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PERSONAL.

Professor Philip Van Ness Myers dean OF the
academic faculty of the University of Cincinnati,
has in his open letter Of resignation, addressed TO
the Board of Trustees of that institution given
President Ayers and the trustees something Of a
poser. Professor Myers is of the few members
of the faculty who especially excepted when
President Ayers issued his almost sweeping re-
quest for the designations of the faculty In sub
stance ne saws that il Is impossible to remain in
the university long President Ayers is at us
is "unrea sonable tyrannical and unrighteous." p"
Professor Myers is man of broad influence In the
educational world and is the author OF several
historical textbooks that are widely used lie was @
graduated from Williams College In iS,t ana % mas @
received honorary degrees from numDer c,e %I lm
stitutions He was president OF Belmont Coiese ee
professor of history and political economy at I'm
cnnati.
Mrs. Spurgeon's health has improved, and 1t Is
believed that she will soon be able to resume WORK
the final volume of her husbands life.
THE Manila Freedom of December "a gives the
following account Of the deatrrof General Lawton;
AT the time the rebel bullet came General Lawton
standing near the centre and sixty feet in the
of Hawthorne's battalion. Lieutenant Fuller
was standing near the General at the time. A
short time before he had been passing up and down
the line talking to the men and joking about what
would happen to the enemy when the boys got at
the nosition be was standne in when killed and
admring the manner In which Colonel Safseaht,
said he is making one of the most beautiful at
tacks 1 have ever seen A moment afterward he
sir? asked Lieutenant Fuller. In the lungs. I
think his reply and they were the last words
he uttered AS he staggered the officers caught
him, and in three minutes he breathed his last
Had Mr. Moody lived he wou'1 probably have
taken part in the revival now going on In Brook
lyn. The recent attacks Unitarianism by some
of the ministers conducting that revival give In
terest to the following extract from letter that
appears in THE Christian Register" and suggest
what Mr. Moody would have said to the men who
by implication put his parents outside the pale OF
salvation: While great interest is shown in the
life and great and deserved honor bestowed
upon the late Dwight Lyman Moody. no recogni-
ton is made of the religious influences surround
ing his youth. from birth to his seventeenth year.
He was born and reared In a Unitarian family. His
parents continued members of the Unitarian church
in Northield Mass. during their lives, until death
Northtield was a strongly Unitarian community
the leading citizens with exception, being Uni
tartan, there being only other, small ortho-
dox. church existing in the beautiful town. The
Unitarian society always of the most
prominent and influential In the Connecticut Valley.
Dwight for tir1e inmate of the Rev. Oliver
G. Everetts family Thus the child and lad
during the sixteen full years of this character
forming period under the influence of nte.li-
liberal spirited community"
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less it has'exacted rather heavy sacrifice from
Governor Roosevelt, whether he realizes the
fact or NOT. He is sure that he has done a goou
thing, and he is probably right in believing tnat
the people glad he has done it. But II he
thinks they altogether like the way in which IL
was done he is seriously mistaken, as he is not
unlikely TO discover hereafter. The people OF
New York, by means of the constitutions that
they have successively adopted and of the laws
passed in their name, have given great dignity
10 the Office of Governor as we'll as large powers
TO its incumbent, and they desire TO see its dig
nifty maintained They are perfectly willing to
admit that negotiation is sometimes a neces
sary part of the business of administering the
States affairs efficiently, and that the Gov
ernor must judge when and how far it is re-
quired. But they are firmly convinced that
Albany ought TO be in fact as it is in law, the
seat of government and that the capital is the
place where understandings between the Execu-
tive and the politicians ne has to reckon with
should be carried ON. They are offended by the
spectacle of a Chief Magistrate making fire.
quent visits, whether open candestine, to
some other city for the purpose of keeping ap-
pointments TO discuss public business, whether
arranged by or for him. In hotels and private
houses They consider that such advisers as he
needs TO consult should be received in his office
or official residence, instead of being sought
elsewhere And when their Governor pursues a
different course they regret and resent the loss
of dignity to which he submits, perhaps, as in
the present instance, from n good motive
This is the chief consideration which leads us
TO say that Governor Roosevelt has incurred a
more serious loss in this matter of the Insur-
ance Superintendency than is measured by the
mere fact of an obvious concession to the Re-
publican machine by means of which he hopes
TO accomplish a salutary object.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
A PUBLIC PRINTING ABUSE.

