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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-02-23
EXERCISES AT SMITHS.

Northampton, Mass, Feb. 22.-Washington's
Birthday observed Smith College by I'M
usually elaborate exercises, which included an ad-
dress by John Barrett, former United States Min
lister 10 Siam. Many Amherst, Harvard and Yale
students were present guests of the Smith stu
dents. Ex-Minister Barrett's subject was Amer
lea, the Philippines and the Far East
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PENSION BILL INTRODUCED.

Albany Feb 22-Assemblyman Phillips to-day
introduced a bill which is to pension old employees
of the State or of any civil division thereof who
have served for period of twenty five years, and
Civil War veterans of the Army and Navy who
haV
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STATE INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL SITE.

Albany, Feb. Ex-senator Armstrong this morning
introduced bill appropriating SIPS 900 for a
point outside of Rochester. The site intended Is
the shore of Lake Ontario. in the town of Greece
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IN FAVOR OF PALISADES PARK.

Albany. Feb. 22.-Frederick S. Lamb representing
the NewYor Palisade Commission. appeared be-
fore the Finance Committee OF the Senate this
afternoon In favor OF Senator Elsberg's hill which
provides that such lands along the Hudson as ara
necessary for the preservation of the Palisades be
taken and formed into q State park.
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SOCIOLOGY AT BRONX PARK.

Albany Feb. Ex-senator Mitchell has introduced
a bill authorizing the Department of Parks OF New
York expend 100000 for the part OF Bronx Park
set apart for socologcal purposes, when the New.
York Sociological Society shall have raised 1000
for the development OF that part OF the park al
iotted TO It,
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BILL FOR A BARGE CANAL.

Albany Feb 22.-It is rumored that bill will be
presented to the Legislature next week appropri-
ating 5000 the survey of the proposed State
barge canal. The bill will provide for commits
sion 1t is said to be appointed by the Governor. to
consist of Army engineer, Democrat and
Republican.
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THE ANNIVERSARY IN HAVANA.

Havana, Feb. 22.-Washingtons Birthday
in Havana by the closing of the Gov
eminent offices, but apart from the usual display
OF flags the only building decorated the uni
versity.
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LAFAYETTE STATUE NOT UNVEILED
1t was announced that the statue presented IN
the city by Charles Broadway Rouss and known
as the Washington Lafayette Monument vvouId he
unveiled yesterday afternoon at Manhattan and
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THE DAY OBSERVED IN LIMA.

lima, Peru. via Galveston, Tex, Feb 22.-In honor
of Washington's Birthday the Stars and Stripes
hoated to-day above the American Legation and
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HEARING ON EDUCATION BILL.

Albany Feb. 22.-The Public Education Commit
tee OF the Assembly viii give extended hearing
on the Unihcation Educational bill next Wednes-
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at fifteen cents each
The Sale of Clocks and Watches

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NEW LIBRARY FOR HANOVER

Hanover. n. H. Feb. 22.-Washingtons Birthday
was observed in this place to-day by the dedication
with appropriate exercises of a new town library
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New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
ENG4GED IN SLITCInE

