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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-01
FOR PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT,

1T is an interesting coincidence that Senator
Lodge should have reported the bill for the
esta blishment of civil government In The Phlllp-
pines upon the very day when occurred the
death of Sir Andrew Clarke For that dist1n-
xusshed British soldier and statesman was
above most men OF his time identified with the
doing OF work similar TO much that is being
done and is TO be done in the Philippines. 1t
YVES he who-as some time ago WAS fully re-
called In these columns organized the native
States of the Malay Peninsula under British
suzerai nty. and thus set TO the world one Of the
most valuable of object lessons in the control
of semi-ciyilized communities. Circumstances
and conditions in the Malay Peninsula are diff
serent in some particulars from those in the
Philippines, but in others. of primary impor-
lance. they are identical with them The ex-
ample OF Sir Andrew Clarke's achievements is
therefore of great value. and it is highly au-
spicious TO find that its salient points are en-
bodied In Senator Lodges bill.
The keynote of Sir Andrews policy In the
peninsula was to maintain a supreme British
control over the country, and beneath that to
give 10 the natives the largest measure of self
government OF which they were capable and 10
employ In the civil service the largest possible
number of natives. That seems to be the key
note of the pending bill. A census is 10 be
taken first of all after pacification not merely
To count the number of inhabitants but also
and more especially 70 secure information as TO
the fitness Of the people for self government
and TO afford basis for the organization of a
governmental system. That is to say knowl-
edge is 10 precede action-an order of procedure.
which even anti-imperialists must approve.
Then. upon the basis Of that information. the
Philippine Commission X to proceed 10 the
establishment of popular representative gov
eminent" just as fast and far as the people
are capable fit and ready for the same" That,
too, seems 10 be indisprtabiy right. Surely no
one wants 10 force self government upon them
before they capable, fit and ready for If.
The terms Of the bill sre. indeed rebuke TO
the carpne critics Of the Administrations policy
toward the Philippines. The Wild hovlings
about the oppression Of the Pipinos under
carpet Bag rule. and about the exploitation Of
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would be the beginning of the end OF "the sys
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A FRIENDLY HINT.

the st. Louis newspapers say that the puiu
ing boom In the chief city Of Missouri Is now
In full Roadway, and that new buliOshss Oh s'
kinds rising almost as swiftly as dia 20
nahs gourd over against Nineveh "an e1ceeu-
ing great city of three days Journey, us 'ie
Old Testament tells But Jonahs sohi"
withered, although the Bible says there were III
Nineyeh more than sixscore thousand persons
that could not discern between their right hand
land their left hand, and also much cattle
Now, in the great city the banks OF me
Big Muddy there probably few persons e"
cepf babes in the cradle and infants III Kinder
gartens that cannot discern between tnelr rish'
and left hands. But st. Louis Is like Uneven
in that it contains '.much cattle" Uneven was
spared for time. but was stricken nnahy.
Will Chicago's famous rival take heed!
In all seriousness don't let that building boom
become too sudden and too RASH Keep IL
within prudent bounds. The Louisiana Pur
chase Exposition will undoubtedly be splendid
triumph while it lasts. We all hope So ana
sincerely believe it will be. But great TIL
umphs are almost inevitably followed by great
reactions In every city in which worid
fair has been held there was a stupehuous
building BOOM which was not held within saga
cious limitat tons, and a lamentaDle slump atter
the end of the huge show, and the era oi oe
preston lasted for years. Such was the expert
ence of London and of Paris The French capl-
tai suffered more than once Paris has heid
more universal exhibitions than any other capl-
tai and it has gone through more reactions tnah
any other Vienna and Philadelphia, Chlcaso
and Buffalo know full we'll the troubles which
follow q worlds fair building boom. New-York
has fortunately escaped sorrows or that SORT
because it has never acted the part OF host at
a colossal exposition for the nations OF The
earth.
Good fortune to St Louis! May her huge en-
terprise exceed in every way the fondest hopes
of her most sanguine citizens! But she ought
to nut the brakes on her building boom ere 1t
bursts all BARRIERS or she will be sitting in sack
cloth and ashes after her guests have gone and
her banquet hall is deserted.
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AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

