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FREXCH GRATITUDE EXPRESSED.
The name of the victim of th<» mob was Mar-cos Easaajte. The outrage, occurred on Thurs-day last. Esragin. while riding on horsebackthrough a narrow street. Jolted against the :.-.uir>of a Moroccan religious fanatic, and a dflapatSensued, the crowd which gathered siding withthe priest. Kssagin, in jelf-del>- no**, drew hisrevolver and fired, wounding a native. This wasthe signal for a general attack upon th* Amer-ican, who received dozens of knifp wounds andwhose body was burned, according to sonr*. be-fore life wa.s extinct. Thf French Minister wasinformed of the crime by a sp<rt ia' messoncr.and he gave notice to the American ConsulBoth the Minister and the Consul called uponSidi Torres, the Sultan's Minister of ForeignAffairs at Tangier, and protested against tbeoutrage.
MANAGER OF A FRENCH CONCERN IN FEZ. AN
AMERICAN CITIZFN. KILLED BY A MOB.Tangier. July 2.—There Is great excitement at
Fez owing to French encroachments on theOasis of Touat. A mob killed the manager of aFrench concern, who was an American citizen.The British Consul has demanded the assistanceof the authorities to protect his house, and theJewish ghetto is besieged.
The Legation here is making serious repre-sentations on the subject.
TROT RLE OVER THE OABIB OF TOI \T.
Paris. July L'.—ln tne Chamber of Deputies to-day the Covernmpm Introduced a er«1.3ir>.000 francs to erect an Embassy buildingin Washington. The construction and furnish-ing is estimated to cost about 91ii.000 francsand thfl purchase of the ground about 4OO.«J00francs.
A CREDIT VOTED TO ERECT A SUITABLE EDIFICE
IN WASHINGTON.
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Rainfalls have been fairly general during thelast week, but the monsoon current continuesweak, causing anxiety Frequent showers havefallen Inparts of the Central Provinces. Mysore,Bombay, the Deccan, Madras. Berar and Hy-derabad, but the rainfall to date is insufficientfor a general resumption of agricultural opera-tions. Little or no rain has fallen In North-western India. In anticipation of the rainyseason wirk near villages and home gratuitousrelief art being largely substituted for the largeworks, and Government advances are beingfreely given for the purchase of ploughs, bul-locks, seeds and subsistence. The poorer culti-vators are receiving gifts from the FamineFund.
Even after abundant rain has fallen through-
out distressed districts relief will be necessaryon a large scale until the early crops ripen.The persons receiving relief number 5.805.000.
INDIANFAMINE RELIEF FUND.The Committee of One Hundred on Indian Famine
Relief reports the following contributions receivedyesterday:
THE MONSOON CURRENT CONTINUES -WEAK.
CAUSING ANXIETY.
London. July _'. Tli<- Secretary of State for
India. Lord Georße Hamilton, has received thefollowing dispatch from the Viceroy of India.Lord Curzon of Kedleston:
RAISFALL I\ TWnn.
VICTIMS OF FEVER AT PAXAMA.Kingston. Jamaica, July 2.— Pernicious fever is
prevailing on tha Isthmus of Panama, among thevictims reported being the son of I'nlted StatesConsul i'iiMi and the prlma donna of .in Italianopera company.
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AMERICA* EX<;i\EEh's IS LONDON.London, July 2.—The annual convention of the
American Society of Civil Engineers opened to-day at the Institution of Civil Engineers, Abouttwo hundred Americans were present. They werewarmly welcomed by Sir Douglas Fox, the presi-dent of the Hrltlxhsociety. President Walla: ofChicago, replied, thanking him for the courtesiesextended, etc.
Mr. Purdy. of New- York, opens the debate thisevening with 11 paper on the height of buildings.
CROP FAILURE IX (mil.Santiago at Chill, July 2.—Owing to continuous
rains, wheat sowing Is Impossible, and the nextcrop will be very Boarce. Prlce-i to-day are very
; hl«;h, but there Is no stork on hand.
BRITISH RIT XIE TA TRMI\ /'.London. July 2.—The revenue report of the
-Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Michael' Hicks-'Beach, for the quarter ending June 30. shows thatthe revenue decreases, under different hendlims.lotnl £1,783,141, and that the tncreasi-s total £.">*>.-UOO, leaving a ret drcrease of H.'JU. HI, when com-pared v.-Jth the corresponding period of 1539. duo
! to decreases In th? curtoms and excise receiptscaused by withdrawals made in anticipation ofthe new budget.
There were Increases from estate duties and theincome tax to the omount of £636,000.
MR, sHELDOy WILL XuT ACCEPT.London. July 2.— The Rev. Charl.-s M Misklfl.
of Topeka. Kan., was questioned to-day by :»representative of, The Associated Tress regardingthe cabled report of Ms nomination for the Ytce-Prestdency of the T'nlted t.'hrlstlan pnriy. H<>said :
"My name has been aroposss without autborltyIhave no intention of accepting the nomination!*'
Iam pleased to rail attention to the unanimityof the sentiments which the Chamber has Just ex-pressed by its vote. Iwill hasten to transmit •>the American Government by diplomatic mediumthis resolution. In which Is manifested once againthe time honored friendship which unites the tworepublics
The announcement was greeted with heartycheers.
The Senate passed a similar resolution.*
BOW IT LOOKS TO A M'KINr/fTY I KM AMT»
snerut.
From The Chicago Tim^s-HeraH (Adm. R?p.>.Many of our Republicnn contemporaries seem at
a loss \u25a0\u25a0i understand why if Theodore Rooseveh'srenomin;ition for wovernor of New-York wouMhave added strength to the Republican ticket inthat State next November his nomination for Vice-President will not have a like effect.
