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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
GYSTEPTCS Us. TAX LAWS.

The corporations which enjoy the use of
CITY streets without paying taxes on the value
of that privilege are greatly disturbed They
have evidently discovered that the Ford bill
means something and, moreover, that there IS
little prospect Of Overthrowing 1t as unconstitu-
tional or suspending its operation by indefinite
litigation. They have suddenly awakened to an
entirely new interest in bill which they first
thought they could ignore or leave to their law
yers. and with all the emphasis OF double leads
and Mysteries they have started campaign to
frighten the Governor into Withholding his as
sent to the measure To anybody who knows
ANYTHING about taxation in this and other States
II must seem just trife silly to denounce this
entirely conservative proposition to assess act
ual property held by corporation as an "infa-
nous wrong" to shout that it encourages COM
munism that 1t puts this State in line with
Kansas as one for capital to shun and for in
vestments to abandon. Just Imagine any OF
the great transportation companies abandoning
This metropolis because property of theirs which
has for some years escaped taxation is now re-
stored 10 the tax list!
OF course, the corporations VIII cry out that
their property is being confiscated Everything
they have 10 pay the city Is an imposition, and
their arrears Of taxes and their unpaid paving
bills are an Illustration Of their point of view.
We are not complaining Of Them or thinking
that property is robbery or prosperity crime.
1t Is their business to make money, and they
simply follow 1t when they fight taxation by
calling II confscation There is, in fact just as
much confscation in making them pay taxes
on the value OF their franchises as there Is In
asking man to pay rent who has been squat
ter for few years. OF course, the sQuatter
will say he has not been accustomed to pay
| rent and IL Is revolutionary to make him. But
| the owner will tell him that II through mad
yertence he has enjoyed free use Of the property
for a time he IL so much to the good but that is
all the more reason why he should pay a just
rent thereafter. The corporations, owing TO n
changed Interpretation Of the law-or perhaps 1t
NAV better be said, through the evolution of the
law of taxation by the Court Of Appeals-were,
within ten years, freed from the local taxation
NJ the value Of their franchises Before that
those values were taxed in fact though not In
name. and now the Ford bill simply provides
for the assessment OF those values which by
stroke OF fortune were for time exempt.
Probably the most hysterical shouters about
the robbery Of property by the Ford bill would
copccde that Justice Cullen, OF the Supreme
Court was n conservative, clear thinking man.
There is nothing of the communist and much OF
the great, well-balanced Jurist about him. Be
fore they decide that the Assessment OF fran
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

over spilled milk and at the self-same moment
spilling more.
For years this city pursued a consistent pol
icy of destroying, or at least diminishing us
small parks. One of the fairest ana most
needed Of all II suffered to be altogether apol-
ished II covered n large part OF another WIN
ugly buildings. 1t let third be disfgured WIN
elevated railroads. And then 1t awoke 10
sense of It's loss. and has since Mt enormous cos'
been striving to repair It's self-in6icted losses
Once many Of the streets were lined win grace
full and benefcent shade trees. They were
wantonly destroyed and now appeals ana Ell
forts are made 10 replace them. once the
mountains and the whole country were clothed
ir due proportion with forests, which kept the
springs full and the streams steady In their now
Men recklessly destroyed the forests. ana the
springs have been dried up and the streams
now alternate between trlckng rills and raging
torrents. And now movements are being organ
lied mt great cost TO repant the forests which
should have been preserved. Once brooks and
rivers were pure and sweet, but men made them
receptaces for sewage until they became unut-
tcrably foul, and now they are wondering how
TO purify them again. How vastly better If the
parks had been preserved. and the shade trees
ut
streams kept purel Men see 1t now, and lament
their folly.
But they 60 right on committing the same
folly over and over again. We have had In this
metropolis hitherto an atmosphere more pure
and transparent than any other large city in the
world has known. That has been one great
source Of native pride and Of foreign admira-
ton. Yet now men are deliberately, wantonly
pollutng it and bringing it into the smoky,
murky suffocatlng state known hitherto to less
favored cities. They are doing this openly, fla
GRAVITY, insolently, in defiance alike Of natural
decency and of statute law, and actually with
the assent II not the connivance Of the sworn
and paid officers of the law whose duty IL Is to
arrest and punish them criminals.
And one Of these days. when the mischief ID
fully done when our once pellucd and crystal
line atmosphere Is transformed into Chicago
reek, and Plttsburg smoke, and London fog, men
will begin TO realize what they have lost, and
Will hold conventions, and pass resolutions, and
enact laws. and spend great sums Of money for
the undoing Of the mischief and the restoration
Of our atmosphere to its original state. When
they have spilled the milk, that is to say, to the
very last drop they will cry over 1t and try to
SCOOP some Of 1t up from the gutter or seek an
other COW from which to procure another pail
full. 1t Is great thing TO be wise after the
event. And what can he wiser than to cry over
milk which we have wantonly spilled?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
AS tn MR. HINTYRE.

