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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
FOOTING BRITISH WAR BILLS

Mr.. Chamberlain's statement that South At
rica would be required TO pay large part of
the costs Of the BOer war aroused the enthusi-
astic approval of even his Radical foes In the
House Of Commons. 1t deserved such recep-
ton, for II was exactly in line with common
sense and common justice Whether the war
was right or wrong, it was brought about by
South Africa, it was entered into by the British
Empire in behalf of South Africa and its major
benefits are expected TO accrue to South Africa
In such state of the South Africa should
certainly be required to foot the bills especially
as it is now probably the most lightly taxed
part Of the whole Empire and has untouched
resources of taxation which might readily be
made 10 supply a revenue OF millions year
The gold mines of the Witwatersrand are COM
monty thought Of as the things to be taxed No
doubt they should be and will be taxed. There
are thirty or forty of Them paying aggregate
dividends of S25.OOO.OOO or more a year. All
the companies have hitherto been registered in
the Transvaal. and thus have escaped the in
come tax. If now that tax shall be imposed
upon them, as it should be, they will make a
contribution OF, say. S1.25O,OOO a year toward
the liquidation OF the war debt But that is
not the sole. perhaps not the chief source of
revenue. Cape Colony is as much concerned in
the matter as the Transvaal and should be
made similarly 10 foot the bills 1t is recalled
/ that the diamonds of Kimberley are untaxed
! in Cape Colony, though they are certainly a fit
/ ting object OF taxation. Some So, 100000 worth
OF them are exported each year If they were
taxed to the extent of s1,25OOOO nobody would
suffer and the Government would be materially
aided. Again, there is the important item OF
spirits. There is no excise tax upon brandy
and similar spirits manufactured in the Colony
! The result Is that each year about 1,250OoG
gallons OF the stuff are disposed Of II is very
! cheap, and very bad. and the results of its
use are disastrous. IL a tax of 10 shillings q
! gallon were imposed upon II the Government
would receive from that source S3.I25.OOO a
year; or, II the tax caused a diminution CT pro
ductiOn and use. health. morals and public
order would greatly gain. Thus from these
three sources alone may be derived n suu
sufficient 10 pay the interest upon SlS0OOOO OC
Of the war loan. OF course. there are otha,
legitimate sources of revenue DESPITE the
millions OF surplus revenue collected yearly Inv
the Transyaal Government. taxation was IN
many cases absurdly light or neglected alto
gether There is on record the boast of one
Outlander that on an income OF 100000 he maid
only 800 year. Under the supervision of q
practical hnancier South Africa could easily be
made 70 pay the interest on the entire war debit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
CROWNER'S QUEST LAW

Coroners, with their STATS, are expensive
luxuries in this part of the country and Iuxuries
that might readily be dispensed with TO the nd
vantage of the community. Their department
for the entire city costs the taxpayers more
than S15O0O0 year, of which over S60OOO is
paid out in the Borough Of Manhattan and
about half as much in The Bronx. 1t is strange
that The Bronx, with its comparatively modest
population. should draw almost as heavily IN
the municipal treasury for the work of the
Coroners as Brooklyn, with It's immense number
of residents
1t might almost be inferred from tho ammo
priatons for GROWERS quests" in the various
divisions of the metropolis that The Bronx was
an appalling centre of crime and had mn
more than its proper percentage of homicidas
and sudden deaths. Nevertheless. the trutb Is
The Bronx does not fall below the AVERAGE of
civilized communities in its moral standards u
Is reasonably peaceful These startling fiouras
as to the outlay for COrOners' cases in Tho
Bronx should be looked into with unbiasSod
care. The Tribune said editoriaIIv wears 400
that our Coroner's department ought 70 no
abolished, and system adopted similar 70 ,bot
OF the medical examiners in Massachusetts A
change of that sort would work much GOOD
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
HENRY r. BEEKMAN.

The sudden and wholly unexpected death Of
Justice Beekman creates a vacancy on The
Supreme Court bench which may be worthiy
filed, but 1t is not an expression of merely
conventional respect to say that the community
has suffered a severe loss
1t was a fortunate result Of the unusual
political conditions existing in 1894 that Mr.
Beekman was elected TO a judicial Office for
which he was peculiarly qualified by tempera-
ment, talents and inclination, but to which,
under ordinary circumstances, he would never
have attained He WAS wise, faithful and
incorruptible Judge, whose too brief service in
that capacity confirmed the highest estimate
OF his character and abilities. He had already
done much valuable work of a public nature
when he was raised TO the bench, and the Rapid
Transit act under which an indispensable I'M
dertaking is being safely carried out is an en-
during monument to his sagacity and prudence.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
PERSONAL.

