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SUNDAY, OCTOBER la. 1905.
THE NEWS THIS Moß\Ty<i
FOREIGN.— Advice? from Paris say that in
official .quarters it is believed that a month will
elapse before action is taken on the Venezuelan
question. ===== The body of Sir Henry Irving
■will be taken to London to-day; plans are al
ready being made for a national memorial to the.
great actor. ; . The Naval League of Ger
. many is demanding an increase in the navy as a
1 result of the alleged disclosures made in news
papers of Paris. — The strike of th» elec
trical workers in Berlin was settled, the em
ployes accepting the slipht increase in wages
offered by the owners. — Liberals won a not
able victory in a Parliamentary election in a di
vision of the West Riding of Yorkshire. -■■ ■■
The Panaman government has announced that it
"Would pay only its share of the Colombian debt
in proportion to the population of the isthmus at
the time independence was declared, and condi
tionally on Colombia's agreement to repay sums
borrowed from Panama. z=^— Premier Rouvier,
acting on behalf of the Russian government.
sent a cable dispatch to the French Minister at:
Tokio, instructing him to inform the Japanese
government that Emperor Nicholas had signed
the peace treaty. z=^tt^ More complications are
expected over the Newfoundland fisheries and
bait questions.
DOMESTIC —Tho resignation of William F.
Powell, United States Minister to Hayti. wa.s
accepted by the President, and his successor
•was chosen. - Memoranda relating to the
proposed second peace conference at The Hague
"were made public in Washington. ' Con
gressman Williamson, of Oregon, found guilty
of subornation of perjury in . "nnection with
land frauds, was sentenced to serve ten months
and to pay a fine of $500. ==-■=: Miss Frederica
V. Webb and Ralph Pulitzer were married at
Shelburne. Vt. -- A dispatch fmm Baltimore
said that the State Insurance Commissioner hail
been asked to bar th«- Mutual Reserve Life In
surance Company from doing business In Mary
land. — Pension checks amounting to $1,000
■were stolen from the Soldiers' Home at Bath,
N. Y. . — William A. Pinkerton, in Chicago,
eaid that Pat Crowe was suspected of complicity
In a plot to carry off a well known New-
Yorker's child. == The police are looking for
a man who has been missing since the day of
the triple murder near Middletown. Ohio
Etate officials brought suit to suspend a Cleve
land savings and loan company. A dis
patch from Amherst, Mays, says that the
eclipse expedition to Tripoli headed by Pro
fessor Todd. who has just returned, was a suc
cess.
ClTY.— Stocks closed irregular Hennery,
of the French team, won the second race for th^
Vanderbilt Cup, over the Mlneola, Long Island,
course, yesterday, covering the 2^3 miles in 4
hours 36 minutes and S seconds, which is the
fa?:-st time ever made in this country.
JRve persons were swept off the Campania by a
wave and twenty-nine were injured; a girl die<J
■\ from injuries. ===== State "Senator Malby said
fff that Mayor McClHlan did not try to obtain the
w passage of the SO cent gas bill. - ■ Columbia
defeated Williams at football by a score of 11 to
■6. ■■ Senator Dry-Jen sent r Ut a circular ask
ing opinions on f*-<?rral control of life insurance.
i It was announced that the Fourteenth
Btreet Bank would assume the liabilities of the
Cooper Exchange. . A suit was brought
against the New-York and Peni'sylvarfTa Pulp
Company by Edward I. Hatch. Jr . alleging libel
and asking $190,000 damages. == Joseph Jef
ferson's estate, as shown by schedules filed with
the Surrogate, will amount to about $130,000.
t "The Princeton Alumni Weekly" voiced
the approval of the students of President Roose
velt's move to clean up athletics.
THE WEATHER.— lndications for to-day:
Partly cloudy. The temperature yesterday:
Highest, 30 degrees; lowest, 40.
PREVAILING PEA<F
I ; ; e things," said Sam Patch, sententiously,
*'can be done as well as some other things."
If it be not beneath the dignity of the theme,
the somewhat Dogberrylike remark, with its
shrewd substratum of practical philosophy, may
be recalled to mind in connection with some of
the most imposing incidents <>f the day. Thus
on Friday the amicable settlement of the issue*
of Scandinavian separation was assured, ami
yesterday the final ratifications of tie treaty of
Portsmouth were exchanged and peace iK-tween
Japan and Russia became an accomplished
fact. Yet only a little time back men were say
i;.*: that war in Scandinavia was Inevitable, anl
It was not so very lung ago that the Eastern
Asian quarrel was confidently declared to be
one that must be foughr out to the bitter end.
To keep the peace in the one case and to re
■e it in the other were held to be Impossible.
•'Some* things can be done as well as some
other things'" For example, two nations which
are unsuitably joined together can separate and
'heir individual ways in peace, just as well
. as by fighting about it. It is not, of course, to
h« armed that therefore every proposal at sep
uatfaTn or secession should be amicably acqui
esced Ul else our own record would stand con
.oed/ We are not urging that tlie example
at Sweden and Norway should be followed by
Jlungary and Austria, but, on the contrary,
me should regret to see that done. hat la
phasized is this- that in international affair*
'the gravest character there is always room
' t the exercise of reason and restraint in ad
vance of an appeal to arms. That fact was
recognized and acted upon by Norway an-l
Sweden The one might have made an iinmedi
ate appeal to arms for securing its indepen
dence, and the other might have done the same
for preventing a dissolution of the union, on the
principle that in such a case nothing was to be
effected without a war. Happily, better ooun
r vailed on both sides. Norway has found
her end could be gained peacefully as well as
belligerently, and Sweden has been convinced
that to yield was better than to fight
Ag^!i._ a great war can be ended with honor
to both parties without being "fought to a fin
ish," and one great nation can successfully em
ploy Its good offices between two warring neigh
bors without itself becoming involved in trouble.
