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New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
PERSONAL.

BENJAMIN d. Markham, multi-millionaire and
phuanthropst, who died at Vineland. N j.. a few
days ago. led most dramatic and remarkable life.
He figured prominently in the West during the
exciting times incident to the gold fever Of the
early sixties. and often he became the possessor
OF as high as $4,000 In day. and sometimes he as
quickly lost IT again At one time he was the
sole creditor and owner Of the entire bonded IN,
years ago his wealth was estimated by himself
and bank officials to be about s20ooOc. Capitalists
believe that the Markham fortune, which consists
mostly OF municipal bonds. cannot be much less
than S,00oOo0.
Lord Kitchener intends to leave London on Au-
gust s for Omdurman. TO resume his duties as Gov
ernor General Of the Soudan. Gordon's palace at
Khartoum has now been almost entirely reouht'
and will be used as the Government House.
Professor Walter Scott Perry upon whom the
Pratt Institute OF Brooklyn has conferred Its first
degree OF Master of Arts. was born in Stoneham.
Mass. and educated in Boston Later he was To-
Gated In Worcester. Mass, and during his residence
there was prominently identified with the introduc-
ton OF drawing into the public schools of the State
AS an associate member OF the National Educa-
tional Association he also supervised large art ex
hibitions In Madison Wis. In 1884. and Chicago, In
1851 while on numerous occasions he has read
papers before National and State conventions. He
was the first person to be called by the late Charles
pratt to assist in the organization OF Pratt Insti
tute entering upon the work nearly year before
some thirteen years ago. and he has been with
Pratt Institute ever since.
Robert f. NJ. Cooper. formerly prominent news
paper and politician. has fallen heir to 100000
The estate was left to Cooper by John C. Gregg, a
miser hermit, who recently died at Cripple Creek
Years ago Gregg lived In the Panhandle country OF
Texas. Cooper made tour of that region. Gregg
not inclined to make acquaintances. but Cooper
found him about to drown In a river and risked his
own life to the miser. That resulted in
friendship. Cooper returned to Springfield. Mo,
and became prominent. He kept up correspond
ence with Gregg for some years, but they finally
lost track OF each other. Gregg left Texas and
up $4,000 and quit Thereafter he lived in abso-
Lutte seclusion. So far he knew Cooper
still In Springfield, and few days before he died
he sent for Justice Martin. and will drawn
LID leaving everything TO Cooner.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
Aetu91ork Dailp Tribm,re
TUESDAY. JULY IS, 1899.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Newspaper correspondents in
Manila have made public a protest against
censorship at Manila which, 1t is sald. WITH
from the American people - The First and
Second Raads held secret sessions IT Is believed
that seven year retroactive franchise VIII be
adopted - AT meeting Of the Third Com
mittee at The Hague, the American proposal for
revision of arbitration awards was adopted
with a modification. =- The STANDARD OH
Company's steamer Maverick was burned and
sunk at a pier in Halifax - Inquiry into
the loss Of the steamer Portia, wrecked on Big
Fish Shoal. began at Halifax. - American
athletes practised at the Queens Club, and
representatives in the 1OO-yard dash were
selected. - The United States Minister TO
Austria and many consuls are expected 10 meet
Admiral Dewey at Trieste.
DOMESTIC.-The statement OF war corre-
spondents in the Philippines was generally re-
garded in Washington as confirming fears which
have long existed high War Department Of
fcials. 1t is said, think that General Otis is out
Of place in his present command. - General
Miles made a statement denying that there
had been any controversy over the number OF
troops TO be sent to the Philippines - Herr
Won schwartzenstein, who Is to act as German man
Ambassador TO the United States, was presented
10 President Mckinley. - Senator Chandler
has made formal complaint against Civil Ser
vice Commissioner Brewer to the President
- Ex-senator Arthur Pue German Will be
represented by proxy at the meeting OF the
National Democratic Committee In Chicago on
Thursday: Mayor Harrison declined 10 speak at
the Altgeld meeting that day. - The Cleve-
land street car strike, which was settled three
weeks ago. broke out anew. and all save one
of the lines in the city ceased operations
CITY.-Stocks were dull and irregular at small
fractional losses. - Winners at Brighton:
Avenstoke. Dread. Halo. Maxine. Mail Bag. Hard
Knot. - There were number Of cases OF
violence and some bloodshed in the Brooklyn
trolley strike: more cars were run than on
Sunday and the officials declared that the back
bone of the strike was broken; the labor lead
asserted the contrary: many arrests were
made. - Timothy J. Hogan. a shrewd Grim
inal arrested by private detectives. -
Walter s. Swayne New-Haven. Conn. chem
ist, says he prepared poisons for III. Cornish"
in 1897. == In the Larchmont yacht races
the Amorita beat the Quissetta and the Syce
and the Kestre defeated the Acushla H.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair
and slightly cooler. The temperature yester-
day: Highest. S4 degrees; lowest. 70; aver
age 70
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
ACTING AS GERMAN AMBASSADOR.

