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SUNDAY. JUNE 5, 1004.
TDE yEWS THIS J/O/T-V/yO.
FOREIGN.— Six Cossacks were killed and
twenty-two wounded In an attempt to drive the
Japanese from Fea-Chow-LJng Pass, north of
Sainaja. - General Haraguchi reported that
five Cossacks had been killed in a skirmish
southwest of Wonsan. == St. Petersburg con
tributed to Paris a rumor tliat General KuroKl
had been captured. ===== Military critics in
France disapprove of General Kuropatkin"B pol
icy In the Far East, and expect the early fall
of Port Arthur, r- :It Is now admitted that
there are differences of opinion among the Rus
sian leaders on the advisability of an ag
gressive campaign. - Four Tibetan guns
have been captured by the British expedition
and a Lhassa general was reported killed; the
natives maintain their attitude of hostility.
r- The British Foreign Office holds the opin
ion that no arbitration treaty between England
and the United States Is necessary. ■■ =
I>utch troops, after losing thirty-three men.
captured a native fortress in Sumatrt : 176
Achinese were killed.
DOMESTlC— Washington learned of a three
day truce In San Domingo, to Insure permanent
peace in that republic. - In an explosion at
the Corning Distillery, at Peoria, 111., eight or
nine men were killed. ■ An Investigation
Fhowed that nearly three Thousand veterans of
the Civil War are officeholders at Washington ;
the oldest Is eighty-two. = According- to an
unofficial count, the Oregon will win the pennant
for target shooting. :- A hunter an! trap
per of East Putney, Vt., fatally shot his wife,
whom be mistook for a burglar. ■ The State
Department of Health reported the third high
est death rate on record for the month of April.
« ■ ■: Terence V. Powderly, it was said at Bos
ton, had been invited to become general master
workmen of the Knights of Labor, and would
accept If his election was unanimous. — •—— . The
Journey of the Liberty Bell from Philadelphia
to St. Louis was delayed In New-York State by
the crowds that wished to greet It at various
stations. ■■ The revenue cutter Bear has been
sighted off Farrellone Islands, with her fore
mast and part of her mainmast gone and her
sails spread out on her deck. . The State
Camp was formally opened at Peekskill for the
season of 31* M. : Several Yorkers, it
was announced at Boston, ha^ rented cottages
on the north shore of Massachusetts. - One
person was killed and a dozen injured by a tor
nado In Oklahoma, which wiped out several
towns and laid waste many farms. == A
large number at persons of social prominence
arrived at Tuxedo and Newport.
ClTY.— Stocks were dull and Irregular. ■ ■
A bookmaker was shot while riding in a rab
with a woman; she declared he had shot him
pelf, but was locked up on "suspicion." . ■ :
Murphy had Thomas K. Farrell appointed Dep
uty Water Commissioner and Joseph A. Bill
Deputy Dock Commissioner. = An ice manu
facturing expert shot himself in his office. ■
Conferences were held over the case of the Ellas
woman; her deposition was taken. ■ An
elephant swimming in the water surprised two
men who were fishing off New-Dorp, Htau-n
Island; he was captured. : It was an
nounced that the firemen's strike might be called
Wednesday. — The winners at Gravesend
were: 1, Gold Money; 2, The Ragged Cavalier;
8, Song and Wine; 4. Erjn Mawr; 5, Bandy
Andy; G. Stuyve.
THE WE ATHEP..— lndications for to-day:
Fhowers. The temperature yesterday: Highest,
fcO degrees; lowest. 04.
O.V THE WILLIAMSBUIiG BRIDGE.
Mr. Best's statements about the arrangement
made for passenger traffic over the recently
completed bridge across the East River an* more
interesting for what they omit lLau -what they
contain. The Commissioner fails to explain
•why he continues to connive at the plan to ex
act an eight-cent faro lor through service,
though be must be fully aware of the indignant
protests of the public against such a proceeding.
Moreover, it is fair to assume that he Is ac
quainted with Mayor Mc('l<'llan's expressions
on the subject.
Two classes of passengers will want to use the
Wllllamsburg Bridge. An exceedingly small
minority— perhaps one In twenty— will ride only
from one end of the structure to the other. For
inch people-a three-cent fare is reasonable. The
others •will want to travel, us do the most of
the patrons of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Company on the old bridge. e<»vera! miles in ad
dition. A person can to-day come to Park Row,
either by trolley or the elevated road, from
places at a considerable distance from the
Brooklyn terminus for five cents. lie can
make a similar Journey In the opposite direction
*t no greater curt. Precisely the same arrange
ment should be made for Brooklyn people com
lug to the Manliattan terminus of the new
bridge and for people who want to reach the
Brooklyn terminus from a distance by the cars
uf the Metropolitan system on this side of the
river. Aut other arrangement would be simply
MagM ■•■-■
When, at some remote and uncertain period
fa the distant future, the Metropolitan connects
tXM track* In the Borough of Manhattan with
those which Mr. Best proposes to lay for It on
tL«? bridge, and when the Rapid Transit Coai
l»any does tie same, at the other terminus,
tseia will be no trouble abont the fare. The
•vital question, thotjgfc. is, What will happen
after the tracki are ready on the bridge and be
lore -:. sections are mnde? Through pas-
SMDcers must disembark and rhnr-^e cars. A
t*raoti bavin* already paid th» Metropolitan
company Urn cents to reach the Manhattan
t- nnlaus will than, apparently, be obliged to
].v. three cents more for "local" service The
.-::;<*• eMni fare most be paW by a passenger
v.: o comes to U.e Brooklyn terminus from some
p; •:: further east In the enrs of the Rapid
Tr.:niil Company. Such an reaction ormld be
;>iwntc.l by the l«sne of ■:■'- ,i , ,;. but
vnlnrrr.natf.ly. Mr. Best *eer * to hr« made do
r'"v«slon for th<«lr li-sue. ft* „.,,._ . perfectly
iv II that the eo^anlea will U ot grant them vci
mmtmrUf. U« also kuows that, when once tie
exaction of a second fare Is made possible, the
Metropolitan and Brooklyn Rapid Transit com
panies will have every Inducement to prolong
the situation indefinitely. If It really be true
tliat the present Bridge Commissioner has for
mally sanctioned this scheme, the sooner the
Mayor flnda a successor for him the bettor!
