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New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
GOTERNOR AND SENATOR.

While not less distinguished ar the present
| moment than IL has ever been for sobrety of
| Judgment and benevoience of temper. The New
! York Evening Post nevertheless finds itself
| constrained to pass sentence upon The Tribune
because this journal did not choose 10 comment
on the loud reports of n quarrel between Scna
tor Platt and Governor 0dell until the facts
were clear. Some of oar esteemed contem-
porarics adopting n course which doubtless
their reason and perhaps their readers. ap-
proved. preferred to attribute to MI Frank
Platt things which they did not know that he
had said. and 10 the Governor things which
they now know he did not say, and easily
reared on that foundation an imposing monu-
ment to their own want Of sagacity. If they
had waited only single day they would have
discovered that the chasm between the EXecu-
tive Mansion and the Fifth Avenue Hotel was
no wider or blood ier on Thursday morning than
1t had been for some time previous. For several
weeks Senator Platt has been saying emphati-
cally 10 all who asked his views on the sub
ject that he thought State constabulary or
metropolitan police act ought 10 be passed and
confidently expected il would he passed ON
the otEer hand. Governor Odell has said little
or nothing about the matter But there was no
reason why he should say much, if anything.
He had deliberately and explicitly discounte-
nanced both those methods of dealing with the
police situation here in his first message 70 the
legislature and ne naturally assumed that there
was no need of further public utterances TO
his personal opinion and purpose. II was not
until Mr. PlattS apparent failure TO comprehend
the frmness CT his convictions seemed likely
10 create n general doubt that the Governor
thought il necessary reaffirm his original and
permanent decision Young Mr.. Platt's mission
/ TO the capital afforded the opportunity, and it
| was judciOusy employed.
| Such Is the real character of an incident which
| has been magDfed into an event of momentOus
Importance. either through ignorance of cOndi-
lions which il has not materially altered or in
the hope of provoking spectacular combat be-
tween two old political associates and personal
friends II is probably unnecessary 10 remark
that The Tribune has done a good deal of fight
ing with Mr. platt for what il conceived to be
the public benefit. generally without much as
sistance. and has not been thought TO have had
sumption of hostlitles arises we shall be found
doing business at the old stand. In this in
stance we have not seen that any public advan-
tage was TO be deriv ed from seeking artificially
10 infame a controversy which was proceeding
quietly toward n satisfactory settlement Doubt
less Mr. Platt has hoped TO convert Governor
Odel 10 his opinion. Those who imagine that
he has ever expected to coerce the Governor are
| really unfit To discuss public affairs.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
WATER SUPPLY ANOMiLIES.

1t Is TO be doubted if any other city in the
world has ever presented n more amazing spec
tacle of official refusal TO pressing public
needs than that which is seen in NewYork
to-day. We doubt if even New-York itself has
on record another quite fragrant case.
Here is the Borough of Manhattan with one
OF the best wafer supplies In the world, in both
quality and quantity. letting GJ per cent thereof
run 10 absolute waste through lcaky mains
and open pipes. And the officers in charge
make no adequate effort to check waste but
merely clamor for the purchase at great cost
of additional supplies to be poured into the
sewers through the leaky mains. This borough
has to-day sources and facilities ample to give
il. not only now but when it shall have grown
to thrice its present size. a more liberal per
capita water supply than any other city in the
world enjoys. 1t is only through the unfaith-
fulness of its employees that there arises the
slightest suggestion of need for further exten-
sion Of the system.
Here is the Borough of The Bronx. which has
been for weeks suffering an actual water famine.
Because of that scarcity cf water many people
have died and valuable properties have been
destroyed by fire. There is an ample supply of
water easily obtainable at a small cost The
financial officers of the city long ago sanctioned
functionares, for the sake of playing some
cheap game of politics. deliberately and per-
sistently blocks the way and dooms the borough
10 an indefinite continuance of ruinous and
murderous conditions
Hcre. once more is the Borough of Brooklyn
For some years it has been on the brink of n
water famine, and parts of il have actually
been suffering n serious shortage of water with
consequent Inconvenience and grave detriment
TO health. There is plenty OF water of fine
quality within easy reach. 1t is running to
waste by hundreds of millions Of gallons within
the limits OF the city and within few miles
thereof All that is needed is the construction
OF reservoirs TO inpound 1t and conduits TO con-
vey IT. The financial officers of the city long
ago sanctioned the doing of such work But the
Municipal Council stubbornly blocks the way.
month after month. and when the citizens appeal
10 IL TO do lis duty it answers them with ieers
and insults
we repeat that the spectacle thus presented Is
without n match in history. There must be
semethins wrong with our system if grand
| Juries and courts of justice cannot do something
promptly 10 redress the monstrous wrongs which
are being imposed upon the city by its servants
There should be no doubt abou, the lasting
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
PERSONAL.

