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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
TIE REDUCTIONS PROPOSED.

In order to understand the tariff debate as
II proceeds in the Senate it is essential to have
at hand definite figures in contrast The actual
receipts from customs duties in 1893, the last
fiscal wear during which the Mckinley bill was
IN opcration. and In 1896 under the present law,
are contrasted by schedules in the statement
below. with the estimate made by the House
committee regarding the bill which passed the
House and with the estimate by Senator Aldrlcn
Of the revenue 10 be expected during the coming
wear from the Senate BILL II is essential 10
note. first. that the estimates Of the House Dill
are given with the notifications explained by
Chairman Dingley as to WOOL woollens TOBACCO
and sugar. and his general statement that the
remaining schedules would yield about $1,000
600 less than the tables printed would indicate.
He further allowed a general reduction OF So
600 600 for contingencies. making the increase
of revenue about SI0000,0O0 provided the bill
could take effect without long delay. To pro-
vide rs far as possible against the loss OF reve-
nue. by delay the House added the clause max
Ing duties apply to imports after April l. The
estimate Of the Senate committee. II is also es-
scntlal TO notice, refers only 10 the revenue 10
be expected for the first fiscal year, no estimate
Of later results having been given The figures
below are millions and decimals; thus GA sig
nfes S6400OoO:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
A BROOKLYN EXAMPLE.

The action of the Mayor and heads Of city de-
partments in Brooklyn in designating the pres
ent Civil Service Commission to conduct all eX-
amnations as to fitness Of applicants for APP
pointment is suggestive and important. Similar
action had previously been taken by the heads
of two or three departments in this city, but no
such emphatic Endorsement Of the established
system has elsewhere been made. The entire
municipal government Of Brooklyn unites in de-
clarng that the system Of examinations hitherto
In force has been productive Of satisfactory re-
suits, and that nothing Is to be gained by al
lowing the Civil Service Commission to exam
inc for "merit" while the appointing officials
conduct examinations for fitness" Whether
1t Is possible to differentiate the two things in
practice Is a question that the courts VIII PROP
ably pass on sooner or later.
The decisive step taken in Brooklyn Is the
highest compliment that could he paid to the
members Of the Civil Service Commission. and
will enable them to proceed with the work they
have done SO acceptably without any loss of
sef.respect. In fact, 1t leaves things precisely
as they were prior to the recent legislation. The
credit for this action is due primarily to Mayor
Wurster That he took the initiative In an en-
phatic vote Of confidence in the Commission ap-
pointed by him is the more gratifying to believ-
ers In the merit system. because they have ut
times in the past questioned whether his devo-
ton to Civil Service Reform was absolute No
better proof Of his position as thorough be-
lever in the Civil Service system could be asked
than has now been given
Brooklyn has in this matter set an example
that should be followed by other municipalities
in the State Under the new law appointing
officials have the power to designate the persons
by whom examinations for fitness shall be con-
Quoted. 1t is proper that the Civil Service COM
mlssoners should be designated for this pur-
pose. The people as whole are sincere believ-
ers in the system which was Incorporated in
The State Constitution three years ago.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
UNION CLUB ANNUAL MhEIfNr'
THE UPTOWN CONTINGENT FINDS ITSELF STILL
IN A MINORITY.

r,,, UPTOWN CONTINGENT FINDS ITSELF STILL
IN A MINORITY.
Tho annual meeting of the Union Clup WAS hei'.
,os, evening IN the clubhouse at fHth-aNe' anu
,ruertv-drst-st II has been reporter i'ed'.""'
- Ito tina. determined effort would De n'ade "'
,his ronoting 10 pass resolution proVidins ior 'e
,o,.ol NJ the club TO some site further uptown.
A, o,cb annual meeting for the last few years TINS
Question has been preached. but on each occasion
Tho untown element in the club has been deien'eu'
,rba assertion has been made recently lhut 'ho'e "
,h cl,b who desired 10 move further uptown had
,,rad' In strength and would make strof'S ehor'
., this meeting to secure recognition AL lhe ciuo-
houso last night II was officially denied that the
,os,ior of moving uptown had been passed upon
u &c understood however that the uptown coi''''-
CONT withdrew only after learning that II was III "
minority. 49,, , -, h,s,
The only question OF moment In the way OIL ous'-
oss .oten IN was a resolution extending the time
=, freodom Of the club allowed to VISITORS. me
t,na -allotted to those having cards TO the cluo
49, bean threc DAYS The resolution adopted eN-
,o,de tho time to seven days.
Eight members OF the Board OF Governors. u
- ,br.e wears eere elected They were COLO
SCI SCI E-reanlsIin bartlett John NJ. Bowers. j. lamp.
der Robb Brad,sh Johnson Henry, De ro', ia
Weeks Frederick ID. Happen. August beiIioi'' a or,
cd 70 serve two years on the Board OF ", srvc
and lanes William Beekman was elected 20 ,, or' ~
one YEAR on the Board There was no oppoS'''o'' ~
hose elected
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
COLONEL r. x. HAN fhHhhDh"HD'
EMPLOYEES or THE ELEVATED ROADS pi'NiE
, MONUMENT IN DANVII.T.E Penn

