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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13

Republican deal for a S20000OOOo kainapo con-
tract another one for the control OF the 'eic-
nhone conduits another TO enrich the holders OF
the expirinC Blackv-cll's Island bridge iran
chise and that YOU have ceased TO inquire INTO
those subjects? II may he that Mr.. Platt Is en-
flrelv innocent and has been most unJusty IN
,uco+od I'm those deals by the Circumstantal
evidence He NAV 90 upon the stand ana con
found all acrusers ty showing that he had no
interest in them. no knowledge OF them II ne
did show conclusivcly that the appearance OF
Renuhlican completely I'm the major Iamman!
m,sdccds was not a reality, hut only An appear
onco from one sided testimony the Republican
orconizotion would he so vindicatcd ana
strengthened before the voters as to be almost
irroeistihle But while the Republican beam Is IN
evidence # is impossible to excite much indlgna-
+ion over the Democratic mote The suspicion
AGAINST Mr.. Platt and his associates may be all
y delus,on bat there II IS, founded on the Mazet
Committee's own records. and the only way 10
disoeI II Is for Mr. Platt and the others to take
rho stand and meet the accusations Otherwise
the charges are uncontradlcted' anu sl'en'e
about them IS confession.
II is said that to-day the sessions Of the Mazet
Committee VIII be temporarily suspended. They
the managers seem as yet 10 have no opinion
concerning the examination OF Mt PAU. II
they have any desire 70 come out OF THIS lnVes'l-
cation with credit to themselves they should
consider that subject At once. They cannot
defer II till after election They cannot even
MT Il off till the verge OF the election. VII
dication then. however complete and apparently
conclusive would carry no weight The people
want II long enough before the election to nave
time TO examine 1t. The issue is joined now.
They themselves have traced the Tammany
deals into the offices of General Tracy, Mr..
Iauterbach. Nh butcher. and indirectly into
that Of Mr. Plat himself There they are
and there they will remain-unless Mt
Plat and the committee remove them.
They cannot do It by running away. mat
would only make them the scapegoats to carry
of slr. Cr0kers sins and plumbers into the
wilderness Of popular oblivion. still leaving IN
sight the Republican scandals they had dug up
and left unhured. Does Mr.. Plat want TO 90
that? Does Mr.. Mazet seek 10 lose himSeI'
Does Mr. Moss think this a worthy ending or
his honest and courageous work.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13

Mr. Kearny wants more money a not IN
common want He rcjoices in the resoundng
title OF Commissioner Of the Department ~
Public Buildings Lighting and Supplies; and
incidentally In the patronage Of the Office CON
nccted with that title and in the opportunity
Il affords him 10 take action upon Kamapo wa
ter Jobs and similar philanthropc enterprises
! IS for that Department Of etc. that ne wants
more money. This year he got only "a bcggarly
81 800 724 a Next year he wants A.44l, 80 81
That IS an increase Of S74905s OS. lie wants
# for various purposes-for the repairing Of
roofs, Cor the repairing Of radiators. and and
here is the milk nay, the rich cream, In the
cocoanut-for more inspectors Of street lamps.
II Will be remembered that il was Mr. Kearny
who by virtue Of his autocratic power as Com
missioner Of ctc directed the turning Of all the
street lamps in tie city topsy-urvy; or. to be
precise, all the street lamps with street names
on them. To his ingenious mind it seemed a
happy thought 10 label Broadway "Canal-st"
md 10 surprise the wayfarcr on Forty second
ST. with the Information that he was on Fifth
ave Mr. Kearny effected this pgs-in-clover mad
ness through his >ubordinatcs. Not We assume,
through his inspectors OF street lamps who ms
he himself naiycly declares. don't do any
thng'-which is, Of course, the strongest pos
slble reason for adding 10 their numbers II
was through the agency of the assistant deputy
lamp cleaners o. some such functionarlos, that
the revolution was effected.
1t IS assumed. however that the work was
done impcrfccty. Indeed, have hitherto
called attention 10 the fact that some of the
! lamppoSt signs are still in the old position,
I while those on the opposite corner are in the
new; so that II you stand on one corner Cen
tre-st is Centre-st. and Chambers 81 IS Cham
J bcrs St, while II You 70 over 10 the opposite
/ corner Ceutrc-st. becomes Chambers 81 and
+ Chambers st IS transformed into Centre. st.
Doubtless Mr. koarny wants the additional
S749OJs OS to enable him 10 remedy such de
fects in his plan. and to make sure that not
one single street sign IN tie city shall remain
IN its proper place Doubtless. too. BE- means TO
develop his system 10 q fuller extent He VIII
pun at the corner Of Broadway and Warren =.
a sign. pointing along broadway reading
"Onc~ hundred and hfty nlthst..' because # YOU
travel far enough in the direction indicated Won
Will reach The last named street. and ~ the foot
Of Grand-st East River he Will put the sign
"Frcllnchuy because. If You 20 through
Grand st 10 Canal-s;.. and then across 10 Dos
/ brosscs-st. and so down 10 the North River.
and then take a ferry boat 10 Jersey city. and
then Pennsylvania Railroad train 10 Newark,
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THE BOER ADVANCE.

