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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-05-14
THE COMMISSIONS SINCERITY.
A DOUBTER AS TO ITS PURPOSE TO GIVE UNDER
GROUND RAPID TRANSIT.

GROUND RAPID TRANSIT.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Notwithstanding The Tribune's editorial
statement Of to-day that Senator Ford is the only
citizen Of New-York who has any doubts as TO the
good faith Of our Rapid Transit Railroad Commits
sion the truth is that large majority of the peo-
PIE. who are not specially socltous for current
vested interests" believe with him. and must
naturally share his phenomenal ignorance OF
facts" that from the first II has had no determined
purposa TO accomplish underground transit except
in some such way its latest maneuvres indi-
cate
1t has shown no lack Of earnest insstence"
on municipal construction, but no action TO that
end speaking louder than words. but tedious years
of well-requted negative endeavor-gving US all
that is in sight which Is practically nothing. its
every move has tended to delay, bemuddle and de-
feat what Il was appointed TO compass. To mention
a few: The costly plan. the Elm-st detour. the
elsewhere and score OF other bugaboos, costing
a million or more. with nothing 10 snow ior IL
Adequate sub-surface transit can never be had
through the present Commission and plan
ours are radically different hers is for city ana
suburban trolley lines 10 dive under the neart OF
the city on easy grades with access thereto by
means In vogue ever since the Worln was Hiuue
little deeper down. but accessible by swift and easy
eleya tors-means Of to-day.
IL IL not time. therefore that senator foru anu
men ~ his stamp show the people the true IN,
wardness OF the situation? II vote couiu pe mau
inst now IL would be almost unanimous FOR mu,
nicpal construction ana TOT lie" II TT ,TS,tI
New-York May g. 1899
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COMMENTS on THE REPORT.
THE ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL SPEAKS RE
GARDING THB SEVENTY FIRST REGI-
MENT FINDINGS.

GARDING THD SEVENTY FIRST REGI-
MENT FINDINGS.
In speaking OF Governor Roosevelt's action In the
matter OF the list Regiment. THE Army and Navy
Journal" commends him for applying the lash
with singing severity 10 the backs Of some OF the
officers while bestowing praise the officers and
men OF the regiment who did their duty CALAMITY
under the most dscouraging circumstances"
The article characterzes as contemplate the COM
plants made by some Of the victims OF the Gov
ernors singing rebuke that he is influenced by
petty motives. 1t continues:
He has done no more than his duty. and his state
ments and those of the finding OF the Court or In.
qulry are. far as they relate to the action OF
the history OF the campaign against Santiago as
written in official reports and recorded In the testi-
part OF the findings and Of the Governors report
that makes appear that the list Regiment ti a hgd
tirely unnecessary because not JUSTIFIED by me
facts The testimony Of the Regular Army Ucey
shows that the Regulars took the NH az Ieast an
s9T Sef9Te o any para received in
trail. That the volunteers behaved wei on me mn
mited bur that Is quite different thing from
saying that they helped In any way TO take the mn
The action Of the Governor in ordering before
Board OF Examination the only accused field on
Ger of the list who remains In the seryee Is
vocate. who holds that. the offences being viola
on Of duty which was at the ,r f%e now Uwg gdep
he articles of war The question whether an officer
guilty Of such conduct as Is recorded III Tue nuunBs
OF this court is competent to COMMAND state troops
is that can still be passed upon.
In an editorial on the same subject. the regiment
is excused TO some extent in these words.
II Is as d.ficult to hold TO strict accountability
civilians ordered military duty, as " would pe
TO make them responsible for their plumbers II they
were ordered by their State executives TO take CON-
mend 81 ships at sea. The civilians ignorance OF
sea duty is no greater than his lack OF knowleose
In military matters. though II may oe "'o'e up
parent
The editor also gives the Governor the following
advice
Suppose Governor Roosevelt that you cal your
fellow Governors together In convention anu Sc
IL YOU cannot get them 10 agree upon some pan
which will transform the epauetted ana Dedzeheu
civilians upon whom they are accustomed 10 pt
stow commissions they have not earned INTO SOL
diers They have plenty OF good material w ,,
their reach A proper system Is all that Is IackihB
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New-York, May u. /
MR.. ATKINSON'S EXPLANATION.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: I notice in to-day's Tribune this sentences
According to Mr. Atkinsons statement. as
reported, a large number OF pamphlets has been
sent out. . To incite discomfort and even
mutiny among the soldiers is said by the Depart
ment TO be the design OF these publications"
Now, In point OF fact. Mr. Atkinsons statement
says that he has sent seven copies only-to
Admiral Dewey, President Schurman, Professor
Worcester Generals Otis. Lawton and Miller and
one newspaper correspondent. He adds: None
others have my knowledge been to
one"
Now, seven soft-shell crabs eaten by one man at
a sitting might be "a large number" but seven
documents scattered among an army is very
small number indeed. / feel sure that this SEN
tence. which CONVEYS false impression slipped IN
by mistake. and therefore ask that In justice TO
Yourself, as one OF the few honest papers In the
country you will correct It.
The charge OF melting mutiny among the soldiers
officers is, OF course. merely quoted from the War
Depa rtment. and the more things OF this kind you
can tell us about the War Department the more
popular your paper viii become. c. 3. Adds.
Washington May 3. 1899.
ACCORDING to his own letter TO the Secretary
OF War. dated April %. 1899 Mr. Atkinson
desired and meant to send his disloyal PAM
phlets to "a large number OF Officers and pri-
Yates" and he asked for "a list Of regiments"
TO enable him to do so. The fact that he
actually sent only seven copies proves nothing
except that he was not able TO get hold of the
lists he wanted, and thus his disoyal intentions
were baked. II is Mr.. Atkinsons attempt at
excupation not The Tribune's comment. that
Conveys a false impression. Ed.
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A TRIBUTE TO ALEXANDER MAsTERToN.

