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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
THE ROAD IMPROVEMENT BILL.

The bill for the Improvement of highways
now before the Legislature commonly known
as the Higbie-Armstrong bill, is earnestly adj
vocated by the New-York State Road Improve
ment Association. In its present form the bill
Is the result of an endeavor to harmonic con-
fictng views by the presentation Of measure
which. while it does not go so far as many
wish. contains nothing to which serious OBJ
lection can be made. and thus takes a positive
STEP though short one. in the right direction.
1t is gratifying to learn that the bill has the
direct support Of many organizations, end may
fairly claim TO have the sympathy OF others,
including the State Grange and the State
Farmers Congress. and that outside Of few
local oranges there is no organized opposition.
while the State press is substantially unit in
It's favor The chief opposition comes from in
diyidual farmers. and this is believed to be
decreasing steadily. That II can be wholly re-
moved by a short educational campaign con
Quoted under favorable conditions is the conf
dent prediction Of those most familiar with the
good-roads movement
1t Is chiefly in the hope Of securing such con-
ditions that the bill is now advocated by the
association. 1t carries no appropriation. though
a snail appropriation by separate enactment is
policy of the State to be that of State and local
co operation, and its adoption would encourage
the association TO continue with increased vigor
the movement which it will be almost ready to
abandon II the bill shall fail The BILL in brief
provides that any Board of County Supervisors
may apply to the State Engineer for a survey
and estimate for the improvement of certain
section Of road within the county, and must
Of ajO NV In into -
property owners along that section. The State
Engineer may approve or dsapprove the ap-
plication. II he approves 1t, the County Super
visors, having the survey and estimate before
them, may by a new vote authorize the work
to be done. and OF an Improvement so made
under contract with the lowest bidder, except
ing that counties and towns are favored bid.
ders to the extent Of 10 per cent. the State is
to pay one half the cost, the county 35 per cent
and the town IL per cent. An illustration is
drawn from the county Of Onondaga assessed
at S1O00o000) AS not more than $4,000
could. under the provisions Of the act. be ex-
pended in the county in one year. the total
amount TO be contributed by the State in case
every county spent as much could not exceed
100000. or five cents for each 1000 Of as
sessed valuation In an Onondaga town as
scssed at S1,5O0,OO0 the owner Of farm as
sessed at $4,000 would have 10 pay State tax
of five cents per $1,000 at The utmost, n county
tax of 31a cents per $1,000, and town tax, in
case the whole improvement We're made in the
single town containing that farm. Of 81 per
$1,000. or q total Of only about IS 80 This is
the extreme, and It could only rarely occur
Moreover. the protection against oppressive
taxation is double, for the amount Of road
building IL limited by the State appropriation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

readers Of The Tribune. The letter from a
London correspondent which we publish on an
other page outlines accurately Lord Kooer's
| theory Of Indian defence. and Indicates the eN-
net lines on which he will Tomorrow night seek
TO vlndicate the policy OF which ne was the
author 1t Is unfortunate that in serious Crisis
the execution Of that policy has had to he IN
trusted TO other hands. 1t Is 10 reflection upon
the leaders of last years campaign To say 'ha'
"Bobs Bahadur' would have done better thnn
they. No comrade OF the Round Table was
aggreved TO be accounted second to Lancelot'
and no British officer since Wellington necd
blush to give precedence TO the swift rider or
Candahar There will he controversy. no doubt.
Civilians who never were in India and who
never saw battle will challenge the fulness
of his knowledge and the correctness OF MS
theories II may be that his quasi-rval Lord
Wolseley. will take issue with him openly. as
he is known to do in private. But. as our
correspondent Justly says. Lord Robertss long
acouaintancc with India his military genius.
his unexcellcd triumphs in the field and his in
vlncbe straightforwardness of manner COM
bine to make him peerless ally for any cause
The one figure that rlvalled the Queen herself
in interest and admiration in the Jubilee pro
lie in the House Of Lords.
The policy Cf Lord Roberts may be briefly
described 1t is like himself. simple direct ana
unfearing A conflict between the Lion and
the Rear is inevitable Where Is 1t to he? AT
Cabul answers the one man who has mastered
Afghanstan. But that Is far beyond the Indian
border. among strange and alien tribes. Yes,
but those tribes should he made Britaln's allies.
How is that to be done? BY keeping faith with
them, and by never letting the power OF Britain
seem to wane. Ii was n failure to maintain
that power that provoked the outbreaks OF last
year Lord Roberts would make friends with
the trbesmen. and let them see. and let the
Afghan Amecr see. that the power OF Great
Britain Is nvncible and never slumbering.
Then the whole borderland will be allied for
the protection OF India. and will be not only
buffer State but friendly buffer That Is the
policy to which the Empire is indeed commit
ted. The present effort to reverse it is strong.
But 1t Is to be seen whether it will succeed
against the championship which Lord Roberts
will give to the plans of which he was the au-
thor and which he ably executed while he
remained in India. or course Il Is not easy TO
find another who can bend the bow Of Ulysses.
But IL that bow be not bent the prize may not
be won.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

