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C !-». » 4 Work Wanted • _» KSancial Elections.. 14 1 j Work War.: ed t« M financial M*a f Jna^..34 1| Business Notices. A Popular Advertising Medium. jr.»vmn Months' Gain. 963.778 Unaa; or. Nearly 5.050 Columns (816 l!n*» to ■ column In the eleven month* ending November -(• l»05. Th« -York Dally and Sunday Trlbun* printed P63.773 Line* of Advertising (FXcJodlnc Trtbana adrertlß«n«riti) more than durtnir the Mint period of 180*- Circulation Books Open. IVf&^orkSaiig nxibnut WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13, 1905 THE WEWB THIS MORM\G CONGRESS.— The Senate passed its first bill, authorizing the construction of a railroad bridge In Arkansas. FOREIGN.— labor leaders, according to a dispatch sent from St. Petersburg on Monday morning, decided that the workmen are too v.eak to attempt a great struggle with the govern ment. The general strike was postponed until preparations -were complete for an armed uv riFirg- a mutiny of Cossacks was reported from Moscow. == Refugees reaching Bucharest re ported that Elizabethgrad was on fire and that a mob «aa killing Jews and Plun^rtng their houses and shops. = Nearly }<**•<*» »*« dan refugees are said to be In Berlin; the fron tier cities are crowded with fugitives; new gov ernments have been Pet up in many sections of the Baltic provinces. = A dispatch from Berlin said that freight traffic was suspended on most of the Russian lines. == A number of additional appointments to the Liberal Ministry were announced at London; Winston Spencer Churchill warn made Under Secretary for the Colonies - = The Brazilian Min.Bter at Berlin made a protest to the Foreign Office regarding the incident at Itajahy: a full investigation was promised. = = Cold bullion for the payment of Imere st on Russian bonds arrived at Berlin from Ft. Petersburg. DOMESTIC.— Minor Meriwether. Jr. was sentenced to one year's confinement within the limits of the Naval Academy bar racks and to be publicly reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navjr. it was announced In Washington. ===== The crews of the gunbor-t TTasp and lightship No. 68 were rescued and brought, respectively, to Newport and New-Bed ford. ~= In the beef packers' case, at Chi cago, the plea of the defendants' for separate trial? »a 5 denied. ===== The American Woollen Company announced from Boston an increase of V* per rent in th«» wages of thirty thousand employes, to take effect on January 1. and entail an extra distribution of more than $1,000,000. : j. B. Corey, uncle of the president of th« "United States Steel Corporation, at Pittpburg. offered to make public letters between his nephew, Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Schwab, hearing on his nephew's marital trouble*, if $100,0<)0 ■were subscribed to the Jewish fund. ClTY. Stocks generally were strong. rr^=- T. T. Ryan, before the insurance investigating com mittee, testified that E H. Harriman had de manded half of the Hyde Equitable Mock, and had said that he. would use all his influence, po litical and otherwise, against Ryan If he did not fret the stock. ■• . - Mr. Harriman refused to comment on Mr. Ryan's testimony. ===== The Mayor vetoed the aldermen's ordinance permit ting the use of hardwood instead of fireproof wood for building purposes. • A plan was announced to condemn the land between cham bers and Leonard sts. end Broadway and the Bowery for the use. of the city for public build ings and parks. == Relatives are seeking "William Brown, of Brooklyn, who disappeared nineteen years ago; he ie entitled to a legacy of about $10,000. and unless found will be declared dead. = It was learned that a foreman on the Rockefeller estate had shot a workman for laziness. Th*. Weather lndications for to-day: Partly cloudy or cloudy. Th* temperature yesterday: Highest. 50 degrees: lowest. Sfi degrees. AMERICA'S LOST OPPORTUNITY. One of Japan's representative? in this country : during the recent .Russo-Japanese War referred to Japan as "America's little boy." The words were something more than 8 compliment. They were a recognition of the leading part this conn- : try played in opening up Japan to the commerce of the world and afterward In leading her in the ways of Western civilization. That was an hon- \ orable achievement, and one worthy of the New ! World which was called into existence. In Can ning's phrase, "to redress the balance of the ! Old." That Japan was and is grateful to Amer- '. ica for pointing to her the path which, as events have proved, was for her the path of self-preser vatlon and progress every one knows. But what is the situation in the Far East to day? Another nation, which in point of num bers is to Japan, to the countries of Europe or to the United States as Gulliver to the Lillpu tians, is stirring uneasily and awaking to the potentialities at Us mighty future. And just when China is about to follow Japan's example in placing herself abreast of Western thought unri civilization, to what country Is she looking for guidance? Instead of turning, as did Japan, to this great Republic we read that China is sending ■ thousand students to the schools and universities of Japan, and to that foremost {»ower of the Orient. and not to America, is to be given the honor of regenerating and remaking the world's mow populous empire. Not only is China turning to Japan with trust and confi dence, but she also ie sending her merchants, students and travellers to Europe in preference to America, while as to this country she has been led by her own pride and the sensitive self respect so characteristic of Orientals to lay down what is practically an