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New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THE oRAToRIO SOCIETY.

Mr.. Damrosch and the others intrusted with au-
thority in the Oratorio Society might be pardoned
for any amount Of pessmistic reflections touching
the futility o: ideal aspirations in connection with
the first concert OF the season. which took place
last night IN Carnegie Hall Bach's minor Mass
the performance OF which IT was proclaimed
only seven months the high water mark
Of the society's achievements. repeated.
''wretChed. meritorous b. to sing with Gilbert
and the dead Sir Arthur. An effort obviously sin
cere was made TO surpass the earlier performance.
and hopes ran nigh that the public. having been
initiated into the high sanctuary OF choral music
would come again in multitudas and with bated
breath again listen 10 the ineffable proclamation
But there fell cold rain and the Bach enthusiasm
became an unknown quantity. The audience was
srnalI-unconsconab bly,, inex2licaby. tnexcusaoly
small .Wretched meritorious b. Hurry up the
Christmastide and Handel that the Golfers may be
replenished-
The performance did not equal that OF last April
but there was much in II TO be grateful for that
the comparative mood may be dismissed The
choir began tamely, uncertainty. but probably II
felt the dscouraging influences OF the evening ana
popular indifference. Afterward there were occA-
sions enough when it quickened the pulses ana
swelled the hearts of the listeners The intonatloh
OF the wind Instruments In the orchestra was IN
Dure but there were circumstances enough N tIe
archaic score TO plead extenuation- But MI
Ifa,Ass ,.IoIin obblisaro was utterly unpardonable
and deserved no charity in Judgment The Solos
were in the hands of Mrs Hissem de Moss VINO
came last spring from Cincinnati to join the RANKS
Of metropolitan singers. TO which she Is i "oi 'iS
oaseto, though like all her fellows, she had TOO
much 70 do with the purely material part OF ner
task-the utterance of the tones-to display 'ne
beauty Of her voice. Frequently her voice grew
thin and acidulous. simply because she was Zoo
much occupied with the notes to pay attention 10
tone formation We shall be glad Of her better
acouaintance Mr Ellison Van Hoose. the tenor
more experienced and. therefore. more at ease d'd
better and Mr. Baernsten better still. But me
beauty Of Bachs music will never De 1uily as
closed until the singers who undertake II are
+at,ed tried and true vocalists. well as good
musicians Miss Stein repeated ner creditable per-
formanCa of last spring.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
TIE NEWS THIS MORNING.

Observation-Disclosures Kruger was the recip-
tent of overwhelming popular welcome on his
arrival in Paris; the Boer chief paid brief call
on President Loubet ar the Elysee, his visit
being returned by NJ. Loubet; the British press
displays sersitiveness over the telegram OF
Queen Wilhelnlina TO Mr.. KRUGER. - There
was a rumor IN London that the Prince of
Wales had been informed of the Car S death;
bulletins from the sick monarchs physicians
were encouraging, however. - The fortress
of the iEsurgent chief Geronimo. considered the
strongest position in Luzon, was captured ana
destroyed by an American force under Colonel
Thompson. - The Cuban Constitutional Con-
vention effected a permanent organization elect
ing Mendez Capote president - The Turkish
Government again refused to grant an eXequatur
for an American Consul Harpoot; the battle
ship Kentucky sailed from Naples for Smyrna
Tho steamer St Olaf was wrecked near
Seven Islands, in the lower St Lawrence, prov
ing total loss: twenty-six persons all on board
were lost. - Richard Croker arrived in Lon
don and talked briefly about the jockey scandal
on the English turf. - General Horace Por-
ter arrived at Tanger, his visit being in con-
nection with the settlement OF American claims
against Morocco - The Duke and Duchess
of Manchester sailed for America, their purpose
being to marry again in this city
CITY-Stocks were irregular. with more net
gains than losses - A committee Of ten
citizens has called a meeting at the Chamber of
Commerce for Tuesday TO organize crusade
Against vice. - Senator Platt said that no
measure for the State police organization had
vet been agreed on, and that he would prefer
that the bill should apply TO this city only. -
Controller Coler issued a statement showing
that the cftyS expenses lot SchoolS ndQ more
than doubled per capita since 1890. - The
Horse Show came to an end. :" Evacuation
Day was celebrated by the Old Guard with
flag raising at Battery Park. - Vincent
Cody. after serving thirty-three years Of a life
senterce liberated from Sing Sing prison.
An old killed himself and his wife in
Brooklyn
DOMESTIC.-President Mckinley, Governor
Roosevelt, and Senators Lodge and Wolcott
were the speakers at the banquet on Founders
Day at the Philadelphia Union League, speak
ing Of the results and meaning Of the election
, TO enthusiastic hearers. - The President and
members Of the Cabinet guests at the
wedding in Baltimore Of the daughter of James
A. Gary, former Postmaster General - Re
publican members Of the Ways and Means Com
mittee made further progress the bill amend
ing the War Revenue law. - Members Of
Congress who have arrived in Washington agree
that the approaching session will be of unusual
importance - W. ]. Bryan visited Chicago
and had conference with Charles A. Towne
saying afterward that he was not ready to ex-
press himself Democratic reorganization.
THE WEATHER-Forecast for to-day: Rain.
The temperature yesterday: Highest, 45 degrees;
lowest 42; average, 43A.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
PERSONAL.
ton as this.

