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New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
A BOER VIEW.

Lest Il be thought that the American and Brit
ish view Of the Transvaal questions be partial
and unjust to Alr. Kruger let us note what view
is taken Of them by one OF the Beers There Is
no man IN the Transvaal more worthy OF re-
spect than General Joubert, the commander Of
the Transvaa Army. Although he was born in
the United States, he is Of purest Holland Dutch
blood, and he has spent his life In the Trans
vaal and for the Transvaal. 1t was he who led
the Beers at Majuba Hill, defeated the British
and thus won for the Transvaal the semi-inde-
pendence it has since enjoyed. 1t was he who
frustrated the Jameson raid. He Is now Vice
President of the republic and might have been
President had not his personal loyalty TO Mr.
Krtiger restrained him from running against the
latter Surely he is not to be suspected OF bias
against the Beers
Well General Joubert says frankly that he
sympathizes with the Outlanders In their de-
mands for reforms. He would gladly himself
sign their petition. The franchise laws ought
TO be made more liberal He would admit Out
landers to citizenship, not after seven years fur
ther residence as President Krdger would but
after four or three, or even two years resi-
dence. He would repeal, Also the remuneration
and revocation clauses of the oath Of citizen
ship which he declares were inserted with the
deliberate purpose of giving offence. 81 want"
he adds, "to better the Government Of the coun-
try, which know is not what It should be-"
Such are the views Of a representative Boer
who has no selfish greed or ambition to serve
and who has travelled about the world sufi
ciently to know something Of modern civiliza
ton and progress. They are in striking contrast
to the views of Mr.. Krtiger, advanced and in
sisted upon by him IN the recent conference with
Sir A. Miner. 1t is TO be believed that many
Beers agree with the General rather than with
the President They do not oil believe that fire
insurance is impous and that lightning rods are
an insult TO the Almighty
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

posed to the single takers. Two men own
adjoining lots of equal size. One Is Improved
and the other unimproved. Nobody wouid
90 TO the extreme of saying that the vacant
LOT should be exempt from taxation because
Il brings its owner no income. Yet he who
saws the Idle franchise which has value and
is bought and sold like a vacant lot should
not be exempt is compared to Henry George,
who went 10 the other extreme and said
the vacant lot should be taxed not at
what II is worth as vacant lot but at the
same figure as the improved plot adjoining
Unused real estate is not exempt. Why should
property In an unused franchise be exemptf
The theory now followed in taxing lands,
and advocated by us in taxing franchises, Is
IN make assessment on the actual value OF the
property In its present not its prospective, con-
diton. incidentally that is to-day an impediment
to the holding Of unused land. SO 1t would be an
incentive TO the Improvement Of franchises.
AS we said. the people would see such incen-
five working on the franchise holders who
seouester public property and hold 1t for spec
ulation and obstruction to enterprise with
great deal of complacency. But that effect OF
the tax is merely Incidental The purpose is
to raise money for the support OF government
by levyng on actual property that can be
reached with some degree Of certainty n pro-
portionate share of its true value. Such a tax
has not the least likeness to a levy made pri-
mariy to discourage speculative holding with
the revenue more or less incidental. More
over. even were this not true, there would he
q great difference between applying incentives
to development of franchises and trying 10
nationalIze land. The latter means adopting
new theory OF private property. The former
is merely protecting the street which is now
agreed to be public property from diversion to
merely private uses Franchises are granted
for distinct public purpose, which is not ac'
complished If they are not improved.
II II be Socialism to favor asking the hold
ers Of these unused franchises TO pay taxes on
the value they could get for their property rights
IN a street the value they would collect from
the city IL the city wanted to abolish the street
though the city probably granted the fran
chse az gift-then we plead guilty to Social
ISM If trying to distribute the tax burden
more evenly and compel great exempt proper
ties to bear their share Is Socialism, we are
Socialists Moreover the great body Of small
taxpayers who find themselves assessed heavily
in proportion to their holdings while and be-
cause vast wealth given by the State to other
individuals in the form Of franchises has been
long exempt from taxation, will, we believe. be
glad to share with us the odium Of that cpl
thet In such n cause.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

