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New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

Mr. Wilcox does not purport TO be an inexpen-
sive man. far we are aware. and he GER
tanly did not coVet this task. He is not in the
habit Of putting himself 10 great Inconvenience
during the hot season. making uncomfortable
trips from Buffalo ~ New-York at frequent in
tervals and sitting in stufTy courtroom AT
price unsatisfactory a man in extremely easy
circumstances II is not unreasonable 10 sup
pose that ne accepted the appointment chiefly
because tho Governor made il hard for him 10
refuse. and that ne would not have accepted il
at all If he could have foreseen what il would
involve In is true that men have often served
/ the State gratuitously with remarkable unself-
ishness. and his fellow townsmen are aware
that Mr. Wilcox himself has done much work OF
n public character for nothing: but il is not
customary for lawyers TO devote a large part
Of their time during a considerable period TO
engagements in the line of their profession
without remuneration II is their general habit.
however. unless seriously mistaken. 10
apply special scale when State rich
city is their client. Possibly also they are 10
be commended rather than blamed for standing
10y one another with unshaken esprit de corps
in such cases. But the community and the off
cials appointed TO guard its interests are at
least equally bound 10 scrutnze their bills with
out peculiar favor. though not with prejudice
In that spirit the Legislature should pass upon
the Gardiner investigation accounts.
As for drawing lesson from this rather ex-
pensive transaction. perhaps the first lesson
which the public may properly he invited 10
draw is that when a thing is known 10 come
high il is always advisable 10 consider care
fully whether or not we must have it. In this
instance. as We have intimated there is good
reason 10 think that the original probing Of
Colonel Gardeners official conduct was essential
Ia his removal after second hearing and con-
sequently that the light which the City Club
was instrumental in throwing upon his record
was not a light that failed
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

trolley tracks will seriously interfere with the
workings Of the delicate instruments at Kew
Accordingly. the Board OF Trade, which has full
authority in such matters. has been requested
TO guarantee protection TO the threatened IN
terest At one time partial understanding De-
tween the electrical engineers Of the United
Tramways Company and the representatives OF
the observatory reached The company o.
fered to adopt certain system OF insulation
which promised 10 avert the anticipated EVIL
The particular method proposed was to employ
an extra overhead wire for the return current
and consequently two trolley poles to car
Either because this plan was found TO be too
costly or for some other reason, the United
Tramways Company failed to carry out this pro-
gramme. Hence II is not permitted as yet 10
start its cars,
This is not the first time that the usefulness Of
a magnetic observatory has been endangered
by trolley roads Such thing has happened IN
Washington. Toronto and Cape Town And.
what is more, in these Instances the trolley COM
pany was not restrained in any manner, and
the observatories were rendered absolutely
worthless When a similar difficulty arose at
Potsdam the authorities compelled the railway
people to use insulated conductors for the re-
turn current This is the result which the Kew
experts have hoped to bring about But, while
they still have the advantage OF position, the
outcome of the controversy is uncertain. In
happily. the situation is further complicated by
the fact that more trolley roads have been pro-
jected for another suburb of London. Greenwich
where magnetic observations have been carried
on for many years.
There are apparently only three ways out OF
the difficulty at Kew One is permanently TO
abandon the work now being done there. An
other is 20 establish a new observatory at some
other point The third is to insist on the adop-
ton Of such measures as will prevent the escape
Of stray currents from the railway. II some one
else would meet the extra expense perhaps the
United Tramways Company would assent to TINS
last policy without hesitation. But II is natu-
rally reluctant 10 tax its treasury for that
purpose IT, however, the Board Of Trade re-
mains firm the company may be oohsed 10
surrender II is possible of course, that there
are engineering as we'll as financial objections
10 the plan. In that the trolley company
might agree to pay part or all Of the cost OF
removing the observatory to a new site. The
electric road will prove Of immense service to
the particular region through which II runs. ana
may properly he regarded a public necessity
on the other hand. systematic observation or
changes in terrestrial magnetism is or vital m
portance to the mariner and surveyor, 70 say
nothing OF the light II may afford on various
obscure scientific problems. II is TO be hoped.
therefore that such an adjustment OF the pend
ing trouble may soon be reached as will permit
continuance Of this exceedingly useful work.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
FIRE DRILL IN TIE SCHOOLS.