The gross abuse to which the public printing
! system at Washington is liable was strikingly
suggested the other day in the Senate. A Sen
atOr asked that certain political speech which
had been delivered outside the Senate and by
a man who was not Senator nor a Govern
ment officer Of any kind, be printed as Senate
Pub. Doc" at public cost, for free distribution
through the mails. Objection was promptly and
properly made TO this request. Thereupon the
Senator remarked that he could override the
objection and compel the publication of the
speech in question simply by reading it to the
Senate and having it printed as a quotation
made by himself in the course of his own re-
marks; and the objector admitted that this
could be done.
As a matter of fact just such things have
already been done. Not long ago it was dis
covered that reasonable matter had thus been
printed as public documents and was being
circulated through the mails with the imprint
of the Government Printing Office! The stuff
had been prepared by some crank outside OF
Congress, introduced into Congress by some
ood-humored, thoughtless OF malicious mem
Der, and not read, but ordered to be printed"
by a House glad thus to escape being bored with
the reading of it. Thus, we suppose Senator
or Representative might procure the publica-
ton. at public cost of 'Rasselas" or 41sop's
Fables" Thus, is well known, vast quanti-
ties of partisan political literature. originating
outside of Congress and having no relation
whatsoever to the legitimate business of the
Government, are printed at public expense.
1t Is a gross abuse. The public printing office
should be called upon to print only documents
relating TO the public business transacted by
the Government. The actual and bona fide pro-
eeedings of Congress, including resolutions,
speeches and debates, constitute such business
1t is an illegitimate stretching of courtesy and
of justice to try to include stump speeches and
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
Brooklyn. Jan. a. 1900
ENGLAND AND ROMAN CATHOLICS


To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir In your issue of January % is letter signed
James J. Walker. the subject of "Transvaal
Tolerance for the Catholic Religion" He begins
by belttling The London Tablet as a Catholic
organ, and takes from The Literary Digest
quotation from the German Catholic paper Ger
mania Intolerance" says "Germania. mas
given place lin the South African Republcl to
compaisance; one might almost say to love OF
Catholic institutions. Truly the law still pro-
hibis the election of Catholic President or Cath
ocs as members of the Executive Council; but
1896 mark the datel Catholics may be placed
in all other positions.
Here we have it stated that it is only since 1896
that Catholics in the Transvaal may hold posi-
tIons below those of President and members OF
the Executive Council. Now, does your CORE
spondent agree with "Germana' that this quite
recent outburst of tolerance evinces compaisance
amounting almost to love for Catholics? Would
it not be better to confess that those Catholics
among us who give their sympathes to the Beers
in the present ruled by passion and not by
reason?
We have read history too we'll not to know that
England in the past was guilty of great intoler-
ance to Catholics but is it not childish to be al
ways harping upon the wrongs of the past? In no
other land except our own is the Church to-day so
free she IS in England and in Englands col
ories. VIII your correspondent deny this? What
has he to say Of the present treatment Of Cath
olics by the French Government? Is he satisfied
with the position of the Church in Italy? Does
he not know that it is only very recently that the
German Government has allowed Catholic bishops
to be appointed to number of sees winch had
long been vacant thanks to Bismarckian mtoIer-
ance? And what will he say of Russian toler-
ance? Let him ask the poor Catholics OF Poland
and they will give him answer that Will ring
in his ears for many a day. It Is strange tnat
in the face of these plain facts there are Catholics
who would throw dust in other Catholics eyes and
have them believe that England is to-day the
great prosecutor of the ancient faith. We entreat
these good people. and your correspondent among
them, to forget their ancestral wrongs. to look
truth in the face and 10 acknowledge with Areh-
nd hat yhara he n
waves-and excepting our own dear country-there
and nowhere else the Catholic Church is truly Iree
New York Jan. Is 1900. CAIEOLlCOS.
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Amnsements.

