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It -as said that a proposition to <-!::. t ■ rr by arbitration emanating from .1 i'.-fi crooJd receive consideration. —-■ .It was j spotted from London that Japan unofncially mane representations to Russia looking to I -,;.-«•. ax.d hat the pood offlces of the Udiim '■ F.te^-. France fend Gr«at Britain would be Fo-j?i- , and that the initiative might come from JT^sidcnt Roeeev»lt. z=.= The Japanese, re rum«J the ofler.sivf? on the Hun River, near Jloukdeii. and occupied three villages, but the '"Stuasians drove them tack to their original lines. ===== It was reported from Tokio that •General gtoe«s«»l, the Russian commander at Pert Arthur, bad sought a truce, but at St. '"' Petersburg it -raa thought that If this were - tr«j* it \>&e only for :he burial of the dead. DOMESTIC — PtefMeof Roosevelt, it was o.u • ti- -iritstivcly said in Washington, will strictly " . -alirre to bis policy of peeking advice from Re * i ibllcao leaders and doing everything in his lower to promote the welfare of the party. tj — Th*» Pre?ident has decided to visit the St. Enrols Espoeitton, and will b«* there on Xovem >»r 26. = : Toe Republican Btata Committee of Mieccu:; announced thai the £iate was surely Jor 3oo*evel:. Folk being the only Democrat elected on :;i - S.i' n ticket. - Governor J. H. ' 3'ea.bofiy Of Colorado conceded the election of fc!* <«.},<>rwit. Ana A'l^i) ■ - — The battl— hip ?"ew-Je:s>ey ivas launched at Quincy. Ma.-:s. : -' 'tie dtyfi'ht.er of Governor Murphy acted a* ■- ■ F^onsor. Jud^e D- Cad- Hcrrick at Al ■Vauy MCt Icttetl Ot Thanks to Charles P. Murphy, Seimtor IfcCaireE and Patrick E. ll© * «' abe tbanldnc :hem for th^ir support, he Start* - Rtr Havana '..->-day. ■ = The general mission ■ fa-v committee of the Methodist Episcopal Chtrrch, rr.eetiTi? in Boston, voted to appro prtate JPL220.005 lor mirsior.a.-y work in the romtag year. ■ - ' Th*» Boswdi P. Flower 11 , Viary uafl lor-iaHy opened at Watertown. N. V ; President Scfanrman of Cornell University ". - tl^e orator. CiTY.— Stocl s active and generally higher. r -— C-rcar S. ?tr.us "aid he expected so«-n to ' ' v ..; 'l ap- Boe <c^Tleip.prit In the Far East. - • -T::c Miiiit-.;^! hit Society decided to carry the • :•:• i-Mov of Che eultway advertisements to the rriuns, ar.;l :r:ado ar: appropriation to carry on li: contest. ■ Health CuiiiinlMUmfii Dar |!i gthn sppolnted Professor Chandler, of Cotmn- V • •. - a>,:l revolt on the sir lr. th" subway. : --- Mag.f:r.r.o Iloe&n accused MagiF.trata V C:~:.<: ul viclaMrg the rule* of the Board of ' Maflstrat£i ia j.-^<- i:.g ekcflon fraud warrant?. TSE WEATHSB-— lnd!c»tlon« for to-day: ■Jl^m i:iid eoMw; Im rfiihn northerly winds. '' The temperature yesterday; ]3:si;e?t 46 de grees: !u'Jf?i, "41. voices ton PEACE. The voice of th« British Foreign Minister ac eof4a vi'b \hi.t ot tfc.e Americaa l'u'Sident in . caiiiup for pete*. Lord l^*ii.>«iv>wne has aever • been a "peace ?u any pri<"«?" man. lie bus, on - die oontrarj been ref.'ar<lod »s so uncoiapro :uSiiir ••"» to be almoat; boll probably an >r 'tsrsger.:tri estivat^ since fninm*ss i»t by no Tiicaij- MesilicaJ ulth boliigereucj-. At any . sate. Sn the Batter of the IVrsian <jiilf. in tb<3 *•■ Tibetan lioslQess and in other < - ases ii*» has .* "r-hywn himself to be by no nie«ns afraid to tLeotpJate Ibe possibility *>f war, if such re • km sh.->ni'l be Be tecsary for th«» malhtraaitce '>{ Btftisb rizJirs. But without tiie least self ■ caotrsdictkra or -•versal bis voice is now mt 7'''aii!sta!-:aMy for peace, and for peace along th»» lines indi<iat<fd by President Roosevelt. ? '2l* speaks, Cor arbitration. He commends tb<» . ';•!• ..■:< ">-t of a second I'cace Congress, aud be sees « 3Vj irii-ou^rnity, bat rather, ar- we have euggest • •' In ti>»?sr> columns, a fitness In calling it In J "•-••c midst of tr::r, instead r.f -waiting nn Indeft •:■■■»■ rinse for the return of peace. SJnch speedi is not idle, for it i* strengthened " -.\i?'i de*4* of tr.«* moft practical and effective ].Ij.i'. Lord Lflßsdomie ha» b&tdy been nego "-r^atinir iiuj.»ortant arbitration treaties with pev «»ral *-/ Hie chief . »-ren of the European Con . 'Sincnt. ai.il he uas till move xecently submitted •.-> rauofißble Bf Igttion and adjudication — "-re of Hi" iaos* exaaperatlnsj and tnenaoinj? in •"'.^ld'jnts of our time— an incident that any gov ,rniroeut not sincerely devoted to the cause of I ice would probably nave regarded as amph: I roroeatioa to itumediate war. With such a ( r*cord the British F ireiga Minister is we!) en * titled tn be \\.*> advocate of a further exten sion and couOruialion of the principle of arbi tration smoug th» nations. There has be« much ts!k aboot bfinnony and co-operation be twf^n th« two great EagHsh speakinp people?. To whatever extent it may have b<*eu practi t* ■s". or may have been visionary, this at least , Is «ur»-. the: Great Britain and America nn - «*er their preaeat Governments are at one in '■- ♦•xerting ~ trorld-nide influence for peace, and That nut only in voids, but also in deeds. 7 To vrhat extent these and the other peaceful voices that may be rais«l may affect 1 he course of the present •• ar ire can only speculate, and perhaps hope. We are toid ti.-Jay that Japan ■ has mc.de «onif peace 1 -errures to Rut" \%. aDd that they Lave bees rejected. Neither part of the statexeot it purprijinjr. It has all Jilons been known that Japan, while not fearing tiie ■ tcMiir ol the war, would at any time welcome . peace, an! vould Indeed take the initiative in riikinp it at any favorable "iiportunity. It Lie, en the other band, not bean suppo«ed that ■ Possifl would liften to pea-'o propeeati while X tuSerias tbe «w«rt t-f the awful blows that • "ye ecu inflicted upon her by an adversary < n<"» t*j de?r: v<^i. If sbe could win even on* r?"»»at battle, «a as to redeem her military ' boocr." »-be jni^ht b? n^ore ready to contem 1 >ii"c •■ S'ion a feeding on Rusate's part '• xp£g 'c opprvelated. It \% not dnnatcraL Hut • tv,e time ray come when )tL^.