The Rev. Dr. S. P. Leeds celebrated the fortieth
anniversary of his pastorate OF the College Church
at Hanover N H. on Sunday. Throughout this
time" says 1.-THE Springfield Republican his
congregation has been composed of practically all
the Dartmouth College faculty. nearly all or the
students under a rule of compulsory attendance
and large majority of the tOwnspeople, and II IS
well accounted a noteworthy tribute to his ability
and character that ne should have been able so long
meet the requirements of so exceptional eongTe
cation. DR.. Leeds Is native or New oI I 10y 10y
of NeW-YOrk. He and Mrs. Leeds Will
spend the winter In Florida, but will continue 10
make Hanover their home
James Whitcomb Riley was the guest of honor at
the annual banquet Of the ST. Louis Indiana Society
last Friday evening.
The late Joseph w. McClurg. of Missouri, ex-
Governor ex-CongTessman and ex-prospector
made a horseback journey from Texas to Missouri
i, 200 miles or soto marry his wife He crossed
the plains to California in the old ox-team days
He established stores opened mines built roads,
put steamboats, the Usage. and worked up
business of 100000 a year. He hated slavery, but
being i'll used by brutal masters and make lie
easier for them. He loved the Union and he
was as fastidously neat and dapper as at twenty.
Captain G. II. Lambson, of the United States Fish
Commission, sailed from San Francisco on Wednes-
day on the steamer Sierra with five hundred thou
sand live salmon eggs In his charge. which he is
taking TO New-Zealand as a present from the
United States Government 10 the New-Zealand
Government
Ithaca, " Y, Dec 17.-H. c. Chatfield Taylor. of
Chicago a member of the class of sc of Cornell
University, delivered lecture in Barnes Hall to-
night. His subject was "Moliere and His Times
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
which her title had been

10 abandon Belize. to which her title had been
recognized nor would il cause the United states
to renounce the Panama protectorare. But
Great Britain interpreted IL otherwise She de-
clared THAI Hosquitia and the other territories
were 'depsA sencies OF Belize" and so insisted
upon retaining them She did in fact retain
them for ten years thereafter finally reiinquisn-
ing them. not under the treaty and at the In
stance Of the United States but through negO-
tiations with Nicaragua and Honduras; though.
Of course. II might be claimed that she did so
because Of the treaty. Such were the conditions
Just before and at the time OF the negotiation
Of the Clayton Balwer Treaty. It would not be
practicable 70 restore them. and II Is not con-
ceivable that the United States would desire or
consent to their restoration. But neither would
this country wish 10 see Great Britain relieved
of all the restraints imposed by the treaty and
made free to rSoecupy Greytown and Mosquito.
and to acquire. fortify and cOlonize Central
American territory. Great Britain might never
seek to do So but upon the face Of 1t simple
abrogation OF the treaty could be interpreted as
investing her with such privileges.
The United States. of course. desires to be
freed from the restrictions OF the treaty. so far
least to be free to construct and to control
the canal. Some are further urging that this
country should be free to acquire and fortify
Central American territory. But Il Is obvious
that. just as the treaty Is binding upon both
parties. the abrogation Of II would equally free
both parties from it's restrictions The Monroe
Doctrine might indeed be invoked against Great
Britain, but II that did not bind her when the
treaty was made, is 1t fair to assume that it
should when the treaty is abrogated? One party
cannot usually demand that it shall be set free
while the other shall remain bound Or, II the
latter be the case. the party which remains
bound may demand compensation in other direc-
tions. Such are the considerations which have
led some Of the most thoughtful and judicOus
men to prefer mere modification OF the Clayton
Bulwer Treaty to it's outright and unconditional
abrogation- They worthy OF the most
thoughtful attention in the current discussions
Of the Senate. 1t may be well TO seek abrOga-
ton OF the treaty: but II Is certainly desirable in
the highest degree TO have pretty clear con-
eeption OF what would be the effect and the re-
suit Of such action Yours respectfully.
Brooklyn. Dec. IL. 1900 W. F. J.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
amusfmcnrs.

