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New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
THE TALK OF THE DAY.

II is suggested that tablet and inscription be
placed the old gateway present preserved in
the Victoria Embankment Gardens. London and
the Parks Committee of the London County Coun-
Gil has decided ask the Council for sanction to
set up a bit OF oak with the following legend:
This gateway, forFeriy the watergate or ap-
proaCh from the Thari=f to York House. Charing
Cross. originally the London lodging OF the Arch
bishops of York, the birthplace of Chancellor Ba-
con. and afterward the residence of George ViEers
second Duke Of Buckingham was designed bv
lingo Jones. architect O572-1652). and executed be-
tween 1924 and 1873 ny Nicholas Stone. master
mason G5S2-164O, for the first Duke of Buckingh ham,
and marks the river margin before the embank-
ment was constructed. The inscription on the
north frieze 'Fidei coticuIa CruX the cross is the
touchstone OF faith. is the motto Of the VHhers
family, whose arms are on the south front. BY the
London Open Spaces act. 1888. the gateway was
vested in the London County Council. who re-
paired the structure and took measures for its
preservation in stu an interesting landmark OF
London
II is reported that Justice Edgar NJ Cullen, Of
the Appellate Division Of the Supreme Court. Sec
Roosevelt to sit in the Court Of Appeals under
the constitutional amendment adopted at the last
Justice John Woodward who has been associated
with Justice Cullen for several years. what sort OF
qualifications the new judge possessed. He is the
aolest men have ever kn2|n replied Justice
At an entertainment in Edinburgh just as the
formance 10 sing the national anthem. SO far this
was all right. but more followed A few hot
headed spirits caught sight OF a uniform. and the
wearer. despite his protests was carried shoulder
high around the building When he regained terra
hrma some one asked him for the OF his regi-
ment his uniform not being familiar.
Regiment was the surprised reply. Man,
am the doorkeeper. What's gaun wrang wf ye az
Many have been sprung in the same connection
recently that entitled 10 a place IN the I'm
pardonabe class. but the pun that carries or the
holiday plum pudding as the very worst Of all IS
easily the following, for the preparation OF which
Z bright Southwest Missouri editor deserves the
severest penalty known TO the law; "Ladysmith
Will fan Just as soon she steps one OF those
Orange State peals OF -aughter- kansas City
Journal
A small boy has written 10 the School Board OF
London complaining OF the prize he received in MS
school He states that II Is Rigid Kp,ings tumble
Book II IS a dream about snakes. and father says
It is only suitable FOR man who drinks"
Fatal Procrastination.-"H asked 10 marry
him
And YOU accepted him.
No Idiot that ! was asked for time
And what did he saye
He said he'd give me a year"
All And what did YOU say2'
Il saw nv mistake. I said two days would be
plenty. But he wouldn't hear IL. He said no woman
could make up her mind in such q short time. He
really insisted upon my taking six months We
finally compromised on thirty days
He married that putty faced Bimherling girl the
very next wee2."-CCleyeland Plain Dealer.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
No OSTRICH R4CE

We knew il. There was no truth in the re-
port that Mr. Bryan and Ex-Governor Hogg Of
Texas had decided 10 race each other mounted
on two able-boded ostriches which the ex-Gov
ernor owns. The story seemed TO US 10 be in
credible on its face. Not that there is anything
improper per in ostrich riding The ostrich
is a useful and interesting if not particularly
roble bird Its tail feathers are most graceful
It's power of digestion is enormous. and as
sprinter we believe il has an enviable record
Ia regard TO lis habit of hiding its head in the
sand under the supposition that its whole body
is hid to which invidious reference is often
made, we would ask the cocksure critics why
they assume an explanation of the transaction
that is discreditahle to the ostrich? AS the poet
remarks.
Who can tell what an ostrich thinks
As he sits the sands and binks and blinks? :?
At any rate. the ostrich is a good honest bird
and not even Mr.. Bryan need feel ashamed 10
he associated with it. Indeed. are sure that
he himself entertains that view of the ostrich.
The question, however, is not what Mr., Bryan
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02

