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Amusements.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC— S:IB— Trilby.
ALHAMBRA— — B—Vaudeville.8 — Vaudeville. _
BEXASOO "the Oirl of the Golden Wast.
B:ls— The Music Master.
BROADWAY— Vanderbtlt Cup. f «-,«_
CARNEGIE HALLr-3:SO-Setnbrlch Rec«t*» *« «*• "S?*:
fit of th« Chorus and Orchestra of th« Metropolitan
-• Opera House.
CASINO— 3:15— Social TVhirL
CRni^lOV^e fountain __ - and ... Uttls
CRITERION— B:IS— The Mountain Climber and the Uttto
Father of the Wilderness.
EDEN* Mi;s?Eß— Ttie World In Wax.
EMPIRE — Pan.
FlELne THEATRE— S:IS— Mr. Hopkinson.
HABLKU OPE* A HOl.'SE— S— B:ls— Sowta* th« Wind.
HAMMERSTEIN'S B:l6— Vaudeville.
HIPPODROME— 2— A Society Circus.
HUDSON— — The American lord.
JOB WEBBR # S— Jay» and th« Squaw Man a
«lrl of the Golden West, preceded by Twldale-Twad
wßL
KSCICICERBOCKEn— «:IS— MJte. Modiste.
LIBERTY — — The r?nstii of the Weak.
i.YCEnt— H:lS— The Lion and the Mou«e.
t,TßiC— £:lO— and the Man, preceded by How He
lied to Her HufcbanJ.
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN— Show.
MAJESTIC— **:IS—HafPJ land.
MANHATTAN— — *rnarley*s Aunt.
NEW AMSTERDAM— — the Free ranee.
NEW TORK— *:I.V- The Rollicking Olrl.
PRINCESS— 2—* :1S — Brown of Harvard. . .
WEST EVD— S:lft— Z»j».
Index to Advertisements.
Page.Ool.t Pa*e.Col.
Amusements 8 4-s (lnstruction * a *
Auction Bales Flnan- j Lour Island Real B»
cUl 13 4 tato for 8*1« »<> «
Automobiles 5 6]/>« •••• •_ *
Bankers & Brokers. .12 lj Marriage* & Deaths.. 7 6-6
Board and Roomii 9 I 1I 1 Ocean Steamers 1« <H»
Brooklyn Property for j rianos and Organs.... 14 »-&
Sale 10 6 proposals 2-2
Carpet «T«anlri(f 9 2 i Public Notices » JMJ
City Hotel*. 12 4 Railroads Ii 7-8
City Prop, for Sal*.. 10 <; Heal Kstate 10 6
Country Property for I Restaurants * »
Sal« '. 10 « Special Notices 7 «
Com. Sits. Wanted.. 9 «■ Fportlmf Goods 3 «
Bom. gits. Wanted. .14 ]-«, Steamboats I* • JJ
Dniroods 9 0-7! Storage Notices • - 3
Employm't Agencies. 9 2 Summer Resorts 13 »-0
Excursions 13 4 ! Surrogate's Notices.. ..lo «
Financial 13 4" The Turf » *
Financial Meetings... 12 ITo I><t for Business
Furn. Rooms to Let. . 9 1 Purposes 10 «
Furnish*! Houses to (Tribune Sub'n Rates.. 7 6
Ijei. Country 10 Work Wanted » 4-8
Help Wanted » 3]
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TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1906.
THE XEWS THIS MOUSING.
CONGRESS.— Senate: An anti-pass amend
ment to the Railroad Rate bill, offered by Mr.
Culber.'.on, was adopted; further concessions to
those who dtsin* the passage of the Hepburn
bill unamended were made. : House: For
ty-five bills were passed.
FOREIGN.— Birrell. president of the
Board of Education, moved the second reading
of the Education bill in the House of Commons;
strong opposition to the measure was shown by
Conservatives, Nationalists and Labor members;
the House adjourned without taking action.
■ Additional returns from French election
districts increase the government groups in the
Chamber of Deputies so that the Ministry will
no longer be dependent on the Socialists. : "
The Constitutional Democratic Congress at St.
Petersburg is preparing a scheme for the relief
of the peasants, which provides for the expro
piration of Crown and Church lands. --. ■ Riots,
growing out of the excitement over the elections,
occurred in Guadeloupe; a. number of houses
■were sacked; an American warship has been
ordered from Santo Domingo to the island. • — ~-rz
Sir Edward Grey, Secretary for Foreign Affairs,
made a statement in the House of Commons
denning Great Britain's attitude toward Tur
key; England Is Bending additional forces to
Eastern Mediterranean waters. : •-: Sixteen
anarchist* were arrested and eight bombs were
seized at Barcelona. — — — The April statement
of the British Board of Trade shows large in
creases in both imports and export.-.
DOMESTIC— government, it was said In
Washington, will co-operate with Ohio nfT . in Is
In prosecution of the Standard Oil Co ...any.
t '.■ Speaker Cannon celebrated his seventieth
birthday in Washington, receiving warm con
gratulations. — . E. H. Harriman, coming
east on a record run, gave a statement at
Omaha, Neb., regarding the San Francisco
disaster. ==: "Judge" Andrew Hamilton filed
a demurrer in Albany before the State Com
mission to the complaint of an association of
citizens against the Municipal Gas Company and
the Albany Electric Illuminating Company.
— ■ It was announced at Indianapolis that
John Mitchell had refused to arbitrate the soft
coal differences. ==r It was learned that alien
miners in the coal field were displeased at the
strike settlement. ===== The offices of Joseph
Letter and the L. Z. Letter estate In Chicago
■were entered by burglars, who stole securities
valued at $12,000. ? -- The Southern General
Conference of the Methodist Church, in session
in Birmingham, Ala., considered a resolution
asking for the appointment of a committee to
trcr.t with other conference committees to ob
tain reform in the statement of doctrine.
