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New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
PERSONAL.

T. Nagura, Of Toxic the Traffic Auditor Of the
Government Railways in Japan. who has been ex-
aiming the railroads Of this country, is in Pha-
delphia. II afraid" he says. according to
The Philadelphia Press that my country has a
hard road to travel before she can even approach
American ideas Of comfort and speed in railway
travel might add, also. that the thing is
true Of other countries have visited since began
my travels. We began wrong in Japan We built
the first road with the narrow three-foot six-ineh
gauge. and we kept building roads to suit that
measure. 1t Is too expensive matter now for
US to change to the standard gauge. though 1 sup
pose we must make up minds to it some day.
But we must order aif our locomotives and equip
Japan orders almost all her railway machinery now
from the United States. The orders 70 Badwins
few engines in Japan. Labor is cheap there but
we have very little material
The late Dr. Thomas Arnold Of Dublin, was
about the last survivor of the associates Of Cardi
nal Newman in the endeavor to found in that city
an Irish Catholic university.
The ex-Empress Eugene Is described in her home
in Farnborough Surrey. a sad. white haired
woman, bent with rheumatism. and spending most
OF her time In prayer. She is too inirm now to
sit in the sanctuary OF the big white church near
the mausoleum she had built and under which are
two large sarcophagi in red granite laden with
wreaths Of immortelles each wreath bearing a card
on which a royal autograph is seen. She has en-
black robed Benedictine monks pray constantly for
the souls of Napoleon and the Prince Imperial The
anniversary of the death of the young Prince I'm
perial is day Of broken hearted sorrow the
Empress, who, indeed her double loss
every hour of her sad life Her face Is the sad
dest one can possibly imagine. Always, even in the
zenith Of her power. a charitably disposed woman
she is now a benefactress to the poor within her
range.
Cleveland. Ohio. Dec. s.-H. Melville Hanna. a
brother OF Senator Hanna. has given to Lakeside
Hospital. OF this city thousand shares OF
Northern Pacific preferred stock. the aggregate
par value Of which is 500 900 The present market
value of the stock is about $50 a share.
Appleton. Wis. Dec. 6.-8Iiss lone Woodward Of
Evanston. Ill. who was a guest in the family OF
Minister Conger in Peking during the siege of the
legations by the Boxers. is here visiting her aged
mother, and emphatically denies the report Of her
engagement to Lieutenant Frederick Bismarck, Of
the German army. grandson OF Prince Bismarck.
She says: Il do not know the gentleman. I never
met him in Germany or elsewhere. The report is a
pure fabrication"
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
4 PFLIGInrs STRIKE.

An india rubber factory in New-Jersey had TO
close its doors and suspend work on wednesday
because the vvorkmen in one Of the departments
on which all the other departments OF the
establishment depended. refused 10 work with
two new operatives. The new workmen were
not Objectionable 10 the other employees Of the
concern because they were members or an IN
popular organization or because they had not
Joined a certain society, union or lodge. The
only objection 70 the new men-father and son
was that they were Jews and because the
twenty men in the department would not work
with Jews three hundred factory hands were
thrown out OF employment and will probably
remain unemployed until the strikers can be
convinced that a man may work in the same
shop with a Jew without loss Of dignity, or
until their places can be filed by workmen who
are not afraid 10 be brought into contact with
men who worship God according TO the Mosaic
law
The superintendent Of the factory has very
properly refused 10 discharge the two men
whose presence caused the strike; and while
this action on his part may cause little tenn
porary Inconvenience il will probably demon
strate to the dissatisfied workmen that mans
religious belief has no bearing on his standing
in the factory and that in the opinion OF the
superintendent and other sensible employers OF
labor a man may be a valuable workman, even
II his ancestors came from the Holy Land and
he worships God in synagogue
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
Nor 4 sERIors MATrER.

