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New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

tween these two can have no result but disaster
There can be no question as to which of them
should have been pursued according to the
American idea The United States has re-
spected the integrity and the full sovereignty of
the Chinese Empire.
Now that the mischief has been done, now
ever, there is no merit in speculation upon what
should have been done The practical question
of the day is how foreign residents In China
shall be protected and foreign interests be
saved from harm. The Boxers are now
nenacing Peking itself, and general anarchy Is
threatened In such case foreign warships are
needed, AS asylums for refugees If nothing
more. and the landing of foreign troops may be
required for the protection of embassies and
similar service. 1t is satisfactory to know that
there Is United States cruiser at hand, in case
Of need. And 1t is as likely to be needed as
any other For interests in China are
greater than those of almost any other foreign
country and. AS we have said. a Chinese mob is
not gifted with fine sense of discrimination.
Despite the fact that America has not Joined in
the work of land grabbing in China, Americans
there will be classed as foreign devils in COM
pany with the representatives of the Powers
that have been most aggressive In their assaults
upon the integrity of the Empire. And, despite
the fact that this country did not participate in
the conduct that provoked the outbreak, 1t must
and Of course will protect its citizens and it's
interests from the results of that unfortunate
policy 4
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
Business \ oIlres.
leru11ork Dailp Gribnnk
TUESDAY, MAY % 1900.
THE VIEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN.-Lord Roberts reported that his
forces reached Kip River, eighteen miles from
beating hasty retreat - The Commander
ia Chief also said in his dispatch that Generals
French and Hamilton were apparently engaged
with the enemy about ten miles west OF his
station == General Rundle's troops are push
ing eastward from Senekal TO cut off the com
reported TO be marching on Peking, and for
eign guards viii be sent TO the city. - The
session of the French Chamber of Deputies was
suspended owing TO uproar arising from at
tacks on the Government in connection with
the Dreyfus case; later a vote of confidence
was passed
CONGRESS- The war in South Af-
rica was discussed by Mr. Wellington and Mr..
Lodge; consideration of the Sundry Civil bill
nearly completed, lively debate taking
place over the amendment for continuing the
life of the Industrial Commission.
DoMESTIC.-The eclipse of the sun
cessfully observed by scientific parties at Vari
Gus points In the belt totality in the Southern
decided that Admiral Dewey and the men of his
command entitled to prize money at the
at Manila instead OF the $500 claimed by them.
The Republican Congress Committee
will remove its headquarters for the coming
campaign to Chicago.
CITY.-Stocks were dull and heavy - Ex-
Senator Myer Nussbaum, of Albany, was ap-
pointed referee by Justice Chase to hear the
charges against the Ice Trust 49, The brok
erage firm Of Seymour, Johnson & Co, made an
assignment. The Duke and Duchess
d'AuSy testified against each other IN his suit
against Divide Dupre. = The wedding of Dr.
Lewis Rutherfurd Morris and Miss Katherine
Clark, the daughter Of Senator Clark of Mon
tana was solemnized in st. Thomas's Prot
estant Episcopal Church. - Bishop Little
John addressed the graduating class of the Cen
eral Theological Seminary. - Ex-senator
Hill was consulted by Kings County leaders in
regard to the selection of Augustus Van Wyck
as delegate-at-large and was said not to be op-
posed to him. - James FitZharris and Jo-
seph Mullet, the Irish "Invincibles," whom a
special Board Of Inquiry at the Barge once de-
cided not TO admit to this country, are to have
a rehearing - Blues. Lothario. Sky Scraper.
Sweet Lavender, Queen Louise and Pincher won
the GraVesend races.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day:
Showers The temperature yesterday: Highest.
6s degrees; lowest, 81: average, %.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
SHOCKING CONDITIONS IN INDIA.
CABLE MESSAGE FROM BOMBAY DESCRIBING
FRIGHTFUL SCENES CAUSED BY FAM
INE AND DISEASE.

