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New-York tribune., 1900-05-25

is useless for anybody else to try to hurt them,
II they take the course calculated to make the
public their enemy. One Of the strongest op'
jectons to such industrial corporations mas
been from the outset that they We're liable to
forget the quasi-publc character which the pos
session and use of enormously important fran
chises has imposed upon them, and to seek
profits in stock operations or in management OF
works Just any individual might, owing moth
ing except to himself. Enough has happened
already to indicate how corporations so con-
Quoted are likely TO fare in the stock market
That they will fare any better if so conducted
in the political field in legislatures or Congress
the sagacious among the managers are In no
danger Of believing Unhapplly for some COM
panies and the people, the decision has to be
made not exclusively by tried and successful
managers, but sometimes by stock gamblers or
by spectators in products, and sometimes by
men whose sole conception of success in bust
ness is the possession and enjoyment OF
MONOPOLY 1t remains to be seen how far man
agement by such people will enable sundry new
industrial corporations to survive the first year
of declining prices.
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campaign, and Tammany never tires OF pro
claiming itself the friend of the people and the
inveterate opponent of the oppressive monopo-
lies Yet Robert Van Wyck grows indignant at
the notion that he ought not TO own Ice trust
and Sugar Trust stock Apparently the Tam
many view is that the trust is good thlng
publicly to abuse and privately to share in The
Van Wyck political creed is not necessarily for
private devotion. So long trusts exist these
enemies of the octopus believe that they might
as we'll reap the profits of them. Somebody else
would get 80 cents a hundred for ice from the
poor people If they didn't get GO cents and it is
better to keep the money in the organization.
Yet when the voter comes to apply the Tam
many antitrust teaching at the polls he may
think ii better to vote directly against the trust
stockholders whom he does know than to hunt
around to see II some other vote will indirectly
hurt some other trust stockholders whom he
does not know.
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washers would aim more at the wall and less at
themselves Women cleverer at the work than
men, In most OF the little houses OF our country
usually agreed that the husband shall do one
half of the whtewashing and the wife the otner.
She pins I'D her skirt rolls back her sleeves. ties
her hair In a duster and there Is hardly a 5piasn
on her when she is through"
a teacher of music in of the public schoois
of the South desired to impress the puphs Win
the meaning of the signs 81 and N in song
they were about to sing. After explaining thae
''f' meant forte, he said: Now, children, " 4
means forte what does n mean? silence reigned
for a moment and then he was astonished 70 near
a bright little fellow shout: Eighty! -tLippin-
colts Magazine.
curious bull occurred recently In an EnGhsh
paper called "The Christian which remarked.
THE remarkable providential escape OF the Prince
of Wales from assassination has called
forth a chorus of profound regrets from all the
European governments and almost the whole OF
the Continental press"
DO you mean to tell that that man eating
lion of yours got loose and wandered out INTO the
streets?' -, .,
Yes" answered the proprietor of the show; ana
a lot OF trouble he made us. ,,,
did you have difficulty in catching MIN -,
II should saw sol 1t hours before we couio
get near enough to lead him back to his cage You
see some of the bad boys of the town nad tieo d
tin can to his tail."-(Washington star
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THE TALK OF THE DAY.