THE REV. ALFRED z. MYERS WRITES FROM AN
ACQUAINTANCE OF TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: He who Stays "A and at the same time
kills his reputation commits double murder. This
twofold wrong seems 10 have been attempted and
the crime against the life was contaminated by
Mr. Plumb upon my old friend and parshioner.
Alexander Masterton. After acquaintance OF
twenty-five years beginning with nearly four years
of daily and intimate relations with both Mr. Mas
,erton and his family. think know something OF
the character of the victim Of this deliberate and
cowardy assassination.
In the first place. Alexander Masterton was ono
OF the most peacea5le and .peace-loying men have
ever known He pre-eminentiy a peacemaker
never knew him to utter a word OF hatred against
any person under any circumstances. He was one
Of those who deprecate harsh judgments and cast
the mantle OF charity over garing faults
In the second place / have always regarded Nr.
Masterton eminently trustworthy man. one
who would guard and fulfil to the utmost any trust
confided to him absolutely unmoved by menace OF
personal danger.
These impressions OF his character. formed
through many years and shared with me by those
who have known him longest and best, have been
confirmed by the circumstances connected with
his tragic death When Mr.. Masterton left his
home on the morning OF Wednesday May g. to keep
an appointment with the who years before
had threatened to Kill him. his family tried TO
dissuade him from going. But Mr.. Mas;erton dis
claimed fear and expressed only charity and kind
ly feeling toward the who was so soon TO
take his life. Such fearessness and such charity
are exactly in keeping with all that have ever
known OF this lamented man.
The public at large win have seen the statement
Of Mr.. Plumb before any ceuntervailing evidence
he presented. and first impressions OF con-
troverted hard TO be eradcated / there
fore feel It be privilege 10 present from ths
underground of "A prolonged and familiar ac-
quantance simple testimony TO the personal
worth OF Alexander Masterton.
ALFRED E MYERS
Marble Collegiate Church. May 9. 1899
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THE BOY LIED"
n Of The Tribune.

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: II General Otis. the American Weyer'
has ordered mo prisoners taken" resulting in mas
sacre as Is proved by letters from soldiers In the
field how can escape the righteous scorn and
contempt OF other nations? The honor of our
country demands that such deeds be stopped NJ
once and disclaimed by our people. whether I'M
nerialists or not. 1t will not do 10 wait until the
war is over: the stain VIII then be indeibly nxed
for Americans to the latest generation to biush
over. .,.,.-a,
True loyalty consists in sustaining our National
ideals not in following through thick and thln
wha lever policy may be in the lead for the time
being Let MS call servants to account Jest
we be put to lasting shame. A d. sMllh
Chicago May s, 1899.
No such order has been given. The stories
referred to are simply the fabrications OF few
irresponsible braggarts.-Ed.I
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THREE MAKERS OF LAWS.
IMPORTANT WORK OF THE STATUTORY
REVISION COMMISSION.
CHECK ON THE HASTE AND FOLLY
OF THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF

