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New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
THE DELAGO4 BAY AWARD.

"Parturiunt mOntes; naScetur ridiculus mus
The prophecy of Horace is fulfilled. After years
of deliberation, taxing the patience of those con-
cerned and exciting the derision Of the world,
the Swiss arbtrators in the Deagoa Bay Rail
road case have given a verdict which-while it
will be Loyalty accepted-will be regarded all but
universally as incomplete, unsatisfactory and
vexatious That is not q pleasant thing TO say
of so important international pronounce
ment but it is TO be believed that will be the
general opinion of the informed and judicioIs
world The plaintiffs in the case asked indem-
nifty for their material property. which they
claimed had been unjustly confscated. and also
for their concession, which they said had Leen
untustly abrogated. The arbitrators give them
the sum of $1,000, 500. That is probably not
nearly enough TO repay them for the actual
sums expended upon the property, leaving en-
tirely out of consideration the still greater
value of the concession. Now, if the material
property was theirs the concession theirs
also. If they lawfully deprived OF the
one they were also Of the other. If they were
entitled 10 indemnity for the one they were also
for the other. And both were either wholly
t,ieirs or not all theirs and they entitled
therefore either to full indemnity for both TO
none at all for either. That has been the COM
mon conviction of practically all parties Oh both
either a full indemnity none AT all. How the
arbitrators have been able logically and con-
scientiously 10 arrive at the amazing conclusion
now announced is past imagining Whether
their lines of reasoning will ever be revealed is
matter of doubt Their intellectual and spiritual
processes in the will ever remain among
the worlds profoundest mysteries.
Ii is however, not profitable to "cuss the
court" For no matter how strange may be its
alterations, or how unsatisfactory its judg
ments may be- the court is still the court II is
the one repository of legal judgment and the
one barrier between us and the appeal to force
or the dark gulf Of anarchy. And the strength
and authority OF the court, and therefore It's
benefcence TO us. depend upon the loyalty with
which its Judgments are accepted. The present
award will therefore doubtless be accepted in
good faith, so far as it goes. We are not aware
that there is any obligation 10 regard IL as
fnaiify The arbitration treaty under which II
has been rendered did not. we believe, bar the
litigants from further appeal or from diplomatic
negotiation IT may be of c0urse that no such
further steps Of any kind will be attempted.
But in any case, there is no reason to look for
any Impeachment of the honesty and validity OF
the award. The award VIII be accepted as
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31

time be Judged by It. But this Is a good time
to remind them that the temptation to hoid
prices after a natural reaction from extraoroi-
nary advance has begun Is precisely that upon
which nearly all important monopolies have
wrecked themselves. If they yield soon
enough competition is prevented and public
favor is secured If they hold little too long
new competition Is made certain, new COM
panies are formed and works are started, and
public feeling Is so far set that later events
may not change it.
lot one of the great manufacturing COM
~ MES expects that the extreme prices attained
lcst year can be permanently held. Sooner or
later, every one of them knows, the increase
Of production will reduce the cost Of material
the anxiety Of men to get work instead of idle
for their plants will prompt concessions,
and public attention will be sharply directed
to those concerns which continue to charge
extreme prices for this that product after
prices of material have declined. The want OF
wisdom so exhibited invites competition. The
apparent disposition to serve the public as
little as possible makes upon popular feeling
and belief an impression which will not after
ward be removed. The trumphs of the sue
cessful corporations have been achieved by
meeting public opinion, by curtailng visible
profits in fair proportion to the reduction In
cost and by teaching those who mediate COM
petition that the management is too sagacious
to be fought with fair chances of success.
1t Is the business of each company for itself
to determine what its destiny shall be. Prices
of pig iron, for instance, have unquestonably
begun to yield in nearly all quarters, though
for Bessemer in the Pittsburg region held
strongly by combination But great many
furnaces not heretofore engaged in making
ReSse ron hp tn
is made more profitable than any other. AL
ready such iron from other sources is sold at
Pittsburg in small quantities at prices below
those quoted by the association. The prices of
many finished products are maintained as If
there were possibility that iron could ever
become cheaper. New companies have been
formed already in several branches to under
take the manufacture of finished products and
some have begun the erection of works II Is
for every concern to work out its own salvation
or destruction. The unhappy lesson taught by
long experience is that a good many Of them
prefer to work out their own destruction.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31