some impatienee has been manifested be
/ cause Of the delay in organizing the COMMITTEE
Of Fifteen appointed by Mr.. Charles Stewart
smith last week in pursuance OF the resolution
( adopted al the Chamber Of Commerce meeting
So far as this feeling indicates deep and wide
spread interest in the work OF municipal re-
demption IL is a favorable sign, but il Is not
necessary or wise 10 represent the delay as
being serious and deplorable. Presumably the
committee would have been called together
before now II Mr. James C. Carter, whose
name was first ia Mr. Smiths list and TO whom,
therefore. custom and courtesy assign the place
OF chairman. had not been away on an impera-
tire errand. but II IL now expected that the
members win meet next Monday. and in the
mean time there has been more or less con-
sultAtion. which wiz probably prove useful
after the committee has organized for business.
50 that perhaps no time has really been lost.
II should be borne IN mind. moreover, that
This IS not designed 10 he a temporary enter
prise for the accomplishment Of some immedi-
ate object In precipitate and spectacular man
ncr IT, 20 indicate the contrast. Mr.. Croker's
committee Of purifiers had been slow in obey
ing his orders and had taken week OF two 70
make its first appearance on the public stage
his scheme Of false pretences would have been
an even greater absurdity than II is now seen
70 he That was a case in which il was neces-
sary 70 be expeditions IN order 10 produce any
effect whatsoever. But. as We understand il,
the Committee Of Fifteen. enlarged perhaps 10
membership Of twenty-five or more. win
enter the field prepared 10 stay there as long
as ifs services are required, and celerity at the
outset is not essential 10 its purposes. Indeed,
We think Il altogether probable that Tammany
finds an added reason for anxiety in the very
delay on account Of which regret is expressed
IN other quarters hasty. half considered, i'm
mature proclamation Of requirements and inten-
fions By the committee would have inspired
Mr. Croker's troubled Heutenants with hopes
Of some embarrassing mistake on the part OF
their foes. and might in fact have been produc-
tive Of serious mischief. There Is. on the con-
trary. no reason 10 doubt that when the com
mittee has effected its organization. deliber-
afely formed its plans and proceeded 10 put
them into execution the community win dis
cover that this delay Of ten days in laying the
foundation for work Of a permanent character
was matter or trihing importance.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
GEKERAL uERcLERs FOLLY.

The chief prosecutor Of Captain Dreyfus can
not forgive the British naJion for sympathiZing
with his innocent victim. Neither can he for
give the French Government for doing 10 that
same victim an act OF tardy and partial justice.
Accordingly he seeks 70 disquiet the former and
10 embarrass the latter by publicly and official
ly prOclaiming the practicability OF French
invasion Of England. II is not well, Of course,
70 take him too seriously, as a few oveTsensi-
tive English papers and some seml-chauvinist
semi-seditious French papers are apparently
doing AT risk of il, however, il may be worth
while 10 recall recent incident by way Of com
parison
General Mercier bases his hopes Of success
in his proposed invasion Of England upon the
probability that the crews Of the British war
ships would mutiny on the eve OF battle as
according 70 his reading Of history-they have
hitherto done. Similarly. General Beranger.
formerly Minister Of Marine in the Spanish
Government expressed in april, 1895 full con-
hdence OF the triumph OF the Spanish feet over
the American. partly because of the remarkable
discipline which, in his view of the case, pre-
vailed upon the Spanish ships, and partly be-
cause las soon fire was opened the crews of
| the American ships would begin 10 desert. /"
The answer 10 his prophecy was given at
Santiago. where, by the way, Spanish officers
appear 10 have had ~ shoot their own men 10
enforce discipline. General Mercier might do
well 10 bear in mind the injunction of a
former and-with all respect-a greater French
general one Napoleon Bonaparte. 10 his lieu
tenants: Don't make pictures for yourselves -
The picture Of French transports pouring into
English ports past a helpless British feet dis
aoled by mutineers may be magnificent to Gen
eral Merciers eye. 1t is not war.
But what a picture General Mercier makes
not for himself. hut Of himself, i'm thus trying
10 create bad blood between two great friendly
nations just for the sake Of gratifying personal
ana partisan spite, 1t is entirely in accord
with rational expectation. though none the less
gratifying, that the French Government and
The reputable and responsible part of the
French press are treating his spleenful outburst
with the reprobation il deserves.
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
MAY IRFINs NEW FARCE.

