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(T >v Amusement*. ACATEMY OF MUSIC— r>«rlin« of the Gods. AMJ2RICAN — S:ls— Romeo and JulU 1 . BXLA6CO — B—Adraa.8 — Adraa. BIJOU — S:li— The Muatc Master. BROADWAY— I :»o— B*nent. OOLUXIAL— "— »— VandavUle. PAX.I - S:IS-^ian Tc>. EDEN MfSEi: World in Wax. EMPIRE— S:3«»— The J-'reeUom «1 Suzanne. •JAJUHIN" — S;»>-The I'ollrtf Wldnv. HAMMEJRSTEIXS VICTORIA B— * :l^- x " UI - M "'- HAtUJIM — 1«:15— A M'SMf from M«ry. 9™9 ™ «■ i Sur»h C-en A lilot in the •.-^oulcheon; »:30— The n«ir Hi>Tiih. IRVING I';.,* -*:20— Heimath. , KN-!i!i.B«JO; : KE!-l>:l.''-?w««»ntBrue. i^ LllJßliTY— *:l.'»— TJie duration of Hi >''!1! 1 LYCECM— S:2t>-A Dolls Hou«e. mVdV^V SQt^UK-S^V-The Firm of CunnU.^'un. XEW^MSTERDAM^B:IS-Sha m>S*£ er - The rrjno« of Husbands. WALLACK-S-S-i-i-The School for Hn»banos. WI'PT ENl»— 3—S:l.'— liu«»r 111-own. /;///i r to Advertisements. 3SS 11 &£ si £r':::is J SSgSsK» « Bsara Sotloei'i.. « 11 Railroads }f "~£ Carpr. .waning: 1. 4 Real Esfaje 'I £ ;,, Hotri! IB 4 Reai E««* ■ •' " &;,«" B,ard 15 616chaol AEeneU* 3 4 Dividend X0Mcm<....15 i Spring Rworts J» r. Dom. Sit- WantM.l2 4-7 ' Steamboats « 6 DmamaVini » 4 Storaire Notices. . •,5 5 Kncmwis .. .9 «-7 Summer Resort* ••> « FxcSitoni 13 5 Burroeate-. Notices. .15 4 |K3»?* :"::H:::iI 8-«:Tnel.^ As«ic»ei...l| 4 •■Vn,;.:::::» s * Purn. HoueM to Let. "Unfur. Apartments to fl Country 10 6 I 1/*; ■■ „ 5 Help V.'anted. ....... » * work want* 16 « Instruction 13 4 Work Wanted *° Lost and Found 8 *! __^— — — — Business Notices. Positive Evidence. PdUve km « the mnr-Touc TRIBUNE'S porular'ty as «n aflvertlelnr medium is shown by giant ■tn'daa in »dvertta!nc for t).» first four months of 1»»- An Unparalleled Growth. r>urtn s January, February. March and April. I*os. TUB NEW-TORK DAILY AND SUN-DAY TRIBUNE rented 870.6*8 HMM of adv«rtl.tnc (excluding TRIBUNE »Jver tls»m*nt*, icon than In th« same months of 1904. A GAIN OF OVER 1.191 COLUMNS; OR. IK OTHER WORDS. AN AVERAGE GAIN OF NEARLY •00 COLUMNS OB* 816 LJ>TE3 EACH A MONTH. TO GET RESULTS ADVERTISE IN THE SBW-TCmK TRIBUNE UITIOS BOOKS OPBK Ite^]j<n*kSail» uxibnnz FRIDAY, MAY 5. 1905. TBE XEWB THIS it OR* IS G. FORFIGN'. -- Nebogatoffs squadron P»- S « <* through the Straits of Malacca, and Is headed north into the China Sea. ===== A dispatch from A-nov China, slated that a typhoon which cXVd ... China Sea had done considerable damage to jestvenskys squadron _— A Cossack patrol fired into a group of Catholics huddled together on the steps of a church at wz YUnv'g B*ven. == In Warsaw the Social teS^ntor«d the observance of their programme for a day of mourning for the victims of the ;,'. Div riots : = The anti-Semitic disturb „'„, , * ! hf , Crimea were more serious than pr£fou"ly reported? the Christians driving the Cfrom Self .hops and Indulging in a car nival of piilage and loot. DOMESTIC— The International Railway Con cress was opened in Washington. Vice-President Fairbanks making the address of welcome to the dele-ates - — There was a deadlock in the caucus of Republican members of the Con necticut legislature, called to nominate a suc cessor to Senator O. H. Plan. — — Fifty-seven assemblymen sent a petition to Speaker >"*on. ssklng him in the name of the Assembly to kill the Niagara "grab" bill. == The c< : nt Gu« bill was defeated In the Senate at Al bany; all the other Stevens bills were passed. CITY — Stocks were weak. ■ ■ Miss 'Nan' Patterson was ■ physical wreck In the Tombs; her counsel were confident that she would soon br released on ail. and paid surety was ready. ■ Messrs Hyde and Mclntyre refused to ac cept the resignation of J. W. Alexander as trus tee of 'he Hyde stock, and told him they would lnci?t on court action. ===== A schooner was sunk In the gale; three balloonists had a narrow escape from being blown from a roof. == Two ferryboats were put out of commission by dam ages received in a collision. — — - Two persons were injured in a collision between New-York Central and New-Haven trains on parallel tracks in The Bronx. THE "WEATHER. — Indications for to-day: Fair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 79 degrees; lowest, E2. pniLADELPHIA'S PROTEST. Philadelphia is fiercely and righteously indig nart over a pioce of financiering undertaken by the lessees of its gas plaut and the politicians who control its City Councils. There is little or no resemblance between our own gas problem aal that with which the Quaker City is now lUSlllni We have here what Is practically a private gas monopoly, working under the forms of competition. In Philadelphia the manufact ure of gas is a public monopoly, the city ovrniug the gas works a.nd farming their operation out to a private company. liere agitation is directed toward lowering the price and bettering the quality of gas. TTiere the public has risen in Its might largely to prevent the sacrifice of the city's property Interests through an extraor dinarily on« sld*;d barciiu trbfeb the city law makers and the leasing company were on the psjat of carrying Into effect. Prior to 1597 Philadelphia 6old its own gas, making some and buying some from local gas companies. In 1897 the city plant was leased to the United Gas Improvement Company, which agreed to sell gas at $1 a thousand feet and to turn 10 cents for every thousand feet sold Into the city treasury. The city has the right to re sume control of the plant in 1007, paving for im provements made; but. If the lease is continued until 1927. the plant is to go to the city without ruch compensation. The price of gas to the con- Fmner Ls to be $1 until 1907, and between 1907 and 191S it is to be reduced by gradual stages to 75 cents. Everything