thinks OF the ostrich bur what The ostrich thinks
OF Mr.. Bryan As we all know the Democratic
candidate for the Presidency says things in a
magnetic way, but we doubt II he could per
suade even the most amabe ostrich 10 allow
Itself 10 be ridden. OF course Mr. Bryan would
be cautious and conciliatory. and would exclaim
Whoa. now, birdie" in his most dulcet tones:
but we don't believe that birdie" would whoa"
even for a minute And although Mr. Bryan
has shown great skill in riding a hobby for sew
eral years past. we don't think he would be able
10 ride an ostrich. even if. by any piece Of good
luck, he did succeed in mounting il. The chances
are sixteen TO one that he would be thrown
But the chief reason for disbeHevlng the story
remains TO be stated. To ride on the back of an
ostrich would be. in effect. TO govern it, Such
government OF the ostrich. as we have shown
would be without its consent. And il is i'm
possible 70 suppose that Mr.. Bryan would ever
accept the principle of government without the
consent Of the governed. We are aware that
according TO the press dispatches Mr.. Bryan
has recently been violating this principle by go
ing hunting in Texas. for preSumablythe hunted
animals didn't consent 70 be shot. But. un-
fortunately, We can't believe everything We read
nowadays, and, besides. we think the kicking
possibilities of the ostrich would have reminded
him Of its non-consent. even If he had been in
clined to ignore it, So the ostrich story has to
be given up. But not the interest in Mr.. Bryan
as a sportsman. In a few days he Is 10 begin
az active pursuit of the money devil. universally
known as the Octopus Clad in the panOply of
supreme confidence in himself, he will track
this Octopus 10 its lair-it is funny. by the way,
how OctOpuses always live In lairs-and in the
hearing of whole world hurl at it some of his
choicest epigrams.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
AmusemfHfs.
EAfY or MUsIc-s .l0-'way pown East
ICAN THEATRE-s, ,i3-D,e F1edernaus
.--s -Ist-Strfrr Marv

d EAfY or MUSIC s:l0--Vay Tovn East
Joan THEATRE-s-f5 DE F1edernaus
--siS-Ssffr Marv
ADNAY THEATRE Zen Hur.
KOS 1.-THE Singing Girl.
ERIoN THEATRES a3-Barhsra Friefchle.
- THEATiE-S-The Manpuvres of Jane.
NISEE--A a. Iv II p n--WsNworks Grand
lncert ana Cinsmatogrspfl
E. RE THEATRE-s -2o-Ey I-ady's Lord
Fl tn ArENEE THEA TRF--s :15-Three Idttie Lambs
Fc -RTEENTH STREET THEATRE-s-The Village
postmsster-
G. RDEN THEATRE-s .a0-Tap First Yicign
GA RRECK THEATRE Sherlocs Holmes.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, Because she Loved Hin so.
EAMMERSTEfN'S VICTORIA 30 chris and the
Wonderful Lamp.
HARLEM OPERA HOt-SE-s-The Christian.
HERALD SQUARE THEATRE-s:i5-PrinnTose Dock
sfaders Ministries
1RYING PLACE THEATRE-S-Pensi1n schoeller
KEITH 'S--crt tiruoUs Performance.
KNJcKERBoCKER THEATRE-s:i5-The Cowboy and
fhe Lady
KosTER & RIALs-2.i5-s: :l5--vaudeviIle
IYCECI THEATRES e.o0-Mfss Hobbs
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-s-3o--Whesls Within
Wheels
HETROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE-s-Aids
,rTRRAH HILL TTfEATRE-S-AU tie Comforts -
Hcme
Paintings.
fw-YoRK THEATRE :I5-Man IN the Moon Ir.
TOR 'S-rontinu0us Performance
NICHOLAS SKATING RTNk-S.I5--Ho-key Matches
LACK .ls-Ths
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
PERSONAL.