The manager of the India famine relief work OF
THE Christian Herald" has received from ellison
Willets, In Bombay a cable message which says
in part
DR.. Klopsch has just completed his of the
the native States of Gujarat and Baroda. Every
where he was confronted with shocking and revolt
by cholera and smallpox fugitives W no had come
from distant points of infection. and
dying in the fields and bitches and along the road
side At Godhra about three hundred miles north of
thousand deaths from cholera in four days Al
hsted WITH frgha odor a rom huadsd Of &
caying bodies. which lay about unburied. The
human carcasses, and everywhere the stencil
ndescribable and sickening. In the hospitals the
death rate as reported by the physicians, was 90
At Ahmedabad, about eighty miles of
prolific cause of sickness terrible mortality pre-
vailed among the cattle in that section, rendering
saw saw new patient brought in and placed face to
fourth cot was already dead. He next visited the
smallpox and cholera wards of Viramgan All the
the Of Gn sf are was a
and, hopeful DR.. Klopsch declares the stories Of
iackals absolutely true. Dogs were seen in some
Of the districts running off with the limbs of chill
1t is evident. DIR. Klopsch adds that the India
Government is doing its best to fight back the raw
however, are heartessly indifferent. and the pres
at st' ng e & aT R Gf India Is than
noTrb 5f, has % m s H one 6 hand
oultursts who have lost their oxen. He is now
arranging, for the purchase of hundred thou
sand blankets to be distributed before the rainy
The Interdenominational Missionary Committee is
relief finds the 10000 iateg handed to It f.o M
The Christian Herald fund having given great
and people of India are profoundly appreciative of
States
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
WHY Mr.. Hazel IS OPPOSED.

One Of Senator Platt's favorite devices when
be has particularly vicious scheme on hand is
to declare that the opposition is not really TO his
excellent plan, but is purely TO himself, and only
directed against the proposal as an indirect
method of annoying him. Those were his tao
tics when he started to give this city over to
Tammany in 1897. The majority of the party
who urged taking the only course possible to de-
feat Tammany were denounced as ''factionists."
whose motive was enmity to him. When Re-
publicans, anxious for the honor of their party.
began to protest against the canal rascalities
permitted by his creatures the cry was again
'facrionists" Indeed, Mr.. Platt seems to in
terpret almost every public movement for good
government personal attack upon himself,
whether because Of cynicism or uneasy CON
science do not attempt to determine just
now confronted by the opposition TO the n0mi-
nation of his Buffalo political agent. John X.
Hazel 10 be United States District Judge, he
tries TO rally his forces by declaring that the OBJ
5ection is based solely on the fact that he, Mr..
Platt. recommended the appointment
Naturally, Mr.. Platt would be glad 10 have
that view of the charges of Mr.. Hazers unfit
ness taken by his colleagues in the Senate. who
are 10 pass judgment the nomination. 1t
would be highly convenient 10 dismiss com
plants as mere factional rancor' But the
issue far transcends faction and interests per
sons who take no part in political controversies.
as is seen in the request of the representatives
of the Bar Association for hearing on the
nomination. For our own part. though we do
not approve Of Mr.. Platt's methods of running a
great party for the promotion of petty private
schemes and the control of legislatures for the
sale of law, we recognize the fact that he has
been accepted as the dispenser of Federal offices
in this State. We do not, under existing condi-
tions, expect 10 see any judges appointed CON
trary 10 his wishes and digest as comfort
ably we can the present harmonious ar
rangements for the distribution of Executive
patronage. We make no outcry If Mr. Platt can
land his faithful assistants in postofices and
coliectorships. If he had nominated Mr. Hazel
for Marshal of the Western District of New
York we should have said nothing against his
confirmation. If Mr. Platt had named some
lawyer of standing from among his following
for Judge the nominal ton would have passed
upchallenged, 50 far we concerned though
we do not think Mr. Platt displays either the
good judgment or the moral qualities required
for the selection of our judges
There dozens Of lawyers in Buffalo and
&schester thoroughly devoted to Mr.. Platt's In
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
MORE OPPOSITION To BE EXPLAINED