this? Is II any better to make the islanders
33 1-3 per cent Americans by levying only
one-third of the constitutional taxes upon them
than II is to make them S5 per cent Americans
by levying per cent more duties than they
could be at to pay If under our Constitu-
ton, and at the same time freeing them from
our heavy internal imposts?
The Puerto Ricans themselves have COM
pletely exploded the demand for the extension
Of the Constitution to them, and shown that
If our inability to do anything but rule the n
under II Were agreed to 1t would be a hardship
for them. If we cannot levy tariff we can
not remit the internal war taxes. If we can
do either we can do both, and so the question
Of taxing Puerto Rico reduces itself to one of
expedency The House bill has been esti-
mated as productive of about S1,3OO.0o0 here
and in the ports Of the island The Senate
bill, with it's provision TO give Puerto Rico
cheap food. would probably result in con
siderably smaller revenue, taking little If any
more from the pockets of both Americans and
Puerto Ricans for the benefit Of the island
than would the third Of our internal revenue
taxes which the latter recommended take
from themselves alone. The extension of the
Constitution would mean an internal levy Of
S2237 900 in Puerto Rico, according to the es-
innate Of the merchants of San Juan. That
would be an unnecessary burden of perhaps
$1.5OO00O these poor people much in
need of practical relief. But the shouters for
the extension Of the Constitution do not think
of that-at least. do not talk of II. 1t is so
much easier to denounce the practical method
Of relief which others propose, without putting
their own to the test.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
letuDork Dailp Mibn,te
SATURDAY, MARCH 81, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Lord Roberts's troops drove a
Boer force from number of kopjes on the rail-
way north of Bloemfontein. the British casual
ties including an officer killed and number
wounded and hundred of the rank and file;
the funeral Of General Joubert was held in Pre-
toria; the Lord Mayor of London sent a check
for 1900 TO the committee of the American hos
pital ship Maine. - The Portuguese Foreign
Minister announced that Portugal would soon
pay the amount of the Delagoa Bay award and
dc il without recourse tc a loan; there was a
sharp fall in Delagoa Bay Railway shares on the
London Stock Exchange. - The Arabs have
been defeated with heavy loss by French force
at Inrahr. in the Sahara Desert.
CONGRESS.-Senate: Some progress was
made in consideration of the Puerto Rican bill;
Mr.. Pettus made a speech which aroused great
merriment, and Mr.. Proctor spoke in favor of
free trade. - House: The day was spent In
consideration of claims
DOMESTIC.-Much dissatisfaction with the
Delagoa Bay award is expressed in Washing
ton, and it is believed that the case may be re-
opened == 4 delegation of Prohihitonists.
appearing before the House Committee on In
sular Affairs, attacked the President and
charged the Administration with responsibility
for an alleged increase of drunkenness in new
possessions under American rule. - The
Philippine Commission held its last meet
ing before starting for Manila, and received fur
ther instructions from Secretary Root.
CITY-Stocks were strong and higher -
The Grand Jury handed up to Recorder Goff a
presentment declaring that its efforts to get at
high police officials for allowing vice to thrive
were discouraged and headed off by District
Attorney Gardiner - Mayor Van Wyck We
toed the Davis School bill. - Hugh ]. Grant
was made permanent receiver of the Boulevard
line - The dinner of the Dutchess County
Society held at the Waldorf-Astoria. -
Major-General Nelson A. Miles the review
ing officer at the Military Tournament last night.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Rain
followed by clearing weather. The temperature
yesterday: Highest AZ degrees; lowest, 40;
average, AK.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
A MODEST NEWSPAPER.

From The Atlanta (Ga) Journal
The New-York Tribune Is not bOastful qapsI
but IL is enterprlsing all the same. IL Is not ~
low journal but il usually prints all the news ma
Is worth reading IL is always clean. always NJ r,
est and always we'll edited in every department :.
its last Sundays issue The Tribune prints .s W.
Interesting and instructive history OF the pross,
OF printing and In It's editorial columns OF sst .
date We find the first instance OF selfpraise YEA
we have ever seen in this great newspaper
''It was The Tribune that In 1855 bought ana .
the first of Mr. Hoes giant ten cylinder plTs ~
the most efficient development Of the ola 80 s,rs-
presses and this paper was also one OF ss Sns I,
most In adopting the modern perfecyins prs,vn-
was IN The Tribune office that the drst stea n.rs
ing OF newspaper forms was done ~ tssass into
too that the linotype machine was deveopsssun pssnsiiy
practical form and first put TO act.al use so,sctcass
and satisfactory the printing OF n&ai & .o ,r.ss 50
graphic engraving on a rapid psrfeetlns Prs,h os
that IL Is now possible TO take phoSoe e.nxrsya
an after dinner gathering In the sNenns; ~ COP
IL print IL at the rate OF tens o. thou-
les In an hour and place II upon NUM-, M .vch bet
san breakfast tables next morning IN ma a book
ter artistic form than most inasaAli,e.
ilustra tions could boast Atty Years ae ssIlv
III will be seen that The Tribune nss ssn most OF
more enterprisirg and progressive yrrsver blow
the New-York newspapers Sho Ats ~, "a A COM
ing and sputtering about themselves Dnaw that n
fort and a Joy and assurance 20 yournalisn
the present condition OF New ffo f,s.s IA lhSovU
such Z newspaper a. The Tribune nvss
n iucSeaa1uS property,
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
THE TEST FOR INDUSTRTALS