John F. Mcintyre, Assistant District-Attorney'
according to the reports in several newspapers
Yesterday made the following comment on the
action of the Grand Jury in the Adams muir
der case:
Mr. Cornish told truthful and convincing
story and was fully corroborated ana l cshn ~,
understand how on the evidence submitted the
Grand Jury refused to indct Men nave peeh
tried convicted and executed on less evidence
Mr. Mcintyre is evidently under deiuslon
that the people have forgotten his connection
with this case, or he would not be tempted 10
appear again as a champion of his friend Cor-
nish. 1t was Mr. Mcintyre who first went TO
the house where the murder had been COM
mitted. and by his bunging to characterize IL
bv mild term. let the evidence become con-
fused by which 1t was possible to test the truth
Of his friends story Of the poisoning HIS
friendship for some persons involved ana MS
evident desire to save them from annoyance
created so much scandal that District Attorney
Gardiner found it convenient to remove MIR.
Mcintyre from connection with the case. In
der the circumstances the least he can do Is
10 preserve decent silence about 1t.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
ISSUE HUNTING.

After the exhaustive labors of celebrating JEFF
ferson the Democratic party takes a rest. Few
can realize what strain upon the nerves 1t Is
for the managers of great party to organize
each year elaborate Qualifications Of a states
man who never had an idea In sympathy with
those for which the party Is contending and to
conduct those performances through all the
lerils of oratoricai explosion and post-prandial
faulty TO harmless ending. 1t would be
money IN the pockets of Democrats and blessed
relief to their constitutions II Jefferson had
never been cultivated after death as Demo
cratic statesman. But this year those labors
and perils were UNNECESSARILY greater than
usual, because of the state OF decentralization
which the party had to face. 1t was In such a
condition that It's best orators could find no
common platform on which they were willing to
speak and It's financial hackers were particu
larly hostile to the siiverloving and corporation
hating spirit Of the orators. A party which has
staggered through the toll and peril of Jefferson
celebrations under such circumstances must
need rest.
Not much has been heard from the party
leaders. therefore, since the walters swept out
the remnants Of jefferson dinners. The leaders
gained not much light nor comfort from festivl-
alternative the party has 10 confront. II II en-
braces silver It embraces defeat, because the
East stands unchanged. and the West ssfewer
disseminated people than In 1885, while in all
sections there are many thousand holders OF
stocks in new corporations who do not want
them quoted at silver valuations In the gold
worshppng~ exchanges If 1t rejects silver 1t
rejects the West and South. because the Popu'
lists then go TO the front IN those sections and
leave Democracy as field officers Of the list
were left at San Juan. II 1t trains It's batteries
against the tariff 1t assails millions Of working
men. miners and lumbermen. whose advanced
wages remind them of their last experience
under Democracy.
The more shallow Democrats who customa-
rily postpone trying TO think until a year or two
after they have spoken or acted conceive 1t the
part Of safety to make war on the trusts. These
multiplying monopoles. they say are robbing
the consumers Of all sorts OF manufactured prod
ucts, shutting up works In large number In order
to make bigger profits with those that remain,
cutting down the number OF hands employed
and graspipg a power which viii enable them to
defeat all unions campaign against the
trusts was the only thing Cookers candidate
and orator could see 10 the future. and Bryan
Abored with ingenuity to show that a silver
rust cocktail was the one stimulant to put life
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
Amustments.


