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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
enter 1t: Just as though 1t should offer pre-
MUM to foreign shipping to do Its coastwise

enter It: Just as though 1t should offer pre-
MUM to foreign shipping to do Its coastwise
trade
There is no question Of hostility TO Canada
/, or to her transcontinental railroad. The ques-
ton Is one Of simple justice TO the uhl'eu
States and its railroads and canals II CANADA
has enough business to support her railroads.
by all means let her have II. without grudghg.
But II is time to stop her from levying black-
mail upon United States roads and from taxing
their legitimate business away from them under
cover of privileges which they do not ENJOY
RlackmaIl Is q harsh word. but no softer one
adequately describes the demanding OF n bonus
of $500, 900 RS the price Of keeping the Canadiah
Pacific Railroad out Of San Francisco Tor
single year Yet in the face of that. the cana
dian managers have the frigid effrontery to say
that United States business Is Of no pront 10
them and that they engage in II only as an
accommodation to this country. The fact 49, as
every careful student of the case should Know
that the Canadian road lives on the pronts OF
lts United States business. and If 1t were de-
nr,ved Of them it would speedily become bank
runt IN spite of its subsidies and exemption
from taxation
The one argument worthy of consideration
Nh, forward by the United States friends of the
Canadian railroads is that this unfair cana
dian competition has forced down freight rates.
and thus benefited the farmers or the NORTH
west. 1t Is by no means certain that such IS
the case. But If it be- the argument IS oy no
means conclusive. Perhaps the abolition OF the
Protective tariff would temporarily lower the
prices of some goods 10 United states con-
sumers but in the end such action would De
disastrous to the very people it was designed 10
benefit. Domestic competition, under Protec-
ton. will not fail to keep prices as low as they
should be for the welfare Of all, and the same
would doubtless be true OF the transportation
lines. Let United States railroads be freed from
the handicap Of subsidized alien coinpettioh.
the great internal waterway from the head OF
the Great Lakes to the port of New-Aork DE
made adequate to the demands of commerce, the
extortionate elevator and other terminal cDarges
here be abolished, and both ocean gateWays OF
this harbor be made fit for the safe passage or
anv ship at any hour. Freight rates VIII De
low enough then, and the United States Will be
confirmed in its place as link In the great
route Of trade and travel round the globe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
GAS AND TELEPHONES.

1t is q matter Of common knowledge that the
actual cost Of making gas has been greatly d.
minished within n few years through the intro
ductlon of ingenious processes OF manufacture
At present prices. the gas companies in the Dor
oughs Of Manhattan and Brooklyn are piling up
exorbitant profits on the genuine capital hon.
estly invested The use Of gas In kitchens and
In freplaces has increased enormously Of late
In apartment-houses all over Manhattan Island
and In the Borough Of Brooklyn gas ranges and
gas logs are used by multitudes OF tenants
Most Of the gas companies in the second city of
the world have entered into compacts by which
competition has been checked. their expenses
have been decreased and their receipts en-.
largcd. These are ndisputabe facts, with
which every intelligent consumer of gas is ia
miliar Taking all things into account the pres
ent charges Of the gas companies are an op-
preston of the public. The remedy should I've
applied at Albany. and the inordnate profits
shorn away. Justice and the common welfare
demand big cut in the price Of gas.
And telephone rates are far too high Not
many years ago the American public was pay
ing far more for tslegraphic messages and for
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

