New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-02

| ''Or are Visions about! Is our oopueuile hoooy
"a failure? Or is the Free Trader played out!'
|
! What a travesty upon representative govern
ment It is for New-Yor to be represented"
! In the National Senate by Free Silver Demo-
crat and by so-caled Republican who Is IN
political partnership with Free Silver Demo-
! Gratis.
The Indians who are numbering or in any
way interfering with the Plague Commission
ers are doing themselves the greatest possible
harm 1t was the faithful and vigorous work
! OF the Commissioners that checked the first
outbreak OF the plague at Bombay and kept 1t
| from being one half deadly as 1t would UNI
questionably have been without British rule.
! But the anti British party clamored against
| sanitary supervision, and in a moment Of weak
| ness the Commission ceased Its work. The re-
suit was n renewed outbreak Of the plague.
! And now the natives have again taken to muir
| dering their benefactors and saviors 1t is a
! difficult and thankless task 10 govern such a
! people
| II is not at all to be wondered at that the
| Spanish troops In Cuba were eager to avenge
! the killing Of Ruiz by Staying Aranguren; but
! II would have been better for their fame had
| they accomplished 1t IN way savorlns less OF
eavagery Attacking a sleeping man and IN
! discriminatory saughtering women and chill
dren are acts unworthy of Casillan chivalry
Another curious climatic coincidence IS OBJ
! served The early part Of this winter was UNI
| commonly mild and open In this country and
| IN Europe. in fact throughout the Northern
Hemisphere generally. At the same time the
summer was exceptionally cool In Australasia
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extremely cold wave has come upon US and ST.
rutaneously there is OF hot wave Of
great severity in Austraa-
Prince Bismarcks health is improving. and
Mr. Gladstone's is no worse. The world would
greatly like to see It's two grand old men-in
statecraft-outlast the century.
A few months ago there was lot OF talk
about the vast army Russia had in Eastern
Siberia, between Lake Baikal and Vladlvostok.
Now she is shipping troops, thousand or SO al,
a time all the way from odessa one wonders
what has become Of that army Was another
Falstaff It's commander?
Reports from tire West say that Chicago had
an exceptionally warm January. In the wheat
pitt
Only one Democrat against Free Silver in the
Senate and only one Republican In favor Of 1t
In the House The party division Is significant
And It Is not the first time the Republican party
has been the defender of the Nations financial
honor against Democratic assaults.
A new development in the mall service which
may not have caught the attention of the au-
thortles is the present tendency .oward for
warding bundles OF newspapers by the express
companies The ordinary subscription mail OF
the various newspapers OF the country large
and small must be sent through the postotilce;
but bundles for newsdealers, which constitute
the bulk OF the out-of- town dispatches of the
morning papers IN large cities are now going
in the express cars 10 such an extent that II
Will probably be found. upon examination. that
the tonnage OF second-Cass matter now being
sent from large cities by mail has not In
creased during the last few years. Should the
tendency to use the facilities Of the express
companies Increase It is probable that any loss
arising TO the Government from second-class
matter will gradually diminish.
Iowa State University is the latest college to
suffer disgrace from the blackguardsm and
criminality OF some Of its students. In add
ton to suspension the offenders richly merit
O term In the penitentiafy NO excuse or play
fulness or fun ever cover the infamy OF
making Il fellow cripple FOR life
When In England Ii Hung Chang was care
fully instructed that American railway equip
rnents were III only for Americans. and that
China IN providing for her needs In that line.
should deal only with the old and trustworthy
firm Of John Bull & CO. But all the same
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orders not only from China. but Japan. like
wise. and large quantities of American steel
rails and locomotives have been sent TO India
a market which certainly ought 10 be under
English control II the price and quality Of her