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New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
AT ODDS OVER CANAL IMPROVEMENT.
Advocates of Enlargement Disagree on I'M
portant Points.
rBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuSE.I

Albany Jan 16-The conference Of the advocates
of canal Improvement here on Monday promises 10
reveal diversity of opinion among them regarding
the extent of canal improvement that should be
favored The bill providing for barge canal as
sent here by the Greater New-York Canal Associa-
ton named Tonawanda as the western terminus of
the canal.
1t is probable that Major 7. ". Symons. OF Buff
falo. who outlined the engineering features OF the
bill suggested the selection or Tonawanda in view
of the prospect that the United States Govern
ment will build ship canal from Buffalo to
Tonawanda along the bank OF the Niagara River
Major symons has made preliminary survey for
the ship canal But the canal of Buffalo insist
upon their city being named the western
terminus of the barge canal. and Assembly ma n
Bostwick, of New-York, before he introduced the
barge canal bill Wednesday night, modified 1t
so as to name Buffalo the terminus, The exten-
sion of the canal from Tonawanda TO Buffalo of
course will add to its cost
There is great dissatisfaction among the lumber
OF Albany also over the proposal that the
canal shall enter the Hudson River at Waterford
and not be extended 10 Albany. lhen the advocates
Of the Improvement of the Champlain Canal declare
that it SHOULD have barge canal dimensions. IN
II the Champlain Canal is enlarged TO the size Of
a barge canal. the increase will cost the State
sl2. 600 900 additional
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
NEW TENEMENT HOUSE BILL.
Modifying Restrictions on Buildings in The
Bronx

Albany Jan, ls-Another of the rapidly incress-
ing number Of tenement house bill was introduced
by AssemblymaH Ellis of Nsw,York. to-day. The
bill drafted by The Bronx Tenement House
Bureau, as the outcome Of mass meeting re-
Gently held by the Twenty-thrd Ward Property
Owners Association. summary of what the bill
proposes 20 do Is contained In letter 10 Mr. Ellis
from Herman G, Friedman, counsel of the bureau
which says:
Briefly stated II is TO permit the erection of
three and four story onefa r,ly- floor houses
by narrowing the courts, to get sufficiently
large rooms TO make such apartments readily
Ole.
IL Ia said that in the Borough Of The Bronx the
presept tenement house restrictions have lowered
the Investments in buildings from $500 900 in
1901 10 50 100000 I'm 1902.
The bill provides that in three and four story
houses, for family on floor. the outer courts
shall not less than three feet wide II the courts
are situated between different buildings OF the
Kind they shall not be less than six feet
wide Where such houses built semi -deta ched
the vacant space between the outer walls of every
such houses shall not be less than i've feet
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17

1-sa- .be terms of the treaty the entire
amount will be purchased from the Unlted
States
II is further explained to seekers after IN
formation that General Tasker II. Bliss VINO
negotiated the treaty with Cuba. had IN every
instance secured concessions which woulo III
s1,ra ~ the producers of this country a com
-lete monopoly of Cuban trade. In some in
stances a. 20 per cent direrential would prove
sufficient for this enc. In others General Bliss,
,.5hose experience as collector Of customs en-
.bla5 hin, TO gauge the situation accurately, has
asked and obtained %, 80 and 4@ per cent dlf-
ferentials General Bliss says there has been
no guesswork in arranging the schedules OF the
convention, each item having been careruiy
considered and the differential determined ID
she light of accurate data previously obtained
on the subject
As the facts became known sentiment IN
favor Of the treaty increased The Senate not
having been in session to-day. many members
who have hitherto opposed the convention or
s,aen indifferent to its SUCCESS because of the
lack Of adequate knowledge took occasion to
4aniliarize themselves with the actual condi-
1ions. and were surprised and gratifed TO learn
the extent TO which the United States will be
benefited by the arrangement
That the Democrats with possibly a few ex-
raptions will commit so grievous blunder as
ally themselves with the international Cham
r of Commerce of Havana-an organizaton
1rought into existence by Europeans for the
purpose of defeating the attempt OF the Unlteo
States TO control the Cuban trade-is inconcelVa-
bic to the Republican Senators. That they viii
dare present an organized antagonism to a
measure which will prove Of incaiculable benent
TO the very sections Of the country which they
represent. even if by so doing they can EN-
harrass the President. is regarded as prepos-
ferrous If ten affirmative Democratic votes are
cast il Will insure ratification, and fully that
number Of Democratic Senators have signfhed
their intention Of voting for the convention.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
ELECTRICITY FOR MEXICO CITY.
Boston Company with $12,O00,000 Capital
to Develop Power in Sierra
Madre Mountains
TBy TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBuNE.l

