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6 r Amvsements. ACADEMT OF MUBIC— B:IS— Qulncy A<!»m« B»wj*r. AUiA-MBBA— 2— B:ls— Vaudeville. AMERICAN— B IS— Fedora. BIJOU— B :IS— The Music Master. COLONlAL*— 2— B— Vaudeville. - n-.»,*.v«« CONET ISLAND — Dreamland — Luna Park — BostocK • •Jreat Animal Arena. EDEN MISKE — World in Wti. EMPIRE— V»rt— The Freedom of Fuiarr.e. HAMMKRSrBIN'S VICTORIA— 2-8:15— \aodeTilU. HAhLEM—S:l.%— Heartsease _ . HKRALI) SQI'ARE— B:J. >— Rollt<-ktn« Girl. HIPPODROME— 2— B— A Yankee rir<-':« on Mars and Tnt Raiders. ErW«.N fi:*>— The Heir to the Hoorah. KNICKKHROCKEB— 8:13 Sergeant V.r\\*. LYRlC— B:ls— Fantana. w , , NEW YORK ROOF GARDEN— Pamrosc-Jj Summer r*i*m Concerts. . 7n</rT fo Advertisements. r-ux-ui^i-i - Pace CM ■ - Pag*. Col im-JN^«n'« 12 6;Flrhnrial BSectlor.*. . .10 5 Auction Salt* . 8 f- Fir.anrlal Meetings... .11 J Bankers and Br'*<'n« 10 C: For Sale •••■ * Billiard and I'ooi .A I Furnished Rooms... . » • bl«» 9 SlFuixish^ " ' I!el to _ Board and i: mi I 2 I>'. 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February. March and April. 1903. THB tTCW-TORK '>AII,Y AND FTVDAT TRIBUNE print** nilSt lints ef a£vertUinr (excluding TRIBUNE a<Jvei^ tinrn*nt«) man than In th« nine months of 1004. A GAIN OF OVER 1.191 COLUMNS; OR. IN OTHER WORDS. AN AVERAGE GAIN OF NBARLT SO» COLUMNS Or 818 LINES EACH A MONTH. TO GET MUMjLjN aI>VBRTISB IN THB KKW YORK TRIBVNII. &£&-]£firk£ifri!2 cz&£b*rn& MONDAY, MAY 20. ljK>s. THE SEWS THIS uoßvnrh. FOREIGN —The entire Russian fleet was dl.- persed or disabled by Admiral Togo's warships in the i'<i><*an Straits, according to a dispatch tent from Toklo to 'The London Daily Mall." . Advices received at tlie State Department in Washington say that fix Russian warships were sunk; the?'- are believed to Include the battleships Orel a:. 1 Borodino and three criusers. DOMESTIC Pastors In many Philadelphia churches urged their parishioners to prepare to back up the Mayor In a long fight to completely destroy the machine. ===== An engineer and ex press rnesK?nper In the Northern Pacific will re ceive $1,000 reward each for capturing a train robber after the latter had held up a limited train and blown the express safe. ■ ■ ■ Th« Old Dominion steamer Hamilton returned U> Norfolk with a serious fire In her forward hold; the crew were exhausted from fighting It, and wreckers finally flooded the hold. :=^=— Both side* In the Chicago strike are planning lor a long struggle. == Captain F. Norton Goddard died at his summer borne at Litchfield. Conn., from a hemorrhage of the brain. -- It wan announced at New-Haven. Conn., that First Vice-President Percy K. Todd would not sever his connection with the New-Haven road, but would have charge of the traffic department. CITY.— Tho police stopped all baseball games In Th* Bronx: no attempt was made by the National League players to play in Brooklyn. '■■■■ — It wan said that attempts to end peace fully the Equitable controversy would be made at the directors' meeting Wednesday. ~ - -- Vet eran associations and civic and patriotic bodies held eervicee in memory of the nation's dead. — =-= Evangelists made tours of the small parks and epoke In twenty or more automobiles. — A number of alleged speeding: automobile driv ers were held for trial by magistrates. .■•* The occupants of en automobile, not knowing It was on Ore, sped from a pursuing mob, which tried to apprise them of their danger. ■ . The owner of the house In which Walt Whit man was porn refused to allow a tablet in memory of the poet to be placed thereon. THE WEATHER- Indications for to-day: Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 77 degrees; lowest, 61. We desire to remind our readers tvho are about to leave the city that The Tribcve will he sent by mail to any address in this country or abroad, oini address changed as often as desired. Subscriptions may be given to your regular dealer before leaving, or, if more convenient, hand them in at The Tribi~ne Office. See opposite page for subscription rates. BOARUTXG OUT THE INSANE. The annua] report of the State Charities Aid Association, published to-day, contains a de tailed exposition of tho plan for boarding out the tractable insane win lias received the approval of the Stnte Commission In Lunacy and may before long be experimentally adopt ed in this State. This is a decided Innovation, having never been tried in this country except cv a small scale In Massachusetts. The whole tendency of our legislation for the insane for yearn lies been in the other direction, nnd It is highly desirable that this scheme should have the fullest discussion. The system of family cans Is well developed in Belgium, France. Germany and Scotland, and exists In Russia, Spain, Norway and Holland. In the village of Gbeel, Belgium, the Insane have had fam ily care for a thousand years. The arrange ment, originally made as a religious undertak ing, Is now maintained under State supervision. In another Belgian village, Lierneux. a sys tem of family care has been in operation for twenty years. Women patients have been boarded out among the peasants of Dun-sur- AMron, France, since 1892, and en in the ad jacent village of Ainay since 1900. 