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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-28
Nen9lork Dailp Gribn,re
WEDNESDAY. MARCH %. 1900.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES were reported from
several quarters in South Africa: at Warrenton
the Beers have apparently decided on offensive
tactics against Lord Methuen's force -
Bishop Hartzell. who for several years en-
gagged in missionary work in South Africa. ex-
presses the opinion that the cause of England is
just - Serious disturbances reported
from the northern part of China: a Russian fleet
has arrived al Chemulpo and the English cruiser
Terrible has left Durham for Chinese waters.
- II reported from Paris that the sale
of the Danish Antilles TO the United States was
practically decided on. but inquiries at Wash
ington and Copenhagen failed 10 confirm the ad-
vices
CONGRESS.-Senate: Mr. Foraker introduced
an amended substitute for the House Puerto
Civil Code bill was continued. - House: The
Army Appropriation bill under consdera-
ton ali day, the debate covering a variety Of
topics.
DOMEsTIC-secretary Root issued an order
making the Philippine Archipelago the Military
Division of the Pacific, divided into four depart
Hughes and Kobbe. General Otis retaining the
supreme command - The new Philippine
Commission held its first meeting in Washing
ton. - The President decided the controversy
over possession of the Tortugas in favor OF the
Navy - Briefs of counsel in the of Sen
ator Clark Of Montana. were submitted to the
Senate Committee Privileges and Elections.
CITY.-Stocks were strong and active. -
Abraham Gruber at the Republican pri-
rnaries in the XXIst Assembly District yester-
DAY while John c. Sheehan defeated at the
Democratic primaries in the IXth Assembly
District; Charles A Hess carried the xviii
Assembly District, but Captain Goddard will
have q majority Of delegates in the XIIth Con-
gress District convention. - William Hen
oerson Of Brooklyn, whose body brought
home from Florida by Thomas F. Nevins on
March IL and whose death was said TO have
been due TO heart failure. was declared to have
died from injuries violently received by Coro-
ner's Physician.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day: Fair
The temperature yesterday: Highest, "A degrees;
lowest, 81; average. 41A.
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MUSIC.
THE KNEIsEL QUARTET.

The Kne,ssl ousr,a, of Boston in giving its last
afternoon concer. in Mendeissohn nan yes'e'"as
successfully repeated two experiments
earlier concerts First, II got along without the
help Of that thing which in newspaper language IL
called a soIoist "a beautiful word. as see Soio'
Italian meaning alone. soloist one VINO aon
or, perhaps. goes IL alone-wh.ch ne never uO'7''
Next IT repeated a number from its last evening
programme, thus returning the comphiilen' p"-u
by the last evening concert 10 the preceding ai'ei
noon meeting Both things wee commentators III
the abstract and much appreciated In the concrete
Except solo performer be brought into an orsani-
zation like that headed by Mr.. Knessei TOT the
express purpose Of assisting In the performance OF
work of such attractiveness that the lovers Oh
the string quartet and cognate forms are siao 10
forego the very entertainment which they went OUT
to hear when they made their subscriptions then
solo number in a Knelsel Quartet concert is more
apt TO be looked upon an intrusion than as an
attraction. Mr. Kneisel well AFFORD 10 put asloe
the ordinary, stereotyped and mistaken notions OF
concert managers and keep strictly within his Held
calling in outcide help only when there is need OF
augmenting his forces for the sake Of giving his
schemes variety OF forms But this need not be
dwelt on. and ought not. lest the erroneous I'M
preston be created that MIR. Kneisel has INDUCED
the conventional habit of exploiting solo perform
ers for the sake OF giving lis concerts Fictitious
interest.
The second experiment repetition quite
successful before. Mr. Kneisel in fancy, felt
that the work which he and his companions had
bestowed upon the preparation OF so beautiful
composition as TschakowskJs sextet, souvenir
de Florence. JUSTIFIED its presentation also to his
afternoon subscribers; he brought Messrs. Zach
and HebereIn from Boston and repeated the sue
cess OF the last evening concert. at which he
brought forward this work tor the first time. The
other numbers. which. like the sextet. received
an all but ideal performance, Grieg's quartet
IN q minor and the theme and variations from
Beethoven's quartet in A major. Op IS. No 8. The
former Is one OF the most striking and at the same
time charming examples OF nationaism in music
eXtant. the latter those specimens OF pure
music which seems BerIIoZ said OF the allie
gTetto scherzando OF the Eighth Symphony, Ito
have fallen complete from heaven into the mind OF
the composer
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PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE.