Washington. March 81 tspscap.-Mrs. hooseVen
followed the long established custom Oh ihVl'hs
few friends 10 the White House on Easter MONDAY
to hear the Marine Band play and witness the ess
rolling scenes The President and Mrs. Roosevelt
with two or three CT the women OF the CABINET
went out on the portico TO review the chhoren-
The day could not have been more hisagreedoie
there being a high wind and snow ana RAIN In the
forenoon. The crowd was not nearly NO iarse ss
usual and of course there were no parties eating
h,neheens on the wet ground At different times there
were well dressed men I'm the grounds. VINO persist
ed in throwing pennies to crowds OF "hite anu
black bows to see them scramble In the muo-
In the forenoon there we're only Few GAMERS
having business TO discuss with the PRESIDENT pu'
the executive office crowded with nohoay p's -
tors William Alden Smith introduced phry y.
$50 school teachers to the President ~ th1 pdoss
Rcom This evening the President and ndrs. rsoose
Welt went TO the Hotel willard TO call on james
Roosevelt who is in Washington on Visit. oo,,
The details Of the trip to Charleston mex, 80 ~
have not been arranged, but the fIesinehe In
Marty will start on Monday afternoon; Apr IT, :.
and reach Charleston on TUESDAY n hn snent at
dav and wednesday and Thursday VIII De spsn. a.
Charleston and Summerviie ana tn f, p"g ar
start for Washington on Ihursdas ai'o''
irving Friday morning.
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AT LAST.

The WAYS and Means Committee OF the House
has at last done its duty, much of its duty
as il conceiyes TO be required. 1t has voted TO
report favorably TO the House the bill which is
commonly described one for the renef OF
Cuba That is not a satisfactory description.
1t is still more bill for the relief of the United
States 1t will help to relieve Cuba from
financial distress. 1t will relieve the United
States from serious commercial and indus
trial handicap, and also from an ntolerable re-
proach-two points TO Cubas one. We have no
doubt that the contemplated measure, If prop
erly worked out and applied. will benefit this
country q good deal more than Cuba. Sucn
comparisons apart, however. the bill is properly
TO be described as one for reciprocity AS such
It is TO be welcomed heartily by every Republi-
can and protectionist as aiming at the fulfilment
of Republican policies and the vindication of
the protective system.
We have said the committee has done part
of its duty. Its full duty was to have reported
the bill long ago. and to have made it a much
more generous measure generous not alone to
Cuba, but TO the United States farmers, manu-
facturers and merchants who have been vainly
striving to get foothold in the Cuban market
For that however, it is too late, and 1amenta-
tons over spilled milk are useless. The point
Of present interest is that the BILL such It is,
is now before the House for action. There is
now opportunity for pressing 1T to enactment
in time 10 save the credit OF this nation for
sense and honor before May 90. 1t is to be
hoped that will be done The subject has been
so thoroughly thrashed out in committee that
there is no good ground for much more delay.
even in deliberative assembly. 1t is scarcely
conceivable that there will be any purely factious
opposition merely for the sake Of delay.
If the House or the Senate shall see fit to
make some changes in the bill. in the direction
OF securing TO American producers greater
tariff concessions from Cuba, and thus better
assuring their successful competition with the
Europeans who now monopolize so largely the
markets of that island it will be well. 1t is to
be doubted If 20 per cent reduction of our sugar
tariff will be sufficient TO give the Cubans the
relief they need. 1t is perhaps still more TO be
doubted If such reduction of the Cuban tariff
will give us such control of the Cuban markets
as we enjoyed under the Mckinley tariff and Its
concurrent reciprocity system. This is a feat
ure of the case which will doubtless be carefully
considered before the bill is enacted. though
such consideration need not consume much time.
The duty of the hour is now shifted from the
Ways and Means Committee to the House.
which will doubtless soon pass 1t on to the Sem
ate. That duty is to perfect and to enact the bill
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the islands for our own selfish gain. are seen to
have been as empty as the yagrant winds.
Under the supreme authority of the United
States the islands are to be governed oy the
islanders TO the fullest degree TO which the lat
ter are competent There is 10 be no surrender
10 anarchy. no federation OF the government 10y
massacre and assassination which the insur-
gents essayed TO establish, There must De
peace and order and justice. But so far as tue
natives are willing and able To maintain those
conditions they will be permitted ana EN-
powered 10 do so, That they VIII do so is not
TO be doubted. The conditions prevailing III
the federated Malay States of the peninsula
among precisely the same racial elements
should convince us Of that What was done III
the peninsula by Sir Andrew Clarke can he
done in the islands by Governor TAFT and MS
coadjutors
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THE SEASON OF SPORTS ONCE MORE.