You had better surrender said the commander
of the American forces in the Philippines i've
, HUH So have l." replied Agunaldo and ere
the next five minutes had elapsed his pedometer
registered another me.-(Phiadephia Press
Manchester. England. correspondent Of .,rhe
Mexican Herald" says that pro- Boer orator who
was recently addressing a gathering in that ctv
told what dreadful things the Great Powers would
10 10 England Some one quietly remarked:
What matters that while we've America on our
side? and at once cheer broke out as If that
observation settled all disputes. however much
France, Russia all the world combined m intar
fere- Not but what this imaginary alliance with
America would have or two unlovely noints
connected with It, For one thing, it would have
tendency to augment well known arrogance
which would be very needless. Only this week T
heard a schoomaster say to his pupils that if Eng
land and America were united there would be 10
limit to the brag of and the bounce of the
other"
Out Of the Mouths of Babes sayings.-Little
ness Besse r%eadingTNature % unadorned is adorned the
Little Harry-oh, guess it means that broiled
~ The Parson-How did you get that black eye
Tommy-Fighting sir
=, T., I'm sorry to hear that. Don't you know that
Yes. sir. That's what 1 told your kid when he
licked me yesterday."-(Chicago News
rhe citizens of Hiawatha. Kan. are divided into
two hostile camps a curious question Some
time ago wealthy woman died and was buried
When her will opened IL was discovered that
she had left $500 for the Improvement the ceme-
terry in which she should be buried. The managers
of the graveyard in which she wasn't buried are
trying to have the body moved and the people have
taken sides
His Musical Sense-''What is your favorite
opera asked the foreign gentleman.
Mr CumroX about THE Mika do
when he observed that the eyes of his wife and
daughter were upon him. Then he assumed an
air of nonchalance and answered.
on, | don't care particular about the names OF
cigars or the titles of operas. | like TO change
around. just tell EN- TO give me twenty cent
cigar when feel like smoking. And when / want
music enjoy any old five dollar a seat opera -
washington Star
Philadelphia dealer says: I'VE sell more lime
during this month than in all the of the wear
IL is because there Is house in the land that is
not cleaned IN May; there is housecleaning
without Its whitewashing. and there is no white
wash known that has not lime for a base CITY
men have their whitewashing done by hirelings
nut the suburbanite conducts this work himself
taking pride in It, When he is through what
with the tears In his eyes and the snowy coat all
over him. he resembles 'whited sepulchre' as the
poet says. A hve cent cake OF lime would go
much further than 1t does IL these amateur white
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SPANIARDS IN CUBA.

One of the most deplOred menaces of the new
order Of things in Cuba bids fair to fail of full
fllment. 1t was predicted and widely expected
that the Spanish population of the island would
be largely sacrificed to the revolution. There
were thousands of Spanish residents, apart from
the carpetbag office holders, who were settled
there in good faith and who were not especially
identified with politics, though naturally in geli-
eral sympathy with the Peninsular Govern
ment. They included many of the best people
of the island, from business as we'll as from a
social point of view. But being Spaniards they
were regarded by the Creoles with suspicion if
not always with hatred. The fear was that
they would either, through dissatisfaction with
the change of government and distrust of its
results, leave the island voluntarily and return
TO Spain or be driven out of the island more or
less despoiled by the triumphant and vindctve
Creoles.
For this fear there was some reason so long
as the Cuban revolution held its course 1t is
by no means impossible, nor even improbable
that it would have been realized to a consider
able degree had that revolution succeeded with
out the Intervention of the United States We
know how high passions rose during and at the
end of the war. Happily, however, there was
United States intervention, and in it the Span
iards found their security as well as the Cubans
their triumph and their freedom. 1t was by no
means the least arduous or least important of
the tasks imposed upon the United States ad-
ministration in Cuba TO keep the peace between
the factions. The task has, however been we'll
performed and the result is that great hard
ship has been averted and a valuable element
Of population has been saved to the island The
confidence inspired by United States control
has caused the great majority of the Spaniards
to remain in the island. Some of them have
become Cuban citizens. Some of them prefer
to retain their Spanish affiliation. But all feel
satisfied and secure.
That in itself is a noteworthy thing But that
is by no means all. 1t is now made known
that Spaniards are literally focking to Cuba by
thousands Already this year more than six
thousand have landed in the island from Spain
few are merely returning refugees. But the
vast majority are newcomers who have never
been In Cuba before. They are largely men and
women OF the wage earning type seeking work
on the plantations and in the factories which
are now being restored to prosperous operation
though not few are well to do business and
professional men and capitalists They are one
ana all expecting to ind In Cuba not only secu-
rity and peace under the control of the United
States but also in the revival of industry and
the development of hitherto neglected resources
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OFFICE AND TRUST STOCKS.