The Democratic party constantly reminds
those who have some familiarity with history
mat other parties have gone out like snuffed
candle 1T has reached a point at which its
"hole future may not improbably turn upon
the impression II succeeds in making on public
opinion next fall Its ablest men comprehend
the fact. and are anxious and thoughtful Its
amazing conduct in 1896 might be thrust aside
and forgotten as one of those lapses into Iunacy
which a frantic desire for immediate success
VIII sometimes produce; but a great party can
hot pe guilty OF such thing twice and in two
successive contests without results that last
Flirting with the least rational and most dan
eerous Of its foes, if it goes so far that the
ahiest and most considerate men of the party
regard Its defeat as their first duty. is not an
offence TO be committed twice with immunity
Nobody is able TO perceive any nrosnact +b.+
the Democratic party at its coming National
convention will rise above the appeaI IN ..besn
money fopnllsm and Anarchism in their worst
lofHs' Whlcn made the campaign of 1896 so re-
puislNe 10 conservative minds. Unhappily. what
ever talk there is among Democrats on othor
topics Is pi'ched III such a key that il would be
out of place if not addressed TO the least worthy
and most dangerous elements There j. not
trace Of sober inquiry whether the Pbiinnine
inhabitants are in fact capable of selfc covern
lnent, but only q senselesS appeal to tbosa ubo
fancy that American liberties viii he updar
mined If armies become strong enough m nrs
vent riots. 1t is never asked whether this or
that trust or corporation is In fact hindering the
people. but perpetual assumption appears that
the offence is at all times such as TO call for
revolution.
No people actually free can ever be governed
by party which meets public affairs in that
spirit. The thoughtful and industrious dwellers
on the farms or business men of the towns can
never be brought to the front in the conduct of
such party. but only the mobs Of large cities
Nc party which teaches hostility to a govern
ment OF the people can elicit from a majority
anything but hostility for itself The CITY mob
can create parties by the Dozen but cannot keen
alive single one. The Democratic anneaI IN
iawlessness and mobocracy In 1896 WAS scarcelv
supposed. even by its most determined on-
ponents. anything more than tempororv ab-
erration But its tone this year appears STRANGE
ly expressive and scarcely less than ominons
If the party has not deliberately set itself N
make self-government hated and distrusted bv
the very majority which has to UNFOLD and
direct it. then it's conduct is far beyond ann
rational explanation.
Tammany Hall purports TO be a society NJ tho
people themselves. through which their own
wishes about their government find expression
But Is II ever the wish Of the people themselves
IN this great city that they should be forced 70
pay INTO the private pockets of few leaders the
Cost OF one lump Of ice out CT every three that
they require? While Mr. Croker declared with
NDnstrous arrogance that the men who took
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
TIDINGS FROM COOMASSIE.
GARRISON ON HALF RATIONs AND SUP
PLIES OF AMMUNITION SHORT

! London. June 13.-The following dispatch has
been received at the Colonial Office from Colonel
Wicocks. in command of the Ashantee relief
expedition:
Prahsu. June PA letter has just been
(Sir F, NJ Hodgson), dated Coomasse. June f.
1t is as brief as possible. The following Is its
substance:
On several occasions unsuccessful attempts
have been made TO get off letters. He informs
me that he inclosed copy of another. of May
a. which have not received. Coomassie is gar
risoned by seven hundred native troops. under
the command of Major Morris. Acting Commits
sioner and Commandant of the Northern Terri
tories who has succeeded in entering the place
from the north. The Europeans and other
troops are on half rations. The supplies or am
muntlon at Coomassie not sufficient 10 allow
offensive measures and must be husbanded IN
case of the reinforcements not arriving The
march for the relief of Coomasse will be met by
great numbers of rebels. who have constructed
stockades and put impediments in the way
such trees. There also stockades sur
rounding Coomassie offering the rebels good
shelter. The rebels have places built up In trees
and have used them TO open nre from ne
state OF the health of Coomassie is gooo, put
three thousand persons of the native community
in a state of destitution. immediate ASSIST
Is required"
The reinforcements which have reached the
Gold Coast most of which have crossed the
prah, comprise hundred of the Lagos
tier Police with Maxims and field guns THESE
in addition TO the Gold Coast ConstaoulaIS
and Gold Coast police. Further relnrorceiIlen .
amounting to nine hundred men, are oeins , sen
from Sierra Leone and Northern and southern
Nigeria and will reach Cape Coast IN the
of a few days.
The advance Of the relieving force has oeen
delayed by heavy rains and the 'ayd u bavs
arrived from Cape Coast, and nave proceeueu
up the country June H.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
A WASTE OF SARCASM.