Of THE SLATURE-SkETCHES OF
THE COMMISSIONERS
Albany. May l3 SpeciaD.-There are really two
legislatures one composed OF Senators and AS
semblymen and the other of the members of the
statutory Revision Commission. 1t is we'll that
the latter exists. for the former has grown so
careless and reckless of late years that the Gov
amor OF the State would hardly know what judg-
r,ent 10 form about bills were II not for the as
distance OF this second Legislature.
The members of this Commission are Charles T.
lincoln. OF Little Valley Cattaraugus County:
william H. Johnson of Oneonta, Otsego County,
and A. Judd Northrup. OF Syracuse Into their
hands have come the 2S9 bills left with the Gov
ernor by the Legislature. They will examine
most Of these measures and report to the Governor
what would be their effect IL they should become
laws The bills which do not go to the members
of the Commission sent to various departments
The Railroad Commissioners receive some. the
Controller some, and the AttorneyGeneral some,
but the OF legislation goes TO the Statutory
Revision Commission.
Nessrs Lincoln. Northrup end Johnson have two
or three rooms in the Capitol. just to the west OF
those occupied by Governor Roosevelt. and there is
a doorway between. Practically their rooms are
mart OF the Executive suite. Mr.. Lincoln. who Is
The Governors legal adviser. may be seen many
times in the course of each day walking in or out
~ the Governors private office with big roll or
bills under his arm.
HELPING THE LEGISLATORS
with many of these measures the Commission Is
already acquainted, having drafted them for the
members Of the Legislature. Commissioners may
-Arsonally disapprove of an enactment. but they
will aid a member of the Legislature to put 1t into
Legal form Later they may advise the Governor
10 veto 1t.
Half of Judge Lincoln's time is taken UP with
Executive Chamber work. and there has been
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1872 he went TO Olean and entered the Office Of
Charles s. Cary. He was. admitted 10 the bar in
1874. He entered the firm OF Nash & Lincoln in
isU and the partnership continued for eight years.
He was President, Attorney and Trustee OF the VII
lege OF Little Valley. and for seven years was
member of the Board of Education He was a
member OF the Board OF Supervisors OF Cattaraugus
County from 1886 to 1889. In 1898 he was elected
a member OF the Constitutional Convention from
the XXXIId Senate District AS a member of te
convention he took conspicuous part In the
framing of that part OF the new Constitution which
enlarged the Legislature by the addition of forty
members. eighteen TO the Senate and thirty-two to
the Assembly. Mr. Lincoln also collected interest
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However flnical the scholarship Of the EXPRESSLY
terrain divine may seem many who dissent from
his deductions. there is evident and conspicuous In
his writings profound reverence for the Nazarene.
the Hebrew Messiah. II In his famous article
in one OF the magazines many years ago on Theo-
logical Problems that he sententiously de-
cared. Jesus Christ is the pivot OF history: the
centre OF theology and the light and JOY OF the
Of us all" has been precious land provocative OF
HARRISON.
National Military Home. Indiana. May .. 1892
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THE srxTy.yIyTH TO BE INSPECTED.

Colonel Hoffman Of General Roes staff, will In
spect the esth Regiment at It's armory on Friday
evening. The new uniforms have been received
and the regiment will undoubtedly make a credita-
bile showing. Colonel Duffy has ordered battalion
drnls 10 be held on the following dates; First Bat
taiion NAV l6 and May q; 81 Battalion, NAY 70
and May a. The regiment will 80 TO Creeamoo'
for target practice tomorrow. -
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children attending the Hebrew Free School Associa-
ton and the Baron de- Hirsch English Day sehoolA
but other children were admitted
The Rev DR.. Rudolph Grossman made the princi-
pal address He referred throughout 10 the life
work OF Baroness de Hirsch 10 aid the INDECENT He
brews and told in simple way 70 the children OK
the success OF the undertaking. Charles Putzel also
made an address the life OF the Baroness. lie
spoke especially OF the personal side OF her lie and
irnpiored the children follow In her footsteps.
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~ MEMORY OF BARONESS DE HIRSCH.

In connection with the regular weekly services
for Hebrew children at the Educational Alliance
Ruiding Jefferson-st. and East Broadway. yester-
dav afternoon memorial services held In honor
OF Baroness de Hirsch The exercises were for the
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Brooklyn. May o. 1888
DIR. BRIGGs's REVERENCE.

