new york tribune (new york, ny) 1900-07-03 [p 8] · iam pleased to rail attention to the unanimity...

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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 horseback through a narrow street. Jolted against the :.-.uir> of a Moroccan religious fanatic, and a dflapatS ensued, the crowd which gathered siding with the priest. Kssagin, in jelf-del>- no**, drew his revolver and fired, wounding a native. This was the signal for a general attack upon th* Amer- ican, who received dozens of knifp wounds and whose body was burned, according to sonr*. be- fore life wa.s extinct. Thf French Minister was informed of the crime by a sp<rt ia' messoncr. and he gave notice to the American Consul Both the Minister and the Consul called upon Sidi Torres, the Sultan's Minister of Foreign Affairs at Tangier, and protested against tbe outrage. 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 the Oasis of Touat. A mob killed the manager of a French concern, who was an American citizen. The British Consul has demanded the assistance of the authorities to protect his house, and the Jewish 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 building in Washington. The construction and furnish- ing is estimated to cost about 91ii.000 francs and thfl purchase of the ground about 4OO.«J00 francs. A CREDIT VOTED TO ERECT A SUITABLE EDIFICE IN WASHINGTON. FREXrn EMBASSY nrn.lUXr, rre,b r ter«.n .K, lrrh . MrGraw . .V. V *^T j* A. (.'•mpMll, Brooklyn *<**** Charles R: Otis. Yonker*, N. V 1 000 Thrmijcli Hi W. 1,. Davenport. Me.idow View, Va M •*> Hairy R. Wilson, Clarion. Pens '""•' Joteph Farter. Rochester. S. V ••" Emm C, H«nedl.-t. Syracuse. N. V \u25a0 !•»•*> T)>« Hnii!;h N tp« (oiiipinv Imlinriapolin. Inrt.. i 1" '"» r-re-Uterliin ciiurh. R<x-he!le. 11l x '"» Sunday school M-rh'Mil»t Bpiacopal ' h.irrh. New i i:n>»ri,n.|, P»i.n. . OS W. .1. S.. »-at»r«.n. N. J 1" ' •' firai I'resbyter'an i'hiirrh. i rest I In*. Ohio .... IT .11 Through "New -York Weekly Witness" SSJd •.-•fibiath R»>«'!ln*.' a.t<llt!on>il IWM Through FllMtx'th Dalh Journal." Kli*a*-» - X. J ' no.if. Through "The Oate City." Keakak lowa -•'\u25a0 2X Through ""nil- Chun-h Advocate." Harrinbursr. I-»., n . . 2<i«l '»> Tiir"iixh Amerlran Kxprefs Company, frnm Cedar r.rnrm. Inrt.. .... I M T irouith Wells. Far«o A (>v.. Rxpt»-« tvarlna«t. 4."> H.-> Through rnlr»<l States Kxpr«-o« company, from Delaware, Itri * 1" ritlsens of Wannie, lowa . . SO (io Boston Committee of On* Ilundre.l. second re- mitranr. .• ,B,rf)ft no Baltimore •\u25a0ommlttee of One Hundred .".on oo Ninety nine contribution* of leys than $1O <M<-h. at»r»(»(!n( ITI •" Previously reported io.i.<i»v» Total to dat- $11.t..vmf)2 Rainfalls have been fairly general during the last week, but the monsoon current continues weak, causing anxiety Frequent showers have fallen In parts of the Central Provinces. Mysore, Bombay, the Deccan, Madras. Berar and Hy- derabad, but the rainfall to date is insufficient for a general resumption of agricultural opera- tions. Little or no rain has fallen In North- western India. In anticipation of the rainy season wirk near villages and home gratuitous relief art being largely substituted for the large works, and Government advances are being freely given for the purchase of ploughs, bul- locks, seeds and subsistence. The poorer culti- vators are receiving gifts from the Famine Fund. Even after abundant rain has fallen through- out distressed districts relief will be necessary on 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 received yesterday: THE MONSOON CURRENT CONTINUES -WEAK. CAUSING ANXIETY. London. July _'. Tli<- Secretary of State for India. Lord Georße Hamilton, has received the following dispatch from the Viceroy of India. Lord Curzon of Kedleston: RAISFALL I\ TWnn. VICTIMS OF FEVER AT PAX AM A. Kingston. Jamaica, July 2.— Pernicious fever is prevailing on tha Isthmus of Panama, among the victims reported being the son of I'nlted States Consul i'iiMi and the prlma donna of .in Italian opera company. 1 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, About two hundred Americans were present. They were warmly welcomed by Sir Douglas Fox, the presi- dent of the Hrltlxh society. President Walla: of Chicago, replied, thanking him for the courtesies extended, etc. Mr. Purdy. of New- York, opens the debate this evening 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 next crop will be very Boarce. Prlce-i to-day are very ; hl«;h, but there Is no stork on hand. BRITISH RIT X I E 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 that the 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 receipts caused by withdrawals made in anticipation of the new budget. There were Increases from estate duties and the income 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 regarding the cabled report of Ms nomination for the Ytce- Prestdency of the T'nlted t.'hrlstlan pnriy. H<> said : "My name has been aroposss without autborlty I have no intention of accepting the nomination!