considered, Philadel phia has had no especial reason to rue its origi nal bargain with the United Gas Improvement Company. Against the continuance of the pres ent lease till 1927 no serious argument has so far been made. Philadelphia is said, however, to need ready money to spend on its park system, and the pro moters of the dicker now pending conceived the brilliant lea of converting the city's prospec tive income from the gas lease Into cash. The leaning company came forward with an offer to pay the city $25,000,000 if the city would sur render its income from gas sales for the next Kercnty-flvc fears. But the company also ex hi\<*\ the concession that its present contract be *> flUered that it could continue to furnish pas at $1 a thousand feet until 1027. and at 90 cents :t thousand feet from 1927 till 1980. A new lease was drawn embodying these extraordinary tcriiis. and the City Councils, moved by some uiysterjoiis en**, prepared to ratify It, prac ti<;iiiy without question and without debate. Bat the iiuim of the coup had apparently miscalculated the docility of the Philadelphia puMlc. When the terms of the proposed bar- BMn.becanw known there was an outburst of wrath mcsi as the Quaker city baa seldom in dul^i in. Since the vU y received last year PSHAW from it, gs. |, ;iS e. and since this in come is expected to doable or triple in the cour* ? of the uext twenty years, it Si e.,KV to calculate the financial sacrifice nvolvedTn sur W; ««-l«r on a hnnp payment of -J. f ? Morrow. every ronsi]m(>r of «as £» bad wuuscd un lowm,! prim SeVjiflSj ** HWIMIU outraged Uiat he she* * pledged to pay the $1 rate for twenty yearn longer, and that a rate of 90 cents should be nanutteed the lessees thereafter for fifty-three years. The newspapers have led a warfare on the new lease which has stirred the whole city to revolt, and the frightened member* of the Councils are now scurrying to the woods and promising to postpone the "slaughter sale which they formerly advocated as an enlight ened experiment in finance. Philadelphia ban suffered more than most cities from corrupt and Irresponsible government but its people still sh*w some rapacity to resent the greed and folly of leaders who put private before public Interest* and stand ready to betray the voters whom they pretend to serve Civic courage and spirit are needed in all our cities. It *■ en couraging to find that when the pinch comes eveu the meekest community can be roused from Its Indolence and moved to rebel against its oppressors. The present agitation should not be allowed to die down until Philadelphia has set her municipal household thoroughly to rights. t BUCCESSIO\ OP FAILVREB. Tho second mistrial of "Nan" Patterson will probably be hailed In some quarters as another not unwelcome count In the Indictment of the jury syst< in. The public prosecutor, with all the powerful machinery of bis office at com mand, has failed, at large cost to the cormty, to prove the defendant's guilt, and her lawyers have not succeeded In converting the legal pre sumption of Innocence into a verdict iv ber favor. The protracted processes of justice have accomplished' nothing and are seemingly ex hausted. Kin we doubt if the familiar argu ments for a different system will derive more strength from the record In this case than they have derived from many similar Incidents in tho pnst. It is easy to point out the Imperfec tions of the ancient practice which we inherited, but we cannot see that any progress is being made by those who want to .supplant it. A vast majority of judges, lawyers and laymen are still at least as far as ever from being convinced that It is possible to devise n substitute so well adapted to the purpose. It is unfortunate that the Issue Bhould remain forever undetermined, but it is pretty clear that public opinion would not sustain the District At torney in another effort to get a verdict. There is no reason to think that he came nearer buc ceediuj; on the second trial than on the first, or that be woi'ld be able to strengthen his case on a third attempt The release of the woman on bail and a dismissal of the indictment after a suitable Interval would be generally approved. If he takes that course, it may be hoped that the wretched creature will disappear from the pub lic gaze and subside Into a long obscurity. The people have v heavy bill to pay for the failures that are past, and they are not disposed to have it Increased by another prospective failure. In saying this we do not mean to imply that the District Attorney's office is to blame for the two mistrials. AIJ the available evidence was skil fully produced, and it left a reasonable doubt in the minds of some of the jurymen. Public Judg ment whs similarly divided, and, while that fact pbould not necessarily influence the public prose cutor and may not possess inm-h significance, !r does mean that there is no general demand for another trial in the name of the people. Many persons will be reminded that one inci dent In the history of this case suggests the ad visability of a change In the law. The first jury was discharged because one of the twelve be came too ill to serve longer. If there had been an e.xtra man in the box legally qualified to fill an accidental vacancy and join In finding a ver dict, the case might have been justly settled long ago. There seems to be no good reason why that simple provision against chances -which are not so remote as to be negligible should not be adopted. ARTIFICIAL RAIN MAKiyG. Southern California has just been the scene of a prolonged effort to promote rainfall by artificial means. Charles Hatlield, who thinks that ho Is able to perform the feat, took a