At the Bijou Theatre yesterday Miss May Irwin
and her company seve special performance OF a
farce by Ramsay Morris. called "'Nfadge Smith, At
torney." 1t understood that the performance
was given because OF contract with the author
that the piece sh. uld be played this season, but
that it not the intention to give 1t more than
this one performance at present. II was said last
night, however. that Miss Irwin might decide to
put it the stage for the remainder OF her stay
the Bijou in place OF THE Belle of Bridgeport"
If this course is taken IL will be because OF the
favorable reception accorded to the new farce by
the audience Of yesterday That the audience was
we'll pleased there could be no doubt The house
flied and the laughter was incessant. Joseph
NJ. Sparks. as Alexander O'Shaughnessey, the
brother of policeman. shared the applause pretty
evenly with the star, and there were few others
who got their shares also. The story concerns the
career at the bar OF Mrs. Madge Smith. While Mr.
Smith dining with a who was not his
wife, in private room in a restaurant a policeman
entered the room and Mr.. Smith assaulted him.
The policeman brought action against his assail
ant. and Mrs. Smith defended her husband in the
and secured his acquittal, before she found
out whom she defending. In fact she never
did find out a kind hearted friend announced
himself as the defendant, after the acquittal had
been pronounced. and saved the domestic peace of
the Smith family
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
Nsfp21ork DaiIp Gribmlre
FRIDAY. DECEMBER :. 1900.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN. - Sensational scenes we're wit
nessed IA tse houses ot Parliament Joseph
Chamberlln vas the centre of me storm ane me
attacks upon him were extremely bitter. Lore
ealisbury again announced the intention OF
Great Britain 70 carry o. ne Boer Sar Ie5 20 M
ineyltabie enc - 4o1 S4oah " es 1sG r,I,tSL -
Jockey club came ss a surprise - S4f-
Krlger arrived al Tie Hague ana received
most enthusiastic welcome == LORD kooerls
Ffarted for g sye Town after delivering an aQ-
dress st Durham. =- The Afrikancer Con-
gress meets to-day. - The British met with
another revsrse near Bu1eiED0eTt
CONGREss Senate: The greater part q the
CAV .vse epert in executive session. Mr.. Nor
Kan speaking in favor of Taiifylng the Hay
Paurcefote Treaty n important business was
transacted n open session. - House; The
Army REORGANIZATION bil was passed by vote
q lGB a. l.sS. several amendments were adopted,
one % them sbolshing The Army csnteen.
DOMESTIC C-Brigadier-Generai Charles p.
EaEan who was suspended for attacking Gen
era M es was restored 10 duty by the Presi-
cent and Immediately placed on ne retred Iist
q the Army. Colonel John =. Weston viii be
prouasee % Commissary General q Subsistence-
= Charles a T0wne the Silver Republican
leader accepted appointment al the hands o.
Governor Lima of Minnesota, 20 al the vacancy
caused by the death Of Senator Cushman X
Davis Until the Legislature elects. == Presi-
dent Samuel GOmpers delivered the annual ad-
dress 81 the twentieth convention n the Ameri-
can Federation ~ Labor al Louisville -
C3ogernor Roosevelt on sunday. December 30.
vfr address a Young Mems Christian Associa-
tlon meeting AZ Calneg!e Han. a. the same hour
cories - BIS address nilJ be read al Young
Mons Christian Association meetings al over
ths c0uItrg. == The legislature iE 70 be
asked - certralize al the prisons in this State
probably al Albany. Sing Sing and Auburn
being regarded sE TOO antquated. = Ten
C0unCilmen iu Scranton resigned. after agreeing
not a. accept Office for Eve years and TO refund
30 fhe city the amount - the corruption fund
which ths Municipal League succeeded in show
ing taat they shared
CITY Stocks were firm and generally higher
= The 81. Nicholas Society held its annual
dinner a. DelmcufcOs. -= Charles ". Nor
gan, the Consolidated Exchange broker. ar
rested on charges o. grand larceny and con
npiracy, made assignment. == Recorder
Con discharged p whole panel Of petit jurors or
account o. dissatisfaction with their work. ==
The Electric Vehicle Com pany acquired IN
E!ker Motor Company. % Elizabethport y. J
=- Judgment wss obtained FOR 81 .3J9 agains
eN-Govern0r John p. Campbell II Ohio n
favor ~ the Hoffman House.
TIE WEATHER - Forecast for to-day
Cloudy. with possible rain. The Temperature
YESTERDAY. Highest, "a degrees; lowest, 80
average, -
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
CHINESE OUTRAGES AND THE ANGLO
GERMAN ALLIANCE