II is abundant cause for satisfaction that In
many New York schools the pupils have been so
trained thar they obey instructions faithfully
when an alarm Of fire is sounded. In Public
School No. S3, in East e-hundred-and-tenth-
st, one day this week, there were more than
twenty-five hundred children in the various
rooms when IL was discovered that flames had
started IN part Of the building and a call
for the engines had been sent. Had the
teachers lost their heads and the children be-
come wild with fear, the sacrifice Of life might
have been distrnssful. But the heads of de
partmentS were cool. and their little charges
were kept well in hand. Discipline main
tanned admirably. and both the instructors and
the scholars marched to the doors, down the
stairways and ont of the building 10 the notes
of the music which they had been accustomed
To follow in preparation for such an emergency.
The New York schoolhouses which have been
built in recent years have been as a rule we'll
planned and carefully constructed. Our peo-
pie are thoroughly in earnest in demanding
that the boys and girls in our public schools
shall be generously provided for in safe and
secure buildings and with every suitable advan-
tage for thorough instruction. Substantial as
the buildings are and well designsd as they are
in so many instances il is plain that when
thousands of little men and women are gath
cred together under single roof the loss of life
in case of fire is sure TO be serious unless the
scholars are we'll drilled and kept under care
full control. FireproOf or slow burning school
houses VIII delay the progress OF destructive
fire but fire drills alone will make il certain
thar children will not be suffOcated or tramped
Ia death by a frenZied rush to the stairs and
the doors. The experience in Public School No.
So. when no one was even seriously injured,
will tend 10 convince the community that our
schools are under excellent discipline with
spect to possible dangers from fire.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
TO PRFTEyT AND PryTSB B4z1yG


The Military Academy Appropriation bill was
passed in the Senate yesterday with an amend
ment inspired by the results Of the recent IN
vestigation at West Point. After the gratifying
pledge 10 abolish hazIng in which al four
classes now at the Academy joined had been
voluntarily presented 10 the committee the sug-
sestiOn was heard that no further action on
the part Of Congress was required But. as
we pointed out, the members Of the corps AZ any
particular time cannot bind their successors
and ths sentiment now prevailing az West Point
in consequence Of the inquiry and the public
Judgment upon It's disclosures might yield 70
the influence OF old traditions If the cadets
were not put under a stronger restraint in the
future than they have been subject 10 in the
past. The Senate has accordingly done we'll 10
attach TO the appropriation bill a paragraph
providing that the Superintendent Of the Acad-
emy shall make such rules. 70 be approved by
the Secretary of War, as will effectually prevent
haZing. and that any cadet found guilty Of en-
gaging in or countenancing any such practice
shall be summarily expelled. and thereby be-
come ineligible for reappointment 10 the corps
or for appointment n commissioned officer in
the Army or Navy
II the present members Of the corps are in
clined 10 resent this regulation they cannot
have been much in earnest when they made
their recent declaration and promise as they
appeared 70 he. or as worthy Of the commissions
they hope 10 receive as they ought TO be If
those who will follow them find il irksome. that
fact will prove that they need IL more than the
country needs them. Nothing less would have
been acceptable, and we hope thar nothing more
viii he necessary TO remove the only serious re
I.roarh 70 which an admirable institution is
liable
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
sented. additional opportunity should be given
for thrashing out the subject.
SOME BROOKLYy BLESsINGs

The water famine cry is heard again in Brook
lyn. There is said to be only few hours sup
ply in storage. and that is steadily being de-
pleted The situation is about as bad as it was
last September. after a summer of unexampled
drOuth. and on Tuesday recourse was had
To the same expedicnt that was then en-
ployed. the closing Of a main and deprivation
OF Il large part of the city of the supply Of
water that is necessary for comfort, health and
safety. Some petty, hand-tO-mouth undertak-
ings are in sluggish and fitful progress for re-
lief. but there is no hint at anything at all
adequate TO the needs Of the situation The
needs were as evident three years ago as they
are to-day. They might have been amply met
before this But the men who should have at
tended TO the citys needs have preferred 10
devote their attention TO hobnobbing with the
RamapO ring and 10 trying 10 deliver the city.
and especially its treasury into the unselfsh and
public spirited hands Of that delectable concern.
The other evening, scarcely later than the
close Of dinner hour. a prominent citizen Of
Brooklyn was garroted and robbed on the public
street on one of the chief thorouGhfares of the
borough, only few steps from its intersection
with another main avenue. and in the heart OF
one Of the best residence districts He was
under the blaze of a big electric light. and
places Of business were wide open close at
hand- nut the two hlghWaymen got away with
their booty. and will probably never he found
any more than others have been who have COM
mitted similar Outrages in that neighbOrhoOd
There was no policeman in sight. There seldom
is in Brooklyn, excepting in front Of few big
stores and theatres and near the side doors of
certain ginmills, and perhaps inside the station
houses. You may go for a mile or two. day or
night along some Of the most important streets
without seeing a single policeman. And so
highwaymen and burglars are having high old
time
These are Just a few of Brooklyn's blessings
under consolidation. To them we might add
many more similar in character. II is quite pos
sible that consolidation might have been made
and might yet be made greatly advantageous 10
that borough, as to all parts Of the city. But
with scanty and polluted water supply. dirty
and Ill paved streets. violence and robbery run
ming riot. and schOolhouses overcrowded un-
sanitary and unsafe. the average rejecting
Brooklynite is prone 70 regard the union Of the
cities as a good deal Of a gold brick" The
sweeping out Of Tammany and the election of
an honest and capable city government would
set things right; and for such a change every
Rrooklynite ought TO cast his vote
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
Gmnsements.