"The Milwaukee Sentinel" characterizes the pos-sibility of lostnfi New-York because. "Tom ' Platthas boosted Rooserell out of the way of corpora-tions and rascals as "nonsensical" and "sad stuff.""The Oshkosh Northwestern" thinks thst "there Isno reason to expect that Roosevelt* personal in-fluence in New-York politics willbe at all Hat
-ished because he has been promoted from theState to the National ticket." "The Dubuqu^Times" thinks there is no danger that McKhxleywill lose New-York "unless that State, which g:\\»McKinley a majority of 265. 169 in 1SS«;. has changedits convictions on the money question." "Tn*Bloom on Pantacraph" argues itself into th-»pleasing conclusion that Roosevelt's name in sec-ond place on the National ticket will win mo:*votes for the Republican ticket than Ifh- y«s.'.been renominatefl for Governor. And so the chom*Of post-Convention enthusiasm runs.
Unfortunately, it does not take account of thefact that New-York State has K**n consisted r!vunreliable In National politics. Neither does It ap-pear to recognize the fact that the passage of th*KoM standard currency bill has restored thousandsof Sound Money Democrats from the fright that«ln>ve them to vote the Republican ticket in t*J*.There seems to be a disposition to ignore the factthat a majority of New-York's Cor-KressSonal dele-gation is Democratic.
For the benefit of those optimists who scout thepossibility of New-York's going Democratic tMsyear lei us recall the history of its Presidential »c-centrlcttles during the last generation. N> w-Yorkgave Its electoral vote:
To Seymour owr Grant tn 1W» by IP.OOO plurality.To Cram over rtrerlfy tn IS7C ty .'>3.4.Vi plurality.To Ttl.lr-n over Ilmn in lsT« »•» ::s.7»j plurality.T.> Gmflrfc] ovtr llaacork in l*x>by 51.R33 plurality.T>> rteTtland over Rtelnt in iv**fu-'i.ny plurality.To Harris, n o\\-r Cleveland in Ivvs b> l».:;7:i plura!tty.To i'levt»l«nct over Harrison In l>t»2 by 4.V31S plurality.T.> McKinley o%er Bryan tn 1S»« by i>S>.4ita> plurality.
In the language <'f the racetrack these ftjiuresprove that a* a Presidential factor New-York StateIs a "rank ln-and-outer."
In at with the money question still an or*?*one in Congress, the Republican plurality on thevote for Congressmen ha.lshrunk from the C^.K)Of McKinUy to I3.«ew.
Now let us suppose that the Democrats do. whatthere is more than .< remote possibility they maydo. push silver into the baoksr.mn.l and nominateBryan and Hill on :in anti-trust and anti-imperial-i-t platform, with Hinl s. Coier as the Democraticnominee for Governor of New-York a,c:»!n?t a »ti>o!i>'k ( >'" of "Tom" Platt— dots any mhi> Republicanthink McKinley an.l Roosevelt will !iave a walk-over In New-York? It he doe.* he b preparing arude awakening for himself next November.
"The New-York Times' su\s that if the New-York Democrats \*<-r*» to nominate "a man ofknown Integrity, ability. Independence and firm-ness, i\ man who woui.l fairly represent what athis brst Mr Koos.-wlt represent* il. his electionwould be by no means hop> ess." This Is the opin-ion of \u25a0 Rolil Democrat newspaper which takes nomurk In anti-Imperialism. Here is what "Th»Syracuse lYst-Stanil ird." an urd*nt Ut'vubll-annewspaper, said before the nomination of Roose-velt: "All the strength of popularity for the FTSSft'dential ticket that «-.in be mustered Is Koln< to b*needed in this State. Governor Roosevelt, befnsagain our candidate for the l<overnorshij>, willbrlns; to the ticket a larger element of strenst^than as candidate for Vice-President."
Again "The Times- Herald" warns the Republicanmanagers they musi be prepared to offset the loasof New-York by gains In Ktnsa*. Montana. IJaho.Nebraska. South Dakota. Washington and Wyo-minK. where the people believe in expansion, pros-perity and a Uovrrnment of authority equal to it*responsibility.
MAYYORK'S EI.FJTORAT. VOTE.
RKBFT.P TO ATTACK THE CITY 0 NOT GIVEN U?
BY JUL.T 4.
Kingston. Jamaica. July 2.—
Further advicesfrom Colombia say the rebel General d<machorecently captured a Government gunboa: on th*River ?inu. The officers and crew were mi.!*prisoners. It is added that the sum of $10,i"M>
was found on board.The Government forces on June 29 attacked
the rebels fifty miles from Panama. The for-mer were defeated, losing one hundred menkilled, one gun and a number of prisoners,
rifles and flags.The rebel General Porras has sent an, ulti-
matum to the Governor of Panama demanding
the surrender of the place. The ultimatum ex-pired on June CO, but foreign consuls prevailedupon Porras to extend it until July 4. Ifthecity is not surrendered then an assault upon itis expected.
COUNT VOX ZEPPELINS INVENTION TRAV-
ELLED SAFELY THIRTY-FIVE MILES.
Berlin. July 2.—Count yon Zeppelin's a»rtalship made an ascent at Friedrirhshal thisevening. It had five occupants and traveledsafely to Immenstadt. a distance of thirty-fivemiles. :...„
Sf RRF\r>FR OF PiXAVA DEMWHED.
AIRSHIP s St\ rryssFl I. TRIP.
