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New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
ANOTHER CASE OF UNJUST TAX.
HALF AN OLD wOMAN's MORTGAGE INTEREST
TAKEN FROM HER WITH DIRE RESULTS.

TAKEN FROM HER WITH DIRE RESULTS
To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Will you allow to give you another
phase Of the perso nal tax business? To my
sister. an old woman, was left by her husband
at his death mone,' enough so that the interest
would just about support her in very eco
nOmiCal Way-keep her above actual want. To
be safe, she lent out the money on mortgage at
per cent. Nov the tax assessors come along
and want more than half her income lat the
rate OF 50 60) a personal tax. The woman
being too old for hard work would practically
become a pauper and have to rely for support
on charity. She 1oes not want to become tax
dodger by moving to another State, nor can she
very well make such change on account OF her
feeble health
There remained only one way for her TO do.
She has called in her two mortgages. The own
ers of the two houses cannot pay, and have
tried their best to borrow the money elsewhere
without success. owing TO this heavy tax on
mortgages. The consequence will be foreclosure
suits and forced sales. At such sales the prop
erty will probably bring less than the judg-
ments, on account Of long delay and heavy lti-
cation expenses. As a result, the Will
lose part Of her money and the original owners
will their equity wiped out. Their hard
earned savings OF many years put into their
homes will be a total loss.
Where is the justice and equity in such law?
If small tax were imposed il could be paid;
as it is the State will get no tax at all mort
gage that nets per cent is taxed In full. while
real estate that nets more is only taxed at
three-fourths valuation. and building loan
Citations get off almost free.
1t is the most dscouraging thing for small
realty holders who want to build and improve
their property with borrowed money, or for people
who want to build a small home Of their own.
This is not an isolated instance / know Of
other mortgages who feel compelled TO do like
wise or to leave the State to protect themselves.
SO the State loses the tax and its citizens also
And SO II will be all through the State where a
personal tax mortgages is enforced. result
ing in thousands Of foreclosure sales. a. s.
StapetOn, Borough of Richmond Feb t. 1899
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
1 sTapLEroy cHOR ENTERr'''~. ,...,

On Saturday evening the memtF's stapeioa
cboir o% of ~ paurs Memorial church Yhoss
staten island were entertained in the wood .~d pa.'S
OF the church BY the Rev Alonzo H. ~ the orsa''
OF me church and Robert Grant s,ereoptleoos
ist The entertainment, consisted .oes v bsne ,a ,S
views the descriptions Of the aney Snn,sl
v9,nme entitled Wars In the Fast ~ the lesG,,...
TO Master David Libby yonee Sms during ins rss
eighteen months. without MISSING t,sOp wl ~"
or service. \ new organ. vaiueo ~
be erected In the church.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
SMITH.