ACADEMY OF MJ-sIC--s l5-Barhara FT.etchls -
AMERICAS THEATRs-e-s M harnes OF ''e"-
York
BIJOL-s l5-Thf Climhers
BROADVNAY THT ATRr,-S s .ls-Nieuna lAfe
CASINO .l5-F Fl9r010Ia-
cRiTERI0N THEATRE-s ls-vvhsn Knighthood was in
Flower.
DALYs THEATRE-s I5-Lady HuntVorrh' ETreri-
rrI)ESS MI-sEE-Tne world in wsx.
TAfPIRF THEATRE 29-AirF Danes Ifefenee -.
foI E,T-r,E,N M STREET THEATRE - = - Garrett
oARf,TsS THEATRE -s-Under Two FisEF.
GARRICK THEATRES l5-Captsin Jinks ~ me r1orss
GRAND OPERA HoUsE--s--In Old hentu'NN'
HARLEM OPERA HOCSE-s-L' Aigon -
HERALD SoT-ARE THEATRE s-i"--Ihe Cir Fio'h -
TRviSG PLACE THBATRE-s.l s.l5-Mos"T's Comedy
Iltiync
KEITH S-coutinuous Performance.
RNICKTRROCKER TIIEATRE-s .e5-When We were
Twenty-one.
ROSTER q BIAT.S-I .45--7 7.45-Vaudeville
lYCEt'M N THEATRE-2-S ;i5-RichaTd savage. -.
IA OLSON SQUARE THEATRES :30-My Lacy panty
MURRAY HILL THEATRE 3-s-The School for scan
dal
FSF-yy- YORK -s:i5-Vsude,lne
PASTOR S-Day and Night--ontnuous snow
PROCTOR SC Continuous Performance.
rEPT sI.lC'-s.ls--n the Palace of the King
81. NICHOLAS SKATING RINK-ei5-lnt"reoi''s a'e
Hockey Match
wALLAcBs THEATRES :SO-Jsnioe Meredith
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
PERSONAL.

Frederick Julian Clarke who died In Des Moines
the other day, only few hours after the death
OF his brother, Major Charles Z. Clarke OF New
Rochelle. y. Y, was in hts early days n PROM
inent figure In the Ohio River trade. He lived at
Plttsourg and ew-Brighton. Penn. and afterward
at Cincinnati. where he owned a line Of steam
boats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers One Of
his enterprises. in which he always took much
pride. was the furnishing of material for the first
railroad built in Michigan. The Central Railroad
built by the State (now the Michigan Central ran
from Detroit to Ypsilanu The rails for this sec
ton were bought In England and shipped to New
Orleans Mr. Clarke brought the iron up the rivers
throush the OHIO and Erie Canal. into Lake Erie
within the contract time.
Timothy t. Sawyer, the president of the Bunker
Hin National Bank of Charlestown Mass. is the
oldest hank president in New-England He has
been connected with the institution over dftv
and has been its president since 1854 He is nov,
eiShty-iour' out attends 10 all his duties at the
bank.
At meeting of prominent men in Boston on
Monday the following resolution was adopted TO
be stnt to the authorities in China and to those
in the Foreign Office in England: "At a n,,hI,c
meeting Of the citizens Of Boston we we're re-
quested TO prepare a memorial which sbouI5 sx
press OF the value 10 mankind Of the
services OF Francis Huberty James lately nro
fessor Of the University Of China. Mr. James Wis
listed America In the year 1s3 with the single oh
ject OF interesting in the welfare Of the peopIs
OF China He knew them By having Ivsd thssre
1897 the value of his work made evident TO the
Imperial Government. and he was invited 20 take
which he held at the time of his death. Had he
lived his services TO peace would have been inval
erature, religion and government OF the Chinese
Empire well known 10 the world has been OF great
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
FTLIPTEOS AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

