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PIANOS.

PIANOS,
WHAT is Hone Without a Piano Wise
Where are you going. my pretty maid?
Going % the auction, sir. she sCtL.
And also to hear the great Lspaige,
Who up IN Harlem is all the rage
re plays the pianos, and Wise does the rest
hest.
Steinway and Chckering. sohmer ard
Haiues.
Weber and Hartman and other coed names
* Pianos al auction,
TUESDAY AFTERNOON, NAY 81
a. O'Clock sharp
CprlEhts Grauds. Squares Baby Grends
at the Standard Are Galleries
70 and u West l25tt-.t
Vow on eXhihLtion DAY ana evening.
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IN Pursuance Of an oruer Of Hon. Ahner

c. Thomas 4 Surrogate of the County Of New York
Notice is hereby glver to all persons having claims
Charles Fessler lare cf OF
deceased present the thereof TO
the subscriber. her place OK
the office Of Deyo Duer & Baue-iorf attorneys. No
Broadway. the City Of New York Manhattan. On or
before the Fifteenth day ot August. 1901.
Dated New York. the Ninth Gay February 1891
DEYO DUER < BAUERDORF Att5rneys f5r l.xec,,-
trix No. I15 Broadway. New York CITY Borough or
Mani
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A:-NAE IN JAcQCIN. GO2 6th-ave.. near
s,',Uejilss' 81 french Employment Bureau.
~ specially. maids. nurses cooks. but
MALE and female help of all aes,rfrrtor.
H4lH Al references always on hand; male
neip tree OF charge Business Est. in ISsG
deaephone SsO6 3. 18th Mrs. s. $50 3D.
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Abner c. Thomas. SURROGATE County of New
York notice IS hereby given ali persons
against Martin Kelly. late OF the County New YORK
deceased, 10 the with
subscriber AZ her place o; transacng business
office Of Bowers & Sand,. 81 Nassau Street,
ough Of Manhattan. OF befo rhs
sixteenth day Of Angus
Dated New York the seventh day OF February, 1901.
- , DORA KELLY. EXecutrix.
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IN PURSUANCE OF an order of Hon. Abner

y FIhSLANOE or an OTder OF Hon. Abner
c. Thomas Surrogate of tie County Of New York
Notice is hereby g al having
EIizabetha Schvarzwalder, sometimes Elisa
hstha Schwarzwaidcr late of County Of
deceased. present the vouchers bar.7r =,
the subscribers their place transectnE business at
the Office Dsyo Duer Rauerd7rf attrrrAvt 10 1I5
Broadway in the City % New York. Manhattan o- or
before the Fifteenth day c. August. ~ 70
Dated New York the Ninth dav 4 February 1907
HENRY SCHW AftZWAI-DE ER. a
ELIZABETH HERB executors
DEYO. DCER & BAUEEpORF. ENecu-
tors. No. li5 broadway. New York City. Borough Of
Manhattan
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PIANOS TO REMT
for city or country. at reasonable rates.
ENPrG@WRD % East 18th ST. y. Y.
wv 19NN 6n Fulton & Fiatsush. RElyn.
BARGAIN NS.-CpriEhts fine MAKES. perfect
order. 500 upward; new pianos. SI25 up
ward. Send for description and terms.
WHITNEY < co. l23 W-s5 l25th-st-
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LAUNDRESS few nice families a.
home; also shirts. collars done BY hand:
each one clothes washed separately. Mrs
SHERER. 123 West 24th-sr
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WORK WANTED.
Male.

AN experienced American traveller high
est references, thoroughly familiar with
taIiroaos hotslS. &c. would act as busl-
ress agent tor party visiting Europe. AZ
dress JOHN WESTFIELD. 3 East 9th-st.
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GARDESER-Singls willing 10 assist with
any work. first class on vegetables and
flowers. good mixer. thoroughly competent
TO take charse OF private place. best per
soual city references E. Box 81 Tribune
OfHce
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NJ HSE--By middle aged woman. French
understands bottle feeding. no o5ietcsor
70 small baby. best references. Can Ss seer
I'D East S6th-St-. care Mast
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WILLIAM LIN nnrs

