Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-06-19
John F. Carroll Deposed From Tam
many Hall Leadership.
SHERIDAN READ TALKS OF CHINA
Grand Opera in Shanty, 10 Cents
Reserved Seats
NEW SOCIAL CONDITIONS


special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
NEW YORK, June II, 1900.
Richard Croker is on his way across tIe
ocean to adjust matters in Tammany Han.
If current gossip be true, John +. Carroii
has already been deposed by cable ana
there are very few regrets In the Wls"am.
Carroll is not popular. The ice trust reve-
lations were all that was needed to prlng
the opposition to Carroll to the front.
These scandals have gone into every tene-
ment and lodging place in the city, ana
the Tammany leaders have been denounced
both by the humble workers and by district
leaders and prospective office seekers. VINO
fear the effect upon their political interests
Carroll in the opinion of Tammany, was
the agent who engineered the ice trust deal,
SO far as Tammany's part in 1t was con-
cerned.
Croker, 1t is known, owned stock in the
old Knickerbocker Ice Company, and his
holdings and those of his family of the
trust stock represent merely his original
stock. which was transferred from the old
company to the trust But Carroll, Van
Wyek and certain others of the new
school in Tammany have dealt in Croker's
absence not unIy i'll ice trust STOCK, but IN
other corporations. Croker has been IN
formed of these happenings. but, 1t is said,
he refused to believe all he heard I'll tue
crash came.
All the honest democrats in Tammany
Hai-and there are SOme-conSlder that the
entire organization has been injured 1rrep-
arably by CARROTS miSmanagement and
the y rSural aggrantiizenen, of him and
his small coterie of assistants. Carroll IS
reported 10 be a very rich man. MS Wealti'.
according to report, turning the million
dollar mark Many Tammany men assert
they know how he got it, but when II came
to trying it out of the poor folk, from
whom Tammany draws strong support, and
then in getting found out, the TamnanY
men of prominence say it was absolutely
necessary for Croker to depose Carroll to
prevent more disastrous results. u Is the
general opinion that the Van Wyc!s. too
will follow Carroll out of power and inf1u-
encr in Tammany The feeling against
them Is not less bitter than against Car
rel.
Sheridan Read Talks of China.
Mr. Sheridan P Read. former United
States consul at Tien Tsin. who is now in
this city. says that the reported burning of
all the foreign legations in Legation street.
Pekiu with no reference to what had be-
come of their occupants, indicates that the
representatives of the foreign powers had
retired to some place more capable of de-
Tense probably to the British legation. Mr..
Read has lived in China for years, and was
a merchant in Ten Tsin before he was APP
pointed consul. lie mas lTdNtIts III IildiIS
parts of China on horseback and by boat.
IL il is true. as the dispatches state, that
the empress dowager is secretly encourage
ing the Boxers. says Mr.. Read. ''all the
foreigners In Pekin caught like rats in
a trap. They are in the Manchu city,
which is incIpsed by wal fifty feet high
and forty feet wide at the top. The gates
are undoubtedly held by large bodies of
Chinese troops. In ordinary times they are
closed AZ dusk and opened at sunrise. Now
they probably closed TO foreigners at
all hours Legation street. along which all
of the legations. except the British,
located. is commanded by the wall. The
American Legation is within fifty feet of
the wall. ~ is a compound, inc.osed by
brick wall about twelve feet high. and con-
t5tinS about an acre OF ground. In the in
closure the residences of the American
minister and his assistants. with the offices
of the Legation in the center. The property
was formerly occupied by missionary. 1t
is the smallest and most insignificant lega-
ton in Pekin The handful OF marines sent
Ia Minister COngerS assistance could not
hold the place five minutes against attack
from the city wall from the street The
German legation is equally c.ose to the
wall. On the opposite side of Lega-
ton street. and little further from the
wall. are the legations of Russia, Japan,
France and Spain, and further along the
street are the club and the Methodist mis-
sion property. Back short distance from
Legation street is the British Legation.
which was formerly the home of a Manchu
prince and was taken possession of by the
British when they marched into Pekin in
1sG1- The properly contains about fifteen
acres surrounded by a strong wall. and ad-
nirably situated for defense. The British
have held the property ever since they first
occupied il. and have satisfied the Chinese
conscience by paying a nom nal rental Of
1orr taos year for il. There are suffi-
Gent buildings n the Enclosure to shelter
all the foreigners in Pekin.
CuriOsities in ImmiErants' baggage.
II is amusing TO watch the curious arti-
Giles that immigrants arriving here bring as
part Of their baggage. OF worldly belong
irgS they always have a very limited sup
ply. but they sometimes take the trouble TO
care for the most unimportant trifies during
their long voyage across the sea, and they
are seeming v more solicitous about these
trifles than about their clothing or other
more useful property. Often old women
who have passed the barge Office eXamina-
tiuns "a isfactorily come out of the building
with such things as tin cups, aper-backed
u,veIetjes or other trifes of a similarly
valueless nature tied To- their waists with
light cords. OF these thek are very careful.
watching them continuously to see that no
one ais them away but often leaving a
tiG bundle Of clothes lying on the sidewalk
apparently regardless of its safety.
on woman who arrived few days ago
carried kitten under her arm. All the
rest Of The baggage that belonged 10 her
seemed to be a matter Of little concern so
fact, she lost her other belongings for sew
Cral hours. beSaJse all her attention vas
mnuopuiiZ"d by the pet. Parrofs are fire.
Gu. nj passengers in the Storage, some of
them being confined in wire cages. and
some in homemade wooden prisons. but al
being objects of constant watchfulness
from their proud owners White rats. too.
have made the voyage across. and they
aSn were star baggage. their owners re-
ealing Them with baby talk ana giving
them the choicest morseIs of food to be
had.
Grand Opera in Shanty.
In a little one-story frame building. which
looks nore like squat,er's shanty than
opera house, situated on Union street,
Brooklyn. near Hamilton ferry grand
opera rendered throughout the winter
season and supplemental season closed
asst week with special performance of
MascaG ni's "Cavaller!a Rusticana." Operas
10y we!l-known Italian composers We're
sung in style which at leas- del gi ed he
Eudknc1s The price Of adniss n to this
opera house Is decidedly moderate. Five
cents secures a seat. : cents allows a per-
CON TO sit in the balcony. where he can get
better view Of the performance. and 10
gems secures reserved chair A person
eHn rent one Of the two stage boxes for 80
cents and take three friends with him to
nv.