'The Ger mans bavr been placing patients in homes near hospitals since I*BS. and the Scotch have been distributing their Insane through the rural dis tricts for more than forty years. In Belgium and Scotland about 20 per cent of the entire insano population Is thus provided for, and the Inter national Congress of Alienists held at Antwerp In 1002 after careful consideration declared that "family care should bo applied in all its forms to the fullest extent" A Scotch expert quoted in the report says that in his country in forty-three years there has been only one serious assault committed by a boarding out patient. Experience shows that the patients prefer country life and are improved by it. even when subsisting on a dietary Inferior to that of the hospital. The natural life in association with sane people of their own rank in life is much better than a hospital for those whose disease Is of the type which makes It safe for them to be at large. Boarding out Is economical, not so much In the saving on maintenance, for the patients who can be bearded out are the ones whose care In a hospital costs least, hut in the saving on plant, the original cost of which In this State Is $450 per capita. As the hospitals are crowd ed, such relief, making new buildings unnec essary, would be of great advantage. The dif ferent methods of boarding out are thus char acterized In the report: First— The Berlin system. In which a city hos pital boards out a small proportion "i its pa tients In th« adjoining suburbs, where they re main under the eupervision of the hospital physicians. This is valuable, not only for th© relief of the overcrowding which it affords, but also for Its excellence as a method of testing the suitability of convalescents for life outside the hospital. Second— The Belgian system, in which both acute nnd chronic cases are sent directly to family homes In selected villages, without being previously committed to a hospital. Third— The French system, in which quiet chronic patienta are transferred from hospitals to family homes in selected villages. Fourth— The Scotch system. in which patients are transferred from hospitals to family homes In all parts of the country, no considerable num ber Ing provided for in any one village. The system proposed by the Lunacy Com mission is similar to that of Berlin. Harmless patients .must be selected from the hospital, put in approved families within fifty miles of a hospital, kept there tinder prescribed conditions of diet nnd care and frequently Inspected by the authorities. The State Charities Aid Asso ciation, with a larjre experience In placing out children, believes there are many trustworthy families who would take patents, and that those who have been employed as nurses nnd attendants in the hospitals -would be especially fitted and willing to do this work. With all these undoubted advantage* In the boarding out system, there are, we feel, some serious questions, of its adaptability to tills country which must be considered. The class of people who, In Europe would take Insane people into their homes are likely to look dovrn on soon an arrangement here, though they may take dependent children. We have no such body of staid, respectable, well-to-do but hum ble minded peasants. Our farmers of the same moral fibre, and especially their wives, havO different social standards. Then the question of supervision and habits of obedience are to be considered. Our Inspec tion In such cases Is not generally as complete as that of a European bureaucracy. Our peo ple do not stand so in awe of authority. Our rural police system is Inadequate, and the chance lunatic breaking bounds might easily do more harm here than In Europe. Tho suc cess of a boarding out system depends on great perfection of administration, and wo are not certain that our habits in matters of gov ernment nnd obedience to law measure up to the requirements. Nevertheless, the project Is one of Interest, and is well worthy of study and perhaps of early trial. THE BATTLE. The Tribune's interpretation of the news of yesterday is confirmed by the news of to-day. All the direct information which the Japanese government would permit correspondents to send out was that the main Russian fleet had appeared in the Straits of Cores, The some what Delphic reference to "historic events" seemed, however, to hint at something far more than mere navigation of the straits, and that, coupled with the obvious and great improbabil ity that the Japanese would let Rojestvensky pass the straits unscathed, or at least unchal lenged, persuaded us that a battle for the con trol of the sea had occurred or was occurring. That such was the case today's news, meagre though it Is, gives convincing proof. An en gagement In which six vessels of one fleet, in cluding one or two great battleships, were sunk might not be entirely decisive, but It would certainly be regarded as a serious battle. The Identity of the six Russian ships report ed sunk is not disclosed, save that one report mentions the Borodino as the battleship and another expresses the belief that the Orel waa also lost. The Borodino and the Orel were, or are. two of four Identical ships, the four first class battleships of the Russian fleet, and wor thy to rank among the best In the world. There are also In that fleet one second clnss and threa third class battleships. These latter four, how ever, are almost negligible factors, and we may reckon that the loss of the Borodino alone would reduce the Russian strength in first class battle ships somewhat below that of the Japanese fleet, the latter having three ships much larger and heavier than the three which would be left to Russia, and a fourth almost their equal and the superior of any other In tho Russian fleet. Another of the six, we are told, was a repair slip, the loss of which may prove embarrassing to the remainder of the Russian fleet if it Is In need of repairs and can get access to no harbor. What the others were we are not told. They may havo been cruisers, or monitors, as the coast defence vessels wero called in yesterday's dispatch. That they were transports or mem bers of the volunteer fleet is improbable, for the reasons that no such vessels were mentioned as having appeared in the straits, and that ear lier dispatches Indicated that vessels of those classes had been left behind, In the neighbor hood of Shanghai. The presumption Is,- there fore, that these four were fighting ships of some kind, and that the Russian fleet has thus been weakened by the loss of five warships and Its floating workshop. There is at this writing no hint concerning the losses sustained by tho .Inpnnese, nor even con cerning the number or class of Japanese vessels engaged, or the character of the action. Seeing that the Japanese have, or had, scores of tor pedo vessels