ultimatum — specifying twelve points upon which we must amend our national conduct in order that the present grow ing boycott against American goods and practi cally everything American shall be lifted. To such changed conditions and significance have been brought the relations between America and the teeming East for whose, trade the nations of the world are now contending. Not only have the laws been made and administered to keep oat the laboring class of the Chinese Empire, bet elso La affect to clot* ocr gfctaa against her ■ merchants, her students, her leisure and wealthy class the men who would be able to appreciate our inventions, furnish « market for our prod ucts and lead their own fellow countrymen to respect, admire and imitate Americans and American institutions. The natural and Inevitable result of such con ditions is the boycott, and that China is able and willing to employ it there is no longer any doubt. Rut even this is not the worst or the complete statement of the conditions into which Ameri can relations with the Far East have been hroujrht. Having su«wpdpd in thus arousing the antipathies and the commercial hostility of the world's most populous empire, for whose trade our statesmen and diplomats have demanded th«^ -open door." agitators are now beginning to raise ■ similar cry of exclusion against the .Tap nnese at the very time when that country has achieved Che leadership of th«» Orient and by the valor of its arms and its generosity in the hour of victory has broken down in Europe the strong prejudice and bigotry of the West In re gard to the yellow race. Such folly is almost in conceivable, especially since Japan now lias fields of activity for all her own population, except the few who, as in Europe or in America, prefer ad venture and enterprise in other lands rather than in their own. Happily the country has a President who is capable of the wider vision of humanity and progress. By following bis leadership America may not regain the primacy she won half a cen tury ago in the East but she can at least re trieve what are now seen by intelligent i»eople of all parties to be serious blunders. 1 NARROW ESCAPE. No one cau read about the peril t<> which the crew of the N'antocket Shoals lightship was ex posed last Sunday, and of the rescue which was effected in so timely and heroic a manner, with out sympathy and joy. The fourteen men whose lives were endangered by leaks in tlie vessel on which they were imprisoned were engaged in a peculiarly trying service. Like the brave fellows who patrol the beaches during every heavy storm with a view to aiding shipwrecked mariners. Captain Jorgensen and his associates were ministering to the safety of their fellow mortals. The same may be said, of course, of the crews of all lightships, but the vessel which is stationed on Nuntucket Shoals is subjected to exceptionally severe trials in rough weather. Those who know from direct observation what a terrible surf rises there declare that the post Is as much to be dreaded as is the vicinity of Hnrteras, The men who accept assignment to duty at that place, 100. are perfectly familiar with the risks they encounter. If any set of hu man beings ever deserves to be helped m a dire emergency, the crew of a lightship on Nantucket Shoals Ls thus deserving. The vessel which was so badly strained while In service there last Sunday that she foundered next morning before reaching New-Bedford bad been employed to relieve other lightships in the district, to facilitate their removal for repairs. The one which she had replaced temporarily might have gone through the ordeal with less In jury. Ft Is not unlikely that the lighthouse board demands less from n substitute than from a principal. If such is really the practice of the government, it may be wise to consider its pro priety afresh in the light of this week's experi ence. If. on the other hand, the authorities do not deliberately tolerate any difference in sianehness between the two .lasses of vessels, then it can do no harm to inquire whether the weakness of Kelief No. 58 could have been dis covered sooner and In time to have" averted her sinking. Had all this happened ten years ago the con sequences would have been very different. The splendid work done by the tender Azalea would have been Impossible hut for the warnings sent to Newport from the leaking lightship by wire less telegraph : and wireless telegraphy is em phatically a modern invention. On < hristmas Day. 189$ the first practical use of It under of ficial auspices was made on the English coast, communication being established by it between the South Foreland and the East Goodwin Sands lightship. The purpose for which Marconi's In struments were installed at those points was the reporting of marine accidents. The object for which outfits were placed on the Nantucket Shoals lightship and on Nantucket Island in 1901 was to announce the safe arrival of west bound steamships. The control of the practice has slncp passed from a private corporation to The government and the system in vogue there nap bepTi changed. But the precedent established a littlo over four years ago has just saved the lives of fourteen men. The United States Light house Board owes more to Marconi than It has hitherto realized. RUSSIA IX COLLAPSE. Ttie Russian Empire to day appears to be in a state of collapse. Throughout the whole vast realm, from the Baltic Sea to the Sea of Ok hotsk, from the Euxine to thp Arctic, the po litical machine lies broken down and the social and industrial fabric has fallen or is falling into ruin. Not for more than a century has the world sepn so appalling » spectacle, not