*;a will have to '. r (consider :!;•.• profit ai.l tta propriety, if not. ' * • leed. :'.)•' i -;:::•>. .♦ perststjnfj in it beyond '>'■ 'a. certain peJnt If ?!! reasonable pnepect nnd U*.hope of each a rfdefOlng vir tory should be lost. •be morsJ coiayuiakin upon I:er to Ecek an end "- 1;:? of tl:- -var -would be ><rry -:.£. If all that , ,»r fcslfl of the si it* ot dffaWsrftt Por. Arthur is i iMi, K.- ■- i ' ' ■■• ' r nsfcin? wuethcr it bat 1 eta '■■ •:■' ."'• ■.■:•'•' Tear CenecU .Stoesse! so Z%£on3 to Lold om s^iiir.st the inevitable. - ■ It is uot IB bo rappoaed that either Great '" ;-rit£hi or AtPfT^i or toy otier ntckm, » ,11 1 tetrode in an unwelcome manner into the Un«so-Japnnc*e quarrel. Such Intrusion is not contemplaiod by the Treaty of Th<; Hague, and it would :«• foreign to the policy and practice of at least these two countries. Bat it does no; semi unreasonable to hope that some cf fe<-tiw< moral suasion will be exercised over the beHtgetanta by the known wishes and willtas r..-s« of their neighbor* and by the impressive spectacle oi' tile nations Baiting in a congress for universal peace at the very time wh«-n a tremendous war is being waged, and a war that men feared rniffht b?=ome ' li ' '° nearly world wjde than any otbfr of modern limes. How ever thai rosy be. ft is Inspiring to hear voice* of pence raised -mid the clang of arms, and to h»;.r them raised so & ariy and «a authorita tively as 10 be heard and to compel attention above even tho loudest din of war. PARKER'S i:\ri.A V.I 770 • Kvtr gjjjpe Jtsdge Parker's name came up far d'scusiioc as a Presidential possibility wo have endeavored to treat him with toe highest per •*onal respect. Whon we havi- not done so 11 has been or.:y because his own words and actions showed that be was not entitled to retract, but only to reprobation and contempt Our Impulse and purpose, so far ns n<* wiii permit, is now to leave him in peace to tind such consolation n> do can for M» defeat. But such an address .-is that whicli be Issued to the Damocrats of the nation on Wednesday calbj for attention aud condemnatiou. It is not merely wea^ and undignified, but b positive Ln«uit to the American people. It sug gests, moreover, i desire to revive now that be hap nothing to iose by it. the slanders upon the President and Mr. Cortelyou which he sought to evade in the last hours of the campaign. Judge Parker charges that Republican devotion to pro tection ie not devotion to a policy in the belief that It promotes the general welfare, but be cause the protected interest enn be made to put money into political campaigns. It ha? before been charged that business interests supported the Republican party because of its protective policy, nut Judge Parker distinctly charges that the Republican party supports the protective policy simply to use it a* an Instrument of blackmailing and extortion. He speaks of the Republican party as one "that ha« grown so cor rupt that it will gladly enter into partnership "with trusts to secure money for election pur "poses." If this partnership has been formed, it must have been formed by Mr. Ortelyou with the knowledge and consent of the President. Both have denied that there wa? any such part nership or that any favors had been received which put the party under any obligation to do anything but promote to the best of its ability the general welfare. Judge Parker, in effect, re new« his discredited campaign accusation. We leave him to ponder on the decency of that course after his disavowal of a few days ago. How perfectly preposterous ie Judge Parker's insinuation that he was defeated by money: How preposterous is his charge that the office holders were an Influential factor, following "the example s\t lor them by the members of 'the President's Cabinet In devoting their time "and services to the party"". As we have before now shown, stump speaking of Cabinet officers is not only proper, but commendable, and hns regularly been indulged in by administrations of both parties for many years. The Judge's unmannerly rjing reveals a pettiness character istic of the provincial, not to say peanut, poli tician rather than of a broadmlnded states man. Cau a plurality of 500,000 in one State he bought? The country was swept by an enor mous flood of Republican ballots. The tide was as high In undisputed States, where no money was needed, as in the doubtful ones, where both sides strained every nerve. In those State? th<; Democrats had as much money 38 the Republi cans. While politicians of each party were planning for a close vote, the people took the matter into their own hands and gave utterly unexpected pluralities. To say that vote? enough were bought or in any way manipulated by officeholders or by any factitious Influence to carry Pennsylvania by 500.000, Ohio by 200, 000, Illinois by 223,000,' Michigan by 180,000, California by 100,000, New-York by 170.000 and sweep Missouri away from the "Solid South" Is Simply to talk nonsense. It is practically a charge that the whole American electorate is corrupt. It Is not an Indictment of the Republi can party, but of the whole people, and Judge Parker should have read hi* Burke to too good purpose to indulge in such childishness. OVB OF A. KTXD. A young man was arrested yesterday nud fined Vi by a masistrate for refusir.g to ehlft his position on the back platform of a streetcar co that passengers could get on and 01$ without hindrance, and for using unseemly language when told to move by a detective who mirac ulously happened to be present. Tbe evidence in this case eeems