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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

vear n not superior, the Government makes
condition ~ per cent lower which would mean
n loco NJ nearly 10000 bales, besides the dir
ference I'm acreage. IL must be admitted 'n'
Mr.. Nei proves nearly right. and the ofnciai
machine with nil Its command OF resources anu
trained reporters can only repeat the errors Vi
previous wears Just when the private observer
sees ground for expecting nm nnpreceneh'e"
crop there must be radical defects In the inoue
of Government reporting which the utmost ei
forts of the Secretary toward reform nave yet
failed to reach.
Thus these predictions will go on record anu
will be watched by many In connection wiz"
later changes In the weather and In condi,ion'
"a something like test, not or the ao''''y
or zeal of the Secretary, but OF the ndeilty vi
tho methods which he inherited from predeces-
.ors and which he has not yet been able 10 EN-
,ro,v change Attention has been called more
Than once TO some of the liabilities to error or
instrumentation which attend the Govern
ment methods. II Mr.. NELL should prove ap-
nroximately right this year 1t may be seriously
os,ed whether il would not be better to aDolisn
official cotton reports altogether, unless the sys-
tom can be radically changed. But the verdict
will only be rendered after months OF recorded
movement from the plantations. Meanwhile
tho markets will be divided, as they have been
for the last year, between those who have
placed confidence only in calculations OF trained
commercial observers and those who have be-
lieved that the Government methods would yet
Justify themselves.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
MR.. CROKER AND THE ICE TRUST

II is well known that there is nothing Tam
many hates so much as trust and nothing it
loves so much as the poor Of this city. When he
Is not racing in England Mr.. Croker sits up
nights seeing how he can keep the tax rate
down so that the poor people In the tenements
can have low rents. He cares so much for their
comfort that he points with pride to our small
parks and claims them for his own, In spite Of
the Tammany disinclinaton TO see anything
good in work done by the Strong administra-
ton. Mr. Croker at times does not think much
of silver but there Is no wavering in his devO-
ton to an antitrust plank in the Democratic
platform.
These wicked trusts that raise the price Of
goods TO the small consumer are an abomina-
ton unto him. He is filed with Indignation
when he sees the trust magnates swelling their
profits to enormous proportions so that they can
travel in Europe or live in luxury in expensive
clubhouses by grabbing here and there an extra
penny from the poor man. His great heart
bleeds for the poor when he thinks how the war
tax adds n half inch to the collar on their mugs
of beer. He has gone into the air power bust
ness Just to prevent It's being turned into a
trust and to secure automobiles for all the de-
serving poor His government has such regard
attack their moral or physical welfare without
paying well for 1t. No pool seller is allowed to
tempt men to gamble away the money needed
for the support Of wife and child until he has
convinced the authorities that he is entitled to
such favor. No crime that deprave the
poor man. no extortion that can ruin him, no
nuisance that can Cypress him. is permitted to
flourish without a license Tammany always
looks after the poverty stricken. The vulgar
luxury of the newly rich disgusts 1t. 1t longs
for the day when all men shall he truly equal
and 1t shall not be possible for any corporation
or individual to buy favors, whether to put cleo
trio condults in the street or to sell real estate
at auction. The Idea Of q fireproOf building
concern so ngratiating itself In the favor OF
city officials that specifications for public work
are made TO fit its product and shut out all COM
petitors fills Mr.. Croker with rage That is
gross instance Of special privilege and ms
good Democrat he stands on the doctrine "Spe-
cial privileges for none; equal rights for all"
Recognizing Mr.. Croker thus to be the firm
and true friend of the poor and the unrelenting
enemy to trusts, We desire to call his attention
TO trust which seriously threatens tbe com.
fort OF the people whose welfare IL so close IN
his heart. we bring 1t to his attention as the
ruler OF the city and also as n business man in.
terested III tne oHending concern. and doubtless
able and willing to stop Its nefarious operations
Or course, rs the head OF the city he will he
anxious TO put down all trusts, and certainly he
will be specially anxious to undo the evil work
Of his business associates carried on in violation
OF his principles while he was abroad We refer
to the ice trust so recently formed with Mr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

Democrat He and his followers profoundly
misunderstood the situation IL they THINK an
Eastern leader can be nominated for PRESIDENT
In the next Democratic National Convention
In view Of the present temper of the part! III
the South and West, such an illusion IS ai''os'
objectionable New-York certainly can scarce
" expect to furnish Democratic nominee ior
the Presidency so long as the National parry
clings to It's present theories and ieaoersh'p'
Mr.. Crokers cynical confscation OF the SCI.
tings and properties used by Judge van "ych
In his little Presidential comedy may seem
both brutal and heartless Yet 1t may real!
have been a kindness in disguise For the
farce could not have been played much longer
and any delay In ringing down the curtain
might only have inflicted more serious ana ias'-
ing chagrins upon a too sanguine ana creoc-
lous Presidential candidate.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
THE COTTON PROSPECT.