and destroyers, and a dozen, or more submarine boats, nnd thnt the narrow s«r,3 at Tsu Island are admirably adapted to tho op erations of such craft, it may be that the attack upon the Russian fleet was made and the losses were Inflicted entirely by Uiose classes of v<=s cela. In that cas« we should expect to hoar that iruiny of the mosquito fleet had been de stroyed—a price of victory which the Japanese could pny with equanimity, elnco to exchange .1 dozen torpedo boats for a single battleship would leave a large margin of profit on their side. It is difficult to draw any definite con clusion from the fact that tho Japanese are gtlll exercising a strict censorship over all news. It Is quite conceivable that they would do that fur B time in almost any event. If they havo in llleted a crushing blow upon Rojestven^ky's fleet at the straits, they might want to conce-al the completeness of their victory until they could rush some of their ships down to Shnng hal and destroy the detachment of his floet whicb was left there, before it could scuttle into neutral waters. Indeed, we are told that hoary firing was heard north of Shanghai yesterday. On the other hand, if the Japanese fleet suffered heavier losbos than It inflicted, and the advan tage remained with Rojestrensky, the Japanese government might want to suppress the news until it could get Its scattered ships into port and prepare to make a desperate stand against the victorious Russians. The strong probability seems to be that the patient and wary Japanese have won a great if not a conclusive victory, but fnll judgment upon the matter must await further Information. PORTO RICO'S PROSPERITY. Tne lnfrequency with which Porto Rico fig ures in newspaper headlines nowadays Is the best evidence of the solid prosperity and grow ing contentment of our West Indian depend ency. Only a few years ngo the American press was full of gloomy pictures of the isl and's industrial condition and gloomier prophe cies of the future. Now the skeptic and the pessimist tind their occupation gone. Tbe de velopment of the Island's trade has been steady, and the old restlessness and discontent have given way to a feeling of confidence and sat isfaction. A bulletin Just Issued by the Bureau of Sta tistics of the Department of Commerce and Labor exhibits In a striking: light the Island's commercial progress. It Is less than seven years since Porto Rico became a possession of the United States and only four years since Its products have been admitted free at our ports. But in the seven years from 1898 to 1906 Porto Rico's trade with the United States has grown Cron a total of ?'J.OH^,I7O to a total of NEW- YORK DAILY TRIBUTE. MQ^g^Y> HAY 29. 1905. *12 9«3 483 wliile our trade with the Island has grownfrom a total of $1,404,004 to n total of 111.934.y78. Porto Bico'i gain has been 500 per' cent ami oar gain has l>een K0 per cent Our highest record In exports to Porto Rico was mad* m VX&, when the total reached $12, 195.297. Since then trade with the island has been practically stationary. B«* Porto Rico's increase has been continuous, its total rising from 19,684,176 in 1902 to $10,152,923 in 1903 and 112,963,488 iv HHM. Tills expansion seems bound to continue. Onr chief Porto liicaa import now is sugar, sales of sugar amounting in IHO4 to $9,49l,7s7—three qunrters of the total trade. <Mgars and leaf tobacco were sent \\p\-o to a totnl vnlue of about (2,000,000. Fruit imported was valued at ?.'W3. <)<K) nnd coffee at $292,<>r>0. There seems to be no doubt, however, that Porto Kico will soon be able to find a market In the United States for a large share of its coffee product. The in sular government lins anftnged to establish a coffee agency in this city, and, if the Porto Ricau berry, which is said to lmve an excellent flavor, can get a foothold. It is likely to hold its own ngainst tho ninny cheaper, tasteless and aroma less brands with which the American market Is flooded. If n revenue tax should be put on ooffee, the Porto Rican berry would, of course, obtain a favored status, and tho Increase In Its sale and production would be notable. But, npart from this contingency, the island's mar k**t hero for sugar, fruits and other products Is firmly asanred. The only West Indian producer baying absolutely free access to our ports, Porto Woo must continue to develop— mid develop rapidly— thanks to the generous policy which Congress has followed in regulating its com mercial nnd political rolatlons with thft United States. STEEL RAILWAY TIES. A recent dispatch to The Tribune announced that an order had been given for tho manufact ure of enough steel ties to equip eight miles of track for the Pennsylvania road, and for the same amount for the Pittsburg Railways Com pany. The fact that a larger quantity was not called for might bo due either to considerations of economy or to a conviction that further ex periment was desirable before a larger Invest ment was made. Perhaps both Influences oper ated. The time Is probauly not far distant when tha growing scarcity of timber and the limited life of even a chemically treated wooden tie will render the adoption of a substitute necessary, but nt present in most parts of this country wood ia still the cheapest. Far sighted railway managers in America ;i« well as In Europe have long been nlert to the possibility that they would sooner or later be obliged to use a different ma terial, and mnuy trials of steel for this purpose have been made in the last twenty years. These leave no doubt concerning its fitness for the service required, but it remains to be seen whether a perfect form has yet been evolved, although the Patent Office files show that an astonishing variety of patterns have already boon Invented. In the first place, different means of fastening a rail to a tie are required when the latter is mada of metal from those needed when wood is employed. On this one point alone ingenuity haa been remarkably active. Again, there has been much uncertainty what cross section to