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"i "Amusement*. ACAETOfT OF MTJPIO— 2—^:IS— A6*m« Bmmr**. AMERICAN— The Liars. BlJOU— l— B :lft— The Muslo Master. CONEY ISLAND— Dreamland— Lena — Open TB-flay. EDEN MUBEO— World In Wax. ■_ EMPIRE—- 2:30 — 8:30 — Freedom of Bnraim*, GAJIDEN— 2:IS— The Collegre Widow. liAMMERSTEIN'S VICTORIA— 2-*:ls—\aodeTlUe. HARLEM— 2.IS— Blot in the Snitcheon. HERALD SQUARE— 3-«:Ift— The Rollicking GlrL HIPPODROME— 3— Yankee Circus on Mars aofi The HUDSON— 3:I3— «:3O— Heir to the Hoorah, KNICKERBOCKER— 2:15— 8 : 15- Serjeant Brue. LYCEUM— 2:IS— B:BO— DoU's House. MAD^S^^ARE^So-S^O-Th. Firm of Cnnftlnr- KAX>t^J>r BQTXARE GARDEN-*-* :_>-MUlUrr TOOT NEW-AMSTERDAM—2—B:IS— KEW-T. >RK— 2— B:l3— Little Johnny Jonaa. WAI I^A'KS— 2:18— B:2»— Th« School for Husband*. WEST END— 2— «_o— Sapho. Index to Advertisements. Paew.Ool-1 T+fCaiL Arm»«n«itj 8 4-a'rurnlihrt Hou«e« to Auction (Mm Flnan- Let. Country 1« « ciai 15 3|TU'.» .5 • 5 Bar* and nrok.ra.l3 1 j Instruction .... *» * i -.-, « M : Ocean Htearoei- !•> » Business Notice^.. 4 l|Proposals •:::::::":& » Citation* —15 616 1 Railroads ™ °^ CX«lntry Boart 15 Olßcllftlous Notice-.. ~U *-3 ££l<leA<l Notices.... 15 2 School AK.nele- 15 2 Dom. Rita. Wanted.. ll e-7 fhoes -■•■••••• » « X>ngooit 8 ©-7 epeclal Notices o o E-cSndau IS 2 ?prlr. r R«~rU IB 4 European A !vti 12 1-2 1 Steamboats .._••-- '"iS n_S Financial 15 2 Summer R««ortB 15 0-« rinancUJ M^Unrs..ls 2;Burrorftte/s X0Um»...15 8 Foreclosure Pa1e5.. ..15 4 Th« Turf. ......-••-•• » * J*onslKn Reeorta. 13 2-eiTrlbune Sub. Rates... 3 6 Furnished Apartra'ts Unfurnished Apart to Let,,.VT. 18 « mente to Let, 16 8 Furn__*l Room* to Work Wanted 11 4-0 Let 9 0 Business Notices. Positive Evidence. TotSttm »rtSenee of THE NEW-YORK TBIBUXUB pepctultr M an advertising medium Is shown by giAnt ■trite la adrerttelng for th« flrrt four month* of IVXJ& An Unparalleled Growth. Dttrlnc January. February, March and April. 1903, THE ynw'-TORg DAILT AST) SUNDAY TRIBUNE printed 870.88S lire* of advertising (excluding TRIBUNE adver tisements) mo~> than In th« same months c.f 1904. ▲ GAIN or OVER 1.191 COLUMNS; OR. IN OTHER WORDS. AN AVERAGE GAIN of NEARLY •00 COLUMNS OF 316 LINES EACH A MONTH. TO GET RESULTS ADVERTISE IX ' THE JCEMT-TORK TRIBUNE. CIBjCUIjATIOX BOOKS OPEN. I\Wl|cvr3;D&il» mxSbmu, SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1905. THE 3TFWS THIS MORNING. FOREIGN*. — The Russian fleet, according to a flisrateh from St. Petersburg, has been divided Into battleshlpc cruisers and scouts und«- sep arate commands. — ■=■ Advices from Washing ton say that a strong: Japanesa force is moving ladivoetak, anfl that It Is planned to make th« fortress a second Port Arthur. -■ Dis patches from Pt. Pctersourg fay that the agita tion among the workmen continues, and that threats of pillage ajre being openly made. IxiMESTIC— A dispatch from Kansas City ai.r.ounced the death of Herbert V. Croker, a bo;i of Richard Croker, while on a train near Now ton, Ksax.; it is relieved that he was mur dered, i President Roosevelt presided at a Cabinet meeting, considered the Loomis-Bowen affair, approved Secretary Morton's recommen dation that the body of John Paul Jonea be buried at Annapolis, and transacted much other public business, besides receiving many caJlers at the White House. ■ Samuel S. Shubert. of New- York, died at Harrlsburg, Perm., as the result ot injuries received In tho railroad wreck there; sixteen bodies have been identified. CITT. — Stocks were strong. ■ - The com plaint of JameeH. Hyde ln his euit to oust James W. Alexander from the trusteeship of tho Hyde stock was served on Mr. Alexander. » Police Commissioner McAdoo asked five prominent men of tho city, not active ln politics^ to form a committee to advise him ln the selec tion of candidates m r jiromotion in the police : : Miss Nan Patterson was released without baiL = A man who said he was a German count was taken to Bellevue Hospital after he had tried to see Mrs. Cornelius Van flerMlt. - Dr. Cuyler protested against the tendency toward higher criticism at the church eori£T<ss. :—: — - — A propoFition v.as announced to establish a bureau at Kills Island to scatter Immigrants about the country. — r The Rapid Transit Board adopted as pubway routes the tentatlre routes already chosen. THE WEATHER- — Indications for to-day: Pair. The temperature yesterday: Highest, 70 flegrees; lowest. 16. ■MUNICIPAL EXPERIMENTS. Municipal government In this country Is still In the experimental stage. In developing our Btate governments we have followed a fixed ted definite model. Each State has sought to bring its Institutions into harmony with the federal pattern. The same distribution of power has been made among thfe executive, the legislative and the judicial branches, and tho tamo general character has been given to the workings of government. In municipal admin istration, however, federal analogies have been more or less neglected; and American cities have felt free to indulge in all sorts of polit ical experiments. There Is consequently to-day no widely accepted municipal type; and cities are rarely Influenced In changing their charters by any other motive than momentary expedi ency or momentary irritation. Thus in certain alterations Just made In the Charters of New- York and Philadelphia two ex ictly opposite tendencies are observable. Here the legislature has taken from the local legis lative assembly — the Board of Aldermen—the power to grant railroad franchises and has conferred that power on the Board of Esti mate and Apportionment, a distinctly execu tive body. This diminution of the