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Notice* i _ • Pom. P'.T«. \Vante4..l3 «7 Pprin* Re»ortß 1- 3-4 r>re*i>m»klnß 13 4 RomSßte'a Notices... *• « r>ry*r<wiF .. 11 c, Summer Reiwt* 12 « European AOr lit 1 i! Teachers *• •; Financial Me*t!n*»..ll «' Tribune *•**• Rate*. , »> Financial 11 .V Trust Companies 11 4 r«Pin«at« Sale* 1.1 2' To I/et for Hu*. Pur. .12 1 F«r Hmj*ei> to I^t, I I'nM. Apt*. Wanted. l 2 I -"i-'rv . .12 2 i Work Wanted . ..-¦ .11 • Help TVarted . IS 4 I&to^arkftcnlg &rib\xnt lATTBnAT. APBIL 0, l!*vi. TTTF XFWS mis UORXIXG. FOREIGN.— Russia In .-in official statement regarding the Man. hurlsn agreement again de clared her purpose to withdraw her troops from that province wh"n normal conditions were re stored, communications to this effect were made to r>ther powers: Japan will p<»n<l a second and more peremptory remonstrance to Russia: in Paris it was reported that Russia proposed to withdraw the Hancburian convention: China has granted to the powers a valuable island in th" harbor of Amor. Admiral Farauhar. North Atlantic Squadron, is at Culebra Island. sm;th of Porto Rico, where he await*, instruc tions from Washington: Minister Loomls is ex- M bed to reach San Juan from Venezuela on the Prorpion about April 1". ===== Arrangements have !»<»en made for a resumption of diplomatic rei«.t|nris between Venezuela and Franc*. = . ¦ The condition of Premier WaMeck- Rousseau of Frame was reported Improved. . = — General French i* still pressing the Boern in the south eastern rft'.nn of Th< Transvaal Colony. - A Polish hymn hook containing revolutionary ». matter has hewn confiscated by the authorities By of West Prussia. ===== The Buitan has replied WjJ to the Kaiser's message congratulating him on Ml his recent escape. The United States is alleged to havo asramed a threatening attitude toward Denmark In regard to the Bale of the Danish West Indies DOMESTIC— Th»» President signed the com- I mission of P. c. Knox. of Pittsburg. who has accepted the Attorney-Generalship. ~ — — Gov ernor Allen of Porto Rico arrived at Old Point Comfort and started f'">r Washington, where he ¦will have a conference with President McKlnley to-»3ay. = — Arrests of well known men in connection with the case of Obetiin M. Carter are expected within a few days, government de tectives having ascertained v here tr.e greater part of the plain's stealings went. ¦ — The legislature held a short session: several bills relating to New-York City were passed and in troduced. -r- — The amalgamation of Monon. Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton. Southern and Cincinnati Southern railroads, through the J. p. Morgan interests, was said to have heen ac complished " = Governor Odell expressed hlm- elf in favor of several amendments made in the Charter Revision Mil. = — : A trotting match has been arranged between The Abbot and Boralma. ClTV.— Mayor Van Wjck received the amend ed charter from Albany, and harshly attacked th* measure. = — The New-Jersey Central of ficials Issued a statemeal regarding the dif ficulties with the company's employes. ¦ John Smith, a retired merchant of Tonkerc. was buncoed out of £1.300 by card sharps. ¦ ¦ The prosecution announced some of the wit nesses by whom It would corroborate the testi mony of Jones. W. M. Rice's valet. . Good Friday was <>! served by services in the churches and a cessation of business downtown. THE WEATHER— Forecast for to-day: Rain and warmer. The temperature yesterday: High est, "2 degrees: lowest, 41'; average, 47%. RUSSIA*! CHAXGE OF ATTITUDE. Russia has recognized at last the Interest of the other powers in China. That Is the obviotiH interpretation of the highly Interesting news which we print this morning. It is announced at Washington that the Hnssi.in Government li.'is given to the United States tloveniment formal assurances in writing concerning her in tentions in Manchuria, to the effect that she will withdraw her troops from that province as soon as safety will permit, and that she will leave Manchuria an Integral part of the Chinese Empire. Those assurances, it is added, are re pardrd as entirely satisfactory. They may well be Una regarded if the account of them is cor rect, and if. ns Is to be assumed, they are < 'i-ij.le.i with an unequivocal withdrawal of the Maneburlau agreement which Itussla has been endeavoring to impose upon China, and which China has refused to accept, our Parts corre spondent report* hi his cable dispatch this morning that sivli is the case, and that the withdrawal of that objectionable proposal i* to bo attributed to the personal intervention of th«» Czar. It i- probably Judicious to say that If this is BS. SOd If. as on the face of the case pre are bound to assi.m<\ the assurances of Russia are fulfilled in good faith, me of the most seri ous crises in the whole Chinese embroilment is wifely tided over. The salient feature of the situation is. as we havo said, that Russia now recognises the in terest of the other powers in Manchuria as well as in other parts of China. Only the other day <=pc was reported to lw» miintaining a very dif ferent attitude. She practically Intimated to Japan and to the world, so the story ran. that she alone was concerned with Manchuria, and that she would" brook no meddling there by any other i>o\\<r. This report gained strength and color from' the indisputable fnet that IJussia f trove with all her misht M make with China a private and f«>cr«>t compact concerning Man churia, from which all other powers wen- ox cluded and the term*" of which Russia refused to rev. to any oilier power until the conven tion