since the "Cimmerian World -wreck age" of the French Revolution. There may he those who will apply that graphic phrase to the darkness and rein which now prevail in Russia, seeing that the land of the Cimrrferil was in that em pire; and indeed it seems as fitting for such rip plication as for the case of France, since if Russia has not proportionately the culture which France then had to be destroyed it has a vastly larger population to be Involved, it has already developed savage passions not sur passed in the Reign of Terror, aud its govern njent seems to be as close to the verge of fail ure as was that of Louis at the death of Mlra beau. The name of Mirabeau. Indeed, suggests an other striking resemblance between the Two revolutions "There is one Herculean Man; in internecine duel with him. there is Monster "after Monster. . . . With these shall the "Serpent-queller do battle continually, and ex "pact no rest." Thus spoke the historian of the French Revolution; and overy word is pre cisely true of the Russian revolution of to day, with reference nor to Miraheau but to Wine. Vast as are The contrasts between the two men personally, they must be reckoned as one in hatred of anarchy, whether of the mon arch or of the mob, and as one also in circum stances and in responsibility. That they will not be alike in their ending we must hope. Mirabeau died, and his death was followed by the flight of the doomed King. Wltte now speaks of resigning, an Incident whose sequel might be no less disastrous than the death of Mirnbeau. For If be is not able to stand, who else in Russia can hope to be? And If his wise policy of const! tuti'mftl order Is not to prevail, what can take it* place with promise of more acceptance and of more success? It is In view of the prospect of reaction, re pression and repeal of the reform manifesto that Count Wltte Is contemplating retirement I But what would th« adoption of sneb a policy mean? It would be an attempt to cure evils by reviving the system which had produced them. There are hints Of the summoning of hi! army of 4Oo.emn Cossacks to suppress the revolution with sabre. lance and knout. No doubt such ■ force is available, and would be for a tint* «(T«c.tJve. But that would be civil war ; and what a upwtaclM would be that of a sovereign bringing home hie armies, which had just been beaten in ■ foreign war. to rum them against his own subjects! It !• possible that such a course will be— will have, to b*-— adopted, it 1« possible that coercion will bs actually preferable to revolution In th* form In which j the Inner may Ih> pressed. But we can Imagine nothing much more dreadful than th« enforced choice between two surb evils, especially since it -would certainly not be a, final settlement, but NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 13. 1905. a mere postponement to a day of wrath whose terrors would surely increase in greater ratio than the increase of delay. THR HOI SE COMMITTEES. Only a few changes are found in the, com mittee lists of the House of Representatives, and those were already discounted. The pro longed ascendency of the Republican party and il lo re-election of Speaker Cannon make the House in n measure, like the Senate, n con tinuouG body. The old scramble for commit tee appointments .it the beginning of each ses sion yields to an orderly progression of mem ben, "from lower to higher places on the com mittees in which they have had experience, and insures n continuity of policy that is In gen eral of public benefit. The most conspicuous chango is the appointment of the new members of the Committee of Ways and Means who are In sympathy with the Speaker's tariff views and opposed to the opening up of the question of revision at this lime. The most gratifying feature of the appoint ments is the promptness with which they are made. They are announced a week after the meeting of Congress, something unheard of for years. At the beginning of the first regular session of the last Congress Mr. C«nnon was expeditious, but a short extra session Just be fore bad prepared the way for the appoint ments. The President had contemplated an extra session this year In order to get busines3 under way before the holidays and avoid th« usual waftte of time until January, if for no other reason. The Speaker has accomplished what was hoped for from the extra session and left Congress no excuse for not getting its work well in band before the Christmas recess. FORCED" TO -PERJVRE HIMSELF! Borough President Littleton, as counsel for Cahill. the former Assemblyman convicted of perjury in eonnex-tion with election frauds, is go ing to contest the constitutionality of the Elec tion law on the ground that it requires a man to testify against himself. Be thinks it outrageous that a man cannot assist in a little colonizing in dustry without being compelled to commit per jury. Wo shall not attempt to guess what the courts may do with such a plea, but we may remark that nobody compelled Cahill to commit perjury. He did It of bJs own free will to cover up. as he thought, offences with which he had not been charged. The law did not force him to testify against himself, but merely compelled him to give a true account of certain other persons. It required him to tell what he knew about their residence in his house. He had to say whether they lived there or not. If he had refused to answer on the ground that to do so would tend to criminate or degrade him. we suppose he would have been excused ; but such an answer would have been equivalent to a confession. He had not been charged with procuring the illegal registration of these persons under suspicion, but