employees OF THE ELEVATED ROADS bHDi'i'
4 MONUMENT IN DANVIT.I'E. PENN
Danville Penn, May ga monument r" '"o
,,or,orv Of Colonel Frank X. Hahn the late genera
.,,on,ser ~ the Manhattan Elevated halfway IN
Wo,,.york CITY. was dedicated here to-day. ueie-
,o,Ion ~ between 200 and 300 employees Of the Man
ba,tan Elevated Railroad and delegation from the
ArIon Society. OF which Colonel Hahn was memoer'
uors nresent Five thousand six hundred and ilfty-
... amrloves ~ the company raised the fund for
Tho erection of the monument. which IL or gray
Vermont granite. John II. Constantine. president OF
tho Memorial Committee, and Thomas A. Mangin
onotrmo, -, the Monument Committee. delivered ad
dresses. and the monument was accepted In behalf
of Mrs Hahn by George A. Post, president Of the
Standard Coupler Company, OF New-fork The In
scr,ption on the monument reads: Erected by the
employees of the Manhattan Elevated Railway Com
many OF New-York in memory OF their late vice.
president and general manager. F. X. Hahn. as a
tribute to a true and considerable friend" gold
medal bearing the profile OF Colonel Hahn and
bass-relief OF the monument with the inscription:
'ln memoriam F.. *. Ham. May 70. 1881. was pre-
sented to Mrs. Hahn
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

povsnoners or at Ie,st some Of Them nave
drawn q picture of Eastern people ana Eas''
crn institutions that Is either wholly or par''!
false. and multitudes of good, honest people ac-
cent the picture as literally true. In country
rs large as the United States, and with so many
diverse interests. such mutual MISUNDERSTANDING
ings and misconceptions are inevitable. bu''
fortunately, much Of the evil that they might
otherwise work Is neutraizcd by the constant
intercommunication between the various parts
of tbe country. The Eastern "tenderfOot VINO
visits the far West, and the citizen or the iar
West who visits the East. are alike In this, that
they are apt to shed a great deal OF ignorance
and prejudice during the course or thelr Vlsi'' IL
they are honest and sensible men,
As to Eastern misunderstanding OF the West.
II Is the opinion Of "Thc Denver Republican,
that the West itself Is partly responsible Tor
some of it, Greatly as Bret Harie and Buffalo
Bill differ from each other, they are equally
though in different ways. products OF the west
and 'The Republican" says that, without IN
tending to do so, they have injured the far
West by greatly exaggerating the pecullarltleS
of its life 1t declares that thousands or intelli-
gent men and women in the Eastern states con-
ccivc Of the typical citizen of the far West as
daredevil cowboy, and believe that men are shot
down indiscrminatey in the streets. Doubt
less there Is some truth in this and yet 1t Is not
easy to suggest remedy for 1t until what Is
picturesque ceases to interest average people.
That in little things the East and the West VIII
in measure fail to understand each other Is TN
avodabe But education, travel and inter-
course will dlsslpate much Of the foolish sec
tional prejudice that occasionally manifests
itself.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