With the arrival of Easter all the world be-
gins annually to expand its lungs and feel of
its muscle. And after such an Easter as last
Sunday, when all outdoors seemed sprDging
into life, it will be odd if the sporting season
does not open With rush. The German En-
peror may be technically credited with the first
yachting activity of the year this side Of
the millpond for the Meteor yesterday spread
out her white wings and flew DER the sea- by
way of warming up for her voyage to Ger
many. All the yacht clubs that Newly ork
yachtsmen have made 80 famous are engaged in
planning for the coming season. and. though
there will be no races for the Americas Cup,
the season bids fair to he otherwise the most
active in the history of American yachting
1t is a melancholy thing, in the mind of the
odtime ''rooter." that the national game is,
professionally. in such bad way; that it has
been brought into deep public discredit in Man
haitian by the mismanagement of the specu-
lators into whose hands it has fallen. But
baseball has a firm hold in the universities and
colleges of the land, and in every one of them
the squads of candidates for the varsity
have been drilling for weeks in the cages
under competent instruction, and are just about
escaping 10 the diamond for the first practice
games of the season. which. in fact. some of
them have already played.
bicycling enthusiasts must have taken heart
of grace ms they have looked upon the multi
tlide of wheelmen that have thr0nged the
nacadamiZed highways every pleasant Sunday
holiday in March. II looks as If the sport
was to recover from the inevitable slump that
followed its first great bound into popularity
upon the perfection Of the safety wheel. OF
course. no sort of weather downs the golfer for
any great length Of time. and the most enthusi-
aSfip of his Kind fnyc heen chasing
gated rubber all winter But ms soon rs the
greens committees have repaired the damages
of winter play the congregations on the links
will make the winter contingent look like the
throngs around a smallpox hospital
The trout isherman's hands have long itched
for the thrill of Fhe tnFine rod and his ears
have ached for the W hir Of the fishing line. Al
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CAPTAIN PERRY EIoNER4TED.
THE IowA's COMMANDER MADE No INDIscREEr
REMARKS IN CHILL

THE IowAs COMMANDER MADE NO INDIscREEr
REMARKS IN CHILL
Washington March SL-Secretary Long has re-
ceived from Captain Perry. commanding the battle
ship Iowa. a reply to the departments inquiry
regarding certain alleged indiscreet remarks which
were reported TO have been made by that officer
at CHILEAN banquet. Captain Perry declares
that while In Chilli he at any time pres
ent at any dinner. breakfast. luncheon supper
or any other meal where any toast or speech
made by him others: nor did he at any
time say anything. either in public or private.
that could be construed to mean that he favored
either Argentina Chill in the event of WA.
The report. he says. undoubtedly grew out OF a
visit of the intendente OF Conception TO the iowa.
when that official was invited into cabin where
he offered him a glass of wine and said to him:
Permit me. sir. To propose your good healtn-
The best wish / can offer you is that peace
prevail I'm your country" Captain Perry says
that ne Is as innocent OF making the alleged In
discreet remarks he Is of Offering TO sell the
newspapers. - -
Secretary Long has replied TO Captain Perry. in
sfactory. - A-
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AMERICANS GOING TO CANADA.

1.-THE Boston Transcript" prints n dispatch from
Minneapolis declaring that at the present rate
of emigration from the Northwest to central
and Western Canada two million Americans
will be in the Dominion at the end OF twenty
years While this would seem TO be an over
statement, there is no doubt that large NUM-
Der of Americans are crossing the Hne, at
tracted partly by the Astounding richness Oh
Western Canada and partly by the liberal III
ducements offered to immigrants by the Cana
dian Government The provinces and terri
tories of Manitoba Assnb0ia. Alberta ana
British Columbia, not to speak of Saskatche-
wan Athabasca and Yukon, could easily sup
port population of seventy-fve million people.
The wheat fields Of Manitoba and Assiniboia
are already famous and they have as yet hard
" begun to be cultivated There are no finer
cattle ranges in the world than in Alberta,
while there is an apparently lne1hausuple sup
ply of minerals and coal in British Columbia
and Yukon. Saskatchewan and Athabasca are
as yet unorganized, but IN spite of their high
latitude their agricultural possibilities are
known to be very great.
Including the great districts Of Keewatin and
Mackenzie the chief industries Of which are
hunting and trapping this great empire of West
ern Canada has area Of 2.144,196 square
miles, with populat ton, according to the census
of 1901 of only e56,464, of whom 436,464 are
in Manitoba and British Columbia. For years
the Canadian Government has been making
every possible effort to induce immigration to
Western Canada, but thus far with little sue
cess as these figures show. But the tide ap-
pears to be turning at last. The well authenti-
Gated reports of the country's fertility and min
eral richness are bringing many desirable set
tiers from Europe, and, what at first sight
seems most curious, Americans have begun to
pour In ten thousand settlers having already
crossed the line this spring. Previously many
Americans went to the region around Edmon-
tom in Alberta. and they are all prosperous 1t
is not at all impossible that in few years,
therefore, this portion OF Canada will be largely
settled by Americans. AS to whether they will
remain Americans there is a difference Of opin-
ion The thick and thin American patriot
maintains on priori grounds that they will.
But those who have talked with Americans
who have been settled for some time in West
ern Canada declare that, as a rule, they think
it better to identify themselves with the coun-
try of their adoption. And as Americans like
to see immigrants to this country do that they
cannot blame Americans in Canada for doing it.
But in any case the influx of q large number Of
Americans in Canada IS 4 most important and
interesting fact
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amusemenis.

