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New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
FFTIETH AYyTFERsART CELEBRATED.

SOUTH CONGREGATHoNAL CHURCH OF BROOKLYN
OBSERVES SEMI MI-cENTENNIAI-
The South Congregational Church, Court and
President sts, Brooklyn, crowded at three
meetings yesterday which were held In celebration
OF the ffteth anniversary of the organization Of
the society. In the morning the Rev DR. Albert j.
Lyman, the pastor, who Is now dean OF the Congre-
gatonal clergy IN Brooklyn, delivered an historical
address
in the afternoon the Rev DIR. Edward y. lnger-
soi. OF Emmanuel Church. and the Rev. Thornton
3. Penheld. secretary OF the Central Branch OF the
Young Mems Christian Association, spoke at eele-
ratiOn OF the Sunday school. In the evening ms
iorical papers the various departments We're
tao. They were: The Home Sunday School Dy
William Mackey superintendent; The Chapei sun
day School" Edwin + Warner. superintendent
T nc Ladies' Benevolent Society" Mrs. George al
Prenss. president: THE Young Peoples Socieries,
A l. Taylo-. president Of the Young Peoples So
clety OF Christian Endeayor.
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ITALIAN SAYS HE WAS SWIHDLED.

CHARGES TWO FELLOW coUxTRY,iEx WITH
WORKING AN OLD GAME AND OBTAINING 500
Vito Tafalo twepty-nine years old Of No. 80
East Broadway. and George Nichols. seventeen
years old, Of No. SO Pike-st., both OF Manhattan
who. II is alleged, robbed Feranda Leieizio boot
black Of No. 10 Broadway. Brooklyn by an old
confidence game, were locked up in the Adams-st
police station Brooklyn last night. They were ar
Becker.
Leiezio said that on March ls Tafalo and Mich
OILS came to him. saying that they going TO
Italy and were arranging few little things be-
fore sailing They declared that they had several
thousand dollars and wanted LeieIzio to take care
Of it for them until they should be ready to leave
town. As the bootblack now admits. he did not
see any money but believed that they had placed
IL in an envelope which handed over TO him
After the envelope had been turned over Tafalo
and Nichols hesitated saying that they were not
sure, after all, that LeieliZio honest After
some discussion the two alleged confidence men
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
OPPOSE PARIS As LIBRARY SITES.

President Charles f. Stover Of the Outdoor Recre-
alton League has called special meeting Of the
executive committee for next Tuesday evening in
the council room Of the Social Reform Club, al No.
IS University Place. The league for many years
has been advocating Fairgrounds and breathing
spots for the children in the oVercrowded sections
Of the city, and has put no less than four play
grounds in operation at its own expense The Off
GERS OF the league are greatly opposed TO the
scheme Of taking any Of the small parks or
school Fairgrounds for Carnegie library sites. From
their many years Of experience I'm the work they
feel that Il Is not fair right that the children
should be deprived Of what little space remains for
recreation and in fact, assert that there are not
nearly enough Fairgrounds now
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
"SHAHE As An INFLUENCE"
DIR. MACKAY SAYS MEN ARE ASHAMED TO
BECOME CHRISTIANS

The Rev. Or. Donald Sage Mackay preached at
the Collegiate Church. Fifth-ave. and Forty-eghth-
st. yesterday morning, on Shame Influence"
Or. Mackay said in part:
Do recognize how strong a part shame il
playing to-day in hindcrinE men and from
whole hearted profession OF Christ? | venture the
controlling influence OF restraint In
matters OF religious conviction than Ii Is
shame. not fear not unbelie that lies the roots
OF our religious Indifference Men afraid
they are simply ashamed 10 become Christians
They not sCeptiCS unbelieVers. they are sim
ply shamefaced. Many a in this city knows
what he ought to do in certain matters OF conduct
he knows the stand he ought TO take, In business
in the club or in his home. for righteousness. He
Is not afraid of the consequences If he take that
contempt which he might incur from his associates
friends.
DIR. Mackay preached last night on Vanity Fair"
He said in part:
What place has the Christian in Vanity Fair?
Well my friends that Is a question that "A minister
might well wish TO avoid being called to answer
This is not the day when minister say his
people. You may go TO this place, but not
allurng peasure-some of them seven days in the
week, or least. nights In view of their
multiplicity the question To my mind is not. Why
don't men go TO church, but rather Why do men go
to church?
WorIdliness has entered the church far more than
label certain things and say that they are forbid
den-the theatre, card playing. what II may be-
II Is not the precise thing. but attitude
must determine The world is whatever in your
Christ has the first place we are not truly Chris
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
plan but apparently the big shippers BY the
canals do not.
CHARTER KENISIUN LE5ISI1AIIVN-
BILL To BE CONSIDERED BY COMMITTEES
AND INTRODUCED THIS WEEK