should become an accomplished fact through China acceptance of it. Such secret bargaining was contrary to the rule and prac tice of the concert of powers In China, and naturally and not unjustly gave rise to the su«s piden that Russia \yas striving to gain pome undue advantage for herself. If Russia was peeking only to saatsas order in Manchuria, and lio withdraw her troops from It and leave it to China, she. was doing only what the other pow ers were doing in Chi-Li, and there was no ap parent reason why she should not do It as openly as they. And aa to-day the one thing that would most <ommend her assurances to the ready credence and acceptance of the world would be her frank and entire abandonment of all attempts at private and secret negotiations with China, at least until the pending Interna tional controversies there are settled. The fact that Russia has proved amenable to International influences is full of promise. It removes the MasjctarJaO question, at least for the present, from !:-• domain of belligerent menace to that of amicable negotiation. It Is not to he supposed that Russia has abandoned her ultimate purpose*, concerning Manchuria. She is doubtless as intent upon them as ever. Hut Phe will henceforth proceed to their execu tion with a certain regard for the rights of other countries. She will not so confidently as sume a privileged position, but will concede, the equal privileges of other powers, and be subject to the goo.; old Rismarekian rule of •'Do ut Htm." It is, of course, to be most earnestly hoppd that the bright anticipations reported at Washington and elsewhere will be justified, and that Russia's assurances concerning Manchuria, and Indeed all of China, will be vindicated in faithful fulfilment In the mean time Russia's position is absolutely secure. She has all she wants for the present. She Is in full possession of Manchuria. Her possession of it in actually more complete and absolute than It would be, at least nominally, under the agreement which China refuses to sign. As she is said to have something like three hundred thousand soldiers there, her ability To hold the province against China is undoubted. As to her moral or legal title to do so. it is passing fair, provided i.t is necessary to take it into consideration at all. She is in Manchuria, she tells the world, to restore order, and she must remain there until order is fully restored. How long that will take, who can tell? "It may l»e for years, and it may be forever." England went into Egypt to restore order nearly twenty years ago. and is still there. And according to Colley Cibber. "possession is eleven points in the law." LET THE VOTERS DECIDE. The reftisnl <>f the Senate to refer the Canal Improvement Ml to the Finance Committee, a majority of whose members are known to he opposed to it. is thought to indicate a proba bility of its adoption: bat there is likely to he an nnim.iteil contest over it In both branches of the legislature, and the result is by no menus pertain. It appears to us desirable that the bill should pnss. and entirely proper that it should receive the votes of members who do not wish to see the scheme which It proposes •'arrled oat. In short, the question of canal de velopment on a lar^e scale being one which the people must decide, they may ns -well decide it nt the nex; election. The facts essential to a public understanding of the subject have been laboriously collected in recent years by com missions appointed for the purpose, and if the voters nre desirous of acquainting themselves with the situation and prospects, there is noth ing to prevent their doing so now ns thoroughly as they could a year or two hence. The prob lems Involved are Intricate, nnd we do not im agine that any considerable number of citizens will take the trouble to read even a small parr of the literature of the subject; but if the project becomes an issue of the campaign it will l»e vigorously discussed on the stump, and the electorate will be ;i< well prepared to pro nnunce judgment next November as it usually Is to deal with large affairs submitted to its decision under similar conditions. Moreover, there are some special advantages in takins i popular vote this year on a grave question of State policy. Inasmuch as it is an "on*** year In politics, outside of New-York city. Our municipal election will be Immensely Im portant, but the people will not have a GOT emor to elect, or Congressmen, us they will have in 1902, and on the whole a more favor able opportunity to settle the everlasting canal <1 nest ion for a term of year* can never be pre sented. Senator Brackett took the risht view of the matter on Thursday. He said that lie doubted if the people would approve of the scheme, and thnt he would not commit him self to its support, but he thought it was time to secure a popular vote upon it. and therefore refused his consent to a premature burial. Ills yiew prevailed hv so large a majority as to make the passage of the submission bill In the Senate probable, if not an absolute certainty, nnd to impart additional interest to the de liberations of the Assembly Committee on Canals, which will take tho question up in enrnect nest Tuesday. TA KING ED UCA TIOX. The proposed measure to levy a State tax upon mortgages is not less remarkable for the class of mortgages which it does levy upon than for the enormous exemptions which it per mits. Much attention has already been be stowed ou the exemptions, which aggregate pos sibly three-fourths of the total of mortgage se curities in the State, including as they do all bonded debts of corporations