Boston, Jan. 16-F. S. Pearson and other
Boston men. assoca ted with James Ross. Sir
William c. Van Horne. George A. Cox, E. S.
Giouston, and other Dominion Iron and Steel
and Dominion Coal interests. have organized
the Mexican Light and Power Company with a
capital of $12000000, of which 600 has
been subscribed. Two-thirds of the subscrip-
tion is by the Montreal interests.
The company is organized to develop water
power for Mexico City. 1t is expected that
within two years 1t will develop forty thousand
horse power in the Sierra Madre Mountains,
ninety miles from Mexico City, and be deliver
ing it there in the form Of electrical energy for
running lighting plants, car lines and factories,
and that within two years more eighty thou
sand horse power will be utilized, and light,
fuel and power will be furnished the mining
towns
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
IMPORTERS SUITS SETTLED.
Compromise with Government a-d Get
Nearly S3,OOO.0OO.

The litigation against the United States Gov
crnmept begun by the importers Of hat trimmings
has practically been adjusted by compromise. The
claims aggregated s5iO747ss 81. and the aggregate
amount recovered by the plaintiffs In l.tH Of the
is47 cases is s2,S9l. $50 10.
The suits brought for the recovery OF ex-
cess duties exacted on materials imported under
the tariff act of March 3. 1883. Most OF the ma
tsrals imported were of silk texture. aud the gov
ernment collected the duties provided for in the
The duties were protested and the contention made
that they should have been imposed under the ha Z
materials schedule. provided in the act Of 1888
wherein the duty fixed 20 per cent al
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
CUBAN TREATY'S EFFECT.
BENEFITS POINTED OUT
Viii Hid States Whose Senators
Opsose Ratification.
TBr TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE.

Washington Jan. 16-Leading Senators, after
having made a careful canvass of the senate
hold to their conviction that in spite oil tne
illogical and mssinforrned opposition manlIest-
ed toward Cuban reciprocity by opponents
of the administration and those with Interior
and selfish motives serve, the pending treaty
will not be defeated.
Since the treaty was favorably reported 10
the Senate yesterday. there has been diilseh'
ino,,i,-v on all sides as to its probable enects
on the prosperity of various sections or coun-
rrv uar1icularly the West and South. ano every
inorirv has been met by the production VI
statistics showing conclusively the suostah'lai
advantages which will accrue TO every state III
che Union from the ratification of the conVen-
tion- ,.,a
The plscing of cattle in the schedule enulieu
"a 80 per cent discount is regarded as q hhe
stroke of policy. the amendment having alreaus
allotted favorable interest in the South. "heIe
some sections were formerly opposed 70 the
treaty. =.
tn +he amazement of Southern Democrats II
,rss shown to-day that in the last fiscal year
f-,ba irnnorted cotton textiles to the amount ol
GO s9s ZOO of this amount the United states
,,-nis,aa an insignificant porticn-S249,I I92-less
-ba,, one-+er+h with the 25 per cent differen-
tial provided by the treaty, the United s,a.es
--y,1 sunn,v 4he entire Cuban consumption, which
Renresentative Babcock estimates will be IN
crasses % per cent, bringing the total value
or cotton textiles which Cuba will buy ironi
this country next year up to so"'o"V
Other and equally significant figures furnisheo
were as follows:
r-RAN IMPORTS FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
SAYS W. H. RIKER TRIED TO BREAK IN
Former Wife's Husband Has Him Ar.
rested

William H. Rker. In whose case Magistrate Mayo
in the West Side court on Wednesday refused to
sign a commitment TO the Bellevue Hospital in
sane pavilion. on the application OF his former wife
nov Mrs. Henry J, Ryan. of No 2n West One hun
dred-and-sixth-st.. was arrested last night ON
charges OF intoxicstion. diserderly conduct and
using abusive language. Mr.. Ryan and Patrolman
Hiekay, of the West one-hundredth-st. station
the complainants
Rksr lives at No. ai0 West One ne-hundred, nd -sev.
enteenth-st Mrs, Ryan said that he triad 10 get
into her apartments last night, and that wh.p .hs
refused 10 let him in he became abusive and Kicked
the door and the door OF the opposite apartment
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
WILL RATIFY THE TREATY.
President Assured of Favorable Action IN
Washington and Havana.
By The Associated Press.)