ClTY.— Stocks were irregular, closing strong.
: The offer of the anthracite operators to con
tinue work for thre»» years longer under the 1908
award m accepted by President Mitchell and
his committee. ===== The special grand jury to
investigate the alleged criminal acts of insur
ance officials began its work. ===== One com
pany withdrew from the Fire Exchange, and
others were believed likely to follow as a result
of the recent rise in insurance rates. ; „ --
There was a good deal of mystery in the death
of Howard Cary, a broker of this city, found
shot in London. ;.'. :', The chief engineer of the
New York Edison Company was found guilty of
maintaining a smoke nuisance, in Special Ses
sions, and sentence was postponed. ===== The
Ryan-Parker Company's bid of (6,483,223 was
lowest for the steel work of the Manhattan
Bridge superstructure. .. — — The Jury in the
trial of Eddie Milan, in Brooklyn, on a charge
of election bribery, failed to agree. == The
coroner was convinced that Mrs. John R. Wa
ters, who killed herself and daughter at her
home here yesterday morning, was insane.
THE WEATHER— lndications for to-day:
Fair and warmer. The temperature yesterday:
Highest. 59 degrees: lowest, 49.
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See opposite page for subscription rates.
A STATE LIBRARY BUILDING.
One of the best pieces of work done by the
Legislature just adjourned was the provision
for the ion- talked of state education building;.
The necessity for such a building has been
understood for years, hut lawmakers have been
reluctant to face the undertaking, partly for
reasons of economy and partly also, perhaps,
because Now York's experience with the erec
tion of monumental structures has not been en
tirely happy- We are glad to see that this year
the legislators had the progressive spirit to real
ize the need of a new building and the courage
to act on their convictions.
The Education Department is at present Mat
tered through several buildings at Albany. Its
clerical fan* Is crowded and often compelled
to work in Improperly lighted and heated quar
ters facing the danger of death from accident
or fire. For Instance, coot* offices have been
improvised in an attic and tower of the Capitol
which nre inaccessible by stairway and can
only I* reached by «v elevator at the opposite
•We of the bonding, a lire and a breakdown
of the elevator would leave the occupants
without ho;* of escape. x sweatshop man
ager would be allowed to subject his employes
to such conditions as the state itself provides
for it« servants. The Kate Library occupies
a large part of the w**t end of the Can
Itol. It is flatly overcrowded. Volumes are
piled three deep on its shelve* convenient ar
rafifesjent of books Is impossible and quiet
cannot be secured for work. Priceless manu
scripts relating to Colonial history are stored
In wooden boxes and ill protected from damp
ness and fin-. There Is absolutely no room left
for expansion. In fact, a great number of
books are now stored In an old ■ultbouse
aioßft with parts of the scientific collections of
the Stale Museum. Tarts of the museum are
in the Geological Ball, but the growth of the
hasSßßss of the Agricultural Department has
necessitated the packing up of collections aud
the surrender of space for office purposes. The
museum was originally expected, on the com
pletion of the Capitol, to find ample accom
modation in the State Hall, but the growth of
the Finance Department has prevented this.
and instead its space In that building has been
reduced almost to nothing. So the collections
in increasing volume find their way to the
malthorise, while heavy fossils and other large
I mineral specimens repose In an Albany stone
! yard !
Such treatment of its educational and scien
tific institutions is utterly unworthy of the Em
pire State. Its library, founded in 1818, Is the
fifth in sl«e and importance in the country
being surpassed only by the Library of Cod
gress, the New York Public Library, the Hot
ton Public Library and the Harvard Unlversitt
Library. It can neither display, adequately us»
nor properly protect its treasures, and In conse
quence gifts are diverted from it and its growtk
Is arrested. Tho State Museum was started sev*
tnty years ago. New York was a pioneer in
scientific investigation and the work done by
it has been of great industrial and economic
importance, and if the state is to live up to Its
reputation and continue to serve the interests
of its people by scientific work it must provide
a suitable place for its investigators and it?
collections. The scattered quarters now occu
pied by these educational agencies are aY.
needed for other departments. Especially art
the rooms in the Capitol In requisition, for there
is scarcely a public department which has rooa
enough for the proper transaction of its busi
ness.
The bill to relieve this situation Beems ad
mirably devised for the purpose. It provides
for the purchase of a site costing not more than
$400,000, including incidental expenses. Then
it calls for competitive plans for a library,
museum and educational office building, so de
signed as to be capable of extension when more
stack room is needed. It fixes a price limit
on the structure of and provides for
erection by contract so that the work may b<
done for a fixed sum and within a fixed time
It also prescribes a building "of modern fire
proof construction." Thus a large, handsome,
quickly erected and reasonably cheap build-
Ing, with a steel skeleton, can be secured by
present day methods, instead of wasting time
and money on mere piles of brick and stone.
This sensible departure from the usual plau of
putting up public buildings which are extrava
gantly massive and elaborate is greatly to be
commended. With good designing the steel
framed structure can be made as pleasing and
appropriate as any other. As the bill carries
an appropriation of only $400,000, there would
seem to be no financial reason why It should
not be signed. The Governor will doubtl<*s3
scrutinize with care all measures which involve
the expenditure of money, but this enterprise
manifestly must be. undertaken and ought not
to he longer delayed. The state has a surplus.
It will levy no direct tax in tho coming fiscal
year. So Its finances appear to warrant tho un
dertaking, especially as the cost will not be
great In any one year.
THE BPEAKBR.
The whole country joins in the congratulations
showered on Speaker Gannon yesterday in Wash
ington on the arrival of his seventieth birthday.