Two lecture courses this month religious sub
Boston. one by the Rev. Dr. George c. Lortmer,
Nineteenth Century, and the other by the Rev.
DR.. Lyman Abbott, on The Old Testament
Professor Irving Fisher vino has resigned the
chair Of political economy at Yale account Of III
health, born in Saugerties, y. Y. in 1857. and
was graduated from Yale i'm 1855. He is 2 member
Of q Tumher Of learned societies. has been Editor
of The Yale Review and has written several
trea tiSes economic and ma thernatiCa questions
The 10oth anniversary OF the birth Of DR.. Con-
Herring Building He was one Of the founders of
Hshnemanu College Philadelphia.
one Of the interesting articles that each Governor
OF Massachusetts transmits to his successor is the
Butler Bible, the history Of which General Butler
wrote the fyleaf as follows
ago ] could not find copy Of the Holy Scriptures;
/ suppose each Governor took MS away with him.
A friend gave this. l leave it as n needed
tranSnittendum TO my successor I'm office, to be
read By him and his successor each in turn.
BENJAMIN F. BUTLER. Governor
Edwin V Morgan. of Aurora. y. Y. whose ap-
pointment as Secretary of Legation at Seoul Corea.
has lately been announced. is graduate of Har-
ward and connected with the history depart
ment there before he became professor of history
at Adebert College Cleveland. Ohio. He sec
retary OF the Samoan Commission. and has lectured
upon topics relating to expansion and CONNER
cial policy in the Pacific and the Far East His
gra ldfather. Edwin B. Morgan while member Of
Congress. appointed Admiral Sampson Annap-
New-York Times and largely endowed Wells COL
lege and other institutions of learning.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
ORDINANCES AGAINST CRUEL. DRIVERS

ORDINANCES AGAINST CRUE.T. DRIVERS
To the Editor Of The Tribune
Si-; There two city ordinances which ths
Cruelty Society" ought 20 insist upon The first
IS that In slippery weather hacks. delivery wag-
ons. etc, b compelled 20 carry a little bag os
sand 20 De spTinkled the asphalt pavsments
when a horse gets into trouble. This simple ex-
pedent would prevent ar untold amount OF brute
and y sympathetic human suffering The second
ordinances Is one by which the fact Of a horse OF
team being unable to move a load by reason or
its weight should be taken prirna facie evidence
OF cruelty the part OF the driver and subject
him arrest and fine, one-half OF the latter 70
60 the city and One-half 20 rhe society. This
would ts not only a boon 70 suffering beasts but
also measure Of Justice TO the public whose right
70 Uao6sructed use % the streets ad OF the means
Of public conveyance Is often invaded in the most
annoying fashion How often accunula-
tion Jf dozen twenty streetcars ard a IKE
number Of trucks and carriages held up, the result
OF the greed OF a heartIess truckrnan who Would
compel his helpless animals 20 labor beyond their
strength that he might add trtfe 10 MS daily
gainsi II - nothing TO him that perhaps couple
OF hundred people detained. often 70 tnelr
serious inconvenience while the obstruction Is
being removed. But il would BE quite another
thing II his brutality resulted IN landing MN IN p
station house. from which he could Obtain release
only by the payment Of a hne many times greater
than his contemplated gain few sucn cases
figuring IN the police reports would eIIect tI5 So
a crying evil ANDREW n SA4AA-
No. Is East Forty y-sixth-st. Dec D. 1aA>
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
4 DARK PAGE OF HISTORY.
THE COMMANDER OF The GUNBoAT SILVER
CLOUD ADDS To THE STORY OF GEN
ERAL. FORREST AND EoRT Pillow