There were those who said It was impossible
and that all the world COOW do was to sit sti.l
and watch them fight to th* exhaustion of on*
or both. Happily, in that caa*. too. better coun
sels prevailed, ami there were those who dared
to think that what might be accomplished by
devastating strife mighi also be accomplished
by rensonable and peaceful negotiations. That
better Judgment is to-day triumphantly vindi
cated. It would be too much to sny that the
prevailing peace which the world to-day enjoys
proves the possibility of always avoiding war
or of always terminating it In mid-career; but
we may confidently sny it Indicates how well
worth while it is to try peaceful measures be
lore resorting to war or before acquiescing In
war jis something that cannot be avoided.
"PJUXCtPLES, yOT MEN."
Much stress is laid by Mayor McClellan's
more reputable supporters on his personal qual
ifications and his assumed ability to give the
city an "Intelligent and dignified" administra
tion. We have cheerfully testified to Mr. M. -
Clellan's many amiable qualities, and have never
hesitated to admit that in his personal equip
ment and inclinations he rises superior to the
"honest grafters" in politics whose purposes he
serves and with whose fortunes he has chosen
to identify himself. We are willing to suspend
to a certain extent in his favor the application
of the homely proverb which reminds us that
a man is known by the company he koeps. We
have no quarrel with the eulogists who tell us
that Mayor MeClellan is doing "the best he can"
for the city, considering Ids primary obliga
tions to do "the best he can" for Tammany and
its predacious leaders; but we draw the line fit
approving the pleasant fiction of these eulogists
that the Mayor is In any real sense free to put
in practice his private notions of what Is "dia:
nined" or "intelligent" In public administration.
Nor can we admit that his limited and hampered
efforts to do his best should be gratefully ac
cepted as all that the voters of New-York should
reasonably expect.
It Is shrewd for the Tammany Hall managers
to try to make the Mayoralty canvass hinge on
Mayor McClellan's reputed aspirations an<s
pleasing personality; but the public is hardly to
be gulled by such an expedient. What is there
in Mr. McClellan's past record or present atti
tude to encourage the belief that his re-election
would Interfere In the slightest with the opera
tions of the system of mlsgovernment for which
Tammany stands? That is a system under which
the interests of the city are subordinated to the
Interests of the professional politicians and tho
public service corporations. Its watchword Is
•honest graft," and its chief reliance Is on the
powpr of the Murphys. Sullivans and MeCar
rens here and the Durham s and McXicholls in
Republican cities like Philadelphia to manipu
late and mislead the voters through appeals to
partisan loyalty and partisan prejudice. Philn
delpbia has to-day a Mayor— John Weaver- who
is honestly trying to restore popular rule anl
eliminate "graft" from local administration. He
is doing it by fighting both the "honest" and
the "penal rode"' grafters. He is not, doing it
by standing as the nominee of the forces which
are struggling to preserve the good old system
of organized plunder.
George B. MeClellan. unfortunately, is not and
never will be a John Weaver. He long ago cast
his fare with Tammany, and 1s to-day, as al
ways, in spite of any possible private and per
sonal predilections, a public advocate of the
perpetuation of Tammany rule and Tammauv
methods. His personal influence has been pow
erless to check the Tammany organization's
tendencies to eviL He is hailed as a candidate
better than his party; but his success this
year would mean not a general improvement of
conditions within the Democratic city organlza
tion. but an encouragement to greater laxness
and scandals. Mr. MeClellan's individuality (8
not the dominant issue In this campaign. He
must stand or fall with Haffen in The Bronx.
with Cassldy in Queens, with Ridgway In Brook
lyn, with the Murphys and the Sullivans in
Manhattan. Not the MeClellan administration,
but Tammany with its whole "honest graft'"
theory is up for judgment. A principle, not a
personality, is on trial.
THE AT'TOMOBILE RACE.
When one compares the result of the second
race for the Vanderbilt Cup with that of tlie
first he is impressed with the remarkable in
crease [n speed which was exhibited yesterday.
Heath last year ran 283 miles— abont one-third
of the distance between New- York and Chicago
—in five hours and a half, his average being not
far from 51.5 miles an hour. Hemery performed
the same feat in 4 hours nnd .'{<; minutes, so
that he travelled at the rate of 61.5 miles an
hour.
The gain is the more surprising in view of
tlie fact that this year's winner had a machine
which in one particular was inferior to that
with which the honors were carried off last
year. Hemery*s engine was rated at 80 horse
power and Heath's at 90. Though five of
Heath's rivals in 1904 had machines of the same
nominal capacity, none of his competitors en-
Joyed any advantage in the matter of power.
Several of the machines which took part in yes
terday's race were capable of developing lL'o or
130 horsepower, but none of them was able to
keep up with Hemery's. A good deal besides
mechanism is involved in these contests. Nerve,
skill sind experience are as important as machin
ery—perhaps more so.
Brilliant as was yesterday's achievement, in
some respects It does not justify much enthusi
asm. A race in which automobiles participate
has less to commend it fhan one between horses
or yachts. Neither <<f the latter interfere with
anybody's rights or call fo;- the exclusion from
n highway of those who have a prior right to its
use. Nor is that the worst feature of such con
tests. Participation in and preparation for them
combine to develop a reckless disregard for
one's own and others' safety and to stimulate
a disregard for law not only on racing days,
but on every other day of the year. Their moral
effect is far from being wholesome.