authority if the legislative branch of the city govern ment Is directly in line with the policy which leveral years ago abolished the upper branch it our municipal legislature— the Council. The tendency here at present is to concentrate power In the hands of the Mayor an.i of a few other tflicials elected by the city at large, and to Ignore the lawmaking body, chosen by the voters »f the various subdivisions of the various bor »ughs. Responsibility, It is assumed, is better Meed In one man or in a few men, chosen by 111 the voters, than in an unwieldy group of men •ach representing a separate small constituency. In Philadelphia, on the contrary, certain Im portant powers, long vested in the Mayor, have Just been taken from him and given to the leg islative assembly. Governor Pennypaeker last week approved a bill amending the Bullltt barter, which deprives the Mayor, after 1907, pf the right to nominate the heads of the de partments of Public Works and Public Safety. These two officials, the most powerful In the city government, are, after 1807, to be elected by a majority of the members of the Select end Common councils. Governor Pennypacker In signing the bill Justified it on the ground that.it properly diminished the authority of the Mayor, which was autocratic and excessive. Xet the force of this reasoning was somewhat weakened by the Governor's vetoing two accom panying measures which took from the Mayor Uie right to appoint the heads of tho depart mentsof Supplies and of Charities and Health, nwugh the Governor -/anted to lessf* the au tocratic power of the Mayor, he evidently did ftot want to lessen it too much. N k Ooncentratlon of authority In the hands of ifingle official Is, probably, under the condl gssnow exists in most fitl<:8 ' pre£ ra bl* Ra aversion among the members of a large ** miwteldy legislate body. Yet it may be ou? m_nTdpal i^ctice is so formity and our happr-go-lucky attempt. , at city government have been thus far bo feeble and unproductive that the data hardly exist for measuring one theory against tho other. Some day v.c rnav set to work in all seriousness to solve the problem of municipal administration. Then we shall develop nt last as workable a model for city use as we now have for the uses of State and nation. xKAFFIC AND tA.W. Further extensions of atreet traffic control by tTve Suited in so great good or have reflected bo gr^at credit upon the city. Perhaps we nould say few have removed go great a re proach; for roally it -as a disgrace to the city Siat the system was not adopted many years before. The lack of anything like orderly con trol of street traffic at congested centres has been one of the most discreditable features of New-York's everyday administration, surpassed, perhaps, -only by the disgraceful lack of street signs. When, a year or two ago. the -expert menf-long successfully practised as a matter of course in other cities-was tentatively made with fear and trembling at a single point, eomo remonstrance was provoked, but, on the whole, the good of the system was quickly and heartily recognized and its extension to other points was assured. Such extension has been welcomed and respected, save by a few obstreperous cranks and lawbreaklng nutomobllists, and we may reasonably hope to see the system estab lished throughout the city wherever it is needed. The good of It, for the safety and comfort of the public and the facilitation of traffic, is in estimable, but still greater, if possible, Is its beneficence in reviving and establishing popular respect for law. It has often been remarked, without effective denial, that Americans are one of the most lawless peoples In the world. Cer tainly there is a widespread disregard of those laws* and ordinances which, though minor, af fect most directly the rights and comfort of the great mass of the population. The speed law on highways Is wantonly violated every day by au tomobifists. The law against smoking in public conveyances Is broken thousands of times in an hour. The law against fireworks Is multitudi nously ignored. The law for the removal of snow and ice from sidewalks Is flagrantly disregarded. These may be thought by some to be small things. They are, as we have said, the things that most directly affect the greatest number of people, and it is In the scrupulous observance of such things that the civilization and culture of a community and its regard for right and order and decency are most conspicuously shown. Xow, this traffic control is teaching this city a most useful lesson In respect for law, and is get tfng the public into the habit of obeying the law in at least this one thing— and If in this one thing, then it will bo so much the easier to In culcate law observance In other things. Many criticisms have been passod upon tho police of New-York, and have been deserved. Personally, many of tho policemen may not be worthy of high respect; but tbe policeman on duty is an emblem of that ordered authority upon which the reasonable liberties and the welfare of the people are based. The policeman stationed at the crowded crossing, checking, expediting, con rroJling and directing, for their own good, the tumultuous tides and cross currents of hurrying traflic, is one of tho most Impressive reminders of that system of constitution and laws which is intended similarly to deal with the vastly greater tides and currents of our national progress, and wo are plad to recognize In the increasing defer ence which Is paid to his functions an earnest of Increasing respect for all the functions and authorities of law. SOOTH AMERICAN DIPLOMACY. The appointment of Mr. Manuel Alvarez