The Albany correspondent of The Brooklyn
Eagle" is authority for the statement that Mr.
Platt and Mr.. Odell have been Informed by the
Merchants Association that it proposes to hold
them responsible for the defeat OF the Morgan
bill. If II should be defeated. and will charge
the defeat Ito corruption committed or permit
ted by the senior Senator of the State Of New
york or by the chairman of the Republican
State Committee" The correspondent also in
Inmates that Mr.. Plat and Mr.. Odeli are very
angry at this attempt to hold them personally
responsible for the exercise of the power they
despotcally and ostentatlously WELD, and
are much inclined TO show their resentment by
defeating the bill and so teach these citizens
who presume TO interfere in lawmaklng lesson
Doubtless their wrath is genuine, and perhaps
they are really hurt at the suspicion that they
would do anything from improper motives but
after all they should take an unprecedented view
Of the situation. When they do they will not
wonder that the Merchants Association is in
clined to be personal. The association went to
Albany politely asking the Republican party to
relieve this city from Tammany danger. 1t
found the Republican organization arrayed
under Mr. Platt and Mr. Odell against the meas
ures it asked, and only after a strong fight did
1t force 1.-The organization" unwillingly to pass
the Fallows bill That was enough to excite sus-
plclon. w hen the association recalls how the
Ramapo company secured its monopoly with
Mr.. Aids as its legislative sponsor and Mr.
Platt's family law firm as its counsel how Mr.
Platt's charter deprived the city of its old
rights to condemn water, how Mr. Lauter-
bach, under Mr.. Plat, led the Republican ma
chine of this county to prefer a Tammany to
non partisan Mayer, and how he negotiated the
Ramapo contract with the Tammany govern
ment of his choice. It Is not surprising that the
motives of Mr.. Plat and Mr. Odell In now pro-
tecting the Ramapo monopoly are questioned
They may be angry, but they must face the
fact that IL they defeat the bill they will simply
add one more link TO the discriminating chain
And their anger will not convince anybody. in
view of the circumstances, that they did not
sell ont the party OF their leading to the private
water SPECTATORS
The Morgan bill has been amended to meet
the objections of 'the organization" leaders
They must now pass it or confess that their
objections were merely pretence and fraud
We notice some of the members of the Legs-
ature are already beginning TO hedge and find
new pretexts for refusing support 10 the meas
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MUSICAL ART SOCIETY IN BOSTON

Boston. March % CSpeciaD.-A typical Boston e0n-
cert audience filled Boston Music Hall to-nsae u
hear the programme given by the MusicaI All
Society of New-YOrk under the leadership OF Franz
Damrosch. 1t comprised the best known pr's'
siOnal and society people in the city and was .
usually enthusiastic and gracious Every nl'nN''
the programme appiauded. and Mr. Dam
rosch called out again and again. ne ""
forced TO repeat one number, a Scotch sohs- O.,
The programme representative OF me ON
and modern schools OF choir music and two scolca
songs. usually sung solos. were interpolaI'-,
The list OF composers included Lott. NieHA'
Haydn. PrsetoriOus. Vonherzogenberg. Bach wv
Ak Lambeth and Cornelius. The Bach nuH0s'.
cantata. lode OF Mourning" accompanies y
twenty-eght members OF the Boston SynaP,aS-~ii
Orchestra and the organ, played by Wallace wv
rich. -
The work OF the choir of sixty voices was ososSe
criticism and is probably the best chorI; A ne
heard in Boston for very long time, Ing .srsi
csion OF attack. exquisite light and shade ana "a
color notable details in the execution o e.
unaCcOmpanied numbers. Especially noteNSp,s~h
also was the breadth and sOlidity OF me Par
,chorales and the brilliant technique WHICH -
acterized the professional choir
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ACTION NECESSARY.

