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New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
WoOLLENs AND THE TARIFF.

II is doubtful whether wool dealers and manu-
facturers will appreciate the explanation Of
the depression in that industry which has ap
peared in recent Democratic journals. With
utter disregard OF facts these journals attribute
everything that is bad to the tariff. The real
cause Of the trouble discussed in The Trib
une on December 10, when the situation first
became alarming. Besides the unusually tardy
winter and the substitution OF cotton and
shoddy there was extensive reference to the
oyerproduction o. goods and speculative ad-
vance ~ wool to the highest price in many
years. AS this rise amounted to 81 per cent in
the seven months beginning with May 1S9a II
could not well be charged TO tariff that had
been in force for two years. Undoubtedly there
were imports just prior to the enactment OF the
Dingley tariff far in excess OF consumptive re-
qurements for a long period Had It not been
for that law these foreign shipments would have
continued large until now. instead of being
rushed here in great bulk TO avoid the duty.
and then falling off to 500 800. .33s in the two
fiscal years 1890 and 1900 against S91 2O3 O6S in
1896 and 1891 1t is difficult to where Amer
lean manufacturers suffer by this decrease in
importations. Nor is 1t easy to demonstrate that
American wool growers would benefit by the
greater competition OF Australian ranches II
their product were admitted free Of duty Even
after the sharp decline Of 80 per cent in price
Win 'iie SubSiutHCt OI speculative operations at
the close OF 1890. domestic fleece still sells 70
per cent higher than on January l. 1897. when
the Wilson bill was in force and imports of
35OS52o26 pounds of foreign wool in one year
almost ruined sheep raising
Equally rampant opposition was encountered
by those who favored development OF the iron
and steel industry, but surely experience has
demonstrated that legislation against starvation
wages abroad more than fulfilled the promises
Of protectonists In this branch Of manufacture
there came a similar setback when imitation
of prices and overproduction occurred at the
close Of 1899 and in the early months of 1900
With restoration of a reasonable position there
have appeared vigorous demand and generally
prosperous conditions. Removal OF the duty
would have availed nothing when The industry
was crippled by speculation and overzealous
dealing. Furnaces turned out unequaled ouan-
titles of pig iron, while mills accumulated enor
nous stocks Of products. Demand naturally fell
off as quotations became absurdIy high and
there was general restriction of operations nm
til the atmosphere cleared. Wool growers and
makers of woollens have elements to contend
with that did not appear in the iron and steel
market. but these will be overcome in time
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
THE KNEIsEL oUARTET.

1t is not often that concert of the Knesel Quar-
tet fails to give unalloyed pleasure when such
a contingency arrives il Is easy 10 be Ienient in
judgment upon it. Last night. for several reasons
of which the meteorological was not the least the
quartet hal Of its bad quarter hours That the
adjective is a qualified one need scarcely be en-
phasized That stands to reason
What can be set down as bad when Mr. Knesef
and his companions play would scarcely provoke
even mild criticism If the performers were any
other organization. pisa ppointment with the Bos-
is only modified rapture. ; Gilbert would
say The strings would not speak as freely and
brightly is their wont, and Mr.. Kneisel seemed
10 feel the constraint. The Dvorak Quartet began
with the feeling dominant 1t OF in the sec
ond movement The Dumka was ''doleful dump
only in the national sense; mournfuI in spirit
gloomy in color the tragic song had TO be bur n
the Slavic voice that song over the arpez-
sos of Mr.. Schroeders vioIonceuo transformed for
the time being into the story relIer's housle the
Russian gousID The Improvement continued in the
Romance, but IN the hnal movement there was
paucity OF Slavic dash and wildness.
Then came Cesar Franck's quintet for pianoforts
and strings. The ptanoforts played by Mr.. George
Proctor, hitherto a stranger TO concert rooms.
We wish he might have had better introduction.
The great French organist's quintet IS neither
edifying a diverting composition. but series
OF impotent STRINGS TO make the little company
OF instruments say things which, IL they are worth
saying at all. ought TO be said by a dramatic
chestra- Dramatic utterauce, in this sense, is not
the function Of chamber music instruments;
NJ. Francks Utterances particularly eloquent. The
quintet thunders in the index and keeps on thur-
dering all the way through. but the flashes
mere brutum fulmen. Reiteration OF phrase is not
musical development. matter how Frequently
and suddenly the keys shifted. The skies
cleared when the third Rasoumowskf quartet by
Beethoven was reached. We had music again which
sounded as naive after Franck as IL sounded bi-
Zarre and unnatural when IL was written And the
men showed the influence of the change IN their
PLAYING.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
TIE REGLNNLNG AND THE END.