The predictions Of Henry NELL, the cotton
broker, Of New Orleans, have been so remarka-
bly, justified, especially by the production in
1893 that his statement this year deserves all
the more attention because It differs widely
from prevailing impressions. 1t will seem i'm
possible to many that the crop this year should
equal or exceed the largest ever grown. They
have heard so much of prolonged and destruc-
tive drouth in Texas. and before that Of floods
In the Brazos Valley, and so Of disasters in
other States. that yield exceeding the last has
been supposed quite out of the question and
the uncertainty remaining has seemed only
whether the decrease from last years yield
would be less or more than half a million bales.
But so II seemed to most people absurd that Mr..
Neil predicted last year, August IL, "a crop OF
900 bales assured, with 1.O00OO0 or
81. SOC. 900 more within the range Of possibility
He has n right TO say with some pride:
This crop turns out about II 100000 bales. in
spite of the most severe winter ever known in
the South during which a vast deal Of cotton
was lost in the field. That II would have reached
II 1901 O0 and perhaps 12,OOO,OOO. but for this
heavy loss is now generally admitted
Mr.. Neil had made other successful estl-
mates before this of last year which had at
tracted some attention. He does not now dis
tlnctly predict yield greater than that Of 1898,
but allows II to be clearly perceived that such a
yield is certainly expected. Reckoning the pos
sbities of the last crop at nearly twelve mill
ion bales except fer the severe winter. and hold
ing that conditions are now as favorable as
IL not more favorable than a year ago, II Is ar
gued that ANY tri1ing loss from decreased
acreage or any subsequent deterioration" must
be deducted from this maximum possibility. 1t
is added that the rapidity with which the crop
has advanced will soon make II independent Of
future weather, and make n great crop certain,
mo matter how early n frost should come" So
far Mr. Neill and It will he admitted that his
words indicate expectation OF larger crop than
the last.
1t Is highly probable that between private
estimate which has heretofore been conspicu-
ously accurate and official reports which have in
past years been c0nspicuously erroneous the
markets will be much more Influenced by the
private opinion But II IL n rather awkward
question why this state OF things should exist.
The Government expends a large sum of money
I'm obtaining information OF acreage and cOndi-
ton. and the present Secretary has shown
most commendable anxiety to overcome the de-
fciencies which made, for years before his time,
the official estimate nearly valueless. But the
latest estimate OF acreage by no means ndi-
Gates ANY trihng loss from acreage" such as
Mr. NELL mentions. and instead of reckoning
August conditions fully equal to those Of last
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
PERSONAL.

John Lind. the Populist Governor of Minnesota
Is Swede by birth. lie was born In that coun-
try In 1884, and IL the most conspicuous Swede in
Minnesota politics. as Knute Nelson the Repub-
lican United States Senator. is the most conspcu-
Gus Norwegian in the State Recently, It Is said
some Swedes in Minnesota have discovered that
Governor Lind discrmnates against electors Of
Scandinavian nativity In State appointments and
some Of them propose to carry this question into
Minnesota politics this year. There will be no
State election In Minnesota until 1900.
Angelo Heiprin, OF Philadelphia the we'll known
scientist. has gone TO the Klondike This Is the
second time he has made the trip to Alaska On
the former occasion he made observations on the
physical history and geology OF the gold regions
ing the placer mines. Professor Helprln was CON
nected with both the Peary Arctic expeditions and
the relief expedition.
william A. Piper the eccentric millionaire and
ex Representative. who died in San Francisco
on Californian history In the world These Will
probably go to Stanford University
The Rev DR.. James NJ. King OF PHILADELPHIA
one Of the prominent candidates for the vacant
blshoprics of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
spent his boyhood on farm in Northwestern
strong forces In American Methodism. DIR. King
has long been of the secretaries OF the Evan
Relical Alliance
Before the end Of the month a statue OF oliver
p Morton who was Indana's Governor. and
for several years prominent United States
Senator will he placed In statuary Hall Wash
inrton. This statue was ordered about three years
ago by the Indiana Legislature. which appropri-
ated s. 1850 to pay for H.
The Rev DR. william Wright editorial superin-
tendent of the British and Foreign Bible Society.
who died recently spent ten years in Damascus
az Presbyterian missionary. years Of which he has
left some record In his Palmyra and Zenobia."
Among his other works we're The Empire OF the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