Northampton Mass. Feb. I2-The new Chem
isry Building which is largely the gift OF the class
OF '95 IL completed. The building is OF red
brick. with sandstone trimmings Two handsome
figures Of Alchemy and Metallurgy adorn the front
Of the building on the main floor is the large
lecture-room which. although square. has the ad-
vantage Of the amphitheatre arrangement Of seats.
on the first floor is library. The most notcea BILE
feature Of the room is a handsome fireplace and
chimney piece the gift OF alumni former members
of the Cooquium Society. The room Is 10 be
used for meetings OF the society. Professor Stod-
dards private office and laboratory on this floor
also y dark room has been placed at the disposal
Of those Interested In photography. On the second
floor is a room for sanitary chemistry and a room
for special work for advanced students and a
laboratory for organic chemistry. On the third
floor Is the laboratory for general chemistry. This
room Is arranged to accommodate sixty students.
II Is well lighted. windows occupying the whole Of
three sides. There Is small rectatiOnroom on
this floor
The walls are all of brick making the building
practically ireproof. The ventilation has been
carefully provided for, and Is supposed TO be per-
feet. Hot and cold water at every sink com
pressed air at every desk. hoods In all the labor
atories for the escape Of poisonous gases all go
building supplies a need long felt. and the gener-
osty of the class of % and other friends is fully
appreciated. not only by the students Of that de
partment but by the college at large.
ON Friday. February 3. the Dewey House gave
a german.
Monday evening Mr. Marshall Of New-York
lectured before the Philosophical Society and it's
friends Ills subject was Instinct and Reason"
Wednesday, February =. the Southwick. Delta
Sigma and Green Dragon houses held their annual
dance I'm the Alumni Gymnasium. The guests all
fashioned dances were the order OF the evening.
Professor Elwe. OF Amherst. Will take Profes
ment Professor Tyler is absent for the year in
Greece.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
A SHAKESPEARE NOT FOR JUVENILES.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune Of to-day there is a letter
by Mr.. George F. Ridemer. under the title Of
Shakespeare for Juvenile Minds" in which the
book How TO Study Shakespeare" by Mr.. Will
lam II. Fleming Of the distinguished editors
Of the Bankside EDITION. IS alluded TO In humorous
terms in that It recommends astonishing books Of
reference for a work purporiing to be written for
youths.
Perhaps II would be better for Mr. Rdemer II he
would read a book before he essays 10 crticise It
careful perusal Of the preface, in which the
aims OF the publication set forth. falls TO elicit
the fantest intimation that this work is intended
for school children 1t is difficult. indeed, TO com
prehend how any body could suppose book or this
character be Intended for any other purpose than
to assist Shakespeare reading clubs I'm studying the
dram mas These clubs. Of which there are many IN
the country are composed Of intelligent and earnest
men and women. who lind Mr. Fleming book most
suggestive and helpful As member OF TWO such
clubs which have prohted hy Mr Fleming meth
ods feel that IL Is due 70 him that this misappre-
hension should be corrected C. B. B.
\eW-York Feb. S 1899
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
INJURIES INFLICTED BY DOGS.
he Etifor oS The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir II child In front OF trolley-car and
gets injured or killed the company has 10 pay
neavy damages II peaceable citizen going along
the sidewalk supposedly in place Of security. is
Unexpectedly attacked by dog and dishgured for
life or after a few days dies OF hydrophoba,
neither the individual injured nor his friends ever
receive compensation. Is not the city responsible
for the injury nasmuch as dogs allowed TO
roam the streets at all hours?
A valuable life Uhat OF our Nice-Consui to
Greece has just been sacrificed: he died Of hydro
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13

Club. NJ New-York. has also presented copy OF
It's rare and interesting "Liber Scriptorum a
The second hail play. given last evening, was
Sherldan's Rivals acted by the Phlalethean
Society once during every college generation Inc
chief parts taken by Miss II. * Hoy. MISS
L. cole. Miss J. B. Lockwood and Miss T. ~ Hah,,
ley Special given 10 the staging ana
costumes and the performance reflected great
credit on both committee and cast. on SATURDAY
OF last week the sophomores gave a "cake-Waik
on Tuesday Illustrated lecture and some plan
tation songs were given by students Of Hampton
Institute, Virginia. Professor Cow gave music
lecture on Wednesday. with illustrations by vocal
quartet.
Dr. Lyman Abbott preached In the college chapel
this morning
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13

son. Le Prince and Lawrence tn. ,r
squads having the best material arc treshnu
posed: Bullard. De Kay. shreve. Heryryn rnu; ON
Collie. Potts and Williamson and Fi.y lryir.
Weeks. Schroeder. Barlow, Ervng. JobS.. vGs
Mount " 'Vhlson a.
Henry B. Hyde. OF the Equitable Id,o
course OF fifteen lectures on "PrinciaIe.es
Insurance and Their Relation 10 Socety az q VI
and are scheduled for Mondays and Tmo.Ia a. Less
ginning February a. AT 40 D. m. in RAYS =
5C6. SchcrmerhOrn Hall. " "'om n
Professor George f.. Woodbury. has r-
procure Ave hundred books for a K g,Dm'set /.
library on condition that its members f,,,,.,''s Ton
equal number '''hsa 4
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
Nrw.YuRK UNIVERSITY.