con tract to cause eighteen Inches of precipitation between December 35 and May 1. During that period, It is asserted, Los Angeles, which is on the coast, was favored with 18.96 inches, and another station, further inland and situated up in the foothills, had 2C.40 inches. No trained meteorologist will believe that Mr Hatfield's work had more than the most micro scopic effect, if It had any at all. The idea of coercing nature is not new. Others have tried to do so before. General Dyrenforth. who achieved notoriety in the South and West fif teen years ago, believed that it was possible to secure rain by bombarding the skiea when the clouds gave a vain promise of precipitation. Finally his system was tried under government auspices, to satisfy a few Congressmen who had a natural regard for the welfare of their agricultural constituents, but who knew little of science. Professor William M. Davis, of Harvard University, refers to the matter In his "Elementary Meteorology- In the follow ing language: As for the efforts to produce rain by firing dynamite and other explosives in Texas in ISUI, the official account of these experiments gives every indication that only a few pattering drops were caused by the explosions, and these only when heavy clouds were overhead. The rains ™Mr a the loncest series of "Plosions were to all appearances ordinary summer thun der shower* whose path carried them over the places where the explosives were fired. The apparatus employed by Hatlield consisted of a tower fifty feet high, means for creating a draught and basins or evaporators in which he is said to have placed water and chemicals In asmuch as he seems to have used no special mechanism to force the vapor upward or to pro duce a disturbance In the clouds, it is hardly reasonable to imagine that his plan was any more effective than Dyrenforth's. In all proba bility It was less so, and the rain would have come when It did without aay coaxing or Jug glery. In some respects the downpour In Southern California during the last winter was the most exceptional In many years. But that fact should not appear strange to Intelligent and observant people. If there is any class of phenomena which is almost continually departing from the average of past years, it Is meteorological condi tions. 'Hie two remarkable winters which New- York has recently experienced illustrate the point. But. wide as are the departures of tem perature from the normal standard, those of precipitation are even more conspicuous. In the spring of IJXX',. it will be remembered, there was a period of fifty-two consecutive days in which the North Atlantic states and New-England received scarcely a drop of rain. Forest fires in the Adirondack's were thus made possible which, for the time of year, were practically without precedent. Then came a deluge ex tending through seventeen days. These freaks are paralleled on a broader scale from time to time all over the world. The usual supply of rain in Southern California is deficient, but it is variable: and during the winter Just ended it was exceptionally heavy. That is -all there is to the matter. To produce rain it is necessary to have a stratum of air nearly saturated with moisture. Some means of causing it to rise to a level where lower temperatures prevail are essen tial to cause condensation. An Inflow from an ocean toward a mountain range for a longer or shorter Interval of time is likely to Insure ii liberal downpour. The most conspicuous in stance of thai combination is found on the coast of India, where seasonal winds, the mon soons, are usually established late in the spring and continue for months. The highlands near the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean then receive an almost continuous bath. If Califor nia «]■■ fnvcred with a monsoon si all. It would occur In summer, not in winter. Most NEW- YORK DAILY TtffBUNE. TftTDAY. M AY 5. 1905 of her rain. like that along the rest of the Pa cific Coast , seems to attend cyclonic depres sions, which invade the country from the west ward In these storm areas, .'.specially in the front half there Is an ascensional movement •is well as a gyratory one. The requisite mech anism Cor Inducing condensation Is thus pro vided but Its Influence is emphasized by the Sierra Nevada, on the crest of which the pre cipitation is greater than near the coast. The favorite path of the winter storms which come to the United States from the Pacific is so far north that the Pugei Sound region generally gets very much more rain than Southern Cali fornia. The key to the situation during the last few months is doubtless to be found In the fact that the storms took a route much fur therto the southward than is customary. Such departures from custom are common "all over the world. They say that Henry Clay, having been chal lenged to show his skill as a marksman, picked up a rifle, spent only two seconds in aiming it. and, to his own astonishment, hit the bull eye. He wisely refrained from trying agaiu. realiz ing that his success was a mere matter of luck. If Mr. Hatfleld could be induced to fol low that example, he nilgbi preserve his repu tation as a rain maker. If he is foolish enough to repeat the venture, the futility of his sys tem will be exposed. No wise man will cher ish faith in it until several similar trials have been made and have been attended by the same result. DISORDER /-V CHICAGO. yesterday was tho nineteenth anniversary of the Haymarket riots iv Chicago. The present conditions in that city are noi a bit more en couraging to believers In law. order and gov ernment than they were nineteen years ago. Tho streets of the Western metropolis swarm with lawbreakers