tsr marine leagues therefrom That covers the
whole ground 1t remains to be added tna' LUZ
ffty-pine years there was not the snghlest con'
trovprsy upon the subject. All maps, brlusn' IA
madam. Russian and American. exactly asreeo
IN laying down the line as provided IN the uea.y'
But in 1884 Just as the United states estao-
Ilsbed n civil government In Alaska. some Capa
dian man makers began arbitrarily setting down
a new line varying materially from the oio one
and claims for a revision of the boundary pegah
70 he mt forth. Let us see OF what these con-
sisted.
The most striking change on the maps was
Tho runntnp of the line up Behm Channel In
.+.ah NJ Portland Channel. For that no grounu
60 annarent The treaty said explicitly fort-
land Channel and there was no more uncer-
t.intv as TO fits identity than there was as 10
tho identify of the ST. Lawrence River More
orer the southern end of that channel precisely
co,nc,aes IN latitude with the extremity OF
PRINCE Of Wales Island. and its northern END
,y,th tba fftv.s,xth parallel. mentioned in the
treaty These facts corroborate the theory that
when the treaty said Portland II meant forF
land. aud not Benin The most Important claim
for general change of line was that the hne
should be drawn parallel not with the coast ol
the mainland but with the outermost edge OF
the outlying islands, and should moreover De
drawn across from headland to headland III
stead Of winding in and out But the treaty
said coast, not islands, and 1t said, moreover,
with admirable explicitness that the line shouid
follow not merely the coast but "the windings OF
the coast" We have said that the American
case rests upon that treaty. We may justly ada
that the Canadian case calls for violation OF
The treaty on these two fundamental points.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
PERSONAL.

AT the 11sth commencement Of Dickinson College,
Carlisle. Penn. on "Wednesday last the honor-
airy degree Of D. G; L. was conferred upon s; Susn.
%aa of the eeLowef class of 1875
Ex-Governor Altgeld Of Illinois, said at Louis
Vile the other night: II claim 10 have as much In
formation relating to the political conditions as the
average citizen. and could not name ten OF the
forty-hvs Governors 10 save my life. could not
name one-thrd OF the United States Senator'S"
w. D. Coleman, who was elected President OF
Liberia on May 2 last is a colored man OF great
ability and high principle
THE Kennebec OMe) Journal" says: THE town
Of Alfred is to have s2 900 library building through
the generosity OF the Rev. John Parsons. Of Brook
line, Mass. and George Parsons, OF New-York'
They wish to erect II as memorial OF their lam. am
liz which is one of the old Alfred families. The
structure will be 30 feet ong, and 80 feet wide
Seamfaced granite Is to be used.
In his first sermon in his church IN Liverpool
after his arrival from this country the Rev. DR..
Watson said that the thing which most startled
him in the United States was the power or the
secular spirit and the weakness Of the Christian
church. Men devoted TO money and money
getting in a way and to degree which he could
not have imagined possible. The churches IN the
United states. he continued. were conducted to
moneymaking permeatng everything. In many dis
trcts he found congregations consisting almost en-:
tirely of He euogZed the vivacity, intellect
and energy the boundless resource, high hope and
confidence Of the American race. which he DECLARED
TO be one OF the most promising OF the Ango-Saxon
branches The readiness Of rich Americans to build
and endow educational institutions he considered
q matter for National pride.
II Is the opinion OF Sir Syed Ahmed Khan that
Islam in general would be better of If the profess
sors of its faith better educated. To this
end he founded in 1875 a school In Northern India,
which Is a college, and he wants to make 1t a
university being now in England TO solicit sub
scriptions for that purpose He thinks that In an
Institution where Mahometan students could re-
ceive. besides the customary lnstrucuon IN tneir
faith the same sort OF training that Western uni
versties give their pupils, the result would be the
rapid development of Western ideas and methods
and the production OF men of real education and
learning among the enormous Mahometan con-
stituency Of Great Britain. His purpose is TO have
the Mahometan and European students meet on
terms of equality and his plan has awakened s,,n,ti
to get the money OF which he is in quest.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
STUDIES IN BUREAUCRACY.

