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New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
Nesr.llprk daily Gribnns.
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FOREIGN.-General French has occupied Er-
melo, in the Transvaal six thousand Beers re-
tiring before his advance, determined Boer at
tack on a British outpost at Boutwell, was re-
pulsed with loss: the text Of Pet De Vets ap-
peal 10 his brother Christian TO cease fighting Is
cabIed from South Africa; the German press
continues attack Emperor William savagely
for bestowing the Order of the Black Eagle on
Lord Roberts. == Anti-Jesuit demonstrations
continue in Spanish cities; in Madrid the car
riage Of the Papal NunciO was stoned. == A
Welsh steel firm asked a reduction OF taxes on
the ground Of American competition inJurlng ITS
business Richard Croker talked 20
reporter about American and British politics,
and said his income tax did not exceed fl2o;
Mr. Croker said England had not suffered by
the accession Of the King.
CONGRESS Senate; The Naval Appropria-
tion bin WAS considered. the provision for the
construction OF two battleships and TWO cruisers
being stricken out; eulogies OF the late Repre-
sentative Harmer, Of Pennsylvania were deliv
cred. -= House: Ia The debate on the Consul
lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, Mr..
Brown, Republican Of Ohio. attacked the Gov
ernments colonial policy and advocated giving
the Filipinos their independence; eulogies OF the
late Representatives DAILY, Of New-Jersey, and
Wise. Of Virginia, We're delivered.
DOMEsTIC.-The report OF the Congress com
mittee which investigated the West Point Mill
tary Academy was made public, together with
Its recOmm ondatiOns for the suppression Of haZ-
ins. == The President is expected to send to
the Senate tomorrow nomina tons for promo
tion OF Sampson. Schlev and other officers who
took pai' in the destruction Of Cervera's feet
n
sajc u would not be possible TO withdraw the
United States forces from Cuba before next
fall al the earliest. == Minister Wa disavowed
10 the state Department any intention Of criti
cising the Administration in his letter to the
Genesee Society. and the incident is considered
closed. == Mrs. Nation appeared at Des
Moines. Iowa. saying that she had left her
hatchet in Topeka in commenting on utterances
Of Mayor Harrison Of Chicago. she said he was
the biggest devil In the world" =- Fire in
the largest cork factory i'm the country caused
a loss Of about Sf50.oeo in Pittsburg
CITH.-StocKs were irregular small final
changes. -- The opinion prevailed in Wall
Street that IT. c. Frick would head the new
steel combination - II reported that
nearly every policeman in the city had con-
tributed So toward fund 10 get through the
eight hour bill. The snow made Il very
dsagreeabie in the city. but no serious accidents
were reported in consequence Of the storm.
THE WEATHER.-FoTecas for to-day: Fair
The temperature yesterday Highest, 26 degrees
lowest, Is; average, 22i.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
PERFEcFING THE TAX BILLS.

The hearings far held on the proposed tax
laws now before the Legislature may not have
resulted in an agreement satisfactory 10 all
parties concerned. but they have developed a
general agreement on the part of the insur-
ance men and the trust company managers that
Governor Odelrs plan 10 increase their taxes is
not unjust nor unreasonable. There seems 10
be a general agreement also TO modify the bills
i'm some particulars 10 meet the reasonable OBJ
jections of those on whom the taxes would be
levied. That the bids should need amendment
is natural. The whole subject OF taxation is
involved in difficulty, and il would be an ex-
traordinary thing if measures could be drafted
not subject 20 Improvement after discussion
by those having most intimate acquaintance
with the business TO be affected. The success
with which Governor Odelrs projects have met
criticism and commanded qualified approval on
the part of those who might be expected to op-
pose them. whether just or unjust reflects great
credit on the practical wisdom and common
sense of the Governor His willingness ia this
and other matters 20 revise his opinions, gain
new knowledge and meet al reasonable criti-
cism Of his proposals Is also highly credita BILE
20 him.
The insurance and trust company bills In
some form seem likely TO go through. and the
question for the corporations affected is not of
beating them, but Of perfecting them. Just
how they may be amended a result OF the
hearings already given is not yet clear II
ought 10 be possible 10 reach an harmonious
conclusion. The Governor is himself a busi-
ness man. with no passion for confiscatng
property interfering with the prosperity OF
any business. but with a desire 10 treat every
body fairly. The managers OF the institutions
are also honorable citizens, who generally take
an interest in public and patriotic concerns and
with one voice they admit that a moderate in
crease of taxation would be equitable The
differences concerning amount and method
ought not TO be irreconcilable
The position OF the savings banks Is some
what different. Their managers object 10 any
taxation Of surplus, pointing out that their sur
plns enables them 10 pay encouraging in-
come 10 their depositors at time of falling in
terest rates, when the investment of the de-
posts alone would not yield any such return
The tax proposed would not seriously denleta
those earnings, but the savings bank trustees
nre anxious about the principle. They fear
that small tax now means a larger rax
which would practically destroy the usefulness
OF their institutions encouragers OF saving
whenever less careful Legislature wants moro
money. We think the savings bank manager.
are right i'm saying this surplus is not capital
but is merely the undivided property OF the de
posifOrs. IL is sot so clear that the State ha,
no right 10 tax the property OF the depositors
either in the form of individual deposits OF
common surplus.
The practical wisdom OF such a tsx, however
10 questionable. The State certainly ought no
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
LESS CRUELTY IN SPORTS.