*' I am pleased to rail attention to the unanimity of the sentiments which the Chamber has Just ex- pressed by its vote. I will hasten to transmit •> the American Government by diplomatic medium this resolution. In which Is manifested once again the time honored friendship which unites the two republics The announcement was greeted with hearty cheers. 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's renomin;ition for wovernor of New-York wouM have added strength to the Republican ticket in that 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 ' Platt has boosted Rooserell out of the way of corpora- tions and rascals as "nonsensical" and "sad stuff." "The Oshkosh Northwestern" thinks thst "there Is no reason to expect that Roosevelt* personal in- fluence in New-York politics will be at all Hat - ished because he has been promoted from the State to the National ticket." "The Dubuqu^ Times" thinks there is no danger that McKhxley will lose New-York "unless that State, which g:\\» McKinley a majority of 265. 169 in 1SS«;. has changed its 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 If h- y«s.'. been renominatefl for Governor. And so the chom* Of post-Convention enthusiasm runs. Unfortunately, it does not take account of the fact that New-York State has K**n consisted r!v unreliable In National politics. Neither does It ap- pear to recognize the fact that the passage of th* KoM standard currency bill has restored thousands of 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 fact that a majority of New-York's Cor-KressSonal dele- gation is Democratic. For the benefit of those optimists who scout the possibility of New-York's going Democratic tMs year lei us recall the history of its Presidential »c- centrlcttles during the last generation. N> w-York gave 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 ftjiures prove that a* a Presidential factor New-York State Is a "rank ln-and-outer." In at with the money question still an or*?* one in Congress, the Republican plurality on the vote for Congressmen ha.l shrunk from the C^.K) Of McKinUy to I3.«ew. Now let us suppose that the Democrats do. what there is more than .< remote possibility they may do. push silver into the baoksr.mn.l and nominate Bryan and Hill on :in anti-trust and anti-imperial- i-t platform, with Hinl s. Coier as the Democratic nominee for Governor of New- York a,c:»!n?t a »ti>o! i>'k ( >'" of "Tom" Platt— dots any mhi> Republican think McKinley an.l Roosevelt will !iave a walk- over In New- York? It he doe.* he b preparing a rude awakening for himself next November. "The New-York Times' su\s that if the New- York Democrats \*<-r*» to nominate "a man of known Integrity, ability. Independence and firm- ness, i\ man who woui.l fairly represent what at his brst Mr Koos.-wlt represent* il. his election would be by no means hop> ess." This Is the opin- ion of \u25a0 Rolil Democrat newspaper which takes no murk In anti-Imperialism. Here is what "Th» Syracuse lYst-Stanil ird." an urd*nt Ut'vubll-an newspaper, 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, befns again our candidate for the l<overnorshij>, will brlns; to the ticket a larger element of strenst^ than as candidate for Vice-President." Again "The Times- Herald" warns the Republican managers they musi be prepared to offset the loas of 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. MAY YORK'S EI.FJTORAT. VOTE. RKBFT.P TO ATTACK THE CITY 0 NOT GIVEN U? BY JUL.T 4. Kingston. Jamaica. July 2. Further advices from Colombia say the rebel General d<macho recently 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 men killed, 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 prevailed upon Porras to extend it until July 4. If the city is not surrendered then an assault upon it is expected. COUNT VOX ZEPPELINS INVENTION TRAV- ELLED SAFELY THIRTY-FIVE MILES. Berlin. July 2.— Count yon Zeppelin's a»rtal ship made an ascent at Friedrirhshal this evening. It had five occupants and traveled safely to Immenstadt. a distance of thirty-five miles. :...„ 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 rtbboa REST. encircled her throat and held h»r head stM erect. snu« shoes with shiny 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 the checkorberry 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-1 dirt and lip. principally the last. "Hully ?<\u25a0<>:" gasped, a* the |ittl»> sir! with the mincing steps that her lljfht shoes gave h*r came up to him. aal then he reco?nlz'-<l her. "Wh«>r'«l r«u get <Io»e stu^i rags. Mame."' he drmnnded. M^rne. h»r h«-a.-l higher 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»n he 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 the vision. 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 I get (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 it all"" "I»afs all rliht. Mam-»." be answrM. as he *h.>ok about half Into his pcrketn »ml returned 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 be marrie.l ter <iay' clothes." And its safe to say Mame won't. Fredrick R«-«»<1. of Hoiw City. Idaho, known far and wide throughout th* Sonarr**-- as tho M*yor "of North Yakim*. arrWM tn town IDAHO'S Saturday and wh*n s**n at tha DAYS OF Waldorf-Astoria ypsterdav said of PROSPERITY. Idaho affairs: •'Evprythirjg with us Is booming; our mln<»s ar« In mi»t flourishing condition. ar.