Washington, Jan. 16.-President Roosevelt
was assured to-day by Senators Aldrich. Lodge
and Spooner Of their belief that the CUBAN
reciprocity treaty would be ratified by the Sen
ate The three Senators had conference with
the President before the Cabinet meeting ana
went over the situation with him carefully III
was said that the treaty as AMENDED by the
Foreign Relations Committee was satisfactory
practically to every Republican Senator. and
-bat the opnosition now was confined TO the
Democratic side.
The State Department has received from
Minister squiers at Havana report upon the
progress there on the reciprocity treaty with
the United States. The minister's report pased
on assurances he has received from the CUBAN
administration, is highly favorable to early
ratification of the treaty by the Cuban Senate.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
CANAL AMENDMENT INTRODUCED.
Bill Providing for Change in Constitution
Presented.

Albany. Jan. 16-In accordance with the canal
plan accepted in the Governors Message and en-
bodied in the Bostwick bill, Assemblyman Robert
LYNN Cox TO-DAY introduced a concurrent resolu-
ton proposing an amendment TO the constitution
Section T. Article I. so to extend from eighteen
to fifty years the time for the payment OF the
state debt and to repeal the Limitation preventing
the submission at general election or deot
proposition at the same time with a constitutional
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
TO SUBSTITUTE MARBLE FOR CEMENT,
Estimate Board Authorizes 1t for Hall OF
Records at Cost Of $3.50, 900.

The new Hall of Records instead OF being
finished off with cement will have marble nm
ishings, as intended by the architect Jonn
A Thomas. The change was authorized yes
terday afternoon by the Board of Estimate and
Annorttonnent The substitution of marble for
cement will add greatly to the beauty OF the
building and VIII cost S250,O00. President can
tor was authorized to formulate a new con-
tract and prepare the advertisement.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
STATES ASSESSED VALUATION.
Taxable Property Increased $s7,25s,48s
Over Last Year.

Albany. Jan 16-Controller Miller completed to-
day the compilation of the assessed valuation of
real and personal property In the several counties
of the State The aggregate valuation of real and
personal property subject to local taxation for all
purposes is $685. of which S. 23 2s4 $50 Is real
estate and sos, ,i03 349 is personal property Last
year the aggregate valuation s5754 29511, max
ing an increase this year of $S 4Ss The increase
in real estate Is sfl4 638 COL but there is decrease
in personal property of s27 3S01I2 which makes the
net increase but 87, ,25S 4SS.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
MEASURE AIMED AT GAS COMPANY.

Albany Jan 16-The East River Gas Company.
OF Long Island City, Is excluded from operating in
the Roroughs of Brooklyn, Richmond and portions
of the Borough of Queens, according to the provi-
sions of a bill introduced by Mr.. Remsen this
morning. An annual payment of per OF the
company's gross receipts IS TO be exacted for the
remaining privileges allowed the company,
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
A STATE RECORDS COMMISSIONER.

Albany. Jan IA proposition to change the
title Of the State Historian to State Commissioner
of Records and to grant him the right To examine
into the condition Of papers and records In the
custody Of all State. county and city officers. Is
embraced ir bill introduced by Assemhlyman
Agnev to-day. The salary for the newly named
ofticer is to be increased from $4,000 TO $500
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
NO ONE TO NOMINATE MR. PLATT.
Just Ballot, with No Speeches, Says
Colonel Dunn
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBusn.1

GBT TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE
Albany, Jan. l6,-Colonel George ". Dunn. chair
man of the Republican State Committee. said to-
night that no one had yet been selected to nomi-
rate Mr.. Platt for United States Senator at the
caucus of the Republican members of the iegts-
lature on Monday night No one nominated MIR.
Plat the last time when he was mads the candi-
date Of the Republicans" he said. ''apd doubt II
that was sufficient
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
CENTRAL BUYS MORE LAND.

The New-York Centred end Hudson River Hsil-
ro,s hse MADE another large purchase Of land at
snuyten Duyy in order 70 carry out ifs plan OF
susightening the tracks from MOTT haven 70 hehs-
-. It's latest purchSse IS practically the whole
a-s3;e-fronf at sntIyten DuyviL The deal was made
through Richard Aiexsnder fnis waterfront
s-acs several acres
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
BIG MORTGAGE FOR EXPANSION.