From The New-York Commercial Advertiser
1t is much to be hoped that the Judiciary Com,
mittee OF the Senate Will report adNersely upot
the nomina ton of John r Hazel 10 the FsdeIal
Bench in the Western District or this STATE
Without attempting 10 decide whether or not ne
has had sufficient legal experience TO entlfls nir
TO the position whether or not he mas ths
judicial temnsr which warrants a belief that
he would become a good Judge IL seems 70 US AZ
obvious mistake TO put upon the bench any rnat
about whose fitness so many people nave SERIOUS
doubts. n Is not question of demonstrattns thae
these doubts are unfounded or are founded IN per
sonal feeling; the fact that the objections sts
made constitutes itself serious obstacle 10 hiS
appointment II he Is confirmed he VIII take MS
seat without the confidence OF large portion ol
the community In which be Is best known. Tnere
surely in Buffalo men eligible 10 this posluSn
about whose QUALIFICATIONS no such doubts can M os
raised and IN whose behalf IL would not be necessary
TO seek a mass OF Endorsements kSverSooosS
knows what such Endorsements are worth, anu
the fact that they need to be obtained 1. evidence
against. rather than in favor o. candidate ior
the 6nNah
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
All prices. ............ 59.57

Over n third was added to the prices of
breadstuffs, relatively more than to prices of
clothing metal products, from July, 1897, to
March 16 1900 That still more, over onehalf,
was added to prices of dairy and garden prod
ucts is owing to the seasonal changes which
caused relatively higher prices in winter or
early spring than July 1, or even May 10 The
changes in meats small, as the demand in
that line has not yet so greatly passed the sup
ply as in some Others but there Is no turning
back as yet toward more normal relations The
sugar class, including liquors, tobacco, beer,
spices tea, coffee and fish, embraces many
taxed articles which have been rendered little
more costly by the war revenue act, as have
tariff. But in each of these the turn toward
lower prices seems to have begun. 1t appears
especially distinct in metal products. and
the contrast between them and the clothing
class is somewhat peculiar This at least may
be said, that the producers in the metals and
mineral class have shown surprising energy in
meeting increase of demand which ran be
yond all expectations. If they should
change their methods and set themselves to re-
sist any reaction in prices calculated to stimu-
late larger consumption, as some producers of
textile and leather goods have been doing. there
would beyond question be felt a marked
difference in the relation of such industries to
the public demand.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

More than one thousand of the Gem
VARIETY ENTERTAINMENTS.

Selections from leading operas make up the PRO-
grammes OF the afternoon and evening concerts OF
the Metropolitan Orchestra at the Eden Musae this
week New war views from South Africa are
shown Several new Wax groups nave oeen
placed on exhibition.
Abundant entertainment was provided at Tony
Pastors Theatre yesterday by Johnson and Deane.
Smith and Campbell William NJ Cressy and
Blanche Dayne Lizzie Evans and her company
Miss Blanche Rng Terry and LamoeS Wss ans
Hale. Miss Kittie Bingham the Wiltsie sisters, Ed
win H and Kittie DEACON. the vitagraph and
Tony Pastor.
Among those who amused the audience at Koster
& Biars Music Hall last night were sansoni and
Nine. De Lila athletes; John and Harry Dillon. the
Dunbar sisters, in songs and DANCES; Harrigan The
tramp Tramp ]usseE anu oS S,oSeb ,Ss
Doherty sisters and others.
The bill at Keith's yesterday included Mr.. and
Mrs Perkins D. Fisher. in The Half Way
House: Eva Williams and Jac Tucker. the Nawns.
in Pat and the Genif'. Laden and O'Nein. in
acrobatic dancing; Bunth and Rudd and their COM
psrobats psnS It bert and ods CARLOS and VoaeS
I'm symnasttc performances; the biograph. James
Canaries''; Eldora and Norine in double juggling
act; Wetman and Wren and Marguerite Scott. So
prano.
Concerts are given nightly at the Terrace Garden
Band B. 'e'a''n'sn' OF VICTOR asr0s' "a N'4'''
An attractive bill at the Fifth Avenue Theatre
yesterday included the Four Cohans. the Rossow
MidgeJs, Yorke and Adams, Ethel Levey, George
Fuler-Golden Charlie Rossow, Zeb and Zarrow
the Quigley brothers. the Doherty sisters dancers
and the kalatechnoscope
Visitors at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theatre
yesterday entertained by the operetta Tally
Ho.' the three Guitanos. Happy Fannie Fields. Car
rie Graham, Vernon ventriloquist the MaginleyS
and the kalatechnoscope-
At the Palace yesterday the attractions were
Adelaide Hermann. in "A Night In Japan Ma
carts dogs and monkeys Lille Western. Irene and
Zaza, Frances Curran, Julian Rose Howard Thurs
ton. Campbell and Caulheld and the kalatechno-
scope.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