COBDES
The most noteworthy feature of the Cobdon
commemoration of the last week has been a
process of what In a less serious and august
matter we should describe as "hedging." The
praise of Cobden, from which we are by no
means inclined to dissent, has been based upon
Fide issues. lie has been remembered for al
most everything except the one particular thing
for which be most should be remembered. We
have been told that he was particularly well in
formed upon the subjects of the controversies In
which he engaged, and that be was a most cour
teous and fair minded debater. Doubtless those
things jire true, hut they are equally true of
many other men. It would be absurd to apo
theosize any man on the sole ground that he
knew what he was talking about, and that be
talked about it like a gentleman. But also, we
are told, be was an advocate of peace, and of
arbitration rather than war. Yes ; and that was
an admirable attitude for him to assume. But
after all he had no copyright upon the saying
"Blessed are the peacemakers" ; and the procla
mation of "Peace, good will toward men" was
quite familiar to tbe world before the Cobdeu
Club placed it upon Its seal. It is well, and !t
is pleasant to remember these things of Cobden,
but it is not for them chiefly that be is to be
remembered ; any more than Gladstone Is to bo
remembered for having faithfully gone to church
o' Sundays, or Washington for baying treated his
servants with kindness.
Oobdsn's title to remembrance as anything
more than an Intelligent and philanthropic gen
tleman rests upon the doctrine of. free trado, of
which be was the chief exponent. Other men
as earnestly advocated peace and good will among
the nations. Other men were as scholarly, and
as courteous in debate, He stands above and
apart from all In having advocated the abolition
of custom houses and the fiscal federation of the
world. Idealist and spiritually minded man, ns
his followers regard him, be was the supreme
materialist of bis age, in thinking that tariffs
were stronger than humanity, and that custom
houses were the gauges of patriotism. His esti
mate of humanity was made in terms of £. 6. d.
So great was his confidence in the material, we
might almost say the sordid, factor that he told
his followers It would be as reasonable to doubt
the rising of tbe sun next morning as to doubt
that In fifty years the whole world would be
converted to free trade. It was upon the suc
cess of his free trade propaganda that he staked
his success and his reputation as a constructive
statesman. It Is for his work as a free trade
propagandist that he Is to be remembered. It
Is in the vindication of his campaign against
tariffs and customs houses that be is to have
his vindication if he is to have it at all. It is
precisely that one supreme and paramount phase
of his record that his admirers and commemo
rators to-day most studiously affect to ignore.
The reason is obvious. Thus far his prophe
cies have been unfulfilled, and his propaganda
has egreglously failed. The fifty years of his
prophecy have passed, and the world. instead of
being converted to free trade, is further from it
than before. The one great nation which Cob
den succeeded in converting to free trade is at
this moment seriously considering a reversion
to protection, and the probability is that in the
near future It will definitely renounce free trade
and cdopt the policy against wbl.-b Cobden's
chief life work was directed. We can imagine
few things more pitiable than the attempt of
some Cobdenites to hail the Anglo-French ap
proachment os a crowning triumph of Cobden's
policy! As though nations never were friendly,
and never settled controversies without war, be
fore the "Manchester school" was founded '. We
do not begrudge the praise that is given i" Cob
den as un Intelligent, courteous and benevolent
■talesman, who sincerely lnbored for what be
believed to be the public good. As Boch, be pos
sessed many qualities worthy of remembrance
and of emulation. 80, in no less degree, did
many of bis contemporaries. I'.ut his supreme
title to remembrance is based upon !:!•. free
trade policy, and to Ignore that while exploiting
these other things is a perversion of history at
once cowardly, unjust mid Insincere.
VACATIONS.
Russell Sage has afh'rmed vehemently that
employes who ask for vacations are not suffi
ciently considerate of the Interests of their em
ployers. He would do away with vacations
of any nnd all sorts entirely, although be does
not go so far as to assert that the vacation
habit among his clerks has driven him us yet
to the direst depths of poverty.
Mr. Kage by his unexpected deliverance on
tho subject of rest from toil has gained a place
in the front rank of men who will be written
about and talked about for many a week. Cer
tainly he has the courage of his convictions;
find he always had. He never feared unpopu
larity and he never dreaded criticism, lie has
always been a bard worker and never hesi
tated to express bis opinion freely. Neverthe
less, It can hardly be doubted that centuries
after Mr. Sage has prone to his rest the vacation
custom will still bo honored in the observance
rather than In the breach.
In his time Mr. Hjige has played many parts
in tbe ownership of shares in dividend paying
railroad and steamship corporations. Suppose
vacations were abolished, as Mr. Sage appar
ently d»slres they should be, bow many trans
portation companies on water or land would
find their passenger business profitable In the
summer mouths? It is singular that so shrewd
a capitalist as Mr. Sage should forget to con
sider that branch of his subject.
THE THREE MILE LIMIT.
Earl Percy's declaration in the British Parllft
ment that the government "was not prepare.; to
recognize any extension of the three-mile limit
of territorial coast waters was not entirely con
clusive, and was, of course, not meant to be.
The question of such extension is not now be
fore tbe British government, and the raising of
it is not to be anticipated. Moreover, it is not a
matter to be fettled offhand for all tbe world
by any one nation, but Is conspicuously suitable
for deliberate international consideration and
agreement. It is a question of international law,
and international law is a thing of Intematlonar
concern.