A small girl was walking down Greenwich-***,on Sunday. She was manifestly attired In h»r Sun-
day be»t. On her h»ad was a larg*INHER hat trimmed with llllea of th*SUNDAY valley, a wMe band of fresh rtbboaREST. encircled her throat and held h»r
head stM erect. snu« shoes withshiny patent leather Mas '"
••\u25a0•\u25a0 her tost, and in«ne of her tiKhtlr white stored har.d* she held %
paper bag. evidently filled with candy of thecheckorberry variety <<o dear to childhood. At Thir-teenth-fit, a typical \u25a0ing street arab wa» loung-In*, with h..r<» feet and heart. The rest of h!3 cos-tume consisted of a nhtrt. a pair of trou.i<- an-1dirt and lip. principally the last. "Hully?<\u25a0<>:" h»gasped, a* the |ittl»> sir! with the mincing stepsthat her lljfht shoes gave h*r came up to him. aalthen he reco?nlz'-<l her. "Wh«>r'«l r«u get <Io»e stu^irags. Mame."' he drmnnded. M^rne. h»r h«-a.-lhigher in th air th»n even the ribbon for<-M it.tried to pass without recognition, but he barrel th»way. -Too proud and «!izzy In your Sunday duds.rir*rer?" was h:s n<-.\t remark. "Oh. I'Son't know,you'se not no warm ynn'.v <an h* chafed!" Th»nhe caught yitrhc of the hue of randy "Wtiat yoi'<»got in «le papeT' he ou'rted. ••Nuttin". Jimmy.nuttirT: honest, <ley ain't « tins In It." *val!e<s thevision. j»tHrt!e.l Into «p"ech and recognition by th»<lanß»-r *he saw ?he wa* in "fx-y aint. ain't dey!llxr.il It over den. an' well take a pe-p.' ord-re^the lord of the universe. Thero wni a d»murr<>r.and ihe hoy (tathf-rtd a handful of mud from th«gutter. "00.-5 Iget (Te pape?" and he raided *:*hand and threatened the mjpeilntlvely n»at maiden.ll» got It. to a w.tiling ,ii-onifunlm»nt of "Oh..limn \u25a0.\u25a0•!<\u25a0•!•«• is: bit you ain't a pointer take itall"" "I»afs all rliht. Mam-»." be answrM. ashe *h.>ok about half Into his pcrketn »ml returnedh«r th- ha? and the rest, "only .iint you set•o gay wii yr marble heart and jr« frozen fa.*»de next day you've srnt on yet 'I'm goin' ter bemarrie.l ter <iay' clothes." And its safe to sayMame won't.
Fredrick R«-«»<1. of Hoiw City. Idaho, known farand wide throughout th* Sonarr**-- as tho M*yor
"of North Yakim*. arrWM tn town
IDAHO'S Saturday and wh*n s**n at thaDAYS OF Waldorf-Astoria ypsterdav said ofPROSPERITY. Idaho affairs: •'Evprythirjg withus
Is booming; our mln<»s ar« In mi»t
flourishing condition. ar.«l the crop outlook Is .liaovery promi^ins;. Th<> \mz proj»ct»d Idaho Mi.l-
lar.il Railroad from Bom- City. Idaho, to Butt-, I
distance of something more than thr*« r.unirc'.
mi'ci" ha* at iTizth hp«»n started and alr»a<iy «om«*Ix hundred Japs' at- at work. It viil t,»k* fromtwo an<l on*>-hn!f to thrfo y-^ar* to omp'.o tb»work The Idaho Midland will open »>r» *"m*of therirhfft mining d;?trtc:s In Idaho. <~>Ui mine" whirhhave lons hppn ahar.iioricd willaETiin b<* worked, -is
thf road will enable tfu-ir own»r» to transport th»:ror* product to thf market* at a prnflt. A spur
line of twelve mi!es will tap th*> farnousßlaekbirdminintc filstri-i.and Cu-t*r County, acknowledged**the richest county of Idaho will h*» traYersed.opf-ipd up and developed by this enterprise, whi>-hwill a'l.l tremendously to th" material rl-v<».opmer:tand welfare of thm northern part of th» state. Th«roarl is being buiK by a b«a«J syndicate of New-York capitalists, but jur-t who they are Icannot at
present state."
"It do*>sn"t seem to he knn-srn." «a!4Martin H*rrey. of SewlckleT. P«*nn.. at th» Fl.'rh
Avenue Hotel, yesterday, "but W.W. A. CLARK'S A. Clark, of Butt". Mont., the lar*
NATIVE aspirant for a sf-at in the Senir*
STATE. frr>m that State came originally
from Pennsylvania. Air. Clark,who, throush hi- ownership of the great Ur.i:»d\>rie Copper Mine in Arizona, takes rar.k as or.»or thf» world's richest men. was borr n«>^r Cornell*;villf\ in what Is now th<» erpat cok<* prfxiu.rir!? c»n-tr*. H- cflmf of a gnod county family, and hisforpSears devoted thfir time to farming;. Mr. Clarkleft horn*- while <=till a toy to se*k forti:n<» in TheWest, and th»>re is a rumor current at CoxmellsTtn*that h* ha? succeeded."
THE PASSING THRONG.