strong, but if It had ail been a mistake and the defendant had proved himself to be a perfect Lord rhesterfleld— which, by the way. Lord Chesterfield was far from being— the fact would have remained that the things of which he was accused ar« things that occur daily all over the city. No object is more familiar to New-Yorkers than the unmannerly cub who flnd« his pleasure In obstructing a car platform aad is always ready to answer h remonstrance with a stream of impudence. We are not referring to persons who stand on the. platforms because they can not get Inside and tire In a measure excusable, under our system of tolerating abuses, for tha discomforts which they create and Fhare. The real offenders are those who prefer to stand on the platform" for various bad reasons— perhaps because the.y want to smoke in defiance of the rule?, or practise ihe repul j iv« devices of the "masher." or indulge tbe ruffian's instinctive longing to he generally obnoxious. Whatever their special motive may be, such pt-rsons are on abominalile nuisance which ought to bf» abated, and might be. if the streetcar conductors whose duty jt is to defend the decencies of life within their Jurisdiction would firmly exercise their lawful authority. A chief cause for the persistence of such evils Is that many of the conductors have little or no sympathy with afflicted passengers and are in disposed to ri»!i'jk« conduct which is kindred to their own. A resident of London who is here on a visit v. as tilling friends the other day of a case in poiur. He got into a streetcar, sat down and began to read a paper. A few minutes later he sras much surprised at being punched in the rib«. and, looking up, Inquired what was wanted. "You know well enough what I want," said the conductor: "I want your fare." "Well, why didn't you ask for it?" "Because I thought yo - : "wouldn't care to have the rett of the passim "gers know that you were trying to beat the "company," answered the conductor as he leered around the crt !;i expectation of applause from some fellow blackguard. The visitor from Lon don, ho chances to be a social philosopher, thoMght that inch p. thing would never happen there, but told his friends that he bad observed qu«»cr doings in all parts of the world, and had no particular desire to complain of a now va riety. That wn< an amiable way of looking at the matter, but there is no good reason why the peo ple of New-York should continue to be patient ander such afflictions. The experience related, If uncommon, was not of an extreme type. In civilities quite as gross are constantly commit ted by streetcar conductors. The etook answer Is that good breeding is not a commodity which can bo purchased at the current rate Of wages. But that is n wearisome excuse. The manager* arc aUf to make their employe*. In a *orvico which it- frankly tcjtopwledjed to be hard and vexatious, do those things which are SUBpusefl to tf of B<iv&ii^^ to i_e companies, a&d they SEW- YORK DAILY TRIBrXE. Fr.TDAY. NOV^MBBB 11. 1904. eoadd conipfti tu<>m to b« polite and helpful if they thought it wortb •*«> to MUlko :I tl " t0! '- mined effort. Our opinion is that it would b<? woll worth while, ami that their failuiv to por (tciro that fact is 8 proof that ili^ managers still have something of Importance to learn about their business. _ l POWERFUL NAVY. The >'!\v-.lcrsry, whioli v.its lHtinchcd at Quincy. Mass.. yesterday, l« the fifth nnd last battleship of bpr class to be Ml afloat. That Rt&gn in"; "no history of wcl a vessel asoally represents from 50 to 60 per cent of advance •.n-i-.t toward completion. More thru two venra hare elapsed ilnc* tli" keel o< the New-Jeraey was laid, but i: iin>-:i shorter period In addi tion iflll iii-obnMy be required for her ootnpl»i pa. It In no: irnreasonable to hope that she and Lor sisters will be ready for ihHr trials early in 1906. This das* of vessels occupies a position Inter inediat'e between t lio heavily armored cruisers, among wliicl) are the Cclora-Io and the West Virginia, and the battleships of vh" Cdhnect! eut '-las!;. Th<> Ncw-Jerney -vvill displace 15,000 ton?, when finished and the Connfcticut 10,000, while dtp displacement of the Colorado is 14. 500. Another significant characteristic of th** re*se] which went down th* v. «>«; yesterday is ■ hat ihe ■• expected to develop a -speed of nine teen knots, or on. • more than the leviathan thor was launched at th«« Brooklyn yard a few weeks ago. In that, rasped there is n second point of r<>«f]j)b!!\nfp to the lleetfootefl Colorado. When the momnors of all throe groups are ready for service the Americas navy will hnv,> eighteen of the best fljrhting ships in the world, besides these already in commission. Dispatches from Washington report that the creneral board has recommended to Secretary Morton a programme In which three new bat tleships arc Included. Inasmuch as homoge neity Is looked upon as hictaly advantageous, the board has decided to advise adherence to tho Connecticut type for the present. There tins been some talk in Washington about 0 bat tleship having a displacement of 15,000 tons and mounting nothing smaller than guns of 8 or 10 inches calibre. The Idea may not have been abandoned, but it is at least held in abey ance. Should the Secretary of the Navy ap prove the supc^stlon just made, and should Congress provide the necessary mon^y at the next session, the contracts might 'op let by mid summer and actual -work begun- a few weeks later. If the same progress Is made in con struction that has been effected with the Con necticut, the new battleships rnicht be com pleted before the dose of 1908. UK BOOL ROOM AyD frills. Th" question ol schoolroom accomniodati.'n is still a troublesome one. Multitudes of chil dren are in part time classes, and many can enjoy that modified benefit