adopt. A mere slab niijrht not stay in plrx-e as well as a tie bavins deep flanges which would sink into the roadbed. Final ly, it is obvious that the model which promised the best performance might involve undue ex pense in manufacture The more bending, punch ing ntul other manipulation the metal under goes to prepare It for service the greater will ba tho cost of the product. To combine tho highest uti'iry with simplicity of desicn is no tritlius task. That result will unquestionably be attained, if It has not already been; but wh^n the development is complete it will bo seen thnt nn almost endless number of practical tests and careful attention to details conduced thereto. A short time ago there seemed to lir a chance that concrete might prove to l >ri a rival of steel as a candidate for succession to the wooden tie. On a small scale it is already being employed for making fence posts, its durability being al most equal to tbat of granite. However, it be giu3 to look as if concrete would not pivo per fect satisfaction. A short note in a recent issue of "Construction" (Pittsburg) indicates that ties of that material which lmve been tried on the Lake Shore road have be._run to disintegrate under the hammering of passing wheels. Whether the fault could be remedied by chang ing the formula of composition is a question which ought not to be dismissed hastily. The possibility of poor workmanship In the making of a single lot Of ties should also be heeded. Nevertheless, entirely apart from the disposition to crumble, there is another eoncoivable objec tion to concrete. It is more rigid than steel, and a little flexibility In botb rail and tie has hitherto been regarded desirable In, if not abso lutely essential to, an i.lpal road. If that view of the case la correct, steel will <\irry the elec tion by a large majority. \fR. ZIEGLER'B ARCTIC EXPEDITIONS. Important as were the commercial Interests with which the late William Zlegler was identi fied, the public doubtless eared more about the Arctic expeditions thai were made possible through his financial support It is on the Intter account chiefly that his death last week will attract attention on both sides of the Atlantic, Mr. Ziojrlor was nor a scientific man, and prob ably was indifferent to geographical research as such; but he is said to have cherished a strong desire to Bee the Stars and Stripes displayed at the North Pole, and In the last four or live years lio spent a good deal of money for the purpose of realizing that ambition. Evelyn B. Baldwin was in charge of tho first party which went out under his auspices, and which sailed in 11)01, the year after the Duke of the Abruzzl l>eat Nansen's record. The Franz Josef Land route, which the Italian had utilized, seemed the most promising to Baldwin, who accordingly adopted it, and whose judgment dictated many other features of the American programme. Aiter reaching his winter baso the leader of the first Zlegler expedition did some admirable preliminary work. Owing to a misunderstanding with his backer. Baldwin's connection with the enterprise was severed early in 1902j yet it seems only fair to say that any success which may have attended the. ef forts of those who followed In his footsteps raugt be in some measure attributed to the planning of Mr. Ziegler's original coadjutor. Anthony Fiala, who was placed in command in 1903, and who accompanied the exploring *-hin America on bet- second voyage northward from the coast of Norway, had previously served under Baldwin in the capacity of photographer. If his fitness lor his new responsibilities had not been fully demonstrated, he had at least some little familiarity with the topography of the archipelago which constituted a way station be tween the shores "t" Europe and the objective point of the expedition. Two attempts to open commnnlcatiou with him were made last sum mer by Mr. Champ, Mr. Ziegler's private secre tary, In the Frlthjof. Neither succeeded, the unusual extent of the ice pack preventing a close approach to the southern coast of Franz .Inbef Land. A lark of definite tidings has naturally excited uneasiness in regard to Mr. Flala's fate and that of his associates; but there is much reason to believe that they have at least escaped Starvation. The America carried large quanti ties of food when «ho sailed the last time, and Baldwin had previously established a <*onslder abla deposit on Rudolf Land, not more than one hundred nnd fifty miles from his winter base. Fiala may not have found the P"le, either by sledging or walking over the ice, but he Is prob iilily still alive. If, aa Captain ' agul vj! the ltaliau eiyeUiUuu) did, ho bas tried to force bii ship through the pack he may not hare accomplished much. The condition of toe ice which the Frlthjof strove in vain to penetrate last summer hardly encour ages an expectation that the America would be have much better in still higher latitudes. If Fiala really started tbi9 spring (or a year ago) with his ship, he may have found it expedient to leave her and tramp back to Frana Josef Land, oi else allow her to drift westward In the current whose existence Nansen conclusively proved. In tho latter contingency he might hope to emerge et the southern edge of the Ice. a* Sverdrup did in the Frain. The America was a stanch Dundee sealer before Mr. Zlegler bought her. and sho was well adapted to undergo severe pressure from outside without yielding. It Is gratifying to be assured that the rescue programme adopted for the current year will not be Interrupted In consequence of Mr. Zie gler's death. The responsibility which he in curred by helping Fiala go into exile swms to have been fully appreciated. Two relief ships have b*en secured. One, the Belglca, will try to reach certain food stores on the eastern const of Greenland for whicb Baldwin made provision four years ago. Tho possibility that an emer gency might arise which would render them useful was foreseen even then. Examination of them this season might afford helpful clews if