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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
AMERICAN SOLDIERS IN EUROPE
IN PARIS THEY WERE MOBBED AS hNI-
IIsHMEN AND IN ENGLAND THEY
urpr TAKEN FOR Beers

r,ou.enant Stacker and seven members or the
let Tennessee Volunteers arrived here yesterday on
hoard the American Line steamship 81 LOUIS
They left Manila on October and came by way Oh
the suez Canal The 1st Tennessee was the nrsI
regiment OF volunteers 10 go ashore at HOMO Oeou
When the regiment ordered to san FRANCISCO
70 be mustered out Lieutenant stacker ana MS
-, docded IN 90 home the other way to see
some of the sights.
From Marseiles they went to Paris win 'he IN
,ertion of ENJOYING themselves. Their disappoiht-
rnent was keen on being greeted at the station ny
a Kissing crowd They then started down the
o,roat with the crowd following at their heels by
dint Of rapid walking they shook off the hrst MOD
h,t az soon as they stopped look around another
,brong began to gather. In the Boulevard Mont
martre there was almost riot and some one began
to throw stones. At this critical moment German
reporter stepped up and asked the Tennesseeans II
they were Englishmen. AZ soon as the MOI
learned the truth II dispersed
In England the Lieutenant and his comrades
were taken FOR Beers. Their boards had grown TO
considerable length and as they passed along the
street It was rare occurrence for some street
arab to yell out, Get on to the blooming Beers"
Lieutenant Stacker spoke freely yesterday or the
situation in the Philippines. a. , ,,.- >, :,
SThe backbone OF the rebellion Is broken ne
said but fighting will go on Tor iohg titne 70
come II will be a guerilla warfare, In which the
Filipino takes a special delight II is his nature
TO strike and then run .. ,.., iii, .,,o,.o
It possible for the American troops to track the
rebcs down 10 their holes but 1t won't do any
good TO catch Agulnaldo He is nothing but a fig
THE talk about antl-imperiasm is confined to
some old men who have stayed here at home and
know no more Of the war In ths philippines than
they read in the newspapers The soldiers stand
nv the Administration 10 a man. To be sure they
baave suffered hardshlps but they did IL cheerfuy.
Two hundred men out Of the five hundred in our
regiment re-enllsted. although 2 per cent OF the
regiment were sick with dysenery and fever. three
died from smallpox and many more perlshed whose
names will never be known IL is true that the ON
all the men who die
"Os is doing the best he can but ne Is not at all
hem and Grandmother Otis think however, he
has nearly brought things to standstil'
The other members of the party Sergeant F..
W Roow Sergeant Bovd Johnson Sergeant L.
Drane and C. Stacker J. y. Randle, j. c. Kendrck
and J. II. Tate, privates
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
,rU ROCKS AT THE PUBLIC LIBRARY

:, recent note in The Tribune on the Ford col
,oct,on in the New-York Public Library refer-
e"o' w., q, original editions OF documents Of the
- I'D Congresses OF the United states
us, ~ these documents now appears In inc
10 "Rulletin" OF the library. which con-
,atp. also a list of works on South Africa cover
' .a ,bIrty-three pages Other matters Of parucu
lar interest American history are tne pupsaron
OF the Msn"" in translation, and the notice OF
some ssss as he in he
transeriPpss hIic Records Office on Provincial Troops
and Loyasis in the M Seys an' '0'
Of hichmo mo noteworthy additions to the library
are three folio volumes published s ns plates on
austrian arneis printed white sk and of fy
Oriental carr Class .'The Bulletin appears iuy
tai ename,.Sa sbt 10 existence. especially 10 ISSUES
ike the last one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
SAYS NO MAN is HONEST.
BROOKLYN LAWYERS SPICY CONTROVERSY
WITH CONGRESSMAN briggs.

