
FEAST OF ST. BENEDICT THE MOOR.

The Church OF st. Benedict the Moor, at Beeckef
and Downing SITS. yesterday celebrated Its four
teenth anniversary and also the feast OF Its patron.
ST. Benedict the Moor. The ceremonies were i'm
posing. Solemn high mass was celebrated at 1880,
at which the Very Rev. John j. OConnor. Vicar
General OF the diocese OF Newark. was the cele-
brart. He was assisted by the Rev. DR. e: n;
Wall of this city, and the Rev. r. J. Donnelly OF
Flushing The music was furnished by coored
chorus The Rev. John p whitney B. j. OF Ford.
ham College preached the sermon, which was
panegyric on the life Of st. Benedict the Moor -,
In the evening vespers were celebrated by tne
Rev William Livingston. assisted by the Rev. VIII.
lam g. Murphy and the Rev. 7. NJ. O'Keefe Tne
Rev John A. Waters, of Port Chester. preached the
anniversary sermon. 81. ,v...
Tho church will move uptown on the West
Side being no longer convenient to the colored poP
ed but several are under consideration.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Henry scheib, the pastor emeritus OF
Zion Lutheran Church. Baltimore. who has Just
died, at the age Of nnety-sx years became pastor
OF Zion Church sixty-twO years ago. and was uni
versally known and loved In Baltimore.
Gabriel dAnnunzio. the Italian writer will visit
Paris in the course of the winter to witness the
hearsals Of his play. 1.-THE Dead city" that Nine
Bernhardt will produce. It is very long play, and
the principal roles are OF a quite unusual length:
Nine. Bernhard will play the part of young blind
girl.
Sir Henry Burdett, who has Just resigned tho
secrearyship of the London Stock Exchange. is a
man OF incorruptible integrity. and the London
papers are telling many stories OF the various at
stocks quoted the Exchange. But never once
did they succeed, owing to the Spartan frmness Of
tho secretary.
The St. James's Gazette" says that the blood of
Oliver Cromwell still runs. through female lines. in
the veins Of the following well-known persons The
Marquis OF Ripon the Earls OF Chichester. Morley.
Clarendon and Cowper, Lord Ampthili Lord Wal
moners who can claim knship with Cromwell Is Sir
John Lubbock, NJ. ?.
In his Western journey!ngs the King OF Slam
has arrived at Cairo, where the Khedlyc has placed
part OF the palace at his disposition. After q stay
of n week in the Egyptian capital he was 20 take
trip up the Nile
Professor Josiah Royce. Of Harvard. will deliver
n course OF six lectures aspects OF Social Psy-
chology" In Cambridge. Mass. during the coming
winter.
In collection Of autographs lately sold In Lon
don the following letter from DR.. Samuel Johnson
to his godchlld brought n2. thus being valued Mt
much higher rate than any Of his epistolary or
other literature commanded in his lifetime: ITO
Miss Jane Langton. in Rochester, Kent. lA. My
dearest Miss Jenny: I am sorry that your pretty
letter has been long without being answered. hut
when I am not well 7 do not always write plain
enough for yong ladies'. | am glad. my dear TINT
you write well. and hope that you mind your
pen. your hook and your needle. for they are all
necessary Your books will give you knowledge
and make you respected and your needle will give
you useful employment when you do not care 10
read. When you nre little Older hope you VIII
be diligent IN learning arithmetic. and above all,
that through your life you will carefully say your
prayers and read your Bible. I am, my dear, your
most humble servant, SAM. JOHNSON"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
COMMISSIONS Nv NEW-YORK.

In the days of Moses and Aaron the subjects
Of the hard,hearted Pharaoh were afflicted with
grlevOus plaques, but so far as the traditions
Of that time disclose the truth the ancient
Egyptians escaped one plague, which has been
doing a great deal Of mischief and causing
a great deal Of trouble In this city for many
years. This plague is the plague OF Commits
sions. NEWCOMERS are familiar with long
list Of grievances for which these commissions
are responsible. The Legislature In the course
Of the last fifty years has created thick clouds
Of commissions, chiefly for the benefit of pol-
ticians. Many OF these commissions have been
formed under the vicious system Of paying each
commissioner $40 for each session, thus making
II for the profit Of every commissioner to hold
as many meetings as possible and to make
every meeting as brief as possible. The whole
scheme Of commissions refereeships and re-
ceiverships, as 1t has been carried on in this
community for generations, abounds In abuses
When 1t Is practicable under the laws for COM
missions appointed to appraIse sites for new
schoOlhouses land for new parks or property
to be taken for any other public purpose, to
pile UP exorblant bills by holding an unneces
sary and excessive number Of sessions, and
when public funds are diverted, not only TO ex-
travagant payments for nominal meetings but
also to prodgal fees to stenographers. clerks
and other employees. the imposition on the tax
payers N CALLING. II all the facts concerning
these commissions, and concerning the receiver.
ships and refereeshlps in which practices like
those usual In commissions prevail, were laid
before the people they would become righteous.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS FAIR.