the explorers ar« not found In Franz Josef Land. The other relief ship, the Terra Nova, will seek to accomplish what the Frlthjof failed to do last year. She is n larger and more pow erful vessel than her predecessor. Although Mr. Obamp sailed from New-York for Norway near ly n month ago, it will hardly be practicable for the Terra Nova to perform her mission before midsummer. Two or three weeks may elapse before she leaves Tromsoe, the port at which sho will receive her coal and la6t mall, and nearly as much more time may be required for her northward voyage, Cap» Flora, for which she will steer, is only about twelve hundred or thirteen hundred milea away, but ns she ap proaches It her progress will be hindered by Ice. This will soften as the season advances. Hence there would seem to be a better chance of effect- Ing a landing in July or August than In June. All uncertainty about Flala's condition and achievements, however, will doubtless be dis pelled in tho next three or four months. MOKEY AXD BUSINESS. Depression In the stock market appeared to culminate for the time being last Monday when the sixty most ocfivw railway securities aver aged $106 15 at the close. This represented the lowest point of the year, and was *9 69 below the highest price for IGOf). which waa estab lished on April 17. scarcely more than a month previous. There was no new Influence to ex plain the (Jecl'nc. except excessive rains that re tarded, but did not necessarily Injure, the crops; and the next day, when tha announce ment of a trust company failure waa tha only important development, there waa a moderate recovery, which continued until the avoragr«» was about $1 above the lowest point. As usual, after a sharp reaction, there was more or less investment demand by those who watch for bargain prices; but little speculative enthusiasm ocourred, and when rumors of harmony in tha transcontinental field failed to deTelop anything tangible there waa another r>f>rlod of liquida tion. It is customary at this tlrne«of year to havo what is known as a '"weather market," and the violent speculation In grain encouraged selling of securities by those who attaoh undue Importance to fluctuations In wheat and cot ton, that are more often caused by manipula tion than by dnmage to the staple*. Kase continues In the money market, notwith standing tho prevalence of factors of a kind to develop at least a little firmness. Syndicate operations have recently increased the loans of the npsoclatod banks, and the financial suspen sion provided an adverse Influence, while a larga payment had to he mnde by subscribers to the Japansse bond Issue sr.l government deposits in the national banks were drawn down to the lowest position of recent years. Yet the money market has appeared utterly ohltvtous of these events, recognising the existence of neutralizing influences. Bond operations were offset by liq uidation in tho stock market, and thus far the Japanese business has caused no movement of gold, while the government bonds released by withdrawals of deposits were immediately util ized as basis for an equivalent amount of bank notes, While it is not certain that this opera tion will continue during the second call, thus f.ir there has been no reduction In the available* cash supply. Moreover, the expected favorable balance on dally Treasury operations has not ap peared, the deficit for the fiscal year continuing at the top point, so that the money market has lost none of the gnln in this respect. Good news Is more abundant in the commer cial world than It was a week ago, and condi tions aro more satisfactory than at the corre sponding date In 1904, but still there Is much to l>e desired in retail distribution of seasonable merchandise. Bprlng is unusually late in most sections of the country, the average temperature being abnormally low for this time of year, and tha amount of rainfall not only reducing the attendance at the stores, but causing conserva tism by the possible injury to crops. Yet faith In the future is undlmmishcd, and confidence with conservatism seems to be tho prevailing sentiment. Mora or less disappointment Is nat urally expressed by those who prepared for an exceptionally large trade in. spring and summer wearing apparel, many sangutne expectations failing to be realized, yet the attitude toward fall trade is scarcely less confident, and reports of bank exchanges and railway earnings mako favorable comparisons with preceding years. Mercantile collections are also Increasingly prompt, bills being discounted more freely, and vigorous prosecution of work In the building trades !s an extremely gratifying feature. Tha teamßtets' strike at Chicago did not reach the prompt settlement that was anticipated a week ago. but many agreements have boen signed re ganllug wage scales going into effect on July 1. An unexpectedly rapid advance carried tho price of spot cotton at this city up to 8.C5 cents a pound for middling uplands, and options were even more vigorously supported by aggressive speculation. The chief influence appeared to be the estimates of two well known authorities, one reducing the acreage 11 per cent and the other 17, while the season waß said to average 17 days later than normal. T T pon this basis it was pos sible to predict a crop of only 10,000,000 bales, and numerous dispatches of excessive rain In the Southwest encouraged operations for the long aciount. But port receipts continued heavy, and when it became known that the leading speculator for tha advance had quietly liqui dated part of his holdings there was a general selling movement that produced reaction. Much more violent were the fluctuations in grain, Minneapolis again leading the advance because of light stocks at that point and the existence of a large short account. Strength was transferred from the May option to July deliveries beeauno It wan believed that the winter wheat crop was bving sufficiently retarded by unfavorable weather to make extensive marketing in July improbable. "Whi!