Our oblate-spheroidal contemporary "The
London Globe" being slightly fattened at its
boreal pole tarty dsapproves the alleged in
tention of Americans visiting Paris this summer
to distinguish themselves from the inhabitants
of perfidious Albion by wearing flags in their
buttonholes and learning to tell in the French
language where they hail from. "The Globe is
inclined to think that less drastic measures
would accomplish the object, and that even a
slight accentuation of the National twang would
be quite sufficient, but adds that it would hard
ly seem to comport with the dignity of Ameri-
cans to visit a city in which they consider 1t
necessary TO make a spectacle Of themselves in
order to escape being taken for genuine Anglo
Saxons
Understanding that this is guaranteed to be
bitter jest we venture to surmise that min
iature flag in an Americans buttonhole would
probably attract very little notice in competi-
ton with the clothes in which English men and
women are accustomed to traverse the Cont
nent of Europe. At close quarters it might
serve the intended purpose, but it would scarce
ly impress the weary eyes of Paris as a "spec-
tacle" On the other hand, it does not appear
strictly necessary that Americans attending the
Exposition should take special pains with their
National twang, or acquire the use of easy
phrases in the vernacular. His French accent is
a vocal achievement which differentiates the
EnglshInan from all mankind, and so long as
he is pleased to proclaim his nationality on the
slightest proyocation. or none at all. his Amer
lean cousin will have no occasion to inconven-
fence himself. With the additional intimation
that nobody on this side Of the Atlantic has
taken these jocuar hints to tourists seriously,
we beg to assure our London contemporary of
our most distinguished consideration.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
JAPANS INTEREST IN CHINA.

The jealous rivalry among the great Powers
of Europe over the control or partition of Chip
is explicable and natural especially that be-
tween Great Britain and Russia The CONNER
cial interests of the former of these two and
the territorial ambitions and opportunities Of
the latter SO enormous that neither can
afford to neglect a single move in the game
But there is a great Power, not European
whose interest in the fate of China and of
Corea is in all respects fully comparable with
that Of any other, and whose interest in the one
respect of natural sentiment far surpasses that
of any other. Japan has larger commerce
with China than any other nation has, save only
the British Empire. and, indeed, proportionately
her commerce is second to none. Nor can Rus
sia claim from a political point of view a
greater interest in China than that of Japan
On the score of natural and legitimate senti-
ment. however as we have said japan out
ranks them all. China and Corea are Joined to
her by ties of race and blood and speech and
tradltlon. There among them in old times
community OF Isolation or separation. from the
world There is among them to-day a like COM
munlty IN the discrimination made against them
as "Orentals" by the Western World japan
has abandoned that isolation and overcome that
prejudice far more than either Of the others.
but she has by no means got past her fellow
feeling for them on those scores She feels
moreover, and with some reason that every
blow struck AT them by Western Powers is also
indirectly struck at her They are In measure
buffer States between her and a concert Of
Powers which she suspects, and not without
cause. of being at heart hostile to her. More
overland this is by no means the least potent
consideration-Japan has cherished the natural
ambition of herself exercising the social indus
trial and political hegenony of the Mongolian
world. She has meant 10 carry her civilization
into China and Corea and TO awaken them as
she herself has been awakened. She considers
II both her duty and her right TO do this just as
Prussia took the lead among the German States
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14

the job Of managing parties expected so to
manage that big profits would come to them all
the time, he was extremely careful not to men
ton any form of profit for leaders or managers
which drew the cash directly from the pockets
of the millions IN this city. But what is he to
do If in his absence the men intrusted by him
with control fill their pockets by taxing every
poor man price and a half for every lump of
Ice he uses? 1t is in the face of such a dis
closure that the Democratic party proposes to
make It's National campaign turn largely on
alleged punderlng Of the people by corporations
said to be mainly Of Republican origin. If the
object is to convince both city and country
voters that they have been plundered. and that
Democrats In power will do 1t even more shame
lessly and cruelty than Republicans. so that no
remedy is possible short Of an overthrow OF
self-government through either of the great par
ties what conclusion in the least degree promis-
ing for Democrats can be drawn from the pres
ent attitude Of the party?
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
PERSONAL.