A BROOKLYN LAWYERS SPICY CONTROVERSY
WITH CONGRESSMAN BRIGGS
IT don't pretend to be honest-no man is. and a
LAWYER cannot be-" is the astonishing statement
made by Eugene V. Brewster in Brooklyn yester-
day It caused considerable comment last night.
Mr. Brewster who at the head of the 81 Bryan
dinner given last year, had stated that Congress
men briggs May and Fitzgerald were at one time
ready TO vote for free silver The Congressman
immediately denied the statement, and yesterday
Mr.. Brewster upheld his original statement In
rather spicy article. His attack was especially
hitter against Mr. briggs. who. he declares. gave
him nersonal assurance that he Drigg9 would up
hold Bryan's cause. a.
EITHER Mr.. briggs or l." snys Mr. Brewster IS
Guilty Of deliberate, premeditated. unwarranted,
nnroceesarv selfish reckless falsehood. II is due
thar discredit and dshonor be placed where II De-
longs" .o A,,1,,stus q Fischer
80 cvnervisor in unfolding his contention that MI;
briggs had said that he had been huinDugseu
into i-Chicago platformism. In sPeaklns NJ NJ
ther as 10 his interview with MI Drless' MI
''He said everything TO make us believe that ne
x,.s greatly in favor OF Mr.. Bryan. think ne was
,ben sincere | should hate to believe ne was not
have some respect for a liar, Dut none LOT "a
nv hrief career but never Of being hypocIiite,
don't pretend to be honest-no man r. anu d
- u,Unr cannot be-but | do say that II man
sboiIId give out the statement gave out yesteI
Sav affectng a Congressman. and there snouio DC
no truth in It. he should be severely dealt WIN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
TILE COrRSE OF STOCKS.

The industrials and other OF the more speculative
stocks had another bad day yesterday. although
the market rallied TO some extent on the publica-
,,or ~ the bank statement. which proved 10 be
r,rcb less unfavorable than had been rumored
sugar had the largest decline Sh per cent. the
news OF Mr. Matthiessen's retirement as director
Of the company being largely the cause OF the loss
s,sel and Wire preferred closed at 81 net loss OF
IL per cent; Steel Hoop preferred al "a loss OF
Tdbacco ranged between 10 and 1903. closing at loi
a net decline OF 5ls per cent. Continental Tobacco
Cannon lost Ia and the preferred 2b Metropoli-
tan Street Railway sold down 10 l@. closing at
1871. a net loss OF AZ per cent. New YORK Ar
Brake lost 3 points; Tennessee Coal and Iron. "a.
and Rubber preferred. points.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
WAR TAX ON EXPRESS COMPANIES.
4 HEARING GIVEN BY ASSISTANT ATTORNEY
GENERAL BOYD.

Washington. Dec. s.-Assistant Attorney General
Bovd gave a hearing to-day 10 John A. Carver
and others representing a committee Of the Ameri-
can Bankers Association, and John J. McCooK
representing the Wells-Fargo Express Company.
and Charles Steele. Of the Adams Express COM
psny on the question of the taxability of express
smpanies as brokers under the War Revenue act
De question has been before the Commissioner or
Eternal Revenue for several months. the bankers
asserting that the express companies not only do a
large business in domestic exchange, but also in
foreign exchange. and under the wording OF the
War Revenue act are clearly liable TO tax or 800
syear as brokers.
Mr. Carver contended that the express companies,
OF some OF them at least, did large foreign ex-
change business. and owing to the fact that they
nd hitherto been exempt from the tax they We're
rabled to cut rates an extent which practically
aOye the banks. and especially those Of the in
tror OF the country. out OF the exchange busl-
express companies had practically discontinued
me old forms Of bills OF exchange. ana nave SUD
listed however that checks. orders. drafts and all
lsruments o. that character were IN erect DIS
Of exchange" and therefore clearly within the
Some time ago Commissioner Wilson rendered
decision in which he held that express companies
engaged in the business Of buying and selling for,
agn coin were subject 10 the tax Inc ques tIom w
their liability however for issuing foreign remit,
lance checks travellers checks. cable transfers OF
money OF domestic exchange was not eeciae e anu
General for aS onn,oS on the questions involved
s,Mr MeCook and Mr.. Steele asked PERMISSION ~
ne briefs, which was granted. 49,. 4,
Mr. McCook maintained briefly. however, that II
express companies were declared liable 10 the TAX
shegaph companies must also be ncl1ded aho os
saho9ut one hundred and four thousanQ oince , ot
mese companies representing largely the business
Be- u and industry OF the whole coT b ySus0ess
az ol me country he said. Would not conselt -
DOM ,Ieh heavy restrictions on their me,no9s oa
hanLs business. Large areas OF the country
were few depended almost entireiy on tIo
sion Of snd telegraph companies for the rahsiiiS
nv ID
time b SsSyc said that he would receive orieis any
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
CEN METHUEN FIGHTING.
Continued from first page.