GETTING THEIR EYES OPEN*.From the Chicago Times-Herald (Adm. Rep.).IfT. C. Platt had lived tn ancient Rom* J. C«sar.
would have had on* more good reason for dtaitrost- •Ing lean and hungry looking peep*-*-
MURDER AM) BATTLE /V CHIXA.The Chinese kaleidoscope shifts its lurid com-
binations from day to day. Forty-eight hoursago there seemed to be a reasonable assurancethat the Ministers \u0084t Peking were all living,though beleaguered In their legations. To-dayreports are renewed with disquieting detail thatthe German Minister has been killed, and thattbe others are in Imminent peril of a like fate,while most of the legations have been burned.Itwill1m- prudent not yet to accept this hideoustale as certainly true, although it is apparently« corroborative repetition of the rumor of somedays ago. For on examination a suspicious dis-crepancy of date.-- is apparent. There was arumor on June \T, ifiat one of the Ministers hndbeen diced to pieces, and on June 16 came theannouncement of Baron yon Ketteler's death.But now this latest news tells us that lie waskilled on .Tune is. if we credit the latter, there-fore, we must regard the former as sheer in-vention. It Is conceivable, of course, that there1- an error in the date, and that for June is weshould rend Jane 16 or 1.'.. But the news )s con-veyed through several different channels, andit is ;it leant stranae that they should all makethe same error
Another point n^ to the date. Tbe attack uponthe Taku forts by the allied fleets was made <»nJune 18. If the first report of the murder of;l:e Qerman Minister «nd tbe burning of thelegations WM 'rue. (hen Those tragic outrageswere committed al h-nst two days before ii,,.bombardment, and the Chinese pretence thathostilities toward the Ministers were provokedby the action of the fleets la conclusively dis-proved. Reprisals on Jt i<; could not be pro-roked by anything happening on June 18. Sotcan we accept the hypothesis that the Pekingoutbreak occurred on June is. Immediatelyupon the announcement thai tbe fleets bad be-gun their attack upon the forts. It is doubtfulIf the Dews could have travelled so swiftly.And It is >tdl more doubtful If there is a Chi.-new prophet alive capable of for. telling occur-rriiooH bo accurately us one must have donewho told on .Tune 16 of that which w:ts to takeplace two days later. No; If we are to belierothat Baron yon K^tteler has been murdered wemust—pending the receipt of absolutely un-questionable information to the contrary as-
"ADEQVATK" PROTECTION.No authoritative statement has yet been made
describing the exact nature and extent of thefire fighting apparatus at the North GermanLloyd piers. Mr. Schwab declares that they•were entirely adequate for any ordinary occa-sion, and it is not to be supposed that the com-pany with *•> much property invested on thespot would have been deliberately careless. Butthe common habit of mankind is to lock thestable after the horse is stolen." Itis only by un-foreseen accidents that unforeseen dangers arerealized and guarded against. After killingpeo-ple for lack of them the elevated railroad offi-cials learned the wisdom of handrails on foot-paths. Grade crossings were always thoughtadequately guarded for ordinary occasions, butextraordinary occasions forced movements fortheir abolition. In studying the Hoboken tirewe are brought to the question: What was "ade-quate" protection for piers like those of theNorth German Lloyd, or. rather, what is "ade-quate" protection now. in view of the suddenand terrible destruction which occurred in spiteof such apparatus and such vigilance as ex-isted on those piers?
Itis to be feared that the danger from lire onpiers and the precautions which may properlybe required upon them have not been sufficientlyrealized either by their owners or the publicauthorities. Certainly the piers and their super-structures ate commonly built of material andafter a fashion which would not be permittedanywhere away from the waterfront of anycity. Nobody would b«- allowed to erect, even ina vacant block further separated from otherbuildings than the piers are, great wooden shedsto be stored with masses of inflammable ma-terial. Why. except from the mere inertia ofbad Custom, should wooden flret raps be allowedto fringe the waterfront long after they worebanished from other populous localities? Theowner of a pier would doubtless consider him-self oppressed ifordered to obey file and build-btg Regulations as strict as those prescribed forthe owner of a warehouse across the street fromhis pier, but it is not clear why he should notbe compelled to do so. New-York Harbor Is farIkhind tie age in the matter of docks. If in
.-:!.; of forests of wooden piles and miles ofv.o<.<len platforms we had iron or stone docks,naturally the superstructures would be of Iron.brick or Mono to correspond. But with us thenormal warehouse on a pier has been 11 ram-rjarirlfptrueture of wood, now and then casedwith corrugated iron, under vain pretence ofgiving protection against flr*.
Certainly the business of the waterfront isImportant enough to call for the same precau-tions which are required In buildings put tosimilar use close by. Ifwe must get on indefi-nitely with wooden piles instead of more firmfoundations for our piers, it is not unreason-• S" to demand not merely In Manhattan but'-^rywhere about the harbor that the pier
warehouses should not be mere wooden tinderboxes. At least the same fire apparatus re-\u2666jnlred for a non-fireproof warehouse on shoreshould be provided. There should be water andbose instantly at hand, and the tanks »nd auto-
THE PACIFIC CROKER.It is announced on his own authority thnt
Richard Croker has reached Kansas City in a'•pacific*1 frame of mind. This intelligence ismost welcome, for bulletins from his train hadled the public 10 suppose that his wrath wasparching the crops and that there was greatdanger of prairie tires. Within a few momentsef his arrival Mr. Croker also declared that
New-York had no candidate for Vice-Presidentand that "there are certain interests in New-York which should not be assailed," for theexcellent reason that if they are spared thoikances of Democratic Buccess in this State willbe largely Increased. Altogether it would ap-pear that the distinguished gentleman packeda great deal of material into an uncommonlyshort statement. It is noi Impossible, however,
that he may already have felt constrained to
withdraw this early interview for repairs. In
view of the fact thai David Bennett Hillspent
the greater part of Sunday In Lincoln on thopressing invitation of the "onliest" one himself.If Mr. Croker is able to contemplate that dis-crimination with serenity his temper must bo
Indeed pacific.But whatever else he does, it is to l>e hoped
thnt Mr. Croker will nor cancel or modify \pany respect his announcement that there arecertain interests In New-York which should notbe assailed. There Is no occasion To change 8
word in that deliverance. Itis perfect as it isand gives tipits meaning at a glance. Ho obvi-ously refers to the Ire Trust. Immediately «'ii
his return from Europe— in fact, before he hadgot his sea l"us off
—he went so fur as to Bay
that ice at \u2666»«> cents a hundred was expensive,that he was going to investigate the questionwith great care, and that if be found anythingwrong a fearful retribution would follow Hutinasmuch as nothing has been heard to drop andBrother (ins has gone to the Convention, wherethere is Talk of putting him on the Committeeon Resolutions, it is perfectly reasonable to con-clude Thnt there are certain interests in New-York which should not be assailed.