The Speaker has won for himself an esteem and
affection which few public men enjoy in the
rough-and-tumble life of politics. Among his as
sociates, both party friends and party opponents,
his integrity and ability ;:re as much respected
as his humor is relished and his geniality prized.
In thirty-two years of public service Mr. Cannon
has seen much and learned much. His wisdom
is ripe, but in simplicity and sincerity of char
acter he Is still unspoiled.
The Speaker has long had an Important share
in shaping legislation and regulating adminis
tration. His bent has always been toward cau
tion and economy, toward intelligent, reasoned
conservatism. Bis influence in politics has been
eminently sane and helpful, because his judg
ments have been guided by plain common sense,
reinforced by wholesome American humor. Best
of all. he has retained a freshness of feeling and
warmth of hwirt which make men trust him
and love him, and which keep him still youth
ful in spite of his threescore years and ten.
The country's best wishes will follow him into
the new decade of an enviable public career.
THE FRENCH ELECTIOXS.
France is, indeed, doing well. Her manage
ment of the strikes and threats of Insurrection
of a week ago was admirable. Her sequel or
complement thereto iv Sunday's general elections
was highly gratifying and was almost surpris
ing in Its completeness to even her most optimis
tic friends. In the circumstances the republic
would have done reasonably well if it had sim
ply held its own. But it has done much better
than that. It has made large numerical gains
and bids fair to organize the new Chamber of
Deputies with a majority 20 or '27* per cent
larger than it had in the old. The general elec
tions of 1902 resulted in a Republican majority
<-f 7!». This year's elections will probably make
that majority at least 100.
The circumstances of the elections, to which
we have referred, make this result seem all the
more gratifying and decisive. For there has
been an exceptionally comprehensive and trucu
lent arraying of forces against the government—
both against the existing Ministry, per te, and
against the republic itself. There were the re
mains of the military, anti-Dreyfus, anti-Semitic
conspiracy; the ■'Nationalist" cabal of M.
Deroulede. the Royalfcts, the Imperialists, those
Roman Catholics who resented the breaking up
of tho congregations and the abrogation of the
Concordat, the Socialists, the labor agitators and
the various Republicans who are disaffected
toward the present government. It was a
motley aggregation— w cannot call it an or
ganization — but it apparently contained many
elements of strength. Among its leaders were
some men of great influence, such as M. Downer,
th" President of the Chamber mul one of the
foremost candidates for the. Presidency of the
republic last winter. That In the face of such
an opposition the government won so marked
a victory was, jis we have said, little short of
surprising.
It Is a result radiant with high promise for
the welfare of France. We must date the be
ginning of it away back to June,' 1809, when
Wahleck-Ronsseau formed bis epoch-making
"Cabinet of Republican Defence." Then was
established the principle that believers In the
republic should stand together to maintain the
republic, whether against monarchist or an
archist, labor union or church or army cabal.
Thus arose the Woe and Anti-Bloc, and they
have been maintained to this day, and their lines
of delimitation and the line of demarcation be
tween them have year by year become more def
inite. we have remarked upon the heterogeneous
composition of the Anti-Bloc, ranging from the
Divine Right of old Legitimacy to communism
and sheer anarchy. There is doubtless a consid
erable diversity of sentiments in the li loo also,
though it« various factions are not nearly so
divergent as those of the Anti-Bloc. But what is
•supremely auspicious is th« fact that, while co
operation in common hatred does not and never
can unite the factions of the Anti-Bloc into one
harmonious party, co-operation in devotion to
uud maintenance of the republic Ik thus uniting
the component factious of the Bloc, and will
continue so to do.
There thus seenw „ hopeful prospect of real
izing the ideal which first definitely arose- under
the administration of ITaldeck-UouMeau
namely, the formation of a compact. - coherent
majority party in the French electorate, which
should return a similar representation to the
Chamber of Deputies, which should iv turn un
sure stability of the Cabinet Paradoxically
enough, that M i o process begun with what
>:i:w-yokk daily TninrxE. tt'ESDay. may p. ioob.
should hare been its completion. In the Cabinet,
and seems likely to be completed with what
should have lK?en Its beginning, iv the popular
electorate. It was the genius of Waldeek-Uous
?eau which formed a 6tab!e Cabinet — by the
moral force of that Cabinet compelling the
Chamber to keep it stable through the formation
of the Bloc. Xow, the success of the Bloc has
Inspired the voters of the nation to support and
to perpetuate a system which in seven years has
done more for the safeguarding and vindication
of the French Republic tuan had been done in
the preceding four times seven years.
ALKUT POLICEMEN.
Our policemen gvt so many more kicks thaa
ha'pennies that it is a pleasure to commend the
alertness and initiative, of the members of the
force who saved the man who fell into the Park
avenue tunnel early yesterday morning. A little
stupidity or a little red tape would have been
sufficient for the crushing of the unfortunate
fellow beneath the wheels of one of the trains
which every few minutes go dashing through
the tunnel. The citizen who noticed the fall
had his wits about him, too, and Immediately
telephoned to Police Headquarters. The readi
ness of the operator to deal with an emergency
was manifest in his Instant communication with
the train dispatcher, so that trains might be
stopped, even before telephoning to the station
nearest the tunnel to send relief. The relief also
was alert and resourceful, and stopped in time
the one train which had got beyond the reach of
orders.
It is in emergencies of this kind that the New
York policeman is at his best. He often lacks
discipline. Our atmosphere is not favorable to
obedience. He will talk on post and "beat his
tour." Sometimes, he will practise extortion or
treat citizens roughly. But he generally thinks
quickly when the necessity arises. He shares
the virtues as well as the vices of the society
of which he forms n part
AXTI-Tl BERCI LOUS BERUMB.