who stop at no violence In seeking to gain their ends, and it is high time for the municipal and State authorities to make it plain, in the most emphatic and decisive man ner, that lawlessness will not be tolerated, and that men engaged in peaceable and legitimate industry must and shall be protected at all hazards. This is one of the things about which there la no room for argument Action, and prompt ac tion at that, is what the situation demands. TEE PICTURE AXD THE FRAME. A new star has appeared in the political firma ment to which all telescopes are turned. Yes terday morning John Drescher, jr., of No. 879 Rodney-st., Brooklyn, was to tho general public rely a name In the official register. To-day the whole seven million people of New-York are asking who he is. This sudden leap to fame was taken easily, but modestly, and, we may Bay, shrinkingly. Mr. Drescher, who happens to oc cupy a seat in the State Senate, raised himself at one bound from obscurity by putting through the Senate the so-called Niagara "grab" bill which would allow electric companies to con demn private property at pleasure without any of the safeguards restricting the exercise of that power by railroads. This measure had been be fore the legislature for many days; its vicious character had been thoroughly exposed. Mr. Drescher had four times voted against it. It had once been beaten, but saved for another vote by the clever tactics of Senator McCarren, and then on the final test Mr. Drescher, though a Republican, suddenly went over to the side of his Brooklyn Democratic neighbor, and in a shamefaced fashion mumbled his assent and gave the bill the one vote necessary for its passage] That is his title to greatness. No won der everybody wants to know who and what manner of man he is. Therefore we take pleas ure in relieving the public curiosity. "The Red Book" for 1905 contains a picture, apparently painted by Mr. Drescher' own hand, from which we reproduce this outline sketch: Joh . n . l £? her, Jr., Republican, who represents the 4th District in the State Senate, was born in Brooklyn. October 31. 1863. of German pa rentage. He was educated at a public school and later attended Wright's Business College At the age of fourteen years Mr. Drescher was employed as an office boy by an art house at I iX a week. Through hard work Mr. Drescher finally obtained the position of general manager of the institution, and later gained the position of travelling salesman, his territory covering all parts of the United States. When tw«ity six years old Mr. Drescher engaged in the art business for himself in the capacity of com mission merchant, and now represents six of the largest picture frame manufactories in the world, as well as doing a large importing busi ness in oil paintings. Mr. Drescher is a member of the St. Paul Lutheran Church, as well as of Hyatt Lodge P. and A. M.; the Hanover Club, De Lon* Council, R. A V and of the Long island Camp. Fraternal Legion. Mr. Drescher also Is presi dent of the Congress Club. . . . Mr. Dreseh«r for the last eight years has been treasurer of the Kings County Republic (sic) General Com mittee. Upon September 21. 1904, he was nom inated for State Senator from the 4th Bena'e District, then represented by Thomas C Whit lock. Democrat. Mr. Drescher, nevertheless votes th ° district by a plurality of 1.458 There la the portrait, as lifelike as any oil painting he ever imported. Mr. Drescher should label it "The man who changed his vote to pass the Niagara 'grab,' " and put it for posterity in the finest frame made by any one of those six largest manufactories in the world. Mr Dresch er gets more than $2 50 a week in these days. h^giMed 8 CaU ° rd l ° haVe the fram ° THE SCHOOLMASTER ABROAD. Last nights reunion and dinner of the Btaff of the public school free lecture system was Interesting as tho fifteenth such annual gath ering and as marking the close of the seven teenth season of free lectures. It was still more interesting and significant in its remind er of the gratifying P r -> K ress which haa been made In this city and the fruitful example which has been set to other communities in the important work of adult education In the urst season there were six lecture centres und ISO lectures were given to 22.148 persons' at an average cost of about |4G for each lect ure, or 50 cents lor each auditor. In the latest season, Just closed, there were 133 centres and 4,650 lectures were given to about 1.165 000 per sons, at an average cost t.f $28 09 f or each lect ure or 11.4 cents for each auditor. Statistics are proverbially dry, but the contrast between those two sets of items is uncommonly Juicy nnd rich In food for thought. The figures which we bare quoted indicate unerringly that as the work has expanded in scope it has decreased in proportionate cost a fine tribute to the skill and wisdom with which It has been managed on the business side. We might easily show, as was shown by some of the speakers last evening, that on the educa tional and Intellectual side there has i,o en at leasi equally marked improvement At the be ginning the lectures were given largely at ran dom, with little thought of coherence or har mony ii, the courses. Now the subjocts are se lected and arranged as carefully and as scien tlheally as those In a college curriculum, with a view to presenting each subject or group of Pubjo-tK «s comprehensively as possible and to offering to the pubHe In these courses a veritable "stadium generale," embracing the en lire scope of popular Intellectual interest The ▼ahM of such a system of Instruction, chiefly conducted by experts and recognised authori ties iv their respective departments, at so