Baron Dhanis is back in Belgium after fve years
King Leopolds African State. He went there as
lieutenant and earned his title and fortune
The late Maharajah of Patalia a seventeen
gun Prince. Great exactitude is preserved In nrlns
off the correct number OF guns. Some of the nine
gun chiefs always travel taking two cannon with
them, to insure being properly saluted The NizaH
the ruling monarch OF Hyderabad is termed, Is
the premier Prince of Her Majesty's Indian En-
pire addresses the Viceroy MY Friend and Is
addressed My Friend by the NiCeroy. and is
entitled to salute of twenty-one guns. Sindhla-
l. e.. the Maharajah of Gwalor-is entitled to nine
teen guns, but twenty-one guns within his own
territory. The same APPLIES to Holkar[I e. e Ine
titles used just Mr.. Cameron. of Lochiel on
coming into the estates is called "Lochiel-
A window in memory of Captain Moses French
has been placed in the Methodist Church of Solon,
Me, by his comrades of the I'd Maine Cavalry.
La Gerarcha Cattoca" says that during the
ponthcate Of Leo Kill 1878 to 1900 no fewer than
1874 of the Cardinals have died. Only four still live
who his fellow Cardinals under his predeces-
sor. Plus TX The normal number of the college is
seventy, but thirteen of the seats are at present
unoccupied. Seven Cardinals died in 1899 and four
have died during the present year More than half
of the present college (SD are Italians % Of whom
reside in the Curia at Rome; are French Aus
tro-Hungarian Spanish and Z German; there
Is Pole, Portuguese, l Belgian. l North Ameri-
can, l lrishman. l Australian and Englshman
The oldest Cardinal. Luigi di C'anessa Bishop of
Giuseppe Calasanzio Woes Y Tuto is forty-four
years old.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
FEATURES OF THE HORSE SHOW

FEATURES OF IHE HORSE SHOW.
Cynical predictions that Madison Square Gar
den in the Horse Show week of November 1900
would fall short of the brave array of its best
years have been thoroughly confuted by the
scenes of the last few days Croakers and
prophets Of evil have been saying that this
annual festival of gayety and fashion, so popu-
lar among New workers and among visitors
from other cities. reached its climax Of repu-
tation and profit several seasons ago. and that
In celebrity, in merit and in favor among Amer
leans it would suffer a comparative eclipse
These doubling Thomases were wildly astray in
their ideas On every afternoon and evening of
the week just closed the Garden has been the
gathering point Of delighted multitudes who
found so much enjoyment in studying the occu-
pants Of the boxes, in scanning the prone
naders, as we'll as in watching the trials and
competitions in the ring, that their attention
and interest did not seem to flag from one
hour to another. The leisure classes of the me-
tropolis smiled approval upon the contests and
the diversified incidents and displays From
Boston and Philadelphia, from Baltimore and
Washington, from Pittsburg and Cincinnati
from Chicago and ST. Louis, and even from
the twin cities of Minnesota, from distant
Omaha and far off san Francisco, and from
the chief cities of the South, came men and
Ol iHlueucc dHu note III IlOSe cOmmu-
mites TO add 10 the cosmopolitan character of
the spectacle. 1t was truly a National affair.
not merely local or provincial
The hosts of happy children who focked to
the Garden in the afternoons filled the place
nth such youthful charm that the most morose
II mankind that observed those joyous gr1ups
could not fail to be more light hearted at least
for the time. New-York has been more ami
mated since last Monday than in almost any
other week OF the year. This annual assembling
here Of the admirers of fine horses and the
votaries Of fashion from near and from far
packs our best hotels from cornerstone TO coping
and crowds our restaurants at every table. The
National Horse Show Association is liberal in its
prizes and arrangements, and It has been man
aged with so much ability that it paws hand
some dividends upon It's capital. And 1t is divi-
dend payer To the hotels, the theatres the res
taurants the shops and the stables of New-York.
Every year 1t brings to Manhattan large num-
bers OF rich people from other places who spend
their money freely. 1t is much to the ad
vantage Of Manhattan to draw visitors from
every quarter of the compass for such enter
tatnment as the Horse Show affords. and the
aonxer the list Of exhibitions Of similar scone
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
THE PLAGUE OF NOISE.
gested.