>» the crop may b<» somewhat lati on this account, it is well to remember that past reductions in the total yield have been caused by drouth very often, but seldom by excessive moisture. Manufacturing Industries continue in satisfac tory condition, and thus far the advanced prices of raw materials of the textile branches have tended to Improve the situation; but If this up ward movement is carried to excess there Is probability that the opposite influence will be exerted. So long as purchasers are anxious to se cure cotton and woollen goods the strong raw material will help the tone, ana Uuia far thero haa boea little complaint regarding the small ad vances in prices. In fact, the cotton Industry bas benefited by the stimulus given to procras tinating- buyers whose stocks are In need of re plenishment. Although the materials of foot wear manufacture have been lese active, the larger contracts received by the shoe factories promise to restore activity In hides and leather. and the amount of duplicate orders for spring shoes proved somewhat of a surprise to the fac tories that had begun cutting on fall lines. In the Iron and steel Industry there Is more or less Irregularity, although In heavy uteel the orders are beyond the capacity of mills. "Boss" Durham, of Philadelphia. In vi«w of recent events, probably is beginning to doubt whether, after all, he and his cr>l]f>aprues "are tho people." With the parks and woods abloom Controller Grout has chosen the "psychic moment" to urge his plea, for more playgrounds. Geromlno is winning fame as a Jockey. This Indicates that the racetrack has an unsus; utility — that of affording Poor Lo an opportu nity of making connection with the faster civ ilization of the paleface. The automobile is now flouring: in a new role, that of the Gospel chariot. With floors again being boarded up and win dows boarded down, a local rhymester seanasi to be Justified In his assertion that the New- Yorker is "always going off somewhere or else a-coming back." Governor Douglas's refusal to accept a re nomination in Massachusetts will deprive this year's campaigrn In that State of all spectacular features. Since the Governor has decided, to quit the fleM as a candidate, no other Democrat Is likely to be persuaded that he has a fighting chance. The Police Commissioner Is heset with many troubles. Not long ago he chose five citizens to assist him in the filling of vacancies, but three of thorn have already retired. The publio Is rightly disposed to hold the heads of depart ments responsible for the performance nf their duties. PERSOyAL. The Empress of China has expended thus fa? $5,000,000 on her mausoleum, near Peking. The Rev. H. "W. Knickerbocker, deposed for heresy from th« Los Angeles Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church eighteen month 3 ago. Is now worth $100,000, made in mining. The late Georsre S. BoutweU's will provide that his daughter shall publish his writings. He was once Secretary of the Navy and Governor of Massa chusetts. Postmaster General Cortelyou is a fine pianist. It Is said that at one time he aerlously considered the Idea of making tnuato his profession. H. E. Barnhnrd. -State Chemist of New-Hamp shire, has been selected as the chemist for the now Indiana laboratory of hygiene at Indianapolis, pro vided for by the last legislature. General O. H. Ernst has been selected chairman of the International "Waterway Commission, and his American assistants will be George Clinton, of Buffalo, and Professor G. 8. Will lama, of Ann Arbor, Mich. R. M. Beck, of Berkeley. Cal.. will be In charge of the expedition which will leave that city on Juna 1. under the auspices of the Academy of Science, for th« Galapagos Islands and the South Boas. They will cruise For a year. THE TALK OF THB DAY. Australia Is th« most democratla country on the face of the earth. Municipal and Stata ownership experiments, which are the dreams of only tha wild est radicals in this country, are there established institutions. But ror all the levcll'.ng of socialism on» rea-is on the door cf the Botanical Gardens at Sydney notices to the effect that no person w-?u.r!:'.;» dirty clothe* may enter the grounds. "We don't want a laboring mm :o come here in his working olothos,"' a ketper explains. "We want him to go homo and put on clean clothes, and bring his fam ily here, looking neat and cloan, and have a good time. That makes the surroundings more cheerful for everybody concerned." Leading Lady.— The advance agent engaged a suite for Mine. Blgstar and mal» staff. "Male staff?" gasped the hotel clerk. "Sure," replied the advance agent. "It Includes the press agent, the chauffeur, the man who sends notes and flowers, the man who takes the pug dog out airing and the professional diamond stealer. Tben there is the" But the hotel clerk had fled.— (Chicago N»wi. The story in which an Irish Member of Parliament tells of his rough treatment at the hands of the police while addressing his constituents in Oalway recalls to "The London Chronicle" an anocdote Illustrative of the attitude of the Royal Irish Con stabulary toward the Nationalist members. During a disturbance at an eviction a constable brought his baton heavily down on the head of a young man who happened to be the reporter of "The Irish Times." "Don't you know I am a member of th« press?" Inquired the reporter. "I beg your par don." said tho constable. "I thought you wer« a Member of Parliament. 