At a glance II will be seen that in every sched-
ME except chemicals and sugar. the Senate
committee has So far reduced rates that small
or revenue is expected than was realized under
the Mckinley act in 1893, and less In three of
the schedules than was realized in 1895 under
the present tariff. The bottom question for Re
publican Senators, which they will need to keep
in mind day by day in their caucuses on the
several schedules and TO answer by their votes,
is whether so great and general reduction on
almost every class Of manufactured products
was necessary or wise, in view Of the fact that
to this reduction appears TO be due the occasion
for duty on tea and an increase Of internal
taxation.
II must in fairness be remembered that the
wool and woollens schedule will yield consd
erably more revenue after the first year Sen
ator Aldrlch stated that he expected scarcely
any revenue from the duty on wool the first
year. though it yielded in 1893 under the Nc
Kinley duties SS.147.0O0. Moreover. he evil
IDENTIFY estimates that anticipatOry imports have
derived the Government OF considerable part
of the revenue on wOOllens and at least third
OF the revenue on sugar for the first year But
this will suggest TO many persons the desirability
Of deferring until a more propitious season ex-
IRENE reductions Of duty on other manufactured
imports. The impression produced upon many
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
THE EAST AND THE WEST

A story which our felOw-citizens in the far
West never tire of telling runs something like
this: A ''tenderfoot.' frest from New-York,
was invited 10 social function in miDlng
town His personal acquaintance with the ways
OF the West was somewhat limited. but he had
read n great deal about the West in the comic
papers Of the East. and being of a credulous dis
position no believed all he read. So when this
Invitation came 10 him he opened his trunk and
got out n beautiful regulation cowboy suit OF
clothes that he had purchased in NewYork. and.
arraycd in II, presented himself at the party.
only 10 find all the other men hablicd In con
mountaineering dress.
Whether or not the story Is literally true, 1t
illustrates well the inability of average pcO-
pie to understand the life Of a community
far removed from them. our Western friends
heap the walls OF their scorn and wrath on this
laundering "tenderfoo" and point 10 him. per-
haps, as a fair specimen Of Eastern people gen
orally. But as n. matter Of fact. many people
In the West are almost as ignorant OF the real
people Of the East Their politicians and their
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

will he that expressed by>some members or the
House. that the committee desired to frame
measure so extreme In Its moderation that Dem
ocraic Free Traders would not strongly oppose
nor in future disturb It. But the explanations
to be given as the different schedules are treat
cd may in many cases warrant the action OF
the committee.
1t is well recognized that the wonderful prog
ress Of the country in some branches OF manu-
facture has greatly reduced the revenue which
can be raised by duties on products competing
with them This is especially true Of the iron
and steel manufacture But it certainly Is not
true of all the industries Credit is due to the
Senate committee for the specific duties pro-
posed on earthenware and china, but on glass
ware there seems to have been ruling purpose
to put duties below those Of the Mckinley act
on almost every item, though on few they are
made higher. Agricultural products are certainly
as much exposed as they ever have been to com
petition on the seacoast and across the Northern
border, 1t is not the case that the manufacture
of linens and other products Of fax, hemp and
jutc needs little protection, though the specific
duties now proposed are step in the right direc-
ton. The duties on woOllen goods, because or
their largely al valorem character, are obviously
more likely to be evaded than those of the House
BILL But the broad, general fact that the Sen
ate committee has reduced duties much below
those Of the Mckinley act or the House bill, not
merely on Iron and steel products, and such
others as are known TO need less protection than
in $780, but on almost all classes OF imports
suggests the question whether higher duties on
such imports would not render an increase OF
internal taxes unnecessary, and so commend
themselves to the approval Of the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
Nmuecmcnts.

pl.t,e.s
ACADEMY OF Mt'SIC-s:4S-The Nerscope A'S "
ths s,cr,et, Fitzsmn,ons sparring Contest
ElJOt'- -Ermnie.
CASlNO-S-The Whirl OF the loWh.
pAI.YS-S: is-The Circus Girl. a,d Cine
EDEN MI'sEE-Wax Works Grand concerts anu ~
matograph pa pobe
EMPIRE -s2o--rnder the Neu f'o'''
GARRICK TUEATRE-S:20-NeNera Ea.,, I,-,,, From
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-sl'-i"e
poYT.S THE AIRES :so-The Man from Mexico y,
KNiCkERI,OCKER THEATRE-slo-A MUM" "a
EosrFR q :so-variety and PROMENADE .0"-
ryc'''''T rHEATRE-2i s:so-The Mysterious MT
Bugle. ,.,,,u
ON "a ROOF GARDEN-Vaudevile
yASTORS-l2:30 10 IL p. m.-NaudeNi
ST NICHOLAS MUSIC HAl.IS-S-VaidevMe.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
J4NEWAT AND DENNIS NAMED.
ELECTIONS TO THE FACULTY OF THE CoN-
SOIIDATED UNIVERSlTf-BELLE-
VIE HOSPITAL COLLEGE.

