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New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-Pretoria, the Transvaal capital
has surrendered to the British. the forces being
dismissed from the forts; President Kriiger is
at Watervalboven, on the railway north of the
city; General Roberts in johannesburg dictated
the terms of surrender; General Buffers forces
invaded the Transvaal from Northern Natal and
occupied Utrecht. - American. British, Jap
anese. German. Italian, Russian and French
troops TO the number OF one hundred each have
been ordered 10 guard the respective Legations
in Peking; los Americans, with machine gun
and field gun, have landed at Tien-
ships and warshps of other Powers ar
rived at Tien-Tsin; fresh atrocities by the
Boxers are reported - No answer has been
returned by the Sublime Porte the latest
American note, handed in Monday last, in
regard TO the payment Of the missionary ndem-
nifty. - The Prince Of Wales's Diamond Jubi-
ice the Derby at EPSON Downs - Gen
eral Hernandez. the Venezuelan revoutionist sur
rendered to General Davila = The custom
ary Memorial Day ceremony held at the
grave Of Lafayette in Paris. - Some excite
ment was caused in Berlin by the arrest of a
crazy man in the Unter den Linden as the
Kaiser was passing.
CONGREsS.-The Senate was not in session
:" House: Consideration of antitrust legis-
lation was postponed until to-day and 100 pri-
Vate pension bills were passed.
DOMESTIC-The Senate Committee on Rela-
tions with Cuba began its investigation of cuban
affairs by calling on the War. Navy and Post
Office departments for all the information relat-
ing to the subjects of the inquiry in their pos
session. = Captain John MCGOWAN. of the
Navy. testified before the court martial which
is trying him on charges Of killing Filipino.
- Senator Hanna denied reports that he had
determined to give UP the Craftsmanship of the
Republican National Committee. The
President and Secretary Root We're the principal
speakers at the unveilins of a monument TO the
men who the blue and those who wore
the gray, on the battlefield of Antietam, Md.
= The Confederate reunion was begun in
Louisville, and speeches were made by General
J. B. Gordon. and the Rev. DIR. Benjamin NJ
Palmer. - Major-C1eneral Otis arrived in
San Francisco from Manila. - A report from
Honduras in regard to the experiences OF an
American yachtsman. who killed two Hon
duranians, show that international complca-
uons may ensue.
4 CITY--Dr Eichberg, James, Tonicum, Imp
Luerana and Hesper won the Gravesend races.
g. The Memorial Day celebration opened with
q parade of war veterans and Regular and
State troops. reviewed by Governor Roosevelt
- At the Knickerbocker Athletic Club track
and field contests, two records made In France
Were broken. - The Bar Associations COM
mttee. it was said, would make report ad-
verse TO John r. Hazel at the meeting tonight.
- William p Emo said office building will
be erected on the site of the Fifth Avenue Hotel
II the lease is not renewed. - The Rev. DIR.
Charles II. Parkhurst sailed for Europe on the
Germanic.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day:
Cloudy possibly with showers. The temperature
yesterday: Highest y degrees; lowest, % aver
age, 65k,
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Edgar NJ. Levy. of Philadelphia, who
acted chaplain at the Republican Convention
in 1856, which nominated Fremont for President
Will probably act chaplain at the coming Re
publican Convention.
William ]. Bryan, Congressman Williams, of
Illinois, and Richard Yates whom the Repub-
licans of Illinois have nominated for Governor,
were all in the same class at the old Illinois Col
lege.
Lord Hasbury. the present Lord Chancellor Of
England. Will probably retire when his lifelong
friend, Lord Salisbury leaves office. and 1t is said
Of the Divorce Division.
While the Queensberry family is generally asso-
ciated in the public mind with prize fighting and
personal eccentricties there are members of it
who have achieved distinction in other and more
conventional directions. One is the Hon. John
Douglas. c. NJ G.. who has recently published in
Brisbane interesting history Of Thursday
TO Australia, where he has been Government Resi-
dent for the last fifteen years
NJ Edouard de Reszke has lost his Youngest
child, Marie, bright little girl of six The body
has been sent to Warsaw from London for burial
in Polish soil.
George Byron Curtis, who recently succeeded w
H. Mudford Editor of THE London Standard"
was assistant editor under Mr. Mudford for twenty
years.
Walter J. swinge agricultural explorer for the
United States Department of Agriculture is in
Algeria buying 200 date palms. which are to be
shipped to Arizona.
Judge Eugene S. Elliott, of Milwaukee we'll
known the origina tor of the American Whist
Club, will play no more except for an occasional
social game. He has decided that his days for
match games are over.
THE Queens eyesight is becoming more and
more a matter of grave concern to those about
her." says THE London Chronicle. Even the blue
spectacles, with which Dublin and London are alike
familiar. are failing of their old effect All dis
patches and all letters, except the most private
are read to Her Majesty, who now writes little
more than her signature with her own hand a
famous foreign eye doctor has been lately con-
suited, but without any very encouraging re-
suit
Philadelphia. May 3O.-Provost Harrison, of the
University of Pennsylvania. to-day announced that
John C. Carruth. prominent local manufacturer
had presented the institution with 500 OO0 to be ap-
piled to the dormtory fund. The gift is made as a
memorial to Mr. Carruth's daughter. who died re-
Gently.
Haverford, Penn May 80 (SpeciaD.-Dr. Frank
Morley for thirteen years professor of mathe-
matics in Haverford College, has just accepted a
call from Johns Hopkins University He is to be-
come the head Of the mathematical department IN
that institution. DIR. Morley is a graduate of Cam
bridge University, England and since he came RI
this country he has for himself the rennta
ton OF being inferior to no other geometer on
this side of the water. 'H
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
SUMNER CONDITIONS IN BUSINESS.

