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New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
PERSONAL.

Mayor Johnson of Fargo. y. D.. who has been on
a trip to Norway and Sweden. expects that twenty
thousand Scandinavians will come 10 America this
do take any stock in the cry of militarism in
the United States, for the Scandinavians leav-
ing their native land in order escape the system
of military conscripton about to be established.
In appreciative article about Judge w. Fl.
Taft. the president of the Philippine Commission,
the Washington correspondent Of The Pittsburg
Dispatch" says: $50 many times has he severed the
tie that bound him to the public payroll that it
would have been economy had he provided him
self with printed blanks for that purpose. His
office holding career began in his native city, Cln-
cinnat the dethroned Queen City of the West. soon
after he attained his majority. The good people OF
that city chose him to be their solicitor Then they
compelled him to give that up by electng him to
the bench of the Superior Court tribunal half
He was about thirty when the late BENJAMIN Har-
rison beckoned the young man TO take the very re-
United States. No man probably ever held that
Judge AIphonso TAFT Cabinet officer and Minister
TO Russia Just before Harrison went out of office
States and for seven years this young sat on
the bench with men old enough to be his father at
least. This life place, honorable and satisfying
to member Of the legal f5sternity @ Ta1t gave up
TO leave his comfortable home at CINCINNATI and
dwell in the hot and sem-eivilized islands OF WHICH
emate does not kin hin hin ~ his s. nsf OF tns me
States"
Sir Robert Nigel Fitzhardinge Kingscote. who
has been appointed Paymaster of the Household is
old Crimean man. He was Groom In Waiting 70
the late Queen Member of Parliament for GlouceS-
tershre, Commissioner of Woods and Forests ana
Receiver-Cseneral of the DUChy of Cornwall
The estate of the late Miss Louisa Sebor. OF Mid
dIetown, Conn, aggregates about s5O0.eN OF which
Holy Trinity Church. of Middletown. Is to get
from $4,000 TO S2O0O'O The family residence.
valued at $50 coo is given the church subject TO
the life use Of two nephews Frederick shelton and
f. X Hubbard II is understood they will
render their life use. and that the church Will
come into immediate possession of the property.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
MONEY AND BUSINESS.

Operations in Wall Street gigantic
during the opening days of April that all other
transactions appear small by comparison Sales
of securities averaged about million eight
hundred thousand shares daily for the four days
that the Exchange was open. and sixty railway
stocks rose 81 30. establishing a new record of
S96 81 at the close City traction and gas stocks
made net gain of 81 49, while the leading in
dustrials advanced A cents each, to SOS 81 II
striking exhibition of the absorbing power
of the market that enormous realizing sales
failed to check the advance. and the close each
afternoon higher than the one preceding
Earnings OF railroads continue 10 show about 10
per cent gain over last year and 80 per cent
over 1899. but it is longer a market in which
these figures are the controlling factor In
vestors have funds that cannot lie idle in the
banks and their efforts to buy securities SUNNY,
an element OF strength. while spectators look
less upon the business done by a road than the
probability of its consolidation with other prom
critics.
If, As many predict, the advance in stocks is
not to be checked until stringency occurs In the
money market, the end is not in sight A slight
squirt TO 8 per cent for call loans on Tbursdav
afternoon had no significance. for funds are
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
FIRE INSURANCE AND ITS rALIDTTE.

ANY serious contention affecting the validity
of fire insurance policies is a subject Of the ut
most importance 10 the entire business COM
munity. The stability of many fortunes and
the permanency of most of the enterprises in
which large sums of money are involved depend
directly upon the assurance that in case OF dis
aster the greater part of the loss viii be made
good The contract between the insurer and
the insured is not one that should be lightly
held or subject TO rupture on any grounds not
fully understood and set forth when IL is en-
tered into 50 much of business confidence de-
pends on the security in which owners of large
risks rest that anything tending in the slightest
degree 10 impair on weaken il is a subject of
vital Importance.
The contention which appears 10 have been
set up by the insurance companies in the ease
Of the Tarrant fire and explosion. with its loss
of life ana great damage 10 property. that a viO-
lation Of the municipal charter Of city ordi-
nances 10y the owners of the building relieves
them from financial responsibility is one cal
culated TO impair. if not 10 destroy, confidence
in the value Of insurance policies. If insurance
does not insure. because some law or regulation
has been inadvertently or ignorantly violated
by landlord tenant. over whom the insured
has no direct control. there is no certainty that
policy is worth anything. Yet. on the basis
Of the belief that Section 1G4 to T67 Of the city
charter had been violated an opinion is put
forth 10y the committee representing the inter
ested insurance companies which sets ND the
new theory Of fire insurance liability. This is
that il the owner of insured property violates
a law or ordinance In the case of that property
the policy is thereby voided
The unreasonableness of this Is self-evident
in case. for instance. in which some require
ment Of the building laws has not been COM
piled with. Is an insurance policy void II n
building is not provided with fire ESCAPES?
Would il yifiate a contract Of insurance If a
factory had more than the hundred bounds of
shavings allowed by law 10 be in il a any one
time? If liquor pools are sold In violation of
law in a building which fire destroys is the
owner, therefore. without adequate return from
the Insurance corporation which has assumed
the fire risk
IL the insurance companies are 10 take advan-
tace Of violation Of statute TO escape payment
OF policies the express terms Of which have
been strictly complied with by the insured then
a technical. inadyeIfent unwilling violation
OF any city regulation al any time will be suffi-
cient reason for iDvalidatng any fire insurance
Anucy, II events call for its payment. The far
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
should be suppressed. The pigeon should
be shielded from the hawk.
4 CHATTER NOTELTY.