THE CAMPAXIA'S TRY ISO VOYAGE.
The steamship Campania certainly had an un- !
usual and unfortunate experience during her
lagt trip from Liverpool to this country. A tre
mendous biilow swept across her amidships.
washed several of her passengers overboard j
and dashed nearly thirty others about in such a
manner as to injure them more or lees seriously
In the short period of a single minute. So piti
ful an occurrence is rarely reported nowadays,
even In winter, when the heaviest storms of
the year prevail. Though the weather has oc
casionally proved tempestuous in the last few
weeks, the conditions ou the Atlantic have not !
yet warranted especially unpleasant anticipa
tions. Indeed, the accident does not appear to
have been attributable solely to the violence of
the gale which the Campania encountered. It
is asserted that owing to a change in the direc
tion of the wind, waves wore coming from dif
ferent directions, and, as often happens at such
times, the meeting of two resulted In forming
one of exceptional size and height. Had not
this overtaken the ship when she was rolling
badly, and at a moment when her decks were
tilted over toward the approaching gea, she
might have escaped without serious harm. As
it was, she suffered terribly.
One of the most regrettable features of the
event is that it leaves it no longer in the power
of the Cunard company, to which the Campania
belonged, to boast that It never lost a passen
ger'a life. The ship's officers appear to be en
| orely free from blamo. There Uno ftvidence to |
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show that there was a lapse of the vigilance,
sobriety and skilful seamanship which have
contributed so largely in the past to the m
pany's proud record. But hereafter the mariner
will have his faith in luck frond luck and bad
lock— strengthened. Combinations of circum
stances which cannot be foreseen or averted,
nnd which are followed by the gravest mischief,
are sure to arise, sooner or later. If* on the
one hand, these involve no reproach, and call
only for charitable Judgment, on the other they
show the wisdom of broadening calculations so
as to Include the element of chance.
GA H TRUST GOVERNMENT-
Patrick I". McGowan, Murphy's candidate for
President of the Board of Aldermen and Mayor
in case of the resignation of Mr. SfcClellan, is
a friend and protege of John T. Oakley. His
solo activity in politics baa hitherto been in rou
nection with Oakley's Pensacola Club.
John T. Oakley is Mayor McClellan's Commis
sioner of Water Supply. Gas and Electricity.
He is the man who made the secret and waste
ful contract with the lighting trust. He is com
pletely under the domination of that Oppressive
and law-breaking monopoly! and Mr. McGowau
IS completely under his domination.
Mr. McClellan Is an aspirant for the Governor
ship. He does not deny that he means If
elected Mayor to throw aside the duties of that
office in a year, should that be possible. He
does not mean to perform the contract which
he asks the people to enter into with him trust
ing to bis being better than the Ridgways,
Haffens, Cassidys and McGowans he would
take into office with him. To serve his per
sonal ambition he is ready to sacrifice the city
to Murphy and McCarren
If bo is elected Mayor and is able to realize
his further ambition, the Ons Trust's man Oak
ley's man JklcGowan, will be Mayor. Hie Gas
Trust is only n branch of the Oil Trust. M' 1 -
Gowan, with the assistance of the Oil Trust's
man McCarren's man Ridgway, would easily
make this a government of iho Gas Trust, for
the Gas Trusf, by the Gas Trust.
TWENTIETH CENTURY WOODSMEN.
Notwithstanding the tremendous growth of
the fashion of country living, it still remains the
fact that for the young man of education who
is about to choose his career in life there is little
opportunity to shape it so that, at least while
he Is engaged in a gainful occupation, he may
be any other than a dweller in towns. There is.
to be sure, a recognition of the advantage which
a certain degree of technical training gives to
the young man who intends to be a farmer, but
naturally the proportion of those who, having
elected the independent life of the husbandman,
feel that they can afford the time for the full
collegiate course is small. The decline of cattle
ranching on a moderate scale has deprived the
college graduate with a passion for tlie out of
doors of a congenial occupation which formerly
might, and often did, become a permanent voca
tion. The profession of the civil or mining en
gineer offers open air work to the beginner, but
with success comes condemnation to an office;
and so on with many other admirable callings.
For a vast number of ambitious Americans the
country life is only to be enjoyed in holiday and
vacation time. The yoke of city life is still
heavy upon the man who is inclined to feel, with
Stevenson, that he "would rather be a bargee
"than occupy any position under heaven that
"required attendance at an office."
One field of activity, however, Is open to such
a man, and Is widening yearly. The manage
ment of the national forest reserves requires
the services of many trained men, and the For
estry Service will call for an increasing number
of well prepared foresters to supply Its needs.
Already private forest owners are realizing that
conservative lumbering pays better than the old
wasteful methods, and are seeking for trained
men to look after their timber. Opportunities
for entering the government service are afforded
to applicants above the age of twenty, college
graduates having tlie preference, and under
graduates taking precedence over men of
smaller educational preparation. Once accepted
as a "forest student." a man must be ready to
combine severe mental work with vigorous
manual labor for a small salary and under
strict supervision. That the ideals of the ser
vice are high may be seen from the Chief For
ester's suggestion that the student who In his
college course can include physics, meteorology
and political economy, in addition to geology.
physical geography, mineralogy, chemistry, bot
any and pure and applied mathematics, will be
the better equipped to take up his technical for
est studies, and his added recommendation that
the forest student supplement his systematic
studies in this country by six months to a year
spent in Investigating the forestry methods of
European states.