There may seem to be, upon the face of it, a
strong case for extension of the limit, perhaps
from three iuil»s to three leagues. The three
mile limit Is assumed to have been adopted be
cause at that time three miles was the extreme
range of cannon shot. Now cannons throw pro
jectiles three leagues as tmsily as they then did
three miles. If, therefore, the width of coast
waters Is to coincide with cannon range, an ex
tension of the limit Ls doubtless indicated.
It is by no means certain, however, that it Is
desirable to maintain such coincidence. There
are In both common and International law many
permunent principles or prescriptions which were
originally based upon temporary conditions, but
which have remained unchanged after the com
plete changing of those conditions, and It may
be that this thould be repnrded ns one of them.
It is not merely a i;ua;:tiou of the sphere of
belligerent action and neutral rights in war.
•Vuestioruj of authority nnrt prirl!*^ in timo of
peace arc equally Involve '!'!■<• otto r*Hp
Of nnd surer. | OVtr bi;.x and • ••.Ifs are di
i".ily concert) d. Under the present law an
inlet more than six miJe« wide from headland to
■• •■ ILi nd is reckoned a part of the hich gens
I U (he Jiiult were extended to coincide with mod
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY. TOOTS 5. 1004.
era cannon range, inlets up to twenty or more
miles wide would become territorial waters.
There is ground for seriously doubting the de
sirability of putting titles to sovereignty upon
any 6uch sliding scale. There would be little
gained by it, while a vast amount of trouble
would be incurred. It might be desirable to
make some exceptions to the rule, or rather to
make some special rules to suit changed condi
tions of warfare; but no change should be
lightly made In a general principle which
touches international interests at so many
points.
WALKING.
"The best, simplest, universal exercise i 9 that
of walking," writes Mr. Frederic Harrison in
"The London News." Mr. Harrison goes on to
say that he can walk with enjoyment for hours
along a flat country, or even in the parks and
on the embankments of London, but he attrib
utes his health and activity in his seventy-third
year to the steady pursuit of climbing hills,
mountains, glaciers and moors. lie has "done"
nearly all the woll known peaks, passes and
glaciers of the Alps, from Nice to the Tyrol.
He has explored the Pyrenees, the Apennines
and the mountains of Greece and Sicily, and be
knows the hills and plains of Great Britain like
a book. He has also played many games from
boyhood up, but has found them all far inferior
to walking. Indeed, in his opinion, "an Alpine
"glacier— oren a British crairside— is worth all
"the stupid forms of 'sport' put together."
Mr. Harrison's testimony is not without ln
ttrost, but it should not be taken for more than
it If worth. Moreover, its interest lios chiefly
in the suggestions which it convoys adverse to
what we may suppose to hare been his purpose.
Physicians are far from l>eins universally
agreed that walking suits almost everybody, but
l*t us concede that It is a wholesome exercise —
except, perhaps, to the not inconsiderable num
ber of persons who regard It with aversion.
Ibe trouble Is tliat a vitst majority of those for
whom Mr. Harrison writes cannot so regulate
their lives as to be aMe to do much walking
under agreeable and sanitary conditions. It is
exceedingly doubtful if anybody is benefited by
walking for a half hour or so through tin 1
microbes suspended above a city sidewalk. Mr.
Harrison has been peculiarly fortunate. It may
well make a man differently situated sigh to
think of the opportunities which he has eu
jnyed—how ho has made a "steady pursuit of
climbing hills, mountain*, glaciers and moors,"
"constantly worked fill round the Alps" and
formed an intimate acquaintance with the'
Apennines and Pyrenees. Having such chances,
with such a constitution and temperament, he
has been wise to improve them, and it Is not at
all -wonderful that he is healthy and active at
the age of seventy-three.
Xor, when we consider hnvr much time Mr.
Harrison hns expended In the gratification of a
propensity and the development of a physical
sptltude, does it seem strange that he should
think an Alpins glacier, or even a British crag-
Side, wortk all the "stupid" forms of sport pat
together; but we hope that nobody who has
ben In the hnb't of clearing the cobwebs nut
of his mind and the kinks out of his muscles by
putting In B fen- minutes at tennis or rackets
when he has had the chance will begin to sus
pect that those games are stupid because Mr.
Harrison calls them so, or embrace the delusion
that he can spend the same amount of time to
bt-tter advantage in walking about town, ir
would l>e rush to sny
A Httle walking is n dangerous tiling.
Wa!k Car or shun the Harrlsonian prinir.
But some of the deductions whii h Mr. Harri
son's readers are invited to make are inaui
fcstly unsafe nnd ought to be avoided.
JUDGMENT AGAIXST KOCH.
Though the world owes a gnat >le!>f to th.
discoverer of the bflidllus of tuberculosis, it Is
steadily coming to realize that he is not an in
fallible authority concerning that disease, i'rj.ir
to liKJI tin medical profession was In general,
t. v ;ou£;h not absolute, accord about the practi
cal identity of the human and bovine forms of
the malady. In an Internationa] congress In
London that year Korh ottered tin- opinion thai
they were essentially different, and that the
two varieties were nor intercommnnlcable. The
declaration produced a profound sensation, but
it was received with much skepticism. Even
then there was a considerable volume of »'vi
dence pointing in the opposite direction. How
ever, further investigation was desirable, if not
necessary, and it baa since been carried on
under official and unofficial auspices with vigor,
both in America and Europe. The latest ver
dict, from the royal commission in England,
is adverse to Koch, as have been nearly all the
important utterances of the last three years
upon the subject To-day, therefore, the mil
m-nt German is almost alone in believing that
tuberculosis cannot be conveyed to man from
cattle and to cattle from man.