Well known wing shots on both sides of the
Atlantic are discussing the arrangements for a
series OF International contests In skill with
the gun Might il be possible TO stir up so
strong public sentiment that these matches
and tournaments would be confined 10 the
"grassng' of clay pigeons and that live
birds should he used in the traps? The flight
OF the clay pigeon when the trap is sprung
affords a reasonable test of the capacity of the
marksman. and there Is much that is unpleas-
ant and even revolving about the slaughter of
hundreds and even thousands of pretty. help
less, graceful birds which have no chance OF
escape.
The lover of sport who lies in wait for big
game or pursues the wild deniZens OF the
Jungle, the forest or the plain does not destroy
In these days large numbers of harmless.
resisting creatures merely TO prove that he can
handle a rifle more deftly than his rivals. In
the shooting of wild fowl the cunning and the
alertness OF the sportsman are pitted against
the wariness OF the birds, but a large percent
age of those which are sought after escape in
jury entirely. In pigeon matches few get away
unharmed Those which are not shot down by
the competitors are generally killed or mangled
by lockers on outside the shooting grounds. IL
Is not n recreation or a competition which calls
out the enthusiastic admiration of men and
women of delicate susceptibties-ths practice
of filling live pigeons with shot. In fact some
people do not hesitate to criticse II as cruel and
brutaliZing.
Great progress has been made Ia almost all
civilized countries in the last generation in
raising the standard of sports and In the sup
preston of painful and unpleasant features.
Dog fights were frequent in Europe and America
In the middle of the last century, and even up
10 a much later date. Cock fighting was prev
alent both in the Northern and Southern
States before the Civil War and for a consid-
erable time afterward. But cruelty in sports
has been largely done away with among en-
lightened communities. In parts of Cuba and
the Philippines, and among several Latin ma
tions game fowls still trained for deadly
combat. But cock fights, quail fights, dog fights
and even bull fights will in time be given up
everywhere. as bear batting, once a popular
sport in England, was abandoned more than two
hundred years ago. The destruction of live
birds in matches and handicap contests does
not harmonize well with the growth OF mercy
kindness and goodwill toward animals. no one
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
TIE LEMLSH CHAPL4LN.

The men who drew up and circulated petit
ton for Jewish chaplain for the United States
Army are receiving little encouragement at tho
hands of the Jewish press, and the schcm" Is
not considered seriously hy the best eleInen; in
the Jewish community. In commenting on the
subject The American Hebrew" says:
The number Of Jewish soldiers is necessarily
small. and the work Of such chaplain would be
largely a sinecure. The Jewish soldier has not
yet expressed desire to be accommodated with
a chaplain, He has no dying confession 10 make
which requires the presence of priest. Patri-
otism makes all soldiers of religion. The
Jew can be his own priest-he requires no
mediator.
The same Jewish element that opposed the
organization OF Jewish regiment I'm the vOlun-
teer service and later protested against IA SINH
lar body in the National Guard on the ground
that man who wears the uniform of a soldier
should wear II as an American and not as a
follower Of any creed or faith, is now opposing
the appointment of Jewish chaplain; and this
influence will probably determine the action OF
the President in the matter
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
YESTERDAYS Music