Something of iho devotion of the scholar, as
well as the love of the wild, must co to the
making Of the successful forester. Like the col
lege professor, he must renounce the hope of
riches, for his compensation, if we are to judge
by present standards, will not exceed $3,500 a
year. But, given the proper qualifications, we
may conceive a United States forester as a hap
pier man than many a far more largely remu
nerated fitizen.
ESTIMATES OF FAME.
The practical completion of this year's elec
tions to the Hall <>f Fame confirms our com
ment, that all the names chosen are worthy.
The names of John Qulncy Adams, Madison,
William Tecumseh Sherman, lx>well and Whit
tier are imperishably written in American his
tory and in the hearts of the American people.
The history of American womanhood places the
names of Mary Lyon, Emma Willard and Maria
Mitchell in the first rank. As for distinguished
Americans of foreign birth, if there have been
three more sure of fame than Alexander Hamil
ton. John Paul Jones and Louis Agassiz, their
n.imes are unknown to us. Doubtless there are
other names well worthy to lx? inscribed there;
perhaps some more eminent than some that
have been chosen. There are those who prefer
the author of "Annabel Lee" to the author of
"Hiawatha." But to say, as some have done,
that any of the names now in the Hall of Fame
havo been "dragged out of obscurity" is simply
rank nonsense. We may regret that the. whole
twenty-six vacancies in the hall were not filled,
but we must affirm that these eleven have been
well filled.
A comparison of the votea cast this year with
those of five years ago indicates some sugges
tive changes in the esteem iv which dlstin
guished men are held. Some of the foremost
of those voted ou this year were not candidates
five years ago, not. having then been dead ten
years. Such were Lowell, Whittier, Shermau,
Holmes, Bancroft nnd Parkinan. Among au
thors and editors who were voted on in 1900 it
is to be noted that Bryant declined lv the fire
years from 49 to 40. and Greeley from 45 to 39,
while Motley rose from 41 to 46, Cooper from
;{«• to 43 and Poe from 38 to 43. The two states
men thi3 year chosen rose, Adams from 4S to
58 and Madison from 49 to 50. Among states
men not yet chosen Calhoun fell from 49 to 45,
Jackson from 48 to 44 and Samuel Adams from
83 to 2*'.. while Suoiner rose from I' 6to 28, Patrick
Henry from 39 to 45, John Jay from 25 to 26 and
Monroe from 19 to 23. Seward remained con
stant at 3.1, and Daniel Boone at 35. The painter
Copley fell from 83 to 25. No women were elected
five years ago, but among those voted on then
and now Mary Lyon rose from 20 to 58. Emma
Willard from 4 to 50, Maria Mitchell from 7 to
47, Lucretla Mott from 11 to 32, Louisa Alcott
from none to 87, Helen Hunt Jnekson from 3 to
34, Dorothea Lynde Dix from 12 to 36, Martha
Washington from 14 to 81 and Charlotte Cush
man from 18 to 3d.
These figures may In *omo cases b« duaisged
a trifle by the one or two ballots yet to be can
vassed, but not materially. Some of the changes
in five years may doubtless be attributed to
the changes which harp through necessity oc
curred in the composition of the electorate,
though these have beeu few. Some of the In
creases are probably due to the foot that the
most conspicuous candidates were elected in
1000, and that thus those who were then in n
secondary rank were left to be leaden in I0or».
To what extent changes are due to actual
changes of opinion concerning distinguished
men or to the advance of knowledge concerning
them it would be difficult to say. though it Is
probable that some were thus effected. The
establishment of the Hall of Fame and the
election of twenty-nine candidates to it in 1000
unquestionably promoted study of American his
tory and biography and caused some revision of
estimates of eminent men. This educational
process may have results disappointing to the
admirers of a few individuals, but it must be
accounted on the whole beneficent in a high de
gree. Indeed, it was one of the chief objects of
the creation of this national pantheon not that
It should give added lustre to great names,
which it could not do. but that it should through
its public inscription and ensbrineinent of those
names be a perpetual inspiration to the Ameri
can people to the study and the emulation of
Illustrious careers.
Do not forget that to-morrow i.« the last day
of registration. Get your name on the list
Monday morning before going to business.
Those who desire for the Empire City of the
United States what Mr. Ivins, the Republican
candidate for Mayor, years ago rightly char
acterized "a class government by th-e worst, for
the worst," will not fail to vote th»> Tammany
ticket.
Tree planting under the auspices of the Park
Department would be a good thing if done
much more largely than at present. But we arc
inclined to think a better thing would be to take
proper care of the trees which we now have.
Why set out more to be gnawed by horses and
defoliated by insects and poisoned by gas and
starved by being sealed beneath a watertight
and airtight pavement? Fine trees would be
adornments to t>ur streets, but not the wretched
caricatures which now line so many blocks.
The Republican candidate for Mayor has in a
marked degree the power of stating the issues of
the present campaign in few and strong words,
as, for instance, when, in his speech of accept
ance, he remarked: "Be he whom he may. the
"better the man put in the City Hall by Tam
"many Hall the worse his crime when he lends
"his good name to that organization."
Dr. L O. Howard, entomologist of the Depart
ment of Agriculture, is reported as saying, be
fore the International Sanitary Convention, in
Washington: "The holy water in churches is, in
"many Instances, a breeding place of these
"mosquitoes and a grave cause of danger and
"death." And still scientists wonder at the
little credence sometimes given to their grave
utterances' ____^^_____
THE TALK OF THE DAY.