Upon a Question of this sort, obviously, nega
tive testimony must be leas valuable than posi
tive testimony. It equally competent experts
make tests and secure different results, it may
bo hard to sny why one set of experiments
Called and why another succeeded, Still, if dis
ease is transmitted by feeding or Inoculation In
only a limited number of uses, that fact demon
strates an alarming possibility. Part of the
trouble with Koch's researches, though, Is In
telligible. He Koked In the wrong place for
• Sects. He. fed tul>ereulous human sputum to
healthy calves, and after killing them, a few
months later, examined their Intestinal canals.
He could detect no signs of trouble there, and
inferred that none had been experienced. Dr.
Sidney Martin, for' the British royal commis
sion, repeated these very tests, but sought in
dications of Infection elsewhere, and found
them! He concluded that the germs penetrated
the body by other avenues than the intestine,
unless the surface of the latter had been injured.
Koch's belief that the germs of bovine tuber
culosis could not hurt a human subject was a
mere surmise, based on the fact that among
children an exceedingly small proportion <»f
cases of intestinal consumption are observed.
Dr. Martin's experiments, by showing that the
effect of contaminated food may be felt In an
other part of an animal's body, are strongly
suggestive of the danger to which children are
exposed, r.n<i have fully as great force as Koch's
guess. Furthermore, a number of physicians
have In the last few years Inoculated them
selves or other persons with bacilli from dis
eased cattle, and have succeeded in developing
the preliminary symptoms of tuberculosis. That
is a kind of experiment which Is not to be rec
ommended, and it has not been undertaken by
men of special note. However, enough has thus
been accomplished perceptibly to strengthen the
case against Koch.
The conclusions reached by the Rrltlsh royal
commission and the majority of other experts
who have studied the subject have a profound
significance for people who use much milk.
They point to the danger that this necessary
artiolo of food, may occasionally breed disease
among consumers of it. In. Swithinhank and
Newman's "Bacteriology of Milk" It Is asserted
that at the present time from 25 to 30 per cent
of the milch cows In England an» affected with
tuberculosis. When samples of milk nre taken
at random In London, Liverpool, Manchester
and other places, it Is noticed that great differ
ences exist In the quality of the specimens, but
that from 8 to 12 per cent of the milk from the
country contains germs of tuberculosis in greater
or less abundance. Sometimes the number is
small, but it has not yet been possible to say ex
actly where the minimum limit of peril lies.
When infected milk is fed to guinea pigs, or in
jected lnt<» their vein*, It frequently, though not
Invariably, communicates the disease I Knee
the only Ilioroushly wise course m r«--<ue |a to
make sure that the milk pubic!? <Ad con
tains no tuberculous bnefl?' ■>♦■]. I:i : •• ■■•«• clri^n
urotectiou is Ql%yu RfforUtfU by a rigid super
vision of the traffic by officials designated by
boards of health. There can be no harm,
though, in the adoption of additional precau
tions by the buyer. He can Insure a safe supply
by purchasing through agencies that are them
selves a guarantee of purity, or he can learn to
Pasteurize the milk himself and thus rid It of
germs.
Judge Parker has at last spoken! H» says
he has nothing to say — to the newspapers.
What a degenerate ajid hopeless people are
the present Inhabitants of Morocco In com
parison with the Saracens who built the Al
hJ.ir.hra and the mighty mosque of Cordova, one
of the noblest edifices upon which the sun of
SpaJn ever shone, and now famous all over the
worid as a cathedral!
In the Board of Aldermen there Is a certain
element which is steadily sinking lower In the
esteem and confidence of the taxpayers. It Is
not necessary to mention names. Intelligent
citizens know full well how to call the roll of
these unfaithful stepfathers In the municipal
headquarters, who heve been so brazen In their
efforts to Interfere with street cleaning and with
various improvements which are so much needed
in Manhattan.
Japan has the grir. Russia has the scowl.
On some of the German railroads the running
of cars for passengers of the first class, so
called, has been abandoned, except upon a few
especially luxurious express trains. The sec
ond class carriages are sufficiently comfortable
and attractive, at least for Journeys of mod
erate lene-th, even to rich travellers, and the
cars of the costliest kind have been patronized
scantily In recent years. Long ago it was re
marked that first class passengers in England
were always lords or American tourists.
When the trotting and running colts and
fillies are foaled and christened next spring,
what a craze there will be to give them Japanese
names:
Our Chinese visitor. Prince Lun, is extrav
agantly fond of Yankee Ice cream, and asks for
several helpings. He remarked the other day
that the milk of American cows might be richer
than that of the lean klne of the Yellow King
dom. Possibly it may be so. Dairy farma in
the land of the mandarins have not been cele
brated the world over for the surpassing quality
of their milk, their cream and their butter. But,
if the prince will borrow a few of our experts
a il take them over to the other side of the
earth with him, he will revel In the finest
quality of ice cream for the rest of his life,
provide! he retains his fancy for that delicious
but somewhat chilly confection.
The Xebrnska Democratic platform enumer
ates many things th*» party "would" do. It is
Wisely silent about the things it has done.
College boys go bareheaded when they play
football, and many of them prefer to wander
about with uncovered heads in season and out
of season. This primeval pa.«vslon has also
taken possession of the youngsters In numerous
preparatory schools and academies. Now a
stranger fad is claiming votaries among under
graduates In one of the most noted universities
In America. Freshmen and sophomores may
be seen wandering barefooted through the
streets of an exceptionally refined and scholarly
city. .Little urchins art? excusable for discarding
shoes anil stockings whenever they can, but
young men who have been matriculated In a
university ought not to forget their self-respect
by practising such al>!«urd pranks.
TBE TALK <>F THE DAY.