Albany. March 24 (SpeciaD.-The Senate and
Assembly Cities committees expect TO finally
determine upon the details of the charter re-
vision bill for New-York this week A joint
session of both committees is scheduled for
Tuesday evening. and the bill will be formally
introduced in both houses. it is said, on Wednes-
dav Thursday.
The general principles of the measure have al
ready been outlined in The Tribune. The rec
concentrations of the Charter Revision Commits
sion are to be accepted in the main. with the
following exception: % The Mayors term Is
to be years; % the new police bill and cleo
tions bureau laws to be Incorporated in their
entirety in the charter; 80 there will be two
bodies composing the Municipal Assembly, as
at present. and a. the Davis school law will not
be repealed. but so amended to provide for
Capitalization in school affairs. with board or
education to -e selected from the various
bOroughs.
other provisions which the committees wills
add to the bill will control to a eonsidera,ls
BILE extent the present extravaSant salary Estt
of the municipal government. Z.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
BEoUEsTs OF n. d. VAN WICK.

Norfolk. Va. March 24-The will OF the late
Henry Dubois Van Wyck formerly OF Fishlsill.
n y, proprietor of the Academy OF Music here
ano the owner Of much real estate, leaves sums Of
nom 400 20 $1,000 each TO friends and faithful
employees. One OF the legatees is unknown 10 the
,ssiator save that he had been superintendent OF
es Pullman Car Company In Chicago IN 1881 He
for u. y. w Deiyepeck, and 10 him was left s.. 90
49, hncness shown Mr.. Van Wyck IN bringing
nome NE wife's body ten years ego. He makes the
puy' oi norfolk partial resouary legatee for the
vss,pose oi extending the public library. The gift
-, -, hsier1aly aid the city IN complying with the
~s OF Byk carnegtes recent offer.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
TO SAVE HINES AT JOPLIN.

w X Trimbe. receiver of the International
Zinc Company. at Joplin. Mo. has sent statement
the stockholders of the company informing them
that If the holders OF the 100000 shares of stock will
submit to a tax OF five cents share enough money
will be secured to save the mining property at
Joplin, the sole remaining assets Of the company.
IL is believed that many OF the shareholders will
send their assessment to Receiver Trimbe. and
that this amount. together with the sum now being
collected by c. H. a. Dougherty, of No. 6s Wall-st..
who represents many of the stockholders of New
England will he amply sufficient to prevent a fore
closure upon the Free Coinage and other mines on
March
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
CLERGYMAg TAKEN Ill IN CHURCH.

Paterson. n. J.. March "a CSpeciaD-The Rev.
John W. Lissenden. pastor of the Park Avenue
Baptist Church. taken suddenly i'll as he was
leaving his pulpit to-day He had TO be supported
as he walked down the aisle. He reached the
house OF Mrs William Carter, who lives next door
10 the church. and in half hour he was de-
lirious. DR.. Falkner says the case is serious Mr
Iassenden has been holding a series OF revival
meetings IN his church. and the strain too
much for him. He Is still unconscious
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
TO POSTPONE BIG PIGEON SHOOT.

The New-Urecht Gun Club executive committee
has decided TO postpone the national pigeon shoot
ing championship until after the Grand American
Handicap. The national championship is for
teurs only. and Will be under the auspices of the
New-Utrecht Gun Club.
II reported that large number Of Western
trapshooters would boycott the Grand American
Handicap. but as about forty Of the crack Western
rifemen will take part the threat is looked upon
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
YALE MEN ROBBED.