years leave of absence has been granted to
Professor George D. Olds. of Amherst College. to
begin with the opening Of the fall term. Professor
Ods will sail with his family early in the fall to
spend the year in study and travel abroad.
Bethany College, in Kansas has conferred the
degree of LII D. Representative Dolliver, of
Iowa.
Judge z. G. Walker, who has been suggested
for President National ticket OF colored peo-
pie, is a well known colored lawyer of Boston
In September, 1888, Governor Butler nominated him
Judge of the Charlestown District Court. In 1888
Mayor O'Brien named him for assessor. He
born in Boston September 2S, 1885. His mother
Eliza Butler prominent in the famous under
ground railroad operations of the fugitive slave
period.
DR.. Francis Preston Venabe. who has been
elected president of the University of North Car
ona. is at present professor OF chemistry in that
institution. He is a native of Virginia. and is
said to possess many OF the requisites for sue
cessful college president He is to succeed Ptesi-
dent Alderman, who Is to assume the presidency
of Tulane University, New-Orleans.
John Barrett, ex:4Ifnister to SIAM will deliver the
commencement address at Vanderbilt University at
Nashville. Tenn. on June II. Mr. Barrett's sub
1ect will be -AUIerra's New Responsibilities.
The Hon. Thomas Bain Speaker of the Canadian
House of Commons, has been contemplating a re-
turn to private life. and he has definitely de-
cided to retire.
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETS.
SALARIES OF CITY COLLEGE TEACHERS IN
CREASED AND APPOINTMENTS MADE.

The Board of Education last night approved
penditures authorized by the Finance Committee
of $685. go for Public School No. 12S. IN Brook
lyn; SAT 200 for alterations to Public School No.
Sc in Brooklyn and about $4,000 for repairs, fur
niture. etc, for schools in Manhattan and The
Bronx.
William Burke and E J. Mcintosh were appointed
inspectors of supplies in Brooklyn and Manhattan
at a salary of 5000 each. The appointments
made under Civil Service rules
There some talk of change in the bylaws
to do away with the necessity for two sig
natures the pay checks and thus to expedite the
payment of teachers salaries. but by a nearly
unanimous vote the subject laid over
A resolution by Commissioner Davis. addressed
to the Municipal Council and explaining the needs
OF the Board of Education. was adopted unanimous
ly. A special meeting called for next Tuesday
for the election of assistant treasurer
The trustees of the City College met and decided
TO raise to $500 the salaries of these assistant
fessors: Ivin Sickles. Calvin Ray Smith Gustav
Lesras. Professor Charles A. Downer's salary
was increased to $500 and that of Eugene Berge-
ron, tutor. to 1880
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14
IRVING TALKS OF AMERICA

