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New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

among them A year ago the United States
military authorities established a license sys-
tem looking TO the lessening of the number of
drinking places and the work has been con-
tinued vigorously by the Civil Commission The
result is that at the present time the number of
barrooms has been reduced more than so per
cent. or from 224 to Ss, Of which only As sell
spirituOus liquors. and the number of native
wine shops has been reduced 90 per cent. or
from 1000 10 400. Those figures. for a city
of 100000 inhabitants. certainly do not indicate
a compulsory universal orgy of drunkenness,
and with only One-tenth as many drinking
places now as before the American occupation
this country cannot be charged with much put
ting the bottle to its neghbors' lips.
These facts concerning the liquor trade are
of interest not only in refutation of the reck-
less and malicious lbels upon the Government
which have been extant, but also as n vindica-
ton of the Governments worthiness TO be in
trusted with the more complete civil admins
tration of the islands. The admirable features
Of the insular Civil Service system organized
by the Commission have already been set forth
and have met with hearty approval. 1t now re-
mains for the Government 10 be empowered TO
extend it's work so TO give a substantial basis
for the development of industry and commerce
and the general progress of the people in pOliti-
cal, business and social affairs. 1t rests with
Congress to extend such power. and in a matter
of so great Importance Congress will. of course
act with deliberate circumspectiOn But it will
do well. too, TO remember that in a case so
urgent as this "he gives twice who gives quick
ly," and it should be possible to act with rea-
sonable expedition without sacrificing the duty
of circumspectior.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

for a train while two or three express
trains whisk by without stopping 1t really
seems to be of doubtful utility to run express
trains at all excepting on roads where there Is
a special track for their exclusive use. If run
on the same tracks as the local trains they can
not make materially faster time than the latter,
and they almost inevitably disarrange the ser
vice, causing the patrons of the local trains
more inconvenience than the convenience which
they afford to their own.
The fundamental difficulty in the way of PRO
viding an altogether satisfactory system or
transit from Manhattan to Brooklyn lies OF
course, in the hopeless inadequacy of the pres
ent Brooklyn Bridge to accommodate all the
traffic that seeks it, As a matter of fact, the
original uses of the Bridge were all that it
could properly meet The subordination of its
car service to the elevated roads and the giving
up of its wagon roads to the trolley lines were
acts of sheer perversion which never should
have been performed. Instead, another bridge
should have been built expressly for the ele
waited and trolley lines 1t is too late now to
undo the mistake. at least for a considerable
time. In such circumstances it Is encouraging
to see steps taken to make the best of the stu
alton. As we have said marked improvements
in the service have already been made, and
others are to be expected But these should not
in the least delay the work Of providing, ty
transit worthy of the second city of the world.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
Neso9lurk Dailp Gribu,re.
SUNDAY. JANUARY 81. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRErGN.-The preparations for Queen Vic
toria's funeral continued in England, and IL
promises 10 be the most tremendous pageant OF
the generation; the Crown Prince or Germany
arrived AZ Osborne, whittier also Lord Roberts
has been summoned; King Edward issued mes
sages which were read TO the army ana navy
OF Great Britain; there is a famine in mourning
goods in London. =- Fifty thousand F1liplnos
IN Iloilo Province have taken the oath or al
legiance 10 the United States. - Ihe FDpe Tie
issued an encyclical on Socialism. - Inc
Beers have captured post OF Dublin tuslllers
a train with supplies, and damaged railway IN
the TransVaal: General Louis Botha mas peeh
asked by the burghers in Pretoria if he Will re-
ceiye q peace commission. -= Chancellor Won
Bulew announced in the Prussian Diet mat the
Government proposed 10 protect the interests OF
agriculture by raising duties - The troubies
in the Far East are believed TO be causing the
prevalent slump in the silver maaaetj 1s ,aio1,e5
by the death OF Queen Victoria - GlusepPe
Verdi the Italian composer. died at MS nome III
Milan.
CONGRESS.-Senate: The greater part of the
session was devoted to consideration Of the Ind
ian Appropriation bill, amendment providing
for irrigation Of arid lands giving rise to
lively debate. - House: The bill 10 revise
and codify the postal laws was considered, all
proposed amendments being defeated; eulogies
OF the late Senator Gear, Of Iowa, were de-
livered.
DOMESTIC. in Washington is divided
as TO the probability Of an extra session or Con-
gress, but il is agreed that one must be caileo
If legislation for the Philippines is TO De unoeI
with the Newport News Shipbuilding Company
for two armored cruisers, TO cost upward or
81, 100000 - The danger Of an uprising Oh
the Creek Indians is regarded small but pre-
cautions to prevent any overt acts Will be taken
by military and civil authorities. - The ONCE
of the United States Internal Revenue Collector
IN Peoria III, was entered by burglars, who
broke open the safe and stole war revenue
stamps believed to amount to 100000 In value
- The man who offered TO give $4,000 for
a free library at Lewiston, Me. is Andrew Car
negie. - Fire in big crockery store in Chi
oago caused a loss Of between SoOOOOo ana
100000 - student at Williams College
was kidnapped bound and gagged, and carried
several miles by masked men as a practical joke
CITY-Stocks were strong and active. -
Governor Odell said he expected the Police bill
TO pass the Legislature promptly. - Dr
William I. Simpson committed suicide in his
rooms at the Gerard while his wife was pre-
pairing to go out with him. - A candy store
at No. 419 West Broadway was burned. -
Governor Odell spoke at the dinner Of the AS
sociate Alumni of the College Of the City Of
New-York at the Hotel Savoy.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Oc-
oasional snow or rain; warmer. The tempera-
ture yesterday: Highest, 3S degrees; lowest, %;
average, 1885.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
THE WORLDS, HOMAGE.