only through the use of temporary and makeshift quarters. Ob viously, the way to remedy the trouble is to estimate as accurately as possible what the school population of the various districts of the city will be. pay. two years hence, and then to begin— within the two years to finish— ■ sehoolhouse3 of sufficient capacity to contain it. To start building now on the basis of present needs is radically faulty, because when the buildings now started are finished it will not be to-day's needs they must meet, but the in creased needs of that time two years home. Meantime, while we have to be content with crowded quarters and part time classes, it will be a particularly good plan to devote such time as the children have in school to the funda mental and essential studies. Even if a child can spend the whole day at school. It is doubt ful If all of the fads which some call "the new education" should be imposed upon him. When he can be in school only half the day such requirement seems Indeed an imposition in the worst sense of the term. The notion that a dabbling in "higher culture" can be a satisfac tory substitute for a thorough grounding in the traditional "three R's" is mischievous. Civics, ethics, literary analysis, and what not, are estimable studies. But it is a strange perver sion of pedagogy to prefer them, In a common school (where both, under present restrictions of time, cannot bo had) to reading and writing, and to the multiplication table. From some points of view some of the new methods pursued in teaching certain studios are estimable enough. The university student in philology, for example, may find profit and delight in speaking of Julius Cassar as "Eoollua Kaiser." and in reading that commander's most famous campaign dispatch as "Waynee, weetlee, weekee." But the average boy or girl in grammar school, whose study of Latin is chiefly to serve us an aid to tbe morb perfect understanding and use of the vernacular, would surely he more benefited in the use of a pro nunciation thai would leave some indication of relationship between the two languages. It scarcely seems reasonable to expect a child to recognize, for example, the derivation of "con vene" from "con" and "wayneo." or of "rital" from "weetab." Those things might do, if the object of com mon school education were to enable its re cipients to htrariate in the. cultivation of tine theories and }o split hairs over the definition of ultimate truth. That, however, is not its object, but rather, In the majority of capes, to enable them to earn their livings and make a credita ble way in the world, and in the minority of cases to enable them to go on successfully to higher grades of academic and professional study. It cannot bo too confidently declared or too strongly emphasized that the needs of both the majority and the minority will he best served by thorough Instruction first in the sim ple and fundamental brandies of reading, writ ing, arithmetic and tho like. This is always true nud alwaya pertinent. It is doubry pertinent and urgent at a tirae when school room is in adequate and the hours of teaching are cut short. DUE CARE^TITU MACRIXEB. Members of the Automobile Club of Amer ica, as a nile, are Judicious in handling their machines In the roadways, and it is to be hoped that their caution will be imitated by all v.-ho travel over our avenuet; and streets, It is evident that a big increase will speedily take place 111 the number of vehicles not drawn by horses through our highways, and it is so easy to send the carriages at a speed too creat for the safety of the people who use the streets that in various parts of the town it will be necessary to set up more formidable restrictions. The automobtio boom has already reached a fer vency in vtrlotis countries that keeps the manufactories hard at work in attempting to supply t'i!* demand and encourages the build ins of n>iw mil!» for the making of m<w ma chines. Th varieties of vehicles ore so numerous and the style and pwiftness or the latest speci men* ar* so Impressive and fascinating that their manufacture is rapidly Incoming an im portant branch of industrial development, in a largo degree taking the place of the production of bicycles. United States District Attorney Burnett has begun legal proceedings la the case '•I the ferry boat Texas, which plies between Kast Twe!!t3-thlrd-*t., New-York, and Broad way, Brooklyn, for iff using to transport nn automobile across the river. This particular machine was run by gasolene, and in order to give a complete test of the law it was sent across the East River. The gasolene «rpp!i,. ( i the power which drove the machine on the ferryboat, and also the power which was used Id passing from the vessel to the shore. Under the United States Statute -i.472, as amended en February 20, ISM, the tec mast be eitin •.•- _.i before t!i*> tnjtomobflt im t£teo on \h» boat, and must not be relighted until the ma ehlne; Is an land again. This provision of the statute is full of embarrassment to automo bilists. and it may ho found necessary to regu late Use work of the niiichiios Is t>"ni« extent. Wtntbrof B. Bcsrritt president <>f the: Auto mobile Club of America, \\m been lecturing on the necessity of proper regulation of the auto mobile to students of the dajSBM of the West Side Young Men's Christian Association. His advice was sound and good. Be advised hii hearers first v master the autoWObfle thorough ly; second, to be always, ready to stop on the In stant: and. tlllrd, to show proper care and •••_>!> siderntion for other user* 111 the self-motors In the roadways. The organization of which Mr. .Scarritt is the head is doing excellent work. A committee is now considering the building of a spacious new clubhouse, ft is ;-y»peii thirt it will have within a reasonable time a handsome building of its ovvn. Senator Foraker says he was expecting .1 iandsHde. but not an avalanche. Unfortunately-, it cannot now be learned v.ha: those v. ho >■-!