4 correspondent OF The Cleveland Plain Dealer
German Darwinist. who sailed last September for
the Malay Archipelago, protests in letter against
newspaper statement according 10 which the
object OF his journey the continuation Of the
researches for the fossil man. the ''pithecan-
thropus crectCs" which Eugene Dubois discov-
cred in 1894. The discovery by Dubois, the learned
doctor says. has definitely settled The question of
human ancestry in the minds of all unbiased
scent Of man from the ape Is now, he says. a
matter of fact, and IL matters little whether the
constructive anatomStS were Still in want OF this
or that bone, or whether the Ontogenists had not
yet succeeded in establishing our complete lineage
and that they were still In need of the connecting
link.
The Kennebec (AIe) Journal says: There has
portraits OF distinguished graduates OF Bowdoin a
tce of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The painting X the gift OF Ersklne NJ. Phelps a
leading business man OF Chicago, and is the work
OF Hinckley. the Washington artist
Frederick S,artrdge Ellis. who died at Sidmouth
England recently, was for many years one OF the
leading dealers and experts In old books and was
more less intimate terms with all the chief
book collectors Of the last half century some of
whose libraries he helped 10 form. The fine cata-
loGuc OF the Huth Library was largely his work
and his shop In New Bond-st, London was a daily
resort of bibophiles. He an intimate friend
of William Morris. Dante G.. Rossett and Sir Ei-
ward Burpe-JoneS.
Columbus. Ohio, March 22.-Governor Nash has
accepted an invitation from the Ohio Society OF
New-York TO be guest at the annual dinner of
the society March 80.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
NspYonrk Daiip Gribn1gs
SATURDAY, MARCH D. 1901.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoRFIGN-The Parliamentary papers giving
details Of the negotiations between Generals
Kitchener and Botha were issued In Lonooh
showing that the terms OF peace pfoIereu %
Lord Kitchener were rejected after being modi-
fed by Mr.. Chamberlain and Sir Alfred miner
military operations II the Orange River Colony
have resulted in the capture OF a large number
Of Beers and great quantities Of supplies --
II was reported in Shanghai that the Russo
Chinese treaty relative to Manchuria would be
signed March 26 with not single word
changed; the Foreign Office in London holds
pessimistic views regarding the situation in the
Far East. - The only son of Ignace Pade-
rewski the pianist is dead. = The strike "a
Marseilles continues TO spread and the disor-
ders are kept up: the streets OF the city are pa
trolied by cavalry. - Richard Croker mas
acquired additional landed property at Let
expects to leave Porto Rico in q fortnight for
Washington TO confer with President Mckinley.
~ great plot against the Cars life is SAID
exist in Russia, with ramifications through
out the empire. - The cruiser New York ar
rived at Gibraltar. whence she will go TO Tangier
TO back zap the demand CT Minister Gummere on
the Moroccan government for an apology. -
The steamer Ophr, with the Duke and Duchess
of Cornwall on board. sailed from Gibraltar for
Malta
DoMEsTIC.-Charges made in Wash
ington that General Burlington. Chief of Ord
nance of the army, had permitted the briggs
Seabury company 10 manufacture guns and
senal; the statement w2s denied by the president
:, Of the company Republican leaders.
>NfrouSed by the Maryland Acknowledgement law,
1re preparing a plan to cut down the repre-
Uentation in Congress Of States which put re-
strictions the ballot. - The batteship
Massachusetts,. which went aground in Pen
sacola Harbor, fioated apparently not
damaged. - Governor Odell made a state
ment in which he said the idea of his having
fallen out with Senator Platt over police legis-
I lation was ridiculous; he also expressed his
determined hostility 10 a metropolitan police
( BILL - The bill authorizing the State Con-
troller 10 appoint appraisers in certain counties
for the collection Of the transfer tax was signed
by Governor Odell. - Judge Chester in
Albany. rendered a decision holding that the
State Board OF Tax Commissioners need not
specify the methods employed by them in COM
putting assessment values for the levyng OF the
franchise tax.
CITY-Stocks We're active and generally
higher. - Police Commissioner Murphy an
nounced that he would change the boundaries
OF the Tenderloin precinct. =-= Albert L. John
son attacked the Rapid Transit Commission at
q hearing on the proposed tunnel to Brooklyn
- A gift Of Sl00.000 was made TO Teachers
College. - The Appellate Division of the
Supreme Court disbarred two lawyers. --- A
young man attempted to shoot Miss May Buck
ley in the Pabst rathskeIler, at Forty-second-st
and Broadway.
THE Neutrality-suspicious. for to-day: Fair
and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 80 degrees; lowest, 81; average, 43ls.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
ONE EVIL OF THE STREETS.