- White presumably showing the dispo-
- Of the Boer forces and the vulnerable
points.
LIS work in completing the trestle bridge
,,ored feet and an armored train is now
.o,rine the line in the neishborhood OF Chieve-
ley. % ,,o. so,,stoo.or,
NV, the British point of view. Small outpost
i,V. .,,snes have occurred at various points and
:, Queenstown a quantity of rifles and ammuni-
- including Dumdum bullets and Martins.
Longing to dsloyal Dutch, have been seized.
80 latest advices from Stormberg indicate that
-. poers. nosition there is exceptionally strong.
pn,orts received at Cape Town from Bloem-
..,n,r cav everybody has been compelled to do
.n,,orv duty. including Mr.. Fraser, the chair
nan Of the Volksraad
,rho Free Staters. is is alleged, have decided not
=. aofend Boemfontein, as 1t is not fortified.
W - mako a stand at Bainsvle southwest Of
..o~dine TO dispatches from Ladysmith ex-
..-.,ors are running weekly from Pretoria.
.rrs,ns numbers Of gayly attred Dutch women.
49, ,ate ND points Of vantage on the hills and
.,n.A,v scan the proceedings in the town.
pussia is sending General Gurko of the Cen
..., staff as attach6 at the Boer head laager.
.,ego train was shipped to South Africa to-
DAY from Southampton
Mrs Langtrys husband, Hugo Gerald De
p.,be sails for South Africa December 16,
on special service. Mrs. Langtry declares that
4. she had not made all her American arrange
ments she would go, too, in the capacity of
nurse or otherwise
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
SQUATTERS DRIVEN FROM CHA RESERVE

ra oa"ts re. N. NJ, Dec. (speciaD.-To-day the
s, oeS' Superintendent, w. II. Buntain. began the
- enforcement OF the recent order OF the De
ss'."eht OF the Interior TO drive all squauers
r ana sheep from the ella Forest Reserve Inc
'~est Supervisor. NJ: NJ Mulhall. OF the ella Re
'e' gathered large force Of rangers at Chh'
n an' county. 10 begin operations to-day II he
soycas any armed opposition he VIII swear IN d. a
sgd iii III deputies as large as he deems necessaly
Er, VII draw upon the small force OF soldiers at
iha Dayard II necessary The feeling against
liz" nment In depriving hundreds OF old set
OF their homes and means of livelihood when
"'hter Is upon them is severe
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
HAFFEN BELIEVES IN HOME RULE.

Louis F. Haren. president of the Borough OF Inc
Bronx. having been asked by Frank Moss. counsel
TO the Mazet Investigating Committee. for his
views on what modification OF the city charter
should be made regarding the borough presidents.
has sent a long reply to Mr.. Moss, the gist Of
which IS that in HIS opinion the borough divisions
should be retained. and some borough ofieer
clothed with more power than the present borough
presidents have In the matter OF local improve We
great Capitalization OF power may be avoided
Nr Haffen thinks that public improvements IN
iaacai auth9fitIes and that all borough Commits
sioners should be elective ana be removaoie pS 1s
Mayor only for substantai e"use' "i'o' 'e'
made and a hearing had.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
STATE CONTROL OF THE POLICE.
PROFESSOR GoODNow ALTHOUGH FAvORrNG THE
PLAN, is OPPOSED TO A CoNsTABULARY
BILL AT PRESENT. HE TELLS GOOD
GOVERNMENT CLUB G.

PLAN, is OPPOSED TO CONSTABULARf
BILL AT PRESENT. HE TELLS GOOD
GOVERNMENT CLUB c.
Good Government Club c had a dinner last night
at the st. Denis Hotel There thirty present,
including Horace f. Deming. Assemblyman-elect
Perez NJ Stewart Isaac H. Klein. Wheeler II.
Peckham and Oswald G. Willard John Jay Chap
man presided The subject for discussion was
state Control Of the Police Force" but with the
execution Of Professor Frank J. Goodnow none OF
the speakers spoke the subject. Controller Coler
and Mr. Stewart frankly admitting their lack Of
knowledge.
Professor Goodnow the first speaker. He
smoke Of the benefits OF State supervision, Illus
trating by the State Board Of Charities, State Su-
perintcndency Of Instruction. and the improvement
I'm the condition Of the pauper insane since they
went under State control. Judging from the ex-
nerience of foreign countries he said. the absolute
local control Of the police had never been a sue
cess He did not favor an absolute control by the
State but suggested State supervision. with power
to compel the enforcement OF State laws where
the local authorities neglect them. He added;
In the present condition OF public opinion |
would not support a State constabulary PHI but
believe there should be state supervision eitner
he the Governor by a commission: thnt the local
b9ards should report to such commission. and that
such commission should have power to supplement
the local police ACTIVITY
Controller Coler began his talk by declaring his
inability to discuss the question at issue he re-
minded his hearers that under the constitution OF
49, c,ote M matter how New-York City may
crow n can never have adequate representation IN
The Legislature to protect the interests OF the CITY,
and conseqHenty, tbs civ 70 acouiesce in State
interference The only thing he said about police
matters that he BELIEVED IN IN a. apso,nted by
The Mayor and 10 be held strictly responsible
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
TO AID RED CROSS WORK AMONG Beers.
THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE JUST FORMED WILL
FORWARD GIFTS THROUGH EUROPEAN