After the Memorial holiday business sets
itself seriously 10 the problems Of the summer
Monetary uncertainties drop out of sight for q
time with spring needs covered and crop pros
poets take the foremost place in the markets
This year monetary conditions have been un-
precedented. With heavy balances on merchan-
disc and specie account added every month.
there have been shipments of gold to Europe
which can only be regarded as loans. We ap-
,proach the summer with a larger volume of
commercial Indebtedness from other countries
to this, il is probable, than has been known at
any other time. Foreign operations In American
securities tend distinctly thus far toward in
crease of foreign investments here, which are
made more easy by the growing dissertation be-
tween the railway securities and the industrial
stocks TO which the attention of domestic specu-
lation is largely turned. The more good railway
securities are neglected by the gambling con-
tingent the more operators and investors of
foreign markets find it convenient and promis-
ing to give such railway securities larger share
OF their attention.
Between the Memorial and the Independence
holidays the crop questions hold the foremost
place, if there is serious doubt about any of
them This year there is a rather remarkab bic
absence Of serious doubt for while estimates of
the wheat crop vary widely there does not ap-
pear 10 be one which warrants serious fear as
TO the suficiency Of supply for the coming year
In every such statement the date must be re-
membered as an essential. Changes of the nj
most Importance are yet possible But In the
light OF Information to-day obtainabe there is
no staple product Of which the supply seems at
all likely 10 fall so far below probable demands
as TO sustain rise of prices. Wheat reports
have the customary confusion Of contradictions
but there is already in the Southwest and on
the Pacific Coast a sufficient yield assured TO
render a general deficiency of supply highly
improbable. With corn and other grain. though
IL is early to Judge there is even less TO support
an unfavorable opinion Cotton growing. for
obvious reasons, is likely to expand so far In
acreage that with only fair climatic fortune
and moderate yield per acre there would be no
deficiency.
When such conditions prevail at the begin
ming Of June, not in one Of the great staple
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