II is doubtful IL more fantastic statement
was ever seriously put forth by a person pre-
suned 10 be mentally responsible and competent
than thar which Mr.. Lewis Nixon. chairman OF
The Tammany Committee of Five, gave out for
publication on Monday evening. In substance
this is IT. That for many years an organization
Of blackmailers has been methOdcally demand
ing enormous sums of money from persons con-
ducting or desiring 10 conduct unlawful estab-
lshments: that the money demanded has
been paid. those who paid il believing that ii
was collected on the authority and for the bene-
it Of Tammany Hall; that this belief was false
and therefore that the believers were swindied;
that neither Mr.. Croker nor anybody else
powered TO act for Tammany has been in any
way concerned in or privy TO such transactions,
and that the victims. having learned how they
have been plundered. will make the town too
hot 10 hold the members of the collecting COM
bjnation.
Now. do not wish to make the situation
in which Mr.. Nixon has put himself by this de-
Iiberate statement morally intolerabIe without
absolute necessity. If on further consideration
he should declare that by his own showing he
was an innocent baby boy. who ought 10 be
wearing a pinafore. attending a kindergarten
and saying his prayers in a little white night
gown at his mothers knee. we. for our part.
should be inclined 10 take that acknowledgment
al It's face value. But if Mr.. Nixon prefers to
maintain that his general reputation 10 the con-
trary is well founded that he is a shrewd and
experienced man Of affairs that he is qualified
TO weigh evidence and deduce the conclusions
that it il. and not AT all likely 10 be fooled
then we must say that he is I'm dreadful di-
lemma of his own contriving We observe that
he did not wait long before trying TO find an
easier alternative. but his attempted emenda-
t!ons do not answer the purpose. He explained
yesterday that he did not mean to say the day
before that the blackmaing combination did
not include men high in the councils of Tam
many but that they were not supported I'm
their dongs by the organization; and he also
added that they had undoubtedly used the
police as a club.
II is necessary 10 inform Mr.. Nixcn that this
does not suffice. The gamblers OF this town
The poolroom men, the crowd of filthy and
malignant scoundrels who levy on lawlessness
and pollution. are not easily swinded No one
ever tries TO sell them gold bricks They recog-
nize "a straight tip" as far as human eyes can
see it. They know just what they are buying
and invariably get what they pay for They are
not going TO arise in their wrath and make The
town too bot 20 hold men who lfare cheated
them, for the conclusive reason fiat they have
not been cheated. The very basis Of Mr.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
MUSIC.
A SONG RECITAL

Mr. George Henschel has been influence in III,
musical life of the United States particularly New
York and Boston for two decades. Veteran patrons
of the Orator-o Society will recall how he SAM
in that organizations performance of MendsIz
sohns Elijah" November o. 1880 and aga,1
month later in the seventh of the series OF an
nual Christmastide performances of The Messiah
which has remained unbroken down to the presAr+
time. At this second appearance Miss Lillian
Bailey. pupil of Mr.. HenscheTs. was the solo
soprano. Mr. Hensckel who had come to US from
Germany. had already transplanted himself to
Boston, and thereafter he made London his
home. There he and his pupil, who was become
his wife began the series of song recitals OF which
first London reciIaD in 1855 Since then the Hen
schels have visited New-York at greater or less
intervals of time cheering their friends with their
artistic ministratiols and causing them to wonder
the perennial freshness and finish of the singers
art and the fine enthusiasm which informs an their
work.
That this enthusiasm is quite much in ev
dence in the widening scope OF their selections
in their performance was shown again yester-
day afternoon when they gave the first OF two re-
ctaIs in Mendelssohn Hail. The old plan OF he
ginning with last century music and preserving
something like chronological order. but not too
strictly. observed but there were novel things
among the old well the new. which were
brought forward such duet from Cimarosas
Il Tract Amanti''; arigetta. "Quel RusceIeto,"
by Paradies; charmingy dainty song by Davidofr
''Leis' bewegt'; a scene from Parry's King Saul"
and two of the Biblical songs which DR.. Dvorak
had in his portfolio when he returned 10 Prague
from New-York AS some previous occasion Mr.
Hensche made prominent feature OF gro1p
of songs from Schubert's 'Winterreise,' songs in
which his deep sympathy with the poetry Of the
lines and the poetry of the music has always been
made most manifest. The songs cannot make A
voice of isagreeable quality agreeable but thew
can. as all song lovers know. enable artist like
Mr. HenscheI TO make forget the quality Of his
tones in the eloquence Of his proclamation. So il
was again yesterday. and he had to add to the list
For the addition he chose the first of the samA
composers 'Sch6ne Mulerin'' songs, "Das Wan
dern." Mr.. Henschers voice and manner are as
winning pellucid and finished ever. and his sing
ing brought keen delight to a numerous and re-
fined audience.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
THE GRIP HERE AGAIN.