THE COMMANDER OF THE GUNBoAT SILVER
CLOUD ADDS To THE STORY OF GEN
ERAL FORREST AND FORT PILLOW.
To the Editor Of tn Tribune
Sir: I was much interested IN reading IN
late issue Of The Tribune an excellent review -
Or. John Allan Wyeth's Life OF General For
rest" lately published I vas particularly ir-
terested in that portion OF the review which re-
terred 20 the unfortunate Fort Pillow afta'-.
as was personally on that battlefield for six
hours on the morning after the capture of the
fort and before any Of the wounded were re-
moved from the ground. and when not more
than Oue-halt the dead were buried
was in command OF the United states gun
boat Silver Cloud the time. and have get
very vivid remembrance OF the horrors of that
bloody Held II is perhaps unwise and useless
70 bring up the dead past. but the claims Of his
tory are fnexorable. and the man whose deeds
are famous enough TO be- placed record By
the historian shall not escape unscathed from
the black pages Of his career. 1t may he that
General Forrest was not directly responsible
FOR the grewsome crime Of Fort Pillow. but -
he knew that his army was followed BY a band
OF 'gUeriIlas. robbers and murderers'' as DR..
Wyeth states. it was certainly his duty 70 pro
tect his helpless enemy from the acts OF such
ruthless savages
That the greatest military crime Of the age
was committed at Fort Pillow cannot be rubbed
of the page of history. and if IL could be shown
that General FORESTS reputation was free from
that stain his former foes would be the first TO
rejoice. None can deny that he mar
veIlous and splendid type Of the American SOL
der. I have before me the original coumunica-
tiCn which General Forrest sent TO me with HIS
flag OF truce. Il Is written on very coarse fools
cap paper with a pencil. and is certainly worted
SO as TO express some consideration for our un-
fortunate wounded
The report which. AT the request or General
Hurlbut L. : y. then stationed Memphis,
I wrote him after my visit to the fort viii best
Illustrate what the fatal field os Fort Pillow
laid bare to the spectator. Respectfully.
WILLIAM FERGUSON,
Formerly United States Navy.
Office OF City Engineer. Paterson. y. J. Dec
10, 1899
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
a COMPLAINT OF HAsrr coxDucroRs

\ COMPLAINT OF HASIH CONIJIC|TOR5
To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir Having occasion frequently to visit your cftv
on business. am often forced to ask myself hat
your cable other motive power cars run for:
not surely for the convenience OF the public Either
10 get or or you compelled 10 be somewhat
Of an acrobat They don't give you time 70 get
on or of before the conductor grabs you Some
tmesl and gives the bell the go ahead. and then
when they stop or start throw you nearly on the
floor saw man actually pushed of a car the
other day i'm FOuTth-ave. because he was not
quick enough 10 suit the conductor IN getting on
As 70 cviiity. in Washington can give your
conductors points. as ours always ready to
tell stranger. ctviiIy the direction he wants 70
go When asked In New-Y0rk they treat y0u
as II YOU mad right TO exist.
Another thing in which we are ahead OF you IA ths
push button system which operates in every car ara
Is a great convenience TO passengers. Some dav
a bad accident will result from not allowing A
passenger TO alghT- then the company win pos
Sloy see that they are not the only that live
Does Tammauy run the car system ais02 n 20.
perhaps that accounts for 10. THa WELLER
washington y. C., Dec. q 1899
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
THE GorERyoR'S PUBLIC RECEPTION.
MANY CALLERS PAY THEIR RESPECTS TO THE
STATES CHIEF EXECUTIVE

MANY CALLERs FAI IFfEIR T'EsF-F-IIs 10 TIT.
STATES CHIEF EXECUTIVE
AIbanv. Jan 1-Governor ROosevelt's public re-
cantton held in the executive chamber between
the hours Of z and O'Clock to-day, was crafty
ing success Citizens in all stations OF life called
to pay their respects to the Chief Executive and
-, tir, q banpy new year Colonel Treadwell
the Covarnor's military secretary acted master
Of ceremonies presenting the callers 10 the Gov
ern0r.
Adfutart General Edward NJ. Hoffman. OF FL
mira and the members Of the Governors stan
attrad In fun dress uniform. were the hrst military
bodv IN nav their respects to the commander in
chief OF the Guard The Capital City, local
Republican club. marched into the ~aamber
uraceded by a band which gave the Governor 4
h-tas se-enade Major Palmer. comma nding the
igth RattaIon with the star and line officers OF
That organization. in Uniform followed, aIter
which the public admitted.
The social reception az the executive manson
held from 3 5 o'clock
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
HoFFMAN,S COMMISSION sIGYED.

