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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-27
Aistpa1osls DAILY I-a:ihnsss,
SATURDAY. AUGUST -, 1888.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOEEIGN-The firing Of pistol by an
American trooper at Manila caused an engage
r1ert between Americans and insurgt ms. which
resulted in he death Of one trooper and the
woundinG OF several others: four natives were
killed. - japanese papers which maze ar
rived al san Francisco say that japan Wits
TO buy the I9drone Islands. Wh.cn We're ic
Gently taken from Spain by me lnUed S'a'es'
- General Shafter mas sailed from santiago
de Cuba for Montauk Point: more spanish SOL
diers have embarked from santiago ior spun
60 I,eavy transforms In Porto RICO nave
caused foods which washed away the BRUCE
between Ponce and the port shutting oil com
munication between those points - ihe
Anglo Egyptian expedition. which is advancrhs
on Omdurman. has seized the island Of Gib-ei-
Royan. opposite RI Heir. - Presldcnt Faure
and Emperor Nicholas exchanged te.egran,s IN
honor OF he first anniversary OF NJ. Facres
Visit 10 Russia - The Picking corresponds
ent OF "rhe London Daily Mali says that me
relations between the Chinese Foreign once
and the British Min stcr are str~ihed 10 u,e
po!nt Of rupture: the British Minister has mt
mated that any failure by Chine TO observe
Crea; rritan's wishes Will be accepted as
casus belli
DONFSTIC-Secretary Day announced At the
close OF the Cabinet meeting that the Peace
Commission would consist Of himself senators
Davis and Frye and Whltelaw REID ana lat'r
said that the fifth member would ne JuSlll
White -=- Admiral Schey visited the Prasl-
dent and discussed tho duties % me zorro
Rcan Commission. - suspected case VI
yellow fever reported at Galveston -,
Senior Vicuna Chilrs new Minister, presented
his credentials 70 the President. - Heporis
received h. the Governor from the colones q,
ali the New-York regiments show general
good condition of the men save in tn Nth. 49,
Three transports. with several hundVcH more
men from Santiago. arrived al Montauk camp
-: A large number OF sick soldiers We're
sen. home from Camp Thomas.
CITY.-pr Doty. the Health Onlcer OF the PoT'
met Governor Black on the latters way 80
Washington and talked over with the HoNrtp"'
a proposition TO use Fire Island for SICK New
York soldiers. - The Merchants AssoCia-
ZION al a special meeting. decided 10 send
relief ship 10 Camp WikoN tonight laden WIN
delicacies for the sick soldiers OF me fseuIa.
Army. - More transports arrived IN port
after landing troops at Montauk Point ana wv"
were released from The Government service
Volunteers from Maine passing through
the CITY on their way home from Chickemausa
complained bitterly Of their treatment az Una.
camn - Senator platt declined 10 beilev" Il
statement that Congressman Quigs nag sai9
That the Senator had asserted that C"loneI
Pnosevsl. was his choice for Governor, and de-
MED that he mad expressed such preference
TIE WEATHERsTForecast for to-day; IA, ran
and cooler The tcrlperatuIe yesterday: High
est 81 degrees: lowest -: average. -.
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TOTSTOYJSMT.