II must be exceedingly gratifying TO the Eng
lish people. and not less so TO the royal FAMILY
than 10 others. 70 see how discerning as We'll as
sincere is the worldwide tribute 10 the Queen.
The expressions Of coincidence which the death
Of a chief of State customarily evokes, however
welcome as a manifestation of respect and
friendship rarely carry a full assurance of
spontaneiry and deep feeling. DIR. johnson, In
iustifying a measure of exaggeration in honor
of the dead, said that man was not upon oath
when writing q lapidary inscription. Similarly
there are times when il is not merely excusable
but appropriate in the intercourse OF nations as
we'll as of individuals. 10 use the conventional
language of sympathy and kindness without
strict regard TO the literal truth. Every one
knows that in reality the peoples of the earth
are not often profoundly afflicted by the death
Of any person, and there is little danger that
the tokens of international comfy will be too
highly valued.
In this instance, however, there is no need to
make the usual or perhaps even the slightest
allowance for exaggeratiOn in viewing the
homage which is being paid 10 the memory OF
Victoria. 1t must be obvious even TO the few
whose own feelings are untouched that this un-
exampled demonstration of tenderness is genu-
inc. Moreover though it would be grateful 10
the Queens people even if II were less discTimi-
mating, its chief significance TO them will lie in
the appreciation which 1t shows of the qualities
which made her great and venerable and be-
loved. Her thousand claims to reverence" are
not more clearly discerned by those over whom
she reigned than by the rest Of mankind. And
we hope IL is not too much to say that this truth
is of encouraging import for civilization. 1t is
not a trivial thing that all the world, standing
around royal bier and surveying the poor relics
of mortal glory, should render such tribute to
the goodness which does not die.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
BROOKLYN TRANSIT CHANGES