Httites." THE Brontes in Ireland" ana tne
illustrated Bible Treasury Which h ne socsty he
acquired an extensive knowledge OF scnoisrs anr
missionaries in all parts OF the word ana unre
on the society's list had increased from I'll 10 S8'
Professor Pouiton's gift Of statue OF Char'es
Darwin has been set up In the University OF TX
ford Museum, next to that or Sir isaac NEWTON
Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, who has been sug-
gested = the best arbitrator to arrange the an
ferences in the ranks Of the Irish Nationalist. is
the Nestor OF Hibernian politics. He is now In his
eighty third year. resident OF Nice and the holder
OF political pension Of Fl 900 year, which he mas
been enjoying since 1863 as an ex-Minister OF the
Crown In the Colony OF Victoria. Australia.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

Crokers and Mr. CAROLS ice company az
nucleus The combination gives them practi.
cal monopoly Of the Ice business OF the CITY anu
a chance to fix prices for the great body Oh con
sumers who are not protected by contract Inc
mere formation Of such trust is enough W
cause alarm TO all true Democrats ana iriehus
of the people. Some trusts veil their "e''''"
character under pretence of not raising prices
but merely introducing economies, put MI
Bryan and Mr.. Croker and Mr.. Augustus van
Wyck all see the coven hoof under this lnno-
cent mantle But the Ice Trust does more IMAM
plot deeply against the liberty of the citizen. IL
started out promising to be good, but II mas al
ready raised the price of Ice 20 per cent 10 those
taking less than twenty-five pounds day
That Is an attack on the poor man when we
may be sure will arouse Mr.. Croker TO actlon
when he hears Of II. We can imagine MIN go
ing to the company's offices and reading the riot
act. telling the manager that trusts are always
wicked, but that they are specially diapoical
when they attack the poor man rather tnan the
rich Think of the indignation with when ne
will point out the burden that the new scale of
prices will lay upon the people In tenemen.s
who get their little pieces Of ice every day. while
the great Democratic Club and other resorts OF
mlionares are supplied Mt the old rate! We
can see his vlrtuOus cOuntenance grow stern aS
he gives his utimatum and says that so long IN
he is interested In the ice business there snail De
no discrimination against little consumers ana
no ice trust in the city ruled by him. Anybody
who doubts this has only to recall how angry ne
was when he learned last spring through the
Mazet Committee that some Dock Department
officials. through a mistaken notion or pleasing
him, had been prosecuting competing ice com
pany and making difficult the transaction or us
business. Everybody will remember now he re-
buked these oticlOus fawners and showed the
people that he scorned TO reap business advan'
tage from his political power. We may trust
him now to be equally virtuous ana drive 'he
Ice Trust out Of existence. or II that is TOO great
a task at least to see that the workingmehs
families have their little blocks or Ice without
paying tribute TO the rapacity of the Ice barons.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
THE ASSASSLNS' AIM.