II would be impossible for us-even If so
disposed-to repress a smile when reading the
unctuous comments Of some of our contempo-
raries upon dispatches and letters manufact-
ured in China and detailing alleged atrocities
committed by European soldiers stationed there.
But we have no such desire. On the contrary,
we hope our aforesaid contemporaries will con-
unue 10 contribute 10 the gayety of nations
and our own. There is. for instance The
washington Post" which in an able eloquent
aho altogether virtuous outburst of indignation
speaks OF Great Britain and Germany as being
held together in bond Of blood rapine and
spohauon,' the one committing "odious enor-
mites In Africa, and the other practising
Daroaritles' In unhappy Asia" No wonder
that sueh an alliance appears to the writer in
The Post as being sinister" and .abhorrent -
ana that the agents OF the two Governments
engaged for the moment in bringing order ont
OF chaos are considered 10 act "witbout nitv
without humanity"
Speaking seriously are such stories as :. e
said were told by German soldiers in la,to-s -
their friends al home. and subsequently road in
the Reichstag by members of the Opposition %
be credited without reserve? The discinlino of
the German army-none better. perbans IN tho
worlds such we venture 10 saw. as 20 nra-
elude the possibility of a wholesale commission
OF outrages like those which are said 10 have
taken place in China under the eyes. if not. in
deed upon the command. Of officers. II IS
much more likely that the letters were written
Tor political effect by members OF the Socialistic
party who found their way into the ranks of
The volunteer army now operating there. Such
maneuvre would certainly be of a character
similar 10 that Of many others which that
party has engineered against its opponents in
the past II may deceive temporarily and lead
the credulous into writing highly spiced pro
tests or making foolish deductions upon false
premises In the end. however such vivid
nights OF the imagination must collapse In,
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07

deed. there are indications already that this
particular line of roorbacks viii presently re-
ceiye a check. No less disinterested an author
ity-and a Frenchman, certainly, VIII not De
accused Of bias IN favor Of Germany-tnan the
correspondent Of lie Temps. OF Farls' Is
quoted as saying. in speaking OF tne OehaFlor
OF the German troops that II was tout &c qui
est Ie plus correct.
To speak OF an alliance between Great Britain
and Germany as sinister and as working to
,be defamation Of the Christian propaganda" is
n make A statement the absurdity Of which is
irs own answer Whatever mistakes either or
bo,h of these Governments have committed in
the past or may be guilty Of in the future, they
never vet were. nor win they ever be- found
except weH 70 the fore in everything that makes
for order. law, liberty and enlightenment
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07

six twenty-five other counties have populations
OF less than so each. Some counties have no run
ming streams within tbsiF borders, some are nun
dreds ~ miles ffon railroad. and others are al
most wholly inhabited BY pFsiris dogs, jack rao-
hits aad FcitssHakes. Tom Green County, tne
largest the state Is larger than the whole state
Of ohio, aRa has bus sSA Inhabitants
smart Fuaeti9n-'Hey az Ra~'isy get ae-
.Hs mel Eer al an sfteTa9on tes-hs."CChiesgo
Times Herald
In a duI Scottish village a dull morning one
neighbsT called upon another. lie was met al the
daoF ~ friends wife, sEd the conversation went
thus
"cauidq"-"Ay."
"Gaea 70 be wssty think."-"Ay."
rs John inT'-"oh. az. he's in
"Can / see him7"-"NO"
but wanted 70 see him "-"Ay. but you Gamma
him. John deld."
"Deid?"-"Ay.'
''suddenly?'-''Ay.
Very sudden ?'-''very sudden"
did he say onything about pot Of green paint
before he dsid?'
IA ~Ahr, he he exclaimed. meeting her at the stage
So kind Of you 70 mentio3 " MI Jonney me ra1e sns
bottle."-(P Philadelphia Press.
OF the 6.7ss Firms who came to this country last
year only II were sent back only s2 were unable
read and write. and only IA said 70 be
likely TO become public charges.
She was new to city ways and when she found
herself all alone among strangers, In Chlcaeso oe
partment store. she became somewhat confused
But, nevertheless, she determined that she Wouia
not ask advice. Finally the fOorwalker observed
this little woman. with the word country plainly
written on her garb and face. standing motlonIe5S
in a certain part OF the store. He turned away
but in a short time again saw her waiting pa
uently the very same spot. When, a1ter the
lapse Of fifteen minutes. she still was aintalnlls
her position, the doorwalker deemed 1t his duty 10
Well she said timidly. perhaps you can ten
me when this elevator is going up .
She was standing of the great hotair reg
isters used for heating the store in winter.-tLp-
pincOtts Magazine.
Missouri boy. serving In the Philippines. writes
home: Cotton grows spontaneously here. as does
nearly everything else. In regard 70 the war mere
there is war The danger We are in Is ny beng
caught out after dark alone the road with
only four or FIVE men Then you are liable 20 get
your head cut or with bolo, the Filipino knife
II is almost like the American knife, only II
has a slight curve in II and Is pointed They tell
me that if you captured by the insurgents yoa
are treated all right. but il fall into the hands
Of the negro bushwhackers the chances are that
you viii live to tell it,
His Advantage.-''No Eph'm. admitted the Caro-
lima negro 10 the Northern relative, who was dis
posed 40 crow over him. Il don have no vote, our
Use rep psented in Wash'n'ton BY a heap mo Con-
gressmen dan you ts."-(Chicago Tribune
New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
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Eeel4k k-LsE ans GiFht-CpHt.-ucgs khoE-
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New-York tribune., 1900-12-07
ErPoPE AND TIE BoERS.