The last week has seen some Improvements In
the passenger transit service on the Brooklyn
Bridge. The coupon tickets have been abolished
with consequent saving TO the company of
the wages of several ticket takers and an in
crease of convenience to the public The
through trains across the Bridge to and from
the. Brooklyn elevated roads which were prom
ised so long ago that hope of them deferred has
made hearts sick, were at last put into opera
ton for a part of each day on one of the roads
There was also further Introduction of new
type of car fitted with single seats in pairs and
adapted to be closed in winter and open in sum-
mer, which is probably the best ever devised for
such service and which should be used TO the
exclusion of all others The changes in the
ticket system resulted on Monday night, when
they were little understood by the public, in cne
of the worst congestions of traffic and most dis
graceful orgies of crowding and brutal violence
ever seen even on the Brooklyn Bridge, the IA
vorite scene of such horrors. But in a few
days the public became familiar with the new
system, and now il is working with admirable
smoothness.
Some further changes are, however evidently
necessary, and it is to be assumed they will be
made as expeditiously as possible. All passen-
gers are now required to ascend TO the cars at
the Manhattan end of the Bridge by two STAIR
ways, instead of by four hitherto. The result
is a good deal of crowding which would be re-
lieved by reopening of the other two stairways
There is also complaint of apparent discrmna-
ton against the passengers who simply cross
the Bridge in compelling them to walk the en-
tire length of the Bridge terminal to get TO
their car, as also in giving them only sin ,Ie
car on every second train. which is often in
tolerably overcrowded. This is detail which
can be remedied without affecting the general
plan. Again. there seems TO be need of a more
1t is decidedly annoying for passengers to climb
to the platform of an important elevated rail-
road station and have to wait, in the bleak.
open air of midwinter. for fifteen minutes
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
PERSONAL.

There has been in China says The Congre-
gationaIist" mo finer exhibition OF missionary
heroism and conservation in the midst OF ancient
or modern prosecutions than that displayed Dy
Horace Pitkin one of the Pao-Ting-Fu martyrs the
story Of whose message his little son is told by
DIR Goodrich on another page. Think OF that
talented cultured. heroic young man. as ne was
consciously nearing his own awful end. sendlng
this word TO his baby boy in America, who only a
few short months before had been given to gladden.
the parental heart: Tell him want him when he
is twenty-five years old TO come back to China as
reveals OF the worth of human souls. even the
most degraded and benighted. and OF the srsndeuI
of the missionary enterprise! 1t makes as proud
of our race that IL can produce such kingly soul
Count Quiquerand de Beaujeau. Of the Sell
gneurs Of Soulanges died the other day IN Montreal
after a comparatively short illness at the age Of
ffty-fve years. The Count was descended from
the old French noblesse and one of his ancestors
was in command of the French troops at the bat
tie of Monongahela in which George Washington
took part as major Of the Virginia militia in Brad
docks army. and which resulted in victory for
the French He leaves son. who iS at present
in the Yukon. and who inherits the title. The
Counts wife. who survives him. Is granddaughter
of Aubert de Gaspe the author of Les Anciens
Canadiens"
II is said that Miss Mollie Woodward. who was
one Of the women who spent many weeks within
the besieged walls in Peking. will marry Lieutenant
%as ns
of the German Legation
San Francisco Jan. 26.-Jeremiah Curtin. OF the
Bureau OF Ethnology OF the Smithsonian Institu-
ton. widely known the translator Of QUO
Vadis" has arrived here on his way to Washington
led an interesting MongoI tribe known as the
Ruriats who to the number Of two hundred thou
BaiSa1 Mr. curtin SAYS sienEewcz viii soon issue
In English a sequel TO Quo Vadis
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

THE T4K LISTING SCHEME.