tri- Sing a pecuniary cost, cannel easily be exag gerated, whether ror the simple increase o f In formation, the lightenins and -sweetening of lives, the stimulation of civic and patriotic s l'lr't. or the general elevation of social condi tions rn,,i t1 ,,, standard of human life. Seventy seven years ago, replying to coa- Plalntt aad forebodiugs oX the growth of miJi tarlsm. Lord Broußham said in words which have become historic: "Let the soldier be "abroad If i'< will; he can do nothing In this "age. There is another personage a personage "less Imposing In the eyes of some, perhaps In "Blgniflcant The schoolmaster la abroad, and ••l trust to him. armed with his primer, against "the soldier in full military array." rhere is no occasion in our day ami land to fear the undue growth of militarism. But, if there be those who fear it. or who fear any other tendencies in this Republic, the often quoted word'; of Brougham suggest an antidote. These school masters for the lecturer- are In a true sense schoolmasters have it in their power, if only they are adequately sustained, to exert a most potent rind most effective Influence against any evils that beset the state. Every one of these thousands of lectures is a force making against Ignorance! against corruption, against idleness, against Indifference, and toward the develop ment of those qualities of Industry, Intelligence and Integrity which are the essential attrib utes of the Ideal citizen and the necessary foundations of the enduring state. Philadelphia's municipal councils seem at last to have overestimated the patience and meek the Quaker City public. It. Goldwin Smith is a hi??h authority upon educational matters, and can doubtless make many powerful arguments In favor ol aiding the big universities rather than the small colleges. Yet there are many thoughtful educators who believe thai much of the most valuable work thai is being done for real culture is :>rlrig done in the old fashioned "small colleges." The liquor sellers of St. Louis are somewhat premature in announcing that the Sunday clos ing law is "a blue law" and "a dead letter." Before they are through with Governor Folk they will probably conclude the law is very much alive, though in that case it will look much bluer to them and their business than it (Joes now. It is a hopeful sign that at least one Governor has been found who has the courage and the determination to enforce all the laws upon the statute book. If the people do not like the laws let them repeal them, but until they do, the duty of Governor Folk ia clearly to exe cute them, strange as that may appear to the liquor dealers. Every Important State in the I'nion whose population varies much ought to take a census of its own. Thomas E. Brown will have charge of the work In New-York, and It Is to be hoped that he will be painstaking and thorough. About fifty young hoodlums who were arrested for the weekly "rough house" made In Sd-ave. elevated trains on Sunday have been fined $3 each. If this example is not sufficient notifica tion that "hooliganism" must cease in New- York It should be made stronger next time. Police Commissioner MoAdoo told th» Knights of Columbus that "the only thing bad about New-York now is that it Is too good." Even police commissioners must have their Jokes now and then. THE TALK OF THE DAT. London lays out for poor relief $22,000,000 a year, and 28 out of every 1,000 of the population receive relief as paupers. In one district. "\4>st Ham. 40.000 persons were, recently reported as on the edge of starvation. There is not work enough th<*re for all the workers, but a large proportion of the destitute arrt Incapable of performing labor. They are. human wrecks and must ba supported by charity or p«rlsh. Throughout England at large there is considerable poverty, but It ia most pressing and visible in the capital, and studsnts of social phenomena and symptoms cay It la mainly due to drink. THE BEARD. [A cltlien of a jris»-*'rt town has been rejected by th* lady of his heart because he wore a red beard, which ah* considered "unbecoming and unhealthy."] Oh ye men who use no razor. Whose chin* no soothing sprays or Recuperative plaster Ever covers. Draw a sad (but useful) moral From the painful littla quarrel Which has separated these Missouri lovers. He Is quite a worthy fellow, But his lace is drawn and yellow. And his heart is now all seared With quite a raw burn; For alas! the maid he wooed. Growing personal and rude. Broke the match off. just because his Board was auburn. * Bo all ye whose beards are rosal. Shave before you make proposal To the fascinating uamsel You are after; Or your Btone-y hearted houri, Like the Lady of Missouri, May dismiss you with a sneer And eoornful laughter. — (London Globe. In the years from 1870 to the last one which has turned In Its figures, American tropical and sub-tropical imports mounted up from, in round numbers. $120,000,000 to $500,000,000. more than a treble Increase in a single generation. The last year's tables exceeded any previous record by more than $30,000,000. The Item of sugar was largest on the list, amounting to 6,000,000.000 pounds, bringing about 2% cents a pound, against 5 cents In 1870. On the other hand, India rubber, whloh brought 38 cents a pound in 1870, shows an averag» of 70 cents in the last tabulations, the Imports In the former year having been 10.000,000 pounds, with tbout six times that amount in 1904. An Alphabetical MarveL— Little Irma had been on an excursion to her father's downtown office, und saw for the first time a typewriter In use. "Oh. mamma " sho said on her return home, "don t you know 1 saw the funniest sewing machine down to papa's office. It sewed A. B. CTs!"