ACADEMY OF NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. cristo
aAERIf,aN TFIEATRE-2-s.l5-The Silver King
RISOIr-s .20-Madge smith
BROADWAY THEATRE-s :lO-Foxy CUTLER
CASINOS .l5-Florodora-
f-rTrrrRTON THEATRE-S-The Gay Lord &aeN
r,1rlysS TIE :3f-The Man OF Forty
F-T5frN NTTSEE-The World In Wax
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FOI-ETEENTH STREET THEATRE hN''N'-
f-LuTF-N THEATIifs-s-Camiile.
fs1pPTrFx THEATRES .15-Dagfd Harurn
GRAND OPERA HOUSE, ne = s"H's
TaPTrN OPERA EOUSE-S-Sapho
fFpaTp SQUARE TdEATRE-e.2o-Ari
nsi.>-1s ~ TsTT,A TRHs-S--Das Grohe Hemo
KEITH S-Coufnuous Ferformance
1-ScTrKFRBOCKER TfIEATRt--e--L Aieion
zroSTrR a BAL -2-S-Naudev1ie
1<ssI-7-xr TTTF, T-TRF--e 30--A Royal fetniis a
MhlTSOS SQUARE THEATRE-s.So-aoose' f'-e' .
,f.TF.,p,D1 TTAN OPERA HOUsE-s-Romeo e. 1uhette-
Sl4s5pay pTTI, TTIEATRE-2-S-NeFer again.
>4rxr-YORK THEATRE-S-Naudeyille.
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.rrr-TS0Tl-S Continuous Performance
RF BIIcs 2O-The sprghtiy Romance OF
xrYr-rOT,TA As .30-Naudeviie. ,..s..h
SfaTI,kCKS THEATRES. 30-Janice M'fe1ieu-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
DEFEAT OF THE PREFERENCE BILL


The vote in the House of Representatives yes
terday On the new Veteran Preference bill was
decided and rather unexpected victory for sound
principles Of government. One OF the most
vicious ideas ever spread among our people is
the belief that public offices are proper gifts for
charitable disposition 1t is an uphill and seem
ingly amending fight TO convince politicians and
even statesmen who ought to know il without
teaching that an Office exists for the perform
hnce Of work, and that il is a wrong 10 put I'm il
man less competent than another 10 do the
work, no matter how many battles he has
fought or how great claims he may have on the
gratitude OF his cOuatrymen. If his country
men owe him anything. let them give him med
ais or shower him with such pensions as their
feelings OF obligation or generosity prompt but
lei them not demOralize their government by
setting him tasks which others are better com
petent 10 perform
The bil which was defeated yesterday in the
House Of Representatives by vote of 81 10 lO5
was designed TO extend the present preference
ID favor OF the veterans OF the Civil War 10 all
veterans Regular and volunteer. of the war
with Spain and the campaigns in the Philip
pines. This bin was pushed chiefly by a former
gambling house Keeper, who managed 10 gain
Tor II the support OF many highly respectable
Grand Army men. Some OF them doubtless
thought il only fair and generous as they were
growing fewer In number, 20 pass along their
preference 10 a new generation and the bad
haoit OF looking al Office as refuge for objects
OF charity has blinded them to the evils of the
practice. This bin would have created a pre-
TERED class Of Office claimants numbering about
oooOoO and as most of them are young men II
would practically have excluded civilians from
the civil Service lists for many years 90 come
and have built up a vast military Office holding
caste
Nobody objects TO seeing these men i'm office
when they secure Office on equal terms with
others because they can best discharge official
fuues. The preference, however. would place
Re veteran who obtained only 6 Der cent on
animation az the head Of the list. ana give
an ONCE for which civilian had Dassed =
ercent examination. The creation of so larg,
'erred class would have broken down tbs
fer-sYstem, for scarcely an Office would
by the most competent candidate
aose De was most competent Tn.
D theif preference would have mad,
worth while for any man 10 seel
OF special competence More
body OF Office holders. protecte,
Ould have created a permanen
~. II would have been i'm
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
As TO PROGRESSIVE PROGRAMMES.