TO AID RED CROSS WORK AMONG BOERS
THE AMERICAN COMMITTEE JUST FORMED WILL
FORWARD GIFTS THROUGH EUROPEAN
ORGANIZATIONS
The American Committee TO aid Red Cross work
IN the South African War with special reference
10 the wounded OF both belligerents within the
Boer lines mas been formed for the purpose OF
srordlng way by which the gifts Of the Amer
lean people for such work may be forwarded. The
committee has made arrangements, for the pres
en-, at least to make use of the Netherlands Red
Cross an organization already in the field 1t Will
also avail itself Of such other means Of accom-
nushlnr It's object as may be devised by the Cen
,,al Red Cross Committee at Geneva. The Amer
,can Committee has received numerous offers from
MUSICIANS and nurses who have volunteered for
service In South Africa and these II has been COM
nelled 10 decline the committee does not under
take TO send either doctors or nurses to South
Africa The committee has lust received, under
dats NJ November 25 a communication from Baron
Van Hardenbroeck, which says that the Neither
lands Red Cross has sent two ambulances one OF
which sailed on October Is and was directed
straight 10 Pretoria. The second ambulance left
Amsterdam on November %. and is more especially
intended for the orange Free State He also
says;
that ali the help we send goes under the broad
flag Of the Red Cross, and is meant for relief 70
whether II be Transvaal or Orange Free state;
The first ambulance has, besides It's chle1, VINO is
a doctor himself five clever surgeons attached 10
II; ten nurses. four hospital attendants and
manager.
The second has its chief Ia military doctor. three
surgeons. seven nurses and three attendants we
should have liked 10 have hlled out the second
ambulance as fully the first but the means
failed US We hope. II we'll supported by outside
rifts 10 be able TO supplement according to needs
I NAV however, state at once that the needs are
great and that gifts in money are specially wei
coined as they enable to send out 1ortnlghtIy
or monthly the necessary supplementary pro.
visions surgical and nutritious. All manner OF
hsln is IN This case of the utmost Importance and
wifi be most gratefully acknowledged.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
SOUTHERN MILLS TO ADVANCE "AuhH

NEw-ENGLAND MANUFACTURERS PLEASED Al
THE ANNOUNCEMENT.
Boston, Dec. s.-New- England cotton manuIact-
urers are greatly pleased at the announcement
from Augusta Ga. that the cotton manufactures
OF that city TO raise the wages OF 'hen 0o''
" 80 January as this is regarded an in
ata+,or that other mill men OF the South VIII also
take action on the question. Manufacturers IN the
Tortb with few exceptions now have granted an
advance and the step has been taken IN spse cd Cd
a. Enovedge that II wages in the South REMAINED
nncbonged New England manufacturers would DC
sincad Of a decided disadvantage. The news from
Eaoroia therefore is welcome intelligence 10
Northein manufacturers g.. ,.o mn .,
,-d coo cotton mill operatives In the North VIII be
iUoorkine under an advance OF wages. and that me
advance in the South VII VII on 9tins '"e 'o'' " '"'
%ri,ed States 70 above 10000.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
THE PRESIDENT ASKED TO MEDIATE

Washington. Dec. Ex-senator Burrows. Of
Michigan. presented TO the President to-day an
ella borately prepared petition asking that he
tender the good offices of the United States in
the settlement of the difficulty between the two
South African republics and Great Britain. The
petition was signed by a committee representing
a large number Of Hoanders in Michigan.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10
THE POPE CONVALESCENT.

pone Dec a-The Pope who 1t was announced
o Few DAYS ago was suffering from heavy cold
and experienced some difficulty In breathing mas
ann,pletely recovered his usual health
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-12-10

OPERATION on SIGNOR CRISPFS EYES.
pome Dec. s-sIgnor Crispi was operated on at
>-anles TODAY for cataract. The hnal operation
III he performed q fortnight hence
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
BREVITIES.