New-York seems 10 he in the grasp of the
grip Doctors are Overtaxed and hospitals over
crowded. The number of cases has reached a
total of thousands, and many men on the police
force fail to report for duty the plea that the
prevalent Influenza has laid them low. The
reason why so many patrolmen are affected by
this disease may be that they do not take active
exercise enough. Troops of them have acquired
the habit of leisurely chat at street corners
and spend hours at night in the back rooms Of
dramshops and other convenient places of ref
uge while their duties on their beats are neg
lected.
How many mail carriers are off duty because
of the grip? They work so hard and walk
about so briskly, covering laborious miles for
six days every week. in all sorts Of wea ther,
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

Federal Government. Outside of that sphere
beyond that boundary. the Federal Government
can only act by usurpation-a government of
Lorce, not or laW-and officials assuming to act
or the United states outside of the prescriptions
vi vi lne constitution are however well inten-
toned. outside of the law
Is not orten that the doctrine is put quite
so well to show its absolute opposition TO
Well known decision of the Supreme Court lin
re Ross. holding that 1.-The Constitution can
nave no operation in another country" but at
the same time declaring that the United
states officers acting under laws of Congress
could. beyond the operation of the Constitu-
tlon' try and condemn to death an American
citizen without regard to the Constitutions
guarantees In that case certainly the Con
sutution did not extend TO 1.-The whole sphere of
'ne activity of the Federal Government" Out
sue tnat sphere the Government did act and
the Supreme Court held it was not "usurpa-
ton"
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
amuscmeuis.

SACADEMy OF MUSIC-2-s-ouo yadis:
FAAfEElcAN THEATRES :15-Quo Nedts
lfIyOu-S20-Madge Smith
BROADWAY THEATRES IA Royal Rogue
i<cASINO-S :ls-FlorodoTa.
sCRITERION THEATRE-s-The Gay Lord oueK-
DALys THEATRE-2-s:15-Lady Huntworths E1pcr1-
nent.
EDEN MI-SEES-The World in Wax
rlaTTTS SrPFFT FATRE-2-S-Garrett
OMaeh.
GARDEN THEATRES. .20-Tom Pinch
GARRICK THEATRE-2:i5-s: s:l5-DaNid harufh'
GRAND OPERA HOCSE-2-S-Al on Account OF Ellza-
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE--S:l0-l HODGE: fooge N -;
HERALD SQUIRE TTIEATRE-2-S-The Girl from Up
There.
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-s-De Strengen herr>n-
KEITH sc ontinuCus Performance - - 49,,
KS1CKERBOcKER THEATRE-2:2O-e.%o-S" Ven
OF Old Drum.
KosTER & BIALs-l -l45-I;45-Vaudeyille
LYcErM TFIEATRE-S.30-A Royal Family
MADISON SQUARE TITEATRE-2-s:2O-My Lazy
Dainty
METROPOLITAN OPERA HoUsE-s-Lohensrin
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-S-AriStocrac
NEw-YORK THEATRE-2-s:i5 s:i5-The Giddy Throng
PASTOR S-Day and Nigbt-Contnuous SHOW
pROCTOR'S-Con Performance
REPUBIIc-2:l5-s:I :I5-In the Palace of the King.
HIcTORIA-S.30-Miss Prinrt.
wALLAcKs THBATRE-2:l5-s:3 s:3o-Janice Meredith
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
THE CHAMBERS NEW HOME.
COMMITTEE HAS BOUGHT THE OLD REAL
ESTATE EXCHANGE PROPERTY.