The m promenade was held last Friday evening
in the gymnasium.
DR. Prince. who was away on a hesi,h-seekins
VOYAGE. has returned ana resumed hts work.
Chancellor MacCracken has gone 10 Florda U
attend the Tampa Bay Convention. Dr. ms
Cracker will speak on the relation OF schoos aa'
colleges 10 instruction In military tactics,
The Younger members of the alumni OF tne u.
school have formed Junior Law school Alunn
Associa ton.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13

phob,a from the bite OF n dog Last week several
persons died after being bitten by dogs In No. NO.
vember two children died OF hydrophobia: another
child had it's nose torn of; one had her ear torn
on and the side Of womans face was taken tU og on
by dogs and hundreds yearly treated TOT uos
bites at the Pasteur Institute that are never re-
ported. -, 49,. .,
Is II not time that law makers took the MAJ !.
ter in han nd and eglsated these pests from he clt
Is is only through the power Of the press that
are abated. VIII you not help suffering puplc
10 get relief from these dangerous creatures -
New-York Feb 10 1899. G NJ. -
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
NORMAL,

Professor Keller. OF tho department Of Gerrr
reports that in the last collegiate year i3S studeis
made use Of the Neustadt Memorial Library.
The officers of the Associate Alumns gave y
cept!on 10 the members Of the senior class.
The Rev Or. George Hodges of the Episcoa
Theological School Cambridge preached a speh
sermon on The Holy Spirit Dwelling in L,
Church" in the Adams Chapel yesterday st,ern0o:
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
BARNARD

The midyear examinations are now over. All
lectures for the second term begin to-day. Intsrr
in social affairs is reyyng Tonight the isnx
ball will be given. The committee In charge u
cludes Miss Helen Cole Miss Florence Miller sA
Miss Mary Loockerman Goldsborough and As
Florence Leslie Kyle. 49,,
The 'es classbook the first publication o. its kin'
N he issued by Barnard graduates. VIII soon q
brought out Miss Ida Eloise Wells. Miss Clam
de Tissa Berg and Miss Alice Jane Grey Perkln'
editing book
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13

as secretary OF the Interstate Oratorical Union;
The contest for the prize In oratory VIII come o''
I'm April next ut IT q
The Franklin Hall has chosen these officers: r.;
Tho Washington Hall has chosen W. VI. Parsons
president and W. G. Isett vice president Eacn 90
University to hold an intercollegiate debate.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
TEACHERS

Last week was devoted to midyear examIns,,,,,
on Saturday evening relaxation came In the ss,.
OF dance at College Hall
Miss Susan Blow lectured Friday af,err,-
in the department OF kindergarten Her sus,-
was THE Life OF FrOeOel
George Philip Knapp, instructor in English tr
Hopkins University for study and research
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
MAKING A FARCE OF EAGAN's OFFENCE

10 the Editor Of Tho Tribune.
Sir Your editorial in this mornings issue con-
cerning the matter OF General Eagan Is well put
President McKinley-good man as he is-has un-
fortunately made a farce OF the matter and II looks
like direct fling at General Miles. the head Of our
forces BENJAMIN HAMMOND.
Fishkill- on the Hudson, FEB. s. lss8.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
New-York. Feb. 3. 1899.
SHELTER FOR sTREETCAR wORKE

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Would It not be well 10 draw the attention OF
the city railroad officials to take into consideration
the nrov,ding OF shelter at the end Of the routes
FOR notormen and conductors? II for cyclists. who
ss a general thing wheel for mere pleasure, gem
srous provision is to he made. much more should
this be done for those who are serving the public
hut have no shelter whatever the condition OF the
weather Happily this is the case with few only
NeW-York. Jan. p. 1899. HUMANITY.
New-York tribune., 1899-02-13
COSTLY FIRE N iLBiNh
EIGHT BUSINESS HOUSES IN sorTH FSN''
BURNED OFT

Albany. Feb l2--One hundred ana nl" nur,s
the busiest portion u South Peari-st a,,us &
at O'Clock this morning Eight III '",.,ly ~
prosperous business had their son ,,, oue-At
stroyed The loss will reach s2j1eR 'oo' lnss
OF which IL covered 10y insurance M@t..,~snd unsi
makers OF women's garments. the ,iiiiners A.
Tea Company. HalenbOck 90 ~. In wornen'
Mann a Waldmann. wholesale d'''''' -,
suits are the principal sufferer aud the ~,
owing to the scarcity of "a,.lI .lIer control "A "
wind the nre was not got u''' Gland Opc,
several hours At one time the s,r serious,
House and adjacent buildings ", the chans
threatened. but they were saved y
nfy vii
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-02
PLAN To DEPOSE
THE. EMP PEROR
Unfortunate Ruler of
China Is Doomed.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