Several French soldiers, survivors of the Chines*
expedition of ISM, are responsible for the statement
that Grr.»-r;il Kurokl, who Is leailinic th« Japan««e
forc«S In Manchuria. Is In reality half French. Ills
! in .-. they say. Is prop'rly spelled Curtque. Ac
cording: to tlie story of th«v«<» soldiers, a French of-
Beer, Captain «'urltjue. while serving In China In
1V.4. mnrrled a Japanese girl A son was born to
them, who was given the Jaj>arwi»i» niunn Kurokl.
corresponding to th* French curique. This son is
General Kurokl. «'u;>tain ri'i'i.- illo.l last y*ar in
i'r;. :,.<>. Until ■■.•■ last be corresponded with his
son, who haa since become famous.
OF THE VISITING AUNT AND Tin; "DOUGH."
Wenn ower ant \izz«-t-j us pop mi 1 hope
r w.riT i'.,:irg<'t shea rich nn l •-••■z nops.
Ai.ii therm he ses uvranto rekolekt
81 may lee? Hiitr.thin '.•■••'■!! shea ilize. l speckt.
She* alnt so much too look utt butt into
l'r« looks doni mater weiui uve rott th* do*
Bo wenn she kum l kuwM hex unto d»>er
Batt ml wot loai she* hmdd. et.ee lookt so kwear
I almoe lri:rt rlto In her (as*, pop took
Her things an ses wi ant how yung v look.
Pop took hear koto ann maw Fhoe took her hatt
Ann awl thny sedd was ant« tnlsantbat.
Therm afturwlle shae helld ma en her nee
Ann ees wot -i daer boy baaa gr<>n«- too be«.
M.iw ties the dear boy koodunt hardly watt
Too ■*« v wenn ho nurd hi* dear ant kalt
Win kurnmlri on a vlzzpt too us. ml
i never hum maw tel so blg« a 11.
Therm ant<! sea wl do v luv ma so
Ann 1 sea wi becui uve KOtt the doe.
0 ml shne gott up In ann (•ftut Imf
Ann ?ez fill**' K*>s Ihltert staile thnir long *nuf.
Maw trtili 1 to arsew but snee st-z no ruth
Til.. awl fools ann chlldurn t»>l the trooth.
Pop wui redhedded wenn maw tolled him wot
1 sedd ann be h«»z thalr umita K"tt
Her mutiny warm she dld« butt now tiva went
Ann dun It ann ule no\ Kit a sent.
Its Rwlrite to lUV peejpol fur tluiir doo
Butt goodnesssakesallve dont tel urn so.
— (Life.
"Academy" or "sightseer's" headache Is one of
th<> numerous Ills of modern civilization. Accord
ing to recent observations of Mr. Simeon Snell. de
scribed In the London Hospital, there Is reason to
attribute It. In part at least, to rain on the mus
cles that turn the eyeballs upward. A lady who
found no inconvenience In visiting the theatre
when sho sat In the dress circle always Buffered
from severe headache when she Bat In the orches
tra, where she had to look up. The same effect Is
produced In picture Kallerles, especially In looking
at pictures hung: above the line. Cyclists who lean
over th« handlebars and turn their eyes up to look
ahead have the same trouble, and so do composi
tors and people in many other occupations requir
ing continued use of the elevator muscles. The
eyeballs move from side, to side with less strain
and discomfort than up and down.
Teacher— "Tommy, what did I tell you yesterday
that it was called to take out several letters?*
Tommy FlKKjam— "Abbreviate." Teacher— "Then
mike a sentence correctly using the word 'abbre
viate.' " Tommy— 'l saw the letter carrier abbre
viate the mail box on the corner."
—(Baltimore American.
The polar benr Is th« only wild animal that likes
a trip on the water. Recording: to a French scien
tist who has studied Its behavior at sea. He Is
quite Jolly when aboard ship, but all other animals
violently resent such a voyage and vociferously
give vent to their feelings until seasickness brings
sill oca. The tiger suffers most of all. lie whines
pitifully, his eyes water continually, and he rubs
his stomach with his terrible paws. Horses are
bad sailors, and often perish on a sea voyage.
Oxen are heroic In their attempts not to give way
to sickness. Klephants do not like, the sea, but
they are amenable to medical treatment. A good
remedy is a bucketful of hot water containing
three and a half pints of whiskey and seven ounces
of quinine.
"Are th« Oobards in society?" "Oh. yes. Away
up. Nearly every member of the family has had
concussion of the brain as a result of fast auto
moblllnK."— (Chicago Itecord-lleraJd.
The Washington police are most polite and
obliging. They will hunt up and restore missing
husbands as well as children. Recently a woman
went to a station house and said to the sergeant:
"My husbanJ has not been home to his dinner, and
everything Is getting cold. I wish you would make
him come horn«." Whereupon a detachment of
coppers we;.*, out sleuthing lor th» recalcitrant hus
band, found him pl*>lna poker In a room over a
tailor shop and sent him home double quick to
his dinner.
Hevond Doubt.— "Do you believe that two can
!i.t .i.s cheaply nx on«?" ha asiteJ, for the reason
L..a; it. undoubtedly ribbed to snow.
••>>-' replied li..' i.- < '«• who ."r'-.v.«t mure fool
masuoi - than bit nhu.i. VI i •■» ■ .'• tkal most any
two .men could live l „ wliut my „Ife spends." —
i,Cblo«fo Tribune.
About People and Social Incidents?.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[FROM THE TRIBUNE BUREAU. I
Washington. June 4.— President Roosevelt became
to-day a member of the United States Spanish War
Veterans' Association. Harold Megrew. of Indian
apolis, Its commander in chief, called at the
House, and. after receiving tha President's declara
tion, handed him the badijQ and button of the order.
The President's formal Initiation will follow at
some later time.
Paul Morton, vice-president of tho Santa Fe Rail
road, was a guest of the President at luncheon to
day. Mr. Morton personally conducted the Presi
dent over a part of his Western tour last year, and,
although once a Democrat, will be a delegate to
the Republican National Convention this year.