With all its consolatory features Mr. Crokor'sinterview suggests one painful reflection. Hesaid distinctly on Sunday that New-York hadno candidate for Vice-President. He said thiswhile on all the dead walls of Kansas City theeffigyof William Sulzer was still damp with thepaste that stuck it there. Ifthat majestic coun-tenance could ever express any purpose or emo-tion not directly inspired by love for the "peo-pul" it would now assuredly fix on Mr. Croker agaze of sorrow nnd reproach. Strictly speak-ing. ItIs not our funeral, but the circumstancesare so pathetic that we are not ashamed to
weep. Furthermore, even ifit were not clearlya case for compassion, wo should hate To seeSulzer crushed. His nomination would ho ex-tremely convenient on account of his name.Bryan and Suleer! How could any other com-bination be so appropriate, congenial and re-freshing? Itwould bo The tlrst FV nnd S. ticketwe ever had In this country, and it would in-fallibly go down with the Democratic masses.Then, trio, consider how Sulzer wants It! When80 ninny others nre afraid they willhare to takethe nomination, what sense or decency is thereIn disappointing a man who is hunting it withbrass bands and gonfalon* and pictorial embel-lishments and cohorts and enormous vocal re-sources?IfMr. Croker is really pacific, as he says he is.
and a true friend of Sulzer. ns Rubser has al-wayn conceded he was, the country will pres-ently ascertain that New York has a candidatefor the Vice-Presidency.
matic sprinklers common in our great ware-house? would not b* too much to ask In the
way of "ndequnt"" protection. Such thlngH are
not necessary In fireproof buildings, but In In-flammable sheds filled with cotton and other
Roods they are a great safeguard, and the fact
that h warehouse is on piles should not free Itfrom tbe necessity of being protected like otherbuildings of its class. What appliances *>f thiskind tlie North German Lloyd piers bad is notclear, but their swift destruction points out thenecessity for reform and a new and higher
standard of adequacy.The fate of the men Imprisoned behind the
bull's-eyes of the burning ships suggests that
there is something to be learned in marine•irehitecturo in order to give protection ade-quate to newly discovered dangers. To thesuggestions that these openings be made largeenough for a man to get through Mr. Schwabsays that enlargement would impair theStrength of the ship. That is a natural answerfor one who is not himself a shipbuilder to
make. In view of the established practice, WhichIt might be assumed was based on solid reasons.Nevertheless, such things are often a matter ofconvention; somebody starts to make a bull's-eye of certain dimensions, others follow, and itsoon becomes the regular size. Rear-AdmiralMelville, who is an expert in shipbuilding, is
authority for the statement that the largeropenings are perfectly feasible. Instead of thepresent round openings of ten inches, an oval
eleven by thirteen inches would let a manthrough, and would not weaken the ship. Now
that Hie usefulness of such openings Is soon, anew style may perhaps be adopted or even en-forced by governments as one of the essentialsin steamship designing.
If precautions against fire at the Hobokendocks were "entirely adequate" one wonderswhat would have happen. if they had beenquite inadequate.
Sixteen to one appears to be the rule atKansas City
—sixteen cranks to one sane man.
The climate of Havana has not been foundfavorable by the official looter and till tapper,and one after another they wilt under it and arepromptly weeded out of service. Director-Gen-eral of Posts Ralhbone is the last growth of thesort to he jerked out by the root, and according
to the results of Government Inquiry he wasfully ripe for that extirpation.
It Is a pity that the attendance at this year'sintercollegiate boat races was smaller thanusual, for aquatic contests so well worth seeingore few and far between.
Bryan la so much the platform of Democracythat the Kantian City Convention plans to nomi-nate him at the usual platform making timeand then consider the little matter of resolutionsto tit him at any odd moment.
Tammany will point with pride to the lowtax raff, but th \u25a0• people owe no thanks to theTißer for that boon. The Republican FranchiseTax law Is the cause of the reduction, not anyeconomy of the city rulers.
The consuls at Tlen-Tsln want their Govern-ments to threaten to deßpoll the tombs of theancestors of the Chinese Imperial Clan If theMinisters at Peking are harmed. The menacewould be a formidable one, for there Is nothingelse In China so sacred as those tombs. Yetsuch a threat would scarcely be worthy of acivilized Power, and It Is not surprising thatGreat Britain Is said to regard the proposal
The loss is that of Senator Hoar. Perhapswe should not speak of it as a loss, for henever really belonged to them or with them.A party cannot really lose thnt which it neverpossessed. Nevertheless, men in Wall Streetsometimes regard with most bitter regret theirloss not of what they really hnd but of whatthey expected to have. In that speculativesense tho "Anti-Imperialists" have lost the Mas-sachusetts Senator. They hoped to gain him.and their hopes are blighted. On the otherhand, they have gained Richard Croker! Theyhave lost, or have failed to get. Mr. Hoar be-cause, as he himself explains, he is a man ofprinciple, who esteems principles above votesand above personalities. They have gained
Mr. Croker because. a« ho himself explains,he cares nothing for principles but only forvotes. Of a truth, the net result of the trans-action Is not particularly profitable to them.