War has begun. hut not fighting The Beers
have invaded the British colony Of Natal ana
are thus far unopposed The British, being for
the present by far outnumhercd. have fallen
back 10 fortified places. which they can hold
until ronforcements arrive. There Will prob
ably. therefore. be no fghtiDG-cortainly no
serious fighting until either the Beers reach
those fortified British posts or the British re-
Inducements arrive and an advance upon the
Beers IS made The former is scarcely 10 be eX-
pected for some days. the latter perhaps not for
some weeks.
The point If first attack has been. rs was ex-
Dected. the northern extremity Of Natal. which
sticks in Ike a wedge between the Orange
state and the Transvaal. It was the scene OF
the disastrous Maiuba Hill campaign. nearly
twenty wears ago The Beers have occupied
Iainc's Mex. which IS only just over the line,
and have advanced as far Ingogo, five or
six miles further south. OF course they thus
control the railroad which runs from Natal into
the Transvaal AT that point. They are not likely
m present n tear up or destroy the tunnel
through which # passes under the mountains
for they VIII want II for their own transporta-
ton uses They may soon occupy Newcastle
2 dozen miles further down the road, and are
dee. whore there is a strong British force
At the same time another invasion Is being
made from the Orange State, through Van
Reenens Pass That is the gap in the Ora
kenberg Mountains through which passes the
railroad from Harrismith 10 IadySmith at
which latter point the railroad joins the other
line from Newcastle and Dundee. and from
winch the joint line runs down TO the coast at
Durham 1t will. Of course he necessary for
the British 70 make stand at Lady Smith At
all hazards against this Orange invasion else
the railroad there will be cut and the British
garrison at Dundee be shut of from supplies
and attacked at the rear. There are reports Of
other invaslons Those from Utrecht and Nry-
held need scarcely he noticed, they are north
Of Dundee But there IS a story of a dash
against Fstcourt which would be n serious
thing. for that place IS far below Ladysmth,
and its capture would mean the cutting of Of
Ladysmith and Dundee from the base Of sup
plies at the coast It IS to be supposed. how
ever. that the British have guarded against such
disaster.
For the present and the immediate future we
are likely 10 hear Of Dutch advances by these
and perhaps by other routes into Natal. and
there may be a dash upon Kimberley. though
that is deemed less probable The British Will
remain on the defensive with perhaps some
actual falling back But a few weeks hence
the scene Will be changed and we shall see
/ the might Of the British Empire put forth in
! behalf Of its own existence
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
TIE CAPE COLONY MINISTRY.