Sneak thieves Saturday night stole of
the clothing belonging to the members of the Yale
basketball team from the 18th Separate Company s
armory at Flushing. Long Island The thieves en-
tered the dressing room upstairs during Saturday
evenings game and stole all the collars, cuffs and
neckwear. besides some other pieces of clothing
and some iewery. Rogers, of Yale, lost a $50
overcoat. Lieutenant Dooley. of the 18th Separate
Company. gave the Yale check for the full
amount of the loss, about SlG0.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25

the friend to whom he has written to show his
letter 10 the President that the latter may
understand the matter II is generally understood
in Washington that Mr.. Wolcott desires no office
private affairs exclusively. So completely has he
divorced himself from politics and public affairs in
general that he has resigned from the Republican
National Committee and his place has been taken
by \. NJ Stevenson, OF Denver, who walked OF
the ST. Louis Convention In 1895 with Senator Teller
AMI the other silverites.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25

1t stolen twenty-five years after burial, and
is supposed to have been taken to England in
sailboat. where the robber expected TO lay II with
Shakespeare and Bacon in Westminster Abbey. II
is said that the people of England refused TO re-
ceve and consigned il the Thames. Other
reports say that the body was exhibited in
museum and still others that it was taken TO the
East Indies The old house, however. in which
Paine lived is still standing. and will be visible
from boulevard.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
COLONEL E. C. JAMES DEAD.
-HF WELL KNOWN LAWYER EXPIRES
FROM PNEUMONIA AT PALM BEACH.

,roionel Edward c. James. one Of the best
,,,ov-n lawyers OF this city. died yesterday from
-rsun1onia al Palm Beach, Fla. lie went South
several weeks ago, suffering from grip. He had
,rllv recovered, and had planned 10 return
home last Friday, when a sudden drop IN the
temperature brought an attack OF pueumo-
mia which proved fatal. He was attended by
his daughter. Mrs Paulding Farnham and his
rhvsician. Dr.. James H. Spann The body will
he brought directly to Ogdensburg Y. Y, Colo
mel James's birthplace. The funeral viii prob
ably he held on Thursday.
SKETCH OF HIS CAREER.
Colonel James was sixty-one years old. His father
was A. 3 James. for many years Supreme Court
,ustice and Judge of the Court OF Appeals His
mother Miss Lucia ". Ripley, a daughter of
Christopher Ripley, who commanded Fort Trum-
hull, near New-London Conn. during the War of
1S2 and niece Of General James W. Ripley Chief
og Ordnance during the Rebellion. Colonel James
V,ss educated at the Ogdensburg public schools
and at Walnut Hin Academy. at Geneva y Y At
the outbreak Of the Civil War he was preparing for
college. Dropping his studies he became attached
10 the 18th New-York Volunteer Engineer Regt-
rnent, and later was promoted 10 the adiutancy.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
PAINE uoNUNEST TO BE MOVED.
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW BOULEVARD IL NEW.
ROCHELLE MAKES THE CHANGE IN
SITE NECESSARY.

The Transformation Of North-st. in New
Rochelle on e-Sound into a modern boulevard 20
connect that city with White Plains and the viii
lages on the Hudson River is now in progress.
The plans contemplate macadamized road which
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25
WOLCOTT WANTS NO OFFICE.

EX-SENATOR FROM COLORADO DENIES REPORT
THAT HE WILL ENTER CABINET.
Washington March "a (SpeciaD.-Ex-Senator E o.
Wolcott. of Colorado has written a letter from
the Waldorf-Astoria, in New-York. to a friend in
Washington denouncing a malicious fake the
story sent out from Colorado last week. appar-
emily on his authority, that he to enter Presi
dent McKinley's Cabinet as Secretary of the In
terror Mr.. Wocott says he believes the report
started by enemies in Colorado for the purpose
of embarrassing him with the President. He asks
New-York tribune., 1901-03-25

got LeielIzio give them 500, according to the
bootblacks statement by way of security for the
thousands that were supposed to be in the envelope
Leielizio said that the men never came back.
When the men We're arrested yesterday s67 in
gold found on Nichols. The police say that
both men have been arrested before.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
VOTING BY MACHINE.