1 COLLARS AND PNEI.'MOGASTRIC. [Som« foolUh professor has »olemnly proclaimed to th« frightened world that the wearing of high collars bring* about a diseased condition of tho pneumoga»tr!o nerve.] Now. how about the girdle you are wearing 'round your iifyk? Of course, 'tis freshly laundered, free from smear or stain or speck: Of course, 'tis four-ply imen— mayba Just a little more — We know you do your buying- at a very tony store. Of course, it bears an Inner brand which stamp* It as the best— The kind whose makers claim will stand the very strongest test. But here's the thin* I'd ask you of your Derl throttie curve: Is it so high It monkeys with your pneumogastrio Whatever is the pneumogastrlc nerve don't ask of me; It's one of those contraptions we shall never, never see I know not where It travels from, nor what Its destination; I wasn't there to rubber on the day of the creation. I know not if it journeys north or south or east or west. Nor if its course be hidden 'neath your headgear or your vest. But wist* Professor Addlepata has said with solemn verve: "A lofty collar agitates your pneumogastrlc nerve." Hence forth we'll wear no collars that will show above our coats; We'll plumb neglect our beauty, though our necks be like the goat's; We'll take no reckless chances on the damage w« might do If to our pneumogastrio nerves we proved ourselves untrue. Who cares If people se?lnr us may hand us out a laugh Because our long and freckled necka suggest the tall giraffe? From paths of hygienic right our feat must never swerve — Bad lot Is his whoa* collar kills his pneumogastrto nerve! — (.Baltimore American. Tho Manx Language Society has been formed. nd. to carry out Its purpose of preserving the language of tho Isle of Man, will send a phono graph to different parts of the Island, and old men whose accent Is pure will speak into the receiver passages from the Scriptures, folklore stories. idiomatic sentences and proverbs. When the rec ords are complete they will be kept at the society's rooms in Douglas. That Is a novel us* to which to put the phonograph. If Cicero and Pericles had only talked into one cf the machines and the rec ords had been handed down there would not now b*> half a down ways of pronouncing Latin and Greek. No Help for It.— "Shall we buy a new automo bile?" The young husband looked at his wi£» anx iously. Th» voice had i strange tremor In it. • - Th* one we have Is In perfect running order." he continued. "The engine Is not worn a bit. The bearings ara Ilka new. The tires have all been re newed. Everything about It la In first class shape and we can. 1 think, get along beautifully. Don't you. dear? ! * The wife, rose to her full height. It was evident that her indignation was fully aroused. "You amuse me," she said, with a slight sneer. "Arc you aware, sir, that they are not now using those bodies? Do you know that mauve awnings have gone out? Can you get It through your dull brain that nothing but a llmcmanaum body Is au fait? Anil do you suppose for om< moment that I would <*ver demean myself by entering my machine* from the rear. Why. 1 Would Just aa so<m we.i! last year's hat." Whereupon her stricken husband immediately tel ephoned to have th« back number taken to the iron factory.—^Pu.'*. RATES? BAT SI An Irreverent Contribution to a Grave Debate. To the Editor of The Tribune liHlpiii 27, whl ' a il thOUeht 8 "* mter. therein andalS earn,- >J*-> rat* making On. „„ ls 9xUl by £ iS^SK to exist. Certainly thore is to , oms people T^. rate C ° n J; Prtml With th * whys and wherefcr^f rate making which many railroad men have to^l »o hard to explain nearly in the past that tW ha^e in some instances adopted the much £* convenient method of "tha greatest ChlS rt P*r! N>w-V»rk ever had." who is said to have t.r*£ remarked, when his explanation., didn't »TZ clearly. " A w. let >m K . nu TT" something mysterious about the making cf rat£ for the reason that I am personal!, aware of the far that ratei have been made by a mnn who really couldn't tell just why he named the rate other than that h* wanted the teJiraSa. and « h 8 awn t name that figure the other fellow would, nni would get the business. The long winded talks piven by various wrtt-rs as to certain reasons supposed to exist which I" required a head wearing that misfit a No. S hat to sift out and dig into before, a rate co-.jld be mad, are to the average mln<i a ii poppycock, and m-s cause men who have made rates for years to swell with pride when they read what woofer fill fellows they rpa i: y are. Bnah! During tha ..est Shore-New-Tork Central war who made the rates and were they duly considered by the icaa with a No. I hat? Well, hardly— a certain magical initial was used where ne-essary and rates beartas it "went" end the auditor passed them without question, while million* of tons of freight were hustled through on any old rate and the man with the No. 8 hat was up in the air. and Is there yei. so far as rate making Is concerned as described by some. Few of the dear pub!!o nr<« ever called on to meet tha eminent person who decides the matter cf freight rates, although, to see the correspondence directed to his department, or.* woulj think he had the earth to regulate; ami when you get a roply ." your le*ter you know he must have, or he eouldr/t be bo unfamiliar with th» most ordinary matter* in your line as to reply as he does. Than are nvu who question the honesty of certain traffla officers who have the rat* maklns power in their hands. and certainly with good cause. There are other matters pertaining to railroad matters whlca, ij tho officials of the various Unas have their stock holders' good really at heart, they might go bto with as great prospects of brilliant success as to spend all their time grinding on the same old gr!3t of rates. It was my good fortune for a number of yin to attend many sessions of so-called rate making con ferences la the general offloe of a trunk Una rail road in New-York City, and niy experience has been that a great portion of the time of the, meet ing was given over to a recital of tha latest yarns on almost any topic rather than the one for which' the supposedly "good of the service and rate* di a . cushion" was called, and nn adjournment to ice: neighboring cafe by certain No. 8 hats was alwaj-3 In order; and I have seen times when a No. 1 was a tip end fit for the head where It belonged. Strip some of the mystery from the rate making powers and you will find behind it all a pet r.aphew or the son of some direct >r drawing a good, fat salary from the position, while some poor hard working clerk performs the duties cf tho office at a nominal salary, and he will. In the event of any thing going wmTiir. *.» rnnri» the scapegoat of th; officers who get the big money. There Is no mystery about rates that th* ordi nary man, cannot fully understand who will give the matter consideration, and the taik that Hm rate making powers on all railroads are endowed with mental qualifications superior to those of the rest of the world Is a species c-f rot which tha pushers of the antl-rallroa.d cos^Usaioa people would do well to pui m ua a. deau ..ui:i* an clear of the main line of modern progress. I have seen a general freight agent anpointiM r.