The Tammany Office holders are as angry over
any revelations of their ownership of stock In
the Ice Trust as if they themselves recognized
an interest in this oppressive monopoly as
disgraceful thing. Nevertheless they one and
ali protest that it is nobody's business and that
they have right TO own stock in the American
Ice Company or the American Sugar Refining
Company if they so desire They forget two
things, however, in taking this position. One is
their public Office and the other is their political
pose as enemies to trusts
II may be the legal right Of the Mayor or the
= Dock Commissioners 10 own Ice Trust stock
provided they paid for 1t al a fair market price
and did not receive il free specially
favorable conditions because of their official
power. But do the men in control of the city
government think il shows nice sense of honor
and propriety for those who are responsible for
the interests Of the public at large TO hold stock
in corporations which from their nature must
have close relations with the city government in
carrying on their business? A gas company
uses the streets and makes contracts with the
csy. bonding company is surety for city
employees and contractors. and. of course, can
be helped or hurt by the disposition of the
officials. An ice company rents public docks
and must store. handle and distribute its product
subject municipal regula tions City officers. If
they own stock in such corporations. are liable
at any minute TO find their public duties not In
harmony with their private interests. They may
resist the temptation 10 blink at some violation
OF ordinances by their own company or 10 favor
lt and shut out competitors in the letting of a
dock. But human nature has been found TO be
such i'll the experience of mankind that il is
commonly regarded as remarkable if a man is
thus able 10 rise above himself An incredulous
world believes such austerity difficult and looks
with suspicion on men who try to pass Judgment
on their own cases. 1t has therefore long been
considered highly desirable for public officers to
separate themselves from ali private business
over which they in any way had Official influence
Thus the Secretary Of the Treasury is forbidden
10 engage in commerce. That conception of
official prcpriety does not. il is true appeal To
the reason Of Mr. Croker. who ayows that he
runs the city government for his own pocket all
the time. bis representatives may share that
view and like him. manfully defend their right
10 use their public power as an instrument for
filling their private pockets. But, If so, il is
strange that they should feel so nsulted at any
intimation that they live up TO their principles
Quite aside from their obligations as guardians
OF the common welfare is the political aspect of
TammaDy ownership Of trust stocks Augustus
Van Wyck put up his lightning rod not long
ago. hoping to be made the hero Of an antitrust
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a better opportunity for wages and profits than
the stagnant life Of the Peninsula affords
Such abiding of Spaniards in Cuba and such
numerous migration of them thither are among
the most significant features Of the new order
of affairs in that island. The one contrasts to
it's own advantage with the great exodus OF
British loyalists from the United States at the
close of our Revolution, and the other compares
favorably with the subsequent migration of
British subjects hither. The two constitute an
important tribute to the benefcence of United
States Intervention in Cuba and of continued
United States control down to the present time
They also, we must not for a moment forget
emphasize with tremendous force the response
bilty for the administration and conduct of the
island which assumed by this country In
rest upon US
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FURTHER GIFTS TO WASHINGTON AND LEE.

THE VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY THE BENEFICIARY
UNDER PROFESSOR BRADFORDs WILL
Philadelphia May 24-By the terms OF the viii
of Professor Vincent 1. Bradford, jurst. who died
In this city in 1854. leaving estate worth over
500 coo. one-haIf of the estate and other smaller
legacies will now revert to the Washington and Lee
University, of Rockbridge, Lexington County, Va,
by reason of the death OF his widow, Mrs. Juliet
Bradford. The latter died recently at her home
here leaving additional bequest OF 5000 to the
university. and through her death Professor Brad
fords bequest becomes operative
The will provides that his library shall go TO
the department of Washington and Lee Cniver-
sity to be known the Vincent F. Bradford Law
Library and annuity Of 800 Is left for the main
tenance OF his library. All the oil paintings pos
sessed by Professor Bradford are devised 70 the
institution. and annuity OF $500 Is left for
the maintenance OF the gallery, which is to be
known the Vincent z. Bradford Collection
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
WAR NEWS sERTED PIPING HOT.

From The Providence Journal
The New-York Tribune. which shares with this
paper the services OF MIR L. y. Ford London cor
respondent remarks that readers may have Won
dered how he eontrives 10 telegraph such late news
across the Atlantic every morning. His last dis
patches are sent at a. IN. bur there is nothing
wonderful about this the difference IN time be-
tween London and New-YoTk is fve hours. He Is
ahle. says The Tribune Ito possess himself every
morning of all the Just issuing from the
presses OF all the various London papers early
enough To get the cream OF II into The Tribune OF
the same day by quick work his end of the
cable and ours. Thus our readers would gain little
or nothing II. as soon as they got UP.
they could send themselves by cable 10 Lon
don In search OF the latest Intelligence: or II
they could have the London papers themselves at
the breakfast table, with all their vOluninous re-
ports Mr. Ferd's correspondence has been intel
nSent and discriminating. and he has happily COM
stinct"
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IMPOSING CEREMONY AT ROME.
VAST CoNcoURsE WITNESSES A CANoNIzATIoN
BY THE PONTIFF.