<? buried under the av.ilanch'* expected. All over with Phinkitt. Who would ba.v« th'inU" ItT Mr. Bryan d?ti!?r. "!n it* entirety*' tae state ment that he i? to meet "Watson and Hearst in New— York in the near future "to isnigtnln the Democratic par^-." r«lr. Bryan has some re organization plan«. but he says ha wishes to stand sponsor (or them himself, lift does not need to have the Pris^illa of Dftr.ocracy to ask him: ""Why don't >yon speak for yourself. Will is m Really; the Philippines ar» ivaking rapid prog" r»?s toward self-govcrnnvnt. A ?traw vote at ManHa gave Ttor^fveit 086 votes to r-ill for Parkpr. Henry Watter?on Interprets th^ election "as "the discharge of the existing generation of •Democratic leaders from the public service." It looks as though the party itself, as v.-ell as thr leaders, ha<l been dlsch^rK<-i. Charlop p. Mellen. president of the New-Haven Railroad, has been disturi.e-1 b:~ the agitation caused by his withdrawal of suburban trains from his line, and hag promised to restore them on December 1. He received co many com plaints from different quarters that he became convinced he had made a mistake. This com pany ha* almost a monopoly of the freight and passengrer business between New- York and Bos ton, and flnda a spirit of liberality to both busy, thriving-, bustlin* cities Useful and oom mendabls. Don't forget that the St. Loulb Fair closes on December 1, and that November is usually a pleasant month In tha new Republican State. You may never hare the opportunity of looking upon Its like again. District Attorney Jerome has not been as buay as usual of late, but he was conspicuous In th« foray upon a gambling- place well uptown where women were allowed to play, a vicious resort, v.-hica certainly merited suppression. Resorts of such a kind deserve rooting out. but it should be noted that this resort had apparently escaped the notice of t\i& captain of the precinct. THE TALK OF THE DAT. the tales that are told of country railroads in America ara matter of fact enough compared with a story that comes from France. The Httlo rail roads that run to obscure places In France are so poor that they have bought no cars In a quarter century. T.He floor fell out of a car on one of these roads recently. The car wat empty at the time, a:id standing: ia the station. IN STORAGE AGAIN". The storage man hopped off his van and oped th« warehouse door: He Btowt-d away ona Bitter Fray, on» Let-tha- E^gle-Soar. On« lot of Planks, ten Serried Banks, ono Stainless Honor's Wreath, One KoorleiM Roorback and a box of Hurl It in Tom* Teeth; He stored a score of Open Door, a gross of Solid South, And May My Tongue Then Cl*av« Unto th» Roof tree of My Mouth. Across the planks with jangling- clanks he flung; some Labor's Chains; Us tossed beside a Point with Pride & Last Drop in My Veins; The Nation's Hope he tied with rope and bore with in his amid To where there loomed a mournful lot of Viewing with Alarms: A choice array of Despot's Sway and Here We TrikQ Our Stands He v.-rapped in ro'.ls of Noble Souls and Honest Horny Hands. With Joyous grin he carried In The Precepts We Pursue, The Money King-, and Grafting- Rings, and Com mon Peepul. too; One {Standing Firm, a But-One Term, the Records of tho Past. And put them In the corner with Our Flag's Nailed to the Mast. With hand* ungloved he pushed and shored a pross of Campaign Lies, Together with some point and pith about Our Country's Size. When h« had stowed awar the load he shut the warehouse door And muti«-red "Whoo! I'm jplad we're through with Nineteen Hundred Four! This campaign stuff Is good enough, but It fs get ting worn — I noticed that the Nail the Lie was tattered some, and torn; But, anyhow. It's over now, and they've been put awaar Until, perplexed, we view th» next approaching voting; «lay." —(Chicago Tribune. Puringr tLe hot times of the raid upon the post office delinquents, the counsel for one of the accused tried, according to "The Buffalo Commercial," the old dodge of abusing the plaintiff's attorney. He attacked Assistant Postmaster General Wynne (re cently promoted) furiously, declaring that Ijne was a "high roller" and that he lived on "canvasback dU' % k and green peas." When the President, who had read It, §aw Mr. Wynne that day, he asked what Wynne was going to do about this charge re garding his habitual diet. v"I have concluded," gravely answpred the Assistant Postmaster Gen eral, "to cut out the peas." Her Unlucky Spouse.— "lt was a sweeping victory. wasn't it?" "Y<*b," answered young Mrs. Torklns. "The Re publicans seem so strong that I almost believe they would have won even if Charley had bet or. them, instead of on the Democrats."— (Washimrton Star. Among th« advertisements in a recent number of a Munich Journal was thl?: "Wanted: A aiw.nnd hand STare," FOOL- BBTS "I see on- -whiskered men draw nigh." The European said; •■! s»*> *v»lrd mortal.* hurry by, Half shaved as to tli<» bead: And aa the street adown I scan. I spy la solic! chunks Full many a sober looking man Wear naught but bathing trunk?. "When on the Broadway sidewalk, loJ 4 mystic thrill I feel To 5-0 ril'rf-hattod mortals so With barrows of the "wheel." ■Perplexed,' indeed, is not the wnrd. 