The theory that NJ. Labor was shot by mad
fanatic grows swiftly weaker. That the criml-
nal was a paid bravo commensurately gains IN
strength Fanatics sometimes have method in
their madness even 10 the searching or the
pockets of an all but murdered man. They 90
not as a rule have accompllces. They DO not
conspire Guiteau, though not so mad as to he
irresponsible. was solitary in his crime. 1t ap-
pears to be established that NJ Laboris assas-
sin was not alone He had accomplices In the
very act II he did not have abettors after the
act we must set down the men OF Rennes as
hopeless louis As TO his having had abettors,
prompters before the active shall see.
Let us suppose case in which ring or con-
spirators, OF high rank OF Infamous crimes ana
of entirely desperate spirit, are In imminent
danger Of exposure and ruin shrewd, fearless
and unrelenting prosecutor Is on their track,
has in his grasp the tokens OF their guilt One
of their number makes a long and plausible ar
gument in their defence. which. If not effective
" controversial will go far toward saving them.
The prosecutor alone is able thus TO controvert
II. few more hours, and he will have done so.
But then lust in the nick Of time, he Is stricken
down by an assassin More than that desper-
ate attempt is made TO rifle his pockets and to
wrest from him the notes and documents bear
Ing on the case, especially those which will con-
trovert the conspirator's specious pleading Is
1t, them so difficult to divine the assassins aim
or to trace the foul deed back to its motive? we
have merely TO ask who was the chief gamer
from the absence Of the stricken man from the
scene to which he was going when he was
stricken.
We have said that such a deed must react
upon its doors and upon those In whose interest
It was done. Beyond doubt And that consid-
Grafton should have restrained any member or
friend of the army ring from assassnating NJ.
Labori But a nation that is in such state OF
mind as France is In to-day is not to be judged
by ordinary rules. Certainly men guilty of the
known iniquites Of the Dreyfus case would not
hesitate at murder. and just as certainly men
guilty OF the purblind stupldites which some Of
those nquties imply are not to be credited
with the possession Of discriminating judgment.
We shall be glad to know that perjurers and
forgers are not also assassns, but on the face
of the case, and on the principles Of French
law, the burden of proving that they are not
rests upon them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
Nem1lprk DAILY Gribn,te
WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 16. 1899.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT from Rennes said that
NJ Labor would recover from his wound; ne
has been moved to the home Of Professor Basch
in a suburb Of Rennes. - Anti-Semhuc as
turbances took place at Paris; the ponce uIs
persed the rioters. report from Puerto
Plata said that Dominican insurgents were de-
cisvely beaten and that the end OF me reoeIl,on
was assured - More cases Of plague were
reported from Oporto. and Spain Will declare
quarantine against Portugal to-day. = Gen
eral Walker placed in command OF tiie
British troops In South Africa, and the move Is
supposed to indicate more grave situation
- Attempts to tow off the cable snip Hoohei
which went aground on Corregdor Isiaho, WEI
not successful - The Russian Emperor an
nounced that the use of TaIen-wan and Port
Arthur had been secured the former VIII pe
opened as free port - Thlrty-sH cases ~
ali of yellow fever have been reported at Ha-
vana; twelve were fatal. - Mrs Iangt,y
was married to Hugo Gerald de Battle In the
Island Of Jersey June % - Two nun
dred and fifty soldiers were killed by Chihese
pirates
DOMEsTIC-The President received en-
thusiastic welcome at the Catholic Summer
School on Lake Champlain and responded to
cordial address by Father Lavelle. who said FIJI,
pinos would make good citizens - General
Brooke Is to be called to Washington TO CONFER
with Secretary Root concerning affairs In CUBA
- A case OF yellow fever has appeared
among the marines at Havana, and the battaI-
ion will be brought to New-York at once -
Or. ]. G. schurman president Of the Philippine
Commission. who has reached San Francisco
talked OF the Importance Of the Chinese ques..
ton. The annual meet Of the League OF
American wheelmen opened in Boston -
The Columbia again proved a winner In the fnal
race of the trial series with the Defender. -
Chaos reigns at Saratoga and the Democratic
piazza conferences have been broken UP.
CITY-Stocks were irregular and generally
lower - Richard Croker left the city on
Lewis Nixons yacht: he is expected at Long
Branch to-day; John c. Sheehan said he was
certain Of winning the fight In the IXth District
= II was announced that Governor Roose-
welt had consented 10 become president of the
Merchants Association Committee to obtain re-
lief for the Porto Rican storm sufferers. -
Contributions for the relief Of the Porto Rican
storm sufferers continued to be received at the
City Hall and the National Bank Of North
America. - Governor Roosevelt was received
enthusiastically at the State Firemens Conven
ton, which opened at Yonkers; he made
three short addresses. - The Retail Butchers
Protective Association Of the Borough OF Man
haitian advanced the price of meats from two to
four cents a pound - The Aldermen. at a
special meeting, adopted the resolution permit
ting the Dewey Celebration Committee to spend
their appropriation without public letting.
THE wEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Rain.
with high northeasterly winds. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest y degrees; lowest 63;
average. 61%.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
CLAMBAKE FOR OFFICERS or THE 7rH.