his own guilty sense forbade him to desert them and say they had not lived in his house, so he swore that they had. Then he was con fronted with their confessions, not only that they had not lived at his house, but that he had in duced their fraudulent registration. The law rightly protects a person arrested from being compelled to testify against himself. but there is no sense in extending that immunity to prevent criminals from trapping themselves. The law often requires citizens to make oath to facts. If they have committed crimes which might only indirectly and collaterally be revealed by such oath, that is their lookout. The law did not force Cahill to commit perjury. He did that of his own free will. Neither did it compel him to confess any crime In telling the truth. Any offence in procuring false registration which might have been proved against him would have been proved independent of his testimony, which. in fact, would have tended to show his inno cence. What he feared was not testifying against himself, hut provoking his tools to testify against him, as without hip knowledge they had already done. So he stupidly commit ted tlie act of perjury. THE MFRIWETHER CASE. Two standards of judgment may be applied to the offence of which Midshipman Meri wether has been found guilty. The young man had killed a fellow student, not intentionally or de liberately, yet his participation in the fight which was attended by such unhappy consequences was both intentional and deliberate. These circum stances in the ordinary course of events would have led to his being indicted nnd tried for man slaughter under the laws of the State of Mary land. No one can determine what a Maryland jury would have decided in regard to the act. #><>r what sentence a Maryland judge would have im posed. Mr. Meriwether's status was different from that of most youths. He had entered a school conducted by the national government with the expectation of entering the military service of the country. Hence he was subject to a special code enacted by Congress, and his trial was con duced by a military court- That tribunal was obliged to consider not merely the result of the Injury Inflicted upon a fellow mortal by Mr. Meriwether. hut also the breach of discipline which he had committed. Strict observance of the regulation? is the first lesson which every naval nnd army officer is called upon to learn. Disregard of the rules of the Annapolis Acad emy aggravated the young man's wrongdoing. To deal too leniently with him. therefore, would be to defy the fundamental principle of military administration. The sentence of confinement for a year within the limits of the academy which has just been passed upon him is not too severe. In his last annual report the Secretary of tho Navy refers to this affair in an exceedingly sen sihle manner He declares that so long as the ff»deral law remains unchanged — and he does not desire any alteration- -he proposes to enforce jr. He ran be confident that the best sentiment of the country 1s with him. Incidentally. Mr. Bona parte expressed misgivings about the ease with which the custom of adjusting quarrels by a re sort to pugilism could be suppressed, as he had the impression that the practice was one of long standing. We are not sure thft he is altogether correct in this matter: and if it should prove that he is mistaken the success which ought to attend his policy may come more promptly than he has allowed himself to expect. vor GOOD MANAGEMENT. The official erplanatlon of the mishap and resulting delay of traffic In the subway on Monday evening cannot he regarded as alto gether complete or satisfactory. The accident occurred at Fulton-st. and necessarily traffic be low that point was suspended for a time. But why should it have been demoralized above? Express trains. Instead of running down to South Ferry, were unloaded at Brooklyn Bridge, and then switched over to the north bound track, between the bridge and Fulton st. But then, why could they not have been stopped us usual at the uptown bridge plat form to take on passengers? As it was, be tween 0:90 and 7 o'clock train after train ran by the bridge station without stopping, leaving hundreds of waiting passengers to stand there twenty minutes or so. or to ride to Harlem on slow way trains. Or if it was necessary to run those express trains past the bridge without stopping, why could not notice of the fact have been given to the public? Such notice was not given. On the contrary, th*» people were misinformed. They were told the trains would step, when they did not stop. The platform guards an nounced, hh UHial. "Broadway express." and "Lenoz-ave. express." as the trains approached. Intimating that they would stop as usual. When questioned by passengers, the guards said they knew of no accident, knew cf no reason why the trains did not stop, and were sure the next train would stop. In such fashion were hun dreds of passengers treated for nearly half an hour. . fm. We cau imagine no good excuse for it. The platform men at Brooklyn Bridge station rarely might have been informed of a mishap oc curring only a few hundred yards away, and might have been directed to let passengers know that no express trains would stop there for twenty or thirty minutes. Then passengers might have taken local trains without delay. There would then have been, perb.'