The Rev. w. B. Boggs, of the Baptist Mission at
Secunderabad India, addressed the Baptist Min
isters' Conference at No 1S2 Fifth-ave. yesterday
He had, left India two months age but even at that
time he had enough to Justify all that he had
since read about the destitution and suffering He
had been stationed only the edge of the famine
district but his way home had passed through
some OF the worst sections. In the
Government had gathered many fifty thou
sand persons into camp The plague and the
cholera had attacked these camps, and sometimes
the people died faster than they could be buried
Mr.. Boggs repeated the advice of many other re-
turned missionaries to send relief in the form of
money which, he suggested might be sent by ca BILE
to the local missionary boards. Two cents a day.
he said, would keep d native alive in India. The
merchants were importing grain all the time aud
money sent by cable would afford the quickest
relief.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
MEMORIAL SERVICES AT HARr4RD

Cambridge. Mass. May Is (SpeciaD.-The annual
Memorial Day service in memory of the Harvard
who died in the Civil War will be held In
Sanders Theatre at room on Wednesday next under
the auspices of the Harvard Memorial Society.
The Rev. Samuel Crothers. of Cambridge. will
open the service with prayer. after which the
University Glee Club will sing Fair Harvard"
The memorial oration will be delivered by John
Read. o. Mr.. Read served In the United States
Navy through the Civil War. After taking part
in several engagements he was taken prisoner
with Ill others, and confined for eight months in a
stockade. only thirty men surviving the imprison-
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

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Convenient meas stand.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
THE PASSING THRONG.

George a. Deeriug OF Bangor. Ne. IN speakins
of prohibition in that State. said yesterday. the
Murray Hill Hotel: Several peo-
PROHI- pie have spoken to recently o.
BITION an order issued by the Mayor o,
IN MAINE one of cities regulating the sale
of beer. They wanted know
how on earth in State in which prohibition was
supposed to prohibit Mayor of city had any
thing to do with beer. how beer could be sold
except sub rosa Prohibition. mainly through The
efforts of Neal Dow, originally made a Law
with us. but many of the inhabitants then. now
were not In favor of it, particularly in the cities
AS matter OF fact, the liquor traff1c was never
suppressed in towns of over Ave thousand inhah-
tants and in our larger cities there was little or
no pretence that II was. and the sale has always
been carried on with comparative openness In
ness of every one was known 70 every one else y
one was gppd iber ant Ras a3ays seemed 70 me
question Of local option In the first wears after
ousr oe tss ts,e 10 sppres the sale Of ntoxicatis
liquors Police raids were frequent ana tne hquor
But the thirst of the people would not be denied
and the watchfulness of the guardians of the law
gradually relaxed
First the drug stores took to selling it TO mel
whom they could trust and awful stun il was that
they peddled out Then bars IN the
1T DOES NOT larger cities with scarce
PROHIBIT Iy any attempt at concealrnent and
finally a compromise was effected
little by little between the vendors Of liquid rs
agreeing to sell nothing stronger than beer and ale
the latter agreed to prosecute them and take
no notice of their trade. This has been found %
work fairly successfully and every one seems
tented. But there is another side TO the question.
and an important one As II Is, the Prohibition
law annually costs the State a large sum OF money
You cannot suppress the use OF liquor any more
than YOU can suppress a lot OF other things which
YOU are taught evil. But while you cannot sup
press you regulate. and By The license system
you can keep the thing within bounds In
nj n impossible
license or the saloons. the keepers thereof
hauled up once in often, plead guilty and
fined much. which money goes into the treasury
of the city. But the State cannot do this, and con-
SeGUently gets nothing. If a man wants TO take
drink you can't prevent him. and u rs foolish to Try
but by the license system he be made 70 for
pandering this so-called baser appetite. and the
money so gained could be used to lessen the tax
rates N other directions and thus lessen the bur
den ON the people; or u could be used 70 Improve
the school system. insure better roads, or IN
thousand and one different ways the gain Of the
community at large. Personally, opposed 70
prohibition. and would like to see 10 given up IN
favor of the license system
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
AMERICANS AT PRINCES LEFEE.