The matinee patrons of the Metrono,,,.. -
fouse suffered a srievous disappointment VT
oay AFTERNOON. 'Tosca' had been announcsa -
second performance. When the subscribers a..
vance purchasers OF tickets arrived at the 80" :"
however they found themselves confron,.a ss
piacards stating that Miss Ternina was t,,, ~
ana therefore Aldo" would be given in nI
Puecinfs opera. A large number of person
SUBSCRIBERS. went to the box office and had ~.
money returned TO them. but larger nunb.-
subscribers were perforce compelled ?, ec~u
themselves with protest which was eou,1t' fo"ee" "
whether eouched in ferOciOus or gentIa 1'
AIDA was given. and with several changes g.. 80
me previous casts. Miss Macintyre was the ,rs'
MISS Oiitzha the Amneris Mr.. DippeI the Rha5.-.e
MIR. Seotti the Amonasro, Mr. Journet the pa-.
and Mr. Dufriche the King. Under soros c~.,'1 ."'"
stances the performance might have passad ,.N '
but under those which prevailed a FEELING. =, -
pressIon rested on everything. Even the far, ,s,
u was Mr. DippeFs first appearance here IN ,s
opera and that he strove with all the zeal cha-.a
teriste Of him 10 do Justice to book and scor. co.
TO arouse interest. snd the prevailing sn,r,, ~ ~
one of dOlefuness -"
In the evening exuberant tOyousness prevatr.a 4,
stead Of doleful dumps "RigoIettor was otvar - -
Mime. Melba. SiSnor Saleza. Mrs. Homer sf,,.
Campanart. Mr. JOurnet and Mrs. Gilbert An ~.
cast. The house was crowded. popular onsr, :,
popular prices. The audience however had > s.A "
day night flavor, made painftuIv ev,da,
when a vocifeTOus element in il insisted po,s,,
upon a repetition of Caro- nome before a, -,
finished in spite Of Nine. Meba's gestures ,o,
silence. Yet the lady sang the aria beautruu,,
and repeated it even more beautifully and vor
hearing for the coda, though without candle ohb1
cato.
A grateful feature to lovers OF beautiful .or
singing at the fourth of Mr.. Frank Damroscb',
symphony concerts for young people in Carn.s,.
Hall yesterday afternoon was the Contribution :,
Mrs Theodore TOedt who sang songs bv Ma.
Dowel, Richard Strauss Dvorak and schuman,
A decade ago Mrs. Toedts performances used FRA
quently to delight the judcious because Of th.,,
lovely musical qualities and tonal purity and va..
terday these virtues shOne again in their pr,stn,
freshness and beauty. Mr.. Damrosch has won
numerous clientele for his edifyng concerts ana
the playing of his orchestra less than Mrx
Toedts singing aroused great enthusiasm.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
P4SSENGERS OV ~ LCCAyIA.

Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Vanderbilt jr.. were
passengers on the Lucania, OF the Cunard Line
which sailed for Liverpool yesterday. Mr. Van
derbilt said that they going TO Paris and the
south OF France. and that they expected TO DO
gone for about three months. He added that they
had left their little daughter with relatives MI
Vanderbilt asked whether he expected TO enter
any automobile contests. He replied that he RODS
in automobiles for pleasure only. He said thai
William Il. Vanderbilt would Join him and his VIE
abroad some time in the spring.
Another passenger on the Lucania was the lion
Robert Bond, Premier OF Newfoundland. IL was
said that Mr. Bond went to England at the request
OF the Colonial Office TO give expert testimony ~
the difference between the British and Frencu
Governments on the French shore question
This question. II is believed will be pushed 70 =
final settlement IL also said that Mr. BonI
going TO offer his views the question OK
reciprocity between the United States and New,
foundand. Mr.. Bond expects TO be gone unul
about the last of March.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

10 discourage saving, and should allow as large
an income possible 10 the poor, who lack
the opportunities for investment by which men
with considerable capital often able TO
make large profits. On the other hand. every
body, rich and poor. owes a duty 70 contribute
10 public expenditures. IL everybody did so
consciously and directly we should probably
have a better government. II every savings
bank depositor felt by even few cents each
year the difference between extravagant and
economical city administration we should
have fewer people indifferent 10 Tammany ras-
caIity than now. The tax on surplus will not
be felt directly. and will not help anybody TO
better sense of partnership in the State. All
that is TO be expected from il is little more
revenue Is that revenue worth the price or
possible decrease in the already small interest
earned by the savings of the industrious?
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
PERSONAL.