II was again reported yesterday that the Building
Committee OF the Chamber of Commerce had pur-
chased the Old Real Estate Exchange property. at
No 50 TO IS Ltberty-st, and that the work OF tear
ing down the building for the erection of the new
building of the Chamber OF Commerce would begin
at early date. The purchase price was thought
TO be about $4,000. the property has been Tor
sale at or those figures for some time At the
time of the dissolution of the Real Estate exchanges
and Auction Room. Limited, the property was pur-
chased by the Central Realty Bond and Trust COM
pany OF New-YOrk for S5S000O. The lower part o.
the building Is occupied by the company. II was
acquired by the company in May. 1Ssa
soon afterward the company bought the site on
which the BrOad-EXchange Building y oelis
erected. This site was later resold 70 the Ailancs
Realty Company. and again to the Broad ENcnahse
Company. The Central Realty Company IS 10 nave
its new offices in the Broad-EXchange BuildlnS
When Henry Morgenthau. president OF the Cen,
sale of the old Real Estate building properly ne re-
ferred the Tribune reporter to Morris \ JeSup,
president OF the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Jesup
found at his home. No. 1877 Madison-ave. Last
night. but declined to talk on the subject
The old Real Estate Exchange building IS a SIN
story iron structure. and occupies plot rrontlns
g.. 10 feet In Liberty-st. and 9l4 feet in Liberty
Place. Among the other parcels that the Bulldlns
Committee of the Chamber of Commerce IS SAID 70
have considered are the Hoyt property on thss
north side OF P1ne-st, just east of NasSau-St ana
the Realty Trusts property, on the south side OF
Liberty-st., between Broadway and NassaU-st-
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
Aep11nrk Daiip Urihm,rs
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9, 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN-A mail steamer from Algeria
went ashore on the French coast near Mar
settles with fifty passengers and crew OF forty
aboard, and it Is feared that the loss OF life WIZ
he total as all efforts to reach the vessel had
failed al late hour President Deschanel
was reelected by the French Chamber of Dep
,,ties after a close contest with Henri Brisson.
The rapidity with which good news from
South Africa is received in London arouses sus-
picion that in quarters from which no news
comes the British forces are not meeting WIN
marked success. == AS Emperor william
was suffering from a severe cold the Prussian
Diet was opened by Count Won Bulow. who read
the speech from the throne. = Sir Edward
Spence Symes, Chief Secretary TO Government
of R1rrah attempted suicide at Rangoon by
shooting himself in the head - The Mayor
OF Santiago de Cuba removed from office
on charges Of irregularity in the conduct OF
municipal affairs.
CONGRESS- Senate: The canteen feature of
the Army Reorganization bill was discussed
throughout the session: vote may De taken
to-day House: The Burleigh Reappor-
fionr1ent bill providing for House of 1856 MEM
bers. was passed. the Hopkins bill. which kept
the membership at its present number oe'ng
defeated.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on Porto Rican test
cases began in the United States Supreme Court.
F. r. Coudert. Jr- making the nrst EPeecn
against the Governments contention
President Mckinley is still suffering from grip
and is likely to be confined to his room for sew
eral days. - The Republicans in the New
Hampshire Legislature called a caucus Tor to-
morrow night 10 nominate q eandldate 10 sue, sue,
ceed Senator Chandler. - The torpedo ooat
DESTROYER Lawrence AlaQe --97A hhoIo az AAON.
on its maiden trip to Boston Light. - A
freight car filed with powder exploded with
tremendous force in railroad wreck near
yViIkesba rre. Penn. yeEterdsy - The sec
ord contingent OF Canadian troops sent to the
Transvaal returifed ster % allLaN elsht m nun
Sred strong - Governor Odell set the state
depa~t-nents at work to prepare their estimates
for the year - Twenty-six lives were lost
in the Rochester Orphan Asylum fire.
CTTY-Stocks were irregular and active -
The control of the Delaware and Hudson hall-
road il was announced. has been secured by
the Vanderbilt interests. = -Four persons
we're burned to death in fire at No. 35I East
One -hundred-and- thirteenth-st- == j. j. Hill.
president Of the Great Northern, spent some
time in Wall Street. - More deaths from
grip occurred in the week ending January .
than in December 1899; physicians said the
epidemic is increasing despite favorable weather
conditions == DR.. George T. Stewart TOOK
charge of Bellevue as superintendent yesterday;
the three nurses. charged with cruelty treating
Louis H Hilliard who died in the insane
pavilion were indicted for manslaughter.
THE EwEATHER.-Forecast for to-day: Fair.
The temperature yesterday: Highest. Rs degrees;
lowest 80 degrees; average, 30 degrees.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
WOOL MAyUF4cTURERs To MEET HERE.