No provision of the revised charter is intrlnsl-
cally more interesting than that which reconsti-
tuteS the Board of Estimate and Apportionment
on novel basis. 1t is sure to be deserving OF
careful observation after it has begun TO operate,
as it was of particular explanation and defence
III the report of the commission. We think 1t is
safe TO say that in general the Board OF Estl-
mate and Apportionment has been more repu-
table and respected than any other department
of the city government and ii is entirely natu-
raj that regret should be expressed on account
of the change which it is about to undergo The
revisers themselves evidently felt that it was
necessary TO offer n strong defence of this feat
ure of their work, and their argument is
ingenious and persuasive beyond a doubt.
Yet 1t has not convinced everybody. and
even its authors would probably admit that gov
ernmental institutions often have an awkward
way of refuting the expectations with which
they were established. That has certainly been
true of various provisions of the present char
ter. and perhaps a similar experience awaits the
amended instrument.
1t is curious to observe that even the latest
comments do not invariably indicate correct
understanding of the manner in which the new
Board of Estimate and AppOrtionment is to be
made up. 1t is, in fact, to consist of the Mayor,
the Controller the president of the Board of
Aldermen and the five borough presidents. But
these eight men are 10 have sixteen votes, and
there comes in the striking novelty of the ar
rangement. In order to prevent the formation of
log-rollng combinations for the undue promotion
of local interests 1t is provided that the three
officials elected by the city at large-the Mayor.
Controller and president of the aldermen-shall
possess three votes apiece, and consequently CON
troll the board. while the relative Importance of
the boroughs is supposed to be denoted by Civ
ing TO the representatives of Manhattan and
Brooklyn two votes apiece and one vote to each
of the other borough presidents. 1t is n clever
adjustment and we'll designed as we may
assume in advance of a practical trial. to pro-
tect the corporate body as a whole against the
possible treachery of its individual members.
though it might still be found feasible TO COM
bine enough votes to serve the special purposes
of one or more boroughs
But such chances are remote, and we mention
the possibility merely by way of indicating the
interest with which the operation of n new
scheme in municipal government will be OBJ
served, at least until the public becomes used to
it. There is no reason TO conclude that the
Board Of Estimate and Apportionment will lose
its reputation through the enlargement of its
membership and the unequal distribution of its
votes, but the curiosity which the experiment
is sure TO provoke will not be unmixed with
concern.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

reaching effect of the successful maintenance
OF such contention has evidently not been fore
seen by those who set IT up 10 escape the pres
ent payment of the losses accruing from the
Narren-st. disaster. That any such rule would
entirely destroy the present system of fire in
cation in the present instance. Men will not
continue TO pay money for that which promises
no return. II the payment Of just claims for
losses Is evaded on insufficient grounds it will
not take long for those who have most TO lose
i'm case of serious confia grations 10 devise some
other method of obtaining reimbursement for
losses than that which in crucial moment fails
them. 1t would seem 10 he wise for those most
directly concerned 10 consider whether. with
the proof of confidence removed. the business
which they have built up can sustain itself.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
Amnsemenfs.