Of course, they are always at liberty toapologize fur the fewness of their numbersby quoting that '"one with God is a majority."But that is a different thing from one withRichard Croker—or even. In all reverence, withEdward Atkinson.
THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST BALANCE SHEET.There can be little comfort for the "Antl-
Imperialists" in a review of their gains andlosses for the last week. The time is at bandwhen party lines are readjusted and men de-clare themselves on this side or that. Insig-
nificant as is the "Anti-Imperialist" party, itslines have been readjusted. It has lost onemember, and gained oue. In quantity, there-fore, it remains unchanged. But what a changeInquality!
Ifth« etiarjee could bo proved tho guilty woulddeserve a far worse punishment than they couldbe made to suffer, and If there is respectableevidence against anybody it most assuredlyought not t<t be ignored. But it would seem tobo a duty to humanity to doubt The truth of theStory as Ioiil:as possible.
TOO HAD TO BELIEVE.The charge that captains of tugboats demand-
ed money from drowning men who hnd escapedfrom the burning steamships inio the river onSaturday, and refused to save those who couldnot pay. ought not to bo loosely made or readilybelieved. Such manifestations of hideous thriftare, we suppose, conceivable, and there seemsto be some testimony which is not obviouslysheer invention to support the accusation. ButIt should bo remembered that few persons insuch n i!.-s]p<rate plight nro nblo to observe ac-curately, and that the survivors are seldomcompetent to srive n just account of their ex-periences.
suiue that there Is an error In the date of tholnst dispatch, and that he was killed not onJuno is, but on Juno 10 or some cvon earlier•Into. That willl\x complete responsibility uponChina without any plea about »ho Httack upontho Takti forts. Upon that point exact and finalenlightenment is eagerly to be awaited, forupon it turn momentous Issues.
further reports come to hand about PrinceTu.iii. who is said to have placed himself at th<?head of the anti-foreign uprising, to hare drivenout the Emperor and the Dowager Empress,
and himself to have assumed imperial powers-
the latter presumably ns Regent In behalf ofhis son, Pu-Chuu. We have already explainedPrince Tuau's relationship to the Emperor andDowager Empress, and the manner in whichhis son came to be declared. In January last, thetrue Emperor. The present mystery Is whyPrince Tuan has quarrelled with the DowagerEmpress. Tor she is his sister In it wasshe who dictated the selection of his son to beEmperor, and he and she have hitherto beenparticularly well agreed on all matters, Itmay
bo that he wanted to make himself sole Regent,thus crowding her out of the place she lias heldfor the best part of a generation. Or itmay bethat be became oven more bitterly anti-foreignthan she. and that she refused to sanction hisextreme measures. Truly. iiwould be a curiousturn of late for Tse-llsi -to bo driven into thearms of the liberal and progressive party InChina because of the arising of a more bigotedreactionary than herself!
All apparent e'reumstances, then, emphasizethe gravity of the general situation, and empha-size, too, the need of proceed with a fineunion of discretion nnd firmness. We havehitherto mentioned the question that has beenraised as to the possible lack of judgmentand excess of zeal in the attack upon tho Tnkuforts. However that may be. there is no roomfor doubt that the disorderly elements amongthe Chinese have been greatly encouraged inthe last year or two by the apparent cowardiceor weakness of the European Powers. For ex-ample. Chinese mobs attacked British forces atKow-Loon and went practically unpunished.French officers were murdered at Kwan-Chan-Wan, and the French troops sent thither forretribution were driven off by Chinese troops,and there the matter ended. Chinese soldiersactually invaded British Burmah and woundedBritish policemen, and no punishment was im-posed. And when Italy demanded a concessionon The Chinese coast she was met with a nega-tive that was generally deemed insulting interms, and that ended that incident. Suchthings, happening in tho last year or two. haveemboldened the nnti-fornißii faction In Chinaand have made possible the present outbreak.That they were errors is now sadly evident. Insuch cases nil halfway measures are errors.The civilized Power* must either control theuncivilized Incessantly and Inexorably, or theymust leave them altogether alone. And thoseare the alternatives which confront the Powersto-day In China.
Pawnbrokers take some curious pledges, but it
Is not often that they receive one from anotherworld A London pawnshop, however, exhibits InUs window us an unredeemed pledge a magnificentaerolite, a mass of fused metal that fell. aH Itwere, from heaven to provide a poor man withhis beer. A ticket bears the statement that Itwas brought from the arctic regions by a sailor.
Why He Left Her.—Mrs. H&yfield (as daughterdismounts)— W'y, Pnlly! 1 tho t thet city fellerwent rldln' with yew this arternoon?
Sally—He did; but we met Mary Sprlgglns. andas she had a puncture, he stayed back with her.
Mrs. Hayfteld—Naow. Silas, yew hey got tor gotew town an" git Sally wun uv them punkchersWe can't afford ter have her slighted fast 'causeshe hain't got es menny flxin's on her blslckl* exthe other gala." (Leslie's Weekly.
Heard in the Restaurant.— Knicker— Jones tH aself-ma.de man. He wasn't born with a silverspoon in hi* moiuh.
Booker— Maybe that's why be has his knife In Itnow.—(Brooklyn Life.