and all mortgages held by any bank, Barings bank, trust com pany., tit 1«> guarantee company, Insurance com pany, fidelity and casualty company or building and loan association. These exemptions bare been widely denounced, even by those who do not seriously object to a mortgage tax in Itself. as unjust, discriminating against individual In favor of <-orporite borrowers, and calculated to give a monopoly if loaning to moneyed In stitutions. Less notice has been taken of fail ures to exempt which are likely to work se rious injury to public interests. The bill is so drawn as to tax the endow ments of colleges, hospitals and other charitable Institutions, so far as they may be invested in mortgages on New York real estate. These in stitutions are doing public work, and the State's policy has ever been to free them from burdens. New-York maintains do State university like those Michigan and Wisconsin spend large sums for annually, but has left to private en terprise and philanthropy the work of higher education. Having done this, it owes a moral obligation to those who have undertaken this duty not to put obstacles in their way or de plete the funds which private generosity has de voted to public work. A tax on the mortgages of the colleges, however. is nothing less than a diversion to the State of the capitalization of the tax. A tax of $1,000 on the mortgages of an institution is like cutting off ?20.000 from its permanent endowments, thereby decreasing by so much its ability to employ teachers or give free scholarships. Detailed Information f m two institutions In this State shows that such a tax would be a real hardship. St. Lawrence University has about MOO.OOO Invested in New-York mort gages, and would be taxed by the Stranahan bill nearly $2,000 a year. The University of Rochester has $410,895 so Invested, and would pay $2,054. Rome institutions, notably Cornell, have their funds largely invested in the West, but all of them to a greater or less degree would he crippled. Two thousand dollars may seem a small amount. It is to the State, which, while levying a tax on college endowments, Is able to exempt a billion dollars of mortgages Issued by money making corporations, and probably another half billion held by banks and other corporate money lenders. it Is not. how ever, email iii the colleges, hospitals and simi lar institutions. They need every cent of their incomes. Tiny are not rim for profit, and they extend their beneficent activities to the limit of their resources. A new tax cutting off a few thousands from their incomes means not merely a check on progress, but positive retrogression and curtailment of work begun on tho basis of unimpaired endowments. In the end, doubtless, the borrower pays the tax, and after a time the colleges would be able to call In their mortgages and reinvest. If they could not do this, then the tax on them would be a permanent burden on education. So far as they can do It speedily, the lax merely NEW-YORK D.tVILY TRIBUNE. SATURDAY. APRIL 6. 1001. means expense and inconvenience to them with out corresponding benefit to the State. Until They can change the form of their Investments they will br- opprfpsed and their public work interfered with to secure only a petty sum to the treasury. If oaortgages owned by savings banks an exempt because those institutions are usln^r their income to promote thrift, why should not. the endowments of colleges, which use their income to promote learning under the regulation of the State. l>e likewise exempt? Whatever else^ oupht to 1*» done to the Strana han bill, certainly it should be amended in this particular. As well tax the common school fund or the normal school appropriations as the en dowments of the colleges, to whom New-York State has delegated its work In the tieid of higher Instruction. DOX*T CBAXGE THE SAME. Our 'local Soloes have shown scant discretion In their changes of street names. Tt was n mis take, for Instance, to throw aside Into tho ruh bish hejiji of wornout titles the honorable designation of Chatbanvst., and to substitute for it the meaningless appellation of Park How. Now It is proposed to rename I'lm-st.. with its extensions to Fourth-aye.. and to call It Lafay ette-aye. in the future. This is a senseless no tion. Brooklyn has a Lafayette-aye. well known and conspicuous. It Is unwise to dupli cate in Manhattan a name so long in use In Brooklyn, and there is no sufficient reason for any modification of the present title. Kirn st. Is suitable and befitting for the entire thorough fare from its southern boundary to its northern limit. It Is not necessary to mourn over the oblivion into which Marion-st. and Lafayette Place may decline if Elm-st. Is chosen to designate the whole stretch of roadway. Lafayette Place nnd Marion-st. are not so inherently important and sijmifieant in their way as the good old name of Elm-st., which ought not to Ik> re jected. It abounds in Knickerbocker associa tions and Is redolent of cherished local tradi tions. AX ABSVRD DETEXTIOX. The detention of Mr. Albert Priestman on his arrival at this port was one of those out rapes which sometimes suggest that the United State!