The particular electoral reform which
! is now urging itself most strongly on
public attention is represented by the
voting machine That device, while its
operation remains secret to the mass
of voters, has been proven by repeated
actual tests, to possess all the qualities
which entitle It to general adoption.
The most effective test to which atten-
ton has thus far been directed is that
made under the Massachusetts election
law. Massachusetts is easily in the fore
front of the states in the efforts put for
ward to secure an honest vote honestly
counted.
AT Northampton, Mass, a city of 1900
inhabitants, and with a registration of
5000 votes, the machine has been tested
three successive elections within the past
five months. These trials showed among
other things that the average intelligent
voter could register his vote more quick
ly than under the paper ballot system;
that it was impossible for the voter to
Cast oil AIeSd4 udUoI dliu illus OopIlFS
himself of his right to vote; that where
women are given a qualified vote they
are not allowed by the machine to vote
for other than the Offices in regard to
which the law extends to them the right
to vote, and that no sfatter what COM
bination Of vote the qualified elecfor de-
s;rsS to record the machine has been
found ready to meet the demand.
The objection exists to the machine
that only one voter can vote at time,
and that It takes some measure Of pa
tiencs on the part Of the voters who
wait, while on the other hand the person
voting IS naturally somewhat nervous on
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
ELL IN A NEW ROLE.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox has blossomed
forth in new literary role ~ From
poems of passion she has .ascended to a
drama of passion. This, is evolution ac-
cording to the most approved theories,
AS poems are the product of. the mind
of the infant race, the plays.is a mani
Hesitation of more or less maturity of
racial intellect GOTTEN less than more).
The poems. of Ella were a bowling sue
cess of their kind, so it is reported is her
play. The poems We're based on what
she thought passion might be, now her
play is based on what she thinks pas
sion ought to be on the stage. When she
writes her diary it is to be hoped that
she will give the world the last chapter
in her earthly evolution on the subject
. of passion Such a book would be more
interesting than the confessions OF Jean
Jacques Rousseau. .e~'s0"
The first presentation of Mrs. Wilcox s
play, '"The Mother was we'll received
and reflected much credit upon the noted
author This was expected. The very
intensity Of Ella S nature ought to shine
like star of the first magnitude when
transferred to the stage If, as Belasco
says, man to write a successful play
must possess, either permanently or tenn
porarily the sensitiveness and emotional
attributes of a. Soman, Ella Wheeler
Wilcox ought to enter the field of the
drama with an advantage that no man
can ever hope to overcome Passion, she
no doubt has, together with Imagination,
and constituencies to the slightest emo
tional influence. She will not be obliged
to resort to artl..c:al means to work her
self up to a frenzy of emotional pas
sion as does Be1asco, when he is writing
the lines of his strenuous heroines. She
can just take leaf from her own book
of experience and paste it in. Yes, she
ought to be a success in that line
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
OUR BEST CUSTOMER.

Chicago Journal.
There was one point IN the address de-
livered to the bankers at Detroit by the
Hon. John Charlton, VI. p, of Canada.
which no American producer can afford
TO ignore. That is the point that Canada
is the best single customer the United
states has in tie world. With her 5000
050 or 100000 inhabitants, she imported
from this country last year S1GJ S44 OJO
" orth Of our products, and buys annual
ly more in our markets than do the
60,O000t0 people of Mexico, Central and
South America, and the West Indies.
Mr.. Charlton also emphasized by quot
ing the Official trade sta 5istics of the two
countries, the fact that the present tariff
arrangement between the two countries
is altogether too nequitabla and one
sided to long continue. He showed that
$56,oO0,GO0 of our exports to Canada were
admitted there free of duty, while only
81, C00,000 worth of Canadian products. ex-
elusive of precious metals, came into this
country under similar favorable condi-
tons He showed that while the Cana
dian tariff on imports from, this country
averaged only 121ar per cent on the entire
volume OF traffic and only Is per cent
on dutiahle articles our own impOsts
on Canadian exports to this country were
twice as high, or. Is and so per cent re-
speCtiVely
from its very mature, cannot be perma-
nent 1t is exactly as though a grocer
were to make it his fixed policy to over
charge and otherwise discriminate
against his best customer. His resulting
profit might be large for a time. Even If
his overcharges and underweights were
small as to percentage, the size Of the
bill would obviously make them consid-
cradle in aggregate amount. But even
the most patient and unsuspeCting would
eventually discover the cheat and take
away his trade. It is undenlable that
in this case, the United States repre-
sents the grocer Canada though she has
been exceedingly patient, is by no means
Unsuspecting. She is beginning to IN
derstand that state-Of affairs very thor
cughly, and, as Mr. Charlton put it: The
policy of the United States, if persisted
III, can only result In hostility, estrange-
ment and the imitation of the American
tariff system on the part Of Canada"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
HOW HAS TT DONE THIS /.