'Tis" fully not complete, To witness quite a flcx-kaomi* herd Of Mpeds on four feet. "U'hat mnkf« your citizens so era*-? I fathom not, alas. Why. at Delroonlco'a to-day Six luncli^r- lin^hoi off grass! Suspended by tliolr necks quite taut, Twelv« men hung on a derrick." T....11." quoth the native, "that is naughtj if« only bet." on Ilfrrlek." —(Town Topics. Before the Bosr war it had been Intended by the I«>ople of the Tranivnal to erect a colossal statue in honor of Krug^r on :in Imposing pedestal In Church Square, Pretoria. Only the ba«e was erected, how rwr. White th? war was in progress the statue, ordered by the Transvaal government, was delivered by the sculptors at Delagoa Bay. It was impossible to convey It then to Pretoria, so It was laid in a Umber yard bellnging to the Lorenzo Marquez Wharf Company, and there, neglected and almost forgotten, It has since remained. "I never become snjrry bteaup* a man does not think <iulte as I do." remarked the profaaaar, "for when I flnd a man who OJ?a.grt-es with me I realize that it ie. prooaVly with difn/iukty that b» thltUt* About *P#at>ie and Social Incident** AT THE WHITE HOUSE. I FROM THE TKtr.rNf; bcr'"au.l Wii!>inngt»n. Not. !•>.— The President and Mrs. Roosere!t gay« a dinner to-nlghx li. honor of their guest, Jolin Morley. tbo Kn.illJ'h aii'-bor and state* !r.:m. who arrive! at th« VhUo House today. The other guests wars Secretaries Ray and TaTt Attor ney Genv-ral Moody. Jostleea M'lilt*-, Holmes ar.d Day and X B. BUMP. Mr. Morl*7 will be the Pmident's gaest two days, and will t*> entertained Ml dinner r.r tlir Whit* POO— ni'.'i'n to-raorro-^ ev>ntns. The Belgian. Danish and ?w«dl!<h Ministers paid their respects to tlr« President 10-day. Another vtS 9 'tor waa John W. Ko?ter. who c*£«l it »*.x?rcss l.ia consraf!l.«»i'>r.«<. The nllllWlflnln llllWlflnl will five a 4tSSt*f SSI November It In honor "t Ell»>»WMr WWIaSB's rpecial military envoys at the unveiling of Urn siatue of Fredf-ri«k the c;-cit. THE CABINET. 'mov THK tssw m Bf£T<r.J WasbtßftOl), Nov. -Mi«. Tan «M- of the Sec retary o? War. who www! weeks ago took pos ae^ilo-i of the nous- l»a?*fl by fh- s»..retary early in tha .<i«a~in. hi-5 goni to N«^-Tork for a short visit. Th« Secretary of Ccrnmer." and Labor and Mrs. aietcalf are expected from California in a few days. Mr?. Shaw returned Jo v.-R«,hlnston this pveninc from ] or hom«s In lowa. wl;ere she went with Bse retary Sh<jw tome time before the election THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. r-HOM THE TaiBCXB T.UREAU.j Washington. Nov. 10.— Count Caasini. the Russian Ambassador; M. Jua««>ran'l, the Frencli Ambassa dor, and Btr Ohentung Uang Chen?, the Chinese Minister. v.ere amonp the diplomats received by Secretary Hay to-day. Count Casslni has heard nothing from his government regarding Its atti tude toward Secretary Hay's note inviting th" rowers t* holds another peace conference at Tht Hagu». The Ambassador will go to New- York next * eck to aiiend a dinner, and will return in time for the dinner at the White House on November IS in honor of Emperor William's special military en voy?. M. Jusaerand called to pay his respects. He will leave here to-morrow for New-York to attend the opening of the French Hospital. wher» he will make an informal address on Saturday. Sir Chtntung talked to Mr. Hay about the Chi nes'! exclusion treaty, and was able to report prog ress. Tha belief was expressed that the treaty could be signed before the end of the year. S»fior Pulido, the Venezuelan Charge d - Affaires. called to extend in the name of the Venezuelan gov ernment congratulations on the President's election. and also to Inform the department that Great Britain has formally acknowledged Venezuela's sovereignty over the Isle of the Birds. Venezuela had protested gainst the landing on that island of marines from the British cruiser Tribune, and called the British government's attention to the arbitration treaty of 1556, when the Que*n of Spain awarded the Island to Venezuela- Mr. Hioki, the Japanese char** ad Interim, called at the department to announce the arrival in this country of Prince Fushimi and to arrange some final details regarding the prince's reception. The prince, who la now on his way to this city, will leave Washington for St. Louis on November 18. Mr. Hioki said that Minister Takahlra continued to improve, but would not b* able to leave New-York for some time. Baroness Mayor dcs Planches, wife of the Italian- Ambassador, was at home to a large number of callers yesterday afternoon, when sl»s had with her the Misses Lobel, of Paris, who will spend the greater part of the season at the Embassy. The Misses Dolores and Hercella. Arosemena have come to Washington to spend the winter with their brother, C. C. A/osemena. secretary of the legation of Panama. PERSONAL NOTES FROM WASHINGTON. fFROM THS TBIBCMR BPRSA.r.I Washington. Nov. 10— Mr. and Mrs. Ttiomas F. Walsh, have been at their Washington home for a day or two. but will leave her* to-morrow for a short visit to their eon, Vincent, who la at school in Pottstowu. Pean. From there they win go to Mew- York to remain scon* time before returning to thia city tor the winter. Mrs. Edward M. Padelford gave a email tea thia afternoon, the gucata being invited to meet her sister and niece. Mrs. and Miss Jaffrey. of Parts. Miss Ja££rey will "remain in Washington for two weeks, and then visit friends In New-York for a time before returning to the French capital. Mrs. Hoyt and Miss Eleanor Hoyt. wife and daughter of the Solicitor General, returned from a visit to Philadelphia yesterday. Miss Hoyt will be a debutante of the winter. Mrs. John R. McLean will have as her gu*«t next week M:ss Edith Pulitzer, who i 3 visiting her grandmother. Mrs. W. VT. Davis, of Oonnecticut ave. Miss Cropper is in Washington to spend the win ter with her brother and sister-in-law. Mr. and Mrs. John Cropper, of M-st. Miss Cropper has lived abroad for the last three years. Mrs. William H. H. Southerland has cards out for a tea on Thanksg! ing Day. when she will introduce her daughter. Miss Mary Southerland, to society. NEW-YORK SOCIETY. Miss Edith Kane, Miss Janet Fish. Hiss Ullie Pott?