* is a barbarous nation which considers the words "foreigner" and •enemy" as synony mous. Mr. Prtestman is a merchant of Phila delphia, and though he is not an American citi zen he and his famiH have lived then- for many years. He frequently eoes to Europe, and has always returned without trouble or annoyance until now. On Thursday he came In on the Or manic, and the Immigration Inspectors, on the -round that he bad an artificial arm -which was not new. but had come In with him many times before held him up as likely to become a public charge, under the law made to prevent the dumping on our shores of the paupers nnd Iscapables of Europe. We do not know whether this detention was technically leiral or not, and we dt> not rare. It was discreditable to a civilized country Whether some idiot of a petty official abused his jHuver to annoy a traveller by au absurdly literal construction of the law entirely at vari ance with its manifest purpose, or the law was >o stupidly drawn ;is to give the officials no discretion but to make themselves nnd their country ridiculous, Is not specially material. The detention was something shameful. IT the local officials are stupidly or wantonly nt fault they should he disciplined. If the orders lo them have been too ricid. Rome eompeteni authority In Washington should open the way lor them to exercise i littl« common sense. X the law itself is totally unmanageable and bar barous, the officials should Rive prompt and emphatic notice of the fact, thru Congress may speedily work a cure. Meanwhile they would be justified In falling to notice henceforth, n> they apparently have done many times hereto fore, that Mr. Prlestman carried an artificial arm hidden in his '-".it. There N such a thing as lntelfi£ence and decency In the enforcement of all laws. too much GOOD nature. A Wilkesbarre judge was so earnest a stickler for equity that he sued a streetcar company because he was carried a block beyond hi- ; cor ner, although he had told the conductor plainly to stop the car at a certain street. The verdict in his favor was for ten cents. That resolute wearer of the ermine was. of course, born In England, and before lie crossed the Atlantic his time was taken up largely In writ ins to "The London Times" forcible letters of complaint against all sorts of things. Mir American cities need more Jurists and citizens of his type. There is too little blunt, plain faultfinding in New-York and in the other cities of this republic, and the average citizen of thi* country is too patient, tolerant and indulgent of wrongs and abuses. We need more kickers. That is the rough truth of it. MIRREPREREWATIOXFi Utni r COMMERCE. Fr^c trad.- publications have been Jubilant over thr- detailed statement of exports In Febru ary. These orpanp claim to find in the nfliei.il report full demonstration that the growth °f American Industry has met with a check, and they rej..i.-e ove r what si-em«t to them evidence that our manufacturers cannot retain forelfrn markets. Higher prices for British Iron and steel prnduots and better wages at English works are chronicled ns farts nnd pointed to as proof that American rompetition is no longer feared. Fiut latest cables tell of workmen re slsting reductions of pay In some British mills, while at other points plants have entirely sus pended. Examination of February foreipn commerce returns discloses the fact that the loss In ex ports of manufactures as compared with the name month in 1000 amounted to $3,923,538. This is by no means so serious a decrease as conspicuous headlines mißht suggest. Moreover, it appears that about $1. 000.000 of the difference occurred In mineral oils; not owing to a smaller forelpn demand, since -It lS, <*.,""> l gallons more were nent abroad this year than last. In other words, the losr was entirely due to the lower price. In copper Ingots there was a decrease of $2,241, .'!~7. which Is not of the elans of manufactured products especially referred to In the criticisms. The loss of $536,482 In exports of cottons to China is a natural result of disturbances ( n that coun try. These three special Items alone account for $8,768,042, or practically all of the iocs. In the leading industry where tariff opponents threaten serious disasters because of present revenue laws the comparison with last year's figures are cheering-. The Increase in exports of agricultural Implements amounted to $635,139; railway cars, $98,151; instruments, ?'Jl( : !. ( >2r>. locomotives. $2<"»o..'Vli>, and electrical machinery. $274,816. All this occurred Incidentally in the face of lower prices for iron and steel products than prevailed a year ago, go that the increase in quantity exported wa:« proportionately even greater than the pain in value. In bon^a and shoes there was an Increase of $135,K00. nnd in paper and manufactures $12fi,S7'*>. There has also been much unreasonable com ment on the Increase of $3,063,001 in imports of dutiable foodstuffs. One writer sympathises with the downtrodden wage enrners. who are compelled to pay duties on imports of food amounting to 40 per cent more than last year. The fact is that imports of dutiable foodstuffs are always extremely small, and the increase of about $3,<X10,G00 happens to be 40 per cssU in this case. Nearly all the lnrrea-ie occurred in rer-pipts of sugar from Cuba, and no mc can object to the present prices at which this prod uct Is available. Meanwhile the steady growth of beet sugar production in this country prom ises to place this among th" prosperous indus tries and remove one more necessary of life from the list of staples for which we are de pend^r.t on other countries. Devery defies the Committee of Fifteen. Tweed defied the Committee of Seventy. Tweed died in Jail. Will Devery take warning" Flowers for Easter. New -York is full of them. Never were there more of them, never wers they daintier. In delicate fragrance, in ex quisite forms. In luxuriant profusion of loveli ness, the great floral festival of the year will excel to-morrow !n wealth of beauty and lavlsh nesst