In tie Protestant Episcopal Church Of Zion and
ST. Timothy. in West Fifty-seventh-st last night.
Miss Martha Gray Bnney, daughter OF Mrs Amos
Binney. married to George A. Dunning Of
Philadelphia. The ceremony performed at
$50 o'clock by the rector. the Rev Dr. Henry
Lubbock and was supplemented by a reception at
the home of the brides mother No IS West
Fifty -seventh-st. The bride who was escorted to
the chancel and given away by her brother. Amos
Binney. OF Boston. was attired in gown Of white
MORE antique silk. profusely trimmed with point
lace Her veil Of tulle held in place with
bandeau of orange blossoms Miss Virginia Eyre
a niece of the bride the maid OF honor and
Miss Katharine Collins, OF Newport. r. L. and
Miss Anna Brinton. Of Philadelphia. were the
bridesmalds They wore gowns of pink silk and
was best man. The ushers the brides
brother, Harold BInney. and Dr. Charles Farnum
SOns Of this city IGhn Dickinson OF Trenton
Merrick and Henry Hobart Brown, OF Philadelphia.
Among the guests at the church and house were
ana Mrs Rodman Wistsr. Mrs j. Frank McFad-
a M r. Ms Niles nSq Mss Miles Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Greene Of Schenec-
tady, n. T.; the Rev. and Mrs. Stanley White. Of
Mrs. Rumble. the Misses Rumble. Miss Brinton. Mrs
Mrs. s 5 Clarke sw Mr. and M
+. II Blashheld Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Beckwith.
Mills NJ and Mime. Bsttinl. Mr. and Mrs William
c. Arnold. Edward Isey. Mr. and Mrs r. X.
Cooke. Mr.. ana Mrs Shafter Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Guilllaem Aertsen DR. and Mrs H. T. Collins
Mr. and Mrs, w. r. Claxton. Mrs. Arthur w. Par
sons and Miss Parsons. Mr. Dunning and his
bride will sail for Europe tomorrow in the steam
ship Saale They intend to remain abroad for
several months. and will eventually make their
home in Philadelphia
Mrs James Richards. OF No. Riverside Drive.
will be at home Informally on Friday afternoons
during March and April.
ba Ia NJ tee
]. Reynaud. daughter OF Mr. and Mrs. Gustave
Vernon, n. Y. to Glenn Ford Mckinney a lawyer
of this city, and son OF J. L. Mckinney. OF Titus
ville Penn.
The fifth anniversary OF the opening of the Hotel
Waldorf will ba marked on Monday. March Il. by
all-day entertainment. which 10 now being
planned by Mrs. Richard Irwin. Mrs. Lewis Living
ston Delafeld and several other women prominent
In society. In aid Of the Society OF Decorative Art
in the large ballroom OF the Waldorf the use OF
which. George c. Bodt the proprietor has given
for the purpose In the afternoon there will be
sale Of fancy articles. and In the evening series
Of pictures from famous illustrators posed by emil
nent artists There will also be a. puppst show
OF prominent political and musical characters.
given by a talented society man. The pictures
chosen include Bachelors Dream" by Gibson;
she Stops to Conquer by Abbey: Tom In Far
cot; "Picture,S BY Wolfe, and ''Coons." by kembie.
There will be other pictures and wel-known o.
cety people will appear In all Of them Tickets for
from Mrs F. u Winslow. No 1 East Tenth-st'
and OF Mrs Irwin at the Renaissance from /
o'clock until o'clock in the afternoon.
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MUSIC.
THE RICHARD ARNOLD STRING sExrEr