SENIOR LEGARDA EXPECTS GREAT GOOD FROM
AMERICAN OCCUPATION OF THE PHILIPPINES
Washington Feb. 6.-Major-Ciener Otis visited
the White House and the War Department to-day
for the purpose OF presenting 10 the President and
Secretary Root Bunito Legarda. the first Vice
President and Treasurer of the original Philippine
Republic and T. Santos. Of prominent and
rich Filipino agri-uturist- Senor Iegarda has
been IN Europe for some time for the benefit OF his
health, and is now his way Manila By way
OF san Francisco Young Santos is to take a course
OF instruction at Berkeley College SenOr Iezarda
expressed himself 70 the President having no
doubt that the American occupation Of the Philip
people, and said that conditions generally In the
Islands RAPIDLY improving.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

II II is true. common talk among the poll
ticians has II. that private water company
above the Harlem buys its supply from the city
and sells II at an eXorbitant profit TO consumers
outside the city limits. while taxpayers within
the metropolitan boundaries drag out water
less existence, the Grand Jury should try 10 get
at the bottom facts. This IS a current scandal
OF an exceptionally offensive sort. How many
influential politicians own stock in the company
which sells New-York City water to outsiders at
unreasonable rates while New -Yorkers suffer the
worst OF discomforts?
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

Importance. His widow, a lady OF great worth. re-
sides with US and is highly esteemed
Professor F. ]. Steen has resigned from the
chair OF ecclesiastical history and apologetics
in the Diocesan Theological College affiliated with
McCiilI University. Montreal He says that freedom
Of thought in theological matters not possible
in his position. and so he preferred to resign. He
will return this city. where he has friends. he
being a native American. Frankly speaking." he
explains IT find the theological air OF Canada
rather hard to breathe. In England and IN the
United States discussion the most important
religious topics OF the day courted and tolerated.
There is no such federation in this country One
has to move in the orthodox. conservative rut, and
any deviation therefrom is not tolerated
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
LLNcoLN,S RIRTRpAT CELEBRATION.

Word has been received by the committee tna1
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Fackett VIII %
present at the lii coins Birthday cel@oratlon at
Carnegie Iisu next Monday night Lieutenant
General Miles has siguiHed his intention OF attenu-
ing the exercises Major-CieneIal OTIS mas also az
cepted the invitation 10 be guest. and VIII re-
main in the CITY after the dinner given for him ~
the Genesee Society on February N order 70 taAs
part in the celebration.
LincoIn's foVcrite hymp will be rendered a. ,1
four part chorus by the Choral Union Whlen ,,I, NJ
also sing an old Netherland folk SONG, the HalelI
tah Chorus from the Messiah and The SaeuS
Hymn OF the Republic"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
OFFICIAL VISITORS FROM JAPAN.

Washington. Feb. s-J. Kiuche, Minister Of Agri-
culture and Commerce OF Japan and Special Com
missioner InoUye called the state Department
to-day in company With some Of the officials ot
the japanese Legation, IN pursuance OF an inquiry
with which they are charged by the japanese Gov
eminent, respecting the methods employed by the
Department OF state in collecting and dISSemiaa ting
information from the whole world relative 70 COM
merCe and trade. The Department officials
extending every courtesy 70 the visitors.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
rs N. cAMBoy TO GO TO BERLry'
no CONFIRMATION OF REPORT AT PARIS OR
WASHINGTON

Paris, Feb. s.-The Echo de Paris says IL be-
lieves that " Jules Cambon. French Ambassador
to the United States will be transferred 70 the
Berlin Embassy, in succession to the Marquis de
Noailes who will shortly retire.
Inquiries made at the Foreign Office here to-day
elected the fact that nothing is known there OF
the report. The feeling appears 70 obtain here
that there is reason why NJ. Cambon should oe
Withdrawn from post where he is so popular. and
which he is 1lltns satisfactorily.
Washington, Feb. 6.-In regard 10 the report
that NJ. Jules Cambon. the French Ambassador TO
the United States. is to be transferred 70 the
French Embassy at Berlin il was said at the
French Embassy here to-day that while OF course.
such change was within the range OF possibility.
there is no official knowledge at hand 70 warrant
the belief that 70 NJ. Cambon will be given the
Berlin post reported.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