of charm the best of those which have pone before. It will bo a happy Easter f">r the New World of peace and goodwill, a time for high hopes and general rejoicing. Now. will the change, of the State flag from buff to blue be deemed to indlcat- a change from Radical to Conservative or from Roundhead to Cavalier? It was only by change that Rupert of the Rhine made blue the badgV color of the royalists In a bad cause, and !t was upon the eve of Marston Moor- an ominous remembrance for wearers of that color. Criminals have been flocking to New-York since reports ran like wildfire all over the coun try that the city was as "wide open" 1 as at any time in its history. Burglars, pickpockets, sneak thieves, second story fllchers. porch climbers, front hall snatehers. rug grabbers, bunco steer ers. policy swindlers, "con" men. -flimflam operators, "check charmers," cozeners and pica roons of every type, class and degree are of fensively numerous In many parts of the town. Does the valiant Murphy slumber? This Is no time for him to drows" and dream. Let the veteran bestir himself, shake off his heavy sleep, gird himself with his deadly falchion, and go abroad to redress wrong and overcome of fendera like a now Amadls of Gaul. Let him smite and spare not. lest he himself be smitten and unspared. There's a panic among the pushcarts. Whole sale dealers in peanuts frankly avow they nr* forming a trust, and intend to raise prices bo cause, they say. the crop is short. And every curb merchant whose stock In trade is made up of the odoriferous "goober"— and there Rro thousands of these lowly traffickers In and near New- York— turns his eyes heavenward and In choice Sicilian. Tuscan or modern Greek calls on all the saints to come to his aid. Mining work is again beginning In South Africa, and before long the whole Wit watersrand will take en the activity which It displayed be. fore the war. As the war has cost England more than $500,000,000 and the Vaal pretty nearly all Its accumulated wealth. It will take some time for the product of the mine?, the original cause of the trouble, to balance th- ac count, if If ever does. PERSOXAL. Patrick M. Donahoe, the son of th» late Patrick Donahoe, will !>*• th«» business manager of "The Boston Ptlot." and Jnm»s Jeffrey Roche will con tinue to be Its editor. The Rev. I". F. Morriam has become co-editor of "The Watchman."" of Boston. Th»« bronze tablet to be ft tip by the Navy De partment In memory of the late Frederick Wollas ton Rnrr.s<-l«*n has Just been finished at the Wash ington Navy Yard, and i" r«>.'.fly for shipment. Am Consul-General of Great Britain, Mr. Ramaden rendered conspicuous aid to Hobson and his men hv way of alleviating their sufferings while In con finement. The tablet was designed by Robert G. Skfrrptt of th< department. General Wood will attend ... •:.<- placing of the memorial tablet on \^s> tiouso occupied l>y Mr. Ramsden In the nuh urhs of Santiago, and a replica will be kept at th* Naval Academy at Annapolis, Th" students of Jefferson Medical Colleße. of Philadelphia] have tented to the college a por trait of Dr. W. W. Keen, Its professor of surgery for the l.ipt twenty-one years. Archbishop Keann (Roman Catholic), of Dv- Imque, In lits sermon Inst Sunday denounced the liquor T.fTlc as Infamous, and said that he was ashamed to see .«>¦• many Catholics i-neaeed in it. ¦if 1 thought." lie added, "thai th.> people of I>u biKiue were In sympathy with the saloons in their damii.-ible work of destroying men's souls. I would send my resignation to Home immediately." If. WALDECKROVRSEAV BETTER. Paris, April •"¦ The condition of M. Waldeck- Ro isaeau, th* Premier, shows considerable lm i.r'iv. ii.. Nt to-daj . TRA XSATL \ \ TIC TRA rELLERS. Borne of those booked «¦• «=ni! r>r l^>iuto!i to-day on the steamer Mlnnehaha xire Mr. and Mrs. •'. P. Arnold, Bernard N. Baker, president of the Atlan tic Transport Company; Poultney Blgelow, Miss Mildred Btgelow, Mr. and Mr? A. w. Bower, Lieu tenant P. ' Bavin*. Mr. and Mrs. <;. Emden, Mr. and Mrs p.-uii v »;. iiorst, the Rev. Dr Sylvanua 5t. .11 the Rev. and Mrs. Wllli.im C. Wlllcox and Mr and Mm A. J. Tully. Among those who expect tn sntl f..r Gibraltar, Naples and Genoa to-day r.n the Trrtve are the Misses M and <". W. Bellinger, Professor and Mr« J. M. Baldwin and family, of Princeton; Mr and Mr?. W S Cowherd, of Indianapolis; Mr and Mr* Royal K. I>onn.». Captain A. C. McCallum. of Pttts burg; Mr and Mm. C. A. Porter, of Philadelphia; Dr. and Mrs diaries Schram, Mr. and Mrs .1 c. Bkldmore, Mrs. Edward Wh'-eiwrl«ht of Boston and Mr and Mrs .1 |> Woodward Booked on the Rotterdam, which sills to-day for Boulogne-sur-Mer nnd Rotterdam, nre Mr and Mrs. R. M. Brokaw, Miss K. A. Condit, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Antrim. Professor J. Balthasard Mr ana Mrs. J. A. liurKei nnd Mr nn>\ Mrs A X liullock. Tin: TALK OF TIIF /) |r. The following letter, written by a woman n Kansas, has been received by the Philadelphia Po lice Department: "Chief Police, will you see th* woman whoso name is in the Inclosed advertise ment, i will settle with her for $SOO. She has a medicine which she nays will Remove hair from the face. 1 sent her one. doUer and got n bottle of th<- medicine. 1 had some fuz on my face., l useil the medicine and It burnt my face and now 1 have Kot n heavy beard the docter say I will have whis kers now all my life. If she will Rive you $;,00 i will take It and say nothln against the woman." "Oh. hurry, pie.