Mr.. Richard Arnold who for many years ngjreA
prominently In the chamber-music production. ~
New-York. has not wholly retired from that AelA
He Is at the head Of a string sex.ct that appear.
occasionally In the list OF public concerts and ora
Of these appearances was made last evening 4,
the Mendelssohn 0lee Clubs Hall Afore larr.
and extremely friendly audience. The Programme.
held forth promise OF interest that not whollv
fulfilled II began with quintet by syendsen on
g. and ended with Tschaikowskfs string ses'e, an
10 entitled "Soutenir OF Florence" The quin,a, ~
svendsen's IL hardly 4 composition that can en-.
gross the attention OF intelligent ama;eurs ~
music. Its ideas commonplace and ,enuoy.
In the extreme and spread thin The quin,s,
cannot be ranked with those other early charah.,
music works Of the Swedish composer that gained
him consideration before ne well out 0, N.
hands OF his teachers, the octet and quartz, ~,
strings. Mr. Arnod's organization (which incsa..
besides himself Messrs. Emil Gramm. Erwin q
Banck Henry Hellwg. Leo Taussig ard August
Kalkhof) does not yet move on the highest plane
OF chamber music playing. and the performance
while painstaking and carefully studied lack.
ing In beauty OF tone and sometimes In balance
Between the longer numbers Mrs. Marie Gramm
sang Songs BY r. O. Klein Y. Scharwenka and
Brahms to the accompaniment OF Mr.. Klein ard
the sextet played three single movemen,s-an ar
rangement OF aria by Bach and one OF the vel.
known tambourin by Rsmeau cleverly made By
Mr. Banck and a mnuet by BocchernL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Thi. IL the official style In which The Army
and Navy Journal" announces the disaster TO the
Maine:
Maine. ten guns Captain c. d. Sgsbee IN. a. 81
Sunk By an explosion In the harbor OF havana
Cuba February Is. Wreckers are at WORK Saving
Government and private property and recovering
bodies from the wreck Mall should be addressed
care of Navy Department"
yes. SIR" remarked Derrinser Dan I'VE re
proud OF Crimson GuIch. and were not eoin 70
run any chances Of leavin' II In the background,
Those three horse-theves you causht 'as' "e'"
don't belong In this city. then'
Aren't you going to do anything with them,
""coi,rse we are lest as soon as get the CEN
sus took "-twashngton Star
recent Issue OF The Congressional RECORD
contained the speech of February OF Jerry Simp-
son. of Kansas in reply 20 a speech by congress
man Mahlon Pitney Of New-Jersey. MT SiHp
sons speech as he delivered would have filled about
a page OF THE Record" but when 1t appeared In
that publication. four days atterward. 1t filled
some three and a half pages. The printed speech
included an article copied from The Newark Led
ger" which Jerry had not only not read as part
OF his speech. but which was not published IN ne
Ledger till February s. two days after Jerry mad
made his speech
A man supposed TO be we'll informed upon mat.
ss saa sO Of General Lee in lie asksa
Was the answer. Wei" said he in surprise and
didn't like his preaching why didn't they send him
home? Bennington Reformer
letter from Stephen W. Roach, In San Fran
cisco reports that the big steamship City OF Peking
built by the late John Roach. his father. for the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company. arrived In san
Francisco Harbor February 20. with all her hass
ay,ng having on that day completed her one hun
dredth round trip between America and ASIA In
that time the City of Picking has traversed L3U"
miles Of ocean. surviving every storm ana all the
perils of the deep, and is to-day a stauch. sea-
worthy ship, with every prospect OF many years OF
prosperous enterprise before her Tho City OF
Picking has had an interesting history. and IL an
excellent specimen OF the product OF the great ship
yards at Chester Penn, yet conducted by the fam
fly OF John Roach.
tion that was as rich and the effiorescence
of some opuent growth Isn't that beautiful.
Edlth-Exquisite! But what does II meah'
Bertha-who shall be able to say? That is the
most beautiful thing about t.-,boston transcript
Somewhere In the South" says Congressman
Subway "a bright colored boy appeared be-
fore the Civil Service Commission TO be examined
for the position OF etter-carrier. How far Is 1t
from the earth to the moon? the first ques-
ton asked by those who were TO determine the
young mans fitness for the place he sought How
fab am it from the earf to de moon? echoed the
applicant Ny Lawd boss II yous gwine to put
me on dat route | don't want de job With that
the young man grabbed his hat and left as though
he chased"
Presentation lot OF perfume. Doesn't
he know that it Is bad FORM"
know ne came of old colognal stock.-Pittsburg
Chronicle.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
PERSONAL.

Chief Engineer Edward Farmer. OF the Navy.
who has Just been retired has decided to make
Boston his home.
DR.. John Murray, director OF the Scottish Marine
Station. has tho rare distinction OF having re-
ceived from the German Emperor. as King OF
in sns the oaer pour 10
Professor Ahiwardt. the famous Orientalist. has.
after twenty-four years Of continuous labor. COM
pleted his task OF catalosuing and describing all
the Arabic manuscripts In the Berlin Library
w. H. santelmann. the new leader Of the United
States Marine Band. Is native Of Hanover. Ger
many and after noteworthy musical career In
his fatherland zane to Philadelphia with concert
band One year later he became member OF the
from that organization and organized n band OF
his own. Some Of his compositions have been
popular. especially the "Ouverture Lebanon and
The Lovers Farewell"
The stained glass window to be placed In st.
PauI's Episcopal Church. Richmond in memory OF
Jefferson Davis will be unveiled with interesting
exercises on Easter Sunday Some well-known
clergymen will be invited to preach, and APP
he vested choir The window win bear the fol.
lowing inscription ITO the Glory Of God and in
federate States of America. Born June g. 1908:
died December 9, 1880" The amount necessary TO
pay for the window has all been subscribed
Monsignor Joseph Schroeder, formerly Of the
Catholic University In Washington. has gone to
Rome where Il is said that he will seek 10 be re-
instated In the University.
The popular reader reciter. and platform a tor
Mr. Locke Richardson will give his farewell on
tertainment. for the present season. next Tuesday
afternoon. March 9. st sherrys. Mr. Richardson
% nasis Ts .sS sSs' ns S.s
vii oeesr u Under sRs auspices more thsn fss
Of the leading ladies Of Nsw-York society. Nj
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
TRANSCONTINENTAL COMMERCE.