4.
ance OF an order Of Hon Frank r Fitzgerald a
rogate Of the County Of New York Notice
10 al person having claims against William !. Vaader-
WORT. late Of the County Z
the with vouchers
their place OF transactng business No ~ Nassau
Street in the Borough OF Manhattan.
York. before the fifteenth
Dated New York. the Both day Of March.
GEORGE w. COTTERILI.
WILLIAM II. THOMSON
Executors.
FREDERICK ". YATES. Attorney for Executors 20
Nassau Street. Borough OF Manhattan New York tftv
A DVERTISEMENTS and subscriptions TrIbuns
received at their Uptown ofhce, No. Broadway
% door north OF 3lst-st until o'clock
fnens received at the following branch
Office rates unit! O'Clock 254
cor 23d-st l52 6th-ave.. 12th-st.:
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l COACHNAN. Experienced ccachmau
\ would take full charge OF private stable.
I good manager: French: first class -afsr-
I ences from New-York and Paris F. G.. 70
/ Grove-st
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4 CONTRAST.

No doubt the an Wvck administration would
have been glad 10 ignore the law which requires
complete list Of the citys employees. with their
salaries. - be published twice wear. for the
astonishing revelation Of extravaganza which
The City Record" has Just made is an ugly
thing for Tammany 10 be confronted with al this
time. In his recent message the Mayor had much
10 say bout the economy with which tho public
business had been transacted during the last
ihree years. patheticaly relnarking that il was
not a showy and grateful role which his admin
istrston had thus chosen 10 play i'm its stern re-
solve 10 serve the people with answering fidel-
iiE. II is hardly possible 10 suppose that this
audacious performance deceived anybody, but
yet even 10 those private citizens who have kept
closest watch Of affairs the facts shown by
The City Record" must he surprising.
The number of municipal employees seems 10
have grown within six months from about forty
three thousand TO between forty-four thousand
and forty five thousand. and salaries have been
increased all along the line. The Mayor recently
alluded 10 the orgy" under the Strong admins
tration II would lac interesting 10 know what
description he expects the public to apply 10 the
conditions which this tabulation exposes in
black and white. Doubtless Tammany has
enough assurance left 10 declare that the expan-
sion of the payroll is essential 10 prompt and
efficient performance of the public business. but
u Is certain that no such fantastic defence will
he accepted. Everyb body who is III 20 manage a
peanut stand knows that the city is being DELHI
erately plundered for the benefit OF the orcani
zation, and that the departments are so over.
crowded with its dependents that the men who
are capable Of doing good work and mirb, rre-
fer 10 earn their pay are hampered and deuoral-
ized. The direct cost Of the system is immense
but the shiftiessness and corruption which a.
breeds are ruinOus
In striking contrast 20 this general rncord of
wanton profigacy there appeared on the sama
day competent testimony % the prudence skin
and energy with which the new District Attor-
ney is conducting his Office. Mr. Philbin has
scarcely had time as yet to famarize himsel.
thoroughly with the duties suddenly devolved
upon him, but I'm spite OF serious disadvantages
the work which he and his staff accomplished in
the month of January is without precedent. as
Judge Cowing took occasion 20 declare IN dis
charging the Grand Jury. Has Mr. Phibir
been enabled % produce such results by Incress
ing the number Of his subordinates and the ex
penses of bis branch Of the government? The
precise CONTRARY IL fbe fact. He has made 4
net reduction ~ seventeen nsmes IN his payroll
80 thus effected a saving Of S31. .oo0 year
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Arrflprk Dailp Ga-ibnns
SATURDAY. FEBRUARY . 1901.
TIE NEWS THIS MORNTEG.