ACADEMY OF MTSiC-2-S-;ncle Toms Cabin.
AAERlCAN THEArRE-Sl5- Lynne.
RfJOt'-> :i5-The Climbers
BRoADNA NAN-A:Ie- The Price II Peace
CASTNO-s :l5-Flo1odora
CRITERION THEATRE-s:15- When Knighthood Was
Flower.
DALY'S THEATRE Toy
EDEN MCSEE-The World ~ Wax
tMPlEE THEATRE Brother officers.
FoC RTEEN1'H STREET THEATRE-s-M
GARDEN THFcATRE-S.I5-Tn - nder Two Flags.
TIL S.So--Captain Jinls Horse
Marines.
GRAND OPERA HOTSE-s-The Arser.
HARLEM OPERA HDl Sc 1:45-Hamct.
IRVING PLACE THEATRF--S:15-D Beruehute Frau.
ktSITH~S- Cont nUOus Performance.
KNICK ERBOCRER THEATRES .20-The New Casino
Girl
ROSTER & BTAL'S-l :4.-T :sa-Vaudeville.
LN'El THEATRES -l5-On and OF. followed by The
Shades
MADISON SQUARE THEATRES :3o-On the Quiet.
MADISON SQi ARE GARDEN-2-S.iJ-Wld West.
METROpOLITAN OPERA HOVSE-S-LG Aiglon.
MURRAY HILL THEATRE trontented Woman.
$ENS-N ORk-s .15-Nsudcvfle.
PASTOR S-Dav and Might '1ntinCous Show.
I'l2of'T Or S-'ontinuous Performance.
RlcF'i SL.i'-s I5-In the Palace of the King.
VICTORIA THFATPE-S-NV Iadv
WAIIsACK'S TTEATRE-s:l5--Are You a Mason?
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
CHARIOTS OF TO-DAY.

Authentic reports from the south shore of the
Mediterranean say that automobiles are in
vadng Northern Africa In such numbers that
Europeans who are studying social conditions
in the upper regions of the dusky continent are
reminded of devastating flights of locusts. To
the benighted Algerlans. Tunisians and Tripoli-
tans of the original stock, 10 the mystical NIoors
of Morocco and TO the fellahs of Egypt de
sccndants OF the builders of the Pyramids, these
incomprehensble machines seem like Arabian
Nights Afrts with powers Of darkness AMI
mischief which cannot be measured by mortals
From the earliest ages the Oriental imagina-
ti0n has been captivated by visions of wonder
full chariots but the ancient writings Of Baby
Ion and Nineveh were without foreshadowincs
of the automobile. Yet this marvellous self
moving vehicle has caught the fancy and evoked
the admiration of Eastern potentates TO nm i'm
pressive degree. The Turkish Sultan delights
in autos: the Khedivc of the Nile has devel-
oped craze for them; the Shah of Persia has
bought several of these ntrospective and self
centred carriages, and grows more enthusiastic
about them as the Persian days move on. Hin
doc maharajahs and rajpOOts careering
about on these feet wagons in preference to
trained elephants, while Chinese mandarins
whose treasures have escaped punitive expedi-
tions and Occidental lootings are sending orders
to French establishments for the swiftest and
most powerful self-mOtOrs which can he nut 10
gether
In this amazing epidemic of enthusiasm for
autos this country appears to be still some
what laggard. 1t is true that in the principal
cities of the United States north of Mason and
Dxon's line-the fad has not yet become vio-
lent and overwhelming in the SOuth--thcre are
many of these traps some electric. some pro
PEELED by gasolene and some forced on by
steam. But up TO this time the liking for these
vehicles has not become impatient and fer
vent in the Old World. So many automo-
biles have been stranded in out of the way
places. marooned, as it were, desert islands
inland that the practical and sometimes cynical
American hesitates 20 put his trust In autos"
rs he is slow to put his trust in princes. Dere-
licts of the various types of these things on
wheels have been discovered by policemen and
other wanderers at various unearthly hours and
in various unexpected embarrassments. 1t may
be that the wrecking and abandonment of these
mysterious chariots of modern progress were
men above the battery, who did not know how
TO control effectively the hidden forces stored
inside, and there may have been nothing wrong
ont of gear with the machines themselves
But until collisions, mischances and accidents
of manifold classes in this city and State in
NewEngland and elsewhere, are somewhat less
frequent than they have been of late. the auto
mobiles may fail to secure the unbounded con
idence of timid men and women of advanced
years. and may not wholly displace the stout
and substantial family carriages, which rarely
betray the trust Of those who hold them dear
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
no REFORM RUSSIAN SCHOOLS
THE CzAR TAKES A NEW STEP WITH THE
APPOINTMENT OF BOGOLIEPOFF's
SUCCESSOR.