-hosa whola preparation for the position "had been In a village school and a small college, Rnd h.'s f»l father's Influence placed him Immediately In tha rate making chair because of the father's lnSuenM with the man who wrote "president" after his name, and th« hoy didn't know what railroads con nected with the one on which, he was general freight agent, at certain points, nor could he r.ama a through rate without consulting the Dalel clerk, while as to hunting up the proportions of rates e.i- Joyed by his line on a through raJa he knew noth ing. A No. 8? Well, hs held down tha poaltioa aa long as Mr. President lasted and as pa's Inrluenw went, which was for a number of years; then pa died, and now tho boy ls working. Sift th« wonders of railroad rate rnaklr.fr down, and you find that It is simply a Question o( making a rats per ton per mile on freight which shall hay* a fair margin of profit for the road, ar.fl then 3«-> that the operation of the road is economical ar.l careful; don't save at the spigot ar.<i let the bunp run. As above stated, there are leaks on most railroads which no rates w!l] plus. Howl less and do mor". You can't handle a big load away off at arm's length— get up to it and lift. FREIGHT. Utica, N. T.. May 22. 1905. NOTES OF THE STAGE. A Boston Experiment— ''ShyiocV Con troversy on the East Sids. An attempt will be made In Boston n«t season to establish a stock company on a basis that is somewhat peculiar, and with men behind the move ment whose r;ames are a guarantee that the ex periment will not be. haphazard. Mr. Delar.d. fc'-s band of Margaret DeJar.i the author, and Mr. Ames, of North Eaaton. one of the distinguished Massachusetts f&jnUj of that nacie, have leased the Cattle Square Theatre which they have Iftn conducting for pome months In an experimental way, and next season they Intend to Increase the efficiency of the. company and raise the standard of repertory. For a tlmo the pr^*' will not be In creased, perhaps not at all until a theatre nearer the heart of the city can t^ obtained. But the performances. 't Is promised. vr'M rot be on the old level of K-cer.t mediocrity- It Is to te noted that the leading players of the compinv will not b« required to perform every week tw!-e a day, with morning rehearsals. Two. at least, t* the weekly mat.: will be cot out, and a we^k 3 rest will be given to the chief players nt frequ?nt Intervals. It 13 further reported that Ce'.or.e; II:g glnson. who gave the Boston Symphony Orchestra to America. Is "back" of ;he scheme, wU?h as sures Its financial solidity, even if the. r.artw ArT "^ 3 were not enough, and further shows that caa- deiu-e Is placeil In the exp«"rm:ent. The two m< n who are irmr.'-.iifitely concernea ra the management. Mr. Pel.-«n.! and Mr. Ames. ar» not. of course, taking tip th« burden for cozaroercai ends. Thtir real purpose i*. It may b* ruggea/W try to restore to Bo;ton a stock company n«.e uhm which om-e brought fame to the Boston Mus--.;^.. If the shoul.l succeed. th<*ir r-wsnl cou.4 not .a measured in money: Some of the P'?y»L*»L D 2 given next winter ar<» "The Taming of the SartW^ r> Macbeth." •■Frdoxa." "Teas of DX'rbervl^s (which h»s hren obtains! froir. Mrs. FlskeX •Si-"- Dane's l>efeneo" and others of like cal.ora. new plays will, as yet. be produced. Antonio Malorl. art Italian actor, who has played off nnd on In the liist Side theatres of this city, 13 working, he says, to establish an Italian theatra here. Meanwhile, he la coins to give a week « drama in Italian at the Peo^las ThwTtre, in tha Eoweiy. beginning to-r.i^ht. with a performance *■>■ "The Merchant of Venice." He will a'so be teea as Othello. Hamlet. Tenvenuto Cellini ar.J la "Tosea." Signor Malori do.-s not onre for Jacoi Adler's conception ©: Shylock. though he writes to this department that ho admires him la many o'.bt? parts. The Italian actor declares that t!i« TW dtan actor misconceives the part, and he invite* him to the PteCPle'n Theatre to-r.liiht to *•-* b<>* « should be played. Shylock. he writes, xr»3 '">**• testable." ami Mr. Adler b wrong ?!£22££S -first a victim, a man afterward, and -■•;l; l ' 1 { ,?' most a hero." Mr. Malori m»*ht Indue* Mr Ag« to inett him In a bilingual Joint .;t.-oa!e. u%o :P'.;,r. of the gate receipts to g<> to mo winner, ik"-";. ?/m the* argumentative Kast Side wOttW «« «j in large number*, and ho might increase .-c ia-->* for his Italian theatre. Frank Panl.ls will Introduce - new sor-s to the second act of "Sergeant Brue" this •ventat There will be no charge of bill In Broadway to-night. Even at tha American Theatre, when* recently the Mason lias hrcn prolonged by M-wlay nlsht debuts of Polish actresses and th« U**, t..e r * will be no change this w*-ek. The end his co^e. Th* drama flies out of the window when si:mw ta» come In at the door. SECRETARY HAY IN PARIS. Paris. May 2S.— Secretary Hay arrived here th!> morning for a three days' stay. His train -* met by th« officials of tho American Embassy. •"* later he was called upon by Ambassador XsCor niick form. Ambassador Porter and anumM.»i "1,1 friends, including Hmry Brooks AJaris. JW? ha.l luncheon with the S»«cretnr>. and then t(vo« him for an automobile rid.- In tr»> P.ois <Ie Boulos*:. IN HONOR OF GOVERNOR MAGOON. Panama. May ;s.— Piesi.lmt r.nd Mr.«. Atnai— on Saturday rlßht Rave a reception In honor »? Charles G. Majoou- Governor «f th« Canal ionfc