There is much talk Of the resignation 81 the
Cape Colony Ministry, and no wonder It's po-
sitlon has long been embarrassing and is now all
but intolcrahlc. The Ministry is composed chiefly
Of men of Dutch descent and members Of the
Afrikander Bond "The only difference among
u.s." said one OF them recently is that some Of
us are more Bond than others but we are all
Bond Their natural sympathlcs go out, there
FORE 10 their own race and blood, the Beers u
the Transvaal Yet they are bound by their oaths
of allegiance and Of Office and by personal in
tcrcst to be loyal to the British Empire Their
position has not been an enviable one all through
the British Transvaal controversy Now that
war has begun, 1t IS little short of pitabe No
doubt every man Of them would like 10 he out Of
Office For If they remain IN they must move
actively against their own kindred There can
be no such thing as neutrality. They must
either he foes t. their own race and kin or
traitors TO The Crown
II should be frankly said that thus far the
Ministry has acquitted itself uncommonly well.
us influence has been constantly for peace and
justice Neither Brton nor Boer has had ground
for faultinding For this much Of the credit
must be given TO the Prime Minister. Mr..
Schreiner "a brother. by the way, and not as
some have said the husband Of Mrs Olive
Schrelner Cronwrgh0 is n man Of narrow views
and hesltating manner bat he IS intelligent.
honest above all suspicion. and absolutely loyal
to his high ideals. He IS an Afrikander, but he
has always held his Secrctaryship above the in
huences Of the Bond. II may be added that he
used to De close friend and hearty supporter Of
Mr. Cecil Rhodes and that ne saw no incompat-
!bllity between British imperialism and the AZ
rikander Bond This last remark may also be
applied 10 the Attorney General. Mr. Solomon,
who indeed used 10 rank as more ardent i'm
pcrialist than Mr. Rhodes himself On the other
hand. the Treasurer Mr.. Merriman. who is not
Of Dutch blood, but English is actually more
Boerish than Dom Paul himself, though his
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ardor against the British Empire hns been well
kept In check by his colleagues. The Commits
sIoner Of Lands and Railways. Mr.. Sauer. Is n
strange anomaly. 10 wit. a Cape Dutchman VINO
does not hate the negroes. but is their friend
and champion He sides strongly with the
Beers against Great Britain. The Minister OF
Agriculture, Mr.. Hcrholdt is n Dutchman. with
strong Bocr sympathics and so is the Minister
without n portfolio Dr. Te Water. We may
reckon. therefore, that It is Mr.. Schreiher'
backed by Mr.. Solomon. who has held the Min
lstry IN line for loyalty to the Government under
which It holds its commission
How much longer Mr. Schreincr can do this IS
an interesting question. ne is also how long the
British Government will care TO have him do so.
In the present emergency Sir Alfred Miner ana
Mr. Chamberlain must have a Ministry ut Cape
Town that can be absolutely depended upon. IL
would not be pleasant to dismiss this one with
ont cause for that would ALLEVIATE friends ana
cmbittcr Cape politics. Yet it is not satisfactory
10 know that Of the six chief men in the Cape
Government four are in hearty sympathy with
those who are waging war against the British
Empire
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
THE TALK or THE DAY.


conc day" says n writer IN "Ihe boston iran
script" "the mother ~ ten-year-od hoy gave
him Two slices Of hlttercl bread telling him 20
give ono of them 70 his httle sister. He carried
oar the order That nisht when he went to bed
be- was evidently disturbed In his mind ana ie-
morsefui about something. and hts mother cues
toned him in way 10 bring ont the truth. II
WASN'T vice 20 Peggy about that bread and butter
be- owned Why asked his mother. Did You
take the bigger piece 40 he answered. hers
was "''" ''-t,i .''.'" ~, ''''' "'~
was "A good o'" "u''''''
1-,.,~,+ she could DO It-..Yes % she said after
giving H. matter carafui deibcration. II believe
7 can r.-lirn Ills low
Truly wn.n n came 20 n matter OF choice q
,,'.. t,f,,aff r-.esrts At any rate II was worth
tsiAf.-'' D.. ago Io7'
There are more than half million registered
bicvcl.fs IN France Each one pays n tax and
carries license Tho above number does not IN
clude motor cycles and motor cars. which arc nu-
merous. Motor cycles arc 70 he used by ros'men
for collecting lo,tors in Paris
,,-., . ,,,.,,,r r4oro .yvou rs M "a "
said The weary Domocra,i, leader. I'VE can't get
Dewey 20 head olr tckc,
- seems .o,. f''''" MS "'''"""'"
81 dar'- know u provfus was only eligible y
Toa b.. c9. aat s(s Yea , ,ry ne to take Jim
The Jaranese Government mas recently ordered
four first class torpedo boats from the Yarrows.
and ia one Of 'h'm all The auxiliary machinery IS
10 he driven by o'c'rieity- This VIII not only re-
no tho safe,v ~ such vessel. because rs is we'll
known by navy men. WIRE f'ao'uToa by sho'
machinery 70 which II is connected; whereas IN
the case 81 fracture OF steam pipe Il cannot be
menGod WIN facility and. worse than ALL the
escaping steam drives every ono out II the COM
lartlnenf.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
A,ew2lprk Dailp Gribn,re
FRIDAY. OCTOBER IL, 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-The Beers have invaded Natal
from the Transvaa and the Orange Free state
the British forces in that territory remaining Oh
the defensive. the British reply 10 the Trans
walls ultiruatuln was made public. being curt
refusal 10 discuss the BOer demands, a reported
advance Of the British at MafekinE caused SUI
prise and anxiety in London, censorship mas
been established over kilograms from south
Africa including Cape Town -- Canada
consent has been given 10 temporary arrange
nent Of the Alaskan boundary dispute baStd
IN pojnts suggested by the United States =-
Further details of General Schwan's expedition
were made public in Manila. =- Lord Farrer,
the British authority on finance ana trade dled
in London. = The French High Court has
dismissed the case against NJ. Gros1ean, ac-
cused Of treason IN connection win tAe DeIoH-
lede trial === Four thousand persons We're
killed BY an earthquake shock IN one OF tio
Molucca Islands
DOMESTIC President Mckinley spoke at the
welcome to returning Minnesota soldiers al
MINNEAPOLIS defending the policy OF expansion
and promising good government for the fMlp-
pines ----- II was announced by the state De
partment that the President has no intention
Of offering 10 mediate between Great B1tan
and the Transvaal == The volunteer army
for service in the Philippines is practically com
pleted, only about five Irndred men remaining
10 be enlisted == General Funston expressed
the belief that Aguinaldo was the prince of con-
6dence operators and that the Instruction was
kept alive by the Junta at Hong Kong. -
The international Commercial Congress at
Philadelphia was opened with an ADDRESS ny
the Assistant Secretary Of State, David j. HILL
CITY.-Stocks were dull and lower. -
Winners al Morris Park: McMeekln, MauNiia
Charentus Richard J.. SouchOn and Box. 60
There were numerous collisions on the rivers
and in the harbor, owing TO the dense log. the
most serious We're between the revenue cutter
Manning and the Yacht White Ladye ana the
stoar1Ar Fletcher and the ferryboat West BrooK-
lyr. from Thirty -ninth-st, Brooklyn -
Politicians were talking with interest OF the
defeat Of HN by Croker in the Democratic state
Committee and Cookers new place as leader oI
the Stat machine -== Fog and lack Of wind
made the nth attempt to sail an America Cup
race a fuke Ike the four previous trials; an
other effort will he made to-day = MI
Moss continued his probing into the affairs o1
the city. bringing out some interesting lac's
regarding the Police and Fire departments ana
the Offices Of the District Attorney and Cor
poration Counsel. -= The Rapid transit
Board decided 10 ask the Appellate DIVISION OF
The Supreme Court TO reduce the tunnel contract
bond ---- a white canvas bag was found IN
the East River containing entrails whch are
runnosed ~ belong 20 the pieces Of an unknown
y,ornar's body the police trying 10 identify'
IT. WEATHER indications for today
FAN The temperature yesterday: highest %
degrees. lowest 80. average. G3's
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Amrscmcnis.