«l the crop outlook Is .liao very 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* from two an<l on*>-hn!f to thrfo y-^ar* to omp'.o tb» work The Idaho Midland will open »>r» *"m*of the rirhfft mining d ; ?trtc:s In Idaho. <~>Ui mine" whirh have lons hppn ahar.iioricd willaETiin b<* worked, -is thf road will enable tfu-ir own»r» to transport th»:r or* product to thf market* at a prnflt. A spur line of twelve mi!es will tap th*> farnousßlaekbird minintc 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>-h will a'l.l tremendously to th" material rl-v<».opmer:t and 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 I cannot at present state." "It do*>sn"t seem to he knn-srn." «a! 4 Martin 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 his forpSears devoted thfir time to farming;. Mr. Clark left horn*- while <=till a toy to se*k forti:n<» in The West, 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.). If T. 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 hours ago there seemed to be a reasonable assurance that the Ministers \u0084t Peking were all living, though beleaguered In their legations. To-day reports are renewed with disquieting detail that the German Minister has been killed, and that tbe others are in Imminent peril of a like fate, while most of the legations have been burned. It will1m- prudent not yet to accept this hideous tale as certainly true, although it is apparently « corroborative repetition of the rumor of some days ago. For on examination a suspicious dis- crepancy of date.-- is apparent. There was a rumor on June \T, i fiat one of the Ministers hnd been diced to pieces, and on June 16 came the announcement of Baron yon Ketteler's death. But now this latest news tells us that lie was killed 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 there 1- an error in the date, and that for June is we should rend Jane 16 or 1.'.. But the news ) s con- veyed through several different channels, and it is ;it leant stranae that they should all make the same error Another point n^ to the date. Tbe attack upon the Taku forts by the allied fleets was made <»n June 18. If the first report of the murder of ;l:e Qerman Minister «nd tbe burning of the legations WM 'rue. (hen Those tragic outrages were committed al h-nst two days before ii,,. bombardment, and the Chinese pretence that hostilities toward the Ministers were provoked by the action of the fleets la conclusively dis- proved. Reprisals on Jt i<; could not be pro- roked by anything happening on June 18. Sot can we accept the hypothesis that the Peking outbreak occurred on June is. Immediately upon the announcement thai tbe fleets bad be- gun their attack upon the forts. It is doubtful If 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 done who told on .Tune 16 of that which w:ts to take place two days later. No; If we are to beliero that Baron yon K^tteler has been murdered we must—pending the receipt of absolutely un- questionable information to the contrary as- "ADEQVA TK" PROTECTION. No authoritative statement has yet been made describing the exact nature and extent of the fire fighting apparatus at the North German Lloyd 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 the spot would have been deliberately careless. But the common habit of mankind is to lock the stable after the horse is stolen." Itis only by un- foreseen accidents that unforeseen dangers are realized and guarded against. After killing peo- ple for lack of them the elevated railroad offi- cials learned the wisdom of handrails on foot- paths. Grade crossings were always thought adequately guarded for ordinary occasions, but extraordinary occasions forced movements for their abolition. In studying the Hoboken tire we are brought to the question: What was "ade- quate" protection for piers like those of the North German Lloyd, or. rather, what is "ade- quate" protection now. in view of the sudden and terrible destruction which occurred in spite of such apparatus and such vigilance as ex- isted on those piers? It is to be feared that the danger from lire on piers and the precautions which may properly be required upon them have not been sufficiently realized either by their owners or the public authorities. Certainly the piers and their super- structures ate commonly built of material and after a fashion which would not be permitted anywhere away from the waterfront of any city. Nobody would b«- allowed to erect, even in a vacant block further separated from other buildings than the piers are, great wooden sheds to be stored with masses of inflammable ma- terial. Why. except from the mere inertia of bad Custom, should wooden fl ret raps be allowed to fringe the waterfront long after they wore banished from other populous localities? The owner of a pier would doubtless consider him- self oppressed if ordered to obey file and build- btg Regulations as strict as those prescribed for the owner of a warehouse across the street from his pier, but it is not clear why he should not be compelled to do so. New-York Harbor Is far Ik hind tie age in the matter of docks. If in .