The shameful divorce business is
making the south a second Chicago ON
a greater scale. Augusta, Ga, had A
divorces in n day. A disgrace to
Georgia and all pretended civilization
The negroes of this country will
make an educational exhibit at Paris.
That is right. Let them show what the
best of the race have accomplished.
On End November, in Alabama, a
negro brute was lynched for the same
old devilish crime. He choked Mrs. E.
w. Hussey, to i~nsensibilfty in her own
room and left her in a most precarious
condition from fright.
The Sherman Democrat tells the boss
ne must mend his ways. 1t says:
1.-The president must usher in a new
and healthier regime. If he cares for
a political future, he must replace i'm
becillty with brains and vigor.. The
people are worn out with failure, be-
wilderment and disaster"
Teddy Roosevelt, who was elected
governor of New York by reason of
doing 4 little fighting in Cuba, has
kept up his Rough Riding by sland-
ering better people in his political ha-
rangues. He is a regular swash-
heather.
Genera 10 Wheeler is not willing to
give up his congressional teat. He
roposes to hold on to it and his army
place. But can he retain both? He
evidently owe the swill tub.
Brooklyn, n. Y, is pagan. 1t has a
half million of people h do not at
tend church. The Christian people in
the rich north should send at least fifty
earnest missionaries ito that city of the
heathens.
A negro was lynched in Kansas a
week ago for having killed q white
whiskey seller. They do not await
the raping of women up there" to
kill a negro. There is talk of a race
war" and that too in Bleeding Kan
sas."
Did you know Uncle Sam was using
the peoples money to pay the Catholic
Archbishop of Manila a yearly salary
Of $4,000? So Rev. N. II. Hartman
states. He says as we quote from the
Charlotte Standard:
General Otis is giving the Archbish-
op leave to build churches when and
where he pleases and the same day de-
nying a Protestant missionary the use
of a vacant building for worship"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10

ton go? If so, then good bye to negro
education henceforth in the south by
white taxation. !.
The Richmond Times, a gold bug pa
per of strong government leanings, We
believe, has this pointed, sensible view:
The argument being that the whites
who get the benefits of such a school,
receive a protection from the laws that
the negroes who are denied admission
to it fail to receive.
ANY man who undertakes to say be-
forehand how a court will decide a
a s. is a very rash man indeed, but
we feel that we run but little risk in
declaring the opinion that the negroes
will lose this case. If the argument
made for them could be accepted and
il it were carried to it's logical concIu-
sion, it would deprive a state of all
control of her revenues and would
carry the federal finger into all the
transactions of a states internal policy.
There could be no appropriation of a
states revenues that the federal gov
eminent would not have a right to in
spect and investigate to see that i'm
partial justice between the races had
been done. Nay more, the argument
would go a step farther n require the
federal government to examine the
transaction and see that impartial jus
tice had been done between the indi-
vidual members of each race. 1t is
impossible hat sue al argument a
receive attention"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1899-11-10
III AFRICAN A

The retreat of h British through
already great disaster that has befal-
len British arms in the war upon the
Beers. Already they have sustained a
loss in killed, wounded and captured of
some 2,151, which is the greatest set
back they have received since the
American colonies licked them in the
eighteenth century. This is very re-
markable for they have had a dozen or
twenty wars in this century. The mule
business in the Transvaal proved a dis
ter than he can manage mules. When
General Yule reiterated from Glencoe,
he sustained So casualties before he
Joined Sir George White. There is talk
of ~superseding White because of his
defeat. John Bull is immensely plucky.
The you pummel him h more
he grits his teeth and the more stub
born he becomes. 1T took seven years
to convince him that the Americans
would not submit to his rule any long
er. He does wrong often in. dealing
with other peoples, but he sticks to his
game, and, fighting weaker peoples he
generally carries out his plan to con-
quer and to hold right or wrong. He
will make it hot for the Beers. If it
hould eventuafte in the total capture
of Whltes's army at Ladysmith it will
be another great humiliation for the
invaders. The probability appears to
be hat lit will fall. Another British
army corps is ordered, and John Bull
is resolved to fight it out on that line
if it takes all winter" Ut is apparent
now that Great Britain fears other
enemies than THE Beers and their South
African allies. 1t must face perhaps
Still stronger combinations than those
of the republican forces, but also the
Dutch in Northern Cape Colony, and
perhaps the African negro natives. A
London dispatch of 3rd inst. from Lon
don says:
THE Worlds correspondent learns
that the Dutch rising in Northern Cape
Colony-the first news of which was
exclusively cabled to The World ten
days ago-has assumed menacing pro-
portions owing to the Boer successes,
while the native unrest all along the
T~ransvaal and Orange Free State Dor
ders has become most menacing.
THE natives cannot be relied on by
either side, but probably will fight for
their own land.
With section spreading among the
Cape and Natal Dutch, the natives
waiting to jump in on their own ac-
count, and General Whites force be-
leagured in Ladysmith, this war has
suddenly become the most mOmertCUs
TO England in which she has engaged
since the American revolution"