Mr. William Lloyd Garrison Is unhappy. Be
cause OF the state OF this country in general
ard Of the results Of the late war in particu-
lar Just why he should take to heart the con
dtlon OF the country Is not apparent. For Mr.
Garrison Is gifted with chronic TolstOyismus.
He believes with the author of "The Kreuzer
Sonata" that any man who loves his coun
try above others Is apt to tell lies do violence
and commit murder Mr. Garrison does not
wish TO tell lies do violence or commit muir
der Therefore he scrupulously refralns from
loving his own country. And yet he seems
NIGHTLY exercised over its condition. He gees
I. going straight 10 the everlasting bowwows.
and that makes him unhappy. Which is
strange one would think It would convulse
him with spasms Of pure delight. Especially
since lac fills the Intervals between his fits Of
lamenta,ion with bitter ratings and denuncia-
lions. If he really does haze this country so,
why vex his soul about II?
The first big luscious cause Of woe is found
In this Nations objections to criminal lmbe-
clio and pauper immigration. 1t is Il hidcous
thing that we should bar out the inmates OF
Old World jails and asyums. And the second
IS like unto II, that we have shut our doors
against foreign commerce or course. we have
the third largest foreign trade in the world. and
rank among the largest purchasers Of foreign
goods Still. We certainly have shut our doors
against foreign commerce. wherefore Mr.. Gar
rIson opens the foodgates Of his grief. And In
the third place we persist in recognizing the
right OF private property. even the right Of the
farmer TO own his farm. and OF the thrifty ar
tlsan 10 own his cottage and garden plot That
Is the browning woe. IN contempla tlon Of which
Mr. Garrison may never smile again. Though
why as we said before. he should care n row
of pins about It, seeing that his native land Is
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iii object only for his hatred is one or those
things no fellow can find out. So much Tor
general principles The specific results OF 'he
war are equally amentable. Woman suffrage
for ono thing. is set back indefinitely lor IL Il
single Kanaka or Filipino be reckoncd unquhil-
fed for electoral sovereignty. much more VIII
nil American women he debarred from the pal
lot box. For auother. Socialism Is DIT re-
buffed M least in It's single-taX manifestations.
And with one soldier to every 500 inhamtah'S
we are sure 10 be overhornc. oppressed ana
crushed by the awful incubus Of mli!arisr.
Truly il is n sad sad time
No wonder. then. that Mr.. Garrison IS I'M
happy. unless. indeed. il bc strange that he
cares at all what happens to this wreiched lana.
No wonder. either thGt he seeks relief III
Tolsoyismus and proves the fervor oi his love
Of man by tho intensity Of his detestation OF
his native land What Is this Nation. anyway.
hnt one "perplexed nj It's own miscarriage or
sclf-gOvernmcnt": w" have been brutal ana
hind" Our war for independence was an
awful binder. and all the dead in our war
for the Union died in vain Not only our coun-
fry. but our race. too, il detestable anglo
Saxon civilization has Il 'harbaric record. IT
means or has meant. slavery swindling, drunk
enness. theft and murder II is 70 better than
D1triotism itself Let lis 10 longer pursue 1t
nor he "in letters TO tho fctrh OF patriotism.
For "Tolst0i docs not exargera;e when he ar
firms that patriotism produces only Hes. vio-
"lcncc. murder" What vile set we arc, all
Of us but Garrison and Toistoi.
Arise. my God. and strike. for we hold Thee
Just,
STRIKE dead the whole weak race OF vcnomous
worms
That sting each other here IN the dust:
We arc not worthy TO live.
Yet tie sky Is transparent azure, the sunlight
IS white and golden. fields are green. howers
fragrant. bird songs musical. Yet men are
brave and true and generous and women ten
der with sympathy wellniGh divine. Yet the
strong lend their strength TO the weak. and TN"
rich give OF their bounty 10 the poor. and those
who stand st0op down 10 raise the fallen. and
those who can SEQ lead the blind In paths of
safety Yet love md self sacrifice prevail. and
more and more rule the world, and tine race
marches with unfalterng step toward that type
OF human character that bears the impress of
divinity. Only the sufferers from Tostoyls-
mus 90 by on the other side in sackcloth and
ashes and cry. "I'ncean, unrcan," But N old
times. at Least Il was not the Joyous living
multitude bat the lamenting outcast, that WAS
unClcan
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PRIZE FIGHTING N UYORK.

The people Of this State rather given to
prlding themselves upon The fact that prize
feht to a finish is forbidden by their laws so
that when such an affair is to come off prn
cpals promoters and spectators have to resort
TO some less "cvllizCd" region. The truth Is
that under our law. supposedly passed for the
purpose Of dscOunenancing and suppresslng
puglism within our borders pr.zenghts are GO
ing on here all the time They are not called
by that name. but that is what they essentially
are Indeed. in many respects they are more
demorallzng than professional matches Of the
first class in which 10 subterfugc is employed.
Aud not only more demoralzing but more br1l-
tai and dangerous. inasmuch as a large pro-
portion of The contestants are not trained TO
withstand hard punishment. The young man
who was killed In Brooklyn on Thursday night
was declared to he sound and in good condition
after he had been subjected TO the physical OK
animation which the law requires. and perhaps
he was AT all events he died after an IN
mercifu pummelllDg. In his case II was IN
mistakably a fight to a finish.
This IS by no means the only fatal fight in
this State under the protection of the Horton
law Nor indeed. +. the fact of death at all
essential 70 prove that the business Of pugilism
as conducted IN Ncw-YDrk IL disgraccful and
revolving \ fatality necessarily makes some
IMPRESSION. sets those concerned 10 offering OK
plantations which do not explain, and In that
way may actually he useful; hut without such
homicides there Is evidence enough OF the
fac, that the law does not operate ms il was
ostensibly designed to operate II there were
nothing else To be said against H. tho fact
would remain that It licenses the rankcst kind
of swindling. But its consequences are multi
fariOusy mischievOus. Our belief is tha+ prize
fighting under another name and with such
notifications as the statute requires j. quite
as prolific Il source Of degradation In The State
of New-York at tho present time as it ever
was anywhere under It's real name without
any restrictions whatsoever
1t is perfectly obvious that the law needs 70
be amended and ought to be amended n the
coming session of the Legislature. And there
Is not much reason 10 doubt that the police. re-
strained rs they are by tho provisions Of the
statute are far too blind and negligent in en-
! plOying tho powers which they still retain. 4
remedy for evils which are growing less tol-
cradle every day must ultimately he applied.
and cannot he applied too soon.
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should be the sublec, Of impartial and painstak-
inc
yaNKEg SCHOOLS ~ CrBA.