Puck's girdle round about the earth is being
more than realized. \ single link is lacking to
the completion OF one sucn belt Of telegraphic
wires Several railroad lines cross the North
American continent connecting at each end
with steamship lines that complete the circuit
OF the globe; and one railroad Is nearly fin
ished and another being surveyed across the
Asian continent. Upon all these the nations
look with equanlmity The promotion Of travel
trade and communication for one Is benefit
more or less direct to all. What does concern
each individual nation is the disposition of It's
own internal and external commerce and the
transit trade across its own dominions. That is
the matter that appeals TO the United States
with special urgency to-day. Is this country
to do its own domestic carrying. or let it be
done by aliens7 Is the great highroad of trans
continental trade and travel to cross the United
States, or pass beyond it's northern borderl
Senator Elkrs raised these questions at
Washington on Wednesday. and in doing so. in
q lucid and convincing manner. performed
National service. He showed that the Canadian
transcontinental railroad is conducting q ruin
Gus competition with United States railroads, in
both transcoutinental traffic and the domestic
commerce Of this Nation The estimate that
Iuc SuuduldAl rOuu BctS year cOdt
should come TO United States roads 10 well
within bounds Of moderation And 1t is enabled
20 DO this, how? BY the receipt Of enormous
subsidies from the British Government, and by
the operation Of laws enacted by the United
States Government which discriminate In favor
Of It and against the railroads Of the United
States. That Is the literal fact. There is
probably no comparable institution in the world
that has received as many gifts, concessions,
privileges and subsidies from the Government
as has the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Its whole
history is a record of subsidies privileges and
corruption And while United States railroads
are subjected q the provisions Of the Inter
state Commerce law, their Canadian rival Ia
exempted thercfrom. and yet is permitted 10
compete freely with them in interstate com
MERGE In brief an alien concern is permitted
to do business In the United States without
amenability TO United States law more IL
logical and inconsistent arrangement could not
be devised. This country restricts it's domestic
carrying trade by sea, coastwise, 10 It's own yes
sells. Why should II not restrict its domestic
carrying trade by land 10 It's own railroads
Instead Of that. 1t encourages alien roads to
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tional extras and standing agape at the oiooo-
curdling scare heads, they are pretty generally
reaching the conclusion. the bigger the type the
bigger the lie. and pronouncng the whole busi-
ness an intolernble nuisance. With the final
disappearance OF the delusion we may hope TO
see the press OF the country settling down to
typographical sanity. the exercise Of intelligent
common-serse. and n reasonable regard for de-
cency and truth. The American people are not
fools nor maniacs, though that might be logi-
cal deduction from the matter and manner, the
appearance and substance Of some or our Dia-
tant. rhapsodIcal and delrious newspapers. Inc
reputable and trustworthy newspaper still mas
it's feet on the ground. and says what 1t mas 10
say in the English language and ordinary type
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
RIG TYPE.

The origin of the musty and moth-caten old
proverb Figures won't lie' is lost in the mists
Of antiquity. 1t may have been true when
numerals first invented and before the
science Of mathematics became complex, but it
never has been since. As matter of fact, they
have done more lying since men stopped count
ing on their fingers and began putting them to-
gether in tables and columns than any other
instrument of civilization; more, probably than
that great triumph Of Phpnican genius. the
alphabet But the proverb never goes out of
fashion The world uses 1t day after day and
year after year to bolster up the most patent
falsehoods; and uses II, too with the calm GER
tainty and unruffled confidence with which il
puts It's 20. T.. D." after a perfectly logical,
lucid and conclusive demonstration. 1t Is 4
deusion which everybody loves. Everybody
says, as Cato did after declaring his belief in
the immortality of the soul, "lf this be n de-
fusion, il Is a deusion that | love- Unlike
Cato, though. the moderns love this delusOn,
though they know It 10 be false and do not be-
lieve it for minute.
There's another deluslon Just now current
which is turned to profitable account by the
same kind of people that make figures tell all
sorts Of things that are not So and clinch them
This deluson is that large type won't lie. The
gauge Of truth with them. or Of what they put
forth as truth. is the size Of the type in which
It appears Type Of ordinary size is more or
less susceptible of being used to convey err
roneous Impressions, and even rank falsehoods,
but large type, like figures, won't lie. The
larger the type. Of course. the more positive and
undeniable the truth. A statement printed in
letters two inches long and spreading across
two pages Of the modern newspaper Is unim-
peachable 1t carries its own verifcatiOn. To
Quire If the thing Is really so, the publisher
answers excitedly: $50? Why. OF course II is.
There II is in print. You can read it half a
mile off," Fifteen minutes later he issues an
other extra" with an absolutely contradictory
statement in still larger type. and verlfies 1t In
the same way by the size Of the type. II this
sort Of thing had been in vogue in the time Of
Ptolemy il would have saved old Euclid, who
was teaching geometry to the Egyptians Of that
period a whole lot OF time and no end Of logi-
cal processes He would simply have stated
his propositions in letters half as high IA the
pyramids That would have obviated the neces-
sty Of de ncnstratlon and the 20. Z. D.
There ale signs. however, that this singular
deusion has pretty nearly run its course. Peo-
pie may continue to say that figures won't
l!e.' whether they believe II or not. but the
experience Of the last few weeks has taught
them that large type won't do anything else.
Instead Of being a symbol of veraclty it has
come to be q badge VI falsehood and fraud.
Instead Of Smelling out pennies for the sensa.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-04
Nem91ork Dnilp Gribm,t&
FRIDAY. MARCH 4, 1895.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