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ACADEMY OF NUSIC-s.IS-1he Old Homestead
INFRICAN THEATRE l5-Roneo and juliet
PIJOU-S.l5-In Paradise
BROADWAY THEA TRE-s.l5- The |het'o-
rASINO-+The Founders. ..,,.
rRITFRlON THEATRE 1.-THE GIT from MaSlms|
DAYS THEATRE-S-The Kings Musketeer 800.
EDEN MVSEE-9 a. m - II ,. NV ah"orNs' "'"
Concert and Cnemafograph
THEATRE = The lNrann) q 4ehS
FIF'TH AVENUE THEATRE s Becky sharp. ,,-.
T>Ol-RTFFNTH STREET THEATlE-SA YOUNG WIZ
GARDEN THEATRE 1J-kuperf ~ Hen'zau
GNKRICK THEATRE >lO-Mv Innocent BAY
CRAM OPERA HOi ST s-The winters Tale
IkMNFTSTFfNS VICTORIA s avail street
HARLEM OPERA HOUSE .l5-Because Sho N''''
Him 49,. 49,. xva,
1PVING PLACE THEATRE l3-Magta
KEITH s on inuous Performance =, D..
KNICKERBOCKER NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CO 'e0
L,OsTFR & BrAIsS-S-Naudcville
1yf~r.f-N THEATRE 5 80 Miss Hobbs - -.
MADISON SQUAPE THEATRES %-"hy SIM" '"''
Nr-PfAy HILL 2-s-Too Much Johnson 49, ~.
NT-W~YORK THEATRE- 1.-THE Man IN mo 'ao0"'
Jr-NaudeviNe
PASTORS Continuous Performance .-, -.-..-..
ST NICHOLAS Carl EN-S acrchestra >.ovv-
WALLACE SIS i5-Pc'er Stuyvesant Governor OF NV"
Amsterdam
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
PERSONAL.