Cal deron to be Peruvian Minister to Chill, just an nounced, is of peculiar interest to th« United States. From one point of view it will be re garded with regret That is because it will de prive us of the presence of Mr. Calderon, who has for some years been Peruvian Minister at Washington and who has In that place made for himself an enviable record for both his agree able personality and his discreet and efficient services. His departure will be deplored and his absence will be felt both in and out of the oflicial circle which he has adorned. From another point of view, however, his transference to Santiago will be regarded with gratification. That is because It will mark the resumption of direct diplomatic relations be tween the two countries, which have long been estranged, and may, as we trust, also mean the establishment of restored friendship between them upon an enduring basis of equity and mutual confidence. Mr. Pardo, the brilliant young statesman who Is now President of Peru, Is known to be earnestly desirous of settling the Tacna-Arica controversy In some way honorable to both th« parties to it, and it Is to be as sumed his appointment of Mr. Calderon as Min ister to Chili will mean tho taking of positive steps toward that pud, in which Americans will wish for him a large measure of success. It is a not unwelcome thing, too, for the United States to be in a measure implicated In tho settlement, through its negotiation by a Peruvian diplomat who has been stationed In this country. Mr. Calderon will be spared from Washington the less reluctantly because he goes on po Important and beneficent an errand; nnd. while generally a diplomatic transfer from Washington to Santiago might not be regarded as a promotion, in the peculiar circumstances of tills caso we shall be glad to regard it as such, and to believe that President Pardo's well known friendship for the United States Is again demonstrated in his selection of his Minister to tills country for so supremely important a mis elon. MODEL PUBLIC OFFICIALS! Come hither, all ye public officials ambitious to win niches in the temple of fame as fearless up holders of the law. Cast your eyes Jerseyward and ]»>t them rest upon a modest edilice nestling within the shadow of the Prudential Insurance Company's palace. Within these doors, in front of which a green lamp burns steadily at night, these model serving meu of Justice have their ofiicial abode. On the books they are described as the Police Commissioners of Newark, but that title gives no hint of their great wisdom, their unfnltering Impartiality and wonderful perspicacity. Enforce tho laws? Why, they think of noth ing else by night or day. And they don't take it out in thinking merely. Just see, for example, how stonily tlioy havo set their faces against the attempt of a few misguided men to run bi cycle rar-fs on Sundays in that part of tho city which w;is formerly tho independent Borough of Vallsburg. The races were stopped and the managers were lugged off to the police station, and a whole brigade of bluecoats was on hand to suppress any resistance that the desperate promoters of the races might attempt. Doesn't that show the right spirit— tbe nne, stern old determination to assert the majesty of the law and protect the morals of the community, re gardless of cost? Of course, evil disposed persons sneer, as they always do at militant righteousness. They point out that practically every saloon In Newark do. s business on Sunday; that beer gardens concerts, baseball games and numerous other illegal affairs are not interfered with on the NEW- YORK DAILY TKIBUNE. SATtjRDAY. MAY ia 1905. first dar of the week, and that more or less camblin'g is douo on other days. Possibly these jibes are true, but evon 12 they be understate ments of the netunl conditions they should not receive n momimfs consideration. Though everything else be wide open, Sunday bicycle races aro suppressed, and the Spartan band of Folioo Commissioners has by that fact achieved glory enough to last long after most other things of this generation have been forgotten. What a BUblime and affecting example is here for public officials in every corner of this great continent! THE COMING OCEAN YACHT RACE. Lovers of marine fiport are eagerly anticipat ing the contest for the Emperor's Cup, which win begin off Sandy Hook next Tuesday. Yacht races across the Atlantic occur less fre quently than those lasting only a few hours. A course which Is three thousand miles in length offers a far greater variety of condi tions than that which has been the scene of the attempts to capture the America's Cup. Un der the most favorable circumstances the win ner can scarcely reach the Lizard in less than a fortnight, and in that interval of time many changes in tho prospect will certainly be wit nessed. The large number of craft which will participate heightens the interest, for un al most endless multiplication of minor struggles is thus insured. With tho exception of Lord Brassey's Sun beam, built in 1574, nil of the eleven competi tors are of recent construction. Six are prod ucts of American skill and five came from Brit ish yards. In size a remarkable diversity will bo observed in these boats. They range In length upon the water line from 86V2 feet (the Fleur de Lys) to 240 feet (the Earl of Craw ford's Valhalla). There are no time allow ances, and tho essential rivalries, therefore, will be between models and the men who navigate the beautiful rncrrs. The great majority of the competing yachts are schooners, at least two of them being three masted. Two boats, the huge Valhalla and tho Apache, are square