Professor Herman V. Htlprecht, the Babylonianexplorer, who In the spring of this year went tothe East to superintend the excavations In As-syria and Babylon In the name of the Universityof Pennsylvania, describes in a letter just receivedthe Important results of his Journey, He says:"The results of our researches exceed everythingthat has so far been known about Baby tor. We.found the great temple library and priest schoolof Nippur, which had been destroyed by the Klam-Ites 228 LI. C. The library consists of sixteen,
thousand volumes written on Stones, and cov-ers the entire theological, astronomical, linguisticand mathematical knowledge of those days. Wenlso unearthed \u25a0 collection of letters and bi-ogrnphles, deciphered the Inscriptions of manynewly discovered tombstones and monuments andespied, Anally, best cf all, five thousand officialdocuments of Inestimable value to the student offtdent history. The net result of our Journeyconsists ho far of twenty-three thousand stonewritings."
A Statement has Just been issued by the NewSouth Wales Government statistician of the handsemployed In the various manufactories and worksduring 188*. The figures show a gratl*vtng Inersas*during UW, and the employment afforded in thatyear was larger than In any preceding year, and,taken In conjunction with ths population Dgurssandthe trade returns, give conclusive evidence of the re-vival of trade. Every branch of industry sharedmore or less in this expansion, but the largest In-CTeasc w«n in the trades grouped under the head-ing of metal works and machinery.
Nebraska's corn crop Is just now engugej in cirr\inK out a vigorous policy <»f expansion.— {OmahaBee.
A Dubious Condition.— lt Is doubtful which arethe doubtful States this year. -(Indianapolis News.
At a recent conference In regard to the coalcrisis Professor P. MendeUeff assorted that themines of Fsklbutski. Russia, contain nearly abillion and a half tons of coal. But the minesare not worked up to their full capacity, owing todefective communication and poor machinery. Inbis opinion these mines have a great future.
Avoiding Risks. -Attendant- You have to pay foryour soda water before you rirink It, sir.
Thirsty Patron— What's that for? Ton ain'tmakin' it any more poisonous than usual, ar.- you?
(Chicago Record.
Mexico Is considering the advisability of adoptinga standard system of reckoning time. At presentMexico has an Official time, computed at the capi-tal and telegraphed to various parts of the repub-lic Tnat time differs from Greenwich six and one-half hours. It is the time adopted by the rail-roads and telegraph lines, but In many parts ofMexico, especially In places not in telegraphic com-munlcation with the rest of the world, local timeprevails.
A correspondent sent the following narrative: Afestive bluejacket was seen from a ship In MaltaHarbor dancing on the top of the parapet wall atFort Rlcasoll. First his bat blew over, and then,leaning over to look for It,be lost his balance aii'lfell after it—a sheer drop of thirty feet or mor".
The surgeon on duty was landed with a party tobring off the remains for identification. They foundthem crawling about on hands and knees, and In-quired if he was seriously hurt. "Hurt be blowed!"was his reply. "Whrr%'s my hat?"
Congratulations. "My dear fellow, you have awoman in a thousand.""yuite enough, tool"—(Judy.
"The T/ondon Globe" has been collecting ~- r \u25a0.*!•"\u25a0of lost hat stories, of which the fn1;. \u25a0
specimens: . ..„, \u0084, ,A father and son were standing at th« »:;\u25a0
Old Chain Pier nf BH^Mpn, when the de;«: \u0084<!«•boy tumbled Into the danefng waves. A bystander,accoutred as he was, plunged Into the sea, and buf-feting the waves wltH^llfsty sinews, succeeded atlast in petting the "dripping child at his father'sfeet. "And what hae ye done wf his hat?" saidpapa.
One or the Other. --"A married woman ought tof»>el younger and happier after fifty than before."
"Tea; she lias either got the upper band of h<rhusband by that time, or has quit trying tr> got it."
(Indianapolis Journal.
Ari'lrew Sundheimpr, a butcher of Watwsh, Ind..i? deploring the loss of a ten-dollar bill. Which heunwittingly devoured. Mr. Sundhehner Ifl an Invet-erate tobacco chewer, using plug (-xcbißlvely. Hecarried his supply in tho rißht hip pocket of histrousers, and last week, having taken in a ten-dollar banknote, he thrust it down alongside theplug of tobacco The weather was warm. Bond-heimer perspired freely, and. the tobacco hecomini;soft, the bill adhered closely to the plug. Everytime Sundheimer took a chew he bit off and masti-cated part of the note. The color of the bill re-sembling that of the tobacco and adhering asClosely as though It were part of the leaf. Sund-lKimer .-hewed up half his plug before he reraem-bered the monej ,
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Sir Gordon Spring, the South African statesman,Is a son of an Ipswich Baptist minister. He start-ed in life as a reporter In the House of Com-mons gallery, and emigrated to South Africa forhis health. He has been in the Cape ParliamentPlnce 1869.
Samuel W. Twombley, dean of the MassachusettsHouse of Representatives, will be seventy-eightyears old this month. It Is said he baa .1 record ofattendanace at every session of the Legislaturesince he has been a member.
Charles Barry, one of the foremost architects ofLondon, who died recently, whs seventyyears old. He had been president of the Royal
Institute of British Architects, had held manyImportant places and received *iany honors at
home and abroad. Hlm principal public works hadbeen Burlington House, In Piccadilly: the New Col-lege, at Dulwlch; the great Feltham IndustrialSchool, and the Institution of Civil Engineers, InGreat George-st.. which is now to be demolishedto make room for more Government buildings. liewas eldest son of Sir Charles Barry, architect ofthe houses of Parliament. Westminster.