FOREIGN The body of Queen Victoria was
removed from Osborne House. in the Isle OF
Wight 70 Portsmouth, the progress Of the royal
oofin by land and across the SOlent being the
occasion OF great military and naval display,
which was watched by thousands; to-day the
Queens body will he taken TO London across
that city and by train to Windsor. where funeral
services viii be held and the burial take place
~ FrOgmore. ==-- General Pretorius, a Boer
leader. surrendered 10 the British in South Af-
rica- -= The marriage OF Miss Pauline AstOr
daughter of W. w. AStor. to the Duke Of RoX-
hurghe. has been definitely fixed - Fighting
Is reported in Abysslnia, where seven thousand
men are said to have been slain in battle -
The United States warship Philadelphia arrived
at Callao. -= Twelve bids for raising the
wreck OF the United States battleship Maine
were opened in Havana. =- The Famine Com
mission in tho Bombay Presidency used strong
language regarding the famine administration
~ that part OF India.
CoNGRESS.-Senate: The Republican steer
ing committee decided 20 press the Shipping
Subsidy bin as long as il can be done without
sndangering appropriation bills; the debate pro-
eeeded, a sharp controversy being aroused by a
proposition 10 link the Nicaragua Canal bill
With the Shipping bill. - House: The day
was spent In consideration of private bills. the
most important measure passed being one TO
pay claims for property taken by the Union
Army in the Civil Mar.
DoMEsTIC--It is generally believed in Wash
lngton that the views expressed by Senator o.
II. Platt, on the relations between the United
States and cuba correctly represent the Admin
istratlon policy =-- President Mckinley has
practically decided on the principal appoint
ments under the new Army Reorganization bin
~ is believed that General Miles VIII he made
lieutenant general and Generals Macarthur
Wood. Wade and Young major generals. ====
The Cabinet discussed the situation in China
and the Cuban Constitution Assembly
man Morgan says that he will introduce I'm
into the Legislature directing the placing Of a
reservoir in Forest Park. Queens County, to
supply water to Brooklyn. Bids for three
cruisers were opened at the Navy Department.
CITH--Stocks were strong and active. =--
~ was announced that the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company had secured control of the South
ern Pacific. == II learned that the tax
hills favored by Governor Odell would be made
naucus measures after hey had been thoroughly
discussed and the regular hearings had been
allowed. -= The Queens County Grand Jury
indicted Highways Commissioner James p.
keating for neglect Of his official duties -
Prince Francis Auersperg filed a petition in
bankruptcy. showing liabilities OF more than
N2eo.000, and no available assets. -= II was
asserted on good authority that a charitable
society would receive the Stewart mansion as q
Eift from a person interested in the organiza-
tion.
THE WEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest 81 de-
Erees; lowest. Is degrees; average. PASS degrees.
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sENaroR 0. Il. pLArr on crBA.

Our Washington correspondent yesterday re-
ported highly interesting interview with Sen
ator Oryille III. Plat. of Connecticut, on the
question of United States governmental action
concerning the Cuban constitution. Mr.. Platts
views upon all public questions are to be re-
garded with respect as those Of a conscientious
and enlightened statesman. and on this subject
they are especially worthy of attention. since
he is chairman OF the Senate Committee on Re
lations with Cuba. and has personally visited
that island for study and investigation. On the
face OF them his views of the question in hand
seem somewhat startling. not TO say disconcert-
ing He thinks Congress has not the power to
IDEAL directly with the Cuban constitution. .
I'VE can neither approve. reject nor in any way
amend or modify the Cuban constitution by
'act OF Congress. Cuba, being a foreign
country. Is privileged TO establish her own
government without LET or hindrance.'
II that were the sum Of the whole matter il
might well be asked what business United
States troops and administrators have in Cuba
to-day. and why we did not absolutely with
draw from the island the moment Spain relln-
quished her sovereignty over it. The United
States has retained control of Cuba thus far in
order 10 fulfil the objects Of it's intervention.
Those objects were two in number. One was 10
rid the island Of Spanish misrue. The other
ment free and stable and capable of discharg-
ing its international obligations 20 this and 10
all other countries. The United States has not
only the right but is under the most solemn OBJ
legation 20 retain control Of Cuba until such
government is established. and established TO
its own-the United Standardization Hav-
ing intervened 20 secure such a government
having itself governed the island until the time
seemed ripe for the organization OF such a gov
ernment and having prescribed the time and
manner in which such n government should be
formed, IL is elemental equity that the United
States should logically complete the work by
passing authoritative and final Judgment unon
the character Of the government that is set m
Indeed. IL is nothing short of self-eyident that
In certain contingencies the United States wouId
| have 10 exercise censorship over tho cons,i
tuition OF Cuba. Let us suppose for examnla
that the Convention should insert into that
document clause providing for the resurrendar
or the Island 10 Spain or for the transfer of n
10 some other alien Power: il would he tmnos.
sble for the United States 20 acauiesca in 10
but this country would simply have TO veto IL
| IL need were by force OF arms. Or. lot ms sun
pose tho constitution were made 10 discrimjnate
! oncnsively against the United States in trade
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Moreover. by reorgsnlzing his staff and by his
personal influence and example he has made
new spirit Of faithfulness and responsibility
dominant i'm an Office which had declined 70
low level under his predecessor. II is an in
structive object lesson. the significance Of which
can scarcely BE- missed even by inattentive oh
servers Of municipal affairs. They must know
that what the District Attorney has found no
insurmOuntable obstacle i'm doing could be done
by every head Of a department. probably in at
least equal measure. He has reduced the num-
her Of his subOrdinates more than 13 per cent
Is there any good reason 10 doubt that pro-
portionate reduction could he made throughout
the municipal service and about sly thousand
names stricken from the swollen payroll. not
only without injury to any public interest. but
20 the immense advantage of the community,
If men as competent and conscientious as Mr..
Philbin were in control everywhere?
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4 BILL TO MIL.