The President 6hoolc hands this afternoon with
on Kplscopallan organisation of fifty-alx men and
boys from Akron. Ohio, wearing khaki uniforms
and carrying swords, who are known as the Young
Crusaders. Two sons of Senator Dick are members
of the organization. The crusaders, headed by the
Rev. G. P. Atwater, arrived In Washington thla
morning, and will spend a week here. They will
camp in the parish house of Christ Church, and
aleep in tents furnished by the War Department
Among tho President's callers to-day was General
John C. Black, who called to pay his reapecta be
fore leaving Washington for several weeks.
Charles G. Bennett, secretary of the Senate, who
will soon go to New- York, his horn* State, to help
In the national campaign, also had a conference
with Mr. Roosevelt this morning.
Kx-Senator Wans* Miller was the guest of the
President at luncheon to-day at the White House.
He made only a *hort vfatt. and left here to-night
for WUkesbarre. P«nn. Mr. Miller thinks Sen
ator Fairbanks will probably be the Vlcc-Presl
dential nominee, "because the party wants a young
man who can fill the higher office If the necessity
arises." Parker Is the ex-Senator's guess for a
Democratic nomination. He would express no opin
ion on the Governorship, saying nobody was "wise"
yet as to that.
Baron yon Sternburg. the German Ambassador,
presented to-day to the President Hugo yon Kup
fer, Editor of the "Lokal Anzelger." of Berlin, who
is in this country studying American conditions.
The President and Mr. Kupfer had a pleasant chat*
THE CABINET.
fFROM THE TRIBUNE BURBAC.I
Washington. June 4.— Miss Wilson, daughter of
the Secretary of Agriculture, gave a dinner to-night
at the Chevy Chase Club. Miss Wilson will re
main tn Washington until she accompanies the Sec
retary to the Chicago convention. She has sev
eral plans for the summer under consideration. In
cluding a trip abroad.
Mrs. Hitchcock and her daughters will remain in
Washington until July, except for short visits out
of town. They will accompany Secretary Hitch
cock to the Chicago convention, and then go to
their summer home in New-Haxnpehtre.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
frnOJ* THE TRIBUNB BUREAU. 1
Washington, June 4.— Tho Austrian Ambassador
will take his family and staff to Bar Harbor In
about a week.
Mme. Hengelmtlller is convalescing bo satis
factorily that she expecta to take an automobile
ride to-morrow.
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON.
[FROM THB TRlßr>fß BUREAU. 1
Washington. June 4.— Tha marriage of Miss
Neville Slmma Taylor to Lieutenant Walter Rock
well Gherardi. V. 8. N., took place this afternoon
at 5 o'clock at All Saints' Church. Chevy Chase
ClrcK In the presence of several hundred gueata.
The brldo Is the daughter of Raar Admiral Henry
C. Taylor, chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and
Mr?. Taylor, who live at Chevy Chase, a suburb
of Washington, and tha bridegroom, who has Just
been appointed tn the naval station at Newport.
Is a son of the late Rear Admiral Bancroft
(Jherardl. and brother of Bancroft Gherardi, of
New-York. The bride, gowned In white satin, the
court train trimmed with lace, entered the church
with her father. Orange blossoms held her tulle
veil In place, and ahe carried a shower of white
sweetpeas.
Admiral Taylor, who, like the bridegroom and bis
brother officers in attendance, was In full uniform.
woro for the first time the sword presented to
hUn a year ago by the State of Indiana. in recogni
tion of his valor and seamanship while command
ing the* battleship Indiana In th« Spanlsh-Ameri
fan War.
Miss Emily Neville Taylor, daughter of Major
Morgan Taylor, of Troy. N. V.. was her cousin a
maid of honor, and the bridesmaids were Miss
Mildred Merrlck and Miss Rose Douglas Wal'.ach.
also cousins of the bride; Miss Janet Stmms. of
Philadelphia, and Miss Mary P. Randolph, daugh
ter of General Wallace K. Randolph. The live
maids were attired uliko In white net over pink
silk, and pink tulle hats garlanded with pink roses.
Kach carried a cluster of pink sweetpeaa tied with
I>ink ribbon gauze. The ushers, who seated the
guests before preceding tha bride to th* chancel.
were Lieutenant Edward Howe Watson. Lieutenant
Powers Symington, Lieutenant D. F. Sellers, Lieu
tritun*, O. S. Knepp»;r. Dr. Fraley, of Philadelphia,
and Iloger Taylor, of Canada, brother of the bride.
Th« ceremony was performed by the Rev. Dr.
Chllds, rector of All Saints', assisted by the Rev.
Caleb Stetson, of this i-tty. After the ceremony
a reception was held at the Taylor home, near hy.
A string orchestra from the navy yard furnished
the bridal marches and th« music for the recep
tion. In addition to Secretary Moody, tha Admiral
of the Navy and Mrs. Dewey and other prominent
representatives of the navy circle, the guests in
cluded Lieutenant and Mrs. Chase. Mrs. Frank
Taylor and Mlsa Taylor and Mr. and Mrs. Bancroft
Oherardl, Colonel and Mrs. James Rockwell and
Mrs. Rockwell, all of New-York. After a. brief
wedding trip Lieutenant and Mrs. Gheranli will go
to the bridegroom's post at Newport, where he
has taken a cottage for the summer.
Miss Annette Pell Townsend. daughter of ]>}ra.
Thomas Gerry Townsend. of this city, and Mar
shall A. Phillips, of Philadelphia, were married at
noon to-day in St. John 1 * Episcopal Church. The
Rev. Roland Cotton Smith, rector of the church,
ofllctated. The bride, wearing white chiffon and
lace, and a tulle veil, crowned with ltllea-of-the
valley, leaned on the arm of her brother. T. Gerry
Townsend. who gave her In marriage. Mlsa Caro
lyn Poitlethwatt, her maid of honor, and Miaa Julia
Phillips, of Baltimore; Miss Grace Bell and Miss
Alic* Parker, both of Washington; Miss Grosvenor.
of Providence. R. 1., and Miss Coster, of New-
York, ware the additional maids in attendance.