Since the legislature In Nevada legalized slot
machines they have been doing a great business,
and most of the nickels disappeared from circula
tion into the machines. This has occasioned such
inconvenience among th« public that the banks of
Nevada have had to send to the mint for a new
supply.
AMBITIONS
She is what one would call
Netther too short nor tall;
Hands white as snow and email;
Mouth like a cherry;
Hair, a great heap of gold;
Brow of a classic mould;
Kyes, that loves secrets hold.
Twinkling and merry.
Happy she is, no doubt;
Nothing to fret about
Since her gay coming out.—
She's only twenty;
Maids,— she has four or five;
Horses,— and grooms to drive:
Money,— dear man alivo:
Papa has r' p nty
Jewels.— she fairly glows!
Gowns, for each hour that ko^s:
Gloves, too— and. goodness know;
How many shirtwaist*'
Every new style of hat. —
Flamboyant, flare or flat,—
Think of the dollars that
This little flirt wastes!
Flirt! I confess it. She
Sometimes will flirt with me
When there is none to see:
What could be better?
In love all things are fair:
I shall flirt all I <lare.
And ho ii millionaire
The day 1 get her!
-(Puck.
That net very elegant word, supposedly an
Americanism, "bummer." is said to be descended
from the English "bummaree," itself centuries old,
if not very literary In the company it has kept.
A "hummaree" was a. person who peddled fish out
side the regular fish market. Naturally such a
person was in disfavor with the dealers in the
established markets. The ■'bumm.irees" were ac
cused of cheating and selling worthless wares,
hence the disagreeable significance of its linguistic
descendant.
Great Scheme.— "He mnkes love to summer srirls
in tlie winter time «nd to winter gir!p in the sum
mer."
■What's ihp idea?"
"Thinks they come a little cheaper when they're
out of (Cleveland Leader.
In several places in Prussia, a Berlin telegram
to "The London Leader" says, experiments are
being made with a somewhat novel material for
soldiers' hods, namely, shavings of paper about
three centimetres broad and several hundred
metres long. These are stuffed into bags on which
the soldiers lit-. They are said to be more com
fortable than straw and more springy. Straw beds,
moreover, must be changed every six months.
These new beds Of paper shavings need changing
only once in two or three years.
THE BURKING BUSH.
The maple flames with crimson leaves.
And as the fitful breezes sigh,
Like little rippling tongues of fire
They lick the edges of the sky.
Yet all its color and its glow
Is wrapped in winter's winding sheet,
And all its pomp must pass away
For springtime's resurrection sweet.
The mysteries of life and death
It holds, for those who turn to scan:
So yearly from the burning bush.
The Lord God speaks to man.
-(Brooklyn Life.
"Where is the twelfth Juror?" exclaimed an
Idaho Judge as court reconvened, after a recess,
with only eleven good men and true In the box.
One Juryman arose. "Please. Judge," said he. "it's
Ike Simmons as is gone. He. had to go on pri
vate business, but he's left his verdict with me."
A High Flyer -"He's a pretty fast young man.
"Well. I should say! Why, he exceeds the
speed limit without the aid of an automobile." —
(Philadelphia Press.
Fame is now a merchantable commodity. An
English publisher, by tho name of Arthur Cok
ney. has opened a «hop in Rue de Richelieu, Paris,
where he proposes to furnish unknown authors
with reputations The kind varies with the price,
for instance: Vague notoriety, one month's dura
tion at maximum, $400; annual reputation. Jl.000;
celebrity. $2,400. literary glory guaranteed for
twelve years. $10,000. Portraits at the salon, sand
wich board men. sky signs and artificial scandals
enter into the "scheme."
At one of our big schools a pompous youngster,
whoa* father, it was well known, had been a suc
cessful omnibus driver, was one day fingering
ostentatiously a large seal which ho was fn the
habit of wearing, representing St. George and the
dragon, and, having drawn the attention or a
school companion to it. remarked carelessly:
"Ah. on* of my ancestors is supposed to have
killed the dragon, don't you know!'
"Good stslc1ou«1" exclaimed the other, som«wij«.t
•Juttouftt/. "DI& t* ran «T%r <TU->«u.
About People and Social Incidents.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From Th»> Tribune Bureau ]
Washington. Oct. -President Roosevelt held a
long consultation this afternoon with Secretary
Root and Secretary Taft. Assistant Secretary
Bacon came over to th* White House half an
hour before the arrival of his rht'-f. After the
Cabinet members departed the President played
tennis with Olfford Pinchot. chief of the Forestry
Bureau, and James R. Oarn>M. chief of the Bu
reau of Corporations.
Mrs. Roosevelt and Theodore. Jr.. took a horse
back ride in the suburbs after luncheon. Theo
dore, Jr.. arrived from Cambridge this morning
with' ■ college friend for the purpose of bidding
his father and mother foodby before their trip to
the South.
Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, called on the Presi
dent this morning to inquire about the rumor that
the Keep commission had decided to establish a
central purchasing bureau for all the government
deportments at New- York. Chicago believes that
if such a plan Is put into effect she ought to be
selected, and Senator Hopkins came to champion
her cause. The President told the Senator that
the plan was merely being discussed in an informal
way. Senator Hopkins also expressed an objection
to the proposed numbering of free delivery mail
boxes in the rural districts, on the ground that the
system would work injury to th* small deal* and
play into the hands of the gr*>at department stores.
Representative Curtis, of Kansas, who recently
returned from the Philippine*., visited the Presi
dent's office to give him impressions of the trip.