The Commercial Travellers Fair will be held from
February IS to March at Madison Square Garden.
Alfred Chasseaud is It's general manager The fair.
I'm Just the measure that 1t proves successful nan
cially will help 10 complete the partly built Ma
tional Home for Disabled Commercial Travellers
and their dependent families and the widows and
orphans of commercial travellers. The incomplete
building stands on South Mountain. the city
OF Bnghamton, \. Y.
The commercial travellers recently held an har-
moniour and enthusiastic convention at Bingham
ton and unanimously voted TO make the fair
ceed Mr. Chasseaud was appointed TO manage the
fair and all the travellers agreed to aid him. The
officers of the association having the Home In
charge made financial report that aroused en-
th,Isiasm and inspired the home-builders with
newed courage.
.arc" President, Chaunoey NJ. Depew; vice-presi-
dents Governor Black and Mayor Strong: secre-
tarv r q; Dun. and treasurer, Mayor George +.
Green OF Binghamton. Mrs T. c. Plat Is the
oh irmun OF the Women's Committee.
travellers in many parts Of the country are send
ing in to Mr. Chasseaud pledges OF money and New
Years gifts. and In hotels everywhere are being
pIaced glass collection boxes In the shape OF mna-
ture travellers trunks. The Buffalo Hotel Mems
has Just pledged It's hearty support to
the fair and other hotel organizations will aid.
The fair viii be made unusually picturesque ana
tive a public.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

It is easy to say and is said with truth. that
the volume OF business now transacted is won
dcrfully large. considering that Thanksgiving
week has come. that phenomenally warm
weather has retarded purchases for winter. and
that fever has greatly diminished trade at the
South for some months. But no allowance IL to
be made for hndrances when the object Is TO as
certain what business IL actually done The
naked fact Ia that payments through all the
principal clearing houses I'm November thus far
have been Is per cent smaller than I'm Novem-
Der. 1892. when the exchanges were larger by
100000 900 than before in that month and
nearly $500 100000 larger than in any November
since. But in that year speculation becam me very
active Immediately after the election and great
ly swelled cearings here. while unusual stagna.
ton I'm stocks now diminishes them Outside
New-York payments In November have been
S2.OO0,000. or a seventh Of per cent larger than
In 1892. The railroad earnings thus far reported
for November exceed those In 1892 on the Same
roads and for the same weeks by 81 per cent
In actual payments therefore, business outside
the stock market is quite up to the highest mark
OF all past years. in spite OF important draw
backs. But the distinction which II Is so often
necessary to keep In mind IL especially impor-
tant now; these records relate to business fin
ished. but may not correctly indicate the new
business arising.
In one respect, at least, the movement now IN
progress IL phenomenal The exports of wheat
in November have been 4G.5 per cent larger tban
last year and Atlantic exports considerably more
than double last years. 1867, 93S bushels. -four
included, aince November l, against 4519 506
to the same date last year. Last weeks shin
ments. 4,025.01S bushels. from Atlantic ports
are the largest recorded In any week for years
II not ever. The actual exports from all ports
for the crop year thus far nave been over % 2OO-
600 bushels. against 1900. 900 last year West
ern receipts continue heavy In November 81
203, $50 bushels. against H. 196SSS last year: but
the continued exports sustained the price which
has risen three-quarters Of a cent for the week
Corn Is also moving largely In November So
600 bushels over last years exports. but the
price yielded fraction. Another important
factor is the outgo OF cotton. 1871, 800 bales last
week against 256.S20 last year. enough to gain
over S1O00000 in value for the week, in spite
Of last years higher price. But the receipts
have been enormous. in November 1.5O5.4S3
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-11-22
LOWELL MEMORIAL PARK.
AN APPEAL FOR FUNDS TO COMPLETE
THE PROJECT

cambridge. Mass. Nov. PA renewed effort q.
oe'"s made to complete the fund for the purchase
vi part OF Elmwood. the estate Of James RussaiI
a""eil' ana make of IL Lowell Memorial Park
I' ae "ieuopohtan Park Commission has agreed to
give ohe-third Of the amount required. and sub
scriptions from outside sources have swel,ed ~.
to'ai 10 over $4,000. A further appeal has been
prepared signed by men OF National reputation.
anu 'ie attention OF the public called anew to the
necessity OF completing the project while the land
Is stu available. The appeal follows:
ctfort desire to call attention to the
James Russell Lowell by Creating a pnbiic 5att ~
out of portion of Elmwood, his brthplace and
Lowell Memorial Park - NC '""eu '"e
tent and Immediately adjoining the mansion h bonss
ot mas been offered for this purpose nv the Lowell
tr Sasrsd at t. the very moderate price Of II
or large subscription made contingent on the
raisins OF the whole. which cannot be continued
u The tract SO offered Is picturesqueIy diversified
the PC By The house house
Itself is sun occupied by members OF the Lowell
Is expected that it will be purchased and added to
me proposed memorial park; any surplus over the
amount named above Will be held a fund for
The committee having the matter directly IN
charge includes such well-known names as Charles
". Eliot. president Of Harvard University William
NNawrence Bsh9p Of Massachusetts, Charles Eliot
Miss Alice NJ. Longfeow Their efforts to date
have succeeded in raising including provisional
subscriptions, over $4,000. generous share OF
this sum has naturally been contributed In Cam
bridge and Boston: but II is clear that final
success depends on more widespread interest
and support. Ii Is also desired that this move
ment I'm honor OF distinguished in the
patriotic literature and public service OF the
try should be as broad and representative pos
slble. and that every interested should have
the privilege of joining All contributions. there
fore. however small. will be heartily welcomed
Messrs J. p. Morgan & Co, OF Wall-st., New.
York. and Messrs Lee. Higginson & Co.. OF No
30 Safest. Boston. bankers have kindly con-
scented TO act as deposItaries for contributions.
which may be sent to either Of them, to the
treasurer Of the fund, w. A. Billiard, esq, First
National Rank. Cambridge. Mass.
LYMAN ABBOTT, d. D.. WILLIAM DEAN HOW
GROVER CLEVELAND, ELLIS.
JOHN FISK. JOHN d. LONG.
RICHARD WATSON GIL SETH LOW.
DER RICHARD oLNEY
THOMAS WENTWORTH THEODORE ROOSEVELT,
HIGGTNSON. ROGER WOLCOTT.
HENRY CABOT LODGE.