The American Grass Products Company has fled
,n the Queens County Clerks ONCE a mortgage for
$500 600 made 90 the Continental Trust Company
Of this city as trustee to secure issue of per
cent ten year gold bonds OF the denomination OF
a 0fo esef The proceeds are to be used III the
oonstrlction OF the compapys new building and
the Introduction OF new machinery st Glendale
Tefan
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
NOT INTERESTED IN TESTIMONY.

INDIANAPOLIS Jan. l6.-Ex-GoverDor W. s. Taylor,
Of Kentucky who is practising law in this city,
s.id this afternoon he had no idea who the detec-
tive could be who is said TO have approached Rid
dell at Frankfort, a member of the grand jury III
yestieeting the GoebeI murder. Mr.. Taylor added
that he had detective friends ano was not inter
ested in Youtsey's testimony.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
wATERTOwN, n. "

lately been the recipient of a seven hnn-
Jred acre public park. the donor being un-
known. Description and photograph OF park
i'm to-morrow's Tribune
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
FREE MASONS

will be interested In u st0ry about the home
for orphaned daughters of Free Masons
which William EIktns proposes TO build In
Philadelphia at cost of $1oO.OO0. In to-
morrOws Tribune.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
RIVAL POLITICAL LEADERS OF THE xxIsT
ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

Incidents in the careers OF "Abe' Gruber
Rep, and Matthew +. Donohue fDem-t, with
photosraphs of each surrounded by his dis
frict captains. i'm tO-morrow's Ir1bune.
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
HAWAIIAN CAPITALIST DEAD.

Honolulu Jan. 6.-Paul Isenhorg Ia dead at Bre-
men. Of peritonits He capitalist, and leaves
a fortune yarousy estimated at from 100000 10
SIC o<d aao He leaves tSs sons one Senator of
Hawaii The banks and stores were closed as
mark Of respect his memory
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
RxMAY1R ARHAM D. HEWITT.

One of the ambitions of his life was 10 sec
Cooper Union all devoted so ed"eahohai
~arL ,s its founder Peter Cooper fnAended.
yha. wish hss been realized only thfs wins
Ter Pictures of classes Instructed there I'm
fo-suurroN-s Tribune
New-York tribune., 1903-01-17
CLEAN NPoRTs FOR FISCAL YEAR ENDING

JUNE 80. 1902.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19

country by his policy of retaliation they may be startled into realization that the higher your tariff the higher your prosperity. The Republican mana
 se thns xe 4Ssy haye ns Say S which will effectually Kill Mir. Chamber lain's preferential goose. It is said that Wniie they propose to be loyal to pIs- lection. they are not unwilling tc do something for the revisionists, and that strong effort will therefore be made to bring into the Republican platform next year recommendation of law provid- ing maximum and minimum tartn sched- ules. If power is given to the President ito proclaim an exchange of favors with nations which are ready for such nego- tiatons." he will possess a card wnicn will trump anything in MT. Chamberlaln's 8 hand.
 MT. Chamberlain will have to rise at a very early hour if he expects to get the better of our friends of protection" He Is only tyro at the business, whereas they are past masters. He can not learn Great Britain not a particle of good against this country, but that it would play into the hands of our tariff gamb- lers. He wants Parliament to give him the right to impose retaliatory duties; and then we shall see if the United States does not come down from its high horse right away. But If the friends of pro- lection" have their way next year. we SHaH slHpiy mount nlgner one. There is no Knowing how high we might run up our schedules in case of tariff squab- ble With Great Britain or any other coun- try. Possibly we could do as much in that line as We did two or three years ago with stock market quotations. Could anything please our stand -patters" bet ter than MT. Chamberlain's threat to cap on duties to keep our products out or Great Britain? The loss to American industry from curtailment of exports to that that market would be only incidental. ! ne thing to consider is the splendid op- !portun1ty to raise our own tariff duties. TO be sure, the benefit from this would accrue to only handful of people; but that that IS a mere matter of detail. Let Mir. 0 Gnamberiain % play his present cards, and oo we snall snow him very quickly that we can trump his act. The fact that his poIic" is not likely to be put into effect Tor several years, if ever, is of course no drawback to it's use as a bugbear
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
A Republican View.