Alexander Agassiz 81 Harvard University. who
is an present conducting deep sea explorations IN
the Southern Pacific for the university collections.
has never received any salary for his services 70
tho Museum Of Comparative Zooogy though they
have been most important Between lsr and iS''
DE has expended from biz private mans S," .,N
without making any COMMUNICATION On the san
10 President Eliot Io has also given 20 other
university objects IN addition 70 The museum
Professor Barrett Wendell of tho English de-
partncnt n Harvard University In the current
number u THE Harvard Monthly SAYS that the
institution IS M present slowly bur surely drifting
toward co-education. He deplores the fact. be-
cause he thinks At least great university should
Doe maintained FOR men. - a. place where tSey
th.re are many other institutions o. higher cdu-
cation from which women are not deharred, ana
be thinks they should attend those insltHi'oHa ana
not Harvard
Toronto oct 70 (SpeciaD DR. william II Pike.
head ~ the department Of chemistry IN the Uni
vorsity ~ Toronto has Just retired from academic
work Professor Pike has made an enviable repu-
taton for the administration OF his department.
which has become one Of the strongest IN that
university H., came 20 Toronto IN 1850. and large
~ through his energy the excellent chemical
laboratories ~ the university were erected Dr..
Pike was born n ENGLAND. was educated I'm Ger
many and loctured ~ oxford before coming 10
Canada He vas N.ce.presioent OF me c'sinlsLiy
section % he British Association Tor me AdNahce-
ment Of Science AT ifs Toronto meeting in 1885,
James F Jackson Of Fan River. whom Governor
Wolc0tt os Massachusetts,. has appointed Railroad
Commissioner was graduated from Harvard in 1863
and from the Boston University Law School IN 1875
He was elected Mayor OF Fall River on the Re
publican ticket n iss and again IN lss. AS a Jaw
cases and has been actively Identified with the
Young Mems Christian Association
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
ALEXANDRIA A CENTURY AyD 4 HA1r old
CELEBRATION or THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE
VIRGINIA TOWN.

Alexandria. Va. oct l2.-The founding ~ tho city
Of Alexandria 80 years ago was celebrated to-day
with an elaborate outdoor display. Crowds OF visit
ors rom Washington and the surrounding country
thronged tho streets Bunting ana the National nag
adorned all the business houses and private resi-
dcuccs. tn" booming or a National salute from tho
tinted states war vessels the Mtchlts and the Dol
phm anchored IN tho hartor az noon, accompanied
D. shilehing ~ steam whistles the ringing II
bells and the cheers ~ the people marked the for
NAL opening u the celebration. The principal event
WAS the street pageant In the afternoon in which
was long line Of floats one II which Was vehicle
d".ignei 20 reproduce nearly as possible the car
rage in which General WASHINGTON and has wife s,t
out nom Mount Vernon FOR New YORK. ou the or,t-
sion ~ Nasaing'ons Inauguration as first Presi-
dent. The exercises closed tonight with the Nlu-
minafion If tho court OF honor and IL masquerade
PROCESSION.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13

and then up Market-st.. Newark. to Broads'-'
snd along BrOad-st. 10 some other, ana along
some other 90 what do YOU call II, and so on
you Will eventually come to FrcIinghuysen-aYe.
BY all means let Mr.. Krarny have his money
and his inspectors. Give him enough money
and enough inspectors who don't do anything
and in time he will give us a system or street
signs under which the wayfarlng man. though
lac be mind reader ana an African explorer
will be absolutely certain 10 lose his way
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
j. G. HO4GLAND SrPfcKFy

Long Branch. \. J.. Oct. l. ,speciaD.-J c.
Hoagland - the Royal Baking Powder Com
pany. Was stricken with paralysis N his country
seat AZ Seabrght on Monday. His attending
physician. Or James Reed reported his patient
l-.I-nG Mou - nigh. and r..oA-r-ng
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13

Premier Laurier Mt the Chicago celebration
ST Iod for Canada In n becoming and gracious
manner and our Lady OF Shows has every rea-
soh to be proud Of him. as We have 10 regard
him with respect and cordiality. If all her
statesmen We're Of the Laurier type in point of
sweet reasonahlenoss and absence Of hyper
borean hlusterousness and bumptousness. Can
ada would find little difficulty IN keeping along
with Us in n perfectly comfortable and har-
monous manner
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13
HLNrNN or NFNlTOR SCOTT

Norganto"n. W. Va. oct. - United States Sen
nt"r b > 't vas taken ill with facial ervsipeas
while her attending Tho Chadwick sword presenta-
lion. and mis- pny slcians forbade him being moved
4 special train had been sent hero ~ take him
home. but ne Is too 81 Tor the trl..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-13

For the present We are obliged to make use
OF the Suez Canal to send achievements TO
Manila but one of these days We may look TO
have canal Of our own.