ACADEMY OF MJSIc-s1s-I'nder Two Flags.
AMERICAN THEATRE-2-~s- lA-tariie.
egyGte-A Modern MaEdslen
BROADWAY TfiEATkE-s-lhe Sleeping Beauty an"
the Pesst-
cAsfNo-s.Se-Msss Simplicity.
CRITERION THEATRE-S-Du Barry.
oAff'S MISUNDERSTANDING Dame
EDEN MTSfsE-nay and Evening-World In Nsx
THEATRfs-S.2o-The Twin Sister
FOURTEENTH ST. TYiEATRF-s-Foxy GRANDPA
GARDEN THEcATRE-s:l5--IAfe.
GARRicK THEkTRE-s.2n-Sky Farm
HARLEM OPERA UNDERSTANDING Marian
herald SQUARE TriEATRD-s:1a-Do Narneh,
IRVING PLACE THEATRE-Der Schafwaeeh e"'
0ErrE'S-1es2o Io:2o-Continuous Performance
kNlCkERBoCkE>R THFsATRf-s:ls-1he Ioreeoof-
MADISON SQUARE THEATRE-S:3o- 1he DIsona,a1.
MAS7sATTAN T1sEATRE-S:r-fier lN,rd eno Nas'ei-
MENpEISSefiN f.AfL-S-Song Recstel. -,
MURRAY HILL THEATRE-2-s-The Colleen ba"h.
NEW SAVOY THEATRE-s.i3-Scidiers OF Fortune.
NEw-yoRK THEATRE-s-Hali of Fanse-Nintei
Garden.
PAsTpR-S-Co1tinrous Performance 90 -, So.
PRoCToR'S FIFTH ArsNUE-l-Se 20 lo-s"-our SUM-
eEie;s and Varieties. ,o.,o
FRocToR'S TwESTY-THIRD sTKEET-isse TO io'so-
Varieties.
PRocToR1s i2srH srREET-l:so to 1o:so-Humhus
FRocToR's FIFTY EIGHTH sTREET-l:so to 1919
Me your Wife and Varieties.
RErT RfIC-S.iS-As You Like IT.
Recommendations Opera Cortque.
wAII.sCK-S TH1ATRE-s:2o-A Gentleman OF france
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CAPT. KIDD OR SENATOR DEpEITs
SOME DOUBT AS TO WHICH BURIED TREAS
URE JUST UNEARTHED IN PEEksKILI.

Captain Kids treasure has been discovered
again. Last time it the Jersey shore near
Red Bank Now IL has been unearthed in the
cavations that are being made a promontory
called Anthony's Nose. the New-York Central
Railroad. In the town of PeeSskilI This story
not be certainly traced Chauncey NJ Depew
who begins many of his best ones Wits When
| was boy In Peekskiti.r because the Senator has
not been In Peekskill In some time and there
lumber of witnesses who ready that
the Italian laborers engaged in the work of relay
ing the Central's tracks ri that point unearthed
the treasure.
The wealth discovered consists of IL box OF about
two hundred and fifty pieces OF yellow metal.
thought to be gold each about the size OF Bland
dollar. and bearing side German inscrip-
ton translated to read: Who ventures. wins
There are no dates the coins.
OF course Senator Depew is all the more under
suspicion because she treasure found in con-
necton with the work the Centrars tracks but
the coins look old enough to have been buried by
the notorious captain Nobody ever heard. either.
OF Senator Depew burying any money In Peekskiil.
while the Kidd theory is strengthened by the fact
that there has long been a legend In existence that
the renowned pirate buried of his til-gctten
gains at Jcness Point. which Is opposite Peekskili
II dunno" said Mike" Mcc;eachey who was in
charge OF tine gang that unearthed the treasure
whittier it's Csp'n Kidd Sntor Depew. but you
Hin bet It's wan or the other"
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PERSONAL. NOTES