-:!.; of forests of wooden piles and miles of v.o<.<len platforms we had iron or stone docks, naturally the superstructures would be of Iron. brick or Mono to correspond. But with us the normal warehouse on a pier has been 11 ram- rjarirlf ptrueture of wood, now and then cased with corrugated iron, under vain pretence of giving protection against flr*. Certainly the business of the waterfront is Important enough to call for the same precau- tions which are required In buildings put to similar use close by. If we must get on indefi- nitely with wooden piles instead of more firm foundations for our piers, it is not unreason- S" to demand not merely In Manhattan but ' -^ry where about the harbor that the pier warehouses should not be mere wooden tinder boxes. At least the same fire apparatus re- \u2666jnlred for a non-fireproof warehouse on shore should be provided. There should be water and bose 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 is most welcome, for bulletins from his train had led the public 10 suppose that his wrath was parching the crops and that there was great danger of prairie tires. Within a few moments ef his arrival Mr. Croker also declared that New-York had no candidate for Vice-President and that "there are certain interests in New- York which should not be assailed," for the excellent reason that if they are spared tho i kances of Democratic Buccess in this State will be largely Increased. Altogether it would ap- pear that the distinguished gentleman packed a great deal of material into an uncommonly short 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 Hill spent the greater part of Sunday In Lincoln on tho pressing 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 \p any respect his announcement that there are certain interests In New-York which should not be assailed. There Is no occasion To change 8 word in that deliverance. Itis perfect as it is and gives tipits meaning at a glance. Ho obvi- ously refers to the Ire Trust. Immediately «'ii his return from Europe— in fact, before he had got 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 question with great care, and that if be found anything wrong a fearful retribution would follow Hut inasmuch as nothing has been heard to drop and Brother (ins has gone to the Convention, where there is Talk of putting him on the Committee on 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's interview suggests one painful reflection. He said distinctly on Sunday that New-York had no candidate for Vice-President. He said this while on all the dead walls of Kansas City the effigy of William Sulzer was still damp with the paste that stuck it there. If that 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 a gaze of sorrow nnd reproach. Strictly speak- ing. It Is not our funeral, but the circumstances are so pathetic that we are not ashamed to weep. Furthermore, even if it were not clearly a case for compassion, wo should hate To see Sulzer 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? It would bo The tlrst FV nnd S. ticket we ever had In this country, and it would in- fallibly go down with the Democratic masses. Then, trio, consider how Sulzer wants It! When 80 ninny others nre afraid they will hare to take the nomination, what sense or decency is there In disappointing a man who is hunting it with brass bands and gonfalon* and pictorial embel- lishments and cohorts and enormous vocal re- sources? If Mr. 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 candidate for 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 It from tbe necessity of being protected like other buildings of its class. What appliances *>f this kind tlie North German Lloyd piers bad is not clear, but their swift destruction points out the necessity 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 the suggestions that these openings be made large enough for a man to get through Mr. Schwab says that enlargement would impair the Strength of the ship. That is a natural answer for one who is not himself a shipbuilder to make. In view of the established practice, Which It might be assumed was based on solid reasons. Nevertheless, such things are often a matter of convention; somebody starts to make a bull's- eye of certain dimensions, others follow, and it soon becomes the regular size. Rear-Admiral Melville, who is an expert in shipbuilding, is authority for the statement that the larger openings are perfectly feasible. Instead of the present round openings of ten inches, an oval eleven by thirteen inches would let a man through, and would not weaken the ship. Now that Hie usefulness of such openings Is soon, a new style may perhaps be adopted or even en- forced by governments as one of the essentials in steamship designing. If precautions against fire at the Hoboken docks were "entirely adequate" one wonders what would have happen. if they had been quite