NOT 70 sneak OF Johnnie" Powers-one mo-
mcnts uneaslness. Miss Adams, however
believes that the way to light Is to nght. She
regards Alderman Powers and his peculiar
methods as an offence against righteousness
and deccncv. And she has therefore SAID so
with trcrchapt force and dlrectness in quar-
tors where she thinks that 1t will do the Al
dcrnon most harm She does not make the
mistake of assuming that his power rests
wholly on the support Of the vicious elements
In his district n mistake which amateur re-
formers frequently make in trying TO explain
the existence of men like Powers. She SHOWS
how he gains the goodwill Of the poor who are
not vicious or criminal by generous largesses
of clothing turkeys and coal. and IN that way
Incomes n sort of Providence 10 them. When
n man assumes that relation to multitude OF
struggling and harnssed people nc becomes In
fact. sort Of minor divinity. whose character
and motives It would be almost sacrlege to
question. His charity is made literally to cover
a multitude Of sins. and when some rerorIner
comes along and tells such people that the
man who is helping them is really boodier
and n thief his words fall on deaf ears. even
when he proves his assertion. II Is enough
that such n man Is good to the poor; he has
proved himself thereby a friend Of the people,
and at the next election they return MN 10
office with bigger majority than ever.
Johnnie" OF course. wouldn't mlnd MISS
Adams saying all these things about him II
he didn't begin to fear that she may succeed
in making some Of his well-meanng but misled
constituents believe them. She is very prac-
teal person. and has behind her large vel
uneer staff Of other practical persons. who 90
not confne their efforts to 'gassn In pnrlors,'
but are going about TO prove to Tho plain people
Of the Nineteenth Ward that corrupt and dis
honest man does not necessarily become saint
by giving moicy Of his ill-gotten gains to the
poor. Therefore, the edict has gone forth from
Johnnie" that Hull House must 60. How dif
fcrcnt. may say in passing. would he Its
fate If II were known as Hell House, and II 1t
lived uD TO It's name
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
WAITING FOR THE VERDICT.

Some men, expecting all things in an hour,
seek to anticipate the finding Of the Court OF
INQUIRY on the Maine disaster. Each day
brings forth its new sensation each hour Its
idle rumor. Now 1t Is high Spanish au'
thorlty" name carefully not given who de-
clares the ship was destroyed from outside
Now 1t is the COnsu-General who sends TO the
President a letter never received making the
same grave statement Now 1t Is some one or
something else. What to-morrow's yarn may
be the Lord Of Msrule only knows. But all
judicious readers must perceive that though
put forth deliberately and with detail these
tales are as idle and as false as the first day s
wild shriekngs about percussion-hoes and
prunes and prisms
They are worse. In the CONSERVATION OF the
first days shock men might be wenigh par
doned for duttering judgments. But after
weeks have passed. with time for calm re6ec-
ton, no such pardon can be given. There were
those who perhaps deemed it well to cry aloud.
TO insure that the Government would act
promptly and thoroughly. 1t was l-judgment
that held that needful. II Is worse than Ill
Judgment that leads men now to carp at the
Government and to seek to embarrass its man.
agement Of affairs. For surely never did a
Government In so grave crisis acqult itself
more credltably than this. The attitude OF the
President and his Cabinet has been all that
National welfare and dignity and honor could
require The action Of the Court OF Inquiry
might we'll serve as n model Of unsparing en-
ergy and wise discretion. In not single point
has there been room for criticism or for impa-
tience
Suspend judgment Is still the imperative
rule Each day that passes may seem more
tedious than It's predecessor to anxious watch
ers: but 1t brings the truth just so much nearer
revelation, and 1t brings satisfaction just so
much nearer to those who wait for It. Conf
dence in the Government and In the Court is
amply confirmed, and confidence should surely
promote patience. The beginning Of the end
is at hand Let the ultimate disclosure Of the
facts and the measuring out OF unQuestionable
Justice not be marred by rash prejudgments or
harebraned prophecies. We have waited thus
long We can afford to wait n little longer.
1t will not be In vain.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06
THE TRANSTAAL JUDICIARY.