"The Islanders ought to get some help from Con
gress," said Mr. Curtis. "Under the present tariff
they cannot sell a pound of sugar or coffee In this
country and if things keep up as they are at
present they will simply starve to death. If th»y
could get American machinery there, and had a
reduction of 25 per cent of the Dingiey law. they
would be in a fair way to get on their feet."
Among to-days callers at the White House was
an old man from the Virginia mountain?, who
withheld his name. He gave the President a
carved cane. The stick bears the names of all the
commanders in the Civil War. and the names and
dates of the battles in which they figured.
Other callers were Edward Bosewater, of Omaha:
Mr. and Mrs. James Martin, of New- Jersey; Repre
sentative Dalzell. of Pennsylvania, who presented
John Eaton and George H. Anderson, president and
vice-president, respectively, of the Pittsburg Cham
ber of Commerce, and J. H. Le Roy. consul at
Durango. Mexico, who was Introduced by Secre
tary Taft.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Trtb'jne Bureau ]
Washington. Oct. 14-Baroness Rosen and Baron
ess Elizabeth Rosen, wife and daughter of the
Russian Ambassador, have returned to Washing
ton from Friendship, the country estate of Mr. and
Mrs. John R. McLean, where they were guests for
a week, and have Joined the Ambassador at the
Willard. The Ambassador is said to be negotiat
ing for the lease of the. residence of Colonel and
Mrs. Nathaniel Tyler, on Farragut Square, but the
matter is not yet decided. This house occupies
the site of the building which was burned at the
time it was occupied by Secretary Tracy.
Dr. Leo Vogel. the Swiss Minister, is now on the
way to America, and is expected to come to Wash
ington immediately upon his arrival. A. de Pury.
secretary of the Legation and Charge d' Affaires,
w'll arrive in Washington from Lenox on Tuesday.
Major A. V. de Federneiras. Military Attache of
the Brazilian Embassy, and Mme. de Pederneiras.
are expected to arrive In Washington not later
than Monday, and will occupy the apartment which
they have taken for the season at the Connecticut.
SOCIAL NOTES IN WASHINGTON.
[Fro™ The Tribune Bureau ]
Washington. Oct. 14— Justice Harlan. of the Su
preme Court and Mr?. Harlan, who arrived in
Washington last Saturday from Murray Bay. ac
companied by their family, brought with them as
guests Mr. and Mrs. James Harlan. who left
Washington to-day for their home.
Mrs. Joseph Benson Foraker. wife of the Senator
from Ohio, has arrKed in Washington, and is at
her 16th-st. home. She will be joined enrly next
week by Mi?s Foraker. who has been visiting
friends in New-York und Philadelphia.
Major General Weston. who has just be«»n trans
ferred from the post of commissary general of
subsistence to the command of the Northern Di
vision, will leave Washington f<--r his new rort of
duty on November 1. His family will remain here
a little Inter, but will Join him in St. Louis, where
he will have headquarters, early in the pFa«=on
General and Mrs. J. H. Smith are here f"r a
short visit
Colonel and Mrs. Charles Bromwell have re
turned to their home. :n New-Harapshire-ave,, in
this city, after a visit of ten days at Elkins. Va.
where they were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
l/ee.
NEW-YORK SOCIETY.
With the wedding of Miss Webb to Ralph Pulitzer.
at Shelburne. Vt.; the races at Belmont Park and
the automobile contest yesterday, the weekend has
been a rather busy one from a social point of view.
To-day the majority of Dr. and Mrs. W. Seward
Webb's guests will return from Shelburne. Vt ., and
until Saturday next, when the steeplechases take
place at Morris Park, the week will be com
paratively uneventful. True, there are a few mar
riages, but the majority of the young people, who
are waiting to plight their troth at the altar, seem
to prefer November to October for their weddings.
While the Union, the Knickerbocker, the Calumet
and the Racquet clubs will extend the freedom of
their respective clubhouses to Prince Louis of Bat
tenberff. and to the officers of the British cruiser
squadron during their stay here next month, all the
Plans which had been made by the clubs in ques
tion for special entertainments in honor of the
visitors have had to bo abandoned, owing to the
briefnf «ss Of their pojourn. The prince and his offi
cers, as well as the commanders of the American
men-of-war in port, will be entertained on Novem
ber 9, which is King Edward' s birthday, by the St.
Georges Society, at a big banquet at the Waldorf-
Astoria, to which the President and the Secretary
of the Navy have been invited.
Virginia's Hot Springs continues to be the ren
dezvous of a very large element of New- York so
ciety, and familiar faces are to be encountered al
most at every turn In the beautiful drive there.
Mr. and Mrs. O. H. P. Bflmont. who have been en
tertaining their daughter, the Duchess of Marl
borough, will leave town to-morrow for a month's
stay at the new country place which they have
built there. The duchess sailed for England yes
terday. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt and her chil
dren, who are due here from Europe, shortly, will
go to Hot Springs on their arrival, and Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Shoemaker will spend the remainder
of the month at the Homestead.
At Tuxedo the season is in full swing, and enter
tainments succeed one another without interrup
tion James Henry Smith, who is due here this
week from England, will open his place there im
mediately on his arrival, for a succession of house
parties. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester,
however will not accompany him. as had been an
nounced The duchess has b«en ill, and is In a
sanatorium in England. Mrs. James Brown Lord,
who arrived a day or two ago. is at her villa, and
among othe- regular residents established ther".
and who are dispensing hospitality, art. Mr. and
Mrs rterro Lorlllard. the Hon. Hugo and Lady
Evelyn Baring, whose elder brother. Lord Ravel
btoke. will srrlve here this week to stay with them,
and Mr. and Mrs. Henry Poor, whose gon-in-law
and daughter. Colonel and Mrs. Richardson, after
spending the summer and early autumn with them
la Scotland, have returned to South Africa.