Albany. Jan. The first official act OF the Gov
ernor for 1900 the signing of Adjutant General
Edward NJ Hoffman's commission He subse-
cuentiv took the oath office before Secretary of
state McDouough
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02
9nocr 10 Advertisements.
Business = ollrcs.

Carl II. Schultz's csrbonated Waters,
mace from GstiIed grateful the stomach
sncrease appetite and readily with liquors
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02

South Carolina Will start half million new
spindles in her cotton mills this year. an agency
Of political regeneration surprising a whole
army Of Ttllmans
Europe's recent cold snap has taken a journey
across the Atlantic. dropping in on us not un-
seasonably with the reminder that winter has
not yet been retired from the quartet Of sea-
sons Its coming is late. but there is time
enough yet for it to make itself felt and re-
spected according to its familiar custom.
Winston Churchill having escaped from his
Boer captors at Pretoria. inquiry reveals the fact
that he had lately borrowed Mill Liberty"
from the library. The inspiration OF that vol
ume evidently impelled him to look after some
liberty for himself. showing the convincing char
acter of its arguments But what are the Beers
doing with a book on liberty when their pollty
is founded on the theory of denying it to every
body else as If it were a Boer monopoly?
With Puerto Rico annexed hurricane, a
business crisis and a famine The island would
have been more welcome without its trimmings.
but as they came together in job lot we must
accept and make the best Of all Of them.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02

(CCpyl
Head CT Dept. OF West Tenn. and North Miss
Captain Guuboat Ne. IS
We have large number % your wounded. II
You VIII acknowledge theic parole VIII deliver
them 20 YOU. You can dECp down with the sun
boat and YOU shah not be uoIested Captain
Young Will bear this. and 7 Will swat your reply.
I have desire TO pt r<h them unnecessarily by
removal Respectfully. y & FORREST.
Nj, GeuL
Captain U. ; Guubo1t
viii accompany captain Young and make such
arrangements as may I've teemel desiTa6le
Mai. GenL
I. 5. Steamer Silver Cloud
Army Corps
In compliance with your request that would
forward to you a written statement as 70 what I
ment Of our troops ar Fort Ptllov by the Rebel
nit the following: our garrison nj Fort Pillow.
consisting Of about three hundred and nifty coiosed
Cavalry. refusing 70 s{-1ender the place was car
about D. m on the 12th inst. I arrived or the
fort at n. m. on the 1slh with the gunboat under
ked m On the S roGdd TfSs ths ort T2'9 snd Sfsr
sHellnE those out Of range made landing under
troops. Some of them badly wounded who had
managed to escape and conceal themselves in the
thick brush along the river hank and came out
from their cover when they saw my vessel When
Rebel shaTpshooters and one man was shot
e. n
with proposal from General Forrest stating that
he would place me In possession OF the battlefield
and fort until p. in order that might bury
the vet uuhUried lead Of our forces and rernovs
our wounded U acknowledging their paT0lel. who
We're greatly in need Of attention, which he had
no means of giving I agreed to the terms pro-
posed and had the wounded removed from The
battlefield and fort and placed board
port Platte Valley. which vessel had under con-
vOy. Details Of Rebel soldiers assisted IN the
removal OF the wounded from the fort to the
steamer. We found seventy badly wounded
in the main fort and trenches. and buried over
two hundred OF the dead All the buildings around
the fort and the huts and tents in the fort had
been burned by the enemy and among the embers
the CharTed remains OF many OF troops could
speak testified that after the fort taken
lndtsCFminate slaughter OF troops carried
on. On every side and all over The fort and battle
field I personally bear witness to the truth OF
In the ravineS and hOows. behind logs and under
The thick brush. where they had crept for pr0teC-
tiOn. found bodies bruised. manglei and shot
70 death. showing how merctess the siauEh-
ter of troops.
When a fortified position iz carried by assault
there viii often be hloOdshed unavoidable even
when all resistance has ceased. but here there was
unmiStakable evidence Of a massacre carried on
long after any resistance could have been
tempted. The Rebel forces acknowledged they had
bitches OF the fort before got possession OF thA
battlefield: the parties sent from our vessels
buried as many more. making the dead amount to
four hundred.
Four hundred dead ard seventy wounded out OF
a garrison of i've hundred and fifty men evidence
quite enough 10 show that little mercy was shown
10 our troops. 1 am. General very respectfully
yours
Acting Master WILLIAM FERGUSON U s N
Commanding L 3. Gunboat Silver Cloud.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02