verdict given the other day in a Kings
County court called attention to an occasional
and minor. Yet not inconsi6erabe. evil of the
city streets. The case was that of a woman
who had slipped and fallen an icy street
and had suffered serious injuries. She sued
the city for indemnity, and the jury awarded
her $1,000. We assume the verdict 10 he a just
one and we have no doubt that corresponding
judgments might be secured by all who have
similarly suffered. many have in great
small degree. Certainly the incident should
incite the proper authorities to increased vigil
ance in enforcing the law.
Enforcement of the law should not, however.
have to wait for such an incident; especially so
simple and needful law as that requiring side
walks TO be freed from snow and ice. There
are few municipal ordinances more essential to
comfort and safety. and there is scarcely one
more commonly violated Many househoders
neglect TO clear snow and ice from before the
houses in which they live unless the snowfall
is very heavy. In the case of unoccuped
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

houses and vacant lots. a rule attempt
is made TO clear the sidewalks. Moreover, or
streets which have a considerable gradient
children are often permitted to transform side
walks into sideways for sliding and coasting,
their parents not only asserting 10 it. but
actually encouraging it. Children hare not in
frequently been seen to shovel snow back again
upon sidewalks from which it had been re-
moved, and to pour water upon the stones In
freezing weather. in order TO make siideway
extending half the length Of a block The re-
suit is, of course. a street Upon which II is un-
safe for any one TO walk.
To many this may all seem 4 triHing mat
ter 1t does not seem trit1ing. however.
when slips and falls and breaks a
limb and the city has to pay $4,000 indemnity.
1t is of those minor matters which more
directly concern the public welfare than some
greater ones. and close attention to which is
trrer index of civilization than the perform
ance of many more snowy deeds 1t is too. a
matter easily within the power of the Police
and Street Cleaning departments to regulate
that negligence in respect to it is ineXcusable
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
HIS GREAT OPPORTI NIFTY.

The new head of Brooklyn Rapid Transit has
begun work III the sound way. He has tested
by personal experience the conditions Of travel
the day. lie has been pushed and jostled and
jammed and punched and squeezed and thrust
TO and fro III the crowd. And he says roundly
that. now that he understands the conditions of
this serious trouble, he will do everything in his
power TO discover and TO employ practical RENE
dies That is the right spirit, and the new
president Of the great corporation which has so
much TO do with the comfort and convenience
of the multitudeS who cross the bridge daily
will become exceedingly popular if he succeeds
in mitigating the sufferings of those obliged to
travel during the rush hours
From his effective and successful railroad
generalship in the West Mr.. Greatsncer brings
TO New-York dauntless courage, iron resolu-
ton and the habit of graphing arduous prob
lens and finding solutions that last. He also
possesses CHEEKY and breezy Western style of
talking and characteristic readiness to meet
emergencies that appear formidable. with no
lack Of bluntness and boldness And he does
not seem to he the type of man who Will spend
most of his time in watching the ticker and
concerning himself with the fluctuations of
stocks in Wall Street. America has too many
railroad officials who are chiefly speculative
tape attachments There are wonderful oppor-
tunites for the benefit of the residents of
Brooklyn and all Long Island If the extensive
system Of Brooklyn Rapid Transit is handled
hereafter in way which will commend itself
to men Of fair minds
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
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Water Color Society Exhibition
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New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
JOHN A. CHANLER NAY BE ABROAD
MAMARONECK AND SENT a LET
TER TO LONDON.