lcA2EMY OF MUsIc-s:1o-way Down East
AMERICAN 4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. or NornahoS~
BIJOI--s 15-Sister Mary.
BROADWAY THEATRE-S-Ben- 1ur
rASTNO-S.15-The Belle of New-bork.,
CRITERION THEATRE-s:2o-The Little siriste.
ra1-ysc 7TIEATRE-s:3o-The Maneuvers OF Jane
EDEN MUSES. a. m. 20 II p. m.-"aA"onAs' SranO
Concert and Cinernatcgraph.
EMPTRD THEATRE-s:2o-Brother 0rleers;; ,.,. A
F-IFTEl AVENUE THEATRE-S:l5-ThIee Little Lannos -
zs>1,-rrr2rSSsrH STREET TBEATRE-s-A Romance OF
GARDEN THEATRES .20-The Degenerstes
cARRICK THEATRE-sSheriock Holmes;
(sFATT1 OPERA HOUSE-s-The Floor walkers
HxMMERSrEIN's VICToRIA-s:3o-Chris ana the won
HARLEM OPERA HoUsE-s:i5-Make Way for the
HERALD SQUARE acknowledgements Anthony
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-S--lm Weisseh fNOess -.
KEITH S-Contfnuous Performance. - -.
the Lady
ROSTER & s:i5-vaudeyfe.
I.Yg-T-I-M THEATRES s:30-The Surprises OF Love
MADISON SQUARE GARDENS a. m. 10 lo;So p m
Poultry and Pigeon Show. - ,,-S, xx-,.h,-
Wheels.
srr-PRaY I4lII-2-s-Captain Lettarblair
eT-rv-YfFE TFIEATRE-s-Broadway to TOXIC.
PASTOR,S-Confnuous Performance.
WALL-ACK' 'S-Closed-
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cAPELESS TIrAL STATISTICS.

There is evidently screw loose IN 49, 'iio q. a.
yItaI Statistics Unwarranted earelessness = =
lowed IN the fling OF certificates Ihe GU GU = -
recorded there yesterday OF LoundesoolousH - - -
G A NJ c. De b. Brook. Now, what sot' y
is that to record poor baoys nAnS' s btI5
nothing in an official record. Suppose ano'hst 80 -
1vas borr with those two names. one At eaen enu,
and exactly those same initials scattered up 49,
down him between. How would anyooey Ssop Fece
the record afterward know which was @ Nn.S.s ~.'She
ords OF births. marriages and deaths 49, 49, T6Is
10 give full names. and no aoorsvlas,eb ,b r,o1snt
Garden Casino Academy OF Music CIS CIlSSsi fSa-ss
Biiou Brook. OR Il may be LoHnds5 sesicero 40
Bret Brook. How can anybody tell ~ LnJ a. "a and
sure 10 be hard 70 remember. WhateNSt ~ s--@S,,rfv
40 II ought 20 be record. FrinsesS - -, bs
have long names but the whole OF , tnSa1 Srt S ~
IN the Peerage or in the AlmanaSh eS O-.oesLkas
book which can be carried around "a A,S sfa-
tIstics ought TO do as much as any OF tnssS Ao
plrblicationA-
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BULLER'S RETREAT.
TIME TO cHANGE coMMANDERs.

TINE TO CHANGE COMMANDERS.
From The Boston Herald.
1t seems to us that it Is high time for the British
to try change OF commanders in Natal They
could not Well get a more unfortunate one man man
Lord Roberts was sent South Africa in hot haste
Of Buffers hand yet ever since Roberts reached
Cape Town Butler has seemingly had fun control OF
the army in Natal and al the abortive movements
for the rescue of the garrison of Ladysmith have
been of his weaving.
THE PROSPECTS.
From The Brooklyn Eagle.
There is nothing to expect but period Of prepara-
0a 0a by hs 9s 3 1or sw tS oa he s
Beers may capture Ladysmith and other defended
English all the losses which they have suffered.
WHAT HE HAS LOST.
From The Providence Journal
He Is worse of than he before the stream
was crossed by as many men as ne has lost around
Spion kop. by as many days as success has pesn
the unavoidable effect OF depression that retirement
must leave upon his force.
FALL OF L.ADYsNIITH LIKELY.
From The New-York Times.
The improbability that the British can now ad-
great. and II they cannot. the fall Of Ladysmith
seems inevitable.
THE SAME OLD STORY.
From The Philadelphia Press
The mistakes Of Warren at SpSn Kop are the
repeated in small engagements and large. with
irritating frequency At Modder, kiver Metauen
Gatscre thought the ~eIs enemy We're far sWay
Colesherg French routed few 70 be confronted
withdrawal, while General Buffers first reverse on
December 10 at Colenso was que as much to his
disregard OF his orders And spion Kop but reveals
once more the capacity OF the sritsh officers" 70
midst Of the enemy"
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DIR. cUYLER NOT A PASTOR EMERITUS

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: l have observed that In your columns
am often spoken of as the pastor emeritus Of La
fayette Avenue Church" Allow me TO say that
when I resigned-in 1S9O-my happy Pastorate. the
church kindly offered me the honor Of pastor
emeritus" But i declined the offer. because
could not consent to receive any annual allowance
pension" and also becsUse did not wish TO
hold any official position hat would interfere IN
Nthe slightest degree with the freedom OF my ex-
Icellent successor. In justice to him and 10 my
/sef please to publish this brief note OF correctlon
THEODORE L. CUYLER.
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SELECTIONS FROM THE MAIL.
WORK FOR ONE OF DEwErs MEN