Let the root of the matter In the Dreyfus
case be clearly understood. hideous wrong
has been done, in the name Of the French
Army. But 1t was not done by the French
Army, nor has that army attempted to palliate
or to condone It, Amid all the mad agitation
in ostensible behalf Of the army against the
Republic there is every reason to believe the
army itself has been and is absolutely loyal TO
the Republic. Had any military pretender tried
to array the army against the civil government
and TO overthrow the latter, he would have
failed miserably. The army would have stood
firmly for the civil government, which means
the French Republic. Who. then, are these
sgitators conspirators forgers. criminals, who
have been yelling and melting the mob to yell
not only "Vive rArmeew but "C0nspuez In
Republique!" as we'll? The answer Is given In
q single word: Bureaucrats. They belong to
the army But It Is to the staff the bureaus,
and not the line, that Is doing actual work in
the field II Is in the bureaus of the general
staff that rottenness exists. IT is there that
consplraces have been hatched, treason has
been plotted forgeries have been committed
innocent men prosecuted and condemned on
false testimony To paraphrase Gambettas
famous remark, one might say: "Le Bureau.
VOLTA lenneml"'
1t Is all exceedingly shocking no doubt. The
names Of Du Paty de Clam and Esterhazy and
Henry, and Of their still more culpable chiefs,
are to be execrated. But whence and by what
hand is the first contumelious stone TO be
hurled? Scarcely, we must confess. from this
side Of the Atlantic. We have had here no
sending Of an innocent man TO Devils Isle.
But we have had the sending OF many good
men and true to soldiers graves, not on the
battlefield. and not In honorable warfare, and
not under the bullets OF the foe, but through
the purblind or perverse corrupt machina-
tions OF the bureaus. We have had no forging
Of letters and bordereaus. But we have had
justice turned into mockery vast public works
mismanaged and defeated, and public money
squandered and stolen by the million. through
the operations of the same bureaucracy. We
have had the name Of the Army and Its honor
dragged in the mire by those who wear It's uni
form. We have no Du Paty de Clam and no
Esterhazy. But we have an Eagan and a
Carter Are we much better Off than
France?
Army honor" Is a proverblal phrase. There
is much truth In IL, and some fiction. The army
officer doing a soldiers work In camp or on bat
tefeld Is likely TO possess the robust virtues
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
SOCIALISM AND FRANCHISE TAXES.

Our good neighbor "The Brooklyn Eagle Is
anxious lest The Tribune's advocacy of fran
chise taxation lead II into the camp Of the
Henry George single takers, If not into that of
the Socialists. THE Eagle" hopes The Tribune
will "be able to extrlcate itself from the un-
fortunate position In which 1t has been placed
"by its own ardor and by the cruel logic Of
"The Louisville Courer-Journal." which wonders
II our assertion that franchises which have not
been improved by their owners should be as
sessed at their value along with other fran
chises may carry with 1t the logical necessity Of
favorlns Henry Georges method Of taxing land
to It's full rental value, and so making 1t i'm
possible 30 hold idle land and practically termi-
mating private ownership.
We are sorry to disappoint The Eagle" but
It is impossible to ''extricate" ourselves from
an unfortunate position" into which We never
fell; and as for the "crue logic" OF our
sprightly and ever interesting Louisville con-
temporary. II might be cruel If we had advo-
Gated taxing an unused franchise for the
same amount as a franchise of the same char
acter and extent which was In use and earn
ing money That would be somewhat COM
parable 10 Henry Georges plan Of levying the
same tax on q piece of real estate with a mill
ion n-doar building and an adjoining plot with
a squatter's cabin. Since. however, The Trib-
unes argument was for the taxation OF the
fra nchlse unused and held for speculation only
on It's actual value what II would sell for II
put on the market, we need not trouble our
selves much about the "cruel logic OF the
situation. The Tribune applies exactly the
same principle to franchises that Is applied 10
any other real estate or personal property un-
der assessment That principle Is entirely op-
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

Thirty million dollars said to be the value
Of the property decided to the Stanford Uni
versity by Mrs. Stanford. is probably the
largest endowment ever bestowed on an educa-
tional foundation. Geographically, the institu-
ton fronts the sunset but It's glories are OF the
morning, Its arch Of light and splendor yet 10
climb. With that amount Of money TO spend IL
ought in the centuries 70 come TO spread It's
illumination like the sun above IL TO all lands
and clir1es. When II has existed as long as the
foundations of William OF Wykeham and Will
lam of Waypfete, 1t may be able to point to
record as illustrious as theirs and certainly 70
line Of expenditure many times greater.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
FACTS IN THE BOUNDARY CASE