ccoro ore cnd u treat III. one. for General
Wood rho American Military Governor of the
ancient CITY Of Santiago de Cuba He realizes
that the summer vacation season Is nearly
snept and the time for the rcCpenng of schools
* NJ hand He secs that In that city OF -
Jomos there are thousands Of children of school
age and he wants them 10 have the Des' pos
sho school facilities. That according TO IAN
kec notions. is ore of the essential tnndam'his
Of good government especially OF srf-goVerh-
mcnt. and the primary mission OF the nit'd
States In Cuba is to give that island COCA gov
ernmcnt and fit It. if possible for some meas
urc OF self-govenmert Hence. attention Is
properly paid to the schools.
Four things tho General has decided upon;
oil sound Yankee doctrine to the core. First.
that the salaries Of the School Commissioners
shall be reduced. We do not know how large
they have been. but we do know they have
been too large Any salary AZ all * too large
for That Office II is 10 he hoped General WOOD
has made "A big reduction, and that it VIII he
merely n Stcnping-stOnc 10 abolition. Secohd'
that the salaries Of the teachers shall DO III
creased They ought 10 be- We do not know
how small they have been, but w" are conf
dent they have been too small rs practically
all COOL school teachers salaries are. Doubtless
higher salaries will mean better teaching. and
that in turn. Will mean better citizens In the
rising generation.
Third. that soetaransm IS 10 ho abolished
That means that the schools are 10 be removed
from Church control Against that many good
Chrrchmen will protest. but ii is a commend
able stcn. 1t Is n step toward the Yankee Ideal.
md .hat is the ONLY ideal that can meet The
highest needs Of Cube either as an indepcnd-
ont state or as Territory Of The United States.
,o wit. a Free Church in Free State. Fourth
that English is to he taught in all the schools.
'rha, is essential The Cubans Of the future,
whatever Their political status. must under
stand Enciish. For American commerce md
Industry ard culture and control have marked
Cuba for their own and the Cuban who does
not understand the language of America Will
presently be hopelcssy handicapped.
Up with the Yankee schoolhouse the "lttl"
red schoolhouse" on every hill in Cuba. Let
each and every one he a free. non-sectnrian
school with good. wcll-pald teacher and a
Bosrd Of Trustees or Commissioners glad TO
serve Just for the pleasure % II and for The
good they can thus do And let the English Ian
guage. on It's march toward universal conquest,
become rs familiar as Il mother tongue TO every
boy and girl n Cuba so that they can speak The
same words and think the same thoughts, and
cherish the same ideals. and move 10 The same
high destiny as those Who have set them free
from Spanish tllraldom.
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ports 70 this country were In the same seven
months f7GI2.4S4 in 1892. tI.i6.2oi IN lo''o'
when business depressed and foreign goods
largely occupied the markets here; f9'S'o'oo'
in 1891 when heavy shipments to ANTICIPATE
the new tariff were in progress ana oHiy
f4413,1i6 this year
The tinplatc revolution is much the most III
portant. but not the only one when mas ane''
cd American trade. In many other important
items this country has made material progress
toward supplying its own needs. clearer
view ~ this fact will be gained If. instead OF
The values given by The Economist, when
orc misleading where the home industry mas
been mcasurably successful the quantlt'es OF
the most important products exported from
Great Britain to this country arc shown rs III
the following table for which the data are
taken from the files OF The Economist
BRITISH IMPORTS TO UNITED SrATEs-sf.'H''
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PERSONAL.