The following tortoise story had its origin at Cen
tire Bridge, Bucks County, Penn: Edward .Iobn-
son was walking over his farm the other dav when
ne picked up land tortoise bearing the tnitiaIs Of
his father. ID. r. Johnson, and the date 1916 Tbesa
initials were cut on the tortoise when Mr. Johnson,
father. who has been dead for several wears was =,
poy OF seventeen showing the tortoise to he over
ntty-four years old. 1t has been picked I'D on tho
larm several times by members of the family hut
had peen missing for a number of years and wac
supposed to be lost or dead. The farm has been
In the possession of the Johnson family for over n
century. q
Cliffords looks o? 0 Sou"s MT
Yes, do very much"
Don his ears seem rather long?"
eS, they are rather long. But Won ,nus. rap,ar,
ner that I'm a Missoury girl and dad nnada bia
fortune radlng mules.'-(Cleveland Plain Dealer
According TO the Chinese habit of doing most
things backward, a visitor in Shanghai savs b.
fuily expected TO see the first Chinese cvclist he
came across pedal backward. ITO our sstonisb
1nent, he wrote, "he rode forward In the proner
manner His attire such as is not easily for
gotten The baggy trousers were hauled up over
the knees disclosing pair of shnny sticks swathed
In dish rags or something This was done TO pre-
vent his trousers from tearing in the chain Bare
feet on rubber pedals. big, yellow balloon shirt
pulsing out like the spinnaker a racing yacht
ana flying pigtail under small tin can OF a can
topped by a button. He was wealthy merchant
we We're told and locked II wheeling agreed with
him in spite of his clothes"
What Defeat Means-"Alasl" moaned the de-
ieated prize fighter. II have been beaten SO often
thnt cannot go the stage or draw trade To a
s"iooh' His face worked with strong emotion. Il
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

geographical lines, such as meridians of longi-
tude and parallels Of latitude But where the
natural features exist, and it is intended to run
the line in conformity Herewith. that fact
should be explicitly stated in the act Of de-
marcation paramount to all other speciflca-
tions. If, in the case under consideration. in
stead of describing arbitrary line under the
supposition that 1t ran west of Lake Kivu. the
act had named the border of the lake or the
mountains west of 1t the line there would
have been dispute and ground for any.
The only truly scientific frontier is the frontier
designed and marked by nature.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
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New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
LAFAYETTE COLLEGE MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Easton, Penn. May 3o-The Van Wickle Memo
rial Library at Lafayette College was dedicated
to-day with appropriate ceremonies l. P. Pardee.
of Hazelton PENN made the presentation address.
and John W. Hollenbach, of Wilkesbarre presi-
the Board of Trustees accepted the gift for
the college. An address was made by Professor T.
G.. Richardson Phi d.. of Princeton University.
The library erected at cost of $50 90 from
legacy left BY A. 9. Van Wickle, of Hazelton, the
wealthy coal operator.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE JOINT BJGH COMMISSION

Seattle Wash, May 30.-The American members
of the International Commission appointed TO
vey and mark the Alaskan boundary line at
Lynn Canal, under the modus vvendi has arrived
here from Washington City, and will In a few
days proceed to Victoria, where they will meet the
British members OF the Commission.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

The intense sunlight of publicity is said to be
good for the diseases of the body polite and
possibly there may be something in this theory
of the Berlin naval surgeon that the publicity
of intense electric light will help the physical
body by killing yellow fever germs
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

Oneida County has hit upon good scheme for
the employment of the inmates of the county
jail on road improvements Other counties
might well follow its example. The greatest
obstacle to carrying out this much urged plan
has been to get somebody to lead the way.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
WILL OF EX-SENATOR N. P. HILL

Denver May 30.-The will of the late Nathaniel
P HILL former United States Senator from Col
orado. has been filed for probate His estate is to
be divided equally among his widow and three
children 1t is believed the share Of each will
amount to more than 81 600 600.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

Speaking of the latitude and longitude of re-
formers. DR.. Parkhursts parting interview
would seem to indicate that he thought Gov
ernor Roosevelt's position was: Latitude moth
ing from machine politics; longitude. $50 de-
grees from Civil Service Reform
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

Some persons say that the Borough Presidents
ought to have more power That would seem to
be the opinion Of President Coogan, provided
1t is true that he has subscribed 100000 to the
Bryan campaign fund
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

If st. Louis permits dynamite and disorder to
reign in her streets much longer. Chicago may
be able to shake off the reputation that to
her with the Haymarket bomb throwers Altgeld
and the Bryan free riot platform.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

The Democrats are trying to show the country
the evils OF expansion by exhibiting in Ken
lucky an example of government without the
consent Of the governed
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
COURSE IN DEBATING AT PRINCETON.
RECOMMENDED TO THE TRUSTEES By THE
FACULTY.