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
o,.' vour issue OF the 9Th inst gave very clear
and Just critique of DR.. Briggss book on the s0''
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02

saved by running to the end Of the line
and back firing the brush. The damage
done amounts to $1,000.
GRANT COUNTY.
Ben. Rosenfeld, of Silver City, is
building a store room at Santa Rita.
Baker & Wamel have opened a butch
er shop at Santa Rita.
Attorney Harry c. Fielder of Georgia,
has opened an Office at Silver City.
Lester Elmer. son of S. L. and Mary
Tony, died at the Grant county hospital
OF typhoid pneumonia. He was aged 10
years and had lived with his parents
along the ella.
The cabin of Jack James foreman Of
the Oxide mine at Santa Rita was
broken into and considerable property
stolen, including fire arms, clothing,
jewelry and merchandise. Two men
who had been discharged from the work
are thought to be the thieves.
The commencement exercises at the
Deming high school took place today.
The graduates are: Ralph Byron, Henry
Raithel, Earl Dane, Alva Keith, Syl-
vester Stenson, Nathan German, Eta
Marvin, Ethel Lewis, Anna Scarbo-
rough and Maude Clossin.
At the commencement exercises of the
Silver City Normal School, the bacca-
laureate address will be delivered by
Rev. j. R. GasS. DR.. l.. C. Herrick will
deliver the commencement address.
Eugene Warren, of the class Of '96, will
deliver the alumni address. The
graduating class consists of Ivy Chen
owth, A. Leroy Bayne, Lucy Cox, Cora
Belle Miller, Blanche Casey, Edward
Sewers, Lillian Werney, Myrtle Decker,
William E. Koch, Isabella Donnan
Gaddis.
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PERSONAL MENTION.

josiah Jordan of Chicago, is a guest at
the PLACE.
J.R Martin of San Diego, registered
at the Exchange.
W. !. Englehart and wife of Madrid,
are guests at the Exchange.
A. j Hudson has returned home from
q visit to Houston, Texas.
Territorial Treasurer S. Eldodt went
to Chamita this morning.
A. Hart, a travelingman from st,
Louis, Is a guest at the Claire.
H. CT Wisner and daughter Hortense
left lasi evening for their home at De-
troit.
D. j.. Holdridge, a travelingman from
Prescott, Arizona, is a guest at the
Claire.
T. FL Coffey, a railroad nan of Las
Vegas, and his family, are guests at the
PalaceI
Frank Baxter, a farmer of Rowe, is
here OF business and is a guest at the
Bon TIN.
Mrs. j. Paul and son, tourists from
Salt Lake City, registered at the Claire
last evening.
Mrs. T. d. Burns and daughters, Ella
and Maggie, left this morning for their
home al TERRA Amarillo.
T. Oronner of Boulder, COL, a mining
expert, is a guest at the Palace. This
morning he went to Denver.
7. J Helm, general agent Of the
Denver & Rio Grande railway. left this
morning on a trip up the road.
CharRs L. Langenecker and Fl. Leslie
Langebcker, of Pittsburg, Pa, have
returned from a trip up the Pecos and
are guet It's at the Palace.
Rev. !. P. Morrison, Of Albuquerque,
presiding elder of the Methodist Epis-
copal church for this district, is a visitor
in this city and is stopping at the Ex-
change
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02
TERRITORIAL TOPICS
RERNALILLO COUNTY.