HERR Won scHwARTzENsTEIN PRESENTED TO
PRESIDENT M'KINLEY.
Washington, July 1.-THE German Ambassador,
Baron Won Holleben to-day presented TO the Presi-
dent Herr Mumm Schwartzenstein, who has
Just arrived from Germany and who is TO act as
Ambassador In the absence of Baron Won Holleben
In Germany. The presentation took place In the
Red Parlor. Herr Mumm also called at the State
Department and then, accompanied by the Ambas-
sador made his round OF calls the Diplomatic
Corps
Ordinarily the arrival of charge dafaires Is not
OF special significance but In this II has been
thought that Herr Mumm had special mission
TO reciprocity. He made no mention OF this while
making his calls to-day, as they were merely So
cial All the Indications however, are that he will
not make any active efforts toward reciprocity for
the present, at least. This view appears to be
borne out by the fact that he Will leave Washing
ton next week. Moreover. the State Department Is
not anxious to take up further reciprocity negotia-
tons In the hot months.
Baron Won Hoeben left washington tonight for
New-York whence he sails for Germany. He will
be absent several months
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

hostility to the extension Of American influ-
ence in the Pacific. The traffic Of this Nation
with the East will for generations be largely
in machinery rails and other iron products.
which Birmingham can start more cheaply
from a Gulf port than Pittsburg from an At
lantc or Chicago from Pacific port 1t VIII
also be largely in the cotton goods required by
Asia in vast quantities, and the mills which
stand among the cotton fields Of the Southern
States, and with n canal will have the cheap
est and quickest points Of export for the Pa
ciic as close at hand as New-York is to Fall
River, will have a greater advantage In
that industry than cheap labor gives them
now. 1t is not a dream that n barge loaded
with flour at Minneapolis would float without
cost of haulage to the Gulf ports, whence by
canal and ocean transportation TO Asia would
be cheap, were the Isthmus Canal once opened.
1t is not strictly accurate to say that American
manufacturers are beating their foreign rivals In
everything, from "collar button TO n locomo-
tive They actually export for example only
about S1000,0O0 worth of all woollen manu-
factures, and not as much in any Of the years
when wool was free. But they do export al
ready nearly S9OO0O00 worth Of cotton goods
to China alone. against S210O0,000 worth last
year from Great Britain. When American ard
British syndicates begin building the railroads
about which representations have Just been
made to the Chinese Government, there will be
vast quantities of metal and machinery re-
quired, which Alabama might furnish mere
cheaply than any other State II there we're an
open canal from the Gulf to the Pacific But
these roads are insignificant compared with
the many which will be demanded for the en-
pire OF China and for the Philippine Islands
themselves If the South wishes her full share
in the magnificent development of the future,
her people will say, In the words of Mr.. Wat
terson to Bryan: "Sir, the South cannot live
forever on cobwebs." They will say to him:
"Slr, we do not get our bread and butter out
'of politics, anyhow, and as between Wheeler
"and Lee and you, we follow Wheeler and
"Lee and the flag, and the further 1t carries
"us the better" ,
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

publican tariff. and to conclude that the curbing
OF competition by Industrial organizations has
been to them n source of direct and impor-
tant gain.
The trouble for Mr.. Bryan and for all Demo
cratic demagogues in the campaign they are
planning for next year is that they will have to
deal with great corporations which have been
advancing the wages Of many thousand Demo
cratic workingnen. II they go up and down
in the land declaring that the corporations have
been robbing the public a great many people
will have doubts about that, because they fno
in their own experience that wages have been
advanced. If others pay a little more for TINS
or that article, there Is always the question
how far the higher cost of materials made that
necessary. and the argument on that point is
too complicated for ready popular appreciation,
but the thing which every man can understand
is that his wages have been raised. Since Mr.
Bryan will not admit that any credit is due to
the tariff on that score what luck Is he likely
to have In denouncng the industrial corpora
tions?
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
CONFUSION IN STREET SIGNS.