St. Petersburg. April 1.-Adjutant-Gen p
S. Vannovsky. member of the Council OF thu
Empire. has been appointed Minister OF Public
Instruction. in succession to NJ Bogoliepon. who
was assassinated by Peter Ka-povich. Emperor
Nicholas. in imperial rescript addressed to
the new minister on his appointment. said:
Experience in recent years has shown the ex
istence of defects that material in our scho-
lastic system / think the time has arrived 10
undertake an immediate thorough revision ana
improvement. Highly valUing your experiences
and enlightenment. I have chosen you TO CO.
operate with me in the work of renovatirS and
reorganizing Russian schools. May God bless
our work.
Acknowledgement Tchertkoff has been ap-
pointed Governor-GenersI Of Warsaw and Com
mander-in Chief of the Warsaw Military Dis
trict.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
WILLIAM WINTER SPEAKS on rEySrsoy.

The desperate gale on Saturday last did pre-
vent a large audience from assembling at the
Staten Island Academy, ST. George in the hope
OF hearing DR. van Dykes lecture on 'Teunyson'':
but the lecturer though struggling hard 70 keep
his appointment. was too exhausted. on reaching
New-York, to proceed further. The news came az
o'clock. the hour appointed for the lecture and
AT five minutes notice William Winter who was
TO have introduced DIR. van Dyke. took up the
subject OF the lecture. and after en- appreciative
allusion TO DR. van Dykes writings. spoke for an
hour on Tennyson and his art, with great salts
faction to his auditors. Mrs II. s Seeey. SOPRANO.
OF Fordham y, Y, sang several songs of Tenny-
son, and following Mr.. Winters address a recep-
tion and tea were given in the library and Haw-
thorne room. where Mrs. Charles NJ Porter and
Miss Ellen NJ Harris presided at the tea table.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
1t looks as if he might set every ignorant man
In Maryland poring over a spelling book.

Fruiterers who ransack every country ana
every cline 10 enrich the banquets of the Lu-
culluses of to-day declare that they are now
ready to sign contracts to supply the fruit prod
ucts of almost every zone in any month OF the
year to nunificent hosts who care nothing as to
the cost Of their feasts No corner of the globe
which can be requisitioned to furnish a novel
Utilization to the palates of twentieth century
epicures is now neglected. Sea and land. from
the Arctic to the Antarctic. from Nova Zemba
to Terra del Fuego pay tribute in strange and
out of season delicacies TO the luxury of this
in NeW-York
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
THE KAIsER's SPEECH TO HIS GUARDS.
WOE TO THE SOLDIER. SAID THE EMPEROR. WHO
LISTENS TO THE TEMPTER.

WOE TO THE SOLDIER SAID THE EMPEROR WHO
LISTENS TO THE TEMPTER
Berlin, April Careful investigation Potsdam
to-day regarding the circumstances in which En-
peror William delivered his latest military address
developed the information that during a review
last Tuesday (not Friday. originally cabled) OF
a number OF military bodies belonging the Pots
dam garrison. including the 1st Regiment OF Foot
Guards extraordinary precautions were taken 70
prevent any representative OF the press other
civilian obtaining knowledge OF his majesty's re-
marks. which uttered in the Lustgarten ad-
present it was learned that the Kaiser spoke sub
stantiaIly follows:
\ hand from out of the people was recently raised
against me. 10 my intense sorrow Evidently serious
times are coming. which will try our mette. /
know that the army is true It's traditions and
TO the solemn oath il has taken. / know IL will
remain steadfaSt and faithful Ny conviction
sarding this regiment now present. which Is tied
70 the HOhenzolleTns by indfssouble bonds, the
past has shown during the trOublouS times abroad
and even during the revolutionary times at home
The authority OF the Crown must be maintained
at all hazards. Woe the soldier who listens 10
the voice OF the tempter,
Orders seem to have been given BY the Prusslau
Ministry of the Interior suppress all public men
tion OF quotations from the Emperor's recent
speeches. AT Styrum. Essen. during a recent
meeting called to protest against increase OF the
corn tolls. the police dissolved the assembly when
a speaker cited a sentence from his natesty's
speech 10 the Emperor Alexander Grenadier Regf-
the attack upon him at Bremen The papers mem
tfon similar instances elsewhere.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
FL. D. ARMOCR SICK.

The dispatch published yesterday. to the effect
that movement had been started 10 bring about
the consolidation OF the great packing interests of
Chicago. Omaha and Kansas City, created consid-
erable interest here. A Tribune reporter called AZ
the home of Fl. o. Armour. No. $50 Fifth-ave..
yesterday. and told that Mr.. Armour could
not be seen. as he was not well; Mr.. Armour
said member of the household. has not been
well for time He has been confined 70 his
room for about two days His condition is not at
all serious" The reporter could not learn the
nature of the Illness Of Mr.. Armour.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
TO INQUIRE INTO SYRACUSE DISASTER
QUESTION OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR CONDITION
OF BRIDGE UNSETTLED.