The following is from an interview with SIR
Henry Irving on his recent return home from
America, published in The London Chronicle:
Did you hear anything about the Transvaal
campaign
Everywhere II struck that the feeling For
England was very strong. and one OF love and
sympathy The President very gracously accord
ed me an interview, and had a most delightful
and very interesting talk with him at the White
House The war room-an ante-chamber OF the
Presidents inner office-is one OF the most inter
esting places l visited. As YOU know tbs
President is the official head OF the Army and the
Navy Here the walls are EXHIBITED great
maps. showing the exact position OF every ship
and OF every regiment and company of soldiers
There are gentlemen present who, directly tele-
eram arrives announeing the move OF any troops
or vessel Immediately make the alterations on
the maps With the result that the President can
see at glance how his forces. military and
naval, are placed In Washington I had the honar
or being invited 10 meet various Minister'S some
or whom l regard as old friends so long have l
had the privilege OF their acquaintance. Lord
Pauncefote also did the honor OF calling on
me. and subsequently, invited TO dinner"
And your ruture arrangemeutss''
. We'll. We open at the Lyceum with Olivia on
the 10th inst, and remain the Wellington Street
Theatre for about six weeks. In the autumn there
VIII pc tour In the provinces. and next Aprl
We shall start another season at the Lyceum IN
the tall or 1881 IL is not improbable there vii -
tour In the United StatAA."
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THURSDAY. JUNE IA, 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Lord Roberts in a long dispatch
announces the defeat of the Beers under Botha
feat Of the Beers under De Wet the Rhenos-
ter River. and the restoration of communication
between Pretoria and Bloemfontein; in the en-
4agement east Of Pretoria the Earl Of Airlie
was among the killed; General Butler occupied
Noiksrust, north of Laing's Mex. - A force
OF American marines left Manila on the Soace
TO reinforce Admiral Kempf in Chinese waters:
further reinforcements will probably be sent: a
detachment Of British marines win sail from
Hong Kong to-day for Tfen-Tsin: the Dowager
Empress will not offer any objection to the pres
ence Of foreign troops in China The
Bunoesrath passed the Kaiser's Navy bill; the
Emperor viii sign the bill to-day making II a
law; for HIS services in connection with the
measure. Admiral Tfrpitz Will be ennobled
9" News from Sir F. NJ. Hodgson. Governor
OF the Gold Coast. shows that the besieged gar
flson OF Coomassie is on half rations with
scanty supply of ammunition; heavy rains and
difficulty in securing carriers is delaying the ad-
vance Of the relief column
DOMESTIC.-SenatorH Hanna said at PhladeI-
Ihia that the Administration had choice for
nlce-President, but wanted the best for
the place; the National Committee heard the
contesting delegations from Alabama. -
Postmaster-Gener Smith announced that Mr.
Rathoone, the suspended Director of Posts in
cuba, would not hold Office again. The
President appointed ex-Congressman William
ID Bynum member of the commission to
codify the criminal laws of the United States.
- The Navy Department decided to send
another battalion OF marines to Admiral Remey,
at Manila - At a meeting of diplomats in
II W DIS utclcSU 10 leave the Selec-
tion Of the date Of holding the Pan-American
congress to the Governments of the United
States and Mexico. - Allegations against
Controller Coer. charging him with gross
breach Of trust in connection with the sale of
city bonds, We're presented to Governor Roose-
Welt with a request for the removal Of the Con-
troller from office. - The Ohio Democratic
State Convention instructed delegates for Bryan
and nominated a State ticket.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and higher. -
Picardy, Imp, Blues, First Whip. Rolling Boer
and Autumn won the Gravesend races -
The annual commencement of Columbia Uni
rersity was held in the gymnasium Morningsde
Heights. - a runaway horse In East One
hundred and-ffteenth-st- killed child and
injured five. - Alexander r. Mason was sus-
ta4ned by the Republican Committee of the
AAIxth Assembly District. w H. Gel
shenen. president Of the Garfield National Bank
sailed for Europe.
THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for to-day:
showers The Temperature yesterday: Highest,
1S degrees; lowest. 65; average 721h
New-York tribune., 1900-06-14

thrive better than they did before? But the test
has to be met, not with a great flood Of pros
perity. but with business reduced and prices
shrinking. Otherwise it would not be fair. The
creation of many successful works from nothing
required the overcoming of great difficulties and
severe trials not once, but many times. Before
consolidation the works had in them brains with
the highest possible certificates of qualification.
They were created managed and, in bad times
as in good, made so powerful in competition
that the consolidation paid a price for them.
Have they done as well? With the same or other
handling, are they now as well able to do their
part in times good or bad? Probably many of
the recent consultations will end in sales and
separations, because in buying the works the
purchasers did not or could not buy the brains
In them.