The agreeable announcement is made that an
optimistic view of the Alaska boundary dispute
is taken in official circles in London. The spe-
cial cause of such optimism is not disclosed, but
we are glad TO regard one as existing and as be-
ing sufficient. II might not be amiss to suggest
that II has some connection with the fact. also
announced, that the British Colonial Minister
has taken the case into hand and is practically
managing 1t on the British side. We have hth-
erto expressed our confidence In Mr. Chamber
lain-in his practically his tact and his posses
sion OF those qualities which make for the sue
cessful accomplishment of whatever he under
takes. 1t is no reflection upon any other British
statesman or official to say that Mr.. Chamber
lafn's assumption Of the direction Of the case is
highly auspcious OF a favorable result
The establishment of a temporary modus VI
vendi will be a good thing. 1t will not of
course. in the least alter the fundamental facts
Of the case. which must be reviewed and acted
upon whenever the final and permanent settle
ment is made These latter cannot be TOO clear
ly and constantly kept in mind. That they are
not well kept in mind has often been deplorably
apparent. Men have talked Of the boundary dis
pute as though II pertained to the gold district
Of the klondike region, or as though 1t had
arisen from something In our act of purchase Of
Alaska thirty odd years ago The facts are that
the dispute relates exclusively to the pan
handle" part Of Alaska and that 1t had its origin
about fifteen years ago, when Canadians, for
some reason best known to themselves. began to
lay claim to territory which for more than half
q century had been indisputably in the posses
sion of another Power. At the present time the
Canadian demand appears TO amount to little
less than Reputation of treaty made by the
British Government itself nearly three-quarters
of century ago.
The American case rests upon the Anglo Rus
sian treaty Of 1925. For by the purchase OF
1867 the United States became the successor to
Russia In all rights secured by that instrument,
fact In which Great Britain acquiesced by her
failure to make at that time any protest or other
representation upon the subject. That treaty
was made for the purpose Of defining the bound
airy between British and Russian North Amer
lea, or Of establishing the principles upon which
such definition was to be effected. II IS there
fore important to observe what are the terms Of
that treaty.
First, then. the line is to begin at the southern
end of Prince of Wales Island and extend up
Portland Channel, or Canal, to the fifty sixth
parallel Second. 1t is thence to follow the sum
NIT of the mountains parallel to the coast north
ward to Mount st. Elias: but IL such SUBMITS
shall bs more than ten marine leagues from the
coast, then the line shall be drawn parallel with
- wfndings Of the coast and at not more than
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

In this torrid and arid season the Manhat-
tanite reads with envy OF deuged and wind
swept Michigan, bl.st with the benignant beam
OF It's rainy star. 1t is a happy baptism for the
peninsula and will improve its hay crop and tho
language OF It's agriculturists. Our turn may
be coming but II holds OF with more obstinacy
than the occasion calls for.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

As,uinaldo is reported to have dissolved the
Tagai Congress, but inasmuch as the Congress
has been pretty much dissolved FOR some
months the report is not startling even II true.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

The Havana cabman Is getting Amercanized
rapidly He has struck for higher pay. and be-
fore long Will probably have made cab rates as
exorbitant as they are here
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

The height Of ambition Of Tammany de-
tective is evidently not to know anything ex-
cept that where ignorance is bliss tbs folly to be
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

Sir Richard Websters opening speech In the
Venezuela arbitration will. It Is said be sixteen
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

days long The Populists in Congress need TO
lcok to their lslrels.
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
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New-York tribune., 1899-06-09

The court manners of the Tammany witnesses
could hardly be worse II they were all Tammany
MAYORS
New-York tribune., 1899-06-09
RECIPIENTS OF DEGREES.
The names of the graduates and recipients Of DE-


grees follow:
BACHELOR OF ARTS.
EARL BRYANT BARNES. VINCENT NoII1
NELSON B. HATCH. ISAAC LEWIS CTls
RODNEY NJ HEGGE. HARRY y. PFEIFFEA,
John W HOYT. JOHN o. ScUDDER-
ADNA W LEONARD. NATHAN A. SEAfILD
It. K. MCI.ELLAND. Jr. A. S. VAN ORDEN. IL
+. c. METCALFE.
BACHELOR OF PHILOSOPHY.
JOHN s. BURTON. PHILIP MENDEIA
WAITER LICHTENSTEIN. WALTER B. RAYMoN0
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE.
CLINTON e. BRUSH Jr E T. GRANDLIENARn
FRANK W CARPENTER WILLIAM y. PLuMLEh
JOHN COOPERSTOCK. g. A. STEPHENsON
CHAUNCEY DE woe. NATHANIEL. p. TURNER
CI.ARKSON A. DISBROw. SAMUEL l. WILLIAMSON
FRANK EROwURM EDWIN c. WOODWARD
CIVIL. ENGINEER.
GEORGE G. NJ CRACKEN. ERIC w. WAIIIN.
WINIFRED II. ROBERTS.
CERTIFICATE OF ENGINEERING.
JOHN CooPERsTocK. CLARKsoN 4. pIsBE2w.
EDWARD T. GRAND NATHANIEL p TURNER
IIENARD SAMUEL I. WILKINSON
STUART A. STEPHEN EDWIN @. WOODWARD
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-07
nurder and Suicide