r S.-Captlin G.. w. Anderson. nv aide de camp.
will accompany Captain Young and make such
arrangements as may I've tleemel desirable
y r. FORREST.
Mai. Cien'L
New-York tribune., 1900-01-02

Office OF City Engineer. Paterson. y. J. Dec.
10 1S9G
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-16
THE PREPARATIONS BEGUN
All Important Meeting Of the Club
Committee.
sUB-COMMlTTEES HAVE BE[N APPOINTED
Precinct Clubs Urged to Reorganize and Gel
Into Working Order. Opening Ct The
Campaign Here Thurs
day Night 9th.

The Bryan and Stevenson club met
at the mayors office last night with
a good representation from nearly all
the precincts. Mr.. w. B. Snow, presi-
dent of the club, presided.
The following resolutions were in
troduced by Mr. Perrin Busbee and
passed unanimously:
Resolved, That the presidents of the
various Precinct Clubs call meeting of
their separate organizations at such
times and places as may be convenient
for the purpose of further organiza-
tion and business as may be necessary to
further the success of the Democratic
party and the preservation of the Ameri-
can Republic.
Resolved further, That said Precinct
Bryan and Stevenson Clubs report to
2the meeting of the Township Bryan and
Stevenson Club to be held at Metropoli-
tan Hall on Thursday night, September
10th, 1900, at $3.50 o'clock.
r ,,4[r +. B. Arendell offered a resOlu-
ton which was unanimously adopted,
15lfSyiding for the opening of the cam
paign in Wake county, Thursday
night, September 9th. The resolu-
w be held under the auspices of the
club on that occasion, and that invl-
tations be extended to Hon. Lee 5.
Overman and Daniel Hugh Mclean
the two electors at large, Hon. +. w
Pou. candidate for Congress, and B.
CO. Beckwith, Esq, elector for the
Fourth district. to- address the club
and the citizens of Raleigh and Wake
county at that time.
Mr.. Arendell's resolution was as fol-
1Nlosss:
Resolved, That on Thursday night. Sep
TENDER 9th 1900, we open the Presiden-
stial> campaign by holding a grand rally,
under the auspices of the Raleigh Town
,ship Bryan and Stevenson Clubs.
l Resolved, That we extend invitation
to Hon. Lee S. Overman, Hon. Dan. Fl.
2 Mclean, Hon T. w Pnu and Hon. B. G.
Beeiwith to address the clubs on that
~ n ~ -
The following committee of arrange
ments was appointed to perfect plans
: for tfe rally: w. b.. Snow, F. B. Aren-
dell. L. III. Lumsden, Perrin Busbee,
w. w. Parish. Brown Shepherd. W. g.
FORSYTH. W. o. Scott, d. S Hamilton
NJ. J. German. w. c. Riddick, E. Nj
Calling and Alex Stronach
The following gentlemen were ap-
pointed to constitute a standing fl
nance committee for the club: Messrs
NJ. T. Leach, w. T.. Jones. W. NJ. Boy
, Ian. J. f. Pogue, Dan Allen.
The club proposes to make the open
ing rally grand and glorious occa'
sion. The State does not possess
ADLER or more entertaining or more
powerful speakers than the gentlemen
invited, and it will be feast of argu
n1ent and oratory for the people oil
the city and county.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-09-16
The Watch Was Recovered.

Frank Harris was yesterday bound
over to court by Mayor Powell, for
stealing watch from William Med
lin. The theft occurred a few days
before last Christmas. The watch
was sold and after passing through
several hands, was brought here to
watch maker for repairs. The
watch was then traced back to Har-
ris, who was placed under $500 bond
for his appearance at court.