WORK FOR ONE OF DEwEY's MEN.
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: 1 young man. twenty-one years Old
have served four years In the Navy. was on the
Olympia I'm the battle of Manila Bay. and have an
honorable discharge. l am strictly sober and or
good character. / am strong and well able to
work / have a good school education and am
very anxious TO obtain some honorable employ
ment where there is a chance for Advancement
80" w NJ. HOGEN.
No. S1S Lafayette-ave. Brooklyn Jan. 20, 1900
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had control Of the island long enough. The
story of their horrors during the continuance
of her rule will never be written, but the state
in which General Wood found them. and to
which he will bring swift ameloration and cor
rection gives a sufficient token OF them.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
LORD P4UNCEFOTE SOON TO RETIRE.

HIS TERM AS BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN WASH
INGroN WILL EXPIRE IN APRIL
Washington. jan 29.-The term OF A'i1 e-N..
-. .ra I9rtttsb Ambassador to the United states.
will expire In April Some time ago. IN We" q
his long and honorable career here. the AnoassA-
doris tenure was extended until April ana anu as
ofF4cIal intfmation has been received hStS -
firther extension Il Is supposed that Ae W. - T
The date OF the Ambassadors depaEIute ,sSas ava
land viii depend entirely his oWn N1s-iSS 80
con1fort His retirement will make S3Iol S,r,s
italian Ambassador. dean OF the DlP'OA'~
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

magazine articles and all the output of party
literary bureaus" These are not Pub. Docs"
In any lawful sense, and TO seek to make them
so by any device is an imposition the country.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
OTHER INCIDENTS IN SOCIETY.

The marriage Of Miss Helen AMMAN. daughter OF
the late Rev. John E. AMMAN, a prominent Pres
byterian clergyman of Cleveland and P1trsburg. 70
Arthur H. Scribner. junior member OF CharIes
Scribner's Sons the publishers. whose engagement
was announced early in January. was solemnized
yesterday afternoon in the Brick Presbyterian
Church, Fffth-ave. and Thirty-seventh-st, only
the relatives and few of the personal 1r1ends OI
the coupIe were present at the ceremony, which
was performed by the Rev DR.. W Wallace Alter
bury assisted by the Rev. DR.. Henry van Dyke
The bridegroom Is a graduate OF Princeton nj
versity class Of 81, and is a grandson OF the iate
John l. Blair.
The marriage of Miss Jessica Hiltner TO Walter
E Dixon. OF Georgia, will take place TINS aI.ef-
noon at the home of the parents Of the bride Mr.
and Mrs. John A. Hitners No 70 MesL S ~,
-and-twenty- -first-st The ceremony VIII De Ioi-
lowed by a small reception
Miss Grace Coppen. daughter Of George CoppeI.
will be introduced to society at a recepuon Whlch
will be given in her honor this afternoon ae HsE
fathers home No. 40 Fifth-ave-
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Business X otlees.

A Man Who Knows a Good Thing will always
insist on having CARL H. SCHULTZs PUfE AM AM
rnRRFCT MINERAL WATERS and viii take no other'
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
THE PRESIDENT FIFrY-sETEN YEARS OLD.
HE RECEIVES MANY CONGRATULATIONS ON HIS
BIRTHDAY

washington Jan. 29-President Mckinley Is fifty
seven wears old to-day. having been born at Miles,
Trumbun County Ohio. January -. 1913 he re-
cefved many congratulations from visitors. ana a
To-. number OF cable dispatches and tslegranS
facilitating him on the occasion. Many moran To-
membranes were sent him.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

Washington. Jan. 29.-BIr. briggs. Of New-1ork.
to-day introduced a bill giving the thanks OF Con-
eress and gold medal to Helen Miller Gould FOR
her patriotic services in the war with SPAIN
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

New Orleans exults that in the last week OF
1899 it handled for export more than New
York, Boston and Philadelphia combined during
the same interval The river city scared con-
siderably above million and quarter bushels
for the week beating the three cities named by
few thousands. It is a proud record of i'm
portant significance in its relation to her future
trade. which various active have a
strong and increasing tendency to augment
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30
BoEoRs FOR MISS HELEN GOULL.