Walter y. Payne. instructor and secretary or the
university extension department at the University
of Chicago has been promoted to the rank OF as
sociate professor and in charge of the extern
sion department. of which Professor James UaS
formerly the chief.
The house built by General George "A. Custer, IN
Topeka KAN in 1865. is being torn down 10 make
room for a modern residence The walls of one OF
the decorated With notes and hglreS
made by Custer while planning ms campaign
against the Indians.
After they have been exhibited at the Paris
Salon this coming summer Chsrtran's portraits
OF Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss Alice Roosevelt will
sent back 10 this country and hung IN the
White House. The French Government counlS-
stoned Chartran to paint these portraits.
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ready he has turned his back on his once ana
has waded down some Icy Long Asiahh pto"A
not too remote from the city. In Ios'"is"'
he may legally entiee six ineh Toh. ir"hi any
brook in the State, aud bis JOY VIII pe con"
plete. As he comes in at nghtfaii, 'ie' ""'
hungry and victorious, after day tha. oesan
before the sun had risen, he would mol en"nse
places with the golfer the bieyciist or inc
baseball piayer; nor. very likely, would any OF
them exchange with him. Yes fnn is a""Ae
once more. and ali his American devotees re-
toice and run to meet him.
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RETURNING TO ASTRONOMY.

Chicago. March 31.-SherbUrne W Burnhan. clerk
of the United States Circuit Court since 1897 mas
resigned his position to devote his time 10 astron-
omy
Mr.. Burnham ii is said. is better known as an
astronomer III Berlin. st. Petersburg and other
seats of learning in Europe than he is in chicago.
His chief renown. perhaps. was through MS "oIS
in astro-photOgraphy, in which he is credited with
much that proved of value to scholars in all paris
OF the world. Mr, Burnham was senior astronomer
at the Lick Observatory IN California when ne &C
cepted the appointment TO the Federal court ceEA-
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THE KANAwHA AT SANTIAGO.

Santiago de Cuba. March G-The American
steam yacht. Kanawha- with H. H. Rogers VICE
president of the Standard Oil Company; L. B.
Reed ex-Speaker of the House of Representatives.
and Samuel l.. ~iemens mark Twain) on board
arrived here yesterday. The party visited the
points of historical interest near Santiago MI.
Reed expressed himself greatly pleased Win
Cuba. and said the island contafred more natuEa.
wealth than any country he had ever seen
The Kanawha left this afternoon for Nassau
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DIR. j. ". GIBBS m-cB IvpRorED

~, 'onn william Gibbs. the house physician a.
the Hotel Navarro who was h,tter nv a man N
COMMISSIONS at the hotel last Friday and who vas
seriously threatened by the blood poisoning which
sc, III. was much better yesterday He was said te
stt, gu, , oi danger, though his entire right arm
- Qui.S useless lie was bitten or two dnSers
i'm ,hs .usn, nand nile trying insert q pevas
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CAPTAIN SCHOEFEL HOME FOR TREAT
MENT.

San Francisco March sf-Captain E H. Schoefel.
of the 9Th Infantry. who has just arrived from
Manila was the leader of party or nfteen
Americans who surprised by insurgents on
the island of Samar- Eight OF the soldiers were
killed and all the others were wounded. Captain
Schoefe is crippled. possibly for NE as result Q.
the fight He has been operated upon twice az
Manila and is now going to Washington tor
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-01
SIMPSONS CONDITION UNCHANGED

Washington. March a.-Reports were in eircu-
Iation to-day that Admiral Simpsons condltlon
had taken another turn for the worse and tnat the
od ,as near but il was learned inquiry that
his condition is unchanged. and he takes his out
door exercise regularly weather permitting "a
has been his custom for some months AT MS
bone Tonight II was said that he was down %
dinner 1t is conceded that ne never VIII regain
his health but no untoward deFelopnlen-S
have occurred recently
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1902-04-01

The park officials who were tn power peiore
the beginning OF this year were much 100 hoera'
in allowing favored contractors TO cover FENCES
surrounding public property with signs. pacaras
and posters of all kinds. Commissioner WILCOX
is iaboring diligently TO abolish this legacy Oh
evil which was foisted upon him by his prede-
cessors but the contractors are seeking 10 IN
trench themselves In the courts May the pres
ent head Of the department be successful in his
laudable efforts!