The New-Yorl Board of Trade and Trans
portations warning against Assemblyman S.
w Smiths bill for the listing for taxation by
all persons of their personal property should be
needed. AS the Board says, the true title OF the
measure should be AN act to discourage COM
''merce and manufactures in the State of New
York" 1t would infallibly drive millions of
dollars of capital TO take refuge in other States
where IL could be free from inQuisitOrial process
revealing the most private affairs of its owners.
The powers TO crOss-eXamine persons concern
ing their own property, and likewise others con-
cerning it, which this measure would lodge in
the hands of officials. would he a most dan
gerous instrument of espionage and persecution,
utterly at variance with the spirit Of American
institutions. 1t would reduce blackmailing to a
fine art, and enable the political authorities,
once in power, to hold business men at their
mercy by threat TO make extended examination
into their affairs.
1t seems quite impossible for many wOuld-be
tinkerers with the tax laws TO realize the folly
of trying TO ferret out by drastic inquisitiOn
property which has facilities for hiding. So
year after year the cry arises for some new
scheme TO get at personal property. Inasmuch
as real estate bears n heavy burden, the idea
of shifting a good part of II upon personally
always meets with applause from those whose
property is fixed. They think that larger taxa
ton of personal property would mean less taxa
ton for them. 1t might possibly for a year or
two. In the end it would only mean larger eX-
penditures by officials who have learned that
new revenues can safely be spent extrava-
CANT schemes so long the burdens of the old
taxpayers are kept within the limits they We're
accustomed TO endure 1t is. moreover. much to
be doubted If listing law would permanently
dyer of W.
1t would drive people who could do so to trans
fer their legal residences to other States. 1t
would drive others to put their money in nom
taxable securities, of which there are many.
Unless this State is prepared to go to the eX-
tremity Of revising its list of exemptions and
put the stock of a corporation which pays taxes
its capital in the same category with other
bonds and stocks, preparatory TO taxing every
evidence Of personal property no matter what
its form, no listing system will really accom-
plish the object of its advocates. 1t would
annoy everybody, it would meddle with private
business, il would drive investors to other
States, II would make non-taxable securities
popular; but 1t would not reach personal prop
erty in general, real estate in general is
reached. 1t would still leave personal taxation
unequal and unjust, as does every scheme pro-
posed 10 "smoke out" personal property for
direct taxation.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
FOR PHILIPPINE LEGISLATION.

The way 20 civilize is to civilize. That is the
keynote Of the reports and recommendations
published yesterday concerning the Philippines.
Long ago, early in the American occupation Of
the islands, We emphasized the importance of
not trusting to mere military control, but Of
establishing civil government at the earliest
practicable moment and 10 the fullest prac-
ticable degree The civil administrator should,
we urged, follow close upon the heels Of the
soldier. At such course the Government has
aimed and now il seeks constitutional authority
and power 10 pursue it In further logical con-
tinuance A hopeful beginning has been made
by the Civil Commission. But that Commis-
sion, and the native Filipinos of parts and sub
stance, and the United States military authori-
ties. are ali agreed that the time is ripe, and in
deed, the need is urgent for such a further
step as may best be taken through Congress
sional legislation. Hence the recommendation
made 10 Congress by the President The only
general measure now before Congress bearing
upon the Philippines is that known as the
Spooner bill. 1t is simple and direct measure,
which would probably serve all present pur-
poses satisfactorily. and il is moreover, ear
nestly approved snd desired by the Civil Com
mission at Manila. The present Congress is
nearing its end. But IL its members are actu-
ated by a sincere desire TO solve the philippine
problem" il ought TO be possible for them TO
enact the desired and much needed legislation
before March f.
We hope that due attention will be paid by
all men to the official report made by the Civil
Commission concerning the liquor traffic in
Manila, which has been the subject of so many
irresponsible and scandalous tales II has been
represented that innumerable ginmills have been
opened in Manila under Government authority
and that in consequence the whole population
is rapidly being reduced from state of i'm.
peccable total abstinence TO one of hopeless in
ebriety- These tales have been circulated by
those whose familiarity with the subjects they
discuss is evinced by their belief that the "Army
canteen" means a can or big flask of wbiske,
carried by each individual soldier! Far differ
ent is the indsputable story told by the Com
mission. Down TO year ago there was prac
tically free liquor in Manila. Under the olt
Spanish Law any one could conduct a saloon oil
payment OF the nominal general business licens
fee of 81. As a result there were. year ago
about two hundred and twenty-four ordinar,
barroomk IL Manila, and probably as many
four thousand native wine shops These latte
were for the sale, nominally, of "wine," bu
Filipino wine is weird combination OF stron
and often impure alcohol with various oils
davoring extracts, etc, which is sometime
fairly innocuous and sometimes OF forty rod
vfrulence II is used by the natives however
With discretion, and temperance is the rul
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