The American Consul at Milan, Mr. Dunning,
sends to Washington an account of recent en
deavors in Italy to tind a successful method
of resisting tifnoronlosis by inoculation. They
show little originality and were evidently In
spired by Dr. Bearing's activity during the
last three or four years. Nevertheless, the ac
count of those experiments deserves scrutiny
because of the Importance of the work itself.
The medical profossion lias not ceased to hope
that researches of this kind may in the future
prove more fruitful than they have proved in
the past. Besides, human beings are not the
only sufferers from tuberculosis. It attacks
cattle as well. If protection for % tho latter
should ever be secured, stock misers and dairy
men would have occasion for profound thauk
fulnoss.
An Italian export named Carcano has evolved
a serum for the treatment of human subjects.
The manner in which it is prepared is* not dis
closed, but there is one thing which commends
its author to favor. His own confidence in its
Virtues counts for litlle. hut he has asked other
practitioners in Milan (where he lives) to try
it. If it is socml for anything, therefore, inde
pendent testimony to Its value will bo available
sooner <»r later. Sot long ago I>r. M.irniorek,
a young Austrian, who was connected for a
tin.o with tho Pasteur Institute in Paris, de
vised a serum for tho same purpose, and lie
has supplied samples for trial both at home and
sbroad. Too short a time has elapsed for an
impartial and final estimate of its efficacy. Yet
the disposition which ho shows, and which Dr.
Carcano iilso evinces, is extremely creditable,
and in contrast with Dr. Behring's unwilling
ness to let any one else t<st the product con
cerning which he expressed great hopes last
year. Still, the utmost caution should f>e exer
cised by the general public in forming opinions
as to the efficacy of Dr. Carcano's remedy. It
will not do to forget tho reaction in sentiment
which followed Dr. Koch's lamentable failure
ten or twelve years ago. Again, one of Dr.
Carcano's fellow countrymen. Dr. Marigliano,
Of Naples, announced in l!) 04 that he had hit
upon the secret that these and other investi
gators halve been so long and so eagerly seek
ing, but nothing has since been heard of him
or his labors.
According to Consul Dunning, Italians have
also been trying to learn something about the
prevention of bovine tuberculosis. They em
ployed the serum which Dr. Behrlng makes
for this particular service, which is not identi
cal with the serum for the treatment of human
subjects, and is nioro easily procurable. The
test wns not especially significant, however,
for it was limited to three cows. It -was suc
cessful apparently, but in one respect the men
who conducted it departed from Dr. Bebring's
own practice. He believes that better results
are secured when his serum is employe;! with
young calves, and he sees objections to applying
the method to mature animals. A good deal more
experimenting seems to be needed before vet
erinarians wiH accept the means for safeguard
ing cattle which Dr. Behring offers them, but if
be does not perfect it some one else probably
will. As long ago as is:»-_> n r . Trudean at Sara
nac Lake demonstrated that rabbits and guinea
pigs could bo made immune against tubercu
losis. The discovery of the necessary methods
of applying the principle much more widely
seems to be only a question of time.
BAVINO THE LOBSTER.
Well grounded fears were vigorously ex
pressed a few years ago that the lobster would
soon be exterminated if it was not protected by
law. In spite of the measures adopted in conse
quence of that belief, the danger has apparently
not been removed. The result of neglect has at
least been deferred, but doubts are still expressed
from time to time about its having been averted.
Professor Francis 11. Ilerriek. of the Western
Reserve University, insisting in the current num
ber of "Science" that the lobster fisheries con
tinue to suffer a decline, recommends a rather
radical change of policy, though he claims no
credit for originality so far as its fundamental
Idea is concerned. This, he says, was suggested
In 1901 by Dr. George W. Field In a report to
the Fish Commissioners of Massachusetts.
The theory of past legislation has been that
the young lobster is In greater need of protec
tion than the old one. Hence it was made un
lawful to retain (after catching) lobsters below
a given limit in size. Some states fixed tho di
viding line at ten and a half inches and others I
at nine. These standards have been adopted by I
most of the Canadian provinces, though one or
more place it at eight inches. This regulation
Is usually supplemented by a second which pro
hibits marketing female lobsters that are spawn
ing. Professor Herrtck would reverse the first
of these rules and thus make the .second un
necessary. One- of bis reasons for proposing the •
change Is that It would protect the female lob- i
ster more effectually than existing laws do, for !
these can be and are often evaded. It is possi- i
ble for a dishonest fisherman to remove the evi
dence that be Is violating the statutes. Forbid
him to have or sell a lobster which is more than i
nine or ten inches long, whether it Is spawning J
or not, and detection and punishment will b;« '
easier than they are now.
There is no uniformity in the size at which
lobsters reach maturity. Some begin spawning
when not more than seven inches iv length, but
these are exceptions to the rule. Furthermore
the first brood is very much smaller than the
later ones, and, generally speaking, Hie larger
the lobster the more numerous the progeny
Professor Ilerriek says that the average num
ber of eggs laid by lobsters eight Inches ions is
r»,00O, at ten inches 10,000, at twelve Indie's!
30,600 and at 14 Inches nearly 4o.<mmi it i 3i 3 !
impossible, therefore, to Insure immunity to all !
breeding lobsters without placing the limit at or '
below set-en inches, and that Is not even fB&
gested. If the dividing line were fixed at nine or
ten inches, almost equally good results would bo
secured. Besides, it will not do to lose sight
altogether of the demands of the market. It is
doubtful if lobsters less than seven Inches long
would find a ready sale. -
It is greatly to be wished that a practical test
of Professor Herrick's plan might be made.
Four New England states, Canada and New
York have a common interest in this matter.
They need not all act at once and together.
Concert of action at the outset, Indeed, would
be inadvisable. If, however, one single com
—Massachusetts, for Instance — were
to try it and establish its expediency, the others
would doubtless follow suit in short order. If
it proved a disappointment the new usage could
be abandoned. Something of importance would
bave been learned in the mean time, however;
and if there Is too much delay the occasion —
and the lobster, too — disappear forever.