1t is firmly believed that John Armstrong
Chanler the former husband of Amelia Itives, now
the Princess Troubetskoy sailed for Europe shortly
after his escape from Bloominsdale Asylum, at
White Plains. Thanksgiving Day last.
The asylum authorities have searched New-York
and all the neghboring cities and sent descrip
tons throughout country to the police with the
hope Of getting trace of him, but without avail.
Superintendent Lyons of Boomingdale said yester-
day that he had not heard word from Mr.
Chanler since the day of his escape 1t was learned
that on the day he disappeared he mailed a letter
TO London. Chanler when he left the asylum
boarded a trolley car and rode to Manaroneck-
There he purchased several stamps TO mail letters
and a ticket for New-York. One Of the letters was
addressed a broker in BOnd-St.. and he mailed IL
at Mamaroneck Another letter, which was marked
London he kept and said he would mail 1t in
New-York.
A detective who has been looking for Chanler
says he believes that he has gone TO Europe in
order get of the clutches OF the asylum au-
thorites and friends who were anxious to keep him
in the institution
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
COLONEL JAMES I'LL AT PALM BEACH

Information that Colonel e. C. James the we'll
known lawyer OF this city, is III with pneumonia
at Palm Beach Fla was spread among his friends
in the city yesterday. Colonel James went 10 Palm
Beach in charge of a physician several weeks ago.
He had been ill with the grip. and hoped to re-
cover his health by a change of climate His condi
ton was so favorable that the physician was sent
back to the city last week On Thursday the ply
sician recalled in haste to Palm Reach r.,
learned that Colonel James had caught cold
and that pneumonia had set In. Mrs James Iast
evening received message from the phvsician
stating that the condition of Colonel James Was
not alarming. and that the patient resting
quietly.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
EXHIBITION OF JAPANESE EyGRATIyGs.

There IS to be opened 10 the public Monday
In the print galleries OF the New-York Public Ii
brary. at the Lenox Library Building. Fifth-ave-
and Seventieth-st.. the collection of japanese en-
cravings and chromo-xyIographs formed by Captain
Brinkley. of The Japan Mail" and presented 20
the library by Charles Stewart Smith To these
added original drawings in water color and pen
and by Japanese artists. loaned by Mr. Smith,
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

The extension of domestic postal rates to Cuba
Will be d good thing for both that island and
the United States. Two cents an ounce instead
Of five cents half ounce will promote corre-
spondence between the two countries. with
beneflcent results all around. Nor will the
change be inconsistent with the principle that
Cuba is n foreign country. for our domestic
rates Of postage have long prevailed between
the United States and Canada and Mexico The
change will put Cuba the same postal basis
with them
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Among those booked 10 sail for Genoa. by way of
Gibraltar and Naples to-day on the steamer AIler
are the Misses f. and A. 9. Belknap William Chad
wick, Miss Gertrude Chadwick. VI. Fl. Drake. the
Misses Grace r. and Annie S r Eastman Mrs
); r; Emmons. the Misses Emmons, Mrs Cooper
Hewitt Mrs. r. e. HobSon DR.. and Mrs. r. B.
kimbal. Mrs. John j. Knox, Mrs. e. II. Lawrence,
MISS Margaret s Lawrence. Miss Sarah V. Lowther,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. p. Miller. Professor c. Won KlenZe
D. waterman and Newton Woodworth
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Some of those on the list OF passengers of the
steamer Potsdam. sailing to-day. are Mrs Ida III.
Hallett Miss Kate Fl. Halett Mrs c. Lehman
John H. McCrackan. Captain +. +. T Van de
Nrande aid MIR. and Mrs. John Boyd Thacher
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Among those to sail to-day on the steamer
Menomnee for London A. r. Battey Miss
Battey. the Misses Fannie. p. c. and Mnna Ham
mond ana Mr. and Mrs. Jerome H. Raymond
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Brigadier- General Lieber the judge advocate
general Of the army. whom most people consider
capital authority on such matters. is of
opinion that in enforcing ordinary military law
at Manila in the case of Rice the offending
newspaper man. General Macarthur, the Mill
tary Governor Of the Philippines. acted wholly
within his legitimate authority. Doubtless some
of the would-be 'Lafayettes of Luzon" will dis
agree with General Lieber. There are always
some OmnsCient Ones who would dispute the
law Of gravitation with Newton himself.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

