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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08
PERSONAL.

Mrs Jane Eliza Dixon Baker. OF Bakervile'
Mass who has just celebrated her nineteen ortn-
day. lived in Alexandria ya IN lsl an, ana r W.T.
messed the burning Of Washington ana the pun
dering OF Alexandria by the British
Lord Sandhurst the Governor OF the Bombay
Presidency IS a strong believer In WOMEN physi-
clans and at the recent opening OF hospital
which Is in charge Of a woman. ne said ihai
those who made fun Of the new woman de-ire u, to
follow the medical profession could have no idea
what blessing such women were 10 the un'orth-
nate OF their sex.
The Church OF our Father OF Buffalo. has called
succeed the Rev. Thomas r. slicer. who has
TO this city. the Rev \ l.. Hudson. OF SAT-
Lake city He IS ranked as an excellent prea rhot,
and has had grea, experience in public affairs,
having practised law ten years befor" entering the
ministry.
Aphonse Daudet came to Paris in 1851 with two
francs in his pocke:. His literary fame was slow
in coming and for long he lived he OF privaton.
and thoughts of suicide came to him. Even after
he had passed the period Of his btterest poverty
life not roseate. For Edmond About, VINO III
1872 made inquiry TO the income OF various
authors. Daudet wrote that ne received then
I al 81, ' Ss p fTSns o euns ms ct Rse
Aint which Drought him great pron' o ana man r
10000 francs year from his writings.
THE Charleston News and Courier says: Pro
fessor J. W Hoffman. OF the State Colored College,
Orangeburg. 5. g.. has been invited by the Ma
toral Cheese and Butter Makers Association 10
deliver an address before them on The Future OF
Darymen Among the Negroes Of the South at their
annual meeting TO he held in Febrnary az Topeka.
Kan He has also received an invitation 10 ad-
dress the Royal Agricultural Society OF Ers'-21 IN
the subject The Condition OF the American Ne
groes Along Agricultural Lines at their next an
nual meeting to be held IN Liverpool next June
While these invitations are highly complimentary
10 Professor Hoffman. they are encouraging 10 the
negro and the kind ana quality OF Instruction ne -
receiving on practical lines at the coor"d college In
OrdngebUrg"
The reigning Duchess Agnes Of SaXe-Alienhurg.
who recently d.cd. the author of a book en-
titled "A Word &c Israel that was once well
known and has been translated into AN the Euro
moan languages It's object was 10 bring christians
and Jews together oy awakening love for Israel
in christian hearts and bv convincing me Israel
iee that Christanltv - the completion oi JUDAISM
,rhe late Duchess was some eX ent cut off from
social Intercourse by partial deafness, mn she
hore her africton blessing. and devoted IN"
more lime To her religious and literary HE
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clearing house for large quantities OF mai
which neither originates nor stops here IL
does more work that does not concern IL 'hhh
any other office. 1t is burdened to the hhi'
and any congestion In the traffic Of the once
cannot fail to be felt in every State or 'he
Union. The percentage in the cost OF delivery
in New-York Is the lowest in the country ana
it would be unjust TO cut down the expenditure
for work already done cheaper than anybody
else does it. The percentage for some o'her
departments is slightly lower In some other
cities but that Is explained by the burdens put
upon this office as the main receiving station OF
foreign mails and by physical conditions
which cannot he changed Certainly New
York's local business should not be made TO
suffer because 1t spends money for the beneht
OF other offices.
Other cities may wisely Join to keep his
office from being crippled. If the country no
ton that New-York people have no claim TO
better postal privileges than Red Gulch pre-
walls. they will be the next TO suffer. If they
are wise they will encourage the development OF
the postal service Of New-YOrk 10 the highest
possible point that corresponding earnings
may be available for giving them better fac!li-
fipS
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08
THE DRYDOCK SCANDAL.