London. May 2s.-The levee held by the Prince
OF Wales to-day we'll attended, those present
including the United States Ambassador, Joseph
H. Choate, and the members of the United States
Embassy. Mr. ChOate presented Captain Craig,
u S. N: Lieutenant Bentley Mott, the United
States Military Attache a Paris; General Frank
Wheaton, W. Bayard Cutting and Carl Won Gers
dorff, in the diplomatic circle. and Captain D. C
Falls n Y. y. G.: c. W. Whitney. Edwin Gould.
T. A Reilly of Philadelphia, and Benjamin ThaN.
of PittSburg, in the general circle
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
HOPEFUL OUTLOOK FOR INDIA.
LORD GEORGE HAMILToNs VIEWS ON SIT
UATION-NO LACK OF FUNDS

London. May 2S-James Mackenzie Maciean.
Conservative member for Cardiff, in the House of
Commons to-day the motion to adjourn for
Whitsuntide called attention to the India famine,
which, he said. the Indian Government seemed
unable to cope with.
Lord George Hamilton Secretary of State for
India replying referred the testimony OF Ind
ian missionaries at the recent EcumenicaI Council
in New-York in praise of the Indian Governments
work. He reminded the House that he had already
announced that assistance would be given, IL
essary, from the British excheGuer. At present.
however, there was lack of funds and in his
opinion an appeal TO the British exchequer now
would only dry up the springs of private charitable
contributions He said he hoped that in a few
days the normal rainfall would begin. and in this
case the next few weeks would witness a steady
diminuton of the numbers recurring relief.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
TONGA KING OPPOSES PRorEcroRArE

Auckland. Max 3,-The King of tae Tonga ISL
ands objects to the clause OF the treaty between
Great Britain and the island government relative
to the British protectorate. The King desires a
protectorate only against foreign Powers and in
sists upon the Kingship for himself and his de-
scendants commissioner Thomson refuses to make
any concession, and deadlock is the result. but
hopes are entertained that a solution of the dim
Guilty will be found
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
DEAN OF COLUMBIA COLLEGE REFLECTED

recently j. Howard Van Amringe reelected
dean OF the college for the next five years 1t
decided to accept the plan of organization OF the
College Entrance Examination Board for the Mid
die States and Maryland and to appoint a repre-
sentative to the Board. II was agreed that Co
lumbia should accept the certificates issued as
the result of the examinations to b reld by such
Board when constituted,
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
THE OPPOSITION TO HAZEL
SENATOR PLATrs cHANaING VIEWS

Washington. Nav q
Senator T. e. Plat (Re-
publican. of New-York
was asked this afternoon
for his explanation or
the night against Hazel 5
nomination, and Is
quoted as replying
"Oh, II all originates
with Nhitelaw Reid, and
will amount 10 nothing
Hazel Will be confirmed
without any opposition
OF consequence. -lrhe
New-York Evening Post
OF May ~.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

Il am confident that
the appointment OF Mr..
Hazel win be confirmed
by the Senate" Senator
Platt said last evening at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.
"All the opposition TO Mr..
Hazel emanates from Mr..
Matthews. of The Buff
falo Express. who is op-
posed 10 him because /
recommended the ap-
polntment. THE Trib-
une of May 26.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

Croker. who says that Bryan will be elected
fate" has achieved undoubted dis
tinction as a boss, but he does not possess
unblemished record as prophet, and 1T is
question if the foregoing announcement is worth
the price of transmission by cable
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

The steady advance of Lord Roberts suggests
fearful apprehensions of what may happen when
Mr., Alfred Austin hears that Pretoria has fallen.
AS General Sherman remarked war is hell
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29

to the war In South Africa the Government has
done it's plain duty firmly and courteousy,
and we have doubt that great majority
Of the people to whichever side their sympathies
may be given, fully understand and approve Its
conduct
New-York tribune., 1900-05-29
EX-SENATOR HILL THE ORATOR.

Albany. May Is (SpeciaD.-Ex-Senator David B.
Hill will deliver the address the Memorial Day
ceremonies the Metropolitan Opera House on
Wednesday evening. Senator Depew will
chairman of the meeting.