Commendable action Is being taken by the
Health Board Of Newark, n. j. in moving for
the abatement Of the plague of noise. 1t will
put check upon the blowing of steam whistles
on factories and locomotives. the ringing of
bells. the bawling Of hucksters and the noe
turnal bowling of dogs and caterwauling Of
feline disturbers of the peace. Joy and success
are to be wished for 1t in the endeavor and if it
shall in fact succeed it will be entitled to the
profound gratitude Of the people of Newark and
Of all other cities which need a sign or an
example to inspire their governments to like
good works We do not know that Newark has
been greater sufferer from needless noise than
other large cities. II 1t has suffered more than
some parts Of this city 1t must have had mar
vellous patience and self-restraint to keep it
from rising in open and forcible revolt
New-York does not suffer much from locomo-
tive whistles II is true. But the factory whistle
RACES here in multitudinous and unfettered fury
At certain hours of day and night the ear is
stunned and the brain tortured almost to mad
ness by the prolonged cacophony from innumer-
able whistles, ranging from the shrillest scream
to the hoarsest roar, and diversified with the
banshee-like walls of sirens. 1t is well within
bounds to say that not more than one in ten of
these devices Of torture serves the slightest
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

and renown that can be devised in New-York
the better for its citizens. Moreover, the
Madison Square Garden needs more exhibi-
tons of genuine worth and eminence Ike the
Horse Show. That building is a precious pos
Of this town. 1t is the only edifce suitable
for the biggest mass meetings and for exhi-
btions Of the foremost rank. It's owners have
not been so fortunate as TO receive even rea-
sonable return upon their investments New
Yorkers should be proud of the Garden, but it
would be necessary 10 close 1t at early date
were 1t not for the revenue derived from the
Horse Show and some affairs approaching that
show in popularity The people Of the metropo-
lis ought to support the Garden unstintedy and
Loyalty.
Prizes and honors were widely distributed at
this years show. Ambitious competitors from
other cities sent many animals Of remarkable
excellence and In a number of instances they
were rewarded with blue ribbons and other
trophies eagerly welcomed and highly priced.
More and more each year does the Horse Show in
New-York commend itself TO the enthusiasm OF
the best known residents Of other places who
come here to see it. And the example Of the
National association has encouraged the holding
of horse shows elsewhere. The classes of horses
at the Garden were well filed on this occasion.
So were the boxes and seats and walks. Most
of the Judging was satisfactory and gratifying.
In every conspicuous feature. and even in minor
details, NETWORKS Horse Show in this last year
of the century was splendidly successful. and
the popular verdict TO the managers says Well
DONE"
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
NEW-YORK AND ITS RIVALS.