The hard coal diplomatists took a little longer
time to reach an agreement than did the pleni
potentiaries at Portsmouth, but they solved the
problem of peace and amity just the same.
The guardians of the aesthetic Interests of
Boston have been doing- some good work in pro
tecting their park spaces from offensively dis
played advertising. A billboard on the roof of
a building overlooking the Common was so ob
jectionable that the chairman of the department
of public nuisances of the American Civic As
sociation wrote to the New York firm whose
wares were advertised by the sign, protesting
against its unsightliness. He received a cour
teous note from one of the partners, expressing
regret that the firm had been placed In the po
sition of offending the taste of the dtlsens of
Boston, with whose attitude toward the sign the
firm fully sympathized, and promising. If the
Boston advertising agent who controlled the
board would agree, to cancel the contract and
abate the nuisance. Unfortunately, not all ad
vertisers possess the good sense and good feel
ing displayed by the firm In question, yet there
is no doubt that much may be done to mitigate
tho horrors of billboard advertising, particularly
in the neighborhood of a city's beauty spots, by
systematic, well directed criticism and agitation
euch as the American Civic Association Is con
ducting.
The able editors who have been industriously
endeavoring to show how imbecile the House of
Representati%-es was in passing the Hepburn
Rate bill almost unanimously are now confronted
with the Imminent danger of having to repeat
the process in regard to the United States
Sf-nate.
Articles on the prevailing traits of the modern
British locomotive have recently appeared In
"Canter's Magazine." These show that the de
sign of Stephenson's great invention is still un
dergoing modification. It is permissible to spec
ulate, however, on the relative number of steam
and electric engines which will be in service on
the trunk lines of civilized countries ten or fif
teen years hence. Startling changes in practice
now seem Imminent.
The fact that, notwithstanding the unprece
dented generosity of the American government
and people, the need of San Francisco and the
coast towns which also suffered Is still great,
helps the rest of the country to realize the mag
nitude of the calamity.
It is said it costs the Intert>orough one and
four-fifths cents apiece to carry passengers.
This probably includes the wear and tear of the
straps. And still It talks about not bidding for
new subways!
TBE TALK OF THE DAY.
The chow, the solemn, black tongued dog which
comes from China, is. the London "Chronicle"
thinks, the ideal city dog. It says: #> He never
barks unless there is something serious to bark nt.
You open the door, and Mv; do* marches out with
fine solemnity. This writer's chow has a range of
about ten square miles, and ho h.'is never hurt a
baby, though he has gathered innumerable friends
during his solemn march - through London. He
never loses his head, and his morning walks em
brace Chelsea. Putney and the sacretl precincts of
the Brompton Oratory. Indeed, he once followed a
bicycle to Hcndon, and found his way back within
forty-eight hours with an honorably empty stom
ach. The unaccompanied chow is the very least of
the nuisances of the London streets."
A GLEAM OF HOPE.
[ V.y means of a new invention. It Is claimed that
petrol can be madu mil scented.]
You may seek through scented bowers
Twined with Jessamine and rose.
Which the gentle, vernal showers
Have made nectar to the nose;
You may gather Eastern spices
From Mysore and Malabar,
But you'll find that naught so nice is
As the perfume of my car.
You may sack the stores of Rlmmel.
And may blend his choicest seems,
With tho fragrancy of Klmmel
And of luscious liniments;
You may add a drop of Attar
From some Syrian bazaar.
Yet not touch the perfumes that are
I^eft behind it by my car.
I should add that I'm not speaking
Of the present year of grace.
When tho countryside is reeking
Ilather rankly as tho race.
Though to-day the victim rages
'<!ainst conditions as they are
Still I'll sing in distant ages
In this fashion of my car.
—London Tribune.
Here are some assertions from compositions t»y
American schoolboys: "Franklin's father was a
tallow chandelier." "The climate of North Amer
ica Is very embracing." "This song is in the Key
of B nap." "There are five bowels, a. c, i. o and v."
"The snow is painting the town white." "He lived
in Oambrldgepork." "Man Is | n the muscular
gender, because it denotes a male." "They went to
the foolish (Polish) church." Question: "What is
geography?" Answer: "Geography is round like
a ball."
An Irishman caught a bumblebee in his hand
supposing it to be a humming bird. "Ochr he ex
claimed, "how hot Ills feet are."— Youth. '
An English clergyman preached a sermon upon
woman's waste of time and money upon the van
ities of dress. Afterward he had occasion to re
buke his own daughter upon the dressing of her
hair. "My daughter," said the good man. "had
God Intended your locks to be curled He would
have curled them for you." "When I was an In
fant," replied the maid, "He did. But now I am
grown up He thinks I am able to do It myself."
A bright but Inexperienced young woman con
sented to take charge of the boy Infant class. She
found them jumping from the tops of th« steam
radiators. Fifteen minutes later the superintendent
found fourteen meek masculine "infants" seated
sedately in a tightly squeezed row before the
teacher, every eye fixed inquiringly on the lady's
bright countenance. "How in the world did you
accomplish this?" demanded the astonished super
intendent. "Oh," she replied. "i j UBt piled all 1
couldn't get my arms round In a heap on the bench
and sat on them until 1 got them interested hi «
bear story. "-Youth's Companion.