Princeton University decided to-day to recon-
mend to the Board OF Trustees new course in de-
batting and from the interest which the recent
victory Yale aroused II is thought the course
will be added to the list of electives 1t will be
limited TO forty members from the junior and
senior classes, and the men must be members OF
either Whig or Clio Hall. Each hall will nom
mate twenty of It's members upon the ability they
have shown in the regular hall work. The class
will meet for a two-hour session each week. ana
the will count two-hour elective. IL
will be under the direction Of the departments
economics, politics, history and oratory. y
similar course has proved successful at Harvard.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
FOREIGN INFLUENCE WILL WIN.
from The Providence Journal.

Every year the European countries increas-
Ing their holdings in China. Russia pushes on
from the north and takes over province after prov
ince England seeks to spread her trade to the
remotest bounds of the imperial dOminOns The
United States, awakened at last is following in her
footsteps. The Chinaman of the Boxer stamp
regards all these invasions alike The foreign
devils in devious ways threatening him
from his old position of solitude and content All
he wants is to be let alone But such is the rIgor-
Gus law of fate that he cannot be let alone. Even
now by his lawleSsness he Is paving the way for
greater foreign influence in China.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31

Candor compels the Acknowledgements that the
appearance Of Mr.. Coler's widely advertised
trust cure has not produced a stupendous SEN
Sation.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE TROUBLES IN CHINA.
RUssIA's OPPORTUNITY AGAIN

From The New-York Times.
While our naval force in the Pacific happens
just to be larger than that of any other
Power. not more than one gunboat is available for
the protection of the Belgian engineers who en-
dangered, and that is available only by means of
landing party. the European Powers other than
Russian, in the situation. But Russia has
a strong garrison at Port Arthur. and detach-
ment from IL quite sufficient TO scatter the rioters
could readily be made-is reported, indeed. TO have
been made already. Having saved European in
terests in China. Russia will not. IL her recent
diplomatic history means anything delay to collect
damages from both sides.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE TRIBUNE FRESH AIR FUND.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I 5 Wetmore .................. $500
Mrs A. Battin Observation-Disclosures. 100 90
Saugatuck Comm Congregational Sunday school,
H. I. Woodwork. treasurer.
YORK Gitv % ~ ~ ..s'. - .......... Is 90
William III Taylor Pottsvills
Previously acknowledged ged.................2 1000 Is
Total Nav so 81. no s2
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
MAY HAVE A CHINESE PROBLEM

To preserve their rights, and to prevent Russia
monopolizng all the prestige OF European power,
the other world Powers including the newest conner
in Asiatic waters. might be compelled to act with
her Several would certainly take a sphere of in
fuence each to compensate them, and unless the
Boxers summariy suppressed the United
States Government. shoulder to shoulder with Eng
land, may find itself confronted, in common with
other nations, with Chinese problem.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
Business \ NolIces.

Roll Top Desks and Office Furniture.
Great Variety Style and Price.
T. G. SELLEw
No. III Fulton ST
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
CHINA'S FUTURE INvO- WE'D

1t is possible that this revolution may mark the
forcble throwing off of the old conservative self
concentrated Chinese policies through the pro-
tective Intervention of the Powers. 1t may more
than this, foreshadow the actual diSme emberment
of China, for although the Chinese Government
has a note to the resident representative OF
the Powers, promising to suppress rigidly the
Boxers throughout the kingdom. it's ability TO 90
is very generally doubted. In such event the
landing of armed troops and the confessed weak
and instability of the Chinese Government
would furnish the required excuse for initiatory
steps in partition suZerainty
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
THE OBJECT OF THE BOXERS.
From The Baltimore American.