.t.s. some feel ing of annoyance, but there would have been none of the resentment that was provoked by their being kept waiting through what were practically false pretences. In resigning the leadership of th« Citizens Union Mr R. Fulton Cutting expresses the hope that his retirement will help the public to ap preciate the difference between leadership and bosslsm. There is a difference, and an im portant one, but the line between the two haw not always been drawn as dearly by Mr. Cut ting as would seem desirable. Especially was this true in the recent mayoralty campaign, and It is not Improbable that Mr. Cutting's ap preciation of that fact led to his resißnation, which, however, has not been accepted. The public has confidence in Mr. Cutting's motives. but It does not always approve his judgment — a distinction which the public on its part hopes Mr. Cutting: may perceive. What Speaker Cannon calls "the white haired mandarins" of trn- House have shown the. "'kids" their place, and now the youngsters in the Senate have been forced to bow to the will of "the elder statesmen." These questions of precedence having been settled, it is to be hoped both houses will get down amicably to business. The population of Sing Sing continues to in crease — greatly to tho advantage of all good citizens, and especially of New-York City. Acoording to the German Imperial Chancellor "the empire is at peace." Tho world will gladly accept the assurance as more substantial than that given in like terms by another empire years ago. There is scarcely a power in the world more potential for peace than Germany, and scarcely one that ls more interested In maintain ing peace. The rate debate 4s on in the Senate, and Sen ator Tillman ls happy. He likes to see the sparks fly. Another Brooklyn c;ntqnaxian is dead at the age of 108. It is hard work sometimes to get across tho bridge, but it is worth while if one wants to continue long in the land. An inventor writes to a newspaper asking whether the government offers a reward for the Inventor or discoverer of perpetual motion. Usually inventors along that line do their in venting first— and then they don't care what the government offers. THE TALK OF THE DAY. The man who has never heard of the Civil War, and who exists only in the comic prints, had a pro totype in France. It is related that Napoleon T. a year after becoming Emperor, determined to find out whether there was any one In the world who had never heard of him. Within a fortnight the police of Paris had discovered a woodchopper of Montmartre. within Paris, who had never heard of the Revolution, nor of the dci.th of Tymis XVI. nor of Emperor Napoleon! \ publisher advertises: The Wives of Henry tlie Eighth. Third Thousand. Surely there Is some exaggeration here?— (Punch. Knjrlish as an international language is gaining flay by day. This is from a Belgian "fabric of special product* of ire machines": "The salt, like the Chlorids of lower degree, wears away, too, with much force the metallic objects. But tho superiority of my product on the salt is to he hotter conveyer of cold, especially for th*» iowes temperatures, through which the saJted water may become thicker and stick as Ice or hoar irost on the rriryr lator's worms." Why Papa I»st Consciousness. "If you marry Mm "" Mid her papa, who was exhibiting symptoms of violent displeasure. "I will not only have to support him. but I will have to pay his lebts. too. Put the pretty and petulant young thins: who was hanKinjr to his coat lapels was not moved by the "Now papa. ' she. paid, "you know -well enough that George has to live, just the same as other men And. as to hi« debts. I've heard you say hun dreds of times that a man's debts ought to be paid!"- (Brooklyn I-ife. Newspaper troubles In the short grass country, recorded by "The St. Francis (Mo.) Herald": "For three consecutive weeks now we have been delayed In K"inp: to press by the failure of the Burlington to brinff our patent. The first week the delay was one day. The second week the delay was two days. and this week it is nearly Saturday noon, and the issue is still in doubt by reason of having received no paper. But with the permission of the Lord we'll make It yet— if not on a whole sheet, then on a half sheet." Up to Date.- "Tea. dear, Santa Claus comes down "My goodness! It's a wonder the Board of Health allows it."— (Browning's Magazine. A curious will hns been probated at Rehel. France. Some time ago a gentleman of Independent means and somewhat eccentric, habits committed suicide, by hanging himself In his house at Poumely. A Bf>arch among his papers failed to disclose any will until, under the bed. on a piece of sheet iron, was found chalked the following words: "This 1? my last will and testament. 1 bequeath all my property to the borough of Ardennn on condition that the Mayor and Borough Council give £12 to the men of the local fire brigade for a beanfeast to be held as soon as possible." This extraordinary will was disputed by the rela tives, hut the local court has decided that It ta valid. TO A NEW V. Clean, crisp, innocent V wve«h from the mint-. Rent forth in this ham wnrld To do your stint. It makes me rather sad To see you go. 7"or soon your name will r>« ■•Tainted." T know. You'll pass through divers way* And crooked deals. And wicked avarice Will dog your heels. Likely enough 'twill be Your ■wretched fate With "graft" besmirched notes to Associate You may be held In some Trust pirate's thrall Till there Is left you no Honor at all. Then -ou'H be ostracized By people good ; Condemned for others' sins, . Misunderstood. You could not even be Given away For service with tne Just; You'd have to stay With outcast cash, and all Your days be spent Under a ban. despite Your good intent An old negro of Evergreen. Ala., who had been foreman of an estate in slavery days, and who had continued In that rapacity after being freed, had never been In a court. He decided he would like to hear a rase tried He made known hi desire to his employer and asked him to name a day when an Interesting case was on. The date was named, and Cnrle Tom sp«nt the entire day In the courthouse and gave the closest attention to every detail of the case. The trial finished as he came from the courtroom he was asked- "Well. Uncle Tom. what do you think of Tt?