It Is not recorded that King Barneses li had an
especially hard heart, but. though he died 3 16»
years ago, that organ Is still in existence, and
has been the subject of a discourse by Professor
Lortet. of the French Academy. Three vases
taken from the tomb of Rameses contained certain
indeterminable granular substances, mixed with
pulverized soda, which are conjectured to be all
that is left of the stomach, tho liver and the in
testines of the great king. The heart was found In
the fourth vase, which is ornamented on the lid
with a jackal. The appearance of the organ Is
that of an egg shaped plate. its tissue was found
,0 be so solid and horny that In order to separate
a portion recourse had to be had to the saw Th
tensive of King Rameses II Is undoubtedly present
1,, the royal mummy found in 1881 at Thebes and
deposited In the Egyptian Museum at Cairo in IMB
so that there seems to remain no doubt that th'
organ obnerved by Professor Lortet la the h.urt*
Hameaes It died 12M B. C. '
gutted Him -His Wife-Yes, the girl i 3i 3 80 ln* to
have. Bh« I* J»iy and good-for-nothing anyhow
Tjhe Proreesvr-Wh> . f thought she Was a mSdel
About People and Social Incident*.
AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
[From Th« Tribune Burean.l
Washington, May 7.— President Roosevelt held a
number of conferences to-day on railroad rate
legislation with prominent Republican Senators.
Among them were Senators Craa*. Carter. Dolllver.
Beverldge. Burnham. Warner, Proctor. Flint. Jer
kins. Hemenway. Ankeny. Clapp and Burtrett-
The President signed the Alaskan Defecate- bill
In the presence of Representative Cushman, of
Washington, who promptly appropriated the pen
with which the act was made good. "I «hall send
this pen to my old friend. Charles Claypool, at
Fairbanks. Alaska." said Mr. Cushman. He will
keep It as long as no lives, as a souvenir of th*
President and the sign that points the way for
Alaska's progress." -«*r«i: **
Charles W. Kohlsaat and Thomas B. Dunn, of
the New York Commission to th© Jamestown Ex
position, called to pay their respects to the Presi
dent. "We have Just returned from Jamestown,
where we spent a week looking over th« sit© for
th© New York building." said Mr. Kohlsaat, "and
it will be one of the finest as well as one of th©
most prettily situated structures In th© grounds."
Among th© callers at the -Whit© House were Rep
resentatives Bartholdt. McKlnley. Sherman. Alex
ander. Madden. L*ndis. Hepburn. Parsons. Ben
nett and Allen; ex-Senator HlscQck. of New York;
ex-Representative Loud, of California; Francis
• Hendrlcks, Assemblyman Ezra B. Prentlss and W.
C. Warren, of New York; Ware H. Ellis, of Ohio,
and Commissioner James R- Garfleld.
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
[From The Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May 7.— The French Ambassador
and Mme. Jusserand entertained at dinner to-night
th© Governor of Maryland and Mrs. Warfleld. Sen
ator and Mrs. Lodge. Justice and Mrs. Brown. Jus
tic© and Mrs. White, the Belgian Minister and
Baroness Moncheur. th© Netherlands Minister and
Mme. van Swinderen, Representative Bourke Cock
ran. ex-Governor Carroll. Mrs. Newlands, Mr. and
Mrs. Gordon Cumming. Miss Patten. Miss Lee.
Viscountess de Fararnond, Captain Fournier and
Viscount de Chambrun.
Lady Durand and Miss Durand. wife and daugh
ter of th© British Ambassador, have postponed their
departure for Lenox until next week.
Commander Hebblnghaus. naval attache of th©
German Embassy, and Mme. Hebblnghaus will re
turn to Washington from Boston, where they spent
several days, being much entertained.
NOTES OF SOCIETY IN WASHINGTON
[From Th» Tribune Bureau.]
Washington. May 7.-Vlce-Presldent and Mrs.
Fairbanks have postponed their trip to Alabama.
Th© Speaker and Miss Cannon are entertaining a
party of friends from Danville and Chicago, who
cam© to attend th© Speaker's birthday reception.
Mrs. Richard H. Townsend will not sail from
New York on May 10. as she intended, but will sail
on May 19. She will be accompanied by Miss
Towusend. ,
NEW YORK SOCIETY.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. with her three-year-old
daughter. Alice, is booked to sail to-day for Europe
on the Kronprinz Wilhelm. and will spend the
RETAIN OLD CEMETEBY.
Fund liaised to Perpetuate Marble
Burying Ground.
The New York Marble Cemetery to to be per
petuated. At an adjourned meeting of the cor
poration yesterday, at No. IT Battery Place It was
announced that the »WOO endowment fund the
Interest from which Is to pay for eontlnutag ? the old
burying place, was not only completed, but over-
Yor^Marble Cemetery^as estabMsh
tfti
wmsm
the «« e^ presided at the meeting yesterday.
Henry *-™\* T :Z &T - 9 et the collection of con-
The fund wll t \,i >e lnt crest of which a sexton and
curitles. from the k*"^ re for the cemetery
workmen will be pam tow \ rust presented
Daniel Parish. Jr.. the ""y^cepted. The meeting
his resignation which Jas m p Parish> wh o had
passed a vote for running expenses of the
advanced ».«£ .gV^^S'o him he contrib
ute"d et » to^V" -Ir^tKaia^ce ttoß
Hone, jr., Anthony De> X "[ n elect a president.
w h o c if C d o b^hTtrersureVand secretary of the
corporation. .•--■-.--
GIFTS TOE COITJMBIA.
Mathematical Prize Endowed— Trustees An
nounce Many Smaller Benefactions.
Gifts amounting to over $14,000 were announced
at the meeting of the board of trustees of Columbia
University held yesterday. The largest was one of
«^ to endow I mathematical prtoe. In memory
of John D. Van Buren. Jr.. a member of the class
of '03. given by Mrs. Louis T. Hoyt. of this city.
Edward S. Harkness gave *2.700 to the morphologi
cal museum at the Medical School. There was a
sift of $2,000 from different contributors to obtain
for the library a collection of manuscripts and
documents dealing with the history of the Jews
In France. There were two gifts or $1,000. one from
Archer M. Huntington for salaries In the depart
ment of geography, and one from Miss Alice Con
vers and Miss Clara B. Convers to establish the E.
