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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

"solIds before It entered the bay, or by SUCH
"on extension of the trunk sewer ms would
''reach deeper water
Looking over the whole field and considering
the conflicting views OF the several munlcpah-
ties the Commission finally agreed upon
nlan which leaves to each the widest possible
latitude in dealing with its sewage subject 10
the supervision of a State Board. THIS boaFo
Is TO consist Of three members, appointed by
the Governor. with $500 salary each. To II
are to he submitted the plans of sewerage sys-
TENS now in operation. and changes hereafter
made touching the pollution of streams must
be approved by II. After five years sewage
pollution of the rivers and streams Of the State
must cease II two or more municipalities
wish to combine for this purpose they may
petitlon the State Board, which shall then set
off a district and provide for the election by
popular vote of five Commissioners who shall
do the necessary work under the supervision
Of the State Board. Each community is to pay
IFS own share OF the cost Of drainage or sewage
DISPOSAL and where two or more are joined
provision Is made for dividing the cost
The urgent need of legislative action to put
an end to the pollution Of the Passaic River Is
ennlaslzed by numerous cases of Illness III
Paterson and Newark recently through Tie Use
of Passaic River water. In the near future
similar danger will threaten Jersey City ny the
possible pollution Of the Rockaway River, from
which that city Is to get the new water supply
for which II has Just contracted
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THE MILLIONS AND THEIR WAGES.

A few items. NJ the kind which Democratic
EDITORS would naturally hide in remote places
and small type have greater interest for three
nuarters OF the people than all others. They
show that at Fail River and Providence and
Lowell the cotton mills, at various Eastern
points the woolen mills. al Sparrows Point and
some others and in the valleys. the iron mills
and In West Virginia and Southern mines the
coal miners have been advancing wages. The
advances in all the cases observed were appar-
emily voluntary. and not demanded by the
workers, though il has been generally under
stood in several industries that better wages
would be paid as soon as a definite improve
ment in business was established II may be-
roughly estimated that over one hundred thou
sand hands were affected by the advances re
ported on yesterday alone, and these advances
average about 10 per cent, 50 that the influence
upon the purchasing power of wage-earners was
not inconsiderabe.
More extensive information than most readers
have at command is necessary in order to appre-
ciate the relative importance Of such move
ments. and yet all can understand that an ad-
vance so general means better times for the
workers. and. because they are thus enabled to
buy more literally larger business for traders
and manufacturers. Still it should be added
that the cost Of living is AT present lower than
II has ever been at any previous time of general
prosperity. and materially lower than in 1892,
whensconditions were on the whole more favor
able than ever before If wages have not in
most cases advanced beyond the level then at
tanned. they are worth more to those who re
celve them because the selling prices of com
fnodities are on the whole much lower. 1t is
not 10 be forgotten that the condition Of the
working mills is even more greatly improved,
with over one hundred hands employed instead
Of eighty most Of the time in recent years and
one hundred in 1892 the year of greatest pros
perity hitherto.
No one can measure the influence Of this
change in the circumstances OF the great major
ity of voters II is never safe to forget that the
voters Of this country are in the main wage
earners-nOt members of organized bodies which
embrace less than a thirteth Of the workers for
wages but men whose daily earnings with the
subsistence and the comforts Of their families,
depend upon the relation between the prices Of
commodities and the wages received. When
wages are high but commodities relatively high
the millions are apt to be dissatisfied When
wages are low and the large proportion Of the
willing hands are out of work, In the years
between 1892 and 1891 general and profound
resentment is sure 10 show itself in elections
and change of National policy is demanded
But when better wages and lower prices Of
commodities, with increased employment Of
labor. go 10 help every family of the ~, 900 900
depending upon National welfare the people
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Amnacmcnt9.