VICTORIA, B. c., Oct 1.-The steamer
Olympia reached here this afternoon from
Yokohama. & A dispatch from Peking to
the North China Daily News says that
arrangements for the dethronement of
the unfortunate Emperor Kuang Hsu are
proceeding apace. The Empress Dowager's S
choice has definitely fallen upon Pu
Tsuan, the 9-year-old son of Duke Tsai
Ian, to succeed Kuang Hsu as Emperor
of China. This imperial candidate can
only speak the Manchu dialect, and
knows no Chinese.
Kuang Hsu has already been urged to
draw up a memorial to the Empress
Dowager asking to be allowed to resign
his throne owing to his chronic illness.
Pretence will be made by the Empress
DoWager to refuse acceptance of the res
ignation and to consider the matter
again. This will be done three times,
and at the third time the resignation is
to be accepted, as showing the Emperor
really anxious to resign.
The troops of Prince Ching and Jung
Lu will be under arms on the occasion of
the dethronement in case something un-
toward should happen. Duke Tsai Ian is
close friend of Prince Ching, and there
are doubts whether the Jung Lu party
will be satisfied at this further strength
ening of the Ching faction by the ap-
pointment of the new Emperor There
are rumors that perhaps Russia will have
something TO say before the dethronement
takes place, as Chinese officials in Fang
tien have recently reported that Russia
is preparing to send large force to Pc
king in a few days.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-02
DISAPPEARING
Are the Picturesque Woodsmen of
Pennsylvania.

One of the most interesting and pictur-
eSque types known to backWoods life, the
oLd-time iumberman and woodchopper of
the Alleghanies, is now almost thing of
the past. At the present day the number
of men engaged in that healthful but ar
duouS occupation IS small compared with
the thousands that labored in the fine for
ests of quarter of a century ago. The
fine forests of Pennsylvania are them
selves only memory.
Inc genuine old-time woodsman of the
Aileghany spread of waters cannot be
mistaken. He will be seen in midwinter
always wearing fur cap, which is more
than likely some long preserved trophy
OF his own rife or trap. He wears no
coat or wastcoat, his body and chest be-
ing covered by heavy flannel or woolen
ments of the later-day iumberman. but
good, old-fashioned stuff, such as his
father used to wear Trousers of some
new order of woodsmen wear their trous-
erS tucked into a long pair of stockings
These stockings are often as gorgeous in
varied color as the shirt or jacket he
AFFECTS, and their tops are drawn snug to
the leg by puckering string, the ends
of the string sometimes ending in fancy
tassels. They wear gum shoes. The
old-time woodsman's father wore cowhide
boots well creased with tallow and with
no stockings between their leather and his
feet; so his sons, or most of them. wear
cowhide boots, creased with tallow, and
no stockings, and declare that thus clad
their feet are kept warmer than by the
bundling of heavy stockings. The old
timer will defy any one to remember an
instance of any ones feet ever having
been frosted when dressed on the cowhide
boot, no stocking plan. These fast-disap-
pearing specimens of the days when
lumberin was lumberin and not playin'
circus" also scorn suspenders or gal
luses,| as they call them.
clawed up If he wants to swing an ak or
pull raft oar is the rule of these for
est craftsmen.
Clad thus the woodsman Is ready for a
shooting match, dog fight, bear hunt,
log chopping or mourner meeting The
mourner meeting is the backwoods rev-
val, conducted usually by some strap
ping, lusty lunged preacher and generally
at the district schoolhouse Everybody
within a circuit of five or six miles at
quently majority Of the congregation
join the mourners before the revival is
over. But the steadfaStness of the back
woods convert is evidently not to be de-
pended upon, for mourners of one winter
are, to great extent, the mourners of
upon as anything to be unfavorably COM
mented upon; on the contrary some re-
gard it as a very commendable action, as
witness the boast of one old-time woods
man:
II stand high in this here deestrict. and
/ ought to- | been mourner ev'ry winter
at the mourner meetin's fer better'n forty
year"
AS rule these untutored woodsmen are
honest and generous, although always
they are being replaced by an element so
different in all respects, for to their
sturdy and aggressive character is due
more than to any one thing, the place
Western Pennsylvania enjoys in the esti-
nation Of the entire country.-New York
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-02
SCOTSMAN'S CREW
UNDER ARREST
Are Caught Laden With
Their Plunder.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