B. Convers prize in the School of Law.
There, were several smaller gifts, one for a steri
lizing apparatus In th» Sloane Maternity Hospital
from Gustave A. Wertheim. Mrs. Charles R.
Swords gave a litany desk for the chancel of the
new chapel as a memorial to her husband, a grad
uate of the class of "2» and a trustee of the col
lege for several years.
Professor Franklin H.. Glddings. of the depart
ment of sociology, was appointed professor of the
history of civilization. He will take the chair
founded by Mrs. Maria H. ■Williamson, who gave
$150,000 for the purpose soon after Columbia abol
ished football last fall.
HEBREW INSTITUTE EXHIBITION.
Inhibitions of the work done at the Hebrew
Technical Institute will take place at the school.
No. 88 Stuyvesant street, on the afternoons of May
14 and May IS. from 3 to 5:30 p. m . and on the even
ing of May 15. The commencement exercises will
be held in the large hall of Cooper Vnir»n on May
16 nt 8:15 p. m.
HUMMEL CASE POSTPONED.
The case against Abraham Hummel for alleged
subornation of perjury has been postponed until
May 21. on motion of District Attorney Jerome.
TO SENTENCE LABOR MEN TO-MORROW.
Thomas Weir, who, with Charles Moran and John
R. Guthrie. was arrested in February 24. in 23d
street, with 100 pounds of dynamite, was arraigned
yesterday before Judge Foster and pleaded guilty
to the charge of attempting to blow up the K. W
HUss hulldlftg. Moran pleaded p>.llty in March,
un<l Outhrta turned 'state's evidence. Moran and
Weir will bfi sentenced to-morrow.
KINO EDWARD AGAIN IN LONDON.
London. May 7.— King Edward arrived here this
evening from Paris, by way of Dover.
Paris. May 7 -King Edward lett here this morn-
Ing. Many high officials accompanied him to the
railroad station.
KING PETER RECEIVES MR. RIDDLE.
Belgrade. May 7. -The American Minister, Mr.
Riddle, to-day presented his credentials to King
Peter. He was driven to and from the palace in
a suite coach, escorted by a squadron of the
?eac r bedi£.2£»£ Chw * 1 «*-«-««.r "** he
summer abroad. She will be jotoed later i» smJ
by Colonel Astor and his Kn.v^S^t^^
at school at Newport. Mr. J^S* Jj-Uo,
Kane win sail on the same boat *•»
Among those who will sail uh!»» *. „_
by the Carmania are Mr. and M^/Llf ,, Lh «»»*
yard. jr.. who were married la« w^t £ CWaL!
a Hewitt and the Misses Hewitt. S 5* **•*
Mr* Edgar S. Auchinclos, and a « •*•»
and Sir Alexander and Lady Broil At^=cfel
Brotnel* -"" " * Wot*^
Mr. and -Mrs. Thomas F. Walsh w
town from Washington for a «ay Un »*h
Their daughter. Mis, Wai,* t "J^ We «l
from the effects of her ««t2oJrS SLC*«%
summer at Newport. remain, at wTaSJj *•
W. Goadby Loew drove the Pi on -
Its regular trip between the H^SL, 3^**
Ardsley. it had been charter^ f^ H °"» «=:
Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Potter a^dT^ °* *» *T
were Mr, Loew and Mr. and^rTSvertrf^
The coach Vigilant was put on th.
to run between th© Holland Hoa l an Tt yßSt^¥
an Riding «nd Driving chrt a?SS *£* »*2
It leaves the hotel at &M « £ *£*„*■*»•**
in time for dinner and returns 'to*??** 9 Xh * «%
way of Clcrmont and Rivers!?' £** «^5 1^
13 owned and driven by c. yon ££,£••*
*« Mr ;/ nd *"• Douelas Robinson hay. y*
for th© summer and are at tVir „ VV I**1 ** •"■»
near Orange. X. J. elr «*»»> i^ %
Mr. and Mrs. William Sloane win t-»«> _
«ay after to-morrow for the summer^JilT" *•
their place at Mount Kisco. "**•*■« „,,
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Gould win ♦■*» -
of their country place at Ardsley nexTJIJi '*"
Mr. and Mrs. El X. Taller win *•♦«. •. «
next week from Atlantic City ws^?J° "**
been staving for the last few wwksT ££'£&
NOTES FROM TUXEDO PARK.
' _ m f^ Tele*rapk to The Trttnm-.»
Tuxedo Park. N. y.. May 7.-Bu3sJL. .•_
day at Tuxedo. Those who arrived \*Z
malned over till to-day. Several lan. m «-* "*
m progress both at th* club and attti^L^ 5
James Henry Smith, who cam. eT^S.
entertained a large party at KlneS "■**
Bertram Cruger. who arrived T -Mtrm.in
tertalned a party at luncheon at th* cW «?*
r<srs£?E "—■ »- *£%■£
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clinton gave « fcU_
party at the club for Commander E. J al«a
the Misses Prancks. of London, and*^*?
Alexander entertained Lady Maxwell, of! f;
Mrs. Andrew Slmonds. of North Carolina. S*s
Hamilton Rice, of Boston, at th© ctehT^
Madlscn Grant and Charles a. Jfceba** *
entertained parties at th© club over Bond
Among others who passed Sunday at tZ <**
were Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Plerson. Jr. J. B?E^
waiter. Mrs. Shelleto. Mrs. Henry p. Rogers,
Coffin. W. F. Zella and J. Couper Lord. *
HUSBAND CONTESTS WILL
Howard Coveney, Actor, Seth Part
of Wife's Estate.