The one thing that Congress cannot afford to
do concerning Puerto Rico is TO adjourn without
having made reasonable provision for the COM
mercial welfare of that island. If any Repub-
lcans are inclined 10 believe that their oppo-
nents will find effective campaign material In
the remission of 50 per cent Of the duties on
Puerto Rican products levied under existing
law. they should bethink themselves TO forecast
the result of leaving that law unchanged and
shutting ont Puerto Rico from the markets
which all confess 1t needs and claims of right
which would be opened to it on terms highly
favorable TO its prosperity by the bill already
passed in the House. They should ask them
selves how, either as friends of Puerto Rico or
as politicians with view TO the coming cleo
ti0n they can justify themselves If they block
the granting of substantial trade privileges
which they can secure at once. Perhaps they
wish the concession To be a tri1e larger Per-
haps they think il would be better party poll
tics 10 make it So They can hardly be under
the delEsiOn that even the largest possible con-
cession in the total abolition of duties and the
substitution of internal revenue taxes would any
more surely promote commerce and bring pros
perity 10 the islanders. But even If they prefer
alternative method, they must concede that
low duties a tremendous advance on exist
ing conditions and that the most important
TASK il dealing with Puerto Rico Is 10 set its
commercial machinery going. and 10 do 1t at
once. On both humanitarian and political con-
siderati0ns better the remission of even half
the pingley duties now than the remission of
ali duties next year.
The Republican party can meet its critics and
defend its action on the Puerto Rican question
If il acts. misunderstanding and misrepresenta-
ton can be met. Honest doubters about the
wisdom of a particular measure can be trusted
10 take a rea sonable view of the practical effect
of that measure after il las had few months
of operation But no defence can be made by
ANYBODY which would silence the outcry raised
over an absolute failure of Congress TO deal to
problem of legislation connected with our new
possessions The opposition would say that If
The Republicans could not meet this emergency
in administering the islands they had acquired
there was no reason 10 suppose they could be
more efficient in any other case. No important
niece of legislation was enacted which
couId not be attacked. The Republican party
reed not fear 10 go before the people with a
record of having actually undertaken TO perform
jts duty I'm Puerto Rico. even though some may
think ii did its duty badly, but il may well fear
10 go before them with a confession of utter
incanlpetence TO do anything at all.
Az we have frequently said. il does not much
r.after what particular schedule is agreed upon
We think il essential that Puerto Rico should
lie ieg,slated for s"rarate estate. and that
rnither our home politics nor its administration
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PERSONAL.

Mrs. Steyn the wife of the President OF the
Orange Free State, has been in Scotland since last
summer. II is said that her husband put his pri-
waite fortune into the keeping of a London bank
before the war broke out
Captain Charles d. Sigsbee has accepted the in
vitation of the Commercial Club to visit ST. Paul
and TO act of the judges in selecting the
design for the bronze tablet to be presented to
the steamer St Paul by the residents of the city.
Howard Barclay French has been elected presi-
dent of the Philadelphia College OF Pharmacy
succeed the late Charles Bullock.
Queen Victoria. soon after her coronation. first took
up her residence at Buckingham Palace, mansion
which was built in 1925, at a of 900.
The palace stands the site of quaint old resi-
dence, built in 1903 by the Duke of buckingham and
purchased in 1851 by George ILL., who settled ii his
queen Charlotte. From then till the house
has remained the London residence of the
ereign. From 1t five royal weddings have taken
place the last being that of the Duke and Duchess
OF York. Thrty-seven years ago the Prince and
Princess or Wales We're married at the Chapel
Royal. Windsor in the presence of the Queen, who
was then attired in widows weeds. So popular
was the wedding among the classes that the Lord
IdyOr and citizens of London presented the
royal bride diamond necklace valued at $4,000.
The Hon. Ella Scarlet. NJ. D., daughter of an
American, Lady Abinger formerly Miss Helen
Magruder daughter of the late Commodore George
Allan Magruder, Of the United States Navy is
going out to Corea from London Medical officer
of the Imperial Household. This young woman
doctor is now fitting herself for her curious post
by taking course at the London School of Trop-
just gone to South Africa trooper in the I'm
perial Yeomanry.
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should be complicated by an attempt to rule 1t
as a Territory under our Constitution on the
road TO Statehood. With the principle Of full
liberty of Congress SO embodied in bill as to
make a test of the tariff question which must
be settled as a guide to our Philippine policy.
the exact mode of taxation is largely a matter
of expediency. Some people may prefer TO gov
ern the island outside the Constitution with
separate internal revenue tax. at ia ties one-third
our own. Others may say that nobody would
ever bring suit to compel the Government 10
tional standard, and SO the power of Congress
in the premises would be as much as in
dispute. Some may think two years and others
shorter term the best limit of time to place
new laws. Some may think the House bill
as il stands the only proper one Others may see
in Senator Forakers new substitute a measure
reasonably satisfactory that can be quickly
passed. 1t really makes little difference what
particular plan is followed long can
be devised which gives Puerto Rico prosperity
and preserves n free hand to the United States.
But on some such plan all Republicans should
quickly unite.
OF course, those who are for extending our
tariff TO Puerto Rico because of belief in the
Calhoun theory of the Constitution cannot
cept this PLAN unless in the belief that it would
be declared invalid. But those who believe in
sity Of some action. and should hasten to give
Puerto Rico relief, even if it is not the partcu-
lar relief they think wisest and best
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-03-28