-. Miss Helen Sanger and Miss Josephine Osborn will be the bridesmaids and Mies Elizabeth Tuckerinan tho maid of honor of Mlsj Virginia fiturgi3 Osborn on the the occasion of her mar riage to Ralph Banger, of Boston, on Wednesday at St. Thomas's Church. Bertram Cruser. A. Perry Oeborn, Grenvlll* Clark. Richard Derby. V. P. Snow and Benjamin Joy will be the uahers and Charles B. Bradley best man. After the ceremony a re ception will be given by Professor and Mrs. H. Palrfleld Osborn. the parents of the bride, at their house, In Madlson-ave. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dunbar Pruyn are receiv ing cor.pratulations upon the birth of a son at their house. In East Thirty-elgnth-st. Mrs. Pruyn was Miss Betty Metealf. and Is tha daughter of Mrs. George Byrd, Jr. Arthur Iselln, who will marry Miss Eleanor Jay on November 26. will give his farewell bachelor din ner on November 22. His fiance?, however, does not propose to give tlie customary bridesmaids' luncheon. Colonel and Mrs. Jay have an apartment at the Essex for the winter, although the wedding reception for their daughter will take place at their house, in East Seventy-aecond-st., which they have let for the seaeon to Mr. ar.d Mrs. Robert Goclet Asht"u Da Peyster will lead at the cotillon given by Mr. a"id Mrs. Henry F. Shoemaker in the Ladles' Annex of the Metropolitan Club next month for the dsbut of their daughter. Mi-ii Blanche Le Roy Shoemaker. Mr* Louis C. Hase'.l has Issued Invitations for a dinner at Sherry's, to be followed by a theatre party, on Der?mb«»r 14. for her daughter. Ml«s Alt:« Hasell, who is one of the debutantes of the season. Mrs. iiasell will likewise give a series of at homes in January at her house. In Kast 3eve::ty-flrst-st.. for h»»r dauphtrr. Mr. ana Mr?. August VataWe sailed yesterday for Kuroo* on the Moltke. Th»re hav<» b»-»n a number of arrivals In town from Europe this week. anv>r;g them those of Miss Caroline Drayton. Mrr. Poultney Bigelow and the Misses Bigelow, Mr. and Mr.'. 11. H. Benedict. Miss Callender. Miss D<» Forrest and John O. Neeser. The Duke anil Duchess of Manchester ar« due here to-morrow on th» L.a.anla. From San Francisco come* the r.ews of the seri ous Illness there of Ashton Potter, on the eve of his departure for Europe, where ha was to spend the winter with Mrs. Potter, who Is a daughter ©." Dr. XV. ft. MacNutt, of San Francisco. His condi tion is reported to bo critical, and. after having al ready undergone three operation*, he la now about to be subjected to a four.h. Ha 13 a sou of the iate Howard Potter, a nephew of Bishop Fetter, ml served both in the Spanish wax and In the 4th Cavalry out In Manila. Mrs. John Jac b Astor has arrived tn town from Ferncliff, and I: at b»r house. In Fifth-are., for a few days. Mrs. Henry K. Dim arrives In town to-morrow for the season from her country rlae* at South Coventry, Con::. Mr. axuX :*_*. wiUiwn IV £>^*:::-t% iK, &*'.* ar ra-.(f-1 to remain at Tuxedo un?« t>.e •nd ml tfc« month. Mr. and Mr?. Hchuylcr N. Warren ha.v« rrtnraat lo to-m for the winter from "Water Mm, Lor.s Island. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Gould Jennings win ant** here to-morrow for the winter, from their otea* »>: K.-<Jrfl«ld. Conn. Formal annor.ncnient was made yesterday of tha • nt.-i*>' riien?. alrea/lv rrjx>rt'-»i some tlnne ago, o* Mr*, i-'ole-man O. Wiiitam*. widow of Colemau (J William? and daughter «f the late Henry K. Haw. \-y. to John Van Sehaletc C>«J<il«. of the N«w-Tork Va^ht Club, with which his father, th* late J. Van SchsJdl «>Wie. was for a© lons identiflo ! h '.*.i aecreta ry. James J. Van Aien and lU*3 May Via Alta h»v<» rcturred to %>*« frcn. Hot Springs. Va. Ja~.es J. Van Al«n Ui booked t« sail for England a: •.:.• e^4 of the month, wb.ll* Mla» Van Alen win spend r^« wiater at rh« house which ah* has taken. Sir Ernest CMSfi who arrived on tha Oceanic, !» Staying with Jicoh H. Scaiff. S'r Ernest, who la % member or Kins Edwards Privy Council. «ad who financed th* Nile dam and irrigation workj. wiu make an tsss*4aw« tc;r of th« We^ra <♦!— « >««_ f>r« r»r:rnir\s horr.«. Charlw R. Steele, who^e funeral take- p!ac« thu morning a.t Trinity Church, was en«assd to vif- Bertha Spear, daughter of Dr. John C. Spear, nf the United States Navy, and the wadding waj ti> take place next spring. As already announced la The Tribune, th* youn? man, who was a son ol the Rev. James KsWtt Steel*. vicar cf Trinity Church, died on Monday from the effects or a- or eration performed at tha Ne^v-lork Hospita:. Mr. and Mi?. J. Woodward Haven. »ho ha\e ra> mained until now at tfceir country place, at Leaox. return to town to-morrow, and will open thafcf boise In East Sevantv-ninth-st. for the winter Mr«. John E. Parsons has aail*d for Euran., where she will spend the -winter. Mr. and Mrs. Victor Sorchan will arrl- .--* hi r^a to-morrow from Tuxedo for th* season. WEDDINGS. At All Angela' Church. Elghty-flrst-st ar..l Tr.«t End-aye., at 8 o'clock last evenias. Her.- Spaul.lia* Schley and Mls_ Adeie Sturgca Jlaaon were BM» ried. the Rev. s. DeLancsy Townaend aflklßdßS ITiere were many guests of this aad other cities. Miss Mason Is a daughter of th« late Ebeneiw Sturgaa Mason, and Mr. Schlev i 9i 9 a son of Dr. Jamea Montfort Schley. well known In this city* The matron of honor was the trlde's slst - Mr» Francis C. Rupp»-rt. She and the bridesmaids we-"* similarly gowned in blue and white, and earned white roses and forget-me-nots. The bride wore a gown of white chiffon and point dappliaue and carried a bour,;j«t of liltea-<.f-the-vall»y. whit^ orchids and white gardenias A reception at th* Hotel Marie Antoinette ro.lowed the ceremony After an ezter.i-^d trio Mr. ai.d Mra. Schl«y w;n make their homa here. Montclair. N*. J.. Nov. 10 (Special).