The annual dinner OF the Yale Alumni Associa-
ton of Boston will be held at the Exchange Club.
Boston Thursday evening. February IA. The guests
OF honor the Rev. Joseph III. Twichel, 80. OF
Hartford: General Charles Nice. Reeve. 20. of
Minnesota; William X. Townsend. II, OF Con-
nectcut; Walter Camp. 80. of New-Haven; Albert
Lee ~. of New-YOrk. and Francis Gordon Brown.
tr.. and Charles Gould. OF the Yale eleven
Professor J. Playfair McMurrich, of the medical
department OF the University OF Michigan, has
been asked by the Government OF the Netherlands
TO take charge OF and make report a coec-
tOn of actinians secured from the neighbOrhOOd Of
the Malay Archipelago. The collection includes
specimens from along the shore and from the deep
Wyndham Spencer Portal. who has recently been
created baronet Is the head of family which,
since 1924 has had the exclusive privilege OF max
ing the banknOte paper for the Bank of England
Or. Herbert B. Adams. who has resigned the
chair OF history in Johns Hopkins University says:
Il shall retain my connection with the United
States Bureau OF Education. Commissioner Harris
has promised to present this year six reports on
State educational history. I shall edit hem My
chief office and duty. however will he 10 act
philosopher and friend-professOr emeritus-Of the
department Of history and political science
at the university My library will remain here. and
| shall feel at liberty to now and then the
boys"
Paris. Feb s--AmoHg the passengers who sailed
to-day LAquitaine is Castor Deschamps who
Will deliver the Hyde lectures at Harvard UnveT-
sty beginning February 20, French cOntem-
pOraTy dramatic literature. While at Cambridge
NJ Deschamps will live at the Colonial Club He
will make n tour all through the United States,
and will return TO France at the end OF May.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
WANTS TO kyoW AB0Ur HAMILTON SLAB.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: I much interested in the cut and accom-
panying account in your issue OF the Sd inst OF 10
slab of marble from "the monument which was
put up over the spot which Alexander Hanliit'"
fell In his duel with Aaron Burr in 1904
The statement that the monument stood on wee
hawken Heights until 1S2O'' leads to inquire ~
TO a stone of about the same dimensions ana "a,
scriptOn that | remember having seen IN ~.
Elysian Fields. near HObOken some time III nv
hfties. when a resident OF Jersey City. u,
l would not term the stone that saw a nl9ns n'nss
ment'-merely a slab, similar TO the one dsscr.uer
above standing erect In the ground on a GEM,
slOping field far from the shore, and notn nov y
high ground. Perhaps some member OF the riaint
ton Club of Brooklyn throw light upon tle s
ject. JOHN l.. NROOA~
Denver. Col Feb. G. 1901
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
EDWARD VII AND THE president,
HIS MAJESTY ASSURED THAT AMERICAN
SYMPATHY WAS GENERAL
AND HEARTFELT.

Washington. Feb. 9.-The text of the telegram
OF acknowledgment from King Edward VII 70
President Mckinley is as follows:
desire to express my high appreciation OF tina
respect shown TO the memory of Her Late Mat
esty by YOUR attendance and that Of your Cabi-
net at the memorial service at Washington.
/ am deeply touched by this and other special
marks of sympathy received from the United
States. EDWARD, r l.
President Mckinley sent the following reply.
His Majesty King Edward VII. London.
/ am gratified by Your Majesty's message
The tribute of the American people to the mem-
Ory of YOUR illustriOus mother was general and
heartfelt WILLIAM NJ MkINI.EY.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
A STORY OF QUEEN VICTORIA

London. Feb. 9.-"The Westminster Gazette
this afternoon prints interesting story, which
II believes to be absolutely correct. TO the erec,
that before the recent retirement Of George J.
Goschen (F'irst Lord Of the Admiralty he sent
a letter to the Queen saying in substance thas
he desired TO relinquish Office. he was weary
OF public life. In replying. Queen Yictorss
thanked Mr. Goschen for his long and devoted
services closing with the words:
Your old Queen is weary too. and longing tos
her rest
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
BARONESS TOy KETTELER GOING ABROAD.

Baroness Won Ketteler has engaged passags on
the First Bismarck of the neutrality-suspicious.
Line. which sails for Hamburg Thursday. Tho
First Bismarck TO have sailed on Tuesday,
but owing the break in the crank shaft Of the
starbOard engine. the ship will have TO wait until
repairs made, and cannot therefore, leave this
port before Thursday. Baroness Won ketteler Is
going to Germany the invitation Of Emperor
William She is the daughter of the president OF
the Michigan Central Railroad. and the widow OF
Baron Won EetJeer the German Minister TO China
who murdered in Peking last summer.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
TRANSATLANTIC P4SSEyGERS.