The great industrial combinations are work
ing out their own destiny perhaps more rapid
ly than they are aware After the most re-
markable rise ever known in prices of products,
especially of iron and Steel the new corpora
tions are almost without exception doing what
they can TO maintain prices. 1t is within their
right to charge what they please for their
products and to stimulate fresh competition
with strong popular feeling favoring that com
petition, If they think that wise Natural laws,
in order 10 guard the public against extortion
profits Of any concerns appear too large they
will have to divide those profits with
competitors, as the Sugar company has been
doing. Also. the temper of the public in its self
governing capacity toward such combina tions
under forms of law, is determined largely by
what appears to be their conduct toward the
public. 1t will not count for much in the end
that they have raised the wages of those they
employ. If there are fifty thousand people
who have some part In making tinplates there
are over fifty millions who bear the cost of tin
dishes.
1t Is not in the least intended here to pre-
Judge the case or to assume that any one of
these companies Is charging for products more
than they cost. with a reasonable profit. The
reasonable profit. in n year. OF extraordinary
good fortune, must be held 10 include compen-
satIon for years Of depression, else the indus
try could not grow and keep pace with the
needs OF the people. The companies are max
ing UP the record for themselves, and VIII In
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
TWO "QUO TADISES" COMING.
THEY WILL OPEN AT TWO NEw-YoRK THE
AIRES AT THE SAME TIME

AIRES AT THE SAME TIME
From the Herald Square Theatre there came on
Thursday night modest little announcement that
on April 16 a stage version of Quo Vadis, made
from the novel by Jeanette L. Glider, would oe
placed upon the stage of that house Tnat httie
announcement printed in The Tribune yes'er-
day There information at hand on WHICH
to base any more extended comment. but anybody
who knew about such things could guess that II
meant trouble. for there is a play called Quo
Vadis" written by Stan,slaus STANCE. which mas
been played successfully in Chicago and elsewhere
and is now In Philadelphia II has been under
stood all along that 1t 10 try 70 run Tor sea-
son or two in this city beginning about next seq
tember. or some such time. and 1t was natural %
suppose that its managers would IKE IL 10 Dc 'N'
first Quo Vadis' in the field
And as il now proves. they would There we're
rumors last evening that II was coming 70 tns'
that and the other theatre in town IN a nurry'
The manager is T. c. Whitney. and ne is no" "
Europe, but some of his representatives were a.
last discovered at the New-YOrk Theatre come
back in half hour and We'll have some news
for YOU" was the announcement. but IL did not
take five minutes There time TO get TO the
door TO say nothing of coming back in half an
hour. before there was shout raised. QUO 'aais
will open in this theatre April g.
So ii looked II Mr.. STANCES version would get
ahead after all. But IL would not be safe TO say
so without consulting the other side. So the other
side was consulted. QUO Vadis' will open az tns
Herald Square Theatre" said W. D. Mann. tne
business manager OF the house, "on April %
the even again. And so II looks as u
New-York might have enough Of Quo Nacis 20
live on comfortably before Easter week K =
Johnson. who is the manager OF the company no"
playing at the Herald Square Theatre. said As'
evening that he meant to hold the managers %
their contract which called for the week OF Apn'
8 for Little Nell and the Duchess" but Mr. Mann
seemed to think that everything in that direction
could be arranged satisfactorily
The spectacle Broadway TO Toxic" which Is ne. ,.
at the New-York Theatre. Will play engageMensry
in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington 70 nA
in the time till 1T TO Paris for the E1posi,ioL
II was intlmaIed last night that the New-forA
Theatre would lead new life on account OF .ls
coming of Quo Vadis.' There will De no nols
smoking in he auditorium and more drinks VII
be served there. ,.-
There some four more versions OF Quo Naois.
travelling about various parts OF the country. ou:
there is no present prospect Of any OF them eonns
TO NeW-YOrk
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
Amnsemenfa,