Trinity Chapel was the scene yesterday of the
wedding of Miss Charlotte Olllet. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Blmslle M. GlUet, to Arthur P. F. Ade
naw. The bride, in white satin, trimmed with
point lace, and a point lace veil, was attended by
her sister, Mildred, a* mald-of-honor. In a frock of
white silk, with pale cream sash and a large white
felt picture hat. with white ostrich plumes. The
bridesmaids were Miss Gladys E. Ooodrlch. daugh
ter of Rear Admiral Goodrich. U. 8. N.. Miaa Alice
Adenaw. Miss Agnes W. Russell. Miss Alice Grant
Smith. Miss Mabray Parks and Miss Amy H. Mills.
They wore light green silk and white laca frocks,
with white felt picture hat*. Charles B. Wiatt.
Charles P. Payne. Q*org« H- Hodges. Philips
Parks. Gustav Helneken and Langdon Ooelet were
the ushers, and Herman Coster 6ton«, the best
man, AiUr U-* Mr*SM&yi »*rton&s4 to/ Lbs Tloar.
the Rev. Dr. William H. Vibb-rt. there was a re
ception given by the brides parents at their houg<>
In Eaut 38th-st.
Mr. and Mr*. William Woodward ar« receiving
congratulations on the birth ot a daughter -it the!.
house In East 51st-ft. Mrs Woodward w.is M.ss
Elsie Cryd»r. one of th« triplet daughters of Mr.
and Mr* Duncan Cryder.
Mr and Mrs. M. Orme Wilson have returned to
town for the Reason find are ot Their house In East
S4th-. c t. Their SOTS are at Harvard.
The wedding Of Tfcttnas M. Ration? rir.-I Miss
Marie Vyse will take place to-morrow at St. Leo's
Church. and Ernest Iselin, N*wboH Jlorrts. Btary
V.-. Bull. Edmund Fairfax. Henry R. Taylor,
Jameson Cotting and Lycurgm Wir.clv*3ter. of
Baltimore, will met as usher?, while H. Ma*on Ra
borg will be hi.« brothers b»st man.
Two days later Julian Ripley will marry Mins
Helen A. Be|l. daughter of Mr. ami Mr« ' hari»s
J. Bell, at Washington. Ashbd H. Barney. Beery
Rogers Wlnthrop. who married Miss Alice Bab
cork the other day; Gardner H. Bel! -nd tne R»v.
Henry Sioan Coffin will he the ushers and T.
Dwight Ripley. Jr. the best man. Mis* Grace B*i:
will be her sister's maid of honor and Ml Flor
ence Wvckoff. of New- York, and Maw ZtMt Cotb
and Miss Hill, both of Washington, will b* the
bridesmaids. After the ceremony at St. ThoTnis'*
Church Mr. and Mrs. Bell, the parents of the hr!<l».
will civ- a wedding breakfast and recaption ?>r
the newly married couple nt their country pUce
mar Washfi |
Another wadding of Wednesday tv!11 be that o?
Miss Emily Stuart Taylor, daughter of the late
Stuart Taylor, to Ernest A. Wlltsee, at Pa- Mis*
Taylor Is a niece of Mr.-. Pierre LorlUard. sr . who
gave a dance for her at Sherry's when she r, m< .
out two years ago.
Among the features of the w«k w:i: be the
steeplechases on Saturday r. xt at Morris Park, or
ganized by the United Hunts Racing Asso-iaticr-
It is the first of three meetings, the "♦hers being
set for Wednesday. October 25. and tbfl follow!^?
Saturday. October 2?. Morris Park has always beep.
exceedingly popular with New-York society, and.
providing the weather is favorable, the. attendar.<-»
is certain to prove both large and brilliant. Many
coaching parties have already been organized for
Saturday, and Monson Morns will take out ■ nm
ber of guests from the Holland House on the r<n,i
coach Venture, which Robert L,. Gerry will probably
drive. Additional interest will be lent to the rac<M
by the participation of the military element in sev
eral of the contests, with tin full approval and In
dorsement of the War Department. These sutaou
steeplechase meetings at Morris Park owe the'r
organization entirely to Perry Belmont. Howard M
Potter. Ralph Ellis and H. S. Pag", the president
and officers of the newly formed United Hunts
Racing Association.
Mrs. Henry Clews, jr . «ai:e<i yesterday for Eu
rope with her children on boani the St. L/
rejoin her husband in Paris, where he ia in chart*
of the French branch of hU father? banket
A? Miss FYances Pell 13 in deep mournlr.g for th*
recent death of her mother, the late Mr? Alfred
Pell, her marriage yesterday to Major Archer Bhee.
ft the 59th Hussars. British army, was celebrated
very quietly at Highland Falis. N. I. Major She<»
served for a time as midshipman in the I
navy before Joining the army, and was ft
wounded In the war in South Aft
Mrs. George A. Robbins ar.d h°r son. Aldus M.
Robbin?, have returned to town, and are at
house, in East 3fith-st , for the winter.
Mr and Mrs. .Tames H. Stebblr.s have rei
from Europe, and ar»- at Wo >0 Madison-aye for
the winter.