The Nev,-Yor!i University Council held specia'
r,oo,in, Yesterday afternoon. with eighteen mem
hers present. and completed the roll oil proles9o'
- 49, ~ tho election TO full professorships In the
,.o,,ornirg faculty of DR. +. G. Janeway In medi-
Cine and DR.. Frederick S. Dennis in surgery Ut,
Austin Flint was made ad}qne}d ipne profes
80 ,orv The roll of the governing lacui.y
sOI VI WINNERS twenty members. while the crini-
cal emeritus and assistant professors "
At-p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
TO RECEIVE SPANISH-AMERiCAN VISITORS

The committee appointed by Mayor Strong 70
raceive the south Americans, Central Americans
and Nexicans who are soon TO visit this country
70 study United States Industries acid meeting
a, the rooms OF the Board OF Trade yesterday
afternoon The committee appointed by the Board
OF Trade, Of which ex-Mayor Charles A. Schieren
~ Rrooklyn is chairman. was also present Colo;
mel A. a. Paine was elected chairman. ana Colonet
Eugene r. Conklin secretary. and the CHAIRMAN
WAS authorized to appoint the various sub,com..
mIttees which will have charge OF the detan os
the reception. The subcommittee VIII " ~
nOunced to-dl
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

fessorshlp. He is forty-nine years old Tne Der
liW Tagebatt'' notes the sharp contrast pst~essn
his Intellectual attitude and that OF Treitscnke,
latter having been OF vehement oItem for Sis
temperament while Debruck Is KNOW" io' ~
more moderate and catholic views.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
NOTES or THE STAGE.

The tenth anniversary OF the opening OF Terrace
Garden under the propretorship of Michael Heu-
mann was celebrated last night at that pleasant
place OF amusement Messrs. Philip and Won
Raven. after the performance OF The Wizard OF
the Nile" invited the entire company to the
pavilion restaurant where they had supper.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

Alexandra viarda. n Polish actress who has re-
Gently ended engagement at the Hofburg
Theatre Vienna. will sail for this country to
make tour.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

Ernest II. Wright the treasurer OF the Foul
tcenth Street Theatre will have his annual benef
on Friday evening. June L.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

Mr. Hammerstein last night moved the scene OF
activities at olympia down from the roof garden
10 the music hall. The performances Will be given
gardens.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

The Yerkes telescope presented to Chicago nut
just set in its place at Williams Bay WIS., turns
the largest and most penetrating glass eye upon
the heavens which has ever mirrored It's vault.
Chicago will now be for while the Headquarters
OF news from the Empyrean, and ought TO re-
port It to the rest Of the world with more than It's
customary regard for accuracy and verisimil-
tude.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

The stay OF Under the Red Robe at the Empire
Theatre has again been prolonged. no definite end
being set Tor Il this time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

score OF twenty-one out Of twenty-five birds
ranks as pretty good shooting for Mayor That
IL what Mayor Strong made the other day. 1t is
doubtful II any Chief Magistrate of the city has
equalled 1t since the days OF the Dongan Charter.
OF most Of them It may be safely asserted that
they could not have hit Minerals owl while that
wise goddess held It by the tail Mayor Strong
has every reason to be proud Of his record. as all
his constituents are.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27
auhex IA advertisements.
Bns,i,ess Nctirfs.

Roll Top Desks and Office FURNITURE
Great Variety Of Style and Price.
T. @. sELLEw.
No. III Futon-st
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-05-27

The assertion that the country surrounding
New-Yort never looked better than it does now
may be met by the statistics fiend with the as
surance that II never looked worse But we are
disposed to take the chances
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-22

the burning oil and keep it out of the
river. The loss will be large.
A large colony OF northern Indiana
DunkaTds will locate in Ransom
county, n. D., where negotiations are
pending for the purchase of tract o.
land for colonization. The exodus TO
the west will take several hundred
families to North Dakota where, if
prospects are favorable, several thou
sand Dunkards will follow and take
up land for settlement. Northern In
diana is rapidly being depopulated Of
these quaint but thrifty people.
The people of central and western
Kansas are organizing against the
army of tramps now beating their way
across the state. Town people as we'll
as farmers refuse to feed these wan
derers, who swarm along the various
lines of railroad begging for something
to eat. The people have decided upon
this course because the travelling bands
Of tramps refuse to " Ork in the harvest
fields for 81 day. Farmers are work
ing night and day, including Sunday,
trying to save their wheat, and appeals
to tramps for help at good wages fall
on deaf ears.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-22
SOME NEW INVENTIONS.