AcApFMY OF DrSIGN-Dsy and Evenins-Exhi0'"0
ACADEMY OF MUSlC-s:l5-Her Atohenen"
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uFRAI,D SQUARE, THEATRE-sib-By the "a" So
Waves ~. Cattle
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ESIcK iFRRoCKER THEATRES :2o--The Kings MUS
,vcEIW THrATRE-s:so-Trea OF the Wells
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-lo a. m to II p M
Sporismcn's show. -.-r- O 90 r.cause She
MADISON SQUARE THEAIhb-e'"'"
Loved Him SO. - ,,o,-sr Yo,A Of Juiiette
Mf;RRAy HILL THEATRE-2-slb-.AG colo n.ne
% sTOR $3.50 ilContinuous ferIoIIhi
sHwNA IA c-IS'S~ THFATRE-2-S-The Female s'uoen's
WALDORF ASTNORIA-S-lan Macleteh ~.
wsIIs *. So 90--At the White Horse Tavern.
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GAINED BEEF AND BEEF EXTRACT.

The Army Court Of Inquiry has az laSr secuiel
. definite admission Of the truth of the charge
that rho canned roast beef had had some OF the
beof essence extracted before it was timed ana
sent TO the soldiers. Arthur Meeker general
manager for Armour e. Co. was before the
court on Wednesday, and gave testimony when
is reported as follows:
The only by-product n the canned beef was
tho water in which the meat was boiled. when
furnished an nfnitesinal amount Of beef eX-
tract Pressed 10 say how much beer eXtrac.
would be made I'm packing hundred POUNDS oi
beef the witness pleaded ignorance or the eHac,
figures adding that scientific authorities agreed
that it was impossible 10 extract more man ~
or per cent Of nutriment by boiling meat
OF course. the amount of extract was in
rnitcsimal." and IL was. Of course. taken out as
a necessary step in the canning process and not
for the purpose of selling elsewhere part of the
nutriment which ought 10 have gone to the sol
dicrs Nevertheless. the fact that any beef eX-
tract was made out Of the soldiers beef iustineS
the reports sent by officers 10 General Miles
that the beef had lost some Of its qualities and
seemed to be the refuse from bcef-cXtracting
process The only open question between the
hackers and the officers is. then. quantitative
not n qualitative one. How far WAS the ex
tracing process carried with the particular beef
which the soldiers complained Of? II is not 10
the point 10 bring forward some other canned
beef and show that only the "infnitesimal
amount" Of essence which could not help com
ing out in the necessary heating has been eX
tracted. That is proof that more was not
extracted in other lots. The soldiers report IS
that they had meat that was in strings and
shrcds as if II had been boiled to pieces. The
admission that it was boiled at all and some
essence removed makes that assertion by no
means improbable. Then everything depends
on the honesty of a particular packer in the
preparation of particular invoice OF goods.
There IS curious suggestion in the remark
that only . per cent could be extracted at the
most 1t is n plea that even if the contractor
was dishonest with n particular lot he could not
take much away from the beef But whether
It is per cent or one-tenth Of per cent or -
Ger cent the amount of essence that can be cx-
tracted by boiling makes all the difference be
tween good boiled beef and soup refuse. Every
body knows that beef can be- boiled TO go
on the rabe without the extraction Of even the
"in6nitcsimal amount Of essence that is not so
jnfnitesmal but that il IS worth saving and
selling for beef extract. 1t may be boiled in
the same way, only with water nj a different
tempcrature at the start and the result Is a
rich bouilon and n mass Of stringy. havor,ess
and unpaatablc muscle fibre. Is It possible thai
some Gamer put the beef for the soldiers in
water too cold at the start and by mistake sent
them the soup refuse minus its per cent Of
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PR[ZE.SPEAkING At HARTARn.

Cambridge. Mass, March ? (SpecaD-The fnal
choice Of The Harvard speakers for the Harvard
Princeton debate resulted AS follows Wilbur Morse
OF Philadelphia s 3. Rosenthal OF New-York. and
". W Wolf. Of Buffalo, with r. c. Boiling of
Philadelphia, as alternate. The question. Resolved
That a formal alliance between the United States
and Great Britain for the protection and advance
ment OF their common interests would be advisable
will be argued al Princeton on April g. This was
the third trial At the first thirtyseycn candidate
appeared, OF whom fourteen were selected for sec
Ond. trial six men we've then chosen who This
evening had formal debate, Wilbur Morse was
declared the winner Of the prize OF 500 which was
established this year by T jefferson Coolidge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03
NETWORK DAILY TRIBUNE FRIDAY. MARCH B. 1872
:. lord Leicester succeeded to the