81 told Won So is generally an ungrnclous
thing to say. 1t always is If the OBJECT o. sh!
ing It be merely to cxult over the woes on All
other When It Is said as an act OF vindication
however. its utterance Is not only proper, Dut
NAV be an actual duty 1t is fitting, therefore,
al this time to recall the fact that this paper
has been constant in season and out OF seasoI'
in its warnings concerning the drydock In the
Brooklyn Navy Yard. When that dock was
being built The Tribune expressed grave
doubts as TO the honesty and efficiency OF the
work When It was completed and put into
use The Tribune called attention 10 It's obvious
lInIrrfectlons. The common answer WAS 10
accuse this paper OF being moved by partisan
prejudice because the dock was built uhder
Democratic Administration, and 10 declare mat
In spite Of all The Tribune might say The dock
was a model Of wise planning and sound con-
struction. and reflected the highest possible
credit upon all concerned.
II would have been most agreeable TO record
that these optimists were right and that The
Tribune had done the dock and Its builders
injustice. But that was not to be. The truth
is now out before all the world, and it Is seen
to Justify everything The Tribune said about
the dock In fact, the case Is shown 10 be
worse than the worst representations Of II ever
made by The Tribune The dock was not only
i'll constructed. 1t was according to official
report. deliberately i'll built with studied
scoundreSm for which the most scathng de
nunciation is inadequate. The builders and
inspectors apparently conspired 10 make the
dock unfit and unsafe. and thus not only to
defraud the Government Of the construction
price, but to mperil the safety of the costly
neY ships Of the Navy. The Massachusetts
narrowly escaped ruin in the dock. The Ind
lana had on its account to be sent 10 a foreign
country for docking. And the Iowa and the
Massachusetts are now in danger of serious
irjury for need OF the dock. That Is the work
OF these mscreants. II * comparable only
with that OF the Chinese contractors who filled
cartridges and torpcdoeS with dirt instead of
gunpowder. The latter. when found out, had
their heads chopped off. Their American peers
well, they will perhaps try to collect extra
pay from the Government on account Of the
extra work their rascality has caused. The
Chinese system has its good points, after all.
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cBJppLIyG NETWORKS POSTOFFICE.