Miss Amelia Dubois and Antonio Gar
doune were married at Gallup.
Nh. and Mrs. Perly Wason have moved
from the Thornton hotel to Albemarle.
A. H. Toll, j. A. Rice and j. l. Tea
man have moved unto their new cottage
at Albemarle.
William B. Mclean, a brother OF Mrs.
j. A. Stickles, of Albemarle, died at
Pittsburg.
The railroad hotel at Thornton was
opened under the management of Mrs.
Alice Holsinger last week.
Mrs. Perly Wason, of Albemarle, has
a unique collection of foreign and IN
cient books, some of which are bound in
wood and hogskin covers.
A colored bootblack at Gallup insulted
Mrs. George Mey ers and Mrs. A. Horden.
Mr.. Horden followed the b~ootblack with
his shot gun and fired three shots but
missed. The negro was arrested and
placed in the lookup. He was released
upon the promise to leave town as quick
ly as he could.
SAN JUAN COUNTY.
Drs. 1. Phillips and w. G. Clayton, Of
Buffalo, Mo-, have bought town lots in
Aztec.
James p. Odenkirk, of Cedar Hill, N,
NJ, and Miss Fannie M. Tone, of War
renburg, Mo-, were married at Du'
range.
M. Mcfarland and family, JOSEPH
Vanderweile, of Atchison, Kansas, and
G. A. Williams, Of Catskill, N. M, have
settled in the vicinity of Aztec.
E. D. Sharp, of Aztec, has gone into
partnership with M. A. Brachvoged &
Co., of Durango.
COLFAX COUNTY.
Henry Owen Roberts, aged 3 years, :
months and 6 days, son of Mr.. and Mrs
of spinal meningitis.
OTERO COUNTY,
Mrs. Payne, of Tularosa, mother o
Mrs. Doyle Murray, died at Roswell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hight, of Alamo
gordo, were brought before Justice
White on the charge of stealing house
hold goods from James boarding camp
The Justice dismissed the case.
A regular train now runs between
Alamogordo and T%nlarosa.
Mrs. Andrew Benson, an old residen'
of the Sacramento mountain section O
Otero county, died at her home in Cox
canon.
Mrs. M. A. Cunnierford, who has beef
practicing medicine at Tularosa, ha
moved to Ell Paso.
DIR. A. Mayer, who has been practicins
medicine at Tularosa, has moved to Val
Horn.
L. Mirabeau has moved from Alamo
gordo to Tularosa.
A forest fire caused considerable dam
age at Bailey's logging camp. A mum
Der of logs and telegraph poles wer,
burned and the railroad track badl,
damaged, the rails being twisted by tn
intense heat. An engine and cars wer,
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02
Drouth Notes.

The Albuquerque Citizen says: Hon.
Solomon Luna, who was in the city
yesterday, returned south to Los Lunas
this morning. MI. Luna is direct from
his sheep ranch lear Magdalena, and he
does not speak very tlatteringly of the
conditions there for the stock. He
stated that the country needs several
good soaking rains, intimating that the
sheep are in poor flesh and that Landing
will not average in many cases as much
as 60 per cent.
Jose G Chavez, the claim adiuster for
the New Mexico and Rio Grande divi-
sions of the Santa Fe railway, is in the
city today. He states that the farmers
of that portion of the Rio Grande valley
In Valencia county are complaining of
a scarcity of water, and that very little
irrigation has been done on account of
the river being too law to admit a flow
of water into the acequias.
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The School Superintendent.

Professor j. A. Wood, of Las Vegas,
made application for the position of SUI
p%erintendent of schools at Carlsbad.
His application was successful, but the
Santa Fe work suited Professor Wood
better, upon the same terms, and the
capital city will have his services. His
election is.a marked step forward in
school matters. He was Il very success
full superintendent and principal at Las
Vegas for six years, building up the
schools there in a highly satisfactory
manner, but the merging of the public
school interests there with those Of the
territorial school displaced him. The
Santa Fe school board shows every
intention of supporting the superintend
ent in the school work and good results
are expected to follow.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02
BEAUTIFUL GARDENS.
Santa Fe Gould Be a City of Gardens with
But. Little Expense and Work.

There are a number of lovely gardens
in Santa Fe which show what can be
accomplished in the line of beautifying
homes and the city if some care and at
tention be paid to the matter. 1t does
not require the expenditure of Il large
sum of money to make a fine garden, for
a carefully kept tlowerbed of wild
flowers is as beautiful as hot house
exotics. Would that more of Santa Fe
property owners took pride in their
hover gardens and their property to
make the city a city of much greater
beauty than it is at present! 1t is al
most as easy to raise a garden OF roses
as it is to make the ground surrounding
a house a deposit place for tin cans and
other rubbish. This applies to the
owners of private property as well as to
public property. The Woman's board
of trade has shown at the plaza what
can be done with care and tho %expendi-
ture of a small sun of money and there
is no reason why their example should
not be initiated by the board of educa-
ton in reference to the grounds around
school buildings and by the citizens in
general at their homes.
Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1899-06-02
Pheasants for the sacramentos.

The Ell Paso & Northeastern railroad
has placed at the disposal of their at
torney, Hon. w. A. Hawkins, $500 with
which to stock the Sacramento mount
ain forests with English p%heasants.
The Sacramentos are well adapted to
the propagation of the birds and rhey
will multiply rapidly if properly pro-
tected. Judge Allen Blacker's home
stead will be the first place where exper-
iments will be made. The birds will be
protected until they are acclimated and
begin breeding in sufficient numbers to
justify leaving them at the mercy of
s%portsmen.
Pheasants will be shipped from Ore
gon. 1t is to be hoped that the expert
ment will prove a better success than
have been several previous attempts to
stock various sections of the country.