Mr. John K Governs remarks at the Chamber
of Commerce dinner the other night in opposi-
ton to deep waterway from the Great Lakes
to New-York have been eagerly seized upon by
people in other cities desiring to gain a larger
share of New-York's export business as a text
for lectures to this city for daring to ask Con
gress to spend money to aid in improving the
facilities of this port. Such talk comes with
little grace, however, from places which have
done far less for the commerce of the country
and the revenue of the Government than New
York. and have regularly received In proportion
far more than this city for harbor improve
mentS. postoffice conveniences and other public
works
The question Of deepening the Erie Canal Is
debatable one. There may likewise be differ
ence Of opinion as to the wisdom of the Federal
Government succeeding to the State in the de-
velopment Of the waterway from the Atlantic to
the Great Lakes, but there is certainly no i'm
propriety, no great amount of nerve involved
in the suggestion that the United States might
we'll consider such work as a National enter
prise. Quite aside from the present National
character of the canal the outlet of the COM
merce of half the continent, there is the obli-
CATION of reciprocity. New York made the pros
perity OF the West to a large degree by the Erie
Canal. which was built and paid for by this
State. Clintons achievement was no narrow
provincial one. 1t was the gift Of New-York TO
the Nation, and New-York If it saw III TO do so
might not unjustly ask the Nation 10 keep the
canal up to the requirements of modern times
1t has not yet done so. II may still think It
can continue to build public works for the gen
eral we'll its own benefit at its own cost.
If it thinks it worth while to do this surely other
cities have no right to complain Of its desire TO
monopolize trade.
Instead Of having an artificial monopoly New
York is penalized for its natural advantages
Even the railroads whose sole interests centre
here discriminate against II with dfferential
freight rates designed unnaturally 10 divert
traffic to other cities. New York does not desire
to stop the development of other cities on their
own merits, but 1T believes that II should not he
Disseminated against by railroads and bv Con
gress. 1t demands the advantages which II
enjoys under fair competition as its mere right
1t demands that when Congress is spending
millions on petty ports 1t should give reasonable
attention to the convenience of the vast shin
ping which comes here. It demands that when
New-York has TO pay for the postal business Of
a large part Of the country, besides handling
most Of the foreign mails II shall have appro-
priations adequate TO the satisfactory transar-
ton of its business. Instead Of asking too murh
of the country. New-York has for wears haen
content with too little
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

good purpose. As for the raucous Rawlings or
pedlers In the streets and of the purveyors OF
fake" extras" there is probably no other city
80 cursed with them this; and there is no otner
form of yociferous offence less pardonaole. The
nightly noises of dogs and cats are likewise
serious and unnecessary violation OF public COM
fort In many choice residence block sleep is
rendered all but impossible by the barkings and
bayings of dogs confined in back yards and by
the squallings of vagrant cats whose destruc-
ton would be unmodifed gain TO every one
concerned.
Nor are these all Needed industry Is often
guilty of needless noises. II is necessary that
iron rails shall be transported from place to
place but it is not in the least necessary that
they shall be so placed and packed upon wagons
as continually to pound and clang against each
other and form a veritable travelling thunder
machine. The other day some workmen We're
engaged in removing several feet from one end
of a large iron grder in an uptown street. Ihey
might have cut it or broken it almost noiselessly
In any one of several easy and expeditions
ways. Instead they scored it across the sides
at the point where they wished to cut it, placed
a paving stone as a fulcrum under 1t at that
point and then pounded upon the elevated end
with sledge hammers until they broke IT down.
They pounded away for ten minutes, striking
perhaps a hundred blows each one of which
made as much noise the firing of fair sized
cannon But nobody seemed to notice the occur
renee: it was only one of countless hrutalties
perpetrated throughout the city every day
There are those who affect 10 regard noise as
inevitable; indeed, something to be encour-
aged and to feel proud of as an indication Of
energy and strenuous life The most potent
processes in nature quite noiseess. while
those which are full of sound and fury signify
lirtl rr,iYo oTod6
is an indication not so much of energy as of
waste of energy. 1t is barbaric, childish, even
at the best and when it disturbs no one-which
is seldom. In the vast majority of cases in the
streets of a populous city 1t is an infringement
upon personal rights and assault upon per-
sonal peace, comfort and health, such as is most
mildly to be described as a nuisance and might
with propriety be called by a much harsher
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
CASUALTIES IN WAR AND INDUSTRY