Rome. May A.-There magnificent specta-
Gle in st. Peters to-day the occasion of the
canonization Of Jean Baptiste de la Sane the
founder of the Order of Christian Brothers and Rita
di Cascia, a OF the Augustinian Order The
interior of the Basca Illuminated and
ing was filled with great concourse of people,
including all the Pontifcal dignitaries. diplomats
and the Roman nobility OF the sixty thousand
spectators. about thirty thousand were foreign
pilgrims Italian troops kept order in the square
in front of st. Peters. while the Pontifcal body
guard was stationed within the Cathedral
Pope Leo, attired In his state robes was borne
the Sedia Gestatoria the head of an inn
posing procession. composed of the entire Papal
Court three Patrarchs Archbishops and Bishops
and four Cardinals. of cheering rose from
the multitude the Pope's appearance but the
applause quickly hushed by the guards When
the procession reached the choir Leo aghted from,
the Seda Gestatoria. took his on the Pontifcal
Throne. and the Cardinals and other ecclesiastcs
massed around him. The solemn ceremony OF
canonization was then proceeded with
The Pontiff, after the usual prayers pronounced
the canonization and ntoned the "Te Deum" At
that moment the bells in all the churches in Rome
rang out. and the Pope solemnly blessed the con-
gregation and returned to the Vatican amid the
prolonged cheering OF the very large audience as
sembled which then left the Cathedral and dis
persed.
Only two unpleasant Incidents occurred An Itsl
ian pilgrim suffered from slight stroke OF apo
mexy at the entrance Of the Cathedral. and subse-
chandelier inside the Bas!lica fell. slightly injur
ing French woman.
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DOWN TOWN ASSOCIATION DUES.
PROPOSAL OF BOARD OF GOVERNORS TO RAIsB
THEM IS REJECTED

THEM IS REJECTED.
The Board OF Governors OF the Down Town As
ISOLATION of No 90 Pine-s less strictly called the
Down Town Club. recently proposed raising the
members dues from $50 the present amount, TO
$40. "Wednesday vote was taken, and yesterday
it was announced that large majority of the bal
lots cast against such change. In explain
ing the reasons for the suggestion and the mean
ing of the vo-e officer OF tIe association said:
For three months last year-May. June and July
materials higher than usual Besides
steward had left At that time IL felt that
more revenue might be needed. But since then
have been getting along well enough The Board OF
Governors offered the present plan with the ex-
peCtation that ft might be amended to make
the advance less sharp. But as no amendment
was made the proposal. unchanged, came up TO be
acted upon. Not over one hundred and sixty
bers voted Those who opposed the measure came
to the polls. while those who did much
way or The other stayed away. The members
extravaganza. They had the idea that the House
Committee with $4,000 more year would think
IL could go Into many things, and that the result
would not be a great gain 10 the members Still,
the Board of Governors is not greatly disappointed
the result. The association be run on the
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DTToRCE SUIT AGAINST LATE F. 4. BELL.

IF HIS WIFE WINS ON APPEAL SHE WILL. GET
SHARE OF HIS PROPERTY
Chicago May PA dispatch TO The Chronicle
from Bloomington. ILL., says that Frederick a Bell
who died in Madison n. j., on Saturday. leaving
a fortune estimated at several millions accumulated
by inheritance and BY dealing in coal in Buffalo and
Rochester, was married twenty years ago IN this
city to Mrs. Mary Gridley Bruce youngest daugh-
ter of the late General Asahel Gridley one of the
wealthiest of Central Illinois The marriage
proved unhappy and a separation followed Mrs
Bell returned to her home, and ten wears ago
brought suit for divorce, alleging desertion D-
vOrCe and alimOny of $3.OG0 a year was granted.
Bell contested. and in the New-York Supreme Court
the decision was against him. He appealed 10 the
Court of Appeals. and thence 10 the United States
Supreme Court. where the is now pending
In case the decision is in favor of Mrs. Bell she
Will receive, in addition 10 the unpaid aliTnony,
either one-third of the large estate left by Mr..
Bell a life interest In II. Mrs. Bell has for a
number of years spent most of the time in New
York CITY.
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PERSONAL.
churches.