— Arm Schoonmaker D« Bevolse. daughter of Mrs. Mary De Bevolse. of Porter Place, and Marshall Wins low Green, of New- Fork, were quietly married at tha home of the bride's mother last night. Th» ceremony was performed by the Rev. OrrtUa Reed, pastor or Trinity i resbvterian Church, illss •Edna Green, a sister of the bridegroom, was ma;* or honor and Miss Bessie D*, Bevoise. of Ho!U». Long Island, was bridesmaid. Thatcher H >i brook, of Boston, and Robert Dodd, of New-York, were the ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Green will tnaia Boston their home after a wedding trip. Orar.ge. N. J., Nov. 10 (Special).— Many peraotM from Ne*r-York anJ the Orange attended the wedding In Grace Episcopal Church. Orange, at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, of Miss Mabel Burke, daughter of Mrs. John Burke, of Llewellyn Park. and John Y. G. Walker, of New- Yarn. Arch deacon Alexander Mann, rector of Grace Church, performed the ceremony, assisted by tha Rev. James H. Watkins. an uncle of the brid*. The bride was given away by her brother. Edward Frederick Burke, of Baltimore. She was gowned In white liberty satin, trimmed with old poiru la. »♦ and cut en traine. She wore a bridal veil, and her bouquet was of fflka Ilia >sllej The mal.l of honor was the bride's sister, Miss Edith Burk-v The best man waa Edward Norton, of New- York. and the ushers were Randolph Walker. Robert V. Wren. Beverly Bqgurt. Howard Blade, Sealay Bat telle and Arthur Rlpley. all of New-York; Howar* Gilette. of Chica«;o. and Horatio WnUridge. Fol lowing the ceremony, a small reception was be.a at the home of the bride's mother. Mr. and Mrs. Walker will live In New-York. The bride is on* of those vho organized th« Woman's Skating Club, which has a clubhouse at Crystal Laka. West Orange. HONORS FOR PRESIDENT KRUEGER- Pretoria, Nov. 10.— The Dutch newspaper "Los der.voik" announces that King Edward, through the local authorities, has expressed the desire that royal salutes be- fired on the arrival of the Ms President Hi-tiger's body at Cape Town and Pre toria, and that minute guns fca nred durtec the procession to the grave. REAR ADMIRAL WATSON AT BERLIN. Berlin. Nov. 10— Rear Admiral John C. Watson. U. S. N"., retired, has arrived her« from Farts. H* la carrying out his mission from the Nary Depart ment to learn how other countries make th* best morally and mentally of their seamen. A series of visits 10 German barracks, etc.. has been arranged through th* courtesy of the government. WHAT SIE PERCY SANDZESON SAID. Correct Report of His Speech at the British Schools Dinner. The Tribune- '.earns frcm Sir Percy Sanderson. British Consul General in this city, that the extract from his speech at tha Lrltlsh Schools and UrJver <ie« Club on Wednesday evening wa3 Incorrect 1 reported. The matter was furnished to The Tribun* by tho New-York City News Association. whes* service is taken by nearly all 0: the metropolitan papers, and against which complaint* of this klr.-l aro rare. The subject of Sir Percy address was of such Importance that Tta Tribune yesterday obtained from aim the manuscript si his brie. speech. Speaking of the pleasant relations between England and France, and ol the reference or tn* North Sea question to an International ooramies^n. Sir Percy said: It is that better knowledge ©: on» ano ! > r t w i vl under the Kite's guidance, brought _*t>oat tie v tecie cordlale with Franca -» »• wb i c^.JSS S hear more from M. Yves Oujf ana which had so large an influence In brtngin. a.cut an understanding In connection wltu l^..f e l^i a t -U evenU in the North *». T^ose who M""*** torn speech recer.Uy t:aco by tae I»rime Mi. ; '' c'e ' Southampton will know h< m pave t»e ""^sJS ha.i become and how dUßcuit R w«oM r-a-e ■«» without that French entente to come to **£,«* standinsr. But. even »o. such a:i .irr ir.gemeat_SS> has been arrived at would ha- been » ' J f?i_r were it not for the peaceful disposition or in*/-**:; were It rot for the Hag. Wtert "Jf.^JET majesty's initiative, and were '.I not for the •»;•{£ oratina- support given to that tribunal iy IT»s.u*ci Roosevelt and Mr. Hay. DTFLITENCE OF NEW-YORK PAPERS. fFBOM THE TBIBVNS ECBEAC.T WasHtnston, Nov. — A friend of the Pt*sr dent, commenting; at tha Whit* House IM *■• on the influence of the Ntfw-Tork noways* l * said: Four years ago The New-York Tribune. "**• New- York World.'' 'The Ne*-Yorst Tt 134 ,^,, •Tho New-York Herald" and "The Brooklyn Eagle" supported President McKinley for to' Presidency. This year The New-York TttbUß* supported President Roosevelt, but every oa» of the others named opposed him. some of tn«>» bitterly and unreasonably. This year Pr/ 9 " 2 *"; Roosevelt carried New-York by a. net V^-^-f of li 1,43 i votes. Four years ago President »c- Klnley csrried the State by a net plurality •» 07.006 votes. -w. The greater New-York papers other than TB» Tribune having proved beyond peradventtir* ii» value" of their opposition to a Republican can didate, th* fact that Mr. Farkera majority >" greater New-York exceeded that of William Boan by 1.05S votes has proved a "ay""?*: In no way can. the Republican m *" a #r "J^ count for the thousand votes which thus eiu«^ them except by attributing them to tha influen- of "The Nev. -York Evening Post." • The New-York Sun must be eliminated. m the reason that. l<y Its caustic o^P 09 1 ;' cc j IrJJ1 r JJ Governor-el-ct Hlcsins. despite Its Us II ■■■'■J support of Preslilent Roosevelt at the «' e^,;"" hour It rendered itself an impotent. If not ner* tlve, factor tn the political situation. HIGCINS'3 PLURALITY IN SUFFOLK. To the Editor of The Trtbun*, Sir: The plurality for Governor Hlrttns ***"' folk County iru 2.1*5. and not L&3. •* «^V: you thia morning. Uke Shyiock. ever, county^c" rn*n have "reelins." S.VMCEL . I. TAnKMa Chalrraan Scfioik County Rspu^ca^ < |£^- 1 - UI * Cnrvarsltj Clu^ raw.-Yfjri^ Vrr. » "^