rigged, and the Sunbeam represents that happy compromise between the two types, the barkentine. Finally, tho little Ailsa is a yawl. For all around sailing, and especially for beating, the fore-and-aft r!g has much to commend It. Whether It will possess any special advantage In the coming race re mains to be seen. Everything depends on tho direction of the wind. This is from the west or southwest on the North Atlantic during the greater part of tho year. If the rule holds good during the next two or three weeks, the schooners and the yawl are hardly likely to dis play any superiority over the square rigged yachts. Indeed, as a class, they may not do so welL Were the race to be sailed to the west ward Instead of the eastward, the fore-and-aft rig might give a fresh demonstration of Its well known virtues. In any caso, there is every promise of an exciting contest, with enough elements of uncertainty to make confident pre diction of the result unwise. CHICAGO SCHOOL CHILDREN STRIKE. Even the school children In the stockyards district of Chicago have declared a strike. They feel that they, too, must aid in the holy causo of tho teamsters who will not work except upon their own terms and will not allow others to do the work they decline to do. Uence these promising hopefuls of striking sires have sol emnly met in council and formulated the fol lowing resolutions: Whereas, It makes our blood boll to attend a school that is heated by coal handled by "scabs"; and, Whereas, We can't sit in our scat 9 and keep our minds on our lessons when we hear coal shooting 1 the iron chutes, knowing it is being shovelled into the basement by unfair hands, wr hereby Resolve, To stay away from school until the strike of the teamsters Is settled or until the Hendricks school is again placed on tho fair list. A youngster whose blood is boiling nt the thought that he la heated "by coal handled by 'scabs' " may naturally have dltliculty in keep ing hia seat during the heating and boiling process, and when to that outrage is added the triumphant note of "scab" coal "shooting tlio Iron chutes," then, Indeed, the iron enters "his souL Boys in the old days occasionally went on n strike at school, but It rarely lasted lunger thun a day, and not infrequently they also found it a somewhat trying thing afterward to sit in their seats and keep their minds on their lessons. Their thoughts, somehow, would re vert to the Instrument which broke up tho strike. A dose of the same treatment might bo an excellent thing for these Incipient riot ers—unless they want to go a-fishing and are only making a strategical move to that end. If so, anglers, at least, may sympathize with them. RACING IN "NEW-YORK. The contests of the thoroughbreds have been carried on in this State with remarkable energy and dash 6ince tho season began at Aqueduct. Previous to the initial performance here a lung meeting had been held at Washington, with a considerable attendance and fair sport, and on Long Island the races were conducted with spirit until tho immense new establishment at Bclmont Park was opened more- than .1 week ago. Tho incidents there have been lively and tho scene of operations has been a centre of in terest ever since the llag first felL Fine horses not a few have taken part in these contests. The new courses can be easily readied in various ways from Long Island City and from Brooklyn, and, though the trains are rather dila tory, which may affect the attendance, the book makers have no reason to complain. Tho new track, the first of Importance to be established in this part of the country since racing was stopped in New-Jersey and the new Monmouth Park was abandoned, has introduced one not able change. In England nnd in other coun tries finishes from right to left, like those at Monmouth and Bebnont Park, have been fre quent enough; but since Monmouth was de serted nothing of the kind had been Been hero about. A little later in tho season, at the Gravesend truck, the horses will meet again under familiar conditions. WOARREV AND MURPHY. The Brooklyn Democratic leader, State Sena tor McCarren, has boon bo constantly a sup porter of the objectionable schemes of his party in the legislature that he has acquired a reputa tion which no ono envies. When a man of his owji political household tried to get the Demo cratic (Jeneral Committee on Tuesday evening to pass a resolution ia condemnation of Demo cratic votes against a reduction in the price of gas In this city, Mr. McCarren gave the signal and the submissive chairman declared the mo tion lost. The head of Tammany Hall tills year Is no friend of the slender Senator. let kis probable that Murphy is as well pleased ns McCarren over tho victory of the gas combination on th>> final vote. The relations existing between per sons who are close to the Tammany leader, and the fact that his brother holds an extremely profitable gas company contract, cannot bo light ly dismissed. It was ensy enough for Murphy to arrange matters so that tbe measure for cheap gas in every part of New-York should be barely defeated. It would have boon hard for him to make a more foolish effort to blind tho public to the true Inwardness of that transaction. Senator Dei>ew in his address to th© Union League of Philadelphia predicted that l'r.