ACADEMY OF MUsIC-2-s:lo-way Down East
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-Boh Girl.
BIJoC-2:2es:2o-Japaneee Players
BROADWAY-2-s-Ben-Hu
CARNEGIE LYCEUM-S-s:1E-Hurton Holmes Lectures.
CARNEGIE HAI.I<-2:30- Symphony Concert
CAsINO-2-SLThe Casino Girl.
CRITERION THEATRE-2-s:l5-The Jenrico.
pALY'S THEATRE-2:l5- -s:so-The interrupted Honey
EDEN MUsEE-e q. m II p. m.-waxworks. Grand
Concert snd Cinematcgraph-
EMPIRE THEATRE-2:l5-s:3o :3o-Brother Ofhcers.
FIFTH AVENUE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Cold
smith.
FOURTEENTH STREET THEATRE-2s-Thc Great
Ruby
GARDEN THEATRE :5o-s-Hearts Trumps.
CARRIE KTHEATRF-2:I5-S+Sherloc Holmes.
GRAND OPERA HoUsE@2-S-What Happened TO Jones.
HARLEM OPERA HoUSE-2-sI5-The Sign of the
HERALD SQUARE THBATRE-2-s:I5-old Curiosity
Shop.
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-2-s-corneus voss.
KEITH S-Con.lnuous Performance.
KNTCKERBOCKER THEATRE-2-s-The Sunken Bell
ROSTER BIALS-2-s:i5-The Regatta Girl-1o:3o-
LYcEUM TrIEATRE-2:15-s:so- Daughter IN Law.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN-2-s-Great Military
Tournament
MADISON SQUARE THBATRE-2-s:s Twelve Months
MENDEISsoHN AII~-SIb-Grossmith Recitals .
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUsE-2-n Barbiere al
sivigiia-7:45-n Trovatore and Cavaeria Rusticana-
MURRAY HILI-2-s-SQuire Kate.
NEW-yORK THEATRE s:I0-Broadway 10 Toxic.
PASToR'S-Continuous Performance.
ST NICHOLAS SKATING RINK-11-Skatine.
VICTORIA s:3o-Mam'sele 'Awkins.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
DIED AT HIS SISTERS DEArHBED.

MiddIetown. Conn, March S0-The death OF t"o
well known residents OF this city. brother ana
sister. occurred here late this afternoon. UNDER
somewhat peculiar circumstances Mrs. Jonn
Haskell. the widow of a former prominent ousf
man. died at her home In COurt-st-. after
long illness. Less than hour later her brother
Frederick Wilcox. seventy years old. entered Isss
death chamber and fell to the floor by the sice y.
the bed where the body OF Mrs. Haskell lay ,,s 1s
died almost instantly from heart disease. Mr W.
director In the MiddletOwn NSuoN~-
Bank. He leaves widow.
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31

warfare on the eve Of IN important election II
It were consistent, Il would say to Mr.. Austin.
II has 30 frequently said to reforrners: Stand
''by the constituted party Of your district even
II you do not like its management. till election.
"and thresh out your differences aftervardr
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
HENRY S. PRITCHETT CHOSEN.
WILL, SUCCEED DIR. CRAFTS AS PRESIDENT OF
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY.

Boston March 3o.-At meeting of the Board
Of Directors of the Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology this afternoon. Henry 8. Prtchett. of
Washington elected president of the institu-
ton to succeed President Crafts. who recently
signed. The choice was unanimous. Dr. Prftchett
superintendent of the Coast and Geodocc sur
at Washington
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31

The organization does not seem to want 70
obey its own rule about the perndy Of faction
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31

DUKE OF NEWCASTLE ON THE ST. LOUIS.
Southampton. March so.-Among the passengers
booked to sail for New-York from here tomorrow
on board the American Line steamer st. Louis is
the Duke OF Newcastle
New-York tribune., 1900-03-31
Poor Gardiner gets hit on every, side. This
time 1t is the Grand Jury that gives him a kick