her ~ II longest. Lord Leicester succeeueu I" 'o
peerage in 1872
T. V do Montalvo, who went to the Pnihppihes
az n volunteer has been acting as an interpreter
for General Otis He Is now In THIS country vi
his way to his home. in Cuba. i unwitungiy lTeu
upon a cousin OF mine while was In the Otah
battery" no said the other day Colonel feoerco
do Montalvo Fernandez de Cordova, OF inc SPAN
ish Army. was killed early In the Philippine cam
na,gn but his two sons-my cousins-rernalned IN
house No Il on August 49, when we attacked II.
lie was neither killed nor injured, though many
Of his comrades fell both sides or MIN, but ne
was taken prisoner. | saw him while ne was Il
prisoner and the next day. being n volunteer, ne
was released The Philippine campaign Vas De'-
ter handled. In my opinion, than me oahn -,
campaign. This was due mainly TO Genera Msr-
rlft but General Otis successfully looked aiter the
health and supplies OF the men in Mania ana
saw that property cared for"
Paul Dc Longpre. the well-known flower painter
after spending seven years in New-York Is trans
porting both his studio and his entire establish
ment from West End-ave. to Los Angeles; where
he proposes 10 spend the next three years deVo,ne
himself the portrayal OF the beautiful ana feld-
lively unknown fora Of the Pacific Coast. lie cN-
poets 10 start next week.
Nine Demont Breton. n daughter Of Jules Bre-
ton wife Of NJ. Demont. the landscape painter
and herself painter has achieved another great
success. She Is a member or the jury or the
Societe des Artistes Francais.
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ors ant to express their approval as they did in

ara ant to express their approval as they did IN
November
II NAV be fairly inferred that the later events
60 to strengthen the Republican National policy
because It steadily and materially improves the
condition of millions OF workers. To Judge
otherwise is 10 suppose that the millions nave
not enough intelligence to realize when events
are actually working in their favor American
history furnishes many proofs that such changes
I'm the condition of the workers, for better or TOT
worse are swiftly and almost invariably an
swered by the ballots cast at subsequent e'ec-
lions Better wages under Republican laws
naturally produce larger majoriiies for the ke-
publican policy. and it would not be creditab'e
10 the people 10 expect anything else what
ever the theorists and the demagogucs may say
will always count for less than the balance OF
accounts ut the end Of the month.
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PERSONAL.

Gang warily" f. the motto 81 the Earl or Perth
and he has followed It. for he has lived nnety-two
years. lie ia hereditary thane Of Lcnnox. and Is
also Duo DC Melfort and Comtc de Lussan IN
France. High however. as are his honors. he has
not seat In the House OF Lords. his peerage ncng
Scotch He Is three years older than Lord Tanker
Vile. who was born In the same year as the iare
Duke OF N0rthumberland and who is the Oldest
peer win seat In Parliament. Lord Gwydr ana
Lord Armstrong are only a few months younger
than Lord IankeTNille but I'm father OF the upper
house is the Earl OF Leicester. who has been a mem.
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PTIDTNG Ry TtN HdCLAPEN.

Tho Rev. DR. John Watson Gan Maclaren) will
tonight give his only reading in this borough at
the Wadorf-Astoria in the grand ballroom. lie
has chosen for his subject The Place Of the Min
lister I'm Scotch Life" and will take his selections
from The Life Of DR. Davidson. Parish Minister
of Drumtochty." This work contains some gay
passages as well as some OF those sad ones which
Ian Macaren writes so effectively. The ST. Andrews
Society will welcome the noted Scotch writer and
preacher. and has appointed large Reception Com
mttec for tO-night's affair Tickets may be had
Of Dodd Mead & Co. No $40 Fifth Not only
Scotchmen but the public generally have been much
Interested in Ian Maclarens readings and the audi
ence tonight promises to he both large ard en-
thusiastic
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GOVERNOR ROOSEVELT A MEMBER.

