New-York tribune., 1900-11-15


question how many other breaks in mains there
may be which are not perceptible the sur
face but pour foods into and under
ground streams. New mains are needed far
more than Ramapo contracts.
The redoubtable Terry" McGovern battered
the stubborn Kid Broad in Chicago this week
so brutally that the countenance of the Kid"
was humid with gore. Blood dripped freely in
the prizering. Everybody and everything were
smeared with it. Wild cheers rent the air. Ruff
fans and thugs rejoiced. New-York is at pres
ent free from the reproach OF these revolving
exhibitions but it is reported that the eminent
Tim Sullivan. Mr. Croker's aid and ally in
the State Senate, is making arrangements to
procure the passage of bill in Albany in Janu-
airy that will again turn loose here the wild
beasts of the roped arena. The State Senate and
Assembly Of 1901 Will have large Republican
majority. If Tim" Sullivan or any one else
can get bill passed permitting the professional
bruisers to resume their vile practices next year
the Legislature will be covered with shame.
The so-called Mott Haven Canal at One-hun-
dred- dthirty- -eighth-st still smells to heaven
and the people in the neighborhood hold their
noses. Why is that open sewer allowed to pol
lutte the air?
The stewards of the Jockey Club have acted
wisely in refusing to grant their approval Of
racing in Maryland in December North OF Rich
mond there should be contests of the thor
oughbreds in the winter months in the East
The abuses of turf meetings after the first snow
storms have fallen should not be revived. In New
e,sey in the old days gaunt hatracks OF horses
were cruelty tormented by being forced to stag
ger through deep snow in the biting blasts OF
February. The men responsible for those ras
calities should have been secluded for years IN
thick walled cells. But those of them who are
not dead still at large.
The Dutch talk of draining the Zuyder Zee
That's large undertaking, but possibly after
all not tremendous the task of draining
the political cesspooI Of Tammany Hall.
The news from the universities and colleges
all over the United States tells of an activity in
the higher education most encourage to every
lover. of progress. Our institutions OF learning
have made remarkable advances in this genera
ton. and in faculties. in students and in every
provision for the purposes for which they were
founded they are going far beyond their pre-
vious achievements. Rich streams of benefac-
ton have poured in upon them. The number of
new buildings the establishment Of profes-
sionaI chairs, the enlargement Of the legons Of
tutors and instructors the swelling of the
classes and other signs and proofs of American
uberality toward the upper schools of culture.
give cause for rejoicing to every intelligent
patriot.
Mr.. Kruger reached Suez yesterday, bound
north and west. He has passed the age at
which there is desire to be shipped some
where east of Suez," If indeed he was so
unregenerate to wish to evade the Ten Com
mandments and ito raise a thirst"
The stock market seems to be good deal like
an india rubber ball 1t is we'll satisfied with
Mckinley prosperity that bears cannot keep it
depressed for more than a minute at a time
Dr. Edna Terry, who was at Peking during
the siege. pays a tribute to the American ma
rines saying drawer never lived" Those