Poor Gardiner gets hit on every side This
time IL is the Grand Jury that gives him kick
The question whether not the licenses for
boxing matches which expire on May 1 will
be renewed by the Police Board In order that
the prizehghting athletic clubs may make the
in force. is of considerable interest to the pu-
gilistic fraternity. Inasmuch as the vile busi-
ness which has got to stop on September i IN
any case has been conducted all along In I'M
pudent defiance OF the spirit. II not the letter OF
the law. there is reason why the slightest
tenderness should be shown to It's pro-
moters. II the police have authority to refuse
renewals of licenses expiring on May i they
should exercise II in the interest of that public
decency to which they have been utterly indif-
ferent for several years.
1t Is a reasonable forecast that Father Knick-
erbocker will find his tunnel outlay the most
paying investment he has ever made and he Is
likely to lend his credit to the boring Of a good
many Of them before that line OF business Is
overdone.
St Louis is early 70 the front with an ap-
plication to the Government for S3.OOOOOo In
aid of it's great fair which II proposes to hold
In 1903 and make occasion of international
cordance with numerous precedents. none or
them turning out unprosperously. and shouid
set forth show to hold its own with any OF its
magnificent predecessors IL not quite so big ana
ostentatious as some of them.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23
Madison Res.
JUVENIS.

Mr.. Maddox, telegraph op.
orator at this place, was mar
ried last Sunday morning to Miss
Pearl Crouch Of Bovina, Warren
County, Miss. Miss Crouch i.
we'll known here having visited
her aunt, Mrs. Margie Crouch
on different occasions. Mr..
Maddox is "a prince of good fel :
lows and his friends are pleased
that he has brought his wife here
and will make il his home. Mr.. and
Mrs. Maddox arrived from New
Orleans Tuesday night and are
at home for the present, at the
home of Mrs. M. J. Crouch.
Our Rankin neighbors around
Fannin are constantly crossing
at Johnson'z ferry, which shows
they are doing some business on
this side of the beautiful Pearl.
Mr.. John Shaw reports failure
in corn and cotton in the "free
state" this year.
The I. G. Railroad is spending
hundreds of dollars On the slides
two miles north of Madison.
They are pulling down the slid.
ing clay and repairing same with
top earth.
Mrs. H. T. Brown has been
called to the bedside of his sis.
ter-in-law in Louisiana, and will
be gone several days.
Mr.. Wilbur L. Stewart has
been looking after plantation in-
terests in Sharkey county, for
the past week.
On last Lords Day, Rev. B.F
severed his connection
with the Christian Church at
this place as pastor, and will
take a church in jackson. The
best wishes of his friends 60
with him to his new field of labor.
Mr.. Manire was pastor of the
The church here for eight years
and was much appreciated by
t.
Our energetic road contractor
seems respondent. He says so
many road hands will not pay, |
;onseq uently he has to spend |
weeks of his time collecting
money with which to work the
Dads when he ought to be on
he road. What are We to do
or good roadsP Pay promptly
nd all will move more smoothly. |
)ur contractor is all right.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23
Flora.

Our news is deficient this
week-nothing to tell about but
rain.
| At the home of Mrs. ]. B.
ROSS the jolly Juniors were
highly entertained. A humor.
Gus program was nicely execut-
ed.
After very pleasant visit to
her sister, Mrs. A. A. Capps of
Magee, Mrs. M. P. Simpson re-
turned to her home on Tuesday.
Miss Matte Simpson is on a
visit to friend in Stems Greek.
Mr.. Hal Jones, one of Flora's
exemplary young men, who is a
student of Mississippi College,
spent Sunday with his mother.
The charming Miss Eva Nc
Dowell finds no attraction in
Flora apparently as she is again
visiting friends.
Me-. Clark of Millsaps,
prea ;hed in the Methodist church
Sunday for his collegiate, Mr..
Simpson.
Mr.. Daniel Fore left home
Tuesday to accept a position on
the railroad.
Mrs. Atkinson of Kosciusko,
is the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Charles Hinton.
We are glad to see Master
George Lipscomb up after an ILL
ness OF many days.
The writer wishes to apologize
to Xxx if any harm was done by
reporting the marriages, "he"
also wants to give a little advice
Or rather explanation. 1t was
not the correspondent who re-
ported the nuptials but rumor.
He sent the news to the TINES
not at his own option but that of
the happy expecting bride
grooms. 60
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23

Capt. E. D. Cowen handled
over 1900, 900 during his incum-
bency as ticket agent for the 1. c
Railroad at this place, and never
had an unsettled account to
stand over "a hours. An hon
est man is the noblest work of
God.'' The old depot don't look
natural without the Captain, who
has been there for more than 80
years.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1900-11-23

When you feel that life is hard
ly worth the candle take a dose
of Chamberlain Stomach and
Liver tablets. They will cleanse
your stomach, tone up your liver
and regulate your bowels making
you feel like a new man. For
sale by b. E. Jones, Druggist.