™*! This rubber plant tub has fallen on my husband and I'm nfrnl.l he's smashed." ("horns of Rescuers (as they grasn the tub)— Now all together! ' The Devoted Wlfe-Gently. please, gently! Don't lift it too suddenly. It's Rot a new leaf Jim com ing out. (Cleveland Plain Dealer. J The Rev. \V. L. Meese. of Auburn. Ind .. has married "CO couples, and a large number of them have, organized, with the name of the M«u« Matri monial Association, under the following: resolution and preamble: "We. the members of the Rev. XV. 1,. Me,->se Matrimonial Association of Auburn. Ind.. believing that the marriage institution Is of the Lord and is sacred, and having for our aim: "First— The encouragement of courtship and mar riage. "Second— The promotion of happiness and con cord In married life: and "Third— The discouragement of separation; there fore, be It "Resolved, That it shall not be lawful for the. members of this association to in any way dis courage or prohibit th« marriage of worthy per sons. Should a member of this association be. found guilty of such action, through p A tty spite, or personal feeling, such member will he promptly expelled." The next reunion of the association will occur in Waterloo. lowa. In July. Anecdotal.— "l find myself too poor." faltered Sir Walter Ralelsrh. "to keep a servant!" "Well?" rejoined the food Queen Bess, with froideur. for she chanced to be crosser than two sticks this day. "Your majesty." quoth the courtier, "if ' have no servant, who. pray. is to throw an ewer of water over me as I enjoy my pipe, exclaiming: 'Where there In smoke there surely Is fire: T Kven the Tudor could not find it in her heart to stand in the way of Sir Walter's having an anec dotal side to his character: accordingly, albeit it was with no very good grace, she drew an order upon the royal exchequer.— (Detroit Journal. "The Atchison Globe" says that at a recent din ner party in Atchison a colored man. who for merly worked as a passenger brakeman. was em ployed to call out the different spoons and forks to use. When the oyster cocktails- were served the colored man appeared at the pantry door and said, in the voice he formerly used In calling out stations: "Use the small harpoon looking fork to the right!" When the biscuits were brought in the man said: "Everybody look out. now; use butter knife directly in front of your plate, not on the side. Don't put your dinner knife in the butter plate." When the escalloped fish came on the brakeman said: "Here is where, the best of them usually fall down. Use the silver affair in front of your plate. It in a cross between a fork and a spoon, and looks like a scoop shovel with one. corner bent." And so on. with the different forks and spoons, until the end. * Come down and see us." seductively writes a friend from Durango. . "We live in very simple quarters, but we can let you have three big rooms you can wander out of doors all the t.me an<i well throw in for your use a private chapel ror your devotions. Private chapels and no bath rooms—that is Mexico."— (Boston Transcript. A Scottish minister was once asked how long he would require to prepare a speech. "That de pends." said he, "upon how much time I am to occupy in its delivery. If I am to speak for a quarter of an hour. I should like a weeh to pre pare; if I an to speak for half an hour, three days will do; If I am to go on as long as I like. I am ready now." Mamma-Tommy! Tommy! you're doing the very thing I told you not 10. .Now. don t jou let me •"Tomri'Gee^wmzx! ma; If pa -"!' £?-£" frnmtVlkln' when you once get started, how djou expect me to?-(Cathollc Standard and Times. zrrn .1 ri. i:\ii- <;n:i.: AND BTIIA SHE HAS SOMETHING TO I.KARN ABOUT PUNCTUATION. poll, Dutton Is a bright girl. Oh. but she la such a bright girl! Still, she doesn't know much about punctuation. She saw a little article I" The Tribune yesterday about a train robber who was sentenced to twenty-five years' Imprisonment, and whose sentence was commuted to ten years by President McKlnley. The article was headed "president Grants Clemency." How her eyes must have danced as she clipped this out »nd sent It to the Editor of The Tribune, with a little, note which sal.l: "Please tell us to morrow where General Grant comes In and oblige Polly Put ton" 1 ! Of course, children, you all see where Polly went wrong. The Tribune satd nothing about General Grant r.t all. much loss anything about his clemency. Polly thinks that the heading means "the clemency of President Grant' Rut It doesn't mean that at all. It means "the President does crnnt clemency." But an average prose writer does not bother to say 'the President does grant, J but simply says -The President gnats." just as poll; and her friends are in the habit of saying not "He does love." but "He loves." If The Trib une had meant whit Polly thinks that It meant, It would have printed it "President Grant's Clem ency." instead of the way it did. And If The Tribune were inclined to he as critical as Polly. It might tell her that she uses bad gram mar when she says "General Grant comes in and oblige Polly Dutton." She should say. "General Grant comes In and obliges Polly Dotted - Now. If Polly says that this was nor what she meant at all. be it answered that The Tribune his Just as much right to assume that from what she -writes as she has. to Interpret The Tribune's head the wav she does. A little study of punctuation would enable her and many another nice girl to write more clearly and to understand more clearly what they read. PRESIDEXrS VISIT TO XETTORLEAXS. AN ELABORATE DEMONSTRATION TO BE GIVES IN HIS HONOR. Washington. April S.