Announcement Js made of the er.eaaremer.t Sf MDss
Mary Lanman Prentice, daughter of Mrs. N 888
tell Prentice, of No. 86 East 56th-st.. to Frederick
Adams P.ussen. of Winchester. Mass.
SOCIAL NOTES FROM NEWPORT.
[By Telegraph to The Tribune.)
Newport. R. 1.. Oct. 14— P cial affairs in New
port to-day were .1 dinner given this evening by
F. J. Otis and a card party this afternoon by Mr*.
George S. Scott. Mrs. Harry 8. Lehr tefl here
to-day for New-York to join Mr. Lehr. who left
here a few days ago. Mrs. C. S. Best closed her
Newport eottase to-day and, witrt Miss Best, has
gone to NeW'-Torfc for the winter.
Mis.' Morgan, who has been the guest of Mr? «"
H. Baldwin, will return to New- York on Monday.
Mrs. William Kd?ir returned to N«w-York to-aay
for the winter.
Miss Cynthia Roche has gone to Rhinebeck. N
V., where she will be the guest of Mrs. John Jaco'r
Astor. Messrs. M. and F Roche are here from
Harvard, visltin? their mother. Mrs Burke
IN THE BERKSHIRES.
[By Telerraph to The Trlr>une 1
Lenox. Mass . Oct. 14— There was a smaller ft>irt
than heretofore at the meet of the Berkshire Hurt
this morning for the weekly run in the Richmond
Valley. The choice of the Richmond Valley has
been made for a majority of the runs this year be
caus© it offers superior hunting: conditions The*-*
who rode after the drag this morning were David T.
Dana, Charles Astor Bristed. John Van Ness Philip.
Herbert Shaw. Francis Jaques. Miss Helols Meyer.
Harold Sidway. Miss Josephine Durand and Miss
Kate Cary. At the meet were many riders who did
not follow the hounds. including the Misses Shotter.
Roundtree. Al^xandre and Sl">arie Guy Ward, on*
of the whips of the hunt, was absent because he
lacked a suitable mount, not being able to replace
his hunter Emancipation, which was killed the
week before. The weather was remarkably balmy
for mid-October, and the run was made under ex
cellent conditions.
The breakfast which followed the hunt was held
In the gymnasium at EYskine Park, the beautiful
country place of Mr. and Mrs. George WesUn*
house. and was one of the largest and most nota
ble events of the late Lenox season. The decora
tions were autumn foliage and potted plants, a fine
setting for the merry gathering. Mr. and Mrs.
Westing house received the company which num
bered one hundred and fifty, many more than have
attended the breakfasts held heretofore. The occa
sion was enlivened by a string orchestra, which
played during the reception of the hunt and guests
during the breakfast. After breakfast rugs wer«
removed from the floor and a delightful dance fol
lowed. There was a most distinguished eompary
present. It included Baron Hengel mailer. t»e
Austrian Ambassador, and Baroness F*ngelmul!«\
Baron yon dem Bussche. Charge d' Affaires of ta«
German Embassy, and Baroness yon den Basse-*.
Baron Karl yon Glskra, of the Austrian » no *" T '
Baroness Hebbinghaus. wife of the Naval Attacr*
of the German Embassy; Baron Sient traßT. or
the Austrian Embassy: A. Do Pury. of t&a *™*
Legation; Lady Durand. wife of the BrtttshArn
bassador; Miss Durand. Hugh GurneT. E™««
Rennie. Of the British Embassy: Sir Michael and
Lady Nairn and Miss Nairn, of Scotland: IWJ
Rachel Aiken. Miss Anne Macßeth. of PltUburiJ
Colonel Oswald Latrobe, Charles Lanler. Mr. •»
Mrs. John Sloane. Miss Sloane. Mr. and *«•
Glraud Foster. Mrs. Samuel Frothlngbam. Mr. ana
Mrs. Dwight Collier. Mrs. Erto B. Dahlgren. »
and Mrs. W. Bayard Cutting. Mrs. William Tei
lock. Miss Clementine Furnlss. Miss Sophia rvr-
Bftsa. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wharton. Dr. and Mrs.
H P Jaciu.s. Mr. and Mrs. David Lydlg. Mr. ana
Mrs. Robert W. Patterson. Miss EU«abet*R«m
sen. Mr. and Mrs. S. P. Shotter. Mr. and »»7>
K. Sturgls. Mrs. James Ludlow and Mr. an* ■*".
J 8. Whistler. _,__
Charles Lanler entertained at dinner this rr«w=«
In honor of Colonel Oswald Latrobe.
Mr and Mrs. George W. Folsom • nt * t * B T? i6 T
dinner at Bunny Ridge in honor of Hampton «•—
and Miss Robb. fee ia
The annual harvest home festival will be «££
in the Trinity Parish house next Thursday,
sides a large chorus. Mrs. Eric B. l*"*^ o^
give a number of harp selections. Mrs. W. *. i»
thews will give violin solos and Miss corn
Barnes will be heard In reading? mjolford.
Mrs. Samuel Frothin ham has Miss J. » Dlw< *
of Boston as her guest at Overle* #w .Tor*.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis a Hoffman, of Nj£^
are guest, ot Mr. and Mr* That , her M- £££ <*
m H. Butler. Miss Butler and Ml- "JJJJ^
Buffalo, who are making a tour of the Ber»«^
are at Hotel AsplnwalL toc iude if* 9 *
Late arrival, at Hot- *?%?£££ £-
Lucy Frellngnuysen. Mr. and Mrs *^T\^ *
aid. Mrs. George W. Warren,
New- York; Mx. sad Mxs. J. M» CIIMI