^i d-eiit Roosevelt will go down to history aa the originator of great pollclfca. It now seems prob able that the Senator's prediction will be more than realized. President Roosevelt not only originates gTeat policies, but h« has a straight forward and energetlo way of oarrylnK them Into effect, which, on the whole. Is the most hopeful thing In recent American history. The utterance of one "still, strong man** has already had a quieting effect upon the blatant lawbreakers in Chicago. Dynamite and other explosives should be shipped by railroads under restrictions which will make ghastly accidents like that at Har rlsburg a practical Impossibility, Mayor Dunne walks more erect and faces the situation In Chicago with a braver spirit since President Roosevelt visited that city. It Is a great thing for a country to have a President who not only Inspires courage and confidence end respect for tho law, but who la also known of all men to be ready at all times to make good his words by deeds. Mr. Balfour seems to take to military grand strategy as readily as he takes to metaphysics. Every year or two The Tribune receives a complaint — generally from the samo person and to the same effect as on previous occasions — about its weather forecast. Dissatisfaction Is expressed because we do not always mention the temperature to be expected. Well, there is an excellent reason for this reticence. Tho Tribuno simply follows the example of the Washington bureau. When the latter antici pates warmer or colder weather It says so, but It remains silent when the temperature promises to remain stationary. The government assumes — and so do we — that a person of average com mon sense will interpret the absence of a speclfio prediction as meaning "no change." The lnfre quency with which fault Is found with the prac tice is good testimony to its wisdom. Tbe gold mining Industry in South Africa has at last fully recovered from the effects of the war. The output from the Rand Is now greater than ever before in tho history of that treasure land. It is to be expected that the general pros perity of the whole country will similarly in crease. Brooklyn public schools, by Mayor McClellan's act, are to have an "anniversary day" the first Friday In June, with a great Sunday school parade as its chief feature. As the two classes of schools supplement each other It Is appro priate that there should be a formal recogni tion of this relation. Besides, It will add to the picturesqueness of school life — a consideration of some weight in an age admittedly unpict uresque. THE TALK OF THE DAY. The following: letter asking for an increase of salary- was received by a firm In Shanghai from two Chlnpse clerks in its employment: "Dear Sirs: Being respectfully to ask you the pardon for allow us to request you tho favor how ever we understand that you are an Intelligent and patronaged us this so long while. Therefor© we venture dare not to solicit your assistance for In crease a littlo of our salaries that we can enough to support this family. Recently at Shanghai the hou3e rent and provisions, etc., are double dear between eince for few years which compel us to ask you for the favor. Hoping you will kindly enough to grant us this requesting and keep atten tion for us of this affair." A Loony Question.— "Pa," began Bobby, "may I ask ono more question?" "Una." replied ••pa." without looking up from his book. "Well," said Bobby 'If they had olocks in tho meon, would they bu lunatlcj?"— (Life. A Louisiana leader of The Tribune, In a letter to the editor telling of that States need of th* horda of immigrants "who are both a menace and a nui sance, bo far ps New- York is concerned," adds: "Bookkeepers, clerks and dudes are not wanted, but laborers will find plenty of work at first class wages." Tho supply of "bookkeepers, clerks and dudes" In every city and State seems to bo In ex ceßs of demand— a fact which It would be well for young men to note. THE BONG OF THB __TTL_J SCIENTIST. I'm a happy little Scientist; The lady told me bo; There's no such thing as suffering— - And 'course she ought to know: I can throw Ftones at tho robins, I can cut off Rover's tall; You mo. 'twon't bo ray error If the wicked creatures wall. Oh. I love to bo a Scientist; I think the Truth is line; There's no such thing as hurting folks. They're sinful if they whine; I can punch my little slater. And If she starts to bawl, I'll tell her, "Don't be thoughtless, For there are no aches at all." It Is good to be a Scientist; I'm glad I'm one, you bet; And when a snowstorm koines along, Then I'll be gladder yet; I'll plunk balls at that lady. Just us hard as I can throw, But she won't fool 'em hit her, For she's conquereu pain, you know. —(Life. This is a busy city, busy as the proverbial ant hill, to Judge by the sight of Its hurrying throngs, but even more Impressive are the statistics. The subway and elevated roads in New- York carried about one million passengers a day the last quarter, notwithstanding a :;triko Interfered with their transporting capacity. And still New-York needs more transportation facilities! Time for Others.— Tess— So Grace Is finally mar ried, eh? Jess— Gracious! No. Why, this Is only her first venture. — (Philadelphia Press. Associations of youthful malefactors like the East Side "gangs" are not confined to New- York. Paris has its "Apaches" and other less famous bunds of youn? ruffians who are known l>y other Indian names In Berlin there has Just been captured by the police a gang of eighteen young desperadoes, who styled themselves the "Banner Company," and are credited with 19S serious burglaries, besides innumerable smaller thefts. The youngest of the band, a boy of four teen, is charged with forty rol>!