ELECTED To THE ST NICHOLAS SOCIETY WITH
FIVE OTHERS
The St Nicholas Society held its regular bust
ness meeting at Delmonicos last evening. About
forty members were present. Six new members
chosen I'll the six vacancies in tho society.
Among the new members elected Governor
Roosevelt The Governor will be Immediately in
formed by wire Of his election 10 the society. The
tner,bershlD limited 10 $50 is now complete.
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TIE QUEEN or BELGIUM I'LL.

Brussels. March 2-Thc Queen OF Belgium Ia ill
Her Majesty Is suffering from bronchial pneumonia
The latest official news indicates an improvement
In the condition Of the queen OF Belgium and that
her physicians expect a speedy recovery, unless
Unforeseen complications superyene.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

The question OF river and harbor improvement
in general is one on which much is doubtless to
be said both pro and con. But that the port
which equals in Importance all other ports Of
the Nation put together should he made and
kept safely accessible to all ships anoat is n
proposition concerning which there can be no
dispute.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

Unlike Prince Bismarck, Count Won Caprv
would write no memoirs. and would let none be
written. IF 1t rana upon me In the press he
said. why. must simply get wet" Perhaps he
thus deprived the world Of some mighty inter
esting reading" But he acted with admirable
dignity.
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That Man which Is to be played at the Bljou
Theatre next week. will be followed there hy n
new farce called Mistakes VIII Happen" which
might be the name OF almost any farce The lead
ing parts will be played by Charles Dixon and
Miss Henrietta CrOssman
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General Toral seems to have jumped out Of
the Cuban fire into the Spanish frying pan.

Mr. Croker says he believes in taxing fran
chlses II he Is sincere it ought 10 he easy to
secure an important reform in our tax laws by
the cooperation Of the two parties in the Legls-
lature.
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1t is n pity our worshipful Mayor Is not Com
mlssary-G General Of the United States Army He
has manners which fit him for the place
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

George Washington Never old-a Lie In
Twenty Years Croker ought to explain that
little incldeat OF Juctice DAILY last fall or else
call off his oulogistic Mayor. Mr. Croker. It will
lie remembered. one day declared that Justice
DAILY was an honest man. even II ne did not see
tit for political reasons 10 renomlna'e him. and
then a few days later declared: Justice DAILY
has not rcon a upright Judge
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-03-03

The tlile ~ tho play by Alice Yates Grant which
is to be presented by the students Of the Sanhope
Wheatcroft School OF Acting on Thursday has been
changed from "Hobsons Choice" 10 "Ziczac
Paths as II appears that some other person has
exclusive rights 10 the OF the former title
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NOTES or THE STAGE.

The Lyceum Theatre Company will begin It's an
nua tour April 10. in Boston. Miss Olive Nav
has been engaged as member Of the company for
next season
at the White Horse Tavern" which Is now at
Wallack's Theatre will mako a long tour nex,
season Charles Frohman will also present IL in
England
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
FLOWERS FOR THE SOLDIERS.
San Francisco People Honor Their Re-
turned Volunteers.