There are judges in Berlin but there are
no longer any at Pretoria; or any worthy OF
respect. Such rs there are must be accounted
merely the political creatures Of the President
subservlent in all things to his autocracy That
is a deplorable fact. but it must he recognized
as n fact. and whatever odum may arise from
1t must be charged to the account OF the Trans
vaal President himself
II will be remembered that q year or so ago
Chief Justice Ko;ze Of the South African Re-
public had a disagreement with President
Kriiger The origin Of 1t was In the formers
judicial Interpretation Of n law In manner
more favorable tc foreign settlers than was
pleasing to the President. Mr.. Krjger there
upon put forward the monstrous proposition
that judges had no right to interpret laws. but
must get their interpretations from the Lcgis-
lature: and this he had embodied In a law Of
the Republic. Against this Mr.. KOtze protest
ed vigorously, and. as he Is man Of the high
est character and the ablest jurist In South
Africa. and. moreover. one OF the stur,liest Of
Boer patriots. he had all the subordinate judges
and most of the lawyers on his side That did
not matter. Mr. Kriger persisted In his ar
bitrary course.
When a few weeks ago. Mr.. Krtiger was
reelected TO the Presidency by the largest ma
jority on record. 1t was hoped he would show
himself largc-mlnded and liberal. The con-
trary proved true. He signalized his victory
by showing himself more narrow. reactionary
and despotic than ever. He arbitrarily. and
in defiance OF law, dismissed Chief Justice
Kotze from the Bench, and appointed in his
place a man who will know no will but that
of his political creator That means that every
suit in a Transvaa court will hencefOrth he
decided not according 10 law nor justice but
according to the arbitrary will Of Dom Paul"
Mr. Kotze protests that his dismissal was lille
gal and refuses to accept II. and Is supported
in that contention by the Bar. But the Pres
dent has the physical power 10 enforce his
will. and will doubtless do to the bitter end.
No greater reproach can easily befall coun-
try than that its courts of justice are no longer
worthy Of confidence and respect. That is the
reproach that now rests upon the bailiwick Of
Paul Kriiger. II Is perhaps Hitting sequel 10
the refusal of the Pretoria Government to per
nit fire insurance measures 10 stamp ont
the cattle plague on the ground that they We're
"impious intcrferences with the will Of the
Almighty" But such things do not commend
a community to recognition rs n civilized State.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

Extra copies of The Sunday Tribune aiH
be mailed 10 any part Of the United States
: or Canada for 5 cents each. postage paid.
The Tr1bnne's editorial article on
MONEY and Business, - fO-morrolr. 1W
present a rainable reuie1r Of the recent state
of the markets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

Whether by ratification Of the pending treaty
or by act OF Congress, the annexation OF Hawai-
should be contaminated at the earliest prae.
tlcabe moment The traditional policy. as well
as the future welfare OF the United States. d..
mands IL.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