The notion that the Boxers organized 10
fight missionaries has been entertained by
those familiar with the condition of affairs In
China. The Boxers" revolutionary party
organized to overthrow the present Chinese Gov
ernment. and. if possible. expel from the empire
the European cormorants which have fastened on
II. That they fully justified in their attempt 10
overthrow the present Government will scarcely be
gainSad.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-31
lew-l1ork Daily Gribnme

THURSDAY. MAY 81, 1900.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06
MoY SINGS AssAILANT.
4 Rumor That He Had Been Located
Proves Untrue


Information received yesterday after
noon at Police Headquarters led Inspector
Boardman to despatch two detectives to
Gaithersburg, Md, where 1t was reported
that John Braxton, colored, who is sUs
pected Gi forcing an entrance TO the laun-
dry of Moy Sing. at the corner OF Tenth
and P Streets northwest. had been located.
Detectives Flathers and NJ 'er were as
signed to the case and left city late in
the afternoon, going first oekville and
then driving into the uppy. end of Mont
gomery county about twenty miles. The
officers we're furnished with information
as to the alleged whereabouts Of Braxton,
but after vigorous search were unable to
locate him, and last night returned to this
city. Later developments in the case are
said to eXonerate the negro, who is now
believed to have been away from the city
when the burglary and shooting OF Moy
Sing took place.
At the Homeopathic Hospital last night
it was reported that Moy Sing was much
improved. He is still in a serious condi-
tion and no attempt has yet been made to
remove the bullet which lodged deep in
the muscles of the back after plowing
through the chest just over the heart.
The X-ray was employed yesterday after
noon and with slight difficulty the ball was
locaed but it is thought that no serious
results will ehsue from its presence IN
the back for the time being and no opera
tion for its removal will be undertaken as
yet.
The investigation and pursuit OF braxtoh
is said to have developed the alleged tact
Thai he recently escaped from the House
of correction in Baltimore and is also
wanted in this city on charge of larceny.
No further steps will be taken to capture
him for the present.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-06
THE PORTO RICAN BILL.
senator Davis Proposes Free Trade
Amendments.

Amendment
Mr.. Davis yesterday offered in the Sem
ate the following amendment to the Porto
Rican bill:
And it is hereby enacted that all duties.
imposts, and excises imposed or levied, laid
or collected by Congress upon Porto Rico,
or any products or business thereof. or in
relation 10 said Porto Rico, shall be uni
form with all duties, imposts, and excises
laid and collected throughout the United
States:
That no capitation or other direct tax
shall be laid by Congress in or upon Porto
Rico. unless in proportion to the census or
enumeration directed to be taken by the
Constitution.
That no tax or duty shall be laid on ar
ticles exported from Porto Rico.
That no preference shall be given by
any regulation of commerce or revenue to
the ports Of Porto Rico over those of any
State of the Union. nor shall vessels bound
TO or from Porto Rico be obliged to enter,
clear, or pay duties in any State of the
Union.
Nor shall any preference be given by
any regulation of commerce or revenue to
the ports Of any State of the Union over
those of Porto Rico. nor shall vessels bound
10 UT iTOIu the ports Vi any oldte VI tue
Union be obliged to enter, clear. or pay du-
ties in any port of Porto Rico
The effect of this amendment would be
to have the tariff laws of the United
States applied to Porto Rico in so far as
they relate to goods imported from foreign
countries, but to allow absolute free trade
between the United States and the island.
Mr. Davis also submitted the following.
with the request that IL be added to the
Porto Rican bill as a separate section:
For the purposes of this act the follow
ing provisions of the Constitution of the
United States are hereby extended and
made applicable to Porto Rico.
THE Congress shall have power to lay
and collect taxes. duties imposts. and ea
cises, to pay the debts and provide for the
common defence and general welfare OF the
United States; but all duties. imposts. and
excuses shall be uniform throughout the
United States.
mo capitation or other direct tax shall
be laid. unless in proportion to the census
or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be
taken.
NO tax or duty shall be given by any
regulation of commerce or revenue TO the
ports of one State ever those of another;
nor shall vessels bound to or frhm one
State be obliged to enter, clear, or pay
duties in another
When he submitted the amendments Mr..
Davis said that they spoke for themselves
and needed no explanation. They extend
the Constitution over Porto Rico in such q
way as not to establish a precedent for
the Philippines and other territorial pos
sessions. and imply that it cannot be ex-
tended to them except by legislative enact
ment