San Francisco People Honor Their Re-
turned Volunteers.
San Francisco, Aug. 26.-The First
Colorado took part In the grand parade
and reception to the returning First
California regiment yesterday and was
given a reception nearly equal to that
given the Californians. They left camp
shortly after O'Clock this morning
and 1t was 3 o'clock in the afternoon
before they came back.
Fully 100000 people saw the parade,
and the soldiers had considerable diff
cultyin getting up Market street, which
was perfect jam of humanity. The
California men were literally covered
with flowers, and each soldier had a
myrtle wreath on his hat. They were
followed closely by the Colorado vol
unteers who, as they came swinging
up the street behind the CalifOrnians,
attracted quick attention for their SOL
dierly appearance and business-like
stride. Even the regulars did not pre-
sent the appearance that the volunteers
from the Rockies did.
The colors were carried furled, as
the flags have become SO worn that the
stiff breezes threatened to carry away
what is left. Several times In the line
of march, however, Sergeant Dick
and every time they were greeted with
tremendous cheers. The colors of the
First California, while a trifie soiled,
had no holes that could be discovered
and did not appear to be worn very
much, fact that was noticed and COM
mented upon, and the comparison with
the Colorado battle-scarred flag was
most marked.
Arriving at the Preside, the First
Colorado entertained the First Califor-
mia at luncheon, after which both regi-
ments settled down for a rest.
Tonight the city Is Illuminated and
tomorrow night there will be a gor-
geous parade. San Francisco citizens
have raised more than $4,000 for this
reception, and what is not used will
form the basis of relief fund for those
who may not have work
The First Nebraska regiment start
ed for home this morning, filling three
trains. They go via the Southern Pa
cific and Denver & Rio Grande to Den
yer, and from there on by the Burling-
ton. They will reach Denver Monday
morning before noon.
DR.. Rose Kidd Beere of Denver was
q passenger over on the Sherman with
the California boys.
She rode in the procession with other
rasmbers of the California Red Cross
Society and will remain here but few
days, when she will continue on to
Denver. She will visit the Colorado
boys at the Preside tomorrow and
they promise to give her warm well
come.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
TWO BIG COAL TRUSTS.
Pennsylvania Concerns with Over "a Hun
dred MI Lions Capital


dred MI Lions Capital
Pittsburg, Pa, Aug. 25.-Two consol-
idations of coal-mining interests have
been completed here within the last
fortnight which will affect the consum-
ers of bituminous coal throughout the
Mississippi and Ohio valleys and the
great lakes region. One is the Monon-
gahela River Coal and Coke Company,
and will, by October 1st. have complete
control of all the available coal lands
operated and unopened between the
first pool at Pittsburg and Morgan
town, West Virginia, on the same
stream, the present head of slack wat
er navigation.
The second is the Pittsburg Coal
Company. 1t includes what are styled
railroad coal companies, owning 1O2
concerns and all their various interests,
including coal docks at various points
in the great lakes, five coal railroads
In the mining regions and over $4,000
acres of coal lands, most of It in fee
simple.
The total capitalization of the two
concerns will be S1O4 100000 of which
the railroad combination has $64, ,OOO,-
600 and the river coal $4O,OOO,OOO The
river combination owns and controls
ninety-six out of 102 properties along
the Monongahela river, from Pitts
burg to point ninety miles south
1t will absorb forty-four river trans
portation lines, which own 200 steam
boats and between $500 and 1000 coal
barges and towboats. 1t will own all
the coal elevators and yards where the
Pittsburg product is handled between
Brownsville on the Eonongahela river
and New Orleans. The average out
put Of the mines in this combination
exceed 100000 tons a year.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01

The governments disposition of the
Spanish cruiser "Reina Mercedes" will
form an interesting innovation. 1t has
been decided not to sell her or to repair
her for service, as she is not worth the
expense it would involve, but. to put
her sufficiently in order to prevent fur
ther injury or decay, and then keep her
permanently on public exhibition, as a
memorial of the war. Hitherto such
vessels as "Old. Ironsides and the
Hartford have been preserved, through
sentiment and as reminders Of our ma
val achievements, but now for the nrst
time ship taken in battle is thus to be
used The circumstance will crafty
our national pride in the prowess OF
our navy, but we are sure it wilk not
cause exultation because Of our antag-
onists' humiliation.
The silver lance., 1899-09-01
Aztec Calendar.

The Santa Fe Route has issued a
handsome six-months' calendar, July
to December, 1899, which contains six
separte reproductions in color, ski
inches. of e. A. Burbauk's celebrated
portraits of Pueblo Indians, one for
each month.
These are the same reproductions
used in Brush and Pencil" and can
not be obtained separately for less
than $1.50. In fact, some of them al
ready command a high premium. The
"Aztec Calendar" also has an engraved
cover containing a reproduction of the
ancient Aztec Calendar stone.
Obtainable for % cents by applying
to J. p. Hall, General Agent, A., T. &
S. Il. Ry., Denver. May be ordered by
mail.