Huntsville Tribune.
 The fact that Hon. Marcus A. Hanna is not declared candidate for President cuts little figure. We would consider ourselves a poor judge of human nature were he to decline a nomination the Re
 publicans may say he fits to perfection. Grover Cleveland Is not a candidate either. still we would not be the least surprised to see one or the other of these two prominent men candidates. Be 1t remembered that James A. Garfield W IS not 8 candidate, that at the convention in which he was nominated, he placed the name before it of Senator Sherman in one of the greatest pieces of oratory eve. known in this country. It was at the time that Robert Ingersoll in his famous speech christened James G. Blanc the
 'plumed knight of NJ inc" The two great giants Sherman of Ohio and Blaine of Maine were before the convention, still Garfield was nominated. Bryans crown of thorns and cross of gold speech secured him nomination which ended the career of Democratic success and made this u solid Republican country. There are other notable cases in the history of our country where the nomination sought the man. We believe MT. Hanna IS honest, lieve there is strong sweeping undercur- rent of sentiment which will force him to accept. We also believe that the
 prudent Republican business man is timid in pushing the nomination of President Roosevelt. They reasonably apprehend that he is too cratic, too daring, too aggressive, for a President If he Is
 nominated the same prudent business 1 classes will reach over his shoulder and push Cleveland to the front and support him. In other words Hanna representing the business interest of the country would | leave no platform, no usefulness for | Cleveland On the other hand It would | force the Democrats to select a different kind of man, while if Roosevelt is the nominee Cleveland will become the logical Democratic candidate, will probably carry New York and make a dangerously close race if not a winning.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
ONE MILLION DOLLARS A DAY.

According to a preliminary report from the Department of Labor and Commerce, the exports of cotton for the month of October last averaged s2,OOO.OOO a day. This was exceptionally large, but the re- port shows that the value of cotton ex- ports averages 8, ,0O0, 900 for each business day of the year.
 This is the contribution which the South makes to the aggregate wealth of the country. It is really an immense addition to national prosperity, but our section does not get the benefit from 1t that it should. It is true that most of the money comes to the South, but 1t is equally true that most of 1t goes away. and thus our people fail to profit by 1t as they should. Think of the enormous wealth we would have if we manufactured a large part of the cotton crop and thus doubled or tre- bled it's value. Or, think how rich we would be if the cotton. money did not have to be sent off to buy the necessaries of liGe with. The reflection is simply dag king.
 The truth is that the South Is largely the tenant of the country and the laborer for the rest of the world. We grow a sta- pie which exceeds in value any other ag- ricutural product exported from the Unit ed States. and we spend most of the money for something to eat, drink and wear If the half of that cotton could be manufactured here, we would be the richest people on earth. If the South raised all required food products, it would be the richest section of the Union The half of that million dollars a day, if kept at home, would make the South the most independent of all countries. Why not keep 1t? Why not raise our own food supplies, and make our own cloth and thread? Why be longer hewers of wood and drawers of water for all cre- ation? We have good climate, unlimitSn Sn motive power, and can do our own man ufacturing. We have fertile lands enough to raise our own supplies and ought to do 1t. Is it not time to strike for eco- homie Independence?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-19
LAZY MANS PARADISE.
The Women are the Workers in the
 West 1ndes.

Kansas City Star.
 On market day in the West Indies thousands or peasant women and girls can be seen walk Ing along the roads to the town from their palm matched huts iD the mountains and woods. They carry their heads immense loads of bananas oranges, yams. plantains brown sugar or tobacco. stepping along at the rate of four miles an hour with the gait of Q princess.
 Constant carrying of heavy loads gives than, a splendid carriage They will walk forty miles to market to sell 30 cents worth of produce. Often they could sell the same stuff for a better price at their homes but they enjoy the merry company on the road and the fun and gossip of the market place too much to give up their weekly jaunt Most penp,e think such tramp hard work. but they re gard 1t as picnic Tramptng along over rough mountain tracks, fording swift rivers. tug ing fl actious mules in the way that they should go, these women never let their loads fall. They co1ld dance a jig without drop- ping them.
 Meanwhile the men folk-who have not even taken the trouble to or harvest the crops much less ca ry them to narket-are seepins in the palm matched hut or lying down ii the yam patch outside and smoking the strons native tobacco.
 On ny estate." said coffee planter to an AmericaH friend, employ about 500 people in the busy see sons, besides POO or 300 chil dren. The women outnumber the men by more than two to one, and do far better work though they are only paid 8 cents day as compared with the mems 24 cents The difference in wages is most unfair, but 1t is regulated by an iron bound custom"