The anti-conyict labor demagogue is again
abroad in the land. He has invented scheme
10 deprive the prison authorities of one Of their
few remaining resources for saving the pris
oners from idleness and insanity. and has pre-
vailed upon Senator Goodsell 10 introduce a bill
at Albany To accomplish that purpose. Al pres
ent the school boards OF the State are obliged to
purchase school furniture from the prisons, so
far as the prisons can supply the goods which
they want. The bill authorizes them 70 pur-
chase supplies and furniture in the open market
at discretion.
If such a discretion should be conferred there
need be no expectation that the making OF
school furniture would be continued in the
prisons. The object of the bill is by indirectOn
10 discontinue the industry and leave the field
10 q small number OF school furniture manu-
facturers. commonly called the School Furniture
Trust. Make possible the purchase from the
trust of goods which the State can as well
supply, and the trust will do the rest To be
perfectly sure on that point we have only to
recall the reluctance of our city departments
to buy brooms and scrubbing brushes of the
prisons and their efforts TO find lOopholes in the
law for fear of degrading" the free labor en-
ployed in scrubblng or depriving somebody with
a pull of fat commissions on the sale of sup
plies. School trustees would soon be impressed
our innocent little children be contaminated by
contact with desk made within prison walls
They would speedily develop a theological
theory of the total deprayity Of inanimate things
and discover that there a moral quality in
chairs depending not on their workmanship or
design. but ON the moral atmosphere of the
place of their manufacture. There is certain
amount of silly sentimentality in this view
Some good but weak minded people hold It,
For the most part however. IL is the argument
OF selfish interest and demagogy. No child is
hurt because a convict makes his desk In
ninety-nine cases out Of hundred he never
knows where his desk comes from, and. II by
chance he learns. the lesson conveyed TO his
mind is that wrongdoers are punished with
hard labor for the public which he If he is
good has the benefit Of The child who learns
10 be good and useful citizen in prison made
chair Is better trained than one who early
learns that public enterprises should be man
aged in the interests Of private contractors. and
that his school furniture is an example of the
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PERSONAL.