— (Lipplncotfa Magazine. The Belgians have long been acoustomed to horse meat as food, but of late importations of the ani mals, mainly from England, have shown so many that were emaciated, weak and obviously unfit for food that the Superior Council of Agriculture has recommended that such Importations shall cease, or that broken down horses, unfit for work, shall be classified as cattle, In which case tho high duty will keep them out. The measure has not y«t been adopted, however, owing to the difficulty In finding a BubHtltute for horse meat, which Is, In many cases, the only kind which the poorer classes are able to afford. A GERMAN LIMERICK. Bin chorus girl, sweet like a doll. Vent out niit eln fellow named Paul; He kissed schnell her cheek. Unfit den also her beak, Undt dot chorus girl Bald, "Noch elnmal!" —(Milwaukee SentlnaL Before Russia's Eastern war began, hundreds of thousands of her population were, on the edge or In the actual pinch of starvation, and^tho_number must now be greatly lnerea*ea\~thougtf therVls~no recent statistical record bearing on the subject. All Russia seems to be looking to America as its land of hope and promise, the number coming In being greater than ever before, with a pros pent of further and practically unlimited increase, of which th» Jews Mem certain to make up their full proportion. The Jewish Immigration Society of this city has recently sent out an appeal to various Hebrew be nevolent organizations,/ asking them to help find work for eighty thousand of their race already In New-York and in urgent need of employment, with mote to come, out of reserves of Semltlo popula tion, which seem to be and practically ar» inex haustible. A WIRELESS MESSAGE INTERCEPTED*. She tripped along with fairy feet, A vision that the heart beguiled. Bewitching, roguish, dainty, sweet. And as she came she smiled. She smiled-at me. (Oh, foolish heart. This eloquent commotion ti.ish! Forbear, thou crimson tide, to dart In cheeks like mine a blush!) Again that gluncel What Joy to fe*l That I, whom thronging years be4*t. To Beauty bo vine reveal Attractions even yet. We. meet . . Alas! the usual fall Occurs to Pride, the dull and blind; Her stnll— were not for ma at all. But torn* on* «la« b*hlnd. — CPuncn, Ahotit "People and octal Incident NEW- YORK SOCIETY. Mrs. Clarence It M.i<-k.<y. who had a house party at Harbor Hill, her place at Roslrn, for the open ing of Rehnoni Park, gave a dance last nUlht, which was attended by the owners of th* various country scats In tin neighborhood, with their guests. Kaiiier In the day Mrs. Mackay bad en tertained a party at luncheon at the Turf and Field Club", at Belmont Park. The Hon. Unco and Lady Evelyn Baring have sub-leased from Benjamin Guinness the Douslaston place on Long Island, of which they have already assumed possession. Admiral Lord Charles Dere* fonl arrives there to-day from Washington to spend the week end with then prior to sailing for Eng land on Tuesday. Benjamin Guinness baa trans ferred his residence to the lodge at the entrance of Douglaston. Mis. Guinness Is spending the season In Loll tell. Forsyth Wickea and bla t.rid<\ who was Miss Marion Haven, are ;>t Tuxedo, when they ''< ttage for the summer. Mr. nnd Mrs Frederics K. Traah are re congratulations on the birth of a son at Short Hills. their place In New-J*r»ey. Mrs. Trask was Mlsa Katharine Jacqueline. ■ twing to the death a few daya ago of Dr. Barber, of Osaln|ng, the marriage of Mka ileler. I to ESbert l. Wilmerdtng, son of Mrs Wllmerdiny, will not take place In Trmttv on June 7. but at the East GOth-st. house of tha bride* nether, Mrs. rhurha QJMa Barber. Henry A. Wilmerdlnjj will bo his brothel's beat man and Henry Slack, Stewart Ragg, U Murray Roc and George F. Shields will be the ushers. Mm W, S. Volkmar will bo the matron of honor. Miss Margaret Cm±by. Miss Juliet Benedict and Mlsa Amy Mills will he the bridesmaids, and Georgian. i Barber, sister of the bride, will be the flower girl. Mr. and Mrs. Norman Do R. Whitehouse, v.ho for several years have leased the Hone place at Roslyn, Liong Island, have now purchased a place of their own In the most picturesque section of the PBESIDEXT HUNTS AGAIX. Bad Weather Continues — Will Move Camp To-dajf. Glen-wood Springs, Col., May 4. — President Roosevelt hunted to-day from th*» camp on West Divide Creek. The party was unable to move camp because of the bad condition of the moun tain trails. An early «tart will be made to-mor row for Garneld Creek, which probably will ba the last camp of the present hunt. Rain and snow fell intermittently, although there waa promise of a change for the better. COSTLY SPECIMENS AS TARGETS. Boys Break Into House and Destroy Collec tion of Stuffed Birds. Eight boys, the oldest eighteen years, were ar raigned in the Lee-aye. police court, Wllllamsburg-, yesterday, charged with destroying 1 stuffed Amer ican song birds worth several thousand dollars belonging to Dr. Frank Baldwin, of No. 2A~ Han cock-st.. Brooklyn. Dr. Baldwin recently moved from No. 6&1 Willoughby-ave. to Hancock-st., and he left the caae containing the birds, which ha had spent years in collecting for a friend in Vie.ma, at tha "Willoughby-ave. house. The collection was to have been shipped to Europe this week. Yesterday morning Dr. Baldwin went to the. Willoughby-ave. house and found that some one had entered and destroyed every bird in the case. He went to the Vernon- aye. station and the de tectives later arrested eight boya who live near the vacant house. The prisoners oonfess«d that they had broken into the house and, after getting the birds from the big glass case, had used them as targets for