rORrIGN-One body was recovered by divers
from the wreck Of the Maine In Havana Harpor'
Captain General Blanco called on senator IT,
tor at his hotel o,,do ne oYun' revolution is
!repoYted In Venezuela - An ePldemc Oh
'"black blister IS reported in India - IL Is
,said that the British will occupy Wei-Hai- w Ell
i1f japan withdraws from that port - Inc
'Pooe received congratulations upon the opening
of the twenty-irst year OF his Pontlnca1e. -
The University Of Budapest conferred the de.
gree of Doctor Of Letters upon Carmen sylvia"
the Queen OF Rumania
CONGRESS-Both branches In session. -
Senate: A resolution providing FOR an lnVesu-
cation OF the murder Of the negro postmaster az
lake CITY s. c. was introduced and referred
TO committee; the Alaska Homestead bill was
debated. - House: The Loud bill, amending
the laws relating TO second-class mail mater
was laid on the table by vote or TO- 10 liz.
DOMESTIC.-Secretary Long denied reports
that the Maine Court Of Inquiry had In
dcated that the destruction OF the battle-snip
was caused by an external explosion - Inc
presentation of testimony for the defence was
finished in the trial OF Sheriff Martin and his
deputies The unidentified body or one or
the victims Of the Maine disaster was buried
with naval honors at Key West. = The
Assembly passed the Biennial Sessions amend
ment TO the Constitution. which had already
Ipassed the Senate - Prominent New orK-
ers appeared at Albany In favor OF Senator
,Brush's bill to reduce telephone rates. -
fore Of the provisions of .he new Primary Re
,rm bill became known in Albany. - The
sand Western roads are unable TO agree to a
proposition to restore the previous rates =t=
'Skaguay is reported to be under martial law.
and troops are enforcing order.
CITY-Nathan Straus resigned as President oil
the Health Board. and Colonel Michael G. Mur-
ply was appointed in his place - Inc
Chamber OF Commerce appointed It's represents
ir,ves on the State Commission to investigate the
Expenditures for canal improvements. - u
81 N Carvalho the expert in handwriting. gave
further testimony at the court-martial or cap
tain Carter United States Army. on charges oil
corruption asserting that signatures on severa
checks offered in evidence We're forged
DR. William NJ Polk was chosen president OF
the Southern Society. - Senator Nusshaum
of Albany. talked 10 the New-York Credit Mems
Association about his State Bankruptcy Dill
g Justice Cohen. in the Supreme Court
Vacated subpoena for the appearance Of Willis
s. Paine in a suit over his wife's Will -
Stocks were dull and steady.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day
Fair The temperature yesterday: Highest a.
degrees; lowest sc: average. 40a.
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InAfx ia amruefmeNiS.

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ACADEMY OF MCSIC-s:15-1TAe White hea'ner'
AMERICAN Neutrality-suspicious. baron.
BERKELEY LYCErM-s-El <ian Gaieo,o' ,.
BIJOU NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. aappened 20 9ou..-
BROADWAY THEATRE-slS-Tae Hish"A'"
CASINOS IO-The Telephone GSi. o,
OALY'S TlIEATRE-S:13-The Country u, .Cvce.
EDEN Mt,SEE-Wax Works. GRIND concerns s" ~
naatograph.
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FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE--S2o-E Ell Capa"
GARDEN TIIEATRF-S:l5-The Master ..,....
GARRICK THEATRE-s:2o-The Little p Mn RoS.
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HARLEM OPERA HOuSE-s-rhe Wedo.ne ~, VA.
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ship. ,
ROSTER 4 BIAIiS--s--Naudeviile -,..~.
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MADISON SQUARE GAFDEN-il a. H. ~ " v
Travellers Fair x..r,u.
PAsTOR.s--l2:3o to II p. m-Ianoevne ,a,s.viu.
PLEASURE PAI.AtT--I:3o TO IL p ny aau,.
PCOCTOR'S-oSO a. n. 10 Il p ny alne WIG
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