We have hitherto called attention to the lack
of street signs in this city and the urgent desra-
bilty of supplying il forthwith. The work was
undertaken in particularly admirable fashion
by the last municipal administration, but sus-
pended when the present one came into power.
Indeed. it was announced that 1t was to be un-
DONE and the signs already put up were to be
removed Apparently some one has thought
better Of 1t and the signs to be left and their
number is to be added to until every intersec-
ton Of streets is supplied So far good But
with a fat witted perversity which would be in
credible and impossible anywhere else in the
world some great mind of Tammany has de-
creed that they shall all be placed wrong. In
stead Of giving the name Of the street on which
1t is placed, and along which 1t points, each sign
is to give the name Of some other street on
which it is not placed and along which it does
not point. Thus at the corner of Broadway and
Canal-st., for example. the sign parallel with
Broadway and pointing along that thoroughfare
will say "Canal-st." and the sign in Canal-st
and pointing along it will say Broadway"
We suppose people can get used to 1t. SO they
could get used to any other bit of stupidity.
They could be taught in time to understand that
when q sign says Fourteenth-st it means ST.
"a it is really No 1871 Perhaps, in the vast
mazes of Tammany erudtion, some good reason
may be found for subjecting them TO such
burden of mnepotechny But to the plain,
simple, everyday man ii seems conspicuously
and unnecessarily asinine The arrange
ment Of signs will simply defeat the primary
purpose Of street signs. That purpose Is to indi-
cate to the persons passing along given street
not the name of that street, which they are as
sumed to know, but the names OF the inersect-
ing streets. A man going up Broadway in search
of Canal-st does not need to be reminded at
every corner that he is in Broadway. He knows
that without being told. unless he is fool.
What he does want to be told is the name Of
each street he crosses. Now, the signs which
are most conspicuous to him and most easily
read are those which stand at right angles to
his path. Under this new system they will bear
only the name Of the street he Is in, and will
give him no hint as to the identity of the street
he Is crossing Nor is there anything in the plea
that the new arrangement will be more conven-
lent for people In carriages and streetcars. 1t
will not. On the contrary, 1t will in the major
fly Of cases prove easier to read the street
sign as you are approaching It than the parallel
street sign as you are passing it.
There may be a few people who will like the
new arrangement There always are some who
like that which is odd and indirect, and which
the majority Of people do not like. But we are
confident that about nine out Of ten residents Of
the city, and ten out Of ten visitors, will find
the thing an unmitigated nuisance.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
WAT7ERSOY TO THE GULF STATES

Henry Watterson is one of the live men Of
his country, and when he addresses himself to
the people of the Gulf States his utterances are
sure to receive the weight and consideration
they deserve. The Gulf States are in pocket,
dependent upon the traffic, the capital and the
enterprise Of distant cities on the Northern
coast which proximity to Europe makes the
natural depots Of Atlantic commerce. But when
the Nicaragua Canal is opened the far greater
commerce OF the Pacific, Mr.. Watterson rea-
sons, Will find It's most economical American
stations in the Gulf Except for products of
the Pacific coast seeking markets In Asia. or
for products Of Asia consumed on the Pacific
Coast, transportation by ocean and canal will
be found cheaper to Mississippi Valley and
Southern States than the long haul across
the continent by rail- and even to Atlantic
States the movement by Gulf ports, with
a short rail haulage, would be the cheapest
Under such circumstances Mr.. Watterson
thinks the South would attain development
never possible otherwise II this country should
secure the lead In Asiatic trade. Already our
country is gaining greatly on other nations in
trade with China and Japan. With the Philip
pines controlled and developed by American
capital and enterprise, and Manila occupied AS
an American outpost the commerce Of the Pa
cihc Ocean would fall largely into the hands
of our people, and the Southern States would
gain thereby more than others.
II cannot be said that these views are alto
gether fanciful Senator Morgan did not Ill
represent the true interests Of the great iron
making States Of the South nor the cotton
growing States when he rebuked Mr. Bryans
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
AN OID STORY