seabright, n. j., Aug. Is (SpeciaD.-Edwsrd Kemp
Of New-York, who is spending the summer mere
gave his annual clambake for the officers OF the ~.
Regiment at Pleasure Bay this afternoon hi'
Kemp's guests left New-York on the steamer MON
mouth at IL o'clock. From Monmouth Beacn they
were taken in stages to the bay. The 7th Regimen.
Band played during the dinner. The officers AZ 'n'
cambake were Colonel Daniel Appleton Lieuteha"'
Colonel W. II. Kipp. Major A. W. Conover Sual'e'
masters w. G. Schuyler and John 7 Fisher Sa&
tain W. II. Palmer, Surgeons c. j. Coils ana :. ~ =,
Huddleston. Captains J. r. schuyler W e aIsn
F. Iydecker, ". j. Underwood and H. IoTnsevW
The guests included Colonel A. w. Soper ~; go ""
GIN Wylie F. w Hope. A. II. Thorpe Georg 7ssbs M
sey. F. Y. Tyron, Colonel John McAnerney' Nh"''
l.. Weatherbee and A. l.. WINS.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
CITY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO MEET.

The Executive Committee of the Republican ons
Committee will meet in Paror DIR. OF the ~.
Avenue Hotel next Monday afternoon TO ia W.
date for the organization Of the new CITY - 80,
mttee to be elected at the September pf'u'a =,
and the dates for the conventions when al.
nominate Republican candidates for Aldermen INC
committee will also apporton the number OF "., Wy.
gates TO the conventions Lemuel b. Iulsss. ks
chairman OF the committee. is In the AulrunU rrow
hut IL expected TO return 10 the city W.iiratlons
His plans for union with independent nrob-
in the nomination of candidates for Adethsn rrom-
ably Will be discussed at the meeting OF 'no W.
mittee,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

J,minez seems to be counting on using this
country and it's West Indian possessions as
bases for operations against the Government OF
San Domingo but he will probably find that
flibustering is not to be carried on with Inn
punity In behalf Of a cause that commands no
sympathy whatever in the United States.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16

President Schurman. returning from duty In
the Philippines shares the impression which
seems to be forced upon all who have oppor-
tunty to view Asiatic questions at close range,
that the largest problem in that region. and one
that Intimately concerns America is the threat
ened ACKNOWLEDGMENT Of the Chinese Empire
at seems TO me-" says President Schurman,
that the great question there is not Formosa,
nor the Philippines. but China. To keep that
huge empire intact IL the great thing OF over
Swallowing Importance"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
NEW PRESIDENT OF MIAMI UNIVERSITY.

Cincinnati Aug. l5.-The trustees OF Miami Uni
versity. at Oxford. Ohio. met here to-day and
elected the Rev DIR. David Stanton Tappan. pastor
OF the First Presbyterian Church at Portsmouth. 10
succeed Dr. Thompson as president of the univer-
sity; DR.. Thompson was recently elected president
OF the OHIO state University. at Columbus. DR. Tap
pans father and grandfather were noted educa.
uonal workers, and his mother was a sister OF Ed.
win III. stanton. Secretary Of War under Lincoln
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
Amnefmfnte.

cANINo-s-The Roundere.
~rS,, x,rerr-w., worry. Grand concer, and Cine
fnatograph.
KErrHe--i2So .. m.-Continucus PERFORMANCES. ,
MANHATTAN beach, and 7-Scusss bana-e
Paine Fireworke-e-Huriy Bury.
NETWORK THEATRE-s;is-The Man IN 'ne NV"
Vaudeville
PASTOR s-cont.nuous Performance
ar NIcuorAs GARDENS Unpopular Orchestral Con-
certs ~
LION PALACE ROOF GARDEN-vaudeviie'
VICTORIA ROOF GARpEN-vaudevile
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-08-16
MR.. STOKES'S CONDITION.
HE WAS TOLD MONDAY FOR THE FIRST TIME
THAT HIS LEG HAD BEEN CUT OFF.

Pittsheld Mass. Aug. Is (speciaD-The condition
OF Arson Phelps Stokes, who was seriously hurt at
Lenox Saturday in a runaway accident ara SUD-
sequently had leg amputated as the result OF MS
injuries is somewhat improved to-day.
The limb was dressed for the first time To-Day
since the amputaton. and Mr. Stokes bore the PAIN
without finching. He was Informed last night ior
the first time that his leg had been cut on and ne
said to Mrs Stokes that he was thankful the M
jury was not more serious.
A well known surgeon who is at Curtis Ho'e'
and who is conversant with the nature OF me IN
Jury said that the crisis In Mr.. Stokess eon9uoh
would come on the fifth sixth day. He sald lDi'
Their that Mr.. Stokess outdoor life would DC
great factor in aiding recovery