-rresldent McKlnley took a long walk after breakfast this morning, accom panied by Representative Meyer, of Louisiana, whs had called to talk with the President about his stay at New-Orleans at the beginning of his West ern trip. The President hi looking forward to the long tour With great pleasure, and speaks Of It with enthusiasm. Mr Meyer told the President that th» plans for his entertainment in New-Or leans were practically completed. An elaborate demonstration Is being arranged. Th* city will be appropriately decorated. According to the present plans the President's party will reach New-Orleans at 4 30 p. m. on May 1. That evening a banquet will I •• Riven In the President's honor, at which he will probably make a brief speech. The next morning ,'. : . will be a carriage ride through th- city. which will include a stop at the Oabildo. the old government buildlnc in the Spanish and trench regimes After luncheon the party will take a sail along the river front. The departure from New- Orleans will he made at 6 p. m. on May -• A JFDGMEXT AGAJSST rnj.IMBTA. MIST GIVE IT A BEQCBST THAT CASH TO IT FROM THE BARNARD ESTATE. A decree of judgment was entered In the United States Circuit Court yesterday against Columbia University for IMKC3, the Judgment being the culmination of the suit brought against the trus tees of Columbia in August, UsT, by Abe and I. W. Bchlffer, of the Bank of Alamos*, of Alamosa, Col. By the terms of the Will of Frederick A. P. Barnard, who died in April, ISS». Columbia was made a legatee of the estate after certain bequests and debts had been satisfied. After the bequest to Columbia, amounting to jr. 1"*)1 "*) in cash and prop erties, had been paid. the. plaintiffs came forward In this ouit alleging that they were creditors of the Barnard estate to the amount of $'">.fioti ••*?, and asked Judgment for that amount, with interest from October '*>'.'•'¦ _ . The suit was heard by Judge t>hlpmnn, who signs the decree* of Judgment. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DELEGATION. At the monthly meeting of the Chamber of Com merce yesterday Morris K. Jesap, president, ap pointed the foil. .wine: delegation to visit Texas for the purpose of examining Into its resources, with the view of bringing about closer business relations with this city: Charles M. Jesna, Alexander M iludnut. William C. L.- Oendre. George W. \oung. Thomas .1 Hurley. William Duryea, William N. Coler Jr. Henry C. Berlin. Howard Page and C. T. Collins. JEAS DE REBUKE'S ILLS SLIGHT. Boston. April — In view of the conflicting re ports which have been circulated concerning; the health of Jean de Roszke. the tenor to-day Issued a statement saying that he was convalesclns from ii slight attack of bronchitis, and that unless some unforeseen complications ensue his complete re covery is ft question of only a few days. He ex presses confidence In his ability to slug on Wednes day afternoon In "Fiui«t." ana again on Friday in "Tristan and Isolde." A DEFENCE OF MRS. EDDY. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The Rev. Dr. Thomas Douglas's attack on Mrs. Mary Raker Eddy Is discourteous to a gentle woman: is unbecoming a Christian gentleman, an! la false as to fact Dr. Douglas does not seem to reflect that sweet charity practised by Jesus, and lauded by Paul, a Christian virtue much to be ad mired, and always expected In a minister of the Gospel. Mrs Eddy's honesty has never been discredited, except by disloyal students. Her word must be as good as her traducers*. and she has positively de nied years ago that anything in her hook. "Science and Health, with Key to the Scriptures." was taken from the teachings or writings of Dr. Qulm by. The law records in the Boston courts for the year IS.S3 show that the legal attempt then made to prove what the Re.v. Dr. Douglas still states as true failed utterly, and Mrs. Kd.iy was vindicate! Of her book Mrs. Eddy says In "Science and Health." page 4. "No human pen or tongue taught me the science contained In this book. 'Science and Health.' and neither tongue nor pen can ever over throw It." It Is said that Dr. Douglas owes his life to the prayers of his fellow clergymen. If this be true he. should be slow to denounce a religion which has many such cases of healing to its credit Mrs Eddy has established this religion which says that God. working through human agents, hen'- man now. as He did centuries ago. This la the religion the Rev. Dr. Douglas la denouncing \ . , WILLARD 3. MATTOX New- York. April 3, IWI. AUUA> r i A TEMPORARY CHECK? DOUBTS ABOUT THE SINCERITY OP MUSCOVITE PROMISES. NO GUARANTEES FURNISHED THAT MAN CHURIA WILL. REMAIN CHINESE LONDON NEWS NOTES. CCoorrUht: itXll: t«T The New T.^rk Trlbtw»> iht CABLE TO THE TJUSVNE. 1 London. April •:, 1 a. m.-The |sayar<aa*a of the blow dealt Russian prestige through the re jection of the Manchuria agreement is probably overrated by the English press. Earl LI ha* been set aside, and the Yangts. Viceroys have easily convinced the Manohu dynasty that Its ancestral provinces ought :«¦ t t« i*> surrendered, but the result has been accomplished without pressure from the powers, and Russian d!pl.