inadequate. Sixteen to one appears to be the rule at Kansas City sixteen cranks to one sane man. The climate of Havana has not been found favorable by the official looter and till tapper, and one after another they wilt under it and are promptly weeded out of service. Director-Gen- eral of Posts Ralhbone is the last growth of the sort to he jerked out by the root, and according to the results of Government Inquiry he was fully ripe for that extirpation. It Is a pity that the attendance at this year's intercollegiate boat races was smaller than usual, for aquatic contests so well worth seeing ore few and far between. Bryan la so much the platform of Democracy that the Kantian City Convention plans to nomi- nate him at the usual platform making time and then consider the little matter of resolutions to tit him at any odd moment. Tammany will point with pride to the low tax raff, but th \u25a0• people owe no thanks to the Tißer for that boon. The Republican Franchise Tax law Is the cause of the reduction, not any economy of the city rulers. The consuls at Tlen-Tsln want their Govern- ments to threaten to deßpoll the tombs of the ancestors of the Chinese Imperial Clan If the Ministers at Peking are harmed. The menace would be a formidable one, for there Is nothing else In China so sacred as those tombs. Yet such a threat would scarcely be worthy of a civilized Power, and It Is not surprising that Great Britain Is said to regard the proposal The loss is that of Senator Hoar. Perhaps we should not speak of it as a loss, for he never really belonged to them or with them. A party cannot really lose thnt which it never possessed. Nevertheless, men in Wall Street sometimes regard with most bitter regret their loss not of what they really hnd but of what they expected to have. In that speculative sense tho "Anti-Imperialists" have lost the Mas- sachusetts Senator. They hoped to gain him. and their hopes are blighted. On the other hand, they have gained Richard Croker! They have lost, or have failed to get. Mr. Hoar be- cause, as he himself explains, he is a man of principle, who esteems principles above votes and above personalities. They have gained Mr. Croker because. ho himself explains, he cares nothing for principles but only for votes. Of a truth, the net result of the trans- action Is not particularly profitable to them. Of course, they are always at liberty to apologize fur the fewness of their numbers by quoting that '"one with God is a majority." But that is a different thing from one with Richard Croker—or even. In all reverence, with Edward Atkinson. THE ANTI-IMPERIALIST BALANCE SHEET. There can be little comfort for the "Antl- Imperialists" in a review of their gains and losses for the last week. The time is at band when party lines are readjusted and men de- clare themselves on this side or that. Insig- nificant as is the "Anti-Imperialist" party, its lines have been readjusted. It has lost one member, and gained oue. In quantity, there- fore, it remains unchanged. But what a change In quality! If th« etiarjee could bo proved tho guilty would deserve a far worse punishment than they could be made to suffer, and If there is respectable evidence against anybody it most assuredly ought not t<t be ignored. But it would seem to bo a duty to humanity to doubt The truth of the Story as Ioiil: as possible. TOO HAD TO BELIEVE. The charge that captains of tugboats demand- ed money from drowning men who hnd escaped from the burning steamships inio the river on Saturday, and refused to save those who could not pay. ought not to bo loosely made or readily believed. Such manifestations of hideous thrift are, we suppose, conceivable, and there seems to be some testimony which is not obviously sheer invention to support the accusation. But It should bo remembered that few persons in such n i!.-s]p<rate plight nro nblo to observe ac- curately, and that the survivors are seldom competent to srive n just account of their ex- periences. suiue that there Is an error In the date of tho lnst dispatch, and that he was killed not on Juno is, but on Juno 10 or some cvon earlier •Into. That will l\x complete responsibility upon China without any plea about »ho Httack upon tho Takti forts. Upon that point exact and final enlightenment is eagerly to be awaited, for upon it turn momentous Issues. further reports come to hand about Prince Tu.iii. who is said to have placed himself at th<? head of the anti-foreign uprising, to hare driven out the Emperor and the Dowager Empress, and himself to have assumed imperial powers - the latter presumably ns Regent In behalf of his son, Pu-Chuu. We have already explained Prince Tuau's relationship to the Emperor and Dowager Empress, and the manner in which his son came to be declared. In January last, the true Emperor. The present mystery Is why Prince Tuan has quarrelled with the Dowager Empress. Tor she is his sister In it was she who dictated the selection of his son to be Emperor, and he and she have hitherto been particularly well agreed on all matters, Itmay bo that he wanted to make himself sole Regent, thus crowding her out