MONTREAL, Oct. 1.-When the steamer
Montfort reached this port to-day police
officers arrested twenty-three members OF
the Scotsman's crew, laden with plunder.
Twenty officers on the wharf awaited the
vessels arrival. The policemen were kept
concealed until the gangways were along
side, when they suddenly swarmed on
board and in a second had rounded up the
Scotsnans crew. 1t was done so quickly
that the men had no opportunity Of ridding
themselves of any traces of guilt. Half
a dozen patrol wagons were waiting
alongside and into these the sailors were
hustled, amid the jeers and Kisses of a
large crowd which had gathered.
Throw them into the river!" was the
cry that went up. Had it not been for
the presence of the police the. threat
would probably have been carried into
effect. The men were taken to the Central
Police Station and stripped. When the
search was ended there remained not the
slightest doubt, of ,pillage and violence
told by the unlucky passengers OF the
Scotsman.
of every kind, ladies' dresses, silks. and
satins, mems wearing apparel and private
papers were even included in the prey.
The will of Mr.. Letter was taken from
one man., The value Of the articles re-
covered is placed at $4,000.
The Grecian came in about noon and
from her the police took nine cattlemen
who were upon the Scotsman. Upon one
man only was anything of an incriminat-
ing nature found.
1t is given as a reason why more stolen
jewelry was not found on the sailors from
the Grecian that when the ship touched
at Quebec a half-dozen policemen In uni
form boarded her, and that the thieves
took alarm and threw their plunder over
board. A diver is to be sent down In the
morning to search the bottom where the
ship lay.
The list Of the Scotsman's dead re-
manned unchanged at II o'clock tonight.
Rev. DR.. Chalmers, the Congregational
missionary of Hongkong, who was re-
ported missing last evening, has been To-
Gated
He is on board the Dominion line
steamer Ottoman, which arrived at Que
bee this morning, bringing Dr. Chalmers,
four other passengers and twenty-elght
of the Scotsman's crew. The captain, the
chief and second and fourth officers still
remain by the ship, and 1t is supposed
that all the passengers and crew have
been taken off Change Island.
QUEENSTOWN, Oct. l. - Four passen-
gers and twenty-five of the crew of the
British steamer Scotsman, which was
wrecked September q in the Straits of
Belle Isle while bound from Liverpool to
Montreal, were landed here yesterday by
the British steamer Monterey.
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-02
HEMMED IN BY
A FOREST FIRE
Narrow Escape of Two
San Diego Men.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

SAN DIEGO Oct. FLETCHER Court
ney and George Heylmann, young men
of this city have returned from Palomar
Mountain, in the northern part of the
county. with a tale of hardship. They
were out on a prospecting trip and were
encamped on the southern side of the
mountain when the great forest fire of a
few DAYS ago ragged over the summit of
the mountain, destroying hundreds OF
acres OF large pine and oak trees, some OF
the pines being nearly 100 feet in height.
Although several miles from the hre,
the young men could plainly see the
flames in the sky and hear the roaring
made by the confiagration, and they left
camp and went up to get a better view OF
the snectacle. When about to return
Courtney and Heylmann discovered. that
the fire had crept around them and was
advancing from all sides and threatening
TO cremate them. The apparent impossi-
bility of escape almost paralyzed the
young men, and, believing that they were
doomed, an agreement was made to shoot
themselves with the guns they carried
rather than be burned to death. Before
the fire reached them, however, their bet
ter judgment returned and they decided
to cover their heads with their coats and
make an attempt to escape through the
burning trees. Courtney stumbled on a
rock before going far and burned his
hands severely on the blazing branches
which had fallen to the ground
When the two succeeded ip reaching the
open they discovered that their camp had
been swept over by the fire, destroying
to walk several miles down the mountain
for food. and to Escondido, distance of
twenty miles, before they could procure
transportation to this city.