their bean shooters. The boys were held for a hearing. BECOMMEND FINE ARTS SCHOOL. I _ Columbia and Academy of Design Plan to Raise $500,000. A meeting of the council of the National Acad emy of Design to discuss the plan for a school of fine arts, suggested by President Bitlei of Colum bia, involving the co-operation of tho university, the National Academy and the Metropolitan Mu seum of Art, was held on Wednesday evening in the studio of Harry W. Watroua, the secretary. It was decided to recommend President Butler's plan unreservedly to the general body of the academy at the annual meeting next Wednesday. At this meeting- the annual election of officers, academicians and associates will take place. It will be held In the Fine Arts Building. In West 67th-st. Five academicians and ten a«isoclates are to be elected. After thi election the- scheme for the fine arts school will be discussed. If Presi dent Butler's plan is accepted, Mr. Watrooa told a Tribune reporter yesterday, ways and means will be decided on for the railing of KGO.COO for the school buildings. Mr. Watrous Bald that as Columbia University had promised to aid. it was probable that a joint committee, representing the university and the academy, would be appointed. The work would be 'begun at once, Mr. Watroua said. The annual dinner will be held In the evening in the Fine Arts Building. Because the academy's building was recently burned, it will be the tlrst time In Its history that the academy has been with out a home. WINDOW FOR MRS. GILBERT. Mr. Frohman Favors That Plan Rather than a Memorial Statue. To the Editor of Th* Tribune. Sir: Regarding the recent correspondence in Tho Tribune, and Its articles with reference to the proposed "Mrs. Gilbert memorial," and the let ter of Thomas W. Plttman, as to a statue to Mrs. Gilbert, I would like to make a point of correc tion, though I disapprove heartily of any contro versy over the impending tribute to that well be loved actress. The Rev. Dr. Btlr.son. who waa her pastor for many years, many of her friends, and I, do not believe that a statue in a public place would be the proper testimonial, nor would such a plan have mat with Mrs. Gilbert's Ideas. She shrank from all publicity that reflected credit on herself, and. while she occupied a high position as an actress and a warm, place in the regard of the public as a dear and lovely woman, her position, when compared with that of other great names in the profession, would hardly justify the Idea of a public statue In a public park. The members of her church and the members of the profession whom I have been requested to represent feel that a memorial window In the church where she worshipped bo many years is the proper place for the proposed remembrance. Just as up to the present time the Little Church Around the Corner contains a similar tribute In tha form of a memorial window to Edwin Booth. DANIEL FROHMAN. Of the Gilbert Memorial Committee. New-York. May *, 1906. THE BLUE AND GRAY REUNION. To the Editor of The Tribune. Sir: The proposed meeting of the Blue and Gray. veterans on botn side* of the Civil "War. at "Wash ington, D. C, on May 11 and 12. la not Intended as a large affair. It la purely non-polltlcaL social and fraternal. Intended to keep all to the reunion spirit until the two great organizations, the Grand Army of the Republic and the United Confederate Vet erans, get ready to come together for a reunion that will startle the world. We hope this larger gathering may be brought about a year later. Wnat a grand and helpful object lesson such a meeting would something the world has never yet wit nessed! Only our Yankee nation could do this. . New-York. May 2. 1905. D. R. JJOWELi* LIONEL BARRYMORE SICK. Lionel Barrymore arrived in New- York yester day from Colorado Springs, having been obliged, he said, by a severe attack of nervous prostatlon. to leave "The Other Girl** company. He went Imme diately to the country. Mr. Barrymore bad an at tack of pneumonia In Boston last fall. He has «K>t been able fully to recover his strength. The alti tude of Colorado brought on the breakdown. After a rest of a few months he will be able to return to the stage. It la denied that i.c quit because Mr Frohman would not advance him 11.6u0. ARCHBISHOP AGIU3 SERIOUSLY ILL. Rome. May 4^-A cable dlspatcb rtoetved at the "Vatican to-day reports that the condition of Arch bishop Agius, Apostolic Delegate to the Philippine Islands, who has been 111 with native fever Is quite grave, and that It Is believed he cannot' re main In Man-la. Ma will be relieved of la* duties wLeu h«-i* afrU w» .!■■■« tbm w■ ' I Ij/jiri es_ ™MjfJay Hills, and will uko posse»jlo,i thereof la the fall. It 191 9 about seventy-fly. acres la extent and comprises two large ponds an<i a hmjsa situ ated on th* highest point of th* property which Is to be enlarged and modernized. Mr. George W. Vanderbllt. Mr,. John Xlchoi M Brown, M- George Orenville Merrill and I» an La Roy Dresser were placed in mourning by th« death of thslr grandmother. Mrs. Edward Kin* No. 331 sth-ave. ( on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. H. Van I<»ns*«t a «r Kennedy ha __ left town for thtir country place at He mMI J^ Mr. and Mrs. William Sloane M at Mount Kisco where they have Mrs. Ueorga A. Crocker sta~?-^ with them. ■" • Robert Harjrous will again s?«nd the summer In the ft (Mi nil «*acier to Mrs. Burke Roche and Miss Cynthia Roche have left town for Newport, where they have opered their house for the season. NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON. [FROM THE TRIBUNE ECRrAC.J Washington. May 4.