Mr.. Kriger has thus far got little comfort out
Of iis European tour. Fe was cordially received
IN France in a purely private capacity. He en-
tirely failed 10 get n single word ~ Official en-
couragemcnt or 70 arouse anything like a popu-
lar movement against the nation which he re-
CARDS as his wicked oppressor. From France he
went 20 his own Ancestral Fatherand but while
The people o. his own race and blood received
him kindly the Government frowned upon him
and the Emperor declined 20 much as 20 see him
An even less friendly disposition was manifested
by Geruany's allies Italy openly raging against
Mr.. KRUGER and Ausiria-Iiungary giving him no
promise 81 = favorable reception Now The ven
cradle pilgrim goes 10 Holland. the Fatherland
~ most Of his cOmrades There he IS received
with enthusiastic cordiality, but az the same
time The Prime Minister holds ont not the
slightest hope that anything practical viii be
done for lin. Russia remains. aud there is a
report that upon Russia Mr.. KrHger's boDes are
fixed That the opDressor and spoliator OF Fin
land viii generously concern itself IN behalf Of
the Transvaal. al tho risk Of serious conpllca-
tons elsewhere, Is scarcely 20 be expected even
In the .2s; days q the century.
Mr.. KrHcer might naturally be supposed N ha
disappointed In such circumstances. He prob.
ably has some such feeling But the somewhat
cynical philosophy OF the veteran voortrekRer
rises superior 70 H. We can imagine the scorn
with which he regards those friends Of his who
were Yesterday 50 valiant in speech for him and
are to-day 50 prolific OF excuses for not acting in
his behalf Granted that they are right in de.
clining 10 break the peace Of Europe for his
sake, why, then, did they encourage him n
t-lnk that they would do soE II may we'll he
believed that had II not been for such encour-
agement, from the German Emperor's dispatch
on the jameson raid down 10 the French cariea.
lures Of a year ago, he never would have vent.
ured 10 match his power against that OF Grea,
Britain Once before IN lesser matter he felt
and expressed something Of the emotion he must
now feel Speaking OF the menaces OF European
Powers against Great Britain. he said In racv
Dopper dialect: The old lady az Windsor ,ns,
sneezed; and then where were theyf" To-day
Lls frlends-as he supposed them 10 be-do not
even provoke her 20 sneeze
After al, IL is well. In is high time an nro-
tences and Illusions were swept away If Mr.
kruger has. as may wei be believed. been liv,ng
IN fools paradise OF expectation 90 Fnro,.aa !,
alo' II win be kindness 70 him TO omen his
eyes TO the real state OF affairs. II be has mo,
cherished such expectations, then the SOONER all
ms people know the truth the better n win ~
TOT them. IL they propose 10 fight on. with NJ
nope OF intervention, let that fact be understood
Iheir Falor may be honored. even by those who
aAA@pproVe their judgment. But there should be