of the place she lias held for the best part of a generation. Or it may be that be became oven more bitterly anti-foreign than she. and that she refused to sanction his extreme measures. Truly. ii would be a curious turn of late for Tse-llsi -to bo driven into the arms of the liberal and progressive party In China because of the arising of a more bigoted reactionary than herself! All apparent e'reumstances, then, emphasize the gravity of the general situation, and empha- size, too, the need of proceed with a fine union of discretion nnd firmness. We have hitherto mentioned the question that has been raised as to the possible lack of judgment and excess of zeal in the attack upon tho Tnku forts. However that may be. there is no room for doubt that the disorderly elements among the Chinese have been greatly encouraged in the last year or two by the apparent cowardice or weakness of the European Powers. For ex- ample. Chinese mobs attacked British forces at Kow-Loon and went practically unpunished. French officers were murdered at Kwan-Chan- Wan, and the French troops sent thither for retribution were driven off by Chinese troops, and there the matter ended. Chinese soldiers actually invaded British Burmah and wounded British policemen, and no punishment was im- posed. And when Italy demanded a concession on The Chinese coast she was met with a nega- tive that was generally deemed insulting in terms, and that ended that incident. Such things, happening in tho last year or two. have emboldened the nnti-fornißii faction In China and have made possible the present outbreak. That they were errors is now sadly evident. In such cases nil halfway measures are errors. The civilized Power* must either control the uncivilized Incessantly and Inexorably, or they must leave them altogether alone. And those are the alternatives which confront the Powers to-day In China. Pawnbrokers take some curious pledges, but it Is not often that they receive one from another world A London pawnshop, however, exhibits In Us window us an unredeemed pledge a magnificent aerolite, a mass of fused metal that fell. aH It were, from heaven to provide a poor man with his beer. A ticket bears the statement that It was brought from the arctic regions by a sailor. Why He Left Her.—Mrs. H&yfield (as daughter dismounts)— W'y, Pnlly! 1 tho t thet city feller went rldln' with yew this arternoon? Sally—He did; but we met Mary Sprlgglns. and as she had a puncture, he stayed back with her. Mrs. Hayfteld— Naow. Silas, yew hey got tor go tew town an" git Sally wun uv them punkchers We can't afford ter have her slighted fast 'cause she hain't got es menny flxin's on her blslckl* ex the other gala." (Leslie's Weekly. Heard in the Restaurant.— Knicker— Jones tH a self-ma.de man. He wasn't born with a silver spoon in hi* moiuh. Booker— Maybe that's why be has his knife In It now.— (Brooklyn Life. Professor Herman V. Htlprecht, the Babylonian explorer, who In the spring of this year went to the East to superintend the excavations In As- syria and Babylon In the name of the University of Pennsylvania, describes in a letter just received the Important results of his Journey, He says: "The results of our researches exceed everything that has so far been known about Baby tor. We. found the great temple library and priest school of 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, linguistic and mathematical knowledge of those days. We nlso unearthed \u25a0 collection of letters and bi- ogrnphles, deciphered the Inscriptions of many newly discovered tombstones and monuments and espied, Anally, best cf all, five thousand official documents of Inestimable value to the student of ft dent history. The net result of our Journey consists ho far of twenty-three thousand stone writings." A Statement has Just been issued by the New South Wales Government statistician of the hands employed In the various manufactories and works during 188*. The figures show a gratl*vtng Inersas* during UW, and the employment afforded in that year was larger than In any preceding year, and, taken In conjunction with ths population Dgurssand the trade returns, give conclusive evidence of the re- vival of trade. Every branch of industry shared more 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 cir r\inK out a vigorous policy <»f expansion.— {Omaha Bee. A Dubious Condition.— lt Is doubtful which are the doubtful States this year. -(Indianapolis News. At a recent conference In regard to the coal crisis Professor P. MendeUeff assorted that the mines of Fsklbutski. Russia, contain nearly a billion and a half tons of coal. But the mines are not worked up to their full capacity, owing to defective communication and poor machinery. In bis opinion these mines have a great future. Avoiding Risks. -Attendant- You have to pay for your soda water before you rirink It, sir. Thirsty Patron— What's that for? Ton ain't makin' it any more poisonous than usual, ar.