operas whose overtures are TO be played -.
first performances in Dresden. II there 4. -, W
thing surviving traditional readIrr :.
works I, ought TO have heen presented tha-s ~
Freischiitz'' was produced IN Bern 'Er1rv,,.s
In Vienna and "Oberon'' IN London. Af,.- -
overtures will come Beethoven's An az -, s
song in z fat Op o. and one in the OLD -.
form. Op. g. Which % the two Herr van Roo, =
20 sing Is not specified. Next Nine Nord,., -
sing two songs Gricg's The Swan" and /. -
made by Strauss presumably Richard So
MAINS d Minor symphony WI follow: then can.
certo crosse. also in % minor. BY Handel ~
schumann- Heink win sing Nitellias scene ara -.
''Ecco II punto." from Mozart's la CIerna,z, =
Tito" ard the concert will come 70 a close r,,-
the "Tannhauser" overture by Wagner ano,ns.
conductor Of the Royal Opera at Dresden
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4 CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL.

The proposal to establish a Civil Service
school. in which the Government shall educate
men and women for its domestic and foreign
Civil Service just men are now prepared fec
the two branches of its military service at West
Point and Annapolis, is a novel one and strik
ing one. We have no doubt that to many it will
seem fantastic and visionary. Some will liken
it to the Chinese examination system. BY the
disciples of Jackson and Marcy 1t will be
garded with contempt, at the mdest. And even
many sincere friends of Civil Service Reform
may look at it obviously and question It's prac
ticabty.
The first question obviously raised in cOnnec
ton with it is, however. whether the public
duties of peace are not as important as those Of
war. and whether they do not require COM
mensurate degree of expert skill for their right
performance. We can imagine with what a
storm of protest-universal save for Mr.. Will
lam Lloyd Garrison and Mr.. Ernest ii. Crosby
would be received proposal to abolish the
academies at West Point and Annapolis and to
ntrust the command Of the Army and Navy
hcnceforth TO untried volunteers appointed anew
with each change of Administration as the re-
wards of political activity. Such course would
rightly be deemed madness. Well, if we are
thus agreed upon the necessity of trained men
for the military services, why not have them
the time, while the Army and Navy are called
into use only one year in nine or ten? Why in
trust to nOvices and spoilsmen the safeguarding
of the administrative interests of the Nation
the promotion of its commercial and diplomatic
welfare and the maintenance Of its honor in
time of peace?
Again, the question may pertinently be asked
why the Government business should not have
the advantage OF skilled and specially trained
servants as well as private business. The ten
dency toward special business education is
growing stronger and wider every year. The
sO-caed business colleges are patronized more
and more. and their graduates are sought more
and more. The number of trade and industrial
schools is multiplying. Schools Of commerce are
being founded. separately and as departments Of
colleges and universities. And in our colleges
and universities the drift Is steadily toward
technical instruction If thus all other bust
nesses are TO have the advantages of prepare
tory schools, why not the Government business
too? mo man." said Socrates, undertakes
trade he has not learned. not even the meanest
"yet every man thinks himself fitted for the
hardest of all trades, government" Surely, II
we have not advanced in wisdom beyond Soc.
rates we might well take hint from his saying
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TARIFF AND INTERNAL REVENUE.