- Uncle Tom took off his hat and scratched his head a little, then said: "Well. boss, if bof dem lawyers tell de truf. dcv is bof de biggest liars <Sat eber lived." A Womans Way -Kdith What luck did you lwtrattd Bita, About People and Social Incidents. AT THE WHITE HOUSE. [From Tho Tribune Bur».«u. 1 Washington, tier. 12- President Roosevelt r» cetved a call to-day from Andrew Carnegie. The Ironmaster cam*' while the Cabinet was in ses sion, but the President earns out into the ante room to chat with hir.i for n. few minute?:. "\ just called to pay respects to Ihe (lr»>at Pacificator." sai-1 Mr. Carnegie, 'and neither politics nor bast ness rnfered tntn the visit." Rpprrsontativ* Sulz*r. of New York, had a short talk with the President this afternoon about two resolutions that he Intends to introduce In the House to-morrow. Marcus Braun. the immigration Inspector, who recently cam* to loKg;*rh*«»ds with certain Austrian detective* while abroad, will fig ure in both of Mr. Banter's m*asures. "My first resolution." paid Mr. Banter, "will rail upon the P*partm*nt of Commerce and Labor to male pub lic the report prepared by Mr. Rratin. which Impli cates Austrian government, officials In plots to violate our Immigration laws; the second will call upon the State department to Investigate the mat ter of Hraun'B Illegal arrest and imprisonment over there." Mr. Braun met Mr. Sulzer at the White House and left the building- with him. Other callers at the White House to-day were Senators Crane and Polliver. Representatives Bed*. Kahn. Hayes. Frederick T,andis. Adamson and Curtis, ex-Governor Richard Tates of Illinois, who called to Introduce the attorneys for Caleb Pow ers; W. S. cowen. A. B. Woodruff. ex-Judges Sims and Howard and Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Rowley, of Chicago. THE CABINET. [Fr^m The Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. P«c 12.— Mrs. Tart, wife of the Sec retary *f War, entertained a party at luncheon to day, and Issued Invitations for dinners on December 16 and January 2. The Secretary of the Navy and Mrs. P.onaparte. were serenaded at the Portland to-night by the Marine Band. THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS. [From Th* Tribune Bureau. 1 Washington. Deo. 12.— The Chlneae Minister will (five a dinner party Thursday night in compliment to Lady Hart, of England, wife of Sir Robert Hart, who is at the head of the Chinese Customs Service, where he has been for the last half cen tury. Lady Hart and her daughter are in Wash ington, on their way to China. Sir Edward Durand. of England, brother of tha British Ambassador, who has spent several weeks In Washington, aa a guest of th« embassy. left town this afternoon and will take passage on the Baltic from Xew-York for En gland. Miss rhirand. his daughter, who accompanied him here, will re main all winter as the guest of her uncle. The newly appointed Mexican Minister to Cuba, and Mme. Qodoy have Issued Invitations for the debut tea of their daughter. Miss Mercedes Godoy, for the afternoon of December 30. Miss Calvo, daughter of the Mlniafer from Costa Rica and Mme. Calvo. wlil nor make her debut this seaaon as earlier announced, because of her delicate health. She will go out only informally as her strength permits. NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON. [From The Tribune Bureau.! Washington. Dec. 12.— Rear Admiral and Mrs. Lamberton announce the engagement of their daughter. Miss Elizabeth Stedman. to lieutenant Richard Dasplt La Garde. D. S. A. The wedding will take place In tho holidays. General and Mrs. Kearney entertained at dinner last evening for Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, of England. Mrs. John Davis was one of the numerous host esses for small dinner parties to-night. Miss Audrey Townsend Sackett. of New- York, who has been tlie guest of Mm. R*ybiirn. is now visiting the Misses Converse nt the Connecticut, who gave a luncheon in her honor to-day. The party included Miss Daviep. Miss Maxwell. Mis* Snow and Miss Converse. M"iss Iconise Kauffmann was married at the honw Of her father this afternoon to Dr. J^hn C. Slmn- Fon. Guests at tho reopptlrn Included pevoral <"abinet members and their wives, and many mem bers of official and local society. Samuel H. Kauff mann gave his daughter away, and her only at tendant was Ml.=s Barbara Kauffmann. a niece. The bride wore a rich gown of white lace, with the usual accompaniment of veil and bouquet. The bridegroom had as best man his brother. Horton Simpson. Dr. and Mrs. Simpson left the city later for their bridal Journey. Among the out-of-town guests who attended were Miss Halne and Miss Bmerich. of Xew-York; Mr. and Mrs. R- D. Benson, of Passaic N. J.; Mrs. A. J. McGrath. of Newark: Frank B. Xoyes. of r*hi«yro. and Rudolph D. Kauffmann and Miss Elsie. Kauffmann. of Pe^-u. South America. NEW-YORK SOCIETY. Neither Mrs Vanderbilt nor Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, who are In mourning for the formers brother. Abram G-Jvynne. were present last night at the first of the new series of dinner dances at Sherry's. They had helped to organize them, In conjunction with Mrs. Douglas Robinson. M«. R. Fulton Cutting. Mrs. W. Starr Miller. Mrs. Richard Mortimer and Mrs. Benjamin Welles^ who received the guests, about lift in number. The dinner was -erved at 8:30 o'clock in tbe large ballroom, «• f J irtePTl tabU Afterward the women °«»™? to th* reception room- for coffee and the men to L marble room for smoking and as so.n as the tellroon, had been cleared the cotillon wtfhp" jTwas led by Worthington Wb,t*honse. dan, ng with Miss Kliz-abeth Cutting. Th* favors. fir ni.ihed by Mrs Collins, comprised hoops cover . with flowers, hunting crops, riding whip?, oil*" ■srsrt- Mr. and Mr, Archibald S Alexander. Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Am iszj?£*L. s m »» "<■>■"• F -sr v Mr and Mrs. Ernest Ts*lln. Mr an-i Mrs. H*nr> pJri«h jr. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Delano Ronae- V.U th* Misses Katherme L. Barney. Beatrjc ;*nd. Evelyn Blight. Elsie Borland. „ j Fmflv ro«t»r Ethel Cowdin. Eliza w n M , Hnn tt.^t Helen Olover. Nathan He^-son. TO CONTEST STRANAHAN WlLL without, protest nn th« part of any Of «*• " fourth year DINNERS IN HONOR OF KING CHARLES. Paris Dec 12, Kin* rbarles of "Portugal, who remained in Paris after hi* official visit to Presi dent Tx>uhe«. will ho the guest of honor a: a dinner and reception at the American Embassy on Satur day night. The Cabinet Ministers and \mbas*a<ior« win also ho tb« guests of the VMbßasy. Tb*re will he a dramatic performance, a temporary stage ha.vitiK been erected in the Embassy ballroom. Count and Countsas Boni d- Caateltane enter tained the King at dinner tht* evening at thotr home on th« venue di! Bo's de BOUto«n». The dinner wan foliowei by a reception. GONZALES MONUMENT UNVEILED. Colombia. B. C, Dee. li— Almost within a stone's throw of where he fell mortally wounded on Janu Ri-y 16. 1903, within th* shadow Of South "arolina * Capitol and on tb« widest thoroughfare of the city, a monument was to-day unveiled to the n.emory of N. O. Oonsalea, the Editor at ■ Th* State." who n*arh three yean ago was shot and hilled by Lieutenant Governor TlUman. following a con'ro ver»y trowing out of editorial utterances * FRENCH GIFT TO PRESIDENT. Paris. Dec 14— Baron d'E«u>urn«lles <*• Constant president of the French Parliamentary Arbitration Group, has received a letter from President Roose velt acknowledging the gift from She group of a rare edition of the "Memoirs of the Duk»- of Sully. Chief Minister of Kins: Henr> IV." The gift was significant. a.« the memoirs explain that th« 'King's design was to f r mi a pacific union of ail the civ ilized nations' The inscription iead«<: To i r\-i dent Roosevelt. These Memoir* of Tour i r«cursor President Roosevelt's letter speaks of the patriot ism of Henry IV. and his Justice and fairness tow ard other countries. Nathalie Howland. Nora Itelin. Ther»se Taeitn, T.ydia Jones. Sadie Jon*». Dorothy Kane. Ann* KountJp. Kath*rlne T,aurence. Martha MrCoOk, Edith Miller. B*atrW Morgan, gleaner MortlaMr, Mary N'ewbold. IJly I>»e Page. Sylvia Pamons, Gladys Pell. Adelaide Randolph, Paulina RUgs, Terrain* Roosevelt. Cnrinne Dougta* Robinyop. Su*an S*dgwlok. Irene anil Mildred Sherman, Mary Tuckerman. Ruth Twornblv. Emily W»l)«< > Df»gm»r W*tmor*. Dorothy Whitn*v anil Efft* Pearson, and I Hmttj Alexander. Jr. firr,*. venor Atterburv. John Alsop. Samuel D Bahco'-k. V. H. Baldwin. .! Bsarls Rarclay. jr., r. D. Barn**. James Barnes. Jam** T.. Br**s*. A«h b*l H. Barney, «'harle« R. B**kman. J. lasts) Blair, I Townsend Burden. William P. Bur<l*n. Guy Fairfax CaTT. Howard <^ry. Art!, O. CfeOßlS, Alexander Cochran. O. T»e [wincey Co<it*r. W. Red mond Cross. F>an<-|«i Crowtn!!hi*ld. Bertram T>* V fYuger. J. De Wolf* Cutting. Alfonso D* Navarro. Fr*d*rick Fie Rhani, John A Pit. diaries Draper, G. Gordon Douglas. Nelson Kalrchild. John Gade. Btimn*r K. Gerard. Peter G. Ocise, Robert W. Go*let, Albert 7.. Gray. Henry G. Gray. Join) Greenleaf. Eugen* Hal*. Cyril Hatch. Duncan O. Harris, Mr.Dougall Hawk*a. Seton Henry. Wlrt Howe. Krskine Hewitt. Bueli Holiister. G Be*k man Hoppln. Francis T«. V. Hoppin. Lydlg Hoyt. Ptuenix Ingraham. E. Townsend Irwin. Brad:sh (i. Johnson. Frederic Kernor-han. Marshall KemodMa, Francis Kinnicutt. Philip W. Lawr*nee, Louts Liv ingston. Pierre I»rlllard. Carroll Ladd. Hugh Mln turn. William S. Moore, Monson Morris, Henry Markoe, C. A. Munn. Vance C. McCorxnlck. Rudolph Neeser. Courtlandt Nlcoll. Francis J. Otia, Robert F. Potter. Percy R. Pyne 2d. Moses Taylor Pyne, jr.. Newton Rae. Arden M. Robblns, T. Markoe Robertson. Moncure Robinson. Monroe Douglas Robinson. Edmund P. Rogers. Henry Pendleton Rogers. Jr.. Francis K. Stevens, Schuyler Scbieftelln. J. Hopkins Smith. Jr.. H. Richmond Talbot. John Talmage, Henry R. Taylor, John Trevor. Baron yon der Heydt. Lloyd Warren, J. M. Waterbury. Jr., Craig W. Wad»worth. G. Crelghton Webb, Harold Weekes. James Watson Webb. Sheldon Whitehouee. William Whitehoune. Jr.. Worthington Whitehouse. Harry Payne, Whit ney, Bronson Wlnthrop. L. S. Wltherbee« William Wright and Chalmers Wood, Jr. Mies May Hadden's marriage to Kenneth Douglas Robinson took place yesterday afternoon at th# Church of the Incarnation, at Madison-aye. and 35th-st. She was dreased In white French groa grain silk, trimmed with point lace, arid wen a tulle veil, her flowers being of l!!!es-of-the-vai'ey and white orchids. Miss Valeric Had den. 'n a frock of white cloth, embroidered with pink, and a large pink felt hat. trimmed with ostrich feathers. roses and velvet, and carrying a bouquet of pink roses, was her sister's only bridal attendant. RoN ert Ferguson, Walnwrirht Parish. Francis Stevena and Alexander. William and Harold F. ftaiMnn were the ushers, and William A. Hutchison the best man. The ceremony, which was performed by the rector, the Rev. Dr. William E. Qrus»eai r, wai followed by a reception given by the parents of the bride at their house. In East lStl> at. Aaaeng those asked to the reception were Mr. and M-i. Douglaa Robinson and Miss CortaM Douglas Robin son. Mrs. H. McK. Twombly. Mr. and Mrs J. B. Smith Hadden and Miss Frances Hadden.. Mr a-^d Mrs. BL Livingston Ludlow. Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Parish. Jr.. Mr. and Mrs. Franklin Delano Roose velt. Mr. and Mrs. James A. Crymser, Mr. anfl Mrs. T. S. Woolsey. Mrs. BradLsh Johnson. Misa Aymar. Mm. E. Tiffany Dyer, Mrs. Jos* Ay mar. Mr. and Mrs. Walter L, Suydam. Mrs. John Suydam. Miss Paulire Robinson, Mr. and Mr". Alexander Tomes. Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Hoppli. Mr and Mrs. W. W. Hoppin. Jr. Pr and Mrs. Eugene TT. Pool. Mr and Mrs. Edward Spring Knapp. Miss Moran. Mr ar.d Mrs. Ti*tt<- Mali. Mtai S Phillip!-. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Iselin. Mrs. Pres^ott Hall Butler and Mr. and Mrs. Francis < Huntlngton. Th» newly married couple on their return from their honeymoon will occupy an apart ment at No. 550 Park-aye. BUM Katharine Atterburjr made her debut yes terday afternoon at a reception given for the pur pose by her father. John Turner Atterbury. at hi. house in west «th-*t. Reiving with w«*h« sisters. Mlas Elirhalet Nott Potter and Miss Eta Mercer Atterhury. as well as Mb* Ethel Cowdln. Miss Sally Dixon. Miss Dorothy Kissel and M si Beatrice Pratt. Another reception of yesterday afternoon was that given by Mrs. George G. Wlckersham a* her house. In East «lst-st.. for Miss Gwendolyn Tl Wi erFham. on* of the debutantes of the MMm «•" mlvtag with her w-re. Miss Cornelia IM Miss El.» aheth Van Down, Miss Els!- Nleoil and Mis. Ruth Hubh«l. A mo* R. EDO entertained the Neighborhood Club last nlsht at his house, in sth-av-.. where It held its first reunion of the season. Among the receptions for debutantes scheduled for to-day an those given by Mrs. Charles Henry roster for Miss Emily roster and by Mm. J. w« Roosevelt for her daughter. Mis* Lorraine R"O»e velt This evening Mrs. Paul Tuckerman &<* • large theatre party, followed by a .upper and . dance at Sherry-*. f"r Miss Susan Sedgwtck. D*lmonlco> was the scene, last night of the ft* flanc of the season of the so-called Tuesday •*»" Ing dances, of which John D Rockefeller, i- . •" ope of the organizers. Among the patroness** *»■ eral of whom were present last night In rte** the guests, were Mrs. J. Harsen Rhonda. Mrs ■_» r, Rarrowp. Mrs Charles B. Hubbell and Mrs *• 3 F p^ntire. There was no eotinon. and v dance In the large ballroom was. brought to an end by a seated supper. Mrs Griswold Gray has arrived In town and '» spending the winter with her sister. Mrs Jaiaes * Burden. »t the liters house. In stb-ave. Mrs John Hay widow of the Secretary of Bt**. and her daughter. Mrs. James W*lsworth '. *"*• left town for Washington, where they will ft*™ the winter. Mr. and Mr. W. K. VanderMlt. ST.. navefjSj to Rlltmore. N. C. where they wjll stay unti ' Pe ••ember 20. Or, their return they Will PW*»?j" *iv- , large doom party »1 Idle HWT, their Home in o^kdale. T.onz Island. ME CHOATE'S BUST IN ART MUSEUM- Italian Sculptor Commissioned by Friedas of Ex-Ambassador to Make Likeness. A new acquisition by the Metropolitan Museum <* Art is » marble bust of Joseph H. Oboate. ex "*^ bassador to the Court of St. Jam«?« »nd a ""■■ of the museum It was eanevted by r»et r ranoti.w. a young sculptor of Turin. h i-anonica Is said to be officially connected ««^" Court of Italy, where he executed bus t* "_'» l , !m , r>owa?*r Margherita and King Humbert Some^ ago he cave an exhibition of his work In I^JS which brought him many <-r>mmis- "; a |h , which was an order for the bust of M' o money therefor h»in e subscribed by a nnmJX* Mr. «~"hoat*'s friends PEASANT AND PIGS. Berlin .-orr*sp.vnd«n.-.- •->' Th* London Mall , A Clever rarassnni trie* has t*>n P**JS_° A n customs oflker on th* Russo-G«i " ;^ n ;«..„ a Innocent k«>kinK peasant reported to ' -i *; 'it , ht plot for getting a large somber of piK* »' '•-^ lv# frontier The method, he said. WOUld ** " « g!s . across at interval? of half an hoar three. „. twelve and two hundred pigs, the ", m ' JJ * eI J.,, O v<r Ins that if the first three Tot; otild N- **; ' rhere would he no trouble with the two ' 111 . Ac- Tne .->ffl«-*r »■»" nature 11 on the i" hr A' ols^ romance with th* peomnrs •*««*«?"*•. 1 *f r TtJK! «ffH drH-r: ..<- »h»n «!\. fo'i.»w- I. ■*>'.• we r- A!i »rr« el!dwed "• *••*. ■<"<* ■'.*'>'. ;*: „ n- 1 " ma«i« to re. -\. th* twr> vies * rP 'ared. and th- '«'nt> we ..nim^ , fxy mitted had in 'he mean time been lodged I" *< THE JURYMAN HAD BEEN THERI From The Green Bag. o rl For nearly six hours had the court J**? tto n»! \uliu><l with the evidence x ■■ 1! '" ;i . ,Vii ; u,.u» Bettor! for breacn of i .->.- Th- mans '■; I/a^ love letters had ie- r-M.i. -"'"■".■•' 1 ?hVl«*i' heartily laiifh^J .'« C««D«*J hafl - ; "'-'.\'_ , ' " c<>n had summed ira ••-".! «tef '<" > h » d '•■ t'r<> aider their verdict ->*,% «•** ■•Well, gentlemen.' said the fpTtwan. " A shall we »tve this jrouni man? , _. .. If I Look 1.-r-. wild one «f th lJ?t 3l SlMW*? und»nitand «r!Kht. the plan:, ff «K>epn t ***JZ io :\. for hlijsht-* affections, or r>.ny"i, r M_ ■ . ., but only wartta » *et back *eba: ■><■ > N preaewts. holiday t:*ps. etc . . 'That Is *o ■• nrv.,l -h- rv-M.'*.. ..".ny/ ••Well. t>-en. i vii ■ w<- •«!»♦ ; . Jill said the Other, hastily. ;-T; •.]<,>>'" ■■; ,-■* \ that «4rl didn't rover th- . <"et;!.T ••- *w l - r ,«j, must have been hi* own fault, i.eiiti. men. I that girl once myself." Verdict for the defendant.