Among the colleges Harvard was probably thebest represented at the Republican National Con-vention. Besides Governor Roosevelt. Secretary
Long-, who was also mentioned for the Vice-Presi-dential nomination, is a Flarvard man. havingbeen graduated In 1857. Senator Wolcott, the tem-porary chairman, was graduated from the LawSchool In 1871. the same year In which SenatorI/Oilije, the permanent chairman, was graduatedfrom the academic department. Senator Penr»>se.who had an Important part in the preparation!* forthe Convention, took his bachelor's degree in 1881.
Booker T. Washington has been chosen to pre-side at the first meeting of the National NegroBusiness I,eacue, which will meet In Boston onAugust 23.
Atlanta. Ga.. July 2.— "The Constitution" an-nounces the appointment of Julian Harris as man-aging editor. P. J. Moran will in future assistClark Unwell as editor.
Richfield Springs, N. V.. July 2 (Special). Mr«Julia Dent Grant, accompanied by Ulysses S. Grantand his children, arrived at the Hotel EarllnKtonto-day. Mrs. Grant will spend the summer at R!ch-field with Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoria and the MissesSartoris.
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The Intimation that the Oregon Is not In adangerous position, anil may probably be saved.
Is most welcome. The finest specimen of naval
architecture In the world, down Is her tlmr,
could 111 be spared from the Navy she has *>>
splendidly adorned
Towne «»eem« to be the favorite for Hryan srunning mate. Is Democracy, then, ready to
confess itself a mere tall to the PopulfSi kite?
with disfavor. ClvlHeed nations do not makewar upon the dea<l.
NEW- YORK DAILY TKIBUNE. TUESDAY, JULY & 1900.
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TUESDAY. JULY 3. 1900.
TBE SEWS THIS MORXtXG.
FOREIGN*.— Official information of the assas-sination of the German Minister at Peking,Baron yon Ketteler. was received at Berlin;Ji is reported that Germany will send 20,000men and a Beet of battleships to China; thenews of the peril of the Embass createda. painful feeling in Loidon; there were un-confirmed reports from China Ihat a body ofInternationa] troops had entered Peking afterdefeating a hostile force of Chinese, and thatPrince Turin had dethroned the Empress andplaced his own son on the throne. =Count yon Zeppelin's airship, with five occu-pants. ascended at Friedrichshafen. in Ger-many. and travelled safely thirty-five miles.' The Viceroy of India says the monsooncontinue weak, and there is anxiety in Indiawer the Insufficiency of the rainfall.
DOMESTIC—Governor Roosevelt was heartilyreceived by large crowds at Topeka, KansasCity and other places in Kansas. == The con-ference with W. J. Bryan by David B. Hill re-Baited only In leaving open for the present thedeclaration of the platform of the Kansas CityConvention on the subject of silver. \u25a0 Thetalk of candidates for Vice-President broughtElliot Danforth to the front as the New-Yorkman most favored: of the Western men C. A.Tonne appeared to be in the lead. = TheNavy Depart ment is more than ever discouragedever the small prospect of paving the battleshipOregon. ===== Secretary Root denied rumorsthat more troops had been ordered to China.* The street railway strike in St. Louis wassettled. ===== The water works reservoir atGrand Rapids, hurst, flooding a portion ofthe city with 100.000,000 gallons of water, anddestroying 100 houses. =rr Pennsylvania wonthe four-oared race at Poughkeepsle from Co-lumbia and Cornell.
ClTY.—Stocks were strong and dull. "\u25a0'\u25a0'\u25a0
J">emurrer. Brigadier. Favonius. Sweet Lavender,Hardy C, and Touraine won the Sheepshead Bayraces. ===== Forty-seven bodies were taken fromthe docks at the -cene of the great fire inHoboken; five bodies were recovered from theFaa>. = - Goßlin. Packer and Davis, de-fendants in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit con-spiracy case, were convicted in the CriminalBranch of the Supreme Court, and Henry Bo-frert was acquitted by the Jury under Instruc-tions from Justice Fur:»man. -= The funeralft Rear-Admiral Philip was held at the NavyYard. == The tax rolls for the year I!>(H>.Fhowing an Increase in real estate valuationsand a decrease in personal assessments, weredelivered to the Municipal Assembly. == Theeighth annual meeting of the Society for thePromotion of Engineering Education opened atFayerxveather Hall, Columbia University.
THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Fairand warmer. Th«? temperature yesterday:Highest, 78 degrees; lowest, 63 degrees; aver-age, 70 degrees.
The Tribune will be mailed, daily andSunday, to any address in the country fora dollar a month. Address changed asoften as desired.
Any newsdealer v.illsupply The Tribunein response to a regular order.
The Chamber of Deputies expresses to the Amer-ican Nation the gratitude of France for the giftof the monument, which is to perpetuate betweenthe two republics memories which are equally dearto both.
M. Delcose, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, saidthe Government had already communicated toWashington an expression of its gratitude, and itdesired to associate itself with the resolution.
"Itcan have but a happy result," he added, "tosee the national representation manifest Its con-viction that the monument which should recallmemories equally dear and glorious will become.in future a pledge of fruitful understanding in themutual interests of the two countries, which, whilebeing in perfect agreement on so many points, findthemselves happily on none In Irreducible opposi-tion."
Loud and prolonged applause followed this state-ment.
M. Deschanel, president of the Chamber, thenremarked:
ACTION OF THE TWO HOUSES' AT PARIS ON THE
LAFAYETTE MONUMENT.
Paris, July 2.—l*eon Bourgeois In the Chamber ofDeputies to-day called attention to the Lafayettemonument and Its Inauguration. July 4. He out-lined the movement which culminated In its erec-tion and recalled the resolution on tht« subjectpassed recently by the United States Congress.M. Bourgeois read this resolution In full, and thenproposed that the Chamber respond by adoptingthe following resolution:
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