Mr.. Cecil Rhodes has now got his great Afri-
can telegraph line working from Cape Town to
Tete on the Zambesi. and the poles up as far
Lake Nyassa- That brings him within a
thousand miles Of Uganda. The Sirdar is about
10 move on TO Khartoum. carrying a telegraph
line with him. Another year therefore. may
easily see an unbroken line In working order
from the Delta to the Cape.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

make zeiiah free port for Abyssinia's uss. ana
pledge Meneek 10 side with Great Britain
against the MahdIst Dervishes. It does no.
appear that the Bourbon Prince. with his two
sets Of dominos. got any better terms.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

In the new municipal Civil Service regulations
promulgated by the Mayor yesterday Governor
Blacks famous merit and fitness device is
pleasantly conspicuous by It's absence. II will
take at least one more Gubernatorial message to
demonstrate the value OF that invention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

The best thing that the month OF March could
do would be to adorn bad record with a long
succession Of just such days yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

1t Is gratifying To he assured that the Federal
Government is entering upon vigorous action In
the case Of the murder OF Its postmaster at
Lake City. S. c. No action can be too vigorous
for the punishment Of a crime which In de-
lberate atrocity rivalled the worst deeds OF
Weyler In Cuba.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

The terms OF the British Abyssinian treaty
negotiated last year by Mr.. Rernell Rodd are
now made public. They give Great Britain al
the advantages Of the most favored nation
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

There IL much gratifying evidence 10 show
that the rancorous defamation Of Secretary
Long has confirmed him In the good opinion of
the country.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

greatly changed In these two years IL scarcely
TO be supposed The coming election VIII tnerc-
fore be no more representative OF the spanish
Nation than arc the elections In some States OF
this Union.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

The Palisades duarrymer don't care who
make the la VS. OF New-Jerscy so long they
can manipulate the dynamite.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

Any one OF the dozen or more plans for the
preservation Of the Palisades which have been
devised during the last three years would prob
ably answer the purpose. The trouble is that
there Is no prospect OF the adoption OF any one
OF them. And the moral is that public senti-
ment needs to be more thoroughly aroused. II
tho people OF New-York and New-Jersey really
felt strongly on the subject they would fnd a
way to stop the destruction which they per-
functorily condemn.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

The duel between Colonel Pcquart and Colo
mel Henry appears to have demonstrated the
formers superiority as q swordsman. but mas
much as that was not an issue In the lola
case there is no particular reason for congratu-
lating the victor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-06

II the new President OF the Health Board
succeeds IN keeping his promise to deodor!ze
Barren Island he will not have lived In vain
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-19
INCREASE OF PENSIONS.

One result of the present war will GER
tainly be the addition of q large number Of
names to the pension list. 1t should be
equally certain that all the names now on
that list and those that may be proposed for
II shall be closely scrutinized, and that every
name not entitled TO place on what should
be roll of honor should be stricken of II
already there, or rejected If an attempt lie
made to place II there.
Up to the 1st of August sixty.two appli
cations had been filed for pensions on &C.
count OF death or injury in the naval and
military service during our war with Spain
Applications will, of course, increase very
rapidly from this time.
Adjutant General Corbin gives the pres.
ent strength of the army, regulars and volun-
teers, at about 277 900. There are $1,000 In
the navy, making grand total Of more than
$4,000 soldiers and sailors now In service,
The number OF men killed and wounded In
battle has been remarkably small, but the
death list is being increased every day by
the ravages OF fever and other diseases.
In the opinion Of the present commits
sloner we shall have fully 10000 pensioners
as result of the war with Spain within the
next five years. The average annual rate
per pensioner is now $l3S.l7, and at this
rate 10000 new pensioners would add about
100000 year 10 the public expendi
lures.
No good citizen will object to proper
pension for every deserving and needy sol.
der and sailor who suffered IN his coun.
ry's cause, but all good citizens will de
mand that close watch be kept on the pen
sion roll. II should be q roll Of honor, and
u thorough sitting of the present pension
list would help TO make it come nearer that
standard.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-19
NJ q II L q I'd.