>ones. It is not the least unpleasant fact connected with these young criminals that they began in concert as schoolboys, and after being broken up by the police gradually got together again. Their operations were directed by a working locksmith. A NEW-YORK LOVE LETTER, Your favor of the 29th. My love, before me lies; From what you wrote I duly note You'ro well. if not advise. Again referring to your face. Find little there to blame; It is not bad Would further add: I rather like the same. Confirming sighs of recent dat (When in the dark we sat). Will you bo mine.' Please drop a line. In answer. Hoping that . —(Life. Up to tho year 1301 wood alcohol in Russia was not deodorized, and. retaining the abominable smell and taste which it brought from the distilling vats, could not bo used for drinking. Even the Ignorant peasants, who will drink the vilest and strongest forms of* spirits, would not touch It. But last year the deodorized alcohol was Introduced into that country, and In consequence of Its cheapness began under various disguises to bo used as a beverage. While the Russian troops were being mobilized at Dorpat last summer much drinking took place among them, and tho beverage of which they par took, according to "The Journal of tho American Medical Association." was composed of wood alco hol, wati r, peppermint leaves, salvio, lavender, etc., a popular Uvonian combination, and the result was that thirty or forty died from the effects of the de bauch. Since then many similar occurrences have been recorded. Not a Lingering Fault.— "Dear George has only one fault." said tho bride of three bhort weeks. "](« is such an awful flatterer." "That fault " rejoined her elder sister, who had been up against the matrimonial came for three long years, "will gradually disappear aa IM honey moon wanes." , . "Oh. dear!" sighed the bride. "I was In nopea It would last forever."— ffUilcago News. About People and Social Incidents. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. rFBOM THE TBIBUXB BUREAU.] ■Washington. May 12.-Mrs. Roosevelt gave a tea this afternoon on the south grounds of the White House. In compliment to the delegates to the Inter national railway congreja. It was attended by President Roosevelt. Vice-President and Mrs. Fair banks, members of the Cabinet who are In the city and their wives. and tho members of the diplomatic corps, as well as officers of the army and navy and well known citizens of the city. All the delegates to the congress were Invited. There were no ad dresses, and the affair was entirely social. The guests entered by the east terrace and passod through the lower corridor to th* sooth lawn, wher* they were received by the President and Mrs. Roose velt. Flower decked tables were set In gay striped marquees, and the Marine Band played throughout tho receiving hours. Mrs. Roosevelt wore a Co lonial buff chiffon and Liberty velvet, with a large white hat. wreathed with pink roses, and a white veil. Miss Roosevelt's gown and large hat were of white embroidered mull, with sash and hat ribbons of pale pink. Mrs. Fairbanks wore white em broidered satin, and a toque trimmed with white blossoms; Mrs. Morton, white lace, with blue plumes in her white hat; Mrs. Cortelyou. white mull and lace over pink; Mrs. Hitchcock, silver gray crepe, and small white bonnet wreathed with pansles; Mrs. Metcalf. French blue mull and black lace; Mrs. Westinghouse. white lace and white hat, trimmed with white plumes; Mrs. Spencer, cream dotted lace, appllqued with pink flowered silk; Mme. Jussc-rand, tan prass linen and white embroidery, and Baroness yon Sternburg, cream lace over blue chiffon. NOTE 3OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON. [FROM THE TRIBCNE BfREAU.] Washington, May 12.— The Chevy Chase Club opened Its fourth annual horse show to-day on the club grounds. Just outside the city. There was a large and fashionablo attendance, and a number of hostesses entertained luncheon guests on the piazzas and lawn of tho clubhouse. The exhibitors included Mrs. Preston Gibson, of Chicago, daughter of Mrs. Thomas Nelson Pago, whose mount took a :!rst prize: Miss Katharine Elklns. who did some fear less riding; Mrs. Larz Anderson. Miss !•'. Field. Miss Zaldee Gaff and Mrs. Ward Thuron. Miss Roosevelt went out early and spent a stu.rt time, re turning to bo present at tho White House tea. Hhe wore a violet suspender-gown and blouse of white lace, with a white, hat trimmed with violets, and carried a violet silk parasol. Others ia attendance were the Baroness Mayor dcs Planches, who wore with a white linen embroidered suit a hat trimmed with pink, and carried a pink parasol; the Baroness Moncheur, a Mexican hand embroidered dress, with a pompadour girdle and large olack hat; Mrs. Gibson, white heavily embroidered linen and black turban, with long blue and yellow plumes; Miss Lota Rob inson, white crepe over chiffon; the Baroness van Tuyll, whito embroidered mull and lace, pink girdle and white hat, wreathed with pink blossoms; Mrs. Elklns, white lace and yellow hat. trimmed with white plumes; Mrs. Haugo, white broadcloth, with coat facings of violet velvet and a hat of violet ohlffon; Mile, dcs Portes, white la<:e over pink, and Tuscany straw, trimmed with pitik roses. Among those who entertained luncheon parties was Mrs. Ollvor Cromwell, whose guests were the Attorney General, Mr. and Mrs. Lothrop Bradley, Mr. and Mrs. Hemphill, Mr. and Mrs. Graff. Miss Lota Rob inson, Miss Ethel Robeson. Miss Pauline Morton, Mr. Peter and Mr. Wallaeh. The chow will con tinue to-morrow. Mr. and Mrs. Westinghouae entertained a large dinner company to-night In honor of the Vice-Pres ident and Mrs. Fairbanks. The other guests were the Secretary of the Interior and Mrs. Hitchcock, Senator and Mrs. Foraker, Senator and Mrs. Cul lom. Sir Francis Mowatt. Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish. Colonel York, Mis 3 Hunt. John A. F. Asplnwall. (Miss Patten, W. H. MacXamara, Miss liegeman, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Voorhees, W. M. Acworth and Miss Wadsworth. niece of the hostess. After dinner the following guests were Invited to hear LINCOLN MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY. i ____________ Mountaineers Attend Commencement in Cumberland Gap. [BY Tl:i_:Gß_Fll' TO THB TEIBr.VB.I Cumberland Gap, Term.. May 12.— The eighth an nual commencement of the Lincoln 'Memorial Uni versity was held in the chapel en the campus, two miles back In the Cumberland Mountains, yester- Cay morning:. The gathering of rugged moun taineers, for whose young people the university was founded, surpassed all records. Some of them travelled forty miles In wagons. The commence ment address was delivered by General Oliver Otis Howard, of Burlington, Vt.. who Is here with a party of New-Yorkers. It was announced that 120.000. the sum needed to secure tho gift of a library building from Andrew Carnegie, had been raised and a site for the library was selected. Dr. William L. Stokesbuxy, of the University of Chi cago, was elected permanent president of the uni versity. A feature of the commencement was the presentation of a tine bronze bust of Abraham Lin coln by Alfred L. Sellgman. of New-York. He. made a clever speech, showing that all differences between the North and tho South had been wiped out. as Lincoln desired. Mr. Seligman was elected a director of the university. General Howard and party, who have been here a week, departed for New- York to-night by way of Cincinnati. MR. CARNEGIE'S DIPLODOCUS. Plaster Cast of Specimen at Pittsburg Given to British Museum. London, May 12. — In the Natural History Mu seum this afternoon Andrew Carnegie presented the cast of the skeleton of a dinlodocus to the trustees of the British Museum. In a brief speech Mr. Carnegie said the museum ov.ed the gift to King 1 Edward, who, when at Skibo Castle, remarked that he hoped Ureat Britain would some day possess the skeleton of a diplodocus. Much srratiiication was felt in America at that country being able to add to the attractions of the British Museum. The cases which brought over tho cast of the diplodocus are going back to Pittsburg, filled with duplicate articles In tho British Museum. Among those present were the Arcbbishop of Canterbury. Lord Avebnry. president of the Bo ci>:y of Antiquaries; William J. Hollar.. l. di rector of the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg; John Morlry and James Bryce. Mr Carnetrle"s gift to the British Museum is a plaster cast of the original fossil skeleton of a diplodocus, which ia a species of dinosaur. The diplodocus was f<>iind In Wyoming, and i.s now in the Pittsburg Museum of Xaiural History. MR. HAY TO SAIL ON JUNE 7. St. Petersburg. May 12.— Spencer F. Eddy, secretary of the American Embassy, has re turned here from Bad Nauhelm. He found Secretary Hay greatly Improved. The Secretary will Nave Bad Nauhelm for Paris on May 21 and thence will go to London, sailing for the United States June 7. Mr. Hay informed Mr Eddy that there Is no truth In the report that it is his intention to resign the Secretaryship of State. LUNCHEON TO GENERAL PORTER. Paris, May 12.— The Foreign Minister. M. n •'. cays.l, to-day gave a farewell luiu-heon at the Foreign Oflice iv honor of fkneral Portli\ The guests Included Ambassador McCormKk. Pre mier Rouvler, Paul Cambon, Freiv.h Ambassa dor to Great Britain; Camille Rirrere. French Ambassador to Italy; General Brugere. Admiral Foamier; the Prefed <>r Ponce, Bf. LCptne; Pan: Loubet, son of the President, and Lieutenant Colonel Bfeaux Saint-Marc, the two las; named representing President Loubet. The luo wus served in the Feettva] HalL According to the Fren.h cust"in no Speeches w<-re made. HIRAM CRONK SERIOUSLY ILL. Watertowa, M. T. May It:— Hiram Creak, the only in- iibioiu -i- ol Uw War ol iv:. is -,-rt- -,]>■ m ;i t his home .it Duna 1 rook, and little 1 rtalaed for his recovery. Me recently celebrated hla birthday. WEST POINT EXAMINATIONS. Wei I Point. N. V.. May li— Th* examinations of Urn corps of cadets at the Military Academy will begin on June 1 and bt continued for one w»-ek. In the course of th»- examinations there will be out door military exercises each day except Sunday. Mm«. Nbrdlea. sing: T>.« Russia A_A__-» Baroness Mayor dcs rianchw. tn«» franc.* 1 bassador and Mme. Jusserand. the German Axah sad** and Karone.«3 yon Sternbarfr. ta» Ax_tr?* rhnn d'AflViires and Baroness GlskVa. th« Bv^ Minister and Uaronoss Moncheur th<» Secre* * the Treasury and mas Shaw, the'accretary tve*' and Mrs. Tart, th* Secretary ot the Navy a-a v Morton, the Attorney General. th« MUmi Hlt^ cock. Urn Secretary el Commerce and Labo- Mrs. Metcalf. Mr. Han.«<?n. Senator Keaa im'm Keaa, Senator and Mrs. Elklas and 'Miss rjwf 1 Mr. and Irs. George A. Post. Mr. _nd h^T* Leber, Miss Harlan. S!r George Arcltag* T°! ! Mrs. Samuel Spencer. Mr. aai Mrs. H. B. Br>«a«L Representative H. Klrke Porter and lilts p«!!' Colonel and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins and __„ kins. Miss Berry. Theodore N. Ely, th(S i_s*aiiS" ten and Mr. and Mrs. lioardman. **•*«. Major Morton Grlnnell entertained Bamuel B=»^ or. Stuyvesant Fish, the Minister from the „' <Z erlands. Senator Kean. Sir George Armlta__ v Kologrtvorr. Theodore Ely. Mr. Van Hußl«tt*Oa*!i clllor Sarre. Councillor Fraako. Councillor SfcT" d!sa. Arnold Hague. Frederick Huldekop^r. Er-f *. Iselin and Mr. "WelssenVuch at dinner to^nl»tUL NEW-YORK SOCIETY. Miss Angelica I* Gerry entertained a pirty m friends yesterday on the coach Venture on to _«• to Belmont Park. Her brother. Robert I* Qtrr drove. Alfred G. Vanderbllt was the whip on th Pioneer yesterday, on its run to Antsler. Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould are booked to saQ tot Bnrope on May 24. C. Russell Auch!nclos3. SJhuss marriage to __v Helen Russell is set for May 3. at Middleto-a, Conn., gives his farewell bachelor dinner to-_. £at at Delmonlco's. Mrs. George I- Ronalds , a reception thli afternoon at Turtle Paint, her country place at Tuxedo, for M:sa Hull, whoso engagement to Cap tain Richmond Pearson Hobson. V. S. X.. retire^ has been announced. Captain and Mrs. Woodbury Kane have left towr for Newport when they have taken possession 0: their villa for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. M. Ormo Wilson hare returned to town from Washington, where they have been spending the week. Mr. and Mrs. "William Bayard Cutting. sr.. who have their son and Lady Sibyl Cutting staying 1 with them at their boose, In East TCd-st.. aall for Europe next Saturday. Mr. and Mrs^ A. Holland Forbes leave town next week for their place at Falrfleid. Conn. Lady Durand and Hiss Josephine Durand passed through New-York yesterday on their way from Washington to Lenox, where they are to spend th» summer. Sir Mortimer Damns' will Join them, t_er» on his arrival from England In about ten days. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Burden, jr.. leave town on Monday or Tuesday for their place at Weetbury, Long- Island, for the summer. Mr. and Mrs. 11. McK. Two mMy are entertaining a week-end party to-day at Florham, their coun try place near Madison, X. J. Miss Natlca Rives has left town for Newport to Join her mother, Mrs. George* I* Rives, «h» Is already there for the season. Mrs. Augustus Jay has also gone to Newport. Mr. and Mrs. T. Shaw Safe are at their country place. East Greenwich, R. 1., until the end of June, when they will open their villa at Newport. MRS. GILBERT tJTFJXtm.TAT s "The Master Builder." Miss Amy Kicard and other players yesterday afternoon gave a performance of Ibsen' 3 _liSei_t and subjective drama, "The Master Builder." tor the benefit of the Mrs. Gilbert Memorial Wl__o~- Fund. The object -was worthy, even If fhere was small fitness in choosing- a play by an author to whom Mrs. Gilbert herself particularly objected. Little money, however, could ha*— b«en added to the fund, for the audience was sea sty, and a good part of those who did corns clanked the bail and chain. Verily, the path of the critic la not has* with May baskets, though It be spring! Miss Rlcard. of course, played Hilda WaxtgeL From "Babes In TfcyUnd" and "The College Widow" to such, a part is a lons climb. Miss Rlcard might well have feared to turn dizzy before she got half way up, as Hilda feared for Selr.ess -when 6_e sent him up the spire— to his death. She kept her head, however, much better than some expected. Sobered by tho nalveta of tho dialogue, that Is yet so laden with secondary and "Interior" significance, her somewhat artificial style of playing dropped from her, and she stxov© simply and slncerelj t» suggest tho meaning of the play. Miss Ricard may yet be seen with pleasure in more significant parts than she has heretofore been assigned to play. William Hazel Uno assumed the tit;* part, _nd Fred Thompson play that of Broiik. Dougla3 J. "Wood, one of Miss Ricard's fellow conspirators in bringing the performance about, was the .Fourier. COUNT CZAYKOWSKTS FLIGHT. Bankers' Lawyer Protests Against Turkey's Interference in Case. Paris, May 12.— Tha fai bankers who are prosecuting 1 Count has presented a statement to the M.:. - Justice, eaying- that the count has pending the proceedings owing- to the lntercesr sion of the Turkish government, a:. against foreign Interference with French legal procedure. BRONZE AGE RELICS NEAR BRESLAU. Ereslau. May 12.— Excavators have found 400 graves and 150 dwellings of the bronze age near here. Part of them ara of the early bronze period, 1200 or 1500 B. C. The excavations In clude a village of a dozen huts, containing a col lection of spinning and weaving Instruments. MR. MORGAN GOING TO PARIS. Venice, May 11'.— J. Plerpor.t Morgan and Miss Morgan left Venice to-day for Milan and Fxrii BARON HENGELMULLER'S DENIAL. Budapest. May 12.— Baron HengeUnQller, Am bassador of Austria-liur.ijary to the United States, in an Interview to-day, asked that zr.cst emphatic denial be made of the report published In tho United States that he is seeking trar.sfor to a European post. VALUABLE SPECIMENS BURNED. Providence. X 1.. May 12.— Numerous zoolog leal and anatomical specimens of considerable value were destroyed by a fire which started ia tha exhibition part of historic Rhode I-i-r- d Hall at Brown University ' early to-day. The flames were extinguished in time to prevent ex tensive damage to the building, and students carried out many valuable Instruments ar._ other property. Some of the specimens de stroyed cannot be replaced The fire Is though: to have started from a sterilizer, heated by go* m the basement The loaa to the building U3— * will not exceed $I.oott BRYAN'S ACCOUNT AS ADMINISTRATOR. New-Haven. Conn.. May I_.-Wtlliam Jen nings Bryan to-day made a return '" the pro bate court of his account as administrator o* the estate of rhiio a Bennett. The estate had a value Of $-'.>!. with $«7.000 yet to be re ceived from the firm of Bennett. Sloan & Co.. of New- York, of which Mr. Dennett was a member. Mr. Bryan submitted a bill «f $2,500 for ser vices. Th lesaciea v*U\ from the estate ac o.;rtiii»p to the terms o? the will amounted to $212,000. A hearing on the account was set for May 22.