On the Statendar, of the HoIand-Amertca Line'
which sailed yesterday for Rotterdam. were Johh
A Jacobs Hermann Ostreicher Mr.. and Mrs'
Charles Spitz and Mrs. Eszti Stumpf.
ON the Minneapolis. OF the Atlantic Transport
Line. which sailed for London, were Mr. and MIS-
Louis HigginsOn. the Rev. Everett Johnson and MI
and Mrs. W. +. Warren
ON the Lucania of the Cunard Line. which saAea
for Liverpool were Mrs. II. n. BloOdgOOd, Kooer'
Bond. Lieutenant Percy :. Hicks, Captain e W, :.
de MOleyns. Sir Charles Ross and Mr ana sii''
w h. Vanderbilt. tr
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
LIVED I'M THREE CENTURIES

Phouixviile, Penn, Feb 9.-Mrs. Mary Rapn
Hampton. the oldest person IN Chester County.
died to-day at her home here. aged 10 years.
five months. fourteen days Mrs. Hampton
born here and lived in this community all Of her
life. She of five children all Of whom
lived to be ninety years Of age or over. She left
five children, nineteen grandchildren and many
great and great-great-g t-grandchidren. She was an
authority local history. She shook hands with
LafaYette.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

Mayor Van wyck's pride in his administration
is so stupendous that it must be either sublime
or absurd. Our eccentric and quick tempered
chief executive is probably the only person liv-
ing who believes that the existing city govern
ment possesses the confidence of a majority OF
the voters of New-York. and that he could be
reelected were he to run again for the Mayor
atty. In the long list of Manhattan Mayors some
singular characters may be mentioned. but never
a one OF them so completely absorbed in
self-worship or so lonesome and isolated in the
valuation which he put upon his own services
Mr.. Croker's present representative In the
City Hail.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

The Silent One OF Vantage will probably not
deign to reply to the accusation that in his youth
he voted fourteen or seventeen times I'm a single
election for a single candidate for constable
After all. It is not Of much consequence IN these
days how many times Mr.. Croker was In the
habit of voting at elections when he was young
The question at issue is whether MIR. Croker
is fit man TO rule the New-York of the new
century. Ex-Sheriff O'Brien is wrong In think
ing that the voters at present care much what
Mr.. Croker was doing thirty years or more ago
Let the old scandals rest. The dead past buried
long ago most of the Dead Rabbit gang of re-
peaters and ballot box suffers. New-York nrs
fers 10 live In the present and not to waste Tina
over mouldering election frauds of the six,ies
or the seventies Of the nineteenth century
The only solution OF the water problem lea t,
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

The new war vessel the Georgia Is to be built
In Maine. Among all the New-England Yankees
none can be found more thoroughly and charac-
teristicaIly the children of Brother Jonathan
than those who dwell upon the banks of the
PenobscOt and the Androscoggin, while the
splendid State of Georgia is in the front rank
of all that is best and most typical in the South
Maine and Georgia will be drawn together as
never before by the work that will be carried
on in the shipyards OF Bath. and when the
Georgia is launched Savannah and Atlanta and
Augusta will be fitly represented at the cere-
monies.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

1t is the duty Of transportation company to
provide accommodations for the people to travel
at such times and in such directions they
wish, and not TO compel the people to travel at
such times and in such ways as will prove most
profitable to the company. There has been en-
tirely too much talk of late about forcing travel
into certain channels
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
A CLEAR. ACCURlrE PICTURE.

NtM-N IlInes
Even those OF us who have never seen the younS nS
man whom Queen Wilhelmina. for reasons ~ ~
doubt as satisfactory to herself they are nnss s
terious 70 most other people, has made Tor iu nr
ment the object of the worlds surprised attehnor
can easily beheve-yes. he quite sure-that the ~
trait of him which our neighbor. The Tribune W."
hshed yesterday gave clear and accurate an -
OF his looks and character IL lies WITHIN =
power OF Photographic art 10 conway.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

can object to the laceration and divulson OF
clay pigeons. and if matches are confined TO
the shattering of nanmate objects with the
double barrel movement will be started TO
organize societies for the prevention Of cruelty
"to live birds on the part of crack pigeon
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

water rights above those Of any concern which
has been may be formed for the purpose OF
throttling 1t and levying tribute under threat
OF a water famine. Incidentally. any such con-
Germs that may have got into existence should
be legislated out of existence with all possible
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
PLANS FOR THE DUKE OF CoNNAUGHr

Auahabad. Feb 9-The belief IS reiterated BY
well informed persons here that the Duke d
Connaught will be appointed Commander-in.
Chief OF the British forces In India