There is observable in various quarters GER
tain tenderness which shrinks from naming the
coming municipal campaign, what 1t must be In
fact, a campaign against Tammany Hall, and
tendency to demand progressive programme
for the city's regeneration Reform, says one
who would make progress" the watchword, has
lost it's inspiration as a municipal battle cry
What is wanted is something positive, some
thing more than mere opposition, something
aggressive and advancing. The trouble with all
this is that while the term progress" is accept
able 10 everybody who is Disguised with the
present regime, il means one thing TO one man
and quite another thing TO another man. Munic-
ipal ownership of public utilities seems progress
10 some: to others it seems retrOgressiOn. Free
ing model tenements from taxation would APP
pear TO be progress 10 some, while others would
consider it a step in the direction of State
socialism. The Single Tax advocates have their
definition of the term progress, a definition
quite different from that of equally thoughtful
men who believe that progress toward ideal
taxation will be along the line of our own
Franchise Tax law and kindred measures
So also with the term positive" 1t is
strong firm word, but just now it is keeping
company with n great many ideas which are
far from positive Without the slightest dis
arrangement, II is proper TO say that not one of
the suggestions for municipal betterment along
sociological lines now tentatively before the
public has assumed anything like positive form.
Even among those who are ready to adopt
municipal ownership as a principle there is no
substantial agreement as to how far the prin-
ciple should be carried Many a man has
decided for himself how far ii should go in the
present, but there is no popular agreement even
among those who adhere TO the principle. And
of course, it must not be forgotten that many
thoughtful persons see nothing but danger and
extravaganza in any wide application of the
principle until the problem of putting good men
instead of bad men into public office has been
met and solved
1t is therefore an important inquiry whether
or not campaign for the overthrow of the
present reign Of misrule in this city does not in
fact present more positive elements, more ele-
ments of progress, than any other which could
be proposed. No one, probably, would be so
rash as TO assert that work in the interest of
municipal betterment might properly cease with
the overthrow of Tammany. An anti-Tammany
canvass is not wisely urged upon any such
hypothesis. But clear headed men are seeing
more distinctly every day that the first essential
is Tammanys overthrow This is not a pro-
gramme OF mere opposition 1t is programme
involving the first step in advance Moreover. il
is the one programme upon which all can agree.
1t is progressive and positive where others sug-
gested as possessing these elements are in truth
vague, experimental and speculative
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
have obtained the contracts for the remoVai Oh
snow at extravagant prices.

Sanguine Pennsylvanians are dreaming dreams
and seeing visions of the triumph of their state
over New-York in the industrial primacy OF the
commonwealth of this Republic The furnaces
and mills and all the business enterprises OF
Pennsylvania are hourishing notably and are
likely to prosper for many day The makers
of rails in Pittsburg. it is said. have signed con-
tracts already for the production OF million
tons of steel rails in 1901. II that statement Is
correct the figures are gratifying and eneour-
aging But this Empire State of ours does not
intend to be surpassed in the rivalry for indus
trial leadership. At one time Pennsylvania was
the greatest business State in the Union. New
York holds that place now, and it means TO
keen IL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
THE POLICE SHAKEUP.
A BLOW AT wILLoUGHBx STREET,

BLOW AT wILLOUGHBY STREET.
From The Brooklyn Times.
If these transfers were only intended to restore
posed q that Ss'S Mr %chaSgRn would Be moved
atn Ign as 81 20 tGfssJ the Td &c os s
garrulty that distinguished Mr. Richard Croker
lived through such conditions before and their
tnuanee has not been allowed 70 disturb his equa-
cate s0mething deeper and more personal 70 him
another indication of purpose on the part OF the
Tammany leaders 70 humiiiate the Kings County
influence as It still retains.
FOR REVENUE ONLY
From The New-York Times
What unquestionably is true IS that the transfers
are aTgey IN 6Hs % % t % PCGy
eollusion at times and intimidation at others. with
a shameful piece OF business. Il ought to serve
to arouse still more strOnsly the resentment and
termination put end to the dstestabIs and IN
furious rule OF Tammany
WAR ON YORK
From The New-York Herald
The character Of Saturdays shakeup Is accept
master upon Mr. York and his 6sekers OF the DEM
oeratie machine OF Brooklyn.
BROOKLYN MUST BE WORKED.
From The Brooklyn Eagle
shame nn d iRy qS5 az o Supplies from
there. Brooklyn must be worked" The Ofncers
relied 10 work n are put in their places Thus
the compact was broken, and that Is why It was
broken. -
TIMELY LESSON
From The New-York Evening Post
bad as this latest exhibition OF Tammany rule
Is II Is. on the whole, fortunate that Ii should
nave occurred az this time, when public attention
Is fixed upon that department OF the gOVsrr nenf
what We need Is a demonstration OF the badness
or that rule and OF the hOpeessness OF anv rsform
under H. IL Is well that the community shoaId
nave one object lesson after another For this
reason ~ Is happy circumstance that the head
% the force - a man OF the DeVery tyne Wfthout
the shrewdness to MS Object uyisr, ~ 49,
Ee-a 70 the Impulses oS lls natura - - $50
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
gunrr TO Advertisements.
Business Notires.