- you? (Chicago Record. Mexico Is considering the advisability of adopting a standard system of reckoning time. At present Mexico 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 of Mexico, especially In places not in telegraphic com- munlcation with the rest of the world, local time prevails. A correspondent sent the following narrative: A festive bluejacket was seen from a ship In Malta Harbor dancing on the top of the parapet wall at Fort Rlcasoll. First his bat blew over, and then, leaning over to look for It,be lost his balance aii'l fell after it—a sheer drop of thirty feet or mor". The surgeon on duty was landed with a party to bring off the remains for identification. They found them 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 a woman in a thousand." "yuite enough, tool"—(Judy. "The T/ondon Globe" has been collecting ~- r \u25a0.*!•"\u25a0 of lost hat stories, of which the fn 1 ;. \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 at last in petting the "dripping child at his father's feet. "And what hae ye done wf his hat?" said papa. One or the Other. --"A married woman ought to f»>el younger and happier after fifty than before." "Tea; she lias either got the upper band of h<r husband 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 he unwittingly devoured. Mr. Sundhehner Ifl an Invet- erate tobacco chewer, using plug (-xcbißlvely. He carried his supply in tho rißht hip pocket of his trousers, and last week, having taken in a ten- dollar banknote, he thrust it down alongside the plug of tobacco The weather was warm. Bond- heimer perspired freely, and. the tobacco hecomini; soft, the bill adhered closely to the plug. Every time 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 as Closely 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 for his health. He has been in the Cape Parliament Plnce 1869. Samuel W. Twombley, dean of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, will be seventy-eight years old this month. It Is said he baa .1 record of attendanace at every session of the Legislature since he has been a member. Charles Barry, one of the foremost architects of London, who died recently, whs seventy years old. He had been president of the Royal Institute of British Architects, had held many Important places and received *iany honors at home and abroad. Hlm principal public works had been Burlington House, In Piccadilly: the New Col- lege, at Dulwlch; the great Feltham Industrial School, and the Institution of Civil Engineers, In Great George-st.. which is now to be demolished to make room for more Government buildings. lie was eldest son of Sir Charles Barry, architect of the houses of Parliament. Westminster. Among the colleges Harvard was probably the best represented at the Republican National Con- vention. Besides Governor Roosevelt. Secretary Long-, who was also mentioned for the Vice-Presi- dential nomination, is a F larva rd man. having been graduated In 1857. Senator Wolcott, the tem- porary chairman, was graduated from the Law School In 1871. the same year In which Senator I/Oilije, the permanent chairman, was graduated from the academic department. Senator Penr»>se. who had an Important part in the preparation!* for the Convention, took his bachelor's degree in 1881. Booker T. Washington has been chosen to pre- side at the first meeting of the National Negro Business I,eacue, which will meet In Boston on August 23. Atlanta. Ga.. July 2.— "The Constitution" an- nounces the appointment of Julian Harris as man- aging editor. P. J. Moran will in future assist Clark Unwell as editor. Richfield Springs, N. V.. July 2 (Special). Mr« Julia Dent Grant, accompanied by Ulysses S. Grant and his children, arrived at the Hotel EarllnKton to-day. Mrs. Grant will spend the summer at R!ch- field with Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoria and the Misses Sartoris. l'lßsn\ v. The Intimation that the Oregon Is not In a dangerous 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 s running mate. Is Democracy, then, ready to confess itself a mere tall to the PopulfSi kite? with disfavor. ClvlHeed nations do not make war upon the dea<l. NEW- YORK DAILY TKIBUNE. TUESDAY, JULY & 1900. 'imnsftnenis. CASINO—«—The New Rounder*— Roof flaraen— Summer Soiree*. EDEN MUSED—* is. m. to 11 p. m.—Waxwork.*. Grand Concert and Cinema terra ph. HAMMEHfiTKIX'S VICTORIA— «:1.%— Roof Garden. KEITH'S Continuous Performance*. KOSTER * F.lAl.;*— Vaudeville. L2XOX LTCKUM B:."tt>—The H-jhemlan Girl MANHATTAN BEACH-8:?ji Far.clu'.ll'i! Tint Reeltnent Band—Pain's FirewftrKu •»\u25a0 -A Runnw«y Oirl. SET TORK THEATRE—*— Cherry BlOtsOtn Grove. PASTOR'S Cent inuou* Porf 01:na nee*. FT. NICHOLAS OARPRN Smr.mer N'r'-t Concert- 3nbex to rage.Col. Pag* Col Annj«:«fnt« "I M»rrl«ire» * Death*.. » » Announcement* 5 Ml*"»ll«neouii »•» « Banker* * Broker*. IS 8 OreM Steamer* 14 *»> Bicycle* .«5 T>- Prr>r*>*ai« '•' " Board and Rooms... 14 4 VuhUc. Vt.- IS * rtocks 14 4 Railroad* ]',*',« Busir.<««* CTjenre* 14 4 H<-al Brtate ]* 1-2 Hufiiffs Notice? >• 1 Savin** Hank* a * Country Board II 6 School *«•*«•»«•• M \u25a0• Cromtry Pr.->;«-rty for Special Notice* »• n Sale 14 2 {JteamlvwU M - PSviden.i Notices 13 i - -\u25a0 i*t« Notices. ..is •' l>om. Sits. tvant«dr.M r, :Summer K*Mit*- a 11 -I" r>ressmak!r.