NJ 0TICE is hereby given that the Agri-
IN cultural Society Of Montgomery County
has filed in the Circuit Court for Montgomery
county petition praying the Court to grant
it a license under the provisions Of Chapter
2s6, Of the Acts Of the General Assembly of
Maryland.
The name Of the grounds upon which the
said license is desired is the Fair Grounds
Of the Agricultural Society of Montgomery
County.
The said grounds are located 10 the south
eastern part Of the town OF Rockville, in SAID
county.
The days for which license is desired are
the 3lst day Of August and the lst aud and
days OF September, A. D. 1898
And ii is ordered that a copy of this order
and notice be published, at the cost Of the
applicant, at least once a week for three sue.
cessive weeks before the 9Th day OF August,
A. d, 1893, in some newspaper published 10
said Montgomery county.
August 8, 1898.
JAMES b. HENDERSON,
Judge of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
county.
True copy-Test:
aug laid THOMAS DAWSON, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-19
A NEW AND BRIGHTER ERA.

Peace may be regarded as an established
fact. The battle flags have been iuried-
the arms of contending armies have been
stacked, and the grim'Visaged monsters that
have been belchlng nre and Dali are now
silent and resting quietly al anchor In our
harbors.
1t may be said that the bayonet Is some
times the advance agent OF prosperity. And
1t may be further said, that when victori'
GUS nation energies from 1ustlnable war,
with the spells Of conquest and increased
prestige, II always enjoys period oil good
times.
Germany is notable modern ins1Ance'-
After her triumph over france she was
more prosperous than ever before during
the first quarter Of a century following thAt
epoch making So tne progress OF Ter
many was phi U ah Industry ana COM
merce revived a., ii iorward' as II I'm
PEELED by some o, .S~si power.
With the close oil the Spanish'Amerlcan
war will come prosperity 10 our mighty
people, and these Twin sisters Will go hano
In hand through our proad DOMAINS ana
the blessings Drought on germany oJ her
victorious oayonets VIII ioilo" our nag from
the snow line 70 tne tropics
hrequires nerve as wen ~ an optlm'suc
spirit to make TINS preulction' rive OF SIX
year OF hard times have plunged most people
into the slough OF pesslmism' Ihey nave
got INTO the naolt Oh looking on 'ne uark
side OF everything. prosperity has 30 long
been an utter stranger that she requires Gre
dentials. Suspicious people want 70 arrest
her on sight and make her give bono ior
her appearance.
The close observer oil anairs' VINO mas
read the commercial Reports ana 'he 'raoe
papers, has had the conVlction iorceo upon
him that we are just ABOUT 70 cross tne
threshold oil new ana orign'er era MOI
withstanding the assurance oil ABUNDANT
harvests IN this country the price OF cereals
remains hign' anu 'niS IL accounVeu ior ny
the TACT that European crops are not 10 as
good conditon as mas Deen represented
The great volume OF capi'ai not recen'ly
emploVed' but now seeking investment Is an
other important factor In the present business
revival, and will also help 70 onset the re-
acuonary enects following inc o'oSe o' 'ne
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-19

TNHE foregoing report of sale made by
i George B. McOeney late Collector of State
and county taxes for the Fifth collection dis
trict OF Montgomery county, Maryland, to-
gelher with all the proceedings had in refer
ence thereto, having been examined and the
same appearing regular, and the provisions of
law In relation thereto appearing to have
been complied with, II is thereupon this 10Th
day Of August, 1898, ordered by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery county, that notice be
given by publishing a copy Of this order in
"The Montgomery Advocate" and the "Mont-
gomery County Sentinel" newspapers print
ed and published in said Montgomery county,
once in each of three successive weeks before
the 18th day Of September, 1898, warning all
persons interested in said property to appear
In this Court on or before the l3.h day OF Sep
TENDER, 1898, to show cause, If any they have,
why said sale should not oe finally ratified
and confirmed.
The Report states the amount OF sale to be
$24.00.
JAMES b HENDERSON,
Judge Of the Circuit Court for Montgomery
county.
True copy--Test
aug ls-id THOMAS DAWSON, Clerk.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1898-08-19
O r D Err NISI.

In the matter of the sale made by George B 3.
McCeney late Collector of State and county
taxes for the Fifth collection district of
Montgomery county. Maryland, of prop
and Alexander M. German in 1896, 1896
and 1897, to Miletus J. Wine.