J. Pierpont Morgan who has been at Jekyl Island
for the last few days. is expected TO arrive home
again to-day. William and John D. Rockefeller
and James Stillman who have also been at JekyI
Island, II Is reported, will reach this city early
next week
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
P4DEREWsKrs ONLY son DEAD.

London March 22-''The Pail Mall Gazette says
that Paderewski. the pianist. who is making
tour OF spain received yesterday OF the death
OF his only
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Day by day reports come to hand of the pacif-
cation of the Philippines, the glad acceptance of
American sovereignty by the natives. and the
establishment of free civil government in the
various provinces. Truly, these be parlous times
for the Tagal Assistant Liberty League.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Popular rejoicings in the recent rainfall would
he more hearty if the Municipal Assembly had
not with a crassness scarcely short of crimi
nality refused 10 authorize works that would
have secured a greater measure of that rain for
the Citys in the dry days soon to Ccme.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

State Senator Milis's bill giving voters n Sec
ond choice in elections Is attracting much at
tention in legislative circles in Albany and in
the State. So great has been the demand for
copies Of the bill for perusal that edition
has now been printed Friends Of the measure
pointing out that second choice voting in
elections is likely TO render a bolt from regular
nominations less harmful. under ordinary cir
cumstances. 1t is also pointed out that under
such law the Republicans and the Citizens
Union, running straight tickets in 1897. might
still have defeated Tammany. 1t is said now
that the new system would not he distasteful to
many Republicans or TO the Citizens Union and
the City Club. The demand for copies OF the
bill comes 10 soma extent from political clubs.
with a view to consideration and discussion.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Our District Attorneys thunderbolts against
conspicuous officehoiders and politicians who
have been receiving bribes for protecting the
criminal and vicious seem 20 he somewhat de-
liberate in forging May they be all the more
destructive when they are finally launched,
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
J. J. HILLS YACHT GOES TO BALTIMORE.
HE WILL PROBABLY SAIL FROM THERE on HIS
PLEASURE CRUISE.

The steam yacht Wacouta. owned by James j.
Hnl. sailed for Baltimore yesterday afternoon.
passing out Sandy Hook at 2s2 O'Clock. Mr.. Hill
said last night at the Hotel Netherland that he
not certain whether not he would board the
yacht Baltimore for the cruise which he has
been expecting TO make for some time. His yacht-
ing plans contingent upon his ability to get
away from his business.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.

On the steamer Pennsylvania which arrived here
from Hamburg yesterday morning. Earl Stet-
son Crawford, Mrs. A c. Church, the Misses Clari-
tel and Fanny c. Barnett Professor G. Frederick
Wright. OF Oherlin College; F. X. Wright and Miss
Mary T.. Pierce
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

, remedy to be applied by the people themselves
at the polls.
New-York tribune., 1901-03-23

Mr.. L. Raven-HuL English draughtsnan has
sent to America. for exhibition the Tooth Gal
ery, number of his sketches originally made for
the pages OF Punch" In that periodical they
have delighted wide audience not only by their
humor. but by their original style and sound tech
nque- Mr.. Raven-HiIl is perhaps the most brill
liant man at present the staff OF the famous
English paper. the sole worthy follower Of ths
tradition OF the late Charles Keene He draws
for reproduction and therefore il is necessary
to his original work in order 70 Judge Of his
quality nevertheless IL is pleasant 10 welcome this
exhibition