The plan of some Western Congressman 70
provide for deficiency in the postal revenues
nv reducing the number OF deliveries in New
York is one that should be resisted 10 the Ut
most by the Senator'S and Representatives from
This State In the interest Of the business OF
New-York and of the whole country, and by
the Postoffice Department, in the interest OF
postal revenues as well as postal service. New
York is the great money making office OF the
country. II makes a profit Of nearly S5,OOO0OO
q year. which is expended in carrying letters
for two cents between Western villages which
would otherwise pay five times that rate
Every increase in the facilities Of this office
means more money to spend for the cOnven-
fence OF the rest of the country Every DIM
mutton in the ability Of this office TO satisfy
the needs of local business means falling Uff
in the New-York surplus which Is spent else
where To cripple the service here is to Kill
the goose that lays the golden egg.
When the pneumatic-tube service was first
opened in this city, Second Assistant Postmas
ter-Generai Shallenberger laid down the cor
rect principle Of postofiice management In
great city, which applies to Chicago Boston
and Philadelphia, as well as to Newly He
announced that it was the policy of the Depart
perience showed that business was prepared
10 pay for every service that could be rendered.
and that by making frequent and quick de-
liveries large income could be earned from
nail matter which has hitherto been awkwardy
handled by private enterprise. This policy only
follows out the unvarying experience Of postal
authorities in past development Of thtNSeryice
and agrees with the teaching of other enter
prises for public convenience in great cities
Streetcars do not pay until they are run on
scale extensive and expensive enough TO meet
popular need. The telephone only pays when
Il is populariZed. Nobody hires a district
messenger until the messenger system is so
handy 10 his purpose that he is impelled TO do
so without special consideration. So when q
letter in town can be delivered almost as soon
AS a telegram, thousands Of letters will be
posted where kilograms are now sent, and
thousands more will be sent because of the
ease and cheapness Of sending Every SO 80
spent On the New-York office brings back
IS, and it Is safe to predict that every So so
worth Of facilities taken from this office will
cut off SO income 10 the Government. A re-
duction here 10 make up a deficit elsewhere Is
comparable 10 the act of a merchant who
should stop carrying a line Of goods that paid
well to stock up a department that was run at
a loss.
So much for the mere money making side of
the question The possibility Of transacting
tie business Of this office with a reduction IN
the number of deliveries remains TO be consid
cred. Experts here predict that the reduction
would mean congestion and confusion tina,
would hurt the whole service. This Office Is q
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ACADEMY OF NUSIC-2-Si5-The White Heather
AMERICAN TnEATRE-2--s:io-n Trova'ore
BIJOU NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Swell Mise fnfwe.L
BROADWAY TtEArRE-s-S:i5-The Highwayman'
CASINO-si0-The Telephone Girl
DAYS TiIEATHE-c-S:1S-As You LIKE IT, 49,
EDEN MUsEE-Wax Works, Grand Concerts ana Cins-
matosraph
EMPIRE THEATRE -s:i5The Cionduerors ~,
FIFTH AVENUE 2o-rhe Roysl BOX
GARDEN THFATRE-e-S:ls-The Nancy nanke.
CARRICK TiEATRE-2-S:2o-Thc Little Minister
GRAND orERA HousE-2-s-Capts!n lmpudenoee;: ,r,
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE-2-S:l5-The Circus I'll
HERAI.iJ SQUARE TlIEATRE-2;15-S:i3-The French
uoyTsS TBEATRE-2l5-s:so -The Governors. -.
IRVING PLACE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. " or Lazy u
Os.ende. 30 . w., ,,r. u
KSICKERBOCK Err THEATRE-2-sH-A As You Lake H.
ROSTER & RIAI. S-S-Chafnion-- ceNhie.
LYCEUM TnEATRE-2-s-The Princess aad INC n"''''
MANHATTAN THEATRE? lis 1.-THE bSne GIL
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOI ST. Cincerena', "a ..
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN-l0 a. m TO ~ p m
Exhibition OF Kodak Pictures.
PASTOR $3.50 10 II p m.--Naudefile ,,v.
PLEASURE PALACE-l:s0 10 II p: m-NauoeN'"e'
pROc~TOR'S--9 a m TO II p m.-NaudeNile.
SAN T. JACK : ACCOMPLISHMENTS . -.
WArr,ACH'S -IiFATRE-2-S: l5-The salt or 'he EaiV"
WEBER FIELDS MUSIC HAIiI-2-s-bnfleSaue
,I-H STREET THEATRrA2-s:l5-An Irish Gentleman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08
New91ork Dailp Nib,a,te
SATURDAY. JANUARY :, 1898.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-It was rurnored in Havana that
General Lee and Senior Estrada Palma would
accompany General Banco when the la'ter toVh
the field, and a conference wouiu De ne'u VIZ"
General Gomez the insurgent leader
China has rejected the proposals FOR RUSSIAN
suaranteed loan = The British steamer Le-
panto from Boston for Hull. was sunk at sea IN
collision with the British steamer knight OF 81
George from Hull for Cardiff. 60 -FOUR hre-
men were killed by an explosion at nTs III
chemical works in Glasgow. - Ernest Hart;
Editor Of The British Medical Journal died
in London. ==-- Board of Trade returns sho"
marked decreases in British imports ana eN-
ports == The British Government is gong
10 plant two quick firing batteries at the mouth
of Halifax harbor for its better protection
CONGRESS-Both branches in session. -
Senate: Mr.. Teller made a speech DENYING re-
ports that the silver men were attempting 10
create trouble between President Mckinney ana
Secretary Gage. - House: The debate OH
the Civil Service law was continued
DOMESTIC.-The Cabinet at washington CON
sidered the Eastern situation and decided that
American interests In no sense involved
- The Maryland House OF Delegates was or
ganized by the friends OF Senator German
Louis Schaefer being elected Speaker by the
votes of Democrats and boiling RepuDhcans
80 No change occurred IN the Senatoiia a,
struggle in Ohio. - Durrant was hanged al
San Quentin, Cal: another appeal in his oehalr
was made TO the United States Supreme Court
but in vain - State Engineer Adams is OPP
posed to suspending the canal contracts though
he says the probable cost of the Work was de-
liberately misstated to the people. - GOV
ernOr Black VIII not paIuoh JOIN l. MONo'c VI
commute his sentence. ---- Work was resumed
at midnight in all the window-glass factories IN
the country after idleness OF six months
CITY AND SUBURBAN-Richard Croker has
secured the present house of the New-York
Athletic Club. at the southwest corner OF Fifty-
ffth-st and Sixth-aVe as a home for the
Democratic Club. -= The Police Board APP
pointed four Deputy Chiefs. leaving one or the
places vacant. and made Frederick Haldy
deputy treasurer and Captain Devery an In
spector -=-= The Controller reported 10 the
Board Of Estimate that the boroughs or queens
and Richmond had made no provision for meet
ing city expenses. and suggested legislation 10
permit special tax levy for the proper local.
Ties - The Committee Of Fifty-three, In
charge Of the Republican reorganization,
adopted a constitution =-- Pierce English
fireman was thrown from truck OF the De
partment he was driving, in collision with
wagon on the Boulevard. and was killed.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: FAR
and warmer The temperature yesterday:
Highest. As degrees; lowest. 81; average, 4iF%'
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THE TRIBUNE ALMANAC.