Syracuse. N Y, April THE question OF re
sponsibility for yesterdays bridge disaster IN
which thirty-seven persons were injured has yet
TO be decided. C. r. Johnson the electrical ex-
pert of the State Railroad Commission. arrived to-
day and made an investigation. but refused to talk
for publication.
dispatch 10 THE Post-Standard." from Al
bany says that E r. Hooker. Deputy SUperfn-
tendent OF Public Works. left that city tonight
for Syracuse. where he will make investigation
tomorrow. Senator White will introduce a bill
In the legislature, probably tomorrow night for
new bridge. and hopes 10 get it through before
adjournment.
The city authorities declare that they are not
TO blame for the condition OF the bridge and saw
the State is responsible Minor canal officials de-
clare that the State is blameless. AS the street
railroad company announces that had nothing
TO do With the bridge except run its cars over it.
there Is much interest in learning who will ulti-
mately be made shoulder the responsibility.
All of the injured were to-day reported TO be
doing well, and there will probably be no deaths
result
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
PRESIDENT LorBEr GOES TO NICE.

WILL GREET VISITING ITALIAN soUADRox-M
wALDECK- -RoUsSEAU's CONDITION
Paris. April There was no fmporrr-.
change to-day in the condition Of NJ waIdeck-
Rousseau. and President Loubet. whose move
ments have been materially affected recently
by the Illness of the Premier, started for Nice
on his way to Touon TO greet the visiting Italian
squadron under the Duke Of Genoa. NJ Loubet
was accompanied by VI. Delcasse, Minister OF
Foreign Affairs. and General Andre Minister
of War.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
TO ENTERTAIN PRESIDENT IN DEyTER

Denver. April IA non-partisan committee OF
twenty-one citizens including United States Sem
ators Teller and Patterson. ex-senator Wolcott and
Congressmen Bell and Shafroth has been selected
10 receive and entertain President Mckinley upon
his visit to Denver. The President is expected 70
spend three DAYS In COlOradO-one at Denver. one
al Colorado Springs and one Pixies Peak.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08

The peculiar lack of reserve in the famous
confessions OF Rousseau startled his generation
and has astonished every reader since his dis
closures given TO the world Many
centuries earlier st. Augustine had laid bare
his inmost soul with frankness almost
without precedent up to that time. Ben
venuto Celni vain of the worst of his
misdeeds and gloried In recounting them. Casa
nova, most shameless of adventures. recalled
his trickerles and rascalities with a gusto we'll
nigh unparalleled. From antiquity down to the
present day there have been many strange be-
ings who delighted in self-revelations and were
determined TO thrust before the gaze of the
world what the average mortal is most anxious
to conceal. Jones. the self-confessed murderer
of Rice. will be long remembered for his readi-
ness to invite condemnation and his revolving
audacty in setting forth every circumstance
and incident of his abominable crime. In
innate confessions OF philosophers. saints. arti-
fcers and murderers seem to possess alb
sorbing fascination for students of human nat
TIRE. and indeed. for the majority OF mankind
and womankind alike.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
ACCEPTS PROEEsSORSHLp IN cHIn4

Marion. Ind. April loren F, Walker. of this
city. lawyer and assistant editor Of The Shield
the official national Journal of the Phi Kappa Psi
fraternity to-day received offer of the chair OF
English in Marking University Nan-Kins China.
his parents. the Rev. and Mrs. w. r. Walker
Methodist Episcopal missionaries at Tien-Tsin
emma lie Will accept the position
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
ITALIAN SHIPS SAIL FOR roUaox.

La Spezia, Italy. April THE Italian squadron
sailed for TouIon to-day In divisions the first
commanded by the Duke Of Genoa, consisting Of
six ironclads and two torpedo boats. and the sec
ond, under Rear-Admral Cotellettt, consisting OF
seven ironclads and one tOrpe6o boat.
The Duke of Genoa bears autograph letter
from King Victor Emmanuel 10 President Loubet.
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
DI4z NOT TO MEET WKJyLET

FL Paso. Tex. April IA letter from Juan Crsel
10 the III Paso Chamber of Commerce says Presi-
dent Diaz Will decline this ciys invitation to
fTesiuent Mch1nley here for the reason that the
fixed. - -
New-York tribune., 1901-04-08
THE NEW-ToRK SAILS FROM ALGIERs.

Algiers April THE United States armored
cruised New-York. flagship OF Rear-Adnlirai Rod
gers commander of the Asiatic station sailed from
Aigiers TINS evening. on her way Manila.