(s 14 4 Bum. Kesort GjuUlea.;:;.ll « B«i-iimi'-« .14 2?. T«-arhers '•• •» Finar.rln! Ue*tlnc*-~.13 3 The Turf ... << Financial ..... .". .13 1-2 To I.*t for rtutlnex* K"r«-:f*uro >»>•.. 1.1 <. - Purpose* 14 - Help Wanted U .'. Trli.un" Siih'n Hat**.. '.* « Horse* & C*tTlitJCta..]a 4 Trn-t I'ofltpante*. 13 --* InMruetlor. I.T ft! Work WsnteJ 1* «•• liOf\ 14 -S Lousiness Contra Carl H. Schultz'e Carbonated Waters combine hijrhest effervexTHfe and aareenh'e taste with ,*Bsoi,rTE rrrtnrv >xn .. .!:!;!•\u25a0 "I" <•. imposition I\Ws|otk Sail d Qrilnnz. 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 20,000 men and a Beet of battleships to China; the news of the peril of the Embass created a. painful feeling in Loidon; there were un- confirmed reports from China I hat a body of Internationa] troops had entered Peking after defeating a hostile force of Chinese, and that Prince Turin had dethroned the Empress and placed 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 monsoon continue weak, and there is anxiety in India wer the Insufficiency of the rainfall. DOMESTIC—Governor Roosevelt was heartily received by large crowds at Topeka, Kansas City 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 the declaration of the platform of the Kansas City Convention on the subject of silver. \u25a0 The talk of candidates for Vice-President brought Elliot Danforth to the front as the New-York man most favored: of the Western men C. A. Tonne appeared to be in the lead. = The Navy Depart ment is more than ever discouraged ever the small prospect of paving the battleship Oregon. ===== Secretary Root denied rumors that more troops had been ordered to China. * The street railway strike in St. Louis was settled. ===== The water works reservoir at Grand Rapids, hurst, flooding a portion of the city with 100.000,000 gallons of water, and destroying 100 houses. =rr Pennsylvania won the 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 Bay races. ===== Forty-seven bodies were taken from the docks at the -cene of the great fire in Hoboken; five bodies were recovered from the Faa>. = - Goßlin. Packer and Davis, de- fendants in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit con- spiracy case, were convicted in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court, and Henry Bo- frert was acquitted by the Jury under Instruc- tions from Justice Fur:»man. -= The funeral ft Rear-Admiral Philip was held at the Navy Yard. == The tax rolls for the year I!>(H>. Fhowing an Increase in real estate valuations and a decrease in personal assessments, were delivered to the Municipal Assembly. == The eighth annual meeting of the Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education opened at Fayerxveather Hall, Columbia University. THE WEATHER.— Forecast for to-day: Fair and warmer. Th«? temperature yesterday: Highest, 78 degrees; lowest, 63 degrees; aver- age, 70 degrees. The Tribune will be mailed, daily and Sunday, to any address in the country for a dollar a month. Address changed as often as desired. Any newsdealer v. ill supply The Tribune in response to a regular order. The Chamber of Deputies expresses to the Amer- ican Nation the gratitude of France for the gift of the monument, which is to perpetuate between the two republics memories which are equally dear to both. M. Delcose, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, said the Government had already communicated to Washington an expression of its gratitude, and it desired to associate itself with the resolution. "It can have but a happy result," he added, "to see the national representation manifest Its con- viction that the monument which should recall memories equally dear and glorious will become. in future a pledge of fruitful understanding in the mutual interests of the two countries, which, while being in perfect agreement on so many points, find themselves happily on none In Irreducible opposi- tion." Loud and prolonged applause followed this state- ment. M. Deschanel, president of the Chamber, then remarked: ACTION OF THE TWO HOUSES' AT PARIS ON THE LAFAYETTE MONUMENT. Paris, July 2.—l*eon Bourgeois In the Chamber of Deputies to-day called attention to the Lafayette monument and Its Inauguration. July 4. He out- lined the movement which culminated In its erec- tion and recalled the resolution on tht« subject passed recently by the United States Congress. M. Bourgeois read this resolution In full, and then proposed that the Chamber respond by adopting the following resolution: 8

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Page 1: New York Tribune (New York, NY) 1900-07-03 [p 8] · Iam pleased to rail attention to the unanimity of the sentiments which the Chamber has Just ex-pressed by its vote. Iwill hasten

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

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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.*

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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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