ACADEMY OF MCsiC-s:,5-King OF the op'u" N"s
AMERICAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Of Tennessee
BiJOC-S:20-Adonis
BROADWAY Observation-Disclosures
cAsINO-Reopens Saturday Evening. this week.
pAI,Y's THEATRE.-T:< S-The Great Ruby
EDEN MUsEE-wsx Works. Grard Concert ana Inv
matoersph
EMPIRE -s:20-Ronieo ana Juhe"
FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE-si5-De WON hopP'''
GARRIcK rHEATRD-s;io-ZaIs
GRAND OPERA HoUsE-e-Uncle Toms CABIN
HAMNERsTEIN's vIcToMA-s:iS--A Reign OF E''0''
HARLEM OPERA BoUsE-s:15-A Runaway 1mL
HERALD SQUARE THnATRE-s:io-An Arabian ''r''
KEurHs-Noon 10 II p. m.--Continuoas Performance
ROSTER A. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
kNIcKERBocKER TgEATRE-s16-Coine'te.
1ycr,-M THEArRE-2-s-His Exceiiency The Gov
-.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN to ii-Eectricai SHOW.
MADISON SQUARE THEArRE-s:s o-Bscause sn'
Loved Him So.
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DEsrGN-e a. m to 10 p m
- Exhibition OF Paintings and Sculpture
NETWORK THEATRE-T:aS-The Man In the "'oh'
pAsroR's-io:3o to li-Continuous Performance
wALLACK's-s :a0-The Cuckoo.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
WHEN THE MILK rs Spilled

Blessings brighten Young reminds us. ms
they take their flight" His often-quoted line Is
only one version Of a saying Protean In form
but always indisputable in truth. II is the
thing that is lost that we prize-the faded
flower the spilled milk, the neglected opportu-
nifty. Folklore and literature are crowded with
expressions OF the fact. The poet might have
gone further, could his muse have put the ad.
ditlonal truth into verse and have told us that
most Of ali do blessings brighten as they take
their flight through our neglect TO keep them, or
when we ourselves actually drive them from us.
That, too is truth, the always realized but
never acted upon truth. Men are forever crying
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

ch,ses ma real property Is step.toward anarchy
they ought to read the series Of opinions III cor
poration tax cases handed down by MIN sihce
the Court Of Appeals decided that franchises 10
use streets were not subject to local assess
ment. While bowling TO the Court OF Appeals
and administering the law as he found II, ne mas
pointed out with convincing force the justice OF
such taxation. He has shown the necessity
and the propriety of just such measure as the
Ford bill, and told how for forty years the cor
porations bore such tax without cavll OF
complaint, and without suggestion tnat II was
mot imposed upon them by law Justice Cui-
lens legal opinions are not commonly re-
proached rs Populistic. Roswell +. Flower IL
not given to leading attacks on capital or snow
ing that prosperity is a crime. Yet Mr.. Flower
with all his great transit interests, acknow-
edges the Justice Of the tax.
The taxation Of public franchises Is no new
thing in this or other countries. In many cities
of Europe corporations subject to exactions
unheard of here. but enterprise Is not discour-
aged. In some States Of the Union franchises
are taxed in substantially the same manner in
which New-York franchises will be taxed under
the Ford bill There is nothing Revolutionary
about II. There is no confscation In 1t. II these
street franchises are valuable and command
high price, when bought and sold, as many OF
them do. the fact should be ascertained ana they
should pay their fair share Of the public burden
If they are not valuable that fact VIII appear
and there will be no assessment The fact that
for few years those who did business IN the
streets escaped paying their dues Is no reason
why they should continue to escape. There can
be no vested right in a piece of luck, and the
exemption of franchises from local taxation for
q few wears was a piece of luck. owing to pc
cul,ar Interpretation of the old law and neglect
to proyide the new one which the Court de-
rod necessary II franchises were to be taxed
The companies simply enjoyed through lnadVer-
tence the privilege Of squatters.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

General Gomez is in many respects lever
headed but he is wrong in thinking staho'hs
army Of fifteen thousand necessary for the goou
government of Cuba. Such a force wouid DC
equivalent to one OF seven hundred ana hily
thousand in the United States. and would MAKE
Cuba not n civil but a military republic. IL Cu-
ban soldiers are so inefficient that fifteen thou-
sand Of them are needed to do police service
they would better stand aside and let one-ten.h
that number of United States troops 90 the
business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON ENTERTAINED.