Falls Church, Va, April 4.-The
dead bodies of Weston B. Turner and
his wife, well-to-do couple, each
about sixty years old, who made their
home at this place, were discovered
here today. Turner evidently had
shot his wife while she was asleep and
then put another bullet through his
own head. A paper of March 23rd
giving an account of a suicide in
Washington that day and other evil
dence, indicated that the tragedy oc-
cured the night of the 23rd. The
couple frequently visited Washington
and it was not until their absence be-
came prolonged that the house was
broken into and the dead bodies
found. Turner had been in i'll health
and quite melancholy was an inspira-
ton OF the moment. Turner left an
estate worth about $4,000.
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-07
Fair-VanderbiIt.

New York, ApriI. 4,-Youth. and
beauty, with millions of money. were
joined together in holy matrimony at
noon today, when Virginia Fair be-
came the bride of William X Wander
bilt, Jr.. About one hundred and fifty
guests were present at the ceremony,
which took place at the Fifty seventh
street residence of Herman Oelrichs,
whose wife is the sister of the bride.
The house was surrounded by curl
Gus and mixed crowd.
Shortly before noon the guests com
menced to, arrive at the Oelrichs
house. The Rev Thomas F. Murphy
acting pastor Of the Church of the
Sacred Heart, at Dobhs' Ferry, was
on hand early, accompanied by two
acolytes The conservatory and ball
room had been transformed into the
semblance Of an old English garden
Almost promptly at noon, the maid
of honor, Miss Mary Baldwin Tolfree,
entered the ball room and under an
aisle arched with roses walked toward
the waiting priest. She preceded the
bride, Miss Fair. Following her was
her brother-in-law Mr.. Oelrichs. The
organ, especially built for the purpose,
pealed out. The groom was attended
by J P. Kellogg In the gallery an
orchestra of fifty pieces, under Emil
Paur, played the nuptial music from
Lohengrid.
The wedding party was then ushered
into the library, and at long tables
sat down to a wedding breakfast.
When the breakfast was over the
BRIDE changed into her travelling
dress, and the young Vanderbits
drove off in brand new brougham, a
present to the groom, to the river.
They crossed to the Long, Island
Railroad depot, and there entered a
special car, which bore them to Mr..
Vanderbilt's country place, Idlehour,
Oakdale, l.. ).
The Wilson times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1896-19??, 1899-04-07
FilipinOs Still Active

Manila, April 4-General Mac
Arthur reconnotered in force thi.
morning with the Montana regiment
the Fourth cavalry. and two guns o.
the light artillery, as far as the river
north of Malolos. The reconnaissance
developed the fact that there are
fully one thousand rebels, armed with
Mauser rifles, preparing for defence
Shots were exchanged and two mem.
bers of the Montana regiment were
wounded, but there was no engage
ment.
Later in the day General MacAr-
thur moved northward, as the water
supply Of Malolos was inadequate.
The belief is spreading among the
Residents here that the effect of the
capture of Malolos, the former rebel
capital, followed by the proclamation
OF the Philippine Commission, will be
to convince the natives that Agui
naldo's bubble has burst.
Manila, April S, 9:35 A. M.-The
insurgents are massing strong forces
north of Calumpit, about five and a
half miles northwest of Malolos, and
according to the observations Of the
reconnoitering parties they have fine
entertainments there. 1t is expected
that hard fighting is necessary to dis
lodge them at that point and at San
Fernando, where Aguinaldo is sup.
posed to be. Large rivers strengthen
both positions.
The Montana regiment had one
man killed and three wounded yester-
day. Twenty I've men were Frustrated
by the heat and brought to the hospi-
tai.
The new Krupp guns, one 6 inch
and the other inch, which were
buried at Alalolos, though secured
late, will be mounted.
The Americans have also found 81.
900 silver dollars.