All of them wore white mulle, with girdles of pink
silk, and white hats, with floral effects In pink and
green.
The bridal flowers were white orchids and lllles
of-the-valley, arranged In a shower bouquet, and
the maids carried pink roses, tied with pink ribbon
gauze. The ushers were Edward Townsend and
Shields Gurley. of this city; Latrobe Cogswell and
Jamas Schenck. of Baltimore, and Edward Troth
and Buck© Rhodes, of Philadelphia. The bride
groom awaited them at the chancel, attended by
Armit Brown, also of Philadelphia
Mrs. Townsend entertained the Intimate friends
and out-of-town relatives at breakfast and later
in the day Mr. and Mrs. Phillips left here for a
wedding trip before going to their home, in Phila
delphia. Among th« out of town relatives present
were Mrs. Clarence Pell, of New- York grand
mother of the bride; Mrs. Charlotte Pell Mrs.
( harles H. Coster, also of New- York, and Mr. and
Mrs. Herbert Pell, of Tuxedo.
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell, Mrs. Charles G. Bennett
and other young matrons chaperoned dinner parties
at the Chevy Chase Club to-night, when the club
members Rave their final Saturday evening dance
of the«pring season,
Mrs. Richard Walnwrlght will go to Newport on
June 12, to remain until early Autumn
Mrs. A. C. Barney and Miss Na tulle Barney will
leave hero to-morrow for New-York, to sail on
June 9 for Europe. Miss Alice Barney went sev
eral months ago.
Mrs. Audenrled left here yesterday to spend the
present month with her slater at her summer homo
at Ardmore. Perm.
Mrs. Gardiner O. Hubbard has placed the garden
of her Dupont circle house at th« disposal of the
managers of the BeJl vacation home for Door chil
dren at Colonial Beach. Va.. who will give a lawn
fete next Thursday afternoon and evening.
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.
New- York's coaching season is rapidly drawing
to a close. The road coach Pioneer made its final
run between the Holland House and Ardsley yea
terday, driven by Reginald XV. Rives*. It has made
regular trips each day. Sundays excepted. to Ard3
ley aince the second Monday in April. The Squad
ron couch has already been taken off, owing si the
termination of the- lnteroollogiat* guinea at Van
> '.u.Lndt Park, and th* Venture and the Viking
will make .only a few more- Ulna to the races urn*
the day 04 tt-« Suburban. On the whole 1 the cach
ing Kuan has been very successful, and ha* ihJWn
no Indication of any decline In the popularity oX
this branch of sport among the fashion ible s»t of
New-York.
Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton McKay Twombly and
Mr. and Mra. Alexander Harvey Tiers returned
last night from St. Louis, where they have been
visiting the World's Fair. Mrs. Twombly has la
sued Invitations for a large luncheon party to b*
given on Tuesday next at Flcrham. her country
place, near Madison. N. J
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Phelpa Carroll leave town
to-day for Newport for the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney have again
rented Edgerston. the Henry White place In Har
rlson-ave., at Newport, and will spend t«e sum
mer there. This will be Mrs. Whitney's .cond
season at Newport.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Rives are already estab
lished at Swan hurst, their place at Newport, for
the summer.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry D. Blnsse hare taken the
Lldgerwood place at Morrlstown. N. J.. where they
will spend the summer. Mra. Binsse was Mrs. E.
▼• Thebaud. and her marriage to H*rr>
took place last falL
Mrs. Pierre Lorillard. sr.. has arrived In town
from Deerfleld, Mass . to be with her sister. Misa
Louise Taylor, who Is recovering from an opera
tion for appendicitis at No. 11 East Thlrty-second-
Sti Mrs. Lorillard sails next month for Europe to
Join her sister-in-law, Mr 3. Stuart Taylor, jind
will spend the summer abroad.
Mlas Gertrude Herrlck's marriage to Kthelbe.rt I
Low will take place on Thursday next at the
Church of Zlon and St. Timothy, in West Fify
seventh-st. Miss Ann Herrick will be her ststM a
maid of honor and Miss Caroline Scott. Misa Eliza
beth Ladd. Miss Lutu Lefferts. Miss Esther Ken
nedy. Miss Ange Low and Miss Marguerite W.ush
will be the bridesmaids. Benjamin R, C. Low will
be hia cousin's best man. and Joaiah Low. Lyraan
Hlne. Newbold Herrtck. Wiilia Wood. Charles D.
Miller. Mark 3. Willing. Gardiper Abbott an.l
Lincoln will be the ushers. The ceremony will ba
followed by a reception given by th* parents of ra a
bride. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Herrick. at their house
In West Twelfth-st.
Mrs. F. 8. Witherbee. who has been seriously 111
at Roosevelt Hospital, Is now on the road to re
covery, and expecta to be able to return to her
home. No. 4 Flfth-ave., in about ten days SS S f■■■rt
night.
Owing to the death of her aunt. Miss Susan
White, Miss Vloletta White has recalled the invi
tations for the dinner which she was to give for
the bridesmaids and ushera who are to tak»» part
In the ceremony of her marrlag" to John Ross M
afleld on June 14 at the Church of the Heavenly
Rest. For the lams reason there will be no rectp.
tlon In connection with the wedding.
Mrs. W. "W. Hoppin will spend the rest of the
month with her daughter, Mrs. Allison Wright
Post, at Beraardsvllle. N. J., and will afterward
stay with her son and daught>-r-ln-law. Mr. mi
Mrs. W. "W. Hoppin. Jr.. at Cedarh-.rst. Long
Island.