THE GUEST OF SENATOR EI.XINs AT DINNER At
THE wALDoRF-AsToRIA.
Ex-President and Mrs. Benjamin r. Harrison
were the guests OF Senator and Mrs. 8. 3. Elkins
OF West Virginia, at dinner In the Waldorf.Astoris
last night. c. II. Livingston. Senator Elkins
political significance in the meeting . ~.
Senator E.kins found the ex-President IN ne
city on his way TO Europe and asked him 10 be his
guest that they might talk old times. THAT Is
all. There were no other guests present. said MI
IIxin
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

The impression that industrial combinations
with large capital are structures OF the balloon
order. liable TO collapse when driven hard by
any adverse wind. is born OF the fact that there
is now and then over capitalization IN the for
nation OF trusts In recently a COM
pnny was formed with authorized capital OF
S27 100000 TO unite certain line Of Industrial
establishments. whose total value. according to
the last United States census. is between $1,000
600 and S90000O0 What a margin OF profit
for the promoter and those who were to sell
their plants to the new concern, and what a
quantity Of watered stock for luckless investors!
But the scheme did not work. The capitalists
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

who were to finance the trust withdrew their
backing when the trade papers pointed out the
excess Of water In the stock. and the promoter
was the chief loser.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

There may be some difference Of opinion as 10
the propriety Of letting children appear on the
theatrical stage at all. but there is no room Tor
any dispute as to the propriety OF barring them
from the stage when the latter is mere adjunct
to q liouor-shop
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
CONCERT OF GUSTAV LEWIS Pupils.

The semi-annual concert OF the pupils OF Gustav
Levy will be held in the Carnegie Lyceum on
Thursday. May IS The previous occasions of this
kind attracted the kindly interest OF a number OF
persons and Il IL likely that the next one VIII DC
similarly well attended.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

There was a fine bit Of pleasantly In the
Anglo French convention over the Soudan. Great
Britain agreed to let French commerce In on
equal terms with British. And now 1t Is an
nounced that the door will be swung wide open
to all the world!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

In spite Of all the talk about friction oe'wee"
the fleets at Manila relations between the GER
man Minister Of Marine and the American Sec
rotary OF the Navy seem to be about as an'ica-
bic as ever were those between the Governor OF
North Carolina and the Governor OF South
Carolina.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

II any one still wonders why cricket Is not a
popular sport in America, perusai OF the re-
port of the game between the Australians and
the South of England team should eniighten
him. After three full days play the account
says. time alone prevented the famous Aus
tralians from gaining victory"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

II was brief visit the Chicago paid at Tan
ger but eminently effective. The whole Bar
barry Coast learned to respect the American
Navy nearly a century ago. and the lesson seems
not 10 have been forgotten.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

The New-Jersey State Sewerage Commission
which has just organized. has big task De-
fore It. but one Of the highest Importance 70 the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
Jn6er 10 ADVERTISEMENT
Bnsiuess Noiitfs.

Roll Top Desks and once FURNITURE
Great Variety Of style and Price
T. G. sELLEW.
"a III Yllton St
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

Kiaw a Erlanger have engaged f. Hamilton Ben
to take charge OF the art department OF the forth
coming production OF General Lew Wallaces Ben
Hur" Mr. Bell viii design the costumes. proper"
ties and furniture. arrange the groupings ana psv
cessions and take general charge OF the srcneo'
logical features Of the production
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11

The Tooth performance OF Because She Loved
Him So will be celebrated at tho Madison Square
Theatre on Monday night with souvenirs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-11
NOTES OF TIE STAGE.