flsh can be more easily caught by a
new Trap when - formed OF a metal
pIUck wlJn two spung hooks at the
sues, winch are pu4Ieu apart and last
eueu by means OF the PIN which holds
the Dalt, SO that - soon as the bait is
disturbed the h~Uhs ny togeJner and
grasp me nShs ueau, or The nsn can
ne caught unnarmed by replacing the
noOks with small wire disks, which
spring together around the hsh.
extension tables are beng made
WIN pocket IN the under side 10 hold
the leaves, which are hinged together
III sucn manner tnat they VIII drop
dOWn into the pocket Wnen not IN use,
Lne cages coming even with the table
10 rOIm a smooth surface.
handcars Tor use on railroads can be
more easily started by means OF new
attachment, when consists or a heavy
spring placed around The shaft with a
ratchet 10 hold IL after II Is wound up,
the Wlndlng being done by pressing a
lever 70 attach II 10 the shaft after the
IN the spring Tor use the next ume the
car starts or wnen climbing grades.
A new bicycle lamp manufactures
gas and burns II tor Ilgnr instead of
OIL, The oil reservoir beng paced at
the top OF the lamp with a tube eX-
tending lrOm 1t across the top OF the
! burner, the heat OIL the lame general
ing gas from the OH as 1t flows through
the tube, aIIer which the gas expands
and forces itself out through the
| burner slot, the generation OF gas being
nrst started by applying a match to the
OIL tube.
one VI the best IRE escapes recently
patented is small enough 10 be carried
III the POCKET, ana consists OF a reel, on
| which Lne rope IS wound ny d crank at
| one END, the nanges at the ends OF the
eel resting III hinged frame with TWO
nanQIes Oh the under side, TO be
! grdSped by the hama atrer the hook at
Inc end OIL the rope has been attached
| 70 the WINDOW Sill, the handles being
brought together ny lie nanu 10 grip
Une reel ana MAKE me rope unwind
slowly.
when electricity cannot be used TO
run fans 10 cool d room new tan can
scar Lraln Tissue Tie hanging case with
d urum on the primary smart, on which
weighted cora Is wound.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-07-22
INCONSISTENCIES OF WOMEN.
she is Courageous and Foolish,
Whimsical and Unselfish.

| NO wise man will undertake to pre-
,, dict what any woman in particular will
do next" When it comes to woman
generically-women in the mass-the
conundrum is even more hopelessly
puzzling.
In yesterdays news woman showed
up as a life saver, when the widow
Moore, having shaken off her skirts,
Jumed from the pier at Coney Island
and SWAN in safely dragging by the
collar a befuddled man who had Gel
ebrated the fourth with too much in
ternal fireworks. Away off in British
Columbia the daughter of a lighthouse
keeper lowered a boat in a stormy sea
and rescued two men who were cling
ing to an overturned yacht. In Kan
sas City Mrs. Mary G. Rouse brought
suit Tor divorce against her husband
ltemlz1ng as one of his uncomfortable
Wh1ms and Vagaries the fact that he
insisted on naming their only daughter
Rouse Sucn a man
certainly does not deserve wife, much
less child.
Anup-the-state (and uD-to-date)
widow seventy years old married a
farmland of half her years. In Rich
mond married woman, fancying that
a crippled young fellow leaned against
her for support in crowded street car
belonged to the "Pawknee tribe" set
hatp1n on the too convenient lap and |
pierced the pusher, slapping his face
by way of emphasis. In st. |
Louis wheelwoman was ordered of !
me sidewalk by HORSEPOWER, who |
sought to enforce his demand with a
Whereupon the determined |
2ycllst vowed that she would go on a
polite request, but would not take my
wheel into the street for a man with a
shotgun, not even if he shot me-"
How like woman of spunk!
Up in Kingston woman fifty years
I'D, drawing water from a well, fell
leadlong to the bottom, but after call
ng in vain for help for long time,
climbed up the rope. crawled to a
leighbor's and tainted In the burn
ng OF the Hichborn cottage at Atlantic
lily the young daughter of the house,
nut IN by flames on a top piazza with
girl friend, showed that the
MOTTO "noblesse oblige" is not monopo-
lied by the titled nobility, of which a i