Burglars and sneak thieves are uncommonly
active and successful IN Brooklyn and The
Bronx. and they are not idle in Manhattan. Our
policemen seem to be in a state Of suspense as
10 what may happen at Albany ard they are CIV
ing so much thought 10 the Legislature that too
many criminals are allowed TO slip through their
fingers
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
WILL OF MISS AUGUSTA B. BER4RD

FORMER PosTMIsTREss AT WEST POINT MAKES
SEVERAL CHARITABLE REQUESTS.
Hackensack y. j.. Feb. (SpeciaN.-The VII or
Miss Augusta Blanche Berard. who formerly was
postmistress at West Point. admitted TO pro-
bate by Surrogate Peu to-day. Eugene NJ BeTard'
a nephew. being appointed administrator
One-tenth OF the estate Is given in three equai
parts the Vaughn Teachers Rest, Fiye Polnts
House OF Industry and the Domestic and tore!sII,
Mission Society fund OF the Protestant tplscupds
Church. The rest OF the estate is divided anoLs
her relatives The teStatOr regrets mat SQrlhAl75
in values makes her bequests less than she eNPec'eH
they would be.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

Mr.. Phillips, secretary OF the Municipal Civil
Service Commission, says concerning the
evasIons Of the law by putting laborers in cIas-
shed places: An employe who has been
classed as n foreman of laborers is ordered 10
perform the duties OF janitor He obeys and
we withhold his pay. until. as in that instance.
he and his family suffer great privations The
holding up of his salary Furnishes no one else
and his Commissioner naturally is not dis
"turbed by our action. II we had power 10 stop
the salary Of Commissioner who attempted
Ito evade the White law could correct abuses
in short order" That excuse is a tride thin
lnasmuch as the evasion is always attempted
Tor the beneht Of the laborer to give political
patronage 10 him which under the law would 90
TO somebody else. the Withholding OF his paw IS
a perfectly adequate safeguard if persisted in
The trouble is that the officials always forget
10 stop the salary soon the protesting re
formers back has been turned.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
Er-JuDGE oLCorT RECOVERING.

Ex-Judge w NJ K Olcott IS recovering from
slight attack Of appendicitis combined with
rather aggravated case of tOnsiiitis NO operauon
for the first named complaint was necessary rs
was Frustrated on THURSDAY night O last WSTs en-
Mrs. Olcott said last night that ne was rapluS ~.
covering and eXpected be able 70 so on Win tno
hearing OF the charges against Police Captain rts'-
lhy at . o'clock this afternoon.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
SECRETARY H4r RESTING IN VIRGINIA.

Washington. Feb. s.--Secretary Hay has left
Washington for few days rest in a Virginia
sort He has been contemplating this trip for some
time. and has chosen the present as the most op
perfume moment.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
JuperExr AGaINsT uRs. leslie C4RrER.

London, Feb. Sin the Court Of Kings Bench
to-day judgment given in fs2t. with costs.
against Mrs. Leslie Carter. for dresses supplied by
ton OF "ZaEa-"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

The records show that the total Of payments
for police pensions IS now not far below 5000
COO in this city. and is rapidly increasing. No
reasonable person would object TO this outlay
were there Justification for thinking that the
money goes in all cases 10 persons who deserve
II But II is rather disturbing 20 bear IN mind
that some Of the worst rascals who ever wore
the police uniform are now drawing pensions.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

John wodehouse first Earl OF Kimberley was
born in 1896. He has been Minister Plenipotentiary
at St Petersburg, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland
Lord Privy Seal. Chancellor Of the Duchy of Ian
three times Secretary Of state for India. and Lord
President of the Council and Secretary Of State for
Foreign Affairs, 1ss4-s5. He married in IS47
daughter Of the Earl OF Clare and she died in
1895, leaving two sons and two daughters The eId-
est son has the title Of Lord Wodahnuse-
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07

The prison for women in Brooklyn has been
condemned repeatedly by impartial grand iuries
and by every fair minded person familiar with
the condition Of the wretched rookery which
biackens the reputation Of all officials who can
be blamed for the long delay in providing new
buildings and new methods. The evils Of the
old unhappy days OF prison abuse seem 10
have been more persistent in this particular in
stitution than in almost any other between Shell
ter Island and Lake Erie. New buildings are
greatly needed.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-07
ILLNESS OF LORD KIMBERLEY.

HE HAS CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS But THE
CASE is NOT SERIOUS.
London. Feb. 6.-The Earl of Kimberley. Liberal
leader in the House Of Lords. is suffering from
gestion of the lungs.
later message says the condition OF Lord KIM
beriey is not serious.