C. A. Tackley, an English barrister, reere?--".-,
George Howard Coveney. an actor, nowpbjls'ij
England, who was the husband of the Me g^H
T. Coveney. better known here as the wteov tf
"William J. Florence, filed an objection lass *fci
in the Surrogate's Court contesting the win ef Mi
wife, who left an estate of some COO.MX. la Om
eleventh paragraph of hex will, mads October*
»M. she said she had Intentionally not names fe»
husband. George Howard Coveney. as a bentflegA
for the reason that since their msrrlag: be M
never contributed to her support, nor had «53 *nt
received any money or other property from £=.
Bhe closed by saying: "If he Is living. It WS
express direction that he shall not have aay pL
or share of my estate." * '
Mrs. Coveney appointed William Augustus Hart
of No. 20 Broad street, executor of the «■ art
of the codicils made June 11. ISM. and Ceeeabwl
of the same year. Coveney's lawyer, who nnmi
to England Saturday, charges In his objeedsa •
the distribution of the property that ado* mm>
ence was brought to bear on Mrs. Covsssy |v her
sisters and daughters, The latter have ttmrnoT
Avery. Schleslnger & Pau. of No. a* Broad stnst
Ex-Judge Bookstaver appears for Cove=»y. Hi
case comes up in the Surrogate's Court la steot
ten days.
In her original will Mrs. Coveney be«nea:-: I
the Roman Catholic Church of St. Agnes. ttSx
143 East 43d street. CO.OCO. and to St. Mary's BSnaa
Catholic Church, of Jersey City, she begagM
COCO. In the first codicil to her will she teCssl
the bequest to the first named church to JTiCOi»f
increased that to St. Mary's to tSJKSX. mlk
original will she also bequeathed to her dSSgUK
Mrs. Josephine Florence Shepherd. tSi.m 1 d
first codicil she Increased the amount to 90k
gave her a pair of solitaire diamond earrm]aad
all the remainder of her real estate, tDcMmfSi
legacies which might lapse. In the final estMV
giving as a reason that her daughter tad j"?-
In an unfillal manner to her— she reduced nsesA
bequest to 125.000. gave the diamond earring* «
her sister. Mrs. Louisa Brown, and canctßsi Cs
clause giving Mrs. Shepherd the real estate H >■
queathinjr it to her sisters. Mrs. Julia MMmXIJ*
Mrs.. Louisa Brown, and to her ai misl— » - —
Brown, to be divided In equal shares bsf— rxz
legatees as should survive her. In the fir?: Iggf
she gave her sister, Mrs, Barney Williams. •«•
and In the final one she reduced the ame--- »
UOCO.
GENERAL YON BUODE'S SUCCESS^.
Berlin. May 7.— Paul Breltenbacb. f— W &
rector of the Cologne Division cf tbs •*■•■
State Railways, will succeed General Tea BjiS}
the Prussian Minister of State and PuhUo **S»
who died on April 28.
. YALE RELIGIOUS STATISTIC*
[By Telegraph to Th» THBSSS.I
New Haven. Conn.. May 7— Statistics •< •*
present senior class at Yale show that «at «- -'
church members in a class of SOS there are 1» E?^**
copallans. 49 Presbyterians. 44 CougMSalta" ». '•»■
15 Roman Catholics. 14 Baptists and a JNWSS^
MRS. MACKAVS ' GIFTS TO JAP-
Mlneola. Long island. May 7.-Mrs. Ch»»"*
Mackay is to give an organ and a library tow
Nassau County Jail. She recently had a <—l>^
tlon with Sheriff Gildersleeve hi whlca » *^* g
elded that Mm. Mackay should supply the ■"JS
for the making of towels, shawls and otlje?*.— -v
by the women In the Jail, who will ress**« t
satlon for their work when they ar© Csc=u
from custody. During this consultation aJJJ-fLjs^
ay found thi>t there was no organ m u^ &£&
chapel and that the jail was without ■ ■■—
and she decided to supply both,
PRINCE OF WALES REACHES t "JjJJ
Portsmouth. May 7.-The British *jjj2 l #
Renown, with the Prince and Princess"TTLpi.
board, arrived oft Splthead this evening n«a. —
SHERIFF TO SELL AOOICIC»S YA^^
Joseph P. Day. auctioneer to S^Jj-^JJ^-JV
sell at the yard of Robert Jaoofc. CT^ < rZ^>;
Wednesday next, at 12 o'clock, th >| < T3g»j > &
Vision, the property of John EJw *^V^*lttd * »
Delaware, .together with two '••"Si** * E V*
naphtha, launch. The yacht was *^7Vj>Sl9l
tachment issued in an action lnstltute«^-» !sJ ,
recover IRSU for repairs to the \lsioo •«>■
her Storage in his premise*.
TRANSATLANTIC TRAVELLERS.
Among the passengers who will •»« *•"*•
Bremen on the Kronprini Wilbelm « r^ Md P if»
Mra, John Jacob A.U>r. ( Mr. •** S*-SS***T^
Dr. ana Mra. WtHlan* Arm Mr anU *»• " 4-^j
ftEfesi-f ■ ES£S3S§B
Mr. ami Wra. \lbert KaskflfMr* VJ a ««_^^ *t*f tia
Mr. ana Mrs. Joan low* Mr. *"!{ Mri *«»•■ W|g
Mrl*lt McCreery. L?^f«*CW«f|
Robert Ka'ston Stewart. I Mr. and H™- vfc "
Mr». William Strauss. I f.juni I*2--"'
Travellers who arrived yesterday n^
the BUnnetonka were: f , t « o^Sl
Major and Mrs. H. Kins. | Mr *^3i Mr* ij^; : *.»-
Dr. lieveriy Macs<«9«r«. .Mr aad «»• mm
fir. ana Mrs. Oeorse Whit-; 3 j^^K3«= 1?T ' :/ -