Together with cheerful reports Of prosperity
at the seaside resorts in the neighborhood OF
New-York, familiar descriptions OF rubbish
washed upon the beaches are coming in Twas
ever thus, and he must be a sanguine man who
dares to predict that an end will be put In our
time to q rank abuse of law. economy and public
patience. For II these multifarious deflements
are honestly reported, their meaning is that the
dumping scows are relieved of their loads with
In the prescribed limits. at points whence the
foul stuff Is swept back upon the shores and
into the channels There has never been
time within the recollection Of this generation
when such reckless defiance of instructions was
not charged against the dumping squad, or
when the inevitable denial was convincing. No
doubt this latest accusation will be contradcted,
but the facts on which 1t is founded will re-
MAN, and II will be difficult to interpret them
in way 10 exculpate either the men who have
personal charge of the scows or their superiors.
The latter will say that their orders are posi-
tive and that they do not know that their
orders are disobeyed. But they could ascertain
whether or not there Is disobedience, and how
common 1t is If they would take sufficient pains,
and by the same means they could stop the
outrage If 1t exists.
That would be thing worth doing, though
as certainly 1t would not give this great and
supposedly intelligent city much to boast Of
For this offensive matter, which is theoretically
sent out irrecoverably TO sea, ought not to be
wasted in that improvident way. 1t ought to
be saved and utilized through It's conversion
into fertilizlng material of the sort for which
constant demand is supplied at heavy cost to
those who must have it. Paris has learned that
lesson, and by putting 1t into practice obtains a
large revenue. Unquestionably New-York an
nually throws away the equivalent OF many
millions of dollars, not improbably OF a sum far
larger than II devotes with unsatisfactory re
suits TO the cleaning OF It's streets At some
distant day. no doubt, presumably after enter
prlsing American cities Of the third class have
shown us how to do It, we shall treat the gar
bage and sewage Of the metropolis scientifically,
transmitting II into an innocuous source of
wealth, Instead Of burying part Of 1t In the ocean
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

Frank .Burnette. Wichita Qlan) boy, who is
serving with the Army in Porto Rico. has written
to his family relating incident OF Of the
dangers which beset the soldier boy while he is
striving to do his duty in Americas posses
sions. II attended a dance the other night, and
never enjoyed myself moro or saw many pretty
girls In one gathering" he says THE fellows
bring their girls in oxcarts. and the dances are
usually held Sunday. The people are all good
dancers, but some OF their customs seem very
queer and very strange, when you can't speak
Spanish or understand a word that is spoken. I
danced with girl until was nearly dead, for
did not know how to tell her I was tired"
don't want to be an angel
And with the angels stand;
I'd rather be a drum major,
And lead the village band.
-(Chicago News.
D. W. Krider, OF Wharton, Ohio a member OF
the Sd Regular Artillery, who shot twenty-six
times in the Filipino outbreak in February and
who received the most terrible wounds in the
Manila campaign. still survives. He was shot at
1:3O o'clock in the afternoon. and. because he was
thought to have been killed. was not treated by
the surgeon until o'clock that night. His escape
from death on the neld is one Of the most remark
able on record.
A Financer-"we will never surrender" said
the FPn0 SnI, pnS s1So!daaie sas Arunaso ~ rsr.v.v
drummed on the table with his fingers. The
rainy season Is upon us"
What has that to do with our patriotic inten-
tions?''
We'll have learned a great deal by Judging
these Americans. | have been wondering II we
wouldn't make more money by giving up this cam
paign and starting an umbrella ust,"-CNashing-
ton Star.
Many charming features have been planned for
the Champ de Mars during the Paris Exposition
but OF the most original. II the English papers
are to be believed. will be the proposed Temple OF
Beauty. II VIII comprise a rotunda. pools OF water
caverns and grass plots: and to lend an air Of ro
nance to the idea. these pleasant places will be
haunted by number OF beautiful young women
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

Among those who will sail on the North German
Lloyd steamship Prinz Regent Lutpold for Bremen
to-day is Or. Won Holleben. tho German Ambassa-
dor. other passengers the steamer will be
Miss Edith Ellis Brown, Mr. and Mrs Cornelius
Juan Fernandez. Harry ID. Brandies, Mrs. f. D.
Brandes Colonel 8. Colt and Miss Jennie Ellis
Among the passengers who will sail on the
American liner ct. Paul for Southampton to-mor-
row are ex,Mayor Thomas F. Gilroy, W. l.. Elkins
James A. Wright second vice president OF the In
ternatonal Navigation Company: Lawrence God
kin r. II. McCurdy and Colonel James N. Wheelan
The Hague.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
FUNERAL OF JUSTICE FIELD.