TT IS PROPOSED TO GIVE HER TEE THANKS oE
CONGRESS AND A GOLD MEDAL
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

When Spain learns OF the condition to which
her administration brought the Cuban prisons,
the knowledge should assure her that she had
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

It will be gratifying to all admirers of pluck
and grit to have the report of the relief of
Mafeking confirmed. There are few finer pas
sages IN the story OF than that about Colo
mel Baden-Powells defence of that place for
months against an overwhelming force. He had
at the outset, believe about six hundred
men, and at present has probably not more than
five hundred effectives. Yet he has held at bay
an army Of from two thousand to six thousand
Beers commanded by of the foremost Boer
generals. His military skill has been rivaled
only by his imperturba bility. When summoned
to surrender in order to avert bloodshed, he
merely asked when the blOodshed to begin.
When again summoned to surrender in order to
put stop to the destruction of life and prop
erty, he replied that when he felt any need of
relief from such destruction he would let the
Beers know. And when he found the Beers
spreading exaggerated tales about the country
for political effect he responded with procla-
nation which for sheer tall talk and "blufing'
beats all previous records. Beyond doubt his
CHEEKY disposition, his unfailing fund of hunOr
and his irrepressible optimism went far in in
spring his handful of comrades to hold their
ground against awful odds. Whether or not he
actually been relieved at this time a warm
welcome awaits "B. P" from the British public
whenever he does get out.
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

The rectifcation Of VenezueIa's boundary does
not seem to have improved her political condi-
tions, which disturbed TO the point of an
archy. and the Government. thrown to the sur
face by revolution, is trying to hold itself to-
gether by means OF forced loans levied indis-
criminately on citizens and foreigners It is no
new chapter in the history OF that country of
patriots and earthquakes. and would be as un-
interesting here preceding records OF the sort
If We had not lately put ourselves out so serious
ly in her behalf
New-York tribune., 1900-01-30

When the accounts of the Secret Service fund
of the Filipino Junta at Hong Kong come to be
examined, If such attention awaits them the
name of the Phil-Filipino who spent 81 ZOO to
cable Senator Hoar's speech may come to light.
thus assuaging a somewhat active public curios-
ity. 1t is a large tariff to pay even on bushels
OF the most influential rhetoric. and history may
record whether the Junta thinks it got the worth
of its money.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1900-06-28
Off as Usual.

Hon. L. Taggart is at his old tricks
again and in his eagerness to assist in
party wrecking rushes into print to
defend Hon. L. Emery, Jr., of Califor-
mia, recently declared a candidate by
several self-appointed delegates to
conference, in last weeks Independent
and this weeks PRESS attempts to de-
fend Mr.. Emery, who is charged with
the extending of the Congressional
contest of Oct 1886 up to within four
days of election. The Congressional
Convention of that year met at En-
porium first on the 18th, of Oct. 1856,
with G. b. Gould, @. +. Barclay and j.
p. McNarney as delegates for Judge
Cochran. Several ballots were taken,
each county voting for its own can
didate as a compliment, it being well
understood that this county as well as
Judge Cochran, was in favor of the
nomination of Hon. III. G. Mccormick.
The convention adjourned immediate
ly after the mplimentary ballots to
meet at Bradford, when, if our memory
is correct, Mr.. Taggart took Mr.. Bar
clay's place. From this time on until
the close of the contest the fight was
between Mccormick, Judge Wilson
and Emery--Mr. Mccormick leading
all other candidates. The bitter con
test waged by Senator Emery came
near costing us the district. At Wells
boro, on Oct. 9th within four or five
days of election Judge Wilson threw
his votes to Mccormick and gave that
gentleman the nomination, with the
assistance of one vote from Sullivan,
Is votes. Mr.. Emery held, in an iron
grip, the three Mexican and two Sulli-
van delegates to the last.
The assertion that Mr. Emery Offer
ed TO throw his delegates to Judge
Cochran, who was not candidate, in
his anxiety to defeat the nomination
of Clay Mccormick, was a trick resort
ed to but did not catch any suckers.
Mr. Taggart after he entered the con-
ference voted with McCormick's side
until the close of the conference. The
inside history Of that contest is
too we'll known to others and we do
not care to lay bare the dealings of a
plot TO defeat Mr. Mccormick and
nearly cost the Republican party a
Congressman.
The people Of the 9th district know
hattar than Mr. Touport Jora toll
where Mr.. Emery has stood politically.
His efforts to defeat the regular nominee
of the Republican party will avail
nothing. JOS. G. Sibley, the eloquent
defender of President McKiuley's
policy upon the floor Of Congress, will
represent this district with honor dur
inc the next two Years