When Senator Hoar of Massachusetts,. was re-
replied: For serious work. David Harum'; for
hight reading and amusement, I've been going
through Gibbon again"
Sir Richard Webster, the new Master Of the
Rolls in succession to Sir Nathaniel Lindsay was
born in 1912, and is the son of Thomas Web
ster, who attained distinction as a lawyer He
was educated at Kings College School at Charter
house. and Trinity College, Cambridge of which
he was a Scholar He has been Attorney General
three times and has just been raised the peerage
as LORD AlVenstone. in recognition of his high
standing in the legal profession.
Oberlin College has conferred the degree of
Ii. D. on S. B. Capen. the president of the Amer
lean Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mis-
Sions
Dr. Moses NJ. Bragg who died in Utica the other
day. left his library of New-York history to the
NewYork Historical Society. DR.. Bragg's collec-
ton was considered the best of It's kind extant.
Assistant Superintendent Otto H. Tittmann of
the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey has
been commissioned to TRACE the Alaskan boundary
line established by the modus vivend of October
1899, between the British Government and the
western Territory in few days, and will be gen
about two months. ,..t Sc
st. Louis. May 24--Goodman King of this CITY,
of the Missouri State Commissioners to the
Paris Exposition has been asked by cable to serve
as one of the judges of awards He has accepted
the place and will sail June the Kaiser
Wilhelm der Crosse.
Guthrie, Okla, May "a (SpeciaD.-The Misses Nor
ton, of No. 1SS Westinghouse. Norwich, Conn.,.
have given $4,000 to the Kingfsher Oklahoma
congregational College to found chapel room.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
PREPARING TO FIGHT JAPAN.

st. Petersburg, May PA plan for the de-
fence of Manchuria has been drawn up Six
fortified posts will be erected.
For the purpose of strategical study General
Sacharoff Chief of the Russian General staff
will start for Manchuria at the end Of this
month"; accompanied by eight high Russian off,
GERS to prepare for possible conflict with Japan
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
AHMED PACHA'S PLANS.
MAY MAKE A CONTRACT WITH THE CRAMPS
FOR A TURKISH wARsHIP.

Washington, May "a (SpeciaD.-Rear-Admirai
Ahmed Pacha Engineer in Chief of the TURKISH
Navy, said this afternoon that he expected TO go
to Philadelphia tomorrow or Monday to examine
the Cramp shipyard and make himself famiiiar
with the construction and expense of American
warships. 1t possible, ne thought that
contract for the construction of a Turkish snip
might be made with the Cramps to whom ne
has letters of Introduction. He expects 10 Visit
other works and to make report to his Gov
ernment on American naval practice in order
that the Porte can act integently in making
contracts in the United States
Ahmed Pacha had call from Rear-Admlrai
Melville this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
SUPPRESSION OF BOXERS DEMANDED.

FOREIGN POWERS THREATEN TO LAND TROOPS
IN CHINA
Shanghai May 24.-The members of the Chi
nese secret society known as the Boxers are now
openly drilling at Peking, and many high Man
chus including members of the Imperial clan
Joining the movement, which is becoming so
threatening that the diplomatic representatives
are about to take action Senor B. j. De Colo
gan. the Spanish Minister and doyen of the
diplomatic Corps has made demand upon the
Tsung-ii- Yamen (Chinese Foreign Office,
couched in the strongest terms, for the imme-
diate suppression of the Boxers. threatening
that otherwise ell the Powers concerned would
land troops in China.
Advices received here from Corea say Rus
sian troops occupy Masampho and will pre-
vent the passage of all corners over the terri
tory in Corea claimed by Russia.
New-York tribune., 1900-05-25
BRIDE STRICKEN IN THE cHURCH.

South Manchester. Conn, May 24-The marriage
of Miss Hannah Leavitt to John Wrenn. OF Water
bury. which was TO have taken place AT ST. James's
Catholic Church here to-day. interrupted at
the last moment by the sudden Illness OF the bride
The bridal party was proceeding up the aisle and
had gone about a quarter of the distance when
MISS Leavitt suddenly fell TO the floor. physician
round that she suffering from hemorrhage or
the brain. The young taken at 10
the parochial residence and is in most critical
condition. Ii Is feared she cannot