The Tribune Almanac is older than The Trib
une Itself Horace Greeley began its publication
under another name in 1898 and It has been
issued every year since. In It's inception II was
a political register. and II has always retained
that character. although enlarged from year
to year 10 embOdy a great quantity OF other
useful information until It has become a CYCLIC
padia in little, more valuable for the desk OF
the average Of affairs than any other
handy volume OF similar character published.
II is regularly to be found at the elbow OF
political editors all owe" the country. and is
appealed to everywhere to answer the questions
OF fact and figure that are commonly raised
In reading and discussion Of current topics.
DO YOU want to know who your Congressman
is, the name of an American representative
in foreign city what important laws
were passed last year. wnen war was declared
between Greece and Turkey. what the parties
in State and Nation said in their latest plat
forms what the law az to pensions the
civil Service is who are the officials OF the
political parties in the various States. the list
Of high officers in the Episcopal. Methodist.
Roman Catholic. Baptist Presbyterian and
other churches. the name Of the president OF
any American college. and statistics about the
institution? You Will find the answer in The
Tribune Almanac The volume contains an
abstract OF the charter Of the enlarged city Of
New York. and Of the Tariff bill, showing
the comparative rates of duty in it and the
Wilson bill. II gives an account of the
Cuban. Hawaiian and Cretan questions and the
text Of the Federal and State Constitu-
tions. 1t includes great variety OF sta
tistics OF domestic and foreign trade. compre
hensive lists Of public officials in all depart
ments OF our Government. accounts OF benevo-
lent and patriotic and other societies, and care
fully prepared sporting records. It's extensive
tabulation Of election returns needs special
mention That feature Of the almanac has long
been famous.
The Tribune Almanac IL not mass Of
terial hastily thrown together Anybody can
make some kind OF an almanac. and put lots
OF pages In IT, but 1t takes long and careful
work 70 prepare one that will contain wisely
selected material for ready reference book
and be accurate in its statements Ever since
January 1897. The Tribune Almanac has been
collatng facts for the volume Just issued.
1t might have been issued on January l.
and made a great noise about being early
on the market But the object was not
TO get a beat" but to publish a good
book OF reference Many facts required for
that purpose the absence OF which would mar
the usefulness OF the book all the rest OF the year
could not be ascertained until the beginning
Of 1898 Therefore the publication has been
DELAYED TO include the information to make
en- almanac which will be for 1898 in fact
well az in name. Fifty pages have been added
since last year. making the size Of the present
issue $40 pages The first edition is now for
sale at The Tribune counting room, or may
be ordered by mail The price s - cents.
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THE LOC4LOPTTON DODGE.

1t is not pretended that the Plat Qulgg propo-
sition TO amend the Raines excise law by
provision submitting the question Of Sunday
lquor-selling TO local option in cities Of the first
and second class has any other motive than to
win votes for the Republican party. The fool
power Of its inventors IS beyond all calculation.
but it is hardly possible that even they have
the remOtest idea that it will answer that pur-
pose. 1t is intended solely TO divert attention
from the stupendOus blunders by which 1.-THE
Republican campaigners" lost this city and the
State by laying the blame Of the disaster upon
the operation Of the Ranes law. The foolish
ness OF Ii appears when it Is considered that
the Ralnes law was In operation in 1876; that
its effect was known and had been thoroughly
discounted prior 10 the election in November OF
that year, and that the voters, with full kDowl-
edge Of its practical working, gave over 100000
majority to the Republican candidate for Gov
ern0r and elected an Assembly which was Re
publican by eighty majority. 1t was not dis
satisfaction with the Raines law that changed
Republican majority OF over 10000 10 n
Democratic majorty Of over 10000. and reduced
an Assembly majority Of eighty TO the thin and
precarlous margin OF ten. TO attempt in these
circumstances to hold the Ranes law respon-
sible Is the silliest Of subierfuges
Plat and Qnigg and the rest cannot help
knowing this; but casting about in their dcs
peration for some cover for their own treach-
erous and laundering miSmanagemenl, they
have pitched upon the Ranes law. SO with
singular unanimity of sentiment they have
agreed upon q measure intended to make the
law more tolerable to these who are assumed
10 have made it the ground OF their opposition
to the Republican party They propose to take
the starch out Of" tho Raines law as they did. or
undertook TO, out Of the Civil Service law last
winter. AS soon as ii agreed upon il was
announced in the organ az 'the most important
ing the present session. Since then II has be
come evident that orders have gone out 10 the
newspapers up the State which take their opin-
ions and their pay from the Plat machine 10
are finding 1t an uncommony hard dose TO take
The reason is obvious. u is among their read
ers and subscribers that the law has It's strong
est supporters The upstate Republicans. as
a rule. favor legislation IN the interest Of TEN
perance and morality. II they have any com
plant to make Of the Ranes law II is that il
is not stringent enough. The proposition TO
curry favor with saloonkcepers in the large
cities by the practical repes! of the Sunday law
Is not likely 10 be received with favor, but 10
be met with an indignant protest
The editors are consequently nut 10 their
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general welfare and secure the blessings OF
liberty" Whatever makes for those ENDS, IL
not expressly forbidden, is constitutional,
whether or not II Is nominated In the bona.
That was the principle OF the Fathers OF the
Constitution" themselves. That was the prin-
cIpe under which the bulk OF the territory OF
this Union was acquired. That was the prih-
ciple under which. n generation ago. TINS ke-
public was saved from dissolution. Ihat Is
sound and safe principle to stand by, now and
In all time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08