II. Cesar Thompson the weil-known Belgian vlo-
linis has been created Knight OF the order OF
Saints Maurice and Lazare by King I.pmbert.
The Rev. Daniel Ryan. who has been elected COM
mander OF the Indiana Department. G.. A. r.. Is
wdelT known az pioneer Ne hodist preacher. and
Il IL sad there IS scarcely family In the southern
part OF that State that does not know him person
ally
The Rev. DR.. W. +. Chase pastor Of the Fifth
Baptis, Church OF Philadelphia. could trace his
pedigree through prominent New England families
rs far back as 1870. and In England ms far as the
royal household Of Henry VIII. through Sir Rich
ard of Gresham and Lady Elizabeth Bowchier. In
the Civil War he was chaplain of the 4th Colored
vice at New-Orienns Baton Rouge. Braz!er City
and Port Hudson.
Randolph II. Waters an inmate Of the Soldiers
Home at Lcavenworth. Kan. recently visited Q
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.or,e.erv at Elmvood Kan. and read an epitaph

cemetery at Elmwood Kan. ana reao III ep''ap
ovor n grave supposed to be his. His sister nna
placed the headstone over the grave TWO !eaS s ~
Synters ran away home ct the beginning u
the Civil War and after IL was over ne went "e''
Milher the famous French comedian VINO a'eo "
short time ago ranked in France on much inc
same cmnence as J. L. Tooe In England TIC en-
cel,ed In the prosehment Of old men OF the pour
oaofs tyne slight shake Of the head which was
partially nervous affection and partially assume nc
cave a palsed grotesqueness to his antcs wnci
~ tho last exprcssior OF comic senility his rem
na ne was Her1n and he was born at MarssiIes ~,
is7g In addition 10 his reDuta tion as an ACTOR, ne
nade n name for himself as writer OF re n
and humorous monologues, many OF winch ""'e
had considerable success
DR. Ernss; NJ Iieber the leader OF the Cen'riS'
marty I'm the Gcrman Rechstag. Is expected 10 NJ
tcnd the German Catholic convention to be heio !"
Milwaukee August So
Mrs Lewes Is sexton OF the town Of Lewes' Eng
land and though quite an old woman, until recehtV
sho dug all the graves In the parish churchyaro'
Thomas r Bayard. ex-Ambassador to hhsisnu'
Is IN al The home OF his daughter Mrs. Sa'n"e' ~
Warren. Dedharn, Mass.
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lelng not available:
SEVEN MONTHS.

Omittng i've ifenis SNJJN ~ no IUI NiDf' W., bvS
Omiitng the items not obtained in 1892 il
appears from the total appended that the de-
crease compared with 1892 WAS more than 30
per cent as in that year shipments to this coun-
try were much larger than in 1896. More than
the whole Of that decrease was In the class or
iron and steel products. and that decrease was
wholly in the single item Of tlnplates. which
were largely excluded by the now industry TO
which the Mckinley tariff gave life. The
value OF tnplntes exported from Great Britain
to this country t2.255.1o4 In the seven
months Of 1899. only iS3G6jl in the same
months Of 1896. only felo,165 last year, and
only f472.172 in the seven months Of 1898. De-
drctlng this item. II appears that British ex-
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MONTHS.

In the first item there appears the continuing
effect Of the enormous imporatlons last year,
which still occupy the market In part, to the
exclusion of foreign and domestic wool alike
But IN woollcn and worsicd goods the imports
have Lccn reduced since 1892 more than one
half; IN carpets, about fourfifths in silks. about
40 per cent: In tutc goods, over one-quarter In
cotton goods nearly n sixth; in bags. about 81
per cent IN tlnplates, nearly - per cent be-
Sides the decline in prices In other iron ana
steel manufactures, over nehaf, though the
trllling Importation Of pig has slightly Increased;
I'm hardware over % per cent; IN machinery,
over onc-half: In cement, about 20 per cent. ana
IN nlkall, about 70 per cent. Considering that
the general volume of business and the con
sumption Of the people are now about rs great
MS In 1892. these changes cannot he considered
accidental. They bear witness to an enormous
Development Of American industry, not In one
branch only but in many branches. 1t may
no added that the little left of the importation
Of Inmates IS Dr." r. tho drawback which en-
ablcs persons 70 import them nearly free or
duty II they are used In exporting goods and
that the manufacture OF linen and jute goods
has not yet had tmo to show what can be done
under new conditions
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THE INSURGENTS ATTITUDE.
me Philadelphia Telegraph