J. Clinch Smith Is booked to sail on June ■ for
France, where he will Join Mrs. Smith and make an
automobile tour with her through France ar.d Ger
many.
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Parsons. Jr.. have !»ft
town, and are at their country place near tUea
Cove.
Mrs. George H. Bend and Miss Beatrice BeTid will
spend the summer at Bar Harbor.
Mrs. Augusta Eountie has left town for Sara
toga, where she will spend «i portion cf the sum
mer.
Mrs, Charles T. Barney an.l her daughter, Mi«s
Barne.y, are at Westbury, Lor.g I^lar.J.
Mr. and Mra George R. Sheldon and Ml?s Sheldon
are at their country piace near Gler. t "o%'e.
Mr. and Mra. Lawrence Waterbury have
the Desfosawa cottage, on the Merton RoaJ. I
summer at Newport.
News has been received here of the tngitSOMOt
and the forthcoming wedding In England of Tom.i
slto Luis Onattvia. brother of Mrs. John R. Tow::
bend. This will be his third marriage.
Major General and Mrs. >''irbln Started '-' o*en~
Ing for St. IjOuls for a week's visit at MM Xt M/U a
Fair.
Mrs. J. H. Hammond, of St. Paul. Minn., has an
nounced th«» engagement at be* daughter. M; M
Margaret Hammond, to Louis Starr, jr.. c' I
adelphta. son of Dr. Starr. Miss Mammon. .* »
bister of John Henry Hammond, of this rity.
WEDDINGS PAST AND TO COME.
West Orange. N. .1. June t QpwtaDl— A SWMIBfI
which attracted many persona from X«?w
Newark, the- Oranges and surrtnimlirtsr towr.^ :■ ■■!:
place In St. Mark:* Church. West <>r.i:<c«\ t. — '.ay.
noon, when Simeon Harrison Rollinson. of West
Orange, and Miss Ruth Maene Snril!. tliushttr.«<
Mrs. Benjamin Franklin Small. mime of DM < or
ange, were married by the Rev. Frank B IN«8»r,
rector of St. Mark's Church. The bridegroom is
a practising lawyer, a graduate of PstnNtMi Vr.l
verslty and a member of the Ess. County Country
Club and other clubs. The bride was given away
by her uncle. Wallace Post, of New- York. Sh*
carried an Ivory prayer book, the gift <>; BUbap
DtMUM of Albany. The maid of honor was MM
Mathllde Van Rensseluer. and the bridesmaids wew
the Misses Pho?b« and ' Mary Rollinson. sisters of
the bridegroom. William Rollinson. a brother of
the bridegroom, was the best man. and the ushers
were Benjamin Hotciklss. Robert M -O. CGorman.
Frank M. Dusenberr;-. Edward C. Babeoek. jr..
Marion Eppley and Stephen Van Reusseluer.
Morrlstown. N. J.. June 4 (Special).— we.Mrns
of Mlsa Elsie Montgomery Whitney, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Rutgers Whitney, and Harold
Ely Griswold will be celebrated at Glimpsewood
Manor, the Whitney home. In Morristown. on June
15. Tha invitations to the church w-».Ming. which
were Issued last week, hava been recalled, the card*
bemg sent out yesterday. This w;»s necessary
owing to a slight accident a few day* af M::-*
Whitney suffering from a spr:dne<l ankle. OwinS
to this fact the wedding will be a very <ju!et one.
and It will be followed by a reception only to inti
mate friends and relatives. Miss Whitney will be
attended by her sister. Miss Leila Whitney, and
her bridesmaids will be Mi.*a Sallie M. Whitney, a
ulster; Miss Grace M. Lidgerwood. of Morrintown;
Miss Marian G. Bradford, of New-York City, and
Miss Katharine V. W. Park, of Englewood. N. J.
Morris W. Kelloff will be the b*st man. The ush
ers will be W. B. O. Field, of New-York City:
Alfred R. Whitney Jr.. of New- York City: Living
ston Whitney, of Morrtstown; QnrdOß M. Maynara.
of New-York; Adams C. Sumner. of Brooklyn, and
William E. C. Griswold. of New-York.
A WEDDING AT ROME.
Rome. June — Miss Nellie Gram, of San Fran-
Cisco, was married this morning to Lieutenant
Ralph E. Pope, of the United States battleship
Wisconsin.
YALE ELIHU CLUB ELECTIONS.
New-Haven. Conn.. June —Elections to the
Elihu Club, at Tale, hare been given to the follow-
In? members of the dM of '<*■ John E. Bentley.
M MinnvlUe. Term.; Frederick H. Pay. Indian
apolis; Charles S. Judd. Honolulu; Edward Klra>
shaw. Hastinss-on-Hudson. N. V.; Arthur P. Me*
Klnstry. Worcester. Mass.; Duncan I. Meier. St.
Louis; James R. Roger*. Denver; Harry B. SpauM-
Ing. Santa Barbara. Col. An election was declined
by Leonard S. Tyler, of this city.
S. M. JARVIS GOING TO CUBA.
Samuel M. Jarvls, vice-president of the National
Bank of Cuba, sailed yesterday for Havana on tha
Steamship Mexico. Mr. Jarvts took with him his
chauffeur and automobile, which he expects to use
In visiting such parts of the island as the condition
of the roads will per:-..
BATTLESHIPS' VISIT TO LISBON.
Lisbon. June 4.— Th» United States Minister. Mr.
Bryan, will Rive a ball at the legation on Monday.
The Kins. Queen and Queen Dowager will be
among the guests, who will Include the Cabin?: /
ministers and mem of the dlpl'Xßatic corps.
The United State* battleship lowa arrived her*
to-day, and joined the other vessels of the battle
ship squadron of the North Atlantic fleet. ua«i^
the command of Rear Admiral Barker