ANNUAL. GATHERING TO TAKE PLACE AT HOTEL
SAVOY -DAY-SPEAKERS AT THE DINNER
The thirty-sixth annual meeting Of the Nauohal
Association of Wool Manufacturers will be held at
the Hotel Savoy this afternoon. In the evenins
there will be dinner of wool manufacturers anu
representatives Of the wool commission houses az
the same hotel The holding of the annual meetlns
in this city is somewhat of departure from tnS
usual custom of the association. its meetings gen
orally being held in Boston. where its headquarters
After the transaction of the regular business
paper Humidity in the Wool Manufacture
will be presented by Professor Edward W. FrSncg5'
the principal of the Philadelphia Textile SchoSL
Among the guests and speakers expected az lue
dinner are United States Senator Francis 4 va
rem. of WyOming who is one OF the largest WOo'
growers in the United States; William r. Merriam
Director of the Census; Charles a. Russell men men
Der of the Ways and Means COMMITTEES OF tIo
House of Representatives. and Theodore {. Searet:
of Philadelphia, president of the Association q
Manufacturers. Charles II. Harding. of Philade..
phia. president Of the association. will preside d.
the dinner.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
THE HOSPITALS OF EW-TORK.

Commissioner Keller says that a new admin
stration building is sorely needed for Bellevue
Hospital. and that all the old buildings within
the grounds should be remodelled and adapted
to the requirements of the present day. 1t is
evident even to hasty observer that those
antiquated structures of Bellevue. in which
mutitudes of patients are treated every day,
are not suitable for the latest medical and
surgical methods. Although New-YOrk con-
tains a number of excellent private hospitals,
which are equipped with the finest inventions.
several of the public institutions are deficient
in the arrangement and character of the build
ngs and in suitable provision for the care of
the sick and injured. This is true not only OF
Bellevue. but also of great establishments on
Blackwell'S Island and other islands owned and
managed by the municipal authorities
Between Tcnth-st. and One-hundred and-hf-
tccnthst. there is imposing array of big
hospitals. privately endowed and not under
the direction of the Department of Charities.
But what magnificent and far reaching work
is done by st. Vincents. by the New-York Hos
ptal. with its branches; by Roosevelt, st.
Lukes. the Presbyterian. Mount Sinai the
homeopathic. the Woman's Hospital and many
others! Every one of these is overburdened
because the demands for treatment are so
numerous With all these splendid private in
stitutions the public hospitals are also over
taxed. and in the Harlem region and in The
Bronx there is the direst need of new and larger
buildings. The opening of the new Gouverneur
Hospital downtown has just taken place, and
much good will be done In a district where
there has been a greatly Inadequate provision
in the past. Funds are now asked for the rails
ing of a new private hospital at Jefferson and
Cherry SITS. in a part of the town where 1t will
he kept busy and crowded from the first day
of its occupancy.
1t is a varied complex and extensive system
of hospitals, both public and private, within
the boundaries OF New-York. The highest or
der of ability, the broadest views, the most
generous sympathy and Steadfast devotion to
duty may he found in many Of these institu-
tions. Brooklyn was called city of churches
long ago. Above and beyond most of the ia
nous cities of the world, New-York may he
looked upon as a city of hospitals
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09

that most of them have no time to spare in
which to be sick moderate diet, plenty OF
lively movement in the open air and reason
able allowance of sleep after the days work is
done are usually effective safeguards against
grave attacks of grip.
And here's a word of sound advice: When
the symptoms of violent attack of grip are
first disclosed don't fool with the disease by
trying to cure yourself Send for a competent
doctor promptly. Grip should be taken in hand
without delay unless the indications are clear
at the outset that the case is of the mildest
kind. Pleurisy. pneumonia or dangerous heart
trouble is likely TO follow in the train of this
disease unless medical advice is sought early.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-09
NEW-JERSEY AND THE PALISADES.

INV - EhNLI IN ~ M f1bfCADEN.
Governor Voorhees, joins Governor Odell in
paying an appropriate tribute TO the Commission
whose labors have made il possible TO preserve
the Palisades. and urges the Legislature of New
Jersey 10 do its full share in carrying the scheme
forward TO completion. Now for the first time,
as he says. the project seems capable of realiza-
ton and ii would be unfortunate and discredit-
able If so favorable IN opportunity TO secure the
results of long negotiation were neglected. The
options under which various essential properties
are held will expire on June /, and ii is far from
certain that they could be renewed. Further
more, the sum of S120.000 which liberal resi-
dents of New-York have conditionally pledged
for the purchase of those properties is payable
only in case the legislatures of New-York and
New-Jersey appropriate the additional amount
required for the execution of the plan during the
present winter. Possibly they might repeat their
offer another year, but they would be under no
obligation 10 do so.
Altogether. ii is clear that delays AT Albany
and Trenton would be dangerous, and il be-
hooves all who have bewailed the destruction of
the Palisades 10 exert their influence in support
OF the plan for their preservation. If strong
public sentiment in its favor is clearly seen to
exist the elements of opposition will hardly
think II worth while 10 organize but if they
once get together they will not be so easily
overcome.