Carl H. Schultz's Pure Mineral Male .lI,.s.
a. lie had al en- first class druggists anu 80 49,,
or direct from factory $50 10 80 tllst 49, ~"
WHY DRINK CI2OTON WATER
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

The steamer Umbria. which arrived here from
Liverpool and Queenstown yesterday. brought H. A.
Allan. James A. Bailey, William Bryan, Lloyd
Carrie the Rev s. C. Gordon. Captain r. L. Hey
gale, a. A. Lawson William Muir Mackenzie, II.
Morgan Browne. Robert Nixon, Charles S. Noble,
Eugene o. Sullivan, Commander L. Power, r. N;
Warren D. Rollins and Sir Anthony Thornhill,
Bart.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Among those booked to sail to-day for Gibraltar
Naples and Genoa the Kaiser Wilhelm III are
Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Appleton and the Misses
Madeleine Julia Appleton, Mr. and Mrs. G. Law
renee BabcOck, Mrs Isaac Bell Mr.. and Mrs
Duncan Cameron. f. Marion Crawford. the author
Mr.. and Mrs. Heary Lane Emo. William wilson
Heaton. Ex-Governor Levi p. Morton, the Misses
Helen and Alice Morton. Miss Mallory. Miss Amy
d. Nordhof and Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Wickham.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Some or the passengers who arrived here yester-
day on the steamer Mnnehaha from London were
the Duke of Newcastle. C. j. Bentley, DIR. W, r.
Blue ]. n. Castn - Captain ]. Archer Harris C..
A. Mackenzie, Miss Edith Harrison and Thomas
Warwick
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Willoughby Street is blazing with wrath ~
less Tammany takes heed. a dense smell NJ
oadly scorched fur may speedily fill the ai- II
is time for the tiger to turn tail
Boston newspapers assert that the conductor.
on their local traffic lines are the most cuItras
ticket collectors to be found anywhere Tba,, =,
sist that many Of these Yankee sages can sneaL
several languages and carry college diplomas ,n
their inside pockets. New Workers are plain and
practcal IN streetcars. They don't care how
many university honors their conductors NAV,
nave carried of, and they don't bother 70 inoura
now many Merchants there may be on +be
platforms But they want their ticket takers ~
'alK PLAIN English when they call out the names
Of the streets.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Some of those who expect to sail for Liverpool
on the steamer Majestic Wednesday are Cap
tain G. S. Cartwright, John NJ. Ferguson Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert s. Latlin Archdeacon Lighthouse. Cap
tain and Mrs. Montague, the Right Hon. Horace
Plunkett and Mrs. Horace Porter
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Liverpool Dec. 1.-THE White Star Line steamer
Teutonic. scheduled to sail for NewYork Wednes-
day next from this port, will take among her pas
sengers Joseph Pulitzer, proprietor of THE New
York World,': Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Harmsworth
and Leigh Hunt.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

contractors and builders in the Borough Of
brooklyn have been amazingly busy In the clos
ing months of this year A few weeks ago tbaro
were more than three thousand six hundred nar
buildings going up within the limits OF that bor-
oIgh. while there We're fewer than two thousand
IN mammal AN. OF course, it is true that the
+S" structures under way upon this side OF the
East River are as a rule. larger and rooro cos,I,
than those in progress upon Long island bn+ tbo
activity in building operations in Kings Count,
Is. nevertheless highly gratifying More an5
more Brooklyn is becoming a centre OF CON
Venient comfortable and attractive homes for
people Of moderate means.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

Iheres too much dust in our streets and ave-
hues Tor the comfort Of the hurrying throngs OF
holiday shoppers Commissioner Maggie is not
doing his duty. Is he waiting for Santa Claus
10 PUT Christmas present of a new broom or a
showstorm in the vast recesses of his gigantic
stocking? II is shrewdly suspected that Magic
is longing for a heavy snowfall That woula
bury the dust and would put great deal az
money n the pockets OF his dear friends who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18
FOR REVENUE ONLY.
A WAR ON YORK.
BROOKLYN MUST BE WORKED.

Tammany Is simply OF money. Supplies from
shame run low IN Manhattan, for folks are aroused
there. Brooklyn must be worked The officers
VINO would not work" sent away Those
relied on 70 work Il put in their places Thus
the compact was broken. and that Is why Al was
broken - "-' - vs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-12-18

To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: afraid that Mr.. Carnegie has not
read the ClaytOn-Bulwer Treaty. He says: 1T
was made to obtain canal; it failed TO do so,
and there an end"