The Fourteenth Street Theatre was closed yes
terday afternoon and last night because there was
no money for the company which had been present.
ing Mother Goose" A promise had been made
that salaries which were due should be paid at
o'clock yesterday but they were not paid. and 50
the actors decided not TO trouble themselves WIZ
any more acting.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
TELEGRAPHlC BRIEFS,

Berlin, June lin the reichstag today
the Anglo-German commercial treaty
passed its second reading.
Johannesburg June ia meeting of
1000 burghers today indorsed President
Kruger's attitude regarding the fran
chises and deprecated war There were
no disturbances.
South Norwalk June II. - Twenty-Five
moulders employed by Arnold & Co. of
Norwalk went out on strike today be-
cause of disagreement regarding wages.
A conference will be held. and it is be-
lieved that the demands of the men Will
be granted. though Under protest The
foundry was only recently uniOnized.
Chicago. June 16.-The steel tow barge
Manila. said 10 be the largest vessel on
the lakes, was launched at the yards of
the Chicago Ship Building Company to-
day The vessel is owned by the Mime
sofa Steamship Company, and was built
for the iron ore carrying trade.
Paris. June 16.-It is officially announced
that President Loubet has requested Sen
ator Waldeck-Rousseau to call at the Ely
see palace at Z o'clock this evening, and
that the senator has accepted the invita-
ton.
Paris. June I'm. Waldeck-Rousseau
waited upon President Loubet this eve
ming. and asked that he be allowed until
tomorrow to consider the cabinet situa-
ton.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
GAY LIFE IN GOTHAM
Continued from Page u

and it was out of her savings that she
purcIe sed her ticket for Providence.
They do not know whether or not she
had enough money to make the jour
ney she had planned, but they say she
did not receive any money from them
to spend during her vacation.
They seem to be satisfied beyond a
shadow of a doubt that she left Wor-
cester alone. He said that member
of the congregation at the church he
attends has said things about his
daughter, and he did not believe them.
At the time she was supposed to have
been seen on the streets Of Worcester
she was in Providence, according to
her parents.
Her mother said that there was a
young man who called at the house to
see her daughter, but he did not go
away with her, as he was in Worcester
yesterday. She may have got into
trouble" said her mother during the
conversation, but not to my knowl-
edge as l expected her home tonight"
Neither one Of her parents thinks that
the letters they received were forged
by the girl, and are positive they came
from the people she stopped with.
ents, her right name is Uphrenia Nc
Pherson.
She is an individual wanted by the
police of Worcester at the present time
for hiring livery teams and never Gull
ing around to settle the bill.
A short time ago she hired team of
d. e. Wheeler, stable keeper on Thorn
as street, and, after driving it around
the city for several hours, she left it
| hitched to a post near the barn where
it was found later by one of the EN-
| ployes.
She has done the same thing several
| times before, according to the police,
and If captured before she left Wor'
cester the result would not have been
| pleasant for her.
Feb. II, 1897, she was arrested by In
spector Stone for the larceny Of some
articles from Hotel Langdon on Front
street and tried the following morning
in the central district court as a stub
born child. She was sentenced to the
state industrial school at Lancaster for
an indefinite period. She has been the
cause of some trouble to the Worcester
police and Inspector Stone looked for
her after she hired the team from Mr.
Wheeler.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-06-18
TWO WORLDS RECORDS GO
Everett Ryan Rode Like the Wind in Wal
than Races.


Waltham June 17.-Everett E. Ryan
broke tba ton mile world and American
or,o to-, ,,ol,,7, - a. y,ro,4L,,
10 'i
track TINS afternoon Whlch were es-
| tablished at Fall River by himself one
wool, aoo DC wall &c tho u-ov1d,s anna
+o,,,' 80, 80. - -. TT. -
'eur record Ior Ihe INSTANCE MS TIME
was 2S:32, against 29:39 IL made by
him last week at Fall River.
This race really was the feature Of
the day at the National Cycling Asso-
citation meet, although a fine exhibition
was given by Harry Elkes and Arthur
Gardiner in their 20 mile professional
motor-paced match. 1t seemed as if
| this was to be finished without a mis-
hap until the beginning Of the 18th
mile, when Fournier's Internal machine
which was pacing Gardiner, broke a
chain and the rider was left to cut out
his own pace This he did for nearly
a mile.
At the end of that time the motor
tandem had been repaired and Gardi-
ner was picked up but only a moment
later the rear tire on the gasoline pac-