Boston. July lit has been arranged that the
funeral OF Chief Justice walbridge A. Field whose
death occurred on Saturday evening. at his home
here, will take place from the South congrega-
tiona Church Wednesday at o'clock The
officiating clergyman will be the Rev DR.. Edward
Everett Hale. d. D., pastor OF the South Congre-
gational Church, and the Rev. Z. Winchester Dom
ald ID. D.. OF Trinity Church.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
Amnsemcnts.


AMERICAN ROOF GARDEN-s3o-vaudevile
CASINO-s-The Rounders. .
EDEN MUsEE-Wax Works. Grand Concert ana CIV
matograph.
KEITHs-l2:so .: m.-Continuous Performsnese
ROSTER & BIALS-7:3o to ! a m--VaudeV,he.
LION ROOF GARDEN-Concerts 49,.
NEW-YORK T1EATRE-s:i5-The Man In the Moo"-
Vaudeville ~. q
MANHATTAN BhACH-4 and 7-sousas hano
Palms Fireworks-a-Dockstader's Minstres
PASTOR R'S-Continuous Performance. .yx..x., co.-
VICTORIA ROOF COMPREHENSION.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
TO WELCOME DEWEY AT TRIESTE.

MINISTER TO AUSTRIA AND MANY CoNsULs
EXPECTED TO BE PRESENT THERE.
Vienna, July LIT is understood that the
United States Minister to Austria-Hungary, Ad-
olson C. Harris end others connected with the
American Legation. well as most OF the
United States consuls in Austria Hungary are
going to Trieste to greet Admiral Dewey upon
his arrival there.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
THREE DAY CELEBRATION PROPOSED.
PLAN TO HAVE CIVIC PARADE IN HONOR OF

PLAN TO HAVE CIVIC PARADE IN HONOR OF
ADMIRAL DEWEY.
General Butterfeld has called meeting OF the
Plan and Scope Committee of the Dewey Ceeora-
ton Committee for Thursday next at O'clock
The committee has many things to consider. among
others all the work done by the different sub-com
mittees.
A great number of suggestions as to methods or
making the celebration success have been re.
ceived by General Butterield and other members or
the Executives Committee. One that has appealed to
General Butterfeld proposes that the celebration
shall continue three Instead of two days the third
day to be civilian day. the second land parade
day and the first q naval parade day. The letter
making the suggestion says that civic parade re-
viewed by Admiral Dewey would please many
thousands of persons who could not take part In a
military naval parade
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

Where the strike is. there are the hoodlums
gathered together. On Sunday and yesterday
the slums OF Brooklyn, and Of Manhattan. too,
sent their most disorderly denizens to the scene
OF the trolley strike. in quest OF brols and
pillage. The worst feature Of 1t was that boys
of tender years were deliberately and system
atically put forward by their elders to commit
misdemeanors which those elders were them-
selves too cowardly TO do. Thus the strike De-
comes a literal school OF crime.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
and reserving the rest for the beaches and the

AS Il was America that "opened" Japan to In
tercourse with the world. 1t Is not inappropriate
that an American should be the first foreigner
to be tried In the Japanese courts under the
new treaty which has Just gone into force.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18
Jn0rf to ADVERTISEMENTS.
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New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

Goebel the Democratic nominee for Governor
Of Kentucky. is so offensive to the more respect
able elements of the party that the Republicans
are likely to have a walkover in the coming
contest Goebel represents machine politics, Is
ready to face any way on any question, Is out
for the spoiis," and his emblem might not lnap-
propriately be a stuffed ballot box. No wonder
the more respectable Kentucky Democrats VIII
have none Of him. though he barks loudly at the
trusts which they oppose, as he would bark
with equal energy on the other side II 1t served
any temporary political purpose to do so.
New-York tribune., 1899-07-18

Whatever else may be said of the bullfght at
Roubaix, certainly 1t is true that bull batting Is
an improvement on Jew batting. which only
few days ago was the popular sport in France