-» macy has not received anything '"' ! a temporary check. The trees In Manchuria were shaken be. fore the apples were ripe enough to fall Inside the Russian wall. There are as international safeguards against another stealthy approach when the fruit Is rtp- II the power of the Cen tral Viceroys could hs increased i.v ISM action of Japan and other governments, there might b» a permanent veto upon Russian aggression, but there Is no suggestion from Berlin that tht3 policy Is likely to »*» adopted. Several Journals here revive las proposal fnr the removal of las seat of government from Peking to the Yangtse ValUy. wtaer* the Em peror couli as broucht under British Influence and released from Russian intris"*- The sug gestion is promptly condemned as impracticable among the officials, and las optimists are warned that the quickest and most effective method nf impairing the prestige of the patriotic Viceroys like Liv Kun Tl and Chans Chih Tung. SI to taka up their cause too openly and expose them to the suspicion of being instruments si Great Britain or the other powers. It is urged by men of experience that the Viceroys who have saved the situation must not be hailed as allies either here or In Washington, or be embarrassed by superfluous foreign •'gratitude an 1 patronage. Still less must there i- premature talk about the ova! of the capital, for las Manchu dynasty will not abandon Peking f.>r any elty of Middle China, and the power of the Viceroys depends upon their independence of all foreign influence. The Viceroys have prevented th* premature breaking of the conc»rt and facili tated negotiations respecting the indemnity anl the withdrawal of foreign troops. When these matters have been settled th Rus sian plans for the permanent control of Man churia will be worked out at leisure. The Vice roys have prevented the ratification of the agree, ment. but they have not brought about th^ withdrawal of Russian troops from Manchuria. Probably the number of Cossacks in occupation. of the province will be considerably Increased In the next three months. A pessimistic view is taken by the news papers here of the Russian official account of recent negotiations with China In regard to Manchuria. The statement will, It is argued. not tend to convince the powers of las aaaa fides of the Russian Government. At the same time it is admitted thai If Count liaaasriml arts up to the declarations made in the nam* of his master he will not only assist in settling th*. present crisis, but will also reinstate Russia la the good opinion of the world. General French still continues his* victorious march in the Southeastern Transvaal. The only South African news to cause aij uneasy faanwa] In this country comes from Cape Town, whera the plague Is repute! to be spreading . The health officials admit that the concealment of corpses is still extensively practised by the col ored population. Charles T. Terkes has been telling the English people some home truths rightly: that In spit* of the money spent in helping the poorer classes the squalor and misery of London are terrible and he cannot find words strong enough to. con demn the terrible overcrowding that exists in the tenement houses of this great metropolis. While the rumor mongers have been dispatch ing the Kins to th*» Riviera and elsewhere he has remained quietly at work, and has kept all the court officials busy at Windsor. He is looking over the royal estate, planning many Improvements, dispensing with unnecessary ser vants and introducing many changes. His talent for practical details comes out at every turn. It Is not probable that as win go abroad before August, and unless all signs fail Hom burg will be preferred. The Queen will be away from the middle of June to the end of October. The King will go to Balmoral after his return, bom the Continent. Lord Salisbury's physician. Sir Douglas Powell. hopes that he can start to-day for las Riviera and return early in May. It Is understood that he will be relieved from public business as far as possible, and that the usual official mail will not be sent to Heaulleu. John P. Sargent. Instead of receiving: leads at his Chelsea studio on Sunday, has been or dered back to the Continent by his physician. Be returned to town prematurely after a recent illness, and his health has again broken down. I. N F. WITIIDRAWX BY RUSSIA? RELIEF IN PARIS THAT THE CZAR HAS ABANDONED MAXCHVRIAN DEMANDS. «eot«rUt»t; tOOl: Pv Th? Mew-Tort Tr. ¦¦.-». IBT CABLE i" THE now as Paris. April Si— According to information that reached Paris to-dty from .i sour.-? regarded as of unquestionable authenticity. Russia ass with drawn the proposed Mancharian treaty with China. This step is attributed to lbs personal Instigation of Entpei c Nicholas, and hi ac cepted as evidence of his determination !•¦> avoid at the ptseeni juncture any conflict with Japan. Coupled with this news cornea IBM statement that Russia does not d*esi it expedient la with draw any of her troops now in Manchuria, ami intends to maintain the status .-]U>» ther«» until a Chinese government can be established at Peking strong and stable enough to inspire Rus sian confidence fcr lac future. Tata courteous and unexpected withdrawal of the proposed Manchurlan convention, until bow so aggressively urged upon China, is regarded as an exceedingly clever move on the part of Russia, because that treaty, which could only be wrung from China by renewed drastic press ure, would, after all, only secure an empty inter aational sanction of the position which R'.ws!a already holds In Manchuria, and the <»ig:nlnsj of the treaty might render war with Japan in evitable. The conviction prevails hi diplomatic circles lure that tb- 1 International Macs netri tlations with China will be greatly facilitated by Russia's withdrawal of the convention, which by postponing the settlement of the Manehurlan difficulty reduces It to an affair of local interest. At the sam? time, the present Russian occupa tion of Manchuria Is regarded here, rightly or wrongly, as a parallel case to the British occu pation of Egypt— as de facto possession that will approach permanency as each year elapses. . C I. a.