The Hartford Courant" says: Hartford will
regret deeply the departure from here Of Professor
Williston Walker, tut loss'is Yales gain; and
the kindly feeling that pervades this community
toward Yale will only be deepened when there is
added to her faculty one whom Hartford is so
much attached 10. Perhaps too there is some
Justice in having Professor Walker go from Hart
ford to New-Haven when recall that his loved
HartfoTd Certainly Yae is to- be I'd
upon her rev acquisition
When President Lincoln was assassinated Queen
Victoria wrote the following letter Mrs Lincoln:
am overwhelmed. dear Mrs Lincoln What can
any earthly being say TO lessen the terrible blow
IN such way, Of your great and noble husband /?
ACCEPT with this my heartfelt sympathy in your
guide you TO peace and resignation. NV people are
,hoeked by this terrible calamity, which IS 10 me
personal grief. My tears aud prayers are yours.
May He comfort and protect you always
When In 1881 President Garfield succumbed to the
bullet Of an assassin. after long period OF suf-
fering. the Queen wrote personal letter TO Mrs
Garfield saying;
I have watched during the last few sad months
i,h .i,h admraton the patience and Christian forti-
tude OF your gallant husband and learn with
great grief that he has passed away l. too know
yon ,6S s0Tro% t c Of such unhappy desoaon and ask
reavement- President Garfield was a good and
trouble. " mug ."
The will ~ Miss Maria Wrestling of Frederick
Md. bequeaths $780, On to the Board " Foreign Mis-
sions ~ the Presbyterian Church in the United
States. $4,000 - the Congregational Home Mis-
sionary Society of New-York and 5000 10 the
H1t tlCah board OF commissioners for Foreign
chusetts.
Charles S. Francis Of Troy. the United States
Minister 20 Greece. recently remarked: II am a
Trojan going 10 Athens and have oddly enough
a daughter named Helen"
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relations. 10 establish monarchy instead Of
a republic, or TO prohibit religious freedom. or
to re-establish human slavery. or TO impose In
tOlerable hardships upon all visitors from this
country. or to repudiate the lawful Indebtedness
of the island. The United States would be pill
Ioried in infamy IL it permitted its Intervention
in Cuba 10 have such an outcome True. these
are extreme suppositions. There is no reason TO
expect that Cuba will ever want to do such
abominable things. II is earnestly TO be
hoped and pretty confidently 10 be expected.
that the constitution will be satisfactory and
acceptable 10 the United States Government.
But in any case II is for this Government 10
determine whether it is so or not and to retain
ineXorably fits control of Cuba until the Cuban
situation is made satisfactory and secure.
This conclusion. some may say. is diametri-
cally opposed 70 the views of Senator Platt.
Yes and no. The Connecticut Senator says
something more. and something more siGnif-
cant, than that which we have Just quoted. He
says that although Cuba is a foreign country,
yet because Of the circumstances of our inter
vention there the United States has certain
rights and privileges in that island, and certain
mutual obligations exist between the two. That
is precisely what The Tribune has all along con
tended. and that is the basis of the argument
we have just made Moreover. says Senator
"and conditions military occupation Of Cuba
shall cease, and in doing that might express
Its opinion to what necessary guarantees
"of our future relations should he embodied i'm
Its constitution" Precisely. 1t is admirably
put Only We do not suppose Senator Platt
means that Congress is merely To express its
opinion concerning the guarantees and to leave
Cuba free 10 honor or 10 snub that opinion and
10 grant TO refuse the guarantees at will.
lie must mean. of course, that Congress is TO
prescribe the guarantees which il considers
necessary. and is 10 make an absolute assurance
of them the condition upon which our military
occupation of Cuba shall cease. Nothing more
than that is proposed. and nothing less than
that would be acceptable-that the rights and
privileges Of the United States and the mutual
obligations of the two countries shall be recog-
nized and guarantees concerning them shall be
rrevocably secured-and IL is encouraging and
auspicious 20 have the case so frankly and so
convincingly stated by 50 good an authority.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-02
EXPERT VIEWS OF mExICO.

There is probably no country in the world Of
equal importance and Of equally interesting re-
lations to this country concerning which the
people of the United States AZ large know less
than they do about Mexico. That great repub-
lie adjoins us at the south with an abuttng
frontier of thirteen fourteen hundred miles.
Our connection with il has been of great his
tOrical interest involving one war between the
two nations and one particularly serious threat
Of intervention by this country in its behalf
against one of the greatest European Powers.
Our commercial and industrial interests there
are enormous. And. apart from all these things.
that ancient and historic land has in the last
quarter Of a century made. under the benefcent
direction of the masterful statesman who has
for so long a time been It's Chief Of State.
progress in political social and industrial az
fairs that is scarcely less than marvellous. And
vet the bulk OF current information which the
public here receives about Mexico consists of
fugitive notes about Indian raids or cowboy
fights along the border.
We shall be glad, therefore. 10 lay before the
readers Of The Tribune a series OF entertaining
and instructive letters, depicting Mexico as II is
to-day. from the pen Of one Of the most authori-
tative writer's who could deal with the subject
The Hon. John W. Foster began his dstn-
guished diplomatic career, we need scarcely re-
mlnd our readers, as Minister 10 Mexico IN tne
years 1S73-'SO and gained AT that time an ex-
ceptiOnaly comprehensive and accurate knOwl-
edge of the country. Since then he has been Min
lister 10 Russia and 10 Spain. and has crowned
his public career with service as Secretary Of
State at Washington incidentally. he has also
been a special plenipotentiary TO negotiate reci-
procity treaties with a number of foreign cOun-
tries and a member OF the Joint High Com
mission 10 adjust the differences between the
United States and British America. Such a
record emphatically bespeaks Mr.. Fosters emf
nent fitness 10 regard the affairs of Mexico
through expert eyes. and when we add the re-
minder that before he was a diplomat he was a
successful and accomplished journalist there is
needed no further assurance that his letters
from Mexico 10 The Tribune will form a feature
of more than ordinary interest and value.
We shall publish the first Of Mr. Fosters let
ters in The Tribune Of tomorrow morning, and
the others will follow at appropriate intervals
They are heartily 10 be commended 10 all our
readers. whether for ephemeral entertainment or
for enduring profit