Puerto Rico tradesmen. we are told, cannot
reconcile themselves to the tariff imposition"
They want Free Trade under the Consttu-
ton" But do they realize what that would In
volve In regard to their own interests?
1t would mean the imposition upon them.
also, of our entire internal revenue system, in
Guiding the tax on tobacco the stamp taxes and
all the rest. Do the Puerto Ricans want that ?
We are told they do not. In fact, they have
protested against it strongly as they have
asked for Free Trade
But they cannot cut and carve the COnstitu-
ton to suit their own taste and fancy. If the
Constitution Is extended to their island, so as TO
make their tariff system part Of ours, 1t must
be extended in its entirety, so as to make their
internal revenue system identical with ours.
Suppose they and their hot-gospeller friends
turn their consideration from the tariff for a
moment and fix il upon the internal revenue.
They NAV find therein nutritious food for
thought.
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NINE. TERMINALS BRUENNH11.DE

Any detailed discussion OF yesterday afternoons
performance of "G6tterdammerung" which brought
the second series OF unabridged and serial represen
tations OF the Nihelung tragedy to a close would
detract from the most brilliant feature that those
representations have disclosed-the Briinnhilda ~
Nine. Ternina The powers of this wonasrr,,
singer and actor were disclosed here he
fore as they were yesterday-with such fulness
such conviction. such sensuous emotional and in
tellectual loveliness. We have had Briinnbildas
who could rage like fures In the scene Of the dis
covery OF Segfred's supposed per1dy and narturv
but none who could make US feel pity for the
outraged woman's soul Nine. Ternina at times
seemed 10 be TRANSPORTED, and her feelings wen,
out through the audience like galvanic shocks
awakening everywhere sympathetic responses II
was OF the greatest trumphs OF the seaso,
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B4cH's MASS IN B MINOR AT BETHLEHEM

Bethlehem. Penn March q (SpeciaD.-rhe ~.
half OF the production OF Bach's Mass IN NJ
was over at $50 p and more Gems
audience never came away from similar !,
Torrance In Bethlehem The musical tradi'i0
the historic Moravian Church. in which II - -
place are tiuehonored and glorious. oe' 's,
crowns them all. There can be no doubt ao0u.
aesthetic and intellectual tone OF couM-
where Rach's Mass In minor finds suen
thusiastic appreciation and such artistic re h.
The playing OF the trombones on the open So. -.
OF the church at the beginning OF eacn -.
formed a beautiful prelude. Mr.. Wolfe direc'so 4,
forces from the organ desk after the nah"' "a
former days. The instant response or chorus ,.f,
orchestra 10 the slightest motion OF his manu- n.
no doubt about the quality OF his forces AN"
excellence of their training. -
Bethlehem has performed. and eeautiluS
formed what many a large city would lea'ss ,s d:
tempted. The old town has done many arssssisi
OF pioneering. but the first complete ana nor will
American performance OF the Mass In d .ssssical
for a long time remain its chief claim 20 rys the
distinction. Mr.. Wolfe and his ch0lr asSe ~ pure
gratitude and congratulations OF lovers ~ the
music throughout the land The names artistic
soloists are a sufficient guarantee or tne They
excellence OF their share in the perlor soorano.
were: Miss Kathrin Hike New-York. nrss Mrs
Mss Lucy A Rrickenstein. second sopDraa.n.hen.
w l. Estes contralto. both from S, Arthur
Nicholas Douty, tenor. Philadelphia. Az
Beresford, basso. Boston
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