— Mrs. Fairbanks "was hosteaa at a tea this afternoon for Mrs. N:cholas Fish aM Mrs. George Gould, both of Xew-York Th* lar~» house of the Vice-President was decorated with flowers, and Mrs. Tlmmons and others assl.ve.l Mrs Fairbanks in receiving her guests. Th-> Ylce-PresW dent will be host at a lan dinner party FV.dav evening, when a number of his guests w'll be' se lected from the delegates to tho International rail way congress. Dr. Vogel. the Swiss Minister, is 111 at his Na tion home, and is considered too 1:1 to rec-'v> Z\ ltors and his mail. He has cancelled all sochu en gagements for som« time to com*. Miss Oliver, daughter of th» aL»i . of War. was hostess at £jfi£^£Sj2 Miss Janet Fish and Miss Marian FNh Mr. Takahira. the Japanese MlilstPr v.,. Old Point Comfort. A wou lid ca^sM b y \^Z '* sgsssss VALE "SLUUMERS" HEBE. Students of Social Conditions Mak ing Their Annual Visit. There Is one course at Tale University that «i M the study of American social condition, V oo u^ at the Grand Central Station y«t^it^S sir z, c °" rse - there ar « ° th « 3 stm at "Sr T&eTS»"n 3 l^ mad * f ° r th * AUanti * Garden. wnen the Garden was reached twenty were mist resort 2 "" denls - ™« '°und In various ?"?' ,7 h * tack rOOm " m ** with women. .Nearly all of the Xew-Haven men ,]rark - mar or ginger a ie. Whea the piano started UJ> four students danced with some of the women e£hT ?? laWs th « me * went to the Chatham Club in Doyers-gt A* they entered the dance ha 3 the piano player started up "Bill Bailey" and th» student* Joined In the chorus. Detective Sackett. of the Kllzabeth-st. station, led th« party to the Joss house In Mott-st. At the Chinese "Delmonlco'a" the^tudenta ate a menu ci Chinese food which had keen especially prepared for them. About two dozen of the students got "Paddy" Flaherty, the "Mayor of Chinatown." aside, and made arrangements for him to show them the "real" sights of Chinatown. The party arrived in the morning. After their ride- through the Central tunnel Pro fessor Bailey decided that the party was ready for the morgue. "Don't you think it would have been better If we had come here at the end of the trip? 1 ' asked one of the students. Then they were taken to Black-well's Island and through the poorhouse. They had luncheon In the basement of the little Episcopal Church on the Island. It was not an almshouse luncheon. They brought It with, them from a Manhattan restaurant. After a gambol on the green in front of the almshouse they were taken through the peattsn tiarv. Some of them wore blue ribbons In their lapels and wondered why they failed to get the Intimate interest of the prisoners. Many were the questions asked by the. students, and some strange arid wonderful answers went down in notebooks. "What are you in forT* asked one of, the student* of a clean cut youth. "Cribbing in examinations." was th» prompt an swer. "'You don't tell me?" was the surprised answer. "And what college Is cruel enough to aer.d a man to Jail for cribbing?" "Civil Service college." was the truthful answer. From Blackwvll's the* went to Ward's Island to visit the Manhattan Hospital. Professor Bailey told them that this hospital for the insane was as nearly like the ones they studied in thaory as any In the country. The party had dinner at the Mil's Hotel, which Is built around Weaker. Thompson and Sullivan Bts. They ate th.- regular dinner, which consists of soup, meat, vegetables and tea. coffee or milk. all for 15 cents. Th» unanimous verdict was that the Mills Hotel fare was ahead of the average New-Haven boarding house. To-day the tour will be continued. The party goes Brat to the University Settlement, where Pro fessor Hamilton will tell them a thing or two; then to the Educational Alliance, where Dr. Da.v.l Blaustefa will address them. In the afternoon. they will look over the immigrants at EUie Island. GEXEBAL LEE'S FIXER A L. Impressive Demonstration Marks Ceremony at Richmond. Richmond. Va^ May 4.— imposing demon stration to-day marked the funeral of O«aeral Fitzhugh Lee, Troops were pourlr.g into the city all night, and the military contingent takir.< part In the procession consisted of two full regi ments of Infantry, the 7Oth and 71st. the Rich mond LdgHt Infantry Blue*, a battalion of ar tillery and seven detached Infantry companies, making In all about two thousand men. Added to this were the veteran organisations, and prac tically every carriage In th« city had been en gaged for toe occasion. By noon the business part of the city was practically deserted. Around St Paul's Caur.-h in which the funeral was held, there was a dense throng, and from thor* to Hollywood the side walks along the line of march were filled with spectators. The church was densely crowded. The cer vices were conducted by Bishop A, M. Randolph of the Southern Virginia diocese, assisted tiy the Rev. Bererley Tucker, rector of St. Paul's, Norfolk; th* Rev. London R. Mason, rector si Grace Church, this city, and the Rev. E. B. Barnwell. acting rector of St. Paul's. The flora! tributes banked about th* ooffln were profuse, and cam* from all over th* country. At the out side of th* ooffln nearest the audience and at the termination of the main aisle the Confed erate battle flag. In flower* gleamed In its CeM of red. with the crossbars of blue bearing th« stars of white. The order of th* procession to Hollywood Cemetery was as follows: Chief marshal and aids, escort. State military veteran organiza tions, high school boys. Soldiers* Home veterans, clergy In carriages, honorary pallbearers, actlvu pallbearers, caisson with body, family and mourners. State officials, city officials, distin guished visitors, memorial associations. Rich mond Fir* Department and Colored mm*. Amtrteoiv .War vt«n»n_ fl«T~*liirtlM'