1t seems to be the fate Of kings and queens to
have absurd things said about them. and share
of the same lot falls to all who are in any way
associated with them. The wild and weird blum
ders which have been made about Victoria and
Edward VII in the last week would I'LL a large
volume, with copous appendix devoted to SINH
lar breaks about British subjects and Ameri-
can citizens in connection with them For ex-
ample, reporter volunteered, the other day. the
statement that a prominent American clergy
man-Bishop Doane, of Albany-was well ac-
quainted' with Her Majesty. The good blshop
was naturally startled at the assumption or lntl-
macy which the exuberant reporter had mus
thrust upon him. In ordinary walks OF lie one
does not as a rule get well acquainted WIN
another in two or three brief interviews. Blsnop
Doane was formally presented to victoria anu
that more than once, and was received VIII"
Her Matesty's accustomed cordiality and grace
But that is a far different matter from oeihs
well acquainted" one who might urop III
for a call whenever he was passing. AS a mat
ter of fact nobody outside of the Court circle Is
ever well acquainted" with an important SOW
ereign. and an intimation to the contrary now
ever irresponsibly made. is to be deplored as IN
itself absurd and as calculated to give annoy
ance to it's subject. by foolishly placing him In
a false light.
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
TIE OLD FIGHT IN FRANCE.

The death OF the Duke de Broglle fortnight
ago attracted, amid more sensational news. only
a 1.-THE of the attention it would once have com
manded, when he was one of the three or four
most conspicuous statesmen in Europe His
public career lasted for only half dozen years
in which time he was three times Prime Minis
ter, was the cause Of the resignation OF one
President, and led another President in the
road that ended with his resignation. No French
Minister in modern times was ever more abused
and denounced than he. and for the last twenty
three or twentyfour years he has been pOliti-
cally dead. Yet not many statesmen of the
Third Republic deserve more grateful remem-
brance than he. For he was a tower Of oppo-
sitiOn against those revolutionary tendencies
which at one time were identified with repub-
licansm, but which have latterly appeared in
their true light as the most dangerous foes OF
the republic. lie regarded Gambetta as "fOu
furieux," and Gambetta in turn looked upon him
as a mOnarchist and reactionary. But Gam
beta lived to become almost conservative as
De Broglie and had he survived until the
present time the two might have worked to-
gether harmoniously in the same Cabinet.
1t is interesting to observe. however, that
simultaneously with the Dukes death there is a
fierce revival Of the old fight in France between
State and Church which ragged so strongly In
the days or his and Gambetta'S political activ
ity. 1t was Gambetta who declared in historic
phrase that Clericalism was the chief enemy of
the republic: "Le Clericalsme, VOLTA Pennemir'
De Broglie was regarded as an opponent Of
Gambetta that subject. But it may we'll be
believed that were they both In public life to-
day they might be in substantial agreement
upon it. The Dukes temperate conservatism
was a truer type of republicanism than many
gave IL credit for being, and especially in such
an issue as that between State and Church was
better adapted to promote the welfare of the
nation than the extreme and somewhat head
long measures OF Gambetta's early days. 1t is
Of fortunate omen for the republic that its
Government is to-day, in this serious crisis, in
the hands of men who unite in themselves the
most valuable characteristics Of both those
statesmen, and who are neither reactionaries
nor revolutionsts, but just good republicans
New-York tribune., 1901-01-27

the other hand. 1t should be borne in mind that
people who live in tenement houses cannot af-
ford to buy ice in hot weather. But there seems
to be no Tood reason why the retail butchers
shops should not be closed all day on every
Sunday in winter In the cold months 1T is not
a hardship to require the buyers of meat for
Sunday use to make their purchases on Satur-
day nights