at has helped to bridge Porto Rico
over period of financial disability and
enabled it to prepare to take care of its
expenses from it's internal resources.
The above from the columns of a con-
temporary on the action of the Foraker
act, is a fair sample of the mis:nforma-
ton that is being printed in the admin
istration press regarding Porte Rican
legislation. How did this act help to
bridge Porto Rico over a period Of
financial disability" What was done
with the money which the United States
collected under the Is per cent tariff
charge? Was it used to help the Porto
Ricans out of the slough Of despond, or
was it kept in the United States treasury
pending the litigation over the right to
collect it?
Would not the island of Porto Rico
been able sooner to paddle it's own canoe
if the Foraker act had never been pass
ed? Would not the industrial conditions
of the island have been in better shape
today, if it had enjoyed free trade from
the first? Has not the pendeney of this
litigation and the Is per cent import and
export duty deferred capital from in
vesting in 10th Industrial and commercial
enterprises % Is it not always the case
where a duty is to-be removed in the
near future that commerce will wait until
the duty is removed. thus. causing the
tariff-ridden section to suffer in the in
term? If free trade is a good thing for
Porto Rico now, why was it not a good
thing for it one year ago? The fact is,
the object of the Foraker act was not
to nelp Porto Rico, but to establish
precedent in the line of colonial govern
ment outside the constitution. The plain
duty message was overuled as a. poiiti-
cal expedient and the experiment was
made with Porto Rico. TIC secure SUI
ficient votes to pass it, the promise had
to be made that the money collected was
to be used for the benefit of Porto Riao.
II the Foraker act was proper measure,
it should remain in force permanently.
The granting of free trade under the
Holland law, is confession that the
tariff act was a bluff The excuses made
for it's existence. of which the above is
a fair example, are as lame as the
original law WAS dishonest.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-23
Is HuMRERr BIG ENOUGH.


Since the accession to the throne of the
young King of Italy, consequent on his
fathers assassination, a good deal of in
terest has been maintained in the nature
of his probable policy as his country's
ruler. No tangible indication aus to what
that policy would be has thus far Been
given The dispatch to the New York
Sun, from Rome, which is now current,
future attitude of the Italian monarchy
toward the mass of the people.
The Sun is exceptionally well informed
and intelligent in foreign affairs. It's
Roman correspondents are known to
possess exceptional facilities for securing
authoritative information In matters
which relate both to the Vatican and
the quirinal. The information embodied
in: the present dispatch, if we'll founded,
will prove to be the most important con-
corning the future of Italy that has been
made public for many a. day ~
If the Italian king Identifies himself
with the aims and purposes OF, the So
cialist party Italy Will at once enter upon
a new era; the traditions of Savoyard
rule will be completely overthrown, and
the possibility exists that Italian unity
will become something more than a name
before the first decade of the century has
expired 'oo'E
From certain dispositions shown it has
seemed quite likely that the breach be-
tween the quirinaI and Vatican
would be widened under the new king
Such a result would, however, be utterly
inconsistent with a wise and ?sagacious-
Administrations. t1S5 =
If it should prove to be the case that
King Hunlburt is merely playing the.
socialist against the Vatican influence the
result will not advance the peace or
prosperity Of the country, and is quite
likely to prove disastrous to the mon
archy. AS between the two influences the
clerical is much more likely to be
friendly in the last event to the mon
archy On the other hand, the chasm
between socialism and monarchisrn
is regarded as practically in
capable of being bridged, either in
Italy or elsewhere. ..4l4 -..i4.
The task of reconciling political and
social sections in country like, Italy is
naturally regarded as nearly an impossf-
BILE one. This is the task which lies be-
fore Humbert, if he is to rule in peace If
he performs it it will be great day for
the Italian people, and it will prove him
to be the greatest of italian statesmen.
To the observant American. the lean
ing of the young king toward the Social
lists will indicate a desire to deal justly
with the people who have been made to
sweat blood under the exactions of his
father and grandfather. The reign of
beaurocratic corruption and robbery
must In such an event come to a speedy
close, and the suicidal foreign policy
which has drained the national resources
to keep up false appearance of military
and naval strength will be reversed.
Whether King Humbert is broad and big
enough to work out such results it will
mot take long TO determine