Nature loves lover even when he appears, an
embodied paradox and cryptogram, In the guise
OF Ignatus Donnelly. He has married his type
writer. or the young lady who has been ac-
customed to manipulate that implement In MS
behalf, and congratulations upon the event
must not be withheld from both the parties 10 IT,
It must be said. however. that in disciplinns
the young lady in the intricacles OF his cipher
code he very likely disqualified her for other
companonship. that in Offering her per-
manent lease Of his own he was only fulhl1ng
a conscientious obligation Whatever sentiment
entered into the arrangement could not on his
side be lacking in the element OF maturity. ana
his prospects OF felicity are probably az fair as
those Of most seers who marry late in life:
Who rowing hard against the stream
Saw distant gates OF Eden CLEAN
And did not dream II dream.
Let him now fling away his cryptograms,
drowning them like Prospero's book, deeper
than did plummet ever sound, and address him
self to the sweet amenities Of marriage and
domestic life; thus will he more than ever de-
serve to be called the Sage OF Nnnger a little
wisdom going "A long way in that frontier BALL
wick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08
InHN RLOOpGOOD III

ro,n RlooAsooa Is lying III with Rrishis disea',
-, 81. home No ~ clinton Place. Mrs bloo's'o.
made her debut az professional actress ''s 80.
ago a, the Empire Theatre Mr.. Soodso"' 80
th.n M. and his wife spent all the time 'el. ear.
her theatrical wo-k In nursing nm sns y rsmIH
merly Miss Clara Stephens. memper y. "A ~
we'll known In Nev-York society ~ wss saw
nirht that Mr. Dloodsood was improsno
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08

The president OF the Police Board announces
that the law relating TO boxing matches. that
Is TO say, prizefghts. Will be enforced, not
harshly, but in such way as to make VIOLA
tons rare. This will not be cihicut task
II. as has been generally admitted hitherto. the
Law is remarkably well adapted 10 the promo
ton OF the industry which it was expected TO
abolish
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-01-08

The low death rate now current in the princ-
phia points them out attractive health re-
sorts to which the keepers Of country boarding
houses ought TO repair as the cats cross the
fiddle bridge. IN long strings.
BRYAN has come back from Mexico with the
news that the poor are better off there than
here. and that he won't run for Congress.
Whether or not his observations among the
Mexicans were accurate. his decision not II be
a candidate for Congress is wise as he would
in all likelihood have reen beaten with a great
loss ~ prestige to start out with on his second
Presidential campaign. He is likely IN retain
n handful Of supporters till then. and those
who think he won't run because Of the small
ness of their number should watch him.
The labor statlstIcian figures out that the
rapid transit tunnel. Il fairly under way. would
give employment TO seventy-siX thousand men
while ago IL was computed that Of the popula-
ton OF the city ninety thousand were without
work but II IL net to he supposed that this Is Il
permanent frequently recurring condition.
and, indeed. IL may not AT any time have been
true The figure In the hands Of the statistician
Is not ALWAYS the symbol Of verify: but there Is
no doubt that when the obstructive plug which
the new Mayor has made OF himself Is with
drawn from the tunnel and We are ready to