Y.
A writer in "The Nineteenth Century" makes
short work of the idea that accidents in in
dustral pursuits destructive to life and
limb as is war itself. The statement was made
in the British press. and was widely conIcd
with credcnce here, that more men were being
killed and MANNED in British factories than on
British battlefelds in South Africa, this being
said partly TO set forth the criminal negligence
Of employers concerning their WOrkmen's safety
and partly to throw discredit upon the achieve
ments of the army. And figures from official
statistics were cited showing that In the vear
from September /. 1899. to August 81. 1900 M
fewer than 4.30S persons were killed and 50 n42
were injured in Industrial accidents in the
United kingdom-"far more" il was said
than the total number killed and wounded
since the war began in South Africa"
The fallacy in this is obvious. but il is nar
maps worth while to expose II in detail The
average number of soldiers in the war wac
o,26o officers and 1SS,000 men. while the num-
ber engaged in industries was 5.416O43 Of
the $3.50 officers 7.3 per cent were killed or
died of wounds, 2.S9 per cent died of disease ond
l93 per cent were wounded: a total of killed
died and wounded Of 2949 per cont ,,or,
than one in four killed or wounded or +b.
men 2o3 per cent were killed or died ~
"onhus Oh per cent died of disease, and G "a
per cent were wounded; a total of II 03 n.r
cent-say. one in II killed or wounded 7,
from these figures we deduct the ordinary
actuaries' rates of mortality we find that tba
war was responsible for death rate Of 2 90
per cent and for 6,74 per cent wounded Now
X on the other hand we turn back to the ro,,
OF industrial casualties. which seems. and IN.
deed Is. appallingly large and apply to II the
same rule of percentage we find that tho MN,
Der of persons killed in accidents was onI,,
.o'o' and the number of those injured vos
only 1874 per cent Of the whole So wbiIa
one 10 every 81 was killed in war, only on. in
I'Zoo was killed in industry. and while on. ir
every 10 was wounded in war. only one in q,
was injured in industry. Even il We select
tne most hazardous industries we find their
casualty percentages far below those Of wsr
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

competent referee has reported that TIE
services of New-York lawyer in a case for
which the disciple Of Blackstone put in bill
for $1,000 were actually worth no more than
$500 1t may not be easy for attorney who
sets so high estimate upon his qualifications
and efforts to find clients hereafter. Overcharges
of a few hundred per cent may be expected now
and then at the bar, but to ask $1,000 in COM
pensation when e-fftieth of that amount
would have been a fair remuneration passes the
bounds of patience Some New-York lawyers
are not excessively modest in their bills. but
few of them would attempt barefaced extor-
tion this
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25

Thus the deaths among sailors are .7S9. among
miners and quarrymen .121 and among rail-
road employees IL per cent, against 369 per
cent in war, and the industry which is by rar
most prolific of injuries. railroading, shows a
percentage of only 3.096 against 6-74 IN war
There is Of course no thought of making
light of the perils of Industrial occupations
They are grievous and should be minimized
as far as possible They probably could be
made less serious than they are. But at their
worst they are not yet to be compared with
the perils of war.
New-York tribune., 1900-11-25
SIR HENRY IRVING.
From The Liverpool Mercury, November s

From The Liverpool Mercury, November 6
The star of Sir Henry Irving Is still in the as
cendant. IL shines with enulgenCe ana a oIlI-
that characterize other in the same sPhere
is vivdly bright to-day II was twenty year
ago vitality is amazing. but easily understoo1
gieam. 1t means much, and ii has meant much I9I
many years-this steady constant star OF Art us
moment of asCendency marked a new era IN tle
heaven of hiStriOniCS, henCetorth the king Stsr
Shone alone, and ire other creations OF the theat-
rCal sky did homage Sir Henry Irving has trans
scope OF the and the attitude OF the EngISn
world to 1t. He. by the suggestive strength OF MS
dongs in many spheres. by his belief in the maJeSS
ty OF his art, and by his austere conflict WIN
prejudice. narrowness and the maudlin and hysteI-
Ical utterances OF those deCry the stage, know
ing nothing-and admittedly knowing nothins-orr
II, has put the stage on TO a plane which Tr hesTT
before held It. and which. II IS TO be hoped Is ony
a foretaSte of future and even better state tHaa
that at present evident Sir Henry would prooaoH
be the first to admit that there Is plenty OF rOoIi
yet for Improvement in many directions, nOticedpS
vogue None would be the losers. and many ing
gamers, they Improved out of eNiStencsSii
However the literary drama tic quality. the arsis
establishment. the lavish accompaniments anu S.e
artistic histrionics rife to-day coupled with perg
tion Of detail wealth of research prior 10 tns
rectIy traceabe to and made possible bv the lorcs
recognizable in the person Of Irving TheHe n-s
not he omitted from this pleasant though incvxIa
elusive. catalogue Of Irvine's benefits one OF Ine
most meritCrious and deliFht<ul featureS-Jo VI
the inproved social status of the actor The tned
cal profession owes ST. Henry. and adH1ftteaISs
owes. a debt mpossible of repayment and oeSSHrs
calculation. And what does the public owe 70 niir r
An amount OF satisfaction. artistic ana genei@-
passing description in this brief space