Y
From General AgulralIo down to the bcys in the
ranks. they convinced that their lives depend
the protection OF the United States. II this Is
be withdrawn there ~ nothing for them to do but
stand M bay and 10 resist the Spaniards 10 the
deNth. 1t Is for President Mckinley and his coun-
cors TO consider. In making terms OF peace that
II desert the Philippine revolutonists and turn
them over TO the yengctul hands OF the Spaniaris
we do at the cost Of cOnsgning them TO certain
a.
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The Ohio Democrat has mare courage and hon
esty than his New-York congener He sticks
up for free silver boldly and wears the procla-
nation IN his hatband. He IS IN full command
OF the machine. and will work Il for Organism
10 It's registered limit In this State tho party
would like to ignore Bryanism and free silver
altogether In the coming campaign but some OF
its more obstreperous members Insist on bring
ing them TO the front. where they will he
smashed into smilhercens soon as the con-
sttuencics can get vote upon them.
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ILLNESS OF RICHARD S. PALAs'

From dispatches received from Colora ~ ssydsn
It appears tina, the condition Of Richard .s,rS'n
Palmer, the wei-known ciubman ana ~
OF this city. Is more serious than w.,,ed ~
thought. and serious fears are en'e' =, colers =
ne may not recover. Mr.. Palmer w Wen. ARM =.
Springs after serving in the Volunteer ,ere vss,
Cuba Few NEWCOMERS belong tSD.rai fassss
known clubs than he. and he IS sssr clubs -.
n member OF the Metropolitan. Cniye,s clubs
booker, Calumet and New-York Sac"'
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LESSONS FROM BRITTSH RECORDS

British export trade has been affected Ivy
many causes. and no longer retains its marked
Increase OF over per cent from 1899 To 1896.
comparing the first seven months OF each year,
hnt tbs year has been less than per cent
greater than in 1892. This decrease Is some
what naturally attributed 10 tho new tariff In
this country. and "lhc London Economist"
gives n table which compares the principal OK
ports TO this country for tho last three years
showing n decline in the seven months cXports
Of over 30 pcr cert compared with last year
and 40 per cent compared with the same months
Of 1890. As the trade was swellcd greatly last
year by the effort 10 escape new duties through
anticipatory imports. which was SO far success
ful that In some lines they still fill the market
and exclude other British goods TO some extent.
the comparison with that year Is not quite Just.
while 1896 was Il year OF general depression
In business here. so that the total imports of
this couptry were 10 per cent less than in 1890,
the last year Of full prosperity. For more In
structivc comparison. therefore there are add
ed to "The Economists" table for three years
the corresponding values for seven months Of
1902 as far they are given by returns nj
hand. the minor details Of British monthly
statements being not available:
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Corea IL about to adopt the gold standard.
showing more financial sense, sixteen to one,
than the free silver wing CT the Democratic
party here exhibits. The latter's stupidity could
hardly he matched IN q search from Dan 10
Beersheba. or from Seoul to Sheol. and in the
revised usage Of the Hermit Nation would GER
tainly find no parallel
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-27

4 summer in the country is not satstao-
tory 1ifthon the accurate ana comtrehFu-
size Var Meas Of he Tr'tnne. Snbsfrb-
tion trice, 81 a month.
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Tho Columbia. s. C.. cotton mill. which
started about year ego on the plan o, employ
ing only negro operatives. has not so far proved
a successful enterprise and ito work has been
temporarily suspended. Colored operatives have
succeeded in doing we'll enough In some Of the
other cotton mills Of tho South. ard the rcspon-
sibnlty Tor the failure ~ this particular one need
no, be laid entirely on their inc1icency and In
,ractah'l!ty. as some ~ the newspapers there
are trying TO DO.
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Amneemente.

.>,~.>~~O>~>o~>>>o.>>>~> -oN<NoOo/<.o"< 49,,
ACADEMY OF MUSIC-e-s:io-The Oh ho''e''
CAsINO-c-s--Yankee Doodl- DANDY. 81,
OIiYS THEATRES STA Runaway 'lFI. ~,r.
FTI3E MI,sFF,-Wax Works Grand Concert and C'ne-
matoeraph. ..>,.,- O ,-,ussvile
MADISON SQUIRE GARDEN -2'So-''"V ~
MADIsoN SQUARE ROOF GARDE%-s.l5- Conc1r'.
MANHATTAN RFACH--3 o. victor h''"''' "'
s-Pela's Vsn!.s and F-eworNs 49,,
PASTOR 5 1890 TO Il p m -NarceviHe.
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THE PHILIPPINE PROBLFM.
A QUESTION OF DUTY.

From The Minneapolis Tribune.
The question OF duty now raises an lnsurmour.-
able barrier to the surrender OF the Philippines 10
Spain. We cannot consistently give them back 10
tyranny or abandon them to anarchy. The natives
have displayed marked an incapability for self
& haXa those OF cuba.